1 00:01:09,547 --> 00:01:11,071 ♪ I don't like 2 00:01:12,942 --> 00:01:14,683 ♪ to sleep alone 3 00:01:16,946 --> 00:01:19,122 ♪ stay with me 4 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:21,081 ♪ oh, no 5 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:28,131 ♪ talk with me 6 00:01:28,175 --> 00:01:30,612 ♪ for just a while 7 00:01:32,483 --> 00:01:36,052 ♪ there's a bunch I'd love to get to know ♪ 8 00:01:39,795 --> 00:01:41,666 ♪ reachin' out 9 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:47,150 ♪ touching you 10 00:01:47,194 --> 00:01:52,460 ♪ leavin' all my worries Far behind ♪ 11 00:01:55,202 --> 00:01:58,944 ♪ lovin' you 12 00:01:58,988 --> 00:02:01,991 ♪ the way I do 13 00:02:17,267 --> 00:02:19,878 Why do we have To come upstairs here? 14 00:02:19,922 --> 00:02:21,010 Why this place? 15 00:02:28,974 --> 00:02:31,890 Now, I know what I'm doing. Don't worry. 16 00:02:39,289 --> 00:02:42,205 Come on in, honey. We gotta talk price. 17 00:02:42,249 --> 00:02:43,554 Come on! 18 00:02:48,951 --> 00:02:49,908 Oh! 19 00:02:59,091 --> 00:03:00,615 Come on, honey. 20 00:03:05,097 --> 00:03:07,535 Blondes are more fun, honey. 21 00:03:12,931 --> 00:03:16,500 Um, 114, okay, manny? 22 00:03:26,118 --> 00:03:27,946 Aah! 23 00:03:50,882 --> 00:03:52,754 I just thought You ought to see this one. 24 00:03:58,281 --> 00:04:00,196 This guy by the name Of colin fletcher gets mugged, 25 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,980 Same m.O. As the others. 26 00:04:02,024 --> 00:04:04,722 Hooker picks up some guy, Takes him upstairs, 27 00:04:04,766 --> 00:04:07,159 There's a dude waiting behind The door. Zap! 28 00:04:12,948 --> 00:04:14,732 Claudine the dream? 29 00:04:30,966 --> 00:04:32,359 His wallet was here. 30 00:04:32,402 --> 00:04:34,317 He had a half a pint Of whiskey. 31 00:04:34,361 --> 00:04:36,276 It smashed When he went down. 32 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,278 There's whiskey On his breath. 33 00:04:38,321 --> 00:04:39,844 That seal Look broken to you? 34 00:04:41,803 --> 00:04:43,935 How come he's still got His watch and ring? 35 00:04:43,979 --> 00:04:46,590 Well, like I was saying, There are credit cards 36 00:04:46,634 --> 00:04:47,809 In his wallet That they didn't get. 37 00:04:47,852 --> 00:04:49,376 All right, Notify next of kin. 38 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:55,077 Hey, look, man, I just work in a bar. 39 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,774 I don't do nothin' illegal. 40 00:04:56,818 --> 00:04:58,907 You don't take anything for Steering johns to a good time? 41 00:04:58,950 --> 00:05:00,212 If a girl wants To lay a tip on me, 42 00:05:00,256 --> 00:05:01,736 That's against the law? 43 00:05:01,779 --> 00:05:03,128 Why don't you get off my back? 44 00:05:03,172 --> 00:05:05,740 Hey, cutie-pie, Talk nice to the officer. 45 00:05:05,783 --> 00:05:07,132 You want to hurt His feelings? 46 00:05:07,176 --> 00:05:08,220 All he wants to know Is this girl 47 00:05:08,264 --> 00:05:09,221 With the platinum hair. 48 00:05:09,265 --> 00:05:10,614 Now, what's her name? 49 00:05:10,658 --> 00:05:12,790 Honest, I ain't Never seen her before. 50 00:05:12,834 --> 00:05:15,793 She comes in here, and she picks Up this dude at the jukebox, 51 00:05:15,837 --> 00:05:17,839 And she lays her money down On the bar for my tip. 52 00:05:17,882 --> 00:05:19,057 Her money? 53 00:05:19,101 --> 00:05:21,321 Yeah, And they leave the bar. 54 00:05:21,364 --> 00:05:23,366 Well, how come this claudine The dream character 55 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:25,237 Winds up in the same room With the stiff? 56 00:05:25,281 --> 00:05:28,153 Hey, manny? You always double-book? 57 00:05:28,197 --> 00:05:29,981 I guess that other girl Just took a key 58 00:05:30,025 --> 00:05:31,635 Without asking for it 59 00:05:31,679 --> 00:05:33,942 And put it back Without telling me. 60 00:05:33,985 --> 00:05:36,379 I gave the same room To claudine. 61 00:05:36,423 --> 00:05:39,817 How did I know there was A body to be cleaned up? 62 00:05:39,861 --> 00:05:42,167 I just want you guys To know 63 00:05:42,211 --> 00:05:45,040 That I think you're a couple Of beautiful human beings. 64 00:05:51,742 --> 00:05:53,440 Of course I'm scared. 65 00:05:53,483 --> 00:05:55,137 Fletcher was going Through the books 66 00:05:55,180 --> 00:05:56,791 Of a company I was operating. 67 00:05:56,834 --> 00:05:58,009 Fletcher gets murdered... 68 00:05:58,053 --> 00:05:59,402 Fletcher had some kind Of accident. 69 00:05:59,446 --> 00:06:02,100 Nobody says it was connected With you in any way, 70 00:06:02,144 --> 00:06:03,885 So forget it, mr. Marshall. 71 00:06:03,928 --> 00:06:05,365 Still, I'm scared. 72 00:06:05,408 --> 00:06:08,193 You made certain guarantees, Mr. Kane. 73 00:06:08,237 --> 00:06:10,195 You'd better stick with them. 74 00:06:10,239 --> 00:06:12,284 I'm watching out For you as best I can. 75 00:06:12,328 --> 00:06:13,982 Now you just do your part. 76 00:06:20,075 --> 00:06:21,250 Well? 77 00:06:23,208 --> 00:06:26,168 He says fletcher's death Was... 78 00:06:26,211 --> 00:06:29,780 Was an accident. Not to worry. 79 00:06:38,093 --> 00:06:41,183 You, you, you, and you, 80 00:06:41,226 --> 00:06:42,402 And all of you in here. 81 00:06:48,059 --> 00:06:49,409 Here's your coffee, Lieutenant. 82 00:06:49,452 --> 00:06:51,062 Yeah, whatever. Frank? 83 00:06:51,106 --> 00:06:52,977 I've just come from The borough commander's office, 84 00:06:53,021 --> 00:06:54,326 And he was boiling. 85 00:06:54,370 --> 00:06:55,806 He says... 86 00:06:55,850 --> 00:06:58,156 Fun city isn't fun anymore. I know, frank. 87 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,854 Why don't you tell him To move to detroit? 88 00:06:59,897 --> 00:07:04,075 To continue, The commander pointed out 89 00:07:04,119 --> 00:07:06,338 That fletcher's death was A homicide off a murphy game, 90 00:07:06,382 --> 00:07:08,428 And that 27 out-of-towners 91 00:07:08,471 --> 00:07:09,994 Have been Victims of murphy games 92 00:07:10,038 --> 00:07:11,431 In the past three weeks, 93 00:07:11,474 --> 00:07:13,520 Only this one puts us On the front page. 94 00:07:13,563 --> 00:07:16,000 I know, frank, I know. 95 00:07:16,044 --> 00:07:17,437 All right, What about fletcher? 96 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,396 Colin duncan fletcher-- 37, married, three kids, 97 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,354 A bookkeeper for investment Securities incorporated 98 00:07:22,398 --> 00:07:23,355 Of cleveland. 99 00:07:23,399 --> 00:07:25,270 On vacation? In town alone? 100 00:07:25,314 --> 00:07:26,489 With the wife and kiddies? What? 101 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:28,273 Word from cleveland Police department 102 00:07:28,317 --> 00:07:30,406 Is that he was in new york On temporary assignment 103 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,234 To check some books Or accounting procedures 104 00:07:32,277 --> 00:07:34,366 Of an outfit Over on eighth avenue-- 105 00:07:34,410 --> 00:07:36,281 Lester lebaron dresses. 106 00:07:36,325 --> 00:07:37,805 The wife is flying In from cleveland 107 00:07:37,848 --> 00:07:39,284 To identify the body. 108 00:07:39,328 --> 00:07:41,548 It's gonna be hard To explain to her. 109 00:07:41,591 --> 00:07:44,115 Explain what? That this is Just a routine murphy game 110 00:07:44,159 --> 00:07:46,509 That went sour on her husband? Is that it? 111 00:07:46,553 --> 00:07:50,382 I think it stinks, And I'll tell you why. 112 00:07:50,426 --> 00:07:53,037 Because this blonde puts Her money up front, 113 00:07:53,081 --> 00:07:55,475 And because the dive never saw Her before, right? 114 00:07:55,518 --> 00:07:58,521 Never saw her, but yet she knew The routine so perfectly 115 00:07:58,565 --> 00:08:00,958 That she was able to take A key off the hook 116 00:08:01,002 --> 00:08:03,134 Without manny Even knowing about it. 117 00:08:03,178 --> 00:08:05,528 Somebody, I'd say, had done Some very thorough research 118 00:08:05,572 --> 00:08:06,964 On this project. 119 00:08:07,008 --> 00:08:08,444 What else bothers you, theo? 120 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:11,316 Wallet, watch, the ring, 121 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,057 A few credit cards They forgot. 122 00:08:13,101 --> 00:08:14,363 Hey, frank, That's the whole point 123 00:08:14,406 --> 00:08:16,583 Of the murphy game, Isn't it? Greed? 124 00:08:16,626 --> 00:08:19,194 All right, I want a rundown Of fletcher's last day, 125 00:08:19,237 --> 00:08:20,978 Second by second. 126 00:08:21,022 --> 00:08:24,155 At his hotel, At the clothing manufacturer's. 127 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:26,157 I want to know If he was playing around, 128 00:08:26,201 --> 00:08:28,464 And if he was, with whom. 129 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:31,293 Also how he found out About that side street bar. 130 00:08:31,336 --> 00:08:33,121 We got a description From claudine 131 00:08:33,164 --> 00:08:34,992 Of the alleged prostitute. 132 00:08:35,036 --> 00:08:36,167 Description? 133 00:08:36,211 --> 00:08:37,604 I can hear it now. 134 00:08:37,647 --> 00:08:39,606 "Blonde and cheap, honey." 135 00:08:39,649 --> 00:08:41,129 Come on, will you, fatso? 136 00:08:41,172 --> 00:08:42,522 And who was the man With her? 137 00:08:42,565 --> 00:08:44,306 "A tall dude In dark clothes." 138 00:08:44,349 --> 00:08:45,568 That's terrific. 139 00:08:45,612 --> 00:08:47,135 That means we gotta pick up Almost everybody 140 00:08:47,178 --> 00:08:49,137 On the west side Of 55th street! 141 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:51,139 What about the whiskey bottle In fletcher's pocket? 142 00:08:51,182 --> 00:08:52,488 The lab feels That the bottle 143 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:54,011 Was sealed When it was smashed. 144 00:08:54,055 --> 00:08:56,405 Uh-huh. And the autopsy? 145 00:08:56,448 --> 00:08:58,973 No alcohol in his bloodstream, Not much at all. 146 00:08:59,016 --> 00:09:01,845 So we got a platinum blonde Nobody's ever seen before 147 00:09:01,889 --> 00:09:05,022 With a male accomplice, Working a fake murphy game 148 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:06,546 On an out-of-towner. 149 00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:09,374 We have a dead man, And that's all we've got. 150 00:09:09,418 --> 00:09:12,073 Rizzo, were they able to lift Any prints off that wallet? 151 00:09:12,116 --> 00:09:13,378 Three partials, lieutenant, 152 00:09:13,422 --> 00:09:15,598 Small enough To be that of a woman's. 153 00:09:15,642 --> 00:09:17,948 Left hand, But they weren't claudine's. 154 00:09:17,992 --> 00:09:21,212 That's no help to us without A full set for comparison. 155 00:09:21,256 --> 00:09:24,476 All right, I thought I asked you to find out 156 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,131 What fletcher was doing Yesterday, every second. 157 00:09:32,093 --> 00:09:33,485 So maybe it was Just a murphy game. 158 00:09:33,529 --> 00:09:35,618 I mean, They get interrupted. 159 00:09:35,662 --> 00:09:38,621 The victim doesn't Have to be drinking, 160 00:09:38,665 --> 00:09:41,406 They don't get The credit cards, huh? 161 00:09:41,450 --> 00:09:43,670 Well, maybe fletcher Was casanova 162 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:45,410 Disguised as a bookkeeper, 163 00:09:45,454 --> 00:09:47,369 The hooker, A jealous husband in drag. 164 00:09:47,412 --> 00:09:48,979 Why go through The whole charade? 165 00:09:49,023 --> 00:09:51,634 Why not just Knock him off in an alley? 166 00:09:51,678 --> 00:09:54,985 Hey, frank, 167 00:09:55,029 --> 00:09:56,421 Suppose I said I thought he was hit? 168 00:09:56,465 --> 00:09:58,902 Professionally? 169 00:09:58,946 --> 00:10:01,426 A contract on a minor league Out-of-town bookkeeper? 170 00:10:01,470 --> 00:10:03,646 Who says that's all he is? 171 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:06,431 You know, here we are, looking At a botched-up murphy game, 172 00:10:06,475 --> 00:10:08,303 When I really think What we have here 173 00:10:08,346 --> 00:10:12,437 Is a well-planned, coordinated, Cold-blooded execution. 174 00:10:19,488 --> 00:10:20,489 Come in. 175 00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:25,581 Mrs. Fletcher. 176 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:28,758 They told me you're the man Investigating colin's... 177 00:10:28,802 --> 00:10:30,412 Please, sit down. 178 00:10:33,241 --> 00:10:36,157 Did they explain The circumstances of his death? 179 00:10:37,419 --> 00:10:39,856 But I don't Believe that colin 180 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:44,121 Went up to that room With that woman for...Sex. 181 00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:45,906 He wouldn't, 182 00:10:45,949 --> 00:10:48,648 Not with a prostitute. 183 00:10:48,691 --> 00:10:50,345 Give me an alternative. 184 00:10:50,388 --> 00:10:54,828 He called me just a couple Of hours before they say he... 185 00:10:54,871 --> 00:10:56,220 Died. 186 00:10:56,264 --> 00:10:58,179 Mm-hmm. 187 00:10:58,222 --> 00:10:59,659 Called you from where? 188 00:10:59,702 --> 00:11:01,791 That office where he worked. 189 00:11:01,835 --> 00:11:04,794 Well, tell me, How did he seem? 190 00:11:04,838 --> 00:11:06,230 Seem? 191 00:11:06,274 --> 00:11:07,579 You know, same as always? 192 00:11:07,623 --> 00:11:08,929 "How's the kids, How's the weather?" 193 00:11:08,972 --> 00:11:12,367 He said he had An important appointment, 194 00:11:12,410 --> 00:11:14,499 A very important appointment. 195 00:11:14,543 --> 00:11:15,936 I guess he sounded... 196 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,156 Excited. 197 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,462 Mrs. Fletcher? 198 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:26,555 Are you keeping anything Back from me? 199 00:11:28,209 --> 00:11:30,254 Nothing, lieutenant. 200 00:11:30,298 --> 00:11:31,560 Nothing at all. 201 00:11:53,582 --> 00:11:54,626 What am I gonna do With you guys? 202 00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:56,019 I mean, give me a break. 203 00:11:56,063 --> 00:11:57,760 I had the same conversation With you last week. 204 00:11:57,804 --> 00:11:59,544 It's the same dress, The exact same dress, 205 00:11:59,588 --> 00:12:01,329 And there's a two-inch Difference in the sleeves. 206 00:12:01,372 --> 00:12:02,286 What am I supposed To do with it? 207 00:12:02,330 --> 00:12:03,461 Who can I send that to, huh? 208 00:12:03,505 --> 00:12:04,593 Excuse me. Excuse me. 209 00:12:04,636 --> 00:12:05,986 I'm detective crocker, Manhattan south. 210 00:12:06,029 --> 00:12:07,291 This is Detective saperstein. 211 00:12:07,335 --> 00:12:08,379 Hi, how are you? 212 00:12:08,423 --> 00:12:09,859 And I am rick levine, Hi. 213 00:12:09,903 --> 00:12:11,731 I guess it's About fletcher's death, huh? 214 00:12:11,774 --> 00:12:13,297 Well, we'd like To talk to the manager, 215 00:12:13,341 --> 00:12:15,256 Mr. Adrian marshall? 216 00:12:15,299 --> 00:12:16,910 Adrian marshall. 217 00:12:16,953 --> 00:12:18,781 Well, adrian marshall no longer Has a key to the establishment. 218 00:12:18,825 --> 00:12:20,348 It seems his relationship Has been severed. 219 00:12:20,391 --> 00:12:21,566 What's your relationship 220 00:12:21,610 --> 00:12:23,046 With lester lebaron dresses, Mr. Levine? 221 00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:24,918 Well, I work for investment Securities incorporated. 222 00:12:24,961 --> 00:12:26,571 We manage the business. 223 00:12:26,615 --> 00:12:28,748 Well, that's the same company Fletcher worked for. 224 00:12:28,791 --> 00:12:30,053 Right, except I work From new york, 225 00:12:30,097 --> 00:12:31,925 And he was hired Out of cleveland headquarters. 226 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:33,753 You know, I didn't meet him Till this week. 227 00:12:33,796 --> 00:12:35,450 All right, If you don't mind, 228 00:12:35,493 --> 00:12:36,886 I'm a little confused About all this. 229 00:12:36,930 --> 00:12:39,671 Who is lester lebaron? 230 00:12:39,715 --> 00:12:42,022 Lester lebaron Is a rich playboy-type kid 231 00:12:42,065 --> 00:12:43,893 Who founded this organization Three years ago 232 00:12:43,937 --> 00:12:45,939 Because he wanted to score With a lot of models. 233 00:12:45,982 --> 00:12:47,810 Then he hires This hippie chick 234 00:12:47,854 --> 00:12:49,681 Who creates a spring line That is dynamite. 235 00:12:49,725 --> 00:12:51,422 I mean, absolute dynamite. 236 00:12:51,466 --> 00:12:53,773 Buyers couldn't believe it. They ordered left and right, 237 00:12:53,816 --> 00:12:54,904 Only lebaron Couldn't fill 'em. 238 00:12:54,948 --> 00:12:56,253 Why not? 239 00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:57,515 I just told you, 240 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:58,690 He didn't know anything About the business. 241 00:12:58,734 --> 00:12:59,735 I mean, he didn't Have the right cloth, 242 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:00,910 He didn't have The right cutters. 243 00:13:00,954 --> 00:13:02,433 If I tell you That he couldn't move 244 00:13:02,477 --> 00:13:04,435 5,000 units a week Out of here 245 00:13:04,479 --> 00:13:06,611 When each of the big five Wanted 5,000 units a week, 246 00:13:06,655 --> 00:13:08,048 You know what I'm talking about. 247 00:13:08,091 --> 00:13:10,528 And it was then That our company stepped in. 248 00:13:10,572 --> 00:13:11,878 So that's How investment securities 249 00:13:11,921 --> 00:13:13,488 Got into the act, huh? 250 00:13:13,531 --> 00:13:15,707 They were looking for a place To put their money to work, 251 00:13:15,751 --> 00:13:17,622 So they bought Lester lebaron dresses. 252 00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:19,842 Now, this guy in san diego, Adrian marshall, 253 00:13:19,886 --> 00:13:21,888 He convinces Them he's the genius 254 00:13:21,931 --> 00:13:24,673 That should operate Lester lebaron. 255 00:13:24,716 --> 00:13:26,936 He's slick. Drew himself a top salary, 256 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:28,459 He had them convinced 257 00:13:28,503 --> 00:13:31,549 That they could just sit up There in cleveland 258 00:13:31,593 --> 00:13:33,856 And have the shekels Just roll in. 259 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:35,466 Well? 260 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:36,903 And nothing. The shekels rolled out, 261 00:13:36,946 --> 00:13:40,036 2.8 million last year. 262 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,604 So marshall rips off Investment securities 263 00:13:42,647 --> 00:13:44,345 For close to $3 million. 264 00:13:44,388 --> 00:13:45,825 I wish I knew for sure. 265 00:13:45,868 --> 00:13:47,304 I came in, I went over the books, 266 00:13:47,348 --> 00:13:48,828 I talked to marshall. 267 00:13:48,871 --> 00:13:50,830 I was sure that man was Absolutely ripping them off. 268 00:13:50,873 --> 00:13:52,962 I mean, He charters private planes 269 00:13:53,006 --> 00:13:54,921 For business junkets And for pleasure. 270 00:13:54,964 --> 00:13:57,097 Decides he wants to show The spring line in los angeles, 271 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:58,707 So what does he do? 272 00:13:58,750 --> 00:14:01,841 He flies 75 buyers out there, Plus his family. 273 00:14:01,884 --> 00:14:03,625 And how long did management Put up with this? 274 00:14:03,668 --> 00:14:05,540 For over two years. 275 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:07,107 The guy was An incredible talker. 276 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:08,978 He said he was building An image for the company. 277 00:14:09,022 --> 00:14:11,111 I say he was building An image for himself. 278 00:14:11,154 --> 00:14:14,375 He had a rolls royce, a mercedes With color television, 279 00:14:14,418 --> 00:14:15,767 A maserati coupe. 280 00:14:15,811 --> 00:14:18,509 How about a $95,000 wardrobe For his wife? 281 00:14:18,553 --> 00:14:19,815 Italian. 282 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,991 I told my employers, "Get an injunction, 283 00:14:22,035 --> 00:14:23,427 Get that man out of here." 284 00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:25,081 Oh, any criminal charges? 285 00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:27,562 Well, we went To the u.S. Attorney's office, 286 00:14:27,605 --> 00:14:29,520 Showed them the evidence, And they said last week 287 00:14:29,564 --> 00:14:31,044 That we didn't have enough For a case against him. 288 00:14:31,087 --> 00:14:33,524 So, he's in long island, 289 00:14:33,568 --> 00:14:35,787 Doing no work And getting a lot of pay. 290 00:14:35,831 --> 00:14:38,703 Collecting his pay? Still? 291 00:14:38,747 --> 00:14:40,488 Sure. He threatens A countersuit. 292 00:14:40,531 --> 00:14:42,055 Defamation of character. 293 00:14:42,098 --> 00:14:43,883 So we got a stalemate, 294 00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:45,362 Except he's way ahead. 295 00:14:45,406 --> 00:14:47,538 Three more years At 200,000 per. 296 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:49,540 And our victim, Mr. Fletcher? 297 00:14:49,584 --> 00:14:53,805 What exactly was he doing For investment securities? 298 00:14:53,849 --> 00:14:55,764 Well, he was doing everything I was doing, 299 00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:57,853 Except with fletcher, It meant a microscope. 300 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:01,030 That guy kept his pencils sharp Enough to draw blood. 301 00:15:01,074 --> 00:15:04,468 These the things he was Working on before he was killed? 302 00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:05,948 Yeah, I guess so. 303 00:15:11,780 --> 00:15:12,955 I see. 304 00:15:12,999 --> 00:15:17,960 "671/30/6801/2/3..." 305 00:15:18,004 --> 00:15:19,527 What's this? 306 00:15:19,570 --> 00:15:22,095 Beats me. You're the detective, 307 00:15:22,138 --> 00:15:23,183 You figure it out. 308 00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:26,186 Hey, wait a minute, Let me see that. 309 00:15:26,229 --> 00:15:29,537 Last week, fletcher Was going through a ledger, 310 00:15:29,580 --> 00:15:31,626 And all of a sudden, He lets out a long whistle 311 00:15:31,669 --> 00:15:33,497 Like he suddenly found A naked chick 312 00:15:33,541 --> 00:15:35,412 Pressed in between the pages, You know? 313 00:15:35,456 --> 00:15:37,066 Then he writes Down the figures 314 00:15:37,110 --> 00:15:38,676 And puts it back In that lockbox. 315 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:39,677 Which ledger? 316 00:15:39,721 --> 00:15:41,201 Who knows? 317 00:15:41,244 --> 00:15:43,116 You gotta understand that He was shuffling them around 318 00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:44,987 Like he was dealing stud. 319 00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:47,076 He told me that he knew marshall Was cooking the books, 320 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,730 And he was the boy Who was gonna prove it. 321 00:15:48,773 --> 00:15:51,080 Very, very Self-righteous dude. 322 00:15:51,124 --> 00:15:52,647 His wife said He called from here 323 00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:54,605 A couple of hours Before he was killed. 324 00:15:54,649 --> 00:15:56,781 Said he had an appointment. 325 00:15:56,825 --> 00:15:58,783 He say anything to you The night he was killed? 326 00:15:58,827 --> 00:16:00,655 Who it was with Or anything like that? 327 00:16:00,698 --> 00:16:02,483 No. No, He never talked much. 328 00:16:02,526 --> 00:16:04,528 Just did A lot of arithmetic. 329 00:16:04,572 --> 00:16:06,095 Three-horse parlay? 330 00:16:06,139 --> 00:16:08,619 Irish sweepstakes? 331 00:16:08,663 --> 00:16:09,794 What is this? 332 00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:16,627 Hey, lieutenant, Where are we going? 333 00:16:16,671 --> 00:16:18,107 Long island. 334 00:16:18,151 --> 00:16:21,676 I want to see that 96,000 Banana wardrobe firsthand. 335 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,990 Malcolm kane, please. 336 00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:33,079 Malcolm, This is wilson. 337 00:16:33,122 --> 00:16:35,472 I thought I better Call you right away. 338 00:16:35,516 --> 00:16:36,778 Thought you ought to know. 339 00:16:36,821 --> 00:16:38,998 They were in there With him a long time. 340 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:28,830 Hello, I'm lieutenant kojak To see mr. Marshall. 341 00:17:28,873 --> 00:17:30,092 This is detective stavros. 342 00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:31,920 - hi, come on in, please. - thank you. 343 00:17:31,963 --> 00:17:34,836 My father will be with you In just a moment, all right? 344 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:51,200 How do you do? 345 00:17:51,244 --> 00:17:53,115 I'm lieutenant kojak. This is detective stavros. 346 00:17:53,159 --> 00:17:54,856 Detective. 347 00:17:54,899 --> 00:17:57,206 Good afternoon, lieutenant. What can I do for you? 348 00:17:57,250 --> 00:17:59,817 Well, tell me about Colin fletcher, mr. Marshall. 349 00:17:59,861 --> 00:18:02,124 I didn't know fletcher Personally. 350 00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:03,299 We never met face to face. 351 00:18:03,343 --> 00:18:05,084 Ah. Do you mind if I smoke? 352 00:18:05,127 --> 00:18:06,259 Oh! Of course. 353 00:18:08,609 --> 00:18:10,001 Thank you. 354 00:18:10,045 --> 00:18:12,352 Uh, mr. Marshall, you must have Known that fletcher 355 00:18:12,395 --> 00:18:13,744 Was going through Your books, 356 00:18:13,788 --> 00:18:15,311 Looking for Questionable transactions, 357 00:18:15,355 --> 00:18:17,270 You know, Embezzlement, fraud. 358 00:18:17,313 --> 00:18:18,923 It sure is elegant. 359 00:18:18,967 --> 00:18:22,057 There is absolutely no proof Of those alleged crimes, 360 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:25,756 And the united states attorney's Office apparently agrees. 361 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,324 I suggest you be careful What you say to me. 362 00:18:28,368 --> 00:18:30,979 I'll take anyone into court Who I think deserves it. 363 00:18:31,022 --> 00:18:32,894 Court? 364 00:18:32,937 --> 00:18:35,984 I've already filed suit Against investment securities. 365 00:18:36,027 --> 00:18:38,334 I'm going To get back in control. 366 00:18:38,378 --> 00:18:40,858 I didn't think there was Very much left to control. 367 00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:43,861 In my opinion, the company Has a brilliant future. 368 00:18:43,905 --> 00:18:45,776 Frankly, that's all I have To say for now. 369 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:47,082 Lieutenant? 370 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:50,346 You know, I was down In the virgin islands. 371 00:18:50,390 --> 00:18:51,782 It was very nice. 372 00:18:51,826 --> 00:18:53,871 Did you buy this down there? 373 00:18:53,915 --> 00:18:55,830 No, we've never been To the caribbean. 374 00:18:55,873 --> 00:18:57,875 I can't remember where We picked that up. 375 00:18:57,919 --> 00:19:00,051 Hey, stavros, How come you know so much 376 00:19:00,095 --> 00:19:01,140 About the caribbean? 377 00:19:01,183 --> 00:19:02,837 I mean, Why isn't it tahiti? 378 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,752 Well, lieutenant, It's very easy. Look. 379 00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:07,146 You see? There Are no coral reefs, 380 00:19:07,189 --> 00:19:09,626 And the waves break right Down on the beach. 381 00:19:09,670 --> 00:19:11,150 That surely Isn't the pacific. 382 00:19:11,193 --> 00:19:12,760 Should I be impressed, Detective, 383 00:19:12,803 --> 00:19:15,632 Or are you just jumping To conclusions? 384 00:19:15,676 --> 00:19:18,679 What about, say, The andaman islands? 385 00:19:18,722 --> 00:19:19,810 Where's that? 386 00:19:19,854 --> 00:19:21,377 Off the coast of india. 387 00:19:21,421 --> 00:19:23,292 They're quite primitive. 388 00:19:23,336 --> 00:19:25,338 Oh. Well, I doubt if it's India, mr. Marshall. 389 00:19:25,381 --> 00:19:26,904 Why do you say that? 390 00:19:26,948 --> 00:19:29,168 Well, what with people Waterskiing and all that. 391 00:19:32,258 --> 00:19:33,433 Thanks for your time. 392 00:19:43,965 --> 00:19:45,009 Rick! 393 00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:14,256 - car 740. Kay? - 740. Kay. 394 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:16,127 Respond to Lester lebaron dress company, 395 00:20:16,171 --> 00:20:17,738 38th street and 8th avenue, 396 00:20:17,781 --> 00:20:20,697 Relative to a past assault And possible kidnapping. Kay? 397 00:20:20,741 --> 00:20:22,351 Right. 398 00:20:46,767 --> 00:20:48,899 Excuse me for a minute. 399 00:20:48,943 --> 00:20:50,249 Rick levine was just grabbed Right off the street 400 00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:51,859 In broad daylight. 401 00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:53,252 This is his wife, And she saw them take him. 402 00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:54,992 Did she help? 403 00:20:55,036 --> 00:20:56,994 She can't even remember What they looked like. 404 00:20:57,038 --> 00:20:58,300 Just two big goons Grabbed him off, 405 00:20:58,344 --> 00:20:59,910 Took him off in a car. 406 00:20:59,954 --> 00:21:02,086 Levine snatched Off the streets, 407 00:21:02,130 --> 00:21:06,352 Fletcher snatched Off the mortal coil entirely. 408 00:21:06,395 --> 00:21:08,092 You know, somebody hates These snoops 409 00:21:08,136 --> 00:21:09,920 From city investing, 410 00:21:09,964 --> 00:21:11,400 And if I hadn't been With mr. Marshall 411 00:21:11,444 --> 00:21:12,445 While this was happening, 412 00:21:12,488 --> 00:21:13,924 Who knows What naughty thoughts 413 00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:15,361 I'd be having About him right now. 414 00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:17,188 Yeah, well I think this guy, He has a connection, 415 00:21:17,232 --> 00:21:18,364 This mr. Marshall. 416 00:21:18,407 --> 00:21:20,104 All right, Get some answers, okay? 417 00:21:20,148 --> 00:21:22,019 Try to impress Your superiors, go ahead. 418 00:21:22,063 --> 00:21:24,457 Now you get in touch with City investment in cleveland, 419 00:21:24,500 --> 00:21:26,937 Find out everything You can about levine. 420 00:21:26,981 --> 00:21:28,330 He's bonded, so there's got To be prints. 421 00:21:28,374 --> 00:21:30,027 I want a copy Of mr. Marshall's prints too, 422 00:21:30,071 --> 00:21:31,290 If they've got them. 423 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:32,465 And all the background They've got on him. 424 00:21:32,508 --> 00:21:33,988 Here. Have the lab 425 00:21:34,031 --> 00:21:36,295 Lift mrs. Marshall's prints From this ashtray 426 00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:38,297 And try to get some sort of Rundown on her background too. 427 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:40,081 How come? 428 00:21:40,124 --> 00:21:41,952 Well, what you said about The caribbean made sense, 429 00:21:41,996 --> 00:21:44,259 That painting, And the other souvenirs 430 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:45,434 Probably from that area. 431 00:21:45,478 --> 00:21:47,436 Only she makes A great big deal 432 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,046 About never Having been there. 433 00:21:49,090 --> 00:21:50,570 Ah, probably nothing to it, 434 00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:52,441 But I got news for you, I'm curious. 435 00:21:59,883 --> 00:22:03,017 Hey, frank. Look, I gotta work for a living. 436 00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:05,149 What's your excuse for hanging Around this hole? 437 00:22:05,193 --> 00:22:08,501 Just won 12.50 Downstairs--pinochle. 438 00:22:08,544 --> 00:22:10,894 Figure a $1.85 an hour? 439 00:22:10,938 --> 00:22:13,201 Hey, that's some moonlighting. 440 00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:14,376 What is that arrangement? 441 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,552 That's my pizza warmer. 442 00:22:16,596 --> 00:22:18,249 Here, have a piece. 443 00:22:24,212 --> 00:22:26,475 Got any cream soda? 444 00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:28,521 Stick the napkin under Your chin and shut up. 445 00:22:32,263 --> 00:22:34,570 Okay, what's wrong, theo? 446 00:22:34,614 --> 00:22:37,834 I told you I thought fletcher Was hit, right, professionally? 447 00:22:37,878 --> 00:22:39,575 Because the blonde Who took him upstairs 448 00:22:39,619 --> 00:22:43,013 Did her research on that hotel And bar perfect, 449 00:22:43,057 --> 00:22:44,841 And because He got hit a lot harder 450 00:22:44,885 --> 00:22:46,452 Than any sapper's Gonna hit anybody, 451 00:22:46,495 --> 00:22:48,062 Unless he wants To kill 'em, right? 452 00:22:48,105 --> 00:22:49,150 He was meant to die. 453 00:22:49,193 --> 00:22:51,195 Maybe it wasn't professional. 454 00:22:51,239 --> 00:22:53,372 Maybe it Was just a good job. 455 00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:55,939 We run across A lot of slick amateurs. 456 00:22:55,983 --> 00:22:57,854 Well, what about The two cool sharpies 457 00:22:57,898 --> 00:22:59,378 Who shuffled levine Off the streets 458 00:22:59,421 --> 00:23:01,292 In midday with no commotion. 459 00:23:01,336 --> 00:23:03,860 There's something very Professional going on, frank. 460 00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:06,080 Where is lester lebaron In all of this? 461 00:23:06,123 --> 00:23:07,864 Oh, He's in europe, 462 00:23:07,908 --> 00:23:09,388 Looking for new models. 463 00:23:09,431 --> 00:23:11,477 It's true, It's been confirmed. 464 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,262 Here. Can you make anything Of the this? 465 00:23:18,222 --> 00:23:20,486 It was in a lockbox In fletcher's desk. 466 00:23:20,529 --> 00:23:22,052 Somehow, it was important To him. 467 00:23:22,096 --> 00:23:23,053 It's not a phone number, 468 00:23:23,097 --> 00:23:24,272 It's not A safe combination, 469 00:23:24,315 --> 00:23:25,447 It's not an address. 470 00:23:25,491 --> 00:23:27,057 We could call washington? 471 00:23:27,101 --> 00:23:29,016 It might be A numbered swiss account. 472 00:23:29,059 --> 00:23:32,193 I called four government Agencies myself. 473 00:23:32,236 --> 00:23:33,542 I don't like mysteries, right? 474 00:23:33,586 --> 00:23:35,283 So far, Nobody's called back. 475 00:23:35,326 --> 00:23:37,111 Incidentally, what ever happened To that fbi report 476 00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:38,329 We were supposed to get? 477 00:23:38,373 --> 00:23:39,418 You didn't get that yet? 478 00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:41,028 I didn't get it yet, no. 479 00:23:43,291 --> 00:23:45,336 Let me sleep On my winnings. 480 00:23:45,380 --> 00:23:48,122 I'll follow up tomorrow For you. 481 00:23:48,165 --> 00:23:49,689 Hey, theo. 482 00:23:49,732 --> 00:23:51,560 I love your pizza oven. 483 00:23:53,954 --> 00:23:55,172 Yeah. 484 00:23:55,216 --> 00:23:56,260 Lieutenant kojak? 485 00:23:56,304 --> 00:23:57,697 That's right. Who's this? 486 00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:00,177 Just listen. I got people On the streets, 487 00:24:00,221 --> 00:24:01,396 You got cops on the streets, 488 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,137 So let's economize. 489 00:24:03,180 --> 00:24:04,921 That's how we're gonna save The city, right? 490 00:24:04,965 --> 00:24:06,575 Hey, it's too late, baby. 491 00:24:06,619 --> 00:24:08,055 We're already Down the tubes. 492 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:09,578 What does it all mean, huh? 493 00:24:09,622 --> 00:24:11,580 It means we got something For each other, 494 00:24:11,624 --> 00:24:14,104 On this kidnap number Today. 495 00:24:14,148 --> 00:24:17,194 I'm in the bar at the corner Of seventh and broadway. 496 00:24:17,238 --> 00:24:18,631 I'm waiting on you. 497 00:24:25,159 --> 00:24:26,116 Who was that? 498 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,468 Uh, I don't know, frank. 499 00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:32,471 However, it must have something To do with the levine caper. 500 00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:33,559 I can't pass it up, can I? 501 00:24:33,602 --> 00:24:34,429 No. 502 00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:56,538 - kojak. - mo pearl. 503 00:24:56,582 --> 00:24:58,497 - hey, never heard of him. - uh-huh. 504 00:25:07,331 --> 00:25:08,594 Now, mo used to be 505 00:25:08,637 --> 00:25:10,639 The biggest shylock In long island. 506 00:25:10,683 --> 00:25:12,336 What'd you do, Give up country living, mo? 507 00:25:12,380 --> 00:25:15,557 Mo pearl is dead. He died in dannemora. 508 00:25:15,601 --> 00:25:18,734 You understand? My name is jim ryan. 509 00:25:18,778 --> 00:25:20,519 I sell fixtures-- 510 00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:23,043 Hangers, racks, supplies In the district here. 511 00:25:23,086 --> 00:25:25,567 Yeah, sure. Legitimate businessman, right? 512 00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:27,351 "Buy a thousand gross Of my coat hangers, 513 00:25:27,395 --> 00:25:28,701 Or I'll break your arm," right? 514 00:25:28,744 --> 00:25:30,529 Hey, you think what you want. 515 00:25:30,572 --> 00:25:32,748 I--I can't stop you. 516 00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:36,360 Now, this is causing me Big trouble, this kidnapper. 517 00:25:36,404 --> 00:25:39,320 This guy, uh... This guy levine, 518 00:25:39,363 --> 00:25:41,801 He's snatched east of seventh. 519 00:25:41,844 --> 00:25:44,717 Well, east of seventh Belongs to somebody else. 520 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,547 Now, this somebody else figures I'm intruding on his territory. 521 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:52,289 Guys are calling me up, Layin' heavy numbers on me. 522 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:53,377 Can we get to The point? 523 00:25:53,421 --> 00:25:55,510 Hey, you got High blood pressure? 524 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:59,688 Mo, talk nice To the captain. 525 00:25:59,732 --> 00:26:01,342 - captain? - uh-huh. 526 00:26:01,385 --> 00:26:03,083 Hey, I'm sorry. Who knew? 527 00:26:03,126 --> 00:26:04,301 Go on. 528 00:26:04,345 --> 00:26:07,740 Anyhow, I ask around, 529 00:26:07,783 --> 00:26:10,220 Find this bookie Who saw the snatch. 530 00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:11,570 Stood on the corner Watching, 531 00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:13,136 Couldn't believe it. 532 00:26:13,180 --> 00:26:14,616 You're lucky. 533 00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:16,270 He keeps numbers in his head 534 00:26:16,313 --> 00:26:18,577 Like you guys Remember holidays. 535 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:21,667 And, uh, I got The license on the limo 536 00:26:21,710 --> 00:26:23,103 That drove off With that guy in it. 537 00:26:24,452 --> 00:26:26,628 Hey, ain't you glad? 538 00:26:26,672 --> 00:26:29,196 Your men have been looking All over for witnesses, right? 539 00:26:29,239 --> 00:26:31,285 So? I done you a favor. 540 00:26:31,328 --> 00:26:33,635 Mo? You want something? 541 00:26:33,679 --> 00:26:35,637 Don't put Too big a price on it. 542 00:26:35,681 --> 00:26:39,423 Okay. You just get The word out it wasn't me. 543 00:26:39,467 --> 00:26:43,645 I never made a move east Of seventh avenue in my life. 544 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:44,515 You got it. 545 00:26:49,303 --> 00:26:53,220 149-c-c-u. New york state. 546 00:26:53,263 --> 00:26:54,525 Okay, we can call it From here. 547 00:26:54,569 --> 00:26:55,788 That'll motivate The bureau. 548 00:26:55,831 --> 00:26:56,919 One problem, kojak. 549 00:26:59,313 --> 00:27:01,271 Look, you're gonna think I'm playing' games with you. 550 00:27:01,315 --> 00:27:02,664 Now, why would I think that, mo? 551 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:05,885 Well, I wanted to find out If this car 552 00:27:05,928 --> 00:27:07,887 Belonged to my competition, Understand? 553 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:10,106 Come on, he could've been Setting me up for, uh... 554 00:27:10,150 --> 00:27:11,586 Make a patsy out of me. 555 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:15,503 So I had this friend check out The ownership for me. 556 00:27:15,546 --> 00:27:17,636 And? 557 00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:21,814 It's registered to an outfit Called the altamont corporation. 558 00:27:23,729 --> 00:27:26,166 It's a dummy corporation, Belongs to the feds. 559 00:27:26,209 --> 00:27:27,689 The feds? 560 00:27:27,733 --> 00:27:31,475 Yeah, they got a couple Of special strike forces, 561 00:27:31,519 --> 00:27:33,695 Real humpbreakers. 562 00:27:33,739 --> 00:27:35,784 Hey, I gave You something good, huh? 563 00:27:35,828 --> 00:27:38,352 The feds kidnapped Rick levine? 564 00:27:38,395 --> 00:27:39,658 No wonder nobody In washington 565 00:27:39,701 --> 00:27:41,181 Is returning my calls. 566 00:27:42,835 --> 00:27:43,836 Huh? 567 00:27:56,544 --> 00:27:57,676 Our victim's back 568 00:27:57,719 --> 00:27:58,938 And better rested Than any of us. 569 00:27:58,981 --> 00:28:00,548 Who? Levine? 570 00:28:00,591 --> 00:28:02,593 Yeah, apparently he got in At 10:00 last night, 571 00:28:02,637 --> 00:28:03,812 Came in the back way, 572 00:28:03,856 --> 00:28:06,467 So our man on stakeout Didn't pick it up. 573 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:08,556 And neither he Or his wife called us. 574 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:09,905 You get His fanny down here. 575 00:28:09,949 --> 00:28:10,993 I want to talk to him. 576 00:28:11,037 --> 00:28:12,908 On advice of counsel, Lieutenant, 577 00:28:12,952 --> 00:28:14,997 Mr. Levine is not talking With any cops 578 00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:16,912 Unless a warrant Is issued against him. 579 00:28:16,956 --> 00:28:18,697 - advice of what counsel? - he wouldn't say. 580 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:20,524 He referred me To a malcolm kane. 581 00:28:20,568 --> 00:28:22,439 Kane works For some federal agency. 582 00:28:27,793 --> 00:28:30,447 Malcolm kane. 583 00:28:30,491 --> 00:28:32,014 That's what the man said. 584 00:28:33,668 --> 00:28:35,888 All right. That figures. 585 00:29:17,451 --> 00:29:18,931 How have you been, mal? 586 00:29:18,974 --> 00:29:20,410 Fine, thank you. 587 00:29:20,454 --> 00:29:22,499 Kojak, have you ever thought What would happen 588 00:29:22,543 --> 00:29:24,675 If the feds leaned On you real good? 589 00:29:24,719 --> 00:29:27,504 Oh, you terrify me. 590 00:29:27,548 --> 00:29:30,333 I got to talk with one of My witnesses in a murder case-- 591 00:29:30,377 --> 00:29:31,813 That's murder, mal. 592 00:29:31,857 --> 00:29:33,336 And what do I find? 593 00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:34,685 I find my man has Been snatched 594 00:29:34,729 --> 00:29:36,905 On a public street In broad daylight 595 00:29:36,949 --> 00:29:39,908 By a couple Of your necktie salesmen, 596 00:29:39,952 --> 00:29:41,475 And when he gets back Home again, what? 597 00:29:41,518 --> 00:29:42,824 He never heard of me. 598 00:29:42,868 --> 00:29:47,873 "Talk to mal," he says. So here I am. 599 00:29:47,916 --> 00:29:51,006 Rick levine is Under federal wraps. 600 00:29:51,050 --> 00:29:52,355 End of explanation. 601 00:29:52,399 --> 00:29:54,140 No questions, No answers, period. 602 00:29:54,183 --> 00:29:56,707 And I do mean, period. 603 00:29:56,751 --> 00:29:58,840 This was supposed to Get me off my murder case, mal? 604 00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:01,712 I mean, This baffling development 605 00:30:01,756 --> 00:30:03,976 I'm supposed To somehow ignore? 606 00:30:04,019 --> 00:30:07,631 Baby, you got me hooked On this case forever. 607 00:30:11,070 --> 00:30:12,898 See ya later, mal. 608 00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:30,872 Yes, commissioner. 609 00:30:30,916 --> 00:30:33,788 No, commissioner. 610 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:35,094 You can rest assured, Commissioner. 611 00:30:35,137 --> 00:30:36,138 Right. 612 00:30:36,182 --> 00:30:38,053 Guess who that was? 613 00:30:38,097 --> 00:30:39,489 How would I know? 614 00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:41,013 You are some detective. 615 00:30:41,056 --> 00:30:42,710 About fletcher's murder. 616 00:30:42,753 --> 00:30:44,103 We're instructed to limit Our investigation 617 00:30:44,146 --> 00:30:45,800 To routine channels. 618 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:48,107 And report all names Of suspects and witnesses 619 00:30:48,150 --> 00:30:50,936 To the chief of detectives Before we interrogate them. 620 00:30:50,979 --> 00:30:53,808 In other words, a properly Managed investigation. 621 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,637 Theo, who knows This whole cuchifrito, 622 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,900 The real story? 623 00:30:58,944 --> 00:31:02,208 Maybe levine is cia, And marshall is a russian spy 624 00:31:02,251 --> 00:31:03,774 They've got under observation. 625 00:31:03,818 --> 00:31:05,472 Hey, with his background, Nothing's impossible. 626 00:31:05,515 --> 00:31:06,908 Why? 627 00:31:06,952 --> 00:31:08,214 Marshall's resume 628 00:31:08,257 --> 00:31:10,912 As he supplied it To city investing. 629 00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:14,089 High school, college, First place of employment. 630 00:31:14,133 --> 00:31:16,875 I called a few Of these references. 631 00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:20,487 Everybody gets very, very cagey When I ask for specifics. 632 00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:23,794 One administrator remembered him At the high school here. 633 00:31:23,838 --> 00:31:26,667 One dean remembered Him at college. 634 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:28,712 Yeah, a, b. Here's his marks. 635 00:31:28,756 --> 00:31:29,931 Not bad, either. 636 00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:32,151 It's just a transcript, theo. 637 00:31:32,194 --> 00:31:34,936 I called the person in charge Of housing at the college. 638 00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:37,199 He never had a room there. 639 00:31:37,243 --> 00:31:38,897 You know why? 640 00:31:38,940 --> 00:31:41,725 Because marshall never Even went to that college. 641 00:31:41,769 --> 00:31:44,163 He's a paper man, theo. Paper. 642 00:31:44,206 --> 00:31:45,904 The wife, and the kids too. 643 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:47,601 A paper man, huh? 644 00:31:47,644 --> 00:31:50,909 And who phonies a background Better than the feds? 645 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:52,214 Uh! 646 00:31:52,258 --> 00:31:54,782 Were you really gonna suggest The russians? 647 00:31:54,825 --> 00:31:57,959 Theo, I've done Enough research on my own 648 00:31:58,003 --> 00:32:00,135 To think that We'd better play this game 649 00:32:00,179 --> 00:32:01,702 The way we were told. 650 00:32:01,745 --> 00:32:02,964 Well, you have, frank. 651 00:32:03,008 --> 00:32:04,574 You've given me My instructions. 652 00:32:04,618 --> 00:32:06,141 Which you're going to follow? 653 00:32:06,185 --> 00:32:08,970 Uh. You really want to know The answer to that? 654 00:32:09,014 --> 00:32:10,276 No. 655 00:32:10,319 --> 00:32:12,539 - all right, thanks. - hey, theo! 656 00:32:13,844 --> 00:32:15,803 Remember those numbers You showed me 657 00:32:15,846 --> 00:32:17,500 That fletcher wrote down? 658 00:32:17,544 --> 00:32:18,762 Well, take a look at this. 659 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:25,856 My hero! 660 00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:33,995 Now, what number Is set up like this? 661 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:37,216 The one indispensable number You need to pay your taxes, 662 00:32:37,259 --> 00:32:38,957 To have a bank account, 663 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,088 To receive Income from any-- 664 00:32:40,132 --> 00:32:41,872 A social security number? 665 00:32:41,916 --> 00:32:43,526 All right. 666 00:32:43,570 --> 00:32:44,963 Now, fletcher runs across 667 00:32:45,006 --> 00:32:48,531 Four social security numbers In sequence, 668 00:32:48,575 --> 00:32:50,751 And somehow, That's very special to him. 669 00:32:50,794 --> 00:32:51,882 Now, you used to mess around 670 00:32:51,926 --> 00:32:53,362 With some girl In welfare, right? 671 00:32:53,406 --> 00:32:56,017 She must have a pipeline Into social security records. 672 00:32:56,061 --> 00:32:57,149 You go make A date with her, 673 00:32:57,192 --> 00:32:58,889 Check these out, 674 00:32:58,933 --> 00:33:02,023 And do not make it An official police request. Go. 675 00:33:02,067 --> 00:33:04,721 We get The prints on marshall? 676 00:33:04,765 --> 00:33:06,810 Yes, sir, they came in This morning with his resume, 677 00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:08,725 But there's No arrest record on him. 678 00:33:08,769 --> 00:33:11,032 Tell fingerprinting I want Them run through interpol, 679 00:33:11,076 --> 00:33:13,078 And don't memo that request To any federal agency. 680 00:33:13,121 --> 00:33:14,340 And have them check 681 00:33:14,383 --> 00:33:16,298 Their caribbean files For starters, okay? 682 00:33:16,342 --> 00:33:17,343 Yes, sir. 683 00:33:21,303 --> 00:33:23,175 I haven't heard a thing. 684 00:33:23,218 --> 00:33:25,829 But if I had, why interpol? 685 00:33:25,873 --> 00:33:27,570 Because they're Not under the thumb 686 00:33:27,614 --> 00:33:29,181 Of some united states agency, Frank. 687 00:33:29,224 --> 00:33:30,791 And because Marshall's house was filled 688 00:33:30,834 --> 00:33:32,880 With souvenirs From the caribbean, 689 00:33:32,923 --> 00:33:35,100 And maybe because interpol Can tell me 690 00:33:35,143 --> 00:33:37,754 If mrs. Marshall's lying When she makes a big deal 691 00:33:37,798 --> 00:33:40,061 Out of saying They've never been down there. 692 00:33:40,105 --> 00:33:42,150 Social security number, That's very good. 693 00:33:42,194 --> 00:33:43,717 Tell me, frank, How'd you come up with that? 694 00:33:45,675 --> 00:33:47,068 I didn't. My niece shannon did. 695 00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:48,635 The eight-year-old? 696 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:50,898 So? She takes after me. 697 00:33:50,941 --> 00:33:51,942 Uh... 698 00:33:56,251 --> 00:33:58,079 Captain, lieutenant, 699 00:33:58,123 --> 00:33:59,646 Jackpot! 700 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:05,739 Father, mother, daughter, Son, in sequence. 701 00:34:07,219 --> 00:34:08,220 Now, clue me in, crocker. 702 00:34:08,263 --> 00:34:09,482 How does the marshall family 703 00:34:09,525 --> 00:34:11,962 Get four social security numbers In sequence? 704 00:34:12,006 --> 00:34:13,703 By having them all issued At the same time. 705 00:34:13,747 --> 00:34:14,748 Which ain't possible, Right? 706 00:34:14,791 --> 00:34:16,141 Well, let's just say It takes 707 00:34:16,184 --> 00:34:18,839 About the heaviest clout Imaginable from uncle sam. 708 00:34:18,882 --> 00:34:21,711 Which makes me think, We better slow down. 709 00:34:21,755 --> 00:34:23,844 Hey, frank, Are you kidding? 710 00:34:23,887 --> 00:34:25,846 Slow down? 711 00:34:25,889 --> 00:34:27,978 I got a woman Without a husband, right? 712 00:34:28,022 --> 00:34:29,937 Three kids without a father. 713 00:34:29,980 --> 00:34:32,113 I'm not slowing down For his murderer, frank! 714 00:34:32,157 --> 00:34:33,810 Hey, forget it! 715 00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:50,958 Very serious charges, theo. 716 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:54,353 They're not charges, evan, Questions. 717 00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:57,312 For instance, Why were no criminal charges 718 00:34:57,356 --> 00:34:59,009 Filed against Adrian marshall? 719 00:34:59,053 --> 00:35:02,056 Because the complaint lodged By investment securities 720 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,711 Gave me nothing on which to base A true bill of indictment. 721 00:35:04,754 --> 00:35:07,322 The line between mismanagement And embezzlement 722 00:35:07,366 --> 00:35:09,237 Is not an easy one to fix. 723 00:35:09,281 --> 00:35:10,934 Now, if it makes You feel any better, 724 00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:13,154 My own feeling was that marshall Probably was guilty 725 00:35:13,198 --> 00:35:15,287 Of misappropriating funds. 726 00:35:15,330 --> 00:35:19,726 But, uh, proof, legal proof, They just didn't give me any. 727 00:35:19,769 --> 00:35:22,120 So... 728 00:35:22,163 --> 00:35:24,122 Your decision not to file Was arrived at 729 00:35:24,165 --> 00:35:26,211 Without pressure from any other Federal agency, right? 730 00:35:26,254 --> 00:35:29,083 Pressure? No. 731 00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,824 There were inquiries. 732 00:35:30,867 --> 00:35:31,955 From malcolm kane? 733 00:35:31,999 --> 00:35:33,131 I mean, his people? 734 00:35:33,174 --> 00:35:34,871 From kane, yes. 735 00:35:34,915 --> 00:35:37,004 I was able to tell him Honestly 736 00:35:37,047 --> 00:35:39,311 We just didn't have the evidence For a conviction. 737 00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:41,226 You think He would have pressured 738 00:35:41,269 --> 00:35:43,097 If we were ready to prosecute? 739 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,794 That's outrageous. 740 00:35:44,838 --> 00:35:46,361 That's right, baby. 741 00:35:46,405 --> 00:35:49,059 Now, there's a man, levine. I want to talk to him. 742 00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:49,930 Can you help? 743 00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:54,369 You claim, mr. Levine, You never talked 744 00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:55,936 With malcolm kane 745 00:35:55,979 --> 00:35:59,069 Or any member of A federal investigation agency? 746 00:35:59,113 --> 00:36:00,767 As I understand it, Lieutenant, 747 00:36:00,810 --> 00:36:01,898 I'm not supposed To be here. 748 00:36:01,942 --> 00:36:04,379 I mean, I wasn't kidnapped, right? 749 00:36:04,423 --> 00:36:07,034 There is nothing I can say to help you. 750 00:36:09,036 --> 00:36:11,995 Listen, mr. Levine, you're In the middle of something 751 00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:14,302 That neither one of us Clearly understands. 752 00:36:14,346 --> 00:36:16,217 That's the murder Of colin fletcher, 753 00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:18,785 A man pretty much like you. 754 00:36:18,828 --> 00:36:19,829 I was told Not to say anything. 755 00:36:19,873 --> 00:36:21,744 That's all I know. 756 00:36:21,788 --> 00:36:25,313 Okay. I'll ask some questions. 757 00:36:25,357 --> 00:36:27,097 You don't have to answer. 758 00:36:27,141 --> 00:36:29,970 However, if you look toward That window over there, 759 00:36:30,013 --> 00:36:32,407 Maybe I'll take It to mean yes. Okay? 760 00:36:32,451 --> 00:36:34,409 Let's talk about marshall. 761 00:36:34,453 --> 00:36:35,454 You know him By any other name? 762 00:36:38,152 --> 00:36:41,982 You know anything About his wife, his family life? 763 00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:54,124 Do you know the color Of your eyes, mr. Levine? 764 00:36:54,168 --> 00:36:58,390 Or maybe mama's name? Or your own name, mr. Levine? 765 00:36:58,433 --> 00:37:01,828 I was told in the interest Of national security-- 766 00:37:01,871 --> 00:37:05,005 Mr. Levine, national security Begins right up here 767 00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:07,573 With brains you don't let Other people scramble for you! 768 00:37:07,616 --> 00:37:10,184 And murder doesn't happen To be in the best interests 769 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,491 Of this country, Mr. Levine, versteh? 770 00:37:13,492 --> 00:37:14,797 I'm sorry. 771 00:37:14,841 --> 00:37:16,234 Mr. Levine, Why don't you go home. 772 00:37:16,277 --> 00:37:17,104 Thanks a lot. 773 00:37:20,890 --> 00:37:22,240 Lieutenant. 774 00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:23,980 Lieutenant, interpol's Just scored for us 775 00:37:24,024 --> 00:37:25,330 On adrian marshall. 776 00:37:25,373 --> 00:37:26,461 Thanks To a certain detective's 777 00:37:26,505 --> 00:37:28,071 Perceptive observations 778 00:37:28,115 --> 00:37:29,334 About his interest In the caribbean. 779 00:37:29,377 --> 00:37:30,552 If this is good, stavros, 780 00:37:30,596 --> 00:37:32,337 I'll buy you A blowfish lamp, okay? 781 00:37:32,380 --> 00:37:33,990 Don't worry. Go ahead. 782 00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:36,558 Well, it seems that interpol Had some partial fingerprints 783 00:37:36,602 --> 00:37:38,865 On a syndicate employee, A man who spoke spanish, 784 00:37:38,908 --> 00:37:41,476 Ran three mob-controlled casinos In the caribbean for them, 785 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,174 And a man that just vanished, Family and all, three years ago. 786 00:37:44,218 --> 00:37:46,438 They knew him As ariano merceica. 787 00:37:46,481 --> 00:37:47,482 We know him as... 788 00:37:47,526 --> 00:37:50,006 Adrian marshall. 789 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:52,618 My, my, my, my. 790 00:37:52,661 --> 00:37:54,184 What the hell Have we got here? 791 00:38:05,326 --> 00:38:07,328 You're trying to tell me now That adrian marshall 792 00:38:07,372 --> 00:38:09,417 Is really ariano merceica, 793 00:38:09,461 --> 00:38:11,289 Formerly a casino manager For the mob? 794 00:38:11,332 --> 00:38:13,247 - mm-hmm - him and his whole family, 795 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:14,988 They lived in cuba, 796 00:38:15,031 --> 00:38:17,425 Moved out after castro To some of the other islands. 797 00:38:17,469 --> 00:38:19,427 Interpol Had their eye on him. 798 00:38:19,471 --> 00:38:21,124 He went to miami Three, four years ago, 799 00:38:21,168 --> 00:38:23,126 Apparently got picked up By the irs. 800 00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:24,693 That's the last The four little merceicas 801 00:38:24,737 --> 00:38:26,608 Were ever seen By that name again. 802 00:38:26,652 --> 00:38:29,611 Yeah, the irs wiped out Half the miami mob 803 00:38:29,655 --> 00:38:32,353 On tax evasion charges About the same time. 804 00:38:32,397 --> 00:38:34,964 With merceica's help, No doubt. 805 00:38:35,008 --> 00:38:36,444 Probably made A deal with him-- 806 00:38:36,488 --> 00:38:38,968 New identity, relocation. 807 00:38:39,012 --> 00:38:40,535 He probably went Underground in san diego 808 00:38:40,579 --> 00:38:42,363 And got stiffed With some dull job. 809 00:38:42,407 --> 00:38:45,192 Probably dug up some action For himself in new york, 810 00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:47,368 Ripping off Lester lebaron's dresses. 811 00:38:47,412 --> 00:38:48,630 So fletcher stumbles 812 00:38:48,674 --> 00:38:50,415 On marshall's phony Social security numbers, 813 00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:52,242 Figures marshall Has some sort of pull, 814 00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:53,331 Probably a lot to hide. 815 00:38:53,374 --> 00:38:55,245 Fletcher could've Blackmailed him, 816 00:38:55,289 --> 00:38:57,639 Or maybe he tried to sell the Information to the syndicate? 817 00:38:57,683 --> 00:38:59,598 Fletcher? No, I doubt it. 818 00:38:59,641 --> 00:39:01,426 I think he was A lot straighter than that. 819 00:39:01,469 --> 00:39:02,775 Well, if fletcher Was that straight, 820 00:39:02,818 --> 00:39:04,254 Maybe he leveled With marshall 821 00:39:04,298 --> 00:39:05,517 And demanded an explanation? 822 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,040 What about this appointment 823 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:08,650 That fletcher Told his wife he had, 824 00:39:08,694 --> 00:39:10,609 The one that Made him very excited? 825 00:39:10,652 --> 00:39:13,046 So? A meeting With a flashy blonde? 826 00:39:13,089 --> 00:39:15,396 That's exciting All by itself. 827 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,356 That lady was more Than just flashy, baby. 828 00:39:18,399 --> 00:39:19,705 She was smart. 829 00:39:19,748 --> 00:39:21,402 She has good timing. 830 00:39:21,446 --> 00:39:23,535 Cased the situation perfectly, 831 00:39:23,578 --> 00:39:26,407 And, frank, guess who fits That description? 832 00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:28,670 A lady who's handled a lot Of ups and downs in her life 833 00:39:28,714 --> 00:39:32,021 Like a very cool, Cool cookie, cookie. 834 00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:35,373 All right, check the prints Found on fletcher's wallet 835 00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:37,070 Against the prints Of mrs. Marshall 836 00:39:37,113 --> 00:39:38,288 We lifted from that ashtray. 837 00:39:38,332 --> 00:39:39,464 Mrs. Marshall? 838 00:39:47,646 --> 00:39:48,647 Thank you. 839 00:39:59,745 --> 00:40:01,050 Hello? 840 00:40:01,094 --> 00:40:02,704 This is kane With a problem. 841 00:40:02,748 --> 00:40:06,186 Interpol came up With your real name--merceica. 842 00:40:06,229 --> 00:40:07,317 They gave it to the nypd. 843 00:40:07,361 --> 00:40:09,276 But you said That couldn't happen. 844 00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:12,061 I said, there's no reason Why it should have happened, 845 00:40:12,105 --> 00:40:14,281 And it wouldn't have, Except for this investigation 846 00:40:14,324 --> 00:40:16,239 Into fletcher's death. 847 00:40:16,283 --> 00:40:18,154 Talked to levine yesterday 848 00:40:18,198 --> 00:40:20,853 And found out he had steered This lieutenant kojak 849 00:40:20,896 --> 00:40:23,290 Onto some numbers That fletcher had written down. 850 00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:25,640 What levine doesn't know is They're social security cards 851 00:40:25,684 --> 00:40:27,294 That we ran through for you. 852 00:40:27,337 --> 00:40:30,471 Anyway, levine said it made him Sort of suspicious. 853 00:40:30,515 --> 00:40:31,559 Fletcher never got In touch with you 854 00:40:31,603 --> 00:40:32,734 About these numbers, Did he? 855 00:40:32,778 --> 00:40:35,258 No, I never met fletcher In my life. 856 00:40:35,302 --> 00:40:38,305 But tell me, kane, How bad is our cover blown? 857 00:40:38,348 --> 00:40:40,438 Tell me straight. 858 00:40:40,481 --> 00:40:42,614 My men check your place From time to time. 859 00:40:42,657 --> 00:40:45,225 There's no sign Of trouble yet. 860 00:40:45,268 --> 00:40:48,533 Your men come out here? 861 00:40:48,576 --> 00:40:50,273 Well, what if They're followed? 862 00:40:50,317 --> 00:40:53,102 Mr. Marshall, You've got other worries. 863 00:40:53,146 --> 00:40:55,888 This kojak has got something To work on now, 864 00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:58,499 And there's not much we Can do to slow him down. 865 00:40:58,543 --> 00:41:00,893 There's leaks In every police department. 866 00:41:00,936 --> 00:41:03,548 I told you when you wouldn't Stay in san diego, 867 00:41:03,591 --> 00:41:06,376 We would cooperate On one more move. 868 00:41:06,420 --> 00:41:07,769 Now the problem is yours. 869 00:41:07,813 --> 00:41:09,379 I'm a man of action, kane. 870 00:41:09,423 --> 00:41:10,772 I was dying out there. 871 00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:12,774 I can't sell campers For the rest of my life. 872 00:41:14,384 --> 00:41:15,473 Kane! 873 00:41:24,612 --> 00:41:27,136 We turn everything We can into cash. 874 00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:28,268 Furs, jewelry, everything! 875 00:41:28,311 --> 00:41:29,878 No. If there's real danger, 876 00:41:29,922 --> 00:41:31,314 We don't want To waste one minute. 877 00:41:32,402 --> 00:41:33,578 I'm sorry. 878 00:41:33,621 --> 00:41:34,796 Sorry? 879 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,190 Don't say that, ariano. 880 00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:41,150 We came from nowhere, You and me, with nothing, 881 00:41:41,194 --> 00:41:44,719 And we had 20 good years South of miami. 882 00:41:44,763 --> 00:41:47,548 And we'll have 20 more Good ones somewhere else. 883 00:41:47,592 --> 00:41:50,377 We tried our best. 884 00:41:50,420 --> 00:41:54,163 Or I should say our worst. 885 00:41:54,207 --> 00:41:57,515 Killing fletcher, It was a mistake. 886 00:42:01,301 --> 00:42:03,172 We'll pick up The children at school. 887 00:42:03,216 --> 00:42:06,262 My jewelry's in the safe With the cash. 888 00:42:32,332 --> 00:42:33,463 That's right. 889 00:42:33,507 --> 00:42:36,336 Mr. And mrs. Ariano merceica. 890 00:42:36,379 --> 00:42:38,381 You'd better include The name adrian marshall 891 00:42:38,425 --> 00:42:39,513 On the warrant too. 892 00:42:40,993 --> 00:42:42,385 As soon as possible. 893 00:42:42,429 --> 00:42:43,648 We'll come by And pick it up. Right. 894 00:42:43,691 --> 00:42:46,564 Frank. 895 00:42:46,607 --> 00:42:48,740 Mrs. Marshall's prints were Found on fletcher's wallet. 896 00:42:48,783 --> 00:42:49,871 We're getting a warrant 897 00:42:49,915 --> 00:42:51,917 And heading out To his house right now. 898 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,962 Don't you think a warrant With marshall's name on it 899 00:42:54,006 --> 00:42:56,399 Could get back to kane, Who might warn marshall? 900 00:42:56,443 --> 00:42:58,401 You could be right. 901 00:42:58,445 --> 00:43:00,534 We'll pick up kane, Tell him we've got to talk. 902 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:01,927 If we've got him with us, 903 00:43:01,970 --> 00:43:03,493 He can't get too far ahead Of us, can he? 904 00:43:03,537 --> 00:43:05,626 Get kane on the phone For the captain. 905 00:43:10,718 --> 00:43:11,850 There he is now. 906 00:43:16,028 --> 00:43:19,597 Kojak, what's this all about And where are we going? 907 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:20,902 Get in, mal. It's important. 908 00:43:20,946 --> 00:43:22,643 So? 909 00:43:22,687 --> 00:43:24,732 So, we're arresting Mr. And mrs. Merceica. 910 00:43:24,776 --> 00:43:26,429 Why? 911 00:43:26,473 --> 00:43:28,562 Because you know Their real identity? 912 00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,433 Stay away, kojak. 913 00:43:30,477 --> 00:43:32,435 Stay away From fletcher's murderers? 914 00:43:32,479 --> 00:43:33,872 No way, baby. Come on. 915 00:43:33,915 --> 00:43:35,961 Hey, lieutenant! We got the warrant! 916 00:43:38,441 --> 00:43:39,573 Get in the other car. 917 00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:40,748 Right. 918 00:43:57,722 --> 00:44:00,638 You know, we put mrs. Marshall In a platinum wig, 919 00:44:00,681 --> 00:44:01,943 Try her in a line-up, 920 00:44:01,987 --> 00:44:04,032 See if claudine the dream Recognizes her. 921 00:44:04,076 --> 00:44:08,602 Also hunk, other people In that bar. 922 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,560 Why would they want To kill fletcher? 923 00:44:10,604 --> 00:44:13,302 And why go through This whole hooker masquerade? 924 00:44:13,346 --> 00:44:15,043 Well, I don't know For sure, mal, 925 00:44:15,087 --> 00:44:17,785 But if I don't try And find the answers, 926 00:44:17,829 --> 00:44:19,831 You're certainly not going To help, are you? 927 00:44:19,874 --> 00:44:22,921 You think I'm a real Hard-nosed bum, don't you? 928 00:44:22,964 --> 00:44:25,488 Hmm? That I don't Cooperate, right? 929 00:44:25,532 --> 00:44:28,883 How would you like to go around Knowing that one slip you make 930 00:44:28,927 --> 00:44:30,798 Could cost a family Their lives? 931 00:44:30,842 --> 00:44:32,713 If anything happens To marshall and his family 932 00:44:32,757 --> 00:44:34,367 Once you blow their cover, 933 00:44:34,410 --> 00:44:37,109 Then their lives are On your conscience, kojak, 934 00:44:37,152 --> 00:44:40,112 And thank god There's a few less on mine. 935 00:45:41,782 --> 00:45:44,132 Go around the back With stavros. 936 00:45:50,486 --> 00:45:53,663 Marshall? Anybody? 937 00:47:25,277 --> 00:47:27,148 I still can't Get used to this. 938 00:47:27,192 --> 00:47:28,715 Oh, my god. 939 00:47:41,728 --> 00:47:42,990 Theo. 940 00:47:43,034 --> 00:47:44,209 Yeah? 941 00:47:56,047 --> 00:47:57,831 Was it worth it, baby? 942 00:47:57,875 --> 00:47:58,963 It was quick. 943 00:47:59,006 --> 00:48:01,530 I know. 944 00:48:01,574 --> 00:48:03,881 They made me watch. 945 00:48:03,924 --> 00:48:07,754 Mrs. Merceica, can you make Any identifications? 946 00:48:07,797 --> 00:48:10,017 Marshall. 947 00:48:10,061 --> 00:48:12,280 Our name is marshall. 948 00:48:14,935 --> 00:48:19,157 My children, I don't want them coming here. 949 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,811 I'm sorry. 950 00:48:21,855 --> 00:48:23,901 I don't think This is the fault anyone here. 951 00:48:23,944 --> 00:48:25,903 Course it is. 952 00:48:25,946 --> 00:48:27,861 It's his fault, And it's hers. 953 00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:30,342 You pay your money and you take Your chances, right? 954 00:48:30,385 --> 00:48:32,822 Only that wasn't really fair For fletcher, was it? 955 00:48:32,866 --> 00:48:34,607 He wanted money 956 00:48:34,650 --> 00:48:36,696 Like everyone else. 957 00:48:36,739 --> 00:48:39,873 We said we'd have To meet him someplace 958 00:48:39,917 --> 00:48:41,744 Where we wouldn't Be recognized. 959 00:48:41,788 --> 00:48:44,791 Crocker, Help the lady outside. 960 00:48:49,143 --> 00:48:52,755 We sent up four syndicate Hoodlums thanks to him. 961 00:48:52,799 --> 00:48:54,105 Yeah, for how long? 962 00:48:54,148 --> 00:48:57,978 17 months was the longest. 963 00:49:01,677 --> 00:49:04,593 This is Not an easy job, theo. 964 00:49:04,637 --> 00:49:07,248 It's not easy For anybody, mal. 965 00:49:07,292 --> 00:49:09,120 Just gotta keep trying.