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He's gonna come up here and shoot us. It's all right. I scared him away.

That man's back.

He's looking for that girl.

Men are always looking for girls. We must take care of ourselves.

We must do something.

Call the police.

We have our own problems.

I don't want to be noticed.

How often do I have to tell you that?

This is not Poland.

Do you know what will happen when the police come in here?

They will send us back to Poland. You want to go back to Poland? You crazy or

something?

If somebody finds her here, they will come anyway.

Alright, I'm sorry. Come here.

There is nothing I can do.

Eddie.

You're having a nightmare.

I don't have nightmares.

I just have sweet dreams.

So what do you tell him?

You heard a scream. From where, they'll ask. Who screams?

Who are you?

Always questions.

It's their job. It's a job of questions.

They'll come up here and ask more questions. What do you want, to look

stupid?

Anyway, the screams have stopped.

You'll be sorry.

Listen, a girl has been screaming and screaming.

Yes, I think it's Jenny Storm.

She's a neighbor.

She resides at 9316 Harrison Street.

What difference does it make who this is? I'm telling you, there's a girl in

trouble. What do you get paid for?

Will you get somebody over here right away?

So, good citizen.

Yeah, yeah.

Trouble. Involvement.

A voice in the night.

Who can say it was mine?

Rodriguez, you too, Lambert.

You know who sleeps light?

You know who lives on his windowsill? Who hears good?

I want you to squeeze this neighborhood dry and make the people talk.

I've got to find out who called the precinct and why in hell she was the

only one to reach for a telephone.

Here.

Here's the desk sergeant's report on the call.

See if you can find a lead in it.

Who in this neighborhood says resides?

Huh? Huh?

We'll check everyone on the block.

One package of gum, one large wallet, and one lady's hairbrush.

You through here? It's all yours, Nick.

Now, please, going back to your apartments, try to remember everything

you saw or heard. I'll get around to everybody.

You the manager?

Yes, sir.

Now, Jenny Storm lived right there, right?

That's right.

She's in there. She never leaves till 8 o'clock.

Open it.

Tell the officer downstairs to get an ambulance.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, lucky break for her.

How'd you happen to find her?

A woman was murdered just outside her door. I thought maybe she might have

seen or heard something.

Not likely. She took enough barbiturates to knock out an elephant.

If you hadn't have found her, we'd have had a tag on a big toe by now.

When are you guys gonna stop protecting people?

When they stop killing each other.

How soon do you think I can talk to her?

Not for another four hours.

I'll be back.

If I wasn't here, I'd quit.

You know what?

I don't think I'll ever eat lunch again.

All over the sink.

Hey!

Get the truck out of here!

Don't you see we're busy?

Man, I'm sure glad I wasn't smart enough to pass one of them police tests.

I could have ended up a cop.

That ain't half so, baby. Look at them fancy gloves they do.

Gotta protect that bigger finger.

Hey, officer, you all trying to solve some fancy murder case or something?

And how about picking up some of that garbage you got laying around there?

You're breaking the law now. Did you hear what the man said? He said, get out

of here.

We don't want you cluttering up this alleyway, so now move it.

Okay, baby, we're going.

Another witness across the courtyard said he saw your lights on.

You were standing by the window looking out.

You must have seen something.

No, I see nothing.

The window is less than 10 feet from where the girl fell.

You could damn near reach out and pick her up on her feet. Now, don't tell us

you didn't see any man.

Well, we were asleep, you know?

You were seen in the window.

Other people saw you.

Other people. Other people lie all the time.

OK?

Let's go.

Hey.

Don't you think this is the end of it?

Please, leave us alone.

What time was that?

Well, it had to be after three because I gave Alan some medicine about a quarter

of. All I can tell you is if I hadn't shouted, he'd have killed her right

there in the street.

If you'd called the police right then, maybe the girl would still be alive.

But we wouldn't.

He would have found out who called, come back later and killed us.

Would you have protected us?

Did you protect that girl? Well, I... Listen, you can't even protect

yourselves.

How come so many of you cops are being killed? Come on, Alice.

We have nothing more to say.

Now you go on and get out of here.

You leave us alone or...

Or you'll call the cops.

Sure glad I don't smoke.

You don't have the time. You're too busy making out.

Keeps you in shape.

Keeps you in trouble.

Yes?

It's about that woman that was killed.

Why ask me?

We have a list of apartments where the lights went on, and your apartment is on

that list.

Well, I didn't see anything.

Listen, Fran, we'll just take you down to the station house.

You don't have that right.

This is a homicide investigation.

For God's sakes, let him come in. Come on in.

Want some coffee?

Thank you. Peter will tell you what he told me, won't you, dear?

Cover yourself.

Okay.

I saw him break the glass and go in after her.

Uh, what did he look like, sir?

Uh, just a shadow, a long top coat, a hat.

For a minute, it seemed like, uh, it could be a woman dressed in men's

clothes. Why didn't you call us right then?

I have my reasons.

For letting a woman get killed?

Well, of course I couldn't have known that, could I?

Hmm? Queen will be fine.

How should I know?

Just a feeling.

It's taken a long time asking these questions.

My wife and I are busy. Mr. Singleton, it is your duty as a citizen to take the

time to answer these questions. I spilled a cup.

A girl has been murdered.

It could have been your wife.

Instead of complaining, you should start cooperating.

Why don't you come up and see me sometime?

You must have seen or heard something.

How could it be in the paper already?

Police are still over there.

You have to look at it like lightning.

It's a fact of nature.

A lion kills an antelope.

One antelope in a herd of thousands.

You look at it like lightning.

Jenny Storm always said, good morning, Mrs. Jacobs, good evening, Mrs. Jacobs,

and never a long face.

Why don't you call her an antelope to me?

Trim blouse.

Harry, what kind of gear is this?

Nylon.

Nylon. Trim blouse.

Beige, half-slip, lace trims.

Torn.

Beige panties, lace trims. Make a note on those panties.

Both torn and cut.

What about the bra?

Didn't I inventory the bra?

No, you didn't.

One bra, padded.

Also torn and cut.

Thank you.

The cuts in her back and the welt in her neck were superficial.

The fatal wounds were these, right?

Yeah. Stomach and chest.

This one went all the way home.

Filled her chest with blood, collapsed her lungs.

Defense cuts.

She sure wasn't asking him upstairs for a nightcap.

Did he rape her?

Let's see.

You wish you had a gun just to answer the door.

Good morning, Officer Rodriguez.

Officer Rodriguez?

When has it been Officer Rodriguez? Nick! Nick!

Morning, Mr. Jacobs.

Morning, Nick.

Like some coffee?

Yeah, thanks.

Why did you hang up on Sergeant Lee?

Who knows a Sergeant Lee?

You called him at 4.32 this morning.

Oh, sure.

Just like I won the Irish sweepstakes six years in a row.

The girl has been screaming and screaming.

I think it's Jenny Storm, a neighbor.

She resides at 9316 Harrison Street.

Your friend Mrs. Kessler down the street says you're the only one on the block

who says resides.

Now, who else on this block says resides instead of lives?

A voice in the night.

Who can say it was mine?

Mrs. Kessler, that's who.

All right, I called.

The Fisher here didn't want me to. He kept saying, don't call, you get

involved, they'll ask questions. Well, what's the matter with asking questions?

Be glad you called. You're the only one who did.

Poor Jenny.

Poor Jenny. I mean, murdered right across the street.

Listen, this was a girl we knew.

Do you understand? We knew her.

What's it all coming to?

Tell me what you saw and heard.

Nothing. I saw nothing.

We just heard the screams.

I looked out, but there wasn't anybody, nothing.

We just heard those screams coming from inside.

Is that all? You didn't see any movement or anybody going in or coming out?

Just the screams.

I've known you since I moved here, Mr. Jacobs.

I've always respected you.

Why didn't you want your wife to call us?

Nick, do you have a boss that takes off $3.85 when you're 10 minutes late?

That's not legal.

No, I know.

Go tell my boss.

$3.85 when I'm 10 minutes late. That's an hour's pay.

Now, look, if we had seen this man that attacked that woman,

We would have to identify him, right? Is that right? Yeah, well, I certainly hope

so. That would mean going downtown and going in someplace and standing around

waiting, waiting, waiting.

Waiting is money.

And money is something that won't wait when you need it.

Which everybody does.

Thank you, Mrs. Jacobs.

when I was looking for the knife.

Want to buy a cat?

Five kids, three dogs, and a fat mortgage.

All I need is a cat.

OK, OK, we'll be right there.

Gracias.

Maybe we got to leave. The Martinez kid thinks he saw the guy early this

morning.

You think I was a criminal just because I called you guys. She knows I want to

be a cop.

Do you know what I read? In Amsterdam, the cops ride around with their

girlfriends in police cars, and the people throw kisses at them, not bricks.

Well, now, tell us about this guy you saw.

I'm on a delivery, and I get back to the truck, and I see this guy with this

funny long overcoat and his hat down to his jaw.

He looked so ridiculous, I almost laughed out loud.

Can you give us a better description?

Well, for a minute, I thought he was a girl. But when I spoke to him... Did he

answer? He looked so hungry.

I took a loaf of bread.

I offered it to him. Just baked, I said. It's still hot, I said.

What did he say?

He said, thank you, sir.

That's all?

Thank you, sir?

That's all?

Only the way he said, sir.

It was more like, sir.

Like he was Southern.

Now, you keep saying he.

But you said it might have been a woman, right?

I don't know.

There wasn't any light back there, except for the headlights of the truck.

And he was off to one side.

But the voice, the voice was very soft.

Look, I'm sorry. I just don't know.

For a future cop, that's not much of an identification.

What made you call us?

He had blood on his coat.

when I turned to ask him if he was hurt, but he left.

And then I read about the murder in the paper, and I put two and two together,

and I called you.

Well, that's good. Now, you keep your eyes open, and if you remember anything

else, call us, okay?

Okay. Thanks.

Say,

Nick. Yeah?

Do you like being a cop?

Yeah. It's a fine job.

Yeah. Listen, uh, sell us a couple of churros, okay? I have some fresh in the

back.

Well, it looks like one of those. No real description.

Maybe a southerner, maybe not. Maybe a woman, maybe not. The hell do we really

know?

A nondescript figure, slight in bills, curly hair.

God, you get an eyewitness and they either see it wrong or they don't see

enough.

Here they are.

Great.

Come on, you kidding me? I'm the house.

Thank you. Yeah, I'll see you guys.

OK.

Listen, I'll drop you at the station. I'm going back to the hospital and see

if that girl is able to talk.

Hey.

I guess you don't remember me.

You the psychiatrist?

You don't look like a psychiatrist.

You don't look like a cop either.

I'd rather look like a friend in case you're needing one.

You're the one that saved my life, right?

No, I just found you.

Jenny Storm saved your life.

Jenny Storm.

Jenny Storm.

Jenny Storm.

How the hell did Jenny Storm save my life?

Betty, uh... Jenny Storm was killed just outside your door.

I didn't do anything.

Well, listen, you couldn't do anything. I mean, the intern says you really

swallowed a lot of pills.

People get killed outside

your door.

You know, people have their little brown paper bags and they dredge out the same

thing day after day.

Day after day.

And nobody ever... talks.

Nobody... really... gives...

nobody cares.

Did she ever mention any particular friends or somebody she was afraid of?

Jenny was a lesbian.

She didn't keep it a secret. She didn't try to keep it quiet, anything like

that.

Me... She mentioned... What?

A girl... A girl...

Named... A girl named

Hilda. Hilda Murray.

Jenny was terrified of that girl.

It's important.

Yes,

there's a police officer in the waiting room.

And he says he has to talk to you.

Huh?

Hello.

Detective Lampert.

I'd like to talk to you in private.

About what?

Do you know Jenny Storm?

Yes.

She's what I want to talk about.

I really don't think that's any of your business. Wrong. Jenny Storm is my

business. Now get your coat.

You okay?

Sure. It's all right. Don't worry.

I'll be back in a little while.

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pat you down.

Your what?

I really don't think this is legal, what you're doing. You're right, it isn't.

No, it isn't.

Neither is this.

That happens to be to protect myself against the perverts and rapists you

guys don't sweep off the streets.

This is Hilda Murray.

Hello, boys. Hilda.

Is this a dentist's tool?

I already explained that to him.

You can take off your coat if you like.

I'm not staying.

Tell us about your movements last night.

Now, look, I'm not telling you anything till you tell me what happened to Jenny.

Did I say anything happened to Jenny Stone? You don't have to. Now, you're

not the vice squad.

And if you were trying to hassle us, you wouldn't have brought me to the station

house. You've been watching all those cop shows on TV.

Now, look.

It's not our lifestyle that you want to know about.

Now, it's something else, isn't it?

Now, what is it?

Now, look, Miss Mary.

I can stay here all day. That's how I get my rent.

But you can't. You're a working girl.

Now, please, tell us what you did last night and where you went.

From when to when.

Midnight to 8 AM this morning.

11 o'clock, I went to a bar, the Cornucopia.

I left a little before 2 with another girl, and I went to a friend's place.

Name a friend?

Sylvia. Sylvia what?

Sylvia Harrison.

Need an address and a phone number?

How long did you stay there?

All night.

What's the matter, officer? Nobody loves you at 2 in the morning.

When did you leave?

After breakfast.

I went straight to work.

Check it out, listen.

Look, lean arm, interest.

She was killed this morning.

Who did it?

Look, that's what we're trying to find out, Mrs. Murray.

What was your connection with Jenny Storm?

We were lovers once, but not for a while.

We were told she was afraid of you. Why should she be?

God, she was afraid of us.

Does her family know?

Her mother is picking up her body just about now.

I think I could be sick.

I don't think so.

I'm not sure.

I'm not sure.

Slip it under the door, please.

Can't do that, miss. You got a sign.

Then phone it in.

Poppy.

Very funny. Very funny.

How was school?

Everybody was talking about that woman who was killed.

They're all scared.

Not you.

Not me.

Does Lieutenant Ross have you and Rudy working on it?

Yeah, looks like it's gonna be one of those round-the-clock deals, babe.

Was that Mrs. Jacobs, the only person who called the police?

Yeah, and she called too late.

Somebody else must have heard something.

She was screaming.

Everybody at school says.

They all heard.

Well, why didn't they call and help her?

I don't know.

But I'm gonna find out.

How's the sewing?

Don't change the subject.

Subject is closed.

How do I look?

Beautiful.

Terrific.

Bye, Papi.

Well, we checked Hilda Murray's story. That alibi of hers holds up.

You're brought up old-fashioned, man.

That's right.

They told you that there was only two kinds of people out here.

The ones who uphold the law and the ones who tear it to hell.

So when a good guy starts acting like a criminal, you know, that's confusing to

you.

You mean it depresses me? Yeah.

Yeah, well, it's people you know. It is depressing.

You know, you're right. It is depressing, man.

How you doing?

It's the recession, Mary. We can't afford the plaza. You better bring us

one coffee with two cups.

I'll see what I can do.

She's got a terrific smile.

You know, you ought to think of getting married again, Gib.

Well, I guess the right girl hasn't come along yet.

Okay, so what do we know so far?

Nothing, Gib.

No murder weapon, no decent description to go on, nothing.

Southern accent, anyway.

I'm hungry.

I still think the killer's a woman disguised like a man, you know?

I just finished rereading that lab report.

All of the signs of rape were present, but there was no evidence of entry.

Right? No semen.

I mean, it could be a lesbian trying to look like a guy, you know?

No, I believe he'll die. I don't think a woman would ever do that.

Well, what do you know? We had enough for both of you. Oh, we're going to put

you back in my will.

Great. I put poison in yours.

I think she put the rest of your poison into my cup, huh?

What do you think?

Got any hunches?

Well, come on, Rodriguez, at least say a prayer.

Come on, you know we're going to get him.

You know why?

Because he'll make sure we do.

It's true.

Oh, I got an appointment with the sisters at Tila's school. I'll see you

tomorrow, and we'll take another crack at those witnesses.

Okay. Hey, look, take care.

Won't come down and hear a brown hat pulled down, thin, narrow-shouldered

guy. Anywhere between 10 after 3 and 5 in the morning.

I had a run in that neighborhood back then, but I don't remember nobody like

that.

Thank you.

How long you been like this?

I just took off my necklache.

Why?

That cop was up here, wasn't he? Huh?

If I wanted to cheat, I'd be that stupid.

You worry too much.

I saw the way he looked at you.

Doesn't hurt to look, does it?

I know he was up here.

That's right, he was up here.

Just wanted to be sure we'd answered all his questions.

He takes his work very seriously.

I don't want him around here!

Don't blame me.

Damn cops are animals.

Come around when a man's at work, trying to make time with his wife, and they

wonder why nobody wants to talk to him.

They know better than the criminals.

If he bothers you again, I'm going to report him.

You can tell him that.

I'll get his badge.

Want me to tell him that?

No, no.

No.

I'll handle it.

She's lying.

You know, she saw the whole thing.

They're all lying.

So when the Brooklyn detectives totaled it up, they found that the number of

people who had been aware of what was happening to Jenny Storm came to a

shocking 15.

15 fellow beings who saw and heard and did nothing.

Have we forgotten that we're all in it together?

that we are our brother's keeper?

Do we now hate our own lives so much that we allow ourselves to be

accomplices to the taking of a life of someone else? You think we killed a

girl?

I am not responsible for that girl's dying.

We have our own problem, trouble, involvement.

We're not responsible.

We must take care of ourselves. I didn't see anything.

What are you gonna do with me?

Did he hurt you?

You sure?

Hey, come on. Let me call an ambulance for you. No.

I want to go home.

A little more water.

Thank god I hadn't cashed my paycheck.

You think he'll try and cash it? I'll call your office in the morning and

they'll put a stop payment on it.

At least you'll get a new check.

Just be grateful that all he took was your purse, okay?

It's got the keys to our apartment in it, my credit card.

We can get the locks changed and I'll call the credit companies in the

morning. That man tried to kill me.

And the baby.

How could that happen?

Why would anyone want to kill me?

How much are you gonna tell them?

Do you have to tell them everything he did?

It's two men.

Police? The officer said he'd send over detectives.

Who is it?

Police. How do I know that?

Just a second.

Detective Lampert, and this is Detective Rodriguez.

Hello, Mrs. Daniels.

Patrolman Alpert told us his version of what happened, and we'd very much like

to hear your version.

The minute I left the subway, I felt someone was following me.

Would you mind if we sat down?

I'm sorry, of course, please.

Just half a block from the house, he jumped out from between the parked cars.

He had a knife.

I tried to run, but he grabbed me from behind, and I screamed.

He held the knife to my throat.

He asked me to give him my pocketbook. I did.

He said, we're going into that courtyard.

He took me in there.

He kept saying, if you scream, I'll kill you.

Can you describe him?

Yes. He was young and had curly hair.

And he had a scar on the side of his face right here.

He's a white man?

Yes. You say he held you from behind.

Did you actually see him?

Just for a second.

But I'll never forget that face.

Go ahead, please.

He pushed me against the wall.

He was standing right behind me, very close.

He said, I want to touch you.

What were his words exactly?

Hey, do you have to ask her these questions?

Yes, I do.

I don't want to repeat them.

I can't.

He told me where he wanted to touch me. The words aren't important for now, Mrs.

Daniels. Just go ahead in your own words.

I said, please, please don't. I'm going to have a baby in two more months.

I don't want anything to hurt the child.

He said, I'm going to do it to you.

He pressed himself against me.

But the flashlight turned on us.

Oh, my God.

If that officer hadn't been there at that exact moment.

Mrs. Daniels, is there any chance that it might have been a woman?

Absolutely not.

It was a young man with a scar.

Tila!

Hi, Dad.

I told you to keep this door locked all the time.

I just went next door. All the time!

I spoke with Sister Teresa. She says you clown around in civics.

That's not true.

She wouldn't lie.

You think nuns are saints or something.

She just doesn't like me.

Why should she clowning around in her class? What's the matter with you?

What's the matter with you?

I don't want you wasting your time. I want you to learn.

You're really mad at me not locking the door, aren't you?

I'd like you to be responsible.

I am. I'm responsible. I just forgot this time.

Well, I'm just around the block, and the Fullers are next door.

I guess you'll be all right.

The Fullers would have called, wouldn't they?

If they had heard?

Yeah.

The Fullers would have called.

Poppy, have you found out why the others didn't call?

I think they were scared.

They were afraid to get involved.

Sometimes when people see violence, they don't call the police because they don't

think we can stop it anymore.

They don't know what to do about it themselves, so they just sit and let it

happen.

You better get to bed or you'll be late for school in the morning.

No, I won't.

Good night.

Good night.

I am not responsible for that girl's dying.

We thought he was gone for good after my husband shouted at him.

We're not responsible.

You have no business bothering us. We have no leads.

Mrs. Whitmore, we're merely rechecking to see if anyone remembers anything they

hadn't told us before. Well, we don't remember anything.

We didn't see anything.

Thanks, Amy. When are you going to catch him?

We're trying. It's up to you police to catch him.

Nobody is safe until you do.

That's right, Mrs. Whitmore.

No one is safe.

damn thing. Nobody knows anything.

They're afraid, Rudy.

There's Lady Wingding and some of her girls. Let's go front of them, okay?

What for?

I got an idea.

You and your ideas.

Hello, lady.

My God, if it ain't the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Everything's mellow today, sister.

I'm buying.

Well, honey, you gonna step out here or shall we all get in there?

For a bit. 50 bucks? I wouldn't get in with that cop for 500.

Hey, I'm looking to get myself promoted. This is a personal investment.

50 bucks of my own bread if you can put me under this cat we're looking for.

He's a white guy.

Anywhere from 19 to 26.

Wears a hat.

An overcoat too big for him. He's got curly hair.

Scar on the right side of his face.

What's this boy do?

He likes girls, only don't pay.

Except afterwards with a knife.

Well, listen, Mr. Man.

Any other time, I wouldn't give you the time of day. But we find some guy down

here working out his sex fantasies on us, we're gonna run him across the

street. Listen, lady, if you or any of your girls see anyone who fits this

description around, call me up.

Is this 50? A lot more if I make the call.

Let's see if they found her husband.

Damn it, Marty. Come on, that's enough of her. Shoot the stairs.

Kathy!

Oh, Kathy.

Kathy.

Oh, come on.

Thank you.

You live around here. Hey, do you?

Don't you know it's dangerous walking around here late at night? Well, then

you ought to stay off the street.

Maybe I'm a streetwalker. No, you're not. I know all the hookers.

Oh, maybe there's one in the whole world you don't know. A girl by the name of

Jenny Storm was murdered around here recently.

Possible rape.

Don't you read the papers?

Yeah. Heard it on TV.

What are you, a cop?

And tonight, a young woman, two blocks away from here, with a husband and a

child... was murdered and raped.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, it's terrible what can happen to a woman. Yeah, right.

So what are you? Aren't you a woman? Let me tell you about rape victims.

Most of them were wearing skirts, like you. And most of them were walking out

at night, late, alone, like you. And most of them didn't think that anything

could ever happen to them, like you. Yeah, all right, I know. I'm paid to

protect you. So you're going to go and look for it, right? You're going to get

killed, right? Is that what you want? Not the book.

or whatever you are. I don't want to get myself killed.

I mean, I've got big plans for me.

I'm home.

He wants to go out for a walk, so I take him. I didn't even think about it.

It's a shame, isn't it?

Got to figure out if you want to risk your life, take your dog out.

Okay, come on, I'll give you a lift. Uh, no, hang on.

Just lift, uh, right down the corner.

Oh, just around the corner.

Okay, I'll walk you home.

Come on.

I'm a little embarrassed to tell you.

Doesn't seem so magic to me. Oh, yeah?

Listen, let me tell you, one of these days, me and Macho are gonna move across

the river, get our name in lights.

We're a pretty tough team to beat.

It's fine to have big dreams, but in the meantime, be careful, okay?

Well, good night. Carol.

Nick. Nick Rodriguez.

Well, maybe we'll, uh... move across the river or something.

Rodriguez.

Right. Good night.

Good night, Macho.

Are you

out,

Nick? Yeah, I'm having coffee with Rudy. Tila sawing. See you later.

So we're right back where we started. Boy, there's some neighborhood to bring

a kid up in. Hey, listen, Nick, I know the people around here have shown their

worst side, but there is a good side, you know? It's not all downhill.

Yeah, I'll try to remember that.

We order our little lady winged in, queen of the night.

She puts the finger on this guy for Johnny.

We go over and pick him up, and he pops like a grape.

Ticked them off for us. First Jenny Storm, then the Daniels girl, and last

night's caper with Kathy Witt. He done them all. He's our boy, all right. We

read him his rights and made a clean confession in the car.

OK.

Get Mrs.

Daniels and that Martinez boy right over here.

Don, you better pick them up.

Johnny, this is your car.

Get his confession down on paper and book them. Stay with it, boys.

Get on that line.

All right, long side.

Off with the glasses.

Hit the switch.

Lieutenant, they're ready.

Take your time, Mrs. Daniels.

You see him?

That's him.

The second from the left.

Frank?

Frank?

I don't know. It could be him.

It was dark.

That's the one.

I'm sure of it.

Daniel, I want to thank you for your cooperation.

I'm just so relieved you caught him. I see.

Please forward, look around the camera.

Come into my office, Johnny. You too, Don.

If you want to handle this just right...

Hey, John, do you mind if I talk to your new prisoner?

Hell no, Nick.

You can play chess with him if you want to.

Hi, pilot.

I want to talk to your lieutenant.

Joey, my name is Rodriguez.

I read your confession. I'd like to go over some things with you, okay?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

You've never been in trouble before.

Why the hell did you get into this mess?

Hey, look, man, whoever gets enough, huh?

You ever get enough?

I just went out and I got myself some more.

You're married, aren't you?

Yeah. Why?

What's your wife going to say about this?

Man, she's going to read about it on the front page, see it on TV.

How do you think she's going to feel then?

She's going to take me serious.

Ah, I see.

So you want your wife to take you seriously, huh?

He's gonna know who the man is in the family.

You been working?

No.

I got laid off six months ago.

Which one of them is this one?

That's the first one.

Jenny Storm.

What did you do with her bra?

What's her bra got to do with anything?

Well, you didn't say anything about the bra in your confession. We looked

everywhere for it. We couldn't find it.

She didn't wear no bra.

There were marks of her bra on her body.

What did you do with the bra?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I, um... I took it.

I took it and I hid it.

Yeah, I see. Don't ask me where I hid it. Yeah, here.

You hid it in the police morgue, right?

You're riding on some other man's coattails, aren't you?

No!

No, look, so I forgot about the briny, so what? What does that mean? Look at

these walls!

Look at these bars!

In prison, they get closer and closer, and you just become a number for the

rest of your life. Is that what you want?

Hmm?

Is that what you want?

You want your name in the papers as the number one killer to impress your wife?

Well, let me tell you, rapists are number one nothing.

They're dead because they want to be dead.

And you're going to be dead too if that's what you want. Go ahead, be dead.

What makes you fellas so much smarter than us poor dummies?

Bananas. We Puerto Ricans eat a lot of bananas.

It's the potassium.

Raw fry.

Raw, with the peel still on.

Thanks for bailing us out, Nick.

That was a pretty bad situation.

Wrong name in the headlines make us look like apes.

Well, it leaves us right where we were before Johnny dropped the dude.

Wondering where our creep of the week is hiding out tonight.

Alice, what is it?

You want some water?

I think it's your heart. Are you dizzy? Do you want me to call for the hospital?

No, no. I'm all right.

Thank you.

Have you been having nightmares?

Oh, so that's it.

Listen, Kim, we've all been having nightmares.

I had my first one when I was six, and I went to a movie where a gorilla dragged

a girl into a cave.

He's killed another girl.

Yeah, I know.

Six blocks away, though.

Maybe he's moving on. Maybe he'll use the Brooklyn Bridge and go work in

Manhattan.

No.

I feel him.

He's around here, Mrs. Jacob.

He's waiting and watching.

We should have done something.

Hi, Nick.

Johnny.

Sorry about messing up your arrest.

Shouldn't have trusted the lady.

A hundred bucks.

She's having a laugh.

I was just leaving.

Hey, wait, wait. Tell me about this new girlfriend.

What new girlfriend?

Audrey Singleton. Mrs. Singleton, I believe.

Small town, isn't it?

Listen, Johnny, we can clean up this mess together or else Mike's gonna take

it upstairs.

I already told Mike it's a lie.

It's just a frame.

Okay. Then we'll go over there and talk it out with the Singletons and make him

apologize.

Okay, I've been making it with her. Big deal.

It wasn't me. It'd be somebody else.

Not necessarily.

You're a slick-looking package, Johnny.

Nice looking clothes.

The gun makes a nice sexy bulge.

Shiny badge.

You got a lot going in, Johnny.

More than her husband doing his 9 to 5 every day.

He's got 20 more years wear and tear on him and at least 30 pounds of gut you're

not carrying. You call that competition?

Hey, hey, hey, stay out of it, Nick.

Lousy money we pull down, if I can knock off a fringe benefit here and there, I'm

knocking. You already got her old man angry at us. We're trying to get

information out of these witnesses. We're not trying to get them to clamp

down more than they already have. How do you expect us to get any cooperation on

this case if you go around acting as though this neighborhood's your own

private barnyard?

Witnesses are not going to tell us anything.

OK. You dropping the chick or not?

For you?

Sure, the hell with it.

She writes in letters. She says, what, you live in America now? You become big

shot or something?

What did you say? Oh, what can I say?

Put her here.

We'll be back in a minute. Okay. Thank you.

And now for

the reps.

Hey, stop, stop, stop, stop. What are you doing?

You crazy or something?

He's a hoodlum. All right, calm down, Tom. Calm down.

What's your name?

Jimmy. Jimmy what?

Crescent. Jimmy Crescent? Yes, sir. You want to press charges against him? What?

Press charges? Close this door? Sit around in your station? Sit around in

court? I'll go out of business before his case comes up. No, just give me back

my chicken and let him go. All right, let me tell you something, Jimmy

Crescent.

It doesn't pay the city to lock you up on a $5 account, but I'm going to tell

you something, Jimmy.

If you ever try it again, I am personally authorizing this gentleman to

bust your bones, huh?

And if you try to file a complaint, we are going to bust your bones. Now, you

got that clear?

Yes, sir. I ain't going to steal no more chickens.

Can I go? Now, get out of here.

All right. Come on, come on. Let's go. Let's go. Break it up. Wait a minute.

Wait a minute. I ain't going to steal no more chickens. I know, yeah. You like

chicken noodle soup?

Huh?

You like chicken noodle soup?

Yes, sir.

I'm taking him to lunch. What are you, the Red Cross?

Mr. Lambert.

Tell me, are you going to arrest that guy? Mr.

Deutsch won't press charges.

But I saw him steal the chicken. If Deutsch won't press charges, he's gonna

back the truck up in here and stolen the whole store and nothing would happen.

Crazy.

Hey, Nick. Hey, Mary.

How you doing? Okay.

Oh, this one shouldn't drink the coffee.

What's wrong with me?

You look like you need four quarts of whole blood.

Listen, I told him about your chicken noodle soup.

Oh, that's better than the blood.

I'll rush the order.

Can you leave that...

Where are you from, Jimmy?

Harrison, Tennessee.

Oh, yeah.

That's near Memphis, right?

You heard of Harrison?

I did my army time in the South.

Listen, you better get that metal fixed.

That safety pin is not going to last too long.

My mama gave it to me a couple of years ago.

Yeah.

Funny thing about St. Christopher.

Officially, he's no longer a saint anymore.

One day he's a saint, the next day he's just Mr. Christopher, yeah?

Yeah, he went.

He just went with St. Nicholas and St. George.

How come you ask me here?

It's not just because I'm hungry.

Well, they treated me okay down south, you know?

A lot of nice home-cooked meals.

You talk too much. Hey, hey, take it easy, huh?

Who the hell she think she is? She's just cheap labor. She got no right to

smarten up me.

Where'd you find this creep?

I gotta get out of here. I don't think I'm so hungry. Wait a minute, wait a

minute. There's no rush.

You gotta try that soup, man.

It's great.

Where did you do time, Jimmy?

Who said I did time?

The way you're sitting there?

Like you got people on both sides of you?

I never done time.

What's going on here?

Did you ask me for lunch or for questions? I don't have to talk to you.

And I don't want...

Maybe he doesn't like cops?

Maybe. He's probably run into them before.

What are you doing?

Police work.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hi. Sergeant, have this checked for fingerprints and run them through R&I.

Hey, you don't look like you enjoyed your lunch, kid.

That kid, I think he's been in prison. I'd like to find out why.

Chicken ceiling.

Maybe. Maybe not.

This gentleman says he wants to talk to you, Rudy. Come on in.

I want to

make a report.

Do you remember the guy who stole the chicken?

He had a knife.

He took the knife. He pointed the knife at my wife and me.

Didn't have any knife.

No, maybe he dropped it then.

Because I saw him. He had a knife. You can ask my wife.

Mr. Kaczynski, weren't you one of the witnesses to the Jenny Storm murder?

Yeah. You were the one who said you didn't see anything.

I know. I'm sorry.

But this time, my wife says we cannot be silent.

What are you so afraid of, Mr. Kaczynski?

I'm not afraid.

Please, can I talk to you?

You know, I have a problem.

Two years ago, I come from Europe.

You have no papers.

I've got no papers.

Relax. We're not with immigration.

As far as I'm concerned, today you acted like a first-rate citizen, okay?

You won't tell me anything?

No. As a matter of fact, maybe later we can help.

Let's get out an APV on that Crescent kid.

Pick him up for a question.

Hey, Johnny, will you get on that fingerprint ID, okay?

I'll get Linsky and Lloyd to look for the... You're a pretty good cop, you

know that?

Huh? You're a pretty good cop.

Here's the info to go with that fingerprint.

He was in prison less than a year ago.

Tennessee State Prison under the name of Jimmy Mullins.

This is Warden Ford.

I've got the file right here in front of me.

Jimmy Mullins, age 22 when he came in.

Didn't even 36 months before attempted rape.

I got to know him a little bit. He's in here.

Apparently had a real hard time as a kid.

Mother ran off and left him when he was old.

Maybe six months old.

He talked about it all the time.

Couldn't get over the fact he didn't even know her name.

Well, I sure hope that helps you.

Attempted rape. Took a three-year fall.

You think it could be our guy?

Attempted rape.

And a knife.

It's not exactly boosting chickens from the supermarket.

What knife? We never found any knife.

Since he can't turn up the blade anywhere, Nick.

Plus, the kit fits Martinez's description, but not Mrs.

Daniels. It just doesn't hang together. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But

there's something.

Can we tie him to Jenny Storm?

Sure. All he has to do is take Nick to lunch and confess over coffee.

What did you say?

You need a confession?

No, no, no, no, no. In the coffee shop.

He was wearing a medal, a St. Christopher's medal with a broken chain,

valuable. He said his mother sent it to him. Not true. He has no mother. His

mother abandoned him.

So was either Kathy Witt or Jenny Storm wearing a St. Christopher's medal the

night they were killed?

I'll get a mother's phone number.

Give me the phone number of Jenny Storm's mother. I got Hilda Murray on

the phone. Talked out with Mr. Witt. His wife never even wore a medal. Hello,

Miss May. Detective Nick Rodriguez from the precinct. How are you feeling?

Good. Miss May, one more question. Did Jenny Storm wear a St. Christopher

medal?

Thank you, Miss May. Take good care of yourself.

Miss Mary, I'm sorry to bother you at this time of night, but did Jenny Storm

wear a St. Christopher medal?

Hilda gave it to Jenny Storm.

Okay, Nick, you set up the stakeout. Rudy, call Tennessee. See if they can

get us a picture of the kid.

I'll call downtown, see if we can get some help. Go do it.

Any minute now, he's gonna jump out of the dock and grab a shopping bag, right?

Well, at least we know he likes this place.

How many units are on stakeout?

Fifteen, and the beat guy's got a picture.

What do you say we pack it in, huh?

Let's wait two more minutes.

All right, all right.

Listen. There he is!

her license number on the air.

What?

Weaken up, too.

Now you drive where I tell you, understand?

Now wait for the light.

Turn right nice and easy.

Police, I need your help. Get to a phone, call the precinct and tell them

to dispatch all units to the park nursery. My name is Rodriguez, okay?

Okay!

What's your name?

James.

Nice name.

Look, James, I'll do anything you want.

Please don't hurt me.

You love it.

You love it.

You love it.

You're all the same.

You're all the same.

Pretend that you're something else.

Nice and sweet.

But you're looking for it.

Mother. Jimmy, please.

Jimmy.

Look, let's get out of the car, huh?

I do.

I do want you to love me.

But not here, huh?

It's not right here.

Let's go someplace else.

Please.

You're lying.

What do you mean?

It's just no good here.

It wouldn't be any good.

All right, get out first.

Slow.

No!

I don't trust you.

I'll go.

You promised!

You promised!

You promised!

You promised!

You make a move and I'll blow you away.

Hit the ground.

You okay?

Yeah, look at this.

That's it?

Then there was his car.

Just a hole in the hat.

Crazy, isn't it? With all the reports and the paperwork, and what caught him

was not what was there, but what was there, St.

Christopher's medal.

You know what caught him, and it wasn't any medal.

It's because you're such a soft touch, taking a chicken thief to lunch.

I mean, how do they say, uh, patsy in Puerto Rican? That's Spanish, pendejo.

You know, you ought to learn the language.

You know, you ought to study at night.

You're right.

I should study.

I'm going to study Dutch.

Dutch? Yeah, I'm going to learn Dutch and go to Amsterdam and be a cop where

they throw kisses like Martinez. I mean, that kid's got the right idea, you know

what I mean? What do you say?

No, no, I like it where I am.

Right here.

Right. Nick Rodriguez, Brooklyn, USA.

See you tomorrow.

Keep on dancing.

This is Walker, and I'm going to get you home from work.

Anything new to report, Harry?

Is there ever.

Yeah, traffic is moderate to heavy on I-15.

Foothill Boulevard out of the downtown area shows some bumper-to-bumper delays

up to 15 minutes.

Should be avoided if at all possible.

So why doesn't everybody get out of his car and do a little jogging down there?

It's good for your muscles.

It's good for your heart.

Takes off fat in there, cheers to your life.

So for all of you that are carting this Foothill Boulevard jam up, Go on, get

out of your cars, run around a little bit.

I'll watch them for you.

All right, everybody, up, up, up.

Make believe you're alive out there.

Thank you, Harry. And hey, if you folks out there come down to KBEX this week,

we're going to have a real World War II fighter plane, thanks to our ex-flying

tiger up there.

Right now, here's another musical memory for every World War II fly guy and GI.

with our Solid Swing Week, our special tribute to the sounds of music that made

this country sing and dance and eat a lot of goldfish.

Yes, sir, the music that made America smile.

Those of you who have forgotten how to smile, listen to this.

We have had unconfirmed reports of an airplane, repeat, airplane tying up

traffic on North Temple Street, Unit 9. Please investigate.

Unit 9-10-4.

Sounds like walkers.

Seems a lot smaller, doesn't it?

Well, so were we 27 years ago.

Is this your idea?

No, it's part of the station's promotion.

We're running a nostalgia thing.

Salute to the good old days.

That's a good gimmick.

What, you think it'll boost ratings? You've been listening?

No.

Did you get a permit to take this on the state highway?

I don't sweat it, Mac. There's nothing inside. The fuel lines are tied off.

What you've got here is an oil painting.

Walker, did you get clearance?

You know, I listen to you on the radio once in a while.

Your traffic reports and all that sort of thing.

You're lousy.

I hope your gimmick works. You need it.

That's nice.

I hear you're still sitting behind a desk.

Electronics, Walker.

Communications. I am not behind a desk. I'm behind a computer.

Haven't you heard? That's the way it's done now.

That's nice.

Yeah, that's nice.

Don't you ever think about it, Mac?

Doesn't it ever come back?

Verma, Chenault, Papi Boynton.

Hey, remember a kid named Slim Taylor?

Oh, yeah.

The kid with the blonde hair and the red mustache.

Oh, no, that was Jimmy Danson. Slim was the kid that took a bowling ball to

China and never could find a bowling alley.

You're incredible. You really are.

Why do you work so hard at remembering?

Why do you work so hard at forgetting?