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Bless you! Bless you!

Are you with me, Downing?

Still with you.

Not much longer. We have to wait.

It's after four.

Don't worry. They'll be here.

It's gonna go down.

Maybe the buy isn't going down.

Maybe your tip is a phony.

Nobody hustles me on my own turf, Downing.

It's a good tip. Just sit tight.

Everybody on your toes, babies.

Here they come.

Corsican and Lula are going inside right now.

Sit tight, gang.

What do they see?

Scotch and Sour?

Two giants.

Coming up.

Corsican's passing an envelope to the guy on his right.

It must be the loot.

All right. That's good.

You guys don't... Nobody make a move.

Just let me know when the film is finished.

There you go.

Circus room.

Uh, just a minute.

What's for you?

For me?

Who is it?

The lady.

This is Mary.

Your friend asked me to phone you.

He says, call off the deal.

The heat's there.

No, I don't know where he is.

I told you everything I know.

Watch him carefully.

Just watch him carefully.

Coming my way, boss, is what I do.

Bust him, Fats.

Hey, Tito, bust him.

Let's go, down it. Something's wrong.

Get in.

Decided not to make a deal, huh?

Where's the door?

Hey, I'm talking to you.

Never mind. Shut up.

Put the clinks on.

All right.

Let's bail out.

Kill that jukebox.

Tito, what do you got?

Nothing, please.

Downing?

Come on, Betsy.

Somebody give out the word on us. - The word?

Hell, I got the money that's doping this joint someplace.

Let's get all these jemokes up in a corner

somewhere, and we're gonna rip this joint apart.

Everybody?

Never mind, pal.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Up here. Everybody, everybody.

Thank you very much.

Let's go, let's go. Move it.

Man, we went over that place with a fine -tooth comb.

Nobody had anything on them down to their birthday suit.

Yeah, where the hell was it?

Somebody got it out of there before the shakedown.

The phone call tipped them off.

We gotta find out who made the phone call.

Relax. You can't win them all.

This is my turf.

You guys are narcs.

You used to getting burned.

But I don't like to get beaten in my own ground.

Hi, sugar. - Okay, Eddie.

Now, who gets what?

You get the cream, Mr. Downing.

Huh?

Thank you.

Black.

Tony, Tony, Penelope is sick.

Oh, yeah. Right, okay.

Excuse me. - Sure.

You jerk.

I told you a thousand.

Oh, hey, Ginger. How you doing, darling?

She's doing fine.

Now, that Penelope is sick routine was okay when you was a

little girl and you wanted to talk to Tony but nobody else.

You're all grown up now.

If you want to say something, you just step up to the people and you say it.

What's on your mind?

Guess what?

What?

I made three, no, two deliveries today.

Oh, shoot, that ain't nothing.

I knew you could do it, honey.

One, two, fifth and main, and one, two, third and chestnut.

See there? And you wasn't scared?

Atta girl.

And I won't have to ever go back to the hospital or the home again.

I promise you ain't never going back to that hospital.

You're out here in the streets to stay,

smoking and stroking with the rest of us nuts.

And that's where you're gonna stay.

Aggie!

Yes, Mr. Milt?

Got an order to go.

A couple of guys working late over at the Branford building.

I'm proud of you, kid.

Right now, honey.

Come on.

I sat in that lousy motel for two hours this afternoon waiting for you.

Look, I'm sorry about that, baby.

It wasn't my fault.

I called you as soon as I could get to the telephone.

You've always got an excuse, haven't you?

Honey, let's not stand out here and argue.

Go get your coat. Let's go back to the motel.

No! I don't want any part of this!

And I'm not gonna make any more phone calls for you!

Hold it down!

You take your hands off of me!

For two bits, I'd tell the whole world what kind of a phony you are!

A big narco cop who cheats on his buddies and cheats on his wife!

Shut up about my wife!

I won't shut up!

Not for you or anybody!

Shut up!

Hey.

Hey.

Okay, so then you think that the tip was the phone call.

Is that it?

If the Corsican and Lou think it's a stakeout,

they're not gonna go there in the first place.

That means they found out after they got inside, so it had to be the phone call.

Okay, okay. We get a make on that thing.

Anybody recognize the voice was a woman, right?

Bartender said he didn't recognize the voice.

Okay, then.

We blew that one.

We have to get him next time.

Wait a minute, boss.

We didn't blow nothing.

We was doing good.

Our work was fine.

Yeah, yeah.

Doesn't this thing start stinking a little bit of a... like a leak?

Oh, come on, Baretta.

Look, that is not a leak.

A leak is when you go to make the bust and it goes to hell on you two or three times.

Then you know you got somebody inside. There's no leak here now.

Wait a minute.

This old, tragic nose is gonna start doing a little digging, okay?

Do anything you want to do.

In the meantime, I got problems of my own.

See, I got a stripper's knocked off in the alley behind a place called the Blue Note.

Last night, 7 o'clock.

You know that? I know that joint, yeah.

I spent nine hours canvassing on this thing.

I spent nine hours canvassing.

I can't come up with a single eyewitness, huh?

Yeah, Bro Baker.

What?

What's the name?

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, bring her in for questioning.

Good.

Thank you.

I finally got a break on this thing.

Somebody saw that girl delivers from Mills Delicatessen.

In a mile to that alley where the murder took place last night.

That's Aggie.

Yeah, yeah, that's the name.

You gonna question her?

Yeah, I'm gonna question her.

No, you can't question her, boss.

Who says I can't question her?

No, I'm sorry.

I mean, you can question her, but, uh... Aggie is... I know her for a long time.

I love her. She's kind of special.

She's like, uh... Yeah, yeah, she's one of your welfare cases.

Is that it, Baretta?

You want to go and get the statement yourself?

Is that it? - Can I do that?

Yeah, you do that.

You get it to me.

Will you please do that for me?

In writing, I'll do it.

In writing? - Right, please.

Thank you very much, boss.

Tony.

Yeah?

We got a check on Lulu and the Corsica.

I ain't letting you down.

Just give me a half hour... and then pick me up at 18 East 26th Street, Apartment 2E.

Okay.

I'll see you.

This ain't nothing for you to get the heebie-jeebies about.

I just want you to help me a little bit with my work.

Police work?

Yeah, right.

Now, last night... I think you saw something...

that old Uncle Tony ought to know about.

When you was out making a delivery...

and you went past the Blue Note...

you know that's the place where all the...

pretty ladies are with the makeup and all like that.

And when you walked past, you looked in the alley...

and you saw something, didn't you?

Right, darling?

You saw the man hit the lady?

Huh, Aggie?

Right, honey?

You saw him run away?

Huh?

You saw him run away?

You saw the man?

You saw that guy, huh, darling?

And so what did he look like, huh?

Was he, uh, old?

Or young, like me?

Your age.

Uh, was he built kind of like I am?

You know, kind of short and wide?

Tall and skinny?

Tall and thin.

Yeah.

How about, uh, his clothes?

Does he dress nice or did he dress more the way I do?

You always look nice.

I love you, honey.

No, I mean, what, he had like a suit and a tie and all like that?

Yes.

Uh-huh.

And he had black hair.

Yeah.

You saw him hit the lady, didn't you, Aggie?

Maybe they were talking or arguing?

And then he hit her?

Once or maybe a bunch of times?

They won't make me go back to the hospital, just like you promised?

No, no, no, no, darling.

This ain't got nothing to do with that.

No, everything's fine.

All you ever needed, darling, was just a little bit of warmth.

And now you're doing just fine.

That's all anybody needs.

You ain't never going back to the hospital, I promise you.

What are you looking at, sugar?

My clock.

Mm-hmm.

It's not time to see Mrs. Green, but it's time to go to work.

To go to work, right.

Well, you got to get out of your jammies, and you got to get ready to go to work.

And you did terrific for me.

And thanks a lot.

Now, you forget, forget all about the alley and all like that kind of stuff.

Just put it out of your head, and maybe I'll come by and see you at work.

Okay?

Okay.

Goodbye, sugar.

Hey.

Chickadee.

I know.

You taught me that when I was just a little kid.

Yes, but I like it.

This is for you.

Take it.

I want you to know that you're doing fine.

Just fine.

I want you to keep it up.

I want you to tell the truth, just like I told you.

About the tall, dark, thin man that you saw in the alley.

You don't want to go back to the state hospital, do you?

Do you?

Of course not.

My head cat is gone.

Your what?

Ginger.

She's gone.

Oh, don't you worry about that, Aggie.

Because we'll help you find Ginger.

I promise you.

You don't want to deal with us until you see your lawyer?

That's all right, partner.

That's smart.

I'd do the same thing myself.

But let me give you a little friendly information on exactly what I got.

I got a young lady that can put you or someone who looks like you, tall,

skinny, brown hair, in that alley at the time that woman was killed.

Then I got a guy.

He's a friend of mine, known for about ten years, Little Moe.

He sells newspapers around there.

You wonder how I found you?

He fingered you.

He said you'd been in and out of the Blue Note maybe six times in the past six weeks.

Now, you do what you want.

But if I was you, I'd do myself a big favor and come up with somebody,

anybody, who can put you anywhere in the universe other than that alley at that time.

Now, you got the ball, pal.

Now, look, Hanya, I don't think I should be talking to you at all.

That's smart. I agree with you.

But I got a wife and kid, and if they find out why you're holding me, why don't you

guys find two truckers named Matt and Arnie.

What'd be the last name?

Uh, Wilson.

Matt and Arnie Wilson, the truckers.

Where do they live?

I don't know where they live.

They just drive trucks.

Where did you meet them?

At a sausage place here.

Where is it?

12th and Union.

What's the name of the joint?

Jackson's Hole. I know that.

What do these guys work?

They work for superior hauling.

They're truckers like me.

They work day shift, night shift, what?

Day, I think.

I'm hauling you for a lineup.

When your lawyer gets here, send them in.

You didn't cause yourself any trouble.

You'll have no trouble in the morning.

Let's get him out of here.

I didn't do anything.

Well, then you clean.

There ain't nothing to be scared of in the whole world.

You just take it all one step at a time.

You take a little look at him, and then you go down, down, down.

See? Just stay loose.

Everything's okay.

Come on.

I'll show you where he is.

He's right in that office over there.

I'm gonna take you in over, and have you look in that office over there.

And there's a guy in there.

He's tall, got dark hair, he's skinny.

And you tell me if he's the one.

He is the man, or he ain't the man.

Are you ready, sugar?

Hmm?

Here we go.

There you go.

What do you see? You just take a little peek in there.

Have a little look at him.

That's my girl.

Now, tell me, Aggie, was that him?

Hmm?

He's the guy in the alley?

Tall, and thin, and dark.

You want to take another look?

No.

That's the guy.

I gotta go to work now, but I have to go home first.

Okay, I'll take you home.

Loretta, those two truck drivers you want to talk to are in town a couple of hours.

That's the address.

Only a couple of hours?

Aggie, I got a problem.

I'll take her home, Tony.

I'm going right by there.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, sure, that'd be terrific.

You were great, darling.

I'll see you later.

Bye-bye.

You haven't said a word all the way home.

Hold it, Aggie.

You're not afraid of me, are you?

No, you're doing the right thing.

You ought to be real proud of yourself, Aggie.

You're helping Tony.

You're helping me, too.

I'm telling you where we were.

We were at the Polis Lost Interior.

Tell me again.

We were sitting there eating Polis sausage.

Carew came in and sat down with us.

And don't bother me no more.

Hey, pal, if you want, I can impound this rig and

we'll finish the conversation down at the Slammer.

You want it that way?

I told you the truth.

That's all there is to help you.

Yeah?

What time was it?

Six o'clock.

How do you know that?

Because that's what time the races come on.

Carew came in right after that.

He sat down and had the sausage with us.

And about seven o'clock he left.

Because that's what time the poke-up parade came on.

Who won the second race, pal?

Uh, I don't know.

I don't pay attention to that stuff.

That's Arnie's bag.

Lunoz played 7-8 at a win.

Jehoshaphat came second.

Winkie showed.

You're satisfied?

Yeah.

I want to tell you, what we're talking about here is murder.

Somebody's dead.

So we ain't playing no games.

I want you to answer one other question.

How come you got this guy off the hook?

We didn't let him off any hook.

We don't even like the guy.

He's a creep. We don't have nothing to do with him.

He just came and sat down at our table.

That's the truth.

So help us.

All right, thanks. I'll be in touch with you.

Maybe I'll, uh, pull a sausage and a beer.

Thanks a lot.

Hi, Aggie.

I do not hear no walk.

I thought I heard Ginger.

Isn't Ginger inside?

No.

She went away.

You didn't tell me that she would go away when you gave her to me.

Shh.

I can hear her walking around on the roof.

Why?

I'm just gonna nip-toe.

It'll be okay, Aggie.

Ginger will be back.

You know, she's a...

She's a lady cat.

You been keeping the window open a little bit like I taught you to?

Well, she'll be back.

Come on inside, honey.

I want to talk to you for a minute.

No, we can't.

We've got to stay here.

Ginger might come back.

And I won't be here.

Aggie, you're sitting out here in a hole all by yourself.

You ain't supposed to be here.

Remember what I taught you?

You're with people or the door is locked.

With the people or the door is locked.

Come on, honey.

Come on. - No.

No.

Well, I'll sit here for a little while with you and we'll wait for Ginger.

It's okay.

We'll wait for Ginger.

Aggie, remember the guy in the police station?

Mr. Downing?

No, no, no, no.

Mr. Downing is a policeman.

No, I mean the guy that you saw in the alley.

Oh.

Oh, I remember the alley.

The little dog had just got run over and they just came and swept him up.

I remember, honey.

Yeah, that was a long time ago.

He was just a little kid then living in the home.

I remember.

I remember all about it.

That was long ago.

You're a lot stronger now.

You don't have to worry about that stuff no more.

I want you to tell me about the alley now.

About the man in the alley now.

No.

Huh?

No.

I've got to wash my hair.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Everything is okay.

It's okay, honey.

I've got to do everything just right.

I've got to make sure I don't go back there.

I've got to change my cat box.

Change my clothes.

Change. No.

No.

Take a shower.

Make sure everything is clean.

I've got to go to work.

I've got to go to work.

If I'm late for work, Mrs. Green will find out about it.

Oh, Tony, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid to fix my table.

You fixed your table already, darling.

Don't show me how to fix my table.

I fixed your table already.

I've got to do everything just right.

It's okay.

The way I got it figured out is that whatever sent

her into a tailspin is what happened at that alley.

And whoever made it happen.

You're right there, old man.

You should have seen her in the hallway when I tried to get her to talk about it.

She just came apart.

We both love her.

Let's feed her that kindness.

How we do that?

The oldest remedy in the world.

We feed her.

Love, laughter, and sandwiches.

Hey, darling, you like that bird?

Fred, you and Ginger were best friends.

Can't you help me find her?

Yeah.

Hey, Tony, Tito.

Listen, man, I think it's time to go down again.

What are you talking about?

We got another buy with the same cast of characters.

Where?

I'm at the corner of Willis and 16th Street, the hot shop on the north side.

Okay, uh, get in touch with Downing.

Tell him to meet me there.

I'm on my way.

Sugar, I gotta go.

Me and my friend Downing got a little business.

You, uh, keep stroking.

Pardon me, Mel.

What happened, man?

Did you have a shootout?

Did it go down already?

What's the matter?

Just after I called you, the pawn shop owner has a heart attack.

A heart attack?

You mean nothing went down?

No way.

Where's Downing?

What happened to him? - I don't know, man.

I called him just after I called you.

We ought to be here by now.

Clear the way, please.

Is that guy gonna be all right?

Everything's handled.

Thanks.

Ah, boy.

Another one, huh?

You didn't see anything.

Nah, zip.

I've been out here for two hours looking.

This is the best lead I got.

Of course, again, he's not gonna come around here with all this hard work.

Wait a minute.

You said that guy had a heart attack?

Yeah.

I didn't see no oxygen, no needles, nothing like that.

Did you?

Hey, wait a second.

Hey, hold this thing up!

Hey, mister.

Yeah, what?

You know that dead man in the ambulance?

Yeah, what about him?

He wasn't dead.

He ran right past me.

He did, huh?

Thanks, kid.

Is this your stolen ambulance here?

Yeah, it's a stolen ambulance, boss. What do you think?

Maybe a group of guys went to play poker some place and just left it here, huh?

What's eating you, Baretta, huh?

I'm sick of coming up looking like a chump, that's what.

Every time I get a lead on this case, I follow it.

What happens?

We got a leak in the organization someplace.

I don't make bad busts, you understand?

I got a reputation.

I make them stick.

This one stinks.

I don't want nothing to do with it no more.

You can put it where the sun never shines, because I'm through with it.

Through yelling, Baretta?

Yeah, I'm through yelling.

You want to tell me what's really eating you now?

Oh, yeah.

Aggie's been up at my place for a couple of days.

She don't even know her name, boss.

I can't talk to her.

I can't make no kind of contact with her at all. I can't.

Honest to God, I don't care about this case.

I'm not even involved in it.

Put me on that Blue Note murder case, will you, please?

You could swing that, boss. Do that for me.

Baretta, I can't pull you off of this case.

Okay, don't argue with me.

You want a little vacation?

I'll give you a day on the Blue Note murder. You want that?

Yeah, I want that.

Thanks. You handle this thing here?

I got it.

Where's Tony going?

I'll give him a day on another case.

We really need him on this one, you know.

He's got most of the contacts on the street.

Yeah, yeah, I know that.

He needs a rest.

You'll need him back.

Let me know and get him for you, okay?

Okay.

This is yours.

I'm on my way.

Hey, how do you like these pink nails, huh?

They blend in with Betty here.

Oh, your snake's name is Betty, huh?

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Guess who named her Betty?

May did.

Oh, yeah? - Yeah.

After that, um, wife of that guy she was running around with, huh?

That's kind of kicky, huh?

Yeah, oh, yeah, kicky.

Uh, could you tell me anything else about this guy?

Did you ever see him yourself?

Uh, no, he never came into the club.

Oh.

Well, uh, they was going there with a pretty good romance.

I mean, it was hot and heavy.

Did they have, uh, a little rendezvous place where they went?

What, just a motel?

A motel, baby.

Isn't that where you go, huh?

No, I don't have the money for that.

I just kind of go wherever it's quiet.

Mm, me too.

That sounds terrific.

Don't bring the snake, huh?

Oh, why not, huh?

Uh, would you know where this motel was, snake lady?

Uh, oh, yeah, here.

Compliments of the house.

Mayo used to bring them to me all the time.

Midtown motel.

Well, listen, I'd like to ask you some more questions, but you look a little bit

busy there, so, uh, I'll, uh, catch you later.

Okay.

Don't forget, come on back, huh?

I look forward to that quiet place.

Okay, it's a day, baby.

Everybody's got a gig.

Come, baby.

Yeah, she was here.

Uh, do you keep any other kind of records, visitors?

How about phone calls?

Oh, we only keep outgoing calls.

Oh, that's terrific.

You got anything for me there?

Yeah, local call to 555-2708.

Beautiful.

Oh, I've got a bad memory.

Just hang on.

Never get used to them buttons.

Circus room. Johnny speaking.

Uh, excuse me?

What did I get?

Circus room.

I'm sorry, I got the wrong number.

Thank you.

Uh, what time did you make that call?

Couple of minutes after 4.

Same day, Friday.

Thank you.

Uh, these books, they're gonna be very important.

The police are gonna want them.

So you take good care of them for me, okay, sugar?

Sure.

Thank you.

Listen, the chick is waiting at the motel for her boyfriend.

He don't show, but he calls her.

He says the Corsican is on the way to the

circus bar to make a buy, but something's wrong.

She calls, she warns him, the buy don't go down, and we're left holding the bag.

Wait a minute, this don't make any sense.

She does him a favor in the afternoon, she makes his

phone call, and then he blows her away in the evening?

That doesn't make any sense.

He's got that figured out yet, but maybe he didn't.

Maybe he didn't kill her, maybe it was an accident, they could have been arguing,

he could have popped her or trying to shut her up or something.

All I know is she warned the Corsican from that

motel and that means the whole thing is linked up.

It's all gone.

What can I do for you, Donnie?

You told me I could have Tony back if I need him.

Well, I need him now.

We're not getting any place.

Don't be too sure.

We may be getting some place.

I'm gonna talk to Aggie.

I gotta find out from her why she identified that

guy in the first place and who's been leaning on her.

If you find out, you let me know, will you?

I'll do that. Listen, walk out with me.

I want to tell you what's going on.

You know the murder in the alley?

And the fact that we can't nail the Corsican?

They're hooked together.

You gotta believe me.

Baretta's gonna put this whole thing together.

He's already tracked the telephone call that May made to the circus bar.

He knows there's a leak.

He's gonna take the killing and then the leak,

he's gonna put it all together and that means me.

You never should have involved that and you never should have killed her.

I told you it was an accident.

I had to use it.

Hey, where would we be if she didn't make the phone call?

What do you mean, where would we be?

Just what I said.

Look, if I go down, then we all go down together.

Hey, why all the worrying?

That girl with the cat.

Get rid of her, then you got no problems.

She's so far gone, she's not even gonna be able to testify.

Baretta's the one that worries me.

They get Baretta.

I can't, I never get away with it.

You're losing your nerve.

You gotta help me.

You gotta help me make it look good.

I guess we do.

Well, you got it.

You set it up, Baretta dies.

Whoever killed that girl in that alley, they're doing something bad to you.

Or they're gonna do something bad to you.

I know you're scared, honey, and what I'm doing maybe is

messing things up even worse, but I don't know no other way.

Aggie, everybody in this world, sometime they gotta step up and face it.

And it's your turn, honey.

Whatever you saw or didn't see in that alley, whoever said what to you,

you gotta tell me.

I know I promised you I'd keep you out of that nuthouse, and I'll keep my promise.

But you gotta help me, and the only way you can help me is to tell me.

I'm only a person, Aggie, I ain't God.

You gotta help me.

Here, down.

Tony, I'm sorry to bother you, I thought you'd like to know it.

We just gotta call it.

Corsican and Lulu are gonna make a fire.

Now maybe we can nail them this time, but we gotta hurry, so come on.

Let's go.

Aggie, Billy will be up here in a few minutes.

Just... it's okay, honey.

Tony, Penelope is sick.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

I forgot my jacket and hat both.

I'll see you in a minute. I'll catch you downstairs.

Hurry up.

I'm sorry, Tony.

Oh, boy, am I dumb.

I'm sorry, sugar.

I'm so sorry, sugar.

I'm so sorry.

It's gonna be okay.

I gotta get down there.

It was him, right, honey?

Okay, okay.

I gotta go.

You gotta stay here by yourself now.

You can do it, darling.

You can do it. It's gonna be okay.

Billy will be up here.

Everything's cool. Atta girl.

You're okay.

You're okay, Aggie.

Tony!

Don't go!

Tony!

Call the troops out, Downing?

They'll be there when we get there.

Yeah.

Good.

In here?

That's what they said.

Back me up, all right?

You bet.

That's okay, Downing.

Stay over there.

Downing?

Them two jimokes are gone now.

It's just you and me.

You got the ball.

What do you say?

I'm not standing trial for you or anybody else, Baretta.

I'm living a life of greed, of elation.

So either I'm gonna kill you or walk back to what I had before or you're gonna kill

me and save the tax payers an awful lot of money.

Hold it right there, Downing.

Billy, my boy, that sounds like it's gonna

require some serious negotiation on your part.

Yeah, I'll take care of it.

I'll do the negotiation.

Honey, I... You know, I like a table like that for my apartment.

I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna give you eight dollars for that.

Not only that, I'll buy the unfinished wood, the

sandpaper, the varnish, the stain, the worst.

I'll make it nine dollars.

Hey, what are you two scatterwags doing, huh?

Up on the price.

What's going on here?

Wait a minute.

I think I hear... You do hear something.

A little something.

I know I hear something.

Well, looky here.

What happened to you?

That cat that loosed the station house made the shambles on my desk.

You know, you should teach that cat manners.

Hey, Foley,

did I ever tell you about the time that I saw a berserk polecat with a flash water?

People came out of the walls to see it.

You know what, darling?

I think we're gonna have to get this young lady a husband.

Calm her down.

You'll drink to anything.

No, I think I need a tetanus shot.