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Okay.

That'’s fine, mom.
Thanks.

I'’ve got to be there by 9:00.

Ah!

What'’s the rush?
It'’s only 8:10.

Huh?

I'’m in a hurry.
Come on.

All right, all right.

So what if you'’re late?
What do they expect?

Harry sumar calls you, what,
At midnight?

Yeah.

Tells you
To report to someplace

At 9:00 in the morning.

It'’s not your wedding.

Oh, it'’s not my wedding.
Come on.

You'’re all right.

I'’ll fix that.

You tuck your shirt in, okay?

Look, ma, I'’m late,

And this is nothing new
To the both of us.

All right, so come on.

All right, all right.
I'’ll do that on my way.

- where'’s my hat?
- here.

Okay.
Tuck your shirt.

Wait a minute.

Here, here, here.

What?

Taxi!

Hey!

Let'’s get out of here!

Sit over there.

Sergeant sumar
From the police academy

To see lieutenant kojak.

Oh, yeah, sarge, go right in.

- he'’s waiting for you.
- thanks.

How are you?

- sit down.
- thank you.

Are you comfortable?

Very nice.

Oh, yeah,
When I got your call,

I figured you must have got hit
On the head

With one of those barbells
You use in the gym.

Now, tell me,
What kind of a yo-yo idea

Makes you take a raw recruit
Still in the academy

And put him on an active squad
Like mine?

Now, wait a minute, theo.

I really believe in this.

Besides, it will give you
A chance

To be a legitimate father
For the first time in your life.

Yeah.

I gave you
The pick of the litter.

He is the best recruit
In the class.

His father was a cop--

Sergeant warren,
Ralph warren sr.

Well, you got junior.

You got a phone call,
Lieutenant.

Then take care of it.

Uh-uh.

One of those.

Lieutenant kojak.

What?

Out of the mouths of babes.

Here, for you.

For me?

Yeah?
Yeah.

Oh, no.

Okay.

Yeah, okay.

Where'’s warren?

He'’s in the lobby.

9:05 this morning,

Probationary patrolman
Ralph warren jr.

Slips into this joint
To use the phone.

He comes across these three men.

They'’re about to hang colorful
Gangland figure joseph laggo.

You all right, kid?

I think so, sarge.

It all happened so quick.

Did I do anything wrong?

I don'’t think so.

So now he goes running out,
Fires three shots,

Misses them all.

They make the corner,
Hit this woman.

She'’s in pretty bad shape.

I got laggo waiting in the head.

Lieutenant kojak,
This is warren.

- lieutenant, what is all this?
- all of this?

Kid, you just walked in

On the juiciest attempted
Gangland slaying of the year.

What do you got for me?

- I didn'’t know who it was.
- I know that.

How about the three guys
At the other end of the rope?

- they were just guys.
- just guys?

You fired dumb shots
At just guys?

They were getting away.
I wanted to stop them.

So you decided to use that
Bb gun you got for christmas.

Don'’t you know .38s
Don'’t stop cars?

Theo, he wasn'’t driving.
Slow down a little.

Harry, regulations say
You don'’t fire at cars

Unless they'’re coming at you.

Right, sergeant?

Warren, hand over your gun.

You'’re coming with me.

Warren.

Captain, we'’re conducting
An investigation.

He'’s our only witness,
And he'’s a police officer.

This man'’s going downtown
With me.

He'’ll probably be suspended.

I mean, is there a time limit
On suspending cops?

Listen, lieutenant,

You want to go downtown with him
For insubordination?

Captain, this is the scene
Of a crime.

I'’m the ranking detective.
I'’m in charge.

Those are the rules.

You want to break the rules,
Captain?

Well, I'’m taking his gun.

You can take his socks
If you like

Just as long as you leave me
His cute little personality.

Come on, laggo, talk to me.

- what happened?
- nothing happened.

There was a rope
Around your neck.

That'’s nothing?

That kid saved your bacon!

If he says so.

I don'’t know nothing about it.

Anybody else see it?

Okay, joey,
What'’s it going to be?

The gutter rules, or did
Your head finally grow a brain?

I already told everybody
I don'’t know nothing.

I got hit in the head
Out in the street.

Next thing I knew, some cop
Dressed like a bus driver

Is waking me up.

That'’s not what happened.

This bus driver put his neck
In your noose.

Why the hell
Didn'’t you let him hang?

How much you figure I owe him?

A grand?
2 grand?

Don'’t be cute, joey.

Are you going to talk or what?

I can take care
Of my own problems.

You take care of yours.

Come here.
Sit down.

You, punk, you are my problem.

You think I'’m gonna let you walk
Out of here like a big shot,

Start putting out contracts
On three guys,

Dirty the streets?

- what three guys?
- mm-hmm.

We checked on witnesses
Out front.

Nobody saw anything.

All right, take him.
Book him into night court.

Disorderly conduct, vagrancy,
Photos, fingerprints, the works.

He'’ll walk right out the door
On all that.

So what?

Five or six hours,
We'’ll keep the atmosphere clean,

The ecology, huh?

You punk.

You, come here.

Come on, laggo.

I got bracelets
To match your pinkie ring.

Come on.

It was too fast, sir.

I never got that good a look
At them.

I could probably spot them
In person,

But I don'’t think
I could do it by photo.

Then how come you were so sure
They were in the car

And started throwing shots
At it?

It was them.
I could just tell.

I see, a certain sixth sense

Developed from your long
Police experience, right, kid?

Ralph, just take your time.

Just calm down.

I never saw anything like that
In my life before.

I was just going to make
A phone call,

And this guy is getting hung.

And then they were all over me,

And just one thing happened
Right after another.

I don'’t even remember
Firing the shots

Or even taking my gun out.

What about the guy getting hung?
He knows.

He can tell you what happened.

Joey laggo won'’t say anything.

He'’s a middleweight contender
In organized crime.

You'’re all we got, kid.

Stavros?

Take warren down to the bci.

Show him all the photos we got
On the fisher gang.

See if he can'’t I.D.
Any of them.

Uh, lieutenant, that lady,
The pedestrian?

Well, she went
Out of the picture.

All right, go ahead
And do what I told you.

Yeah.
Follow me, kid.

Laggo has the rackets
In the lower east side area

From the knish joints

Up to about
The sheets and blankets market

At 12th street.

And right above him
Is the fisher group.

They control about six blocks
From the blankets

To the necktie markets
On 18th street.

And a little around the edge
On delancey street,

Under the williamsburg bridge.

You two ought to run
A sightseeing tour.

You got a nice flair for it.

Yeah.

Old laggo and fisher
Have been beefing

For the last couple of years.

They'’ll really be
At each other'’s throats now.

Well, I wish we could just
Let them blow each other up.

Yeah, I'’d like
To hire yankee stadium,

What'’s left of it,
And let them go at each other.

Well, why don'’t we just roust
Fisher and his people, huh?

Swing them in here, let the kid
Get a good look at them.

He said he could make them
Face-to-face.

Well, it'’d be worth it

Just for the sake
Of intelligence.

Fresh pictures, addresses--

Come on, will you, mac?

We don'’t have enough men
To cover the worksheets now,

Let alone roust
A couple more gangs.

We'’re not looking
For convictions,

Just some fast sweeping.

You got your old partner here,
Sumar.

He'’ll stay till it's over.

I'’ll get the okay from downtown.

You got the rookie, warren.
He'’ll stay.

Then cut the rest
Of your squad loose.

On top of everything else
They'’re doing, right?

They'’ll do it if you ask them,
Theo.

They'’ll put out for you.

Look, mac,
You'’re the boss, okay?

But I'’m going to try
One more thing

Before I stretch my gang out.

Now, what did I come here for?
Oh, coffee.

Now, laggo and fisher,
They stretch all the way

From knishes to neckties, right?

But there'’s one guy who throws

Catonsky.

He'’s the patrone
Of the whole east side.

You know what?

Maybe he can force them
Into making love, not war.

Fat chance.

Hey, kojak!

Relax.

Long time, no see.

What'’s happening with you?

We don'’t get to talk too much
These days, huh?

Yeah.

Well, since you'’ve started
Sitting back, catonsky--

You will pardon my back, huh?

There'’s no reason for me to make
These social calls.

Hey, what'’s the matter
With me?

Henry, move these plates.

Get him some prosciutto
And melon, a little veal,

Just like me.

What are you planning,
A food orgy?

Just use your fork
On that veal, no knife.

It'’s like butter.

Look, cat, there'’s a couple
Of guys in the neighborhood,

And they'’re not happy
With what they got.

They want
To get each other'’s place.

Now, I'’m talking about fisher
And laggo.

They'’re ready to start a war.

But I want you to send out
The word.

Maybe they'’ll listen.

Look at it this way.

I'’m like a landlord.

I got this apartment house,
Lots of tenants.

One moves in.
One moves out.

Same apartment, same rent.

Unless my house gets damaged,

A little rumble now and then
Clears the air.

I got to let it happen, kojak.

It'’s the rules.

They'’re not my rules.

I'’m gonna come down, pussycat,

And I'’m gonna come down hard.

Yeah, all right.

What do you say?

You gonna talk
To laggo and fisher or not?

Have some red, compliments of
What'’s-his-name over there,

Lairdson.

No, thanks.

Hey, look, cat.

You got to do
What you got to do,

And I got to do
What I got to do.

I'’m very happy
You lost so much weight, huh?

What, 7 2/3 ounces?

Ciao, baby.

Ciao.

That catonsky'’s an old man.

He ain'’t gonna do a damn thing.

Get the car.

With cheese.

Hey, fellas, we got no beef
With you guys.

We'’re with fisher.
We ain'’t with laggo.

Well, we ain'’t
With either of them!

We'’ll straighten this out,
Joey.

I got everybody just waiting
For your okay.

Then we hit fisher,
All his people.

Nobody saw those guys
As good as I did.

They don'’t belong to fisher.

Maybe he imported them.

Trust my neck with outsiders?

No way fisher did this.

You take me to a safe place
With a safe phone.

I got to talk this out
With fisher

Before anybody gets hit.

Hey, feet off the furniture.

There.

Okay, you hungry?
Eat.

You didn'’t tell me everything
What happened, all of it.

Did you?

Did pop tell you everything?

Well, he just told me
The funny stories.

I guess he thought
Everything else would scare me.

Maybe it would have.

Besides, mom,
You heard the news.

You saw some of it on tv.

You know all about it.

Oh, I know what happened
To them.

I want to know
What happened to you.

I froze, mom.

That'’s what happened.
I froze.

I stood there like a jerk.

Ralph, I--

Look, mom, no lectures, huh?

Not now.

Well, no speeches, ralph.

Just one word.

Quit.

I can'’t quit.

I'’m in it now,
For better or worse.

You took a job, ralph.

You didn'’t marry it.

You can get out
Anytime you want.

You got no pension to protect,
No longevity,

No close friends
You'’re gonna miss

Or no enemies you hate
You swear you have to get.

I loved your father, ralph.

And I would have loved him if
He was a tailor or a bookkeeper.

But he was a cop,
And he ended up dead at 35,

'’cause the job got
Too important to him.

So he only lived half his life.

Hey, you should be out
With your friends

Or making a fool of yourself
With some pretty girl

Instead of sitting on the couch

Trying to figure out
How to get your gun back.

- I'’ll get it.
- no, I'’ll--

Yeah, hello.

Okay.

It was a man.

He wants you to go down
To the morgue

And look at
Some dead human beings.

That you, fisher?

- yeah, who'’s this?
- this is joey.

I'’m on a safe phone.
What about you?

- so?
- we got to talk, fish.

We'’re being played for suckers.

Oh, talk?
Sure.

Come on over here to my joint.

No, how about here
Or at my place

Or anywhere in the middle
Somewhere?

Oh, sure, joey.

Where'’s the middle
Between us anymore?

Hey, what'’s with you, fish?

I'’m just trying
To put a lid on this.

Why, you phony punk.

You hit two of my men today.

Now you'’re trying to set me up?

Where do you come off,
Starting this feud, anyway?

Let me talk, fish.

That'’s not what's going down.

Oh, no, I'’ll tell you
What'’s going down, joey.

You'’re going down
And everyone around you.

You'’re a pig.

Slaughter.

No, not him.

Go take a good look.

Not going to hurt you,
I don'’t think.

It'’s not him.
He'’s not one of them.

All right,
Check the other one.

Are you sure?

Take a look at both profiles.

Take it easy, theo.

It'’s the kid's first time
Down here.

Sure, tell me about it.

It'’s theirs too...

Only one better.

They'’re staying.

Ooh-ooh!

Uh-huh, batman and robin.

You'’d better be talking
Crime doesn'’t pay.

What about warren?
He I.D. Anyone?

Forget it.

Maybe you'’d better send
The kid home, get some rest.

We'’re gonna need him
The next few days,

Probably nonstop.

Stavros!

- coffee?
- yeah, black, no sugar.

Take warren home,
But have him be available.

Stay near a telephone.

- what about the coffee?
- get out of here.

I'’ll be in the garage.

Could you spare a few minutes,
Sir?

Later, kid.
Later, okay?

Look, frank,
We need manpower and fast.

They'’re shooting up the streets.

- captain mcneil?
- I know. Thanks.

Well, I'’m trying to borrow
Some men from manhattan north.

They'’re short, but they said
They could give us one or two.

Queens is giving us a couple.

Bronx has four
Just coming off vacation.

Staten island, zilch.

I'’m waiting to hear
From brooklyn.

Hey, lieutenant?

Excuse me, captain,
But a stoolie just called in.

Fisher'’s in a bar.

It'’s his headquarters
Down on fifth street.

Maybe we can take him.

Slip in, grab him,
Tell him laggo talked,

Maybe get something out of him?

Like what?

Now, look, every one
Of these punks knows something

That could send the other
Up the river.

If I could get fisher
To squeal on laggo--

For which on the street,
He would be killed.

If I could do it,
That might get laggo

To turn fisher in
For something, right?

I got to take the war
Off the streets, frank.

But I got to keep the war going.

Play them against each other
But on our terms.

I'’ll give you 100-1 on that.

I'’m going to get two squads
Together, try and get fisher.

We nailed a couple of his men
For trying to hang laggo, right?

We got a little pressure
We could bring to bear.

Sumar, you go get the kid
And bring him down.

And, crocker,
You stay with sumar.

What'’s that?

Patrolman ralph warren'’s
Shield.

Hey, fish.

- hey.
- cheech.

How are you?
Come on in.

- how are you?
- take a hand. Come on.

Yeah, sit in.

- okay.
- okay.

Cops.

Take it, quick.

You stay.
Come on.

Hey, lieutenant!

Naughty, naughty, naughty.

Hey, what'’s the story?

Move it out!
Move it out!

- spread the legs.
- turn around.

Turn around and let me gaze
At your physiognomies.

You nailed me the working class.

Yeah, but with dispatch.

Yeah, that'’s true.

Lieutenant,
They'’re nowhere around.

In these alleys,
They could be anywhere.

At their age?

You ought to be ashamed
Of yourself.

Yeah, come on.

All right, saperstein,
Get them all out of here.

Yeah, cheech.

Come on.
Let'’s go.

Come on.
Move out.

Come on.
Out.

Sit down.

I want to see fisher.

Who'’s fisher?

Your boss.

I want you to get in touch
With him,

Tell him I want to talk to him
One-on-one.

I couldn'’t get in touch
With fisher if I wanted.

You just busted me.
I guess I'’m busted.

And I don'’t know what for.

Harry, you get warren,

See if he can identify
Cheech the peach here.

And if he can'’t, let him make
A brilliant, daring escape.

There isn'’t any warren, theo.

He turned in his badge
To mcneil.

All right,
Get him out of here.

And with dispatch.

You didn'’t waste any time,
Did you, harry?

How are you, peggy?

This is lieutenant kojak.

Hello, mrs. Warren.

Can we come in?

It'’s okay, mom.
Let them in.

I can talk to them now,
Any way I want.

Mom, please.

What is it with you?

Are you giving up
Before you even start?

What is he doing here?

Hey, patrolman,
I'’m a big fan of yours.

Then how come you treated me
Like a jerk the past two days?

I mean, what did I do
That'’s so wrong?

Sarge, two months ago,
I was a student at nyu,

And now he expects me
To be wyatt earp?

Internal affairs has my gun,
And they'’re just waiting

Until he'’s through with me
To sink their teeth in.

I'’m important?
Like dog meat, I'’m important.

Hey, I don'’t know how I.A.D.
Is going to react to you, kid.

I don'’t need that, mister.

This isn'’t the service.
I wasn'’t drafted.

I can quit anytime I want,
And I did.

What do you mean?

You can'’t quit
In the middle of this.

You saw the guys.
You witnessed the crime.

You'’re important to us.

Important?
I don'’t buy it.

Sarge, you stuck with me
From the beginning.

I only accepted all this abuse

Because I thought the incident
Was an embarrassment to you.

So you and me, we'’re even.

I did the best I could,
And if that isn'’t enough,

Well, then, okay, I'’m finished.

I'’m still a man,
And I'’ll do other things.

You got no taste for me,
Do you?

You might say that.

Well, that'’s too bad,
Because it'’s a tough job.

You know something?
You'’re a cute kid.

It'’s a very tough job,
And I'’m good at it.

And that'’s the way
The crookies crumble, baby.

Lieutenant, I was coming here
To learn and to watch,

Not for you
To teach me anything.

I stumbled onto something
I never expected.

And I just, you know--

You just--yeah, I know,
You blew it!

Because you'’re an amateur!

And I work with professionals.

If any of my men did
What you did,

I'’d have them blowing hot air
In a balloon factory!

You won'’t give an inch,
Will you?

You have no feeling for me
At all.

For you.

You'’re paid to be a victim.

The public does it for free.

Them, I got a feeling for.

Well, what should I have done?

How the hell do I know?

Well, I know what you shouldn'’t
Have done, you did.

That'’s a great answer,
Lieutenant.

You know something?

You'’re right.
I don'’t know.

There'’s no book how on reaction,
No lessons, just experience.

You walk into a hot situation.

You'’re hoping
That you'’re acting right.

You hope your instincts
Take over.

You act strong.

People sense this.

They sense
You know what you'’re doing,

And maybe you get yourself
Out of an ugly situation.

I did try, remember?

You know something?

If you'’d hassle the streets

The way you'’re hassling me
Today,

You'’d be all right.

You got a year'’s experience
In one boom-boom moment.

Don'’t waste it, kid.

Here.

It grows on you.

Whatever'’s grown on you
Is as hard as nails.

I don'’t want to end up
Like that.

Hey, after five years,

You come to me and show me
A different way to do it,

You know something?

I'’m gonna listen.

But in the meantime, you go pay
Your dues first, okay?

Good-bye, mrs. Warren.

Is this your father'’s shield?

Say good-bye to your mother.

Yeah, come in.

Mom?

Yeah, yeah.

I had the picture

The minute those two made
Their personal appearance.

Listen.

One way or another,

The force is something
My life is all mixed up with.

Some people'’s lives aren't
Mixed up with anything.

If you'’ve made up your mind,
Don'’t you ever change it,

Because you start wondering,
And you start making mistakes.

Your father told me that once.

I never asked him to quit
After that.

If I thought I was
In any way responsible for--

You weren'’t, mom.

We know that, and you know that.

- and this is it, for sure?
- mm-hmm.

You'’ve made your decision?

Okay.

I'’m never gonna talk about it
Again, never.

You understand?

Don'’t you ever start wondering.

Oh, come on.
Get out of here.

I got to finish up.

Can'’t get no privacy.

Here, what'’s this?

We picked up
Three of fisher'’s men.

While we were casing the joint,
Trying to get a fix on laggo

And where'’s he's holed up,
He and his soldiers,

This guy'’s doing the same thing.

If he had a piece, he dumped it,
Threw it away.

Does he work for fisher?

I don'’t think so.

Says his name is sweetzer,
From the bronx.

Then he says we don'’t know
What we'’re talking about.

Who knows?

Did you find laggo
And his men?

They vanished.
Nobody'’s seen them.

Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Hey, hey, what is this?

Lieutenant,
This is one of them.

This is the one
Who was holding laggo when I--

This is in the book, warren.

Now, you listen, okay?

You never want to tell a man
Under arrest

That you know all about him.

You know why?

Because that way,
He'’ll be a smart as you.

Comprende?

Well, I'’m sorry,
But he is one of the three.

Then fisher hired outside help
To string up laggo.

Yeah, and maybe there'’s more
Going on than we think.

You know something?

I think I'’m going to make
A phone call.

I'’m having lunch
With my family, kojak.

How come I got to catch
All these questions?

You want to put me on retainer?

You, eat, eat.

You want to grow up
Like your grandfather?

Now, look, you don'’t like
Muscle coming to your area

From other boroughs, do you?

Well, neither do I,

And we cover
The same neighborhood.

You want to ask questions
About sweetzer?

You got to talk to lairdson.

Lairdson?

All right, I got to set up
A meet with fisher.

Beautiful.

Come on, fish.
Laggo said it'’s your fault.

Now, if you just keep cool
And just sit back,

You may be alive
When this war is over.

Yeah, when I'’m sitting back,

These other guys are going to be
Moving in on me.

You mean laggo, right?

Okay, laggo.
So it'’s no secret no more.

So I sit back.
What'’s he going to do, huh?

You know he'’s still trying
To hit me?

You believe me?
It'’s gone that far.

Yeah, you'’ll be safe.

Oh, sure, I will.

Yeah, you'’ll be in jail
In the tombs.

Hey, wait a minute.
You set me up?

I came here in good faith.

Hear me out before you start
Calling me lousy, okay?

Look, fish, I picked up
Three of your men yesterday.

You know that?

So what?
I got more.

I picked up two of them
An hour ago.

That leaves you with six.

And right now as we'’re talking
And socializing,

I'’m stalking
Your other six men.

Hey, you can'’t hold onto us.

You can'’t keep us in the can.

We got lawyers.
They can move as fast as you.

Hey, kojak, how come me?

Can I help it if laggo'’s
Smarter than you are?

I just can'’t find him.

Ha. That'’s because
You don'’t know nothing.

All right, where is he?

I don'’t stool,
Not for no reason.

Hey, fish?

You listen to me, okay?

Come here.

Now, look,
Laggo'’s gonna sweep down

And take over your whole
Territory, you understand?

Now, you listen to me.

It'’s going to look like
You didn'’t turn anybody in,

Not even yourself.

You know, I'’ll pick you up
Off the streets,

And it'’ll seem that one of
Your punks squealed on you.

If he buys that,
We'’re on our way.

Okay,
I'’ll bring my guys together,

And I'’ll bring them in,
And you take us.

But no rough stuff, huh?

But first you get laggo.

All right, where is he?

The one place

His mother'’s house in brooklyn.

Oh, that'’s beautiful.

Just touch one gray hair
On that sweet head,

And you'’ve blown
All your status.

Laggo is smart.

Yeah, sure, tell me about it.

Okay, fish,
How many men did he have?

All of them,
Except for the bookies.

Well, how many is that?

11 soldiers with their armory.

All right, harry,
You check fisher into that motel

On 44th street
Until we pick up laggo.

Make sure you sign the register
In mcneil'’s name

So we can pick up
Our expense money.

Right, I'’ve only got
About 20 bucks.

- have you got any cash?
- yeah, cash, here.

Hey, between you two guys,
You can'’t raise 100?

And you'’re telling me
What to do?

I spent that much for dinner
Last night.

You want a loan?

Come here.

This is official.

I'’ll take 50, nypd.

Beautiful move.

Hey, give him a marker for $50,
Hear?

I'’ll keep five for gas.

Hey, fish?

Who loves ya, baby?

You'’re beautiful.

I got to be out of my mind.

Stay here.

Enough garbage for an army.

Hey, if you let me use
Your telephone,

I won'’t arrest you
For indecent exposure.

Okay.

Joey?

He doesn'’t live here.

Mrs. Laggo,
Just call out my name.

Say I'’m next door.

Maybe he'’ll pop out of the oven

Like a little veal cutlet
Parmesan.

Yeah.

Uh, me kojak.

K-o-j-a-k.

Kojak.

K-o-j-a-k.

Mama, get some beer.

- it'’s all right?
- it'’s okay, mama.

It'’s all right.

What do you want, kojak?

I'’m next door, joey.

And I have about 15 guys
Around your mother'’s house.

And if I blink my eyes,
They come in and bust you.

So just you and your friends,

Come walking out
Nice and quiet.

What friends?

The rest of the football team.

There ain'’t no one
In this apartment

But me and my mother.

And I ain'’t done nothing,
And you can'’t take me in.

Yo-yo, I'’ve got a pocket
Full of warrants

For you and your people.

Now, I'’m giving you
This last chance

To walk out now,
Or I spoil your mother'’s day.

Hey, my mother
Has to live here.

I don'’t want her place busted.

She'’s got neighbors.

You picked the spot, laggo.

Yeah, you got it harder, not me.

You got three minutes.

Here, my last one.

Thanks.

Hi.

Nice to see you.

So glad you could come.

Take your hat off.

What are you doing
140 blocks from home?

Joey, where are you going?

Hey, mama, don'’t worry.
It'’s okay.

Everything'’s gonna be fine.

But wait a--

Don'’t worry, mama.

He'’s a good boy.

Yes, he is.

Come here for a photograph.

Smile at joey.

All right, get it downtown and
Get it developed right away.

You and me, baby,
The same car, okay?

Who set me up?
Tell me.

Forget the rules.

- fisher.
- that jerk.

I got no beef with him.

You bring him in too.
That'’s only right.

Oh, yeah?
What'’ll I get him on?

You got to tell me something,
Huh?

Forget the rules, right?

Check his prints

With some ding-a-ling town
In north dakota.

Yeah, pickering, north dakota.

Yeah, he'’s always joking
About this cowboy he killed

Out in north dakota.

All right, thanks, joey.

Yeah?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Me kojak.

Oh, what are you playing for?

You name it.

Yeah?
You carry me for another 50?

Why not?

If I lose, I'’ll give you
Another marker by mcneil.

- good enough.
- here.

Oh!

Okay.

Laggo and his men
Are already in.

Now all we got to do
Is pick up yours, right?

Okay.

12th street and avenue e,
The bowling alley.

Okay, you call them

And tell them to throw
Their guns down a dark alley

And sit there and wait for you.

You'’re asking too much, kojak.

Hey, fish,
You'’re in enough trouble.

True.

You don'’t want any more with
Any of my people getting hurt.

You know what I mean?

Like, uh...

The north dakota stickup?

Hey, where'’d you get
That info?

Laggo, he gave me up.

Like a dead mackerel.

What is that?
The devil?

Fish?
Yeah, he'’s here.

Uh-huh.

He just came knocking
On your door, baby.

The name of the game.
Gin.

Give him back the marker.

Hey, what'’s with you guys?

He'’s my partner.

All right.

Okeydokey.

Well, let me tell you
A little something

About joey laggo, baby, huh?

Hmm.

There have been a few numbers
Over the years,

And you ought to hear
About these trips,

Because when I get through
Talking,

He'’s gonna go away
For a thousand years.

Hey, bill,
What'’s happening out there?

They'’re all in the can,
All of them.

Who?

Fisher, laggo,
All their people.

Hey, that'’s beautiful.

Now, listen.

We'’ll let the streets panic
Tonight.

And first thing in the morning,

We start visiting
All their places,

Start getting them
Under our wings.

The first thing you want to do
Is to get all of laggo'’s places,

All of them.

And then fisher'’s will start
To come in all by themselves.

But the cops
Are all over the place.

Hey, don'’t worry
About the cops.

The cops will pull off.

They got everything they want
Now.

They got laggo, fisher,
All kinds of headlines.

Listen, go walk the streets.

Feel out the places.

Spread around a little bread
And a little muscle.

Tell them
Lairdson'’s in charge now.

And tell them
They got a friend coming.

Gotcha.

Who do you want to take,
Laggo or fisher?

Ah, our two fallen angels.

I'’ve already taken fisher,
Remember?

- oh, yes.
- mm.

You hang here.
We'’ll be down in one second.

So what'’s happening
Out there?

You knew it wasn'’t fisher.

Yeah, I knew.

And you always knew
It was lairdson, didn'’t you?

Yeah, I figured.

So what the hell did you
Have me chasing my tail for?

I could have picked him up!

This way, he sets you up
Against fisher.

And it worked,
Coochie-coo.

Fisher wouldn'’t listen.

Anyhow, these things always
Happen sooner or later anyway.

Lairdson or somebody else
Makes that kind of move.

I want lairdson, joey.

You want them all,
So get them.

I got time to do
Before I worry about him again--

Two, three years at least.

Two or three years,
You'’re sitting up there in jail,

And he'’s getting fat,
Moving in on your locations.

What am I supposed to do, cry?
That'’s life.

When I get out,
Maybe it'’ll change.

He set you up for a hanging,
Yo-yo!

That'’s a hell of a way to go!

You'’re choking me now.

Hey, look.

You know where lairdson is.

I'’m sure you got him set up.

All you got to do is tip me,

And I'’m the guy who's going
To do the dirty work for you.

Set up in a soda fountain
On bleecker street.

The counterman'’s a lookout.

He'’s got two buzzers under
The counter, just like me.

One'’s a warning, and the other
Opens a door in the back.

The room leads out

Into the back alleys
And the basements.

You get out there, you lose him.

And he must have some other way
To get out,

Only I never found out
About that.

All right,
Spell out the buzzers for me.

They'’re to the right
Of the cash register

As you come in the front.

Who'’s your man?

Hey.

Kojak, he plays me for a sucker.

I ain'’t no sucker, harry.

I know what you mean.

The other guy causes
All the trouble,

And then he gets all the action.

Sure, but at least
He'’s in the same boat with me

And sailing up the same river.

What are you talking about?
He'’s still out.

Hey, harry, come on.

Laggo'’s in the next cellblock.

I get the word from inside here.

I mean lairdson.

Didn'’t kojak tell you?

What'’s lairdson got to do
With this?

He'’s just a fringe-end grifter.

He'’s the one
Who hit your two guys

In that hamburger joint.

Lairdson?

Lairdson?

Lairdson?

What does he want
To hit my men for?

Unless he'’s hooked in
With laggo.

I don'’t know.

Maybe they made some kind of
A deal.

Lairdson'’s moving in
On all your spots.

Why not?

Laggo'’s going to be out of here
Before you are.

Then he'’ll take
The whole thing over again.

You'’ll be out of everything
Completely.

That'’s smart.

Hey, you can'’t just sit back
And let that happen, harry.

I mean, you owe me
Some satisfaction, sumar.

I mean,
If that'’s what's going down,

The least you could do is go out

And knock that lairdson
Into the joint here.

Oh, I don'’t know, fish.

Seems like kojak
Just wants to just forget

About the whole thing now.

I don'’t know if I could get away
With any moves on lairdson.

Hey, listen.

I got enough on lairdson
To blot him out.

I can'’t make you any promises,
Fish.

But I figure I--I owe you one.

What have you got I can use?

I'’ll get it next time.

What did you get from fisher?

Oh, he opened up his heart
And soul to me.

Most of all,
He doesn'’t like you at all.

Tell me about it.

But since I could understand
His feeling,

He gave up a felony murder rap
In jersey on lairdson.

Beautiful.

Laggo gave me a location on him.

You know, the same old
Buzzer system with a bell

Underneath the counter
To the left of the register.

Yeah, those buzzers work,
You know.

They always have.
They worked for fisher.

Yeah.

You want to be a teenage hero?

You got a couple of pimples.

Yeah.

Now, listen.

You go into the store.

You order an egg cream
Or a malted or something.

You go to the cash register.

You grab for the buttons.

You hit the right one,

They'’ll be into the back
In five seconds.

Well, maybe ten seconds.

I have to go in with no gun?

Don'’t worry about it.

They'’ll be covering you.

Besides, what do you want
With a gun?

If the guy rings the buzzer
Before you get to it,

You gonna shoot him?

What if I grab
The wrong button?

We go in when you make
Your move, no matter what.

It'’s just that we'll lose
Most of the men in the alley.

Come on.
Let'’s go, kid.

Now, just take it easy.

Go in and order a soda.

When you pay, yank him
And go for the button.

What if I grab both?

One'’s the alarm.
It'’s a 50-50 chance.

Some odds.

Hey, kid.

Yes, sir.

You want a sure thing,
You become an accountant.

And if you want a guarantee,

You buy yourself
A washing machine.

Go ahead.

I look at him, and I think
I'’m corrupting the cradle.

Give me an egg cream.

Don'’t panic, kid.

All right!

Freeze!

Don'’t shoot, man.
They'’re cops.

Crocker, lairdson!

Halt!
Halt!

Crocker?

Put them in separate cars,
One to a car.

- then call the d.A.
- you got it.

Come on.
Move them out.

What about lairdson?

You better call
The medical examiner.

How do you feel, warren?

I'’m all right, sir.

Which button you push?

I don'’t know.
I just grabbed both and held on.

He worked you over
Pretty good.

Never felt anything
After the first punch.

Stavros?

Come here!

Take the kid
Down to the hospital,

Get him patched up,

And then I want you to bring him
Down to the squad room.

Sir, I don'’t have to go
To the hospital.

- I'’m all right.
- yeah?

And then get the name
Of the doctor.

Get the extent
Of the serious injuries

Sustained by patrolman warren,
And put it in the record.

You'’re gonna get a medal.

Ah, lieutenant,
I don'’t need a medal.

Yeah.

Oh, this is for you.

The medal'’s for your mother.