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A truly splendid Achievement,

But you can relax now, Gentlemen,

We'’ll take it from here.

Next,

In for a penny, In for a pound.

Calvin, You all right, kid?

I never saw Anyone die before.

You never saw This much money before.

Believe me, it'’ll buy A lot of forgetfulness.

Hey, lieu, What'’s with the siren?

If I can get up at 6:00 a.M. In the morning,

So can the rest of manhattan.

Lieutenant, This is captain boyle,

Turley alarm system.

He was the first On the scene.

Oh, yeah, As if I didn'’t know.

Yeah, before he turned in His papers, danny and I,

We used to work out of The 2-9 safe and loft.

How'’s it going, irish?

Well, I can'’t complain, Theo.

Well, maybe a little bit, Otherwise you wouldn'’t be here.

All right, Tell me about it.

Well, I'’m pulling A midnight, right?

So long about 4:30, we get A signal from the calabria

That they'’re gonna pull The cork on the jug.

It'’s the proper code,

So we switch off The audible alarm hook-up,

And give the okay signal,

But an hour later, The green light'’s still burning.

Now, that'’s a little flaky, Even for the calabria,

So just to be on the safe side, I bucket on down here,

And what you see Is what I found,

Those two with their yaps taped

And trussed up With a clothesline,

A stiff over there, And the empty safe.

Contacted your squad first,

And then I called our client.

Vince karabian?

He'’s mobbed up With the crespi organization.

Come on, theo, He'’s a customer of mine.

To me, he'’s just A successful restaurateur.

Sure, and albert anastasia Knew how to pick

The right barber shop.

Oh, who says neatness counts?

Rip job, that'’s not art, It'’s metal shop.

Yeah, well, Whatever it is,

They got what they came for.

You take captain boyle'’s Statement, would you, please?

If he tries to pull any of Those $5 words with you,

Just remind him it took me One year to teach him

How to spell "Perpetrator."

- nice seeing you, baby. - nice seeing you.

Unofficially, I'’m prepared to say

That to all intents And purposes, he appears dead.

Probable cause, Bullet wound,

Anterior entry, Posterior exit,

Horizontal trajectory Right through the old ticker.

Fancy that.

Friend of yours?

Aren'’t they all?

Buddy crowder, All purpose button man,

A far cry from his own turf.

Manny "No nose" gagliano, Another model citizen.

Only the other one, That'’s a fresh face.

Yeah, nino la rocca, He'’s a pilgrim from the midwest.

He works for A sausage factory.

You want to talk to him?

No, he can keep.

Hey, vincente.

Looks like you'’ve suffered Some business reverses.

What'’s the damage, champ?

$4,801.73.

Would you like To try that again?

Well, there'’s the receipts, The register tabs.

You add '’em up!

Hey, I'’m not talking about How many pepperoni pizzas

You sold last night.

That'’s chicken feed.

Whoever busted into that box Took your policy bank.

Would you like to crank that up On your machine or not?

What policy bank?

I don'’t know from policy, Lieutenant.

I'’m in the restaurant business.

You are now.

We were strolling by, Nino, buddy, and myself,

Taking a shortcut Through the alley,

When we spotted a light In the office,

Observing the fact that The rear door was unlocked.

Well, being Public-spirited citizens

And firm believers In law and order,

My friends and I Determined to investigate.

Public-spirited citizens and Firm believers in law and order,

My friends and I Were determined to investigate.

With great caution, We entered the premises

Hoping to surprise And overwhelm the burglars.

To our regret, The reverse occurred.

Poor buddy, A heart like a lion,

And now it beats no more.

I don'’t suppose you could Describe your assailants?

Oh, it happened so fast, Officer.

There were three of them, Big men,

Masked and with handguns.

- I mean-- - yeah, all right, no way.

All right, Run them through r & I.

- okay? - mm-hmm.

And if they come out clean, And nobody claims them,

Send them home.

- what do you think? - yeah, what do I think?

I think our three kewpie dolls Were moonlighting,

And then three other jokers Came along

And relieved them Of the proceeds.

- that'’s what I think. - yeah, that'’s what I think.

- yeah? - yeah.

Terrific. Now, go prove it.

Did you have to Blow him away?

You were there. What do you think?

Want some noodles?

The joint was Wall to wall fuzz.

A knock-off is one thing, But a homicide?

You know, that can stir up A lot of heat.

Page five, A couple of paragraphs,

You call that heat?

That'’s not the point.

What is the point, nino,

Crowder was such a close friend Of yours?

He got me into The organization.

And you repaid that Magnanimous gesture

By selling him out.

Here, it'’ll ease Your christian conscience.

Buy him some lilies.

What'’s this Supposed to be?

Your cut, of course.

My cut'’s 50%,

There was at least 80 g'’s in that box.

98,643 to be exact.

And there'’s 10 here. 10!

I brought the job to you.

I put my bones on the line.

Don cheech ever finds out I crossed him,

He'’ll plant me In the pine barrens.

You think I'’d risk that For a lousy 10 grand?

Come on, nino,

You betrayed your paisan.

Why should you expect better At our hands?

Does your sister know

About the royal hosing You'’re giving me?

Ask her.

You--

You could make it 15.

I'’m on the arm To a shark for eight.

It'’s not like you are Pinched for bread.

You got a piece Of chinatown.

Did you hear that, group?

I'’ll give you my piece And throw in a set of dishes.

Only a scavenger Preys upon his own.

50 years ago,

Your people realized the folly

Of such counter-productive Chauvinism.

They sensibly enlarged Their territorial horizons

To embrace the afros, The hispanics,

The anglos, And the jews,

And as a result Of this enlightened policy,

They are today a multi-billion Dollar conglomerate.

You'’ve got no beef.

We left you alone, Didn'’t we?

Sure, because you believed us Unworthy of exploitation.

Oh, the natives Are restless, nino,

An inevitable by-product Of ethnic claustrophobia.

Yeah, the mulberry street Fat cats have had things

All their way for long enough.

It'’s our turn now.

Call it a territorial Imperative.

You'’re crazy.

All of you.

Take on the combine?

You'’re out of your loving trees.

If we'’re so crazy,

Why is it that You'’re walking out of here

With only $10,000?

Okay,

You out-foxed me.

There'’s nothing I can do about it.

Maybe you out-foxed Yourselves too.

If you'’d have dealt me An honest hand,

I could'’ve put into situations

That would make The calabria rip-off

Look like a dime store Smash-and-grab.

Kick yourself, sammy.

You had a good thing going,

And you blew it, baby.

You blew it!

No, nino.

You just blew it.

- theo? - yeah?

- hey, gil. - captain.

Captain, Meet sergeant gino paluzzi.

Would you believe Intelligence division,

Organized crime bureau?

Sergeant gino paluzzi, Captain frank mcneil.

- sergeant. - captain.

This connected with The crowder killing?

Mm-hmm, and maybe A damn sight more,

But I'’ll let the sergeant Put you into the picture.

Now, you talk to us As if you'’re talking to

Kindergarten kids, You understand?

- you take notes. - yeah.

And listen intently, Because he talks funny.

- he'’s italian. Go ahead. - got you.

All right, For openers,

Let'’s take a look at our Old friend, vince karabian here.

He'’s the crown prince Of the west side regime.

Ex-nightclub bouncer With smarts enough

To marry the boss'’ daughter.

He'’s a real comer, This jellybean,

So you keep your eyes on him.

Today, it'’s pizzas, Tomorrow, the world.

Of course, there'’s one small Thing standing in the way

Of karabian'’s ambition, And that'’s his father in law,

Joseph crespi.

Now, you lock crespi in a room For a couple of weeks,

Chances are, he'’d figure out How to break an egg.

His brains is His consigliere here,

Nathan davidoff.

D-a-v-I-d-o-f-f.

He pronounces it "Da-veed-off."

All right, Let'’s go across town here.

We got frank scalesi,

Affectionately known As don cheech.

Now, what genoa Is to salami,

This scalesi is To organized crime,

Statesman, Politician,

Field marshal, Space-age garibaldi.

He'’s bedridden now,

But that old barracuda Does more business

From a brass four-poster Than a house full of hookers.

His consigliere, ruby kabelsky, Does the talking,

But it'’s cheech's mouth You'’re listening to.

On the right, Terry "The enforcer" fitzgerald,

Scalesi'’s personal bodyguard, The quiet type,

He spends words like They were 10 bucks a syllable.

Of course, He don'’t have to say much.

Before he turned 21,

He chalked up more hits Than hank aaron.

This smiling simian, Louis "Fats" giancana,

He'’s don cheech's Favorite nephew,

And heir-apparent To the scalesi dynasty.

Down here, we got the troops, The foot soldiers,

Nino la rocca, Manny "No nose" gagliano,

And the late buddy crowder,

Three empty suits trying to make Their mark in life.

All right, Security they got.

Come on, the mob takes care Of it'’s own, right?

They get a couple Of bills a week,

An extra c-note thrown in Once in awhile

For busting a couple of heads,

But it'’s chiclets, Table scraps.

They see the capos strutting Around in their $500 mohairs

And the florida suntans, Lights a very short fuse.

So what do they do, These jellybeans?

They moonlight, scam around, Looking for jobs

Of their own on the outside.

When they get something, They like it,

They take it to the tenente.

He likes it, boots it All the way up the line

Until it gets to cheech.

Cheech takes a look at it.

If he thinks it'’s dumb, He throws it out.

If he likes it, he grabs The phone and calls the office,

And without so much As lifting a pinkie,

He'’s on the grabski For 60% of the take.

You'’re saying don cheech Knew about the pizzeria score,

That he actually Authorized it?

Of course he knew, frank.

You think these yo-yos Would have gone in on their own?

He'’d have their head On a half-shell.

Yeah, but to approve a hit On one of crespi'’s spots?

That'’s an open invitation To a gang war.

It is now, But it wasn'’t going in.

They had the alarm key.

They had the code signal. What could go wrong?

The only way that karabian Could have found out about it,

If they left An autograph.

You'’re damn well Don cheech knew,

And that'’s exactly how it Would'’ve gone down

If these three bimbo freelancers Didn'’t turn up,

And turn over the pushcart.

All right, if you can figure That much out, so can crespi.

Yeah, why do you think We'’re all a-twitter?

We'’re sitting on A bomb, frank.

Now see, It'’s crespi's move now,

And he knows His son-in-law is watching.

He'’s not too eager To call up the troops.

After all,

Scalesi'’s army outnumbers his Three to one,

But he'’s got to do Something,

Otherwise he'’s a lame duck.

What about don cheech, What'’s his move?

A guess?

Huh, he'’ll beat crespi To the punch

By requesting a sit-down.

They'’ll parley, The two consiglieres,

Over espresso and focaccia.

If it goes well, We can all take the day off.

If it doesn'’t, Hey, these are proud men,

These sicilianos, True to their sicilian heritage.

Now, crespi may be The injured party, right?

But unless he allows don cheech Some way of saving face,

You can kiss detente good-bye.

From don crespi, Felicitations.

He wishes you a long life.

A long life I got already, Consigliere.

He should wish me first prize In a dancing contest.

Ringraziere.

Ringraziere, joey.

Grazie.

He'’s a deaf mute,

But I figure if a man Is keeping you alive,

It don'’t hurt To thank him,

So what if he can'’t hear?

Maybe god is listening.

As I recall, Do you take lemon peel?

And two sugars, please.

Try the focaccia, It'’s from my own bakery.

So nathan davidoff,

You bring me a grievance.

With all due respect, Don scalesi,

It was you who initiated--

Never mind who initiated!

You'’re here.

I'’ll let you two kissingers Work it out.

Too much talking tires me.

I see no reason For lengthy discussion.

The issue is simple.

We are met because of The regrettable occurrence

Of last night,

A most deplorable incident,

Which only an hour ago Was brought

To mr. Scalesi'’s attention.

He is, of course, Highly desirous of averting

The possibility of any blood Being imprudently spilled

As a result of the treaty Violation by troops

Under his command,

A violation which he neither Authorized nor condones.

Don crespi will be Most gratified to hear this.

You tell joe,

You tell him for me, Kid,

The perpetrator'’s Will be punished,

My oath on that.

Although he admits To no responsibility,

As a matter of family honor,

Don scalesi insists On making full restitution

For the money taken from The calabria pizzeria.

It was a thursday.

I figure vince was holding...

80, maybe 90 grand In policy action,

Right?

$184,000 And change.

And change?

You sure you didn'’t Leave nothing out?

Well, there was the damage To the safe, of course,

And the carpet.

Pay him!

Something else, Consigliere.

A gift from me To don crespi.

It arrived only this morning From monte reggio,

A present from A distant cousin.

She don'’t know I'm not allowed, But don crespi,

Well, he'’s got a constitution Like a mule.

May he enjoy the marzipan

In continued good health.

Many thanks, Don scalesi.

Oh, I can find my way out. Thanks.

Always a pleasure, nate. Ciao.

Are you ready For that mascalzone?

He knows we can'’t Prove different,

So he jacks up the price.

Stupido,

You know how much Your bungling cost me?

You know how long I got to wait To get that much back

From a fantoccio like you?

I got grandchildren wouldn'’t Live to see the day.

The only reason you'’re not Being measured

For a cement overcoat Right now,

Is because I was dumb enough To give the okay,

But in new york, Sciocco,

You'’re finito.

I'’m sending you back To the minors.

Give him his bus ticket.

Oh, grazie, maestro.

Get him out of here,

Before I change my mind, And drop a building on him.

What about the other termite?

La rocca? Still no word.

He didn'’t report For work today.

Hmm.

Then I guess we know Who belched.

Put out a contract.

Find that sciacallo, And make a crowd out of him.

Mr. La rocca, You don'’t look pretty.

Whoever did it, you'’ve got To give them high marks

For thoroughness.

You don'’t get results like this From kitchen matches.

Whatever, He was a long time dying.

What do you have on him?

Grapeshot, mostly.

Broke in with big ed dvorchek In chicago'’s tenderloin.

Did a deuce at joliet.

Headed back east, Hit town about four months ago.

Buddy crowder got him into The scalesi organization,

They put him on As sausage stuffer,

No previous experience.

- you seen enough? - you kidding?

I'’m a be drinking my meals For a month.

I'’ve had enough.

Don cheech own this place?

Yeah, business license Reads emilio lara.

Principal shareholder is Fort hamilton savings and loan,

And don cheech is Fort hamilton savings and loan.

Lieutenant,

The butcher who found the body This morning?

His name is biaggio.

He looks like He just lost his breakfast.

Three times.

He says the body wasn'’t there Last night when he left.

You want to talk to him?

No, maybe later.

You got an address on The d.O.A.?

Yeah,

He'’s on a fourth floor, Cold water flat.

Yeah, On thompson street, 102,

Couple of blocks from here.

All right, send some men down And toss the joint.

All right.

Well, crespi'’s not letting Any grass grow under his feet.

All right, sergeant, You'’re the expert.

Light my fire.

Is it push and shove, or did Somebody start world war three?

I wish I knew.

There'’s nothing On the streets.

Who knows, Maybe we need more eyes.

Look, gino, You think you can con o.C.B.

Into a full-time surveillance

On don cheech, crespi, And their councils?

Hey, you know What that'’ll cost?

We'’re into next year's budget As it is.

Oh, come on, Will you, gino?

I mean, you been on the force 16 years, right?

You got to have a rabbi Buried someplace.

You know somebody With grease downtown?

Yeah, I got somebody stashed,

But I was saving him For a rainy day, for myself.

What'’s this, the morning dew?

Here,

I'’ll pay for the phone call.

Beautiful.

16 employees interviewed At the la scala sausage works.

Unanimous consensus, Are you ready?

Nino la rocca,

Quiet, industrious, Clean living,

Pure of heart.

Running for pope, He'’d win by a landslide.

Oh, yeah, sure,

And here'’s an engaging item.

Manny "No nose" gagliano,

All available information Suggests

Present whereabouts unknown.

Yeah.

You know, Maybe if we all chipped in,

And ran an ad In the personal column,

"Come home, manny, All is forgiven, baby."

What do you think, gang?

Maybe you assign us a few, Boss.

Hey, we tossed La rocca'’s pad, zilch.

In the round File under "Z",

If there'’s any room left.

Except for one thing, Maybe,

Our pilgrim had A girlfriend.

Here, give me a hand.

Chinatown?

May I help you?

- hello, nancy wong? - yes.

I'’m lieutenant kojak,

Manhattan south detective squad.

No, no, no, you don'’t Have to press the buzzer.

It'’s not necessary, grandma.

This isn'’t a gambling raid,

I had just a couple of questions On a homicide.

Gambling, lieutenant?

I'’m afraid I don't understand.

Yeah, sure.

What are you making in the back, Fortune cookies?

You said a homicide Investigation,

What has this to do with me?

Yes, well, I believe you know A nino la rocca?

Yes, I know nino.

Oh, I see. He'’s dead then?

You don'’t seem surprised.

I suppose I'’m not, really.

Some men are marked For violence.

Nino was one.

Anyone could see it.

Do you know who killed him?

Well, nancy,

I was hoping you could tell me.

Actually, I didn'’t see That much of him, lieutenant,

A half dozen times at the most.

When was the last time?

Sunday, we went to The radio city music hall.

Afterwards, nino took me To gallagher'’s for a steak.

Well, did he seem Different somehow?

You know, worried, confused, Anything like that?

No,

But I think I know What you'’re looking for.

Nino was a gambler, lieutenant, A horse player.

It was like a fever in him.

Though he never said so, I could tell he was fighting

A heavy losing streak.

Well, That night at gallagher'’s,

I ordered a delmonico.

He had a salad.

He said he wasn'’t hungry, But I knew better.

Coming home on the subway, I chided him.

We should have gone someplace Less expensive, I told him,

Where we both Could'’ve eaten steak.

"Don'’t sweat it, kid," He answered.

"Barney'’s eating mine."

Barney?

The man he placed His bets with,

Barney the book.

I don'’t know his last name.

Oh, bramley. You did very good, nancy,

Thank you very much.

If you should think of Anything else,

We'’re in the book.

Not that book, The telephone book.

Thank you.

Thanks, sis.

Like the man said, You did good.

I didn'’t tell him Too much?

Nothing he wouldn'’t have Managed to learn elsewhere.

Hey, got to split.

Time to get to work.

Be careful.

Hey, I'’m a seventh son Of a seventh son, remember?

I sent him A box of marzipan.

The message was clear.

There could be No misunderstanding, right?

It was clear.

It was clear, So what does he do?

He sends me a stiff In my own place of business,

Hanging with the salciccia.

A stiff!

We don'’t know, frank.

We don'’t know for sure If it was crespi,

Not for an absolute fact.

We don'’t know?

Then who was it? Answer me that!

The carabinieri?

Am I supposed to just sit here,

And suffer this insult On my honor?

You name it, frank.

You want satisfaction? We'’ll get you satisfaction.

You want a body count? Pick a number.

30 years ago, I don'’t think twice.

We got the men. We got the muscle.

We could go through The west side

Like a reaper Through a wheat field.

Now, you got to think About business.

Is it good for business?

The whole country'’s In a recession.

Our profits are up 20% Over last year.

It don'’t make sense. It don'’t make sense.

Look at this.

Look at this, I can'’t walk across the room

Without leaning On somebody'’s arm,

But the blood-- The blood--

The blood of my father Runs hot.

You take a message To don crespi.

You tell him

It'’s of urgent necessity

That we should have A head-to-head.

Franco, I swear to you By everything that'’s sacred

I had nothing to do With the death of nino la rocca.

I swear on the crucificcio.

- this, you must believe me. - must?

Why must I believe?

Why would I do such a thing? For what reason?

Territory?

I'’m satisfied with what I got,

And do I defy The commission?

I got enough problems.

From 76th street north, I got to pay protection

To the puerto ricans.

Three narcotics deliveries I lost this month alone.

The grand jury Has subpoenaed the books

On the great northern produce, And only this morning,

Dr. Grossman tells me I got to Have a hernia operation.

With all these problems, What do I need with a war?

The order wouldn'’t Have to come from you.

There'’s men in the ranks Impatient for power,

Your son-in-law, for one.

Vicente,

If I believed that, my daughter, Sacred as she is to me,

Would be a widow.

Franco, I know he has eyes In my back,

But he wouldn'’t be so reckless As to burn down

A house to capture it.

Franco, There'’s a spettro between us.

I don'’t want it that way.

Look, I'’ll make a proposition With you, huh?

In a hat, I'’ll put the name Of my most trusted tenentes.

You pick three names, Any three, and franco,

Even if they'’re dearer To me than my own children,

I'’ll order their execution.

Angelo. Oh, angelo.

Hey, all right, Grazie.

But if not you,

Who?

Who?

Freeze!

I'’m protected.

Not from us.

Get your wallets On the table.

Everybody, move.

All right, Everybody into the bedroom.

Come on, come on. Move, move.

- inside. - keep moving.

Move!

Come on, get in there.

Not you, mr. Giancana.

You stay here.

Okay, mr. Giancana, Get in the trunk.

Get in there.

Not on your life.

Ninth race? No, he wasn'’t scratched.

Five and five.

All right, one place--

Hi,

You know the trouble With phone booths, barney?

They got no backdoor.

You'’re standing On my foot, kojak.

Oh.

Oh, is that your foot?

I thought It was an alligator.

Imitation.

Alligator is An endangered species.

Oh, well, not as endangered As you'’re gonna be

If you keep calling me "Kojak."

"Lieutenant," Every time I hear it,

It sends chills Up and down my spine.

Let me hear you say it, "Lieutenant."

- "Lieu..." - lieu.

- "Ten." - ten.

- "Nant." - nant.

All together.

Lieutenant.

By george,

I think he'’s got it.

Amazing. I'’m gonna call in.

Maybe they turned up Something on gagliano.

Yeah.

Look, did I catch you At an awkward moment, barney?

I mean, would you prefer I came back anon?

Oh, for heaven'’s sakes.

What is this? Betting slips?

Barney, Caught with your work down.

Now, that'’s a bit tacky, Ain'’t it?

I thought you were Working homicide.

Oh, yeah, well, you know I'’m a man for all seasons.

A little bit of this, A little bit of that,

While away the hours.

Mm-hmm.

I see you got a lot of action On turkish delight

At the big "A" sixth race, That aqueduct.

Did you manage to lay off Any of it?

None of it yet.

That was the phone You just interrupted.

Oh.

Well, tell me about Nino la rocca.

Never heard of him.

What are you doing?

Do you know what would happen If the match caught fire

To these slips?

Every customer in town Would claim a winning ticket.

You being a midtown bookie, Let'’s see,

What'’s your take per day?

Oh, that nino la rocca.

Yeah!

Sure, sure.

Now, I remember. A chalk bettor.

He ran up eight yards on me

Before I found out He was no-pay.

What could I do?

I...Sold his paper To a shylock.

I had to discount it For 50¢ on the dollar.

It was better than nothing.

Yeah, What'’s the shylock's name?

Louis "Fats."

Giancana?

You know something, barney? You'’re beautiful.

I mean, why didn'’t you shove Nino la rocca

In front of the bronx express?

- lieutenant? - yeah.

Can you stand coincidence?

Yeah, maybe once a year.

Well, if you liked Karabian'’s pizzeria,

You'’re gonna love this one.

Oh, yeah.

Thanks, kojak--

Lieutenant.

Hmm, who loves you?

How you doing, baldy?

Barbecued bupkis.

Nobody, But nobody'’s talking.

You ask a question, Any question,

You get one answer, "I want a lawyer."

Any fatalities? Anybody hurt?

Fire marshall says No question, it was arson.

And they all stuck around To watch, right?

They had no choice, lieu.

They were locked up In the bedroom.

Engine company had to crash Through the door.

That'’s only the half of it. It gets better.

This is a gambling casino, There'’s no money anywhere.

20 people here, Nobody spits up an I.D.

How come?

There'’s not a wallet among them.

What do you make of that, Lieutenant?

Another knock-over.

Who'’s name is this joint Listed in?

Gerard dubois.

Little gerry diamond, East side hustler.

- where is he? - right over there.

Still going to The same tailor, huh?

How many times Do I got to tell you?

This guy makes his patterns Out of a cookie cutter.

- oh, hello there. - hello, lieutenant.

Yeah, hello indeed.

Now, tell me this, frenchy,

And this is off the record.

- who'’s your banker this week? - banker?

Oh, come here.

It'’s me, remember, El greco?

We used to pitch pennies Together, huh?

Who'’s financing the action?

Action, What are you talking about?

"What are you talking about?"

I'’m talking about this, Las vegas east.

Hey, hey, theo, You got it all wrong.

Sure, I do.

No, really, I'’m out of gambling.

Hey, whoever torched this Place must have flaked me.

- of course. - no, really.

I mean, I just had A few people over

For some drinks, Some laughs--

Some laughs,

You were all the bedroom there,

Playing spin the bottle When the fire started, right?

Hey, the words Right out of my mouth.

Hey, frenchy, Who loves you?

You know, 20 years I'’ve been busting your chimes,

And you'’re still trying To come up like a virgin.

Are you ready?

Four-four the hard way, baby.

Oh, ain'’t I wonderful?

Coochie-coo, kid.

All right, there'’s a couple Of paddy wagons outside.

Send them away.

I want all these people Taken downtown one by one.

Set up a shuttle system If you have too.

Well, what have you Got in mind, skipper?

I don'’t want them Congregating,

Rehearsing the same story.

Right now, we know only Two known gamblers.

The rest are all straights, Wives and husbands

They'’re responsible too, I'’m sure.

Okay, They'’re afraid to talk,

Because they'’re Afraid of scandal,

So let'’s milk that fact.

Milk it how?

Well, they can'’t provide Proof of identification,

Therefore, to us, They'’re all john does.

Before they can be arraigned, We tell them,

"We put you in the line-up, We fingerprint you,

"We need three people To identify you before

We let '’em go."

You tell them that, And you see how quickly

They fall apart.

Lieutenant,

Sometimes you'’re so beautiful I could almost cry.

I said, Mrs. Giancana,

We have your husband.

We are asking $250,000 For his safe return.

You have exactly six hours In which to raise the money.

You will be contacted Later this evening

With instructions Regarding it'’s delivery.

In here. Is this the place?

I'’m lieutenant kojak, Mrs. Giancana.

This is detective crocker.

We'’d like to talk To your husband.

I'’m sorry, He isn'’t here just now,

But then I'’m sure Our mr. Bishop

Has already informed you Of that fact.

Yes, he did,

But I figured that you Could help us find louis.

Oh, I'’ve really no idea.

Perhaps if you could tell me What this is in regards to,

I could help you.

Well, it'’s in regards To nino la rocca,

Recently deceased.

La rocca?

No, that name Is unfamiliar to me.

Oh, well, That'’s unfortunate,

Considering that His untimely death

Left your husband in debt To the tune of eight big ones.

His death did what To my husband?

8-0-0-0, period.

Yeah, assuming that He had a break

In the vigorish Because he was mob connected.

That still leaves interest Over $1,000 a week,

And there'’s no way that Nino la rocca can make a dent

In that on his take-home pay.

Excuse me, lieutenant, I hope I'’m mistaken.

Surely you'’re not suggesting That my husband is a usurer?

Mrs. Giancana,

I'’d rather take up Basket weaving.

Louis giancana Is a respected

And respectable Furniture manufacturer.

He'’s also a fundraiser For over a dozen charities,

A devout churchgoer, And a devoted father.

He'’s also a veteran Of the korean war

With a good conduct medal,

And a 10% disability pension,

And you would malign A man like that

With your shabby innuendos?

Me?

A soldier with A good conduct medal, never.

- would you? - no.

But I tell you What I will do.

If I haven'’t heard from Your husband by 7:00 tonight,

I'’ll issue a warrant For his arrest.

It'’s been a pleasure.

Johnny, johnny,

I think we just got lucky!

And underneath Those shades,

She'’s wearing a mouse The size of shea stadium,

And I'’ll tell you something, Sonny boy,

She didn'’t win that trophy In the pillsbury bake off.

Louie fats?

He of the quick temper And the quicker hands.

Yeah, he'’d deck your grandmother Before he could say,

"Knit one, purl two,"

And I'’ll tell you Something else,

Young lochinvar,

Did you notice Pretty boy beckett,

That super-fly salesman,

Straightened his tie Before he escorted us

Into the young lady?

What does that mean to you?

It means that I should'’ve Listened to my father,

And gone into Aluminum siding.

Yeah, instead of, Like that, yeah.

Perhaps we have A bad connection.

Would you mind Repeating that?

I told you I haven'’t been able To raise the money.

Quarter of A million dollars,

Did you imagine I could Simply borrow that

Out of my household account?

Mrs. Giancana, I don'’t care where you get it,

Just get it!

Hey,

Don'’t be a stranger, Huh?

Why don'’t we let him go?

We made out all right In the gambling raid.

Oh, you call That making out?

Calvin, We'’re shooting for the moon.

You want to settle for A trip to disneyland?

But if you can'’t get The money--

A lot more where he came from.

If we set him free, There won'’t be.

The lady of the house Is playing games with us.

Now, why would she Do a thing like that?

That tramp, that lousy tramp, She wants me dead!

That lousy strega'’s Out to job me!

For your sake,

It is our hope That you'’re mistaken.

Hey, come on, What kind of talk is that?

So michele knocks The legs off my chair.

She ain'’t the only Bank in town.

Let me call my uncle, Huh?

Don cheech'’ll Get the ransom up.

I'’m sorry,

It'’s not part of our scenario.

Better tape his mouth again.

Monday, 3:45 p.M.,

Operating from a tip, Our surveillance helicopter

Got this shot,

A meeting on neutral turf Between scalesi and crespi.

All right, sergeant, You'’re our bird watcher.

Give us your Instant analysis.

Crespi'’s smiling, with relief, By the looks of it.

Either he'’s put something over On scalesi,

Or whatever They eye-balled about,

Crespi'’s off the hook.

Well, if he'’s been given A clean bill of health,

What are we left with?

Factor x, Something outside the combine,

A wildcat operation.

Against the wise guys?

They'’d have to be out Their natural minds.

No, no, no, I'’m not talking about

A first-class Military operation.

I'’m talking about Guerrilla warfare,

Hit and run, fire and fall back, And all that stuff.

- what can they hope to gain? - what?

All right, Try this on for size.

Tuesday, 2:00 p.M., Three masked gunmen,

They walk into frenchy dubois'’ Goulash joint.

Now, according to The description of four victims,

It coincides with the guerrillas

Who knocked off Karabian'’s pizzeria.

So what do we got?

All right, Let'’s go with this hunch.

Nino la rocca,

On the arm to louie fats,

And then partners With two other guys,

Crowder and gagliano, They'’re in a knock-over.

Let'’s assume we got 100 big ones in a box,

60 right away goes to The old man, leaving 40.

By the time they split it up Among themselves,

Nina la rocca'’s left with zats.

Nothing. Not enough to play the ponies.

So what does he do?

He gets some new partners, Outsiders, renegades.

Uh-huh, and nina la rocca'’s Left with the lion'’s share.

Go on, I find this fascinating.

Well, the rest we can Only speculate,

But let'’s say it this way,

They left a couple Of broad hints.

The condition on Nino la rocca'’s body, right?

And then his playmates.

Oh, we had a lot of fun Knocking off the pizzeria.

Whoopie-whoo. Let'’s try it again.

La rocca says "Uh-uh, don'’t press your luck.

My share'’s not too big." Whatever. He turns them down.

And that'’s when they gave him The butane hot foot.

Look, they had to get frenchy '’s address from somebody.

Damn sure didn'’t get it From the yellow pages.

I want to know What else he told them

Before he stopped paddling Across the river styx.

What is it, fatso?

Remember those johns we Picked up over at frenchy'’s?

When we got through sorting Through their I.D.S

And returning their property, This was left over,

And there'’s a name

L. Giancana.

Louis fats!

How come this felt Hat wasn'’t on his fat face?

I believe I can answer That for you, lieutenant,

If you'’d like To take a ride.

Yeah, I'’d like to take a ride.