All language subtitles for Matlock s04e21 The Informer 2

Oh, there, thanks.

Somebody killed that old man they were
trying to kill us.

Jack Rinaldi?

No, he wouldn't use his own name.

Then it had to be someone who knew we
were looking for him.

Vicky Mariani knew?

No. Okay, Detective Cox, David O'Malley.

Did Bobby Boyd know you were at Vicky?
What's her name's house?

I don't think so. Why?

I think it may very well have been
bought and bought. Maybe some of his

I heard from Jack.

Where is he?

I don't know.

Look here, I want to give you a message.

Okay.

Jack says that you and your friends got
two days to put $500 ,000 into his

offshore account or he'll give the tape
to the police.

Miss Mariani, he came to pay our
respects to Santana.

Whatever you need to discuss can wait
till tomorrow.

Excuse me.

Well, gentlemen.

Good luck. Are you all right?

No. What happened?

Somebody tried to blow me and my friend
here to kingdom come.

But you didn't quite make it. And I know
that one of you killed Sam Chandler. I

know that as good as I'm standing here.

And I know that one of you suckered me
into going down to that warehouse. You

may not know it, but you killed an
innocent man. But you were trying to

One of you.

And I'll get you for that.

Shut up, old man. Come on, come on. I
think you're making a terrible mistake.

What have we done to make you so angry
at us?

One of you, or maybe all of you, tried
to kill me.

What do you think?

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

I'll meet you back at the car.

Allow me.

What gave me away?

The legs.

Thank you.

Well.

Well, Miss Page.

I heard a lot about you.

All bad, I'm sure.

I'm going to go home and change, and
I'll meet you at David O'Malley's

I'll get fired if you tell David you saw
me.

Vicki Mariani had a little chat with
Bobby Boyd inside.

Now, I couldn't hear every word, but it
sounded like Jack Rinaldi is

blackmailing Bobby and his friends.

Over what?

She didn't say.

Angela, didn't I tell you not to go to
that service today?

David, I was just trying to help.

Go clean out your office.

Jessica, arrange your severance. I can't
have employees that don't follow

instructions. David, can't we discuss
this? No,

we cannot. I'm sorry.

Ben.

I feel off.

Your boss couldn't have gone today, but
I told him what would happen.

I'm sorry.

And what about you? What are you doing
here?

I don't know.

Saying goodbye, I guess.

Sweet.

If you're ever up in the city, you give
me a call.

Okay, I will.

I mean it.

But I think I have an idea of how to
find Jack Rinaldi.

Yeah? Yeah.

Vicki Mariani? Oh, I'll sign for them.
All right.

Thanks.

For you.

Who are they from?

A friend.

I'd like to meet this guy. He must be
the greatest.

321 Chandler.

It'll take me about three hours to get
to Jacksonville.

You're going to Jacksonville on a hunch?

Not a hunch.

Now who?

My name's Jack Rinaldi.

I travel a lot and I lost my credit
card. I'm not sure where. I was

you could tell me where I use a card
last.

Rinaldi. R -I -N -A -L -D -I.

Yeah, Jack.

7 -4 -3 -3 -0 -1 -1 -4 -0 -1 -4

-6 -8.

Where'd you get that number?

On a credit card receipt at Vicky
Mariani's.

Yeah.

And that's what I thought. Thanks a lot.

Jacksonville? Jacksonville.

Call me when you get there.

One other thing. I saw Detective Cox. He
has Vicky Mariani's office building

staked out.

Himself?

Yeah. It's odd, isn't it? Yeah.

Seems like he'd have one of his men do
it.

Hi, I'm Jackie Wilson. I'm with the
city. What do you want?

We're checking all the houses in the
neighborhood to see if the pipes are

insulated with asbestos.

I guess it's okay.

Well, I guess we'll start with the
kitchen.

That'll be fine.

Come on, wake up.

How do you feel?

I feel like I've been hit with a bat.

Why did you do that?

We saw you sneaking around.

Vicki tells me you're the guy who was
looking for me in Atlanta. Why?

I'm investigating Sam Chandler's murder.

What's that got to do with me?

But Al, I'm sorry.

Why are you here?

Because Bobby Boyd's looking for you.

Because you're blackmailing him and Al
Brockman and Jim Steinbach and it all

something to do with Sam Chandler's
murder.

You just went through a lot of trouble
for nothing.

Okay, then I'll be going.

Josh, how's it going?

Hartman, always busy this time of year.

I hear you got the Warner Realty
building staked out. Keeping an eye on

Mariani? Yep.

You on it yourself?

Yep. I figure that Jack Rinaldi might
just have something to do with that

warehouse. Yeah, he might have something
to do with Sam Chandler's death.

Whoa. We got the right guy on that one.
Got him dead to rights.

Yeah, anything on the burglary out at
Sam Chandler's? No, not so far.

I'll see you. Okay.

I hear you're a skier.

Yeah. Why, you too? Oh, no, I've never
been on skis in my life.

I hear you got a place out west.

Little condo.

Big dollars, I bet, huh?

You know what they say.

Life's expensive.

Then you die.

You know, Jack, you've got a problem.

I've got a problem?

Because if I find you, chances are Bobby
Boyd will find you too.

I'll be out of the country in 24 hours.
You can't run from these guys.

Come back to Atlanta with me.

You're nuts. I can get you in the
witness protection plan.

You're offering me protection?

Think about it.

See, that could be Bobby Boyd right now.

Hi.

Uh, that'll be $12 .50.

Yeah, hold on.

Give me a 20.

Why? You order the pizza, you pay. I
didn't order a pizza. Neither did I.

It said 1 -2 -2 -3 Ardell.

Yeah, well, that's the address, but we
didn't order a pizza.

I probably should call.

Oh, would you look at this?

There's no pizza in here.

There's a gun.

Okay, get your hands on top of your
head.

Over to the table.

Move it.

Unbelievable. Let's go. We've got to
take him. No way.

Jack, they're going to find you and kill
you. We've got to go. No, I came all

the way down here to get him. I'm not
leaving without him. Forget it.

Get out!

I go back to Lynn. I'm dead in 24 hours.
There's no jail. Nothing will be safe

for me.

Conrad.

Okay, fine.

You got it.

Jack, you got company.

Come on, take a look.

I look stupid?

About 30 seconds, you're gonna look
dead. Come on.

And he worked for Bobby Poy.

Come on, out the back door. Come on,
what about you? I got a place for a

of days.

So let's ask Mr. Rinaldi the question
that brought us

all here.

Who killed Sam Chandler?

I don't know.

You mean you won't say?

No, I mean I don't know.

And what about the blackmail?

That has nothing to do with the murder.
What's it got to do with?

Jack, thanks to us, Bobby Boyd's boys
are in Jacksonville and you're not.

I am?

This tape is a one -way ticket to the
state pen for Bobby Boyd and Al Brackman

and Jim Steinbeck.

What's on it?

I told you it has nothing to do with the
murder.

Bobby Boyd did not send those guys down
here to deliver the money.

I know.

What are you going to do with the tape?

I know a detective in the Atlanta PD.

I can give him a call.

Sure.

Why not?

Oh, hi, Bob.

You got a minute?

Yeah. Want a hot dog?

What's up?

I guess you were right about Detective
Cox.

Yeah? Got a source. Pretty good.

Says Richard Cox can thank Jim Steinbach
for his condo out west and a big check

every year. Did you bring him in?

Can't find him.

I know where he's gonna be.

Conrad left a message. He's bringing
Jack Penaldi back to Atlanta. Gonna turn

him over to Detective Cox at Old Hanson
Road in less than an hour.

Is this isolated enough for you? Yeah,
perfect.

Detective Cox, say hello to Jack Rinaldi
and Angela Page.

Rinaldi?

Hi. Nice to meet you.

I've arranged living quarters for you
outside the city.

And you will have 24 -hour guards until
the witness protection people move you

out of the state.

Sounds good to me.

Your story better be worth it. Let's go.

Thanks, I owe you.

Why, you set me up. I didn't.

I swear.

All right, hold it.

I'm a police officer.

Tell them to lower their guns.

Richard, it's Bob Brooks.

What the hell's going on here, Bob? Tell
them to put away their guns. I want you

to turn over Rinaldi. We have
unconfirmed reports that his life may be

danger. Why haven't they lowered their
guns, huh? Dick, please do what I ask.

Get out of there, Conrad.

What are you doing?

I'll tell you what I'm doing.

Put your weapon on the ground, Richard.

See this man?

He's going in my car with me, Bob. And
if you ever want to see Jack Rinaldi

again, you'll let us go.

Yeah, we're okay.

Thank God.

Who's Carpenter?

Ron Carpenter. He was president of local
721 International Brotherhood of

Teamsters. Disappeared about six years
ago one day without a trace.

Nobody, no nothing.

Just like Jimmy Hoffa.

Yep, no one knows what happened.

They will now.

Yeah.

Well, I'm going to run this over to the
VA.

But I don't see how this helps you, Ben.
What's it got to do with Sam Chandler's

death?

I don't know.

Well, you know what they say.

What?

Ain't nothing easy.

I've got to go.

I'll talk to you later. All right.

She followed me.

He didn't fire her. I know.

Detective Cox killed Jack Rinaldi.

Probably planted that bomb for us. Yeah,
yeah.

So, that tape somehow has got to be
connected with Dan Chandler's

death.

Hi, Bobby.

How you doing?

What do you want to see me about, Dave?

Take a seat.

It's about a tape.

Jack Rinaldi's tape.

I'm afraid I don't know what that is,
Dave.

Oh, no?

It's a recording of a meeting you had
about six years ago with Al Brackman,

Steinbach, and Sam Chandler when the
four of you planned the murder of Ron

Carpenter, the ex -president of Local
721 of the International Brotherhood of

Teamsters.

You're accusing me of murder, Dave.

I'm not.

Who is?

I guess you didn't hear.

Jack Rinaldi got himself popped early
this morning.

The Atlanta police have that tape now.

Oh, and apparently Al Brackman spent the
better part of the afternoon talking

with Lieutenant Brooks.

What's Al talking to the police about?

Gee, I don't know, Bobby. What do you
think?

Al setting somebody up.

Well, the word is that Brackman told the
cops that you were the one who set up

the hit -and -run carpenter.

Really?

He said you were the one who put out the
contract?

That's a lie.

And you were the one who paid it off?

I don't believe this.

Well, maybe I'm wrong. It's just what I
heard.

They do have a full -scale investigation
going.

And the word is they're about 24 hours
away from pressing charges.

Well, that's not going to happen.

You don't think Al Brackman would sell
you out?

You're wrong.

The man's a common criminal.

First of all, I'm a businessman.

You can skip the disclaimers with me,
Al.

Second, Bobby Borden and Jim Steinbeck
have known me my entire life.

They know I'd never go to the police.
I'd never sell them out.

You've also never faced murder one short
just before, have you?

I did not go to the police.

Then tell Bobby and Jim that.

You son of a bitch.

They're your good friends.

Talk to them. I'm sure they'll listen.

You're trying to set me up.

They'll never believe me.

Now, Mr. Bragman, would you excuse us?
Mr. O'Malley and I need to talk. Can't

this wait? No.

It's all yours.

I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Don't bother.

Your secretary told me where I could
find you.

What are you going to do, yell at me?

No. Yeah, you're going to yell at me.
You're going to yell at me for

investigating, for doing what I do for a
living, which I'm damn good at. I know

the Al Brackmans of the world a lot
better than you do. I spend my life

with scum like this. David, just
close... David!

I've made a kind of peace with myself on
this.

I know you're not going to stay out of
it. It's against your nature.

I guessed when you fired Angela, you
weren't firing her.

So I'm just politely asking, when you
are going to do something, let me know

so we don't get in each other's way.

Fair?

Fair.

Because if you keep going off on your
own, I'm going to deck you.

Okay.

I can't drop the case now. I'm too
close.

I said okay, Ben.

I had some thoughts about the tape.

Well, let's hear them.

Jack Rinaldi testified against Sam
Chandler. I know that. I represented him

the trial. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But see, he
could have mentioned the tape. But he

didn't. He could have honed Sam. Yeah,
but he didn't because he wanted to

blackmail Sam Chandler and the others.
Yeah, Sam was a violent, ruthless man.

Ordinarily, he wouldn't stand still for
Blackburn. Damn right he would.

But he had a problem. That tape was very
dangerous to him.

But he couldn't lay a finger on Jack
Rinaldi. No, because the finger would

back at him.

And that's why they had to take Sam out
first, so they could get to Jack

Rinaldi. That's right.

That's right. So we're getting
somewhere.

Yeah.

So where is Angela?

tailing Al Brackman.

I have Conrad rechecking alibis, so
we're getting somewhere.

This is good.

This is good. You know, you stick with
me and you're going to learn how to do

this.

Mr.

Boyd, you have a brother and a sister,
don't you?

Yes, I do.

And you're very fond of both of them.

Yes, sir.

And isn't it true that you were friends
with the deceased, Sam Chandler? In

fact, for a while, he even dated your
sister, Kathy Boyd.

They went out for a while.

And then, unless I'm mistaken, he very
abruptly cut it off with your sister,

she was very hurt, and you were angry.

Yes. Did you say anything to Mr.
Chandler?

No, I don't think so.

Why not?

Sam and I had a business relationship.

This had nothing to do with it.

Sam Chandler had a very powerful
political and business network

throughout the entire state, didn't he?

Yes.

And often when he found particular
business opportunities,

he'd give you a piece of the action,
wouldn't he?

Sam was very good to me that way.

He brought you into the bar business and
then allowed you to buy him out.

He gave you a minority share of his
trucking concern.

The fact is, you needed Sam Chandler a
lot more than he needed you.

And so when he so cruelly dumped your
sister, there wasn't anything you could

about it. That must have burned you out.

Well, this is the tape that was taken

from Jack Rinaldi's body. You know about
this tape.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, if I told you that this tape is a
record of four men, including yourself,

conspiring to murder a local Teamsters
Union president, and that Jack

Rinaldi was using it to blackmail you,
Would you then know about the tape?

Not at all.

You know, I run into this kind of stuff
in cases like this

all the time.

I guess that's why I know where to look.

If people trip themselves up, I ask the
same questions so often, I kind of

embarrass myself. But here we go.

Now, Mr. Boyd, this is a bank statement.
It's your bank statement.

See? Boy, right there.

Now, look right here. You withdrew $115
,000 from your account

just 13 days before Sam Chandler was
murdered.

And this is Jack Rinaldi's bank
statement. And see? He deposited that

amount on the same day into his account.
Now, do you know about this tape?

Objection.

Relevancy. Relevance? It goes to motive.

Mr. Matlock.

Relevance? Mr. Matlock.

The money. Why'd you give it to him?

I wasn't the only one paying him.

No, there were four of you.

And that's why you were meeting at
Todd's Grill that night that my client

you. You were deciding whether or not to
continue paying Jack Granaldi, weren't

you? I refused to answer on the grounds
that it might incriminate me.

Sam Chandler told you not to lay a
finger on Jack Rinaldi because everyone

assume that he had done it because Jack
testified against him about that big

cocaine deal.

He told you that if anything happened to
Jack Rinaldi, he'd come after you. And

that's what you and Al Brackman and Jim
Steinbach were arguing with Sam Chandler

about that night, weren't you?

Did Al Brackman tell you this? What
difference does it make? Weren't you?

Al Brackman and Jim Steinbeck have the
same motive as me. Why don't you go

them? Because.

They have one thing you don't have.

An alibi for the time Sam Chandler was
murdered.

What are you talking about?

I told you.

I was in bed with my girlfriend that
morning.

Renee Thornton.

But that's not true, is it?

This was a traffic ticket.

For speeding.

Issued at 6 .30 a .m. the morning Sam
Chandler was murdered.

Now, do you recognize the signature at
the bottom?

Mr. Boyd!

It's Renee's signature.

Now, unless Miss Thornton can be in two
places at once, I think you're mistaken

about being with her that morning.

I wish.

Where the hell were you?

The larger and more relevant question is
where were you?

I was with a friend.

What's your friend's name?

I can't tell you that.

Your Honor, instruct the witness to
answer.

I guess it doesn't matter.

Cops tailed me there anyway.

I was with Pedro Cruz.

The Pedro Cruz?

Drugs?

Yeah.

We were having breakfast.

I guess, uh, I should call a couple of
Knox's alibi witnesses, huh?

Well, me damn.

Nothing further.

Well, we got him on conspiracy.

We know he's one of the group that did
in that union leader. Now we got him on

dope.

We didn't get him on Sam Chandler,
though.

No.

We'll have to get somebody else on that.

I'm going to know this tape by heart
pretty soon.

There's got to be something there.

What

is

it?

You know, every time I listen to this
tape, I think something's wrong.

Yeah? I've listened...

I've listened, and you know what it is?

It's not what's on the tape. It's what's
not on the tape.

Well, now at least I know who we're
looking for.

Now, this is the much -talked -about
audio tape, recorded at a meeting six

ago. Are you aware there's a
conversation on this tape?

about the murder of Ron Carpenter of
Local 721 of the Teamsters.

Yes, sir, I am.

And the Atlanta Police Department
questioned you about this cassette,

they? Yes, sir.

They wanted to know if I had any
knowledge of Mr. Carpenter's death.

And did you?

No, sir, I did not.

Huh.

You know, that's strange, because Bobby
Boyd indicated that you were...

at that meeting six years ago where the
murder of Ron Carpenter was discussed.

Mr. Boyd's memory is mistaken.

I wasn't at that meeting.

Oh. Oh, well, that explains it.

Explain what?

Well, Bobby Boyd and Jim Steinbach were
both being blackmailed by Jack Rinaldi,

and they assumed that you were, too, but
your voice is...

is nowhere to be found on this tape.

I wasn't at that meeting.

So you were not being blackmailed by
Jack Rinoff? No, sir, I was not.

Well,

you know, that brings up an odd
question.

If Sam Chandler and Bobby Boyd and Jim
Steinbach were the only ones at that

meeting, who made the tape?

I mean, certainly not one of them.

I haven't the faintest idea.

There's something else, something else
strange about this tape, too. If you

listen to it carefully, there are some,
like, inappropriate pauses.

And sometimes the conversation doesn't
flow.

Sometimes you'll hear a little glitch.

So I had this tape analyzed by an
expert.

It's been edited.

The tape's been edited.

And this expert is prepared to testify
that somebody who really knew what he

doing spent a lot of time on this tape.

Now, Mr. Rackman, would you have any
idea who had the tape edited?

No, I do not.

But you did know Jack Rinaldi.

Yes, I did. He worked for your father
ten years ago, didn't he?

Yes. He also worked for Sam Chandler and
Bobby Boyd. Oh, who was he working for

when he testified against Sam Chandler?
The police.

I think he was working for you.

And I think you were at that meeting.
And I think you edited your voice off

tape. And I think that Jack Rinaldi was
working for you.

Because you were the only one who gave
him this tape, weren't you?

Objection. Relevancy.

Does it really matter who he was
employed by?

It matters a lot.

It matters a lot. It matters a lot.

The thing.

All right, let's go at this from a
different direction.

Who was Arthur Samosa?

He was a very dear friend of mine.

The deceased?

He died about ten years ago in a freak
accident.

It was a bomb under the hood of the car,
wasn't it?

That was the speculation at the time.

Whose car was he driving?

My father's. What was he doing in your
father's car?

He was bringing it around front to my
father.

Oh, so we can assume that bomb was meant
for your father, can't we? Did you ever

find out who put it there?

No.

You know, things were very different.

in Atlanta ten years ago, there was a
real struggle over control of

drugs in the city.

And your father appeared to be emerging
as the winner until that bomb.

And then the newspapers were all full of
speculation that Bobby Boyd

or Jim Steinbach

Sam Chandler was responsible.

My father never believed that, and
neither did I. No, I believe so.

Just stands to reason.

You and your father had to know that if
you retaliated, there'd be an all -out

war.

So you waited.

You waited, and you waited until you
could not be implicated

in Ron Carpenter's murder.

And then you edited this tape and gave
it to Jack Rinaldi.

And he used excerpts to blackmail the
others.

And then when the time came and you knew
where he would

be and you knew he would be alone, you
killed Sam Chandler. I was

sleeping with my wife the morning Sam
Chandler was killed. You can call her to

the stand and she'll testify to it.

Yeah, I know she would.

Your wife loved you very much.

You wear a medical

alert bracelet because you're allergic
to penicillin.

Yes, I do. You have it on now and you
wear it always?

Yes.

The autopsy on...

Sam Chandler, says that the index finger
on his right hand was broken

at the time of death. Did you know that?

No, I did not know that.

And according to several tests by the
medical examiner, it was determined

that that finger was broken shortly
before Mr. Chandler died. But no

one's able to determine how it was
broken.

You remember that day you and I met in
the park by Travel Town by the trains?

Oh, yes, I do.

You were wearing your medical alert
bracelet at that time?

Of course.

No, you weren't.

Where did you get those?

Well, I took several of these pictures
for you, if you remember.

Remember? And this morning, when you
left the house, the police arrived with

warrant, and they got these pictures for
me. And as you can see, you are not

wearing your bracelet.

See, there's a blow -up.

Why not?

I don't know.

Did you break it?

I forget.

How? I don't remember.

Do you know where you broke it?

No, I don't.

What difference does it make?

Well, here is a gentleman, Mr.

Vincent Murata.

Recognize him?

He will testify that he repaired the
clasp.

on your bracelet.

And it appeared to him that someone had
torn that clasp apart as if

it were ripped right off your arm. And I
think that's what happened.

When you shot Sam Chandler, he knew it
was you. He saw you. He knew about the

bracelet. He saw it just before he died.

He grabbed it, ripped it off your arm in
hopes it would identify you as his

killer. And that's how he broke his
finger.

And that's why you're not wearing your
bracelet in these pictures.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, that may not

be sufficient proof for an indictment.

But it is sufficient to cast a
reasonable doubt

As to the guilt of my client.

And it's enough for the good officers of
the Atlanta Police Department to launch

an investigation.

And when they do, I'm sure they'll find
that you were not at home with your

wife that day. You were somewhere else.

They'll find somebody who saw you headed
out towards Sam's place.

Maybe heard the shot. Maybe saw you.

Going back again.

Pretty soon you'll find yourself back in
here.

Only you won't be sitting there.

You'll be sitting over there.

In hopes someone can defend you.

Nothing further.

Have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

We find the defendant, David O'Malley,
not guilty.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the
jury.

This court stands adjourned.

Thank you, Ben. Thank you very much.

Excuse me, Mr. O'Malley, were you
worried?

With Ben Matlock representing me? Never.

You never thought about taking over your
own defense?

Not for a minute.

This man's the best. I would never
consider trying to second -guess him.

Want to go to the Templins to celebrate?

Yeah, what do you think?

What's Templins? It's a bar, right? It's
got music and drinks and good food.

There's a booth in the back that's good
for us. Oh.

They can sit in front of the court.