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Where is your six -foot, three -inch assailant? You tell me where he is.

conducting an investigation.

Where is he? You were set up the other day. Bastard, he suckered you out. The

last thing you need is getting a handful.

How much?

A grand.

Why don't you start counting it out?

Police officers, nobody move.

I know it's sort of a mystery to some of you.

We figured we'd better get some uniforms into this act. We don't want the local

citizenry around here calling the cops on us. I'd hate to get blown away by our

own people.

Anyway, what we got here is a large -scale receiver.

Hijacked truckloads are dropped and then repacked in this warehouse.

Tonight there's a load of color TVs.

We got a search warrant.

Five minutes after the truck arrives, we move in.

Now. I'll coordinate with this thing.

When we hit them, we hit them hard.

We don't announce till we get inside.

These people are all into something pretty heavy. Our information says

all armed.

Now, got anything to add?

You covered it.

Let's go. Let's go.

Okay, pep, everybody set?

He's in.

All right, let's go.

Hands on top of your heads.

Get him up there.

Can't waste the truck.

Let's go.

All right, let's check him out.

Thank you.

Joe, give me a hand.

It's a dry run.

Yep.

Don't look around, Miss Chun. You're in charge.

Hey, you got no right to do it without a warrant.

Oh.

Read, but don't touch.

All right?

Searching again.

He's only a kid.

Fifteen years old.

How could you know Bastry had a nephew living with him?

You didn't know the boy was going to be in the warehouse, right?

Fifteen years old, Pep.

You didn't have a fight with a boy.

Isn't that right?

That's what you told me.

That's what you've got to tell them.

Is that right?

Hello?

Yeah, Pep, it's Joe.

How's he doing?

Oh, okay.

You take care of him, yeah?

And look, let me talk to him for a minute.

Hold on.

Yeah, Joe.

Hey, Billy.

Look, the guys in Internal Affairs want to talk with you.

When?

Now. And they're surprised you're not down here.

Oh, Joe, you gotta help me. I can't do it tonight.

Listen, tell them, uh... Tell them I've been drinking.

Tell them I'm loaded. I'm not in any condition to talk, okay?

You're okay.

Tomorrow morning?

Yeah, tomorrow. Okay.

And look, Bill, don't lose your cool with the guys, okay?

Because they can be pretty tough.

Come in.

Rowley.

Sit down.

I'm Lieutenant Boise, and this is Lieutenant Sullivan.

There are a number of questions we want to ask you about this homicide, but

first I want to advise you of your constitutional rights. Why isn't

handling this thing?

I mean, they're not headhunters. They're street cops.

They know how these things can happen.

We also know how these things happen, and we're going to get the facts before

submit our report to the chief and or the grand jury.

Why would you submit it to the grand jury?

We may have a manslaughter.

Look, Sergeant, our investigation takes precedence over any other departmental

investigation, so you will cooperate to the fullest.

Yeah.

Well, what if I don't feel like answering any of your questions?

Then we'll suspend you.

You give us no choice.

So why be foolish?

Why make a tough job tougher?

Listen, Crowley, I don't think there's going to be any problem, really,

regarding a criminal prosecution.

But you have to satisfy the department.

I don't believe that.

Isn't that one of those off -the -record remarks to get me to loosen up?

I mean, what do I do now? Do I bare my soul, pour my heart out?

This is on, isn't it? Yes, it's on. You know the rules. Now, may we continue?

You know the story.

I laid it all out to the homicide officers.

There are gaps in it. Too many.

As an example, where is your six -foot, three -inch assailant? You tell me where

he is. You're conducting the investigation. Where is he? The victim

132 pounds and 15 years old.

None of the other police personnel reported any assault, and the civilians

present tell a completely different story. There was no 6 '3 man in that

warehouse. Wait a minute. You're talking about Bastry and the rest of that

garbage?

They're not civilians. They're hoods. They're criminals.

This was a fence operation we busted into. It wasn't a convent.

Maybe so, Crowley, but you certainly didn't prove it.

Maybe you had a legal right to bust in there, but no contraband was recovered.

No crime was committed.

Therefore, no arrests were made, right?

So these people have to be considered as witnesses.

Ordinary, legitimate witness. You gotta be kidding me.

It was after midnight. What do you think they were doing there if they weren't

waiting for a hot load?

Pastoree has a lease on a place. The others say they're friends of his.

I know.

It's all bull.

But he comes off clean on this one.

And I'm the heavy, right?

We're not here to judge you, Sergeant.

We only investigate.

You're off this week. What's the matter? Haven't you got a home?

Sometimes I wonder.

Joe just phoned me and told me what happened.

I thought maybe there was something I could do to help. Like what?

I don't know. Maybe we could just talk a little bit.

Something I would say would make you feel a little better.

Thanks, Pete. You just said it.

These are on Clark and Lynn.

They said good luck.

It's pretty interesting, isn't it?

I don't even get along with those two guys and they're wishing me luck.

They're cops.

Pretty good ones, too.

They know that something like this could happen to any one of us.

That's your hand into me.

By the time those six thieves get through testifying against me, I'll be

if I don't come off looking like some kind of an animal.

You reacted like anyone would.

It happened, Bill. You can't change it. You can't do it over. Of course it

happened, Pat. Of course I can't change it.

Jeez, it's hard enough to live with something like this without having the

department come down on my head.

Why the hell would they use a kid like that?

that man you saw.

There's an awful lot of people willing to go to bat for you, Bill. Oh, will you

knock it off?

Half my life was involved in this thing and you sit there giving me platitudes.

It just wasn't worth it, kid.

You stop feeling sorry for yourself.

What'd you expect when you took that badge?

An egg in your beer?

Come on.

Show them, Bill. Use your head, you big dumb cop.

Show them you had a right to hit that warehouse.

And where it was a terrible tragedy, it was an accident.

You're starting to sound like me.

I've been called worse.

I'm going to start behaving like you and thinking like you. Now, we're going to

have to get that guy, and there's only one way to do it. He has to be one of

Bastry's people. So, we move in on Bastry.

No, my information was good.

You screwed it up, not me.

Now I got to sit here for another three years.

Fine time to think about that.

There again.

You help us get Bastry.

You help us make a case, show that he really is a large -scale receiver.

And you got the same deal you had before.

Same deal.

Look, I got my information from a friend.

He's like a brother.

I can't involve him.

Look, I promised him.

I can't go back on my word.

Betty, we have to deal with your friend directly this time. You gotta trust us.

We've always been fair with you in the past. We won't be any different now.

You have to give us a chance to talk to your friend.

No way.

Eddie, we won't press him, I promise you.

And if he helps us, you stand a very good chance of getting out of here.

And there's so much more now involved than just one good arrest.

Okay.

I sure hope that your word is better than mine.

Let's walk outside.

It's a lot quieter out here.

Betty sent you. He must think you're all right. I'll go along with it.

You two must have had quite a relationship.

Relationship.

I guess you could call it that.

We were partners.

We still are.

A lot of years behind us.

We're close.

Miss Conner?

That's right.

If you want to talk to a saint, go to church.

Are you, uh... Are you willing to try again?

When I spotted the meat and the switch, it was purely by accident.

I followed it up because I had nothing better to do. It was like a hobby.

Then we figured out how we could make it work for Eddie.

But I got no beef with these guys. It's their hustle. It's none of my business.

So you've paid your debt to Eddie and now you want out, is that it?

Maybe.

Just, uh... Just how far would you expect me to go?

You'd be helping us, too.

Not just Eddie.

I only owe Eddie.

But, uh...

I'll make a deal with you.

If I go along with this move, will you people put your weight behind Eddie's

parole, win or lose?

You got it.

I pulled a hustle once in Nevada.

Worked out really good.

It'd be a hell of a move if I could make it work again.

Even if it was for the heat.

I'm sorry about your nephew.

But when that cop busted in, I panicked, hit him and ran.

I've never been at the spot during a delivery before.

I can't afford to get busted.

I'll lose my license.

And if you had been at the spot before, you'd know that the first truck is

always a dummy.

Just in case the cops have planted on us.

Lou, I'm sorry about your nephew.

Oh, cut the garbage.

I hardly knew him, and you didn't know him at all.

You know, if I didn't need you for the leases on that warehouse, I'd lose you

fast for running scared.

What are we stopping for?

TV and the radio. Let's see what the newspapers have to say.

Well, I've seen better pictures of you.

They're just not going to let up, are they?

All I get going for me is a retired con man.

Mr. Bastry, my name is Milton Brooks.

Oh, come in.

Thank you.

Thank you for granting me this interview at such a trying time.

Pleasure. Sit down.

I'm more than anxious to get the truth out before the police try to cover it

Such a nice -looking boy.

What was he doing there?

He was with me.

I read that.

But what was he doing there?

What are you getting at?

I told you he was with me, visiting.

Mr. Bathory, I know your offense.

A very good one on a fairly large scale.

I commend your business abilities. I commend you also for having the ability

only to stay out of jail, but to turn the tables on the cops.

What are you, some kind of plant?

You, out!

Hey, what is this?

It's a business proposition, Mr. Bastry.

The gun is only a pacifier while we talk business.

Now, would you please sit down?

Thank you.

I had an operation going in San Diego.

Pretty good one.

Then my partner got busted and I had to pull out.

But I have a huge outlet for some hot cigarettes.

I understand.

You handle them by the truckload.

So what do you want from me?

Your street contacts.

Truckers that want to make a few bucks.

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

Why don't you have me checked out, Mr. Bastry?

Surely a man of your stature has people that could do that.

Sure. I can do it.

But why should I?

Because we're going to make a lot of money.

Together.

I need those cigarettes.

I would be willing to finance the first load.

Why don't you have me checked out?

You'd put up ten grand?

You made your point.

My business card, where you can reach me.

Drop it on the table.

On your way out.

Take this number down.

555 -1483.

Name, Milton Brooks.

Yeah, well, what do you want me to do with it?

I want him checked out.

As an investor.

A working investor?

Could be.

Could be a setup.

I'd do something for your money for a change.

I'll have him processed for a bondsman's license.

Prints and all. If he has a record, it'll show it.

Let the cops do our work for us.

Clever.

Sergeant Crowley, now you're trying to kill me.

And when one of you people call a policeman, I want to file a report.

That was a dumb stunt, Crowley.

You know, I thought you were getting a rough deal before this, and I could even

understand your attitude to a point.

But as of this moment, you are officially suspended as a police officer

a board of rights hearing by the department.

It's just beautiful, huh?

It's really beautiful.

I'll tell you what I should have done. I should have driven that creep Bastry

right into the ground.

That's exactly why we're suspending you. So you'll stay away from him.

Lieutenant, I'm a civilian now, and I'll do as I damn please.

No, you won't.

You're a suspended cop, and you'll do as you're ordered.

There's been an injunction filed that prohibits you from any contact with

Bastory or to present yourself in the vicinity of his residence.

Now, you violate this order, Crowley, and you'll be arrested.

Now, wait a minute.

You've just tried him, found him guilty, and now you're sentencing him.

He's not being suspended because of the incident with the boy, but because he

won't let up on Bastory until this thing is settled.

And the department can't afford any embarrassment caused by Sergeant

Doesn't he have any rights?

Nobody's let up on him the whole time since this thing happened.

Criminals get tried in court.

Cops get tried in newspapers.

You might as well save your breath, Pep.

I sure wouldn't want to embarrass the department.

I'll take your gun, your badge, and your ID card.

As far as I'm concerned, you're the only real cop in this room right now.

You're the only one. I'll get these two.

Relax, pretty lady.

I made the contact with Bathory.

Yeah?

He even had me checked out by a bail bond author.

Stanley Lawrence, associate.

Who is he? What's his thing?

I don't know yet. I haven't met him face to face.

He really went into my past, though.

You know my record.

That's to read and love.

You think if we lean on him, we can try and get him to do something for us now?

No. If we lean on him too hard, he could back out.

Yeah, I realize that.

But Crowley's on the outside looking in.

And it's wiping him out.

Let me tell you something.

It's not too healthy for my partner either.

He's on the inside looking out.

I'm a selfish guy.

I'm not in this to be charitable to Crowley.

If anything I do for Eddie helps, I'm good. If not... You're an unusual crook.

You're very honest.

I just wanted to set it straight.

I'll tell you what.

A couple years from now, I'll really make you happy.

I'll lie to you.

You're a good cop, pretty lady, but I'm a good con man, and right now, you're in

my ballpark.

Yeah?

So?

We wait.

Meanwhile, you've got your work cut out for you.

You've got to raise me a bankroll.

Oh, you were saving the goodies for the last. You are a crook.

That's because he's got no money.

Put in all he had to buy this new location.

He lives pretty high on the hog. He's almost broke.

That's good. He has to go back to work.

That's right.

But I got in because I promised to finance this new deal.

Ten thousand minimum.

You're sticking it to me.

Listen, you don't think I tap -danced and smiled my way into you?

I'll keep it as low as I can, but $10 ,000 is the minimum. You've got to have

ready. This is the police department you're dealing with. You know what I've

to go through to get that kind of money?

That's your problem.

And by the way, tell your people to stay away from Bastry's apartment.

He's shaky.

He sees if there's any trouble, he can duck out.

There's no one from our office sitting on Bastry.

There was when I was there two hours ago.

Turn on the air conditioning. It's like a steam bath in here.

It's my steam bath, okay?

You weren't invited.

What do you expect to accomplish hanging around here?

What am I going to accomplish hanging around my apartment?

Stick around here. You're going to do something dumb.

You were set up the other day. Bastard, he suckered you out. The last thing you

need is to get in the hassle right now. I can't, will you, Pepper? No, I can't.

The last thing I need is just advice from you.

I'm on my own now, Pep.

I'm a plain, private, ordinary citizen.

Not quite, Bill. You are a suspended cop with a set of double standards hanging

over your head.

I don't care about the rules anymore.

I mean that.

I can't defend what they did to you.

Even if I agreed with them, I'm too close to it. But just sitting out here

just adding to your grief.

There are people who care a great deal about what happens to you, even if you

don't.

Well, that guy just might be contagious, so you better tell him not to get

involved. No, you go tell him.

You go tell Joe not to walk around and throw his files across his desk.

And tell Pete not to tell the lieutenant he doesn't give a damn.

He's picked a fight with every superior in the building.

For you.

Yeah.

We've got to change this man to a rooster.

They care, Bill.

They may not know how to show it, and neither one of them is very talkative,

they don't know what to say, but they care, and you know it.

I've just got to do something, Pat.

Just wait.

That's what we're doing.

We're just waiting.

Listen.

I got a little mad money stashed away. You need any extra cash?

You will not work in the streets again.

Enough for a couple of real good dinners.

Look, I know I can swing a few hundred.

Maybe get everyone around here to come up with the same amount. But that'll

be a couple of thousand, the whole thing.

I'd have to go all the way to the top to get $10 ,000.

Then go to the top, Lieutenant.

That would look like we're plotting a frame -bastery.

Or at least to get even with them.

Well, if we don't get the money, we won't have to answer to anybody about

we want to do.

We won't even have a chance to try.

You know, that would be leaving the department open to a lot of criticism.

I don't care.

Do you really care?

I'm tired of worrying about the department.

It's not a human.

It's a big, clumsy, insensitive thing. And Bill Crowley is a human.

And doesn't the department owe him something, too?

Like about 18 years of breaking his back and 24 hours a day of giving when

nobody else would.

You know,

it's not supposed to be a one -way street.

He needs some support now, and he has a right to expect it.

You know whose neck is on the line if it doesn't work, don't you?

But I'll try, Pepper.

You've got to do more than that.

You have to get it.

Even if it doesn't work, we owe Bill the chance.

You want a guarantee?

Are you giving me one?

Okay, you got it.

The money is waiting.

I'm waiting.

Crowley is waiting.

There should be some action within the next week.

You sure?

I don't have a written guarantee, but that's the way it adds up.

The battery's out of cash. He needs the action.

You know how important this is. You have to be sure.

Add it up.

The funeral was expensive.

He wanted to make a big show.

He's got that chrome palace. He calls an apartment. He's got two people on his

payroll. He even asked me for money for an advance on a new location.

How much?

A grand.

Why don't you start counting it out?

It's worth it to know the exact location.

It's berth 154.

Empty terminal at the harbor.

When will you find out the time?

He has to come to me for the rest of the money.

Get your people set.

Be careful this time.

The first truck doesn't mean anything. Let it pass.

Watch out for a spotter. He's got one.

While you're here, why don't you confess your sins?

In this application, you say that the premises in question were controlled by

one James Bastory and are being used as a storehouse for stolen property.

On what do you base this?

Well, Your Honor, we have information from an informant who's been... who has

proved to be reliable in the past.

Did you people really think that I would sign this warrant?

Why, yes, Your Honor, I can see no reason why not.

It's been prepared correctly, and it, plus the facts that we presented, should

more than show a legal right to obtain a warrant.

Is that your legal opinion, Lieutenant?

It's my opinion, sir, based on 24 years' experience.

Well, it's not my opinion, and I'm refusing this application.

On what basis?

Another warrant for this James Bathory at this time, in light of the publicity,

would constitute poor judgment on my part and possibly harassment.

I'm not about to enter into any conspiracy with the police department so

you can attempt to save the reputation of a suspended police officer.

No judge will sign this warrant and probably no other warrant for some time.

And now, if you'll excuse me.

Oh, cut him loose. Bruce has done it again.

Yeah, well, that's the last thing in the world I would have expected to happen.

There's no legal reason why you shouldn't have signed this one. We could

another judge.

Oh, come on, Pepper, you know.

I don't know if the judge is going to sign that thing now. Bruce has put the

on it.

Look, you know these judges, they never override each other.

Talk about conspiracy.

Conspiracy is the least of my problems.

You know, I signed out for $10 ,000 for a raid that's never going to take place.

I already spent $1 ,000 of it.

How do I account for it?

What do I tell him? I backed Bastary because he was broke?

Punch that thing again, will you?

Shutters.

See, I haven't helped Crowley one bit.

I haven't helped anyone except Bastary.

I have botched it.

I've blown it.

I know that.

I got the lieutenant involved.

Brooks is right in the middle of it. He could get himself killed.

I even gave Berrigan the false hope he might get out of jail.

Why do I always think I know more than everybody else?

I know what you mean.

Why don't you go home and get some rest, Pat? Forget about all this for a while.

I'll give Bill a call and tell him what's happening.

I mean, he's pretty involved in this too, you know.

And since, William, you are the most devious in our select group, we decided

bring the problem here.

I bet you should have brought that judge here. I'd like to get my hands on him

right now.

A lot of good data, do you? You just slithered through your fingers.

It's obvious. The only way to do it is to duke somebody into the operation,

place one of our people on the inside, an undercover cop.

Then we'll work on finding out who our six -foot -three mystery man is.

I'll make it Pepper.

He knows Pepper.

He knows Joe, too.

Pete.

No, he doesn't know Pete. Pete was on suspension that week.

Well, there's one decision made.

Absolutely. Yeah, that's easy.

Now, who's going to try to sell this new deal to Brooks?

The only way we're going to pull it off now is for you to introduce an

undercover man into it.

No way.

What do you think, Eddie?

I think you're a real cute broad.

What am I supposed to say to him?

Go do it.

And maybe he gets blown away while I sit here nice and safe.

Or do I say no good?

And I sit here for the next three years.

My Milt has to carry that around on his back, you know, figuring that he might

have been able to help me get out.

Who's cunning, Holm?

I'm not sure I can pull it off even if I wanted to.

Why?

You think you can get away with it?

I don't know.

I've been pulling the string in real slow.

Maybe I could just give it a yank.

Why don't we get him greedy?

Up the ante.

There's a 10G limit on the bank.

Then get hard with him.

If he's ready to bite, pull the string.

Give him rules.

What if he don't bite?

Then what do we lose?

We're no better off than we were before.

Except for your three ears and my one body.

You could pressure him from both sides of his head.

More money and a new deal.

Charma, Mildy.

You're the best in the business.

The charm I got.

But there's still a 10G limit on the bank.

You still holding my money from the last score?

About eight grand.

I'd throw that in the pot, too.

That's all the stash you got.

Might just make the deal.

Okay. Pay it then.

But that's still not enough for a top -grade truckload of goods.

Gentlemen.

I have a couple thousand dollars in the bank. I'll throw it in.

How can we miss?

It's just like the old days.

We just made a 2G score.

So it's all set for tomorrow night.

I'll get you half a load of cigarettes.

Eleven grand. It's a good deal.

All right.

I'll get my man ready.

What man?

You don't need any man.

I got my own people.

You gotta be kidding.

I got a right to have my own man. Somebody to cover my back.

I'll cover your back.

I got a lookout outside.

Too many people in this thing already.

I don't like working with strange faces I haven't broken bread with.

He's been with me for years. He's covered my back plenty of times.

I'll vouch for him. Who's going to vouch for you?

Who's going to vouch for me?

No way, Brooks.

No strangers.

Just hold it, hold it.

The guy is my partner.

He's a money man.

We need those cigarettes.

How much would it cost us for the whole load?

The whole load?

Oh, well, probably bring it in for 18, 18 .5.

All right.

I'll take the whole load. I'll raise the money.

But my man stays in.

Well, that's different.

We can use him for the extra unloading.

What's 6 -3 to you?

Slow down.

Hello, Bill.

Yeah, Pete.

Pigeons have arrived.

You spotted the lookout?

Yeah.

I think it's our boy.

Any problems?

No problems.

We'll have to drive it tied up on the side of the highway.

A couple of hours before he can call the cops.

How many?

50 ,000 cartons.

Get the offload truck in here. Tell them we're ready.

Could I take a look at the merchandise?

It's all here.

Satisfied?

The money.

You don't have to count it.

It's all there, every nickel.

Put it in a safe place. I don't want it around here.

I think we'd better start loading up the truck.

Sebastian, it's a pleasure doing business with you.

Anytime.

Hey, you guys want to give me a little muffin?

Nobody move.

Second.

I send in the black and whites, code three.

You set me up.

Why?

Because, Mr. Bastry, you're going to take my partner's place in jail.

He better split you.

No, this way, this way.

What are

you

doing here, Crowley?

You just couldn't stay out of it, could you?

Who's this one?

Any good street cop should be able to figure that out.

So the guy came at me in the warehouse that night.

Big guy, 6 '3". Is that right?

Look, it was an accident.

I was scared, man.

I was scared.

You got any more questions?

Yeah, I got one.

What's wrong with him?

I think he's got a bellyache.

Up, Puck.

Yeah, we'll take him. Right.

Okay, fellas, fresh from the delicatessen.

Oh, there you go. Dig in.

Mm -hmm, fellas, something for you.

What's this?

That's your two grand.

I gave them a pack roll, but I didn't want to rip you off.

How much did you beat him for?

Tell them about the one that got away.

Hey, who likes turkey?

I'm going to lay a little truth on you, Pep.

A few days ago, I killed a 15 -year -old kid, and that seemed... Pretty tragic

to me at the time.

But it wasn't long till I forgot about him.

It seemed even more tragic than my career was sliding down the drain.

I mean, they actually took my little badge away from me.

I got very caught up in survival.

Now, with everybody's help, I got my little badge back.

And everything's okay.

They say everything's the same.

But it's not, Pepper.

And it will never be again.

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