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You're not dropping
the case, are you?
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Well, I don't have much choice.
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I still cannot accept the fact that
that maniac escapes conviction
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all because of some
has-been gumshoe.
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He does seem like a flake.
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Do you have any
idea who's behind it?
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No, but whoever it is, is trying to
cover their tracks with a backhoe.
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I can get your PI ticket
pulled in 60 seconds flat!
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ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING
MACHINE: This is Jim Rockford.
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At the tone, leave your
name and message.
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I'll get back to you.
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Mr. Rockford, Arthur's
Hi-Fi. Your stereo is ready.
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But since your warranty expired in
the two months it was in our shop,
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you'll have to pay
the $60 on the repair.
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Connors, he didn't
even play for the Padres.
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Connors was an Angel!
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Don't you remember?
The old Padre's
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first baseman was Luke Easter.
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I should never bet
with you, George.
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Hey, Pete!
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Give me one for
the road, will you?
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Yeah.
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All right, another dollar
says you can't tell me
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who was center fielder
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for the LA Angels, late '40s.
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Gotcha! Dom Dallesandro!
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Uh-uh, close, he
played left field.
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The old center
fielder, Cecil Garriott.
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Remember, they used
to call him the Rabbit?
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Easy money, Johnson,
that's you, huh?
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Oh, jeez, the Angels
were so good in them days.
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Shuster at short,
Terwilliger at second.
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Remember the Twig, huh?
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All right, good night, Johnson.
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See you tomorrow.
So long, George.
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Drive carefully.
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It's six blocks. I
can do that blind!
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That's how he
usually does it, too.
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Bird Dog to Home Plate.
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Yeah, Bird Dog.
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The Deuce is on the way, right
on schedule and looking real good.
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10-4, Bird Dog. Bring him home.
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Grunwald? Did you copy?
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All right, honey. You're on.
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Now we move on to the Angels,
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bottom half of inning number four
in a scoreless game in Anaheim.
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Big first baseman, Tony Montoya.
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Montoya now
swinging a healthy back,
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completely recovered from
knee surgery last winter.
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Steve Butler's on the
mound for the Royals.
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Windup pitch for Montoya.
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A slider high and inside.
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Been a pitcher's duel so far.
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Butler has struck out four,
hasn't walked anybody,
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has allowed but
two base runners.
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Here's the next
pitch on the way...
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Here's the next
windup by Butler.
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Fastball grounded at third...
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Oop, Bridges bobbles,
throws... Too late!
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Montoya's safe on first...
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Jack Finney's on deck.
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Nobody out. The go
ahead run now at first base.
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Beautiful starry night
here at the Big A.
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No score, fourth inning.
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A check of the runner at
first by Butler, the pitch...
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Ladies and
gentlemen of the jury,
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a man with a serious drinking
problem sits before you now.
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A man with four
previous 502 arrests,
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a man with two
previous 502 convictions,
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a man who was driving
without insurance,
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on a suspended license,
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with a .19 blood alcohol count.
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The evidence against George
Bassett is not only conclusive,
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it is downright overwhelming.
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Maybe if he had gone
to jail the last time,
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Betsy Pruitt would
be alive today.
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If we are ever
going to put a stop
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to this wanton slaughter
on our highways,
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then the first step is
in your capable hands.
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There is only one rational
verdict, and that is guilty,
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not of involuntary manslaughter,
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not even of manslaughter,
but guilty as charged,
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of murder in the second degree.
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Murder in the second degree?
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There's something
wrong somewhere.
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Look, I have a nose
for this kind of thing.
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It's my business!
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Mr. Rockford, how many times
do we have to go through this?
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There is no reasonable doubt.
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Please sit down.
We'll take another vote.
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No doubt? I mean, no doubt?
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Look. Look. The natural
way to get out of a car
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would put me in a position
with my back to the door,
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facing the oncoming traffic.
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So what?
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She was hit from behind.
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So she saw his headlights
at the last minute,
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turned just before he hit her.
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Reflex action I
think they call it.
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Well, that is a possibility.
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It's a good one, too.
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Okay, that's settled.
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I think we can
safely say that we're
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going for our final ballot.
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Another thing.
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Another thing... Look...
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If she was getting out of
the car to deal with a flat tire,
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why did she leave
the keys in the ignition?
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Huh? She'd need
them to get to the jack.
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Well, I doubt that she
intended to change it herself.
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She was probably
gonna knock on a door
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and use somebody's
phone and call the Auto Club.
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Then she would take
her Auto Club card.
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But she didn't, she
left it in her purse,
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which was on the
front seat, remember?
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Hey! Now I don't care if she was
standing in the middle of the road nude,
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juggling little blue
and white balls.
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Come on, the
cretin ran over her.
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Now there's no
dispute about that.
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He ran over her all right.
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Then you got no
choice but to vote guilty.
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Come on! You've
already taken up more time
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than that man's worth.
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Oh, is that right?
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Yeah, that's right!
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Well, I...
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I have a reasonable doubt.
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And I'm not changing my mind.
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Tough! I'm sorry.
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Your Honor, I move
that a mistrial be declared
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and that all charges against
the defendant be dismissed.
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A dismissal would
be a grievous injustice
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to the deceased, Your Honor.
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I'm inclined to agree
with you, Mr. Wheeler.
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The motion for
dismissal is denied.
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A new trial date will be set
and hopefully, at that time,
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a jury can be impaneled
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that will not find itself
hopelessly deadlocked
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by the irresponsible and unyielding
decision of one of its members.
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A decision, I might add,
that I consider an affront
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to these chambers.
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To mock justice and decency
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with the willful
disregard for the...
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Your Honor.
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You're out of
order, Mr. Rockford.
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Your Honor, in your
instructions to the jury,
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you included the phrase,
"Beyond a reasonable doubt."
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There are facts in this case...
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One more word out
of you, Mr. Rockford,
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and you are in contempt.
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I would like to commend
the rest of the jury
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for their time
and their diligence
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in the deliberation
of this case.
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Court is adjourned.
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He's not gonna like this, Al.
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He sure isn't.
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I don't think that bozo put
a bug up anybody's nose,
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but we'd better keep
our eye on this situation.
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All right.
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In a churchyard near the canyon
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Where the myrtle doth entwine
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There grow roses
and other posies
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Fertilized by Clementine
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I used to hug her
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Now she's dead, I draw the line
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Listen, boy scouts
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Heed the warning to
this tragic tale of mine
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Artificial respiration
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Could have saved my Clementine
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Who's there?
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Supercitizen. I'm back from
the battle-scarred corridors
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of civic obligation.
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Oh, hi, sonny. I almost
didn't hear you come in.
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Yeah, well, I would
have knocked,
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but without a door, it
seemed rather pointless.
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Oh, yeah, I'm taking them
off and planing them down.
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That front door come off
real easy and this door did,
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but this one here, I'm
working on, is a real killer.
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Dad, do you mind if
I ask you something?
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Huh?
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Why?
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Oh, you're getting
that tone in your voice.
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Don't you remember
last rainy season
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when the only way you could get
these doors open was to kick 'em open
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and how mad it made you?
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Yeah, the only
trouble with that is
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when you performed the
same surgery over at your place,
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the doors never did hang right.
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They were binding
till the guy from A-1
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came over and
replaced the hinges.
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Well, that ain't gonna
happen this time.
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And besides, it seems to me
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that anytime a person does
something nice for another person,
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without being asked,
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then that other person ought to
show some small signs of gratitude
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and not walk around
with a nose out of joint
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first shot out of the box.
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Dad, I'm sorry.
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I'm really sorry.
It's just partly
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this jury duty the
last couple of weeks.
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I've had no cash flow,
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I had to leave the
Collins case hanging fire...
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You don't have to
worry about that thing.
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The batteries leaked and
gummed the whole thing up.
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How many times do I have
to tell you if you're going away,
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take the batteries out of
the flashlights and radios?
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Oh, swell! That's just swell!
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Well, it don't matter anyways.
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Mr. Collins called a
couple of days ago.
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It was bad news, sonny. He
said he couldn't wait no longer.
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He had to go with
another detective agency.
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Well, Dad, if you had to fix
something, why didn't you fix that?
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Well, now, it seems to me
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that you're just a little too
teed off about your jury duties.
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And frankly, it ain't too
pleasant to see neither.
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It is your duty to accept your
responsibilities as a citizen,
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and it is your
privilege to sit on a jury.
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It's your God-given right!
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Dad, I take it seriously.
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I just wish I could say the
same about my 11 peers.
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And since I'm getting
this civics lecture,
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why don't we talk about
the last three elections
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in which you didn't vote?
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Well, the... The... The first
one I had the grip. Yes, sir!
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And the second one, that was
the presidential election and...
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Don't you remember
how it was raining
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and my tires is bald?
You remember everything.
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And then the third election...
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Well, you wouldn't
want me to tell L.J. that
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I couldn't come to his
birthday party, would you?
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Hello?
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I'm going back to work.
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Oh, Mrs. Bassett,
Mr. Bassett, come in.
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Just have a seat on
the couch, if you like.
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Mr. Rockford, we're sorry
to barge in on you like this,
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but we wanted to tell you
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how grateful we
are for what you did.
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You saved him from jail.
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I think I just
postponed it a while.
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Not if you'll help us.
You're a private investigator.
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You know something, don't you?
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You saw something that could
clear George once and for all?
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I just couldn't go along with
second degree murder, that's all.
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They should have tried
you for manslaughter.
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See, I told you,
Fran. Let's go, huh?
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Why wouldn't you
go along with it?
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The rest of the jury did.
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Well, Mrs. Bassett...
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You're the only hope George has.
250
00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:35,304
Oh, come on, Franny, huh?
251
00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:38,215
Well, it's the truth, and you
might as well face up to it.
252
00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:40,879
Mr. Rockford's our
only real hope now.
253
00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:42,782
Can you tell us now
254
00:13:42,855 --> 00:13:45,290
why you held out for not guilty?
255
00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:48,351
Oh, mainly because you
swore that Betsy Pruitt's back
256
00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,920
was turned to you. They
couldn't shake you from that.
257
00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:53,796
Yeah, like I said, it
all happened so fast,
258
00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:56,529
and yet it was kind
of in slow motion.
259
00:13:56,602 --> 00:14:01,040
She just sort of floated in front of
my car and her back was turned.
260
00:14:01,107 --> 00:14:05,272
Well, nine times out of ten,
people will turn to face danger.
261
00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:07,610
It's a reflex action,
self-protective.
262
00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,479
Are you saying
this was a set-up?
263
00:14:10,983 --> 00:14:15,011
You went into the same bar
every night, The Ramp Bar.
264
00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,080
You'd roll in there about 5:00,
265
00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:20,593
you would chew
the fat till 8:00 or so,
266
00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,719
by which time you were drunk,
267
00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:24,286
and then you would
drive on home.
268
00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:27,027
I mean, it's a schedule
you could set your watch by.
269
00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:29,626
So maybe you could
have been set-up.
270
00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:34,163
And maybe we can find someone
with a motive to kill Betsy Pruitt.
271
00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:03,065
Hello. Can I help you?
272
00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:05,264
Yeah, well, the
manager sent me up.
273
00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:07,102
I was thinking about renting and
274
00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:09,267
she said this unit was
gonna become available
275
00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:11,038
as soon as some
estate is settled.
276
00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:13,409
But, hey, if you're
interested, you were here first.
277
00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:15,209
Oh, no, I was just leaving.
278
00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:16,613
Oh, yeah?
279
00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:19,978
I don't know, maybe you know
280
00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:22,521
how the apartment
situation is in this town.
281
00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:25,524
What with the price of houses
going up and everything.
282
00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,321
Do you have any idea
283
00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:31,353
what a two-bedroom and a den
goes for over on the West side?
284
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:34,265
Have you any idea how
completely full of it you are?
285
00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:35,333
What?
286
00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:36,596
You're Rockford.
287
00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:41,039
Look, I managed to get to LA the
last day of George Bassett's trial,
288
00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:44,544
and they pointed you out to
me after you hung the jury.
289
00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:46,410
How could you?
290
00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:47,708
Well, look, Miss...
291
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,840
Bonnie Pruitt is my name.
292
00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:52,215
And how dare you
come around here
293
00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:55,813
after letting that creep get
away with killing my sister?
294
00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:58,414
Yeah, well, actually, he hasn't
gotten away with anything yet.
295
00:15:58,491 --> 00:16:00,323
You better leave, or
I'm calling the cops.
296
00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:03,124
Well, now, the fact is, miss,
there's a couple of things
297
00:16:03,196 --> 00:16:06,360
about your sister's death
that just don't add up.
298
00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:11,128
Now.
299
00:16:11,904 --> 00:16:12,963
Look,
300
00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:18,401
I think you ought
to take it easy.
301
00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,980
I'm sorry we had
to meet like this.
302
00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:26,049
I bet if you tried,
303
00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:29,922
you'd have a very
attractive smile.
304
00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:37,225
That's probably one of the most
305
00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:40,164
original lines anyone's
ever used on me.
306
00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:41,667
Well, it's true.
307
00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:44,397
And there's something
else that's true,
308
00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:48,471
is that there is something
strange about your sister's death.
309
00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:51,602
I came over here looking
for some kind of lead.
310
00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:55,276
Would you happen to know anyone
311
00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:58,011
who would want to
do this to your sister?
312
00:16:58,084 --> 00:16:59,108
No.
313
00:16:59,886 --> 00:17:03,084
But then I haven't seen
Betsy in over five years.
314
00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:05,355
We weren't very close.
315
00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:08,189
Mom and Dad couldn't stand the
thought of going through her things,
316
00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:10,924
so I flew out here to
take care of it for them.
317
00:17:10,997 --> 00:17:13,592
And I am running
a little late, as usual.
318
00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:15,157
Oh, yeah, where are you going?
319
00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:17,226
Back to Tulsa. Tulsa, huh?
320
00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:20,766
Did you sell Betsy's car?
321
00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,469
No, the attorneys
must have handled it.
322
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:25,739
That receipt copy
was in her mail.
323
00:17:25,811 --> 00:17:27,074
Oh.
324
00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:29,775
Oh, my plane leaves in two
hours. I'd better call a cab.
325
00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:32,614
Oh, no, I'll drive you. The
cabs are very expensive in LA.
326
00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:34,483
That is if you can even get one.
327
00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:37,285
Now, I would like to go over
and take a look at Betsy's car.
328
00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:40,793
Kabalkov is over in Inglewood,
isn't that what it says?
329
00:17:40,993 --> 00:17:42,586
Okay. Thanks.
330
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:44,557
Maybe I should
take a look at it, too,
331
00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:46,861
and see if we got a fair price.
332
00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:05,074
Jim.
333
00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:07,845
Jim.
334
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:09,283
I've got a plane to catch.
335
00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:10,379
Just a minute.
336
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:12,096
There's something
here I don't understand.
337
00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:13,854
I found this pebble
lodged between
338
00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:17,488
the valve and the tire
stem... And see this door?
339
00:18:17,563 --> 00:18:20,260
This door latch is jammed
in an open position.
340
00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:22,768
Well, couldn't that have
happened during the accident?
341
00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,827
Well, yeah, it could have,
342
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:27,100
but you see this armrest here?
343
00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:29,802
It's got kind of a...
Well, it looks like a burn,
344
00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,309
where somebody had looped a rope
345
00:18:31,377 --> 00:18:32,868
through it under pressure.
346
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,073
I really don't understand
what you're getting at.
347
00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:36,706
Yeah, I'll show you.
348
00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:39,911
Now, let's just assume that
I'm not barking at the moon
349
00:18:39,986 --> 00:18:41,826
and somebody really
wanted to make it look like
350
00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:43,131
your sister was killed
by a drunk driver,
351
00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:44,953
how would I go about it, huh?
352
00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:48,119
First, I would park the car
353
00:18:48,194 --> 00:18:50,857
and I would get out,
help myself to a flat tire,
354
00:18:50,930 --> 00:18:54,697
then I'd jam the
door latch open.
355
00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:57,601
I'd put Betsy behind the wheel.
356
00:18:57,670 --> 00:19:00,333
She's either
unconscious or just been...
357
00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:03,000
Here, you get in. You be Betsy.
358
00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:06,045
I've been trying not
to be Betsy all my life.
359
00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:10,210
Now, I'm gonna need some rope...
360
00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:14,485
Yeah, here.
361
00:19:16,756 --> 00:19:18,748
Now I'd get in this side.
362
00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,124
Now, close the door.
363
00:19:23,929 --> 00:19:25,659
Oh, oh, yeah, all
right, we'll just have to
364
00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:27,461
pretend that it is closed. Here.
365
00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:29,798
Now loop this
through the armrest
366
00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:32,168
and then give it back to me.
367
00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:36,039
That's right. Now, if
that door were closed,
368
00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:38,055
you'd be pinned right
up against it, right?
369
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,079
Yes. Jim, what about my plane?
370
00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:41,657
Now, all right, it's only
gonna be a minute.
371
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:44,207
Now, you see, timing is crucial.
372
00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:46,149
I'd be working on a...
373
00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:49,312
On a radio cue,
374
00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:54,724
or I'd have that mirror
in exactly that position.
375
00:19:55,227 --> 00:19:56,718
Hey, I'm getting
into this thing.
376
00:19:56,796 --> 00:19:59,197
Yeah, well, is detective
work always like this?
377
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:00,392
No, as a matter of fact,
378
00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:03,368
it usually is not
anywhere near like this.
379
00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:05,514
Usually, I'm just sitting
outside of somebody's house.
380
00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:06,982
But every once in a
while, you get one of these
381
00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:08,634
physical layout things.
382
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,803
You know, you kind of recharge
your battery. But anyway, anyway,
383
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:15,211
here comes George, right?
And just at the right time,
384
00:20:15,281 --> 00:20:17,648
one of my cohorts
will pull his car
385
00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:21,210
out from the curb,
making George swerve,
386
00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:23,886
and that is my cue
387
00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:27,517
to let go of the
end of the rope.
388
00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:31,063
The door will fly open with the
weight of your body against it
389
00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:32,564
as I shove you out.
390
00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:34,600
Oh! I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
391
00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:37,233
Yeah, you know a powerful man,
392
00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:40,605
especially if he used both
feet instead of his hand,
393
00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:44,201
could push you three
feet high and four feet out.
394
00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:46,438
George couldn't have missed.
395
00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,104
Okay, let's go.
396
00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:05,893
Listen, I have an idea.
397
00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:09,026
Why don't you postpone
your trip back to Tulsa?
398
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:10,626
Why?
399
00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:14,003
Well, you're Betsy's
sister. You knew her well.
400
00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:17,805
A lot of useful information
might occur to you along the way.
401
00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,310
No, I really couldn't.
402
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:23,575
But, I'll sure call you
403
00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:25,880
if I do think of anything else.
404
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,426
Bye for now.
405
00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:18,037
He walked in on me. I
had to run a game on him.
406
00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:19,366
What does he know?
407
00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:21,566
Well, he doesn't
know who or why,
408
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,404
but he's sure got how nailed.
409
00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:25,273
Oh, terrific!
410
00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:26,642
Was the apartment dirty?
411
00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:27,805
Was it!
412
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,213
Betsy kept a diary
on the whole thing.
413
00:22:30,282 --> 00:22:32,877
I'm just glad I got it
packed before he showed.
414
00:22:32,952 --> 00:22:35,319
We gotta do something
about him, and fast.
415
00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:36,719
What's his next move?
416
00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:40,624
Well, he's going to talk to Betsy's
employers tomorrow morning.
417
00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:43,629
Then he's going our way.
418
00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,938
I'm afraid that you're
talking to the wrong Horvath.
419
00:22:58,010 --> 00:23:00,605
Betsy was my
brother's secretary.
420
00:23:00,846 --> 00:23:03,247
Let me just see
if he's available.
421
00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,110
Arthur,
422
00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:09,644
I wonder if you could come
in here for a moment, please?
423
00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:12,381
Thanks a lot. I
really appreciate it.
424
00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:16,190
The info on the policy app
only said Horvath and Horvath.
425
00:23:19,932 --> 00:23:20,932
Yes, Martin.
426
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,129
Arthur, this is Gary Osheroff,
427
00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:25,933
he's with Fidelity Mutual.
428
00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:29,407
It seems that poor Betsy had a
policy which no one was aware of,
429
00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:33,173
and he's got to ask a few
questions before they can pay off.
430
00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:35,280
It's just routine.
Background stuff.
431
00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:37,873
It won't take more
than five minutes.
432
00:23:38,317 --> 00:23:39,649
All right.
433
00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:40,844
Come this way, please?
434
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,684
Thank you very much.
435
00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:54,995
Would you have a
seat here, Mr. Osheroff?
436
00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:57,345
I'm afraid you're
going to have to excuse
437
00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,369
the condition of this room.
I have not had a chance
438
00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,771
to office-break
my new secretary.
439
00:24:03,242 --> 00:24:05,211
And it's chaos around here.
440
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:07,269
Oh, that's perfectly all right.
441
00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:09,713
A messy office is the
mark of a busy man.
442
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,876
My office looks just like it.
443
00:24:14,053 --> 00:24:17,182
You know, Betsy's death
came as quite a shock to me.
444
00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:19,248
I mean, that was a waste.
445
00:24:19,425 --> 00:24:21,417
I still cannot
accept the fact that
446
00:24:21,493 --> 00:24:23,519
that maniac escaped conviction,
447
00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:26,690
all because of some
has-been gumshoe on the jury
448
00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:28,324
trying to act like
Sherlock Holmes
449
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,266
and toot his own tin horn.
450
00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:33,306
Yeah, well, he does
seem like a flake.
451
00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:36,274
Yeah, but, you know, in the
course of my investigation,
452
00:24:36,342 --> 00:24:38,777
I've uncovered a few things that
453
00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:42,873
strongly suggest her death
wasn't what it appeared to be.
454
00:24:43,048 --> 00:24:44,641
Really? What are you getting at?
455
00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:46,845
I think she might
have been murdered.
456
00:24:46,919 --> 00:24:49,411
You bet your life she
was, by a drunk driver!
457
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,800
And as soon as he's
convicted, I'll tell you something,
458
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,817
we are, on behalf of
the family, suing Bassett,
459
00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:56,953
The Ramp Bar,
and that bartender.
460
00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:59,624
Ah, you're going
to be very busy.
461
00:24:59,765 --> 00:25:03,668
Yeah, but I don't think that
Bassett is completely responsible,
462
00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,268
and if it wasn't an
accidental death,
463
00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,307
my company's
position is going to be
464
00:25:08,374 --> 00:25:10,673
somewhat modified, payment-wise.
465
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:15,480
You know, Mr. Osheroff, I was very
familiar with Betsy's financial affairs,
466
00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:21,384
and I don't seem to recall any
policy issued by Fidelity Casual.
467
00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:26,388
Well, it was a recent one. That's
the reason for our suspicions.
468
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,927
You know, at first we
suspected the beneficiary,
469
00:25:28,994 --> 00:25:30,792
Betsy's sister, she
lives out of state.
470
00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:32,229
That sounds like Rockford!
471
00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:34,163
Betsy doesn't have a sister.
472
00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:36,566
I think we better
pull this guy's drapes.
473
00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:39,799
Medium height,
kind of reddish hair?
474
00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:43,676
She has a very attractive
smile. She's very attractive.
475
00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:46,237
Lives in Tulsa, name's Bonnie.
476
00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:48,831
I'm afraid you have your wires
crossed, Betsy was from Michigan.
477
00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:51,512
Excuse me just a minute.
478
00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:53,575
Yes, Martin, what is it?
479
00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:57,486
Rockford?
480
00:25:58,157 --> 00:26:00,422
Oh, yeah, look, I
can explain this.
481
00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:02,393
I don't know what your
game is, Mr. Rockford,
482
00:26:02,461 --> 00:26:05,727
but I'm gonna report you to
the D.A. Now you get out of here!
483
00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:09,826
Yeah, well that seems
like very sound legal advice.
484
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:10,995
Yeah.
485
00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:31,991
All right, you better put that
thing down and get out of my car.
486
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,856
My name is Ed Chandler,
and I'm connected in this city,
487
00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:37,123
all the way up to
the Mayor's office.
488
00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:39,131
Well, you're about
to be connected to
489
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:41,599
some weights that are
going off Point Mugu.
490
00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:44,193
Hey, you guys got the wrong man!
491
00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:46,898
I'm a cop! Really,
I'm a deputy chief.
492
00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:48,634
You're a fourth-rate PI.
493
00:26:48,707 --> 00:26:50,118
Well, let me take
a shot in the dark.
494
00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:51,576
Bonnie Pruitt told
you that, right?
495
00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:53,874
Don't know any Bonnies. Get in.
496
00:26:56,915 --> 00:27:00,044
Yeah, that's probably
not her real name anyway.
497
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,610
Any woman who
wouldn't stick around
498
00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:03,713
to help clear her
own sister's death...
499
00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:05,815
Divorce or no
divorce, I really have to
500
00:27:05,891 --> 00:27:08,861
learn to listen to those
little voices I hear.
501
00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:10,452
That's between you and them.
502
00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:12,729
Personally, I don't even
know what you're talking about.
503
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:14,494
Yeah, well, either
she was in this car,
504
00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:16,660
or you both wear the
same perfume, Mary.
505
00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:17,896
Shut up!
506
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:21,338
One false move out of you
and I'll blow your head off.
507
00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:42,918
Well, I'll tell you guys,
508
00:27:43,629 --> 00:27:44,995
I guess I better level with you.
509
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,941
You know, I wouldn't
even be in this whole thing
510
00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:48,695
if it wasn't for
this guy Bassett.
511
00:27:48,767 --> 00:27:52,033
Hey, really, really, I did
some checking on this lush.
512
00:27:52,104 --> 00:27:54,082
You're not going to believe
it, this guy is worth over
513
00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:55,631
a million and a half bucks!
514
00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:58,472
Yeah, he's like one of these
guys you read about in the paper.
515
00:27:58,544 --> 00:28:01,070
You know, he lives in a little
hole-in-the-wall like a squirrel.
516
00:28:01,146 --> 00:28:04,048
He's got all this money
and nobody knows it.
517
00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:07,285
Well, you're not gonna
believe what I found out.
518
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:11,585
I guess I could share this
with somebody if really had to,
519
00:28:11,657 --> 00:28:13,717
but you gotta
promise me one thing.
520
00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:14,919
Look out!
521
00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:26,237
Hey, you all right,
man? Check this ride out!
522
00:28:29,775 --> 00:28:31,141
Hey, you got a driver's license?
523
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,803
Now, wait... Wait a minute!
524
00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:35,245
Just... Hey, hey.
It's a little accident.
525
00:28:35,781 --> 00:28:37,443
It was a big accident.
526
00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:40,486
I didn't even have a chance
to get their license number.
527
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:43,231
I would have gone to the cops,
but I didn't have a whole lot of proof,
528
00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:45,190
so as soon as I picked
up my car, I called you.
529
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:46,623
I figured you'd want to know.
530
00:28:46,692 --> 00:28:48,456
Do you have any
idea who's behind it?
531
00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:51,793
No, but whoever it is, is trying to
cover their tracks with a backhoe.
532
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,764
If they don't reopen
their investigation soon,
533
00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:55,733
there's not gonna
be any evidence left.
534
00:28:55,801 --> 00:28:58,532
I seriously doubt if it'll be
reopened, Mr. Rockford,
535
00:28:58,604 --> 00:29:01,301
and the new trial's been
set for next Wednesday.
536
00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:03,171
Can't you get a continuance?
537
00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:04,505
I'll try.
538
00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:07,007
But George Bassett was
voted example of the month,
539
00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:10,072
and the D.A.'s office
is going for the throat.
540
00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:13,313
I even feel a little
sorry for poor Norman.
541
00:29:13,385 --> 00:29:14,546
Poor Norman?
542
00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:16,145
The prosecutor.
543
00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:18,952
It was supposed to be a lock,
544
00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:22,222
and he's really been on
the carpet for blowing it.
545
00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,160
I'm lucky you were on the jury.
546
00:29:24,229 --> 00:29:25,458
Well, I'm not.
547
00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:28,557
I mean, I've been on a
thousand complex cases,
548
00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:31,160
but this one has just
too many slamming doors
549
00:29:31,236 --> 00:29:32,966
and mean people!
550
00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:37,151
I heard you were
in the building.
551
00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:39,576
I also heard from Arthur
Horvath that you were
552
00:29:39,645 --> 00:29:41,807
"on the case,"
whatever that means.
553
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,644
Seems self-explanatory.
554
00:29:43,715 --> 00:29:45,206
How dare you hang a jury on me,
555
00:29:45,284 --> 00:29:46,527
then turn around
and work the case?
556
00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,850
Now, wait just a minute, Norman.
557
00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:52,390
He has an interesting theory,
558
00:29:52,858 --> 00:29:54,793
and I think you
should listen to it.
559
00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:57,489
Rockford, I may not be able
to get you for jury tampering,
560
00:29:57,562 --> 00:29:59,690
I may not be able to get
you for obstructing justice,
561
00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:02,860
but I can get your PI ticket
pulled in 60 seconds flat!
562
00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:05,062
Which is how long you
have to get out of the building
563
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:07,436
and off the case! Is that clear?
564
00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:12,535
There, you see?
565
00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:14,608
Another slamming door.
566
00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:16,707
Hey!
567
00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:19,048
Mr. Rockford! Wait up!
568
00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:21,344
You're not dropping
the case, are you?
569
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:22,888
Well, I don't have much choice.
570
00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:25,549
Either I lose my life
or I lose my license.
571
00:30:25,624 --> 00:30:27,752
I'm sorry, Karen.
It just isn't worth it.
572
00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,886
What isn't worth
it? George Bassett?
573
00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:32,692
Oh, come on now,
don't put that on me.
574
00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:35,700
I'm sorry. But you do think
he's innocent, don't you?
575
00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:37,861
He's an unwitting accomplice.
576
00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:39,837
Which makes him innocent.
577
00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:42,807
Look, I'm a public defender,
578
00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:44,843
and my caseload
includes a lot of people
579
00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:46,845
that the system
is really ripping off.
580
00:30:46,912 --> 00:30:49,245
And I was bugged
that I even got assigned
581
00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:51,681
such a deserving loser
as George Bassett.
582
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:54,720
I mean, I really
believed he was guilty.
583
00:30:54,786 --> 00:30:56,311
You put up a good defense.
584
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:57,412
No.
585
00:30:57,489 --> 00:31:00,084
He got due process
and that's all.
586
00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,824
Look, what I'm trying to say is,
587
00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:06,126
I'd like to help you on this.
We could work together.
588
00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:08,994
You could lose your job.
589
00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:12,162
If I can lose my job for trying
to prove my client's innocence,
590
00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:14,069
then it isn't worth much.
591
00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:16,040
You could lose your life.
592
00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:17,701
With you around?
593
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,243
I gotta tell you, Karen, I
am nowhere on this thing.
594
00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:22,213
Will you stick with it?
595
00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:27,495
You sure this is the place?
596
00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:29,511
Yeah. 29, Cove Road.
597
00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:31,348
Okay.
598
00:31:37,362 --> 00:31:38,887
How's it handle?
599
00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:40,489
Oh, no guts. Lousy front end.
600
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,329
The mechanic
really worked it over.
601
00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:43,596
Perfect!
602
00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:45,933
Now, let's go get good
old George Bassett
603
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:48,838
and put this thing on
ice once and for all.
604
00:32:07,058 --> 00:32:10,119
I knew Mr. Rockford would
come through. Franny!
605
00:32:11,363 --> 00:32:13,229
This lady works
for Mr. Rockford.
606
00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:16,860
He's cracked the case. He wants
to see me at The Ramp right away!
607
00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:19,461
Mr. Rockford didn't
have a secretary.
608
00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:22,436
I'm not his secretary,
Mrs. Bassett.
609
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:26,342
I'm one of his operatives. He
sent me out to pick up your husband
610
00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:28,471
so he can verify
his theory of time
611
00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:30,778
relative to the distance ratio.
612
00:32:30,982 --> 00:32:32,678
And I am running a little late.
613
00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:34,652
What're we waiting for?
614
00:32:35,854 --> 00:32:38,585
But you remember
what the judge said
615
00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,558
when he granted bail.
616
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:43,390
Are you really sure you
ought to be going to a bar?
617
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:46,523
Franny, there's
nothing to worry about.
618
00:32:46,598 --> 00:32:49,534
I've been on the wagon
a whole nine days now!
619
00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,756
Come on.
620
00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:54,697
Hey, watch it!
Get me out of here!
621
00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,508
Jim, what is... Don't ask.
622
00:34:14,019 --> 00:34:15,419
I'll tell you one thing, though,
623
00:34:15,487 --> 00:34:17,854
if my dad wasn't such
a lousy handyman,
624
00:34:17,923 --> 00:34:19,482
I'd have an
air-conditioned head.
625
00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:21,151
Who is that? Oh,
it's one of the guys
626
00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:22,537
that jumped me in the
underground garage.
627
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:24,281
Let's see if we can
get him inside. Help me.
628
00:34:24,329 --> 00:34:26,594
Come on, Mary. Here we go.
629
00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:41,970
I sure never thought I'd be
sitting in this place drinking coffee.
630
00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:45,884
What do you think has
happened to Mr. Rockford?
631
00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:48,546
Oh, he had to pick
up Mr. Noble first,
632
00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:50,722
Mr. Rockford's chief operative,
633
00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,985
and then they were
going to the D.A.'s office
634
00:34:53,058 --> 00:34:54,321
to try and convince Wheeler
635
00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:56,827
to come here for
the demonstration.
636
00:34:58,129 --> 00:34:59,927
I sure owe that man a lot.
637
00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:01,466
Mr. Rockford?
638
00:35:01,633 --> 00:35:03,465
Is there a Bonnie in here?
639
00:35:03,535 --> 00:35:05,595
Yes! Excuse me.
640
00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:10,641
Here you go.
641
00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:12,970
Hello.
642
00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:15,343
Yeah, we've been
here ten minutes.
643
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:20,313
Look, I can't handle him
alone, now get over here!
644
00:35:21,319 --> 00:35:24,619
He won't drink the coffee.
He wants another bourbon.
645
00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:27,986
Okay.
646
00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:29,627
Make it fast.
647
00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:32,497
Double bourbon, please.
648
00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:39,599
Oh, go a little easy on it,
honey. This isn't our first stop.
649
00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:46,144
That was Mr. Rockford.
650
00:35:46,211 --> 00:35:47,304
And?
651
00:35:47,379 --> 00:35:49,280
He did it, Mr. Bassett.
652
00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:52,409
He convinced the D.A. to
open a new investigation.
653
00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:55,477
You mean I'm out of
it? I'm out of this mess?
654
00:35:55,553 --> 00:35:57,351
You're on your way. Phew.
655
00:35:57,422 --> 00:36:01,018
Oh, the D.A. said you'd have
to do a couple of weeks in detox.
656
00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:03,459
Well, that's great 'cause
I'm not drinking anyway.
657
00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:04,894
Well, I am!
658
00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,958
I know what Mr. Rockford
went through to pull this off.
659
00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:09,057
Yeah.
660
00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:11,228
Believe me, it's a real triumph.
661
00:36:11,302 --> 00:36:13,142
He and Mr. Noble will
be over in a few minutes,
662
00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:15,469
and they'll explain
all the details.
663
00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:17,270
But, as far as I'm concerned,
664
00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:20,176
the celebration
starts right now.
665
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,715
Oh, I'm sorry.
666
00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:26,342
I didn't think.
667
00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:30,014
Oh, no, that's all right. It really
doesn't bother me. Honest.
668
00:36:30,088 --> 00:36:31,181
Are you sure?
669
00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:32,815
Yeah. I'm sure.
670
00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:40,294
Let me out! Let me out!
671
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:41,765
Who killed Betsy Pruitt?
672
00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:43,825
Let me out! I can't breathe!
673
00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:45,871
Who killed Betsy Pruitt?
674
00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:51,434
You know, Gene Krupa was always
a big idol of mine when I was a kid.
675
00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:54,104
I'm pretty sure that I remember
some of those great licks.
676
00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,978
I think Cherokee went
something like this.
677
00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:00,478
Cut it out! Cut it out!
678
00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:01,713
I swear I'll kill you!
679
00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:04,278
And then there was Stompin'
At The Savoy, remember that?
680
00:37:06,191 --> 00:37:08,683
I'm getting sick!
I'm gonna throw up!
681
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,524
Then who killed her?
682
00:37:11,996 --> 00:37:13,362
Al Corbett.
683
00:37:15,834 --> 00:37:17,393
All right.
684
00:37:20,605 --> 00:37:22,301
Here we go.
685
00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:35,011
Now, what was Betsy, the
lookout at The Off Ramp Bar, huh?
686
00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,123
Do you want to wear
that thing again...
687
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,523
No, no, no, no! until your
memory comes back?
688
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,029
No, I was the lookout.
689
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:48,795
She drove the other car
that forced him to swerve.
690
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,696
She also did the research
to find the perfect drunk for it.
691
00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:55,707
But it was Corbett who
planned it all. For Horvath.
692
00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:58,972
Horvath, huh? What did he
have against his secretary?
693
00:37:59,043 --> 00:38:00,341
No, no.
694
00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:01,674
Not him.
695
00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:04,648
We're working for the
older brother, Martin.
696
00:38:04,883 --> 00:38:08,320
He keeps Corbett's
PI firm on retainer.
697
00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:11,220
We do all kinds of
things for him, odd jobs...
698
00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,622
All right, all right,
but what did Martin
699
00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:16,320
have against Arthur's
secretary? And make it fast, huh?
700
00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:19,125
I'm getting the urge to play
Big Noise from Winnetka.
701
00:38:19,197 --> 00:38:21,462
She was having
an affair with Arthur.
702
00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:23,764
Well, anyway,
the affair went sour
703
00:38:23,835 --> 00:38:26,168
and she started
blackmailing him.
704
00:38:26,371 --> 00:38:28,863
That's when Martin
called Corbett in
705
00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:31,034
and they decided to kill her.
706
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:33,442
Now that's it!
Honest! That's all!
707
00:38:33,511 --> 00:38:35,275
Why was she blackmailing Arthur?
708
00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:37,440
I don't know! I
swear I don't know!
709
00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:39,074
Corbett probably does.
710
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:40,743
Where's Corbett?
711
00:38:40,952 --> 00:38:43,251
He's with George Bassett by now.
712
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:47,259
They're gonna take him to The
Ramp Bar, get him drunk and kill him.
713
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:48,691
I gotta get over there.
714
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,092
Oh, look, I hate to say this,
715
00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:52,606
but that wasn't the most admissible
confession I've ever witnessed.
716
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,030
Confession? What confession?
717
00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:56,192
I haven't confessed to anything!
718
00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:57,860
You know how to handle a gun?
719
00:38:57,936 --> 00:38:58,960
Point and shoot, right?
720
00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:00,471
That's right. If he gets salty,
721
00:39:00,538 --> 00:39:01,949
you get on the
phone, call the police.
722
00:39:01,973 --> 00:39:05,410
They'll be here to pick this
turkey up in five minutes.
723
00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:16,682
Are you sure this doesn't
bother you, Mr. Bassett?
724
00:39:16,921 --> 00:39:18,583
Oh, yeah, I'm sure.
725
00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:24,122
Well, I'll have one
little pull with you.
726
00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:25,629
I mean, what would
that hurt, right?
727
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:26,892
Right.
728
00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:34,962
No!
729
00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:39,467
I'm sorry, it's
just I... I've...
730
00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:42,810
I got a real problem with
this and I gotta face it.
731
00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:45,406
I'm not gonna face it
right here, so I better leave.
732
00:39:45,483 --> 00:39:49,716
Oh... Mr. Noble, what happened?
733
00:39:49,787 --> 00:39:51,365
Where's Mr... We got
some real big trouble.
734
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,100
What do you mean trouble?
Where's Mr. Rockford?
735
00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:54,401
We were jumped!
They know Rockford's
736
00:39:54,425 --> 00:39:56,326
the only one who can
testify against them.
737
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:58,105
What've they done to him?
Said they were gonna take
738
00:39:58,129 --> 00:39:59,573
him up to Decker's
Point, get rid of him.
739
00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:01,657
Who did? We
better call the cops!
740
00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:03,077
I did! They said
they'll roll a unit,
741
00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:04,701
but I don't know
how long it'll take 'em.
742
00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:07,262
There's a 40-car pileup
on the Foothill Freeway.
743
00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:09,717
And they probably won't be able
to spring a unit for at least an hour.
744
00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:11,232
Well, we gotta do something!
745
00:40:11,309 --> 00:40:12,436
What?
746
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:14,945
Well, I'll tell you
the truth, pal.
747
00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:16,843
I got a wife and a
couple of kids, you know?
748
00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,213
Oh, sure.
749
00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:20,042
I'll go myself.
750
00:40:20,118 --> 00:40:22,178
No, you stay put, I'll go.
751
00:40:22,954 --> 00:40:24,498
How many were there
and what are they driving?
752
00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:26,115
Three or four in
a big, green car.
753
00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:28,284
That's all I need to know.
754
00:40:29,627 --> 00:40:31,425
You should have stopped him.
755
00:40:31,496 --> 00:40:33,931
He's in no condition
to be driving.
756
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:37,630
But you heard him.
757
00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:40,103
He's driving up
to Decker's Point.
758
00:40:40,238 --> 00:40:42,366
You should have stopped him.
759
00:41:28,386 --> 00:41:30,321
Has George Bassett
been in here today?
760
00:41:30,388 --> 00:41:31,447
Who?
761
00:41:33,191 --> 00:41:35,202
He was sitting over there with
a couple of people. Just left.
762
00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:36,592
Do you know where they went?
763
00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:38,323
Well, he was on
some kind of a toot,
764
00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:40,592
driving up to Decker's Point.
765
00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:42,190
Do you have a phone I can use?
766
00:41:42,266 --> 00:41:43,734
Yeah, sure.
767
00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:45,361
Um...
768
00:41:57,382 --> 00:41:58,975
Come on, come on!
769
00:41:59,584 --> 00:42:01,416
Hey, Dennis, this is Jim.
770
00:42:01,486 --> 00:42:03,682
There's gonna be a
killing up at Decker's Point.
771
00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:05,332
Now I want you to
call the nearest station
772
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,796
and get somebody up there as
soon as you can, and I mean soon!
773
00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:09,885
I'll try to stall them
as long as I can.
774
00:42:09,961 --> 00:42:11,088
Yeah, right.
775
00:42:11,562 --> 00:42:12,586
Thanks, pal.
776
00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:21,971
There he is.
777
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,635
We'll nail him when
he hits the crest.
778
00:42:24,809 --> 00:42:27,574
There's a bottle in
the glove compartment.
779
00:42:27,712 --> 00:42:30,477
He'll just be another
drunk in a canyon.
780
00:42:43,061 --> 00:42:46,088
Okay, let's drop-kick this
deuce into the next canyon.
781
00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:56,804
It didn't go over! - I know.
782
00:42:57,708 --> 00:42:59,836
One more push ought to do it.
783
00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:18,991
Let's go!
784
00:43:50,328 --> 00:43:52,320
Easy, George. I'll help you.
785
00:43:58,336 --> 00:44:00,635
Arthur Horvath got
so mad when he heard
786
00:44:00,705 --> 00:44:02,196
Martin had his
girlfriend killed,
787
00:44:02,273 --> 00:44:03,901
he hasn't stopped talking since.
788
00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:06,137
Well, why was she
blackmailing Martin?
789
00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:07,678
Martin handled the legal work
790
00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:09,338
for a ring of
professional thieves.
791
00:44:09,413 --> 00:44:11,177
When Betsy Pruitt
found out about it,
792
00:44:11,249 --> 00:44:13,980
Martin called in Corbett for
a little preventive homicide.
793
00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:15,952
Nice guys.
794
00:44:16,888 --> 00:44:19,722
Oh, Mr. Rockford, before we go,
795
00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:20,883
about your fee...
796
00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:22,221
Oh, hey, hey, don't worry.
797
00:44:22,293 --> 00:44:24,421
You'll pay me, I'll see to that,
798
00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:27,260
but after you get your life
a little more reorganized.
799
00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,823
Well, you saved my bacon,
mister, and I'm grateful.
800
00:44:29,901 --> 00:44:31,062
Yeah, I know, George.
801
00:44:31,135 --> 00:44:34,333
No, I mean it. I'm never gonna
touch another drop as long as I live.
802
00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:35,964
One day at a time, huh?
803
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,805
Well, that's what they say at
the meetings. One day at a time.
804
00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:40,538
You're a saint.
805
00:44:41,913 --> 00:44:44,075
Thank you for all you've done.
806
00:44:44,148 --> 00:44:46,117
George is very grateful.
807
00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:47,652
Fran's right.
808
00:44:48,052 --> 00:44:50,886
Well, we'll say goodbye,
and thanks for coming over.
809
00:44:50,955 --> 00:44:52,155
Thank you. Good night, George.
810
00:44:52,223 --> 00:44:54,124
My dad fixed the door.
811
00:44:56,194 --> 00:44:57,662
Thanks again.
812
00:44:58,229 --> 00:45:00,255
One day at a time, George.
813
00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:04,832
Nice people, really.
814
00:45:05,369 --> 00:45:06,894
Yeah, they are.
815
00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:09,496
You know something,
816
00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:12,209
I deal with juries all the time,
817
00:45:12,276 --> 00:45:15,713
and a lot of jurors are really
vacant in the courtroom.
818
00:45:16,747 --> 00:45:19,649
Well, they're thinking
about something else.
819
00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:22,086
To find someone like you
820
00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:24,912
who really takes
jury duty seriously,
821
00:45:25,523 --> 00:45:27,515
it's a pretty rare thing.
822
00:45:27,792 --> 00:45:30,956
Well, you know, it's a couple
of weeks out of your life.
823
00:45:31,028 --> 00:45:32,758
It's no big deal.
824
00:45:33,431 --> 00:45:35,400
When you think about it,
825
00:45:35,466 --> 00:45:39,426
you know people's lives are being
decided down in that courtroom.
826
00:45:41,539 --> 00:45:44,509
If I could tell you
the number of people
827
00:45:44,575 --> 00:45:46,237
who try to weasel out of it...
828
00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:49,940
Boy, you know, I
think that really stinks.
829
00:45:54,118 --> 00:45:56,110
Hey, you know, I'm hungry.
830
00:45:56,187 --> 00:45:59,055
I could go for dinner, a couple
of cocktails. How about you?
831
00:45:59,123 --> 00:46:00,716
Well, thank you.
832
00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:02,487
I think that would be very nice.
833
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,119
All right, all right.
834
00:46:04,195 --> 00:46:05,493
Hey, do you like football?
835
00:46:05,563 --> 00:46:07,964
I got a couple of tickets to
the UCLA game on Saturday.
836
00:46:08,032 --> 00:46:09,864
Ah, my alma mater.
837
00:46:09,934 --> 00:46:11,800
Actually, I hate football... Oh.
838
00:46:11,869 --> 00:46:15,101
But it might be very nice also.
839
00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:17,232
Oh, sonny! You're on.
840
00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:18,833
Sonny! Oh, yeah, Dad.
841
00:46:18,909 --> 00:46:19,933
Open the door.
842
00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:22,640
Hey. Yeah, hey, come...
Oh, give me it. Give me that.
843
00:46:22,713 --> 00:46:23,772
Come on in.
844
00:46:23,848 --> 00:46:25,840
Oh, Dad, this is Karen Hathaway.
845
00:46:25,916 --> 00:46:27,942
This is my dad,
Joseph Rockford. Hi.
846
00:46:28,019 --> 00:46:30,955
Karen was the public defender
on George Bassett's case.
847
00:46:31,022 --> 00:46:32,854
Oh, is that so?
They were nice folks.
848
00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,391
I'm glad it turned
out okay for them.
849
00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:35,687
Hey, what's with the toolbox?
850
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,320
Well, I was down at the
Do-Right Builder's supply
851
00:46:38,396 --> 00:46:39,728
and I seen they
was having a sale
852
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:42,028
on these here smoke detectors.
853
00:46:42,533 --> 00:46:44,263
Did you get the new hinges?
854
00:46:44,335 --> 00:46:46,065
Oh, no, they didn't
have the right size.
855
00:46:46,137 --> 00:46:48,163
You know, I was talking
to a salesman down there,
856
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:49,750
and he was telling me
how people are always
857
00:46:49,774 --> 00:46:51,367
getting trapped by the flames.
858
00:46:51,442 --> 00:46:53,877
Burned in their bed
or overcome by smoke.
859
00:46:53,944 --> 00:46:55,037
So I got four of them.
860
00:46:55,112 --> 00:46:56,723
These two are for you
and I got two for me.
861
00:46:56,747 --> 00:46:59,376
Dad, I really don't want any
of these smoke detectors.
862
00:46:59,450 --> 00:47:01,214
I mean, really, the
place is too small.
863
00:47:01,285 --> 00:47:02,719
I'm gonna cook bacon over there,
864
00:47:02,787 --> 00:47:04,050
they're both gonna go off.
865
00:47:04,121 --> 00:47:05,161
Did Jim here ever tell you
866
00:47:05,222 --> 00:47:07,384
how he almost
didn't sit on that jury?
867
00:47:07,458 --> 00:47:08,458
No.
868
00:47:08,526 --> 00:47:10,791
Oh, he was screaming
like a banshee.
869
00:47:10,861 --> 00:47:14,855
He was telling about all the
important work he couldn't give up,
870
00:47:15,032 --> 00:47:17,501
and, of course, there
was that fishing trip, too.
871
00:47:17,568 --> 00:47:19,246
Dad, now there's
something I want to tell you.
872
00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:21,296
Are you listening to me?
Can I get your attention?
873
00:47:21,372 --> 00:47:23,534
I do not want any holes in
the ceiling. Do you hear me?
874
00:47:23,607 --> 00:47:26,270
But Jim here, he tried to
get a note from his doctor
875
00:47:26,344 --> 00:47:29,314
saying it would be bad for
his back sitting in a jury box.
876
00:47:29,380 --> 00:47:32,214
An old war injury.
877
00:47:32,283 --> 00:47:35,811
Yeah, well, I do have
a bad back from Korea.
878
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,531
I mean, there's nothing
strange about that.
879
00:47:37,555 --> 00:47:40,252
Oh, how terribly awful for you.
880
00:47:40,991 --> 00:47:42,357
'Course, when he did find out
881
00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:45,362
that he was gonna have
to sit in the jury anyway,
882
00:47:45,429 --> 00:47:47,330
you should have been
here to hear the yelling.
883
00:47:47,398 --> 00:47:50,926
He was stomping around
and kicking the bureau and...
884
00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:52,162
Yeah, Karen, you want to go?
885
00:47:52,236 --> 00:47:54,147
The restaurant up the
highway is gonna be jammed.
886
00:47:54,171 --> 00:47:56,037
Oh, do you really
think we should?
887
00:47:56,107 --> 00:47:59,134
I mean, I'd hate to think
of your suffering in a booth
888
00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:00,735
with your back
in that condition.
889
00:48:00,811 --> 00:48:02,609
It don't bother him, really.
890
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,239
It don't bother him at all.
891
00:48:04,315 --> 00:48:07,183
He got it falling out of the
back end of a truck in school.
892
00:48:07,251 --> 00:48:08,719
That's how he got it.
893
00:48:09,286 --> 00:48:11,448
'Course, what really
turned Jim around
894
00:48:11,522 --> 00:48:13,115
was when I explained to him
895
00:48:13,190 --> 00:48:15,819
how his very own
ancestors fought
896
00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:18,963
and struggled for others
to have the right to vote.
897
00:48:19,029 --> 00:48:21,157
Why, do you know
that Josiah Rockford,
898
00:48:21,232 --> 00:48:22,894
that's Jim's great uncle,
899
00:48:22,967 --> 00:48:25,869
he was even wounded in
the Spanish-American War
900
00:48:25,936 --> 00:48:27,336
fighting for the
rights of others
901
00:48:27,405 --> 00:48:30,034
to vote and sit on juries
and so forth like that?
902
00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:32,201
Now, of course, if you
can't vote because...