1 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:37,920 See you next time. 2 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:46,710 Mobile operator, please. 3 00:02:47,670 --> 00:02:49,510 Let me have RX -1311. 4 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:50,770 You're talking to the walls. 5 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:53,410 How's Sacramento? 6 00:02:53,510 --> 00:02:57,210 Crowded. You were expecting the chief to be here. Yeah, looking on the tape. 7 00:02:57,850 --> 00:02:58,850 Looks like he finished. 8 00:02:59,610 --> 00:03:00,610 No way. 9 00:03:00,810 --> 00:03:02,930 Not without the stuff I brought back from the Hall of Records. 10 00:03:05,690 --> 00:03:06,690 The van's gone. 11 00:03:08,130 --> 00:03:10,290 I don't get it. I can't reach it by phone. 12 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:12,330 Well, you knew I'd be back by seven. 13 00:03:13,910 --> 00:03:15,090 Hey, did you straighten out the table? 14 00:03:15,530 --> 00:03:16,530 Didn't touch it. 15 00:03:17,610 --> 00:03:19,510 Why are these things spread all over the place? 16 00:03:20,130 --> 00:03:23,110 He was just beginning to work on them when I left. Art doesn't answer. 17 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:26,070 Well, maybe he came by and he and the chief went out to dinner together. 18 00:03:26,850 --> 00:03:29,290 Without locking the door and with only... 19 00:03:29,290 --> 00:03:34,670 Only one drink? 20 00:03:46,540 --> 00:03:47,540 All free delivery. 21 00:03:48,660 --> 00:03:49,660 Mark. 22 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,320 Chief has missed me. Oh, he can't be missing. 23 00:03:52,540 --> 00:03:57,520 He ought a pizza and a salad and a bottle of Zinfandel. 24 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:02,300 When? About 5 .30. He asked me to stop by Nick Lowe's on my way home. Well, 25 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:04,240 gone. And I'm gone. I've got to pick up my wife. 26 00:04:04,780 --> 00:04:06,160 Ed. Later. Mark. 27 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:07,380 Yeah. 28 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:08,740 Smell that glass, man. 29 00:04:08,860 --> 00:04:09,860 No chai, Ed. 30 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,800 Scotch. 31 00:04:15,660 --> 00:04:16,659 He never drinks to us. 32 00:04:16,740 --> 00:04:18,220 Keeps it for visitors only, right? 33 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:19,459 Mm -hmm. 34 00:04:19,459 --> 00:04:21,060 Ed, Mark, look. 35 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,180 Remember the surprise party for his birthday? 36 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:28,820 I think that's the last time this set was used. 37 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,100 But these two were used tonight and wiped and put away. 38 00:04:33,340 --> 00:04:34,620 See, all the others are dusty. 39 00:04:34,860 --> 00:04:36,680 So there were two of them. Two of who? 40 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,780 Visitors. Would you point me in some direction, please? I told you. He's 41 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:44,860 missing. The van is missing. Without a word. Well? 42 00:04:45,450 --> 00:04:48,430 He's got a license to drive and a zillion friends. 43 00:04:48,770 --> 00:04:52,450 And a case of his own that goes to court in the morning with eight hours of work 44 00:04:52,450 --> 00:04:55,010 to do on it, Mark. Can you imagine him just leaving? 45 00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:56,209 Not me, lady. 46 00:04:56,210 --> 00:04:57,670 I'm just a stranger here myself. 47 00:04:58,490 --> 00:04:59,950 I'm sorry. I'm worried. 48 00:05:00,290 --> 00:05:03,430 He must have let them in. Then what kind of noise are you making? 49 00:05:03,910 --> 00:05:05,150 Abduction, I guess. 50 00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:07,810 That'd be some sign of violence. 51 00:05:08,290 --> 00:05:10,870 Yeah, unless he decided not to resist. 52 00:05:11,190 --> 00:05:12,189 Unless he... 53 00:05:12,190 --> 00:05:15,030 Saw something in it that made it worth the gamble to go along. 54 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:21,370 Hey, when's the last time we saw not maneuvered? Ed, maneuvering is not 55 00:05:21,370 --> 00:05:26,810 kidnapping. Mark, he could have called me, but he didn't. He didn't do anything 56 00:05:26,810 --> 00:05:27,810 normal. 57 00:05:28,390 --> 00:05:33,230 But he did leave information for us that nobody else could possibly know he was 58 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:37,730 leaving. Now, why do all of that if they didn't have him at gunpoint? 59 00:05:37,990 --> 00:05:39,370 Okay. Okay. 60 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,800 I do get to make one phone call, don't I, officer? My wife is waiting for me to 61 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,659 pick her up. 62 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:48,540 Hey, why don't you call the department just in case there's some big crisis? 63 00:05:54,580 --> 00:06:00,820 Has the chief been called over there? 64 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,160 Yeah, I know we were supposed to go to a movie. I don't think I can make it. 65 00:06:06,780 --> 00:06:07,800 Sorry, I know. 66 00:06:11,099 --> 00:06:12,420 Do you have Todd in the house? 67 00:06:15,980 --> 00:06:18,640 Yeah, I know you're not going to believe this. 68 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:21,100 No, it's nothing. I just thought he might be there. 69 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,560 Thank you. 70 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,040 Nothing from the department. 71 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:28,360 Did you find anything? 72 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,960 Yeah, he packed a suitcase, took three changes. 73 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:32,180 He took it on a suit. 74 00:06:33,020 --> 00:06:34,020 Black raw silk. 75 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:36,400 Calls it a burial suit. 76 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Burial suit? 77 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:39,440 Yeah, he's worn it. 78 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:41,400 Three times, to funerals. 79 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,360 Only place it's appropriate, quote -unquote. I'll be home as soon as 80 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:50,380 Okay. Mark, would you please request a 10 -13 APB on the van? Okay, do not 81 00:06:50,380 --> 00:06:51,380 apprehend. 82 00:06:53,420 --> 00:06:55,940 Chief Operator, please. A scientific investigation. 83 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,160 Somebody we know. 84 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,040 Jim Crutcher. He'll volunteer. 85 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,380 Hi, Dorothy. I said Ron. 86 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:04,399 Fine, thanks. 87 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,080 Listen, this is urgent and confidential. 88 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,940 I want a complete and immediate fugitive check on airlines, bus lines, and 89 00:07:09,940 --> 00:07:11,000 Amtrak. Airlines first. 90 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,040 They probably made him drive more naturally. 91 00:07:16,380 --> 00:07:18,640 Then they transferred him to something else. 92 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:20,280 Or just drove him to a house. 93 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,320 Well, they found out upstairs that he had somebody living with him. 94 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:29,040 So they tried to make him look as if he had finished his business and had gone 95 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,040 out to dinner. 96 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:32,100 Then there's no reason for alarm. 97 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,420 Hmm? Blank time to get in my time. 98 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:45,920 It's Lieutenant Crutcher. I'll fill him in. 99 00:07:47,940 --> 00:07:50,860 Have it warmed up and on the runway, Frank. They're checking train departures 100 00:07:50,860 --> 00:07:52,320 now. Yeah, thank you. 101 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:55,460 They found a van. I sent a truck to tow it home. 102 00:07:55,780 --> 00:07:59,020 Where is it? Oakland, a block from the railroad station. Oakland PD is sealing 103 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:01,520 it, of course. Jim, you got the picture? Yeah, I think pretty much. Anything you 104 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,040 can find, Fran can fill you in on where you might find useful fingerprints. 105 00:08:05,660 --> 00:08:06,660 Sergeant Brown. 106 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:07,840 Yes, sir. 107 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:09,820 Reno? 108 00:08:11,220 --> 00:08:12,220 Where? 109 00:08:13,420 --> 00:08:14,420 What time? 110 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,180 All right, sir. Thank you very much. 111 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,660 Three one -way tickets to Reno, Nevada. Big man in a wheelchair, two companions. 112 00:08:21,940 --> 00:08:25,440 They took a local out of Oakland. They have to change in Fairchild in 55 113 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,340 minutes. Telephone the description to the Fairchild police. Have them meet me 114 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:32,500 the airport, code 3. And Fran, don't stop looking. 115 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,940 Police, get your hand up. Now don't move. 116 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,120 Chief? 117 00:09:42,110 --> 00:09:43,110 Zilch upstairs. 118 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:46,870 Except for a couple of prints. It might match up with a suspect. 119 00:09:47,710 --> 00:09:48,710 If there is one. 120 00:09:48,970 --> 00:09:51,870 Want me to start on that? Yeah, but try not to disturb anything. 121 00:09:52,490 --> 00:09:53,490 Okay. 122 00:09:54,710 --> 00:09:57,690 They're small -time actors. Swear they don't know anything about an abduction. 123 00:09:58,010 --> 00:10:01,270 The so -called talent agent paid them to ride to Reno, dump a wheelchair, and 124 00:10:01,270 --> 00:10:01,989 come back tomorrow. 125 00:10:01,990 --> 00:10:05,250 And the so -called agent just happened to have the chief's wheelchair and suit, 126 00:10:05,410 --> 00:10:06,369 right? Right. 127 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:08,650 The double's flying back with me. We'll be there in an hour. 128 00:10:17,610 --> 00:10:21,830 The men on the train were decoys. Yeah, I figured that was going down too easy. 129 00:10:22,210 --> 00:10:23,210 Anything here? 130 00:10:23,350 --> 00:10:25,410 Yep. I just can't get to it. 131 00:10:25,630 --> 00:10:28,990 Now, look. The hand controls are locked in position. 132 00:10:29,690 --> 00:10:31,730 That says the chief is driving, right? 133 00:10:33,090 --> 00:10:35,550 Do you recognize this? 134 00:10:35,870 --> 00:10:36,829 Yeah. 135 00:10:36,830 --> 00:10:37,890 This pearl tie pin. 136 00:10:38,110 --> 00:10:39,750 He stuck it in the seat. 137 00:10:40,070 --> 00:10:41,970 And that says he was driving. 138 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,150 Now, why tell us twice? 139 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:47,710 Well, it's like a scotch. It must mean something else, Mark. 140 00:10:50,610 --> 00:10:55,950 But how could he do that with the pen if they were watching him? Oh, that's 141 00:10:55,950 --> 00:11:02,950 easy. He just stops for a traffic light, gets the pen loose 142 00:11:02,950 --> 00:11:08,850 while he's looking for traffic, just drops his hand and sticks the pen in the 143 00:11:08,850 --> 00:11:09,850 seat. 144 00:11:10,110 --> 00:11:13,970 All right, drop your hand again with the pen, but just drop it relaxed. 145 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,160 It looks like he used the pen to make some scratches. 146 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,080 They could be letters. I don't know. Your friend used this. 147 00:11:26,460 --> 00:11:27,460 Ink it. 148 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,040 LAX. 149 00:11:36,340 --> 00:11:37,980 Los Angeles International Airport. 150 00:12:03,710 --> 00:12:04,710 Robert Ironside. 151 00:12:05,690 --> 00:12:06,690 Did you write that? 152 00:12:07,290 --> 00:12:11,010 Who else would send my son to bring it to you? Sure I wrote it. You wrote it, 153 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:11,789 you read it. 154 00:12:11,790 --> 00:12:14,490 I'm back. If you still want me, come and take your best shot. 155 00:12:15,030 --> 00:12:16,810 You were always excessive, Bruno. 156 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:18,450 The note was enough. 157 00:12:19,290 --> 00:12:21,090 The man with the gun got you nothing. 158 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:22,970 Been a long time. 159 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:24,750 1960. 160 00:12:25,110 --> 00:12:27,290 He ran me out of the country, this man right here. 161 00:12:27,510 --> 00:12:29,030 What were you then, Ironside, a lieutenant? 162 00:12:29,990 --> 00:12:30,990 I made him a hero. 163 00:12:31,390 --> 00:12:34,050 I left for Mexico. They promoted him to captain. 164 00:12:35,270 --> 00:12:37,130 It's a long time to carry a grudge. 165 00:12:37,450 --> 00:12:38,450 What do you want? 166 00:12:38,750 --> 00:12:39,990 Somebody murdered my niece. 167 00:12:40,310 --> 00:12:43,610 Murder's a strange word coming from you. Not what I'm talking about, my niece. 168 00:12:43,610 --> 00:12:44,610 Selma was murdered. 169 00:12:45,790 --> 00:12:47,230 I'd like some black coffee. 170 00:12:50,790 --> 00:12:52,410 Fifteen years in my house. 171 00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:55,330 My ward since she was five years old. 172 00:12:56,890 --> 00:12:58,330 You find out who killed her. 173 00:12:59,980 --> 00:13:00,980 And if I do? 174 00:13:01,300 --> 00:13:02,300 What do you want? 175 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:03,400 Nothing unusual. 176 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,660 Arrest and trial for the killer. 177 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:08,100 You want my hand on it? 178 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:09,840 Your word's enough. 179 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:14,700 You got it. 180 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,040 I want one more thing. 181 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:19,640 I want you. That warrant's gathered enough dust. 182 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,000 Well, like I said, if your best shot is good enough. 183 00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:27,220 All right. 184 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:38,640 The night before last, about 6 .30, I received a phone call from a man, gave 185 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:43,580 name, said that Selman needed me and was in room 27 at the Sunspray Motel in San 186 00:13:43,580 --> 00:13:45,820 Clemente. I phoned the room and there was no answer. 187 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,840 I decided not to wake my father. 188 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:53,120 I picked up Marty instead and we arrived there about 7 .30 and found the room. 189 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,460 And I picked the lock and we found her, strangled. 190 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:00,920 Then we brought her home. 191 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:05,240 Better brought here. 192 00:14:10,780 --> 00:14:13,240 It's a walk -in cooler. I built it for... 193 00:15:11,340 --> 00:15:15,520 You'll need help from LAPD. Not at first, Jim. Chief wants us to handle 194 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,300 personally. See, he left clues that only Mark, Ed, and I would understand. 195 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:21,480 Okay. 196 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:25,160 Look, I've got prints that'll probably place the kidnappers here and in the 197 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:27,080 Friend, you better get us in the first thing flying south. 198 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,580 They flew to Los Angeles, but not a commercial flight. We know that. 199 00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:36,020 Figure, private plane to about 730 or 8, East Bay Airport. 200 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:38,340 A breeze if they follow the flight plan. 201 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,830 You were here? when your niece was found dead? 202 00:15:42,110 --> 00:15:43,490 I just got in that afternoon. 203 00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:47,950 For something so important that you ran the risk of crossing the border. 204 00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:56,010 What do you know about Jack Phelps? I know that he's smart enough to keep his 205 00:15:56,010 --> 00:15:57,230 nose out of San Francisco. 206 00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,590 Well, he's bigger down here than most people realize. 207 00:16:00,570 --> 00:16:02,350 And now he's made a move to get into our area. 208 00:16:02,850 --> 00:16:06,170 He's gone over my head, met with my father, arranged a merger. 209 00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:08,570 He has a young brother named Max. 210 00:16:09,590 --> 00:16:12,130 Max and Soma were going together until she called it off. 211 00:16:12,370 --> 00:16:14,210 We think that he killed Soma out of jealousy. 212 00:16:15,450 --> 00:16:18,290 Because he didn't want anyone else to have her. You heard Eric say San 213 00:16:18,690 --> 00:16:20,570 Well, that's a catch basin for Camp Pendleton. 214 00:16:20,810 --> 00:16:23,270 And Corporal Max Phillips, Ironside, is a Marine. 215 00:16:24,110 --> 00:16:26,570 And he's stationed at Camp Pendleton. I called. 216 00:16:27,770 --> 00:16:30,050 He had her pass that day and was due back at four o 'clock. 217 00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:32,750 He never made it. And he's still missing. 218 00:16:33,110 --> 00:16:34,069 We've been calling. 219 00:16:34,070 --> 00:16:36,090 What does Jack Phillips have to say to this? 220 00:16:36,310 --> 00:16:37,810 Nothing. He doesn't know. 221 00:16:38,090 --> 00:16:39,090 Well, no. 222 00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:42,710 You'd have to give Phelps some reason for putting the merger off. 223 00:16:42,990 --> 00:16:46,470 As I'm worried, we had to go over Eric's books. We have to exchange statements, 224 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:48,110 but I can't close with this going on. 225 00:16:48,970 --> 00:16:52,550 You get me proof on that kid, Ironside. Proof positive at best. 226 00:16:52,970 --> 00:16:57,510 Proof to spring on Phelps, to exact the price from him, or to justify hitting 227 00:16:57,510 --> 00:16:58,510 young Max. 228 00:16:59,970 --> 00:17:03,410 Did you really imagine you could make me a confederate? Now listen to me, 229 00:17:03,470 --> 00:17:04,730 Ironside. I have listened. 230 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:08,230 I heard you give me a promise I don't believe you ever intended to keep. 231 00:17:08,750 --> 00:17:10,569 I think your word is like your honor, Bruno. 232 00:17:10,950 --> 00:17:13,829 Non -existent. There you are, Dad. I told you it wouldn't work. Shut up! 233 00:17:18,550 --> 00:17:19,550 Where'd you put his suitcase? 234 00:17:28,490 --> 00:17:31,290 I thought I don't appreciate the insults in front of my own people. 235 00:17:31,630 --> 00:17:32,630 Then tell it straight. 236 00:17:32,830 --> 00:17:33,830 All right. 237 00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:37,290 Selma didn't break it off with Max. I told Phelps to put a stop to it or there 238 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:38,290 wouldn't be any merger. 239 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:39,860 They're not our kind of people. 240 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,880 You know, you broke a cardinal rule bringing me here. 241 00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:47,340 Doesn't it mean anything to you that you're the one cop I can trust? 242 00:17:47,580 --> 00:17:48,580 Not much. 243 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,900 All right, all right. 244 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,580 Somebody killed my niece. I put my people on it like a war with Phelps. I 245 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:56,020 police report like a war with Phelps. 246 00:17:56,300 --> 00:18:00,200 I ask his kid brother one question, I got bodies stacked up like Corbwood. 247 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:04,880 Okay, okay, I put up a lifetime of work, now it's falling down, you got a front 248 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,300 row seat. I mean, what do you want? 249 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:07,560 You know what I want? 250 00:18:08,010 --> 00:18:09,970 But what about Phelps? Will he agree? 251 00:18:10,950 --> 00:18:11,950 I'll handle him. 252 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:13,070 Not good enough. 253 00:18:13,810 --> 00:18:16,910 I want to hear you ask Phelps to sit down in my presence. 254 00:18:19,330 --> 00:18:20,330 Are you crazy? 255 00:18:20,610 --> 00:18:21,830 You'll get yourself killed. 256 00:18:22,350 --> 00:18:24,330 Don't mention me or Max. 257 00:18:25,030 --> 00:18:26,950 John Selma's been murdered, nothing more. 258 00:18:28,070 --> 00:18:32,370 If you want anything from me, you call him. 259 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,680 Send up your hitman to unpack. 260 00:19:12,140 --> 00:19:16,840 The plane belongs to the Keeper Charter Service, a rental job. Keeper checks are 261 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,360 clean. What about the customer? 262 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:19,960 Martin S. 263 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,160 Zara. 264 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:24,500 Hopewell, New Jersey, by way of the airport marina. 265 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,840 Look what I found under one of the seats. 266 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,800 Plutarch's, fisherman's work. One of his favorites. 267 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,840 The... Five. 268 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:36,960 Plutarch's, Roman numeral five. 269 00:19:37,460 --> 00:19:40,160 A two -hour night flight, he'd have done to think of... Five what? 270 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,400 Five o 'clock? 271 00:19:41,450 --> 00:19:44,230 Five days, five hours, five miles. 272 00:19:44,830 --> 00:19:45,830 Five nothing. 273 00:19:46,690 --> 00:19:49,110 It's the kind of a five, a Roman numeral five. 274 00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:50,850 Roman, Mark, Roman. 275 00:19:51,150 --> 00:19:53,190 Bruno Roman, the old -time mobster? 276 00:19:53,910 --> 00:19:58,270 But he's ducking extradition in Mexico. Yeah, maybe, but Eric lives here. Eric 277 00:19:58,270 --> 00:19:59,950 Roman, the old man's son. 278 00:20:00,310 --> 00:20:01,910 It won't be hard to get an address. 279 00:20:07,150 --> 00:20:09,810 What if you and Marty don't get back in time? What do we tell Phelps? 280 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:11,480 As little as possible. 281 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,040 You sure nobody followed you? 282 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:15,600 Ironside didn't tip anyone off? 283 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:18,420 If anybody's being followed, it'll be that actor we put on the train. 284 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,240 There'll be Coleman Reno Nevada for him. Nobody'll think of L .A. for days. 285 00:20:21,740 --> 00:20:22,920 Marty, he may try to trick you. 286 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:26,620 If he forces you to burn him, he knows I didn't promise to let him out of here 287 00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:27,620 alive. 288 00:20:39,950 --> 00:20:41,470 I get you're still paying for the motel room. 289 00:20:42,890 --> 00:20:44,210 Yeah, daily rate. 290 00:20:44,730 --> 00:20:47,230 Plus a hundred bucks to the manager to keep the door locked. 291 00:20:47,970 --> 00:20:48,970 Also her mouth. 292 00:20:54,990 --> 00:20:58,070 Young lady was not the only girl who entertained the Marine. 293 00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:01,530 But hers is the only Marine you seem to remember. 294 00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:05,010 Hers is the only Marine who left their key when they went to lunch. 295 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:11,320 And they returned at three o 'clock, after which you saw neither of them 296 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,000 After which? That's right. Thank you, ma 'am. 297 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,520 Ms. 298 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:19,520 You've been a great help. 299 00:21:37,580 --> 00:21:38,580 Something there on the floor. 300 00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:59,040 All right. You said she was lying on her back when you found her body. 301 00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:01,620 Would you show me that position, please? 302 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,100 All right, thank you. Was everything in the room as it was when you and Eric 303 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:21,520 entered? The chair and the stool, the curtain, the lamp? 304 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,100 Well, the lamp was on when I turned that off. 305 00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:27,260 Everything else seems to be in place. 306 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,020 Which one of you picked up her purse? 307 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,560 I did. From the floor? 308 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,800 No, it was right over there. 309 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:42,960 All right, Mr. Simmons, we're finished here. 310 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,800 It's almost registered as Susan Smith. 311 00:22:51,020 --> 00:22:52,860 Any chance the manager knew her? 312 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,160 No, we checked. 313 00:22:56,220 --> 00:22:58,300 She knew something happened, but she doesn't know what. 314 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,860 Well, I'm going to reveal to you, Mr. Simmons, a matter that's beginning to 315 00:23:04,860 --> 00:23:05,860 trouble me deeply. 316 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:09,980 All right, shoot. I need some food. 317 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,080 You and Eric both take orders from Bruno? 318 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:19,340 No, my boss is Eric. 319 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,620 Mr. Roman hasn't been involved in years. 320 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:24,000 Eric said he'd pick you up night before last. 321 00:23:24,420 --> 00:23:25,980 Now, where do you live? 322 00:23:26,660 --> 00:23:27,860 Well, that would be the Vesuvius. 323 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,040 That's a nightclub, we all... Live? 324 00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:32,860 Various hotels. 325 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,360 When I'm in town, I stay with Eric. 326 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,960 How close were you and Selma? 327 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:37,640 Same house. 328 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,400 Sometimes at the same time. 329 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,240 The Vesuvius. 330 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,120 Is that what you do? Manage clubs? 331 00:23:44,420 --> 00:23:45,420 I manage managers. 332 00:23:46,410 --> 00:23:49,750 Of clubs and various other businesses that we've invested in. 333 00:23:50,430 --> 00:23:53,130 Sounds like a field superintendent. 334 00:23:54,790 --> 00:23:56,590 You want to stop at Pendleton as long as we're down here? 335 00:23:56,970 --> 00:23:58,090 Check up on Max Phelps? 336 00:23:59,290 --> 00:24:00,710 Before we talk to his brother? 337 00:24:01,090 --> 00:24:06,210 That's an interesting suggestion from a man who wants to avoid a war. 338 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,650 It's a shame you wasted your life as a cop. 339 00:24:11,370 --> 00:24:12,770 You'd be a real success in my life. 340 00:24:41,870 --> 00:24:42,870 What kept you? 341 00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:45,890 Selma Roman, USC. 342 00:24:46,410 --> 00:24:47,410 Activity's girlfriend. 343 00:24:47,830 --> 00:24:49,250 Read to him in the car. We'd better get moving. 344 00:24:58,090 --> 00:24:59,470 Phelps, uh, Miss Dunner. 345 00:24:59,930 --> 00:25:02,190 This is the friend I told you about. 346 00:25:03,790 --> 00:25:06,110 My name is Robert Ironside. I'm a cop. 347 00:25:08,010 --> 00:25:09,230 He's a what, Phelps? 348 00:25:09,890 --> 00:25:13,430 You suck me into a rip -off with the heat? Phelps, the man is alone. My own 349 00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:16,670 abducted him. You think we do a thing like that for stupid? It's on our head. 350 00:25:16,910 --> 00:25:20,570 You let a cop call a sit -down? You got no head. I tell you, the man is straight 351 00:25:20,570 --> 00:25:21,570 by the rules. 352 00:25:21,850 --> 00:25:25,370 Now you tell me to my face that I'm a liar. My word is no good or you shut 353 00:25:25,370 --> 00:25:26,370 big fat mouth and listen. 354 00:25:26,610 --> 00:25:29,590 All right, what kind of a cop? From where? Chiva detective, San Francisco. 355 00:25:30,210 --> 00:25:31,210 Retired. 356 00:25:32,550 --> 00:25:33,770 This is really stupid. 357 00:25:34,350 --> 00:25:35,350 I agree. 358 00:25:35,550 --> 00:25:36,850 Call it off. Let Mr. 359 00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:38,070 Phelps go. 360 00:25:39,310 --> 00:25:40,650 I'll tell you what I know. 361 00:25:41,010 --> 00:25:42,010 Now, just a minute. 362 00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:44,430 About what? 363 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:46,910 About what? 364 00:25:46,990 --> 00:25:48,570 The man who murdered Selma Roman. 365 00:25:51,990 --> 00:25:54,130 Bruno, I know where this is going, and it better not. 366 00:25:54,410 --> 00:25:55,410 The man said you could leave. 367 00:25:57,290 --> 00:25:59,170 All right, Cobb. Let's hear it. 368 00:25:59,610 --> 00:26:04,850 The day before yesterday, sometime after 3 p .m., a man Selma knew and trusted 369 00:26:04,850 --> 00:26:07,070 choked to death with the scarf she was wearing. 370 00:26:07,450 --> 00:26:08,610 Knew and trusted, eh? 371 00:26:08,990 --> 00:26:13,430 She had no fear of him. She was sitting at the dressing table about to leave the 372 00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:16,590 room, possibly with him, but certainly he was there. 373 00:26:16,910 --> 00:26:20,870 Would she write you a letter? She left it and pathological evidence. 374 00:26:21,250 --> 00:26:23,010 She had just prepared her makeup. 375 00:26:24,610 --> 00:26:26,930 He stood behind her and seized the scarf. 376 00:26:27,850 --> 00:26:29,550 She had no idea of what he intended. 377 00:26:30,770 --> 00:26:34,190 When she realized what was happening, she leapt to her feet. 378 00:26:36,010 --> 00:26:38,430 She couldn't fight the man. He remained behind her. 379 00:26:38,670 --> 00:26:39,730 She could only fight the scarf. 380 00:26:40,430 --> 00:26:45,490 As she did, she scratched her throat with her own fingernails. There's a 381 00:26:45,490 --> 00:26:47,130 on the small of her back. 382 00:26:48,270 --> 00:26:53,490 His knee or his elbows put it there as he threw her onto the bed. 383 00:26:53,710 --> 00:26:55,790 He held her there face down. 384 00:26:56,350 --> 00:26:58,970 And she was lying on her back? She died face down. 385 00:27:00,510 --> 00:27:04,090 The purse had been knocked to the floor. The dressing table stool had fallen 386 00:27:04,090 --> 00:27:05,090 over. 387 00:27:05,230 --> 00:27:06,530 He picked up the purse. 388 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:11,900 Straightened the stool and quietly left the room. 389 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,980 Jack, if your kid brother did this... Lay off of Max. If he did this because 390 00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:17,540 he... Let me tell you something, big shot. 391 00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:21,680 You think you and your puppets are too good for my kind of people. 392 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,540 But Max was not a puppet. 393 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,420 He turned his back on a bed of roses. He walked out on me. He joined the Corps. 394 00:27:29,340 --> 00:27:30,800 And Selma wasn't a puppet either. 395 00:27:31,420 --> 00:27:35,140 She had a heart. She gave it to Max. They were crazy in love in spite of 396 00:27:35,140 --> 00:27:36,560 everything you did. And I did to break them up. 397 00:27:37,930 --> 00:27:40,350 Where is he, Jack? Never mind where he is. 398 00:27:40,670 --> 00:27:42,970 There's the guy who couldn't have her. Marty Simmons. 399 00:27:43,250 --> 00:27:45,470 Phelps, you're gonna say too much. Just a moment. 400 00:27:46,430 --> 00:27:47,430 Is that true? 401 00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:49,470 He said she had to marry Marty. That's good. 402 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:52,490 Now, we'd sign as a suspect. 403 00:27:52,890 --> 00:27:53,990 In fact, you have two. 404 00:27:54,510 --> 00:27:57,350 Eric qualifies. He says someone called. 405 00:27:57,970 --> 00:27:59,210 That might be a lie. 406 00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:04,010 Eric and Marty are here, however. 407 00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:06,970 Facing up to it, Max is not. 408 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:13,880 Mr. Phelps, they know. 409 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,340 They probably checked at the base. 410 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:26,640 Max is AWOL. And you haven't been hiding him, huh? What if they are hiding him? 411 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,980 Doesn't prove Max any guiltier than Eric or Marty. 412 00:28:32,820 --> 00:28:36,120 Now, as I understand it, you made a deal. 413 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,300 The deal is set, except for a formal exchange of accounts. 414 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,160 Why not seal it? 415 00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:46,210 Now, today, leave Selma's murder to me. 416 00:28:47,070 --> 00:28:49,370 Negative. No way. They're trying to kill us. 417 00:28:49,790 --> 00:28:52,010 I throw in with them. I throw my brother in the garbage can. 418 00:28:52,270 --> 00:28:53,229 Then fight. 419 00:28:53,230 --> 00:28:54,610 You don't want peace. 420 00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:56,950 Looking for a way to waste each other. 421 00:28:57,170 --> 00:29:00,090 You wouldn't know a sane solution if it walked in naked. 422 00:29:01,330 --> 00:29:03,030 All right. Go ahead. 423 00:29:04,490 --> 00:29:05,490 Go ahead. 424 00:29:06,410 --> 00:29:07,530 Have your war. 425 00:29:08,650 --> 00:29:09,990 Where do you think you're going? 426 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,940 Out! I'm through here. I say when you're through. 427 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,840 I'm sure you're intending to kill me, Bruno. You might as well do it now. 428 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,040 Don't force me to have to stop you. 429 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:20,960 Go ahead. Shoot. 430 00:29:24,820 --> 00:29:25,820 Yeah. 431 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:28,680 Mr. Roman? 432 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,300 Call for Mr. Phelps. 433 00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:35,580 Keep your mouth shut until I get there. 434 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:36,900 I'll be home in half an hour. 435 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,699 could have been my brother. 436 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:41,700 I'll find him. 437 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,640 You stay here until I do. 438 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:49,320 If anything happens to the cop before he sees Max, you've got your war. 439 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:18,740 you and Selma meet. 440 00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:23,640 Well, you don't have to be nervous, Max. 441 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,580 Jack, I'm confined to quarters. First Sergeant stuck his neck out permitting 442 00:30:28,580 --> 00:30:29,580 this. 443 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:35,100 Sir, I... I talked to Selma frequently on the phone. 444 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:37,520 We were not allowed to see each other. 445 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,780 But you did meet. 446 00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:41,380 Yes, sir. 447 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,320 Well, we thought the merger might change things. 448 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:46,860 But she called. 449 00:30:47,450 --> 00:30:48,710 And said there was no hope. 450 00:30:49,370 --> 00:30:52,390 And I asked her to meet me for one last time. 451 00:30:54,970 --> 00:30:56,770 You were due back on duty at four. 452 00:30:57,370 --> 00:30:58,970 Now you failed to report. 453 00:31:00,410 --> 00:31:01,410 Yes, sir. 454 00:31:01,690 --> 00:31:02,690 I got drunk. 455 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:04,250 I don't drink. 456 00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:09,590 But saying goodbye was, uh... I don't know. 457 00:31:11,190 --> 00:31:12,370 I bought a bottle. 458 00:31:13,070 --> 00:31:16,330 Hold up in, uh... The Dolphin. 459 00:31:16,940 --> 00:31:18,100 It's a fleabag hotel. 460 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,140 Drank myself unconscious. 461 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,740 When did you return to the base? 462 00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:24,200 Right around noon today. 463 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,360 Going A -W -O -L. 464 00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:32,140 Getting drunk is not an effective argument for innocence, Corporal. 465 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,760 Well, sir, when I got back, I found a message. 466 00:31:37,220 --> 00:31:39,700 It said, Salma is dead and call your brother. 467 00:31:40,140 --> 00:31:43,600 That's the first time I knew that anything was wrong. 468 00:31:44,260 --> 00:31:45,800 I don't have to prove my innocence. 469 00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:47,670 We're not in a court of law. 470 00:31:47,890 --> 00:31:49,590 Sir, I know where we are. 471 00:31:55,770 --> 00:31:59,010 I would like you to describe what Selma was wearing. 472 00:31:59,730 --> 00:32:00,730 Yeah. 473 00:32:02,030 --> 00:32:03,990 It was a dress with a scarf. 474 00:32:06,630 --> 00:32:08,750 Just a dress and a scarf. No jewelry? 475 00:32:09,370 --> 00:32:11,070 Sir, I wasn't taking inventory. 476 00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:14,250 She had on a... 477 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:15,800 A couple of rings. 478 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:20,060 The brooch holding a scarf. 479 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:21,560 I don't know. 480 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:28,740 I have a feeling, Corporal, that when your hangover wears off, you're going to 481 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:30,020 want to change your story. 482 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,900 Perhaps your brother can arrange for us to meet again. 483 00:32:34,540 --> 00:32:35,540 That'll be all. 484 00:32:44,810 --> 00:32:47,930 Sir, I direct your attention to the posted federal regulation. 485 00:32:48,210 --> 00:32:50,670 Request your permission for a routine check of your vehicle. 486 00:32:50,910 --> 00:32:51,910 What are you looking for? 487 00:32:52,030 --> 00:32:55,350 No reflection on yourself, sir, but there's an awful lot of still bridge for 488 00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:56,350 military bases. 489 00:33:00,490 --> 00:33:06,570 May we check the interior, sir? 490 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:19,510 Not much on Eric. 491 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:22,710 Chick Suey plays the hostess. Marty Simmons, Relinus Martin, Simon Zara. 492 00:33:23,230 --> 00:33:25,990 I'm just been arranging for someone to meet Max once a week for weeks. Details 493 00:33:25,990 --> 00:33:26,990 are in the notebook, you okay? 494 00:33:27,570 --> 00:33:28,670 Should I have a flag vest? 495 00:33:29,110 --> 00:33:30,390 We've got six men here. Get out now. 496 00:33:30,610 --> 00:33:34,530 If I do, I fail. Read your instructions and stay close. I promise I won't die 497 00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:35,530 quietly. 498 00:33:59,820 --> 00:34:04,380 Eric's accounts from cover to cover. Now I'm wondering, do you think Jack Phelps 499 00:34:04,380 --> 00:34:06,080 will try to shortchange us? 500 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:07,760 Honor among thieves. 501 00:34:08,340 --> 00:34:10,760 Max lied to us. Jack Phelps knows it, right? 502 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,179 Half right. He told half truths. 503 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:15,178 Which half? 504 00:34:15,179 --> 00:34:16,280 Exactly which half. 505 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:21,460 For example, Max insists he had no guilty conscience or any other reason to 506 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:23,040 telephone Eric at 6 .30. 507 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,780 Yeah. But he got his clear conscience royally stoned. 508 00:34:27,310 --> 00:34:31,449 However, the Dolphin Hotel confirms that he did not make a call from his room. 509 00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:33,310 So, he found another phone. 510 00:34:33,630 --> 00:34:35,750 Or there's another explanation of the call. 511 00:34:36,090 --> 00:34:37,350 Is that possible, Eric? 512 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:40,170 Anything is possible. 513 00:34:40,610 --> 00:34:47,510 On the other hand, Max very casually mentions using the telephone frequently 514 00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:48,510 talk to Selma. 515 00:34:49,070 --> 00:34:50,070 Frequently. 516 00:34:53,570 --> 00:34:55,070 Eric, you know about that? 517 00:34:58,090 --> 00:34:59,090 All right, so he called. 518 00:34:59,770 --> 00:35:00,770 Is it my fault? 519 00:35:01,350 --> 00:35:02,350 Or hers? 520 00:35:02,590 --> 00:35:03,590 Dinner's ready. 521 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:14,250 Oh, Mac said he wanted to see Selma one last time, say goodbye. 522 00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:17,010 Well, it was true. 523 00:35:17,110 --> 00:35:21,270 Odd way to express it, if indeed he saw her for the last time and said goodbye 524 00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:23,270 when he was told to do so weeks ago. 525 00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:25,690 You go to dinner. We'll come. 526 00:35:34,380 --> 00:35:35,380 Eric, they were forbidden. 527 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,900 Dad, they were crazy in love with each other. I've heard that before. Now I 528 00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:41,520 laughing behind my back. Laughing? 529 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,040 She was crying all the time. 530 00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:47,240 I tell you, I did the only thing I could think of to keep her from coming apart. 531 00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:50,260 All right, I was helping them to see each other. 532 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,400 I disobeyed you, Dad. You let her go to him. I told him it was the last time. 533 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,420 One last time. She swore she'd be home by 5 .30. 534 00:35:59,660 --> 00:36:00,960 Eric, who telephoned you? Nobody. 535 00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:04,650 When she didn't show up, I... I called her. 536 00:36:06,490 --> 00:36:08,610 When I rang the room, I knew she hadn't checked out. 537 00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:12,010 Max did go straight, Dad. 538 00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:13,350 He is a good Marine. 539 00:36:14,450 --> 00:36:16,470 Let her go, I sent her. How was I to know? 540 00:36:22,210 --> 00:36:24,850 So, so who hasn't lied for love? 541 00:36:26,090 --> 00:36:27,150 It's my fault, too. 542 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:28,650 It began with me. 543 00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:32,610 You go on, I'll tell the cop. The cop knows. 544 00:36:33,230 --> 00:36:36,350 All right, so the cop is going to write the whole thing down and sign it for 545 00:36:36,350 --> 00:36:37,350 Jack Phelps to read. 546 00:36:38,270 --> 00:36:39,270 Bruno. 547 00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:44,070 I have a case that's strong enough to set off a bomb. 548 00:36:45,150 --> 00:36:46,910 But the deal was proof positive. 549 00:36:47,170 --> 00:36:49,570 Now, if you want it fail -safe, there's one element missing. 550 00:36:49,850 --> 00:36:54,370 What is it? We'll go get it. If we're patient, it'll come. 551 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,180 Well, it's not going tonight, but tomorrow's another day. 552 00:37:38,510 --> 00:37:39,510 It's for the cop. 553 00:37:39,810 --> 00:37:40,810 Ryosite? 554 00:37:42,330 --> 00:37:43,330 Tell him. 555 00:37:57,670 --> 00:38:01,830 Mr. Ironside, this is Max Phelps. Yes, Max, I expected you. 556 00:38:02,130 --> 00:38:03,210 You said arrest and trial. 557 00:38:04,190 --> 00:38:06,230 Does that mean no hits and no shootout? 558 00:38:06,690 --> 00:38:07,850 That's what I've been promised. 559 00:38:08,690 --> 00:38:13,110 Well, sir, I have to say this to you alone to protect myself because... Max, 560 00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:14,870 we're not alone. The Romans are listening in. 561 00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:16,630 When can you leave the base? 562 00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:18,110 Twelve hundred hours tomorrow. 563 00:38:18,510 --> 00:38:20,270 All right. Tell your brother to contact us. 564 00:38:20,990 --> 00:38:22,830 I won't say this to him. I can't. 565 00:38:23,210 --> 00:38:26,910 And I won't play unless the odds are even. Now tell him to call us. 566 00:38:27,690 --> 00:38:29,030 Then we'll get word to you. 567 00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:57,000 Max is off duty at noon. 568 00:38:57,220 --> 00:38:58,640 You can have him here by 2 o 'clock. 569 00:38:59,020 --> 00:39:00,300 Well, I'm out of the country. 570 00:39:02,220 --> 00:39:03,460 Or you could set up an ambush. 571 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,740 That's what you intend, either one of you. Then what are the three of us doing 572 00:39:06,740 --> 00:39:09,820 here? I don't think Max did it. He's what I'm doing here. 573 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,200 What if he confesses? That's why I'm here. 574 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,320 Are we both going to take your word for what my brother says? 575 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:16,760 Not at all. 576 00:39:17,140 --> 00:39:18,800 Wire me for sound. Don't tell anyone. 577 00:39:19,460 --> 00:39:21,280 Don't have any hotheads trying to listen in. 578 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,320 Just the two of you get the truth. 579 00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:25,830 First hand. 580 00:39:50,730 --> 00:39:52,010 I could take you, Bruno. 581 00:39:53,230 --> 00:39:54,250 We could take each other out. 582 00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:57,510 So the cop is the right idea. 583 00:39:58,510 --> 00:39:59,510 He's good. 584 00:40:00,490 --> 00:40:01,570 But he's got to have an angle. 585 00:40:01,870 --> 00:40:02,870 He wants me. 586 00:40:04,830 --> 00:40:06,650 You put yourself up for a dead girl? 587 00:40:08,510 --> 00:40:09,770 She was in my family. 588 00:40:12,950 --> 00:40:14,290 This thing goes down. 589 00:40:15,910 --> 00:40:17,190 Ironside is through here. What then? 590 00:40:18,010 --> 00:40:19,510 I think he's in Reno, Nevada. 591 00:40:20,410 --> 00:40:22,790 There's miles and miles of open desert around there. 592 00:40:24,830 --> 00:40:25,830 Funny, eh? 593 00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:29,650 Because of a cop, it's down to you and me. 594 00:40:30,570 --> 00:40:31,570 You got the guts? 595 00:40:32,090 --> 00:40:33,390 You guarantee no backup? 596 00:40:34,370 --> 00:40:35,830 You see me alone here now? 597 00:40:37,070 --> 00:40:38,070 All right. 598 00:40:51,970 --> 00:40:54,010 Ed, did you see what he was wearing? The burial suit. 599 00:41:18,670 --> 00:41:20,150 I ask you once more, Max. 600 00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:23,710 Tell it to me, not him. I'm not ungrateful to you, Jack. 601 00:41:24,850 --> 00:41:26,350 But I'm not on the side of guns. 602 00:41:27,250 --> 00:41:28,670 That's not what this uniform means. 603 00:42:24,430 --> 00:42:25,109 How was that? 604 00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:26,590 See that telephone booth out there? 605 00:42:31,730 --> 00:42:33,230 Either one of them makes a move toward it. 606 00:42:34,250 --> 00:42:35,250 Max is yours. 607 00:42:35,630 --> 00:42:36,770 I had sides of mine. 608 00:42:47,050 --> 00:42:50,590 Max, I know you're innocent. I know you did not kill Selma Roman. 609 00:42:52,050 --> 00:42:53,050 Thank God. 610 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,380 I thought you were accusing me. 611 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,180 Neither one of us was ready to talk at our earlier meeting. 612 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,160 I think I shook you up a little when I mentioned Selma's jewelry. 613 00:43:02,460 --> 00:43:03,460 Yes, sir. 614 00:43:03,620 --> 00:43:08,480 You see, she couldn't wear my ring, so I... So you gave her a gold pin with 615 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,320 initials carved on the back. 616 00:43:12,340 --> 00:43:14,880 You didn't want to discuss it with Marty Simmons, President. 617 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:16,120 That's right. 618 00:43:16,660 --> 00:43:19,000 And that's the pin. I found it in her purse. 619 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,180 Throw her off when the killer sees her. 620 00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:29,310 Put the pen into it, thinking it had been spilled from the purse. 621 00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:32,550 No. You never would have done that, Max. 622 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:34,010 Not with this pen. 623 00:43:34,230 --> 00:43:35,230 That's not enough. 624 00:43:35,450 --> 00:43:36,450 It is for me. 625 00:43:47,590 --> 00:43:48,790 Soma had something on. 626 00:43:50,230 --> 00:43:53,450 Someone close to Bruno, I don't know. Maybe Marty Simmons. 627 00:43:54,110 --> 00:43:57,950 Anyway, she'd never discussed it. Her uncle was coming and he was going to 628 00:43:57,950 --> 00:43:58,950 her. 629 00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:03,670 Somehow that all meant goodbye to me. I think someone was robbing Bruno blind. 630 00:44:04,110 --> 00:44:05,430 What am I going to do? 631 00:44:06,330 --> 00:44:07,690 Listen to it, big shot. 632 00:44:09,650 --> 00:44:11,290 Bruno got reports by mail. 633 00:44:12,010 --> 00:44:13,710 The actual books were altered. 634 00:44:13,970 --> 00:44:14,990 They fooled him completely. 635 00:44:15,330 --> 00:44:16,870 Stop it. Stop it. Turn that thing off. 636 00:44:18,270 --> 00:44:19,550 And someone found out. 637 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:22,120 She lived in the house with the man who kept the books, Max. 638 00:44:22,340 --> 00:44:24,280 She lived in the house with Eric Roman. 639 00:44:24,580 --> 00:44:25,580 Hold it, Eric. 640 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:27,920 Put it down. 641 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,040 Okay, Bruno. 642 00:44:31,180 --> 00:44:32,240 It's your party now. 643 00:44:32,580 --> 00:44:34,600 Correct, sir. Our party. Police. 644 00:45:09,550 --> 00:45:10,550 You mean kill the girl? 645 00:45:10,650 --> 00:45:14,810 His own cousin? And he would have killed again and started a war to hide what 646 00:45:14,810 --> 00:45:15,890 he'd been doing to his father. 647 00:45:18,850 --> 00:45:19,890 Jack, I'm sorry. 648 00:45:22,170 --> 00:45:23,170 Tell it to the Marines. 649 00:45:30,090 --> 00:45:32,370 Do you know why he's my son? 650 00:45:32,650 --> 00:45:35,850 I gave him a good allowance. I would have upped his percentage, but why kill 651 00:45:35,850 --> 00:45:37,610 someone? Why steal from me? 652 00:45:37,890 --> 00:45:38,890 I wouldn't know, Bruno. 653 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:41,480 I didn't teach him his values. 654 00:45:57,060 --> 00:45:58,440 This must be what Selma found. 655 00:45:59,620 --> 00:46:02,800 These are deposits. They total almost three million. It's worth bank accounts. 656 00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:05,300 It's all yours, Chief. 657 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:06,960 And I'm your witness. 658 00:46:08,620 --> 00:46:10,100 Guess that best shot of yours is good enough. 659 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,460 Marty, the moment I left my place with you and Eric, I had you dead to rights. 660 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,940 All I had to do was survive and let Bruno undo himself. 661 00:46:18,540 --> 00:46:19,720 Yeah, but I don't know how you did it. 662 00:46:20,180 --> 00:46:21,180 That's true. 663 00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:26,698 What's that? 664 00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:27,700 It's a clue. 665 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,240 Columbida, Columbiformes. 666 00:46:31,220 --> 00:46:32,220 He's brilliant. 667 00:46:32,980 --> 00:46:33,980 What do you say? 668 00:46:34,140 --> 00:46:35,520 The feathers from a pigeon. 669 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,180 That might be a... 670 00:46:38,950 --> 00:46:39,950 Veiled insult. 671 00:46:40,090 --> 00:46:43,330 Oh, I didn't mean that. You handed it to me with the quill pointing north. 672 00:46:44,170 --> 00:46:48,350 That means that it's a homing, not a passenger pigeon, and it's flying to San 673 00:46:48,350 --> 00:46:49,350 Francisco. 674 00:46:50,450 --> 00:46:55,330 So, I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm going to follow that pigeon.