1 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:31,316 Checking by hartel. And it's really getting rough down there. 2 00:00:31,615 --> 00:00:34,948 Sean on the corner, one bounce pass to Milton. 3 00:00:35,244 --> 00:00:37,826 Taggers are standing around. 4 00:00:38,121 --> 00:00:41,955 Sean loses graper, pass from Milton, Sean lays it up and in. 5 00:00:42,668 --> 00:00:45,831 87-89, the anchors lead by two. 6 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:48,165 Rogers inbounds the ball to Preston. 7 00:00:48,465 --> 00:00:51,548 Ramsden steals the ball, a beautiful pass to Milton, 8 00:00:51,843 --> 00:00:53,174 up and in. 9 00:00:53,470 --> 00:00:57,088 Ball via Rogers to lawley, dribbling down court, 10 00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:59,928 checked by Sean, shoots over Milton, 11 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:03,344 beautiful shot! A picture play. 12 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:39,471 Alright, boys, put the guns down. 13 00:01:40,809 --> 00:01:42,925 I'm a police officer. 14 00:01:55,741 --> 00:01:59,199 What do you know? A rent-a-cop from up at the college. 15 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:02,073 You ain't even a real pig. 16 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:11,832 No gun either? 17 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:15,674 How's anyone supposed to know you're a cop? 18 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,383 You got to wear this badge where folks can see it. 19 00:02:24,645 --> 00:02:27,512 I'm gonna pin this to your nose. 20 00:02:44,081 --> 00:02:45,662 Alright, come on! 21 00:02:45,957 --> 00:02:48,073 Hold still, everybody, the fun's over! 22 00:02:48,377 --> 00:02:50,914 Ok, boys, let's get on with it. 23 00:02:51,213 --> 00:02:54,455 The cash register, open it up! Move! 24 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:20,711 - How are you? - Fine, just fine. 25 00:04:21,011 --> 00:04:23,753 - You look good. - You look beautiful. 26 00:04:26,516 --> 00:04:28,723 Everything looks beautiful. 27 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:37,273 That's where you'll be working. 28 00:04:37,569 --> 00:04:39,605 Green. Lots of green. 29 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:43,776 - How's quartz? - In the hospital. 30 00:04:44,075 --> 00:04:45,736 - What? - He got his leg broke. 31 00:04:46,036 --> 00:04:49,028 - How did it happen? - Get in the car, I'll tell you. 32 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,012 Got a nurse under there? 33 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:10,723 Hey, Jim! 34 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:15,224 Goddamn. You made it. 35 00:05:17,025 --> 00:05:19,892 How about that? But I'll be out by tomorrow. 36 00:05:20,195 --> 00:05:22,902 You wouldn't be here if you hadn't made that asshole play. 37 00:05:23,198 --> 00:05:25,985 You know how it is, once a cop, always a cop. 38 00:05:26,284 --> 00:05:30,118 - Gee, it's good to see you out. - Good to be out. 39 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:33,614 Sit down, let me look at you. 40 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:42,293 - You look just like an ex-con. - I am. 41 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:46,050 By the way, you can start at the college any time you want. 42 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:47,836 The sooner the better. 43 00:05:48,139 --> 00:05:52,348 You got the midnight to 8 A.M. shift. It's a horseshit job, Jim. 44 00:05:52,644 --> 00:05:55,181 - Same as yours. - Me, hell, I'm chief. 45 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,473 Got me a car, an office, don't have to wear no monkey suit. 46 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:02,108 - And you hate it. - I had to do something. 47 00:06:02,404 --> 00:06:04,770 Damn farm was eating up all my retirement pay. 48 00:06:05,073 --> 00:06:09,442 I was born down here. Hell, in those days, a farmer could make out, but... 49 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:12,781 Mr willinger, you get back in bed! 50 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,787 Yes, ma'am. 51 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:21,954 See you, chief. 52 00:06:27,846 --> 00:06:31,213 Ok, Terry, see you same time next month. 53 00:06:31,516 --> 00:06:32,926 - Bye. - Bye. 54 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,681 Jimmy, what are you doing here? 55 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:42,482 - What happened? - Could I talk to you, mrs thorpe? 56 00:06:42,777 --> 00:06:46,235 Yeah, sure, come in. Are you mr Slade? 57 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:48,738 - Yes, ma'am. - I'll be with you in a minute. 58 00:07:17,812 --> 00:07:20,975 You tell him to call me back as soon as he's off the line. 59 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:26,358 I'm sorry about this, Jimmy. 60 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:29,980 Go back to work, I'll take care of it, ok? 61 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,818 - Stay cool. - Thanks, mrs thorpe. 62 00:07:35,205 --> 00:07:37,696 Mr Slade, you can come in now. 63 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:47,539 Pull up a chair. 64 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,755 - Would you like some coffee? - No, thanks. 65 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,554 - Cigarette? - Thank you, no. 66 00:07:57,519 --> 00:08:01,603 - Well, how does it feel to be out? - Feels good. 67 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,022 - You're staying with the willingers? - Yes. 68 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:11,062 Nice people. How's quartz getting on? 69 00:08:11,533 --> 00:08:14,616 - Fine. He'll be home today. - He's a brave man. 70 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:18,528 Hello? 71 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:23,579 Yes, Jack, I want to talk to you. Jimmy Gill was just here. 72 00:08:25,463 --> 00:08:27,499 Jack, 1 was there! 73 00:08:29,467 --> 00:08:31,879 No, not later, right now! 74 00:08:34,389 --> 00:08:37,051 Damn it. Be back in a minute. 75 00:08:54,284 --> 00:08:55,649 Morning, Linda. 76 00:08:57,579 --> 00:09:00,070 Your fat-headed deputy roughed up Jimmy Gill. 77 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:03,865 - Wait a minute. - No. You should see that kid's face. 78 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:06,034 He probably got smart-ass. 79 00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:09,795 - Virgil's a sadist and you know it! - Virgil's got to do his job. 80 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:13,295 Anyone spits on the sidewalk, you roust one of my people. 81 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:21,767 For Christ's sake, Linda, we ain't talking about, what's-his-name... 82 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:25,937 Martin Luther King. Jimmy Gill's been up for armed robbery. 83 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:28,348 - He's also on parole. - Yeah, I know. 84 00:09:28,651 --> 00:09:31,859 He has the same rights as any other citizen. 85 00:09:32,155 --> 00:09:36,319 Ok, ok, I'll look into it. 86 00:09:38,203 --> 00:09:41,320 Alright, Jack, but I'm warning you. 87 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:45,745 If your people keep harassing mine, I'll take it upstairs. 88 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:48,459 Have a nice day. 89 00:09:53,885 --> 00:09:56,968 That's what happens when they put a broad in a man's job. 90 00:09:57,263 --> 00:10:00,926 Broad, my ass. She's got a bigger pecker than you have. 91 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:26,868 Mr Slade! 92 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:29,371 Mr Slade! 93 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:32,412 You seemed busy. 94 00:10:32,715 --> 00:10:34,580 I know, I'm sorry. We can talk now. 95 00:10:34,884 --> 00:10:38,468 Mrs thorpe, I think I can save you a little time. I know the rules. 96 00:10:39,097 --> 00:10:42,180 "Upon release, report to your parole officer." I have. 97 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:45,683 "Only with their permission can you leave the county 98 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:47,219 or change your address. 99 00:10:47,522 --> 00:10:50,730 Any change in employment must be approved. 100 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:55,435 You shall not consume alcoholic beverages to excess. 101 00:10:55,780 --> 00:10:58,613 You shall not possess or traffic in narcotic drugs. 102 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:02,617 You shall not possess or use any deadly weapons or firearms." 103 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:05,528 - Wait, where are we going? - To catch my bus. 104 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:09,912 "You shall not operate any motor vehicle without a drivers license 105 00:11:10,295 --> 00:11:12,786 and the written permission of your parole officer." 106 00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:16,331 - And that about covers it. - Except for one thing. 107 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:20,301 "You shall not associate with former inmates 108 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:23,213 or individuals of bad character." 109 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:27,554 - I'l have to make new friends. - I think you will. 110 00:11:30,064 --> 00:11:31,474 See you. 111 00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:50,366 - Good morning, Jim. - Good morning, Sam. 112 00:11:50,835 --> 00:11:53,201 - Cold night, wasn't it? - Damn cold. 113 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:58,047 Nights like that, you should stretch out on a cot in the boiler room. 114 00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:00,459 If 1 did, somebody'd steal the school. 115 00:12:04,557 --> 00:12:08,596 And thou shalt not enter into heaven anything that defile it. 116 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:11,477 And the lord spake unto Moses saying, 117 00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:15,766 the nakedness of thy father or the nakedness of thy mother 118 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,060 shalt thou not uncover. 119 00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:20,103 Mr ewing. 120 00:12:20,782 --> 00:12:22,818 I have to ask you to turn that down. 121 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:27,493 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover. 122 00:12:27,789 --> 00:12:29,245 It is wickedness. 123 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:33,074 That's the lord's work, mr Slade. 124 00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:36,541 There've been complaints from the girls' dormitory. 125 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:39,421 Them's the sinners that should heed the word. 126 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,500 Thank you. 127 00:12:45,181 --> 00:12:47,046 Damned whores. 128 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:30,306 - What are you laughing at? - A damn fool. 129 00:13:30,768 --> 00:13:32,508 No reason not to stay in shape. 130 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:35,019 You might fall and break your other leg. 131 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:39,941 The hell I will! I'll be back on the job next week. You watch this. 132 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:55,907 See you at the house. 133 00:14:22,737 --> 00:14:23,977 Morning, sir. 134 00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:28,231 - You're new here. - Yes, sir. I started Tuesday. 135 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:31,867 I'm dr pritchett. How long is it since you checked this building? 136 00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:33,490 About an hour ago. 137 00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:37,073 I was opening up and I noticed that door. 138 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:40,961 Somebody's broken in. Some tape recordings are missing. 139 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:44,379 - Are you sure? - Yes, I locked them in the desk. 140 00:14:45,259 --> 00:14:49,093 - Somebody"s stolen them. - I'll notify the sheriff's office. 141 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,220 I'd rather you wouldn't. 142 00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:55,475 Dean Collins doesn't like police on the campus, 143 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:58,394 they can be a disturbing influence. 144 00:14:59,774 --> 00:15:02,857 Mr willinger's always dealt with these things. 145 00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:06,189 The tapes had no value, I don't know why anyone would steal them. 146 00:15:06,656 --> 00:15:08,396 What kind of tapes were they? 147 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:11,403 My department offers psychological counseling. 148 00:15:11,702 --> 00:15:14,739 Not as complex as psycho-therapy, but the same technique. 149 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,702 A student without an appointment can get things off his chest on tape. 150 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:21,788 - 3 tapes were left yesterday. - Have you played them? 151 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:24,579 No, I had some papers to grade. 152 00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:27,836 - Do you know whose tapes they were? - Yes. 153 00:15:29,178 --> 00:15:31,794 I jotted their names down here someplace. 154 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,923 Yes. Here they are. 155 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:41,604 - One of them changed their mind. - What do you mean? 156 00:15:41,899 --> 00:15:44,891 Didn't want you to play it, so took all three. 157 00:15:45,194 --> 00:15:49,528 I doubt it. They knew if they called, I'd destroy it without listening to it. 158 00:15:50,324 --> 00:15:53,316 I've got an early class. They'll have to be notified. 159 00:15:53,828 --> 00:15:56,661 Maybe I can help. Would you like me to tell them? 160 00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:59,830 - That'd be most helpful. Thank you. - Doctor. 161 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,506 On, shit! 162 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:12,627 Did you tell anyone you made it? 163 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:15,967 I don't tell people I need psych counseling. 164 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:18,258 - How about your boyfriend? - Harry? 165 00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:21,553 - He doesn't know I made it. - Did you talk about him? 166 00:16:22,732 --> 00:16:24,939 He is all I talked about. 167 00:16:25,693 --> 00:16:30,437 My god, now it'll be all over campus. Jesus, Harry will kill me! 168 00:16:34,285 --> 00:16:35,285 Shit! 169 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:39,408 Those tapes were supposed to be confidential! 170 00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:45,043 What the hell do I care? It's all bullshit anyway. 171 00:16:46,422 --> 00:16:48,788 You know why I made those tapes? 172 00:16:49,383 --> 00:16:52,500 'Cause I like to put that phony pritchett on. 173 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,757 Think I'm worried about that mini-skirted cheerleader 174 00:16:56,057 --> 00:17:00,391 letting that neanderthal fullback ball her in the back of his Pontiac? 175 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:04,178 Well it just turns me on to blow smoke up pritchett's ass. 176 00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:07,140 Once I told him I was queer for diseased owls 177 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:09,729 and the fat creep bought it. 178 00:17:10,321 --> 00:17:13,108 - Mark Antony! - Excuse me, sir. 179 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:32,419 I really can't see anybody breaking a lock to get my tape. 180 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:34,709 Was the lock broken? 181 00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:40,594 - I'm psychic. - You don't seem very upset. 182 00:17:41,352 --> 00:17:44,685 I'm not, it was mostly poetry, my own. 183 00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:48,230 I thought dr pritchett might learn something about me from it. 184 00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:51,350 I think it was your tape the thief was after. 185 00:17:51,654 --> 00:17:54,020 - Why do you say that? - You're much too cool. 186 00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:58,066 The other two took it hard. I have to believe nobody wants anything 187 00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:00,860 as intimate as a talk with a psychologist exposed. 188 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:02,528 Amazing, mr Holmes. 189 00:18:04,959 --> 00:18:07,120 There was more than poetry on your tape. 190 00:18:07,712 --> 00:18:10,795 - And you know who took it. - Fuck off. 191 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:28,638 Natalie clayborne? Phillip clayborne's daughter. 192 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:32,274 State senator. Pretty near runs the state, 193 00:18:32,570 --> 00:18:35,357 supposed to be next in line for governor. Loaded. 194 00:18:35,698 --> 00:18:38,064 Maybe there's a blackmail angle. 195 00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:42,364 Jim, them tapes is gonna turn out to be kids' stuff. 196 00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:46,076 Hell, man. This is Jordan, it ain't Chicago. 197 00:18:51,922 --> 00:18:55,085 Morning! Don't get up. 198 00:18:57,011 --> 00:19:01,004 Well, this is a wholesome little domestic scene. 199 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:05,175 - A joy to a parole officer's heart. - You're just in time for lunch. 200 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:09,847 No, thanks. This visit is official, to check mr Slade's living quarters. 201 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:13,437 Jesus, Judy, get rid of the heroin and them broads. 202 00:19:14,111 --> 00:19:15,647 Come onin. 203 00:19:22,536 --> 00:19:26,245 - Who's her husband? - Ain't one. Divorced. 204 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:29,164 - She from around here? - Chicago. 205 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:30,791 Chicago? 206 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:34,002 She came here about a year ago. 207 00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:38,875 - Who's she living with? - You dig her, don't you? 208 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:42,341 - Don't you? - Well, as far as I know, 209 00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:47,182 she lives alone. 210 00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:50,261 - What a waste. - I agree. 211 00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:54,022 Here's a present for her. Wait till she tastes these. 212 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,356 I caught thirty last week. 213 00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:00,654 - You've done wonders with the place. - Thanks. 214 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:03,942 - Sure you won't stay for lunch? - We gonna get to keep him? 215 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:07,362 For the time being. I'll take a rain check on the lunch. 216 00:20:07,665 --> 00:20:09,621 - Anytime. - That's what you're missing. 217 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:13,876 I caught them last week. If you let them thaw, don't refreeze them. 218 00:20:14,171 --> 00:20:15,877 Yes, I will. Bye, Judy. 219 00:20:16,382 --> 00:20:18,168 - Bye. - Mr Slade. 220 00:20:20,261 --> 00:20:23,253 - How's it going? - Fine, got my driver's license. 221 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:26,343 - Good. - Still need your written permission. 222 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,974 Go ahead and drive, I'll mail it to you. 223 00:20:29,770 --> 00:20:31,431 How's the job? 224 00:20:32,314 --> 00:20:33,804 It's ok. 225 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:37,976 - Not exactly like police work, is it? - No, ma'am, it's a night watch. 226 00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:42,029 - Made any friends? - Met a few people. 227 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,278 Any female? 228 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:49,195 Just you. 229 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:56,586 - See you at the office on Tuesday. - Yes, ma'am. 230 00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:55,807 Come on, Natalie, get in. 231 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:59,060 I've got to wait awhile. 232 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:03,068 I've got a mid-term in the morning. Will you get in? 233 00:22:04,532 --> 00:22:06,488 There's somebody I've got to see. 234 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:09,650 What have you been doing for the last hour? 235 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,658 Dreaming, of a white Christmas. 236 00:22:19,088 --> 00:22:21,044 Ok, clayborne, who is he? 237 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:26,458 None of your business. 238 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,525 Goddamn you! 239 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:48,256 You're supposed to be back on campus by 12. 240 00:23:48,552 --> 00:23:50,964 - You gonna fink on me? - I should. 241 00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:54,756 Bastard. Hey, pour me another. 242 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,601 You do, and I'll break your arm. 243 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:16,322 What are you doing in town at this hour? 244 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:19,489 - You tell me, dick Tracy. - You're after that tape. 245 00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:23,246 Did you get it? 246 00:24:51,532 --> 00:24:55,241 Miss clayborne, why don't you tell me who took that tape? 247 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,785 No. 248 00:25:02,418 --> 00:25:03,749 No. 249 00:25:06,714 --> 00:25:10,172 Alright, no more questions. Come on. I'll drive you home. 250 00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:17,342 You've got to be in by 12 and I've got to be at work 251 00:25:17,641 --> 00:25:19,506 or we're both in trouble. 252 00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:28,682 Hello? 253 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:33,904 He's just coming in, hang on. What happened to you? 254 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:37,942 - I fell on my ass. Who's that? - Dean Collins. 255 00:25:38,245 --> 00:25:40,486 Ok. Yes, sir? 256 00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:46,700 What? 257 00:25:47,755 --> 00:25:49,416 Is my man there? 258 00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:53,545 Listen, Jim. I'll notify the sheriff's office. 259 00:25:53,844 --> 00:25:55,550 You stand by till Casey gets there. 260 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,128 What is it? 261 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:02,178 - A coed's been killed. - My god! 262 00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:10,645 This is Betty childres. She discovered the body. 263 00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:14,357 I know you've had a shock, but if there's anything you can tell us. 264 00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:20,576 I came to wake Natalie. 265 00:26:21,538 --> 00:26:23,779 We had an early class. 266 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:29,584 She didn't answer when I knocked, so I tried the door. 267 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:32,667 It was unlocked, sol camein 268 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:35,673 and I found her like that. 269 00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:47,181 How well did you know miss clayborne? 270 00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:50,230 I suppose I knew her as well as anybody. 271 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:54,902 Up until a few months ago I was her roommate. 272 00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:58,860 She was a moody girl, strange. 273 00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:01,157 In what way? 274 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,364 I don't know, she wouldn't talk much. 275 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:10,000 - You want to go to your room, Betty? - No, I'm alright. 276 00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:15,168 - You were her roommate? - Yes. 277 00:27:18,095 --> 00:27:20,552 - Why did you leave? - Natalie asked me to. 278 00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:24,716 It wasn't me or anything like that. She just wanted more privacy. 279 00:27:25,018 --> 00:27:27,680 - She have any boyfriends? - She saw a lot of one boy. 280 00:27:28,355 --> 00:27:30,641 - Arthur king. - Anybody else? 281 00:27:31,733 --> 00:27:35,100 If there was somebody else, she never mentioned him. 282 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,530 But she never let a boy come up to the room. 283 00:27:41,451 --> 00:27:45,285 - Who's Waldo Mason? - A professor. He teaches law. 284 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:05,596 The sheriff is on his way up. 285 00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:09,260 He'll ask you a few questions, but don't be frightened. 286 00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:23,857 - Who found her? - Miss childress. 287 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:27,786 - You people touch anything? - No, sheriff. 288 00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:30,239 Alright boys, get busy. 289 00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,088 I don't know you. You new here? 290 00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:41,542 - I'm on the midnight shift. - Isent for mr Slade. 291 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:44,803 Oh, yeah, Slade. One of Linda thorpe's parolees. 292 00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:47,259 - Chicago cop, aren't you? - Yes, sir. 293 00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:51,184 - I heard about you. - We're aware of mr Slade's record. 294 00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:57,099 - Who else is here at night? - Just the janitor. 295 00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,518 The gardener comes on at six. 296 00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:01,777 - Dig them up. - Yes, sir. 297 00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:12,035 They sure let those kids run wild. Ten to one she's knocked up. 298 00:29:12,709 --> 00:29:15,200 - Check that out, doc. - Just one, please. 299 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,745 Get him out of here. 300 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,330 Close the door. 301 00:29:26,056 --> 00:29:29,548 - How'd you happen to find her? - I already told mr Slade. 302 00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:35,349 You can go. 303 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:40,560 Don't get lost, I'd like to talk to you later. 304 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:49,826 Alright, honey, let's start from the beginning. 305 00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:12,717 - Come in, Slade. - You wanted to talk to me. 306 00:30:13,020 --> 00:30:16,057 Sit down. Come on, sit down. 307 00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:27,606 Now, you tell us about that stuff. 308 00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:34,788 They's just some rags I picked out of a trash barrel to clean up with. 309 00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:39,418 Notice that stuff's been pawed over a lot? 310 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:42,671 What would they make of that in the big city? 311 00:30:43,633 --> 00:30:47,922 - The same thing you'd make of it. - Take a 100k at that. 312 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:03,771 I read the good book. I preach the gospel when the spirit moves me. 313 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:07,612 I'm innocent of crime in the sight of the lord. 314 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:09,902 Sit down and shut up. 315 00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:18,869 He's a lay preacher from one of them crackpot churches. 316 00:31:20,337 --> 00:31:23,420 Found some religious literature and junk, 317 00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:26,544 some not so religious. 318 00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:34,465 That's the filth they use to corrupt the minds of American youth. 319 00:31:34,768 --> 00:31:38,181 I show it to my congregation. I denounce the sinners who peddle it. 320 00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,345 I'll bet you do. 321 00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:45,021 I bet you boys sit around, cluck your tongues and get bug-eyed 322 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,857 and work yourselves up into a good holy sweat. 323 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:51,023 - As god is my witness. - You're gonna need him. 324 00:31:54,830 --> 00:31:57,446 Found his prints all over the murder room. 325 00:31:57,791 --> 00:32:00,453 - Wouldn't that figure? - Him being the janitor? 326 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:02,413 That's right. 327 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:06,873 Half the snails in that dorm found him swiping their underwear 328 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:09,924 after they hung it out to dry. 329 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,586 You caught a dirty old man. 330 00:32:14,141 --> 00:32:16,883 - I caught myself a murderer. - Noo! 331 00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:27,143 You did yourself a little window shopping in that dorm last night. 332 00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:32,944 There was a light on in the clayborne girl's room. 333 00:32:34,161 --> 00:32:38,074 The harlot's room. You had your eyes on that girl. 334 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,865 She looked all honey and innocent on the outside, 335 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:47,626 but you knew her mind and body were a full of sin as Satan's heart. 336 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,750 So you went and knocked on the door, 337 00:32:52,053 --> 00:32:55,011 told her you were there to fix the plumbing. 338 00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:59,888 Probably had a wrench in your hand to make it more convincing. 339 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:04,020 So she let you in. And you made your pitch. 340 00:33:05,525 --> 00:33:10,565 But she called you a raunchy pervert, not the lord's good right hand. 341 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:15,032 And then she screamed, and you cold-cocked her with the wrench. 342 00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:17,870 No. 343 00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:20,407 You gave her the punishment the lord intended. 344 00:33:20,707 --> 00:33:21,867 No. 345 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,576 - Didn't you? - No! 346 00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:29,829 Take him in, Virgil. 347 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:38,426 Now all we need is the wrench. It'll turn up somewhere. 348 00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:45,012 - Can 1 go now, sheriff? - Yeah. 349 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:51,935 You don't think that's our man? 350 00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:55,276 No, I don't. 351 00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:59,739 - Ten to one he is. - You got a bet, sheriff. 352 00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:06,666 Just don't underestimate Casey, he ain't no fool. 353 00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:10,705 He won't go to trial without tying the janitor to the murder weapon. 354 00:34:11,007 --> 00:34:13,840 - He hasn't found one. - Casey's a mean bastard. 355 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:18,469 If he has to, he'll plant a wrench with the janitor's prints on it. 356 00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:21,506 - I don't believe ewing did it. - Maybe not. 357 00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:24,009 What do you make of this? 358 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:33,268 - What the hell is that? - Found it in her room. It's a poem. 359 00:34:34,948 --> 00:34:37,405 - What does it mean? - I was afraid you'd ask that. 360 00:34:37,701 --> 00:34:40,067 You two sound just like the old days. 361 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,777 You know how it is. Once a cop... 362 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:46,244 Always a cop. I know, that's how you broke your leg. 363 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,743 And that's how you can break your parole. 364 00:34:51,006 --> 00:34:52,086 Jim, she's right. 365 00:34:53,466 --> 00:34:55,377 - I keep forgetting. - Well, don't. 366 00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:58,760 And if you say "once a cop" once again... 367 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:02,343 I'm gonna hit you with this pot. 368 00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:06,809 - Arthur king? - Yeah. 369 00:35:08,023 --> 00:35:09,934 Thought you might like to have this. 370 00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:12,391 What is it? 371 00:35:12,694 --> 00:35:15,231 An unfinished poem of Natalie clayborne's. 372 00:35:20,535 --> 00:35:23,777 - This isn't her handwriting. - I copied it from her notebook. 373 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,241 - I thought it might be meant for you. - Why? 374 00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:29,749 It was written to a lover. I understand you saw a lot of her. 375 00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,877 Have you ever heard of the generation gap? 376 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:36,172 - Yeah. - Well, it just got wider. 377 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:38,004 Fuck off. 378 00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:45,220 - That's what Natalie told me to do. - What is this? What are you after? 379 00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:47,179 - Her killer. - The sheriff got him. 380 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:50,892 I don't think so. I think it was whoever she was writing to. 381 00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:53,731 She sure wasn't writing it to me. 382 00:35:57,864 --> 00:36:00,321 Whoever killed her, I'd sure like to nail 'em. 383 00:36:03,453 --> 00:36:07,287 Force of habit, I guess. Something about that kid. 384 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:11,617 She seemed... lost. 385 00:36:13,046 --> 00:36:16,584 - How well did you know her? - You mean was I balling her? 386 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:20,793 The answer's no. No one was getting to Natalie that way. 387 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:26,089 How about this... janus? 388 00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:29,217 Janus. 389 00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:33,225 The Roman god with two faces. 390 00:36:33,817 --> 00:36:36,559 Whoever she was writing this to betrayed her. 391 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:39,022 And mytilene? 392 00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:42,106 Mytilene. Greek, I think. 393 00:36:42,617 --> 00:36:45,199 Natalie was hooked on mythology. 394 00:36:46,413 --> 00:36:48,870 You drive a red Van, I believe. 395 00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:51,907 Yeah, with a ying Yang flag. 396 00:36:52,544 --> 00:36:55,877 I drove Natalie home the night you stranded her in Jordan city. 397 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:58,705 - Where did you go? - Back here to cram. 398 00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:00,714 - Alone? - Yeah. 399 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:04,294 - That's bad, son. No alibi. - What's your alibi? 400 00:37:05,265 --> 00:37:07,051 - You drove her home? - Yeanh. 401 00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:09,056 You were the last one to see her. 402 00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:14,679 You won't like this, but you'd make one hell of a cop. 403 00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:17,353 Thanks for the information. 404 00:37:55,732 --> 00:37:57,848 Professor Mason? I wonder if I could... 405 00:37:58,151 --> 00:38:01,188 Oh, you're Slade, the new man. Come on in. Come in. 406 00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:05,526 Dean Collins and I were chatting about you last night. 407 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:08,695 You have a very interesting background. 408 00:38:09,162 --> 00:38:11,574 You investigating the clayborne girl's killing? 409 00:38:11,873 --> 00:38:16,287 - The sheriff is investigating. - Yes, I understand, perfectly. 410 00:38:16,586 --> 00:38:18,918 I'm something of an amateur sleuth myself. 411 00:38:19,214 --> 00:38:22,547 I read the papers, look for clues between the lines. 412 00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:27,753 Like that book, you're wondering how it got there. 413 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:30,088 No, I know how it got here. 414 00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:33,554 I was wondering why Betty childress took it out of Natalie's room. 415 00:38:33,853 --> 00:38:37,141 And how it got into Natalie's room in the first place. 416 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:40,690 - Excellent. Coffee? - No, thanks. 417 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,977 Do go on. Let's see your deductive powers. 418 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:49,566 This place looks like a coed trap to me. 419 00:38:51,871 --> 00:38:54,362 Natalie's been here, you lent her this book. 420 00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:59,535 Betty saw the book in her room and realized it tied you to Natalie. 421 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:05,961 She was afraid the sheriff might spot it, so she brought it back. 422 00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:10,170 She cared so much about you, she was crying just now as she left. 423 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,088 She was jealous. 424 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,809 My god, a regular phd of a night watchman. 425 00:39:17,230 --> 00:39:19,846 Listen, I teach law mostly, 426 00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:23,107 but also criminology and penology, my real interests. 427 00:39:23,403 --> 00:39:27,737 How about you giving some guest lectures? It'd be a breeze for you. 428 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:30,941 Make them question and answer sessions if you like. 429 00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:33,906 Were you playing around with Betty childress? 430 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,457 - No gentleman would answer that. - You just did. 431 00:39:40,962 --> 00:39:42,577 Touche. 432 00:39:43,006 --> 00:39:44,792 How about Natalie? 433 00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:50,544 Mr Slade, I am a connoisseur of young girls. 434 00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:53,759 Not statutory rape young, but young. 435 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:57,141 However, it was Natalie who chased after me. 436 00:39:57,437 --> 00:39:59,302 - She was in love with you? - Hell no. 437 00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:02,222 Had some crazy idea I might be her father. 438 00:40:02,525 --> 00:40:03,981 Father? 439 00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:10,313 I don't think I want to get into that. 440 00:40:14,954 --> 00:40:17,946 - You started the game, professor. - So I did. 441 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,408 Does that oblige me to finish it? 442 00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:30,921 Natalie's mother and I, 20 years ago, were students here. 443 00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:35,092 She was quite a swinger. 444 00:40:36,726 --> 00:40:40,344 She left college to marry clayborne and gave birth to Natalie and... 445 00:40:41,064 --> 00:40:43,055 Killed herself not too long afterward. 446 00:40:43,358 --> 00:40:46,065 - Could you have been the father? - I'm afraid not. 447 00:40:46,361 --> 00:40:51,105 The dates make that quite impossible. It's the craziest hang-up I ever saw. 448 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:56,905 In my judgment, not so much that she wanted me to be her father, 449 00:40:57,205 --> 00:40:59,366 she wanted Philip clayborne not to be. 450 00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:01,873 Hated him. Hated him. 451 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:06,290 Wouldn't take his money, lived on a trust fund her mother left her. 452 00:41:08,925 --> 00:41:11,041 Any of this helping you? 453 00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:13,384 Professor, 454 00:41:15,264 --> 00:41:18,176 this painting, signature k.M. 455 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:22,427 - You know whose it is? - Karl metterman. 456 00:41:23,272 --> 00:41:26,389 He's the local Rembrandt. He teaches part time art classes, 457 00:41:26,693 --> 00:41:30,026 runs an arty-farty little gallery down in Jordan city. 458 00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:33,775 I gather you don't think the janitor killed Natalie? 459 00:41:34,909 --> 00:41:36,615 No, I don't. 460 00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:38,822 Any idea who? 461 00:41:39,789 --> 00:41:41,529 You, maybe. 462 00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:43,915 Why me? 463 00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:46,496 Natalie made a tape for dr pritchett. 464 00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:51,039 If she named you on it as her lover, it'd play hell with your career. 465 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,207 That's rather loose talk. 466 00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:58,179 You could get to be quite a nuisance, mr Slade. 467 00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:02,426 I'm going to give you a little free legal counsel. 468 00:42:02,729 --> 00:42:06,972 As an ex-cop, I'm sure you know that criminal libel is a felony. 469 00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:11,484 And you are an ex-con and you are on parole. 470 00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:20,739 Thanks for the information and of course, for the advice. 471 00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:04,871 Did you know Slade was with clayborne the night of the murder? 472 00:43:07,460 --> 00:43:09,246 - No. - Well, neither did I. 473 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:11,911 - He never said a thing about it. - Did you ask him? 474 00:43:12,298 --> 00:43:16,587 Come on, you know better than that. He should've told me. He's an ex-cop. 475 00:43:16,886 --> 00:43:18,501 So what, if the janitor did it? 476 00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:21,547 I'm just telling you that when I get around to Slade 477 00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:25,433 I don't want any squawks about rousting your people. 478 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:32,936 - Mr Lamar. - Hello, sheriff. 479 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:37,604 Quartz? Linda thorpe. Has Jim Slade left? 480 00:43:39,826 --> 00:43:43,410 He's not due until six, but I wanted a word with him. 481 00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,780 It'll keep till he gets here. Ok. See you soon. 482 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:58,458 - Problems? - The usual. 483 00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:02,178 This is a pleasant surprise. What are you doing here? 484 00:44:02,515 --> 00:44:04,676 Something not so pleasant. 485 00:44:05,226 --> 00:44:09,185 Just paid my taxes. You are coming by later, aren't you? 486 00:44:10,022 --> 00:44:11,558 Of course. 487 00:44:22,827 --> 00:44:24,237 - Hello. - Hello. Am I late? 488 00:44:24,537 --> 00:44:26,778 Not a bit. Eddie Lamar, Jim Slade. 489 00:44:27,081 --> 00:44:29,743 - Mr Slade. - Lamar's. I've passed your place. 490 00:44:30,042 --> 00:44:32,658 - Next time, drop in for a drink. - I will. 491 00:44:32,962 --> 00:44:34,998 - See you later. - Bye, Eddie. 492 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:37,872 Let's walk. 493 00:44:40,887 --> 00:44:42,969 - He's a good looking man. - Isn't he? 494 00:44:43,931 --> 00:44:46,297 - Boyfriend? - He's married. 495 00:44:47,226 --> 00:44:50,343 - Boyfriend? - Ilike him. 496 00:44:53,441 --> 00:44:55,306 I've been worried about you. 497 00:44:55,610 --> 00:44:58,647 Casey says you were with the girl the night of the murder. 498 00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:01,528 She was stoned. I drove her back to the dorm. 499 00:45:01,824 --> 00:45:04,486 - Great. - It seemed the least I could do. 500 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:10,246 Mr Slade, being a good samaritan is a luxury a parolee can't afford. 501 00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:14,367 Especially with a mixed-up kid like Natalie clayborne. 502 00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:15,834 You knew her? 503 00:45:16,130 --> 00:45:19,668 I was her probation officer for 3 months on a marijuana rap. 504 00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:24,635 I handle things like that, the Dean keeps it out of the sheriff's office. 505 00:45:25,348 --> 00:45:27,134 Did you get to know her well? 506 00:45:28,017 --> 00:45:31,430 Not really. She never talked about herself much. 507 00:45:34,232 --> 00:45:36,268 Casey's gonna give you trouble. 508 00:45:37,735 --> 00:45:40,101 If it gets too rough, I want you to come to me. 509 00:45:40,446 --> 00:45:42,152 Thank you, I will. 510 00:45:43,699 --> 00:45:45,189 Is that all? 511 00:45:45,910 --> 00:45:48,947 - Yes, I think so. Good night. - Good night. 512 00:46:08,057 --> 00:46:12,266 Yes, mr Slade, I've been teaching at Jordan for the past 20 years. 513 00:46:12,645 --> 00:46:16,729 And I've been painting Jordan coeds in the nude even longer than that. 514 00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:19,356 Ever since I was an art major. 515 00:46:20,361 --> 00:46:22,977 But what you really want to know 516 00:46:23,281 --> 00:46:26,523 is whether it was at their request or mine. Am I right? 517 00:46:27,410 --> 00:46:30,072 No, sir. That would be none of my business. 518 00:46:34,917 --> 00:46:36,999 - Drink? - No, thanks. 519 00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:40,919 Artists do not always have affairs with their models. 520 00:46:41,215 --> 00:46:43,957 I painted Natalie because she had a rubinesque body, 521 00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:46,967 full and satisfying, like her mother's. 522 00:46:48,264 --> 00:46:52,428 Who I also painted when we were students here. Nude. 523 00:46:52,893 --> 00:46:54,679 Did Natalie know that? 524 00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:59,601 Now you're going to ask me if I had an affair with Natalie's mother. 525 00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:02,562 - No, sir. - Yes, but it crossed your mind. 526 00:47:03,446 --> 00:47:05,937 In fact, Natalie was quite obsessed with that. 527 00:47:06,949 --> 00:47:10,692 That was the real reason she came to pose for me. 528 00:47:11,287 --> 00:47:14,450 It fascinated her to think that I might be her father. 529 00:47:15,166 --> 00:47:17,828 - You ever had that problem? - No, sir. 530 00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:20,500 I didn't think so. 531 00:47:23,007 --> 00:47:24,747 Good night, mr Slade. 532 00:47:26,761 --> 00:47:30,174 That's 9.75, mrs thorpe. Will that be charge? 533 00:47:30,473 --> 00:47:33,965 - Yes, please. - 419 elm, I believe. 534 00:47:56,248 --> 00:47:57,248 Mrs thorpe. 535 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:17,758 - Something wrong? - Noo, nothing. 536 00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:21,311 - Were you waiting for me? - Where's your car? 537 00:48:21,607 --> 00:48:23,438 I only live a block from here. 538 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,146 I'll walk you home. Which way? 539 00:48:31,534 --> 00:48:33,365 How did you get into parole work? 540 00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:36,736 How did you become a policeman? 541 00:48:37,373 --> 00:48:39,785 My father was a cop and his father before him. 542 00:48:40,543 --> 00:48:41,828 Did you like it? 543 00:48:42,128 --> 00:48:45,871 It's what I did best. I never thought of doing anything else. 544 00:48:46,799 --> 00:48:49,165 No dreams of fame and fortune? 545 00:48:50,469 --> 00:48:54,803 You don't have to stop at detective sergeant unless you shoot a man. 546 00:49:01,897 --> 00:49:03,683 That doesn't seem like you. 547 00:49:04,024 --> 00:49:07,016 A cop lives 24 hours a day with violence. 548 00:49:07,319 --> 00:49:09,901 - You get used to violence. - Yes, you do. 549 00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:13,777 I was married for three years to a gangster. 550 00:49:15,369 --> 00:49:17,360 You name the racket, Jerry was in it. 551 00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:20,279 - Must've been tough. - Not at all. 552 00:49:20,708 --> 00:49:23,199 I knew when I married him, from the beginning. 553 00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:29,205 There was plenty of money, we lived the good life. I liked it. 554 00:49:30,676 --> 00:49:33,713 - But you divorced him. - He was an animal. 555 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,202 419 elm, Leroy. 556 00:50:04,919 --> 00:50:09,959 So I drifted for awhile. London, Paris, New York, Las Vegas. 557 00:50:11,091 --> 00:50:15,084 When I ran out of money, I decided I better get to work. 558 00:50:16,722 --> 00:50:19,930 Parole officer is appointive here, not civil service. 559 00:50:20,226 --> 00:50:24,936 I had influential friends, so my past associations didn't get in the way. 560 00:50:26,732 --> 00:50:29,144 They figured I had so many criminal friends 561 00:50:29,443 --> 00:50:31,183 I'd know how to deal with them. 562 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:36,113 Here we are. Thanks for the company. 563 00:50:40,287 --> 00:50:42,744 - Good night. - Know what'd be nice? 564 00:50:44,667 --> 00:50:46,874 If you invited me in for a drink. 565 00:50:48,379 --> 00:50:49,869 Alright, Jim. 566 00:51:09,108 --> 00:51:10,689 Kitchen's in there. 567 00:51:14,530 --> 00:51:16,441 Hit the lights, Charlie! 568 00:51:18,033 --> 00:51:22,151 - Jesus, I think you killed him. - Well, I couldn't see. 569 00:51:22,913 --> 00:51:25,154 She squirms like a worm, juicy too. 570 00:51:27,751 --> 00:51:31,619 - Where are we going to do it to her? - In the bedroom. 571 00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:34,789 - Me first. - Like hell, cash. I'm first. 572 00:51:35,467 --> 00:51:38,425 You and cash flip a coin for second. I'm first. 573 00:51:54,570 --> 00:51:55,730 Jesus Christ! 574 00:52:10,502 --> 00:52:11,502 My god. 575 00:52:28,437 --> 00:52:29,847 Are you alright? 576 00:52:31,023 --> 00:52:32,979 - I'm ok. - Let's go inside. 577 00:52:35,402 --> 00:52:38,986 - I'm going to call a doctor. - That's alright. It's just a cut. 578 00:52:39,323 --> 00:52:40,654 Sit down. 579 00:52:44,203 --> 00:52:48,446 Those were the same three that beat up quartz at Lamar's. 580 00:52:51,710 --> 00:52:55,328 They got a bracelet from me and I saw a woman in the market with it. 581 00:52:56,715 --> 00:52:59,172 She must've got my address from the clerk. 582 00:53:01,679 --> 00:53:04,546 - I think they were after me. - You? 583 00:53:06,183 --> 00:53:08,469 I've been asking too many questions. 584 00:53:08,894 --> 00:53:10,850 What have you been up to? 585 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:16,523 Talking to a few people about the clayborne murder. 586 00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:24,987 Jim, listen to me. 587 00:53:27,287 --> 00:53:29,403 You're not a cop anymore. 588 00:53:30,332 --> 00:53:33,495 I want you to go to Casey and tell him everything you know 589 00:53:33,794 --> 00:53:36,536 and stop behaving like a goddamn fool. 590 00:53:38,549 --> 00:53:40,085 Ok. 591 00:53:42,261 --> 00:53:44,126 I'm sorry, I... 592 00:53:45,431 --> 00:53:48,218 I haven't even thanked you for what you did. 593 00:54:01,113 --> 00:54:05,356 It'd be nice if you'd give me that drink you promised me. 594 00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:10,244 Yes. You sit here and I'll get dressed. 595 00:54:11,540 --> 00:54:14,327 I'll take you to the hospital to get that cut closed. 596 00:54:15,169 --> 00:54:17,455 And then, you're going to Casey. 597 00:54:17,921 --> 00:54:19,457 Alright. 598 00:54:23,510 --> 00:54:26,968 Can't say I blame them. Linda's a good looking broad. 599 00:54:27,765 --> 00:54:31,428 - I want them guns dusted for prints. - Now, wait a minute. 600 00:54:31,727 --> 00:54:34,184 They called each other by their first names. 601 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:38,064 Leroy, cash and Charlie. They weren't afraid of being made. 602 00:54:38,358 --> 00:54:40,770 - Like they had connections. - Damn you. 603 00:54:41,069 --> 00:54:43,731 No hood's got connections in this county. 604 00:54:44,531 --> 00:54:46,317 I ought to lock you up. 605 00:54:46,617 --> 00:54:49,324 Go ahead. I'd probably be a lot safer. 606 00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:53,659 I damn well will, unless you got the right answers to my questions. 607 00:54:54,291 --> 00:54:56,953 Where did you take the girl after you left the bar? 608 00:54:57,252 --> 00:54:59,368 Senator clayborne's here, sheriff. 609 00:54:59,671 --> 00:55:02,458 - I'll get to you later. - You know where to find me. 610 00:55:02,758 --> 00:55:06,171 - Senator, I'm sheriff Casey. - My secretary, mr Swanson. 611 00:55:06,553 --> 00:55:09,465 The janitor you've arrested. I want to see him, alone. 612 00:55:09,765 --> 00:55:10,765 Yes, sir. 613 00:55:30,702 --> 00:55:34,536 If you're looking for that wrench, sheriff's been over here already. 614 00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:38,450 Yeah, I know. He gave me permission to go through all this stuff. 615 00:55:45,259 --> 00:55:47,420 Maybe I can help. What are you looking for? 616 00:55:47,928 --> 00:55:50,294 Well, you never know what's gonna turn up. 617 00:55:51,849 --> 00:55:54,056 Like a tape recording? 618 00:56:02,568 --> 00:56:05,526 I think you better have a talk with my boss. 619 00:56:06,238 --> 00:56:08,650 What do you know about that tape? 620 00:56:09,950 --> 00:56:11,781 It's alright, go ahead. 621 00:56:14,580 --> 00:56:17,162 I believe your daughter was murdered for it. 622 00:56:17,875 --> 00:56:21,163 So dol. And I don't believe it was the janitor. 623 00:56:22,671 --> 00:56:25,083 - Do you know what was on that tape? - No, sir. 624 00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:27,839 - Does the sheriff? - I don't think so. 625 00:56:37,185 --> 00:56:40,518 You don't seem like a mere night watchman. 626 00:56:42,024 --> 00:56:45,482 My name is Slade, sir. I'm an ex-cop, homicide. 627 00:56:45,903 --> 00:56:47,313 Retired? 628 00:56:49,281 --> 00:56:51,192 Busted. I did time, I'm on parole. 629 00:56:51,783 --> 00:56:54,240 - I shot a man. - In the line of duty? 630 00:56:54,536 --> 00:56:56,492 In my wife's bed. 631 00:57:03,378 --> 00:57:06,040 I got a letter from my daughter 632 00:57:07,674 --> 00:57:10,131 post marked the day before she was killed. 633 00:57:10,427 --> 00:57:13,510 She was upset about something she'd put on that tape. 634 00:57:14,222 --> 00:57:17,680 She was afraid the thief would try to blackmail me. 635 00:57:19,353 --> 00:57:21,935 Natalie got into trouble when she was 15, 636 00:57:22,230 --> 00:57:25,893 I had the option of letting her pay the penalty or buying her out. 637 00:57:27,235 --> 00:57:28,896 I bought. 638 00:57:31,031 --> 00:57:34,615 It was the kind of fix my political enemies could make much of. 639 00:57:36,453 --> 00:57:39,320 I want that tape. I don't care how I get it. 640 00:57:39,623 --> 00:57:43,662 If it's evidence in a murder case, it'll be turned over to the d.A. 641 00:57:44,169 --> 00:57:46,410 I'll worry about the d.A. 642 00:57:48,757 --> 00:57:52,170 As Natalie's father, that tape is now legally my property. 643 00:57:52,761 --> 00:57:56,094 I'm not satisfied with the way this case has been handled, 644 00:57:57,099 --> 00:57:59,260 I want you to work on it. 645 00:57:59,935 --> 00:58:02,142 I can't do that, I'm a parolee. 646 00:58:02,437 --> 00:58:06,350 Mr Slade, I have considerable influence in this state 647 00:58:08,527 --> 00:58:11,143 and I can be a generous man when I get what I want. 648 00:58:11,446 --> 00:58:13,357 - What time are you off duty? - 8a.M. 649 00:58:14,491 --> 00:58:18,575 I'm staying at colonel cravet's cottage on the lake. I'll expect you. 650 00:58:18,996 --> 00:58:20,076 Good night. 651 00:58:26,128 --> 00:58:29,245 Mr Slade. Congratulations. 652 00:58:30,424 --> 00:58:35,259 Welcome aboard. You're gonna accept now, aren't you? 653 00:58:35,846 --> 00:58:37,802 Did you hear what I said in there? 654 00:58:38,932 --> 00:58:43,016 I'm not sure that's wise, there's a lot of money in this. 655 00:58:43,562 --> 00:58:45,098 More than the senator implied. 656 00:58:45,397 --> 00:58:48,764 - Money. - I thought that'd interest you. 657 00:58:49,317 --> 00:58:53,105 I suggest you and I get together and have a coffee and a talk, 658 00:58:54,072 --> 00:58:56,233 just between the two of us. 659 00:58:57,242 --> 00:58:59,984 Mr Swanson. I don't know if you're on the take 660 00:59:00,787 --> 00:59:02,778 or just testing me for the senator, 661 00:59:03,206 --> 00:59:05,697 but either way, I don't like it. 662 00:59:08,045 --> 00:59:11,208 Since when does a secretary carry an automatic? 663 00:59:11,798 --> 00:59:14,710 - Wait till the senator hears. - I won't tell him. 664 00:59:28,231 --> 00:59:29,437 Good morning. 665 00:59:29,816 --> 00:59:31,556 You mean good evening. 666 00:59:31,860 --> 00:59:33,600 - Where's Judy? - Playing bridge. 667 00:59:34,780 --> 00:59:37,146 - Sleep well? - Not too bad. 668 00:59:37,866 --> 00:59:39,731 Your headache better? 669 00:59:42,162 --> 00:59:43,743 A little better. 670 00:59:44,164 --> 00:59:47,281 Just how would you like your egg, mr Slade? 671 00:59:48,293 --> 00:59:52,161 - Alright, quartz, let's have it. - Well, let's see, sir. 672 00:59:53,256 --> 00:59:56,089 You had a number of phone calls. Linda thorpe 673 00:59:56,384 --> 00:59:59,091 called to express her concern for your health. 674 00:59:59,554 --> 01:00:04,048 And sheriff Casey called and said he'd be desolated if you left town. 675 01:00:04,684 --> 01:00:07,300 And senator clayborne was deeply disappointed 676 01:00:07,604 --> 01:00:10,141 you couldn't make your appointment this morning. 677 01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:13,056 And I haven't heard from them three assholes 678 01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:15,271 you spent such a lovely evening with 679 01:00:15,570 --> 01:00:18,437 though I'm sure their get-well cards is on the way. 680 01:00:19,324 --> 01:00:23,158 And then there were calls from more of your conquests, Arthur king, 681 01:00:23,453 --> 01:00:26,991 - professor Mason and dr pritchett. - What the hell did they want? 682 01:00:27,499 --> 01:00:31,458 It seems their pads were torn apart and they figured it was you 683 01:00:31,795 --> 01:00:33,751 looking for that tape. 684 01:00:36,174 --> 01:00:37,789 Karl metterman call? 685 01:00:39,636 --> 01:00:41,251 No. Why? 686 01:00:42,848 --> 01:00:45,590 - Can I borrow you car? - Sure. What's going on? 687 01:00:46,768 --> 01:00:47,803 Jim! 688 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:09,418 Mr Lamar. Mr Lamar, telephone. 689 01:04:12,015 --> 01:04:15,132 - Mr Slade. - Yes. 690 01:04:15,518 --> 01:04:17,258 I'm sorry to trouble you. 691 01:04:17,562 --> 01:04:21,726 I'm trying to reach mrs thorpe and there's no answer at her house. 692 01:04:22,359 --> 01:04:25,647 I'm looking right at her. Linda, it's for you. 693 01:04:29,282 --> 01:04:31,944 - Hello? - Linda, I'm in a jam. 694 01:04:32,952 --> 01:04:37,321 Could you meet me in front of the clemons motel in 30 minutes? 695 01:04:37,832 --> 01:04:39,413 Alright, Jim. 696 01:04:43,671 --> 01:04:45,502 He's in some kind of trouble. 697 01:04:46,591 --> 01:04:48,877 - Sorry, I have to go. - Can I help? 698 01:04:49,386 --> 01:04:51,923 No, thank you. I think I can handle it. 699 01:04:54,641 --> 01:04:56,723 I'll be back, if it's not too late. 700 01:05:57,412 --> 01:05:59,949 Cut your motor, your lights. 701 01:06:08,423 --> 01:06:10,254 Linda, I'd like to borrow your car. 702 01:06:10,550 --> 01:06:12,290 - Where's yours? - Too easy to spot. 703 01:06:13,094 --> 01:06:16,336 - Are you at this again? - Somebody tried to kill me tonight. 704 01:06:17,557 --> 01:06:18,967 They got the wrong guy. 705 01:06:19,517 --> 01:06:22,509 I'm safe as long as they think I'm dead. I've got to lay low. 706 01:06:22,812 --> 01:06:25,929 - You're going straight to Casey. - Like hell I am. 707 01:06:26,316 --> 01:06:29,683 I sound like broken record. You're an ex-con on parole. 708 01:06:29,986 --> 01:06:33,649 I break my parole, I do 3 more years. Tonight, I nearly did no more. 709 01:06:34,699 --> 01:06:38,658 Jim, please, if you go on like this I can't help you. 710 01:06:38,953 --> 01:06:42,161 I'm sorry, but it's my neck and I've got to do it my way. 711 01:06:50,340 --> 01:06:51,876 I'm not going to work tonight. 712 01:06:57,263 --> 01:06:58,969 Alright. 713 01:07:01,935 --> 01:07:05,427 Thanks for coming down. Sorry I broke your date. 714 01:07:08,483 --> 01:07:09,973 Date? 715 01:07:11,444 --> 01:07:14,186 When I called, you were with Eddie Lamar. 716 01:07:18,159 --> 01:07:22,402 - And that bothers you? - I guess I'm old-fashioned. 717 01:07:25,041 --> 01:07:26,952 Mr Slade, you're a damn fool. 718 01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:41,216 Hello? 719 01:07:43,059 --> 01:07:44,674 Yes, Eddie. 720 01:07:45,144 --> 01:07:48,636 No. No. It's too late for that. I'll see you tomorrow. 721 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:51,560 What? 722 01:07:53,444 --> 01:07:55,901 Yes, Eddie, I'm going straight to bed. 723 01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:19,821 Morning, senator. 724 01:09:20,198 --> 01:09:23,156 We had an appointment yesterday, it's a little late. 725 01:09:24,911 --> 01:09:28,574 It's later than you think, sir. Your boy Swanson is dead. 726 01:09:29,248 --> 01:09:31,614 He was burglarizing everybody who knew Natalie. 727 01:09:31,918 --> 01:09:35,410 He wanted to hijack that tape and blackmail you himself. 728 01:09:36,172 --> 01:09:39,630 - Who killed him? - Probably the people who left this. 729 01:09:47,850 --> 01:09:49,841 - Excuse me. - Yes, sir. 730 01:09:53,272 --> 01:09:55,604 - It's blackmail, alright. - How much? 731 01:09:55,900 --> 01:10:00,064 250,000 dollars in cash in exchange for the tape. 732 01:10:00,780 --> 01:10:03,897 I'm to be at the Jordan city bus terminal at noon. 733 01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:07,158 - This is our chance to nail them. - Yes. 734 01:10:12,125 --> 01:10:13,285 Hello? 735 01:10:13,835 --> 01:10:16,918 This is senator clayborne. Who's this? 736 01:10:19,298 --> 01:10:20,629 I see. 737 01:10:22,593 --> 01:10:26,085 Yes. Yes, I understand. 738 01:10:34,772 --> 01:10:38,390 Mr Slade, I've decided to handle this myself. 739 01:10:40,486 --> 01:10:43,228 - 'Cause of that call? - I'm going to the bank. 740 01:10:43,614 --> 01:10:45,980 I want your word you won't follow me. 741 01:10:46,325 --> 01:10:48,566 Alright, senator. Can I see that note? 742 01:10:49,620 --> 01:10:51,611 The deal's off if I involve anyone else. 743 01:10:52,915 --> 01:10:54,780 I think you better go. 744 01:10:56,335 --> 01:10:58,917 Alright, sir. If that's the way you want it. 745 01:11:35,541 --> 01:11:38,248 Morning, sheriff. Didn't hear you knock. 746 01:11:42,882 --> 01:11:46,374 - Where's your car, quartz? - It's funny you should ask, 747 01:11:46,969 --> 01:11:49,085 it was stolen last night. 748 01:11:49,514 --> 01:11:52,256 - How come you didn't report it? - What for? 749 01:11:52,558 --> 01:11:54,924 Your boys couldn't find a turd in a cow pasture. 750 01:11:55,478 --> 01:11:59,016 We found it alright, with a bullet hole in the windshield, 751 01:11:59,482 --> 01:12:01,097 blood on the seat. 752 01:12:13,996 --> 01:12:16,487 - Is Slade up there? - Got a search warrant? 753 01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:27,794 You touch that phone, I'll get my shot gun. 754 01:12:28,261 --> 01:12:32,300 Your status in here is the same as that of a prowler. 755 01:12:34,308 --> 01:12:36,173 Excuse me, please. 756 01:12:42,859 --> 01:12:44,349 Hello? 757 01:12:44,777 --> 01:12:47,519 Oh, yeah, Dean Collins. 758 01:12:49,407 --> 01:12:52,820 He's been a little under the weather, but he'll be back tonight. 759 01:12:53,119 --> 01:12:55,110 - Who's there? Casey? - Yes, sir. 760 01:12:55,872 --> 01:12:58,409 I'm at Linda thorpe's house. Call me back. 761 01:12:58,958 --> 01:13:01,244 I'll be glad to do that, Dean. 762 01:13:03,379 --> 01:13:07,839 Jack, I'd like to get my car back before your deputies strip it. 763 01:13:20,605 --> 01:13:23,267 - Hello? - Jim, where the hell have you been? 764 01:13:28,738 --> 01:13:30,603 Great. Now you can tail him. 765 01:13:30,990 --> 01:13:32,150 I promised I wouldn't. 766 01:13:32,700 --> 01:13:35,032 Well, I didn't. And clayborne don't know me. 767 01:13:35,578 --> 01:13:36,613 What about your leg? 768 01:13:37,663 --> 01:13:42,157 I'm tired of sitting around. Don't worry about me, I'll be armed. 769 01:13:42,668 --> 01:13:44,954 The note only takes him to the bus station. 770 01:13:45,254 --> 01:13:48,746 - After that, we don't know. - I'll stick to him like plaster. 771 01:13:49,091 --> 01:13:50,331 Alright, keep me posted. 772 01:14:02,229 --> 01:14:04,720 Where do you think you're going with that? 773 01:14:06,859 --> 01:14:08,224 Hunting. 774 01:14:14,909 --> 01:14:18,948 Final call for vanceuville, quarry, central, bradtown, 775 01:14:19,246 --> 01:14:23,034 payneburg, Charleston, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia. 776 01:14:23,334 --> 01:14:24,790 Final call. 777 01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:34,675 Vanceville, please. 778 01:14:36,097 --> 01:14:38,258 That'll be a dollar ninety. 779 01:14:51,195 --> 01:14:52,605 Vanceville. 780 01:15:41,328 --> 01:15:43,819 Hold it, driver. I'm on the wrong bus. 781 01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:15,442 - How did it go, senator? - Come onin. 782 01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:27,914 - Well, the bastards delivered. - Where, sir? 783 01:16:31,128 --> 01:16:33,744 Behind a fireplace in one of those roadside parks. 784 01:16:34,381 --> 01:16:37,339 I left the money, drove away, came back in an hour. 785 01:16:39,095 --> 01:16:43,008 The money was gone and this was there. 786 01:16:57,905 --> 01:16:59,566 Mr Slade, 787 01:17:00,449 --> 01:17:02,440 you've been very helpful. 788 01:17:03,744 --> 01:17:07,783 I'll have my office send you a check for your time and trouble. 789 01:17:14,213 --> 01:17:16,295 You've still got a dead daughter. 790 01:17:18,092 --> 01:17:21,004 I can't bring Natalie back and neither can you. 791 01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:24,716 I might bring in her killer if I knew what was on that tape. 792 01:17:28,227 --> 01:17:29,387 You'd better leave. 793 01:17:30,646 --> 01:17:34,059 You wanted that tape bad, but you wouldn't have paid 794 01:17:34,358 --> 01:17:36,519 unless you knew the blackmailer had it. 795 01:17:36,819 --> 01:17:39,982 He had to give you some proof that he knew what was on that tape. 796 01:17:40,573 --> 01:17:45,693 And he did. It was in that payoff note that you wouldn't show me. 797 01:17:53,419 --> 01:17:55,956 You touch that note and I'll kill you. 798 01:18:04,430 --> 01:18:07,513 I never did believe that story about fixing a rap. 799 01:18:08,934 --> 01:18:11,676 She wouldn't have hated you for that. 800 01:18:12,229 --> 01:18:15,642 She tried to convince herself other guys were her father. 801 01:18:47,598 --> 01:18:49,088 I loved Natalie. 802 01:18:49,391 --> 01:18:53,259 She was the only creature on god's earth I've ever loved. 803 01:18:54,063 --> 01:18:57,851 Once, I thought I loved her stepmother, but... 804 01:18:59,818 --> 01:19:02,525 I learned to hate her. 805 01:19:04,907 --> 01:19:06,613 So did Natalie. 806 01:19:08,327 --> 01:19:12,320 The night it happened, I'd been drinking heavily. 807 01:19:13,249 --> 01:19:15,661 I did a lot of that in those days. 808 01:19:16,794 --> 01:19:20,378 I was in bed, Natalie came in. 809 01:19:22,883 --> 01:19:26,000 She took me in her arms to comfort me. 810 01:19:30,891 --> 01:19:33,257 I don't know how it happened. 811 01:19:34,353 --> 01:19:36,264 I know that I... 812 01:19:38,524 --> 01:19:40,890 Started to make love to her. 813 01:19:43,737 --> 01:19:47,901 When I realized what I was doing, I stopped. 814 01:19:51,161 --> 01:19:52,901 Do you understand? I stopped. 815 01:20:26,447 --> 01:20:29,314 This is Lester Pearlman, dr pritchett. 816 01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:32,107 Why do I dig that little cheerleader? 817 01:20:32,786 --> 01:20:35,323 Why do I hate that big fullback? 818 01:20:35,998 --> 01:20:37,033 Last night, I... 819 01:20:39,460 --> 01:20:42,452 You paid 250,000 dollars for that tape. 820 01:20:42,755 --> 01:20:46,339 It's not the one you want. They've still got that. 821 01:21:24,630 --> 01:21:26,746 Casey's got a manhunt going for you. 822 01:21:27,049 --> 01:21:29,085 I might as well go in and face him. 823 01:21:30,511 --> 01:21:31,876 What happened? 824 01:21:32,179 --> 01:21:34,966 I just left clayborne. He paid off, but got taken. 825 01:21:38,685 --> 01:21:42,303 First, we're gonna go home and have some supper. 826 01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:53,898 When Casey gets his hands on you, god knows when I'll see you again. 827 01:22:37,578 --> 01:22:39,819 - Hello? - I want to talk to mr Slade. 828 01:22:40,330 --> 01:22:41,991 Who's calling? 829 01:22:45,878 --> 01:22:48,210 Jim, Arthur king. 830 01:22:54,636 --> 01:22:57,127 - Hello? - Hello, mr Slade? 831 01:22:57,848 --> 01:23:01,340 I know who Natalie's lover was. The key was in that poem she wrote. 832 01:23:02,060 --> 01:23:03,550 - Tell me. - Noo. 833 01:23:04,229 --> 01:23:07,562 - Meet me and I'll lay it out for you. - Where are you? 834 01:23:10,861 --> 01:23:13,443 Wait there, it'll take me about half an hour. 835 01:23:18,410 --> 01:23:20,116 - I got to go. - Where? 836 01:23:20,412 --> 01:23:22,994 - Campus post office. - Post office? 837 01:23:23,290 --> 01:23:26,032 King thinks he knows who Natalie's lover was. 838 01:23:26,585 --> 01:23:29,042 - Who? - He didn't say. 839 01:23:30,255 --> 01:23:32,211 He might have something. 840 01:23:33,967 --> 01:23:36,003 - I'll try to hurry back. - Jim... 841 01:23:36,845 --> 01:23:38,381 Be careful. 842 01:24:23,225 --> 01:24:27,685 Well, well, looky here. I finally caught you with your pants down. 843 01:24:27,980 --> 01:24:29,845 Bullshit. I just got here. 844 01:24:30,691 --> 01:24:32,977 - What are you doing here? - I was cruising. 845 01:24:33,277 --> 01:24:35,518 Got a call somebody heard a shot here. 846 01:24:44,329 --> 01:24:47,036 - Is he dead? - He's dead. 847 01:24:47,666 --> 01:24:48,781 Who is he? 848 01:24:49,084 --> 01:24:51,621 - Arthur king. - Caught him messing with the body. 849 01:24:52,129 --> 01:24:55,587 King phoned me to meet him here. He was dead when I arrived. 850 01:24:56,758 --> 01:25:01,297 Slade, the death rate in this county has tripled since you got here. 851 01:25:01,888 --> 01:25:04,880 I found Swanson's body in that motel room. 852 01:25:05,267 --> 01:25:08,885 There's a hell of a lot going on I don't know, but I think you do. 853 01:25:09,229 --> 01:25:12,266 And I'm sure as hell gonna find out. Take him in, Virgil. 854 01:25:15,319 --> 01:25:17,025 What's the charge? 855 01:25:17,696 --> 01:25:20,153 Book him for assaulting an officer. 856 01:25:22,451 --> 01:25:25,033 Take his car down and impound it. 857 01:25:25,495 --> 01:25:29,955 Hell, wait a minute. It's Linda thorpe's car. 858 01:25:34,671 --> 01:25:35,671 Hell. 859 01:25:35,922 --> 01:25:39,085 Right, Jack, he had my car. Is there a law against that? 860 01:25:40,510 --> 01:25:44,094 You haven't a damn thing on him. I'm his alibi! 861 01:25:44,389 --> 01:25:47,096 King phoned him here, I was with him. 862 01:25:47,392 --> 01:25:51,180 Release him at once, or I'll start making phone calls. 863 01:26:04,201 --> 01:26:06,533 You been sprung - by who? 864 01:26:07,287 --> 01:26:08,743 Whom. 865 01:26:20,300 --> 01:26:21,790 Ok, professor, whom? 866 01:26:22,344 --> 01:26:24,756 I got orders from the sheriff to let you out. 867 01:26:26,515 --> 01:26:28,471 - How come? - You wanna stay? 868 01:27:16,022 --> 01:27:17,432 Casey? 869 01:27:25,741 --> 01:27:29,905 - We was smart to steal a cop car. - Like hell you stole it. 870 01:27:31,246 --> 01:27:34,113 Virgil let you take it before he sprung me. 871 01:27:35,041 --> 01:27:38,158 See now why we gotta kill him? 872 01:27:41,923 --> 01:27:45,415 No, cash. We'll take him back to Nell's place. 873 01:28:15,832 --> 01:28:19,290 I got to return Virgil's car. You lay off him till I get back. 874 01:28:21,171 --> 01:28:23,503 He's my meat. 875 01:28:24,508 --> 01:28:26,248 Nell. 876 01:28:30,806 --> 01:28:35,095 So this is the stallion that done all the damage the other night. 877 01:28:35,393 --> 01:28:37,224 He don't look like much to me. 878 01:28:38,355 --> 01:28:40,562 You boys ought to be ashamed. 879 01:28:43,902 --> 01:28:47,190 Damn it, Nell. You want this half-wit to kill him? 880 01:28:48,114 --> 01:28:50,025 Leroy said for us to wait. 881 01:28:50,534 --> 01:28:52,695 You turn him loose, I'll give you a show. 882 01:28:53,203 --> 01:28:57,162 You couldn't whip a cripple. I'd beat you without working up a sweat. 883 01:28:57,624 --> 01:28:58,955 Cash! 884 01:29:04,297 --> 01:29:06,333 You think we're all mush-brained? 885 01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:10,049 You're just baiting him so we'll turn you loose to fight. 886 01:29:11,179 --> 01:29:14,467 We'll just put him on ice till Leroy gets back. 887 01:29:15,725 --> 01:29:17,841 Put him in the cellar, boys. 888 01:31:03,416 --> 01:31:05,247 Goddamn, it's cold. 889 01:31:07,170 --> 01:31:08,876 Alright, where is he? 890 01:31:09,172 --> 01:31:10,753 In the cellar. 891 01:31:15,637 --> 01:31:17,298 Let's get it over with. 892 01:31:17,597 --> 01:31:20,805 Hell, Leroy, he ain't going no place. 893 01:31:46,710 --> 01:31:48,496 Shit. 894 01:32:11,026 --> 01:32:14,314 - Where's your pals? - They drunk up a storm last night, 895 01:32:15,071 --> 01:32:17,153 didn't hardly give me a drop. 896 01:32:18,616 --> 01:32:21,779 That whole time I was studying on you. 897 01:32:22,412 --> 01:32:25,529 - I ain't as dumb as they make out. - Sure you're dumb. 898 01:32:25,832 --> 01:32:28,414 Virgil gets the gravy, you guys do the dirty work. 899 01:32:28,710 --> 01:32:30,371 He don't neither. 900 01:32:32,672 --> 01:32:34,833 We got a good deal with Virgil. 901 01:32:35,133 --> 01:32:37,169 We can do anything we want to 902 01:32:37,469 --> 01:32:40,427 and we don't get busted as long as we do a few things for him. 903 01:32:40,722 --> 01:32:42,258 Like what? 904 01:32:43,767 --> 01:32:45,428 You hold still. 905 01:32:45,852 --> 01:32:48,468 I'm gonna bust your arm at the elbow. 906 01:32:48,772 --> 01:32:50,262 It'll go just like kindling. 907 01:32:50,857 --> 01:32:52,939 Leroy'll skin you alive for this. 908 01:32:54,527 --> 01:32:57,644 I studied on that too. 909 01:32:58,948 --> 01:33:01,109 They want a cripple for the fight 910 01:33:01,409 --> 01:33:03,821 and that's just what I'm fixing to give 'em. 911 01:33:36,027 --> 01:33:37,392 Where's cash? 912 01:33:51,876 --> 01:33:54,117 He killed cash. He shot him! 913 01:33:54,546 --> 01:33:55,911 He shot him dead. 914 01:33:58,508 --> 01:34:00,169 Get the dog, Charlie. 915 01:34:15,483 --> 01:34:17,565 He's in the barn, Leroy. 916 01:34:39,716 --> 01:34:41,502 Go in and get him, Charlie. 917 01:34:41,801 --> 01:34:45,714 Damn it, Nell. He's got a gun, he shot cash. 918 01:34:46,306 --> 01:34:47,967 Give me a hand, Charlie. 919 01:35:06,075 --> 01:35:09,533 - Son of a bitch killed the dog. - Get your ass up there! 920 01:35:33,895 --> 01:35:35,681 I'll cover the back. 921 01:36:08,805 --> 01:36:10,386 Leroy! 922 01:36:15,770 --> 01:36:17,601 He's in the tractor shed. 923 01:36:19,983 --> 01:36:21,723 Kill him, Leroy! 924 01:36:43,673 --> 01:36:45,163 Come here. 925 01:36:47,427 --> 01:36:49,338 Give me that bracelet. 926 01:36:57,437 --> 01:36:59,598 - Go. - Yoou gonna shoot me in the back? 927 01:36:59,897 --> 01:37:03,355 I'm going to count from one to ten. One, 928 01:37:03,860 --> 01:37:04,940 two, 929 01:37:05,737 --> 01:37:08,023 three, four, 930 01:37:08,698 --> 01:37:10,859 five, six, 931 01:37:11,534 --> 01:37:13,115 seven, eight 932 01:37:14,329 --> 01:37:16,570 nine, ten. 933 01:37:38,478 --> 01:37:40,184 Morning, Slade. 934 01:37:40,855 --> 01:37:44,564 We got a thumbprint off the key to Swanson's motel room. 935 01:37:44,901 --> 01:37:47,734 It was yours. You're under arrest. 936 01:37:48,863 --> 01:37:52,276 I just killed three men, Casey. I'm in no mood for any bullshit. 937 01:37:53,159 --> 01:37:54,774 Where's Virgil? 938 01:37:55,119 --> 01:37:57,451 Home, I guess. He's off this morning. 939 01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:05,285 Show me. 940 01:38:15,932 --> 01:38:18,594 By god, you're right. He's taking off. 941 01:38:48,256 --> 01:38:53,296 Roger. Picked her up outside a gas station near the state line. 942 01:38:54,554 --> 01:38:56,169 You took a chance letting her go. 943 01:38:56,472 --> 01:38:59,885 I figured she'd be easy to spot. Nobody quite like her. 944 01:39:00,184 --> 01:39:03,051 I wanted to give her time to tip off Virgil. 945 01:39:04,313 --> 01:39:07,805 - Wanna let me in on the rest? - You'll have it before the day's out. 946 01:39:08,109 --> 01:39:10,225 Quit gabbing, you're gonna lose him. 947 01:39:11,612 --> 01:39:14,854 Slade, you ain't very good company. 948 01:39:31,507 --> 01:39:32,963 Come on! 949 01:39:40,725 --> 01:39:43,341 Don't say a damn word till I talk to my lawyer. 950 01:40:18,054 --> 01:40:20,921 - What can I book him for? - Murder. He killed Swanson. 951 01:40:28,231 --> 01:40:29,721 What about him? 952 01:40:30,066 --> 01:40:32,682 Murder. He killed Arthur king. 953 01:40:33,945 --> 01:40:36,482 Run a test on those guns, they'll check out. 954 01:41:23,494 --> 01:41:26,201 Well, quartz, it's almost over. 955 01:41:28,207 --> 01:41:31,665 I had a lot of time to think last night in that cellar. 956 01:41:32,420 --> 01:41:35,002 I could tie Virgil in with those rednecks, 957 01:41:35,298 --> 01:41:38,586 but what about Natalie, Arthur king and Swanson? 958 01:41:40,261 --> 01:41:42,047 Then it hit me. 959 01:41:43,973 --> 01:41:48,262 I knew Virgil went to metterman's house to shoot me not Swanson. 960 01:41:48,728 --> 01:41:50,593 Somebody set me up. 961 01:41:51,188 --> 01:41:55,022 There was only one man who knew I'd gone out there in your car. 962 01:41:56,444 --> 01:41:57,524 It was you, quartz. 963 01:41:58,654 --> 01:42:00,645 It was crazy, didn't make sense. 964 01:42:00,948 --> 01:42:04,566 I tried to lose it in the darkness, but it wouldn't go away. 965 01:42:05,453 --> 01:42:08,945 So I went back to the beginning to see if I could make it fit. 966 01:42:09,832 --> 01:42:13,324 I started with why you went to Lamar's the night it was held up 967 01:42:13,753 --> 01:42:16,711 without Judy. It's not your kind of place. 968 01:42:17,798 --> 01:42:21,837 Unless you were there for a meeting with one of your partners, Lamar. 969 01:42:23,304 --> 01:42:26,922 The hold up was just a bad break, it took you out of action. 970 01:42:27,767 --> 01:42:31,385 But with me around, you could still stay on top of every angle. 971 01:42:31,729 --> 01:42:34,471 You'd be the first to know if anything went wrong 972 01:42:34,940 --> 01:42:38,273 and I reported to you like an ass-kissing rookie. 973 01:42:39,236 --> 01:42:41,192 The jogging was perfect. 974 01:42:41,489 --> 01:42:45,277 You came here early, stole the tapes, then you jogged. 975 01:42:45,743 --> 01:42:50,077 You had those tapes in your car the morning you did your circus act. 976 01:42:51,248 --> 01:42:55,537 When I found Natalie in the bar and brought her to campus in hysterics 977 01:42:56,212 --> 01:42:59,830 you were tipped off and came up here to calm her down. 978 01:43:00,216 --> 01:43:03,333 I figure you didn't mean to kill her, just scare her. 979 01:43:03,719 --> 01:43:07,382 But she threatened to blow the whistle. You lost your head. 980 01:43:08,307 --> 01:43:10,969 You hit her, with a crutch. 981 01:43:12,937 --> 01:43:16,600 You're good with those crutches, quartz, damn good. 982 01:43:18,275 --> 01:43:21,438 Following clayborne on the payoff, that was a nice touch, 983 01:43:21,737 --> 01:43:23,568 it really had me fooled. 984 01:43:23,864 --> 01:43:27,106 Unless after you lost him, you got off the bus, 985 01:43:27,410 --> 01:43:30,902 went back to your car and picked up the money in the roadside park 986 01:43:31,205 --> 01:43:34,072 where your note told clayborne to leave it. 987 01:43:40,589 --> 01:43:44,832 It was 5 o'clock in the morning by then, and cash woke me up. 988 01:43:46,178 --> 01:43:48,214 I knew I'd had a bad dream. 989 01:43:49,807 --> 01:43:53,220 But when we took clayborne's money back from Lamar this morning, 990 01:43:53,519 --> 01:43:55,430 Casey dusted it for prints. 991 01:43:58,899 --> 01:44:00,890 It wasn't a dream, quartz. 992 01:44:02,111 --> 01:44:04,147 They were your prints. 993 01:44:29,305 --> 01:44:31,887 You want to advise him of his rights? 994 01:44:34,268 --> 01:44:37,852 You're making the arrest, not me. 995 01:45:46,715 --> 01:45:48,797 He's got a new mate. Seems happier. 996 01:45:50,135 --> 01:45:53,218 Yes. They get lonely. Even as you and I. 997 01:45:54,139 --> 01:45:59,054 - What can I do for you, mr Slade? - Tell me about Natalie clayborne. 998 01:47:07,421 --> 01:47:09,787 I think this is the one you're looking for. 999 01:47:20,809 --> 01:47:23,095 This is Natalie clayborne, doctor 1000 01:47:23,395 --> 01:47:26,603 and what I'm about to tell you I have only... 1001 01:47:31,528 --> 01:47:34,235 I see you've heard from Eddie Lamar's lawyer. 1002 01:47:35,282 --> 01:47:36,397 Yes. 1003 01:47:38,035 --> 01:47:39,775 By the way... 1004 01:47:43,582 --> 01:47:45,994 You shouldn't have bothered. It isn't worth much. 1005 01:47:46,293 --> 01:47:50,127 Now, how do you like that. I went and killed three men for it. 1006 01:48:08,273 --> 01:48:10,764 I had it all wrapped up this morning. 1007 01:48:13,779 --> 01:48:17,897 Only problem was telling you your boyfriend was a blackmailing murderer. 1008 01:48:19,201 --> 01:48:21,738 There was one thing that still bothered me. 1009 01:48:23,497 --> 01:48:26,910 This tape. Not where it was hidden, 1010 01:48:27,209 --> 01:48:30,121 but who'd gotten close enough to Natalie to get her to make it. 1011 01:48:30,421 --> 01:48:34,164 It could've been dr pritchett, he could've lied about playing it, 1012 01:48:34,466 --> 01:48:36,422 faked the burglary. 1013 01:48:36,719 --> 01:48:40,177 But yesterday morning, clayborne got a call 1014 01:48:40,639 --> 01:48:43,130 just after I delivered the blackmail note. 1015 01:48:43,434 --> 01:48:46,301 And all of a sudden, he wanted to deal me out. 1016 01:48:46,603 --> 01:48:49,720 It was one of the blackmailers and they thought I was dead. 1017 01:48:50,441 --> 01:48:53,274 I was the only one who knew you weren't. 1018 01:49:02,494 --> 01:49:04,906 You were Natalie's probation officer. 1019 01:49:08,500 --> 01:49:10,286 For three months. 1020 01:49:11,211 --> 01:49:13,623 You're good at getting close to people. 1021 01:49:17,509 --> 01:49:20,125 You got close to me in three days. 1022 01:49:21,638 --> 01:49:25,130 - I fell in love. - With who? Me? 1023 01:49:25,726 --> 01:49:29,059 Eddie Lamar? Quartz? Natalie? 1024 01:49:29,480 --> 01:49:32,813 When Arthur king called you knew he was on to you. 1025 01:49:33,108 --> 01:49:36,191 So you called Lamar and he got to the kid before I did. 1026 01:49:39,656 --> 01:49:42,568 - Can I mix you one? - No, thank you. 1027 01:49:46,330 --> 01:49:48,491 He said he knew who Natalie's lover was, 1028 01:49:49,333 --> 01:49:51,449 the key was in the poem. 1029 01:49:52,669 --> 01:49:56,332 Janus was a two-faced lover, but I couldn't figure mytilene. 1030 01:49:57,299 --> 01:50:00,336 I stopped at dr pritchett's on my way here. 1031 01:50:00,719 --> 01:50:03,882 Mytilene is the modern name for the Greek island of lesbos 1032 01:50:04,181 --> 01:50:06,672 where sappho and her lesbians did their thing. 1033 01:50:06,975 --> 01:50:10,467 Dr pritchett said that because of the experiences with her father, 1034 01:50:10,771 --> 01:50:13,638 Natalie could be a set up for a relationship with a woman. 1035 01:50:16,276 --> 01:50:18,858 I know now that the night I found Natalie, 1036 01:50:19,154 --> 01:50:23,568 she'd been to see you, trying to get that tape back. 1037 01:50:25,577 --> 01:50:28,068 So you called one of your boyfriends, 1038 01:50:28,580 --> 01:50:32,038 quartz, and asked him to shut her up. 1039 01:50:33,043 --> 01:50:35,830 It took me so long to figure you out because of the killers 1040 01:50:36,130 --> 01:50:38,041 jumping both of us in this house. 1041 01:50:38,340 --> 01:50:40,626 I didn't know they were working for me. 1042 01:50:41,969 --> 01:50:43,505 And neither did they. 1043 01:50:43,971 --> 01:50:47,304 I believe you. Eddie Lamar was your front. 1044 01:50:47,599 --> 01:50:49,555 Virgil was his stooge. 1045 01:50:49,852 --> 01:50:52,639 When Virgil busted those three for the hold up, 1046 01:50:52,938 --> 01:50:56,772 Eddie dropped the charges in return for a little strong-arm service. 1047 01:50:57,276 --> 01:51:00,518 - Like getting rid of me. - I never wanted that. 1048 01:51:01,905 --> 01:51:03,611 Tell me something. 1049 01:51:04,324 --> 01:51:07,361 Were you and Eddie going to double cross quartz? 1050 01:51:08,620 --> 01:51:11,327 I thought you had all the answers. 1051 01:51:27,848 --> 01:51:29,759 Everybody was in that bed. 1052 01:51:31,226 --> 01:51:33,308 The victim, the killer, 1053 01:51:34,646 --> 01:51:36,853 the front man, me. 1054 01:51:39,484 --> 01:51:41,975 You were the only one that mattered. 1055 01:51:42,571 --> 01:51:45,563 Baby, you're the best I've seen. 1056 01:51:50,537 --> 01:51:51,902 Thanks. 1057 01:51:54,166 --> 01:51:56,157 And you're a smart cop. 1058 01:51:58,545 --> 01:52:01,287 Unfortunately, a smart cop is still just a dumb cop. 1059 01:52:02,758 --> 01:52:05,966 All you had to do before you ran around arresting people 1060 01:52:06,261 --> 01:52:08,126 was think one step further. 1061 01:52:10,766 --> 01:52:13,178 You could've had 250 grand. 1062 01:52:13,477 --> 01:52:16,719 The tape, which clayborne would've gone on paying for 1063 01:52:17,356 --> 01:52:18,721 and you could've had me. 1064 01:52:23,362 --> 01:52:25,068 Jesus. 1065 01:52:27,449 --> 01:52:31,658 That wife of yours must've had it tough up there on that pedestal. 1066 01:52:33,747 --> 01:52:36,454 You didn't say so, but you were shocked when I said 1067 01:52:36,750 --> 01:52:40,208 I'd have stuck with my gangster if he'd treated me decent. 1068 01:52:42,297 --> 01:52:44,583 What have you got out of all this, Jim? 1069 01:52:46,176 --> 01:52:48,758 A cop's pat on the back? Big deal. 1070 01:52:50,555 --> 01:52:52,887 You killed three bad guys and pinched three more. 1071 01:52:53,183 --> 01:52:55,469 Four. Counting you. 1072 01:52:56,061 --> 01:52:57,471 Me? 1073 01:52:59,022 --> 01:53:00,762 What have I done? 1074 01:53:02,317 --> 01:53:04,478 I didn't steal any tapes. 1075 01:53:05,404 --> 01:53:07,269 I didn't kill that girl. 1076 01:53:08,532 --> 01:53:12,195 I didn't mail any blackmail notes or pick up any payoff money. 1077 01:53:12,828 --> 01:53:15,410 I didn't shoot Arthur king or Swanson 1078 01:53:16,456 --> 01:53:19,948 and I didn't pay those rednecks to lean on you last night. 1079 01:53:24,923 --> 01:53:26,834 Conspiracy. 1080 01:53:30,512 --> 01:53:31,877 Maybe. 1081 01:53:35,434 --> 01:53:38,767 But I'll turn state's evidence and I won't serve a day. 1082 01:54:10,719 --> 01:54:12,334 Morning, Jack. 1083 01:54:12,763 --> 01:54:14,253 Morning, Linda. 1084 01:54:15,307 --> 01:54:17,468 Forget your manners? 1085 01:54:54,554 --> 01:54:57,842 Slade, I want to talk to you. 1086 01:55:04,731 --> 01:55:08,815 That check clayborne sent you for destroying the tape... 1087 01:55:09,319 --> 01:55:11,230 - What about it? - The d.A. Found out 1088 01:55:11,530 --> 01:55:14,488 you deposited it in Judy willinger's account. 1089 01:55:14,783 --> 01:55:18,196 - She's gonna need it. - Sure, but the d.A. Don't like it. 1090 01:55:18,495 --> 01:55:21,532 - To hell with the d.A. - Yeah. 1091 01:55:21,957 --> 01:55:25,449 He says you being the state's star witness and all, 1092 01:55:25,752 --> 01:55:30,667 defense will have a field day, you giving money to the defendant's wife. 1093 01:55:30,966 --> 01:55:32,877 To hell with the d.A. Did I say that? 1094 01:55:33,510 --> 01:55:37,378 Slade, you don't want to testify against quartz. 1095 01:55:38,306 --> 01:55:40,137 Once a cop, always a cop. 1096 01:55:41,476 --> 01:55:43,637 What the hell's that got to do with it? 1097 01:55:44,563 --> 01:55:49,523 You ever notice how lawyers don't like to testify against lawyers? 1098 01:55:50,694 --> 01:55:52,776 Doctors against doctors? 1099 01:55:53,155 --> 01:55:56,067 You owe me ten bucks because the janitor didn't do it. 1100 01:55:56,366 --> 01:56:00,075 I'll give you 10-1 you don't make much of a witness against Virgil. 1101 01:56:00,370 --> 01:56:03,077 - If you testify at all. - Goddamn, Slade. 1102 01:56:03,373 --> 01:56:05,955 Come on. I shot the son of a bitch, didn't I? 1103 01:56:06,251 --> 01:56:10,039 In the leg, Casey. Not between the eyes or in the heart 1104 01:56:10,464 --> 01:56:12,671 or anywhere near that badge. 1105 01:56:16,720 --> 01:56:18,836 Smart cop, Slade. 1106 01:56:20,807 --> 01:56:24,049 Somebody once told me that a smart cop 1107 01:56:25,312 --> 01:56:27,678 is still just a dumb cop. 1108 01:56:29,191 --> 01:56:31,477 How'd you like to be one again? 1109 01:56:31,776 --> 01:56:34,609 I might be able to do something about that parole. 1110 01:56:38,742 --> 01:56:42,326 I've got Virgil's badge on my desk and nobody to pin it on. 1111 01:56:45,749 --> 01:56:49,412 Thanks, Casey. I'll think about it.