1 00:00:00,968 --> 00:00:04,666 You got anything on me? Rockford. The name's James Rockford. 2 00:00:08,575 --> 00:00:11,511 You know, with any luck, that guy's gonna eat it for all of us. 3 00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:13,513 He's with the National Intelligence Agency. 4 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:15,811 Oh, wonderful. Wonderful! 5 00:00:15,883 --> 00:00:17,749 The fix is in, top to bottom. 6 00:00:17,818 --> 00:00:19,616 She and I, and possibly you, 7 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,884 are just hard-luck pawns that stumbled into the wrong game. 8 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:25,084 There goes my case right out to sea. 9 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:26,626 Well, there's no way to stop it. 10 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,492 Are you kidding? I'll sink it if I have to. 11 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:37,847 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE: This is Jim Rockford. 12 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:40,351 At the tone, leave your name and message. I'll get back to you. 13 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:44,677 Miss Hallroy, City Federal. Your last check still hasn't arrived. 14 00:00:44,745 --> 00:00:46,577 It's impossible for us to lose checks. 15 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:49,879 So unless we receive full payment by noon today, we'll foreclose. 16 00:01:54,881 --> 00:01:56,941 Do you know what day today is? 17 00:01:57,017 --> 00:02:00,920 The first day of the rest of your life. That's how I look at it. 18 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:03,523 We're right at the start of day one. 19 00:02:03,657 --> 00:02:07,753 Everything back there is just so much spilt milk under the bridge. 20 00:02:08,095 --> 00:02:09,620 But up ahead... 21 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:12,331 Well, that's a brand-new ball game. 22 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:33,150 Yeah, that passenger's got a pint of booze, all right. 23 00:02:36,757 --> 00:02:38,350 There he goes, he's hoisting it again. 24 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:41,170 Looks like we're gonna have to haul our butts out into the heat again. 25 00:02:41,194 --> 00:02:43,139 Y-40, here's your wants and warrants 26 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:44,961 on a 1975 Cadillac, 27 00:02:45,032 --> 00:02:48,400 license number 876, Opel Mary William. 28 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:51,805 The car is reported as a Canoga Park stolen. 29 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:55,507 Oh, great. 30 00:02:59,646 --> 00:03:00,841 Mr. Petrankus. 31 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:02,439 Bernie. Bernie. 32 00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:04,508 Chug-a-lug it, Bernie. Make it empty. 33 00:03:04,584 --> 00:03:06,576 I told you not to drink in here. 34 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:07,916 Put it... 35 00:03:29,009 --> 00:03:31,877 Keep your hands in view and get out of that vehicle now! 36 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:33,038 What? Just do it. 37 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:36,845 Move it. Get out of that car and put your hands on your head. 38 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:40,350 Hey, what is this? 39 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:41,888 How fast were we going, huh? 40 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:43,014 Shut up. 41 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,491 Hey, have you guys read the constitution recently? 42 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:46,836 Well, there's not a whole lot in there 43 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:48,037 about stolen cars, now is there? 44 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:49,256 Stolen? 45 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:53,128 See, we got what here is probable cause, 46 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,044 and that makes it kinda nice, 'cause we can go all the way. 47 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,832 Get down here. 48 00:03:59,506 --> 00:04:01,236 Ben, pop the trunk. 49 00:04:08,381 --> 00:04:10,179 Holy Leroy! 50 00:04:21,962 --> 00:04:23,453 Well, what is it with my luck? 51 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:25,499 I asked for a lawyer. Where's John Cooper? 52 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:27,557 Out of town on business. He sent me. 53 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:29,159 That should be recommendation enough. 54 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:32,070 Well, no offense, son, but how old are you? 55 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,403 Age isn't the critical factor here. 56 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:36,841 What should be important is that I went to Harvard Law. 57 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:39,311 Good. Do you have any Harvard answers? 58 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,677 Right. 59 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:42,477 Now, I would say, just tell it like it was. 60 00:04:42,549 --> 00:04:44,313 Get your story down for the record. 61 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:46,410 Meantime, they'll print the car and guns, 62 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:49,046 that'll substantiate, and you should be golden. 63 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:50,715 Just tell it like it was, huh? 64 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:52,031 What do you think I should say? 65 00:04:52,092 --> 00:04:53,617 I didn't know the guns were loaded? 66 00:04:53,693 --> 00:04:55,252 I didn't know the trunk was loaded? 67 00:04:55,328 --> 00:04:57,661 You don't have to make it so... 68 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:01,167 Yeah. That's what you're gonna wind up saying. 69 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:04,614 Hey, wait a minute, you can't go in there. 70 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:05,867 It's all right, honey. 71 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:10,802 Yeah? 72 00:05:10,877 --> 00:05:13,346 I understand you're covering the Cadillac gun bust. 73 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:14,413 Who are you? 74 00:05:14,481 --> 00:05:17,542 Tony Musia, ATF. Treasury Department. 75 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,108 The FBI can handle things. 76 00:05:19,186 --> 00:05:21,951 Hey, hang loose a minute. Treasury's got a righteous interest here. 77 00:05:22,022 --> 00:05:24,253 Alcohol, tobacco and firearms. 78 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:27,055 Look, we'll wrap this up in-house. 79 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:29,062 Then we'll shoot you a copy for your files. Okay? 80 00:05:29,129 --> 00:05:30,173 That way you'll be covered. 81 00:05:30,197 --> 00:05:31,197 Unacceptable. 82 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:33,597 You just bumped into the tip of the iceberg. 83 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:34,667 Five will get you ten, 84 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:35,978 those guns are part of a truckload 85 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:38,233 that disappeared from Fort Grant in Nevada last month. 86 00:05:38,305 --> 00:05:42,936 And the FBI isn't about to hand over an open-and-shut in an interstate felony. 87 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,773 Don't give me any of that shuck. 88 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:46,939 You fell into this because of the stolen car. 89 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:50,415 Everybody in this building knows the FBI jumps hot car busts. 90 00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:54,011 That's what keeps you looking good on the year-end stats. 91 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:55,881 Okay. 92 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,020 If you wanna do some good, 93 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:02,859 then go in that first interrogation room and get Petrankus' story. 94 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:06,388 He was just the passenger. He may or may not be involved any deeper. 95 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:09,732 All right. That's more like it. Good to be on board. 96 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:13,338 You've had some experience with firearms, huh? 97 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:17,036 Oh, about two months. Before that, I was mostly in tobacco. 98 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:24,383 Mary Ann, get Rockford in here and bring along your notepad. 99 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:38,288 You ready to answer some questions? 100 00:06:38,365 --> 00:06:41,028 I don't know what to say. I've never been arrested before. 101 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:42,660 Should I talk to a lawyer first? 102 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:45,001 Depends on whether you've got something to hide or not. 103 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:47,040 If you don't, why bother? 104 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:58,608 Excuse me, Jeannie? 105 00:06:58,685 --> 00:07:00,153 I'm Stacy. 106 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:02,882 Sure you are. Could you do me a favor? 107 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:05,320 I don't know. If I can. 108 00:07:05,392 --> 00:07:07,418 Take some dictation for me? 109 00:07:07,494 --> 00:07:09,622 I'm not really authorized to... 110 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:11,040 I could really be in a lot of trouble 111 00:07:11,064 --> 00:07:12,744 if I don't get back to the pool right away. 112 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:17,066 Oh, you'll get back. It won't take that long. Just an arrest statement. 113 00:07:28,148 --> 00:07:29,878 I was on my way home from Vegas. 114 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,010 I was tapped out, except for some change, you know? 115 00:07:32,085 --> 00:07:34,213 So I looked up over my sun visor, 116 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,585 and there was this brochure. 117 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:37,385 You know the kind of thing, it's... 118 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,858 Two free drinks, a roll of nickels, 119 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:41,918 eight lucky bucks, that kind of thing, you know. 120 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:44,191 I figure, it's not too far off the beaten path, 121 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:47,098 so I'll drop by, and maybe turn my luck around. 122 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:49,500 What was the name of this place? 123 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:52,028 The Last Chance. 124 00:07:58,712 --> 00:08:00,156 Well, I'd never been on a junket before, 125 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:01,424 and it sounded like a lot of fun. 126 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:02,848 Well, I signed the card 127 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:05,112 and I got a 200-dollar line of credit. 128 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:06,983 That helps me make it through the night. 129 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:09,420 But then the sun came up, and I was tapped out again, 130 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:12,482 so I decided to hang it up and head for my car. 131 00:08:12,559 --> 00:08:14,503 But the parking-lot attendant won't give me the keys. 132 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,372 So, I'm about ready to waltz him around the lot, 133 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:18,558 when these two thumb-busters step up 134 00:08:18,631 --> 00:08:20,725 and say the car's collateral. 135 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,668 That they keep it right there until I come back with the 200. 136 00:08:23,737 --> 00:08:25,262 So I'm sitting in the Mother Lode. 137 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:27,933 That was the name of the place I was having my last free drink. 138 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:31,604 So I swallow my pride along with it and try to bum a ride home. 139 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:33,271 He says he'll give me a ride to LA. 140 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:36,839 In his Cadillac. But I didn't realize the catch was... 141 00:08:36,916 --> 00:08:39,249 That I was gonna drive, and he'd never stop talking. 142 00:08:39,319 --> 00:08:42,585 Then he started talking weird, something about 143 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:45,318 a truckload full of poppers. 144 00:08:45,392 --> 00:08:47,657 He was just about to put me to sleep at the wheel... 145 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:49,821 When the two policemen stop him. 146 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:53,856 Boy, I'll never say anything disparaging about an officer of the law again. 147 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:32,037 What is it? 148 00:09:32,839 --> 00:09:35,365 Oh, Mrs. Bateman. Can I help you? 149 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,486 You can be of great help to me, Mr. Spelling, 150 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:39,206 if you will simply comply 151 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:42,477 with the departmental guidelines regarding steno services. 152 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:45,951 You'll have to excuse me, but I'm at somewhat at a disadvantage. 153 00:09:46,019 --> 00:09:47,596 Could you tell me what you're referring to? 154 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:51,182 I am referring to the unauthorized use of pool personnel. 155 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,159 I am afraid I'm still in the dark on this, Mrs. Bateman. 156 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:56,856 I have it on good authority that one of my secretaries 157 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,558 has been recruited by your staff 158 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:01,465 without requisition and without my approval. 159 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:03,935 Well, it could have been that fellow Musia from Treasury. 160 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:05,003 Treasury? 161 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:07,563 Well, yes, he's interfacing with us on this weapons case, 162 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,337 and those ATF boys have been known to bend the rules. 163 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:11,605 Which office is he in? 164 00:10:11,678 --> 00:10:13,613 First one down the hall. 165 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:20,186 I, for one, am really glad that's settled. 166 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:21,983 You just talk guns. 167 00:10:28,061 --> 00:10:29,495 Mr. Donnegan. 168 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:31,360 Excuse me. You going in? 169 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:33,764 No, I just came down to use the bathroom. 170 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:35,961 The one upstairs is busted. 171 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:44,237 One goes to the FBI, one to ATF, and the original goes to Records. 172 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:46,779 And the same for the statement when you get it transcribed. 173 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:50,708 Oh, hi, Mrs. Bateman. 174 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:53,378 Stacy, I want to see you in my office, immediately. 175 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:54,921 Oh, well, first I have to go up to... 176 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:57,253 Immediately. Do you understand? 177 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:04,297 You can't just barge in here during an interrogation. 178 00:11:04,364 --> 00:11:06,128 I have nothing to discuss with you now. 179 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:08,634 We'll take this up at another time. 180 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:11,663 After I have filed a report. 181 00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:28,053 Well, I guess that wraps us up for now, Mary Ann. 182 00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:29,555 Have Musia get a marshal in here 183 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:31,834 and take Rockford and his buddy over to county for the night. 184 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:33,918 Oh hey, come on, now, Spelling, 185 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:36,622 I just told you the whole story. I leveled with you. 186 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:39,757 Tallafero, what do you got to say about all this, huh? 187 00:11:39,832 --> 00:11:42,131 I don't know what to say. I'm... 188 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:44,404 I'm very discouraged. 189 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,139 Discouraged. 190 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:54,570 Petrankus, Bernard L. 191 00:11:54,647 --> 00:11:56,115 Yeah! Yeah! 192 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:59,050 Let's go. You got a roll-up. 193 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:01,980 Hey, Deputy? Deputy? 194 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:06,425 Hey, Deputy, down here. 195 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:10,924 Hey, Deputy, you got anything on me? Rockford. 196 00:12:10,997 --> 00:12:14,195 The name's James Rockford. You got anything on me? 197 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:17,746 "Hey, you got anything on me? 198 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:19,500 "I'm Jim Rockford!" 199 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:22,332 They got nothing on me either, Rockford. 200 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,686 I checked out the samples. I'll buy. 201 00:13:10,857 --> 00:13:11,916 Where's the hardware? 202 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,050 Stashed. 203 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:16,392 Hey, those are what you call demonstrators. Not for sale. 204 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:20,024 I get them back, you get the factory merchandise, you dig? 205 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:21,893 The FBI got them. 206 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:23,567 They what? 207 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:27,571 I got popped on a hot car beef. They found them in the trunk. 208 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:31,240 You stole a car to haul my pieces around? 209 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:32,779 No. It belonged to my ex. 210 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:36,338 She gets lushed up, she decides she hates me. Phones it in stolen. 211 00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:38,861 Hey, well, that still don't explain why you walkin' around here, 212 00:13:38,885 --> 00:13:41,081 smokin' them squares instead of sawdust. 213 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:43,714 Civil rights loophole when they opened the trunk. 214 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:46,954 Illegal search and seizure. Trash-canned the bust. 215 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:50,195 Hey, look, I still want that whole truckload. 216 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:54,461 Well, it's got to be by midnight tonight. 217 00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:56,400 I don't dig these new happenings. 218 00:13:56,469 --> 00:13:58,233 And you bring an extra 10 grand. 219 00:13:58,304 --> 00:14:01,365 Hey, hold on. You already said 75,000. 220 00:14:01,441 --> 00:14:04,969 Well, that was before you started sleepin' with the pigs. 221 00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:07,505 Okay. 222 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:31,914 - Is he in? - Is he expecting you? 223 00:14:31,938 --> 00:14:34,237 Never mind, honey, he'll see me. 224 00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:38,975 Hey, what is this? 225 00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:41,023 Just what do you think you're doing, cruising in here like that? 226 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,379 I didn't send for you, did I? 227 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:44,576 I wanna talk about Petrankus. 228 00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:46,570 Well, that's different. I'll get a steno in here. 229 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:48,417 Just forget the game, huh? 230 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:51,652 I spent a lot of time and hard-earned money getting bailed out. 231 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,302 Now I want to know what you did with him. 232 00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:55,022 I put him in jail, same as you. 233 00:14:55,094 --> 00:14:57,306 And then you cut him loose. What is he, some kind of bait? 234 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,440 I don't know what you're talking about. 235 00:14:58,464 --> 00:14:59,557 I didn't cut anybody loose. 236 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:01,897 Oh no? Then Petrankus just ascended, huh? 237 00:15:01,968 --> 00:15:03,027 Huh? 238 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:05,333 I don't want to hear from "huh", Spelling. 239 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:06,896 When my lawyer bailed me out, 240 00:15:06,973 --> 00:15:09,807 he said some things that really distressed me. 241 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:12,072 Petrankus is not scheduled for a prelim, 242 00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:13,622 and then when he tries to find out why, 243 00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:16,138 the jail operator says there is no computer record 244 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:18,684 of any Petrankus ever being checked in or out. 245 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:21,949 Look, I really don't know what you're talking about, Rockford. 246 00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:23,501 But, now, if we can find Patty Hearst, 247 00:15:23,556 --> 00:15:24,800 give us a day or two on this one, okay? 248 00:15:24,824 --> 00:15:27,419 There's no record of him ever being in jail! 249 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:30,429 Which already makes your case on me look better by default. 250 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:31,930 Hey, humor me, huh? 251 00:15:31,998 --> 00:15:36,026 I think I'd feel a lot better if I could prove that he was here yesterday. 252 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:39,114 Well, there's a file on him with his fingerprints in it, the statement he made. 253 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:41,049 It's on microfilm, it's been put in the computer. 254 00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:42,336 Do you have a copy of it? 255 00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:43,774 Well, not in front of me, no. 256 00:15:43,843 --> 00:15:45,971 Well, why? It's an active case, isn't it? 257 00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:47,775 Well, I guess it hasn't been sent out yet. 258 00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:49,816 Maybe it got hung up somewhere. 259 00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:50,975 Then how do we trace it? 260 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:52,245 Now, look. 261 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:54,913 I've got about 340 cases here in front of me, 262 00:15:54,987 --> 00:15:57,684 including a robbery on Cal Bank's central branch, 263 00:15:57,757 --> 00:15:59,555 so we don't do anything. 264 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,265 Now if you're concerned about your future, 265 00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:04,024 then you go check at Repro or the steno pool. 266 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:06,895 An ATF agent handed it to one of the gals for processing. 267 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:09,128 A Stacy Hutchins, so go talk to Mrs. Bateman. 268 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:11,433 This is the federal government, huh? 269 00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:16,636 Now I know why my old man got 111 Medicare cards sent to him. 270 00:16:16,843 --> 00:16:19,278 Not one of them had his name on it. 271 00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:27,353 Mary Ann, give me the county jail. Sergeant Gainey. 272 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,382 It is important that you understand 273 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:35,428 the official position of the department on this matter. 274 00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:38,329 It is not the act of pilfering that concerns us, 275 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:40,923 it is the attitude that condones it. 276 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:45,663 That presumes it's all right, because no individual is deprived of anything. 277 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:49,242 But it is the individual that comprises this system. 278 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:58,247 And we are each, to some degree, 279 00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:01,315 diminished by the crime against the whole. 280 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:06,018 So it is imperative that we stop this filching of supplies. 281 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:08,324 We are policing the members of the staff 282 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:11,660 for their own good and for the good of the department. 283 00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:14,826 And we must encourage them to police each other. 284 00:17:17,403 --> 00:17:18,769 Wait here. 285 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:20,732 Yes, ma'am. 286 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:21,830 Is there something... 287 00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:23,740 Oh, Mrs. Bateman. Stafford, Personnel. 288 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:25,710 Just a spot check on absenteeism. 289 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,055 Nothing official, so don't worry. 290 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,980 Could you tell me why this one's out, please? 291 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,779 I'm not sure there's the least justification for your being here. 292 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:35,117 Oh, well, the formal record-gathering is somewhere down the road. 293 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:36,655 But there was a meeting this morning 294 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:39,089 and I thought, with some preliminary data, 295 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:41,423 we could draw a cause-and-effect parallel, 296 00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:43,895 and give us a head start on the whole evaluation process. 297 00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:45,659 Will you come into my office, please? 298 00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:46,926 Surely. 299 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:55,068 Now, I assure you, I'm just collecting numbers. 300 00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:56,473 I'm not pointing any fingers. 301 00:17:56,542 --> 00:17:58,977 Now, this Stacy Hutchins is the only one absent? 302 00:17:59,045 --> 00:18:00,513 Yes. She's on sick leave. 303 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:01,707 Are you certain? 304 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:03,249 Of course I'm certain. 305 00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:04,893 Her father called in for her this morning. 306 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:06,283 I took the call myself. 307 00:18:06,352 --> 00:18:07,513 But you're out of order. 308 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:10,352 I do not submit to inspection without previous notice. 309 00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:12,085 Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Bateman. 310 00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:14,787 You seem to run a very tight ship here. 311 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,159 Mrs. Bateman? Yes? 312 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:23,702 I don't mean to meddle where I'm not welcome... 313 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:25,135 Oh, no, what is it, what is it? 314 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:28,333 Well, Stacy's parents both live in Kansas City. 315 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:30,501 She mentioned it the other day at lunch. 316 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,101 Are you sure? Oh, yes, ma'am. 317 00:18:32,178 --> 00:18:35,478 She said she didn't have any relatives in California. 318 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,521 It's got to be by midnight tonight. 319 00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:23,392 I don't dig these new happenings. 320 00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:25,727 And you bring an extra 10 grand. 321 00:19:25,798 --> 00:19:28,962 Hey, hold on. You already said 75,000. 322 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:32,763 Well, that was before you started sleepin' with the pigs. 323 00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:41,771 Just what the hell were you trying to do out there? 324 00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:43,509 Keep the lid on the case of cigars. 325 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:45,574 How? By changing the time frame? 326 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:48,280 You just violated an agency parameter. 327 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:49,822 It's a stress situation. 328 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:52,518 You either relieve the pressure or you push it to the limit. 329 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:55,083 Hey, you've read this guy's profile. 330 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:59,388 Now, you push him too far, this cigar's liable to blow up in our face. 331 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:01,331 I had to get Petrankus' mind 332 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,393 off that vaudeville routine we pulled at the jail last night. 333 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,200 I've got him thinking about me now. 334 00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:08,207 I gave him somebody to hate. 335 00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:10,675 This is an update from Echo Three. 336 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:14,037 Petrankus has a logistics problem with the boat. 337 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,978 He may not be able to meet your midnight deadline. 338 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,491 There's just too many complications. 339 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:29,259 First the stolen car, then the steno with the file. 340 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:36,167 You know, actually, considering what we fell into, 341 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:39,103 the Company's gonna come out of this smelling like a rose. 342 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:41,470 I mean, we've even got a sponsor on the Cadillac. 343 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:43,509 What's that guy's name? 344 00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:45,545 Rockford. Yeah. Rockford. 345 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:48,843 You know, with any luck, that guy's gonna eat it for all of us. 346 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,974 Who's backing me up tonight at the warehouse? 347 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:54,077 Well, it looks like you're gonna have to recruit somebody by yourself. 348 00:20:54,153 --> 00:20:56,122 Say what? No partner? 349 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:59,181 You expect me to deal with Petrankus by myself? 350 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:02,057 Look, I'm gonna be completely honest with you, Watkins. 351 00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:05,188 We're having a hard time finding black guys we can trust. 352 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:06,357 Yeah? 353 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:09,424 Well, now, I think that's vice-versa. 354 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:19,575 I just talked to Records. They don't have one scrap of paper on Petrankus. 355 00:21:19,645 --> 00:21:21,978 Same with Distribution, nothing's been processed. 356 00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:23,572 But I gave it to that girl. 357 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:25,811 Now I'm getting a very sick feeling about all of this. 358 00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:28,286 I called my guy at County. He couldn't turn a thing. 359 00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:30,289 It's like Petrankus was never there at all. 360 00:21:30,356 --> 00:21:32,484 The fix is in, top to bottom. 361 00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:36,286 I don't wanna think about what it takes to jerk that many strings. 362 00:21:36,362 --> 00:21:37,887 Look, why don't you talk to the steno? 363 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,933 I mean, maybe there's a note on her desk or something. 364 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:42,359 Good morning, Jill. 365 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:44,300 Morning, Mrs. Bateman. 366 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:45,633 Busy day? 367 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:48,007 Yes, ma'am. They all are. 368 00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,011 I was hoping you could help me, Mr. Donnegan. 369 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,982 I'm checking up on one of my girls, Stacy Hutchins. 370 00:21:58,050 --> 00:21:59,450 What seems to be the problem? 371 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:02,886 Well, her father called in this morning and said that she was sick. 372 00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:05,220 But her father lives in Kansas. 373 00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:07,536 Well, it sounds to me like you've got a personnel problem. 374 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,827 No, no. I pride myself on knowing my staff better than that. 375 00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:14,743 Stacy might have told me that she was taking the day off, 376 00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:16,963 but she would never have bothered to lie. 377 00:22:17,036 --> 00:22:18,713 What are you bringing this in here to me for? 378 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:21,400 Well, I think you may be one of the last people in the building 379 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:23,499 to have seen her yesterday. 380 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:25,135 What do you mean? 381 00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:27,510 You were watching her in the hallway downstairs. 382 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,572 Well, now, I don't recall. 383 00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,749 You got in the elevator with her. 384 00:22:32,985 --> 00:22:36,422 I thought you might remember what floor she got off on. 385 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:37,956 Mrs. Bateman, 386 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:41,385 I assure you that I have absolutely no interest 387 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:44,191 in the comings and goings of your employees. 388 00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:48,325 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a luncheon date I have to confirm. 389 00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:03,425 Jill, you should leave for lunch on time. 390 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:06,385 That way, you won't come back from lunch late. 391 00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:08,652 Yes, ma'am. 392 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,825 We've got another problem on the cigar shipment. 393 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,835 That old battle-ax from the steno pool. 394 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:25,428 I think we've got to give her a vacation, too. 395 00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:28,372 And do it quickly, before anyone starts listening to her. 396 00:23:34,513 --> 00:23:36,379 What do you figure? Rockford's taking the fall 397 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,326 so Petrankus can move the rest of the ordinance? 398 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:39,443 Yeah, maybe. 399 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:40,713 But any way you look at it, 400 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:43,221 there's some heavy machinery involved here. But who? 401 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,409 Why don't we just sit on Rockford's place for a while? 402 00:23:45,457 --> 00:23:47,449 See what kind of company he keeps. 403 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:49,961 You got any friendlies in the area? 404 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,451 Women usually just wear the tops. 405 00:25:52,518 --> 00:25:53,713 Oh! 406 00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:57,052 Oh, Mr. Stafford! What are you doing in Stacy's apartment? 407 00:25:57,122 --> 00:26:00,217 I'm snooping. But not near as efficiently as you. 408 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:03,220 I should call the police and have you arrested. 409 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:04,539 Well, good, why don't you do that? 410 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,896 I'd be interested in hearing how you explain to them 411 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:08,627 what you're doing in Stacy's apartment. 412 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,794 I am not stealing anything. 413 00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:12,565 Then what are you doing? 414 00:26:20,846 --> 00:26:23,509 This is Echo Two. I'm in position. 415 00:26:23,982 --> 00:26:27,282 Well, it looks to me like she hasn't been home in a couple of days. 416 00:26:27,352 --> 00:26:28,376 What makes you think so? 417 00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:30,514 Oh, she left a pound of hamburger out to thaw. 418 00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:31,750 It's getting a little funky. 419 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:33,884 That's not exactly evidence of foul play, 420 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:35,860 but it does make you wonder. 421 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:39,695 Is there anything that you know that might help us find her? 422 00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:41,924 No, not really. 423 00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:46,897 Well, I don't think we should stay around here any longer. 424 00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:48,099 Is your car out front? 425 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:49,368 No. I took a taxi. 426 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:51,410 Could I give you a lift back to work? 427 00:26:51,477 --> 00:26:53,503 No, that'll be all right. 428 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,547 I'll catch the bus. 429 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,378 Cat burglars don't usually depend 430 00:26:57,449 --> 00:27:00,214 on the RTD for any kind of quick getaway. 431 00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:06,052 Echo Two to LC One. Subject is present, repeat present. 432 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:10,563 Leaving premises with unidentified male Caucasian. Advise. 433 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:13,126 Echo Two, this is LC One. 434 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:16,726 Maintain mobile surveillance, but not too closely. Do you copy? 435 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:18,703 That's a roger, LC one. 436 00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:30,842 I'll make a deal with you, Mrs. Bateman. 437 00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:33,408 I'll tell you my dream, if you tell me yours. 438 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:34,509 What do you mean? 439 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:37,420 Well, my name isn't Stafford, it's Rockford. 440 00:27:37,723 --> 00:27:41,683 And I'm looking for Stacy because of my welfare as much as hers. 441 00:27:42,895 --> 00:27:45,194 Well, she has the key that might keep me out of the slam. 442 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:46,441 That's very important right now, 443 00:27:46,465 --> 00:27:49,458 since somebody's working overtime to put me there. 444 00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:51,936 I'm not sure I understand any of this. 445 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:54,269 Well, I'm not altogether sure I do either. 446 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:56,899 But I have this gut-level nausea that... 447 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,739 She and I, and possibly you, 448 00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:02,440 are just hard-luck pawns that stumbled into the wrong game. 449 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,484 What is it you do anyway? 450 00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:07,983 I'm a private investigator. 451 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:09,077 Oh. 452 00:28:09,955 --> 00:28:14,086 Well, I suppose that entitles you to engage in fanciful speculation. 453 00:28:20,465 --> 00:28:22,457 Yeah, it's a great vantage point. 454 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:25,129 Put your ears on. Let's get a reading. 455 00:28:27,573 --> 00:28:29,166 Ah, Colonel Huxley. 456 00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:30,869 Light colonel, retired. 457 00:28:30,943 --> 00:28:32,878 Agent Spelling, FBI. 458 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:35,005 We appreciate the use of your facility, sir. 459 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,606 Well, I'm glad to be of service. There's no problem. 460 00:28:37,683 --> 00:28:40,881 And I'm also glad you're finally after that Rockford fellow. 461 00:28:40,953 --> 00:28:41,977 You know, one night, 462 00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:43,932 Martha and I came out of the restaurant down there, 463 00:28:43,956 --> 00:28:46,926 and he was doing bat-turns in the parking lot. 464 00:28:46,992 --> 00:28:48,051 Now, that's the truth. 465 00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:50,425 Looks like we got some activity. 466 00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:00,797 I think that's his father. 467 00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:03,034 I've seen him around there a lot. 468 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:07,136 You know, I believe in minding my own business as much as the next guy, 469 00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:10,876 but there's a place where you just have to draw the line, hmm? 470 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:12,781 Hey! He's coming out. 471 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:17,999 Pearce, tag along with the old man. 472 00:29:18,023 --> 00:29:20,583 If he takes you home, tap his line and patch it in here. 473 00:29:20,659 --> 00:29:21,991 All right. 474 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:25,697 We'll get Rockford coming or going. 475 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:45,673 That's not my house. It's the one with the Camellia bushes. 476 00:29:45,751 --> 00:29:48,243 You mean the one with the blue car 477 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,256 across the street with the guy sitting in it? 478 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:56,824 Do you live alone, Mrs. Bateman? 479 00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:59,228 What kind of a question is that? 480 00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:01,233 There's no Mr. Bateman? 481 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,701 I lost my husband in the war. 482 00:30:03,769 --> 00:30:05,237 Oh, I'm sorry. 483 00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,239 It was a long time ago. 484 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:09,407 Well, they're watching your house. 485 00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:12,467 I just don't know what's in store for you next. 486 00:30:13,078 --> 00:30:17,072 Mr. Rockford, you're not going to frighten me with talk like that. 487 00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:20,143 Okay, then I'll just drop you off at your house. 488 00:30:20,218 --> 00:30:21,447 No, no. 489 00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:29,453 There's this man in the building, a Mr. Donnegan. 490 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,890 I went to see him this morning 491 00:30:30,962 --> 00:30:33,955 because I remembered that yesterday, he had been watching Stacy. 492 00:30:34,032 --> 00:30:36,831 Well, first he tried to alibi her absence, 493 00:30:36,902 --> 00:30:39,394 and then he just became totally rude. 494 00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:41,531 And that made me suspicious, so I... 495 00:30:41,606 --> 00:30:43,438 Well, I happened to hear him on the telephone 496 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:46,239 and he was telling a man to abduct me. 497 00:30:46,311 --> 00:30:47,904 I couldn't believe my ears. 498 00:30:47,979 --> 00:30:49,743 But when I went out to get my car, 499 00:30:49,815 --> 00:30:51,841 there were two men waiting there. 500 00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:55,752 And I actually had to sneak out of the building. 501 00:30:56,888 --> 00:30:59,448 Who's this Mr. Donnegan? What does he do? 502 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:01,083 I'm not sure. 503 00:31:01,226 --> 00:31:03,354 But he's with the National Intelligence Agency. 504 00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:05,795 Oh, wonderful. Wonderful! 505 00:31:07,065 --> 00:31:08,158 But... 506 00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:12,067 But it does play. I mean, the guns, the files, Petrankus. 507 00:31:12,137 --> 00:31:13,935 He must be their pigeon. 508 00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:16,839 They framed me just to keep him on the bricks. 509 00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:18,069 But why? 510 00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:22,205 Well, I don't know. Maybe they aren't ready to burn him yet. 511 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,240 Maybe they're setting him up for something bigger. 512 00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:25,409 Maybe anything. 513 00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:27,851 And maybe we should just call the police. 514 00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:29,046 Oh, and say what? 515 00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:31,488 That the National Intelligence Agency is following us? 516 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:34,355 I don't wanna walk in there with that one. 517 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:37,493 Not unless we had something a little harder. 518 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,691 What do you mean? 519 00:31:44,169 --> 00:31:46,161 I want you to take a memo. 520 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:50,168 Motor Vehicle Department, 521 00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:52,302 request name of registered owner, 522 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:54,278 vehicle license number 523 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:57,011 517 OMW. 524 00:31:58,483 --> 00:32:01,078 Thank you. That'll be all for the day. 525 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,126 You got a dime? 526 00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:21,665 Here. 527 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,515 Los Angeles, Golden West Tobacco. 528 00:32:32,584 --> 00:32:34,553 The address is a PO box. 529 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:37,046 Yes. 530 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:39,981 All right. Yes, thank you. 531 00:32:42,861 --> 00:32:45,660 No listing. It's probably an agency front. 532 00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:48,625 Jill. 533 00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:49,791 Who's Jill? 534 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:51,131 Donnegan's secretary. 535 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:53,604 She can verify the name and give us an address. 536 00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:55,800 Why would she wanna help us? 537 00:32:56,374 --> 00:32:58,036 Because she's one of my employees. 538 00:32:58,109 --> 00:33:01,204 All secretarial personnel are answerable to me. 539 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:02,338 Oh. 540 00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:04,946 Where do we find her? 541 00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:19,364 Mrs. Bateman! Oh, hello, Susan. 542 00:33:19,431 --> 00:33:20,729 I'm sorry to barge in like this, 543 00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:22,062 but I need to talk to Jill. 544 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:23,226 What are you doing here? 545 00:33:23,301 --> 00:33:24,599 I was hoping you could help us. 546 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,069 We need some information. 547 00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:27,400 Forget it, Jill. 548 00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:29,703 You don't have to kiss her feet anymore. 549 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:31,299 It's too late. 550 00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,312 You've been shot right out of the box, lady. 551 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:37,349 And it couldn't have happened to a nicer gal. 552 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,927 I'm sorry, Susan, I really don't know what you're talking about. 553 00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:41,852 I'm talking about you. 554 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:43,998 You're on your way down the tubes with the rest... 555 00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:45,115 Susan. 556 00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:46,453 That's enough. 557 00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:49,723 They found some files in your desk. 558 00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:53,927 Top secret papers that are missing from Naval Intelligence, and... 559 00:33:53,999 --> 00:33:58,130 You've been suspended until they complete an investigation. 560 00:33:58,203 --> 00:33:59,865 We're having a little celebration. 561 00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:02,134 Please, don't join us. 562 00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:05,575 Look, why don't you just back off a little, all right? 563 00:34:06,077 --> 00:34:08,069 Margaret's taking over the pool. 564 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:10,671 We came here because of Stacy Hutchins. 565 00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:11,910 What about Stacy? 566 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:14,418 Well, there's a chance that she may have been kidnapped 567 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:16,853 by the same people who are trying to discredit Mrs. Bateman. 568 00:34:16,922 --> 00:34:18,220 Don't listen to them, Jill. 569 00:34:18,290 --> 00:34:21,522 She's just trying to pull her own fat out of the fire. 570 00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:23,892 I don't understand. I mean, what do you want from me? 571 00:34:23,962 --> 00:34:26,898 We'd just like some answers to a few questions, that's all. 572 00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:28,695 Don't tell them a thing. 573 00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:31,760 This is my apartment too, and I want them out. 574 00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:36,433 Look here, if you would like to help Stacy, 575 00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:38,477 maybe even save her life, 576 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:41,608 you can call me at this number. 577 00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:44,315 Any time, day or night. 578 00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,682 Thank you. 579 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:56,623 It seems to me you've been framed in a fairly slipshod manner. 580 00:34:56,695 --> 00:34:58,129 I wouldn't worry too much about it. 581 00:34:58,196 --> 00:34:59,824 I'm not worried. 582 00:34:59,898 --> 00:35:01,594 You can't work in a building for 30 years 583 00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:03,794 without making contacts in the right places. 584 00:35:03,868 --> 00:35:05,996 I can be reinstated tomorrow. 585 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:08,765 The thing that bothers me is 586 00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:12,633 how anyone could give credence to such a story in the first place. 587 00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:15,442 Ah, well, people are always willing to believe 588 00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:17,812 the worst about somebody they... 589 00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:19,645 Well, that they... 590 00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:22,180 They hate? Is that it? 591 00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:26,021 Like Susan back there. 592 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:30,455 They were just waiting for the opportunity to get rid of the old battle-ax. 593 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:32,406 Ah, well, now, I don't know how much truth there is to that. 594 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:34,399 I have never been unfair 595 00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:36,765 or overly demanding on my employees. 596 00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,770 All I have ever required 597 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:42,274 was an honest day's effort in return for their salary. 598 00:35:43,541 --> 00:35:45,772 And as a result I have been able to pride myself 599 00:35:45,844 --> 00:35:48,643 in an efficient and functional department. 600 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:50,978 Is there anything so horrible in that? 601 00:35:51,049 --> 00:35:52,813 No, no, I guess not. 602 00:35:53,685 --> 00:35:57,144 As long as it doesn't become the sole reason for living. 603 00:35:59,124 --> 00:36:00,490 Come right on in, folks. 604 00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:03,494 Find yourselves a chair, any place. Make yourself at home. 605 00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:05,655 I'm sorry this place is such a mess here. 606 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,675 Why didn't you tell me you were bringing someone over? 607 00:36:07,699 --> 00:36:09,634 Oh, it's just a spur-of-the-moment thing, Dad. 608 00:36:09,701 --> 00:36:12,364 We hadn't been planning that much ahead. 609 00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:14,463 Are you a client of Jimmy's, ma'am? 610 00:36:14,539 --> 00:36:15,666 No. I... 611 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:17,265 No, Mrs. Bateman, or rather Eleanor, 612 00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:19,387 and I just kind of bumped into each other this morning. 613 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:20,955 Turns out we have a few friends in common. 614 00:36:20,979 --> 00:36:23,312 Oh, would you like something to drink? 615 00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:25,441 Something cold or maybe a cup of coffee? 616 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,486 Would you have some wine, by any chance? 617 00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:29,987 Would I have some wine by any chance? 618 00:36:30,055 --> 00:36:31,887 I got some of that Liefenbrau stuff. 619 00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:34,016 You know, the kind that's so good with fish. 620 00:36:34,092 --> 00:36:36,459 I'm gonna have a glass myself. How about you, Sonny? 621 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:38,963 Oh yeah, yeah. Sure, Dad, thank you. 622 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,760 Did you say it was Liebfraumilch? 623 00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:42,232 Uh-huh. Yeah. 624 00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:45,494 There's a TV special on at 10:00 625 00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:47,766 I've been waiting all week to see. 626 00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:49,330 It's about them Portuguese fishermen. 627 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:51,672 You know, they put to sea for six months at a time, 628 00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:54,508 and fish from them little dory boats. 629 00:36:54,813 --> 00:36:56,490 Why don't you stick around and watch it with me? 630 00:36:56,514 --> 00:36:57,709 Thank you, I'd like that. 631 00:36:57,782 --> 00:36:59,375 All right, fine. 632 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:03,213 Jim called you "Mrs. Bateman." What does your husband do? 633 00:37:03,288 --> 00:37:04,756 Oh, I lost him during the... 634 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:12,493 He left me when I was 22. I haven't seen him since. 635 00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,775 Hello? Hello, Mr. Rockford? 636 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:34,950 It's Jill. 637 00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:37,288 What can I do to help Stacy? 638 00:37:37,355 --> 00:37:39,085 It's Jill. 639 00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:43,628 Yeah, well, Jill, have you ever heard the name "Petrankus"? 640 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:45,961 Yes. Well, I've seen paper on him. 641 00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:47,862 I think he's a distributor. 642 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,457 Of what? Cigars. 643 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:52,162 Cigars? And he works with your office? 644 00:37:53,071 --> 00:37:55,267 I don't know. I think he's a... 645 00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:57,138 A tobacco wholesaler. 646 00:37:57,842 --> 00:38:00,073 Well, do you know what territory he covers? 647 00:38:00,145 --> 00:38:01,545 Well, he's out of the country a lot. 648 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:02,613 Customers? 649 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,171 Well, anybody who smokes, I guess. 650 00:38:04,249 --> 00:38:06,844 Jill, look, you're being very cryptic. 651 00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:08,745 What is this guy? 652 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:10,846 What do you know about Golden West Tobacco? 653 00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:13,391 Well, you won't say you heard it from me, will you? 654 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,051 No, I promise. 655 00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:18,390 I really don't know anything about this Petrankus. 656 00:38:18,463 --> 00:38:21,729 But I think that Golden West is a... You know, a... 657 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,863 A front. 658 00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:25,096 Do you have an address? 659 00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:26,934 3817 South Figueroa. 660 00:38:36,948 --> 00:38:38,007 Yeah? 661 00:38:38,082 --> 00:38:40,779 Rockford's got some tie-in with Golden West Tobacco. 662 00:38:40,852 --> 00:38:42,013 He was talking to some girl, 663 00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:44,326 but I don't know where she fits or who she's attached to. 664 00:38:44,389 --> 00:38:46,915 They mentioned Petrankus and some cigar operation. 665 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:48,357 Tobacco, huh? 666 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:52,022 You know, I'm beginning to get a strong whiff of our Agency friends here. 667 00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:54,622 Let's see what the tobacco company has in stock. 668 00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:56,234 You think that's the way to go? 669 00:38:56,301 --> 00:38:57,769 Well, use your head, Musia. 670 00:38:57,836 --> 00:39:00,362 If the Agency's got something going and haven't advised us, 671 00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:03,533 then all we're gonna get if we ask some questions is triple talk. 672 00:39:03,608 --> 00:39:04,940 They'd love to ice us out. 673 00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:08,104 All they care about is looking good on the year-end stats. 674 00:39:08,213 --> 00:39:09,408 Right. 675 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:14,709 My guess is that "cigars" is their euphemism for "guns." 676 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:18,017 The Agency doesn't want Petrankus on the streets to deal them. 677 00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:20,320 I don't even think the FBI is involved. 678 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:21,620 What are you going to do? 679 00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:24,026 Well, I think I'll cruise down to Golden West 680 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:26,826 and see if they carry any US Army cigars. 681 00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:27,965 I'm going with you. 682 00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:51,383 Hey, what is this? 683 00:39:51,456 --> 00:39:53,789 Well, looks like we're just in time for the curtain. 684 00:39:53,858 --> 00:39:55,952 You're jumpin' the gun a little bit, ain't you? 685 00:39:56,027 --> 00:39:58,462 Just keep your hands on the wheels. 686 00:40:03,534 --> 00:40:05,196 The guns in there? 687 00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:08,437 Just close the door and let's go. 688 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,678 Just follow the jeep. 689 00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,231 You're gonna take in the shots. 690 00:40:33,298 --> 00:40:34,789 Now, look, man, we made a deal. 691 00:40:34,866 --> 00:40:36,210 Now, I ain't crossed you or nothin'. 692 00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:37,634 What's the matter with you, anyway? 693 00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:39,170 No, you tried to jack me up, boy. 694 00:40:39,237 --> 00:40:41,206 Nobody jerks me around like that. 695 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:42,570 I didn't even get a kiss. 696 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,769 Okay, okay. Just tell me what I can do to make it up, all right? 697 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:47,311 Too late now. 698 00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:50,941 I don't like dealing with your kind of people. 699 00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:54,312 There goes Rockford. He must be tailing them too. 700 00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:57,287 Well, let's fall in behind. But don't get too close. 701 00:40:57,355 --> 00:40:59,551 We don't have a parade permit. 702 00:41:40,298 --> 00:41:41,891 That's it. Okay. 703 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:45,026 Take out a few pieces, load them up, and be ready to cover. 704 00:41:45,103 --> 00:41:46,935 They brought Watkins along. 705 00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:48,303 Something's wrong. 706 00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:50,968 Maybe not. Let's see how it plays out. 707 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:02,616 Okay, climb aboard. Climb aboard! 708 00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:03,882 Why? What for? 709 00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:05,514 You're going for a ride. 710 00:42:05,590 --> 00:42:07,491 At least halfway. Move! 711 00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:09,327 Climb aboard. 712 00:42:11,963 --> 00:42:13,625 What are we gonna do? 713 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:16,532 Well, there's nothing we can do. The boat's got to sail. 714 00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:27,437 We don't know that they're gonna kill Watkins. 715 00:42:27,512 --> 00:42:29,310 That's right, we don't. 716 00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:37,914 Well, Petrankus just got on that boat. 717 00:42:38,122 --> 00:42:40,182 There goes my case right out to sea. 718 00:42:40,258 --> 00:42:41,954 Well, there's no way to stop it. 719 00:42:42,026 --> 00:42:44,825 Are you kidding? I'll sink it if I have to. 720 00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:47,357 Anything to keep him from shoving off. 721 00:42:47,432 --> 00:42:49,333 Do you think you can drive my pickup? 722 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:50,424 Yeah. 723 00:42:50,501 --> 00:42:53,437 All right. You take it and call the police, all right? 724 00:42:53,504 --> 00:42:54,836 All right. 725 00:42:56,107 --> 00:42:58,838 You head him off, I'll take the old broad. 726 00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:13,400 Call the Coast Guard and the police, 727 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:15,154 and have them seal off the area. 728 00:43:15,226 --> 00:43:17,559 Get some of our people down here. 729 00:43:22,133 --> 00:43:24,261 Get out of that truck! 730 00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:29,372 Hold it right there. 731 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,499 Hi! 732 00:43:38,783 --> 00:43:41,480 It was very foolish of you to come out here like this, Mrs. Bateman. 733 00:43:41,552 --> 00:43:44,181 An old lady like you wandering around here at midnight. 734 00:43:44,255 --> 00:43:46,451 You could have an accident. Now, let's go. 735 00:43:46,524 --> 00:43:48,720 Yeah. And it's a good thing you were here to help her. 736 00:43:48,793 --> 00:43:50,284 Okay, come on. 737 00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,600 What's going on down there? 738 00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:07,144 I don't know. 739 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:10,340 I can't make out who those people are. 740 00:44:12,416 --> 00:44:15,443 Let's proceed down there on our own, slowly. 741 00:44:25,863 --> 00:44:28,697 Oh come on, shove off! Get those guns out of here! 742 00:44:28,766 --> 00:44:30,860 Where are they going? To the Third World. 743 00:44:30,935 --> 00:44:34,838 Petrankus sells guns to revolutionaries in South America and Africa. 744 00:44:34,906 --> 00:44:38,001 And you're interfering with a classified government mission, buster. 745 00:44:38,075 --> 00:44:41,671 The Agency furnishes arms to communist revolutionaries? 746 00:44:41,746 --> 00:44:43,146 This is the FBI. 747 00:44:43,214 --> 00:44:44,773 We have you surrounded. 748 00:44:44,849 --> 00:44:45,908 Drop your weapons, 749 00:44:45,983 --> 00:44:49,545 walk to the center of the pier with your hands on your heads. 750 00:44:50,755 --> 00:44:51,779 No. 751 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:05,835 Well, we were supplying those guys. 752 00:45:05,903 --> 00:45:08,372 They were defective, loaded cigars. 753 00:45:08,839 --> 00:45:12,241 The communists waste their money on these useless materials, 754 00:45:12,310 --> 00:45:14,006 undercuts their own reserve. 755 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:17,537 You guys actually sit around and think these things up? 756 00:45:18,082 --> 00:45:19,243 Get... 757 00:45:35,233 --> 00:45:37,578 This is the United States Coast Guard Cutter. 758 00:45:37,602 --> 00:45:38,865 Hold on. 759 00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:41,505 Maintain your position. 760 00:45:52,617 --> 00:45:56,110 Okay, you can take these two gentlemen along with you. 761 00:45:56,187 --> 00:45:57,985 I haven't figured out all the complaints yet, 762 00:45:58,055 --> 00:46:01,617 but ADW and conspiracy to commit ought to do for starters. 763 00:46:01,792 --> 00:46:03,103 You're the one that's in trouble here. 764 00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:05,460 Are you the one behind this fiasco, Donnegan? 765 00:46:05,529 --> 00:46:08,863 You and the FBI could end up with a whole lot of egg on your face, Spelling. 766 00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:10,765 Me? This was a circus! 767 00:46:10,835 --> 00:46:11,912 And you seemed to have forgotten 768 00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:13,370 which country you were in tonight. 769 00:46:13,437 --> 00:46:15,770 Creep! You were gonna let me sleep with the sharks! 770 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,036 I ought to take your head off! 771 00:46:19,477 --> 00:46:21,912 We all knew the risks when we signed up, Watkins. 772 00:46:21,979 --> 00:46:23,607 You can't give me that. 773 00:46:23,681 --> 00:46:25,411 Somebody give me a tape recorder. 774 00:46:25,483 --> 00:46:26,827 We'll get you one, my friend. 775 00:46:26,851 --> 00:46:29,446 Mr. Donnegan, where is Stacy Hutchins? 776 00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:31,685 She should be home in bed. 777 00:46:31,756 --> 00:46:34,692 Those were the orders. Termination at midnight. 778 00:46:34,759 --> 00:46:35,818 Oh. 779 00:46:38,095 --> 00:46:40,963 Well, I guess everything's back to normal. 780 00:46:49,507 --> 00:46:54,002 Dick, this has been the most wonderful two days I ever spent in my life. 781 00:46:54,111 --> 00:46:55,602 Me too, Stacy. 782 00:46:59,216 --> 00:47:00,707 Tell you what, 783 00:47:00,785 --> 00:47:02,981 why don't you take the keys down to the desk. 784 00:47:03,054 --> 00:47:04,147 Okay. 785 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:14,757 This is Echo Seven. Forward this transmission to Donnegan. 786 00:47:15,032 --> 00:47:18,628 Operation completed on schedule. Now terminated. 787 00:47:26,544 --> 00:47:27,654 I think you're a little late 788 00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:29,156 for your first day back at work, aren't you? 789 00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:30,180 Mr. Rockford! 790 00:47:30,247 --> 00:47:31,271 It's after 9:00. 791 00:47:31,349 --> 00:47:33,375 Oh. Well, I don't have to punch a clock. 792 00:47:33,451 --> 00:47:35,886 Sometimes I go in late and sometimes I work late. 793 00:47:35,953 --> 00:47:37,012 How come you're here? 794 00:47:37,088 --> 00:47:39,399 Well, you know, after all we went through trying to find her, 795 00:47:39,423 --> 00:47:40,516 I never met Stacy. 796 00:47:40,591 --> 00:47:42,457 So I thought I'd drop in this morning, 797 00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:44,620 say hi, see how she's doing. 798 00:47:45,463 --> 00:47:48,399 I appreciate your coming. I know why you did. 799 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:52,026 Nervous about facing them, aren't you? 800 00:47:53,070 --> 00:47:55,733 Well, they thought they were getting a new boss. 801 00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:58,105 I never realized they'd give a party to celebrate that. 802 00:47:58,175 --> 00:48:01,111 You went out on a limb for Stacy. They know that. 803 00:48:01,178 --> 00:48:05,081 Yeah. Well, they also know about 20 years of rule by intimidation. 804 00:48:05,149 --> 00:48:06,378 Well, as the great philosopher 805 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:09,079 Petrankus once said, believe it or not, 806 00:48:09,253 --> 00:48:12,451 "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." 807 00:48:14,024 --> 00:48:16,050 We can learn from everyone.