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So you sure you don't have an idea?

I have one idea.

You.

You want out? Can I get out?

I see who's over there. I see Harmon.

Can I get out of this?

You're too good with a piece, Marvin.

What do you want me to use?

A piece or the wheel?

That's why we want you. You've got options.

All right, J .J., do they have a case or don't they?

You tell me, Harry.

Tell me if they have any more surprise witnesses like Stuart Bayless.

One of my pilots makes a deal with the D .A. and accuses me of smuggling

narcotics. You want an explanation?

Get it from him. The hell with the smuggling. We can beat the smuggling.

indicated there are civil murders involved.

What do you want me to say? Well, say if there's any truth in it.

We have nothing to worry about. I see.

Then what is Bayliss up to?

Maybe he's jealous.

Maybe he wants to own an airline, too.

And this girl.

Who the hell is she?

Why do they keep a lock in an ante room away from the other witnesses?

Huh? And what is she to Bayliss? What are you?

And what does she want to want? Your body?

Officer Powers, please. You've been with us all day. We don't need protection.

Orders, Mr. Bailiff.

We're going to Val's place. We're going to change. Then we're going downtown to

the Fulton Fish Market. They have great clenched chowder.

Hope you're a vegetarian. Thanks for the invitation.

Name is Val Day.

She's a stewardess.

Is she connected in any way with any of the killings that we have nothing to

worry about?

I don't know the girl.

I heard she and Bayliss were cozy, that's all.

Harry, I don't like surprises.

Relax, J .J.

Maybe she's his security blanket.

Let's go.

Yes? They're inside the girl's apartment now.

Better wait.

When you move, let me know.

Something's wrong, Harry.

It's been a long day.

Well, I think we can make a case for you not being responsible for every pilot

in your employ who decides to bring in contraband of whatever nature.

And that bailiff is an opportunist who got caught and is now trying to involve

everyone in sight.

I just wish we knew more about the girl.

Yes? It's go.

Thank you very much.

And how about the other cars?

I told you it was so fast.

Lieutenant, haven't you pushed her enough?

This is like a good place to eat. Do you come here often?

No.

Ah.

Together?

Hey, look.

I'm not interested in your personal lives, okay? Maybe very beautiful, very

exotic. I don't care about that.

I'm only interested in what you saw, not why you're here. You understand? It

comes from being a good citizen.

Yeah, well, look, good citizen. Don't make me lose my patience, all right?

Because just one hour ago, those three people were alive.

I saw a lot of cars passing. That's all I saw.

And then this one car looked like it was going to jump the curb and hit that

truck. What truck?

A truck.

What was it? Yellow, red, black? The car was blue. A Plymouth.

Notify the prosecutor's office about powers.

Also tell them they blew it.

Theo. Come on, would you? Frankie was a cop and he had a job to do. His job was

to stay on top of these people because they were targets.

You know, if it was you, you would have taken them and tied them onto a bedpost.

They'd be alive today. You'd be alive today. He'd be alive today. I saw a

fish truck.

A white fish truck?

Uh, Amatillo's Fish Market.

Did I say more?

No, sir.

Okay, Satch.

Hey, Lieutenant.

The ME says that they were shot and that they died instantly.

Myself? Well, just because they were grand jury witnesses doesn't mean it was

connected to Harmon. Bellis was into a lot of shady deals.

All right, get Harry, Bob, Harmon and get them fast.

Thanks.

See you in the morning.

That was my office.

I'm afraid I have tragic news.

Still, Bayliss and the girl were just shot, along with their bodyguard.

Don't say anything. Not now, not yet.

Just pour me a drink. A big drink.

Now, Lieutenant, our alum picked up three hot Plymouths and a scratch on

How about the truck?

The dispatch is working on it now. I'm going to get something to eat.

All right, you go help him.

I was going to eat first.

Oh, no.

Work first, eat second, okay?

Lieutenant, you've got a visitor.

Lieutenant Kojak, I'm Valde's sister.

My name is Maria.

Oh.

Well, I'm sorry, Sister Maria. Please, sit down.

I came here to tell you that I killed her.

You think that's going to get them to heaven?

Yeah. Well, it can't hurt.

I was supposed to go on the ride with them.

Val had this crazy idea that I had to taste the chowder.

We can only get down at the fish market.

But I had a terrible headache, and I insisted they go on without me.

I don't think they really wanted to go.

Val was very tired, but she insisted she'd bring some back for me to eat,

if it was cold.

That was Val.

Did you identify the body?

Yes.

When can I take her home?

A few days.

Where is home?

Dayton.

We were born there.

She left and I stayed.

Family?

Our parents have been dead for six years.

Then why are you in New York?

The hearing.

I wanted to be with Val.

Maybe to share the danger this time.

Not hide from it.

I really helped.

Did you know Harmon well?

I don't know.

Except for the card she sent, I had no idea of who or what made up her life.

Two sisters couldn't have been more different.

Val is the adventurer.

Her cards from Ceylon and Turkey and India, they were the big events at

and when she comes to visit.

If I keep saying is instead of was, she isn't really dead.

In my mind.

I sit over there. You know the procedure.

He doesn't look like the kind of man who would have people killed.

But he has, hasn't he?

I've read that he's gotten away with murder before.

Is that really true?

Is he really that evil?

I'll call you later, okay?

Isn't there some law that says you're supposed to tell me why I'm here?

Why don't you talk to me? Because I know you, and I know you very well.

1961, grand larceny.

Acquitted. 1968, violation of cartel act.

Acquitted. 1970, contempt of court.

I know. You paid a hundred grand for some poor slob so you razzle dazzle with

your deals. They go blur the braids out and you pass around the green. Ain't

that right?

I didn't feel like serving a contempt sentence.

You mean you were afraid to serve it.

Frankly, I didn't believe my ears, McNeil.

I thought you were smarter than this.

Frankly, Theo, I didn't believe my ears.

I thought you were smarter than this. Well, did you hear? I'm overrated.

Are you okay?

Fine.

What was the point?

Harassment.

I didn't like being brought in here.

That was his point.

Lieutenant.

The truck driver from Mount Matula's fish market remembered three digits on

license number. That Plymouth?

SPIS is working on it now. He also gave us a description of the driver.

Stavros, you've seen a lot of hitmen in your time, haven't you?

Well, the list is legion. Yes, well, amongst that legion. You ever see any of

them wave a bottle before they go to hit a target?

Maybe he wasn't a pro.

Three shots, three bodies in a few seconds, oh, he's a pro.

Go get him.

Lieutenant Kojak?

a piece of luck.

I'm in here looking for a sister of the order.

Instead, I found you, unescorted, available, and a sight for sore eyes.

Thank you for bringing me here.

It's your idea.

Well, I'm not exactly sightseeing, not the way I feel, but it's just that Val

said that she came here often.

Maybe it was this table, that waiter.

Maybe they ordered what we'll order.

I'm still living her life without any of the risks.

Whom shall I send a card to when I leave here?

Hey, Theo, what the hell?

No good, Leo?

I seem pretty in this doll.

But then I woke up from my dream.

Yeah, Leo here, he's a poet.

I could add him for a while.

And I hope it's the first of many.

Smiles.

Okay. Yeah, I'll be like that. Health and happiness.

Thank you for not going there, there, and patting my head.

Hey, you're a big girl.

You may not have lived like your sister, but you know where it's at.

You know good from evil.

You said you sent your cards from different places?

My treasures.

I've had a few of those a month since Val joined the airline.

Sometimes she'd come to visit me and tell me about her travels.

Will Harmon be punished?

Well, we'll get a conviction on the narcotics smuggling.

Five to ten, maybe less with parole.

How much less?

A year at the most.

Unless we can nail him.

But you haven't been able to nail him up to now.

A year in prison for taking life?

For a man like Harmon, it's worse than a death sentence.

You know, some guys just can't be penned. They break.

I know it's not much, but it's all we can look for.

It's not enough.

You wanted to come here because you found out he comes here regularly.

I hate him.

Sister, listen to me, okay?

Harmon is bad.

He's evil.

And he's very powerful.

You've got to learn to live with that.

Now, above all else, I don't want him to get mad at you.

Because it doesn't give me any satisfaction picking up guys after

pretty girls.

Okay?

How can I ask you to understand my loss?

A cop has been killed as well. I thought you understood that.

I'm sorry.

We're not in South. We'll take the Stavros.

Yeah, go ahead.

Yeah.

Yeah?

No, man. It was a Plymouth.

Well, why don't you say so right away?

Okay.

Lieutenant, they found a blue Plymouth near the Brooklyn Bridge. It was stolen

yesterday. It had white paint on the dent on the side.

The car can tell us who drove it.

I'm sorry, Captain. They already worked it over. There's no fingerprints, no

nothing. It's as clean as a whistle.

Get Morgan at forensic.

Tell him to do it again personally.

Have I had a dime for every time I've heard clean as a whistle? No, that's

work, Stavros. I mean, good police work, okay? You ought to give him a raise,

Captain. Or get him a pot for his plant or a plant for his pot, whatever.

Well, if things are going so good, how come you're not dancing?

I don't know, a hit man who handles a wheel.

That's a very special kind of professional.

But I'm not worried. We'll get him.

When that guy gets here, you'll see real money.

Ten grand only buys carved beef and boiled potatoes.

You called him?

I'll tell you what I did. I said be here with more money or else.

I said I'm with a scared little man who'll never be anything if I don't push

him. That's what I did.

I told you.

Did you, Marv?

Marv, you're a schlepper.

I took you from Elizabeth. I thought I was getting something.

So I'm going to fix it so you are not a schlepper anymore.

He's bad.

He's cold.

He's a dead man.

You don't fool with a guy like that.

Call him.

Say forget it.

I told you I made a deal with him.

Did he tell you it was a job for Harry Bob Harmon?

Where is it?

And don't be in a rush to go.

I want to count it.

You can con him, but not this lady.

Okay, thank you.

Lieutenant, Morgan just called from forensic. They went over the car again,

picked up a print that might be interesting. Marvin Rubikoff, a barber,

fall eight years ago. Oh, yeah? For what?

He's a wheelman on a bank job. I'll get his picture from the photo section, give

it to Interpol, and spread it around to the witnesses.

How did Morgan find the print?

He filled it up at a self -service station.

Self -service? Out of a gun.

That's what you call beating a small tip and giving us a big one, right?

I called you as soon as we determined that these DOAs were the same two that

matched a bulletin from your office.

Ah, good work, Lee.

Does your captain know what a fine man he has in you?

Who do you have on the case?

Ah, Lieutenant Lee. Sell him a gun.

I knew this wasn't my day.

My captain, has Lieutenant Lee solved the case yet, or isn't this the one

going to get him to the commissioner's office? You see, Kojak doesn't even

him how to say thanks.

For what? We passed out all the photos to all the hotels, and we were on our

when you got here.

Forensic says there was no money on either of them. There's nothing in the

The bellhop saw him flash a bankroll last night. Then it was a robbery.

How many shots fired?

Three. Nobody heard a sound in the other room.

There's no silencer. Sorry.

Scratches on the barrel.

Saperstein! Yes, Captain?

The guy who hired Rubikop. They must have met somewhere.

Rubikop's wife had friends. She went to a beauty parlor, bought vegetables.

Go, seek, ascertain.

Okay, Captain.

Crocker, I want three men on harm and double shifts.

And Crocker, remember, harassment.

Harmon's lawyers are watching, waiting.

Captain, are you sweating?

Do I look it?

Thanks a lot. We'll see you.

She still there?

Yes.

This is all I could get.

She's a sister of the order.

Hard worker, well -liked. Came down here on Bayliss' invitation.

He paid all bills.

She's never been anywhere, never did anything, never in any kind of trouble.

Her sister's dead.

Why is she still here?

For God's sake, Harry, she's a nun, not a syndicate hitman.

She can't hurt you, can she?

Can she?

And tell me, Elizabeth, how come a lady like you is acquainted with a street

ruffian like Marvin Rubikoff? Well, I didn't know him.

Only her. He was a hairstylist.

Oh, you know the sheet.

That's a biography we keep on people.

Shows that he's a barber.

Oh, good Lord, Lieutenant. I had hoped that you would acquire some level of

sophistication from our relationship. A barber. Theo.

Cuts hair.

I visit a hairstylist.

And what was she, a nail filer or a manicurist?

She used to be a lady.

This is ridiculous.

And you had no idea that Rubico was a hitman?

A hitman.

Oh, my, your colloquialisms.

Did you learn them from him, too?

A hitman is a hired killer.

My dear Captain McNeil, I have had my problems in my time.

Associating with criminals was not one of them.

No, I didn't have any idea.

Rubikop was your boyfriend, right? I mean, he was your paramour? Wasn't he

indiscretion? He had a lot of money and a lot of charm once.

It's beneath me, really.

The coat.

Can you wear it?

Yes, it's something I just picked up.

Paris, London.

Moscow. New York, actually.

Did Marvin buy that for you?

Helen, actually.

Terribly guilty over her relationship with Marvin, I presumed. She needn't

been. I poked and I prodded. I mean, all that sudden affluence. This coat.

Tea at the plaza.

Sherry.

She wouldn't tell me a thing.

She would not tell her a thing.

Frank, we're talking to a lady. I mean, how often do we get to talk to a lady?

Where was I? I think it was Sherry at the Waldorf.

Oh, very good, as I recall.

Anyway, she finally said that Marvin had made a deal and that she was going to

make it pay much more.

A man had hired Marvin to do some special job.

That was in the afternoon.

At night, they were both dead.

Do you remember his name?

Zeef or Zoff. No, Elizabeth.

Zeef. Walter Zeef.

Like milking a dry cow.

How sketchy.

I have to park here. There's no spot in front of the florist. Take your time.

Let's finish with it.

I ask you here to make some sense of this.

You're a nun.

But you are not God.

If I'm to be judged, it will be by a jury of my peers.

Not by you.

I forgot to ask. Do you want the flowers delivered to the house or to Brookdale?

The house!

I feel badly about your sister.

I do.

And I can't bring her back.

But I can do something else.

The convent school you teach in needs a new gym.

Surprised I know?

I could tell you more, Sister Maria.

Shy.

Silent.

Sixty -hour week with the kids.

Then volunteer nursing at the Veterans Hospital.

One other thing I learned, dear sister.

They said you were smart.

All right.

Be smart.

Go home.

There's nothing you can do to hurt me.

You are going to hell, Mr. Harmon.

And I shall take you there by the hand. That's the only way to accomplish it.

What have you got inside information?

Postcards, Mr. Harmon.

With dates and places and names.

You and I, Mr. Harmon, hand in hand, will burn together.

Dreams. What is real? What is the dream?

I see your misty eyes and hear your sighs.

And soon the day is dawning.

Dreams.

What is real? What is the dream?

Goodbye at dawning I

should have known That it would

end You had love

But just too late

is real, what is the dream?

I want you here with me, but oh, I see

it's just a dream.

I'm dreaming.

That's all for now, okay? We'll do it again later.

They heard me singing and they knocked on the door.

The coroner's going to release your sister's body tomorrow.

Why don't you take her home and put it all to rest?

How can I?

Why should I have to?

She was good. She was beautiful.

I just see her everywhere.

Your sister wanted fun and she wanted money.

So she and her boyfriend Pilate, they were smuggling stuff that ruins lives.

No.

Oh, yes.

And she got caught.

Would she go to jail?

No. She had an ace in the hole, Harry Bob Harmon.

And what'd she do?

She copped a plea.

She was beautiful, all right.

But she peddled that poison like any other street vermin.

You're outside Harmon's house again today.

I mean, what's he serving?

Are you following me?

No, you've been there a lot of times since this happened.

You have been following me.

If he's meant to hang, he'll hang.

Why don't you just leave it alone?

But will he?

Will he?

Won't he?

What you really want is for him to go after you in front of witnesses, right?

front of me.

So I can put him away forever.

Harlan kills none.

You get two executions for that. Oh, that's a great idea.

But look, you'd be dead too.

I must be a terrible burden.

You're a joy.

And you're a pain.

I suppose you go back to David.

I think I'll say no to this one.

What's wrong?

A nun is magic.

You gone religious?

No, I've gone old and tired and scared.

Zyfe, you may be a lot of things, but you've never been scared.

That's why we've done business for so long.

It's different now. Kojak's on it. He knows me. I got word he's looking for

And she wears black.

I feel a mood I just don't like.

Kojak's just another cop.

And she's human.

She bleeds.

I'm telling you, together they're building my coffin.

Do it for me, Zeif.

Or I may have to make a call about you.

You have something Mr. Harmon wants, sister.

In my bag.

I'm sorry to do this, sister.

Forgive me.

I understand.

Hi. Hi.

I was just at church praying for forgiveness.

Well, if we had left the city when I told you to, none of it would have been

necessary.

Hey, look, it's not going to make you feel any better, but I spoke to the DA.

They're not going to take any court action.

They feel that Zeif obviously was going to kill you.

And like I said, it's not going to make you feel any better.

This is what he was after.

Good luck.

Eight major drug shipments last year from Iran, Turkey, India, and down the

line. Eight postcards from Iran, Turkey, India, and the rest.

And the same eight dates as the drug shipments. A lot of things happen on

dates. That doesn't incriminate Harmon.

But it is proof that Val Day was involved in every one of those

And we have her sworn deposition that Harmon met with Bayless and masterminded

the transaction.

I got a one -way first -class ticket to Dayton for Sister Maria.

We'd be sure she makes that plane. Yes.

Thanks, fellas. And I mean thanks.

Theo, about the nun.

She's a very nice person.

You can almost forget when she isn't in habit.

Yes, you can.

Give me the date and police department.

You don't need much.

I hate goodbyes.

I spend my life saying goodbye to people that go on with their lives while I

remain in hiding.

I spoke to somebody about you today.

Oh? The archbishop.

He said the church has been known to make special dispensation in cases like

yours. Total absolution from guilt in this man's death.

Dear man.

So very tough and so very good.

I know why you're rushing me off.

It isn't all because of Harmon.

And I'm flattered.

Hey.

It's tough, okay? Don't make it tougher.

I'm sorry.

You're sorry.

All right, go get her bags and make sure she doesn't miss the plane.

Goodbye.

Regards to Dayton.

Go, Jack.

Out of 10, it's Crockett. Here's the latest poop on Harmon.

At 11 .10, Martinson's delivered a bunch of groceries.

12 .05, there was a delivery from the Plaza Flores, a big floral job.

12 .35, the lawyer Florentino came and left, and Harmon's still inside.

Enjoy your visit. Thank you very much.

Go, Jack.

Yeah, Dayton, put him on.

Hey, take it easy.

So quick?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Are you sure?

Yeah, okay, thanks.

Huh?

Yeah, you call it bad news?

I'll see you. Yeah, keep Dayton safe.

It's Stavros on three.

Yes, Stavros.

Lieutenant, I just put her on a limo to Dayton.

What limo?

The limo to the airport.

Stavros, I said see that she got on the plane.

I didn't say see that she got on the bus.

I want to make sure she didn't get off a moving vehicle until she arrived in

Dayton. Well, I know she didn't get off.

I watched her drive away.

See if a nun got off the bus at the terminal.

Then see if a nun got on the plane.

Okay.

Get Crocker to Harmon's house.

And get a backup team. Why would she not get on the plane?

Why not?

Because Sister Maria doesn't play the guitar.

How's that for a good reason?

723 to Central K. Harmon's proceeding east.

Tell the lieutenant that he took the floor arrangement with him.

Hey, what's he doing? Come on, get that creep out of here.

Move it.

Come on, move it. Move that piece of junk.

Come on, move it out.

Crocker, this is ridiculous.

I don't know anyone who moves a big limousine.

If you come back here, I might hurt you, Crocker.

I'd call Plaza Flowers.

Find out if they know what cemetery those flowers are going to. Okay.

Hey, Lieutenant, I just spoke to the florist, and he doesn't know anything,

they do make up a bouquet every year, and they do know it's for Harmon's

Okay, find out where.

There are 250 cemeteries in this area alone, Lieutenant.

Well, aren't you the lucky one?

Because you can take all the 250 cemeteries and find them in one

vital statistics.

I have two units standing by.

And tell my able unit to cruise, all right? I'll pick them up along the way.

Ann Elizabeth Harmon died 1968 buried at Bookdale Cemetery.

All right.

You can stop us and follow me. Okay.

Crocker, you wait here for backup.

Rizzo, come here.

Come with me.

Stay just as you are, Mr. Harmon. On your knees.

You're not going to shoot me.

You know,

I called Dayton.

And Sister Maria, she doesn't sing songs.

And Sister Maria, she doesn't play guitars.

And one more thing.

The way you look to me at the restaurant.

We came home from court.

I was exhausted and my head hurt.

I fell asleep, and Stu took Maria down to that little food place I insisted she

try.

When I woke up, it was on the news. I was panic -stricken.

I knew that he'd try again until he got me.

In that room alone, I began to think about Maria, and her habit was in the

closet, and I'm not a killer.

It doesn't come naturally.

I had to see if I could work up to the hate, and I finally did.

Do you understand?

I understand.

But I don't condone, Val. I'm sorry.

I really didn't know what I was getting into.

The narcotics.

I want you to believe that.

I do.

Or maybe I'm just a sucker for a chick with a guitar.

We'll get together, okay?