All language subtitles for The Glove (1979) -- Ross Hagen

(Singing) With the claws
of a cat on the track of a rat

while the city's asleep.

Something stalking it's prey
just a shadow away

getting ready to leap.

You can't hide
behind any door

when it's time to
settle the score,

no you can't escape
from the kiss and rape

of The Glove.

Like a shot in the dark

or a scream in the park

it's a frightening sound.

When a fistful of hate

that's been lying in wait

comes thundering down.

You won't have
a soul left to sell,

it's a one way
ticket to hell,

no you can't escape

from the kiss and
rape of The Glove.

Like a shot in the dark
or a scream in the park

it's a frightening sound.

When a fistful of hate

that's been lying in wait

comes thundering down.

You won't have
a soul left to sell,

it's a one way
ticket to hell,

no you can't escape

from the kiss and
rape of The Glove.

No you can't escape

from the kiss and
rape of The Glove.

(Car horn honking)

You know sometimes I wonder

who the real prisoners
are in there.

My husband is
coming home tonight.

Tonight?

Yeah but,

but it takes him like,

you know like four hours
to unload the truck.

- Here, like teenagers, huh?
- Love it.

(Laughing)

(Giggling)

(Giggling)
Love it.

(Screaming)

Help me, help!

(Screaming)

Get down!

(Screaming)

(Screaming)

Help!

Help me!

Stop, help!

Oh God help!

Stop!

No!

No!

(Crying)

There was three lines in
the Sunday paper, page 2.

| read it, and chalked
it up to the city.

The meat grinder.

Nothing surprises me anymore.

Friday to Monday

I try to forget
about the dark side.

That's my time with Lisa.

Magic time.

She makes me forget
that I'm one stroke away

from the next bill collector.

My little girl.

She's the only
bright spot in my life.

To her I'm Superman.

They don't know
that it's not easy

when you get to be my age.

Twenty years ago
| was a great shortstop.

Good glove, good power.

Two years in the minors.

And like everything
else, it didn't last.

I don't catch
baseballs anymore

| catch bail skippers.

| hunt them for a bounty.

Losers, all of them,

records a mile long, and
| need every one of them.

They're my living.

Mom says, you get
germs when you do that.

Mom says, Mom says,
come on get your things.

| don't want to go to school.

Can't I stay here with you?

No, you won't
learn anything here.

Wanna bet?

That's a suckers bet,

you don't make suckers bets.

But you always
make a suckers bet.

You tell me you do.

You can't hide who you are.

Lisa knows what I do.

We don't talk about it,
but she knows.

Lois knew too

and it wiped out our marriage.

Daddy, can I tell
you something?

What honey?

You promised me
you'd buy me one.

Don't you remember?

| remember.

I'll buy you a TV set
for your birthday, okay?

| love you honey.

Can I drive Daddy, please?

Let me drive.

Lisa.

You let me drive last time.

- Oh
- You let me drive last time.

Alright.

Get in.

Honey, there's...

there's an envelope
in your lunch box.

Make sure that
your mother gets it.

Is it a check?

No, it's just a note.

Another one?

You just give her
the envelope, okay?

Mom says she needs the check,

or else we can't see
each other anymore.

We'll see each other.

You said that before.

You want to bet?

| love you Daddy.

| love you too honey.

Come on you
better get to school,

or else you'll be late.

How do you tell your own
kid you don't have it?

No matter how many collars
| make, it's never enough.

Penny ante, nickels
and dimes, that's me.

But I keep swinging away,
looking for the home run.

That one ball over the fence

that will make me a hero.

Charles Gardner
wouldn't make me a hero.

He was just another
nickel in a dime world.

You don't need
a gun for his kind.

Just a strong right arm

and the right pitch.

He dribbled
checks all over town

until someone
blew the whistle.

(Flute playing)

Bond jumpers,

they live in a dream world.

They think they'll
never get tagged out.

Morning there.

Good morning.

Who are you?

You, uh, Charles Gardner?

No.

Bullshit.

How rude.

My name's Kellogg,

| have bail bond papers
here that you reneged on.

You're crazy.

| don't know what
you're talking about.

Alright now you just
don't get excited, okay?

Now listen hey, whoa,
| am not who you think I am.

Just don't make it difficult.

- Now you listen.
- I'm not who you think I am.

Don't make it difficult.

I'm gonna take you
down to the station

if I have to drag you.

| am not who you think I am.

Now just stay away from me!

Get away!

Leave me alone!

Go away!

Aah!

Chuck!

Help!

Chuck, help!

Just what the hell
is going on here?

You're Chuck.

You're damn right
| am, you animal.

Chuck, get him!

Crack the guy up!

Crack the guy up!

Enough.

Sam, yeah listen.

I've got one of
your bail skippers.

Charles Gardner.

Right, the paper hanger.

Miss America spreads
10,000 in rubber checks

and doesn't know
enough to leave town.

Okay I'll see you in a little
while, I'll be right in.

Say goodbye now.

Bill Schwartz

pioneer of no frills.

High volume,

low overhead,

giver of jobs,

guardian angel

and a friend.

All wrapped up in
one big bag of wind.

What's the matter, you don't
got a home of your own.

Hey, you look
pretty awful you know.

You better go see a doctor.

How can you let
two pussy cats...

How can you let
two pussy cats

beat you up like that?

One of them was in heat.

Hey.

You don't smoke.

| know, but I'm nervous.

Alright,
what else do you want?

My money,

cash if you don't mind.

Come on I'm in a hurry.

What are you
always hurrying for?

Running here, running there.

You're gonna wind
up with an ulcer.

Stop running.

Hey, Bill, you remember that
Filipino from San Francisco

you told me about?

Cookie?

Yeah.

He's not for you, Sam,

he's a real killer.

He helped his own
wife commit hari-kari.

You don't want
to get involved.

I'm already involved.

How much?

Look you told me
no tough ones, right?

Well this is one tough one.

Now you let the
cops pick him up.

Bill, how much?

Three thousand.

What are you trying to do,

break the world's
record or something?

You know the way I figure
it, this year alone is 128,

you're a regular
king of the pitchers.

Moses, I'm drowning in bills

and you want to give
me the ten commandments.

I've had some bad luck.
What do you want from me?

Bad luck, its poor judgment.

You can't even
pick the ponies.

Every football game is fixed.

No, it's more
than that, it's Lois.

She's driving me up the
walls with back support.

Dangling Lisa in front
of me like a carrot.

Do you blame her?

You haven't even
sent her a check

for six months
for back alimony.

You got responsibilities, Sam.

You're just like your
old man you know,

you win, you lose,

you have, you don't have.

You're gonna burn
yourself out, Sam,

why don't you quit?

There's enough schmucks
in this world as it is.

Here, here's your money.

Three hundred bucks.

| could have got
my head torn off.

That's 10% of the bail,

plus a dime for
the phone call.

Look, I don't know the
bail's gonna be that low.

| don't write these things up.

You better start
reading the newspapers.

I know, I know, Bill.

I'm not blaming you.

Why don't you just give me
the file you got on Cookie?

Now look...

Alright, 129.

Thanks, Bill, I've got
a lead on him already.

Hey, bounty hunter,

| forgot to
tell you, Kruger called,

he wants you down at
headquarters right away.

The precinct.

The same smells,

the same crimes,

the same faces,

nothing changes.

Chris, tell Kruger
I'll be right up, okay.

Sam, come on.

For ten years it was home.

In a way it still is.

Howard Kruger's there,

Lieutenant Howard Kruger.

Servant of the people,

a survivor,

we understand each other.

Sam, do you believe we're
finally moving out of this dump?

Yeah, to a nicer dump.

Look, Mrs. Rizutto,

Mrs. Rizutto,
I'm gonna hang up now.

Goodbye.

You want your old job back?

Never.

Never.

Why, you getting tired
of the crime game?

Put it this way, Sam,

when you're up to
your ass in alligators

it's hard to remember
that your initial purpose

was to drain the swamp.

Oh Howie,
| mean you're profound.

Well I'm a profound person.

Well maybe this will make
you feel a little better.

What's this?

Charles "Chucky" Gardner,

| brought him
in this morning.

That's your cut.

Can't retire on this, can 1?

| know its 30 bucks,

| settled it.

What do you want from me?

Bill told me that
you had something

a little more interesting
to talk to me about.

Oh yeah.

But this is a big one.

- Sam, a big one.
- The bigger the better.

His name is

Victor Hale,

positive ID.

Likes to beat people up.

Did five and ten for turning
a pimp into mashed potatoes,

now he's doing it
to prison guards.

Pimps and prison guards, huh?

The old P and P.

Jesus, did this guy live?

Barely,

he was the second one,

there was one named
Amos last week.

Victor Hale, born
Little Rock, Arkansas,

raised, Los Angeles.

He's got a
daughter 7, same as Lisa.

Check the IQ, Sam.

Top of his class,

a jazz musician,
couple of albums.

The guy was doing
alright, go figure it.

He got out of prison

he played in some little
jazz club in New York

and got into another brawl.

A few days later he jumped
bail and turned up here.

Oh, a hunter in the
Bronx named lverson.

Harry?
| know Harry.

Yeah, that's the guy,
he has the bail papers.

You can work out your
own deal with him.

What's this?

Honey, when are you
and I gonna get it on?

Never.

Never, you know how
to break a guy's heart.

Come on, come on,
business, business.

Yeah, bail.

What about the bail?

The bail's peanuts, no bail.

So.

There's an unofficial
reward out for Victor,

twenty grand.

Twenty grand?

Somebody wants him very badly.

The Prison Guard Association.

The Prison Guard Association.

Howie, that's a big number.

Kind of makes you
wonder doesn't it, Sam?

Think they know
something we don't?

Listen,

I've got a couple of the
boys working on the case.

Yes.

But if you bring
in Victor before we do

you've got yourself
a big twenty,

less 10% of course.

Say, aren't you worried
about this place being bugged?

What's to worry?

We are both serving the
cause of justice are we not?

Yeah, sure.

This Victor does good work.

What's he use
a telephone pole?

No, but he might as well.

A little thing
called the riot glove.

Wait till you see this.

This is a thing of beauty.

There it is,

like an old roman
cestus glove.

Five pounds of lead and steel.

Impressive.

Christ, it takes two guys
just to lift the thing.

Somebody invented
it back in the '60's

during the campus riots.

Did more damage
than the billy club.

Imagine getting
hit with that, Sam.

No thanks.

Then they tried it in the
penal system for awhile.

Thing like this won't correct
anything. Don't they know that?

It was outlawed
a few years ago.

Then how did this
Victor get one?

First guard he worked over
had a private arsenal.

That was in it.

Along with all
the other riot gear.

Hey, hey, hey, hey,
my booze is in that.

Come on.

Try something else.

No, wait a minute
look at this.

I'll give you one to three
| can break that board.

- One to three, huh?
- Yeah.

One to three on what?

Ten bucks.

- One shot?
- One shot.

You got it.

That's Victor Hale, Sam.

Full riot gear and that glove.

Victor Hale.

Twenty thousand big ones.

But it wasn't all roses.

Not if Harry lverson
got there first.

In a game with no rules,
Harry was champ.

A real scalp hunter.

| had to make a play quick.

Victor's grandmother
was move number one.

Mrs. Hale?

Could be, who are you?

My name is Richard Michaels.

I'm with the
"Los Angeles Times".

I'd like to talk to you
about your grandson Victor.

| understand the police think

there's some sort of
a bizarre vendetta involved.

| quit reading the
newspapers a long time ago.

You people don't
print nothing but trash.

Most of the times |
couldn't agree with you more.

That's why I was hoping to
get Victor's side of the story.

You ain't no newspaper man

and I ain't no fool.

You've no right
to be here anyway.

Is that, that's
Victor's sister?

That's what's left of
Victor's baby sister.

After that pimp
finished with her.

He used her up and then took
a razor blade to her face.

Victor found out about it

and give him that back in kind

but Victor went to
prison for what he done.

This little gal
was in prison too, but...

she should have died that day.

There ain't much
left that's living.

Victor would know
that the trace was on.

The next move was his.

Good night sir.

Hey good buddy.

Hi, no thank you.

Hello, is George home?

| see.

Well do you expect
him home soon?

Oh no, I'll check again.

Just tell him an
old friend called.

If people didn't break
the law I'd be out of work.

I chase, job to job.

Every day needs 48 hours.

| mean every
buck's a scramble.

Contacts, payoffs,
a phone call, a favor.

It's always a
different ball park.

A different game.

And this time
it was a bookkeeper.

She took some petty cash that
belonged to a friend of mine.

My size 10's took
a pounding, but I found her,

and when I did
| could hear Lois laughing.

Big tough Sam,

nails a 85 year old lady.

It was like putting
the arm on my own mother.

Walter Stratton
is looking for you.

Mrs. Fitzgerald,
don't make a scene.

It would be better for
both of us if you didn't.

Who are you?

| work for Walter,
just like you did.

You owe him three-thousand
two-hundred dollars

Where is it?

It's not fair, it all
came out of petty cash.

Thirty two hundred
is a lot of petty cash.

He spends more than that
on his girlfriend's lunch.

That may be, Mrs. Fitzgerald,

but that's not our problem.

Do you know how much
a bookkeeper makes a week?

One hundred and
fifty dollars, at my age,

before taxes.

| have to work to starve

and I'm a widow
and that's all I get.

Mrs. Fitzgerald,
| know it's not easy.

Believe me I know.

But it would be best if
you gave me the money back.

Do they have special
jails for senior citizens?

(Announcement) This is the
last call for Tijuana, San Diego.

All aboard please.

Are these yours?

Uh huh.

Let's go.

Where are we going?

| don't think Walter
wants to put you in jail.

It would be bad
publicity for him

you understand what I mean?

What's gonna happen to me?

Look,

take the bus.

I'll tell Walter you got away,
he won't bother you. Go ahead.

No, no, no, I bought a ticket

and I spent for a couple
of meats you know

but the rest of it's
there I swear it.

| believe you, go on take it.

Go ahead.

Oh, I don't know,

| don't know what to say.

Well that takes care
of one alimony payment

and she wouldn't mind
where it came from.

Hi, I'm Susie.

I'm Mickey.

I'm Roxanne.

I'm Nadia.

And we're the Stratton girls.

You know, that's our
valley down there.

We know every
tiny street in it.

And for over 20 years now

we at Stratton Realty

have been serving
you good people.

Selling homes that
couldn't be sold

and finding dream houses
you thought never existed.

We guarantee results.

Just look for the big
smile and remember,

from Ventura to Magnolia,
past Topanga to the sea,

if the valley's what you want,

then count on Stratton Realty.

Terrific, that
was just terrific.

Girls that's sensational,

that's the best rehearsal
we've had so far.

Look, we'll shoot
it next week okay?

You can go now.

You see what I mean, Herb,

you put a little sex
in an ad campaign,

you can sell anything.

Herb, I'll see you
back at the office.

Go ahead sweetheart.

Hey, Roxanne, come here.

Listen you were wonderful.

You got a certain special
quality I really like.

You know what I mean?

- I'll see you tomorrow night.
- Thanks so much.

- Busy, huh, Walter?
- Hi ya, Sam, old buddy.

See you in a little while,
just fix yourself a drink.

Okay sweetie.

Mr. Stratton, I've got to talk
to you. | was very nervous.

Oh, why be nervous honey.

Look we're all your friends.

Hi there.

Hi, how did it all go?

It's too early
to tell right now.

Oh yeah, well you audition for me,
I'll give you an answer right away.

- Oh really?
- Why not?

That's what I always
say, I'd love to.

Oh, you look
beautiful, wonderful.

Listen I'll see you tonight.

Now here's what I'm gonna do.

Four, five,
that's too much ice.

I like ice.

My name's Sam.

Marvelous.

You know sometimes
if you have a problem,

a little drink, a little
conversation can't hurt.

Look, Sam, this
isn't a singles club

and I'm not
looking for company.

Now if you are,
| know a perfect place.

You'll have a terrific time.

Well, I see you
two have already met.

Hi ya, baby.

Tell me, Sam, is she
gorgeous, or is she gorgeous.

Charming too.

| have to talk to you, Walter.

Okay, okay, the
floor's yours baby.

Okay.

Mr. Peterson I had out
house hunting all afternoon.

All over the valley.

Well, did he see
anything he liked?

Yes, me.

Well, the customer's
supposed to like you Sheila.

Well there's a difference
between liking and touching

and I don't want to be pawed.

Do you understand?

Look Sheila, don't
take it personally.

Maybe Mr. Peterson's
a little lonely.

Well good, then he
can join the boy scouts.

Alright, alright,
look if you insist

I'll have a sign put
in the car that says,

don't touch the driver
while she's working, okay?

Look give me a couple of
minutes with Sam, will ya.

I've got to talk
some business over.

But don't go away
cause when I'm through

I've got something
terrific for you.

Sheila's a little
touchy you know,

but what the heck
aren't we all?

| got your money.

Not all of it but most of it.

She spent a little bit.

What?

How do you like that
nice little old lady?

You pay her a good salary,

give her a trusted position

and what do they give you?

The shaft.

You know something,
Sam, no more favors.

My sister made me hire her.

Where is she?

She got away.

Oh no.

An old woman, she said she's
got to go to the bathroom,

what am I gonna do,

follow her into the ladies
room and hold her hand.

But you got the money,
what difference does it make?

Yeah, you're right.

Listen it's her guilt
let her live with it.

Wait 'til she comes
to me for a reference.

There you go.

Here you go, 20% as we
agreed, and thank you, Sam.

Walter, for you
I'm always available.

Listen, we got a big
poker game tomorrow night.

You always said you wanted
to play, how about it.

Big? Big stakes?

You'll more than qualify.

- What time?
- About 8:00.

Walter telephone.

Hey listen, I'll send Sheila to
pick you up in the limo okay?

No, you don't have to do that.

Oh, I want to.

Listen I want to put a
little class in your life.

If you say so.

Yeah, but you got to remember to
keep your hands in your pockets, okay?

I'm starting right now.

Hey, I like you,
| like you, Sam.

Why don't you
come to work for me

you'd make a good salesman.

| wonder how you'd look
in one of my tee shirts?

| was on a good roll.

All of my numbers
were coming up.

| found Cookie.

Cookie was a killer,

Bill Schwartz said so.

For three grand I was putting
my head on a chopping block.

Money,

people do crazy things for it.

Please, don't.

(Gunshots)

You live on the edge,

one push and you're over.

It's easy.

There'd be a police report.

The newspapers
would pick it up.

Lisa would find out.

Sure as hell.

There'll be an inquest.

An inquest,

there's gonna be questions,
there's gonna be a deposition.

The whole schmear.

Think I'll lose my license?

No, you're not gonna
lose your license.

Well I can hear the
whole story now.

You could have let him go.

Hey, it was him, or you right?

Take it easy, Sam.
Where's your car, come on.

Tell me, Sam,

what would you like to do.

| mean if you had a choice.

All I want is to
wake up one morning

and not feel this
emptiness in my gut.

Sounds wonderful, Sam.

I'll tell you what you do.

You make a bundle,
pay all your debts,

and get the hell
out of all this.

Get out?

How?

Yesterday is yesterday.

You can't change it.

You make a mistake,
you pay your dues.

You can't let it get you down.

There are no
secrets on the street.

You can't hide.

| mean loyalty is no
different than most things,

it has a price.

Everybody, everything
has a price tag.

Hey, what's happening sweetie?

It's all the same baby.

| can dig it.

Hey boy,

why do you want to destroy the
place we have to live in for?

Huh?

What's your name boy?

Rachman.

Rachman, what
a big strong name.

You like music?

Come on up, I'm gonna let
you hear some good music.

Come on, Rachman.

Okay, come on in here.

And I'll put
my groceries away,

then I'll come out there

and I'm gonna
show you some music.

Why you still standing
out there, Rachman?

Come on in.

I'm not gonna bite you.

Come on in, Rachman.

Come on in here, Rachman.

I'm gonna let you
hear some music.

This is a guitar.

You like the blues?

You think you can play?

| bet you can, come on.

Come on.

Sit up there.

Okay?

Alright.

Now just strum it.

Yes, see two of us
can work good together.

That sounds pretty good.

Let me hold your hand

to show what we can do
if we really work together.

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Alright, Rachman.

The doctor will call
you in a few minutes.

I'll tell him your symptoms.

It's 8:26, where
are my messages.

Thank you for holding.

You've been very hot
today, Mr. Kellogg.

Miss Wright, tell me more.

Your prostate.

Yes, well I'll tell
the doctor indeed.

Anything else, fine.

Hang on a minute please.

What is this, Romanian?

No, that is shorthand.

Let's see
Mr. Steamboat Jones called.

You're associates really have
colorful names don't they?

- Miss Wright.
- What?

That's wonderful marvelously subtle
perfume that you're wearing Miss Wright.

I'm so glad you like it.

You know you've been with
us four months Mr. Kellogg

and you're three
months past due.

The perfume was
very expensive.

I'll be right with you.

Harry lverson called to say

that he had the
papers on Victor Hale.

Oh yeah, he does, does he?

Let's see what
else we have here.

You wouldn't be free for
dinner tonight would you?

Yes, oh but you're not.

- I'm not?
- Sheila called, no.

She wants you to
be ready at 7:30,

if you still want to play.

I'm sorry Miss Wright,
| forgot all about that.

Oh, well Sheila didn't.

Can I ask you something
personal Mr. Kellogg?

What, my life is
an open switchboard.

Okay.

What exactly
is a bounty hunter?

A bounty hunter
according to an 1872 ruling,

is someone who can do certain
things that the police can't.

Oh, I would just bet you can.

I'm going to catch up with
you one day, Miss Wright.

Oh I hope so.

In the meantime
I'll just have to deal

and suffice with the messages.

| know, life is hard.

(Phone ringing)

Hello.

Sam Kellogg?

Yeah, speaking.

Victor Hale.

Oh, Victor, how nice
of you to call.

Listen man, I don't
know what your story is,

or where you're coming from.

But let's get it straight.

| have no business with you,

so leave me alone.

Well man, I really
can't oblige you on that.

What's in it for you, Sam?

Twenty grand.

And I really need the money

so I mean there's nothing
personal you understand?

Just stay off
my scent hound dog.

Meaning, uh...

I'll be gone in 36 hours.

Oh come on man,
you're not gonna leave.

You're putting me on.

Frankly I don't care
what you believe.

But I'm telling
you one thing,

you better stay out of my way.

| am not going back to jail
and I have a job to do.

The police don't
know where I am

and you better hope to
God you don't either.

You hear what
I'm saying hound dog?

Yeah, I hear ya.

(Hang up)

(Knock on door)

(Knock on door)

Who is it?

Sheila.

We're not playing
strip poker, Sam.

Sheila Michaels,

blue eyes,
auburn hair, age 28.

Close.

Born in Manhattan?

Queens.

Your father was...

a furniture salesman?

You're pretty good, Sam.

| try.

You're looking desperately
for a meaningful relationship.

Wrong.

| can't win them all.

Who's Lisa?

My daughter.

She's very pretty.

Uh huh.

Where's her mother?

Well, whenever an attractive
woman comes to pick me up

| usually keep her
locked in the basement.

You're very funny.

My ex-wife lives across
town with some guy,

but she's got very long arms

cause she usually
keeps them in my pocket

and in my drawers
and she squeezes like hell.

Do you know why I'm here?

Because you can't keep
your hands off me?

I'm here to find out
how you play cards.

Now you know.

It's that I'm
not attracted, Sam,

it's like right now
| enjoy the benefits

of being the wife
of a very wealthy man,

and I will continue to do so
as long as I don't screw up.

Uh huh.

On the other hand, if you were
as rich as Walter Stratton.

One time?

You couldn't afford it.

Well, okay.

See me after the game,
maybe I'll get lucky.

Oh, you don't believe
in luck do you, Sam?

Sure.

It helps.

You're bluffing.

| never bluff.

Never?

Never.

I'll tell you what,

| have a list and...

A list of dos and don'ts.

About that.

About what?

Give you a few hints
on some of the players.

We don't have to rely that
heavily on luck now do we?

| had it made.

Walter's Sheila
was my lady luck.

After the game
| wouldn't have to chase

the Victor Hales'
of the world.

Not for awhile anyway.

Break them open there Joey.

Big card player are you?

On occasion.

That's good, let's
get them over there.

Okay, let's let
the little lady deal.

Why not?

Want a drink?

Yeah baby, freshen
this up will you?

It's the Hanover Trust,

Let's get 'em moving.

Great.

Little lady to the sixes,

deuce to the straight,

still flushing, sixes is bet.

Alright, I'll open
with two-hundred.

I'll see your two-hundred.

I'm gonna pass.

Just a mere bag of shells.

I'll have to fold,
that's too much for me.

I'll see your two-hundred.

That a boy.

Two and,

raise you two.

Baby, you're a cruel
person, a cruel lady.

Alright I'm in.

I'll see ya.

Down and dirty, Walter.

Oh, the dirtiest.

I'll check to the raiser.

| check too.

Nah, it's too rich
for me baby, I'm out.

Well, I always follow good
advice from my friend Walter.

He's never led me wrong.

| know what you mean.

1 fold.

Wait a minute, Mamie,
did you really have it?

Bupkus, Walter.

Anybody want to
borrow some money?

Oh, sure.

Oh boy.

Come on, let's really get
into some gambling now huh?

- Serious playing, huh.
- Yeah, serious playing.

This one's gonna separate
the men from the boys.

You got a good hand there.
There's four more.

Okay, I'm in.

I'll call.

Oh, goody, goody.

Kings.

Well see, when
| say I got the goods,

| means I got the goods.

I uh, have
another two-hundred.

Two-hundred dollars.

If I didn't have bad luck,

I'd have no luck at all.

The fast shuffle.

The losers were winning.

I didn't need Sheila's
phony list to tell me that.

Walter managed
his team beautifully.

He knew just what the
final score would be.

Why the hell
didn't I just get out.

Well that does it.

How's three rulers,

kings of the Congo

and Stratton
Realty thanks you.

Nice pot.

Every nickel,

every hard earned nickel
right in the toilet.

| risked my life
for that stake.

What the hell for?

Strike three, finito.

I never even got the
bat off my shoulder.

Well Stratton Realty
thanks you, Sam.

Lisa said it.

You always make
sucker bets Daddy.

Yeah, she knew alright.

| knew too.

I just didn't
want to admit it.

Well if you,

gentlemen and lady,

if you don't mind

| think I'm gonna call
it quits for this evening.

Sam, if you'd
like to cash a check.

No, Walter, I kind of think
my bio rhythms must be off

or something like that.

| got to admire you though

you're one guy that
knows when to quit.

Yeah, well nice meeting you.

Nice having you, Sam.

Sam, it was a pleasure.

Keep in touch will you, Sam?

Walter, we'll be
seeing one another.

Let's do it again, okay, Sam?

| can't wait.

Listen, I can have Sheila
take you home in the limo.

No, I think I'll take a cab.

Alright, let's deal,

let's deal the cards,

life must go on, right Walter?

Gents, Tex, let's get
down to some heavy playing.

The night is young

and my vaults are open.

Goodnight, Sam.

Some win, some lose,

thank God I can afford
to do either one.

Let's go, roll 'em.

The Walter Stratton's can
cheat and win, but not me.

| got exactly what I deserved.

Luck was no lady, not tonight.

Hello, Sam.

You're not gonna
misbehave are you?

You're good.

You're one of the
best I've ever seen.

Here's that, uh...

list of handy
hints you gave me.

Funny they didn't work.

Nothing personal.

How much did you make?

It's called, a fun fur.

| pick it up tomorrow.

You know, Sheila,
you're right.

| can't afford you.

You're a very nice man, Sam.

(Cab honking)

That'll be $7.80.

You take Bank Americard?

What the hell
are you, a wise guy?

Only kidding.

Come on, I'll
crack my piggy bank.

| don't care how you get it.

Relax.

Sam.

What the hell are you
doing sneaking around here?

Sam, I'm not sneaking around,

I'm waiting, we got
some business to discuss.

Yeah, I know.

Give me ten bucks.

Me?

Come on give me ten bucks.

Here, keep the change.

Thanks.

Listen, if you can't
use it, I'll take it.

Come on.

Real trouble comes
in a wrinkled suit

and a dirty collar.

Harry lverson was here.

Uh, this couldn't
wait until tomorrow?

Just got in, Sam.

Lieutenant Kruger,
he told me where you were.

You want a drink?

Why not?

| figured I'd bring
the bail papers over

and then we'd
get started on it.

Oh yeah.

Harry, I usually work alone.

You know that don't you?

Come on, Sam.

60/40 like old times, huh?

I'll take the short end, okay?

No, I'm not interested
in any two bit bail.

Sam,

| know about the
$20,000 reward money.

You know about the
$20,000 reward money.

| didn't come out here
because I like to fly.

The reward makes
him fair game.

| don't need any bail papers

and Harry, I don't need
you to find Victor Hale.

Come on, Sam,
don't be so hard.

I'm not getting off this one.

Okay, okay so I don't
know LA like you do

but if I start snooping
around I might get lucky

and I just might just come
up and find him you know,

then where would you be?

Be my guest.

Sam.

Harry.

Sam.

Harry.

Tell you what, Harry,

I'll make you a deal.

90/20.

90/20 what's that?

That's 110%.

You can take 10% off the top.

I'll make you another deal.

You make the collar,

you get 80% and
I'll take 20%, okay?

- That's crazy.
- Why?

Because you make the collar,

you get the 80% and
it's your town, that's why.

70130 and that's it.

| don't want to discuss
it anymore, okay.

Just stay out of my hair.

You're getting a free
ride and you know it.

Deal, Sam.

Hey, you got nothing
to worry about.

I'm invisible.

| know how you feel, Sam.

My whole life's
like a crap house.

| need to...

| think I need to relax.

| need a vacation.
| need some money.

Harry, get out.

And do what, you know
| can't do nothing else.

| mean right now, get out.

| don't want to hear anymore.

We're partners, okay?

We're partners.

Partners.

There's a nice little
motel just down the street.

Neat and clean, short walk

and we'll talk about everything
in the morning, alright?

Thank you, Sam.

(Phone ringing)

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

Hello.

Hi, Mr. Kellogg,
it's Miss Wright.

And well, Marie called in
with the flu, so here I am.

Miss Wright,
working late aren't you.

No, Mr. Kellogg I wish I could
check in with you more often

otherwise I can't
service you properly.

- The warning lights were
blinking lverson, lverson,

he had the
instincts of a piranha.

He'd eat me alive
to get at Victor.

Some partner.

He was gone,

but he wouldn't go away.

My conversation
with Miss Wright

did nothing to help my mood.

But did he say anything
else, anything further?

No, but I do have another
message for you though.

What's that?

Sometimes the phone is
so impersonal it's not fair,

you know what
| mean Mr. Kellogg.

What's the message?

Your ex-wife called and said,

that if you don't come up
with the support money fast

you can forget
about seeing Lisa.

You still there Mr. Kellogg?

I'm terribly sorry.

Victor Hale was
stilt an open file,

and so was Sheila Michaels.

I had to settle that one too.

Put it under the
heading of personal.

Hi.

How did you find me?

I'm a hunter,

| find people who
don't want to be found.

Is that mine?

I've got an appointment, Sam.

With Stratton?

Uh huh.

Cancel it.

| can't do that.

God, you're beautiful.

| don't believe you, Sam.

You get your ears boxed

and you keep
coming back for more.

Ears boxed, ears
boxed, wait a minute.

Sam Kellogg, native of
Long Beach, California,

likes to get his ears boxed.

Good potential,
high in moral quality.

Prefers wheat germ,
action and 40's music.

Not into bondage,
or threesome.

| need somebody to talk to.

I'll call Stratton.

Has William Crocker
returned home yet tonight?

Good, just tell
him a friend called

and I hope he had
a pleasant vacation.

Just a friend.

Over there?

Yeah.

Tell me, uh,

you get fun furs from
old funny Walter, huh?

Listen there wasn't
always a Walter Stratton.

Yeah.

Before Walter I was
president of the almost club.

| was almost a secretary,
almost an actress.

| was almost rich.

| was almost married twice.

What happens when
old Walter decides

he wants a new playmate?

Days gotta come
sooner or later.

| know Walter too.

I'll survive,
everything's paid for.

I'll find somebody else.

Oh come on,
it's not that easy.

The scars show you know.

But I'm a big girl.

| know exactly what I'm doing.

Meaning it's what you want?

You don't get
what you want, Sam,

you get what you need.

You're easy to talk to.

That's because you
don't really know me.

Nice guy, huh.

Thank you very much
for a wonderful evening.

Good night.

Good night.

Hey wait a minute,
this is my house.

Call the police.

Right there.

Oh man.

Tell them to
bring an ambulance.

Sam, what's happening?

Call the police.

Right, come over, come over
now it's in the alley.

Come over to
416 Sherman Canal.

(Singing)
Ooh baby...

Hey, you shouldn't have
to play all by yourself.

| don't need no company girl.

Why not?

No future in it.

| got a bottle of wine.

Cheap like me.

You know that's one thing
| never have to buy.

It's my night off.

(Recording) Listen man, I
don't know what your story is,

or where you're coming from,

but let's get it straight

| have no business with you,

so leave me alone.

Well man I really
can't oblige you on that.

What's in it for you, Sam?

Twenty grand.

1 really need the money, so I mean,
there's nothing personal, you understand?

Just stay off my
scent hound dog.

Meaning uh...

I'll be gone in 36 hours.

Can you hear the music?

- Sam I...
- Jazz.

He's probably
calling from some club.

Maybe he was
listening to a record.

No, he's out.

There's too much extra noise

and I can hear other voices.

And it's got that tinny
phone booth quality.

You can hear it if you listen.

| have been listening.

I've heard
police sirens, ambulances,

and I don't
like those sounds.

| am not going back to jail

and I have a job to do.

The police don't
know where I am,

you better hope to
God you don't either.

Hear what I'm
saying hound dog?

| hear you Victor,

and this hound dog
knows how to hunt.

You make house calls?

This is what I do, Sheila.

It's a living.

There's not that many
jazz clubs in the city.

You never can tell.

Victor's a musician,

maybe that's how
he gets it off.

This isn't the way I get off,

and I want to go home, now.

Right.

You know...

Sam, no.

No.

| can't.

| can't.

I felt like somebody had
kicked me in the stomach

and left their shoe there.

The file on Sheila was closed.

Ten hours and goodbye Victor.

Goodbye twenty grand.

Ten hours, twenty grand,

the biggest sucker bet
of my cockeyed life.

The almost club
had a new president.

Sam Kellogg makes it to third,

but never gets home.

(Phone ringing)
Yes.

Yes, Miss Wright.

Who?

Victor, put him through.

How you doing hound dog?

Ain't you ever gonna let up?

Sniff, sniff,
licking at my heels

you must want me really bad.

You got it, Victor,
| want you real bad.

Where are you?

| am on top,

and I got everything
under control.

| just called you
to say goodbye.

Now wait a minute,
Victor, you can't go.

Listen, we haven't even met.

Besides for twenty thousand

I'm gonna be
sniffing and licking

for as long as it takes.

Sounds like you
really mean that.

So I'll tell you
what I'm gonna do.

You want me,

you come and get me.

Delighted, you got an address?

1400 North Grand Avenue.

I'll be there.

I'll be waiting
on you hound dog.

Sitting and waiting.

| was back in the game.

The odds had changed.

Suddenly it was even money.

| might make
it home after all.

Hey hound dog, come on up.

Come on up here.

| been sitting up here
waiting on you hound dog.

Come on up here hound dog.

Come on up here hound dog,

I've been waiting on you.

I'm taking you in, Victor.

Oh hound dog, you tickle me.

You gonna take me in?

You take a good
look around you.

This building,

all these people
here, my people,

they're gonna eat you alive.

You're gonna take me in?

Come on hound dog.

Let's not waste time, Victor.

Time?

Time is all you got.

This Raccoon done
trapped himself a hound dog.

You're coming with me,
or you're going nowhere.

You ever kill a man, Sam?

You ever watch him die?

Does it make you rich?

Can you retire?

Oh, there's
always another Victor,

don't you forget that, Sam.

Yeah, well we all
got our problems.

Why did you work
over those guards?

Oh, the guards.

| was doing it for that
little old prison hustle

and they had a new gadget
that they had invented

that they wanted to try out

and old Victor was a victim.

And there's a
brotherhood, oh yeah.

There's a brotherhood.

They ran everything
from hard drugs

to shoestrings in that prison.

You wanted a piece
of the action right?

Sam, Sam, Sam,

that's your hustle.

| spent six months
in the hole.

You ever spend
six months in a hole, Sam.

When I got out I knew
the whole world's a lie.

Everybody lies,
but not Victor,

and they couldn't buy me.

What are you supposed
to be, the black messiah?

You spend the same money I do.

Come on, let's make it
easy on one another.

Oh, that's, that's, you took
your gun out of your pocket

that's where you made
your first mistake.

For you.

That's your second mistake.

I'm not afraid of dying.

Bullshit, you
don't want to die,

nobody does, come on.

Why don't you
put that gun away

and let's see what kind of man
you're made out of hound dog?

You kidding?

That's like two against
one, that's bad odds.

Why don't you
put the gun away?

This ought to make us even.

What do you say, Sam,

the glove, or the gun?

Your choice.

You and me,

that is glove, or the gun?

See I knew, I knew that
you were not a scary guy.

Here, hold this.

Oh good, Sam, good, Sam,

you beat the life out of me

and walk out here and
collect the reward, Sam.

Is that gonna make you free,

that gonna make
you free, Sam.

Oh, Sam, you don't
shoot nobody bad man.

You don't do no begging,

you about halfway straight.

| knew we could work this out.

| got a little girl
same as you, Sam.

Only I don't see my
little baby no more.

| don't want any of
me to rub off on her.

You still want
that bounty, Sam?

I'll wait till
| get to heaven.

Got to be careful
the kids are watching.

And they know, Sam.

Oh, they know.

(Laughing)

You know what,

| still got to
get you downstairs.

In one piece.

Nobody's gonna bother you

and no bounty this time.

No bounty?

No bounty.

Let's go wild man, let's go.

Yeah man, I'll get you
downstairs, I'll get you out.

Nobody's gonna bother you.

You're gonna go home,

and you didn't get no reward.

And I'm gonna
go to New Orleans

and I'll have some
beautiful music.

(Gunshots)

Why, Harry, why?

My collar, Sam, my collar
70 for me, 30 for you.

Why?

The guards, Sam,

the guards, they
wanted him dead.

The guards wanted him dead.

That hunter from the Bronx
finally outsmarted himself.

He got his last vacation.

The guards got
what they wanted.

Their kind of justice.

There has to be another way.

Yeah, I got the 20 big ones

and Lisa, she was back,

but how long would it last?

| wonder does anything
ever really last?

(Singing)
it's hard to play

the game of love.

When you keep choosing

and keep losing
like a last time.

But still you try

to beat the odds.

Although you wonder

if love is still in the cards.

Then all at once

you heart will know.

The way it feels to want

and need somebody soon.

Like this old world

the wheel keeps turning

and you can win
the game of love.

The hand you're holding

you're not ever letting go.

Like this old world

the wheel keeps turning

and you can win
the game of love.