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[♪♪♪]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[SOUL MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Oh, Miss Sloan?

SLOAN: Yes?

I wonder if you'd be kind enough

to come down to the station house

with me for a few moments.

Who are--? We have reason to believe

that you are involved in the marijuana traffic

at your school.

You're putting me on. No. I'm afraid not.

The detectives of our Narcotics unit

were very definite in their instructions to me.

Am I under arrest?

No. Of course not.

We just want to talk to you.

You don't have to come at all if you don't want to.

I want to call my father.

That's very simple.

The station house is moments from here.

You can call him from there.

I don't know what this is all about,

But somebody's gonna get in a lot of trouble

when my father hears about this.

Hop in.

Don't you have a black-and-white car?

Just get in, miss.

Don't argue. Don't yell either, or I'll kill you.

I mean it.

[♪♪♪]

Get back here and sit down.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[HORN HONKS]

[TIRES SCREECH]

Oh, thank you.

Uh, would you two like something?

No, thanks, Mr. Sloan.

We'd like to get on with questions though,

if we may.

Please, go on.

Uh, when did the call come through?

He called me at the bank, this morning.

Did you ask to speak to your daughter?

Yes, uh, but he wouldn't put her on the phone.

He said that if I followed all of his instructions,

Andrea would be returned.

But that if I called the police--

Well, if it hadn't been for Edith, I--

I would have handled it myself.

Then you would have been doing as he wanted.

Let's not talk about what I've been doing.

Let's talk about what you're doing.

We have every available man on the street,

asking questions of people who might

have witnessed the kidnapping.

Level with me, lieutenant.

The fact that he wouldn't let me speak to Andrea...

Is there a chance that she's still alive.

Yes.

Is that true?

Or is that just an emotional pacifier?

Mrs. Sloan, I have no way of knowing precisely what

is on the kidnapper's mind.

I can be sure of one thing.

His main aim is to get the ransom.

What happens to Andrea is almost an afterthought.

Always?

No. Not always.

Mr. Sloan, can you think of anyone

who might have a grudge against you?

Yes, but no one sick enough

to do a thing like this.

Well, would you mind making a list.

Uh, there may be someone who feels he has a score to settle.

Someone out of your past.

Well, anyone in banking has enemies, lieutenant.

Naturally, I'll do everything I can.

Danko.

Get the girl's description,

what she was wearing, her picture.

I'll call the precinct,

have them pull in all the off duties.

How old is your daughter, Mr. Sloan?

Eighteen.

No, 19.

The adoption papers said she was born March 20th, 1953.

Lieutenant, you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Uh, Mr. Sloan, I'm sorry.

I think I'll take you up on that drink of yours.

Uh, water. Make it water.

Of course.

Uh, Tina?

Yes, Mr. Sloan?

Would you get the lieutenant a glass of water, please?

Oh, right away, Mr. Sloan.

Danko, get the rest of that description.

You sure you're all right? I'm fine.

WEBSTER: Hey. Hey, what's happening?

DANKO: You guys are pretty casual

about it, aren't you?

Casual about what?

Didn't you get the call canceling off-duty time?

No. What call? No.

He's really fouled up. Who's fouled up?

Ryker. I don't know whether he's sick or-- Or what.

But it's not Ryker.

Well, maybe the call just got lost

in the shuffle at the precinct.

Happened before. Happened before.

No, not on this. It's a--

It's a kidnapping. We working with the feds?

Not yet. They can't be called in for 24 hours.

[AIRPLANE ROARING OVERHEAD]

I'd feed you, you know.

But I'm afraid that--

If I took that gag off, you'd just scream.

Then I'd have to hit you.

And I don't think a man ought to hit women.

At least, not a gentleman.

[LAUGHS]

You promise not to scream?

Wouldn't do you much good anyway.

[LAUGHS]

We're right under the flight path to the airport.

That's why everybody moved out of here.

As soon as they started bringing in those big jobs.

[SIGHS]

All right.

Okay.

I think I can give you a chance to get something to eat.

Here you go.

Are you gonna kill me?

Well, that depends on your old man,

now doesn't it?

If I have to kill you, I'll make it quick and easy.

You won't have any pain or suffering

or anything like that.

Unless you dig that sort of thing.

All I want is for you to let me go.

Then we're on the same team, sweetheart.

Because that's all I want, just to let you go.

As soon as your old man ponies up some money.

Last one. You sure you don't want it?

No.

Oh, well.

Okay.

But you know what that means.

It means we have to put this on again.

You know why? Yes.

Because chicks...

should be seen...

and not heard.

[LAUGHS]

All right. There you are.

Just relax. Nobody's gonna hurt ya.

Be right back. Don't go away.

[SIGHS]

[RINGS]

Hello?

MAN [OVER PHONE]: Mr. Sloan?

I want you to pay careful attention

to what I'm going to say to you.

I want $200,000.

I want to talk to Andrea.

Is she all right?

Oh, she's just fine.

But she won't be unless you do exactly what I tell you,

when I tell you.

Two hundred thousand dollars in small denominations.

Keep that in mind.

I'll be in touch, Mr. Sloan.

[♪♪♪]

Not enough time for a trace. I'm sorry.

[LAUGHS]

Danko!

Danko, are you in here?

He went back to the apartment for lunch.

Where have you two been?!

Reidenbaugh said that your call got jammed up in Operations.

Said that he tried to call us--

He just bought himself a suspension.

You see Danko, get him to me.

Lieutenant? What?!

The person who was kidnapped, uh,

someone you know?

Someone special?

No. Why?

You seemed a bit wound up.

I am wound up.

A girl has just been kidnapped.

Isn't that sufficient reason to be wound up?

Yes, sir. Beg your pardon.

All right, Gillis, what about you?

What do you want me to apologize for, lieutenant?

I didn't say anything to you.

Oh.

Whew.

[LAUGHS]

Danko, in my office, now!

Anything new on the Sloan girl?

Close the door. Don't sit down.

You're not gonna be here that long.

All this information about the Sloan girl,

you get it out to the boys on the street?

Yes, sir.

It doesn't say anything here about where she was born.

Don't know what that's got to do with anything.

Find out where she was born.

Do you mind if I ask why?

Danko, when I give you an order, I want it done.

Not challenged. You understand?

Yeah, I understand.

I was just asking in case the parents want--

[♪♪♪]

Here, let me help you.

You okay?

Stay here. I'll get the doctor.

You'll do nothing. That's an order.

Lieutenant, something's wrong with you.

I happen to be getting over a slight case of the flu.

Now, that's all.

Yes, sir.

[♪♪♪]

SLOAN: Eighteen. EDITH: No, 19.

The adoption papers said she was born March 20th, 1953.

[THUNDER CRASHES]

MAN: I told 'em not

to let it get in the papers.

And they didn't.

That's good.

That means they're doing like I say.

Did you ever wonder how come I, uh--

I decided to put the grab on you?

I mean, you know, instead of on someone else.

Your picture.

Right here in this. About a month ago.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, yeah.

You were all dressed up.

Pretty white dress.

Your old man was wearing a tuxedo.

[LAUGHS]

Remember it now?

Yeah, it was a debutante ball.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

And I got to thinking about that.

And it just didn't seem right to me.

Here I was broke, hungry.

I couldn't give you change for a penny.

And yet there they go,

right on having a debutante ball...

for rich girls...

and their daddies in tuxedos.

Somehow, that just-- That didn't seem right.

[LAUGHS]

But it's gonna be right now.

You just wait.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

[LAUGHS] [DOOR RATTLING]

[♪♪♪]

Not one sound.

Congratulations, Harvey.

You just found yourself a new nighty-hole.

[MUMBLING]

Hey, lady.

And what happened to you?

Oh, let me help you here.

Bad move, old-timer.

Oh, now-- Now, look, Mack.

I don't see anything.

Nothing. Do you hear?

I just came in here to get a good night's sleep.

That's all.

You wanna go to sleep?

Okay.

Night-night.

[♪♪♪]

[MUFFLED CRYING]

[♪♪♪]

That's not gonna do any good, Mike.

It could be any one of a hundred things.

Such as?

All right. Such as, it could be just what he said.

He could be just getting over the flu.

Or it could be an infection in his middle ear.

I mean, it could even be a tumor.

But I tell you one thing, if he checked into a hospital,

they'd run a whole battery of tests

before they'd attempt a diagnosis.

You-- You can't expect me to sit down

and just do it in 10 minutes.

Yeah, I guess.

Neither one of you guys noticed anything?

Yeah. He's wired up tighter than I've ever seen him before.

GILLIS: Yeah, well, that's

understandable, isn't it?

Chances are, this is the first time Ryker's ever had

to be in charge of this kind of investigation.

That's all the more reason.

All the more reason what?

Well, look, suppose Ryker came into the locker room

and saw me keel over like I saw him.

What do you think he'd do?

Probably send you to the hospital.

And if I refused?

You would be on report and on suspension.

Yeah. Right. That's right.

That's the thing that ought to be done.

And if that's true, what do we have here?

Two sets of rules now?

One for rookies and one for Ryker?

JILL: Hey, listen, I--

He's been on the force so long.

I'm sure he knows what he's doing.

[PHONE RINGING]

I'll get it.

[SIGHS]

Hey, Mike, uh, were you ever able

to find out where Sloan's daughter was born?

Yeah. Here in town.

But I still don't see why that matters.

See you later.

All available officers... Right.

Did they say why?

Yeah.

They got a ransom note.

"Two hundred thousand dollars in old bills.

"Nothing larger than 20.

"Leave at 3 a.m. in alley behind Jensen Foundry.

Trick me and she dies."

M-my wife and I have talked, and--

we'll do whatever you think is best.

Can you lay your hands on that kind of money?

Yes. I think so.

Is that what you want?

For us to pay the ransom?

Well, that's one of the things you can do.

Just wanted to see if that was an option available.

The other options?

You deliver the money,

we stake out the location

and pick up whoever comes to get it.

But suppose there's some sort of a fight?

Suppose-- Suppose he sees you

and doesn't come to get the money?

Mr. Sloan, we can suppose any number of things.

All we really know is the man is desperate.

And a desperate man is a dangerous man,

regardless of what course of action you use.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

This is a choice you have to make.

Supposition again.

Suppose...

Suppose we were talking about your child.

NEILSON: I'm a bachelor.

Lieutenant?

I'd stake it out and I would nail that slimy creep.

[THUNDER CRACKS]

[♪♪♪]

[THUNDER CRASHES]

That's all we need, more rain.

Here's some more coffee if you want.

It keeps me awake.

What time have you got?

Five of.

He's due any time.

[SIGHS]

RYKER [OVER RADIO]: All units. All units.

Respond by pressing your transmit button

when I call your name.

No voice communication is necessary.

Danko and Neilson.

[RADIO CLICKS]

Palmer and Washington.

[RADIO CLICKS]

Webster, Gillis.

[RADIO CLICKS]

Carter, tell Sloan to come ahead.

Here we go.

[♪♪♪]

All right. No move until I say so.

Absolutely none.

Well, I'll be here till morning.

I'll bet he never even shows.

Why do you say that?

Hunch. Instinct.

Though, I was wrong about Ryker earlier.

So maybe I'm wrong about this too.

How were you wrong?

He told Sloan what to do.

Figured he'd let the father decide.

But old Eddie went charging in there full steam.

That's not like him.

You've known him a long time, huh?

Yeah.

Knew him and Mary, both.

Mary? Who's she?

His wife.

That's far out. I never knew he had a wife.

[DOOR OPENS]

Look, up there.

[♪♪♪]

Come on.

Come on.

His radio's out. I'm going.

Police! Halt!

[GUNSHOTS]

Hands behind your head! Lock your fingers.

Spread 'em.

Radio went out, huh?

Huh? Yeah. Right.

Well, no sweat.

We got him, looks like.

[♪♪♪]

TINA: Oh, right away, Mr. Sloan.

It's true. I swear it.

I only wanted the money.

Miss Andrews is trying to cooperate.

She doesn't have to be subjected to this kind of treatment.

What treatment? A girl may be dead because of you.

Doesn't that matter to you?

You don't have to answer that, Tina.

Could we go through it slowly, Miss Andrews?

Could I have a cigarette?

NEILSON: Sure.

[SIGHS]

I went to get the mail.

It never entered my mind until then.

Then I thought, why not?

With that money, I could live like somebody.

Never have to be a maid anymore.

Never have to serve and wait on those people anymore.

Besides, I think she probably just ran off

with one of those boyfriends of hers.

It never occurred to you that you were placing

Andrea's life in jeopardy? That's enough.

What'd you do with the real ransom note?

Come on. Come on.

"Three a.m. Drop the money in the letter basket

in front of Max's Liquor Store. No cops."

This drop was to have taken place six hours ago.

Six hours ago!

Now, what is this?! Out, Eddie!

Take a walk.

Get some fresh air. Come on.

That kind of verbal harassment is simply inexcusable.

I wish your mother had been an alligator.

Really? Why?

They eat their young.

WEBSTER: Lieutenant?

What?

What'd the girl say?

She in on it or is she a phony?

Hey, lieutenant, are you all right?

No, Gillis. I'm not.

[♪♪♪]

[PHONE RINGING]

Sloan residence.

MAN [OVER PHONE]: I killed her,

you gutless double-crosser.

Oh, no.

Please-- Oh, please, no.

That's right.

I choked her to death with a barbed-wire necklace.

No, no.

[LAUGHS]

All right. Hey, hey, hey, pop, come on, don't pass out on me.

She's all right.

Don't worry about it.

I just thought I'd put you through the wringer

a little bit, the way you did me

by not showing up at that liquor store.

How-- How do I know that you're telling the truth?

Oh, you don't.

And you won't until I get that money.

Now, listen,

very carefully.

Because you're going to have to get this the first time.

I'm only going to say it once.

Do you have the money?

Yes. Yes, we do.

All right.

Now, what I want you to do is bring it--

OPERATOR: Three minutes are up.

Please signal when through.

[♪♪♪]

A jet flying over a pay telephone,

11:53

[SIGHS]

All right, sweetheart.

Come on.

You and I are going for a trip.

[♪♪♪]

What time is it?

RYKER: It's Dr. Levin.

Give me an outside line, will you, please?

Two in the morning.

Thank you.

This is Memorial Hospital, right?

Yeah.

Operator, I keep dialing Memorial Hospital

and I'm getting a busy signal.

Will you try it for me, please?

Thank you.

This is Police Commissioner Reilly.

You admitted one of my men, a Lieutenant Ryker.

Can you tell me how he's listed, please?

Satisfactory condition.

Thank you very much. That's a pleasure to hear.

Hey,

would you call and see how I'm doing?

What for? You're not going anywhere, I am.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

All right, let's get at it.

Hold it down and we can hit the street that much quicker.

Here's what the phone company gave us in regard

to pay phones under the flight pattern.

The east runway was shut down all morning.

So that only leaves us this quadrant

and the airport proper.

That's not across state lines,

so we may still be on our own on this.

GILLIS: Sir?

I don't see the point of going over the airport.

He may have called from there,

but he's certainly not holding her there.

Good point.

We'll concentrate on the hotels and motels along the boulevard.

And some of the rooming houses down by Grove and Patterson.

Everybody's got their section. Move out.

[MAN WHISTLING]

[LAUGHS]

[BIRRS]

Whoa, boy.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I just got back from Lost Wages, Nevada.

Didn't do too bad, though.

Went out there in a $3000 car,

and I want you to know,

I came back in a $30,000 limousine.

That's right.

A Greyhound Bus.

[LAUGHS]

No, seriously, folks.

I just wanted to tell you--

What's the matter, lady? Why aren't you laughing?

[MAN BIRRS]

Hey, you want to say a few words

to folks back home?

Go right ahead.

You know, little angel,

I would have made a great comic, huh?

Wouldn't it have been just great?

All those people out there looking--

Looking at me up on the stage.

Me, making them laugh and--

And be happy.

You do want to make me happy,

don't you, little angel? Huh?

Well, let me hear you laugh, then, for heaven's sake.

Here-- Here you can laugh all you want to. Here.

These walls are thick, thick, thick.

You just go right ahead and laugh.

That's it. That's it [CRYING]

Go ahead, laugh, little angel.

[LAUGHS]

That's a girl.

Now, wait. Hold-- Hold it a minute.

Uh, ladies and germs,

the neighborhood I was brought up in

was so tough that if you still had ears

by the time you were 2,

they thought you were a spaniel.

[LAUGHS]

[CRIES]

Aw, you can do better than that.

I say, if they had ears,

by the time you were 2 years old,

they thought you were a spaniel.

[LAUGHING] That's it. Now you got it.

Come on, honey. Come on.

There you go.

How 'bout that, folks? Right?

We finally got the little lady to enjoy herself.

[SCREAMS]

JILL: Now, look, I said no

and I mean no.

I don't want to be hard... Would you lower...

to get along with. your voice?

Would you listen to me? No.

It's past 3:00 in the morning.

I'll call orderlies if I have to.

I'm serious about that.

Please, listen to me

for two minutes and make up your mind.

Look, it's not up to me. Please, two minutes.

Please!

Okay.

Now, this thing you say I've got. What is it?

Labyrinthitis.

It's an infection of the middle ear.

And you've got to slow down.

Only one who's got to do anything is you, just listen.

All right, now...

[♪♪♪]

about 22 years ago,

a cop named Eddie Ryker

married a girl named Mary Kate Donahue.

And they did real well by each other.

Mary Kate used to teach first and second grade,

and Eddie didn't mind walking the beat.

And then she was expecting and--

What was pretty good got to be a lot better.

Now, Eddie was a city boy,

and he loved the country.

And I guess that's why they always went

on picnics as much as they could on Sundays.

And this-- This one Sunday, they were in the country

and Mary Kate's pain started.

And the baby was born, because cops are taught how

to handle that, you know?

He-- He wrapped the baby in the picnic blanket,

and he took it to the nearest farmhouse.

And when he got back,

Mary Kate had bled to death on the grass.

[SIGHS]

And he, uh...

put the baby up for adoption because he was all alone.

And just because.

The baby was a girl, Mrs. Danko.

And it was born the same day

as the girl who's been kidnapped.

Now, I made a lot of mistakes on this case.

It's the kind of thing you'd expect from a rookie.

I got a lot to make up for.

I let her go once. I don't want to do it again.

Okay, lieutenant, I'll talk to Dr. Litchfield.

And I'll see what I can do.

[♪♪♪]

Hey.

We're getting closer.

Yeah, well, take a look.

Fellow over here got a little too close, huh?

Good morning, lieutenant. Uh, how are you feeling?

Mean. Where's Neilson?

He's in the roll-call room.

We'll start our sweep along Commonwealth.

And we'll work our way up this way.

Good morning. What have you got?

Eddie, how are you?

I'm feeling fine, thank you very much.

What have you got?

Well, we found where he was keeping her.

And we got some prints off a beer bottle.

The guy's name is Queenlin and--

And now we're going to run a sweep

through this area where the bar is.

Going on the idea that a lot of these buildings are empty--

Waste of time.

Hm?

It says here Queenlin worked

for a janitorial service.

Have you called them? What for?

Find out if he took the keys with him when he quit.

NEILSON: They'd change the locks.

RYKER: Not on empty buildings.

This bar was in an empty building.

Bill, 24 hours are past.

The federal people are in with us now.

Call them, give them what we have.

I'll be in my office.

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

I've got to figure that you're taping this, Sloan.

So I won't worry about talking too slow.

Here we go.

If you want to see your little angel again--

Intersection of Corey Road and Babcock, there's a mailbox.

Put the money in there at 3:00 this afternoon, exactly.

You won't see me, but I'll see you.

So don't bring the fuzz.

Otherwise you're little angel

will become the property of the coroner's office.

[♪♪♪]

QUEENLIN: Put the money in there at

3:00 this afternoon, exactly.

You won't see me, but I'll see you.

So don't bring the fuzz.

Otherwise you're little angel

will become the property of the coroner's office.

Now, as far as I'm concerned, that's it.

This time I'm going alone. And no tricks.

Mr. Sloan, he's just saying he can see you.

There's no way he can.

Sure there is.

The power plant.

Empty, automated, easy to get in to if you have a key.

He probably does.

That settles it. I'm going to play it straight.

Mr. Sloan, it's now almost 12:00.

That gives us three hours.

Three hours when he's not looking for us, not on guard.

Let us help you get your daughter back.

Believe me, we value her life as much as you do.

[♪♪♪]

I hope you know what you're doing.

[♪♪♪]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

All right, I got five minutes to 1 now.

Does that check?

Yeah, same here.

Let's go.

[♪♪♪]

[MUFFLED SCREAMS]

Come on. Damn it. Come on, come on.

[MUFFLED SCREAMS]

Get up. Come on.

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

WEBSTER: Don't shoot.

You could hit the girl.

[GUNSHOT]

Move out!

[GUNSHOTS]

[♪♪♪]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[MUFFLED GRUNT]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

[GUNSHOT]

You stay here and don't move.

[GUNSHOT]

[QUEENLIN MOANS]

[♪♪♪]

You want us to take her down?

No, no. Not yet. Not just yet.

I'll take care of her myself.

[♪♪♪]

I still don't see why I--

Hey, listen, um, you're in here for observation, right?

Now, the longer it takes me

to get your temperature, the longer you'll be here.

I, uh, think that means keep your mouth shut.

JILL: Oh, that's exactly

what that means.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

Well, I'm gonna take off now,

and I just wanted to say goodbye.

Lieutenant, we can't possibly thank you enough

for everything that you've done.

[MOANS]

EDITH: Darling, the nurse told you

to keep that in your mouth.

Mother, I haven't even had a chance to thank the lieutenant.

Thank you.

Just part of the job, young lady.

It's just part of the job.

Take care of yourself now.

Yeah.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

Um, excuse me. I'll be right back.

Lieutenant?

Yeah?

Uh, were you ever able to find out who Andrea is?

No, the court closes all adoption records.

You can't find anything out after it's final.

So it should be.

Couldn't you ask the mother and the father?

I mean, there must be some way you could find out.

I suppose there is, but I'm not really sure I'd like to know.

[SIGHS]

They're good people. She's happy.

That's good enough for me.

[♪♪♪]

Tell you one thing, though. She looks like Mary Kate.

She looks a lot like Mary Kate.

[♪♪♪]