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Your Honor, I object.

My client is a... Your client is accused of a crime of premeditated violence.

I did not shoot the man.

I told you this whole thing is a setup. The girl can leave McCall to you.

Well, you won't find her. I haven't been on the run for years.

Where the hell do I start?

I'm not making any deals, McCall. I'm not asking for any deals. Just 24 hours.

Now this kid, four -year -old child, swallowed a live bullet. The mother

the kid to the hospital, waited in the waiting room of mother's heart, waited

hour. Finally, the doctor came out with a big smile on his face. He says, the

kid is fine. He's okay. Take him home. He says, just don't point them at

anybody.

No good?

Don't I know you from the wax museum?

What did you have for dinner?

Phenobarbital?

Well, listen, what can I expect from a group of six people? What do you expect,

big laughter?

This has been my fate. I worked up in the Catskills in a hotel where business

was so bad the boss was stealing the towels back from the guests.

And then, of course, I've had a varied career.

I'm doing television, finally called me. My last shot on television, I'll tell

you how long ago it was, Carl Molden was still carrying cash.

Listen, if I'm a little rocky, it's because I just got off a cruise ship.

my favorite medium.

I worked on a ship that was really fun when I thought it was fun. The highest

ranking officer was the wine steward.

And if you want to see people eat, you go on a cruise.

People come aboard with passengers, they go off as cargo.

Don't you like my joke so much?

Hi, I'm Anne.

Would you like a table? I'm going to turn you over to the band.

Anne Fitzgerald.

Yes?

Rob McCall.

You left a message on my machine?

You got here fast.

Well, I don't live far away, and you sounded desperate anyway, so... I can

a break now.

Why don't we go this way?

Fine.

The first one showed up two weeks ago.

Since then, I've been reported dead in every newspaper in the city.

And every single obituary shows a different cause of death.

And they made sure that you received these, hmm? I get a copy every morning

the mail.

Someone's getting ready to kill me, Mr. McCall.

I can feel it.

You went to the police?

Yeah. They wrote it off as just a thick joke.

They took copies, but what could they do?

Maybe they're right.

It's just a joke.

I was stupid to call you. No, no, no, I'll talk, I'll talk.

Boy, I've revamped it, haven't you?

Anne, you're going to have to do something for me.

You got a friend, a close friend you could stay with for a while?

My mother.

Fine. Well, you call your mother up and see if you can stay there for a short

time. And don't tell anybody.

In the meantime, here's my card. You phone those numbers if you need

And I'll see you here this time tomorrow night.

What are you going to do?

Oh, I'm going to knock on a few doors if I can't find out who's playing

Undertaker.

Don't worry.

Can I help you?

Excuse me?

This is a great car.

I heard it coming.

A Jag, am I right?

Yes, that's right.

I'm always right.

You mind if I look at it? It'll only take a second.

Fine, fine. I got a real light touch.

Oh, you keep it in great shape.

Clean, polished.

A guy with class always takes care of his car.

Yes, thank you, thank you.

Uh, if you'll excuse me now.

Sure, sure. I'm on my way.

Are you Terry?

Get out of here, cop.

I'm not a cop.

Who are you and what the hell do you want?

I want to find out why you've been going around town putting obituaries in

newspapers in the name of Anne Fitzgerald.

I don't know what you're talking about. I think you do.

Every newspaper in town gives the telephone number as their source of

information.

I don't know.

If something happened, I didn't have nothing to do with it.

He told me it was just a joke.

Who told you?

Who told you?

I don't know his name. He was just a John.

What did he look like?

Abraham Lincoln on a piece of paper.

I can't remember.

I'm drunk a lot, okay?

Look, if something happened, I'm sorry.

All I did was call in the obit and say I was Broad's sister.

true.

You don't think you're going to get away with this, do you? My leg, I think it's

broken. What are you talking about broken? This is deliberate.

You deliberately ran up and threw yourself onto the car. Now, what's the

You're not even blind, are you?

You leave me alone.

Somebody help me. Hey, get away from her, man. Somebody help me, please. Get

away from her. What's the matter with you?

I tell you, this is a con. This man.

I have a witness who says you were driving too fast for the condition.

What condition? It's maniacs like him on the street.

Bad enough we got to deal with the damn taxi cab.

That man is an accomplice. I'm telling you to give me your driver's license

before I have to haul you in.

How's it going, man? The leg's not broken, thank goodness.

I want that man examined by a specialist. Why don't you just show up

and pay the two dollars, Mac?

Yeah, don't worry. I'll show up, all right.

I'll bring my lawyer with me.

Let's go get a couple of calls. Thank you.

You're not going to get away with this. You do know that, don't you?

I was just crossing the street.

Yes? Mr. McCall, this is Anne Fitzgerald.

Please, could I see you? I'm at the club. Something's happened.

Uh, all right.

20 minutes.

Oh, you did a real good job. You got the timing down to the tee. No problem, Mr.

Marley. All I gotta do is yell, jump.

You know what's lucky, boy, here?

He don't even ask how far. He just feels it.

Yeah, all the same.

You did a fine job.

Well, I'll catch you guys later, huh? Yeah, see you, kid.

All right.

You know, I'm getting a little old for this now.

Yeah? Yeah, but it's worth it, right?

Huh? I like doing business with you, Mr. Marley. You're a man of...

I thought I asked you to stay at your mother's. I did. It showed up at her

an hour ago.

A death certificate with your name on it.

Most creative.

A few minutes after it came, I got the call.

And you didn't recognize the voice? No.

He told me to show up in an hour with $20 ,000. Where am I going to get that

kind of money? He said if I didn't show up, he was going to kill me.

This is about becoming my favorite morning.

Show up where?

This address.

Fourth floor.

I've just been to this hotel.

Wait here.

I want to come with you. I don't want to be alone.

No, no. Wait here, please.

I'm going to settle this once and for all.

On the gate.

Sit down.

I'm to end up this way, McCall.

I did not kill the man.

How come I don't believe that?

A man with your record of shooting incidents.

You were apprehended by two police officers in an elevator where you

shot a blind man who threatened you with a lawsuit.

I did not shoot the man.

Are you sure he's blind?

Autopsy says so.

Also, ballistics has identified the bullet as coming from the gun found in

possession. Your gun.

It was not my gun. I've never seen that gun before in my life.

Here's a gun registration.

In your name.

Fake.

I've told you, this whole thing is a setup. From the very first moment, that

Clark threw himself onto my car.

And then he shot himself for you, just to make it stick. I'm having trouble

following your logic, McCall.

All right, where's the girl?

The one who allegedly set you up?

Anne Fitzgerald, yes.

There's no one employed at Teddy's by that name. The girl... The

girl did work there.

She went to stay with her mother. I gave you the address.

No one's been seen there for weeks, according to the neighbor. Then someone

at the neighbor.

Oh, it's a conspiracy, huh?

You're beginning to sound like one of those anti -war and commission fanatics.

So you're sticking to this story?

I'm sticking to the truth, yes.

You know, you are a very, very good policeman, Lieutenant, but if you think

can fit me with a charge of murder, you must be a fool.

Get him out of here.

Oh, shucks.

See, I was hoping I'd get a chance to see how you looked in these wraps.

That was not one of your better jokes.

All right, I guess it wasn't. You all right?

I have been better.

I am right, am I not, in assuming that this is not a set -up by one of your

people? No, no, I'm not guilty.

Of course, there are a few of them who are very pleased about it, but they

didn't do it.

Who wants you this bad, Robert?

It would fill a telephone book, wouldn't it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

All I know is that I was cut up by a girl and I've got to find her.

You're going to have to make bail before you do that. Well, there's not much

chance of that, really, is there?

But just in case, do you have your checkbook handy? I don't know. Are you

for it?

I'll get somebody to represent you.

Is that it?

Yeah, that's it.

Oh, thank you for coming.

Keep a step up for a minute.

Now, seeing as this is a first -degree murder charge, it is the opinion of the

district attorney's office that defendants should be remanded. Your

object. My client is a respectable... Your client is accused of a crime of

premeditated violence.

And thus, the defendant is seen as presenting a danger to society.

Therefore, I'm forced to concur with the wishes of the district attorney's

office, and I'm denying bail.

Your Honor, I... And I'm ordering defendants for hearing or grand jury

a future date.

Next case.

Case number 62312.

The people of the state of New York are remarkable.

I suppose I owe you one.

Now, let's just say they were even.

Forever.

Control, I did not ask to be broken out.

Well, you want to clear yourself.

Yeah.

Every cop in New York City looking for me.

Well, some of the odds will be against you a little bit.

Very funny.

Robert, seriously, my help ends here.

And I have a very hard time explaining this little charade. You don't call

Jimmy, you don't call Kostmeyer, or any of my people.

We're out of it now, all right?

Oh, that's bad. That means I've got to bring something back on my own.

Look, I've been on the run for years.

Where the hell do I start?

Well, how about the girl?

Unless... Unless?

Unless you.

I've already run the address of the club.

Well, you would have hocked me or Joshua until you got computer time, right?

All right.

So I ran all of the taxi pickups and drops there yesterday. There was only

One cab picked up one pair at the club yesterday morning.

I took it to where?

The motel in New Jersey.

Here.

The address is in there along with a couple of other goodies.

If you don't come back with something... Yes, I know, I know.

Don't come back at all.

It can be a rain. It disappears for a while.

Give me a chance to figure something out.

Don't do that.

Do you know me?

Yeah,

I guess.

All right, don't call me. I'm going to Bermuda.

They bloody hate Bermuda.

I bloody hate this.

So that's what you mean by good news?

McCall resists arrest.

He'll be shot dead on sight. And it'll be the cops that pull the trigger, not

one of us. That's not what I had in mind, Tommy.

You didn't want him taken out, Pop.

The heat was on, so you were afraid he'd be traced back.

So he had to be discredited.

Well, now he's broken out, and the frame is wrapped tighter than ever.

Even if he makes it to the stand next month,

your lawyer will eat him up.

A criminal at large charged with murder? They'll throw his testimony out the

window. And you go free. Unless McCall finds the girl.

For God's sake, stop smoking.

They get together, Rico hits me with 20 years minimum.

You should have taken care of that as soon as her part was finished.

There was no guarantee that McCall would meet with Clark.

If he didn't, we needed her to push the issue.

By that time, Clark was dead, and she had already split.

We can't afford to let McCall find her.

What are you worried about?

Keep your voice down.

The only thing that they can get us with are the records.

She has no idea where they are.

But you do.

And the girl can lead McCall to you.

Well, he won't find her. Don't underestimate him. I don't need a family

in here.

Don't worry, Pop.

I will until you set things straight.

Well, it's practically done.

I've been looking into the taxi cab company. You see, they keep these

right? They're locked up tight.

Follow me, Mac.

Copy. It's free. I take it.

Yes. Where to?

Newark.

That's out of the city.

It's going to cost you double, bud.

Yeah, all right. Fine. I'm good for it.

You're the boss.

As long as you pay the cost.

Newark.

You like

some

music, Mac? A little R &B?

Yeah, whatever you like.

Hey, hey, Mac.

You mind if I pull over a sec and make a call?

Fine.

Make it short.

It'll be short, buddy.

Do you have a pen or a pencil?

Anything you want, Mac, sure.

Thank you.

One sec, bud.

Police, please.

Emergency number. What can we do for you? Hey, hey, hey. I got that cat to

that blind dude in my taxi.

You sure it's him? Uh -uh. Where's the same guy?

I just saw his picture on the front page. All right. You have him waiting in

your taxi? Yeah.

Keep him there. Yeah?

How in the hell am I supposed to do that?

Look, tell him you got motor trouble.

He's already killed one dude.

Don't worry.

I want to believe this.

present and apparently invincible contestant, Emil Baran.

He's dead.

How'd you find me?

Explanations later.

I've got to get a change of clothes, get rid of this cab.

Every policeman in New Jersey will have a description by now.

And we'll need a car.

things out, Tommy.

They're still on the run. But they're together.

There's still a chance the cops will gun them down. Not if McCall finds out what

he needs from the girl. He can be very persuasive.

If he gets a chance to talk to the cops, they'll hang you. And I'll be in here

for twice as long.

Well, this wasn't my idea, you know. Well, it is now.

Well, what are you saying, Pop?

That it's up to you to make things right.

I didn't know what the whole plan was.

If I'd known they were setting you up for murder, I wouldn't have gone along

with it. Yes, well, I suppose the fact that somebody's trying to kill you is

proof of that.

Now, they're obviously just cleaning up after themselves.

All right, go on.

So tell me.

I don't know where to start.

I'll tell you where you can start. You can start by telling me your real name.

It's Dan.

Dan Snyder.

Clark came up with Anne Fitzgerald.

All right.

Come on, come on.

What was Clark's hold over you?

I got into a jam a couple of years ago and needed some money.

Somebody put me in touch with Clark.

He was running this scam and needed somebody to forge checks.

It took me a while to figure out I wasn't making any money and he had

he could hold over me.

Are you okay?

Are you telling me that he finally decided to cash in his chips? Out of the

blue. He said this would square us forever. What he didn't tell me was it

meant putting me away.

Go on.

With what?

With what?

My love, you haven't told me anything yet.

There's nothing more to say. Nothing?

What do you mean, nothing more to say? My life is on the line here.

Now, come on.

You've got a lot of explaining to do.

But you realize what kind of... Mind if I wait a second?

I mean, hunted in New York City, New Jersey.

I mean, forced to behave like a fugitive all because you won't tell me.

You won't give me information that you have.

For instance, who was Clark working for?

Listen, I have never seen that man before in my life.

But whoever engineered this setup did it specifically to get at me. Now, who was

he working for?

Let's let your boss finish his telephone call.

I presume we have a back way out of here, hmm?

Thank you for the coffee.

Rent another car. Come on.

I don't want to keep going like this.

Well, only you can stop it. I can't.

Who are you so afraid of?

I can't tell you.

Well, then we're lost.

We're lost.

I cannot fight if I don't know who it is I am supposed to fight.

Clark is dead. I cannot go to the police with what you say he forced you to do.

I need proof.

I'll say it again.

Give me a name.

I'm scared.

His name's Marley.

Marley?

But he can't be out of prison.

Describe it.

Big. Kind of scary looking.

Early thirties. His son.

Marley's son.

That boy's a known arsonist.

Which explains his use of fire at the motel.

And you're gonna frame him? You could say that, yes.

Yes. I am the key witness at his trial next month.

Come on.

What are we going to do?

We're going to stop running.

We're going to put somebody else through this.

You pretend.

I don't think either of us wants to prove how fast we are on the draw, do

What are you doing here?

Thomas Marley, Jr.

What does he have to do with you?

He set up the murder of Clark to discredit my testimony at his father's

Simple. Just like that. Just like that.

Tomorrow, I'm going to make you into a hero.

You are going to get a call telling you the exact location where you can pick up

Marley.

Signed, sealed, and ready for long -term storage. I'm not making any deals. I'm

not asking for any deals. All I'm asking is for 24 hours. That's all.

What makes you think I'll give you even that?

Because I know that you already suspect that I've been set up.

And because I will give you my word that if I do not deliver as promised, I'll

hand myself over to you and suffer the consequences.

Drop me in the next corner, please.

that you set me up for the murder of Tom Clark as an act of revenge and to stop

me from testifying against your father.

Prove it! I don't have to prove it.

You're going to prove it.

I know your family.

I know you keep records of every single little transaction.

Well, I want to know where those records are, and I want to know now.

You're crazy, old man.

I ain't telling you nothing! The most regrettable decision, Mr. Marley.

You know, I learned something.

For quite a long time, I've known that man's greatest obsession is man's

greatest fear.

And yours is fire, isn't it?

How does it feel to face the flames yourself, Marley?

Just like all those victims you've burned alive in the past?

You ain't getting nothing out of me!

So tell me where the records are!

From this moment, your life...

Is it over?

Well, it'll be far too busy to bother anyone for some time.

Now you can start a clean slate.

Thanks. I will.

Why don't you actually start by settling on a name for yourself?

What do you mean?

Oh, come on.

The gentleman who told me where you were holed up also gave me a list of your

alias. Diane Nielsen, Wendy Orr, Patty Cox, Bridget O'Shaughnessy. Come on.

Can't blame a girl for trying.

What's wrong with your real name, Jane Johnson?

Do you know how many Jane Johnsons there are out there?

Well, about as many as Robert McCall.

None of them quite like me.

Please, God.

Come on, I'll take you home.

Then I've got one more chore to do.

You did well. You did very well.

Thanks.

Night parades again, Ego?

No, no, just laying some old goat and charrette.

Give me the files, Ego.

No, no, no, no.

These are my only evidence. I do not want them walking.

They won't. Well, they will walk if you hand the files here. Especially if they

come from an anonymous source.

I suppose you're right. It's better.

Thank you for this. You're welcome.

No sun in Bermuda?

Bermuda? Uh, no, I wasn't able to get a flight, actually.

You know, Robert, I was thinking more along the lines of packet there.

Oh, yes.

Oh, very nice there at this time of year. Yes.

It shouldn't be any difficulty to get a flight to Pakistan.

No problem. No, no, no problem.

As a matter of fact, I got a first -class flight, all of the amenities.

Now, we might have some problems. We might have to wrap it a little bit after

get... We?

It's joking. No way. Robert. No, no, no way. Robert. No, I am not going back to

Pakistan. Robert.

Have you forgotten?

I'm not with you anymore, remember?

Nobody, nobody, nobody knows that sector.

Besides... Besides, you're already forgetting the great escape.

Now, I thought you said something about us being even for life.

I lied.

All right. I'll owe you one.

That's funny the way you always say that.

No, I'm just a creature of habit.

Well, just like you.

I always get prickly heat in Pakistan.

I promise you, this time we'll get a bathroom. Thank you.

You're welcome.

And no elephants this time, and no candles. We actually have a park.

Look, it'll just be a pleasant long weekend. 72 hours in and out.

Robert?

Robert, you're not saying anything.

Look, if we leave Sunday...