All language subtitles for Kansas.City.Confidential.1952 ORIGINAL english

MR. BIG (ON PHONE): Hello, Pete.

You've got the wrong number.

MR. BIG (ON PHONE): Don't
hang up on me again, Pete.

If I was a cop or one of the
boys I wouldn't bother calling,

I'd just walk in on you.

I'm trying to tell
you, you got the wrong...

I'm doing the telling, Pete.

I didn't crack to the clerk.

Your name's not Johnson.

Listen, whoever you are...

MR. BIG (ON PHONE): I'm your one
chance to get out from under.

$300,000 and a clean
getaway... out of the country.

Who is this?

MR. BIG (ON PHONE):
If you're interested,

come to room 302, Baker
Hotel, 10 o'clock tonight.

Hey, wait a minute!

Come in.

No change, eh, Pete?

Still jumpy.

That was a sucker move
burning down your boss.

You had him all wrong.

He never crossed
you, but you're a guy

who shoots first and
thinks afterward.

In your spot, I'd
almost choose the cops,

even if it is a first
degree murder rap.

It's lucky I spotted you.

What's so lucky
about being dead?

I'm going to take
care of the guy.

He's just a little too smart.

Take off the mask.

Come on, take it off!

I don't like games!

What makes a two-bit heel
like you think a heater would

give him an edge over me?

I ought to ram it
down your throat.

What's waiting for you, Harris?

The chair?

The gas chamber?

Or just a rope?

How do I know that
line you handed me

on the phone's on the level?

Your voice don't
even sound the same.

MR. BIG: Neither will yours
when you put on a mask.

Who else figures
in it besides me?

MR. BIG: You ask
too many questions!

And I'm not
getting any answers!

I like to know who I work
with, when we make the split,

and who I take my orders from!

Get out of here!

All right, I'll get out.

A fat choice you're giving me.

You know the bind I'm in.

MR. BIG: Take it or leave it!

You said $300,000 from my end.

MR. BIG: At least...
free and clear.

Only, you do it my way!

Nobody sees the
others without a mask,

even when we make the split.

And I decide where and
when that takes place.

That makes it all foolproof.

OK, you got yourself a boy.

Now what?

MR. BIG: Stay in your room.

Keep out of sight
until I call you.

Do a little thinking next
time before you use it.

OK.

Don't get any wrong
ideas about me.

I don't shove around this easy.

I'll give you a chance to show
me how hot you are on the job.

MR. BIG: You're a
three-time loser, Tony.

Not yet, I ain't.

MR. BIG: The police know
you drove the getaway car.

This time it's life and
no chance of parole.

This time, Tony,
you go up for life

under the Habitual Criminal
Act with no chance of parole.

You don't have to
tell me the score.

MR. BIG: Then it's a deal?

OK.

MR. BIG: But no
dames, understand?

No dames.

Look, friend, if you don't
like it, don't knock it.

What makes you think I
can't go on doing all right?

MR. BIG: If I can spot you in
back of those trick cheaters,

so can the cops.

This job you're talking
about... I said I'd listen.

You're a cop killer.

You killed one on
that last deal.

I don't like heroes.

MR. BIG: You can tell that to
the warden when they burn you.

So I'm still listening.

Why don't you watch
where you're going?

I'm sorry, lady.

I didn't see you.

Here's the description, mac.

All units stand by... a 117.

Attention all units, a 117.

Here's a description of
the suspects involved

in the armed robbery
of the Southwest Bank.

Three men, masked, wearing
identical coveralls.

They are driving
a light delivery

car belonging to the
Western Wholesale Florists.

Use extreme caution.

All are armed.

Pull over!

80K to Control Two.

I'm at 117.

We have the suspect florist
truck, 20th and Jackson.

Say, what is this?

Put your hands in the back
of your neck and come on out!

Come on.

Get out.

You guys nuts?

Shut up.

You in there... come on out
one at a time with your hands

in the air!

All right, you, if your
pals have any ideas,

you'd better start talking.

You're going to open it.

Open what?

There's nothing
there but flowers.

Open it!

Where did you drop them off?

Come on, talk!

We must have rolled 300 miles.

The main dropped us by now.

They'll never get us.

When do we make the split?

The split's what I'm
going to talk about.

Four Kings, a pat hand...
that's just what we're holding.

Hang on to those cards.

I've got everything covered.

But in case something
does go wrong

and I can't make
the payoff myself,

the cards will identify you to
whoever I send with the money.

Say that again.

We'll cut up the
money when I think it's

had time enough to cool off.

Right now is good
enough for me.

Let's cut this horsing around.

How far do you think
you'd get with hot money?

Every cop in the state's
out looking for us.

I'll take my chances.

I told you, the mask stays on.

Sure, you told us.

It's a pat hand only because
nobody can rat on you.

You can't even
rat on each other,

because you've never seen each
other without those masks.

I made you cop-proof
and stool pigeon-proof.

It's going to stay that way.

Talk money.

All right.

I got one of these
for each of you.

It's enough money to
keep you comfortable

while you're waiting, but not
enough to get you into trouble.

If the $300,000
is coming to me,

I can stand a little trouble.

Make up your mind.

Which way is it going to be?

You'll find tickets
for where you're going.

You're each going to a
different foreign country.

Stay there until I wire
you where and when to come.

And keep those masks.

You'll be wearing
them at the payoff.

This is where you get off.

Hit that buzzer.

Open the door.

Jump.

What about me?

I'll tell you when.

It's odd that you'd stop at
that florist next to the bank

twice in the same morning.

Once is all I was there.

Then the woman who
identified you is a liar.

No, she's telling the truth.

I did bump into her.

And the other witnesses
who swear your truck

was the getaway car, they're
telling the truth, too?

They're wrong if they
say I had anything

to do with the robbery.

You want me to believe
there was a duplicate truck?

I wouldn't know!

I wasn't there!

You were framed then.

Is that it?

JOE ROLFE: Yeah.

And that year you
spent in the pen,

did anyone frame
you on that rap?

Ask the Captain here.

He was the arresting officer.

A real model citizen.

Look, just because I got
in a jam over a gambling bet

doesn't make me a bank robber!

DETECTIVE McBRIDE: Oh,
the boy wants pity.

SERGEANT MARTIN:
What about the truck?

Heh, if I knew the answer to
that, I wouldn't be here now.

How's this for an answer?

There was no other truck!

Listen, I...

Mr. Andrews here, with
the insurance company,

he's willing to
give you a break.

Aren't you, Scott?

He knows we are.

Same questions, same answers...
you can save your breath.

It's my job, Joe.

After all, we've got
to make good the loss.

In fact, we're willing
to pay out as much as 25%

of the money as a reward.

That's 300,000 for a lead, Joe.

You're an industrial
engineer, aren't you?

I never graduated.

That's right, left school
to enlist with the engineers.

Pretty good soldier, too...
bronze star, purple heart.

Try and buy a cup
of coffee with them.

Came back to resume
his studies at night.

Why, I ask myself, would
a man with such training

want to take a job
outside his line?

To set up a touch
for over $1,000,000.

That's why!

I got the job through
the probation officer.

You can ask him!

Mr. Collins, did I ever
give you any trouble when

I worked for you?

No, Joe, not at all.

But I'm afraid I've
got to let you go now.

Nothing personal,
you understand.

It's just that, well,
we sell to a lot

of very conservative people.

You know how it is.

Yeah, I know how it is.

DETECTIVE: Uh, Sergeant...

See that Mr. Collins gets back.

Uh, I'll go along with him,
some questions I want to ask.

All right, Rolfe, you
want it the hard way.

I can fix that, too.

You've got 20 years staring
you right in the face.

What do you want me
to say, that I did it?

Why don't you go
ahead, Mr. Martin?

You got a big day tomorrow.

The boys will help me
keep Rolfe company.

What do you think, McBride?

I think if you left
him to me and the boys,

I'd have his
confession on your desk

the first thing in the morning.

We'll be back after first
thing in the morning.

NEWSPAPER VENDOR: Extra!

Extra!

Get the latest news on
the big bank stickup!

Extra!

Ex-con grilled on
a $1,000,000 grab!

OK, we'll take him once more.

You got visitors again, Rolfe.

Come on, move!

McBride, We've got
to turn him loose.

The upstate police found the
duplicate flowers truck half

an hour ago.

It was inside an
abandoned moving van.

That still doesn't
clear Rolfe in my book.

His part of the
job could have been

to use his truck as a
blind to draw us away

from the real getaway car.

It could have been anything.

Just give me a
little more time.

I'll sweat it out of him.

SERGEANT MARTIN:
Forget it, McBride,

I've checked every
move he's made.

He's clean.

All right, Rolfe, you can go.

Sorry, we had to detain you.

You're sorry.

SERGEANT MARTIN:
These things happen.

Thanks for nothing!

Go on, beat it!

Maybe you didn't
hear what I said.

I said for nothing!

Extra!

Extra!

Why don't you read all
about the big bank stickup?

Extra!

Get the latest news on
the big bank stickup!

Ex-con grilled on
a $1,000,000 grab!

Get the latest on the ba... Hey!

That's him!

That's the guy!

You've got to do it, Rick.

You don't understand, Rick.

I know the spot you're in,
Rick, but you got to help Joe!

Rick?

Hi, Joe.

Hi, Eddie.

Get you something?

Yeah.

Two things... a cup of
coffee and that information

you promised me.

It's like I told you,
the first one is easy.

Listen, Eddie,
I got to know who

set me into this little deal.

Did you ask him?

You're leading
with your chin, Joe.

So I'm leading with my chin.

What have I got to lose?

Look, Eddie, it's been
three weeks... no job,

no angle, no nothing!

Hey, OK.

OK.

Take it easy.

I'm on your side I'll get
you another cup of coffee.

You come back tonight
around closing time.

My kid brother says
you're in trouble, Joe.

I've got to find a
way to clear myself.

Sometimes it's tough, Joe.

Sometimes it's too tough.

Look, I want to
know who framed me.

It wasn't anyone local.

That's for sure.

Any ideas?

Maybe.

It might be why Pete
Harris beat it to Mexico.

Pete Harris.

Where in Mexico?

Tijuana.

Look for where the
dice is rolled.

He's a real sucker
for a crap game.

Anything else?

Kind of dark and
real weird eyes.

You won't have any trouble
finding him by the cigarettes

he smokes.

Just follow the chain.

Much obliged.

Good luck, Joe.

EDDIE: Take it easy, Joe.

Thanks, kid.

So that's the guy that saved
your life on Iwo Jima, huh?

I'd buy him.

I have the limo all day, senor.

If you're looking
for a good time,

I know all the best
places in Tijuana.

As long as there's
a dice table there.

Oh, but gambling is illegal.

Yeah?

But uh, like in the states,
senor, there are some things

the law does not know.

I will show you where is
a nice game of chance.

BASE DEALER: Place
your bets, boys.

Place your bets.

CASINO STICKMAN:
Shooter's coming out.

Eight is it!

Number eight!

CASINO STICKMAN: Seven out!

You know any other spots?

Si, senor, but I
lose all my money.

Oh, gracias, senor!

Come on.

Check the card game.

OK, all bets.

Hands off the table.

GAMBLER: Come on.

Come on.

Come on, I'm going
to let mine run.

Get out there.

Light, mac?

Thanks.

All right, move
around everybody.

If you're not shooting,
get away from the table.

Let those betters in.

All right, let the dice go.

And he's coming out.

Come on, dice, get hot.

And he went away with a 4-3.

It's not your night, bud.

Next shooter.

Come on, now, give me
something on the field.

You can't go wrong with
the Big 6 or the Big 8,

and don't overlook
that ever-loving craps.

It's overdue, men.

$20, you don't hit.

CASINO STICKMAN: You
got a bet, mister.

Coming out!

Ah, ah, the big miss, boxcars!

All right, take the
inside, and pay the outside

to double up after craps, men.

One good one makes up
for all the bad ones.

You might as well be
broke as not have enough.

All right, here we go.

Let the piece ride.

I'm still saying
you can't do it.

Make him eat those
words, mister.

JOE ROLFE: And another $20.

CASINO STICKMAN: There they go.

And he's got nine for a number.

He makes nine for all the money.

JOE ROLFE: 3 to
2 you can't nine.

I'll take 50 to 25 I make it.

BASE DEALER: No bet.

That's a 3 to 2 wager.

I'll cover that.

CASINO STICKMAN: All
right, boys, come on now,

give me something on the field.

And the shooter's coming
out on a gravy train.

Uh-oh, that devil jumped up.

He went away with seven.

Take the inside,
pay the outside.

You wanted me to tell you
when it was 10:30, fella.

All right.

CASINO STICKMAN: All
right, let the dice go.

No more bets.

Oh, and he went away with a 4-3.

GAMBLER: Four, three.

CASINO STICKMAN:
And we're coming out

with a brand new shooter.

GAMBLER: We got a
brand new shooter.

CASINO STICKMAN: Can't
go wrong with the big six

and the big eight.

Can somebody give me something
for that ever-loving craps?

It's overdue, men.

OK, let them go.

Who's that guy
who just came in?

I don't know, some tourist.

Why?

I don't know.

He gives me the woolies.

He just don't smell right to me.

So long, Diaz.

Gracias, senor, gracias.

CASINO STICKMAN: All
right, double the craps.

Now we take the inside,
pay the outside.

Next shooter coming up.

You can't go wrong with the
big six and the big eight...

What's your hurry, fella?

Do you mind?

For a guy who
did all right, you

seem to be in too
much of a hurry.

Is there a law against it?

Maybe.

Who sent you here, fella?

Diaz, the cab driver.

OK, fella.

OK, wiseguy, you found me.

Now what?

What's eating you?

You've been giving me
the fish eye all night.

You better see a doctor, mac.

You're in bad shape.

I ain't that sick.

Then stop imagining things.

Get some rest.

Who is it?

There's a man
downstairs to see you.

Eh, look, you tell that g...

Now you and I are going
to have a little talk.

You a cop?

That's to teach you manners.

I'm the guy that
drove a florist truck.

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

Take a good look, Pete!

You're looking at the patsy
who was framed for the kill.

You got the wrong guy.

Lay off, will you?

When you're ready to talk.

You got me wrong!

What did you do
with your cut, Pete?

I don't follow you.

You will.

There's no money in there.

You were one of
them, weren't you?

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

Listen, this ain't my bag.

I copped it out of a car.

JOE ROLFE: You're lying.

Give me that!

JOE ROLFE: What's
this plane ticket?

This wire?

What's so interesting
in Borados?

So we start all over again.

Go ahead.

Go ahead!

But I still don't know
what you're talking about!

If I can't open you
up, maybe the cops can.

Wait, no cops!

So you were one of the gang.

I... I had other reasons.

I'm interested in this one.

Your plane leaves
in 15 minutes, Pete.

You're not going to be on it.

Look, I got to get to Borados.

That wire means $300,000 to me!

Your cut.

Who set it up?

I don't know.

Look, we didn't have
nothing against you.

We didn't even know you!

It just fell that way.

Lucky me.

Who else was in on it?

I don't know that either!

We all four of us wore masks.

I thought there
were only three!

Three and the big guy!

Look, I'm giving
it to you straight.

That's the way it was planned!

We all did business with a mask!

He could know us, but
none of us could know him!

Get it?

None of us could squeal that way
if one of us didn't get away.

That explains
everything but this.

I... I... I won't know what
that means until I get there.

All right, partner,
we'll find out together.

Partner?

The big man set me in on
this, so we split five ways.

You're kidding!

If I don't split
five ways, there's

going to be no split at all.

OK.

Go ahead, hang yourself!

It will be a pleasure.

All right, so I'm moving blind.

But I got you for a bird dog to
point the way as we go along.

You forget, even I
don't know the big guy!

So I'm taking a chance.

But remember, I'm taking no
chances with you between here

and Borados, partner.

Now get ready.

We don't want to miss our plane.

AIRPORT PA SYSTEM: Mexicana
de Aviacion announces

the departure of this flight...

Where's your cigarettes?

In the machine, senor.

AIRPORT PA SYSTEM: Passengers
kindly board your plane

to the local gateway.

Flight 589 now loading.

Flight 589 now loading.

I want a ticket to Borados.

Yes, sir.

You just have time.

You make connections for Borados
in Mexico City... 10:30 AM.

Round trip?

One way.

It will be $92, please.

Hey, Barney, look who's here
over by the cigarette machine.

Familiar?

That's Pete Harris.

So it is.

Go ahead, brace him.

Don't worry about this boy.

You stay here.

Cops!

I don't get it.

This man reached for
a gun and he's clean.

Don't worry, senor, this
man's wanted for murder.

This is a laugh.

All that dough...

DETECTIVE 1: What's that he's
trying to say about dough?

What dough, Pete?

DETECTIVE 2: You haven't
got a chance, Pete.

But you can go out clean.

DETECTIVE 1: He's right,
Pete, tell us about the dough.

DETECTIVE 2: Who's
down here with you?

DETECTIVE 1: What are
you doing in Mexico?

Where were you going?

Got anything you
want to tell us?

You haven't got a chance.

DETECTIVE 1: Is he trying
to tell us that somebody's

down here with him?

Sounds like it.

Maybe there is.

The ambulance will
be here at once.

It's... it's a laugh...
all that dough.

What... what dough?

DETECTIVE 2: What dough, Pete?

Ask who, Pete?

DETECTIVE 1: Come on,
Pete, time's running out.

Tell us who!

Ask...

DETECTIVE 2: Pete!

AIRPORT EMPLOYEE: Senor... you
forgot your claim check, senor.

Your baggage is
aboard the plane.

Thanks.

Muchisimas gracias.

Buen viaje.

AIRPORT PA SYSTEM: Attention,
will Mr. Pete Harris

please board the plane.

Flight 589 now leaving.

Buenos dias, senores.

Ah, good morning, my customers.

HOTEL GUESTS: Good morning.

It looks like maybe today
it's going to rain finally.

HOTEL GUEST: I hope so.

At least it will cool off.

Then everyone can
go outside and play.

Buen dia, Senor Kane.

Well now, Senor Romano, I
see you have found something

you want.

Perhaps you will like this one?

Yeah, but...

Don't you want to buy it?

It's not bad for a bottle.

How much?

Only 11 American dollars.

$11.00.

But, of course, Senor, if
you're looking for something

cheap...

I get nothing but the best.

Then shall I wrap it into
a nice package for you?

Don't bother.

I bought it for a nice package.

- But Senor,
you're... you're too generous.

That will be 11
American dollars.

Charge it with the rest.

Si, senor.

Gracias.

That Teresa, she's a jewel.

The smartest girl that
ever worked for me.

That's the 12th
time she has sold

that same bottle of perfume.

And that kind of
business, I can afford

to give her 50% commission.

Who is that?

He came here yesterday.

You mean to tell me you've
been here two hours and not

met Tony Romano?

Come, I'll introduce you.

Don't bother.

Say, Tomaso, why doesn't
it rain if it's going to?

The one thing I have no
control over... the rain.

Yeah.

The minute I get
outside, though,

it will start coming down
like... cats and dogs.

Morning.

Ah, Senor Foster.

Good morning, Tomaso.

What's everybody
so gloomy about?

TOMASO: The weather, Senor.

She's so uncertain.

Up in the states,
they're having blizzards.

TOMASO: Ah, if something like
that would only happen here.

But no, nothing but sunshine
and people catching fish.

If just once, a fish
would catch a man.

That's possible, Tomaso.

All depends on the bait.

Ah, Senor Foster, Senor Kane.

How do you do, Mr. Kane?

You look right at home here.

Should be, been coming
down here every season

for a good many years.

TERESA: Senor Foster, I
have your tobacco for you.

Oh, good, Teresa.

I was almost out.

Mm-hm.

Good fishing.

Thank you.

Um, when are you going
to try your hand at some

of this fishing, Mr. Romano?

In this heat?

Uh-uh.

I got a better sport.

How about some cards
again, tonight?

I'll give you a
chance to get even.

Come early and bring
a lot of money.

Hi, Tim.

Glad to see you, Scott.

Well, you're certainly
looking in the pink.

That little girl of
yours... how is she?

Oh, she's a big girl now.

She's home preparing
for her bar exams.

She'll be a lawyer any day.

It's been years since anyone's
seen you around the old haunts.

Yeah, two years, one month,
and eight days since I

got my walking papers.

Still bitter, Tim?

You spend 20 years of
your life being a cop

and then get thrown out.

What am I supposed to do?

Stand up and cheer?

Well, maybe it was
time to get out.

It was beginning to
affect your health.

Uh, call it "forced retirement."

All right, Scott,
forced retirement.

"You backed the wrong
party, Captain Foster,

so now we've got
ourselves a new boy."

I call it a frame.

Well, whatever it was,
you've been through it.

It will only stir
up old memories.

How about that urgent
telegram to meet you here?

How far did you ever get
on that Southwest Bank job?

Exactly nowhere.

You must be hearing plenty from
the front office on that one.

You don't know the half of it.

Every bank in the
country is on the alert

to spot the serial
number of those bills.

And up to now, not one
of them has turned up.

How would you like
to crack that job?

How would I like to
find oil in my backyard?

TIM FOSTER: I don't
know, but I might

be able to deliver
that gang to you.

You wouldn't fool
an old friend, Tim?

TIM FOSTER: Might
no be anything.

And then again, it could be
just what you're looking for.

I've been watching a couple
of strange characters

drift in here one at a time.

Name Boyd Kane mean
anything to you?

Kane?

Well, yeah, I want him for
a jewelry store holdup.

I knew that when I
sent you the wire.

SCOTT ANDREWS: Who else?

A prize package by the
name of Tony Romano.

He should fit into a
touch like that bank job.

They're playing it like
they don't know each other,

but it's an old act any cop
could spot, so I listened.

Yeah, but there's supposed
to be three of them.

That's where it
begins to make sense.

The third one's due to arrive.

That ties in.

Anything else?

The talk is about a
money split... big money...

the kind that could have come
out of that Southwest Bank job.

What a sweet break.

They get together for a
split and put their necks

right into a noose.

How do we handle it, Tim?

Keep out of sight
until I call you.

You better line up the police.

Where can I reach you?

El Nacional.

Thanks, Tim.

Good.

You uh... any idea how much
reward this will bring in?

Well, it should be plenty.

25% of what the insurance
companies stand to lose,

and that's over a
quarter of a million.

That's a lot of money.

And you're the cop they
said was played out.

Welcome, senorita, senor.

Gracias.

Do you like it?

Ah, Senorita Helen,
but what a surprise!

We did not expect you.

How are you, Tomaso?

Good, love, good.

And you?

Very well.

Ah!

Oh uh, take care of
your guest, amigo.

But, of course, if the senor
wants to sign the register.

Thanks.

TOMASO: You are from
Tijuana, Mexico, Senor.

I have a married
sister living there.

You have?

Tomaso,.

Come with me, Senor.

I will show you which
bungalow is yours.

Follow me.

I'll see you later.

Thanks for the company.

My pleasure.

Not bad at all.

I am Teresa.

I sell souvenirs.

You are here for fishing?

I'm here for a vacation.

That is good.

Then you have come
to the right place.

Tell me, that fella
playing pool, who's he?

Oh, he's... wouldn't you
like to buy something?

You know, presents, souvenirs,
things to send back home.

Mm, maybe.

Very special lady's perfume?

How about the fella
at the pool table?

Ah, that is Senor Kane.

He arrived this morning,
but he's not very sociable.

All the time, he's
chewing bubble gum.

And the other fellow?

Ah, you mean Senor Romano?

Now that one, he
is very sociable.

Gracias, Senor.

Oh, Senor, you won't
forget about the souvenir?

What's a vacation
without souvenirs?

Hi, fisherman.

What luck.

Helen.

For a minute, I thought
you weren't glad to see me.

You know I'm always glad
to see you, Pumpkin,

but you come barging in here...
what are you doing here?

You... I thought you had
a lot of studying to do.

I've got news,
Dad... important news.

There's nothing more
important than your law exams.

Sure there is.

You are.

That's why I'm here.

You know, being a law
student has its advantages.

I set up a brief and brought
it to the mayor myself.

Well, you sound
just like a lawyer.

Let's have the facts.

All right, Dad, facts.

I got the commissioner
to reopen your case.

Well, don't you understand, Dad?

It's a chance for you to
get back on the force.

Forget it.

It's too late.

I don't want to get
back on the force.

Oh, now look, Dad, this
is your daughter, Helen.

Don't fool me.

I know what it's meant to you
being forced into retirement

through politics.

This is your chance
to come back.

You're not going to let
pride get in the way.

All right, Pumpkin, thanks.

And now you're going
to turn right around

and go home to those law books.

Uh-uh.

I'm taking a week's
vacation with study.

Besides, I kind of like a
young man who just checked in.

His name is Pete Harris.

Our husbands... fishing all
day and sleeping all night.

This is supposed
to be our vacation.

If they'd only stay awake.

I wouldn't even mind
if they played poker.

Remember, Olsen?

The biggest sailfish
I ever latched onto.

Must have weighed 140
if he weighed a pound.

Up $10.

Just when I had him softened
up, ready to land, the...

Look, fella, right now
we're playing stud, remember?

The man just boosted a $10.

Oh, sorry.

Beats me.

Go ahead, deal.

Trying to outdraw me, huh?

Maybe.

Your high, bet your Queens.

TONY ROMANO: Check to you.

MR. MORELLI: Check.

TIM FOSTER: $25.

TONY ROMANO: To see you.

Jack and Jill.

TIM FOSTER: Three fours.

TONY ROMANO: How do
you like that guy?

Souvenir, senor?

Ah, Senor Harris, Come
on over and take a hand.

Sit down, and I give
you a stack of chips.

Shall I deal you in?

Looks like you're doing
all right without me.

TOMASO: Senor Harris,
meet Senor Foster.

He wins all the time.

Senor Romano, he
lose all the time.

Senor Morelli worries
more about fishing.

Glad to know you, gentlemen.

I'm warning you, don't let the
Boy Scout look of Foster's fool

you.

He's had me on the hook
ever since I've been here.

He's dynamite.

His daughter
warned me about him.

I promised to be careful.

He hasn't learned a man
should never press bad luck.

Yeah.

Expect to be around
this tank awhile?

Oh, I don't know.

A while, maybe.

Where you from?

Kansas City, originally.

Used to know a girl
there... swell cook.

Are you going to bet
that Ace of yours?

Uh, yeah.

Five skins just to
bring in the suckers.

MR. MORELLI: I'm in.

TOMASO: Out.

Let's make it $10
to keep them out.

See what I mean?

I'll call.

Looks like you've
got yourself a pigeon.

Always room for one more, Tony.

Well, you can cash me in.

I think I owe you about $10.

You're not quitting so early?

Sure.

I thought I'd take a
walk through the village

before I turn in.

Don't walk too fast.

You'll be out of town
without even seeing it.

And that is right,
Senor Harris.

Come back some more.

We need loser player.

My good luck piece... a
souvenir of the biggest

pot I ever sat in on.

Don't let me break up the game.

What's the idea,
tossing my joint?

I didn't mean nothing.

I figured you meant to
give me the office when you

dropped that card on the table.

What's with you, chum?

TONY ROMANO: Look, I had to
be sure before I cracked.

Go on.

It don't take no big thinking
to figure a couple of guys

like us ain't in this
Bananaville on a vacation!

Here... I'm just
going for my wallet.

My calling card.

You must have been one
of the guys in the van.

Yeah.

You were outside
doing the driving.

I'm uh, sorry I had
to rough you up.

No hard feelings.

I would have done the
same in your spot.

One will get you 10.

I got the other
guy uncovered, too.

Who?

Could be.

Two more days, and
we'll be living it up.

Just think, over
300,000 smackers.

If we get it.

What do you mean, "if"?

Let's not kid ourselves.

We don't even know who he is.

We wouldn't know where to
find him if he didn't show up.

But why would he bring
us here if he ain't level?

Search me.

But I don't like
working for someone

I don't know, especially
if he can recognize me

and I can't recognize him.

Neither do I.

How about this guy Kane
Could he be Mr. Big?

Are you kidding?

That gum-chewing character?

Could be an act.

Yeah.

Could be.

You know, I think I'll
get myself some gum.

Yeah.

Got you.

See you.

HELEN FOSTER: Hi.

Hi.

How did you make out?

A few more hands, and
your father would break me.

Well, don't say
I didn't warn you.

It's all right, I'll
get even tomorrow night.

Now that's one thing I
don't understand about men.

What's that?

Well, you work hard
all year and do nothing

but talk about your vacation.

Then when it comes, you
sit indoors and play cards.

Yeah, doesn't figure, does it?

A lot of things don't figure.

Like, for instance?

Well, for instance,
what do you do all year?

I save up to play cards.

I guess I should have
brought along a deck of cards

instead of a swimming suit.

Oh, I'd say you
did the right thing.

You can swim, too?

Like you play cards.

Tell you what, I'll meet you
at the pool tomorrow morning.

You teach me and I'll teach you.

That's a deal.

Senor Foster, telegram for you.

Thanks.

De nada.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Do you always bring a book
along when you have a date?

Well, it depends on the date.

Let's see.

"Civil Code of the State of
Missouri Rules and Procedure."

Translation?

Oh, I'm cramming
for the bar exams.

No cracks, please.

Don't tell me you're opposed
to the higher education

of the female.

No it's uh, just that you
don't look like a lawyer to me.

Well, I found that people
rarely look like what they are.

Now take yourself, for instance.

To look at you, I'd say you
were probably um, a fisherman.

Instead, you're
probably a salesman?

Would you like it
if I were a salesman?

Oh, look, I'm the
one that's supposed

to get the answers
by cross-examination.

I've always heard that the best
witnesses are the ones who...

who want to answer.

Well, thanks for the advice.

I got some more for
you and for free, too.

Always arrange to
have your cases tried

in front of all-male juries.

You can't lose, kid.

Hey, you're beginning
to sound promising again.

I left my cigarettes
up at the cabin.

I'll be right back.

Oh, Mr. Harris, milk man?

Ice man?

Morning, Mr. Foster.

Oh, hello.

How about some cards tonight?

Oh, I can't.

I got a dinner
date with a lawyer.

She may never get to be one
if she's kept from her studies.

Well, she has to eat sometime.

Why don't you join us?

I'd like to.

I'll see you then.

Get up.

You hear what he said, palsy?

Smart Boy didn't hear you.

What's the matter,
palsy, weird stuff?

I think he hears you now.

See?

He's cooperating.

Ain't you, palsy?

What is this?

Smart Boy here wants
to know what is this.

What's your line, mister?

He knows.

You read me for
a sucker, palsy?

I don't like that.

You're crazy!

I'll pinpoint it for you, chum.

Pete Harris and me did a
deuce together at Joliet.

That makes you a phony.

Now we're going to
take a nice quiet walk.

And when we get to
the right place,

you're going to tell us
the story of your life.

I don't move.

Yeah, make a noise.

I'll bring the cops in on you.

Smart Boy wants
it done quietly.

Come in.

Oh, pardon me.

I didn't know you had visitors.

It's all right.

Come on in.

Miss Foster, you know
Mr. Romano and Mr. Kane.

I've seen Mr. Romano around.

How do you do, Mr. Kane?

Hello.

They were trying to talk me
into taking a walk with them.

I explained we had a date.

Oh, I don't mind.

I told them you wouldn't.

Just a couple of nature lovers.

We were chatting about
it when you knocked.

Well, it must have been
a very warm discussion.

Oh uh, well, I just dropped
in to return this to you.

Thanks I hardly missed it.

I only carry it
in case of snakes.

We'll be seeing you, Harris.

Yeah.

Hey, Tony, I know a sure
cure for a nosebleed...

a cold knife in the
middle of the back.

Nice guys... playful.

Don't bother making
up any stories for me.

I thought the
law said a man was

innocent until proven guilty?

That's right.

Considering the
circumstantial evidence,

if you were my attorney, how
would you advise me to answer?

I'd tell you not to
answer at all, unless you

could answer honestly.

It might incriminate you.

Now you're giving
me some good advice.

Thanks.

And for free.

(SINGING) La cucaracha,
la cucaracha Oh,

Senor Kane, I have
been looking for you.

I have a letter for you.

She smells like a business one.

(SINGING) La cucaracha, la
cucaracha, la cucaracha,

Buenas tardes, my
customers, buenas tardes.

Ah, Senor Romano,
a letter for you.

This one, she also smells
like a business one.

A letter for you, Senor Harris.

Oh?

You're very welcome.

Excuse me.

Mail from home.

It will wait.

I expect you to get in
some solid study tonight.

Well, isn't that nice of you?

How's that Mr. Foster?

Thanks for that and the dinner.

Don't forget, I may
ask questions tomorrow.

Well, I'll look forward to it.

Goodnight.

Tony, you're not even
looking at how pretty they are

and only 11 American dollars.

Everything around
here's $11.00.

Tony, you like?

Charge it with the rest.

Gracias.

Tony?

See you later.

I see you got your
invitation, Tony.

Yeah.

How about your
friend out there?

He get his, too?

Let's go ask him.

Pumpkin, it isn't often
I butt into your affairs,

but I'm going to
make like a father.

You sound serious.

Where you're concerned,
I'm always serious.

I want you to
forget that fellow.

But you don't know
anything about him, Dad.

TIM FOSTER: Neither do you.

Right in there... Ugh!

Aaugh!

Drop the gun in the well, Kane.

Do as he tells you!

In the well!

Do it!

JOE ROLFE: The gun, Kane.

D... don't, don't!

How I get...

Go on, drop it!

TONY ROMANO: Drop it.

Ugh!

Oh.

Don't shoot!

JOE ROLFE: Drop it in the well.

TONY ROMANO: Do
what he tells you.

Don't shoot!

In the well.

Do it.

Agh.

All right, you
two knuckleheads.

Now you're going to listen
to me unless you want

to join the guns in the well.

I got my invitation
to the party.

I take Pete Harris' share.

You gave Harris
the double shuffle.

You got it wrong, pal.

The cops paid him off in full.

Like gambling... a
man puts up his bet,

he's entitled to be
paid off if he wins.

Harris lost.

What did you put up?

A possible 20
years in the stir.

You're looking at the guy
who was framed for the job.

That's why I'm cutting myself
in whether you like it or not.

You're smart, you'll
play along with me.

You're not, it goes
rough on everybody.

You talk awfully
green for a smart guy.

What happens when
Mr. Big sees you?

Let's wait until
we get to that, huh?

Now you two boys
make like friends.

Go to sleep.

Go on!

And in case you get any ideas
about visiting me later,

forget it!

I sleep light.

What are you doing here?

Simple, I came looking for you.

It's a matter of
principle, Mr. Harris.

I just don't like
anybody running out

on me twice in the same day.

Oh, I see.

Well, you see, after
I got the letter...

HELEN FOSTER: I told
you you didn't have

to make up any stories for me.

That's right, you did.

Look, Pete, I know I may
be butting into something

I shouldn't, but
that's the way I am.

Even when I was a
kid, I was always

the one asking questions.

Bet you even cross-examined
your nurse, huh?

You know, if I were smart,
I'd find myself another date

and forget all about you.

Only I can't help feeling
you're in trouble.

I liked it better
this afternoon

when you stopped
asking questions.

I'm no fool, Pete.

I've been around
cops long enough

to pick up a few
tricks of the trade.

Those playmates of yours
are pretty obvious.

What have they got on you?

One question at a time.

The specialty in cops,
where did you pick that up?

Well, my father's a
retired captain of police.

Oh, I see.

That explains your
being a lawyer.

Papa nails them,
and you free them.

Oh, what's that
got to do with it?

Look, you're a nice girl.

But in case you're thinking
of mothering me, forget it.

I'm no stray dog
you can pick up,

and I like my neck
without a collar.

Now get lost.

Now I'm supposed to be
hurt, maybe even cry.

But I won't.

I think you're in trouble,
and I'm going to help you.

Listen, sister, forget it.

Mind your own business!

Then you move in.

You got it now, Scott?

MR. ANDREWS (ON PHONE): Yeah.

Let me check back.

They meet out on the boat
tomorrow at dawn for the split.

I wait out on the police
boat for your light signal.

Then I move in.

And you answer my signal first.

Right.

Scott?

Yeah?

Don't miss.

Don't worry, I won't.

Good luck.

Well, Pumpkin, I thought
you'd be asleep by this time.

I've been waiting for you, Dad.

Have a little problem?

Yeah.

You used to have them pretty
often when you were younger,

but I always knew when
something was troubling you.

Matter of fact, I
kind of miss it.

Were they very tough problems
I used to bring to you, Dad?

Oh, very tough.

Some new trinket you wanted
and money for the movies.

That time you got into
your first formal,

and your beau came
down with the measles.

That was a tough one.

I finally had to take you
out myself that night.

Once you even wanted to
know when we would get you

a new ma to look after you.

Oh, that was a real tough one.

Most of them, though,
we were able to work out.

You were right
about Harris, Dad.

He's in a jam.

Oh?

I forgot to tell you.

You used to take my advice.

In those days, you wouldn't
have gone running after him

if I'd asked you not to.

I want you to help him, Dad.

That way, you'll be helping me.

Why?

Professional interest?

Oh, I don't really know, Dad.

Something's happened.

Oh, I know it sounds
crazy and illogical,

but that's the way it is.

He's out of bounds for you,
Helen... way out of bounds.

You said that before.

Isn't it enough
that I tell you?

Not this time.

All right.

He's an ex-con.

I just didn't want to hit
you over the head with it.

What else do you
know about him?

Isn't that enough?

No, it's not.

There's got to be more.

You wouldn't be so positive if
there weren't something... what

else have you got against him?

You're going home
tonight, young lady.

Is that the way you solved
my problems when I was a kid?

This is for your own good.

Is it?

Believe me.

Believe me, Pumpkin,
go home and forget him.

You... you can start the ball
rolling on that re-hearing,

and I'll be... Helen!

Good morning, palsies.

Hold it!

You'll never learn, will you?

Good morning.

Don't tell me you boys
are going fishing, too.

Yeah.

We see you get such
a kick out of it.

We decided to give it a try.

TIM FOSTER: Great sport.

I'm on my way to the pier.

Can I give you a lift?

You got yourself a passenger.

Might as well take us all,
seeing as the three of us

are going fishing.

Oh, did you rent a boat?

Yeah, we got us a boat
called the "Manana."

I understand
you're an ex-captain

of police, Mr. Foster.

Oh, that was a long time ago.

Hey, we'll be able to match
fish stories tonight, huh?

Sure I'll bring pictures.

TIM FOSTER: Quite a boat.

With any kind of luck, we
all ought to do pretty good.

Coming, Harris?

TIM FOSTER: Good luck.

Hold it.

Freeze.

I'll go see if he's still there.

What's the matter,
palsy, run out of talk?

Not quite.

I've got a proposition.

I know where the money is.

Right here on the boat.

I'll show you.

All right, look for yourself.

Right in the cupboard there.

Go ahead, look.

$1,200,000, Tony.

Think of it, a million
two for you and me.

Why cut the take four ways, when
we only have to cut it in two?

That's over a half a million
a piece... over half a million.

Why split with Kane?

OK, Tony...

Why a two-way split?

A guy living big all the
time like me needs dough.

So long, sucker!

Drop it, Tony!

Right in front of you!

Kick it over here.

Move back.

Back up!

I don't get it.

You will.

Let's just take it easy
until the police get here.

A little falling
out over the split?

You get around a
lot for a fisherman.

Part of my job.

Ex-cop!

Making out like he
knows from nothing.

It all depends on what
the assignment calls for.

You never had a chance.

We had the big guy
from the beginning

Don't let that bother you,
Tony, it was all marked anyway.

JOE ROLFE: We should
have figured that.

That's right, Joe.

The name is Pete.

Ah, like in Pete Harris who
was shot and killed in Tijuana?

Something bothering you, Joe?

Yeah.

The only person who would know
Pete Harris was in Tijuana

would be the one who sent him
there to hide out and wait

for a wire.

You're a boy with
a lot of ideas.

Sure.

Like only a cop would
know you couldn't

use a $1,200,000 in hot
cash, but you could trade it

in for a nice clean reward.

Got it all figured out?

Uh-huh.

Three little patsies...
one down, two to go.

Your being there to give us a
lift, the money on a platter.

Honey for the bees,
huh, Captain Foster?

TIM FOSTER: Stay where you are!

Sure, sure, we'll wait
until the cops arrive, try

my story on for size.

If I'm wrong, I'll apologize.

Ugh!

Forget it.

My luck had to
give out sometime.

I wouldn't mind so much, Joe, if
Helen didn't have to find out.

You're not part of this.

You got a break coming.

Tim, what's happened.

Are you hurt?

What's Rolfe doing here?

I've been saving
him, surprise for you.

It was his lead
turned the trick, only

it didn't come off the way
we planned it, did it, Joe?

No.

No, it didn't.

Third guy was Pete Harris,
burned down in Tijuana.

Scott, if anybody deserves
a reward it's him.

Let's get him to a doctor.

No.

Give her my love, Joe.

I know it's just
talk now, Helen,

but I feel the loss of your
father as keenly as you do.

I owe him a lot for what he did.

If there's anything that you
ever need, will you call on me?

Thanks, Mr. Andrews.

Oh, and one other thing about
Joe Rolfe... he's a fine boy.

That scrape he got
into a long time ago,

he's more than made up for it.

And the way I feel, my company
will underwrite him any time.

I tried so hard to
make Dad understand.

You did, Helen.

The last thing he said was
for Joe to give you his love.

How is she taking
it, Mr. Andrews?

Pretty good, Joe.

She's had time to
get over the shock.

But a hero's medal isn't
enough when you're alone.

She and her dad were
pretty close, hm?

I told her about you.

What did she say?

Why don't you ask her?