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Gramercy park hotel, Manhattan.

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Baby, you're just too much.

You'd do better walkin'.

Too tired, my brother. Been on the move for six months.

You a salesman?

- I'm a hunter, sam. - you're pretty quick.

You read my name On the card there.

What kind of a hunter?

Let me off at the corner.

Take it easy, sam.

Keep the change.

Mamma mia.

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Are you julie?

Why?

A friend on the coast Said to look up a fox

By the name of julie.

Yeah? What friend?

Your sign Says all questions answered.

Oh, you want a reading.

Why didn't you say that?

If I use the tarot deck, It'll be $8,

And that includes any questions, Naturally.

Just one question. Where is anthony meara?

A lousy cop.

I'm no cop, sweet lady.

I'm just a man That's lookin' for a man

That's running hard by the way Of los angeles,

Detroit, and chicago.

Look, I don't want To be mixed up in any snuffing.

Sister julie, do I look Like a man that would be part

Of a snuffing?

I'm not here To snuff tony meara.

I'm here to save His naughty bone, god willing,

With your help and cooperation.

Well, there's nothing I know.

He thinks I Have some special gift.

I told him it wasn't so.

Just a way with cards, But he don't believe me.

That's all I can tell you.

"To tony, my ace of wands.

From julie."

Where did you get that?

Oh, I just looked down once And there it was, like magic.

Well, the ace Of wands is not magic.

It's his inner card From the tarot deck.

All of his aspects are strange.

He owes a lot of dues In his 12th house.

He's weird.

Never did the same thing twice, Not the same way.

Came by cab one time, He'd walk the next,

Or change the meeting place At the last second.

Crazy!

Only once did he Take me to the same place twice.

A dive south of houston.

Really freaky. One bite of steak.

One look over his shoulder.

It's all in his chart.

It's what they call paranoia.

He's just being careful, love.

- it keeps him alive. - what do you mean?

He's an executioner For syndicate green.

A hit man.

Why, his horoscope Should have told you that.

Good day, sister julie.

Yeah?

Hey, uh, charlie there?

- charlie? - yeah?

Your bookie.

Yeah, charlie.

What do you want today, Charlie?

Yeah, the first at belmont.

Make it the double.

Numbers seven, two, And six, four.

One each.

Okay.

Seven, two, six, four.

Well, well, well, well.

A deputy commissioner And a city councilman,

They're having their lasagna Today.

Huh.

You got to be crazy walking In here.

I want to talk to mr. C.

Tony, you're dead. Lie down.

Matty, I'm carrying Your marker a long time.

Now you gonna help Me square myself?

Then how'd you get out, huh?

Hey, tony, they were boxing you For murder one in fris--

Hey, man. I don't know.

The judge says "No bail."

All of a sudden I'm out on $200,000.

I put up 10%.

I'm out on the street three Hours, somebody tries to hit me.

To hit me!

Now, matty, you know who I am.

They can keep sending Their soldiers all day.

Who cares? Are they--are they kidding?

I took down three Since I left the coast.

Now, they were good, matty, But I am better.

I am the best.

You got wheels?

Out back.

Okay.

I'll send word.

You're telling me now?

Now you say no?

This man is destroying me, And you say no?

I say they're around him Like fort knox.

I say it's not worth to die for.

100 grand ain't Worth it to pull him down?

You yellow banana, you!

Get out of here. Beat it!

Big hit man, get out!

Yeah?

That call from the coast.

They were right. He showed.

What are you bothering me With that stuff for?

You know what to do with him.

Do it!

Run no more, baby.

Papa's come to take you home.

I thought I lost you In chicago.

But now we're together again.

Start 'er up.

It happens.

Sure, it does.

You flooded it, you turkey!

Now get out.

Slowly.

You walk ahead.

Give me a break, harms.

I'm giving you a break, Sugar,

By taking you back To that court in frisco.

Let's go.

He's got my piece.

Did matty make that phone call?

Yeah, mr. C. Don't want To hear your story.

Coming here with a gusty shot, But it don't pay off.

Move.

Get in.

You drive.

Tony!

I'm gonna go check.

You better watch the driving, Friend.

Johnny malouf took a knife In the belly.

The round one Over here found him.

Oh.

Matty, What can I tell you?

You lost your right arm.

Oh, no, no, no, kojak.

I lost my best friend.

Yeah, what'd you think I meant, baby?

You, fat one, talk to me.

Well?

Well, what, baldy?

Who's the balloon?

This is charlie, The bartender.

Oh, well, What are you doing out here?

What'd you see? Well means move your lips.

Well, I came out For a little fresh air.

I see the stiff.

I do my good citizen act,

And if you want To know any more,

Why don't you go get Yourself a warrant, knob head?

You know how to mix drinks, Matty? Good.

'cause you just Lost your beefy bartender.

Come on, lieutenant, Give me a break.

Sure.

Lieutenant, the techs

Found some blood over there On the wall, and, uh,

It couldn't be his because he Fell where he got slit.

Check it out Against his anyway.

8, 9, 10-4, And out.

You want to come with me, Hot lips?

- saperstein, you drive the car. - all right.

Take it easy. Just take it easy.

You understand?

I'm going. I'm going.

Get yourself an apron. You're gonna tend the bar.

Go.

This guy walks in.

Their eyes pop out.

They talk.

I can't hear anything.

The guy goes out.

Matty gets up, Makes a telephone call,

And sends his muscle After this guy.

A car won't start.

A gun goes off.

I run out to see What's going on,

And I see a cab taking off, And that's it.

What about the $100,000 Contract rumble?

Just what I sent up saturday.

It's still on.

Nothin' about when, nothin' About who's got the contract,

Or intended victim.

Okay.

You go through the books, see if You can come up with a new face.

If not, nail down a portrait, Okay?

I'll give you a story To bring back to the bar.

I just can't believe it.

You take your own undercover man Away.

You mean you just drive away.

Eight months of work

Put in jeopardy from a bunch Of lead-footed local cops.

Well, I can't Apologize enough, mr. Whelan,

But if we hadn't investigated That homicide it might have

Seemed a teensy-weensie bit Suspicious, don't you think?

Don't try to con me, kojak.

The state of new york

Went on the hook for 83 grand To buy that bar.

We spent a year looking

For exactly the right place That's also for sale,

And you local people Are stomping all over it!

Whelan, I'd like to remind The new special prosecutor

For narcotics

We've gotten a gold mine Of information out of there.

You have. I haven't.

That bar was purchased for one Purpose and one purpose only.

Turkish white's on the street Again,

And in quantities, I want the man who put it there,

And that bar was supposed To lead me right to him,

Until your bulls Broke all the china.

You want us out? Say the word.

Captain,

I wanted federal people In on this from the start,

But no, they insisted you Local people knew the scene.

Maybe they were referring To traffic control, huh?

Whelan,

One of my men has his tuchus On the line in there.

Gentlemen, I think we've said it all.

What?

Did I say something?

Lieutenant, captain, I got a make on the guy

Who came out of the alley, And you were right.

He took a cab, and I got the Drop point off the tip sheet.

Well?

Well, you want it standing up Or sitting down?

You want it here Or in staten island?

6'6", 260 pounds,

Fingers like baseball bats, Hands like suitcases.

Shall I continue?

Salathiel harms.

Big black dude from the coast?

The one who works For different bondsmen?

The one who goes after bail Jumpers for a percentage.

Him?

What's he doing in that bar?

What'd you do?

Forget your key, coochie-coo?

You're taking quite a chance, Aren't you, kojak?

Hey, what's going on here?

Hi.

- what's all the noise? - all right folks,

There's nothing to see now.

Come on. Get back.

Why the party, kojak?

I thought we were On the same team, sort of.

Salathiel, If I knew it was you,

But downstairs the desk Has cosimo medici

Registered in this room.

Is that right?

How's bounty hunting?

Good, bad, up, and down.

Keeps me in grits And watermelons.

And why don't you Cut that shufflin'

Down to the levee old man River routine, okay?

You got a masters from berkeley, Captain special forces vietnam.

So who's the target for today?

And how's it relate

To the stabbing in the alley?

Okay.

Things have been kind of slow,

And I heard About this hot bar downtown,

So I thought I'd shop around.

You're just shoppin'?

La-di-da, like that?

Never even got Inside the place.

Just walking past the alley.

Two steps, a car fly by,

I'm hugging the bricks Trying to get out of the way,

And I'll be damned if some crazy Dude don't take a shot at me.

I'm a half-a-block Down the street in the cab

Before I realized I'd been hit,

And that's the truth, Your honor, sir.

Hm. What kind of car, make, color?

Man, all I saw was the flash Of that gun.

I didn't need to see nothin' Else.

My feet just started moving.

Listen, there's no need

For me to be lying to you, Kojak.

Money, salathiel.

Money, money, money.

You'd lie to the pope

To protect the 20% You get for bail jumpers.

Maybe I'll go back And learn some more.

Forget it.

Eh, well look, salathiel, We've got our eyes on that bar.

Okay, we got a big gambling Operation coming down.

- gambling? - yeah, so you forget about it.

And I'll forget that you Were a witness at a homicide.

Never even heard of the place.

Mm-hmm, and in the morning,

You come down,

And tell us all about That walking by.

- all right? - first thing.

Hm. Cosimo medici.

Man, didn't bat an eye.

Just wrote it down.

Yeah?

Yeah,

I want rizzo to get down here And give saperstein a hand.

Outside the gramercy park hotel.

To follow a liar By the name of salathiel harms,

A.K.A. Cosimo medici.

Capice?

Yeah.

- yeah? - matty, tony meara.

Hey, tony, I'm glad you called.

Sure, yeah. Sure you are.

You tell mr. C his muscle-bound Mary was number four.

You tell him I'm gonna take down Anybody he sends,

Or he can sit down and talk.

Tony, tony, He wants to talk, on the level.

He said there's a way.

All of a sudden He says he can make you happy,

And you can make him happy.

Okay.

Tell him okay. I'll call you tomorrow.

He said today. Tony!

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Hey, brother.

I got some guys That are following me

That are not home boys.

Yeah.

- throw them off, please. - all right.

- right on. - all right, man.

Bye-bye, boys

Oh!

Oh.

Hey.

Yeah.

I thought you wanted Me to meet you at your hotel.

Hm, changed my mind.

Huh?

What were you standing There for?

Eh, you know me.

I hate surprises.

You know, I've been going over my moves,

Very careful moves,

For the last six months, All very, very carefully.

All except one.

You want a drink or something?

How'd that picture get there?

It's an old picture.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

It was in my pocket when they Picked me up in frisco.

I never got it back.

Lieutenant, line three, San francisco.

Yeah, hi-ya, ted.

How's it going?

Uh, li-okay, That's fine.

Listen, not too many months ago,

Anybody jump a sizeable bail?

Yeah, you want to call me back?

- okay, I'll hang on. - what's this about?

That knifing From behind the bar,

I didn't buy That big slob's story.

I really think he's here On business.

Yeah, ted.

No, no, that's too small.

I mean something real big.

Yeah. That's more like it.

200 grand, huh?

Right. Hey, thanks, baby.

Yeah, I'll return the favor. Just don't sent the giants back.

We ripped down The polo grounds.

Yeah.

Anthony "The mirror" meara.

Six months ago, Federal indictment,

Explosive device causing death

And destruction.

Crocker!

Yo.

Call the feds.

Tell 'em we think that tony Meara's in the neighborhood.

Get the flyer with his picture, Meet stavros somewhere,

And he can button up the make, I'm sure.

Huh?

So harms Is after tony meara.

20% of 180 grand.

I'd love to get paid that way.

$3,600 a suspect.

Frank, $36,000.

Julie? Hello?

Sorry, sister.

I did a job.

I-I got careless, And they grabbed me,

But I never talked,

And the rest you know. I've laid it out.

I laid it all out, including My life by coming here,

And I trust you.

Oh, you trust us, tony?

So how come you got your hand In your pocket?

Shh. It's a grenade, yes?

It doesn't matter.

This is a child's game We all play.

You talked, you didn't talk.

What matters is you're here,

And you can square yourself, Do us both a favor,

And live.

Name it.

Name it and it's done, mr. C.

There is a man bothering me,

Hurting us,

Costing us.

I had a price out for him.

Big money,

But nobody came to me And said,

"I am the man to do it."

I want you to be that man, Anthony.

Who is he?

They say He wears bulletproof clothes,

That he's guarded night and day.

He's out of your life, Mr. C.

Well, don't you want To know the price tag?

No price.

I'm doing this to prove myself.

You're a professional, Anthony,

And professionals get paid For what they do.

The contract is 100 grand.

A $100,000 hit?

It's done.

Her neck is broken.

Shattered, actually.

You saw the rest of it.

Okay, fred, thanks.

What'd you come up with?

Oh, nothing in here, Except the curved sigh.

Leo, Leo the lion.

Could be a name.

Leo, leon, maybe it's leonard.

All right, you guys. This is it.

We're right down to the wire.

Place is a morgue since johnny Got took down in that alley.

100 grand.

Meara, meara on the wall.

Take your drink, chedrule.

Hey, what did I say?

I said a 100 grand, And chedrule yourself!

He's a dead man.

He had to take it.

I'll lay even money He don't go through with it.

Come on.

Put it up. Come on, put it up.

He'll find some banana In the stars and chicken out.

You talk too much, tommy.

Tony baloney.

He's full of it.

Full of it!

Yeah.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Oh.

Crocker, get me The federal flyer on tony meara.

- captain. - I know.

Harms just put the collar On the president of the u.N.

For jumping bail In the security council, right?

Almost as good.

Stavros came up With an early christmas present,

Our 100-grand hit man.

- who? - the bail jumper, tony meara.

You're sure.

80%.

- 80? - all right.

Maybe 50.

Make it 90.

Catch this, "Armed and Considered dangerous, et cetera.

"Meara is known To frequent occult bookshops

"And other places Dealing in astrological

And psychic et cetera, Et cetera."

That homicide, the d.O.A. With the signs on the floor,

One was a leo.

So all we have to do Is find out

What she meant With that other symbol.

Huh?

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Hey, brother.

I ain't your brother, So take a walk, we're full up.

I'm from the department Of health, mr. Uh--

Uh, duffy, And I ain't the manager.

Then you'll have no objection To my inspecting the upper, uh--

Oh, go ahead. Go ahead.

- I think they're gonna fix it. - good.

I just want to make sure for Myself what he's talking about.

Make sure I got the right hotel.

The man making a complaint, He's about 5'8" and a quarter.

Dark hair, bad complexion.

Here's a picture He left at the department.

Yeah, mr. Martin, 100.

Uh, he ain't in.

Yeah, that's him.

Someone from the department Of health's up there--

All right. Open up. Police!

Come on. We know you're in there!

I'm calling my bookie. You want something?

No, no.

Uh, matty, you want to take Care of that customer?

Charlie, I'm busy with stock.

I'll have a ramos fizz.

I don't know nothing About those fancy drinks.

Why don't you go find yourself A high-class joint someplace.

Hey.

I know you.

From chicago, right?

I never been there.

Well, you told me You were in chicago once, eh?

Yeah. Well, I forgot.

Take a walk.

Get out of here.

Oh, I though you leaned Over to kiss me hello, stavros.

I'll give you a kiss hello.

I'm telling you to get the hell Out of here.

I am telling you That I want tony meara.

Tony meara?

Who doesn't?

I don't care who doesn't.

I does.

Trouble, charlie?

I was just asking your man

Here what time Does lilly come to work.

- who? - lilly, your waitress.

I'm supposed to meet her here.

No lilly, man. Not here.

Don't con me, man.

Hey, I swear.

Do I look like lilly to you?

No, but he does.

The bigger they are, The dumber they are with broads.

Yeah.

Hey, anybody!

Go to a phone and call a cops.

You understand?

Hey, miss, Please call the cops.

Miss. Hey, lady.

Please, call the cops.

The bomb squad. Please, lady.

- what is this, a joke? - for god's sake!

Will you go--will you go To a phone and call the cops?

Move! Lady, move!

When rizzo calls back, Pull him in, okay?

We got that cuckoo From the coast

To thank for flushing meara.

Well, frank, Don't you look dashing.

- ready when you are, captain - we're on our way.

Dedication of the new Municipal pier.

- really? - lieutenant, it's for you.

Kojak.

What?

You know, we can kiss That bar good-bye for sure now.

You better keep away, kojak,

And keep that bomb squad Working.

Oh, no. You know something, salathiel?

I've been looking forward To this little tete-a-tete

For days now.

You know, every time we manage

To build a nice little sand Castle,

You come along with your big Fat feet and you kick it over!

- listen-- - you conned me, baby.

You came here To pick up tony meara,

And you blew our cover.

Listen, Can't we talk about this later?

Yeah, what were you doing At the hotel lyons?

I went to the toilet.

Okay.

You keep up with those gags

And that's exactly where you're Going, down the tube.

Okay, That's how I earn my bucks,

Going after bail jumpers,

And that's an honest profession.

Now you listen, coochie-coo,

If you picked up A lead in that room,

Now's the time to share it,

Otherwise, you and he Are gonna take a ride

On a long, long bus With little wire mesh windows.

Now you listen here, kojak--

Ah! Don't move!

Meara's on the run for His life.

There's a hit on him.

If you had kept in touch With your friends like me,

You'd know that was not true.

He's picked up A 100-grand contract.

Relax.

Is there a reason You're still like that?

Oh, you could considering The fact that if it goes,

You go, too.

Hey, lieutenant,

Didn't you tell him They found it ten minutes ago?

Listen, that 100-grand hit.

Is that on the level? Who is it?

We're not sure.

Harms, it's a man's life.

I found this in meara's room.

That's whelan! The new special prosecutor.

- I was gonna call you. - oh, sure you were.

Give me that.

Field security units, Tighten up on whelan.

I'm on my way.

All right. I'm picking up crocker.

Statements?

No statements right now.

A little later, folks, please, If you don't mind.

Just a little later. Captain?

Excuse me.

Excuse me, Ladies and gentlemen,

If you'll please Just excuse us.

I think he'd be insane To try anything here.

Hey, whelan, you're Endangering everybody near you.

Lieutenant, are you trying To tell me

That I can not go out in public Until this thing is resolved?

Now would you do that If your life was threatened?

Excuse me.

Frank, you got to take it Out of his hands.

But how?

The highest rank I pull Is city.

By the time Albany takes any action,

You and I will be retired For a year.

- did get lucky? - sure did.

- that's good. - which one is whelan's car?

Brown one in front Of the curb.

- is it well-covered? - yeah

- keep your eyes open, okay? - okay.

Oh, right. Sure.

That's him.

- hey, I'm your relief. - oh, yeah?

Yeah. Ten minutes.

Don't stretch it longer.

Yeah.

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Don't start this car, mister.

Don't what?

Hey! Hey! Hey, fellas! Grab that guy!

- I need your cab. - where to?

I need it.

What's going on? Hey, come back with my cab!

What's wrong with you?

Bring it back here!

Now, you're telling me a black Guy took your ignition keys,

Stole your cab,

And a cop drove away In your blue and white?

Yeah, a cop.

Rope off whelan's car.

Give me a car!

I've got you surrounded, Meara.

Get out of my way!

What the hell Do you think you're doing?

Hey, what's he doing here?

What the heck is going on?

Time to talk, old buddy.

I need to know who hired you.

I'm listening, sugar.

Hey, turn blue!

Oh.

When I was a kid in st. Louis,

We used to all play This game called meatball,

And I forget all the rules, But you ask a person a question,

And if he didn't answer, You yell "Meatball!"

And sure enough, they'd answer.

Who hired you, meatball?

Meatball, who hired you?

Huh?

Oh, harms.

Meatball,

Hey, who hired you?

Oh.

Meatball, you're going to talk.

Who hired you, meatball?

You're not gonna talk, huh?

Who hired you, meatball?

Meatball!

Lieutenant, that's illegal.

Yeah. I know, but look at the rhythm.

Hey, lieutenant.

What are you doing here?

You got no warrant.

You got no right to be here.

Captain, This was all a big thing

He put together to break in On legitimate business,

But you don't fool nobody.

Harassment, That's what it is.

Oh, would I do that to you?

You mean would I bend the law in Order to put you away forever?

What about the beef? Whose is it?

This is all my property.

- now get out. - verified.

Crocker.

Ta-da.

Read him his rights.

Yeah, harms.

You made whelan A happy headhunter.

Now you make me happy.

- ohh. - give me my man.

I don't know About that, sal.

What you mean you don't know?

I bust this case for you and get My skin in a wringer doing it,

And you don't know?

Well, you know, He's in my jurisdiction.

- what can I tell you? - your jurisdiction?

You know what you can do With your jurisdiction

While he's standing there With my cuffs on him?

Well, what can I tell you?

The captain thanks you. I thank you.

The city of new york thanks You, and like that.

Aw, come on, kojak.

I saw that movie.

I mean, Look at this I outfit.

300 bucks.

My brogans, scuffed, My six month's up tomorrow,

And if I don't have him back by Then, the bail will be forfeit,

And I don't even Get my handcuffs back.

Yeah, well, see you next time You're in new york.

Kojak, how we colored folks Gonna ever get ahead with you

Treatin' us like this?

Oh, don't you Lay that number on me.

Eh, crocker, give him his cuffs Back and leave the body on it.

That ought to update you A couple of decades, huh?

Who loves you, baby?

Yeah, sure,

And crocker, take him To the airport, would you?

Via the sub way.

Maybe he'll get himself mugged.

- theo. - what?

He's walking off With our prisoner,

And you helped him?

Frank, remember that game we Used to play when we were kids?

I'll swap you. You know, make everybody happy?

Try to get the idea That a trade is a trade.

All right, you got to give A little, you take a little.

A trade is a trade. What did we get?

Well, for starters, We got our china shop back,

Minus that big, black bull.

Besides that, I called the d.A.'s office.

San francisco had first call.

What do you mean They had first call?

- I thought we had first call? - no, no.

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