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The Streets of San Francisco, a Quinn Martin production.

Starring Carl Malden. Also starring Richard Hatch.

With guest

stars Jessica Walter, Michael Basileon,

John Milford.

Special guest star, Harry Gardino.

Tonight's episode, Till Death Do Us Part.

Did he do? Hello, Maggie.

I may be home a little late, babe.

I'm expecting a long -distance call from London.

Yeah, you know, on that ten units of Gemini gold bonds.

Gold bonds?

The Gemini issue. Remember? Ten units?

Well, look, honey, they may be trying to get through to me now, and I've got to

hang up, okay?

Maggie, I love you.

Yeah, I love you, too.

Mr. Jarrus?

Mr.

Jarrus?

And you stinky had me climbing the walls.

All we've got on the Chicago flight is in first class, Mrs. Reston. I'll take

it. You've only got ten minutes till takeoff. That'll get you in Chicago at 9

.30.

You know, she split before we got here. Must have been in a hell of a hurry

because she left her link.

The safe's empty. What's your pleasure?

The house.

Burn it.

Anything else?

Find her.

She says to burn it.

It's a nice place. It was.

I don't know what I should tell you or what I can tell you.

I just need a place to stop and get my head together.

You know you're always welcome here, Maggie.

Can you at least tell us if my brother's all right?

Marty, I can't. I don't know.

I'm going to get my pipe. I'll be right back.

Look, just relax and don't think about anything, Maggie, okay?

Drink your coffee.

When was the last time you ate something?

Well, I'm going to make you some eggs.

Thanks, Anne.

Marty?

She's here.

live the high life. You break a fortune working with the scum and then you come

to us when it blows up in your faces. What right have you to keep Annie and I

this kind of trouble? What right?

Okay, let's go.

No. Come on. No. Out.

No.

Let's go.

Get out. Let's go.

You bunch of stallions.

Just take it easy. Come on. Take it easy.

Not a taint.

The wind of the world hates you peas.

I can't help it.

You know, he really is crazy.

Fact remains, they used this knife on a young girl tonight. Well, you get a

ticket in and then book.

I know his statement's going to sound incoherent, but you take him down

I'm going back up there to finish the paperwork.

Mike

Stone?

Yes.

Maggie Jarris.

Ben Jarris is my husband.

Does that mean anything to you?

No.

Is there something I can do for you?

Yeah.

You can keep me alive and help me nail the people who killed my husband.

Somewhere around Morristown, New Jersey.

New Jersey?

Don't knock it. I was born there.

Now, why are you telling me this and not the New Jersey police?

Because I had a run for my life.

Anyway, I don't know who specifically or why I wasn't there.

Well, how can you be so sure that he was killed?

Because he didn't come home.

He called.

They had our phone tapped, you see, and we had a code worked out. The key words

were gold bonds.

Gold meant lay a false trail to Paris. Bonds meant big trouble.

Look, it's almost 3 .30 in the morning.

Tomorrow I'll put out a missing person's... Listen to me. He's dead. I

That's how they operate.

Who are they?

The gangsters my husband works for.

I mean, you know how organized crime deals with employees who goof.

Can you give me names?

Oh, sure can.

Leon Kober, Herman Small, George Anselm. Any one of them could have killed him.

You see, my husband is a lawyer and financial consultant.

He invests money for people who get it from gambling, prostitution,

counterfeiting. If it's illegal, you name it, they're in it.

He must have made a mistake of some kind.

And for that they wanted to kill you?

Lieutenant, I'm not paranoid and I'm not punchy.

I'm in trouble because I was Ben's private secretary. I know too much.

what I tell you.

Okay.

About a year ago, you got a package in the mail with $25 ,000 in it, right?

Go on.

The package was followed by a phone call inviting you to spend the money and lay

off a dope dealer named Fred Charney, instead of which you turned it in and

arrested him.

Correct so far?

So far.

Then they tried to threaten you and bust you up.

Now, although you're still poor, you're also still walking around.

That marked you heavy and honest for the people Ben works with, and they backed

off.

That's why I thought I could trust you.

Why I'm here.

I'd say there aren't honest cops around. I just wasn't sure of anybody else.

Curl locks.

I'm sorry, I didn't know you had... That's all right. Come on in.

This is my partner, Dan Robbins, and this is Mrs... McCluskey.

Well, if we're going to be any help to you, you're going to have to trust us,

both of us.

I don't have any reason to trust him, not with my life.

I trust him with mine.

Okay, maybe I am getting a little paranoid.

She believes that her husband was murdered and that her own life is in

And her name is Jairus, Mrs. Jairus.

And he thinks I'm a cuckoo who's dishing out some of the old magoo to get a

little attention.

I'm not.

In the last four years, my husband has laundered and invested over $640 million

in racket money.

$640 million?

Give or take a few hundred thousand.

Guess now you don't know whether it's sent for the Marines or a couple of guys

in white coats.

Look, why don't we quit dancing and let me prove I'm worth saving?

No, wait, no, look, no, I... Called, and I told you that she was here, right?

Now, why wouldn't I tell you where she went if I knew?

Yeah.

I guess you would have told us right now, right?

Yeah.

She just... She just grabbed her suitcase and ran out.

Well, it's the truth. We don't know where she went.

Well, I guess I have to apologize for the inconvenience I've caused both of

and Ashley to take us both to the airport.

Well, sure, I'll take it. Both of you. But what does my wife have to do? Both

you.

What else do you know about Ray Andridge?

A friend of yours, used to be a DA, now works at Roses as a special prosecutor,

investigating corporate cover -ups for organized crime on the West Coast.

Well, he won't admit it.

And he's not going to like having to change the combination on his office

either.

I want to ask you a question, Ray. At 4 .30 in the morning? That's what you get

for having an unlisted telephone number.

Does this make any sense to you?

16 left, twice around the 38, then back to zero.

Where did you get that?

Your office safe.

Yeah, but where did you come up with it? The better question is, where did my

source get it?

I'll call you in the morning. It is morning.

Later. Go back and get some sleep.

How can I get some sleep when I know we've been blown?

Find the leak.

Well, here we are.

This is my house.

On this short of notice, it's the only place I knew that was safe.

Okay with you?

I don't do windows or iron.

Mrs. Jarrett, how did you know that combination?

Ben made it a habit to listen, pick up pieces of information we could use if we

had to prove our credibility quick.

Well, you proved it by me. I'll get things started first thing in the

Good night. Good night.

You really are an old hand at this, aren't you? Believe it.

Look, nobody knows you're in San Francisco, and nobody knows you're here,

don't you accept that fact, and maybe you'll sleep better.

I plan to do that, but I'll pass out first.

Where do I sleep?

Thanks, Mike.

Oh, and the only thing to do with me in the morning is stay clear till I've had

my coffee.

Good night.

Good night.

What time is it?

7 .30.

7 .30.

Can you get me sleep?

Enough. Juice.

Would you mind if I cooked the eggs? I'd like to get even with you for this

coffee.

So, whose room did I sleep in, or shouldn't I ask?

Well, that was my daughter's room.

Oh, yeah, I saw a picture. Pretty girl.

Ben wanted kids.

I couldn't have them.

Damn thing.

Hope you like scrambled.

Fine.

I'm trying to start talking to you, Mike, and I'm not making it.

Why don't you ask me some more questions?

We can do that later, Mrs. Jarris.

Mike, I've slept in your house, I've knocked your coffee, and I'm cooking

breakfast. I should at least be Maggie by now, no?

All right, Maggie.

So, what happens now?

First, we'll pump you for all the information we can get on mob

into San Francisco.

And since I think it's important information, important enough for the

authorities, I placed a call in to a federal attorney friend of mine.

You sure you can trust him?

Okay, okay, Mike. I don't handle fear and panic very well.

I'm trying.

I wish it would rain. I always hang together better when it's raining.

So what about this federal attorney?

He'll take you into his custody and get all the information he can.

And then... Then you'll just have to make a deal with the government.

You might go on trial or they can give you a whole new identity.

Maybe even a new face if you wanted it.

After that, it's all over.

I won't last that long.

Don't worry.

Take it easy.

Just my partner.

Morning, Mrs. Juris.

Maggie.

Maggie.

What did you find out?

I woke Crowley up.

Who's Crowley?

Well, he's head of our organized crime and intelligence unit.

He met me at the office, and we made our connection through OC &I, as you

suggested.

Mike, maybe we should, uh... Oh, no, wait a minute. Uh, I'm a big girl.

Frightened, but all grown up. Whatever you found out, I want to hear it.

There's an all points out in Jersey for Maggie and her husband.

What's the charge?

Nothing. Both their house and office were torched.

Completely gutted.

Oh, my God.

And what word have you got on Ben Jarvis?

Nothing.

Who happened to make the call to Jersey?

Well, we talked to the state police. I talked to Morristown to follow up on the

fires.

Well, maybe it would have been better if he had done both.

Well, you wanted me here with the information by quarter to eight. There

enough time.

You get your things together.

We've got to get you out of here.

How could they know she was here?

Well, if they had a plant in that New Jersey Police Department, it would take

them 30 seconds to find out who you are, who your partner is.

And since we don't belong to organized crime intelligence...

You made the call.

It's obvious.

Maggie's with us.

We're going to have to move her to one of our safe houses.

That'll take about, oh, three security units.

I'll go downtown and take care of that.

You keep her isolated until you hear from me. You got a beeper on you? Yeah.

Good. Wait for my signal. If you got an extra deck of cards, I'd like to borrow

them.

Got anything on Ben Jarrus? Zip.

But we did find out something.

We got some static about some high -priced hitmen converging on the area.

Figures. See if your contacts can get us names and locations of all the imported

talent. And listen, Ed. There's got to be a tight lid on this one.

Need to know bases only.

Including my status? And mine.

Once you interrogate my witness, you'll know the reason why.

Lieutenant.

Telephoto just came up for you.

Oh, my God.

Now, do you buy my tight lid?

You got it.

Thanks a lot.

How scared do you think you'd get if you knew somebody out there wanted to kill

you?

Why don't you tell me about Morristown and Ben?

You trying to distract me?

Yeah. Well, you picked the right thing.

Ben.

Went to law school, came out top fifth of his class.

Somewhere along the way, he met a shy, demure loudmouth.

who fell crazy in love with him, seduced him, and married him.

I was in show business.

Wardrobe mistress, no ambition.

Happy to carry a shovel and broom and follow the elephants.

Then Ben came along and snatched away my unpromising career and turned me into

the best loved woman in the world.

Sounds as though you don't like him much.

How can you like someone who lets you do whatever you want, loves you with his

whole heart, respects you enough to disagree with you, and really listens to

what you say?

That doesn't sound like the kind of man who spends his life working for

racketeers. Why not?

Ben's a good man, but he's not perfect.

He makes mistakes.

And he made one doozy when he went to work for them.

I'd like to tell you they forced him into it, but they didn't.

One day, two men came to his office and invited him to invest $3 million in

their behalf.

$3 million.

The conditions told him the money was dirty, but I don't have to say any more,

do I?

It seduced him.

Hell no.

He seduced himself.

He knew it.

And I knew it.

And we lived with it.

Up until right now.

Where's that boat going, do you think?

It goes around the bay.

And it goes around again.

A dull way for the crew to make a living.

Look who's talking.

Nobody wants to shoot them.

I understand you're all here because you volunteered for hazardous duty.

Or is there someone here who didn't?

Good.

Now, what I've got is an extremely valuable witness who needs protection.

We're going to work in pairs, and this witness will be moved at irregular

intervals, and you won't know where or when until the final minute, just before

the move is made.

Are there any questions so far?

Yeah, what makes this hazardous duty, Lieutenant?

Well, we've got one man missing already in Jersey, believed dead.

Ten minutes ago, I got this from the Chicago Police Department.

It's registered to the witness's brother -in -law.

And as far as we know, the brother -in -law and his wife are missing.

Now, the price on our witness's head is high enough, and I mean really high

enough, to make every low -life worm and hitman try to collect it.

That's why I'm calling it hazardous duty.

It really is, fellas.

Are there any other questions?

All right, that's it then.

You're all on standby.

After my first day in the world of finance, I realized more time is spent

waiting around doing nothing than working.

And I figured in the last 13 years, I've won 634 hands of solitaire.

Is it hands or games? Games, I think.

That's Mike. Let's go.

These are pictures of the local pros who might be involved in this.

This group is of the hitmen who came into town yesterday.

There probably are more.

I don't recognize any of them.

I don't either.

Homicide Stone.

Mike, this is Dan.

Six. I read you.

That was short.

All you had to do was give me a number.

Hey, you booked the numbers? I'll play 862 for Buck.

No, this is a key number. Each key is to a safe house. He said six. We'll meet

him at number six.

Stones don't want driving.

How much does it cost?

You know the bit about why Johnny can't read?

That's my kid.

Twelve years old, reads like a second grader.

Now I've got to hire a tutor for him on my salary.

And there's a car following us.

Better make sure.

No mistake.

He's still there.

Inspectors 8 -1, request backup unit.

Any MMR car within the vicinity of 8th and Charles.

Proceeding west on Charles.

Hold it up.

Come on.

Out.

Where's your wallet?

What's your name?

What's your name?

All right, take them both in.

Then report to Lieutenant Crowley.

Tell him I picked him up for vagrancy. He'll understand.

Take him in.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, guys, could you speed it up a little between knocks? The person could

from the suspense.

What's the matter?

You heard something about Ben.

No, no, it's nothing about Ben.

It's your brother -in -law and his wife.

Now, you said you wanted the cards straight up.

I know it's rough, but...

Nobody knows this number.

Could be the phone company or a wrong number.

Well, I got Sutton.

There were two unarmed apes following us. Easy to spot. Too easy.

We busted them.

And then I came straight here.

That was my mistake.

There could have been a second car.

Why don't we answer it and find out? Well, there's no need for that.

Where's your car? It's right up front.

All right, you go to it.

See if you can spot anyone watching the building.

Then get in your car, drive it into the garage, and park it right next to mine.

If anybody's watching this building, they're going to have to guess which car

Maggie's going to be driven out in.

I want you two to check out the garage. Here.

Start my car.

I'm going to give you a 30 -second lead.

Maggie, don't you worry about a thing. You've got a small army taking care of

you. Everything's going to be all right.

Maggie?

Folding up like a wet tissue.

What's the matter with me?

Wet.

Maggie, get in.

Lie down.

Haven's hip and shoulder are broken.

Some burns, cuts, bruises. Is he going to be all right?

Yeah. Dan's on his way in.

What about the bomb squad?

They're already here. They figure it must have been some kind of plastic

explosive.

No guess yet as to how it was wired up. Well, you stay there with him.

Yes, sir.

Well, what are you doing here? Just thought you'd like to know, Mike.

Right after I changed the combination on my safe, one of our deputy prosecutors

went to lunch and never came back.

We checked. He took a plane to Rio.

Good. Now, maybe that leak is plugged.

It was worth it in person. Thank you, Mike. So, uh... Thank you.

Oh, Mike, do I ever get to hear more about your source?

Later. Right now, I've got my witness under deep cover. Right. Excuse me.

Yes. About those two. Neither one of them have given us their names or even

contacted their lawyers.

Now, we've got to make on the gray -haired one. He's Louis Pard from

Nine arrests, no convictions. Here's his file.

He doesn't know we know about him yet.

What about the other man?

Nothing. FBI came up with nothing at all.

Not even a military ID. We're checking on all DMVs who require thumbprints for

their driver's registration.

Okay, thanks a lot. They're all yours, Mike.

Homicide Stone.

Who am I talking to?

Just a minute. Where do I get a pad and pencil?

All right, I'm ready.

When?

Who do I look for?

Now, that was someone who says he can tell me everything I want to know about

Ben Jarrus.

Wants me to meet him at 3 .30.

You going?

That depends on what we can get out of those two guys first.

Come on.

All right, bring him in here.

You take one of them, and I'll take the other one.

Come on, sit down.

Well, I understand you've got a couple of big secrets, like who you are and

where you came from.

I'm not sure what your routine is, mister.

Maybe you can help me.

Are you trying to convince us that you can't speak?

Is it that you can't hear or speak?

That's a no -no.

I'm opposed to garbaging up the air any more than it is. Now, why don't you just

tell me your name?

No answers to the questions.

All right.

Maybe I can help you.

Your name is Lewis Pard, and you came from Newark.

I'm getting nothing.

Neither am I.

What they're doing may not be so stupid, Mike.

You didn't find any weapons on these guys, and we have no charge to lay

them. So unless they turn out to be wanted somewhere else, we're just going

have to turn them loose without them... Wait a minute now.

Why do you say that?

What are we going to hold them on?

Let me ask you something.

Would you consider a man who doesn't know his name mentally competent to be

turned out into the street?

No, I wouldn't. So what would you do?

Notify the courts.

Uh -huh.

Now you're cooking.

And the court sends him to a state hospital for observation for 30 days.

No bail possible. They're off the streets under maximum security for a

month.

You know, it's the first time I've ever seen a man talk himself into a hole by

not opening his mouth.

Warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it?

My family wasn't that rich. We couldn't afford cockles.

Oh.

Well, trust me.

If you could have, they would have been warm.

Why don't you get Sekulovic to do the paperwork on those guys?

I've got to get to the parking lot. I've got to pick up Crowley. I'll meet you

there. Okay.

Which one, Bob?

Oh, this is your car, Lieutenant.

Good, thanks.

Now, wait a minute.

Do you have another car ready to go?

Anything wrong with this one, sir? No, no, nothing's wrong. I just wondered if

you had another one ready to go. Sure, any one of these. Take your pick.

all tuned, ready to go.

I'll take that one. Sign me up for that one over there. Yes, sir, ma 'am.

That's Ben.

George Anselm. He's a lawyer from Rhode Island, an expert on foreign exchange

agreements.

Where'd you get these pictures?

The Bureau.

Ben, George, and Leon Kober.

Only times Ben and I ever saw Leon was when there was a lot of money involved.

Never less than three million.

Remember I was telling you about the Teverex Corporation on Market Street?

Well, they launder all their money out there.

That's the man who runs the whole shebang, and I can prove it. How?

Copies of contracts, deed transfers, checks.

I've got it all on slides, copies of every document we ever handled.

Ben took the pictures and developed them himself.

The originals are in a vault in Switzerland.

Where are your copies?

In my purse.

Copies of those would be a big help, Mrs. Jarvis.

That's why I brought them.

Herman Small, Canadian timber broker.

Only his next move is to acquire hotels and restaurants in San Francisco.

Ben.

The gal with him is his mistress.

He was feeling real good that day.

Told me the deal he had just closed made the two of us worth a cool half

million.

That's half a mil the hard way.

Well, judging from what you just told us, in terms of what we know, you just

saved us five years of tough investigation.

And I doubt if we could turn up half that much even then.

I want them all in jail.

Maggie, I'd like it if you turned those slides over to him so that he can have

copies made.

I gotta have him back. I'll get him back to you in an hour.

Okay.

I thank you.

Maggie, I talked to my federal attorney friend, and he said he's flying in this

afternoon to take you into his custody.

And he also told me that he was going to give you immunity.

You must have put in a good word. Nope.

I did not. Not one word.

Dan. Yeah.

I want you to find a pay phone call Washington.

Confirm the pickup arrangements for Maggie, will you? Right.

Oh, and listen.

While you're at it, will you check on the special units?

Daniel. I wouldn't hate you if you brought back a big bottle of gin and a

bottle of vermouth.

Well, where are you going?

616 West Grover Avenue.

What's there?

A man is there who says he can tell us everything we want to know about Ben.

I'm going with you. No, no chance.

Why not?

Because I think it's a setup.

I just don't know what kind.

And I've already pulled one boner.

No, you stay right here.

No sweat, Lieutenant.

Myra and I are right away.

Make sure you stay that way.

Keep the door shut and your ears open.

Mike, no matter what happens, you tell it to me straight.

That's our deal.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Okay, guys, which one of you is a better chin player?

I am.

Fire's an honest man, ain't she?

Mom, so do I.

I'll deal.

I hate to throw an ace.

It doesn't fit my hand.

Well, that's all right, Mrs. J. It doesn't fit my hand either.

Please help me.

Help me.

Inspector 8 -1 to all special units.

I am at contact point.

Be alert.

Ben Jarris. Who are you?

Mike Stone.

Stone, there are two or three gunmen watching us from some of these

Which ones?

I don't know.

We didn't even look. Am I supposed to?

How's Maggie?

She thinks you're dead.

I am.

Poor Maggie. She's probably torn to bits and scared out of her wits.

Now, she's holding on.

Yeah, sure. Cracking wise.

Well, that's just the front, Lieutenant.

Underneath, she's holding Marshmallow.

How did you get to San Francisco?

They brought me private plane. I don't know who the two men who were brought

Do you know why?

Oh, in case they needed a Judas goat to get to Maggie.

I'd have been dumped in a swamp if she hadn't run. That was my reprieve.

There was a foul up in what should have been a pretty safe business deal. A lot

of money was lost and the whole mess came down on me, so they grabbed me.

Thank God Maggie had sense enough to follow the plan.

Look, we've been standing around here too long.

What is it you're supposed to do?

I'll either get you to bring Maggie somewhere to meet me or get you to bring

to Maggie.

They won't start shooting at you when you climb into the car?

Well, that's what they said.

All right, this is my car right here. Come on, let's go. No, Stone.

I'm not going to lead them to Maggie. They'll kill her, too.

You know what they tried to sell me?

That they only wanted to get Maggie and me out of the country with a guarantee

that we'd keep our mouths shut.

They knew I wouldn't go for it. But they went along anyway, thinking that I'd

buy some time, then try to save myself.

Doesn't sound like a bad plan after all.

You just do what I tell you. Come on, let's go. No, no, no, no. They're not

going to get to her because of me. Look, I'm only here to tell you they don't

know anything about the slides that Maggie has with her.

What else?

Also that she should know that they've begun to divest themselves from the

business, get out from under.

They've even hired another lawyer from Pittsburgh to take over our job.

I don't know who he is, but I do know that the last three digits in his phone

number are 443.

The only chance for you to stay alive is to do what I tell you.

Now, there's no chance for me to stay alive. No chance at all. If I run...

is it?

It's Maggie. Don't look now, but I told you not to... Oh, my God, Maggie.

You come...

Take it easy. I'll get him for you.

to us now.

Hello, John. Bye.

Maggie Jarris.

John Anderle. Garrett. And my partner, Inspector Robbins.

Well, whenever you're ready to go.

Go where?

Washington, D .C., okay?

Well? Well.

Oh, with John and his people, you'll be well protected.

Better than them all protected.

When it's all over, you get a new name, a new identity. And plastic surgery.

Sure, I know the whole McGill.

Come on, Dan.

Odds are it won't last long enough to need a new name and face.

No, don't say that.

I've known John for a long, long time.

My buck says that you're wrong.

You're asking me to bet against myself?

And I only bet on sure things. Am I on?

Sure.

A year from today, Mike, if you get a buck in the mail with no return address

it, you'll know I made it.

And I'll tell you how I'm going to collect if you lose.

If I'm not around.

Then you take that buck and buy yourself a very dry martini with it. And as

you're drinking it, remember that even if it's the worst martini ever made,

a damn sight better than your coffee.

Deal?

Deal.

Well, this is it.

Maggie?

Daniel, if you ever find a girl like Maggie, marry her.

Good lady.