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Open this door, Cap.

Why did you sneak in?

Why did you lock the door?

Mom, stop bugging me.

Where did you get this?

What have you been doing?

Mom, I bought it from a guy.

We use it for target practice.

What's the matter with me?

Why can't I believe you?

Because you're getting like Pop, that's why.

You got to believe the worst.

Your father is a detective.

Haven't you got any sense?

No, I haven't got any sense.

And I haven't got any character, either,

just like he's always told you!

Cap, he wants to be your friend.

You won't let him.

You dropped out of school.

You're never home.

You never talk to him.

Mom... please...

don't tell him about the gun.

Could hear you all the way down the hall.

What's going on?

Why, nothing, honey.

Nothing.

Come on, honey.

Dinner's ready.

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Here, Eve.

I'm so nervous, Peggy.

Maybe I shouldn't have come.

Oh, Eve, you did the right thing.

Mrs. Chancellor?

Please come in.

Oh, please, sit down.

Peggy tells me this is about your son.

Yes. Cap.

I didn't know who else to turn to.

Peggy's husband and mine started work

on the force at the same time.

Well, maybe we can help you.

If my husband knew I'd come to see a private investigator,

he'd go through the roof.

Most police detectives would.

Jim more so.

He has to prove something.

Well, that's up to you, Mrs. Chancellor.

It can't hurt to talk about it, Eve.

Cap came home with a gun last night.

I took it away from him.

When I woke up this morning, he was gone.

He'd taken the gun with him.

Do you have any idea where he might be?

No, but I found this list of addresses in his room,

hidden in the back of a drawer, and, um,

here's a snapshot of Cap.

Peggy,

see if you can make any sense out of this, huh?

Right.

Mrs. Chancellor, does your husband know about the gun?

No.

Is he out looking for your son?

No.

He's too angry at him.

Besides, Jim's working on a big case.

The Guardian Armored Car robbery.

Yeah, I read about that.

Uh, two guards killed, $350,000 still missing.

Besides that list of addresses,

is there anything else you can tell me?

We have the generation gap, too, Mr. Mannix.

You're that far apart, you and Cap, huh?

Well, the building on top of the ground is bad,

but the foundation is still all right, I think.

Good. Now, he may try and phone you.

If he does, stall him, and then find a way

to get in touch with us to tell us he's on the line,

hmm?

All right, I'll do my best.

Thank you, Mr. Mannix.

And try not to worry.

All warehouses.

All?

All.

Do you think Cap's planning to bust one of them?

I don't know.

I just hope he calls her.

Hello.

Oh, Cap, honey.

Hold on; the water's boiling over.

Get Mr. Mannix's office.

Hello, Cap?

Honey, you don't know how much we've missed you.

If you've done anything wrong, we can straighten it out.

I know we can.

Look, Mom, please don't cry.

I know it's been three days, but everything's all right.

I'm just fine.

I got a few things I got to work out, that's all.

Yes, Dan, I've got Mannix on the car phone.

Hurry, please.

Hang on. We're getting it.

Right. Right.

Thanks a million.

Pay phone at Fifth and Columbia.

Right.

Mom, stop worrying about me.

No, I don't want you to know where I'm living.

I got to be on my own for a while.

Cap, please.

Mom, I can't just stand here talking to you all day.

I got to go.

I'll call you again.

Hey, that's mine!

Cut it, cut it...!

Cut it out, you punks! Now, cut it!

Cut it out! Cut it out!

He stole my money! Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Cut it out!

He stole my money!

What are you, some kind of a hothead?

Maybe I ought to call the cops.

Cops? Listen, my old man's a cop.

He'll make it real rough on me.

Yeah, well, you should have thought of that before.

That's your problem.

Come on, Mister, please let me go.

Come on. He'll kill me.

Oh, beat it.

Thanks.

Wasn't that Mannix?

Yeah, and that looked like Jim Chancellor's kid.

I want to see Mannix.

Lieutenant Chancellor to see you.

Hello, Chancellor. Sit down.

An hour ago, you were seen chasing my kid.

I was?

Where was he headed?

I don't know. I lost him.

Why were you following him, Mannix?

Your wife's a friend of Peggy's.

She told her Cap had left home.

Oh, and that just made your heart bleed,

so you had to go after him.

You're really uptight, aren't you, Chancellor?

Now you just stay out of my family affairs, Mannix.

If my kid's missing, I'll be the one to find him.

Pardon me.

5:00, pal.

We're closing.

Well, my name is Mannix.

I'm a private investigator.

Have you had any robberies or trespassers lately?

Not that I know of, but I just came back from my vacation.

I'll ask the night watchman.

He just came on.

Hey, Eberhard...

we have any trespassers while I was gone?

Nope.

Uh, the name of this warehouse, along with ten others,

was on a list belonging to the kid

that was in that fight you broke up today.

You saw that?

Yeah. Coincidence, huh?

Yeah.

Can you tell me anything about it?

Mr. Mannix is a private investigator.

Beats me.

How long have you worked for this company?

Six years.

And you've never seen that boy before?

No, never.

Thanks.

Anytime.

Right, Dan.

Okay, but keep on trying, huh?

Thanks.

Any luck?

Not yet.

His father's turning the whole town upside down.

Sure hope you get to Cap first.

Look, uh, Peggy, call his school.

Maybe they can tell us something.

That coffee hot?

Yeah. But he's a dropout.

He's been out of school for over a year.

Yeah, I know, but kids don't always drop their friends.

It's a chance.

Hey, Mister!

Mister!

What do you know?

Oh. It's you again.

Yeah.

What's going on?

How come some private eye named Mannix shows up

where I work with a list he says belongs to you?

A list of warehouses.

How come you keep showing up all the time?

What list? What are you talking about?

Come on. You know what list!

Stop playing games.

Oh, that list.

Well, I told you... My old man's a detective.

I mean, that was his list.

He's on the armored car robbery.

Maybe he was checking those places out for the loot!

How come a private eye?

How would I know?

Maybe he works

for some warehouse association or something.

You must have read about the case.

350 grand missing, and not a cent's ever showed up.

Hey, you work in a warehouse?

That's wild!

That's really way-out.

Maybe he's looking for you.

For me?

I'm a night watchman, kid.

I'm aiming for Social Security, that's all.

Well, that's okay with me.

I mean, you did me a favor yesterday.

I just wanted to say thanks.

Okay, you said it.

I think your hunch paid off.

Cap had one special friend at school.

A kid named Rich Gaines; also a dropout.

Where does he live?

112... Berkeley Street.

Come on, Rich!

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One-way.

Hold it right there, Mannix.

All right, Mannix,

I want to know who you're working for

and what you were doing there.

Don't push me, Lieutenant.

I'm on a case.

Yeah?

Who's your client?

Now you know better than that.

Someone saw you climbing the roof of the warehouse

and called us.

The act of a responsible citizen.

What were you doing up there?

My job.

That's all you have to say?

That's it.

All right.

I can book you on illegal entry.

But you won't.

I want to know what's going on.

Now what were you doing in that warehouse?

Sorry, Lieutenant.

I can't tell you that.

Now, if you're not gonna book me...

I'll be on my way.

"Thought to be an inside job."

Hm.

The police got anything that wasn't in the papers?

Only that the explosive was placed under the hood

shortly beforehand,

and it was detonated by radio.

Radio... Something strike you?

Yeah.

I happen to know someone who's just great with radios.

Eberhard tells me a detective pulled you in last night.

What were you doing here?

Following someone who didn't make a move.

Say, I'd like to look at Eberhard's employment records.

Eberhard? Why?

Any objection?

No. No, not really.

Just that I'm surprised.

He's the best man we ever had here on this job.

You could use a little air-conditioning.

Eberhard was loaned to the Guardian Armored Car Company?

That was over a year ago.

You trying to tie him in with that?

Coincidences are piling up a little.

He was on duty here the night of the robbery.

How do you know that?

I was here when he checked in, and when he checked out.

Besides...

here are his punch tapes.

You can look for yourself.

The robbery took place at 2:10 in the morning,

and it was across town.

Eberhard punched in at 2:00 a.m.,

and then again at 2:12.

He couldn't possibly.

That'd make a perfect alibi, wouldn't it?

How about his punch clock?

Don't you ever give up?

That's how I earn my living.

Being stubborn.

Well, uh, thanks.

What's that you're copying?

Eberhard's former addresses.

You're barking up the wrong tree, Mannix.

Well, maybe.

But if you bark up the wrong tree long enough,

sometimes, someone from the right tree might come down.

Mr. Mannix.

Mrs. Chancellor. Come in. Come in.

Please.

Thank you.

Uh, what have you found out?

Is Cap all right?

Mrs. Chancellor...

I think Cap and his friend Rich Gaines

are mixed up in something big.

What?

The, uh, Guardian Armored Car case.

I don't believe it.

Cap a killer.

Well, now, I don't think it's as bad as that, Mrs. Chancellor.

Not from what little I know.

You see, a man named Eberhard lived

in an apartment at 112 Berkley Street.

And, now, Rich Gaines lives there.

But I don't understand.

I got a feeling that they ran into something

tying Eberhard into the Guardian case.

Now, my guess is that he is the one involved

and that Cap and Rich are planning

to take the money he's hidden.

Then they haven't done anything yet?

As far as I know, all they've done is break into a warehouse.

Then stop them before it gets any worse.

Mrs. Chancellor...

I think your husband ought to know.

No, he'll arrest Cap.

I know he will.

Well, he might arrest Cap, but, uh,

isn't that better than gunplay

or having Cap run away and never come back?

I don't want Jim to know.

I told you to stay out of my affairs, Mannix.

He's just Peggy's boss.

You hired him.

You hired him!

He's helping us, Jim!

All right, out with it! All of it! Say it!

All right!

Yes, I hired him!

To find Cap.

So that's why you were following him.

Your wife was worried.

You didn't even try to find him.

Tr-Try to find him?!

I spent 17 years trying to find him!

Maybe it was time for him to do a little finding...

and maybe being off on his own would do it for him.

You are blind.

You don't see what's going on.

Well, I might, if it weren't going on behind my back.

Oh, you're a tough cop!

You only see what you want to see!

Yes, I'm a tough cop. I have to be.

You don't have to be hard and cruel

and cut your son out of your life!

All right, Mannix, where's the boy?

I can't tell you that unless your wife...

He was the one who broke into the warehouse, wasn't he?

Now, where is he?

I can't tell you, Jim,

unless I get permission from my client.

Your client.

Well, you're not on this case anymore; you're fired.

Don't tell him, Mr. Mannix.

I said he's fired!

Now, fire him.

Fire him!

Mr. Mannix, go to Cap.

Mannix, I'll follow you.

I'll follow you.

When you contact him, I'll pick him up.

You'll destroy us all!

Who are you calling? My secretary.

I'm going to tell her

to let Cap know you're after him.

He broke the law.

He broke the law.

You're aiding and abetting a criminal!

Tell him he's through.

Tell him he's through!

Tell him!

I'm sorry, Mr. Mannix.

I have to do what my husband tells me to.

Okay, Jim.

I'm off the case.

All right.

It's police business now.

Where is he?

112 Berkley Street.

Who's in it with him?

Rich Gaines, Caucasian.

Take it easy, Mrs. Chancellor.

He always wins.

There's nothing I can ever do.

There's something you can do this time.

What?

Hire me back.

Who's there? Who is it?

Stop worrying.

It's me.

Hi.

Oh. Everything go okay with Eberhard?

Perfect.

I tailed him home just for kicks.

You are too much.

Hey, tonight is the night.

I went by the diner yesterday, said thanks.

Eberhard was a little shook up, but he bought it.

You went and talked to him?

Are you out of your woolly-headed mind?

Easy, Rich.

Cool it.

We know he's running scared.

He already bought a ticket for Switzerland.

Yeah, but I wanted to nail it in.

And what if he panics and changes his mind?

He won't.

The day you found that sketch here things changed.

You used to be cool, real cool.

But you got a family.

That's your hang-up.

Since your old man is involved,

you're like in a sweat all the time.

Shut up, Rich.

Just shut up!

We do it my way, or I'm out!

Okay. Okay.

We take the gun,

and we stay with Eberhard all day.

As long as he doesn't change his plans, we got him bagged.

Yeah.

All right. That's better.

All right, right there is just fine.

Now what are you punks up to, huh?

Why the gun?

You must be flipping out.

We're not up to anything.

Now, I want an answer.

Your mother put a private detective on you.

I fired him.

Pop, are you trying to say you did that as a favor?

Now, what were you doing in that warehouse?

He followed you there, didn't he?

We were just scouting around.

What for?

Why? Was anything missing?

Now you keep your mouth buttoned up.

What makes you think everything I do is no good?

Why are you always jumping to conclusions?

Maybe it's not what you think it is.

Then you explain it.

Real simple, so I can understand.

I... Cap, cool it.

I told you... buttoned!

What for? I'm not under arrest.

I got a right to talk.

Buttoned!

Now, why did you leave home,

what are you doing with a gun,

and what were you doing in that warehouse?

Nothing.

Now, Cap, you lay it out,

or so help me, you're going to jail!

My dad.

His big moment.

He gets to book his own son.

You didn't have to do that.

I'm going to tell him.

No, you're not.

Oh.

Give him this.

Here, Pop.

What did you put in that water?

He needs a few hours' rest.

He'll float.

You shouldn't have done it.

You should have asked me.

We had to do it.

We?!

You mean you.

He would have staked out the warehouse.

Now, this is going to work out just the way you want it.

He's so tough when he's on his feet.

Lying down, he's just like everybody else.

Yeah, well, we got work to do.

Let's get out of here.

Okay.

Let's do it.

Don't touch a thing.

Now, Peggy, send an ambulance to Rich Gaines's apartment.

Then get the police to keep an eye

on Transglobe's Flight 137 to Switzerland.

Yeah, Eberhard's booked to leave on that flight at midnight.

The kids?

No, but I'm going to try and find them.

What's that you found?

A man named Eberhard once live in this room?

Yeah, that's right.

Oh. Do you remember

if Rich Gaines ever went through the trash?

Well, as a matter of fact,

the second day he was here, he asked my wife

if he could go through the trash and look for a sock.

That buddy of his went down with him.

It's all beginning to add up.

What's that paper?

Oh, this? Uh, this is what Gaines found in the trash.

Could be worth $350,000.

Maybe I ought to call and see if he's okay.

Suppose the place caught fire or something.

Forget it.

By tomorrow morning, he'll be a new man.

So will you.

All we have to do is keep tabs on Eberhard.

What's he doing?

My old man said he was off the case.

Your old man was lying.

You were sensational, buddy boy.

Sensational.

That gives us a clear field.

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The doctor said to stay in bed until morning.

Now, Jim... Yeah.

I'm going after them. Don't go.

Don't, Jim.

They almost killed me.

Not Cap.

He wouldn't.

Ah, you don't know your own son.

They have to be stopped.

Someone else can stop them.

Mannix?

Jim, I need you.

I need Cap, too.

Please, don't go.

Get my clothes.

Chancellor, the two boys are in there.

Hold it, Mannix.

Will you stop being so stubborn and listen for a change?

Turn around. I'm handcuffing you to the car.

While you're doing that, you might as well look in my pocket.

There's a sketch there showing exactly

how the Guardian Armored Car was hijacked.

Yeah, that's right.

Where'd you get this?

It used to belong to Eberhard, the night watchman.

But he was on duty here at the warehouse

the night of the robbery.

Yeah, but he jimmied the punch clock

so the tapes would tell a different story.

He had plenty of time to go over and blow up that armored car,

kill two guards and get back here with the money.

Money's in the warehouse?

Yeah, I think so.

The boys made contact with Eberhard

by staging a phony fight.

Then they scared him by saying you were on his tail.

They're up there waiting for him to make his move,

which is gonna be tonight.

Uh-huh.

Chancellor, don't try this alone.

Eberhard's a killer and the boys are in there.

It's my case, Mannix, and it's my son!

You know, I was always told

when a cop got personally involved in a case,

he either withdrew or came with a partner.

Maybe this ax is a little too big for you to grind.

Yeah, well, they tried to kill me.

One of them.

The other one put a pillow under your head.

Mannix, I want to handle my own problems.

Yeah, so much so,

you'd risk destroying your son and your wife

while I'm locked to this car.

Well, maybe you're right.

Alone is one thing I learned

not to do first day on the force.

Come on.

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Sonny.

I'll take the hardware.

You almost had me fooled,

you punks, and you blew it.

You know why?

Because you don't know your own father.

If Chancellor was suspicious of me,

he'd have had me down at the station house

ten times a day.

When he didn't, I figured something was wrong.

I don't know how you got on to me,

but it doesn't matter.

Because all I gotta do is kill the both of you,

and it'd look like I was doing my job.

You kill us and you're finished.

You know that.

What have I got to lose?

All right, come on.

Go over there.

Grab that torch.

Cut off the end of that air compressor.

You know, Eberhard, you're a smart guy.

You met us only a couple of times,

you figured this out perfectly.

Me, I'm smart, too.

I know when someone's got the upper hand.

Listen, uh... I got an idea.

You shot him.

I didn't shoot him.

You did.

Now get to work, pal.

I'm gonna take that loot,

and then I'm gonna have to kill you.

You and Eberhard just had a shoot-out.

That's the way it lays out.

Some joke.

Rich, you can't mean it.

Rich, you can't.

We were in this just to show my Pop!

We were gonna bring him the dough,

split the reward.

Get going!

Come on, Rich.

Put the gun down.

Get to work, boy!

Rich, listen.

Hurry up!

Hold it, Rich.

There's a gun on you.

Pop, are you all right?

You stepped right in front of him, Pop.

You walked right in front of his gun!

Should I...

Should I call an ambulance or should I stay with you?

I better stay with you.

We need an ambulance!

We need an ambulance!

Rich!

Now, you don't want to pull that trigger, Rich.

You don't want to shoot someone else, especially

since it's not gonna do you any good.

Besides... you still haven't got the money.

It's back there where Eberhard left it.

I don't care.

I-I'm alone in the world,

and either I'll kill you and get out,

or you'll kill me.

And either way it's okay with me.

Get me the police.

Pop?

Please be all right.

Please don't die.

Whatever you do, don't die.

I'll change.

I'll listen.

I need you, Pop.

I really need you.

Don't give up, Pop.

Don't give up.

Listen, I'm sorry about what I did to you and Mom.

I-I just wanted you to see...

I-I just wanted you to see that I was worth something.

Pop...

The ambulance is on its way.

Hang on, Pop.

Hang on.

Don't die.

Him?

No way.