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Hey! Hey, what do you think you're doing?

Hey! Hey, let go of me, man!

It's as simple as this. We're giving you 24 hours. They said she gave it to you.

So who could that be?

I don't know.

Now we can do this easy, or we can do it rough.

No, no, I don't know exactly where it is, but I can find it. I swear to God I

can find it. Just give me some time.

You never told me about this stuff.

In the near future.

You may wake up dead if you don't do as I tell you. What do these guys want from

me, huh?

That, I intend to find out.

Give them an inch, they think you're coming, going sideways.

Think cops give a rusty bucket?

Get a license, carry a piece.

What does it look as if I got a death wish?

Call a cop. Yeah, three o 'clock in the morning, there's one in every corner.

Right. Cop gonna ride around with you?

Cop gonna guarantee your money back?

Not in my lifetime.

I've been driving my own hat for 15 years.

They think I'm just gonna roll over and go.

They got another thing coming.

That's him.

You are shaking down independent taxi drivers.

Perhaps you'd like to answer a few questions.

For instance, how many drivers and how many cabs have you hit during the past

month? What is your gross income from those hits?

What are the names of your employers?

Would you care to answer one or two of those questions?

No response. No response at all.

What's the matter? Why don't you answer the questions?

Let me tell you something. You're under investigation.

And if you so much as harass that man once more...

This tape will be given to the district attorney's office. Do you understand me?

I presume you do understand me, gentlemen. Thank you.

All right, Jimmy, cut it.

It worked.

Of course it worked. I would have never believed it.

Let me give you something for your time. No, no, don't bother. But please, I

insist. Well, well, if you insist. Yes, Jimmy.

All right, well, if you want to give me something, give me your card.

Sure.

That's what?

If you never mind, I might want to lift someday.

A man like you might come in very useful, Mr. Signorelli.

Thank you. Let's go home.

No, no, you don't understand. I've got it.

But I can't go through with it.

I'm sorry.

You all right?

Fine.

You sure?

I promise. Take care of yourself.

Wait, wait, wait.

Don't go. You want to tell me about it? Just let her go.

Losing your touch?

Don't tell me we've met before.

I hope so.

You look very familiar to me.

I am very familiar.

Something is telling me that you have a phone number.

Have you seen Teresa around?

Who? My friend, dark hair, a little older than me. You saw me talking to

Yeah, she was just here. I don't know. Can I help you with something?

I don't think so.

Here's my number.

Some other time, okay?

Call me.

Sure. Don't lose it.

And don't forget to call.

Definitely.

Pen ran out of ink.

Hey Mitchell, come here.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Listen, I got to go.

Oh, you can't take it.

No, it's just that I... You're afraid?

No, I have an early appointment.

No, I don't want to go.

You wouldn't want me to be rude to these nice people, would you?

Donna, Donna, Donna, I'll call you, okay?

Dana.

Right, right.

I'll call you.

Right.

Right. My number is on the handy -dandy matchbook.

Thanks. I'll see you later.

Single playing card from a deck.

Look at this.

Hang apart. How appropriate.

You did it.

I wonder where this guy lives.

Nice watch.

Put that on the side. We'll use it later.

Look.

Here's his license.

Have a look at this.

Don't you see? I can't help you.

What's going on?

What do you guys want from me?

Be quiet and listen.

Now we can do this easy, or we can do it rough. Do what?

Obviously, you don't have it with you.

So you must have put it somewhere.

What is it? Look, I think you guys got the wrong guy here.

It's as simple as this.

She told us she gave it to you.

We have every reason to believe her, and we want it back.

So there's really no reason to argue, is there? No.

I'll tell you the truth, okay?

I put it somewhere. I mean, I gave it to somebody who put it somewhere, I think.

But the truth is that I didn't understand the significance. You know,

just a guy, okay? I just wait on tape. I don't know about this stuff.

So the truth is that...

Give me some time.

I don't have to listen to that.

No, no, please. I swear to God. Just give me 48 hours, okay? 48 hours, and

find it. I'll get it. I'll bring it back to you. No questions asked.

It's just, you know, maybe you can give me something for my time. You know, like

I'm missing the dinner shift tonight. This is my bread and butter, and they're

going to dock my pay, and I might get fired. Shut him up. No, no.

24 hours.

And understand what I'm saying. We don't have to do that.

If you go to the police, you'll be killed.

If you don't give it to us, you'll be killed.

We'll know where you're going, and we'll know what you're doing.

In exactly 24 hours, you'll be picked up where you were dropped off.

You'll give us what we want.

We'll be happy. You'll be happy.

Life will go on.

It's a deal.

It's just that 24 hours... I don't know, like this person doesn't come home

three times per day, so maybe we could make it 48.

$36 ,000. Got it.

Yeah, yeah, all right.

Why didn't you go to the police?

I can't.

I can't go to the police. These guys said they'd kill me, and I believe them.

I think these guys would love to kill me.

Oh, we can't have that, can we? Look, I didn't do anything.

I didn't hurt anybody. Nobody gave me anything.

How am I supposed to know what it is?

I don't understand.

You said that they said she gave it to you.

So who could that be?

Well, think.

What woman have you seen recently?

These are the ones that gave me their numbers.

You know all these women?

Well, I don't know. I met them.

God.

Let's gather this lot together.

We're going to have to make a list.

Very long list.

Yeah.

You need them. alphabetically?

No, by height.

Really?

Mitchell.

One

child,

Ellie Ann, 18 months.

Hey, you've got a kid?

Where do you get this stuff?

I have my contact.

Yeah, I bet you do.

Credit rating, employment record, prior addresses, police record.

Oh, I don't think Judy would dope prostitution. That's crazy.

I don't know what you're doing.

Oh, I wouldn't doubt it for the moment.

Young man, I really do think I should point out to you that you've already had

12 of your 36 hours.

Oh, great. Thanks.

What do you want me to do?

People around here are horizontally mobile.

This could take weeks.

She's not here.

Perhaps she's ill. No, she's always here. She never misses a class.

I knew there was something wrong with her.

She didn't ask me for my phone number a few days ago.

Come on.

It's John's father. All right.

Hey, that's her. Hey, Mary?

Mary? Hold up a second.

Mary, my friend, Mr. McCall, wants to talk to you. I can't.

I'll come by. Just pull up for a second, please. I'm sorry. Maybe later.

I'd like to talk to you. Just a minute, please. You don't understand. I'm late.

I'm fighting gravity. My glutes, they're disintegrating.

I don't know what you gave to this man and why you gave it to him. I'm

disappointed in you, Mitch. I didn't realize you were a gossip.

Excuse me. Where are you?

Forget it. I mean, forget it. She obviously wasn't her.

Cross her off. Forget it.

I'll call you.

It's an interesting little store. I'd take you in to browse around, but the

is a witch, so I'll bring her out, okay?

Don't worry. I'll find some way to amuse myself.

Mr. McCall?

I guess I was wrong.

Shelly wasn't even in the country last week. I wish I could help, but I didn't

give Mitchell anything.

No matter. Obviously, we made a mistake.

Sorry. You can go back to work now.

All right, thank you. Well... You're welcome.

Bye. Bye. I'll call you.

Caller. Uh, Rockefeller Plaza in about, uh, 15 minutes. Good place.

A lot of office girls on late lunch, skaters, out -of -towners.

Yeah, and you cast your net daily, huh? Oh, yeah. Like I said, I'm a pretty

disciplined guy.

Oh, yes, quite, quite.

Roberta. Uh, 53rd, Madison, about 5 o 'clock.

Don't tell me that's when all those lovely secretaries are pouring out of

offices. Yeah, you got it.

And then around about 6 o 'clock, it'll be Grand Central in that beautiful

racha. Very good.

There are a lot of women that would fall for a guy like you. Thank you,

Mitchell. Thank you. That is about the best backhanded compliment I've ever

What's the matter?

No, what's been working?

We're being followed?

Yeah.

These people are very serious.

Very clever.

I gather Dana was not the girl we're looking for either.

No? No.

Oh, that's cross Dana.

Well,

don't look so depressed. I mean, after all, it isn't really a disaster, is it?

And we've gone right through this list, and we have ruled out every single girl

on it, haven't we?

Which leads me to the conclusion that the girl we are looking for... is not on

this list.

So, think. Who else?

I don't know.

But I get this feeling like this thing is slipping away from us.

And I get this feeling like these guys are going to kill me.

And there's nothing that I can do.

Can I have a drink, miss?

Well, that's very kind of you to offer, but as you've been met, you steep in

contemplation. Perhaps some other time.

But I'm his uncle.

All the way from Akron.

Akron. All right, come on, Mitchell. Pull yourself together. There is another

she you have seen in the past few days who is not on this list. Who is it? I

don't know.

I...

I thought you were somebody else.

What a guy.

What the hell was that all about?

Well, she was on the phone. Well, not her, another girl. She was on the phone

the bar and she was upset.

I wasn't even coming on to her, you know, just trying to be a nice guy.

Some people just don't get it. Oh, yeah. And then she left.

Oh, go on, go on. She's not it.

I didn't talk to her. Two words, Max.

Okay, okay. Out of the blue, she comes back, and she gives me her phone number.

You know, one second it's get lost, the next second it's give me a call. Flake,

total flake.

Wait a minute. You said this girl gave you her number?

Yeah.

Where is the number?

It's with that other pile of numbers, you know. Mitchell, it is not with the

other numbers.

We've looked through all the other numbers. It's not there. Where is it? I

know. Maybe I threw it out. What do I know?

It was on a matchbook.

I gave it to Dana.

You gave it to Dana?

Before I left the apartment.

I wrote my number on it.

Did you?

Yeah.

Go and get it.

And, Mitch, from the other night, this guy over here says that he gave you his

number. Yeah, he gave me his phone number, so what?

We'd like it back, please.

Sure.

That's the number.

Whose number?

Well, your friend with the slick back hair from the other night.

Vicki? Yeah. She came back here that night? That's weird.

She was really upset when she left.

Why? Was she in some trouble?

She got fired, but she was in a panic about it.

Could you show us where she lives?

What do you want with her?

Well, we just want to talk with her.

See, I think she might be in some trouble.

She'd be most grateful.

I promise you.

why would her door be open wait let me go first

Keep yourself under control.

Whoever did that could still be in the area.

Which means they could have seen us come into this building.

Which means that you are both in danger.

I'm going to take you somewhere safe.

First of all, I have to call it in. Look out! Look out!

At the moment, the police should be the least of your worries.

What do these guys want from me, huh?

That, I intend to find out.

I never saw anybody dead before.

My whole life.

I understand.

You do?

Yeah, I guess you do.

How well did you know her?

Oh, very well.

We went out a few times, but she was a hard person to get to know.

And you, what do you do? What's your job?

I'm a temporary secretary.

Fill in different places. That's how I met Vicki. Last two weeks we were

together.

How could somebody do something like that to her?

And how was the salad?

That was excellent. Very good.

Corn spaghetti carbonara. Fresh egg, bacon, pepper, parmesan.

We got this chef at the restaurant. She is from Palermo. It's her recipe, and it

is my favorite dish.

Well, almost my favorite.

Nice try.

Mmm.

Mitchell, above and beyond the core.

Well, we're both professionals, right? I gotta keep my end up, at least I can

do. Keeps me busy. Believe me, I prefer it.

After what happened, I can't help it. I'm hungry.

That's a great thing.

About appetite.

Whatever you go through, it always returns, right?

Oh, you said it.

That smells very good.

Oh, here, great. Have some. There's plenty left there. If you're sure

plenty left. There's plenty.

Thank you, Jimmy.

Oh, Jimmy. Teresa, Teresa, Jimmy.

I got what you want.

But please don't ever ask me to deal with those guys at the lab again,

especially Harris, especially at night.

I don't know, maybe it's his also, but he's getting really impossible.

Well, thank you, Jimmy.

Set it up, will you?

Sure will.

The thing those people have been looking for, the thing that has brought us all

here together this evening, you see, we've been desperately searching.

And when you have eliminated all possibilities, that...

Which remains.

There's got to be the answer.

Go ahead, take a look at the dot on the eye in Jiffy's.

This is very good, by the way. Yeah, thanks.

Punch it up on the monitor, Jimmy, will you?

Microdot. Closer.

Closer.

Well, now, what is it?

I don't know. Some kind of schematics.

Harrison blew it up. He's working off a copy to see if he can build the thing.

So that's what she stashed on me, huh? A matchbook with a microdot.

Worth anything?

Could be worth a fortune.

Now we've got to find out what it is and who owns it.

Jimmy?

You'd better put more pressure on Harrison. I'm McCall.

All right, all right, I'll do it.

What's a micro dot?

Spaghetti's really good.

Thanks.

Mr. Harrison, it's Robert McCall.

I thought I'd ask how you're getting on.

Yes, yes, Mr. Harris.

I do appreciate you working overtime.

But I want to know what the hell we're dealing with as soon as possible.

I realize now, ladies, that believe me, your efforts are greatly appreciated.

But Jimmy's on his way now.

Thank you.

Bye.

Oh, here you are.

Oh, yeah.

Put that away safely.

So, I guess I'll get ready for bed.

Well, you know where everything is? Uh -huh.

Now, look.

You look fine.

I just wanted to thank you again for everything.

Oh, come on.

Don't need thanking.

After all, it was me who got you into the situation in the first place.

Will it be safe for me to go home tomorrow?

Yes, I don't see why not.

Once we get young Mitchell sorted out... You give them the... whatever it is.

Yes, that's right.

What will they do with it?

Oh, use it straight away.

Sell it, I don't know.

I can't get it out of my mind, her lying there.

She seemed like such a sweet...

Poor Vicki.

She was hanging on to it. She had such bad breaks.

But things started looking up. This man, her boss, he was married, but he was

good to her.

And it looked like a good thing. And then he dumped her.

He fired her.

I'll ask you something.

Why do you go to bars like that?

Because I'm lonely.

Everybody's lonely. Everybody wants somebody.

How can you go on if you don't have that hope?

Even if you make mistakes. Even if it's not forever.

in a second like Vicki.

You have to watch out for yourself. Nobody else is going to do that.

Why do people hurt each other?

John, you... I don't want to hurt anybody.

But sometimes...

You hurt people when you don't mean to.

Well, hello.

Good night, Teresa.

That's it.

No more Harrison. I am through, especially at night.

Good morning. Good morning.

Hey, honey, how'd you sleep?

You want some breakfast? I'm taking over. Don't mind if I do a couple of

over easy bacon.

Gotcha. Did you get it, Jimmy?

It's not done yet, McCall, but if it's what Harrison thinks it is, it's wild.

Want toast, Jimmy?

Jimmy will not be having any breakfast.

Jimmy is going straight back to the lab.

At first, I'm thinking this thing is some kind of a joke, right? I'm a little

tired. Then it hits me. You throw in ancillary markets, foreign rights,

franchising.

Worldwide, you're looking at 50 million easy. The bacon a little underdone,

please. I don't have to be back there for at least an hour.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Got a rain check, huh?

I'll figure it out.

Excuse me. Get your cap.

Shall I... Shall I see you again?

You'd really like to?

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Call me?

You can count on it.

Bye, Robin.

Mr. McCall? Yes?

This is Nick Signorelli.

I just dropped her off at 552 Bleecker Street.

Bleecker Street?

You're sure it was Bleecker Street?

Absolutely.

Thank you, Nick.

Okay,

look. Here's the plan. We messenger it to him with a nice note. You help me

write it. Something like, here's the dot.

Glad to get it back to you.

I've been called away on business. Forget the money. Something more

though, you know? Your 36 hours is now up. In one hour's time, you are going

back to that park where you will be picked up. No way! You will be picked up

taken away to a meeting.

And let me tell you something else.

I will be with you. You never told me about this stuff.

You know, you may well walk away from this clean. Just walk away.

On the other hand, in the near future, you may wake up dead if you don't do as

tell you. Now, come on.

Endgame.

Always tricky.

Ever -diminishing options, you see.

You just have to take them as they come.

Are you going to fill me in or what?

No.

Not yet.

You're

supposed

to be one guy.

Two. One.

Young guy.

Him.

One young guy, him. One old guy, me.

Two.

He's quaint.

Balti is into the van.

All this could have been avoided.

If only Vicky had played her part.

She took our money to steal the thing, and then decided she couldn't bring

herself to turn it over.

You shouldn't have brought your friend, I warned you.

But assuming you've kept up your end of the deal, perhaps I can overlook it.

Where is it?

It's here.

Bring it.

Wait!

How do we know this is the real thing?

Well, if it isn't, how did we build that?

It was over.

Drop your weapons and raise your hands.

Drop your weapons.

Don't do it.

Cover him, Mitchell.

You point the gun at him, you bring her on the trigger and cover him. Got it.

You don't hang about, do you?

I haven't got the money.

What do you mean?

Vicki's box.

Occasionally your boss.

You found out that he owned the Microdot.

You told him he could have it back. How much is it going to cost him, Teresa?

How do you know?

Oh, a lifetime of experience.

And in your haste to exchange matchbooks, you wrote down the wrong

numbers.

Robert, about the other night.

The other night of your business.

Why don't you stop now before you harm other people?

I should give it back.

Well, my mother, God rest her soul, always used to say the first step in

learning not to hurt others is to stop hurting yourself.

Mitch? Mitch? Oh, he's fine.

He's quite safe.

Robert, about the other night.

Yes, I know.

We were just trying to get more information out of him.

I was with him, but I was thinking about us.

Miss Cunningham?

Where was I?

I promised to call me.

Oh, I still promise.

I don't know where you get your energy.

This isn't a bad place, really. I might become a regular.

You know, I don't get it.

Killing somebody over a silly robot? Come on.

One robot might be silly.

But over a couple of hundred thousand fell at Christmas time. Oh, no.

There was a lot of money involved there.

Well, how did Vicky know what it was worth?

Her boss invented it. Vicky was heavily involved with her boss.

Had a little pillow talk late at night and were wondered.

Anyway, apparently the affair soured on him.

She decided to get even with him.

Stole the micro -dot.

And thought she would sell it to a competitor.

The couple that kidnapped me.

Then she obviously had second thoughts. She realized what she was getting into.

She realized that they would stop at nothing and get what they wanted.

So she panicked.

And she decided to put the microdark on to look at matches and get rid of it.

So she passed it on to the first available pool.

Right place at the wrong time, huh? Hmm.

So what did you do? You passed it on to Dana. Dana passed it on to somebody

else. Before you knew what was happening, it became a case of

matchbook, find the bloody matchbook.

You know, none of this would have happened if I just paid a little more

attention now and then.

I guess I just don't listen sometimes.

You don't listen at all.

Well, I don't listen a lot, but it's tough out there. I mean, you go round

round and life goes whizzing by and everything gets... Horizontally mobile.

Yeah, yeah.

You know something? I'm going to tell you something.

Sometimes I feel like she's giving it all up. You don't. Yeah, yeah. Settling

down. You know what I mean?

What about all those secretaries, sales girls, out -of -towners? I mean, imagine

their disappointment.

Hi,

Mitch.

Who's your friend?

I'm Chris.

I'm Diane.

Mind if we join you?

Oh, sure.

I believe this seat is available right here to my right.

Great. I haven't seen you around lately, Meg.

So, let's have some drinks.

I've got to go.

I'm sorry. I have another appointment.

Are you sure? Oh, I'm absolutely... Well,

sometimes I feel like giving it up.

And sometimes you don't.

Don't worry about you.

You're quite safe now.

Well, thank you, my dear.

Ladies.

Charming guy.

I'm disappointed.

I read somewhere that middle -aged guys are fun and fat.