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This man is going to jail.

There was the case of a woman found dead in a dumpster two months ago.

We are dealing with a man who was murdered before and will murder again.

Hey, it's not dumb to stand up to somebody who did something wrong.

He's got a knife!

He's gonna kill us. Whatever, we can't back down now.

Can't take on Rankin alone.

But I can.

Well,

hello.

I think I'm in love.

Take a peek at your thighs.

You've got beautiful eyes, baby.

You want to have my children?

I didn't hush myself.

I didn't hush myself.

I know I'm supposed to. Hang on.

That's great advice, Pete. Hang on.

Here, get my hug.

Come here. Come here.

Get my hug.

Hi,

Mr. McCall. Morning, Lizzie.

Something wrong?

Mr. McCall.

Do you remember when I told you my landlord came to see me, he said maybe I

the apartment?

Yes, Lettie.

I lost the apartment.

Oh, no, I'm sorry, Lettie.

But I got another one.

Well, that's great. Good.

But I can't move in right away.

Oh?

So I thought... Oh, of course, Lettie. If you want some money for a hotel for a

couple of days, of course. Oh, no, no, I couldn't take no money.

It's just that you got so much room here.

But I understand.

Do not concern yourself.

Mi hijos and I will find some place.

Here?

A few days, no more.

And we will be very quiet.

And I will work for you the rest of the month for free.

Did you say a few days or two days? Two days. Two days. Two days!

Four days at the most.

And we don't make no noise, I promise.

You hardly know we're here.

Dave Riken would do anything, man, but I didn't think he would try to kill us.

Well, you don't know that he did. Hey, what's it gonna take to convince you,

huh? I had her from the 86th floor.

Ah, the brake failed. Nothing failed, man. The dog ain't sheared and not by

itself. He's trying to scare us off. Look, Lenny, maybe this thing ain't

getting dead over.

You guys all right?

The entire left drive needs to be replaced. The sled's going to need a lot

repair. So how about the sled?

We were just coming in to make up the damage report.

Don't worry about that. Do that tomorrow.

Come on, let's go to Clancy's and have a drink. We buy our own drinks.

Michael.

What are you coming at me with this answer for?

I got no attitude.

I buy my own drink.

All right, I understand that.

I mean, you're into something scary right now.

Whatever. We can't back down now.

Do me a favor. I know what we can't do. Tell me what we're going to do.

Because the way it is now, we're dead men.

Still plenty. Why do we have to go through this garbage?

Why don't we just walk away?

Walk away?

What are we supposed to do? Sit around like dumb window washers and get greased

by rockets? Hey, it's not dumb to stand up to somebody who did something wrong.

Man, I'm just scared, I guess.

Hey, join the club.

Hold on a sec.

I've been saving this.

Maybe we should call his number.

What are you kidding?

This is our newspaper ad.

Look, man, I got something to offer, too. You don't have all the ideas, and

is something I think we should do.

All right, call it.

Gentlemen, do you mind?

Just move over there, hmm?

I'm trying out this new lens here.

Just stay there.

We'll all be happy.

All right?

Thank God.

Fellas, this is an expensive piece of equipment.

Do not touch it, all right?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

I will not touch the expensive piece of equipment.

Not fair. I will not touch the expensive piece of equipment.

Hello. Are you the guy that put that ad in the paper?

Yes, yes, hello.

Uh -huh.

My name is Robert McCall.

Yeah? Oh, would you hang on just a minute?

Tell us, do you have any toys to play with? Yeah. Then go and play with your

toys, all right? I'm busy.

See what I mean? Look at this brake shoe here, Mr. McCall.

See, somebody took a file to this brake shoe.

You really got to look at it closely.

Problem is, you can't go to the cops with stuff like this.

Because whoever did it, they knew what they were doing.

It looks like normal wear and tear.

You got a thing about heights, Mr. McCall?

Not at all.

Watch your step there.

So, uh... So what do you think, huh?

Why don't you come over here?

So, you're sure it's deliberate?

Yeah.

Why? Reagan. He thinks I'm trying to destroy his company because I want a

election.

And you?

Truth be known, I don't care one way or another about the union.

But the guy's got a right to choose, that's all. This bum is trying to stuff

something down their throat. That ain't right.

And he can't legally fire you until the election is settled. Breaks down like

this. He can't fire us, we can't quit. So he's gonna kill us.

Okay, then.

Okay, then, that's it.

Yes.

So what do you want us to do?

Stay healthy.

Leave the rest to me.

Take care of something.

Sorry to interrupt, but you got a minute for me?

Not really.

Gibbs, you want to cancel my contract, just call me.

Say, hey, Rikes, get over here. I'm going to fire you, but I come over, we

a drink, shake hands. There's no hard feelings.

That's how you do it.

Nice.

You're not going to send me a dead John in the mail.

There's legitimate concern about you.

About our control car.

You're not going to do any better. I run a non -union shop. It's going to stay

non -union. My price isn't going to go up.

Braggart, I'm sorry.

You're too unstable.

Unstable?

Unstable.

Joseph, use this car!

Unstable? Move it! You want to see unstable?

Make sure unstable!

Okay,

thank you very much.

Okay.

Something wrong, Libby? Oh, nothing, no.

Come on, there it is. What is it?

Oh, you remember that apartment I told you about?

Oh, yeah, yeah. It's gone.

But I got another apartment I can look at.

But the manager's only going to be there for the next few hours.

So go and pee it.

I got nobody to watch the boys.

Ah.

Here.

Well, I'd like to help you, Letty. You're a wonderful man.

Boys! I thought I've got an appointment.

Now listen to me.

Give me a second, Mr. McCall.

I didn't hear someplace.

No, no, no, no, no. Not with your hands, with your feet. You're supposed to be

playing soccer.

Give me the ball. Let's pee it. Let's pee it.

I think you haven't joined Big Brothers in America.

So either there's a señorita in your past that I don't know about, which I

doubt, or you're moonlighting as a nanny.

Brilliant deductive reasoning.

Well, that's why I make the big bucks.

So, Mike Ryder.

What did you get?

Oh, he's a real sweetheart of signature kind.

Did a three -yard stretch before me at the fall coming out of the merchant's

arena. That was 12 years ago. No time since then, but he's broken a lot of

bones. Under whose auspices?

Let his M .O .B. strike a familiar note.

Real diligent.

Worked himself up the head of delinquent wounds division.

How did he get set up in business?

He was a good soldier.

Got invested.

He had a vision. I wish I knew.

You know that gimmick he's got, that semi -automated window -washing sled

Wish I thought of that.

Habits? Crank.

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that. It's sort of like design and speed.

Goes well with a cup of coffee, like sugar.

What else?

Just got a couple of girls on retainer. I got names.

Very top -draught stuff.

Likes it rough.

In addition it out, I mean.

I think there's a connection.

You know, like, uh, crank makes you cranky?

Keep my house. You get it. It's over there.

Financial statement.

No good.

Built his empire on quicksand. Got one nostril above the slime and it's sucking

up all his acid.

And his patrons won't carry him? No.

He's screwed up too many times. They're leaning on him real heavy.

Hey, Mikey, how you doing? All right.

Trying to reach you.

Trying to reach me. I see you. We talked. You don't tell me nothing about

Well, I told you about the payment.

Oh, look.

Being late is one thing.

But you make these guys come out short with no explanation.

That's something else.

Makes me look bad, everybody looks bad.

Now you got to make this right, Mikey.

How much time?

Time's up.

Help me two days, three days a week. What do I got?

You got what I got.

I need the rest of it. I need the big. I need it now.

Hey, look, kid, you put me in the box.

I'll give you two days. Can you make it right in two days?

Thanks, son.

Do the right thing, Mikey.

When you went for me.

Remember, two days, Mike, okay?

That's all you got.

Two days.

No, you tell me.

I don't know. You're the one with all the answers. You tell me.

Yeah?

Tell him I want to settle this, all right? I want to settle it tonight.

A half hour.

I said a half hour.

Look, I need the money now.

They're stepping on me.

Come on, let me see.

That makes it better.

Like magic.

All I'm saying is that we got the right to choose. We got the right to choose.

Okay, okay, Dan.

just show up to show up and vote? Come on, take it easy.

Shelf it, Lenny. You're wearing it out. I would if I got a little positive

response here, but these guys aren't hearing me. We're hearing you, Lenny.

We're hearing you, Lenny. Why don't you give it a break?

I'm going to get a beer. What the hell is it with you, Stan, huh?

Well, don't you get it? You're going to let them push us around the rest of our

lives?

How you doing, mate?

So

what's

been going on, Stan?

Same old broker we're in, Mr. Reichen.

Tommy, run the ball, he's dead.

Buy the drinks, but that won't buy your votes.

I make a nice gesture, he turns it into politics.

Look, guys, now if Lenny here gets his way, you guys will have time cards

stenciled on your noses.

I mean, I don't want to see that happen.

I mean, tell him, Pete, you've seen both sides.

He's got his own mind. I ain't gonna tell him nothing.

Well, somebody better.

I mean, what is it? Do I treat you bad?

That ain't the point.

Then what is the point? The point?

Yeah.

I'm listening.

All I want to know is who popped the cable on the sled, huh?

What the hell are you inspiring?

I ain't saying that you did it, but I ain't saying that you did it. Then what

are you saying, Lenny? Hey, listen, we got a right to organize.

Now, what about me? What about my right? Mike, it ain't worth it. Would you stay

out of my face? I'm just trying to perfect. Well, stop trying. Why don't

quit? Hey, you would like that, wouldn't you?

What, do you want to ruin my business? Yeah.

This ain't about your union. This is about me. Yeah, it is, and I don't like

Now we're into it. Let's go outside.

Mike, don't step on it.

Come on, Reichen.

Come on, Reichen.

Come on, come on. He's got a knife!

Rick.

You saw what happened.

Right, Rick?

Well, you're lucky he didn't stick you. I mean, the way he came after you that

night.

I got one witness that said Rigott did it.

Unprovoked, pure and simple.

And I got two witnesses that say that Leonard DeWitt had the blame.

Rigott acted purely in self -defense.

You do the arithmetic.

Now, arrest.

I make arrests when I can make cases. I got nothing that'll stick. If I book

him, it's just a lot of wasted paperwork.

You know it and I know it.

Look, McCall, personally, I think that guy belongs in the cage.

Sorry, I gotta go.

You killed him, man.

You just killed him.

Now he's getting away with it.

I'm sorry, Pete.

Why does it always work out like that, huh? Why do guys like Riker always win?

Tell me, huh?

Guys like me and Lenny, guys like us, we always come up short.

I know life ain't supposed to be fair.

Somewhere there should be a balance.

Where we win.

Or at least break even.

Don't tally up the score yet. We're still in the game. It's not over.

It's over.

Can't take on Riker alone.

I can.

Something I can do for

you?

Is there a problem?

I'm going to put you away for a long, long time.

Just make sure that you don't put yourself away.

Well, are you going to tell me what you found out, or is this going to be your

little secret?

Well,

the lady's name is LaDonna Page, and she's a traveler from the glitter to the

gutter. High fashion model during the day, little light hook on the side

the night.

Some arrests, no convictions.

Pretty girls get a lot of forgiveness.

What do you want with her, McCall?

Isidore, just steer me in her general direction.

And later you might get a call telling you about her crime.

It's just about to be committed.

Think we can leave it there.

You know, McCall, maybe you better let me take care of this, because it can get

kind of rough in there.

Are you inferring that I would be out of place in here?

I'm not inferring anything.

I am saying that you are too old, too slow, and too white.

Oh, well, too white, maybe.

Isidore, observe and learn something.

It's all right, it's all right.

He's with me.

It's cool, man.

This

is

a private club.

I'm a member.

You got brothers and sisters?

Oh, yes. Very large family.

Uh, McCall, why don't you just let me take care of this?

We are quite anxious to find a certain young lady, and finding her could prove

of great advantage to both us, to us and her.

Anyone who can help us, I do assure you, will be most appreciated by both

parties. She's often talked about this place, the wonderful ambiance,

the beautiful decor.

I'm certain that you, if you put your mind to it, could help us go

in her general direction.

La Donna Page.

Is that all you want?

Yeah.

All you had to do.

Right through that door.

Come on, she's all we've got.

Let's get her into the bathroom. Give me a hand.

You're going to be all right.

You're going to be all right. All right.

Open the door.

So, Miss Page.

You all right now?

You understand me?

He did that, didn't he?

Ragged.

What is this?

Queen for a day?

Hey, I'm going to lay two options on you.

And then you're going to make a choice.

What's wrong?

It's let's make a deal.

Option number one.

I drive you downtown, we get into a discussion about all of this, and maybe

time we get a conviction.

And what's behind door number two?

Ah, now that's up to Mr. McCall here.

Look, why don't you just go ahead and lay it all out?

You've got me real curious.

I was going to ask you to convey a certain piece of information to Mr.

About? About a transaction that has already been arranged, in which I am

will be most interested.

Between two other parties?

Correct.

And what do I get out of this?

You get to breathe fresh air.

I'll give you, Haggard.

Let me tell you one thing.

You'll be involving yourself in a very dangerous game.

Miss Page, do not promise anything that you can't deliver.

I said I'll do it.

Almost no surprise.

You haven't lost me.

Good. I'm here every day, on the job, till after that election, and you can't

nothing about it.

Can you fly?

What, are you threatening me?

Huh? For all these people?

Look, I understand how you feel about your friend.

If you want to work, you work. If you don't want to work, take the day off. I

ain't taking nothing.

Suit yourself.

I didn't care before.

It was just something Lenny wanted.

As long as there's an ounce of life in me, I'm going to fight for this union.

Good.

Pete, leave it.

There are other ways.

I've been seeing a little too much of you, pal.

I wanted to meet you here, Pete, because I wanted to tell you that I'm getting

to get a certain information.

This man is going to jail.

He's overdrawn at the bank.

He owes $38 ,000 on his credit card, his car is about to be repossessed, and

he's three months overdue with his rent, and certain other gentlemen are

pressing him for money.

Also, there is the case of a woman found dead in a dumpster two months ago.

The police are very interested in that.

You see, Pete, he's living in a house of cards, and you and I are going to pull

the whole damn lot around his ears.

Don't. Let anything happen.

Because I shall take it very personally.

See?

Victims of a real bizarre body.

Say what you want, Mikey. I didn't see you too anxious to jump in his face.

Has a history of ripping off low -level drug dealers.

He's also extremely short of money.

I'm going to set him up.

Put him into a situation that he can't possibly resist.

Inside information from La Donna Page.

And... An easy target of opportunity.

Is this real?

No, it's counterfeit.

How about this?

You've got to be kidding.

Although we do have an arrangement with Detective Morse, I have to warn you,

it's quite risky.

It could all go south.

Could be violent.

Even worse, you could be caught along with Rygert, and if that happens, I warn

you, I cannot help you at all.

So I will quite understand if either of you decide not to participate.

I'm in.

We just have to get out of there, right?

As quickly as possible.

Okay.

Right. Jimmy, you're the buyer. Alec? That fellow?

Oh, fellas, that was smooth. I mean, that was really smooth.

We're leaving.

The boy's going to say goodbye.

Good, good.

Where are you?

Boy, now don't forget, you take care of your mother, huh? Okay, okay.

Come and see me any time you want.

Okay. And maybe we'll take you to a soccer match. You like that? Yeah!

Great, great, great. Go, my friends, in peace. Go on. Bye, bye.

All right, see you tomorrow, love you. Bye. Bye.

I want you to get hurt.

And why did you dangle it in the first place?

I know you need the money.

I do.

Mike.

He did.

Oh, yeah.

Good. You all right? Oh, don't worry about me. I'm okay.

Fine.

We're on.

...about here as entrapment.

Look, I'm an informant.

You will be arresting a man for possession of narcotics. It's as simple

Oh, McCall, you travel some pretty foggy countryside.

Isidore, you know why I'm doing this.

We are dealing with a man who was murdered before and will murder again.

Where's it supposed to go down?

Oh, come on, Isidore. You know I can't tell you that. Not until the last

I have to protect my own people.

McCall, this stays unpublished forever.

Hey, Mikey.

Come here.

All right, I'm going to get the money right now. What do you mean, go for it

now? It's going to be two hours. Two hours? I gave you two days.

Come on, two more hours? No, no, you're hurting our relationship.

I got to do something I want to do, and you know it.

Go ahead, do it.

Two hours?

Yeah, sure.

All right, don't break his nose.

All right, that's enough.

I didn't want to do this, Mikey.

I told you to do the right thing. You didn't do the right thing, so this is

happens.

Reynolds Island, Dunning Stadium.

Now.

Time to get into position.

Jimmy?

How's your weapon?

I'll pass.

Jimmy. You're playing the part of a drug dealer. Drug dealers carry weapons.

Take it.

I'll be covering you both at all times. Take it.

Okay.

So.

You're coming.

Come on, buddy.

I don't like this.

Relax.

Just watch from a call signal.

What the hell?

Nobody move.

Put your cases down.

Slow.

Take your weapons out.

Easy.

Slow.

Easy.

Now get out of here.

Go on, get out of here.

Very still.

Put the shotgun down.

Very gently.

Now take out your other gun.

got him, McCall.

Now, if it'll stick, who knows?

Either way, he's finished on the street.

He broke the rules. He got caught.

No one will touch him now.

And you better get out of here, McCall.