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Hey, man, what are you doing here?

This is the place I work.

Been missing your phone call, Eddie.

I'm getting a little tired of waiting.

Hey, look, I'll score for you when I can.

Now, would you get out of here?

Hold on, chump. Don't tell me where to get.

You're walking around with my scratch in your pocket.

Now, you come up with it, I come up with some dope. You hear me?

Hey, man, would you cool it?

Look, it doesn't work that way.

When it's safe to score, I'll do it.

I'll tell you how it works.

You took my money and you spent it.

Now, I'm responsible to people for that bread.

Now, if you don't come up with it, they're gonna

be feeding you through a tube in your mouth.

You hear what I'm saying?

Now, you're a tough guy, huh?

I know how tough you are and I got people can handle it.

Now, tell me how it's gonna be.

Number one, you can't threaten me.

Number two, we'll clean it up tonight and our business will be finished.

That's fine with me, Jack, because I'm sick of it.

Just tell me where and when.

There's a station on the corner of Seventh and Union.

You wait till the station closes and be alone, huh?

You be alone.

And be there.

Yeah, good buddy, I heard their legs are the first thing to go on.

My man, I got this here knee when I was about 19 years old.

And I had to lock horns with a giant about two feet taller than your own self in

order to show him how tall I was, my own self.

Oh, yeah, keep going with all them old war hero stories.

Love to hear them.

Well, actually, a monkey wrench to the kidneys.

Let's do it.

Supposed to be alone.

So are you, chump.

Come on, come on.

That's good enough.

Yep, and so is this.

Why don't you fellas get it together?

Well, get out there!

It's just been over.

Come on, spread it out.

You're looking good.

All you cowboys got fingernail problems, don't you?

What the hell is that?

I don't know, but I know it ain't the Fourth of July.

Go ahead, I got him.

Hold it, man, hold it!

Come on, man. Drag him over here.

Come on, man, drag him.

Look him up in there.

Come on,

get it done, man, get it done!

Get

the other hand out where I can see it.

You got it, my partner?

Yeah, this chump tried to waste me.

I can't move him.

I better get an ambulance. You got his piece?

I'm trying to get that guy.

That sap ran down the alley.

You saw me in the back?

Rudy, there ain't no peace, man.

Come on, get your cuff.

Your dumb cuff?

I'll get an ambulance. Hold my back.

Look around, man, look around.

All right.

You cripple me, Connell.

Ah, she doesn't know anything.

All she saw was a cat.

What do you know about the dead girl upstairs?

She must have got her with the first two slugs, boss.

When Rudy hit the alley, there was three more shots.

And there's the dude that did it!

Hey!

Hey, what?

Why did you shoot me?

Hey, I can't move my legs.

I think I'm paralyzed.

Will you get him out of here?

Get him out of the box and get him away from here.

Baretta, get him out of here.

Will you tell me what's going on?

Get out of here!

When he gets to the hospital, I don't want to talk to him.

You can check my breath.

Detective Davis, didn't it occur to you after a couple of minutes had passed that

maybe the suspect... - Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Didn't know two minutes passed.

Ten seconds didn't even pass before this cat took

two shots at me and then ducked around the corner.

That's when I got him.

Now, all you have to do is find the gun.

We ain't got no trouble.

We found the gun.

What?

Well, what's the trouble?

Was there any prints on it?

No prints.

But it's the murder weapon.

Where'd you find it?

Just where Charlie Asher said it was.

Well, of course he told you where it was.

He threw it there.

Not according to him.

He says the black man he was fouled for... - The black man he was chasing...

Just a minute, just a minute here.

Now, you had my guys for an hour and a half here.

We've been very cooperative.

We've been dealing off the top with you.

But you never once told us that you had that gun.

Now, I don't know about you, but as far as I'm concerned...

that comes very close to entrapment.

Hey, boss, this black guy he was supposed to be chasing...

you got any witnesses that saw him?

Yeah, he's in a hospital bed.

His name's Charlie Asher.

That's great!

No, don't sue me!

Lieutenant!

Lieutenant, we feel we have enough evidence to consider a prima facie case.

This conversation's over.

You turn that thing off.

Davis, you better find yourself a lawyer.

He's gone!

They killed him on a girl I loved!

Maybe you could come back some other time.

We'd like to get your story, Mr. Asher.

Now, can you comment on the actions of Detective Davis?

Sure, I can.

As far as I remember...

I was in the lobby.

I was going to see Sandra.

And all of a sudden this mean-looking dude, big...

comes running at me with a gun.

And he takes a couple of shots at me.

I duck behind a wall.

Then he keeps on running and he goes out the door.

Now, I'm not trying to say that I'm brave... or anything, because I'm not.

But I thought, I don't know, maybe this guy... maybe robbed somebody, maybe...

maybe he hurt somebody.

So maybe I can help.

He goes down this alley and I go after him.

He takes a couple of shots at me.

Now, the gun won't fire, I remember.

You know, I'm not brave, but I gave it my all.

I go after him and I grab him by the sweater.

He's trying to climb a fence and I got him.

I got him good.

Then for no reason.

I mean, no reason!

I don't say it's a cop or anything.

I get a bullet in my back.

This cop puts a bullet in my back and I kill her and my girl... goes over the fence.

Ah, ma.

Ma.

She's dying, ma.

Charlie should have been in the movies.

It might have been better for all of us.

I'd like you to speak to him, Rick.

A hard-to-hard talk.

You're gonna spoil him, Uncle Nick.

Get too good to him.

We were all young ones.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, Rick.

Hey, what you doing?

It's from my uncle.

Yeah?

Hey.

Hey, Charlie.

It's a good picture of you.

Hope that cop's reading it.

Charlie.

My uncle.

He wants you to ease off.

You see, we don't like your picture on the front page... the back page...

or the sports page.

Why?

Let the cop off the hook, Charlie.

You're calling too much attention to yourself... and to the family.

What are you talking about, Rick?

Look, after this, no cop will ever put his hand on me again.

Charlie!

You're not listening.

Hey, listen to me, Rick.

You tell your uncle not to worry because I know what I'm doing.

Would you consider this a sheer case of police brutality?

I'd consider this a classic case of police brutality.

Well, listen, I've got a question for you.

Were you surprised by the judge's decision?

Surprised? Why should I be surprised?

Well, after that... - I'm innocent.

They didn't find any evidence, did they?

I'll tell you what I'm surprised about.

Wait a minute.

What I'm surprised about...

is they didn't say a word about the cop that shot me in the back...

while I'm chasing a man that killed my girl.

That's what I'm surprised about.

You sound bitter.

Bitter!

I got a bullet in my back. My girl is dead.

What's the matter with you?

I was grabbing him. Did you hear me?

Are you going to sue the city?

What do you think?

He means business, partner.

It's blood to him.

We're going to get him, ain't we?

What do you say, boss?

I have to ask you to come to the office with me.

Look, I know you're a good cop.

You know how I feel about you.

The whole thing is going to blow over.

Come on, man. - Hold it.

You want my badge, right?

I'll be the first one to give it back to you.

Come on.

Hey, look, I want to talk to my wife for a minute.

It's going to have to be later.

I'll see you in a little while.

Just a little while.

I still can't believe the department is letting this happen.

No, there ain't nothing going to happen.

You hear what I'm saying, Maria?

After all the years of doing his job, thinking

the department is going to stand behind him.

Well, that's...

Internal affairs.

They got to come down hard on everybody.

They're big men, and that's their job.

Give me just a second, sugar.

You okay?

Excuse me, man.

My name is Tony Baretta.

I saw you at the hospital.

Rudy, the man...

The man that your son...

Well, Rudy is my friend.

He's in a lot of trouble.

I think your son is too, ma'am.

I'm sorry.

I don't really know what happened there, but I have to find out.

If there's any way that you can help me, anything

that you know, I'd like to come and see you sometime.

And you'd help me with anything you could tell me.

You gonna head him off with the pass?

I sure am, man.

I'm gonna stay out in the weeds and put a tail on Asher, and

I'm gonna follow him for a day or a year until I nail him.

Do me a favor, will you?

Sure.

You put a tail on his mother.

Okay.

Get your sniffer working, because I've seen her a couple of times.

She got something sticking in her craw.

Maybe we can flush it out.

Freddie, my man, who do we know that's a good connection to Nicholas?

Handsome boy, yeah?

Take David to the ice-cream store.

But don't let him get sick, huh?

(...)

How are you feeling?

Fine, Mr. Nicholas.

Just a little flesh wound.

I laid it on for the TV.

You were very successful.

But now I think it would be better if you forgot

the whole thing, maintained a less public image.

No, I want people to see me on TV.

I want them to know that I'm somebody.

Charles, if you are somebody, they'll know.

You don't have to tell them.

What do you mean by that, Mr. Nicholas?

Charlie, you've come a long way fast.

You've done a fine job.

But don't be flamboyant.

The way you dress, the big car, the fancy apartment.

That's okay for Vegas, Miami, but not for here.

Here, it's important to blend in.

Well, what's the sense of making a lot of money if you can't spend it?

You don't listen too well, Charlie.

When you came to me to ask for my capitalized advice,

I told you that I would decide how to take care of the girl.

I had to do something about the girl, because

I would be the one that they were laughing at.

Charlie, when you ask my advice, you should listen.

Not listening is dangerous.

Now, it would be best if you dropped the idea for a lawsuit.

The police are not our enemies.

What are they, our friends?

The competition, nothing more.

Why don't you take a week in Puerto Rico?

Use my suite, take a girl.

I don't want to go to Puerto Rico!

I don't mean no disrespect, Mr. Nicholas.

Just let me live my life.

I am afraid Charles has become an emotional person, Rico.

That's dangerous.

You'll make the arrangements.

Now, what have you done with Davy?

He's waiting for you.

You're going to take him to the park.

He's eating, Fred.

So let us go eat.

Hey, chicken soup lady, what the hell are you doing in this part of town?

Tony, Fred, hi.

Hey, let me have one of them cooked tennis shoes of yours.

Tony, you know this is the best hot dog you're ever going to eat.

I had it made specially for you.

I got business.

Here, honey.

Get back in your own part of town.

Put that piece down. Hurry up!

Get your hands up on the ceiling.

Get him up there.

Push him hard.

Mr. Nicholas, there's a lot of ways to take care of Charlie Asher.

All I'm asking you to do is to let the city pay the freight.

That's all.

I don't understand what you're talking about.

I see these Charlie Asher's pictures in the paper, but what has that to do with me?

I don't know the guy.

My business is this restaurant and imported cheese and olive oil.

I mind my own business.

You know, and I know, that Charlie Asher is going to take a long ride.

I would like to perform that service for you.

Why don't you let me have him?

How can I let you have him?

I don't own him.

You make me sound like a slave trader.

Your way is no good for you, sir.

It's no good for the community, and that makes it no good for me.

In my way, everybody gets what they want.

I don't know this guy, Charlie Asher, but my impression

of him from TV is that he is a very talkative young man.

I've always found his type bad for business.

The cheese and olive oil business.

Exactly.

Thank you very much.

Stay, Tony. Finish your coffee.

I am a believer in fate.

Whatever is going to happen to this Charlie Asher is going to happen.

What can any of us do?

It's been nice playing poker with you.

Look in the mirror there.

You see yourself?

You see yourself in the mirror?

Huh?

Oh!

What do you say, sugar? You're late.

Don't start yelling at me, wise guy.

You cost me three tricks to get over here.

I'll catch the cab.

Go ahead.

How much I owe you, buddy?

The fare is $3.50, pal.

Here's ten bucks for a round trip.

Sit tight.

Thanks.

$11.50 for the cab.

Don't try to hustle an old-fashioned 14 -carat hustler.

Hi, Fred. How you been?

I need a favor, sugar.

Yeah?

Here I thought you wanted to fall in love.

You know a guy named Charlie Asher?

Yeah, who doesn't?

He's in all the papers.

Pretty soon I'll put him in the movies.

Don't mess around, sugar.

This is business.

You know him?

Yeah, I seen him around.

I know you got a little duty going on with Old Man Nicholas, Charlie's boss.

I want you to keep your eyes and ears open for me.

Okay?

That's some tough tickets, Tony.

You don't mess around with the boss.

I know.

But this one is special.

I'm trying to bail out a good friend of mine.

And I think Old Man Nicholas is going to I gotta stay ahead of that.

Can you help me?

Sure.

I ain't gonna let nothing happen to you.

You're one of my favorite cousins.

Thanks, Tony.

How about a banana split?

I ain't got time.

You're the first Italian I ever heard say that.

Alright.

This don't look good, partner.

Hit the hole.

You got the picture, rabbit?

You're in season.

And they're gonna snuff you.

Let me out at the corner, cop.

Oh, you had a bullet-thrown ski area, huh, tough guy?

How many times do you think you can luck out?

This is the second time they tried to nail you.

Yeah, you know when you were finishing your filet mignon there at the restaurant?

You came out of the St. George?

You know what was outside?

Two out-of-towners.

Waiting to blow you away.

You think I'm kidding?

When I get you down to the joint, I'll introduce you to them.

The joint?

I'm arresting you, man.

You're a material witness and a murder rap, man.

I'm putting you in the joint.

Hey, don't game with me, man.

You can't take me to no joint because I got my rights.

My pal Rudy's got his rights, too, tough guy.

You hear what I'm saying?

You're the only guy that can clear them.

You got the info on them, and I'm gonna get it

from you before they squash you, you hear me?

Yeah, your concern is touching, Baretta, but you know something,

your pal Rudy is gonna go down before I go down.

Now, I'll see you later, copper.

Hey!

How much did you get?

Sorry, Charlie.

I could only get a hundred and a half.

Oh, man.

That's all right. Look, I'll get four or five G's for the car.

We'll be out of the country.

Let's go now.

And another thing.

I want you to get this place cleaned up.

I want us in the place.

It is not what you say.

You can't be picking on us.

Don't tell me what's wrong with me.

I know what's wrong. But don't worry about what I'm doing.

I'll tell you what you can do.

Clean up this house!

I'm just trying to help you this time.

You got a guy this big for a husband?

You got to get him a spare tire to play with so he don't break down his cage.

Any good jokes?

Maybe I shouldn't be here.

Get the kids out of here. Put them to bed.

I don't care what time it is.

Just put them to bed. Don't look at no television.

I'm not going to be watching TV.

I know what you're going through, man.

I'm sorry I can't... say something, you know.

Ain't much nobody can say.

Probably I shouldn't have told you that I lost Asher, but...

I know what you're feeling, my friend.

You don't know nothing about what I'm feeling.

If I had any sense...

I'd take my family and I would get out of this country.

And I'd let people like you clean it up.

Twelve years on this force.

Twelve years.

Now, you tell me what I got to show for it...

besides the bruises and the aches and the pains, man.

What am I getting out of it?

You tell me, what do I have to show for all this?

Wait a minute.

I ain't going to go that way.

What did you expect to get?

You become a cop because you wanted something back?

You don't get nothing back.

You became a cop because there was a job to do... and you was going to do it.

There ain't nothing at the end of the rainbow.

You take it day to day. That's all there is.

All right, all right.

I don't want nothing back.

I don't want nothing.

And especially I don't want you giving me no messages or lectures.

You got that? Don't give me nothing.

All right.

I won't give you no lecture.

I won't give you nothing.

I'll sit here and feel sorry for you, man.

Just like you're doing.

Feeling sorry for yourself.

Right in front of your wife and kids that you love.

That's what you're doing.

We'll all sit here. Call them out here.

We'll all play the violin together for you.

I'm telling you the truth.

That's what you're doing.

You remember a guy named Billy Williams?

Yeah, you remember him?

Good cop, happy-go-lucky guy.

He got a little trouble. What did we do?

You and me were the biggest chumps of all.

That's what we did.

We hung around and felt sorry for him.

After five or six weeks, he put a gun in his mouth and blew his brains out.

You want to feel sorry for yourself?

Go ahead and do it.

I'll be right with you, pal.

Man, you know what they call my boy at school today.

Don't you put nothing on your little boy's head.

We've been right here.

I watched you raise him for ten years.

And he's ten times stronger than you and me will ever be.

He'll waltz through this thing.

He'll make us both look silly.

The thing we've got to do is figure out a way to get you and me through it.

Man, it's getting to me.

I mean, man, I mean, it's getting to me, Tony.

I mean, I ain't been able to sleep.

I ain't even been able to eat.

I mean, I mean, man, I'm right there.

I'm right at the edge, man.

I can see it with my wife, my kids.

You're not going over.

You're not going over, partner.

I promise you. I know you.

You ain't going over.

You've got to hang in there with me.

And most of all, you've got to hang with them people that you love.

And you're not going over.

We're all going to bail out of this thing.

We're going to keep on stroking.

I know I sound corny, man.

It's going to work, though.

Oh, boy.

Oh, man.

Come on, come on.

Let's take a walk.

Come on. We'll get out of here.

I don't want... Let them cool out, really.

And you ought to quit.

Now, it's easy as I told you.

Don't worry about a thing because I'll be right behind you.

You got it?

Okay.

Right behind you.

Hey, man, look, I've been calling and calling.

Hey, look, Rick, I need some help.

Tell the old man I'll do what he says.

Hey, Charlie.

I tried to help you.

You wouldn't listen, huh?

Now it's too late.

Will you come on and give me a break?

Hey, look, Rick.

See, that blew my cool.

Rick.

Look, bring us, me and the old man together.

We'll get something.

Maybe I can.

Now, look, it wouldn't do any good to come to the restaurant.

I'll try to set a meat.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Oh, hey, look, I'm too scared.

I mean, something... what if something goes wrong?

Hey, Rick, why don't you put the old man on the phone and let me talk to him?

Hey, you're a dead man, Charlie.

Can't you hear?

You're not even breathing, man.

Hello? - Ma?

Ma, it's me, Charlie.

Hey, Ma, I'm in trouble.

I need some help, Ma.

I'm not surprised.

No, Ma, no, I'm in real trouble.

Ma, there are some people trying to kill me, Ma.

I need some money.

All you can get, Ma, please, look, I can't go

back to my place now, but I'll pay you back.

I promise.

All right, yes, I'll get you whatever I can.

Anything, Ma, anything will do.

Anything will help.

Look, I'll be in the old neighborhood.

Ma, make it quick, please.

Charlie, Charlie.

Sarah.

Sarah, I need your help.

Sure, anything.

Sarah, I need money.

Oh, I'll see what I can get.

Mr. Nicholas, could I talk to you for a moment, please?

Go ahead.

No, not here.

Oh, certainly.

I'll be right back.

Martha Asher just called me.

She wants money for Charlie.

He's going to hurt her again.

Poor woman.

I heard you're looking for him.

Give her what you have.

I'll see that you get it.

Thank you.

I'll do what's best for Charlie's mother.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, Mo, you got any word yet on Charlie Asher?

No, Tony.

I've had my ears glued to the sidewalk, and I ain't heard nothing.

I wish Rooster and his boyfriend could get back from the Bahamas, man.

Giving you a double-saw bucks like betting on a three-legged horse.

Tony, Tony.

Hi, sugar.

We've been over at the hotel.

Billy called.

He said that Asher's in the old neighborhood with the new trade centers going in.

You've got to hurry, Tony, because they brought some new faces in town.

Nicholas set up a big dinner tonight.

Everybody's going to have an alibi.

Thanks, sugar.

Listen, call Brubaker.

Tell him to send the federales and split that double-saw with her.

Right, Tony.

Will you settle for two bucks?

I want you to go home, pal.

Things are going to get hairy.

Now, no messing around.

Go home.

$800?

Jesus, that's not enough to get me out of the country, ma!

That's all there is, Charlie.

I had to borrow most of that.

I told you they were going to try to kill me.

Don't you care?

No, Charlie.

I don't care.

Well, you don't say that.

There's nothing left, Charlie.

I'm numb.

I don't care.

I don't care if you live or you die.

I don't care if I live anymore.

It's just likely to make me come back to this house.

I hate this house.

You were born here.

You know why I came back?

Because whatever you do,

whatever you are,

you're my son.

You came out of me.

And we had a lot of good times here, didn't we?

Yeah.

Yeah, we did.

You know what, Charlie?

What?

I can't remember them anymore.

They're getting dimmer and dimmer.

I love you, Pa.

You guys... I have to tell myself that you love me.

I love you.

You can't love anyone.

I know you're dead. I know you lied.

I know you killed that girl.

I don't believe you, Charlie.

You killed that girl.

I told you not to try to kill me.

Once in a life!

Billy!

Where is he?

Look, after I called Mother Earth to give you the scoop, four guys showed up.

They got Asher's house staked out.

They're going to make the hit right now.

I got a place, Peg, where we can get a look.

Great.

Follow me.

Well, cool.

Get in there.

Get down.

There were four of them.

They parked the car down the street, around the car.

See it?

Two of them went on this side of the street, and two

of them went over there somewhere, near Asher's house.

Where is that? - That's right there.

Asher's in there with his mother.

I can get a handle on this side of the street.

If I can jump in there and hold a fort for a few minutes.

Yeah. Get the federales and tell them.

What's that?

I don't know.

What do you hear?

Never mind.

Just get them here.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey, Stun.

Keep it quiet up there.

Yeah, okay.

Hey, Stun.

You still up there?

Stay down here, you.

Take it easy.

We're okay.

Remember me?

I'm a cop.

I saw you in the courthouse.

I'm Baretta.

Just stay cool.

We got help on the way.

Help is coming.

Get back here!

Oh, my God, no!

We're gonna make it, you hear me?

Oh, my God, Charlie.

Oh, my God.

Get an ambulance!

Charlie.

This is Baretta.

Charlie, please.

Let my friend Rudy off the hook, Charlie.

Please, pal, will you?

Charlie, Charlie, look at me.

This is your mother.

Charlie, my baby.

I'm the only one who's ever loved you in your lifetime.

Please, for me, tell the truth.

You killed Sandra.

Charlie, Charlie!

You lied all your life.

One little truth.

Oh, listen.

I'm going to have to bury you, my son.

Please, I'm going to have to bury you.

Don't let me go to your grave with this sick feeling in my heart.

Please, let me be proud of you.

Be my son.

Charlie, be my son.

You did kill me.

Yes, yes.

That's all right, that's all right, fellas.

If you don't want me to play, I won't play.

You got all that magic job going.

You could rob us blind, and nobody would know it.

Then I got to cut your head off.

You know, you really got to hand it to the cops.

I mean, you guys really know how to take care of your own.

That's really nice of you.

Picking up that collection to send Rudy and Maria to Puerto Vallarta for two weeks.

Yeah, Puerto Vallarta.

It'll take them six weeks to recover when they get home.

I think it was rather commendable of the department.

Very commendable.

Because I wish somebody would send me away for a while.

Oh, my dear, I think the police department took care of that a time or two.

I ain't talking about that wise guy.

Maybe we ought to take up a collection for Mother Earth.

Now, listen, if we're going to send a lady away for a trip, and we're serious about

it, we've got to ask her where she wants to go.

Now, I'm serious.

You tell us where you want to go on vacation, and the heat will fix it for you.

Come on, what's that place that in your whole childhood, your whole life,

you never told anybody, where would you like to go?

Come on.

I really like to see the Sistine Chapel.

Say what?

The Sistine Chapel.

Where the hell is that?

It's got a place down on Fifth Street.

All I think she's trying to say is she'd like to commune with the Pope.

I think I need a drink.

Look who's here.

Huh.

Oh, you finally decided to come home, huh, you bum?

You've been gone for three days, I told you no side trips.

Come over here.

Hey, you know if that pigeon over on Third Street lays another egg, I'm going to take

you to the vet and have him make a mule out of you.

You hear me?

Give me a kiss.

Give me a kiss, dummy.