Original subtitles

♪ 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

♪ 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 ♪

[RING]

SPARTA POLICE DEPARTMENT. PARKER WILLIAMS SPEAKING.

WELL, YES, SIR, MR. EATON.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT?

WATERMELONS?

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR, I'LL TRY. I'LL SEND SOMEBODY RIGHT AWAY.

YOU'D BETTER.

YOU DON'T, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM MYSELF.

THEY'RE TEARING UP THE PLACE,

AND THEY'RE NOT KIDS.

IT'S COWBOY HABERSHAM AND HIS BUNCH.

[SHOUTING AND SCREAMING]

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE OUT THERE.

I SEE YOU, COWBOY.

YOU, TOO, DONNY COLE.

GO BACK IN THE HOUSE, OLD MAN.

IT'S PAST YOUR BEDTIME.

SEE HOW FUNNY YOU THINK THIS IS.

OH! INCOMING!

[GUNSHOTS]

[LAUGHING AND SHOUTING]

[COUNTRY-WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS]

STEALING WATERMELONS.

WE'RE GOING TO ARREST THAT CROWD

FOR STEALING WATERMELONS.

NO,

BUT LET'S DO SOMETHING.

EVENING, COWBOY.

HEY. LONNIE.

JUST HAVING A LITTLE PARTY--

A FEW FRIENDS, A BARBECUE,

A FEW BEERS, SOME LAUGHS.

STEALING A FEW WATERMELONS, TOO, HUH?

WELL, ISN'T THAT JUST LIKE HARLEY?

20 ACRES OF WATERMELONS,

HE GETS ALL TWISTED IF SOMEONE TAKES ONE OR TWO.

THAT AIN'T QUITE THE PROBLEM.

YOU TORE UP HIS FIELD.

YOU MEAN YOU GOING TO ARREST US?

YOU'LL HAVE A JAIL FULL OF KIDS.

IT'S JUST A KID STUNT.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER,

ONLY WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE.

I SUGGEST YOU TWO, ESPECIALLY YOU, COWBOY,

GO DOWN TO HARLEY AND SETTLE UP.

YES, SIR. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

NO. I MEAN SEE HARLEY

AND PAY HIM SOME MONEY FOR HIS DAMAGE.

YEAH, WE HEAR YOU. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

WELL, IF YOU DON'T,

WE MIGHT JUST STOP BY AND MAKE SURE YOU DO.

Y'ALL BOYS WANT TO JOIN THE PARTY?

YOU KNOW, MY MAMA TOLD ME

NEVER PLAY WITH BOYS LIKE Y'ALL.

HOLD ON TO THAT AND DON'T LET IT DROP AND BUST,

OR I'M GOING TO BUST YOU.

KNOW WHY A WATERMELON'S HARDER TO HOLD THAN A PIG?

WHY IS THAT?

WATERMELON AIN'T GOT NO EARS.

GOING TO TAKE ALL NIGHT?

WE'LL TAKE LONG AS WE NEED.

YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT, THE ROAD'S RIGHT THERE.

COWBOY, YOU AIN'T WORTH THE WHISKEY

IT TAKES TO KEEP YOUR MOTOR GOING.

WHAT A MAN.

WHAT A MAN.

YOU'RE LUCKY I'M A GENTLEMAN

THAT DON'T HOLD TO KICKING A WOMAN IN THE BUTT.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE.

LISTEN UP. THE MAN THAT GETS THIS WATERMELON TO THE OTHER SHORE

WINS THIS POT.

DONNY, YOU'RE IN ON THIS.

GIVE ME 20 BUCKS.

HOLD THAT.

GOT TO BE $300 IN THERE.

THERE AIN'T NO RULES.

IF YOU AIN'T MAN ENOUGH TO TAKE IT,

THEN DON'T GET IN.

COME ON!

300 BUCKS, HUH?

COME ON!

TAKE IT OFF, BOYS. HIT THE WATER.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

HEY, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.

GO! GO! GO! GO!

YOU KNOW WHO AIN'T HERE?

COWBOY'S WIFE. SHE AIN'T NEVER HERE.

THAT'S 'CAUSE SHE'S HOME WAITING FOR COWBOY'S FRIEND.

LIKE TENNESSEE WALTZ--

HIS FRIEND STOLE HIS DARLING AWAY.

BUT COWBOY DON'T CARE.

HE NEVER DID.

COME ON! COME ON!

WHOO! WHOO! WHOO! WHOO!

FUNNY HE AIN'T OPEN BY NOW.

GOOD MORNING, MARLENE.

HAS YOUR HUSBAND BEEN IN?

NOT YET.

COWBOY USUALLY EATS BEFORE 10:00, DON'T HE?

WELL, THAT'S A QUESTION.

WE NEED TO SEE HIM.

WHAT ABOUT?

ABOUT DAMAGING HARLEY EATON'S FARM,

STEALING WATERMELONS.

DON'T SURPRISE ME.

COWBOY AND DONNY COLE SAID THEY WERE GOING

TO COME DOWN AND SETTLE UP.

I'M MAKING SURE THEY DO.

I'LL TELL COWBOY WHEN HE SOBERS UP.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR DONNY, TOO.

AIN'T HE HOME?

CAN'T GET HIM ON THE PHONE.

HEY, BOYS. I HEARD THERE WAS

A GREASY WATERMELON GAME LAST NIGHT.

WHERE'D YOU HEAR THAT?

JOE ALPORT TOLD ME.

HIM AND HIS GRANDSON,

THEY CAUGHT THE BEGINNING OF IT.

JUST TELL COWBOY TO GIVE ME A PHONE CALL.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHASE AFTER HIM.

SO, HOW'S THE GREAT WATERMELON CAPER COMING?

DID HARLEY EATON CALL BACK AGAIN?

YEAH. FOR THE THIRD TIME.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING.

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO CHIEF FORBES

THAT HARLEY REALLY ISN'T OUTRAGED.

HE'S JUST REAL BORED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

TOLD THE BOYS TO PAY HIM.

HE AIN'T GOING TO GET IT FROM THAT BUNCH.

IF COWBOY DOESN'T SETTLE UP,

I SWEAR I'LL ARREST HIM.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

SPARTA POLICE DEPARTMENT. PARKER WILLIAMS SPEAKING.

HOLD ON A MINUTE. UH, LONNIE.

YEAH, PARKER.

MYSTERIOUS-SOUNDING LADY.

DO ME A FAVOR-- GRAB THIS ONE.

I WANT TO HIT THE SHOWERS.

HELLO.

ANY IDEA WHERE WE MIGHT LOOK FOR HIM?

SHORT CONVERSATION.

A WOMAN DISGUISING HER VOICE.

WHO WAS THAT?

HOW WOULD I KNOW, PARKER?

WHAT'D SHE SAY?

SHE'S LOOKING FOR DONNY COLE.

NOBODY KNEW WHERE HE WAS.

WHO'S DONNY COLE?

ONE OF THOSE WATERMELON FOOLS.

WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.

YOU COMING WITH ME? YES, SIR.

WE'LL BE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE GRAFFITI

ON THE REST ROOM WALLS IN CITY HALL.

WHY DON'T YOU AND LONNIE MAKE BELIEVE

THEM STOLEN WATERMELONS CAME FROM ALABAMA?

THAT WAY YOU CAN CALL IN THE FBI FOR HELP.

EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.

WHAT YOU WANT?

I'M LOOKING FOR DONNY COLE, MA'AM.

WHAT'S HE DONE?

SOMEBODY REPORTED HIM MISSING.

HE RENTS THREE ROOMS IN THE BACK,

BUT HE AIN'T IN THEM.

THAT'S HIS MOTOR WORKS THERE.

HE WAS AT A LATE PARTY LAST NIGHT.

THINK MAYBE HE WENT STRAIGHT TO WORK THIS MORNING?

PLACE LOOKS CLOSED.

WHERE WAS THE PARTY?

BREWER'S POND.

THAT COWBOY FELLA IN ON IT?

YES, MA'AM.

HE PROBABLY KILLED HIM.

WHAT?

COWBOY PROBABLY KILLED HIM.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT, MA'AM?

I HEARD COWBOY ONE DAY

TELL DONNY HE'S GOING TO KILL HIM.

YOU THINK HE MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN KIDDING?

THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING-- JUST KIDDING,

BUT HE WASN'T KIDDING ME.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

TIME YOU GOT UP, PLAYBOY.

HEY!

WHAT ARE YOU SQUAWKING AT?

COPS ARE LOOKING FOR YOU.

[GRUNTS]

LET THEM LOOK.

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

I GOT TO GET BACK TO CAL.

OLD CAL REALLY REQUIRES YOU, DON'T HE?

CAL'S A FRIEND, COWBOY.

OH, HE'D KILL FOR YOU, BABY.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

HE'S BUYING THE LEASE ON THE STORE FROM ME.

DID HE TELL YOU?

2,000 BUCKS.

IT AIN'T WORTH 200.

HEY. HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

I ALSO MADE 300 LAST NIGHT.

LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM BABIES.

THEM BOYS DON'T KNOW NOTHING

ABOUT LARD WATERMELON FIGHTS.

HEY, BABY.

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

WHAT DO YOU SAY YOU AND ME TAKE A LITTLE TRIP, HUH?

FLORIDA MAYBE.

FIND US SOME DOG RACES.

WHAT A SPREE--

FLORIDA ON 300 BUCKS.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME, HUH?

I SAID I GOT 2,000 FROM OLD SPONGE HEAD.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LOOK ON HIS FACE

WHEN HE FINDS OUT YOU RUN OFF WITH ME.

I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL ALONE, BABY.

IT'S ALL OVER WITH DONNY.

JUST OLD CAL NOW.

CAL WANTS YOU REAL BAD,

BUT WHO WANTS HIM, HUH?

FIXING TO MAKE A CALL?

WHO YOU CALLING, HUH?

DONNY?

WELL, DONNY AIN'T HOME.

DONNY DONE LEFT SPARTA...

AND WHEN I LEAVE...

OLD CAL, WELL, HE'S GOING TO HAVE YOU ALL TO HISSELF.

LET ME OUT OF HERE.

HEY, GILLESPIE.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY, HARLEY?

HEAR ABOUT THE OUTRAGE AT MY PLACE?

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WATERMELONS.

PICKED THAT UP ON THE POLICE RADIO.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?

YOU CALLED THE POLICE, DIDN'T YOU?

WELL, I PAY THEM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I PAY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TOO, DON'T I?

THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MY LAND'S

IN THE COUNTY, AIN'T IT?

THAT'S YOU, AIN'T IT?

IT SURE IS, HARLEY.

WHAT'LL IT BE, SHERIFF?

UH, NOTHING, THANKS.

HAS THAT FELLA COWBOY HABERSHAM BEEN IN HERE?

NO, NOT YET.

I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US

WHERE DONNY COLE IS.

YOU ACTUALLY CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO DONNY COLE?

WELL, WE'VE HAD MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALLS

SAYING THAT HE'S MISSING, KIDNAPPED,

EVEN KILLED.

GOOD MORNING, MARLENE.

HI.

DID COWBOY SHOW UP HOME LAST NIGHT?

HE SHOWED UP, YEAH.

WHAT TIME WAS THAT?

1:00 A.M.

DRUNK.

FELL ASLEEP.

LA CAMIONETA NO ESTABA AL FRIENTE DE LA CASA.

YEAH, WE DROVE BY YOUR PLACE,

AND COWBOY'S PICKUP WASN'T THERE.

MAYBE HE TOOK IT IN FOR WORK

OVER TO DONNY'S PLACE.

NO ESTA ABIERTO.

MY DEPUTY CALLED UP. HE WASN'T THERE.

THE PLACE IS CLOSED.

CAN'T SHE SPEAK AMERICAN?

THAT IS AMERICAN. I PRACTICE IT WITH HER.

THAT'S AMERICAN?

SURE IT IS. IT JUST ISN'T ENGLISH.

NOW LISTEN.

YOU TRY AND BE POLITE, YOU HEAR?

THAT'S A GOOD POLICY.

MISSING? A BOY LIKE THAT INSIDE 36 HOURS--

I WOULDN'T CALL THAT MISSING.

I'D CALL THAT LAYING OUT,

SLEEPING IT OFF SOMEWHERE.

WE GOT THE CITY COUNCIL ON OUR BACK

ABOUT TEENAGERS' GRAFFITI,

AND NOW WE GET SOME DRUNKS

FIGHTING OVER A GREASED WATERMELON.

I GOT TO PUT THIS IN A LETTER TO MEMPHIS.

WHAT DO THEY DO ACTUALLY?

WELL, SIR, THEY COAT A WATERMELON IN LARD,

THROW IT IN A POND, AND FIGHT OVER IT.

WHOEVER GETS IT TO SHORE WINS.

SO WHAT YOU GOT, CHIEF, IS A BUNCH OF FOOLS IN A FIGHT

AND SOME WOMAN WAITING TO TAKE ONE OF THEM HOME WITH HER.

FIND THE RIGHT WOMAN,

AND YOU'LL FIND DONNY COLE

CURLED UP LIKE A BABY NEXT TO HER.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DONNY COLE?

YES, SIR.

HE'S MISSING.

SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW MYSELF?

WELL, CHIEF FORBES,

YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD

THE LOW, MALICIOUS GOSSIP THAT I'VE HEARD.

NO, I HAVEN'T, PARKER.

WHEN MAY I HEAR IT?

RIGHT NOW.

YOU SEE, DONNY COLE'S SEEING COWBOY'S WIFE MARLENE ON THE SIDE.

I THOUGHT COWBOY AND DONNY WERE FRIENDS.

OH, THEY ARE,

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

SPARTA POLICE. SKINNER HERE.

COULD YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND?

O.K., RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN.

HELLO. MA'AM. HELLO.

A VERY SOLEMN FEMALE VOICE

JUST TOLD ME

THAT DANNY COLE'S AT THE BOTTOM OF BREWER'S POND.

THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU, HARLEY.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE GOING TO FIND NOBODY OUT THERE,

UNLESS YOU BRING IN THE DOGS.

YOU COULD WALK RIGHT BY A BODY IN THEM WOODS.

YOU THINK DONNY'S JUST A BODY NOW, HUH?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THEM DOGS.

THE ONLY DOGS WE'RE GOING TO NEED ARE DIVING DOGS.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY, WOULD YOU?

HE'S DOWN THERE, IS HE?

HEY, THERE'S A JOHNBOAT OVER THERE.

MAYBE I CAN GO POLE AROUND

AND SEE IF I CAN SEE SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

WHY DON'T YOU GO POLE AROUND A LITTLE BIT?

HEY, DEE. HI, RACHEL.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, MARLENE?

THIS IS CHIEF FORBES.

I GUESS I'M GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY ON THE FORCE.

I HOPE WE HAVEN'T BEEN TROUBLING YOU, MA'AM.

Y'ALL ARE JUST DOING YOUR JOB, I GUESS.

YOU WANT ANYTHING, CHIEF?

NO, JUST TO HAVE A FEW WORDS WITH YOU.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME PHONE CALLS

TELLING US ABOUT DONNY COLE.

WE WANT TO FIND HIM.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

ANYTHING WRONG?

MARLENE, I FILLED THE CHIEF IN

ON WHO'S WHO AROUND HERE AND WHO'S SEEING WHO.

I WISH EVERYBODY WOULD JUST STOP ASKING ME QUESTIONS.

IF YOU LIVED WITH WHAT SHE LIVES WITH,

YOU'D BE UNDER STRESS, TOO.

[CRYING]

LEAVE ME ALONE.

WHO'S GOT YOU CRYING, HON?

I KNOW IT AIN'T ME.

NO. I'M JUST TIRED, COWBOY.

YOU GO AWAY, WILL YOU?

WHO IS IT?

WHO YOU BEEN MISSING, BABY?

WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL ME,

AND I'LL TRY AND HELP YOU FIND HIM?

IF HE'S STILL AROUND.

LEAVE ME ALONE!

NO! AAH!

YOUR TEARS JUST MAKE ME

WANT TO SMASH YOU IN THE FACE, DARLING.

GET AWAY FROM HER!

I'M MARRIED TO HER.

HANDS OFF AND STEP BACK.

I'D HATE TO HIT A DRUNK,

SO DON'T MAKE ME DO IT.

JUST A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT.

NOTHING AGAINST THE LAW.

I BELIEVE YOU GOT SOME MONEY FOR ME.

NOT NOW.

ARE YOU CRAZY, GIVING HIM 2,000?

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

JUST MEET ME AT THE BANK TOMORROW AT 2:30.

YOU'RE SO STUPID, BABY.

YOU DON'T KNOW THIS GUY.

GET OUT!

I'LL PUNCH A HOLE IN YOUR FAT HEAD!

GET OFF THE PREMISES,

OR THE NEXT PREMISES YOU'LL SEE WILL BE MY JAIL.

HEY! OVER HERE!

WHAT DO YOU WANT, HARLEY?

THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS DOWN HERE.

I'LL BET YOU THERE'S A BODY DOWN THERE.

HAND ME THE BOLT CUTTERS.

HE WAS FOOLING AROUND WITH ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE,

ACCORDING TO RUMOR.

WHO IS THE OTHER MAN?

COWBOY HABERSHAM,

WHO I STOPPED FROM ASSAULTING HIS WIFE MARLENE.

LISTEN, I KNOW THESE PEOPLE.

ALL THAT FOOLING AROUND, THEY JUST TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.

THEY DON'T EVER KILL OVER IT.

WELL, FOUND NO I.D. ON HIM, NO WALLET,

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY DONNY COLE.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

YEAH.

HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT TO BE THERE?

TILL I GO TO MEET YOUR BOYFRIEND.

PUT CAL ON.

I'M HERE.

I'M STARTING FOR THAT BANK NOW.

YOU BETTER START FOR ALABAMA.

I'LL MAIL THE MONEY.

I SAID THE BANK! NOW!

YOU'LL GET CAUGHT IF YOU SHOW UP IN TOWN, COWBOY.

YOU BETTER BE THERE. [CLICK]

[SIREN]

YES, I WAS AT THAT PARTY, BUT THAT'S ALL.

ME AND A COUPLE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS.

WE LEFT.

WHY?

IT GOT TO BE BORING.

BUT YOU WERE WITH DONNY COLE, WEREN'T YOU?

NO, NOT REALLY.

YOU WERE DATING HIM.

SO? SO WERE A LOT OF OTHER WOMEN.

WE ALL LIKE GOOD TIMES.

WE WERE OUT AT THE POND TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

HOW FAR DOES A GOOD TIME GO WITH YOU?

IT GOES AS FAR AS IT'S GOOD.

EXCUSE ME, CHIEF FORBES.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THREE OF THE FELLAS

FROM THAT, UH, SWIMMING PARTY,

AND THEY DON'T MIND COMING IN AT ALL.

THERE WERE AT LEAST 10 OR 11

BESIDES COWBOY AND DONNY.

THANK YOU, RACHEL.

WE KNOW.

THANKS, PARKER.

YES, SIR.

WERE DONNY AND MARLENE HAVING A THING TOGETHER?

SURE WERE,

AND ONLY CAL SIMS MIGHT HAVE KILLED DONNY OVER IT,

EXCEPT HE WASN'T THERE THAT NIGHT.

I KIND OF DOUBT HE CAN SWIM ANYHOW.

SIMS IS THAT CRAZY ABOUT MARLENE?

THAT'S THE GOSSIP.

AND YOU BELIEVE IT?

WELL...I STARTED IT.

BUT IT IS TRUE.

DID YOU MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THIS OFFICE?

NO. ABOUT WHAT?

ABOUT ANYTHING.

NO. NEVER.

O.K.

YEAH. THANKS FOR COMING IN, RACHEL.

YOU KNOW...

YOU AND I COULD MAKE SOME GREAT RUMORS TOGETHER.

DARLING, UH,

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW SCARED I AM OF RUMORS.

CHIEF, BUBBA...YEAH.

NONE OF THE KEYS WE HAD WORKED ON THESE.

THEY'RE GERMAN-MADE.

THEY REQUIRE A KEY WITH A FLANGE ON THE SHAFT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GERMAN POLICE OFFICER, HUH?

NO, JUST SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME OF THESE.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED A WARRANT.

WHO IN THIS TOWN MIGHT HAVE A PAIR OF THESE?

I KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF PAIR.

THERE'S BARS ON THE SIDE WINDOWS.

IT'LL BE EASIER TO GET THROUGH HERE.

[CAR APPROACHES]

HERE'S YOUR WARRANT, CHIEF, TWO COPIES.

LET'S OPEN IT UP HERE.

YES, SIR.

IT'S OPEN.

LOOK FOR A SECTION WITH LOCKS AND CHAINS.

LOT OF DIFFERENT CHAINS OVER HERE, CHIEF.

NO HANDCUFFS.

WHATCHA ALL DOING HERE?

HOW COME Y'ALL IN HERE?

WE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED.

WE? WHO'S WE?

COWBOY AND ME,

WHEN WE OPEN, WHICH WE AIN'T.

WHEN WERE YOU LAST OPEN?

NOT FOR A WEEK.

COWBOY'S GOING TO SELL THE PLACE.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE COWBOY IS?

NO, SIR.

I SEEN HIM THE DAY BEFORE, OR THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.

I WAS MOPPING AND DUSTING.

HE CAME IN TO GET SOMETHING AND LEFT.

WHAT DID HE GET?

SOMETHING HE WANTED.

WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW. HE STUFFED IT IN HIS POCKETS.

YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS HERE IN THE STORE?

YEAH. WE GOT SOME OF THOSE

IN A BOX RIGHT OVER HERE.

RIG UP A PADLOCK FOR THAT FRONT DOOR.

YES, SIR.

LEAVE THIS COPY OF THE WARRANT NEAR THE REGISTER,

AND WRITE A RECEIPT FOR WHAT WE TOOK.

THANK YOU, SON.

WE ARE HERE A LITTLE EARLY,

BUT SO ARE YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

TALKING ABOUT YOUR APPOINTMENT TO MEET MR. SIMS

HERE AT 2:30 P.M.

I WAS THERE WHEN YOU SET THE TIME AND PLACE, REMEMBER?

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER, COWBOY.

WELL, WHO IN THE HELL DID I MURDER?

LOOKS LIKE YOU MURDERED DONNY COLE.

YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY.

NO, WE GOT THE RIGHT GUY.

YOU GOT THE WRONG WALLET.

DONNY COLE'S.

MONEY'S STILL HERE.

DRIVER'S LICENSE, CREDIT CARD...

TWO CREDIT CARDS.

I--I FOUND IT.

I WAS GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO HIM, AS IS.

OR DO OTHER THINGS WITH IT, AS IS.

TELL HIM HIS RIGHTS.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL--

WHO SENT YOU HERE?

CAL SIMS SEND YOU?

THIS SOME KIND OF DOUBLE CROSS?

RUN HIM IN AND BOOK HIM.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL

BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

ALCOHOL?

WAS HE KILLED BY A WEAPON

BEFORE HE WAS PULLED UNDER?

DEFINITELY DEATH BY DROWNING.

O.K.

SIT DOWN, MARLENE, PLEASE.

NOW, THE SPARTA POLICE FOUND DONNY COLE

AT THE BOTTOM OF BREWER'S POND.

SOMEBODY CALLED THEM UP

AND TOLD THEM HE WAS DOWN THERE.

THE COUNTY CORONER FOUND THAT HE WAS FULL OF ALCOHOL,

BUT THAT ISN'T THE REASON HE DROWNED.

SOMEBODY PULLED HIM UNDER

AND TIED HIM TO THE BOTTOM WITH HANDCUFFS.

NOW...HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

WHO DO YOU SUPPOSE CALLED UP THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM?

SOME WOMAN WAS WITH HIM AT THAT CRAZY PARTY.

WHO WAS WITH DONNY COLE?

OR COWBOY

OR WITH ONE OF THE OTHER FOOLS.

A WOMAN?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID--A WOMAN.

NO. I THOUGHT I SAID...

"SOMEBODY."

I GOT TO TEND TO SOMETHING.

LET'S FINISH TALKING ABOUT THIS.

I'M NOT MIXED UP IN IT.

WE KNOW THAT YOUR HUSBAND KILLED DONNY COLE,

AND WE THINK THAT CAL SIMS

SOMEHOW PUT HIM UP TO IT.

I DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT COWBOY

'CAUSE I'M MARRIED TO HIM.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT CAL 'CAUSE I'M MOVING IN WITH HIM.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?

CAL SIMS IS ABOUT ALL I GOT LEFT NOW...

ISN'T HE?

COWBOY CAME IN TO PICK UP HIS $2,000,

BUT HE COULDN'T WAIT.

WE ARRESTED HIM.

WHAT DID HE DO?

HAVE A SEAT HERE A MOMENT, MR. SIMS.

I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

I'M TOLD YOU COULD HAVE HAD

COWBOY'S LEASE ON THAT STORE FOR THE ASKING.

HE WAS IN DEFAULT A FEW MONTHS.

OH, I DIDN'T KNOW.

OH, YES, YOU DID.

THIS BANK HOLDS THE PAPER ON THAT PROPERTY,

AND THEY TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

NOW, WHY WERE YOU GOING TO GIVE COWBOY $2,000?

I THOUGHT OF IT AS A LOAN.

HE WANTED TO LEAVE SPARTA.

AND LEAVE MARLENE?

HE DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT HER.

SHE CARED NOTHING ABOUT HIM.

WHO DID SHE CARE ABOUT?

THE GUY COWBOY DROWNED, COWBOY'S FRIEND DONNY?

COWBOY NEEDED A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT

TO GET RID OF DONNY,

AND HE GOT THAT ENCOURAGEMENT

IN THE FORM OF THAT LOAN FROM YOU.

THAT'S LIBEL AND SLANDER, CHIEF.

COWBOY CALLS IT A DOUBLE CROSS.

WE'LL SEE.

IS THAT ALL?

NO, SIR.

I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, CAL?

WHAT'S WORRYING HIM?

WE ARE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MAN, SERGEANT?

VERY NICE GUY.

LOTS OF WOMEN THINK OF CAL AS A GOOD CATCH,

IF THEY CAN LAND HIM.

CHIEF... YES.

CITY MANAGER'S LOOKING FOR YOU.

THERE'S GRAFFITI IN THE LADIES' ROOM NOW.

NOTHING DIRTY, AS YOU CAN SEE,

BUT VERY CAREFULLY DONE, FULL OF COLORS.

MYSTERY IS, HOW COULD SOMEONE WORK SO LONG

AT THE THING WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT?

LET'S THINK ABOUT IT, SERGEANT.

YES, SIR.

THE EXPLANATION MAY BE ELUSIVE.

THE SOLUTION MAY HAVE TO WAIT.

IT OFTEN DOES.