1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,331 Would you look at that? 2 00:00:07,401 --> 00:00:08,959 Did you tell me that? No. 3 00:00:09,036 --> 00:00:11,470 Did you say, "Sandra, I'm back on the case"? 4 00:00:11,538 --> 00:00:13,165 No, I didn't. Okay, that's it. 5 00:00:16,310 --> 00:00:19,507 Take it easy. Relax. 6 00:00:21,048 --> 00:00:23,380 You're gonna be just fine. 7 00:00:25,753 --> 00:00:27,516 What are you doing? 8 00:00:29,189 --> 00:00:30,520 Watch out! 9 00:00:32,493 --> 00:00:34,461 [Telephone ringing] 10 00:00:35,729 --> 00:00:38,129 (Rockford on answering machine) This is Jim Rockford. 11 00:00:38,198 --> 00:00:40,098 At the tone, leave your name and message. 12 00:00:40,167 --> 00:00:41,794 [Beeps] I'll get back to you. 13 00:00:41,869 --> 00:00:44,064 (Lori) It's Lori at the trailer park. A space opened up. 14 00:00:44,138 --> 00:00:46,698 Do you want me to save it, or are the cops gonna let you stay? 15 00:01:45,431 --> 00:01:47,422 (Morry) I got to be drunk, right? 16 00:01:48,434 --> 00:01:49,458 (Matty) Yeah. 17 00:01:50,370 --> 00:01:53,806 Otherwise, how would I let this guy talk me into this? 18 00:01:55,041 --> 00:01:56,167 Yeah. 19 00:01:56,342 --> 00:01:58,970 Will you just shut up and keep digging? 20 00:01:59,045 --> 00:02:00,637 (Morry) How much deeper? 21 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:03,808 Maybe another foot. Just keep digging. 22 00:02:06,119 --> 00:02:09,577 You know, this here, is just more than against the law. 23 00:02:10,990 --> 00:02:14,084 You know that? This is a crime against nature. 24 00:02:14,494 --> 00:02:17,793 It's called... Grave robbing. 25 00:02:18,598 --> 00:02:20,088 Keep digging. 26 00:02:22,902 --> 00:02:26,099 Hey, I hit something. Keep it down. 27 00:02:30,476 --> 00:02:32,569 Here, tie this on it. 28 00:02:38,651 --> 00:02:40,141 (Morry) Look at this. 29 00:02:41,921 --> 00:02:44,048 He's got a fold-up winch. 30 00:02:45,558 --> 00:02:47,253 You do this a lot? 31 00:02:52,131 --> 00:02:54,224 (Rockford) Here, hook that onto there. 32 00:02:57,937 --> 00:03:00,371 Okay, come on. Get out. Move it. 33 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:42,411 (man) All right, hold it, right there. 34 00:03:42,482 --> 00:03:43,471 (Morry) Oh, no. 35 00:03:46,886 --> 00:03:47,875 [Gun firing] 36 00:03:59,132 --> 00:04:01,498 (doctor) Give me a workup and put this guy on IV. Stat. 37 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:02,966 (nurse) Yes, Doctor. 38 00:04:03,803 --> 00:04:05,168 (Rockford) Charlotte. 39 00:04:05,872 --> 00:04:07,999 What did he say? He keeps saying "Charlotte." 40 00:04:08,074 --> 00:04:11,043 Move it. We got to pump this guy full of plasma or he won't last. 41 00:04:11,110 --> 00:04:12,509 Yes, Doctor. 42 00:04:17,517 --> 00:04:18,950 Call Dr. Freeman. 43 00:04:19,018 --> 00:04:22,510 We may need a head cutter. He may be hemorrhaging in there. 44 00:04:22,588 --> 00:04:24,988 Charlotte. Take it easy, fella. 45 00:04:25,892 --> 00:04:29,328 Move him to Emergency 3 and get an EKG in there on the double. 46 00:04:29,395 --> 00:04:30,726 Charlotte. 47 00:04:32,198 --> 00:04:33,392 Charlotte. 48 00:04:35,168 --> 00:04:36,260 Charlotte. 49 00:04:40,039 --> 00:04:41,404 Charlotte? 50 00:04:41,541 --> 00:04:43,941 Charlotte who? (Sandra) Charlotte Duskey. 51 00:04:44,710 --> 00:04:47,372 Her full name is Charlotte Anne Duskey. 52 00:04:47,446 --> 00:04:49,437 She disappeared yesterday. 53 00:04:49,515 --> 00:04:51,881 Cleared out her apartment and left. 54 00:04:51,951 --> 00:04:54,852 Listen, I got to get this story down to Makeup before lunch. 55 00:04:54,921 --> 00:04:58,049 We can talk then. There's a little restaurant across the street. 56 00:04:58,124 --> 00:04:59,887 Order me a tuna salad on white, 57 00:04:59,959 --> 00:05:03,326 a tossed green with the vinegar dressing and coffee, black. 58 00:05:03,396 --> 00:05:05,091 How about a dill? 59 00:05:05,731 --> 00:05:08,495 Don't mind me, I'm a little pushy. 60 00:05:09,068 --> 00:05:11,764 I mean, I'm a real turnoff at first, 61 00:05:12,238 --> 00:05:15,605 but you'll get to like me eventually. I'll grow on you. 62 00:05:15,675 --> 00:05:17,700 Heavy mayonnaise, no dill. 63 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:25,180 Sorry I took so long. But I have an unorthodox journalistic style. 64 00:05:25,251 --> 00:05:28,049 I don't pyramid. Drives the editor crazy. 65 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,146 Pyramid? Yeah. It's a copywriting term. 66 00:05:31,224 --> 00:05:34,591 In a news article, you're supposed to put the important stuff 67 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:37,288 at the top and the less important stuff at the bottom. 68 00:05:37,563 --> 00:05:39,326 I know, it's depressing, isn't it? 69 00:05:39,398 --> 00:05:41,696 I don't do it that way. Just drives them crazy. 70 00:05:41,767 --> 00:05:44,361 Look, Miss Turkell. Sandra. 71 00:05:44,437 --> 00:05:46,496 It's Jim, isn't it? Yes. 72 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,474 I think we should start by talking about my fee. 73 00:05:50,543 --> 00:05:53,444 I can't talk to you without your meter running or something? 74 00:05:53,512 --> 00:05:56,242 I just think that we should start by 75 00:05:57,049 --> 00:05:59,483 making a professional arrangement. 76 00:06:00,453 --> 00:06:01,715 How much? 77 00:06:01,787 --> 00:06:03,812 $200 a day, plus expenses. 78 00:06:06,025 --> 00:06:07,390 Do you have a rate card? 79 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:08,950 What was that? 80 00:06:09,028 --> 00:06:12,020 People who sell a legitimate service should have rate cards. 81 00:06:12,098 --> 00:06:16,296 You see, that makes the prospective client feel that the fees are fixed 82 00:06:16,369 --> 00:06:18,360 and that they don't fluctuate with the market. 83 00:06:18,437 --> 00:06:20,735 Makes them feel like they're not being hustled. 84 00:06:20,806 --> 00:06:24,264 Yes, but I like to size up prospective clients 85 00:06:24,343 --> 00:06:26,470 and then try and gouge them. 86 00:06:26,912 --> 00:06:28,243 You're getting mad. 87 00:06:28,314 --> 00:06:30,680 Mad, me? Whatever for? 88 00:06:30,950 --> 00:06:33,919 Really, I think we're gonna get along pretty good. 89 00:06:33,986 --> 00:06:36,318 One thing I ought to tell you, though. 90 00:06:36,389 --> 00:06:38,448 I plan to run this operation. 91 00:06:38,524 --> 00:06:42,517 I mean, I know a great deal about police procedures and detective work. 92 00:06:42,595 --> 00:06:45,621 So what I need you for is to kind of go along with me, 93 00:06:45,698 --> 00:06:47,757 in case there are some really dangerous types, 94 00:06:47,833 --> 00:06:50,427 and you can take care of them for me. 95 00:06:50,936 --> 00:06:52,631 Take care of them? Yeah. 96 00:06:52,705 --> 00:06:54,730 Charlotte Duskey is missing and in trouble. 97 00:06:54,807 --> 00:06:56,672 I'm gonna find her and help her. 98 00:06:56,742 --> 00:07:00,041 But it could get dangerous, so I need... 99 00:07:00,446 --> 00:07:02,880 a whatchamacallit? A gorilla? 100 00:07:03,683 --> 00:07:06,151 Do you have a gun? No, I don't. 101 00:07:06,986 --> 00:07:09,511 As a matter of fact, I'm scared to death of them. 102 00:07:09,588 --> 00:07:12,682 I also don't like gorillas for the same reason. 103 00:07:13,125 --> 00:07:16,424 And I don't work for people who try to tell me how to do my business. 104 00:07:16,495 --> 00:07:18,429 Maybe you don't know everything. 105 00:07:18,497 --> 00:07:20,488 Maybe you could stand to listen. 106 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,663 You don't pyramid, you know all about police work, 107 00:07:24,737 --> 00:07:26,500 you drive your editor nuts, 108 00:07:26,572 --> 00:07:29,598 and you're looking for a gunslinger to help you shoot people 109 00:07:29,675 --> 00:07:32,508 while you're looking for your best friend, Charlotte Duskey. 110 00:07:32,578 --> 00:07:34,239 We ought to sell this to the comics. 111 00:07:34,313 --> 00:07:36,247 If you can't keep up, you just say so. 112 00:07:36,315 --> 00:07:39,307 What're you talking about? You just give me time to go home 113 00:07:39,385 --> 00:07:42,684 and get my gun and grease the axle on my wheelchair. 114 00:07:44,724 --> 00:07:46,817 (Sandra) Wait! 115 00:07:51,163 --> 00:07:52,562 I need help. 116 00:07:53,032 --> 00:07:56,991 If there were time to find somebody else I would, but there isn't any time. 117 00:07:57,069 --> 00:07:59,503 Maybe she doesn't want to be found. 118 00:07:59,572 --> 00:08:01,904 There's been a man hanging around her house. 119 00:08:01,974 --> 00:08:04,875 She's been acting strange, scared and jumpy. 120 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:07,575 About a week ago, she started phoning in sick, 121 00:08:07,646 --> 00:08:09,978 then she wouldn't leave the house. 122 00:08:10,049 --> 00:08:13,143 Then two days ago, she asked two guys from the linotype room 123 00:08:13,219 --> 00:08:17,417 to help her load up her station wagon and she left, in the middle of the night. 124 00:08:17,490 --> 00:08:19,321 [Stuttering] 125 00:08:20,426 --> 00:08:23,759 My father and I owe Charlotte a lot. 126 00:08:24,363 --> 00:08:25,762 Your father? 127 00:08:26,999 --> 00:08:28,694 He owns the paper. 128 00:08:29,201 --> 00:08:31,066 Your father's the editor? 129 00:08:31,137 --> 00:08:35,437 No, Mr. Rockford, the owner is generally referred to as the publisher. 130 00:08:36,375 --> 00:08:39,572 My Uncle Ted is the editor. He's the one I'm driving nuts. 131 00:08:39,645 --> 00:08:42,307 Look, in two days, the trail could be pretty cold. 132 00:08:42,381 --> 00:08:44,906 I know which way she was heading when she left town. 133 00:08:44,984 --> 00:08:48,249 I found that out by circle searching the gas stations. 134 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,754 What's that? A police term. 135 00:08:52,358 --> 00:08:57,125 I called all the gas stations within a certain circumference of the center of this town. 136 00:08:57,396 --> 00:09:01,457 And there is a self-service station on Highway 10 that remembers her. 137 00:09:01,534 --> 00:09:05,766 She asked an attendant for a road map to Elmira. She must've gone there. 138 00:09:05,838 --> 00:09:08,272 That's about 150 miles south of here. 139 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:10,433 Circle search, huh? Yeah. 140 00:09:10,509 --> 00:09:13,637 See, Mr. Rockford, I told you I'm a dynamite detective. 141 00:09:13,712 --> 00:09:17,341 Charlotte's gonna be very easy to trace if the trail doesn't get too cold. 142 00:09:17,416 --> 00:09:18,713 Why? 143 00:09:18,784 --> 00:09:22,618 She's driving a red station wagon and she is a beautiful girl. 144 00:09:23,622 --> 00:09:27,251 I mean, strikingly, breathtakingly beautiful. 145 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:31,223 And she is 6 feet tall. Believe me, people remember her. 146 00:09:33,766 --> 00:09:35,631 Getting interested, huh? 147 00:09:35,701 --> 00:09:39,694 Sandra, all the men in the world don't subscribe to Playboy. 148 00:09:40,539 --> 00:09:42,302 Do you? No. 149 00:09:43,809 --> 00:09:47,142 I borrow my father's copy when he's through with it. 150 00:09:49,582 --> 00:09:51,914 How about it? You gonna help me? 151 00:09:52,384 --> 00:09:55,319 You're coming along? That's part of the deal? 152 00:09:55,621 --> 00:09:58,021 Into each life a little rain must fall. 153 00:09:58,090 --> 00:10:00,888 Don't worry. You'll get to like me eventually. 154 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:38,054 (man) Charlotte Duskey? 155 00:10:38,229 --> 00:10:40,561 Yeah, I think that was her name. 156 00:10:40,732 --> 00:10:43,724 Real tall, right? About 6 foot? Yeah. 157 00:10:46,204 --> 00:10:48,570 Had a red station wagon, all loaded up with stuff. 158 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,005 That's her. 159 00:10:50,074 --> 00:10:52,338 Yeah, she was here, all right. 160 00:10:53,144 --> 00:10:56,079 Yeah, caused quite a stir. Charlotte Duskey. 161 00:10:56,548 --> 00:10:58,982 That was her name. Where is she? 162 00:10:59,584 --> 00:11:00,983 She's dead. 163 00:11:01,419 --> 00:11:04,684 She was having dinner right here in the dining room 164 00:11:04,756 --> 00:11:06,553 and keeled over dead. 165 00:11:06,624 --> 00:11:08,558 Doctors said she had a bad heart. 166 00:11:08,626 --> 00:11:11,356 Congenital heart disease, he called it. 167 00:11:11,930 --> 00:11:14,228 There was nothing wrong with Charlotte's heart. 168 00:11:14,299 --> 00:11:16,358 She was as strong as a horse. 169 00:11:16,434 --> 00:11:17,924 The way the doctor explained it, 170 00:11:18,002 --> 00:11:20,232 big people have to be careful of their hearts. 171 00:11:20,305 --> 00:11:22,068 Can't take all that size. 172 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,632 I heard that about Great Danes and St. Bernards, but never people. 173 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:28,042 Who is this doctor? The local vet or what? 174 00:11:28,112 --> 00:11:31,570 Listen, mister, Charlotte Duskey is dead. Heart attack. 175 00:11:31,883 --> 00:11:35,785 She was pronounced officially dead and left town in a pine box. 176 00:11:36,354 --> 00:11:38,015 No offense, miss. 177 00:11:38,089 --> 00:11:40,819 Thank you very much. Sure. Not at all. 178 00:11:51,035 --> 00:11:52,764 I don't believe it. 179 00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:54,528 Can I get you some water? 180 00:11:54,606 --> 00:11:57,234 No, I mean, I really don't believe it. 181 00:11:58,209 --> 00:12:01,667 People like Charlotte just don't die of heart attacks. 182 00:12:02,013 --> 00:12:05,278 She used to jog at the high school track every day. 183 00:12:05,783 --> 00:12:07,512 She once told me, 184 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:10,480 she had a heart rate of 60. 185 00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:13,714 I don't know what's going on here, but he's lying. 186 00:12:13,791 --> 00:12:15,019 She's not dead. 187 00:12:16,894 --> 00:12:19,192 I don't think that guy's lying. 188 00:12:42,020 --> 00:12:44,352 What's this for? It's water. 189 00:12:45,957 --> 00:12:48,551 Is that supposed to make me all better or something? 190 00:12:48,626 --> 00:12:50,355 What, did you see that on television? 191 00:12:50,428 --> 00:12:52,157 Bring the fainting woman a cup of water? 192 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:53,822 I don't want it. 193 00:13:00,938 --> 00:13:03,463 You're right. It doesn't help. 194 00:13:04,976 --> 00:13:06,443 Now that you mention it, 195 00:13:06,511 --> 00:13:09,969 Dr. Kenilworth was right here when the woman collapsed. 196 00:13:10,048 --> 00:13:12,175 He was having dinner at the Inn. 197 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:15,219 Did Dr. Kenilworth... Is Dr. Kenilworth married? 198 00:13:15,286 --> 00:13:16,617 Of course. 199 00:13:16,688 --> 00:13:20,124 But he was having dinner alone? Well, yes. 200 00:13:20,725 --> 00:13:22,420 Where can we find him? 201 00:13:22,493 --> 00:13:25,394 He has a clinic on C Street. Where is that? 202 00:13:25,463 --> 00:13:27,693 Between B and D Street. 203 00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,897 North end of town. Thank you. 204 00:13:34,472 --> 00:13:38,272 Look, Sandra, if you want to talk to these people, that's fine. 205 00:13:38,342 --> 00:13:39,741 I'll just wait in the car. 206 00:13:39,811 --> 00:13:43,577 But only one person should do the talking, otherwise, there's no coordination. 207 00:13:43,648 --> 00:13:46,173 You weren't gonna ask that question and it's important. 208 00:13:46,250 --> 00:13:49,185 If he'd been here for dinner, he'd have been with his family. 209 00:13:49,253 --> 00:13:50,880 But he was alone. 210 00:13:51,055 --> 00:13:53,853 He was in on the scheme to make it look like Charlotte died. 211 00:13:53,925 --> 00:13:57,156 Dynamite Detective, where did you learn about police work anyway? 212 00:13:57,228 --> 00:14:00,391 On the paper. I cover the crime beat in Longview. 213 00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:02,622 Lot of big crime in Longview. 214 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:05,168 Yeah, we get our share. It can get pretty hairy. 215 00:14:05,236 --> 00:14:08,797 The way I hear it, there's a lot of terrible stuff going on down there. 216 00:14:08,873 --> 00:14:11,535 Gum machines get ripped off right and left. 217 00:14:11,609 --> 00:14:14,578 You're just mad because you missed the point. 218 00:14:24,122 --> 00:14:26,454 Did you notice anything else that was strange? 219 00:14:26,524 --> 00:14:28,992 No. What do you mean? 220 00:14:29,761 --> 00:14:31,490 We're being followed. 221 00:14:31,562 --> 00:14:33,826 There's a guy in a gray sedan. 222 00:14:34,298 --> 00:14:36,198 Where is he? Behind us? 223 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:39,470 Yeah. He's average looking, button-down type 224 00:14:39,537 --> 00:14:42,028 with a grim expression on his face. 225 00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:45,999 (Rockford) You ever seen him before? 226 00:14:46,444 --> 00:14:49,936 (Sandra) I wonder if he's the one who's been hanging around Charlotte. 227 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:52,642 I wonder if he's the one who scared her off. 228 00:14:55,686 --> 00:14:57,210 Let's lose him. 229 00:14:57,622 --> 00:14:59,522 Let's not. He's a lead. 230 00:15:00,491 --> 00:15:02,982 Who knows, maybe later, I'll want to put on my gorilla suit 231 00:15:03,060 --> 00:15:04,527 and go bounce him around. 232 00:15:05,396 --> 00:15:07,455 Will you stop making fun of me? 233 00:15:40,930 --> 00:15:42,488 with anyone other than family. 234 00:15:42,565 --> 00:15:43,896 So, if you'll excuse me... 235 00:15:43,195 --> 00:15:44,856 (Kenilworth) I really can't discuss my cases 236 00:15:43,966 --> 00:15:46,434 Doctor, I'm with Lexington General Life. 237 00:15:46,502 --> 00:15:50,199 We're looking for verification of death so we can pay off the beneficiaries. 238 00:15:50,272 --> 00:15:53,173 I'll need verification of that. Of course. 239 00:15:54,410 --> 00:15:56,742 I'll give you my business card. 240 00:15:56,812 --> 00:16:00,839 There, that's my business card, State Registration Card. 241 00:16:00,916 --> 00:16:04,352 This is my membership card in the Insurance Investigators Health Plan. 242 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:08,413 Yes, it all seems to be in order. Could I see the file, please? 243 00:16:08,824 --> 00:16:11,156 Charlotte Duskey's file, please. 244 00:16:15,764 --> 00:16:16,992 Practiced here long, Doctor? 245 00:16:17,066 --> 00:16:18,465 About five years. 246 00:16:18,534 --> 00:16:21,025 Where did you practice before this? 247 00:16:21,537 --> 00:16:23,300 Madam, who are you? 248 00:16:23,372 --> 00:16:25,237 I am a representative of the Longview News. 249 00:16:25,307 --> 00:16:26,433 Thank you. 250 00:16:27,443 --> 00:16:30,935 Charlotte Duskey owned a sizable percentage of the newspaper. 251 00:16:31,013 --> 00:16:33,277 You didn't say where you'd practiced before. 252 00:16:33,349 --> 00:16:36,409 I really don't see that's any of your business. 253 00:16:36,485 --> 00:16:37,975 Neither do I. 254 00:16:40,856 --> 00:16:42,756 Doctor, it says... 255 00:16:44,293 --> 00:16:47,126 It says here that she wasn't pronounced dead 256 00:16:47,196 --> 00:16:50,324 until two hours after she arrived at your clinic. 257 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:53,061 The very good reason for that is that she didn't die 258 00:16:53,135 --> 00:16:56,195 until two hours after she arrived at my clinic. 259 00:16:57,172 --> 00:16:59,163 Was she conscious? Yes. 260 00:16:59,909 --> 00:17:02,901 She asked that her cousin, Susan Duskey, be contacted. 261 00:17:02,978 --> 00:17:04,843 I called the cousin, 262 00:17:05,047 --> 00:17:07,811 but by the time she arrived, Charlotte was dead. 263 00:17:07,883 --> 00:17:09,145 The cousin claimed the body 264 00:17:09,218 --> 00:17:11,482 and made arrangements to have it put aboard the 7:05. 265 00:17:11,553 --> 00:17:13,851 705? That's a train. 266 00:17:16,425 --> 00:17:19,326 Charlotte's cousin, what did she look like? 267 00:17:20,329 --> 00:17:23,492 Extremely tall, almost as tall as the dead woman. 268 00:17:23,565 --> 00:17:25,294 She was very pretty. 269 00:17:25,367 --> 00:17:28,803 Brown hair. The deceased had red hair. 270 00:17:32,207 --> 00:17:34,232 Could I have a copy of the file, please? 271 00:17:34,310 --> 00:17:35,607 Yes, fine. 272 00:17:35,744 --> 00:17:39,111 And then you must excuse me. I have to get back to work. 273 00:17:43,385 --> 00:17:46,616 It's important to know where he practiced before. 274 00:17:46,689 --> 00:17:49,852 It's gonna help us find out if Charlotte knew him. 275 00:17:49,925 --> 00:17:51,688 He practiced in Chicago. 276 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,057 How do you know that? 277 00:17:56,632 --> 00:17:58,532 I missed that. Really? 278 00:18:01,103 --> 00:18:03,594 Kenilworth is a little too studied. 279 00:18:04,073 --> 00:18:08,772 I get the feeling that he practices that sincere look in front of the mirror. 280 00:18:09,912 --> 00:18:11,539 I don't like him. 281 00:18:14,083 --> 00:18:15,311 Neither do I. 282 00:18:26,462 --> 00:18:28,327 It's true, isn't it? 283 00:18:28,464 --> 00:18:29,692 What? 284 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:33,131 Charlotte does own a piece of the newspaper. 285 00:18:33,202 --> 00:18:36,467 You weren't just laying that on old Dr. Kenilworth. 286 00:18:37,473 --> 00:18:38,804 It's true. 287 00:18:41,410 --> 00:18:43,275 What are you thinking? 288 00:18:43,345 --> 00:18:46,246 I'm just adding it up without the equation. 289 00:18:46,315 --> 00:18:49,250 And? It alters things a little. 290 00:18:50,252 --> 00:18:53,085 I mean, it makes me a little suspicious of your motives 291 00:18:53,155 --> 00:18:56,955 and it also makes me wonder why you didn't bother to tell me. 292 00:18:57,026 --> 00:19:01,395 Because it's not important. I mean, that is a completely unrelated fact. 293 00:19:01,463 --> 00:19:03,693 Charlotte arrived in town six months ago. 294 00:19:03,766 --> 00:19:06,394 She worked on the paper as a copy editor. 295 00:19:06,468 --> 00:19:10,837 The paper was in bad financial trouble, she lent my father $100,000. 296 00:19:10,906 --> 00:19:14,205 She bailed us out. We gave her stock in return for the cash. 297 00:19:14,276 --> 00:19:17,507 That little detail of the investigation slipped your mind? 298 00:19:17,579 --> 00:19:20,070 You didn't think it was important enough to tell me? 299 00:19:20,149 --> 00:19:23,448 That is just not something you go around telling strangers. 300 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:26,750 Sandra, a private investigator 301 00:19:27,289 --> 00:19:29,587 is like an attorney or a doctor. 302 00:19:30,459 --> 00:19:33,292 You confide in him and what you tell him is privileged. 303 00:19:33,362 --> 00:19:34,954 That's not true. 304 00:19:35,030 --> 00:19:38,056 PI's can be forced to reveal anything in court. 305 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:41,591 And most of them would spill their guts for a $10 bill. 306 00:19:45,574 --> 00:19:47,769 [Train horn blowing] 307 00:19:55,484 --> 00:19:57,714 Well, what now? Wait a minute. 308 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,950 Ace. No. 309 00:20:02,624 --> 00:20:05,559 Aaron Brothers, with two "A's." 310 00:20:05,627 --> 00:20:06,787 What are you talking about? 311 00:20:06,862 --> 00:20:08,625 Would you reach in the glove compartment 312 00:20:08,697 --> 00:20:11,894 and get those two little white boxes out of there? 313 00:20:21,510 --> 00:20:22,841 Thank you. 314 00:20:29,418 --> 00:20:31,113 What are we doing? 315 00:20:33,489 --> 00:20:37,892 You can waste a lot of time on people if you don't have the right props. 316 00:20:43,999 --> 00:20:48,436 Would you get the ink and the knife out of the glove compartment, please? 317 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,041 And one of these cards. 318 00:21:04,953 --> 00:21:09,219 The whole secret of a good confidence game is having the right props. 319 00:21:11,827 --> 00:21:14,489 (Rockford) I think she left on the 7:05 yesterday. 320 00:21:15,697 --> 00:21:18,564 What seems to be the problem, Mr. Rockford? 321 00:21:18,634 --> 00:21:20,499 Well, it's a mix-up. 322 00:21:20,969 --> 00:21:23,403 It's a little embarrassing for us. 323 00:21:24,306 --> 00:21:29,039 Of course, but how does the shipment of this casket yesterday affect all this? 324 00:21:29,778 --> 00:21:33,077 Miss Susan Duskey paid for our executive box, 325 00:21:33,148 --> 00:21:35,275 that's the 30756 model, 326 00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:39,548 and she was given the 30756-A, which is a cheaper model. 327 00:21:39,621 --> 00:21:42,920 It doesn't have the fluted scrolled handles 328 00:21:42,991 --> 00:21:45,482 or the double-lined satin headrest. 329 00:21:45,694 --> 00:21:47,355 Actually, it's my fault. 330 00:21:47,429 --> 00:21:49,795 I usually handle all these purchase orders myself 331 00:21:49,865 --> 00:21:52,390 but this particular one was handled by Miss Turkell. 332 00:21:52,467 --> 00:21:54,230 She made the mistake. 333 00:21:55,904 --> 00:21:57,633 I don't know how I can help you. 334 00:21:57,706 --> 00:22:00,436 If you could just give us the destination of the casket 335 00:22:00,509 --> 00:22:03,034 and then we'd ship the right one to that location 336 00:22:03,111 --> 00:22:05,079 and the deceased could be changed 337 00:22:05,147 --> 00:22:08,446 into the proper slumber chamber for burial, you see. 338 00:22:09,117 --> 00:22:11,210 I'm afraid I can't help you there. 339 00:22:11,286 --> 00:22:15,814 All of these lading records are handled by the conductors on the individual trains. 340 00:22:15,891 --> 00:22:19,520 Then they're filed with the gross receipts at the end of the line. 341 00:22:20,329 --> 00:22:23,423 Who is the conductor? Maybe I could talk to him. 342 00:22:24,032 --> 00:22:26,057 Let's see, that'd be... 343 00:22:26,702 --> 00:22:28,897 Yes, Steve McWilliams. 344 00:22:29,238 --> 00:22:30,796 And where would I find him? 345 00:22:30,872 --> 00:22:32,669 Come down here at 7:05 this evening. 346 00:22:32,741 --> 00:22:34,971 That same train will be coming through here then. 347 00:22:35,043 --> 00:22:36,806 Thank you very much. 348 00:22:43,218 --> 00:22:45,448 Boy, you are really too much. 349 00:22:45,654 --> 00:22:48,020 Aaron Brothers Funeral Supplies. 350 00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:49,921 What a disgusting performance. 351 00:22:49,992 --> 00:22:51,653 Don't knock it. It worked, didn't it? 352 00:22:51,727 --> 00:22:55,026 Yeah, but... I suppose you'd rather I beat it out of him. 353 00:22:55,097 --> 00:22:57,930 Maybe show him a gun, give him a coronary? 354 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,195 (Sandra) Forget it. 355 00:23:23,492 --> 00:23:25,483 I'm getting tired of him. 356 00:23:48,216 --> 00:23:50,446 I'm getting damn tired of him. 357 00:23:50,585 --> 00:23:52,075 [Tires screeching] 358 00:23:52,154 --> 00:23:53,917 What are you doing? 359 00:23:55,490 --> 00:23:56,821 Watch out! 360 00:24:12,641 --> 00:24:14,108 [Moaning] 361 00:24:14,743 --> 00:24:17,234 Okay, buddy. Just who are you, huh? 362 00:24:17,546 --> 00:24:20,811 Now, come on, let's have it. I haven't got all day. 363 00:24:21,650 --> 00:24:23,174 Harry Stoner, 364 00:24:24,086 --> 00:24:26,714 US Treasury Department, IRS. 365 00:24:27,522 --> 00:24:29,786 I keep meaning to get that gear shift fixed. 366 00:24:29,858 --> 00:24:31,826 It drops into reverse. 367 00:24:31,893 --> 00:24:35,158 You can bet that thing's going in the shop today. 368 00:24:35,731 --> 00:24:39,360 I hope you'll accept my sincerest apologies, Agent Stoner. 369 00:24:39,468 --> 00:24:42,835 Don't you worry, my insurance company is gonna cover all this. 370 00:24:42,904 --> 00:24:43,996 Here, let me see that. 371 00:24:44,072 --> 00:24:46,097 It's just a scratch. You're gonna be fine. 372 00:24:46,174 --> 00:24:49,371 You are right on the tender edge of getting thrown in Leavenworth. 373 00:24:49,444 --> 00:24:51,309 You should do yourself a big favor 374 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:54,042 and think about what you say to me before you say it. 375 00:24:54,116 --> 00:24:56,983 Because I'm a man with absolutely no sense of humor. 376 00:24:57,052 --> 00:24:59,043 Smart mouths turn me off. 377 00:24:59,121 --> 00:25:02,022 And I'm beginning to suspect you have a smart mouth. 378 00:25:02,090 --> 00:25:04,957 You're right, I do. But I'm working on changing that. 379 00:25:05,026 --> 00:25:06,152 Good. 380 00:25:07,028 --> 00:25:09,155 Where's my gun? It's right over there. 381 00:25:09,231 --> 00:25:12,928 Here, let me get it for you. I know right where I threw it. 382 00:25:27,213 --> 00:25:29,875 So you don't think Miss Duskey is dead, is that it? 383 00:25:29,949 --> 00:25:33,009 Not necessarily. She may be dead, I don't know. 384 00:25:30,644 --> 00:25:32,441 That's quite a story. 385 00:25:33,086 --> 00:25:35,577 But there's a good chance she's not. 386 00:25:35,655 --> 00:25:36,849 I agree with you. 387 00:25:37,624 --> 00:25:39,649 But I think for much better reasons. 388 00:25:39,726 --> 00:25:42,889 I don't think neither one of you really know who she is. 389 00:25:42,962 --> 00:25:45,760 I've known Charlotte Duskey for... For six months. 390 00:25:45,832 --> 00:25:49,290 Miss Turkell, we've been watching her ever since she left Arizona. 391 00:25:49,369 --> 00:25:52,429 Arizona? She told me she came from Minneapolis. 392 00:25:53,373 --> 00:25:56,137 Charlotte Duskey was born and raised in Chicago. 393 00:25:56,209 --> 00:25:58,006 She left there at the age of 20. 394 00:25:58,077 --> 00:26:01,137 Took up with a famous gangster by the name of Joe Baron. 395 00:26:01,214 --> 00:26:04,615 Miss Duskey was his lady friend. No, that isn't possible. 396 00:26:04,684 --> 00:26:07,084 Joe Baron died sometime last year. 397 00:26:07,153 --> 00:26:09,621 That's right. And after he died 398 00:26:09,689 --> 00:26:12,089 Charlotte went through his safe and cleaned it out. 399 00:26:12,158 --> 00:26:15,491 That's a theft. What's the Treasury Department doing in it? 400 00:26:15,562 --> 00:26:19,123 There's some question as to whether she came into that money legally 401 00:26:19,199 --> 00:26:20,598 and we want our cut. 402 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:23,568 Baron's son, Joe Jr., gave us the estimated value. 403 00:26:23,636 --> 00:26:26,833 $1,200,000 in bills and negotiable paper. 404 00:26:26,906 --> 00:26:29,272 The inheritance tax due the Federal Government 405 00:26:29,342 --> 00:26:31,970 is in the neighborhood of... $300,000. 406 00:26:33,513 --> 00:26:37,381 A little more than that. $340,000 and some change. 407 00:26:37,450 --> 00:26:39,213 Why were you following us? 408 00:26:39,285 --> 00:26:41,276 Why didn't you just knock on the front door? 409 00:26:41,354 --> 00:26:44,721 Look, Rockford, I've been in this business for awhile. 410 00:26:44,791 --> 00:26:47,919 I know people tend to clam up when they're talking to a Fed. 411 00:26:47,994 --> 00:26:50,622 When I found out you two were looking for Charlotte, 412 00:26:50,697 --> 00:26:53,257 I decided to follow you and see where it took me. 413 00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:56,769 By the way, how did you get to that station manager? 414 00:26:56,836 --> 00:26:59,304 Those train guys are murder to get anything out of. 415 00:26:59,372 --> 00:27:02,569 He has a little printing press and he makes up phony business cards. 416 00:27:02,642 --> 00:27:05,076 It's disgusting. I beg your pardon? 417 00:27:05,144 --> 00:27:07,203 It's nothing. Forget it. 418 00:27:24,130 --> 00:27:26,121 Look, Sandra, I'm not afraid of him, 419 00:27:26,199 --> 00:27:27,962 I just don't work on open cases. 420 00:27:28,034 --> 00:27:30,969 And if the Federal Government is involved, it's an open case. 421 00:27:31,037 --> 00:27:34,029 So I'm off it. Why? That doesn't make any sense. 422 00:27:34,107 --> 00:27:36,769 Because guys like Stoner get very exercised 423 00:27:36,843 --> 00:27:40,074 when private citizens start messing around in open cases. 424 00:27:40,146 --> 00:27:42,706 They warn you first, and then they take your picture, 425 00:27:42,782 --> 00:27:44,272 and then they ink up your hands, 426 00:27:44,350 --> 00:27:46,113 and then they throw you in jail. 427 00:27:46,185 --> 00:27:49,313 I'm just not all that hooked on you or Charlotte. 428 00:27:49,389 --> 00:27:50,754 How gallant. 429 00:27:50,823 --> 00:27:52,415 All arranged. I got my ticket. 430 00:27:52,492 --> 00:27:55,393 You better get in touch with your insurance company about the accident. 431 00:27:55,461 --> 00:27:57,122 Let them know they'll be getting a call. 432 00:27:57,196 --> 00:27:59,323 I want that all cleared up before I leave. 433 00:27:59,399 --> 00:28:01,424 Right. That's a good idea. 434 00:28:14,314 --> 00:28:18,375 I'd like a listing for Joe Baron, Jr. In Phoenix, Arizona, please. 435 00:28:21,955 --> 00:28:22,979 Thank you. 436 00:28:23,523 --> 00:28:25,013 [Telephone ringing] 437 00:28:27,393 --> 00:28:28,553 Hello. 438 00:28:29,495 --> 00:28:30,962 That's right. 439 00:28:35,768 --> 00:28:40,034 Joe, some guy, long distance. Says he knows something about Charlotte. 440 00:28:42,642 --> 00:28:44,007 Record it. 441 00:28:47,647 --> 00:28:50,275 Yeah, what is it? Is this Joe Baron, Jr? 442 00:28:50,350 --> 00:28:54,184 Yeah. Only it's not Jr. When my father died, I dropped the Jr. 443 00:28:54,420 --> 00:28:56,650 Yeah. Mr. Baron, after your father died 444 00:28:56,723 --> 00:28:58,850 did a woman by the name of Charlotte Duskey 445 00:28:58,925 --> 00:29:02,224 disappear with the contents from your father's safe? 446 00:29:03,062 --> 00:29:05,292 Who is this? The tooth fairy. 447 00:29:05,598 --> 00:29:07,759 That's funny. That's very funny. 448 00:29:07,834 --> 00:29:09,495 You better tell me who you are, buddy, 449 00:29:09,569 --> 00:29:11,901 or this conversation ends right now. 450 00:29:11,971 --> 00:29:13,939 We might get around to who I am 451 00:29:14,007 --> 00:29:16,339 but you got to answer some questions first. 452 00:29:16,876 --> 00:29:20,437 That is if you're interested in finding Charlotte Duskey. 453 00:29:22,448 --> 00:29:25,315 You there? Yeah, let's hear the question. 454 00:29:26,085 --> 00:29:29,179 Are there any estate taxes pending on that cash? 455 00:29:29,489 --> 00:29:30,547 Why? 456 00:29:32,191 --> 00:29:36,184 Is the Federal Government interested in finding Charlotte Duskey? 457 00:29:36,462 --> 00:29:37,520 Why? 458 00:29:38,631 --> 00:29:40,030 We're not doing too well, are we? 459 00:29:40,099 --> 00:29:42,124 Look, who are you, sport? 460 00:29:42,201 --> 00:29:44,761 Mr. Baron, I might be able to help you find her, 461 00:29:44,837 --> 00:29:48,830 but I got to find out where the out of bounds markers are first. 462 00:29:49,809 --> 00:29:52,642 All right, I'll tell you what. You find Charlotte Duskey 463 00:29:52,712 --> 00:29:55,146 I'll give you $20,000. How's that? 464 00:29:55,515 --> 00:29:58,746 That's not bad. Not bad. What about the Feds? 465 00:30:00,119 --> 00:30:01,381 Well, that depends. 466 00:30:01,454 --> 00:30:03,718 Is there anyone in particular you want to discuss? 467 00:30:03,790 --> 00:30:05,849 Yeah. As a matter of fact, I have. 468 00:30:05,925 --> 00:30:10,259 (announcer) Amtrak Eastbound, 7:05 Vistaliner to Acerton, 469 00:30:10,329 --> 00:30:12,194 Ash View and South... 470 00:30:12,999 --> 00:30:14,523 Say, you there? 471 00:30:15,902 --> 00:30:17,335 Yeah. 472 00:30:17,837 --> 00:30:20,101 This guy says his name is Harry Stoner. 473 00:30:20,173 --> 00:30:22,368 I'd say he's about 6 foot tall, 474 00:30:22,442 --> 00:30:25,002 he has no sense of humor, wears Brooks Brothers suit, 475 00:30:25,078 --> 00:30:27,137 and he has a scar on his right cheek. 476 00:30:27,213 --> 00:30:30,512 Yeah, he's not a Fed. Stoner used to work for my father. 477 00:30:30,583 --> 00:30:32,744 He quit when my father died. 478 00:30:33,986 --> 00:30:37,217 Yeah, thank you, Mr. Baron. That's $20,000 for a recovery. 479 00:30:37,290 --> 00:30:38,917 I'll be in touch. 480 00:30:42,428 --> 00:30:46,922 (announcer on tape) Amtrak Eastbound, 7:05 Vistaliner to Acerton, 481 00:30:47,166 --> 00:30:49,066 Ash View and South... 482 00:30:52,572 --> 00:30:55,564 Find out what train that is and get a couple of the boys on it. 483 00:30:55,641 --> 00:30:57,609 Tell them to look for Harry Stoner. 484 00:30:57,677 --> 00:31:00,271 And tell them to watch out for that other guy. 485 00:31:00,346 --> 00:31:02,644 He sounds like a yo-yo. (man) Right. 486 00:31:04,083 --> 00:31:05,573 [Horn blowing] 487 00:31:10,022 --> 00:31:13,788 It's all arranged. My insurance man will be expecting a call. 488 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:14,986 Good. 489 00:31:15,828 --> 00:31:18,126 Well, goodbye. Goodbye. 490 00:31:26,506 --> 00:31:27,871 Is that it? 491 00:31:28,841 --> 00:31:32,641 He says goodbye and we go away just because he's a Federal agent? 492 00:31:32,712 --> 00:31:34,236 He's not a Fed. 493 00:31:34,914 --> 00:31:36,882 He's not? No, he isn't. 494 00:31:37,717 --> 00:31:40,811 How did you figure that out? The old cop hunch? 495 00:31:40,887 --> 00:31:43,788 The old lucky guess. What are we gonna do? 496 00:31:44,323 --> 00:31:47,759 When you were a little girl, did you ever play doctor? 497 00:31:47,860 --> 00:31:48,849 Huh? 498 00:31:54,801 --> 00:31:57,326 [Train horn blaring] 499 00:32:03,676 --> 00:32:05,541 (man) Yes, Doctor, what can I do for you? 500 00:32:06,546 --> 00:32:08,241 This is Nurse Turkell. 501 00:32:08,314 --> 00:32:11,943 Tell me, did you run across a man a few cars up, 502 00:32:12,018 --> 00:32:14,043 who claimed to be a Federal Officer? 503 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,587 Agent Stoner? 504 00:32:17,957 --> 00:32:19,982 What do you think, Doctor? 505 00:32:20,726 --> 00:32:24,184 Well, at least he's aboard. That much is in our favor. 506 00:32:24,263 --> 00:32:26,356 What are you talking about? 507 00:32:28,568 --> 00:32:30,798 Tell me, what is he saying? 508 00:32:32,471 --> 00:32:35,907 I mean, are his remarks precise, or was he rambling? 509 00:32:37,043 --> 00:32:38,635 I'm sorry. What? 510 00:32:38,711 --> 00:32:41,646 Mr. Stoner is an outpatient from Fairview. 511 00:32:41,714 --> 00:32:46,413 He's suffering from a peltomas symptom with milagrea sympaticus. 512 00:32:47,820 --> 00:32:51,256 Delusions of grandeur. The old Napoleon complex. 513 00:32:51,958 --> 00:32:54,256 Mr. Stoner thinks he's a G-man. 514 00:32:55,194 --> 00:32:57,128 Why, he had a suppressed childhood 515 00:32:57,196 --> 00:32:59,164 and he developed fantasy images. 516 00:32:59,532 --> 00:33:01,022 Well, is he 517 00:33:01,767 --> 00:33:04,565 is he all right? I mean, is he dangerous? 518 00:33:06,272 --> 00:33:09,036 Have you had a coffin on this train lately? 519 00:33:09,108 --> 00:33:12,805 As a matter of fact, we shipped one to Ash Brook yesterday. 520 00:33:12,879 --> 00:33:16,280 And did he show an obsessive interest in this coffin? 521 00:33:16,349 --> 00:33:19,807 As a matter of fact, he asked a lot of questions about it. 522 00:33:19,886 --> 00:33:22,480 I think the best thing to do would be to lure him 523 00:33:22,555 --> 00:33:25,080 into an empty compartment and then give him a sedative. 524 00:33:25,157 --> 00:33:26,681 Do you have one we could use? 525 00:33:26,759 --> 00:33:29,694 [Stuttering] Compartment C in the next car is empty. 526 00:33:29,762 --> 00:33:32,060 Good. Now, will you go back and tell Mr. Stoner 527 00:33:32,131 --> 00:33:35,066 that you were talking to the porter and the porter said that 528 00:33:35,134 --> 00:33:37,261 he had some more information about Miss Duskey. 529 00:33:37,336 --> 00:33:41,170 And the porter will meet him in Compartment C of the next car. 530 00:33:46,913 --> 00:33:48,278 He seemed so authentic. 531 00:33:48,347 --> 00:33:50,781 Yes, I know. He's very convincing. 532 00:33:51,083 --> 00:33:55,281 It's one of the characteristics of milagrea sympaticus. 533 00:34:01,727 --> 00:34:04,992 It really works. It's fascinating. 534 00:34:12,104 --> 00:34:13,537 [Knocking on door] 535 00:34:14,106 --> 00:34:15,368 Come in. 536 00:34:17,877 --> 00:34:21,176 How's it going, Harry? Found that coffin yet? 537 00:34:23,582 --> 00:34:26,608 I'm having you put off at the next stop, and held in custody 538 00:34:26,686 --> 00:34:28,745 until this official investigation is over. 539 00:34:28,821 --> 00:34:31,016 Now put your hands up, you're under arrest. 540 00:34:31,090 --> 00:34:34,321 You're about as official as a cub scout at a rodeo. 541 00:34:34,393 --> 00:34:37,226 It's against the law to impersonate a Federal Officer. 542 00:34:37,296 --> 00:34:39,093 You ever heard about that, Harry? 543 00:34:39,165 --> 00:34:42,293 You're the one that could end up in Leavenworth. 544 00:34:42,368 --> 00:34:44,233 You're dead, Rockford. 545 00:34:44,904 --> 00:34:46,303 I don't think so. 546 00:34:46,372 --> 00:34:49,569 No, I think that you and I should share any information we may have. 547 00:34:49,642 --> 00:34:52,907 I'd be interested in knowing if that money that we're chasing is hot. 548 00:34:52,979 --> 00:34:54,708 I'd kill you for $1.20. 549 00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:57,476 I ain't about to mess around when the stakes are this high. 550 00:34:57,550 --> 00:34:59,415 You're not gonna kill me. 551 00:34:59,485 --> 00:35:02,010 You're gonna trip and fall off the end of the train. 552 00:35:02,088 --> 00:35:03,885 Business is business. 553 00:35:04,390 --> 00:35:07,826 Come on, now, Harry. Let us not let this get out of hand. 554 00:35:09,328 --> 00:35:12,320 You should have stayed in Elmira. Big mistake. 555 00:35:12,631 --> 00:35:14,258 Where's the girl? 556 00:35:15,634 --> 00:35:18,694 I don't know. She's around the train somewhere. 557 00:35:19,538 --> 00:35:22,234 Open that door. She goes, too. 558 00:35:23,676 --> 00:35:24,973 This one? 559 00:35:52,972 --> 00:35:54,735 [Rockford grunting] 560 00:36:03,082 --> 00:36:06,347 A little shock therapy ought to help Mr. Stoner. 561 00:36:06,419 --> 00:36:09,479 I hope he can breathe in there. Sure he can. 562 00:36:42,755 --> 00:36:44,848 (Darrow) I can't imagine why the Federal Government 563 00:36:44,924 --> 00:36:46,949 is interested in the deceased, Agent Stoner. 564 00:36:47,026 --> 00:36:49,995 It's money, Mr. Darrow. Isn't it always? 565 00:36:51,464 --> 00:36:53,864 Charlotte Duskey owes the Federal Government 566 00:36:53,933 --> 00:36:55,696 a considerable sum of money. 567 00:36:55,768 --> 00:36:58,259 And we think she's staging this burial 568 00:36:58,337 --> 00:37:01,465 to get out from under $1 million in back taxes. 569 00:37:01,540 --> 00:37:03,872 It's a good thing we haven't buried the casket yet. 570 00:37:03,943 --> 00:37:06,468 Since there was no ceremony to be performed, 571 00:37:06,545 --> 00:37:08,479 and no relatives present, 572 00:37:08,547 --> 00:37:10,913 we just put it off. 573 00:37:10,983 --> 00:37:12,348 So you're in luck. 574 00:37:12,418 --> 00:37:16,320 If you hadn't, we'd have just got an exhumation order from the court. 575 00:37:16,388 --> 00:37:17,753 No problem. 576 00:37:22,061 --> 00:37:25,121 You know, Agent Stoner, technically speaking, 577 00:37:25,397 --> 00:37:27,160 I shouldn't open that casket. 578 00:37:27,233 --> 00:37:29,565 It is sealed, and we do have instructions 579 00:37:29,635 --> 00:37:31,432 from the cousin of the deceased. 580 00:37:32,071 --> 00:37:35,507 Maybe it might be better if you did get a court order. 581 00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:38,142 If you'd feel better with a court order... 582 00:37:38,210 --> 00:37:41,236 How about $50? Would that make you feel better? 583 00:37:41,580 --> 00:37:42,911 Oh, what... 584 00:37:42,982 --> 00:37:45,610 what Miss Turkell meant was 585 00:37:45,818 --> 00:37:48,150 her cousin Charlotte was quite dear to her. 586 00:37:48,220 --> 00:37:50,745 I know what she meant, Agent Stoner. 587 00:37:51,090 --> 00:37:53,718 Yes, $50 would be just fine. 588 00:37:55,194 --> 00:37:58,527 Well, why not? We can put it on the expense account. 589 00:38:08,807 --> 00:38:10,172 (Darrow) Would you look at that? 590 00:38:10,376 --> 00:38:11,570 I don't believe it. 591 00:38:25,658 --> 00:38:28,354 Do you have an address for Miss Duskey? 592 00:38:29,061 --> 00:38:30,824 Yes, it's back at the office. 593 00:38:30,896 --> 00:38:33,922 An address in Minneapolis, I think. I'll want it. 594 00:38:33,999 --> 00:38:35,864 What do I do with the coffin? 595 00:38:35,935 --> 00:38:40,065 We don't want Miss Duskey to know that we're onto her, so bury it. 596 00:38:40,372 --> 00:38:42,602 And you keep your mouth shut. 597 00:38:42,675 --> 00:38:44,836 Bury it? But it's empty. 598 00:38:45,878 --> 00:38:47,140 How about that? 599 00:39:51,944 --> 00:39:53,605 Call an ambulance. 600 00:40:06,691 --> 00:40:10,991 Running away from hoodlums with a suitcase full of money and bonds. 601 00:40:11,262 --> 00:40:15,096 And then trying to throw them off by arranging my own funeral. 602 00:40:11,554 --> 00:40:14,614 When I tell it, it all sounds so melodramatic. 603 00:40:15,166 --> 00:40:18,294 Like Tom Sawyer or somebody. Huck Finn. 604 00:40:19,037 --> 00:40:20,800 That's who I meant. 605 00:40:20,972 --> 00:40:22,337 [Sighing] 606 00:40:23,041 --> 00:40:26,374 The money was mine. Joe promised it to me. 607 00:40:27,979 --> 00:40:30,004 I only took what was mine. 608 00:40:31,949 --> 00:40:34,144 And now it's all for nothing. 609 00:40:34,218 --> 00:40:36,652 Those men took every single penny. 610 00:40:37,355 --> 00:40:40,586 You were lucky you weren't hurt any worse than you were. 611 00:40:40,658 --> 00:40:42,387 [Chuckling] I have a hard head. 612 00:40:43,561 --> 00:40:47,429 I guess I'm right back where I started 10 years ago when I left Chicago. 613 00:40:47,498 --> 00:40:49,056 No, you aren't. 614 00:40:49,133 --> 00:40:52,227 You have an interest in Dad's paper. And it's doing very well. 615 00:40:52,303 --> 00:40:56,569 And you are going to come back to Longview with me and help us run it. 616 00:40:57,008 --> 00:40:59,806 So you're gonna be my kid sister whether I like it or not. 617 00:40:59,877 --> 00:41:01,572 Is that it? Yeah. 618 00:41:01,646 --> 00:41:05,639 I'm not exactly Venus de Milo and you're pretty spectacular. 619 00:41:05,717 --> 00:41:09,676 So, I figure that you'll bring all the eligible bachelors within range, 620 00:41:09,754 --> 00:41:13,315 so that I can have a better shot at picking out a nice one. 621 00:41:13,391 --> 00:41:15,256 What's wrong with him? 622 00:41:20,398 --> 00:41:23,526 Nothing. There's nothing wrong with him. 623 00:41:27,238 --> 00:41:28,865 Are you eligible? 624 00:41:30,341 --> 00:41:32,468 For everything but marriage. 625 00:41:35,213 --> 00:41:36,475 I wonder. 626 00:41:40,051 --> 00:41:42,076 (Sandra) Charlotte, come home. 627 00:41:43,121 --> 00:41:45,112 Dad and I both want that. 628 00:41:46,257 --> 00:41:47,485 [Chuckles] 629 00:41:47,759 --> 00:41:48,851 Okay. 630 00:41:49,093 --> 00:41:51,254 That's really a crummy thing to do. 631 00:41:51,329 --> 00:41:53,194 You mean I got to pay for the whole thing? 632 00:41:53,264 --> 00:41:56,233 You pulled off the case at the station in Elmira. 633 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:59,167 I'll pay you for your time and expenses up to that point. 634 00:41:59,237 --> 00:42:01,102 After that, you were working on your own. 635 00:42:01,172 --> 00:42:04,403 I went back on the case after I talked to Joe Baron. 636 00:42:04,475 --> 00:42:05,737 Did you tell me that? No. 637 00:42:05,810 --> 00:42:08,176 Did you come and say, "Sandra, I'm back on the case"? 638 00:42:08,246 --> 00:42:10,544 No, I didn't. Okay, that's it. 639 00:42:11,015 --> 00:42:13,711 All right, I think Charlotte's lying. 640 00:42:14,385 --> 00:42:16,785 I mean, those injuries aren't that bad. 641 00:42:16,854 --> 00:42:18,549 It's mostly just a nosebleed. 642 00:42:18,623 --> 00:42:20,591 I used to give myself a nosebleed in prison 643 00:42:20,658 --> 00:42:22,751 every time I wanted to get out of something. 644 00:42:23,094 --> 00:42:25,722 I think Charlotte still has the money. 645 00:42:26,431 --> 00:42:29,332 I'll give you a percentage of the recovery. 646 00:42:30,334 --> 00:42:34,828 If you think that I'm gonna fall for one of your crazy cons, you're crazy. 647 00:42:34,906 --> 00:42:38,239 All right, but just don't forget. I offered it. 648 00:43:27,959 --> 00:43:29,824 (man) All right, hold it, right there. 649 00:43:29,894 --> 00:43:31,327 (Morry) Oh, no. 650 00:43:34,265 --> 00:43:35,254 [Gun firing] 651 00:43:45,743 --> 00:43:47,142 (Rockford) Charlotte. 652 00:43:48,713 --> 00:43:50,772 500 cc's of adrenalin. Stat. 653 00:43:50,848 --> 00:43:52,213 Charlotte. 654 00:43:53,985 --> 00:43:56,783 Where's Charlotte? Take it easy, fellow. 655 00:43:57,188 --> 00:43:59,315 You've got a bad concussion. 656 00:43:59,991 --> 00:44:01,891 [Gasping] 657 00:44:04,295 --> 00:44:05,626 Charlotte. 658 00:44:07,932 --> 00:44:10,765 Take it easy. Relax. 659 00:44:11,936 --> 00:44:13,961 You're gonna be just fine. 660 00:44:15,740 --> 00:44:18,834 We'll have you out of here in a couple of weeks. 661 00:44:50,608 --> 00:44:53,168 Afternoon, Rockford. Feeling better? 662 00:44:53,611 --> 00:44:56,876 Stoner, how've you been? Rotten. 663 00:44:57,214 --> 00:44:58,704 Yeah, me, too. 664 00:44:58,950 --> 00:45:01,646 For a while there, I thought you was gonna croak. 665 00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,210 Two weeks is a long time to be in intensive care. 666 00:45:04,288 --> 00:45:07,121 Well, I was intensively injured. 667 00:45:07,758 --> 00:45:11,216 I see you're still playing with guns. What do you want? 668 00:45:11,295 --> 00:45:12,626 The money. 669 00:45:13,130 --> 00:45:16,691 You just never did really get plugged into this thing right, did you? 670 00:45:16,767 --> 00:45:18,428 You can say that again. 671 00:45:18,502 --> 00:45:20,197 I don't have the money. 672 00:45:20,271 --> 00:45:23,968 And I never thought I'd hear myself say it, but I don't want it either. 673 00:45:24,041 --> 00:45:25,599 Don't get funny with me, Rockford. 674 00:45:25,676 --> 00:45:29,305 Because I'll put a pill in you just to balance the books on that train ride. 675 00:45:29,380 --> 00:45:31,405 You don't mind if I head for home, do you? 676 00:45:31,482 --> 00:45:33,177 I'm not supposed to be out too long. 677 00:45:33,250 --> 00:45:36,913 The doctor told me to go straight home, go to bed, and no excitement. 678 00:45:36,988 --> 00:45:39,548 And I'm just not gonna let you qualify as excitement 679 00:45:39,624 --> 00:45:43,788 because I don't want to go back in there and get fed through a tube. 680 00:45:49,867 --> 00:45:53,098 It was in the coffin. You opened the coffin. 681 00:45:54,305 --> 00:45:57,741 By the time I got away from Baron's muscle, you were in the hospital. 682 00:45:57,808 --> 00:46:00,538 It was Baron's muscle that put me there. 683 00:46:01,312 --> 00:46:02,939 They got it? No. 684 00:46:03,948 --> 00:46:05,006 Who? 685 00:46:06,617 --> 00:46:08,949 You want to talk a deal, Stoner? 686 00:46:09,453 --> 00:46:10,715 Depends. 687 00:46:11,956 --> 00:46:14,550 What kind of deal? Fee? 688 00:46:15,459 --> 00:46:18,622 Contract? Percentage? Percentage. 689 00:46:20,297 --> 00:46:22,731 You give me 20% of the recovery 690 00:46:23,267 --> 00:46:25,497 and I'll tell you who's got the money. 691 00:46:25,569 --> 00:46:28,902 You got to give me your word that you're not gonna double back on me 692 00:46:28,973 --> 00:46:31,237 because I'm gonna trust you to cut me in. 693 00:46:31,308 --> 00:46:34,573 I don't have enough energy to go along on this one. 694 00:46:34,912 --> 00:46:37,574 Okay. You got my word of honor. 695 00:46:38,849 --> 00:46:40,316 Who's got it? 696 00:46:41,385 --> 00:46:43,444 Mr. Darrow, the mortician. 697 00:46:44,121 --> 00:46:45,679 You're kidding. 698 00:46:45,756 --> 00:46:48,589 I made a few calls while I was in the hospital. 699 00:46:48,659 --> 00:46:51,150 He sold the cemetery and blew town. 700 00:46:51,729 --> 00:46:54,095 How'd he find out? I don't know. 701 00:46:54,165 --> 00:46:56,133 Maybe he figured it out. 702 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,100 Maybe I tipped my hand. 703 00:46:58,369 --> 00:47:00,428 I hate to admit it, but 704 00:47:00,504 --> 00:47:03,598 I don't make as good a Treasury Agent as you do. 705 00:47:07,745 --> 00:47:10,270 Okay, 20%. 706 00:47:10,448 --> 00:47:11,915 Stop the car. 707 00:47:21,792 --> 00:47:23,657 Don't forget to write. 708 00:47:42,313 --> 00:47:43,837 You look awful. 709 00:47:44,815 --> 00:47:46,305 Yeah, I know. 710 00:47:47,384 --> 00:47:49,818 I want to hire you again. I know. 711 00:47:50,387 --> 00:47:52,514 Charlotte's disappeared again. 712 00:47:53,224 --> 00:47:55,954 I know. You know, I think you're right. 713 00:47:56,694 --> 00:47:58,286 Nobody beat up Charlotte. 714 00:47:58,362 --> 00:48:01,092 She did that to herself to throw people off the track. 715 00:48:01,165 --> 00:48:03,861 Those men are still after her, I think. 716 00:48:03,934 --> 00:48:04,992 I don't think so. 717 00:48:05,069 --> 00:48:06,934 Then why did she leave Longview? 718 00:48:07,004 --> 00:48:09,837 She went back to dig up her grave and get the money, 719 00:48:09,907 --> 00:48:11,204 but it isn't there. 720 00:48:11,675 --> 00:48:14,508 Who has it? Joe Baron has it. 721 00:48:15,179 --> 00:48:19,138 He figured it out and he sent his men back there to dig it up 722 00:48:19,416 --> 00:48:23,944 and they ripped open the casket and found it hidden in the headlining. 723 00:48:24,789 --> 00:48:28,555 And don't you go chasing after Charlotte. She's a fortune hunter. 724 00:48:28,626 --> 00:48:30,753 Believe me, I know the type. 725 00:48:30,928 --> 00:48:33,123 I should leave it alone, huh? 726 00:48:33,364 --> 00:48:36,856 Why not? I am. I'm supposed to get lots of rest, 727 00:48:37,434 --> 00:48:39,732 drinks lots of liquids, and avoid excitement. 728 00:48:39,804 --> 00:48:42,898 Do you want me to make you some chicken soup or something? 729 00:48:42,973 --> 00:48:44,270 No, thank you. 730 00:48:44,341 --> 00:48:46,935 No, I'll just make a few phone calls and go to sleep. 731 00:48:47,011 --> 00:48:50,503 You go back to Longview and cover the crime beat. 732 00:48:50,781 --> 00:48:53,841 I'll call you tomorrow when I'm feeling better. 733 00:48:55,219 --> 00:48:57,119 It happened, didn't it? 734 00:48:57,755 --> 00:49:00,053 What? I grew on you. 735 00:49:02,593 --> 00:49:04,823 Yeah, you did. 736 00:49:31,522 --> 00:49:34,457 I wonder where the hell that money really is.