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Alex, darling, Andy and I are not
the only people here. This is our moment.
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You bet. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime moment. These
moments are going to sell like hot cakes.
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Good for you, my dear Melissa,
and very good for me.
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Uh, yeah, Alex, why don't you spread
yourself around.
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I 'd like some photos of my buddies
for the scrapbook.
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For the police archives?
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OK, I 'll leave you in peace for a minute.
Where's your best man?
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Uh, Dennis. Probably with the
second-most-beautiful girl in the place.
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You know, Mrs. Hays, watching Andy
and your daughter dance...
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gets me to thinking about
my own wedding reception.
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It was in an Italian restaurant.
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And we waltzed to the music
of Vinny Scavelli and his Paesanos.
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I held Mrs. Columbo in my arms...
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and she was as light as a moonbeam.
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Oh, how nice.
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Did I meet her?
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Uh, no, ma'am. She's not here. She had to
go to Chicago to look after her mother.
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She fell and broke her hip.
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Your wife?
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Uh, no, ma'am.
Her mother.
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Oh. Poor thing.
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She was having fun at the time, ma'am,
learning how to skateboard.
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-Oh, how nice!
-Excuse me, Lieutenant , Mrs. Hays.
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Cindy, I 'd like you to meet Lieutenant Columbo,
the groom's uncle.
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Look this way. Very nice. Hey, Cindy.
How are you feeling, Mrs. Hays?
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Well, not too bad, thank you.
Now, everybody, do sit down.
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Alex, this is Lieutenant Columbo,
Andy's uncle.
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-How do you do?
-And this is Alex.
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He's the one who discovered Melissa.
He made her famous.
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I had that pleasure. Last summer.
I was shooting a fashion layout in Malibu.
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Melissa had just come down from Seattle
and was on the beach with friends.
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I thought she was stunning. I wound up taking
more shots of her than the professional models.
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When I showed the stuff to the head of the agency,
that was it. She took off like a rocket.
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-I never saw it happen so quickly.
-Mrs. Hays.
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I was just telling your husband
what a great reception this is.
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Most of it was Melissa's planning.
And of course Sheldon paid the bills.
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Sure did. A few more dollars, we could've
built another shopping mall in Seattle.
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Come on, Cindy, let 's snap a few.
Who knows? You may be my next great discovery.
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Louise, my darling, it’s way past your bedtime.
Remember what the doctor said.
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That medication is a nuisance.
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Yes, dear.
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Come on.
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Just going upstairs.
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Are you all right , Mother?
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I 'm fine, darling. Just a little tired.
We'll talk in the morning, won't we?
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We'll pop in before we leave.
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Louise... sleep well.
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Everything's been so lovely.
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I 'm very proud of you both.
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-Good night , my darlings.
-Good night.
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-You haven't danced all evening.
-It’s been more fun watching you.
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You' re not gonna get away with that!
Come on!
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Come on, let 's go!
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-Oh Andy, you're a lucky son of a gun.
-Don't I know it.
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She's quite a gal.
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I just had a thought. Where I come from,
it’s customary...
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for the buddies of the groom
to kidnap the bride on her wedding night.
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-Sergeant , what do you think?
-Is that so?
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It’s a hoot.
Andy, you better keep an eye on her.
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Now, don't you try anything
unless you want a broken neck.
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-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
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I 'm gonna go talk to a couple of the other guys.
Plus I gotta keep'em away from my girl.
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You don't think that joke
would get up to anything, do you?
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He was just kidding.
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-But I'll keep an eye on him anyway.
-Do that.
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Get a load of Fred Astaire.
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Hey, where did you learn this stuff?
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Mrs. Columbo taught me.
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She loves to dance. It’s about
the only exercise I get. It wears me out.
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Well, go, baby, go!
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I faithfully promised the newlyweds
they'd be out of here by 11 .
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They' re leaving first thing in the morning
for a place where even the tabloids...
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won't discover'em
for a couple of weeks, we hope.
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Melissa, my dear,
your mother's upstairs resting.
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But we both want you to know
that we are full of joy and pride...
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for our beautiful daughter...
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for this fine young man, Andy,
whom we welcome into the family.
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Continued happiness to you both.
May you prosper and multiply.
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-That last is a request for a grandchild.
-Hear! Hear!
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I think we should have a word
from the groom's uncle.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Lieutenant Columbo.
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Now, Andy, if my sister Mary and
your father Dan were still with us...
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I know that they would be just as
delighted with Melissa as I am.
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She's... well, she's just special.
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And, come to think of it ,
she's not a bad dancer either.
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Mr. Hays, you and Mrs. Hays aren't losing
a daughter, you're gaining a police force.
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Yeah!
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Andy, Melissa,
health and happiness to you always.
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Thank you.
We love you all.
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Hold it.
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Great.
Andy, do me a favor.
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One picture I don't have.
For old times' sake, me and Melissa.
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It 'd be my pleasure.
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-Is it , uh... ?
-It’s all ready.
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-Thank you. For everything.
-You' re welcome.
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And one for me.
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Bye-bye!
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Gosh, you're beautiful.
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-Why does this feel so strange?
-I know! It does, doesn't it?
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Mrs. Parma.
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-We're like a couple of moonstruck kids.
-Yeah.
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-Go take a shower.
-Oh...!
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Let me get out of this.
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Oh. Yes.
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Please.
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Right away, ma'am.
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I 'm all yours, Mrs. Parma.
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Melissa?
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Liss?
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Mulrooney.
That joker. I'll kill him.
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-Bar here.
-Is there a Detective Dennis Mulrooney there?
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Anyone by the name of
Dennis Mulrooney?
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Yeah, that’s me.
Excuse me.
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-Yeah?
-Dennis.
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-Hey, Andy.
-Where's Melissa? You took her, didn't you?
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Whoa, take it easy, buddy. Not guilty.
I was just joshing about the kidnapping.
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-I got more important business on my mind.
-She's not here. Where is she?
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Maybe she forgot something,
came down to pick it up...
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got into a conversation with somebody.
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There's still a lot of people down there.
It’s a nice party. You want me to look around?
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-No, I 'm coming down.
-You' re coming down?
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-I 'll be right there.
-OK.
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Melissa...
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I nearly escaped, but Melissa's dad, Mr. Hays
nailed me for some advice...
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on where to open one of his malls down here.
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What do I know? He was asking for good low-crime
areas. That’s a tough one to answer.
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He's quite a guy. Great talker.
I couldn't get away from him.
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He was moving in on Sergeant Goodman
as I was leaving.
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I 'm glad you had me paged. I was kind of
surprised that you'd want to see me...
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tonight.
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What 's the matter?
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Smell this.
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-It’s chloroform.
-Melissa's gone.
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Somebody took her.
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Somebody what?
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Kidnapped her!
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Andy, what are you saying?
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It happened when I was in the shower.
When I came out , she was gone.
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-And this was here?
-Yes.
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What was she wearing?
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Everything's here.
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She must 've been
in her underwear.
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-When did it happen?
-Look, I told you. I was in the shower.
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-How long?
-Um, not long.
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No valuables taken.
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Only the most valuable
thing in the world.
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What 's this doing here?
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That I found on the floor.
The other's missing.
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Where was it?
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Uh, right there.
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Where was the wad
with the chloroform?
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That was by the drapes.
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What time did you go
in the bathroom?
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Let 's see...
We got up here about 11:15.
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Then we talked for a bit... not much.
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-Then she told me to go take a shower.
-Told you?
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We were just joking.
We just both felt foolish for some reason.
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Someone listening outside the door
might 've heard her say that.
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-Say what?
-"Take a shower. "
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If he heard it ,
he'd know you were in there.
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It’s not forced.
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Prints from the handles won't be much use,
you used them a couple of times since then.
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-I 'm real sorry about that , officer.
-OK, Andy. OK.
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He wouldn't carry an unconscious woman
out this way, through the hotel.
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He might 've sneaked her into
one of these rooms nearby, or...
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he'd be much more likely to carry an
unconscious woman down the fire stairs.
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"An unconscious woman"?
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Hold this. We don't want it
self-locking on us.
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"Unconscious woman"?
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That’s Melissa you're talking about.
My wife.
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You' re my uncle, for Pete's sake!
She's related.
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He could've taken Melissa out this way.
That’s what I 'm checking on.
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How long were you in the shower?
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-Ten minutes or so.
-Did you hear anything?
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I was in the shower, enjoying myself,
singing. What could I hear?
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OK, Andy. So you got out
around 11:30, 11:35?
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Yeah, I guess.
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Yeah, chances are
he came this way.
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Let 's get back to the room.
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It seems like Melissa's dad
has plenty of money...
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so whoever did this
could've done it for ransom.
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On the other hand, you being a cop,
it could involve you.
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Could've been revenge.
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Revenge?
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You put some guys behind bars,
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you used a gun on a couple of'em.
Somebody might want to get even.
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-You got a cigarette?
-I thought you gave'em up.
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I did. You got one?
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Got these.
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Thanks.
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Hell of a wedding.
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Get on the phone and call Sergeant Goodman.
Tell him I 'd like him in on this. And Mulrooney.
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Goodman's big on kidnapping.
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Have him call the lab,
get somebody over here to dust for prints.
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Ask him to lay on a phone tap.
I'll clear it with the hotel.
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You guys go over everything you know.
I 'm gonna take a look outside that fire escape.
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Hey, Andy.
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Yeah?
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Hang in there.
We'll find her.
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Front desk.
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Please put me through
to Mr. Dennis Mulrooney at the bar.
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Who the devil is it?
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Lieutenant Columbo, L. A. P. D.
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-If you're a cop, where's your uniform?
-I 'm a plain-clothes detective.
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You got any ID?
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I 'd sure like to talk with you
for a few minutes...
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if you don't mind.
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I 'm Bill Bailey.
Come on in.
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Is this the kitchen of a restaurant?
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They like to call it that.
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That’s smoke grease on the window.
Disgraceful, ain't it?
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-What do you do here, Mr. Bailey?
-I 'm the cleaning man.
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Some of that dirt... never come off.
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But it 'll be a darn sight better
when I get through with it.
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-What time did you start work tonight , Mr. Bailey
-Call me Bill. Like in the song.
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People are always asking me,
"Why don't you go home, Bill Bailey?"
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They all say it like nobody
ever thought of it before.
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What time did you start , Bill?
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Ten o'clock.
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But these people don't even notice me.
Don't give me the time of day...
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They seem to think
I never been here.
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Where do you live, Bill?
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West L. A. , off Pico.
134 Neptune Street.
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Did you happen to see anybody
out in the yard sometime after 11 o'clock?
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You mean people?
I never seen anybody.
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-But you did see something?
-Yeah. A van. A white van.
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The driver had backed it all the way into
the alley. That’s what made me notice it.
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Most of the delivery men
pull in headfirst...
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then they back out
when they' re through unloading.
230
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,625
What kind of deliveries do they make
after 11 o'clock on a Sunday?
231
00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:30,194
Nothing that I know of.
232
00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:33,965
You got some kinda interest
in that van? Was it stolen?
233
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:38,169
No, just a routine investigation, Bill.
Did you see the driver?
234
00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:40,605
Told you.
Didn't see nobody.
235
00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,274
Heard the van backing in.
236
00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:47,311
By the time I looked out the window,
the driver had gotten out and walked away.
237
00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:50,181
-You looked out that window?
-Yeah.
238
00:20:51,116 --> 00:20:55,419
I 'm used to looking through it when
I hear something real interesting outside.
239
00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:57,588
Sometimes the hotel bellhops...
240
00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:01,926
sneak the chambermaids out in the back
when they think nobody can see'em.
241
00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:06,964
I can barely see the hotel from here.
But you say the van was white?
242
00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:09,600
-Yeah. What part of it I could see.
-What part was that?
243
00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:11,502
The back end, where the doors are.
244
00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:12,903
Was there any writing on it?
245
00:21:13,972 --> 00:21:17,008
Nothing as I could see.
It was white.
246
00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:21,178
But I can tell you what time it left.
Exactly 11:30.
247
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,880
How would you know exactly?
248
00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:27,952
I was taking off my watch,
so I could scour the pots and pans.
249
00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:32,690
I heard the van doors open and shut , like
something was being loaded in the back.
250
00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,525
Did you look out the window again?
251
00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,095
No, sir. I didn't.
252
00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,477
Quiet.
253
00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:36,113
How long will it take to lay in
that phone tap, fellas?
254
00:23:36,214 --> 00:23:37,448
15, 20 minutes.
255
00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:39,850
-Can someone call in while you're working on it?
-You bet.
256
00:23:39,951 --> 00:23:44,488
-Any call comes through, we'll hear it.
-If it does, let Detective Parma take it.
257
00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:45,589
You got it , Lieutenant.
258
00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:52,029
It’s usually soon, you say, Robert?
259
00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:53,464
That’s the pattern.
260
00:23:53,865 --> 00:23:58,602
Kidnappers, they like to gloat a while.
Not too long. The adrenaline's pumping.
261
00:23:58,703 --> 00:24:02,773
They want the money fast. They want to
get to you while you're still in shock.
262
00:24:02,874 --> 00:24:06,343
But you'd be surprised how many kidnappings
for ransom we never even hear about.
263
00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:10,381
People pay up, and if the kidnapped party's
safely returned, that’s the end of it.
264
00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:14,752
Yeah, sure. I give them my cop's salary
and they hand over Melissa right away?
265
00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:17,388
-Great ransom.
-Top Models make all kinds of money, right?
266
00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:20,191
But Melissa's only been
in the business 18 months...
267
00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,426
and most of what we saved
went into the house we bought.
268
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:26,197
-Her dad's got plenty, right?
-He told me he owns eight shopping malls.
269
00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:28,132
Yeah, and about half the other
real estate in Seattle.
270
00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:30,534
There was an article on him
in the L. A. Times.
271
00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:32,203
When are we gonna tell him
what happened?
272
00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:36,073
Well, there's no point in opening that can
of peas yet. His wife's none too well.
273
00:24:36,174 --> 00:24:38,242
Leave them in peace
until there's no choice.
274
00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:40,144
If it’s ransom, we'll hear soon
enough soon enough.
275
00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:43,447
If it’s something else, let 's work on it.
Any notes, threatening letters?
276
00:24:50,021 --> 00:24:51,222
Fingerprints!
277
00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:59,196
Hi, Joe. Glad it’s you.
We're in a real hurry here.
278
00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,031
All I need is the door.
279
00:25:01,132 --> 00:25:03,734
Forget the handles -
we all touched them plenty.
280
00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:05,769
Hit the door surface
and the doorframe.
281
00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:10,407
Somebody carried somebody out this way.
He might 've put out a hand for support.
282
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:14,912
When you're done here, do the same thing to
the fire escape down the corridor to the left.
283
00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:16,947
Door, walls, the works.
284
00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:18,382
-OK?
-You got it , Lieutenant.
285
00:25:18,483 --> 00:25:22,453
And Joe, ask the boys at the lab
to put a rush on it for me, will you?
286
00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:23,621
No problem.
287
00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:32,162
There's no sense letting this stuff
go to waste. Anybody?
288
00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:35,499
-I'll get it. Andy, you want some?
-Thanks.
289
00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:39,136
Revenge. You guys come up with anything
on that while I was gone?
290
00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:41,238
Andy blew a guy away
a few years ago.
291
00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:42,506
Tell the lieutenant , Andy.
292
00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:47,177
About three years ago...
and this is long before I met Melissa...
293
00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:49,813
I was dating this girl.
Cherie was her name.
294
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:54,485
One night , we were in a club in North Hollywood
and some drunk came busting up to the table...
295
00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:58,122
and asked Cherie how it felt to be dating
a cop while her husband was doing time.
296
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:00,891
Who was the guy, the drunk?
297
00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,761
-Albert Wagner.
-Yeah, but I found that out later.
298
00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:05,963
I let the club bouncer take care of him.
299
00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:10,634
But driving home, Cherie told me it was
her ex-husband Billy, the drunk's brother...
300
00:26:10,735 --> 00:26:15,072
who was serving the last couple of weeks
of his sentence. He sure got out on time.
301
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,509
One late night , the two of them jumped me
right outside my apartment.
302
00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:21,445
Cracked a rib, busted my head
before I could get my gun out.
303
00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,214
Billy tried to take it from me
and I had to shoot him.
304
00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:26,350
Died right there in his brother's arms.
305
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,061
What happened to the brother, Albert?
306
00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:39,697
He swore he'd get back at me
if it was the last thing he ever did.
307
00:26:40,031 --> 00:26:42,800
The judge gave him three years
for assault 2, class D felony.
308
00:26:42,901 --> 00:26:45,336
-And you say this was three years ago?
-About.
309
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:47,605
All through here, Lieutenant.
I 'll go hit the fire escape.
310
00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:48,672
Thanks, Joe.
311
00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:51,175
-Sergeant , will you check if Wagner's out?
-Sure.
312
00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:54,078
Soon as these guys clear the out line.
How's it coming?
313
00:26:54,179 --> 00:26:55,245
Four or five minutes.
314
00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:57,348
You know what 's on this, don't you, Andy?
315
00:26:57,449 --> 00:27:03,687
By heart. "Be my guest , love M. "M for elissa.
She left that for me as a surprise. What about it?
316
00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:07,524
"Guest" is what it’s about.
Suppose it was a guest that did this.
317
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,293
Suppose it was somebody at the wedding.
318
00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:13,163
-No. They were all family and friends.
-All of them? How many do you know?
319
00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:17,201
Most of them were Melissa's. A whole lot from
the magazine business. Editors, models...
320
00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:18,636
But how many do you know?
321
00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:20,304
About 20%.
322
00:27:20,438 --> 00:27:24,041
See what I mean? We're gonna have to
check'em all. Where's the guest list?
323
00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,576
-I don't have it.
-You don't have it?
324
00:27:26,077 --> 00:27:29,213
-We made it out and gave it to Mr. Hays.
-The parents of the bride.
325
00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:35,319
Yes, it’s the parents of the bride
that send out the invitations to a wedding.
326
00:27:55,306 --> 00:27:56,974
Sorry to bother you, Mr. Hays.
327
00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,410
What the heck, Lieutenant?
It’s almost 1:30.
328
00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:03,947
Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't
bother you, but this is kind of important.
329
00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:08,552
It better be. My wife overdid it tonight.
She's extremely unwell.
330
00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:12,556
I 've given her some medication, but I
don't want to disturb her. Can't it keep?
331
00:28:12,657 --> 00:28:14,024
I 'm afraid not , sir.
332
00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:16,760
Come on in.
333
00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,998
We'll talk in my bedroom. Shh.
334
00:28:25,837 --> 00:28:26,870
Around here.
335
00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:35,479
So, what 's on your mind
this time of the night?
336
00:28:36,781 --> 00:28:41,752
Mr. Hayes, I have a great deal of respect
for you, so I 'm not gonna beat the bush.
337
00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:45,155
Your daughter was kidnapped.
338
00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:57,234
Melissa was abducted from the bridal suite
shortly after they went upstairs tonight...
339
00:28:57,335 --> 00:28:59,136
while Andy was in the shower.
340
00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:04,475
We know she was chloroformed. For now, we
don't know who did it , but we're working on it.
341
00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:08,645
I 'm glad to hear that.
Why wasn't I informed earlier?
342
00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:11,448
One reason was out of
consideration for your wife...
343
00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:16,520
and the other was that I felt it served no
useful purpose until I had more information.
344
00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:19,223
-I 'm a big boy, I could've taken it.
-Yes, sir.
345
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:20,390
No matter, no matter.
346
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:31,101
The first thing that comes to mind is
ransom, she being the daughter of a rich man.
347
00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:35,539
No doubt if you're working on it as
you say you've taken that under consideration.
348
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,341
Let me make it crystal clear.
349
00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:42,780
If this is a ransom demand, whatever amount ,
I'll pay instantly. No questions asked.
350
00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:46,483
But , let me emphasize,
no police histrionics.
351
00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:51,188
I'll pay. When my daughter's returned, then
and only then you can go in with guns blazing.
352
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,357
-You understand?
-Clearly, sir.
353
00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:55,459
What is being done?
354
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:56,527
Everything possible.
355
00:29:56,861 --> 00:29:58,729
One thing you can do
to help, Mr. Hays...
356
00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:02,900
I need the guest list in order to check out
everybody who was at the wedding tonight.
357
00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:05,536
You suspect it might have been someone
already in the hotel?
358
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:09,439
We don't know anything for sure, but that 's
one area we need to follow up.
359
00:30:09,607 --> 00:30:13,277
Well, let 's not waste any more time. Time,
I imagine, is of the essence in these matters.
360
00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:15,846
Yes, sir. Time is everything.
361
00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:21,819
Well...
362
00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:27,057
Now, here are names, addresses,
telephone numbers...
363
00:30:27,258 --> 00:30:30,327
of everyone who received
an invitation. Complete.
364
00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:35,365
Thank you. May I ask you, Mr. Hays,
who took that photograph?
365
00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:39,469
-Alex.
-Alex.
366
00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:42,639
He was at the wedding
and the reception, wasn't he?
367
00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:45,742
It’s in the garden
of our home, in Seattle.
368
00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:50,247
Oh, Melissa!
369
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,419
Well, good hunting, Lieutenant.
370
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:56,620
I'll keep you informed, sir.
371
00:30:56,721 --> 00:31:00,757
I appreciate that. But I want you
and everyone else involved...
372
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:05,229
to make sure not a word of this reaches my wife.
Nothing in the papers, nothing on TV. None of that.
373
00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:08,498
It would kill her if she heard about
this in her present condition. Understood?
374
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,701
I promise you to keep it quiet , sir.
375
00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:11,635
Thank you.
376
00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:15,205
Anybody call?
377
00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:16,340
Nothing yet.
378
00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:19,710
But I checked on Wagner.
He's been out a couple of weeks.
379
00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:22,779
I 'm on my way to a snitch I know.
You ever meet him? His name's Comfort.
380
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,315
Uh, no, but I heard of him.
Tubby, isn't it? Tubby Comfort?
381
00:31:25,416 --> 00:31:30,287
He's got the dirt on every crook in town. Makes
a nice few bucks on the side informing on'em.
382
00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:34,758
Spends half his nights in some Arabian steam
bath. Gonna see if he has anything on Wagner.
383
00:31:34,859 --> 00:31:36,393
-That the list?
-Yeah.
384
00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:38,662
-How was Hays?
-Tough. He's something else.
385
00:31:38,763 --> 00:31:40,330
-I'll see you.
-Yeah.
386
00:31:45,136 --> 00:31:49,072
The photographer who was called Alex looked
like he never stopped taking pictures.
387
00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:50,440
What was his second name?
388
00:31:50,541 --> 00:31:52,209
Varrick... Alex Varrick. Why?
389
00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:55,479
We're gonna need photos of everybody
to match faces with names. .
390
00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,681
until everybody at the wedding
is accounted for.
391
00:31:58,049 --> 00:32:00,384
While I 'm away,
you guys go through this list.
392
00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:02,753
You check all the names you know.
393
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:06,590
If you don't know'em and you know
somebody who might know'em, call'em.
394
00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:08,091
Use the spare phone.
395
00:33:38,916 --> 00:33:40,517
Melissa, my love.
396
00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:44,855
When I remove the tape...
397
00:33:45,556 --> 00:33:46,990
don't scream.
398
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:52,195
It would be useless to scream. This place
is not near to anyone who could hear you.
399
00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:53,864
Only me.
400
00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:59,269
Behind the black paint
is hollow glass building blocks.
401
00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:06,143
Like this. And these are
excellent insulation against sound.
402
00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:10,614
Screaming would only
strain your vocal chords.
403
00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,183
And it would irritate me.
404
00:34:14,485 --> 00:34:17,521
So please, my love, don't do it.
405
00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:23,226
Because if you irritate me, I may be
tempted to use the blade on you.
406
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,362
And I don't wanna do that.
407
00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:27,364
Not yet.
408
00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:45,082
I 'm sorry I had to tie you up.
It was necessary at the time.
409
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,287
Be...
410
00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:51,855
be still.
411
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:57,527
The least hurtful way to do this
is with one quick pull.
412
00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:02,532
See?
413
00:35:03,468 --> 00:35:05,368
That wasn't so bad, was it?
414
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,672
Ohh!
415
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:13,844
Speak to me, my love.
416
00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:18,882
I adore hearing that lovely voice
in those commercials of yours.
417
00:35:25,556 --> 00:35:27,224
I 've made us some tea.
418
00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:29,893
Would you like some?
419
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:32,963
Darjeeling.
420
00:35:34,031 --> 00:35:35,432
It’s very nice.
421
00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:46,877
Where's Andy?
422
00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:49,179
Andy?
423
00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:52,649
Where is my husband?
424
00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:58,021
You have no husband, because the
marriage has not been consummated.
425
00:35:58,890 --> 00:36:03,527
But... with regard to the man I saw go
through that bogus wedding in the church...
426
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:07,364
we left him in the shower.
427
00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:09,966
He should be dry by now.
428
00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:16,806
-Do you know that he's a policeman?
-Oh, yes, yes, indeed.
429
00:36:17,041 --> 00:36:19,376
I read all the
marriage announcements.
430
00:36:19,977 --> 00:36:23,380
Detective Andrew Parma.
Mm-hm.
431
00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:26,149
What do you want with me?
432
00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:30,587
I 'm devoted to you.
And I desire your love.
433
00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:33,390
And you will give it to me.
434
00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:44,167
Now... your tea will be getting cold.
435
00:36:45,803 --> 00:36:49,072
Don't tell me you're not thirsty.
Come on, have a cup. Hm?
436
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:54,277
Water.
437
00:36:55,446 --> 00:36:56,880
I 'll have some water.
438
00:36:58,015 --> 00:36:59,783
Silly silly.
439
00:37:08,593 --> 00:37:09,593
Light.
440
00:37:12,129 --> 00:37:14,698
Can I have some real light in here?
441
00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:16,967
I don't like the dark.
442
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:23,240
Please.
443
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:26,376
Perhaps...
444
00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:29,879
Yes, perhaps you'll be
nicer to me then.
445
00:37:56,407 --> 00:37:58,508
Welcome, sir.
Please sign in.
446
00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:02,078
You will leave here a new man,
your cares perspired away. You'll ha...
447
00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:06,916
Cut the crap. If it weren't for the fact this dump
keeps a bunch of weirdoes off the street...
448
00:38:07,018 --> 00:38:08,985
we'd have it shut down
in five minutes.
449
00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:13,523
-Tubby Comfort here tonight?
-Mr. Comfort is indeed enjoying his usual steam bath.
450
00:38:25,369 --> 00:38:29,372
Right on Wilshire,
left on Sunset , right on Laurel.
451
00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,741
This guy lives in the hills.
452
00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:47,424
Tubby, where the hell are you?
453
00:38:49,393 --> 00:38:53,463
I never forget a face
and I never forget a voice.
454
00:38:53,564 --> 00:38:57,434
Do I have the pleasure of
welcoming Sergeant Goodman?
455
00:38:57,868 --> 00:39:02,605
Bear to the right a few degrees and you
will discover the fount of all knowledge.
456
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:14,017
Jeez, it must be over 200°
in this place.
457
00:39:14,118 --> 00:39:17,120
Oh, the heat is good for ya.
Helps the fat.
458
00:39:17,221 --> 00:39:21,925
Cut the fat jokes, Tub. I got
a rush job for you. Wagner, Albert.
459
00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:25,428
-He had a brother called Billy.
-He tried to take a cop's gun away from him.
460
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:27,964
Mm. Delightful family.
461
00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:33,703
I hear that his sweetheart of a brother
got out early for good behavior.
462
00:39:34,905 --> 00:39:38,608
Do you want Albert 's address so you can
add it to your Christmas card list?
463
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:40,076
How'd you guess?
464
00:39:44,982 --> 00:39:47,917
$100 of the taxpayers' money
on account...
465
00:39:48,018 --> 00:39:51,488
to cover the phone bills
for my secret numbers.
466
00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:53,289
200 more...
467
00:39:54,358 --> 00:39:56,826
when I make your dream come true.
468
00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:49,913
Who the blazes are you?!
469
00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:52,382
I 'm here, sir!
Where are you?
470
00:40:52,483 --> 00:40:54,818
On the balcony!
Who the devil are you?
471
00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:58,354
Lieutenant Columbo, sir.
Can we talk? It’s rather urgent.
472
00:40:58,456 --> 00:40:59,789
It’s the middle of the night!
473
00:41:01,692 --> 00:41:04,761
I really appreciate this,
Mr. Varrick, and I 'm sorry about...
474
00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:06,830
Oh, what 's the problem, Lieutenant?
475
00:41:06,931 --> 00:41:11,434
I 'm afraid I can't go into details.
I can say it involves one of the Hayses.
476
00:41:11,702 --> 00:41:14,103
Mrs. Hays?
She looked pretty sickly to me.
477
00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:17,540
No. To the best of my knowledge,
Mrs. Hays is all right for the time being.
478
00:41:17,741 --> 00:41:21,311
-Mr. Hays?
-He's in some trouble. And it might get worse.
479
00:41:21,512 --> 00:41:24,380
-What do you mean it might get worse?
-Emotionally and financially.
480
00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:27,383
What does that mean?
Can't you tell me something else?
481
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:30,854
I can say that it’s serious.
482
00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:34,824
Well, I like the guy...
483
00:41:35,559 --> 00:41:37,093
Dotes on Melissa.
484
00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:40,430
Wanted her to be a doctor
before the fame happened.
485
00:41:40,531 --> 00:41:43,166
Never even squawked, gave her
all kinds of support.
486
00:41:43,267 --> 00:41:45,902
Yes. He's very fond of her.
487
00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:48,037
Does Melissa know about this?
488
00:41:48,138 --> 00:41:50,139
It would be best to keep it from her.
489
00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:51,307
Well, what can I do?
490
00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:54,878
I want copies of all the photos
that you took at the wedding.
491
00:41:54,979 --> 00:41:58,181
Church, reception.
Group pictures in particular.
492
00:41:58,782 --> 00:42:00,116
What would you do with them if you had them?
493
00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:02,352
Eliminate everyone
who can be recognized.
494
00:42:02,453 --> 00:42:07,123
I hope you'll help me with that. All
unknowns will be considered suspects.
495
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:11,394
My studio and lab are up here.
496
00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:16,833
I have a session with Eileen Hacker at eight
this morning. Maybe you met her at the reception.
497
00:42:16,934 --> 00:42:18,668
Toughest editor in the business.
498
00:42:18,769 --> 00:42:21,971
She's doing a six-page spread on the wedding
and she's got a deadline.
499
00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:25,708
You' re in luck. My assistant 's
processing the stuff right now.
500
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:35,552
You' re absolutely right. The lamp does
make it much nicer. It’s much more cosy.
501
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:46,829
That’s it.
502
00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:52,402
I knew you'd be thirsty
with that awful tape on your mouth.
503
00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:56,806
Have some more?
504
00:43:13,891 --> 00:43:15,491
I think I 'm being very considerate.
505
00:43:18,963 --> 00:43:19,696
Have a cookie.
506
00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:24,033
How long are you going to
keep me here?
507
00:43:24,468 --> 00:43:27,470
That’s better. Let 's converse.
We'll be civilized.
508
00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:29,272
Um...
509
00:43:31,141 --> 00:43:32,875
How long?
In this room?
510
00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:37,513
Till three o'clock in the afternoon.
And then we'll prepare.
511
00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:41,551
3:45 was when my mother said
she was married...
512
00:43:41,652 --> 00:43:43,353
and that’s precisely the time
that we'll do it.
513
00:43:44,588 --> 00:43:45,622
Do what?
514
00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:48,057
You'll see, my love.
515
00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:50,126
It'll be glorious.
516
00:43:52,730 --> 00:43:54,564
It’s a pity my mother
can't be here to see it.
517
00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:57,000
Where's your mother?
518
00:43:57,735 --> 00:44:02,305
She's had her throat cut. She's in heaven,
my love. She's waiting for us.
519
00:44:05,075 --> 00:44:06,609
Did somebody kill her?
520
00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:08,444
Uh, yes.
521
00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:09,746
My father.
522
00:44:11,348 --> 00:44:13,716
He was a doctor.
A surgeon.
523
00:44:14,018 --> 00:44:15,218
Very famous.
524
00:44:17,855 --> 00:44:19,622
I was gonna be a surgeon myself.
525
00:44:21,058 --> 00:44:23,426
But some things are
just not meant to be.
526
00:44:26,363 --> 00:44:27,130
Te...
527
00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:29,666
tell me about it.
528
00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:37,840
He was a beast. He was...
529
00:44:40,277 --> 00:44:43,780
always bullying my mother
and making her cry.
530
00:44:45,549 --> 00:44:49,352
One day I heard them fighting
in the bedroom. That was the worst time.
531
00:44:49,753 --> 00:44:53,089
I was eight years old, listening
at the door, and I heard her screaming.
532
00:44:54,458 --> 00:44:55,858
Then it stopped.
533
00:44:58,228 --> 00:45:01,564
And I ran into the room and
there she was. She was lying on the bed.
534
00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:05,668
There was all blood up here.
535
00:45:06,804 --> 00:45:08,738
He'd cut this wide open...
536
00:45:09,173 --> 00:45:10,373
with one of these.
537
00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:15,878
Really?
538
00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:20,383
And then he saw me and
he did the same thing to himself.
539
00:45:39,603 --> 00:45:41,437
That’s it , my love. You rest.
540
00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:46,342
I dissolved a sleeping pill in the mug before
I brought it in. It’s very quick, very strong.
541
00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:50,079
I 'm gonna have half of one myself,
make me sleep awhile.
542
00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:51,814
And then I'll go to my work.
543
00:45:52,716 --> 00:45:54,150
We'll be refreshed.
544
00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:58,554
We must be refreshed
for the ceremony, mustn't we?
545
00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:19,275
Lieutenant , these are the last two
blown-up group shots you asked for.
546
00:46:19,476 --> 00:46:23,212
Mr. Varrick, I know you're tired, sir.
One more question.
547
00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:26,816
Would you say everyone who was at
the church and reception is...
548
00:46:26,917 --> 00:46:28,284
covered by the photos you're giving me?
549
00:46:28,385 --> 00:46:31,320
Well, with these and the bunch over yonder,
they're covered plenty.
550
00:46:31,421 --> 00:46:34,090
Alex, if you want everything ready for
your meeting, I 'd better get back to work.
551
00:46:34,191 --> 00:46:35,224
I 've got some catching up to do.
552
00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:38,094
I surely appreciate the extra time
you're spending.
553
00:46:38,195 --> 00:46:40,263
Don't mention it.
Nice wedding.
554
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:45,735
Mr. Varrick, when Mr. Hays hear about this,
he's going to be as much in your debt as I am.
555
00:46:45,836 --> 00:46:48,404
-Well, I hope it works out for you both.
-Yes.
556
00:46:48,505 --> 00:46:49,872
One more thing.
557
00:46:50,140 --> 00:46:51,207
What 's that?
558
00:46:51,441 --> 00:46:55,912
Would you mind marking all the people
you recognize in these two new photographs?
559
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:57,947
Then I can snooze for an hour?
560
00:46:58,382 --> 00:46:59,282
I hope so.
561
00:47:02,519 --> 00:47:07,156
You know, these are wonderful
for marking photographs.
562
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:13,729
Would it be all right if I , uh,
borrowed one to take with me?
563
00:47:13,864 --> 00:47:15,431
You know what , Lieutenant?
564
00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:18,568
Be my guest.
565
00:48:31,441 --> 00:48:33,643
Check this guy against yours.
566
00:48:34,578 --> 00:48:37,013
I got this guy.
You got this guy?
567
00:48:37,247 --> 00:48:39,315
My sister, Marsha Finch.
568
00:48:39,449 --> 00:48:41,350
Her son and daughter, Mark, Veronica.
569
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:44,387
Veronica.
570
00:48:46,490 --> 00:48:48,324
And son Mark.
571
00:48:53,964 --> 00:48:56,365
Marsha Finch and children.
572
00:48:57,834 --> 00:49:01,537
And this is Nathan Smyth,
my accountant , and his wife Rebecca.
573
00:49:01,638 --> 00:49:03,472
Melissa's godparents.
574
00:49:03,707 --> 00:49:05,408
Nathan Smyth...
575
00:49:06,376 --> 00:49:07,743
and Rebecca.
576
00:49:12,115 --> 00:49:14,750
This is the last of everyone
that my wife and I knew.
577
00:49:15,619 --> 00:49:17,853
I better get back.
She may be awake.
578
00:49:18,622 --> 00:49:21,457
I left a note saying that
I 'd gone to the exercise room.
579
00:49:21,658 --> 00:49:23,793
And another, shall we say,
white lie will be needed.
580
00:49:23,894 --> 00:49:27,129
She's expecting Andy and Melissa to
stop by before they go to the airport.
581
00:49:27,397 --> 00:49:28,464
What time is it?
582
00:49:28,765 --> 00:49:29,699
6:40, sir.
583
00:49:29,833 --> 00:49:32,301
Doesn't look very promising
for a ransom call does it.
584
00:49:32,402 --> 00:49:34,337
Well, you never know, sir.
585
00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:42,745
Morning, fellas.
586
00:49:42,846 --> 00:49:45,114
Andy. What do you got?
587
00:49:45,215 --> 00:49:47,083
Three faces unaccounted for.
588
00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:53,089
One man, two women. And you circled
all the singles, like I said. Sergeant?
589
00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:56,359
Two unidentified men.
Singles. All circled.
590
00:49:56,460 --> 00:49:58,627
That’s three men, two women.
591
00:49:58,929 --> 00:50:00,629
One man, one woman.
592
00:50:00,731 --> 00:50:04,633
That’s four men, three women...
unidentified.
593
00:50:04,735 --> 00:50:08,337
I don't have any of those.
I have five singles.
594
00:50:08,472 --> 00:50:12,508
We've covered everybody, right?
Cops, other friends of Andy's.
595
00:50:12,609 --> 00:50:17,113
With the help of Varrick, we've accounted
for Melissa's friends, magazine people...
596
00:50:17,214 --> 00:50:21,584
models, designers, editors, makeup
and hair people, everybody she invited.
597
00:50:21,685 --> 00:50:23,119
And with the help of Mr. Hays,
we've accounted for...
598
00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:27,089
family and friends, husbands and wives,
other couples.
599
00:50:27,324 --> 00:50:29,258
What are we left with?
600
00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:35,464
We're left with a bunch of identified
singles and seven faces nobody knows.
601
00:50:35,565 --> 00:50:36,966
Four men and three women.
602
00:50:37,467 --> 00:50:38,601
Look at this.
603
00:50:44,641 --> 00:50:47,910
Here. "Norman Aylesbury.
Single. Bring partner. "
604
00:50:48,011 --> 00:50:52,681
Here again. See it?
"Brenda Mosley. Single. Bring partner. "
605
00:50:52,783 --> 00:50:58,754
That leaves five singles on this page all
with the same remark, "bring partner".
606
00:50:58,922 --> 00:51:01,891
Three there. Six there.
607
00:51:02,125 --> 00:51:03,192
How many's that altogether?
608
00:51:04,428 --> 00:51:09,465
That's 15. One plus five
plus three plus six. That’s 15.
609
00:51:09,733 --> 00:51:10,533
Yeah, 15.
610
00:51:10,634 --> 00:51:16,038
We have 15 known singles that were
invited to bring a partner.
611
00:51:16,306 --> 00:51:17,973
Some did, some didn't.
612
00:51:18,475 --> 00:51:23,646
We have seven unidentified faces.
Four men, three women.
613
00:51:24,181 --> 00:51:27,817
We don't know which single
brought which partner.
614
00:51:28,285 --> 00:51:31,387
We're gonna have to check'em.
All 15. Personally.
615
00:51:31,555 --> 00:51:35,024
Call'em. Go see'em.
Show'em the photographs.
616
00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:37,526
Have them identify
the unidentified.
617
00:51:37,627 --> 00:51:39,762
We're gonna need more guys
to do the footwork.
618
00:51:40,297 --> 00:51:42,498
It’s time to get to the squad room.
619
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:45,734
It’s a little early for the Captain,
but I 'm gonna call him...
620
00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:49,405
to see if he can spare some fellas.
621
00:51:58,849 --> 00:52:01,350
Andy.
It’s you who has to take it.
622
00:52:05,822 --> 00:52:08,524
-Hold it. Robert , tape.
-Got it.
623
00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:13,429
This is Andy Parma.
624
00:52:20,370 --> 00:52:22,338
Uh, hold on, please.
625
00:52:23,306 --> 00:52:24,306
It’s for you.
626
00:52:27,010 --> 00:52:27,643
Goodman here.
627
00:52:27,777 --> 00:52:31,380
Brother Wagner's
at the Barclay Hotel, room 212.
628
00:52:31,848 --> 00:52:33,516
Tubby.
He's traced Wagner.
629
00:52:34,117 --> 00:52:35,351
Are you sure it’s him?
630
00:52:35,652 --> 00:52:37,553
Jack, the night clerk, knows him.
631
00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:41,490
And let 's not have any trouble for Jack. Like
he doesn't want Albert to hear who fingered him.
632
00:52:41,658 --> 00:52:42,758
When did Wagner check in?
633
00:52:42,893 --> 00:52:44,193
About midnight.
634
00:52:44,528 --> 00:52:45,361
Alone?
635
00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:46,996
With a chicky.
636
00:52:47,164 --> 00:52:49,965
Sorry to bother you so early, Captain.
We need help.
637
00:52:50,066 --> 00:52:51,967
OK, Columbo, what 's the problem?
638
00:52:52,068 --> 00:52:53,335
Was the girl ambulatory?
639
00:52:53,436 --> 00:52:55,171
"Ambulatory"?!
640
00:52:55,305 --> 00:52:57,640
Dammit , did she walk in
or did he carry her?
641
00:52:57,741 --> 00:53:02,511
Oh, why would he carry her? On the
other hand, it might 've been a good idea.
642
00:53:02,612 --> 00:53:07,449
Jack did say that she was spaced out ,
like... she was on something.
643
00:53:07,584 --> 00:53:11,086
Three guys could do it.
I'd sure appreciate it if you could spare'em.
644
00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:13,155
I should've been told about this earlier.
645
00:53:13,256 --> 00:53:15,457
I didn't want to bother you
till we had something positive.
646
00:53:15,592 --> 00:53:16,759
Is there anything else I should know?
647
00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:21,430
Jack said that he saw a nasty weapon in Albert 's
belt as he helped the chicky up the stairs.
648
00:53:21,531 --> 00:53:24,600
Right , Captain. I 'll send
Mulrooney over with the photos.
649
00:53:24,701 --> 00:53:26,769
He'll have'em copied andhe'll tell the guys what 's needed.
650
00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:27,603
How long?
651
00:53:27,804 --> 00:53:29,905
He'll be at the squad room
in 20, 25 minutes.
652
00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:32,708
So will I. Tell him I'll expect
a full report.
653
00:53:32,809 --> 00:53:33,809
You'll have it , Captain.
654
00:53:33,910 --> 00:53:37,446
Stop griping, Tubby. You know
I always deliver. No expense spared.
655
00:53:37,681 --> 00:53:39,815
Oh, bye-bye, sweetheart.
656
00:53:39,916 --> 00:53:40,849
Where's Wagner?
657
00:53:40,951 --> 00:53:42,785
Barclay Hotel, room 212.
658
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:44,153
You heard what I said to the Captain?
659
00:53:44,254 --> 00:53:46,222
I sure did, Lieutenant.
I 'm on my way.
660
00:53:46,323 --> 00:53:47,456
Let 's go.
661
00:54:37,374 --> 00:54:41,944
"Good morning, my love. I left some diet ,
ha ha, food for my lovely model. "
662
00:54:42,145 --> 00:54:45,981
"Oil and vinegar to taste.
The tape is one of my favorites. "
663
00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:49,685
"See you after work.
Soon, love, soon. "
664
00:54:52,689 --> 00:54:54,823
So you've gone to work, have you?
665
00:54:56,826 --> 00:54:57,593
Good boy.
666
00:55:05,902 --> 00:55:07,870
Andy, where are you?!
667
00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:10,973
Where are all those cops
I married into?
668
00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:16,111
Stop being silly, Melissa.
Think.
669
00:55:29,426 --> 00:55:31,760
So that’s your favorite music, is it?
670
00:55:42,439 --> 00:55:44,273
Let 's see about this window.
671
00:56:24,247 --> 00:56:24,780
Freeze! Police!
672
00:56:24,881 --> 00:56:26,982
Don't move, you scum.
673
00:56:29,252 --> 00:56:30,586
Where's my wife?
674
00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:32,254
I 'm gonna get you, you pig!
675
00:56:32,355 --> 00:56:35,257
Talk, or you're dead meat! Where is she?
676
00:56:35,558 --> 00:56:36,692
Hold it , Andy!
677
00:56:45,635 --> 00:56:47,569
We're the police.
What 's your name?
678
00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:48,604
Sam.
679
00:56:48,705 --> 00:56:49,872
Sam?
680
00:56:50,273 --> 00:56:51,573
Samantha.
681
00:56:51,674 --> 00:56:53,742
How long have you known
this man, Samantha?
682
00:56:53,843 --> 00:56:55,077
Last night. Just last night.
683
00:56:55,512 --> 00:56:56,678
Where'd you meet him?
684
00:56:57,247 --> 00:56:58,680
Bar. In a bar.
685
00:56:58,815 --> 00:57:00,249
What time, miss?
686
00:57:01,317 --> 00:57:02,551
I don't know.
687
00:57:02,652 --> 00:57:04,653
Nine? Ten? Eleven?
688
00:57:04,754 --> 00:57:06,522
The... the ball game was on TV.
689
00:57:06,856 --> 00:57:09,358
Did you spend the evening
with this man?
690
00:57:09,592 --> 00:57:13,262
He had some stuff
and I needed a fix really bad.
691
00:57:13,363 --> 00:57:15,631
-Shut your trap!
-Shut yours!
692
00:57:15,965 --> 00:57:17,065
Bitch!
693
00:57:18,435 --> 00:57:20,436
What were you doing
before you came here?
694
00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:22,871
Drinking beer.
695
00:57:24,073 --> 00:57:25,474
He gave you this?
696
00:57:26,042 --> 00:57:28,911
-Yes. Can I have it?
-Book him.
697
00:57:37,687 --> 00:57:39,555
Beginning to like that stuff.
698
00:57:40,256 --> 00:57:41,857
You' re cracking up, Melissa.
699
00:58:27,370 --> 00:58:28,770
Oh, God!
700
00:58:28,972 --> 00:58:32,474
Help me, God. Why did he let it rust?
Why didn't he oil it?
701
00:58:44,254 --> 00:58:45,354
Rust!
702
00:58:47,290 --> 00:58:51,894
Vinegar kills rust.
"Vinegar does this, vinegar does that. "
703
00:58:51,995 --> 00:58:54,930
Thank you, Mother dear,
for all the lectures, and thank you, God.
704
00:58:56,466 --> 00:58:57,866
First the vinegar.
705
00:58:58,801 --> 00:59:00,903
Let it soak, Melissa.
706
00:59:01,337 --> 00:59:03,171
Don't rush it.
707
00:59:03,673 --> 00:59:05,173
Give it time.
708
00:59:05,608 --> 00:59:08,143
Then... the oil.
709
00:59:16,352 --> 00:59:17,586
Coffee, buddy?
710
00:59:17,987 --> 00:59:18,921
Sure.
711
00:59:19,956 --> 00:59:23,659
-You found all 15?
-Yeah, with the help of these three guys.
712
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,495
Some of the singles weren't too happy.
Still sleeping off the party.
713
00:59:26,596 --> 00:59:29,631
This isn't a holiday camp.
How about you three get back to your desks?
714
00:59:29,732 --> 00:59:32,668
Thanks a lot , fellas.
What 's the breakdown?
715
00:59:32,769 --> 00:59:34,469
Uh, I marked'em all on the guest list.
716
00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:37,739
Nine went without partners,
six took partners with them.
717
00:59:38,274 --> 00:59:41,343
Everyone's accounted for
here on the guest list.
718
00:59:41,477 --> 00:59:43,712
All the singles are
circled and crossed...
719
00:59:44,113 --> 00:59:47,916
and six of the identified partners
circled and crossed.
720
00:59:48,017 --> 00:59:51,286
That accounts for
six of the seven unknowns.
721
00:59:55,358 --> 00:59:57,593
And here's the one that’s left.
722
01:00:00,530 --> 01:00:02,598
30-35, blond.
723
01:00:05,301 --> 01:00:08,036
Last pew. Sitting alone.
724
01:00:10,340 --> 01:00:14,276
Good-looking guy.
Tall, about 180lbs.
725
01:00:14,510 --> 01:00:16,378
Let 's take a closer look.
726
01:00:20,216 --> 01:00:21,583
Yeah, he's good-looking all right.
727
01:00:22,585 --> 01:00:26,888
Gimme.
No joy on the fingerprints?
728
01:00:26,990 --> 01:00:30,626
Half a dozen different sets on the door.
All kinds in the fire-exit area.
729
01:00:30,793 --> 01:00:32,694
Nothing in criminal records, Captain.
730
01:00:32,795 --> 01:00:35,564
I don't know what you're waiting for, Columbo.
We got one clear shot here.
731
01:00:35,665 --> 01:00:39,067
Blow it up, copy it , rush it to every TV station
in town, every newspaper.
732
01:00:39,168 --> 01:00:41,136
You wanna find the guy,
that’s the way to get moving on it.
733
01:00:41,371 --> 01:00:44,239
I got some interest in this.
Let me look at this guy close.
734
01:00:47,610 --> 01:00:49,911
-Don't look good-looking to me.
-Me neither.
735
01:00:50,413 --> 01:00:54,182
We got no ransom call, nothing came
through the hook-up on the hotel phone.
736
01:00:54,283 --> 01:00:57,619
Forget ransom. I know what you guys have
been thinking from the start.
737
01:00:57,720 --> 01:01:01,390
But you wouldn't say it to me.
Let 's not kid ourselves any longer.
738
01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:02,858
Weirdo, right?
739
01:01:04,394 --> 01:01:06,194
OK. OK, OK.
740
01:01:06,295 --> 01:01:09,297
Let 's say this guy is some freak...
741
01:01:09,399 --> 01:01:13,769
and he sees himself on TV.
What might that make him do, Captain?
742
01:01:13,870 --> 01:01:15,070
I don't like saying this to you Andy...
743
01:01:15,171 --> 01:01:16,872
but what 's he gonna do
he wouldn't do anyway?
744
01:01:16,973 --> 01:01:18,740
It might make him do it quicker.
745
01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:23,078
There's something else, Captain. Mrs. Hays,
Melissa's mother, she's a very sick woman.
746
01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:24,846
She knows nothing yet.
747
01:01:25,048 --> 01:01:27,883
I promised Mr. Hays
not to do it this way.
748
01:01:27,984 --> 01:01:28,984
What else is there?
749
01:01:29,085 --> 01:01:30,252
What time is it?
750
01:01:30,386 --> 01:01:31,687
Six minutes after nine.
751
01:01:32,121 --> 01:01:36,425
We couldn't do it before,
but we can do it now. They' re open now.
752
01:01:36,526 --> 01:01:37,926
What are you talking about? Who's open?
753
01:01:38,027 --> 01:01:39,161
Car dealers.
754
01:01:39,262 --> 01:01:42,564
There's one witness you don't
know about , Captain. This guy Bailey.
755
01:01:43,066 --> 01:01:45,701
He saw a white van
at the back of the hotel...
756
01:01:45,802 --> 01:01:48,503
near the fire exit ,
about the time it happened.
757
01:01:48,671 --> 01:01:50,706
All he says he saw is a white van.
758
01:01:51,207 --> 01:01:54,142
But people sometimes see more
than they thought they saw.
759
01:01:54,243 --> 01:01:58,213
Maybe if we could jog his memory, he could
come up with something more specific.
760
01:01:58,481 --> 01:02:00,615
Let me have those three extra guys.
761
01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:05,520
We'll hit every dealer in town,
get brochures of every type van...
762
01:02:05,621 --> 01:02:07,355
show'em to Bailey.
763
01:02:07,457 --> 01:02:08,356
We might get lucky.
764
01:02:08,791 --> 01:02:09,858
You got 'em.
765
01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:12,761
You three, you're with Lieutenant Columbo.
766
01:02:13,062 --> 01:02:15,764
Thanks a million, Captain.
Let 's go.
767
01:03:09,986 --> 01:03:10,919
Let it go!
768
01:03:20,429 --> 01:03:24,032
Santa Monica Boulevard, Sarge, there's a
stack of manufacturers. Nothing else for blocks.
769
01:03:24,133 --> 01:03:26,468
-Better than Washington Boulevard?
-Yeah, they' re all closer.
770
01:03:26,569 --> 01:03:29,938
-What about Ventura?
-No. Santa Monica's better. I live around there.
771
01:03:30,039 --> 01:03:32,507
Bought my Mustang from
a used-car dealer on that block.
772
01:03:32,608 --> 01:03:37,078
They' re all there. Chevrolet , Chrysler,
Dodge, Ford, Nissan, Toyota. You name it.
773
01:03:40,149 --> 01:03:41,516
What 's up, Lieutenant?
774
01:03:42,318 --> 01:03:44,820
I just remembered where Varrick is.
775
01:03:45,488 --> 01:03:47,155
You boys carry on.
776
01:03:48,124 --> 01:03:51,226
I'll know where to find you.
Just carry on.
777
01:03:52,562 --> 01:03:53,728
Carry on.
778
01:04:01,003 --> 01:04:02,137
Taxi!
779
01:04:09,579 --> 01:04:11,580
More oil, Melissa.
780
01:04:21,023 --> 01:04:21,990
OK...
781
01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:24,226
Come on, baby.
782
01:04:24,727 --> 01:04:25,694
Come on.
783
01:04:34,470 --> 01:04:39,274
Absolutely not , sir. Ms Hacker and
Mr. Varrick are in conclave.
784
01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:40,809
Conclave, ma'am?
785
01:04:41,110 --> 01:04:42,510
Ms Hacker has a deadline to meet...
786
01:04:42,612 --> 01:04:47,182
and has left strict instructions not to be
disturbed under any circumstances.
787
01:04:47,283 --> 01:04:49,985
Mr. Varrick knows me.
Just tell him I 'm here.
788
01:04:50,186 --> 01:04:53,455
She said not under
any circumstances.
789
01:04:53,556 --> 01:04:55,657
This is an urgent circumstance.
790
01:04:56,225 --> 01:04:58,493
You' re not going to arrest
either of them, are you?
791
01:04:58,594 --> 01:04:59,728
You must be joking, ma'am.
792
01:05:00,029 --> 01:05:01,863
Of course.
Come back this afternoon.
793
01:05:02,231 --> 01:05:05,066
Ma'am, which door is it?
794
01:05:05,167 --> 01:05:10,672
I mean, my goodness, you don't want me
to have to try all of'em, do you?
795
01:05:10,773 --> 01:05:11,706
Sir!
796
01:05:13,242 --> 01:05:18,280
Miss. Eileen Hacker! Forgive me, ma'am,
for arriving unannounced.
797
01:05:18,381 --> 01:05:21,583
Alex told me about you.
He said you were the best.
798
01:05:21,684 --> 01:05:25,887
Boy, look at this layout!
I 'm the groom's uncle, ma'am...
799
01:05:25,988 --> 01:05:27,923
and I can tell you that Melissa...
800
01:05:28,024 --> 01:05:31,293
she is gonna go to the moon
when she sees what you're doing for her.
801
01:05:31,394 --> 01:05:35,330
Good morning, Alex. How are you
after our night together?
802
01:05:35,464 --> 01:05:38,266
Alex? You know this bundle of fun?
803
01:05:38,434 --> 01:05:40,802
Alex is just fine, Lieutenant.
804
01:05:41,237 --> 01:05:45,140
Eileen, if you want someone to break into
Fort Knox, Lieutenant Columbo's your man.
805
01:05:45,241 --> 01:05:47,208
You wouldn't guess it ,
but he's a police detective.
806
01:05:47,543 --> 01:05:51,780
What can I do for you? And, uncle or not ,
will you please make it quick?
807
01:05:52,181 --> 01:05:56,651
Yes, ma'am. We wouldn't want to worry
Melissa on her honeymoon, would we?
808
01:05:56,953 --> 01:05:59,821
I should certainly hope not.
She's a delightful girl.
809
01:05:59,922 --> 01:06:01,589
In order to avoid worrying her...
810
01:06:01,691 --> 01:06:07,262
I have to pick up something
from Mr. , uh... Alex real quick.
811
01:06:07,463 --> 01:06:11,967
A little matter concerning her father. He'll
tell you about it after you beat your deadline.
812
01:06:12,301 --> 01:06:18,106
I 'm consumed by curiosity. Especially
about the night you spent together.
813
01:06:19,141 --> 01:06:21,576
Did we, uh...
did we Miss. something?
814
01:06:21,677 --> 01:06:23,278
-Yeah. That’s it.
-What?
815
01:06:23,379 --> 01:06:25,080
That smile, right there.
816
01:06:25,548 --> 01:06:29,584
When you had your arm around Melissa
with that look of yours.
817
01:06:29,685 --> 01:06:32,854
When you gave your camera to Andy.
Where's that picture?
818
01:06:33,155 --> 01:06:36,424
Oh, yes, the one of me and Melissa
and the other shots in the lobby.
819
01:06:36,525 --> 01:06:39,127
I didn't remember myself
until I couldn't find me anywhere.
820
01:06:39,295 --> 01:06:44,432
Then I realized it was on part of a roll
that was still in the camera. Here they are.
821
01:06:45,101 --> 01:06:47,602
I can't imagine
what use they'd be to you.
822
01:06:52,074 --> 01:06:54,476
Oh, I love that one
of Melissa and Alex.
823
01:06:54,577 --> 01:06:58,813
Simply divine. That’s definitely going in.
The discovery and the discoverer.
824
01:06:58,914 --> 01:07:02,217
Do either of you recognize this man?
825
01:07:03,185 --> 01:07:05,487
Uh... no.
I 've never seen him before.
826
01:07:05,721 --> 01:07:07,122
I 've no idea who he is.
827
01:07:07,990 --> 01:07:09,257
Uh...
828
01:07:11,193 --> 01:07:15,363
-Could I , uh... borrow a magnifying glass?
-Oh, yeah. Sure.
829
01:07:20,536 --> 01:07:21,603
Um...
830
01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:27,575
Let me ask you. Do you think I could
borrow this picture for a couple of hours?
831
01:07:27,676 --> 01:07:29,978
It’s not one of my best.
I mean, Andy looks good...
832
01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:32,013
but you can barely see anything
of Melissa's face.
833
01:07:32,114 --> 01:07:33,782
You can keep it.
Don't you agree, Eileen?
834
01:07:33,883 --> 01:07:35,917
That’s a discard if ever I saw one.
835
01:07:36,018 --> 01:07:41,790
Thank you very much. I appreciate the
time, Ms Hacker. It’s been a real pleasure.
836
01:07:41,891 --> 01:07:47,429
And when this issue hits the stand,
I 'm gonna pick not one up, but two.
837
01:07:47,630 --> 01:07:50,165
One for my wife.
She's gonna love it.
838
01:07:50,266 --> 01:07:53,234
Thanks... Alex.
I owe you another.
839
01:07:53,335 --> 01:07:54,869
OK. Good luck.
840
01:08:01,010 --> 01:08:02,577
Thanks. Thanks a lot.
841
01:09:05,908 --> 01:09:07,509
That’s as good as we're gonna get.
842
01:09:10,012 --> 01:09:12,247
Can we see it under a magnifier?
843
01:09:12,448 --> 01:09:16,017
Moving right along, Lieutenant.
Moving right along.
844
01:09:21,423 --> 01:09:22,457
How's it look?
845
01:09:22,658 --> 01:09:23,725
Take a peek.
846
01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:29,998
R-a-m-s-e-y.
847
01:09:30,566 --> 01:09:33,935
This guy went to Ramsey College.
848
01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:44,078
Goodman.
849
01:09:44,180 --> 01:09:45,346
You got the brochures?
850
01:09:45,447 --> 01:09:48,883
Yeah, Lieutenant , we got 'em. All kinds.
We're on our way back.
851
01:09:48,984 --> 01:09:51,586
-Know Ramsey College?
-Ramsey College?
852
01:09:52,021 --> 01:09:54,489
Uh, sure, I know it.
It’s out near Pomona.
853
01:10:33,729 --> 01:10:36,664
The evidence of a college ring
is not much to go on.
854
01:10:36,765 --> 01:10:39,400
I mean, there are thousands of
them in existence.
855
01:10:39,501 --> 01:10:40,902
Without a name,
I don't see how I can help you.
856
01:10:41,003 --> 01:10:44,105
Yearbooks... If he was here,
there might be a photo in a yearbook.
857
01:10:44,406 --> 01:10:45,406
Possibly.
858
01:10:47,276 --> 01:10:48,943
I get the feeling
this is an urgent matter.
859
01:10:49,111 --> 01:10:51,446
We have reason to believe
he abducted this officer's wife.
860
01:10:52,915 --> 01:10:56,284
The college library. That’s where
you can find the yearbooks.
861
01:10:56,385 --> 01:10:57,385
Thank you, sir.
862
01:11:34,657 --> 01:11:36,291
Who the blazes is it?
863
01:11:37,660 --> 01:11:39,827
Can't get no damn rest.
864
01:11:58,447 --> 01:11:59,781
What the heck are you doing here?
865
01:11:59,882 --> 01:12:00,815
Nice house, Bill.
866
01:12:00,916 --> 01:12:04,719
Don't give me none of that bull.
This is my sister's place.
867
01:12:04,820 --> 01:12:06,354
It’s a good thing she ain't here.
868
01:12:06,455 --> 01:12:09,290
She could chew your butt off
for trying to get at me.
869
01:12:09,625 --> 01:12:11,426
-I 'm working tonight.
-Bill.
870
01:12:12,561 --> 01:12:14,996
How would you like to save a life?
871
01:12:53,569 --> 01:12:54,936
Stupid!
872
01:15:02,164 --> 01:15:05,900
The window is wedged.
It only opens a few inches.
873
01:15:08,303 --> 01:15:11,138
You have to have some ventilation
in this place.
874
01:15:12,074 --> 01:15:13,307
Don't we, my love?
875
01:15:16,111 --> 01:15:17,812
You look surprised to see me.
876
01:15:20,949 --> 01:15:22,717
Had a slight problem at my work.
877
01:15:23,452 --> 01:15:24,886
They let me go early.
878
01:15:26,755 --> 01:15:29,290
Some people don't appreciate me
as they should.
879
01:15:32,294 --> 01:15:33,928
But you do, don't you?
880
01:15:39,167 --> 01:15:41,035
Your makeup's a mess.
881
01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:48,276
And your hands.
They' re filthy.
882
01:15:50,012 --> 01:15:51,345
What a shame.
883
01:15:54,483 --> 01:15:56,751
Yes, you've spoilt everything.
884
01:15:58,820 --> 01:16:00,855
We'll have to bring
the ceremony forward.
885
01:16:02,224 --> 01:16:05,826
We'll have to freshen you up.
Cos you must look your best.
886
01:16:08,430 --> 01:16:09,363
As a special treat. .
887
01:16:09,464 --> 01:16:12,600
you'll have the pleasure of
watching me change my clothes.
888
01:16:15,103 --> 01:16:17,004
We must both look our best...
889
01:16:17,573 --> 01:16:18,773
for the wedding.
890
01:16:20,542 --> 01:16:21,709
What wedding?
891
01:16:23,812 --> 01:16:24,779
Ours.
892
01:16:26,748 --> 01:16:28,215
I 'm already married.
893
01:16:28,817 --> 01:16:30,084
Not really.
894
01:16:31,486 --> 01:16:35,656
You'll only truly be married
when you're married to me, my love.
895
01:16:58,246 --> 01:16:59,947
Anything like this?
896
01:17:00,349 --> 01:17:03,117
No. It wasn't that.
897
01:17:03,552 --> 01:17:07,388
That’s a pick-up with a camper
on it , like my sister's boy has.
898
01:17:07,489 --> 01:17:08,889
I 'd know that anywhere.
899
01:17:08,991 --> 01:17:10,524
Anything like this?
900
01:17:10,626 --> 01:17:13,794
That’s a bakery truck. It's too tall.
901
01:17:15,464 --> 01:17:17,264
How about this minibus?
902
01:17:17,366 --> 01:17:21,335
It wasn't any kind of bus at all.
Didn't have all them windows.
903
01:17:23,872 --> 01:17:25,506
How about this?
904
01:17:26,241 --> 01:17:27,775
I don't think so.
905
01:17:33,281 --> 01:17:37,918
This is 1982. Unless the guy
was the biggest dummy of all time...
906
01:17:38,020 --> 01:17:39,820
he couldn't have
been here after that.
907
01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:51,799
Look at this.
908
01:17:53,468 --> 01:17:54,869
Without the long hair.
909
01:17:55,404 --> 01:17:58,172
That’s him. What 's it say?
910
01:17:58,273 --> 01:18:03,177
"Rudy' Doc' Strassa is headed
for pre-med. Voted most likely to...
911
01:18:04,246 --> 01:18:05,880
dissect a friend. "
912
01:18:06,815 --> 01:18:10,818
He's a doctor!
The son of a bitch could be a doctor.
913
01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:14,055
So there might 've been a window?
You never saw the front?
914
01:18:14,189 --> 01:18:18,225
I told ya a hundred times!
I seen the back!
915
01:18:18,660 --> 01:18:21,295
Did it have a window in the back?
916
01:18:23,932 --> 01:18:24,932
Like this.
917
01:18:25,033 --> 01:18:27,201
All I could see was one little window.
918
01:18:27,302 --> 01:18:31,505
But there could've been two?
Like this?
919
01:18:31,606 --> 01:18:34,141
It wasn't red.
It was white!
920
01:18:34,242 --> 01:18:37,244
Forget about the colour for a minute.
Is this the style of it?
921
01:18:37,579 --> 01:18:38,879
Ah, maybe.
922
01:18:40,115 --> 01:18:41,315
Sorta.
923
01:19:00,736 --> 01:19:02,603
Is this sorta what you saw?
924
01:19:06,041 --> 01:19:08,743
That’s it!
That’s what I seen.
925
01:19:09,111 --> 01:19:10,778
Are you sure about that , Bill?
926
01:19:11,012 --> 01:19:13,380
I 'd swear on a stack of Bibles.
927
01:19:13,782 --> 01:19:15,316
Look at this, Bill.
928
01:19:23,258 --> 01:19:24,892
I'll be doggone!
929
01:19:25,794 --> 01:19:27,528
That’s an ambulance!
930
01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:32,166
Let me look.
931
01:19:36,838 --> 01:19:39,306
Loosen up the left side a little,
it’s too severe.
932
01:19:39,407 --> 01:19:42,276
I adore you with that
slightly disheveled look.
933
01:19:57,526 --> 01:19:59,026
Much better.
934
01:20:00,629 --> 01:20:01,896
And now the lipstick.
935
01:20:03,932 --> 01:20:06,400
This is one of my favorite shades on you.
936
01:20:10,705 --> 01:20:11,739
Let me try.
937
01:20:22,350 --> 01:20:25,886
See how good it looks with white?
We are gonna be a perfect match.
938
01:20:27,722 --> 01:20:31,492
Now it’s your turn. And then
after the lipstick, then the mascara...
939
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:34,094
and then the eyebrows...
940
01:20:34,196 --> 01:20:37,064
a touch of bloom on the cheeks...
941
01:20:37,933 --> 01:20:39,967
and then into the wedding dress...
942
01:20:41,102 --> 01:20:42,803
and on with the nuptials.
943
01:20:59,054 --> 01:21:00,120
Thank you, sir.
944
01:21:00,388 --> 01:21:04,558
Have you ever heard of anyone
called Rudy or Rudolph Strassa?
945
01:21:04,659 --> 01:21:06,160
Strassa? Nah, no way.
946
01:21:06,261 --> 01:21:07,595
Are you sure?
947
01:21:09,264 --> 01:21:11,498
No, he's not
a red-nosed reindeer.
948
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:15,336
All I 'm asking is did he graduate
from your medical school?
949
01:21:15,437 --> 01:21:19,006
I know you don't know yet , lady.
I just wanna ask it one more time.
950
01:21:19,107 --> 01:21:20,875
You've been checking
your records for 10 minutes.
951
01:21:20,976 --> 01:21:23,911
It’s an easy name, under S for Strassa.
952
01:21:24,012 --> 01:21:26,080
Thank you, sir.
I surely appreciate that.
953
01:21:26,181 --> 01:21:30,818
Perhaps you could ask around your people. If you
have any news, please call us back. Much obliged.
954
01:21:31,319 --> 01:21:32,953
This was my dear mother's.
955
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:42,062
You' re so skittish.
Like a thoroughbred.
956
01:21:42,163 --> 01:21:44,098
Be still. Be still.
957
01:21:45,100 --> 01:21:48,769
The sooner this is over, the sooner
you'll be at peace, my love.
958
01:21:59,514 --> 01:22:01,282
Yes, sir! Strassa!
959
01:22:01,716 --> 01:22:03,250
Right! Rudy!
960
01:22:04,586 --> 01:22:07,087
He's one of your ambulance drivers,
is he, sir?
961
01:22:08,256 --> 01:22:10,958
You fired him this morning? I see.
962
01:22:12,627 --> 01:22:15,996
So he went off with one of your
ambulances last night , did he?
963
01:22:16,564 --> 01:22:18,399
Would that be around 10:30?
964
01:22:19,234 --> 01:22:20,301
I see.
965
01:22:21,202 --> 01:22:24,104
Perhaps you have an address
where we might reach him, sir.
966
01:22:29,444 --> 01:22:30,344
Mm.
967
01:22:30,946 --> 01:22:32,146
It’s the best silk.
968
01:22:33,448 --> 01:22:34,581
Pure white.
969
01:22:37,419 --> 01:22:40,788
It 'll soon be so lovely for us in here
when we consummate our marriage.
970
01:22:41,389 --> 01:22:42,790
So close together.
971
01:22:43,658 --> 01:22:48,295
So very close. And then afterwards,
in the quiet moments afterwards...
972
01:22:49,397 --> 01:22:51,732
I'll have to do what was done
to my dear mother.
973
01:22:53,435 --> 01:22:55,703
You'll hardly feel it.
I 'm very precise.
974
01:23:04,346 --> 01:23:07,648
This is the real one. Now remove
the fake thing from your finger.
975
01:23:08,516 --> 01:23:09,350
No.
976
01:23:12,087 --> 01:23:14,121
Off with it... my love.
977
01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:47,054
Dearly beloved...
978
01:23:47,856 --> 01:23:52,559
we are gathered together in the sight
of God to join these two people...
979
01:24:02,837 --> 01:24:06,073
I , Rudolph Arnold Strassa...
980
01:24:07,609 --> 01:24:08,709
take you...
981
01:24:10,912 --> 01:24:13,047
Melissa Alexandra Hays...
982
01:24:23,425 --> 01:24:27,561
We sure got some heavy artillery
of support , Captain.
983
01:24:27,662 --> 01:24:28,762
You bet.
984
01:24:28,963 --> 01:24:31,832
It 'd be too bad
if the guy heard us coming.
985
01:24:32,167 --> 01:24:35,469
-We want to get there fast , don't we?
-No doubt about that , Captain.
986
01:24:36,037 --> 01:24:38,405
I'll cut the sirens
when we get a little closer.
987
01:24:38,840 --> 01:24:40,841
That 'd be fairly soon, won't it?
988
01:24:42,610 --> 01:24:44,078
-Say it.
-Never.
989
01:24:45,313 --> 01:24:50,651
Say, "I , Melissa Alexandra Hays,
take you, Rudy... "
990
01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:51,718
Never!
991
01:24:53,755 --> 01:24:55,856
You can kill me, you creep!
992
01:24:56,324 --> 01:24:59,760
But I will never say that.
993
01:25:11,606 --> 01:25:16,610
Not yet... my love. I mustn't complete it
now. Not yet. There's more to do.
994
01:25:18,680 --> 01:25:21,982
But I will cut by degrees
if necessary until the end.
995
01:25:27,088 --> 01:25:29,723
Now, give me your left hand.
996
01:25:40,401 --> 01:25:41,101
There.
997
01:25:42,270 --> 01:25:46,106
Whether you say it or not...
you're mine.
998
01:26:02,557 --> 01:26:03,724
And now to bed.
999
01:26:06,728 --> 01:26:07,794
Yeah.
1000
01:26:08,263 --> 01:26:10,864
Get there out of sight ,
surround the place...
1001
01:26:10,965 --> 01:26:14,568
cover doors, windows, roofs,
stairwells, every damn thing.
1002
01:26:14,669 --> 01:26:19,673
Then bam! Hit 'em all at once. Freezes
the bastards in their tracks every time.
1003
01:26:19,774 --> 01:26:25,012
That’s a good way to do it. I 've seen
that work, and I 've seen people get hurt.
1004
01:26:25,346 --> 01:26:28,882
This might be a bit different ,
it being Melissa...
1005
01:26:29,117 --> 01:26:31,585
a cop's wife, Andy's wife.
1006
01:26:32,086 --> 01:26:35,956
-Are you telling me my job, Columbo?
-No way, Captain. No, sir.
1007
01:26:36,057 --> 01:26:37,958
But when, you know,
so many guys in uniform...
1008
01:26:38,059 --> 01:26:43,197
and three of them young guys
who haven't been on the force six months...
1009
01:26:43,298 --> 01:26:45,632
someone might , you know,
accidentally give it away.
1010
01:26:45,733 --> 01:26:47,167
Can't do it.
1011
01:26:47,468 --> 01:26:50,837
How about an extra five, ten minutes
before you bring in the main force...
1012
01:26:50,939 --> 01:26:52,806
you hold them in the reserves?
1013
01:26:52,907 --> 01:26:56,877
We've been on this so long,
a few extra moments doesn't cost much.
1014
01:26:57,312 --> 01:26:58,779
How about it , Captain?
1015
01:27:00,148 --> 01:27:01,915
As a favor to Andy?
1016
01:27:03,151 --> 01:27:04,885
You' re breaking my heart.
1017
01:27:07,188 --> 01:27:09,156
OK, cut the sirens.
1018
01:27:17,298 --> 01:27:18,498
Keep that clean.
1019
01:27:21,269 --> 01:27:25,706
Don't want to see too much blood
just yet. Momma wouldn't like it.
1020
01:28:34,309 --> 01:28:41,048
Beautiful...
1021
01:29:10,011 --> 01:29:11,578
Soon, my love.
1022
01:29:13,381 --> 01:29:14,448
Soon.
1023
01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:52,586
We're secure here.
1024
01:29:56,190 --> 01:29:58,392
Easy, hon. I got you.
1025
01:30:08,936 --> 01:30:10,203
What time is it?
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