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She didn't get
shoved off a cliff,
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because she wasn't supposed
to get shoved off a cliff.
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Are you saying
someone tried to hurt Susan?
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Why's somebody
trying to take you off?
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Because I've been nosing
around the Dave Kruger case.
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You don't want a detective.
You want a bodyguard.
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Chicken?
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Well, of course.
Goes without saying.
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But you're a
private investigator. Why don't you carry a gun?
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Because I don't want
to shoot anybody.
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I thought you didn't like
to shoot people.
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I don't shoot it.
I just point it.
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Did you get through
to Becker?
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Yeah. He said he'd get
as much help as he can.
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We got a boat
angling in on us.
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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 nameand message.
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I'll get back to you.
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(BEEPS)
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(ON TELEPHONE)
Hey, Jimmy, it's Cousin Lou.
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Gonna be in towna couple of days,
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know you won't mindputting us up.
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It's just me and Aunt Cissy,and B.J., and the kids,and little Freddy, and...
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Mr. Hummel, I got a letter
from your computer today.
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It was very cordial,
very nice.
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It's short.
I wanna read it to you.
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"Dear Mr. Rockford.
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"Please accept our apologies
for any inconvenience.
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"We have located
the missing invoice,
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"photocopy of which
is enclosed."
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Mr. Hummel,
nothing was enclosed.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Yeah. Come in.
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Yeah.
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Oh, I'll be right with you.
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Yeah.
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Mr. Hummel,
let me put it to you this way.
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You do a dandy two-step,
but I'm tired of dancing.
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Now, it's been three months.
No invoice, no payment.
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It's a computer foul-up.
Jim Rockford.
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I know. I'm Susan Alexander.
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Well, what can I do for you?
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I'm a feature writer
with Henton Publications,
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and I'm doing an article
on penology.
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Six and a half years ago,
a man named Dave Kruger
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was convicted of murder.
He's serving a life sentence.
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Now, I think he's innocent
and I want you to help me prove it.
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After six and a half years?
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I only became aware
of the case a month ago.
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That's how I met Dave.
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And springing him
would sell a lot of magazines.
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Yes, it would.
But if it meant a drop in circulation,
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I'd still be determined
to clear him.
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Why?
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Because I don't believe
people should be in prison
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for crimes they didn't commit.
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I don't either.
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And Dave, he says
he's innocent, huh?
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I'm a reporter.
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Now, if the person I'm talking
to has a stake in the matter
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I assume that every answer
I get is gonna be a lie
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to one degree or another.
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People are self-serving.
So you take that into consideration.
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Would you care
for a cookie?
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No, thanks.
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All right, you're not just
taking his word for it, right?
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So if you've turned up
anything solid,
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why don't you go to the D.A.
And have him reopen the case?
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If I had anything solid,
I wouldn't need you.
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Dave's girlfriend,
Cheryl Wilson,
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was bludgeoned to death.
She was beaten so badly
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that the only thing
that made positive identification possible
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was her fingerprints.
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Mmm-hmm.
And Dave, he's a sweetheart of a guy.
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I've sat through
a lot of murder trials,
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and I've heard
a lot of witnesses say,
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"But he was such a nice guy."
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Now, I'm not saying Dave
is incapable of violence.
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I'm saying,
I don't think he killed her.
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Now, that is just
pure gut instinct.
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Are you always
this hard to hire?
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Oh, only when somebody
comes in with "mark"
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written all over them.
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Dave didn't ask me to get
into this. It was my own idea.
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Well, lady...
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I think
you're being suckered.
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Then you don't want the job?
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Mmm.
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I didn't say that.
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No, I just like
to be upfront,
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and then I don't feel so bad
taking your money.
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How much?
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$200 a day plus expenses.
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I want you to meet Dave.
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Yeah, well, all right,
let me, you know, get my coat.
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In New York
the going rate's $250.
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I was about ready
to give up on this.
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I mean, I've been over
the trial transcript a dozen times.
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I kept digging
for information.
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And nothing but dead ends.
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If that man hadn't tried
to kill me today...
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Oh, wait a minute,
wait a minute.
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Why?
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Who tried to kill you?
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I don't know.
I've never seen him before.
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But he tried to force my car
off the road right about here.
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I reported it to the police,
and they've already checked the area.
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Why didn't you tell me?
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Physical violence
has a tendency
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to put some people off.
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Yeah, I'm one of them.
You should've told me.
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We could have saved both of us
a lot of time.
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I don't hire out as muscle.
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Did I ask you to put on
a gorilla suit?
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I hired you to help me prove
that Dave Kruger is innocent.
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And what happened
this morning tells me I'm on the right track.
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Somebody doesn't want
this case reopened.
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Well, what happens
when somebody decides to take another crack at you?
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They won't.
The attempt this morning
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was against a woman alone
and unarmed.
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Yeah, and next time
it'll be against the two of us
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alone and unarmed.
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You're not armed?
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No.
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But you're
a private investigator. Why don't you carry a gun?
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Because I don't want
to shoot anybody.
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ROCKFORD: Why is Dave
so important to you?
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I grew up with a lot
of Dave Krugers.
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Not enough money,
bad neighborhood.
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When they get tagged,
what kind of defense can they afford,
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what kind of appeal?
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This is just
a personal crusade.
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Very personal. It's why
I became a journalist.
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And Henton Publications
gives me a power base,
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a very strong voice.
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Now, Dave Kruger isn't guilty
and he shouldn't be serving time.
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Everybody in here
is in on a bum rap.
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Just ask them.
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No, no, when Dave
was arrested, he took three lie detector tests.
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And all three proved
he was clean,
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and all of them
were invalidated on technical grounds.
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It wouldn't have been
admissible in court anyway.
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Don't you trust anybody?
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My father.
Of course, he's bonded.
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Hey, Susan.
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Two visits in one day.
It's like my birthday.
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This time I brought along
a friend. Jim Rockford.
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Hi. How are you?
Hi.
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Nice to meet you.
I've heard a lot about you.
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Mr. Rockford is
a private investigator.
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He's gonna help me try
to get you out of here.
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No kidding.
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(LAUGHING)
Hey, hey.
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Oh, this is some day, huh?
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First, Susan calls me
and says,
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"That's it,
we got no place else to go."
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So I say, "Hey,
can't we talk about it?"
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So, she come out here
and we talk.
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She says how she's run into
nothing but stone walls.
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She tried, but it's no use.
So I figured I'm cooked, right?
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End of the line. Hey. Hey.
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Well, I knew you'd be happy.
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Oh, happy?
Boy, that don't half say it.
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Now, you just tell me
what you want.
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You just tell me what to do.
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Well, since
I'm sort of jumping in the middle of this thing,
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I think the best way
to start is you and I get to know one another.
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Oh, that's great.
Why don't we all sit down here?
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Do you mind
if Dave and I just...
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Oh. No. No, of course not.
I can wait in the car.
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I'll be in touch, Dave.
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Mr. Rockford, do you want
I can start from where me and Cheryl met?
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Or from where
what happened to her?
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I gotta tell you,
it's been more than six years
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and it still twists my guts
like when I first heard.
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She was my girl.
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Dave, stop sticking your toe
in the ground, huh?
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That sod-kicking act
just won't make it.
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What?
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Hey, come on, pal,
I know what you're trying to pull.
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I've done time.
I know all the cons, I've worked them myself.
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I don't know
what you're talking about.
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She didn't get
shoved off a cliff,
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because she wasn't supposed
to get shoved off a cliff.
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There's no percentage in it
if the lady's dead.
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Are you saying
someone tried to hurt Susan?
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For a big, old country boy
you're pretty smart.
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You hired some rumdum
to throw a scare into her,
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because you knew
that was the one thing
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that would keep her
on your case.
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Anybody else
would've said adios.
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Nah, she thinks
she's onto something.
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She smells a story.
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Well, that ain't what I smell.
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Well, I would never
hurt Susan.
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She's the only one
that ever tried to help me.
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She's the only one
ever believed in me.
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I never killed Cheryl,
somebody did.
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If stirring up this old case
is gonna bring harm to Susan,
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I want you tell her,
flat out, forget it.
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Now, I mean it, Mr. Rockford.
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I want you tell her
I said forget it.
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Now, look,
I got some money.
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Not much.
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But I'd give it over gladly
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if you was to keep
an eye on her.
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I already got a client.
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I'll keep an eye
on her anyway.
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He's had about as much
as he can take.
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You had no right
making those accusations.
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You hired me
to investigate. I'm investigating.
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The wrong person.
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The warden told you
Dave didn't make any telephone calls.
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He couldn't have set me up.
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Everybody loves Dave.
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Somebody could've made
the call for him.
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Everybody loves Dave,
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because he's exactly
the person he appears to be.
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Yeah, maybe.
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Come on.
I want you to read the transcript of the trial.
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What is it?
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That's the car that tried
to force me off the road.
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(GUN FIRING)
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SUSAN: He's getting away!
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He's getting away!
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That's past tense.
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If you'd move,
maybe we could catch him.
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And?
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He has a gun.
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Very good. Now get in the car.
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Car belongs
to a Harry Freidell.
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1422 West Dunsmuir.
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Name mean anything to you?
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No.
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No reason it should.
Freidell wasn't driving.
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That car's been
on the hot sheet since 8:00 this morning.
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I told you
we should've followed him.
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Fearless Fosdick.
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There've been two attempts
on my life today.
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I'd kind of like to know
who wants me dead.
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Two?
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The other took place
out near Chino.
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I reported it
to the police there.
245
00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:13,389
Why's somebody
trying to take you off?
246
00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,691
Because I've been nosing
around the Dave Kruger case.
247
00:12:16,769 --> 00:12:17,997
I think he's innocent.
248
00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:20,095
Whoever's guilty
is getting a little nervous.
249
00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:21,161
Kruger?
250
00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,232
Yeah, it was about
six and a half years ago, Dennis.
251
00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:25,504
A Murder One.
252
00:12:25,611 --> 00:12:27,772
Oh, yeah, I remember.
They had him cold.
253
00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:31,647
Motive, opportunity.
The last known person to see the girl alive.
254
00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,946
Violent quarrel
before she disappeared.
255
00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:35,179
He didn't kill her.
256
00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:38,286
I met Kruger
today, Dennis.
257
00:12:38,357 --> 00:12:39,790
And he comes across
pretty straight.
258
00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:43,351
But the fact is
that somebody did try to kill Miss Alexander.
259
00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:45,329
Now, Kruger is
no candidate there.
260
00:12:45,397 --> 00:12:47,160
I mean, he's in the joint.
261
00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:49,724
Okay, let's say you're right.
What am I supposed to do?
262
00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:52,362
We got the license number
of a stolen vehicle,
263
00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:53,996
and we got
a physical description
264
00:12:54,073 --> 00:12:55,836
that fits half
the guys in L.A.
265
00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:58,138
You got something else,
Dennis. You got the case file.
266
00:12:58,210 --> 00:12:59,234
Oh, no.
267
00:12:59,311 --> 00:13:01,040
Let me take a look at it.
What's it gonna hurt?
268
00:13:01,113 --> 00:13:02,580
My chances
of making lieutenant.
269
00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:05,515
Oh, nobody's gonna
come down on you for letting me see a file
270
00:13:05,584 --> 00:13:07,279
that's been closed
for six and a half years.
271
00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,583
Another six months
it's gonna be out of the file room
272
00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:12,283
and onto microfilm.
That's the last anybody is gonna think about it.
273
00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:13,689
I said no.
274
00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:18,626
Dennis, you just took a report
on an attempted homicide.
275
00:13:18,697 --> 00:13:20,631
Now, maybe there's something
in that file
276
00:13:20,699 --> 00:13:22,826
that would save
the young lady's life.
277
00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:25,561
Huh?
278
00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:28,500
No, it's not here.
279
00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:31,736
Well, could it be
in another file room?
280
00:13:32,144 --> 00:13:33,702
No. This is it.
281
00:13:34,246 --> 00:13:35,577
Could somebody have
checked it out?
282
00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:37,912
No, they had to sign
for it. They didn't.
283
00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:39,541
Well, do you keep duplicates?
284
00:13:39,618 --> 00:13:42,553
No. Not on a case that's
been closed for six years.
285
00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:45,920
Jimbo, you better start
looking over your shoulder.
286
00:13:46,158 --> 00:13:49,491
There's only one reason
for walking off with a dead file.
287
00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:51,894
Yeah.
To make sure it stays dead.
288
00:13:56,702 --> 00:13:59,068
Do you know
what was in that file?
289
00:13:59,538 --> 00:14:02,234
Yeah. Everything
the police turned up in their investigation.
290
00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:03,966
The results of
the polygraph tests,
291
00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:06,341
all the preliminary
questioning.
292
00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:10,274
There may have been
something new that we could follow through on.
293
00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:11,907
Or something old.
294
00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:14,544
Who were the
principals involved, besides Dave?
295
00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:17,016
Well, there was
Cheryl's mother.
296
00:14:17,089 --> 00:14:19,216
She made the identification.
297
00:14:19,391 --> 00:14:20,585
Took it hard.
298
00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:22,422
I can't see her wanting
to help us free the man
299
00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:23,961
she thinks
killed her daughter.
300
00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,792
Well, what about
the witnesses?
301
00:14:26,265 --> 00:14:28,597
For the defense,
character witnesses
302
00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,396
going all the way back
to grammar school.
303
00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:32,966
And for the prosecution?
304
00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:35,632
There weren't any
eyewitnesses to the crime.
305
00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:38,040
But there were
a number of neighbors who testified
306
00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:41,511
to the argument
that Cheryl and Dave had just prior to her death.
307
00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:44,344
Dave never denied
the argument.
308
00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,941
In fact, he said that Cheryl
309
00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:49,419
seemed to be deliberately
provoking the argument
310
00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:51,012
as if she wanted the fight.
311
00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:54,059
Did anybody see Cheryl
after that argument?
312
00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:56,827
Except when
they found her body?
313
00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,363
Well, no...
314
00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:00,997
it was about a week later.
315
00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:04,297
There were some kids up hiking
in the Santa Monica mountains.
316
00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:06,565
They're probably still
having nightmares.
317
00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:10,608
Well, maybe Dave's attorney
would have some good ideas.
318
00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:12,809
Mr. Newcomb?
319
00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:15,775
He had a stroke shortly
after Dave was sentenced.
320
00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:18,339
He's been in a rest home
ever since.
321
00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:22,887
I tried to talk to him,
but his mind is just... gone.
322
00:15:22,955 --> 00:15:25,480
He's fairly lucid
from time to time, but...
323
00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:28,390
Here.
Let me help you with that. I'm used to making my own bed.
324
00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:30,428
No. No. This is mine.
You're gonna take the bedroom.
325
00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:31,861
No.
326
00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:34,296
Hey, look,
this is my idea, huh?
327
00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:36,491
I mean, you can't go back
to your own apartment.
328
00:15:36,568 --> 00:15:38,365
I want you right where
I can keep an eye on you.
329
00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:39,802
I've slept
on the couch before.
330
00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:41,863
Well, so have I.
Not yours, but...
331
00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:45,240
Now, look,
the gallantry's very nice, but it's very unnecessary.
332
00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:47,973
I've slept in freight cars,
telephone booths,
333
00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:50,914
and a few years ago,
when I was covering a dock strike in New York,
334
00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:53,850
I even spent the night
on a pool table in McGinty's Bar.
335
00:15:53,919 --> 00:15:55,784
Then you earned
a good night's rest.
336
00:15:55,854 --> 00:15:57,151
You're stubborn,
aren't you?
337
00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,016
Aren't you?
338
00:16:04,563 --> 00:16:05,723
That's him.
339
00:16:12,771 --> 00:16:14,170
SUSAN: Mr. Newcomb?
340
00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:18,473
Do you remember me,
Mr. Newcomb?
341
00:16:19,445 --> 00:16:21,572
They don't
play shuffleboard in the main house.
342
00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,911
They have a court,
but they don't play there anymore.
343
00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,883
This is Mr. Rockford.
344
00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:29,216
He'd like to ask you
a few questions about Dave Kruger's case.
345
00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:31,853
Hello.
346
00:16:32,424 --> 00:16:34,221
I should have won that case.
347
00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:36,458
Never filed an appeal.
348
00:16:36,528 --> 00:16:39,497
You know, if I had
filed an appeal...
349
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,625
Well, I don't know, it's...
350
00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:45,730
It's hard to say.
351
00:16:48,374 --> 00:16:50,274
We're looking into
the possibility
352
00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:52,606
that Dave Kruger
may have been innocent.
353
00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,007
I never play
shuffleboard anymore.
354
00:16:57,082 --> 00:16:59,880
I mean, I used to play
when they let us use the court
355
00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,613
in the main house.
356
00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:05,946
Mrs. Tucker said
we had to play outside
357
00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:10,252
'cause it woke up
the people who had the rooms on the second floor.
358
00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,595
Mr. Newcomb,
359
00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:16,434
try and remember
Dave Kruger.
360
00:17:17,336 --> 00:17:18,928
Try to picture him
in your mind.
361
00:17:19,571 --> 00:17:22,631
He was convicted of killing
his girlfriend, Cheryl Wilson.
362
00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:25,199
You defended him
over six years ago.
363
00:17:25,277 --> 00:17:28,644
It was the last year
of your practice, just before you came here.
364
00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:35,086
I don't remember him.
I'm sorry.
365
00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:37,951
I mean, sometimes
things are so clear
366
00:17:38,023 --> 00:17:41,151
I can remember
summations, speeches.
367
00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:44,423
I can remember
right to the last letter.
368
00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:47,932
And I can say them
just the way I did then,
369
00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:53,062
and then,
right in the middle, it all fades away
370
00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:55,402
and I can't
remember anything.
371
00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:59,569
Do you like baked potatoes?
372
00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:01,338
Yeah. Yeah.
373
00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:04,439
On Wednesdays they have
baked potatoes for lunch.
374
00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:07,414
But I can't eat them.
Give me gas.
375
00:18:08,687 --> 00:18:10,780
I told them in the kitchen.
376
00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,690
So they give me
the potatoes uncooked.
377
00:18:14,893 --> 00:18:19,193
I put toothpicks in them,
grow them in a glass of water.
378
00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:27,269
You said you never
filed an appeal, Mr. Newcomb.
379
00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:29,136
Were you going
to file an appeal?
380
00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,469
I never filed it.
381
00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:37,280
Mrs. Wilson came to me,
382
00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:42,614
and she wanted me
to file an appeal
383
00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:47,855
but I had the stroke.
384
00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:51,424
Mrs. Wilson? Is that
Cheryl Wilson's mother?
385
00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:56,430
I'm sorry. It's gone.
386
00:18:57,336 --> 00:19:01,568
Isn't it terrible?
It just comes and it goes.
387
00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:03,640
Sometimes,
388
00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:08,040
I feel as like I did
when I was 20.
389
00:19:08,113 --> 00:19:12,106
I feel I could run
and jump over that fence down there...
390
00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:17,621
and then I know
I'm just an old man
391
00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:19,789
who can't remember things.
392
00:19:19,858 --> 00:19:22,884
You know,
I wish it would be one way or the other.
393
00:19:22,961 --> 00:19:26,795
Oh, that's all right,
Mr. Newcomb. You've been very cooperative.
394
00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:29,233
You gonna stay for lunch?
395
00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:31,527
Well...
396
00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,298
If you stay,
can I have your potato?
397
00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:36,396
Oh.
398
00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:38,706
Yeah, sure. Sure.
399
00:19:39,378 --> 00:19:42,279
Thank you, Mr. Newcomb.
Thank you very much.
400
00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:05,696
What was Cheryl Wilson's
mother's name?
401
00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:08,336
It was in the court records.
402
00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:11,302
Mary? No, Martha Wilson.
403
00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:13,371
She lived in Santa Monica,
I think.
404
00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:14,969
Her address
was in there somewhere.
405
00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:19,449
Seems strange that
she would go to Newcomb
406
00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:22,351
and want to finance
an appeal
407
00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:25,855
for the man
who was convicted of killing her own daughter.
408
00:20:25,924 --> 00:20:28,188
Yeah, I suppose,
but you can't discount the fact
409
00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:30,125
that it was so hazy
in Mr. Newcomb's mind
410
00:20:30,195 --> 00:20:31,992
that he might be
remembering some other woman,
411
00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:34,032
or even some other case.
412
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:36,701
Well, let's go
talk to her anyway, huh?
413
00:20:36,768 --> 00:20:39,328
We'll drop by your apartment,
pick up the records,
414
00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:40,996
and we'll go on from there.
415
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,305
I wonder why
they won't let him play shuffleboard
416
00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:48,107
in the main house
in the mornings, when nobody's asleep.
417
00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:51,172
Kind of makes you hate
Mrs. Tucker, doesn't it?
418
00:20:52,384 --> 00:20:55,285
For a journalist,
you sure have a thin skin.
419
00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:57,687
That's why I'm so good.
420
00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:13,134
ROCKFORD: I guess this is it.
421
00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:15,501
SUSAN: Yeah,
this is the right address.
422
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,765
Well, maybe
the house sold.
423
00:21:17,843 --> 00:21:19,401
It's been
six and a half years.
424
00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:21,437
What're you doing?
425
00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:27,345
I'm out of real estate cards.
426
00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:31,715
(CLATTERING)
427
00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:40,693
That's marvelous.
428
00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:44,059
I never saw
anything like that. Where did you get it?
429
00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:48,672
Oh, good, the real estate
plate is still on.
430
00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:52,368
Well, I get all
my bogus business cards printed up professionally.
431
00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:54,878
But it doesn't give me
anywhere near this much flexibility.
432
00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:57,342
Well, an old client
is a printer,
433
00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:59,213
and I told him
what I needed
434
00:21:59,284 --> 00:22:00,649
and he designed it for me.
435
00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:01,708
(SUSAN LAUGHING)
436
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,217
Well, I want one.
437
00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:05,415
I mean, that's the best tool
I ever saw.
438
00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:08,852
Oh, hey, wait a minute.
Hold on.
439
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:12,062
I love the printing press,
but I don't love the real estate approach.
440
00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:14,257
I think we got
a much better chance if we go in as surveyors.
441
00:22:14,866 --> 00:22:16,800
Here, wait a minute.
442
00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:18,562
There.
443
00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:21,663
Well, now why is that better?
444
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:23,731
Well, as surveyors,
you can prowl around
445
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,504
and ask all kinds
of technical questions.
446
00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:28,436
But with real estate,
if she's not interested in selling,
447
00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,413
she'll just slam the door
and we're cooked.
448
00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:32,783
Look, I know what I'm doing,
449
00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:35,183
I've opened up
a lot of interviews. I'm pretty good.
450
00:22:35,787 --> 00:22:36,776
Yeah?
Yeah.
451
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:37,947
So am I.
452
00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:45,853
We'll do it my way.
453
00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:47,694
You do it your way,
I'll do it mine.
454
00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:48,755
I'll do the talking.
455
00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:51,064
Now, you're my lineman
and sighter.
456
00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:57,174
Hello. We're with the...
457
00:22:57,242 --> 00:22:58,800
Double A Realty.
458
00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:01,641
Actually, I'm the broker
and this is my client, Mrs. Damion.
459
00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:03,704
And we were just driving by
and saw your house.
460
00:23:04,082 --> 00:23:05,674
It's just what Bill
would like.
461
00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,048
We had a ranch style
in Detroit,
462
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,917
but the roof wasn't
pitched enough and it froze in the winters
463
00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:12,013
and developed dry rot
in the rafters.
464
00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:14,217
In California, of course,
that isn't a problem.
465
00:23:14,292 --> 00:23:16,419
You see, the Damions,
they're moving out from Detroit.
466
00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:19,293
Mr. Damion is a computer
specialist with Diatron.
467
00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,089
Well, I don't know.
468
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:23,430
Of course you don't.
Let me explain.
469
00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:26,300
See, we were driving by
470
00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:29,066
and Mrs. Damion talked me
into ringing the bell.
471
00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:31,439
It's just exactly
what they were looking for.
472
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:34,604
Oh, do you mind?
I hope we didn't bother you.
473
00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,375
Oh, no. No, of course not.
It's...
474
00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:39,680
It's just that
I never considered selling.
475
00:23:39,751 --> 00:23:42,811
Oh, I hope we can
talk you into it because it's just perfect.
476
00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:46,082
And there's a school nearby
so little Jess can walk.
477
00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:48,023
They have a son
in the second grade.
478
00:23:48,193 --> 00:23:50,184
(STAMMERING)
I don't know, I...
479
00:23:50,395 --> 00:23:52,727
Well, would you mind
if we came in?
480
00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:54,459
Yeah. Of course not.
481
00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:58,299
SUSAN: Thank you.
482
00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:02,172
(GASPING)
We could put Bill's wet bar
483
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,105
in the corner
with the blue sofa.
484
00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:07,768
Oh, I just never know
what to do with that big blue sofa.
485
00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:10,474
I mean, most rooms
just can't handle it.
486
00:24:11,349 --> 00:24:12,748
Would you mind
if I asked you
487
00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,342
a few questions
about the house?
488
00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:17,217
Oh, no. It's just
that I never really considered selling.
489
00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:19,416
Bill should see it first.
490
00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:21,285
How many bedrooms?
491
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,156
Three. And a den.
492
00:24:23,228 --> 00:24:24,354
Baths?
493
00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:26,021
Mmm-hmm. Two and a half.
494
00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:28,292
Yeah, well, good. Good.
495
00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:30,391
Looks like the house
is about 20 years old? Mmm-hmm.
496
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,097
Of course, you're not
the original owner.
497
00:24:33,171 --> 00:24:35,935
No, no. My aunt was
the second owner.
498
00:24:36,174 --> 00:24:38,301
I think she bought it
from a developer.
499
00:24:38,376 --> 00:24:42,278
Yes. Well, you know,
I've been in the area for quite a while.
500
00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:43,814
I always like to know
the residents.
501
00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:46,248
A good broker
is a good listener.
502
00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:50,287
Let's see, your aunt
would be Wilson. Mrs. Wilson?
503
00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:51,447
Yeah.
That's right.
504
00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:52,854
Yeah. Martha Wilson.
505
00:24:52,924 --> 00:24:55,757
Yeah. She left it
to my second cousin
506
00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:57,124
when she died
507
00:24:57,195 --> 00:24:58,719
five years ago.
508
00:24:59,364 --> 00:25:02,891
He kind of, you know,
lets me live here temporarily.
509
00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:05,366
I think he's the one
you ought to talk to.
510
00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:07,735
Well, it was a shame
about Mrs. Wilson.
511
00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:09,068
I'm terribly sorry.
512
00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:11,734
She was old,
and she took a lot of pills.
513
00:25:12,277 --> 00:25:14,768
It was an accident,
but she was in her late 60s.
514
00:25:14,846 --> 00:25:17,178
Yeah. Your second cousin
would be...
515
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:18,976
Roy Pierce.
Roy Pierce.
516
00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:23,549
The patio
is a little small.
517
00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:26,082
Look, how much
would you be willing to offer me?
518
00:25:26,157 --> 00:25:29,183
Well, let's see,
for a house like this with a little tiny patio
519
00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:31,354
only two and a half baths...
520
00:25:31,429 --> 00:25:32,828
Oh, I'd say
about $20,000.
521
00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:34,627
You'd take back
a second at 6%.
522
00:25:34,699 --> 00:25:36,098
That sound about right?
Mmm-hmm.
523
00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:37,361
Not to me.
524
00:25:37,435 --> 00:25:39,960
Yeah. I'm afraid
I wouldn't even be slightly interested in it
525
00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:41,403
at that amount.
526
00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:43,839
Maybe we should keep looking,
Mr. Rockford.
527
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:46,673
For $20,000, I wouldn't even
sublet the back bedroom.
528
00:25:46,745 --> 00:25:47,905
Yes. Well, you have my card.
529
00:25:47,979 --> 00:25:49,446
And if you should
change your mind,
530
00:25:49,514 --> 00:25:52,574
I'm in the office usually
between 9:00 and 10:30.
531
00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:53,948
That's except on Wednesdays.
532
00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:56,112
That's when we have
our real estate caravan. Thank you.
533
00:25:56,187 --> 00:25:57,211
Bye-bye.
534
00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:02,786
Except for Wednesday,
when we have the real estate caravan?
535
00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:06,558
Right. Right.
The real estate brokers get together
536
00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:07,962
and caravan
all the new listings.
537
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,263
Usually on Wednesday morning.
538
00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,427
Don't take it so hard.
It worked.
539
00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:15,439
When I hire operatives,
I usually get a chance to call the shots.
540
00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:17,907
Well, I'm not an operative.
I'm a private detective.
541
00:26:17,976 --> 00:26:19,603
You hire me,
you get the whole product.
542
00:26:19,678 --> 00:26:21,703
Yeah. Complete with
a phony real estate pitch.
543
00:26:21,813 --> 00:26:23,337
How about that.
544
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:28,443
What do you think?
Was Mrs. Wilson a suicide?
545
00:26:29,187 --> 00:26:31,747
Her daughter gets murdered
and six months or so later,
546
00:26:31,823 --> 00:26:34,257
she's dead
of an overdose of pills.
547
00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:36,253
I suppose it makes sense.
548
00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:38,523
She was dejected
over the murder.
549
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,462
I guess the best thing
would be to check it out
550
00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:42,261
with the medical examiner.
551
00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:44,996
I'll call Becker and
we'll give it a whirl, huh?
552
00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,775
Everybody involved
in this case
553
00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:01,910
is either dead or retired.
554
00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:03,648
Which one is
the medical examiner?
555
00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:06,816
Retired, about eight months
after Cheryl Wilson's death.
556
00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:11,287
He's got a boat at the Marina.
His name is Patrick Elber.
557
00:27:11,496 --> 00:27:13,555
Becker checked
the records for me.
558
00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,293
Same guy did both autopsies.
559
00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:19,303
Isn't that a little strange?
Why?
560
00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:22,363
They got
two deputy coroners doing the autopsies.
561
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,705
That means
it's a fifty-fifty chance same man'd do both of them.
562
00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:27,938
No. It's fifty-fifty
he'd do one.
563
00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:30,140
It's 25-75
he'd do them both.
564
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:33,644
You're right.
565
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,821
You're right.
That's one in four.
566
00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:44,995
That's my taco.
567
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:47,361
I've been re-reading
the mother's testimony.
568
00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:49,059
She broke down twice
on the stand
569
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:51,068
and ended up in the hospital
during the trial.
570
00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,763
They had to postpone it
for two weeks
571
00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:54,304
until she was well enough
to testify.
572
00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:56,272
Yeah, and then
she went to Mr. Newcomb
573
00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:57,808
and wanted him
to file an appeal.
574
00:27:57,876 --> 00:28:00,003
Then he had a stroke,
and she committed suicide.
575
00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:03,209
The people standing in Cheryl
Wilson's emotional attic
576
00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:04,339
didn't fare too well,
did they?
577
00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:08,082
I suppose you're right.
If I know what you mean by "emotional attic."
578
00:28:08,553 --> 00:28:11,044
Your journalistic metaphors
are showing.
579
00:28:11,122 --> 00:28:13,215
I know. I do that sometimes.
580
00:28:13,458 --> 00:28:15,426
Do you have the slip number
to Mr. Elber's boat?
581
00:28:15,493 --> 00:28:17,051
Yeah.
Well, then let's go.
582
00:28:17,128 --> 00:28:18,356
Oh, wait, wait, wait.
583
00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:21,456
Let's get together
on how we're gonna go after this one, huh?
584
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,330
I'm just gonna show him
my press card.
585
00:28:23,401 --> 00:28:24,698
I think with
a medical examiner,
586
00:28:24,769 --> 00:28:26,862
that's the best way,
just go in straight.
587
00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:30,098
Kind of takes all
the fun out of it.
588
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:31,733
I mean,
we can't overlook the fact
589
00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:34,335
that the case file is missing.
I mean, somebody's got it.
590
00:28:34,412 --> 00:28:36,209
Maybe this guy's
on somebody's payroll.
591
00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:37,680
You got a better idea?
592
00:28:38,316 --> 00:28:41,615
Well, how about
an insurance investigator
593
00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:45,144
works for an attorney
who's filing a loss of life claim
594
00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:47,054
against the insurance company
595
00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:49,025
that carried
Mrs. Wilson's policy?
596
00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:50,652
No. I don't like it.
It's just too complicated.
597
00:28:50,962 --> 00:28:52,691
Oh, it'll work.
All we need to do is
598
00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:55,255
scrounge a little information
from the Coroner's Office.
599
00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:58,093
Wait.
600
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,803
You're right.
You're right again.
601
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,336
ROCKFORD:
First, the Coroner's Office and then Elber.
602
00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:07,906
ELBER: Mr. Slauson.
603
00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:12,383
You must be new.
I don't remember either one of you.
604
00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:15,248
ROCKFORD: Well, I've been
there almost 18 months now.
605
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,720
SUSAN: You retired before
either one of us got there.
606
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,257
Oh, well.
Oh, come on aboard.
607
00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:24,056
It's good to talk to people
from the old office.
608
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:27,124
Oh, say...
609
00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:30,334
Oh, Mr. Wilson says hello,
610
00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:33,029
and they miss you
every Thursday night.
611
00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:35,205
ELBER: Well, I miss them.
612
00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:38,504
That poker game made about
$1,000 a year to me.
613
00:29:39,511 --> 00:29:42,105
Oh, and this is my assistant,
Miss Lillian Dexter.
614
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:43,742
Nice to meet you.
615
00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:46,045
Everybody still talks
about you, Mr. Elber.
616
00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:49,512
Pat or Patrick.
617
00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:54,518
So, what can I do for you?
618
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,020
Well, what we're doing, Pat...
619
00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:59,757
I'll tell it, Lillian,
if you don't mind.
620
00:30:01,699 --> 00:30:02,825
Maybe you've heard
621
00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:06,200
that we're moving
all the old records
622
00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:10,105
from the Coroner's Office
on the building on West 7th Street,
623
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:13,008
over to the new microfilm
vaults on Hemmit.
624
00:30:13,344 --> 00:30:15,608
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I did hear about that.
625
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,375
Across from the courthouse.
626
00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:20,508
Yeah. That's right.
Well, Miss Dexter and I
627
00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:23,748
what we're doing is
trying to sort out all the old records
628
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,483
so they'd be
ready to microfilm,
629
00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:29,425
and then we're trying
to reconcile them against the obits
630
00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:31,291
that are filed with
the County Coroner's Office.
631
00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:34,092
Unfortunately,
there are a few omissions.
632
00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:36,690
Now, I thought
we might get some information from you,
633
00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:40,135
well, so we could
at least include some statement of death.
634
00:30:40,305 --> 00:30:41,772
If you could remember.
635
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,832
Otherwise, we'll just
have to file them with a No Cause of Death statement.
636
00:30:44,909 --> 00:30:47,002
Oh, boy, those files
were always in a mess.
637
00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:48,841
They probably were misfiled,
you know?
638
00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:52,644
Oh, it's really not that bad,
Pat, just four or five that we can't find.
639
00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:56,881
But you know Mr. Buchanan
is such a stickler for detail.
640
00:30:57,155 --> 00:30:58,383
I remember.
641
00:30:58,456 --> 00:30:59,582
I remember.
642
00:31:01,726 --> 00:31:04,251
Would you just
get him the names, Miss Dexter?
643
00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,126
So we don't
take up his whole day?
644
00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:09,496
Oh, sure. Such a nuisance.
We're sorry.
645
00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:11,057
Oh, it's okay. Go ahead.
646
00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:14,133
Well, now, let me see.
Where are they?
647
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,538
We don't have all day
for this, Miss Dexter.
648
00:31:20,612 --> 00:31:23,240
I'm doing the best I can,
Mr. Slauson.
649
00:31:23,581 --> 00:31:28,143
Take it easy, Slauson.
You'll get the information. Don't worry. Don't worry.
650
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:32,847
Ah, yes.
We don't have the record for a Jerry Kitteringhouse.
651
00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:36,686
Kitteringhouse.
Kitteringhouse.
652
00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:39,227
Wait a minute.
Let me think.
653
00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:43,762
Oh, yeah.
Gunshot wound in the left ventricle.
654
00:31:43,835 --> 00:31:46,861
He was cleaning his gun.
Accidental death.
655
00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:48,701
Kitteringhouse.
Oh, yes, I remember that one.
656
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,307
Oh, that's great.
That's all we need.
657
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,502
Those records are so old.
It doesn't have to be complete.
658
00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:54,704
Just enough
to fill in the blanks.
659
00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:56,503
Let's see now.
660
00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:59,044
Martha Wilson,
and Cheryl Wilson.
661
00:31:59,117 --> 00:32:02,211
They were mother and daughter,
and they died within six months of one another.
662
00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:05,120
Oh, I sure remember that one.
I did both autopsies.
663
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:06,383
Now, let me see.
664
00:32:06,457 --> 00:32:09,449
Cheryl was beat up
pretty good.
665
00:32:09,527 --> 00:32:12,553
We had to bring the mother
in for partial ident.
666
00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:16,589
Then, wacko. Few months later,
the mother was dead.
667
00:32:17,201 --> 00:32:20,102
I thought at first
it was suicide, but after I did the autopsy,
668
00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:23,698
I found out that it wasn't
the drugs she'd been taking.
669
00:32:23,808 --> 00:32:25,366
It was her heart.
670
00:32:25,443 --> 00:32:28,606
She was 66 years old
and her heart just gave out.
671
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,212
Myocardial infarction.
672
00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:34,146
Just put down
"heart failure."
673
00:32:34,652 --> 00:32:37,120
Oh. Well, that's it.
674
00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:38,983
Well...
675
00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:42,790
the memory is pretty sharp
for all these years.
676
00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:44,794
Yeah. It's not bad.
677
00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:46,193
Yeah, terrific.
678
00:32:57,709 --> 00:33:00,610
All right. That should
about take care of it.
679
00:33:01,779 --> 00:33:04,373
I still don't see
why you're quitting.
680
00:33:04,882 --> 00:33:06,509
Well, I...
681
00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:09,346
I kind of got where
I like you and I...
682
00:33:09,620 --> 00:33:12,453
I don't enjoy taking money
from my friends.
683
00:33:14,058 --> 00:33:16,492
That's very
sentimental and sweet,
684
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:19,121
but since it's my money,
what does it matter?
685
00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:23,594
Where do we go from here?
We're fresh out of leads.
686
00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:25,397
The mother died
of a heart attack.
687
00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:26,767
The daughter was murdered.
688
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:29,602
All the evidence in the case
points toward Dave Kruger,
689
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:30,971
who could have fooled us both,
690
00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:33,408
and just may be up
for Chino's acting award,
691
00:33:33,478 --> 00:33:35,469
best performance
by a convict.
692
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:39,876
What about the man
that tried to force me off the road,
693
00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:41,475
or the one that
tried to shoot me?
694
00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:44,679
Well, I can't explain it.
695
00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:47,657
But it may have
nothing at all to do with Kruger.
696
00:33:48,426 --> 00:33:51,293
It could be some guy
trying to level an old score
697
00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:53,796
for one of your Pulitzer Prize
winning exposes.
698
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:57,494
Or Kruger could have
set it up just to keep you churning away on the case.
699
00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:59,695
I mean, after all, a little
press never hurt a guy
700
00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:01,068
in Kruger's position.
701
00:34:01,139 --> 00:34:03,369
(SCOFFING)
I don't believe that and neither do you.
702
00:34:03,441 --> 00:34:04,908
Don't tell me what I believe.
703
00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:08,104
Why not? You don't seem
to get very many swift ideas on your own.
704
00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:09,476
Look, Susan,
705
00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:11,037
you're used to
getting your own way.
706
00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:14,744
Now, you and I both
went through this little maze and we came out at Start.
707
00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:18,084
You do not get points
for ending up where you started.
708
00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:20,222
So I...
709
00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:22,657
I gave you a break
on the rate,
710
00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:24,490
and I didn't charge
any expenses.
711
00:34:25,496 --> 00:34:28,863
Well, you didn't have any,
unless you want to count gas and shoe leather
712
00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:30,560
and about an ounce
of printer's ink.
713
00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:32,762
Yeah, I want to count them.
714
00:34:33,037 --> 00:34:36,871
Yeah, well,
you don't want a detective. You want a bodyguard.
715
00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:41,105
You think somebody
is still trying to put your lights out. Okay.
716
00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:44,404
I can recommend some
very competent bodyguards
717
00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:46,814
who will do a much
better job at this kind of thing than I will,
718
00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:48,818
and they cost a lot less.
719
00:34:48,886 --> 00:34:50,114
Chicken?
720
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:52,019
Well, of course.
Goes without saying.
721
00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:55,221
What about the appeal
Mrs. Wilson was going to finance?
722
00:34:55,526 --> 00:34:59,018
An appeal to get the man
convicted of murdering her daughter out of jail.
723
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,121
What about it?
724
00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:01,256
I asked first.
725
00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:05,226
I don't think
she ever went to Newcomb.
726
00:35:05,303 --> 00:35:09,069
I think that poor old man
just got his facts confused.
727
00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:13,669
That looked so promising.
728
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,807
Yeah, but it petered out.
729
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,610
Newcomb gave us
some information that went nowhere,
730
00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:22,744
Patrick Elber confirmed
the official police report,
731
00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:24,885
Mrs. Atwater...
732
00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:26,583
What about Mrs. Atwater?
733
00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:29,891
There was something
that bothered me when we talked to her today,
734
00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:32,191
and it just hit me
what it was.
735
00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:35,721
She said her second cousin,
Roy Pierce, owned the house, right?
736
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,789
Right.
737
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:39,894
When I made her
a pretty insulting offer on the property,
738
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,064
she became very
proprietary.
739
00:35:42,273 --> 00:35:47,233
She said, "I wouldn't be
interested. I wouldn't sublet the back bedroom for $20,000."
740
00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:49,939
I. I. Not Roy Pierce.
741
00:35:50,014 --> 00:35:51,675
Yeah. That doesn't make sense.
742
00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:53,478
If she owned it,
why wouldn't she admit it?
743
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:57,477
Well, maybe
she doesn't own it, but she sure feels at home.
744
00:35:57,555 --> 00:36:00,353
And maybe she
and Roy Pierce are close.
745
00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:01,615
And maybe something else.
746
00:36:01,692 --> 00:36:02,681
Like what?
747
00:36:04,061 --> 00:36:05,085
Let's go ask her.
748
00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:12,794
Well, there must be
somebody in there, with two cars parked outside.
749
00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:21,002
Let's try around the back.
750
00:36:51,075 --> 00:36:52,508
Did you get
the license number?
751
00:36:52,577 --> 00:36:54,101
No, he's too far away.
752
00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:58,845
At least he left
the door open for us.
753
00:37:06,557 --> 00:37:07,922
What is it?
754
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:11,224
BECKER: Whoever did itwas trying to get her out.
755
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,924
She was tied up and gagged.
It looks like she got the gag off,
756
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:16,556
started yelling.
757
00:37:16,634 --> 00:37:19,535
He must've given her a whack
to keep her quiet, got her in the temple.
758
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:22,004
Then you showed up,
he dropped her and ran.
759
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:24,064
One of the neighbors
saw him take off.
760
00:37:24,141 --> 00:37:26,302
Well, he split
in a blue Chevy.
761
00:37:26,377 --> 00:37:28,277
I didn't get
the license number.
762
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:31,114
You were here twice
in one day. Why?
763
00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:32,815
I'm working for
Miss Alexander.
764
00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:38,649
Miss Alexander
usually has a lot to say,
765
00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:42,022
but apparently she's willing
to let me stand here and turn bright blue
766
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:43,355
without opening her mouth.
767
00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:44,860
What were you and Jim
doing here?
768
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:49,058
Well, Sergeant,
I'm a journalist and I'm working on a story.
769
00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:52,591
Now, if I tell you,
you tell the local press, and I'm out a month's work.
770
00:37:53,037 --> 00:37:56,473
I'm instructing my employee,
Mr. Rockford, to remain silent.
771
00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:58,371
The First Amendment
and all that.
772
00:38:00,478 --> 00:38:01,843
Where do you get them, Jim?
773
00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:05,481
I don't know, Dennis.
They just seem to seek me out.
774
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:21,931
Okay, that just about does it.
775
00:38:22,099 --> 00:38:23,157
That's good.
776
00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:25,828
I instructed you
to remain silent.
777
00:38:25,903 --> 00:38:30,033
A journalist doesn't have
to reveal sources of information or suppositions.
778
00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:32,300
It's all part of
the First Amendment.
779
00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:37,444
Listen, Susan, you and I
terminated our employment agreement this afternoon
780
00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:38,709
just before the cops arrived.
781
00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:40,375
I do not work for you,
782
00:38:40,451 --> 00:38:43,386
and I'm not about
to withhold evidence in a murder case.
783
00:38:43,587 --> 00:38:46,522
What information?
We don't know anything.
784
00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:49,155
Okay, Jim, sign this
and you can leave.
785
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:54,829
We just got a printout on the
fingerprints and Photostats we sent to Sacramento.
786
00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:56,594
It's about time.
What took you so long?
787
00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:59,693
Well, it's kind of strange,
sir, it was in the deceased computer records
788
00:38:59,770 --> 00:39:01,431
and that woman
isn't named Atwater.
789
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:02,938
Her name is Cheryl Wilson,
790
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:05,635
and she was supposed
to have been murdered over six years ago.
791
00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:14,080
Oh, good.
Could I speak to her secretary, please?
792
00:39:14,151 --> 00:39:15,209
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
793
00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:17,754
And could you
put me on hold, please?
794
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,022
Well, come in.
795
00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:26,360
They only kept you two hours.
796
00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:28,295
That's not too bad,
considering.
797
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:31,193
What'd you do,
make a statement after all?
798
00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:34,499
You can only push
the First Amendment so far.
799
00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:38,598
I was headed for the lockup,
and I had a change of heart.
800
00:39:38,676 --> 00:39:41,201
But they promised me
they wouldn't release it to the press.
801
00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:43,479
Gotta protect the old byline.
802
00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:44,912
No, I'm on hold.
803
00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:47,374
Oh, thank you.
804
00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:51,615
Yes, this is Mr. Rockford
at the Tres Elegante jewelry store.
805
00:39:51,722 --> 00:39:54,020
Yes, I'm afraid
I've made a mistake.
806
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:58,158
I gave Miss Alexander's watch
to a woman who said she was Miss Alexander
807
00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,220
and I'm afraid
I gave it to the wrong woman.
808
00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:02,265
Could you give me
a description of her, please?
809
00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:04,130
Do you wanna see
my birth certificate?
810
00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,730
No. No.
I think it's all right.
811
00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:11,070
It sounds like
the right woman. Yes.
812
00:40:11,675 --> 00:40:13,472
It's your secretary.
You want to talk to her?
813
00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:15,504
Oh.
814
00:40:17,782 --> 00:40:19,147
Hi, Nance. It's me.
815
00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:21,478
No.
816
00:40:22,386 --> 00:40:25,913
All right.
Send the message slips home. I'll answer them tomorrow.
817
00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,784
It's a long story.
I'll tell you later. Bye-bye.
818
00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:35,131
We got off
to such a quick start,
819
00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,258
I never got around
to checking your credentials.
820
00:40:37,334 --> 00:40:38,961
Am I a suspect
of some kind?
821
00:40:39,036 --> 00:40:40,526
Well, it flicked
through my mind,
822
00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:43,004
but it didn't fit anything
so I discarded it.
823
00:40:46,877 --> 00:40:50,108
Well, Dave Kruger is
gonna get a hearing,
824
00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:54,644
and I guess it's a
foregone conclusion that he's gonna be released.
825
00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:56,413
He's already served six years
826
00:40:56,487 --> 00:40:59,581
for killing someone who just
got murdered this afternoon.
827
00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:03,355
Who was the lady
that was killed six years ago?
828
00:41:03,694 --> 00:41:06,288
I think she was just
a very convenient body.
829
00:41:06,797 --> 00:41:07,786
Convenient?
830
00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:12,669
Cheryl Wilson's life
was insured for $200,000.
831
00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:14,499
Her mother
was the beneficiary.
832
00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:16,837
How do you know that?
833
00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:19,039
I have an inventive mind.
834
00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:22,044
And I went over
to the insurance company
835
00:41:22,112 --> 00:41:26,981
and I got some adjustor
by the name of Mr. Villon very confused,
836
00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:31,553
and he gave me that little bit
of information inadvertently.
837
00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:33,350
Did you tell him
you were a cop?
838
00:41:33,424 --> 00:41:36,154
No. IRS investigator.
Doing a company audit.
839
00:41:38,462 --> 00:41:40,362
You never stop, do you?
840
00:41:42,766 --> 00:41:44,461
Okay. Okay. So?
841
00:41:45,302 --> 00:41:49,796
So, if you put old
Deputy Coroner Patrick Elber into the picture,
842
00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:51,842
it begins to look
very interesting.
843
00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:55,141
Of course.
844
00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:58,977
He's the one
who made the identification.
845
00:41:59,116 --> 00:42:03,075
He sent the fingerprints up to
Sacramento for a positive ID.
846
00:42:04,421 --> 00:42:08,790
Cheryl, her cousin, Roy,
and Elber were probably in it together.
847
00:42:08,893 --> 00:42:11,361
She took out
the insurance policy
848
00:42:11,428 --> 00:42:13,760
and they just waited around
for a good stiff.
849
00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:16,800
One that was so badly mauled
it couldn't be identified.
850
00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:21,964
And Cheryl probably
talked her mother into doing a partial ID.
851
00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:26,703
And Elber substituted
Cheryl's fingerprints and made it a positive ID.
852
00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:29,303
Cheryl was legally dead,
853
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:32,349
the insurance company
had to pay off, and they divided the money.
854
00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:37,745
And Cheryl became
Shirley Atwater and went underground.
855
00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:40,113
And during the trial,
when the mother broke down,
856
00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:41,919
she must have been getting
an attack of the guilts
857
00:42:41,992 --> 00:42:44,222
when she realized
that Dave was gonna get convicted of murder.
858
00:42:44,828 --> 00:42:47,422
Which explains her offer
to finance the appeal.
859
00:42:47,631 --> 00:42:51,727
It also makes her suicide,
her cardio-whatever, a murder.
860
00:42:52,803 --> 00:42:55,601
I don't like to think
that Cheryl had anything to do with that.
861
00:42:55,673 --> 00:42:57,300
Oh, she probably didn't.
862
00:42:57,942 --> 00:43:00,934
When Cheryl was pretending
to be Shirley Atwater,
863
00:43:01,011 --> 00:43:02,706
she insisted
it was an accident.
864
00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:04,714
Patrick Elber could call it
anything he wanted.
865
00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:06,340
I mean, after all,
he was the Coroner.
866
00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:08,511
Yeah, but why kill Cheryl?
867
00:43:08,986 --> 00:43:10,419
Maybe she was getting nervous.
868
00:43:10,487 --> 00:43:13,456
Maybe she stopped believing
that her mother's death was an accident,
869
00:43:13,524 --> 00:43:15,515
and started asking questions.
870
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:17,424
Well, let's get on it.
871
00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:20,294
Yeah, we better bring
the cops in on it.
872
00:43:21,832 --> 00:43:24,426
Look, Elber's boat slip
is only about five minutes away.
873
00:43:24,501 --> 00:43:26,969
I'll go keep an eye on it.
You call Becker.
874
00:43:31,976 --> 00:43:33,944
I thought you didn't like
to shoot people.
875
00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:36,872
I don't shoot it.
I just point it.
876
00:44:14,752 --> 00:44:15,878
He's gone.
877
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:19,154
Does he honestly think
he can get away on a boat?
878
00:44:19,556 --> 00:44:21,888
Hey, he doesn't know
anybody's chasing him yet.
879
00:44:21,959 --> 00:44:23,483
If he had have gotten
Cheryl's body out of there,
880
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,290
gotten it on a boat,
he could have taken it out on the ocean, dumped it
881
00:44:26,363 --> 00:44:27,387
and nobody'd been the wiser.
882
00:44:27,464 --> 00:44:31,127
This way he's got it figured
that the police will take a little while to figure it out.
883
00:44:31,201 --> 00:44:32,668
Well, Becker's on his way
down here.
884
00:44:32,736 --> 00:44:34,670
Okay.
Here, call him back.
885
00:44:34,738 --> 00:44:37,138
I want you to tell him
to get a chopper and the Coast Guard.
886
00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:38,538
I'm gonna bet on Mexico.
887
00:44:38,609 --> 00:44:39,633
Well, what're you gonna do?
888
00:44:39,710 --> 00:44:41,041
I'm gonna scrounge up a boat.
889
00:44:41,111 --> 00:44:42,373
All right.
890
00:44:57,261 --> 00:44:59,126
All right. Come on. No deal.
Get off. Get off.
891
00:44:59,196 --> 00:45:01,391
Come on, stop it.
It's gonna be a photo essay.
892
00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:04,491
You point your little gun
and I'll point my little camera.
893
00:45:04,568 --> 00:45:06,399
Come on,
let's get out of here.
894
00:45:12,576 --> 00:45:13,634
Did you get through
to Becker?
895
00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:15,804
Yeah. He said he'd get us
as much help as he can.
896
00:45:30,994 --> 00:45:33,019
We got a boat
angling in on us.
897
00:45:34,965 --> 00:45:37,456
There's a shark rifle
down in the salon,
898
00:45:37,534 --> 00:45:41,334
starboard side. Got a scope.
Get it, Roy. Hurry up!
899
00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:52,473
He's coming in at us.
900
00:45:52,549 --> 00:45:54,107
Okay. Slow him down.
901
00:45:57,955 --> 00:45:58,944
(RIFLE FIRING)
902
00:46:03,861 --> 00:46:04,919
(RIFLE FIRING)
903
00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:15,998
You can't hit anything.
I can hardly keep this camera on them.
904
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:19,368
I just want to give him
something to think about. Stay down.
905
00:46:34,992 --> 00:46:36,960
Fire right across their bow.
906
00:46:51,742 --> 00:46:54,074
Come on. Move faster.
907
00:46:54,211 --> 00:46:56,736
Just get your pictures.
I'm a little busy.
908
00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:18,562
You know,
909
00:47:18,635 --> 00:47:20,660
it seems strange to think
that Cheryl was alive,
910
00:47:20,737 --> 00:47:22,568
all those years
I was in prison.
911
00:47:22,673 --> 00:47:23,799
And Roy,
912
00:47:23,874 --> 00:47:26,502
Roy Pierce
was the one that killed her,
913
00:47:26,577 --> 00:47:28,272
and he was her own cousin.
914
00:47:28,345 --> 00:47:30,540
And the beneficiary
of her mother's policy.
915
00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:35,146
And Elber used his connections
at the department to keep the lid on.
916
00:47:35,219 --> 00:47:39,178
He even walked off
with the case file when one of his cronies told him
917
00:47:39,256 --> 00:47:41,087
Susan was digging
into the case.
918
00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:43,718
KRUGER: Well, I'm out
and that's what counts.
919
00:47:43,794 --> 00:47:45,625
Pretty good picture,
don't you think?
920
00:47:45,696 --> 00:47:48,563
That picture is causing me
a lot of trouble, Susan.
921
00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:50,725
Just because
you weren't supposed to have a gun.
922
00:47:51,068 --> 00:47:52,296
It's just
a little technicality.
923
00:47:52,369 --> 00:47:53,996
I don't think
it's gonna cause you much trouble.
924
00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:56,066
That little technicality
925
00:47:56,139 --> 00:47:58,903
is gonna cost me
a court appearance, maybe a fine,
926
00:47:58,976 --> 00:48:02,173
and a possible
temporary suspension of my license.
927
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,015
Well, if they do that,
you can always go into the printing business.
928
00:48:06,083 --> 00:48:07,914
That supposed to be a joke?
929
00:48:07,985 --> 00:48:10,681
Well, let's not quarrel,
this is Dave's party.
930
00:48:11,154 --> 00:48:13,019
You know, I spent
a lot of time in prison,
931
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:16,617
and there was a time there
when I didn't think anybody even knew I was alive.
932
00:48:16,693 --> 00:48:18,923
And then you come to me,
Miss Alexander,
933
00:48:19,096 --> 00:48:20,996
you threw me a lifeline.
934
00:48:21,064 --> 00:48:22,258
I drink to you.
935
00:48:23,166 --> 00:48:24,599
And to you, Mr. Rockford.
936
00:48:24,668 --> 00:48:25,760
Jim.
937
00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:29,769
You risked your life for me,
and you figured it out.
938
00:48:30,641 --> 00:48:33,906
I've been in jail six years
trying to figure it out and I didn't have a clue.
939
00:48:34,211 --> 00:48:35,838
What are you gonna do
with your life, Dave?
940
00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:39,610
I mean, you're out
and you've got a pardon. And now you've got a future.
941
00:48:40,317 --> 00:48:42,376
I don't have that
completely doped out yet.
942
00:48:42,452 --> 00:48:45,216
Maybe I'm gonna get in
the gas station business.
943
00:48:45,389 --> 00:48:47,050
I think I'd like to get
a gas station.
944
00:48:47,124 --> 00:48:50,116
What are you gonna do
tomorrow? Or next week?
945
00:48:50,193 --> 00:48:51,717
I'd like to do
a follow-up story.
946
00:48:51,795 --> 00:48:55,788
Well, first, I'm gonna
borrow $50, maybe a $100.
947
00:48:55,899 --> 00:48:58,026
Okay.
I'll loan it to you.
948
00:48:58,201 --> 00:48:59,190
Thanks.
949
00:48:59,269 --> 00:49:02,363
Well, then what are you
gonna do? Well, I'd like to do a photo essay.
950
00:49:02,839 --> 00:49:04,898
You don't want
any pictures, Susan.
951
00:49:04,975 --> 00:49:07,307
Well, why not?
I think it'd be fascinating.
952
00:49:07,377 --> 00:49:08,435
You do?
953
00:49:08,512 --> 00:49:09,570
Yeah.
954
00:49:09,913 --> 00:49:11,505
Tell her what you're
gonna do, Dave.
955
00:49:12,149 --> 00:49:15,050
I'm gonna get a woman
and I'm gonna get drunk.
956
00:49:16,086 --> 00:49:17,110
Oh.
957
00:49:17,387 --> 00:49:19,150
I'll drink to that.
958
00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:22,721
Well, I guess I can, too.
959
00:49:22,771 --> 00:49:27,321
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