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The Streets of San Francisco, a Quinn Martin production.

Starring Carl Malden. Also starring Richard Hatch.

With

guest

stars Cliff Gorman, Herbert Jefferson Jr.,

George McAllister,

Christina Hart.

Special guest star, Richard Lynch.

Tonight's episode, time out.

Good morning, Sergeant Mack.

Telson.

Washington.

Kimberly? You can smoke if you want, one man at a time. Use the x -ray.

Management will appreciate your cooperation.

No, I never used this stuff. I used to rent it.

You see, before our department arrested Mr. Kraft, he and his partner were

flying the Mexican Triangle.

Mexicali, Juarez, Phoenix.

What were you, Mr. Telfman? A culturist.

I grew grass and distilled acid.

I was going to be a big operator.

Now I'm operating in an 8x10 cell.

Tell him what you're growing there, Billy.

dark thoughts.

You wouldn't want any part of them.

Well, I'm what it's all about.

I'm a hardcore addict.

You don't want to be one unless you want to shoot it in your arm or in between

your toes till your veins collapse and you end up like them guys who set fire

themselves. You can't move a muscle.

Listen to him.

But most of you know the drug scene.

So let's talk about something you don't know anything about.

Prison.

It's a whole new scene.

How to stay alive each day. Right, Sergeant Mack?

All

right,

hold up.

Give me the keys.

No excuses, Lieutenant.

I was set for a special assignment right after this rap session.

And I... I just forgot I was carrying my piece.

Well, why were there only two unarmed guards assigned to four convicts? Well,

the men were model prisoners.

They were considered good risks. By whom?

The prison. Sergeant Mack.

Sergeant Mack?

Yeah, the guard they took as a hostage.

Look, get in that ambulance.

Let the doctor take a look at your head.

Did you get the records from the prison? Yeah. And we also put on an APP on the

station wagon.

You know, two of them were short timers. Doesn't make any sense.

Nothing does when a man's waving a gun around. What did you get?

Okay, William Telson, less than a year to serve.

Gerald Washington, upper parole in two.

Harold Kraft, probably the most dangerous of the four. He pulled the

to 20. Which means he doesn't have much to lose. Right.

The brains. Joseph Kimberly, 5 to 10. Did you get copies made of these?

already being distributed. How's the guy?

Well, he's on the critical list.

Listen, I want every man we can grab on this case. Come on.

Mind turning the radio on, Telson?

How did you know it was me?

By the way you breathe.

It's pretty close inside the walls, isn't it, Mac?

Sergeant Mac.

Go on, turn on the radio.

I want to hear what happened to that guard you shot. You just watch your

You don't give the orders anymore.

And I didn't shoot anybody. It was craft.

Doesn't matter who pulled the trigger, Billy. You know that. And your testimony

could make the difference, couldn't it?

You're thinking.

It's real good.

Think about the six months you had left.

It could have been easy time.

It wasn't my idea to escape. I didn't even want to come.

I know that.

So untie me.

We go back together, I tell him the truth, that you gave up voluntarily.

I've got something to do first.

If you don't do it right now, Billy, you'll get another five for jailbreak.

And if that guard dies, it could be the gas chamber.

Why should I trust you?

Because I trusted you.

It's a two -way street.

You know, the way things are going, Kraft's got nothing to lose by wasting

you.

Would you rather trust him?

Huh, Billy?

Billy, you listening?

I don't want to die, and neither do you. Okay.

It's a deal.

Come on, Towson. This is the last bus to Frisco.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to get rid of a witness.

Hey, come on. We've got enough heat already.

Let's just get out of here.

He's out of my way.

Harry, we're wasting time.

Now, this is the latest we've got.

Okay, thanks.

They're going to need a change of clothes, money, and new transportation.

Now, here's the report. Two stolen vehicles reported within the last hour.

Granada and a white van.

I put out wants on both of them.

Anything on their friends and relatives?

Nothing on Kraft or Kimberly.

Washington has a brother in the city somewhere. We're still looking.

Billy Telson has a wife, but the prison says his letters to her have been

returned. Mark, none of this address.

You keep checking. Think they're going to stick together?

Not if they're smart. Hey, Mike, we just got a call from one of our choppers. He

thinks he spotted that station wagon at the north end of Lincoln Park.

Units are on the way.

Well, they had me blindfolded, so I couldn't see what they were driving,

It sounded more like a pickup or a van than a car.

Well, did you happen to hear about where they might be going?

No. They're probably out of town by now.

They're still around.

Why do you say that?

Because I know them.

I lived in the same cell block with them for the last three years, Lieutenant.

Inside the walls, you either know your people or you're dead.

Well, I'm still alive.

And they're out on the streets carrying a .38.

Which they didn't get from me. Oh, now, wait a minute. Nobody's blaming you,

Sergeant.

Why don't you tell us everything you know?

Start with Kimberly. He's got a lot of money hidden somewhere abroad.

He'll go straight to it, and Kraft will go with him.

He's greedy, but not until he settles a score first.

What score?

Somebody snitched on him. That's how he got nailed.

He'll go straight for the guy who did it. Kraft was busted five years ago. You

think he still cares?

He cares.

And what about Telson?

His wife stopped visiting him and stopped writing.

That's where Billy will go. And Washington?

Used to be a junkie. Only thing he'll be thinking about is getting a fix. He

should be easy to find.

I'll bring him in.

That's our job.

Oh, no trouble, Lieutenant.

Oh, we'll do that. You just tell us where to look.

Washington had a cellmate named Benny Lester.

He's out on parole now. Used to hustle pool on the west side.

That's it?

Yeah, that's it. Okay, thanks, Sergeant.

The officer will drive you home.

I want you to get... Mrs. Telson's address.

I'll pull the craft records and see if I can get the name of that informer.

This city's a trap.

Surrounded by water on three sides.

First we get rid of them, then we ditch the van.

And then we go see Tegan. We won't have time.

But we'll make time. Harry Taggart has nothing to do with this deal.

Forget him. I can't forget him. He's our ticket to Mexico.

He owns a charter service, a whole fleet of planes.

We were partners until he turned me in. He owes me, Joe.

We're coming to a nice, quiet corner.

This is where you get out.

Hey, man, you got us into this. You can't just... This is where you get out.

Where do we go from here?

I've got to find my wife.

Will she help us? No.

I have to talk to her.

Talk is nothing.

What we need is help, money, a car.

Why don't you turn yourself in, Jerry?

What about you?

Maybe later.

Take it easy, huh?

Hey, Billy, good luck.

Are you hungry?

No.

You're sure?

What did the warden say?

Told me to take a couple of days off.

Will there be an inquiry?

Yeah, I guess.

Soon?

How's Charlie?

Not good.

I was with Sarah when he came out of surgery.

He looked just awful.

Is he going to die?

Oh, no.

Charlie Sims is tougher than you are.

Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.

Thirteen years, I had a clean record.

Something to be proud of in that hellhole.

Now the whole thing's gone down the drain.

They can't hold you responsible.

I hold me responsible.

I trusted them.

I recommended them. And they turn around and stick a knife in my back.

Nothing you can do about it now.

So leave it alone, huh?

I'll make you a sandwich.

They broke the trust.

What?

It's unwritten, Susan, but it's there just the same.

They don't turn on me, I don't turn on them. That's how we live together.

Well, they broke it.

After all I did for them. I know.

I told Sarah I'd look in on her kids.

Come on, I want you to have something to eat first.

Dumb, that's what they are.

Yeah.

You know, I can tell you practically every move they're going to make.

They'll be caught, don't worry.

By who?

Cops?

They don't even know where to begin.

Well, I do.

Teach those punks they can't break me.

Where are you going?

I'm going to find them, and I'm going to bring them back.

Feet first if I have to.

Earl, you can't. I've got to, Susan. It's my life on the line.

What are you talking about?

You think the warden's ever going to trust me again?

And what about the other cons?

They'll think I'm soft, which will mean I'm easy bait for any guy who thinks he

can take me.

Well, I'm not going to let that happen just because four punks broke the trust.

No, Earl!

If I let him out, I'm going to put him back in.

Yeah, that was Sid's case. He made the bust just before he retired.

What's the problem?

Well, I'll tell you what the problem is.

Kraft might be looking for the guy who sold him out. I checked his trial

transcripts and came up with nothing, empty -handed.

There was an informer, but no name on the record.

Maybe his testimony wasn't needed at the trial.

I need it.

Sid moved to Florida.

Maybe I could give him a call.

Would you do that for me, please?

Mike?

Located Telson's wife.

Is that her present address? It's always been her address ever since she and

Telson were married.

Then why did they send his mail back marked N .A.? Why don't we ask her?

Always thinking, huh?

Oh, listen, let me know how you make out.

Hello, Benny. How you doing?

I hear your parole's working out real good.

Wes, how does it feel being back with the family again?

You hear something? I can smell it.

Yeah, locker room number five.

I asked you a question.

Hey, come on. We're not in the yard now, Sergeant Mack.

Yeah, I hear you're just another civilian.

It's a butt out.

I'm looking for Jerry Washington.

He's in prison.

Up until this morning.

I want to know where he is now.

You owe me, Benny.

Okay. All right.

You wait right there, and I'll go and get him.

How am I doing, Sarge? Huh?

How am I doing, Sarge? I'm moving as fast as I can, Sarge.

Huh? I'm going as fast as I can, Sarge. I'm moving as fast as I can. Gotta get

old Jerry for the man.

On a double, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I don't owe you anything.

You don't, huh?

I could have put you on a report a hundred times, and I never did.

Oh, well, that was then.

Now's now.

You want to know something, Sarge?

When we were in the can, I did a lot of sweet talking to you.

But truthfully, I never met a screw who was worth a spit.

You know, Benny, you're going to be back.

I'd sure show some respect if I were you.

So, let's say Jerry Washington needed a quick fix.

This is his turf, isn't it, huh?

Where do you suppose he'd go to get it?

Well, you're going to tell me, Benny?

Or do I have to beat it out of you, huh?

Once you get lost, you're crazy. Hey, hey, hey.

You're crazy, Mac. You know that? You're crazy.

You've been behind the bars too long, man.

Because out here in the streets, ain't nobody going to help you.

You keep pushing people.

pushing people, and you're going to end up dead.

Oh, yes, Miss Tellson still lives there, but I don't think she's home right now,

and I don't know where she works.

Have you seen this man around today?

No, I don't think so.

But when you live in a city this size, you see so many people that sooner or

later you stop seeing what they look like. That's right.

Why don't I leave that picture with you just to remind you? All right.

Oh, by the way, Miss Telson usually gets home around 5 .30 or 6. If you want to

come back then.

I'll call for a sticker. Yeah, thank you. And her young man usually gets here

hour or so earlier.

Her young man?

The one who comes to visit.

I think his name is Jimmy or something like that. Oh, but I didn't ask. I mean,

it's none of my business.

Oh, of course. Yes, thank you.

Inspector 8 -1.

Inspector 8 -1.

Inspector's 8 -1.

Robin's here.

Dan, there's been a fight in a pool hall over on 4th. 10 -4. Go.

I'm sorry, sir.

We're closing early.

There's been a sudden family illness.

Why don't you come back tomorrow?

I got the front locked up. Let's go.

Wait a minute. We need the keys to the car.

I'm not sure who the guy was.

The manager said you called him Sergeant Mack.

Oh, so I was mistaken.

What are you covering for?

You afraid he's going to bust your parole?

No, nothing like that.

Who started the fight?

He did.

Why? He was looking for some guy.

Who was he looking for?

Hey, why don't we just forget the whole thing?

We don't want to press charges anyway.

Maybe I do. Hey, well, what are you going to do? You're going to bust us for

getting beat up.

No. For withholding information.

Hey, listen.

I'm not an informer, you understand?

I understand.

Now, who was Mac looking for and what did you tell him?

He was looking for Jerry Washington's pusher.

And where did you tell him to go and look?

To the Shoreham Apartments.

On Bay Street?

A guy named Corrigan.

He's up on the roof with a visor.

He's a sun freak.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Look, uh, Benny, you're not in a slammer now.

If you want to prefer charges against Sergeant Mack for assault and battery,

just tell the officer.

No.

No, I don't want any more trouble with Mack.

Besides, I might have to live with him again. You know what I mean?

Where'd you get the money for the fix, Jerry?

Rolled some little old lady?

I didn't want to escape, man. They made me go.

You were there, Sergeant. You know. Where are they, Jerry?

I don't know.

Where are they?

Uh, Everett Taggart. Uh, Kraft and Kimberly were looking for Taggart.

about a plane.

Uh -huh. What about Telson?

He just walked off and left me.

That's not good enough, Jerry.

Look, stay away, man.

Look, I never hurt no... Come

on, speed it up.

What's bothering you?

Eddie Mack.

I don't like him one step ahead of us. I don't get it. What's he trying to

prove? He's frightened.

Frightened? I think he's flipped.

He's trying to capture them all by himself, and that makes him dangerous.

That's right.

He's dangerous because his life is on the line.

His life?

Any time a prisoner escapes, all the other cons think they can do the same

thing.

Makes the guards very nervous.

Especially a guy like Eddie Mack.

He probably figures that they did it to him once, they'll do it to him again.

That's what I think he's afraid of most.

Now you know why I don't want him one step ahead of us.

No, no, don't hit me, Sergeant.

You fool.

I wasn't going to hurt you.

How bad is it, kid? No, no, just leave me alone, man.

Ain't you done enough?

Come on, Jerry.

You've turned mean, man.

You know, I guess everybody in the joint does.

I'm trying to help the man.

What, like you helped those two guys back in the pool room?

They came at me.

Do you have a permit for this?

What, did he come at you too?

No, he fell off the fire escape. He's pretty badly hurt, Mike. I'm going to

for an ambulance.

Tell me something.

What are you trying to do?

I'm trying to bring him in. I told you before.

That is our job.

What's the verdict?

I figure it's a concussion. But they won't know for certain until they get to

the hospital and run the tests.

May I go now?

Yes, you can.

Stay home.

No law against my making a citizen's arrest, is there?

There is a way you do it.

Look, you can do me a big favor.

These beautiful streets here, stay off of them.

I'll think about that.

And while you're thinking about it, think about this.

If I catch you meddling in this case again, I'm going to bust you for

interfering.

Well, what's troubling you?

Not trying to help us.

You're just getting back at them as a personal vendetta. I have a job to do,

Inspector, just like you, only mine's a little different.

You arrest them, testify against them at court, then send them to me for the

next five to ten years, and I have to live with them. But you don't have to

brutalize them. I don't brutalize anyone.

All I do is keep them there.

The ugly things that happen inside are the things they do to each other, which

are exactly the things they'd be doing to innocent people if they were out on

the streets.

Now, if you object to the things that happen to men in prison, stop sending

them.

Yeah,

well, spell that for me. B -E -D -O -U -K.

B -E -D -O -U -K?

Avedachery. You said it was on Sutter?

Yeah, on Sutter.

All right, we're on our way. Come on, let's go.

You should have busted him for assault.

Washington told you it was an accident.

Maybe he was scared not to. Never mind Eddie Mack right now.

Listen, we've got a lead on Taggart and Kimberly.

Let's think of them.

That's him.

All right, now, these two men stole the car. Did you see this man?

Mike, Lieutenant Carson, narcotics.

See if you can get a description of the clothes they were wearing.

Stone! I got that information you wanted on Kraft.

Let's have it. Kraft and a man named Evan Taggart were partners in an air

freight business about five years ago. It was supposed to be a legitimate

operation, and was until Taggart found out that his buddy was flying heroin

the country. And he reported it? Right.

and Sid set up a trap for him and caught him with a full cargo.

Tigard wasn't involved in the arrest, so he spared him the notoriety of the

trial. Do you have an address on Tigard? Sure do.

2190 Washington.

Okay, thanks.

Oh, who are you?

Where's my wife?

She works downtown. She should be coming home pretty soon.

Well, I guess you two probably want to talk alone.

We'll all talk.

I heard you escaped.

Should have hired some security.

That's what I would have done.

Just the currency.

There's a little gift.

Now what?

You call your office and tell them to prep a twin -engine plane for a flight

Acapulco.

Have it ready for takeoff in an hour.

Why should I? Because you're going to be a dead man if you don't.

Harry, knowing you, I'll be dead either way, so why should I cooperate?

Okay, I'll put it to you this way.

If you don't pick up that phone...

You're going to spend the rest of your life in a basket.

I wouldn't kill you, Evan, when I could see you suffer the way I have for the

past five years.

Hello, Mabel?

This is Mr. Taggart.

By the way, you may as well stock the bar. This will be a farewell party.

Hold on.

I'll have to give them some names for the manifest. What would you suggest?

I'd suggest you drop the guns, boys.

You try to stop me, I'll kill him. Don't do it, Kimberly.

Hey, I can't take no passage. It's just a blood run. When I say drive, you

drive. When I say stop, you stop.

Drive.

Operator, this is a police emergency.

A man has been shot. I want an ambulance sent to 2190 Washington, apartment 205.

You'll be okay.

Do you want me to read you your rights? Lieutenant, that man saved my life. What

happened to Kraft?

He hijacked a cab. I saw him from the balcony.

Red and white.

I think it was Seaside Cab Company. Did you get the number?

Couldn't see it. I'll check it. Put your hand against this.

They fired first.

Oh, they did?

Well, this man has beaten two men.

Caused another man to be injured, and he just shot this man.

It's self -defense.

Maybe so.

But he's interfering in police matters, and for that, he's under arrest.

Well, Lieutenant, I'm not trying to tell you your business, but... Good.

Seaside Cab Company?

This is Inspector Robbins, San Francisco Police Department.

I need some information.

I said hello.

You look like you're waiting for a dentist appointment.

Billy. We have to talk, Nancy.

Hey, come on, Mr. Hunt. Where do you want to go? Keep driving around until I

tell you to stop.

Well, I better tell the dispatcher something or they're going to be looking

me. Tell them you're going to lunch.

Just that and nothing else.

This is 68.

I'll be out of service for about an hour.

A time for lunch.

Is that okay?

That's fine.

Specters 8 -1.

Specters 8 -1, go ahead. Mike, this is Tanner. We received a message from the

head dispatcher at Seaside Cab Company.

One of their drivers reported stopping for lunch while on a blood run.

What about the driver?

Confirmed as a highly responsible employee.

He was carrying plasma for victims of an accident at Bayshore General Hospital.

His route took him in proximity of where Kraft could have commandeered him. Put

an APB on that cab.

What's a blood run? There's only four major blood banks in the city.

They usually dispatch plasma to the hospital by cab.

That driver wouldn't have stopped for lunch unless somebody pulled a gun on

Because you were there.

And I needed someone here.

I had less than a year to serve.

Less than a year.

What's the matter? You couldn't wait?

What are you?

Some kind of alley cat?

It's been four years.

I'm human.

I would have ended it before you got out.

I would have been waiting for you. Why didn't you write and tell me?

You didn't even open my letters.

Do you know how... How worried I was?

I couldn't.

It hurt me too much.

Hold it. I want to talk to you. Hey, you better get

in there. That guy's got a gun.

You stay away!

You hear me?

Stay away!

Speed it up. I can't!

glad to see you guys.

What's their 10 -20?

Burns and Townsend.

Tell them to put the cabbie and the blood in the black and white and then

them over to Bayshore General Hospital. We're on the way.

You keep him in there.

Are they in there? As far as we know. Now, we've got units front and back, and

no one's seen a thing.

Nothing upstairs.

Clean finish.

Come on.

Come on.

Book them.

Well, that's three down and one to go. And they don't go easy, do they? No,

Mike. The stakeout team has Billy barricaded in his wife's house.

But he's in there with his wife. I called him on the phone.

He said he'd shoot if we tried to bust in. Get me a bullhorn.

He won't answer it. I tried it. Well, how did you reach him? There's a phone

booth on that corner. I used it. Here's the number.

Give me my coat.

Billy, please don't do anything to make it worse.

I don't know how it could get much worse.

Put that gun away and give yourself up.

At least talk to them.

There's nothing to say.

Billy! They're never going to let me out of that place now. It's going to be

five more years for breaking out.

Who knows what for the guard Harry shot.

I just can't do it knowing that you're out here.

I might as well get it over with.

Take two men and cover the back of the house.

He won't answer the phone.

I guess we're going to have to dig him out.

No, not yet.

I don't want to endanger the hostage.

Sergeant Mac, I want to talk to you.

Sergeant. Let him go.

Mike, every time we talk, somebody gets hurt.

Sergeant.

You know, Telson, you know the risks.

Can you hear me, Billy?

I want to talk to you, Billy. I don't want to talk to you.

Get away from here. I owe you one, Billy.

Kraft would have killed me.

Got to give me a chance to get even. If you don't stop, I'll kill you.

You never killed anyone in your life, Billy.

Why would you want to start now?

I'm warning you, Mac.

I'll shoot.

I really will.

You want us to start moving in?

No.

No moving in.

I don't want anyone to fire either.

Hold your position.

Tell the men. Okay.

Why would you want to shoot somebody that's trying to do you a favor?

You don't need that gun, Billy.

You're not going to take me back.

Mrs. Telson?

You want to go on and step outside?

You don't need a hostage, Billy.

You've got me now.

I'll stay.

Do what he tells you.

He's the man.

And you always do what the man tells you, because he means what he says.

Right, Sergeant?

That's right, Billy.

Remember what the last thing I said to you was? He said I'd get another five

years for escaping.

No.

I said I didn't want to die, and neither do you.

The craft isn't holding a gun on us now.

So why don't you give me yours?

Everything's different.

The guard... He's alive, Billy. The guard is alive.

I'll tell him the truth.

You hadn't planned to escape.

You saved my life.

I'll take that into consideration, Billy.

I can't go back.

Sure you can.

You can do the rest of your sentence standing on your head. Billy.

I'll wait for you.

I promise.

No matter how long it takes, I'll wait till you get out.

Well, that's the last of them.

All right, cuff him.

Oh, that won't be necessary.

When are you going to stop telling me how to do my job?

I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I was just trying to help. Trying to help. I know, I

know. But remember, you're still in custody.

And if you say one more word, just one word, I'm going to cuff you too.

Hey, you finish this for me, Peter.

All right, Sergeant.

You can go home.

Couldn't make the charges stick, could you? Oh, I think I could if I tried.

Your wife's waiting for you downstairs.

You're a good man, Lieutenant.

I'd appreciate it if when you wrote up your report, you weren't too hard on

Jerry Washington and Billy Tellson.

When Kimberley and Kraft made the break, they didn't want to go along.

They were forced to at gunpoint. Wait a minute.

Do you want them in or out?

That's not for me to decide, Lieutenant.

That's for them. That's a surprise.

You were right about one thing.

Out on the street, I wanted them caught even more than you did.

Not just because I thought they were dangerous, but because I thought I'd

used.

I've been a prison guard for 13 years, but I never thought of myself as being

brutal till I saw what happened to Washington.

I should have backed off, let him give himself up.

But I wanted him too much.

I guess in some ways prison walls brutalize us all.

I'm not speaking for the other guards, mind you.

Just myself.

You understand?

Yes, I understand.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

He knocks himself out trying to get those men back into jail. Now he's

get them out.

Explain it to me.

He's a complex man.

It's a hard man to understand.

Well...

Maybe when you get a little older you might