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[Music]

Heat.

Heat.

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Would you believe it? It's dark already.

I'm late. I'll see you.

Hey.

Hey. I'm not going to let you go. Can't

go. I'm not going to let you. I miss

you.

See you tomorrow.

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Hello, Luise Campbell.

Yeah, stay away from that young guy.

What? Hey, who is this anyway? Never

mind. Just do what I say. Stay away from

him. You understand? Stay away from him.

Who is

this?

Hello. Hello.

For she's a jolly good fellow. For she's

a jolly good

fellow that nobody can deny.

Okay. Okay, I'll try. Um, yeah, make a

wish.

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I didn't think I could do it. There are

so many of them. Well, you're only 23,

Tina. Wait till you're 45. You're 46.

If you were wearing that gun, Joe

Martin. Oh, but I am, sweetie.

Thanks, Steve. What kind of friends does

your wife have? Oh, they're killers.

Every single one of them. Right, honey?

Right. Whoops. Look and learn, sweetie.

Married almost a year and still

smooching in public. Live with your

father-in-law. You don't have much

choice. Right,

why don't you serve the coffee? I'll cut

the cake when my dad comes. Sure, honey.

Where's the old bear anyway? Probably

out on a job. You know what I mean? Oh,

now come on. Don't joke about it,

please. Come on. Find him.

I worry about him, Steve. I can't help

it. Worry about me.

You know what I wished

for? I wished you and my dad would get

along better. We would as soon as you

and I move out of here. Steve, I don't

see what difference it makes.

Daddy,

we've been waiting for you. Working

late, huh, Ed? I'm sorry, baby. Couldn't

help. That's okay. Hey, you're here now.

Listen everybody, we can cut the cake

now. I've been wondering where you were,

you big lug. Good. Good. Okay,

everybody, here we go. I can't wait.

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That's the

old. You want to go bowling tonight?

No, I'm taking Tina to a movie. Oh,

yeah. Our old man just called a few

minutes ago. He wants you to stop by

before you go

home. Same old

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junk. You wouldn't have any birthday

cake, would

you? You going to have birthday cake?

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Yeah, you can have it. Well, I don't

want it all. Said you can have

it. All

right. Stag around. Oh, I see. He's

inside. Is it important? Beats me. I

guess better hang around. Do you know

Sergeant Stag? Yeah, I know. He arrested

my son. Says he stole a car. I don't

believe he's never been in trouble

before. Well, he's in trouble now, Mr.

Joe. Oh, Sergeant, there's other kids

being released. Well, I don't want to

hold him any longer. We have to. Sure.

You had a lawyer? Yes, I have a lawyer.

Get hold of him. Your boy will be a rain

in a couple of hours. Come on. He sat on

top. Sergeant, you're making a mistake.

I wish I would. But he's only 17. He's

He's on the honor roll at school. And he

snatched somebody's car, went for a joy

ride, and wrecked it. Now look, Mr. Han,

if you want your kid to think that he

can break the law and get away with it,

that's your business. But don't ask me

to hold your hand. Come on, Sergeant.

Don't stand.

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Sit down. Pretty rough on that poor guy,

won't you? What are you talking about?

It's not my fault he didn't teach his

kid to respect the law. Now go ahead,

sit

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down. A guy doesn't know the difference

between right and wrong. You might as

well be living in a

tree. You

agreed? What's this all about?

Huh? Cheetah, do you love her? Huh? I

asked you a question. Do you love her?

Sure, I love

her. Did she ever tell you about her

mother? No. No. She ran out on us, both

of us, when Tina was only

10. Tina is all I've

got. All.

Don't I know it? How many times you been

to that Dame's apartment? What?

You know what this would do to Tina if

she found out about it? Found out about

what? Sergement. I don't know what

you're talking about. You know damn well

what I'm talking about. It's been in my

gut for a week now. Luis Campbell.

That's what I'm talking about. Now, how

many times? Once, twice, 7, 20. How many

times?

How many? You think I have some punk you

pulled off the street? Don't get smart

with me. I know you've been seeing this

Camel Dame and I want it stopped now.

I'll think about it, Sergeant. Damn

right you will think about it. You'll do

it. That's what you'll do. You'll do

it. I'm not going to let my Tina be

hurt. In my book, she comes ahead of

everybody. You, me, everybody. Then why

didn't you let her go? Everything. She

still comes running to you for

everything. We've been married for

almost a year, and I still don't know

whose wife she is. Yours or mine? What

kind of a curse? You know how many times

I pleaded with her to move out of that

house of yours? She thinks we can't

manage without Papa. Well, let me tell

you something, Sergeant. I can manage

without Papa.

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Stay away from that baby. Hey, stay with

us.

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Hi, Dad. Hello, baby.

We in it.

Remember, picked up a couple of tickets

for the devil ahead of you Sunday. I

thought you didn't like pitch. Uh, Steve

does. Think you and he might want to get

away from you, man, for a while.

Daddy, you're sweet. Uh, not yet, but

I'm working on it. Hey, I thought you

two were going to the movies tonight. We

didn't.

If you're hungry, we have piles of cold

chicken in the refrigerator.

Sweetheart, you and Steve, you

uh are you having any trouble?

What trouble? Am I keeping you from

moving out of here? Huh?

So it because if I am Hey, how does this

look so far? Do you think Steve will

like it? Well, you better. Where is he?

He's home, isn't he?

Nope. I'll go and fix you there, too. At

the 10. Well, he had to work late again

tonight. He phoned me. Some kind of

emergency. Daddy, I wish

you'd talk to him about working late so

much.

Do you want to hear something funny?

Hm. I worry about him all the

time. Even at night, sometimes I wake up

and I look at him just to see if he's

breathing. Isn't that weird?

No. No. Not if you love him that much.

Don't you dare tell him about this.

He'll think I'm crazy or something.

Okay. Cold chicken coming up.

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It's crazy. Got to get her out of here.

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Keep it cool. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks for

listening. Anytime.

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Wait. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were

some. May I come in, Miss Campbell? What

do you want? Won't take long.

Hey, just a minute. Who do you think you

are? You've got no right coming in. Look

who's talking about right.

What is this? What do you want? My name

is Stag. Sergeant Edward Stag. Does that

mean anything to you?

Oh, are you going to bust me,

Sergeant? Well, look, if you don't have

a warrant, I'd like you to leave. Steve

Butler is my son-in-law.

Oh. Oh, I see.

Well, look, Sergeant, it's 10:30. It is

a little late for a social call. I don't

pay social calls on tramps. Get out of

here.

Go.

You want me out of

here? You better listen.

You and Steve have had it. It's

finished.

You You were the one on the telephone,

man. Some cop. You're going to have to

get somebody else to pay your

bills. That shouldn't be too

hard. There's a guy in every street

corner just dying to get something like

you. How much do you want?

Click. Click. Right and wrong. Nothing

in between. Man, Steve had you picked. I

don't want anything, Sergeant. I just

want to turn around and get out of here.

My daughter doesn't know anything about

you and Steve and she's not going to

know how much home, Sergeant. I'm tired

of going to pen. It's over. You

understand? It's over. The next time he

calls, you tell him you've had it. You

never want to see him again. Ever.

Look, Sergeant, don't try to run my

line. Not you. Listen to me. You no

good. No one. Get out of here. Daughter.

You are not going to hurt my daughter.

Is that clear? You are not going to hurt

her. There's only one person hurting

that kid of yours, and it's not me.

What do you mean? Well, who do you

think's running Steve out of your house?

Me.

You shut up. Shut up. Oh, you think

Steve's coming over here cuz he's crazy

in love with me? Well, I'm not that

lucky, Sergeant. I just happen to be a

big girl. So, don't you point that

finger at me. If anyone is lousing up

their lives, it's you, man. You. I told

you to shut

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up. Sorry.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt

you, but you

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Mr. Campbell. Hey. Hey.

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I drink this

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now. Oh my

god. My god.

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[Applause]

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Police headquarters.

I want her

put I

want You'll have to speak up, mister. I

can't hear

you.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello. Heat. Heat.

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Last

piece. I was saving it for dad,

but it's his

loss. I wonder where he went.

He's a big boy now, Tina.

Hey, you know what I was

thinking? What? The last time we were on

a roller coaster was our first

date. Why don't we go this Saturday?

I saw him. You told me about your

mother.

Why should he do that? He never talks

about her. He did today,

Steve.

It was

awful. I never heard a grown man cry

before. I can still hear it sometime. It

was 13 years ago. He's not crying

anymore.

Steve. Steve, I love you. I love you so

much. Tina, there's something I want to

tell you. Just tell me you love me.

That's all I want to hear.

You know it, too. Let's do it, Steve.

Let's make believe it's our first date

all over again. We'll eat cotton candy

and throw baseballs and buy popcorn.

I can't catch up with you. You're like a

little kid. Well, it's better than being

serious and grumpy like some people I

know. You're a character.

Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Guess what? Steve

and I are going on a roller coaster this

Saturday.

What's wrong?

I still have that cold chicken if you

want it. I'm not hungry. Are you sure?

It's only I'm not hungry.

Take care of your husband. Leave me

alone.

See, what's the matter with him?

Stay out of it.

Hey, Sergeant. Why take it out on her?

You can be sore with me. Okay. But

listen, trying to tell you

something. You're right about one thing.

I don't want Tina to be heard either.

Why'd you have to mess around with that

for anyway? Why? You were right.

Tonight, it's all over. I'm not going to

see her anymore. I'm wrapping it up. I'm

going to level with Tina right now. I'm

going to tell her all about it. No,

you're not. You're not going to tell her

anything. Not one word. Not one word

about you and that Is that clear?

Wait a minute. Don't argue with me. She

couldn't take it. She'd fall apart. Not

the end of the world. It would be for

her. You don't know her like I do. We've

got to protect her. We have to, you

can't let anything tie you in with that

Nothing.

Okay. You say so? Yes, I do. I do. Oh,

we have to protect her. We have to.

That's all I'm trying to do. I'm just

just trying to protect her. Trying to

protect her.

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I got

it. Police headquarter. Sergeant

Marcus.

What? Just a minute.

Go ahead.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh-huh. Okay. I got it. Look out. Right

on it.

Who is that? Hold

on. Hey, Mike. Jump right on this,

please. Grocery store on Fifth Street.

Okay, P. Right here. Sit down.

Yeah.

He says he killed his best friend.

Huh? When this happened, huh?

I don't

know. Two, three, four days

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ago. I don't remember.

How'd you kill him?

I What's your friend's name, P?

What's your name?

Put him away. Let him sleep it off.

We'll talk to you later. Okay, let's go.

Please, please. All right. Easy now.

Easy. You'll get a nice long snooze.

Easy now.

It'll be one of those days. Drunks

looking for a place to sleep. A fight

with my wife. Hey, Ed. You ever get

married again? Stay away from women who

like to buy hats by the pound.

Joe, check this out. William, it's a

cleaning woman on William Street. What's

pitch? She was a little hysterical. I

didn't get very much. She said she found

this girl that she works for stretched

out on a couch. It might be a homicide.

Okay. Right. All right. Ed, you better

go with him. In case it is a homicide,

I'd like to have it cleaned up quick.

Yes, sir.

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Then I I shook her, Sergeant. I I I

thought she was asleep or something. And

but she was cold. I I mean really cold.

And And then I saw the blood. And well,

I I was so scared. I didn't know what to

do. And that's when I called the police.

Hey, Ed. Hi. Ed.

Blood

looks like an accident, huh? Maybe she

got dizzy and fell down, hit her head.

How'd she get to the couch?

Oh, I guess she got up somehow and

managed to reach it before she passed

out.

What about it, Doc?

Not a chance. She died a few seconds

after she received the blow on the head.

What about time? Oh, at least 10 hours.

Maybe more. I'll tell you after the

autopsy. Oh. Uh, Sergeant, the only way

she got on that couch was if someone put

her there.

Mrs. Simmons, did you move Miss

Campbell's body? No, sir. I I I told

Sergeant, I I came in here and I found

her lying on the couch. Okay, you threw

with her head. Yeah, you can go now, Mr.

Simmons. We will call you again if we

need

you. Probably find her prince all over

the

place. The way I figure it, Ed, she

could have had an argument with

somebody. He knocked her down. She hit

her head. He got

scared. So he picked her up, carried her

over to the

couch. Probably didn't even know she was

dead. Maybe even tried to pull her out

of it.

This might give us a nice set of

prints. But what do you think? Sound

logical.

Yeah. Yeah, it makes sense.

Sergeant, this guy outside Lyn's

upstairs. He said he saw someone hanging

around the door last night. Check him

out, will you? I want to find out what's

holding up fingerprint.

I uh didn't see his face. Uh it's always

so dark out here at night you could

break a leg anyway. Uh he was a man

about uh well about your size, Sergeant.

Uh that's all I know. Then you wouldn't

recognize him if you saw him again, huh?

No. But he wasn't that young fella. I

mean that much I can tell you. What

young fellow? Well, the one she went out

with. I mean him I saw lots of times.

Do you know his name? Uh, no.

What does he look like? What a damn like

that guy. She must have gone out with a

train load of gays. Maybe. This is the

only one we know about so far. What does

he look like? Uh, young, about 30 years

old, tall, good-looking. Um, oh, he

always looked mad, Sergeant. I'd give

him a hello. And he never smiled. Not

once. Do you think he killed her? Well,

that's what we're here to find out. Come

on in.

Check the dresser. I'll tackle the desk.

Maybe we'll come up lucky. Something

with his name on it. Maybe even a

picture. Uh, what about Fingerprint?

They haven't been here yet, have they?

So, be careful. Why don't we come back

here later? Give Fingerprint a chance to

do the job first. In the meantime, we

can uh check out that place where she

used to work uh on 10th Street. Huh?

Does that make more sense to you?

Okay.

Go. Yeah. I told her she was going to

get in trouble going after that guy that

was married man and all that. You know

what I mean? You know his name? Uh-uh.

Never met him. He was some kind of a

working stiff. You know, docks, oil

fields, something like What about other

guys? She went out with other guys,

didn't she? She only went with one man

at a time, Sergeant. This month it was

strictly him. You know, she saw him last

night. Yeah. He called a little after

600. She said he was real sore. want to

see her right away. They were to meet at

this restaurant, the uh Red Wall. You

know it.

Yeah. Poor kid. She was a sucker for a

sad story. Any guy was in trouble. Had

it made. What kind of trouble was he in?

Something with his father-in-law. Seems

that the old man wanted everything his

own way. Real character, Luis. Maybe his

way was the right way. Who knows? You

show me a guy who's right all the time.

There's no such animal.

Thanks.

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We might as well check that restaurant.

Yeah, you go ahead. Uh, I just thought

of a couple more questions I'd like to

ask that character. It's a waste of

time, Ed. Oh, yeah. Take my car. I'll

grab a cam. You'd be better off coming

with me. I've been on the force for over

25 years. I don't know what I'm doing by

now, should I? Good luck.

That's it.

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What happened? What happened,

Sergeant?

How long you been on the force? 3 years.

And you haven't heard about not smoking

on duty? Sarge. No one was here. And I

thought I'd You're here, aren't you? And

you're in uniform. Now put it out.

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Anybody besides those ambulance, guys?

Only fingerprint, sergeant. And he left

about 5 minutes ago.

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What'd you find,

Jim? You don't say.

Well, we got to hit the jackpot

sometime.

Maybe we'll wrap this one up with a

confession.

Huh? Right.

What was that?

Remember that old bum walked in this

morning? Said he killed his best friend.

He

did. Now, you never think an old booze

hound like that would have that much

conscience, would you? You dig up

anything? I went back to the bar. I

checked it out there. They didn't find a

thing.

Ed, did you kill

her? What kind of a joke is that?

Some hot shot detective. I've been on

the force more than 25 years. I know

what I'm doing.

Hey, remember this? Know whose prints

were on it? Yours, you clumsy jerk. What

do you want?

profession.

What I want to know is when you put your

big paws all over it. I don't know. When

you were talking to doctor, I guess

handling evidence like a wet-nose

rookie, and I always thought you were

the perfect cop. So, I goofed up. It

happens. What about that uh that

so-called boyfriend of yours? Did you

find anything? Sure did. He was with her

last night in her apartment. No, the

restaurant. A waiter there remembered.

The description fits. We'll pick him up.

But uh you don't know that he went to a

barber, do you? Well, it figures,

doesn't it? He's married. The guy at the

diner said he was sore when he called

her. Chances are his wife was making

waves, so they had to break it up. So,

they had dinner, went back to her

apartment, had a few choice words. She

landed on her head. How can you be so

sure that he'll be able to pick him up?

We know where he works. Docks or oil

field?

A thousand guys. Only one looks like

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this. See

I'm in here.

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Hi.

Hey,

is your father home yet?

No. Rough day, huh?

Yeah, I had a rough day.

You know what I

decided? I'm going to start an organic

vegetable garden in the backyard. We're

going to have carrots and radishes and

tomatoes. How does that sound? It sounds

fine. Sounds fine. You're the only

farmer I know and all you can say is

sounds fine. Hey babe, I'm just not with

it today.

I'm counting on you for advice.

Well, I'm no farmer. You were born on

one. My parents lost it when I was five.

So, you've got 5 years more experience

than I do. Too much. You know that.

Okay. Just wait and see. We're going to

have

tomatoes that big. Not if I get near

them.

Stephen, I've uh I've been

thinking maybe you were right. Maybe we

should go away for a

while. Just you and me. Put that on.

Well, that's what you wanted, isn't it?

They owe you a vacation. Maybe we can

even leave tomorrow. Walk out of my job.

Just like I walk out of my job. Why not?

It's better than being unhappy all the

time.

Oh, Steve, I just I just want us to love

each other. You live happily ever after

like in the story books. Yeah, I know.

Well, it doesn't happen. Forget it. Why

shouldn't it? Because I'm just a guy,

that's all. Take a look at me. I'm just

a guy. I I don't have a suit of armor. I

don't have a white horse. I wouldn't

know how to fight a dragon if I saw one.

I'm just a guy, that's all. I do stupid

things. I make mistakes.

Sergeant, I want to talk to you.

outside.

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You say anything to Tina? I didn't kill

her, Sergeant. Believe me, I don't know

anything about it. You say anything to

her. No, not yet. See, you keep it that

way. Well, good it to. They have that

sketch. Sooner or later, they'll pin it

down. Run me in. Not if you keep your

mouth

shut.

Yeah. Found that in her apartment. Maybe

you want to put it in your scrapbook.

Look, Sergeant, I'm sorry you found out.

Keep your mouth shut. That's all I ask.

You can kill her. All right. I didn't

even see her that night. Believe me,

that's the truth. All the truth.

Sergeant, listen. I know you wouldn't

cover for me if you thought I was

guilty, but can't you? Can't you just

leave it alone?

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Sure, I used to date her, but I haven't

seen her in like 2 months.

How about the night she was killed? But

I told you. Tell me again.

the movies. I went to the movies. I

wasn't anywhere near her place.

Okay, you can go.

Well, go on. Get out of here.

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Like fishing in a mud hole, nothing.

Lieutenant just had a call. Ed, the

girl's father. He got a letter from her

the day before she died. She mentioned

her boyfriend's

name,

Steve. That's right. It narrows it down,

doesn't it? Not funny, Joe.

Look, Ed, you and me, we've been friends

a long time. I mean, I've known Tina

since she was that high. Oh,

how are she and Steve getting along?

Fine. Fine. Get along. What?

Ed, I was here. I was right here when

you and Steve. He came tearing out of

that room like he was chasing money. I

heard you yell at him. Ed, stay away

from that Dane. I heard

it. Look, Ed, he's married. He works in

the oil fields. He could have posed for

that sketch. Yeah. And his father-in-law

tries to run his life. Don't forget

that. His father-in-law is an honest cop

who once said he'd walk out the day he

found himself trying to protect a guilty

man. It wasn't him,

Joe. I know it

wasn't working that

night. You're sure of that, Ed? Yes, I'm

sure of it. I don't cover for

murderers. Okay. Okay. What suspect? I

told you one suspect, and you think

you've got it made, but this town is

full of people who might have killed

her.

Like who?

I can't do it. You must. You've got to.

I know Joe Marcus. He's going to pull

you in. It's crazy. You want me to pick

you up? You want Tina to find out about

you and that day? Somebody kill Louise.

Not me. Let him run. Not me. No, I know.

Take Tina with you. I'll talk to her.

She'll No. She won't be able to take it.

I tell you, it'll destroy her. Help her.

Help me. That's what I'm trying to do.

Not this way. Not by running. How do you

think I saw Louise in the first place? I

couldn't lick a problem, so I ran. How

can I expect Tina to grow up if I won't?

But it's the only chance you've got. You

want to help me? Really? Help me. Help

me get Joe Marcus off my back. There's

only one way. I didn't kill Louise. Find

the man who

did. And you won't leave. No. Wos.

Hopheads bums. I mean, 100 times I

talked to the landlord about it. Someday

I'll break a leg just stepping over. The

man you saw hanging around this door

that night. Could he have been a wo?

Maybe. Why not? Could he have been about

uh oh 65 70 years old? Oh, did you find

somebody, Sergeant? Could he have been

that old?

I suppose. Uh yeah. Yeah, sure he could.

Oh, thanks.

Hello,

William. I'm Sergeant

Stag. Yes, sir. Yeah. Take a look at

that. Take it out of the

bag. Go

ahead. That's it. You ever see that

before? Turn it all around. Get a good

look at it. Let's see it.

Hey, do you ever drink that kind of

wine?

Yeah, it was cheap enough.

Hey, let's put it back now. Huh? Put it

back.

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Uh, how old are you, Bob?

I just I don't

know. 65 67 I I don't remember good no

more.

You have any relatives? Friends?

No. No. No. Relative. Friends? You have

friends? You have little Len Bagot. He's

my best friend. No. No. He's dead. Pop.

He's the man you killed.

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Yeah. Oh my god. I I I

forgot L and me had had a fight.

I hit him with something. Piece of lead

pipe.

Yeah, a piece of lead pipe.

What'd you hit the girl with, Pop?

Girl, I

I I I I don't remember. No, girl. Come

on now. You've already admitted the one

murder. Why not admit the other one? Why

not get that girl off your conscience,

too? You're going to get the gas chamber

anyway. They can only gas you once,

right, Bob?

Honest. I don't remember. No girl.

The night before you turned yourself in,

where were you?

I I don't know. I I I I don't I don't

know. I I don't remember. Why not? Why

don't you love her?

I I told I I told him I I I told him

already.

I I was drunk. You were drunk. All

right. But not too drunk to remember

what you did. Now, what did you do? You

didn't tell him everything, did you?

I I thought I

did. Oh.

You tell him that you forced your way in

Louise Campbell's apartment. Did you

tell him that?

H Did you tell him how you tried to take

her money? Did you tell him how you

knocked her down and killed him? I I I

didn't. I

Come on now, Bob. You were so plastered.

You don't know what you did.

William Street. You know William Street,

don't you?

Yeah. All right. That's better. 726

William

Street, groundf flooror apartment.

No, I I don't I don't remember.

I I'm sure I wasn't there. How come

we've got a witness who saw you there

then? Huh? How come I found this bottle

in the hallway with your fingerprints

all over

it? Pop. Pop, I'm your friend. Huh? I

want to help you. I want to help you

remember. Pop. Now, come on.

Why? Why would I kill her? For money.

You needed money to buy wine.

I I I I I would I wouldn't have killed

her. Killed your friend, didn't you?

Best friend, only

friend. Why wouldn't you kill her? You

killed it, Pop. I don't

remember. I don't know. Pop, you're

going to remember if I have to stay here

all night. Oh, come on. Leave me alone.

Leave me alone. No, Pop. No, I'm going

to help you, Pop. I'm going to help you

remember. Now, you were in the hallway,

right?

I Yeah, I guess I was. Yes. Yes, you

were. You were in the hallway and it was

10:45 at night. Remember that. Now,

10:45. You knocked on the door and when

she opened it, when she opened it, you

pushed your way in. Please, Sergeant.

You pushed your way in and you asked her

for some money. When she didn't give it

to you, you knocked her you knocked her

down and you killed her. No, I I didn't.

You killed her just like you killed your

friend. I don't remember. And you killed

her, Pop, and you know it. Then you then

you dragged her body over to the couch

and you left her there.

I was

drunk. I wouldn't have done it if I

wasn't drunk.

It's all right, Pop. It's all right now.

It's all right. All

right. You don't have to remember

everything

now. Just remember that you killed her.

I was

drunk. You only die

once. Do you understand that? You only

die once.

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All right, how did you get into the

apartment?

Lieutenant ask you a

question. I was drunk.

How did you get into the apartment?

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I she she let me in, I guess. You guess?

Aren't you sure? Told Sergeant Stag that

she opened the door and you pushed your

way in. Is that what happened?

I I was drunk. Is that what happened,

Pop?

Yeah.

What time was that?

What? What time? 9:30, 10, 10:30, 11.

What time were you

there? I I I don't I don't know.

Maybe ter

you're answering the

questions, just 10:00. All right,

10:00. Why don't you tell us the rest of

the story now?

The rest of the story? Yeah, the rest of

the story. You know you're going to feel

better if you get it off your mind.

Didn't you feel better when you told us

about killing your friend?

Money. I must have asked her for

money. I don't

remember. I don't remember.

But you do know that you were there at

10:00. Hey,

I guess maybe I hit it,

right? Be right

back. All right, hold.

Come on, sit up. Sit up. I want you to

start again right at the beginning.

Huh? Much trouble,

Ed. You pleading for it?

You. He's a murderer, isn't

he? You think he did it? You're asking

me.

You're the one who found the bottle with

his prints on it. You're the one who

broke him

down. You did a good job on him, Ed.

Yeah. Yeah. It's great what you can do

with 25 years of experience.

Look, Ed, you've been pushing pretty

hard. Why don't you take a couple of

days sickly? I'm okay. I'm okay. Go

ahead. I'll squirt you in, Lieutenant.

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Hey, Steve. Steo baby. Have you seen

this guy? This killer, huh? Looks just

like enough to be your twin brother. Why

don't you Oh, now come on killer. I

can't help it if you look like a mystery

man. told you.

Well, you know, killer, if you'd gone

bowling with us that night, you'd have a

perfect

alibi. Of course, you know, you got

relatives on the force now. Don't worry,

they'll take care of

you.

Okay. Heat. Heat.

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Don't heat.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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I got you off the hook.

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You look just like your mother there

from a moment.

Has anything happened?

No. No.

Um I'm just

tired.

That's just tired.

Is it Steve?

I almost killed my father once. Did I

ever tell you

that? He was drunk. I was beating up my

mother. I was only

15. I ran away from home right after

that. Didn't come back for 3

years. She was

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dead. I never saw him again either.

That's terrible.

It's

funny. Haven't thought about him for

years.

Daddy, you're the best man that ever

lived.

Maybe.

Promise me. Promise me that you'll never

stop loving me. Daddy, don't. Promise

me. Look, everything I've done, it's

been for you. Everything. You promise me

that all you always love me always.

Of course I will.

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Thank you.

Daddy, please tell me. Has anything

happened to

Steve? No. No. Steve. Steve is

fine. He's fine.

There was a

hammer in the

kitchen. I picked it

up and I hit

him. Hit him. I hit him. Hit him till he

fell. Then my mother screamed at me to

get out of

there. I was trying to help her.

She told me to get out.

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Yes, I am tired. I think I'll I think

I'll lay down for a while.

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Heat. Heat.

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Oh, don't forget Steve, are you crazy?

Sure, crazy.

Steve, what happened to your face? I ran

into a window. Oh, Steve. Come on, be

serious. Steve, that's for Steve. That's

for your father, who is absolutely the

greatest. Absolutely. Aren't you drunk?

Have you been in a fight? Oh, well, you

see the other guy. Go, change of colors.

We're going out. Come on. You got to be

drunk. No, it's a celebration for

freedom. Freedom. Celebration complete

with hot dog, popcorn, and cotton candy.

The works go on changing clothes.

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Nothing. No. A little

popcorn. A little cotton kiss. Look at

that guy. You see that guy back

there? We

Hey, lady. You want some popcorn? No.

I'd burst. Chicken. Get to

Hey,

mister. Take good care of him.

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Two big ones. Lots of butter. Thanks.

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You see

this? Did you see it, Sergeant? It says

that old man was in Louis's apartment at

10:00. That's a mistake, isn't it?

You're off the hook, so forget about it.

Did he say that at 10:00? He said that

he killed her, that he was drunk, that

he forced his way into her apartment. I

mean, he killed her at 10:00. Did he say

that? You got Joe Marcus off your back

now.

So, do what I said. Forget about it.

It's wrong, Sergeant. It's wrong.

He couldn't have been there at 10:00.

Sergeant, I lied to you, Sergeant. I

wasn't working that night. I was with

Louise. We had dinner. I went to her

apartment. I stayed there until 10:30.

10:30, Sergeant. I was scared. If I

wasn't, I wouldn't have lied. No, you

didn't lie to me. You didn't see her

that night. You were working that night.

He couldn't have been there at 10:00. I

know. You know, I'll tell you what you

know. You were married to my daughter

and you messed around with that trap.

She got killed. That's what you know.

But it's true, Sergeant. I was there.

You better call headquarters and tell

them. I don't have to tell him anything.

And neither do you. Tell her myself.

No. What about Tina? Tina? That old man

is sitting in a cell because of a story

that isn't true. And you're worried

about Tina. All right. All right. Forget

about Tina. What about you? What about

yourself? They'll say you killed her. So

they'll say I killed her. I didn't. And

neither did that old man. Please. You

don't realize what you're doing. One of

us doesn't. I'm going to call it. No.

You won't have to go out in the car.

I'll drive it there myself.

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Heat. Heat.

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Where'd you find him? Flop house. He

said he was with the old man that night.

Passed out about 9:00. Didn't wake up

till 3:00 in the

morning. 10th Street, a good 12 blocks

from the girl's apartment.

You buy it?

Yeah, I buy it.

Okay.

What about the bottle with this prints

on it? They could have been there for a

week or it could have been planted.

We've got a confession, Joe. No, no, not

us. We didn't get that confession.

We didn't get anything.

Sergeant headquarters is over there. I

know. We'll get there.

I want to talk. You said it all. Said

nothing.

Nothing. Well,

uh, of course we have trouble.

Oh, he stays out late every night and

runs around with wild women and beats me

every time he comes home. Tina, where's

your father?

Maybe with Steve drunk, rolling in the

gutter. Happens every night of the week.

Is your father with him?

Hey, isn't he cute?

We want him at a shooting gallery. Tina,

where are they? I don't know. I don't I

don't know where anybody is.

Well, where should I put you?

Tina, did you ever hear of a girl named

Louise Campbell?

Should I? She was murdered. It's been in

the papers for days.

Oh.

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Oh, I never read the paper. Your

father's been working on the case here.

Now then, now this is where you belong.

Tina, he's in trouble. Serious trouble.

I don't believe that. He's a good cop.

Too good to louse up an investigation by

handling a piece of evidence. Tina, I

bought it, but I can't buy it now.

What evidence? What are you talking

about? He knew about Steve. That woman

was running around with a married man

with Steve.

That's not true. Tina, we have his

description. We had his name. Steve had

been seeing her for weeks.

That's a lie. That's a dirty, rotten,

filthy lie. I'm sorry, Tina. Oh, Joe,

get out of here. Honey, I have to find

Get out of here. Tina, I have to find

you.

Oh, no.

Do you know where he is,

Joe? It was a

game. When I was

little, after my mother left, I used to

have

nightmares and my daddy would come into

the room and he would tell me not to

worry because he would put up a

wall and would keep all the bad things

out. And it

did. It really

did, Joe.

Where did the wall

go? Why did it go away?

Tina, was Steve seeing that girl?

I just I just wanted us to be happy. I I

thought if I didn't say anything to

him, the wall would still be there.

and we'd be safe

inside. Then she was killed.

Give me police headquarters. Wasn't

Steve, Joe. It couldn't have been Steve.

I never said it was.

Hello, this is Sergeant Marcus. I want

to put out an APB on Ed

Stag. That's right, Sergeant Ed Stag.

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What are we stopping here for? Something

I want to show

you. Come on.

It's where you used to meet her, isn't

it? What's the point, Sergeant? She's

dead.

You ever almost

drown? Go under, try to

scream.

Can't. And there's nobody there to help

you. Nobody. No. You're on your

own. Nobody there to help you. Nobody

but yourself. I'm going back to the car.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. No,

not yet. It's over, Sergeant. There's

nothing here. I'm here. I'm here and I'm

drowning. Oh, can't you get it through

your head? He's a bum, a drunk. He's got

no friends, no relatives, nothing. He He

He doesn't mean anything. Maybe he

didn't kill her. What difference does it

make? He killed somebody, didn't he? And

he's going to have to die, isn't he? If

it gets you off the hook, what

difference does it make? What difference

does it make? You lousy hypocrite. If a

man doesn't know the difference between

right and wrong, he might as well be

living in a tree. Isn't that what you

said, Sergeant? Go ahead. Climb that

tree. Make me another speech. Go ahead,

Sergeant. I'm waiting. Go ahead. you.

you, immoral punk.

Who do you think started this whole mess

anyway? Who? I don't know, Sergeant, but

you better believe it's over. They

booked me or they don't book me. I'm

leveling with Tina out. I'm wrapping it

up. I'm telling her the whole bit. No,

she's coming out of that box you kept

her in if I have to drag her out. Maybe

the air out stinks, but she better learn

to live in it. So, I'm starting right

now. No, no, please. Sergeant, it's not

just Tina. It's not just her. It's you.

It's me. You walk into headquarters and

and and we're all connected. All of us.

I didn't do anything, Sergeant. Nothing.

I did.

I killed him.

God help me. I killed

him. You?

Yes. Oh, God help me. I killed

him. It was you.

All this time, all those speeches, me,

Tina, I I just pushed her. I just pushed

her and she fell as she hit her head.

You killed her. Tell you, it was just an

accident. And you silly old man for it.

No, I I was for Tina. I was trying to

protect Tina. Calm off it, Sergeant.

Calm, way down, off. You weren't

protecting anybody but yourself. No, no,

that's not true. Who you covering for

now? Me? Tina the old man or is it you?

Stop it. Stop it. I listen to you all

year and there's nothing inside those

speeches. Nothing. All I've had is

ladies, please. Steve, no.

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I can't help it. I'm sorry, but I can't

help

it. It was an

accident like this one, Sergeant.

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Oh, why didn't you go like I told you?

Why'd you go with

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Dina? Oh, ever since I killed her, ever

since I killed her, it's been like like

something something inside my gut eating

eating at me like like like there was

nothing

left. Oh. Oh

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dear.

Don't Let's go.

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Sorry

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yet. Heat. Heat.

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