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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.