All language subtitles for Rockford Files s05e02 Rosendahl And Gilda Stern Are Dead.eng

He wouldn't be dumb enough
to mess around in an active police investigation.

With the cops doing
such a crackerjack job?

I'm gonna kill some john
for his bankroll?

They're trying to
make a motive out of your rap sheet.

It's illegal.

Rita, on my best day,
I'm borderline.

The lady's facing
a tough rap.

Who's gonna blame her
if she's gonna lay it on someone else?

Not a sweetheart like you.

How could you
spend $300,000?

Boy, you never give up.

ROCKFORD
This is Jim Rockford.

At the tone, leave your name
and message.

I'll get back to you.

Hello, you the guy
who lost the wallet in the Park Theater?

Well, I'm kind of like
into leather,

so I'll be
returning the money, but I'm gonna keep the wallet.

And I said,
"Are you kidding?"

I put your car
around back, Doctor.

It'll take a minute,
but no dings.

Oh, forget it, okay? We're
only going a couple blocks. We don't need a car.

I'd rather not come back
for it. I'd rather have it with me.

Oh, come on.
It's such a nice walk.

We got the weather,
we got the feet. Okay? See you later, Harry.

See, what I've never
been able to figure

is that back east,
we got lousy weather, right?

We do nothing but walk.
I mean everybody walks.

Jackie Onassis?
She walks.

Listen, I thought we'd go
right to your place.

To my place?

Oh, you said you
wanted a piano player.

I was just
making conversation.

Oh. But it doesn't
really matter. I don't think I'll run into anyone.

They're all probably
still back at the hotel.

This guy down here,
he's really pretty good, you know.

He plays a lot of Cole Porter,
show tunes, stuff like that.

Already
it's going sour.

Looks good to me.

What are we
supposed to do about the broad?

Whack her.
You ever whacked a broad?

I don't like it.
It's great.

Now wait a minute here.
Shut up.

Come on.
Now, both of you, in the car.

Look, I told you,
I'm not without influence.

You're committing
a crime here.

If you let us go now,
you won't be in for a lot of trouble.

Stop yapping
and get over there.

You know what
I'm looking at, Rosendahl?

I'm looking at a dead man.

I just wanted you to know why.

Don't shoot!
Don't shoot! I want to see it!

I want to see it!

Hey, Jimbo,
it's Dennis.

I got a couple of days off
and I was thinking about driving down to Baja.

You want to come along?
Give me a call.

Jim, it's Rita.

They got me down here
at the station and they won't let me go.

I told them what happened
and they're not even looking for the guys.

Could you get down here
right away? It's kind of important.

They booked me for murder.

The answer is no.
No visitors. Okay?

Now, come on.
Now, watch that sign.

We got a permit, Curcio.

For outside you got a permit.

Salmaggi, get these people
out of here.

Excuse me.
Excuse me, ladies.

Could I get through?
Excuse me, please.

Excuse me.

Quit shoving.

Look, you're the one shoving.

You've got 30 seconds
to move this outside or you're busted, Ceil.

You got that? Busted.

Okay. Okay.

Grace, call the newspapers,
call the TV.

Tell them to get
one of those minicams down here.

Look, you can get
David Brinkley down here,

it don't change things.
Nobody sees Rita Capkovic.

Sergeant.
I'll be right with you.

I'm here to see Rita Capkovic.

You understand
the word "nobody"?

My name's James Rockford.
I'm a private investigator.

Salmaggi.

She called me the night
she was arrested.

You'll have it
on your report.

She has the right
to an attorney.

She has the right to counsel.
I'm here to counsel.

All right. You in,
and the rest of you out.

Tell her we're raising bail.

Yeah? How?

Oh, and hi from Mom.

Mom?

Excuse me.

Free Rita!
Free Rita! Free Rita!

Hi.

Hi.

It's been awhile, huh?

About six months.

Closer to eight, I think.

Yeah, I was taking
that fashion design course.

I cooked Chinese.

You're looking pretty good.
Lost a couple of pounds.

Rita, I just got your message.

Yeah, sure. Listen,
I know you got other things to do.

Look, I'm fine. Honest.
Nice of you to drop by.

Rita, I didn't drop by.
I just got your message.

I've been out of town.
Rocky and I went fishing.

You did?
Yeah.

And you're not just fine.

I saw the newspaper.

Oh.
You know what I thought?

I mean, it's not like
you owe me.

What'd I ever do for you?

Give you a call every time
I hit white water.

All right,
you were wrong.

Well, I'm here, aren't I?
So why don't you fill me in?

I glanced at the newspaper,
but I didn't take time to read it.

Well, according to the cops,
I killed Dr. Rosendahl.

Me and some muscle
I'm supposed to be in with. We're like a gang.

Well, how'd you get tied in
with this Rosendahl?

The doorman at the hotel.
He saw us leaving together.

See, there's this medical
convention, and I been working out of the Hospitality Suite

sort of like, uh,

an unofficial hostess.

This fashion design thing,
it just didn't work for me.

It's a question of taste,
you know?

Anyway, Harry,
that's the doorman,

he says that he heard me
setting up Rosendahl.

That I wouldn't let him
take the car. That I made him walk.

Did you?

You know, only in California
is this a crime.

I like to walk.

Anyway, this bar
that I touted Rosendahl on,

it's closed on Sundays.

I didn't know that.

And now the cops
are trying to make some big giant plot.

I'm gonna kill some john
for his bankroll?

How can they say that?
I got a record. They know me.

They're trying to
make a motive out of your rap sheet.

Yeah, well,
they better read it again.

It don't say nothing
about killing. Not even a cockroach.

And listen,
you know I called them?

While it was going down,
I was running like a scalded cat.

But when I stopped running,
I called them.

I told them
where to find the body. It's on the record.

Under "Anonymous tip"?

All right, let's
start with a lawyer. Have you got one?

Yeah. They got me
some bozo from the public defender's office.

That ought to be good
for about 20 years.

You don't need a PD.
You can afford the best.

There's the money
Maggie left you.

Isn't there?

That's a long story, Jim.

But I got enough
to pay you.

Rita.

I just got to
get out of here first, Jim.

I'll tell you what
the guys looked like,

you'll find them,
everything will be fine.

I just got to get out of here.

She ain't doing me
no good in the slam. Get her out.

We're working on it,
Mr. G.

Doing what?

Well, right now,
we're sort of waiting. See how things go, you know?

Leo and me was thinking.

We was thinking
maybe we leave her where she is.

Cops think they got her
dead bang.

I mean, she ain't
walking away from this, in a matter of speaking.

That's what you thought, huh?

Well, obviously,
this is a very dumb broad.

Otherwise, she's
in Cincinnati, right?

Everybody at the hotel
knows her. What does she do?

She goes home,
waits for the cops to pick her up.

What happens
when I go to court?

I thought Sid was working
on a postponement.

The government thinks
I had too many postponements.

They ain't buying no more.

That tax beef comes up
in a couple of weeks.

I go into court,
my picture hits the papers, what do you think happens?

I'll tell you what happens.

The bimbo sees it and says,
"Hey, that's the guy I saw in the limo."

Who they got dead bang then?

There's this
bunch of hookers.

They're trying to raise
bail for her.

Well, make a donation.
Make sure she gets kicked loose.

When she's out,
you whack her.

One thing. I bought
a little information.

She's hired a PI.

He'll probably be
sticking pretty close. This could be a problem.

Leo, we all got our problems.

That one's yours.
Now you handle it.

There she is!

Could we have
a statement, Miss Capkovic?

No way, honey.

All right!
All right!

She's back!

Everybody has turned up.

Not everybody.
Not by a long shot.

There's a lot that wanted to,
but you know how it is. This and that.

But they all chipped in
on the bail.

Miss Capkovic...

Oh, Ceil, I don't know where
I'm gonna get the 10 grand, but I'll see you get it back.

Who said it's a loan?

It could have been
any one of us in there.

Put that in your paper, ace.

Rita wasn't rousted because
she iced some john.

She was rousted because
she's a professional hostess.

Shut her up, will you?
As your attorney...

Anyone else went through
what she went through,

you'd have a whole
different story here.

That's the truth.

Referring to the
late Dr. Rosendahl as a john

isn't going to
make you any friends.

Dr. Rosendahl was
a prominent member of our community.

What the hell do you think
this is all about?

She's a member of
this community. I'm a member of this community.

Ceil, Rita's had
a pretty rough day.

Okay, look,
I'll give you a statement.

Okay, guys, you split.

Terrific.

God knows what
that woman's going to say to the press.

Thanks, Ceil.
Everybody. You're beautiful!

Don't say things like that.
They'll quote you.

Those women are a liability.

Your profession
is a liability.

We're going to have to
downplay that as much as possible

if I'm going to prepare
any kind of a defense.

Hey, what about
you telling them I'm not guilty, huh?

Or is that too simple?

What is that?

I'd watch my tone of voice
if I were you, Miss Capkovic.

You need all the friends
you can get.

Friends?

Hey, you been treating me
like I'm something you stepped in.

I didn't ask for this case.
I was forced to take it.

It's not doing any good for my
reputation or my bank account.

But I will give it
my best effort. Okay?

Okay.

As a matter of fact,
I find it extremely unsavory.

She said okay.

They have a very strong case,
not to mention public opinion.

Every filthy detail of this
mess has made front-page news for the past week.

Now I'm going to try for
a charge of second degree,

but if they press for
murder one, believe me, they'll make it stick.

Yeah, with you handling
the case, they probably will.

That guy's got Virgo rising,
you wanna bet?

Take it easy, Rita.

I was going to take you
into the coffee room, but it gets too much traffic.

Well, who are we hiding from?
Chapman?

We're not hiding from anybody.

Look, he comes nosing around,

I'll tell him
I just dropped by to say thanks for the pizza.

What pizza?

Save the chitchat and make it
look like department business, huh?

See, when Den got back
from Baja, he heard what happened

and he sent me over
the most terrific pizza

with mushrooms
and sausage and mozzarella and anchovies even.

Just hearing about it
ought to give Chapman heartburn.

Billings?
Yes, sir.

Bring the books in here.

Now, Rita, take as much time
as you need, only try to make it quick.

We're not asking
for a favor, Dennis,

she has the right to see
the mug books.

Only it's six other guys
ought to be showing them to her.

It doesn't happen to be
my case.

Well, she's talked
to the cops on her case.

She's talked to everybody
but the graduating class at the police academy.

You see, Den,
they think I'm guilty.

They think that asking
to go through the mug shots is just another stall.

Every time I brought it up
with them, they said,

"Yeah, sure, you can look
at the mug shots."

And then it's back with
the same questions.

She's an eyewitness.

They're so busy with
their dragon lady theories

they're not even
looking for the guys who really killed Rosendahl.

Here you go, Sarge.
I thought you could start with the A's.

Well, that's radical,
Billings, but why not?

You're bringing them in
one by one?

What are you
looking for, overtime?

Here. Sit down here.

You look at these
and don't you let anybody hurry you.

I'll be back in a few hours.
Where you going?

Oh, you know how it is.
He's got to pick up the laundry, feed the cat.

Like I read old
Jimbo pretty good.

Like I know he wouldn't be
dumb enough to mess around

in an active police
investigation.

With the cops doing
such a crackerjack job?

Pizza, huh?

I always thought you were
a red roses type guy.

We should have stuck
with the dame.

How?

With the cops saying,
"What do you want?

"How come we're
hanging around the station?"

Besides, we know
where to find her.

He's the one's
got me worried.

First the hospital where
Rosendahl was on the staff, now here.

This is Dr. Nevitt's club.

Mr. Taggart?
Yes.

They told us you were here.
I'm Edie Nevitt.

My husband's concession
to courtesy.

He had to finish the set.

Oh, Jack.
What are you drinking?

Nothing for me, thanks.
Couple of martinis, Jack.

According to
my husband's secretary,

you're out for all the down
and dirty you can get on Neil Rosendahl.

That is thirsty work.

Well, I am compiling
all the facts on Dr. Rosendahl's death.

We felt that Dr. Nevitt
might help

since he worked so closely
with Dr. Rosendahl.

We'll put all the good right
in there along with the bad.

First you'll have to find it.

I take it you weren't exactly
a fan of Dr. Rosendahl's?

I sit about three miles
north of the cheering section.

He was pompous and rude.

He had an ego
the size of the Coliseum.

He was an all-around rat.

Mmm. Oh, and he
cheated on Betty.

You going to eat that olive?
No.

I... I heard he had
the reputation of being an excellent surgeon.

He was a grandstander.

Edie.

No matter what you felt
about Neil,

at least have
some consideration for Betty's position in this.

She'll get the money, Russ.

The insurance company
has to pay off no matter what kind of a stinker he was.

Are you going to drink that?

No, ma'am.

I'm Jim Taggart.
Boston Fire and Casualty.

Yes, I know. I agreed to
meet you because I heard the settlement might be held up.

Well, yes, sir, working on
the premise that Dr. Rosendahl's death

was not attempted robbery,
but an execution-type slaying.

That's nonsense.

And even if it were true, how
would that change things with the insurance company?

Well, if Boston Fire
and Casualty can prove that Dr. Rosendahl's death

was the result of an
association with known criminal elements,

such as Boston vs. Guellow...

You know, you people
are incredible.

This man was
an orthopedic surgeon.

Telephone, Dr. Nevitt.
Who is it?

He wouldn't give a name, sir.

Excuse me.

This is Dr. Nevitt.

Yes.

All right. No, I did not.

Of course not.

Listen, I think we better
sit down calmly and discuss this...

That's right.
Before you do anything further.

Fine.

I'll meet you there.

What was that all about?

Just some property
I was interested in.

Time for another
set of tennis. I'm not due at the hospital until 7:00.

Dr. Nevitt...

We've nothing more to discuss,
Mr. Taggart.

Such a busy man.

That's why he forgot
we're taking the Barberas to dinner tonight.

And why he forgot
that he has surgery

or whatever it is
that he has at the hospital.

At least Betty's
out of all that.

Well, she may have murder
and burglary, but she...

Burglary?

Yeah. Last night.
At their house.

Well, they didn't
get anything, not really. Just a TV set, tapes, hi-fi.

I'm surprised
you didn't know about that.

Or is Boston Casualty
only into life and death?

No. We're full service.
That just isn't my department.

Mmm. Would you like
another martini?

No, thanks.

One's my limit.

Who's there?

Public Defender's office.

What?

The Public Defender's office.

Wait a minute.

Yes?
I'm from the Public Defender's office.

Take a walk.

Miss Capkovic,
I have to talk to you.

I'm here to help.

Would you let me in, please?

Okay. But let's make it
quick, huh?

lt'll just take a minute.

Hey!

Hey, just a minute.

Hey, fella.
Hey, come here.

Rita! Rita!

Rita, are you in there?

Rita!

What'd you do that for?

I like the sound
of my shoulder breaking. Where were you?

Oh, you rang, you knocked,
you busted in.

Who had time
to answer the door? What's going on here?

That guy who was just leaving,
who is he?

Oh, yeah. Creepy little guy.

He said he was from
the Public Defender's office.

No, I don't think so.
Me neither.

He was asking
a whole lot of stuff I already told them.

So I said adios, bub.

Hey, you want a danish?

Put it in the microwave oven
10 seconds, you can't pick it up it's so hot.

Rita, you should have waited
for me at the station.

Billings said you
gave up halfway through the F's.

I didn't give up.
I got tired.

Den got called away
on some kind of deal,

left me sitting there
all by myself.

I looked at
a lot of pictures, Jim.

There's more of them than us.

Yeah, well,
there's only three of them I'm worried about right now.

Get your shoes on.
I want you out of here.

I just got home.
Just get them on, huh?

See if I can fix your door.

It was them, Jim.

It was the same two guys.

You're the only one
that ties them up to the murder, Rita.

They had to make a move
and they're going to keep on making it.

Here you are.
With cream and sugar, just the way you like it.

She likes it black, Rocky.

Well, she wouldn't
if she had somebody looking after her.

Now look at that.
She's barely picking at her food.

You're not eating enough
to keep a canary alive.

I read somewhere
birds eat 40 times their weight every day.

Something like that.

No kidding.

Well, all right, so she ain't
eating like no canary.

She ain't eating
nothing at all.

Besides, I ain't so sure
I believe that.

It's just something I read.

Maybe that's why birds
are always...

Oh, you live near a park,
it kind of makes you wonder.

Yeah, well, what I wonder is
who is Mr. Peepers?

He was at the courthouse
and the jail.

You know, the first day
I came to see you at the jail?

He was hanging around.

What does he want?

Well, he was asking
a lot of stuff about what happened.

What they say,
what they look like.

Oh, and he asked
a lot of questions about the guy in the limo.

Did he have a tan,
did he walk with a limp,

did he look like
a basset hound?

You know, like
maybe he knew who he was.

Maybe he does.

Maybe he's a salesman.

No. A salesman? No.

Well, he was wearing
a ruby ring.

You don't think
I can spot a salesman?

Well, I didn't say that.
But we're dealing with a very weird equation here, Rita,

and a salesman
just doesn't fit.

Well, I've been on
very good terms with hundreds of salesmen.

That ought to make me
some kind of expert.

Hundreds?

Yeah. He's got
a double-knit suit and a vinyl belt. White shoes.

And, while we're talking,

he makes out like
he's gonna take notes,

opens his briefcase
and clunk, this thing falls out on the floor.

What thing?
I don't know.

He said it was
physical evidence from some other case.

But he sure tried to
get rid of it in a hurry.

It's sort of metal,
sort of straight and sort of round.

It looks like it
fell out of a car.

He's a car salesman.

I don't know.
The whole thing just doesn't make any sense to me.

Where you going?

I'm not doing any good here.

Thought I'd go
stakeout Dr. Nevitt's.

What's he got to do with it?

Beats me.

Okay. I'll go with you.

You hate stakeouts.

I know. But
you're doing this for me.

Fair's fair.
See you, Rock.

Oh, I got pie.

Oh,
what a pussycat.

Rita, would you
settle down?

I think
my circulation stopped.

All of it.

Look, is there
some kind of rule we got to stay in the car?

No.

Of course, if Nevitt
comes through those gates,

I'll have to take off
and leave you behind.

Rita, when we were in jail,
I asked you about the money.

Yeah.

Well?

I spent it.

You couldn't have.

Maggie left you $300,000.

Yeah, well, it seems
like a long time ago.

It was a year ago.

Nobody can spend
$300,000 in one year.

Hey, I didn't say
I spent it smart. I just said I spent it.

I got to stretch.
Oh, Rita...

Rita, it is none
of my business, but that money was your security.

Jim, what's a person like me
gonna do with security?

You could buy
a little house.

I don't want
a little house.

And why are we watching
this Dr. Nevitt? I never even heard of him.

He worked with Dr. Rosendahl
and now he doesn't want to talk about him.

That's it?

No.

He lied about
having scheduled surgery at the hospital tonight.

I got that
from his secretary.

Then he lied about
a phone call he got at the tennis club.

It had nothing to do
with buying property.

And whatever he was
talking about scared him.

Now will you get back
in the car?

How could you
spend $300,000?

Boy, you never give up,
you know that?

You think I don't know
where the money went?

I know where the money went.

Where?

All right,
the new apartment...

Yeah.

...the furniture,
the microwave. Yeah.

I think I told you about
my friend Monica's teeth.

I mean, somebody had to do
something about her teeth.

What did you do, have them
gold plated and set with her birthstone?

Caps, that's all.

And I got new threads.
Skin out.

And the hospital bill.

When were you sick?

Not me.
Ceil's mother. Stones.

All right, but what happened
to the principal, huh?

Everything you've mentioned,
including Ceil's mother's gallstones...

Kidney.

All right,
she could have had them both. You could afford them.

The point is,
everything you have mentioned

could have been paid
right out of the interest on $300,000.

What happened
to the principal?

That's him.

Jim.
Yeah. I see.

The glove compartment.
I got some binoculars.

Jim! Jim, it's him.

It's the guy in the limo.

The one that ordered
the hit on Rosendahl.

Will you give me those?

What's he doing
with Dr. Nevitt?

Rita, do you know
who that is?

I just told you.

Listen, we need a pencil or
something. Get his license.

We don't need it.
That's Phil Gabriel.

Phil Gabriel?

No. You must have seen
some old pictures of him.

I mean, he looks
like him a little bit, but, uh...

Phil Gabriel?

I know it doesn't make any
sense, but that's who it is.

I can see us trying to sell
that combo to the cops.

A noted Beverly Hills surgeon

and the dean
of organized crime.

You think they laughed
when you wanted to see the mug shots.

But why would Dr. Nevitt
get hooked up with some gangster?

We can ask Nevitt.

Better yet,
he could tell us.

It's got to be
on this floor somewhere.

Listen, what if Dr. Nevitt
walks in on us?

Maybe he forgot something.

Maybe he's got to
come back to the hospital.

Rita, I told you,
he lied about having surgery tonight.

We followed him home.
He has no reason to come back here.

An emergency.

You never heard of a doctor
who had an emergency?

Oh, listen.

Do you know what could happen
if the cops find that lockpick on you?

It's illegal.

Rita, on my best day,
I'm borderline.

Okay, let's start looking.

For what?

If I knew,
we wouldn't have to look.

I thought people stopped
hiding things under blotters.

What is it?

It's some kind of a record
of an operation on a man named Gage.

It was three
and a half months ago.

Well, he probably forgot
he put it there.

No, no. He wanted it hidden,
but handy.

Get this, Dr. Rosendahl
was the other surgeon on the case.

Yeah. You said
they worked together.

He has the operating team
listed here.

Besides Nevitt and Rosendahl,
there are two other doctors,

a Bewley and Weinberg.

Probably be
the anesthesiologist and a resident.

And two nurses,
Gilda Stern and Carol Elzer.

What's arthroplasty?

You're asking me?

"June 6, 1975.
Total knee replacement. Rolnick."

Boy, he sure has
a funny way of filing.

What?

Well, these tapes
of his operations are all a mess.

I wonder what
he keeps them for.

What do you think?

To train new doctors maybe?

You'd think
a doctor would have a scientific system.

You know, all
the knees together or by the dates or by the alphabet.

They're all in here
any old way.

Tapes.

That's one of the things
that was stolen from Rosendahl's house.

Is there one there
for Gage?

Give me a couple of hours,
maybe I can tell you. Why?

Well, Phil Gage
could be Phil Gabriel.

That makes sense.

Not to me.

Oh, will you
look at this.

Hey, Jim, you remember
that guy that came to see me at my apartment?

Yeah.

That thing that
fell out of his briefcase was not out of a car.

It was out of a hip.
That thing there.

Arthroplasty
is hip replacement.

You think Gabriel
had an operation?

Let's say that he did.

And let's say
something went wrong.

He's not exactly the type
that'll write a letter of protest to the AMA.

He wouldn't kill
Rosendahl for that.

And Nevitt's sweating
pretty good. He was part of the operation, too.

Yeah, but wait a minute.
What about that salesman or whatever he is?

No, no, no. I think
you're right about him.

I think he is a salesman.
And he's sweating.

Which means he knows
what's going on.

Now if we can just find him.

Well, how? We don't even
know what he does.

Rita, he's carrying
a hip joint around in his briefcase.

There's got
to be distributors,

manufacturer's reps
for prosthetic devices.

How many of those
can there be in LA?

You want me to tell you?

We'll get to the classifieds.
We'll start first thing in the morning.

What are you watching?

What are you watching?

Oh, I didn't turn no sound on.
I didn't know you was up, Mr. G.

It's that real good movie
with Gregory Peck. Moby Dick, you know?

It's where he plays
the sea captain and him and this whale, they mix it up.

I suppose you think
that's funny.

Hey, no, Mr. G.

He's stumping around
and that makes you laugh, huh?

No. It's the whale
I was interested in. See, it's about this whale.

I know what it's about.
I know all about it.

Gregory Peck
has got a tent peg where his leg ought to be.

I swear, Mr. G.,
I never even noticed.

Those creeps turned me
into a teacart. You noticed that?

What do you
want me to do, Mr. G.?

You say the word,
I'll take them all out, today. Now.

What about the tape?
That Dr. Nevitt said

anything happens to him,
it goes to the cops.

I don't care anymore.
They got to pay.

They will, Mr. Gabriel.

If we're just a little careful
how we move on this.

I'm tired of waiting.
Get the tape.

I don't care how.
Bring the tape and bring me Nevitt.

Him, I'm gonna do myself.

You take care of anyone
who gets in the way.

All right.

You never even noticed, huh?

Hi, Rocky.
Yeah, is Rita there?

Found him, sonny?

Yeah, I did. I did.

Rita, it's for you.

It's Jimmy.
He found that salesman.

Oh.

Hello, you got him, Jim?
What'd he say?

Does he know enough
to clear me with the cops?

He hasn't said anything yet.

This is just
an update on the news.

I found out that
he works for a company named MediPro.

I followed him from his office
to a restaurant.

His name is D. Pilmer.
I don't know what the "D" stands for.

I knew a guy named Digby once.

Digby is a long shot.

Look, I'm going to go over
and talk to him now.

What if he won't bluff?

I think you've seen
his rabbit act. He's scared.

Look, I'll be quick.
I'll call you back as soon as I can.

...and minimal friction.

Mr. Gabriel
sends his regards.

You'll, uh...

I've taken the liberty
of bringing a copy of this report.

Perhaps you'd like to have
a go through this yourself.

If you have any questions,
I'll be right back.

Look, I don't know
what kind of a game you're trying to play,

but you're hired
by that hooker.

You don't have anything
to do with Mr. Gabriel.

Whoever he is.

Well, he's a man who's
very interested in you.

He's been interested in you
for almost four months.

Ever since the operation.

How did you find out?

Oh, does it really matter?

Let's just say that
Mr. Gabriel and I both know what happened.

He also knows about
Rosendahl and Nevitt

and Bewley, Weinberg
and Gilda Stern.

It wasn't deliberate.

There wasn't
anything malicious in what happened.

Nobody wanted him crippled.

He's mad, Pilmer.
Now, if there was, oh, something tangible,

say a videocassette
of the operation, we could take that to the cops

and get Gabriel off your case
and kick my client loose at the same time.

There was a cassette.

He's got it.

He won't admit it, of course.

He's got it hidden away
somewhere to protect his professional standing.

How about that?

He doesn't care about
the rest of us, only himself. The rest of us can go hang.

It's kind of
like your decision to let them charge

Rita Capkovic with a murder
you know she didn't commit.

Well, no. I mean...

Why don't
we go have a talk with Dr. Nevitt?

He won't give you the tape.

He'll deny it even exists.

Well, I can be
very persuasive.

I resent your allegations.

I resent your invasion
of my privacy.

Now, you have an option.

You're going to leave me alone
or I'm going to call the police.

That's right. He knows what
happened. There isn't any secret anymore.

Mr. Pilmer's been under
some sort of strain lately.

I've recommended
a good headman to him.

Look, if you don't want
to go to the police with us, that's fine.

Just give us the tape.

There's no tape.

Oh, come on.
You videocassette all your operations.

Somehow, Dr. Rosendahl
ended up with the Gabriel tape

and that's why
you burglarized his house.

That tape is
your insurance policy. Am I right?

I tell you what, Doctor,
you go on doing what you were doing.

Mr. Pilmer here
will tell the cops the whole story

and then they can bring in
Bewley and Weinberg and the nurse to confirm it.

No.

You mustn't do that.

That would ruin me.
That would ruin us all.

But especially you.

That's right. I suppose
I have the most at stake.

We have exactly
the same thing at stake. Gabriel killed Gilda Stern.

He killed her
because she was stupid.

He wouldn't have known
there was anything wrong

with the operation
if she hadn't said anything.

She was Florence Nightingale
telling him he had a malpractice suit.

He's going to kill us all.

You don't have anything
to worry about.

I already spoke to Gabriel.
I told him about the tape.

He'll be afraid to make a move
against any of us.

Yeah, but what about
Dr. Rosendahl?

Is ruining our lives
going to bring him back? Why don't you leave it alone?

I've got everything covered.

Oh, not everything.

Now, wait a minute.

How's it going to look
if you go to the police without me?

lt'll look like
I have something to hide. It'll look like a cover-up.

Come on,
let's get the tapes.

Sergeant,
I have strong objections to this entire charade.

Hey, this is
an invitational screening.

Mr. Gabriel doesn't want
to look at the picture, that's fine.

We thought since
he's one of the stars...

And since he's going around
killing people because of it...

You're looking
at a lawsuit, honey.

What lawsuit?

Hey, I was there
when he gave it to Rosendahl.

I'm an eyewitness.

That's an irresponsible
charge. I insist my...

Shut up, Sid.

Let's have
a little understanding, okay?

The lady's facing
a tough rap.

Who's gonna blame her
if she's gonna lay it on someone else?

Not a sweetheart like you.

Everyone gets to work
their mouth. That's the American way.

Proving it, ah,
that's something else.

Ready, Sarge.

Okay. Now, I got
the entire operation on tape,

and I've taken the liberty of
running it down to the last few crucial minutes.

You staying, Mr. Gabriel?

I always like a good flick.

What happened
to the cement?

It shouldn't have
hardened that fast.

I can get it in.
It's just a little...

Here we go.

Perhaps
if you rotate it.

Wait, not so hard, Russ.

You're going to
crack his femur like a breadstick.

I'm watching it.

Well, it's
too much pressure.

You can't
force it like that.

Pilmer, get over here.

The rotation
ought to do it. Come here. Take a look.

Sometimes it gets
a bit tricky.

A salesman.
That's what she said.

A salesman put it in.
A lousy salesman.

Dr. Rosendahl,
Dr. Rosendahl... You got it?

... there's something
I think you ought to know.

The patient,
he's not Mr. Gage.

I recognize him.

That's Phil Gabriel.

What do you mean,
the underworld man?

The killer?

Why are you telling me that?

I mean... Well, I just thought
you ought to know.

But why, Doctor?
What are you telling me?

Are you telling me
that I sew this man up minus his hip?

Is that what
you're telling me?

No, of course not. It's just
that, well, if anything should happen here...

I've got it.

All right.

So,

shall we, gentlemen?

A salesman.
That's what she said.

Mr. Gabriel, please.

A lousy salesman.
A salesman put my hip in.

Mr. Pilmer is
a skilled technician. An engineer.

He knows as much about
the procedure as a surgeon.

Did I hire him?

His help
was invaluable.

A sales technician
would not be allowed in an operating room

if it wasn't in
the best interests of the patient.

Now, if you'd
look at this thing with less emotion and...

Shut up with your
less emotion. Mr. Gabriel, please...

Lies I got
out of you. Nothing but lies.

"It's not a physical problem,
it's an attitude problem.

"You're not trying
in therapy, Mr. Gabriel."

The fact is, there is no need
for you to be in a wheelchair. There is no need at all!

You could be on crutches.

Of course with crutches,
there would be a certain discomfort.

Pain!
Not discomfort. Pain!

I ought to kill you
where you stand. I ought to kill you slow.

Not like Rosendahl.
It was too good for him.

Then you did kill
Dr. Rosendahl and Gilda Stern?

I ought to kill you
where you stand.

Take him down
to Interrogation Room 3.

Read him his rights.

You don't have to
wrap them, Rita.

We're just going to
open them up anyway.

Hey, it's not a present
unless it's wrapped.

Now it's nothing much,
you understand. It's nothing big.

What is it with you
and gifts, Rita? You remember the last time?

You remember the difficulty
I had getting you to take that car back?

Well, this you will keep.
I made sure.

It's got initials.

Okay, open it up.

Oh!

Oh, my!

It's a necklace.

Hey, Rita, that's nice.

Did you make that
in your jewelry class?

Yeah. Here,
let me help you get it on.

Oh, Rita. The... The shirt,
it don't go with it. Better not.

It'll look great
with your shirt. It's what you call basic.

It goes good with everything.
Put it on.

You really like it, Den?

Are you kidding?
It's terrific.

Good.
You got one, too.

That is terrific.

I'm gonna keep mine
in the box

'cause I'm, you know,
I'm kind of, sort of, in uniform.

Dennis,
it goes with everything.

Go on. Put it on.
Yeah.

Jim, that's for you.

Yeah, well, it's not
a necklace. What is it? Earrings?

Oh, don't be a clown.
Open it up.

Oh, did that wire
cut you?

Oh, I'm sorry.
I made it special. I didn't have time to fix it.

Rita, that's really nice.

It's a money clip.

You'll have something
to put in it when I pay you.

Yeah, well,
speaking of money, Rita,

you never did really
explain to me

what happened to
the money that Maggie left you.

Oh, yeah.

Well, you're not going to say
that I should know better, right?

And you're not going to
give me any static? No.

And I'm not gonna have to hear
about it from you for the rest of my life?

There was this guy...

Rita...

Oh, yeah, but, Jim,
I had such a good time spending it.

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