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I think the judge is about ready to call for a recess.

The sensational Price divorce trial

continued into its second week today as Robin Price, the former Las Vegas

showgirl, stunned the courtroom by accusing her husband of inviting certain

unnamed business acquaintances to have sex with them.

Now, Mr. Price had to be visibly restrained by his lawyers, as his

wife continued her assault on his behavior during their short but stormy

marriage that rocked the affluent community of Rancho Santa Cruz.

Are you going to name names?

Do you have anything to say about Mr. Price?

Mr.

Price, can we have a comment, please?

Well, all I'd like to say is that it isn't true. I know it looks bad. If I

just locate my former chauffeur, Anthony Checo, he could testify on my behalf,

and perhaps I could... Well... That's all I really want to say right now.

you very much.

Boy, she's killing me in there. You got any good news?

Well, we track Checo north of Sacramento, then back south to Ensenada.

That's it.

She's gonna get away with this.

I just can't believe it.

Well, uh, we think he may be doubling back to here. We're gonna stake out his

apartment around the clock.

Around the clock? Well, my clock is about running out. Couple of more days

court and, uh... Don't give up. A lot can happen in 48 hours. We haven't given

up hope, John, and you shouldn't either.

Thanks, fellas.

I think there's still some more coffee here.

I think I'll pass this round.

I will never understand how any intelligent man could be fooled by a

her. It happened to me once. I said intelligent man. She was a dancer in an

Ogalis cantina, and I was just another dusty American.

Was this the one with the 23 brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts and

mothers and fathers that all wanted to come into this country?

Carlos told you. Well, he told me he had to wrap you up in bailing wire and drag

you kicking and screaming back across the border.

Yeah, well, a Mexican moon and a bottle of mezcal can do strange things to a

man. Yeah, especially mezcal.

Yeah.

AJ?

We got him.

Hey,

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

Then you won't mind going with us, will you?

Look, I told you I don't want any trouble.

I already told her I wasn't going to lie on the road.

Well, disappearing during the hearing is one way to avoid lying, isn't it?

Was she generous in her appreciation?

Okay, I'm going to try this one more time.

How generous was she? Twenty grand!

Good.

Any comment, Mrs. Price?

Please. Mr.

Price, how do you feel? Did you expect the judgment?

Well, I'm awfully glad that my name and reputation have been cleared.

What do you plan to do now?

Well, I intend to take a few days off in Newport Beach, relax and try to forget.

Do you think you'll marry again, ever?

Well, I'm going to be a lot more careful next time. You know, I had to learn the

hard way.

Of course, it would have been a lot harder if it hadn't have been for my

friends. Rick and A .J. Simon.

Let's swing by prices so we can get a check in the bank.

In the bank?

Are you serious? Rick, it's not going to hurt you to put something away for a

rainy day.

You look for rainy days, you're going to find rainy days.

Well, as a matter of fact...

I have had my eye on some watercolors by that wildlife artist, Garcia.

Hey, Jay, this is outdoor money.

Outdoor money?

$20 ,000. That's the biggest fee we've had in two years. You are not allowed to

spend that kind of money indoors.

Okay, so how are you going to spend it?

Well, I don't want you to get too excited.

I'll survive.

I'm going to float the boat.

You okay?

You shouldn't do that to a guy.

Boy, I can see it now.

Me and Bambi Rizzoli drifting aimlessly off the coast of Cabo San Lucas.

Boy, I can see it now.

My own backyard.

Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it. Isn't that the same car the checker was

driving?

What the hell is he doing here?

Trying to rip off the house?

I've been very generous with you, Tony.

Price.

I saved you millions of bucks. We had an arrangement.

You had no idea what those two detectives put me through. They almost

with me in Anaheim. All right, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you $5 ,000

more, but I don't ever want to see you or hear from you again.

Wow.

Am I glad to see you.

This man is threatening me, asking me to pay him.

We're telling the truth.

We heard the truth.

Who in the hell do you think you are, Simon? You've got nothing on me. We

blood for you. Of course you did.

You did exactly what I wanted you to. You were magnificent.

You earned your entire fee.

Very good.

Price, we're going to go straight to the DA.

Do you think a couple of ten cents Sam Spades are going to change anything?

We'll do our best.

Everybody knows that you're on the side of who pays you. So now you're on the

side of my ex -wife, eh?

You're gonna change your story.

Who's gonna back you up?

Him?

$20 ,000.

That's your fee.

What happened?

You guys get a stab of conscience?

Mrs. Price, we made a horrible mistake.

We were set up. We only just now found out about it.

Makes me feel a whole lot better.

I got a one -way ticket back to the chorus line, and you guys come over to

you're sorry.

Great.

Great. This is for you from John.

I wanted you to have it.

Obviously, you deserve more than that.

Say that again.

It's very nice of you.

Thanks.

What do you do now?

Back to Vegas?

It's really the only thing I know how to do.

John Price was supposed to change all that.

Wouldn't know it now, but when he came into my life, he swept me off my feet.

I thought I was in one of those old romantic movies.

Then I found out what he was really like.

Didn't we all?

Oh, you have no idea the ways he hurt me.

Oh, well.

Still got a few years left in these legs.

Don't you think?

Mrs. Price, he used us to destroy you.

We're not going to let him get away with that.

We couldn't very well live with ourselves if we did.

What are you going to do?

We're going to watch him.

Sooner or later, you'll make a mistake.

Mistake?

Haven't you figured it out yet?

John doesn't make mistakes.

Too smart.

At least for me, anyway.

Maybe for you, too.

Act natural, Nixon.

I am acting natural.

More natural.

We're undercover here. Just stand there for a second, okay?

What's Price doing in there with Towne?

I swear I'm not a complaint.

Lincoln's too.

You. He says you've been following him all day wearing silly costumes.

You can't go around harassing innocent people. Innocent? Maybe you didn't

understand what Price did.

I understand the law, and you're on the wrong side of it. We need some help

here. Price cannot be allowed to get away with this. There's got to be

that we can do that's legal.

Can you prove Price lied?

We've pressed some of the witnesses. We've gone over the transcript.

Can you prove that Checo was paid by Price? That must have been in cash.

a dead end, and Checo's gone.

Well, I'm afraid you guys are going to have to eat a raw one on this one, guys.

You are what you eat. Fine. You can't help us on this. I know somebody who

I understand Lucky's getting out.

You're making a big mistake here.

Well, I don't see any options.

You can stop him, A .J.

I just don't see what else we can do, town.

Well, in that case, I'm washing my hands. Whatever happens, I don't want to

know. I don't want to know.

And don't bother to call me when you find yourself trying to slide out of a

And there'll be one, I promise you. There always is with Luke.

He'll try to run the con on anyone, even you.

When we were kids, my mother would always say, somebody's got to look out

your cousin Luke.

That's my advice to you. Look out for my cousin Luke.

Hey, Julie.

Well, can I come in?

Well, aren't you at least a little glad to see me?

What do you want from me, Lucky?

Oh, no.

I have a plan. No, you always have a plan. No, I have a plan to get out of

for once and for all.

Don't you try and hustle me.

I have been conscious once too often, and I don't think... No!

You are a hustler. You were born a hustler, and you will die a hustler.

Come on.

Fight. There you go. Sir.

What? I think you dropped your wallet.

No, that's not mine.

Oh, it's not?

Well, let's see if there's any IP in here.

Well, there's $200 in cash in here.

It's a pigeon drop.

He's out for two days, and he's already back in his old turf hustling another

sucker for a grub steak.

Come on, let's go.

Wait, wait, wait a minute. You're confusing me. All right, listen.

You take the wallet with the $200, right?

Right. All right, you give me your $75, good faith, right? Sounds good. Then if

nobody comes to claim the wallet, give me that.

Second thought, I'm going to turn this wallet into the lost and found.

Come on in.

Hey, Lucky.

What's happened, man? You look like you lost some weight.

Oh, prison food.

No more of that.

No, no. Hey, I'm turning over a new leaf. I'm a new man. Good. That's good

hear.

Well, now that we've gotten rid of all the bull, what's going down, guys?

We need your advice.

We want to run a sting.

You too?

What happened? The crime -busting business fall off since I've been away?

An ex -client of ours hung his ex -wife out to dry.

He used us to do it, and we don't like that.

Guy's rolling in money. We figure heels are a good piece of it.

What do you get out of it?

Even.

Look, you guys are good.

I've seen that scam you run as... What's his name?

Boyer? Yeah, yeah, Ernie Boyer, D -E -A.

Ernie's been real good to me.

Very nice touches.

Thank you.

Arthur Crumsit. That's one of your gags, right?

Yeah. And, you know, of course, we've added quite a bit to the repertoire

we saw you last.

I'm sure they're all great.

I love Ted Mack as much as the next guy, but you can't run the big sting with

amateurs.

I wouldn't exactly call us amateurs. I mean, we've pulled this off a few times.

I could run it on him, and he'd never know he was taken.

Lucky, you're on parole.

This is our risk, not yours. All you have to do is walk us through the

of it.

Yeah.

Simon and Schuster offered me a 20 grand advance if I wrote it all down in a

book. I laughed in their faces.

I certainly ain't gonna give it to Simon and Simon for free.

Now, I'm going to run it anyway, sooner or later, with or without you, so it

might as well go for a worthy cause.

Now, I usually get 40 % off the top, but for you, let's make it 40 % off the

top. Oh, and I'm going to need quite a bit of extra help.

Come on, Julie, let me in.

Julie!

Ross.

You're looking very dapper, Lucky.

What do you want, Ross?

Just a great big piece of your butt.

Look, Ross, you knew the risk when you bought in. We all lost. Just a bad

investment. 200 grand into an oil field that didn't even exist?

You better pick your pigeons more carefully, Lucky.

That is when you're able to walk again.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Ross, listen.

You want blood or you want money?

Well? I'm thinking.

Look, I'm into a great deal here.

I could double your lousy $200 ,000. I swear.

Look at the new suit, all this stuff.

I already got two suckers on the line.

Okay.

Triple it, and I'll listen.

Deal. Who, what, when, where, and how?

A couple of private dicks. Rick and A .J. Simon.

They think I'm running the big sting for them.

But you're running it for you.

I always do.

I want to be there for the play.

And if you even look like you're thinking double -cross, the next time,

broken legs.

Next time, broken hearts.

For all the ladies who'll miss you after you've... Go on. You understand me?

Let's get out of here.

Get out.

Get out.

Make sure they're ready to go.

Yo. Oh, hi, AJ.

This is getting out of control.

No, we'll be all packed up and out to Newport Beach in just a few hours.

Who are all these people?

They're friends of Lucky's. See, that's Overcoat Jake over there, and this is

Golden Gate Mike and Limehouse Champion over here.

The man has charged thousands of dollars to my account, and now my house is

filled with people named Overcoat and Limehouse?

Lucky? Could I talk to you for a moment? Excuse us.

Hello, boys.

In record time.

Yes, the congressman borrowed Air Force Two for me.

Our sponsors, A .J. and Rick Simon.

Cotton McKenzie, the best roper in the business.

Currently doing an excellent job lobbying in Washington for the textile

industry.

Yes, always check the label and make sure it's cotton.

I certainly will. Would you excuse us just a moment, please?

So, you're a roper. Mm -hmm.

What's a roper?

Well, I wrap the mark in a pretty little ribbon and I bring them into the store.

Sounds like fun.

Oh, yes. I enjoy my work.

You met the guys over there, didn't you?

I knocked, but I don't think they could hear me over the din. Oh, hi, town. We

were just, uh... I don't want to know.

Oh, hello, cousin.

You looking for me?

I'm not your cousin today. I'm a cop.

Consider this a route.

Hey, watch the suit.

Be careful. I own that suit.

I'm going to ignore the fact that you're probably violating your parole by

consorting with no carefully selected associates without records of

You crossed me once before and I busted you.

I'll do it again.

You bust me, you bust your best friends.

Listen to me, Luke.

If anything happens to Rick and AJ, if you cross them, if this house happens to

fall on them, I'll find you no matter where you are.

Then it'll be just you and me, cousin.

Hello?

A little too sporty, Marty.

Keep him on the conservative side. He looks more like a shoe salesman than a

stockbroker. Excuse us, Lucky?

Listen, guys, I'm really awfully busy right now. Well, yeah, I suggest it.

we don't know what you want us to do.

Well, why don't you take in a movie? A movie?

No, no, see, we...

We don't know what you want us to do with the sting.

Well, to be honest with you guys, the best thing you could do is just stand

way over there out of the way.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Thank you, everybody.

We're calling the whole thing off.

People, be cool.

Listen, now the mark knows you, right?

He's already spotted you on surveillance.

You could blow the whole deal.

Lucky, I don't want to say that we don't trust you.

But we don't trust you.

Hey, look, if you can turn these... These friends of yours.

Thank you, friends of yours, into stockbrokers, you can surely find a use

us. Use?

Yeah.

Hey, Marty.

You remember those costumes we used in Beirut just before the war?

You look beautiful. Thanks.

I don't believe it.

Huh? Lucas Brown. He made my father a fortune in penny oil stocks.

Broker?

Yeah. He buys and sells brokers.

We met him in Miami.

He's got big money behind him.

So I see.

But I don't mess around with penny stocks, Gretchen.

I do all my gambling in Las Vegas.

But that's the wonderful part, darling.

He never guesses. He knows in advance whether a stock is going up or going

Oh. I mean, I don't understand it myself, but my daddy told me that

partners can control the prices, and they tell him when to buy and when to

I wonder if he remembers me.

Hey, Luke!

Luke Brown!

Don't you remember me?

It's Gretchen, Ben Forrest's daughter.

Of course, of course. How are you? I'm so sorry.

Okay. This is John Price.

Nice to meet you. Pleasure. He's a very close friend of the family. How is your

father? Still spending your money.

Good, good.

Her father and I could have taken another ten million out of Miami before

media started to get wise.

Same thing happened in London, eh? Look at this.

I tell you, when the press starts to notice you, it's time to leave.

Who do we see you walking in with?

Oh, Elimir Hamali Kartaka from El Ram. Maybe you've heard about the public

relations problems he's having in his country.

No.

Oh, his subjects want to tie his limbs to four white horses.

But he does have friends in the oil cartel.

And they're helping him with his moving expenses, you know.

Little juggling of the market.

Yesterday he took home a million tools.

You're kidding.

Say, how would you feel about helping the daughter of an old friend make a

little spending cash with a couple of your tips?

I don't think I can, darling. You see, not without the mayor's consent.

But he does have a weakness for beautiful women.

Well, here, let me introduce you to him. We'll ask him.

Oh, by the way, you don't happen to speak Arabic, do you?

No. Well, the Emir doesn't speak a word of English.

I'll have to translate.

The Emir says that sometimes

a beautiful woman is more dangerous than an armed Bedouin.

Like him I am. But who cares?

Looks like you've made a friend.

Quiet.

Quiet.

Keep your eye on Antioch Oil.

Our friends have instructed us to buy when the price falls to 19 cents and

when it reaches 63.

Hello, Mr. Brown.

Pay him here.

500 ,000 shares of Antioch Oil, please.

At 19 cents?

Yes. Oh, and my friends here would like to make a purchase.

Um...

A thousand shares.

Is that too small?

John?

Nothing for me, thank you.

Put it in for both of us.

It's my present to you, John, for a wonderful new friendship.

No, I... I'm sorry, unless you have an account with us or have established

credit, I can't take an order for you here. Excuse me, excuse me. The mayor

I will vouch for you.

Here we are.

$200 profit.

A piece. Oh, I can't accept that. Oh, come on. Don't be silly, John. We're

partners, remember?

You know,

the Emir is absolutely right. There's no need to argue. We'll just reinvest it

later, all right? Oh, okay. Hey, let's go have lunch.

Fine.

State Department, Western Office.

Have a seat. What can I do for you?

I'm following up a rather odd report.

As you may know, the emir of Al -Haram is seeking political asylum in this

country.

It's really rather a dicey affair. The boys in Washington are grappling over

ramifications. Is he in San Diego?

Actually, we had no idea he was already in the country.

That is, we got a report from Newport Beach that he had checked into a hotel

there a couple days ago.

Must have come in through Mexico. Anyway, the point is...

The emir is in the company of a man named Lucas Brown.

Well, sir, we did some checking, and, uh... Yeah, I know. He's my cousin.

Your emir wants no part of him.

That's what I was afraid of.

I'm on my way there now.

We'll find out soon enough what's going on.

Uh, it's pretty quiet around here. You mind if I tag along? I can handle Luke.

enjoy the company. Your cousin probably has no idea what he's gotten himself

involved in.

We have confirmed reports that agents from Al -Haram are already in this

country. If they find the emir before we do, they'll kill him.

Here comes Luke now.

My friends, El Amir has been called back to L .A. for a foreign policy

debriefing. We'll have to go up for just a few hours.

I'm very sorry to hear that.

We were about to take the really big plunge.

Well, I don't see any reason why you can't go on by yourself. When El Amir

the instructions, I'll call you and tell you how to invest.

Oh, by the way, you'll have to be there and ready, though. It happens very

quickly.

Weeks in Bora Bora?

What are you talking about?

What was that all about?

I think he's after the emir.

What?

I better call the police.

No. John, we can't do that.

Why not?

I mean, what we're involved in here, isn't it kind of illegal after all?

Legal?

Yeah, we'll wait until Luke comes back this afternoon, and then we'll tell him.

I'm sure nothing's going to happen until then.

I hope, I'm sure.

Maybe they just didn't have time.

Telephone call for you, Mr. Price. Where do I think? You can take it online.

This is John Price.

Lucas Brown here.

Can you hear me? I'm calling from a limo. Well, yes, I can hear you, but

barely. As -salamu alaykum.

The mayor says hello.

Listen, here it is.

Buy Antioch oil when it drops below 30.

Get out at 55.

Got it?

30.

Yes, I've got it. Oh, by the way, I want to warn you about something.

connection. Must go, old boy. Good luck.

All news, all the time.

1350 on the radio dial.

Now here's a look at the national headlines.

On the national news front, the federal judge in Chicago today rules against...

Uh, hello.

I'd like to place an order, please. Five million shares of Antioch Oil at, uh,

30... 29.

That's a million and a half dollar order.

heard me talking on the telephone to Mr. Brown and said that you'd be able to

help us. Well, then you're placing an order for the Emir. No, no, no. It's my

money. It's my money and my bank in San Diego. The Emir is going to vouch for

us. Will you please place the order? You're costing us money.

Now.

For the next 60 seconds, this will be a test of the emergency broadcast system.

Please stay tuned.

What do you think?

Should we make him sweat for a while?

Why not?

Let's drop it a few more cents.

Make him sweat.

See anything like that?

There

it

is. Hey, hey, sell.

Antioch, 55.

That's more than a million dollars profit.

Not a bad morning.

It's just the beginning.

Excuse me, Mr. Price.

I've been asked to approve this check for you for $1 ,300 ,000. Right.

No problem.

Yes, there's a problem. You don't have an account with us. You have no local

credit. As far as I'm concerned, this order should never, never have been

accepted. But it was.

And I want the money.

Lucas Brown and the emir vouched for us.

I'm sorry, no one can vouch for a $1 ,500 ,000 order, ma 'am. I'm sorry.

here made a terrible mistake, a mistake that's very likely costing his job. Let

me ask you a question.

How did you intend to pay?

Had you lost money on this transaction, hmm? I have the money to cover the

purchase, but it's in my bank in San Diego.

San Diego.

Well, if that's true, you'll get your profits. In the meantime, I'd like to

on to this until you can show me a certified check for the full purchase

I'd like to tell you something else, Mr. Price. Had you not been a friend of

Amir and Mr. Brown, you'd never have done this.

Hmm?

I will wire my banks, have them wire me the money, and we'll be back in a couple

of hours.

Very good.

Thank you.

Yeah, Ross, it's lucky.

It's coming down in a few hours. You said you wanted to be here.

Yeah.

They have to give us their profits now.

Hey, give me that.

Well, this looks like it'll be satisfactory. I'll deposit this and

new check in the full amount, including your profits. Okay?

The front desk said they could be reached at a brokerage house a few miles

here. I asked for a local police escort just to be on the safe side. Good idea.

Gentlemen.

I'm glad you're here. We don't have much time.

The OPEC oil ministers are about to reach a price agreement.

It's the first one since the late 70s.

The price of oil is going to skyrocket.

Antioch oil is up 88.

Yes, the rumors are already starting to get around. But that's nothing.

It'll shoot up to 250 as soon as the official announcement is made.

I suggest you buy all you can as fast as you can.

Ten million shares of Antioch Oil for the Emir.

Here's your check, Mr. Price.

Buy Antioch Oil.

How much?

All you can.

Now.

Yes, sir.

Congratulations.

You're a rich man.

Excuse me, Mr. Brown, there's a phone call for the emir. You can take it on

two.

The Saudis have pulled the plug on the deal.

Always the Saudis.

What?

Are you finished with him?

I was conducting business deal with him.

I think it would be best for all concerned if you would just leave, Mr.

I'd hate for the emir and his bodyguard to go to prison for what they were doing

with Price.

I knew if it came down to it, we'd count on you.

Hey, come on, tell him. Don't you think this is just a little bit ridiculous?

I'm sorry I don't have enough cuffs to go around, so I hope you don't mind

sharing. Give me those cuffs. You're not a cop.

I can't let you do... What are you doing, man?

May I have your hand, please?

What?

There you go.

How? No, that's the one thing you must not do, is ask how.

Well, I must tell you something.

No, we'll just... Take back the fee that John gave us, but you do owe Lucky a

percentage. No, not Lucky.

Lucky died yesterday in Newport Beach. I'm going to bury him there.

That's what I wanted out of this.

That and a very special lady I know.

No, no, Mrs. Price, you keep your money. I think it's time for me to find a more

legitimate way to utilize my talents, hmm?

I think you'd make a real uptown sort of guy.

Well, they always hoped I'd grow up to be uptown, Brown.

Think it's still available?

We'll put in a good word with Towner if he ever speaks to us again.

Well, I guess I ought to head over to the bank.

Oh, no, no, no, Mrs. Price. You don't want to put all of that money into a

Listen, I have heard of some very, very interesting business investments.