1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:03,014 They tried to kill me. Now, who were they? 2 00:00:03,086 --> 00:00:04,110 Not know. 3 00:00:04,187 --> 00:00:06,382 Sounds to me like the makings of a trade. How's it sound to you? 4 00:00:06,456 --> 00:00:08,287 Like kidnapping, 20-to-life. 5 00:00:10,861 --> 00:00:14,627 You want to die here? You understand? Die? 6 00:00:15,398 --> 00:00:17,764 There's an inspection going on. I'll see you later. 7 00:00:17,834 --> 00:00:20,667 What am I? The lint on somebody's uniform? 8 00:00:20,737 --> 00:00:21,863 Who did that to you? 9 00:00:21,972 --> 00:00:23,337 Americans. 10 00:00:24,774 --> 00:00:25,934 They took Vinh. 11 00:00:27,377 --> 00:00:28,435 Rocky. 12 00:00:35,986 --> 00:00:37,476 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. This is Jim Rockford. 13 00:00:37,554 --> 00:00:38,919 At the tone, leave your name and message. 14 00:00:38,989 --> 00:00:39,956 I'll get back to you. 15 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:42,113 PETE.. It's Pete. 16 00:00:42,192 --> 00:00:44,592 Hope you enjoyed using the cabin last week. 17 00:00:44,728 --> 00:00:47,788 Only next time leave the trout in the refrigerator, huh? 18 00:00:48,331 --> 00:00:49,320 Not in the cupboard. 19 00:02:21,356 --> 00:02:22,482 The gook's here. 20 00:02:37,472 --> 00:02:38,996 GUARD: Hey, stop. 21 00:02:40,008 --> 00:02:41,202 ROCKY: All I'm saying is 22 00:02:41,275 --> 00:02:43,175 the place could use a new coat of paint. 23 00:02:43,244 --> 00:02:45,303 Well, you got the inside fixed up real nice. 24 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:46,870 But that outside looks like 25 00:02:46,948 --> 00:02:48,916 they ought to be taking up a collection for you. 26 00:02:48,983 --> 00:02:50,883 When somebody does, I'll paint. 27 00:02:51,319 --> 00:02:54,015 For a guy who can afford tickets to the Laker game, 28 00:02:54,088 --> 00:02:55,487 it seems to me you could afford 29 00:02:55,556 --> 00:02:57,854 a couple of bucks for a few gallons of paint. 30 00:02:57,925 --> 00:03:00,826 Dad, I'm not going to paint the trailer and that's it. 31 00:03:01,162 --> 00:03:03,596 Supposing we was to use seafoam green, 32 00:03:03,665 --> 00:03:04,927 isn't that pretty? 33 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:08,298 Dad, I like the trailer the way it is, all right? 34 00:03:12,373 --> 00:03:14,341 Yes? Mr. Rockford? 35 00:03:14,409 --> 00:03:15,842 That's right. Come in. 36 00:03:18,913 --> 00:03:20,744 What can I do for you? 37 00:03:20,815 --> 00:03:22,305 You are detective? 38 00:03:22,383 --> 00:03:25,443 Don't let the way this place looks on the outside throw you. 39 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,181 He's the best in the business. 40 00:03:27,255 --> 00:03:29,587 That's my father, the happy homemaker. 41 00:03:29,991 --> 00:03:31,515 Would you sit down, please? 42 00:03:36,497 --> 00:03:38,431 Pham Thanh Mai. 43 00:03:40,301 --> 00:03:41,290 Mai. 44 00:03:41,803 --> 00:03:42,861 Oh. 45 00:03:43,604 --> 00:03:47,062 Say here. Find missing person. 46 00:03:47,375 --> 00:03:48,569 Vinh missing. 47 00:03:49,477 --> 00:03:50,910 Brother. You find. 48 00:03:50,978 --> 00:03:52,377 Well, it also says 49 00:03:52,447 --> 00:03:54,438 I do complete underwater investigations. 50 00:03:54,515 --> 00:03:57,006 But, you know, when you're composing an ad 51 00:03:57,085 --> 00:03:59,144 you tend to oversell. 52 00:04:00,521 --> 00:04:02,045 She didn't understand you. 53 00:04:04,158 --> 00:04:06,820 You should go to the police. 54 00:04:07,829 --> 00:04:08,989 Have money. 55 00:04:09,063 --> 00:04:10,860 Well, that's not the point. 56 00:04:10,932 --> 00:04:12,160 What do you mean that's not the point? 57 00:04:12,233 --> 00:04:14,098 For a fellow who can't afford to paint his... 58 00:04:14,168 --> 00:04:16,534 Ma'am, he's the best there is. 59 00:04:16,604 --> 00:04:18,572 $200 a day and expenses. 60 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:19,697 I buy. 61 00:04:19,774 --> 00:04:23,232 Look, it's not that easy to find a missing person. 62 00:04:23,644 --> 00:04:27,546 You know, LA is kind of spread out all over. 63 00:04:28,049 --> 00:04:31,143 Now, the police have the manpower. 64 00:04:31,219 --> 00:04:32,618 Go to the police. 65 00:04:34,589 --> 00:04:37,490 Ain't you even gonna ask her what happened to her brother? 66 00:04:38,359 --> 00:04:42,056 Brother refugee. Stay Camp Blanchard. 67 00:04:42,130 --> 00:04:43,722 Come from Vietnam. 68 00:04:44,232 --> 00:04:46,359 Last night take bus. 69 00:04:46,734 --> 00:04:49,202 I meet. No Vinh. 70 00:04:50,004 --> 00:04:53,235 I call sponsor, no answer. 71 00:04:53,307 --> 00:04:55,798 Maybe he just took the wrong bus. 72 00:04:55,877 --> 00:04:58,607 Or maybe he got off at the wrong station. 73 00:05:01,082 --> 00:05:03,846 You promise. You find. 74 00:05:06,621 --> 00:05:07,610 Okay. 75 00:05:08,122 --> 00:05:11,558 Okay, you want to throw your money away, 76 00:05:11,626 --> 00:05:13,594 I'll give it my best shot. 77 00:05:16,397 --> 00:05:20,493 What was your brother's sponsor's name? 78 00:05:21,602 --> 00:05:23,502 Robert Coffey. 79 00:05:23,571 --> 00:05:28,201 1631 South Alexander. 80 00:05:42,523 --> 00:05:44,684 BECKER: Why didn't you tell me there was an inspection going on? 81 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:45,691 I didn't know, Sarge. 82 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,954 I just passed the brass on the way 83 00:05:47,028 --> 00:05:48,222 back from the coffee machine. 84 00:05:48,296 --> 00:05:50,355 Ah, well, just look busy. I am busy. 85 00:05:50,431 --> 00:05:52,991 You'd look a lot busier without the coffee in your hand. 86 00:05:54,035 --> 00:05:55,263 Hi, Dennis. 87 00:05:55,336 --> 00:05:56,803 What are you doing here? 88 00:05:56,871 --> 00:05:58,304 I'm sorry if I caught you at a bad time, 89 00:05:58,372 --> 00:05:59,566 but I need some help. 90 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,039 I've been trying to run down a guy 91 00:06:01,108 --> 00:06:03,542 by the name of Robert Coffey. 92 00:06:03,911 --> 00:06:06,641 I called his house, he doesn't answer his phone 93 00:06:08,583 --> 00:06:11,381 and the address that I have is a vacant lot. 94 00:06:11,786 --> 00:06:14,277 Do you want to give me the details? 95 00:06:14,355 --> 00:06:16,448 There aren't any. Just what I told you. 96 00:06:16,524 --> 00:06:18,048 I tried to call the telephone company, 97 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:19,183 I didn't get anywhere with them. 98 00:06:19,260 --> 00:06:24,288 Do you think you could look this guy Coffey up in your crisscross directory, huh? 99 00:06:24,365 --> 00:06:26,959 See if the phone's listed in another address. 100 00:06:27,034 --> 00:06:29,264 Were there any signs of forced entry? 101 00:06:29,337 --> 00:06:31,100 What are you talking about? 102 00:06:31,172 --> 00:06:33,231 I'm just asking for a phone check. 103 00:06:33,307 --> 00:06:36,333 I see. Well, then you'll have to see Lieutenant Chapman on this. 104 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:37,741 Chapman? 105 00:06:37,812 --> 00:06:39,302 Right this way, sir. 106 00:06:42,083 --> 00:06:44,051 Excuse me, sir. Have a good day, sir. 107 00:06:47,588 --> 00:06:50,113 There's an inspection going on. I'll see you later. 108 00:06:50,191 --> 00:06:52,989 What am I? The lint on somebody's uniform? 109 00:06:53,060 --> 00:06:54,823 All I want to do is use the crisscross. 110 00:06:54,929 --> 00:06:57,762 Well, it's your neck. There's brass all over the place. 111 00:06:57,865 --> 00:06:58,957 First door on the right. 112 00:06:59,033 --> 00:07:00,295 Thank you, Dennis. 113 00:07:08,042 --> 00:07:09,805 Well, it's about time. 114 00:07:11,212 --> 00:07:13,043 Please, don't tell me you're not the new cook. 115 00:07:13,114 --> 00:07:14,547 I'm not the new cook. 116 00:07:14,615 --> 00:07:17,049 What do you want, paI? Yeah, I was looking for Mitch Donner. 117 00:07:17,118 --> 00:07:18,176 I went by his apartment. 118 00:07:18,252 --> 00:07:19,651 They told me he was a cook here in the hospital. 119 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,620 He was. He didn't report to work this morning. 120 00:07:21,689 --> 00:07:23,850 What about a Robert Coffey? You know him? 121 00:07:23,925 --> 00:07:25,722 Never heard of him. Check the front office. 122 00:07:25,793 --> 00:07:27,727 Yeah, well, he's supposed to be a friend of Donner's. 123 00:07:27,795 --> 00:07:30,593 He's supposed to be sponsoring a Vietnamese refugee. 124 00:07:30,665 --> 00:07:32,895 The kid's disappeared and I can't find Coffey. 125 00:07:32,967 --> 00:07:35,231 Yeah, well, If you find him or the Vietnamese kid 126 00:07:35,303 --> 00:07:36,793 and he can cook, I'll take him. 127 00:07:38,806 --> 00:07:40,433 What is it with you and the salt? 128 00:07:40,508 --> 00:07:41,998 This is a hospital. No salt. 129 00:07:42,076 --> 00:07:43,543 None. You see what I mean? 130 00:07:43,611 --> 00:07:46,307 Yeah. Hey, listen, what about this Coffey? 131 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:47,574 I told you, I've never heard of him. 132 00:07:47,648 --> 00:07:49,479 Look, pal, I'm a little busy. 133 00:07:49,550 --> 00:07:51,450 If Donner checks in, you want me to tell him something? 134 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:53,487 Yeah, would you give him my card 135 00:07:53,554 --> 00:07:54,578 and have him call me? 136 00:07:54,655 --> 00:07:55,644 Sure. Thank you. 137 00:07:55,723 --> 00:07:56,781 All right. 138 00:08:21,148 --> 00:08:23,013 Donner, move it. 139 00:09:29,917 --> 00:09:31,043 Rocky. 140 00:09:35,523 --> 00:09:36,547 Rocky. 141 00:09:49,569 --> 00:09:52,129 No more ice, please. 142 00:09:52,806 --> 00:09:55,138 My brain feels like it's frozen solid now. 143 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:57,005 Dad, if you won't let me take you to the doctor... 144 00:09:57,077 --> 00:09:58,908 Look, quit clucking over me, will you? 145 00:09:58,978 --> 00:10:00,445 I'm all right. 146 00:10:01,514 --> 00:10:03,209 Well, did you get a look at them? 147 00:10:03,283 --> 00:10:06,184 No, I didn't even see how many of them there was. 148 00:10:06,252 --> 00:10:07,776 I was bending over the desk here, 149 00:10:07,854 --> 00:10:09,082 looking at paint samples, 150 00:10:09,155 --> 00:10:10,554 when they come slamming in 151 00:10:10,623 --> 00:10:12,215 and push me down on the desk. 152 00:10:12,292 --> 00:10:13,725 It took me clear by surprise 153 00:10:13,793 --> 00:10:15,260 or I'd have been able to do something. 154 00:10:15,328 --> 00:10:17,091 Yeah, like get your neck broken. 155 00:10:17,163 --> 00:10:18,152 How does it feel? 156 00:10:18,231 --> 00:10:19,664 It's all right. 157 00:10:19,732 --> 00:10:21,996 I can't figure out what they wanted. 158 00:10:22,068 --> 00:10:24,901 They didn't take the TV, the stereo. 159 00:10:24,971 --> 00:10:27,337 I mean, my camera's back there in the closet. 160 00:10:33,513 --> 00:10:34,639 What's that? 161 00:10:36,316 --> 00:10:37,613 There's a couple of $100 here. 162 00:10:37,684 --> 00:10:39,015 They didn't even touch it. 163 00:10:39,085 --> 00:10:41,781 I thought you said you couldn't afford to have the trailer painted. 164 00:10:41,855 --> 00:10:43,152 What were they after? 165 00:10:43,223 --> 00:10:46,056 How long have you had that squirreled away in there? 166 00:10:47,494 --> 00:10:49,519 They didn't go through the desk drawers. 167 00:10:50,330 --> 00:10:52,594 They tore up my closet, they moved the bed. 168 00:10:52,665 --> 00:10:54,929 Whatever they were looking for had to be something specific. 169 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:55,990 Something big. 170 00:10:57,237 --> 00:10:58,397 You didn't hear them say anything? 171 00:10:58,471 --> 00:11:00,905 They hit me pretty hard, you know. 172 00:11:01,307 --> 00:11:02,296 Yeah. 173 00:11:04,911 --> 00:11:05,900 Hurts, huh? 174 00:11:25,999 --> 00:11:29,867 You want to die here? You understand? Die? 175 00:11:39,412 --> 00:11:41,403 Save it. He's out again. 176 00:11:42,182 --> 00:11:43,513 I'll spell you. 177 00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:47,114 Why don't you run out and get us a bucket of chicken, huh? 178 00:11:50,924 --> 00:11:52,323 Vinh. 179 00:12:17,817 --> 00:12:19,114 Yes? Mrs. Hartman? 180 00:12:19,185 --> 00:12:20,152 Yes. 181 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:22,347 My name is Jim Rockford. Is Mai in? 182 00:12:22,822 --> 00:12:23,880 Mai? 183 00:12:23,957 --> 00:12:25,288 Yes, she lives here, doesn't she? 184 00:12:25,358 --> 00:12:26,950 Oh, yes. 185 00:12:27,026 --> 00:12:28,584 I'm sorry, it's just that 186 00:12:28,661 --> 00:12:31,994 since we brought her back with us from Vietnam two years ago, 187 00:12:32,065 --> 00:12:34,295 well, you're one of the few people she's asked to 188 00:12:34,367 --> 00:12:36,198 come visit her here at the house. Come on in. 189 00:12:36,269 --> 00:12:37,258 Thank you. 190 00:12:40,540 --> 00:12:42,906 Oh, Leslie, Mai has a visitor. 191 00:12:43,476 --> 00:12:44,602 Mr. Rockford, my husband. 192 00:12:44,677 --> 00:12:45,803 How do you do? How do you do? 193 00:12:45,878 --> 00:12:48,176 I can't tell you how pleased I am. 194 00:12:48,281 --> 00:12:50,249 It's been terribly difficult for her. 195 00:12:50,316 --> 00:12:53,979 She's a lovely girl, but she's terribly shy. 196 00:12:54,721 --> 00:12:56,985 Honey, why don't you tell Mai she has some company, huh? 197 00:12:57,056 --> 00:12:58,717 Oh, yes. Excuse me. 198 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:03,088 She's been like that ever since we took Mai in. 199 00:13:03,162 --> 00:13:05,187 90o/o mother hen. 200 00:13:05,265 --> 00:13:06,732 You serve in Vietnam? 201 00:13:06,799 --> 00:13:09,768 Well, not in the army. Civilian construction. Air bases, mostly. 202 00:13:09,836 --> 00:13:11,633 We put them up, they blew them up. 203 00:13:11,704 --> 00:13:13,433 Make yourself at home. Thank you. 204 00:13:13,506 --> 00:13:14,973 Oh, here she is now. 205 00:13:15,041 --> 00:13:17,100 If you'll excuse me, I've got some paperwork to do. 206 00:13:17,176 --> 00:13:19,201 Nice meeting you. Pleasure. 207 00:13:20,580 --> 00:13:21,569 Please. 208 00:13:27,587 --> 00:13:28,986 You find Vinh? 209 00:13:29,055 --> 00:13:33,082 Well, not yet, no. But I have to tell you 210 00:13:34,494 --> 00:13:37,554 I'm not too happy with the way things are turning out. 211 00:13:37,630 --> 00:13:39,825 Someone broke into my trailer and searched it. 212 00:13:39,899 --> 00:13:41,457 And what they found was my father. 213 00:13:41,534 --> 00:13:43,024 They knocked him cold. 214 00:13:43,536 --> 00:13:45,003 Look, they hit him. 215 00:13:46,539 --> 00:13:48,063 Your father hurt? 216 00:13:48,141 --> 00:13:50,200 Not as bad as he could be. 217 00:13:51,177 --> 00:13:52,166 Mai, 218 00:13:53,546 --> 00:13:55,138 is there something about your brother 219 00:13:55,214 --> 00:13:57,182 that you haven't told me? 220 00:13:59,919 --> 00:14:00,908 Wait. 221 00:14:24,811 --> 00:14:26,210 Mr. Rockford. 222 00:14:27,347 --> 00:14:28,712 $500. 223 00:14:29,215 --> 00:14:31,308 Well, I don't want any more of your money. 224 00:14:31,384 --> 00:14:33,579 Take. You promise. 225 00:14:34,821 --> 00:14:36,516 You find Vinh. 226 00:14:38,191 --> 00:14:39,180 Okay. 227 00:14:49,369 --> 00:14:50,358 Leslie. 228 00:14:51,437 --> 00:14:52,802 Leslie, I've got to talk to you. 229 00:14:52,872 --> 00:14:53,861 What's wrong? 230 00:14:53,940 --> 00:14:55,464 It's about Mai. 231 00:14:56,743 --> 00:14:59,712 What is it this time? Well, what's-his-name hasn't proposed to her yet? 232 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,212 Leslie, he's a detective. 233 00:15:05,084 --> 00:15:07,245 What? He is a detective. 234 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,084 I just saw her giving him $500 235 00:15:10,156 --> 00:15:13,387 to try to locate somebody named Vinh. 236 00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:15,794 Oh, that's what's got you so upset, huh? 237 00:15:15,862 --> 00:15:18,330 Leslie, if she's in some kind of trouble, 238 00:15:18,398 --> 00:15:20,127 we have a responsibility. 239 00:15:20,199 --> 00:15:22,099 Where would she get $500? 240 00:15:23,569 --> 00:15:26,538 Well, she's been here two years, she saved it. 241 00:15:27,707 --> 00:15:29,436 All right. Who's Vinh? 242 00:15:29,509 --> 00:15:31,534 That is none of our business. 243 00:15:32,278 --> 00:15:34,838 Look, you know what happened with the relocation program. 244 00:15:34,914 --> 00:15:36,711 Families split up, spread all over the country. 245 00:15:36,783 --> 00:15:38,341 It just seems... Don't interrupt me. 246 00:15:38,418 --> 00:15:40,784 You're the one who wanted her to make new friends. 247 00:15:40,853 --> 00:15:42,650 Well, what's wrong with finding one this way? 248 00:15:42,722 --> 00:15:44,883 Just relax, will you? Stop hovering. 249 00:15:44,957 --> 00:15:46,754 Let Mai do what she wants 250 00:15:47,260 --> 00:15:49,387 and let me get back to my work, okay? 251 00:16:41,714 --> 00:16:42,703 Rocky. 252 00:16:45,551 --> 00:16:46,813 All right, hold it. 253 00:16:48,321 --> 00:16:50,084 Yeah, well, I'm holding it. 254 00:16:50,156 --> 00:16:51,589 That's nice. 255 00:16:51,657 --> 00:16:54,820 You just answer a couple of questions, nobody gets hurt, huh? 256 00:16:54,894 --> 00:16:56,828 Sounds fair to me. What do you want to know? 257 00:16:59,298 --> 00:17:02,665 What do you got to do with Vinh? Vinh! 258 00:17:03,035 --> 00:17:05,765 Hey, there's nothing I'd rather do than cooperate with you, 259 00:17:05,838 --> 00:17:07,362 but I don't know what you're talking about. 260 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,967 Keep stalling, Rockford, and you're gonna wind up on a wheelchair basketball team. 261 00:17:12,078 --> 00:17:13,739 What was the name again? 262 00:17:13,813 --> 00:17:15,974 No games. Just answer the question. 263 00:17:16,048 --> 00:17:17,845 Now, look, you see that? 264 00:17:31,063 --> 00:17:32,462 Go, go, go, go! 265 00:17:42,975 --> 00:17:44,465 I thought we were gonna paint. 266 00:18:23,950 --> 00:18:26,282 All right, you got them. They're stuck. 267 00:18:26,986 --> 00:18:28,283 Nice work, Rocky. 268 00:18:32,858 --> 00:18:33,984 L.J.: Jim, I don't mind painting, 269 00:18:34,060 --> 00:18:36,290 but I sure don't like nobody trying to shoot at me. 270 00:18:36,362 --> 00:18:38,660 Oh, nobody likes to get shot at. 271 00:18:38,731 --> 00:18:40,892 Yeah, but I don't like it in particular. 272 00:18:40,967 --> 00:18:43,629 Okay, L.J., later, all right? 273 00:18:44,470 --> 00:18:48,099 Mai, they wanted answers from me. 274 00:18:48,741 --> 00:18:52,177 Now, I want them from you. And I think I've earned a few. 275 00:18:52,244 --> 00:18:54,212 The two guys that came to my trailer, 276 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,713 they knew your brother's name 277 00:18:55,781 --> 00:18:57,715 and they tried to cancel my ticket. 278 00:18:58,184 --> 00:19:00,914 They tried to kill me. Now, who were they? 279 00:19:00,987 --> 00:19:03,785 I telling you truth. Not know. 280 00:19:05,625 --> 00:19:08,423 Mai, if you don't level with me, 281 00:19:08,494 --> 00:19:10,155 we're not going to get anywhere. 282 00:19:12,898 --> 00:19:14,422 Not know men. 283 00:19:15,301 --> 00:19:17,166 Maybe know why. 284 00:19:17,236 --> 00:19:18,703 At least that's a start. 285 00:19:21,674 --> 00:19:24,199 You know American Rangers? 286 00:19:24,777 --> 00:19:25,801 Yeah. 287 00:19:25,878 --> 00:19:29,678 Near home, whole bunch American Rangers. 288 00:19:29,749 --> 00:19:32,047 Vinh work their camp. 289 00:19:32,118 --> 00:19:35,246 One night Viet Cong made rocket attack. 290 00:19:37,023 --> 00:19:39,457 Whole bunch American Rangers killed. 291 00:19:39,525 --> 00:19:41,288 Soldiers blame Vinh. 292 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,885 Say he give information Viet Cong. 293 00:19:43,963 --> 00:19:45,191 Did your brother tell them? 294 00:19:45,264 --> 00:19:48,700 No! Vinh no go around with Viet Cong. 295 00:19:48,768 --> 00:19:50,827 Vinh likes Americans. 296 00:19:50,903 --> 00:19:52,666 Vinh like cowboys. 297 00:19:52,738 --> 00:19:55,969 All the time going American cowboy movies. 298 00:19:59,145 --> 00:20:02,205 When Vinh escape Rangers, 299 00:20:02,682 --> 00:20:04,877 hide in Binh Thuan province. 300 00:20:06,919 --> 00:20:09,183 I no see him two years. 301 00:20:09,755 --> 00:20:14,556 You think the two guys that came to my trailer were part of the Ranger outfit? 302 00:20:14,927 --> 00:20:16,519 I've known folks that'd carry a grudge 303 00:20:16,595 --> 00:20:18,995 a lot farther than Saigon to Los Angeles. 304 00:20:19,298 --> 00:20:21,562 Night I go bus meet Vinh, 305 00:20:22,401 --> 00:20:25,427 guard say two men chase. 306 00:20:25,805 --> 00:20:28,365 Maybe catch, maybe torture. 307 00:20:28,441 --> 00:20:31,410 Why didn't you tell me this? Even better, why didn't you tell the police? 308 00:20:31,477 --> 00:20:32,466 You find. 309 00:20:33,646 --> 00:20:35,841 You no find, they kill Vinh. 310 00:20:50,796 --> 00:20:53,390 Excuse me, has Mitch Donner checked in yet? 311 00:20:53,466 --> 00:20:54,956 No. And don't count on him. 312 00:20:55,034 --> 00:20:56,831 Yeah, well, what about the manager? 313 00:20:56,902 --> 00:20:58,836 You're looking at him. I'm administration. 314 00:20:58,904 --> 00:21:02,237 Oh, yeah? You know, you're not the same guy I talked to the other day... 315 00:21:02,308 --> 00:21:03,935 Benson Kelly. Yeah. 316 00:21:04,009 --> 00:21:07,240 Yeah, well, he's the reason that I'm in charge of all of this. 317 00:21:07,313 --> 00:21:09,679 He said he couldn't stand it anymore. What, he quit? 318 00:21:09,749 --> 00:21:12,718 Well, he said he had to get up to the Sierras and think. 319 00:21:12,785 --> 00:21:14,343 Now, look, you're gonna have to excuse me 320 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:16,684 because I got to do something about lunch. Maybe I should call my... 321 00:21:16,756 --> 00:21:18,189 Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. 322 00:21:18,257 --> 00:21:19,417 All right, fella. Excuse me. 323 00:21:19,492 --> 00:21:22,723 About this Kelly and Donner, are they pretty tight? 324 00:21:22,795 --> 00:21:24,319 Well, they've been buddies since Vietnam. 325 00:21:24,396 --> 00:21:26,330 Same Ranger battalion, right? 326 00:21:26,398 --> 00:21:28,866 Well, that's a laugh. Kitchen rangers, maybe. 327 00:21:28,934 --> 00:21:30,458 The closest they ever got to action 328 00:21:30,536 --> 00:21:33,061 was a food fight in the mess hall. 329 00:21:33,139 --> 00:21:36,108 Now, mister, those two loafers were potato soldiers. 330 00:21:36,175 --> 00:21:38,075 They were quartermaster corps. 331 00:22:10,209 --> 00:22:12,507 Man, I think this is a major mistake. 332 00:22:12,578 --> 00:22:14,239 I think Ben's got the right idea. 333 00:22:14,313 --> 00:22:16,304 Give the kid some rope and he'll lead us where we want to go. 334 00:22:16,382 --> 00:22:17,679 Don't lose him. 335 00:22:24,256 --> 00:22:27,316 Boy, I'll tell you, Dad, if there's one thing I hate, 336 00:22:27,393 --> 00:22:29,657 I just hate to get suckered. 337 00:22:29,728 --> 00:22:32,219 Well, maybe you're being too hard on that little old girl. 338 00:22:32,298 --> 00:22:34,357 She's done nothing but lie to me. 339 00:22:34,433 --> 00:22:36,731 Those two gorillas weren't in the Rangers, 340 00:22:36,802 --> 00:22:38,235 they were in the quartermaster corps. 341 00:22:38,304 --> 00:22:40,295 Well, suppose she don't know the difference. 342 00:22:40,372 --> 00:22:43,864 She knows the difference between an M-16 and a chicken fried steak. 343 00:22:43,943 --> 00:22:45,570 You said we was gonna paint the trailer. 344 00:22:45,644 --> 00:22:46,941 I said, ''I got a couple of hours.'' 345 00:22:47,012 --> 00:22:49,640 I get shot at, drove all over town. 346 00:22:49,748 --> 00:22:52,012 Okay, L.J. I'll take you back to your shop. 347 00:22:52,084 --> 00:22:53,551 I've got to pick up my car anyway. 348 00:22:53,619 --> 00:22:55,917 Now, just hold on. There's nobody going no place. 349 00:22:55,988 --> 00:22:58,286 We all agreed we're going to paint the trailer. 350 00:22:58,357 --> 00:22:59,790 Who all agreed? 351 00:22:59,859 --> 00:23:01,759 We're taking the paint back to the shop 352 00:23:01,827 --> 00:23:03,954 and get a refund of my money. 353 00:23:04,029 --> 00:23:07,726 Oh, now, look, it ain't as though you don't have no money. You got a client. 354 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:08,732 That's what you think. 355 00:23:08,801 --> 00:23:10,393 She's got one more chance to make some sense 356 00:23:10,469 --> 00:23:12,937 and if she doesn't, we're finished. 357 00:23:38,664 --> 00:23:40,029 This could be where it is. 358 00:23:40,099 --> 00:23:41,726 Could be. You take the back. 359 00:23:48,940 --> 00:23:50,532 ROCKFORD: How long ago did you get the call? 360 00:23:50,608 --> 00:23:51,666 MAI: Few minute. 361 00:23:51,743 --> 00:23:54,177 Friend of Vinh from refugee camp named Nguyen 362 00:23:54,245 --> 00:23:55,234 have information. 363 00:23:55,313 --> 00:23:57,941 ROCKFORD: Okay. Let's see what he has to say. 364 00:24:20,138 --> 00:24:21,628 You told him we were coming? 365 00:24:21,706 --> 00:24:22,695 He wait. 366 00:24:39,123 --> 00:24:40,112 Nguyen? 367 00:24:44,562 --> 00:24:45,551 Nguyen. 368 00:24:51,669 --> 00:24:54,467 Hey, who did that to you? 369 00:24:54,772 --> 00:24:57,900 Two men. Americans. 370 00:24:59,844 --> 00:25:00,776 They took Vinh. 371 00:25:00,845 --> 00:25:02,642 We fought, but they had guns. 372 00:25:02,714 --> 00:25:05,114 You think you could describe them for me? 373 00:25:08,553 --> 00:25:10,248 One was a big man. 374 00:25:11,255 --> 00:25:14,554 The other was taller, thinner. 375 00:25:15,126 --> 00:25:17,026 Sounds like old friends. 376 00:25:18,162 --> 00:25:20,392 Was Vinh here when they came? 377 00:25:20,665 --> 00:25:22,895 Perhaps two minutes. 378 00:25:23,668 --> 00:25:25,295 What did they want to know? 379 00:25:29,607 --> 00:25:31,905 They wanted Vinh. 380 00:25:31,976 --> 00:25:33,409 They had Vinh. 381 00:25:33,478 --> 00:25:36,140 They wanted some kind of information. Now, what was it? 382 00:25:45,089 --> 00:25:46,613 What you do? 383 00:25:46,691 --> 00:25:49,387 You won't let the guy talk, so I'm calling the police. 384 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:50,392 MAI: No! 385 00:25:50,461 --> 00:25:53,396 There's been a FederaI crime committed, kidnapping. 386 00:25:53,998 --> 00:25:56,057 Nguyen is a witness 387 00:25:56,901 --> 00:25:58,630 or he's an accessory. 388 00:26:00,338 --> 00:26:03,307 Now, either you allow him to tell me what's going on 389 00:26:03,374 --> 00:26:05,467 or he can tell it to the police. 390 00:26:10,448 --> 00:26:11,813 Vinh has something they want. 391 00:26:11,883 --> 00:26:13,942 He won't tell them. So they ask me. 392 00:26:18,856 --> 00:26:20,414 I do not want your money. 393 00:26:22,493 --> 00:26:25,428 Mai said she would pay me $1000 394 00:26:25,496 --> 00:26:28,522 to do no more than describe them to you. 395 00:26:29,167 --> 00:26:31,567 Give you information to help you find them, 396 00:26:32,236 --> 00:26:35,103 but not reveaI what they wanted. She's rich. 397 00:26:35,873 --> 00:26:38,364 She has many American dollars. 398 00:26:38,443 --> 00:26:40,035 But she doesn't want to tell you. 399 00:26:40,411 --> 00:26:42,072 That is what they want. 400 00:26:52,290 --> 00:26:55,521 Mr. Rockford, wait, wait, where you go? 401 00:26:56,094 --> 00:26:58,358 I've got a couple of tickets for the Lakers game. 402 00:26:58,429 --> 00:26:59,487 I thought I might use them. 403 00:26:59,564 --> 00:27:01,623 You're going to a basketball game? 404 00:27:01,699 --> 00:27:04,099 Didn't you hear what Nguyen said? They have Vinh. 405 00:27:04,168 --> 00:27:08,002 Look, I paid you $700. That ought to buy more than a quick brush-off. 406 00:27:08,072 --> 00:27:09,733 Crash course in Berlitz? 407 00:27:09,807 --> 00:27:11,866 All right, I speak English. 408 00:27:11,943 --> 00:27:13,672 I also speak French. 409 00:27:13,744 --> 00:27:17,202 Ah, but pidgin English, that's where you really shine. 410 00:27:17,281 --> 00:27:19,306 There was a reason for that. 411 00:27:19,383 --> 00:27:21,783 Sure. Not understanding's very convenient 412 00:27:21,853 --> 00:27:23,184 when you don't want to answer questions. 413 00:27:23,254 --> 00:27:25,779 I understand greed, Mr. Rockford. 414 00:27:25,857 --> 00:27:28,655 I didn't know if I could trust you. 415 00:27:28,726 --> 00:27:30,353 Now, I think I can. 416 00:27:30,428 --> 00:27:33,556 Well, that's too bad. Because now I don't trust you. 417 00:27:33,631 --> 00:27:36,395 I don't know which tear-jerker is upsetting my stomach. 418 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:39,095 You weren't there, you don't know what it was like. 419 00:27:39,170 --> 00:27:41,195 When are you going to stop using it? 420 00:27:42,373 --> 00:27:46,241 The truth this time, okay? Just hear me out, huh? Please. 421 00:27:46,777 --> 00:27:50,110 Okay, okay, why don't we just start with 422 00:27:50,181 --> 00:27:53,275 why those two war hawks are after your brother? 423 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,346 Vinh was a driver for a Vietnamese colonel 424 00:27:59,423 --> 00:28:01,414 attached to the quartermaster corps. 425 00:28:02,193 --> 00:28:05,754 Sort of a liaison between your army and ours. 426 00:28:06,063 --> 00:28:09,226 The colonel, like many others, dealt in black market money. 427 00:28:09,300 --> 00:28:10,892 American dollars? 428 00:28:12,003 --> 00:28:15,905 All American personnel were supposed to use only Vietnamese money or script. 429 00:28:16,174 --> 00:28:17,801 But US currency was constantly 430 00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:19,433 being smuggled in and out of the country. 431 00:28:19,510 --> 00:28:23,606 What about our two enterprising kitchen rangers? 432 00:28:23,681 --> 00:28:25,546 Were they partners with the colonel? 433 00:28:26,817 --> 00:28:29,183 How much did they steaI? I don't know exactly. 434 00:28:29,253 --> 00:28:31,517 But Vinh said there were actually three men. 435 00:28:31,589 --> 00:28:34,183 Near the end, the colonel was ambushed and killed. 436 00:28:34,592 --> 00:28:38,119 Vinh ended up with his briefcase containing $50,000. 437 00:28:38,196 --> 00:28:39,891 And you smuggled it into this country 438 00:28:39,964 --> 00:28:41,625 when the Hartmans brought you back home with them. 439 00:28:41,699 --> 00:28:43,030 Well, we had no choice. 440 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,627 Vinh was still in the army and he knew the three men would be after it. 441 00:28:46,704 --> 00:28:49,002 We didn't have anything. 442 00:28:49,073 --> 00:28:51,871 It was a fortune. Do you understand? 443 00:28:51,943 --> 00:28:54,138 Yeah. Yeah, I understand. 444 00:28:54,879 --> 00:28:56,870 And it's becoming pretty clear 445 00:28:56,948 --> 00:29:00,782 that the third gorilla was Benson Kelly, 446 00:29:01,152 --> 00:29:02,813 alias Robert Coffey. 447 00:29:04,021 --> 00:29:06,114 Maybe the police will understand, too. 448 00:29:06,190 --> 00:29:09,887 How many times do I have to tell you, I don't want to involve the police? 449 00:29:09,961 --> 00:29:12,623 Mai, either we involve the police, 450 00:29:12,697 --> 00:29:14,324 or you're in this thing alone. 451 00:29:16,634 --> 00:29:19,865 I need your brother's full name, Miss. 452 00:29:21,672 --> 00:29:23,469 Pham Van Vinh. 453 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,338 That it? 454 00:29:30,414 --> 00:29:33,110 It's got an ''H.'' V-I-N-H. 455 00:29:36,821 --> 00:29:37,810 Okay. 456 00:29:39,056 --> 00:29:40,990 The color of his hair? 457 00:29:41,626 --> 00:29:42,615 Eyes? 458 00:29:44,528 --> 00:29:45,688 Height? Weight? 459 00:29:45,763 --> 00:29:48,789 I don't know. Mai, how tall is your brother? 460 00:29:49,734 --> 00:29:51,634 Just put down medium. 461 00:29:51,702 --> 00:29:53,761 Could you be just a little bit more specific? 462 00:29:53,838 --> 00:29:55,567 If you could tell me how? I've never seen him. 463 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,541 Oh, that's great. Then there's a good chance that he doesn't even exist. 464 00:29:58,609 --> 00:29:59,940 He exists. 465 00:30:01,979 --> 00:30:05,380 Mai, look, I know how you feel about cops. 466 00:30:05,449 --> 00:30:07,849 If you trust me, you can trust Dennis. 467 00:30:08,386 --> 00:30:11,719 Mai, they've got your brother. They're chasing us. 468 00:30:11,789 --> 00:30:14,519 If you don't help us, we can't fill out the police report. 469 00:30:14,592 --> 00:30:15,581 Wait a minute. 470 00:30:17,228 --> 00:30:22,666 I need a description of your brother. 471 00:30:24,602 --> 00:30:29,403 Mai not understand. Mai not have brother. 472 00:30:31,642 --> 00:30:33,337 She's lying. She understands. 473 00:30:33,411 --> 00:30:35,242 She speaks English like Sir John Gielgud. 474 00:30:35,313 --> 00:30:36,575 Well, what am I supposed to do? 475 00:30:36,647 --> 00:30:38,171 Fill out the police report. 476 00:30:38,249 --> 00:30:40,877 I'm telling you, her brother has been kidnapped. 477 00:30:40,951 --> 00:30:42,316 She says she doesn't even have a brother. 478 00:30:42,386 --> 00:30:43,410 Now, what am I supposed to do? 479 00:30:43,487 --> 00:30:44,886 Fill out a report based on hearsay, 480 00:30:44,955 --> 00:30:46,115 bring it to Lieutenant Chapman? 481 00:30:46,190 --> 00:30:47,248 What do you think is gonna happen? 482 00:30:57,368 --> 00:30:58,357 Mr. Rockford. 483 00:31:01,572 --> 00:31:02,561 Mr. Rockford. 484 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,404 Hey. I don't speak English. 485 00:31:05,476 --> 00:31:08,468 I'm sorry. I couldn't let you tell the police. 486 00:31:08,546 --> 00:31:09,672 Well, of course, you couldn't. 487 00:31:09,747 --> 00:31:11,840 My father gets clobbered, I get clobbered, 488 00:31:11,916 --> 00:31:14,476 Nguyen gets beat up, your brother gets kidnapped. 489 00:31:14,552 --> 00:31:16,543 No, what do we need the police for? 490 00:31:16,620 --> 00:31:17,951 Let's just call in the coroner. 491 00:31:18,022 --> 00:31:20,547 That money is all we have. 492 00:31:20,958 --> 00:31:24,223 We're not even considered permanent residents here. 493 00:31:24,295 --> 00:31:25,956 We're parolees. 494 00:31:26,030 --> 00:31:27,657 Now, what am I supposed to do? 495 00:31:27,732 --> 00:31:30,360 Scrub toilets, floors, wash dishes? 496 00:31:30,434 --> 00:31:32,698 Vinh and I need that money. 497 00:31:32,770 --> 00:31:35,898 I'm sorry, Mai, I really am, but... 498 00:31:35,973 --> 00:31:38,601 I mean, those two guys saw us together. 499 00:31:38,676 --> 00:31:40,667 They're going to keep in touch. 500 00:31:40,745 --> 00:31:43,578 Now what am I supposed to say when I get a ransom call, huh? 501 00:31:44,215 --> 00:31:45,944 Now, what do you want? 502 00:31:46,016 --> 00:31:47,950 You want your brother or do you want the money? 503 00:31:48,018 --> 00:31:49,417 You can't have both. 504 00:31:49,487 --> 00:31:52,149 I want my brother. Safe. 505 00:32:06,937 --> 00:32:07,904 Hello. 506 00:32:07,972 --> 00:32:09,599 BENSON.. Rockford? Yeah. 507 00:32:09,673 --> 00:32:11,834 Your lady friend's got something that belongs to us. 508 00:32:11,909 --> 00:32:14,104 Sounds to me like the makings of a trade. How's it sound to you? 509 00:32:14,178 --> 00:32:16,305 Like kidnapping, 20-to-life. 510 00:32:16,380 --> 00:32:17,938 When you're dealing for half a million, 511 00:32:18,382 --> 00:32:19,542 what's a couple of years? 512 00:32:19,617 --> 00:32:21,244 You mean $50,000. 513 00:32:21,318 --> 00:32:23,582 She's got half a million. We've got her brother. 514 00:32:23,654 --> 00:32:24,848 Let's not play games. 515 00:32:24,922 --> 00:32:27,516 You just stay close to home, get the bread together. 516 00:32:27,591 --> 00:32:29,684 You'll be contacted in the morning with more instructions. 517 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,785 Oh, sure, all alone by the telephone, 518 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:33,762 so you know right where to find me, 519 00:32:33,831 --> 00:32:37,232 knock me off and boost the half a million, huh? No, you forget it. 520 00:32:37,301 --> 00:32:39,701 Leave your instructions on my phone machine. 521 00:32:39,770 --> 00:32:42,898 I've got a remote unit and I'll check in every half hour. 522 00:32:53,284 --> 00:32:54,911 Hello. They called. 523 00:32:54,985 --> 00:32:57,044 Is Vinh all right? That's what they say. 524 00:32:57,121 --> 00:32:58,179 You got the money close at hand? 525 00:32:58,255 --> 00:33:00,951 Yes, it's hidden. What am I supposed to do with it? 526 00:33:01,025 --> 00:33:02,151 Just leave it right where it is. 527 00:33:02,226 --> 00:33:03,386 I'll be over in the morning. 528 00:33:03,461 --> 00:33:06,157 And, Mai, they want all of it. 529 00:33:06,530 --> 00:33:08,521 The whole $500,000. 530 00:33:36,894 --> 00:33:38,020 We're alone. 531 00:33:38,095 --> 00:33:39,119 Mr. Hartman went to work 532 00:33:39,196 --> 00:33:40,390 and Mrs. Hartman went shopping. 533 00:33:40,464 --> 00:33:42,193 The money's in here. In here? 534 00:33:42,266 --> 00:33:43,733 Yeah. Put it on the bed. 535 00:33:43,801 --> 00:33:44,859 Okay. 536 00:33:47,972 --> 00:33:48,961 Okay. 537 00:33:49,974 --> 00:33:51,965 Fill this thing up. 538 00:33:52,042 --> 00:33:54,533 I'm going to see if our friends have called yet. 539 00:34:07,057 --> 00:34:09,582 Well, there's nothing on the answer phone yet. 540 00:34:10,394 --> 00:34:12,624 Mai, step away from there. 541 00:34:12,997 --> 00:34:14,862 No, Mr. Hartman, you don't understand. 542 00:34:14,932 --> 00:34:16,399 It's my money. 543 00:34:16,467 --> 00:34:18,059 I haven't done anything wrong to get it. 544 00:34:18,135 --> 00:34:20,501 Oh, I know all about where the money came from. 545 00:34:20,571 --> 00:34:22,630 Now, I said step back. 546 00:34:30,881 --> 00:34:34,078 It's been sitting here for three years in that crummy elephant? 547 00:34:35,386 --> 00:34:37,581 I thought the kid was going to bring it over. 548 00:34:40,558 --> 00:34:42,116 Want to hear something funny? 549 00:34:43,861 --> 00:34:47,729 Cathy almost gave this away to the St. Vincent de PauI Society last spring. 550 00:34:48,332 --> 00:34:52,166 Please, Mr. Hartman. I need that money. 551 00:34:52,236 --> 00:34:54,932 Somebody have my brother... Oh, I know. 552 00:34:55,372 --> 00:34:57,704 Benson Kelly, Mitchell Donner 553 00:34:57,775 --> 00:34:59,800 and another Section 8 by the name of Gary Stillman. 554 00:34:59,877 --> 00:35:01,174 You're about the best-informed 555 00:35:01,245 --> 00:35:03,270 construction engineer I've ever met. 556 00:35:03,347 --> 00:35:04,780 And don't tell me, let me guess. 557 00:35:04,848 --> 00:35:06,748 That was your cover in Nam. 558 00:35:06,817 --> 00:35:09,945 Are you CIA? Army Intelligence? 559 00:35:10,287 --> 00:35:11,379 Army CID. 560 00:35:11,455 --> 00:35:15,323 Assigned to the Colonel Tranh- Benson Kelly money conduit. 561 00:35:15,859 --> 00:35:17,451 We almost got them, too. 562 00:35:17,528 --> 00:35:19,018 But the poor colonel was vaporized 563 00:35:19,096 --> 00:35:20,586 when his jeep hit a claymore. 564 00:35:20,664 --> 00:35:22,427 That's when you decided to cross the line? 565 00:35:22,499 --> 00:35:24,490 Well, the war was ending. 566 00:35:24,568 --> 00:35:27,162 Just another ex-soldier without any prospects. 567 00:35:28,906 --> 00:35:31,033 I knew Vinh had wound up with a half a million dollars, 568 00:35:31,108 --> 00:35:32,598 but I couldn't locate him. 569 00:35:33,110 --> 00:35:35,943 I mean, everything was coming down. It was pure chaos over there. 570 00:35:37,414 --> 00:35:42,249 So I talked Cathy into bringing our little Mai stateside. 571 00:35:44,321 --> 00:35:45,948 I thought he had the money. 572 00:35:46,023 --> 00:35:47,047 But, I knew she and the kid 573 00:35:47,124 --> 00:35:48,557 would connect up with each other one day. 574 00:35:48,626 --> 00:35:50,924 Your own supplement to the GI Bill. 575 00:35:50,995 --> 00:35:52,622 Move over against that wall. 576 00:35:59,470 --> 00:36:01,665 Was Mrs. Hartman in on the plan with you? 577 00:36:01,739 --> 00:36:03,900 She and I can hardly agree on when to make love, 578 00:36:03,974 --> 00:36:05,601 much less anything else. 579 00:36:05,676 --> 00:36:09,635 Now, I said turn around and face that wall. 580 00:36:10,714 --> 00:36:11,703 Move! 581 00:36:18,122 --> 00:36:19,487 Get up in here. 582 00:37:11,206 --> 00:37:13,071 Mai. Mai? 583 00:37:13,975 --> 00:37:16,000 Hey. You all right? 584 00:37:16,945 --> 00:37:17,934 Yes. 585 00:37:18,747 --> 00:37:20,180 Here, sit up. 586 00:37:22,517 --> 00:37:23,882 Let me help you. 587 00:37:27,789 --> 00:37:29,120 Sit down. 588 00:37:30,959 --> 00:37:33,587 You sure you're all right? Yeah, I think so. 589 00:37:34,529 --> 00:37:36,360 I got to check my phone. 590 00:37:42,904 --> 00:37:44,667 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. ...leave your name and message. 591 00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:46,037 I'll get back to you. 592 00:37:46,408 --> 00:37:49,070 BENSON.. Rockford, Kelly. What good's it gonna do? We don't have the money. 593 00:37:49,144 --> 00:37:50,736 The wharf. 9..00 a.m. Be there. 594 00:37:54,883 --> 00:37:56,680 They called, didn't they? 595 00:37:56,785 --> 00:37:58,810 We make the exchange in half an hour. 596 00:38:00,288 --> 00:38:01,653 What exchange? 597 00:38:03,291 --> 00:38:06,454 They're going to kill him. Not if we give them what they're after. 598 00:38:06,528 --> 00:38:07,552 We can't. 599 00:38:07,629 --> 00:38:09,358 Where does Hartman keep his records? 600 00:38:09,431 --> 00:38:13,561 His phone bills, his, you know, calendar, address book? 601 00:38:13,635 --> 00:38:15,000 In the study. But I don't see... 602 00:38:15,070 --> 00:38:17,538 If Hartman was smart enough to figure this whole thing out 603 00:38:17,606 --> 00:38:21,440 he's smart enough to know that he cannot spend government payroll money. 604 00:38:24,412 --> 00:38:28,678 He'll have to fence the money. All we have to do is find out who the fence is. 605 00:38:29,317 --> 00:38:30,978 Here, look through the calendar. 606 00:38:31,219 --> 00:38:33,119 But how will I know if I find anything? 607 00:38:33,188 --> 00:38:35,315 Just read the entries out loud. 608 00:38:36,591 --> 00:38:38,752 I'm not sure where he keeps the paid bills, 609 00:38:38,827 --> 00:38:40,727 they may not even be here. 610 00:38:40,796 --> 00:38:43,594 Well, the phone bill's a long shot, anyway. 611 00:38:43,665 --> 00:38:45,565 Just got to go with what we got. 612 00:38:46,468 --> 00:38:49,062 ''Dinner. Hal and Thelma. 613 00:38:49,137 --> 00:38:51,697 ''Green Duck. 7:30.'' 614 00:38:52,007 --> 00:38:53,736 It won't be in the social notes. 615 00:38:53,809 --> 00:38:57,142 Look for anything that sounds like a business appointment. 616 00:38:57,212 --> 00:38:58,201 Oh. 617 00:39:03,318 --> 00:39:05,582 Chamber of commerce. That's it. 618 00:39:05,654 --> 00:39:06,916 Chamber of commerce? 619 00:39:06,988 --> 00:39:08,979 The Fontaine Brothers Pet Food Company. 620 00:39:09,057 --> 00:39:11,252 The Fontaine brothers wouldn't know a doggie biscuit 621 00:39:11,326 --> 00:39:12,623 if it was stuck in their ear. 622 00:39:12,694 --> 00:39:15,288 Where's the phone? Over there. But... 623 00:39:15,564 --> 00:39:17,532 The pet food company is just a front. 624 00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:19,260 They're one of the largest fences in town. 625 00:39:19,334 --> 00:39:21,302 I'll call the police and clue them in on Hartman. 626 00:39:26,341 --> 00:39:27,330 What is it? 627 00:39:31,780 --> 00:39:34,248 Somebody must have heard the shot and called the police. 628 00:39:34,316 --> 00:39:35,305 Let's go. 629 00:39:35,917 --> 00:39:37,009 Come on. 630 00:39:54,302 --> 00:39:56,827 Why didn't you stop? That was the police. 631 00:39:56,905 --> 00:39:59,135 All of a sudden you want to talk to the police. 632 00:39:59,207 --> 00:40:01,266 We've got 15 minutes to get to the exchange. 633 00:40:01,343 --> 00:40:03,607 There's a dead woman lying on the floor of that house, 634 00:40:03,678 --> 00:40:05,168 and we were the only two people in it. 635 00:40:05,247 --> 00:40:07,579 Why are we going to the exchange? 636 00:40:07,649 --> 00:40:08,775 We don't have the money. 637 00:40:08,850 --> 00:40:10,875 Okay, then let's not go to the exchange. 638 00:40:10,952 --> 00:40:12,749 Do you want to try that? 639 00:40:13,221 --> 00:40:15,314 Mrs. Hartman was my friend. 640 00:40:15,957 --> 00:40:17,925 How could he do that to her? 641 00:40:17,993 --> 00:40:20,188 Maybe she tried to stop him. 642 00:40:21,363 --> 00:40:24,821 I got an idea. Maybe we can deaI with the kidnappers. 643 00:40:24,933 --> 00:40:26,560 But first I want to drop you off. 644 00:40:26,635 --> 00:40:29,468 There's something I want you to do for me. 645 00:40:43,952 --> 00:40:46,648 I hope there won't be any late arrivals, Rockford. 646 00:40:46,721 --> 00:40:48,552 My friend's gonna be keeping an eye on you. 647 00:40:49,257 --> 00:40:50,724 I came alone. 648 00:40:57,599 --> 00:40:59,226 Where's the money? 649 00:40:59,734 --> 00:41:01,258 I don't have it. 650 00:41:01,736 --> 00:41:03,101 What? 651 00:41:03,171 --> 00:41:04,502 I don't have it. 652 00:41:04,572 --> 00:41:06,335 Now just a freaking minute! 653 00:41:06,408 --> 00:41:09,468 This is a ransom exchange. This is the ransom exchange. 654 00:41:09,544 --> 00:41:10,704 You're not going to get another chance! 655 00:41:10,779 --> 00:41:12,770 The money was taken by Mai's sponsor, 656 00:41:12,847 --> 00:41:14,542 a guy named Leslie Hartman. 657 00:41:14,616 --> 00:41:16,106 He's a former Army CID. 658 00:41:16,184 --> 00:41:17,913 He's known about this thing from the beginning. 659 00:41:17,986 --> 00:41:19,544 Okay, whack the kid. Right now. 660 00:41:19,621 --> 00:41:21,589 Hold on! There's no percentage in that. 661 00:41:21,656 --> 00:41:24,819 We can get the money back, but we need Vinh alive. 662 00:41:25,226 --> 00:41:26,716 Hold it, Gary. 663 00:41:30,065 --> 00:41:32,966 Now what's with ''We''? What about we? Talk. 664 00:41:33,768 --> 00:41:35,963 To tell you the truth, I... 665 00:41:36,438 --> 00:41:38,668 If Hartman hadn't have pulled his little number, 666 00:41:38,740 --> 00:41:40,264 I was planning on doing it myself. 667 00:41:40,342 --> 00:41:42,003 Talk about the money! Talk about the money! 668 00:41:42,077 --> 00:41:44,375 Hartman's going to fence it with some local brokers. 669 00:41:44,446 --> 00:41:47,313 I know these guys. I've had dealings with them before. 670 00:41:48,016 --> 00:41:49,142 And you're cutting us in on it 671 00:41:49,217 --> 00:41:50,844 because you're so crazy about us. 672 00:41:50,919 --> 00:41:52,011 I'm cutting you in 673 00:41:52,087 --> 00:41:55,147 because I can't walk in on these people and take it back myself. 674 00:41:55,890 --> 00:41:57,289 These are heavy guys? 675 00:41:58,526 --> 00:41:59,925 Well, there's two of them, 676 00:41:59,995 --> 00:42:02,293 and one of them's just a little schizoid. 677 00:42:02,364 --> 00:42:03,991 Plus Hartman, he'll be there. 678 00:42:04,065 --> 00:42:06,465 Why are you so anxious to keep the kid alive? 679 00:42:06,534 --> 00:42:08,399 I was hired to find Vinh. 680 00:42:08,470 --> 00:42:09,835 I'm on the record with the police 681 00:42:09,904 --> 00:42:11,872 as having been involved with him. You're not. 682 00:42:11,940 --> 00:42:13,908 GARY: What are we gonna do, Ben? Shut up. 683 00:42:13,975 --> 00:42:15,738 Hey, we've been sitting on top of this for four years. 684 00:42:15,810 --> 00:42:18,210 I say let's take his deal. Right now we got squat. 685 00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:22,474 Okay. 686 00:42:22,817 --> 00:42:24,341 Get in the van. 687 00:42:45,473 --> 00:42:47,304 BENSON: This guy Hartman was supposed to show. 688 00:42:47,375 --> 00:42:49,935 You know what one of your problems is, Benny? 689 00:42:50,011 --> 00:42:52,275 You don't know how to sit on a rabbithole. 690 00:42:53,381 --> 00:42:57,750 I'm sitting in front of this dog food factory for 20 more minutes, slick. 691 00:42:57,852 --> 00:42:59,183 Then if we get no results, 692 00:42:59,254 --> 00:43:02,314 I'm taking you and this banana out in the middle of nowhere 693 00:43:02,390 --> 00:43:04,585 and introducing you to a couple of six-foot holes. 694 00:43:04,659 --> 00:43:05,956 Come on, now. 695 00:43:06,027 --> 00:43:09,019 You guys are really taking this whole thing too seriously. 696 00:43:09,097 --> 00:43:12,032 Believe me, we just wait for Hartman to arrive, 697 00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:14,967 then we go on in and relieve these guys of the money. 698 00:43:15,036 --> 00:43:16,833 You sure we can handle them? There's only two? 699 00:43:16,905 --> 00:43:19,965 Yeah, plus Hartman. There's nothing to it. 700 00:43:20,208 --> 00:43:22,472 Tommy Fontaine is a shrimp, 701 00:43:23,511 --> 00:43:26,969 and, well, Sal is big, but he's mostly fat. 702 00:43:34,656 --> 00:43:37,352 Hey, now hold it. Just hold it a minute. 703 00:43:37,425 --> 00:43:40,792 Then when we hit them, we'll not only get the half a mil, 704 00:43:40,862 --> 00:43:42,090 but we can get the cold money 705 00:43:42,163 --> 00:43:44,597 the Fontaine Brothers have raised. 706 00:43:54,042 --> 00:43:55,168 Come on, Benny, let's move it. 707 00:43:55,243 --> 00:43:57,734 I'm getting tired of sitting around. 708 00:43:59,581 --> 00:44:02,379 Come on, slick, you're leading the parade. 709 00:45:31,472 --> 00:45:33,303 Those guys are monsters. 710 00:45:34,475 --> 00:45:36,875 Come on, fellows. We can take them. 711 00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:07,167 OFFICER: Don't move. 712 00:47:07,235 --> 00:47:08,497 Stay where you are. 713 00:47:13,908 --> 00:47:16,376 Vinh! Vinh! Mai! 714 00:47:22,717 --> 00:47:24,480 It's good to see you, Dennis. 715 00:47:24,552 --> 00:47:26,042 What took you so long? 716 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:28,418 Well, you had Mai call me, so I found the whole thing 717 00:47:28,489 --> 00:47:30,684 a little hard to believe at first. 718 00:47:30,758 --> 00:47:32,658 Well, she has a little credibility gap, 719 00:47:32,727 --> 00:47:34,456 but she's not an out-and-out liar. 720 00:47:34,529 --> 00:47:35,826 Forget her credibility gap. 721 00:47:35,897 --> 00:47:37,524 When anybody calls me and tells me 722 00:47:37,598 --> 00:47:39,429 that an allegedly rational adult 723 00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:42,901 would go to a kidnap exchange with no backup and no money, 724 00:47:42,970 --> 00:47:44,301 well, I find that hard to swallow. 725 00:47:44,372 --> 00:47:46,363 Yeah, well, I wasn't too crazy about it myself. 726 00:47:56,918 --> 00:47:59,614 It seems to me you're being mighty hard-nosed about this, Son. 727 00:47:59,687 --> 00:48:01,120 It ain't going to cost you that much. 728 00:48:01,189 --> 00:48:02,918 Rocky, you haven't been listening. 729 00:48:02,990 --> 00:48:05,015 I like the trailer the way it is. 730 00:48:05,093 --> 00:48:06,151 It has character. 731 00:48:06,227 --> 00:48:07,922 All right, all right, I won't say no more about it. 732 00:48:07,995 --> 00:48:09,519 Good. I'll just paint the front door 733 00:48:09,597 --> 00:48:11,656 and then if you don't like it, we'll let it go at that. 734 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:13,789 Hey. 735 00:48:17,138 --> 00:48:18,833 Mr. Rockford. Yeah. 736 00:48:19,807 --> 00:48:24,608 Hey, I told you that we'd help you get moved. 737 00:48:24,679 --> 00:48:26,306 You didn't... Oh, thank you anyway. 738 00:48:26,381 --> 00:48:28,212 But there wasn't that much. 739 00:48:28,282 --> 00:48:29,647 How's your brother feeling? 740 00:48:30,918 --> 00:48:32,886 Angry. Disappointed. 741 00:48:32,954 --> 00:48:34,785 Hi, there. How you doing? 742 00:48:34,856 --> 00:48:36,187 He doesn't speak English. 743 00:48:36,991 --> 00:48:38,959 Have you found a place to live yet? 744 00:48:39,460 --> 00:48:40,518 No. 745 00:48:40,595 --> 00:48:42,790 We just came by to say goodbye, 746 00:48:43,197 --> 00:48:46,098 and thank you for giving us a new life. 747 00:48:49,904 --> 00:48:50,893 Thank you. 748 00:48:51,973 --> 00:48:54,441 All right, now listen, you be careful on the highway. 749 00:48:54,509 --> 00:48:55,476 Okay. 750 00:48:55,810 --> 00:48:58,802 Does Vinh here know all the signals and everything? 751 00:48:58,880 --> 00:48:59,972 Yes. 752 00:49:01,416 --> 00:49:02,405 Be careful. 753 00:49:12,693 --> 00:49:13,819 You know, Dad... 754 00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:16,454 Rocky!