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Last week on crime story...

if I should jump into the ocean...

Welcome to the moulin rouge.

You like my little place? Oh, yes.

You know, iris marshall here,

Lt. Vanalden, nevada criminal bureau.

The investors heard about the firebombing. They want to back out.

Well, I guess somebody doesn't like the idea of the coloreds owning a casino.

You think it's a race thing.

I wanna know where it says that a black-owned casino

Can't share in your action

Without someone comin' at 'em with a tank or a mortar.

That's what I want to know.

So how's your mother doing? How often do you call her?

- Every couple of weeks. - No, no, listen, byron,

You have to call her every week no matter what.

what do you want?

Oh, shut up!

What we have to do is get a guy inside the moulin rouge.

- You studying to be some kind of negro?

but no one to love me...

It seems everything I touch falls apart.

It takes me places in my music I can't go any other way!

Bull!

And from now on, it's you, me, your habit,

And channel three.

I don't have the money. If I did

I wouldn't be needing the additional credit, would I?

You wanna help me, maxie?

- I'll think about it. - You think fast.

I heard it was a cop from the nevada criminal bureau.

I don't like shake downs, and I hate dirty coppers.

Well, you can't prove squat.

- You've got to trust somebody. - Why?

Because it's all coming down around you.

Torello!

Drop it!

I got real close,

But I ain't goin' that way again.

What do you think?

He's fabulous, what can I say?

- I want you to meet my new partners. - Partners?

Byron, it's real good to meet you, man.

Man...

We gonna get fat off this hog.

as I walk along

I wonder what went wrong

with our lives

lives that were so strong

and as I still walk on

I think of the things

we've done together

while our hearts were young

I'm a-walking in the rain

tears are falling and I feel the pain

watching all the players go by

some live and others die

and I wonder

I wah-wah-wah-wah wonder

why

why, why, why, why, why

I don't walk away

and I wonder

what makes me stay

runaway

run, run, run, run, runaway

run, run, run...

- Good evening, sir. - How you doin'?

How are you this evening?

Hello, suzanne.

- Hi, mike, how are you? - Okay.

Suzanne.

You've met marcus st. John, haven't you?

- Yeah, we've met. - Yeah.

After all you've done for iris and this club,

You two are very special guests of the house

Whenever you come to the moulin rouge.

- Thanks. - Now, if you'll excuse us,

Miss terry is on deadline.

- See you later, mike. - Mm-hmm.

- Walter. - Suzanne.

St. John reminds me of the guy who sold me my first car.

It lasted two days.

Go on, they're so sweet.

They're more than that.

A lot more.

They're about the only things on this planet I truly care about.

The rest of the world can get along without franklin himes' help.

That's awful cold, franklin.

Well, maybe you ought to try to warm me up.

Come to our charity dinner as my guest.

Now that you've got partners,

Means you can afford a day off.

Why don't I just give a donation?

I don't fit in with those people,

And furthermore, I don't want to.

Beautiful woman like you fits in anywhere.

Snatched the words right out of my mouth.

Oh, hi, baby. You know franklin.

Yeah.

He makin' a move here?

Hey, detective, it's not that way at all.

Why don't you lighten up?

Sip on a cool drink and talk to me.

I'll be in the office.

So, you happy with your new partners?

Well, it allows me to take a night off and go steppin'.

That is, if I had somebody to do the askin'.

Well, I'd sure enough be askin', except that...

I've got some other questions to ask.

Play it, play it!

Thank you very much. We're going to take a little break,

And we'll be right beck.

Hey, mike...

- I got some good news for you. - What's up?

I'm goin' out on my first tour,

Fronting my own band.

It's mostly dives, you know,

But I get a chance to go up and down the east coast

And I finally get a chance to play the apple.

It's what I always dreamed of.

I'm proud of you, kid. You really turned your life around.

You had a lot to do with that.

I owe you a lot, mike.

You owe it to yourself to stay clean.

Hey, I'm a used-to-be junkie,

Living the straight life.

All that soap opera jive you put me through?

That was for keeps, man.

I'd rather hear that than anything else.

I'll see you later.

We're gonna renovate the main stage,

And we're gonna book the top headliners, make this club

Like an apollo theater of the west.

Yeah, but listen, baby, you're telling me why,

I'm asking you from where?

The man's got a fleet of taxis in oakland.

Yeah, and I'm checking out that fleet of taxis.

I'm checking that man out all the way to grammar school.

This is a nightclub business.

We don't save souls here,

And the law of immaculate conception is definitely out.

All we deal with is the nevada gaming commission,

And they say my partners are clean.

And besides, I am the last person

To cast stones or even look sideways at a person's past.

Now, everybody does just what they got to to get by,

So why don't you live and let live a little, sugar?

I'm a cop. It's my job to see people for exactly who they are.

And I don't care how hard I gotta look.

Or where.

Son of a-

Wouldn't have shot us over some rotgut wine!

Will you just drive?

388,000 bucks, and change, packed into 14 crates of wine.

I still don't understand why that dummy watchman reported the money.

He said he thought his boss was giving him a test or something.

Yeah, iq test. Well, believe me, he flunked.

Yeah, well, if he took that dough,

He would've been looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life.

Looking for who, the mob?

That's not how the mob ships money. They use couriers.

This stuff was addressed to a local wholesaler, right?

Yeah, bartlett food and beverage.

Only they've been bankrupt for over a year. They're out of business.

That doesn't make sense. Do you have a list of their creditors?

Yeah, right here. Includes 23 local restaurants and casinos.

All right, we're gonna run this thing both ways.

This stuff was shipped out from san francisco, right?

- Yep. - Let me see.

Get on the phone to the chief of detectives out there.

See if they have anything on the shipping company,

The winery, or any of their employees.

Nate and I will run down the names on this list,

See if we get any links between bartlett food and beverage

- And these guys in the bay area. - Good.

People who holler and moan about oppression

Are just plain lazy or blind,

Because all you gotta do is seize the time,

Seize the day, seize the money.

He doesn't care what-

Byron, my man.

No, that's cool, marcus.

I was just looking for iris.

I'll come back later.

- I gotta get some- - you gotta what?

Talk to that white cop you always suckin' up to?

Hey, wait, I don't talk to him about nothing but personal stuff.

He's just a friend, all right?

Well, it must make you feel real good to have a friend like that.

And that's what we're gonna do, byron.

We're gonna make you feel good.

Ain't we, benny?

Yeah, you gonna feel good.

Go on, get him out of here!

- Hold him! - What the hell you think we're doing?

Hold him, damn it!

How you doin', ray?

Paulie.

Hey, max.

Get max a drink, will you, delores?

How much weight you lose?

10 pounds. What do you think?

Yeah, 10 pounds between his ears.

So what's up, max?

I was just talking to manny.

He was asking about business.

What do you need to draw down this month?

Let's see...

The modernization of our container fleet,

Increased personnel,

Our own tanker.

Talkin' maybe six mil.

That reminds me...

Get delgado in caracas for me, all right, dolores?

Use the phone inside, huh?

Hey, boss...

How do you think she can walk like that?

I betcha her mother put starch in her milk.

Uh, manny was also asking about this hong kong thing.

How close are we?

The last time I talked to david he was still negotiating.

I'll give him a call, see what's going on.

I said no, we are not prepared to go one penny above 17 million.

That's right, not even for prime waterfront property.

I know that was my final offer yesterday.

It's my final offer today.

You call me tomorrow, it'll be my final-

- kwan, can you hold on one minute?

Yeah, hold on, all right? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, it's abrams.

Hiya, ray. Yeah, I got him on the other line right now.

I don't know. He's a tough cookie.

Oh, yeah, we'll work it out. He wants it to work as much as we do.

Yeah, yeah.

I'll get back to you as soon as we close it, all right?

Kwan, are you still there? Good.

What's the matter, you don't have a word for "final" in chinese?

What are you doing here?

Sit down.

Thanks.

You look great.

Thank you.

Kwan!

I'm sorry, I can't hear you. What?

No, the connection is breaking up.

Look, I'll call you back, all right?

I'll-call-you-back.

It's those long distance connections-

They break up so easily.

Yes, and it's so easy to be misunderstood.

Now, that reminds me of a couple I know.

Tell me their story.

It's an old story.

Boy meets girl, boy gets girl,

Boy loses girl...

Then girl suddenly reappears in boy's life?

And just as suddenly girl walks out on boy.

But then...

What happens then?

Oh, I don't know.

She swears never to think about him.

Then she thinks about him.

And she thinks she's been too hasty.

Maybe too harsh?

After all, he wouldn't tell her how to do her job,

Does she miss the boy?

Maybe.

Maybe...

I have a suggestion for the boy and the girl.

Yeah?

Annie, where's annie? Annie, annie...

Yeah, where is she? How come you don't bring her around?

I'll bring her around when you're not around.

What do you guys got for me?

I checked out st. John's cab company.

The man's fleet is four cabs, four.

At that rate he'd have to drive fares to alaska

To raise the scratch to buy the moulin rouge.

Well, listen to this.

Nathan and I ran a paper search on bartlett food and beverage.

It's assets were auctioned out of bankruptcy.

The new owner is a blind corporation,

Chartered out of delaware.

- And the chief shareholder is...

Marcus st. John.

Mike, for you.

Torello.

No, no, listen, you got it all wrong.

It's not him, I'm telling you.

I don't think the kid had an enemy in the world, danny.

Except the one that he beat here.

Byron was no overdose victim.

No.

Coroner checked him. He had no new tracks.

He was murdered.

No doubt about it.

Mike...

We got company.

The first time I saw him,

He was still wearing his uniform.

Skinny as a rake.

I thought he wanted a pass to the show...

Till he took out that guitar. Lord have mercy...

When byron had it goin',

He could make angels whisper,

Demons holler,

All over those strings.

He'd start out with the blues

And then put something of his own on top.

He was taking music somewhere it's never been.

I guess we'll never know where.

walter, you were right.

I can't... Look the other way no more.

The other way about what?

My partners.

Are you saying they're responsible for byron?

I don't know that.

But I do know marcus and billy,

They are two scary cats,

Right through those smiles.

And they got franklin doing something to the books.

I haven't quite figured it all yet.

Receipts for supplies that have never been delivered,

Jobs that have never gotten done.

And sometimes there's a lot of cash.

We don't do that kind of business.

I knew it. They're washing money.

I've noticed franklin.

He's not an equal partner with marcus and billy.

He takes orders, strictly a numbers man.

And they never let him out of their sight.

If we can put the pressure on him for playing around with the books,

Maybe he'll spill his guts about what his pals are up to.

If we can get him off by himself without tipping off the others...

Well, he's sweet on me.

Mike, I need a minute.

I don't want her involved in any way.

- All right, now look, walter. - Mike, not this time.

- Not this lady. - I don't like the idea either.

Then leave her out of it.

This is a stone killer crew.

I don't want what happened to byron to happen to her.

- I want her out of there. - I thought you wanted to take st. John and his phony crew.

You wanted him worse than anyone.

We haven't got a case. She's our only way in.

All we want to ask her to do

Is to get franklin out on his own, that's all.

What do you say?

Mr. St. John, what can we do for you?

From what I hear, mr. Luca, about anything you want.

People tell me you're wired to everything

But the neon in this town.

There's no money in neon.

Mr. Luca's a very busy man.

Would you mind getting to the point?

We are, as you know,

In the nightclub and casino business,

But we are also moving

Into the foreign commodities market.

And we need to move a large amount of capital

Across international borders.

Now, these are areas we believe

Mr. Luca has great expertise in,

And we would be willing to pay handsomely for some of that expertise.

How handsomely?

15% on every dollar moved out of the country,

And sheltered.

What do you need us for?

You've got the moulin rouge.

Well, we are fortunate enough

That we expect our volume

To exceed what we can handle in our...

Little casino.

In that case we congratulate you on your success.

Let me discuss your proposal with my advisors.

I'm always on the lookout

For partners who understand business.

I want to thank you for a wonderful dinner, mr. St. John.

And thank you for closing your casino for our function.

It's very generous of you.

You're quite welcome.

You know, it's ironic that your very success here raises certain questions.

I mean, where are our other negro entrepreneurs?

Our negro small businesses?

When will I be able to walk into an executive suite

And see a negro managing director?

Well, the fact of the matter is...

Only when we seize upon our god-given right to make money,

Only when we can create great wealth and therefore create jobs,

Only then can we achieve any meaningful integration.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Exactly my sentiments.

You know, this puts me in mind of a story my grandfather used to tell me,

About the time he was fishing on the sioux indian reservation...

Do you believe this?

The cause is righteous, but...

There are better things to do on a beautiful evening.

Hmm.

Then we're wasting time sitting at this table.

Depends.

On?

What you had in mind?

Well, we sure can't talk about it at this table, now can we?

Catch you later.

You be a gentleman now.

Man! Those guys talk like that all the time?

"sioux indian reservation?"

I thought I was gonna fall out.

Well, it's definitely not prime-time entertainment.

Oh no, but you are.

I'd say you're nothing but prime time.

Why don't you ride with us?

Go to hell!

Come on, baby.

Okay, fun is over.

I don't know what you're talking about, man.

Talking about 10 years in the penitentiary, franklin.

Minimum.

No judge is gonna lay time on me for marks on a page,

Not even a white judge.

Black or white will see the same thing, franklin.

A whole lot of money that's got nothing to do with gambling

Moving through the moulin rouge...

And a whole lot of fancy footwork covering it up.

Hey, that's my diary. I write in my own secret code.

It's income tax evasion.

And the "g" gets very upset when people don't pay their bills.

You got family, right, franklin?

They got nothing to do with this!

Let's talk about this, franklin.

Let's talk about your family.

10 years is a long, long time for your kids to go

Without seeing their father.

Man, let me out of here!

You got no right keeping me like this!

The chair's a lot more comfortable than standing up.

- You ain't got no charges on me or nothing! - Hey!

Tell you what we're gonna do, franklin.

We're gonna start all over again from the beginning.

Let me tell you about family.

Byron was family. His father was my friend.

We're coming down on you, and what happens to your family,

You did to them, not us.

Put on a fresh pot of coffee,

And we're gonna start all over again.

Good, so what can I do?

What we talked about.

Comes in on the 24th, from oakland to vegas.

No mistakes this time. My men handle it every step of the way.

We run it through the club, it goes to switzerland.

I need to know it's gonna get there, ray.

You know what's gonna stop your weight from getting to switzerland?

What?

Nothing, marcus.

Nothing's gonna stop it.

I want a free pass.

It ain't gonna be no free passes, franklin.

Then what the hell are we talking for?

Probation.

You talk, you spend a few days in jail.

The d.A. Sees to it that you get probation

Instead of doing hard time for income tax evasion.

Or life for murder.

Look, man, I had nothing to do with that.

Oh, here we go again. Fairy tales.

Look, I was in the office fixing the books.

We got a system for doing that so nobody can figure out what we're doing.

It was me, marcus, and billy.

Then byron.

Now, look, man, I had nothing to do with that.

I was just watching out.

I'm not responsible.

They made me do that.

I am just the bookkeeper.

I never wanted byron-

Where'd the money come from, franklin?

China white.

They bring it in from oakland.

There's some chinese connection,

Out of the golden triangle.

That's where the junk came from that iced byron.

Man, all I do is the books.

Now, look...

You said I'd get probation, right?

I'd spend a few days in the joint.

And then I'd get out, right?

That's all that's gonna happen to me, right?

That's all that's gonna happen to you, franklin.

- This is private. - Not anymore.

Police.

This meeting is adjourned.

- You're under arrest, st. John. - For what, torello,

Trying to give negro kids a job?

No, for killing them in alleys.

Suzanne? - In here, david.

Baby, have I had a hell of a day.

I have spent all day arguing with people

On three different continents.

I mean it's 11:30.

I think it's damned uncivilized to work until 11:30 at night.

I'm sorry. I am very, very, very sorry about dinner,

And I promise I'm gonna do everything in my power

- To make amends. - And how do you plan to do that?

From china, we have food.

Ooh...

From France, we have champagne.

Ahh...

And from the south side of chicago,

We have some beautiful sounds.

How am I doing?

You're getting warmer.

If I were you I would pop that cork right now.

Yeah.

And what about your day?

Oh, busy.

What are you working on?

Uh... A follow-up on the moulin rouge story.

How's it coming?

I don't know.

You think torello's right?

I mean, I like him but I think he's made a big mistake.

I think he could be destroying one of the most interesting things

That's happened in the negro business community.

- St. John? - Yeah.

What does torello have against him?

I don't have any idea what torello has against st. John,

But I sure as hell know what I've got against him.

He's a phony.

St. John makes a three-dollar bill look real.

He uses the people, the really legitimate people,

Who are trying to carve out a place for themselves.

St. John uses them as a front

To line his own pockets and that stinks.

It damages the credibility

Of every person in this country

Who's locked inside of a box because of his color.

Cheers.

I think you would say that...

Even negroes should have an equal opportunity

To be among the exploiters

As well as the exploited?

- yeah. - Look, I don't agree with that politically,

But I can see his point... Racially.

Suzanne, that's rubbish.

St. John's a gangster, over and out.

Oh, david, you really know how to sweet-talk a girl.

Why are we talking about the problems of the world?

Why the hell are we talking at all?

Because it's important to me, david.

You never talk like some fat cat

Giving lip service to the poor oppressed negroes.

You're out there doing it!

Fighting for everything you believed in.

And I still believe you want to.

And I want you to.

You want some more champagne?

I don't know, mike. All he would say

Is it had something to do with franklin.

I couldn't get him to-

Someone put a picture of his family in a shiv

On a dinner tray along with this note.

We got the trustee who brought him his dinner,

He says he doesn't know anything.

He says it must have been under the plate.

St. John's attorney's been here the last hour.

We got nothing to hold him on anymore, mike.

Walter, you better get iris out of town.

I think it's outrageous that two of our community's most distinguished businessmen

Have been treated like common criminals.

There are laws that protect innocent people

Against the flagrant abuse of police power

Evident in this investigation.

Isn't it true that-

False arrest and illegal detention

Will be the next subject of litigation, I assure you.

That's all. No more questions.

Sir, one more word, please. Please, sir, please.

Thank you.

I don't know why I let you talk me into this.

Common sense?

Ain't nothin' common-sensical

About leaving a place you put your blood into.

I agree.

So, maybe we should just tell st. John that you made a mistake.

I'm sure he'd love to see you again.

You got a smart mouth, walter clemmons, you know that?

I'm just talkin', baby.

The club will be here when you get back.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen

And welcome to flight 314...

Will you?

You gotta ask?

You're something else, walter clemmons.

You sure are.

You be careful, huh?

I want nothing but grief for st. John for doing byron.

But I'd just as soon have somebody

To argue with when I get back.

Then you make sure you get back.

You're something else.

But you still got a smart mouth.

You sure about that, paulie?

I checked it out myself, boss.

This st. John... One slick son of a-

It figures, ray.

All the cash from their china white operation

Is pouring right into vegas.

Yeah. That's a big score, boss,

A real big score. Let's take it.

Paulie, what am I always telling you?

"shut up, you idiot."

"stop using your head for a hat rack."

No, paulie.

I know. "you're phenomenal."

I said we're businessmen now.

We don't make gangster moves anymore.

But it's a lot of money, boss.

Hey, counselor...

I got a job...

That's tailor-made just for you.

Great, they got off.

Congratulations. Is that what you're fishing for?

I'm fishing for the human being I used to know.

- I'm right here. - Where?

All I see are expensive suits and $20 hair cuts.

I'm sorry.

We can't all be as saintly as billy mayfield and marcus st. John.

Nobody's talking about saints.

You oughta listen to yourself.

I told you before, these guys are gangsters.

The only opportunity they are interested in

Is the opportunity to line their own pockets

With poor people's money.

Don't even talk to me about gangsters, all right?

I gotta go to work.

You wanna know the truth about your patron saints of black business?

You be at the freight yards tonight, any time around midnight,

And you tell me what you see.

What? What will I see?

What your "community leaders" are really up to.

You'll see them filling the arms of their brothers and sisters with junk,

And sending the money through the moulin rouge for laundering,

Then, you know, getting it out of the country.

- How do you know this? - Because that's my business.

Excuse me.

Oh, hey, suzanne, sit down.

Suzanne, hi.

No thanks, mike.

Walter, I know we haven't agreed on a lot of things

And I'm not sure we ever will...

Well, it's uh...

You've always struck me as a-

As a woman who wants stuff fixed,

Like you want to put band aids on problems.

"I want change," basically and fundamentally.

Maybe.

Maybe you're right, maybe I've just been chasing a dream.

We've always had the same dream,

Just different ways of getting there.

Yeah, I guess so.

I guess I've let my dream cloud

What was really going on in my life,

And in my job.

Walter, I can't reveal my sources...

But I have something to tell you and I think you oughta know.

That's it.

Let 'em know we're here.

Okay, let's go, let's go!

You and joey get on the other side of 'em.

As soon as you see 'em touch the stuff, make your move.

You bet.

Come on, come on, come on, move it.

Come on, move it!

Come on, come on, come on, move it!

Nobody moves!

Hey, cover this guy!

Turn around! Turn around!

Hey, man, wait.

Hey, man, we brothers, man.

We can't be doing this to each other.

Like byron?

No, man, you don't understand-

I understand, st. John.

You are a black man's worst nightmare.

St. John got away?

Stop or I'll shoot!

No, he's with walter.

Well, you got your story.

Yes, but it's not the one I wanted.

Mr. Chen, my name is david abrams,

I'm ray luca's attorney.

As I mentioned,

I have experienced some difficulties

Distributing my product.

I have lost some key personnel.

Oh, really.

I'm real sorry to hear about that.

Maybe you've been dealing with the wrong distributor.

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