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Have you seen theo?

Yeah.

He dropped by for a nightcap About 3:00 in the morning

With a nurse, Amy something.

Then he asked me If he could, uh,

Work out of my back office For a couple of days.

So the department figures Theo shot the wrong man.

They've taken him off the case.

Ah, been calling your apartment For hours last night.

The phone was off the hook.

Yeah, well, I was otherwise occupied, frank.

Let's say I was finishing My physical.

Okay, what kind of help can I get from you...

Off the record?

Not too much.

Williamson wants this killer For himself.

He's gonna report any Unauthorized cooperation

With you.

I mean, you can bank on it.

However...

What's this?

Blow-ups, the student film Of every person

Who stripped that car We found the first victim in.

Oh, the kid Who stole the radio.

They did get a picture Of his face.

Theo, if you've got a lead,

You bring it to us.

We can work A lot faster than you.

Of course.

Just hand it over To lieutenant williamson.

Do you intend to leave This killer on the street

One second longer Than necessary?

Hey, ray, You up in there?

Yeah, just a sec.

Come on out.

Give us some help On our garden downstairs.

Bert gave you His full shot.

That wasn't right.

Well, if it'd been a street Fight, I'd have killed him.

Have a good time last night?

$30,000 worth of marijuana In four months,

Not bad, eh?

Better than trying Another robbery for sure.

Wow.

If I had $30,000,

I wouldn't buy into No health club, I'll tell you.

What would you do, ray?

I'd buy a boat

Like all those people In newport.

I'd sail straight out to sea.

Then I'd wait for a storm.

I'd get so seasick, I'd want to die,

And I would.

No pain, Burial at sea.

Nice and neat, Kind of a packaged deal.

Why, ray?

Then I could start All over again.

New body,

New life,

New parents,

Everything.

I've got a lot of Better dreams than that.

Let me know if you ever Want to borrow a few.

Well, well, well.

The sweet smell of recess.

Look, uh, I'm looking for this dude,

And I'm not looking To bust his chops.

Wouldn't skin my pants If you did.

Harold woods, right?

Yeah, that's him.

What's he up to now?

He don't come around Much any more.

We give him too much heat.

One of them guys Always got his hand up.

"Teacher, teacher."

Where's he playing hooky?

Try his uncle's garage down Howston street near lafayette.

The heat, baby, and lucky For you, I'm on vacation.

Here.

Float yourself down To the corner store,

Take a landing, And buy yourself some lemon ice.

It's better for you.

Wait, excuse me.

Hey, what's the hassle, man?

No hassle.

You're a good boxer, quaid. We've been following you.

We simply think you ought to Be fighting in vegas next month

Against ramone eura.

20 thousand, guaranteed.

I get a shot At irish foley in january here.

Foley? Foley's rated number zilch.

Come on, we can move you faster.

You can move faster.

We want to sign you, quaid.

I'm already signed, man, With devane.

Our interests Are very persistent.

They won't take No for an answer.

Well, tell your interests To drop dead then!

Maybe we can talk devane Into dropping you.

Devane treated me good When others couldn't care less.

You know, if I start Going back on a friend,

I ain't gonna be champion Of nothing.

Now, if you lean on him,

I'm gonna take you Both on barehanded,

Do you understand that?

Heh, he said "Drop dead."

In summation, mr. Quaid Is not that promising.

As a boxer, sure,

But for any other purposes, I doubt it.

In short, Possibly never a champion,

But never a loser.

What about blaine?

His prison record, That's all we've got so far.

Ah, fought the guards, Tried to escape,

Finally conformed.

Achieved a precarious success As a boxer.

Yesterday,

Whatever it is that passes For this man's dreams,

Quaid destroyed them.

How do you think Blaine would respond

If we asked him to kill quaid?

How you doing, harold?

Persevering.

Persevering, huh? Me too.

Truant officer, right?

Oh, no, no.

No, I don't care about Your going to school.

I'm interested in a radio You stole the other day

From a car on bleaker street.

- I didn't steal anything. - oh?

Zap-a-doo.

I wasn't stealing.

I was just salvaging, Recycling.

Well, I want that radio, Harold.

Hey, man, I've been looking For a good radio for six months.

And I've been looking For a particular murderer

For eight years,

And I think that maybe that Radio could help me find him.

My radio, you serious?

How?

The radio, harold.

Didn't steal one thing

That wasn't already dumped On the streets.

You want to see How it's gonna look?

What you think?

I think you're a real pioneer Of the asphalt frontier.

I bet you don't think I'm gonna make it run, do you?

Don't you be so sure.

Now, where's the radio?

Now, did you touch any of the Buttons or reset any stations?

Nope.

- there. - 50 bucks?

And here.

Now, when you put This jigsaw puzzle together,

You find some pieces missing,

I want you to call me At that address

If I'm still there,

And I'll make sure You get first crack

At everything abandoned At the police garage.

Thank you, harold.

And you have inquiries out To all these cities

On missing persons The age of the first victim

Just because She didn't have any cavities?

Yes, sir.

It's a pretty big Fishing expedition.

Where's the captain?

He's in his office With the lieutenant.

Kojak?

Okay, frank, Now you follow me, all right?

We found this girl in the trunk Of an abandoned car.

We don't know where the car Came from, new york, atlanta,

And it would be very helpful To know, now wouldn't it?

Take this broadcasting magazine.

It would be. Of course.

Excuse me.

Do you mind knocking? This is my office.

I'm sorry.

I wouldn't want to miss Anything.

I mean, if the lieutenant Has any suggestions--

Nah, you don't have To miss any thing, williamson.

Now, this radio came From the abandoned car, right?

So we push the buttons, And what do we get?

In the greater new york area, Wnyw forcast--

All right.

That station, as we know, Goes all the way up to boston,

Down to washington.

Next.

Oh, that's a weak one.

What's that, About 870 on the dial, frank?

It's 870. Now, let's see.

875 is the closest.

That's hartford, connecticut.

Okay. Next.

Meeting for the first time On neutral ground,

Have brought the fans to Their feet here in fenway park.

- that's fenway park, boston. - ah.

Boston, new york,

And hartford, connecticut.

And we'll be pleased To serve you.

So visit any of the five Caplezio dry cleaners.

Two in downtown providence--

Okay, providence, Rhode island.

- where--? - hold it.

Get the latest traffic And weather report

From wpri, in providence.

Providence, twice,

And right in the middle Of all the other stations.

Hey, frank,

If this guy set the buttons According to the stations

He wanted, then that car's From providence, rhode island,

And there's no doubt about it.

- that's brilliant. - yeah, brilliant.

Anyway,

Here's crocker's list of inmates Recently released from jail.

They went up about Eight years ago,

Home addresses, And/or addresses of next of kin.

Hartford--

Providence, rhode island.

Ray blaine, entered prison November 4, 1969,

Released three weeks ago,

Address of next of kin, Mr. Howard blaine,

3245 portman road,

Providence, rhode island.

I don't see another one From providence.

I'll have the photos printed Up on blaine immediately,

Put out an alarm.

Uh, this isn't a case.

It's just a lead.

Now, if you bring him in For questioning

Before you can hold him,

Then this guy's gonna take off As soon as you release him.

Lieutenant, I haven't made The mistakes on this case.

Yeah, brilliant.

Yes, sir.

Rizzo's on his way over With the mug shots,

And his arrest--

I just spoke to dannemora.

Blaine was middleweight champion Up there for the past two years.

Now, he told everybody That he was coming to new york

To make it as a pro.

You know, There's two or three gyms

That specialize In training pro fighters.

Davane's, midtown, And blake's on 14th street.

That's correct.

Here's his mug shots From eight years ago,

And there's his shots When he got out of dannemora

Two weeks ago.

Here's his police record.

He was sent out For robbing a camera mart,

Got busted october 17th, 1969,

Following an anonymous phone Call to detectives

On the safe and loft detail.

A warrant was issued On his premises

- at the ymca on 23rd street... - the "Y?"

Were entered and searched In his presence.

Detectives lorraine and bedlo Recovered eight .35 mm cameras

As reported stolen From the camera mart premises

The night of october 11th.

Blaine was arrested the 17th.

Uh, lieutenant, The photos of ray blaine,

And marie says A miss patton is waiting.

Finally got released Exactly nine days ago.

That's one week before We found that girl's body

In the trunk of that car.

We're getting close.

I'm calling the chief Of detectives.

Theo, what do you think About blaine?

Well, I think that If you pick him up

On nothing more Than what you've got right now,

Some smart, Legal aide lawyer,

He could have him back out On the street like that,

And then if he disappears, Where are you?

And that barmaid, Sheila,

The witness I went with in '69,

If I could find her, Frank,

Show her this photo Here of blaine,

And she recognized him,

We'd have a witness who saw him With the last victim in '69

The night she was killed.

Now, that starts to be Heavy evidence, frank.

Irene was no help in Remembering sheila's last name?

I have trouble remembering My own last name with her.

No, there was one very odd--

I got to deal with williamson.

Talk to you later.

Frank, wait a--

Frankly, I think if we find blaine,

We should first Put him under surveillance,

Back us up With some more evidence.

Well, the chief of detectives Agrees with me.

He said pick him up fast,

Get him off the streets, Search his premises,

Check his alibis For the time of the killings.

I mean, it's as simple as 1-2-3.

What can go wrong?

Nothing.

Hmm.

At 3:00 this morning It was a nurse.

At 3:00 this afternoon,

It was the duchess Of 5th avenue.

Oh, it sure isn't sick leave You're on, is it?

Who is she?

Anyone I should know?

Marie, you're looking At one irene van patton

Worth about $30 million In double-knit fabrics,

And a brief eight years ago,

She was very briefly The fiance of yours truly.

Boy, did you goof, right?

- this for her? - mm-hmm.

You got it.

I came by to apologize.

I don't like Who I was yesterday.

I was selfish, insecure--

Irene,

I mean, You were never insecure.

I mean you told me everything About yourself the first week

I knew you, confessions, Honest, interesting.

Because of you, theo.

You were strong.

It's a rare man that a woman Dares admit that much to.

Past affairs, disappointments, Fantasies,

You were a lover I didn't have to lie to.

It seemed a good start For a perfect marriage,

And then I got jealous.

A man that secure, I wondered

Was it because he was having Other affairs behind my back?

So I hired a private detective And had you followed.

Oh.

So that's why You called me a liar

'cause I told you that sheila Was only a witness.

I knew you slept with her The one night

After we'd seen her In that bar.

I will continue my affection For you by denying it.

Don't dismiss her So easily, theo.

Anyhow, when knowing About sheila didn't actually

Hurt me all that much,

I knew that it was your job That really scared me,

That I couldn't compete with,

So the vanishing act.

For eight years I worried

That I'd made The wrong decision.

I wish I knew myself.

Well, I do now, After yesterday.

Oh?

For eight years you wouldn't See me on a personal basis,

But when you needed me For your police work,

Then you came to me.

I would have been second, Just as I was yesterday.

I know that now.

I'm sorry.

I'm not.

I'm glad to be off the hook.

Theo,

I dearly hope That we can be friends

Always.

Irene,

Let me ask you A very important question.

Yes?

This private detective You put on me,

You still have his records?

Probably.

I'm sure that sheila's last name Must be in it.

I think I killed the wrong man In 1969.

I gotta go find sheila

So she can try to make An identification

On a new suspect.

Hey.

So maybe I'm not ready To fight yet,

But couldn't you give me A job,

- sparring partner? - no.

I ca--I can learn new moves. I'll stay in shape.

No.

Why not?

Quaid is in The locker room now.

You can go in And apologize to him

For taking those cheap punches Yesterday.

What cheap punches?

- what do I owe him that for? - you don't.

Those are my orders, That's all.

Who do you think you are Giving me--

Yeah, okay.

Oh, ray,

We saw you fight the other day.

Could we talk to you downstairs?

Oh, could we make it later?

I've got--I got something I got to do first, okay?

Waiting for him To make that move

From left to right, his next Move from left to right,

Just give him that right hook.

How you doing?

Look, yesterday, um, coming out Of those clinchers, you know,

If I hit you With any cheap shots,

I'm really sorry About it, okay?

Yeah.

Well, why you come crying To me?

No, I'm not crying To nobody.

We just want to get george to Give him steady work sparring.

With me?

Listen, man, the only way you Can work me up into a sweat

Is hitting me below the belt, You understand that?

Okay, I guess I have to hit you there then.

That was a cheap shot, You know what I mean?

A cheap shot, yesterday A cheap shot.

I really don't like Being poked like that.

Come on, guys. Knock it off.

Knock it off. Knock it off.

Freeze. Hold it.

- police. Right here. - come here.

Come on, get up.

Cuff him.

I'll be down As soon as I can.

Hey, don't worry, ray.

What's he being charged with?

Homicide.

We got our suspect On a homicide.

He's wanted for interrogation.

- name is raymond blaine. - a lawyer.

You got to give me a lawyer.

George martin, Mr. Blaine, legal aide.

We'll look out For your interests.

Get a bench warrant. Search his premises.

Yes, sir.

Get him up To the interrogation room.

Come on, let's go.

Clothesline killer.

If I get him off, I'm famous.

You get him not to answer These questions,

And it's gonna take days to Prove that we got the right man.

I think the city deserves to Know that as soon as possible.

Raymond howard blaine,

Age 30, correct?

That correct, ray?

Arrested october 17th, 1969

On charges of robbery, Correct?

Come on, Give him an answer, ray.

That's correct.

I'm looking for Your occupancy records

For december '69 Through october.

They've got to be downstairs Somewhere

Along with your worn out Gideon bibles.

You want the actual Registration forms

Or would a list do?

Oh, that'll be perfect.

Yeah, 1969,

I come down here from providence Looking for work.

I was staying at the y On 23rd street.

You were living at the y On 23rd?

Fred toner, the man we thought Was the killer,

That's where kojak shot him,

At that same y October the 16th.

And on october the 17th,

Blaine gets arrested there For robbery.

Now, that's got to tie in Together somehow.

1969 is kojak's problem.

I'm worried about This week's murder.

Lieutenant, Until you can pull rank on me,

I give the orders, You take them.

Now, we get him to talk more About 1969.

Is that understood?

What's this All about anyhow?

Well, I was here In the summer of '69

Looking for the owner Of a knife we found nearby.

What's that big guy's name On duty then?

Biberman, yeah, That was his name.

In 1969 you were living At the y, is that right?

Okay, sure.

Where were you the day before You were arrested,

The 16th, You remember?

Yeah, yeah.

That's when the mets Won the series.

I was watching in the lobby All day.

Hey, come on, mets. Let's go.

Let's get on with. Hey.

Hey. Let's go. Hey, come on, Knock mcnally out of there.

The mets lead baltimore Three games to one.

Mcnally is--

Hey, mets Are going down today,

Ray, didn't I tell you That's gonna happen, huh?

Didn't I say that? How about that.

Don't worry about it, fred. They'll come back.

Yeah? Okay.

Here comes the pitch,

And it's wide.

The tension here continues To build as jones takes--

Give me some change.

One of the rooms On the sixth floor,

That's where I saw this knife Myself a couple of weeks ago,

Out on a bureau.

I was looking At that little design

Right there in the corner.

Fred toner's room.

That's whose room it was.

Fred toner.

- fred? - yes, yes.

Just hit a homerun, Drove jones in.

The mets--

He asked you a question,

Answer him.

Did you ever know a man Named fred toner

Who also lived at the y In 1969?

- no, I never heard of him. - they'll search the room.

They'll find those cameras You swiped last week.

I'm a three-time loser.

No way that I let them Pick me up.

Hey, whatever happened To my knife?

What knife?

It was in the pocket Of the pea jacket

You borrowed last week.

I don't know. I must've lost it.

Where were you on the night Of october the 11th, 1969?

I robbed that camera store.

I already told you. You got the record.

Forget about '69.

Where the hell were you Two nights ago

Between 9:00 and midnight?

Yeah.

Captain, I got a lawyer Out here, novak.

He's a sharpy, I knew him from before.

We even got three witnesses That will swear

They were with blaine the night The hooker was murdered.

I just got back from searching Blaine's room, captain.

He's staying with That couple there,

And the room's clean, Lieutenant.

No knives, No, uh, ropes,

Bloody clothes, Nothing.

Repainted the walls, new rugs, Lights, everything.

Yeah. Different.

Toner, stop! Police!

Oh! Ah!

- what happened? - somebody shot somebody.

Is that the right window?

Sure, blaine.

That's where I saw him, Right here.

Ray blaine, room 622.

Fred toner, room 620.

Blaine is the murderer, Toner is the burglar,

And somehow we managed to get The two exactly switched around.

You understand, frank,

Toner's knife,

Toner's pea coat

Blaine must've borrowed Or stolen it from his room,

Even the rope From toner's room too.

Now, when toner Gets killed

For the murders That blaine really committed,

Blaine heaves a huge sigh Of relief,

And just to make sure

That nobody thought That he did it,

He takes the rap for the robbery That toner pulled.

Because he knew toner robbed A camera store the same night

He killed gail ryan.

Right.

He figures he's gonna do Three to six months.

It's a cheap price to pay For a perfect alibi.

So that's it, frank.

I mean, blaine is really The clothesline killer,

Toner just a chronic thief Who would rather have a shootout

Than go away for 20 years.

And I got more, frank.

Irene, she read me a report From a private investigator

Was checking out sheila, The barmaid in 1969?

She was enrolling at ccny.

I just called them.

She graduated four years ago

And now works at ps 41, Name: semonowski.

Anyway, I'm gonna show her A photo of blaine.

If she identifies him as the man Who walked out

With her girlfriend That night,

Well, then you pick him up.

And frank, I think we got him finally.

- one problem. - what's that?

Williamson gets your job?

No, what is it?

We brought blaine in Three hours ago,

Picked him up at devane's gym,

Then searched the room Where he's staying,

Found nothing.

Thanks to a very well-connected Lawyer

And three responsible friends

Who play poker with him on The same nights of both murders,

Ray blaine walked out of here 15 minutes ago a free man.

You were right. We had a weak case.

We moved too fast.

We're checking back on him With the providence police.

However, at the moment, This case is still open.

He's killed five women,

And there's no way He's gonna walk away free,

Do you understand?

Now, I don't care about The witnesses at a poker game.

It's fake, And you know it, and I know it.

I still can nail him For gail ryan in 1969,

And that's the case That I'm gonna get him for yet.

- lieutenant, I order you-- - order me?

Frank, I'm on vacation, And how's it go?

Uh, having a wonderful time And wish you were here.

P.S. I love you.

Thank you for helping him.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, thanks a lot. I appreciate it.

- I'll be up in a minute. - okay.

Get in, ray.

Ray, your friends helped because They are sure in their hearts

You couldn't be guilty.

I helped Because I'm sure you are.

$20,000,

A retainer for your services.

I don't understand.

I was going To test you with quaid,

But there's no need

Now that I've learned So much more about you.

You'll have a new name,

Identity, Be well protected,

Live far from here, Wherever you wish.

There will be only a few From time to time.

Their names May or may not be familiar,

But you will never Know them personally.

I don't understand.

Of course you do, ray.

You know, there was A fierce tribe in ancient turkey

Called the assassins.

They prided themselves On their profession,

And like the best of mistresses,

They have shaped the course of Man's history more than kings,

As you might

In some small way.

No, no.

I couldn't.

I'm too religious.

Every time I've done it--

Done what, ray? Done what?

Killed!

I've gone to a priest.

I've tried to confess.

And you have failed With them, ray.

But you see,

You have just confessed Finally,

Haven't you?

An end to the guilt,

That's the real prize I offer you.

Feel better?

A car will meet you at the Corner of 9th and 57th street

In exactly one hour.

Now, bring as little Of your past as necessary.

Keep the gun, ray.

You'll feel better with it.

Oh, I know, I've never been Down that road before,

And watch out for the bump.

Ah. Oh.

Now, you tell me, sheila,

What did richard do To deserve staying after class?

Stayed with his mother.

That makes a bunch Of lucky people.

Okay, richard, Watch out for the bump.

You know something?

I'm getting too old For this stuff.

We're gonna take off My jacket.

Oh.

Richard,

Why don't you wait In the hall,

And you tell mommy When daddy's coming, okay?

Thank you.

His father's a civics teacher.

He's very opposed To weapons.

We treat them rather unkindly In our family.

I understand, And I'm sorry.

Now, How can I help?

Okay.

I'm gonna show you A group of pictures.

Now, you tell me if there's A face that's familiar.

Please, I don't want To go back eight years.

Sheila,

There's a man out there, And I got to pick him up

Because god knows Who he's gonna kill next,

Or where, or why.

It's him.

The one who was in the bar With your girlfriend in '69?

Ray blaine.

Sheila, would you do it again In a lineup?

Hey, look,

Um, I'm sorry to be coming back Into your life,

But I'm gonna get out as quickly As possible, all right?

Theo.

Theo, um,

Did you ever get married?

Ah, no.

That's kind of too bad.

Yeah, well, look,

I'll keep my eyes a little Bit wider open this time.

You never know.

If you need help in this case, I'll be right there.

Thanks.

1,000 for your 500.

Is that fair, rudy?

Yeah, sure.

And thanks, rudy.

And thank you.

Police.

I thought they were through Searching us here

The first time they came.

- no. - what's the problem?

Please,

You've got to hide me.

I'll be right there!

Hey, cool it.

Blaine's not here.

Where is he?

You've got a warrant? Let's see it.

He's already killed Five women

Not very different Than her.

Now, do you want to help Or not?

Well?

What's down here?

- a room. - any other way out?

There's two windows Under the aluminum foil

Down at the other end Of the room.

Call the police.

Call the police.

He has a gun. Be careful.

Thanks.

Blaine, police.

Crocker identified the victim

A little while ago As cici green.

She was listed in delaney, texas As missing

Which has the most highly Fluorinated water in the state.

Well, crocker's a good man.

But I hope you find out where Blaine got this god damn money.

The commissioner's Waiting for you at headquarters

So you can meet the press With him.

Now?

We do expect some kind Of cooperation

With public relations, Lieutenant.

Now, just a minute.

Sir, when's the last time You killed a man?

Lieutenant, Get back to your squad.

That's an order.

Now, sir, Can I be of help?

No, I don't think so.

Yes, sir.

He's dead.

Apparently just some policeman Doing his job,

An unfortunate piece of luck For all of us, that's all.

Mr. Blaine was quite a find Himself, unnatural.

He was the sort we could have Used in cuba years ago,

And certainly on that union Problem next month.

Yes, sir,

And tell them I'm quite disappointed myself.

Hey.

- all right. - lieutenant, beautiful.

- beautiful. - nice going, lieutenant.

All right.

Congratulations, lieutenant.

Thanks, everybody.

Way to go.

Well, Congratulations.

You mean it?

I learned a few things.

Yeah.

Lieutenant,

Hey, you guys.

Drinks are on me. Cheers.

- cheers. - salud.

- where's the fireplace? - yeah.