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Somebody kidnapped Houston.
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It's my granddaughter.
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He had about $8
in pennies in a piggy bank,
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exactly $13.42
in a passbook account,
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and this is a guy
somebody hit for ransom?
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If he was broke,
he sure put on a good act.
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Don't make me resort to
primitive methods of persuasion.
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Stuff it.
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This is Jim Rockford.
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At the tone, leave your name
and message.
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I'll get back to you.
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Jim, Madame O'Connor
at the Zodiac Restaurant.
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You don't pay
that dinner tab,
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we're gonna
repo your birthday.
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There he goes.
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Sure don't waste no time.
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Knock it off, Rocky.
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Knock what off?
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The pacing.
He'll be here.
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Oh.
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You know,
he sounded different to me.
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He... Well, he sounded scared, sort of.
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I've known old Pete
all my life,
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and I never knowed him
to be scared of nothing.
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There's a first time
for everything.
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Oh, not for Pete,
there ain't.
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Would you believe one time
down in Beaumont, Texas,
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well, this is before
you were born,
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him and me cleaned out a bar
together, all by ourselves.
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There had to be
at least 20 guys.
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Come on, Rocky.
Twenty guys?
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Well, 15.
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Hi, Pete.
Come on in.
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Rocky.
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You remember Jimmy.
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Yeah.
Hi, Pete. Sit down. Sit down.
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Thank you.
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Listen, Rocky,
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I'm in a little bit of
trouble. I need some help.
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Well, you got it.
Anything you need.
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Well, actually,
I remember you telling me
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that your son, Jim,
was a private investigator.
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I was kind of really
calling him more than you.
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Well, it's natural
you'd come to me.
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What's the problem?
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Well, I don't
have much time.
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They told me
to stay by the phone.
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I took a real chance
coming here,
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but I didn't wanna
trust the phone,
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and, well, I figure they're gonna
sweat me for a couple of hours, anyway.
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What's going on, Pete?
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Somebody kidnapped Houston.
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It's my granddaughter,
Houston Preli.
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And I gotta tell you, Jim,
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she's just about the only
reason I've got to live.
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I have to come up with...
Now, hold it a minute.
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All right. Go ahead.
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Well, I'm supposed to
come up with ransom money,
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but they won't tell me
how much.
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How much
can you scrape together?
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Well, don't you worry
about the money none...
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Look, I'll get the money
together somehow,
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but what I really wanna do is
I wanna get Houston back,
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and then I wanna lynch
those guys from a tall tree.
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Let's just hold off on
the lynching for the moment
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and get down
to the particulars.
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Now, does Houston
live with you?
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No. She's got her own spread
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up at the end of one of
those canyons here in LA.
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Well, did you check out
her house?
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Yeah, I called up there.
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There's no answer.
She's not there.
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I figured that
I'd better get help
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and then get back to my place
and wait for that next phone call.
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Now, Pete, I think the
first thing you ought to do
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is call the police in
on this.
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No police. The man said that.
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Well, of course he said that.
They all say that.
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I wouldn't let the cops in if
they were certified, notarized,
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and dressed
for choir practice.
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Old Pete, he's been in more
jails than you have, sonny,
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mostly for brawling
and disorderly conduct.
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Yeah, well,
I know a police detective
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who won't botch it. He's... No cops!
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The guy said no cops,
and I'm saying no cops.
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I gotta go.
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Hey, wait.
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Look, if they call before I
get there, you record it, okay?
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And give me
Houston's address.
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So, who is he?
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The registration on the car
is James Rockford.
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Now, how long does it take
to look that up?
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Here it is. "James Rockford,
private investigations."
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A rent-a-cop.
How about that?
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Well, that's better
than the law.
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Yeah.
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By the way,
how much do you charge?
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Oh,
I can settle up later.
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Now, you go on
over there.
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I'll check out
Houston's place.
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I'll be at your place in
about a half an hour. Later.
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What are we gonna do
about this Rockford?
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Rockford
will be taken care of.
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Hold it. Don't move.
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I'm not moving.
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Get out of the car.
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Will you two guys
get together?
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Get out.
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Careful.
Don't mark him.
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That's enough.
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Now forget it, Rockford.
Stay away from here.
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Stay away from Preli.
Forget the whole thing.
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Just make like it never was.
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It don't exist.
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Peter?
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Peter.
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He's all yours.
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Come on, Rocky.
Let's get out of here.
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How much cash did you say
Preli had in his money clip?
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I didn't say, but, I'd say,
oh, a couple of hundred dollars.
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That's just a guess.
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Rocky?
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Yeah.
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That'd be about right,
I guess.
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As far as
we can make out,
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Preli's only source
of income
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was $172 a month
from social security.
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He cashed a check yesterday. That's
probably what you saw in the clip.
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The money's gone,
by the way.
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He had about $8
in pennies in a piggy bank,
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exactly $13.42
in a passbook account,
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and this is a guy
somebody hit for ransom?
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What they could have got out of
him couldn't have paid for the gags
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and the ropes to tie
his granddaughter up with.
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If he was broke,
he sure put on a good act.
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It wasn't no act.
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Pete always thought of himself
as a rich man.
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He was, too, off and on.
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What do you mean?
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Well, Pete was always
cooking up some big deal,
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and before you knew it, he'd
make himself a million bucks.
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Then he'd take a flyer
on something else
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and he'd lose
the whole thing.
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Now he's gone,
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and it don't look like there's
even enough left to bury him.
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That still doesn't explain why
somebody would hit him up for ransom.
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I thought he had money.
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If he could fool me, he
could sure fool a kidnapper.
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Come on, Rockford.
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Would you snatch somebody without
making sure how much is in the kitty?
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No, I wouldn't, but then again,
that's not my line of work.
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Did Preli have any enemies
you knew of, Rocky?
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Oh, no. Everybody loved Pete.
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Yeah. Yeah, well, I don't think
we're gonna get anything more here.
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Where did you say
Houston Preli lives?
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Oh, not far from here.
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And you say the place
was all torn apart?
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Yeah. Looks like she put
up a pretty good fight.
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The door was broken down,
the lock shattered.
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I suppose
you prowled around in there,
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messed up all the evidence,
smudged all the prints?
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No, I don't think so.
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All I did was wash it down
with a garden hose.
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One of these days, Rockford,
you're gonna realize
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it doesn't do you a whole
lot of good to wise off at me.
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I don't think it makes a lot of
difference what I say to you, Lieutenant.
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Come on. I want you to take me
on a tour of Miss Preli's house.
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I'm going with you.
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No, Mr. Rockford,
we don't need you up there.
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Why don't you just go on
home, watch it on TV, huh?
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Come on.
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Rocky, listen,
I'll go up there,
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and I'll call you
when I get back.
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Pete and me cleaned out a lot of
bars together when we was young.
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Rocky, go home, huh?
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I thought you said the door
was ripped off its hinges.
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It was. I was here
a couple of hours ago,
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and the whole thing
was just torn up.
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If you're pulling my leg,
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you're not gonna like the way
this is gonna come out, Rockford.
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I don't like the way
it's coming out anyway.
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The back door was open.
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Hey, I don't understand it.
Now, this place was a wreck.
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Uh-huh.
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It's the truth, Diehl.
So help me.
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Somebody must've come
back here and fixed it.
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I mean,
this bench was overturned,
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that vase over there was on
the floor in a million pieces.
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That vase?
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Yeah, that vase,
and that lamp, too.
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It looked like a tornado
had been through here.
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And this was two hours ago?
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Yes, just before
I went over to Preli's.
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Look, I know it isn't reasonable,
but that's what happened.
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Yeah.
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What do you think, Dennis?
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Well, it does seem strange,
Jim.
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Yeah, let me tell you just how
strange it is, okay, Sergeant?
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If that door was busted up
and the lock shattered,
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and if somebody come back
to fix it,
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why isn't the paint still wet?
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I didn't say
I could explain it.
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That's enamel on that door.
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Takes two days
to dry completely.
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It isn't tacky. It isn't wet.
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It's been on there a hell of
a lot longer than two hours.
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All right, Diehl.
You're a genius.
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Where do we go from here?
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Like to take a crazy,
haphazard guess?
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Jail?
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You think?
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Okay. Why not?
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Get him.
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What's going on, Jim?
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When I find out, Dennis,
I'll send you a memo.
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Here's your coat, sonny.
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Oh, hey, Rocky, thank you.
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Gonna need it.
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Come on, we'll walk you
to your car.
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I wanna get you out of here
before they change their minds.
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It's that bad, huh?
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Yeah, it's that bad.
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The DA could swing
either way.
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Diehl is convinced
you're lying.
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He swears
he's gonna nail you.
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It doesn't matter that I
passed a lie detector test?
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Well, that's why you're out,
but it's not admissible in court.
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If Diehl decides
to press charges,
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our only defense is that
you've got no motive.
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If he finds a motive,
I'd begin to worry.
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Well, what about what I
told them? I backed Jimmy up.
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Yeah,
what about that?
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Jim, just behave.
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Don't do anything, don't talk
to anybody, don't go anywhere.
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Just go home and read a book
or something.
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Okay. Here.
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I'll see that he does.
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Just veer off
to your right here.
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I wish you'd been there to
see that Beth handle Diehl.
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She was terrific.
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When you get up there, two
signals, I want you to turn left.
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All right.
Where we going?
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To Houston's house.
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You know what Beth told you
to do, Jim.
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Yeah. Yeah, I know.
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But I know if I don't find out
a little more information,
247
00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,022
I'm gonna have my butt
in a sling
248
00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:11,858
and no lawyer's gonna
get it out.
249
00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:13,261
But you promised.
250
00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:16,165
Yeah, well, I just promised
Beth so she wouldn't worry.
251
00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:18,561
But what about me?
I worry, too.
252
00:17:18,637 --> 00:17:21,105
I figure you're gonna worry
no matter what I do.
253
00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:24,231
Besides, I got this thing
pegged as a two-man job.
254
00:17:24,676 --> 00:17:27,736
I'll check out the house, and you're
gonna make sure I'm not disturbed.
255
00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,780
You are doing this for me,
ain't you, son?
256
00:17:30,482 --> 00:17:32,677
You're afraid
if I do get to messing around,
257
00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:34,742
I'm gonna
end up in a bind myself.
258
00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:39,217
No, Rocky, I just don't like
to get flaked, that's all.
259
00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:41,418
And when I do,
I like to know why.
260
00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:46,362
You are doing it for me,
ain't you, son?
261
00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:49,324
Shut up and turn left
at the signal.
262
00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:34,071
What the hell are you doing
in my house?
263
00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:37,274
Oh. You must be Houston.
264
00:18:37,349 --> 00:18:39,681
Okay, mister, I'd like to hear
what you're doing in my house.
265
00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:41,685
Houston.
Rocky!
266
00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:43,214
You know this man?
267
00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,346
Well, it's Jim.
268
00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:45,412
Jim?
269
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:46,924
Well, sure.
It's my son, Jim Rockford.
270
00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:48,755
Nice to see you.
Hi.
271
00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:50,454
Your daddy's told me
all about you.
272
00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:52,326
You're in investment banking
or something.
273
00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:53,989
Or something, yeah.
274
00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:55,730
Okay.
275
00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:59,335
What's an investment banker doing
prowling around in my living room?
276
00:18:59,571 --> 00:19:02,005
I'm sure there must be
a very good explanation.
277
00:19:02,574 --> 00:19:04,667
Well, Houston...
278
00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:08,079
Houston, I'm afraid we've
got some bad news for you.
279
00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:11,773
Your grandfather...
280
00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:14,643
He's dead, Houston.
He was murdered.
281
00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:20,721
I'm sorry, what?
282
00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:22,724
I said he's dead.
283
00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,518
I heard you.
284
00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:29,124
Oh, man.
285
00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:31,135
I guess I hit her with it
too hard, huh?
286
00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:33,262
Oh, you did just fine,
Rocky.
287
00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:36,171
No matter how you tell it,
it sounds terrible.
288
00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:38,775
Where do you suppose she was?
289
00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:42,574
Well, maybe when
her grandfather was killed,
290
00:19:42,648 --> 00:19:44,081
the kidnappers let her go.
291
00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:47,582
I guess it wouldn't
be such a good idea
292
00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:50,144
to just walk in
and ask her where she was.
293
00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:53,821
No, no, no.
Let's give her a little time.
294
00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:06,832
They killed Granddad. They're gonna
be sorry they ever heard of me.
295
00:20:08,273 --> 00:20:11,674
Well, why don't we just let
the police handle that, okay?
296
00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:15,076
We will. When do we go to the police?
297
00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:18,810
Yeah, well, I called
Sergeant Becker downtown.
298
00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:19,976
He's a friend of mine.
299
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:23,681
He said if we brought you down in
an hour or so, that'd be good enough.
300
00:20:24,356 --> 00:20:27,621
You don't have any idea
why he was killed?
301
00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:31,424
Just what we told you. He thought you
were kidnapped and came to us for help.
302
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,925
Houston, where were you?
303
00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:38,762
I've been dealing with the Mexican
Government over a field in Baja.
304
00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:41,303
I flew down there, and I've
been out in the middle of nowhere
305
00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:43,637
punching sand samples
with a 10-man crew.
306
00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:46,303
Granddad put me through school
to become a geologist.
307
00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:51,849
He had this big dream that one day
we'd have our own drilling company.
308
00:20:53,151 --> 00:20:54,778
I'd find it,
and he'd drill it.
309
00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:59,145
So nobody knew you were down
there? Not even your granddad?
310
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:02,883
No,
especially not Granddad.
311
00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:07,329
I was sort of trying to keep it a
secret until the field was locked up,
312
00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:11,493
'cause it was a complex deal and
it involved some Mexican partners.
313
00:21:12,337 --> 00:21:14,737
It was gonna be Granddad's
big comeback, and...
314
00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:16,802
Well, forget it.
315
00:21:19,211 --> 00:21:21,111
Y'all gonna eat your stew,
or what?
316
00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:25,812
Look, Houston, if you wanna
let down a little, it's okay.
317
00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:27,476
I mean,
we can go outside and wait,
318
00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:29,986
or leave, or, you know, help
or whatever.
319
00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:31,113
Damn!
320
00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:51,534
Houston.
321
00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:56,069
I saw it in the papers,
and I wanted to tell you.
322
00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:58,338
Who are these guys?
323
00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,475
Yeah, we're friends
of the family.
324
00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:01,644
I'm Jim Rockford.
This is my father, Joseph.
325
00:22:01,753 --> 00:22:03,152
Jerry Specht.
Houston's boyfriend.
326
00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:04,845
Friend.
327
00:22:06,692 --> 00:22:07,750
Where you going?
328
00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:09,191
The police want to talk
to her.
329
00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:10,694
We were driving her
downtown.
330
00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:14,061
Well, that won't be necessary.
I can take you, huh?
331
00:22:14,132 --> 00:22:15,963
It's okay. I'll go with him.
332
00:22:57,609 --> 00:22:59,042
Hi, Rock.
333
00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,442
What'd Dennis say?
334
00:23:00,512 --> 00:23:03,640
Oh, not much. Everything
Houston said checked out.
335
00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:06,980
She was down in Baja
with a geology team.
336
00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,020
She just left the police
station about 15 minutes ago
337
00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:10,384
on her way home.
338
00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:13,681
Who's gonna take care of
Houston now that Pete's gone?
339
00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:17,352
Well, I got a feeling that
Houston needs less taking care of
340
00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:18,862
than you and me put together.
341
00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:21,763
Well, underneath
all that spirit and guts
342
00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,858
is just one frightened
little old gal.
343
00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:25,129
You think?
344
00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:27,600
I've known Houston
since she was a baby.
345
00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:31,070
Now, Pete, he never would stand
for no fussing and fretting.
346
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:35,046
Always said he wasn't
raising no woolly lamb.
347
00:23:35,313 --> 00:23:38,510
No, Houston had to pull
her freight just like a man.
348
00:23:38,617 --> 00:23:42,212
Did it ever occur to Pete that
she was just a little girl?
349
00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:44,919
Well, if it did, it sure
never made no difference
350
00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:46,480
in the way he dealt with her.
351
00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:48,384
You know, Rocky,
352
00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:53,420
one thing I've learned is that
nothing makes absolutely no sense.
353
00:23:53,698 --> 00:23:54,687
Yeah?
354
00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:57,428
Yeah. You get a set of
circumstances that don't add up,
355
00:23:57,502 --> 00:24:00,903
it's usually because there's
an important piece missing.
356
00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:03,473
Well, what do you figure
the piece is here?
357
00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:06,236
Oh, logic tells me
it's money.
358
00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:08,136
Pete, he didn't have none.
359
00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:10,680
Somebody went
to a lot of trouble.
360
00:24:10,816 --> 00:24:12,875
They found out
when Houston was leaving town
361
00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:15,010
without telling
her grandfather.
362
00:24:15,253 --> 00:24:18,313
They rigged the house
to look like a kidnapping,
363
00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:22,349
and then they tried to shake
down the old man for money,
364
00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:24,691
only it seems
he didn't have any.
365
00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:26,891
That doesn't make much sense,
right?
366
00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:28,933
What, do you figure
he had some stashed?
367
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:29,989
Yeah.
368
00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:31,057
Where?
369
00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:34,598
Well, under the floorboards,
370
00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:37,767
back of a closet, fruit
jar buried in the back yard.
371
00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:39,174
I don't know,
where would he hide it?
372
00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:42,680
You know, old Pete made and lost a
fortune at least three or four times.
373
00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:44,315
It wouldn't be no trick
for him
374
00:24:44,382 --> 00:24:46,247
to have a couple of
hundred thousand stashed.
375
00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:49,217
Especially if it was money he
was hiding from the government.
376
00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:52,081
Oh, no. Pete, he wouldn't
cheat on his taxes.
377
00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:54,522
Sure he would.
378
00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:58,426
You're right.
I guess he would.
379
00:24:59,064 --> 00:25:00,861
Then someone
found out about it
380
00:25:00,932 --> 00:25:03,162
and tried to shake him down
for his nest egg.
381
00:25:03,401 --> 00:25:04,527
Well,
382
00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:07,936
that'd make the other pieces of
the puzzle seem more intelligent.
383
00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:10,271
I'm a son of a gun!
384
00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:13,007
Yeah, those are my feelings
exactly.
385
00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:17,608
This is crazy, Jimmy!
386
00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:21,948
No, it's not. We're
gonna try the house first.
387
00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:33,062
Man, I never would've
agreed to help you
388
00:25:33,131 --> 00:25:35,031
if I'd known
we was gonna bust in.
389
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,727
It's gonna be okay.
390
00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:38,631
Look, supposing
they catch us.
391
00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:41,831
What'll they do to us if they find
us with all these burglar tools?
392
00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:43,602
They're not burglar tools.
393
00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:47,911
Well, glass cutters and lock
picks, passkeys and a crowbar.
394
00:25:47,979 --> 00:25:51,005
What are we gonna tell them we're
doing, weeding the front lawn?
395
00:25:51,082 --> 00:25:54,677
Look, Rocky, I really didn't wanna
bring you along in the first place.
396
00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:57,851
Anybody comes along,
you whistle, huh?
397
00:26:01,426 --> 00:26:03,394
Jim! Hey, Jim!
398
00:26:03,461 --> 00:26:04,450
What's the matter?
399
00:26:04,529 --> 00:26:05,587
Listen, I was just thinking.
400
00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:08,224
If them guys knew where that money
was and they couldn't find it,
401
00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:10,129
what makes you think
we're gonna find it?
402
00:26:10,435 --> 00:26:12,596
We're smarter than they are.
403
00:26:14,539 --> 00:26:15,528
Oh.
404
00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,912
I don't know, sonny. Maybe
it just ain't there, huh?
405
00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:26,877
It's there.
406
00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:29,280
It's there,
we just missed it, that's all.
407
00:26:31,957 --> 00:26:33,481
More coffee?
No, thank you.
408
00:26:33,558 --> 00:26:35,423
Yeah, you can heat mine up
a little, please.
409
00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:37,758
It's on the house.
410
00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:40,623
I just served my last cup
of coffee after 30 years.
411
00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:42,292
What, did you sell out?
412
00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:45,336
Yeah. I bought myself
a little vineyard up north.
413
00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:47,728
The neighborhood's
changing.
414
00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:50,973
Everybody's shutting up
and moving away.
415
00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:53,038
Well, that's progress for you.
416
00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:56,012
Progress. The whole
world's going to the dogs.
417
00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:57,173
How can you stay
in business
418
00:26:57,248 --> 00:26:58,738
when all your customers
are moving away?
419
00:26:58,817 --> 00:27:01,513
Yeah, well, thanks for the pie and
the coffee, and good luck to you.
420
00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:02,780
Thank you.
Come on, Rocky.
421
00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:05,322
Hey, wait a minute.
I didn't finish my pie yet.
422
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:14,988
Jimmy?
423
00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:16,294
Yeah, just a minute, Rock.
424
00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:20,627
What is it?
425
00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:21,763
Hold on a minute.
426
00:27:27,012 --> 00:27:28,775
Rock, I got it.
He had a fortune.
427
00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:29,871
He did?
428
00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:31,210
Yeah. He sure did.
429
00:27:42,427 --> 00:27:43,792
She went inside.
430
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,829
Looks like they're getting ready to leave.
431
00:28:15,894 --> 00:28:18,089
Let's go.
We don't wanna lose them.
432
00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:36,977
Houston,
I don't want to alarm you,
433
00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:40,279
but I'm gonna have to stash
you somewhere until it's safe.
434
00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:45,511
I'm gonna check you into the
Belle Vue Hotel in Bel Air.
435
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:47,854
It's quiet,
and it's out of the way.
436
00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:49,416
But I want you
to stay in your room,
437
00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:51,621
and don't answer the door
for anybody but me.
438
00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:56,824
You're pretty good
at snapping out orders.
439
00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:59,267
Almost as good as Granddad.
440
00:28:59,337 --> 00:29:02,602
It shows you're a man who
knows his mind and his business.
441
00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:07,738
I don't much like the
idea of hiding out, though.
442
00:29:07,812 --> 00:29:10,542
Well, you can't fight
what you can't see.
443
00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:15,379
High Noon only works if you
know who's getting off the train.
444
00:29:15,854 --> 00:29:19,381
Did your grandfather get
any offers to sell his house?
445
00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:21,122
Half a dozen.
446
00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,093
How long ago?
447
00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:25,824
Six or eight months.
448
00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:28,464
Last one was just
a couple of weeks ago.
449
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,067
Who made the offer?
450
00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:32,900
I don't know.
Granddad didn't say.
451
00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:33,995
Was it a good one?
452
00:29:34,072 --> 00:29:35,596
Yeah, $20,000,
453
00:29:36,474 --> 00:29:37,998
which is more
than it was worth.
454
00:29:38,076 --> 00:29:39,566
What's that got to do
with anything?
455
00:29:39,644 --> 00:29:41,805
Well, I'm not sure yet.
456
00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:43,977
Why didn't your grandfather
sell?
457
00:29:44,048 --> 00:29:47,575
Well, Granddad's lived in that
house on and off for a long time.
458
00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:49,686
I reckon he...
459
00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:54,320
He figured somewhere along the
line he was gonna die in it.
460
00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:57,486
I think
we picked up somebody.
461
00:29:57,762 --> 00:29:58,854
Don't look.
462
00:29:58,930 --> 00:30:02,923
Look, there are some cigarettes
in that glove compartment.
463
00:30:03,501 --> 00:30:05,696
Take them out,
crumple them up,
464
00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:07,362
and throw the package
out the window.
465
00:30:07,438 --> 00:30:08,427
How come?
466
00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:09,495
Just do it.
467
00:31:11,302 --> 00:31:12,326
I better go in after her.
468
00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:14,564
Wait. Be patient.
469
00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:21,274
How do you know she's
not going out the back?
470
00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:25,510
Because I saw her throw out an empty
cigarette pack just before they stopped.
471
00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:28,680
When are you gonna learn
to keep your eyes open?
472
00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:35,452
Come on, lady,
it's only 60 cents.
473
00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:08,482
What about the girl?
474
00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:10,117
Forget it, she's gone.
Stick with him.
475
00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:16,187
Hiya, fellas.
476
00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:34,903
Thank you.
477
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:04,305
What do you think
you're doing?
478
00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:05,467
I beg your pardon?
479
00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:06,737
Can't you read the sign?
480
00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:08,506
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sure.
481
00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:11,505
You're not supposed
to take notes.
482
00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:12,606
Yeah, I know.
483
00:34:12,683 --> 00:34:15,311
I know, but, you see, I can't
remember all this without taking note.
484
00:34:15,586 --> 00:34:16,951
But it's not allowed.
485
00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:19,581
Yeah, I know,
you didn't make the rule.
486
00:34:21,325 --> 00:34:22,690
I'm gonna call the police.
487
00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:25,421
Well, I suppose you have to.
488
00:34:25,496 --> 00:34:28,556
Sorry I'm gonna miss them.
I'm almost through here.
489
00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:32,569
Could you tell me where I could
find the corporate records, please?
490
00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:34,571
It's down the hall,
the third door on the right.
491
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:36,800
Third door to the right?
Thank you.
492
00:34:43,281 --> 00:34:44,339
Hello?
493
00:34:44,682 --> 00:34:47,310
Houston?
Yeah, this is Jim Rockford.
494
00:34:47,385 --> 00:34:49,546
Do you have
Jerry Specht's address?
495
00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,914
Yeah. 1200 North King's Road.
What do you need it for?
496
00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:56,325
I'd like to have a little talk
with Mr. Specht.
497
00:34:56,394 --> 00:34:57,691
How well do you know him?
498
00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:01,061
Oh, pretty well. I met him a couple of
months ago. He seems like a nice man.
499
00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,929
Well, that's not what I get.
500
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,696
Every piece of property
in your grandfather's block
501
00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:09,262
has changed hands in the last
six months, the whole block.
502
00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:11,240
There've been
nine different buyers,
503
00:35:11,309 --> 00:35:12,799
and five of them
are corporations
504
00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:15,345
listing Jerry Specht
as one of the officers.
505
00:35:15,413 --> 00:35:16,573
Well, what does that mean?
506
00:35:16,647 --> 00:35:20,083
Well, he may just be a name on
some articles of incorporation,
507
00:35:20,151 --> 00:35:23,848
but I get the feeling that he knows
who was pressuring your grandfather.
508
00:35:23,921 --> 00:35:25,855
Now, you take care of yourself,
and I'll see you later.
509
00:35:25,923 --> 00:35:28,016
Okay. Bye-bye.
510
00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:15,052
Hi, Houston.
511
00:38:16,527 --> 00:38:18,757
I just needed a little air.
Nobody saw me.
512
00:38:18,829 --> 00:38:20,296
Oh, it's all right.
513
00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:23,300
It's a good place
to do some thinking.
514
00:38:28,372 --> 00:38:30,169
I'd like to know something.
515
00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:34,570
Do you always walk away from
what you don't want to face?
516
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:37,639
I never walked away
from anything in my life.
517
00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:39,342
What do you want from me,
anyway?
518
00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:41,146
Oh, a little emotion.
519
00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:43,279
I'd just like you better
520
00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:46,084
if you stopped acting like
a gunslinger in a B Western.
521
00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:49,854
There's nothing wrong with letting
some emotion show, you know?
522
00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:53,258
What did your grandfather do
when your dad died?
523
00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:56,298
Well, he didn't cry.
Men don't cry.
524
00:38:56,801 --> 00:38:58,428
Oh, sure they do.
525
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:02,333
Oh, I've seen them bawl
like babies.
526
00:39:03,140 --> 00:39:06,667
I've done it
a couple of times myself.
527
00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:10,409
He had a son.
He wanted a grandson.
528
00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:12,278
You did the best you could.
529
00:39:14,218 --> 00:39:15,310
You know,
530
00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:20,485
some of the old-timers didn't have
any use for scientific progress.
531
00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:22,585
They'd rather
spend their lives
532
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:25,424
bringing in saltwater
than hire a geologist,
533
00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:28,698
but Granddad
wasn't like that.
534
00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,998
He knew. He understood.
535
00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:32,797
And he was proud of you.
536
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,198
Did you see Jerry?
537
00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:39,835
Yeah.
538
00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:42,005
Yeah, I did.
539
00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:45,845
Jerry's dead.
Someone killed him.
540
00:39:52,256 --> 00:39:53,348
Why?
541
00:39:53,991 --> 00:39:55,583
He never hurt anybody.
542
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,720
I think he may have
killed your grandfather.
543
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:02,889
Hey, come on, Jerry was out
for whatever he could get.
544
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:07,161
Hey, he tried a double-cross
and got killed for his trouble.
545
00:40:09,507 --> 00:40:12,032
What are we gonna do? We
don't even know who's involved.
546
00:40:12,109 --> 00:40:14,134
Well, we will
when we open negotiations.
547
00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:15,644
Of course,
the first thing we gotta do
548
00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:17,613
is convince them
you own title to the house.
549
00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:19,241
I do.
550
00:40:21,385 --> 00:40:25,754
Granddad sold it to me for $1,
two weeks ago, for tax reasons.
551
00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:28,553
Well, that's gonna make the
whole thing a lot simpler.
552
00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:31,527
I'll do the negotiating,
but for protection,
553
00:40:31,796 --> 00:40:32,990
well, we'll set it up
554
00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:35,463
so it takes both our signatures
to sell it, all right?
555
00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:36,522
Mmm-hmm.
556
00:40:39,837 --> 00:40:43,238
Just tell him if he's interested
in making a bid on the Preli house,
557
00:40:43,307 --> 00:40:44,706
that I'll be home
at 7:00 sharp.
558
00:40:48,078 --> 00:40:50,376
How did you know which of
those companies to call?
559
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:51,472
One's as good as another.
560
00:40:51,549 --> 00:40:53,676
They're all dummies. They
all go back to the same place.
561
00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:54,877
How you doing?
562
00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:56,044
I'm done.
563
00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:03,491
"Without which consent, said
transfer shall be null and void,
564
00:41:03,561 --> 00:41:05,791
"as consideration for which
Mr. Rockford shall receive
565
00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:10,232
"10% of that portion of the
sale price in excess of $20,000."
566
00:41:11,101 --> 00:41:13,365
That's not too bad
for a geologist.
567
00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:17,330
I'll make a copy of this and
put the original in the safe.
568
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:19,399
Insurance?
569
00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,807
No. Security blanket.
570
00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:47,831
Okay, gentlemen.
I guess we can go now.
571
00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:56,270
Now, let's go.
572
00:42:41,625 --> 00:42:43,388
Good evening,
Mr. Rockford.
573
00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:48,694
I'm Charles Blackhorn.
574
00:42:49,633 --> 00:42:51,430
Would you care for a drink?
575
00:42:51,535 --> 00:42:54,698
I'd just as soon get down to
business, if you don't mind.
576
00:42:55,272 --> 00:42:56,466
Very well.
577
00:42:57,141 --> 00:42:58,870
What are your credentials?
578
00:42:58,943 --> 00:43:01,844
I negotiate for Miss Preli
for a percentage of the take.
579
00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:04,710
It takes both our signatures
to transfer title.
580
00:43:05,983 --> 00:43:09,384
Where is Miss Preli?
Will she be joining us?
581
00:43:09,453 --> 00:43:12,286
We'll go to her
if we need her signature.
582
00:43:12,356 --> 00:43:13,482
I see.
583
00:43:14,758 --> 00:43:17,386
Well, then,
I suppose it's my move.
584
00:43:19,496 --> 00:43:20,929
$20,000.
585
00:43:22,466 --> 00:43:24,730
That's not quite
what I had in mind.
586
00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:26,201
What is your counter-proposal?
587
00:43:26,971 --> 00:43:28,700
$100,000.
588
00:43:28,772 --> 00:43:30,865
That puts me $80,000 short.
589
00:43:30,941 --> 00:43:34,377
That's ridiculous, Mr.
Rockford. The offer is $20,000.
590
00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:38,175
Well, then,
I guess negotiations are over.
591
00:43:38,248 --> 00:43:39,510
Just a minute.
592
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:43,109
What makes you think that I
would be willing to spend $100,000
593
00:43:43,187 --> 00:43:45,678
for a piece of property
that is worth $20,000?
594
00:43:45,756 --> 00:43:47,485
It's indispensable.
595
00:43:47,558 --> 00:43:49,253
You have plans
for that block.
596
00:43:49,326 --> 00:43:51,692
You've bought it all up,
bit by bit,
597
00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:55,265
everything except Peter
Preli's land, and without it,
598
00:43:55,332 --> 00:43:58,597
whatever you have in mind is
gonna stay on the drawing board.
599
00:43:58,669 --> 00:44:01,103
I have a sizeable investment.
600
00:44:02,506 --> 00:44:05,236
All right,
I'll increase the offer.
601
00:44:05,776 --> 00:44:08,745
$20,000 plus your health.
602
00:44:10,047 --> 00:44:12,641
You're a big disappointment
to me, Mr. Blackhorn.
603
00:44:12,716 --> 00:44:14,547
I really thought
we could do business.
604
00:44:15,285 --> 00:44:16,411
We will.
605
00:44:17,721 --> 00:44:20,315
$100,000. Take it or leave it.
606
00:44:20,391 --> 00:44:21,483
$20,000.
607
00:44:22,292 --> 00:44:25,750
Don't make me resort to
primitive methods of persuasion.
608
00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:29,765
I have staff members who are
literally overqualified in that area.
609
00:44:31,735 --> 00:44:34,431
Those the ones you turned
loose on Jerry Specht?
610
00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:36,632
$20,000.
611
00:44:36,707 --> 00:44:37,867
Stuff it.
612
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:40,738
Mr. Rockford,
613
00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:43,142
you're taking a big gamble.
614
00:44:43,814 --> 00:44:45,213
So are you.
615
00:44:50,387 --> 00:44:51,786
$100,000.
616
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:53,755
Call the girl
and get her over here.
617
00:44:53,824 --> 00:44:57,055
Oh, no, no. I think this
transaction would be better
618
00:44:57,127 --> 00:44:59,322
if we don't have
any staff members around.
619
00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:03,465
We'll pick up Miss Preli,
you deliver the $100,000,
620
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:06,765
we turn over the deed,
signed and notarized.
621
00:45:07,604 --> 00:45:08,730
Will you take a check?
622
00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:09,966
Of course.
623
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,974
You'll have to make it
a personal one.
624
00:45:12,042 --> 00:45:15,011
We'll set it so the deed is
final when the check clears.
625
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,603
Do you have to do it
that way?
626
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,204
I've agreed
to all your other terms.
627
00:45:18,282 --> 00:45:19,613
You have my word.
628
00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:24,343
You're not a man who inspires
confidence, Mr. Blackhorn.
629
00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:26,878
Look, so you don't think
this is a trap,
630
00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:31,319
when we get to the hotel, I'll go in, get
the girl, and bring her out to the car.
631
00:46:48,005 --> 00:46:50,303
All right,
you can sign the check now.
632
00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:58,240
You didn't really expect me to
give you a check for $100,000,
633
00:46:58,315 --> 00:46:59,407
did you, Mr. Rockford?
634
00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:09,649
No, Mr. Blackhorn,
I didn't really expect you to.
635
00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:13,153
All right, keep your hands where we
can see them and get out of the car.
636
00:47:21,138 --> 00:47:24,733
I still can't figure out how the
police knew just when to move in.
637
00:47:24,908 --> 00:47:26,341
I was watching
from the window.
638
00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:29,345
I saw the limousine drive up,
I called them,
639
00:47:29,413 --> 00:47:31,711
I described the car
and reported a kidnapping.
640
00:47:31,782 --> 00:47:35,684
They got a lot more to answer
for than that, including murder.
641
00:47:35,752 --> 00:47:39,483
Jerry Specht should have kept
a tighter rein on his greed.
642
00:47:39,556 --> 00:47:41,922
He was in on it from the
very beginning, wasn't he?
643
00:47:41,992 --> 00:47:44,654
Oh, yeah, yeah.
He set the whole thing up.
644
00:47:44,895 --> 00:47:49,229
He measured your door, had a new
one built, painted, ready to hang.
645
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:52,660
Just slipped out the old frame
and slip in the new.
646
00:47:52,736 --> 00:47:56,638
How did they fix the broken
lamp and the broken vase?
647
00:47:56,707 --> 00:47:58,140
He gave me those.
648
00:47:58,208 --> 00:48:02,076
He probably bought two each so he'd have
duplicates to replace the broken ones.
649
00:48:02,579 --> 00:48:03,944
But why'd they kill him?
650
00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:07,814
Well, Blackhorn had a multi-million
dollar entertainment complex
651
00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:11,184
planned for that block, and Jerry
wanted a bigger piece of the action.
652
00:48:11,255 --> 00:48:14,190
He tried to get your grandfather's
property and bungled it,
653
00:48:14,258 --> 00:48:16,818
and then tried to make it look
like a burglary.
654
00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:19,158
Cops bought it.
Blackhorn didn't.
655
00:48:21,164 --> 00:48:23,098
All that grief for money.
656
00:48:24,234 --> 00:48:25,326
You know,
657
00:48:26,803 --> 00:48:28,532
Granddad didn't care much
for money.
658
00:48:28,605 --> 00:48:32,200
Oh, he liked making it
and he liked spending it,
659
00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:34,267
but he didn't really care
about it.
660
00:48:36,046 --> 00:48:37,877
You knew him a long time,
didn't you, Rocky?
661
00:48:37,948 --> 00:48:41,281
Oh,
since I was half Jim's age.
662
00:48:44,321 --> 00:48:45,720
He was a good man.
663
00:48:45,822 --> 00:48:47,449
Finest I ever knew.
664
00:48:52,429 --> 00:48:54,021
You want some more
sweet potato pie?
665
00:48:54,097 --> 00:48:55,564
Oh, I sure do.
666
00:48:59,336 --> 00:49:01,133
What's wrong?
What'd I say?
667
00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:04,900
It's all right.
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