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You go downtown?

Hop in.

Who's winning?

Angels, four to three. Mateo's up.

That's a good man.

23 homers so far this season.

Now, put in exactly two ounces.

Would you mind for a non-sports fan who's nursing a headache?

Thank you.

Now the vodka.

Miss, you carry Sultans? It's a Turkish cigarette. Strong, black.

Don't have a mister try the bar. No, thanks. Yeah, go into bars.

Hey, you know cigarettes cigars No, thank you.

You sure?

I haven't smoked in five years 1402 no, man.

No, hold on. Wait a minute That's no good What's wrong?

That's 14th floor. It's That's too high. I've got a thing.

I Got a bad thing about heights

Good morning, Charlie.

Morning, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Morning, Dave.

Morning.

Right on time as usual, Barry.

I don't know how you do it. All those time-consuming devices out there.

I allow for them.

Well, I understand the inconvenience.

The price of surviving three murder attempts?

I thought it was two.

I don't tell you everything, Barry.

I don't tell anyone everything.

But if I were to tell anyone everything, it'd be you.

I appreciate your confidence.

Now, favorite time.

The governor's party.

You know how I abominate those things.

Yes, I was planning to cover it for you.

I've kept the afternoon open.

Fine. I'd like you to escort Mrs. Fleming.

My pleasure.

I don't like to ask things like that, Barry, and above and beyond, and all

that sort of thing, but you know June.

Parties, VIPs, the beautiful people.

Everything that I avoid like the plague.

I'll be happy to take her. I appreciate that.

Have Mrs. Fleming come in, please.

Now, while you're there, I want you to sound out the governor on his plans for

putting a highway through the Ewa Forest Preserve.

I want that contract.

I'll manage it.

You can let the governor know that I'm prepared to offer him a package deal,

demolition,

Engineering, road construction.

He won't have to deal with three separate companies. Right.

Well, problem solved.

Barry will accompany you.

What'd you do, threaten to cut off his Christmas bonus?

Nothing like that, Mrs. Fleming. It'll be my pleasure.

Terrific. So what she was really after was a trip to Europe.

Oh, my commissioner of markets is waving frantically.

Will you excuse me just a moment?

Excuse me, please.

Mr. McGarrett.

Barry Dean, Fleming Industries.

Mr. Dean?

Our meeting here now is not a coincidence. I've been seeking you out

all afternoon.

Oh? What for?

When a man has a tip on the market, he consults a broker.

Another kind of tip.

Five-oh.

Would you spell that out for me, Mr. D?

Fleming Industries controls more than 200 corporations worldwide.

I'm sure you know they have an enormous security network.

I know, including some former HPD men.

Yes, but the size, the power, the complexity is unbelievable.

A lot of facts have been buried.

Ugly facts.

I want to unbury them.

Now, let me get this straight.

Are you talking about crime?

Embezzlement, stock fraud, tax evasion, bribery of public officials.

Yes, crime, Mr. McGarrett.

Do you have any proof?

Ledgers, bank accounts, inter-office memos, phony stock transactions, and

more.

What's the problem?

What is it?

Sit down.

Are you all right?

Angina.

It's angina chronic. I'll be all right.

When can I see this, uh, this material?

Evidence, Mr. McGarrett.

Evidence.

As soon as possible.

But only under my conditions.

Which are?

I'll send a representative to see you.

We'll arrange a private meeting.

Just you and I. No one else.

Agreed.

I know my precautions seem elaborate.

But at Fleming Industries, men have been killed for less.

Did you know that, Mr. McGarrett?

We've heard rumors. We... No one has ever come up with any proof.

No proof exists.

Not on the murders.

But on the other crimes.

You'll see for yourself.

Maybe I'd better put you under protective custody.

No.

My way.

I'm going to disappear for a while.

I'll surface when you've made an arrest.

But not until then.

It's the only way I'll offer this evidence.

My way.

Agreed.

You're all right now?

Yes, thank you.

Oh, uh... One other question.

Who is, uh, who's behind all this?

My boss.

Peter Fleming.

Yes, Mr. White Boat. We have no secrets here. You can speak freely.

I'm here representing Mr. Barry Dean, who I believe you know is in hiding.

Yes. Well, Mr. Dean wanted me to tell you that, uh, before he went into

hiding,

An attempt was made on his life.

His car was overtaken on the Pali Highway earlier this morning.

He was forced off the side of the road and almost over the edge of a cliff.

It was only by the sheerest luck that he managed to regain control.

Any witnesses?

Oh, yes.

Yes, there's a full report available.

I see. We'll check it.

Then you don't think it was an accident?

There are no accidents in the world of Peter Fleming.

That's why Mr. Dean feels that unorthodox means should be taken.

What do you mean by unorthodox?

You ought to travel tonight by helicopter, which we'll arrange for.

It'll take you to... Well, to a place where you'll

meet with Mr. Dean.

You ought to travel unarmed.

You mean he doesn't trust me, huh?

I'm only an intermediary.

I've been instructed to present his terms and get your answer, yes or no.

All right, you'll have it in an hour.

You're asking me to let the head of my state police go off on a dubious

adventure, unarmed, not knowing what his destination's going to be? Oh, now,

Steve, you know I can't permit that. Governor, this may be our only chance to

nail Fleming, not to mention that it could be also a major political scandal

unless we crack it first.

How many contracts does Fleming have with the state? What, 10, 12?

Oh, more like 18.

But if there's any fraud involved, they'll be terminated immediately.

Which means we've got to find out. Therefore, I go.

Oh, no.

I'm not sending you out unarmed on a game of blind man's bluff. I can't risk

that.

Besides, you've got other work to do. Setting up security for the presidential

visit on the 5th.

We're already prepared for that, Governor.

Good.

And I want you to see it through, personally.

The answer is no.

What choice do we have? It's Dean's terms or nothing at all.

All right.

Dean's terms, but with somebody else.

I understand.

Miss Williams will be acceptable.

Now, that's where the helicopter will pick you up at 8 o'clock tonight.

We'll bring you back there sometime during the night.

Gentlemen.

Make sure everything Dean tells you is supported by documents, ledgers, memos,

contracts, everything.

Bring them all in.

What you can't get in writing, get on tape in Dean's own voice.

I'll take your piece, Denham.

Nathaniel? Good evening.

May I?

Your Mr. Whitelaw searched me in Honolulu just before we left.

That was Honolulu. Please.

Thank you.

I'll be in the chopper.

Mr. Williams, I'm Barry Dean.

How do you do?

And this is Nathaniel, who plays many roles.

Chauffeur, bodyguard, medical aide. Health problem?

Health and survival.

I'm sorry about the cloak and dagger, but I'm sure Mr. McGarrett explained.

Yes, he did.

Can we get started?

Yes, of course.

First, let me give you the background on my own association with Fleming.

Can you wait a minute?

Yes, of course.

Okay, shoot.

Five years ago, I was the head of my own electronics company.

Fleming offered me a buyout on the basis of exchange of stock.

I agreed.

He gave me a five-year contract to remain.

I rose quickly in the Fleming organization and became vice president

in charge of...

in this video.

Take a cartogram.

Right now?

That's why the doctor ordered it. Come on.

Will you forgive me, Mr. Williams?

15 or 20 minutes.

It's all right.

There's booze, a hi-fi, whatever you want.

Don't worry about me. Just take care of yourself.

Good evening, Charlie.

Good evening, sir.

Swing shift this week?

That's right, Mr. Dean. Nine to nine.

Thank you, Charlie.

Good evening, Dave.

Good evening, Mr. Dean.

What's the emergency, Barry?

Telex from New York.

McGurry's backing out of the merger.

So much involved, I thought you'd want to know right away.

Just

this?

No explanation?

Apparently not.

Could be a ploy.

Last-minute effort to get a better deal.

What do you think, Barry?

Dave, Mr. Fleming asked not to be disturbed till morning.

Oh, all right, sir.

Good night, Charlie.

The machine says I'll live a while longer, providing I don't run into

Fleming.

Shall we continue?

Please.

As I was saying, I rose quickly in the organization.

I soon became vice president in charge of plans and development.

I learned every asset...

Tapes, memos, company records, everything that he promised and more.

The D.A. will love it. Beautiful, beautiful.

Where was the hideout? On Maui, northwest corner.

He's got a nice little hideaway pad there.

Speaking of pads, why don't you take the morning off, get some sleep? You deserve

it. Well, that's an easy arm twist.

I'll see you around noon. Night, Ben. See you, Dad.

In the safe overnight, in the morning, D.A.'s office.

Right.

Go right through, Mr. McGarrett. Charlie.

McGarrett? Hey.

What have we got, Doc?

Three bullets entered the body between the third and fourth ribs, penetrating

the chest wall pericardial cavity and heart.

He's been dead between 8 and 12 hours.

We'll know more when we do the post-mortem.

From what distance was the gun fired?

Had to be at least 6 feet.

No powder burns.

Snub-nosed 38 with a silencer. Found where?

On the desk.

A million bucks' worth of screening devices, and still someone gets a gun in

here.

Maybe the gun was here already.

Has Mrs. Fleming been notified?

Just now by cable. She's in England.

Mr. McGarrett, there's an insurance investigator here with a 5-0 courtesy

card. What's his name?

It's not a him.

Oh, okay.

Show Miss Morgan in.

All right.

Hello, Steve.

Hello. How much did you get burned for this time?

Five million.

Beneficiary? The wife. She gets it all. How did he do it?

How did he do it? Mm-hmm.

Oh, Bella, you have no out on the suicide clause this time. He was

murdered.

Chin will fill you in.

Where is the widow?

She's in England, I'm told. Why? Do you want to check her out?

For $5 million?

You better believe it.

Am I in?

Same arrangement?

Of course.

Any information I get, I turn over to you.

And vice versa.

Chin, this is Bella Morgan, Interisland Insurance.

She's very bright, as you can see, so be careful.

Any information she wants, within reason.

Oh, thanks a lot.

Why don't you answer the call?

Charlie? Yes, Miss McGirt?

To your knowledge, did Mr. Fleming have a permit to carry a gun?

Not a chance. You scared the death of him. Wouldn't even permit us to carry

guns. That's why all the fancy machinery.

Pin it on.

When did Mrs.

Fleming go abroad?

Yesterday morning, early.

Has anyone seen Mr. Fleming since then?

I did.

Who saw him last?

Well, Mr. Dean.

Barry Dean?

Yes, sir, our executive vice president.

When was that?

Shortly after nine, last night.

Are you sure of that, Charlie?

I'm positive. I was here.

So was Dave.

The three of us saw him.

Three?

Charlie, me, and the computer.

It's impossible.

Yes, it is.

But it happened.

Steve, there's no question about it. I was with Dean last night on Maui from

around 9 o'clock till after 3 in the morning.

All the time, Denham?

No, there was one time he left the room.

When and why, do you know?

Just after I arrived, he had chest pains.

He went upstairs with his medical aide, a man named Nathaniel, who gave him a

cardiogram. They were gone 20, 25 minutes.

25 minutes.

No, no, that's not enough time to get from Honolulu to Maui and back.

Well?

Trace your trip for me, will you? Step by step.

I took off from a field north of Diamond Head.

It was exactly 8 o'clock. I kept checking my watch.

Went due south for 12 minutes.

Then changed course to 95 degrees southeast.

Trip took 51 minutes, averaging about 100 miles an hour. I saw the coastal

lights here at Lao Point.

Kaunakakai Point.

Kaina Point.

Hevea Point.

Brings you straight to Maui.

About 30 seconds after I passed the Hevea Point light, we landed alongside

Dean's house.

That would put the house right on the beach, due north of Kaunapali.

Right.

I want to see that house.

Ben, call air control. Get a chopper.

And see if you can shake Che loose.

I want him along.

I don't understand.

How did you find me? We know the islands.

My whole security plan.

My protection against Fleming.

Well, you have nothing to fear from Fleming.

He's dead.

He was murdered last night in his office.

About the same time Mr. Williams was here?

Here.

Well, I won't say I'm not relieved, but still, it's a... It's a terrible thing

to happen to anyone.

Do you mind if we look around, Dusper Prince?

Why?

We'd like to establish everyone's whereabouts in relation to Fleming.

Then go right ahead.

Che. Do you remember what you touched in here, Dano?

Hi-fi.

That picture.

Ice bucket, ice tongs.

Crossword puzzle.

I was here, all right.

I got a statement from Nathaniel.

Backs up Danny's story.

All three in Maui at the time of the murder.

Let's see what the prints say.

Prince paused it.

Danny touched everything he said he did, plus a few other things besides.

No question he was in that room.

someone who looks a lot like Dean. After all, you never saw him before.

Wolfrat has two exact doubles that we know about, and he uses them very

effectively.

It's possible, Steve.

You say you took tapes last night?

Yeah. Got them?

Sure. We can stab us for sure whether Dean was in Maui last night.

Bring Mr. Dean in.

Prince just taken.

Prints on Dean's service record.

Identical. This is the real Barry Dean.

Oh, Mr. Dean, one more test, please.

Sergeant Trouble.

Could you read these words into the microphone, please?

Certainly.

Che.

Five years ago, I was the head of my own electronics company.

Fleming offered me a buyout on the basis of exchange of stock.

I agreed.

Thank you.

Now, this was the tape you recorded last night.

Five years ago, I was the head of my own electronics company.

Fleming offered me a buyout on the basis of exchange of stock.

I agreed.

Voice prints are identical, Steve.

Dean was in Maui last night. No question.

Well, I guess that wraps it up, Mr. Dean. You may go now. Thank you.

Well, if there should be anything else, feel free, Mr. McGarrett. We'll feel

free.

Thank you.

Benno, have some photos that Dean made. Spread them around. See if we can find a

double who might have been in Honolulu the night of the murder.

Right.

Steve. Mrs. Fleming just got in from London a half hour ago.

We won't contact each other again for five months.

After that, we'll meet by accident at a party given by a mutual friend.

Then we'll start going out.

Dinner, the theater, all very respectable.

Then a few months later, we'll become engaged.

It'll seem very natural.

I think I can stand it. We both have to stand it.

Background report June Fleming.

Age 32, maiden name June Mills, born in Chicago.

Went into show business at age 18, married a saxophone player, did

nightclub acts, TV, then got a partner Broadway show that Fleming backed.

She set her sights on Fleming even though both were married to other people

at the time.

Both got a divorce, six months later they were married.

Happily ever after, I doubt.

What's bothering you?

Oh, I don't know, Steve. But she was in London at the time with the murder,

verified by the airlines and Scotland Yard.

Yeah. Okay, let's get back to the Barry Dean double theory.

Any leads?

Yeah, just one.

A clerk at the Princess Kailani Hotel remembers a guy who looked like Dean

checking in a few days before the murder.

Says he was a heavy smoker, never enters a bar, and afraid of heights.

Also a big sports fan.

All traits the opposite of Dean's. Yeah, diametrically opposite.

Could be a phony plant.

Well, his ID was a phony, that's for sure.

Registered name, H.W. Strauss, San Diego.

No record for any such person there.

Sounds like somebody gave us a killer to chase.

A double that doesn't exist.

Yeah, okay, but who does exist?

Mrs. Fleming.

Mrs. Fleming.

Not above two-timing husband number one.

Would she two-time husband number two?

Maybe.

All right.

Supposing that she gets a gun.

She plants it in Fleming's office.

Now, she can do that because she's the only one who can get in without going

through electronic screening.

Then she flies off to Europe to cover herself.

Now, Mr. X pays Fleming a visit, finds the hidden gun.

And makes June Fleming a widow.

Doesn't work, Steve.

Why not?

The only one that could be Mr. X is Barry Dean.

No one else got in to see Fleming that night.

And Dean was with me on Maui.

Yeah.

Okay.

Let's knock it off for a while.

Put a tail on Dean and on the lady.

Maybe something will break.

What do you think you're doing?

That's my car. What's the big idea?

Oh, I'm sorry. It's the same model, same year, same color. I'm sorry, mister.

Cherry? Anything?

One small piece of glass.

Ben!

Splinters of wood. Nothing else.

What's the big secret?

You'll see. Ready, Che?

All set. Come on in.

Okay, get in the pilot seat, Donald.

Lights.

Now, we're taking off from a field just north of Diamond Head.

Read the instrument panel.

Tell me exactly what you see.

We're going up.

500 feet.

800. 1,000.

Airspeed?

80, 90, 100 miles an hour.

Heading?

South.

Now veering east of south.

holding steady at 95 degrees.

I get the message.

Yeah. Now stay with it, Don.

Okay. You've been flying for 28 minutes.

Now look ahead and down, and what do you see?

Low point light.

Molokai. Kaina Point.

Lanai.

Straight ahead.

Coming in on Maui. Havaia Point.

Lights.

Rigged. Whole thing was rigged and I was conned. Fake dials.

Fake coastal lights.

All planted on the coast of Oahu.

Well, money will buy anything down.

Maybe even a duplicate house.

Gotta be.

They took me up, over the water, made a big circle, right back to Oahu.

To Oahu, to a house within ten minutes of the Fleming building.

When Dean pulled his phony heart attack, all he had to do was hop into a car and

make tracks for the kill.

He had just enough time to go through security screening, pick up the

gun that Mrs. Fleming had left.

Gotta be.

And kill Fleming.

Then drive back to the house where I was waiting.

Yeah, and after you left around midnight, things really got busy inside

that house. Everything that you had seen or touched, the doorknobs, the pictures,

the furniture, the crossword puzzle.

Everything was removed, put on a fast boat, and sent

to this duplicate house right here on Maui where we went the following

morning.

Okay, duplicate houses.

We've seen the one on Maui. What happened to the one on Oahu?

It's destroyed.

We even found the land it stood on. A ten-minute ride from Fleming's building.

Only now, nothing left but sand and scrub and splinters.

Demolish a house overnight?

Is it possible?

We checked the experts.

They said that if the house was built to be dismantled, like a prefab, without

any steel or concrete, without a foundation, that it could be pulverized

in a matter of hours, given the right heavy-duty equipment and the required

number of men.

Money was no object here, Daniel.

And I fell for it.

Well... It was meant for me. I would have fallen for it, too. The plan was

brilliant. And they pulled it off.

Now, how are we going to prove it?

How?

With a 5-0 courtesy card.

Hello? Mrs. Fleming?

Yes, who's this?

I'm the only one who knows what's going on.

Except you and Barry, of course.

Two houses?

Yes. Barry, it's me.

Uh, somebody just... Mrs. Fleming, I'm sorry, but you're interrupting a very

important meeting.

Just listen to me, Barry. Please, somebody, a woman, just... Mrs. Fleming,

I'm sorry to cut you off like this, but your calling here now is extremely

inappropriate.

Yes? Mrs. Fleming?

What do you want?

Come to 220 Kapiolani Boulevard.

Apartment 12.

8.30 tonight.

Bring $500,000 in certified bank checks.

Five checks.

$100,000 each.

And if you're even two minutes late...

I'll go to the police.

Come in.

Are you the woman who called on the phone?

Yes, I'm the one.

Do you have the checks?

Don't do anything dumb.

My lawyer has all the facts locked up in his safe.

What facts?

How a man in Oahu gets killed by someone in London and someone in Maui.

It was a nice trick, Mrs. Fleming.

But I know how it's done.

How do you know?

Wrong question.

Ask me where I live.

In Maui. So?

So Barry doesn't dig being lonely.

Two houses, two women.

You in Oahu, me in Maui.

I don't believe you.

You never suspected anything.

You never smelled a strange perfume on your pillow.

You have a lovely wardrobe, Mrs. Fleming.

I help Barry pick out so many gifts.

Size six gloves.

Thirty-four blouse.

Beige lace under everything.

I go for black myself.

Shut up! Just shut up!

Well, you do believe me a little.

Do you have the checks?

What are you doing? What does it look like I'm doing?

What about what I know? The hell with what you know!

And your lawyer. And his safe.

Now you listen to me.

I'm not afraid of you.

I learned a lot being the wife of Peter Fleming. I learned how to deal with

people like you worms.

I can step on you and don't you forget it.

I can make you disappear in a minute, in an ocean, in a river, in a ditch.

All it takes is money and I've got it, enough to move mountains. And houses?

Enough to get your husband killed.

You're dead right.

But that knowledge isn't going to help you now.

And not you either, Mrs. Fleming.

Yes? You can come with us now, Mr. D.

Where?

Down.