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♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ I'VE GOT TROUBLES

♪ WALL TO WALL

♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ YEAH

♪ MUST BE AN ENDING

♪ TO IT ALL

♪ OH--OH

♪ BUT HOLD ON

♪ IT WON'T BE LONG

♪ JUST YOU BE STRONG

♪ AND IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT

♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ IN THE HEAT

♪ OF THE NIGHT

IF BUBBA'S THERE, IT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE.

IT'S OK. LITTLE GUY ISN'T GOING TO WAKE UP SOON.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE SERGEANT SKINNER, IF I MAY.

HE'S LIEUTENANT SKINNER NOW, MA'AM.

AHEM. SORRY.

LIEUTENANT.

EITHER WAY, HE WON'T BE HERE TILL 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING.

HE WASN'T AT HOME. I'D SURE LIKE TO FIND HIM.

YOU A FRIEND OF HIS?

I KNOWN BUBBA FOR YEARS.

UH, IF HE CALLS, TELL HIM CASSIE'S LOOKING FOR HIM.

JUST CASSIE, NO LAST NAME?

CASSIE'S ENOUGH.

HE'LL KNOW.

HE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN TILL TOMORROW MORNING.

WANT TO TRY HIS APARTMENT AGAIN?

LATER, I BETTER START MOVING ON ROGER.

LET'S GO.

WELL, LET'S GO.

OK.

LETTING FLIES IN OR OUT?

NO FLIES IN MISSISSIPPI THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WHERE DID THEY GO?

TO FLORIDA TILL MAY.

UH-HUH.

OH, CHIEF.

HI. MORNING, MORNING.

MORNING. SHERIFF McCOMB FROM HILL IS WAITING FOR YOU.

I GAVE HIM A CUP OF COFFEE.

OH, GOOD. GOOD.

SHERIFF.

NO, DON'T GET UP. DON'T GET UP.

SIT DOWN. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME THERE.

LET ME HANG MY HAT UP.

WELL,

THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.

WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD, BILL. WHAT'S THE SECRET?

YOU TAKE THINGS EASY. YOU SPREAD THE WORK.

WE CALL THAT DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT'S IT.

AND...

YOU NEVER RUN ANYWHERE,

UNLESS YOU HEAR GUNFIRE... THEN RUN THE OTHER WAY.

DULY NOTED. [BOTH LAUGH]

LISTEN, CAN YOU COME TO JACKSON AND SPEAK AT A DINNER?

AND GET LAUGHED AT?

THAT'S THE IDEA. [CHUCKLES]

TAD PARISH IS RETIRING. HERE'S THE INVITE.

UH, BUT WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?

FUNERAL.

FIRST WIFE'S MOTHER DIED.

SHE WAS A SWEET, KINDLY WOMAN.

HELL, I SHOULD'VE MARRIED HER.

BY THE WAY,

A WOMAN YOU KNEW DIED IN JACKSON ON TUESDAY...

MISS ESSIE MAVIS LONGWOOD.

NO.

WHAT OF?

FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

AN ACCIDENT, THEY SAY.

LISTEN, I GOT TO GO HELP PUT THIS OTHER WOMAN AWAY.

TRY AND MAKE THAT DINNER, WILL YOU?

UH, I'LL CALL YOU.

FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

I REALLY HATE THIS.

WELL, ROGER'S NOT GOING TO JUST HAND ME THE MONEY.

WE GOT TO TWIST IT OUT OF HIM.

IT'S THE WE PART I HATE.

I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I HATE YOU...

'CAUSE YOU'RE WEAK.

[CHUCKLES AND SHRIEKS] [SHRIEKS]

YOU DON'T LIKE ANYTHING

THAT TAKES A LITTLE BACKBONE.

GO ON.

GET GOING.

HI, SWEETHEART. YOU ALL RIGHT?

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OK.

DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D MISS MY WEDDING REHEARSAL?

YES. THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU FOR THE THIRD TIME.

WELL.

I WILL BE THERE.

YOU EVER GOING TO INTRODUCE ME TO YOUR BRIDE-TO-BE?

SURE, PAUL.

YOU'LL GET TO MEET HER AT THE WEDDING.

THERE MAY NOT BE ANY WEDDING.

AND IF THERE'S NO WEDDING, THERE'S NO MONEY.

AND IF THERE'S NO MONEY...

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

ELISE BENNINGTON WON'T STAND FOR THAT.

WHOSE CAR IS THAT?

IT'S CASSIE CHAPIN'S.

AND THAT'S CASSIE IN IT.

SURE IS.

SHE DROVE IN FROM JACKSON LAST NIGHT.

GOT THE BACK ALL FIXED UP FOR TRAVELING WITH THE BABY.

HE'S THERE, TOO.

I CAN'T TAKE THIS RIGHT NOW.

I CAN'T TAKE IT. I CAN'T TAKE IT!

SHE WANTS MONEY FOR THE BABY.

A BABY SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE.

I PAID 10, NO, $12,000

FOR A YEAR OF EASY LIVING IN JACKSON.

FIR AN ABORTION SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET

THERE SHE IS...

WITH THE BABY.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KILL HER.

KILL HER?

[LAUGHS]

YOU DON'T MEAN IT.

PAUL,

WE'RE PARTNERS...

SOON AS WE CLEAN UP THIS LITTLE MESS.

WHEN I'VE DECIDED WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TO HER

AND WHERE I'M GONNA MEET HER, I'LL CALL YOU.

YOU FROM HERE, MISS?

USED TO BE.

GOT AN ADDRESS HERE?

YES, MAUDIE. MY ADDRESS.

WHY DO YOU NEED AN ADDRESS?

OH, I DON'T NEED ONE,

BUT I SURE DO WANT ONE FOR AN ITEM LIKE THIS.

THIS NECKLACE IS WORTH 20,000.

MORE.

IS IT ALL RIGHT IF SHE...

GIVES ME THE LOAN, THEN I GIVE YOU THE MONEY?

I DON'T KEEP THAT MUCH CASH HERE.

BEFORE I BRING IT IN, I WANT SOMEONE ELSE'S APPRAISAL.

YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THESE WITH ME

TILL TOMORROW.

NO, MA'AM.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

YOU HAVE YOUR APPRAISER HERE,

AND YOU HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, TOO.

NOONTIME...

UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT THIS DEAL.

FINE.

NOON TOMORROW.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE.

CASSIE: HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID? THESE THINGS ARE FOR A GIRL.

I TOLD THE WOMAN WHAT I NEEDED.

SHE SAID IT WAS ALL READY AND ON SPECIAL.

I GAVE HER THE MONEY AND RAN OUT. I'M SORRY.

I DON'T SEE IT MAKES MUCH DIFFERENCE TO HIM.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE SENT YOU ALONE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOUR FRIEND TONIGHT.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER.

I AM NOT AFRAID OF A LITTLE TROUBLE.

HE'S CRAZIER THAN WHEN WE USED TO ALL

RUN AROUND PARTYING TOGETHER.

A LOT MEANER, TOO.

HE HASN'T HELPED ME NONE.

I'M NO FURTHER ALONG IN THE CONTRACTING BUSINESS.

STILL JUST HIS GOFER.

MAKING NEXT TO NOTHING.

I'LL DO THINGS FOR YOU ONCE I'M SETTLED.

BUT BACK ME UP TONIGHT, HEAR?

I'LL DO MY BEST, CASSIE.

HE'S GOT A LOT TO LOSE.

YOU TELL THAT TO ROGER.

NECKLACE WILL KEEP ME IN INCIDENTALS.

BUT I WILL NEED TO FIND A HOUSE.

COUPLE MORTGAGES.

PAYMENTS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

I REALLY HOPE IT ALL WORKS OUT FOR YOU, CASSIE.

FOR US.

WE'VE BEEN CLOSE IN SO MANY WAYS, PAUL.

DON'T WORRY.

WHATEVER HAPPENS TO ME...

HAPPENS TO YOU, TOO.

YOUR ELISE WILL LOVE LIVING HERE.

I KNOW I WOULD.

DON'T WORRY, ROGER.

I DON'T NEED ANYTHING THIS GRAND.

IT DOESN'T LOOK AS THOUGH IT WOULD BE MINE.

YOU WANT TO GO TO THE TROUBLE OF PROVING HE ISN'T?

I DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE, CASSIE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO WORK OUT A WAY TO BE RID OF YOU.

OH.

YOU USED TO LOVE ME SO.

I BET...

YOU DON'T LOVE YOUR BRIDE-TO-BE

THE WAY YOU USED TO LOVE LITTLE CASSIE.

BUT YOU'RE CRAZY ABOUT THAT MONEY

ELISE BENNINGTON'S BRINGING WITH HER, AIN'T YOU?

WELL, I WANT A LITTLE OF IT, TOO.

RID OF YOU...

FOREVER.

I WANT TO BE

RID OF YOU, TOO.

BUT HOW CAN I BE RID OF YOU?

BECAUSE YOU'RE A LIAR.

YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE RID OF THAT BABY.

YES ROGER. I DID LIE ABOUT THAT.

I KNEW I WANTED THAT BABY WHILE I MADE LOVE.

I WANTED A BABY

MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

NOW ALL I WANT OUT OF THIS LIFE, IS THE BEST FOR HIM.

I'M A WONDERFUL MAMA.

[CHUCKLES]

I'M A WONDERFUL MAMA, AREN'T I, SUGAR?

I LOVE YOU.

YOU'RE SO CUTE.

HMM?

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

You're so sweet.

[BABY GURGLES]

[BABY GURGLES]

ALTHEA: THERE YOU GO, SWEETHEART.

NOW YOU'RE NICE AND COMFY.

AND NOW...

I'LL PUT THIS IN YOUR HAND...

I'LL PUT THIS IN YOURS.

WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH IT?

HOLD ONTO ONE CORNER AND FLUSH IT IN THE TOILET.

MRS. TIBBS, DON'T MAKE ME DO A THING LIKE THAT.

OH, BUBBA, YOU HAD A BROTHER AND SISTER.

I WAS GOOD AT CHASTISING THEM.

I JUST COULDN'T CLEAN THEM.

ALL RIGHT BUBA, GET ME A PLASTIC BAGGIE.

I'LL HANDLE IT.

YES.

AREN'T YOU THE MOST ADORABLE LITTLE BABY?

[GURGLES]

I LOVE BABIES.

THANKS.

SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT FOOD?

MRS. LYONS AT NALLY'S NEVER CLOSE RECOMMENDED IT.

SAYS SHE'S BEEN SELLING BABY FOOD 25 YEARS,

SO SHE OUGHT TO KNOW.

MRS. LYONS?

DID SHE ASK ABOUT THE BABY?YEAH.

WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?

I TOLD HER WHAT HAPPENED.

OH, VIRGIL, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

SHE KNEW IT WASN'T OURS.

HALF OF SPARTA ALREADY KNOWS

SOME WOMAN LEFT A BABY AT MY DOOR.

MY BABY.

GOOD LORD ALMIGHTY,

WHY DID THIS BABY'S MAMA DO THIS TO ME?

MORE THAN LIKELY, BUBBA,

THE FATHER DID IT.

FATHER. WHY? HE'S DRESSED IN PINK,

BUT HE'S A BOY.

A WOMAN WOULD'VE DRESSED HIM IN BLUE.

TO BRING HIM TO ME. TO BRING HIM ANYWHERE.

WOMEN WANT TO DO THINGS RIGHT,

EVEN IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

OK. WHO'S THE MAN, AND WHY DID HE PICK ME?

PROBABLY KNEW YOU.

NOBODY WHO KNOWS ME

WOULD LEAVE A BABY WITH ME.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BUBBA.

WELL, WHERE'S THE BABY NOW, LIEUTENANT?

MISS TIBBS HAS TAKEN IT WHERE?

OH, SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO TAKE IT.

JUST A MINUTE.

Y'ALL WON'T BELIEVE THIS.

SOME GIRL LEFT HER BABY AT BUBBA'S DOOR,

AND BUBBA'S TRYING TO SAY

IT WAS A GUY WHO LEFT IT.

TELL YOU WHAT, LIEUTENANT,

WHY DON'T I PUT YOU ON WITH PARKER?

HE KNOWS ABOUT AGENCIES AND ALL THAT.

OK.

YEAH, UH, THERE'S A PLACE IN TOWN

FOR INFANTS WITH NO KNOWN PARENTS,

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE IN TOWN

FOR INFANTS WITH AT LEAST ONE KNOWN PARENT.

YOU SURE WE DON'T KNOW ONE PARENT?

BUBBA: LET ME TELL YOU!

I KNOW FOR CERTAIN ONE OF YOUR PARENTS

WAS RELATED TO THE OTHER...

WAIT TILL THE CHIEF HEARS THIS.

OH.

YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH.

OH.

HA HA HA!

WHAT IS SO FUNNY?

I WAS JUST TRYING TO IMAGINE BUBBA KEEPING THIS BABY.

[BOTH LAUGH]

THAT IS KIND OF FUNNY.

WELL, I WAS IMAGINING KEEPING IT OURSELVES.

UH, ALTHEA,

THIS IS NOT THE BABY FOR US.

I KNOW. BUT WE KNOW HOW TO GET ONE.

DON'T WE?

[BABY CRYING]

HI, I'M ALTHEA TIBBS. THIS IS MY HUSBAND VIRGIL.

HE WORKS FOR THE POLICE FORCE.

OH, YES. I'VE HEARD OF MR. TIBBS.

COME IN. THANK YOU.

THEY JUST TELEPHONED YOU WERE COMING.

I'LL BET THE GIRL

WHO ABANDONED THAT DARLING BABY GIRL

IS REALLY SUFFERING INSIDE.

I'M SURE SHE IS,

BUT THIS BABY IS SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS.

IT'S ACTUALLY A BOY.

HE WAS LEFT ON A POLICE OFFICER'S DOORSTEP.

YES. LIEUTENANT SKINNER, THEY SAID.

WELL,

EVEN YOU POLICEMEN HAVE TO FACE UP

TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR INDISCRETIONS,

DON'T YOU?

HOW?

I GOT RID OF THE BABY. DON'T WORRY.

AND CASSIE?

I PUT THE BODY IN THE CAR

WHERE NO ONE WILL FIND THEM.

I DID YOUR DIRTY WORK.

I HAD NO CHOICE.

CASSIE WAS TOO GREEDY AND TOO STUPID

FOR HER OWN GOOD.

THE ONLY STUPID THING SHE EVER DID

WAS TO GET INVOLVED WITH YOU.

[LAUGHS]

YOU ALWAYS WERE JEALOUS, WEREN'T YOU, BORDEN?

YEAH, I WAS.

BUT THAT'S OVER. SHE'S GONE.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE,

MY FUTURE.

OK. TALK.

YOU SAID PARTNERSHIP.

WHEN DOES IT START?

WHEN IT'S TIME.

BEST NOT WAIT TOO LONG.

DON'T YOU THREATEN ME!

YOU THINK OF THIS.

YOU WERE THE ONE SEEN PARADING AROUND TOWN WITH THE GIRL.

DON'T WORRY, PAUL.

CASSIE'S NOT THE KIND OF GIRL

ANYBODY WOULD MISS TOO MUCH.

OH, BUBBA. YEAH.

A GIRL CAME IN YESTERDAY LOOKING FOR YOU.

SHE ONLY LEFT ME HER FIRST NAME, CASSIE.

CASSIE?

SHE WAS ACTING FUNNY.

YOU SAY ACTING FUNNY?

YES. THAT'S CASSIE.

YOU NEVER SAID WHETHER SHE HAD A BABY.

SHE MIGHT HAVE IN THE CAR.

SOME GUY DROVE HER.

I GOT A LOOK AT HIM

AND WROTE DOWN THE PLATE NUMBER AND CAR MAKE.

AND, BUBBA,

I ALWAYS SAID YOU'D BE THE FIRST.

FIRST WHAT?

THE FIRST OF US TO BE A FAMILY MAN.

PARKER, WHEN HUMOR GETS PERSONAL,

IT LOSES SOMETHING KIND OF SPECIAL.

REALLY? WHAT? LIKE THE GOOD WILL OF A MAN

THAT COULD GET YOU A STRIPE.

WANT ME TO PUT OUT A FINDER ON THAT CAR?

YOU MIGHT AS WELL.

AND ASK THAT COMPUTER FOR A HISTORY, TOO.

BUBBA: HEY, CORBIN! YES, SIR.

DON'T GO HOG-WILD.

I DON'T WANT AN ARREST ORDER.

JUST TELL THE BOYS IF THEY HAPPEN TO SPOT

A BLUE 1982 CADILLAC, FOUR-DOOR, LICENSE LQJ 523,

TO JUST CALL IT IN.

YES, SIR.

ALL POINTS BULLETIN. WE GOT A LOOKOUT...

DOES SHE REALLY KNOW YOU?

YEAH. WE'RE RELATED...

SORT OF.

NOT, I HOPE, IN THE WAY OF PRODUCING

A MALE HEIR TO YOUR NAME, YOUR PROPERTY,

AND CHATTELS APPERTAINING THERE TO.

COME ON, CHIEF. NOT YOU.

I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE MORE SENSE.

LISTEN. CASSIE'S BASICALLY A GOOD KID.

I'LL ADMIT SHE GETS A TOUCH WILD NOW AND THEN.

BUT WHAT IS SHE TO YOU?

SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF A BROTHER-IN-LAW

OF MY SISTER CLAUDIA,

THROUGH CLAUDIA'S SECOND MARRIAGE

TO THURMAN CHAPIN JR.

HOW DO YOU KNOW HER?

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO

THAT FAMILIES WERE STILL FAMILIES.

THEY WENT TO CHURCH TOGETHER,

THEY WENT TO PICNICS TOGETHER,

THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.

I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.

THEY KNEW AND MADE SURE

THEIR KIDS WAS RAISED RIGHT.

I REMEMBER WHEN CASSIE WAS BUSTED

TRYING TO PUSH DOWN THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE SCREEN.

SO MUCH FOR BEING BROUGHT UP RIGHT.

THAT CAR WAS REGISTERED IN JACKSON

AND RECENTLY CHANGED OWNERSHIP

TO MISS CASSIE CHAPIN.

THE FORMER OWNER WAS MISS ESSIE MAVIS LONGWOOD.

ESSIE MAVIS LONGWOOD? SHE'S DEAD.

SHE JUST DIED.

SHE, UH...

FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

THAT'S MOST PECULIAR.

JUST A MINUTE THERE, McCOMB.

BEFORE YOU TAKE OFF...

YOU COMING TO THE DINNER, GILLESPIE?

FORGET THAT. I GOT TO KNOW SOMETHING.

I GOT TO KNOW IF ESSIE LONGWOOD'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE TALKING TO YOU.

McCOMB, LET'S QUIT FOOLING AROUND!

THIS IS A POLICE INQUIRY.

WELL, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME SORT OF ARRANGEMENT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING HERE.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL COME AND SPEAK

AT TAD PARISH'S RETIREMENT DINNER.

NOW TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW!

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

ESSIE MAVIS LONGWOOD FELL.

SHE WASN'T PUSHED DOWN THOSE STAIRS.

BUT THE DAUGHTER WENT THROUGH ESSIE'S THINGS.

CLAIMS THERE'S A NECKLACE MISSING,

ESTIMATED ITS VALUE NEAR, UM...

30 GRAND.

WELL.

THAT PUTS SOME PEPPER IN THE GUMBO, DOESN'T IT?

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL SEE YOU ON THE 23rd.

YOU GOING TO BE REAL FUNNY, BILL.

[CHUCKLES]

IS THERE A FULL MOON?

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T LIKE IT.

TOO MANY ODD OCCURRENCES LATELY,

AND IT SEEMS TO ME THEY MUST BE CONNECTED.

FIRST THERE'S THE BABY,

THEN THERE'S POOR MISS LONGWOOD,

AND THEN THERE'S CASSIE DRIVING TO SPARTA IN THAT CAR.

NOW SHERIFF McCOMB COME AND TELL ME

THERE'S A VALUABLE NECKLACE MISSING.

OK, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CONNECTION. LET'S FIND IT.

WHERE SHOULD WE BEGIN?

YOU SHOULD START WHERE THE BABY'S CLOTHES WERE BOUGHT.

THE BABY'S CLOTHES ARE NO BIG DEAL, BABY.

A BOY DRESSED IN PINK.

WRONG. BOUGHT BY A MAN,

PROBABLY THE BOY'S FATHER.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

I THINK MAYBE WE HIRED

THE WRONG TIBBS AROUND HERE.

BUBBA, I WANT YOU TO GO OVER TO MISS BARRETT.

FIND OUT WHERE THOSE BABY CLOTHES WERE BOUGHT.

YOU WANT ME TO CHECK BABY CLOTHES?

I PRESUMED YOU'D WANT TO GET

TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

YOU NEED A WOMAN'S HELP?

LUANN, GO OVER THERE WITH HIM.

JOHN, COME SIT IN AT THIS DESK HERE.

AND TELEPHONE AS SOON AS YOU FIND ANYTHING.

THESE BABY CLOTHES COULD BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS CASE.

HEY, CHIEF, UH,

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

IS THE MAN WHO'S THE FATHER OF THIS CHILD...

OF YOURS.

YES, SIR.

CORBIN, I CAN'T HELP WONDERING.

COULD THIS REALLY BE CASSIE'S BABY?

WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT, LIEUTENANT.

WELL, WHAT A SURPRISE. COME IN.

I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT HERE TO SEE ME,

BUT THE LITTLE FELLA IS RIGHT IN HERE.

THANKS, SANDY.

OH, ISN'T HE JUST THE CUTEST LITTLE THING?

CUTE? HE'S AS HANDSOME AS CAN BE.

AREN'T YOU, LITTLE BUBBA?

MA'AM...

PLEASE.

WELL, I HAVE TO CALL HIM SOMETHING.

WHAT IS YOUR CHRISTIAN NAME, LIEUTENANT SKINNER?

UH, LET'S JUST STICK WITH BUBBA

IF WE MUST MAKE A CONNECTION.

MRS. BARRETT, ALL WE CAME OVER HERE FOR

WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BABY'S THINGS.

WELL, HERE THEY ARE.

THIS CARRYALL'S MIGHTY NICE, ISN'T IT?

MISS PETERS HAS THE NICEST THINGS

AT HER LULLABY-WEAR SHOP.

YOU ARE ON THE CUTE SIDE, AIN'T YOU, LITTLE BUBBA?

[BABY GURGLES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

HAVE YOU LOST WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR MIND?

IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

THAT BABY'S PART OF A BLACK MARKET RING

RUN BY BUBBA'S COUSIN.

SOMEBODY STOPS THE CHECK,

BINGO, SHE UNLOADS THE BABY.

A BLACK MARKET BABY?

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM EVERYWHERE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU RUN THIS BY THE CHIEF.

I DARE YOU.

FINE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I WILL.

CHIEF!

MAUDIE: LITTLE LONNIE JAMISON.

YES, MA'AM, CAN I HELP YOU?

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AT ALL,

BUT I'M HERE TO HELP YOU, HANDSOME.

AND JUST WHAT WITH?

PARKER, PLEASE,

UH, JUST STAY OVER THERE, SEE?

HANDLE THE RADIO AND TELEPHONE.

GET THAT PART DOWN. CONCENTRATE ON IT.

THEN WE'LL MOVE YOU ON TO THINGS LIKE THINKING.

WILLIAM O. GILLESPIE.

NEVER DID KNOW WHAT THE "O" STOOD FOR.

ARMY RECRUITING SERGEANT ADDED IT TO MY NAME.

I NEVER DID SUBTRACT IT.

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?

SHE'S HERE TO HELP US.

TO HELP US? DO TELL.

WELL, YESTERDAY MORNING, A LITTLE BEFORE NOON...

WAIT A MINUTE, BEFORE I START,

DO YOU PAY FOR THIS SORT OF THING?

MAUDIE, I'VE ALREADY PAID YOU

BY LETTING YOU STAY IN BUSINESS.

[SIGHS]

WELL, YESTERDAY,

THIS GIRL COMES INTO MY SHOP.

WANTS TO PAWN A NECKLACE.

VALUE, 20,000 OR MORE.

SAYS SHE'LL BRING IT BACK TODAY AT NOON.

GOT AN APPRAISER WAITING, PLUS CASH.

SHE NEVER SHOWS UP.

POINT IS,

WHAT'S A RAGGEDY GIRL DOING WITH A GEWGAW LIKE THAT?

DID YOU GET HER NAME?

I DIDN'T TAKE IT DOWN.

WAS SHE WITH ANYONE?

CAN I GET MY PISTOL PERMIT BACK?

YOU THINK SHE CAN?

MAYBE.

THAT DEPENDS ON WHO WAS WITH THAT GIRL.

WHO WAS IT, MAUDIE?

PAUL BORDEN.

PAUL BORDEN.

I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW PAUL BORDEN. OH, SURE YOU DO.

YOUNG FELLA. RED, CURLY HAIR. ON THE LEAN SIDE.

WORTHLESS, TREACHEROUS, BUT A REALLY NICE BOY.

WE FOUND THE SHOP THAT SOLD THEM BABY CLOTHES.

THE CASHIER GAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHO BOUGHT THEM.

IT WOULDN'T BE A CURLY, RED-HEADED

KIND OF LEAN YOUNG FELLOW, WOULD IT?

YES, SIR.

MAUDIE, DID YOU HEAR THAT?

I JUST GOT THE SAME INFORMATION FREE.

NOW, BILL...

JAMISON, GET ME AN ADDRESS ON PAUL BORDEN

AND ANY OTHER PARTICULARS.

RIGHT ON IT, CHIEF.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WELSH ON A DEAL, BILL GILLESPIE?

OH, UH. NO,

UH, MAUDIE...

BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT WELSHING ON IT.

PAUL BORDEN?

THAT'S RIGHT.

DETECTIVE TIBBS, SPARTA POLICE.

THIS IS CHIEF GILLESPIE.

YEAH, SO?

YOU WERE SEEN YESTERDAY

IN MAUDIE'S PAWN SHOP.

ANY LAW AGAINST THAT?

IF YOU WERE TRYING

TO PEDDLE STOLEN PROPERTY, THERE IS.

IS IT ME, OR IS THIS GUY MAKING NO SENSE?

NOW, LISTEN. DON'T YOU, PAUL BORDEN,

TRY TO GET CUTE WITH ME, YOU HEAR?

'CAUSE IF I GET AN ITCH TO DO SO,

I CAN MAKE LIFE REALLY MISERABLE FOR YOU.

THE NECKLACE CASSIE TRIED TO PAWN WAS PROBABLY STOLEN.

CASSIE? YES.

I MEAN, UH, SHE TOLD ME

IT WAS A FAMILY HEIRLOOM.

IT IS...

BUT NOT HER FAMILY.

CASSIE HAVE A BABY?

YEAH, SURE.

W-WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS?

KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND CASSIE?

I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE YESTERDAY.

I'VE NO IDEA WHERE SHE IS.

I THINK HE'S LYING.

I THINK HE'S LYING, TOO.

YOU THE ONES THAT CALLED?

YEP. I WAS SAYING HOW IT 'MINDED ME

OF THAT 20-POUNDER I CAUGHT.

I TOOK THIS DIVORCEE UP THERE...

ALL I NEED TO KNOW...

RIGHT. ANYWAY, I SAYS TO HIM,

"GET OVER HERE AND HELP."

I SAID, "IT FEELS LIKE A FIGHTING CATFISH."

ERNIE SAYS, "FUNNY, LOOKS MORE LIKE

ONE OF THEM FIGHTING CADDIES."

[LAUGHS]

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, CHIEF.

IT'S THAT BLUE CADILLAC DE VILLE--LQJ 523.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

FISHERMEN PULLED A CADILLAC OUT OF THAT LAKE

WITH A 20-POUND LINE?

NO, CHIEF. THE LAKE, THEY LOWERED THE LAKE.

THE FISHERMEN? HOW CAN FISHERMEN LOWER THE LAKE?

THE POWER COMPANY OPENS THE DAM ONCE A MONTH.

WELL, ANYTHING ELSE, UH, BUBBA?

ARE YOU SURE? YEAH, I'M REAL SURE.

WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?

LONNIE: CHIEF, WE FOUND A BODY IN THE CAR.

A WOMAN'S BODY, CASSIE CHAPIN.

OH, LORD.

LOOKS LIKE PAUL BORDEN WAS LYING.

GILLESPIE: WELL...

I CAN'T ARREST HIM FOR THAT,

BUT, I CAN SURE ARREST HIM FOR MURDER.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT A LETTER?

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I FOUND THIS IN THE LITTLE BOY'S CARRYALL.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HELP LOCATE HIS PARENTS.

"NATHANIEL LEE."

MAYBE THAT'S HIS FATHER.

MAYBE.

MRS. BARRETT, I'LL MAKE SURE THE CHIEF GETS THIS, OK?

THANK YOU.

THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL

AND VERY VALUABLE, TOO.

AND YOU WANTED THEM,

SO YOU KILLED CASSIE TO GET THEM, DIDN'T YOU?

NO!

TIBBY: THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.

THE PEARLS WERE FOUND IN YOUR APARTMENT...

AND YOU WERE THE LAST ONE WITH HER.

YOU WERE SEEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN, INCLUDING HERE.

I WAS HELPING HER OUT.

WE WERE OLD FRIENDS.

WHAT DID CASSIE WANT WITH LIEUTENANT SKINNER?

I DON'T KNOW.

SAID HE WAS A FRIEND.

SO YOU TOOK CASSIE'S BABY,

AND YOU LEFT IT ON LIEUTENANT SKINNER'S DOORSTEP,

DIDN'T YOU, PAUL?

WHY WOULD I DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

I THINK YOU MADE A MISTAKE.

YOU PROBABLY LOST YOUR HEAD.

YOU KILLED CASSIE, BUT, UH...

I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF A NICE FELLOW DOWN DEEP,

AND YOU JUST COULDN'T GO ON AND KILL THAT BABY, RIGHT?

THIS IS ALL CRAZY.

DON'T HIDE, PAUL.

DON'T HIDE!

IF WE'RE WRONG HERE,

YOU BETTER SET US STRAIGHT FAST

'CAUSE AT THIS MOMENT, ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS AT YOU!

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME

WHO WAS THE FATHER OF THAT CHILD.

HEY, BUBBA.

WHERE'S THE CHIEF? HE'S IN THE JAIL QUESTIONING BORDEN.

WELL, THIS IS A LETTER FROM CASSIE...

TO THE BABY.

"DEAR NATHAN" , GUESS THE BABY'S NAME IS NATHAN...

"I'M LEAVING THIS BECAUSE I'M SCARED,

"AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU END UP IN THE RIGHT HANDS.

"YOUR MAMA HAS DONE

"A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS IN HER LIFE.

"HAVING YOU IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

"I MAY BE ABOUT TO DO ANOTHER CRAZY THING,

"MAYBE MY LAST THING.

"I JUST WANT THE KIND OF LIFE FOR YOU

"THAT I COULD NEVER AFFORD."

UH...

YOU KNOW, PAUL...

I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK YOU

TO READ THE REST OF THIS LETTER.

FROM RIGHT THERE...

WHERE I LEFT OFF SAYING "AFFORD."

YOU READ IT TO US, WOULD YOU? ALOUD.

"MAYBE... INHERITING YOU WILL BE JUST WHAT IT TAKES

"TO MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOUR FATHER.

"WHO KNOWS?

"YOUR DADDY...

"PAUL BORDEN...

"MAY TURN OUT...

"TO BE A GOOD GUY SOME DAY."

WAS SHE RIGHT ABOUT THAT, PAUL?

WHAT WAS IT, PAUL?

WHAT WAS THAT LAST CRAZY THING THAT SHE DID?

TELL US ABOUT THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILD.

I, UH...

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THE FATHER.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T...

YOU COULDN'T WHAT?

CASSIE WENT TO JACKSON FOR AN ABORTION.

IT WAS ALL PAID FOR, BUT SHE DIDN'T DO IT.

MET SOME OLD LADY WHO TOOK HER IN,

HELPED HER THROUGH IT.

COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,

SHE CAME BACK HERE... WANTING MONEY.

AND YOU WOULDN'T PAY?

AW, SHE WASN'T BLACKMAILING ME.

I GOT NOTHING.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THE FATHER

TILL I READ THIS LETTER.

PAUL...

IF YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE THE FATHER,

WHO DID?

SELWORTH.

WHO?

ROGER SELWORTH.

THAT BUILDER. LET'S GO GET HIM.

RIGHT ABOUT NOW, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND HIM

AT THE METHODIST CHURCH ON RANDOLPH.

WELL, VIRGIL, GET SOMETHING IN WRITING HERE, WILL YOU?

LET'S GO GET HIM.

[MENDELSSOHN'S WEDDING MARCH PLAYS]

FINE. AND STOP RIGHT THERE.

YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.

EXCUSE ME. ROGER SELWORTH?

THIS SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG, ELISE.

IT BETTER NOT.

I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WEDDING REHEARSAL.

AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING EVENT.

THAT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN IN THERE, HOWEVER...

IS IT THAT BUILDING ZONE PROBLEM AGAIN?

COME DOWN TO MY OFFICE TOMORROW,

AND WHATEVER IT IS, WE'LL DISCUSS IT.

OH, WE'LL DISCUSS IT.

TODAY, AT THE JAILHOUSE.

YOU UNDER ARREST.

FOR WHAT?

UH, MURDER... THAT'S THE MAIN CHARGE.

UH, BUBBA, TELL HIM THAT THING

THEY ALWAYS SAY, WILL YOU?

I ALWAYS MISPLACE THAT CARD THAT IT'S WRITTEN ON.

YOU GOT A RIGHT TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

YOU SAY ANYTHING, WE GONNA HANG IT ON YOU LATER.

[SIREN]

YEAH, THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.

NOT A BAD-LOOKING LITTLE FELLA, HUH, LONNIE?

FOR A PUDGY GUY

WHO'S LOSING HIS HAIR, HE'S FINE.

A RELATIVE WILL BE TAKING LITTLE NATHAN?

YES, MA'AM.WHICH ONE?

I'M NOT SURE, STILL GOT TO INTERVIEW A FEW.

YOU'RE INTERVIEWING YOUR RELATIVES?

YOUR RELATIVES ARE THE ONES

YOU GOT TO BE MOST CAREFUL OF.

YOU KNOW MY FAMILY.

THAT'S WHY I APPROVE YOUR CAUTIOUS BEHAVIOR.

I HAVE AN IDEA.

SINCE YOU'RE REALLY THE CHILD'S GODFATHER,

WE NEED A PICTURE OF YOU

HOLDING LITTLE NATHAN.

THAT'S A SPLENDID IDEA.

WHAT? WHAT?

GO AHEAD.

HOLD THE BABY WITH...

BUBBA, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

[LAUGHS] UM...

LOOK AT HIM. COME ON, STEP OVER HERE.

GET SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE CAMERA.

LOOK AT THAT. ISN'T HE GREAT?

READY TO TAKE THE PICTURE? YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD.

OH, COME ON, BUBBA, SMILE.

SNAP IT.

SMILE!