All language subtitles for Cold Case S01E15 Disco Inferno

[disco music]

(male #1)
'10 minutes to the
biggest dance contest'

'South Philly's ever seen.'

'So get those
platforms polished'

'cause it's gonna be far out.'

'The Bell's giving 1000
bucks to the winner.'

'You heard me 1000 big ones!'

Outta sight!

[The Trammps singing
"Disco Inferno"]

♪ Burn baby burn ♪

♪ Burn baby burn ♪

♪ Burn baby burn ♪

♪ Burn baby burn ♪

♪ To my surprise ♪

♪ One hundred stories high ♪

♪ People getting loose y'all ♪

♪ Getting down on the roof ♪

♪ Folks are screaming ♪

♪ Out of control ♪

♪ It was so entertaining ♪

♪ When the boogie started
to explode ♪

♪ I heard somebody say ♪

[gunshot]

[all screaming]

[piano music]

(female #1)
'Gas and Power guys
were fixing a leak'

'found partial remains
about six feet down.'

In an old disco?

Was an old
disco, The Bell.

Off Lansing Boulevard,
real eyesore?

That's the spot. Twenty two
people were killed there

in a fire, 1978.

Ruled as arson.

Twenty third was presumed dead
remains were never found.

You thinking this
must be the guy?

- John Doe.
- That's all that's left of him?

Skull's all I need to get an
ID. Man had excellent teeth.

If he burned up in the fire why
didn't we find him back then?

Well, apparently he
was deep underground

where the VIP room was.

Plus, there's that.

Slug's been rolling
around in his brain pan.

(Lilly)
'Right between the eyes.'

Shooter must have
been close up.

Can we get rifling
off this slug?

My guess is it's a .38.

Should have
distinctive markings.

This guy was probably shot
before the fire ever got to him.

Well, maybe our doer started
the blaze, covered his tracks.

Hide one murder,
cause 22 others.

We don't got a cold one here.

We got 23 of them.

[theme music]

Dental records
were conclusive.

This is our John Doe.

Benjamin Issac Rosen.

Twenty two.

I remember the news
coverage of The Bell fire.

Cryin' families,
burned bodies.

Bulldozers come in quick,
demolish the place?

Yeah, what was
left standing

was considered
a safety hazard.

So maybe they did a rush
job finding all the remains.

Explains why they
didn't find him.

You, uh, ever hang out
at this disco, boss?

Oh, not me, but I
think Jeffries

was a beat cop
in South at the time.

I wonder what he
did Saturday nights.

The Bell wasn't just a
disco, it was the disco.

Lines around the
block to get in.

Lot of feathered hair,
gold chains, polyester..

Sounds like you got some
familiarity there, Will.

I was there once.

William Disco Jeffries.

Come on, Will, bust
a move for us.

(Nick)
'Yeah, do the
hustle, baby.'

You know, if it's all
the same, I'd rather not.

Those were regrettable times.

The arson report says
the blaze started

in the "White Room"
do you know what that was?

VIP lounge, where all
the cocaine was snorted.

And where Ben Rosen's
remains were found.

So, maybe he
started the fire.

Right after he got
shot in the face?

That's a point.

So who was with Ben
in the White Room?

Chief suspect in the arson
was the owner of the place.

Neil Chaney?

'Torched his own club
for the insurance?'

You'd think he'd wait
till after hours.

Looks like they dug, but didn't
get far with that theory.

We got partial
rifling on the bullet.

- It was a .38.
- Good enough to find a match?

Yep, we find the gun
that matches this slug

could lead us to the doer.

I'd call that new direction.

Vera, Disco Will

'have a conversation
with Neil Chaney.'

- Meantime..
- We'll go to the Rosens.

(female #2)
'You found Benny..'

...after all these years?

I always hoped, prayed

he got out of that
conflagration somehow.

'Ran away or something.'

[scoffs]

Foolish. I know.

Benny lived at
home with you?

He was going to go
to dental school.

'Top of his class.'

Smart. Sweet.

He have any enemies
you know of?

I thought he died
in the fire.

I'm afraid he was
murdered, Mrs. Rosen..

'...before the fire started.'

Murdered?

Was he in any
kind of trouble?

How should we know?

Benny was an open
book before

he started playing
that so-called music.

'After, he shut us out.'

He knew we disapproved.

Why? Shouldn't I
have disapproved?

That disco ruined
his life.

We, uh, kept some of his
things in his room.

Maybe you'd like to see?

Salutatorian of his
high school class.

(Myra)
'Adorable right.'

There something you want
to tell us, Myra?

Something you didn't want
your husband to hear?

No, of course not.

''Cause I got the
feeling there was.'

We know this is difficult.

Doesn't have to leave this room.

There was something.

It's something I
never told my husband.

What was that?

I came home from temple
early one night, uh..

...on account of my arthritis.

'This was a week
before the fire.'

'And, uh..'

I saw them together.

'My Benny'

and a shiksa.

Like you.

[Earth, Wind & Fire singing
"After The Lover has gone"]

♪ For a while ♪

♪ To love was all we could do ♪

♪ We were young and we knew ♪

♪ And our eyes ♪

♪ Were alive ♪♪

- Mmm, not here, baby.
- Come on.

My folks won't be
back for hours.

But if we want to win
this competition

we got to practice.

I don't got the rhythm
like you do.

You got it where
it counts, baby.

You're far out.

When you gonna tell your
parents we're engaged?

'Aah, soon.'

You are such a foxy mama.

- Benny.
- Hey.

You know I want
to marry you

spend my whole life
dancin' with you.

We don't have to make it
now if you don't want to.

We'll practice, then
we'll make it, huh?

I love you, hot stuff.

'They were in love.'

At least my Benny had
that before he died.

Did Benny ever talk about
his wedding plans?

He was probably afraid to.

His father would
have hit the roof.

You know what happened
to this girl, Sonya?

She got burnt in the fire.

I visited her once
at Saint Ignatius..

...she was all doped up.
Never knew I was there.

And your husband still
doesn't know about her?

'He needs more heartache?'

'It's bad enough feeling his
son betrayed him over disco.'

Sonya Witkowski?

Yes.

'Detectives Rush and Valens.'

We're here about
Benjamin Rosen.

Benny?

[sighs]

'I'll be right back.'

I lost Benny in
The Bell fire.

(Scotty)
'Part of his remains were
recently found, Sonya.'

It appears he was killed
before the fire started.

Someone killed him?

I'm afraid so.

'We understand you
two were engaged.'

'We were gonna get married
after the dance competition.'

That was such
a long time ago.

Was there anything unusual
going on in Benny's life

right around then?

Fights? A threat?

No. I mean..

You sure
he was murdered?

Anything you can tell
us could really help.

A couple of days before
the dance contest

I got there early
to practice..

[disco music]

Hey, foxy mama,
let's hustle.

What did Chaney want?

- Nothing.
- Didn't look like nothing.

Look, are we talking
or are we dancing?

You deal blow for Chaney,
Benny, I'll dump your ass.

I'm not dealin' blow.

I swear.

You wouldn't lie to me?

I'd rather die.

Hey, after we win that 1000
bucks, baby, let's elope.

We'll go to Manhattan, get
married at Studio 54.

- We got to win first.
- We'll win.

You're the best disco
dancer in Philly.

Philly? Is that all?

In America.

The whole world.

He was the love
of my life, you know?

The real deal.

What were Benny,
and Mr. Chaney fighting about?

I don't know.

Benny used to give
private dance lessons

to some of Chaney's clients

but it seemed like
something more serious.

Are you sure it ain't possible
Benny was dealing for him?

He said he wasn't.

On the off chance
that he was, Sonya

you think Chaney
was the kind of man

who could murder someone?

I know he had a gun.

Used to show it off like
some kind of big shot.

We're still looking
for Neil Chaney

but he did have
a permit for a .38.

Which he fired in '77.

Shot a burglar
at The Bell.

A year before
Benny was shot.

File's coming over from South.

We find the slug he
shot at that burglar

match it to the one
we got on this job.

Makes Chaney a good
bet for the doer.

We're talking about
finding a bullet

fired 26 years ago
from a gun

we don't even know
exists anymore.

Registered to a man
we can't find.

'Yeah.'

The word "Longshot"
comes to mind.

We like a challenge.

Well, you got one.

File from South IDs the guy
Chaney shot as Mark Rigley.

Tried to rob a disco at closing.

Chaney popped him.

Shooting was ruled self-defense.

Maybe Rigley knows what
happened to the slug.

- He doin' time someplace?
- Uh-uh.

Custodial detail at the
River Rink, Penn's Landing.

Know how we been having
trouble findin' Chaney?

'It's 'cause County's
six months behind'

processing death certificates.

Chaney's dead?

'Three months ago.'

Cirrhosis of the liver.

- Crap.
- 'So what?

We still have 23
unsolved murders.

We can't talk
to the father we'll settle

for the son, he's
not dead, is he?

No. Paul Chaney owns
a shop in Center City.

Good. Out on the street, boss.

'We should try this.'

'We should give it a try..'

'Uh, excuse me
just one second.'

'Enjoy yourselves.'

What's up, folks?

'You want a pipe?'

Depends what's in it.

Tobacco the new marijuana.

That's far out, Paul.

Tobacco's legal, remember?

Hey, you wanna check
the pipes, be my guest.

- Uh, we ain't narcs.
- We're homicide.

Homicide? What do
you want with me?

Your father, he had
a permit for a .38.

We thought you might know
where that gun is now.

Uh, excuse me.

You mind just stepping
over here for a second?

Why? What's this about?

The Bell.

A man was killed
there that night

before the
fire broke out.

And you want to pin
it on my old man

who's trying
to rest in peace?

We're trying
to solve a murder.

Don't you mean murders?

Look, I been through
this a hundred times.

Twenty three people burned
to the crisp.

Everyone blamed
my dad for it.

That's why he drank
himself to death.

You don't think he was
responsible?

My father loved The Bell.

The idea of his torching it,
it's just craziness.

So what about that .38, Paul?

I threw it into the Delaware,
like, a decade ago.

I was worried my dad was
going to turn it on himself.

You remember a guy
named Benny Rosen?

Yeah, yeah, sure.
Benny the Rose.

Everybody knew him.

'Someone killed him
that night.'

Shot him.

No.

Well, come on.
It wasn't my dad.

I was by his side the whole
night, at the judges' table.

Who else at that disco
had it in for Benny?

Benny was the king.

People worshipped him.
Specially the women.

The guy was a real
Don Juan-Stein.

He caught up in any
romantic triangles?

Nah! No, he had
a serious girl.

But you know them two
had a fight that day.

'Now I know about this 'cause'

I was doing something
you might think unsavory

but try to remember, I was
just a horny kid at the time.

♪ First I was afraid ♪

♪ I was petrified ♪

♪ Kept thinking
I could never.. ♪

'Oh, yeah..'

Do it for me, foxy fox.

♪ Thinking how you did me
wrong and I grew strong.. ♪

- This is the ladies room--
- Sonya.

- Get the hell out!
- Don't cry.

You're a jerk
you know?

I'm just having second
thoughts about eloping.

It's putting too much
pressure on winning.

I don't want it
to effect our dancing.

You don't wanna elope 'cause

you're afraid to marry a shiksa.

That ain't true.

I thought you said you'd
rather die than lie to me?

You know how my father is.

'It's 1978, for God's sake.'

- We can do what we want.
- I know, but he'd kill me.

Well, waiting
is killing me.

So you got
a choice to make.

It's either him or me.

I should kill you, making
a slut out of me.

You know, I was a virgin
before I met you!

Oh, man, what an
idiot that guy was.

'Turning away a piece
of ass like that?'

Believe me,
I wouldn't have.

I believe you, Paul.

(Will)
'Mark Rigley?'

- Who's askin'?
- 'Philly PD.'

'Your parole officer said
we might find you here.'

My crummy boss
telling lies again?

What?

This is about him in that
borrowed car incident, right?

That was two months ago.

- It was an emergency--
- No. It's not about that.

Just walkin' the straight
and narrow here, man.

Pushing a broom
for minimum wage.

'Mark, in 1977 you were
shot at The Bell disco?'

Yeah. So?

Oh, we were kinda
hoping that, uh

you kept that slug maybe
as a souvenir or something.

We're trying to match it
to a bullet on another case.

[laughs]

You bet I know
where that slug is.

Right here.

'For 27 years.'

'Sets off metal
detectors like crazy.'

The docs couldn't take it out?

'Uh, not back then.'

Maybe now, modern medicine.

You'd be willing
to give it a go?

I'm civic-minded.

There's nothing I wouldn't do
to assist Philly's finest.

'Course, uh.'

Philly's finest
gotta assist me.

Assist how?

How much you think
it's worth going

under the knife?

A couple grand?

That's mighty civic-minded
of you, Mark.

Hey, capitalism made this
country great, my friend.

That two grand?

That ain't gonna happen.

Then no deal.

You guys wanna buy
my ass bullet.

You know where I work.

- 'You lied to us, Sonya.'
- Lied?

You said you and Benny
were gettin' married

but you broke up
with him that night.

In the ladies room.

No.

'I mean..'

...we would have
worked it out.

"I should kill you,
makin' a slut outta me."

'Two hours later Benny ends
up with a bullet in his head.'

Benny was the love of my life.

How do you know
what I said, anyway?

Where were you when the
fire started, Sonya?

On the floor.

It was Doreen blabbin',
wasn't it?

That nosy bitch knew
everything 'bout everything.

Who's Doreen?

Doreen Di Nova.

Had a real thing for Benny.

Always trying
to steal him from me.

That right?

She was competitive
with me over everything

Benny, dancing,
you name it.

'Was she in the dance
contest that night?'

Yeah. Her, and
her partner Ken

were our main
competition.

She would have done
anything to win.

♪ Please don't talk
about love tonight ♪

♪ Please don't talk
about sweet love.. ♪

(male #1)
'Last chance
for a practice dance.'

'One hour till
starting time .'

'You heard me, baby.'

'One hour.'

♪ Ah, please don't
talk about ♪

♪ All of the plans we had.. ♪

Oh, my heels.

That's okay. I got
another pair.

♪ Where the people dance ♪

♪ I want some action ♪

♪ I want to live.. ♪

Come on, Benny.
Dance with me.

No. I got a partner.

It's not too late
to switch.

We won last year.
We could do it again this year.

I'm with Sonya
now, Doreen.

I'm better than her.

That don't matter.
I love Sonya.

And I love Kenny.

But you and me,
we could go places,

win real competitions
in Manhattan and the like.

Get it outta your head.

It's not going to happen.

Hey, Doreen.

Got your headlights
on, I see.

Why you got to be
so selfish, Sonya?

You already got
Benny in the sack.

Why can't I have him
on the dance floor?

Why should I?

'Cause you can't keep up
with him and I can.

- I ain't heard no complaints.
- I ain't made any.

Fine, be that way.

You're not gonna be the
king forever, Benny.

A lot could happen between
now and the contest.

What is that
supposed to mean?

It means I'm going home
wearing that tiara.

- Problem, baby?
- No, there's no problem here.

Come on, hot stuff.
You're too foxy to fight.

- Polack.
- Slut.

'"A lot can happen between
now and the contest."'

And that's a quote.

You think it
was a threat?

I just know
she was dying

to be dancing queen
two years running.

'Doreen Di Nova?'

Yeah?

We need to talk to you
about Benny Rosen.

Benny the Rose? Ooh!

There's a blast
from the past.

You remember
threatening him?

What?

Uh, Gloria.

Hang on a second.

I need a smoke.

You been talking to Sonya.

Huh, right?

What is she a fatty
now or what?

Make good on
that threat, Doreen?

''Cause Benny was
murdered that night.'

Oh, yeah? Well,
that's news to me.

Where were you when
the fire started?

On the floor,
with my partner Ken.

What, did Sonya tell
you I whacked Benny?

You denying you made a threat?

'I might have
said something'

as a psych-out.

- To win the contest?
- Yeah.

A 1000 bucks was like
a million to us back then.

And Ken needed
that money, bad.

Why's that?

This is ancient history, right?

I can't get in trouble for
breakin' any narcotics laws?

We're homicide.

Well, back then

coke was the drug of choice.

[sniffing]

Hey, Hoover, save
a bump for me.

Don't worry, baby,
I got more.

Damn!

You're out.

You snorted it all?

Crap!
I'm in trouble, baby.

- Real trouble.
- What do you mean?

I was supposed to deal
that all that blow.

I'm into Chaney for thousands.

Well, you should have
thought of that before

you snorted up
all his merchandise.

I'm screwed.
Chaney's gonna kill me.

[door opens]

You guys got the studio
upstairs reserved?

That's right.

Well, if you aren't
gonna use it I thought

maybe I'd get in
some practicing.

We're gonna use it.

Doreen, that stuff throws off
your timing, makes you sloppy.

If I were you, I'd be worried
about Sonya's two left hoofs

'and not my timing.'

You used to be
good, dedicated.

How come you don't practice
no more like you used to?

What do you
care, bagel boy?

We're still gonna wipe
the floor with you and Sonya.

[sniff]

I guess I should've

realized Ken was
an addict but, uh

at the time everybody
was snorting

'like there was no tomorrow.'

'You still in contact with Ken?'

Nah. Fire busted us all apart.

Burning of The Bell was the day
disco died in South Philly.

Was Ken an anti-semite
along with being an addict?

Instead of Benny the Rose, he
called him Benny the Nose, so.

So, Ken could have done
something to Benny that night.

'Maybe to knock him
out of the contest'

win that grand to pay
off his coke debt?

Though Sonya says you

were the one who was
so desperate to win.

Aah, well, that figures.

I mean, me and the
Polish American Princess

weren't exactly
soul sisters.

But I wasn't a coke
fiend like Ken

and I wasn't into Chaney
for thousands of dollars.

'The bullet's still in him?'

'Says it's a pain in
his ass, literally.'

And, he'll only
cooperate for a price.

- What price?
- Neighborhood of two grand.

We don't live in
that neighborhood.

Can't we compel him
to give us the bullet?

- Get a search warrant?
- Check with the lawyers.

Doreen's partner,
Ken Mazzacone, served a stint

at Camp Hill in '82
for dealing coke.

Went straight,
got a license

with the city,
drives a cab now.

Want to go see him?

Where are you with
Doreen and Sonya?

Both got motive,
both got alibis.

They say they were on the dance
floor when the fire broke out.

Witness statements
from '78 back that up?

Yeah, I'm on it.

You two, see if you can
find this cab driver.

Lil, go visit
ADA Kite

and find out about
that search warrant

for Mr. Rigley's backside.

[indistinct chattering]

Gotta take
the first hack in line.

You're the hack
we want, Ken.

Do us a favor, step
on out of there.

You remember
"Benny the Nose" Ken?

From The Bell?

- Yeah, I remember Benny.
- Yeah.

Turns out he was murdered
before the fire broke out.

- That's a shame.
- Ain't it?

What's it got
to do with me?

We heard you
didn't like him.

That a crime?
He was uppity.

'Cause he was a Jew?

'Cause he was a drag.
A real goody two-shoes.

Wouldn't deal coke
for Chaney, right?

Relax, this
isn't drug bust.

Well, yeah. Chaney didn't like
a lot of people telling him no.

He liked you, though.

Hey, I ain't denying I
made a little extra cash

selling merchandise
for Mr. Chaney.

Except you used
more than you sold.

Ended up owing Chaney
a lot of money.

Heard you had a real love affair
going with the nose candy.

Yeah, well, I'm off
of that particular

diet plan now, as
you can see.

Thousand bucks, though.

Go a long way to paying
off your debt.

All you had to do was
eliminate the competition.

I've eliminated nobody.
Didn't need to.

I was just as good
a dancer as Benny was.

We heard Benny
was the king.

Then you heard wrong.

Where were you when
the fire broke out, Ken?

I was on the floor,
warming up with Doreen.

♪ Have a real good time ♪

♪ Like the days of ♪

♪ Stompin' at Savoy ♪

♪ Now we freak ♪

♪ Oh what a joy ♪

♪ Just come on down ♪

♪ To the '54 ♪

♪ Find a spot ♪

♪ Out on the floor ♪

♪ Aaahh freak out ♪

♪ Le Freak c'est Chic ♪

♪ Freak out.. ♪

Who's the rabbi?

'That's Benny's dad.'

- You sure?
- Yeah, Mr. Rosen.

He comes into
the cleaners sometimes.

- I'm gonna go say hello.
- Why?

Because he's looking
for Benny

and I'm going to point him
in the right direction.

Mess with The Nose's head.

Mr. Rosen, Doreen Di Nova
from the Fluff and Fold.

- Have you seen my son?
- Sure.

He's in the White Room. Come on.

Know why they call it
the White Room, Mr. Rosen?

'Cause that's where
they do all the blow.

Cocaine.

You better stop
talking, young man.

Or?

You don't want
to know "or."

Right in there.

Yeah, say shalomy
to Benny for us.

[clicks tongues]

Man was pissed going
into that room.

I wouldn't want to be
Benny at that moment.

And you're positive
it was Benny's father?

Hey, who else would be
at The Bell hanging out

with a Frisbee
on his head?

- Not a chance.
- Don't say that, Kite.

'No judge is gonna sign
a search warrant'

for a guy's body cavity
to remove a bullet.

- Just won't happen.
- So that's it?

- That's it. No sale.
- Out of luck.

- Try again tomorrow.
- Just like the exhumation.

You're still smarting
about that?

We're supposed to be
on the same team here.

'We are. And my job
as your teammate'

is to let you know what's
legally plausible.

This isn't.

How about the city offering
some cash as incentive?

What is-what is
this case anyway?

'It's a..'

...disco murder.

- Disco?
- Mm-hmm.

Okay, look it..

♪ Well, you can tell by
the way I use my walk ♪

♪ I'm a woman's man,
no time to talk ♪

- Stop that. Kite.
- We should go dancing.

- We should go dancing.
- No, no.

I'll take that
as a maybe, huh?

Whoo!

♪ Huh huh huh-- ♪

Kite, honestly..

...this could be
a deal breaker.

Eh, this, uh..

...this guy, the, uh..

...with the slug
in his ass

is he in any trouble
with the law?

Out on parole for a B and E.

Let me talk to his
parole officer.

See if he'll go
for reduced parole

in exchange for getting
that slug taken out.

Do I have to do
anything in return?

Dance.

'Why didn't you tell us'

'you were at the disco
that night, Mr. Rosen?'

I didn't see
how it mattered.

'Your wife know you went
to see Benny that night?'

In orthodox temples,
men and women sit apart.

I was gone, and back before
the service was over.

'She didn't know.'

What did you say to your son?

That's private.

'Not good enough, Mr. Rosen.'

Don't you want to know
who killed your boy?

The 22 other people?

Unless you already know.

We know you got a temper.

And how betrayed
you felt by Benny.

You think I killed my own son?

You had opportunity,
and motive.

You disapproved of him.
You said so yourself.

For good reason.

[door slams]

'Dad.'

What are you doing here?

How can you pray
in this cesspool?

What's it matter
where I pray, huh?

As long as I pray?

And what are
you praying for?

To win a ridiculous
dance contest?

Or to get your hands
on more blow?

I don't do that, Dad.

Come to temple with me.

It's Friday night.
The Sabbath.

I'm not going to temple.

I'm not going to dental
school either, Dad.

You choose this degradation
over your heritage?

This is my heritage now, Dad.

- Disco.
- Disco's a fad.

Your family, the temple
that's your life.

Disco's my life, Dad.

Alright? It's not a fad.

It's here to stay.

And so am I.

In fact..

I'm gonna marry
my dance partner

the girl I love.

A shiksa.

You do, and you'll never step
foot in my house again.

[sighs]

Fine.

Fine.

Then you're no longer my son.

I renounce you.

It's why I didn't tell you.

Why I never told my wife.

Those were the last words
I ever spoke to my son.

"I...renounce...you."

Where'd you go after you left
the White Room, Mr. Rosen?

I went back
to the temple.

And while I was praying

my son was murdered

burned to death.

Kite did us a solid, swinging
that deal with Rigley.

Rigley went for it
pretty quick

when he found out he
could miss a day of work.

Sweeping up cigarette butts
in 20-degree weather

or taking an easy
outpatient procedure.

I can see taking
curtain number two.

Slug's in pretty good
condition, considering.

Is it a match
to Benny's bullet?

Congratulations,
Detectives.

You have twins.

Nice.

16 witness statements say Chaney
was at the judges' table

all the way up
until the fire.

His gun, but he
didn't use it.

What about our two dancing
queens, Sonya and Doreen

and the cabbie, Ken Mazzacone?

Alibi's held up. People saw
them all on the dance floor.

And we verified David
Rosen was back in temple

before the fire broke out.

Who are we overlooking?

'Witnesses put Chaney
at the judges' table'

but what about
his son, Paul?

No statements about
his whereabouts.

'Just his own, right? Said he
was with his father all night.'

A father who's
conveniently dead.

Little weasel like him, he'd
know where his dad kept his gun.

And he'd have access
to the White Room.

Now, we've only
one problem, motive?

Why would Paul want
to kill Benny Rosen?

'Paul Chaney was
a little perv.'

He have any beef
with Benny?

Paul kind idolized Benny.

Wanted to dance like him.

He any good?

Total klutz.

He was always showing off
for Benny, "Watch me"

like an annoying
kid brother, you know?

He show off for Benny
the night of the fire?

Earlier that day he did.

We were rehearsing a number.

♪ Somethin' happened
along the way ♪

♪ What used to be happy is sad ♪

♪ Somethin' happened
along the way ♪

♪ And yesterday
was all we had ♪

♪ And oh ♪

♪ After the love has gone.. ♪

Hey, Benny

'can I cut in?'

We're kind of working
on a move here, Paul.

'I know, the Argentinean Tango.'

I can do it.

Watch me.

♪ After the love has gone ♪

♪ How could you lead me on..♪

- That's not bad.
- Really?

'You think I could dancer
one day like you, Benny?'

Yeah, Paul. Just
you keep practicing.

I will, 'cause, one day

I'm gonna be
the king like you.

'Hey, Doreen.'

Benny says I'm
a good dancer.

Don't let it go to your head.

He thinks Sonya's good, too.

Dance with me, Doreen.

Yeah, alright.

♪ This affair would lead ♪

♪ Our love into ♪

♪ Somethin' happened
along the way ♪

♪ Yesterday was all we had ♪

♪ Somethin' happened
along the way ♪

♪ What used to be
happy is sad.. ♪

Come with me.

Why would a disco queen like

Doreen let Paul feel her up?

Owner's son, maybe.

Where was Doreen
taking the kid?

Toward the White Room.

Me and that little twerp?

What, are you nuts?

According to Sonya, you guys
were all over each other.

He was all over me,
more like it.

Why'd you let Paul
grope you like that?

I felt sorry for him.

You take him back
to the White Room?

We talked to your old
dancing partner Ken.

Oh, yeah?

How's he?

Fat.

Ken says he can't remember
you being

on the dance floor with him
before the fire started.

I don't believe this.

You're trying to pin
Benny's murder on me?

You got motive.

And without an alibi,
you got opportunity.

Unless you give us
good reason not to.

'We're going to have
to arrest you.'

The hell you are.

I didn't kill Benny.

Then who did?

I don't know.

I swear.

I just wanted to win.

Here's the deal,
you little horn dog.

I'm listening.

So, Benny always comes in here
right before dancing, right?

Right.

While he's doing
whatever he does

you sneak in wearing
a ski mask

whack him one
on the knee.

Use a baseball
bat, a tire iron

anything that'll
do the job.

And you'll let me
make it with you?

You knock Benny
out of the contest

I'll let you do
whatever you want.

The only thing the little
twerp was supposed to do

was wallop Benny on the leg

'put him out
of commission.'

But instead he killed him.

Then torched the place.

I don't know what
Paul did or didn't do.

I was on the dance floor

'like I told you.'

Oh, God.

I didn't want any permanent
harm to come to Benny.

But the thought of that
talentless bitch Sonya

winning the contest,
and wearing the tiara.

I couldn't let that happen.

You gotta understand.

I was better than her.

Way better.

Twenty three counts of murder
in the first degree, Paul.

I want a lawyer.

I don't blame you.

Won't make a difference.

We got physical evidence.

That's the slug from
Benny Rosen's skull.

Here's a slug from
your dad's gun

one you threw
in the Delaware.

'Maybe you forgot'

you shot a Burglar
back in '77.

They're a perfect match, Paul.

- So?
- So.

We know the bullet
that killed Benny

came from your
dad's gun.

Which you had access to.

Plus Doreen told us
about your little deal.

'Knock Benny out of the contest,
get some action in return'

Except you knocked
him out permanently.

'How do you live
with yourself, Paul?'

Knowing you killed
the disco king you worshipped

not to mention
22 other people?

Twenty three if you count your
dad who drank himself to death.

I didn't kill those people.

Forensics says you did.

So does Doreen.

It wasn't my fault.

Whose was it?

It was..

It was Benny's fault.

[disco music]

Paul, what the hell?

Benny, I can explain.

Get off of me,
you little twerp

before I kick your ass.

What are you calling
me that for, Benny?

All I ever wanted
to do was be like you.

You, like me?

You're the worst
disco dancer in Philly.

'You think you're
such hot stuff'

hogging up all the
foxes for yourself.

Well, you aren't such
hot stuff now, are you?

[gunshot]

[panting]

[Donna Summer singing
"Last Dance"]

♪ Lets dance ♪

♪ Last chance for love ♪

♪ I need you ♪

♪ By me ♪

♪ Beside me ♪

♪ To guide me ♪

♪ To hold me ♪

♪ To scold me ♪

♪ 'Cause when I'm bad ♪

♪ I'm so so bad ♪

♪ So lets dance ♪

♪ The last dance ♪

♪ Lets dance ♪

♪ The last dance ♪

♪ Lets dance ♪

♪ This last dance ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

♪ Lets dance ♪

♪ Last dance ♪

♪ For love ♪

♪ Yes it's my last chance ♪

♪ For romance tonight ♪

♪ Oh-ho I need you ♪

♪ By me ♪

♪ Beside me ♪

♪ To guide me ♪

♪ To hold me ♪

♪ To scold me ♪

♪ 'Cause when I'm bad ♪

♪ I'm so so bad ♪

♪ So lets dance ♪

♪ The last dance ♪

♪ Lets dance ♪

♪ The last dance ♪

♪ Lets dance ♪

♪ The last dance ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

♪ Aa aa aa ♪

♪ Hey ya ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Mmm-mm ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Will ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ Be my Mr. Right ♪

♪ Yeah ♪