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Thank you.

Go around back.

Give me the money home, boy.

Give me the money now.

It's collection time, Charlie.

Collection time.

You, you old piece of shit!

Stay away or I will kill this guy!

Hey, Kirby, 20 bucks, you get us out of here. Thanks, Mac.

Cool, cool.

Charlie? Charlie?

Jeez, Charlie, what happened?

Paul, take care of my things, will you?

Till I get back.

Ruben, you're a dead asshole.

Kill them.

Get them out of here.

Come on. Come on. Let's go. Come on. Move it.

Get in there.

Come on, Kimball. You did it. We know you did it. You know we know you did it.

No bruises, see?

Hey, you want a glass of water?

Huh?

You can't have it. Not till you tell us what we want to know.

Chief.

Who's this dude?

Mr. Kimball here doesn't want to talk.

Leave.

Kimball, is it?

Son of a bitch.

I'll be a son of a bitch.

It's not Kimball.

I know you.

Kersey.

It's Paul Kersey.

You see, I was with the New York PD the night they brought a vigilante in with a

bullet in his leg.

You're out like a light.

It's been ten years.

Mr. Vigilante.

Last damn thing I need is a vigilante.

Dude, you're in big trouble.

What were you doing up in that area, East New York or Belmont?

I was visiting a friend.

Well, maybe you didn't.

Probably not.

I found him that way.

And I'm no more Mr.

Vigilante.

What would I do with you, dude?

I don't know, but I want a lawyer.

No, you don't.

Maybe I should have you killed.

Who's going to complain?

You always violate people's constitutional right.

This is my jail, Kersey. And I'm the law.

That means I get to violate your constitutional right.

Son of a bitch!

Cooler! Come on, tough guy!

Make sure he doesn't get comfortable.

Hey, Chief, you all right?

Get in there.

Looking for trouble, man?

I tore it out.

one that wasn't going on.

If they hadn't have broken us up, I would have killed you.

Next time.

You won't even see me come.

Tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm going to kill a little old lady, just for you.

Catch it on the 6 o 'clock news.

You got some free time on your hands. Come on up to Sutter and Belmont.

That's my curve.

So long, asshole.

You're out.

But it's going to take them a couple of hours to put the papers through.

Two more hours in this fucking pit.

Sure.

Whatever you say.

Shryker. Inspector Shryker.

What are you doing with this prisoner, Kimball?

Keeping him in jail.

Well, there's nothing been said here. What's the bail?

Bail? There is no bail.

What are the charges?

There are no charges.

Are you out of your mind?

You're violating all his rights. What the hell do you think you're doing?

He'll sue.

He's got a case, you know.

Not likely.

Who is Kimball?

You're going to have to let him out.

Stay out of this one, Miss Davis.

Three murders, four rapes, eight muggings, nine acts of random violence,

the most orderly drug traffic in the city, more robberies than I care to

mention, broken storefront windows, firebombings, all this within a six

-block area of Sutter and Belmont.

I could qualify that as a riot.

This isn't a neighborhood.

It's a war.

What are we doing about that, Captain Stearns?

Well, we know it's gang -related.

We put more uniformed officers out.

We put more cars on patrol.

We increased our real efforts 15 % in the last month.

And tell us the results.

Reported crime is up 11%. Unless

you and I have a talk.

Leave with me.

How you feeling, Kersey?

Smoke?

Where have you been recently, Kersey?

In the country.

Having a wrist.

You see, Kersey, I admire you.

I'm a real fan.

Even kept a folder on you.

Truth is, I hate creeps, too.

But I can't do much about it.

I'm a cop.

But you, you shoot them, right?

I have a theory.

If I'm right, you turn pro after L .A.

Six creeps shot in 36 hours.

Then four gang members in Kansas City.

Two mugger rapists in Chicago.

Like I said, I was through with all that.

Really?

Then why are you here?

Well, it's the great city. I missed it.

All right.

You want something in this, Berg?

Have it.

It's on me.

You want out of here?

You got one.

I'll minimize the vigilante stuff with the press.

Tell them it's creeps killing creeps. Nobody cares anyway.

It'll be just like before, Mr. Vigilante.

With one important difference.

You're going to work for me.

Do your thing.

But you report to me.

You tell me what's going on.

You tell me everything you've been thinking of doing.

Let us get some buttons.

Then, I'll keep you here until the house creases open.

Do we understand each other?

You in?

One other thing, of course me.

You know, Barry is so deep, he'll never find the bones.

You're letting me loose?

I'm letting you loose.

What about the guns?

The guns?

I didn't see any report of a gun, did you?

If there was a gun, I'd have to charge you with possessing a firearm.

They're illegal in this city.

David, the public defender is arranging your release.

It's going to take a while.

You sit out there and wait.

Kimball.

Watch it. There's a new breed on the street.

I'm not here.

Can I call, Chaco?

Very good.

Very good.

Good, Chaco.

Hector, are you allowed to... I'll tell you what to do and when to do it.

Understand?

No, man.

We don't think we'd see you out.

Hey, man, it's good to see you.

I've just been taking care of a little business, you know? I can see that.

You said I should.

Did I?

This is a sticker, Hector.

And you're the sticky.

No!

Well, aren't you going to welcome me back?

Public Defender's Office.

You're being released now. I'm sorry it took so long.

Thanks, Miss Davis.

You just want to walk away?

Yep.

I don't understand.

You've caused the press charges.

Sue. Miss Davis, it's all right.

You don't want to do anything?

Told you no.

I'm sorry. I don't understand. Goodbye, Miss Davis.

Here's my number in case you need to change your mind.

Thanks, Miss Davis. Is there someplace I can get a hold of you?

I need something, Mr. Kimball, for the relief.

Me too.

You must be Paul.

Yeah. I'm Bennett.

Charlie spoke about you all the time. Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

They broke that yesterday.

No, it's the neighborhood.

And you missed the funeral.

It's a nice funeral as far as funerals go.

That's Charlie and me in World War II.

I knew Charlie about 40 years.

Charlie says that he met you during the Korean War.

Yeah.

I was a conscientious objector.

But he didn't agree with that, but we got along all right.

As a matter of fact, we got to be very good friends.

Kept in touch with one another over the years.

We lived a few blocks from here.

My wife died.

I moved over here.

And believe it or not, this is a pretty good neighborhood to have changed.

I got a letter from Charlie a few days ago.

He was really scared.

They didn't like him, the bastards, so they killed him.

Who killed Charlie?

The creeps on the street. He wouldn't take any of their lip. He wouldn't pay

them. He said he was going to do something about it.

Pay?

Like in protection?

Protection, robbery, theft, your money or your life.

They hit the old people up here in the projects.

You know, what goes on out there is a disgrace.

Now, wait a minute.

Who killed Charlie?

I'll show you.

Those three.

I saw them running away from the building when Charlie got killed.

Their faces are painted.

Well, they belong to the same gang.

We got Hal here.

You see it?

That's her.

The him?

Yeah.

What about him?

Well, he runs the gang. He's the worst.

In a way, I don't know where.

Looks like he could just go up and smash him in the face, doesn't it?

Well, can't be done.

What do you mean?

He's got guys watching him.

I saw a guy try to reach him once.

They chopped him to pieces before he got six feet.

Is it worth living here like this?

You mean move?

Everybody who can has.

Me?

I got nowhere to go.

I fix clocks.

meters for the cab company. I got a little place down the street.

It's what I do.

I'm not going to get run out of here.

Are you going to go back where you came from?

Bennett, when I got to Charlie's apartment, he was still alive.

Did he say anything?

Yeah, he said, take care of my things until I get back.

I've got the keys to his apartment.

The rent is paid till the end of the month.

Well, they've cleaned up. They've dusted for prints and are already through with

their investigation.

The cops don't care.

Well, like you said, the rent's paid till the end of the month.

Good night. See you in the morning.

Lock your door.

The Giggler. That's his name.

He laughs when he runs.

Nobody catches him.

Jesus, he really moves.

Tell me about him.

Well, he killed a girl last month.

Put a knife in her skull doing that.

How do you know it was him?

It was him.

Bennett said we can come up and ask.

Were you downstairs last night and get in the garage?

Yeah.

Oh, thank you. For what?

My wife, Maria.

She was in the car last night.

You helped her? Yeah.

I'm Rodriguez.

We live downstairs.

You were a friend of Charlie's? Yeah.

You're a man who doesn't run.

Hey, if there's anything I can do to help, huh?

What about the cops? They do anything?

Yeah. They enforce the parking laws.

Yes, thank you.

Well, my friend Wildy's coming.

He'll help out.

Who's Wildy?

Oh, you'll see.

Where are you going?

You just take it easy, Bennett.

This is my problem.

I'd like to rent a box for a month.

321.

This is ours.

How are you going to pay for it? Cash.

What's that for?

The new car.

That's bait.

When I was coming through the lobby, I smelled something cooking. It smelled

great. It was probably coming from the Kaprov's apartment on the first floor.

Kaprov's? Yeah.

I'll introduce you. Come on.

Well, these are the Kapravs. This is Eli, Erica.

This is Mr. Percy.

He's now in apartment 2C.

And he was admiring your dinner.

Stuffed cabbage.

Smells wonderful.

Would you like to join us?

Sure. Can I have a few minutes to clean up?

Oh, certainly.

Okay. You like that?

That's none.

My sister said, know him. I married him in 1931.

Excuse me, please.

Hey. What's the problem?

What? With the car. What's the problem?

Just get out of my fucking face. Who are you? We're still in the fucking car.

What's it to you?

It's my car.

Now you're going to die.

We heard shots. What happened?

I sent them a message.

The streets are full of degenerates.

Killing each other indiscriminately. Arrest them.

Your guys aren't pussies, are they, Stearns?

Chief? I want some arrest. Felony arrest. And a couple of bodies on slabs

morgue. They can be your guys' bodies or some of that trash up there.

Get that?

Hey.

What the fuck are you looking at?

Hey, let me $5, man.

Hey, I said let me $5, sucker.

No!

No! Hey!

Yeah!

Wow, man!

You all right?

Yeah.

Thanks, huh?

Jerry?

Who is this man? We need him.

Emil? Mr. Curson. A new neighbor in 2C. I'm very pleased to meet you.

Oh, this is my wife, Amanda.

So nice to meet you.

That's him. The man in black.

He's on my turf.

I'll take care of him.

You Charlie's friend?

Guy in two -seat?

Yes.

What are you doing in there?

I'm taking care of Charlie's things. That's what I'm doing here.

Charlie don't need no help.

He's dead.

Just like you're going to be.

I'm watching you.

Well, what do you think of the neighborhood?

Thought you said I was to be here on my own.

You're right.

I think I said that.

Look, I'd like something.

For the papers.

You give me a bust.

I'll send in a tactical squad.

They'll grab a headline.

What do you say?

Can't help you.

Nothing happened, huh?

I don't know anything.

Look, Kersey.

Oh, I do know one thing.

Fraker is the chief creep around here. Why don't you bust him?

He's got a cleaner arrest record than you.

Perfect citizen.

When he does something, he does it privately.

Like I said, I can't help you.

Shit,

man, I'm hurt.

What is this, man?

We gotta turn the screws on them motherfuckers.

Give me some money, woman. For protection from creeps who live around

You're the creep.

Hey, get out of my way. I've had enough of you freaks.

What are you doing up here?

Looking for you.

How did you find me up here?

I decided if I waited to hear from you, I never would.

Oh, Shriver was no help.

I read the arrest report and made a calculated guess.

I was right.

You live there, don't you?

Yeah. Miss Davis. I told you before, I'm not going to file any charges.

Would you like to have dinner?

What?

Well, I'm not usually this bold.

Taking a taxi to some place I think someone might not be to ask them out,

why not?

How many people do I meet in my job who I can ask out to dinner?

Look around. You shouldn't be up here. It's not safe.

Oh, nonsense. I'm a city girl.

Come on, do me a favor.

Say, uh, so I can get out of here without being mugged.

Okay, all right. When?

Friday?

Friday? Friday's good for me.

My place.

I live in a basement.

It's a nice basement.

What are you doing up here?

A friend of mine was killed trying to find out what happened.

Why?

Nothing you can do.

Oh, I'll put it in a book I'm writing.

Look, your meter's running.

I'll see you Friday.

Bye now.

Come on, mister.

You were brandishing a gun.

What do you mean, brandishing?

That kid tried to come in my back window.

I waved it at him. What should I have done? The complaints were that you were

brandishing a firearm, mister.

Complaints? Who?

That's none of your concern, sir.

Can we have the gun?

Possession is a felony in the city limits.

If you surrender the weapon, we'll forget it happened.

Otherwise, you go to jail.

Eli, give him the gun.

Erica, it's our protection.

Please.

Thanks, Miss Pitt.

Come on!

Listen!

We'll come in here any time we like.

But they come in wherever they want when the fire escapes.

They're good friends.

It's 90 degrees outside, and I've had my windows nailed shut.

I'll take care of it.

But I'll need a few things first.

This is how it works.

I put a nail in the window right here.

Anybody opening the window raises the nail.

What are you doing?

Thinning the herd.

Hey, I want to make a house for a man.

I'm a little short on cash.

For 20 minutes, he applies.

We all go out to work.

Mr.

Bennett, I know you like her. Yeah, I do.

What are those?

Teeth.

Wilde's in front of yours.

You catch it, sir?

Well, who's Wilde?

You'll see.

Wilde's here.

475 Wilde Magnum.

Real fucking power.

Is that like a 44 Magnum?

No, a 44 Magnum is a pistol cartridge.

And a 475 Wilde Magnum is a shorter version of the African big game

Makes a real mess.

What are you doing?

Baptist Medical Center.

The doctor's in here.

Mr. Rodriguez?

How's my wife?

Can I see her?

Mrs. Rodriguez has expired.

They told me she had just a broken arm.

The arm was badly injured. There were broken blood vessels.

Some cloth came free and, we think, lodged in the heart.

The light's no good.

No ID you gentlemen make is going to stand up in a court.

You load the shells yourself?

Nothing's too good for our friends.

The action of this weapon is adjustable, depending on the charge in the

cartridge.

Well, I think I'll go down the street and get myself some ice cream.

This is America, isn't it?

Make a wish, Vince.

Thanks!

How much do I owe you?

I want you with the ice cream.

They had no business doing that.

None.

It's the new man.

The one from the jail.

That wasn't smart.

No, not too smart.

Come on, y 'all. Let's move it back. Move it back. Make way.

must be having a positive effect on the community. We're getting fewer

complaints. I wouldn't let it go to your head, patrolman Renssel.

Looked like a rifle bullet.

Witnesses say the shot came from the corner of that block.

The guy was a good shot.

Better than anyone in our department.

Hello. Hello.

Guy at the store said this wine is very good.

Great. I'll open it.

I made chicken. I hope you like it.

It's the only thing I know how to make.

Chicken's good.

I like chicken.

I have one sister.

She lives in Binghamton, New York.

And I hate her.

But I love sports.

Basketball and football and TV.

What do you like?

I like opera.

Opera. It's restful.

I don't know anything about you.

Married?

Children?

I was married, but my wife died.

I'm sorry.

Sorry, that was years ago.

What about you?

Am I right?

I get that you're afraid to be close to someone again.

Oh, maybe.

You like the kind of work you do?

Most of the time.

No.

Sometimes I feel like I'm on the wrong side.

Defending creeps.

Don't take that personally.

You're gentle.

But I've seen a lot of gentle people get hurt.

Damn it, people have got to start to fight back and hard. The whole thing is

just... It's out of balance.

Some people would say that was an extreme position.

I don't care.

But you never get mad.

I'm sorry.

Why am I angry at you?

Tell me.

You don't really like opera, do you?

No.

Oh, it's late.

No, it's early.

Even an unemployed writer has to work.

I really gotta go.

Well, see you again?

Yep.

It's gonna get hot.

Go ahead.

Cuba's gonna get high, high, high!

No needle, man.

If I want you to shoot it, I'll tell you. Just snort it.

I don't want you to flatten your ass.

Cuba's gonna kill tonight.

Head them off.

Get around back.

He's all yours.

Go get him.

Police probably took control.

Request ambulance to 763 Belmont.

Be advised, we have a dead body at the time of the situation. Send the meat

wagon to 673 Belmont.

Glad to help you.

Let's talk.

Try and take it easier for a couple of days, will you?

The coroner's shop is going out and hiring extra help.

People are starting to get a line on you.

He isn't finished.

It isn't finished.

It's like killing roaches. You have to kill them all, otherwise what's the

point?

Hi. Is this Mr. Emil?

Yes, yes.

I think she needs your help.

She's sick or something.

Who is this?

What do you mean?

Hey, you be nice now.

I think you better be here.

Hello? Who is this?

You threw one of my boys out of your store last week.

It's your wife.

She's dying.

You see what you've done?

You got me mad.

Fuck it.

It's me he wants, you know.

How's Emil?

Forget Emil.

Emil's done for.

He'll never be the same again.

20 years.

20 years nobody ever did a thing like that to me.

Breaking my windows.

Well, I say fuck him.

I've had it.

And Charlie said the same thing, too, and he was right.

Well, he was afraid he was going to use them.

Well, he should have used them.

Said he gave them to me to keep.

Well, next time they come around, I've got something for them.

What? I'll show you.

That's a .30 caliber Browning machine gun.

Charlie brought them home from the war.

And they still work.

Jesus.

Is that ammunition any good?

You're damn right.

You threw some nice big holes in the sons of bitches.

Now, they call us the old people.

We were running the world 20 years ago.

What do you think?

I've been in.

A lot of people could get hurt.

Me, he won.

This is his turf.

If I leave, he wins.

You want that?

Maybe it'll save a lot of people from getting killed.

Do me a favor, Bennett.

Name it.

Don't use those guns.

Give me a day to get Fraker.

Whatever you say.

I was just trying to help.

All right.

Well, you said it was important.

Thanks for coming. Come on in.

I'm leaving the city.

What?

A couple weeks with my sister in Binghamton.

And I'll do whatever I have to not to be here.

With everything, this place, my job, the people I deal with.

I just wanted to see you one more time.

I didn't think you wanted to leave this city.

Do you still think you don't want to get close to someone?

You know, my wife...

Didn't just die. She was murdered.

But I never caught the people that did it.

My daughter.

Anyway, something in me changed.

Does it have to be that way forever?

No.

Why don't you come with me?

At least visit.

You don't have to be here.

I could do that.

I bet you want to leave.

All you need is an excuse.

I'll bet you're right.

I'm hungry.

How about you?

I'm starved. I know a good restaurant.

Is it open late?

They sure are.

Here we are. We're going.

You're doing incredible.

Don't move.

Be right back. I'm going to pick up my mail.

I'll be right here.

My people are looking for you up there.

You shot the punk.

I have a description.

You were eating an ice cream.

So you better take it easy for a few days.

For your own damn good.

That place is unsupposed to be.

That's why you're not going to be there.

When he comes out, take him into protective custody.

Come on, pal.

You're coming with us. Come on.

Go ahead.

like to talk to him?

Well, he don't want to talk to you.

He told me so, recently.

There's a man in the hospital. He was beaten.

Says he'll identify as an assailant, but only if he talks to you.

Bennett Cross.

He was armed with a machine gun.

Dr. Hernandez, Dr. Hernandez, please pull you up. Thank you, nurse.

Dr. Hernandez, please pull you up.

How is he?

Well, he's a tough bird.

They're all right. a couple bad fractures, but I think he's going to

it all right if I go in and see him?

Okay.

I screwed up.

I'm sorry.

It's all right.

Listen, Kirstie.

I only locked one gun for you there.

The other one's still there in the same place.

Blow this gun away.

He had to go someplace.

Hey, you want to take this? Hey, I saw you coming in the building.

Used to be Charlie.

He's back, man.

He picked up some packages and he's back at the apartment.

No.

Yeah, Manny Fraker here. Listen, I need some more guys, as many as you can spare

me. I need to get some more heat in my area.

Yeah, thanks.

Morning.

The large missile launcher.

Anti -tank, anti -personnel weapon.

And he drowned.

Self -propelled, armor -piercing.

The round arm is three feet out of the barrel.

Won't do me much good, though.

Unless I can get him bunched.

All I got is a zip gun.

Well, we should get a few of them.

You're also going to fire?

unit six debate be advised around southern belmont 15 block area i've

several buildings burning be advised we have shots fired in the street looks

like we have a ride on our hands we need every backup unit available in the area

money for them, said the mayor.

News is coming in of riots in East New York. I can't see anything.

Come here, dear.

We can watch it on television.

Police are converging there now, and our helicopter is overhead with Roy Baxter

to bring you an on -the -spot report.

Hey, have you seen the man?

Throughout this vast area of derelict buildings and waste lots, I can see

scattered shots as groups run and hide in alleys and damaged apartment

buildings. There are great shoots of flames rising from burning buildings.

The fire department is there, but the buildings are collapsing.

I can see fires over 20, maybe 30 blocks.

In some streets, police cars seem to be fighting to handle bullets as they try

to get into the area.

and all backed by gunfire and flames and smoke.

It's a hell of a mess here. We've had no official word from the police

department yet, but we'll be back with news as soon as we can find out what's

going on.

Come on, let's chill.

I'll go get some.

Well, now I owe you.

How bad is it?

Just the neck.

I'll call an ambulance.

Move, Athol.

Just like yours.

Stay just like that.

You can't have both of us.

I'll buy you a few minutes.

Get out of here.

I'll be after you.