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It ain't safe working around here.

My payroll was in there.

You're out of business, Stern.

Take a ride at least,

or don't you want to hire the A-Team?

The A-Team?

I understand you may lose a demolition contract

due to unnatural accidents.

We're being sabotaged by Carl Denham.

I think maybe I wanna meet this dude.

Maybe help him with his bridgework,

like busting up his mouth.

We gotta let Denham know we're taking care of business here.

Hi, fellas!

I don't come down here so you can tell me

your boys got their beanies handed to them.

Crazy Tommy T hits a wall head on

there's nothing left but a pile of bricks.

I hate con artists.

Bring this braciole along.

B.A., get us down.

What's up? They got Face.

I'll go in there and do it the way it should've been done.

Nice.

In 1972, a crack commando unit

was sent to prison by a military court

for a crime they didn't commit.

These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade

to the Los Angeles underground.

Today, still wanted by the government,

they survive as soldiers of fortune.

If you have a problem, if no one else can help,

and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.

What did Gunderson want, for Pete's sake?

He does work for the City Planning Commission.

I think what he wants

is the building finished, Uncle Mickey.

Now look, the contract that they signed

when we took this bid was for four payments.

They've already advanced the second

when they didn't have to.

Now, you want them to pay again,

and we still haven't taken down the steelwork?

They know I'm havin' problems. I'm working on a short crew.

That's not Mr. Gunderson's fault.

No, it's Denham's fault.

He's sabotaging the whole project.

I can't get this job finished.

He should get the chair.

What's the matter?

Nothing is the matter.

You want to sit down? No, I don't want to.

Did you take your pill before?

You haven't been taking your medicine.

Oh, will you leave me alone?

I just have a little indigestion.

Angina.

Angina, whatever. Shouldn't have had that...

Uncle Mickey!

Hey, Stern.

The word's out it ain't safe working around here.

Damn it. My payroll was in there.

You're out of business, Stern.

This time it was just payroll, but next time,

you and your pretty niece

get inside the trailer first.

Capisci?

It's over, Uncle Mickey.

Denham's not going to stop for anything.

Neither am I.

Oh, come on, you're not gonna risk

the lives of these men and you know it.

Denham will steamroll over anyone who gets in his way.

You know what kind of animal he is.

You're worried about me getting

a heart attack and you bring me here.

All those crazy hours on street corners,

Chinese laundries, winos in alleys, and now sharks.

I told you not to come.

Since when do you tell me things?

I'm your uncle. You don't tell me, huh?

What are you looking at, huh?

Uncle Mick.

Jerks like that looking at you.

What are you dressed like that for?

So they'll look at me like that.

We're gonna take a ten-minute break now.

You'll find refreshment stands and restrooms here.

There are also shops if you need more film

so you can take photos of yourself

with Frankie and Drac to take home

to show your friends and family.

Remember your tram and seat number.

Thank you.

Would you get lost with that thing?

Go on, get out of here.

What is it with that guy?

Where do we go now?

You want a picture with the Aqua Maniac?

Scream-scream, glub-glub?

No, thanks. We don't have a camera.

Then, uh, do you wanna take a ride at least,

or don't you want to hire the A-Team?

The A-Team?

Hannibal Smith, at your service.

No, for real?

It's about as real as it gets.

Now you go over there to the main gate.

You'll see a tram that looks just like a trolley car.

I'll meet you there.

Thank you!

Mmm-hmm.

Wait till your mommy sees this picture.

Cover for me, Mel. I'll be back in ten.

Hey, look, will you get out?

I'm not gonna tell you again.

I-I'm sorry. Uh, parties with VIP passes only.

You hard of hearing, sucker?

You heard what the man said, VIP passes only.

Now get out of here!

How are you doing, Hannibal?

Thanks, Face.

Look, what am I doing here anyway?

I mean, it wasn't my idea to contact these people.

It was mine.

Have you spoken with Mr. Lee?

Yes, I understand you might lose a demolition contract

due to unnatural accidents at the building site.

Unnatural, yeah.

We're being sabotaged by a competitor,

Carl Denham.

I can speak for myself.

We're being sabotaged by Carl Denham.

Denham Construction and Wrecking?

That's a very big outfit.

They have contracts with the city...

The guy is a bum!

He's a bum, never ran a legitimate business

always manages to underbid everybody

because the concrete that he pours

and the steel that he uses is never up to specifications.

He had a bridge collapse on him last year.

He managed to skate out from under it

without losing his license.

And I'll tell you something else.

They gave him the deal to build a new bridge.

He can't have a monopoly.

What's he care about one building going up in the middle of city?

All I know is I was lucky to get the contract.

It was a fluke. The city rezoned the territory

and they want me to tear down the building that's there,

they're gonna put up a new high-rise.

They gave me the contract and now he's furious.

Denham's blown so many holes in my dyke

I can't finish the job.

He's put men in the hospital,

he's... he's, uh, sabotaged my supplies,

and now he's blown up my payroll this week.

The insurance company is looking at us sideways

and we can barely get the men to work for us anymore.

I can't blame 'em. I only have until Wednesday

to pay their salaries. After that they're gonna walk.

If you can't get the guys to work for you,

what do you expect us to do? There's only four of us.

I don't know.

What you can do is make Denham back off.

I said I can talk for myself.

Now, what you can do is make Denham back off.

You two have a very, uh, interesting relationship.

Look, I don't want to see my men trying to feed

their families on workmen's comp.

They can't beat the bricks forever.

And they sure as hell can't get a job from Denham.

Anybody who has held a card for me

is zero over there.

What do you think, B.A.?

I think maybe I wanna meet this dude.

Maybe help him with his bridgework,

like busting up his mouth.

Hey, B.A., that's very funny.

You know, you're developing a sense of humor?

Slowly, but, uh, it's developing.

Okay, Face, you spring Murdock.

We'll regroup at B.A.'s as soon as I get off the shift.

Enjoy the rest of the tour.

Bread and butter.

And I thought the guy

in the Chinese laundry was crazy.

Get back! Get back! Stay back!

I was looking for H.M. Murdock's room.

Well, I guess I've found it.

Well, um, he... he started up earlier this morning

but we're used to this sort of behavior with Mr. Murdock.

But he's gotten much worse.

If I didn't know better,

I'd actually believe he has been bitten

and has contracted rabies.

Nurse, believe it.

Oh, but that... that's not possible.

You see, Mr. Murdock's dog

is a figment of his imagination.

Uh, I'm sorry, Doctor. I don't know you

and apparently you're not familiar with this case.

Oh, that's because I'm not a doctor.

"The United States Department of Animal Health and Welfare"?

Mmm-hmm, one of your superiors

was aware of the impending epidemic

and didn't want to take any chances.

He's crazy. He's gone.

He's foaming at the mouth.

I can't believe it. He has never been this violent before.

He bit me.

He bit you? Oh, I'm going to have you in

for an entire series of blood scans

and a full rabies and tetanus board.

Uh, could you get me that wheelchair, please?

Thanks.

How can he have rabies when his dog isn't real?

From animals that, uh, escaped last night

from Germany, came in on a Lufthansa flight.

They're supposed to be transported

under airtight security

to the Wadsworth Research Facility.

Could you grab the door, please?

Now.

Easy, boy, easy, easy. Whoa, whoa!

Easy, easy, get on the chair. Good boy.

Okay, open up.

Uh, could you step inside, please?

Come on, come on, step inside. That's right, that's right.

Uh, keys.

Come on. It's for your own good.

I want you to, uh, remain in quarantine

until I can check back with you in a couple days.

Hopefully by then I will have developed the serum you'll need.

And you're to speak of this to no one

except Nurse Billings. Mmm?

Uh, contact me immediately

should he develop any strange symptoms,

such as the desire to scratch behind his ears.

Wait! Wait, Mr. Murdock is a patient here.

I can't just release him to someone from the pound.

We happen to be a division of the Federal Government

and working in conjunction

with the Department of Health Services,

which gives us jurisdiction

over any and all state institutions.

So please, please be careful

before coughing up the word "pound" like that.

And I need not remind you to speak of this to no one.

Ah, all hospitals in...

Easy, boy, easy, easy.

All hospitals in the city

have been, uh, warned of the possible outbreak.

Oh, well, hopefully Mr. Murdock's condition

was caught in time and you can develop a serum.

Yeah, well, we hope.

This man could single-handedly save

the entire population of Los Angeles.

Down, boy!

Do you understand?

This is Denham's last offer.

You got till tomorrow to think it over.

After that, the offer is no good.

And then we're gonna have to do it the hard way.

Just what do you think you're doing?

What are you doing here? Get off of this lot!

I just do what Mr. Denham tells me to.

No, on this lot, you do what I tell you.

Now, get out of here.

I was being kind enough to offer up jobs

to anyone who wants them

when Denham Construction takes over this contract.

Denham Construction's not taking over this contract.

These men are on my payroll.

What payroll?

You guys finished signing the roster?

What do you expect them to do, Mick?

They all got families.

Denham can keep them working.

He can also keep them on unemployment.

All right, you said your piece.

Denham doesn't have this contract yet

so you take those ugly guys of yours

and get them out of here.

When I'm finished, old man.

Don't you call me...

Uncle Mickey!

The man said "go."

I take my orders from Denham.

Be smart. Do the same.

You guys look like you can work steel pretty well.

Sign in, and you're on the roster.

You got anything else you want us to chew over?

Maybe, you should let the boys tell you what can happen to you

if you work this job for Stern.

I'd rather you told me.

It's almost predictable by now, isn't it?

Sure glad you guys got here in time.

Yeah, that's the trouble with that car.

You're never late for anything.

You did a good job.

Murdock, what are you doing?

I'd say it was just an expression of pure enthusiasm.

You know, Face,

I find it simplistic and naive of you to assume

that I can be placated

with an ersatz morsel of this kind.

A shallow, culinary trinket.

Now if there were two of them...

You know I ain't going for it. You got that?

Absolutely.

Good.

Now, what we gotta do is we got to let Denham know

that we're taking care of business around here.

Yeah, I... I... I'm sure his goons

will pass that bit of data along to him.

Face, never send somebody to do a chore like this

when we can do it so much better.

It's like I'm doing the best I can.

I don't want to hear this kind of thing, Carl.

I don't come down here so you can tell me

your boys got their beanies handed to them.

I come down here so you can tell me

that building isn't coming down anymore.

You hear me, Carl? You hear me? I do, I do, Tommy.

You do, you do, you do, but meanwhile,

I get to drive by and see the walls come tumbling down.

Every day I have my driver swing out of our way

to... to take a peek

and you know what I see, Carl?

They're still tearing down the building.

I don't want it torn down!

This is something I can't have right now.

I want you to stop it.

Or maybe I take my business elsewhere, huh?

Maybe someone else needs me to bankroll them, huh,

don't you think?

I... I swear to you, it'll be all over by tomorrow, Tom.

T-Tomorrow is Wednesday. It's payday.

And Stern has no money to pay these guys.

And... And nobody can afford that kind of charity,

to keep working for nothing.

These guys got families to feed.

They got to put food on the table.

So, as of tomorrow, Tom... I mean, forget it.

Stern's out of business.

Yeah, we'll just step in, we'll take over the contract.

Okay. That's good, Carl. That's very good.

Or maybe I have to get somebody else

to handle a different kind of contract.

Tom.

Face,

stick with the guy in the stretched chariot.

Looks like he makes Denham nervous.

Yeah, yeah, I can see that.

What are you gonna do?

I'm going to check out Denham's petty-cash situation.

Seems like he doesn't believe in social security

FICA and Federal withholding.

He's paying the guys

out of the back of that lunch truck.

Undermining everything this country stands for.

I can't allow that.

I'm glad I'm not gonna be around to see this.

Murdock, stand by.

How's it going?

Oh, I guess I could complain, but that wouldn't do any good.

So I won't.

These doughnuts fresh?

Yeah, sure.

As long as you dunk them in a coffee.

I was expecting, uh, something to come along with it.

You asked for a sinker, that's what you got.

Isn't today payday?

I don't pay people for eating my doughnuts.

They pay me.

Sorry I don't have what you want.

Well, I guess I'll just have to eat

what my wife fixes me.

You know, it always gives me indigestion.

I think it's the lead slugs that keep repeating.

Now this looks a little more like dessert.

You're gonna be dead before you reach the corner.

You think so, huh?

Yeah, I know it.

I know every man on this crew, Jack.

Who are you?

I'm the Wicked Warlock of the North.

When I come down on you

there won't be anything left except a smear of grease.

Hi, fellas!

They... They're trying to rip us off!

Beware of the dogs of war!

Get him!

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon. How are you doing?

Fine. We're not open till 7:00.

Uh, well, see, actually, a gentleman just came in here

and he dropped this outside.

Tough-looking customer.

Short, dark hair.

That's the owner.

I'm sure he'll be pleased to have it returned to him.

I wonder, would it be possible for me

to hand it over to him personally, do you think?

Mr. Tillis is right in there.

Thanks. Mmm-hmm.

Tillis. Oh, no. Why him of all people?

Look, uh, I'm having a little cocktail party

at my place this evening.

I wonder, would you like to come?

That'd be nice.

May I use your phone?

Sure. It's right behind you.

Thanks. Mmm-hmm.

Tommy Tillis?

Crazy Tommy T?

That's right. Crazy Tommy T.

A guy like that has mob connections

out the wazoo, know what I mean?

Yeah, but the question is,

what's he got to do with Denham?

And why put the pressure on Mickey

to keep from putting his high-rise up?

Well, whatever the reason, Hannibal,

I don't think we want to get in this guy's way.

Crazy Tommy T hits a wall head on

and there's nothing left but a pile of bricks.

As soon as B.A. pays off the crew, I'll take him and Murdock

and I'll scout Denham. You stick with Tillis.

See what else you can find out.

Stick with Tillis? Hannibal,

I didn't plan on making a career out of this, you know.

I'm in my Vette.

Not exactly the most inconspicuous car

to do a tail job in.

Oh, that'll work for you.

He'd never think that anybody would be crazy enough

to follow him in a car as flashy as that.

You don't believe that?

No, but I thought you'd feel better. Bye.

Uh, Bu...

Why me?

"Stick with him." How am I gonna do that?

Mr. Tillis wants to talk to you.

Oh. Me?

You.

Great. Ahem.

Nice place you have here.

Uh,

I understand you have my wallet.

Your wallet? Yeah.

Isn't that what he said, sugar?

Mmm-hmm.

Oh, yeah, yeah, right. No, I made a little mistake.

A big one.

Why don't we check it out?

Oh, now, listen. I...

You're right. It's not my wallet.

Yeah, you see?

Sing me a song. Make it a top ten.

Yeah, well, you see, the truth is, you see...

"Maury Birnbaum, talent agent."

I don't know who is representing this girl,

but she's gorgeous. She ought to be in pictures.

Fantastic bone structure.

"Arturo Wainwright, tractor salesman.

"Herbert Digby, coffin salesman.

"You just ask it, we've got the casket."

You got trouble holding down a job

or you're some kind of con artist.

Which I hate con artists.

I mean they make me wanna puke,

know what I mean?

I mean they're always

trying to turn people off their life savings, you know.

Understand me?

Well, it's not really an honest crime

like gambling or drugs.

Talk to me,

or I'll have Jilly here use your head for an anvil.

Okay, okay, okay I'm sorry, Mr. Tillis.

On the level.

J. Pierpont Finch, National Insider.

You know how some people hate the press.

Sometimes you have to come from the inside, you know,

or sideways even to get them to, uh, open up.

Car keys. What?

Car keys.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, sure, sure, car keys.

We're going for a ride?

If these keys fit that white Corvette parked outside

we might just do that, because that'll mean

you've been tailing me from that construction site

on Sixth and Figueroa, and then

I won't believe you're a reporter.

Mr. Tillis, Carl on the phone.

Yeah, this is Tommy. Yeah, go ahead, Carl.

What? When did this happen?

Doesn't sound like good news.

What's going on?

What are we doing getting pushed around like that?

No, you just stay right there in the office.

I'll be right over there.

Let's go.

Yeah, we can finish this interview another time.

Perhaps I could speak with the girl.

Bring this braciole along.

I think he's got a couple of hundred grand of mine.

If that's true, you're gonna see me get very angry.

You don't want to see me angry, do you?

No, no, no, I can't say that I do.

♪ Roxanne ♪

Turn on the red light ♪

♪ Roxanne ♪

♪ Turn on the red light ♪

♪ Roxanne ♪

♪ Turn on the red light ♪♪

♪ Roxanne ♪♪

Shut up, Murdock! This noise is beginning to drive me crazy.

B.A., we are window washers.

Window washers listen to music.

You get a rhythm...

If you turn this music up again,

I'll throw this radio down.

You wouldn't dare. Yeah?

Hannibal!

Will you guys keep quiet?

I'm trying to hear something here.

Hey, cool out, will you, Tommy.

You let them make off with $150,000,

I'm supposed to cool out?

Didn't know what else to do.

I couldn't report it or nothing.

Was I supposed to tell the cops:

"Oh, yeah, we pay off my workers in cash

to avoid taxes"?

Hey, it's not the money that bothers me.

Now Stern made his payroll.

He still has his crew out there

they're still pounding up the foundation to my own warehouse!

I know, I know. You know, you know.

You don't know nothing.

What do you think happens when they turn up

my old partner stuck in that cement floor?

Huh, what then?

You don't think they're gonna

put two and two together?

They'll figure that if he didn't take the money

from out of our safe

that maybe I whacked my partner, Jules,

took the dough and blamed it on him.

Not to mention the insurance I got

to cover the payroll.

They're not gonna find the body.

They're not gonna find the body

or the skeleton or whatever.

It's in the sub-foundation.

Unless they specifically look for it, they'd never hack that out

I can't take a chance like that.

Hey, what the hell's going on out there, huh?

It's the window washers.

Tommy, don't you think

it's kind of easy for them to, uh, to figure out

find out, check out

who put that building up for you in the first place?

If they find Jules' body,

they'll know I planted him for you.

I'm looking at a prison sentence, too.

No, no, no, no, no, you wouldn't.

That body turns up,

they'll never get a chance to find you

to even prosecute you.

That's a promise from me to you.

Tommy, Tommy!

All right, look, uh...

I'll get a bunch of the boys,

I'll go find the guys who're helping Stern.

No, you've mucked it up enough.

I'll take care of it, okay?

I already have one of 'em.

He's in the limo with Jilly.

Me and him are gonna have a nice talk.

He'll tell me lots of cute things.

And while he's down there by the river

learning how to breathe underwater

I'm gonna go over and show these guys

how to pour some concrete.

B.A., get us down.

What's up? They got Face.

You got a light?

Sure. Thanks.

Ah, nice.

Ah,

Mr. Tillis has excellent taste.

'58, if I'm not mistaken.

Even I know sherry doesn't have years.

No, I... I... I was speaking of the original vintage

upon which the sherry was based.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, oh.

No.

Catch!

What happened? Never mind. Just get them!

It was them!

Look at that, look at that.

It had to be.

It's the same guys that took the payroll.

You think, huh?

Yeah.

All right, that's it.

I tried it your way.

A couple of accidents, knock out his payroll.

I'll go in there and do it the way it should've been done.

The way you should've done it from the top, you hear me?

Tommy.

Jilly,

you get me together a good bunch of soldiers.

Tell them we got four bozos here

with automatic weapons.

And we're gonna wrap them in white satin by morning.

Animal cracker, big guy?

Now?

Come on!

What kept you guys anyway?

Face, I told you to stay close to Crazy Tommy T,

but you got a little ridiculous.

You know what that means now, don't you?

I mean, you don't just kick Tommy T in the face

and then walk away.

No, you probably slide away on a roller board

by the time he's finished working on your knee caps.

I thought we were caught up in a jurisdictional dispute

between hardhats.

But it looks like we've kicked over a rock

and found a scorpion.

I'd think better with a fresh cigar. Face?

Oh, I'm sorry, Hannibal.

I had to use my last cigar to escape.

Oh, too bad.

Too bad?

I don't think it'll take more than an hour.

To get somebody to help you if you need it, okay.

Hay, how's it going, Uncle Mick?

Hey, couldn't be better.

We really beat those guys this time, didn't we?

With a little help.

Yeah, with a little help.

Buy me a jelly roll.

Oh, no. No jelly rolls for you.

It looks like maybe I spoke a little too soon, huh?

B.A., get on that machine.

Mickey, get your guys off the job.

What's going on?

Denham's not the problem.

We kicked over the real monster.

Crazy Tommy Tillis.

The mobster?

He used to own this warehouse once.

Yeah, and he turned your building site

into a mausoleum for his ex-partner.

Tillis killed him and Denham poured the concrete?

That's why you've had so much interference.

They don't want you messing with the foundations here.

You mean we've been digging up a grave?

Hannibal, I'm more worried about our graves.

That's why I want you and your niece

and your men off this job. Now move it.

But there's only four of you.

Yeah, he's got an army.

Yeah, well, the poor suckers haven't got a chance.

All right, all you men!

Get down out of that stuff, let's get out of here!

Come on! Hurry up! On the double! Let's move it!

Come on! Get everybody out of here!

Hurry up, hurry up! Come on!

Come on, you move out of here, too, come on.

Let's go!

They haven't found it yet.

Yeah, where is everybody?

Haven't they blown the whistle yet?

Stern is usually here by now.

He's probably in the office.

Hey, Stern! Hey!

You in there?

What do you say, Tommy?

What gets you up so early in the morning?

Come to pay your respects to your dear departed partner?

You don't know who you're messing with.

Oh, yeah, I do.

You're the king cockroach around here.

Now, we can do this the hard way or the easy way.

In about a minute, I and my three friends

are gonna unleash on you your worst nightmare.

You're gonna wish

the earth opened up underneath your feet

and swallowed you whole.

What's the easy way?

That was the easy way.

Nice.

Well, we're back on schedule again.

The city's happy.

Once they understood what was going on

they gave us all the time we needed to catch up.

We're glad to hear it.

You're not the only one who's got plenty of time.

Crazy Tommy T is gonna spend a lot of years

looking at walls.

Yeah, hard times. He gave it. Now he's doing it.

Well, it couldn't happen to a sweeter fellow.

Let's not forget his buddy, Denham.

Yeah. Denham buried Tommy's victim

and then cheerfully poured concrete all over him.

My boys just jackhammered through the cement

and, uh, found the evidence.

Talk about knowing where the bodies are buried.

I am telling you, the mere presence of a dog

a dog would have helped you locate the deceased

more quickly.

And I just happen to represent

a few highly available dogs

and I'd be glad to arrange their services

for you in the future.

For a reasonable cost, of course.

Like how about a few dozen of those animal crackers

you had a while ago there.

Hey, Murdock, cool it, will you?

B.A., weren't you going to the barbershop

to get a haircut?

Oh, yeah. My hair is getting a little long.

Face, you take Murdock back.

I'm going with B.A.

I picked him up. Now wait a minute.

Would you get your hand out of my jacket?

I picked him up!

I don't want him in my Vette!

What if he woofs out on me again

and get hair on my seat, drool on my...

Oh, don't be absurd.

You're talking to me as if I was a dog.