All language subtitles for Ironside s01e14 Girl in the Night

Anything wrong?

Timing, maybe.

Maybe not.

Sergeant Ed Brown, please.

Chief.

How is he, Mike?

Doctor says he's got a concussion, but
no fracture. He's up there with him now.

It's good to see you again, Chief. Sorry
it has to be under these circumstances.

Eve Whitfield, Mark Sanger, Mike
Hennessey. Mark.

My boss told me to tell you he wanted to
come down, but he's in over his head

with that Cardoff killing. I heard about
it.

Come on, I'll show you to his room.

Jim Cardoff is a pretty prominent man.

And when somebody walks into the house
with a... Pretty prominent man that puts

three bullets in him. We want to have
some answers, and fast.

I know your problem. I face it myself.

But my problem is Detective Sergeant Ed
Brown.

Yeah, I understand.

I'm not sure you do, quite apart from
the fact that he's a good cop and that

works for me. I happen to care what
happens to him.

And when I send him here on a perfectly
routine trip to extradite some hood, and

he ends up in the hospital, I want some
answers, and fast.

Brown was seen with a girl last night.

And?

Pretty girl, two Confederates, a couple
of drinks, a promise, and then a hit on

the head. What does Ed say?

I haven't talked to him yet.

And the girl? In this town?

They're a dime a dozen, Bob.

Oh, uh, Dr. Evans, this is Chief
Ironside. How is he, Doctor? Oh, in

shape, I think, but I'm still waiting
for a report on his last x -rays.

There was a call for you. Headquarters
wants you to call in immediately.

Thank you, Doctor.

Sorry, Chief. I'll check back with you
later.

May we see him now?

Well, certainly.

I'll let you know as soon as I have
word.

Lie back there. That's an order.

If you move off that bed without getting
Dr. Evans okay, he'll be walking a beat

when you get back home, and that's a
promise.

I'm glad to see you too, Chief.

Hi. Hi, yourself.

How are you feeling?

I've got a sore head.

It's happened before.

On the level, Chief. There's no need for
this. That may be.

We'll let the doctor decide.

You know, if you feel like telling me
about it, you can start with the girl.

How did you know there was a girl? He
knows you.

Who was she? A girl I happened to meet.

A girl named Elaine Moreau.

All right.

Now, why don't we start at the
beginning?

Well... You know, when I phoned you
yesterday about...

The delay in starting back, the writ
Riley's lawyer had filed.

Gone into the bar of a nightclub to
phone.

And when I finished, there was this
music coming from one of the rooms.

You're late.

Am I?

I guess I am at that.

Been waiting long?

All my life.

Maybe it just seems that way.

Should we go?

Whatever you say.

Where? I'm sorry.

I heard of a place called Steffens.

Steffens it is.

That was the beginning, meeting her
there.

In other words, she picked you up. No,
it wasn't like that. You picked her up?

No, it was... I know it sounds crazy,
but... All right, so nobody picked

up. The whole thing was an idyllic
adventure.

You met the girl and you started for
this restaurant.

Stefan's.

Thank you for remembering.

There are some melodies, like some
women, a man never forgets. You may as

know that Stephan is the one great.

Youth and beauty and exquisite taste.

What more can a man ask?

I was thinking the same thing myself.

You look well.

Are you happy?

One of my age would say that.

Someone as young as you. No, no, Elaine.

No? No.

Never. I remember that.

Translation?

One should live each hour as if it was
his last.

You believe that?

I'm not.

I have a theory.

No more doors to run through and there
are no more locks to lock.

You put on your prettiest dress and...
Wait.

This is lovely wine.

Elaine, who are you waiting for tonight?

I don't know how I could have been such
a fool not to have realized then that

there was something very wrong.

Something troubling her.

She never told you?

No.

Sorry I was held up.

How goes it, Ed?

Hey, maybe next time when you have a
night in town, you'll accept my wife's

invitation for a home -cooked dinner.
Hold it, Mike. You'd better hear this.

on, Ed. Later. I've got to get back
downtown.

Chief wants to see me. On the Cardoff
case?

That's right.

Look, I'll get back to this later, but
right now... Mike, who's Elaine Moreau?

Is that the girl? Yes.

Sing her in town?

Look, I've got to go.

Oh, wait a minute. I'll go with you.

Well, what about this Moreau girl?

Well, pick her up and have a talk with
her.

There's a case against her. We can make
it stick. You'll hear from me. Her name

seemed to mean something to you. I told
you before, a dime a dozen.

Look, Chief, we'll take care of it.

Just don't try to make this more
important than the Cardoff murder.

I'll turn it around.

If this had happened to one of my men in
San Francisco, what would you say?

What did he say?

Never mind.

Now, finish it. You and Elaine had
dinner at Stefan's. What then?

We went on from there to other places.

Must have been after three when I drove
her home.

It was a place out north of town.

My cap?

If you will.

You like it?

Very much.

You know, I feel right now like I felt
then.

I don't think I'd ever feel that way
again.

Thank you.

You must be tired of that.

No.

It's a beautiful song.

Very important to me.

May I have that?

Why not?

What is it?

We're just two people who stole five
hours. We had a lot of fun. Why don't

leave it at that?

Just five stolen hours in which we
learned everything about each other.

And nothing.

A moment later, she was in the car,
heading away from the house.

I tried to follow her, and all the
lights went out.

Two men.

I'm sure of it.

But you never saw them? No.

For purposes of identification?

No, they must have been waiting there in
the dark.

That's all of it?

Until I woke up when they were putting
me in the ambulance in that alley

downtown. You interested in Hennessy's
theory?

What's that?

Very simple, very old.

Your wallet was missing when you were
found, and your gun.

You mean a setup. Why not?

Attractive girl of mystery, two hoods
working with her? No.

Not Elaine.

I won't believe it. You knew her four or
five hours. She told you nothing about

herself. She was obviously hiding
something, and you won't believe it. I

It all fits.

But not with this girl.

I'd stake my life on it. You already
have.

And you were lucky.

Well, I've seen your x -rays, and they
don't show us anything to be concerned

about. You can leave now.

But take it easy, huh?

I'd have the police surgeon checking you
in a day or two.

Well, thank you, Dr. Evans.

I'll be ready in five minutes. Eve, get
on the phone. Make four reservations for

the first plane to San Francisco.

Wait a minute. What are you talking
about? I'm not going back yet.

Why not?

Because it didn't happen the way
Hennessy said it did. Do you really

you're immune, that you couldn't get
taken like a hundred other Johns?

If I'm that poor judge of character,
then I'm in the wrong job.

And I shouldn't be working for you.

Not this girl, Chief.

Not Elaine.

Go ahead.

Make the reservations.

But before we leave, come with me to
find Elaine.

Just meet her for five minutes. Talk to
her.

And if you still feel the same, then
there'll be no argument for me.

Chief, that girl was afraid of something
last night.

I've got to find out what and why.

Yes? Miss Moreau, please.

Who? Elaine Moreau.

Oh, I'm sorry there's no one here by
that name.

I'm sure you must have the wrong
address.

This is... We're sure. I was here with
her last night.

Is this some sort of joke?

I was home all last night, alone.

May we come inside and talk to you for a
few minutes? We're police officers.

What about?

May we?

This is what?

What are you looking around for?

Are you really pleased?

Let me see some identification.

We're sorry to inconvenience you,
Miss... Phillips.

Carol Phillips.

And it's Mrs.

You're from San Francisco.

That's right. No one's making any
accusations, Mrs. Phillips.

We're just looking for a girl.

Well, you can look for her someplace
else.

The painting on the wall is new. There's
not a speck of dust on the frame.

That broken bush, that's where they got
you? I'm sure it is.

We'll find out who owns the house.

That woman is lying, Chief. She's
covering up for somebody.

Maybe. Maybe what?

Maybe a fellow with stars in his eyes
wasn't sure himself where he was at

in the morning.

You know, Mark, you have a point there.

Ed, how much did you have to drink last
night?

All right, Chief. Now, you saw the
house, I saw the changed picture, I saw

broken bush, and I saw your busted head.

Now,

the nightclub where this little idol
began, where is it?

Hi, fellas. You're early. We're not open
yet.

Thank you. We're looking for the
manager.

Is he around?

Not he, she.

I'm Jan.

My name's Ironside.

Mr. Brown and Mr. Sanger.

Nice to meet you. What can I do for you?
We're looking for Elaine Moreau.

Is she here?

All right, Billy. You can go back to the
bar now.

No, she's not.

We'd like to talk to her.

Well, why don't you leave a number where
she can reach you? If she comes around,

I'll give it to her. Do you know where
she lives? Or where she might be right

now?

Will you excuse me a minute, please?

Hold it a sec.

Here. It's the man asking for Elaine.

You're being a little pushy about it.

They say who they were? I smell cop.

I'll call you back.

You're not going to talk to them.

Why not?

Why do you want Elaine?

Do you know where she is?

I know, but I'd like to find out. Are
you part of the establishment?

Let's say I have an interest in Elaine
Morrow.

What do you want from her? A few
answers.

What do you want from her? I'm Joe
Verona.

If there's an explanation here, I missed
it. We're from out of town. She's my

girl.

What connection does she have here?

She worked here. How long?

A few months. She and her partner,
Johnny Foster.

Why'd they leave?

We change acts regularly. They stayed
longer than most.

Does she stop in often?

She hasn't been here for months.

Well, thank you for your help. We'll
keep looking.

If you find her, call me here.

Please. It'll be my pleasure, Mr.
Verona.

Those are the same cops that are out of
the house.

Find out what's happening.

Yeah, sure.

Mr.

I heard you asking about a leg. I can't
talk now, but I get a break in half an

hour. El Rodeo Motel. The name's Brown.

Thank you.

That fool is all cop. All cop.

I checked out Jan. She runs the club but
doesn't own it.

I didn't think so.

After all, she did consult with the
office before she answered our question.

had the same thought. Tried to check out
that Joe Verona we met. If he owns it,

it doesn't show anything.

She lied, though. Why didn't she see
Elaine when I met Elaine there last

Did you see Jan last night?

No. Well, if Jan wasn't there, she
didn't see Elaine.

Yeah, but Jan said she hadn't seen...

Hot day. Would you like a cool drink?

Is Elaine in trouble?

That's what we're trying to determine.

Why can't they just leave her alone?

Who? Everybody, mister. Just everybody.

Anything you can tell us would help. Who
she knew, what she did, any trouble she

was in.

Trouble?

Hers started the day she walked into
that club.

She'd come in with a fellow named Johnny
Foster and asked for an audition.

The moment she started, I knew she had
it.

I don't know. I guess in a way I felt
sorry for her.

She was so young and so fresh.

And in this town, nobody stays that way
very long.

It's time to say goodbye to this
confusion.

My heart has paid its dues.

That's why the lady sings the blues.

True love is all a hoax.

For simple -minded folks, those love and
marriage jokes, they're just

an illusion.

It's nothing I can use.

That's why a sad lady sings the blues.

A man will deal you double, then burst
your bubble. And when there's trouble,

you're drunk.

So bye -bye, love affair.

You're really just a snare and a
delusion.

Starry -eyed was I.

There's nothing else that I can lose.

Now time is passing by me, and no one
wants to

try.

He sings.

It's his money.

Alfred, there's just one thing.

We're a team. You see, we're engaged.

Maybe that makes a difference, mister.

Why should it?

Did you hear that, Johnny?

Oh, mister, I'll love you till the day I
die.

Well, I consider that a promise.

I saw Johnny Foster's face when Joe said
that. I think Johnny knew even then

what was going to happen. What do you
mean?

Joe Verona broke him up. I don't know
how, but he did.

I heard Johnny say once that he'd kill
Elaine before he'd let Joe have her.

What you're saying is, if anything
happened to Elaine, it's Johnny Foster

looking for.

Nowhere to find him?

Well, he's in town somewhere. I don't
know where exactly, but if you want, I

could try to find out. We'd appreciate
it. I love that girl, mister.

She's as good a friend as I've ever had.

Thank you, Millie.

Who was that?

The key to the beginning.

The girl Elaine Moreau was the day she
came to this town.

Not the girl you were with last night.

And a far cry from the girl Mike
Hennessy believes she is.

Now, what's in between?

What made the change?

People wear a lot of different faces.
They put them on like a pair of shoes.

They do.

Well, I'd like to know what the real one
is.

You find out about the house? Yes, it's
in Carol Phillips' name.

Bought last year for cash.

She doesn't look like the kind of woman
who would have that much cash, but you

never can tell.

If she fronted for someone when we were
there today, she could have fronted for

someone when the house was bought.

Just where do you think we'll get that
information?

Stephan, the man at the restaurant?

Yes, he knows her. He knows a good deal
about her, I could tell. All right,

Stephan.

For dinner.

But she must be somewhere.

That's right, Stefan. But so far, no
luck.

A person doesn't just disappear.

They do if they want to. Or are made to.

Surely someone can tell you. We haven't
been getting many straight answers.

That's why we've come to you.

I got the idea you had a real affection
for Elaine Moreau. She has always been

very dear to me.

blank spaces and picture we've been
putting together. For instance, Johnny

Foster.

Elaine and Johnny worked a while at
Jan's place and then left suddenly.

Why? Johnny made her leave.

He was jealous.

And with reason.

Jealous of whom?

Of Joe Verona.

The man who owns Jan's place.

This place and half a dozen other clubs
in town.

Clubs, businesses.

Oh, not on the record, but...

He owns them and runs them nevertheless.

If he finds out that I've told you, I...
He won't.

Johnny and Elaine were to be married.

Small private ceremony and a small
celebration afterwards here.

Elaine had gone home to dress.

Johnny and I were waiting when he
arrived.

Joe Verona.

Two of Verona's men were with him.

He ordered Johnny into the dressing
room.

They didn't stay there long.

Just long enough to change a few lives.

What happened in there? I don't know.

Johnny wouldn't say.

I only know that when he came out,
Johnny Foster looked like a sleepwalker.

Face dead white.

Eyes not alive.

No expression.

He handed me a note for Elaine.

And then he walked out that door.

A broken man.

He didn't come back. What was in the
note? A piece of paper saying that he

didn't love her.

That he never had.

That he couldn't go through with the
marriage.

And that he was sorry.

Elaine was shattered.

You didn't tell her what had happened?
That Verona had put pressure on him? Did

he? Nobody knows for sure.

I told her about Verona talking to
Johnny.

It didn't matter.

The only thing that mattered was that
Johnny had walked out.

Verona said Elaine was his girl.

Eventually. Verona was always around and
she was lonely.

More than that, I didn't think that she
cared anymore about anything.

Verona owned her like he owned
everything else.

There's a woman, Carol Phillips. Does he
own her, too?

Yes.

She's Jan's sister.

They worked for Verona for many, many
years.

And Johnny Foster?

Verona put him to work in one of his
clubs.

Johnny always has a job.

But apparently no memory.

Chief?

Yes, Eve?

Millie O 'Neill called. She's found
Johnny Foster.

Where is he? Here.

A small rooming house on the edge of
town.

All right, you and Mark get down to
headquarters.

Find Hennessy, push him till he gets
some word on Elaine.

You know where to reach me if anything
comes up.

All right, Ed, let's go.

Oh, thank you, Stephan. I hope I've
helped.

This was our song.

I wrote it for her.

Did she tell you that?

Yeah, this is the song that was going to
make it big for both of us.

Elaine and Johnny Foster.

We need your help, Johnny.

My help?

It's all washed out of my head now.

I don't feel anything anymore.

I can hardly feel sad that Elaine's
dead.

Killed by Joe Verona three days ago.

She was alive last night with me.

There's killing.

And there's killing.

What kind of killing did Joe Verona do?

The kind he always does.

The safe kind.

No police investigation.

No trial. Nothing.

Because the body's still up and walking
around.

Like mine. How did he kill you, Johnny?

How did he kill you and Elaine?

We know you were going to be married.
What changed it?

Married.

Elaine and me.

Finally.

It had taken so long.

Jobs.

Money in the bank.

Getting all doubts erased.

I guess we were two of the happiest
people in the world.

The show was over.

We were in her dressing room, knowing
that within the hour we'd be married.

Johnny, I've got to change.

You're leaving.

You've changed your mind and you're
eloping with the king of Grostock. I

change my clothes.

I love you, Johnny Foster.

I'll never get used to hearing you say
that.

Oh, you'll be so happy, honey, I swear
it.

I love you so much, sometimes I think
I'm going to burst with it.

You can say that again and you can say
it for the rest of our lives.

I'll be right back.

And she was gone.

Door closing, dream ending, and that was
all.

Elaine and Johnny, that was all.

It ended right there.

That wasn't all, wasn't it?

Verona talked to you, Johnny, before you
walked out.

So Verona talked to me. So what?

So what did he say to you?

Nothing.

Would have taken a very interesting
conversation to have made me walk away

her.

What was it, Johnny?

What was it?

You see these?

They make music.

They earn me a living.

My whole life.

Melodies, unwritten.

They're all I am.

All I ever will be.

Whatever you gotta say, Verona, say it.
I have a wedding to go to.

Oh, there's not going to be any wedding,
Johnny.

And who's going to stop it?

You are.

Oh, sure, sure.

You're going to write Elaine a note.

Tell her you don't love her, and the
wedding's off.

Get out of here.

Have it your way, Johnny.

You really think you're going to force
me to write that letter? Well, if you

don't, Johnny, the boys are going to
break your fingers one by one.

Stuka knows how to do it.

No.

Well,

Johnny, what's it going to be?

So Johnny Foster died that night, Mr.
Ironside.

Oh, he kept his precious fingers.

Of course, the rest of him was dead.

Why didn't you leave town?

Get away from him.

He wouldn't let me.

He wanted me where he could watch me.

Oh, he kept me close.

Working.

Working like a court jester.

What about Elaine?

How did Verona kill her?

Where?

At a party.

The house on Mesa Drive.

The house that Joe had bought for
Elaine.

The party was over.

But what Joe Verona didn't know was that
it was really about to begin.

I put one sign for you, Joe.

Some celebrations, who wants a crowd
around, right?

Well, Jim, have you thought about it?

Yeah, I've thought about it.

Well, are you going to put in a word for
me?

Why should I, Joe?

Why not?

One nut from you, I'm the second biggest
man in town.

Mm -hmm.

A year or two, you might even try to
take over.

Think I should let you do that, Joe?

Maybe I should stop you now.

You wouldn't do that. I would if I
thought you weren't my boy anymore.

Not your boy.

I'd cut off my right arm for you.

Words, Joe.

Words.

There's nothing I wouldn't do.

How can I prove it?

I don't know, Joe. How? Well, you name
it, Jim. Just name it.

You name it, Joe.

I'm very tired.

You go ahead, baby.

That won't be long.

Everything has its price, Joe.

You kidding?

No, I'm not.

She's my girl.

I got your word you'll help me.

Sure, Joe.

Who was he? This man who could make or
break Verona?

Who was the man, Johnny?

Well, he's dead now, too.

Not like Elaine and me, but really dead.
Jim Cardoff?

Who is it? Is Chief Ironside there?

Chief?

News of the girl, Mike?

Word just came in.

She's dead.

How? They found her body in the lake
less than an hour ago.

She'd been shot.

Any leads?

Nothing.

Who else knows the girl's dead?

No one. We just got the call.

All right. Sit on it, Mike.

Keep it quiet until midnight.

How come you go barging into places in
this town, Arnside? You got no

jurisdiction. You're right, Joe.

But I have a big curiosity.

Well, I always like quiz programs.

Shoot. Why'd you buy a house and put it
in Carol Phillips' name?

I was present.

Was that a crime?

Cite me the code. Why did Johnny Foster
and Elaine Moreau suddenly break up? I

was a lover's quarrel. How many points
does that give me? What was Elaine

desperately afraid of last night?

When last night? When she was out with
me.

You gonna put out with him? She was.

Query.

Why did Elaine run out of the house last
night and Ed get slugged when he tried

to follow her?

Slugged?

Well, who didn't? That was the next
question.

I'm tired of it, Whiskey. I'm not
finished.

Well, I am.

Unless you got a specific charge, you're
beaten, huh? I want you to come with

me, Joe. I'm busy. You're not that busy.

You come along with us or Hennessy will
have to think of a way to take you into

custody.

She's been shot, Joe.

In the back.

Why?

Why? Can't you put it together?

We had to get Cardoff out of the way,
didn't you?

You ordered your man to kill him.

Well, he killed him, all right. But
somebody saw him, and he had to kill

Isn't that right, Stoker?

They're guessing, Joe. They got no case.
You killed her. They got no case. Joe,

don't blow it. You know what you mean to
me?

I had to. She saw me. She saw me with
God off, Joe. I had to do it.

You pray.

I'll see you pray.

So will you, Joe.

Come on.

Coming, Ed?

She knew.

She knew he had to come for her.

And she just...

i'm sorry ed you should have known her
yeah i guess i should have