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I haven't asked nothing of you In all of these years.

Yes, of course he has license.

All right, I see.

Look, I come all the way From detroit, a personal favor,

To blow up A couple of immigrants.

You never said what immigrants.

You never said The dame was one of them nuns.

Sure, I recognize them--

Not the first time But when I seen her.

That was a long time ago.

I know I owe you everything, But...

Okay.

Okay.

Yes, today.

But this pays us off Once and for all.

Huh?

Madame, Please to cross the street.

Let this lady through, please!

Stop!

You, out of the way.

Toza, please. This is not funny.

Taxi!

Hey.

Look out.

Let's go. Follow that car.

But be careful.

Taxi! Taxi!

Follow that van.

Toza! Help me!

I'm wounded!

Get a doctor, You candle lighter!

Hurry!

Are you police?

All right, crocker, See if you can help the sister.

There'll be an ambulance coming Any minute here.

We'll just direct 'em back here.

They can help.

Would you come on?

Help this lady, please! She needs help!

Will you shut up? Go over there and sit down.

He got a pulse?

Sort of.

Well, you treat it like a Death scene area anyway, okay?

I don't want it all ripped up Before forensic gets here.

You, over here!

Oh, no, no, mr. Stefanovic.

I'm not that badly injured.

It's all right.

Lieutenant, This is sister lepa angelica

And toza--what is it?

Stefanovic.

Look, I think she was hit By a ricochet .

I found this under her foot.

All right, get on the horn.

I want a full homicide squad Here right away.

Go ahead.

Hey, sister, we're gonna Have to know what happened.

- this one. - well, we--

This one, This man over here.

He tried to kill her. And in a holy place!

Hey, wounded nuns first And gorillas second.

This man with you, sister?

Yes, he's my friend.

We were just admiring madonna

When the man came at us With a gun.

Mr. Stefanovic tried To fight him.

But I got hit by a bullet, Apparently.

Forgive me; it was A very, very great impact.

I still feel A little lightheaded.

Well, we'll talk about it Later, all right, sister?

Uh, there's a wound On her right leg here.

Gunshot wound, okay?

And take it easy with her.

All right, you.

Come on over here and tell me What happened

And who this guy is Who tried to kill you.

I don't know. A crazy man!

But I show him what it is To fight the lion of loveen.

Oh, yeah?

One of the officers found A gun in the grass.

Yeah, sure, I did that.

Bah! Fast, huh?

But of course I'm as quick As a 20-year-old boy.

He didn't have a chance.

Hey, hey, be careful!

Where do you go with her?

To the hospital. You'll see her later.

First there are some questions.

No. The questions, you ask later.

Now I go with the sister.

Uh-uh, uh-uh. Come here.

Looks like he's gonna rip up This joint

No matter what we try to do.

Father dispenza? I talked to the priest.

As far as he could find out,

It happened pretty much Like he said,

That the other guy Was the assailant.

He means father moiso. I'm just a visitor.

I got here just before you did.

Okay, let him ride With the sister.

Get two patrolmen, though, To go with him.

We can question him At the hospital.

You, you're excused.

Go on.

Padre.

Ladies.

You know we have to find out What happened here.

Well, I can't help you That much.

When I came out, It was fist city.

Sister was already down.

We were at prayer. We saw nothing.

Now, wait a minute.

Mrs. Boero, you said that man Tried to shoot them.

The big man saved the nun.

A hero, you said!

Now padre, Don't get excited, okay?

It's obvious That mrs. Coletti over here

Had something to say to her.

Isn't that right, mama?

- you know her? - well, I know her son.

You know, I paid a couple of Professional visits.

And every time I do, There's mrs. Coletti

Showing me That lovely old-fashioned way.

Isn't that right, mama?

You would not make such jokes

When my son hears what happen In his church this morning.

Mrs. Coletti, This is god's church.

You are not one of us, priest,

Even if you have The italian name.

Very few italians are,

And I give thanks for that Every day.

Amen, baby.

Yeah.

His first-aid training Paid off.

Lieutenant, I couldn't find An I.D. On that guy.

Just 1,500 in cash.

He's stable enough now To get to the hospital.

Thanks to you two, He's still breathing.

Look, see if you can't get

More than name, address, Serial number

From these two, huh?

Thanks a lot.

That omerta game.

Oh, that code of silence Is no game to them, man.

I grew up in this neighborhood. They mean it.

Yeah, what happened outside Isn't exactly a croquet match.

You know Who vittorio coletti is?

Don vittorio?

Your basic godfather, right?

Yeah, well, The skinny little old lady,

It's his mother.

Coletti's involved in this? Terrific.

Well, if he isn't, He's gonna be.

You see this church here?

They figure, those colettis,

That this Is their private pipeline

To the big capo in the sky.

Look at all that gelt,

Most of it From poor, simple people,

You know, Who make their devotion.

But the real heavy stuff--

And the priest'll Tell you this--

99% of it comes From the colettis.

You think he'll start Some kind of vendetta?

I don't know, but we'd better Move fast, eh, crocker?

You know what a vendetta is?

There's where a lot of people Kill a lot of people

For years and years and years And years and like that.

Is this oro de saville Funeral home?

Oh, good.

Send a hearse To bellevue hospital at once.

Yes.

Dr. Eric albertson Wanted in o.R.

As soon As the doctors let you,

You go in there And take his prints, okay?

While you're at it, You check his clothes.

That suit's Got to be worth $500.

You see those alligator shoes?

They didn't exactly come From national shoe stores.

Clothes, money in his pocket, Silencer on the gun.

I think this guy's a pro.

Yeah, while you're at it,

What kind of a nut Takes on an armed pro

And then makes knackwurst Out of him?

Another pro.

Raise the bed up to here.

This--this must go.

I tell them private room.

One bed, yes?

Cool it, stefanovic.

I mean, You're gonna keep this up,

I'm gonna put the cuffs on you

And send you upstairs To the launch pad.

You think you can do it?

Uh-huh.

Why don't you go outside And wait?

Maybe you can do it.

This time, I choose to go.

Well, I understand

That they're going to keep you Overnight for observation.

I will hobble for some time, Nothing more.

What is it, mister...

Lieutenant kojak.

Why do you look so oddly At me?

Huh?

It's like looking At santa claus

Without his little red suit.

And I was expecting a hairdo Similar to my own.

We have become much more modern, You know, in our order.

Yeah.

The father tells me He never heard of your order

And, as a matter of fact, Never heard of you either.

Now you are becoming Policeman, yes?

I belong to the order of the Sisters of the white garden.

Our convent is near albany, You know.

I'm afraid It's very, very small.

We came from europe After the war, you know.

Judging from the accent, I'd say yugoslavia.

Um, croatia?

No, montenegro.

But you're very close.

Well, not if You're a montenegrin .

You're very good.

You're very good At interrogating.

You're very good At being interrogated.

I got practice in the war, You know.

And then, you see, I don't need to be afraid.

I have nothing to hide.

I am here in new york To use your library.

Toza came to keep me from being Trampled in the streets.

Such crowds.

In what free time we have, We visit the churches.

Oh, I wish I could believe you, Sister.

Is what happened so unusual?

Are nuns immune from robbers In your city?

Oh, no, he's no robber, and You should know that, sister,

After all your experiences During the war.

No, he's a pro, like your lion Of loveen out there.

I don't know who that man is And why he attacked us.

I say, I like it better When you are charming.

Oh?

I think I like you better When you're telling the truth.

Excuse me, lieutenant.

Detective crocker says

You'd better get down to The emergency room right away.

Vittorio coletti is here With a couple of his boys.

Ah, you'll excuse me, sister. I'll be back.

We have lot to talk about.

Lieutenant, This camera was found

Among the hitman's effects.

It doesn't figure He'd have a camera and a gun.

I thought maybe it belongs To the sister.

All right, go find out. But we develop the film.

I hear coletti's around.

We tried to get rid of him,

But he's got more muscle Around here than we do.

Well, that's because He pays his bills.

Yeah.

Paging dr. Goldberg.

Dr. Goldberg, please call...

Señor coletti, kum ba.

You know something, vittorio?

I mean, I get so much sickness And death in my job,

I don't have to come To hospitals.

This is personal, kojak, Not business.

I want to see

What kind of person Shoots nuns in my church.

Oh, you'll see him.

And then you'll know who he is And you'll tell us,

Like the good citizen you are, Right, vittorio?

Kojak, my wife goes To st. Columba.

My daughters were married there.

Twice a day, My mother goes to pray.

Today guns were shot.

She was badly frightened.

Somebody broke the rules.

Vittorio, I know your mama.

She's the closest thing To a consigliore you got.

She wouldn't be frightened By the gulag archipelago.

Excuse me, lieutenant.

Oh, uh, hold it.

They're taking him In the operating room now.

They say if he wakes up,

He'll be lucky to count His fingers or his toes.

Yeah, it's always shocking

To see someone you know In a hospital.

So what do you say, vittorio?

Come on.

You know what it's going to cost The taxpayer?

I mean, for fingerprints and For dental work and like that?

I never saw him before.

Let's go.

Uh-huh.

You want me to get him back?

It's not gonna do any good.

He knows something we don't. He's got a head start.

Lieutenant, that nun and that Stefanovic guy, they're gone.

Call security. Seal this place down.

Well, the uniformed guys Already did,

And security's doing A floor-to-floor search now.

I mean, you know how big This joint is?

They could be raising goats here For a year

Before anybody'd find 'em.

How much longer, toza?

You don't know What odd feeling this is.

Very soon now.

Oh, really?

You are crazy--

Shh! The dead don't speak.

Is this the stiff for the Oro de saville funeral home?

The hearse is downstairs.

Let's get her sacked up And do the paperwork.

Lieutenant, I swear I never moved from the door.

They went out the window On that blanket.

Six foot of blanket?

How 'bout the other 14 floors?

Or maybe you think She's the flying nun.

But they couldn't get out Any other way.

Oh, yeah?

Well, they didn't get out Any other way, ding-dong.

Here, they hid In the closet there

Until you went And called the cavalry,

And then they walked Out the front door.

Uh.

- follow me. - thanks.

- saperstein. - yeah.

Check with immigration. I want toza stefanovic.

He's a yugoslav.

Don't follow me.

Just go down to identification And stay in their face

Until they give me a rundown On those fingerprints.

- how do you spell it? - all right, crocker.

Sisters of the white garden, Lepa angelica,

Someplace up in albany Someplace.

Capital t-o-z-a, Capital s-t-e-f-a-n-o-v-I-c.

Do I have to spell "Yugoslavia" For you?

No, sir, I can say that.

So?

So, crocker, As soon as stavros comes

With those photos from the lab, You bring them to my office.

So. So, so, so don't ask.

So don't ask, huh?

You have the mob on your back.

I have got Every church organization

In the department on mine.

You put them together, They might make a detente.

So what happened At the hospital?

Zorba the yugoslavian, He faked out the cops.

He called the hearse.

He got the nun away as a corpse.

He rode along dressed up In o.R. Greens and a mask yet.

The driver didn't get Suspicious?

Stefanovic said The body was contaminated,

Which scared the hell Out of him.

And that was nothing to the nun Sitting up ten blocks later,

Saying she was hungry.

It's inventive.

Stavros would have said bizarre.

And this whole thing Is bizarre,

From coletti's mama on down.

Captain? Lieutenant?

The sisters of the white garden Were from yugoslavia all right.

I spoke to the mother superior,

And she said It was a long, long story,

But there was a man Named stefanovic

That helped them get away From the communists.

They got to sicily,

And that's where sister Lepa angelica was killed.

Hey, he didn't come to this Country till after the war.

All right, Check his yellow sheet

And also the crime commission, Okay?

See what ancient history You can come up with on it.

You got it.

You know something?

I think we'd better hear all of That long, long, long story.

Well, if I leave now,

I can make albany And still be back tomorrow.

Here they are, lieutenant.

Oh, yeah. Saperstein?

Yeah.

Well, she may be A great nun impersonator,

But she's a lousy photographer.

I'm gonna go turn on The print dryer.

Here. Look at those shadows.

That's the nun. That must be stefanovic, huh?

And the other guy?

Looks as if he's talking To this other shadow.

I wonder if it knows what evil Lurks in the hearts of men.

I don't know, But if this checker player is--

Is who I think he is, We're gonna find out.

All right, You get immigration?

Yeah, they're on the line now.

S-t-e-f-a-n-o-v-I-c.

He entered the country in 1949, Was naturalized in 1960.

Therefore, He doesn't have to report

His correct address anymore,

And they're checking on him Right now.

While they're at it, have 'em Check on vittorio coletti.

And let's see what they got On his mother.

You got it.

If stefanovic didn't borrow A name like the nun did,

We should be able to find him.

Either way, we'd better do it Before coletti does.

All right, See you in the morning.

I returned peter's van.

I'm surprised It wasn't impounded.

You can be very happy He did not call the police.

He checked it all over For dents.

My god, does the boy believe I've never driven?

Oh, he has His father's suspicion.

How could he? The duke died when he was four.

That is in the blood.

Ah, your father, He was a very proper man.

I just think he was discreet.

No, no.

Blood or not, I knew Peter would never consent

To a second borrowing Of the van,

So I had this made.

Second borrowing?

You want to do it All over again?

Ah.

Toza!

This is impossible.

The police knows your name now.

And coletti.

Even if coletti Has guessed our plan,

He could never dream We would repeat it.

And by the time The police catch up with me,

It will be all over, yeah?

Nay, toza. Nay!

There are too many risks.

Nay. Tozitza.

Tozitza, does it mean so much To you anymore?

Today I felt like a man of Loveen again, a young man.

The blood ran fast in my veins.

You too, I think.

Oh, yes, it was exciting.

But, tozitza,

You don't have to prove to me What man you are.

Madame, I am your servant.

What I do is not just for you,

Not for fast blood Or even for money.

It's for the past, For tradition,

For the things That should be remembered.

Even if no one cares?

Even then.

Tozitza, My father was a wise man

When he give you to me.

Ah.

You were a child.

You needed me.

All right.

Now, crocker, I want you to meet Marlow t. Caswick.

He's been An undergraduate student now

How many years?

Next quarter, It'll be 15 years.

Every three years, He changes his major.

Not that he's stupid. Oh, no, no, no.

Beneath that curly mop of hair Lies an iq of 180.

And he claims to have A photographic memory.

Claims?

Oh, come on. No one's got perfect recall.

Want to bet?

For $10. All right.

Who was with the nun today?

There were three nuns today.

The one with the camera.

Ah, you mean the fake nun.

Wait a minute.

How'd you know She was a fake nun?

That's another question.

You put that in the form Of a bet, and I'll tell you.

Crocker, it's a sucker bet. Lay off.

I'm waiting, marlow.

For $10.

The fake nun was with two men.

One was a big man with Gray hair, gray mustache.

And from the way he walked,

I'd say he was a soldier From the old school,

A white russian maybe or--

Montenegrin.

Ah!

Fierce people.

They have a history

That goes back Thousands and thousands of--

I only wanted $10 worth, okay?

The other man, please, All right?

Male, caucasian, 26 or so.

Leotards and sneakers-- A dancer, of course.

From the development Of the adductor magnus muscle,

I'd say a classical dancer.

I guess you win.

Well, look, for another $5,

I bet you can't tell me Where I can find him.

Let's see.

Fresh sweat stains.

Jacket on To keep his muscles warm.

So he must have been rehearsing Somewhere close by.

They're doing an experimental Ballet at cooper union.

It's very avant-garde.

Look, marlow, should you ever Decide to graduate,

Do me a favor.

Why don't you come out To the cops, all right?

Enchante, Whatever that means.

How did you know She was a fake nun?

I mean, I'll bet you five You can't tell me.

I guessed.

How often do cops go looking For real nuns?

Cover your six-point.

Police.

Oh, my god.

I knew it. I knew.

Ha! What is it?

Hit and run, hmm? That's it?

Good lord, Some poor child in the street.

Oh, I knew something Would happen

The minute I saw the princess In that nun's costume.

Oh, sometimes I wish I weren't so psychic.

Yes, at least we know we're Talking to the right dancer.

Uh, what's this About a princess, duke?

Well, I lent her my van.

Or, rather, stefanovic.

Flex the foot, charles.

Who told you to call me duke?

Your manager.

He said Your name is duke dushan.

Oh, he just likes to say that Because it sounds so macho.

It's not a name. It's a title.

My name is peter.

I won't use my title Until I have my own ballet.

Ah.

Then how about the nun, The princess?

Is that her title too?

Of course. She's my aunt.

The princess vidosava dushan.

Now please tell me What they've done.

Did they give you a reason For borrowing your van?

Well, they said they were Going to a masquerade

On long island, But they didn't.

When they brought the car back, I checked the odometer.

And they'd been driving For hours,

And they hadn't driven a mile.

Maybe we ought to look At your van.

You're not impounding it.

I hope not, peter.

Of course.

Now, I wasn't even born Until years after the war.

And my father didn't get along Very well with the princess,

So I really know very little About them.

I'm sorry. I do want to cooperate.

Look, is she married To stefanovic or what?

Oh, certainly not married.

No, he's from a lower class.

Still, they might be lovers.

Toza does have a kind of bravura If you're into brutes.

Yeah, we were told that Stefanovic and the princess,

They escaped from italy

And that they're currently Involved

With a man named coletti.

Hmm, I can't say.

I do know, though,

That everything was lost In italy.

I mean, those storm troopers In their big, black boots,

Why, they just came in And took it.

And, peter, what was it

Those storm troopers with Their big, black boots took?

Why, the family jewels.

My god, the family fortune.

Why do you think my father Forbade her name in the house?

Now, you won't have a lot Of grubby investigators

Climbing all over the van, Will you?

I've spent absolutely tons Of money on it.

Why, the draperies alone--

Your son has taken

What is precious To the princess vidosava.

I regret to inconvenience you,

But to get it back, I must take What is precious to your son.

You are a dead man, Stefanovic.

We will see who dies, Old woman.

Oh, lieutenant,

The captain's back from albany.

I told him Everything you phoned in.

Dukes and princesses And all that in new york,

That's really something, Isn't it?

Yeah, well,

It's the melting pot Of the world, fatso.

Don't eat it.

All right, Anything on the hitman?

Well, he's still alive.

I.D.'s got a name From his prints, ray sappo.

I got rizzo digging His yellow sheet out now.

All right, now, As soon as it comes,

Would you send it in?

Thank you.

Oh, no sign of them yet?

Well, it's a cinch They lifted the dancer's van.

There's an alarm on it.

Can't be a lot of vans around With the pas de deux

From "Firebird" ballet Painted on the side.

The question is, What do they want it for?

Well, they took it To the church last time.

I sent crocker over there To take a look around,

But I was hoping

That those sisters Of the white garden,

They would help With their long, long story.

Well, they did.

At least they tied coletti Into it.

After they reached sicily, they Hid out in coletti's village,

Which was A big resistance center

Against the germans Before the allies invaded.

Yeah, well, I had a feeling

That sicily would be The best part of the story.

The whole thing is a saga

With stefanovic Right in the middle of it,

Jumping out of trees, Charming ladies,

Bumping off the bad guys.

It's like An old errol flynn movie.

Well, he had a princess To impress.

Oh, no, no.

Sisters never mentioned A princess.

And when I heard about her,

I checked back with them Just to make sure.

She wasn't there, Just the nuns.

Well, maybe yesterday wasn't The first time she wore a habit.

Well, maybe.

They did say A novice disappeared

Shortly after everything blew up In sicily.

Sister lepa angelica was killed That day

And a lot of the others.

Somebody in that village Betrayed it.

So the s.S. Troops Just goose-stepped right in.

Yeah, With their big, black boots.

I heard about it.

And that was the day the Princess's jewels disappeared.

And the novice disappeared.

You think that's why the village Was betrayed?

Well, according to her nephew,

The princess was packing Close to $1/4 million in jewels.

You know, a lot of people Have been sold out

For a lot less than that.

Well, I wouldn't want to be The seller.

A lot of the big mob families

Had relatives and friends Massacred in that raid.

Excuse me, captain, But the lieutenant wanted

To see this yellow sheet On this guy sappo.

Boy, looks like An old-time button man.

11 arrests, 4 for murder.

No convictions.

Moved to detroit in '59.

Look, detroit police might have A file on this, okay?

Okay.

Here.

Hey, theo.

Ray sappo was born In coletti's village.

Lieutenant, there's a call For you on line two!

It's crocker!

Yeah, I'm listening.

Slow down.

Something's happening At the church.

All right, Try to get a statement.

I know it won't do any good, But stay in touch.

Okay.

Huh.

Mama coletti's friend-- You know, the fat one--

Was out in the garden Screaming again.

And when she calmed down, She called coletti.

She wouldn't talk to crocker Or the priest.

Father moiso says Mama was out there with her

Just before it started,

And when he went to look, Mama was gone

And a flashy van With a pas de nuh-huh

Was tearing out.

Terrific, huh?

Well, scaring Coletti's mother is one thing.

Putting the grab on her...

Yeah.

At least we know What the van was for.

I think I'd better go speak To coletti myself.

- did you reach him? - oh, yes.

This time, the great bandit Comes to the phone at once.

No assistants, no mothers To bar the way.

What did he say?

He offers us money.

We have his mother, And still he bargains.

You hear that, old woman?

Your son bargains for you.

I have told you. My son knows nothing of this.

Then you are In very grave danger, signora,

Because if your son doesn't have The jewels in two hours,

I cut your throat.

I heard your mother was Kidnapped this afternoon.

I thought you came to tell me She was dead.

Well, that's very possible

If someone doesn't come up With the jewels.

The jewels? You too?

That's what he said.

Now, what do you know About that?

Hey, I'm the cop here.

You tell me, all right?

Look, for the record, kojak,

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

Nobody got snatched.

Okay.

Okay, the phone rings.

It's toza stefanovic, Of all people.

You know him?

When I was a young man During the war,

He was one of those daredevils.

Crazy.

He'd smuggled a convent of nuns Out of yugoslavia.

Then he joined Our resistance group.

He was a hell of a guy.

As long as he's on your side.

What did he want on the phone?

Well, that my mother Was a hostage

And that if I didn't come up With the jewels in two hours,

He'd kill her.

I told him I didn't know Anything about jewels

But that I'd give him money, Anything.

He laughed.

He must be pretty sure You got 'em.

I don't know What he's talking about!

Vittorio, your buddy ray sappo Tried to kill him

In the churchyard, remember?

Ray sappo, He's from your village.

The jewels stolen From your village.

And the day The jewels were stolen,

There was a betrayal To the germans,

And your village Went down the tube.

You think I would betray My own people?

No, that's one rule I don't think you'd break.

Hey, but he thinks so.

So you're between the devil And the deep blue sea.

If you come up with the jewels,

You'd be admitting To a betrayal.

And if you don't, Your old lady gets it.

You know something, loser?

You're a loser either way.

Oh!

I mean no disrespect, madame,

But even your nephew's wine Runs to the dramatic.

But you must admit It's very good year.

Very old.

The vintage of a certain age Is always more desirable.

If it doesn't turn Into vinegar.

Mr. Stefanovic, The two hours are up.

Is it time to call the bandit?

I have told you before, My son knows nothing of this.

Then who sent a gunman To kill us?

Not him.

God protects what is his.

Oh, I forgot.

We are speaking to a great Friend of the almighty.

She prays twice a day that Her son should not be arrested.

Do you really think That god protects those

Who steal and betray Their friends to the nazis?

Vittorio did not do that.

He did not even know that--

What is it, toza?

I know where the jewels are.

I talked with her For over an hour.

It's like talking to a mattress.

She didn't see a kidnapping.

She didn't even see the van, Nothing.

How'd you make out With coletti?

Eh, history, denials.

But one thing is for sure.

If he finds stefanovic And the princess before we do,

There'll be a lot of dead people Around.

He could be all the way Out of town by now.

No, I don't think so.

He always shows up In the strangest places--

You know, hospital closets.

He went back to the chur...Ch.

I got a hunch.

Where's stefanovic?

I have seen no one.

Who are you protecting, lady?

You've just been kidnapped.

I am not kidnap.

Drinking champagne?

Yes, and from crystal glasses.

Very proper.

So stefanovic Is still on the loose.

- well... - doing what?

He wouldn't leave the princess Alone.

I think He's gone after the jewels.

Lieutenant, Coletti is on his way up now

With his lawyers.

The d.A.'s office says We can hold the princess

As a material witness,

But we don't have Enough probable cause

To hold mrs. Coletti.

You take saperstein.

Keep an eye on coletti's house, Okay?

He'll scream harassment.

Well, let him scream.

Come on. We'll take a ride.

Why not?

Well, your little boy vittorio Had you sprung, mama,

But you're not out of it.

You'll still have to testify Before the grand jury.

As for you, coletti, You are out of it, period.

Sure, lieutenant. Anything you say.

Only in america, They lock your house.

Excuse me, lieutenant.

Coletti just left his house,

And crocker and saperstein Are tailing him.

I guess it's time To talk to her majesty again.

Stavros, Could I have a little pillow

For my back, please?

- of course, your highness. - thank you.

Yes, your highness.

You know, You've been holding court here

For hours, you know.

Enough already.

Now...

You know a lot of people Are looking for your friend,

And the odds are That he'll be found soon.

Now, if we find him, well, He won't get killed.

But if coletti does...

But toza cannot be killed.

You don't know What kind of a man he is.

Princess, All that was 35 years ago.

He was a soldier then.

He's not equipped now To fight off coletti's mob.

Now, let me ask you something.

Are the jewels that important That you'd risk losing him?

Not to me, no. No, no.

But to him, They mean everything.

You mean he's been looking 30 years?

No, not all the time. Life go on.

But toza never forgot, Never forgave himself.

I have a pillow for you, Your highness.

Thank you very much.

You are very kind.

And then, you see, One day, there--

A few weeks ago, there was A fotografija in the paper.

It was the wedding Of vittorio coletti's daughter.

Now, the bride was wearing A pendant

That was in my family Since the time of justinian.

And then you went To the church.

No, not at the beginning.

Toza recognized Vittorio coletti

In the fotografija In the paper,

So he went to his house.

And the mother was nice And was talking

And very, very pleasant, You know.

But the don Would not even see him.

So we went to the church.

It was to talk to the mother Again.

And then let's say She was reluctant.

There was always the van waiting In the alley.

No, I do not admit to that, No, no.

No, but what could we do?

Go to the court? Go to the police?

Who? Who would help us?

No.

It was for us to do.

For toza, a matter of honor.

You understand that.

You are a man of honor yourself.

Uh, lieutenant.

Give this to the captain.

The operetta's over, princess.

Coletti, he just ducked past Our surveillance.

Now, if he went To that much trouble,

It's a cinch he's gonna know Where stefanovic is,

And he's gonna kill him.

Now, you can help, But you got to do it now.

He--he went to get the jewels.

But this is all I know.

Where?

I don't know.

It was something The old woman said.

And, um...

Toza clapped his head,

And he laughed and he laughed And he laughed.

What did she say?

She said something About her son and god

And that god will always protect What is his.

Let's go, frank.

Oh, my liege,

Would you give the princess Your hand?

We need her To identify the stuff.

Yes, sir.

Stefanovic, You're too old for this.

Find him.

Kill him before somebody comes. Go!

Get him!

Don't move.

Kill him.

Now.

Freeze!

Come on. Get up.

Assume the position.

He was robbing the church.

I am not the robber here!

Shut up, both of you.

This betrayer, this coward, Killer of nuns.

I said shut up!

He hasn't betrayed anybody.

He hasn't killed any nuns.

So who sends the hitman To kill us, huh?

Uh, mama, are you gonna Tell him, or am I?

What are you saying?

What is this?

Yeah, stefanovic went to see About the jewels.

And he saw your mama, right?

Your mother said You wouldn't see me.

Yeah, and then she called Ray sappo in detroit.

Well, that's crazy.

Yeah, sure.

You, your mother, and ray,

You're all From the same village.

You know, tight-lipped.

How else could she keep you From finding out?

No. Tell him it's not true.

Tell him. You would have no reason.

Oh, she's got a reason: The jewels.

She took 'em from the princess And betrayed your village.

My god, man, What are you saying?

Come on; don't tell me You didn't have a clue.

I mean, there you were, A little shepherd boy

In the old country Yelling wolf.

Immigration says your mother Entered the country

With 68,000 in cash, A carload of furniture,

Uh, religious items.

So how come A sheepherder's mother

Can come up With that kind of scratch?

That stuff?

We inherited it From my grandfather.

He fought with garibaldi.

You can check it out.

Stavros!

We'll check it out right now.

It's all right.

Princess.

So many trouble For these ancient stones.

We have documenta, fotografija, Testimony if you wish.

The dushan jewels have been Very well known at one time,

Like the dushan family.

So what does it prove?

Who would believe that The mother of vittorio colle--

Four sons, I had.

They are little.

When their father is killed, Vendetta.

So the men From the village come.

They teach the little boys Our way, our code,

How to hate, who to hate.

Among my people, the woman Will do as she is told.

I am a young girl, 19.

So they teach them.

And one by one, my sons die.

Vendetta.

Polizia.

War.

And I learn how to hate.

Mama.

You know what I learn?

I learn to hate is not enough To protect you.

Power, protection.

Money, protection.

The agent is right, you know.

Where does the mother Of a shepherd get such things?

I will tell you where.

From god.

He is a great bargainer,

And I bargain with him for you.

I say to him, "I give you me,

But you give him power."

And he sent the nuns With the jewels,

But he give to me The greatest gift of all.

He showed me

How to pay back the village

For my dead sons.

Theo, think we'd better take These people downtown.

Nobody's gonna believe I didn't know about this.

Hey, I believe it.

I mean, your friends May not believe it,

But I believe it.

Your rules, baby, not mine.

Now that you know The truth of it,

You see there is no need To keep us.

Yeah, well...

You know what I see, Princess?

I see a bunch of fools,

A bunch of fools who don't know

That this is new york city, usa, The big apple, baby.

Huh?

Not some european village,

Not some remote kingdom All by it itself.

And you ain't no fairy princess,

And he sure the hell Isn't robin hood.

Yeah. Perhaps we were foolish.

But then this is no reason To arrest us.

Oh, we can arrest you, All right.

Burglary, possession Of burglars' tools,

Grand theft auto, Flight from lawful arrest,

Aiding and abetting,

And there's just another little Knick-knack.

It's called interfering, and, Boy, do you qualify for that.

I do this to you.

Tozitza.

Toza, it doesn't matter.

We hire lawyer.

We have right, huh?

Yeah, you have a right To a lawyer.

Lawyers.

Tozitza, we are together, Always together.

Tozitza.

You were wonderful.

You should not be standing So long.

Come, madame. Take my arm.

You, open those doors!

Make way for this lady.

Yeah.

Does not everyone need A robin hood sometime?

Yeah, but not necessarily On my beat, all right?

Uh, saperstein!

Open the door for the lady.

Oh, say, can you see?