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In the criminal justice system,
the People are represented
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by two separate yet equally
important groups:
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The police,
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Good morning, Mr. McFadden.
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Mr. McFadden?
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( indistinct
radio transmissions )
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MAN:
Give me another shot of that.
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So, Eduardo, what time
did you punch in?
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5:30.
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And you let him in when?
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No, no, Mr. McFadden's
always the first one here.
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I think 4:00
or something...
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and he has
his own key.
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CERRETA:
Mikey?
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Oh, wonderful.
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Taped trigger,
taped butt.
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Serial numbers filed?
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Sure.
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Of course.
Why should it be easy?
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The vic's wallet
and keys, Detective.
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He had over a grand
in 20's on him.
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Not a robbery.
Not an amateur.
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So it's a hit.
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Maybe the Mafia
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plays the stock market.
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McFadden let himself
in here every morning
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according to the porter.
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No security guard.
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No witnesses.
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Walter Fairlee, Detective.
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Anything I can
help you with?
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Why was Mr. McFadden here
at 4:00 in the morning?
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Checking the Daxie--
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that's the German
stock exchange.
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Marshall had a lot of
international interests.
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What about enemies?
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Ours is a competitive business.
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But everybody
loved him, right?
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Everybody... respected
what he accomplished.
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Which was?
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Which was overcoming
his humble beginnings
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and amassing a net worth
in the hundreds of millions.
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This is a terrible moment
for our company.
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( stock exchange bell rings )
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Excuse me.
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( clamoring voices )
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I guess
the moment's over.
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NBC/Universal
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Exactly what business
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was Mr. McFadden in?
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Like America,
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his business
was business.
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He bought companies.
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He sold companies.
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He was one of the only
mergers and acquisition experts
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to emerge from the '80s
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with his assets and reputation
still intact.
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Your boss had more degrees
than a thermometer.
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They're all honorary.
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Mr. McFadden
never finished high school.
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Has anyone notified the family?
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No one to call.
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His wife, Ann,
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passed away
six years ago.
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Cancer.
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Oh, Dwight Corcoran.
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A former ambassador
to England.
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Mr. McFadden had many friends
in high places.
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We'll need a list.
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Were any of them
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close to him?
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Mr. McFadden
was a private person.
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All I knew of his life
was what I read in the papers.
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"Marshall McFadden,
king of the takeover,
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"son of a Yorkshire
coal miner,
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strikes it rich
in the New World."
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He bought companies
like I buy six-packs.
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Only after
he recycled the waste
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it was worth more
than when he bought it.
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Net worth,
nine figures.
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Anything from ballistics?
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The bullet matches the .38
we found in the garbage.
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No prints.
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The FBI is running
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an argon scan on what's left of
the serial number.
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Takeover guys buy up a company,
spit out the pits.
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People get hurt.
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18 months ago, hostile takeover.
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McFadden acquires a company:
Evans and Black.
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When the smoke clears,
480 people are looking for work.
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A guy standing on
the assembly line--
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is it worth killing over?
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What about the guy sitting
in the executive crapper?
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After the takeover
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McFadden replaced
the entire board of directors.
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White collars
can get pretty dirty
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waiting on
the unemployment line.
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Old days, when I ran
the Brooklyn plant,
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I put in ten hours
a day, six days per.
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And now?
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McFadden closes the plant.
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Now it's mornings
at my quotron
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and afternoons
at the club.
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How much did he pay
for the company?
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Papers say around
$700 million.
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And he shuts it down?
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Evans and Black was worth 700.
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The Brooklyn plant was
the company's prodigal son.
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Hadn't shown a profit
in ten years.
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Some divisions get closed,
others sold.
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That's what takeover's
all about.
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Like a chop shop.
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These takeover guys--
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McFadden, Pickens--
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the press is giving them
a bad rap.
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They're calling them
sharks, barracudas.
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They're not?
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They're like angels.
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They trim the fat.
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Less waste, more profit.
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Correct me if I'm wrong,
Mr. Reynolds.
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After the takeover
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McFadden threw you
and the board out.
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Yes, but we landed very gently.
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Golden parachutes.
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I walked away
with close to seven mil.
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All thanks to McFadden, huh?
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They should carve his face
on a mountain.
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'90s Horatio Alger.
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Get canned,
walk away a rich man.
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High school physics.
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There is no such thing
as spontaneous generation.
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Reynolds and his cronies
are making money.
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It's coming
from somewhere.
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The guys at the bottom.
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My Uncle Sal--
40 years of sweat and ink
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at Pylon Printing
in Queens.
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The owner sells out to
a German corporation.
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Your Uncle Sal
is history.
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No medical,
no pension.
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He's 68 years old
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and all he's got
to show for it
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is purple fingernails.
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And no golden parachute.
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Let's go see what happened
to the working stiffs.
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FAIRLEE:
Excuse me.
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You can't confiscate documents
without a warrant.
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Why not?
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McFadden's the victim,
not the suspect.
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Of course, I just
thought...
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Don't think.
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Cooperate.
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Over there.
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Got to hand it to him.
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He made it
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but he wasn't afraid
to spend it.
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A real philanthropist.
On this Evans and Black deal
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his lawyers collected
close to two mil.
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Maybe they earned it.
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Listen to this.
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Memo from his attorneys
"RE: Brooklyn plant.
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"Collective bargaining
agreement with Local 8157
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"expires November 30.
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"It would therefore
be ill-advised
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"to cease operations
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prior to December 1."
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McFadden was closing
that Brooklyn plant
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from the get-go.
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Screw the union
with legal approval.
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His father worked
for the coal mines.
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You'd think he'd have
sympathy for the grunts.
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They sure had some for him.
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This is a letter
from the union
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agreeing to roll back
all the salaries by 15%.
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To McFadden?
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No, to the loan department
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at Bank of the Five Boroughs.
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"In order to induce the bank
to finance the acquisition
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"of Evans and Black, Inc.
by Marshall McFadden.
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"Signed: Edward Palmieri,
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president of Guild
of American Industrial Workers."
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He gets the union
to close the deal
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then bites them
on the butt?
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All's fair in M and A.
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That union letter--
who did you say signed it?
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Palmieri.
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Palmieri.
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Palmieri.
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Palmieri.
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Last month, a check
drawn on the account
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of Ann McFadden
Cancer Foundation,
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payable to Edward G. Palmieri
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in the amount of
100,000 smackeroos.
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Wow.
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Do you think this Palmieri
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moonlights as
a cancer specialist?
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McFadden gets the union
to agree to future rollbacks.
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Company looks
more profitable.
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More attractive
to the bank.
It's all kosher.
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Except McFadden never intended
to sign a new contract.
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He planned on
shutting down the plant
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when the union
contract expired.
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It was a con.
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And the union head
is running point.
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A mook named Palmieri
pocketed 100 g's
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from McFadden's
charitable foundation.
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Fellas, what's wrong
with this picture?
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McFadden is making Palmieri rich
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and he's gonna kill
the golden goose?
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This guy would
sell out the rank and file.
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It doesn't make him a killer.
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If the stakes
get high enough...
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LOGAN:
All right.
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Maybe there's a history
between McFadden and Palmieri.
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Unions keep records.
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A subpoena might help.
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Well, how does a subpoena
duces tecum sound?
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Means lay your cards
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on our table.
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You want documents,
you got documents.
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My client is merely satisfying
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the subpoena.
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We asked for documents
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relating to the union's
dealings with McFadden,
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not the "History
of the World,
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parts one and two."
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The duces tecum was specific.
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Duces my tuches. You want to
know something, you talk to me.
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Tell us about the agreement
to roll back union bennies
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when McFadden took over.
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The old owners lived
in the Dark Ages.
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They hold on, the Brooklyn plant
goes down the crapper.
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If the Brooklyn plant
goes Chapter 11,
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the union's
on the street.
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Where I come from
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something is better
than nothing.
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Eddie agreed
to the rollback.
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The bank likes the deal.
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Everybody's happy.
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Until the limey stabs us
in the back.
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Us?
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Looks like you did all right.
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Are you implying something?
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$100,000, payable
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to your client
from McFadden's foundation.
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Uh, that was for consulting.
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We don't really care
about the payment.
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What we're concerned with
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is why the payer
is dead.
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Wait a minute.
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You guys think that I...?
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My union's got 10,000 members.
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10,000members.
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The Brooklyn plant canned--
what?--
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a couple hundred?
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It's not even worth my time.
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Eddie, whose time is it worth?
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You charging me with something?
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CRAGEN:
No, no, we're not
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but maybe
the U.S. Attorney's Office
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would be interested in
those consulting fees.
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The boys who worked the plant--
265
00:12:34,955 --> 00:12:37,122
got a couple of hotheads there.
266
00:12:37,124 --> 00:12:39,290
Unemployment bennies
are running out--
267
00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:42,961
some of them
have nothing left to lose.
268
00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:46,164
Podosky, Dborkin,
Vilanis, and Black.
269
00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:54,038
MAN:
...the Department of Labor.
270
00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,373
My hands are tied.
271
00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:56,875
Closed meeting, fellas.
272
00:12:56,877 --> 00:12:58,042
We won't go in.
273
00:12:58,044 --> 00:13:00,278
We'll just listen
at the doorway.
274
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,181
about unemployment benefits.
There's nothing we can do
275
00:13:03,183 --> 00:13:05,183
Local 8157,
official business.
276
00:13:05,185 --> 00:13:07,051
Get lost.
277
00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:08,052
Shield 9215.
278
00:13:08,054 --> 00:13:09,287
Ditto.
279
00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,222
MAN:
We are scheduled to meet
280
00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:13,158
with Department of Labor reps
281
00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,160
of the month.
the first
282
00:13:15,162 --> 00:13:16,861
gentlemen.
Everything takes time,
283
00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:18,163
My recommendation is, therefore,
284
00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:21,099
to work with the Economic
Development Council
285
00:13:21,101 --> 00:13:23,301
and the state
insurance commissioner...
286
00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,136
The insurance
commissioner
287
00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,337
wouldn't know
288
00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:29,207
a tool-and-die maker
from a cheeseburger.
289
00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:30,975
( laughing )
290
00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:33,144
You want the floor, Simon?
291
00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:35,146
What happened
to our pension plan
292
00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:38,249
shouldn't ever, ever
have happened in this country!
293
00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:40,385
We paid into it
for 40 years, and now...
294
00:13:40,387 --> 00:13:42,086
that policy in your hand?
295
00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:45,089
You may as well wipe your arse
with it.
296
00:13:45,091 --> 00:13:46,191
It's useless!
297
00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:47,292
( cheers of agreement )
298
00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:53,264
Let's hear it
for the rank and file.
299
00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:55,200
politicians, managers,
We trusted
300
00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:59,070
and those clowns on 52nd Street
with their expensive suits
301
00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:01,206
that we paid for with our dues!
302
00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:09,180
to overthrow Palmieri, Simon.
We all know you want
303
00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:10,348
Overthrow nothing.
304
00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:13,017
How about throwing him
in the East River?
305
00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:14,219
That's right!
306
00:14:14,221 --> 00:14:16,120
You tell 'em!
307
00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:29,000
So, Mr. Vilanis,
308
00:14:29,002 --> 00:14:32,003
what happened
to your pension plan?
309
00:14:32,005 --> 00:14:34,873
Before McFadden
closed the plant
310
00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:38,877
he took our contributions,
invested them in junk bonds.
311
00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:40,595
With the market today,
312
00:14:40,596 --> 00:14:42,312
we're lucky to get
ten cents on the dollar.
313
00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:44,382
Were you serious,
back there,
314
00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:46,651
about dumping the union heads
in the river?
315
00:14:46,653 --> 00:14:48,637
Yeah, right.
316
00:14:48,638 --> 00:14:50,622
I shot McFadden
in the back, too.
317
00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:51,956
In the head.
318
00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:53,391
In the head!
319
00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:54,659
( coughing )
320
00:14:54,661 --> 00:14:56,961
I wish.
321
00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:58,396
Are you serious?
322
00:14:58,398 --> 00:15:00,031
At this point,
you're the best we have.
323
00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,633
You have
an alibi, Simon?
324
00:15:01,635 --> 00:15:04,068
I was drinking over at Nooch's
in Red Hook
325
00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:06,437
till closing time, probably.
326
00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:08,072
Same as most nights.
327
00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,974
Are you sure
about that?
328
00:15:09,976 --> 00:15:11,175
Either there,
329
00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:13,912
or St. Eligius Hospital
in Brooklyn.
330
00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:18,016
Every other Thursday's
party time at the clinic.
331
00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:20,051
Oh...
332
00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,420
here we go.
333
00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:27,358
The old owners,
334
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,594
they got their ounce
of flesh,
definitely,
335
00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:34,098
but they also offered us
a 99-year lease
336
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:36,167
at 150 per month.
337
00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:37,568
150 bucks?
338
00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:39,570
Those were the good old days.
339
00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:41,606
Then McFadden
and his bean counters
340
00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,374
got into the act.
341
00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:47,645
First thing they did
was discover $120 million
342
00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:50,181
in hidden assets-- i.e.,
343
00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:53,952
20 buildings just like that one.
344
00:15:53,954 --> 00:15:55,086
But you had a lease.
345
00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:57,088
99 years...
346
00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:59,089
or until there was no longer
an Evans plant
347
00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:00,191
in Brooklyn.
348
00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:01,459
He closes shop,
349
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:03,695
he's got a lot of real estate.
350
00:16:03,697 --> 00:16:06,464
Up there, top floor.
351
00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:10,702
Only two bedrooms,
but we raised three kids
352
00:16:10,704 --> 00:16:13,404
and we got along somehow.
353
00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:19,544
Today, it's luxury condos
for the upwardly mobile exec.
354
00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:22,180
He just tossed
you people out, huh?
355
00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:24,215
Naturally,
we couldn't come up
356
00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:26,184
with the down payment.
357
00:16:26,186 --> 00:16:28,619
Now the economy's down the john.
358
00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:31,589
Even the yuppies
can't afford the luxury.
359
00:16:31,591 --> 00:16:36,027
The McFadddens of the world
leave a lot of wreckage behind.
360
00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:39,197
You don't know the half of it.
361
00:16:39,199 --> 00:16:40,999
Your doctor, Simon.
362
00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:42,700
My doctor?
363
00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:44,702
Dr. Bergman.
364
00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:46,704
You mind
if we talk to him?
365
00:16:46,706 --> 00:16:49,007
Her. Her!
366
00:16:49,009 --> 00:16:51,042
Go ahead.
367
00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:52,143
She's a laugh a minute.
368
00:16:52,145 --> 00:16:54,545
Alveolar carcinoma
of the right lung.
369
00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:56,014
CERRETA:
Which is?
370
00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:58,016
Consolidation
of the air spaces.
371
00:16:58,018 --> 00:17:00,084
It's a tumor--
lung cancer.
372
00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:02,520
Is that from
two packs a day?
373
00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,639
Could be.
374
00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,757
Could also be 30 years
of breathing in chemicals.
375
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,159
The prognosis?
376
00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:11,095
Cough, profuse sputum,
often blood-streaked.
377
00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:14,499
Untreated, a patient
can survive up to nine months.
378
00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:16,768
With treatment,
the overall survival rate
379
00:17:16,770 --> 00:17:18,770
is still less
than ten percent.
380
00:17:18,772 --> 00:17:20,104
Damn.
381
00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:21,572
That's the good news.
382
00:17:21,574 --> 00:17:24,675
I doubt he can afford
the chemo much longer.
383
00:17:24,677 --> 00:17:26,811
But insurance
would cover it.
384
00:17:26,813 --> 00:17:28,279
If he had it.
385
00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:29,547
Excuse the pun,
386
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,083
but his life savings
is saving his life--
387
00:17:32,085 --> 00:17:34,252
or prolonging it,
anyway--
388
00:17:34,254 --> 00:17:36,254
and he doesn't seem like a guy
389
00:17:36,256 --> 00:17:38,122
who rolls over CDs
for a living.
390
00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:40,191
Treatment's expensive.
How much longer can it last?
391
00:17:40,193 --> 00:17:42,627
Thursday night--
was he here?
392
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:43,728
The man's prompt.
393
00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,563
Checked in at 8:00.
394
00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:47,298
CERRETA:
Out by 9:00?
395
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,300
Does this look like Lenox Hill?
396
00:17:49,302 --> 00:17:51,202
This is a clinic,
Detective.
397
00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:52,603
First come,
first serve.
398
00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:53,771
Thursday was busy.
399
00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:57,175
I saw Mr. Vilanis at 11:30.
400
00:17:57,177 --> 00:18:00,545
So Vilanis left the clinic
at 12:30.
401
00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:04,282
He hops into a cab,
blows McFadden away at 5:00.
402
00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:05,550
What's the problem?
403
00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:07,285
The man is dying.
404
00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:09,554
Which means
he has nothing to lose.
405
00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:11,155
McFadden took his job,
406
00:18:11,157 --> 00:18:13,157
his money,
his house, his health.
407
00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:15,159
Sounds like McFadden
deserved it.
408
00:18:15,161 --> 00:18:17,161
Yeah, well, your guy Vilanis
409
00:18:17,163 --> 00:18:19,597
is not exactly
St. Thomas, either.
410
00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,632
Four months ago-- assault.
411
00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:27,305
Vilanis was arrested
for tossing an egg at McFadden.
412
00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:28,706
Charges were dropped, but...
413
00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,641
But what?
McFadden died
414
00:18:30,643 --> 00:18:32,310
of eggshells
in the brain?
415
00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,612
There's also
a weapons charge in Brooklyn.
416
00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:36,681
That was four years ago,
Donny.
417
00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:39,584
I think we're spinning our
wheels with Vilanis. We're
hassling this little guy
418
00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:43,688
while these rich yahoos
are laughing all the
way to the bank.
419
00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:45,656
Unless you got
something better,
420
00:18:45,658 --> 00:18:47,658
check out the charges
in Brooklyn,
421
00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:50,862
and if it's not too much trouble
422
00:18:50,864 --> 00:18:52,730
take Robin Hood
with you.
423
00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:59,570
Vilanis, Simon J.,
arrested 1988 for CPW Three.
424
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:02,640
Knocked down
to prohibited use of a weapon.
425
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,276
Judge gave him
a conditional discharge.
426
00:19:05,278 --> 00:19:08,646
It's an Easter Sunday tradition
with Greek Orthodoxes.
427
00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,682
A few ouzos and they're
taking shots at the moon.
428
00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:14,152
Not realizing
what goes up comes down.
429
00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:16,754
Stupid, but in this case,
a misdemeanor.
430
00:19:16,756 --> 00:19:18,656
He had a permit.
431
00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,758
Could I have
the serial number?
432
00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,660
Yeah.
433
00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:25,630
A-J-7,
3-9-9-2-1.
434
00:19:25,632 --> 00:19:28,666
Smith and Wesson,
.38 caliber.
435
00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:30,668
Thanks, Sarge.
436
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:33,638
Now let's hope that Simon's
Smith and Wesson
437
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,874
is in his bedside table
next to Gideon.
438
00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:41,913
I was half in the bag.
439
00:19:41,915 --> 00:19:43,648
But an egg...
440
00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:47,652
Well, it seemed like
a good idea at the time.
441
00:19:47,654 --> 00:19:49,654
A message to McFadden.
442
00:19:49,656 --> 00:19:52,390
You should have seen that egg...
443
00:19:52,392 --> 00:19:54,725
dripping down his face.
444
00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:59,864
( deep, hacking cough )
445
00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:04,802
You sure you want
to fire one of those up?
446
00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:07,205
This has nothing
to do with it.
447
00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:09,674
It's that damn air
in the plant.
448
00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:11,676
36 years.
449
00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:13,678
Maybe if you talked
to a lawyer...
450
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,347
That's another part
of the conspiracy.
451
00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:19,650
That shyster on Madison,
he saw me coming.
452
00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:22,787
$5,000 nonrefundable retainer.
453
00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:24,789
"Case like this," he said,
454
00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:27,792
"must be worth ten million,
minimum."
455
00:20:27,794 --> 00:20:29,393
So I write him a check.
456
00:20:29,395 --> 00:20:30,761
And?
457
00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:33,297
The guy gets in a cab
458
00:20:33,299 --> 00:20:36,734
and goes out to the plant
with his expert.
459
00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:40,238
He comes back, he says to me,
"Sorry. No case."
460
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,672
"Why?"
461
00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,242
"Because what you got
could have been caused
462
00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:46,777
just by breathing the air
in Brooklyn."
463
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:47,979
That's it?
464
00:20:47,981 --> 00:20:52,817
He sent me a bill for the cab.
465
00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:56,721
Simon, your gun--
466
00:20:56,723 --> 00:20:59,857
do you mind if we
have a look at it?
467
00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:01,726
If you can find it.
468
00:21:01,728 --> 00:21:04,462
It disappeared
a couple of weeks ago.
469
00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:05,997
Thursday, the 23rd.
470
00:21:05,999 --> 00:21:08,299
My night to get chemo.
471
00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:10,501
And you reported it, I hope.
472
00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:12,987
Reported it?
473
00:21:12,988 --> 00:21:15,472
This is the third time
they broke into this dump.
474
00:21:15,475 --> 00:21:19,710
The first time they broke in,
they took my television set.
475
00:21:19,712 --> 00:21:22,513
The cops came out,
they said, "It's too bad."
476
00:21:22,515 --> 00:21:23,881
The next break-in,
477
00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:26,017
they took my
record player.
478
00:21:26,019 --> 00:21:28,019
The cops didn't even show up.
479
00:21:28,021 --> 00:21:29,720
The third time...
480
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:33,557
go down to the station?
What do you say we
481
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:35,026
Maybe somebody turned it in.
482
00:21:35,028 --> 00:21:36,427
Maybe you'll get lucky.
483
00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:38,763
Maybe I'll win the lottery.
484
00:21:38,765 --> 00:21:41,966
So we'll just go
have a little talk,
485
00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:44,502
with the super, okay?
486
00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:52,410
Detective Mike Logan.
487
00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:53,844
Sorry to bother you.
488
00:21:53,846 --> 00:21:55,579
Did you see
anybody suspicious
489
00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,848
hanging around
Mr. Vilanis's apartment
490
00:21:57,850 --> 00:21:59,750
two weeks ago Thursday?
491
00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:00,918
No.
492
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,820
No? You're positive?
493
00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:05,606
Yeah.
494
00:22:05,607 --> 00:22:08,391
He never sees anything
till the first of the month.
495
00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:10,828
Then his eyesight improves.
496
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,396
It's worth a shot
497
00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:15,399
but if he really
did kill McFadden
498
00:22:15,401 --> 00:22:18,936
you think he's going
to identify his own gun?
499
00:22:18,938 --> 00:22:20,838
He's an honorable man.
You never know.
500
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,543
Right. He was George
Washington in a previous
life? Come on, Phil.
501
00:22:25,545 --> 00:22:26,811
We're up.
502
00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:28,946
I don't have to tell you.
503
00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,849
A lot of guys
are dying to talk.
504
00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:32,917
We'll see.
505
00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:45,096
Take your time.
506
00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:52,536
It looked like this.
507
00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:57,007
I don't know, but mine
never had any tape.
508
00:22:58,378 --> 00:23:01,379
Make sure, Simon, huh?
509
00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:08,119
He's not sure--
not yet.
510
00:23:08,121 --> 00:23:10,554
Yeah? Well,
maybe this will help.
511
00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:15,826
The FBI retrieved
six of the eight filed-
off serial numbers.
512
00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:17,094
It's his gun
for sure.
513
00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:20,831
You better tell your friend
to call a lawyer,
514
00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:23,901
and Phil, don't forget
to read him his rights.
515
00:23:25,438 --> 00:23:27,972
Usually,
I'm half in the bag.
516
00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:30,107
Oh, Simon...
517
00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:32,877
( coughing )
518
00:23:35,615 --> 00:23:37,948
JUDGE:
I'm getting behind here,
Counselor.
519
00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:41,752
Why does Mr. Vilanis
refuse to enter a plea?
520
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:43,988
He wants
to represent himself.
521
00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:45,790
I hate pro se cases.
522
00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:49,126
Did he bring his own soapbox,
or does he expect the court
523
00:23:49,128 --> 00:23:51,295
to provide one?
524
00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:53,463
ROBINETTE:
The People
aren't thrilled.
525
00:23:53,466 --> 00:23:55,699
By the time he learns
the rules of procedure,
526
00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:56,867
we'll all have gray hair.
527
00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:58,202
Meaning what?
528
00:23:58,204 --> 00:23:59,770
He's stalling?
529
00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,105
Always a good tactic.
530
00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:03,641
Mr. Vilanis
can't afford to stall.
531
00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:05,743
He's dying
of lung cancer.
532
00:24:05,745 --> 00:24:07,878
I've read his file,
Miss Cantwell.
533
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:16,754
I'm going to enter a not guilty
plea on the defendant's behalf.
534
00:24:16,756 --> 00:24:21,459
I'd appreciate it if you'd act
as the man's ad hoc advisor.
535
00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:25,162
Of course,
and I suggest ROR.
536
00:24:25,164 --> 00:24:28,466
The man needs chemotherapy
every Thursday.
537
00:24:28,468 --> 00:24:30,234
Any arguments, Paul?
538
00:24:31,771 --> 00:24:33,804
SCHIFF:
What's the problem?
539
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:36,707
If Vilanis is that sick,
take a plea, get it over with.
540
00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:37,942
You don't think I tried?
541
00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:40,244
You got enough
to convict or what?
542
00:24:40,246 --> 00:24:42,179
Motive,
ample opportunity--
543
00:24:42,181 --> 00:24:44,782
the brokerage firm was unsecured
544
00:24:44,784 --> 00:24:47,051
plus the FBI
ballistics report.
545
00:24:47,053 --> 00:24:48,686
Get a trial date.
546
00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:50,187
Get it over with, quick, easy.
547
00:24:50,189 --> 00:24:53,124
It may not be
that easy.
548
00:24:53,125 --> 00:24:56,060
I used to pick up my grandfather
after his chemo treatments.
549
00:24:56,062 --> 00:24:58,162
Yeah. And?
550
00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:00,731
And all he could do afterwards
was puke his guts out
551
00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,900
and then fall into bed.
552
00:25:04,871 --> 00:25:06,871
Let me talk to the man.
553
00:25:06,873 --> 00:25:10,708
I checked with Dr. Bergman
at St. Eligius, Simon.
554
00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:14,745
She said the floor was jammed
the night McFadden was hit.
555
00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:18,082
She didn't get around to you
till almost midnight.
556
00:25:18,084 --> 00:25:21,218
I shouldn't be talking to you
without a lawyer.
557
00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:23,821
You're representing yourself,
Simon, remember?
558
00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:25,723
You're your
own lawyer.
559
00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,892
Oh, yeah.
560
00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:34,965
And then... she gave you
a dose of doxorubicin?
561
00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:36,233
Yeah.
562
00:25:36,235 --> 00:25:39,303
And 120 milligrams
of CIS-platinum?
563
00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:40,571
Yeah.
564
00:25:40,573 --> 00:25:41,805
That's heavy chemotherapy.
565
00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:43,073
Way too heavy to go out
566
00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:44,308
and stalk somebody
567
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:46,043
and then shoot them.
568
00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:47,845
So what's the story?
569
00:25:47,847 --> 00:25:49,980
What's with this
pro se nonsense?
570
00:25:49,982 --> 00:25:51,782
I want my day in court
571
00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:54,752
to show what that bastard
did to us.
572
00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:56,320
But you didn't kill McFadden.
573
00:25:56,322 --> 00:26:00,157
Nope, but I'd make
a hell of a scapegoat,
574
00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:02,159
me and my big mouth.
575
00:26:05,031 --> 00:26:09,166
When your gun was stolen,
did they break in or what?
576
00:26:09,168 --> 00:26:12,803
Somebody picked the lock, or...
577
00:26:12,805 --> 00:26:13,904
Or had a key.
578
00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:15,005
Listen, I pay
579
00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:17,141
900 bucks a month
for this dump.
580
00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:20,277
Who could afford
to hand out spare keys?
581
00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:28,953
You okay?
582
00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:31,889
Yeah, yeah.
583
00:26:31,891 --> 00:26:33,624
When your insurance
crapped out
584
00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:36,360
wasn't there anyone
you could turn to?
585
00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:44,301
The Labor Department--
occupational illness.
586
00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,171
But I wasn't
their number-one priority,
587
00:26:47,173 --> 00:26:48,973
shall we say?
588
00:26:51,644 --> 00:26:55,346
It's not just Simon Vilanis.
Hundreds of workers had
their health plans gutted.
589
00:26:55,348 --> 00:26:56,914
We're aware of that.
590
00:26:56,916 --> 00:26:59,350
Mr. Vilanis's story
is known to us.
591
00:26:59,352 --> 00:27:02,052
You can stonewall him,
but not me.
592
00:27:02,054 --> 00:27:03,354
He told you that?
593
00:27:03,356 --> 00:27:04,355
Yeah.
594
00:27:04,357 --> 00:27:05,356
Figures.
595
00:27:05,358 --> 00:27:07,024
The man's in trouble.
596
00:27:07,026 --> 00:27:08,659
That's what I'm saying.
597
00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:11,962
He thinks no one listens
to him, but far from it.
598
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:13,097
Okay, you listen.
599
00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:14,131
Listened.
600
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:15,966
I gave our investigation
601
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:18,936
to the Justice Department
for prosecution.
602
00:27:18,938 --> 00:27:21,038
Who at Justice?
603
00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,139
Fellow named Cousins
in the Bank Fraud division.
604
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:25,843
McFadden used
the workers' health fund
605
00:27:25,845 --> 00:27:27,344
to finance a takeover--
606
00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:30,180
he and some bank
he had in his pocket.
607
00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,181
What bank?
608
00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:33,183
Bank of the Five Boroughs.
609
00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:36,954
You'd better talk to Cousins,
if you can find him.
610
00:27:36,956 --> 00:27:38,889
They shut down
his office--
611
00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:40,290
budget cut.
612
00:27:41,861 --> 00:27:43,127
When was that?
613
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:47,297
When he was this close
to indicting McFadden.
614
00:27:47,299 --> 00:27:49,867
Are we talking bank fraud
or murder
615
00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:51,201
or we don't know?
616
00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:52,870
We're looking for a connection.
617
00:27:52,872 --> 00:27:55,339
Apparently the victim
was about to be indicted.
618
00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:57,107
Apparently?
619
00:27:57,109 --> 00:27:58,375
What's going on?
620
00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:00,377
is getting bigger.
The case
621
00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:02,913
McFadden was
the classic '80s shark.
622
00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:05,082
old, failing companies--
He'd go after
623
00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:07,284
take whatever was worth
salvaging.
In this case,
624
00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:09,420
the workers' housing, health and
pension funds.
625
00:28:09,422 --> 00:28:12,956
Which he invested
in high-risk bonds that failed.
626
00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:14,725
Then he dumped the company
627
00:28:14,727 --> 00:28:17,361
and the lender
just wrote off the loss.
628
00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:18,996
Sure.
629
00:28:18,998 --> 00:28:22,366
Someone at the bank
was profiting from the takeover.
630
00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:23,934
Who?
631
00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:27,037
The lender was
the Bank of the Five Boroughs.
632
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,239
These are
the officers.
633
00:28:37,316 --> 00:28:39,049
Adam?
634
00:28:40,953 --> 00:28:42,052
What?
635
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,288
I know that bank.
636
00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:48,325
Dwight Corcoran is the chairman.
637
00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,494
Governor Corcoran,
former Secretary of State,
638
00:28:50,496 --> 00:28:52,996
Ambassador to England--
that Corcoran?
639
00:28:52,998 --> 00:28:54,965
That Corcoran.
640
00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:59,036
He and I cut our teeth together
in politics,
641
00:28:59,038 --> 00:29:00,971
right out of law school.
642
00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:03,974
Why isn't he listed
as a bank officer?
643
00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:05,075
The man is 68.
644
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:08,946
I doubt if he's in there
counting bills
645
00:29:08,948 --> 00:29:10,748
every day.
646
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:12,282
What happened, I guess,
647
00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:15,986
is someone heard
of McFadden's pending indictment
648
00:29:15,988 --> 00:29:18,956
and figured he'd panic
and take a plea.
649
00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:22,326
Only Justice would be privy
to that information.
650
00:29:22,328 --> 00:29:26,263
Someone at the bank
got nervous...
651
00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:31,001
This murder
could have been preemptive.
652
00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:33,003
at Justice,
We find the leak
653
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:35,072
squeeze him,
and find the killer.
654
00:29:35,074 --> 00:29:37,474
Where is
that Justice investigator?
655
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:38,976
Cousins is his name?
656
00:29:38,978 --> 00:29:41,779
Doing pro bono work
on Liberty Street.
657
00:29:41,781 --> 00:29:43,347
I've called there twice.
658
00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:44,448
He's never in.
659
00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:47,151
Try him again.
660
00:29:47,153 --> 00:29:51,221
I'll see what I can find out
from the other end.
661
00:29:56,996 --> 00:29:59,096
You leave
the Justice Department,
662
00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:01,231
you can get hired
on Park Avenue.
663
00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:03,500
Sure. I can represent banks.
I'm an expert, after all.
664
00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:06,837
I'll take widows and orphans
hurt by exploding toasters.
665
00:30:06,839 --> 00:30:08,539
Maybe I don't sleep better,
666
00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:13,043
but at least I like getting
out of bed in the morning.
667
00:30:13,045 --> 00:30:15,479
Who was in bed
with Marshall McFadden?
668
00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:18,382
Half of official Washington.
669
00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:20,551
They stay under
the covers together?
670
00:30:20,553 --> 00:30:23,387
I'd hear about a file
at the IRS--
671
00:30:23,389 --> 00:30:24,421
Whoops, misplaced.
672
00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,190
Comptroller of Currency--
673
00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:28,458
they treated me like
I was stealing silverware.
674
00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:31,094
I thought you had
sufficient evidence.
675
00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:33,063
I was ready
to indict McFadden
676
00:30:33,065 --> 00:30:35,566
with eight counts
of bank fraud.
677
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:38,068
Suddenly, they were changing
the locks on my office door.
678
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:39,069
"They"?
679
00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:40,070
They.
680
00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:43,073
Told me
it was budgetary.
681
00:30:43,075 --> 00:30:47,311
Before you were shut down,
who was on your staff?
682
00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:50,147
I'll need names, addresses.
683
00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:53,617
Ben Turner.
He moved over to HUD.
684
00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:56,887
Kevin Morehead at Trott
and Donovan, Park Avenue.
685
00:30:56,889 --> 00:31:01,859
Mike McNeer, I hear...
maybe a monastery.
686
00:31:01,861 --> 00:31:03,527
You got this wrong.
687
00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:08,365
Nobody in my office told anybody
we were indicting McFadden.
688
00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:11,101
Let's hope so.
689
00:31:12,171 --> 00:31:14,371
40 years, Adam.
690
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,174
Did we ever back a winner?
691
00:31:17,176 --> 00:31:19,109
We backed you
for governor.
692
00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:21,178
Hell of a lot
different than backing.
693
00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:24,081
Without your brilliant
political strategies,
694
00:31:24,083 --> 00:31:26,183
I'd have never seen Albany.
695
00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:27,551
Don't act so modest.
696
00:31:27,553 --> 00:31:30,254
If you'd run
my second campaign,
697
00:31:30,256 --> 00:31:34,524
maybe I wouldn't have been
a one-term wonder.
698
00:31:34,526 --> 00:31:37,294
You made your mark
in other ways.
699
00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:42,099
The road less traveled?
700
00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:44,201
No regrets here.
701
00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:46,470
Then why the sudden
turn into banking?
702
00:31:46,472 --> 00:31:48,939
Maybe this is a battle
I can win.
703
00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:50,274
Our contemporaries--
704
00:31:50,276 --> 00:31:53,110
they're not just
the captains of industry.
705
00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:54,211
They're the generals.
706
00:31:54,213 --> 00:31:56,647
Envy? Ridiculous.
707
00:31:56,649 --> 00:31:59,300
With your record,
708
00:31:59,301 --> 00:32:01,952
they're going to be naming
junior high schools after you.
709
00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:05,255
My children,
their children--
710
00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:07,491
when my time has come,
711
00:32:07,493 --> 00:32:13,463
I'd like to give them more
than a folded American flag.
712
00:32:13,465 --> 00:32:17,134
The bank asked me
to sit on the board.
713
00:32:17,136 --> 00:32:20,570
My name-- to them,
it's worth a lot of money.
714
00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:23,540
Dwight, is there anything
I should know
715
00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:25,642
about your bank's business?
716
00:32:25,644 --> 00:32:32,382
Adam, we've been friends
for more than four decades.
717
00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:35,953
If there was anything,
718
00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:40,257
believe me,
you'd be the first to know.
719
00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:43,660
Thank you.
720
00:32:43,662 --> 00:32:45,329
I've done complete bios
721
00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:48,999
on everyone involved
in the McFadden investigation.
722
00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:52,402
Rappoport and McNeer
aren't connected to the bank.
723
00:32:52,404 --> 00:32:53,670
And Morehead?
724
00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:56,006
Inherited his old man's
blue blood,
725
00:32:56,008 --> 00:32:59,509
who is currently the senior
partner at Tyler and Jones.
726
00:32:59,511 --> 00:33:01,511
Guess who ran their
international department,
727
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:03,280
in the early '70s?
728
00:33:03,282 --> 00:33:04,381
Dwight Corcoran.
729
00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:06,316
Whose biggest client
at the time
730
00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,185
was a young British upstart
named...
731
00:33:08,187 --> 00:33:10,253
Marshall McFadden.
732
00:33:12,291 --> 00:33:16,727
I want Mr. Morehead in my office
first thing tomorrow morning.
733
00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:21,298
So there was a leak.
734
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:23,567
What is it, a slow news day?
735
00:33:23,569 --> 00:33:26,003
You're the only one
who was privy
736
00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:28,038
to the pending indictment
of McFadden
737
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,307
and connected
to Dwight Corcoran.
738
00:33:30,309 --> 00:33:32,376
We know what you did,
Mr. Morehead.
739
00:33:32,378 --> 00:33:33,777
The only remaining issue
740
00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:36,213
is how long
you'll spend in prison.
741
00:33:36,215 --> 00:33:37,748
Wait a minute.
742
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:40,484
Even if I did
speak out of school,
743
00:33:40,486 --> 00:33:43,553
your office has no jurisdiction
and you know it.
744
00:33:43,555 --> 00:33:45,288
You don't understand.
745
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,425
We are charging you
as an accomplice to murder.
746
00:33:48,427 --> 00:33:51,294
You can't do that.
747
00:33:51,296 --> 00:33:53,764
Yes, I can, sir,
748
00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:56,533
and I most definitely will.
749
00:34:02,674 --> 00:34:05,575
Full immunity,
state and federal.
750
00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:08,779
How you work it out
is your problem.
751
00:34:11,350 --> 00:34:14,284
You got to keep this
in perspective.
752
00:34:14,286 --> 00:34:16,319
It was the crazy '80s.
753
00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:17,788
Banks were floating loans
754
00:34:17,790 --> 00:34:20,524
to every creep
in a three-piece suit.
755
00:34:20,526 --> 00:34:23,260
Five Boroughs was no different.
756
00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:26,463
200 million in failed loans
since '82.
757
00:34:26,465 --> 00:34:28,265
Someone there was making money
758
00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:30,767
because of the bad loans
to McFadden.
759
00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:32,369
I never thought it was Corcoran.
760
00:34:32,371 --> 00:34:34,371
Then why the leak?
761
00:34:34,373 --> 00:34:36,106
I grew up believing
762
00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:38,542
that Dwight Corcoran
was a good man.
763
00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:42,279
I wanted to let him know
that he was being investigated,
764
00:34:42,281 --> 00:34:45,715
so that he could disassociate
himself from the bank.
765
00:34:45,717 --> 00:34:48,085
I never thought...
766
00:34:48,854 --> 00:34:52,456
I had nothing
to do with any murder.
767
00:34:58,864 --> 00:35:01,364
You look like
the messenger
768
00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:03,700
who's afraid
he's going to be killed.
769
00:35:03,702 --> 00:35:06,603
I'm afraid the message
might kill the recipient.
770
00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,572
Well?
771
00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:12,776
Paul connected one of the staff
lawyers in Cousins' office
772
00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:16,413
with one of the bank officers,
all right.
773
00:35:16,415 --> 00:35:18,815
Apparently, the man's father
774
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:21,751
was Corcoran's law partner
back in the '50s.
775
00:35:23,755 --> 00:35:25,388
And he told Corcoran
776
00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:27,791
about the pending indictment
on McFadden.
777
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:30,393
I'm afraid so, Adam.
778
00:35:30,395 --> 00:35:32,462
Don't be.
779
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:34,397
No fear, no favor.
780
00:35:37,336 --> 00:35:41,571
You know, that's an old liberal
muckraker's campaign slogan.
781
00:35:59,525 --> 00:36:01,525
As a result of these
preliminary findings,
782
00:36:01,527 --> 00:36:05,795
my office will begin
a full-scale investigation
783
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:08,365
of fraud
in the banking industry.
784
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:10,634
We're targeting what may amount
785
00:36:10,636 --> 00:36:14,504
to nearly $700 million worth
of fraudulent loans.
786
00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,773
That concludes my statement.
787
00:36:16,775 --> 00:36:19,342
I'm ready for questions.
788
00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:22,646
I've heard that the Bank
of the Five Boroughs
789
00:36:22,648 --> 00:36:24,381
might be investigated.
790
00:36:24,383 --> 00:36:25,749
Could you comment?
791
00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:28,385
Any bank
within our jurisdiction
792
00:36:28,387 --> 00:36:29,719
might be a target.
793
00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:32,822
Do you have information
about the Five Boroughs?
794
00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:34,391
Yes.
795
00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:37,427
Will you also target
individual bank officers?
796
00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:38,662
Yes.
797
00:36:38,664 --> 00:36:41,932
How far up the ladder
are you prepared to go?
798
00:36:41,934 --> 00:36:44,534
The investigation will go
wherever it goes.
799
00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:47,370
Isn't Governor Corcoran
chairman of the bank?
800
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:49,506
That's our understanding.
801
00:36:49,508 --> 00:36:52,475
Don't you have
a relationship with him?
802
00:36:52,477 --> 00:36:56,413
Yes. Friendship
is no guarantee of immunity.
803
00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:58,448
"Friends" doesn't mean he'll
get preferential treatment.
804
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:00,450
Do you want your own lecture?
805
00:37:00,452 --> 00:37:02,719
It's not about
conflict of interest,
806
00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:04,721
but the appearance
of conflict.
807
00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:06,990
The press has you
joined at the hip.
808
00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:09,593
Why throw fuel on the fire?
We recuse ourselves,
809
00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:12,829
the appellate division
appoints a special prosecutor.
810
00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:14,564
Recusal is mandatory
only if there's
811
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:16,866
a business relationship
with the defendant.
812
00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:19,769
Dwight was my friend
and my political ally.
813
00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:22,606
Still, if we don't recuse
we may compromise
814
00:37:22,608 --> 00:37:25,475
the perceived integrity
of this office.
815
00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:27,477
Not if we convict
the son of a bitch.
816
00:37:27,479 --> 00:37:30,480
Get me a smoking gun.
Start at the bottom.
817
00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:33,750
Somebody broke into
Vilanis's apartment that night.
818
00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:37,487
ROBINETTE:
Well? Were you home
that night or not?
819
00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:38,755
No, I wasn't home.
820
00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:40,023
You told the police
821
00:37:40,025 --> 00:37:42,492
you didn't see
anything suspicious.
822
00:37:42,494 --> 00:37:43,727
If you weren't here,
823
00:37:43,729 --> 00:37:45,495
how did you see
anything?
824
00:37:45,497 --> 00:37:47,897
Lying to the police
is a felony.
825
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:50,433
It's called obstruction.
826
00:37:52,638 --> 00:37:54,638
All right, there was a guy.
827
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,973
He said he was a buddy
of Vilanis.
828
00:37:56,975 --> 00:37:58,975
You know, from the union.
829
00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:00,477
What did he want?
830
00:38:00,479 --> 00:38:02,746
He said Vilanis
sent him over
831
00:38:02,748 --> 00:38:05,782
to get some things from
his room, some papers
for their meeting.
832
00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,584
And you let him in?
833
00:38:07,586 --> 00:38:10,687
He had a union button,
you know, on his jacket.
834
00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:13,523
Did he take anything
out of the room?
835
00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:16,459
I wasn't paying attention.
836
00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:18,928
You pay attention
to what he looked like?
837
00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:20,530
He had black hair
838
00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:22,799
and cowboy boots--
839
00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:25,869
you know,
with the metal tips.
840
00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:30,573
He was a piece of work.
841
00:38:30,575 --> 00:38:34,611
( coughing )
842
00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:37,814
You want some juice?
843
00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:39,616
No, thanks.
844
00:38:39,618 --> 00:38:43,953
Well, it...
it sounds like Joey Boots.
845
00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:48,692
That's Joey Palmieri,
the Hoboken cowboy.
846
00:38:48,694 --> 00:38:50,827
Any relation
to Eddie Palmieri?
847
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,996
The head of the union?
848
00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:56,099
Are you suggesting
there's nepotism
849
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:57,701
in local 8157?
850
00:38:57,703 --> 00:38:59,502
( chuckles )
851
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:02,639
That's Eddie Palmieri's
cousin--
852
00:39:02,641 --> 00:39:04,541
his wacko cousin.
853
00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:06,009
He takes orders from Eddie?
854
00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:08,878
He's supposed to work
for the union.
855
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:12,882
With a little arm-twisting
and a little leg-breaking,
856
00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:14,517
Joey's your man.
857
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,052
Why? What did he do now?
858
00:39:16,054 --> 00:39:18,755
That's still an open question.
859
00:39:18,757 --> 00:39:21,825
JOEY:
You guys are nuts.
860
00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:25,895
Vilanis is nuts. All
that hacking knocked
his screws loose.
861
00:39:25,897 --> 00:39:27,063
Do you deny
862
00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:28,665
you were in his room?
863
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:29,766
Sure I deny it.
864
00:39:29,768 --> 00:39:31,701
You work
for Local 8157,
865
00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:32,902
is that correct?
866
00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:34,037
That's right.
867
00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:35,672
And you take orders
868
00:39:35,674 --> 00:39:37,774
from your cousin,
Eddie Palmieri?
869
00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:50,720
I take orders
from the rank and file.
870
00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,823
Just what do you do
for the rank and file, sir?
871
00:40:02,634 --> 00:40:06,870
I promote union solidarity
and discipline.
872
00:40:06,872 --> 00:40:08,638
You're both Palmieris.
873
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:09,773
Don't give us that.
874
00:40:09,775 --> 00:40:12,041
He is my cousin,
not my Siamese twin.
875
00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:14,043
His life does not concern me.
876
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:16,045
He breaks in, steals a gun,
877
00:40:16,047 --> 00:40:19,649
uses the gun to kill the guy
who's lining your pockets.
878
00:40:19,651 --> 00:40:20,784
It would concern me.
879
00:40:20,786 --> 00:40:23,052
Joey Boots
killed McFadden.
880
00:40:23,054 --> 00:40:24,621
We know that.
881
00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:27,123
We also know that he
took orders from you.
882
00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:29,192
You got proof
Joey offed the guy,
883
00:40:29,194 --> 00:40:31,661
I'll testify
against him myself.
884
00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:34,197
As for the money,
it's totally above board.
885
00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:35,665
McFadden pays you...
886
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,867
PALMIERI:
McFadden gave me shinola.
887
00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:40,637
It was his wife's foundation.
I did some consulting.
888
00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:41,938
You expect me to
believe that, Eddie?
889
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:43,807
You sold out your union.
890
00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:44,941
I tried to save it.
891
00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:46,209
There's a recession.
892
00:40:46,211 --> 00:40:47,944
We had to make cutbacks.
893
00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:50,814
The letter to the bank was
legit, the payment was legit.
894
00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:52,716
You want my cousin Joey?
895
00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,617
Why don't you give him a
migraine for a change?
896
00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:56,619
The union boss was the link.
897
00:40:56,621 --> 00:40:58,087
Eddie Palmieri facilitated deals
898
00:40:58,089 --> 00:41:00,623
between McFadden
and Corcoran's bank.
899
00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:02,625
Not enough--
I want a smoking gun.
900
00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:04,627
His cousin was
the trigger man.
901
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:06,663
I want a smoking gun
with fingerprints.
902
00:41:06,665 --> 00:41:08,665
What about the payment--
$100,000?
903
00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:10,633
The check
was made out to Palmieri.
904
00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:13,169
He's still sticking
by his consulting fee story.
905
00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:15,638
Then we need more.
906
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,740
A check signed by McFadden--
that's not enough?
907
00:41:17,742 --> 00:41:19,042
No.
908
00:41:19,044 --> 00:41:21,678
It wasn't McFadden himself.
909
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,047
It was a foundation, remember?
910
00:41:24,049 --> 00:41:26,916
The Ann McFadden Foundation.
911
00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,818
The what?
912
00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:30,719
The Ann McFadden Foundation
913
00:41:30,722 --> 00:41:33,690
for Cancer Research.
914
00:41:33,692 --> 00:41:37,861
I gave him $1,000
every year for five years.
915
00:41:37,863 --> 00:41:39,863
That foundation...
916
00:41:39,865 --> 00:41:43,199
one year, we were
on the banquet committee.
917
00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:48,638
Him?
918
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,640
Dwight Corcoran--
919
00:41:50,642 --> 00:41:54,644
trustee of the foundation.
920
00:41:54,646 --> 00:41:57,180
He had to approve all checks.
921
00:41:57,182 --> 00:42:00,750
So it was Corcoran
who paid Palmieri, not McFadden.
922
00:42:00,752 --> 00:42:02,752
The money had to
be for the hit.
923
00:42:02,754 --> 00:42:04,153
No way Corcoran wants
924
00:42:04,155 --> 00:42:05,955
to do heavy jail time.
925
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:08,224
A little push,
he'll give us the Palmieris.
926
00:42:08,226 --> 00:42:12,028
That's exactly what I want you
to tell Palmieri.
927
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:14,731
You want us
to deal Eddie and Joey?
928
00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:16,933
I want Corcoran.
929
00:42:21,673 --> 00:42:24,908
So you cajoled
Mr. Vilanis's landlord
930
00:42:24,910 --> 00:42:27,176
into letting you in.
931
00:42:27,178 --> 00:42:30,313
And then what?
932
00:42:30,315 --> 00:42:33,182
Then I found the guy's gun...
933
00:42:33,184 --> 00:42:36,185
taped the handle and the trigger
934
00:42:36,187 --> 00:42:39,188
and stuck it
in my pocket.
935
00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:42,191
Back home, I filed
the numbers down.
936
00:42:42,193 --> 00:42:46,796
STONE:
And you used the gun to kill
Mr. McFadden, right?
937
00:42:46,798 --> 00:42:48,064
That's right.
938
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:49,732
Why did you use
939
00:42:49,734 --> 00:42:53,703
Mr. Vilanis as your scapegoat?
940
00:42:53,705 --> 00:42:57,006
The guy had a big mouth.
941
00:42:57,008 --> 00:43:00,843
Everybody in the union knew
he hated McFadden,
942
00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:04,247
'cause he took over the company
and ran it into the ground.
943
00:43:04,249 --> 00:43:06,950
And?
944
00:43:06,952 --> 00:43:12,255
Plus he's dying of cancer,
so what the hell?
945
00:43:12,257 --> 00:43:15,858
What's he going
to care, right?
946
00:43:15,860 --> 00:43:18,328
Who paid you to do the hit?
947
00:43:25,036 --> 00:43:27,804
My cousin Eddie.
948
00:43:27,806 --> 00:43:29,806
Tell me, Mr. Palmieri,
949
00:43:29,808 --> 00:43:33,776
do you recognize
People's Exhibit 37-M?
950
00:43:35,847 --> 00:43:37,780
Yes, I do.
951
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,121
It is a check for $100,000,
952
00:43:45,123 --> 00:43:46,990
made out to you
953
00:43:46,992 --> 00:43:48,925
and drawn from the account
954
00:43:48,927 --> 00:43:51,861
of the Ann McFadden Foundation,
is that right?
955
00:43:51,863 --> 00:43:54,397
Yeah, that's right.
956
00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:56,932
On the books, it was supposed
to pay for my union people
957
00:43:56,935 --> 00:43:59,235
to set up the tables and stuff
958
00:43:59,237 --> 00:44:02,205
for the annual banquet.
959
00:44:02,207 --> 00:44:03,940
The foundation's annual banquet?
960
00:44:03,942 --> 00:44:05,308
Yeah, that's right.
961
00:44:05,310 --> 00:44:07,810
Mr. Corcoran had the check
962
00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:09,946
signed by the secretary.
963
00:44:09,948 --> 00:44:12,815
Objection. Outside the scope
of the witness' knowledge.
964
00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:14,984
Let me rephrase
the question.
965
00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:17,820
How did this check get
into your hands, sir?
966
00:44:17,822 --> 00:44:21,958
Well, I was having dinner
at Park's Steak House
967
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:26,329
and Mr. Corcoran came in
and joined me for dessert.
968
00:44:26,331 --> 00:44:27,997
Then what happened?
969
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:29,999
He gave me the check.
970
00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:32,869
He told me
to take care of the problem
971
00:44:32,871 --> 00:44:35,104
that we had discussed earlier.
972
00:44:35,106 --> 00:44:36,839
What problem?
973
00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:41,844
McFadden's indictment.
974
00:44:41,846 --> 00:44:44,013
He said if McFadden
goes down,
975
00:44:44,015 --> 00:44:46,015
he'll name names
976
00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:49,018
and we'll all go down
with him.
977
00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:51,921
So the check wasn't
for setting up tables.
978
00:44:51,923 --> 00:44:53,406
You kidding?
979
00:44:53,407 --> 00:44:54,890
Marshall McFadden, right?
It was to kill
980
00:44:54,893 --> 00:44:56,192
Objection.
981
00:44:56,194 --> 00:44:57,994
Withdrawn.
982
00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:01,931
Tell me, Mr. Palmieri,
983
00:45:01,933 --> 00:45:07,303
why did Mr. Corcoran
pay you $100,000?
984
00:45:10,909 --> 00:45:13,309
You know.
985
00:45:13,311 --> 00:45:17,213
It was to kill the English guy,
McFadden.
986
00:45:29,494 --> 00:45:31,027
Thank you.
987
00:45:42,974 --> 00:45:46,976
MALE REPORTER:
Mr. Corcoran, could we get
a statement from you?
988
00:45:46,978 --> 00:45:48,244
( reporters clamoring )
989
00:45:48,246 --> 00:45:50,246
SCHIFF:
Norwich...
990
00:45:50,248 --> 00:45:52,515
bring him around
the back stairs.
991
00:45:52,517 --> 00:45:54,117
Thank you, Adam.
992
00:45:54,119 --> 00:45:55,251
Thank you.
993
00:45:55,253 --> 00:45:57,186
I could use a friend.
994
00:45:57,188 --> 00:45:59,989
You always did, Dwight.
995
00:45:59,991 --> 00:46:02,358
That was always the problem.
996
00:46:10,001 --> 00:46:12,335
What is your reaction
to the decision?
997
00:46:12,337 --> 00:46:17,073
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