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I hired you to find out if Virginia Nelson killed her husband.

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And you come back with a crazy theory that he isn't dead.

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Bus leaves at 11:00.

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I never ride on buses. I get carsick.

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A ride on a bus, or six months in traction?

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I'm afraid we got a problem. I've already told them that you're alive.

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Is there anything you won't do for money?

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I won't kill for it, and I won't marry for it...

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other than that I'm open to about anything.

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This is Jim Rockford.

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At the tone leave your name and message.

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I'll get back to you.

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It's Andrea. Remember last summer at Pat's?

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I've got a 12-hour layover before I go to Chicago. How about it?

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Please fasten your seat belts. Fasten your seat belts, please.

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We'll be landing in approximately five minutes. Please fasten your seat belts.

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Fasten your seat belts, please.

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We'll be landing in approximately five minutes.

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Please fasten your seat belts.

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You had yourself a nice vacation, didn't you?

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You ought to write a book.

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How to See Europe on $200 a Day, Plus Expenses.

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Look, Miss Frazer. I've been sitting in tourist class...

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on a bumpy flight for 12 hours...

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and I'm suffering from a case of terminal jet lag. So you can skip the jokes.

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I hired you to find out if Virginia Nelson killed her husband.

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And you come back with a crazy theory that he isn't dead.

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And all that's left to discuss are these outrageous expenses.

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Now, those expenses are legitimate and reasonable.

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Reasonable? No, not reasonable.

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Cheap. I flew tourist class, I stayed in a pension...

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where the toilet was a half a mile down the hall and I came back...

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with a professional conclusion, which may not be what you wanted to hear...

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but it's what we're both stuck with.

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You really expect me to believe...

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Steve Nelson staged that plane crash...

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so he and his wife could rip off the insurance company?

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It happens all the time.

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And those giant insurance companies with all their resources...

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just sit there and let it happen?

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If it's done with style, there's not much they can do...

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but pay off and raise their rates.

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Well, I can't accept that.

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If he were still alive, he'd have found some way to let me know.

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I know it must be hard to take.

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All kinds of relationships wear out. Marriages end.

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So do romances.

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Maybe you're right.

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Maybe that's the one thing I couldn't accept.

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And even if you're wrong...

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I guess I ought to forget it.

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Shouldn't I, Mr. Rockford?

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Either way, it's over.

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Then that's all, isn't it, Mr. Rockford?

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I guess so. Except for the balance of my...

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Oh, yes. Of course.

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If you'll just leave a bill, I'll get a check right out to you.

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If you don't mind, I'd...

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I'd just as soon take the check with me now. You see.

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I'm having a little cash flow problem...

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And I'll be stopping at the bank on my way back to...

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Excuse me.

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And there's really no point in waiting. I'll send you a check.

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Goodbye, Mr. Rockford.

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Yes. No.

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Yes, ma'am, I'm still waiting.

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Oh, hello, Mr. Moss?

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This is Jim Rockford. You remember...

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the Sprague case, last January?

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That wasn't a case, Rockford, it was a shakedown.

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Smile, Mr. Moss. I'm calling with good news this time.

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That's a statistical improbability.

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47% of all phone calls are for favors...

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36% are disasters, and barely 11% have anything to do with good news.

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You're missing 6 or 7%.

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Those are wrong numbers which is what you have right now.

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Now, wait a minute. Don't hang up.

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I'm calling you about $400,000.

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All right, you've got a minute-and-a-half.

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I'll call you later.

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Trans-Global Sky Cap to baggage area.

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Trans-Global Airlines Flight 487:

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To Santa Barbara, Monterey, Mendocino.

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Almeria, Eureka, and Seattle-Tacoma.

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Now boarding at Gate 20:

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Mr. Johnson, please report to the Insurance counter, Concourse four.

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Mr. Abelson, meet your party at Customs Exit.

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Announcing the departure of Trans-Global Flight 402:

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Can I help you? I sure hope so.

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I just dropped a fare off here.

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And she left this in the cab. If she hasn't left yet...

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maybe there's still time to give it back to her.

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She was blonde and about so high...

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and she had hair swept back, under here, she was wearing a brown dress and...

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Yes, I remember her.

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I'm sorry. Her plane just took off.

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That's too bad. Maybe there's something valuable in here.

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People do that all the time.

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They're in such a hurry to get to the airplane that they run off...

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and leave something behind.

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The company's got a special service just to handle it all.

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If you'll just give me her name and destination...

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the company will send her a wire...

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and they'll ask her where she wants us to send it.

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I guess it'll be all right.

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Her name is Nancy Frazer...

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and her destination is Almeria, California.

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Almeria. Oh, that's fine. Thank you.

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The company will have a wire waiting for her when she steps off the plane.

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You're really very kind, thank you.

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Excuse me, you got change for a quarter?

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All I got is 14 cents.

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Thanks.

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You really expect us to pay a 25% recovery fee...

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and your expenses?

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I'm talking about getting $400,000 back for you.

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Why quibble over a few bucks expense money?

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Don't you think we have staff investigators?

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We spend an average of 61 man-hours investigating every claim...

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before we pay $1.

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What makes you think you can turn something up...

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when our own people couldn't?

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Well, there's an answer to that...

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but I'm afraid I'll have to protect its confidentiality.

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We had four of our best men working on this claim.

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Two of them did turn in negative reports, advised us not to settle.

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Yes, but you're a company of sweethearts...

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so you decided to pay off anyway.

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It wasn't an easy decision.

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But in a case like this, when a loved one has been lost...

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we give every consideration to the beneficiary.

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That's why Mrs. Nelson had to sue to collect.

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That's not too uncommon in a situation like this.

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It was an unusual death.

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But I'm satisfied the case is legitimate.

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After all, the plane went down five miles out to sea.

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Mrs. Nelson was very lucky. She managed to swim ashore.

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Mr. Nelson wasn't so lucky.

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I never knew luck had anything to do with actuarial charts and statistics.

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You know how often a body is recovered from that far out in the ocean?

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Almost never. And that's a statistic.

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Let's just forget about statistics and odds. I'm talking about a lead.

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And that's all it is so far, talk.

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You haven't given me anything concrete on this lead you say you have.

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It's concrete.

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Well, if you want to go ahead and investigate this on speculation, fine.

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But if you expect us to come up with any money in advance, forget it.

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I'll need $1,500 expenses, and you stand a chance of getting back...

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$400,000 that you've already kissed goodbye.

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No, it's impossible.

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All right, $1,000. That's practically petty cash.

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You'd have to tell me a lot more before I could think about such a figure.

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All I can tell you is that Nelson's alive and I think I know where to find him.

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If I tell you any more, you'll just go out and do it yourself.

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Helen, is my 4:00 appointment here?

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All right, I'll tell you this much. Hold my 4:00, please.

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Mr. Nelson had a girlfriend who decided he didn't die by accident...

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that he was murdered by his wife.

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So she hired me to look into it and I found out that Mrs. Nelson...

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is living on the interest from $200,000...

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invested at 8 or 9%.

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You follow me, Mr. Moss? Yes, I see what you're trying to sell.

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That she's living off the income from exactly 50% of what we paid out.

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You're very good at figures, Mr. Moss.

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Now, that means that someone has the rest of the money.

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Probably Mr. Nelson.

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When I told my client this, she acted, well, a little off-center.

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It made me think that maybe Mr. Nelson had...

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contacted her since she'd hired me, while I was...

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While I was out of the country, checking out her theory.

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I'll authorize $500 in expense money.

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$500? Plus 5% of any money recovered.

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Well, 20%. 5%.

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10%. 5%. Take it or leave it.

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Put it in writing.

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has registered here in the last two days? That's right.

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You're sure no woman fitting that description...

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Ever seen him?

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Sorry. Did you try the Almeria Inn?

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Yeah.

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The Silver King? Yeah.

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The Surf? Yeah.

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You've been to every hotel in Almeria.

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Try the motels north of town on Highway One.

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You going into Almeria?

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Yeah. I'd really appreciate a ride.

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You got one.

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I'm just coming from work.

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If I'm not being too personal, what kind of work do you do?

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I'm a model.

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I just had a rough time with an occupational hazard.

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By the way, thanks for the ride.

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My name's Marilyn Polonski. Jim Rockford.

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Most of the artists I pose for are interested in their work...

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this one today was a real grope-freak.

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I grabbed my clothes, I ran so fast, I didn't get my $23.

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It's my modeling fee.

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$20 an hour with the clothes on. $23 for the real me.

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Is there enough business around to keep the real you busy?

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Almeria's bulging with artists.

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Maybe you can help me. Do you know many of them?

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Yeah. I got fingerprints all over me to prove it.

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Good. Maybe you can help me. I'm looking for a man.

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A man? You a cop? No.

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Nope. Never seen him.

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What are you? I mean, what do you do?

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I'm the National Advertising Manager

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for the Avocado Growers of America.

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What'd he do? Steal a crate of avocados?

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He's our top animator.

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He took off and we can't seem to find anybody who can draw...

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the Avocado Bandito.

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You kidding? Yes.

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I ask too many questions, don't I?

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I really appreciate the ride and all.

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I wish there was some way I could thank you.

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How about letting me cook dinner for you tonight?

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Why don't we let somebody cook dinner for both of us?

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Where do you get the best food in town? My place.

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Besides your place.

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Seacliff, I guess. Okay. I'll pick you up at 8:00.

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Come early.

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Sheriff Neal? Yeah.

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Your office told me I'd find you here. I'd like to talk to you.

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So, talk.

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I was hoping for a little more privacy.

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LA city limits are back there about 500 miles.

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This license was issued in Sacramento, it's good all over the state.

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You mind?

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Where's your gun?

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It's back home. Buried up to its hammer in a coffee pot.

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You're a funny man, that's it? That's where it is, Sheriff.

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Freeze-dried coffee. It soaks up the moisture.

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Keeps it from rusting in the ocean climate.

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How's that for a household tip?

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What do you want, Rockford? His name is Steve Nelson.

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Of course, he won't be using that name, but have you seen him around?

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I'll see you around.

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Do you mind if I ask one of your deputies? Maybe they'd know him.

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I said I'll see you around. It'll only take a minute.

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I have a piece of good advice for you, Mr. Rockford.

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You bother any of my people, and you'll be in jail...

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for obstructing justice and creating a public nuisance.

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Now, look, Sheriff... Shall we get in the car?

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I'll just be moving along.

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Wonderful.

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I think it's really exciting, walking straight up to everyone and saying.

248
00:26:04,658 --> 00:26:06,250
"Have you seen this man?"

249
00:26:06,326 --> 00:26:10,023
Well, I'd say on the excitement scale, it rates somewhere between...

250
00:26:10,330 --> 00:26:12,594
a haircut and root-canal work.

251
00:26:46,733 --> 00:26:48,360
Mr. Rockford?

252
00:26:49,569 --> 00:26:50,627
Yes?

253
00:26:53,140 --> 00:26:55,938
Sheriff Neal figures you've been in town too long.

254
00:26:56,009 --> 00:26:58,102
Oh, he does? Yes, he does.

255
00:26:58,178 --> 00:26:59,236
Why?

256
00:26:59,513 --> 00:27:01,572
He just asked us to help you get moving.

257
00:27:01,648 --> 00:27:05,175
Tell him not to worry, I'll be leaving any day now.

258
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,417
Tonight is what he had in mind.

259
00:27:09,222 --> 00:27:11,622
That'd be all right, only there's not any flights...

260
00:27:11,691 --> 00:27:13,955
out of here till tomorrow morning.

261
00:27:14,027 --> 00:27:15,619
Bus leaves at 11:00.

262
00:27:16,530 --> 00:27:17,963
We reserved you a ticket.

263
00:27:18,932 --> 00:27:22,333
That's really nice. That's nice, fellows.

264
00:27:22,669 --> 00:27:25,194
Except I never ride on buses. I get carsick.

265
00:27:27,107 --> 00:27:29,974
That's real good, huh, Floyd? Carsick.

266
00:27:31,444 --> 00:27:34,345
Tell me, Rockford, what's funnier?

267
00:27:34,848 --> 00:27:38,011
A ride on a bus, or six months in traction?

268
00:27:38,618 --> 00:27:41,109
That's not much of a choice, is it?

269
00:27:41,855 --> 00:27:43,880
It's the best one you've got.

270
00:27:46,927 --> 00:27:49,020
I'll take the bus, I guess.

271
00:28:26,566 --> 00:28:28,397
Sheriff's Department, please.

272
00:28:35,675 --> 00:28:38,041
Just tell him that Jim Rockford called.

273
00:28:38,111 --> 00:28:40,102
I'll be calling again. Thank you.

274
00:28:48,455 --> 00:28:51,947
I was beginning to think you'd split and stiffed me with the check.

275
00:28:52,025 --> 00:28:55,392
Come on. I wouldn't do that to you on the first date.

276
00:28:55,996 --> 00:28:57,827
Is something wrong?

277
00:28:57,964 --> 00:29:01,900
Not unless you think there's something wrong with a free bus ticket...

278
00:29:01,968 --> 00:29:03,663
and an invitation to leave town.

279
00:29:04,938 --> 00:29:06,200
From who?

280
00:29:06,273 --> 00:29:08,833
I don't know. Maybe the Sheriff. I'm not sure.

281
00:29:08,909 --> 00:29:12,709
Did you see a couple of guys follow me when I left the table?

282
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,278
No. Are you going to?

283
00:29:18,018 --> 00:29:21,886
Leave? No, not as soon as they think. I can't afford to.

284
00:29:22,355 --> 00:29:26,348
Our Sheriff is... Well, he could cause a lot of trouble for you.

285
00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:29,223
I know. Yeah.

286
00:29:30,163 --> 00:29:32,427
Maybe you better quit the Avocado Growers.

287
00:29:32,499 --> 00:29:35,297
Go into something a little less hazardous.

288
00:29:36,436 --> 00:29:39,371
I mean, I know I shouldn't care if you get your head split open.

289
00:29:39,439 --> 00:29:41,304
I mean, what's it to me, right? Marilyn.

290
00:29:41,374 --> 00:29:42,705
No. Let me finish.

291
00:29:44,544 --> 00:29:46,239
I'm a sucker for strays.

292
00:29:48,882 --> 00:29:52,818
Sheriff Neal is a very popular man.

293
00:29:53,453 --> 00:29:56,286
He gets his way mostly 'cause he keeps the crime rate down...

294
00:29:56,356 --> 00:29:58,290
if you know what I mean.

295
00:29:58,591 --> 00:30:00,183
I'll be careful.

296
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:01,754
Please.

297
00:31:26,146 --> 00:31:28,580
You're going places, Mr. Rockford.

298
00:32:31,911 --> 00:32:33,640
You missed the bus.

299
00:32:35,915 --> 00:32:38,907
All you got to do is wave. It'll stop for you.

300
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,545
You'll do that, won't you?

301
00:32:45,492 --> 00:32:48,188
Good. It's a nice, pleasant bus ride.

302
00:33:27,634 --> 00:33:29,761
Don't try to move, not yet.

303
00:33:30,537 --> 00:33:32,767
Just lie still. That's right.

304
00:33:34,674 --> 00:33:35,902
Marilyn.

305
00:33:37,377 --> 00:33:39,902
Have you ever been thumped by experts?

306
00:33:40,413 --> 00:33:41,778
Not so far.

307
00:33:44,050 --> 00:33:47,247
Well, I have. And it happened to me again.

308
00:33:48,421 --> 00:33:50,082
How'd you know where to find me?

309
00:33:50,156 --> 00:33:53,216
You left the keys in your car, I just followed.

310
00:33:53,693 --> 00:33:56,856
Then you saw what happened back at the apartment?

311
00:33:57,463 --> 00:33:59,556
Did you recognize anyone?

312
00:33:59,832 --> 00:34:02,562
It was pretty dark. I couldn't see too well.

313
00:34:02,635 --> 00:34:06,093
You saw two guys force me in the car. Did you know them?

314
00:34:06,206 --> 00:34:08,401
Yeah, I knew one of them. I don't know his name...

315
00:34:08,474 --> 00:34:10,499
but I think I know where he works.

316
00:34:10,577 --> 00:34:13,205
Well, they told me where they work.

317
00:34:13,346 --> 00:34:14,904
The Sheriff's Department.

318
00:34:14,981 --> 00:34:16,972
Not the one I recognized.

319
00:34:18,384 --> 00:34:21,478
Never believe anything you hear in a men's room.

320
00:34:21,921 --> 00:34:25,755
Where are you going? You should stay here and rest for a while.

321
00:34:31,397 --> 00:34:33,627
Is there anything you won't do for money?

322
00:34:33,700 --> 00:34:35,190
Well, there's two things.

323
00:34:35,268 --> 00:34:37,634
I won't kill for it, and I won't marry for it...

324
00:34:37,704 --> 00:34:39,865
other than that I'm open to about anything.

325
00:34:47,046 --> 00:34:48,638
Now let's talk.

326
00:34:49,382 --> 00:34:52,215
About what? I just want a few answers.

327
00:34:52,585 --> 00:34:54,052
You know the questions.

328
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,578
Someone's paying for all the trouble that's coming my way. Who is it?

329
00:34:57,657 --> 00:35:00,649
Just go on and beat on me as much as you want.

330
00:35:00,727 --> 00:35:04,527
It won't do you any good. I'd be worse off if I told you who.

331
00:35:05,164 --> 00:35:06,495
How much was I worth?

332
00:35:06,566 --> 00:35:08,591
I got $200.

333
00:35:08,835 --> 00:35:10,234
$200. That's all?

334
00:35:10,303 --> 00:35:12,931
But I had to split with the other guy.

335
00:35:13,072 --> 00:35:16,599
How'd you like another $200? This time it's all for you.

336
00:35:18,411 --> 00:35:21,778
I'm gonna get it out of you one way or another. Come on.

337
00:35:21,848 --> 00:35:24,476
Who hired you to scare me out of here?

338
00:35:24,851 --> 00:35:27,183
That $200, that right-now money?

339
00:35:35,295 --> 00:35:38,355
I'd tell you in a second, if I could trust you.

340
00:35:40,099 --> 00:35:42,124
How you found out, I mean.

341
00:35:42,368 --> 00:35:45,565
There's no need for me to say anything to anybody.

342
00:35:46,372 --> 00:35:50,069
If you're thinking about your choices, you haven't got any.

343
00:35:50,743 --> 00:35:52,574
His name's Carl LeMay.

344
00:35:53,046 --> 00:35:55,640
LeMay's Gallery up on Summit Street.

345
00:35:56,082 --> 00:35:57,845
That an art gallery?

346
00:36:01,487 --> 00:36:02,977
Is this LeMay?

347
00:36:04,324 --> 00:36:06,724
Have you ever seen him around? No.

348
00:36:09,562 --> 00:36:11,325
How about my dough?

349
00:36:12,065 --> 00:36:16,331
Oh, you'll get it, if you've told me the truth. Like hell I will.

350
00:36:18,738 --> 00:36:20,865
And I did tell you the truth.

351
00:36:21,641 --> 00:36:23,302
Now I believe you.

352
00:36:29,148 --> 00:36:31,378
And what are you selling, mister...

353
00:36:34,954 --> 00:36:36,444
Mr. Rockford?

354
00:36:36,689 --> 00:36:39,590
Services, information. What are you buying?

355
00:36:40,226 --> 00:36:41,454
What are you getting at?

356
00:36:41,527 --> 00:36:44,792
You paid a couple of guys $200 to scare me...

357
00:36:45,665 --> 00:36:47,132
and they did.

358
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,134
I'd just like to know why.

359
00:36:49,769 --> 00:36:51,862
If you don't wanna say, it's all right with me.

360
00:36:51,938 --> 00:36:55,499
I'm easy to get along with, but I got business here...

361
00:36:55,842 --> 00:36:58,208
that could add up to $20,000.

362
00:36:58,277 --> 00:37:00,973
I'm willing to settle for less, just make me an offer...

363
00:37:01,047 --> 00:37:02,947
and I'll be on my way back to LA.

364
00:37:03,015 --> 00:37:06,815
I give up, Mr. Rockford. This is some kind of joke, isn't it?

365
00:37:06,919 --> 00:37:08,386
Maybe it was.

366
00:37:09,455 --> 00:37:11,616
Nobody seems to be laughing anymore.

367
00:37:11,691 --> 00:37:13,921
I think you should just leave.

368
00:37:14,093 --> 00:37:16,618
Otherwise I'll call the Sheriff and have you taken away.

369
00:37:16,696 --> 00:37:19,062
I don't think you should do that.

370
00:37:19,132 --> 00:37:21,225
Then I'd have to tell him about you...

371
00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:24,201
hiring two guys to impersonate peace officers...

372
00:37:24,270 --> 00:37:26,966
and commit aggravated assault and kidnapping...

373
00:37:27,039 --> 00:37:28,973
with intent to do bodily harm.

374
00:37:32,011 --> 00:37:35,208
I'll just close the Gallery a little early today.

375
00:37:48,828 --> 00:37:50,625
Now, Mr. Rockford...

376
00:37:50,863 --> 00:37:54,196
what business do you think we have to talk about?

377
00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:58,094
All you have to do is tell me where I can find this man.

378
00:37:58,237 --> 00:37:59,966
I'll pay you $2,000.

379
00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:02,707
$2,000.

380
00:38:06,045 --> 00:38:08,240
I have never seen him before.

381
00:38:23,963 --> 00:38:26,193
Now maybe you should give me some good reasons...

382
00:38:26,265 --> 00:38:28,995
why I shouldn't call the Sheriff myself.

383
00:38:35,608 --> 00:38:37,200
Please hang up.

384
00:38:40,813 --> 00:38:43,077
I paid them. Why?

385
00:38:43,249 --> 00:38:44,511
A friend.

386
00:38:44,717 --> 00:38:48,448
Someone I knew a long time ago asked me to do it as a favor.

387
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,292
Him? I don't even know him.

388
00:38:56,963 --> 00:39:00,126
It was a girl. Someone I almost married once.

389
00:39:00,633 --> 00:39:03,033
What was her name? Nancy Frazer.

390
00:39:03,936 --> 00:39:06,803
She came in here yesterday, said you had been bothering her.

391
00:39:06,873 --> 00:39:09,273
Said you'd followed her all the way from Los Angeles.

392
00:39:09,342 --> 00:39:13,335
She asked me to get you out of town. I promised I'd give it a try.

393
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,539
Maybe now I'll stick to something I'm good at.

394
00:39:16,616 --> 00:39:18,447
What was she wearing?

395
00:39:18,985 --> 00:39:20,612
A red slack suit.

396
00:39:21,220 --> 00:39:23,814
Where would I find her? I don't know.

397
00:39:24,991 --> 00:39:27,459
And even if I did know, I wouldn't tell you.

398
00:39:27,527 --> 00:39:29,654
You're getting stupid again.

399
00:39:30,830 --> 00:39:32,195
Who's smart all the time?

400
00:39:32,265 --> 00:39:35,234
You're not even smart some of the time. You don't really think...

401
00:39:35,301 --> 00:39:39,067
a couple of goons beating me up is gonna scare me out of town, do you?

402
00:39:39,138 --> 00:39:40,264
Yes.

403
00:39:40,706 --> 00:39:43,869
Ninety-nine men out of 100 it would.

404
00:39:46,379 --> 00:39:48,973
I never heard those statistics before.

405
00:39:49,815 --> 00:39:51,305
And relax.

406
00:39:51,784 --> 00:39:55,515
I'd be afraid to call the Sheriff. He doesn't like me at all.

407
00:39:58,658 --> 00:40:03,322
Mr. LeMay, you really shouldn't keep things like this around.

408
00:40:11,337 --> 00:40:14,135
I wish you'd stop making a habit of this.

409
00:40:14,206 --> 00:40:16,037
It brings us together.

410
00:40:21,614 --> 00:40:22,842
He lied.

411
00:40:24,050 --> 00:40:25,039
He lied.

412
00:40:25,751 --> 00:40:28,117
A girl leaves Los Angeles in a hurry...

413
00:40:28,187 --> 00:40:30,587
she goes to a small, out-of-the-way town...

414
00:40:31,057 --> 00:40:33,491
and then when I show up, she just manages to...

415
00:40:33,559 --> 00:40:36,653
run into an old boyfriend to help her out. That doesn't make sense.

416
00:40:36,729 --> 00:40:38,390
It could happen. Not a chance.

417
00:40:38,464 --> 00:40:42,127
She came here because she knew Nelson was here.

418
00:40:43,035 --> 00:40:45,526
That means LeMay must know Nelson.

419
00:40:46,272 --> 00:40:47,762
It all adds up.

420
00:40:49,141 --> 00:40:51,666
How long has LeMay run that gallery?

421
00:40:51,777 --> 00:40:54,769
Years. As long as I can remember.

422
00:40:55,681 --> 00:40:58,548
Here, take another look at this, huh?

423
00:40:58,818 --> 00:41:00,547
You sure you've never seen him?

424
00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:03,248
Is this man a painter? No.

425
00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:05,457
I'm not sure.

426
00:41:06,258 --> 00:41:08,055
I think you're wrong.

427
00:41:08,494 --> 00:41:11,088
Wait a minute. No. That's the only copy I've got.

428
00:41:11,163 --> 00:41:13,358
That's too bad, if I'm wrong.

429
00:41:18,004 --> 00:41:20,734
I know this man. This is Dennis Rains.

430
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,364
He's a painter.

431
00:41:22,441 --> 00:41:24,466
How long has he been here?

432
00:41:25,077 --> 00:41:28,478
Six, seven months. LeMay handles his paintings.

433
00:41:29,682 --> 00:41:31,206
Is he any good?

434
00:41:31,984 --> 00:41:35,818
I don't think so. Half the painters in town think he's great.

435
00:41:36,255 --> 00:41:39,053
They call him primitive or something.

436
00:41:39,125 --> 00:41:42,185
His paintings go for $2,000 apiece...

437
00:41:42,261 --> 00:41:45,822
and he must sell at least four or five a month. I think.

438
00:41:49,035 --> 00:41:50,696
What's so funny?

439
00:41:51,237 --> 00:41:55,333
That guy steals $400,000 and he decides to hide behind...

440
00:41:55,408 --> 00:41:57,000
long hair and a beard.

441
00:41:57,376 --> 00:42:00,368
And he figures he needs some props to go along with the beard...

442
00:42:00,446 --> 00:42:04,143
so he buys paints and canvas and does the best he can.

443
00:42:05,451 --> 00:42:08,147
And people are willing to pay him $2,000 a picture...

444
00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:12,316
just because he never learned how to paint. Don't you think that's funny?

445
00:42:12,425 --> 00:42:13,449
No.

446
00:43:31,237 --> 00:43:33,637
Please, stay right where you are.

447
00:43:34,206 --> 00:43:36,197
You're dead if you don't.

448
00:43:36,442 --> 00:43:39,536
No fast moves. I really don't want to use this.

449
00:43:39,779 --> 00:43:41,610
You ever shoot that thing before?

450
00:43:41,747 --> 00:43:42,736
Uh-uh.

451
00:43:43,249 --> 00:43:45,683
It came with the house. Go on inside.

452
00:43:45,751 --> 00:43:47,616
All right. No problem.

453
00:43:54,426 --> 00:43:55,586
Nancy.

454
00:43:59,498 --> 00:44:03,161
You shouldn't have followed me. You had no right to do that.

455
00:44:03,269 --> 00:44:05,567
You should've paid me for services rendered.

456
00:44:05,638 --> 00:44:08,869
But relax, I'm here to help you. Give me the rope.

457
00:44:08,941 --> 00:44:10,374
Over here.

458
00:44:16,382 --> 00:44:19,442
I told you I was here to help you. Sit down.

459
00:44:22,054 --> 00:44:24,921
All right, now you keep this right on him.

460
00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:31,952
I'll bet she's never used one of those before, either.

461
00:44:32,164 --> 00:44:34,724
Listen, I can really appreciate a good hustle.

462
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,361
I don't like those stiffs at the insurance company any better than you do...

463
00:44:38,437 --> 00:44:42,271
I'm afraid we got a problem. I've already told them that you're alive.

464
00:44:42,675 --> 00:44:44,165
I apologize.

465
00:44:44,510 --> 00:44:47,638
At the time, I was sort of scratching around for an angle.

466
00:44:47,713 --> 00:44:49,578
I'm afraid I've blown it for you.

467
00:44:49,648 --> 00:44:52,139
Once they got the scent, they'll find you.

468
00:44:52,885 --> 00:44:56,184
Do you realize that if that bird gun goes off...

469
00:44:56,255 --> 00:44:58,587
she's gonna blow both of us away?

470
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:02,393
I got an idea.

471
00:45:02,461 --> 00:45:05,828
You still got that insurance money invested someplace, right?

472
00:45:05,898 --> 00:45:07,923
What if I act as a go-between...

473
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,798
so, say 15% of the recovery?

474
00:45:10,870 --> 00:45:13,862
I'll make a deal with the company, they get their money back...

475
00:45:13,939 --> 00:45:15,497
and you two get away free.

476
00:45:15,574 --> 00:45:19,271
No jail sentence or anything. You can stay right here and paint.

477
00:45:19,345 --> 00:45:21,404
You don't need the insurance money...

478
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,471
you're a regular paint-stained goldmine.

479
00:45:23,549 --> 00:45:25,517
How about it? I think I can make it work.

480
00:45:25,584 --> 00:45:28,951
As a matter of fact, I know I can. And what happens to me?

481
00:45:29,021 --> 00:45:30,420
I get 10 years in jail.

482
00:45:30,489 --> 00:45:31,979
No. If they have to make a deal...

483
00:45:32,057 --> 00:45:34,025
to get their money back, they'll make it.

484
00:45:34,093 --> 00:45:37,062
Even if you were tried, if you've already given the money back...

485
00:45:37,129 --> 00:45:40,326
the court will just give you a suspended sentence.

486
00:45:42,134 --> 00:45:44,227
That's right. I said no more expense money.

487
00:45:44,303 --> 00:45:48,103
Maybe you didn't hear me. I said I've seen Steve Nelson alive.

488
00:45:48,173 --> 00:45:52,872
Okay, so he got away. But I found him once, I can find him again.

489
00:45:53,012 --> 00:45:56,812
I know more about him now. It's gonna be a lot easier the second time around.

490
00:45:56,882 --> 00:45:59,715
Loosen up, Mr. Moss. All I need is another $500.

491
00:45:59,818 --> 00:46:02,446
I'm afraid I made a mistake, Mr. Rockford.

492
00:46:02,521 --> 00:46:04,785
I got carried away with your initial enthusiasm...

493
00:46:04,857 --> 00:46:07,917
and became a little too free with the company's money.

494
00:46:07,993 --> 00:46:10,427
But that doesn't mean it should get to be a habit.

495
00:46:10,496 --> 00:46:12,862
I'll just chalk the $500 up to experience.

496
00:46:12,932 --> 00:46:14,797
Mr. Moss... Mr. Rockford...

497
00:46:14,867 --> 00:46:18,394
the company is no longer interested in anything you have to say.

498
00:46:24,510 --> 00:46:26,205
He took my advice, didn't he?

499
00:46:26,278 --> 00:46:30,339
He took my advice and made a deal with you. Right.

500
00:46:31,050 --> 00:46:34,781
You got all your money back and I'm out 5%. Right?

501
00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:38,314
If you're finished, I'm running a little behind.

502
00:46:39,992 --> 00:46:44,258
Okay, so I've been had. But I'm out $200 of my own money.

503
00:46:44,363 --> 00:46:45,990
Can I at least have that back?

504
00:46:46,065 --> 00:46:48,625
Mr. Rockford, I'm keeping a board meeting waiting.

505
00:46:48,701 --> 00:46:50,601
You don't mind, do you?

506
00:46:59,578 --> 00:47:02,069
Mr. Moss, do you know what you are?

507
00:47:03,916 --> 00:47:05,941
Yeah. You know, don't you?

508
00:47:26,138 --> 00:47:27,969
You're right on time.

509
00:47:29,775 --> 00:47:31,743
I caught us a free dinner.

510
00:47:35,481 --> 00:47:37,711
Sorry, Rocky, but I'm not hungry.

511
00:47:37,783 --> 00:47:39,045
You're not...

512
00:47:39,118 --> 00:47:42,178
You know what this stuff would cost you if you buy it in a market?

513
00:47:42,254 --> 00:47:45,052
$1.60 a pound. Frozen.

514
00:47:45,324 --> 00:47:48,293
What I need is a drink. Scotch, huh?

515
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:49,588
Hemlock.

516
00:47:50,929 --> 00:47:52,521
What's the matter?

517
00:47:52,598 --> 00:47:54,623
I don't want to talk about it, Rocky. Okay?

518
00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:57,760
You don't wanna talk, you don't wanna eat, you don't wanna drink.

519
00:47:57,836 --> 00:48:00,464
You look like you've been used for a trampoline.

520
00:48:00,539 --> 00:48:02,666
When you gonna get smart and quit?

521
00:48:02,741 --> 00:48:05,141
When you make your first $1 million.

522
00:48:05,244 --> 00:48:08,441
Where do you want that junk put that you ordered?

523
00:48:08,981 --> 00:48:10,039
What junk?

524
00:48:10,115 --> 00:48:12,549
I don't know. Some guy delivered it about an hour ago.

525
00:48:12,618 --> 00:48:16,054
Didn't look like anything you'd want inside. I had him put it in my truck.

526
00:48:16,121 --> 00:48:18,681
I don't know what you're talking about. What kind of junk?

527
00:48:18,757 --> 00:48:20,281
Well, you tell me. Come on.

528
00:48:29,935 --> 00:48:32,597
Fellow just drove up here and left them.

529
00:48:36,275 --> 00:48:39,733
How many of them are there, Rock? There's 10 of them.

530
00:48:44,083 --> 00:48:46,881
I hope you didn't pay much for that junk.

531
00:48:47,653 --> 00:48:51,054
Don't you know that art is a great hedge against inflation?

532
00:48:52,191 --> 00:48:53,886
You call that art?

533
00:48:54,993 --> 00:48:56,392
Here. Help me with these.

534
00:48:56,462 --> 00:48:58,657
I don't want the salt air to foul them up.

535
00:48:58,730 --> 00:49:02,928
You don't want the salt air to... You can't foul up junk like that.

536
00:49:03,802 --> 00:49:06,930
Rocky, this is an original Nelson.

537
00:49:07,272 --> 00:49:08,705
He's a primitive.

538
00:49:08,774 --> 00:49:12,107
Does that mean he swings from tree to tree and eats bananas?

539
00:49:12,377 --> 00:49:14,106
What is a primitive?

540
00:49:14,179 --> 00:49:17,205
A primitive is a guy who can paint nonsense like this...

541
00:49:17,282 --> 00:49:20,649
then turn it around and sell it for $2,000 apiece.

542
00:49:21,620 --> 00:49:22,609
Two...

543
00:49:25,390 --> 00:49:28,621
He does have sort of a nice sense of color, don't he?

544
00:49:29,495 --> 00:49:30,985
You're damn right he has.