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(glass breaking)

(woman screams)

- And cut.

- So, I suppose my sister Delores is in jail again, huh?

- She's been found dead.

- It's a strange place to meet.

- I figure this way you can't be wired, Sgt. Anderson.

- If I could get a part they'd probably put me in the van,

like they did the other girls.

You can wire me, follow the van.

- [Bill] But, what if something goes haywire

and suddenly you have to perform?

- Look here.

- Hi, Manny.

- Let me take your coat.

- Oh, thank you.

What's this picture about?

- Roman orgies.

(dramatic theme music)

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(uptempo classical music)

- Countess.

- Patina, thank God.

- Be patient, Countess.

Another minute and you'll be freed.

- That's enough.

Patina, go.

(Countess screams)

- And cut.

- Manny, how was it?

- Well, I'll tell you how it was.

Beautiful.

We are gonna print that.

That was gorgeous.

Gorgeous.

- Are you going right into the next shot?

- Two or three minutes.

Stay close.

- I'll be back.

- Wilkes, you wanna reload?

It's gonna be a long take.

You better play it safe.

- That makes sense.

- Thank you very much.

Okay, you are looking real good, Delores.

Real good.

- These ropes are pretty tight, Manny.

- Realism.

Relax, babe.

A couple of more shots, we're all finished.

Now, you know what I want now, huh?

- I think so.

- Right.

We're gonna open real tight on that gorgeous face.

Now, we pan over to Bragen.

He is gonna fake hitting you.

That's when you scream.

- You sure he's gonna fake it?

- Hey.

- I mean it, Manny.

He's a freak.

He really is.

He gets his kicks out of hurting people.

- She's right.

You remember what happened.

You know, the last time?

- He won't even come close.

I guarantee it.

You know the boss wouldn't stand for anything like that.

Hmm?

Okay?

Huh?

(laughs) Okay, Bragen, you ready?

- I'm ready.

- [Manny] Marsha, you ready?

- Yes, I am.

- Wilkes?

- All set.

- Is this a team?

Ooh.

Okay, sound.

Camera.

And action.

(screaming)

- [Bill] Whoa.

Pull him back.

- [Pepper] Over there.

- [Bill] You know what?

- [Pepper] Hmm?

- You steer the horse pretty good.

- Oh, come on.

- No.

I wouldn't exactly hire you for a cattle drive, but...

- You couldn't afford it.

There's not enough money.

- You wanna race?

- Race?

- Yeah.

- Not on your life.

- What about on your horse?

- [Pepper] No way.

No racing.

- [Bill] Come on.

At the end of the road there's a yellow gate.

Tell you what.

You beat me there and I'll buy you lunch.

- [Pepper] Not for dinners for a month

at the Queen's Arms would I race.

- [Bill] Come on, Pepper.

You can do anything.

Let's go.

- [Pepper] Bill!

- [Bill] Let's go.

Hey, hey.

Let's go.

Let's go.

(Bill laughing)

- Oh, you rat.

Oh.

- See, I told you you could do it.

- Next Sunday, we go bowling.

- You mean, I finally found something

I can do better than you?

- Oh, no.

Easy.

Easy!

- Hey, hey, whoa!

Easy, easy, easy, easy.

- Wonder what spooked him?

- I think it's that smell.

What is that?

- Easy, boy.

Easy.

You see anything?

What is it?

- The autopsy report said that she was probably killed,

thrown into the bushes 10 days to weeks ago.

The doc can't narrow it down anymore than that.

- What about cause of death?

Was it because of the beating she took?

- Possibly.

More likely from the skull fracture.

- That's not mine.

Give it to McKnight.

Any sexual molestation?

- Negative.

Do you want to see the X-rays?

- Think I'll pass.

- Gentlemen.

- Hello, Peter.

- Well, she's not Jane Doe anymore.

- They make her own prints?

- Yeah, I just talked to Pepper.

Her name is Delores Rago or Rajo.

R-o-g-e-l-l.

- Rogell.

- Yeah.

Mean anything to you?

- Nope.

- Well, she was busted twice.

Once in San Francisco about a year ago for hooking

and about three months ago here for narcotics.

- Well, she must have a local address.

- 837 South Avery.

- Well, let's get moving.

I'll get a search warrant.

- Yeah, it was in the paper this morning.

Terrible thing.

Terrible.

But, I figure since it happened,

we might as well take advantage of it, right?

I mean, we could triple the grosses inside of a week.

That's right, sir.

So, I've been on long distance all morning.

Called all the theaters where the picture's playing.

There's gonna be a big new advertising campaign.

(laughs) Why don't you let me surprise you, Mr. Dayton?

Trust me, huh?

(laughs) I appreciate that.

Oh, and give my best regards to everybody, will ya?

Lisa must be a big girl by now.

Really?

The Dean's List?

Hey, that's terrific.

Well, thank you, sir.

Right.

Bye-bye.

Dayton's granddaughter made the Dean's List.

First year in college.

- That kid's really gonna be something.

This Aralia doesn't look too good.

- Ah, a little pruning.

Liquid fertilizer will help it.

Poor Delores.

Could've made a lot of profitable pictures together.

Well, I guess it's time to find a replacement.

Go tell Manny, huh?

- What about that other girl?

Marsha, that her name?

- Nah, nah.

She's not right.

Wait a minute.

You better find her, too.

She's a friend of Delores'.

Find her fast.

- Will do.

- She probably read the papers, got all shook up.

Get all shook up you gotta talk to somebody about it, right?

- Yes, sir.

I understand just what you mean.

(tense music)

- No question at all she skipped.

A lot of people skip around here.

It's not like it used to be.

You know, the rent came due three days ago.

I have been ringing her doorbell ever since.

(doorbell buzzing)

You see?

- Open it up.

- Could I see that search warrant again?

- I don't blame him.

You can trust me, it's good.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

We'll lock up.

- You better.

People would steal everything out of here.

- I know the type.

Why don't you take the kitchen?

- Look at this.

Uppers, downers, you name it.

She's got a regular little warehouse here, Pete.

A sherez, a little needle.

A spoon.

- Hey, what the hell do you think?

- [Joe] Hold it!

Hold it!

- Police!

- I'm sorry.

I didn't know.

I'm sorry.

- [Pete] Who did you think we were?

- The guys that have hanging around with my sister.

They guys that got her into that movie.

- Delores Rogell's brother?

- That's right.

Matt.

- Show me.

- Matt Rogell.

- So, I suppose my sister Delores is in jail again, huh?

- Afraid not.

She's been found dead.

- We found her body yesterday.

We think she was murdered.

(breathing heavily)

- You gonna be all right?

- Yeah, yeah.

I'll be all right.

- Now, about that movie.

- What?

- You mentioned something about a movie.

- Yeah.

Hardcore stuff, you know?

Sadomasochistic film.

It's been showing around town.

Tonight Josephine.

- Weird movie, huh?

- [Girl] I know.

Killing her just to make a movie.

Man.

- Hey, it's just a shuck.

- [Girl] Well, they couldn't say it if it wasn't true.

I mean, they got laws.

- [Man] Eh, maybe.

- That one looks like he enjoyed it.

- Mm-hmm.

That's her.

- Yeah.

Police today identified as Delores Rogell, 24.

The woman whose flogged body was found yesterday.

- She's a little something, ain't she?

- Oh, gorgeous.

- You ready?

- Yeah, let's go.

- Five bucks?

You got you student ID card?

- Pay the lady.

- Two adults, please.

(Pepper sighs)

You know what this means.

You're gonna have to buy your own dinner.

- [Pete] How was the picture?

- All things considered.

(gun firing)

- [Man On PA] Cease fire.

- It wasn't quite Gone With the Wind.

- So, she wasn't killed as part of the move then, huh?

- Not a chance.

They accomplished all that with makeup,

with special effects.

Whatever it is they use.

Nah, it had to have happened after the movie was finished.

I figure there's two possibilities.

Either she was killed by an outsider,

somebody in her personal life.

A stranger, whatever.

- Or just somebody who saw the movie.

- Well, that could be.

Picture had been out a little more than a month.

Somebody could've seen it early on and got inspired.

In this case life imitating art.

- Squeeze 'em off, Billy.

(gun firing)

- The other possibility.

Somebody connected with the movie killed her.

- I hope so.

- [Pete] Why is that?

- [Bill] Well, if somebody connected

with the movie killed her,

at least we got a list of names to work with.

If it was an outsider,

man, we've got nothing at all to go on.

- [Man On PA] Ready on the firing line.

- Oh, Pepper.

I thought this was gonna be a lunch date.

- It is.

Oh, no coffee for me.

Thank you.

- You're serious?

You want me to file a petition and go in front of a judge?

- That's what deputy city attorneys are for.

- No, that's not what we're for, Pepper.

Not if we want to keep our jobs.

Not if we don't wanna get laughed out of court.

- Ben, come on.

- All right, you be the city attorney.

Go ahead, make your case.

Tell the court why you think this picture should be banned.

- This picture, it's an instruction manual in sadism.

Any number of people could look at it.

- They might get ideas.

- Right.

- Granted.

Your Honor, if we follow that line of reasoning,

we would have to ban Hamlet

because some lunatic might try to feed poison to his mother.

- Ben, Tonight Josephine is not Hamlet.

- You Honor, I submit that this film,

it might be shoddy, sadistic, degrading,

it might be all of these things and worse,

but it can be likened to Hamlet in one very vital respect.

Legally, on the basis of higher court decisions.

It is protected by the First Amendment

of the Constitution of the United States of America

under the right of free speech.

And the defense rests.

- That's how it would be, huh?

- You knew that all along, Pepper.

- Damn.

- [Bill] Was this still taken during production?

- Yes.

Yes, it was.

- [Bill] Where did you shoot the film, Mr. Ziegler?

- Uh, the studio mostly, except for the exteriors.

That's the outside stuff.

- Mm-hmm, I know.

Now, tell me about the cast.

- Well, there's mainly three parts.

There was Delores, Mrs. Rogell,

Bragen, and Marsha Gilmore.

Gilmore.

- Who was in the crew besides the sound man?

- Wilkes.

- Yeah.

- You got it.

- That's all?

- Yeah.

Well, Bragen used to help out sometimes.

Everybody did a little bit of everything.

Not exactly a Sam Goldwyn, you know what I mean?

- You could've fooled me, Mr. Ziegler.

Do you ever see the people you work with

on a personal basis?

- I didn't mix with any of them.

- [Pete] None of them, Mr. Wilkes?

- Filth.

They're all filth.

- Including Ms. Rogell?

- I wouldn't be surprised if she were the worst of them all.

I understand she was a prostitute.

- Wow.

Man, that's really heavy.

I know what you mean.

So, she got what she deserved, right?

- Look, Mr. Royster.

I just stayed away from her.

The only time I ever saw her was on set.

- Who financed this picture?

- I did.

- You put up all the money?

I don't mean any offense, Mr. Ziegler,

but we checked up on you and you're not all that loaded.

- Oh, well I borrowed some from some friends.

- Oh, you borrowed it?

- Now, hold on, Sergeant.

My client came to this place willingly,

but that doesn't mean that he...

- What about Mr. Earl?

Now, he comes pretty high.

Did you borrow enough to pay him, too?

- There's no law against a man having a prominent attorney.

And that being the case it's no concern of yours

how he acquired council, Sergeant.

Well, my client will tell you everything

he knows about Ms. Rogell,

but he won't answer questions about anything else.

Is that clear?

- Uh-huh.

Still doesn't answer the question I asked you.

Did you and Delores Rogell go together?

- No, and I'm sure the others will confirm that.

Like they say, Ms. Rogell wasn't quite to my taste.

- People have been known to kill people

who weren't quite to their taste.

- Yeah?

- Just an observation, Mr. Bragen.

- Officer Styles, isn't it?

- Investigator Styles.

- Whatever, Styles.

I'm a sadist on camera.

Off camera, I'm not.

If you think you can prove otherwise,

you just go ahead and try.

- Did you have a personal relationship with Ms. Rogell?

- Are you kidding?

That bimbo?

She slept with half the guys in town.

I wouldn't touch her.

- Well, I gotta tell you, Mr. Ziegler.

That's not the story that we got.

You did have a personal relationship with her, didn't you?

- Can you imagine that?

That was a tramp there, you know?

That was a bum.

I didn't care, I wanted to marry her.

She turned me down cold.

- Did that upset you a lot?

- Yeah.

- Imagine a good-looking chick like this

hops into bed with every guy in town.

Yet, when it comes to you, she turns you down.

Did it make you angry, Mr. Ziegler?

- If you're asking me did it make me angry enough

to want to kill her, no.

Look, Sergeant.

You can make a couple of bucks making porno movies

for the freaks.

Somebody's gonna get the money.

I might as well get it.

That don't mean I'm a freak.

(steam hissing)

- Ms. Gilmore.

It's a strange place to meet.

- I figured this way you can't be wired, Sgt. Anderson.

- Oh.

Well, I have to be honest with you.

Whatever I learn today goes on my reports.

- You wanna know what I know about Delores?

- Yes.

- Well, she was my best friend.

As soon as the picture was over, we were gonna quit.

Leave town and start all over again someplace else.

And after we finished shooting, I kept trying to reach her.

I didn't think she'd leave without me.

And then, I read about it in the papers.

- Marsha, do you know who killed her?

- Chuck Bragen.

You know, the co-star?

I'm almost positive.

He threatened her a couple of times.

He threatened me, too.

I mean, he was a real sickie.

- Um.

How many pictures did you make with Bragen?

- Tonight Josephine was the third.

- How come you and Delores kept on working with him?

- I guess in this business you can't be too choosy.

I mean, it was Bragen.

It had to be.

It wasn't anybody else.

Believe me, I thought about it.

Manny, Wilkes, Tony.

- Tony?

Now, who's Tony?

- He's the backer.

I don't know his last name.

He runs the whole show.

- He was there when you made the pictures?

- Most of it was shot in his house.

- Well, where's that?

- I don't know.

Out in the country someplace.

Everybody was taken out and back by Tony's gopher

in a big red van with no windows in the front, or the back,

so we didn't know where we were.

The more I think about it, the more I'm sure.

Bragen is the one who killed Delores.

- That's the way I see it.

It couldn't have been anybody else.

You're the one who wasted the girl, right?

- Tony, it's not true.

The police, they had me on the grill for what?

More than an hour.

- Did you tell them that...

- They made me account for every second for two weeks.

Listen to me.

I was out of town for 10 days.

I can prove it.

The rest of the time, if you want,

I can give you the places I went, the people I was with.

I don't think I was alone for 10 minutes.

- Tony, he might be telling the truth.

- You really believe that?

- It could be.

Maybe we ought to give him the benefit of the doubt.

- Okay, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now.

Take him back.

- Let's go.

- Are you, uh.

Are you still gonna use me in the next picture?

- Sure.

That's business.

(tense music)

- [Joe] Hey, Bill.

- Hey.

It's cold out here.

- [Pete] Yeah.

- Who found the body?

- These kids hiking found the body.

They notified the sheriff's office

right after we sent out our APB.

- Are you sure it's him?

- Take a look.

- That's him.

Thank you.

- When they found the body, he had a gun in his hand.

And this was in his pocket.

- I've lived with it for a long time

and I can't go on anymore.

May God have mercy on my soul.

I killed Delores Rogell.

I was with her, was drunk, went crazy, then she was dead.

Signed Charles Bragen.

- [Pepper] I don't think Bragen killed himself or the girl.

- And you're saying?

- What I'm saying is his alibis check out, we know that.

But, his suicide letter doesn't sound anything like

the Bragen Marsha told me about.

Joe, you questioned him.

- Hell, I don't think he'd have felt guilty

if he OD'd his own mother.

- There's no car in the vicinity.

Pete, how do you think the guy got out there?

- Maybe he bummed a ride.

- Yeah, but why bother?

If a guy's gonna shoot himself,

why didn't he just do it in his own apartment?

- Anybody could've typed the letter

and forged his signature.

- Now, we got two people dead.

What now, my love?

- Hunting down the man behind the scenes.

- Yep, Tony, whatever his name is.

- I want you guys to look at something.

This is where we found Bragen.

This is where we found Delores Rogell.

That's pretty close.

That's a remote area.

There may be 200 houses scattered over 15 square miles.

One of those houses could be where they shot that movie.

Where this Tony lives.

- So, what do you want us to do, Bill?

Check out every house?

- Well, we could start with the utility check.

Take it street by street.

- That'll take about a week.

- Well, we gotta start somewhere.

- What about the ad, Bill?

- Forget it.

- What ad?

- We've already been through that.

- Actresses wanted for provocative films.

Contact Manny Ziegler Productions.

- I always wanted to be a star.

- Believe me, kid.

This ain't the way you do it.

- I hear they don't use many close-ups.

- I said forget it.

- Oh, come on, Bill.

Give the kid a break.

I always wanted to know a celebrity.

Besides, we do have to get a line on this guy Tony.

- Don't you people understand the word no?

- [All] No.

- Now, Pete's right.

Now, listen.

If I could get a part, they'd probably put me in the van,

like they did the other girls.

You can wire me, follow the van, and we'd get a fix on Tony.

- Pepper, that sounds terrific.

But, what if something goes haywire

and suddenly you have to perform?

- I'd think of something.

No, don't worry.

You just keep your fingers crossed.

- Okay, but you better cross more than your fingers.

Wonder how long these interviews are supposed to last?

- Who knows?

- I wonder how much she has to take off?

- Oh, yeah. (laughs)

Yeah.

- Well, how do I...

I mean, how do I rate compared to her?

- I call it straight A.

- Oh, you're kidding.

- Would you mind reading those two lines at the top?

You're Diana.

- Oh.

What's my?

I don't remember what you call it.

- Motivation?

- What's my motivation?

- Well, this guy is advancing on you, you see.

He's got this thing for you body.

Go with it.

- Don't touch me.

Please, please.

Get back.

- Oh, is that nice.

Is that nice.

- That's my only line.

- Well, you see.

If you get the part in the picture, any part at all,

you will not be speaking that much.

- Oh.

- Now, tell me, uh.

- Ginger.

- Ginger, of course.

What was your last job?

- You know Johnny K's downtown?

- The topless joint?

- Well, I danced a little.

- What time was it when she went in there?

- Four o'clock.

- It's 10 till five.

- The longer she stays in there

the better chance she'll have of making a connection.

- Beautiful.

Okay, now tilt up that luscious chin.

Oh!

Oh, good.

Oh, oh, yes.

You know, of course, if you get the part in the picture,

you won't have to wear all of that cumbersome clothing.

- Yeah, I know.

I saw the ad.

- I wonder what would happen if I untied those bows?

- I'd turn into a butterfly.

- That I would like to see.

- Cost you a hundred dollars when I take off my clothes.

- Mm-hmm.

Good. (laughs)

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, yeah.

Why be so glum?

Give me a little smile there.

Yeah. (laughs)

- I don't understand you taking all these pictures.

You're looking right at me.

- Well, see I got an associate.

He's got casting approval.

- Oh.

What's his name?

- What's his name?

Throw back those shoulders for daddy.

Ah!

(laughs)

- I'm gonna give her five more minutes,

then I'm gonna find some reason to go in there.

- So, this is where we'll do some of the interiors.

- Not all of them, huh?

- Mostly somewhere else.

Excuse me.

Well, I'd say you've got about a 90% chance.

Maybe.

Maybe better.

Maybe better.

- Oh, good.

- I'll call you.

Huh, Ginger?

- Thank you, Mr. Ziegler.

Thank you very much.

- Manny.

- Manny.

- That door will take you out.

- I'll cross my fingers.

(saw whirring)

- It's after five.

Go home.

- Here she comes.

(car engine starts)

That's it.

Looks like Pepper's in showbiz.

- Hold it.

- [Bill] Who's that?

- [Pete] Ms. Delores Rogell's brother.

- You're kidding.

What's he doing here?

- Looks like he's playing detective.

- He was pretty hot about his sister.

I know that.

- Didn't you tell him to lay off?

- We did.

- Guess it didn't register.

(suspenseful music)

- Maybe we can make it register.

(car engine starts)

(horn honking)

Uh-oh.

He's onto us.

He's pulling off.

- [Joe] Hold it, Billy.

He's gonna make a right on us.

(tires squealing)

(horn honking)

- [Bill] I'll take him from the left.

- [Joe] Got him covered from my side, Bill.

(grunts)

- [Bill] Hold it right there, Matt.

- [Joe] Come on, get up.

- [Bill] Hold it, Matt.

- What do you guys know?

What are you chasing me for?

- What are you running for?

- I didn't know who you were.

- What are you doing coming out of Ziegler's?

- I got myself a job.

- Doing what?

- Construction.

- Why the devil are you working for Ziegler?

- To get some information about what happened.

Look, I think I got a pretty good motive, wouldn't you say?

- So do we.

We get paid for it.

- Yeah, except that you're not making

an awful lot of progress, are ya?

- What would you do if you got the information?

Play the avenging angel?

- Now, wait a minute.

Let me tell you something, Mr. Rogell.

We're doing everything that we can.

Now, I sympathize with your motives,

we've got the same goals.

Only, we've got a little more experience than you've got

and we don't want you getting in our way.

Do you understand that?

Are you getting my message?

- Yeah, I'll think about it.

Now, is it okay if I go?

- Yeah, you can go now.

- Don't pull another trick like that either.

- Yes, this is Ginger Holloway.

Any messages?

Oh, thank you.

- [Bill] Hey, Ginger.

How about dropping this off at McKnight's office?

- Okay.

- Answering service again?

- Yeah.

Ziegler should've phoned by now.

- Well, don't sweat it.

He will.

- Oh, what makes you so sure?

Pete, you want some coffee?

- No cream.

- Because you're so sexy and beautiful.

And besides, they've checked out your references.

- Oh, you didn't tell me that.

- What, that you're sexy and beautiful?

I ever tell you?

- Once.

- Psst, Ms. Gilmore.

You told me to watch out for strangers.

Well, a man came in and he's been hanging around upstairs.

(dramatic music)

- He's after me!

(horns honking)

- [Joe] Just came in from NYPD.

- Artist's sketch and accompanying info

suggests subject probably Anthony Linaver,

formerly associated with Zack Dayton,

identified syndicate figure out of New York.

Linaver not seen here last four months,

rumored to be on the coast.

Involved in porno film operation.

Photos and other data to come.

- Well, I guess we know who Tony is.

- And we know that the syndicate is behind it.

- Considering the size of the take,

I'd have been surprised if they weren't.

- I'm gonna go by the apartment,

check the mailbox for any messages.

- How is the place?

- It's got mice.

- Oh, tell Parks.

Maybe we'll get a break on the rent.

(phone ringing)

- Sgt. Anderson.

- This is Marsha Gilmore.

They found out where I'm staying.

- Who did?

- Lench.

He works for Tony.

He chased me.

I've got to see you.

I have no money either.

No one else I can trust.

- Where are you now, Marsha?

- The gas station on the corner of 4th and Palm.

- All right.

There's a restaurant on Palm

just about a block south of there.

The Blue Moon.

Now, you wait for me.

I have one stop to make,

but I'll be there in about 30 minutes, so you wait.

- Oh, all right.

- Hello, Mrs. Reinike.

How are you today?

- I'm just fine.

How are you?

- Fine.

Any phone messages for me?

- No, there weren't.

- All right.

Thank you, Bernice.

- Ms. Holloway, good afternoon.

I recognized you from your pictures.

- Oh, you're from...

- Ziegler Productions.

And congratulations.

You've just about got a job.

- Just about?

- All you need is a screen test.

- A screen test?

- Well, we don't normally give them,

but we're talking about the female lead.

- Oh, I see.

- And the budget's gonna be very high for this type of film.

So, the backer, he doesn't want to take any chances.

You can appreciate that.

- Oh, sure.

Well, when do they want to test me?

- Tonight.

As a matter of fact, right away.

- Now?

- [Lench] They're waiting for us.

- I see.

Well, if you don't mind,

it'll only take me a minute to go upstairs and freshen up.

- I'm sorry.

We don't have a minute.

We're late as it is and it's a pretty long drive.

- Oh, well I had a date.

I'll just call him.

- No phone calls till after the test.

We better get started.

(tense music)

(phone ringing)

- Sgt. Crowley.

- This is Marsha Gilmore, Sgt. Anderson's friend.

- Yes, Ms. Gilmore?

- I'm really getting worried.

She was supposed to meet me here and she hasn't shown.

- Where are you now?

- At the Blue Moon restaurant

on the corner of Palm near 4th.

- What time was she supposed to meet you?

- At four o'clock and it's already after seven.

- Okay, thanks very much.

We'll check it out.

Pete, get Joe.

We're moving.

- Hey, Ginger.

We thought you'd never get here.

- Hi, Manny.

- Let me take your coat.

- Oh, thank you.

- I hope you didn't mind having to ride

in the back of the van that way.

- Oh, not at all.

I understand those things.

- Come here.

Tony, may I present Ms. Ginger Holloway.

This time in the flesh.

- Very, very nice flesh indeed, Ms. Holloway.

- You may call me Ginger.

- Ginger.

I look forward to a long and very profitable relationship.

I expect you to make it very big.

- Well, I only hope.

- You hope what?

- I only hope I'm around longer than your last actress.

- Oh.

You read about Delores?

- Yes.

- She was going around with a very sick man, Ginger.

Very sick.

He killed her and then killed himself.

I'm sure you read about that, too.

- Mm-hmm.

- So, all you have to do is stay away from sick people.

- Something about a screen test.

Does that make any sense to you?

- And she went with him?

- Not right away.

She said she wanted to make a phone call,

but he said she couldn't.

That they were late already.

Listen, I don't eavesdrop on my tenants, you know?

I just happened to be standing right there.

- [Joe] You did very well.

- [Pete] Listen, could you give us a description of the guy?

- Well, he was very tall.

About six feet.

- Yeah, Northwest division, please.

- [Joe] How much did he weigh?

- Yeah, this is Sgt. Crowley.

Who's the watch commander?

Put him on.

It's urgent.

- [Pete] Short kind of hair?

- Short hair, yeah.

- Come on, come on.

Thrager, this is Bill Crowley.

Listen, I haven't had a chance to clear this,

but I want you to do something for me.

I want you to spring every black and white you can spare.

A house-to-house search.

- Now, see if this works out,

it'll be more than just a test,

it'll wind up in the picture.

- Oh, what's this picture about?

- Roman orgies.

Over here, see, they're celebrating the feast of Venus

here in the forum, see?

- Oh.

- They got this vestal virgin

and they're sacrificing her at the alter.

- I'm the vestal virgin.

- The head vestal virgin, right.

Now, don't worry about the lines.

There's only one of them.

I'll tell you when to say it.

The main thing is to keep you eyes on me.

I'm gonna be giving you directions

and look sexy at all times.

Which should be pretty easy for you.

All right, come on.

- Thank you, Manny.

- Down the hall here at the end you'll find a door.

Go in there, on the bed is your costume.

You wear clothes the first part of the scene.

- I'm gonna need my makeup.

- Oh, no, no.

I like you just the way you are.

Go.

Okay, girls.

Any minute now.

Hang loose.

(grunts)

Ginger, where are you?

What's holding you up?

- Oh, nothing, Manny.

I'm doing the best I can.

I'll hurry.

- [Woman On Radio] 17-856.

12-150.

We've covered the area west of Canyon Road and Lock.

- Roger, 56.

Check south of Pass Road.

We'll take Highway 17 to the end of Canyon Road.

- [Woman On Radio] Roger.

- Look, we've got nothing to worry about.

- For sure.

Pepper will play it cool.

- The question is how the others are gonna play it?

(grunts)

- [Manny] Ginger, what's keeping ya?

- I have to comb my hair.

It got all mussed up putting on the costume.

- [Manny] Okay, snap it up, sweetheart.

- What do you see?

- Oh, it's nothing.

- Looked like you were looking at something.

- What the hell is keeping her?

- Fixing her hair.

You know these dames.

- Lench.

- [Lench] Maybe she's a snitch.

- Or maybe she's a cop.

Okay, everybody.

That's it.

No test tonight.

- Hey, what do you mean?

- Thanks anyway, girls.

- Hey, Tony, Tony.

- Maybe tomorrow, I'll let you know.

- Just because she's a little slow.

I could talk to her.

- Manny, you have to take everybody back in the van.

Now.

- Here's the keys.

- I don't know how to get back.

I don't know where we are here.

- Out to the highway, hook a left.

You'll make it.

- [Manny] Oh, anything you say.

I'll get Ginger.

- [Tony] Don't worry about Ginger.

I'll drive her home myself.

- [Woman On Radio] Everything west of Liberty Road is clear.

There's a colony near the lake.

We're going to check that out now.

- Roger.

(uptempo music on radio)

(glass breaking)

- I'll call you tomorrow, Manny.

Explain everything.

Now, get going.

I don't know exactly what's gonna happen,

but all we need now is a bunch of witnesses.

- So, maybe nothing ought to happen.

- [Tony] How's that?

- [Lench] So, maybe she's a cop.

Sp, maybe they know where you are.

Tony, the police can't do a thing.

You know that.

- I'm not worried about the police.

Dayton's not supposed to be in the porno business.

He was warned about that.

Word gets out he's trying to cut himself in

there's gonna be a war.

A hell of a war.

And guess who's gonna be the first victim?

There she is.

Move.

- How far is it to 17?

- Should be about any minute now.

- [Bill] I think I'll turn left.

- That's it.

That's the van.

The red van.

(tires squealing)

(dramatic music)

- Tony told me to get in the van and go.

- Where is she?

Tell me.

- Two miles down the road.

First house on the left-hand side.

Look, I didn't do nothing.

- Come on, come on, come on.

- Sgt. Crowley, please.

- [Woman On Phone] He's not here.

- All right.

This is Sgt. Pepper Anderson.

I need help.

I don't know where I am, but the number is...

- [Tony] Put it down.

(gun cocks)

- Put it down.

- Now, what happens?

The same thing that happened to the others?

- I never wanted to kill anybody.

Can you believe that?

Delores wanted to quit.

I wouldn't let her.

She was too valuable.

She threatened to blow the whistle.

I hit her, she fell.

It was an accident.

I made it look like it wasn't.

So, you know why we had to kill Bragen.

And now you.

I'm sorry.

(tires squeal)

(gun firing)

- Police, hold it!

- [Pepper] Don't shoot, Bill.

- Put the gun down.

- No!

- Put it down, put it down.

- I'm not finished with this scum yet.

- You're finished, put it down.

- Give it to me.

- Give her the gun.

- Give it to her.

- Okay, get that one, Pete.

- Get your hands up.

- [Bill] Get your hands on top of your head.

- He'll be okay.

We'll get an ambulance.

- Come on over here with me.

- What's gonna happen to him?

- Who, this guy?

We'll turn him over to the DA so he can have some fun.

- Bill, he saved my life.

- Well, that kind of answers your question, doesn't it?

What do you want to eat?

- I was thinking of the Blue Moon.

- Why would anybody think of the Blue Moon?

Even I cook better than that.

The food's lousy.

- Yeah, well there's someone there I want to see.

Marsha Gilmore.

She's the new hostess.

- You're kidding.

Oh, I see.

You set that up, huh?

- Well, I've been eating there so long

I figure they owe me something.

You think she'll hang in there

or you think she'll end up back out on the streets?

- Oh, my bet is she'll make it.

(dramatic theme music)

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