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[dramatic music]

♪

- what is it now?
- the cops.

- hey, look,
If, personally, I had a chance

To keep from lousin' up my
Record with a felony conviction,

- what can I tell ya?
- all right, I'll do it.

Now, you're talking.

3%?

I-I was thinking
Of a 1-point line.

- well, supposing you get hit
By lightning or slip in the tub,

I mean, what--what am I
Gonna do, take you to court?

- what am I talkin' about?
I need the money.

It's done.

- solly's gonna keep
In very close touch.

- we're going to get the inside
On how they cook their books.

This is gonna be
Fantastic.

[mellow music]

♪

- ah,
That's a nice view.

- I'll take a 9-room duplex
Right over there.

Yeah.

All right,
What's going on?

- I'm in there bobbin'
And weavin', man.

- you know something,
Lee?

You missed your calling.
You shoulda been an actor.

- really?
- all great stuff.

- you know,
It's funny.

You know, sometimes I forget
What I'm really there for.

I mean, it's--it's real.
It's happening.

That's funny.

- so what'd you
Want to see me about?

- I can't
Take you out yet.

- how come?
- soon, but not yet.

In the meantime, I don't want
You takin' any instructions

From brubaker
Till you check with me.

- you guys don't talk
To one another?

- [chuckles]
I don't know.

Terrific.

Do I get in touch with you at
The number that tony gave to me?

That's right.

- by the way,
I want to thank you

For taking him down
To police headquarters

And showing him around.

It's all right.

Just wanted to make sure
He got the message.

He had a good time.

So what--what's with you
And this mr.--

- brubaker.
- brubaker?

- nothing.
He's on the make.

Just as long as you check
With me, you'll be all right.

- you talk about
Being on the make.

My good friend, joel adrian,
He's got 'em all beat.

He's the king.

What do you mean?

- you remember that first day
Down at the shack?

Boy, I hate to think
What went on in that place.

- why?
What happened?

- now, that's one
You oughta get on tape.

We're in this shack, right?
Adrian and me,

And I'm--we're talking
About this and about that.

And I'm givin' him a number,
Playin' a number on his ego.

Right away,
He starts braggin' to me

About the people
He can reach.

That councilman,
This judge,

- some assemblyman.
- hey, wait a minute.

You mean, they're all
On the pad to him?

That's what he said.

Did he name names?

Gee, I don't know.

- did he
Or didn't he?

- I told you
What he said!

There's certain people
He had to pay off to.

I don't know
Who they are.

Does brubaker know?

- when have
I seen brubaker?

I get it. You want me
To find out who they are.

That's what I want.

Come on, lee, two weeks.
What do ya say?

Do I get a vote?

Come on.

I'm kidding.

- you know, those don't
Do ya any good, you know?

- why,
Because of my health?

Ah.

You just don't let me off,
Do ya?

When's the last time
You been on ditmars boulevard?

- three years ago when
I put my father into the ground.

I been waitin'
Till I could go back in style.

You know--
You know what I was thinkin'

When I heard
You went into the cops?

- no,
But I got a good idea.

And now look at us.

Excuse me, lieutenant,
Can I have your permission

- to go to the toilet?
- shut up.

- only good move
I ever made in my life,

The kid.

- yeah.
He's a nice kid.

If it wasn't for him,

I'd jump right in there now
And forget the whole damn thing.

- now, would you stop boohooing?
You got it made.

I can see you a month from now,
You and tony,

Walkin' along somewhere,

Rollin' along
And singin' a song.

Yeah, sure.

[somber music]

♪

- look, I-I know
I'm in line for it.

It--it's just a question of
Getting the right introduction--

- well,
How do you know?

- I went over there personally
And spoke to them.

Now, the fella said,
"Mr. Brubaker,

You've got all the credentials."
That's a direct quote.

- and that was state?
- right.

And who did you talk to?

- bischoff,
Gene bischoff in personnel.

See, I told him I wanted
To transfer to the agency,

I said I spoke spanish,

And I told him I heard there
Were openings in argentina.

What did he say?

- he said, "You've got
All the credentials,

Make out an application."

That was
Three months ago.

- well, sometimes the wheels
Need a little greasing.

- exactly.
That's why I figure

It's only a matter
Of getting it off dead center,

- you know, a little push.
- mm-hmm.

- look, do you think I could
Talk to the congressman?

- oh, you could
Talk to him,

But I'll tell you what.

I'll have somebody
In the congressman's office

Make a request
For your status report.

Sometimes that's all it takes,
A little congressional interest.

- that's marvelous,
But I wish it could be,

You know,
A little more personal.

That's all.

Look, do you think maybe
If the congressman knows

I'm very close
To a pretty big arrest,

Joel adrian--

- oh, is that right?
- I have an informant,

Wired, films.

I'm going to put adrian
Out of the loan-shark business.

It'll be
A good credit.

Every little bit helps.

- he'll understand that's not
For publication, won't he?

I'll take care of it.

[indistinct conversation]

[upbeat polka music]

♪

- mr. Adrian, what do you do
For a living?

- a living? Who makes a living?
I own a few parking lots.

Oh, that's terrific.

- no, that's
A very pedestrian occupation.

- no.
- but these days,

You know, even a modest landlord
Like myself,

Has to depend
On the tolerance,

If not the beneficence,
Of our leaders.

- just between you and I...
- yeah.

- the days
When you could honestly say

The business of america
Is doing business,

- they're over.
- yeah.

- today, the businesses
Of america

Is the--the fund-raising
Cocktail parties like parsons,

- a man I haven't seen in years.
- okay.

- I'll be right back.
- okay.

- parsons,
You just got here?

About ten minutes.

- I hear your boy's being
Challenged in the primary.

- new york politics,
Joel--

Always interesting
And always expensive.

- I'm in, parsons.
I'm in.

- have you been
To your supermarket lately?

Me, a supermarket?

[laughs]

- the dollar doesn't buy as much
As it did last year.

I heard about that.

- what do you want to do
About that, joel?

- I can tell you
What I'd like to do about it,

But I what I will do about it,
That's another story.

[laughs]

What? Come on.
15%.

Come on, above last year's
Contribution.

[laughs]

- those may be the luckiest
Words you ever spoke.

- those words
And a token

Could get me a ride
On the irt.

Not true.

You have a dark-skinned
Gentleman in the woodpile, joel.

What do you mean?

[laughter]

[whistling]

[dramatic music]

♪

Hey, tony!

Yeah?

- hey, I'm a friend
Of your father's.

Listen,
Do me a favor.

Actually, it's a favor
For both of us.

Look,
You gotta promise--

Promise not to tell him
Anything about it, huh?

Terminate?

- wayne, I didn't say
You have to.

I said you might
Want to think about it.

- but I--well--

The idea of terminating
Never even crossed--

Bob, look, what--
What am I leaving out?

I'm--I'm
Missing something.

- "Subject made mention
Of agamemnon's boast

"At initial contact.

"Agamemnon claimed to have
Access to persons unknown

In the legislative
And judicial sectors."

Persons unknown.

- well, bob,
I just got that yesterday.

The difficult
We do immediately,

The impossible
Takes a little longer.

- I'm curious,
Brubaker.

Are you sure that you want
To know who these people are?

Do you really?

Don't I?

- well, could turn out to be
A nice feather in all our caps,

Especially yours.

On the other hand,
It could be a bucket of worms.

Who are these people?

If they're as big
As agamemnon suggested,

And if you catch them
A little dirty,

But not really a lot,

They could make it
Very warm for you.

- I can't argue
With that.

- well,
It's your decision.

I think you should know,
Though,

That if you do
Push the wrong button

And the flack
Starts flying,

I'm scheduled
For a gs-15 review.

- I appreciate
Your frankness.

- well, I'll take credit,
But not blame.

I'm afraid
I'd have to buck that to you.

Damn.

I sure could use
A big one.

- well, as I said,
It's up to you.

Sometimes the system pays off
On performance,

Sometimes on discretion.

It's sort of like a crapshoot,
Isn't it?

Phew.

Yeah.

[dramatic music]

♪

Hey, curtin!

Yeah?

- curtin,
Come on down.

Oh, it's you.

Come on up.

- come on.
I wanna talk to you.

- what is it?
- come on, come on.

Nothing, nothing, nothing.
Come on.

This friend of mine
Needs a truck, huh?

- I don't understand.
What?

He wants a truck.

- you mean, he wants to make
A delivery, is that it?

- curtin, I ain't got all day.
The guy is a friend of mine.

He needs a truck.
I want you to give him one.

He'll be by tomorrow
To pick it up.

- oh, I get it.
- good for you.

No, look. Look.

Solly, why don't you just
Tell him to give me a call

Or walk in here
Just like anybody else,

And I'll see
What I can do.

- lee, I'll tell you
What you're gonna do.

Now, nobody
Is working nothing out.

Huh?

All you gotta do is think about
Who's into who for how much,

And then you have a truck
Ready to go.

- hmm?
- [grunts]

[dramatic music]

♪

- well,
Did you see him?

Or did somebody tell somebody
Who told you?

All right,
Where's the bar?

Thanks.

- rizzo!
- yeah?

You take a man,

Go down to turley's bar
On east 23rd street.

Danzinger's supposed
To be in there.

- okay.
- and be careful.

Oh, where'd
You find her?

- she applied
For unemployment

And the state troopers
Picked her up.

- nice to have you back,
Audrey.

- just let me ask.
Lieutenant, the 2-8 precinct

Want to know if they can
Come in for a credit

On the chase
Of those two dealers.

- who made the collar?
- we did.

- then tell 'em no, ah, but
We'll give 'em credit anyway.

- all right, we'll give you
A break, all right?

But it's gonna
Cost you.

- I think this will please you,
Lieutenant.

I want to terminate
Operation trojan horse.

Why?

- well, I've reviewed
Our material with mischler

From
The u.S. Attorney's office.

Do you know art?

- no.
- first rate.

Well, at any rate,
It's his quite firm opinion

That we have enough
To put mr. Adrian behind bars.

So obviously, there's no point
In dragging it out

At $600 a day.

- of course, as far as lee
Is concerned,

The sooner the better.
I'm just here

To make sure that he's fulfilled
All his commitments.

- absolutely,
Right on the money.

- that's fine. I mean,
I just don't want any slipups.

For instance, like some
Felony charges popping up

And somebody saying that lee
Should answer for them

Because he hasn't been
Cooperative or something.

- no way.
- no? [chuckles]

You don't know how they play
The game around here, do you?

- isn't that right, lieutenant?
- hmm?

If I were you,
I'd get it in writing.

- I intend to,
And you'll sign it.

No.

Aha, now we begin.

You're kidding.

No way.

- you were the one who said
You wanted curtin out.

- did I say that?
- you sure did,

At least that's
The impression I got.

- well,
Let me ask you--

Now, a few days ago,

You were gung ho
For hanging in.

And now you want
To pull the plug.

- I told you, art mischler says
He's reasonably certain--

- well, what about the meeting
With adrian's accountant, huh?

"That's the meeting
I want on tape."

Well, you don't have it, and you
Know why? It hasn't happened.

- of course not,
But in the meantime,

Curtin's out there
In the cold.

And in a very exposed
Position, mister.

- oh, you're worried
About mr. Curtin.

You know something,
Mr. Brubaker?

You're a beautiful
Human being.

- I'm not following this.
Why don't you want to end it?

- well, you see, there are
Some fat toes in back places

That mr. Brubaker
Knows about.

- I don't know
What you're talking about.

- come on.
I'm only kidding.

But aren't you interested
In what solly nurse wants

With that truck?
I know I am.

- of course I am, but we've
Gotta put a pin in it someplace.

I mean, this thing
Could go on indefinitely.

I'm shutting down
The operation.

- well, that's your ace.
You wanna hear mine?

You do and I'll leak it
To the papers.

- you'll do what?
- yeah.

A joint federal-city
Task force

Pulled out of
A very productive surveillance

When it seemed that
The spotlight would fall

On certain people
In high places.

[sighs]

You know what that is,
Don't you?

- that's blackmail.
- oh, heavens.

- what if he decides
He doesn't like this one?

- well, then I guess
You make him like it.

- how come
I didn't think of that?

You like it, solly,

Or I'll never talk to you again
As long as I live.

- ooh.
- [laughs]

Tell him the rest
Are all broke down.

- that's the truth.
- okay, try it now.

And if it don't work,
I don't wanna hear about it.

Stavros!
Are you awake?

- awake? Yeah,
I'm awake, ya dunce.

[transmitter beeping]

[laughs]
Hey, duff,

You finally got lucky.
It works.

- well, nurse is in there.
How come I can't hear a thing?

There's zilch.

No wonder the country's
In trouble--american technology.

We shoulda given all our
Spy business to the japanese.

[high-pitched whine]

- nothing wrong with
The equipment. It's perfect.

- well, how come that dorfus
Doesn't stay in the office?

He's making a tour
Of the vast facilities

And the joint
Doesn't even belong to him.

- do me a favor.
Come on in the office upstairs.

I've got no one
To leave on the phone.

- curtin. Will you stop
With the office, curtin?

I'm supposed to be
Someplace.

The guy I had lined up to drive
Come down with the flu.

My friend's gotta have
That truck right away, huh?

- look, I'll--I'll tell ya
What I'll do.

I'll make a couple of calls.
I'll--I'll get you a driver.

I'll even pick up the tab,
All right?

Pally--pally, it ain't
That kind of a job.

A driver.
[chuckles]

- look, you drive it.
What do I care?

Hey!

You remember what I told you
About that reputation thing?

You're walkin' around,
You're ahead.

Don't blow it.

You're driving.

- here.
- huh?

- that's where you go.
And when you get there,

You sit in the cab till I
Tell you where to take the load.

You do it
And you come back here.

Then, you go
Up to your office,

You answer the phones,

And you forget
About the whole thing.

Come on.

- this trucks gotta go into the
Shop. The transmission is shot.

Any one you like.

Come on.

- I can't. I--
- ah, yes, you can.

Sure, you can.

Oh, you'd be surprised
What you can do.

You finished?

Yeah.

[dramatic music]

♪

- crocker,
I'm on my way down.

All right, go. Go!

[brakes squeal]

[dramatic music]

♪

- curtin's driving.
- curtin?

- yeah.
Make a left.

[brakes squeal]

[horns honking]

[transmitter beeping]

We're losin' him.
Go through the light.

- I don't see him.
- step on it!

[transmitter beeping]

- there he is,
Up ahead.

- all right,
We got him.

[transmitter beeping]

[dramatic music]

♪

- I wonder
What's in those boxes.

- lamb chops.
Who knows?

Probably hijacked.

- a little moonlight
For solly maybe?

- solly nurse?
Nah.

He doesn't blow his nose
Unless he asks adrian's okay.

You're all set.

I was told
To give you this.

Okay?

- yeah, okay.
Close it, will ya?

- yeah.
Take it easy.

- he's gonna roll.
- oh, take your time.

I don't know who's watchin',
But let's not louse it up now.

Oh, no, baby.
It's gettin' nice and thick.

There he goes.

- let him
Get the jump.

[transmitter beeping]

[transmitter beeping]

[explosion]

- what the hell was that?
- go!

[tires screech]

Let's get him
Outta there!

Go around
The other side!

- I can't open this door!
- it's stuck here in the corner!

Watch the tank!
The tank is gonna go!

- let go of me, crocker!
- come on, get away!

Let go!

Give it to me!

- hey, that guy's
Gonna cook!

- hey, come on!
Come on!

- hey! Get outta there!
- come on!

[dramatic music]

♪

- okay,
Move your truck.

[siren blares]

[police whistle blows]

- how can you guarantee
Mr. Curtin's safety?

No problem.

- I'm sorry.
Everybody makes mistakes.

At least
He admitted it.

- come on, lee, two weeks.
What do ya say?

Let him. Who cares?

- I can see you a month
From now, you and tony,

Walkin' along somewhere,

Rollin' along
And singin' a song.

[echoes] Rollin' along
And singin' a song.

[fading] Rollin' along
And singin' a song.

- I'm the late man.
I-I clean up.

I come in
And I-I find this note.

It says, "Load the boxes
In the truck

"From
The safety first delivery.

And give the driver the paper
With the address."

- what was on the paper,
Lewis?

- I don't know.
I didn't look.

- who'd you say
Sent you the note?

- I figure it was my foreman,
Right?

Only you tell me he don't know
Nothin' about it.

- you load boxes of wood
For a meat company, huh?

Do that often?

- I didn't even look at the box.
It was closed.

- yeah, it's a setup
All the way.

- why did curtin
Decide to drive?

How should I know?

- you told curtin
You wanted a truck at 4:00.

- I never
Told him that.

- what were you doing
At the garage this afternoon?

- went to see curtin.
We had some business.

- business?
What kind of business?

Business business.

Lieutenant.

Can I see you
For a minute, please?

- what happened?
Hey, lieutenant kojak!

- tell the man
What happened!

- there was an explosion out--
- I know what happened!

- what I want to know--
- lieutenant,

Three dummy companies
I gotta wade through

Before I get to the guy

That holds the paper
On that meat outfit.

- guess who?
- come on, I'm not in the mood.

Joel adrian.

Pick him up.

- what's your connection with
The v & k meat packing company?

- well, my connection's
Very simple--

- mr. Adrian has a fiduciary
Interest in the company.

It's certainly
Not a crime.

And it's hardly a reason to drag
Him into a police station

In the middle
Of the night.

- I'm sure if mr. Adrian could
Help us with our investigation,

He'd want to.

- it can't wait
Until morning?

No, it can't.

- may I intrude
On this colloquy?

- intrude. Intrude.
- you see,

I know a little something
About lieutenant kojak.

I have to believe
He's good at what he does

Or he wouldn't
Be doing it.

Or am I assuming
Too much?

- if I thought so, I wouldn't
Admit it in this company.

All right.

Now, let's say
He's a good policeman--

And god in heaven
Knows we need more of them--

But what does it mean?

It means lieutenant kojak

Doesn't like questions
That he can't answer,

'cause he feels lost.

- hold off on the snow jobs,
Joel. Not now.

- now, you wait a minute--
- you see? Now, you see?

You try to speak a truth to
A man and he's not interested.

Easy answers,
That's all he wants.

Now, I don't have any.

Can I be more clear
Than that?

- why did you have curtin
Blown away?

- I haven't the slightest--
- now, don't say another word.

This is intolerable.

Now, either you bring charges
If you have any evidence,

Or I'm taking mr. Adrian home.
You know where to reach me,

During business hours,

If you have
Any other questions.

Now, let's go.

- you wanna pull my chain
Again, kojak?

- punk,
Get outta here.

[church bells toll]

[somber music]

♪

- hi.
- I'm sorry.

- it wasn't your fault.
[sniffs]

Thanks for coming.

- well, I liked your father,
You know that.

- I've been looking for this,
Uh...

- I guess he isn't here.
- who's that?

- this man who said
He was like--

- I'm touched by your loyalty,
Lieutenant.

You really think
It was worth it, don't you?

- well, anyway,
You--you would've thought

- he would've wanted to be here.
- hmm, who?

- this man
Who was at school.

He came up to me and asked me
Who all dad's friends are.

So he could give him
A party.

And he said it was like
Some terrific surprise.

When was that?

- I don't know.
A few days ago.

- did you give him
The names?

Yeah.

- you gave him mine,
Too, right?

Sure.

Come with me.

No.

No, I don't think so.

Doesn't look like him.

Yeah, that's him.

Who is he?

A wiseguy.

- conspiracy?
Usury, okay.

But you're talking
Homicide.

We can hold him
For a couple of days,

But before we go
To a grand jury,

You'd better have
Something more than tapes.

Such as what?

The famous smoking gun.

A threat's good for intent
And motive,

But it doesn't prove
You followed through.

You need a witness,
Somebody to point the finger,

You know, "I saw him.
He told me to do it."

- okay, rudy.
Thanks.

- hey, tell me when you think
You're ready, hmm?

[brakes squeal]

- when you pack up
That equipment,

Be careful
With those tapes.

[indistinct conversations]

[horn honks]

[brakes squeal]

- all right, your equipment's
On its way to your office.

We thought
We'd drop it off here.

- where's kojak?
If he's got those tapes,

I'll go straight to the
Attorney general. I'll have--

- hey, hey, hold it!
Hold it!

Nobody's going anywhere.

- those tapes aren't his.
That's government property.

It's evidence
In a criminal case.

- evidence of what?
- enough to haul adrian

And nurse in front
Of a grand jury, mister.

- for curtin's murder?
I don't think so.

- curtin's
Not my problem.

What does that mean?

Where's kojak?

None of your business,
Brubaker.

Now, the stuff you're
Looking for is right there.

I was gonna drop it off
At your office, all right?

You happy? Kojak borrowed 'em
To make copies.

Oh, terrific.

He's the one who's responsible
For the death of the witness.

It should have been terminated
When I said so.

- you try to hang anything
Like that on kojak,

I'll find a way to put you
On a breadline.

I don't know how
They clued in on curtin,

But don't ever say it was kojak
Or I'll do you in,

So help me god.

If you don't think I've got
The juice to do it, just try me.

- all right,
Play those two sections again.

- you can get dead
That way.

What?

- you heard
What I said.

- I could get what?
What did you say?

Think about it.

- I'll see ya tomorrow.
- no, no. Stop.

"Think about it,"
That's all I want.

All right,
Play the next one.

[sighs]

Let me talk to crocker.

Crocker!

Look, do me something.

Go pick up solly nurse.

Right.

I hate it.

But I use it,
But I hate it.

Okay.

- I don't have it.
What do you wanna do, search me?

- what's the matter with you,
You some kind of a dummy?

I think you are some kinda
Dummy, you know that?

You really want me to tell him
You didn't pay?

I paid.

- 'cause if he thinks
You're stiffin' him...

- why? What the hell's
He gonna do, kill me?

Me.

With my two hands.

- all right, phil, kill it, huh?
And thanks a lot.

- so what's
The big deal?

- well, the way I see it, you
Threatened to kill curtin twice,

And you finally did it.
It's all there.

- come on.
- oh, yeah, solly.

You put the bomb
In the truck.

- the way I hear it, it happened
Somewhere over on the west side.

And I was nowhere near
The west side.

- you were there.
- come on.

- you listen to me.
- I wasn't there!

Listen to me.

You were there.
You were there because I saw ya.

- you what?
- yeah.

You were at the plant when
The bomb was put into the truck.

- you--you saw me?

- you see, I had
Curtin's truck rigged

So I could follow it.

And I followed you from
This place to the packin' plant.

And I saw ya.

And that's a lie!

- what the hell
Are you doing, man?

Intent, access,

And you knew I was tight
With curtin through the kid--

- motive.
- what kid?

- intent, access,
Motive.

You know something,
Sonny boy?

You're gonna ride
That big lightning bolt

Straight to the sky.

It's not important
That he knew

Curtin's truck was rigged
Or not.

He knew
He had to grease him

Before he got
To that courthouse.

Do you know what?

I'm holdin' you
For the murder of lee curtin.

Get him outta here
And book him!

- come on, solly. Come on.
- it's a lie.

- it's a stinkin' lie!
- come on!

- and you know it!
- shut up!

- you made that up!
- come on, open up.

- you stink, kojak!
- relax, solly. Shut up.

Huh?

- it's--it's not my affair,
Right?

- you do
What you have to do.

- come on,
What am I gonna do?

You're up there
In front of the grand jury

And the d.A. Says,
"Tell 'em what you saw."

- then what are you gonna do?
- when that time comes,

I guess I have a decision
To make, right?

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- he's a family man,
Your honor.

He owns his own home
In bay ridge.

He's been gainfully employed for
The past three and a half years.

By t and e parking systems,
Incorporated.

Also, he's never
Failed to appear on a bond.

And we request reasonable bail
At this time.

- this is a murder one,
Isn't it?

- that's it.
- bail denied.

Prisoner is remanded.

Prisoner is remanded.

Next case,
People of the state of new york

Against edwards.

Docket number 2649 of 1975,

Section 16505
Of the penal law.

- are the people ready?
- you heard already.

- I heard.
So that's it.

Lee is avenged.

- and justice triumphs.
- bull.

- take the stand,
Officer.

- you don't believe
He killed him?

- not on his own,
I don't, no.

- well, brubaker
Will take care of adrian.

- if adrian goes to jail,
Which I doubt,

He will do some gardening
In allenwood,

And he will be back in business
At the old stand

In six months.

Could happen.

Well,
Nice talkin' to ya.

- what's the matter with you?
Do I make you uncomfortable?

By god, I hope so.

And what--what was that about
The new beginning

You were shouting
Your mouth off about,

And what's gonna happen
To the big guys?

- hey, lady,
Lee is dead.

Yes, I know.

Tell me something.

You and lee had something else
Going for ya?

I was his attorney.

Well, besides that?

- I don't think I have to answer
That question.

Yeah.

Lee's dead.

And all the big shots are
Just where they always were.

And adrian will do
A six months or walk.

[sighs]

And the two-bit hoodlum
Goes away forever.

- and you will
Excuse me,

But how'd you wind up
With a loser like lee?

It's a talent.

I handled
His wife's divorce.

Can you beat that one?

I bet you think I'm--I'm
One of the--the desperate types

That anything in pants,
Right?

- don't tell me
What I think.

Come on.
I'll buy you a drink.

- lee was a sweet man,
And I loved him.

But he had
Lousy judgment.

He thought
You were terrific.

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- okay, you guys can go home
Now. First team is here.

What's going on?

What's he doing here
This time of night?

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Hey, guard.

Hey, guard!
Hey!

What are you,
Asleep over there?

- what's the problem,
Solly?

- I want to call
My lawyer.

[telephone rings]

Lieutenant kojak.

I'll be there
In 30 minutes.

Rudy, it's theo.
Yes, I know what time it is.

- so what's the bounce
On that?

- oh, I don't know.
5 to 15 maybe.

Too much.

- really?
Sounds like a good deal to me.

Too much.

- curtin didn't die laughing,
You know.

- listen, any maximum over ten,
We're not interested in it.

What for?

He might as well
Go the route.

A dime, no more.

I can't do that.

- okay, counselor.
It's your show.

- sure you can, rudy.
What's the big deal?

Two for one--you've done it
A hundred times.

- it's not two for one.
I got him on a long stretch.

- so? How many fingers
You got on ya?

10 plus 20, that's 30 years.
Who gets 30 years nowadays?

Look, you've got yourself
A star witness.

You're way ahead,
And you become a hero

Of modern jurisprudence.

All right, already.

You be a good boy,
Do your five years and go home.

Okay?

- I think
We have a deal.

- is it all right with you
If I go back to bed?

- [chuckles] Go.
- lieutenant.

- just one little detail.
- and what's that?

- how do we protect solly
From retaliation?

Oh, well...

We could always put him
Into solitary confinement

- for five years. [laughs]
- [laughs]

Hey, I don't think
That's funny.

- hey, we'll take care of him.
What can I tell ya?

- you could use some sleep
Yourself.

- yeah, soon, but not yet.
Soon.

Officer.

grazie.

- why don't I come down
To your office a little later

- and we'll work out the details?
- okay.

Make it after 3:00, will you?
I'm in court.

Check.

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[telephone rings]

Hello.

Huh?

Right!

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[tires screech]

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♪

[horn honking]

[tires screeching]

[horn honking]

[brakes squeal]

[tires screech]

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♪

[brakes screech]

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♪

[horn honking]

[brakes squeal]

[sighs]

Now, get out.

You almost killed me.

- yeah, it was kinda close,
Wasn't it?

You almost made it,
Didn't you?

- I want to call
My attorney.

- here,
Call your attorney.

Call you councilman.

Call your doctor.

And give your mother
A little jingle.

Did we miss anybody?

Easy answers, yo-yo?
I got 'em.

Come on,
Follow the good guy.

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Back. Back off.

Come on, back off!
Come on.

Back off, come on!
Come on!

- I'll see you inside.
- all right. I've got it.

Back off, you guys!
Come on!

For murder.

Really?

- you didn't think I was gonna
Settle for solly nurse, did ya?

- well, what about
All the others?

You know,
The fat toes?

- well, one thing
At a time, geach.

Yeah, of course.

- but you're
Probably right.

Hey, I'll see ya.

Theo.

Lee's judgment was better
Than I thought.

Eloise, right?

I'll call you.

I'd like that.

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