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I want to file an assault
and battery complaint...
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and I'll give you a tip
on a kidnapping.
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[Alarm rings]
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I was told that
you were very reliable.
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Reliable, but chicken.
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Would you let go of my hand?
I think you're gonna
break my fingers.
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If our stock goes down
two or three points...
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it could cost the company
in the neighborhood
of $10 million.
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Did I catch over
my limit or what?
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You're under arrest.
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[Phone ringing]
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(Rockford on
answering machine)
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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[Beeps]
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(Dennis)
Hey, Jimmy. This here is
Dennis Garot. Remember me?
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From the Army.
I'm stuck here in town.
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How about I come over
and bunk with you, buddy?
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(Leon)
I don't care
whether that happens or not.
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Listen, Morrie.
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You're up to your sweet tail
in stock options
and fringes...
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so don't give me a lot of bull
about what you can do
or what you can't do.
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You just get it done,
or I'm gonna cut off
your water...
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and leave you swinging
in the breeze.
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Okay, you do that,
then you get back to me.
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(Stan)
You see the Center City
finance quotes?
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Yeah. It's falling out of bed.
Down five-eighths.
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We keep the pressure on
and the rumors flying...
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we'll be able to
pick up that thing
for pocket change.
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[Computer sounds]
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You seen Alec Morris around
last couple of days?
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No. Why?
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Morrie says he called in sick.
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He's been acting funny.
Talking about resigning.
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Maybe you better find him.
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Why worry? He's fixed.
He's okay.
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Look, Stan,
when I want to argue,
I go home to Phyllis.
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Find him.
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I want to take
his blood pressure.
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Okay, Leon. I'll have him here
tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
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[Waves breaking]
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[Knocking on door]
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[Sighs]
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Are you Jim Rockford?
Yes. Sorry, can't shake hands.
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I've been fixing
my garbage disposal.
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I've been pawing around
down in there.
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May I come in?
It depends on what you want.
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You buying, selling,
or collecting?
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I'm hoping I might arrange
for your services.
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Buying. Come on in.
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I'm sorry, but I'm always
a little cautious about men...
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wearing pinstripe suits
with briefcases.
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Yeah, I'm a sucker
for the Encyclopedia.
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In my lifetime, I have bought
three complete sets.
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You're joking, of course.
Yeah.
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You said you were
interested in my service.
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Well, I...
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Are we alone, Mr. Rockford?
You're looking
at the whole spread.
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If what I say sounds
slightly bizarre,
I hope you'll...
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You any good at fixing
garbage disposals?
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Have you tried
the reset button?
Yeah. Nothing.
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Come on over. You can kibitz
while I try to fix this thing.
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Yeah, go ahead.
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I'm involved in something
very dangerous,
Mr. Rockford...
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and I'm involved very deeply.
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What I need is somebody
to act as a go-between...
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a kind of liaison agent...
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between me and several
Federal agencies.
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It'll depend on
several inquiries
that I've made...
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What? Don't do that.
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Put your hand
in there like that
when the switch is on.
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Thanks.
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What did you say
you're involved in, Mister...
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I'd rather not tell you
my name just yet.
Would you mind if I didn't?
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Look, it's your name.
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You should be able to
give it out or keep it
as you like.
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Would you hand me
that broom, please?
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[Clearing throat]
Would you be willing to act...
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in such a capacity,
Mr. Rockford?
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You said it was dangerous.
How dangerous?
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I'm not certain.
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Yeah, in all candor,
if it's really dangerous...
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I don't think I'd be
particularly interested.
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I don't understand.
I was told that
you were very reliable.
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Reliable, but chicken.
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Would you flip the switch
for me, please?
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[Machine humming]
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Look, I don't mean to be glib,
but if you don't tell me
what the trouble is...
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I'm not gonna agree
to help you.
It's as simple as that.
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It's so bizarre,
I don't think
anybody will believe me.
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That's part of the problem,
you see.
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[Knocking on door]
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That's my dad.
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He said he'd come over
and help me fix this thing.
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He's the one that
jammed it up.
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[Rockford grunts]
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Hey, pal, will you
give me a little help here?
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[Knocking on door]
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(Rocky)
Hey, Jimmy. You in there, Son?
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Hey, sonny, you in there?
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[Groans]
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Here. You okay?
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What happened?
I don't know. Wait a minute.
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Yeah, I'm all right.
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I told you to stay away
from that thing
till I got here.
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You're supposed to
turn the current off first.
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Otherwise, you'd get burnt
good and brown.
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Oh, no!
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You didn't get hit?
It was the disposer,
wasn't it?
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Yeah, it was the disposer,
Rocky. Give me a hand,
will you?
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You ain't on a case, right?
Right. I'm not on a case.
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What are you looking for?
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A guy in a pinstripe suit,
carrying a briefcase.
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00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:04,879
Somebody hit you.
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00:08:04,948 --> 00:08:08,975
Rocky, don't come down
on me now.
Jim, if you weren't such a...
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00:08:11,788 --> 00:08:13,983
What are you doing?
I'm calling Doc Wheaten.
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I don't want to see
Doc Wheaten.
Well, that's tough.
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Look, I'm your father.
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I got an interest in
whether or not your head is
leaking on the inside.
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Now, you're getting so dumb
I'm gonna have to take you out
for walks...
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and hold your hand
in the market.
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You're funny, Rocky.
You're funny.
Not really.
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All right, you want to be
a dummy, go ahead.
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But if I was you, I'd
get myself a helmet
and I'd sleep in it...
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'cause them head smashers
is starting to line up
for turns at you.
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Rocky, I'm okay. Really, I am.
Did you try the reset button?
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Yeah.
Did you try the broom handle?
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Yeah.
Are you gonna call the cops?
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I don't think they'd want to
fix it for me.
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That ain't really very funny.
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00:09:00,671 --> 00:09:04,767
You get on that phone
and call the cops.
Tell them what happened.
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00:09:04,841 --> 00:09:06,536
Okay, I'll call them.
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00:09:14,618 --> 00:09:15,607
[Sighs]
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00:09:24,328 --> 00:09:25,989
Lt. Becker, please.
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00:09:26,763 --> 00:09:28,060
[Ringing]
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Becker.
(Rockford)
Dennis, this is Jim.
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00:09:32,936 --> 00:09:34,904
You gonna be around
for about an hour or so?
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00:09:35,072 --> 00:09:36,232
Yeah. What's up?
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00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:39,641
I want to file an assault
and battery complaint...
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and I'll give you a tip
on a kidnapping.
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00:09:43,847 --> 00:09:46,975
Who got beat up?
Who else?
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Are you Mr. Rockford,
the private detective?
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00:10:16,279 --> 00:10:17,678
Yes, ma'am.
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00:10:17,914 --> 00:10:20,246
Could I speak to you
for a moment?
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00:10:20,317 --> 00:10:22,911
Sure. Would you care
to sit down?
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00:10:26,957 --> 00:10:28,322
What is it?
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00:10:28,392 --> 00:10:31,589
Have you been working
for man named Alec Morris?
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00:10:32,996 --> 00:10:34,395
I don't think so.
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00:10:34,464 --> 00:10:36,557
He said if anything
happened to him,
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I should get in touch
with Jim Rockford.
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00:10:39,302 --> 00:10:41,031
What does he look like?
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He's 6 foot, he weighs
180 pounds...
Is his hair gray?
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00:10:48,245 --> 00:10:50,509
Then you do know where he is?
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He came to my place
last night.
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00:10:52,916 --> 00:10:55,146
He didn't tell me
what his name was
or what he wanted.
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He just told me that
he needed a go-between.
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00:10:57,954 --> 00:11:01,947
We never got too far into it
'cause two men
broke into my place...
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00:11:02,025 --> 00:11:04,960
and they knocked me out,
grabbed him and left.
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00:11:05,262 --> 00:11:08,390
No.
Who is he?
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My husband.
Alec is my husband.
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00:11:13,437 --> 00:11:16,065
I'm sorry, Mrs. Morris.
I didn't know.
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He wouldn't talk about it,
but something in that company
scared him.
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00:11:22,746 --> 00:11:26,739
Where does he work?
Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated.
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00:11:26,817 --> 00:11:28,444
The conglomerate?
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00:11:28,518 --> 00:11:31,919
Alec is the head
computer programmer
for the company.
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Will you help me find him?
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00:11:36,493 --> 00:11:38,927
Well, Mrs. Morris,
it's an open police case
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and I don't work
on open cases.
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00:11:41,431 --> 00:11:45,094
The police?
How are they involved?
I didn't call them.
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I did.
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Alec told me not to
call the police.
He was very firm about it.
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He was kidnapped
and I was assaulted.
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When things like that
happen...
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the usual procedure
is to go to the police
and tell them.
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00:11:57,881 --> 00:12:00,179
But don't you see...
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00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:03,276
if Alec was kidnapped
and the police are involved...
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that might jeopardize
his safety.
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00:12:05,956 --> 00:12:07,253
That's a myth.
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00:12:07,324 --> 00:12:11,226
Believe me, the police know
how to handle these things
better than you and me.
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00:12:11,928 --> 00:12:13,657
What are you doing?
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Last night, when I made
the report, I didn't have
your husband's name.
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00:12:16,967 --> 00:12:20,903
Now I'm gonna have to
give it to them.
No, please. Don't!
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00:12:20,971 --> 00:12:23,098
I don't have any choice,
Mrs. Morris.
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If I know something
and I don't tell them...
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that's withholding evidence,
which is a felony.
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00:12:56,773 --> 00:12:58,206
Hi, fellows,
what's going on?
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You James Rockford,
the P. I?
188
00:13:00,377 --> 00:13:03,608
Yeah. I'm not
a private investigator today,
I'm a fisherman.
189
00:13:03,747 --> 00:13:05,339
It's pretty good fishing
today.
190
00:13:05,415 --> 00:13:08,043
Too many for me,
if you like fish,
I'd be glad to split them.
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00:13:08,118 --> 00:13:10,052
Just keep your hands
right there.
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00:13:12,923 --> 00:13:16,654
What's going on?
Did I catch over my limit
or what?
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You're under arrest.
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Anything you say can be held
against you. You have a right
to an attorney.
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If you can't afford one,
one will be provided for you.
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00:13:26,102 --> 00:13:27,899
Damn!
What was that?
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I'm just getting
a little sick of this.
Works both ways.
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[Seagulls cawing]
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00:13:39,583 --> 00:13:43,144
Okay, you're waiving
your right to your attorney.
Is that right?
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00:13:43,219 --> 00:13:46,711
(Rockford)
I'm not waiving anything.
I just don't see any point...
201
00:13:47,190 --> 00:13:48,817
in running up
a lot of lawyers fees...
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00:13:48,892 --> 00:13:51,452
till you know whether
you're really in the omelet,
right?
203
00:13:52,562 --> 00:13:55,827
I found out about you
from CICD.
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00:13:56,733 --> 00:13:59,361
You know, guys with records
should be careful...
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about playing games
with the police department,
Jimmy.
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00:14:02,472 --> 00:14:07,000
Yeah, that makes sense.
What kind of game
was I playing, Danny?
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00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:10,843
I got a call on you.
I got a tip you're a wise guy.
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00:14:11,748 --> 00:14:14,945
So I figured we wouldn't
waste time going through P.D.
209
00:14:15,118 --> 00:14:18,747
Since you're cold
on this thing,
we'll just have a chat...
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00:14:18,822 --> 00:14:21,256
and turn you over
to the county.
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00:14:21,324 --> 00:14:23,986
You're beginning
to violate my rights.
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I have a report here
signed by you...
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stating that a man named
Alec Morris was kidnapped
while in your presence.
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00:14:31,935 --> 00:14:36,668
Do you acknowledge
making this report?
Yeah, he was out at my place.
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00:14:36,773 --> 00:14:41,176
A couple of guys came in
and knocked me down and out
and towed him away.
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00:14:41,344 --> 00:14:45,576
Later, his wife came to me
and said he'd been afraid...
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00:14:45,649 --> 00:14:48,447
and it all had something to do
with Fiscal Dynamics.
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00:14:48,518 --> 00:14:52,818
That doesn't make
a lot of sense, does it?
I mean, the part about FDI.
219
00:14:54,090 --> 00:14:56,490
No, I got to admit that
that did bother me a little...
220
00:14:56,559 --> 00:14:58,550
but that's what she said.
221
00:14:59,362 --> 00:15:01,796
The police talked to
Alec Morris.
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00:15:02,232 --> 00:15:05,167
He says that no such event
ever took place.
223
00:15:05,402 --> 00:15:08,838
That makes you
guilty of making
a false police report.
224
00:15:09,439 --> 00:15:11,236
You think that's funny
or something?
225
00:15:11,307 --> 00:15:15,243
You get your jollies
wasting the time
of the police department?
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00:15:15,912 --> 00:15:17,140
I told you what happened.
227
00:15:17,213 --> 00:15:20,910
You're in trouble, Rockford.
We don't think this is
much of a joke.
228
00:15:20,984 --> 00:15:25,444
As a matter of fact,
just to show you
how unfunny we think it is...
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00:15:26,322 --> 00:15:29,587
we're gonna drop you
in the county bucket
for six months.
230
00:15:35,732 --> 00:15:38,633
Where did you ever
learn to be such a jerk?
231
00:15:41,404 --> 00:15:42,496
Getting worried?
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00:15:42,572 --> 00:15:44,904
Maybe the guy who was
taken out of my trailer...
233
00:15:44,974 --> 00:15:48,000
isn't the same guy you
talked to. Did you ever
think of that?
234
00:15:49,212 --> 00:15:51,373
Send in Mr. And Mrs. Morris.
235
00:15:56,152 --> 00:15:58,017
[Typewriter clacking]
236
00:15:58,888 --> 00:16:00,150
Morning, Mr. Morris.
237
00:16:02,859 --> 00:16:06,056
What's going on?
What's happening?
You recognize them?
238
00:16:06,696 --> 00:16:07,788
Yeah.
239
00:16:08,565 --> 00:16:12,194
What are you trying to do,
Mister...
Rockford's the name.
240
00:16:12,268 --> 00:16:16,204
He knows my name.
I've never seen you before.
241
00:16:16,272 --> 00:16:19,298
For the life of me,
I can't understand
why do you say that I have...
242
00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:21,036
or that I was kidnapped.
243
00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,540
How about you?
I feel very sorry for you.
244
00:16:27,083 --> 00:16:29,779
You must have
a deep emotional problem.
245
00:16:30,186 --> 00:16:32,051
I'm beginning to get one.
246
00:16:32,122 --> 00:16:34,249
Thanks for coming by,
Mr. And Mrs. Morris.
247
00:16:34,324 --> 00:16:36,792
I'll have a car take you
back to your house.
248
00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:44,665
I don't know about you,
Jimmy,
249
00:16:44,734 --> 00:16:48,067
but I think
you're in the omelet.
250
00:16:51,808 --> 00:16:54,038
I want to talk to my attorney.
251
00:17:00,578 --> 00:17:02,808
You get those papers
over to me this afternoon.
252
00:17:02,881 --> 00:17:05,907
Make sure your father
co-signs that note.
Okay, Solly.
253
00:17:02,984 --> 00:17:05,384
I better have the pink slip
to your car while I'm at it.
254
00:17:05,453 --> 00:17:07,978
Will you cut it out?
It's not like we
never met before.
255
00:17:08,055 --> 00:17:10,216
How many times I ever
jumped one of your bonds?
256
00:17:10,291 --> 00:17:13,852
You know
the bail bond business, Jim.
It's cash and carry.
257
00:17:13,928 --> 00:17:17,227
The only good risk
is a hooker
with a big client list.
258
00:17:17,298 --> 00:17:20,734
You skip out on this bond,
and I'm coming after you
with a net.
259
00:17:21,302 --> 00:17:24,066
When you come over,
bring the pink slip.
260
00:17:26,174 --> 00:17:29,337
I never let my clients
use Solly. He's a bum.
261
00:17:29,410 --> 00:17:31,537
I can't understand
why you keep going back
to him.
262
00:17:31,612 --> 00:17:33,307
Keep going back to him?
263
00:17:33,381 --> 00:17:36,214
You make it sound like
I never get off
the police blotter.
264
00:17:36,284 --> 00:17:41,119
I don't keep going back
to him. I used him once
or twice before, that's all.
265
00:17:41,789 --> 00:17:45,885
Okay, Jim, we have
a preliminary hearing
on the third. Wear a tie.
266
00:17:52,033 --> 00:17:53,466
Who are you?
267
00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:08,211
[Typewriter clacking]
268
00:18:16,524 --> 00:18:19,823
Is Alec around?
How did you get in here?
269
00:18:20,161 --> 00:18:24,188
I took the elevator
from the lobby, I walked down
the corridor...
270
00:18:24,265 --> 00:18:27,234
I opened the door,
and came in. Tricky, huh?
271
00:18:27,335 --> 00:18:30,930
You better leave. They're
pretty careful about
unauthorized people.
272
00:18:31,239 --> 00:18:34,402
Well, you see, I'm Alec's
sister's cousin from Minneola,
Washington.
273
00:18:34,475 --> 00:18:36,875
Me, Harriet and the kids
were supposed to go
to Disneyland...
274
00:18:36,944 --> 00:18:39,572
and Alec was supposed to
pick up the tickets.
I guess he forgot.
275
00:18:39,647 --> 00:18:42,707
I'm double-parked downstairs
with a station wagon
full of kids...
276
00:18:42,783 --> 00:18:46,014
who'll feed me to the sharks
if I don't get back
with six tickets.
277
00:18:46,087 --> 00:18:49,887
If that qualifies me
as a security threat,
you guys got a big problem.
278
00:18:51,926 --> 00:18:54,394
Over there.
Thanks.
279
00:19:05,940 --> 00:19:07,373
Hello, Alec.
280
00:19:14,548 --> 00:19:17,779
How did you get in here?
I shot the doorman.
281
00:19:22,023 --> 00:19:24,423
You got me into
a lot of trouble, Alec.
282
00:19:24,492 --> 00:19:26,790
I don't know what
you're talking about.
283
00:19:26,894 --> 00:19:29,954
Okay. You want to start
that way, we'll start
that way.
284
00:19:30,031 --> 00:19:33,194
No, wait.
You don't understand.
285
00:19:40,908 --> 00:19:43,968
Okay, we'll go
to the bathroom.
286
00:19:53,354 --> 00:19:55,879
Little Jase can hardly wait
to climb the Matterhorn...
287
00:19:55,957 --> 00:19:58,152
and Julie, I swear
I haven't seen her
this happy...
288
00:19:58,225 --> 00:20:00,955
since she got her
violin lessons last Christmas.
289
00:20:07,101 --> 00:20:09,433
Men's room, 12th floor.
Come on.
290
00:20:11,072 --> 00:20:12,130
All right, in here.
291
00:20:12,206 --> 00:20:14,970
I thought you said
we're going...
I lied. Get in there.
292
00:20:18,312 --> 00:20:20,644
All right, Alec,
start explaining.
293
00:20:21,515 --> 00:20:23,506
And you better make
a lot of sense.
294
00:20:27,021 --> 00:20:29,819
Do you know what it's like
to be terrified, Mr. Rockford?
295
00:20:29,890 --> 00:20:32,654
No, I mean, really,
honestly terrified.
296
00:20:32,727 --> 00:20:36,026
I don't sleep. When I eat,
I throw it all up
20 minutes later.
297
00:20:36,097 --> 00:20:38,224
I'm so scared,
I don't know
what I'm doing anymore.
298
00:20:38,299 --> 00:20:40,733
If you think you can scare me,
you're plain out of luck.
299
00:20:40,801 --> 00:20:44,168
You're just one man
and I'm not going to
tell you anything.
300
00:20:44,238 --> 00:20:46,103
What happened
when you came to my trailer...
301
00:20:46,173 --> 00:20:48,835
you said you wanted me
to act as a go-between.
302
00:20:49,510 --> 00:20:52,172
Did I? I don't remember.
303
00:20:55,983 --> 00:21:00,010
I suppose you know
what you're doing to me
with the police, Alec.
304
00:21:01,989 --> 00:21:03,820
I'm sorry about that.
305
00:21:15,336 --> 00:21:17,270
Your last chance, Alec.
306
00:21:23,744 --> 00:21:27,271
You shouldn't hate me,
Mr. Rockford,
you should pity me.
307
00:21:40,828 --> 00:21:42,659
[Elevator bell dings]
308
00:21:44,298 --> 00:21:46,232
And check the bathroom.
309
00:21:56,444 --> 00:21:59,242
Excuse me, I was looking
for Miss Garrity in Steno.
310
00:21:59,313 --> 00:22:00,905
You know where I
might find her?
311
00:22:01,048 --> 00:22:05,712
No, who do you work for?
Esteen Brothers
Stationery Supplies.
312
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,913
Why, is something wrong?
Stu, Fred. Around here!
313
00:22:11,025 --> 00:22:14,961
Here, I'll show you
my business card. Could you
hold this for just a minute?
314
00:22:21,035 --> 00:22:24,596
He's on the seventh floor.
Head him off by the staircase.
315
00:22:27,608 --> 00:22:30,168
Here, pal, come on.
Let me give you
a little hand.
316
00:22:40,254 --> 00:22:42,017
[Elevator bell dings]
317
00:22:55,269 --> 00:22:56,998
[Tires squealing]
318
00:23:06,441 --> 00:23:07,931
[Dog barking]
319
00:23:35,808 --> 00:23:38,003
Don't tell me
you're down to that.
320
00:23:38,077 --> 00:23:40,068
No, I'm not looking
for quarters.
321
00:23:40,146 --> 00:23:42,046
I'm looking
for my railroad watch.
322
00:23:42,115 --> 00:23:45,346
Is that the one you took off
Mr. Sherman at the poker game?
323
00:23:45,418 --> 00:23:47,079
You ain't seen it,
have you, sonny?
324
00:23:47,153 --> 00:23:49,212
You might check
the garbage disposal.
325
00:23:49,956 --> 00:23:51,583
You don't think?
326
00:23:52,859 --> 00:23:55,259
Hey, Rocky, anybody call?
327
00:23:55,328 --> 00:23:58,729
Come to think of it, I had it
right on this counter
a couple of days ago.
328
00:23:58,798 --> 00:24:00,993
Did anybody call, Rocky?
No.
329
00:24:01,501 --> 00:24:04,800
Yeah. It's on the pad.
Some lady named Mrs. Parker.
330
00:24:08,208 --> 00:24:09,698
[Clinking]
331
00:24:15,548 --> 00:24:19,143
Mrs. Parker, please.
This is Jim Rockford.
332
00:24:23,389 --> 00:24:25,380
[Footsteps approaching]
333
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,794
(Teresa)
Mrs. Parker is in the garage.
You want to follow me?
334
00:24:29,862 --> 00:24:31,830
Who are you?
I'm the maid.
335
00:24:31,898 --> 00:24:35,459
Uniforms all at the cleaners?
I'm also a good mechanic.
336
00:24:35,535 --> 00:24:39,027
Carburetion mostly, but I'm
great at front-end alignment
and fine-tuning.
337
00:24:41,207 --> 00:24:42,970
[Metallic clanking]
338
00:24:48,214 --> 00:24:50,512
(Doris)
Teresa, hand me
the inch spanner, will you?
339
00:24:50,583 --> 00:24:51,880
Mr. Rockford is here.
340
00:24:54,621 --> 00:24:58,887
Mr. Rockford, excuse the way
I look. I'm trying to
get this fixed before 5:00.
341
00:24:59,025 --> 00:25:01,459
What happens at 5:00.
Turn into a pumpkin?
342
00:25:01,527 --> 00:25:03,119
It gets picked up
by my head mechanic...
343
00:25:03,196 --> 00:25:05,096
and trucked out to Riverside
for the weekend.
344
00:25:05,164 --> 00:25:06,688
You finish cleaning
the carburetor jet?
345
00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:09,360
No, it's still in the wash.
But I'll get to it
after class.
346
00:25:09,435 --> 00:25:11,369
By the way, I didn't
get to the dishes either...
347
00:25:11,437 --> 00:25:14,964
and the kitchen is beginning
to look like a Salvation Army
Reclamation Center.
348
00:25:15,041 --> 00:25:16,440
Let's not worry about it
till later.
349
00:25:16,509 --> 00:25:18,875
Go on to class. I'll see you
when you get back.
350
00:25:21,014 --> 00:25:22,345
She's really a maid?
351
00:25:22,415 --> 00:25:25,248
She's a lot of things,
but mostly she's
a college student...
352
00:25:25,318 --> 00:25:27,377
trying to get her degree
in Chemical Engineering.
353
00:25:27,453 --> 00:25:30,422
You didn't say on the phone
why you wanted to talk to me.
354
00:25:30,490 --> 00:25:32,355
I'd like you
to see something first.
355
00:25:47,607 --> 00:25:50,440
Well, that explains the guy
with the camera.
I wonder why he ran?
356
00:25:50,510 --> 00:25:54,310
Is it true what you claim?
That two men took Alec Morris
out of your trailer.
357
00:25:54,681 --> 00:25:58,344
I hope you won't think
I'm getting too cagey,
Mrs. Parker...
358
00:25:58,418 --> 00:26:00,682
but I'm not sure I want to
discuss it with you.
359
00:26:00,753 --> 00:26:03,449
Have they threatened you
or what?
Who?
360
00:26:03,523 --> 00:26:07,425
The people
from Fiscal Dynamics.
Why would they threaten me?
361
00:26:07,493 --> 00:26:09,358
I'm just a cluck
who goes around
362
00:26:09,429 --> 00:26:11,124
giving false information
to the police.
363
00:26:11,731 --> 00:26:13,562
I believe everything
in that article...
364
00:26:13,633 --> 00:26:16,727
and I think Fiscal Dynamics
is behind the whole thing.
365
00:26:16,803 --> 00:26:19,772
Why?
Are you working on this case?
366
00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:22,364
What, do you mean
do I have a client?
The answer is no.
367
00:26:22,442 --> 00:26:25,673
I'm just trying to get out
from under this false charge.
368
00:26:26,379 --> 00:26:29,871
I'd like to hire you
to investigate
my husband's death.
369
00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:34,142
Who was your husband?
My husband was Guy Parker.
370
00:26:35,188 --> 00:26:37,122
Guy was killed
in an automobile accident
371
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:40,057
on Mulholland Road
about 18 months ago.
372
00:26:41,561 --> 00:26:43,461
That used to be
Guy's race car.
373
00:26:43,529 --> 00:26:46,191
We used to team race it
at the local tracks.
374
00:26:46,399 --> 00:26:48,697
Guy was
one of the best drivers
in his class.
375
00:26:48,768 --> 00:26:51,601
I couldn't believe that
he lost control of his car
on Mulholland.
376
00:26:51,671 --> 00:26:53,935
He was just too good for that.
377
00:26:55,508 --> 00:26:58,739
How does it all fit in
with FDI and Alec Morris?
378
00:26:59,178 --> 00:27:00,645
My husband had the same job...
379
00:27:00,713 --> 00:27:03,375
with Financial Dynamics
that Alec Morris has now.
380
00:27:03,716 --> 00:27:05,741
I was always suspicious
of that accident,
381
00:27:05,818 --> 00:27:07,718
but I couldn't get anybody
to help me.
382
00:27:07,787 --> 00:27:09,516
The cops had it down
as a traffic accident
383
00:27:09,589 --> 00:27:11,921
and they weren't about to
call it murder.
384
00:27:11,991 --> 00:27:13,856
I think he was murdered.
385
00:27:13,926 --> 00:27:16,918
And I think it has something
to do with that company.
386
00:27:17,630 --> 00:27:18,858
Will you work for me?
387
00:27:18,931 --> 00:27:21,900
You seem to be the only one
willing to stand up
against that bunch.
388
00:27:21,968 --> 00:27:23,026
Are you kidding?
389
00:27:23,102 --> 00:27:25,798
I'm looking for a hole
to climb in before they
plow me under.
390
00:27:25,872 --> 00:27:29,899
But you made the charge.
That was before I knew
what was going on.
391
00:27:29,976 --> 00:27:32,501
I didn't even know
about Fiscal Dynamics.
392
00:27:32,578 --> 00:27:34,773
I'm afraid I don't understand.
I thought...
393
00:27:34,847 --> 00:27:38,112
Look, I'm about to get dumped
into the county jail.
394
00:27:38,184 --> 00:27:41,017
I'm not looking forward
to spending nine months
of my life...
395
00:27:41,087 --> 00:27:44,818
in a 20 foot square room,
being served creamed chip beef
on toast...
396
00:27:44,891 --> 00:27:48,122
because I was a good citizen
and reported what I thought
was a crime.
397
00:27:48,194 --> 00:27:50,059
So I'm working on my own case.
398
00:27:50,129 --> 00:27:53,360
Maybe it involves
your husband's death.
Maybe not.
399
00:27:53,433 --> 00:27:55,367
How much do you charge?
400
00:27:56,536 --> 00:27:59,937
$200 a day, plus expenses.
I'll pay it.
401
00:28:01,007 --> 00:28:04,465
I guess you don't understand.
I'm not investigating
your husband's death.
402
00:28:04,544 --> 00:28:06,944
I'm trying to get loose
of this indictment.
403
00:28:07,013 --> 00:28:09,607
I think it all comes down
to the same thing.
404
00:28:10,316 --> 00:28:13,046
All I want for my money
is for you to report back
to me...
405
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,178
what you've learned.
How can that hurt?
406
00:28:15,254 --> 00:28:18,348
You're working on it, anyway.
I'm offering to pay you.
407
00:28:23,029 --> 00:28:24,587
You got a deal.
408
00:28:33,566 --> 00:28:35,557
(Arnold)
Mr. Rockford, I'm sorry
we have to meet...
409
00:28:35,634 --> 00:28:36,658
on my lunch break...
410
00:28:36,041 --> 00:28:38,771
I need a good
financial analyst.
How much do you charge?
411
00:28:36,735 --> 00:28:38,532
but I'm in a final audit
with my clients.
412
00:28:38,604 --> 00:28:41,402
You said you were
interested in hiring me.
Yeah.
413
00:28:38,844 --> 00:28:42,541
It depends on the work.
I charge $70 an hour.
414
00:28:42,981 --> 00:28:45,711
Or if you've got a good deal,
I might jump in
for a percentage.
415
00:28:45,784 --> 00:28:48,184
$70 an hour? Well, that's...
416
00:28:48,253 --> 00:28:50,881
That's reasonable,
that's what it is.
417
00:28:51,122 --> 00:28:52,953
I had a deal last week.
418
00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:55,686
My client wanted to drop
$60,000 into Dynatron.
419
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,455
That's a little conglomerate
in Philadelphia.
420
00:28:57,529 --> 00:29:00,498
I spent two hours,
found out the float
in the stock was thin.
421
00:29:00,565 --> 00:29:03,227
Recommended against it,
it dropped three points.
422
00:29:03,301 --> 00:29:06,429
I've already saved my client
$150,000...
423
00:29:06,505 --> 00:29:08,496
and I charged him $150.
424
00:29:09,007 --> 00:29:12,443
If I take my kids
to Wonderland, I can blow
the same $150 in two hours.
425
00:29:12,511 --> 00:29:14,706
I call that reasonable.
What do you call it?
426
00:29:15,213 --> 00:29:16,703
All right, what do you
want me to do?
427
00:29:16,781 --> 00:29:19,978
I want you to run a check
on Financial Dynamics Inc.
428
00:29:22,554 --> 00:29:25,489
Jerry, give me one of those
chili things with onions.
429
00:29:25,557 --> 00:29:26,956
You eating?
430
00:29:27,325 --> 00:29:30,317
Two of those chili things.
Only hold the onions on mine.
431
00:29:30,662 --> 00:29:33,722
So you want to drop
your little bundle in FDI?
432
00:29:33,798 --> 00:29:36,358
That's a good choice.
No, Mr. Love.
433
00:29:36,434 --> 00:29:38,231
I want to drop my little bundle on you.
434
00:29:38,303 --> 00:29:41,431
I want you to tell me
all you can tell me on FDI.
435
00:29:41,506 --> 00:29:44,066
You haven't been on the street
very much, have you?
436
00:29:44,142 --> 00:29:45,336
Not a whole lot. No.
437
00:29:45,410 --> 00:29:49,278
I don't want to seem
offensive, Mr. Rockford,
I don't work for just anybody.
438
00:29:49,347 --> 00:29:52,680
I'm a securities analyst.
I screen my clients
very carefully.
439
00:29:53,051 --> 00:29:55,952
Because good clients
are like good sailboats.
440
00:29:56,187 --> 00:29:59,452
You invest your time in them
and you get to go
for a nice little ride.
441
00:29:59,524 --> 00:30:02,084
That's why I'm in the field.
You understand
what I'm saying?
442
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,924
How many of your
little sailboats do you have
floating around...
443
00:30:04,996 --> 00:30:08,022
in the Fiscal Dynamics puddle?
Hardly a puddle.
444
00:30:08,099 --> 00:30:09,999
It's one of
the largest companies
on the board.
445
00:30:10,068 --> 00:30:12,093
Assets of over $2 billion.
446
00:30:13,104 --> 00:30:16,073
You see, I think their
head computer programmer...
447
00:30:16,141 --> 00:30:18,541
is being forced to
do things against his will.
448
00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:22,137
I think it's just possible
that there's a whole lot wrong
with the company.
449
00:30:22,213 --> 00:30:25,148
I'm willing to pay you
$70 an hour to...
450
00:30:25,216 --> 00:30:28,879
take a run through their
financial statement, just see
what might be wrong.
451
00:30:32,524 --> 00:30:35,084
You're the detective
in the paper, aren't you?
452
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,493
Yeah, my secretary
clipped it out and showed it
to me. Funny.
453
00:30:39,097 --> 00:30:41,531
You got yourself
hung out there, didn't you?
454
00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:45,935
Look, Mr. Rockford.
455
00:30:46,605 --> 00:30:49,938
There is absolutely nothing
wrong with Fiscal Dynamics.
456
00:30:50,508 --> 00:30:52,339
I don't have to research them
for you...
457
00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:55,436
because I have personally
been through their
financial statement...
458
00:30:55,513 --> 00:30:57,003
at least 10 times.
459
00:30:57,082 --> 00:30:59,414
I've spoken to Mr. Fielder
a dozen times.
460
00:30:59,484 --> 00:31:02,317
All of this before I let
one of my clients
invest in the stock.
461
00:31:02,387 --> 00:31:04,685
That company is so healthy
it's disgusting.
462
00:31:06,825 --> 00:31:10,261
I'm giving you all this advice
for the price of a hotdog.
463
00:31:10,996 --> 00:31:12,554
I got to get back to work.
464
00:31:22,007 --> 00:31:23,702
$6.36?
465
00:31:26,378 --> 00:31:27,777
(Stan)
I hope everything is finished.
466
00:31:27,846 --> 00:31:30,906
(Carl)
Yeah, I got it done
last night.
467
00:31:31,916 --> 00:31:33,383
After hours.
468
00:31:41,559 --> 00:31:43,618
How come you guys
never look at the stuff?
469
00:31:43,695 --> 00:31:46,630
We look at it, Mr. Bovino.
It's just we're in a hurry.
470
00:31:47,032 --> 00:31:49,466
Mr. Gorrick, the money
you guys loaned me...
471
00:31:49,534 --> 00:31:51,695
for the new presses,
I really needed them.
472
00:31:52,637 --> 00:31:55,834
But it seems like
a lot of money to pay back.
You know what I mean?
473
00:31:56,041 --> 00:31:57,201
What?
474
00:31:59,110 --> 00:32:00,668
What is this?
475
00:32:00,979 --> 00:32:04,574
I got to put so much
of my profit to you guys
to cover the loan.
476
00:32:04,816 --> 00:32:07,444
And I got to work overtime
for all that printing.
477
00:32:07,552 --> 00:32:09,486
All I get is $700.
478
00:32:11,289 --> 00:32:15,487
I think I should do
better than that,
under the circumstances.
479
00:32:17,429 --> 00:32:21,331
I don't understand you, Carl.
If you have a problem,
speak up.
480
00:32:22,367 --> 00:32:24,835
You got the problem,
Mr. Gorrick.
481
00:32:26,738 --> 00:32:30,469
Carl, I don't like
what I'm hearing.
482
00:32:32,677 --> 00:32:36,704
Now you know we have
your note. We can call it in
anytime we want.
483
00:32:37,182 --> 00:32:40,083
If you can't pay up
within 10 days,
I own this place.
484
00:32:40,952 --> 00:32:43,182
I can make some phone calls,
you know.
485
00:32:43,254 --> 00:32:45,552
I figured out what all this
printing is for.
486
00:32:45,724 --> 00:32:48,750
Took me a while,
but I know what's going on.
487
00:32:49,494 --> 00:32:53,021
Carl, you know why we have
these things printed up.
488
00:32:53,398 --> 00:32:55,798
It's part of
the insurance brokers
sales kit.
489
00:32:55,867 --> 00:32:57,698
You go down to the street
and you'll find...
490
00:32:57,769 --> 00:32:59,430
that every broker
has this material.
491
00:32:59,504 --> 00:33:03,600
You want to call
the insurance examiners
or the SEC or the police...
492
00:33:03,675 --> 00:33:05,438
you go right ahead.
493
00:33:05,543 --> 00:33:07,704
You want
the telephone numbers,
call my secretary...
494
00:33:07,779 --> 00:33:09,974
she'll be happy to help you.
495
00:33:11,182 --> 00:33:14,811
But I don't like being
threatened and I don't like
being called a crook.
496
00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:18,150
I guess I was wrong.
497
00:33:21,726 --> 00:33:25,355
That's okay, Carl.
Anyone can make a mistake.
498
00:33:26,998 --> 00:33:29,432
The only unforgivable sin is stupidity.
499
00:33:32,103 --> 00:33:33,092
[Door opens]
500
00:33:45,350 --> 00:33:47,341
Mr. Rockford?
Yeah.
501
00:33:49,621 --> 00:33:51,054
I'm Ted Beaton.
502
00:33:51,222 --> 00:33:53,918
I wonder if I might
speak to you
for just a moment.
503
00:33:54,692 --> 00:33:56,091
Yeah, what is it?
504
00:33:56,161 --> 00:33:59,062
Mr. Leon Fielder
would like to have a chat
with you.
505
00:33:59,130 --> 00:34:01,325
Leon Fielder? Fielder?
506
00:34:01,533 --> 00:34:04,730
He's the President and
Chief Operating Officer of...
507
00:34:04,803 --> 00:34:06,930
Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated.
508
00:34:08,173 --> 00:34:09,936
Never heard of him.
509
00:34:10,742 --> 00:34:13,142
He said it was really
important that he see you.
510
00:34:13,211 --> 00:34:17,045
He said he would
make himself available
to meet wherever you want.
511
00:34:18,183 --> 00:34:21,277
However, if you could
come down to FDI...
512
00:34:21,352 --> 00:34:24,014
it would be a bit more
convenient for Mr. Fielder.
513
00:34:25,323 --> 00:34:27,314
What do you guys do?
514
00:34:28,193 --> 00:34:31,458
John is a marketing analyst
and I'm in product research.
515
00:34:32,897 --> 00:34:36,526
You can tell Mr. Fielder
I'll call about 3:30.
516
00:34:38,169 --> 00:34:40,069
Could we convince you
to come now?
517
00:34:40,972 --> 00:34:43,304
It depends on how you
want to go about it.
518
00:34:45,543 --> 00:34:47,170
Please come now.
519
00:34:48,213 --> 00:34:49,441
Sorry.
520
00:34:51,115 --> 00:34:55,211
Okay, 3:30 then, Mr. Rockford.
That will be fine.
Thank you very much, sir.
521
00:34:59,457 --> 00:35:02,221
You know, I think you'll
really enjoy meeting
Mr. Fielder.
522
00:35:02,293 --> 00:35:04,227
He's quite an exceptional man.
523
00:35:05,663 --> 00:35:07,324
[Car door closes]
524
00:35:07,832 --> 00:35:09,322
[Car starting]
525
00:35:14,072 --> 00:35:16,233
(secretary)
Mr. Fielder will see you
in a moment.
526
00:35:26,384 --> 00:35:29,251
Mr. Rockford,
I'm Stan Gorrick.
527
00:35:29,587 --> 00:35:32,078
Hi, Stan. How's your head?
528
00:35:33,124 --> 00:35:35,149
Mr. Fielder will see you now.
529
00:35:54,871 --> 00:35:56,566
[Printer clicking]
530
00:35:57,514 --> 00:35:59,209
(Leon)
Sit down, Mr. Rockford.
531
00:36:11,295 --> 00:36:15,322
If you're in the market
and want a tip,
buy North Eastern Life.
532
00:36:16,433 --> 00:36:18,367
It's going to climb the ladder.
533
00:36:19,569 --> 00:36:22,299
The markets that I go to...
534
00:36:22,372 --> 00:36:25,205
sell things by the pound
and wrap them in brown paper.
535
00:36:29,846 --> 00:36:31,609
What are you up to,
Mr. Rockford?
536
00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:40,119
What's going on in your head?
537
00:36:43,961 --> 00:36:45,258
(secretary)
Sir, it's Arnold Love.
538
00:36:45,329 --> 00:36:46,557
(Leon)
What is it, Arnold?
539
00:36:46,897 --> 00:36:49,866
(Arnold)
Mr. Fielder, I thought
I should let you know.
540
00:36:49,933 --> 00:36:53,130
There's a guy saying
some disquieting things
about FDI.
541
00:36:54,538 --> 00:36:57,405
What's that?
He wanted me to
look into your company.
542
00:36:57,474 --> 00:36:59,942
He said there was
something crooked going on.
543
00:37:00,477 --> 00:37:02,274
It's absurd, of course.
544
00:37:02,346 --> 00:37:05,611
But this is really
the wrong time for rumors
of any kind.
545
00:37:05,882 --> 00:37:09,909
You got a point there.
Who is he?
The guy's named Jim Rockford.
546
00:37:09,987 --> 00:37:11,215
That's the strange part.
547
00:37:11,288 --> 00:37:14,951
The same one who claimed
Alec Morris was kidnapped
from his office.
548
00:37:15,025 --> 00:37:16,788
He seems very determined.
549
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,986
With the North Eastern merger
coming, we don't need
any yahoos
550
00:37:20,063 --> 00:37:22,429
Kicking the slats
out of the stock.
551
00:37:22,499 --> 00:37:24,330
I figured you'd want to
know about it.
552
00:37:24,401 --> 00:37:26,164
Maybe you can
head this guy off.
553
00:37:26,236 --> 00:37:28,727
Thanks, Arnold.
I'll look into it.
554
00:37:29,072 --> 00:37:30,061
[Clicks]
555
00:37:30,173 --> 00:37:31,162
[Dial tone buzzing]
556
00:37:33,477 --> 00:37:35,945
Would you care to comment?
Yeah.
557
00:37:37,447 --> 00:37:41,679
Isn't it against the law
to give out inside information
like that...
558
00:37:41,752 --> 00:37:43,549
to guys like Love?
559
00:37:49,092 --> 00:37:50,684
Technically, I guess
you could say that,
560
00:37:50,761 --> 00:37:53,662
but this sort of thing
happens all the time.
561
00:37:55,332 --> 00:37:58,426
My associates tell me
that you've been here before.
562
00:37:59,469 --> 00:38:02,097
That you tried to see
Mr. Morris...
563
00:38:03,273 --> 00:38:05,173
you hit Mr. Gorrick here...
564
00:38:08,612 --> 00:38:12,104
and then when some of
our junior executives
tried to help you...
565
00:38:12,182 --> 00:38:15,379
find out what you wanted,
you ran away.
566
00:38:15,986 --> 00:38:18,250
Mr. Rockford, now that
I've met you...
567
00:38:18,321 --> 00:38:20,846
I can't imagine you
doing any of those things.
568
00:38:22,759 --> 00:38:24,556
You had to be there.
569
00:38:25,228 --> 00:38:29,164
Mr. Gorrick wants to
notify the police.
570
00:38:30,667 --> 00:38:33,966
It's a felony when you
go around hitting people.
571
00:38:34,971 --> 00:38:36,939
I've convinced him
not to do that.
572
00:38:37,741 --> 00:38:41,142
I personally would rather
hear from you...
573
00:38:42,712 --> 00:38:44,612
what you think is
going on here.
574
00:38:44,681 --> 00:38:46,979
I think you're a company
full of sweethearts
575
00:38:47,050 --> 00:38:48,915
and I wish you all the success
in the world.
576
00:38:48,985 --> 00:38:49,917
[Laughs]
577
00:38:49,986 --> 00:38:52,887
You see, Stan, I told you.
This is our kind of guy.
578
00:38:53,790 --> 00:38:55,087
That's all, Stan.
579
00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:58,658
I like you, Rockford.
580
00:38:59,830 --> 00:39:02,492
I just want to tell you
one other thing
before you leave.
581
00:39:02,566 --> 00:39:05,626
Would you let go of my hand?
I think you're gonna
break my fingers.
582
00:39:05,702 --> 00:39:08,603
You see, you got to quit
messing around
with Fiscal Dynamics.
583
00:39:08,672 --> 00:39:10,799
And the reason you have to
do that is very simple.
584
00:39:10,874 --> 00:39:12,136
Will you let go, please?
585
00:39:12,209 --> 00:39:15,042
This company uses its stock
to acquire other companies.
586
00:39:15,112 --> 00:39:18,240
We trade stock. If you
spread rumors about FDI...
587
00:39:18,315 --> 00:39:20,146
and that causes our stock
to go down...
588
00:39:20,217 --> 00:39:22,742
take this North Eastern
acquisition for instance.
589
00:39:22,819 --> 00:39:26,152
If our stock goes down
two or three points...
590
00:39:26,223 --> 00:39:29,488
it could cost the company
in the neighborhood
of $10 million.
591
00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:33,154
Mr. Fielder, if you don't
let go of my hand...
592
00:39:34,030 --> 00:39:36,396
I'm gonna have to
take a shot at you.
593
00:39:37,534 --> 00:39:38,899
I'm sorry.
594
00:39:42,038 --> 00:39:45,201
You see, sometimes I forget
how powerful I am.
595
00:39:47,043 --> 00:39:51,309
Mr. Rockford, you're gonna
have to quit running around
and causing trouble.
596
00:39:51,448 --> 00:39:53,814
Because if you don't quit
spreading rumors about us...
597
00:39:53,884 --> 00:39:55,909
I will have to get
a hold of our lawyers.
598
00:39:55,986 --> 00:39:59,285
And we're gonna have to
institute a stock holder suit
against you.
599
00:39:59,756 --> 00:40:03,692
You could be sued
for the entire amount that
your rumors cost us.
600
00:40:04,661 --> 00:40:08,062
That could be millions.
That sounds very dangerous.
601
00:40:09,332 --> 00:40:12,495
You know, our stockholders
are just people like you.
602
00:40:12,969 --> 00:40:17,235
All kinds of people. They are
widows, they are plumbers,
school teachers.
603
00:40:18,475 --> 00:40:21,603
Now, when you hurt us,
you hurt them.
604
00:40:22,045 --> 00:40:24,309
And what I am interested
in doing, Mr. Rockford...
605
00:40:24,381 --> 00:40:26,713
is protecting their interest.
606
00:40:27,150 --> 00:40:28,640
Do you understand that?
607
00:40:28,718 --> 00:40:32,518
I really had no idea
it was that sensitive.
I really didn't.
608
00:40:32,589 --> 00:40:36,025
You mean to tell me
that I can ask
a few silly questions...
609
00:40:36,092 --> 00:40:39,493
and this great big company
could lose $10 million?
610
00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:43,226
Investors are very cautious.
It doesn't take much.
611
00:40:43,667 --> 00:40:46,693
Right now we're in the middle
of a big acquisition.
612
00:40:47,938 --> 00:40:52,637
Don't mess with us,
Mr. Rockford, unless you want
a pile of trouble.
613
00:40:52,909 --> 00:40:56,345
You really made your point,
Mr. Fielder.
614
00:40:56,613 --> 00:41:00,743
You can bet from here on
I'll stay out of your way.
615
00:41:01,685 --> 00:41:06,122
Say, would you apologize
to Mr. Gorrick for me?
616
00:41:07,057 --> 00:41:10,117
Now that I've met him,
he seems like a very nice man.
617
00:41:13,163 --> 00:41:16,860
Would you let go of my hand?
This is very childish.
618
00:41:17,701 --> 00:41:18,827
What?
619
00:41:19,970 --> 00:41:21,631
It is, isn't it?
620
00:41:27,244 --> 00:41:29,735
Can I expect no further
trouble from you,
Mr. Rockford?
621
00:41:29,813 --> 00:41:30,905
No further trouble.
622
00:41:30,981 --> 00:41:32,573
That's good, because
if there is...
623
00:41:32,649 --> 00:41:36,085
I'm simply going to
start legal proceedings
against you.
624
00:42:10,353 --> 00:42:11,945
What is it? What do you want?
625
00:42:12,022 --> 00:42:14,513
We got to talk to you,
Mr. Bovino.
About what?
626
00:42:15,058 --> 00:42:17,288
Some printing. We need
some printing done.
627
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,193
Come back in the morning.
I'm closed. I got to go home.
628
00:42:20,263 --> 00:42:22,993
We got to talk now.
Right now?
629
00:42:23,633 --> 00:42:26,466
That's right, Mr. Bovino,
right now.
630
00:42:35,578 --> 00:42:36,567
[Grunts]
631
00:42:43,653 --> 00:42:44,881
[Clattering]
632
00:43:00,303 --> 00:43:01,531
[Glass shattering]
633
00:43:01,604 --> 00:43:03,196
[Alarm blaring]
634
00:43:13,483 --> 00:43:14,973
You can't quit.
635
00:43:15,051 --> 00:43:17,747
They didn't threaten
to sue you for $10 million.
636
00:43:17,821 --> 00:43:21,689
Let me tell you something.
If I'm your agent
in this investigation...
637
00:43:21,758 --> 00:43:24,318
they're gonna find out
about it, they're bound to.
638
00:43:24,394 --> 00:43:26,419
And then they're gonna
name you in the law suit...
639
00:43:26,496 --> 00:43:30,227
and they're gonna take
your red racer down the drain
along with my father's truck.
640
00:43:30,300 --> 00:43:32,029
Not to mention everything else
we own.
641
00:43:32,102 --> 00:43:34,332
I don't care.
They killed my husband.
642
00:43:34,404 --> 00:43:37,339
I wouldn't doubt it
for a minute, but what am I
supposed to do?
643
00:43:37,407 --> 00:43:40,433
I don't have anymore
leads to follow.
Yes, you do.
644
00:43:40,510 --> 00:43:42,501
That's why I asked you
to come over.
645
00:43:49,452 --> 00:43:51,317
His name is Carl Bovino.
So?
646
00:43:52,856 --> 00:43:54,687
When I first
read that article...
647
00:43:54,758 --> 00:43:57,386
the name rang a bell,
but I couldn't quite place it.
648
00:43:57,961 --> 00:44:00,259
My husband told me that
Mr. Bovino was a printer...
649
00:44:00,330 --> 00:44:03,663
who had been contracted out
by FDI to do
the annual report.
650
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,792
Guy thought it was strange
they use a little printer
like Bovino...
651
00:44:06,870 --> 00:44:09,964
instead of
one of the big companies that
usually do annual reports.
652
00:44:10,039 --> 00:44:12,530
It says here his shop
was burglarized.
653
00:44:12,609 --> 00:44:15,510
He was working late,
surprised the thieves
and was shot.
654
00:44:15,578 --> 00:44:17,842
It just could have
happened that way.
655
00:44:18,415 --> 00:44:19,677
What is it with you?
656
00:44:19,749 --> 00:44:22,513
Do you want to go to jail
for false reporting
of a crime?
657
00:44:22,585 --> 00:44:25,349
I don't understand.
This may be a big break.
658
00:44:25,422 --> 00:44:28,323
I had a talk with my lawyer.
She says if I'm a good boy...
659
00:44:28,391 --> 00:44:31,690
I don't write on the walls
I might get out of this
in about four months.
660
00:44:31,761 --> 00:44:33,729
And I figured that's
four months well spent...
661
00:44:33,797 --> 00:44:36,493
if it keeps me
from being sued
for $10 million.
662
00:44:37,233 --> 00:44:39,701
You're turning into
a big disappointment for me.
663
00:44:39,769 --> 00:44:41,930
Don't you ever think
about anybody but yourself?
664
00:44:42,005 --> 00:44:45,099
No. Well, yeah,
sometimes at Christmas.
665
00:44:48,711 --> 00:44:49,735
[Sighs]
666
00:44:49,813 --> 00:44:53,715
All right, I do know a guy
down at the police department.
667
00:44:53,783 --> 00:44:55,273
I'll talk to him
about this printer.
668
00:44:55,351 --> 00:44:57,251
I'll find out
what the cops know.
669
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,550
They're just gonna tell you
it was a robbery.
670
00:44:59,622 --> 00:45:02,022
You've got to get in
to take a look at his files.
671
00:45:02,091 --> 00:45:03,922
Absolutely
out of the question.
672
00:45:03,993 --> 00:45:07,724
But don't you see?
He must have kept records
of his work for FDI.
673
00:45:07,797 --> 00:45:10,766
You've got to see
what kind of printing
he was doing for them.
674
00:45:10,834 --> 00:45:14,634
Tell you what. Why don't you
break into Bovino's shop
and look around?
675
00:45:14,737 --> 00:45:17,831
I'll go out to Riverside
this weekend and drive
your little red racer.
676
00:45:17,907 --> 00:45:20,501
But I'll compromise.
I'll go with you if you want.
677
00:45:20,643 --> 00:45:22,406
I'm not afraid
to break in there.
678
00:45:22,946 --> 00:45:25,039
What I meant was...
Chicken?
679
00:45:26,149 --> 00:45:28,413
Yeah, kind of.
680
00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:53,966
(Doris)
It's sort of scary, isn't it?
681
00:45:54,611 --> 00:45:55,771
Yeah.
682
00:45:57,780 --> 00:45:58,940
Yeah.
683
00:46:00,316 --> 00:46:04,013
Look, maybe you should
talk to your friend
on the police force.
684
00:46:04,087 --> 00:46:05,486
You were right about that.
685
00:46:05,555 --> 00:46:09,855
We should talk to him first,
and then maybe we wouldn't
have to break in here at all.
686
00:46:09,993 --> 00:46:13,156
You're really turning into
a big disappointment
for me, Doris.
687
00:46:13,263 --> 00:46:15,731
In your living room
you sounded so confident.
688
00:46:17,333 --> 00:46:19,164
Okay.
689
00:46:19,602 --> 00:46:21,763
You're gonna be the wheelman
on this caper.
690
00:46:21,838 --> 00:46:24,136
So get out
and get behind the wheel.
691
00:46:24,774 --> 00:46:26,332
[Alarm buzzing]
692
00:46:27,911 --> 00:46:29,469
[Keys rattling]
693
00:46:33,082 --> 00:46:34,344
Get out.
694
00:46:46,663 --> 00:46:50,292
Now if the police arrive
and you take off without me...
695
00:46:50,366 --> 00:46:52,732
I'll come after you
and strangle you.
696
00:46:53,202 --> 00:46:54,669
I won't leave you.
697
00:46:54,938 --> 00:46:56,997
Besides, why would
the cops come?
698
00:46:57,073 --> 00:46:59,667
The burglar alarm,
I'm gonna have to
dismantle it.
699
00:47:00,076 --> 00:47:02,237
You're pretty good at that?
700
00:47:02,412 --> 00:47:05,176
I don't know. I've never
done it before.
701
00:47:06,549 --> 00:47:08,107
[Keys rattling]
702
00:48:26,796 --> 00:48:28,093
[Creaks]
703
00:49:13,843 --> 00:49:15,470
[Alarm blaring]
704
00:49:23,386 --> 00:49:24,944
[Siren wailing]
705
00:49:29,058 --> 00:49:30,958
[Alarm continues blaring]
706
00:49:31,027 --> 00:49:32,722
(male announcer)
Please be with us next week
707
00:49:32,795 --> 00:49:35,423
for the conclusion
of Profit And Loss.
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