1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,399 All right, you're in for a third. 2 00:00:02,468 --> 00:00:04,265 She calls herself Valerie Thomas. 3 00:00:04,337 --> 00:00:06,168 Don't worry. Nudes are very difficult. 4 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:08,434 This is the first one I've ever had trouble with. 5 00:00:08,541 --> 00:00:10,133 I can tell you who pulled that job. 6 00:00:10,409 --> 00:00:13,936 Your fingerprints are all over the lady's safe, and theirs aren't. 7 00:00:14,113 --> 00:00:15,603 Rockford still takes the rap. 8 00:00:15,681 --> 00:00:17,774 The minute you get your hands on those pearls... 9 00:00:17,850 --> 00:00:20,284 I come busting through the door, and get the necklace. 10 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:21,377 What do I get? 11 00:00:21,454 --> 00:00:22,887 I'll split the reward money with you. 12 00:00:22,955 --> 00:00:24,320 You mean you'll split your sentence. 13 00:00:24,390 --> 00:00:25,550 What guarantee do we have... 14 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:27,957 you're not planning on ripping them off for yourself? 15 00:00:28,027 --> 00:00:29,551 The best guarantee in the world. 16 00:00:29,629 --> 00:00:30,823 He don't wanna die. 17 00:00:36,769 --> 00:00:38,737 This is Jim Rockford. 18 00:00:38,804 --> 00:00:40,499 At the tone, leave your name and message. 19 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:41,540 I'll get back to you. 20 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:44,472 Jim, it's Jack. I'm at the airport. 21 00:00:44,543 --> 00:00:47,205 I am going to Tokyo. I wanna pay you the $500 I owe you. 22 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,941 Catch you next year when I get back. 23 00:02:29,180 --> 00:02:31,580 I don't like you, Rockford. I never did. 24 00:02:31,649 --> 00:02:34,618 You sent me a $200 invitation to tell me that? 25 00:02:34,686 --> 00:02:37,177 I need your help. Are you kidding? 26 00:02:37,389 --> 00:02:39,186 You almost killed me five years ago. 27 00:02:39,257 --> 00:02:41,088 I spent two months in a prison hospital. 28 00:02:41,159 --> 00:02:42,854 You had it coming. 29 00:02:43,328 --> 00:02:44,693 We're even. 30 00:02:45,063 --> 00:02:48,157 I still owe you a broken jaw and two separated ribs. 31 00:02:48,233 --> 00:02:50,633 I want you to find a girl for me. 32 00:02:50,769 --> 00:02:53,363 Moss, that's not the business I'm in. 33 00:02:53,838 --> 00:02:56,238 My girl. There's something wrong. 34 00:02:56,574 --> 00:02:58,599 Like what? I don't know. 35 00:02:58,676 --> 00:03:01,406 Maybe she split on me, maybe she's sick. 36 00:03:01,546 --> 00:03:04,208 She used to write me every day. Three months ago she stopped. 37 00:03:04,282 --> 00:03:05,613 For the three months, nothing. 38 00:03:05,683 --> 00:03:06,741 You try writing? 39 00:03:06,818 --> 00:03:10,254 Yeah, my letters come back. "Unknown at this address." 40 00:03:10,455 --> 00:03:12,685 Unknown? She's been living there for two years. 41 00:03:12,757 --> 00:03:15,351 Now, I get out of this joint in about a week. 42 00:03:15,427 --> 00:03:17,987 I want you to find out what's happened to her. 43 00:03:18,062 --> 00:03:19,893 Why not find out for yourself? 44 00:03:19,964 --> 00:03:22,694 'Cause maybe she's hooked up with somebody else. 45 00:03:22,767 --> 00:03:24,564 Now, you know I got a temper. 46 00:03:24,636 --> 00:03:27,196 I don't want to go out and tear some John's head off... 47 00:03:27,272 --> 00:03:29,297 and wind up right back here in the slam. 48 00:03:29,374 --> 00:03:33,071 You tell me that's what happened, and that's the end of it. 49 00:03:33,144 --> 00:03:36,170 I know your price, $200 a day, plus expenses, right? 50 00:03:36,247 --> 00:03:37,441 I'll pay it. 51 00:03:37,515 --> 00:03:40,348 The phone book's full of P.I.'s you never tried to kill. 52 00:03:40,418 --> 00:03:41,510 Why me? 53 00:03:41,586 --> 00:03:43,451 I don't like you, but I can trust you. 54 00:03:43,521 --> 00:03:45,853 You're an ex-con. You know what it's like in here. 55 00:03:45,924 --> 00:03:47,448 You'll give me a fair shake. 56 00:03:47,525 --> 00:03:50,790 I don't trust nobody I got to pick out of a phone book. 57 00:03:50,862 --> 00:03:52,329 So you're it. 58 00:03:53,631 --> 00:03:55,496 I need some time to think about it. 59 00:03:55,967 --> 00:03:57,764 You're it. 60 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:03,229 Yes. 61 00:04:04,476 --> 00:04:06,842 Yes, Dr. Boren. 62 00:04:07,378 --> 00:04:10,472 You see, my business manager's been out of town. 63 00:04:13,551 --> 00:04:17,578 Right, I hope you don't plan to repossess my filling. 64 00:04:19,290 --> 00:04:20,951 Yes, of course, Doctor. 65 00:04:21,025 --> 00:04:23,858 I'll see that there's something in the mail for you today. 66 00:04:25,263 --> 00:04:27,163 Yes, Doctor. Thank you. 67 00:04:30,201 --> 00:04:31,259 Who is it? 68 00:04:31,336 --> 00:04:32,428 Mr. Rockford? 69 00:04:34,038 --> 00:04:35,938 That depends. On what? 70 00:04:36,474 --> 00:04:37,998 On who you are. 71 00:04:38,543 --> 00:04:41,341 I'm sorry. Daniel Kramer. 72 00:04:42,113 --> 00:04:44,081 Moss Williams' attorney. 73 00:04:45,116 --> 00:04:46,606 May I come in? 74 00:04:54,959 --> 00:04:58,656 If this is about Moss Williams, Mr. Kramer, I can save you a lot of time. 75 00:04:58,730 --> 00:05:01,722 I've given it some thought. The answer is, no. 76 00:05:05,103 --> 00:05:09,267 Mr. Williams explained there's a certain antipathy between you. 77 00:05:09,674 --> 00:05:11,232 Mr. Williams tried to kill me. 78 00:05:11,809 --> 00:05:13,299 Yes, he mentioned that. 79 00:05:13,378 --> 00:05:15,346 I can understand why you would be hesitant... 80 00:05:15,413 --> 00:05:17,540 in responding to his plea for assistance. 81 00:05:17,615 --> 00:05:21,244 I'm not hesitating. You can tell Mr. Williams to stuff it. 82 00:05:21,653 --> 00:05:25,089 Yes, of course. Let me tell you how we've arranged it. 83 00:05:25,256 --> 00:05:26,746 Arranged what? 84 00:05:32,230 --> 00:05:35,996 This is a picture of the woman in question: Maria Heller. 85 00:05:46,844 --> 00:05:48,971 How did a woman like this... 86 00:05:49,147 --> 00:05:52,048 get mixed up with a goon like Moss Williams? 87 00:05:53,885 --> 00:05:57,286 Yes. Well, there's no accounting for taste. 88 00:05:58,623 --> 00:06:02,081 There are some women, well-bred, good families... 89 00:06:02,694 --> 00:06:06,152 who seem to find it physically exciting... 90 00:06:06,230 --> 00:06:08,596 to associate themselves with... 91 00:06:09,033 --> 00:06:10,364 Gorillas? 92 00:06:11,336 --> 00:06:12,803 Yes, of course. 93 00:06:12,870 --> 00:06:16,306 In any event, this is her last known address, and... 94 00:06:16,374 --> 00:06:18,808 I'm not working for Moss Williams. 95 00:06:20,445 --> 00:06:24,779 And a cashier's check in the amount of $500. 96 00:06:25,283 --> 00:06:27,649 There'll be more if you need it. 97 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:31,453 I'll be dealing with you. That's correct. 98 00:06:31,789 --> 00:06:34,656 I won't have to see Moss, I won't have to talk to him at all. 99 00:06:34,726 --> 00:06:36,751 You report directly to me. 100 00:06:38,663 --> 00:06:42,497 What do you say, Mr. Rockford? Will you accept the assignment? 101 00:07:07,191 --> 00:07:08,749 Yes? Good afternoon, sir. 102 00:07:08,826 --> 00:07:10,726 I'm with the Rothschild Beauty Foundation. 103 00:07:10,795 --> 00:07:13,093 May I have a word with the little woman? 104 00:07:13,164 --> 00:07:15,291 What little woman? The Mrs. 105 00:07:16,034 --> 00:07:17,399 What do you want? 106 00:07:17,468 --> 00:07:20,596 What I want, sir is a word with the little woman. 107 00:07:20,672 --> 00:07:24,836 She's 5'7" and a half in her stocking feet, and she's in the shower. 108 00:07:25,276 --> 00:07:29,144 Sir, I have a mighty interesting business proposition for the little... 109 00:07:29,213 --> 00:07:31,408 For the Mrs. She's not interested. 110 00:07:31,482 --> 00:07:33,279 The Rothschild Beauty Foundation has... 111 00:07:33,351 --> 00:07:35,216 Harry, I need my robe. 112 00:07:36,788 --> 00:07:38,278 Just a minute. 113 00:08:05,516 --> 00:08:07,143 This is the little woman? 114 00:08:07,819 --> 00:08:09,252 Who invited you in? 115 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,016 You know, she's exactly what we've been looking for. 116 00:08:12,090 --> 00:08:14,354 You see, the Rothschild Foundation is having... 117 00:08:14,425 --> 00:08:16,154 a sales opening in this neighborhood. 118 00:08:16,227 --> 00:08:19,993 Our last representative made $200, possibly $300 a week. 119 00:08:20,064 --> 00:08:21,656 I'm doing a preliminary survey and... 120 00:08:21,733 --> 00:08:22,722 Out. 121 00:08:22,867 --> 00:08:24,596 This is a great opportunity... 122 00:08:24,669 --> 00:08:28,435 Buddy, you're gonna get out of here or am I gonna call the cops? 123 00:08:29,607 --> 00:08:32,235 If you're not interested, just say so. 124 00:08:44,188 --> 00:08:45,917 All right. Hold on. 125 00:08:54,932 --> 00:08:55,864 All right. 126 00:08:57,034 --> 00:08:58,023 All right. 127 00:09:05,910 --> 00:09:07,537 Now that's a parole violation. 128 00:09:07,612 --> 00:09:08,670 Where is she? 129 00:09:08,746 --> 00:09:11,977 The deal is I don't have to talk to you and I don't have to see you. 130 00:09:12,049 --> 00:09:15,018 If you don't tell me where she is, I'm gonna blow you apart. 131 00:09:15,086 --> 00:09:17,179 If I do tell you, you're gonna blow her apart. 132 00:09:17,255 --> 00:09:18,688 What do you think, I'm stupid? 133 00:09:18,756 --> 00:09:20,417 Yeah, Moss, I think you're stupid. 134 00:09:20,491 --> 00:09:22,686 Look, the cops know Maria is my girl. 135 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,557 I'm out of jail, she winds up dead. 136 00:09:24,629 --> 00:09:26,688 Who's gonna look number one for the murder? 137 00:09:26,764 --> 00:09:29,130 I just want to talk to her, that's all. 138 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,327 And you're gonna take me to her. 139 00:09:31,402 --> 00:09:33,199 This is for you, pal. 140 00:09:33,938 --> 00:09:38,602 Rockford, I could take you off right now and nobody would know the difference. 141 00:09:44,081 --> 00:09:45,412 Which one? 142 00:09:46,918 --> 00:09:48,351 Leave the gun here, Moss. 143 00:09:48,753 --> 00:09:49,981 Which one? 144 00:09:50,621 --> 00:09:52,851 You're not gonna go Neanderthal on me, are you? 145 00:09:52,924 --> 00:09:56,018 Look, I told you all I wanna do is talk to her. 146 00:09:56,861 --> 00:09:58,988 It's upstairs. Apartment 12. 147 00:10:00,531 --> 00:10:02,396 Drive around the back. 148 00:10:18,216 --> 00:10:19,444 Crown! 149 00:10:22,587 --> 00:10:25,215 Moss! Wait a minute, you got it wrong. 150 00:10:25,323 --> 00:10:26,347 Hey. 151 00:10:26,424 --> 00:10:27,482 You got it wrong. 152 00:10:27,558 --> 00:10:28,957 You were gonna cut me out, right? 153 00:10:29,026 --> 00:10:30,459 No, Moss, you got it wrong. 154 00:10:30,528 --> 00:10:32,621 Let's find Maria and ask her how wrong I got it. 155 00:10:32,697 --> 00:10:33,755 I can't. 156 00:10:33,831 --> 00:10:35,560 What're you talking about? Where is she? 157 00:10:35,633 --> 00:10:38,124 I don't know. I woke up this morning and she was gone. 158 00:10:38,202 --> 00:10:39,191 Where? 159 00:10:39,270 --> 00:10:40,328 What are you gonna do? 160 00:10:40,404 --> 00:10:42,531 I got some questions and you better have good answers. 161 00:10:42,607 --> 00:10:44,438 Moss, not in front of him. Forget him. 162 00:10:44,508 --> 00:10:47,409 I'm begging you, Moss, not in front of him! 163 00:10:58,322 --> 00:10:59,584 She what? 164 00:11:00,491 --> 00:11:02,982 And you let her get away with them? 165 00:11:07,231 --> 00:11:09,461 All right. So I got a temper. 166 00:11:13,404 --> 00:11:15,269 I probably wouldn't have shot him. 167 00:11:15,339 --> 00:11:17,273 I've known Harry Crown a long time. 168 00:11:17,341 --> 00:11:19,775 Your retainer just ran out, Moss. 169 00:11:20,344 --> 00:11:22,676 I paid you $700. For what? 170 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:24,242 For nothing? 171 00:11:24,315 --> 00:11:27,250 That's a lousy deal. Yeah, it is, isn't it? 172 00:11:28,386 --> 00:11:31,753 Okay, another $500 and you find Maria. 173 00:11:32,089 --> 00:11:33,784 You know what I think, Moss? 174 00:11:33,858 --> 00:11:36,850 I think when Maria left, she took something with her. 175 00:11:36,928 --> 00:11:39,192 That's what you want me to find. 176 00:11:39,263 --> 00:11:41,595 It was something that didn't belong to her. 177 00:11:41,666 --> 00:11:43,861 Probably doesn't belong to you, either. 178 00:11:43,935 --> 00:11:46,096 You've been out of the joint for 24 hours... 179 00:11:46,170 --> 00:11:48,400 and you're looking for a return engagement. 180 00:11:48,472 --> 00:11:51,600 You don't have enough money to buy me into a mess like that. 181 00:11:51,676 --> 00:11:54,474 So get out of my tree, pal, and stay out. 182 00:12:02,186 --> 00:12:03,517 Who is it? 183 00:12:03,587 --> 00:12:05,111 Mr. Rockford? 184 00:12:06,290 --> 00:12:08,155 That wasn't an answer. 185 00:12:08,693 --> 00:12:10,854 My name's Burch. Edgar Burch. 186 00:12:10,928 --> 00:12:13,328 I wonder if I could have a few minutes of your time? 187 00:12:13,397 --> 00:12:14,455 Why? 188 00:12:14,532 --> 00:12:17,467 I can explain better if you'd let me inside. 189 00:12:19,470 --> 00:12:22,906 Mr. Burch, I haven't had breakfast yet, and I'm not in a very good mood. 190 00:12:22,974 --> 00:12:24,908 So if you're suing, selling, or collecting... 191 00:12:24,976 --> 00:12:26,443 I'm not. 192 00:12:28,145 --> 00:12:29,510 Come on in. 193 00:12:35,753 --> 00:12:39,689 Mr. Rockford, you visited a felon named Moss Williams... 194 00:12:39,757 --> 00:12:42,590 at the penitentiary just prior to his release. 195 00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:44,252 Did I? You did. 196 00:12:44,528 --> 00:12:47,759 You've spent the past couple of hours with Mr. Williams. 197 00:12:47,832 --> 00:12:48,958 Have I? 198 00:12:49,033 --> 00:12:51,001 Let's not play games, Mr. Rockford. 199 00:12:51,068 --> 00:12:54,003 I've been following you. I've also checked you out. 200 00:12:54,071 --> 00:12:55,868 You have a prison record. 201 00:12:55,940 --> 00:13:00,400 Consorting with a known felon is, I believe, a parole violation. 202 00:13:01,712 --> 00:13:03,543 You're gonna blow the whistle on me? 203 00:13:03,614 --> 00:13:05,479 I'm sure that won't be necessary. 204 00:13:05,549 --> 00:13:09,576 I just mentioned it to stimulate an atmosphere of cooperation. 205 00:13:10,021 --> 00:13:11,886 That's not what you stimulated. 206 00:13:11,956 --> 00:13:13,856 I'm not on parole, I got a full pardon. 207 00:13:13,924 --> 00:13:16,188 You've got about 10 seconds to make it through the door. 208 00:13:16,260 --> 00:13:18,194 Mr. Rockford, I just want to ask a few... 209 00:13:18,262 --> 00:13:20,230 Seven seconds, you're cutting it close. 210 00:13:20,297 --> 00:13:23,460 I'm sorry. I can see that I started off on the wrong foot. 211 00:13:23,534 --> 00:13:24,694 You've got five. 212 00:13:24,769 --> 00:13:26,259 Will you stop counting and listen to me? 213 00:13:26,337 --> 00:13:30,603 I just want to ask you a few questions. I'll make it worth your while. 214 00:13:31,442 --> 00:13:34,240 You have some kind of a deal with Moss Williams. 215 00:13:34,311 --> 00:13:36,643 Is that correct? He talked a deal. 216 00:13:36,714 --> 00:13:38,511 Did you accept? Why? 217 00:13:39,717 --> 00:13:43,483 Did he mention the property involved? 218 00:13:44,188 --> 00:13:45,314 What property? 219 00:13:45,389 --> 00:13:46,879 You're not answering the questions... 220 00:13:46,957 --> 00:13:48,822 Neither are you. 221 00:13:50,628 --> 00:13:51,959 All right. 222 00:13:53,631 --> 00:13:56,725 I'm with Midwest Marine and Casualty Insurance. 223 00:13:56,801 --> 00:14:00,100 Three years ago Moss Williams and a man named Harry Crown... 224 00:14:00,171 --> 00:14:02,230 stole a pearl necklace... 225 00:14:02,306 --> 00:14:05,867 insured by my company for a quarter of a million dollars. 226 00:14:07,344 --> 00:14:10,472 We were never able to prove the case against them. 227 00:14:10,548 --> 00:14:12,516 And you never recovered the necklace. 228 00:14:12,583 --> 00:14:16,383 They were arrested shortly after the theft on an unrelated charge. 229 00:14:16,454 --> 00:14:18,513 They've been in prison, but they're out now... 230 00:14:18,589 --> 00:14:21,456 and they're going to try to move those pearls. 231 00:14:21,525 --> 00:14:23,117 How do I fit in? 232 00:14:24,061 --> 00:14:26,894 My company already paid off on that claim. 233 00:14:27,364 --> 00:14:29,662 But we have an incentive program. 234 00:14:29,733 --> 00:14:33,965 Once our company pays a claim if an investigator can make a recovery... 235 00:14:34,038 --> 00:14:37,974 Midwest pays 25% of the salvaged value... 236 00:14:38,175 --> 00:14:40,803 as an incentive never to drop a case. 237 00:14:41,145 --> 00:14:43,545 I've been on this one for three years. 238 00:14:43,614 --> 00:14:45,275 Now that Moss Williams is out... 239 00:14:45,349 --> 00:14:48,341 I think I have a chance to pick up that money. 240 00:14:48,486 --> 00:14:49,510 With my help. 241 00:14:50,688 --> 00:14:52,155 If you're interested, 242 00:14:52,223 --> 00:14:54,521 I'd like us to talk to Mr. Cutter. 243 00:15:00,962 --> 00:15:03,931 Mr. Connally, I've got the agreement in front of me. 244 00:15:01,998 --> 00:15:04,990 No, sir, you're covered under sub-paragraph E. 245 00:15:05,068 --> 00:15:08,595 That's right, sir. We won't need a conversion statement. 246 00:15:11,141 --> 00:15:15,077 You're late, Ed. You know how Mr. Cutter gets when you're late for an appointment. 247 00:15:15,145 --> 00:15:16,612 Sorry, Rebecca. Mr. Cutter? 248 00:15:16,679 --> 00:15:19,375 Mr. Burch is here with a Mr... Yes, sir. 249 00:15:19,449 --> 00:15:21,076 He'll see you now. 250 00:15:26,523 --> 00:15:27,785 Mr. Rockford, isn't it? 251 00:15:27,857 --> 00:15:28,824 Yes. 252 00:15:28,892 --> 00:15:30,484 Please sit down. 253 00:15:30,793 --> 00:15:32,852 Ed, you're gonna have to fill me in. 254 00:15:32,929 --> 00:15:34,897 I didn't quite understand your phone message. 255 00:15:34,964 --> 00:15:37,762 You said something about $250,000 claim? 256 00:15:38,134 --> 00:15:40,295 That's right. We have reason to believe... 257 00:15:40,370 --> 00:15:43,999 a girl named Maria Heller has the necklace we paid off on. 258 00:15:44,073 --> 00:15:45,062 Who is she? 259 00:15:45,141 --> 00:15:46,608 An old girlfriend of Moss Williams. 260 00:15:46,676 --> 00:15:48,075 And Mr. Rockford? 261 00:15:48,144 --> 00:15:52,012 He's agreed to help me recover the necklace, for a percentage of the recovery fee. 262 00:15:52,081 --> 00:15:54,379 You've been looking for the necklace for three years. 263 00:15:54,450 --> 00:15:56,941 All of a sudden, you're gonna cut in Mr. Rockford. Why? 264 00:15:57,020 --> 00:15:59,045 Yeah, why? 265 00:15:59,756 --> 00:16:03,055 'Cause Williams and Crown want Rockford to find the girl. 266 00:16:03,126 --> 00:16:05,890 If she sees Williams or Crown, she'll run. 267 00:16:05,962 --> 00:16:09,728 If they see me, they'll run. So Rockford's the perfect inside man. 268 00:16:09,799 --> 00:16:13,360 You're proposing that Mr. Rockford serve as our agent in this matter. 269 00:16:13,436 --> 00:16:15,063 It's worth a third to me. 270 00:16:15,138 --> 00:16:18,699 A third? For the perfect inside man? 271 00:16:19,209 --> 00:16:21,507 I've put in a lot of time on this case. 272 00:16:21,578 --> 00:16:25,412 I'm taking all the risks. For 60-40, I'll think about it. 273 00:16:27,850 --> 00:16:30,045 You get the 60? I do. 274 00:16:30,386 --> 00:16:31,751 Forget it. 275 00:16:32,755 --> 00:16:33,847 Okay. 276 00:16:36,559 --> 00:16:38,857 50%. In writing. 277 00:16:38,928 --> 00:16:40,293 You bet, in writing. 278 00:16:40,363 --> 00:16:42,695 Get one of our standard participation agreements. 279 00:16:42,765 --> 00:16:43,823 Yes, sir. 280 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:46,198 Could you get me a description of the necklace... 281 00:16:46,269 --> 00:16:47,736 so I know what I'm looking for? 282 00:16:47,804 --> 00:16:49,203 Now we can do more than that. 283 00:16:49,272 --> 00:16:52,036 We keep records, photographic records of all our jewelry... 284 00:16:52,108 --> 00:16:53,507 and objects of art. 285 00:16:53,576 --> 00:16:56,067 Things of that nature. Mr. Rockford. 286 00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:57,635 Ed. Yes, sir. 287 00:16:59,515 --> 00:17:02,848 You know what Moss Williams will do if he finds you're working for us? 288 00:17:02,919 --> 00:17:04,409 I know. Good. 289 00:17:05,054 --> 00:17:06,749 That 50% is gonna go down easier... 290 00:17:06,823 --> 00:17:09,792 knowing you're working with that on your mind. 291 00:17:15,732 --> 00:17:18,030 I'm here to see Moss. He doesn't wanna see you. 292 00:17:18,101 --> 00:17:21,002 He'll wanna hear what I have to say, Harry. 293 00:17:24,307 --> 00:17:25,399 Moss. 294 00:17:27,377 --> 00:17:29,572 We got nothing to talk about. 295 00:17:32,081 --> 00:17:35,175 I'll find her for you. What changed your mind? 296 00:17:36,386 --> 00:17:38,854 I've got this loan shark after me. 297 00:17:38,921 --> 00:17:41,219 He's about to break the fingers on my right hand. 298 00:17:41,291 --> 00:17:45,125 I figure it's a little better dealing with you than getting my hand ground up... 299 00:17:45,194 --> 00:17:46,627 if the price is right. 300 00:17:46,696 --> 00:17:49,563 You're too late, pal. We already found the girl. 301 00:17:49,632 --> 00:17:50,724 Is she here? 302 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,768 No, but we know where she is. 303 00:17:53,002 --> 00:17:55,562 Only you haven't made your move yet because you know... 304 00:17:55,638 --> 00:17:59,335 the minute she takes a look at either one of you, she's gonna rabbit. 305 00:17:59,409 --> 00:18:02,845 She's gonna take with her whatever it is you're so anxious to get back. 306 00:18:02,912 --> 00:18:05,039 Don't let him in, Moss. We can handle it. 307 00:18:05,114 --> 00:18:07,309 How? He's right. It's gonna take someone she's never... 308 00:18:07,383 --> 00:18:08,873 I got something to say and I say no. 309 00:18:08,951 --> 00:18:10,145 I say yes. 310 00:18:10,219 --> 00:18:11,948 We're not gonna argue with me, are we? 311 00:18:12,021 --> 00:18:15,081 'Cause when we argue with me we lose our teeth. 312 00:18:16,693 --> 00:18:19,093 All right, you're in for a third. 313 00:18:19,595 --> 00:18:21,426 She calls herself Valerie Thomas. 314 00:18:21,998 --> 00:18:23,659 She says her old man's dead. 315 00:18:23,733 --> 00:18:25,530 She drinks scotch and water, with no ice. 316 00:18:25,601 --> 00:18:27,626 She's got this thing about detail. 317 00:18:27,704 --> 00:18:30,229 That's how come she's always taking all these courses. 318 00:18:30,306 --> 00:18:33,400 Watch yourself with her 'cause she's real sharp. 319 00:18:51,761 --> 00:18:53,422 What's the matter? 320 00:18:54,063 --> 00:18:56,588 I don't know. Maybe you can tell me. 321 00:18:56,866 --> 00:18:58,766 What's wrong with that? 322 00:18:59,535 --> 00:19:00,900 Let me see. 323 00:19:04,173 --> 00:19:05,538 Everything. 324 00:19:07,643 --> 00:19:10,271 Don't worry. Nudes are very difficult. 325 00:19:10,813 --> 00:19:12,713 To tell you the truth... 326 00:19:12,782 --> 00:19:15,910 this is the first one I've ever had trouble with. 327 00:19:21,491 --> 00:19:23,652 What'll it be? Scotch and water for me. 328 00:19:23,726 --> 00:19:26,456 No ice, please. That's two with no ice. 329 00:19:26,863 --> 00:19:31,197 I don't care for ice either. It's a little habit I picked up in London. 330 00:19:31,367 --> 00:19:32,834 When were you in London? 331 00:19:32,902 --> 00:19:35,427 The last time a couple of years ago. 332 00:19:35,872 --> 00:19:37,965 About two years ago? Yeah. 333 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,871 That's when I was there. Where'd you stay? 334 00:19:39,942 --> 00:19:41,671 The Connaught. 335 00:19:41,844 --> 00:19:43,209 Dorchester. 336 00:19:44,147 --> 00:19:46,377 Business? Pleasure. 337 00:19:47,817 --> 00:19:49,114 Pleasure. 338 00:19:52,088 --> 00:19:54,682 I wonder what else we have in common? 339 00:19:59,695 --> 00:20:01,094 What'd you find out? 340 00:20:01,164 --> 00:20:03,359 Everything you gave me on her checks out. 341 00:20:03,433 --> 00:20:06,197 What about the pearls? You were supposed to find the pearls. 342 00:20:06,269 --> 00:20:08,464 I'm working on it. You're working too slow. 343 00:20:08,538 --> 00:20:11,735 Harry, if I push it any harder, I'm liable to explode it. 344 00:20:11,808 --> 00:20:13,901 Just let me do it my way, will you? 345 00:20:13,976 --> 00:20:16,706 How do we know that you haven't already found the pearls? 346 00:20:16,779 --> 00:20:18,269 What guarantee do we have... 347 00:20:18,347 --> 00:20:20,747 you're not planning on ripping them off for yourself? 348 00:20:20,817 --> 00:20:22,648 The best guarantee in the world. 349 00:20:22,718 --> 00:20:24,345 He don't wanna die. 350 00:20:24,420 --> 00:20:26,285 He's absolutely right. 351 00:20:27,223 --> 00:20:28,986 When do you see her again? Tonight. 352 00:20:29,058 --> 00:20:31,891 There's a new restaurant opening down at the Marina. 353 00:20:31,961 --> 00:20:34,088 I'll probably need another $50. 354 00:20:34,163 --> 00:20:35,528 Just hold it. 355 00:20:36,599 --> 00:20:39,090 We just gave you $200 the day before yesterday. 356 00:20:39,168 --> 00:20:40,499 How much today, Moss? 100 and... 357 00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:43,539 What am I supposed to do? I can't buy her a hot dog. 358 00:20:43,606 --> 00:20:45,164 She's not that kind of a lady. 359 00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:48,142 You're treating her like she was Princess Grace. 360 00:20:48,211 --> 00:20:49,473 She's a thief. 361 00:20:49,545 --> 00:20:51,706 But with very good taste. 362 00:21:08,931 --> 00:21:10,159 Hi. Hi. 363 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,325 I'm sorry I'm late. So am I. 364 00:21:19,709 --> 00:21:21,506 I was afraid I'd been stood up. 365 00:21:21,577 --> 00:21:24,341 No, you weren't. No, I wasn't. 366 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,912 I'll get my bag. 367 00:21:34,590 --> 00:21:36,581 Did you get tied up in traffic? 368 00:21:36,659 --> 00:21:39,560 I got trapped by a client. Showed up at my place. 369 00:21:39,629 --> 00:21:42,462 No appointment, no warning, just showed up. 370 00:21:42,598 --> 00:21:44,463 Lady client? No. 371 00:21:44,534 --> 00:21:47,697 It was an old friend. Well, a friend that was old. 372 00:21:48,504 --> 00:21:51,496 He wanted me to look after this. 373 00:21:52,141 --> 00:21:54,234 These things should be put in a vault... 374 00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:57,973 but the banks were closed, and I don't have any place to keep them. 375 00:21:58,047 --> 00:21:59,571 You mind riding shotgun with me? 376 00:21:59,649 --> 00:22:01,014 I'd love to. 377 00:22:01,083 --> 00:22:03,176 Say, this is a security building, isn't it? 378 00:22:03,252 --> 00:22:04,276 Yes. 379 00:22:04,353 --> 00:22:06,514 They probably have a vault downstairs. 380 00:22:06,589 --> 00:22:10,150 Would you mind asking if they'd lock it up? I'll pick it up in the morning. 381 00:22:10,226 --> 00:22:12,387 Why don't you just keep it in my safe? 382 00:22:12,461 --> 00:22:13,655 I didn't know you had one. 383 00:22:13,729 --> 00:22:15,492 Compliments of the architect. 384 00:22:15,965 --> 00:22:17,626 You got enough room in there? 385 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:19,099 Sure. 386 00:22:20,369 --> 00:22:23,236 I'll pick it up first thing in the morning, I promise. 387 00:22:23,306 --> 00:22:24,671 No problem. 388 00:22:51,534 --> 00:22:53,798 Why don't you just keep it in my safe? 389 00:22:53,869 --> 00:22:55,461 I didn't know you had one. 390 00:22:55,538 --> 00:22:57,028 Compliments of the... 391 00:24:03,506 --> 00:24:06,202 Still monkeying around with that tape recorder? 392 00:24:07,343 --> 00:24:11,575 I already got the truck washed, and I stopped by the cleaners for you. 393 00:24:12,448 --> 00:24:14,279 I got us some staples. 394 00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:22,487 I got it. 395 00:24:28,164 --> 00:24:29,756 What've you got? 396 00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:35,264 "17-24-32." 397 00:24:36,405 --> 00:24:37,804 What's this? 398 00:24:38,340 --> 00:24:42,401 I'd tell you it's none of your business, but that never stops you. 399 00:24:48,317 --> 00:24:49,477 Rocky. 400 00:24:49,552 --> 00:24:52,715 Don't you worry. I know how to work these things. 401 00:24:54,557 --> 00:24:57,924 What was them funny little clicking sounds? 402 00:24:59,962 --> 00:25:01,122 17... 403 00:25:02,098 --> 00:25:03,565 You know what I think? 404 00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:05,998 That sounds like the combination of a safe. 405 00:25:06,068 --> 00:25:08,093 It does? Yeah. 406 00:25:09,238 --> 00:25:11,570 What if I told you you're right? 407 00:25:12,274 --> 00:25:13,707 I don't understand. 408 00:25:13,776 --> 00:25:15,266 It's an idea I had a long time ago. 409 00:25:15,344 --> 00:25:17,039 I just never had a chance to use it. 410 00:25:17,113 --> 00:25:18,478 What kind of an idea? 411 00:25:18,547 --> 00:25:19,946 It's only brilliant. 412 00:25:20,015 --> 00:25:24,076 You see, safes are insulated on the outside but not on the inside. 413 00:25:24,286 --> 00:25:28,188 This recorder is sound-activated by this little box right here. 414 00:25:28,257 --> 00:25:31,920 The big problem is trying to find out a way to get this into the safe. 415 00:25:31,994 --> 00:25:33,757 Once you got that, you got no problem. 416 00:25:33,829 --> 00:25:37,595 Now when the combination is dialed, it's recorded automatically. 417 00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:40,464 That first, loud click you hear, that's zero. 418 00:25:40,536 --> 00:25:43,972 From then on you just count the clicks and you got it. 419 00:25:44,340 --> 00:25:46,672 How do you tell left from right? 420 00:25:47,009 --> 00:25:49,773 The first number has got to be one or the other, right? 421 00:25:49,845 --> 00:25:52,336 So, you go right, left, right. 422 00:25:52,414 --> 00:25:55,315 If that isn't it, you go left, right, left. 423 00:25:56,252 --> 00:25:57,742 You figured that out all by yourself? 424 00:25:57,820 --> 00:25:59,185 Yeah. 425 00:25:59,889 --> 00:26:02,255 Very interesting. Thanks. 426 00:26:02,525 --> 00:26:03,856 Who are you planning to rob? 427 00:26:03,926 --> 00:26:05,416 I'm not gonna rob anybody. 428 00:26:05,494 --> 00:26:07,724 What are you doing messing around with this stuff? 429 00:26:07,797 --> 00:26:08,821 It's just an experiment. 430 00:26:08,898 --> 00:26:10,422 Who are you planning to rob? 431 00:26:10,499 --> 00:26:12,524 I'm not gonna rob anybody. 432 00:26:19,475 --> 00:26:20,669 Darling, I'm sorry. 433 00:26:20,743 --> 00:26:24,235 I should have planned something that wouldn't keep me in the kitchen long. 434 00:26:24,313 --> 00:26:25,746 You want company? 435 00:26:25,815 --> 00:26:27,146 No. 436 00:26:27,383 --> 00:26:30,284 The secret to good cooking is concentration. 437 00:26:30,352 --> 00:26:33,412 And you're a distraction. I certainly hope so. 438 00:26:33,489 --> 00:26:36,219 Just give me five more minutes with that soufflé in there... 439 00:26:36,292 --> 00:26:39,090 and I promise you, dinner will be served. 440 00:26:39,495 --> 00:26:42,931 All this domesticity isn't gonna scare you off, is it? 441 00:26:43,132 --> 00:26:44,929 Not unless you're a bad cook. 442 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,695 I'm terrific. 443 00:27:40,890 --> 00:27:41,948 Becker. 444 00:27:42,691 --> 00:27:44,852 Hey, Dennis. Jim Rockford. How you doing, buddy? 445 00:27:47,696 --> 00:27:48,856 Dennis? 446 00:27:49,465 --> 00:27:50,727 No. 447 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:53,267 What do you mean, no? I haven't asked you anything yet. 448 00:27:54,103 --> 00:27:55,400 You will. 449 00:27:55,471 --> 00:27:59,032 You've got some peculiar ideas about this department, Jim. 450 00:27:59,108 --> 00:28:00,905 This is not an information bureau. 451 00:28:01,543 --> 00:28:03,340 This is not your branch office. 452 00:28:03,545 --> 00:28:05,240 And I am not on your payroll. 453 00:28:05,347 --> 00:28:08,077 What's the matter, Dennis? The Captain been chewing on you? 454 00:28:08,217 --> 00:28:11,448 I'm tired, that's what's the matter, and I wanna go home. 455 00:28:12,655 --> 00:28:14,452 What if I could turn some hot jewelry? 456 00:28:14,857 --> 00:28:15,915 Can you? 457 00:28:16,191 --> 00:28:18,022 That was a "what if." 458 00:28:18,127 --> 00:28:21,255 And what if the insurance company paid off three years ago... 459 00:28:21,330 --> 00:28:22,797 and are offering a recovery fee? 460 00:28:22,865 --> 00:28:25,129 How long would the police hold on to the jewelry... 461 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,565 before I could collect my money? 462 00:28:26,769 --> 00:28:28,999 Listen, Jim, if you've got any information... 463 00:28:29,071 --> 00:28:30,732 How long, Dennis? 464 00:28:31,573 --> 00:28:33,302 I don't know. A couple of weeks, maybe. 465 00:28:33,943 --> 00:28:37,140 Couple of weeks? You mean you wouldn't need it for the trial? 466 00:28:37,646 --> 00:28:39,409 Not if we can get an appraisal. 467 00:28:39,815 --> 00:28:42,010 Get an expert statement admissible in court. 468 00:28:43,285 --> 00:28:44,479 What's going on, Jimbo? 469 00:28:45,654 --> 00:28:48,487 Why don't you hang around the precinct for a while, Dennis? 470 00:28:48,557 --> 00:28:50,718 I just may have something for you. 471 00:29:15,851 --> 00:29:17,819 Did you open the safe? I opened it. 472 00:29:17,886 --> 00:29:19,786 And the pearls? They're in there. 473 00:29:19,855 --> 00:29:20,879 Good. 474 00:29:20,956 --> 00:29:24,050 I told you that was the way when you said you had the combination. 475 00:29:24,126 --> 00:29:25,593 If we'd waited for a court order... 476 00:29:25,661 --> 00:29:27,526 done the whole thing legal and tidy... 477 00:29:27,596 --> 00:29:29,655 and the pearls hadn't been in there... 478 00:29:29,732 --> 00:29:31,962 we'd have tipped her to the whole thing. 479 00:29:32,034 --> 00:29:33,899 Okay, so you're right. 480 00:29:34,536 --> 00:29:37,937 So, now we give the combination to the police. 481 00:29:38,207 --> 00:29:40,971 We can't do that. Why not? 482 00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:44,307 If the police recover them, they'll hold them for material evidence. 483 00:29:44,380 --> 00:29:46,712 We'll have to wait for it to go through the courts. 484 00:29:46,782 --> 00:29:50,650 We'll have to wait nine months or more before we see a penny of the recovery fee. 485 00:29:50,719 --> 00:29:53,847 The police just get an expert and take a statement, that's it. 486 00:29:53,922 --> 00:29:56,447 They don't hold the pearls. Really? 487 00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:58,957 My understanding that... You're lying. 488 00:29:59,028 --> 00:30:01,588 If you're an insurance investigator, you know the rules. 489 00:30:01,663 --> 00:30:02,721 So who are you? 490 00:30:02,798 --> 00:30:04,197 Let me go. You know well who I am. 491 00:30:04,266 --> 00:30:05,324 I don't think so. 492 00:30:05,401 --> 00:30:08,461 I wanna know who you are, and what's going down. 493 00:30:13,742 --> 00:30:15,334 Come on, let's get out of here. 494 00:30:15,411 --> 00:30:17,140 He's gonna be out for a while. 495 00:30:55,050 --> 00:30:58,019 Yeah. Jimmy? You all right? 496 00:30:58,821 --> 00:31:00,311 Where you at? 497 00:31:00,389 --> 00:31:02,949 No, don't tell me. They probably got this phone tapped. 498 00:31:03,325 --> 00:31:04,485 The cops? 499 00:31:04,726 --> 00:31:06,193 They been here three times. 500 00:31:06,295 --> 00:31:08,024 They took your new tape machine. 501 00:31:08,397 --> 00:31:10,194 I think they got this joint staked out. 502 00:31:10,766 --> 00:31:13,257 Sonny, you really done it this time. 503 00:31:13,635 --> 00:31:15,193 I stole a pearl necklace, right? 504 00:31:15,370 --> 00:31:18,362 That's right. Off from some lady named Valerie Thomas. 505 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,408 Her name's not Valerie Thomas. 506 00:31:20,476 --> 00:31:22,842 Yes, it is. Been all over the television. 507 00:31:24,446 --> 00:31:27,176 Whatever gave me the idea that Moss Williams was stupid? 508 00:31:27,749 --> 00:31:29,148 I should have stopped you. 509 00:31:29,218 --> 00:31:31,652 The minute I seen you with that combination... 510 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,244 I should have stopped you. 511 00:31:33,322 --> 00:31:36,018 Rocky, if it makes you feel any better, I didn't steal it. 512 00:31:36,892 --> 00:31:39,190 That's what I keep telling myself. 513 00:31:39,261 --> 00:31:42,958 Now, you listen to me, sonny. You stay away from this place, you hear? 514 00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:45,659 And you better get hold of that lawyer friend of yours. 515 00:31:45,968 --> 00:31:47,936 I think you're gonna need her. 516 00:31:48,003 --> 00:31:51,166 Don't worry, Rocky. I'll get out from under this. 517 00:31:59,047 --> 00:32:00,105 Becker. 518 00:32:00,549 --> 00:32:04,610 I'm timing the call, Dennis so don't bother putting a trace on it. 519 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:05,778 Come on in, Jim. 520 00:32:06,021 --> 00:32:07,488 Not a chance. 521 00:32:07,656 --> 00:32:09,715 I know a nice tight frame when I'm in one. 522 00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:11,917 You didn't do it? 523 00:32:11,994 --> 00:32:13,655 That's right.I didn't do it. 524 00:32:13,729 --> 00:32:15,458 You know how much we got says you did? 525 00:32:15,531 --> 00:32:17,556 You got a small, black notebook. 526 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:19,226 Found at the scene. 527 00:32:19,301 --> 00:32:20,233 Planted. 528 00:32:20,435 --> 00:32:23,996 Which has, in your handwriting, the name of Valerie Thomas. 529 00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:25,437 Where she goes, what she does... 530 00:32:25,507 --> 00:32:28,237 What she likes, from the time you were setting her up. 531 00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:29,538 I can explain that. 532 00:32:29,645 --> 00:32:30,907 Sure you can. 533 00:32:30,979 --> 00:32:34,608 Which has, in your handwriting, the combination of her safe. 534 00:32:34,683 --> 00:32:37,413 That tape recorder gimmick, very clever. 535 00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:40,552 Listen Jim, come on in, and we'll talk about it. 536 00:32:41,089 --> 00:32:43,057 Dennis, I can tell you who pulled that job. 537 00:32:43,125 --> 00:32:46,185 Two guys. Moss Williams and Harry Crown. 538 00:32:46,728 --> 00:32:50,323 Thank you very much for that information, but how come... 539 00:32:50,666 --> 00:32:54,466 your fingerprints are all over the lady's safe, and theirs aren't. 540 00:32:55,137 --> 00:32:57,162 Because they wore gloves and I didn't. 541 00:32:57,239 --> 00:33:01,039 Look, I admit I opened the safe but I didn't steal the pearls. 542 00:33:01,109 --> 00:33:02,974 I just looked at them. 543 00:33:26,001 --> 00:33:27,059 Hi. 544 00:33:27,869 --> 00:33:29,097 What are you doing here? 545 00:33:29,171 --> 00:33:30,968 Valerie, I've got a pain in the neck... 546 00:33:31,039 --> 00:33:32,836 and an incredible story that goes with it. 547 00:33:32,908 --> 00:33:34,205 Tell it to the police. 548 00:33:34,276 --> 00:33:36,744 No, not quite yet. It's you I wanna talk to. 549 00:33:36,812 --> 00:33:39,440 Why? There's nothing left in the safe. 550 00:33:39,615 --> 00:33:43,551 Don't you think you ought to be moving on now to greener fields? 551 00:33:43,685 --> 00:33:46,051 Of course. You want the insurance money, too. 552 00:33:46,121 --> 00:33:48,316 You see, darling, they haven't paid off yet. 553 00:33:48,390 --> 00:33:51,723 That's not a very nice thing to say. You make me sound like a crook. 554 00:33:51,793 --> 00:33:53,488 Your fingerprints were on the safe. 555 00:33:53,562 --> 00:33:57,089 They found a little notebook that had all kinds of details in it about me. 556 00:33:57,165 --> 00:34:00,965 And the cops told you that I was an ex-con. So it all adds up? 557 00:34:01,036 --> 00:34:02,697 Well, it doesn't. Trust me. 558 00:34:02,771 --> 00:34:04,033 Trust you? 559 00:34:05,007 --> 00:34:07,100 Why would I do a dumb thing like that? 560 00:34:07,175 --> 00:34:08,938 Because I need your help. 561 00:34:09,011 --> 00:34:11,104 You want me to smuggle you across the border? 562 00:34:11,179 --> 00:34:14,376 No, I want you to lend me a $1,000. 563 00:34:17,819 --> 00:34:19,411 Are you serious? 564 00:34:19,888 --> 00:34:23,415 $1,000 will get your pearls back and get me out of a jam. 565 00:34:25,427 --> 00:34:28,692 Either you've got more gall than anybody I've ever come up against... 566 00:34:28,764 --> 00:34:31,426 or you're innocent. I'm not sure which. 567 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,690 Take a chance. 568 00:34:36,238 --> 00:34:38,001 Two tickets, please. 569 00:34:42,644 --> 00:34:44,544 Listen Jim, I have never been... 570 00:34:44,613 --> 00:34:46,979 I don't think this is really... I just wouldn't... 571 00:34:48,150 --> 00:34:49,583 I don't know, Doctor. 572 00:34:49,651 --> 00:34:51,744 I just don't seem to get anything out of it. 573 00:34:53,055 --> 00:34:54,386 I see. 574 00:34:55,190 --> 00:34:56,851 Let me try a few experiments. 575 00:34:57,626 --> 00:34:59,150 Of course. 576 00:35:09,204 --> 00:35:10,330 Why did you bring her? 577 00:35:10,405 --> 00:35:12,896 I didn't bring her. She brought me. 578 00:35:13,041 --> 00:35:14,770 Angel, will you relax? 579 00:35:14,843 --> 00:35:16,743 After what I been through? 580 00:35:16,812 --> 00:35:20,441 Cops been climbing on me all day long asking me if I knew where you was. 581 00:35:20,515 --> 00:35:23,245 Now you know what happens if they find me with you? 582 00:35:23,318 --> 00:35:25,786 It's a parole violation, you go back to the joint. 583 00:35:25,854 --> 00:35:27,788 Did you talk to Manny Tolan? 584 00:35:27,856 --> 00:35:30,324 You didn't even tell me why I was pumping him. 585 00:35:30,392 --> 00:35:33,919 Moss has to get the pearls appraised before he can deal. 586 00:35:33,995 --> 00:35:36,122 He can't get them appraised. 587 00:35:36,665 --> 00:35:38,690 Not from a Beverly Hills jeweler. 588 00:35:38,767 --> 00:35:41,395 There'd be cops dropping out of every palm tree. 589 00:35:41,470 --> 00:35:44,928 There's only one man in town that can do the appraisal, keep it safe. 590 00:35:45,006 --> 00:35:48,874 And that's Manny Tolan. Now, is there a meeting or isn't there? 591 00:35:49,111 --> 00:35:51,341 Cost me eight Irish and water. 592 00:36:02,124 --> 00:36:03,751 Green Frog Motel. 593 00:36:09,898 --> 00:36:11,160 Room 211. 594 00:36:15,270 --> 00:36:16,362 9:00. 595 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,639 Doesn't give us much time. 9:00? 596 00:36:23,645 --> 00:36:26,443 I don't think I like that part about "us." 597 00:36:26,515 --> 00:36:29,245 You're going to impersonate Manny Tolan. 598 00:36:29,317 --> 00:36:31,649 I don't look nothing like Manny. 599 00:36:33,422 --> 00:36:35,390 Have they ever seen him? 600 00:36:36,425 --> 00:36:37,892 I don't know. 601 00:36:38,126 --> 00:36:40,117 Chances are they haven't. 602 00:36:40,595 --> 00:36:42,324 Chances are? 603 00:36:42,831 --> 00:36:44,526 Let me tell you my plan. 604 00:36:45,133 --> 00:36:48,398 Whatever it is, I don't want nothing to do with it. 605 00:36:49,638 --> 00:36:51,538 What is it? 606 00:36:51,606 --> 00:36:53,597 First, we gotta get Manny out of the picture. 607 00:36:53,675 --> 00:36:56,735 Jimmy, you can't do that. They got the meeting all set up. 608 00:36:56,812 --> 00:36:58,905 Then we ring you in as Manny. 609 00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:02,882 Moss and Harry show up at the Green Frog Motel with the pearls. 610 00:37:03,084 --> 00:37:05,814 Now, I'll be in the next room with a cannon. 611 00:37:05,887 --> 00:37:08,048 The minute you get your hand on those pearls... 612 00:37:08,123 --> 00:37:11,149 I come busting through the door and catch them flat-footed... 613 00:37:11,226 --> 00:37:14,218 we get the necklace, and I get free of the cops. 614 00:37:14,296 --> 00:37:15,786 What do I get? 615 00:37:17,466 --> 00:37:19,331 I'll split the reward money with you. 616 00:37:19,401 --> 00:37:21,301 You mean you'll split your sentence with me. 617 00:37:21,369 --> 00:37:23,234 I ain't touching that. 618 00:37:24,606 --> 00:37:26,096 You got a dime? No. 619 00:37:26,174 --> 00:37:27,539 How's that? 620 00:37:27,709 --> 00:37:28,733 You got a dime? 621 00:37:28,810 --> 00:37:29,799 Nice. 622 00:37:29,878 --> 00:37:31,209 Very good. 623 00:37:31,947 --> 00:37:33,778 And this? Better. 624 00:37:35,650 --> 00:37:36,981 I see. 625 00:37:37,619 --> 00:37:38,677 Yes. 626 00:37:38,954 --> 00:37:41,684 Listen, Jimmy, you and me are friends, old buddy buds. 627 00:37:45,391 --> 00:37:47,086 What is Manny Tolan's phone number? 628 00:37:46,756 --> 00:37:48,314 I've done all I could. But you... 629 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,286 Jimmy. 630 00:37:50,697 --> 00:37:53,632 It's 555-3420. 631 00:37:56,102 --> 00:37:58,127 Lady, why don't you say something? 632 00:37:58,204 --> 00:38:01,037 Why do they allow those movies to be shown? 633 00:38:06,679 --> 00:38:07,737 Yeah? 634 00:38:07,981 --> 00:38:09,039 Hello, Manny? 635 00:38:09,249 --> 00:38:10,238 Who is this? 636 00:38:10,683 --> 00:38:12,844 It's Moss Williams. I been thinking... 637 00:38:12,919 --> 00:38:17,015 it's not too smart moving those pearls clear across town. They're hot. 638 00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:20,058 They were hot when you made the appointment. 639 00:38:20,126 --> 00:38:21,388 I made time for you. 640 00:38:21,861 --> 00:38:25,194 Yeah. I'm not saying we call the meeting off. No. 641 00:38:25,265 --> 00:38:27,028 You know the Sun Val Lodge on Ventura? 642 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:29,297 I'll meet you there at 9:00: 643 00:38:29,369 --> 00:38:30,927 I don't get out to the valley much. 644 00:38:31,604 --> 00:38:33,196 I'd have to charge you travel time. 645 00:38:33,273 --> 00:38:35,867 Yeah, whatever you say. I'm in 118. 646 00:38:37,744 --> 00:38:39,177 118. Sun Val. 647 00:38:39,579 --> 00:38:41,809 All right, I'll see you there. 648 00:38:44,450 --> 00:38:45,644 It's all set. 649 00:38:45,718 --> 00:38:47,276 It's an easy gig, Angel. 650 00:38:47,353 --> 00:38:48,843 I ain't doing it. 651 00:38:53,159 --> 00:38:55,184 The other pearls are the same quality. 652 00:38:55,261 --> 00:38:59,527 Going by the picture, how much would you say it's worth on the street? 653 00:39:00,433 --> 00:39:03,732 I gotta get my medicine. Ulcers. I'll be right back. 654 00:39:12,211 --> 00:39:13,371 It ain't gonna work. 655 00:39:13,446 --> 00:39:15,971 You and your plan. They brought one pearl. 656 00:39:16,049 --> 00:39:18,142 What am I gonna tell? What am I gonna say? 657 00:39:18,217 --> 00:39:21,118 $50,000? $75,000? What am I gonna tell them? 658 00:39:21,187 --> 00:39:22,950 Tell them it's paste. 659 00:39:23,289 --> 00:39:25,052 Why? Go on, tell them. 660 00:39:25,124 --> 00:39:26,682 I'm not gonna tell them that. 661 00:39:26,759 --> 00:39:29,125 Yes, you are. Now, go on. 662 00:39:34,767 --> 00:39:36,496 How's your stomach? 663 00:39:37,737 --> 00:39:39,728 Give me that thing. Give me that. 664 00:39:39,806 --> 00:39:41,774 All right, what's it worth? 665 00:39:41,841 --> 00:39:44,901 Well, depends on the workmanship. 666 00:39:45,078 --> 00:39:46,602 If it's good... 667 00:39:46,779 --> 00:39:50,237 the necklace could bring $50, $75. 668 00:39:52,185 --> 00:39:53,914 What are you talking about? 669 00:39:53,987 --> 00:39:56,353 It's paste. It can't be. 670 00:39:56,422 --> 00:39:59,050 Gentlemen, you asked for an expert opinion. 671 00:39:59,125 --> 00:40:00,820 Paste? Yeah, here. 672 00:40:00,893 --> 00:40:03,521 Take a close look for yourselves. Come on, look at this. 673 00:40:03,596 --> 00:40:06,121 Now, do you see the pale blue aura? 674 00:40:06,199 --> 00:40:08,599 That's what we call it, an "aura." 675 00:40:09,002 --> 00:40:10,492 You see it? Yeah. 676 00:40:10,570 --> 00:40:12,765 It's bad. Let me show you something else. 677 00:40:12,839 --> 00:40:14,864 Look at this. Look closer. 678 00:40:14,941 --> 00:40:16,306 It's round. 679 00:40:16,776 --> 00:40:19,176 It's a pearl. It's manmade. 680 00:40:19,245 --> 00:40:21,179 Not even one of your cultivated pearls. 681 00:40:21,247 --> 00:40:23,078 You see, nature don't make them perfect. 682 00:40:23,149 --> 00:40:26,312 That's the thing you gotta keep in mind. Pearls are tricky. 683 00:40:26,386 --> 00:40:28,684 Anything else I can do for you? 684 00:40:30,456 --> 00:40:32,754 No, you've done plenty already. 685 00:40:32,925 --> 00:40:34,290 You know what I'm thinking, Moss? 686 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,827 Shut up. 687 00:40:36,162 --> 00:40:38,289 I'm thinking the same thing. 688 00:40:49,976 --> 00:40:51,466 Angel, you were great. 689 00:40:51,544 --> 00:40:53,944 We got nothing, no pearls, nothing. 690 00:40:54,013 --> 00:40:56,447 You picked up an easy $200. Easy? 691 00:40:56,549 --> 00:40:57,516 I could've got killed. 692 00:40:57,583 --> 00:40:59,278 No, they wouldn't do a thing like that. 693 00:40:59,385 --> 00:41:04,049 No, I'm serious, you were really great. That business about the "pale blue aura." 694 00:41:04,123 --> 00:41:05,351 You had me believing it. 695 00:41:05,425 --> 00:41:06,915 I don't even wanna talk to you. 696 00:41:06,993 --> 00:41:09,553 I'm here with psychos and you're hiding in the bathroom. 697 00:41:09,629 --> 00:41:12,029 I was never so glad to get rid of anybody in my life. 698 00:41:12,098 --> 00:41:14,532 We didn't exactly get rid of them. 699 00:41:15,868 --> 00:41:17,062 What do you mean? 700 00:41:17,136 --> 00:41:19,400 You told them what we had was paste. 701 00:41:19,472 --> 00:41:23,875 They're gonna think I switched the pearls. They are gonna come after me. 702 00:41:25,011 --> 00:41:27,206 Why did you have me say that? 703 00:41:27,380 --> 00:41:30,008 'Cause I have an idea. Tell you what we're gonna do next. 704 00:41:30,083 --> 00:41:31,914 You and me, we ain't gonna do nothing next. 705 00:41:31,984 --> 00:41:35,181 I'm through. You're always talking about what good friends we are. 706 00:41:35,254 --> 00:41:38,246 If we were good friends, you wouldn't stuck me into this deal. 707 00:41:38,324 --> 00:41:40,815 Fooling with those guys, I could've ended up in a sack. 708 00:41:40,893 --> 00:41:42,827 You want company, you look somewhere else... 709 00:41:42,895 --> 00:41:46,058 'cause from now on, I'm gonna take care of myself. 710 00:42:01,814 --> 00:42:03,076 What are you doing here? 711 00:42:03,149 --> 00:42:05,014 Can I talk to you? It's important. 712 00:42:07,186 --> 00:42:09,051 All right. Come on in. 713 00:42:13,993 --> 00:42:15,483 All right. You said it was important. 714 00:42:15,561 --> 00:42:16,653 Yeah, it is. 715 00:42:16,729 --> 00:42:18,959 Hey, Manny, what do you want? 716 00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:22,060 Manny? 717 00:42:23,436 --> 00:42:25,199 I ain't Manny Tolan. 718 00:42:27,306 --> 00:42:29,774 Why don't we start with who you are? 719 00:42:29,842 --> 00:42:31,571 Names don't matter. 720 00:42:32,211 --> 00:42:34,805 Angel. Everybody just calls me Angel. 721 00:42:39,919 --> 00:42:42,114 Why'd you come on like you was Manny? 722 00:42:42,188 --> 00:42:45,157 'Cause this friend of mine, he kind of pushed me into it. 723 00:42:45,224 --> 00:42:46,384 What friend? 724 00:42:46,459 --> 00:42:49,986 He's a guy that I did time with, guy named Jim Rockford. 725 00:42:51,998 --> 00:42:53,056 Rockford. 726 00:42:53,132 --> 00:42:55,259 Yeah, I'm not trying to get him in any trouble. 727 00:42:55,334 --> 00:42:58,599 He got me in this trouble. He doesn't care about me, he never did. 728 00:42:58,671 --> 00:43:01,936 All I want... I just wanna clear myself. You understand? 729 00:43:02,008 --> 00:43:04,067 Where's Manny? What happened to Manny? 730 00:43:04,143 --> 00:43:06,839 Rockford mousetrapped him from the motel. 731 00:43:06,913 --> 00:43:08,710 He made me come on like I was Manny. 732 00:43:08,781 --> 00:43:11,375 I didn't want to do it. I said, "I don't wanna do it." 733 00:43:11,450 --> 00:43:12,712 You ever say no to him? 734 00:43:12,785 --> 00:43:14,343 What are you telling us all this for? 735 00:43:14,420 --> 00:43:18,584 Like I said, I just wanna clear myself with you guys and with Manny. 736 00:43:19,225 --> 00:43:20,852 I mean, you were bound to find out. 737 00:43:20,927 --> 00:43:23,293 He didn't think that but I know. You'll find out. 738 00:43:23,362 --> 00:43:25,956 Then, who do you come for? You come for him and me. 739 00:43:26,032 --> 00:43:28,398 It's not like I'm trying to burn Rockford. 740 00:43:28,467 --> 00:43:32,164 Because you're not gonna mess with him. You got the pearls. 741 00:43:35,107 --> 00:43:37,405 You mean they aren't paste? No. 742 00:43:37,476 --> 00:43:38,841 He told me to say that. 743 00:43:38,911 --> 00:43:41,539 He was just buying time. They're real. 744 00:43:41,981 --> 00:43:45,781 I mean, if you don't believe me, go show them to Manny Tolan. 745 00:43:51,891 --> 00:43:53,256 It's flash. 746 00:43:56,362 --> 00:43:57,693 It's what? 747 00:43:57,763 --> 00:44:01,324 Good quality, but never saw the inside of an oyster. 748 00:44:01,601 --> 00:44:04,297 That ain't a phony. It can't be a phony. 749 00:44:04,370 --> 00:44:08,500 I spent 40 years in this business. I'm telling you that ain't worth two bits. 750 00:44:08,574 --> 00:44:11,873 Jimmy ain't got the real ones. I know that for sure. 751 00:44:15,748 --> 00:44:19,275 If Rockford doesn't have them, and we haven't got them... 752 00:44:19,418 --> 00:44:21,648 who's got them? I don't know. 753 00:44:26,492 --> 00:44:29,154 I do. The girl's got them. 754 00:44:29,228 --> 00:44:30,388 The girl? What do you mean? 755 00:44:30,463 --> 00:44:31,862 Think about it, will you? 756 00:44:31,931 --> 00:44:33,956 It makes sense. No, it don't. 757 00:44:34,033 --> 00:44:37,901 People with that kind of jewelry always have copies, right? 758 00:44:38,371 --> 00:44:41,238 So, while we think we're ripping off the girl... 759 00:44:41,307 --> 00:44:44,037 she's ripping off the insurance company. 760 00:44:44,744 --> 00:44:46,006 We've been suckered. 761 00:44:46,078 --> 00:44:48,911 It should've worked. The way we had it figured, it should've. 762 00:44:48,981 --> 00:44:51,609 It's gonna work just like we planned. 763 00:44:52,451 --> 00:44:54,476 Rockford still takes the rap. 764 00:44:54,553 --> 00:44:55,747 How do you know? 765 00:44:55,821 --> 00:44:57,618 Because I know human nature. 766 00:45:26,252 --> 00:45:29,244 What'd I tell you? She put the real ones back. 767 00:45:30,589 --> 00:45:33,490 Human nature. Give me the phonies. 768 00:45:38,464 --> 00:45:41,058 This lady is in for one big surprise. 769 00:45:46,439 --> 00:45:49,374 Let's get out of here and move these things. 770 00:46:20,172 --> 00:46:21,571 Do you mind? 771 00:46:23,075 --> 00:46:25,270 You didn't ask the last time. 772 00:46:32,385 --> 00:46:35,286 You should have seen me, Jimmy. I did it just like you said. 773 00:46:35,354 --> 00:46:37,822 I was selling you out and they was buying. 774 00:46:37,890 --> 00:46:39,585 I should have gone in for bunco. 775 00:46:39,658 --> 00:46:43,150 No, seriously, I'm not lying to you. I think I got a real talent there. 776 00:46:44,697 --> 00:46:47,598 They're worth about a quarter of a million. 777 00:46:48,034 --> 00:46:49,626 Whatever's fair. 778 00:46:51,103 --> 00:46:52,365 How much? 779 00:46:52,671 --> 00:46:53,638 Quarter of a million. 780 00:46:54,507 --> 00:46:56,475 That's what they're insured for... 781 00:46:56,542 --> 00:46:58,737 but we don't expect that much. 782 00:46:58,978 --> 00:47:03,142 What you two bums can expect is about a year and a half in traction. 783 00:47:03,983 --> 00:47:05,314 What the hell are you talking about? 784 00:47:05,384 --> 00:47:07,409 Paste. 785 00:47:07,653 --> 00:47:10,121 You're trying to stiff us with paste. 786 00:47:10,189 --> 00:47:12,589 Those are not paste. No. Listen. 787 00:47:12,992 --> 00:47:16,189 What we ripped off the first time, that was paste. 788 00:47:16,495 --> 00:47:17,621 But Moss and me... 789 00:47:17,696 --> 00:47:19,994 We went back and we made the switch. 790 00:47:28,808 --> 00:47:30,435 He took us, Harry. 791 00:47:31,310 --> 00:47:34,245 You know that? He really took us. 792 00:47:35,648 --> 00:47:39,243 When I told Moss these were flash, I nearly choked. 793 00:47:40,553 --> 00:47:43,954 These are the finest pearls I've seen in five years... 794 00:47:44,023 --> 00:47:46,753 worth a quarter of a million, at least. 795 00:47:47,093 --> 00:47:49,891 And they put them right back in the safe. 796 00:47:56,135 --> 00:47:57,500 You did it. 797 00:47:57,803 --> 00:47:59,430 Yeah, I did, didn't I? 798 00:47:59,505 --> 00:48:02,133 I helped. Didn't I help? 799 00:48:02,808 --> 00:48:04,469 We couldn't have done it without you. 800 00:48:04,543 --> 00:48:06,909 You know, you make a great informer. 801 00:48:06,979 --> 00:48:08,378 It's a gift. 802 00:48:09,315 --> 00:48:13,012 Fellows, I don't know how to say thank you, but I have to start somewhere. 803 00:48:13,085 --> 00:48:15,178 Would you mind starting with Sgt. Becker? 804 00:48:15,254 --> 00:48:17,017 I will. 805 00:48:18,824 --> 00:48:22,225 Jimmy. Listen, I've been thinking about it. 806 00:48:22,828 --> 00:48:24,455 You and me work pretty good together. 807 00:48:24,530 --> 00:48:25,758 Yeah. 808 00:48:25,831 --> 00:48:28,595 I mean, if we was to turn your mind to it... 809 00:48:28,667 --> 00:48:30,294 I'm not talking about hitting friends... 810 00:48:30,369 --> 00:48:34,066 Angel, didn't we have this conversation once before? 811 00:48:34,607 --> 00:48:36,404 Over bread and water? 812 00:48:38,077 --> 00:48:40,477 Yeah. I believe we did. 813 00:48:40,613 --> 00:48:43,241 Sgt. Becker? This is Valerie Thomas... 814 00:48:43,816 --> 00:48:45,306 I have a rather... 815 00:48:45,384 --> 00:48:48,444 Actually, it's a rather embarrassing situation. 816 00:48:48,587 --> 00:48:50,782 It's about my pearl necklace. 817 00:48:51,624 --> 00:48:53,387 Yes, I know you are. 818 00:48:54,827 --> 00:48:58,354 An APB? That is one of the things I was concerned about. 819 00:48:58,764 --> 00:49:02,325 You see, from time to time I have misplaced the necklace. 820 00:49:02,601 --> 00:49:05,798 Just a few minutes ago, I was going through my glove drawer... 821 00:49:05,871 --> 00:49:08,465 and there it was, can you believe it? 822 00:49:09,875 --> 00:49:14,107 Yes, that is what I'm saying. I have the pearls, they weren't stolen. 823 00:49:14,180 --> 00:49:17,411 Of course, I realize what I've done and that's why I'm calling. 824 00:49:17,483 --> 00:49:21,180 I thought if you could handle the warrant on poor Mr. Rockford... 825 00:49:21,253 --> 00:49:23,346 I could handle the apology. 826 00:49:24,823 --> 00:49:26,814 Yes, thank you very much.