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♪ oh,
And it ain'’t easy ♪

♪ when you'’re trying to keep
Both feet on the ground ♪

♪ oh,
I got this feeling ♪

♪ it'’s telling me something good
Is coming my way ♪

♪ I try to be as kind
As I can ♪

♪ but this world
Is so darn cold ♪

♪ it hasn'’t changed me ♪

♪ deep down inside,
I got a heart of gold ♪

- lou?
- yeah?

I thought I heard a horn,
Two honks.

Oh, that must be mac.

Yep.
Bed'’s all made up, huh?

Satin sheets; didn'’t know
You had satin sheets.

Well, I can'’t tell you
Everything, can I?

Mm.

Hey, mac. Take it easy.
I'’ll give you a hand there.

Easy, easy does it.

Mac, this is lyndsey walker.

Lyndsey,
This is my cousin mac.

- hi.
- how are you, lyndsey?

Fine, thanks.

You know, you'’ve got to be
The first prisoner

That ever got engaged at elmira.

Well, she had 3,000 guys
To choose from,

And she chose me.

That'’s even weirder.

What were you?
A librarian or something?

- no, a sociologist.
- oh.

Lou was my favorite
Case history.

Right here is fine.

All right.

Oh, I like your place.

- yeah.
- do you want me to unpack this?

Yeah.

You ever seen satin sheets?

Satin sheets?

Don'’t be so fresh.

Come on.

- you got it?
- mm-hmm.

Just like I wrote you, lou.

I was just gonna keep it
For you

Along with the rest
Of your stuff.

I wasn'’t gonna fire it.

Then last month,
We went upstate, and I--

I just took it along to shoot at
A couple of tin cans,

And that'’s when I found out.

You sure?

Well, look at it.

Lou,
Is this elena?

She'’s beaut...

What are you doing?

You even touch a gun,
And you lose your parole.

Please, lyndsey,
Trust me, hmm?

There'’s some things
I'’ve got to find out.

What is he talking about?
What'’s going on here?

It'’s his business, hon.
I'’ll see you.

No, no, no,
I just don'’t believe

That this is happening, lou.

You tell me what you'’re doing
And where you'’re going.

Lyndsey,
I cannot start a new life

Until I settle some things
About my old life.

I'’ll call you first chance
I get.

Lou!

Hey, lieutenant, remember that
Chick that was hanging around

The station last year
Working on her thesis, lyndsey.

- yeah.
- outside.

Lyndsey, well...

Hello, lieutenant.

"Hello, lieutenant."
Are you kidding?

It hasn'’t been that long.

Come back to see the professor,
Right?

Mm-hmm.

How'’s nyu's prettiest
Graduate student?

All right, I guess.
Just fine.

Such enthusiasm.

Hey, look, I never got a copy
Of your thesis.

What'’s it called?

the american felon,
from arrest to...Uh...

- release.
- yeah.

Yeah, I finished
The arrest part thanks to you.

And I'’ve been up at elmira
Working on, um...

Could I talk to you?

Please, listen, I'’ve really
Got to talk to you.

Sure.

Come on.
Come on.

I really have to talk to you.

Any specific reason
For him taking off?

No, nothing.
Just...

Just some memories, you know,
I think, of his ex-wife.

Do you know why he got sent up?

Do you know what he did
For her?

I'’m not familiar
With the case, lyndsey.

It didn'’t come out
Of this precinct.

Well, his ex-wife, elena...

She was exquisite,
A singer,

And she was crazy too.

She was strung out,
First speed, then heroin.

Well, one night
She threatened to kill herself

Unless lou helped support
Her habit.

Well, then he'’d just started
This trucking company

With his high school buddy.

He didn'’t have any money,
So he stole a truckload of tvs.

You can get an awful lot of
Juice with a truckload of tvs.

No.

He wanted to pay
For her treatment.

He was gonna send her
To the best private institution

In the country.

Well, he got caught instead.

And you know how she repaid him?

She sold his share
Of the business

While he was in elmira.

He stuck his neck out for her,
And she burned him, right?

How do you know he'’s not
Trying to burn you?

Lying to me?

No.

You see,
I was at elmira with him

The day the divorce papers
Arrived in the mail.

No, no, she tried to do him in
In every single way possible,

And I know that for a fact.

Okay, just want to make sure
He was worth your time, honey.

I love him.

Oh.

Well, they'’re both not the same
Thing, you know: time, love.

Hey, look, kid, I'’m gonna talk
To you like a father.

I never even put
My arms around your mother.

I like the smile.
I wanted that.

Yeah, you know you'’re
Outrageous, don'’t you?

Of course.

Okay, let'’s see.

Something happened last night,
He took off, and, uh...

And what else?

He had a meeting this morning
With his parole officer.

- and he blew it.
- yeah, he blew it.

I, um...I called in for him.

I said he was sick
And at the doctor'’s.

Hmm, let'’s see,
That'’s good for about two hours.

Then this afternoon,
They'’ll ask for a warrant,

And, uh, like that.

What'’s his p.O.'s name?

Watson,
Cleveland watson.

Listen, could you please
Speak to him?

I know that police
Can sometimes get extensions.

If you could do that,

That would give us enough time
To find him.

So all we got to do
Is find elena giordino,

And we got him, right?

Yeah, she'’s a singer.
That'’s all I know.

I looked her up in the
Phone book, and she isn'’t there.

Well, was she a singer
Before she married him?

Yeah, I think so.

She could be using
Her stage name.

You know her maiden name?

I don'’t know.

Okay.

You leave your number
With the detective,

And if he calls you,
You let me know, huh?

Wait a minute.
Are you gonna talk to watson?

No, I'’m gonna speak to
The arresting officer first.

That'’s the way I've got
To do it.

You understand?

But I'’ll keep you posted.
Here.

I picked that move up
In a french restaurant, eh?

That'’s it, the smile, baby.

Thanks.

Take care. Bye.

Sure.

Who was the arresting officer?

Burke with a "U"?

Got it, thanks.

You know an officer named burke,
Works with the 49th?

Yeah, he retired last year.
Why?

I got to talk to him.

Well, kelly downstairs,

He goes bowling with him
Every week.

He'’d know.

I think he'’s a security chief
Somewhere.

All right, try to run down
A speed freak

Named elena giordino.

You know, if she'’s clean,
Try a booking agency.

She used to be a singer.

- yeah, what'’s happening?
- giordino was her married name.

Fail there,
Try her maiden name, okay?

- and I'’ll check with you later.
- all right.

Hey, you look great.

I'’m not kidding you, lou.
It'’s good to see you again.

Got to talk to you, alan.

- you got to talk to me?
- yeah.

Like you think you'’re gonna
Get away without talking to me?

Come on in.

Helen, hold my calls,
No calls.

So what do you think?
You like it?

I had the whole thing redone
About a year ago.

When did you change
The name of the company?

Just after the new people
Bought in.

You don'’t like it.

Thrift-t-way?

Sounds like a supermarket.

Who are the new people, alan?

Well, it'’s a corporation.

Actually, it'’s called...
Delta industries.

Hey, lou, come on.
Will you sit down and relax?

Come on.

Lou...

You'’re not uptight
With me, are ya?

I mean, I had no choice.

Elena wanted to sell your half,

And she figured out a way
To do it legally.

I had no choice.

Where is she?

Are you crazy?

Now, come on.
We'’ve been friends far too long.

Elena, for you, is poison.

Hey, I'’m not saying
I want a reconciliation.

I'’m just saying I want
An address.

Yeah, well, I don'’t have it.

Hey.

Hey!

Hey, don'’t jive me, alan!

I read the terms

$15,000 cash,
$200 a month for five years.

Now, someone in that office
Sends a check to an address

Every month,
And I want that address!

Well, the bookkeeper has it.

Uh, helen, uh...

Would you call janice
In bookkeeping

And tell her to give
Elena giordino'’s address

To mr. Giordino?

Thank you.

Hey, thanks, alan.

Hey, look,

Let'’s forget about
This whole thing, huh?

I'’m tired.

I'’ve been up all night
Looking for elena.

I'’ll call you some night.
We'’ll have a drink.

Yeah, sure, lou.

You'’re changed, lou.

Things have changed.

Maybe I have.

Yeah, mr. Dancik, please.

This is alan ankrum calling.

You were the arresting
Officer, right?

Sure,
I remember giordino.

How'’s he doing?

Well, he'’s out on parole
Two days ago,

And already,
He'’s not doing too good.

You'’re kidding.

I hate it.

You send a guy like that
To elmira,

He comes back worse
Than when you sent him in.

What'’d he do this time?

He jumped parole.

That'’s all?

Thought for a minute
He pulled another job,

Which doesn'’t figure.

How'’s that?

He reported one of
His trucks stolen.

We found it stashed away
In a garage

Before he had a chance
To sell the merchandise.

Now, he could have
Made up a dozen stories,

But he comes clean like a baby.

He'’s no crook.

It was a one-shot uptight gamble
For some quick bread.

They say he pulled
A robin hood

To get his old lady off
Of heroin.

That was it,
All right.

That'’s a pretty nice heist...
Steal your own truck.

How do you get caught
The first time out of the box?

Come on, kojak.

We overwhelmed the case
With brilliant police work.

- uh, burke, uh--
- a tip. We had an informant.

Brilliant police work.

He told us exactly where
The truck was stashed.

Who?

Would you believe
Billy deluca?

Billy deluca?

Now, what'’s a mob tipster doing
On an amateur first-time heist?

You tell me.
I could never figure it.

Billy deluca.

Maybe giordino found out
About it.

Not through me.

Listen,
If the kid needs a break,

Tell him I'’ll go to bat for him
With his p.O.

He was straight with me, and he
Saved me a lot of paperwork.

Here.

With my head,
I didn'’t need it anyway.

Okay, thanks, burke.

Hey, buddy,
Can'’t you read?

You got to wear a hard hat.

For a telephone call?

Yeah, kojak.

Let me speak to crocker
Or stavros.

Hey, look, I want to run down
A stoolie named billy deluca.

Yeah, this week'’s address,
Not last.

Got it; does it fit in
To the, uh, giordino thing?

Yeah, like a half a dollar
Into a nickel slot,

And I don'’t understand it
At all.

Anything new on giordino?

No,
We'’re still checking it out.

Uh, lyndsey'’s called twice.
What should I tell her?

That I'’m on my way
To see watson.

Right.

Have a lobster, alan...
A martini.

Have something.

With nerves like yours,
I'’d be a dead man by now.

I just can'’t eat right now.

Look, mr. Dancik,
He knows something.

See, he'’s got elena's address.

Now, maybe if--
If he gets tough with her,

Maybe she'’s gonna talk.

And just what do you think
She might say?

See, lou, he don'’t know
Nothing about you and elena.

So if she tells him, well,
Maybe he'’ll come after you.

That'’s very funny,
Alan.

Yeah, right.

How do I know
What he'’s gonna do?

What if he just goes right to

The interstate commerce
Commission with your name?

Then you must talk to him,
Alan.

There is no way in which
My name is to be linked

With any trucking company.

Then you talk to him.

You'’re the one who went after
His old lady.

You dug this hole for yourself.

But you'’re right, alan.

You dump a broad,
You dump a broad.

You don'’t buy her out
As a parting gesture.

My problem, alan,
My solution.

♪ makes it hard to find

♪ to find my way

♪ I'’ve had it bad
Since I was two ♪

♪ it couldn'’t save the day ♪

♪ but I got this feeling

♪ telling me something good
Is coming my way ♪

Come on, will ya, watson?

You give everybody 48 hours.

What'’s the beef
Against giordino?

I mean, he'’s got a perfect
Prison record,

His arresting officer
Is all for it,

And I guarantee that I'’ll
Get him back on time.

Why you?
How do you figure in this?

Oh, sure, I'’m bucking
For the nobel peace prize.

Come on, lieutenant,
Level with me.

Something'’s got you hooked
On this case.

Cute little girl.

It'’s a boy.

Yeah.

All right, this stoolie,
Billy deluca.

You know, when the mob wants
To come down on somebody,

They feed the information
To deluca.

He in turn gives us
The information.

He gets paid off on both sides.

This pigeon here, he did
His number all over giordino.

So the mob fingers
A kid like giordino

On his one and only heist.

How did they get in it and why?

Hey, cleve, if I had the answers
To those questions,

Would I be hooked?

Ordinarily,
I'’d bend a few hours.

Give some slack
For a bad memory,

A bad hangover,
And maybe a good woman.

But I'’m not taking
Any more chances,

Not after the lucas case.

I want a warrant
On giordino now.

Lucas.

A.P.O. Up in the bronx
Had this kid named lucas,

Didn'’t show up for two days.

Now, somebody in the family
Had city hall connections,

So they didn'’t issue a warrant
On him.

Oh, yeah, two days later,
He killed a cop.

Come on. Giordino?

I mean, you got his whole
Psychological profile

And everything.

You figure giordino
For something like that?

It doesn'’t make a difference
What I figure him for.

What does make a difference is,
Because of lucas,

Every parole board in this state
Is playing it

Real close to the chest.

Now, in one month
They haven'’t approved 1/10

Of the normal amount of paroles.

And you figure
That'’s a dirty deal, right?

Look, what I do here
Affects every prisoner

Who deserves a chance
To get out.

Hey, cleve,
You'’re doing to giordino

What you'’re accusing
The parole board of.

You know that?

He deserves 48 hours,
You give him 48 hours.

Come on, 48 hours.

24.

Ah, you'’re beautiful.

Who loves ya, baby?

Hello,
Is lieutenant kojak there?

Uh, no, that'’s okay.
I'’ll call back later.

Uh, hello, is this
The ace in the hole club?

Yeah, well, I'’m a friend
Of elena rozelle'’s.

Yeah, rozelle.

She'’s a singer.

I was just wondering
If she'’s working there now.

Are you sure?

Well, do you have
Any idea where...

Spell it.

Stavros.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, right.
Right, bye-bye.

We found this giordino woman'’s
Maiden name: rozelle.

Saperstein'’s checking it out
With a booking agent now.

So far, we got nothing.

Deluca hasn'’t sung
In six months.

He made a deal with the feds,
And they'’re keeping him from us.

You tell these g-men that
They'’re obstructing justice,

And I want deluca down here.

Otherwise, I'’ll bust these feds
For their funny haircuts.

- theo.
- yeah.

Tri-line robbery,
When you have time.

- well, I'’ll make time.
- well, I hope so.

Now,
Giordino'’s a parole problem.

He'’s not a police problem.

What'’s so special about him
Anyway?

Listen, burke,
Who arrested him,

Says giordino'’s no criminal,
And watson, his p.O.,

Gives him 24 hours
Despite the lucas case,

And there'’s something about
A stoolie in this thing

That I don'’t quite understand,
Frank.

When you have time.

Oh, uh, lieutenant,
I forgot to tell ya.

Lyndsey called, no message.

Hello I'’m calling
Trying to reach a singer

Named elena rozelle.

Hey, I got drums here.
Talk up.

Elena rozelle...Or giordino.

I don'’t know which name
For sure.

Elena. Yeah.

Well,
She can'’t come to the phone.

But she'’s there?

No personal calls, lady.

Forget it.

♪ but I got a feeling

♪ telling me something good
Is coming my way ♪

Pay as you play, baby,
Then you won'’t owe.

Now, you'’ve been playing,
But you ain'’t been paying,

And you are overdue.

Now, open up the door.

That'’s private property, man.

Hey, baby,
When you don'’t pay me,

You go public,
You dig?

Keep talking.

Elena owes me $12.

Now, I'’m just trying to beat
The phone company to the machine

Before they yank it out.

You know where she is?

Yeah, but she ain'’t got
A phone down there.

Down where?

Place in the west village.

It'’s called the tom-tom club.

What'’s with the boom, boom,
Boom, boom, stavros?

The tom-tom club.

Saperstein checked
With the booking agent.

Rozelle'’s got herself
A little gig there.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, that wasn'’t bad.
Here, sit down. Play with that.

Crocker.

Come in.

- elena?
- yeah, I'’m elena.

What'’s up? What is it?
Who are you?

My name is lyndsey.

I'’m a friend of lou's.

I'’ve been sick.
I look like hell.

Well, what'’s wrong?
Why are you here?

Lou'’s out now.
He'’s on parole.

He'’s been trying to find you.

Why?

Why is he looking for me?
I don'’t want to see him.

I'’m not sure.

I just wanted to ask you,
Please,

When you see him,
Don'’t do--

Look,
I don'’t want to see him.

You tell him that for me.
I don'’t...

Get out of here.

- lou, I'’ve got to talk to you.
- wait in back, lyndsey.

You go with her; have a nice
Cherry soda or something.

Just leave me alone.

Look, wait in back, huh?

Look, I'’ll be right out.

I promise.

Go to hell.
I'’ve been sick.

Yeah, I know.

Crystal or liquid?

Give me that.

Ow! No! Lou!

Hello, sunshine.

You remember this?

Do you know how many times
I thought of the night

I walked in and found you
With this gun?

You remember that, elena, huh?

There you were with this pistol
Pointed at your head,

One bullet in it,
Pulling the trigger.

You laughed.

You said it was like
Your life...

Russian roulette.

But the truth is,
You were really putting the gun

To my head.

Because that'’s when I decided
You were gonna have help.

You were gonna have the best,
No matter what it took.

That'’s when I decided
To rip off the company.

I didn'’t know I'd been set up.

- lou, I wouldn'’t do that--
- you wouldn'’t what?

You wouldn'’t set me up by
Pulling a russian roulette act

With a gun that wouldn'’t shoot?

The firing pin'’s
Been filed down!

Not too much...Just enough
So it won'’t shoot!

It was an act, elena,
A lousy, rotten act!

Okay, so I wanted money.

So I wanted to scare you
Into doing something for me.

No, no,
You didn'’t do this alone.

You had help!

You had lots of help!

And I want to know who!

Now, was it alan?

No, why...Why--

Don'’t play dumb with me, el!

I want to know how
This all came down.

I got to know.
Now, tell me.

I'’m not gonna tell you, lou.

I'’m gonna do you a favor,

Maybe the only favor
That I'’ve ever done.

And I'’m not gonna say
Another word.

I'’m not gonna tell you.

Lou, don'’t run!

- lou, he was here.
- well, what happened?

Did he have a gun?
Well, talk to me, lyndsey.

What happened?
Did he have a gun?

Yes, he had a gun,
But there was another man.

Lou wouldn'’t...

She'’s dead.

Central, lieutenant kojak.

Lou giordino, armed, dangerous.

All right, pardon me, please,
Police.

Pardon me, please.

Out of the way, lady, please.

All right,
Check the correspondence

And visitation records
At elmira prison.

Lyndsey said he had
A cousin mckinney.

- go for an address.
- got it.

His ex-partner'’s address,
Get it from the arrest record.

- call him.
- right.

If he tries to get in touch,
I want to be the first to know.

Right.

What about that tipster
Deluca?

I spoke to a federal
District attorney.

Deluca'’s gonna cooperate.

I got saperstein on it.

Look at that arm,
Will ya?

It looks like it belongs
To a little old lady

Instead of a young woman.

We always get '’em
When it'’s too late,

Never at the beginning,
And you know how it started?

Four or five years ago,
She wanted to lose ten pounds.

So she went looking
For diet pills.

Oh, our hero, the landlord.

Look, are you sure
There was only one guy

Who came out the back?

Yeah. The guy you said
Was her husband.

I hate this,
Gives the place a bad name.

Anybody else take a strong
Interest in the girl like you?

Couple of pushers.
That'’s it.

She don'’t even draw whistles
Anymore.

Okay, sweetheart.

Oh, here.

I don'’t want to get
Your place dirty.

Get out.

Maybe lyndsey was just lying
About the other guy.

Yeah, no powder burns, right?

Now, look, crocker. If you were
An impetuous italian,

Would you go to the door
And fire long-distance?

Yeah, sure.

Maybe.
Who knows?

- I thought I told you to go home.
- what'’d you find out?

Did anybody else see
The other man?

Nobody saw anything.

Hey, look,
Either you go on your own power,

Or I'’ll have one of my men
Take you home.

Come on.

You think he did it,
Don'’t you?

You don'’t even think
There was another man.

Can you identify him,

Pick him out of a mug shot
Or a lineup?

No, I told you
I couldn'’t do that.

It was too dark.

That'’s right,
You did tell me.

But now I'’m gonna tell you,
And you listen.

Doesn'’t matter what you saw.

What matters is that I grab him
Before some cop does

And yells,
"Stop before I shoot."

Tracey.

Sir.

- see this young lady gets home.
- right, this way, please.

All right,
Break it up down here.

Hello,
Is mr. Ankrum there?

Mr. Ankrum?

Uh, this is george mckinney.

I'’m lou giordino's cousin.

I'’ve got to talk to you,
Mr. Ankrum, right away.

Yeah. Well, it'’s about him
Getting busted

And the way it all came down.

Mckinney.

Yeah, that'’s right.

623 west 11th street.

Yeah.

Oh, I'’ll be here.

Thanks, mac.

You know, I think
I should have got a hero.

You know, I think
We should have got a hero.

Lieutenant,
I just brought deluca in.

Lieutenant,
I don'’t have to say anything.

I don'’t even have to say
"I don'’t have to say anything."

Hello, kojak.
Are you out there?

I mean,
You got some charges to make?

What'’s going on here anyway?

I'’m thinking, billy.
I'’m thinking.

I'’m thinking about your problem.

I got no problem at all.

George burke,
Sergeant of detectives,

You tipped him a couple of years
Back on a truck hijacking.

Lou giordino.

That was the guy
That got busted, remember?

I don'’t know.
Maybe I--I couldn'’t remember.

- I got so many names in my head.
- yeah, sure.

Maybe giordino found out that
You blew the whistle on him.

He'’s out, you know?
Could be after you.

Hey, uh,
We can pick him up, billy.

We need some help.

I never heard of the guy.
How can I help?

Hey, a minute ago,
You weren'’t sure.

Now you definitely
Never heard of him,

Which tells me
That you heard of him!

Hey, uh...

Who, uh...
Who squealed on jolie shuster?

Jolie shuster?

You got to be kidding.

He'’s the top muscle in the city.

Did somebody turn him in?

You did.

You think I'’m nuts?

Well, I got five guys
In the can right now,

And that'’s the word they're
Gonna spread on the street

As soon as I let '’em go.

What are you doing this
To me for?

Who squealed on lou giordino?

Oh, come on, kojak, man.

I get a check from the feds
Every two weeks.

I'’m on a payroll,
Just like you guys.

Now, I got a good thing going.

Don'’t get me into any trouble.

Somebody that big, huh?

Giordino...
Um, giordino...

Oh, now I remember.

He had a trucking company.

Nobody big put me up
To fingering him.

It was, uh, a favor for a pusher
That I used to know.

He had a client...
Giordino'’s wife...

And, uh, she wanted
Her old man up the river.

It was a--a little thing.

Billy,
Who are you so afraid of?

Get it out!

- nobody.
- nobody.

Hey.

The same nobody
Who killed elena giordino?

She'’s dead, billy boy.

Just like you'’re gonna be dead
As soon as I let it out

That you'’ve been finking
On all of them all these years.

You know what I'’m doing
Telling you this?

I'’m handing my whole life
Over to you, kojak.

So you got to protect me.

Okay.

Who?

Albert dancik.

Albert dancik.

No wonder you'’re sweating.

Mckinney.

Hey, george mckinney.

Come on in, alan.

I'’ve been trying
To call you for hours.

Where you been?

I was out eating.

Lou, what'’s all this
With the gun?

Are you crazy?

Alan,
Now, somebody killed elena,

Somebody who didn'’t want her
To talk to me,

And I got nobody else in my life

To figure for that but you,
Alan.

- elena'’s dead?
- and I'’m on the spot.

So if I kill you, it don'’t make
A bit of difference either way.

Elena'’s dead?

Lou, there'’s no way
It could have been me.

I was eating with people.
They could tell you.

When elena set me up
And played me for a fool,

You had nothing to do with that?

Not me, I swear.

Who?

He'’s mob, lou,
Top-level.

You'’re better off
If I say nothing.

I don'’t buy that!

I want names, names, alan!

Dancik, albert dancik.

He and elena, they were
Having an affair, lou.

They wanted you
Out of the way.

It'’s true.

Everything you know,
I want to hear it.

I don'’t know everything.

I know that she conned you
Into stealing the truck, right?

And you got caught,
And you went to jail.

I wasn'’t in on that.

And then dancik did her a favor
When he threw her over.

He bought out your share
From her.

So I lucked out, but I never
Went after him for a thing.

I hate it!

But you believe me, right?

Lou!

Would you have spilled your
Guts if you knew this gun

Wouldn'’t fire,
Huh?

That was dancik'’s gimmick.

I bet he and elena
Had a real laugh about that!

Thanks, elena.

So why does he kill her, alan?

Lou,
He'’s got this thing.

There'’s no way his name
Should be connected

With the trucking business.

Me and elena
Were the only ones who knew

He was behind the company
That bought you out.

You call him, alan.

You call him, and you set up
A meeting for tonight

At your office.

You tell him I know about
The gun that didn'’t fire.

Tell him I know all about
His business connections.

No, lou,
I couldn'’t do that to you.

Let me help you get away,
Something?

No, no, you call him,
And you sound scared, huh,

Like you got to talk,
And he'’ll come,

Him and his hit man.

They'’ll both come.

And you'’re gonna be there
With a gun

That doesn'’t even fire.

I got a deal to make.

A deal? You'’re crazy.

What deal does he need to make
With you?

Call him, alan, please.

Okay, I appreciate the help,
Bernie.

Thanks.

Okay, according to the d.A.,

Dancik appeared before
A grand jury

Investigating syndicate ties
With the trucking industry.

According to him,
Oh, he'’s clean as a whistle.

I just got his file from

The criminal investigation
Bureau.

He'’s president
Of dixie linen service,

Deluxe bottling company,
Douglas office maintenance,

About a dozen other businesses,
And none of them in trucking.

Yeah, well,
That'’s syndicate money.

He keeps clean
No matter what he does.

I couldn'’t get this ankrum
Character on the phone.

And she tells me
That giordino'’s half

Was bought up
By delta industries.

Well, that'’s a subsidiary
Of delaware industries.

And they tell me that dancik'’s
Name was never mentioned

In either one of them.

Yeah, well, if it is,
He goes up on a perjury charge

For his grand jury testimony,
Right?

Delaware, delta, deluxe,
Douglas...

Everything with a d.

Maybe it'’s a superstition.

Yeah, and maybe he walked
Under a ladder somewhere.

Maybe he blew his cover.

He was worrying about
The perjury charges.

If he'’s into trucking,

He probably owns
Half the east coast.

Why would he mess around with
Giordino'’s two-bit company?

To me,
That makes no sense at all.

Exactly, crocker.
Thank you.

What did he do?

Hey. What kind of a greek
Are you?

Did you ever hear of the, uh...
The trojan horse?

It'’s a trojan horse.

"It'’s a trojan horse."

You know what blew that deal?
A broad.

Helen of troy.
Did you ever hear of her?

Well, elena,
That'’s dancik's helen of troy.

You got it?

- yeah.
- all right, find dancik.

Get a tail on him,

Because if giordino
Puts this thing together,

He'’s gonna find out
That he'’s walking into water

Ten feet deep.

Uh, commissioner.

Yeah.

Ankrum'’s answering service...
They got no idea where he is?

Well, he got a call
At his apartment around 10:00.

He hasn'’t been back since.

Mk why don'’t you try
Calling him again?

Okay, now, what am I
Supposed to do when he comes?

What'’s this...

Hey, what are you doing?
Lou, it'’s my desk.

If you ask, maybe I could...

You said there wouldn'’t be
Any violence.

There won'’t be.
Sit down, alan.

No, I'’m not sitting down.

What are you gonna do?

He'’ll kill you.
He'’ll kill both of us.

No, when dancik
And his man arrive,

I'’ll be right inside that door.

Now, all you got to do
Is go along

With what you told him
On the phone.

You tell him I called; you tell
Him I found out about the gun.

Ask him about that gun.

You find out what is
So important about that gun.

And then ask him about elena.

Get him to talk about
Why he had her killed tonight.

Okay...
Okay, so say he talks,

Say he admits it,
And then what happens?

Then I come out with the gun,
And we call the cops.

They arrest you, and you'’re
Right back where you started.

If dancik admits that he had
Elena killed tonight,

I'’ll take my chances in court.

Come on, lou.
It'’s your word against his.

No, our word.

You'’re my witness, alan.

Maybe it'’s dancik.

Maybe you should pick it up.

The service.
They get it on the fourth ring.

Hello?

- he'’s there?
- hold on a minute, please.

It'’s the service.
You want to talk to them?

It'’s the police.

They want me to call them
As soon as possible.

We will.

That'’s what I thought,
Thanks.

Okay, according to the service,

Somebody picked up the phone,
Listened in, and, uh, like that.

They'’re at ankrum's office.
Let'’s go.

It'’s gonna work.

Alan,
You remember moore.

This is rubio.

You'’re right on time.

I'’m always on time.

Tell me what giordino knows.

Well,
He knows something about a gun

With a filed-down firing pin,

A gun that-- that elena
Threatened to kill herself with.

Did you give her that gun,
Dancik?

A gun that doesn'’t shoot?

That'’s a toy.

I gave her a lot of toys, alan.

She was killed tonight,
Wasn'’t she?

That was your "Solution,"
Wasn'’t it?

What are you so nervous about,
Alan?

Because lou is coming here
Tonight,

And I don'’t know
What'’s gonna happen.

What could happen?

I'’m a businessman.

Maybe, uh...

Maybe giordino thinks
He got a bad deal, hmm?

Who knows?
Maybe he did.

No!

You surprise me, alan.

I thought you were smarter
Than this.

You see, alan,
You'’re fortunate.

You'’ve got a choice.

Your friend on the floor here,
He'’s got no choice.

He'’s gonna die.

Now, if you agree he must die,
Your gun'’ll be used,

No police problems.

You were working late at night,
Giordino busted in.

He was crazy.

Started accusing you
Of all kinds of things

With his ex-wife.

He was gonna kill ya.

So you reached into your desk,
You grabbed your gun,

You asked him to stop,
But he wouldn'’t,

So you shot him.

Clean.
No problems.

Are you listening?

Now, the other choice
Isn'’t so good

For you or me...

Especially you.

You'’ll both have to die.

Oh, the police are gonna
Ask a lot of questions,

Which isn'’t good for me, but,
Uh...

But I'’ll manage.

You...

You won'’t manage.

You'’ll be dead.

Which one, alan?

Choose.

I don'’t want to die.

Alan'’s gun.

Freeze!

Up against the truck.

All right. The rest of you,
Up against the trucks.

Put your head
Against the truck.

- how is he?
- he'’ll live.

Spread '’em out.

Spread '’em out!
More. Come on!

This is lieutenant kojak.

I want you to send a couple
Of units to...

What'’s the numbers here?

628.

628 west 23rd street.

Oh, yeah, and send an ambulance.

The ambulance will be here
For you.

Just lay there.

Oh.

Well, well, well,
Lookit here.

Aren'’t you the d.A.'s delight,
Huh?

Albert dancik...

One of the organization'’s
Best-dressed men.

Did you know that?

Who'’s your tailor?

Cashmere, right?
Beautiful.

Albert dancik...

Caught with his pants pressed
On a murder rap.

Congratulations.

Hey, you got a call to make,
Right?

Huh?
What do you mean?

The--the girl. Lyndsey.

Oh. Yeah.

I don'’t think I can talk
Right now.

Yeah, well, all right.

You keep your stiff upper lip
And give it a shot.

Come on before I break
Your arms.

This way, kid.

All right, look at that.

The firing pin has been
Filed down.

It won'’t even shoot.

It'’s still a gun, and it's
Still a parole violation, kojak.

Cleve,
You'’re a pain.

Lieutenant.

Wherefore art thou, right?

A little privacy, cleve.

I don'’t have any words
That could come close to--

Forget the words,
A little cash maybe.

You know,
You should have came to me.

That'’s what I'm here for.

That'’s why I took this job.

That'’s what I like, lou.

I'’m sorry.

I really am.

Uh, look, uh,
I'’m leaving the door open.

This is a police station.

Tell me something, kojak.

Do you usually turn your office
Over like this, huh?

I'’m like you, cleve.

I always give a little slack
For a good woman.

All right, tell me, what are
You gonna do with giordino?

I don'’t know.

I'’m gonna have to think
About it.

Sure.

Good night, theo.

So what did he say?

Ah, what did he say?

What does he always say?

He'’s gonna let giordino
Sweat it out a little bit,

And then he'’s gonna let him go.

You ought to be ashamed
Of yourself.