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She's a witness.

Oh, my God.

To a hit that went bad.

Just forget about her, all right? She's dead and doesn't know it.

I don't think I can go back up there.

I don't want explanation.

I want result.

I would say that the main player has now entered the game.

I'm scared.

That young woman is no longer simply the eyewitness to a murder. She is possibly

the next victim. No.

Please, no.

All right.

What is it, Charlie?

Leave your brains up on the I -beam?

Harsh, Stevens, real harsh.

You're going to make old Pete feel real bad about forgetting his impact wrench.

Thanks, Pete.

Come on, Sally, you know how it is.

No, Pete, I don't.

This crew has no class, except for her.

You know, you could stop being the crew gopher. All it takes is dinner at your

house. And tomorrow night is Friday, and I happen to be free. I told you, I

don't have dinner with the boss.

Okay. How about breakfast?

Brunch. Saturday brunch.

I clean house on Saturday.

Excuse me, if you want a policeman, call your own. This one's mine.

I'm Lieutenant Kramer. You Sally Stevens? Yes, sir. Still sure about what

saw? Dead sure. What I mean is, when I see somebody being strangled, I know it.

I wouldn't take bets on it, officer.

Nobody's lived in that apartment for months.

That's why you can't get anyone on the intercom up there. Well, if you'd just

strangle someone, would you answer? Give me the master key.

1025. Stick around a minute, Stevens. Oh, no, I'm coming up with you. Look, I

don't know what we'll be walking into up there. You wouldn't be walking into

anything if I hadn't phoned you.

All right, let's go.

Open up, police officers.

This way here, miss. Let me see what we've got here.

You sure this is the right apartment?

Positive. It has no furniture in it like I told you on the phone, remember?

Has no straggler or body either. He caught her right here. This is where it

happened. I was standing right over there.

I know what I saw.

You saw something suspicious and then you reported it.

Could be it just wasn't what it looked like. Lieutenant?

Nothing in here.

I don't care what it looked like. A woman was killed up there. There's no

Miss Dealer. I know that I saw it.

Either one of you two see anything?

No, she went up there alone.

Maybe we just got spooked. You know what can happen. Well, it didn't. Look,

think of it this way. You've done all you can do.

Charlie, Steve?

Robert McCall.

You telephoned me.

You actually came.

I'm very sorry. It really wasn't necessary.

I'm sorry?

Well, the truth is, I don't really know why I called you.

I've seen your ad in the paper ever since I came to New York.

And I guess I wondered what it would be like to be desperate enough to call a

complete stranger.

Well, you'll be amazed how many people do.

And now I'm one of them.

Well, I don't think so.

I'm not?

Well, you've already told me that you wondered why you called me in the first

place.

Usually the people I work with are people in great trouble.

Often their lives are at stake.

And what about someone who's been murdered?

Doesn't that matter?

Yes, that matters very much indeed.

That's why a murder investigation is best left to the police.

Why didn't you tell me that on the phone?

Because you found him troubled, in need of someone with whom to talk.

Did I?

I went to the police.

So much for talking.

Yes, yes, I know.

Your eyewitness report is in a file marked closed.

How do you know that?

I telephoned a friend of mine from the department before I came here.

And you won't help me.

I don't meet your criteria.

You should be thankful you don't.

Very thankful indeed.

Miss Stevens, if you are going to pursue this, and what is it that

tells me I'm sure you are, now make a suggestion. If you do come up with

anything, take it straight to the police.

Right.

As soon as I get a signed confession, they'll be the first to know.

Real amusing, George.

I have to be sure with you. Now, what the hell happened? What went wrong?

Job's half done.

We'll be finished.

What happened?

I had to switch to a backup plan.

The original plan was perfect.

My wife comes back here to our brick love nest, gets despondent over our

divorce, and jumps from the balcony.

That would have been nice and neat.

Do you know how I had to plead with her to get her to come back here secretly?

How I had to grovel?

Pretending I wanted to rekindle the feelings we once had.

Now you tell me what went wrong.

I was in the bedroom.

The cushioned sap is designed to knock you out but not show up in an autopsy.

I made my move.

She caught her heel.

Fell. I missed.

Dropped the sap.

She ran out.

I caught her.

About here.

She started to scream and had to finish the job with my hands.

Which will show up in an autopsy.

Further complications.

I'm paying you a lot of money to avoid these complications.

It's a work shift across the way into Forshaw, yes?

That's why we set your wife to arrive after that.

But for some reason, one of the workers, a woman, she must have climbed back up

there. She saw you?

Call the police.

They arrived.

I wasn't here.

Neither was your wife's body.

Where did you take it?

Nowhere.

See, Mr. Tremaine, I plan for every contingency, including a place to stash

wife's body.

Are you telling me my wife's body's here?

It's right here.

Now I need your help to move it. I don't believe this. I'm paying you to do a

job. Moving my wife's body was not part of the deal.

Not a good idea.

I'm sick of listening to your ideas, Jordan.

Look, Mr. Tremaine, you came to me, yes?

If you want to handle this thing yourself, it's one thing. If not, I

let me handle it my way.

All right?

Don't look around. Don't look around.

Lady Peelworker?

She's back there.

Watching us.

Now, really easy.

Let's just go back inside.

She saw you with me.

You want to take the chance she finds out who you are?

Huh?

Well... You can call your bank.

They're white.

Good morning.

How'd you know I was here?

Oh, you're a celebrity.

Lady Steelworker by Safety Line.

According to the police, you went back up there because you'd left your wallet

on that structure.

Of course, I know better.

Well, I didn't fall off.

Not by accident, I mean.

All right. What exactly happened?

Well, first a man I'd never seen before came out on the balcony.

Then the killer came out.

And they both went back inside.

The next thing I know, someone was taking a shot at me.

The bullet hit right next to me. And you slipped and fell?

I must have hit my head and blacked out.

The next thing I remember, I was swinging back and forth on my safety

hoping that it wouldn't give out.

Have you any idea how long you were swinging there?

It seemed like hours before somebody came and got me.

It was probably more like 20 minutes, though.

And no more shots?

No, I just remember that one.

Maybe he thought he got me the first time.

Well, he knows better now, doesn't he?

Miss Stevens, I can't help you, but you'll have to follow my suggestions.

And the first is that you stay in this bed.

A concussion can give a lot of trouble unless you rest.

If you need me, if you've got any problems, you can always telephone me.

Mr.

McCall, I'm sorry about last night at the diner.

You're okay.

You're more than okay.

Okay.

The gentleman

gave these to me when he arrived.

Said to give them to you as soon as he left.

To my latest client, sincere condolences for meeting the criteria.

Yes? You see the morning paper? I'm looking at it. Explains why we couldn't

her. I don't want explanations.

I want results.

And unless you get rid of that girl, you can forget about the rest of your fee.

Now, look, Mr. Jermaine, just forget about her, all right? She's dead and

doesn't know it.

Now, I want my money, and you can toss in another 50 for the girl, all right?

Don't even try to play hardball with me, Jordan. You can't even get into the

ballpark.

And you'll get the amount we first agreed upon.

When?

How do you know this girl isn't fantasizing?

I just know.

Yeah, but how?

You don't have any more to go on than the police, and they wrote her off.

Gosh, Smyre, I know.

Yeah.

You usually do.

All right.

Okay.

Oh, sure.

Uh,

Mickey, Mickey, I don't think that both of us are required for this particular

job.

You want me to go alone?

Uh... No, no, no, no.

All right, yeah, I'll come with you.

What's the matter?

Acrophobia.

Fear of height.

All right, it's stupid, but there it is.

Look, I don't think that I'm going to be much help to you on this one.

Well, why didn't you tell me? You could have been hurt. Yeah, I know, I know, I

know, I know.

Why don't you just get on with it? There it is.

Wait a minute. We parachuted into Trieste. How'd you do that?

Fairly.

Anyway, I shut my eyes.

You're really something.

Where was she?

Over there in the corner, some roll -up wire.

Go on, move. Go on, go on, go on.

In a minute.

Wasn't it told a lot? When I talk about an old terra firma?

You never are.

Come on, get down.

Get down!

Exactly what is it you want from me, McCall?

All I'm asking is that you... You take an interest in this case again.

Why? What's changed?

That young woman is no longer simply the eyewitness to a murder.

She is possibly the next victim.

I presume you have proof?

Well, I would have thought that the mark of the bullet would have at least been

suggested. All I'm asking you to do... Oh, come on. We're talking about a nick

and a fender block.

The guys are crawling around all day long. That thing could be from some

jockey's hammer. Do you know what the DA would do to me if I tried to sell him

that as evidence? Give me a break.

You know, it's a bit like some modern art, isn't it?

I mean, the picture is there.

If only you want to see it.

It's very good.

It's very good.

This is my birthday.

Can't I just do that here?

This is private property. We have some very important tenants here.

The best is yet to come. I'm the only birthday present you're going to get

unwraps itself.

Get out of here before I lose my job.

Your job?

What about mine? I'm getting a hundred bucks for this gig, and you're going to

get the whole shot.

Right down to E -natural.

Oh,

now, come on.

Right down to the iron hatchery.

You were free with my money, weren't you?

I didn't know how far she had to go before you threw her out.

Keith.

I actually put her in there.

Temporary resting place.

Mickey, do what research you can on this, will you?

What are you doing there?

Have you seen her?

um

Thank you.

No. Please.

Don't do it!

You're all right. It's finished.

It's finished.

You're all right.

All right.

I'll admit.

When the girl said she saw a murder, I had my doubts.

I guess this proves I was wrong.

Well, thank you, Lieutenant Kramer. Thank you.

That's it, is it?

Listen, your friend ID'd this guy Jordan as being the man she saw strangling the

woman. And believe me, where the coroner is taking Jordan, he will never trouble

this lady again. Therefore, end of threat.

And what about the strangled woman?

Where's her body?

Maybe it'll turn up, maybe it won't. Listen, I haven't got the manpower to

this city looking for a body that, as far as I know, could be in the middle of

any river by now. Not to mention the fact that the man who was responsible

putting her there is dead and gone and incapable of standing a jury trial.

Now, I realize, as far as you're concerned, you may call this a cavalier

attitude, but do you know that most taxpayers would agree with me?

What about the man?

The other man on the balcony?

Boy, you don't let up, do you? Nope. All right.

I'll nose around, see what I can find out.

Unfortunately, this isn't the only homicide I'm working on. But at least

those have bodies.

He's a barrel of laughs, isn't he?

What'd you find out?

That these little things are expensive.

You been shopping on Madison Avenue or down in Soho recently?

No, Mickey, but I presume you have. Come on, tell me, will you? I'm tired.

I never knew anybody could make such a big fuss over such a little button.

Did you know that each shop has its own particular design?

That's very interesting. What about this one?

Quite an elegant little place called Martino's.

Thank you.

The doctor prescribed plenty of rest and sleep, and I can get that back home in

Bridgeville. Aren't you interested in following through what you started?

I thought it was already finished.

No, no, it's not over. It is not over.

Have you forgotten the man on the balcony?

The man who hired the killer in the first place. All the more reason for

out of town.

Normally, I would agree with you. I would be the first to send you out of

to safety, but not in this case. In this case, I need your presence here in this

city because you are the only person who can identify that man when we find him.

Anyway, what happened to the girl who was so intent on... on joining in a

crusade, a womanly crusade against injustice?

Well, she's not here anymore.

Now, come on. Come on.

All right.

want from me?

Of course you're frightened.

After what happened last night, you'd be a fool not to be frightened.

It isn't just last night.

It's more than that.

Ever since I was little, I was afraid of heights.

Ferris wheel, mountain road.

Everyone knew it, and so they would get on me about it.

Well, they see criticism builds character.

Maybe so, I don't know.

Well, I know I was bound and determined to get over that fear.

Amazing.

So you, uh... You go climbing to the top of, uh... Skyscrapers?

Isn't that going a little too far just to prove a point?

They come from a line of... strong people.

Overachievers.

Hanging from that safety line yesterday... was living through one of

my worst nightmares.

And now I've lost my nerve.

I don't think I can go back up there.

It's one thing to get back up on a horse without having someone there who you

know is determined to get you off.

When we find a man on that balcony, he won't be around to knock you off

anymore, will he?

Now, come on.

We've got work to do.

This is a hard one. It has to be done within the next 24 hours.

That's 200 ,000, half and half.

First half in my briefcase. Who's the mark?

A girl, about 25.

There's a file on her in the briefcase with the cash.

Why do you want a hit?

What's it matter to you?

See you, friend.

Hey, take it easy.

She's a witness to a hit that went bad.

Why isn't the original contractor cleaning up this mess?

He can't.

He bought it last night.

Jordan, you just lost me, friend.

Wait, I was told Hot Jog didn't bother you.

Look, I've heard about Jordan. He's a tough guy.

He ran into something heavy last night.

I don't know what it was.

And I don't want to find out. What am I supposed to do?

I heard you had $10 million on the table.

Turns out it's a murder one round.

I'd take care of my own dirty laundry if I was your friend.

This is it.

Martino's.

Are you quite certain this was a blue blazer?

Positive. A blue blazer with light gray spots.

I saw it clearly.

Hello.

I'm Dorian. What may I show you?

How do you do?

I understand this button is exclusive to you, is that so?

Undeniably. But I'm sure a gentleman of your obvious taste was already familiar

with the world -famous Martino coat of arms.

Undeniably. I'd like to see what blazers you have.

Certainly. This way.

I would say the lady was a size eight. Six.

Well, it's certainly in all the right places.

I know your face.

From Vogue. You're a model. A steel worker.

And, you know, with the cold weather coming on, naturally she does need a

to work up there on the high iron.

A Martino blazer?

As a work outfit?

You are aware it's a $1 ,200 price tag.

Oh, of course.

I wouldn't want anything too expensive climbing around up on the steel girder.

Yes.

I was wondering, do you have anything with grey slacks?

Oh, I am really sorry.

We sold all four gray sets about two weeks ago.

You had only four gray sets?

It's our policy. That way our customers don't see themselves coming and going

every time they walk down Fifth Avenue.

Yes, quite, quite.

I'll take one of the plaid sets.

Excuse me, just a moment.

If I could have a word with you, I'd be most grateful if you could give me the

names and addresses of all the ladies who bought the gray sets.

Martino's does not give out the names of its customers. I'll even supply the

pen.

Please feel free to keep it.

Well, I'd like to take it in the back and write those names down.

Make sure you've got enough things together to be in my place in a few

Well, that's it. They're already packed.

Those four names.

The names at Martino's.

Do you think one of them is really the woman that was killed?

I don't know what it is, sir.

The thing is, we've got to find out which one.

Mind you, that shouldn't be too difficult now.

It's over the devil.

He's already been working on it.

What did you have him do?

Checking mostly.

Police is lifting buttons.

unidentified women, and the record of that apartment building.

And what we do now is to cross -check with these four names.

Been here long?

So it matters.

Oh, Sally Stevens, Mickey Costner.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

My little piece of tape.

Somebody has been inside.

I was going to mention it if you didn't notice.

Here.

I'll be back in a minute.

Come on, let's move away.

Move again.

What is he doing?

Oh, he likes family, this sort of thing.

Even if you do find a connection, it won't be enough for the police, will it?

Possibly not. It'll be enough for me.

Sorry, I had to poke a hole in your skylight.

What is that?

A welcome home present.

Well, that is a bomb.

Crude, but effective.

Obviously, we're not dealing with a professional anymore.

I would say that the main player has now entered the game.

And what is certain is that he's not going to stop until he's got you.

So you're sure that Sky Tremaine is the one we're after?

You found his name on the leaf, didn't you?

Yeah, but I had to go through ten years of back files in order to find it.

Mickey, all I know is this. When I telephoned him and mentioned that

and our lady steel worker, he was only too anxious to set up a meeting at his

office tomorrow morning.

The building will be closed, and he will not be disturbed.

End of quote.

Convenient. Oh.

So Tremaine's hired a hitman to get rid of his wife.

The girl saw him on the balcony.

His plan turns sour.

The questions remain.

How did they get the body out of the apartment in the first place?

What did they do with it?

And how do we find it?

Well, I think perhaps it's time to induce Mr. Tremaine to come up with a

answers.

Mr. Tremaine?

You have the advantage on me.

I'm a friend of the young woman who witnessed the murder you commissioned.

I told you on the phone that I have no idea what you're talking about. The only

reason that I agreed to see you is because I don't need people spreading

lies about me.

Oh, they're hardly lies, Mr. Tremaine.

Cold work.

digging up corpses.

My friend and I, that's the man who helped me.

We reckon that we can buy an awful lot of sunshine with the half million

dollars that this button might be worth.

What do you think, Mr. Tremaine?

Where did you get that?

It wasn't quite so tough as you thought, your hired killer.

We had quite an interesting conversation at the hospital.

Just before he died.

Looks like we both wasted our time this morning.

Because I have no idea what you're talking about.

But perhaps this will refresh your memory.

I will call you once more.

Before I play an anonymous telephone call to the police.

It's been hours.

Maybe there's another way out of the garage.

Nah, he's pumping himself up. He does want to check the grave, but he knows

the only way to call McCall's hand.

Doesn't look like we're in for any surprises.

He's headed your way.

I'll keep following him.

But don't call me again.

I'll be out of the car. I'm ready to welcome him.

Give him my regards.

She's still there.

That wasn't your wife's blazer.

So Jordan did tell you?

No.

Logic told me that the quickest way of getting her body out of that apartment

was to drop her from the balcony.

And then when I discovered that that cement pour took place on Friday, I knew

exactly where you'd put her.

Okay. You'll get your half million.

Tremaine, you are a fool.

That was a trick.

First of all, you killed your wife.

And then you tried to kill a friend of mine.

And now you're going to spend the rest of your life in prison wishing you

hadn't.

I don't think so.

Think again.

Have you heard enough, Lieutenant?

Put the gun down on the ground.

Carefully.

Put your hands behind your head.

accept an apology from a stubborn cop?

Anytime.

I thought we were going to lunch.

We are.

But we have some unfinished business to attend to.

You don't have to do this on my account.

Well, let's say that I'm doing it on both our accounts.

I don't know if I like this.

Maybe we can talk about this over lunch.

I know this great restaurant in the upper 70s that cream of bear sauce is

this world. No, no, no. We can talk about it as much as we want.

But the horse will still be there tomorrow, and by the time it'll be

But if I get uncomfortable, we can still go back down?

Don't worry. I'll be ahead of you.

If we go back down now, we'll only have to come up tomorrow, won't we?

Anyone ever tell you you were a very persistent man?

Well, I knew this lady once in Monte Carlo. Okay, okay.

Shall we go?

Care to join me?

Thank you.

Table for two.

Mr. Stevens?

i can't say much for the decor yeah but check out the view do we have to