1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:04,025 I've got you on fraud, grand theft. 2 00:00:04,102 --> 00:00:06,366 Book these guys on the red barn con. 3 00:00:06,972 --> 00:00:08,371 You may kiss the bride. 4 00:00:11,944 --> 00:00:13,775 They sent some goons over to the motel. 5 00:00:13,845 --> 00:00:15,836 They got to Eddie. He's dead, Jimmy. 6 00:00:15,914 --> 00:00:16,972 Dead? 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,288 You have to try and find that murderer. 8 00:00:23,355 --> 00:00:24,617 He's right. 9 00:00:24,690 --> 00:00:26,954 It's either that, or we wait to join the melon rinds 10 00:00:27,025 --> 00:00:28,993 in the back of some garbage truck. 11 00:00:29,061 --> 00:00:31,552 ANGEL: Stop that guy. He's one of the creeps that killed Bobby! 12 00:00:37,669 --> 00:00:39,000 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. This is Jim Rockford. 13 00:00:39,071 --> 00:00:40,368 At the tone, leave your name and message. 14 00:00:40,439 --> 00:00:41,531 I'll get back to you. 15 00:00:42,674 --> 00:00:45,006 MAN.. Gene's 24-hour Emergency Plumbing. 16 00:00:45,077 --> 00:00:46,806 Your water heater's blown? 17 00:00:46,878 --> 00:00:49,039 We'll have somebody out there Tuesday. 18 00:00:49,147 --> 00:00:50,375 Thursday at the latest. 19 00:01:47,038 --> 00:01:50,474 ROCKY: I still can't believe it, Sonny. It's so sudden. 20 00:01:57,314 --> 00:01:58,576 That's the front door to the chapel. 21 00:01:58,649 --> 00:02:00,776 I gotta go back to see Angel. 22 00:02:11,028 --> 00:02:14,862 Hey, hey, there's the man now. Angel. 23 00:02:14,932 --> 00:02:18,333 Stow the ear wash. Too much to ask you to be on time? 24 00:02:18,402 --> 00:02:19,767 Well, give me a break, will you? 25 00:02:19,837 --> 00:02:21,828 I mean, you handed me an hour-and-a-half's notice. 26 00:02:21,906 --> 00:02:23,339 You're lucky I had a clean suit. 27 00:02:23,407 --> 00:02:24,738 Yeah, here come the excuses. 28 00:02:24,809 --> 00:02:27,334 Boy, what a mistake making you the best man. 29 00:02:27,411 --> 00:02:28,844 All right, come on, Angel. 30 00:02:28,913 --> 00:02:30,505 I'm gonna take good care of you. 31 00:02:30,581 --> 00:02:33,709 Now, you know, popping this on the world the way you did, 32 00:02:33,784 --> 00:02:36,344 well, I didn't have a chance to tell you that I'm really happy for you. 33 00:02:36,420 --> 00:02:38,980 And I'm really looking forward to meeting Regine. 34 00:02:39,056 --> 00:02:41,388 Come on, now, tell me, what sort of person is she? 35 00:02:41,459 --> 00:02:42,892 Medium height. 36 00:03:08,385 --> 00:03:11,252 Sparks, fireworks, that's how it was when Regine and me met. 37 00:03:12,823 --> 00:03:14,154 Elliott, come on in here, man. 38 00:03:14,225 --> 00:03:16,090 I go on the block in five minutes. 39 00:03:16,961 --> 00:03:19,293 You want to close the door, chief? 40 00:03:20,664 --> 00:03:22,029 Ah! 41 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:24,893 Is that lovely or is that lovely, huh? 42 00:03:24,969 --> 00:03:27,096 Fourteen-karat gold, no fill. 43 00:03:27,171 --> 00:03:28,638 It's got your Hebrew letters in there. 44 00:03:28,706 --> 00:03:30,173 Says ''Love always.'' Sixty bucks. 45 00:03:30,241 --> 00:03:32,641 The chick isn't Jewish and neither am I, so can the hustle. 46 00:03:32,710 --> 00:03:34,473 I told you my price range. 47 00:03:34,545 --> 00:03:37,742 Hey, Angel, for 10 bucks, you can't buy the ring on a bathtub. 48 00:03:37,815 --> 00:03:39,908 ELLIOTT: Okay, let's see what else we got. Here. 49 00:03:39,984 --> 00:03:43,147 Now here. Here's what 20 buys. What is it? It's nothing. 50 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:45,188 It doesn't make any kind of personal statement. 51 00:03:45,256 --> 00:03:46,883 It's beautiful. I'll give you 15. 52 00:03:46,957 --> 00:03:49,653 Eighteen. Fifteen don't pay my gas. 53 00:03:49,727 --> 00:03:52,252 Fifteen... 54 00:03:52,830 --> 00:03:55,128 You better wrap up negotiations, Angel. 55 00:03:58,602 --> 00:04:00,001 Angel, hey. 56 00:04:30,668 --> 00:04:33,865 We are gathered together to unite this man and this woman in marriage, 57 00:04:33,938 --> 00:04:37,840 which is an institution ordained of nature in the very laws of our being 58 00:04:37,908 --> 00:04:40,638 for the happiness and welfare of mankind. 59 00:04:40,711 --> 00:04:44,044 Will you, Evelyn, take this woman, Regine, to be your wedded wife? 60 00:04:44,114 --> 00:04:47,777 To love, to comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, 61 00:04:47,852 --> 00:04:49,786 as long as you both shall live? 62 00:04:55,392 --> 00:04:56,484 Yes, sir. 63 00:05:06,036 --> 00:05:08,095 REVEREND: By the authority committed unto me, 64 00:05:08,172 --> 00:05:10,231 I declare you husband and wife. 65 00:05:10,307 --> 00:05:14,641 Whomsoever God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. 66 00:05:21,118 --> 00:05:24,781 Regine, honey, I hope you like that ring. 67 00:05:25,789 --> 00:05:27,518 It was my mother's, 68 00:05:29,293 --> 00:05:31,227 and her mother's before that. 69 00:05:33,197 --> 00:05:34,789 You may kiss the bride. 70 00:05:38,168 --> 00:05:39,760 WOMAN: That's Regine's brother. 71 00:05:39,837 --> 00:05:41,702 What do you call this? 72 00:05:43,674 --> 00:05:45,266 Regine, are you crazy? 73 00:05:45,342 --> 00:05:46,741 WOMAN: He's her brother. 74 00:05:46,810 --> 00:05:48,573 Bobby, you get out of here. 75 00:05:48,646 --> 00:05:50,136 You go and marry a piff like this 76 00:05:50,214 --> 00:05:51,613 and you don't even tell the family? 77 00:05:51,682 --> 00:05:53,479 I got to hear it from your landlord? 78 00:05:53,550 --> 00:05:54,915 Bobby, there must have been a mistake, man. 79 00:05:54,985 --> 00:05:56,543 I sent out all these invitations. 80 00:05:56,620 --> 00:05:58,053 Sure, I wanted you and your brothers 81 00:05:58,122 --> 00:06:01,250 to come to this reception we're going to have afterwards at Mario's. 82 00:06:01,325 --> 00:06:03,816 All the wine and linguine you can put in your face. 83 00:06:07,064 --> 00:06:09,692 Hey, wait a minute. Now, wait a minute. 84 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:13,430 I don't know who you are or what your problem is, you better cool it. 85 00:06:15,539 --> 00:06:17,632 Stop it! Stop it! 86 00:06:20,210 --> 00:06:23,077 He's not even Armenian. He's nothing. 87 00:06:23,147 --> 00:06:25,479 That's not fair, Bobby. I'm part Armenian. 88 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:29,777 Somebody, please get him out of here! 89 00:06:32,089 --> 00:06:34,649 My brothers are gonna hear about this, doc. 90 00:06:34,725 --> 00:06:36,693 You're dead meat. 91 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,160 And you're next in the grinder, mister. 92 00:06:41,432 --> 00:06:44,060 REGINE: I want to apologize to all of you for this. 93 00:06:46,603 --> 00:06:48,161 Especially you, Ev. 94 00:06:49,106 --> 00:06:52,234 But Ev is right. We've got a party going, 95 00:06:52,309 --> 00:06:55,301 and I hope you can all forget about this 96 00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:58,075 and come on down to Mario's 97 00:06:58,148 --> 00:07:01,845 and have all the wine and linguine you can put in your face. 98 00:07:12,429 --> 00:07:13,828 Yeah, who is it? 99 00:07:13,897 --> 00:07:15,330 It's me, Angel. 100 00:07:18,836 --> 00:07:21,168 Jimmy, my marriage is on the rocks. 101 00:07:23,941 --> 00:07:25,431 Regine left me. 102 00:07:31,582 --> 00:07:35,450 There she was, in the prettiest negligée you ever saw. 103 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:37,316 Her eyes were so alive. 104 00:07:38,689 --> 00:07:40,850 We were just finishing our shrimp cocktails 105 00:07:40,924 --> 00:07:42,721 which the room service brought up. 106 00:07:42,793 --> 00:07:44,351 You know, she loves shrimp cocktail. 107 00:07:44,428 --> 00:07:45,759 Anyway, one thing led to another, 108 00:07:45,829 --> 00:07:48,354 she started crying and then she was gone. 109 00:07:48,699 --> 00:07:50,997 Oh, Angel, hey, hey. 110 00:07:51,068 --> 00:07:54,936 I'm sorry for you, Angel. But, you know, these things happen. 111 00:07:55,005 --> 00:07:56,370 You know, she's a real sweet person. 112 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,431 She's the love of my life, Jimmy. I need her. 113 00:07:58,509 --> 00:07:59,976 You don't know how bad I need her. 114 00:08:00,044 --> 00:08:02,478 I know, Angel. Hey, hey. 115 00:08:03,147 --> 00:08:06,412 Look, it's a strange place, it's the first night. 116 00:08:06,483 --> 00:08:11,216 You know, in a new hotel. Just try and relax. You want a beer? 117 00:08:11,722 --> 00:08:13,383 A beer? 118 00:08:13,724 --> 00:08:16,420 You don't put a Band-Aid on a situation like this. 119 00:08:16,493 --> 00:08:17,926 I want my wife back. 120 00:08:17,995 --> 00:08:19,587 Oh, now, come on, Angel. 121 00:08:19,663 --> 00:08:23,827 Hey, she's probably over at the maid of honor's, you know... 122 00:08:23,901 --> 00:08:26,870 She'll cry, they'll talk the whole thing out, 123 00:08:26,937 --> 00:08:28,234 then she'll come back to you. 124 00:08:28,305 --> 00:08:29,704 You don't know her. 125 00:08:29,773 --> 00:08:31,934 Jimmy, listen to me. You talk to her. 126 00:08:32,009 --> 00:08:34,534 You convince her, huh? To see my side of it. 127 00:08:34,611 --> 00:08:36,670 Look, she was very fond of you at the party. 128 00:08:36,747 --> 00:08:41,309 Look, Angel, I do not handle domestic disputes. 129 00:08:41,385 --> 00:08:44,081 I... I... That's just asking for trouble. 130 00:08:45,989 --> 00:08:48,719 WOMAN: Tell him about the shrimp cocktail. 131 00:08:49,226 --> 00:08:51,387 He ordered her this shrimp cocktail. 132 00:08:51,462 --> 00:08:53,453 Well, yeah, yeah. Angel told me about that. 133 00:08:53,530 --> 00:08:56,226 He said you really love shrimp cocktail. 134 00:08:57,501 --> 00:09:00,527 Okay. But how many can you love? 135 00:09:00,604 --> 00:09:02,629 I mean, at first I thought it was a joke. 136 00:09:02,706 --> 00:09:04,674 And then he ordered six of them. 137 00:09:04,741 --> 00:09:07,437 The whole night he was either dialing room service 138 00:09:07,511 --> 00:09:10,537 or squirting little lemons into seafood sauce. 139 00:09:12,182 --> 00:09:13,706 And then there was the television, 140 00:09:13,784 --> 00:09:16,378 and then soaking his bad back in the tub. 141 00:09:16,453 --> 00:09:17,886 Right, Regine? 142 00:09:17,955 --> 00:09:22,358 I mean, let's face it, he obviously didn't care about making love to her. 143 00:09:24,928 --> 00:09:27,158 Well, look, Regine, 144 00:09:28,866 --> 00:09:32,495 I know Angel is...unique. 145 00:09:32,936 --> 00:09:35,370 And, granted, he takes some getting used to. 146 00:09:35,439 --> 00:09:38,067 Sometimes his behavior is... 147 00:09:38,142 --> 00:09:41,373 Well, it's...unique. 148 00:09:41,445 --> 00:09:43,538 But he has some good qualities. 149 00:09:43,614 --> 00:09:44,979 You know... 150 00:09:45,182 --> 00:09:47,275 Hey, I don't know what happened. 151 00:09:47,351 --> 00:09:50,843 It was just the first night. Would you talk to him? 152 00:09:51,355 --> 00:09:53,550 I just got a phone call from my brothers. 153 00:09:53,624 --> 00:09:54,716 They put me straight about him. 154 00:09:54,791 --> 00:09:57,692 You know, he's not even who he says he is. 155 00:10:25,055 --> 00:10:30,254 Last year I was going with this real sweet guy. 156 00:10:30,594 --> 00:10:33,859 Donny Engels. Only my family broke it up. 157 00:10:34,097 --> 00:10:38,864 See, Donny wasn't rich enough, he wasn't smart enough, he wasn't Armenian enough. 158 00:10:40,170 --> 00:10:44,402 So, he left town. Just disappeared. 159 00:10:45,542 --> 00:10:49,706 Okay. So now, I go and I marry Ev. 160 00:10:49,947 --> 00:10:51,812 And look what happens. 161 00:10:51,882 --> 00:10:53,713 I mean, maybe my brothers are right. 162 00:10:53,784 --> 00:10:56,309 Maybe I can't run my own life without making a mess of it. 163 00:10:56,386 --> 00:10:58,877 Oh, come on, now, hey. 164 00:10:59,489 --> 00:11:02,390 You don't seem that type to me, really. 165 00:11:03,227 --> 00:11:05,991 Look, Regine, before you were saying something 166 00:11:06,063 --> 00:11:09,931 about Angel not being what he said he was. 167 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,194 What was all that? 168 00:11:11,802 --> 00:11:13,929 You're not gonna believe this. 169 00:11:15,872 --> 00:11:18,238 Hi, Mr. Boyajian. 170 00:11:20,310 --> 00:11:21,607 Hey, Aze, look at this. 171 00:11:21,678 --> 00:11:23,703 Here's the guy that pounded me at the church. 172 00:11:23,780 --> 00:11:25,975 Well. Just who are you? 173 00:11:26,283 --> 00:11:27,750 The name's Jim Rockford. 174 00:11:28,418 --> 00:11:30,113 Get your clothes on. I'm taking you to my place. 175 00:11:30,187 --> 00:11:32,883 Rockford. James Rockford. 176 00:11:32,956 --> 00:11:34,924 Azie, remember? Remember Rockford? 177 00:11:34,992 --> 00:11:37,825 That's the man Martin said was his supervisor back at his home office. 178 00:11:37,894 --> 00:11:40,692 Well, now, isn't that interesting? 179 00:11:40,764 --> 00:11:42,664 AZIE: You're gonna like this, Rockford. 180 00:11:42,733 --> 00:11:44,826 When Bobby brought us the happy wedding news, 181 00:11:44,901 --> 00:11:47,802 we thought we'd check up on the new brother-in-law. 182 00:11:47,871 --> 00:11:51,204 So we made a phone call to the Maple Leaf Breweries in Quebec. 183 00:11:51,275 --> 00:11:52,503 How's that grab you? 184 00:11:52,576 --> 00:11:54,976 They never heard of any Edward Groger. 185 00:11:55,045 --> 00:11:57,275 They never heard of any Dr. Evelyn Martin, 186 00:11:57,347 --> 00:11:59,474 and they never had any plans to buy land out here. 187 00:11:59,549 --> 00:12:02,882 Oh, oh, Dr. Evelyn... Wait a minute. 188 00:12:02,953 --> 00:12:04,648 Dr. Evelyn Martin? 189 00:12:04,721 --> 00:12:06,712 Now, look, I should have seen this thing coming. 190 00:12:08,458 --> 00:12:11,586 $5,000 down the toilet for a cheap con game? 191 00:12:11,662 --> 00:12:13,653 Hey, look, I had nothing to do with this. 192 00:12:14,898 --> 00:12:16,991 ROCKFORD: I'm telling you, Martin is right out here in my car. 193 00:12:17,067 --> 00:12:19,001 Why don't you talk to him? 194 00:12:35,918 --> 00:12:38,512 You're in deep trouble, Mr. Brewmeister. 195 00:12:41,991 --> 00:12:44,118 AZIE: Get him. Get him! 196 00:13:48,891 --> 00:13:52,418 ROCKFORD: Angel, open up. Come on, I know you're inside. 197 00:13:53,562 --> 00:13:54,722 Angel? 198 00:13:57,967 --> 00:13:59,400 Angel! 199 00:14:09,879 --> 00:14:12,507 All right, I found my car downstairs. Now, where are my keys? 200 00:14:12,581 --> 00:14:13,809 Jimmy, I had to split. 201 00:14:13,883 --> 00:14:16,408 Well, sure you did, ''Doctor.'' 202 00:14:16,619 --> 00:14:20,248 Boy, of all the names to toss out in your little scam, 203 00:14:20,322 --> 00:14:22,347 you've got to go and pick mine. 204 00:14:22,425 --> 00:14:25,087 Look, Jimmy, you got an important name. Solid. Rockford. 205 00:14:25,161 --> 00:14:26,287 Don't that sound good? Rockford. 206 00:14:26,362 --> 00:14:27,852 They think I'm part of the action. 207 00:14:27,930 --> 00:14:29,329 Now, what was it this time, Angel? 208 00:14:29,398 --> 00:14:31,298 The red barn con or what, huh? 209 00:14:31,367 --> 00:14:32,493 Yeah, Jimmy, it's a good guess. 210 00:14:32,568 --> 00:14:34,160 It's a variation of the red barn. 211 00:14:34,236 --> 00:14:35,726 Yeah, well, I'm in it all the way now. 212 00:14:35,805 --> 00:14:37,397 So I want to know every detail. 213 00:14:37,473 --> 00:14:39,236 Every cheesy little detail. 214 00:14:39,308 --> 00:14:41,208 Jimmy, you're burning me on this thing. 215 00:14:41,911 --> 00:14:44,744 See, the Boyajian brothers are in the garbage business. 216 00:14:44,814 --> 00:14:47,374 And they had this old dump that they covered with topsoil. 217 00:14:47,450 --> 00:14:49,475 They were trying to sell it as real estate. 218 00:14:49,552 --> 00:14:51,747 It's called a sanitary landfill. 219 00:14:51,821 --> 00:14:53,345 But it was a reaI unsafe gobbler. 220 00:14:53,422 --> 00:14:56,016 Well, they've been 10 years praying for a buyer. 221 00:14:56,091 --> 00:14:58,389 Aha! And a Canadian beer moguI 222 00:14:58,461 --> 00:15:00,053 is the answer to their prayers. 223 00:15:00,129 --> 00:15:01,153 Now, who set the hook? 224 00:15:01,230 --> 00:15:06,031 Well, uh... Eddie Groger. He was V.P. in charge of development. 225 00:15:06,101 --> 00:15:07,193 Eddie Groger. 226 00:15:07,269 --> 00:15:10,329 Yeah. Well, he said the land was perfect for a brewery. 227 00:15:10,406 --> 00:15:12,397 He offered them 150 G's, 228 00:15:12,475 --> 00:15:16,172 and he also told them that we'd use their crew to dig up the topsoiI 229 00:15:16,245 --> 00:15:18,270 and recompact it according to building codes. 230 00:15:18,347 --> 00:15:20,747 They had sugarplums dancing in their eyes. 231 00:15:21,217 --> 00:15:22,582 Then you come in as the stall? 232 00:15:22,651 --> 00:15:23,811 Yeah. 233 00:15:24,286 --> 00:15:28,086 I was V.P. in charge of the human factor development. 234 00:15:28,157 --> 00:15:30,284 I said that I found a better piece of land up the coast 235 00:15:30,359 --> 00:15:32,088 and I overruled Eddie. 236 00:15:32,161 --> 00:15:33,890 Then you jerk the Boyajians around 237 00:15:33,963 --> 00:15:37,831 till they start offering you bribes to approve their parcel. 238 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:40,630 Yeah. $5,000, $10,000, then you and Eddie split. 239 00:15:40,703 --> 00:15:42,830 Hey, have you worked this con before, Jimmy? 240 00:15:42,905 --> 00:15:44,736 Eddie said it was a whole new departure. 241 00:15:44,807 --> 00:15:47,139 Yeah, well, the only new wrinkle that I can see is 242 00:15:47,209 --> 00:15:49,507 what are you doing married to the mark's sister? 243 00:15:49,578 --> 00:15:52,376 I had to. It was my only hope. 244 00:15:52,448 --> 00:15:55,781 You see, the Boyajians tumbled to our game and then, 245 00:15:55,851 --> 00:15:59,685 well, a couple of days ago, they sent some goons over to the motel. 246 00:15:59,755 --> 00:16:01,450 I wasn't there, but they got to Eddie. 247 00:16:01,524 --> 00:16:03,788 He's dead, Jimmy. That's straight. 248 00:16:04,326 --> 00:16:05,452 Dead? 249 00:16:06,395 --> 00:16:09,523 What do you mean, the Boyajians tumbled? How do you know that? 250 00:16:09,598 --> 00:16:11,259 Eddie babbled before he died. 251 00:16:11,333 --> 00:16:15,394 He told me that the two goons who came with the lead pipes were talking about the land. 252 00:16:15,471 --> 00:16:17,371 They were looking for me 253 00:16:17,439 --> 00:16:19,907 but Eddie didn't tell them where I was. 254 00:16:19,975 --> 00:16:23,741 And, well, my only comfort is I'd have done the same for Eddie. 255 00:16:24,613 --> 00:16:26,513 Oh, yeah. 256 00:16:26,582 --> 00:16:29,050 I made an anonymous phone call to the cops. 257 00:16:29,118 --> 00:16:30,608 What else could I do? He was dead. 258 00:16:30,686 --> 00:16:33,883 So it was time to start thinking about you, huh? 259 00:16:33,956 --> 00:16:36,550 ''Oh, I need her, Jimmy. I really need her. 260 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:39,219 ''You don't know how I need her.'' You know, that's pathetic. 261 00:16:39,828 --> 00:16:42,296 Well, what am I supposed to do? Take the lead pipe massage? 262 00:16:42,364 --> 00:16:44,958 You could have left town without ruining Regine's life. 263 00:16:45,034 --> 00:16:46,899 What about my parole, Mr. Holier-than-thou? 264 00:16:46,969 --> 00:16:48,459 I break that, I'm back in the joint again. 265 00:16:48,537 --> 00:16:50,505 Now, these Armenians are close-knit. 266 00:16:50,573 --> 00:16:53,542 Once you're in the family, you are gold. 267 00:16:53,609 --> 00:16:55,440 See, once we'd have been on our honeymoon, 268 00:16:55,511 --> 00:16:57,945 well, then I would've fessed up to Regine about the swindle. 269 00:16:58,013 --> 00:17:01,039 When we got back, she'd have taken my side against her brother. 270 00:17:01,116 --> 00:17:04,279 Crazy about me. Yeah, and once the flap with her brothers died down, 271 00:17:04,353 --> 00:17:06,014 you'd have been gone like a cool breeze. 272 00:17:06,088 --> 00:17:07,715 Well, maybe. But in the meantime, 273 00:17:07,790 --> 00:17:09,849 I'd have been bringing the girl true joy. 274 00:17:09,925 --> 00:17:12,587 Listen, the first time we were over at Azie's house for dinner, 275 00:17:12,661 --> 00:17:14,788 she was smiling, making eyes at me, 276 00:17:14,863 --> 00:17:16,694 dipping her donut in my tea. 277 00:17:16,765 --> 00:17:18,357 Love, Jimmy. Oh, yeah? 278 00:17:18,434 --> 00:17:20,629 Well, here's something you're really gonna love. 279 00:17:20,703 --> 00:17:25,163 The Boyajians didn't kill Eddie Groger. That's right, Ev. 280 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,470 Now, they only called MontreaI a few hours ago 281 00:17:27,543 --> 00:17:29,204 and found out you'd been conning them. 282 00:17:29,278 --> 00:17:31,405 You got married for nothing. 283 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,779 Oh, God almighty, no. 284 00:17:35,584 --> 00:17:37,575 Well, somebody killed Eddie Groger. 285 00:17:37,653 --> 00:17:38,847 And somebody's looking for me. 286 00:17:38,921 --> 00:17:41,116 Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. Probably somebody's still looking for me 287 00:17:41,190 --> 00:17:44,353 and now I don't even know who it is I should run from. 288 00:17:45,728 --> 00:17:48,925 Then call the police. I'm out of it for keeps. 289 00:18:19,528 --> 00:18:21,826 Name's Robert Boyajian, Sarge. 290 00:18:39,214 --> 00:18:42,445 Bobby Boyajian's brothers tell us that you two guys 291 00:18:42,518 --> 00:18:45,749 took the kid apart in a wedding chapel in La Jolla. 292 00:18:46,255 --> 00:18:47,916 And now he's dead. 293 00:18:48,323 --> 00:18:51,554 So don't sit there like butter wouldn't melt in your mouths. 294 00:18:51,627 --> 00:18:55,893 I don't care what they say. We didn't start anything. It was Boyajian himself. 295 00:18:55,964 --> 00:18:57,761 That's right. They're a bunch of liars. 296 00:18:57,833 --> 00:18:59,425 If you've ever dealt with the Boyajians, 297 00:18:59,501 --> 00:19:01,093 you know what creeps they are. 298 00:19:01,170 --> 00:19:05,231 Mr. Martin, Bobby's sister Regine said that you telephoned her 299 00:19:05,307 --> 00:19:07,434 at Azie Boyajian's house last night. 300 00:19:07,509 --> 00:19:09,340 You tried to arrange a meeting with her brothers 301 00:19:09,411 --> 00:19:11,641 so you could iron out some problems. Is that right? 302 00:19:11,714 --> 00:19:13,545 Wait a minute. Angel, you did what? 303 00:19:13,615 --> 00:19:16,709 Regine can't testify against me. She's my legal wife. 304 00:19:17,319 --> 00:19:19,879 Regine hung up on you, Mr. Martin. 305 00:19:21,356 --> 00:19:25,417 So maybe you telephoned Bobby at his home and he agreed to meet you. 306 00:19:25,494 --> 00:19:27,621 Bobby's wound was point-blank. 307 00:19:27,696 --> 00:19:29,755 Had to be somebody who knew him. 308 00:19:29,832 --> 00:19:31,993 Somebody who could walk right up to him. 309 00:19:32,067 --> 00:19:35,332 Right. So what I'm saying is this. 310 00:19:35,404 --> 00:19:38,305 You, or you, or both of you met Bobby 311 00:19:38,373 --> 00:19:40,102 and got what you really wanted. 312 00:19:40,175 --> 00:19:42,268 Which wasn't to iron out any problems, 313 00:19:42,344 --> 00:19:44,835 but to fill the kid's face with double-O buckshot. 314 00:19:44,913 --> 00:19:47,313 It was birdshot, Lieutenant. 315 00:19:47,549 --> 00:19:50,712 Birdshot, buckshot. How much speculation do we have to listen to? 316 00:19:50,786 --> 00:19:53,755 You may have a motive. Maybe opportunity. 317 00:19:53,822 --> 00:19:55,722 But do you have an eyewitness? A weapon? 318 00:19:55,791 --> 00:19:57,656 Anything that's at all solid? 319 00:19:58,694 --> 00:20:00,992 Well, I think that ought to take care of that. 320 00:20:01,063 --> 00:20:03,122 I don't think the District Attorney's Office 321 00:20:03,198 --> 00:20:05,189 is gonna file on loose charges, will they? 322 00:20:05,267 --> 00:20:06,393 Sit down, Rockford. 323 00:20:06,468 --> 00:20:08,265 What for? You can't file a charge. 324 00:20:08,337 --> 00:20:10,430 Not on the homicide, not yet. 325 00:20:10,506 --> 00:20:13,031 But I've got you on fraud, grand theft. 326 00:20:13,408 --> 00:20:15,501 Complaints signed by the Boyajian brothers. 327 00:20:15,577 --> 00:20:17,636 Sergeant, get somebody from the bunko squad up here. 328 00:20:17,713 --> 00:20:20,273 Book these guys on the red barn con. 329 00:20:23,285 --> 00:20:26,186 Like I said, sit down, gentlemen. 330 00:20:33,462 --> 00:20:35,020 Let 'em have it! 331 00:20:35,764 --> 00:20:37,857 Sucker busted up my wedding. 332 00:20:38,534 --> 00:20:40,593 Hey, Jimmy, how you doing? 333 00:20:42,137 --> 00:20:44,503 What are you cheesed at me about? I got you off the bunko rap. 334 00:20:44,573 --> 00:20:46,200 Angel, you get too close to me, 335 00:20:46,275 --> 00:20:49,403 I'm going to pull out your beard hair by hair. 336 00:20:50,345 --> 00:20:52,745 Hey, it ain't like you're the one that got the sergeant on me 337 00:20:52,815 --> 00:20:54,680 and it wasn't your partner that got beaten to death. 338 00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:55,978 You're not the one that's got somebody 339 00:20:56,051 --> 00:20:57,678 going to hit you over the head with a lead pipe. 340 00:20:57,753 --> 00:20:59,516 For you, it's over with. Hey! 341 00:20:59,588 --> 00:21:01,749 Hey, what are you two guys doing out on the street? 342 00:21:01,824 --> 00:21:02,916 Hey, Azie, how are you? 343 00:21:02,991 --> 00:21:05,118 I'm so terribly sorry to hear about Bobby. 344 00:21:05,194 --> 00:21:07,924 Jim, just keep walking. Don't say anything. I mean it. 345 00:21:07,996 --> 00:21:10,226 Rockford, you scumbag. Don't you turn your back on me. 346 00:21:10,299 --> 00:21:12,460 Azie, don't get into it. Not here. 347 00:21:12,534 --> 00:21:14,798 We got to pick up Bobby's belongings. 348 00:21:15,304 --> 00:21:16,828 Then I guess we're gonna give them to Goodwill, 349 00:21:16,905 --> 00:21:19,465 'cause he ain't never gonna use them no more. 350 00:21:19,541 --> 00:21:21,133 His whole face is gone. 351 00:21:23,579 --> 00:21:26,548 And the police lets sleaze like you go free, huh? 352 00:21:26,915 --> 00:21:29,110 Okay. So be it. 353 00:21:29,184 --> 00:21:30,674 We know where to find both of you. 354 00:21:30,752 --> 00:21:34,051 I'm Mr. Rockford's attorney. Should I interpret that as a threat? 355 00:21:34,122 --> 00:21:35,783 Come on. Come on. 356 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:37,483 All right. 357 00:21:44,933 --> 00:21:46,525 It's over, huh? 358 00:21:46,602 --> 00:21:48,229 Jim, I think the thing for you to do 359 00:21:48,303 --> 00:21:51,466 is just lay low untiI the cops nab Bobby's killer. 360 00:21:52,474 --> 00:21:53,634 These guys will cool off. 361 00:21:53,709 --> 00:21:55,233 But they ain't gonna make that collar 362 00:21:55,310 --> 00:21:58,040 if they're set on sticking me and Jimmy with the killing. 363 00:21:58,113 --> 00:21:59,580 I'm talking about survival, now. 364 00:21:59,648 --> 00:22:02,446 You're gonna have to try and find that murderer. 365 00:22:02,517 --> 00:22:04,417 Oh, no. No. Absolutely not. Beth. 366 00:22:04,486 --> 00:22:06,249 I don't want... Beth. 367 00:22:06,321 --> 00:22:07,515 He's right. 368 00:22:09,091 --> 00:22:11,616 It's either that, or we wait to join the melon rinds 369 00:22:11,693 --> 00:22:13,923 in the back of some garbage truck. 370 00:22:29,677 --> 00:22:31,770 Hey, Leo Kale? 371 00:22:32,179 --> 00:22:36,548 Jim Calmet, County Health, Communicable Disease Control. 372 00:22:36,617 --> 00:22:40,212 I'm here regarding a Robert Boy... 373 00:22:40,288 --> 00:22:42,688 Boyajian. Yeah. Yeah. 374 00:22:42,757 --> 00:22:46,090 I've been interviewing all his friends and coworkers. 375 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,357 They tell me over there that you were perhaps the closest to him. 376 00:22:49,430 --> 00:22:50,761 We had a few yuks. 377 00:22:51,032 --> 00:22:57,130 You see, our department was notified that during Mr. Boyajian's autopsy 378 00:22:57,405 --> 00:23:01,466 that there were indications of incipient encephalitis. 379 00:23:02,209 --> 00:23:06,077 You see, the disease has a tendency to go epidemic, 380 00:23:06,147 --> 00:23:07,774 so, of course, we're trying to find out 381 00:23:07,848 --> 00:23:10,248 where he might have contracted it. 382 00:23:10,318 --> 00:23:13,583 See, it's my job to assemble a total picture 383 00:23:13,654 --> 00:23:18,216 on just exactly all his contacts and activities for the past few weeks. 384 00:23:18,292 --> 00:23:19,316 I sure hope you can help me. 385 00:23:19,393 --> 00:23:20,951 Past few weeks? 386 00:23:21,262 --> 00:23:24,129 I got trouble remembering where I was this morning. 387 00:23:24,832 --> 00:23:28,632 Let's see. Little Bobby showed up for work most days. 388 00:23:30,104 --> 00:23:32,299 He didn't deserve a snootful of birdshot. 389 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,972 Hey, you know, we weren't joined at the hip. 390 00:23:36,043 --> 00:23:38,034 Why don't you go talk to his family? 391 00:23:38,112 --> 00:23:39,579 Oh, well, I plan to do that, 392 00:23:39,647 --> 00:23:42,616 but, you know, in the middle of their grief... 393 00:23:42,683 --> 00:23:45,243 Grief? Listen, there's a funeral and all, 394 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:47,082 and that's a lot of showy slop. 395 00:23:47,154 --> 00:23:49,918 Appearances, you know. His brothers had no use for him, 396 00:23:49,991 --> 00:23:52,687 and he had no use for them. The kid was a free spirit. 397 00:23:53,761 --> 00:23:57,128 Well, I'll... I'll file all this information. 398 00:23:57,198 --> 00:24:00,099 I sure want to thank you for your help, Mr. Kale. 399 00:24:00,167 --> 00:24:02,101 It's okay, gent. Kill a germ for Leo. 400 00:24:05,206 --> 00:24:08,232 Middle of your brother's wake and a Cat goes out. 401 00:24:12,213 --> 00:24:14,238 Hey! You guys, stop that guy! 402 00:24:14,315 --> 00:24:16,340 He's one of the creeps that killed Bobby. 403 00:24:17,118 --> 00:24:19,848 Hey! Hey, you! Hey, wait, stop him! Hey! 404 00:24:21,922 --> 00:24:24,982 Stop him! Hey, stop him! 405 00:25:00,428 --> 00:25:01,793 Who is he? 406 00:25:02,363 --> 00:25:04,729 His name's Rockford. An ex-con. 407 00:25:05,166 --> 00:25:08,294 Him and another jailbird, Angel Martin, they did it. 408 00:25:09,570 --> 00:25:12,801 And the jerk cops went ahead and sprung them loose. 409 00:25:19,914 --> 00:25:22,109 This investigation is at a dead end. 410 00:25:22,183 --> 00:25:24,447 Say, how about another sandwich? Uh-uh. 411 00:25:24,518 --> 00:25:28,614 Dad, look, buckshot is more lethal than birdshot. 412 00:25:28,689 --> 00:25:31,214 I mean, it's a logical choice in a shotgun killing. 413 00:25:31,292 --> 00:25:33,726 I mean, even Chapman saw it as buckshot. 414 00:25:33,794 --> 00:25:35,728 Dennis had to correct him. Well, it... 415 00:25:35,796 --> 00:25:36,956 No, no, no, now wait. 416 00:25:37,031 --> 00:25:41,695 Now, Leo Kale, right out of the blue, he pops up with birdshot. 417 00:25:41,769 --> 00:25:43,134 How'd he know? 418 00:25:43,204 --> 00:25:46,731 Well, probably just a figure of speech. 419 00:25:46,807 --> 00:25:48,775 Look, Sonny, I hate to tell you this, 420 00:25:48,843 --> 00:25:51,073 but you got a mighty skimpy lead in this. 421 00:25:53,681 --> 00:25:56,445 Remember, folks, that's Gene's Universal Motors, 422 00:25:56,517 --> 00:25:58,815 here in the friendly city of Artesia. 423 00:26:02,823 --> 00:26:05,121 ...and I know the little lady is gonna like it. 424 00:26:05,192 --> 00:26:07,183 And speaking of the little lady... 425 00:26:08,229 --> 00:26:10,663 Remember, I'll see that each and every one of you 426 00:26:10,731 --> 00:26:14,565 get all the Smith's Buttercrunch candies you can eat. 427 00:26:14,635 --> 00:26:15,727 Now we have... Hey, Gene. 428 00:26:15,803 --> 00:26:17,532 Come here. 429 00:26:17,605 --> 00:26:18,833 Cut it. 430 00:26:19,507 --> 00:26:21,338 We'll pick this up later. 431 00:26:24,545 --> 00:26:26,410 What do you want, Leo? 432 00:26:34,088 --> 00:26:36,522 MAN: Lenny will be back in a moment, sir. 433 00:26:41,428 --> 00:26:43,828 Oh, Mr. Chechik? Yeah. 434 00:26:43,898 --> 00:26:45,024 Jim Pokell. 435 00:26:45,099 --> 00:26:46,623 Well, how are you? 436 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:49,863 Hey, you're just as tall as you are on TV. 437 00:26:49,937 --> 00:26:51,768 Hey, listen, I'll tell you why I came in here. 438 00:26:51,839 --> 00:26:53,363 I need myself a second car. 439 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,839 I want something a little conservative, 440 00:26:54,909 --> 00:26:56,672 but with some zotz under the hood. 441 00:26:56,744 --> 00:27:00,305 Now this Charger here, now that looks pretty good. Priced right, too. 442 00:27:00,381 --> 00:27:01,814 And I know you're gonna like the terms, too. 443 00:27:01,882 --> 00:27:03,873 Why don't you come into my office? We'll have a cup of coffee. 444 00:27:03,951 --> 00:27:08,581 Well, more than the price, what I'm really interested in is personalized service. 445 00:27:08,656 --> 00:27:09,918 Now, a good drinking buddy of mine 446 00:27:09,990 --> 00:27:12,857 told me to come down here and see you. 447 00:27:12,927 --> 00:27:14,189 Leo Kale. 448 00:27:15,429 --> 00:27:17,829 Big guy. Great sense of humor. 449 00:27:19,533 --> 00:27:21,501 Don't know a Leo Kale. Sorry. 450 00:27:22,236 --> 00:27:24,466 Now I kind of feel like a jerk. 451 00:27:24,538 --> 00:27:27,302 I mean, why would he tell me a thing like that? 452 00:27:27,374 --> 00:27:28,432 Well, it happens. 453 00:27:28,509 --> 00:27:32,809 You know, your average Joe sometimes likes to say he knows a TV personality. 454 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:33,938 Oh, yeah, yeah. 455 00:27:34,014 --> 00:27:35,038 Look, can you excuse me a minute? 456 00:27:35,115 --> 00:27:36,309 One of my mechanics has got a problem. 457 00:27:36,383 --> 00:27:38,442 Yeah, but what about the car? 458 00:27:38,519 --> 00:27:40,646 Oh, well, since Lenny was taking care of you first, 459 00:27:40,721 --> 00:27:42,382 I don't want to cut his commission. 460 00:27:42,456 --> 00:27:44,515 You can have him paged from the salesroom floor. 461 00:27:44,592 --> 00:27:46,685 Listen, I know you're going to like your new Charger. 462 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:47,852 Yeah. 463 00:28:15,322 --> 00:28:17,415 Hi. Thank you for coming. 464 00:28:18,692 --> 00:28:21,957 You know, this could have waited till after the wake. 465 00:28:22,930 --> 00:28:25,899 I told Azie I needed to take a walk. 466 00:28:25,966 --> 00:28:27,490 Which was true. 467 00:28:27,868 --> 00:28:30,769 I appreciate your willingness to talk to me. 468 00:28:31,705 --> 00:28:34,674 You know, it's obvious you don't think that Angel and I 469 00:28:34,742 --> 00:28:37,905 had anything to do with Bobby's death, and I'm glad. 470 00:28:38,412 --> 00:28:40,141 I know you didn't. 471 00:28:40,648 --> 00:28:41,808 But tell me, 472 00:28:41,882 --> 00:28:45,249 where is rock bottom as far as your friend is concerned? 473 00:28:47,154 --> 00:28:48,815 Let's sit down. 474 00:28:51,025 --> 00:28:54,517 Did Bobby ever have any involvement 475 00:28:54,595 --> 00:28:58,827 with a car dealer by the name of Gene Chechik? 476 00:29:00,467 --> 00:29:02,196 No, I tend to doubt it. 477 00:29:02,803 --> 00:29:06,295 Bobby never hung out with any of what you'd call your normal people. 478 00:29:06,373 --> 00:29:09,433 The Leo Kales of the world were more his speed. 479 00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:10,943 You met Leo? Yeah. 480 00:29:11,011 --> 00:29:14,378 Oh, isn't he a trip to the zoo? 481 00:29:15,649 --> 00:29:19,107 You know, Azie always felt that Bobby should have been Leo's brother. 482 00:29:19,553 --> 00:29:22,522 Azie felt that Bobby was a cross he had to bear. 483 00:29:22,589 --> 00:29:26,320 Why is Azie so bent on revenge now that Bobby's gone? 484 00:29:27,628 --> 00:29:28,652 Guilt. 485 00:29:28,729 --> 00:29:32,563 There's nothing like it to take all the fun out of hating somebody. 486 00:29:33,701 --> 00:29:37,159 Azie has to take credit for the way that Bobby turned out. 487 00:29:37,237 --> 00:29:38,727 He knows it. 488 00:29:39,873 --> 00:29:41,841 See, Bobby was always... 489 00:29:43,243 --> 00:29:45,143 wild and unpredictable. 490 00:29:46,180 --> 00:29:49,377 And if Azie is anything, he is predictable. 491 00:29:49,850 --> 00:29:52,614 His self-controI isn't all it could be, either. 492 00:29:53,387 --> 00:29:56,686 You know, when Bobby was 16, 493 00:29:58,359 --> 00:30:01,089 all he wanted to do was have fun. 494 00:30:01,628 --> 00:30:05,860 Cutting class, smoking, speeding around in a car. 495 00:30:07,901 --> 00:30:09,334 He was fun. 496 00:30:11,038 --> 00:30:13,097 He was good company. 497 00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:18,744 And then Azie threw him out of the house. 498 00:30:18,812 --> 00:30:21,440 Cut off his money. Claimed it would make him a man. 499 00:30:22,383 --> 00:30:24,908 It just drove him closer to people like Leo. 500 00:30:27,521 --> 00:30:29,079 And gradually, 501 00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:32,788 Bobby wasn't fun anymore. 502 00:30:32,860 --> 00:30:34,521 He was just mean. 503 00:30:36,563 --> 00:30:40,294 And drunk. And perpetually broke. 504 00:30:42,302 --> 00:30:44,930 A wedding and a funeraI in three days. 505 00:30:46,306 --> 00:30:49,400 The limousine people must really love us. 506 00:30:51,712 --> 00:30:55,079 Regine, you say Bobby was always broke. 507 00:30:58,452 --> 00:31:00,613 He wasn't broke when he died. 508 00:31:01,321 --> 00:31:04,882 You have any idea where he got the $1,000 that was on him? 509 00:31:06,093 --> 00:31:09,392 Look, I don't know if it means anything, 510 00:31:10,130 --> 00:31:11,825 but Chechik and Kale are tight. 511 00:31:11,899 --> 00:31:15,665 I mean, I saw Chechik drop everything to talk to Kale. 512 00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:19,139 Then later, Chechik lied about it. 513 00:31:21,108 --> 00:31:23,201 I don't know what it means, 514 00:31:23,277 --> 00:31:27,873 but I think it's possible that Leo Kale is the one who murdered Bobby. 515 00:31:29,416 --> 00:31:30,474 Leo? 516 00:31:38,192 --> 00:31:40,558 I don't know why that surprises me at all. 517 00:31:40,627 --> 00:31:43,562 I used to say to Bobby, ''Stay away from Leo.'' 518 00:31:44,998 --> 00:31:47,364 Leo was a Long Beach Rattler. 519 00:31:52,439 --> 00:31:53,463 Yeah, I remember the Rattlers. 520 00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:56,703 The sphinx, the pyramid, King Tut. That's all ancient history. 521 00:31:56,777 --> 00:32:00,110 Dennis, I told you, Leo Kale was an outlaw biker. 522 00:32:02,416 --> 00:32:05,817 Okay, Dennis, maybe it slides together in a weird kind of way. 523 00:32:05,886 --> 00:32:10,755 But Regine Boyajian told me that Leo Kale went to work for their family in 1963. 524 00:32:10,824 --> 00:32:13,315 Well, '63 was just about the time that the Boyajians 525 00:32:13,393 --> 00:32:16,191 filled their dump with topsoiI and put it up for sale. 526 00:32:16,263 --> 00:32:19,027 And Leo Kale ran one of the dozers that did the work. 527 00:32:19,833 --> 00:32:21,960 When do we get to the Trojan War? 528 00:32:22,569 --> 00:32:26,528 Thirteen years later, Eddie Groger and Angel Martin come up with their little con. 529 00:32:26,607 --> 00:32:28,006 And what happens, huh? 530 00:32:28,075 --> 00:32:30,805 Eddie Groger ends up on a table with a drain at one end 531 00:32:30,878 --> 00:32:33,506 and then Bobby Boyajian is the next one to die. 532 00:32:33,580 --> 00:32:36,777 Now, come on, doesn't that pique your curiosity just a little, huh? 533 00:32:38,318 --> 00:32:43,085 Dennis, all it's gonna take is a phone call to Long Beach. 534 00:32:43,156 --> 00:32:44,714 Now, I'm not gonna stick my neck out 535 00:32:44,791 --> 00:32:47,191 and say that Gene Chechik is involved. 536 00:32:47,261 --> 00:32:49,821 Maybe he isn't. But I'll tell you something. 537 00:32:49,897 --> 00:32:53,594 I'll put that shotgun in Leo Kale's hand any day of the week. 538 00:33:01,407 --> 00:33:04,740 Jimmy, it's me, Angel. Hurry up, open up. Yeah. 539 00:33:04,206 --> 00:33:05,332 Yeah. 540 00:33:04,810 --> 00:33:06,971 Now, look, man, we got to get to Ensenada. 541 00:33:07,046 --> 00:33:09,446 Then, from there, I think we can make it to central Mexico. 542 00:33:09,515 --> 00:33:11,608 Hold it. Hold it, Angel. What are you babbling about? 543 00:33:11,684 --> 00:33:13,447 Jimmy, we're really hot now. 544 00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:17,683 Word is on the street that the cops found a shotgun in my bathroom. 545 00:33:33,072 --> 00:33:34,835 Yeah, Dennis? This is Jim. 546 00:33:34,907 --> 00:33:37,205 Oh, no. You know what time it is? 547 00:33:37,743 --> 00:33:41,907 Hey, what did you turn up on Chechik and Kale? 548 00:33:41,981 --> 00:33:44,074 Well, hold on. I can't talk here. 549 00:33:44,417 --> 00:33:46,078 I'm sorry, honey. 550 00:33:54,026 --> 00:33:59,157 In 1963, Kale, Chechik and another Rattler, now deceased, 551 00:33:59,231 --> 00:34:02,064 were arrested for the murder of two rival gang members. 552 00:34:02,134 --> 00:34:04,102 Informants blabbed on them, 553 00:34:04,170 --> 00:34:07,537 but then Long Beach PD ran into corpus delicti problems. 554 00:34:07,773 --> 00:34:09,297 The bodies were never found, 555 00:34:09,375 --> 00:34:11,468 and the Rattlers had to be kicked loose. 556 00:34:11,777 --> 00:34:14,405 You're thinking what I'm thinking, aren't you, Dennis? 557 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,383 That Angel and Eddie Groger were making phony offers on a secret graveyard. 558 00:34:19,452 --> 00:34:22,751 You know, all you need is a good set of dental records to nail them. 559 00:34:22,822 --> 00:34:24,790 I mean, Chechik and Kale couldn't know 560 00:34:24,857 --> 00:34:27,121 the land purchase was a phony. 561 00:34:27,193 --> 00:34:30,060 They got to think that the bodies were going to be exhumed. 562 00:34:30,129 --> 00:34:34,190 A lot of speculation, which may or may not explain Eddie Groger's murder. 563 00:34:34,266 --> 00:34:36,757 But that's the sheriff's jurisdiction, not mine. 564 00:34:37,303 --> 00:34:39,897 Bobby Boyajian, he's my jurisdiction. 565 00:34:39,972 --> 00:34:42,805 And you and Angel are wanted in connection with his murder. 566 00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:46,902 Look, why don't you bring Chechik and Kale in and sweat them? 567 00:34:47,747 --> 00:34:50,272 Have you ever heard of probable cause? 568 00:34:50,349 --> 00:34:52,214 We don't have one bit of cold evidence 569 00:34:52,284 --> 00:34:54,115 to link them with either murder. 570 00:34:54,186 --> 00:34:57,713 What we do have is a shotgun that was concealed in your buddy's house. 571 00:34:57,990 --> 00:35:01,426 Oh, come on. That plant's so obvious you ought to water it. 572 00:35:01,494 --> 00:35:03,553 Jim, I'm telling you to come on in. 573 00:35:03,629 --> 00:35:05,256 For what? More questioning? 574 00:35:05,531 --> 00:35:09,126 You ask me, I've already raised a lot more questions than I can answer. 575 00:35:09,802 --> 00:35:12,794 I don't know where you're getting your information, but it's very spotty. 576 00:35:12,872 --> 00:35:15,363 You know, you're not just wanted for questioning. Not anymore. 577 00:35:15,441 --> 00:35:17,909 The beef out on you is conspiracy to commit. 578 00:35:26,585 --> 00:35:28,450 Conspiracy to commit. 579 00:35:29,422 --> 00:35:32,448 You realize this is a sanitary landfill? Yeah. 580 00:35:32,525 --> 00:35:36,461 I'll bring my engineers out here with a grading crew 581 00:35:36,529 --> 00:35:39,123 and we'll rip the toupee off of this acreage, 582 00:35:39,198 --> 00:35:42,599 see just exactly what it's going to take to make it buildable. 583 00:35:42,668 --> 00:35:46,365 Mr. Wakley, that's an awful lot of work and expense. 584 00:35:46,739 --> 00:35:48,866 We're willing to go that far. 585 00:35:48,941 --> 00:35:52,001 Besides the mobile homes, we're putting in an Olympic-sized swimming pooI 586 00:35:52,078 --> 00:35:53,204 and a fieldstone clubhouse. 587 00:35:53,279 --> 00:35:57,181 We just can't have them sinking into all that garbage down below. 588 00:35:57,249 --> 00:35:58,580 Well, of course not. 589 00:35:58,651 --> 00:36:04,214 And, if further development proves not feasible or too costly, 590 00:36:04,290 --> 00:36:06,724 well, I'll eat the option money. 591 00:36:07,326 --> 00:36:10,386 And naturally, I'll recompact the entire top fill. 592 00:36:10,463 --> 00:36:12,454 Well, naturally. Naturally. 593 00:36:17,803 --> 00:36:20,431 Listen, I told you the last time, I didn't want you coming here. 594 00:36:20,506 --> 00:36:22,337 Then why don't you answer my phone calls, Gene-O? 595 00:36:22,408 --> 00:36:23,966 There's another buyer on that dump. 596 00:36:24,043 --> 00:36:26,068 And he's gonna rip it up. 597 00:36:34,453 --> 00:36:36,853 We're going to have to dig up those bikers' bodies, and quick. 598 00:36:36,922 --> 00:36:40,915 We've been through that. They're at least eight feet beneath the topsoil. 599 00:36:40,993 --> 00:36:42,017 What do you want me to do? 600 00:36:42,094 --> 00:36:45,530 Take a dozer, come out here on a bone hunt in broad daylight? 601 00:36:45,598 --> 00:36:46,826 So do it at night. 602 00:36:46,899 --> 00:36:50,232 You gotta stop the project at its source, Gene-O. Face it. 603 00:36:52,805 --> 00:36:53,863 Another killing. 604 00:36:53,939 --> 00:36:57,340 First we have to kill Groger. Then it's Bobby Boyajian. 605 00:36:57,409 --> 00:37:01,505 I was only 25 when we had that rumble with these bums. 606 00:37:03,649 --> 00:37:05,947 It was an accident. I was drunk. 607 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,188 How long am I gonna have to keep paying for it? 608 00:37:10,256 --> 00:37:14,283 Till you buy this property and pave it all over like I told you to. 609 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,160 What do you think, 100 grand just comes onto my desk everyday, huh? 610 00:37:20,132 --> 00:37:23,431 And what's the use, anyway, with some machine mouth like you running around 611 00:37:23,502 --> 00:37:26,801 and telling every jerk he runs into what's underneath here? 612 00:37:27,773 --> 00:37:29,536 You know something? 613 00:37:29,608 --> 00:37:33,874 I think you wanted the Boyajian punk to blackmail me. 614 00:37:34,313 --> 00:37:37,749 And you know something else? You resent the hell out of me. 615 00:37:42,087 --> 00:37:43,520 Who's doing the work here? 616 00:37:43,589 --> 00:37:45,352 I think a guy named Wakley. 617 00:37:46,492 --> 00:37:50,292 All I heard was Azie Boyajian griping about some buyer 618 00:37:50,362 --> 00:37:52,387 not renting a dozer from our dump. 619 00:37:52,765 --> 00:37:55,529 You better call the real estate people and check the buyer, Wakley. 620 00:37:55,601 --> 00:37:58,695 And you'll do the thing? 621 00:37:58,771 --> 00:38:01,331 What thing? Oh, the killing. 622 00:38:02,241 --> 00:38:04,004 You and me are partners. 623 00:38:04,076 --> 00:38:06,306 Your hands are gonna stay as dirty as mine. 624 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:10,582 And when we snuff Wakley, you're gonna buy this land, 625 00:38:11,317 --> 00:38:13,945 and me and you ain't never gonna see each other again. 626 00:38:35,073 --> 00:38:36,233 Hello? 627 00:38:36,808 --> 00:38:39,174 Yes, this is the Wakley residence. 628 00:38:40,645 --> 00:38:44,411 No, I'm sorry, he's not here right now. 629 00:38:45,950 --> 00:38:48,817 Well, I guess if it's a real emergency 630 00:38:48,887 --> 00:38:51,287 I could tell you how to reach him. 631 00:38:52,290 --> 00:38:53,655 It's not going to be easy, though. 632 00:38:53,725 --> 00:38:56,888 You see, he's gone fishing for the weekend. 633 00:38:57,195 --> 00:39:00,790 He's gone for the whole weekend, all by himself. 634 00:39:01,232 --> 00:39:04,531 Yeah, you see, he went up there to Flinthead Lake. 635 00:39:04,602 --> 00:39:06,092 And, well, there... 636 00:39:06,170 --> 00:39:09,628 No, no, there ain't no phone there. 637 00:39:10,909 --> 00:39:12,308 Well, he won't be too hard to find. 638 00:39:12,377 --> 00:39:16,279 You see, he's driving his big white camper with a cab over it. 639 00:39:17,015 --> 00:39:18,175 Yes. 640 00:39:18,583 --> 00:39:22,610 Jimmy, you don't need a real live body over there. 641 00:39:22,687 --> 00:39:25,053 I can put together a real nice dummy 642 00:39:25,123 --> 00:39:27,284 with a couple of pillows and a hat. It'll fool anybody. 643 00:39:27,358 --> 00:39:29,952 I remember once in the Navy... Angel... 644 00:39:30,862 --> 00:39:32,796 It won't work. Now get in that bunk. 645 00:39:32,864 --> 00:39:34,092 Well... 646 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:38,328 You got nothing to worry about, anyway. 647 00:39:39,003 --> 00:39:41,870 All right, the minute somebody comes through that door 648 00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:44,101 and they move toward you with a weapon, 649 00:39:44,175 --> 00:39:46,939 I'm up and I'm going to make them freeze. 650 00:39:47,712 --> 00:39:51,478 Anything else happens, you just start swinging with that Georgia toothpick. 651 00:39:51,549 --> 00:39:53,881 Of course, nothing else is going to happen. 652 00:39:53,952 --> 00:39:56,284 And the police are only a phone call away. 653 00:39:56,354 --> 00:39:58,584 Jimmy, there's got to be a better way. 654 00:39:58,656 --> 00:40:00,783 Then why don't you come up with it, huh? 655 00:40:00,858 --> 00:40:04,294 The cops want probable cause, they're gonna get probable cause 656 00:40:04,362 --> 00:40:06,057 in the form of an attempted murder 657 00:40:06,130 --> 00:40:07,961 that ties right to that property. 658 00:40:09,467 --> 00:40:13,062 Do you think that I would borrow this camper from Rocky's neighbor 659 00:40:13,137 --> 00:40:17,039 and risk damaging it if I thought something nasty was going to do down, huh? 660 00:40:25,984 --> 00:40:28,214 This was supposed to be my honeymoon. 661 00:40:28,286 --> 00:40:30,379 I had a good woman and look what I did. 662 00:40:36,961 --> 00:40:39,691 I could have been with her tonight, 663 00:40:39,764 --> 00:40:43,427 holding that warm, sweet body instead of this fungo bat. 664 00:40:43,501 --> 00:40:45,162 Save the Hank Williams, will you? 665 00:40:45,236 --> 00:40:46,863 I left my fiddle at home. 666 00:40:46,938 --> 00:40:49,065 What, I ain't entitled to have regrets? 667 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:52,541 The only thing you're upset about is the spot you're in. 668 00:40:52,610 --> 00:40:55,443 What about the spot you handed Regine, huh? 669 00:40:55,913 --> 00:40:59,474 I wouldn't be surprised now if she turns off men completely. 670 00:40:59,550 --> 00:41:01,450 Oh, come on. 671 00:41:01,519 --> 00:41:04,352 It happens, Angel. It happens. 672 00:41:10,928 --> 00:41:15,627 Let me tell you something, if I had my choice between you and her right now, 673 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:17,292 I'd pick her. 674 00:41:17,368 --> 00:41:19,836 Jimmy, I had to stay alive. 675 00:41:19,904 --> 00:41:22,270 You're alive. Be happy. 676 00:41:23,408 --> 00:41:25,000 You have plenty of good years left 677 00:41:25,076 --> 00:41:27,203 for sniveling and complaining. 678 00:41:43,027 --> 00:41:45,495 Jimmy, did you hear that? 679 00:41:46,397 --> 00:41:50,265 Yeah. Yeah. Now, don't go false starting on me. 680 00:41:50,334 --> 00:41:52,325 We need them inside. 681 00:41:58,509 --> 00:42:03,003 Easy, Angel, just let them satisfy themselves that this is the camper. 682 00:42:12,790 --> 00:42:16,624 Did you lock the cap on the gasoline tanks like I told you to? 683 00:42:16,694 --> 00:42:17,922 I forgot. 684 00:42:26,904 --> 00:42:28,064 Leo. 685 00:42:34,412 --> 00:42:36,141 Somebody got out. Two people. 686 00:42:36,214 --> 00:42:37,613 It's that guy Rockford. 687 00:42:44,222 --> 00:42:46,247 Jimmy, you got him covered? 688 00:42:56,501 --> 00:42:58,662 You, call the police. 689 00:42:59,437 --> 00:43:01,632 I hope you're as good at selling stories to the cops 690 00:43:01,706 --> 00:43:03,901 as you are at selling used cars. 691 00:43:11,449 --> 00:43:14,145 Angel, I am in a foul mood today 692 00:43:14,218 --> 00:43:17,517 and the last person I want to see is you. So out. 693 00:43:17,989 --> 00:43:20,014 I can feature you being browned off at me, Jim, 694 00:43:20,091 --> 00:43:22,321 so I'm not gonna stick around. 695 00:43:22,393 --> 00:43:25,226 But I was hoping that maybe I could stash my stuff here. 696 00:43:25,296 --> 00:43:27,924 See, Regine's annulment petition went through 697 00:43:27,999 --> 00:43:31,526 and I got to give her my entire collection as part of the settlement. 698 00:43:31,602 --> 00:43:34,093 Well, I mean, originals. Collectors' items. 699 00:43:34,172 --> 00:43:35,639 Ivory Joe Hunter, Little Walter... 700 00:43:35,706 --> 00:43:39,198 You want to hide them here after what you've done? 701 00:43:39,277 --> 00:43:40,744 Look, as far as I'm concerned, 702 00:43:40,811 --> 00:43:43,507 Regine deserves all four of your limbs. 703 00:43:43,848 --> 00:43:44,974 Wait till you go through a divorce. 704 00:43:45,049 --> 00:43:46,812 We'll see what kind of tune you sing. 705 00:43:46,884 --> 00:43:49,444 I might as well have gone through one. 706 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,886 You know, I had lunch with a banker today. 707 00:43:51,956 --> 00:43:54,424 You know, I have to refinance my trailer 708 00:43:54,492 --> 00:43:58,189 to pay back a $2,000 debt for that property option. 709 00:43:58,262 --> 00:44:01,891 Also owe a bill for the rental of a bulldozer. 710 00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:05,868 Rocky won't even talk to me because his friend's camper did a patty melt. 711 00:44:05,937 --> 00:44:07,837 REGINE: Jim? 712 00:44:07,905 --> 00:44:09,304 What is she doing here? 713 00:44:09,373 --> 00:44:11,102 Well, she said she might drop by. 714 00:44:11,175 --> 00:44:14,804 She wants me to help track down an old boyfriend of hers. 715 00:44:15,546 --> 00:44:17,844 You mean that bozo, Donny Engel? 716 00:44:17,915 --> 00:44:18,973 I know all about that guy. 717 00:44:19,050 --> 00:44:21,177 Well, you don't do missing persons work. 718 00:44:21,252 --> 00:44:22,685 For her I do. 719 00:44:22,753 --> 00:44:25,017 I might even do it for free. 720 00:44:25,089 --> 00:44:28,217 You know, if I didn't know you were such a lizard, 721 00:44:28,292 --> 00:44:29,691 I might think you were jealous. 722 00:44:31,495 --> 00:44:34,328 What am I supposed to do? She's out there. 723 00:44:37,835 --> 00:44:39,928 Hi. Hello. 724 00:44:40,004 --> 00:44:43,531 Listen, why don't we go on over to the restaurant and have a drink, huh? 725 00:44:43,608 --> 00:44:45,337 Oh, am I interrupting something? 726 00:44:45,409 --> 00:44:46,842 Well... 727 00:44:49,347 --> 00:44:50,644 Hi, Regine. 728 00:44:50,715 --> 00:44:53,707 Look, I'll go on over and get us a table, okay? 729 00:44:58,089 --> 00:45:00,182 So, how you been? 730 00:45:02,593 --> 00:45:03,890 Those are the records, aren't they? 731 00:45:03,961 --> 00:45:06,156 Yeah. Jimmy was helping me crate them 732 00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:10,667 and then we were gonna take them to the post office and ship them to you. 733 00:45:11,269 --> 00:45:13,066 I suppose you think it's petty of me 734 00:45:13,137 --> 00:45:14,934 to ask for your record collection, don't you? 735 00:45:15,006 --> 00:45:17,133 No, no. It's fine. 736 00:45:17,208 --> 00:45:21,668 Listen, I might as well carry them out to your car. You parked out here? 737 00:45:27,385 --> 00:45:28,943 I'm lying to you. 738 00:45:36,527 --> 00:45:37,721 I'm lying. 739 00:45:38,629 --> 00:45:40,597 Boy. Boy. 740 00:45:41,565 --> 00:45:45,399 The shuck just comes out of my mouth like the fumes out of a city bus. 741 00:45:45,469 --> 00:45:49,166 I was going to hide the damn records here. I'm sorry. 742 00:45:51,175 --> 00:45:52,301 Yeah. 743 00:45:55,313 --> 00:45:59,647 Listen, Regine. About you and me... 744 00:46:01,052 --> 00:46:04,647 I thought they were gonna beat me to death with a lead pipe, Regine. 745 00:46:05,890 --> 00:46:07,289 I know that. 746 00:46:08,426 --> 00:46:10,894 But I could have helped you. You just never asked. 747 00:46:10,961 --> 00:46:12,792 You didn't give me a chance. 748 00:46:12,863 --> 00:46:16,458 You lied to me when you asked me to marry you. And you just... 749 00:46:16,534 --> 00:46:19,765 You made me feel like I didn't exist at the motel. 750 00:46:23,140 --> 00:46:25,301 Why couldn't you talk to me? 751 00:46:27,211 --> 00:46:29,270 Because I was so uptight. 752 00:46:29,347 --> 00:46:32,407 I mean, all night long all I could see was 753 00:46:32,717 --> 00:46:35,379 this lead pipe hitting me on the head. 754 00:46:37,121 --> 00:46:40,454 The fact is, I didn't see you at all. 755 00:46:42,693 --> 00:46:43,955 Regine. 756 00:46:45,696 --> 00:46:49,393 Look, I like you. That's nothing phony there. 757 00:46:50,267 --> 00:46:51,859 You understand? 758 00:46:55,005 --> 00:46:56,836 You were just scared. 759 00:46:56,907 --> 00:46:57,999 Yeah. 760 00:47:03,681 --> 00:47:05,478 You're always scared. 761 00:47:07,985 --> 00:47:09,577 Aren't you, Ev? 762 00:47:15,292 --> 00:47:17,920 I'm glad those people didn't hurt you. 763 00:47:22,066 --> 00:47:24,899 For a while there, I was wishing they had. 764 00:47:31,642 --> 00:47:33,371 Just once or twice. 765 00:47:36,647 --> 00:47:38,080 Yeah. I dig. 766 00:47:45,790 --> 00:47:47,257 I better go. 767 00:47:48,325 --> 00:47:49,815 Listen, Regine. 768 00:47:51,896 --> 00:47:53,625 Why don't we talk some more? 769 00:47:53,697 --> 00:47:55,528 We can go to dinner. 770 00:47:57,768 --> 00:47:59,235 I don't think so. 771 00:47:59,303 --> 00:48:00,497 Well, we'll just stay here, then. 772 00:48:00,571 --> 00:48:01,936 We can drink some of Jimmy's beer 773 00:48:02,006 --> 00:48:04,270 and we'll play the records on his record player. 774 00:48:04,341 --> 00:48:07,242 My calendar is totally free for the day. 775 00:48:07,311 --> 00:48:09,506 Huh? You and me, we'll just... 776 00:48:12,082 --> 00:48:13,140 No. 777 00:48:30,835 --> 00:48:32,097 Thank you. 778 00:48:44,615 --> 00:48:46,310 You take it easy now. 779 00:48:49,587 --> 00:48:50,713 Okay? 780 00:49:05,803 --> 00:49:07,100 You okay? 781 00:49:07,605 --> 00:49:08,731 Yeah.