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What's happened?

The sailor just threw the packages in the water. That could take the frogmen

three minutes to get in.

Everybody, uh, get set to follow? Yeah, everybody's in position.

You see them in the water?

Yeah, they're out there.

Some truck just backed into Gil's car. This thing ain't gonna run.

You take care of things here, I'll call the men. Right.

What's going on?

Name is Weaver. Gil Weaver, detective, undercover, Manhattan South.

We're right in the middle of a drug surveillance operation.

Now get this truck driver out of here for me, will you? Let's move this truck.

There's a tap on that phone booth, right? Yeah, we got it.

Yeah. It's Art at the pickup.

Who's this?

Miami. I don't know no Miami.

Give me Mr. J. Mr.

J for Janice.

That's her baby.

Yeah, but who's Miami?

Gil never said anything about a guy named Miami.

Yeah.

No,

don't take the cat.

I'll send the guy over my car.

Black guy.

He's up from Miami for the pickup.

All right, get over there.

Rocker? Yeah?

Give us the chance, baby. Look, Artie just picked up the horse from the scuba

divers, whatever you call them.

Beautiful.

Jack here.

Ready to follow.

You Miami?

Yeah.

You're a GT. Yeah.

That's a lot of bull. Because I know you. Bill Weaver. Brooklyn High.

Not me, man.

That's a lot of bull.

You're the heat.

All units, we got a man in trouble. Move!

Art Gordon's dead.

Here, take it. You're the officer of record.

18, 20 pounds, pure, uncut heroin.

That's how much Janice holds sales in a week.

We're supposed to get it all on tape.

Arrival, pickup, delivery to him.

I didn't want just heroin. I wanted the man.

Who was that dude who spotted you from Miami?

Omar Blake, a guy I went to high school with. He knew I was going to be a cop.

One hell of a time for a class reunion.

For all months it takes for me to work my way in with Janet.

For nothing.

Lieutenant, Sullivan's sister speaks Burmese or whatever it is. She went to

Vasa. She's going to interpret when we question the statement that dumped the

heroin overboard.

What's he going to tell us we don't know? How to make chop suey?

Leo, she's Mr. Waters, the assistant DA on the prosecution.

Congratulations, Lieutenant.

That heroin's worth 20 million in the street. Probably a million wholesale.

Heroin comes in every day, Waters.

When we get Janice, that's the time to congratulate us. What do we got?

Two frogmen, a Siamese deckhand, and a delivery man from Miami? What's his

Drake? Blake. Omar Blake.

Would you believe he talked to me once about joining the force?

About to be a boss way to steal a few bucks.

Where is he now?

Out on bail.

Out on bail?

He had a lawyer down in two hours.

They posted $100 ,000 in cash.

And who's his lawyer?

Genesis. Good. Tell me about it.

I, uh, think... Get some

sleep.

So how is my man this AM?

Who is this? Miami, baby.

Just letting you know that there's no hard feelings.

Well, different strokes for different folks.

I knew I had something to do this morning. Get this number changed.

Hey, hold it, brother. I mean, don't cut me off like that. This is the hotline.

Coming in with some good news.

Yeah, you gonna cop a plea?

Stick it to Janice. Better news than that, brother.

You want to hear more?

Meet me.

On our old rooftop.

Near the high school.

Bingo.

I don't buy it. He's not going to give anything back to us. He's a cop.

He gets off on it.

He's black.

I'm black.

I know everything he don't get off on.

It's not his salary, you guys.

You fool me.

I don't like that.

He's sucking me.

I didn't sucker you. I saved you.

But I got a rap face in me, and not you.

A few years, you'll be compensated.

No way I'm going up, not without trying this.

I mean, you get your dope bag this way, and I beat the rap.

Got a lot of dope. It's a business loss.

You're a business loss.

You want to feel him out? What can I say?

Get our own dope back from the cops.

Pretty funny, huh?

So where's all this detective job gets you, huh?

It's not thread.

Smoke? Yeah.

Of course, you might have one of them fantastic pads, huh?

Blue lights, quiet time, deep clouds, wicky fur rugs.

Foxes love that fur. You got that?

Cool it, baby.

You can have it all.

All you got to do is get that dope back for us.

$15 ,000.

Make it $20 ,000.

$20 ,000.

How are we going to pull this off?

The same deal. You don't listen to me. You never listen to me. It's easy.

Okay, okay.

Your lawyer asked for an evidence hearing downtown at the court. Right.

you're the officer of record. Right, right, right.

So, you just check the dope out of the property clerk's office, bring it down

the courthouse, show it at the hearing, take it all back.

Only you switch it after the hearing. Switch it for what? Don't play dumb with

me, man. Milk sugar.

See?

This is what the property clerk ends up with.

$20 ,000.

Nah, this is just Jack, man.

Anybody finds out I switched 20 pounds of pure age for that sugar, I go to jail

for longer than you. Nobody handles this besides you. Ain't no way nobody else

can sign for that evidence.

Unless... Unless I was thick.

And Lieutenant Wilson okayed.

That's beautiful, right?

Beautiful for him.

He gets $20 million worth of heroin on the streets for $20 ,000, right?

Yeah. They're going to think we're hitting a joint out there.

And what happens? This Roy gets ready for trial, right? He looks for an

hearing. Where the hell are we going to send him with the milk sugar?

Why get involved in it at all?

This Miami's facing as stiff rap as it is. Now, look, this is a thin thread

leads right to Janice. And if we play our cards right, that thin thread gets

stronger. We can wrap it around his neck and strangle him. Well, we gotta be

very careful about entrapping him. Well, he came last, didn't he? Doesn't

matter.

You gotta draw another officer into it. For your own safety, for corroboration

at any future trial.

Beautiful.

Yeah. You gotta buy a lieutenant.

Buying. You buy a lieutenant, you get 30.

You tell them, Lieutenant, they don't deal with soldiers.

You tell them, Lieutenant, they deal only with the number one man, Mr. Big.

You tell them, Lieutenant, they don't come cheap.

But you tell them, Lieutenant Kojak, he's up for grabs.

You feel?

Janice will never buy it. I'm going to make him buy it.

No, but Maggie told me. She told me Lieutenant Kojak is on the phone.

Maggie's our head nurse.

And I told Maggie, I guess I'm some sort of hot suspect in a case he's working

on or something.

Theo,

tell me something.

That little black book of yours, am I in ink or in pencil? Good, I got you

written in ink and underlined in blood.

Sure.

I feel like a commercial coming out of that thing.

It's a sports crazy nation, Davy. It's a bookie's golden age.

Meet Mrs. Ortiz, my wife, Celia.

Davy, he works for George Janis.

Encantada.

She doesn't speak English. Oh, no, no, I just think Encantada is prettier than

nice to meet you.

You're playing tonight?

Well, they haven't missed a feather yet.

Hey, teach her that.

Go check the lieutenant.

It's a real hard nose.

Would you believe this? He makes a $500 bet at Yonkers today.

Comes in ninth.

He's itching. He's itching for action.

Bet I could talk him into playing.

You think I let him in?

I don't see why not. Let me go back and check, all right?

We got to go to work.

We'll talk to the lieutenant so late. If she comes over, she can be the center

of this maker.

Now look, why don't you go over there and have a drink with Fidelio's wife,

His restaurant, man.

He liked it that way.

You'd rather slit my stomach to make a deal.

Well, you double -crossed it, man.

Now you're double -crossing the cops.

Comes not even. He can understand that.

So, what's happening now?

Kojak won't deal with a soldier.

I know him better than that.

He'll want assurances.

From the man himself.

But he will deal.

Maybe.

He's in a funny bag.

Look.

Promotion to capital.

He thinks he'll be at the top of the list. Well, he ain't even on the list.

So he miles off about it. He said the commissioner got something in for him.

He's not getting enough bread. Well, we're all not getting enough bread.

But he got Fifth Avenue taste.

He bought a car yesterday.

Ten grand.

Maybe he's on the tech already.

I'll feel him out. You sound like Janice. You know, Coach, that maybe will

Call it off.

He's got to go to his lieutenant first.

Kojak.

Kojak.

No way.

Don't be so sure, Mr. Jane. I mean, there are considerations.

Like what?

Cool. You wouldn't know the race.

Make your move, baby.

You got a skinny wallet.

I raised you.

I am, bookie, but I'm going to need a little help. Cuando?

5 ,000 balloons.

All right, I'll call you at 2 ,000.

Helpful. Card.

Momentito.

Seven.

Nine. No, no, no. Six, five, seven, five.

Seven, five.

Not too bright.

Okay.

Listen, I'm really going to call you.

I want to find out why Kojak is supposed to be such a terrific guy.

I'll tell you.

We've got orderlies at the hospital with better manners than this guy's got.

You tell Kodak he can keep his fancy cars, keep his fancy champagne suppers,

because I'm going hunting.

That's 3 ,000.

You don't count my money.

I thought.

Eight high, all black.

Time.

What are you doing to me?

Not talking.

What do you think we do business?

Do great, thanks. I heard you're a favor for Celia. Is everything okay?

I blew a nice lady for appearances.

Folded a full house. Other than that... Don't hassle me, Fidelio!

Salute, sweetheart!

Come on, baby, let's go to the palm gardens.

Twenty -two thousand dollars.

How much does a lieutenant make?

Twenty grand.

So how smart can you be at twenty grand a year?

I'll give you five cash.

Are you kidding?

A marker signed from a lieutenant bookie. Pay me face value. It's yours.

Give him five grand.

Come on, Janice. You know it's worth more than that.

Come on.

Miami? Yeah.

Tell that cop friend of yours you want to meet with Kojak.

Tell him we got the marker.

All right?

Meet him at the restaurant at midnight.

Search him.

Make sure he's not wired.

Okay. If you think that I'm in this for 20 pounds of dope, forget it.

I'm in this because that lieutenant spooked my operation.

Got one of my best men killed.

Sure, we're going to get our dope back.

For free.

And we're going to get Kojak, too.

In our pockets for as long as we can use them.

Davey.

Midnight. Kojak will be at the restaurant.

Now, this ain't no alibi, all right?

Oh, cash in that bookie.

Permanently.

Open up.

Jackie, we don't want any radio stations.

It clean?

Yeah.

Turn on the light.

We're closed.

You don't want no radios. We don't want nobody listening.

Besides, you cost me a bus, Junior.

But we're making it all up to each other now, right?

I mean, you get your marker back, plus you get 20 ,000 Gs to split with him.

This is nice, huh?

You told Janice it would cost him 100 ,000, plus the marker.

And as for you, Sonny, you go back to the Okie Konokies and the alligators,

you're not ready for the big time.

I deal with Janice or I don't deal.

Sully, pull out a chair for the lieutenant.

So head.

Tiger.

You know what I told this yo -yo?

What you say doesn't count.

What I say counts.

I'm not even going to do business with you, Kojak.

Miami, he's my representative.

He'll handle the details.

Not sure. Tell me about it.

So he gets the gun, then comes after us and picks up the juice, and then come

back to you and say we never delivered. Come on.

Oh, no.

Are you picturing me doing business with a coochie -coo like that?

You are one of 800 lieutenants on New York's finest.

What's that make you?

Maybe you'll break out the armor and go south with 100 grand.

Maybe you'll show up with a bag full of baby talcum. Or maybe you can't even

deliver this stuff.

You know what you're going to do for me, Kojak?

You're gonna get me a pound of the stuff so we can test it.

So we'll know you're not a big bag of wind.

Five grand for a pound in good faith.

Well, we got a deal?

It's either now or get off the pot.

Miami's lawyer will call you about the evidence hearing.

Call these gentlemen in the morning. They'll work out the details.

How long on a force code, Jack?

18 years.

Without even a padded expense account.

All my life, I dreamed about nailing fat cats like you.

Instead, I wind up nailing people who can't help themselves.

Prostitutes with veins like rope.

Husbands, jealous husbands with switchblades for brains.

You know, I got more scars on me than I can remember.

And did you just forget about it?

I wake up at nights with headaches.

I know all about guys like you and those cops with their motels and hotels down

in Florida and California leading a good life.

Well, I've served the city for 18 years like a waiter, and I'm sick of it.

Only this time, baby, I want a big tip.

I go through the hell and pain of the last 18 years twice a day to nail a crud

like Jettis.

Fidelio. David!

Have a margarita. No, no, no, I've got problems, Fidelio.

I got this broad in the car around the corner. It's a Puerto Rican.

I stepped out on my old lady tonight. I figured I'd spend some time with Maria.

That's her name.

She won't even come in here. She's crying.

She's trying to tell me something in Spanish.

No, we don't talk too much normally.

But I think this is important.

That it's word.

Anybody saw that? Did she say that?

She could have.

I mean, the... Come on, I'll tell you what she wants.

All right, now, which is this?

This is the real thing. I just signed out for it.

This afternoon, I take her down to the courthouse for the evidence hearing.

About an hour later, probably.

I get out, head back in.

Now, Janice could have somebody watching her tailing, so we got to play out the

charade. And then I meet Gil on the way back from the courthouse. Now, this is

the milk sugar Miami laid on Gil when they first met.

Lieutenant Kojak will have it in his car.

All right. All right, so what you're going to do is make it look like you put

the milk sugar in Gil's bag to return it to the property department, but in fact

you keep the milk sugar. Right.

And Gil brings the real stuff back here safe and sound.

Now, here.

This is a pound of pure heroin left over from a case that was settled.

It was supposed to go into destruction next week.

I give this to Miami, the pure stuff, and I give him a peek at the other 19

pounds, which he thinks is pure.

He can't get a case against anybody for buying 19 pounds of milk sugar, so we'll

add enough heroin to it later to bring it up the street grade.

That ought to satisfy all your legal requirements.

But you're still dealing with Miami.

We have to sell 19 pounds to Janice.

We have to videotape Janice arriving at the pickup to get Janice's voice on tape

discussing the transaction.

And we have to arrest Janice with the 19 pounds once you've got the money. Now,

you're still stuck with Miami. You're not even close to dealing with Janice.

Uh, look, uh... Mr. Waters, I mean, you never hustled anybody at pool,

have you?

It took me 19 racks once to set up a guy from Detroit. And you know what

happens? They lose track of the game. They get involved in personalities.

So we bait the hook with this.

Then we take Miami out of the picture. Janice will make the final deal himself.

You'll see.

And you know why?

Because he wants to see my face when he keeps that marker. Because that's what

he wants.

That's what he's going to do. He's going to try to shaft me all the way.

What marker?

Now, I know about the stolen car you borrowed from the police garage.

And then in a phony promotion list.

But what marker?

Uh, a bookie.

Fidelio Ortiz, he owed me one. It was a scam. How can I lose 22 ,000 playing

poker? You mean to tell me that there's an IOU floating around from Lieutenant

Kojak to some bookie for 22 ,000 bucks?

You know, if that shows up in the wrong places, they can crucify this

department. Well, Fidelio, you can explain it. He can be trusted.

Lieutenant, you asked me to put a tail on Fidelio this morning?

Right. It's too late. I just found his body in Central Park.

Medical says he bought it around midnight.

I feel sick.

My marketable bookie wasn't good enough for Jared.

There'll be a market with that bookie.

One for you, one for me.

One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.

You.

Didn't I see the Marx Brothers do this once?

What, with heroin?

You sure you never did this professionally, baby?

My sister's wedding, I took the pictures.

Her husband, he let me use the darkroom.

That's where you get these pictures.

And we got his marker from his former bookie. I got number one prime heroin.

First class shipment.

Miami? Yeah.

Get in touch with Kojak.

Tell him we got a deal.

Tell him to bring the dope.

You meet him at the restaurant at 10 .30 in the morning.

You got to go with him.

Saperstein, Murphy, and Green will be working as utility men by this manhole

halfway down the street.

Tracy and Joe will be at a window halfway down the street with sniper

Now look, if anything goes wrong, we're coming out as hostages. You just have to

use your own judgment.

Crocker and the technicians will be in a van right by the restaurant. Make sure

you get a parking space.

I had Cleary get a tow truck in case we need it. Beautiful.

And Gil and I will go in together.

He'll be wearing this Kel transmitter on his thigh.

I'll have this tape recorder. If anything goes wrong with the radio,

have him recording the whole deal. She's got to be specific.

You got to talk about dope. You got to talk about money. Yes, and now if we're

not out in 50 minutes, just break the door down.

15 minutes?

No way.

That transmitter craps out.

If it sounds like they found it, you go in.

Gun's out.

I don't want to lose Janice because of a lousy technical problem.

You give us 15 minutes, even if the radio goes dead.

All right, but be careful.

Everybody understands we're going after George Giannis himself.

So far, he hasn't shown the least intention of getting into this

personally.

When we take Miami off the scene, we think it's going to change.

So just go ahead with all your preparations.

Check in at 7 in the morning. The deal takes place at 10 .30.

Let's do it perfect this time.

Thanks, Frank.

Little fan? Yeah?

The desk sergeant told me there's the Mrs. Ortiz downstairs waiting to see

Who did they just wait up? She's not alone.

There's Miss Gardner, Ruth Gardner, the nurse you know.

They're together?

Yeah.

All right, give me about five minutes and then send them up. Okay.

You, Mr. Sullivan, ought to be picking up Mr. Miami right now.

Oh, wait. Let me see your driver's license.

Yeah.

Mr.

Ortiz, I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I'm sure you know that.

Please sit down.

I've tried calling you several times.

I've tried not answering.

Here I am.

Can I call you something?

Sylvia and I became friends the night you and her husband played poker.

I read about his death in the paper. I called her. She wanted to talk to you.

Lieutenant, Fidelio always told me everything.

He asked me if he could play that game that you wanted him to.

I said yes, that we owed you something.

You could have sent me to jail once and you didn't.

I came here to tell you that I don't hold anything against you for Fidelio's

death.

Fidelio hated pushes. He hated Janice.

Go, Jack.

What do you mean you lost him? No, don't go over to Janice's. You'll blow it all

up. Get back here.

Wow, Gil.

I have to get away. Tell him when he heads for Janice's.

He doesn't want to blow this deal tomorrow.

And Janice's going to sit in that apartment and let Miami do it all for

after all. What do I tell the guys? If we cancel, we'll cancel tomorrow.

Don't say a thing. Now, excuse me.

I'm sorry, ladies. You'll have to excuse me.

Lieutenant.

Janice killed my husband, didn't he?

Oh, Mrs. Ortiz, it's hard to tell with people like Janice.

They have other people doing that dirty work for them.

This Miami person, he did it?

I really can't talk about that now.

Please, maybe another day.

Yes.

Maybe another day.

You could have busted Celia for possession.

You didn't.

Well, if she wasn't using it, just hold it again. You know, like Alcoholics

Anonymous, they hide a bottle.

The other night.

You weren't just being rude and inconsiderate, were you?

All of that.

But look, when I was being a hot shot around town, what did I have on my arm?

Maybe we can try again.

I can see the headlines now. A big mess of cops take out Nebs, the Miami

connection, for the second time in five days.

Yeah, what is it?

You busted my man, Kojak.

What are you thinking?

I just heard. It wasn't even my precinct. Hey, look, he's the new face

And they rouse new faces down there.

You make sure nobody picks him up before tomorrow.

Now, you listen, Janice.

I got almost 20 pounds of heroin stashed away on the outside.

And maybe I had enough of you.

Maybe I had enough of New York.

Maybe I'll just get on a plane and go to Puerto Rico or Bermuda or Bahamas

someplace. Don't you think I'll get more than 100 ,000 down there?

Hey.

Hey, you don't talk to me that way.

You're a lousy, crooked cop.

Now you show up tomorrow just like we planned.

Did you hear his tone of voice?

Shouting in my ear?

You could hear it back here, couldn't you?

We make sure he doesn't chicken out on us, take off on us.

I'll be on the phone.

You're lucky.

You're going to see his face when Davey snaps that flash.

No good. If Janice isn't going to be there, I say we drop the bus. I'd agree.

Except for a couple of reasons.

Mainly because one of those punks killed Fidelio.

And if we play one against the other, we might find out which one.

Okay.

Leo.

Now, how much is meant to you and Gil?

We'll get Janice someday.

Oh, sure.

One million fixes later.

I've got no hair left. I've had this tape on and off so many times this year.

Testing, testing, 18, 19, 20 pounds.

9 .30.

All right, that's it, 100 grand.

Now, quarter to 10. You're supposed to meet him at 10 .30.

Now, you should be back here with the money by 11.

Sally, you know where to deliver the heroin, all right? Okay? All right,

go.

All right, enjoy.

Any of you guys Miami?

Yeah, I am.

I'll see you later, all right?

I'm sorry.

At 10 .30.

Are we in business or not?

I'm just waiting for you. Okay.

I'll give you a sign.

Oh, that damn neon.

It's Janet.

10 .32?

I think we'll bring the curtain down on this, huh?

Oh,

Mr. Boisman himself.

Let's get on with it, Kojak.

Right with me.

Hey, what's this look like?

Looks like the dope I should have had a week ago.

Here.

Face your eyes on this.

Oh, wait a minute.

Just a souvenir, Kojak, like your marker.

Sally.

You see, you get nothing, Kojak. I get everything.

From now on, you're on my payroll.

You're my man on the inside.

You do everything I tell you to, or I bust you all the way to Sing Sing.

Now, why don't you two do a Laurel and Hardy out of here, and I'll get in touch

with you next time I get a parking ticket.

Village. Ten more minutes of this? No way.

You hit the horn when I tell you. Go.

I owe you one.

Hey, that guy's quiet.

All right, hit the horn.

Let's go.

Get that tape out of there.

All right, let's get out of here.

I'll make a wish. All right, get out

of here.

What? Oh, you need me to fix a parking ticket.

You try to buy me?

You know something? For the next hundred years, the biggest thing you'll ever

buy is a pack of cigarettes.

When I was a kid on the East Side, we used to go fishing in the East River.

To see who could catch the ugliest thing. Look at me. I got first prize.

I got me a Dead East Side gorilla.

Come on.

Hey.

Don't forget to smile for the camera.