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I'm closed.

Be a good guy and open up.

I'm hungry.

I'm closed.

I feel a real moment of artistic passion coming over me.

That hurt?

Come on.

You're holding out on us.

You ripped us off, you.

I didn't do nothing.

Careful, Eddie.

I think you're a lying piece of garbage.

He's got a knife.

You did it.

Ah!

No!

Ah!

Ah!

Damn it!

Eddie, I hear somebody coming.

Hey!

Help!

Help!

Police!

Somebody! Help!

I've seen some bad ones.

With all this dirt and grime, he must have been living in the sewer.

Whole damn place is a sewer.

13 and 141, you cut off, not the first name, middle name.

Is there anything else, sir, that you can see that you say you know of?

Yeah, Jim, we'll need a few more shots on him.

13 and 141, no one on the suspect, no one, no one.

A prints check confirmed that the dead man was Arnold Rendel.

He died of a knife wound that ruptured the heart.

He'd done time for an assortment of robberies.

He'd been in and out of drug rehab clinics,

been institutionalized by the state twice,

lots and lots of emotional problems.

Any family?

Yeah, he had a brother, Harry Rendel.

He owns Rendel Construction.

He was out of town last night,

but we managed to get a call into him this morning.

He's on his way in.

Did you get any prints off this spray can?

If they belong to the kid, whoever he was, he's clean.

There's no record of any kind.

What do you guys make of all this?

I don't see any motive for the kid killing the guy.

No.

He's not the type of guy to have any money on him,

so I don't think robbery was the situation.

You think maybe he happened on the scene right after?

Maybe.

I'll know more once I find him.

Um, there's a Mr. Rendel to see you, sir.

Bring him in, dear.

Mr. McCabe?

I'm Harry Rendel.

Yes, sir.

I'm very sorry about your brother.

Thanks.

Please sit down.

I've been expecting something bad to happen.

You have?

Why is that?

My brother had a history of mental problems.

When he disappeared over a month ago

and I hadn't heard from him, well...

I had a feeling.

I like the work.

Has a good style to it.

Good composition.

Good.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Where you going? Hey, hey, hey. Come here.

Don't leave.

You and I haven't been formally introduced yet.

What does the R stand for?

Roberto.

Roberto, my name is Jake, OK?

Jake Styles, right above the badge there.

This just ain't my day.

Well, every cloud has a silver lining.

Maybe you can help me out.

I need to talk to the kid that painted that right over there.

I could have a severe memory lapse about this whole situation

if you'd help me out.

You know what I mean?

Maybe you'd like to go down to Juvenile Hall and talk about it.

It's up to you.

What, are you gonna tell him who told you?

Me?

No, I got the worst memory in the world.

You say you know him, right?

Yeah, I know him.

Well, you two screwed it up, didn't you?

We screwed it up?

He put up a fight.

So you had to kill him?

Harry, the psycho brother of yours pulled a knife.

You couldn't get it away from him?

Things happened fast, Harry.

We're the ones that found him, remember?

After he ripped us off.

You know what this is going to cost us?

It was your idea to bring that lunatic brother of yours

into a $20 million deal in the first place.

My plan worked, didn't it?

We got away with the jewels, didn't we?

It was my brother who tunneled us in, didn't he?

Harry, can we stop this?

You should have let me go in through the roof

and pop the safe like I've done a million times.

Your plan was inadequate.

Hey!

Now, I'm sorry I had to break in like that.

We know he hid the jewels somewhere.

How are we going to find them?

That's a $20 million question.

What about that condemned hotel he used to sneak around in?

Oh, we went through that place.

It was a nightmare.

We cruised all the spots he hangs at downtown.

We finally picked him up at the mission.

Things went downhill from there.

They're going to get a lot worse.

Cops are looking for a kid they spotted by the river after the murder.

Well, we got out of there so fast, nobody could have seen anything.

You understand what kind of trouble we could be in here?

Do you?

OK, well, I don't know how we do this.

But we've got to find out who this kid is

and get to him before the cops do.

And we don't take any chances.

We find him, we kill him.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

This yours?

You dropped this?

Yeah.

I found it, down there.

Is this yours?

Yeah.

Thanks, mister.

You're J.J., aren't you?

No, no. That's J.J. over there.

Huh?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, wait, wait.

Come here. Come here.

Where were you pointing? I didn't see where you were pointing.

Where were you pointing?

Over there?

Right over there? Get over here.

Listen.

I'm gonna have to take you downtown

and ask you some questions about a situation

that happened at the riverbed yesterday.

You follow me?

Why don't you save your gas and ask me right here?

Get in the car.

Don't I get a phone call?

Get in the car.

I want a phone call.

Shut up and get in the car. Get in the car.

Derek?

Thank you.

Is that the suspect in my brother's case?

I don't know.

They have your brother's possessions downstairs.

Huh.

Can I use your phone?

I've got an important call to make.

There's one in the lobby.

Thanks.

You were identified by the store owner

as the one standing over the body.

He must have been mistaken.

Really?

Do you, uh, recognize this mural?

It looks like the work of a genius.

Well, that genius left his prints

on this can of spray paint which was found there.

I guess I was passing through.

Passing through?

Hey, son, you could be in serious trouble.

For what?

Looking at a dead body?

Just looking.

Why did you run?

Man, look at me.

I'm a poor street kid.

I'm on everybody's typical suspect list, so I split.

Listen, you look like the type of guy who enjoys a good meal now and then.

So how about springing for a couple of burgers and fries,

and we can talk our heads off?

Uh hum.

You're something else, kid.

You didn't see a thing, did you?

Okay.

Let's take a ride.

Where are we going?

I'll let you know when we get there.

Let's go.

See you, Max.

Why don't you tell me what you're gonna do with me?

That all depends on you.

We know that you know more than you're saying.

What are you talking about?

Don't hustle a hustler, all right?

We could take you down to county right now.

I could do that, or I could take you down to juvenile hall.

I could go either way.

You with me?

I spent a little time down there myself when I was about your age,

so I'm not crazy about shipping somebody down there.

You know what I mean?

What were you in county for?

I screwed up.

Thought it was cool to steal a car, I got caught.

I was going through a bad time, that's all.

What about your family?

That bad, huh?

Bad.

I'm sure I have a father.

Everybody does.

But I couldn't pick him out of no lineup.

What about your mother?

She used to work at this phone sex hotline.

I heard she moved out of the country with some boyfriend.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

All right.

I'm going to run to the bathroom real quick.

You stay here.

I'm going to trust you not to run.

But remember, I'm a little smarter than you.

If you run, I'll find you.

Hear me?

I'll be right here.

Hey!

Hey, there he is!

Go after him!

Damn!

Jump out, follow him on foot foot, OK?

I'll stay as close as I can.

I don't know what happened to that file.

I had it here this morning.

I don't have it, so you've got to have it.

It's not in my office.

It's got to be in this...

Derek, have you seen my file on the Rendel murder?

No, sir, but I have something I think is important.

Oh?

Well, go on.

Arnold Rendel had been one of those tunnel rats in Vietnam,

and he'd been caught five years ago

trying to tunnel his way into a furrier in San Francisco.

Oh, that robbery down at the jewelry mart, that was an underground job.

Right.

And Rendel had been missing for a month.

All right, check with the San Francisco police

and see if the two cases are similar.

Right.

Lisbeth!

He's still in there.

Yeah?

Eddie? Harry.

Listen, we got a serious problem.

If you find the kid, you can't kill him.

It's Harry.

He says we shouldn't kill the kid.

Talk to us.

We just got Arnold's stuff from the cops.

His wallet is missing.

The kid must have lifted it.

That explains why the cops haven't locked him down somewhere.

He must be trying to con it out of him.

You're going to have to find a way to nab him.

That wallet is our last hope of finding out where the jewels are.

Hi, remember me?

How'd you find me?

I didn't know McCabe had you working on the case.

Look at this.

How'd you find me, man?

Officer, everything's fine.

Put your hands on the counter.

How did you find me?

I'm smarter than you, that's how.

What do you got in your pockets here?

What do you got in your pockets, huh?

You think it's the money? Sit out?

Forgot to pay for the hamburger on the way out.

Now, listen to me.

I want to know what you know,

and I want to know why you copped this file.

Man, you want something to eat?

No.

And I'm tired of screwing around.

I want straight answers, and I want them now.

You want to go head to head with me, you're going to lose.

You follow me?

No cute stuff.

I want the truth, right now.

I saw this brown van come flying up the tunnel right before I saw the body.

All right.

See a driver?

See a license number?

No.

Nothing like that.

No?

But I swear.

Why'd you take the file?

Well, I figured if I could find out what's going on,

maybe I could solve this thing myself.

Yeah, that's right.

What, are you crazy?

No.

No?

No, I'm smart.

Oh, you're smart?

I've seen a lot of people get their face in the paper

for solving this or busting that.

They get rewards,

they sell their life stories to magazines,

and sometimes even TV.

Yeah, they make real cash.

And they made it.

This is what you think making it in the world is all about, right?

I know what's not making it.

Being poor, living in the street, I'm nowhere.

But in my head, I got stuff happening.

I can make it somewhere.

And I intend to prove it.

Now, you can send me to juvie hall or county, but I'll get out.

And I'll prove it.

You're a piece of work, you know that?

Piece of work.

All right, let's go.

Is that guy a social worker or a cop?

Who cares?

We kill him and we grab the kid.

Pick me up a block away.

Better stay down.

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

I don't know.

This guy, I think he was about six feet tall,

blondish hair, you know, white.

He was moving pretty quick.

He was in and out of the shadows,

so I don't think I can pick him out of the lineup.

Came out of nowhere.

Didn't even get a license number.

Derek, what did you find out? Anything?

Everything points to Rendel as being one of the people

involved in the Costa del Mar jewelry mart robbery.

His MO is an exact duplicate

of what went down in the one he tried in San Francisco.

The same.

You mean the dead guy is one of the people

who dug underground and ripped off $20 million

from the Costa del Mar jewelry mart?

Well, if you have to know, yes.

Wait a minute. Isn't that my file?

How'd you get that?

Uh, I don't know. It got mixed up in my file somehow. Sorry.

All right.

Now, what we need to know is what else did you see?

I didn't see much, really.

And no faces.

Everything happened on the other side of the van.

A man and a woman.

had a fight with the dead guy.

They were yelling and screaming, you ripped us off, you ripped us off.

There was a scream, and it was over.

Well, if Arnold double-crossed his partners,

that's one good reason why none of the jewels has surfaced.

And that means there's $20 million in stolen jewelry

floating around there somewhere.

We know now that there are at least two others involved.

But who are they?

You know, if I had a brother

with a case of mental illness and he disappeared,

I'd want to know where he was.

I'd want to find him.

Maybe he didn't want him found.

Just a thought.

Derek, check out Harry Rendel.

Then go down to the jewelry mart

and see if anyone remembers seeing Arnold Rendel

at the time of the robbery.

Right.

I'm going to leave him to you, OK?

Oh, my feet are killing me.

God.

If you got yourself a pair of these,

then you wouldn't have to be performing

that voodoo ritual on your feet

to make them feel better.

And it might kick up your image a couple of notches, too.

Trust me.

I'll tell you what, kid.

I'll rush right out tomorrow and buy a pair.

You and I are going to have to have a serious talk.

OK?

Where's the wallet?

What wallet?

The wallet you took off of Arnold Rendel.

Where is it?

What makes you think I have the wallet?

According to our files on Rendel, we busted him a couple of times.

No matter how poor the man was living,

he always carried crisp dollar bills on him.

He was strange.

He had a weird thing about it.

Now, when I went into your pocket

for he repayment of one hamburger,

if you emember, I found crisp dollar bills.

Well, he had some bills in his pocket.

So I took them.

The money was in his wallet, and you've got the wallet.

Jay, the wallet might have something in it

that would help me find those jewels.

Do you understand?

Jay, these people that you're trying to outwit, they're very dangerous.

Now, you saw that tonight.

I can take care of myself.

You can do that? Can you?

Against those kind of people, you can do that?

You're wrong.

You're very wrong.

There's a reward out for the jewels, right?

If I find them, I could be a rich man.

Oh, you've got it made up.

Yeah!

If you think money is the answer to everything,

you're going nowhere real fast.

That's easy for you to say, man.

You got some.

All right.

You think about it.

You could help me.

Or you can help yourself.

Curfew time.

Let's go.

You get the back bedroom.

You're not going to lock me up or handcuff me to the bed, are you?

Nope.

If you run, I'll find you.

Yeah, man, how did you find me last time?

I'm smarter than you, that's how.

OK?

Come on.

Hit the sack.

Do you recognize this man?

No.

Should I?

Well, we believe he was involved in the jewelry robbery here.

We thought maybe someone might remember seeing him,

might remember him talking with someone.

Gee, I'm sorry.

Could I have a list of employees that were here at the time?

We'd want to question them.

Certainly.

I like your office.

Thank you.

Here it is.

Hello?

I've been chasing after the kid, and I think he's up to something.

Hold on.

Would you excuse me?

I have to take this call.

Certainly.

Yes?

Talk to me.

Yo, Jake, it's me.

Hey.

You ran off this morning without saying goodbye.

What are you up to?

I just wanted to tell you I think you're the smartest guy I know.

Except for me, that is.

Why do I feel I'm being set up for the punchline?

Guess what I found.

J.J. listen to me.

Yo, Jake, I'll call you when I know what's going on.

Hey, wait a minute.

Wait, wait.

Jake, if you were in my position, you'd do the same thing.

J.J. listen to me.

You're a great guy, but I'm out of here.

Don't hang up.

Didn't Arnold used to live at the VA before they shut the place.

Kid must know something.

That's probably why the cops are dancing all around them.

Do you know Rita Smith?

She's the manager of the Costa del Mar Jewelry Mart.

Oh, of course.

Now I can place that name. Why?

The tunnel to rob the mart

was begun in the basement of this building, 510 Mirabel.

It had been closed at the time

because it needed to be earthquake-proofed.

The contract to upgrade this building

was awarded to your company by Rita Smith.

You had access to that building.

You're not trying to connect me with something

my brother may or may not have done without my knowledge.

I believe you helped your brother with that robbery.

I believe Rita Smith helped you.

I believe that there was at least one more person involved,

somebody who could crack the vault.

We believe your brother was killed because he ripped off the jewels.

What we have here is a case of robbery and murder.

Oh we realize you were out of town at the time,

so it was probably your partners that did it.

But if you don't come forward on this now,

you can add conspiracy to the robbery charge.

Think about that, huh?

So go ahead, Mr. Rendel.

Lie to me.

I think I'm going to have to have my lawyer come down and do that.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Wait till Mr. Styles sees this.

Hey!

What are you going to show Mr. Styles, kid?

Where are the jewels?

I don't know what you guys are talking about.

Talk to me.

Come on, kid.

They're in the room.

I have the key.

Just don't hurt me, please.

Come on!

Okay, genius, lead the way.

Come on, come on!

The gas pedal, baby, hit the gas pedal.

Where are the jewels, kid?

In the refrigerator.

What's going on, kid?

You guys stole them;

I found them.

I want a piece of the action.

You must really have a death wish.

What, are you guys going to kill me?

You never find the jewels.

Talk to me, kid.

And don't try to be smart.

Last chance.

And this is really going to hurt.

Take it easy!

Please don't shoot!

Take it easy!

All right.

Look at me; hear me?

Look at me.

You're OK?

You're all right?

Check out that profile.

Don't be slobbing my picture.

Hey, front page news, hot shot.

What do you think about that, huh?

Yeah.

I'm getting a reward for finding the jewels.

10%.

$200,000.

What do you think?

I think I should get a 10% finder's fee, that's what I think.

Well, you've got your wish.

What are you going to do now?

Thought about it?

I don't know.

They're looking for a foster home.

It could be cool, I guess.

If the foster parents are wearing seat belts and helmets,

I think they got a chance, yeah!

What's going on?

I got this check.

And I got this chance.

I don't want to screw it up.

You can go a couple of ways with that.

You can keep scamming, you can hustle the streets,

or you can build on what you have.

Build on what?

Talent.

You can paint.

You've just been painting the wrong side of the wall.

Stop painting the outside and learn how to paint the inside, you follow me?

What, go to an art school?

Yeah.

What if they don't take me in?

I bet you a hamburger and a side of fries they'd take you.

I don't have anyone.

You got me.

Help me do this thing right.

Yeah.

I'll give it a shot.

OK.

Let's give it a shot.