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Thank you.

Hey, boss, you want a baseball ball?

Let's try this one. What is it?

I was waiting for food. Great.

Good luck with it.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Will you do it?

If it's quite a surprise, I'm... Morning.

Morning. Good morning. You have a 10 o'clock with Saul Rosenbaum.

Right.

Copy's on its way, and please call your wife.

Hi, Bob.

How's it going?

Well, tell me when you see me.

No, I'll probably be late again. I'm preparing a demonstration for tomorrow.

If you need me for anything, and the nightline is busy, I'll be back in the

shop. So just leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Okay?

I love you, too.

Bye.

Hello there. Morning.

Cindy?

Cindy!

Where's Cinny?

No talking during the show.

You've seen some of this before, Mitch. Stuff your girlfriend shot. Las Palmas

Hotel, Palm Springs, August 17th through 21st while your wife thought you were in

a convention in Miami.

You rascal.

Now here you are shooting abroad.

Nice little body.

Great tits, what do you think?

Hot shit hotel, two bills a day, it's a very jazzy outfit.

Ooh, that's a jazzy outfit too.

Still with the beer.

That's your background showing, man.

What, 11 years at Douglas, right?

And a few more at Lockheed.

I want you to know what we know, so your mind will be clear, you dig?

What is this?

Live nude models?

Oh, there's your girlfriend.

She told you she was a model, right? What, you think it was for Vogue?

There she is again, in your very snappy car. I must say, very snappy indeed. Jag

XKE. You restored it yourself, didn't you?

Oh, I really like that car.

And as the sun sets slowly in the west, we say goodbye to beautiful Palm

Springs, oases of intrigue and extracurricular games of hide-a-salami,

and we return to real life.

Here comes some of the new stuff.

You recognize this?

Renko Steel.

Gross sales list. You're almost 12 mil.

Huh?

Out there goes one of your trucks, probably taking a load to the bank.

80-some employees, and you hold some patent that fuses fucking metal

together, right?

They use it mostly on those spaceships, huh?

You get a smooth 120 grand on that loan.

And there's your old lady, keeping herself in shape for you.

It's not bad, Mitch, huh?

You've got good taste in broads.

Charlotte Lodge Motel. Oh, oh, oh, I like this one.

It's on here.

It's expression.

Huh? Mr. Casual.

It's not a bad place, 49th.

That's you, going in to buy the room.

While the broad stands...

Outside, Christ.

You know, you start chasing that young pussy.

You gotta stay in shape. I bet she drains you dry.

Too bad we hadn't had time to score this shit, but we're working on it.

Jesus, Mitch, you don't mind my saying so, but for a guy who was a major in the

Air Force, decorated in Korea, and now a successful businessman, you got fucking

rocks in your head.

Let yourself get put on film like that? I mean, as you can see, it's just plain

fucking dumb.

Well, sport, here's the deal.

The girl in on this.

Let's say she did what she was told, but back to the deal. You pay us 105 grand.

That's not even what you make in one year on that patent.

You get to buy this video for your very own nice color footage of a very

expensive piece of ass.

105 grand.

And it's done.

Think I just walk into a bank and withdraw that kind of money? It could

take some time. Sure, 105 grand's a lot of money. So let's keep in touch.

And it's a sign of good faith. The first payment is, shall we say, 10 grand day

after tomorrow.

We'll let you know where and when. Oh, and you'll get the tape after the last

payment. So why don't you be a good boy and stick around for another five

minutes, okay?

Take care. So long, sport.

We're getting too busy, you know, the two of us. Mm-hmm.

You think perhaps I could book an evening with you?

Sure. Sure?

Why not?

They want me to run with Harrison.

You want to do it?

I don't know yet.

When do they have to know?

I have to make up my mind pretty soon.

But see, if I do it, it means spending even more time... I know, I know.

Look, I got to meet old Boyle this morning because we're having that

special demonstration for NASA.

We talk about it tonight?

Mm-hmm.

Congratulations. Thanks.

They made a good choice.

Say hello.

Yeah, I will.

We're going to look at a series of three explosions, Mr. Mitchell.

I think we're set for the series. So anytime you're ready to conduct the

demonstration, just give me a signal and we're all set to go.

Okay. You'll fill the guy in the green? Yeah, and I'll be over here waiting for

your instructions.

Okay, that's good.

This is it? You just blow it up? How does that fuse metal?

You ram the layer of titanium down on top of the layer of steel with such

force that they fuse together.

It's very simple. Yeah, so simple you're the only one doing it.

How could I be smart enough to invent all of this? Pardon me, but how could I

say?

Okay. Better than a bar in the water. Two months ago? Yeah, with a client.

What were you looking for? A little action?

No, he was.

It was a Friday night after a convention.

I took him into Hollywood.

What kind of shape were you in?

Fine. You know me. A couple of beers.

So you sat down and started talking?

Yeah, more or less.

She had this friend of dance there, a black girl, a beautiful black girl.

Anyway, I bought her a train.

And she tells me she's going to secretarial school at night and working

in this modeling place in the daytime with a black girl. Mr. Mitchell!

Excuse me.

How far apart would you like these blasting trays?

This is good. About 20 feet.

One, two, three, four.

Let her go.

I must have thought I was falling in love.

What an asshole.

And Barbara?

Oh.

I don't think she didn't know that something was going on.

And the irony of the whole thing is, that morning I went to see the girl, I

was going to call it quits. Quits, for Christ's sakes.

And the video.

The guy talked.

You never heard this guy's voice before? Never.

Eventually, we're going to have to take it to the police?

No.

Barbara told me this morning that she's running as a candidate on office and

sticking. Can you imagine what the papers would do with that?

Look, Jim.

She stuck with me all these years while I built this.

What am I going to do?

Am I going to destroy the one thing that she's built for herself?

I can't do that.

I won't do it.

Do I pay it and just forget it? That wouldn't end it.

You mean these guys don't forget?

Yeah.

How do you do? My lawyer, Jim O'Boyle. Hello.

My assistant, my assistant, Don Parker.

I'm really anxious to see this. What about all this wind? No problem. No

problem. Just step right up.

Who tried this? Who tried this?

You all ready, Tony?

Whenever you're ready, Mr. Mitchell.

Okay, count them out.

Commission, and as of today, candidate for Councilwoman of the 13th District.

Barbara?

Thank you. Thank you very, very much.

I know that most of us who are living here in Los Angeles are not used to

breathing air that we can't actually see.

But tonight, I would like to clear the air about one thing.

This city needs a decent, talented, strong district attorney.

A man who is on a first-name basis with the truth.

Now, Mark Iverson has demonstrated his personal integrity many, many times.

He knows that one small deceit, one head turned the other way, is one too many.

Ladies and gentlemen, Los Angeles County's next district attorney, Mr.

Mark Otterby.

My friends are the days.

Father and son, I want to come.

So I sit back.

Well, what did you think about us?

I mean, what did I think of his chances?

Oh, the speech.

Him. All of it.

Thanks.

I've been seeing someone.

I met her three, three and a half months ago.

I don't know this very well.

Try.

Do I know her?

No.

I wasn't looking. I didn't go looking.

How old is she?

One and two.

What's her name?

Cindy. Pete.

Cynthia.

Why are you telling me?

It's been bothering me.

Feel better?

I'm not going to see her anymore.

I don't even know where she is.

She's young, 22.

I guess she is, yeah.

If I'd known for a better month, I'd know.

God, I wish you hadn't told me.

Why aren't you going to see her anymore?

Look, this just isn't what you think it is.

Was the sex that good?

Lots of kinky things, is that it?

It's not that simple.

No?

Our marriage has lasted for 23 years.

That's longer than she's been alive.

the first time?

Yes.

She was just a kid.

What does that mean?

Did you play daddy?

Is that it?

Maybe, in part.

It was different.

I just got tired of the part of our relationship that... The married part.

Not like...

Not that simple, Barbara. You know that.

Do you have any idea how this hurts?

It's so easy to have someone to look to you for answers for everything.

So easy to just coast along.

You have no idea.

I do.

I do. I do.

Baby, I'm going to find something now, okay?

Give me a kiss.

Hey, Jinky, you wanted some of this?

Come on, come on, come on.

Theo, you get out of there. Come on.

Oh, very nice.

Oh, yeah. Hey,

what it is?

We hit the fucking jackpot this time, didn't we?

Fucking Alan's got some weird friends.

He's such a waste lady. Yeah, yeah. We'll call you. We'll call you. We'll

call you. Thank you.

He's got some weird friends.

that Rorty's taken pictures of as a big-time porno star.

He said she won Best Actress last year at these awards, like the Academy Awards

for Bucs films.

Last year it was 69, huh?

The deal went off okay, you think, huh?

But... Mr.

Dye looks a little sick, you know, green around the gills, but his will don't

come apart on him, huh?

I don't know.

Seems kind of early to be celebrating.

Shit, Boppy, the whole deal was perfect. I mean, fucking perfect. You worry too

much, man.

Jesus Christ.

Hey,

no more.

No, just me.

You're so cute.

Honey.

Baby, listen to me now.

The man was not going to pay your rent forever.

He's married.

But this way, you're going to end up with a lot more.

I'm tired, Doreen.

I'm really tired of my life.

I know.

But you're doing okay.

Think about it now.

Fuck this school thing, too, you know?

I haven't been going.

Boring, you know?

But things are gonna get so much better, honey.

I promise.

I wanna go home.

Okay, give me this. No, I'm okay. Doreen, I'm okay!

My little girl not feeling good?

Come on, Shooter. We're going to take you home now.

Where?

We've got a nice little place back at the motel for you.

And Bobby's going to get you things tomorrow.

Why? Is Bobby such a terrific guy?

I'm going to have to get some reactions after I'm gone here a week too long.

I need sex. I need sex. Relax.

Hey, where's Mr. Vidor?

Your eyes are rolling. I can't speak to you.

Hey, man.

It's a great party.

I want Cindy out of here. She's messed up. She's pissing me off. Oh, come on.

She's had a rough night.

Hey, you want some jerky? Listen, sport.

Get Bobby.

I want her out of here.

Now.

Okay.

No big deal.

Jesus.

Just came for your special delivery.

Oh, thanks.

It's not your birthday, is it? Nope.

Good night.

Good night.

So when are these guys going to show? I don't know if they can say.

Is that it, man?

Open it up, huh?

Looking good.

Just like we thought it would.

That's what we finally fucking catch in on.

You think so, too, huh?

Honest to Christ, I don't know what the world is coming to. You honestly tell

the guy how it is, and the motherfucker doesn't believe you.

Hey, sport.

Slim, I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm going to give you a personalized monthly accounting service, take care of

all your bills and expenditures for a low 3.5% charge, guaranteed, accurate,

or we eat the difference.

Who are you?

Silver lining accounting service. We satisfy or we eat it.

How did you get in here?

I walked in, Slim.

I knocked, nobody answered.

Door was unlocked, so I walked in.

Well, now you can walk out.

You probably got all the credit cards ever invented, and you spend in excess

of, um... It's five grand a month on bills, right? Well, let's say five for

now. That's $200, please.

What for?

You walked into my home and refused to leave.

I didn't refuse.

You didn't give me a chance.

Well, now's your chance. Get out of here.

Fifty-two hundred times three and a half, uh, around figures, uh, five,

five, twenty-five, three, five, six, uh, in the neighborhood of, uh, one-fifty to

one-eighty a month, and you never balance another bank account. How's that

sound?

Give me your company's phone number.

That's okay. I'll get back to you when it's more convenient. We don't like the

inconvenience of customer.

Give me your number or your card.

I ran out of cards.

Don't worry, Slim.

We'll be in touch.

I gave her a silver lining accounting service. We satisfy or we feed it. You

chow down, you.

I see her car pulling. I think, Christ, what's he going to do now? I was

upstairs. You can't have it there caught upstairs. They don't believe shit. They

catch you upstairs.

It's not bad.

I wouldn't mind hurting her a little.

Get a leg over.

Okay, you ready?

Yeah. Ta-da.

Come on, come on, come on.

I got a sport coat. I got a shirt underneath.

I got a tie, just in case.

And, ready for this?

The all-time luckiest fucking award of all time. A genuine, no shit, T9

automatic and a box of shells.

Huh? How's that for us? You're hoping for something like this going in? I

mean, never in a million years could it happen.

Shit. Clean living. It pays off every time.

Shit.

Keep you cool, Mitch.

We're going for a drive.

Sit down, sport.

Second feature.

About to start.

Step too close.

We could move it back a little if you like.

No?

Okay.

Start the show.

Ah, now, here's the star of our picture, little Cynthia Fraser who hadn't the

foggiest idea what the fuck is going on.

This is where the credits would be.

Slick Entertainment Incorporated presents Tip in the Ringer, or how Harry

Mitchell agreed to pay $105,000 a year and found happiness. Note I said $105

,000 a year, not just the first year, not just the second, but every year for

the rest of your life.

Some people, you've got to tie down to convince them they can act.

I wish we had some popcorn or lemonade or something for you, but we're kind of

low-budget production.

That doesn't hurt too much, does it, honey?

Come on, smile.

You know how pretty you look when you smile. Come on, just give us a little

smile. Come on.

Come on, not too rough.

You don't want to hurt her.

She's pretty, isn't she?

That's it. You sit up nice and straight. Give us a little smile.

Oh, look at those eyes.

she wouldn't smile this day see almost one she almost smiled right there this

is this is to keep your interest or whatever up it's a little skin yeah i

told cindy she was a natural but as you can see there she's very modest keep

your eyes on the film

It looks like she's sticking her head out of a box, doesn't it?

I'm so proud of my lighting in this. It's beautiful, isn't it?

You're probably asking, what do we have here, right? Okay, now wait, wait, wait

now. What we're going to do is give you a reverse angle.

I used two cameras on this, too.

A reverse angle to see just what she sees. What is that?

What is that hiding there? It's a... It's a P9 automatic, and it's

yours!

Okay.

Yeah,

and that coat's yours, too. It's kind of rowdy looking, in my opinion. But what I

like about it is that your name is so right on the inside, you see?

Now then, hello, what is this? What is that tied to the trigger that...

Oh, see, you can shoot the gun without messing up any fingerprints that are on

it. We'll let you think about that for a while.

Honey,

honey, honey, honey, you're going to play this scene.

Don't worry.

We wanted you to see the gun and our little star.

Okay?

Okay.

Suspense time is over

Are you still with us?

Oh, there's your coat again.

You know, the thing that makes Cinny a star is that she not only lives her

part, she dies it too.

You don't believe me, you just watch.

See, both holes go all the way through.

My word, that's not touchable.

Now watch this.

See the eyes? Don't blink. No breath. Don't fog it up.

Still with us, Mitch? Huh?

There's your coat again.

What's he going to do with it?

Oh, God.

All right, close the eyes.

Now, you remember those eyes. They never blink, did they?

Never. You know why?

You know why?

Well, it's because they don't see.

Now, what we want you to see, sport, is that your tit is tight in the ringer.

There ain't no way to pull it out. The cops find the body with no clothes on,

the gun with your prints all over it. Nice fucking guy, that Harry Mitchell.

Takes the broad's clothes off, pumps five rounds into her. He probably raped

her after.

Jesus, that guy should be gassed.

Or, as I said, at the top of the show, you pay us $105

,000 a year for the rest of your life and no more fucking around.

That's $10,000 day after tomorrow, $10,000 next week, 30 Gs in book faith.

You got it?

That'll give you time to get the rest together.

That's it, sport. We'll be in touch.

Come on.

oh

Come on!

mister yeah i'm fine okay then why don't you move out of here then all right yeah

let's go

I have to pick up a few more things.

Why did you run off the other night? Don't you think we can handle this like

two adults or three of us?

Any man been here?

What does that mean?

Mitch, what is going on here?

Has anybody been here recently?

Anybody we don't know?

Yes. Yes, there was someone here.

I came home one day and there was a creep in the living room saying that he

was from some accounting service.

I told him to leave and he did.

He found the gun.

He fucking came up here and found the gun.

What gun?

Would you please tell me what's going on?

These guys.

Three guys.

They're blackmailing me.

I wouldn't pay them.

They had pictures of me and Cindy in a hotel.

Yesterday, they showed me a videotape of Cindy strapped to the chair.

Being shot in the chest five times.

And this accountant, he was my gut killer.

Why didn't you tell me about this fucking guy?

Tell you what?

Where the hell were you? How can I tell you anything?

They got an airtight case against me.

I obey.

They put me away.

And why not?

I can't go to the police.

It's my gun.

I'm calling Iverson. Tell him I'm out of the race. We've got a couple of

days.

Give me that much time.

Let's see what happens.

The other day, I almost threw out all your clothes.

Everything just got out the window, right?

10, 15 years ago, I would have.

I never fired that gun.

Not once since the day I bought it.

Hi. You want to take some pictures?

It's $25 for a half hour.

$50 for an hour.

$10 for the car.

What's this?

Hold on.

Leo.

Hey there, what can I help you with?

Let's see, it's 25 for a half, 10 for the camera. What the fuck is this?

That's $10,000.

Ah.

Um, yeah, we don't charge that much. It's 25 and 10 and 5 for the film.

You know anything about this, Leo?

You know anything about this?

What? Huh?

Now, you want the film or not? Come on, I'm a busy man.

Yeah, I like the show. There you go. Put that away. The black girl that just

slept. What's her name? The black girl. You mean Doreen?

Yeah, Doreen.

You don't want Doreen. Hey, Laurie.

Yeah, come in here.

Laurie's got some goodies.

Huh? I'm telling you. There's nice goodies here.

Mmm.

Doreen.

Doreen. Okay, go get Doreen.

is the first tooth on the right, and the rules say don't get any closer than six

feet, okay?

Okay.

You a cop?

You want to look at my wallet?

Pat me down?

You're the one that seemed to want to do the patting.

Have a seat.

Thanks.

I've seen you dance.

Is that right?

The club?

Yeah.

A couple of times.

We met about two, three months

ago, remember?

Yeah. How'd it come out?

It's a little dark.

When we met, you were with the girl named Cindy.

She was going to school?

We're all students.

Cindy, last person.

You used to see her, didn't you?

Now you want to focus on me, huh?

The last one was underexposed.

Yeah.

Unless you wait till I get my pants off, you won't be exposed.

That's pretty good.

Or the dude said, what size is your average?

A lot of laughs in your business, huh?

You ever go up to Cindy's place?

You said I used to see it. That's where I used to see it.

Where exactly?

Apartment on Crenshaw.

She said you had one in the same building.

She moved on, you know.

This one's a little better.

Thomas, she used to charge you.

She never charged me anything.

Why do you even break time?

Not any time.

Of course, she could just be bragging.

Maybe telling me they're stirring, though.

What's the difference?

Well, I don't know.

I was entertained with that.

Maybe you and I could head on over to my place.

You know, the biggest shop here.

Only thing is, though, the manager, they don't accept any freebies.

Not for you, by the way. How much?

A hundred.

You get a team.

So, you'll get a chance to stay with us.

Neil, give me my stuff, man. Oh, come on. I'm having fun here.

Hey, excuse me.

I'm sorry you can't come back here.

What do you think you're doing?

Hey!

Hey, what the fuck did you do? You don't take pictures back here, buddy.

I need that picture back. No, I don't want that. I want the picture. I need

that picture back.

I'm serious. I need that picture back.

You don't take pictures in here. I want that picture back now.

I want that picture back now, goddammit!

Alan, we got a problem here.

We got a problem, Alan.

You're a little high strung, didn't you?

Y'all didn't find it like that, did you?

You all ready?

You dancing at the club tonight?

Why?

You wanna catch the show?

Maybe.

You're after something, aren't you?

And it ain't my pussy, is it?

Leo has a couple of pals.

A white one and a black one.

Honey, I didn't say nothing.

I think I'm gonna keep up there, huh?

The white guy.

Smooth talker, businessman.

You trust him, Doreen? What's his name?

For some reason, I'm not getting through to you.

I'll make that in five minutes with the shoe

clerks.

How much you got in there, lover?

That's it.

What's his name?

I'm going to ask you a question, okay?

Okay.

This way, nobody can say that I told you anything.

I'm only going to ask you a question.

Go ahead.

You own an umbrella?

Yeah.

What kind of weather you use it in?

Rainy. Close, baby.

Close.

Not him.

Still his younger, longer hair.

Not so weird looking.

Ask Arvidsson if he can get us any information on Gold Coast Enterprises in

San Francisco.

They run the new model place.

See if they have anybody on the L.A. payroll name of Rainy, Rangy, Rainier.

Something like that.

Shouldn't they hire me?

You obviously want to know why you want this.

Yeah, but he won't ask.

What about the money?

So, Mom, we pay him $10,000.

We can afford it. It buys us a couple of days.

What if you wanted to pay them?

Just suppose.

You wanted to.

How much could you get?

Before our next table?

I'd say about $53,000.

I'd like to stay.

In the den.

Hello.

It's me.

Arbison got the information he wanted from Gold Coast Enterprise.

His name is Alan Ramey.

He manages a porno theater at 14312 Western Avenue.

That's it. Thanks, Bob.

Take care of yourself.

I will.

Bye.

How's the show?

What?

The movie, is it any good?

Beautiful.

Bye-bye.

Is Mr.

Ramey around?

Alan? Yeah.

Yeah. Who wants to see him?

Tell him a friend, a home video fan.

He's upstairs.

Five bucks.

Nice.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, that's good.

What's the problem? You don't like the film? You want a refund?

You want to play Let's Pretend?

Or should I just give you the money?

What money is this?

You asked for $10,000, didn't you?

Oh, this is weird.

Maybe I've got the wrong guy.

You want to give me $10,000?

That's okay with me.

Well, maybe you'd rather go to another bowl game or something.

But my heart really isn't in it since Carrera died.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't you get the fuck out of here?

You don't want it?

Okay.

I'll take it home.

Hey, hey, hey, wait up. Okay, you want to give it to me, that's fine.

Are you the guy or not? You seem sure.

Is this for you, or is it? I said, if you want to give it to me, that's fine,

if you're sure.

I want to hear you say it. All right, yeah, I'm the guy. Give me the money.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, don't touch me!

Something about your face makes me want to slap the shit out of you.

Now, I've got to talk to you.

I've got to show you something.

Say, show me.

All right.

You come to my plant tonight at 12.45, after the last shift.

I could be walking into something.

Buddy, you could be walking into surgery right now.

1245.

Be there.

Hey!

The 10-gram?

Oh, you're pretty convincing, all right.

But I'm still not sure I've got the right guy.

Now, this shows how we're doing it in every district, and you can see that

we're not doing that well in North Hollywood.

It's out.

We have a big car.

Radio sounds like shit.

Need new speakers.

Yeah.

Let's go inside.

This is it, huh?

So, Mr. Mitchell, I understand you'd like me to take a look at your books.

All right, Randy, cut the shit.

You're not being bugged.

Now, I figure if you know what you're doing, this will take about two hours.

If you don't, we'll be here all night.

I bet I can read this quicker than your accountant.

I had a hunch you could.

What, business major?

Yeah, Northwestern.

But then I learned that...

Better ways to make money.

Okay.

So, the government takes half of your salary.

Yep. And you live on the rest.

Yes, royalty is what?

Trust funds?

Balance the municipals?

Long-term investments?

That's not what I would do exactly, but hey.

Well, there's, sir, like a lot of people who make a lot of money.

You don't seem to have any.

The balance sheets are in there. There's a figure you ought to take a look at.

52,000? 52,000.

Hmm.

That's all I can get my hands on right now.

Your fiscal year ends when?

April.

See, I don't intend to sell my factory or my house or change my life to deal

with you.

How soon can you get your hands on the $52,000?

About five days. You can pick it up right here.

Maybe. I'll let you know.

Of course, how you divide it up is up to you guys.

One thing more.

I want to deal only with you.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Answer me something, will you?

Um... Who was it told you where to find me?

You're probably, uh... Who'd you think?

Listen, I swear to God it wasn't me.

The deal seemed clean and simple.

Nobody's going to get hurt. All of a sudden it gets complicated.

Hey, you know, the guy must have some go.

He showed me ten grand.

Huh? I told you the man has money. The government has him by the balls.

A guy makes that much, how come he has nothing left?

You know that for sure? No, I'm making it up!

Oh, Leo, I'm sorry. Come here.

Come here, Leo.

Come here.

Come over to me.

I didn't. I know.

Leo, Leo, listen. Listen to me.

I saw the books.

I saw the correspondence from the IRS on their stationery.

But then I asked the guy, I said, who was it told you where to find me?

Oh, he said it was me. I didn't tell him, Jesus Christ.

Okay, okay, okay.

It could have been somebody else.

What about Doreen, huh? I mean, she went out with him.

She wouldn't talk to him. How do you know that? Because she's a friend of

mine. And she knows if I found out, I'd throw her dead ass off a roof.

But he said it was you, Leo.

Stop wavering!

Okay, okay, okay.

So, gentlemen, we've got a little problem.

We killed somebody, he saw it in the movies, and now he knows about us.

That's why one of us is going to have to blow him away.

Now, what do I get out of it?

Peace of mind.

I look nervous to you.

Bobby, you've been in the joint, if I recall. I don't believe you want to get

double billed.

The man wants me to clean up his mess.

Aren't you the pro, the cowboy in this group?

Now you're blowing smoke up my ass.

Shit, you walk up, ring his bell, he opens the door, it's done.

That's the way you do it, huh?

We stick together. I mean, we start something, okay?

It didn't pay off, so we cool it for a couple of weeks.

Tie up loose ends.

Then we look for something else.

I'm home.

Hey, baby.

Wakey, wakey, wakey.

Come on, baby. It's time to get up.

Wakey, wakey.

Time to get up, baby.

Bobby, what time is it, honey?

This is about three.

That man who come here, his name Mitchell?

Friend of Sidney's?

He don't tell me his name.

Just a friend of Sidney's friend.

Well, what y'all talk about?

They're telling me to come back sometime.

What are you telling?

What am I not going to tell them? I don't know nothing.

What did you tell him?

I don't know what to tell him. You know me.

You know the people I know.

He was only here for five minutes.

Or did he come to buy? Or did he come to talk?

I thought I was busy.

You're not answering my questions.

No, you're not.

Answering my questions.

Yes.

Now what do you want?

What?

Did you tell him where I, or anybody I know, lives or works?

I didn't listen!

I'm going to stop there.

You're late.

Where's your car?

Mark brought me home.

What are you doing with this thing open?

Don't worry about Randy.

He loved doing his homework.

I'm scared, Mitch.

I'm scared all the time now.

What are you doing?

We are dealing with murderers. Scum!

We should be at a police station and here you are taking your bloods?

If you were doing that three months ago instead of screwing around, we wouldn't

be in this goddamn mess!

I hope you know what you can do with those plugs when you get them out!

There's somebody in the house. Come with me.

Get in here and don't come out until I call you.

Hmm?

Drink this.

Shit.

Motherfucker busting your house.

You always serving drinks.

Smile.

Smile.

Okay.

Now you've got pictures of me and I've got ones of you and Leo.

I don't have one of Alan yet, but I'm working on it.

I got a question for you.

How come you come busting in here when I'm going to hand you $50,000 in cash?

$50,000?

$52,000.

That's the deal I made with Alan.

Didn't he tell you?

He... He said about you owing the government. Everybody owes the

government. The payment was made for three guys.

However you split it.

Don't split it up.

When are you going to make this payment?

A couple of days.

Where?

Why don't you talk to Alan?

Yeah.

Have a talk.

You need a band-aid?

Sure.

You

forgot

something.

Take over your life just like that.

I never believed anybody could do that.

One dumb move and these animals rush in.

We fucked up tonight

Good

come

on what's wrong with you? Oh, that's beautiful.

Yes, that's very good

Oh, yes. Oh, take those tracks off, Judy. Good, Gilda. Okay.

Gilda, you lie down on your back. Judy, you get up.

That's it. Around this way. Come on.

Here we go.

That's good.

That's good. Oh, oh, this is a good shot.

This is real good.

Okay.

Oh, look.

Yes, sir. Oh, you do that good, huh?

What?

Look, let's... Hey, Bobby.

Get rid of the bitches.

Okay, kids.

That's a wrap. There you go. Come on. Come on. Come on. Get your clothes and

get out. Come on. Come on. Go on.

Go on. Go on. Go on. I know what I promised. Go on. Go on. Get out to your

kitchen.

Bob,

what are you doing now?

So?

Come on, what is this?

Don't be full with guns in here.

You ready for the big question?

Oh, man, what have you won?

The question is, how much did the man say he was going to give you?

Give me?

Give you.

Give us.

Just saying.

You went out to see the guy, didn't you?

What's the answer? Before I can talk to you, you go out on your own and see the

guy yourself. Is that it?

Hey, hey, now, you... Listen to me a minute.

When a man pulls shit on me, he's either very brave or very stoned.

Which are you?

Hey, now, my mind is clear, you hip.

Hey, hey, now, you, fuck it. I think about it. A minute.

You just wait.

Now, how was I going to tell you anything with Leo sitting right there?

I called you later.

You were gone.

Bobby.

Fifty-two thousand.

Now, don't you feel better?

Man made us an offer.

Fifty-two thousand. That's all I can afford.

You believe it?

Yeah.

I mean, let's take it while he still believes it'll save his ass, but,

uh... Here's what we're talking about.

What do we need Leo for?

I never saw how we needed him at all.

So it's me and you.

50-50. 26 grand apiece.

All right, what about Leo?

He'll be gone.

But he could find out now, couldn't he?

I don't see no other way.

That's silly.

Uh-huh.

Seeing how he's a friend of yours, you want me to do it.

But, you know, don't let me know how you're going to do it.

Let me read about it in the papers.

Be surprised.

glad to see you. I was afraid you weren't going to show up.

Place must have a big five o'clock crowd, huh?

Yeah, honey.

Strictly shot in beer joint, don't you think?

You want some jerky?

Good.

Sit down, will you? Sit down.

Look, I understand that Alan talked to you, and you talked to him, and you guys

talked together, right?

I saw him.

Then he came to see me.

Right.

That's what I understand.

What I want to know is, why did you tell him it was me who said we could find

out?

I didn't tell him that.

You know, he's such a dick.

Somebody's mistake.

What's on your mind, Leo? You called me.

The man's been blaming me for what you guys talked about. I mean, I was doing a

favor.

It's not my fault, but you're not true, is it?

I know that you and Alan and the black guy, what's his name? Bobby, right.

Yeah, two more.

Yeah, Bobby, I know that you three killed Cindy.

Uh-uh, no.

Both. Whoa, time.

It was Alan's idea.

I swear to God, it was Alan's idea.

I saw that tape right before you did, and I threw up my lunch.

Listen, I'm not as involved in this as you think.

You were there, though, weren't you? No, I was not there.

I was not.

I voted against the whole thing.

I was going to give her money.

You were going to give me money. I was going to give her money. There was no

point in killing her. No point.

I'm just trying to settle this thing. I've made a deal with Bobby and Alan.

I'm going to pay them $52,000.

What did you say?

$52,000.

Alan said you couldn't pay. He said that you're the government.

Fucked Alan.

Yeah, right.

Right, talk to her. Son of a bitch.

I knew that they were up to something. I knew it. They're plotting something, and

they're plotting me out.

Thanks.

Okay.

Okay.

You want it finished, huh?

You pay, and it'll be settled.

He sicks Bobby only or he'll do it himself.

I mean, for all I know, they're in this thing together. I can't reach them. I

don't know where they are. I can't reach them.

What if you go to the cops and you tell them your story?

What about that?

And I'll back you up.

I'll go with you and I'll back you up.

Go to the cops and make a bargain or something and I'll take the stand.

And say that they killed the girl, which they did.

And they'll... They'll let me plead to the blackmailer.

I didn't want to kill the girl.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. I didn't want her dead.

They still have a case against me, though.

Yeah.

What case?

The girl's body, my gun, tapes.

What body?

You want to know something?

There's no body.

They dumped it in the river, and it's in the air, totally finished.

Since they did it, you see, they think that you think you go nice someplace

because you can't afford to think that she isn't.

See? Huh?

You see if it kills, you're scared as shit, and you agree to pay.

Only you know that Apple and Bobby did it.

Where's the kids?

They're in the river with a girl.

And my gun?

He has it somewhere. I don't know. He has it someplace.

He likes guns. He's a gun nut.

Where you going?

Huh?

I just told you they could kill you. You already told me what you're going to do

about it, you fuckhead.

I'll wait to see what happens to you.

Then I'll know if they're serious.

You swim good.

Those good strong legs. A terrific ass.

Nice wrap.

A little chilly for taking a swim, isn't it?

You see this?

Now you're done.

But you know it's there, don't you?

Now come on out of the pool, Slim.

You're chilly, aren't you, Slim?

What we're doing, we're going to get something to warm you up.

How you doing?

Everything's everything.

Huh? You didn't say you wanted one spoon, did you?

Present for a friend.

God, they got Barbara.

All right, we go to the cops now. That's it. No!

That's why I didn't sign the note.

I don't have it all, but he was 13 in Los Angeles. He did three years in a

juvenile facility for bludgeoning his step-up with a gun.

Alan Rainey was arrested twice for rape and convicted.

He said to talk to Leo Franks. He said, for his own protection,

and for your protection, tough guy, he was willing to testify.

Why don't we let him?

Six, five, seven.

One, three, three, three.

Let it ring.

$110, that's it?

$110? It's been slow.

It's been slow.

Don't touch it!

Just let it ring.

We're getting out of here, Brady.

Right.

Christ, how did you get in?

I walked in the bath.

You know, I ain't seen you around and around. I'm beginning to wonder.

If you pick up the motherfucking phone, you wouldn't have to wonder.

Yeah, yeah.

How come you closed, Leo?

Huh?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. We didn't find the money.

You know, I'm opening up right now. Wait.

I mean,

you know, I hurt you guys because of weird shit, like you're cutting me out.

Nobody's cutting you out, Leo.

You're part of the group.

Yeah.

Bobby.

You don't think that I told that Mitchell guy anything, do you? No, I

wouldn't do that. I wouldn't tell him Alan's name.

You're whimpering, Leo.

Now Alan wants to see you at the club.

At 11 o'clock.

I'll be there.

Can you give me a lift?

Leo, I think we ought to get out of here right now.

No, we're fine.

This won't be hot.

Maybe a little warm going in.

Ladies, just gag.

Give it a nice slow ride uptown. See lights.

Oh, Jesus, I'm not hooking you. I just want to make it quiet and easy to

handle. Now put your leg in.

Either one.

Make it warm or quiet.

That's okay. That happens.

That's okay.

That's okay. Just don't let it go on your heart, though.

Don't touch it.

Yes. Hey, sport.

It's me.

I know who it is. How you doing?

I got a friend of yours here.

Put her on.

Yeah, okay. Here she is.

There you go.

Come on. There you go.

Hi.

Barbara, don't, don't wait.

Hey, Remy. See, I wouldn't lie to you. Alan.

Huh? Listen to me. No, you listen to me. I want the money. You'll get the money.

But no police.

No police. Sure?

Look, let's quit the dancing.

I've got the money. You know, I've been thinking about you, and I've been

getting bad vibes.

Well, if you're nervous, see a doctor.

Look, I want you to meet me tonight at 8 o'clock at the old Terminal Island

Railroad Bridge, the Long Beach side.

You know where that is?

Yeah, I know where that is.

All right.

Now, Alan, you listen to me.

You like my car, huh? Why don't I throw that in?

I've always wanted an E-Jag. Is it the 6 or the 12?

The 6.

It's yours. All yours.

That's real whitey at sports. Yeah.

But Barbara, one hair and I'll get you, you fucker.

You've got no words, sports.

Good. 8 o'clock, Old Terminal Island Railroad Bridge, the Long Beach side.

Enjoy your Sunday.

I'll be there.

When?

Tonight.

Did you talk to Barbara?

A second.

No, no police.

I'll do this.

I know how.

Bobby, I liked it.

Yeah, you're a fucking cowboy.

Now listen, it's set for tonight.

Yeah.

I want you to meet me at the warehouse at 7 o'clock.

But look, we don't want too far, so get Doreen to drive you out, drop you off.

Yeah. Okay, so I'll meet you at 7, Slick. On the button, 7 o'clock.

enough not to be stupid, right?

Hey, cowboy, how you doing?

I see.

Hi, baby.

I've got something to show you.

Something that's going to knock you out.

That's fine.

You got it?

Yeah.

Terrific.

Come on, baby. Let's go.

Come on.

Hey, come on. Move your ass.

There you go.

There you go.

Let's see it.

Let's see it.

You want to count it?

No, I trust you. Put it back in the car.

Passenger side.

Come on!

You fix

that shitty radio speaker?

Yeah, it's fixed.

If you're fixing to do anything to us, you better think twice.

There's a lawyer sitting in my office looking at your fingerprints on my

ledgers.

If he doesn't hear from us within an hour, he'll know what to do with them.

Well, this is it, then.

Adios, amigos. It's been fun.

Beat it.

There's a lot of mileage on her, but she still cooks.

Hey, sport, hey.

This is how, so you don't do something stupid.

Hi, Alan.

This is the first and last ten seconds of the rest of your life.

So long, sports.

Thank you.