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Hey, Johnny, when are you going to listen to this sound?

Bad girl.

You're a greedy girl.

You made a million -dollar poo -poo.

Mind blown. No flicks for two months.

Dance with me.

I'll dance with you.

Hey, lady, are you drunk?

Jimmy.

Jimmy, that is blood.

Lady, something wrong?

I know you can't see, but did you hear anything?

Okay.

Um, a man, that's all, a man.

A short, fat, heavy what? I don't know, officer, just a man.

Oh, okay, um, yeah, I think that he was around Jimmy's side.

And, um, heavy, you know.

And maybe like 30, 32 years old.

Well, that's not even close.

Well, close would help.

I mean, we didn't really see the guy. As I said, we were just sitting down. And,

you know, like, well,

he was taller than me.

About six foot tall.

Easy. Maybe more.

As I said, we didn't really see the guy.

Black Caucasian.

Black man, white man.

Oh.

A real tower. Oh, God.

Let's see if you can agree on something to tell the officer, okay?

Now look, you two.

Let's start right from the very beginning.

Now tell me exactly what happened. What did you see?

Well, we came to this bench. We were just fooling around, you know. And then

I... They own a crown.

1647, Baltimore.

Age 27, in case of accident.

There's nothing on this thing. It was blank.

Carrying 16 cents, $16 .27.

Three lipsticks, a pack of tissues, mascara, eyebrow pencil.

She was wearing this and a finger. Where do you get a load of this?

Took the medical examiner quite a while to get that thing off her finger. Did

you ever see anything the size of that? Must be 9, 10 carats, huh?

She wasn't dressed all that well for all that diamond.

Lieutenant, that's about it.

The killer was a tall, short guy.

Somewhere between 110 and 250 pounds.

One eye brown, one blue, and the third one green.

It's good work, Gallagher.

I'll make sure there's something a little extra in your paycheck at the end

the week.

Thanks a lot. In the meantime, you and Crocker fight out any local rabbit or

chick. Parking tickets, whatever.

Get a set of prints and follow through with it. And then you call the Baltimore

Police Department.

Find out what you can about Leona Crown.

You know, old library cards, old boyfriends, you know the scene.

Stay on that ring.

There's a lot more than friendship goes into a rock that size.

In the meantime, I'm on overtime. I don't know about you guys.

I'll see you back at the shop at, uh... You forgot your watch.

Here.

Theo? What was it?

Um, a homicide. Young girl shattered a bus stop.

About your age, Johnny.

Oh.

Coffee's still hot.

What does that mean? Do I look that sleepy?

Well, you ought to be.

Oh, I know.

The evening wasn't entirely all that unpleasant.

You can crash here if you like.

Just lock up before you leave.

No chance.

You'll spoil my image with the tubes if I turned up tardy.

What do you want?

Oh, you put it that way, it's a cup.

It's just the uniform.

Come on, you can give me a lift. Oh, sorry, my lady.

According to the Baltimore Police Department, Leona Crown had no record.

address in her wallet was vacated about six months ago. The landlady says Leona

worked in a downtown department store as a salesperson. She took dancing lessons

at night.

The landlady thinks no family, no known friends.

All right.

Have you got the medical account of the report on Leona Crown?

Female, white, Caucasian, age 27, height 5 '4 1⁄2", weight 121 pounds, hair

blonde, skin fair, distinguishing marks, dorsal scar from second cervical

vertebrae dextral to tip of scapula.

Bilateral scars following contour lines beneath both breasts.

Projectile... Hold it.

What about the scars under her breasts?

It says cosmetic procedure, silicone injections.

Does it say how long ago?

Yeah. Four or five months. Why?

Well, about that time, she left the salesgirl's job to come to the big city.

what? A whole new life. Doing what? She took dancing lessons.

And silicone injections make everything else even out.

So, what comes not too talented, in all sizes, and a little silicone could help.

Feeling happy to be together.

To be together All of my life

I've been waiting for you

All

of my life

I've been waiting for you

Frank, can I see you a minute? Yeah.

The homicide on the bus stop?

Let the dead girl's finger take a look.

Drawings been on the board for three months.

It's part of the Cooper's point, Lewis.

How much did the gang get?

A million, who knows?

It was a lot of cash.

Fairer bonds, jewelry.

They've got it now for about a million.

Sweet job, too. No clues, no prints.

Quarter of a million in new bills.

10s, 20s, 50s. Federal Reserve just turned it over to the bank.

They'd have the numbers. That'd be tough money to get rid of.

So what do we got?

What do we got? We got a murder, and we got a heist, and what's the connection?

That's what we got. Maybe a little bit more.

Maybe the rest of it will take us around.

Maybe it's up for sale.

Maybe there's somebody in town to buy it. Maybe, maybe.

Turning over paperbacks to watch today, 18%. What does that give you on a

quarter of a million?

About $45 ,000. Can't dim it.

When's the last time you saw him?

The money buyer?

A year, maybe longer.

What's today, Saturday?

Well, I saw him on Thursday.

After great good fortune. Out of the blue. Ken Dimmond, what do you know?

I was shooting a rack up at Slauson's. There he was, coming out of the men's

room. It's the first time I've glommed him in over a year, and he made me.

Cut out, without even a nod.

What do you think he did there?

What?

A year ago, Dimmond would have come over, slapped my back, hello. Thursday,

a wave.

Not a wink.

Not a nod.

What do you make of that, gang?

I don't know if Ken's still buying loot. Well, he arranges on behalf of the

laundry. He's been known to get a true friend as much as 20 cents on a dollar,

no matter the condition of the bill.

That's Ken for you. A Philistine's Philistine.

Now, what you saying, Theo, is Ken Dimmons suddenly around?

Yeah, and he's a swag buyer.

And we got a dead girl with swag.

You think we can get a much -shadowed Ken Dimmons out on the street? Maybe a

long shot, maybe not.

Okay, Theo, you got it. I want to see him.

The guy worked the night on the weekend when there was no one around.

They went through the roof of the bank, blasted into the safety deposit vault,

sandbagged the blast, sledgehammered the boxes, all in the weekend's work.

I know the chickie. Leona, right?

Some chickie.

Leona Crump, huh?

Right. Now, look, the Leona, she hasn't been with us in, uh, make it four, make

it five days.

Chickie gave an honest performance.

People ask where she's at.

She's missed.

Have you any idea where she is?

To greener pastures. They latch onto a springer, you know, a rent payer, and,

uh, they don't come back. That's the way it is. She find herself a dude?

Who knows? They come, they go, they shake it a little and leave.

Who knows what ripple?

Who asked?

You got a dress on it, Charlie?

Are you kidding? I have to.

I'm an equal rights employee, ain't I?

What kind of slob lives like this? Lady, what can I tell you?

Who's going to pay for all this?

Who's going to clean up all this mess?

Lady, can we talk about it later?

Who's going to pay for that mattress?

Oh, what kind of a girl would do this to a room?

The minute I see her.

Well, if you want to see her, she's receiving at the city morgue.

Oh, my God.

See, boo, look at the John. He's being so bashful.

I wonder why.

Terminal acne, maybe?

Well, married men are sometimes camera shy, have you noticed?

Frequently. Did you make out the name on the menu?

No, but then I can't even read the top line on an eye chart anymore.

Tell me about it.

Hey, give me the photo lab.

Something about it, that smile.

It's got quotes around it.

Hello, Snyder, Kojak.

I need a blow -up of a picture.

It's on the way. How big?

Like a poster?

And soon, huh?

And the mattress was ripped apart?

What do you suppose they were looking for?

One of the Cooper's point loot?

That's it.

I'm through.

Okay Starros come here yellow turn anybody, you know

Get somebody to walk her over to the safe and lock her up, will you?

Is he a safe man?

Well, we're looking for somebody who knocked over a bank. Let's find out.

Okay, Lieutenant.

You can't go

upstairs.

Any problems go down to the main desk, all right?

Wait,

wait.

No,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no.

I've tried such a sexy language, but I don't think I can handle it.

Okay, I'm ready.

Car 65 to Central.

Okay. Go ahead, 65.

Have Car 723.

Car 723, reading you direct.

Car 65, read direct.

Demon just pulled into the Bluebird Motel near LaGuardia. All right, you

right with him. He may be expecting some out -of -town guests.

Lots of time.

And why we blow it tonight?

Because we need six hours in the vault.

And six hours will bring us into daytime.

We all set for tomorrow?

Yeah, we're set.

All right.

Let's go.

¿Cómo está, amigo?

¿Cómo está?

Muy bien. Looks very good, Lieutenant.

What you ought to do is get yourself a nice, Spanish -speaking girl.

It'll help you with the important words.

Hey, take it from me, sonny.

For the important things, you don't need words.

But I do admit that me amore every now and then, can't I?

Hey, Lieutenant.

Yellow sheet on the man in the picture.

Stavros tells me Statham Love made him on the spot.

His name is Mickey Reason.

Two bits for robbery, explosives, first -rate juicer.

Safes, stuff like that. Less than a dress.

Twelve, ten more than that.

Skylar and I.

I've been there four years.

I wonder if they'd miss me.

If anyone wants me, I'm on the way to Skylar and I.

Hang on, Sonny.

Stay there.

Get easy, Sonny.

Gotcha. What are you doing up here?

What do you think, a pussycat?

Hold on to me. We'll go down here.

Jimmy. Jimmy.

Miss Patterson had to be a cab driver, right, Jim?

You shouldn't have left the ladder against the house.

I'm sorry. I just wanted to get something to eat. You ought to get him a

trampoline. Thank you. I don't know how I can thank you. You already did.

Excuse me, friend.

I don't want this to happen again.

Go in the house.

Stay there.

I'm Lieutenant Kojak, New York Police Department.

I'm looking for a Mickey Reason. Do you know him?

Mr. Reason?

Uh, he just missed him.

Oh, how long?

Oh, two weeks.

He used to live here. I rent a couple of rooms, and Mr. Reason was a tenant.

But he's gone.

I have no idea where.

Covered the foggiest.

How about you, fella?

Never met the gent.

Just moved in the day before yesterday myself.

George Bradbury, Brotherhood of Painters and Paperhangers, Toledo, Ohio.

We got a reciprocity deal going with the locals around here.

A lot of new construction going on. I see.

Well, if you should get in touch, let me know. Give me a call. Sure.

I'd say you didn't say why you were looking for this guy.

I'm investigating a homicide.

Thank you.

All right, keep moving.

one of Dimmons' boys dropping by.

No, that's not a Vegas car.

All right, back up.

That man who just drove off, he's a cop.

A cop investigating a homicide.

Hey, cut that out. Get back in the house. Well, what's going on? Just mind

own business. We'll be out of here in a couple of days.

If we didn't have a job to do, stupid, I would cut you up and use you for bait.

How's it my fault?

You know, you could blow up the Empire State Building complete and you could

leave the 10th floor hanging.

But your brains wouldn't fill your nose. How is it your fault? Who got stupid

for that bale of hay and let her walk off with half the Cooper's point take?

Talk to me.

Tell me! I was sleeping.

Anyhow, you got the stuff back out of her room? Except the ring.

The ring!

How do you think the heat got here?

The ring! Hey, come on.

After the night, we'll all be gone.

With Bundle.

Car 65 to Central. K.

Go ahead, 65.

Have car 723 meet this unit at... Car 723, I read you.

Lieutenant, I'm covering Dimon at the Lincoln Hotel in Charlie Osborne.

He's got two sharp dudes with him.

All right, I'm heading back, I think.

Charlie Osborne should be there in about 20 minutes.

All right.

Three of them, including him.

The two guys with him are registered at the hotel.

Separate rooms. I checked their names at the desk.

Oh, yeah.

Wise guys from Vegas.

I know them all. Go ahead.

Well, how nice.

How nice and civilized. But old friends get together, they talk, they drink.

They bring each other up to date on what's been happening.

Hmm? You know something? It warms the cockles of my heart.

You're intruding, Theo.

Me, intruding? Come on. Can I sit down, Damon?

Oh, thanks a lot. Look, you gotta think of me as the welcome wagon. Who knows

better than me about that rough trip to get here from Las Vegas?

Oh, Donnie, would you let us have another round, please?

I'll have a vodka and grapefruit juice.

So what's new, fellas?

I mean, what brings you to Fun City at this time?

Can't be those Broadway strip joints, Tony.

All that smog, fee, excitement in Vegas.

And here you are.

Why?

Why? Taking in the shows.

I thought all the talent was in Vegas. But I guess talent was where you find

Right, Tony?

How does he do it? How does Tony do it? Keep coming up with all this fresh

talent.

Oh, incidentally, congratulations.

I hear you beat the rape charge.

Ah, but you got a cup to the salt, right?

Right, Tony?

Yeah, Kotick, you got it.

Look, I hate to take up your time, fellas.

I just heard there was some hot items loose on that Cooper's Point heist.

You didn't hear anything about that, did you? You kidding?

No, Mesh, I'm not kidding.

As a matter of fact, and please forgive me.

I thought maybe you guys weren't down to discount that stuff, huh?

Knock it off, Theo.

Drift.

Look, uh, pussycat.

Never, ever, ever talk to me like that, okay?

You... And the rest of you butterflies around me, I like to see smiling, happy

faces. And when you speak, speak softly.

And with respect, never, never any harsh words.

You understand?

You? It's always a pleasure to see you, Kojak.

Nice. And you?

That's better.

I'll take care of it.

On your dying day.

just stick around I want those room numbers right

Hello, Sergeant.

I need a black evening dress.

Don't be a wise guy.

Besides, I don't fit into a size 12.

That's right. It's for the commissioner. He fits.

There. It's basic black and gloves. They gotta be long gloves, remember?

A wire set, Al.

And, uh, Joni Garrity.

Here.

Hold this.

Wiring you for silence and get me into Tony's room.

Providing I get into Tony's room.

Oh, you'll get into Tony's room. Are you kidding?

He'll take one look at you in basic black and stop talking to himself.

He'll figure out a way to get you into his room, right? And then he'll make his

big move. So don't worry.

I'll be right back here.

Before he gets rough, please.

Hey, my timing is always precise.

Let's hope so.

Now look.

Start with the heist to bring on a dead girl's finger from Cooper's Point.

and then find out if these guys are in from Vegas to pick up the rest of that

loot.

Stop and see what happens.

And then maybe you'll lead to the Cooper's Point robbers. From whom we

how the ring got to Leona. And then who iced Leona.

Here.

Basic black.

I've got a lace job that would blow his mind.

Yours, too.

Tell me about it.

Look.

Tony Curcio.

Basic black.

Long hair.

Gloves. Ooh, he falls apart.

Makes them do foolish things. And come to think of it, me too.

Where'd the dress come from?

Property.

There was evidence in her wife beating case.

I don't know if she wouldn't put it on or wouldn't take it off.

Bit of a fight.

Is it me?

Mm -hmm.

That's gonna blow my image.

Am I funny?

Sometimes you leave me breathless.

How'd you know my size?

I'm a size man. Walk over there.

Just testing.

You take care of yourself, Ann.

Tony Kircher's got a bad temper.

He likes to hurt pretty things.

I'll be careful.

What'll it be miss a dubin a please Here

we

go

They're leaving.

Me too.

You know I get when you're drinking.

So be careful.

Let me have a stick of luck.

You know, I have the same trouble. I never know which way the room is, left

right.

Are you going to the party, Genevieve's? Yeah, it's this way.

We're probably very late.

Don't worry about it.

Uh, sorry, wrong number.

Genevieve can wait.

That's very naughty thought.

Of course. Of course, because you don't even know me. And why should you go into

a man's room for just one drink when all you know is he rides a pretty good

elevator and who am I anyhow, right?

Okay. Who are you anyhow?

Tony Curzio.

And from where else but Vegas?

Chumps, doesn't it?

Except that I'm expected at Genevieve's.

One little drink, who's to know?

You ought to be told about your cliches, Tony.

But okay, just one.

Uh, just don't lose it.

All right.

Mmm,

yummy. Great.

Come on, sit down.

Hi.

Say no thanks, huh? A little.

When was the last time you were there?

About six months ago.

How long's his day?

Ten days.

Have a good time?

Sure.

Of course, a girl like you would make out great in Vegas.

Meet some of the right people.

A couple?

That's good.

That's very good.

Oh, behave yourself.

Come on, she's probably having a boring party anyhow.

Probably.

Then stay here.

Why? What for?

Make your own reason.

Like, for instance?

Love.

Instant decision, huh?

Hey, I like to move fast. I have fun. How much?

You're serious,

aren't you?

What's it going to cost me for a couple of hours? Two bills? How much?

You kidding me?

I don't ever kid.

Come here.

Hey. I said come here. Hey.

Tony,

stop.

What are you, some kind of a teaser? Is that what you are?

Open up, Curjo. It's Kojak.

I thought you were my friend.

I ought to stick your mouth in the light socket.

What happened to that old timing I hear you brag about?

Oh, well, you see, there was a bar mitzvah on the roof garden.

and it drew a cast of thousands.

It was going to be a misdemeanor, Tony, soliciting for moral purposes, but now

what we got is... Look, officer, don't you think you ought to examine the

proximate premises and find out what you can material relevant to the commission

of a felony?

Mm -hmm.

That's what it is, Tony, a felony.

Assault, attempted rape.

Kotex, he's the cop.

Oh, yeah.

I don't know.

Rough guess, half a million. Half a million.

What does it all mean, Tony?

What are we going to do with all that folding stuff?

It's a little too much to be discounted in that Cooper's Point loot.

So what are we going to do with a half a million balloons, huh?

I want to see my lawyer.

Yeah, well, you tell your lawyer you'll be in again, all right?

Come on,

you had your chance.

He hurt you?

Everything but my ego.

He hadn't stopped bidding yet. He had half a million.

Well, if it was a guarantee, it would be.

And it bugs me.

A half a million dollars, what were they going to fly?

And from whom?

Doesn't it bug you?

Lieutenant, when I'm around this kind of bread, all's right with the world.

Nothing bugs me. Nothing.

What's the matter?

What's this? A telephone number?

See if it's a working number. Get the exact address.

Gomez?

Gomez! Gomez!

What is it?

Tell me about this, Gomez.

What's this in the report?

Yeah, well, just tell me about it, will you?

Well, the lady last night, Mrs. Contreras, you know, the fat one, you

with no English.

Well, the kids in the neighborhood are trying to build some kind of a

and somebody ripped them off with some sandbags.

You put a lot of sandbags.

Yeah, make that 50.

50 sandbags.

Oh, maybe more. She said that there might even be more. It's a payphone

out in Schuyler, on Morland.

Schuyler?

You know, I was at Schuyler this morning, and I haven't been there for

years.

And I also went to a dress on Morland Avenue.

It's a coincidence.

Well, if you believe that, Gomez, you'll never make lieutenant.

Come on, let's move.

Oh,

amigo.

You're wasting the money, huh?

Right, Lieutenant.

And, uh,

it's counted.

Direct the gun -ups, direct the blast.

Just like at Cooper's Point, the presence of the ring loot.

That means the thieves are around?

Could be.

I don't know.

All that Vegas money.

Let's assume something.

Assume us to buy a lot of hot loot from a safety deposit vault.

Like at Cooper's Point?

You ever think, huh?

You know, at current prices, a half a million could buy up ten million dollars

in securities, jewelry, hot cash.

What kind of a bank would you expect to hold that kind of money? Like at

Cooper's Point. Only in a much richer community.

Like Skylar on the Hudson.

Three cherries, baby.

Like Skylar on the Hudson.

Same kind of setup, same kind of location.

Only even more remote.

Out in the boondocks.

No ladder.

Ladder? What ladder?

This morning there was a 40 -foot ladder here.

Maybe it's around back.

No ladder back here!

Car 723 to Central.

Car 723 to Central, K.

Go ahead, 723.

10 -30, signal 10 -30, robbery in progress.

Security, Skylar National Bank.

Detectives on way to scene, don't use sirens.

10 -4, car 723.

In progress?

In progress. Where do you suppose all that letter got to?

Who would want all that letter?

To get to the top of a bank at night.

Going to a house, that house back there with the phony paint job. Close to a

telephone booth.

Close to a playground, sandbags.

Close to a bank.

Get him over there. All right.

Move!

Come on. Over by the car.

Get on the car.

Spread them out.

Spread them out.

Don't try it.

Uh -uh. Uh -uh.

Oh!

Hi, Cannon.

Oh.

I think you and I have met before, Cannon.

Maybe on a ballistics report on my desk.

You suppose?

Oh, hi, Mr. Bradbury.

Good union man.

Mr. Bradbury, that wonderful house painter.

Oh, talk about your generation gap. I took you so long.

I'm getting too old for this kid stuff.

All right, go join your mates.

It's been a pretty good night for us.

And maybe I could make it a little better for you. Would you like that?

Two nights ago, about this time, something more important happened than

high -class knockover.

A young chick was taken off a bus stop in a body bag. Her name lay on her

She was nice, happy -go -lucky kid. Lots of laughs.

And her life was cut short.

And the way I figured, one of you killed her.

I got the gun.

I gotta be halfway home, right?

I'm gonna coast the rest of the way, freewheeling.

It'll be morning in an hour.

Before that, when are you gonna start chirping?

Did I say one of you?

I'm gonna have a room full of canaries.