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Check his blood pressure.

Hey, don't play games with us, torello, you're in serious trouble!

- You want serious trouble, you'll undo these straps. - Draw some blood.

You think this is a joke? You're finished, you understand?

I don't understand anything. Who are you people?

- Get that needle out, man. - Torello, unless you want-

Unless you want to end up in federal prison

For the rest of your life, start talking!

- I want a drink. - Talk first.

- I want a drink! - He needs some liquids,

His electrolytes have been depleted. Get him some water.

- Get him some bourbon. - Get him some bourbon!

- What time is it? - 2:30.

- A.M. Or p.M.? - A.M.

What's your name?

I think we ask the questions here.

- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.

Well, if you don't show me some I.D.

Or give me your name to put me in a talking mood,

I'm gonna dummy up pretty quick.

It all started yesterday.

These 24 hours...

Man, oh, man, it seems like a lifetime.

It was hot, I mean...

It was really, really hot.

One of my guys and me, we were finishing up

Some paperwork in our office.

The air conditioning was broke down.

It was like working in the steam room.

- Hey, danny. - Yeah?

You know what I like about working

- In vegas in the summer?

Not a damn thing?

That's right. What do you say

We go over to angie's and knock down a couple of real nice cold ones?

I'd really like to, but I don't have any time.

I told anne we'd take in a movie tonight.

- Anne? - Yeah.

Is this something that I should know about?

Listen, if anything happens

- And I need a back up, I'll let you know.

- Good night. - Good night.

are you michael torello?

Mm-hmm.

I was hoping you could spare a few moments.

Mm-hmm.

Does that mean yes?

Mm-hmm.

as I walk along

I wonder what went wrong

with our lives

lives that was 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...

when least expected

Hey, mike, hot enough for you?

- What's with the air conditioning? - Went out this morning.

- Usual? - Yeah, with a lot of ice, and for my friend-

Mei lan, mei lan hartwell.

- Bourbon, neat. - Gotcha.

- Bourbon? - My father says,

There's only two drinks worth your time.

- Bourbon and... - ...Bourbon on the rocks.

What else did your father say is worth your time?

He didn't. He trusted me to decide for myself.

- Do you? - Always.

Your father sounds like a very, very smart man.

He is.

Or was.

There's a big difference.

That's why I'm here, mr. Torello. I'm not sure which it is.

I think my father is in a lot of trouble.

Sergeant hartman at the police department

Said you could probably help me.

What does hartman think that I can do that he can't do?

He said all he could do is file a missing person's report.

And he couldn't do that till tomorrow,

But he told me you were in charge of a special unit

Assigned to organized crime?

Yeah?

Well, I believe my father needs help.

Mei lan told me that she was afraid

Her father was in serious trouble.

She wasn't able to reach him at work or at his home,

And she told me that he often borrowed large amounts of money.

I wonder if he borrowed them from legit sources.

It smelled to me that he might be involved with the outfit.

She was afraid that he might be hurt,

And I really couldn't argue with that.

I wanted to help her.

My father's a good man...

But he has a problem.

I thought he'd stopped,

But for the last couple of months

He's been worried, distracted.

The last time I was here,

A couple of men came to visit him.

They took him outside to talk.

I've never seen my father so-

So shaken before.

Thank you.

He wouldn't tell me what they talked about,

Just that it was business.

I think...

It's this business.

Hmm.

About 20 grand worth of markers

Signed by bobby meeker.

- Who is bobby meeker? - He's a juice man.

I'm sorry?

He's a guy that lends money to gamblers at a high rate of interest.

- Gamblers? - Yeah.

Oh, I see.

My mother divorced my father because he was a gambler.

He'd worked really hard to stop it.

He...

Looks like he didn't work hard enough.

Would you help me, mr. Torello?

I really need it.

Please?

Yeah, sure.

All of hartwell's markers were made out

To a creep named bobby meeker, a loan shark.

The desert around las vegas is called

The world's largest unmarked graveyard,

And half the guys they find are there

Because they didn't pay up on markers to guys like meeker.

What's the matter, mike, you forgot how to take a night off?

No, I got lonely.

Damn, your timing is something else.

- You know what that is? - Don't tempt me.

That is the thickness of the prettiest

Little t-bone you'll ever want to see.

Charred on the outside,

Rosy in the center...

It was that close to my mouth.

You know something? As soon as the phone rang,

I knew who it was.

So, what's happening?

A guy named hartwell and bobby meeker.

What's meeker got to do with this?

I don't know, but that's what we have to find out.

Come on.

I sent danny back to hartwell's place

To watch mei lan in case she got restless.

For some reason I was worried about her.

I mean, really worried about her.

Nate and joey started looking into backgrounds

Of mei lan and hartwell.

I took clemmons with me and we headed over to a joint

I knew meeker worked out of.

Strictly low-rollers and busted dreams.

oh, yeah

One- one more, that's it.

Hey, mike, been a long time,

- How have you been? - Okay, tiny, how are you?

- Say hello to walter clemmons. - Hey, walter.

You got a few minutes? I have to talk to you.

Yeah, sure. Sammy, take over, eh?

A friend of mine needs me.

Listen, tiny, have you seen that creep meeker?

Eh, he hasn't been around.

It's funny, 'cause I was just thinking about him, too.

I should have done the world a favor

And stuffed him in a blender when I had a chance.

Nasty little rag. He don't deserve to live.

Don't worry, he won't. Tiny...

We have to find out where he does his heavy work.

Now, listen to me, tiny,

Where he takes his customers

Who have to be taught a lesson. You know what I mean?

Huh?

Leo, haul him up.

You're three months behind on your payments.

I'm gonna pay you, bobby.

I just need a little time.

Eh, no, no, you had time,

You had plenty of time, hartwell.

now...

Time's run out.

Mr. Carp...

That hurt, frank?

Now, you give me what's mine...

Or all you're gonna know

From now until you die is pain.

I don't have it, bobby.

Mr. Carp!

I can get it, I can get it!

I've got something worth more,

A lot more, bobby. I have it with me.

How much more?

It's big, bobby. It's real big.

I've been working on it for months.

You're not gonna believe it.

Well, it...

Appears hartwell wasn't lying after all.

Thanks.

- It ain't dangerous, is it? - Hey,

Do you think hartwell would be hauling this stuff around

If it was dangerous?

Well, what are we gonna do with it?

Mr. Carp, you know

What this stuff is worth

To the right people, huh?

what we need is

Somebody to handle this for us,

Somebody who's connected

All the way to the top.

What we need is

Ray luca.

I got one.

Now...

Let's finish our business with hartwell.

Hey, who's there? Come on, move it!

Come on!

Go!

Well, we found hartwell.

And the only thing I could think of was

How I was going to tell mei lan.

I sent the rest of the guys home.

I figured I could take care

Of what had to be done all alone.

Everything so far pointed to what mei lan had thought had happened,

But I still wasn't convinced.

Killing hartwell just didn't make sense.

Meeker was not the kind of guy

To wash 20 big ones down the drain

Unless he was already holding a better hand.

Come in.

Where is my father?

- He's dead, isn't he? - Yes.

unforgettable

that's what you are

unforgettable

though near or far

My mother and father met during the war in 1938.

She was a teacher.

He was a pilot,

One of the "flying tigers."

I was born during the war.

My father brought us to England

After the war, when I was six.

Back home, I'd always eaten with chopsticks.

I remember my first day at school.

There was a spoon and a fork.

I didn't know how to use them.

Everybody laughed at me.

I ran home crying.

My father held me and told me

To remember that I was half-chinese,

And that chinese don't cry.

Then, when I was 12,

I fell off my roller skates.

I broke my arm.

My father brought me to the hospital while they fixed it.

It hurt so much,

But I was half-chinese,

So I didn't cry.

Those men who killed my father are still out there.

unforgettable

in every way

and forever more

that's how you'll stay...

danny, check on that

All-points bulletin on meeker.

Then check every place we've ever seen him in, dives, bars, whatever.

And make sure you guys check the airport,

Bus stations and train stations, too.

- What's up, doc? - According to my autopsy,

Mr. Frank hartwell died of a bullet through his brain.

Mm-hmm. So what's the big surprise?

What couldn't you tell me on the phone?

The big surprise...

Is this.

What the hell is that?

Somewhere, somehow mr. Hartwell

Came in contact with radioactive material,

A lot of radioactive material.

When he got shot through the head, he was already a dead man,

- He just didn't know it. - How is that possible?

I don't know, mike, but however he did it,

He got a massive dose, and it's got to be found,

Because if it continues to leak,

I'm gonna need a lot of help at the morgue.

Suddenly, my simple little murder case

Had exploded in my face and made no sense at all.

As far as I knew, the only way to get too close to radiation

In las vegas was to rub up against a showgirl.

What are you bringing this to me for, bobby?

Are you trying to set me up?

Pauli, check him.

All right, you don't have to do that.

Hold that.

Ray, you know better than this.

He's clean.

You're the only one I know, ray,

With the class to handle this kind of stuff.

- Cut the crap, get to it. - Ray...

This stuff is worth

Millions to the right country.

Millions and millions, ray.

It's not worth jack to me, bobby.

Sure it is, ray.

It's worth anything you wanna make of it!

Hey, meeker, you sound like you're desperate to make a sale.

You can write your own ticket with me, ray.

I'm not interested.

Take a hike.

Ray, come on, you and me-

Ray, anything you want, anything!

- Get out of here. - Ray!

On the other hand,

Maybe something can be done with this.

You've got some calls to make, counselor.

Billy.

Thanks.

- So... - So, I just got off the phone

With our man in the state department.

People there have no objections. You want to deal with mickey

You got the green light, ray.

Seems they don't care if the chinese get the h-bomb or not.

Apparently, they're only a year away, anyway.

As long as I get my air routes over the shan mountains,

I don't care who has it.

A rep from the people's republic will be in touch,

A rep with full authority to deal for their government.

We just fixed our first country, mr. Attorney.

Come a long way from taylor street, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, david,

Remember this when you were a kid?

- Nice toss. - Thanks.

Not bad, not bad.

How did you figure it?

How did you figure that the feds would go for this?

I got a knife,

A guy I'm in a beef with has got a knife.

Now, how's he gonna feel

If all of a sudden he sees somebody else

Standing next to him with a knife?

Nervous?

China's got a knife, russia gets very nervous,

And they worry less about us.

It's nice.

It's very nice.

You know what international politics is, david?

It's the street.

It's just the same as the street.

What are you, a hustler?

Where are nate and joey?

Running down some background on hartwell.

All right, listen, I want you guys to put together

A list of every place in the state that handles radioactive material,

And I want everything we've got on hartwell as soon as you get it.

Listen, "tiny" gagliasso called.

He said he spotted meeker and one of his goons.

Meeker got away,

But tiny grabbed one of the goons

And sort of made...

a citizen's arrest.

See you later.

I got a call from tiny.

It seems that one of meeker's guys wandered in,

Looking and feeling pretty sick.

Tiny spontaneously decided to make a citizens' arrest.

I gotta tell you something about tiny's citizens' arrests.

They probably violate a half a dozen

City, state and federal statutes

Against unlawful detention,

Bodily harm and kidnapping,

But on the other hand...

Hey, boy.

I didn't know where else to take him.

We don't open till five.

I figured this would be okay.

Hmm, gosh.

you son of a-

Hey, this is a friend of mine, carp,

And you ain't gonna do nothing but be nice to him.

Now, tell him where meeker stashes his merchandise.

The neon graveyard.

Excellent police work, tiny. Excellent police work.

You couldn't really miss it.

It glowed in the dark, and it was no sign.

I found it.

Lucky me.

Stop right there. Put your hands over your head.

Don't touch the canister.

All of a sudden I got these guys in white suits

All over the place. I was looking around

For the flying saucer they fell out of.

But they were from the atomic energy commission,

And they weren't kidding.

I was expecting something else.

Bobby...

Another one of these.

What's the matter?

It'll loosen you up.

So, is it an old chinese custom

To send women to do the dirty work?

There's nothing dirty about working

For chairman mao, mr. Luca.

And contrary to your corrupt value system,

We don't discriminate between the sexes.

If I'm so corrupt,

Maybe you shouldn't have anything to do with me.

I detest you, mr. Luca.

You prey on men's weaknesses.

You're a parasite,

And one day you'll be wiped out forever,

But for now I'm forced to deal with you.

And offer you the only thing that means anything to you - money.

- I'm not interested in money. - Oh, really?

How un-american!

I want certain concessions from your government

Concerning future business dealings

In the area called "the golden triangle."

What sort of concessions?

Available trade routs,

Air rights,

And the freedom to operate flights through chinese air space

Over hunan province without any interference.

You're asking a great deal, mr. Luca.

I'm offering a great deal.

The a.E.C. Recaptured the container.

How are you going to get it out of the plutonium plant?

That's none of your business.

All I need from you

Is a guaranteed passage out of the country.

It can be arranged.

My name is lieutenant torello.

I'm an agent with the department of justice, okay?

He's not hot anymore.

I suppose you'll give me some answers.

What kind of answers?

What is this place?

Sure, torello, you ask the questions,

And we'll roll over,

'cause you have a j.D. Shield.

Let me tell you something, pal,

I don't care what kind of I.D. You got.

You make $16,500 a year,

And you had your hands on something that would have put you

On easy street for the rest of your life.

Now, think about it, torello.

What would you have done if you were in our position?

Pray that I don't get loose.

Take off the restraints.

- Take off the restraints? - Now.

How do you do?

I'm burt henshaw, federal agent.

Yeah, so what?

I am sorry about the rough stuff, but we had to be sure.

I talked to justice. Hallahan says

That the attorney general himself will vouch for your story.

- You checked me out? - You're a pretty popular guy.

Now, I've got a couple of your bulls in my office right now,

I put some babysitters on them, but they say that won't keep them

From tearing this place apart, if I don't spring you.

Oh, and I got a call a couple of minutes ago

That your girlfriend is

Out by the main gate looking for you.

- My girlfriend? - Yeah.

Mei lan?

You guys better have a doctor check her out, too.

She may have been exposed to this stuff.

It was in her father's car.

Take care of it.

What's this all about, henshaw?

Come with me.

Now, you listen to me. You've got exactly ten seconds

To pick up that phone and dial the department of justice.

You've got five seconds!

what are you deaf, or just stupid?

Pick it up!

This is a top secret government facility

Used to process uranium-238

Into plutonium-239.

Weapons-grade plutonium.

Enough in each of those rods to equal

100 times the destructive power of hiroshima.

In its raw state, it's not explosive,

Needs further processing and a special detonating device for that.

However, a single rod

Could put any nation on earth

Into the nuclear club.

Do you think I could have some water, please?

I've been cooped up here for quite a while.

I'll stay right here on the bed.

Honest.

Up ahead are the loading docks

Where we ship the canisters in cargo vans.

From here they go to warhead assembly plants

Where they stick them in the nose cones of I.C.B.M.S.

Till yesterday, hartwell was deputy security chief here.

Now he's disappeared with 10 lbs. Of plutonium.

Do you have any idea what hartwell was going to do with this stuff?

We were hoping you had an answer to that.

You want to tell these guys we're working for the same government?

What is it with these guys in these ice-cream suits?

- And cheap ones at that! - Are you all right?

I'm fine, relax. Everything is fine.

What are you guys doing here?

Joey, didn't I ask you to stay back at the office?

- We finally got the stuff on hartwell. - Yeah?

He had a daughter all right, but she's dead.

- What? - She died in china back in '47,

When she was three years old.

Well, if his daughter's dead,

Then who in the hell is this girl in this building?

Come on.

- nate, joey, check the front gate.

Please, I got kids.

Do as I say, and you'll live to see them.

So it gets to be about 10:30, and he don't call.

He calls when he closes, so I can come down and get the cash,

so we don't get in no trouble

Taking it to the night deposit.

Ah, what am I going to tell his mother?

Owner says she took one of the cars from the garage,

A yellow '60 merc,

Nevada plates, a69728.

Yeah, he called in.

Poor bastard, he thought he was just going

- For another ride. - He's not the only one.

- You want roadblocks, mike? - No, but what I do want is

The list of every airstrip within a 25-mile radius,

And see if we got anything on the all-points bulletin

We put out on meeker.

- Torello, what are you doing here? - My job.

It's a.E.C. Business, we'll handle it from here.

- Like you handled everything else? - We don't need your help.

Don't talk to me, porcupine-head.

Look, henshaw, you operate a nuclear facility

That's about as easy to get into as a bridge club.

You also have a woman out here somewhere

With enough plutonium to turn this whole state into a scar.

Now, I suggest that you set up roadblocks within a 20-mile radius,

And that you do it pretty damn quick.

What's up, mike? I thought you didn't want roadblocks.

I don't, but I don't want henshaw around, either.

We have to find that woman before she flies out of here,

And I mean it, right now.

That's right...

No, no, it's yellow, a yellow car.

Yellow!

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, I said mercury, mercury,

Like in the planet.

No, look, lady, I don't know one either.

Just look in the parking lot-

Damn it!

Mike, we've called every airport in the area

And some she couldn't even get to in 24 hours.

Well, then she's got to be using a private airstrip, danny,

And taking off from the desert hard pack.

Yeah, but how do we know from where

And who the hell knows when she's leaving?

Mike, it's the state police. They found meeker.

Where is he?

Hanging around on the roof.

We would have been happy to bring him in for you.

That's all right, we prefer to talk to him here.

Thanks a lot. Nice work.

Let me help you out.

Ms. Wong,

My name is paul, I'm the pilot.

Your company is well named.

In my country the golden dragon is a sign of success.

Bobby, every time I see you, you're in some kind of trouble.

Now, let's try it again, shall we? Where is she?

I had a deal with luca, okay?

I don't know where the girl is.

- All right, bobby... what?

- Bobby! - What?

You hang around here, we're gonna be back later to lock you up, okay?

Hey, torello, can we take him down?

Meeker got aced out of the deal,

But he never knew the girl.

However, he told us that he had made a deal with ray luca.

That was enough.

He didn't have to tell us much more.

I've got to get the cargo there.

My people are waiting for the plane.

Is it possible?

If we fly low, maybe. Otherwise, radar will pick us up.

They fly low. That's where I need to go.

My people will have a plane waiting there.

Well, if your people don't show, I hope you like tequila.

let's go.

Look out!

Are you michael torello?

Mm-hmm.

I was hoping you could spare a few moments.

Mm-hmm.

Does that mean yes?

Would you help me, mr. Torello?

Please?

I really need it.

Come in.

torello.

When I was a little girl,

The japanese left my village in ruins.

Then the russians came.

They left my father dead.

We need the plutonium, michael.

I really didn't want to like you.

I really didn't.

that's why, darling

it's incredible

that someone

so unforgettable

thinks that I am

unforgettable

too

I really didn't want to like her, either.

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