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What are you doing here? Harry, go on home.

No, I'm all right.

I want to work. Have some things to finish up.

I'm sorry, harry.

The war is over for years, And now it kills your son.

- it's not fair. - at least he's out of pain now.

So what's new?

We need a qualitative On this heroin seizure.

The officer's waiting, huh?

Fisk and sons, couturiers.

Is this your idea Of a stalking horse

For our spring line?

I couldn't peddle This piece of junk

To a wall-eyed aborigine. Redo them.

Dad, pick up line two.

Look, david, I'm busy.

Get the number, Tell them I'll them back.

It's a mr. Sentman. He says it's urgent.

Hello, harry. Long time, no see.

I buried my son today, Mr. Fisk.

Yeah, I heard.

You have my sympathy.

It was god's punishment, Mr. Fisk,

For what we did To that policeman.

Harry, I understand. I've got A couple sons of my own, but--

I can't live with it, Mr. Fisk, not anymore.

When martin was alive, There was a reason.

Maybe that's what I told myself,

But now I've got to Do something, mr. Fisk.

I've got to make things Right again.

Sure, sure, but listen,

Why don't we meet And talk it over first, huh?

- you owe me that much. - I get off at 6:00.

The bloody mary.

6:00. Why don't we make it 7:00 at the bloody mary?

You know where that is? Corner of 28th and broadway.

Yeah, I'll meet you there.

Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it.

You'll take care of it? If you'd taken care of it

Properly in the first place, We wouldn't be in this mess.

How could I know His son would die?

You should've known. You should've anticipated.

There must have been other ways To go, safer ways.

Well, you were in a hurry, Remember?

I'll need some money.

See your brother. I don't want to hear about it.

It could cost a lot of money. What am I to tell dan?

What you always tell him-- You took a bath at the track.

Now go on.

Did you ever get a tune Stuck in your head,

Won't go away? That's how this is with me.

I try to think of something Else, put it out of my thoughts,

- but it's no use. - you're upset.

There's $10,000 in here. It's yours.

Take a vacation.

Has he had a vacation?

No. An innocent man

Two years behind bars Because of me.

Mr. Sentman, You tell the truth,

You'll be behind bars.

At least I'll sleep nights.

You go to prison, my father Goes to prison. I go.

I don't have to bring him Into it or you.

It's my conscience I'm worried about.

They'll make you talk.

You're an old man.

Mr. Sentman,

Please...Take the money.

I took the money once.

Never again.

Do it.

Excuse me.

I want to see a mr. Fiorello.

It's about his son.

Something very important I have to tell him.

- vino fiorello? - yeah.

The old man went bankrupt Over a year ago.

- got no idea where he is now. - bankrupt.

Lawyers for his joey.

Look out! Look out!

Give me a couple of shots from Each end of the block, okay?

Beautiful, and there's No witnesses on this.

You got us some witnesses? We're holding some.

I just walked away From a table

That promised A lot of greek goodies.

- this better be dynamite, gomez. - I think maybe it is.

First off, this wasn't A simple hit and run.

It was deliberate, According to witnesses.

Now, we got some tire tracks Where the car jumped the curb,

And we also got some Pretty fair tread design.

As a solo act, You're doing great.

So what do you need From my life?

A little love. The victim's name is sentman.

Does it ring a bell?

Harry sentman?

Same spoilsport whose Testimony sent your buddy up.

Under the circumstances,

I thought maybe you'd like To be in on this one to start.

Under the circumstances...

Sentman was looking for Joey fiorello's father.

Lieutenant, This is mrs. Villiborghi.

She was talking to the victim Before he was run down.

He came asking for vino,

And he said he had something Important to tell him.

He say what, mrs. Villiborghi?

Well, it had to do with Vino's son joey.

Great. Just great. You see what it says here?

Huh? Suspicious circumstances.

They got a description Of the car, eyewitnesses.

Everything But an autograph picture.

This is the way You take care of things?

You said you didn't Want to hear about it.

Well, I'm hearing about it Now, aren't I?

Thanks to you, it's being Served up the entire city

With their corn flakes.

Where'd you get this bum from, In the yellow pages? $10,000.

$10,000, you could've bought Albert anastasia.

I don't know mr. Anastasia.

Out of my limited circle Of acquaintances,

I took who I could get.

I'm sorry if you think I let you down.

So what else is new?

I close one door, You open the next.

It's like a chain letter. You should've done it yourself.

You should've tied a rock Around his neck

And thrown him in the hudson.

- could you do that? - yes, I could.

If my father told me to, You bet your life I would.

He was a nice old man.

All he wanted Was a decent night's sleep.

Decent night's sleep.

What's your brother, Chopped liver?

Are you forgetting Who we did this for and why?

No, father, I'm not forgetting that.

You're forgetting your brother Will never walk again

- for the rest of his life. - morning.

- I'm not forgetting that. - good morning, sleepyhead.

He stays up Till 3:00 in the morning

Watching alice faye movies, huh?

Dummy, you can't get it into Your head the lady's married?

- maybe I dig unrequited love. - unrequited loved?

For a grandmother? If you're Looking for unrequited...

What's wrong with Raquel welch? Ah.

Hey, guess what. The celtics are in town.

Got us a couple of tickets right Behind the knick bench. Huh?

After that, We fall into the palm

For a little lobster And home fries?

How's that sound to you, Huh? Huh?

As long as I'm in bed By 11:30.

It's paulette goddard week On channel nine.

Paulette goddard too? Next thing you know...

You'll be writing mash notes To gloria swanson.

Hey, you gonna dawdle over That coffee all morning?

Business isn't shaky enough?

You got to pioneer The four-hour workday?

I'll see you later At the rock pile, kid.

I don't want to hear you miss Your subway connection, either.

You want to keep your nose In the racing form,

Get yourself a seeing-eye dog.

Have some eggs. Go on.

Couldn't you have gotten Three tickets?

Oh, your brother max Doesn't like contact sports.

Hitting the exacta-- That's all he cares about.

All right, sentman Comes looking for joey's pop.

Five minutes later, He's a traffic fatality.

Are you trying to tell me That one and one don't make two?

I don't know what it makes.

I don't know that much about Fiorello's conviction

To begin with.

Yeah, when joey Was working narcotics, right?

He got lucky.

He collared a sailor who'd Smuggled a pound of heroin.

Sentman did the lab analysis. 87% pure.

- so what went wrong? - when the case came to trial...

The defense attorney Demanded another analysis.

This time, it turned out to be Nothing but milk sugar.

They found most of the smack In joey's apartment

Along with 5,000 cash.

Bat your eye, he's off the force And in the slammer.

- what was fiorello's story? - that somebody in the lab...

Or the property department Made the switch,

Then planted the stash In his pad to frame him.

Why frame him? Nobody had an answer for that.

And internal affairs Cleared sentman

And anybody else Who ever went near the evidence.

He was a straight arrow, frank.

Not the greatest piece of work Whoever pinned on the tin,

But I liked him. I'd trust him with my life.

A narc in the joint, Innocent or guilty,

Everybody's gonna be after A piece of him.

Lieutenant, we lucked out. Hi, captain.

That tread design paid off.

Out of 2,000 tires special duty,

Only one customer on The island--variety rent-a-car.

Okay, run it down.

You're talking about 500 cars, Boss, on a weekend.

You caught this one, junior? You turned up a lead?

It takes 500 rent-a-cars,

You check out 500 rent-a-cars, okay?

Okay, okay.

It's the rundown On the victim, skipper.

"Harold sentman, widower. Employed nypd 28 years.

Outstanding personnel package."

Not a pimple. Not an ingrown hair.

Son a war hero.

- he buried the kid yesterday. - not another homicide.

Well, sort of.

He was wounded in vietnam Three years ago,

And he's been an outpatient at The oakview hospital ever since.

And that's where He finally tucked it in.

You know, sentman Plants his boy in the a.M.

Comes nightfall,

A cruising rent-a-car Makes it a doubleheader.

I don't need a pocket calculator To compute those odds.

All right, come on, curly. Wax your skis.

Where we going?

I'm signing off for medicare.

Here's what I have, Lieutenant.

"Martin sentman, 26. Shrapnel wounds."

Well, why was he here, doctor? Why not a veteran's hospital?

Overflow. We have a contract With the v.A.

Hundreds of our patients Are contract referrals.

During the past three years, Martin's been in and out of here

- a dozen times. - the cause of death?

A small particle of shrapnel In an inoperable location

Dislodged and traversed To the heart.

There was always A possibility, lieutenant.

What's this, dr. Sullivan? Alkaloids in the blood test?

This file is confidential.

You had a drug addict, Didn't you, doctor?

I'm sorry, gentlemen, I'm very busy.

I can always get a court order And exhume the body.

The cause of death Was just as I said.

But...

We gave them our youth,

And we got us back A legion of junkies.

You're not saying You were supplying him.

I'm saying martin sentman had A monkey the size of king kong.

Somebody was feeding it. Don't ask me who.

Pathologically, He died two days ago

As a result of wounds Sustained during combat action.

But if you want A nonmedical opinion,

Martin was already dead

When they shipped him home From vietnam.

Well, if sentman's kid Was a junkie,

Maybe his old man Was boosting horse for him

- from the police lab. - no way.

They run audits Down there like clockwork.

How else, then, Habit that big?

How's sentman gonna keep it Happy on his take-home?

You ask good questions, tiny. You got any good answers?

Dr. Rainey.

Dr. Rainey, Please report to x-ray.

Dr. Rainey. Dr. Rainey.

Well, now, What do we have here?

Murray ornellas Working for a hospital.

That's pretty weird, huh?

Like mae west Teaching kindergarten.

Murray. Hey, ornellas.

You done pretty well, murray.

You ought to try out For the olympics.

Litterbug.

Know enough To keep your streets clean?

It ain't enough these kids Have already been to hell.

You got to peddle them A return trigger, right?

Well, take a look.

Possession with intent. You know something?

With your yellow sheet, you're Staring at 15 semesters, turkey.

And the shape you're in?

You won't live to crown The first homecoming queen.

Suppose I wanted to Cop a plea?

Get me a walkaway?

Well, not if you give me Marty bormann.

Let's face it, murray,

You're gonna draw time On this one.

Hard or soft, And you call the shots.

I belch, you guarantee me The farm?

You'll matriculate At green haven,

Rubbing elbows With the white-collars.

Okay, sentman, He's in on a scholarship.

See, it's weird, I know, But that's the way she rides.

Whatever marty wants, Give it to them.

Those are my instructions. Him Being a heavyweight hitter...

What he wants adds up to be About a c-note day.

You're telling us He was sponsored,

And his pappy Wasn't picking up the tab?

I didn't even know He had a pappy.

"I didn't even know He had a pappy."

If he didn't have a pappy, Then who, huh?

Beats me. Look, once a week, I get an envelope in the mail.

No name, no return address. Just 1,000 balloons.

Whatever marty don't shoot, It's mine to pocket.

You expect us to swallow that.

Somebody had to Paste it together.

You didn't answer the ad In the village voice,did you?

I get a phone call from some Dude. He don't say who he is.

Just that he's got This deal for me.

Ornellas, put a cork in it.

We didn't just get off the bus.

Now, before you'd unload A nickel bag,

You'd make sure you weren't Climbing in bed with a narc.

He'd give me a reference.

I checked it out. Everything hung together.

What reference? A name, murray.

Man, it was three years ago. I don't keep a set of books.

Hey, if you heard the name Again, would you remember?

Yeah, I might. Sure, why not?

You got a name to lay on me?

Not yet, but I'll know where To find you when we do, okay?

- book him. - come on, shmegegge. Let's go.

- you believed that? - you kidding?

Only a spaced-out acid freak Would invent a story like that.

Besides, this is the first thing He said that's made any sense.

Sense?

All right, put yourself In harry sentman's shoes.

A war hero for a son.

Would you want it getting out That the kid's a junkie?

But four gs a month, frank.

Where's harry gonna promote that Kind of loot? Except he did.

In three years, over 150k Has gone into marty's veins.

Three years, frank.

It was three years ago that Joey fiorello went on trial.

So who's the anonymous sponsor? Whoever wanted joey framed.

I buy that. Then unexpectedly, The kid dies.

Suddenly sentman doesn't need His benefactor anymore,

And he decides to come to terms With his conscience.

Mac, would you do me a favor? Call the d.A.'s office.

Have them pull the package On the fiorello trial.

Tell saperstein I want sentman's Pad turned inside out, okay?

When I get back, I expect a complete inventory.

Okay. Where will you be In the meantime?

Visiting a friend in attica.

That's the way you greet A long-lost friend, joey?

Hey, all my friends Are long-lost.

Come on. It's me, okay?

Mr. Lieutenant, have you Moved up another notch?

Why? And anchor myself To a desk job? Come on.

I'd rather pound a beat. How you doing, kid?

Oh, great. Plenty of fresh air And sunshine. Four-star cuisine.

Dance every saturday night. It's a regular holiday cruise.

- I can see that. - oh, merit badges.

The most popular kid On the block.

Between the screws And the yardbirds,

I can hardly find a minute To myself.

You should've stopped by A couple of weeks ago.

You could've visited me In the infirmary.

One of my loyal fans gave me Six inches of rusty steel

- as a token of his esteem. - I can help to change that.

How? You gonna con the warden Into sticking me in solitary?

No. Talking about your case, Joey. Hey, something's shaking.

Harry sentman? He snuffed himself last night.

It turns out his kid Is mainlining.

We nailed the pusher-- Murray ornellas.

Raise any flags?

I know the name. A dime bag.

Never figured in A bust of mine. So?

- I'm just getting started. - but it's obvious, ain't it?

It's what I been saying All along--I was set up.

Now we know who.

Who, yeah.

But what we don't know Is why. Motive, joey.

Come on. Sentman was the means, He wasn't the man.

Some other clown Put this act together.

I've gone over it Ten million times in my head.

What else have I got To think about?

Theo, they found the junk In my house.

I had bill collectors. I had a mortgage squeezing me.

Hospital bills. I had the motive all right...

But who had the motive To frame me?

I gave the shooflies every name I could scratch up. Bupkis.

They missed on sentman, maybe They missed someplace else.

Hey, look, someone went to a lot Of trouble to send you up here

And popped for an awful lot Of green to keep you here.

Unless murray's Handing us a line,

It cost 150 big ones For this paint job.

My whole career, I never Dropped a net on anybody

Who could ante up That kind of jack

Without knocking over A bank first.

Anyhow, where's the percentage?

For 30 grand, he could've Imported a cannon from detroit

And dunked my doughnut Permanent.

Maybe they don't Want you dead.

Maybe they just want you Twisting in the wind.

So's they got Their money's worth.

My wife divorced me.

My kid changed his name.

My old man--used to be I'd see him every visiting day.

Now we don't even write.

Whoever zapped me Wanted to smash my life.

- he did a grade-a job of it. - hey, joey...

Vino--he sold his store, And he moved away.

- what? - he had to. He went bankrupt.

Maybe that's why you haven't Heard from him.

On account of me.

Those lawyers, All those appeals.

I told him He was wasting his time.

That store was his whole life.

Theo, find him. See if he's okay.

You got it, baby.

Hey, and with any kind of luck,

Maybe I can do a lot more, All right?

- hey, max. You okay, max? - never better. Why?

I know it's None of my business,

And personally, I couldn't care less...

- but? - well, I'm the bookkeeper...

And every week, a thousand Or so, and now ten thousand,

Like it's petty cash and we're Running out of postage stamps,

And dad doesn't even whimper. Something's going on, max.

- I can feel it. - yeah. What?

I don't know.

But there's more involved

Than the vicissitudes Of off-track betting.

I'm our brother. If you're in some kind of--

Relax, kid. I've turned over a new leaf.

You've okayed my last Gambling debt. I mean it.

Fisk and son, couturiers.

Yeah, just a moment.

You know an auggie matthews?

What can I do for you, Mr. Matthews?

You didn't tell me The bull's-eye was on the p.D.

"A little nebbish. Wouldn't even cause a ripple,"

That's what you said. Well, baby, it's warm outside...

And I got to spring for An asbestos overcoat, you dig?

You're saying, mr. Matthews,

That due to Unforeseen circumstances,

The cost factor Has appreciably risen?

The 50,000, cousin, And I want it in my bread box

Before johnny carson Gets warmed up.

You know the address.

And if it ain't here, I'm springing for a dime.

Oh, that won't be necessary, Mr. Matthews.

I'm sure we can deliver.

Max.

Keep it in idle, Miss covington.

Hope springs eternal.

Right.

What was that all about?

I realize you prefer Not to hear about it,

But there comes a time When the beeswax runs out.

I just had a call From the person

Who was supposed to deal with The sentman problem.

He's putting in For social security.

- how much? - 50 now.

I seriously doubt If it'll stop at that.

Of course, we could always give Him a piece of the business.

- fisk and accomplices. - what business?

$50,000 cash.

Either way you look at it,

I'll be back behind a pushcart On pitkin avenue.

Unless maybe I...

Liquidate those bonds your mama Left for you and dan.

- oh, no. There's a cheaper way. - I'm not looking for cheaper.

- I'm looking for absolute. - it's absolute all right.

Did you ever stop to think, Father?

If it had been me in that Wheelchair instead of dan,

None of this Would've ever happened.

Hey, lieutenant. How do you--

Do you know to spell "Egreegous"?

Aqueduct, $5 across the board, Egregious.

Yeah, hey, look, I promised To locate somebody for a pal.

Name's vino fiorello.

Last known address-- 187 mulberry street.

Make me look good, Will you, egregious?

Look, how'd we do At sentman's pad?

You wanted to see His personal effects,

So I left them on the desk,

But we still haven't been able To account for his movements

Between the time he knocked off Work and the killing.

I asked for the package On the joey fiorello case.

- come in yet. - well, sort of.

What's that supposed to mean?

Uhh, if it ain't My favorite shoofly.

How's the headhunting business, Hank?

Understand you're poking into The fiorello case.

That could upset A lot of people downtown, kojak.

It's taken us two years

To neutralize the stink Of that bucket of worms.

I mean, there's no need to Stir up front-page publicity

On a rogue cop all over again.

It's part of A homicide investigation

On one of our own, captain.

You suggesting I should drop that?

No, no, no. Just stay on Your side of the line.

If the fiorello case Gets reopened,

Then internal affairs Runs the action.

Uh-huh. Well, look, We got a narc chemist iced,

And before he shuffles off This mortal coil,

He'll try to visit Joey's father.

Now, I think it's important We touch every base,

Especially the original Fiorello investigation.

I handled the original Investigation, kojak.

No base went untouched. Are you under the impression...

I get a bonus For every cop I bag?

You think it gives me Some kind of cheap thrill?

I checked every piece Of evidence

Just as though It were a litmus test.

Where there was a hole, I plugged it.

If fiorello Wanted questions asked,

I saw that they were answered.

If he had been The commissioner's nephew,

He couldn't have gotten A fairer shake.

I covered that case From every conceivable angle,

And he was dirty, You understand? Dirty.

- the case was airtight. - was it?

Yes. The d.A. Thought so. So did the grand jury.

So did the review board. So did the appellate courts.

If I didn't think he was guilty, You think I could sleep nights?

A lot better than Joey fiorello.

And then there's a man in stir. That's heavy enough, isn't it?

But an innocent man Who happens to be en ex-cop,

You know what that means, russo?

It's a miracle He survived two years.

And that's why I'm digging,

Because I have reason to believe Joey's completely innocent.

What reason?

Something your airtight Investigation failed to turn up.

Sentman's kid? On a needle.

Three years running, An unidentified philanthropist

Forked over a grand a week To keep sonny boy floating

On a nonstop high.

- so how you sleep tonight, hank? - maybe it was a coincidence.

Yeah, and my father Was a turk.

Well, what about it? You gonna Release the fiorello file to me?

Okay, you'll have it Within the hour.

And good luck.

- if there's anything I can do. - sure, I know.

You'll give it The old litmus test.

- saperstein. - yeah.

This was found On the victim's person?

Mm-hmm.

- kinky, ain't it? - check it out, toots.

This could be the lead We're looking for.

Right.

Break an egg, saperstein.

Hey, lieutenant, This is miss marshall

- from the variety rent-a-car. - oh, yes. You mind if I smoke?

- no. - chair for the lady, gomez.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, now just tell The lieutenant

What you told me, cindy, huh, In your own words.

I didn't know It was so serious.

I just thought the company Might be checking something.

That's why I didn't say anything.

Murder. That's an entirely Different matter, isn't it?

We'd like to think so.

If you'll just translate All that for me,

- maybe we can get someplace. - this man smith...

He brought the car back in with A damaged right front fender,

And he asked me Not to say anything

Because he said he had too many Accidents on his record.

It wasn't a very big dent,

So I wrote down that we did it Parking or something.

He asked, you agreed, And da-da, like that.

Well, not exactly.

He gave me this card.

He said I could get All the clothes I wanted

- 60% off. - 60% off.

I can get it for you wholesale.

That's "Fisk and sons, Couturiers."

- you get mr. Smith's address? - it's as phony as his name.

Well, then, detective gomez,

I suggest you escort Our star witness

Out into the squad room And parade her past the 52 file.

Just maybe, if the gods Are sympathetic,

She'll come out with a face For mr. Smith.

This way, miss marshall.

Fisk and sons?

Yeah. Third floor. Use the stairs.

- the elevator takes forever. - thanks.

Well, I'm sorry, lieutenant. I'm afraid I can't help you.

Well, the suspect gave The lady your card, mr. Fisk.

Look, lieutenant, Let me tell you something.

In this business, Everybody's got an angle.

Look, some guy looking to score

Uses my card to score points With some chickie.

I mean, I got no control Over that, lieutenant.

Well, who passes out the cards Beside yourself?

- your son, for instance? - well, anybody.

Anybody Who comes into the place.

There's a whole boxful Out on the counter.

Just grab a handful. I'd really like to help you...

But I'm afraid I don't know Your mr. Smith.

All right. Do me a favor, won't you?

Keep an eye open for anybody Who fits that description

In case he comes in and grabs Another handful of cards.

Okay, I'll do that.

One of your sons?

Yes. My youngest danny.

He was an all-city guard His junior year in high school.

He was on the team at columbia That swept the ivy league.

No kidding. Surprised He didn't turn pro.

- he must've had offers. - does he have offers.

He'd have been snapped up Like that in the pro draft.

He also had an accident.

Well, basketball Loses a superstar,

I gain a business partner.

That a boy.

- thank you. - lieutenant.

Me and rizzo located Vino fiorello for you.

He's in a nursing home On the lower east side.

You ought to see this joint.

It's a breeding ground For cockroaches.

You can stick Orangutan in there,

It wouldn't make it Through the week.

- get him out of there. - sure. How?

You call captain russo At I.A.D.

And you tell him He wants to help joey,

You get him to give his old man Some decent care and treatment.

- go ahead. - okay, lieutenant.

Lieutenant, we got it. We I.D.'d mr. Smith.

Mm-hmm.

Auggie matthews.

Mwah. How sweet it is.

Got the money?

No.

No? What do you mean, no?

You're too rich For my blood, auggie.

You got to be kidding.

You gonna kill me, huh?

That's the general idea, Auggie.

One shot fired, But at whom, pray tell,

And did it find its target?

Auggie the dilettante, The eternal dabbler,

Little bit of this, A little bit of that

And razzle dazzle And like that.

Just so long as it's illegal-- Numbers, prostitution,

Labor racketeering, Dope, et cetera.

Oh, that name that murray Ornellas couldn't remember,

The jock who certified The marty sentman scholarship

Three years ago, what'll you bet It was the dear departed?

- we can always ask, huh? - and indeed we shall.

What's that?

Ten grand In hundred-dollar bills

Tucked in the top Of that drawer there.

The going rate For narcotics chemists.

Poor old sentman. Even in death, He flies economy class.

All right, I don't suppose You'll turn up anything,

But run these serial numbers Past the banks.

Lieutenant, You're gonna like this.

Well, I haven't liked anything So far.

I found traces of blood in The elevator across the lobby.

You can pin a posthumous Marksman medal on little auggie.

So we know our perpetrator Sprung a leak.

He's gonna need Professional attention.

Alert every Emergency hospital, okay?

And you might start canvassing The taxi fleets as well.

Wherever he went from here,

Chances are He's left a trail of blood.

I was tossing the closet, You know, looking for clues.

And in the pocket of one of The jackets, guess what I found.

Oh. Just what I've always wanted--

A matching set.

Okay, saperstein, You're a jewel.

Did you check The massage parlor?

- I did, yeah. - they swore up and down...

That harry sentman Never set foot in the joint.

You know something? I believe them.

Auggie didn't pick this up At les girls.

He got it at the same place That sentman did--

Right on the street. I want you to picture this.

Sentman's ambling along, His mind on his son's funeral

Or the fact that he's got to Locate vino fiorello,

Make things right For joey, right?

Some sidewalk huckster Shoves this into harry's hand,

Doesn't even glance at it,

Just thrusts it absentmindedly In his pocket,

And he strolls on. Auggie-- That's a different proposition.

Knowing him, he hangs on to this Because he's got big eyes,

You know, to visit The massage parlor

Once he's helped old harry Into the next world.

So we determine

Where the huckster Passed these handbills out,

And maybe we can put together What sentman did with himself

Between the hour and a half That he split from the job

And turned up In the village, right?

Oop, you just read my mind.

More dressing for your salad?

Well, fine time To be coming home.

What do you think, We wait dinner for you forever?

Max.

Max.

What is it? What happened?

- I'll get dr. Fleischer. - no, no doctors.

- but he's bleeding. - danny, you got to trust me.

Now, there are reasons.

Go to the medicine chest, Get me some absorbent cotton,

Iodine, alcohol, And some gauze tape, huh?

He could die, couldn't he?

Danny, please would you go?

Something...

Worse than that.

Let's see what we got here.

"99.1."

It's practically normal.

Looks like you're gonna make it Through the night.

I never doubted it.

No?

Well, I did.

You know, I'd rather Spend the rest of my life

Cutting harris tweed With a manicurist's scissors

- than go through this again. - it's done, papa.

And nobody saw you?

I was very careful.

Thanks, son.

It's all in A day's work, huh, pop?

Hey, dad, after 2:00, I'll take over.

Look, I don't want you Overtaxing your brother.

Now, he's too ugly to die,

But that doesn't mean I want him Hanging around the house

For the next six weeks Recuperating, either. Huh?

- okay. - good night.

Night, dad.

You gonna give up alice faye To sit with me?

Never. Jane frazee, maybe.

On the 11:00 news, There was a report

About a gangster who was Gunned down in his apartment.

Guy that called you This afternoon,

His name was matthews, Wasn't it?

Madden. Arnie madden.

Hey, kid... I'm kind of out of it.

Tell me about sandy's pride.

What do you mean?

I mean a three-year-old Out of noblesse oblige.

Tell me about her, max.

That's one bangtail I don't know.

Don't know sandy's pride? Took the belmont stakes.

What about dopey jean, Rebecca's pride, hari krishna?

Who rode jinglejack In the preakness?

Who was the last filly To take the triple crown?

You don't know, do you? Do you, max?

The big bettor, The grand-a-week man.

You wouldn't know a furlong From a furbelow.

No, wait. I take that back.

Being in the trade, You'd at least know a furbelow.

- what do you want from me, kid? - I want the truth.

That's one thing I can't give you.

Having murdered to suppress it.

You're right, kid.

It was matthews.

Huh?

This is the chump who was with Sentman at the bloody mary.

Now, according to The rummy out there,

He says that when they went Their separate ways,

The suspect goes over to This car parked out front,

Hands the driver an envelope Or something, car takes off.

- auggie matthews? - that's what he said, captain.

You know, I've seen this face Someplace before,

But I be damned If I can remember where.

I'll tell you, He's not in our 52 file.

I had witnesses go through it End to end

Before I put them together with The sketch artist out there.

The bartender didn't know him?

Says he's never Set eyes on him before.

- what about sentman? - same deal. Total stranger.

You know, a thousand bars To choose from, why there?

He had to meet him Someplace, lieutenant.

Hey, that's an answer, Not an explanation.

Anything else, gomez?

Saperstein located the cabbie Who took sentman to the village.

Nothing there. Oh, almost forgot.

We got confirmation From ornellas

That auggie matthews Was the go-between

Who duked in Martin sentman's sponsor.

We been able to get a line On that bundle you picked up

- at auggie's apartment? - clean money, frank.

Clean, clean money.

Now, either the killer Knows where to get it washed,

Or he's up to his fanny In loose cash.

- I should have that problem. - so where are we?

How does nowhere hit you?

Don't have a clue As to who blew auggie away,

Who put the package together To begin with,

The motive behind it all, or Where in hell matthew's killer

Got his wound Tended to last night.

The more I think about it,

The more I'm convinced Joey fiorello. He's got the key.

Somewhere buried in that memory Bank of his, there's the answer.

He just doesn't know he has it.

Ah.

Now I know where I saw this turkey.

Gomez, a few years back, Auggie matthews--

- he was with a union goon squad. - yeah.

You find out if that Goon squad ever worked...

The garment district.

You got it.

You shouldn't have Come in today.

You should be home in bed.

The penalty one pays for being Blessed with robust health.

Heh. I never missed work A day in my life.

If I stay out, There's bound to be questions.

He's right, dan. It's got to Look like nothing's happened.

The whole family on display As always.

Now, that's essential. Let's go.

Positive. I never seen him Before. Why? Who is he?

If I knew that, I could've Saved myself a trip up here.

He's implicated in the sentman Hit, that much we're sure of.

Errand runner, main man, Partner in crime,

Zapper dapper like that. Your guess is as good as mine.

Harry sentman, murray Ornellas, auggie matthews.

Names, names. That's all They are to me, just names,

And now this one.

It's getting to be A cast of thousand.

I can't start to figure out what One of them's got to do with me.

Let's try one more on For size

Just for the hell of it.

Even in a rigged game, they let The mark win at least one hand.

You ready? Aaron fisk.

That give you butterflies? What does it do for you?

Fisk.

Nothing.

No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I take that back.

There was a fisk, But his name wasn't aaron.

All right, tell me about it. Maybe we'll find the connection.

It was years ago.

I can't.

I can't put my hands on it.

Oh, why can't I think of it?

Easy, joey. Don't press. It'll come to you.

We'll talk about something else.

We'll talk about broads Or something, get your mind off.

Ah.

Oh, we located your pop.

Oh, hey, that's terrific. How is he? Is he all right?

Suffered a mild heart attack, But he's doing fine now.

Resting up in A fancy convalescent home

On long island. Last I heard, He was pinching every fanny...

He could lay his hands on.

Oh, that's terrific, theo. Just terrific.

I don't know how ever To thank you.

Not me. You thank captain russo.

Russo? The shoofly Who put me here?

Joey, you got A lot of friends.

More than you even know.

There's men in my squad Never heard of you

Till a couple of days ago, Working around the clock,

Busting their tails To spring you.

Hey, I didn't realize. I had no idea.

- dan. - what?

Dan. That was his name-- Dan fisk.

It was about maybe Close to four years ago.

I was closing in For a drug bust.

The suspect grabbed a set Of wheels and took off on me.

I gave pursuit. The suspect Ran through a red light...

And totaled a sports car just Approaching the intersection.

College kid. Dan fisk. He was the driver.

Now we're talking. You have any contact with him...

Or his father After the accident?

Accident investigation Squad detail followed up.

I tried to visit the kid In the hospital,

But his old man Put the stompers to it.

I felt awful, of course, But what could I do?

Those things happen sometimes.

It was a lousy break, sure, But it wasn't my fault.

Yeah? That's not how Dan fisk's old man sees it.

You mean over a thing Like that?

Over a thing like that, Two men are dead,

A marriage wrecked, a cop's Career shot down in flames.

All told, It's some enchilada, baby.

- joey, I'll get your shield back. - heh.

I mean, if that's the way you Want it. You still give a damn.

And the p.B.A.?

We'll see to it that you receive Every dime that's coming to you

In the way of back pay, okay?

That ain't enough.

Hey, I know.

What can I tell you?

Not even god can give you back The past three years.

I'm going for a danish. Can I get you anything?

Well, what could it hurt?

Bring me back a prune whip

And maybe a vanilla shake, Give or take two scoops.

You got it, sonny.

Hey, max.

You okay?

Such a worrier, My kid brother.

Am I okay?

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm an easy 7 3/8.

That's correct. We'll have it For you by the 12th.

Okay? Good-bye.

Yes. Can I help you?

Yeah, we'd like to see Your father, dan.

Well, he's got someone With him right now, a buyer.

I'm afraid he's gonna be tied up For some time.

Well, then you better Untie him. Uhh.

Lieutenant kojak, New york police department.

Dad, there's A lieutenant kojak out here.

Wants to see you right away.

All right, I'll tell him.

My father will be with you In a minute.

- someone you know? - what, uh...

- no. - lieutenant.

I believe you wish to see me.

Hello, moshe? Yeah, this is dan fisk.

Is my brother still there?

No, that's-that's all right. Thank you.

It's my older son, Maximillian.

It's not a likeness You'd put on a postage stamp,

But it's close enough, I suppose.

What about it, lieutenant?

I think you know What about it, mr. Fisk.

What, you...

What, do you call this proof? Proof?

Proof of what? Look, I don't Have to tell you anything.

I don't have to even Talk to you.

Mr. Fisk, auggie's killer Got hit by a bullet.

You know that. We know that. Wasn't you. We checked.

We know exactly where you were When auggie died,

And it obviously wasn't Your son danny.

That leaves maximillian. Now where is he, mr. Fisk?

I've told you, lieutenant, I've got nothing to say to you.

Now get out. Get out.

- gomez. - you want to hang loose there?

Was it worth it? Now that The show is over, mr. Fisk,

Was it really worth it?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, Yes, it was worth it.

It was worth it.

- max, go back. - look out, danny, look out!

Danny! Max!

Danny.

Danny.

What have you--

Danny.

Danny.

No, mr. Fisk.

It wasn't worth it.