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I get the feeling I need a lawyer.

You're not gonna need a lawyer, you're gonna need an embalmer. Come on, they

don't leave with a doggy bag, they bring one. And they leave it here and it's

full of cash.

If we moved in on bigger money, we might talk to bigger people.

Wanna work?

I'll do anything and don't take a gun.

In three days, you pay back $12,500.

You understand?

I understand.

Don't get up!

Stay right there!

Hey, my man.

Nine ball in the point of pocket.

Would you like to see that again?

Yeah, man.

Let me see it again.

Charlie.

Joey called. Wished to see you.

Lighten up, Holmes. I ain't got no time for that. I'm in the middle of my game.

I told you.

Where's Charlie Lyon?

Well, hello, Joey.

Charlie.

Hold it, I got some money.

I'll pay you.

Lunsford? Yes, sir? Put it down.

Yes, sir.

Everything go all right?

Nobody around, Spiro.

Good.

Okay,

let's take a look.

Would you open it?

Take care of this later when no one's around.

You don't like that, Leo?

I don't know.

Maybe it's the smell of the meat.

Upsets my stomach.

I know.

Well, I'll do it.

After 20 years, everything stinks around here.

Except the money, huh?

I took this off him.

You think it's okay to wear it?

It's garish.

It's not you, Leo.

Just stay conservative and try not to attract any attention.

Not that anybody's going to be looking.

Yeah. I don't think anybody would care about scum like that.

Charlie Lyon.

Narcotics, pandering, assault, child molesting.

We should give this to the sanitation department. Okay, so Charlie Lyon wasn't

our leading citizen.

But these other people weren't so bad.

He was a building contractor.

Hit and run victim.

Used car dealer.

Suicide.

This guy was an art importer.

He's missing.

Suspected homicide.

And they all had something in common.

Yeah, one thing intelligence came up with, they were all into the loan

sharks.

Heavy.

Now, the word out on the street is that Charlie Lyon was also into the sharks.

Only Charlie wasn't paying.

Now, nobody expects to see Charlie around anymore.

Object lesson.

Object lesson. Pretty stiff lay charges.

Well...

We know that these other three guys were also into the same sharks.

Two of them had agreed to testify in a case that the D.A. was building, but one

of them fell from a freeway overpass into the fast lane.

The other witness bought himself a gun, drove to the beach, and shot himself.

The third guy just disappeared like Charlie Lyon.

Hmm.

Who were the sharks?

Who were the sharks?

Joey Perry, Leo Stoller.

We got nothing.

That's right.

These guys are just soldiers.

They're part of a system that's got a couple of million dollars out on loan,

and they're just collecting the interest.

Well, what do you say? Let's get on it.

Nothing. Yeah.

I, uh, I'm 100 short.

I really had a bad week.

Look, I got some more customers for you. I'll give you the 100 next week, okay?

Okay.

But no more passes.

Okay.

How's business?

All right.

It's Monday. Things are usually slow in here.

The money, if we could just have a little more time.

I explained the deal to you when we made the loan.

Yes, I know that. What are you doing? You can't take the money. Listen, we

don't have credit with our suppliers.

Hello, Scotty.

Hi, Scotty.

Mrs.

Cajun, Sergeant Anderson, Sergeant Crowley. How do you do?

Mrs. Cajun's husband was the victim.

Tell me, you needed the money right away.

Yes.

Someone else wanted to buy the restaurant, but the owner promised to

give Vince a chance to buy it.

Where did you try to borrow the money, Mrs. Cajun? I tried everywhere.

We tried...

The state bank. We tried Southland Savings and Loans.

Anywhere else?

We called a place called Phone Alone.

Everyone turned us down. They said we were too young. They said we didn't have

any business experience.

Scotty, ma'am.

Mrs.

Cajun, where did you meet up with Leo Stoller and Joey Perry?

How did you know their names?

We got their descriptions from a woman across the street from your restaurant.

They both have a record.

Where did you meet them?

They came into the restaurant one day and they offered us the money.

They put the whole $5,000 down on the counter.

Said we were to pay them $400 a week for the next six months.

We were so desperate, we found ourselves saying, sure.

And then?

Everything was okay for a while.

Then the freezer broke and we had some expenses we didn't count on.

Found ourselves falling behind on our payments.

Mrs. Cagey, we want you to sign a complaint against these men.

With your help, we can put these guys right where they belong.

I need to talk to my husband.

Where is your husband right now? He's in emergency.

I'll see if they're done.

We're here to help you as much as we can. These are dangerous men.

I know.

But I am... I'm scared.

We have two little babies.

Mrs. Kajian, believe me, we can furnish you and your family with protection.

Dr. Weiss, call the operator.

Bill, I gotta get back to the office. Okay, thanks for covering for us, guys.

Yeah, sure.

See you both.

Take care.

Okay, I'm okay. I'll come up with a couple of scars.

Big deal, huh? Mr. Kijing, I'm Sergeant Crowley.

Your wife and another witness can identify the man who assaulted you.

So if you sign a complaint, we can get busy on picking him up.

We're not filing charges.

You're not filing charges?

Nope.

Look, I can understand your trepidation. I explained to your wife about

protection. Hey, come on.

Look, I know the whole thing. You'll put a cop in front of my house, right?

One at the restaurant, maybe one at the day school.

You want to know something?

There aren't enough of you to go around.

I got into this with all the facts. I'm a big boy. I can take my lumps.

I'll make the payments if I have to take a side job.

You sure you won't change your mind?

There's no way you can change my mind.

Well, just in case you do, I'd appreciate it if you'd give me a call.

All I want to do is sign out of here and get out.

I know what you're going through, and I just want you to know that if you need

my help, you can call me like you were a friend, all right?

What is your name again?

Sergeant Anderson.

If you call the station, they'll find me any time.

Sergeant, we can't compete.

Come on, Allison. Come on. Let's go. Come on.

They never learn, do they?

Well, missed another lunch for nothing again.

I just spoke to Joe.

Pete's tailing Stoller and Perry.

They're out on the street again making collections.

Business as usual.

Relax, baby.

Everything's going to be all right, Alessandra. You hear?

Yeah.

What do you say? We go home, we see the monsters.

Give your mother a break, huh?

Okay.

Okay.

Very installer.

Start off each day clean, make dozens of collections, thousands of small bills,

yet at the end of the day, they're clean again.

So there has to be a drop, probably a slew of them. Sure, they know darn well

it isn't safe to carry cash in that neighborhood.

Well, until we can follow a cash deposit, I'll tell you something.

I'm open to some original thinking.

Well, I went back to the files on the...

Other citizens' complaints.

Two of them had applied for a loan at Fona Loan, and they were turned down

like the Cajuns.

Are you saying you think this Fona Loan company refers potential borrowers to

the Sharks? Is that it?

The manager's a player. People come to him for money. I'd like to get the rest

of it.

Don't care about me.

Just stay in the background. Try to keep it impersonal, eh?

Don't I always?

Oh, I hope so.

I got a feeling about that, uh, hoo-ha on Western.

Yeah?

Well, we know it's a daily drop for the collectors, but they make it early

enough so it's not a cash drop, but it's something.

Pete, you all right?

Yeah, yeah, I was just, uh, doing a little, uh, original thinking, and I got

a dynamite plan brewing.

You want us to wait?

No, uh, I've just been looking at it, uh, the problem from the crook's point

of view, you know, like from under a rock.

and trying to figure out a way to, uh, to shake their chains to get them to

check in with their case manager.

A move that would make one of our crooks call his boss?

Not just check in. That's, uh, that'd be a little too heavy for a telephone.

I got it.

But I know you're not gonna like it.

Go ahead, lay it on me.

How's the lasagna, fellas?

Slop. Want more coffee?

Tastes like horse sweat.

What's wrong?

I've got a feeling we should have more drops.

Mix up our moves a little.

We got a new drop.

A restaurant that Armenian joined.

Yeah, I know.

I was thinking about that.

Let's go do it.

I like the way you handle yourself with the cops.

That's why I can afford to give you this deal, Kajiya.

Cajun. So all I do is what? I put the bag you give me in the drum with the

meat scraps?

That's it.

We time it so there's a pickup right after the drop.

All you gotta do is make sure the trucker gets the right drum.

Look, you can't afford the juice you're on now.

Besides, the deal pays $200 a week.

That's half your problem.

We got a deal?

We got a deal.

Good.

What did he want?

He just cut the loan payments. It's 200 a week now.

Why would he do that?

Because it's good business.

Look, they're going to be taking some of it out in food, so they'll be coming

around.

Look, Alessandra, I know what I'm doing. Just go along with it, okay?

Open at Bigelow's Appliance, 24-33 a month.

Ottawa Consumers Credit Union, 36 at 122.

Show a BK?

Closed on a 600 signature loan with a CO at Brannard Finance.

How about a maiden name on the white?

Okay. All right, thanks a lot, Melinda. I'll get back to you this afternoon.

Bye-bye.

Anything?

Oh, yes.

Now we check this info against what we already have in the file, and if there's

something new, then I fill out a report and call it in.

Who has access to your master files?

Just three of us.

Myself included, of course.

And we're very careful.

Exchanges have found themselves in court for leaking personal credit information.

As a matter of fact, Sergeant Anderson, I couldn't even show you a credit

report.

Not without a court order.

Well, I wouldn't ask you to do that.

Good.

But I do need a favor.

If I can.

You guys paying a snitch?

Goes on a lot in narcotics.

Bunko, too.

What do you want?

Never mind. I got problems enough of my own.

There you are.

4,000 even. Count it. I already did.

Sign here.

Royce did the sign. What do I have to sign?

You're the department head.

He's responsible, but you're accountable.

Thanks, Dad.

Relax. I'll treat it as injury for my very own good. No, just treat it like I

was accountable.

Bill?

Yeah.

You look all steamed up.

Just had a meeting with the commissioner.

Brought him up to date on our progress.

It was a short meeting.

Well, what, we're on a time limit?

Oh, I figure we got about two days at most.

You want a cup of coffee? It's fresh, hot.

Oh, who made it?

I did.

No, I don't think so.

To tell you the truth, I can't blame the commissioner. We've got a lot of police

bread tied up in this thing, and we're still on first base with Stoller and

Perry. Uh-huh.

But we've got two innings to go, right?

You got something up your sleeve?

I came up with an idea that I think could flush out somebody higher.

Well, go ahead. I'll listen to anything.

Okay. I'm the manager of phone alone.

Lewin. Yeah, Lewin. Looks good on paper.

Wife and kids, picket fence, the whole love song.

However, he also bets on anything that moves. He has been shut out by all the

bookies. And at this very moment, he has a lot of paper bouncing around Las

Vegas.

I think he's paying off the loan sharks by referring customers to them from

his own company.

So I got myself set up.

at the credit exchange, and I'm going to apply for a loan.

A biggie.

10,000.

You think this guy, Lewin, you think he'll refer you to the Sharks?

I'm hoping so.

A loan that size has to flush out somebody, the next man on the ladder,

maybe even the banker.

I don't think it'll work, Pep.

Well, you don't even like my coffee.

You got the money, Tony?

I got part of it.

There was a guy.

How much you owe, pal?

Who's he?

I never saw him before this morning.

Look, I don't want to be in the middle of anything.

Hey, relax, pal. You got no trouble.

You're my customer now. I'm taking over the loan.

Well, let's see. That was about 300, 160 juice, wasn't it? Leo, hold it.

We told you you were tough, Leo.

Maybe, uh... Maybe we should talk.

Maybe. Go ahead, take the cash.

I'm taking over the loan anyway.

Relax, Tony.

Now, let's talk about what is going on around here.

Why'd you pull me off that punk?

He's shoving it in our face.

Why? Because he comes on like he's got something backing him.

We'll let Spiro handle this one.

Mr. Lewin, I don't have all day. Can you give me the loan or not?

Well, Miss Andrews, the credit exchange rated you triple A, and your assets more

than cover the amount of the loan.

May I ask you what you're going to do with the money?

It's for a short-term investment.

You're an executive secretary for a commodity speculator.

You know, I dabble in futures, stocks.

I could sure use a tip on the market.

Who couldn't?

Sir, I need the loan by tomorrow.

I'm afraid we can't move that fast.

I'll tell you what.

I think I know somebody who might be able to help.

Now, the interest rates are kind of high, but you get your money in a hurry.

I didn't expect to pay the going rate.

Good.

I'd rather not discuss this at my office. You have my home phone. Call me?

Of course.

Where's your 20, man? You holding it?

You saw me put it in. I saw you put your hand in there.

Empty.

You didn't hustle the wrong table this time, bro.

Hey, look, fellas. So I played the last game on the horn.

No sense getting emotional about a little thing like that.

I'll make it up to you.

What's the dig?

This cat playing empty, man. He's trying to hustle a table.

Don't push it. You're safe.

Come on, out.

Out!

Out!

What are you, some kind of a nut? Want to get yourself killed?

Coming into a new place with a scam like that?

Hey, man, I was shooting a scared stick, playing for grocery money.

What's your name?

Stiles, like in class.

Yeah, I can see that.

You got a job?

No, but I got some bad checks at the market on the second bounce, and an

eviction notice tied to my door.

How much bread will set you free?

About $800, $900.

Want to work?

I'll do anything and don't take a gun.

Stick around.

I may know someone who can help you.

Well, that's 160.

That'll be 140 bucks even for the load.

Hey.

Oh, uh, Mr. Pappas, can I split?

I'm really knocked out.

Go on, I'll finish. I ran this whole operation by myself when I was a kid.

Oh, thanks. I'll see you tomorrow.

Pretty good day.

Those men were in again.

Yeah, they like your cooking.

They come in every day and they don't eat, Vince.

Look, Alessandra, I told you, what I'm doing is for a purpose, for us and the

kids. I made a mistake and I'm working my way out of it.

Definitely, right? Uh-huh.

See you next time.

You gonna be on this run regular?

Yeah, man. I'm on the contract.

There's a guy moving in on our customers.

Paying off loans.

He talks tough like he's got a lot behind him.

What's he look like?

Medium height.

Dress is funky.

Got a busted nose like an ex-Welterweight.

I never saw him before.

He paid the money, had the juice?

Yeah, it was just the small stuff, though.

I don't want to bust his head off, but I figured we should talk to you first.

Well, I'll make some phone calls.

Very good, Joey.

We got a million bucks out, and we don't want to provoke until we know.

What else?

Luna's got a woman who wants 10 grand.

Needs 10 grand for three days. She's got some inside stuff on some stock moves.

He checked her?

He says.

Make the loan.

10 for 12.5. Yeah, there might be something in that stock deal.

Well, just make the loan.

That's our business.

This funky guy with the nose.

I'll make some calls.

How much cash you got left, Pete?

Oh, about 900 and some change. You got the list.

Perry and Stalin just let you take over the loans, huh?

A little acting help.

We'll get an award.

Yeah, it's a small award for small loans.

If we moved in on bigger money, we might talk to bigger people.

Here's the surveillance reports on Perry and Stoller.

Add the cost of that to what Pete's paid off.

We haven't got past the street muzzle. We had them for openers.

Well, if Lewin gets my loan... That's a long shot, Pepper. We're running out of

time. I thought we had.

Bought us a couple more days.

How'd you swing that?

I begged.

Look, if you think you got something going with Lewin, press it, okay?

How's Joe doing?

He's still driving.

They're being very careful, however.

He doesn't seem to like the work, however.

Hello, Ms. Andrews.

Yes, I got the loan through.

You're all set.

Now, uh, be at the southwest corner of Riverside and Olive at 2 o'clock,

okay?

What will you be wearing?

Fine. Now, uh, if there's room in this deal for me...

All right.

We'll talk about it later.

Bye, Miss Sanders.

You Mr. Lewin's friend?

Client, yes.

The loan, right?

Well, let me explain the details to you so there won't be a misunderstanding,

Miss Andrews.

There's $10,000 here.

In three days, you pay back $12,500.

It's due at noon on Thursday.

You understand?

I understand.

If you think you might have a problem paying, don't take the money.

If you take it, just make sure you pay it back when it's due.

You know what happened? They made this loan on Lewins okay because they knew he

could embezzle enough to cover it.

I'll give that to property.

Well, there's enough change there to pay off that $5,000 the Cajuns owe.

It doesn't work that way, sweetheart.

We'll just check it in and see what happens when you don't pay.

Yeah.

If we handle it right, we can make a star witness out of our Mr. Lewin. Well,

let's handle it right.

Okay, sir.

After I get back from property, what do you say we grab a bite? Yeah, and, you

know, if we don't hit Vinnie's pretty soon, nobody's gonna recognize us.

We should be so lucky.

What's the matter? Oh, my back.

Well, are you going to be all right?

It goes out on me sometime, man.

Oh, look, I got to keep this stuff clear.

Hey, look, man, didn't I just tell you my back goes out on me?

I got to get somebody.

Why don't you say something about your back? The other driver gets the bump

this morning, and we gave you the full load. Now you and your damn back.

He's either the heater or he's trying to rip us off. What's the difference? We

dump him anyway.

After we find out what he knows.

Two gentlemen might have hired him a cop.

Where is he?

Joe's assistant, then, Pip.

He didn't check in because he can't check in.

I think you better play that last card, Pat.

Hey, wait a minute. Those guys are gonna kill me.

That's right, Mr. Lewin. They're gonna kill you.

Unless you tell us all you know, and then we'll put them all away for you.

But no deals and no promises.

You cooperate with us, and you might have a chance.

Okay.

Just get a sonographer, whatever you do.

First off, where is the drop?

The drop?

The bank.

Where do the collectors send the loan payments?

Well, how should I know? I just deal with a couple of goons.

Stoller and Perry.

You don't know anybody any higher up than Stoller and Perry?

No, I just refer customers. They come to me.

Oh, boy, am I in trouble. You don't know anything more than I do.

I get the feeling I need a lawyer.

You're not going to need a lawyer. You're going to need an embalmer.

All right, everybody put the cues down and place your hands on top of your

heads right now. Come on.

Right on top of your head. Both hands. No, no.

I'll pick that up myself.

Put your hands on top of your head and go against the wall. Come on. Turn

around against the wall.

Move.

Keep your hands on top of your head.

Put your hands on the wall.

Spread them. Come on. Spread the legs out.

It's a hassle, man.

Hassle's gambling. Just look straight ahead, all right? Spread them out.

Something here.

I recognize this.

Go ahead, man, but I must warn you, those cue balls are hard to digest.

Thank you.

What you dig, man?

Police.

You know something? I think I got your license, my friend.

Narcotics, gambling.

That kid over there sucking on a beer, he must be about 15 years old, right?

Out.

And don't come back.

Can't we, uh...

Talk about it? Sure we can talk. You got a place we can be alone? A closet or

something?

I'll tell you guys.

Don't you go splitting on me now.

I'm going to put you on your honor system.

You understand?

You're on your honor.

Really? Now what do you want from me?

Information. This guy's a cop.

And a very close friend.

And I'm going to find him.

Now, he's been down here hustling cobblestone to get a line on loan

sharking. What do you know about that?

A fella by the name of Perry gave him a job, loaned him some money.

What kind of job?

Driving a truck.

I don't know where.

That's all?

That's all.

Why would they tell me more?

When can we take care of this?

Soon. The last truck should be here any minute.

Is this the last load for the day?

This is it for the day.

Finish it, and then out.

Right, Mr. Pappas.

Come

on,

this is too much. I'm trying to run a business.

You been talking to my wife?

We didn't bother.

Your wife would have been afraid to make a wrong move. We think you've already

made one, Mr. Cajun.

Told you, I'm busy.

Harry and Stella make a stop here every day.

They're customers.

Customers. Come on, they don't leave with a doggy bag. They bring one. And

they leave it here and it's full of cash.

You're part of the system now, aren't you?

I got nothing to say.

You better watch the front, hon.

I'm not going.

Now listen.

You two got a loan from the shark, and we figure you ran into some bad luck,

and they gave you a way to work it out.

Do you know why they picked you for the drop?

I'll tell you why they picked you.

They picked you because you're scared, right?

They know that you're too scared to ever hurt their operation, no matter what

happens, right?

You know what's happened?

One of our buddies is missing, and he disappeared while he was tailing Perry

and Stoller on a homicide investigation.

Are you following what she's telling you?

We're talking about a couple of killers, Cajun.

I think you better tell us everything you can, right now.

Vince, please.

Vince, tell him!

They took off 200 a week.

All I had to do was leave the bag in the drum with the scraps, and the truck

picked it up.

Where'd it go from there? I don't know.

Was there a name, a company, anything painted on the side of the truck?

No. Who drove the truck?

I don't know his name.

You had to have a way to contact them if there was a change in plans.

Did you have a number?

You got a number.

What's the number, KG?

12-Y-6, code 1.

Well, what's it to go?

Control to 12-Y-6.

We have the information requested on that unlisted bonus.

Address is business listed at Atlas Rendering Company.

3340 Santa Ana and Clara.

Got it, Arch.

Pass the news to Pete.

Tell him to meet us there.

12Y50 to 12Y52.

Uh, yeah, this is 5-2. What do you got, Pep?

Maybe the end of the line.

Meet us there, Pete.

Bill says to lay back.

I hear you.

Here's the place.

Atlas Rendering Company, Santa Ana, and Clara.

The last truck unloaded a few minutes ago and split.

How do you know it was the last truck?

Because they took in all the hand trucks and dollies.

Good.

Pepper, stay with the radio.

We better call for some backup.

Okay, you got it.

12Y50.

12Y50, request backup units at Atlas Rendering Company, Santa Ana and Clara.

Did you read me?

Here it is, girl.

That's great, Joey.

Okay? That's great.

I don't know who he is, but the Greenland belongs to Perry.

You sure?

I've been telling him long enough.

Hey, Spiro.

Let's go.

It's the heat.

We'll catch Joey.

I'll torch this place and we'll get out the back.

12 y 50 12 y 50 attention all units responding to atlas rendering company

officers need help shots fired did you read me

Where is she?

Where is he? Where's my partner, man? You better tell me or you're never going

to see him.

Put your hands on the car.

Back up.

You all right?

Yeah, I guess so.

Where is he?

The storeroom.

He's inside in the storeroom. Come on.

I thought I told you to stay with the radio.

I stayed with the radio.

You sure you're okay?

You want to check my bruises?

I'll get you later.

A special feast for special friends.

It's our way of saying thanks.

Specialty of the house.

The pride of Armenia, liver tirana.

It's a little oily, but you'll love it.

Vince, keep the garlic down just a little bit. Yeah, please.

Don't keep it down too much. You eat too much. I love it, I love it. I know.

I can't eat that.

We have to be polite, you know, it can't be rude.

Oh, but maybe you better tell him that you don't eat meat, just tell him you're

a vegetarian.

Uh, listen.

I'm a very light eater. I was wondering if you had any celery soup.

Sure, we got celery soup spiced with a little debrujka.

Sounds great. Thank you.

What's debrujka?

Debrujka is that little... No, debrujka is... Debrujka is...

Goat meat, grape leaves, pickled lamb chops and... That's right, sow

belly, pickled pig's feet, souse.