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♪ Baby, you walk right ♪

♪ Your love turned darkness to light ♪

♪ Woman, your love is warm and strong ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you from now on ♪

♪ You move like the desert wind ♪

♪ Make me want to love you again and again ♪

♪ Everywhere I go, I see your face ♪

♪ A reflection in my mind I can't replace ♪

Comment ça va, Marcel?

♪ You got me doing things I don't want to do ♪

♪ I don't mind, I'm so in love with you ♪

♪ Oh, Cleo, Cleo ♪

Well, it's all happening, isn't it?

I found a marvelous point of observation for you.

I hope it meets with your approval, miss Jones.

Man on radio:

That must be the largest Poppy field I've ever seen.

What do you think its value is?

$30 million, on the street.

$30 million.

Incredible.

That's right, baby.

$30 million worth of shit

that ain't going in some kid's veins.

Burn it.

Hashem?

Yes, general.

Are you ready?

Everything is readiness.

Well, get on with it.

What?! That bitch!

That goddamn black bitch!

Ahhhh!

How dare she mess around with my poppies!

My god, everybody in Turkey must be flying!

I'll kill her! I will kill her!

$30 million up in smoke!

Goddamn her, that troublemaking coon!

Here's some Brandy. It will calm your nerves.

Thank you, Eva, darling.

Mmm.

You're the only one around here

gives a shit about Mommy.

Well, now.

As long as she's over there,

nothing is going to get through.

I want her black ass back here.

Mother, darling,

nobody can make her do anything.

Yeah, my little, sweet son brucey?

You ever heard of the B&S house,

her own little private Synanon?

Yes, mother.

Well, if something were to happen

to her own little pet charity,

she'd be on the next plane back here.

Hey, that's it.

That is it!

Hello?

Hello, this is your mommy speaking.

Last year, two 10-year-old kids O.D.'d on Western,

and that's really a heavy thing.

We got these kits together, 30 or 40 of them,

we'll give them to you and let you go, rap to these people.

Hey frank. I don't like this.

Why don't we wait for Crawford?

You tried to find him. He's not around.

Just let me run my own department, okay?

All right, Purdy, let's do it.

Ahh!

Move it!

They give you any trouble, bust their heads!

All right, everybody freeze.

Come on, lady. Move!

You watch your mouth, son.

All right. Here we go.

Always push, push, shove, shove.

You Reuben masters?

Who wants to know?

Lieutenant Randall,

and I have a signed warrant to search this place.

What about those doors, man?

You got a signed warrant to kick those in?

Oh, sure. You'd like us to stand outside

so you could blow our heads off, huh?

You got something to say to me?

Don't crowd me, boy.

Better put that down before I make you eat it.

Come on, Purdy. Put it down.

We don't have to explain nothing to this group, lieutenant.

We came here to search. Let's search.

Would you care to search me personally, man, hmm?

You want some of this?

Come on, let's do it! Come on!

Hey, man, what's wrong with you?

Hey, man.

Will you take it easy, man? You're hurting me, man.

Hey, take it easy.

Hey, Reuben. What's going on here, man?

What is this shit?

Hey, take it easy on him!

Certainly.

Jive, man.

Candy, man?

Honest to god, Reuben.

It ain't mine.

I've never seen it before.

It ain't mine. You got to believe me.

I'm clean.

Look!

I'm clean!

Somebody put that on me.

Reuben...

Honest to god.

It ain't mine, man.

Yeah, sure.

Take him in.

Jimmy!

Hey, what are you doing?

Reuben!

All right, boy.

I'm going to give you your rights.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up the right to remain silent,

anything you say can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

You've the right to speak to an attorney.

You've the right to have an attorney present

during questioning.

If you so desire and cannot afford one,

an attorney will be appointed to you

without charge before questioning.

Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you?

Do you wish to give up the right to remain silent?

Hey, like, um, hey, like, dig it.

What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?

Here, frank. Run your own department.

Shut up.

If this town blows up,

I'm going to make cab drivers out of all of you!

I don't remember any of you being promoted to a captaincy.

This is my department.

Now, who the hell authorized this bust?

I told you, Lou. It came from downtown.

They got a new thing now. It's called the telephone.

"Hey, captain, we screwed up."

Why wasn't I notified?

I tried. You were on a code 5.

I did the next best thing.

I went along to keep things cool.

Well, you sure kept things cool.

Furniture wrecked, doors smashed,

15 frigging windows broken.

Jesus H. Christ.

It was only a little wooden house,

not the Bismarck.

Listen, captain, we did find a bag of horse

on the Beeker kid.

So we disturbed a few niggers. Big deal.

One more word, Purdy,

and I'll put your stupid face out.

Take it easy, Lou.

Now, get the hell out of here, all of you.

Attention...

TWA flight 405 from Istanbul has arrived at gate 12.

Attention...

TWA flight 405 from Istanbul has arrived at gate 12.

Has she come through the gate yet, mate?

I lost her in the crowd. Somehow, she disappeared.

She's what?

Watch your big feet.

Sorry.

Ahh!

Okay, lady. Hold it right there.

Here's the file on those two guys.

What two guys?

The two goons at the airport that tried to hit Cleo.

Hmm.

Assault and battery, dismissed.

Extortion, two counts, dismissed.

Assault with a deadly weapon,

armed robbery, attempted rape.

Oh, what the hell. Nobody's perfect.

Lou said give this to the genius in here.

Here you are, frank.

Yeah, thanks. He still bugged?

You should have listened to me that night.

I'll get that.

Hello?

This is Cleopatra Jones. Let me speak to Crawford.

Hi, Cleopatra. We heard you were back.

Hey, listen, about the B&S house.

Later, Kert.

Yeah, okay.

Whoo!

That's Cleopatra Jones.

Terrific.

Uh, Lou. Line four. It's Cleo. She's hot.

She know I'm here?

Hello, Cleo. Welcome back.

Don't give me that welcome jive.

What's going on, Lou? I thought I had a friend down there.

I don't know what the hell happened.

Whoever planned it knew exactly when I couldn't be reached.

Who ordered the bust?

I don't have any answer.

All I know is it came from pretty high up.

That figures.

I heard about the rumble at the airport.

We got a positive I.D. On the corpse,

and a couple of maybes on the other two.

Are you okay?

My body is okay.

It's magnificent.

About the airport...

Forget about the airport, Lou.

We've got things to talk about.

Shoot.

Not on the phone, baby. Art's place in an hour.

Okay. Oh, and Cleo.

If I had been here,

they wouldn't have gone near that house.

Okay.

All right. We're at Art's place in an hour, don't say a word.

Let me handle it.

I was at the B&S house. I...

Not a word.

I told you where,

and I told you when,

and I told you how to get that bitch.

You still blow it!

How did I know she was gonna come through the baggage chute?

How did you know she wouldn't?!

I'm tired of being a pussycat.

Pick it up, you damn idiot.

The revenues in the 9th district are embarrassing.

And you know why? Because there's no respect.

There is no fear!

Thank you, Gerda, darling.

Oh, Gerda, you're the only one around here

who understands Mommy.

Yes, Mommy.

Well.

Doodlebug hasn't paid us a nickel in a week,

and you know why?

Because he does not fear us!

Do-gooders are running all over the district,

and you know why?

Because they do not fear us!

Cleopatra Jones...

She is sticking her nose in my business, Zap!

In my business!

Well, the honeymoon is over.

Ahh!

Mother, please. You'll break him.

Good morning, miss Jones. Long time, no see.

Hiya, Henry. What's happening?

Everything's fine, miss Jones. Just fine.

Nice place to be, Henry. Hold on to it.

Boy, I sure would like to get me some of that.

The last cat who tried got five knots in his nose.

That's some heavy stuff she laid on you, man.

She trips through here with a body that looks like bed.

I mean, actually causes internal pain.

And the minute she sees your tongue shaking,

she pulls her packages together, walks on away,

and says "hold on to it."

Boy, that's what I call some extra-heavy,

double-duty stuff.

Look here. I'm gonna find me a ham this morning.

What's that?

A job.

We're coming through!

Whoa! Hey, man, y'all get out of the way.

What's wrong with y'all?

Ooh-whee.

Man, that's what I call bad.

The word "bad" ain't got nothing to do with that.

Right on, sweet sister.

Hello, beautiful.

Hello, Lou, Kert.

Recognize him?

That's the cat at the airport.

That one, too.

Baby Tony and a creep named Zap.

We'll take care of them.

Like you took care of the house?

Cleo, even Eichmann got a trial.

I told you how it was.

I heard you were in on the fun and games.

And a damn good thing, too.

He saved Jimmy Beeker's life.

Who's Purdy?

New man in the division. You haven't met him.

No, but I have a feeling I'm going to... Soon.

Now, Cleo, don't make anything worse.

This isn't exactly your jurisdiction.

My jurisdiction extends from Ankara, Turkey,

to watts tower, baby.

What's going to happen with the B&S house?

The D.A. Is putting padlocks on the works...

On the house, the store,

and the other small businesses.

He's giving them 72 hours to close up.

Tell the D.A. To back off.

He did find that stuff on Jimmy Beeker.

I say they planted it.

Lou, if they close up the B&S house,

that will hurt a lot of young people

who have no other place to go.

All right.

I'll take care of the house,

and please, you talk to Reuben.

Now, I don't want this town to blow up.

What's Reuben saying?

He says we're going to need tanks and infantry

to close up that house.

I'll keep in touch.

Oh, man. Them pigs busted in here and tore the place up.

No, no, they planted that dope on Jimmy

and then took him to jail.

Hey, let me call you back, okay?

Yeah, yeah, later. Cleopatra Jones.

That's right.

Somebody said you used to live around the corner.

I did.

You're a little late for the party, ain't you?

How come you ain't out here with the rest of us?

Or don't you know what's going on

out there in the streets?

Annie, you better dig on who your friends are

before you start running your mouth.

Shit.

Hello, baby.

Hi, Cleo.

I'm always so glad when you're back.

It's not the same when you're away.

It's been real heavy around here.

Reuben?

Yeah.

He needs you.

Reuben?

I-I can't take it, Reuben.

Can't-can't take it.

I'm here, I'm here.

I can't make it.

It hurts, Reuben.

It's going to kill me or something.

I don't know, but it hurts!

You're gonna make it. You hear me?

You're gonna make it.

Okay... okay.

Terry, you stay with him.

Damn.

No matter how many times I see a cat go through withdrawal,

it's always a heavy trip.

That cat is 15 years old, Cleo.

We put this house together, and it's got to survive.

They know we're clean, and they're still

trying to run a bullshit game on us.

We don't do no dope in this house.

Well, if they close us down, who's gonna be here

when some cat's trying to deal with his Jones?

Those guns aren't going to be much help to him.

Well, I'll tell you one thing, mama.

If they want this house,

they got to bring something to get something.

Come on.

Reuben, give me 72 hours.

Yeah? What's that gonna do, Cleo?

No fireworks for 72 hours.

But what about them?

I'll see they don't come near here.

Yeah, I hear you.

Hey, Cleo. It's good to have you back.

You take care of yourself, you hear?

Right on, baby.

Okay.

Yeah, Cleo. How you going to buy three days?

I've already talked to Crawford.

He owes me.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, look, baby.

It's okay. It's cool.

I'll see you soon, huh?

Soon.

Get down!

Now!

Damn!

Hey, Doodlebug, your hair looks good, man.

My hair don't look good, it looks beautiful.

That's right.

It ain't my hair that's bothering me. It's Mommy.

Why does she got to go bring Cleopatra back to town for?

Man, that broad is 10 miles of bad road.

That's right.

And then Mommy go and bust the B&S house,

cause all that mess at the airport.

Make me nervous, make the man nervous,

make this town hotter than a firecracker.

Shoot. Well, if she can't run her business better than that,

I'm gonna run my own business.

Hey, doodles, uh,

you don't plan to quit Mommy, do you?

Ain't nothing wrong with your ears.

But Mommy ain't going to like that one bit.

That's right.

And when Mommy doesn't like something,

Mommy can be very bad.

That's right.

Plug, how's it gonna look on my death certificate, huh?

Died of "that's right" -icide.

One more "that's right,"

I'm about a half a second off your ass.

Mommy wants trouble, I'm not exactly known

as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms.

Hey, Mattingly!

You, uh, rang, squire?

Ain't he bad?

Thank you, sir.

I need a drink, Mattingly. The usual.

Certainly, sir. Now, I shan't be a jiffy.

I'm just going to fetch some ice cubes.

Some ice cubes.

I'll get it, boss.

Well, if it ain't the lady herself.

You better check her out, Plug.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, baby.

I'm gonna cut you.

Easy, Plug. Look, Pickle.

There ain't no need for everybody to get riled up.

Let's all cool down.

Next time you pull a razor on me,

you better shave.

Shave?

That's right.

Look, what's on your mind, girl?

Got a message for Mommy.

You tell her that her two senior citizens

went to that big rest home in the sky.

And what am I supposed to know about these?

As much as you know about the busting of the B&S house.

Oh, look. You got me all wrong, girl.

I think what you're doing at the house is in the finest

of American traditions.

It's just a shame that one still happens to be a dope fiend.

Are you talking about Jimmy Beeker?

If that's the name of the boy they caught

with all that, uh, what do you call it?

Um... heroin.

But not that I have anything to do

with people of that ilk, but I heard that he was seen

making a purchase from a pusher

renowned for his snakeskin clothing.

You're lying.

Doodlebug, honey.

Oh.

Am I interrupting something?

Oh, no, baby. We were just finishing.

Oh.

Well, I'm, uh, ready to go shopping.

Oh. Mattingly!

Take miss Tiffany in the car,

and keep a close eye on her.

I wouldn't want anything to happen to you, baby.

Here. And have yourself a good time.

Thank you.

It's a nice touch.

A white chauffeur, all this.

What's next, Doodlebug?

Two white iron jockeys on the lawn?

Look... You're starting to bug me.

Not half as much as I'm going to, mister,

because the minute I prove

it was you and Mommy that busted B&S house,

I'm coming back.

And your head and your body

is going to need separate maintenance.

That ain't bad.

Oh, what ain't bad?

Them two white iron jockeys on the lawn.

That's right.

Shit!

I'm coming, I'm coming.

I only got two hands, for god's sakes.

Cleopatra!

Oh, my god! I can't believe it.

Come here!

Damn!

You sure is a sight for sore eyes.

How's the game going?

Game?

Child, you know this is a respectable restaurant.

There ain't no game going on right here.

Come on down.

That's the chef. He's just on a little coffee break.

It's cool, Mrs. Johnson.

My, my.

Where did you get those bad boots?

Play your cards right, and I'll get you a pair.

For some young stud to start wanting something?

They ain't all bad, you know.

At my age, I forgot what they want.

Can I do anything for you, Cleo?

What have you heard about the raid on the B&S?

Well, as far as I know,

there's been some bad going-ons here,

and Jimmy Beeker got himself arrested.

You think Doodlebug is tied into this?

I don't know. But it is in his territory.

He's got his own territory now, huh?

Yeah.

He's really getting himself up in this world.

And if you're planning on tangling with him,

you be careful, you hear?

Doodlebug has been doing some mighty bad things

since he started wearing them silk neckties.

You hush up back there!

You want me to get arrested?

Mrs. Johnson, I'm going to need your boys.

My babies?

Yaaaahhhh!

Damn, Melvin!

You Watusi punk.

You know that kick ain't...

Long time, Cleo.

- We heard you was back in town. - Where you been?

Been moving.

So we hear.

I need your help again.

Where and when?

Not to mention who?

Ever heard of a cop named Purdy?

Not that I know of. What about you?

Mm-mmm. Can't say I have.

He's been working out of Crawford's division.

Find out all you can about him.

Stay in touch with your mama.

I'll get back to you in a couple of hours.

It's done.

Okay, baby.

Right on, mama.

God bless you, child, for the beautiful work

you been doing for our people.

Hah!

Now, come on.

I told you that instructor's medal

and badge didn't mean nothing to me.

Come on.

Come on, now!

Go!

Off the line, now, ladies and gentlemen,

A.J. "Bud" McAvedy, Jr.

Okay, let's get a time now for Bud McAvedy. It's 22.5.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for Miller Anderson.

You're looking at him, baby.

But my friends call me Andy.

Don't know why my mama called me Miller.

There's some things I need to know about your sister.

Miller Anderson, report to starting line.

I ain't seen Tiffany in a long time.

There ain't nothing I can tell you that you need to know.

Will Billy Joe Ferguson

stand by for the starting line, please.

Are you ready?

Go!

Looking good, through low, and into second.

Looking good. He looks terrific!

There it is, folks. Nineteen flat!

Come on with that beer, will you?

I'm dying out here!

Can I borrow your bike for a minute?

Unh-unh, baby. No way. Are you kidding?

This machine is worth a lot of bread.

Besides, you would probably break your neck.

These are the keys to my corvette.

If I hurt your bike, you can have the car.

The neck is my worry.

Lady, you got yourself a deal.

Want me to hold your coat?

Thank you.

My pleasure.

How's that? One down and four up?

Right on, baby.

All right, baby! You're something else!

Get it on, baby!

I'll see you later.

I surely hope so!

What was that?

What mamby-jamby was that?

Sixteen flat!

Out of sight, sister.

If I hadn't dug it, I wouldn't believe it.

Now, like I was saying, I have some questions.

♪ First you take my heart in the palm of your hands ♪

♪ And you squeeze it ♪

♪ Then you take my mind and you play with it all night ♪

Yeah.

♪ ...against the wall ♪

♪ You take me in your arms, baby... ♪

It's my fairy godmother.

How you doing, baby?

You come to cast your spell?

I brought you a cookie.

Bring it over here.

♪ 'Cause this hurting feeling feels ooh, so good to me ♪

♪ Don't you know that it ♪

♪ Hurts so good? ♪

♪ Don't you know that it ♪

♪ Hurts so good? ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ You take my name ♪

♪ And scandalize it in the streets ♪

♪ Anything you want to do or say ♪

♪ Is all right with me ♪

♪ Turn right around ♪

♪ And make sweet love to me ♪

♪ Ooh-whee, baby, sure look good to me ♪

♪ 'Cause baby ♪

♪ These things you're doing to me ♪

♪ It hurts so bad, but it's worth all the misery ♪

♪ 'Cause it hurts so good ♪

♪ Don't you know that it ♪

♪ Hurts so good? ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, baby ♪

Why, Doodlebug, you know I've always considered you

one of my best soldiers.

Well, this soldier is taking an honorable discharge.

I'm opening up my own army.

Why, baby, you know I can't let you do that.

Oh, Ursula, you're the only one around here

who knows what Mommy wants.

Thank you, Mommy.

Give our guest some wine.

No, thank you.

Why, what good would I be to my troops

if I didn't provide them with leadership, brother?

Leadership, sister?

Here's some of your leadership.

Pickle.

You going to lead us right into the toilet.

Now, Doodlebug, you and I are reasonable people.

Can't we settle this between us?

Brucey, how we been splitting with Doodlebug?

Eighty-five, fifteen. Expenses out of fifteen.

Well, then, now.

Wouldn't it be better to be a general in my army

and settle for, let's say, uh, 25%?

Twenty-five percent of what?

When Cleopatra gets through with you,

you're gonna wind up with nothing.

I'll take care of Cleopatra Jones.

Well, let me tell you something.

You are no match for that black lady.

Yeah?

Yeah. I quit.

That's right.

Finished, through, finis.

Arrivederci, mama.

Pickle, Plug, let's split.

Oh... by the way.

If any of your army

tries to mess with any of my army,

you're gonna wind up with a whole lot

of army surplus on your hands.

See you around, super honkie.

Watch out!

Hey, get out of the way, idiot!

Oh, shit!

Whoa!

I can't see squat!

Hold on!

Terrific.

♪ Why don't you swing down, chariot ♪

♪ Stop and let me ride ♪

♪ Swing down, chariot, stop and let me ride ♪

♪ Oh, rock me, lord, rock me, lord ♪

♪ Calm and easy ♪

♪ I got a home on the other side ♪

♪ Swing down, chariot, stop and let me ride ♪

♪ Swing down, chariot, stop and let me ride ♪

♪ Oh, rock me, lord, rock me, lord ♪

♪ Calm and easy ♪

♪ I got a home on the other side ♪

♪ Looked over yonder, and what did I see ♪

♪ I got a home on the other side ♪

♪ Hey, a band of angels comin' after me ♪

♪ I got a home on the other side ♪

♪ Oh, six white horses ridin' side by side ♪

♪ I got a home on the other side ♪

♪ Oh, rock me in the chariot ♪

♪ Rock me in the chariot ♪

♪ Got to have your hand on the chariot ♪

♪ Got to let me ride ♪

♪ Swing, swing ♪

♪ Swing ♪

♪ Stop and let me ride ♪

♪ Rock me ♪

You got a minute?

Dig. Did you see the name

on the sign outside the door?

Yeah, it said, uh...

Yeah, you dig. Let me ask you a question.

Did you see the name on that sign?

Uh, yeah, yeah. It says, uh... It says,

"now appearing, miss Tiffany Payne."

Did you see any other name on that sign?

No, man. She's appearing alone.

Then how come she's working with you?

♪ I got a home ♪

♪ I got a home ♪

♪ I've got a home ♪

♪ I got a home ♪

♪ I got a home ♪

♪ On the other ♪

♪ Other ♪

♪ Side ♪

Baby, that was so beautiful.

Is Tiffany beautiful? Is she beautiful?

This is just a token of our appreciation,

compliments of the boss, the man who pays all the bills,

your man, my man, everybody's man,

Mr. Doodlebug Simpkins.

That's right. Ha ha!

One more time.

One more time, ladies and gentlemen, for miss Tiffany.

Don't forget next week,

the Frankie Crocker all-girl revue.

And once again, for your dancing pleasure,

we present Kindricks and company.

Hold it. I want you to be here next week, 'cause I got a show

that's bound to put more dips in your hips,

more cut in your strut, more glide in your stride.

If you don't dig it, you know you got a hole in your soul.

Thank you very much.

Hmm. Look like brother Purdy's gonna miss

his revival meeting tonight.

Yeah.

"Deep throat" plus "doctor and his women."

Just what I wanted to see...

Something I could take the family to look at.

Uh... give me two baby Ruths

and a... Box of goobers.

Shucks, if we're gonna be here all night,

we might as well get something to eat, 'cause I'm hungry.

There's a restaurant right over there.

Uh, big brother, I'm financially embarrassed,

I got a little case of the shorts.

You also have my deepest sympathies, too.

You can loan me $5, man. I'd give it back to you.

Five bucks? Man, if I had five bucks,

I'd be sitting over there in that dirty, old movie,

watching them dirty, old, naked women

run across that dirty, old screen.

That's why mama don't like you, when it comes time for you

to give up your money, you get cheap and stingy.

You always got a way with words

when it comes time for your money, Matthew.

Yeah, well, that comes from years of practicing...

Self-denial. We heard it before.

Here's a couple of quarters. Go over there and get us coffee.

Oh, come on, man. Give me 15 cents for a donut.

Anything to stop your nagging.

Oh, you jive, cheap nigger.

Mattingly.

Hey, Mattingly, you want to hold this?

Oh, you're out of sight, Mr. Pickle.

You really are.

"Mr. Pickle, you are out of sight, Mr. Pickle."

I think you two gentlemen are having me on.

Calm yourself, Mattingly.

Like the man on the TV say,

you in good hands with the bug.

Mr. Simpkins, the agency didn't tell me

this sort of thing would be happening.

It's getting the best of my nerves.

I mean, guns and things. It really is a bit much.

I mean, it's worse than the r.A.F.

Right on.

That's right.

Mattingly, let's go to the Virginia barbecue.

I feel like some ribs and some fries.

Hey, Plug.

You better remind me to give Nathan a fifty.

A little grease will keep his balls in my pocket.

Okay, boss.

Hey, how do I look?

You look good, Doodlebug.

I don't look good, I look marvelous.

That's 'cause I take care of my hair.

Hair is like a woman.

Treat it good, and it treats you good.

Ain't that right, honey?

You hear what I'm saying?

Yeah, you got to hold it, caress it, and love it.

And it will love you right back.

And if your hair gets out of line,

you take a scissor and say,

"hair, I'm going to cut you."

That's right.

Plug...

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Hey, watch out, Mattingly!

Come on!

Ahh!

Liar! You dirty...

Check it.

Where's the bird?

What bird?

The chick! The bloody chick!

Let's get out of here.

Shit.

Come on, you idiot, move it!

Let's go! Move it out!

I play basketball, boy!

Hey! What are you trying to do?

Give me that ball!

You better quit tugging on people's balls.

Hey, man! Hey, man!

Come on over here, man!

Man, them sure are some beautiful magnesium wheels.

Ain't they, Willy?

I bet you those wheels sure would buy a lot of wine

for some of the good citizens in this neighborhood.

Little brother, I sure am fond of those mag wheels,

and it would just about break my heart

if anything were to happen to them.

Now, what do you suggest I do about that?

Well, in my considered opinion, it might be wise

to find somebody to guard them for you.

And where could I find someone

for such a dangerous job?

Strange we should happen along.

Maxwell woodman is my name.

And what do you think such a job is worth?

How much do you think it's worth?

For a dollar, you'll get absolute protection,

and we'll wipe the windshield, too.

Well, that sounds like the best deal in town.

Go on, man. Get over there.

Over there behind the Fender.

You and Michael get on the back.

I know all about it. You better not hit me.

You hit me one more time, you hit me for the last time.

I'm tired of this. I'm leaving, don't wanna hear more.

Get your ass out of here. Get out of here.

Shit, get your ass out of here.

Hey, wait, wait, wait a minute.

Shit! What's wrong with you, woman?

Why can't you just open a door

like a normal person?

Shit! W-w-w-what gives?

What you coming down on me for?

I'm just trying to protect my own.

What you doing sneaking around my door?

I want to ask you about your business,

pusher man.

Business? Shit, I ain't in no business.

Well, look, would I be... Living in this shit hole

if I was in business? Okay, okay, look.

I used to be in business, but I ain't no more.

I-I swear. You can ask anybody.

They tell you Snake ain't in no business.

Okay. Okay. All right.

I'm in business, but, you know.

It's nothing heavy. It's just some light shit.

Mm-hmm.

There is no light shit, Brother Snake.

Sure there is.

You know, there's grass, pills, and poppers.

All right, where's your stash?

Oh, I'm dry. I ain't got nothing.

Okay, if that's the way you want to play it.

I-I'm dry.

What's wrong with you, woman?

Now, look, you're gonna piss me off,

you jive jungle freak.

Ain't nothing. I got nothing. I'm dry.

You people are doing a great job.

There ain't nothing on the streets.

Wait a minute, now. Don't rip up my double-knits.

Hey, no don't cut them up. Just look at them.

Don't rip up my vinyl.

Oh, shit. Hey, look.

You going to piss me off now.

No! Not my high heels. Not my high heels.

Okay, look. Ain't nothing in them.

Why don't you just look at them instead of ripping everything?

Come on.

How would you like it if I kick your ass?

Ohh.

Wait a minute.

Hey, where did that come from?

You planted that.

Because the last time

I looked in that box, there was Shinola in it.

That's the trouble with you, Snake.

You don't know shit...

From Shinola.

Look, you ain't going to pin this on me.

I mean, you come in here, pushing people around.

This is an illegal search and seizure.

This is a violation of the first amendment.

Habeas corpus and nolo contendere.

I'm gonna take you to court.

I'm gonna plead. I'm gonna plead.

You're in terrible trouble, Snake.

Hey, wait. No. Wait a minute.

Give me a break. Come on, Cleo.

Give me a break, now. Don't bust me.

I-I-I can't go back up, Cleo. I can't...

Two questions.

Anything. Anything. You tell me.

What? What? What you want?

Did you make a sale to Jimmy Beeker?

I didn't make no sale to Jimmy Beeker, he's been straight

since he been hanging out with Reuben and that bunch.

Who told you to stick me?

Nobody. Ain't nobody told nobody to stick you.

I'm going to ask you one more time.

Hey, look, it was Pickle now.

It was Pickle.

Doodlebug said that you was out to get my ass,

and I better get you first.

Shit. I should have known better. I ain't no killer.

I told you.

What you doing?

Hey, that's pure shit.

Flush it.

All right, all right, all right.

Oh, shit.

Now, you listen to me,

and you listen to me good, Snake.

Get yourself together,

'cause if I ever hear of you selling so much as a cough drop,

I'm coming down on you so hard,

you'll never get out of jail.

You dig it?

Hey, everybody, here she comes.

Well, I see you're a man of your word.

Can't make it in the world if you're not.

Say, lady, what you got inside that car?

You mean under the hood?

No, I mean while you was gone,

there was a funny buzzing inside of it.

That's the phone.

A phone in your car?

That's right.

Right on.

First phone booth I ever seen with mag wheels.

Goodbye, Maxwell woodman.

So long.

Man, that is some kind of woman.

Hey, give me the ball.

This is Cleopatra Jones.

Were you ringing me?

Got it. Will you call captain Crawford

and give him the same message?

Thanks.

♪ Baby, let me say it right on ♪

♪ Right on ♪

How's it going?

What's happening?

I think we got him nailed.

Purdy went into the Hilton Shambles

carrying a black satchel.

Two dudes went in right behind him. Could be dope.

Yeah, and unless they plan to set up

lightweight housekeeping up there, that's our man.

They're up there on the third floor.

All right. Matthew, you cover the rear.

Gotcha.

Melvin, I'm going in the front. You cover.

Right on, baby.

All right.

All right. I'll get the rest of the stuff for you guys tomorrow.

See if you can get us some.38s.

Thirty-eights? Oh, yeah.

Hello, sport.

Sorry. I have to break up your little gathering.

I'd like to introduce myself.

Cleopatra Jones.

Well, wonder woman. You silly bitch.

Mind if I take a peek?

No. Here.

Get her!

Yaaah!

Hi. I'm the man from glad.

And I'm the avon lady.

I'm coming through there, boy.

Did I hear the man correctly?

Did he call you "Roy"?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

You better get out of my way.

You heard what the man said. Let him by.

Yes, sir. Feel free.

I'll blow your damn brains out.

Shit!

You better hold it.

Just freeze. That's it.

That's it.

That's smart, girl.

Just hang it right there.

Yaaaaaahhh!

Cleo!

Calm down, Lou. Everything is under control.

What the hell goes on around here?

What's with Purdy?

One of your finest,

stealing and selling confiscated weapons.

What?

These two dudes over here?

Buying the Saturday night special.

Nothing smells worse than a rotten cop...

And you stink.

Got anything to say, Purdy?

I ain't saying nothing till I see a lawyer.

We're going to find out anyway,

so why don't you tell us who paid you

to plant that dope on Jimmy Beeker?

I never planted no dope on nobody!

If I did, I wouldn't lift a finger to help any of your kind.

You're tempting me.

- Take it easy, Lou. - Well, then get him out of here.

Hey, Tommy, come on. Get him out of here.

Take it easy!

Want us to do anything else for you?

No, baby.

Right on, mama. Looking good yourself.

Hey, wait a minute.

Who is "us"?

Sorry. Lou, the Johnson brothers.

I'm Matt.

And I'm Melvin. What's happening, my man?

The Johnson brothers.

Matt and Mel.

- That's right. - Whatchu' mean by that?

I'll explain later.

I'd like to go over and have a little talk with Doodlebug.

Doodlebug was killed last night.

Fireplug, Pickle, and the chauffeur.

Real mess.

What about Tiffany?

We're looking for her.

I think I know where I can find her.

Well, let's go.

I'll handle it, Lou.

Cleo!

Lou.

All right. But be careful.

All right.

Kert, do you ever have feelings of inadequacy?

If you so desire, and cannot afford one,

an attorney will be appointed for you.

Listen, let me ask you.

You sure you don't want us to go with you?

No, it's cool. I'll talk to you later.

Thanks.

Right on, baby.

You know what? I got a funny feeling, man.

There's something that don't sit right with me, neither, man.

Come on. Let's go.

Hi, Andy.

Something I can get for you?

Your sister.

Why don't you and Crawford and everybody else

just get off our backs?

Just leave me and Tiffany alone.

The guys that killed Doodlebug last night

aren't going to forget about Tiffany.

It's not their style.

They're probably out looking for her right now,

and they'll find her.

Now, her only chance is if I get to her first.

She's at Saint Cecilia's.

42nd and Normandy.

I'm glad you came.

I didn't know what to do.

I wanted to run away.

They're gonna kill me, aren't they?

They're gonna kill me.

No, Tiffany.

Why did they want to kill me?

You were his friend.

They can't leave any loose ends.

But I never meant to do anything wrong.

It's just that Doodlebug opened up

this big box of goodies and said, "help yourself."

The only trouble is I never knew when to stop.

Well, now is as good a time as any.

Mommy wants to see you.

So you work for Mommy.

I do her a few favors.

Like planting that dope on Jimmy Beeker?

That's right. I'm very helpful.

I also tie up the loose ends,

like our friend Tiffany here.

When there's a special problem like you,

I help her erase it.

Zap.

Escort the young ladies to the car, please.

Be cool, baby. It's all right.

You're beautiful, Kert.

I know.

All right, out.

Cleo, you finally decided to pay me a little visit, huh?

Well, honey, what do you think of my little love nest?

Whatever turns you on, baby.

Why, you sweet pickaninny.

You know what turns me on.

Games. Like dealing in schoolyards.

All right. The game is over and I win.

Well, you're liable to find this meet

just a little tough.

We're gonna remedy that one right now.

Come on, Cleo. Pick a car.

Any car, huh?

How about that nice gray one up there?

Tony, you go check it out. See if the ladies

are gonna be comfortable in it, huh?

Go on.

It's perfect!

Does it still have seat belts?

Yes, mum.

Try them on. See if they work.

Yes, it's a perfect coffin.

Good.

Ahh! Let me out!

Let me out!

Put me down! Put me down!

Put me down!

Oh, my god, mummy, please! Put me down!

For Christ's sakes, put me down!

You made one mistake too many, Tony.

I'll never make another mistake.

Please put me down!

You promise?

I promise!

"We've been together ten years! Please! Please!"

You mean if I put you down,

you promise never to make another mistake, huh?

No more mistakes, I promise. Please.

I guess I'm just becoming an old softy.

All right. Put him down.

That down enough for you?

Pay attention. Now we come to the best part.

Oh, my god, no!

Oh, you fat, slimy, blubbery bitch!

Ahh!

That Tony.

He was always a sweet, little candy-ass.

All right, now.

Get them in that nice green one over there.

Wait a minute. Cleo.

No wisecracks, no jokes, no begging, no pleading.

No way, fatso.

All right. Get her out of here.

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Ahh! Ahh!

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

No! No!

Don't you drop them!

I wanna enjoy every minute of this.

What the...

Don't just stand there! Shoot 'em!

What the hell?

Okay!

Get them on the other side.

Come on. Get that thing moving.

Ahh!

Surprise, brother.

Ugh!

Protect and serve? Shit.

Yaahh!

Aaahh!

Ahh!

Yaaahh!

You bitch!

Now guess who jumped out of the woodpile?

Ahh!

You lose.

Do it again. Do it again.

♪ Took away my happiness ♪

♪ He left me here with this mess ♪

♪ I don't know what I'm gonna do ♪

Your attention, please. Hold it down.

Come on over.

I would like to offer a toast

to miss Cleopatra Jones.

I wish her success on her mission,

and a very safe and fast return.

She's very important to a lot of people.

I'll drink to that.

We'll miss you, Cleo.

Thanks, Lou.

Where's mine?

Oh!

Walk a lady to her car?

My pleasure.

Hey, where you going?

Don't you worry about it. I got it together.

Right on.

Cleo.

Well...

How long this time, baby?

Until it's finished.

You take care of yourself.

You, too.

Somebody's watching you.

Oh!

Right on, sister!

Right on, Cleo!

Cleo!

Right on, baby!

Right on!

-Eng sinc by Barel-

♪ Baby you took me ♪

♪ Baby your love you shook me ♪

♪ But I was afraid to live ♪

♪ Yeah, you taught me how to give ♪

♪ You're so sweet and strong ♪

♪ Yeah, you can do no wrong ♪

♪ Touch me like the desert wind ♪

♪ Make me want to love you again and again ♪

♪ Come on and touch me like the desert wind ♪

♪ Oh, baby, I just got to love you again and again ♪

♪ I feel all right ♪

♪ I feel like calling your name, Cleo ♪

♪ Hey, Cleo ♪

♪ Oh, Cleo ♪

♪ I know you hear me calling your name, baby ♪

♪ Cleo ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Everywhere I go I see your face ♪