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You stand here. You stand here. Take a nice family picture.

Johnny! Come on, Ma. I don't want to have... I kicked your toe off. Come on,

come on. Give me a hug. Get over to him. Right there.

Come on.

Okay, wait a second.

Smile. Ready?

Keep it family, everybody.

Okay, let's get those pearly whites shown. Big smile.

That's it. Big smile. All right. All right, smile.

That's right. Yay!

Come on in, Don.

It's a birthday party for my uncle.

Eat something.

Oh, no, John, I can't put down our food right now.

Look, I'm a little strung out, and I need to get high.

Do you have any bread? No way.

I'm tapped.

And the house money went on this party.

Well, let's hit the streets. We can scrounge up something.

I'll get my check.

Where are we going to store any money? There's nothing happening out here.

No sweating in.

What are you crazy?

That's my uncle's camera.

He's a cop. A lieutenant. So what?

We already got it. We can't take it back, so I might as well use it for a

Nobody saw me. In that manhouse, they won't even remember.

John, you want to get high?

Or you want to take dumb pictures with this?

Two candy bars.

What do you want?

give you a couple of $2 bags for it.

It cost my mom $79.

I was with her when she bought it.

Sell it back to her?

Be fair, Robo.

You gotta give us at least $20 for it.

Give me these two nickel bags.

That's it. Take it or leave it.

But it's worth more.

We'll take it.

It ain't right, but we need the stuff.

Sure you do, baby.

Sure you do.

Took the whole bag.

Feet are still on the ground.

I'm up pretty high.

Johnny, we took the stuff because we had to.

But we ought to go back.

Get even.

Are you crazy?

I'm not going back and hassle him.

He's our connection.

No, I don't mean that. I mean, you know, just do a little job in this

candy store after it closes.

It's easy, man. He's got it coming.

Bust in?

Rob him?

All right, all right. Have a good week, good week. Right down the line.

Well, good. I'm glad to hear it.

What the hell are you? The store ain't empty.

It's in there with Wilson, the Shylock.

Wilson, you mean the guy who works down the ninth, the smart money guy?

What's Wilson doing in there with him?

What do I know? Let's get out of here.

I

just

got in a new shipment.

Huh?

One ounce. Good stuff.

And it's 800 bucks.

Weigh it. Yeah, I know I don't have to weigh it, but you gotta wait a couple of

days for the bread. I got everything tied up in other goods.

What are the goods?

What are you talking about?

You know, goods.

Hot stuff.

I don't want to hear all this.

Give me the bread or give me back the package.

You've got to give me a few days to sell it off.

I'll have all the cash I need. I've got three or four thousand in this room.

What are you trying to do? Start a trading post?

You pay cash for drugs.

Green, not goods.

I'll keep your interest on your money.

I'll give you a hundred vick for two days.

You're a poor shirt.

That don't make my business.

I only lend to legit people.

Hey, hey, no, don't. No, don't, please, don't.

Don't, please.

I need it. You put me out of business.

What happened? I heard that cannon go off.

He came at me.

And blew him away.

They must have seen the whole thing.

You know?

The one with the army hat.

I know.

But he's just a kid.

Not tomorrow, he ain't.

So who glommed your camera?

What do I know?

You know, maybe my sister took it back for a refund.

Come to think of it, I don't think she ever liked me as a kid.

Well, maybe it's hard to like kids without curls.

Oh, really?

Never saw this.

Lieutenant Kojak.

Lieutenant, I checked this serial number out through the manufacturer at the

trainer's photo store.

And they said they sold it to your sister six days ago.

It's an awful lot of traveling.

You'd think it belonged to a Japanese tourist.

And the dead guy is Neil Robley. He must be a fence.

If you see it, it's stolen.

And your camera was in his hand when they found him. Who found him? The guy

delivered sodas. The joint was locked. He looks in the window in the back, sees

the body, calls 911.

Emergency service broke in.

The interboats, they weren't locked?

No, and there's no sign of a prior break -in. There's probably a customer trying

to sell him something with the door locked on his way out.

I guess he could have been trying to sell him this.

And there was you, me, Costa, and Johnny.

And your friends, the eaters and the girl watchers.

Why didn't you tell us last night the camera was missing? Because it wasn't

important last night. How about that kid who came to the door, the one with the

funny army hat?

I don't remember any other boy, but...

Sounds like Donnie. He's Johnny's friend.

Oh.

Where is Johnny, anyway? I might as well ask him that. I'm here.

He's not home now.

He'll be here later.

Have a little time, Mary. I'll wait for him.

Look, he might be very late.

He's looking for a job.

What does he need a job for? He's in high school. He's a senior.

What is it? Do you need money or something?

No.

I don't need the money.

He quit school.

He doesn't listen to me anymore, Theo.

He doesn't come home. He doesn't listen to me or Connie. He just doesn't come

home. Sometimes overnight, sometimes tonight.

When I ask him, he doesn't answer.

I don't know what to do.

I just don't know what to do. He didn't come home last night either.

Why didn't you tell me all this before?

I didn't want to bother you. You've got your own problems. You don't need mine.

Hey, maybe I don't need them, Mary, but are we family or not?

Look, if he doesn't listen to his mother, is he going to listen to his

Johnny's not home and hasn't been home, and he's under 18 years of age.

That means he's missing.

And that's how he's going to be reported. A missing person. For now.

But I'm hungry.

And we ain't got no money.

I can't go home because we clipped the camera. Yeah.

Me neither.

Besides, how do we know that Wilson ain't looking for us?

Oh, I forgot about him for a minute.

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

We ain't got no place to go.

We gotta get away to someplace.

We need some money, Johnny. Do you know anybody?

Who'd lend us money?

A bank?

The Shylocks won't even give us no money.

Besides, the only Shy we know is Wilson.

Want to go ask him?

Why not?

He's the only guy that can't refuse.

We could get a couple hundred dollars, maybe three or four.

You're crazy.

Wilson ain't no guy to fool around with.

He already blew away Robles. He'll give us the money.

He's got no choice.

We've seen him do it.

Didn't we, Jack?

Let's go, man.

Everything's going our way.

They ain't around.

They gotta be fished.

Nobody's seen them.

Maybe the cops got them.

Well, if the cops had them, they'd have been looking for me by now.

Well, they still ain't around.

They're around.

You get your own police force.

Use them.

Get together a bunch of two -dollar bags. Pass them out to the junkies.

They'll find them for us.

We never pushed no drugs street level before.

Listen, Davis.

Want those kids found?

Dead or alive, it don't make no difference.

Because that's how they're going to end up anyhow.

Get out there and buy us some help.

Hey, that Robles was nothing more than a penny anti -fence.

Oh, yeah, maybe he used to push a little 2 % low -grade street garbage.

Huh, my camera's ripped off.

My nephew's missing.

My camera winds up in the arms of an homicide victim.

So what?

Even if the kid did grab your camera, we don't know he dumped it on Robleys. Are

you figuring Johnny got in a beef with Robleys over the camera and then shot

him? No.

No, this kid's no killer.

I used to slip him quarters when he was a kid.

Uncle Theo.

He's this big.

Always smiling.

Uh -huh.

Theo.

You're too close to this.

How do you go home?

You grab a shower.

You take the day off. I'll call you if anything breaks.

Hey, I can always get a couple hours sleep a year.

You do at home.

Besides, you'll be in my way.

I'll be using your office to run this case.

Out.

Stavros Rizzo.

Yes, sir. Captain.

I want you to hit the streets. Take the night duty men with you. I'll handle the

phones. Pick up any information you can on Robleys and two kids. You buy the

information. If you have to, I'll get the money back from downtown.

Yes, sir. And call me if anything breaks.

Yes, Captain. Okay. Let's go.

We want to see Wilson.

Me and my buddy, we know he's watching us.

We thought a candy man got killed.

Whoa, easy, easy, easy.

No, no trouble on it. Maybe just a little, uh, some bread and maybe some of

happy stuff. You know, just enough to get straight.

What are you talking about?

400 bucks and some smack and we go to the cops on Wilson.

Hey, man.

Don't get so all tight.

Come over here.

Listen.

It sounds like a fair deal to me, but I gotta speak to Wilson first, okay?

Well, how long will it be, man? You know we can't wait around forever.

Well, here we go.

Here's my good faith, all right?

Here's 20.

And a couple of deuces to help you out, okay?

You and your friend, you can meet me at the Angel's at 12 o 'clock tonight.

Now, don't sweat it, baby.

We'll make a deal. Wolf is really a good guy, okay?

It's a score.

200 and some white stuff.

They're scared, but not scared enough to go to the cops.

We got a couple of ounces of uncut stuff, ain't we?

Just about.

Then, leave it pure.

Make up a couple of hot shots.

They shoot it up, and they overdose.

Suicide, except we supply the gun.

long, but you came to me first. I got no beef.

Yeah, well, my buddy's waiting outside, and if I don't come out, he's going to

the police. He'll really do it. I mean it.

I take it easy.

Don't get excited.

I don't blame you for trying to make a score on me.

I'd have probably done the same thing myself.

Yeah, well, I'm just trying to keep straight, you know.

Sure, I do.

Who'd know better than me?

I pulled a few hustles in my day also.

There's 300.

It's all the cash I can spare right now.

When Dave is here, he'll give you a couple of bags.

A little more than make up the difference.

Let's check them out.

Hey, give me a hand. I'll talk to you.

Don't hit me. My uncle's a cop.

Maxwell,

my detective who picked them up, he just wanted to check them out.

They took off.

Well, he was able to hold onto this mouth with your nephew attached.

He used your name, so I figured I'd give you a courtesy call.

Lieutenant to lieutenant. Thank you, Donovan. I appreciate it.

Kojak, are you...

I don't know if you know this or not, but your nephew ain't exactly straight.

He's a junkie.

You caught my camera?

No, Uncle Theo.

On it.

Just got lost, huh?

When'd you start using drugs?

Last summer.

But just once in a while.

Why?

I don't know.

Just for kicks, I guess.

I just tried it.

How much you shooting?

Not even a bag a day. I only joy pop.

You got all the junkies' pet answers, don't you? I'm not a junkie.

I could stop anytime I want to. I got no habit. You think so?

I'm going to show you your future.

Hey, man, don't care for me, man.

I haven't fixed for a month.

Flip your sleeve and let me see your arm.

Yeah.

Oh, I'm cool, man.

How old are you?

Nineteen.

How long have you been using?

About four, five years.

Why'd you start?

Why'd I start, man?

Just for... Just for fun, man.

For... For kicks, man. I was just jaw -popping.

How much do you use?

Oh.

A few spoons a day.

Three.

Four.

That's a pretty good habit.

Hey, man.

That ain't nothing, man.

I ain't cooked on this stuff, but I can kick it.

I can kick it any time I want.

Me? I was talking to a junkie.

You kidding?

You're looking into a mirror.

You ever hear the expression to detox, detoxification?

What's that mean? It means you're going to take the cure, get yourself cleaned

up. Takes two or three days to get rid of the physical effects of the drugs to

detox you.

You mean cold turkey?

You call it what you want. That's what you're going to do.

First, we're going to clean up your body and then we're going to work on your

head.

Come on in.

You look lousy. You should get more sleep.

Is that him?

This is my nephew, Johnny. Johnny, this is Sonny South. As they say, he used to

be a contender.

You scared, Johnny?

Yeah, I guess so. Good.

Keep it that way.

Me and you are going to be together a few days, trying to make you into a

being again.

We're going to get you clean, and you can stay clean or go back to your sewer.

You get one trip with me.

We're going to sit up there and I'm going to be pouring sugar and orange

down your throat.

And wiping the puke off your chin when it comes back up.

And don't try to bust out of the room.

I'm an ex -con, an ex -pug and an ex -junkie and I'll knock you right on your

tail.

Now get up those stairs to room 204 and take a shower.

Go on.

What's he doing, reading a write -act to him or is there more to this?

Well, it might keep him under control a little longer.

I need the edge as long as possible.

What do I do now?

Just give me 34 bucks.

That's the rent on the room for a week. And I don't want to see you till I call

you. I'll bill you if he breaks the furniture.

You owe me six dollars.

Since when do you start calling men on overdoses?

Well, it's the kid, Lieutenant, the one we've been looking for, Donnie. Your

nephew's pal?

His name is Donald Collins. He's 17 years old.

There's a set of works on that table over there, plus a half a bag of heroin.

There's a full bag of heroin in his pocket, plus about 280 bucks in fives

tens. Not only that, we found this loaded automatic tucked in his belt.

It's the same caliber as the one that killed Robley.

It's no toy, is it?

Boy, this keeps building up like a garbage heap.

All right, set up a crime scene. I want you to treat this like a homicide, but

don't classify it as such.

Lieutenant, it's an OT. They make beef, priorities and all that.

Let them. We're going to go all the way with this.

Forensics, ballistics.

Let's see where it falls.

Even if it falls right in my lap and my family's.

Sonny? Yeah, what do you want, Theo?

Look, how's Johnny holding up? Like any junkie doing it cold.

He's thick, Theo. Sick as a dog.

Well, I'm coming over there. I gotta ask him some questions.

This kid ain't gonna see nobody.

You're not getting on his back now. You know the rules.

He's doing it, Theo.

Don't you understand, man? He's caring enough now. Don't hit him with nothing

more.

He may not make it anyway, but let's give him even money.

Okay, Sonny.

You let me know when, though, okay? As soon as possible?

Thanks, Theo.

Thank you.

You can do it.

You can kick.

I did.

Twice.

Both times, Coltex.

The second time it all held together for me.

I've been clean ever since.

14 years now.

How come it took you twice?

Maybe I'm twice as dumb as you are.

You can do it. But the first trip... After my first trip, I...

Kitted myself into thinking I could shoot up again.

Just for fun.

The second time... The second time, my brother locked me in a

room.

And I sweated it out alone.

I blew my whole life on drugs.

And ended up in a stinking room.

In a stinking neighborhood.

All I got in life is guys like you.

You're important to me, kid.

I got it. I was shot.

One shot. One lousy shot.

One lousy shot's all the shots in the world.

It's the next thousand shots the next ten years if you live that long.

You got no right to keep me.

You can make it. You can be one of the ones with enough guts to make it.

Gun match.

It fits the bullet taken from Robley's body.

And for an added piece of news, the Donald Collins prints fit the partial

your camera.

Keeps growing, doesn't it?

Getting heavier and heavier.

There's more yet.

The drugs found on Collins were 14 grains of 28 % pure.

That's lethal.

That's ten times the strength of street -level stuff.

That's right.

Guns.

Fingerprints on the camera, the cash.

The pure stuff that wiped out the...

The Collins kid.

You know, it's all falling into place like a rug.

Johnny and Collins.

They knock off Robles for a little money.

They stumble upon the Dugs.

And it all started with one lousy little camera.

You think they shot him too?

Hey, Crocker.

That's one part I hate to think about.

Sonny or no Sonny, I gotta speak to Johnny.

Who's Sonny?

Sonny.

He was the one I thought was gonna solve a little family problem.

I'm not too sure anymore.

He flew the coop. Johnny's out.

He took some old paint clothes of mine and went out in the wind and down the

fire escape.

He could have made it, Dale. He could have made it.

It's all my fault. You didn't stick that needle into his arm, and we can't argue

about that anyway.

Look, I think he's headed for a stash of heroin that's almost pure, and he

doesn't know it. How pure? 100 % O .D. pure. His buddy's dead already. Get in.

Where'd you find that friend of his, the O .D.? Maybe that's where he got his

share of stash.

I would have come back.

I just wanted a shot.

You wouldn't have come back after this shot, kid.

Your buddy Collins is dead from an overdose.

Donnie?

Donnie's dead?

Where'd the gun come from?

Where'd the gun come from?

Donnie Collins never had no gun.

Must have been Wilson's.

We'd never do anything with a gun.

Who's Wilson?

What's the rest of his name?

Wilson.

That's all I know him by.

Except that we met.

Donnie met him.

At D 'Angelo's on Fifth Street.

It's like it's hangout.

And he's got this guy, Jimmy Davis, with him all the time.

Oh, man.

What do I do to myself?

Sonny.

I want to go back to the room.

I want to kick.

Sure, kid.

We'll give it another try.

How about it, Theo?

All right.

But no more playing social work for me, do you understand?

You want to break the rules, you're going to learn to pay the price.

I'm going to book you.

Petty Larson need the camera.

You'll be out tonight on parole, or better yet, I'll put up the bail myself.

If you disappear this time, I'll pull back the bail and you can take your cure

sitting in a cell.

Do me a favor, Stavros.

Yes, sir.

Handle the car.

I'll catch up with you in court.

It's about time I let his mother in on what's going on.

All right, let's go.

Don't just sit there like a soap opera.

Tell me, is he all right?

Is he dead?

No, he's not dead.

He's with me.

But he's in trouble, Mary.

He's an addict.

An addict?

An addict is a word.

My Johnny's not a word.

He's a boy.

You bring him home, Theo. I'll take care of him.

You can't. Not for this. It's something different.

He's going to stay with a friend of mine for a couple of days. He'll take care

of him.

What are you kidding? Better than his mother?

For this, yes.

Look, Mary, he's in other trouble, too.

I want to see him, to know he's all right. Where is he?

You can be a hard man, Theo.

What do you want, a son or an animal?

If I take him, maybe, just maybe, you might get a son back.

You take him, you'll have a zombie with a family name.

Maybe that's what he needs, somebody hard.

And I've got to be it, whether I want to or not.

Hey, Mary, look at me.

I'm going to put him with a friend of mine. His name is Sonny South.

He's taken care of kids like this before. He's done it for me, okay?

I'm sorry, Theo.

I just had to call somebody names and you're sitting there in front of me.

I'll let you keep up.

for a while.

But I want to see him.

I want to know where he is.

I want to know he's all right. I got to see him. Where is he?

Look, I'll leave you the address and I'll tell Sonny that you'll be coming by

the day after tomorrow, but no sooner, okay?

Mary?

You heard the man.

Up against the wall.

Spread out.

Spread out!

You start the search from the front.

You see, I want Wilson for murder.

Now, if you want to be a part of that, well, it's okay with me.

But let me tell you something, Davis.

If you play cowboys and Indians with me, you're going to have to pay the price.

You understand?

Look, I'm going to do another kill. That ain't my thing.

I don't know. I never saw them in my life before.

Maybe you brought them in with you.

You

see

these, Packard?

That's what they sell street heroin in.

But, of course, you wouldn't know about that, would you? Huh?

You see this flower here?

Zippy -dippy -doo?

That looks just like heroin, but, of course, you never saw heroin before. And

you know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to fill up these little...

And I've thought up enough for a felony.

And then you know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to bust you.

Well, that ain't fair, man. That's a frame.

I mean, it ain't right.

That ain't age, man. A little show.

That's right.

But that's going to take a couple of days. In the meantime, back at the farm,

I'm going to let it known out in the streets that you're a stoolie, Davis.

And you know what I'm going to do then? I'm going to let you go.

But then when I go looking for Wilton, I'm going to let him know that you put

this gawk on him.

Davis, you're a dead man.

And that's a gawk.

You helped me bust Wilson.

You want to carry her all the way?

You want to be walking down the street and have somebody put a hit on you?

Why me? Why all this to me?

Because you were part of the deal to try to hot shot my nephew.

You see, this is personal, punk.

Not just business.

So you'd better talk.

Look, it wasn't me. I had nothing to do with it.

So what's the problem?

Now look, I know you're trying to bluff Davis, but his lawyer's here. I can't

stall him any longer.

He called the DA's office and they called us back and they said we have to

him to talk to his client immediately.

Sapostine. Yes, sir. You take a trip to BCI on narcotics if you have to and get

a picture of Wilton. Take a wet print.

Oh, and tell that lawyer Crackcower he's got five minutes to feed Davis in the

interrogation room. Right.

Well, I tried, Frank.

Lieutenant.

If the charges against Davis have anything to do with this alleged

recovery, and this powder turns out to be common flour, I will personally bring

this case to the attention of the district attorney, and you will be in

great trouble.

What flour?

Davis was brought in here relative to questioning an homicide.

And what's flour got to do with homicide?

What homicide?

Pick a file.

Any file.

You know, apparently your client makes up an imagination what you lack in

scruples, Mr.

Krakauer.

Flower, don't be stupid.

Davis, come out here, you punk.

I guess you represent Wilson as well. That's what got you down here so fast,

right?

The names of my clients are confidential.

I do not have to disclose them to the police.

Now, I hope you have no intentions of harassing my clients, any further.

intentions and none of your business, garbage man.

So you go pick up slime over there and get the hell out.

I gotta find the kid.

Simple. I ain't ready to get involved with no hit on a relative of Kojak's.

He's making it a real hard case.

Ain't like it's his kid.

Just his nephew.

Besides, he's a junkie.

The only one who can hurt us.

What do you mean us?

You're the one that killed Robles.

You're the one that he saw.

But us?

Did the thing with Collins.

Hey, there ain't no way they can prove that.

And there ain't no way they can prove the candy store thing either if we

it right.

Listen, Jimmy.

Let's clean this thing up.

After it's over, we'll stay in business on a 50 -50 basis.

You go all the way with me on this.

You'll be my partner.

Well, you know where this kid lives?

Lieutenant, this is all that Saperstein weeded out of all the hundreds of

Wilsons we had on file.

Narcotics is no help.

Think Davis will pick him out? No, Davis is gone. His lawyer moved him out. I

couldn't hold him any longer.

What now?

Oh, Mr. Johnny.

Go ahead.

Try something hot now.

Who knows, it might even stay down.

No sweat, Johnny.

As long as you got the urge to eat, you're on your way.

Food will stay down pretty soon now.

It's me, Theo.

How's it going?

He's gonna be okay.

Probably be eating meat broke by tomorrow.

Look, I have to speak to him.

To show him some pictures.

Is it all right if I come on over?

Can I wait till tomorrow?

Well, if it has to.

It has to.

He's out of it now and I don't want to press him.

The longer he sleeps, the less he feels.

Okay, I'll see you real early then.

He ain't home.

You sure?

I sent one of the neighborhood kids up there.

He knows them and they know him.

Said he's staying with a friend.

Drosinis.

You sure that's the right name?

Yeah, that's right.

Kojak must have him stashed.

Think this kid's ever been arrested or anything?

I don't know for sure.

You know any kids in this neighborhood that don't have a record?

Especially a junkie.

Information? Hello.

I'm sorry to disturb you, but I'd like to speak to John Drosinis.

Oh, is this Mr. Drosinis?

No, I'm his uncle, Costantinos.

Just helping out over here.

Johnny's mother is in church.

Could you tell me when John will be home?

Oh, he won't be home tonight.

He's staying at some mother house.

Oh, that's too bad.

My name is Sloan.

I'm a probation officer, New York City Department of Correction, Board of

Education branch.

It's necessary that I verify the residence of John Drosinis and that he

living within the jurisdiction of New York City.

He's here, Mr. Sloan. He's just not home tonight, that's all.

Hey, is he in more trouble?

Not if I can locate him tonight.

Otherwise, I'll have to have a warrant issued. I must see...

I know where he is. Just wait a minute, please.

I have the address here somewhere.

Thank you.

I was sure he would cooperate.

What do you say? You ready to call it a night for us? Why do these kids tear

themselves apart?

They blow their minds.

Mainliner, right to the junk pile for freaks.

Well, you take a drink once in a while, don't you?

Are you trying to suggest the same thing?

No. Then what?

I was going to suggest we go grab a belt.

Go,

Jack.

Parole officer.

Now, would you take it easy, Constantine, will you? Let me have it

Be right back, Chief.

All right, all right. I'll be right there.

Sorry, fellas. No rooms available.

Are you the manager?

That's right.

We were told to ask for a Mr. South.

That's right, fellas.

But there still ain't no rooms available.

Where's the kid?

Sonny, you coming back up?

Don't shoot, guys! Don't shoot!

No! No!

Lock the door! Lock the door!

I hope to God you're worth the trade.

Coming up tonight at 9.

Seven women have all been murdered over a 12 -year period.

You think she can handle it, boss?

Of course she can.

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