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I just said goodbye to quiet walks in our little

park.

To the tender night, your happy little sighs I

knew.

even when she doesn't.

Now, if I tell you she's on the next flight that's getting in, I know what

talking about.

I got pictures of her in Paris getting on it six hours ago.

Julie, I am at Kennedy.

And get this for a stroke of genius.

I had a seat on the Concorde, which left just after she did. I beat her here by

two hours.

Now, when she gets off that plane and sees me standing there, the expression

her face has got to be priceless.

And think of the headline.

beats her to New York by superjet.

You got two pictures there. You got the picture in Paris, the one in New York.

She'll probably be trying to slug me in both of them.

Julie, it's a first.

It's an exclusive.

Ten grand, yes or no?

I think I hear the plane landing now.

Eight grand, it's a deal.

Lieutenant. Yeah. There's a guy out here who said he used to be in a format for

you years ago. His name's Butler. Billy Butler. Oh, yeah. Bijou Butler.

Jewelry fence. You cop him and I'll cut him. Where is he? Right here. Billy.

Oh. Good afternoon, Theo.

Billy. I mean, transformation.

Elegant right down to the last buttonhole in the ring. I love it. Uh

carats. And I paid for it legal.

I steal, mind you, but it's legal.

Oh. Sit down, Willie.

William Francis Butler.

Red Gems and Precious Stones offices, Paris's offices, Geneva. Can I keep your

card? I do consulting, international set.

Help set value for one -of -a -kind gems.

Oh, you're one -of -a -kind, Billy. Are you kidding?

Now, what can I do for you?

Something I can do for you, Theo. Oh, yeah?

There's a woman in the Riviera set, 40 -ish, used to be a big star over here.

Leads a pretty flashy life, according to the scandal sheets.

Uh,

Diane Marco?

Diane Marco?

I used to keep a picture of my locker room at the police academy. You know,

one with the negligee laying on those satin sheets, playing Chinese jiggers

the kimono like that.

But, Theo, I was in Geneva last week, and I hear she's slipping to New York

day, real secret, hush -hush.

So that photographer who's always chasing her won't find out.

Yeah, what's his name?

Joe Paxton, right? She's suing him or something?

Invasion of privacy?

Yeah, well, that thing's been going for years with them. Anyhow, she's coming in

with three million in jewelry.

Getting it out of Italy before they grab it for unpaid taxes.

I hear she's going to get robbed for certain.

Within a day or two after she arrives.

She's coming in alone. I mean, no bodyguards, no protection.

Theo.

Joe Paxton took pictures of her nude last summer.

In Sardinia.

And just last month, he gets pictures of her coming out of this hotel in Paris

with a 20 -year -old waiter. She hates him.

She'll try to slip into Kennedy dressed like Mark Kettle with the diamonds in a

brown paper bag if she thinks she's going to throw him off the track.

No one knows when she's coming in or where she's staying.

Huh.

Who you calling?

Immigration. I mean, she can come in like Mark Kettle, but she's got to give

real name to immigration.

No doubt about it. Joe Paxson's here, waiting for her cameras and all.

I don't know how he does it.

If Paxson waits for her there, we got no problem.

Where's your gun?

No, I don't want a page. Let everybody know she's there. All right, thanks.

Saperstein!

Did Crocker and Stubbers go out to Shea Stadium this morning?

Yeah, there's a banning car out there in the lot. It sounds like a hit -and -run

vehicle out there after. You get Central to call him. Have him go out to Kennedy

right away. International rivals.

Diane Marco. She's probably in the baggage area.

I'm talking to her privately.

Then I want him to call me so I can talk to her, okay? Go ahead. Yes, sir.

Marco's a character, but I like her. I hate to see her get hurt.

I love the lady. I couldn't stand to see her get hurt.

Thank you.

Personal jewelry to what amount?

Three million.

I believe that you'll find you have the proper entry documents. I was just

cleared upstairs a moment ago. I wonder if you could look at these rather

casually. I don't want to draw attention to myself.

You do understand.

Of course. Thank you.

Thank you.

Dan?

The thing's beginning. It's a gun. Now turn around.

Do it, Paxton.

You want to take a look at the license plate?

Go ahead. Turn around. Take a look.

Just relax. I'll drive.

Get me a policeman, will you, and right away.

Paxton?

Hey, what happened?

Deanne Marco.

Someone just kidnapped her in a black Mercedes.

Did you get the lights in place?

I couldn't see a damn thing.

He's shown a strobe light in my eyes.

I just checked with customs, Bobby.

The chief declared $3 million worth of jewelry she had in her bag, and there's

no doubt about that either.

All right, I'm going to call in.

They'll be looking for you by helicopter.

Where? Up at the Triborough?

There's a thousand cars that look like us.

Ah.

Hey, you better change.

Well, how were we?

Scary?

You were perfect.

Better than the film I stole it from.

Well, little sister of mine.

You look wonderful.

It's a hell of a way to meet a future brother -in -law.

I'm impressed, Roger. You were fantastic.

Well, I've always been impressed by you.

And figuring that Paxton would be waiting for you.

How did you know that?

Are you kidding?

Twelve years that guy's been chasing me around like a shadow.

He knows me better than all three of my ex -husbands together.

What he's forgetting is that I know him as well.

He's been looking for a chance to use that Concord gag for a year now. I can

it coming for months.

No, I can't describe them. One was a medium -sized man with a mustache, and

other was a chauffeur.

That's all I know.

What about, uh...

Billy Butler, the jewel expert.

You know him from Europe?

Billy Butler?

Sure.

Well, he heard a rumor that somebody was going to rip off Deanne Marco's jewelry

when she got to New York.

Look, Lieutenant, you're going to find this hard to understand, but I start

those rumors.

You what?

I made it up. In fact, I make up a lot of rumors about Deanne Marco.

You want to explain that, Paxton?

Well, let's face it. Who is Deanne Marco?

I mean, these days, compared to a Mick or a Jackie, Or a hundred others. She's

nobody, except for me.

I keep her in the headlines.

The Air Marco, target of jewel thieves.

The Air Marco, skinny dips with prints.

Hey, I'm better than a million -dollar -a -year publicity agent.

You mean nobody ever intended to rip off a jury when she got to New York?

To tell you the truth, Lieutenant, most of her stuff is paste.

Yeah, she sold off the good through the years.

But I wouldn't let that out, because it would spoil it for both of us.

What about this so -called kidnapping, Paxton?

I mean, is that another PR stunt, too? You know, something you made up to help

her image?

That would be a felony, Paxton.

False report on a crime.

I swear to you, I had nothing to do with it. They just grabbed her at the

airport.

Hey.

What? Don't you believe me?

I can't give that story to the press to smear all over the newspapers.

I mean, not without a ransom note or a threat or a complaint.

Uh, you're such a good friend of hers. Maybe you know where she intended to

in New York.

I checked all those hotels.

She's nowhere to be found.

But I have a lot of contacts I pay good. She can't hide from me.

Well, I don't know, Paxton. She's a pretty theatrical lady from all I know

her. And maybe that's exactly what she's doing. You know, get a couple of

friends, hustle her out of there, throw you off the trail, makes it look like a

kidnapping. And I'll tell you something, Paxton.

I hope that's exactly what happened.

Because I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to that lady.

Neither would I, Lieutenant.

I mean, I really wouldn't.

So I returned the limo, paid cash, no questions asked. Next time you need to

plan a vacation, we are your secret agents here in the United States, yeah?

I'm very glad that we're back in touch.

You were really the only family that I have, you know that.

Well, it was Roger's idea.

He was saying a couple months ago that we just weren't taking advantage of one

another. Uh, Deanne, if you have any valuables or anything, this isn't the

safest building in the city just to leave them laying about.

Roger's mother had them put a little wall safe in the bedroom.

Just works with a key, but it's better than nothing.

You see, we keep on hearing and reading about all this fabulous jewelry you

have.

I guess you're a real star over there in Europe.

I'd hate to think my best days are over.

Here, Roger. If it'll make you feel any better, put them away.

I'd certainly be lost without them.

Sure.

And now what are we having?

Lobsters, squab, caviar?

Meatloaf. But it's terrific.

I thought so.

What did I tell you, Frank? She's in almost every issue. Yeah.

Dionne Marco.

Met her Arab lover in another life.

Photo?

Joe Paxton. Who else?

That's quite a newspaper.

Look at this.

20 tons of marijuana delivered by flying saucer.

Says arrested smuggler.

It's a cute alibi.

You know, I think that whole paper's flying high.

Captain, Lieutenant.

On that supposed abduction yesterday, the Ann Marco?

Martians took her off in a flying saucer.

It wouldn't surprise me to see that in next week's headlines.

Truth is, Captain, it begins to look a little more serious.

How's that?

Airport security found this yesterday at the curb where the limousine was

parked.

There's no prop, Frank.

Now, take down the ballistics, okay? See if it has a record and do it fast.

Yes, sir.

Well, could have been dropped by somebody who was afraid of airport

I don't like it, Frank.

Theo,

there's not a porter, cab driver, or any other witness at the airport who saw

yesterday's incident as anything but a lady getting into a car under her own

steam. Now, Paxton's hardly a reliable witness, correct?

We don't have enough reason to put out an alarm until somebody reports her

missing. Well, how about if that somebody happens to be an old fan who

what it's like to look at an old -fashioned movie star?

Like who?

Like me.

Thanks anyway.

Hey, Alex.

Give me a couple more minutes of your time.

Now, when Marco was staying here a couple of years, I did some shots of her

her sister.

Remember?

I was waiting over there for a couple of hours.

Yeah, I remember the story. Her sister's an old buddy like me. Works at some

department store. Yeah, well, I can't remember the name of the store.

Do you remember?

Let's see. It was Christmas.

There was a silver reindeer in the shopping bags.

75. Fremont. That's the store.

Right. Those are the bags I used that year.

Thanks, Alex.

Okay.

June, we better get a move on. We're almost late for work.

How long does it take you to get to the store?

Oh, it's right up 8th Avenue and 34th Street. It's no more than five minutes.

If you want to go out or anything, the keys are on the dressing table in your

room. Don't worry about me.

Being holed up with television and magazines is going to make a nice

Well, use the stereo, anything you want.

Oh, and don't forget, if you get scared, my gun's in the nightstand.

You don't mind having it around, I hope.

Remember, baby sister, in the first scene of the first film when I was 18, I

slipped a little gun into the pocket of my silk trench coat under which I wore

absolutely nothing.

Went out into the night for revenge and came back a star.

Guns are lucky for me, don't worry.

Okay. Bye -bye.

Ciao.

I got two Reuben sandwiches.

Want my sauerkraut? You can have it.

How come when you buy a Reuben sandwich, you always scrape off the sauerkraut?

I've been doing it that way for years. What, are you mine?

All right, what's the thing?

Sauerkraut. Oh, I thought it was your aftershave lotion.

What's that? Oh, ballistics call. You know that gun they found at the airport

when Deanne Marco was supposedly kidnapped?

Well, they fired a slug from it.

And apparently it matches the gun that was used two years ago in a heist in

Brooklyn.

October 76, Arlene, department store robbery.

There was a guy that killed him, wasn't there? That's right, Lieutenant.

Whenever they'd make that case, it's still open.

The gun at the airport?

Same that plugged that guard?

I thought you figured that Mark was kidnapping with some sort of gang.

Oh, no, not if the gun is involved. Where's Paxton? I want to talk to him.

He called Bobby before he went home. Tried to get an address from him. Didn't

say where he could be reached. Call for what?

Well, he wanted help locating some person for a story he was writing.

And Bobby told him we just don't run errands for papers.

Should he want to call me?

I guess that's it. That's her sister, Diane Markle's sister.

Well, how did I know that? Well, Diane Markle's real name is Adrian DeMarcoli.

mean, don't you read anything but the New York Times?

Mr. Stein?

Yeah? Security, we're making a door check. Would you mind ringing your

please?

You lousy peeping Tom.

You cheap paparazzo.

Take your paddling pimp.

Diane.

Inside. Come on, where I can call the coach.

Come on.

Come on.

Take it easy. Don't get excited. Don't get excited.

Is that thing loaded?

Yes, that thing is loaded. And I know how to use it. Well, you didn't know how

to use it in Positano last year. You half scared me to death. Move. I know. I

missed you by a mile. Well, lucky you. Go on, move.

Move. Diane, take it easy. Take it easy.

I'm moving. I'm moving.

What have you got in there? Me naked?

No makeup? Close -up? So that all the years show up?

I didn't take a picture.

Come on, Joe.

I didn't snap a shot. I was just watching.

Myself.

Strip, Joe.

Strip?

Strip? Are you kidding?

I mean, take a look at the camera. It's still on number one. I didn't shoot

nothing.

Diane, I really didn't come here to shoot pictures.

I was worried.

I had business at the airport.

You fell for it?

You can't imagine how many tricks I wanted to pull on you.

And I thought I had the perfect gag, that beating you over here on the

Hey, how about a drink of that wine?

There's something I've got to talk to you about.

This lawsuit, Dan.

For a million bucks. I mean, you can't be serious.

I'm very serious.

You know, if I get to spend $50 ,000 a year on myself now, I'm lucky.

I need the money.

You've made enough of me, it's fair.

I only made $65 ,000 myself last year.

I mean, how does a million dollars fit to that?

And what would you do without me?

You'd fade away. You'd be invisible.

Is that what you want?

Sometimes, not for long.

You know what we really ought to do?

We ought to pool our efforts.

Become a team.

Paxton to Marco.

Or Marco and Paxton.

But we keep it a secret.

And that way we can plan all our moves together.

I'll let you break a camera over my head once in a while.

And we pick out all the pictures that make the best publicity.

Now, if we'd have had our money in the same pot last year, you'd have come out

ahead, right?

I mean... 65, 50?

Deanne, why'd you come here for, anyway? Get a facelift?

You really don't need one, you know.

I got some real tight shots of you.

Up close.

I mean, with telephoto lens.

You know, it's...

Not the same as being here.

I mean... It's not at all.

You look damn good.

Dan... Give you my whole

life.

That's funny.

You've been the only person I could always be really furious at in

talking to other people.

A film they used to say that I look best angry.

Thanks, Joe.

It was nice.

Thank

you

very much.

Look, Willie, I told you, I've got a...

Yeah. It's 6 .30. Are you going to take a break?

I can. I'm checking the stockroom. I've got to come up with a dozen pair of

boots size 5.

Maybe in half an hour, but I have to get down there myself.

Okay, hon. I'll see you later. Bye.

You still there?

Look, last time you boosted a department store, a guy got killed. I don't need

that involvement.

In the first place, it is not a store.

It's personal jewelry worth two, maybe even three million dollars.

Right on scene.

I'm not even promising 10 % of the dollar.

You show me $200 ,000 cash and I'll take it.

In the meantime, I've got to hide the stuff somewhere around here.

You come over tomorrow. We're doing inventory. I'll give you a call in the

morning, work out the details.

Listen, Leighton, don't waste my time on this. Not like the last time.

You listen to me.

There's no way I'm going to stuff fat lady's feet into shoes one more day than

have to.

This is the score I've been waiting for.

And I'm not going to blow it now.

Now, who suggested charge accounts?

Find it.

Where'd you find it?

Fremont's. He has an employee charge account there. Gene DiMarcoli, home

199, West 23rd Street, Apartment... What's that?

This time it is my aftershave lotion. I put a little bit on to freshen up. Do

you like it? No, it's not used, that was.

I like the Starcraft better.

Let's go.

It's just the way your hair was in the Streets of Evil.

That's what I forgot.

You're really good in that picture.

Best acting you ever did.

All right, now, this is natural light, no strobe.

So don't move.

All right.

You know, I never found a single photographer who could show how I felt.

Well, this is what I always wanted to do, but didn't pay the bills, though.

You know, you're just wasting your talent running around all over the

don't you stay here in New York, do something on the stage, maybe?

Live theater, me?

I ran into a couple of producers once, and they didn't think it was such a

idea.

Really?

that's it want some more wine sure where is it i'll get it it's in the kitchen

I need an ambulance fast.

199 West 23rd Street.

Five.

Get down.

I was in the kitchen.

I came back with the wine.

This guy had her over by the safe.

And how'd you get in the apartment, Paxton?

From the terrace.

I came down from the roof.

And 30 minutes later, you and this woman who's suing you for a million bucks are

knocking off your second bottle of wine. Now, that's hard to believe.

It happened.

How is she?

Come on. Come on, tell me.

Thank you very much. Goodbye.

She's in surgery now, Miss DiMarcoli.

Is her conscious talking? Is there anything encouraging?

Well, she lost her vital signs twice in the past 30 minutes.

And I'm sorry things don't look too hopeful.

I ought to kill you, you know that?

All right, easy, Sapostin. I didn't do anything.

They had Dion kick this guy hard in the shit. It's got to be him.

I was at work all night. I wrecked my leg on something in the stockroom. You

check that if you want. You're trying to pass that off on me.

Wait a minute. Get off.

a brief statement from you two, okay? You know, witnesses or so you had work,

all routine, okay?

Yeah, no problem. But you know his story, don't you? He'd risk his life for

picture of her.

It's her life I don't want to risk, right?

Did this relate to that abduction at the airport?

I can't imagine how.

And you had nothing to do with it?

No. Deanne just told us that a couple of friends of hers helped get her past

Paxton at the airport, and we didn't ask any more questions.

Stavros. Yes, sir. Good statements here.

We didn't do anything wrong.

That gun I lost?

I bought it from a guy years ago. I don't know anything about it, where it

from or anything.

It could be hot.

You know?

That's all.

Over here, please.

June.

Just... Hey, Frank, what do you think?

Well... Paxton enters the premises illegally to take photographs.

She gets the gun from the safe.

Surprises him. They struggle, he shoots her. Probably not intentionally.

How about the diamonds in the safe?

Could have hid them in the apartment to back up that story, thrown them off the

roof.

Three million in diamonds.

Oh, remember, they were fake.

And Paxton was one of the few who knew it.

We'll search the whole place as soon as it gets light.

What do you want to do?

I don't know, keep him in custody. Maybe we dig something up.

Rizzo. Yeah.

Take him down to civil jail as quick as possible as soon as you clean your desk.

Yes, sir.

How is she? Well, not good. Look, why don't you stick with it, okay? And I'll

check back with you later.

That's a follow -by.

Thank you. Wonderful.

Here you go, Lou.

Yeah.

Would you mind calling the hospital again, please?

Paxton, I told you three hours ago that if anything bad happens to her, we'll be

the first ones to know, because then it becomes homicide. And I'm telling you,

it's not me. It's Layton. Take it easy.

We'll make a case if we can. If we can. If isn't good enough.

Lou, I'm going to get a bite, and when I come back, I'm going to take him down

to civil jail.

Coffee goes right through you. Can I make a trip to the head?

Well, come on. What am I supposed to do?

Layton came back from the hospital and let us in. We can't find any sign of

jewelry, but I did find this gun in a garbage can outside. The intruder must

have dumped it there.

This is June's gun?

That's right, Lieutenant.

You going to the hospital?

No, I got to get to work pretty soon.

Okay, but you stick around, all right?

We may want to run down your story again.

Anything you want.

Round trip to 34th Street, bus, taxi cab, whatever. Can't take more than ten

minutes, right?

Run a make on Layton.

Also run one on DeAnne's sister, too.

Will do, Lieutenant.

Any word on Paxton? Not yet, Lieutenant.

There's an alarm out on him now, and we're trying to get a photo on him also

circulate. Okay, when the chief calls, that's our captain, and he will.

You'll tell him where I'll be, won't you, Saperstein?

And where will that be? That's the hospital, Saperstein.

Yes, sir.

What are you doing here?

They let me go.

How is she?

She made it through the night. That's all I know.

Dan?

You're going to be all right.

Come on, now.

Hey, we're partners.

Partners, don't...

Don't cut out on me when I need you.

Hey, this whole thing, when it's all over, it's going to make a dynamite

It's going to make every newspaper in the world.

I'll even let you hit me in the face with a pie.

You know, something different like that, okay?

What you said is true, isn't it?

About the two of you in the apartment.

Everything I said was true.

What about your boyfriend?

Did he really hurt his leg in the stockroom?

Because if he didn't, he's got to be the one that shot the end.

I read the papers.

The Aunt Martha's jewelry?

That's going to be hot for a long time.

So you cut it up, you sit on it for a year. That's your job, isn't it? Uh,

this way.

Look, the most I want to tie up on this is $75 ,000. You think you want to stick

around?

I want to disappear, start all over again. I'm counting on $200 ,000.

$75 ,000?

$100 ,000 cash.

$75 ,000.

Have you got it?

Show me the stuff.

Now, any man fitting that description tries to see Miss Markle, you call me

Manhattan's off, okay?

How is she?

Ask her yourself.

and I want you to know that, and I'm glad you're feeling better.

Thank you.

Tell him.

Paxton was here.

Already?

Lieutenant, I don't know how to explain this, but I think Roger was responsible

for this.

He's at the store.

Paxton went there.

Please don't let Joe get hurt.

Nice to meet you.

Check this one.

You know, it's almost impossible to find quality like this today.

What did I tell you?

You told me nothing.

This is the best piece of paste I've ever seen. But that's all it is.

It's fake.

What are you talking about? It can't be. I told you not to touch me when I'm

carrying cash.

Move over.

Get over here!

Don't move.

Give me the money.

Turn up, Layton.

It's a little late for an apology, but I'm sorry.

I want you all to take a walk.

That's alright.

For once, I don't mind it being in every paper in the world.