Original subtitles

You know what r.I.P. Means, Don't you, ray?

Sure. R.I.P., run in place.

It means rest in peace, r.I.P.

You put her here, All those years,

Kicking and screaming.

You were crazy As a child, an animal.

Give her a bad heart, you did.

Her heart didn't seem To bother her none,

Not on nights She went out on you.

She'd lock me in my room,

Tie me in my bed,

Go out while you were at work.

Later on, when I was around 12,

She used to take me in on it.

Do you know What she had me do then?

Do you know what She had me do then?

I'm sorry, pop.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

I just thought you should know.

Pop? Pop?

I'm not staying in providence.

I'm going to start over.

Good-bye.

Ray.

She always hated you.

Always.

Just thought You should know that.

♪ you

♪ baby, you

♪ you

♪ baby, you

♪ you

♪ baby, you

♪ you

♪ baby, you

♪ came into town, Walked down our old street ♪

♪ looking around, But I couldn't find you ♪

Hey, all right. Nobody's stealing nothing.

Don't worry.

♪ baby, you

♪ how long has it been, You moved out of town ♪

♪ said, see you around

♪ it's over for you

♪ baby, you

♪ was it too late?

♪ was it too soon?

♪ you're gone, and I have To dream my dreams ♪

♪ alone

♪ leaving today 'cause I can't stay ♪

♪ until I come back, I'll be thinking of you ♪

Want a coke?

Sure.

You got 25¢?

♪ coming or going

♪ I snuck into town With cold winds blowing ♪

♪ knowing

♪ that you were here, And I was there ♪

♪ long-distance calls And hopes ♪

Here.

♪ but time ran out For me and for you ♪

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

That's the best joint I've had in eight years.

I've been up in dannemora.

What's that?

Jail.

Wasn't that bad, though.

There's no sense in hiding it.

Don't.

My head isn't into making love This year.

I told you that on the road.

I thought maybe Things had changed.

- why? - oh, I don't know.

The joint. Beer.

Guy who finds you very sexy.

What more could you want, right?

I get a guy who hasn't been With a woman in eight years.

I hate it.

No, don't.

Don't say that. Don't do that.

Please?

Look, we'll be in new york In an hour.

I'll go pick us up Another six-pack.

No more trouble, okay?

Okay.

Story of my life.

I mean, I get a half a day off,

And I can't even Stand still in one spot.

Could you move over here, Lieutenant, please?

Over here? Uh...

What do we do here?

- what's that for? - it's for your blood pressure.

Amy, this is the lieutenant's 23rd annual check-up.

I'm sure he knows Exactly what he's doing.

Did you hear, theo?

Lieutenant gillette died.

Only 39.

Did you hear, Dr. Ellis, lieutenant krakow,

He had triplets.

He was only 56.

You look sallow, theo.

Slow down.

Take your days off.

Avoid excessive overtime.

You hear that?

I mean, the force is being Cut down, crime is going up,

And I'm supposed To take it easy.

You know what's going on Out there, doctor?

I miss the battles, theo, But count the bodies.

A lot of men Are talking early retirement,

Going on to something else.

- how about you? - what, give up show business?

Oh, no, no.

The force is stuck with me A couple more years.

Excuse me, but there are a few Questions you failed to check.

- yeah. - are you married?

No.

Divorced?

No.

And of course, no children.

Uh, no children.

And in this section on--

And this isn't fair.

Because if I failed That high blood pressure test,

Nurse, that's the reason.

Huh?

I don't understand.

Just exactly what are you Using my window for?

We take one frame, one picture Every couple seconds.

Then when we run it later,

We squeeze four hours Into one minute.

It's a film For our class in school,

requiem for an abandoned car on a new york city street.

I have sinned

In deed, not just in mind.

You know what I've done?

I've--I've, uh...

I've tried to hurt her.

Mostly that's all, Just get even with my mother.

I had to tell my father The truth just once.

She'd go out.

I couldn't say anything.

She would have killed me.

And when I was older,

If he phoned Like he was coming home early,

I'd have to answer,

Say she was asleep.

And then I'd call her At this hotel.

She maintained a room there.

Maintained.

I shouldn't have hurt My father's feelings.

I'm sorry.

But I can't go into it All right now.

It'd take too long.

I don't believe You went ahead and did it.

You just did it.

Well, you don't think I was going to put tap water

In my african violets, do you?

Hey, I chipped in a buck A month.

It makes better coffee, bobby.

That I can't believe.

- yeah, it does. - just a minute here.

You can't put it there Because the drawer doesn't open.

- see? I told you before. - hey.

Never mind about the drawer.

Just hold that steady a second.

We'll fix your drawer later.

Hold it Till I get it over there.

Hold it steady now.

- what are you doing? - wait a minute, here!

Rizzo!

You quit that, I'm telling you right now!

- but then it's gonna drown! - you got it.

Lieutenant, they won't let me Put the bottle in the cooler.

Well, put it in the cooler Before you drown!

- there you go. - saperstein did it, lieutenant.

- it was rizzo. - get a mop, rizzo.

I got to mop up.

What broke?

You know what somebody Asked me just an hour ago,

And I said no?

- what? - do I have any children?

Well, do I have any children?

Manhattan south to the bridge.

Abandon ship!

Yeah, detective crocker.

Yeah, uh...

- lieutenant? - yeah.

Bleecker street. Murder.

Girl found in the trunk Of a car,

Wrists tied And eyes are taped.

What do you got?

There's no plates, no I.D. On The victim, no purse, nothing.

There's a couple Of film students,

Got some sort of movie for you, If you want to develop.

All right, you get their names And addresses.

- I'll talk to them later. - right.

Looks like clothesline,

Common brand, kind of like A pair of handcuffs.

Precise cause of death--

Multiple stab wounds In the back.

How'd you know that?

We called him The clothesline killer.

He murdered three women In the summer of '69.

And in october '69, I caught the clothesline killer.

Name, fred toner.

He was in the ymca uptown, 23rd street.

When he tried to escape, I killed him.

Two shots.

If I can remember 1969, You were lieutenant,

And I was bucking for your job.

And you had captain fisher's job All sewn up.

Mets won the world series.

Who could forget '69?

Three women did.

They were murdered.

The clothesline killer, Remember,

Fred toner, the first man I ever shot?

Frank, this girl was killed With the identical m.O.

I mean, including the tape Over the eyes,

Which we never released To the press.

When I shot toner In '69, frank,

How could he have been The right man?

Theo, he had the same kind Of rope in his room

When you went after him.

Bluebird. That was it.

It was definitely his knife That killed that victim,

And it was her blood type The lab found

On his navy peacoat When they checked it out.

He even took a shot at you When he tried to escape.

And the murders stopped.

So how could it be The wrong man?

- yeah? - excuse me.

But we found out one thing From the lab for sure--

That the type of clothesline He used

To tie up the girl's wrists In the trunk was bluebird.

Get down, quade. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on.

Let him hit you.

All right. Move it now.

Come on.

Keep covered.

All right. All right.

Enough.

Hey, hey, knock it off.

You're letting your guard down. You're not thinking, quade.

He's not thinking of me, For sure.

Listen, I've got a fight On saturday night.

I've got a lot on my mind, Okay?

Yeah, everything But my birthday.

What did you ever Give me anyhow, except promises?

Come on, leilah. Don't bring it in my gym, huh?

Hey, quade.

You wouldn't believe it.

I've been sitting on this order Five hours.

He wouldn't take nothing But long stems.

Says they were Just right for your long legs.

See, baby?

I told you I wouldn't forget you.

I was out of line, quade.

I'm sorry.

But I sure was feeling taken For granted.

Okay, okay, take ten.

Wait, wait, wait.

I got 25 killers in here, Monsters.

But it's peaceful.

No problems.

One woman, delicate nature, Right?

- right. - I got world war iii.

Unbelievable. Hey.

When did you go out For those roses?

Soon as she started shouting.

Rudy.

Hey.

How's it going, kid?

Ray blaine. You son of a gun.

This man's a champ. Middleweight.

Last two years up in dannemora.

Oh.

This is george devane, The best trainer there is.

Rudy always told me He hoped he'd hook up with you.

Yeah.

Yeah, he thinks I got a great future here,

Running a health club.

Judo, kickboxing.

That's what I want to bring in.

That's coming up fast.

Let's go, george, Before I cool off.

Hey, rudy. That's all right, man.

Hey, nothing to it But to do it, big time.

All right, baby. Hey, come on.

Yeah.

- look at you, man. - how you doing?

- good. How about you? - little fuzz there, huh?

Little bit. Little bit.

You got any say about him Taking me on around here?

Maybe.

I been learning the place, Waiting to buy in.

He gets down to $30,000, We're gonna have a deal.

30 grand?

You're out of prison six months,

And you come up with 30 grand?

Hey, us puerto ricans,

We got to work Harder than the next guy.

That's all.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Oh, hey.

I could polish him off In two rounds.

What's his pay?

Quade's up in the ratings now.

That's big purses.

But for you,

Maybe 500, If you win.

No ifs, rudy.

I've got to win big.

Make a reputation, right?

How old are you, ray?

26.

All right. So I'm pushing 30.

That just makes me mean.

Come on. Get your left up.

I need those files, And I need them now.

Who's the registered owner?

Registered owner? What registered owner?

The car's been hot so long, It's cold again.

You mean we don't know Where it came from?

- garage, service, nothing? - not one single clue.

Not a gas receipt, Not even a service tag.

Nothing but About a thousand smudged prints.

There's no I.D. On the victim.

The morgue's taking her prints From the body now.

We'll check them out. The dental work's no help.

Didn't have a cavity In her mouth.

Well, I'll check the cities That have fluoride in the water

And see if they Have a description of a runaway.

Very good, crocker, stavros.

Now when will we get the records From '69, frank?

Good question.

When the department started Microfilming all the files,

They misplaced Some of the closed out cases.

Give them a day or two, They say.

Yeah, that's what they say.

And while they're looking, He'll kill again.

Lie back, theo.

You're about to fall Into a deep, dark sleep.

You've got all the facts Inside your head.

We've got to start Trying to dig them out.

Now the summer of 1969, Where do you want to start?

Where do I start, frank?

Sure.

The third killing, I guess.

That was the last one, Wasn't it?

That's where we found the knife.

Where were you exactly The night I tried to call you?

Who were you with?

Irene, right?

Irene.

Yeah.

Now, for you, '69 meant the mets Going to the world series.

But for me, it was irene

And almost walking Down the aisle.

You know what we Ought to do this weekend?

Well, I know what We've been doing.

I don't see Why we should change it now.

The tango.

I haven't tangoed Since torremolinos.

Oh, really? Which one is he?

It's a city in spain.

It's a perfect place For a honeymoon.

- casa blanca's only an hour away. - oh, really?

Well, your casa blanca,

Honey, is my boardwalk In atlantic city.

That will change.

Sure, If I go into the rag business.

- textiles. - sorry.

Sorry, your lieutenant mcneil, He called.

He's going to meet you At the rear of the building,

9th avenue, 56th street.

Said number three.

Does that mean anything to you?

Do you have to go?

Have to?

Irene, I was just a warm body,

Sitting in a chair, Checking batting averages

When this guy Committed his first murder.

And now he's up to number three,

And I'm beginning To take it personally.

Well, maybe I should see My competition

Face-to-face just once.

Okay.

Her name's gail ryan.

She lives in the neighborhood.

We found the knife this time.

The killer Must have dropped it.

Officer crocker Found it down below.

It's expensive, a bayer.

They don't sell Many of these each year.

Now, her breath smells As if she's been drinking.

I want you to check the bars.

Find out if anybody knows her.

Okay.

I always thought The bodies were covered.

Stupid, huh?

I'm sorry.

Mcneil.

Captain, lieutenant,

We'll have the film That those students

Shot of the car being stripped First thing in the morning.

All right, Saperstein, thanks.

Good night.

Yeah.

Chief of detectives wants To see you tomorrow at 5:00.

They thought this case Was closed out in '69.

I don't think they want you On it a second time, theo.

Hey. Wait a minute.

- don't get the wrong idea. - this is it?

Hey. Wait a minute.

There's something inside I want to show you,

My sister, lisa.

Come on in, ray blaine.

Come on.

- hey, this is-- - shh.

Lisa.

This is lisa, my sister.

Ray blaine.

buenas noches.

buenas.

How do you say "Beautiful" In spanish?

- que bonita. - que bonita.

Thank you.

- ray was my cell mate. - I know, I know.

You saved his life. Thank you.

You been in jail a long time?

No, I only went up For a little while.

That was back in '69.

You've been in jail Since 1969?

Ray was famous.

He knocked out two guards.

Flattened that cook.

- I didn't flatten-- - oh, that was pretty.

Sure dragged on.

Never again. That's for sure.

Hey, for sure.

I thought ray could stay In the back room.

Flop down on that old bed.

Not flop down on it.

I'll put some clean sheets On it.

You got a bag?

Oh, my bag. I forgot my bag.

Must have been in that bar.

No, no, it was at devane's.

Don't worry about it.

I'll pick it up for you First thing in the morning.

I'll go fix your room.

I'm glad you're staying.

- so am I. - isn't she an angel?

Come on in.

Sit down.

Ray, man. Right here.

Make yourself at home, compadre.

Well, this sure beats a cell.

- you're doing all right, rudy. - hey, I told you.

I'm coming up with $30,000 In a couple of weeks.

$30,000. How?

I got this little arrangement Downstairs,

A plantation downstairs.

You wouldn't believe it.

That's good grass.

Yeah. How you fixed for money, ray?

Oh, I blew it on a car.

So...

I'll advance you $500.

You can pay me back later.

And tomorrow, I'll see If I can get devane to watch

You spar a couple of rounds,

Maybe with me or carlos.

No. Make it quade.

This ain't dannemora, ray.

You're on.

Hey, morning, theo.

What's with The early bird squad?

Well, we know You have a meeting downtown

With the chief of detectives At 5:00,

And we figured maybe we can Come up with something by then.

I was getting a list Off the teletype

Of all the inmates that have Been released from new york

And new jersey prisons In the last two weeks,

Looking for a logical candidate

Who's been on ice For the past eight years.

So far, I've got no leads.

Got no fingerprints, No witnesses, no suspects.

Still no records From the '69 case.

Yeah, but I did come up with A photo from a previous arrest

In '68 of toner.

Lieutenant, would you like To see that film?

The students said That it was all speeded up,

And it would look Kind of funny to you.

There's nothing funny About a dead body in a trunk.

Whenever you're ready, c.B.

Go ahead.

They go to film school To learn this, frank?

Yeah, it looks like An old charlie chaplin film.

Not with a corpse In the trunk, it doesn't.

Want to hit the lights?

I wish we could speed up The arrest that fast.

Make still pictures of Everyone whose face shows, okay?

Maybe we can track them down.

Maybe they swiped something That shows whose car it was,

Where it came from.

Go ahead.

Theo, the night Of the third killing, in 1969,

It was the victim's girlfriend.

The barmaid who worked In the club down the block.

She gave us A partial description of the guy

She saw leave the bar With the victim.

Sure. Sheila.

Did you show her a photo Of toner

After you shot him, I mean,

To see if it was really the guy She saw?

You know, I tried to look Her up and couldn't find her.

She quit her job one week After the murder.

We could look for her now, Show her toner's photo.

Frank, I even went out With her after duty one night.

I can't remember Her last name.

I thought you were Marrying irene that summer.

She didn't have irene's class.

But for one night, She was perfect.

Or 2 or 10 or 15.

She was beautiful. What was that?

Shaughnessy, sullivan.

I got something here To help jog your memory.

798 east 72nd street.

Whose address is that?

Irene's.

He wants to spar with quade.

Okay, bring him in at 4:00.

4:00.

Sir, that's quade over there In the blue robe.

You should have seen him Go after varona.

I thought he was gonna kill him.

You should really Watch his footwork

This afternoon when he spars.

You watch his footwork, Mr. Silas.

I will watch his eyes.

See, what I did, I rented Two floors in this building.

I didn't fix the bottom one As an the apartment.

But...

What do you think?

que bonita.

Theo.

Where the hell Did you come from?

From a very expensively Decorated, little, green office

In the low-rent district.

You look fantastic.

So do you, As elegant as ever,

And obviously unmarried.

Obviously?

Oh.

The detective game.

Top the cop, I forgot.

Well, I thought I helped you On a few of those cases.

- no wedding ring. - oh.

How many married men do you know Still wear a wedding ring?

You would.

Besides, no married detective Could buy $300 suits.

Very simple. I'm on the take.

You? Never.

And if you've ended up by Marrying some other rich lover,

I'll kill you.

I mean, why? You're the one who dumped me.

Well, you never tried Very hard to change my mind.

How could I? You ran away to sardinia.

Who told you that?

Interpol.

I mean, I had you followed. But don't worry, honey.

Your reputation is clean.

Why didn't you Bust into my villa

And abduct me in handcuffs?

Irene.

I mean, after three months Of courting you,

With my credit cards, I couldn't get into the subway,

Let alone on an airplane.

A rich woman's curse.

Only gigolos and ex-husbands Take your money,

Not your lovers.

I kept thinking You ought to be

At least a little curious About what happened to me.

"Maybe this year, he'll call."

You had your life.

Do you know How often I thought of you?

A few times, I guess.

More. Much more than that.

You needed patience To keep from being bored.

I thought I could handle it.

Uh, we left winners,

And I don't want To change those memories.

It wasn't exactly A proposition.

That song, 1969, was that--

I'm trying to remember Something, and it's important.

Sit over here.

A glass of white wine For the young lady.

Rothschild, '33, whatever.

- hi. - hi, k3.

You know, I must have Punched it 100 times.

Yeah? What's your name?

Sheila.

I really appreciate your sign Up there.

I think the boss put it Up there to stay on good terms

With the cops.

- but you want to know something? - what?

It really is true, isn't it?

- you drinking? - uh, sheila, uh, not really.

I'm looking for a witness, And hopefully you can help me.

In case you heard,

There was a young lady Murdered down the street.

Yeah. You know, I'm quitting this job.

I mean, you know, You never know who could get it.

Who was she?

Her name's gail ryan. You ever hear of her?

Gail? Oh, my god.

I'm sorry.

Gail.

In 1969, when you came with me

To the bar where I found That witness, remember?

She saw a man proposition Her girlfriend,

And they left the bar.

Sheila? The one Who swooned over men in blue?

Well, When I took her statement,

Do you remember her last name?

Well, I remember thinking That she came from your side

Of the tracks, That she was sexy,

And why in the hell Didn't you marry her?

Sheila? Come on.

She was a witness. Nothing personal.

Liar.

Look, I feel In an awkward position suddenly.

And since I don't have To feel uncomfortable, I won't.

Rose?

I'm sorry I can't help you.

Good-bye, theo.

Good-bye, irene.

You sure you're in shape?

- yeah, I'm in shape. - okay, okay.

How long has it been Since your last fight, huh?

Who cares?

If I can't do this, What can I do, huh?

Break into houses?

Work in a prison laundry?

Hey.

I'm over here.

Okay, let's go.

Okay.

Go to it.

Come on. Put him away, baby.

Jab. Jab.

That's it. That's it, baby.

Right on.

Uppercut. Yeah, yeah.

All right. All right.

Come on. Come on.

Hey, that's enough.

Hey, loosen up, man.

It's all right. It's all right.

Hey, you don't have to do it All at once, man.

Just box him a little bit, All right?

You don't have To knock anybody out.

Just--just box.

Come on.

Come on.

Now keep that jab out there.

This man here Doesn't want to win.

He wants to kill.

Find out more About him for me,

Mr. Silas.

Enough, quade.

Lieutenant.

Oh, hello.

- congratulations. - oh?

Sit down.

You were ninth When you took your exams

A couple of years ago For captain.

Now you're first in line For the next opening.

You know captain fisher Up in the bronx?

Well, he's retiring next month,

And we think we'll move you Into his command.

We'll get you up there Right away,

And you can get broken in.

Well, I don't want To be taken off the case

I'm on right now, sir.

Well, lieutenant, we'd rather That the press didn't find out

That the officer Who made an honest mistake

In '69 is in any position To make another error.

Now, lieutenant farber, Who was a spot ahead of you,

Has, uh--

Well, he's agreed to wait.

- I don't want the job, sir. - look.

We bounce you upstairs now, We all come out ahead.

You know, sooner or later,

I was bound To take that captain's exam.

And sooner or later, I was bound to turn it down

Because I like What I'm doing, sir.

I don't want to be stuck Behind a desk.

And I'm not the kind of a guy Who's dreaming up

His next political move.

Well, then, lieutenant, Report to headquarters tomorrow.

Work in administration.

Lieutenant williamson will be Taking over for you

At manhattan south.

Then I will go on vacation Tomorrow, sir.

And what I do with my time Is my own business.

Be very careful what you do, Lieutenant.

Whoa. Hey.

- where's ray? - uh...

What happened, rudy?

Boxing.

That was going to change His life.

It's not gonna be That easy for him, lisa.

So you're from new england?

You bet on the patriots?

I still think you're crazy.

By the way, I've got a friend Who'll take your money,

If you've got any And invest it for you.

And you could be-- Hey, wait a minute.

You know, being tied up And hit's not my scene, mister.

Ah!

I need a pen. Does anybody have a pen?

Yeah. Here you go.

Oh, lieutenant kojak, Lieutenant williamson.

How are you?

I see.

What's the rush?

Theo, they found Another victim two hours ago.

Wrists tied, stabbed.

Same m.O.

I know how you feel, Lieutenant.

But don't worry. I'll get him.