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[MUSIC PLAYING]

Don't go to bed with no price on your head.

No, no.

Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Yeah.

Don't do it.

And keep your eye on the sparrow when the going gets narrow.

Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Where can I go where the cold winds don't blow now?

Well, well, well, well, well.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXPLOSION]

[ALARM BUZZING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXPLOSION]

[ALARM BUZZING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXPLOSION]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Boy, you keep pricking me with them slop joints.

I'm going to be so fat, I ain't going to be able to chase the bad guys.

Yeah, you're going to have to take off a little weight.

A little weight.

I'm going to look like you pretty soon.

I don't have to worry about chasing the bad guys.

All I chase is Rosie, and she can't run.

[EXPLOSION]

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]

Get some help!

All right, help.

Help!

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]

Ah.

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]

You ready?

It's a homicide now.

You want this one?

I want it.

I want it.

I'm going to go see Jerry Damon.

He knows more about fires than the devil himself.

Tony, try and get this guy off the street quick.

He's trying to turn this thing into a weekly event.

Yeah, boss.

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]

Ah, my good man, Jerry.

How's it going, partner?

Tony!

[LAUGHTER]

Look at you.

What do you say, pal?

You look great, man.

Solid as a rock.

You're not a climbable lesson anymore.

I still work out.

You got to get out there on the streets and start stroking with them.

Not quite yet.

Not now, huh?

Wages.

That's what it's about, man.

Go out there and earn them.

Got to hit the streets and start making them, partner.

You ain't no invalid no more.

Just a second.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

What's the matter?

What's the matter?

Wait a minute.

Well, I'm starting to get the drift of this.

Now, let's see.

Now, I haven't seen you for almost a year.

Is that right? - About a year.

That's right.

OK, and suddenly you swoop down on me

here, and you're smelling like a smoke COD.

Now, I read the papers, and I know you've got a torch on your hand, right?

You know that, huh?

That's right.

You want me to help you find him, right?

You figured that out, too, huh?

You're still drinking imported beer, right?

Whenever I can steal it.

Why don't you let me heal in peace, Tony?

Because tonight I just came from a place where I saw some people I know.

It was all burned up, Jerry.

Dead.

All right.

But why me?

I'm counting you the best there is, pal.

No.

No, Tony, I gave up that business two years ago

with two silver medals and about 14 pounds of scar tissue.

Now, look.

Look at this fireplace.

It's a planter now.

I mean, I even gave up cigarettes after

that crummy tenement building fell in on me.

No way. No way.

No. - Now, wait a minute, Jerry.

Don't say that.

I know.

I know what you went through.

But you got to keep stroking, partner, for yourself and everybody else.

Well, listen, how about the guys in your department?

They're cops.

They go out and bust drunks.

What do they know?

They think he's a nut.

But you don't figure it that way, right?

No, I don't, Jerry.

First, he was just burning office buildings, architects' offices, rich guys.

It was like he was after all the rich people in the world.

He had like a vendetta.

Then all of a sudden, out of left field,

tonight, in my own neighborhood, he burns a cat house.

People I know are dead.

And now it don't make no sense anymore.

Unless it was a mistake.

You don't read a guy like that for making a mistake.

I mean, all the preparation detail that goes into a burn job.

But he's human.

You see, Jerry, that's why I need you, partner.

He's only human.

You give me a whole other way of looking at him.

See what I mean?

You're still hustling, right?

[LAUGHTER]

All right.

All right, Tony.

Attaboy.

So this sick creep, he's got the bomb.

Maybe he puts it in a thermos or a pot or something like that.

The kid wanders in here, and a lot of people get-- Jerry?

Hey, man.

Oh, no. Come here, pal.

Wait a minute. - No, it's all right.

I just have to get out of here for a while.

It's-- - Yeah, sure.

Me too.

This place will give me the willies too.

Come on, let's go.

All right, Liz, you come by my apartment tomorrow afternoon,

and you bring me all the top secrets.

Hey, no, wait.

Jerry, listen to me.

If you want to dump this whole thing, ain't nobody going to say nothing.

I promise you that.

No, no, hey.

Tomorrow afternoon.

OK.

OK.

[CHICKEN CLUCKING]

Attaboy.

Billy?

Yeah?

You should have seen this guy, man.

He was really a beauty.

He could look at a piece of two-week-old

charcoal and tell you had steak or hamburger.

Well done or rare.

Yeah?

OK, look.

Pick a card.

Have the chicken pick a card.

Come on, Bruce. - You heard him, Fred.

Pick a card. - Come on.

Pick a card.

Attaboy.

Pick it up.

Pick the card.

All right, look at it.

Attaboy.

Put it back in the deck.

I won't look.

Put it back over there.

OK.

You know what happened?

When I got in touch with him to get back in the business again?

Yeah?

Boy, he was really nervous, man.

He was shaking like a leaf.

You should have seen him.

Yeah?

Queen of clubs, huh?

Fred, look at that card.

You see it?

Is that the queen of clubs?

No.

Ain't the queen of clubs.

Watch him careful now.

Watch him careful.

You watching him?

Keep watching him.

Attaboy.

Keep watching him.

Jack of spades.

Is it the Jack of spades?

I know it's the Jack of spades.

Is it the Jack of spades?

That ain't the Jack of spades, you dummy.

Oh.

Is that you, Tony?

Yeah, where are you?

Here in the bedroom, my dear.

Waiting for you.

Oh, my love, how nice.

What a marvelous present.

You feeling pretty good, huh?

Well, maybe last night was where I needed

to clear up all that fuzz in my brain.

You got the reports, huh?

Right here.

If you don't, show them to me.

I'm going to tell you what they say.

All right.

I'm reading.

All right.

Catch this.

Now, the lungs were burned, but no smoke was present.

Now, you stop me if I'm wrong.

OK, that's correct.

All right, all the victims had flash burns,

but no, not more than a few had anything beyond first or second degree.

I don't need this.

You're right, Tony.

The guy's a pro.

He set off a gas fire.

Maybe hydrogen, maybe nitrous oxide.

Now, he probably used a timer that set off a cap and kaboom.

Now, one other thing.

If you could have opened that fire exit

door, one breath would have fried your lungs.

Thanks, Louie.

How do I catch him, Jerry?

Well, you're going to have to wait till he makes another hit.

And even if he does, that's no guarantee he's going to leave any clues.

We got to wait till the whole thing goes down again and some people fall?

What can I tell you?

Oh, boy.

I don't know what the state board of equalization is supposed to do.

I know they don't catch pyromaniacs.

What?

Pyromaniacs.

Like that word? - Yeah.

I checked all three of those joints that got burned down.

I'm looking for anybody that was hired, fired, promoted,

demoted, malcontent, a modus operandi.

I thought sure I was going to find one

person that hated all three of those places.

Zilch, that's what I found.

They got any money problems?

Oh, you mean the insurance thing?

Yeah.

We should own a piece of any one of those joints.

You know, I was reading in the paper yesterday,

the medical column by Dr. Silber Brothers.

And she said there are three reasons for torching--

money, revenge, and sexual hangups.

Huh.

That includes just about everybody.

Well, I know it includes you.

I can't remember, not me.

Who is this?

What?

What? Who are you?

What do you want from me?

No, please, no.

No, please, I don't even know you.

Please, no.

Please, you can't do this to me.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, god.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hello, Tony.

Tony, listen, I'm sorry to bother you at this time.

But this is-- this is very important.

I have to see you right away.

Yeah.

Yeah, thanks, pal.

All right.

The thing I can't figure out is, how does he know you're

involved with this thing at all?

How does he know how to get in touch with you?

How the hell does he know what we're doing?

It looks like this nut, whoever he is,

he's-- he set up some kind of competition

between him and me.

Now, I didn't breathe a word of this to anybody.

So it has to be coming down from your end.

Those, uh, burns, they still bother you, huh?

No, no.

Besides, it's not what it does to your skin.

It's what it does to your soul.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[DOOR SLAMMING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Come on, partner.

You ain't gonna break in here.

Let's go around the back.

I use a little of my second story tactics.

I'll get us inside, and you got the ball.

Come on.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, good, some light.

Don't touch the light switch.

What's the matter?

Because that might be the trigger.

Just use your flashlight.

Trigger?

How does somebody rig a-- a bomb to light?

You can rig a bomb so it goes off with your breath.

From here on, I ain't breathing.

This way.

What?

How do you know?

Because he told me so.

Right, right.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Take it easy, Jerry.

I'm all right. You OK?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

You sound great.

Yeah.

Man, I hate bombs.

What's the matter?

I can smell it.

You're crazy.

Aren't we all?

Yeah.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What?

It's a gas canister.

What do we do now?

Just tell me. I'll help you.

Whatever you say. - All right.

Now, you do exactly as I tell you.

Right.

Don't shake the table.

OK.

And get the light out of my eyes.

Right, right, OK.

Watch yourself now, Jerry.

I don't like bombs.

All right, now we'll see what kind of work this guy does.

Right?

Take it easy, Jerry, now.

Don't shake anything.

I won't. I won't.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You OK?

Yeah.

You got wires on it.

Hey, the wires. - Yes, I know.

He knows his work, this guy.

Oh, he's beautiful.

The wire goes from that thing-- Yeah, I know.

--up here.

Yeah.

It goes up to this light.

Hey, Jerry?

The wires go right into the bulb.

There's wires right inside this bulb.

I know all about that, Tony.

OK. - Just relax.

I just have to-- - Right.

--diffuse a little something behind

this tape, and then we'll be in business.

Right.

[SCREAMS]

What do we do? What do we do?

OK, now, turn off your flashlight.

It's off.

Pull the cords.

Pull the cords.

All right. - OK, they're out.

Get some air in here fast-- - I'll do it.

--because this thing is leaking gas, and it's going to blow up.

OK.

OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GLASS BREAKING]

What are you doing in there?

Get out of there.

[EXPLOSION]

So you make a little opening in the bulb to expose the-- Filament, right?

Right.

Now you hook up the timer to the filament,

the fuse to the timer, and then what kind of gas?

Hydrogen.

The hydrogen gas to the whole thing.

So now a beam of light hits the timer, heats

up the coil, lights the fuse, and bang,

the whole shebang goes up.

That's it.

You got it.

I got it.

What do I got?

I got a handful of junk.

Well, what else?

Did you get any tips from your snitches?

No, partner.

This ain't the kind of thing you're going to find out about on the streets.

Matter of fact, we ain't got a hell of a lot to go on yet.

I'll tell you exactly what we got.

First of all, this guy knows you.

He knows how to get in touch with you.

And the other thing is that this warehouse

is owned by the same people that got burned last week.

I ain't figured that one out yet.

And that's all we got.

Well, we have something else.

What else?

Well, it seems this Torch, whoever he is,

learned his trade in the Army pyrotechnic school.

How do you know that?

Well, this flash fire procedure was devised

to burn the Viet Cong out of their dugouts

in order not to damage records and maps.

And you learned this in that school?

Yes.

Whoever else learned it had to learn at the same time.

Yeah, of course.

Well, what are you teaching me this junk for, man?

That qualifies.

That's important information.

How many people were in this school?

Well, we were split up into two units of 10 each.

Partner, we're practically home free.

Give me Charlie Shea and the bomb squad.

Oh, here it is.

Oh, beautiful. Thanks, honey.

Oh, wait a minute now.

What's the matter?

Well, I'm taking my three nephews to the ball game, and I want tickets.

Wait a minute here.

I think I'm getting framiced.

I ain't going to go for this.

Well, you don't have to.

Requisitioning usually takes about five days to process.

I'll just keep them warm for another four.

We're going to sit on them?

Mm-hmm.

I think they'll hatch.

All right.

When are you going to the game?

Friday night.

It's bat night.

All right.

You have the troops over to my house about 630.

I'll have the three tickets for them,

and I will have a trough of lasagna for you to lay down in.

Wait a second now.

That's five tickets?

Why five tickets?

Because Uncle and Aunt are chaperone.

I got you, Uncle.

Uh-huh.

[phone ringing]

Records.

Officer Devon speaking.

Is Chief Beretta there?

Yes, he is.

Beretta.

Your friend Jerry Damon's apartment's been torched.

Oh, man.

OK, I'll be right there.

Pull that file for me.

Hi, Sam.

Any pain in your head?

No.

Jerry?

Excuse me.

Excuse me, Doc.

I'm Officer Beretta.

How you doing, partner?

Oh, man.

Can I talk to him for just a minute?

Well, he suffered some shocks.

I'll make it short, because I want to

get him to the hospital for some tests.

Right.

Oh, well, never mind.

Jerry, you go ahead.

Go with the doc.

I'll catch you at the hospital.

All right.

Can you stand up?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Jerry, I'm sorry I got you in this, man.

It's all right, pal.

We're going to whip it.

You take that to the bank.

Sugar?

I'm sorry.

Can I talk to you for just a minute?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Can I talk to you for just a minute?

Yeah.

Sit down.

What happened?

I'm not really sure.

One minute we're sitting in the living room

having a few drinks, and the next thing I

know, he remembered some star thing he had

to see outside on the patio.

You know how he is with those telescopes.

Yes, yes.

So we went outside.

What time was that?

I don't know.

Before dinner?

Just roughly.

Between 5 and 6 o'clock.

How long were you out on the patio, honey?

Just-- Just a couple of minutes.

And from the time you walked here to the patio

and you were out there, did you hear any kind of sounds?

Was there like any kind of scratching or hammering or knocking, any--.

No, nothing.

Nothing.

You're kind of tired out.

Listen.

I just want to go home.

OK.

I'll take you home.

Maybe we'll just talk a little bit more on the way.

I only live upstairs.

Oh.

If you want to walk me up, that'd be very nice.

Sure.

Tony, you know, the more I read this guy Hazy's file,

the more he seems like the live one to me.

Yeah, I hope you're right, partner.

Whoever he is, along with being a sick nut, he's a sore loser.

See, Jerry beat him the first round when

he disarmed that bomb in the warehouse.

So the guy got mad, and he came back with his big guns.

I guess he'd have taken out Jerry and the girl

both if it hadn't been for that star thing

or whatever it is that happens at exactly 530.

Boy, look at this guy, tossing and turning

for two years with his crazy nightmares.

Well, are you going to go after him?

Yeah, sure I am.

He's the only real suspect out of 20 people in that school.

What did we get?

About 10 of them prisoner accounted for out of town.

Six of them died in NAMM.

One's in a slammer, one's in Europe.

Jerry's laying on a bed.

And Jefferson Hayes, the revolutionary.

Well, maybe this Turkey's it.

[chatter]

You know what?

I got 26.

[chatter]

[chatter]

[chatter]

You going to take his arm?

[chatter].

[chatter]

[chatter]

Oh, you guys are shooting some nine ball, huh?

Say, man, if you're not playing for two

more scratch, you mind if I pick up a stick?

Get out of here, punk.

Oh, I don't mean to bother you.

See, actually, I'm looking for a friend of mine.

He's a tall, black dude, young cat named Hayes.

You don't know him, do you?

Now, listen, white boy.

You don't know anybody around here.

So why don't you just get out of here before I show you my blade?

Well, how about if you let me see your knife, tough guy?

Maybe you got training wheels on it or something, huh?

Hey!

[shouting]

[grunting]

[shouting]

[grunting]

[clattering]

[shouting]

Grab him off for me, I'll rip you open.

Come on, you dummy.

Hold it!

What are you looking for Hayes for?

On account of my brother saved his life in 'Nam, and I need some help.

My name is Corelli.

David Ritz, brother?

That's right, Michael J. Corelli.

I'm Hayes.

Let him go.

All right, let's talk.

It's okay.

Take it.

All right, Michael J., now what can I do for you?

You was a burn artist in 'Nam.

My brother told me.

I'm looking for some stuff to do a job.

You holding?

What kind of stuff?

And how much?

I want to take a plane out.

A little one.

[whistles]

Well, it's up there, and I'm down here.

Michael J., you are talking about some sophisticated stuff.

Can you handle it?

Well, partner, I learn quick, and I pay quick, too.

You pay quick, okay.

You step right in my car.

You know, you're a beautiful little fellow.

Hmph! Great.

Say, my life went.

And the way I owe you one.

All right, Michael J., take all you need, but use all you take.

Thank you, partner.

Thank you, my good friend.

Take care.

Whoa! Excuse me.

All right, now don't get tense. Just back off.

I'm the fuzz, man. I'll split you right where you stand.

Spread out! Spread out!

Get out there! Get out there!

Give me another.

Shut up.

Get around here.

I'm giving you a lift.

From the time you go through that door to the time you get out of the pool

room, don't breathe long, man.

I'm gonna split your head open. You hear me?

Don't even touch, man. I'm the heat.

You get cute, you're gonna have this guy's brains in your lap.

Come on, you.

You see, there's no doubt about it.

This is very sophisticated and fancy equipment, and any of this could have

done the job.

But the point is, I still have a hunch.

My hunch is that this guy didn't do it.

Well, my man, I'm gonna go with your expertise, but I'm gonna skip your

hunch on account I think I got my man.

I also think that a little Tequila and some Chinese food would be in order.

No, no, no, no, thank you. I'm feeling very, very tired.

I think I better go to bed. It's been a long night, pal.

What do you want?

I admit I torched the apartment.

Oh, yeah?

But I don't know anything about this other jazz you're trying to lay on me.

We'll skip that for a minute.

Why'd you torch it?

I had a contract.

With who? For what?

I don't know.

Look, movie star, who do you think you're talking to?

I'm gonna ask you once more. With who and for what?

I mean it. I don't know.

You don't know, huh?

Well, I'll tell you what I know.

I got circles under my eyes from being out there on the street looking for a

torch on account of some sweet people got fried.

I know that you got all the knowledge in the world.

I know that we found you with enough soup to blow up Manhattan.

Now, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do with you, partner.

Never mind.

Louie!

Get Foley. Tell him to call the DA's

office. I want a statement from this bum.

No! No more! You've been running my life

for too long and now it's over! No more!

No more.

It's over when I say it's over and not before.

I'm through. I'm through. I'm through doing whatever you ask of me. No more.

I ask nothing, Damon.

I demand.

And you'll continue to meet my demands or I'll destroy you.

Look at me. What more can you do?

Now then, you have a job to do.

Do it.

Hello.

Give me the phone, you hear me?

Hello.

Hi, boss. No, that's my sister. What do you want?

I still got a torch.

Oh, boy.

Yeah, it's a building supply place. The whole place is gone. There's nobody

here. It's the same ammo. It's the same everything.

Beretta.

Ace has been here all night.

Okay, boss.

I'll see you in the morning.

Yeah.

Boy, this thing is really starting to drive me but jerk now.

I thought I had the right guy in the joint.

Now it turns out I gotta cut him loose. I ain't got no suspect. I ain't got

no motive. I ain't got no clues. I ain't got nothing.

Well, I wouldn't worry about it.

Why not?

I've been in about three dozen cases like this before. Now, this guy

definitely doesn't want anyone else taking credit for his work.

Now, this is his way of telling us that we've got the wrong man.

All right, I'll buy that. But how does he know we got any man? How does he

know what I'm doing? Where is he watching me from?

Well, I can't answer that, but I can tell

you this. He's screaming for us to nail him.

How do you figure that?

I haven't seen one of these things in years. Now, this is an instantaneous

cordeau fuse.

This is his way of telling us that he was

an expert long before he got to Vietnam.

He, uh... No. Take a look at that. I haven't

seen that method used since World War II.

What kind of... What kind of person would know about something like this?

Well, some of the old guys still use it for industrial blasting.

Maybe somebody in the department that regulates the use of it?

That's possible. It's possible.

Pretty thin, though, huh, Jerry?

Yeah. No, it's not your standard equipment for a torch.

I hate bombs. Man, I hate bombs.

I ain't got time for no song and dance with you.

Now, the name of this tune is I ask the questions and you answer them. You

understand me?

Good boy. Now, first of all, maybe, maybe

I'll believe you about them other jobs.

But I gotta know who, what, why and where on the Jerry Damon gig.

Jerry Damon? I didn't know I hit his place.

Don't play that acting jive with me, man. I'll keep you in the slammer till

you're gray. You understand me?

That's why I didn't know. I got paid to hit a place, not a name.

Who paid you?

I don't know. I got a phone call.

Okay, the guy says torch this apartment. Not enough to hurt anybody, but

smoke it up real bad.

Sure. I'm supposed to believe that. You're

running a barbecued delight place, right?

All you do is you take a phone call, guy comes in, guy goes out, you don't

know nothing?

You're right on the edge now, partner.

Listen, I'm telling you straight. I get a package with $2,500 in it.

What's that, out in front?

That's up front. I hit this place at 5.30 exactly.

The next day I get another $2,500.

Hold it, wait a minute. What do you mean exactly 5.30?

That was a part of the deal. I hit the place at 5.30 or no deal.

Holy Toledo.

I'm sorry, Mr. Burnham, but I'm not at Liberty to show those records nor

discuss them with anybody.

I can release them only through a court order.

Well, see, this isn't just a regular

police matter. This is a personal thing.

I hope to God that I'm wrong, but I really

got to know what's going on in his head.

It's the only way I'm going to be able to help, you understand?

Mr. Daniel's records became a confidential trust the moment he retired from

the department.

I certainly understand that, sir, but there's a human side here involved.

I'm truly sorry, Mr. Barretta, but my hands are tied.

Well, sir?

Yes, nurse, this is Dr. Freeland on Ward C.

Dr. Baum was patient with Mary Wilcox. She's in convulsions.

Could we have him up here, please? And some help?

Yes, thank you very much.

[music].

[music]

Listen to this.

I witness in the patient certain transient personality disorders

which I deem to be direct byproduct of his near fatal accident.

Among these disorders is a psychotic development pattern and potentially

chronic schizophrenia.

Let's have that again in English.

Well, my man, that means that Jerry's pretty sick.

That he's got, like, another guy running around inside him.

When you talk to him, you don't know

if you're talking to him or the other guy,

the one that's capable of burning buildings and killing people and whatever.

Do you believe that?

I don't want to believe it, Billy, but listen to this.

The patient continually exhibits a bitterness toward the people he feels are

responsible for his accident.

He refers to them as the tenement lords.

If I was trapped in one of those tenement fires, I'd be pretty bitter, too.

You're missing the point, partner.

Every one of those outfits that was on the burn list, they had something to

do with tenements.

There was the corporations that owned them.

There's companies that are hired to make them safe.

And Jerry's the only guy who fits this whole suit.

The poor guy, he's so sick, he's running

around helping me to catch the torch.

And you don't even know it's him.

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Amazing.

This is set up like a full-blown military operation.

Who'd you say this guy is?

Uh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't see.

You see this? Now, this is the type of operation.

The method employed, the elapsed time, the location coordinates, the date,

and then the follow-up on the results of the mission.

Uh, well-- Well, this is the operational report of a pyrotechnics man.

Right.

And judging from his attention to detail, that's a damn good one.

Uh, Colonel, I really appreciate that analysis of it. I mean it.

But what I need, more specifics.

What's gonna happen next?

I'm afraid you're gonna miss on this one.

What do you mean?

Well, if you follow the schedule, it's already set to go.

Where? Where? When?

Well, we'll have to run down these coordinates.

All right. How do we do that?

On the map.

Go ahead.

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Is Mr. Walsh in there?

No, I'm sorry. Mr. Walsh isn't in right now.

Did the telephone repairman get here yet?

Bald guy with a beard?

Yes, he's in there.

How long's he been there?

About half hour.

Umbretta, I'm a cop.

Now, listen, honey, I need your help. Just stay cool.

I want you to call your security department

and tell them I've got to clear this building.

Just take it easy. Take it easy. Everything's gonna be okay.

Just stay loose, honey. I need you to help me.

And then write this down.

Call Brubecker at the 53rd Precinct

and tell him to get the bomb squad here.

Umbretta, just stay loose.

No, it's gonna be all right. It's gonna...

Tony.

Yeah?

Tony, get the hell out of here.

This place is gonna blow. I'm the trigger, and it can't be stopped.

Well, no, that's okay, Jerry, 'cause we'll fix it.

We'll take that apart.

Let me help you, pal. Please.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

There's... there's gas. I smell gas.

No. No, there ain't no gas, Jerry.

This is me, Tony. You're here. There's nobody but you and me.

Hey.

You know what I just figured out, Jerry?

You've been trying to help yourself the whole time, Jerry.

You're sick, partner.

That's why you came to my neighborhood.

You... you burned that place so that your friend would catch you.

And like a dummy, I didn't see. I didn't see the clues.

I'm sorry, Jerry.

If I would have been on top of things, none of this would have happened.

You've been trying to save yourself the whole time.

Look at that, Jerry. Can you see that?

You see those tenements, Tony?

You want to save yourself, Jerry.

I spent years at the... at the planning commissioner's office.

Wanted to help the people.

Instead of their stuff in their own pockets,

they would have torn down those fire traps about ten years ago.

Right.

See? And... and people wouldn't get these.

Aw, Jerry.

There's a whole bunch of people in this building.

They're not gonna get out in time. They're gonna get burned up.

They'll carry 'em out in plastic bags. Come on, man. Please.

You got three minutes, Tony, and then

they're gonna bring in an extra bag for you.

I guess my number's up then, pal.

'Cause, uh, I ain't gonna leave without you.

You're an idiot.

I've got a reason to die. You don't.

Yeah, sure.

There's lots of reasons to die, but, uh...

It don't make no difference, pal.

Dead is dead.

You don't come back again.

Tony, once I asked you to...

to let me heal in peace, and you wouldn't do it.

Now, please, now, I'm asking you to let me die in peace.

Please, Tony, get out.

I'm not gonna let you die alone, Jerry.

Either we walk out of here together...

or they're gonna carry us both out.

But you don't understand, Tony! I don't have a choice!

Everybody's got a choice, Jerry.

It's a big card game.

You're holding all the tickets.

No, he won't let me do it.

Who won't let you do it, Jerry?

I won't.

Oh.

Well... I guess we're going down, then, pal.

That's the name of that tune.

Oh, please.

No, please. Now, Tony, please, I'm begging you, save these people.

Don't do that. Tony, please get out.

I'm just asking you as a friend.

Tony.

Jerry, please let me help you, man.

Come on, honey boy, let's take that thing off you.

Let's get that thing off and get out of here.

Don't do it now. Don't do it, Jerry.

You know what I gotta do now?

Get out of here, Jerry.

Stop, man! Stop it! Stop it, Jerry!

(SCREAMS).

(PANTING)

Jerry, tell me how to take this thing apart, man.

I don't want to die.

All right. Tell me what to do.

Pull the left wire. Left wire?

From the bottom of the timer. Is this thing here?

That's right. Don't let it touch any metal

until you remove the timer from the jacket.

I got it.

This thing here? That's right.

All right. Good boy.

When weren't you a better cop, Tony?

When weren't you a better cop? If only you had been a better cop.

If only.

If only the rabbit didn't stop to sleep.

The turtle wouldn't run race.

Let's go, buddy.

(PANTING)

All right. There's a bell on the night.

The Mets are down to their last house.

The final is on third with Ed Crane called up.

Here comes the pitch. He walks him!

Beautiful! I love it!

He's leading a hole-up. Cavanaugh calls it a stride!

(ALL CHEERING)

He hit that ball a mile over his head!

He made a stride!

He's in! A million miles high!

Well, so much for an evening at the old ball game.

Don't start, darling. I tried to get tickets.

Sometimes it's easier to get somebody snuffed in this town

than it is to get tickets to a ball game.

You know... What?

I've heard there are people that actually buy tickets in advance.

You heard that, huh? Uh-huh.

Instead of waiting a half an hour before the game,

flashing their badge and saying, "Five behind third base, dummy."

That was just a little desperation.

And I didn't even get a bat.

Don't worry about the bat, partner,

'cause I got something that's gonna make

that bat look like tiddlywinks for you.

You see that old walrus right over there?

Why, he is the ace miniature golf player of the whole universe,

west or east of the Pecos.

Now, with the slightest bit of effort... I don't like miniature golf.

Oh, now, now, now, now. Don't say that. Don't say that.

We're gonna get him up off his haunches,

he's gonna take you guys out in the street,

and he is gonna make ace strokers out of all of you.

I don't like miniature golf.

I don't like miniature golf either.

Well, I don't care who likes miniature golf.

You guys are gonna go play miniature golf, right?

Attaway, gang. Come on.

On Uncle Tony. Let's go. Attaboy, Billy.

Come on, little man. Miniature golf time.

I don't like miniature golf.

I'll tell you what. You stay here and keep an eye on Uncle Tony, okay?

Uh, no. See, the plan was he's the third...

Miniature golf, it's my favorite game.

It's my favorite game, too.

That's not the plan. You see...

( music playing )

♪ So keep your eye ♪

♪ On the sparrow ♪

♪ When the going ♪

♪ Gets narrow ♪

♪ Wow, wow, wow ♪.

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