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You are planning a long visit, Father?

No more than a week.

You got a fine city here, but I'm afraid I'm used to calmer surroundings.

Thank you.

Hey, half of that will be planning, Father.

If you don't think constantly, you know what I mean?

Mary Hill 4 -5 -0 -9 -8.

Hello. Hildebrand.

Yeah. You know who you're talking to?

Yeah, I sure do. Welcome back.

How'd your recruiting go?

Oh, really good. I got us a dynamite driver.

Guy I knew since grammar school.

And another guy who can bench press 240 pounds.

Does he know anything about heating systems?

He knows everything about them.

You're going to be very happy with these guys, I guarantee it. Well, I want the

three of you here at 930 Sharp, Hotel Dearborn, room 203, and we'll see how

happy you are.

Hey, wake up.

It's starting to perk.

Tomorrow morning we'll know the whole plan.

What if the plan stinks?

If we don't like it, we say so and we split.

Listen, this guy's good. I could tell from the beginning.

I never thought I'd get in touch with you again.

And it would have been just peachy with you, wouldn't it? This dude offers us

into three mil, and all you can think of is what's wrong with it.

I've seen what happens to people who don't ask that question.

Stones don't just turn into money, Gabe.

Oh, no?

Watch him.

In the lobby.

That'll be your migraine, Crocker. I'm putting you in charge of both ships.

With all that jewelry display in the Manhattan room, what are we doing in the

lobby? Well, we have a slight jurisdictional conflict.

The manager has hired a team of security guards, and the jewelry display is

their private battlewick, at least according to Henshaw.

You're kidding. They hired Chubby Henshaw? That guy who was busting off

force from competence?

You know Chubby. He's a dynamite talker. He could sell aluminum siding to a

steel foundry.

So how long is this jewelry convention in town?

Five days, starting tomorrow. Okay.

Something on your mind, Crocker? Well, I don't understand. Six rookies in plain

clothes to pull this duty. It's nothing but a pickpocket detail. Why us?

Why us?

I forgot you weren't with us last year.

Well, six rookies did pull the duty.

One of them turned their back when four hard cases walked in with their

artillery unannounced.

Out in Bensonhurst, we got a little widow just celebrated her 21st birthday.

That's why us.

Any more questions?

No.

It is essential that no one on this team have a prior police record.

Have I got your assurance on that, Hildebrand?

Hey, absolutely.

We're pure.

Never been booked.

Three maidens, my friend. I'd like something else understood at the outset.

This is my baby.

I have memorized every facet of this operation.

Every twist, every turn.

I'll expect each of you to do the same.

One unscheduled move on the part of any one of you and a delicate mechanism will

jam. I would have just enough time to kill the man responsible.

Now, set your timetables up precisely.

We must move in and out of there by ten that morning.

Otherwise, we'll be up to our eyeballs in innocent bystanders. Calls for a lot

of special equipment.

You bet it does.

It's taken me five months of my life to collect.

Now, a dry run is out of the question.

But that doesn't prohibit me from making a private reconnaissance this

afternoon.

Why do you have to dress like a...

Like that.

Because, my son, very few doors are closed to a man of God.

Put it right there.

Sergeant, where's your lieutenant?

He's on his way. Don't worry about him. Where is he? Don't worry about him.

Trust me.

Didn't break any speed records getting here, Lieutenant.

Well, I always take my time, Mr. Benoit.

Benoit. Benoit, yeah. I take my time if I'm still a bachelor.

My office is right over here.

Oh, well, I'll just do a little sojourn around the lobby, okay?

Oh, yeah, certainly.

I got six of my best officers working under Detective Crocker.

All of them hand -picked.

Six?

Six? Is that enough?

Mr. Benoit, my men are stepping on each other's toes as it is.

You want to call on the police to back us up? Well, that's your affair.

You say you want us to cooperate?

Okay, we cooperate.

But that don't mean I'm relinquishing authority.

I got a professional reputation to protect.

Here, try one of these.

Oh, you know the things.

I'm not going to change my image.

Here.

Try one of these.

No, thanks. No? All right.

Look, Ken, sure, we're not going to push you out of the limelight.

You know, if the department wanted publicity, we'd knock off a newspaper

or something.

Just so it's understood, I didn't ask for help.

Please, everybody's so sensitive.

I don't have enough problems.

Mr. Howard?

Mr. Howard, there's a phone call for you at the reception desk.

Hey,

dude, what's with the camera?

What's the matter?

Get out of here. There's a cop coming. Get out of here.

Hold it, please!

Mr. Tunkey?

Mr. Tunkey?

Will you contact the reception desk, please?

You all right, Father? Oh, yes, I'm fine. Did he get away, officer?

You could lose Godzilla in that kind of traffic.

Are you sure you're all right?

Did he make off with anything?

Poor misguided man. A rather frugal target, I'm afraid. Any pickpockets on

guest, Father? Are you all right? Yes, just fine. You sure? Yes, thank you.

Thank you.

Choo -choo Berrigan doesn't seem like your kind of company.

Sometimes you have to take what you can get.

Where is he? Where all the pickpockets hang out. An apartment across the street

from the Y.

I'd like to know what you need him for.

He's the last thing I need.

Look, I know him. I'll give him a couple of bucks and he'll stay clear of the

Fairview. Why don't you guys hang around about a half an hour and then leave?

Separately, about ten minutes apart, okay?

You ready for tomorrow?

I've been all ready for a day like tomorrow since I was 16 years old.

I'll see you then.

On time.

You know what I think we should do?

We wait five minutes, we leave together, we forget about the whole thing. What

are you going, bananas?

Gabe, don't come on like you don't know what he just went off to do.

He'd ice our pickpocket. What's the matter with you? He didn't say nothing

that. I know what he said.

It's never felt right, you know what I'm saying?

It's not gonna work.

You know, I know what's the matter with you.

It's when he puts on that outfit.

It reminds you of Father, what's -his -face, the one that was always trying to

talk you into going into the seminary. Father Ambrosio, and you're wrong.

That man tried to help me, that's all.

Didn't know how, didn't know what I needed, but he tried.

Oh, well, look, I know you longer than he did. And I never met a man on this

island that didn't need a million dollars.

And the way he tried was to talk you into turning yourself in. Yeah, which

me three years in the joint instead of five. Was that nothing? You try it one

time.

Look, if you want to go back to being an altar boy, do it. But do it after

tomorrow, huh?

I mean, at least be a rich altar boy.

Hey, come on.

This is Gabe.

Huh?

You know, I seen you nights when Father Ambrosio wouldn't have recognized you.

Hmm?

Lieutenant, what brings you out at night like this? Would you believe I missed

you?

I want to know why a small -time pickpocket was killed.

Well, there was nothing he had on him. He had 18 bucks, five wristwatches, a

solid gold cigarette lighter, and would you believe it, 34 stolen credit cards.

I believe it.

You know, 20 years ago, he had the fastest hands on Broadway.

I was proud of him.

Chooch would go into Madison Square Garden, he'd empty every pocket and

catch the main event.

Tell me, how'd he get it?

Well, according to the preliminary report, it's a small bore automatic at

-blank range.

He took three slugs front and center.

We got the spent casings. It looks like a foreign job.

Other than that, nothing.

Still, it's a beginning, right?

Small -time gunner for all his life. He deserved better than this.

Point blank range, huh? Cold -blooded execution.

Had to be somebody he knew. But why now?

Why not tomorrow, yesterday? Why now?

Now, look, I want a complete scenario on Chuchu. I want to know where he's been

and what he's been up to.

Beginning where, Lieutenant?

With what?

A dip's livelihood depends on him staying invisible.

So where am I going to start tracing his movements?

Look, you got 34 plastic passports to paradise there. You check out the

owner and they'll tell you where he's been.

Right, Baldy? Yeah. Good night, Lieutenant.

Nice talking to you.

You're new here, aren't you?

On this route, yeah.

You're also two hours early.

Well, I'm booking for the dispatcher's job.

So far, right on schedule.

Dr. Briner, Dr.

Briner, call the bell captain.

Be

sure

that jam is in tight.

It's okay.

Why don't you look at the broad or something?

We can spot you're a couple million miles away.

Uh, you got an extra cup of coffee on you?

Yeah, sure.

Dr. Briner, please call operator 23.

What? Do you think I went mad? I don't get it. Last week I was at Hasbro

Hitching.

Make a move and she's dead.

Ten minutes that elevator hasn't even budged go see what the hang -up is

You over here give me a hand

Let's

go

let's go

Yeah, I don't need it.

No action around here.

Been kind of dead.

You smell something, buddy?

Yeah.

Of course, that was before the war.

Beloxy may have changed some sense.

I recollect one time, down to my last six bits, and this big fat gal comes up,

and it's pouring down rain.

Had flowers all over her dress.

Hey, wait a minute. That ain't even been inventory.

Boy, you characters certainly took your own sweet time.

Well, I need reinforcements, and I need them now.

Well, I don't care about that.

Very nice talking to you.

You contact emergency, see if they can give us some backup manpower right away.

And I'll keep you posted.

Right.

Well?

Well, the hotel is size.

What do you think the body count will be this time of day?

I don't know, 1 ,000, maybe 1 ,500.

1 ,000, 1 ,500. I've got to process every one of them. You're thinking

job, I take it?

Inside, outside, who knows?

One thing I do know, these guys did their homework.

They picked on equality merchandise.

There's a brain behind this operation and probably a fence behind that.

I'm... I just... Surely you don't propose

to detain everyone, Captain? Until everybody's screened, I propose to do

that.

Why me?

Dressed as a repairman, you say?

Well, would you be able to recognize any of them if you saw them again?

Maybe, I guess. Yeah, sure.

Saperstein. Yeah. You take Mr. Gitz. That's your name, isn't it, Gitz?

Yeah. Think we'll see how sketch artists, see if they can come up with

something? Right, Lieutenant.

Maybe they were repairing them. Mm -hmm.

But, Lieutenant, those guys are wearing coveralls. The guys that pulled the

hides were supposed to be dressed in suits and ties.

Yeah.

Boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Yeah, Al.

I want you to alert every cleaning plant on the eastern seaboard.

Your customer brings in clothing impregnated with tear gas.

Your wife is pregnant, that's true. No, this is different.

Impregnated. Smells, yeah.

Well, if it smells of tear gas, I want to be the first to know, okay?

What's that going to buy us?

Anybody who was present in the hotel during the holdup.

They're going to have some trace of tear gas on their clothing.

Yeah, but those others will have been cleared by us.

What these cleaning shops will be on the lookout for is the name not on the

list. Lieutenant, I just talked to the hotel porter.

Says he was ripped off, too. A guy in a laundry truck. Hung around just long

enough for this pillowcase to come down. To come sliding down the laundry chute.

Right.

Uh -huh.

All right.

Yes, totally.

Sir? Right.

I'm sorry to bother you. Oh, that's all right, Father. I was just wondering

about how much longer I might have to remain.

Not that I mind the delay, but you see, I have this appointment with the bishop,

and if this business is going to take very much longer, I should phone and

cancel. Oh, no, no, no. That won't be necessary.

I mean, if you're willing to submit to a routine search, give your name, your

address, and then as soon as the offer's okayed, you're off.

Okay. Lacey?

Would you please take care of the Padre?

Thank you very much.

Mm -hmm.

What'd you come up with?

What'd you come up with?

Majestic operates a fleet of 82 trucks, 65 of which are on the road right now.

Now, our guy is either a ringer or the genuine article.

One thing we do know, he was not authorized to pick up the Fairview

which is why he came early.

65 trucks. What do we do?

Mm -hmm. What do we do?

What else can we do?

We put out an alarm, and we stop and search each and every one of them.

Available auto.

Truck wanted in an armed robbery in the 2 -1 precinct. Stop and identify the

following trucks.

Blue and white step -up van belonging to Majestic Laundries.

Use caution. Driver may be armed.

Put your hands over your...

Let's keep him, Clyde.

He should have been here 20 minutes ago.

Nothing here, Lieutenant.

We've dusted everything in sight.

How about the rearview mirrors? Check those?

Uh, no, sir.

Come here.

Stolen truck, right?

So when a driver gets into a strange vehicle, the first thing he does

unconsciously is adjust the rearview mirrors. That's what you call a reflex.

So maybe our boy forgot to wipe the fingerprints off those.

So go check the damn thing. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

I don't believe it. We went through the whole neighborhood.

Nobody has seen anything. Nobody has heard anything.

How many rounds did he squeeze off before he died?

Just one, Captain.

Just one.

Well, it was a good one.

A killer's badly wounded. We know that much.

Unfortunately, he won't get very far, not in that condition.

Go make a book on it, Mac.

In fact, if the cop has got a cannon in his hand, what's he got to lose?

Hey, Lieutenant.

less than an hour earlier at the Hotel Fairview. According to Captain Frank

McNeil, District Commander of the Manhattan South Detective Squad, the

who is believed to have stolen a car, is badly wounded and will be forced to

seek medical aid.

He is armed and desperate.

Buckner is 5 '11", weight 175 pounds.

Three maidens.

Might just as well have... Dump those stones in the nearest garbage disposal.

Maybe not.

They haven't recovered them yet. Just means we have to find Clyde before they

do.

Would he go back to your place?

Would he chance that?

Frank! Where would he go?

Clyde was very strong with the ladies.

I don't know. Some broad, probably.

Which one?

Is there a favorite?

Lately, I seem to remember Barbara.

Yeah.

Last name, I don't know.

Be in his address book at home, probably. Go get it now.

Look, Clyde... Clyde was paroled in my custody.

The Fuzzle automatically looked me up. What happens then?

You just hit tight. You don't know a thing. You couldn't be more surprised,

fact. They have no direct evidence to implicate you. Just be on the safe side.

Is there anyone in the building you can trust?

The landlady.

Yeah, she'd ask her own husband if Clyde gave a half a smile. Go for her. Go for

her now.

Tell her to take Clyde's address book and put it in a plain sealed envelope

leave it for me in the delicatessen across the street.

Something you want me to do?

Yeah.

Get rid of these suits.

Nice. Very nice.

Between his work, it's better and better.

Is our witness all that reliable?

Well, we'll get him out of the street and find out.

Fine? Yeah.

Yeah, that's right, Mr. Turner.

I'm calling in regard to a homicide investigation.

A couple of days ago, you reported the loss of your credit card. I wonder, sir,

if you could tell me approximately where and when the card was stolen.

Here, get these Xerox and send them out, huh?

Right.

Get me a standard pen on these. Run off about 50 of these.

Yes, Mr. Schwartz.

Yes, I have. And as I could not do this for you. All right, thank you.

Finally made contact with Berkman's parole officer. Clyburn's released to

custody of his brother -in -law, Gabriel Hildebrand, 329 South East Street,

Apartment 6C.

You reported your credit card lost about two days ago.

Do you know approximately where and when it was stolen?

All right, thank you. We'll let you know.

May I speak with Mrs. Aber, please?

Thank you.

Make yourself at home.

We're just going to make sure.

All right, slow down.

Okay. You've been through this before?

No.

Just relax now.

You reported your credit card stolen.

Have you any idea when and where it was stolen?

Yes,

thank you.

Yes, you should live and be well, too, Kinnahara.

Goodbye. Thank you.

And I told you, you're wasting your time.

Yeah, well, we got nothing but time, Gabriel.

Yeah, but your brother -in -law doesn't.

Now, we're going to find them, Hildebrand.

Alive or dead, that's up to you.

I don't care how you find it.

Hey, look, you might want some company on this beef.

I don't know nothing.

Hey, hey, this one goes all the way.

Now, you want to ride this to the end of the line all by your lonesome dummy?

Yeah.

Is that a fact, Officer Berkowitz?

Uh -huh.

Yeah, well, Officer Berkowitz, by all means, drop it by.

No, no, no, no. I want to sign for this little bank myself.

And what was that name again, Officer Berkowitz?

Uh -huh, got it.

And, uh, thank you, Officer Berkowitz.

Mm -hmm.

Who'd have... That was Officer Berkowitz.

Now, who'd have thought that in this enlightened days that a guy... Good

-looking guy, too.

Catch the nose.

Huh? Could get picked up for bringing two suits to the cleaners.

Vincenzo Dolomi.

Oh, that jackass.

He was supposed to get rid of him.

Well, you know the old saying, uh, waste not...

Why not?

Why not?

Why not?

Two down and two to go, Gabriel.

Two?

How do you figure two?

Well, I'm glad you asked.

Well, Clyde was in the basement, right?

And there were three of us upstairs, huh?

And that you and Vincenzo Delorme there accounted for. So it seems to me we're

missing one wild card.

Mm -hmm.

Would you say we're missing one wild card, Gabriel?

Would you like to give a little toot?

Hmm?

What do you say?

You want to give us a little blow on your horn, Gabriel?

All right, get him out of here.

Come on.

Tooth, tooth.

Tooth, tooth. Kind of cute.

All right, get in here.

Beautiful. You got it?

I don't know what this means.

Maybe it's pay dirt.

Maybe zilch. It could be pay dirt.

Well, um, I've been following up, like you said, on this

Berrigan killing.

And, uh, trying to get a line on this guy's back drill.

Checking all those... stolen credit cards.

It could be payday, it could be zealous. Right, Staris?

You want to get to the bottom line or you want me to order dinner?

Well, anyway, there's this lingerie salesman.

This got lifted at the Hotel Fairview the day before the heist.

I don't know.

Let's bring back a flood of memories.

That's the dip who tried to put the arm on the priest what priest What

happened to me now Father Mulvaney

you got to be kidding Let me have the hotel Dearborn

You have a father

Mulvaney registered there now, this is a lieutenant Kojak

Yes.

Checked out this afternoon?

Well, tell me this. Have you kept a list of his outgoing calls?

Yeah, I'm particularly interested in knowing whether he phoned... Murray Hill

-5098. He's probably on his way to Baltimore by now.

He did.

On four occasions.

Well, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Okay.

For the benefit of those unenlightened few, Murray Hill 45098

is Gabe Hildebrand's number.

Uh, Lieutenant, uh... Yeah, Staros, why don't you go home and go to bed, curly

top, and try it alone?

Oh, uh... Good work.

You know, Mulvaney could be taking up collections in Bermuda by now.

That's assuming he's split in the first place.

You think he hasn't?

I'm not sure what I think.

I do know this much.

We've wrecked their timetable. Clyde's being shot. There's no way that was part

of their game plan.

And they could be in the same boat we are. He could be looking for Bruckner,

too. Mulvaney's a transient.

He needs transportation.

I want every hack stand, car rental agency, bus line and subway stop

I want him bottled up so tight he'll have to come to us for a breather.

I'm working the coffee.

Believe me, child, I'm only concerned for Clyde Thorne. As well you should be

he means as much to you as I think he does.

He called you, didn't he?

Father, I...

Barbara, Clyde is critically wounded. I must get to him while he's still alive.

Tell me, girl.

I swore I wouldn't. You swore?

To who?

He's a mortal man.

He's on the third floor of an empty... Just a minute.

I want to write it down.

Third floor.

Let me put it to you, Lieutenant.

Do I look like the kind of a man who would keep company with a priest, huh?

You'll be keeping company with the chaplain up at Sing Sing for the next 20

30 years if you don't open up.

On an armed robbery rap?

As an accessory to murder, Coochie Coo.

Do it him.

Got him.

Potomac Gleeson and a choo -choo Berrigan.

Choo -choo.

Oh, very funny.

That Choo -Choo was a pickpocket who spotted your buddy Mulvaney in the lobby

the Hotel Fairview.

You know, at the time, Choo -Choo had no way of knowing what was coming off.

But then Mulvaney figures that after the job, Choo -Choo would be around with

two propositions. Number one, to shake Mulvaney down.

You know, and number two, to sell his story to the other writers.

But Mulvaney, well, he decided to spare Choo -Choo the choice altogether.

Say, are you...

My hero.

I was in a zip of chairs, that's all.

My dick gets snuffed. That's Mulvaney's freebie, not mine.

Lieutenant, can I see you a minute?

I'm telling you, I was in it for shares.

Nothing was said about no killings.

Uh, Saperstein.

Yes, sir.

Would you get rid of this package? We don't need them anymore.

My pleasure, Lieutenant.

Let's go.

A tabby picks up a guy answers the description of Mulvaney near the Ely

Man's trapped up there, father.

We didn't know. Had no idea.

Probably some wino sleeping one off. These buildings were supposed to be

evacuated weeks ago.

Can't you get to him?

Look at it.

These buildings are about to come toppling down any second.

Father.

Father, you can't go up there.

It's suicide.

Would you deny a dying man his last rites?

Have a uniformed unit meet this unit in front of 924 Dover Street. No sirens.

Father, thank God you're here.

All right, all right.

How's that?

I'm dying.

Will you hear my confession?

Please, Father.

Hey, this is crazy. Lieutenant, why don't you wait until he comes down? He

not come down. He's still broken.

Don't worry, huh?

Stay put.

My tie's straight.

It looks good. Beautiful.

Find out what's holding up the ambulance.

All right. Oh,

my God. It's me, Frank Mulvaney.

Oh, my God. Where are the stones?

Ty, where the hell are the stones?

Me, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell.

Dear God, I detest my sins because they... All right, my boy, yes.

Make a good confession. Most of all... Make a good confession.

They offend me. You stole something. You stole something.

You hid it, didn't you?

Tell me, my boy, where did you hide it?

Where did you hide it? To confess my sins.

Confess your sins.

Where did you hide the stones? The stones you stole. God, God, God.

Give me a penance. You always give me a penance. Please, please, please give me

a penance.

Wayne, you give me a penance, please.

You always give me a penance. Ten Hail Marys, ten Our Fathers, please. Please,

Father, please, please. A penance, a penance. You always give me a penance.

Hail Marys, ten...

The blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus.

Pray for the sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Thank you,

Father.

Well, it's pretty expensive.

Three million?

Right, three million.

Three dead.