All language subtitles for The Rockford Files S05e08 A Good Clean Bust With Sequel Rights_prob3

That Falcone is not
the guy on the screen.

That's just an actor
playing Falcone.

The street,
she's like a lady.

She can kiss you or kill you,
but she'll never bore you.

He's got a TV series,
books.

I think you ought to look on
him as more of a celebrity

rather than just a cop.

Two men tried to kill me
a couple of hours ago.

They were serious
and so am I.

Is this 25,000 reward
legitimate?

They pay off.

This is Jim Rockford,

At the tone, leave your name
and message.

I'll get back to you.

Jim, have to thank you for talking
over my problems with me last Tuesday night.

love you for it, but can you have lunch
tomorrow and talk about the divorce?

I'm real bummed out.

Next, Falcone over
most of these same stations,

Here it comes.

Sonny, hurry up,
you're gonna miss it.

Yeah,
all right, all right.

Come on.

Now wait till you see this.

Come on, come on, come on.

I'll be right there!
Freeze, turkey!

There!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Anyway, that's the part
that I really like.

Ain't that something
the way he says,

"Freeze, turkey,"
out real loud like that.

"Freeze, turkey!"
Ain't that rich, though, huh?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

A good frozen turkey cost you
about $18 if it's corn fed.

I'm sorry you ruined
your dinner, but...

Well, you were the one said you
never seen Frank Falcone's TV show.

So I figured that as long
as you and the real Falcone

is gonna be friends,

the least you could
do is see his TV show.

Supposing he came up to you and
said, "Did you ever see my TV show?"

Yeah, well, I'll just tell him I've
been re-reading Ibsen and Proust

and back him down with a lot
of intellectual gobbledygook.

Besides, I doubt very much if
Mr. Falcone and I are gonna hit it off.

Are you kidding?

A world-famous policeman and
a world-famous private eye,

you guys are
gonna have a ball.

Dad, that's not Falcone
on the screen.

That's just an actor
playing Falcone.

Maybe it's news to you,

but real cops don't tend to get
all choked up over private I's.

Well, he ain't no ordinary
run-of-the-mill cop.

He's retired for one thing,
he's got a movie,

he's got a TV series,
he's got books.

Well, I think you ought
to look on him as...

Well, more like a celebrity
than just a cop.

I don't even know what I'm
really supposed to be doing.

The insurance.

You're supposed to
palsy-walsy around with him.

That don't seem too difficult
to understand to me.

No. What Bob Parsons said was
I'm supposed to baby-sit Falcone.

He doesn't seem like the kind of
guy that needs much baby-sitting.

Yeah, come to think of it,
I can't think of nothing he couldn't do.

You could put him in any situation
and he don't need no one.

He don't need you
to help him out. Dad...

Because he has got
the guts of a burglar

and nerves of steel.
Dad...

And when he is on a case,

he is gonna end up
bringing them bad guys

because he is relentless
and he stalks the night.

Freeze, turkey!
That's it!

That's just the way
he says it.

"Freeze, turkey!"

I didn't figure on this,
Jim.

I can't believe that
you're turning me down.

Bob, we've always
had an understanding

about the type of work
I do and don't do.

Yes, I know, I know.

But Fun Toys is
a big account.

The problem came up in a meeting.
Your name was mentioned.

Before I could
get control of the ball,

they were sold on you,
moving to the next case.

I couldn't pull you out of this
and keep our relationship intact.

Are you telling me
either I do this job

or forget about
Boston Casualty?

More.

I'm putting this on
a personal basis, Jim.

I want you
to do it for me.

You're really
pushing on this one, Bob.

I have to.

The pressure's coming
from all levels.

Our company's heavily into a mutual
fund that owns a lot of Fun Toys stock.

Now if that stock drops,
it pulls the mutual's performance down.

Frank Falcone can
affect the stock market?

Mmm-hmm, his image
is on the next toy line.

Falcone is something of a...
How should I put it?

A Peck's bad boy.

They have to keep him clean for
the launching of the toy show.

Falcone's his
own worst enemy.

In a highly
competitive field.

Will you listen to
the toy maker's side, please?

Jeff Seals, their PR man, will just
step the whole thing out for you.

Look, we could be
agonizing over nothing.

I mean, there's a chance Falcone
won't even go along with the plan.

Is everything all right,
Mr. Falcone?

Oh, it's beautiful, kid,
beautiful.

Oh, good, good.
Thank you.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you.

Lohan,
it's good to see you.

Falcone is at
the hospitality showing.

Did Parsons
connect the dots for you?

No, no, no,
just the overview, Jeff.

I see.

Jim, toys are the hardware
of a child's dreams.

I guess Welles said it all in
Citizen Kane with the Rosebud ending.

Well, he said it all
for me, anyway.

Jim, we are scrutinized
by special interest groups,

we're victimized
by the whims of children.

And our forecasters saw a
backlash on the horizon.

A reaction
to the liberal,

passive, permissive
attitude towards crime.

It looked like vigilante time
was just up the pass.

So we signed Falcone and we
built a line of toys around him.

And in a few days,
we're going to launch that line of toys

and sit back and watch the
buyers for heavy breathing.

But, as you know, the Falcone legend
has been told many different ways

and this last time it was by
his former partner, Walt Wexler.

And, unfortunately, the toys and
the man are closely identified.

There's a complete line
of police toys under his name.

Oh, and I'm supposed to keep
the name and the legend clean?

Yes.

If you could
low-profile Falcone

just until we get
the toy line launched.

Nothing more.

Just your being with him
will have a calming affect.

Just like a steer
with a fighting bull.

That could be the worst
analogy I have ever heard.

Well, Jim knows what I mean.

Don't you, Jim?

Falcone is not
an unreasonable man. He's...

Impulsive?
You got it.

Why don't you put it back
on the street, honey?

Who is this... This person?

What's the problem,
Frank?

She was hustling
johns at the showroom.

We're aware of Linda's
one-on-one hospitality program.

See me later,
Linda.

I didn't get the tie-in.
I figured with toys and kids.

You guys worry about images.
How would you explain a hooker?

This is Jim Rockford,
a private investigator.

I told you before,
no bodyguards.

It wouldn't look right.

Well, I have to agree.

The Falcone image is
a man alone by himself,

without help.

That's right.

That's TV.
We're toys.

Frank,
it's in your contract.

Now, why don't you two just have
a couple of drinks together?

I'm sure you could
become pals.

You mind if I ask you
a personal question?

Well, it depends.
How personal?

You like that guy
they got playing me on TV?

That's not too personal.

Well, it's personal to me.
I think I should have played it.

But they wanted to go along with this
guy 'cause he played me in the movie.

I think he's kind of wooden.
What do you think?

Well, to tell you the truth, Mr. Falcone,
I don't really watch too much television.

Listen, I know,
spare me, spare me.

You've probably been home
reading Hamlet or something.

I hear that
all the time.

Nobody likes to admit they watch
TV, everybody's an intellectual.

Well, personally,
I think the guy stinks.

That's my personal,
for damn sure, opinion.

How are the ratings?

That Seals
is some PR man.

The hooker didn't
even know who I was.

She does now.

How'd you spot her?
She didn't come on to you, did she?

I got the eyes.

How long
were you down, man?

Down where?

Down home, man.

Five years.
I didn't know it showed.

Not to your average cop,

but I told you,
I got the eyes.

Hey, Frank.
It's Augie!

Augie!

The Hollywood outfit
threw me, Augie.

Oh, well.
I'm back into movie producing now.

Oh.

Frank. Can I talk
to you a minute?

Hi.

Hi. I'm Jim Rockford.

I'm Debbi, with an "I."

One "B" or two?

Two.

What would you like to do?

Would you care
to sit down and talk?

Great.

I'm exhausted.

Yeah, I guess movie producers
are pretty demanding, huh?

Yeah, really! It's
a demanding industry.

Augie and Frank seem
like they're close friends.

Really. From Chicago.

Augie's film credits
are all from back there.

He, like, really needs
local connections.

Is that why the secrets?

No,
it's something else.

Augie said Frank would want
to know about it right away.

I needed this.

Wexler's your ex-partner.
I figured you should know.

It doesn't fit.

It comes from
an impeachable source.

Your cousin Leo?

Listen, Frank, I need some intros.
I got the experience.

Experience?

Come on, you held a floodlight
and steadied a tripod.

There's no market for that
kind of film anymore, Augie.

I'm talking about big screen.

I learned one thing
out here. Film is film.

Thanks, Augie.
I gotta get out of here.

Debbi?
I'll be in touch, Frank.

Right.

Was that bad news?

No, he's just a flake
from the cop days.

Everybody wants something,
you know.

Why don't we get
something to eat, huh?

No, listen, why don't we
get away from all this vinyl.

Let's take a walk.
Let's hit the city.

No, no.
That's exercise.

The fresh air's at the beach.

How long we gonna
keep walking?

Well, I got a tip on a joint that has
some great chili just a few blocks away.

You're really wound up.

It's the street,
she's like a lady.

She can kiss you or kill you,
but she'll never bore you.

You got that straight
from Falcone.

I thought maybe that stoolie
gave you some bad news.

Augie?

You figured him
for a stoolie?

I got the eyes.

I think
this is the joint.

Bowl and a beer.

Two, huh?

All right.

All right, let's go.
Break, come on.

What's bugging you?
What's got you so wired?

It's life, man.
Look around.

You see a couple of bums
here sucking on beer,

hanging around this toilet,
hustling tables.

Hey, Tommy,
you see what I see?

Yeah.

You think maybe
the Friars are in town,

or these two bozos
fall out of the sky

all dressed up
for Sunday school?

Hey! Hey!
You're talking to me, fathead?

Hey, now, Frank,

I'm sure he's just making
a general observation

about somebody
we don't even know.

Maybe that I was,
maybe that I wasn't.

Aren't you gonna make up your mind?
You're just gonna hit reverse?

Huh?

You see, Jimmy, what we got here
is a couple of inner-city nitwits.

They're too stupid
for the parks

and the pigeons were beating
them out of their bread crumbs,

so they snuck up here to
have some beer and belch

and burp and...

Put a stopper in it,
will you, Frank?

No, man, say it again!

Where do you get off, anyway?

Oh, you're beautiful.

Ain't they a stitch,
these two guys?

"Where do you
get off, anyway?"

You see, this...
Now this guy, see, he thinks he's tough.

He cuts off his sleeves
'cause he thinks he's tough.

And then
his partner over here,

he's the drooler,
he's the big intellectual.

"Where do you
get off, anyway?"

That's terrific,
they're really beautiful.

All right,
where are we, here?

You're not gonna
believe this, pal.

Follow that cab?

Yeah.

Yes, sir.

Keep it.

The guy that just came in
here, where'd he go?

Upstairs.

Well, what room?

Wexler's, 314.

You're turning into a crud!
I can't believe it!

All right, now, you had your
say, I want you to leave, now!

No... Now listen to me.
You're an idiot, you know that?

Oh, really? Is that why
I've never done your TV show?

That's right, they don't use
idiots on TV. Right, Frank?

All right,
just listen to me.

No, you listen to me!
Two years.

Two years, I don't
hear nothing from you.

Oh, all of a sudden I'm supposed
to grow points on my ears, huh?

Well, I'll tell you something,
you get out now. Go!

Frank,
what the hell are you doing?

Want to
listen to Walter now.

You're crazy, Falcone,
you know that? Crazy!

Okay, are you
gonna stop now, huh?

Break it up, Frank!
Frank!

Okay' okay .

Easy.

Now, I want it understood
that this man here

had absolutely nothing
to do with it.

Frank, you have no statement
to make at this time.

We're prepared
to set bond.

We're working on it.
You're free to leave, Jim.

Has Wexler signed
a complaint?

No, he's under sedation
at the hospital.

A broken thumb and dislocated
shoulder can be very painful.

This whole thing has
blown way out of proportion.

Now, I've known Wexler
for years.

What you have here
is a domestic dispute.

Frank.

Since you have no complaint and Mr. Falcone
is obviously a man of prominence...

I'm aware of that and I'm doing
everything I can to expedite his release.

Now, the man is doing
all he can, Mr. Seals.

If it was just my decision.

What's the problem here?

Oh, Captain Gene Lindner,
this is Frank Falcone.

I know who he is
and I know what happened.

I want to know why these men
aren't being booked.

Well, Mr. Rockford
is not involved

and I'm trying to
set bond for Mr. Falcone

since the third party involved is unable
to confirm what actually happened.

We have the arresting
officer's statements?

Only on Mr. Falcone.
Rockford's been cleared.

Then book Mr. Falcone
and get Rockford out of here.

What's going on?

They're booking Falcone.

What?

Rockford had
nothing to do with it.

Did you get that?
Nothing.

What happened, Jim?

Falcone slipped away from me.

Before I could catch up with
him, it was all over.

You see? Nothing.

The National Guard
couldn't keep up

with Falcone
if he was running loose.

Well, you know the
type of man he is, Bob.

You signed him.

That's a good angle, in case
I have to talk to the press.

If you take a man out of his
natural environment, the gutter,

and you deny him an outlet for
his deep-rooted hostility...

No, that's not good.

We'll have to get something
as juicy as the real story.

Which is?

Toy company hero beats up former
partner in a brutal act of vengeance.

Listen, I am not holding you
responsible entirely, Bob.

But let's not
compound the disaster.

Bob?
Yeah?

There is more to this
than just a simple beating.

Not for you, Jim.

Wait a minute.

I'm out of it?

You heard Seals.

Quite honestly, I have to agree.
You did nothing.

Well, what was I supposed to do?
Chain him to a lamppost?

What you were paid to do,
that's all.

You need 313“ guy
for the account.

Well, I hope that's enough.

In the meantime,
I'll send you a check.

It'll be a final check.
Final?

Final, after all the lumps I've
taken for good old Boston Casualty?

One strike and I'm out?

If I were to use you again,

the second strikeout
would be mine.

Sorry, Jim.

Well, wake him up.

Scotty' II love it.

I've been talking to his hero,
Frank Falcone, the real Frank Falcone.

Right, the TV program.

Lost your best friend, Jim?

Close.

That account was good for five
or six grand a year, every year.

Well, you shouldn't take those personal
protection cases. They're dynamite.

Hey, Scotty, you'll never guess
who we got in here tonight.

And he's a personal
friend of mine.

Frank Falcone!
That terrific?

No, not the TV actor,
the real guy.

Yeah, the real detective.
I'm not kidding.

Yeah, look,
I'm in a county hospital.

Falcone busted me up.

He must know the whole story.

He's running around with
some guy named Rockford.

Yeah, Rockford.
I don't know.

He's some kind
of private cop.

Okay, right.

Hey, what is it?

Fish stew.

Where'd you get
the recipe?

It's my own recipe.

And it's a lot better than Frank
Falcone's eating right now.

Well, you're acting like it's
my fault Falcone's in jail.

No, I'm not. I just... Well, it seems
to me like someone ought to find out

the real reason
for that fight.

They think
they got the reason.

Anyway, I am out of it.

I'm also out of
Boston Casualty.

I'll make up
the loss somehow.

My only consolation is that
I am through with Falcone.

And that ends the discussion.

Gives it flavor.

Oh, I thought we would never
get out of that jail building.

What a night.

It wasn't an escape, turkey.
You posted bond.

What's the big deal?

Listen, I have been up
all night catching flak.

I've got all ten fingers
in the dike.

What's the worst
that can happen?

You went to jail, Frank.
Jail.

You know, Fun Toys could
scuttle the whole Falcone line.

They could cancel your
participation in the profits.

Your salary,
your expenses.

What about our contract?

Null.

Abrogated.
Once that board meets, that's it.

Now, you've violated the
responsible behavior clause.

You went out
and beat up an ex-partner,

who had written
a critical book about you.

Wexler couldn't write a police report.
He didn't write that book.

He spilled it out to some guy
who wrote it out for him.

I am trying to come up
with some reason

that we can make that fight

into a sort of
macho-camaraderie thing.

You got an idea?

Wexler won't press charges.
Believe me.

That's not the point.

There's a chance that I can
glue this thing together.

Well, Rockford's gone.

At least we hired a reputable
security man this time.

Keep those news hawks
off your back.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Whatever.

Some day, right?

Yeah.

What's going on here?

Tell my partner on the
beach to get out here!

Look over there.

He's caught on the fly.
Hey, what's going on?

What happened?
Did he jump?

Is he all right?
Is anybody hurt?

As I was saying before,
you're all under arrest.

Now, there are thousands
of guys all over the country,

crazy, wonderful bums.
Yeah, people like me,

just doing the job because
somebody's got to. You dig, now?

I've got an edge.

I've---.

Would you excuse us
a minute?

Excuse us. Sorry.

Listen, I'm sorry
you blew the job.

Two men tried to kill me
a couple of hours ago.

They were serious
and so am I.

I can see that.

I want some answers
from you.

I'm promoting toys.
Did you notice?

Don't push me.

Right now I want you to do
everything you can to make me happy.

All right, Frank.
Let's start with Augie.

What did he tell you
in the room yesterday?

Uh-uh.

Frank!
All right.

You know I can't
start a beef in here.

Then start with Augie.

You call me on this,
I deny everything.

Augie told me Wexler
was in town on a contract.

Well, what are we going to do?
Play Dick and Jane here?

A contract on who?

Augie didn't know.
He said he'd check it out.

I tried to get it out of Wexler,
but he wouldn't cop to anything.

You know the rest.

You broke him up bad enough to
get him out of his contract.

He made me disgusted
over how we fell apart.

He made me want to puke.

Walt used to be something.
Not much maybe, but something.

He was my partner
for years.

I worked with the man.
That goes deep, you know.

That's all of it.

Well, I'm not into anything
worth getting killed over.

Now, somebody, maybe Wexler,
figures we're a team, huh?

They could have spread the word
that we scrambled the contract.

Augie's always a good snitch.
He may have something by now.

Come on,
let's take the fire exit.

I'm up to here
with toy people.

"You were supposed
to look out for me.

"I could have been
a contender, Charley,

"instead of what I am, a bum."

Read the girl's part.

"You're a strange man, Terry.

"You really love
those pigeons, don't you?"

You're standing
in the sun.

You're really standing
in the sun.

Hey, Frank.

We already met.

Rockford here's got
a lot of local juice.

And I figure we can all work
together like the old days, huh?

I've learned that all businesses
have certain similarities.

Not only who you know,
sometimes who you don't know.

I like your thinking.

Frank tells me you got a line
into Calumet City, Illinois.

Did you get anything more
on Wexler's contract?

Yeah, yeah.
I heard from my cousin Leo.

This comes
straight from Cal City.

The Chicago prosecutor's got a
strong witness stashed in LA.

The contract is
on that witness.

Are you sure?

When it comes from Cal City,
it's like it's on tablets. It's the word.

You know how
I'm connected there.

If it's an important witness,
they're gonna send someone else.

No. Too much heat on that deal.
They're going to let it cool off.

Hey, Frank,
I'm ready to roll.

I've been reading
this script, see.

Now, I've read better
storylines in massage parlors.

Describe those
two guys, Jimmy.

Yeah, well, I got
a good look at one.

He was about 6'4",
220 pounds, dark hair.

That sounds like
Sammy Cassell.

But I personally happen to know he's
in Chicago right now for the wedding.

You know,
Tommy Talaferro.

Hey, Frankie's gonna fly in for it.
He's probably gonna sing.

Now, listen, I would
have been there myself,

if it weren't for these scripts
here, see, and...

Can you give me
some help, Frank?

You short?

Oh, no. Money's no problem.
Look at this place here.

Now, Debbi's getting
a little restless.

Listen, I know I can make it.
I got a feeling for this material.

Listen to this.

It's supposed to be a pilot of a 8-52.
"This is it, boys.

"Nuclear combat,
toe-to-toe with the Russkies."

Now, pilots don't
talk like that.

I mean,
these people don't understand

character exposition, right?

Augie, I'm working on it
with the studios.

But you can't
push too hard.

You know, it's like a bag drop.
It takes time.

Be careful in the sun.

Yeah, yeah. I'll put
iodine in the baby oil.

Who's Sam Cassell?

He's an enforcer with an
outfit in Calumet City.

I think he's related
to Augie's cousin.

You know, I'd like to take this whole
thing to a friend of mine on the force.

If you do,
you do it alone.

My story puts Augie
and Wexler on the spot.

Which is exactly
where I am.

Did you see my show
last Tuesday?

Well, in the plot, I send a witness
off to Acapulco for a week to cool off.

Why don't you go to Tijuana
until this settles down?

What happened
to Acapulco?

Hey, this is real life.

How would you know?

I think you're working yourself
up to a big identity crisis.

I'll talk to Wexler.

He wouldn't talk to me.
Why should he talk to you?

Well, for openers,
I won't be breaking his arm.

Funny.

I'll drop you at the hotel.

You keep your eye out for that
Cassell look-alike and his partner.

Frank, am I glad I caught you.

I want to tell you that that
hospitality suite is a PR minefield.

What now?

The ultimate
consumer weapon: kids.

There are reps from three
different consumer groups

that monitor the effects
of toys on children.

They almost went
for the throat

on that SWAT versus
the Terrorists game.

Frank, they are asking questions
about your arrest, Wexler...

Listen, I'm telling you,
if this gets out,

it's lifeboat time.

Listen, Seals, I've uncovered something
that could blow this whole mess away.

I could get it
tied up in a week.

Yeah? Tell me.

I can't talk about it now.

What do you mean you
can't talk about it now?

There's nothing
you can't talk about.

Don't get excited.
Mr. Falcone?

Wait a minute.

They cut through the wire.

Now, let me handle this.

We have some questions
for you, Mr. Falcone.

Shoot.

Exactly what I'd
expect you to say.

Who are these
dumpy broads?

Fake a heart attack.

We represent the Anti-Violence
Ambiance Association.

We are against you and all your
toys, your TV image...

I don't care
what you think.

Kids are
my big concern.

We all have children,
Mr. Falcone.

Oh, yeah? Well,
who's watching them, lady?

What time you got there,
huh?

They should be
out of school.

I mean, you're down here
at the convention hall

doing your concerned
parent number,

and who's taking
care of them?

We're addressing ourselves
to larger issues.

What's larger than what's
happening to your kids?

What are they eating?

Huh? What are they putting into their
mouths while you're working yours?

Huh? Where are they
now, right this minute?

Can you tell me that,
lady, huh?

You know what's
on afternoon reruns?

Godzappa Eats Wolfman,

You think that's good
for children?

You think they're not watching?
Who's home to tell them no?

My show's on at 10:00 pm.
Kids should be in bed by 10:00 pm.

Your toys...

Our toys have a psychological counter-violent
quality I'd like to point out to you.

Now, if you'd just follow me, ladies,
I would like to explain to you

this psychological design
that is built into the toys.

No, I just got a quick look
at you back in the hotel room.

Yeah, well, I was hired to keep
Falcone out of the headlines.

But he got away from me
and I blew the job.

Now the job's gone and...

I've got some problems with some people
who figure that Frank and I were partners.

Hey, man.
You took the job.

No, hey, I'm not crying.
I'm not even hot at Frank.

I've known the guy a couple
of days is all, but...

Well, I can see something
in the guy.

Oh, he's something,
all right.

I rode with him four years
and I had to use a Clothespin.

I'll tell you
what I really saw.

A self-centered, shaft-your-buddy slob.
Oh, a real grandstander.

What's the use?

I can prove you wrong.

Frank dummied up
on your contract.

He put you in here
just to keep you clean.

I know the story is that he bounced
you around because of the book,

but no, no.
Frank went on the line for you.

I can't buy that.
He's got to have an angle.

Don't tell me.
I was with him.

We talked about it.
We talked about you.

Yeah?
What'd he say?

Oh, you know, he just talked about
the old days riding with you.

Yeah, he was pretty upset about
some of the bad breaks you've had

and he was really worried
about this big contract.

Big?

No, the hit's nothing, man.
It's a small-time flake.

Frank ever tell you about
some of the tricks we did?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

But mostly we just talked
about the contract.

I mean, that TV show,
it's something, him being alone.

'Cause I'll tell you, back in the
streets in Chicago, I was there.

And, you know, when you got a guy's life
in your pocket, you really get close.

I mean, you know, we went through
some rough times, me and Frank.

Movies, TV, that stuff, you
know, that was Frank's score,

but I don't want
no piece of that.

You know, if he could've only just
said I was there, I mean, just that.

Well, maybe he's trying
to make it up to you.

You know, by getting
you out of the contract.

Who's the hit on?

He's 21 mm“ change...

This is a real tearjerker.

Frank! Frank!

Don't believe anything
that lush tells you.

Oh, I get the score,
I see, huh?

Mr. Nice Guy and Mr. Hard
Guy and I'm in the middle.

Oh, no, no.
I don't go for that play.

Now, you get out of here.
Come on, get out of here, now!

Frank! Move.

He was telling you
a bunch of lies.

He's a bitter,
envious person.

We were just getting to
who the hit was on.

I heard. He said the
contract was on nobody.

No, no, no. He said
a small-change flake.

To Wexler, everyone's
a small-change flake.

The tears really
got to you, huh?

No, your timing
is what got to me.

You were getting nowhere.

When a crook like
that breaks down,

he's looking for sympathy.
It's an old act.

It happens 30 times a day
at the station house.

They slobber, "Oh, come on,
Officer, I didn't mean nothing.

"Give me a break,
give me a break."

Give me a break.

The same guy will blow
his brother away with a smile.

Keep talking, but take a look
at that blue sedan over there.

I can't tell the driver.
The other guy's Sam Cassell.

They're the ones
from the pier.

What are we gonna do?
We got nothing.

Oh, we got something.

That was slick.

Oh, not really.

Local drivers do it
all the time.

Here's your iced tea,
Mr. Falcone.

Say it for me one more
time, will you?

Nah.
Go on, go on, say it, please?

Freeze, turkey!

That's it, that's it.

Freeze, turkey.

You know, I read your book
three times, Mr. Falcone.

Frank, Frank.
Call me Frank.

You want me to write
something in it for you, huh?

I loaned it to
a friend of mine.

A book is
a very personal thing.

Everyone should
buy his own copy.

Oh, I'll sure remember that,
Frank.

Why don't you fellas
stay for lunch?

Well, no, no.
We've got some problems, Dad.

I can't go back
to the trailer.

Frank's got to be careful
around the hotel.

So why don't I go get us
turkeys some chicken, huh?

We can figure out
our next move.

I can fry you up
some chicken right here.

No, Dad. I like that crispy,
crackly kind, you know.

I'll be right back.

Hey.

Hey, I'll bet there's lots of good
stories that wasn't in your book, huh?

The best ones
never get told.

That's the way I figured it.

Freeze, turkey.

This is the man
with Sam Cassell.

Manny Axel,
AKA Axel Manning,

AKA Alexander Maxwell,
AKA Canning . Barlow.

Is this 25,000 reward
legitimate?

Well, police officers don't
qualify, but it's a legal offer.

They pay off.

Calumet City
Businessmen's Association.

They really want
Axel put away.

So do I.
It goes right on the hot sheet.

Oh, and you got a bad lead
on that witness story, Jim.

There's no one from Illinois
undercover in this area.

There's got to be.

I checked it out.
I checked every level.

We got no witness
undercover out here.

Would Chicago
hold out on you?

Well, let's look at it
from their standpoint.

If they had a witness out here,
they'd want him to be protected, right?

Then what are Axel
and Cassell doing here?

This goes right out
on the wire.

Hello.

Rocky, let me speak
to Frank, will you?

He ain't here.

Where did he go?

Well, a little while after you
left, he called the hotel.

Something about some special
meeting about the toys.

I don't know.
He ought to be there about now.

Is everything all right,
sonny?

You gotta be kidding, Dad.

Talk to you later.

Well, the testing shows
resistance from the distributors.

A battery of pressure groups.

Am I reading this
correctly, Jeff?

Frank Falcone is currently
out on bail?

Well, the man has
no sense of responsibility.

I can't predict
what he's going to do.

The last few days have been
cliffhangers media-wise.

Terrific.

It goes back further
than that, Jeff.

That's an agency report
on Falcone.

He was slated for a police board
inquiry when his book came out.

The Chicago police
like heroes,

especially when they quit.

Look, this is a private
meeting, Mr. Falcone.

Yes, of course. I'm sorry.
Don't let me interrupt.

I won't.

Well, can anyone see
a turnaround in the line?

The Falcone line?

Please, Frank.

Does anyone have
a positive approach?

The Hostage and Terrorist game
should go into the European markets.

That's salvage.
I am talking about this toy show.

I have some suggestions.

Look, will you please stop
interrupting, Mr. Falcone? Please.

Yes, of course, I'm sorry.

I think we got lost,

swept up in the marvels
of science,

the technology
of the space age.

We have to find our way back.

Solar-powered.

No batteries.

Listen, we had market tests
on these a few years ago.

Yeah, but that was
before the energy crisis,

before the non-biodegradable
nature

of the expensive dry cell
battery became an issue.

Now, the play value is there,
but we're showing the kids something else.

The practical application of a new
and clean source of energy, the sun.

We're preparing them for the
future, a clean atmosphere.

That takes us out
of violence and pollution.

Excuse me.

You call this
non-violent? Huh?

Look, if you don't stop
interrupting, Mr. Falcone,

I'm going to have you
thrown out.

Are you talking to me, honey?
Frank...

What do the kids do on rainy days?
You ever think of that?

Frank, listen, this meeting,
we are gonna have it for a few days.

No decisions have been
made yet. Now, please.

They're flushing
the whole line!

Would you please leave?
No problems, please leave.

Yeah, I get it.
I get it, sweetheart.

I'm going to
get some fresh air.

Oh, brother.

A little solar energy.

We like the solar toys, Jeff.

I do, too.

Well, then,
it's unanimous.

Bury the Falcone line, hmm?

Frank, you got some
sort of a suicidal thing

standing out in front
of the hotel like that?

You don't believe what they're
doing to that toy line.

All right, I think I can take your
mind off the toys for a while. Get in.

You don't wonder
how a stoolie like Augie

comes up with a big house,
a pool and no cash problems?

What do you
want to bet that that means

Augie is the small-change
flake being set up?

It never occurred to me to wonder
how a small-time stoolie like Augie

comes up with the house,
no cash problems.

And Debbi.

That toy business
killed my instincts.

Augie, Augie!

You guys don't look
like good news.

Do you know Manny Axel?

No.

Axel Manning?

I knew a guy
named Canning once.

Canning . Barlow?

Yeah.
But he's not one of my people.

Sammy Cassell?

Yeah, he's my man.

Yeah, he's related
to my cousin Leo.

Axel and Cassell
are in LA together.

They tried to
kill me together.

We figured it out
on the way over here.

The first tip you got
was right.

Wexler was here
on a contract.

From then on, all your
information was wrong.

There's no big witness
in LA under wraps.

I got it from Leo.
Why would Leo...

Tumblers beginning to
fall into place, Augie?

Were you bleeding
Axel's people a little?

The contract's on me?

Is Debbi here?

Upstairs.

That's Cassell.

He's gonna be out here
in a minute.

What do we do?

Could always try
the "Freeze, turkey" routine.

We need a distraction.

How long can you
hold your breath?

As long as I have to.

Hey, Manny.
Yeah?

Come here.
Get a load of this.

Canning . Barlow.

Hey, Augie? Augie!

Come on.
Come on, buddy.

Come on, it's all over.
Let's go.

You can start
breathing now.

Yeah, hang on.

There you go.

I'll call the police.

There's a reward on Axel.

That was a good bust, Jim.

I think I'll write
a sequel to my book.

Jimmy!

Hey, how are you, Frank?

Not good, not good.

You heard
about the show, huh?

Yeah. Well, you know,
nothing lasts forever.

Did you collect
the $25,000 on Axel?

Oh, yeah.
The IRS got a bite.

I stashed the rest
in a time deposit account,

makes up
for some income I lost.

You don't feel guilty
about not sharing it with me?

We did it together, remember?

Well, I gotta stick with
the Calumet City decision.

You did impede the
investigation, withhold evidence.

No, that's history.
I'm talking about you and me.

I'm flexible on the split.

Frank, it's over.

There is no split.

Okay.

Just remember.

None of this would have
happened to you without me.

I'll always remember.

Hey, Frank.

How about I buy you a beer?

Freeze, turkey.