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♪ lonely

♪ oh, lord, I'’m lonely ♪

♪ walking down
A crowded street ♪

♪ singing a lonely song

♪ hoping to see
Miss azure dee ♪

♪ we shared a dream

♪ oh, such a hopeless dream

♪ but it filled my empty life

♪ and I was one
With azure dee ♪

♪ miss azure dee

♪ the city'’s cold ♪

♪ it once was warm

♪ I have no place

♪ and my heart, no home

♪ her love
Meant everything to me ♪

♪ azure, miss azure dee

♪ night again

♪ I'’ll go my quiet way ♪

♪ and I'’ll cherish
Every thought ♪

♪ and cling to all I'’ve got ♪

♪ a memory of azure dee

You want to grab this one,
Weaver?

It'’s your squeal.
You handle it.

My squeal?
Why me?

Yeah, it'’s your squeal.
You took--

I'’m sitting in my office,

And I'’m making out the
Semiannual evaluation report.

And then it occurs to me
That maybe you'’d like to know

That you two yo-yos are
In a dead heat for last place.

Now, would either of you
Care to go for a tiebreaker,

Or do you want to leave it
A photo finish?

I haven'’t been so touched
Since roy rogers

Decided to have trigger stuffed.

Now, look,
One of you tragedians,

You want to tell me
What the beef is or not?

Well, some fluff
Did a dutch act

At the shepperton arms.

Are you sure
About this name?

Azure dee.

I made them spell it.

Cut her down.

You should'’ve seen her
Six years ago

When I busted her
In the east village.

Teenage runaway from
Elkhart, indiana, I think.

Yeah.

With a $100 habit.

She was all skin and bones,
But hey,

She had those big eyes could
Put a blister on your heart.

Yeah, she kicked the habit,
All right.

These tracks are so old,
They got dust on them.

Now that she could afford it,
She kicked it.

All right, call forensic.

Have them send a crew
Down here.

It was ice cream all the way.
She didn'’t even hear us--

You can spare me
The grisly details.

I want your assurances

That everything went off
As planned.

I believe everything is
All right here, mr. Meadows.

This is mr. O'’malley.

Mr. O'’malley's the doorman.

You finished in the john?

Be my guest.

Well, like always,
I came at 10:00 in the morning

To collect sir toby belch.

That'’s miss dee's toy poodle,
You know.

And like always,
I came and delivered him back

An hour later.

Well, when she didn'’t
Answer the buzzer,

I became very worried,

So I let myself in
With my passkey.

And when I saw--

Oh.
Mm.

When I saw what happened,
I locked the door,

And I went to my room
In the basement,

And I phoned the police.

How long has she
Been living here?

Year and a half.

Lovely lady.

Lovely, lovely lady.

Always prompt with the rent,
No problems.

Unofficial preview,
Lieutenant.

Your d.O.A. Succumbed
To strangulation

And a broken neck,
Probably self-inflicted.

I don'’t want
The coming attraction.

I want the full feature,
Doctor.

Answer me something, kojak.

How do you string up a lady
Without her

At least raising
A mild objection?

Well, that'’s what
I expect you to tell me.

Go ahead.

Right.

No evidence of forced entry.

No signs of a struggle.

Oh, she was prompt
With the rent, you said.

A pad like this,
Even in today'’s market,

Unfurnished,
Got to bring in $2,000 a month.

So what else
Are we talking about?

Well, miss dee would
Entertain occasionally.

I see.

You mean she was
Turning tricks, right?

Oh, no, no.

It'’s not as bad as you think.

This was no common call girl.

Selective, she was,
And faithful, in her way.

No, I didn'’t know the names.

But the men were men
Of class and substance.

And she'’d entertain
One of them regularly

For a month or so,

And then suddenly--

I never knew the how
Or the why of it--

There'’d be a new face.

Like beads on a necklace.

Yes, except
For the last two.

One was middle-aged,
And the other one

Was hardly more than a boy.

Well, somehow,
For the past three months,

She was able to juggle
Both of them,

Divided her time
Between them, you know.

It was easy enough
To fathom why.

Even a blind man could see
That she was in love.

But with which one,
I honestly have no idea.

Anything else?

Well, I-I don'’t know

If this is any help to you,

But a couple of months ago,

Miss dee gave me a tip
On the market.

Now, I'’ve got a little bit
Of cash stashed away,

So I took a flier.

Well, that stock went up
30 points within a week.

And after that,
I took to reading

The financial section
Of the times.

That'’s where I came across
A familiar face.

It was one of miss dee'’s
Gentlemen friends.

I can'’t recall the name,

But I think if I go down
To the basement,

I might be able
To find the article for you.

Oh, I would appreciate it
If you would.

Something in the kitchen
You'’ll want to take a look at.

All right.

Mr. O'’malley, I wonder
If we could go over

Those dates and times again.

All the ingredients for
A nice, cozy dinner for two.

And the hostess?

Rudely interrupted while
She'’s putting it all away.

But delivered when?

Any of you fellas touch
The pillows on that sofa?

Of course not.

Prince, come here.

You got an aesthetic eye.

I have.

There'’s something about
The arrangement of these pillows

That'’s offensive.

You do me something, okay?

Mm-hmm.

You bag and you tag them
And send them to the lab.

Looking for what?

You'’ll know when you find it,
Won'’t you?

Hi, billy jo.

That'’s a hell of a welcome.

Oh, yeah.

Come on.

Assume the position.

Now, tell me where it is.

Hey, man,
You must be twisted.

I'’m off of the junk scene now.

Two months out of lexington,
Holding down a steady gig.

I'’m mr. Clean.

Yeah.

And you weren'’t holding
Six years ago when I busted you.

Remember that loft
On clinton avenue?

Your little girlfriend,

She was holding your stash
For you.

She gets two years
On a bedford farm,

And you, 90-day
Suspended sentence.

You ought to remember her
At christmastime.

What was her name again?
Huh?

Dee something.

Azure.

Yeah, azure.

Azure dee.

Azure dee, that'’s right.

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, you haven'’t seen her
Lately, have you?

Like I said, I'’ve been
Out of circulation awhile.

That'’s right.

Taking a cure in lexington.

I can imagine your surprise
When you get out,

Delivering the gourmet goodies

To all your swanky
East side residents, huh?

And then lo and behold,

There'’s your spaced-out
Little girlfriend.

Okay, you know.

So what are you
Playing games for?

Come here, you.

Games.

Where does it say
We'’re playing games?

What happened,
You little creep?

You tried blackmail
And it didn'’t work?

Was she gonna blow the whistle
And call a cop?

Hey, come on.
That'’s not funny.

Hey, look.

Last time, it was lexington.

This time, it'’s gonna be
The joint,

Hard time too, baby.

You had to kill her.

What are--

Are you saying
Azure'’s dead?

Me, kill azure?

I'’d o.D. Myself
With battery acid

Before I'’d let anything
Happen to her.

She was beautiful people.

She was the only thing in life
I put a value on.

She got me this job.

She put me into
A methadone program.

But she was alive, man.

God strike me dead,
She was alive

When I split this morning.

Any way you can prove that?

Old lady maibaum

Lives in the apartment
Across the hall.

She saw me leave.

And we rode down the elevator
Together--

She can tell you--
A little after 10:00.

Azure said
Good morning to her.

How did she die?

She was hanged, billy jo.

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

Hey, look, I'’m gonna want
To talk to you, okay?

We'’ll wait.

We'’ll wait until you
Get your head straight.

When you finish work tonight,
You want to call me?

We'’ll sit together and rap.

When you saw me,
You started to run.

Why?

I'’m a junkie.

But I'’ve been trying.

I'’m trying.

At lexington,
They cut me loose,

But it'’s hard to please azure.

But it'’s hard, man.

It'’s hard.

Kojak, I can'’t do it
Without her.

Here you are,
Lieutenant.

What'’s this?

Azure dee'’s yellow sheet.
You asked for it.

Soliciting, dismissed.

Shoplifting, suspended.

Vagrancy, dismissed.

For the past 21 months,
Nothing.

Okay, give me a rundown.

Check out
The arresting officers,

Witnesses, complainants,
Magistrates,

Attorneys, bail bondsmen.

I want to know
How a freaked-out flower child

Can go from the east village
To a sutton place apartment.

Go ahead.

No problem, lieutenant.

I'’ll take care of it.

Savings account,
$17,300 and change.

Checking, $4,261.52.

Cash deposits generally sizable
But no apparent pattern to them.

Appraised value of furs
And jewelry, $91,000.

Paintings, sculptures,
First editions,

Cataloged antiques,

Say, in the neighborhood
Of $200,000.

You wade through
The canceled checks.

See what shops she'’s favored.

Canvass them for any info
They might provide, okay?

Gotcha.

Lieutenant.

The--don'’t mind me.

I'’m just browsing.

We tossed
The subject'’s apartment.

14-karat zilch.

It'’s what we didn't find
That fires the imagination.

No phone book,
No engagement pad,

No personal correspondence,
No snapshots, nothing.

But in her box downstairs
Was the morning mail.

A phone bill,

An invitation
From a park avenue couturier

To attend a private showing
Of his new spring fashions,

And a thank-you note
From the ujw

For her generous donation.

All right, here.

You take the phone bill.

Check out every number
She'’s called in the last month.

Yes, sir.

Theo, now, listen to me.

Pulling four men off the charts

And assigning them full-time
To this investigation

Out of some purely personal
Sense of commitment--

You never saw her, frank.

You never knew her like I did.

To you, she'’s just
Another statistic,

Another routine homicide.

No, you say homicide.

Who else?
Where'’s the proof?

Right in here.

Just like you, baby, 20 years
Of sniffing the garbage.

No, it'’s not in here.

You won'’t let her
Be a suicide.

You take it
As a personal insult,

Because you didn'’t pull her
Off the needle

Just so she could turn around
Six years later

And throw a do-it-yourself
Necktie party.

I just got
The m.E.'’s report,

And there'’s nothing in it

To refute hamerman'’s
Preliminary assessment,

Nothing indicating foul play
Except for one small thing.

The deceased
Had a broken finger.

Hamerman.

Hamerman, kojak.

Broken when?

The finger wasn'’t taped
Or splinted.

Was there visual swelling,
Discoloration?

No.

Why?
What are you getting at?

Well, I'’m postulating
The proposition

That the victim was already
Unconscious when hanged,

Dead weight,

And that during the efforts
To string her up,

The finger was broken.

Being unconscious,
She, of course, made no outcry.

And since the death followed
So shortly thereafter,

The finger didn'’t have
An opportunity to swell

Or discolor
To any appreciable degree.

Yeah, it makes sense, theo.

Uh-huh.

Rendered unconscious how?

Autopsy reports no bruises,
Contusions, abrasions,

No drugs.

Lieutenant kojak.

You know that hunch you had
About the pillows?

Right on.

One of them reveals
Fresh traces of human spittle.

Conclusion: the d.O.A.
Was first forcibly smothered

And then, unconscious
And barely breathing, hanged.

Well?

Make your own coffee.

Are you making any progress
With those phone numbers?

Yeah, some.

There'’s one of them that
Sticks out like a sore thumb.

Up until a week ago,
She must'’ve called it

On an average of twice a day.

It'’s a long island exchange,
A private residence.

Mm-hmm.

Mrs. Meadows,
Lieutenant kojak.

Lieutenant kojak,
I'’m regina meadows.

Can I help you?

Yeah.

Somebody in this house can.

It'’s about miss azure dee.

Oh?

Is she in some kind
Of difficulty?

Well, you might say that.

She was found hanged
This morning.

Oh, that poor child.

Oh, how ghastly.

That poor, poor child.

Well, I appreciate
What a shock

This must be to you,
Mrs. Meadows.

But if there'’s anything
You can tell me--

No, what I really mean,
If you'’ll pardon my saying so,

Is that I wouldn'’t have thought
That you and she--

You know what I mean?

Bluntly put, lieutenant,
You'’re wondering

What we could possibly have
In common.

Nothing really, I suppose,
Except our hairdresser.

And yet she called you
Several times a day,

According to our records,
Except for last week.

She was
Such an enchanting child,

Irresistible, in her way.

I simply hadn'’t the heart
To discourage her.

You see, I have
No children of my own.

And of late, I'’ve found myself
Frequently alone here.

Tyler, my husband,
He'’s recently been elected

Chairman of am-fed industries.

His new responsibilities are...

Very demanding upon his time.

Can I offer you some tea,
Lieutenant?

I'’m not sure how hot it is.

Yeah, all right.

Now, tell me about
Those phone calls.

What did you two find
To talk about?

Have you ever seen
A sandpiper, lieutenant?

That'’s what she was like,

Nibbling,
Almost fanatically obsessed

With a determination
To improve herself.

Art, music,
Language, literature--

There was nothing in which she
Was not insatiably interested.

It was sad in a way.

Sad, huh?

How?

Well, she was so hopelessly
Out of her depth.

Perhaps she came
To realize that.

Perhaps that was why
She killed herself.

Well, she didn'’t kill herself,
Mrs. Meadows.

But I don'’t understand.
You said--

I said she was found hanged.

But not by her own hand.

I hear we have
A visitor from the city.

And a police lieutenant,
No less.

Tyler meadows, lieutenant.

How are you?

Excuse my appearance.

I'’ve just been exercising
Our new gelding.

Oh, yeah?

Well, my dear,
What kind of mischief

Have you gotten into, eh?

You remember
That young girl I mentioned,

The cultural gourmand?

It appears
She'’s been murdered.

Good lord. Really?

Yeah, well, I won'’t take up
Any more of your time,

Mrs. Meadows.

And, oh, yeah,
Thank you for receiving me.

I heard that in a movie once.

Let me see you out,
Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Do you have any horses
Of your own?

Thank you, my dear.

As I was saying,

Thank you
For so skillfully handling

A very sensitive situation.

I knew I could count on you.

You bastard!

Yes, you can always
Count on me,

Secure in the knowledge
That whatever the cost,

I'’ll act in my own
Best interests.

But I wonder, will your brother
See it the same way?

His flight'’s due in
From tokyo at 6:00.

You may find
That he doesn'’t share

My own abhorrence of scandal.

With that in mind,

How do you propose
To explain to him

The death
Of your precious concubine?

Do I remember her?

It'’s been nearly four years.

Then, who could forget?

She was just a gypsy
When I scouted her,

Peeping and hustling
In front of the waldorf.

Lavender hot pants,
Laced-up boots,

And a wiggle that could
Fry an egg at 50 yards.

Sure, I signed her up.

I know talent when I see it.

I bring her into my stable.

I was fielding ten of new york'’s
Finest at that time,

And I made her my bottom girl.

Do I remember azure?

It'’s because of that bimbo
I got myself all busted up.

Just because I give her
A few lumps

To straighten out her head,

Zap!

This yo-yo turns up,
Out of his tree,

And nearly stomps me
Into the ground.

Yeah, well, what did
This ding-a-ling look like?

Skinny, scraggly hair,

Maybe 22 or 23, a user.

But every inch of him
Was bad news.

Oh, azure dee--
A natural, that child.

Never a dissatisfied customer.

I tell you, I'’d had
A couple more like azure,

I could'’ve retired
To fort lauderdale, huh?

She did a couple of seasons
For me

At my crib on east 55th.

No time at all,
She was scoring

Three, four bills a night.

And that'’s not including tips.

She was a funny kid, though,

Always with her nose
In a book.

Afternoons,
She'’d vanish altogether.

You'’d ask her where she'd been,
She'’d say some museum, huh?

Some art gallery.

Well, that was two years ago.

Haven'’t seen her since.

I loved that child, though.

I still do, even though
She put me out of business.

What can you tell me
About him?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

I'’m with stavros.

We just showed
Billy jo'’s picture

To a pimp named
Steady eddie maxwell

And an ex-east side madam,
Savannah fuller.

They both I.D.'’d him as the cat
Who hassled them

Because he didn'’t like
What they did to azure dee.

He totaled savannah'’s apartment,
Ditto maxwell'’s.

I think we better have
Billy jo in

For a little eyeball session,

So we drop by defranco'’s.

Trouble is,

He split
For parts unknown.

Do we put it
On the street, boss?

You put it
On the streets, boss,

And you put it on television
To buy time if you have to,

Okay?

Gotcha.

Put it on the street.

Let'’s go.

Crocker!

Yes, sir.

Aren'’t you gonna say
Excuse me?

Ah, forget it.

Here, license number 287 bla,
Run a check, huh?

Maybe I'’m wrong,
But I can'’t shake that feeling

That this regina meadows,

She was giving me
A flugle street sleeve job

This afternoon.

Lieutenant, mr. O'’malley
Is here to see you.

Oh, lieutenant, you know
That fella I told you about,

The former gentleman friend
Of miss azure'’s,

The one who had his picture

In the financial section
Of the times?

Mm-hmm.

Well, the same photograph'’s
In today'’s edition.

But this time, it'’s not
In the financial section.

It'’s on page three.

Go for a goldfish
And nab a whale.

Come in, lieutenant.

Your honor.

Won'’t you sit down
And make yourself comfortable?

Now, you wish to know about
My relationship with azure.

Well, there'’s very little
That I can tell you

That'’ll bear upon your
Investigation, I'’m afraid.

It was clandestine, true,

But I'’m not ashamed of it.

There'’s nothing illegal,
No impropriety,

No betrayal of my office.

My wife died ten years ago,
Lieutenant.

I'’m still a vigorous man.

And azure
Was a constant delight.

I knew from the outset,
Of course,

That I was just a transient
In her life, but I didn'’t care.

As long as I had her,
I shared her with no man.

And it ended. Why?

No reason.
Just ended.

At the conclusion
Of what turned out to be

Our last evening together,
She requested the return

Of the gold key
That she'’d given me.

Asking no questions,
I surrendered it,

Knowing that it would be
Passed on

To the next man in her life.

That was three months ago.

Mm-hmm.

And you haven'’t
Seen her since?

She left a big void
In my life.

It saddens me to think
That she'’s dead.

It saddens you.

Well, it damn well
Should sadden somebody.

This was no act of passion.

This was a cold-blooded
Execution.

Execution?
What do you mean?

The work of professionals.

They were in and out of
That apartment in under an hour.

And in that time,
They perpetrated

An almost perfect crime

And systematically looted
That premises

Of every shred of evidence that
Might'’ve linked their client.

Hey, your honor,
You don'’t have any idea

Who that might be?

How would I possibly know?

She was your mistress.

I mean, you had to know
Something about her life.

I can conceive
Of no earthly reason

Why any man should seek
To destroy

Such an exquisite creature.

Maybe I can.

You said you gave back
The key.

Yes, why do you ask?

Well, the killer
Surprised azure in the kitchen.

To do that, someone had
To provide them with a key.

Wait a minute.
Are you suggesting--

That you'’re not
The sporting guy you might be?

Maybe.

Hey, look, maybe
You'’d rather see her dead

Than playing around
With another guy or guys.

Lieutenant, have you forgotten
Who you'’re speaking to?

Your honor,
I'’m talking to a man.

And I don'’t care
About your black robes.

I wouldn'’t care if you were
Sitting in the oval office.

I don'’t care about my badge.

I don'’t care about my pension.

Somebody'’s gonna take
A hard fall for azure.

You say you don'’t have
Any evidence,

You know nothing about it.

Terrific.

Get me the city morgue,
Please.

Why would anyone
Do such a thing?

Why? Why?

It'’s only a police theory.

It was assumed suicide
Initially.

Azure? Never.

She had no reason
To do anything like that.

She had every reason
To want to live.

We were gonna be married
In two weeks.

I found a little flat
In tokyo.

She was learning japanese.

Where is she, anyway?

Tyler, what have they done
With her body?

I assume the city morgue.

Where are you going?

You don'’t think I'm gonna
Leave her there, do you?

- well, you must, farley.
- must? Why?

I hoped to spare you this,
But you leave me no alternative.

Cleaver.

This is mr. Cleaver.

By my request, he has compiled
A detailed dossier

On your late fiancee.

Omit the childhood data.

Begin with miss dee'’s arrival
In new york.

Any word on billy jo?

This guy'’s got more moves
Than lou brock.

The only way
We'’re gonna nail him

Is if some junkie
Sells him to us.

Yeah?

That license plate
You wanted me to run down?

It'’s a '75 caddy registered
To bertram cleaver,

Private investigator.

This cat must do all right.

He'’s got a suite of offices
In the pan am building.

Now, what'’s tyler meadows want
With this shamus on the payroll?

Here.
You had lunch?

Kojak.

Theo, I thought
You would like to know

That the remains of azure dee

Have just been claimed
For burial.

- who?
- who?

Judge seymour lavery,
That'’s who.

- where?
- what?

- delivered where?
- hold on a second.

Let me check.

Heavenly rest funeral home,
137 east 21st street.

I got it.

Now, why'’d he do
A thing like that?

I mean, he knows the papers
Will pounce on it.

Just a whiff of scandal,
And there goes the appointment.

I wonder what got into him.

This friend of yours who works
For the post,what'’s his name?

The one who covered
The attica riots.

- harvey palmer.
- oh, yeah.

Look, I want you to get
In touch with him, okay?

Tell him I want
A couple of paragraphs

In tomorrow morning'’s edition,

"Azure dee,
Noted manhattan playgirl,"

Da-da, dee-dee-dee-dee,
Blah, blah, like that.

"Funeral services tomorrow,

The heavenly rest funeral home."

Okay?

But have him treat it
Like a news item.

Otherwise,
Some bored city editor

Is gonna bury it
In the obit column, okay?

Right, got it.

I didn'’t say forever.

What'’s that all about?

She had a lot of friends,
Frank, okay?

I mean, people
Who cared about her.

Maybe I can pull a chain
And flush out a few of them.

Maybe there'’ll be
At least one fresh face

Who can'’t bring himself

To stay away
From that funeral tomorrow.

That'’s the cleaning lady,
Mrs. Ortiz.

She hasn'’t stopped crying
Since they found the body.

Oh, my god!
Oh, god!

Grab that gun.

But I didn'’t hit him.

Stop.

Hit the rewind.

Hold it.

Uh-huh.
That'’s a signet ring, right?

- mm-hmm.
- I want a big, big blowup.

Got it.

Kojak.

What caliber?

Okay, thanks, angie.

Will you send me a copy?

Right.

You'’ll be relieved to know

That ballistics
Confirms the fact

That it wasn'’t your piece
That totaled billy jo.

The slug came from a .32.

Whose .32?
Not one of ours.

No, one of theirs.

Look, billy jo'’s been
Breaking chops, right?

First he stomps
This eddie maxwell.

Then he totals this--
What'’s her name?

Fuller'’s pleasure palace.

I mean, what for?

What'’s in it for him, kicks?

Revenge.

Sure.

He'’d appointed himself
Azure'’s guardian angel,

Dealing out punishment

To anyone who gave her
The short end.

Check.

Today he shows up
With a big, big cannon,

Which means that he didn'’t
Show up just to break heads.

He came here for the kill.

Which means he held
His intended victim responsible

For azure'’s death.

Mm-hmm.

Because he knew that much,
They wasted him.

You know something, frank?
I could'’ve prevented this.

I had him, you know.

All I had to do
Was lean a little harder.

He might'’ve coughed up a name.

He'’d be alive now.

Hey, theo,

Hindsight
Is an exact science.

So he held out on you.

You had no way
Of knowing that at the time.

I'’m supposed to know, frank.

Damn it, that'’s what
I get paid for.

Yeah.

Oh.

When did this happen?

Did he at least leave a note?

No, stay there.
Nose around.

Maybe you can
Sniff out something.

Anyway, that explains
Why lavery didn'’t show up

For the funeral today.

That was armus.

His honor just took a brody

From the 16th floor
Of the franklin towers.

Well, that'’s a wrap.

How do you figure that?

Oh, come on, theo.

What do want,
His signed confession?

If lavery'’s our man, frank,

Why didn'’t billy jo
Move on him?

Theo, we'’re talking
About a junkie.

For all we know,
His brains were in afghanistan

When he fired those shots.

And the piece that iced him
Wasn'’t in afghanistan.

Come on, frank.

Lavery hasn'’t left
His pad all day.

He hasn'’t made one phone call.

Under whose instruction
Was that hit man acting

When he blew away billy jo?

Stavros, grab a rookie.

Go down to the times.

Have them pick up
The obituary on lavery.

Oh, not the one
They'’re gonna print.

I want the one
With everything, okay?

- go ahead.
- yes, sir.

Hey, just for the record,

Do you mind telling me
What that'’s in aid of?

It'’s the note, frank.

If you'’re gonna--mwah--
Kiss away the world,

You'’re gonna leave a note.

If he put azure in a box,
Why not say so?

He knows
We'’ll think it anyway.

Elucidate.

You'’re a respected
Magistrate,

20 years on the civil bench.

You'’re up for appointment
To the court of appeals.

And suddenly, your past is
Invaded by a homicide inquiry.

And you'’re that man.

Okay, frank?

What'’s even worse
Than murder?

That guy actually tried
To kill me, tyler,

A total stranger.

I never saw him before.
Why me?

I never did anything to him.

Well, I'’m sure
It'’s not personal,

Just another
Senseless act of violence.

That'’s not unusual
In contemporary america.

Look, farley,
I'’ve got to run into town.

Farley, I suggest,
While I'’m gone,

That you give serious thought

To returning to japan
Without delay.

We'’ll discuss the matter
When I return this evening.

Cornell, class of '’71.

You know what we found
Under m?

Farley meadows,
Brother of tyler meadows,

Chairman of am-fed electronics
Industries, period.

That'’s fascinating.

Regina meadows, loyal confidante
Of the dear departed,

Doesn'’t come to the funeral,

But her brother-in-law does.

You think
That'’s fascinating?

Get a load of this.

Here, show-off.

The obit material
On judge lavery.

Ten months ago,
In the lower courts,

Am-fed lost a critical
Patents judgment,

Sending their stock skidding
Right straight down

Into the sewer.

Am-fed, which was
In the process of negotiating

A japanese affiliation,
Appealed the decision,

With the case
Being reviewed by--

Three guesses.

Judge lavery.

Who promptly overturned
The original decision

In favor of am-fed.

And that was three months ago.

Three months?

Yes, sir.

Three months ago, azure dee
Broke off with the judge.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Mr. O'’malley?
Yeah, I called.

Yeah, that stock tip
That miss dee gave you,

The one that jumped
Over 30 points in a single day.

Was it am-fed industries?

Thank you, mr. O'’malley.

The only way
She could'’ve known that

Is to know which way
The judge was gonna lean.

Well, no wonder
He checked out.

He knew if you
Dug deep enough,

It was bound to surface.

You know,
After lavery'’s blow-off,

Two men entered azure'’s life,

One hardly more than a kid,
According to o'’malley.

And she was in love
With one of them,

According to o'’malley.

But with which,
He couldn'’t say.

You know, we know phoned
Long island

At least twice a day.

And then one week, nothing.

Hey.

Check customs and immigration.

Dollars to whatever, I bet you
That this what'’s-his-name

Was out of town in japan.

Well, that accounts
For one paramour.

What about his rival?

Now, who stood
To gain the most

From judge lavery'’s decision,
Huh?

Mr. Meadows,
So nice of you to join us.

Hold it right where you are.

Sorry,

But if you want a piece
Of your brother,

You'’re gonna have
To stand in line.

Huh?

Hark.

- I got a permit.
- sure, you do.

What'’s the other cockroach
Carrying?

.38 s&w, like yours.

How about the .32
That knocked off billy jo?

You got a permit for that?

What .32?
What billy jo?

Come here, you.

Get over there.

Park it, scum.

And I don'’t want to hear
Anything from you

Until further notice, okay?

Breathing, maybe,
And very little of that.

You got a permit?

And that'’s how it is
With violence, mrs. Meadows.

It'’s an abstract until it hits
Your own living room.

If that concludes
The theatrics, lieutenant,

Perhaps you'’ll explain
The purpose of the visit here.

Oh, you know,
I thought you'’d never ask.

Well, pending your arrival,
I was entertaining your wife

And your brother
With a little local folklore.

Yeah, I don'’t know
About mrs. Meadows,

But your brother
Was absolutely enthralled.

Mm, so I observe.

No doubt I would be
Equally captivated

If I had the time to listen.

Do yourself a favor.
Make the time.

Unless, of course, you'’d like
To reconvene this gathering

Down at my office.

Well, lieutenant?

Oh, good.

Now, once upon a time--

That'’s what we call
A scenario.

Anyway, this one begins
Six months ago,

When you tried to bribe
A supreme court judge.

Oh, that would be
Judge lavery.

Being dead, I'’m afraid he has
To suffer this allegation.

But I'’m under
No such handicap.

If you are reckless enough

To repeat that fiction
In public,

I most certainly
Will sue you for slander.

You needed it,
Secret surroundings.

So the judge,
He picked the location,

Azure dee'’s apartment.

The deal was struck.

But it cost his honor
His mistress.

You deny that?

Because I can produce
The doorman, mr. O'’malley.

He remembers you very well.

He likes you.

Well, I was acquainted
With miss dee, yes.

That hardly confirms
The existence of a deal

Between myself
And judge lavery.

Anyway, back to azure dee'’s
Apartment.

You know, exit his honor,
The judge.

Enter mr. Tyler meadows.

A few idyllic months,
And then lo and behold,

Enter baby brother.

He introduced her as a friend
Of a business associate.

I'’d run into them
In a restaurant.

I didn'’t know.
I didn'’t even suspect.

And when I got up to leave,
She slipped me her phone number.

Well, we have now
What you call a menage a trois.

Only this time--
And, I guess,

Maybe for the first time
In azure'’s life--

It'’s not a matter of,
"Hey, john, come on over."

This time,
It'’s a matter of love.

Hey, but this poses a problem.

She wanted to marry farley.

Tyler here had other ideas.

You couldn'’t level with farley,
Could you?

He didn'’t know
About the bribe.

And how can you have a call girl
Marry into the family?

She knew about the bribe.

And her testimony
Would'’ve put you behind bars.

And that'’s exactly
What would'’ve happened

If you interfered
Between her and farley.

So what'’s the solution?
What do you do?

All right, we send
Baby brother off

On a business junket to japan,

And in his absence,

We proceed
To solve the problem.

As a spinner of tales,
Lieutenant,

You are sheer scheherazade.

Although I detect a strain
Of bias in your presentation,

As if you view azure
As some pathetic heroine

In a victorian novel.

She was nothing like that.

She was an amoral little harlot
Whose sordid passing

Will not cause
The smallest ripple

In the cosmic sea.

You pig.

Sit down!

I got your brother
On a short fuse, mister.

And for what it'’s worth,
I might as well tell you

I'’m on an even shorter one.

So you got any more
Contributions to make

Toward the idea of azure dee,

I suggest you save it
For your confession.

My confession?

To what, lieutenant?

Judge lavery is deceased.

My brother, as you were
Good enough to point out,

Has just returned from japan.

What have you got, really?

Grounds for divorce.

Hardly a milestone

In the annals
Of a police investigation.

Oh, yeah, I know.

I just came to serve notice
That I'’m wise to you, mister.

And I don'’t care
How long it takes.

I'’m gonna see
That you get it packed in,

You and your hired help
Over there.

So I want you
To take care of yourself.

I wouldn'’t want anything
To happen to you.

It occurs to me, mrs. Meadows,

That you really never met azure,
Did you?

Here.

Looks like she'’s sleeping,
Doesn'’t it?

Except for that mark
Around her neck,

You'’d hardly know
She was dead.

And here'’s another
Fallen sparrow.

Learned a little too late
That you can'’t outrun a bullet.

No, no.
You please keep it.

Put it in your family album.

Isn'’t that right?

You knew her, lieutenant.

Oh, yeah.

A long time ago.

And billy jo said it, not me.

She was good people.

Lieutenant.

Is it a fact of law

That a wife cannot testify
Against her husband?

Cannot be compelled
To testify.

However, if she elects
To volunteer...

Regina.

If you just hadn'’t
Called her a harlot.

I held her cheap,
But you shouldn'’t have.

Her death should'’ve
Touched your heart,

Not just your bank account.

It'’s true, lieutenant.

Farley was out of the country.

But I wasn'’t.

Stavros,

Read them their rights.

♪ lonely

♪ oh, lord, I'’m lonely ♪

♪ walking down
A crowded street ♪

♪ singing a lonely song

♪ hoping to see
Miss azure dee ♪

♪ we shared a dream

♪ oh, such a hopeless dream

♪ but it filled my empty life

♪ and I was one
With azure dee ♪

♪ miss azure dee

♪ azure

♪ my azure dee