All language subtitles for The FBI s08e16 The Rap Taker

Bobby, I need somebody to take a fall.

The most you'll get is maybe a year in
jail.

You're asking me to take the rap for
something somebody else did?

That's right. And if you do, you and
your wife and your kid will be taken

of for the rest of your lives.

Whose rap is it, Casey?

It's Junior's, isn't it?

You had Tuttle's effects on you when you
turned yourself in.

Frank, his watch, his wallet. It shows
how desperate I was. I wasn't thinking.

What was the whole confession of
package?

What are you saying?

I'll go to the police.

I'll tell them everything.

No, you won't.

And I'll tell you why you won't.

You get that kid to take care of.

Bob's a loser.

Always was.

Let me show you what a winner is like.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

William Reynolds.

With guest stars Robert Dreyfuss.

Brooke Bundy.

Stephen McNally.

Special guest star, Scott Marlowe.

Tonight's episode, The Rap Taker.

remember our senior prom night?

How could I forget?

You and me both being busted in the hot
car.

I thought the old man would split a gun.

Hey, how is Casey anyway?

You know, the same.

Oh, you told me to say hi to you when I
told him I was going to look you up.

What are you doing in Denver?

A long way from Kansas City.

Oh, you know, a little this, a little
that.

Business, pleasure.

Sammy, how are you?

Hi, Junior.

I was going to pay back.

I wasn't trying to run out.

I didn't think you were.

You didn't have to track me.

Track you?

You don't think I have anything better
to do than to follow around a two -bit

loan chisel?

And there's not going to be any muscle.

Muscle? Hey, come on, Sammy. That's not
my style.

Let me buy you a drink. I spoiled that
one.

All right.

I gotta go.

Okay.

Well, uh, keep in touch.

Honest, I will.

Bartender, give me a roll of dough.

It's a dumb muscle.

Help somebody!

On May 9, Inspector Lewis Erskine and
Special Agent Tom Colby were in Denver,

Colorado, on a major investigation
involving the loan -sharking activities

organized crime figures Casey and Junior
Morton.

The case was based on information...

that Sammy Tuttle had fled the Mortons
rather than pay the high interest rates

they demanded.

When Tuttle was found badly beaten and
in serious condition, the agents moved

immediately to interview Casey Morton,
Jr.

Casey Morton, Jr.? FBI.

We'd like to talk to you.

Yeah, well, I'm about to get your plane.

I want to talk to you about Sammy
Tuttle.

holding a federal officer.

That's it.

How about that?

That's a hundred you owe me. Yeah,
that's what I get for letting you hustle

on my own court.

Well, you're not going to quit now?

Tell you what.

Give you a chance to get even. Double or
nothing on the next game.

Sure, why not?

I let you hustle me on the golf course.
Why not here?

How's that boy of yours doing?

Oh, fine.

I understand you sent him to Denver on a
little errand.

You don't miss much, do you, Mike?

Not much, Casey.

Not much.

Yeah, he's on the morning plane back
right now.

He's in a Denver jail for assaulting an
FBI agent.

He worked over a mark after telegraphing
it to all the witnesses in the bar,

just like he wanted an audience.

Casey, you didn't figure on keeping this
news from me, did you?

Look, Mike, let this be my headache.

It doesn't have to worry you and the
board.

Ah, but we do worry about it.

He knows too much about our business.

Look, Mike, he's my kid.

And he's goofy sometimes, too.

No offense, Casey.

You yourself know he's unstable.

We worry he'll spill his guts all over a
courtroom about everything.

The board is very upset, you know.

And they're also concerned that you're
the one that recommended him to the

organization.

Get it straightened out, Casey.

It's your flesh and blood.

A nice kid, but wild.

Take care of it.

Yeah.

Yes, you can talk to Tuttle now. How
serious are his injuries?

Well, we're a little concerned about the
concussion, but he seems to be doing

pretty well.

Now, if we can keep him quiet for the
next few days, he should make a full

recovery. You don't sound exactly sure
of that, Doctor.

Well, I am a little worried.

You see, Tuttle has a history of heart
trouble.

Now, this can be a problem in an injury
case, but as of now, it's not a factor.

All right, Doctor, thanks very much.
We'll be as brief as possible. All

What's to tell?

Some creep mugged me, that's all.

How come it's a federal offense?

Sam, we know they were pressing you.

We know Junior Morton followed you here
from Kansas City to collect.

So I owe money, big deal.

Everybody in KC owes them money.

I mean, they're in the business of
lending money.

Fifteen thousand and five percent
interest a week.

Was it Junior who worked you over last
night?

I got nothing to say.

telephone call here for you.

Lewis, did you have any luck with
Turner?

Well, he still claims he was mugged from
behind, but witnesses at the bar saw

Junior Morton with him a few minutes
before the assault.

Is there any witness to the assault?

Just the janitor who found him, and he
only saw the assailant's back.

He was running away?

After trying to get into a car with a
young woman.

Did you get any description of her?

Early 20s is all.

It was a light -colored convertible. He
couldn't catch the license number.

Any news on Wharton Sr.? Yes, he left
Kansas City an hour ago flying to

He's undoubtedly made arrangements to
get Junior out on bail.

Lewis Jr.

is the weak link, the whole Midwestern
loan shark operation.

Anything we can do to tie him in with a
conspiracy will put us that much further

ahead.

Isn't this great, huh? Best room in the
place.

So this is how you handle it, huh?

I couldn't help it.

Are you telling me you can't pull a
simple job like leaning on a client

putting both our heads on the block?

That's right. We're both under the gun
now with the board.

For what reason?

Because they don't trust you to keep
your mouth shut.

About the whole operation.

It's a little late for you to start
thinking, Junior.

Be quiet while I work this out.

About last night, were there any
witnesses?

Anybody see you in that parking lot?

No. The truth?

No.

What kind of a case have they got?

People saw you talking to Tuttle, then
follow him out, that's all?

That's it.

When you were rough -tuttled up, did you
take his wallet and stuff, make it look

like a muggy?

Don't I always?

What'd you do with it?

I buried it.

Miles from where I roughed him up.

I want to know exactly where you left
it.

Why? You gonna pick it up?

I have an idea.

If it works, it's a way to get us both
off the hook.

Your daddy is building you the best
swing set in the whole wide world.

Oh, yeah?

We're going to see about that.

What's wrong?

What's he doing here?

I don't know.

Bob, you don't owe him anything.

Please, don't even talk to him.

What are you talking about?

He's the closest thing to a father I've
ever had. Bob, please. All right, will

you cut it out now?

Please, just take Brian and go on
inside, okay?

So this is where you live?

Yeah, this is it.

It's not much.

We call it home.

Well, it looks very practical.

I guess that's as good a word as any.

Bobby, what are you and I talking this
way for?

Like a couple of strangers.

Come on, Bobby.

Boy, I missed you, kid.

It's really great to see you, Casey.
It's great to see you after all this

Hey, you're thin, kid.

What's the matter? Don't you eat enough?
What did you do? Go all the way from

Kansas City to nag me about eating,
right? Okay, okay, you're right.

There is something else I have to say.

Something important.

Come on, let's sit down.

You know, I meant what I said when I
left and came out here.

What you said? What was that?

About getting out of the rackets.

Hey, it's great, really great to see
you, Casey.

But don't try to stick me in your
pocket.

Did I ever do that to you?

Yeah, sort of.

Oh, come on, Keith. Let's face it.

There wasn't any cozy little family
business you were starting me out in.

were planning to bring me along in the
mob. Only not as fast as I was going to

bring Junior along, right?

What's Junior got to do with it?

Oh, come on. Let's not con each other
after all these years.

Junior was my real kid.

You were the orphan kid I took in off
the streets.

Junior got the world on a silver plate.

You got his leftovers.

Don't you think I know how you felt?

You think I don't know the real reason
why you left when you did?

No, Casey, that wasn't the reason.

I just got so tired and so fed up of all
the things that I was doing.

All the lying and the stealing and
hurting people. For what? For what?

Oh, yeah, sure, I admit.

I got jealous of Junior once in a while.

But that wasn't the thing.

The thing was, I didn't do right by you,
kid. You always got the short end of

things.

But I'm stopping all that.

Starting now.

What's this?

25 ,000.

And it's all for you.

Why? Look, I'm not going to try to kid
you that I could just hand you that free

gratis and forget about it.

You know how these things work.

Oh, yeah. I know how they work.

All right.

Bobby.

I need somebody to take a fall.

The most you'll get is maybe a year in
jail.

You're asking me to take the rap for
something somebody else did?

That's right.

And if you do...

You and your wife and your kid will be
taken care of for the rest of your

You have my word on that.

Casey, do you know what you're asking me
to do?

I got a wife and a kid and a business.

Oh, great.

By all means, think about them.

That two -bed radio repair shop doesn't
make enough to feed your family.

Your wife has to wait on tables nights
just so you can break even.

One year out of your life and you're
sitting pretty.

And your wife and your baby boy can...

They'll move into a decent house
tomorrow if they want to.

Whose rep is it, Casey?

It's Junior's, isn't it?

You want to know something, Bobby?

Something funny?

I've always had this secret wish.

I don't even let myself think about it
very often.

I've always wished that...

Junior had been the one I took in, and
that you had been my real son.

Do it, Bobby.

Be that son I always wanted.

I confessed to mugging the guy. What
else can I say?

It's the confession we want to talk to
you about.

What about it?

Well, for one thing, why did you do it
after staying out of trouble so many

years?

Money problems.

Pure and simple.

Why Tuttle?

Came in the bar and he flashed a roll of
bills.

Looked easy.

You were raised by Casey Morton, weren't
you?

So what?

So Tuttle left Kansas City owing Casey
Martin a lot of money.

Well, it was a coincidence.

It doesn't matter.

Well, you total it.

Well, for openers, he just paid off over
$2 ,000 in debts.

The guy was loaded.

According to the police, he had less
than $100 on him.

You had Tuttle's effects on you when you
turned yourself in.

His watch, his ring, his wallet.

Why didn't you get rid of the wallet, at
least?

It shows how desperate I was. I wasn't
thinking.

What was the whole confession in the
package?

Why would I do that?

You didn't.

Are you saying that I took the rap for
somebody?

How much did Morton pay you?

I got nothing else to say now.

When you have, let's hope it's not too
late.

Please leave me alone.

Look, just try to forget it. I can't. It
was terrible.

I mean, I'll never forget him beating
that poor man.

And then I just drove off without doing
anything to help.

What could you do? I could have called
the police. I mean, I could have told

them about that creature.

I'll never forget his face.

Bill, what should I do?

Janice, it's over.

But suppose he hurt someone else.

We don't even know what they were
fighting about. Maybe that guy ran after

to explain it.

All I know is if you get involved now...
My father might find out that we've

been seeing each other. And after what
he said... Don't make me the villain in

this.

We both decided it was better to keep it
from him for a while.

I know.

Your father's a great guy and I'm lucky
to be working for him.

But we both know a struggling architect
isn't exactly what he had in mind for

his daughter.

Isn't that what he told you?

That's why I need some time to prove
myself.

To show him that I'm not using you to
get ahead.

I know.

Anyway.

Besides, if it was something important,
we would have read about it in the

papers. Now you're making sense.

You still love me?

I never started.

Like I said, I didn't get a good look at
either one of them. It was kind of dark

out. You know, with that guy laying out
there, I... Yeah.

You said the woman was driving a beige
convertible.

You remember ever seeing it here before?

Know something?

Now that you mention it, I think I have.

And it might be it's that same girl,
too.

Then you've seen her before.

Maybe she's the one that I've seen
leaving the building a few times.

Did you say she works here?

No. I don't think so.

It's... Well, it's... It's like she was
visiting somebody in one of the offices.

Do you know which one?

No. But it was always late in the
evening.

Most of the offices close their doors at
five sharp.

I wonder if you could give us a list of
the ones that don't.

Oh, I'd be glad to.

Inspector Erskine, Special Agent Colby.

We're looking for Mr. Silvestri.

He's not here right now. I worked for
him.

Bill Harris.

Mr. Harris, we're trying to find a young
woman who may have witnessed an assault

in connection with the case we're
investigating.

You mean that mugging a few nights back?

You know something about it?

No, just what I've heard around the
building.

You know it's pretty shocking when
something like that happens when you do

stuff.

The girl we're looking for is an old
early 20s, brown hair, we think, tall.

She drives a convertible.

I wouldn't mind finding one like that
myself.

I'm sorry.

I can't help you.

Does anyone else work late in this
office?

Oh, I'm the lucky one.

And how late do you usually stay?

It varies. Sometimes 8, 9 o 'clock.

Thanks for your help.

Listen, some men from the FBI were just
here.

Was it about the mugging? Yes.

They're looking for a young woman who
witnessed it. They described you pretty

closely. You didn't tell them.

I played dumb.

Honey, maybe this thing is more serious
than we thought.

I was afraid of that.

I think you should tell them what you
saw.

But what about my father?

Right now I'm worried about you.

If the FBI is in on this, it must be
something big.

Maybe even dangerous.

I don't know.

If Dad finds out about us, he might fire
you.

So I'll go to work for someone else.

It won't be the end of the world.

I just don't want it to be the end of
us.

Honey, it won't be.

Bill, he's home. Let's talk about it
later.

You better not come by here.

I'll meet you at the state ranch about
nine.

We'll have dinner.

I'd love to meet you, Kate.

I'll see you after the club.

You know what this reminds me of,
Junior?

The time I took you to New York to watch
the Yankees play in the World Series.

Remember, we stayed in the best hotel in
town, just the two of us.

You didn't want to eat anything there,
neither.

You were too excited.

All you did was stand in the window
looking down at how small everything

on the street.

It was a long time ago, Junior.

Just memories.

Come on, relax.

Have some wine.

You're off the hook. We both are.

I could have fixed things myself, Papa.
So I gave you a hand.

What's a father for, anyway?

You could have trusted me.

I do, but in a different way.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means we're not all cut out to do the
same things in life.

Maybe I got you in off your head. If I
did, it's my fault, not yours.

The main thing is, you're my son and I
love you.

What's wrong with that?

What about Sammy Tuttle? What have we
talked?

He won't.

I suppose you're going to take care of
that too, right?

That's right, Junior.

I'll take care of everything.

I'll see you later, Papa.

Hello?

What do you want?

Easy, Sammy.

I just called to see how you were.

Expect me to buy that.

It's the money, isn't it?

No, I'm not worried about the money. I
know you'll pay that back.

Well, I always meant to.

Well, I must have worried.

I heard that, uh... Well, I heard you
were, um, talking to the law.

No, Junior. I didn't tell him anything.

I swear.

You wouldn't lie to me, would you,
Sammy?

I gave him my word.

Your word and 15 cents will buy me a cup
of coffee.

Now listen carefully.

And listen very hard.

If anything happens to me because of
that night, if I even have to answer any

questions about it, I'm holding you
responsible.

And that means wherever you are, I'll
find you. And when I do, there won't be

enough left to put you back together
again.

You got that?

your medication.

And there's a door.

Has it got a lock on it?

No. None of the rooms have locks.

Well, that means anybody can just walk
right in.

Don't worry, Mr. Tuttle. We won't let
anyone disturb you.

Can you tell me when I'll be able to
leave?

As soon as Dr. Bristol says it's okay.

But I feel fine.

It sure won't be more than a day or two.

Let's talk to the doctor.

Mr. Tuttle.

We're moving Tuttle to the cardiac ward.
It's the first time he's been stable

enough for us to do this.

It's been touch and go for an hour.

What do you suppose happened to bring on
the attack?

I'm not sure.

I understand he received a phone call.

What are his chances, Doctor? Hard to
say.

Right now, he's critical.

You don't beat a man up with a bad heart
and expect him to walk away from it.

You're pretty, Ann.

Thank you.

I don't feel very pretty.

How's Brian?

He's fine.

He's fine.

He misses you.

I do, too.

What did you tell him?

I told him that you were working.

That you were working very far away.

Ann, I'm sorry.

I told you, I had a few drinks and this
guy walked in the bar and he flashed a

roll of bills like that.

You're lying to me.

Bobby, you couldn't rob anybody.

I know that.

You're covering for someone, aren't you?

Has the FBI been talking to you?

No.

deposit, but I was like, I went to get
the pink slip for the car.

I thought maybe I could sell it to, are
you a good lawyer?

Why did you do it?

Because I couldn't stand the look on
your face every time another bill came

the mail.

When you wanted a new dress and we
couldn't afford it.

Don't you see? This changes everything.

I only serve a short term.

And then when I come out, we'll have
some money, some real money to start all

over again.

Did you hear?

Hear what?

It was in the newspapers this morning.

That man you said you robbed.

He got worse last night.

Much worse.

If he dies, they're going to draw you
for murder.

Even if it means spending the rest of
your life in prison.

Don't you understand?

If I cross them now, they'll take it out
on you. Or maybe even Brian.

Oh, babe.

I made a deal.

Sorry you missed me the first time you
came around. I was in Phoenix on

business. We're looking for a young
woman.

Tall, dark hair.

Others who have seen her in the building
say it's usually after most of the

offices are closed.

We're wondering if you might have run
into her.

I have seen one girl like that.

After hours, like you said.

Come to think of it, I've seen her a
couple times.

Do you know whose office she was
visiting?

No.

Wait a second. I remember seeing her in
the elevator once.

Was she alone?

That's it. She was, um...

She was with that young architect down
the hall, Bill Harris.

You sure?

Oh, yeah.

Lucky guy.

Well, thanks, Mr. Curran. You've been
very helpful.

How are you? Come on in.

Junior, I'm looking for your father.

Well, um, no, hi first.

How are you?

Looking good?

Nothing?

Hi.

Hi.

Hey, want a drink?

Still like those drinks with all the
crushed ice in them?

See? I remembered.

Uh, no, thank you. I really don't want
anything.

My father says when someone says they
don't want anything, it usually means

want everything.

I have to speak to Casey.

Oh, obviously he's not here.

Junior, when do you expect him back?

Look, Annie, um... My father's a busy
man.

If there's anything you want, you can
ask me.

All right.

It's about Bob.

He made a deal with Casey, but now this
man might die.

Casey can't let him go through with it.

Bobby shouldn't have told you that.

He didn't. I found it out on my own.

Then don't get mixed up in it.

Bobby's my husband.

I know.

So he's old enough to know what he's
doing.

Junior, if that man dies...

Bobby's gonna spend the rest of his life
in prison.

I guess that could happen, huh?

You always said he was like a brother to
you.

He is. And what's a brother for if not
to help you out when you need him, huh?

Well, that's exactly what I'm saying.

discovering for you.

I should have known.

I should have known.

You don't know anything.

I don't?

I'll go to the police.

I'll tell them everything.

No, you won't.

And I'll tell you why you won't.

You get that kid to take it.

Isn't that right, Annie?

Bob's a loser.

Always was.

Let me show you what a winner's like.

Does he know where Harris is?

He said Harris had to deliver some
blueprints to a construction site. He

the address.

What do you mean you're not going to
catch the flight back to Kansas City

me?

What more have you got to do here?

I've got some business, Papa.

What kind of business? I told you I'd
take care of everything.

It has nothing to do with Sammy Tuttle.
What then?

It's personal.

Like maybe it has something to do with a
girl named Janice Silvestri?

When are you going to learn, Junior,
that there's nothing I don't know about?

You let one of my people trace down a
license number for you.

Janice Maria Silvestri.

So that's it, huh?

You see a cute number riding down the
street, so you go out of your way to

her. What's wrong, aren't the girls back
in Kansas City good enough for you?

Well, this one's different.

Sure, they're all different.

But why not?

Your age, they'd be doing the same
thing.

Hello again.

Harris, I think you know the girl we're
looking for.

You're mistaken.

I told you. Look, Harris, the man we're
investigating has a record of violence.

Now, he might be after her, too, if he
thinks that she might identify him.

That's pretty unlikely, isn't it? Do you
want to take that chance?

No.

I had my reasons not wanting to get her
involved.

Her name is Janice Silvestri.

I work for her father.

I won't be homeless. to the club
tonight. I'm going to meet Kate Wallace

dinner. Okay. Have a good time.

Don't be too late.

I won't.

Drive carefully.

I will.

Mr. Silvestri? Yes.

We're with the FBI.

I'm Inspector Erskine. This is Special
Agent Colby.

Is your daughter Janice at home?

No. Do you know where we can find her?

What's this all about?

We think she witnessed a beating that
took place outside your office building

the other night.

Oh, you mean the mugging?

Has she said anything to you about it?

No.

But what would she be doing around the
office at night?

Oh, wait a minute.

Was she visiting Bill Harris?

Where can we find her?

Well, she should still be at the health
club.

She swims there three nights a week.

What is it?

Well, when she drove away from the
house, now that I think about it, there

have been someone following her.

Remember me?

Please. I didn't say anything. You don't
have to worry.

Yeah, well, I'm the worrying kind.

Peace out.

So Casey showed me an envelope with $25
,000.

I went for it.

That's all there is to it.

You all right?

I am now.

Based on the testimony of Sam Tuttle and
Bob Stern, along with other evidence,

Casey and Junior Morton were convicted
in federal court of conspiracy and

violations of the extortionate credit
transaction statute.

Junior Morton was also found guilty of
assaulting federal officers and in state

court of assault with intent to kill.

Stern was convicted in federal court of
conspiracy to obstruct justice.