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Is this on the level, Claire?

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Jim, they're trying to kill me. Please, in one hour.

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You care to answer that...

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or you want to get stuffed in a bag and planted here?

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I think I'd rather answer.

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I need you to find someone. His name is Charlie Manning.

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Tail him. He'll be looking for it, Captain.

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He's a maniac in a car. I'll never stay with him.

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How do you know till you try? I have tried two or three times.

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Try again!

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Now that he's dead, I have a pretty good motive for killing him.

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Unless the police don't know you were his snitch.

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I got city and county statutes you never heard of.

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I'll end up sending you to the showers. You got it?

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You got style, Captain. I know.

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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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Mr. Rockford, this is the Thomas Crown School.

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Of Dance and Contemporary Etiquette.

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We aren't going to call again. Now you want these free lessons, or what?

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Good afternoon, Miss Prescott. Bit of a hurry today.

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If anybody asks for me, you don't know me. Please.

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All right.

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Claire Prescott, what's her apartment number?

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I don't know. We don't have a Claire Prescott here.

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Now, come on, pop, or I'm gonna spread your teeth all over the sidewalk.

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I'm very sorry, sir, but... Come on, let's check the boxes.

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Yes?

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Miss Prescott, there are two men here.

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They're inside looking at the mailboxes for your apartment number.

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I'm going to call the police.

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No. No police, please. I'll take care of it.

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What's this check made out to me for $225.66?

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That one was a loan.

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Remember, Jimbo, you was all jammed up.

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I loaned you that for your car payments. I'm deducting it.

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Yeah, but this check bounced, Rocky. You remember I had to get the money from L. J?

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By golly, I think it did bounce. You know, you're right, Jim.

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You can't deduct it if it bounced.

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No wonder you got tax problems.

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James Rockford, private investigation and tax specialist.

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Jim, thank goodness.

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Who is this? It's Claire.

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What do you want? I'm in trouble. I need help.

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Where are you?

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We've got to meet where we used to go in one hour.

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Is this on the level, Claire?

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I remember getting some very strange phone calls.

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Jim, they're trying to kill me. Please, in one hour.

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You don't have to tell me who that was.

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Come off it, Rocky.

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It was Claire Prescott, wasn't it? Wasn't it?

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Yeah, yeah. How long has it been?

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I don't know. You tell me. What? Three years, maybe.

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Just when you was beginning to act like maybe you was gonna get married...

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she up and dropped you like you were on fire.

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No explanation, no nothing. It took you six months to get back on your pivot again.

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I'm intellectually more mature now.

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What makes you think you are?

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I didn't used to be able to unscramble your tax problems.

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You still can't.

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I can handle it now, Rocky. See you.

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Hi, Claire.

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You changed your hair.

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I even did six months as a brunette.

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You look good, Jim.

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I wanted to call you.

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At least 20 times I had that phone in my hand.

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I guess I really messed us up, didn't I?

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Can we walk?

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Hi, ladies. Remember us?

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I don't think they do. I don't think they're the same ones.

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Three years is a long time.

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It's good, isn't it?

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It feels so good being together again.

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Yeah.

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It feels good.

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How's your father? Fine.

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He never liked me. Yeah...

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probably had his reasons.

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It was hard on me, too, Jim.

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I didn't want to end us. I had to.

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Claire, let's get to the point. Why did you call?

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Who's trying to kill you? Or is anybody trying to kill you?

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You've changed. You used to be a hopeless romantic.

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I'm willing to let you off the hook for old times.

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Something went wrong. It didn't work out for us.

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We both bled a little, and now it's over.

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You want my help. Just tell me what's going on.

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That's pretty direct. That's the best way.

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That's how we got derailed last time.

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And you're really not mad, are you?

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Not anymore.

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I need you to find someone. His name is Charlie Manning.

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Why? Is that important?

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You said on the phone they were trying to kill you.

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Experience tells me that when people are trying to kill other people...

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it's usually best to get plugged into the problem up front.

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I just said that. I was afraid you wouldn't come.

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That was charitable of you.

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I do need help.

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Go to the cops. I can't.

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Then I can't help you.

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I'm not asking much. I have an address.

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All I want you to do is go there and ask for Charlie.

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He may be there. He's 6 feet tall.

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He has long brown hair with a beard.

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If he's not, talk to the bartender. He can get in touch with him.

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But you can't tell him it's me who's looking for him.

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You give him your phone number.

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When he calls you, have him call me at my hotel.

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I have the number right here.

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What are you into, Claire?

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I'm in trouble with a loan shark,

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but I can get out. I really can.

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But you've got to get Charlie in touch with me.

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I'd say "please," but maybe that would make you mad.

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I don't want to trade on anything.

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I just don't know who else to call.

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If you're being juiced by a shark, you should call a cop.

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I can't, and you've got to promise me you won't either.

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Do you promise?

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Okay, I promise.

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Will you go to the bar and try and find Charlie?

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Let me think about it.

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Please. There's no time. I know what I'm doing.

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I'll take you back to your hotel.

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No police. You promised. I'll call you.

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Becker. Becker, this is Jim Rockford.

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Can't help you, Jim.

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How do you know I want anything?

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It's not the cocktail hour, Jim. What, did you call to buy me a drink?

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Not exactly.

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Then you want something.

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Yeah. You guys got anything on a lady named Claire Prescott...

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and a guy named Charles Manning?

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What's the guy's name again? Manning, Charles Manning.

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Jim, let me run this through a computer. Hold on a moment, okay?

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Jim?

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Yeah.

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On the woman Claire Prescott.

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No wants, no warrants.

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Manning? The same.

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Jim, what's this all about? I don't know yet.

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Thanks, Dennis. I give you a rain check on the drink.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Captain Highland? This is Sgt. Becker.

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What's up? I had a call from a PI friend of mine.

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Had me run a couple of names through the computer.

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He was asking about Charles Manning and a woman named Claire Prescott.

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I thought you'd want to know.

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You got an address on this, what's his name?

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Rockford. Rockford.

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Yeah, we got a rap sheet on him. He did some time.

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Get out to where he's at. Pick him up, and get his butt in here.

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I don't want to wait too long. He might not be at home.

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He might have called from a pay phone.

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Then if he calls back, find out where he is, pick him up.

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I want him in here. I don't want any excuses.

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Yes, sir. Captain, keep your shirt on.

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Hi.

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What are you having? Scotch and water, tall glass.

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I'm trying to run down a friend of mine. So buy a truck.

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That's really funny when Hoover was President.

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I'm trying to bring it back again. Who's your friend?

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His name is Charlie Manning.

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He's about 6 foot tall, long brown hair, beard.

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Know him? That'll be 90 cents.

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The name was Charles Manning and that's $20.

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So he comes in here. Was he in tonight?

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I don't remember. Push yourself.

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Yeah, I think he was. What time?

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A couple of hours ago. Did he come in alone?

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Yep. Leave alone?

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If he should come back, would you have him give me a call?

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$20 doesn't buy much these days, does it?

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Out!

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I beg your pardon.

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I said, out. All right, I'm getting out. I'm getting out.

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Evening.

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You were asking about Charlie Manning. I was.

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I said, I was. Who are you, speedy?

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I guess there's no harm in telling.

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Usually, I don't like to spread my name around when I'm on a collection.

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But I guess it's okay with you guys...

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since we're probably in the same line of work, more or less.

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I don't know you 10 seconds, already I got a stomach-full of you.

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Number one, he asked you who you were...

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and why you was asking about Charlie Manning.

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You care to answer that...

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or you want to get stuffed in a canvas bag and planted here?

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I think I'd rather answer.

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I'm a PI.

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When things get a little slow, I do some collection work for certain loan companies.

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Which ones?

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You don't find these guys in the Yellow Pages.

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Are you trying to tell us Charlie Manning was into a loan shark?

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That's about the size of it.

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You're all through lying to us, Rockford.

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We know that's a bunch of bull...

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'cause there's no vice cop in with a Ione shy.

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Charlie Manning is a vice cop? Nobody's perfect.

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Right. Okay, Rockford, let's try again.

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Why were you asking about Manning?

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You're not going to like this at all. I don't know why.

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I don't feel too well.

209
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Let's take him to Tony.

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Come on. Let's get in the car.

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Move, move, move.

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All right. Up, up. Come on, up.

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Come on.

214
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My, my. What a refreshing change.

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Here, catch. Right-handed?

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Reach in with your left hand. Give me your gun.

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Come on.

218
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Okay. Now both of you, give me your wallets.

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Come on.

220
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Okay, now, you, reach into the car and get the keys. Move it.

221
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Now see how far you can throw them over that fence. Make sure you clear it. Go on.

222
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That's a pretty good arm.

223
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Okay, now, you first. Get under the car.

224
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Come on. You gotta be kidding.

225
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Under or I'm gonna take you off at the knees.

226
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Now, you, go on. Get under there.

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Keep going.

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If it's not going to tax your brains too much...

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I want you to close your eyes and count to 100.

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No peeking.

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What the hell are these?

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Charlie Manning is a cop. Where did you get them?

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From two guys who chased me, caught me, and tried to kill me...

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because I was asking about a cop named Manning who you never heard of before.

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Now I know you've got a good explanation.

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Capt. Highland? This is Sgt. Becker.

237
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I got Jim Rockford in the office.

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A couple of Sawtell's goons leaned on him, tipped him about Manning.

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Yeah, we'll be right down. Come on.

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You better start coming clean with me, or I'm gonna press you flat.

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I've told you all I'm gonna tell you. You come clean with me, I will with you.

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What could be fairer?

243
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Who's your client? That's privileged.

244
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Lock him up. On what charge?

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00:24:13,683 --> 00:24:15,583
We don't need a charge for 24 hours.

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All right, Captain, you go ahead and roust me...

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I've done five years. Jails don't frighten me.

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I'll check into your hotel. You can deal with my attorney.

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Listen to me, hotshot.

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00:24:25,428 --> 00:24:27,862
Charlie Manning's on a very important undercover mission.

251
00:24:27,931 --> 00:24:29,865
He's supposed to check in with me every hour.

252
00:24:29,933 --> 00:24:32,868
Right now, he's two hours overdue and that can mean a lot of things...

253
00:24:32,936 --> 00:24:34,335
all of them bad.

254
00:24:34,404 --> 00:24:38,363
If he's dead, and I can prove that you knew something that could have saved him...

255
00:24:38,441 --> 00:24:40,773
you'll be an accessory after the fact in his murder.

256
00:24:40,844 --> 00:24:43,813
No, I'm not. I'm not even gonna be a material witness...

257
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,145
unless the DA can establish me on preliminary, which he can't.

258
00:24:47,217 --> 00:24:48,684
There's no foundation.

259
00:24:48,785 --> 00:24:52,050
And he can't get me into cross-examination for the same reason.

260
00:24:52,222 --> 00:24:54,918
So thanks for the invitation, I think I'll go fishing.

261
00:24:57,928 --> 00:24:59,452
He's been around, Captain.

262
00:25:08,438 --> 00:25:09,598
Look, Rockford.

263
00:25:11,274 --> 00:25:13,708
Manning's more than just a cop to me, you see.

264
00:25:14,511 --> 00:25:18,572
I picked him out when he was a rookie. I broke him in, and I don't want to lose him.

265
00:25:19,616 --> 00:25:20,913
I'm sorry, Captain.

266
00:25:22,285 --> 00:25:24,116
Who's Claire Prescott? Is she your client?

267
00:25:24,187 --> 00:25:26,052
What's Manning involved in? What's the gig?

268
00:25:26,122 --> 00:25:27,248
I can't tell you!

269
00:25:30,060 --> 00:25:32,153
Where is she? I just want to talk to her.

270
00:25:32,295 --> 00:25:34,092
I'm sorry, Captain. Lock him up.

271
00:25:35,332 --> 00:25:36,321
Wait.

272
00:25:39,035 --> 00:25:41,503
I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll meet you halfway.

273
00:25:41,838 --> 00:25:44,363
I'll get her to come in, but I won't take you to her.

274
00:25:44,441 --> 00:25:45,430
What's the difference?

275
00:25:45,508 --> 00:25:47,874
To me there's a big difference. Take it or leave it.

276
00:25:47,944 --> 00:25:49,673
Then you get her here fast.

277
00:25:49,746 --> 00:25:52,408
That's up to her, but I'll try.

278
00:25:58,088 --> 00:26:01,182
Tail him. He'll be looking for it, Captain.

279
00:26:01,257 --> 00:26:03,452
He's a maniac in a car. I'll never stay with him.

280
00:26:03,526 --> 00:26:06,654
How do you know till you try? I have tried two or three times.

281
00:26:06,730 --> 00:26:07,754
Try again!

282
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:06,611
Yeah.

283
00:28:06,682 --> 00:28:08,775
Highland, this is Jim Rockford.

284
00:28:09,651 --> 00:28:12,916
Where are you? At the Crest Hotel near the zoo.

285
00:28:12,988 --> 00:28:14,580
You were gonna bring her back here.

286
00:28:14,656 --> 00:28:16,453
Not possible. Why not?

287
00:28:17,126 --> 00:28:20,493
She skipped. Stay where you are. You're under arrest.

288
00:28:27,770 --> 00:28:29,931
You came back here, tipped her, and she took off.

289
00:28:30,139 --> 00:28:31,936
That can't make sense even to you.

290
00:28:32,007 --> 00:28:33,702
Yes, it does. It makes a lot of sense.

291
00:28:33,776 --> 00:28:35,334
Look, I told you how it went down.

292
00:28:35,410 --> 00:28:37,571
I wanna get out of here. You're not gonna arrest me...

293
00:28:37,646 --> 00:28:39,910
because you haven't got a charge.

294
00:28:39,982 --> 00:28:41,779
I'm gonna give you a tip, buster.

295
00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:44,250
You go home, and if she calls you, you call me.

296
00:28:44,319 --> 00:28:47,288
You understand? If you don't, I'll find something for you, anything.

297
00:28:47,356 --> 00:28:49,586
I got city and county statutes you never heard of.

298
00:28:49,658 --> 00:28:51,922
I'll end up sending you to the showers. You got it?

299
00:28:51,994 --> 00:28:54,155
You got style, Captain. I know.

300
00:28:57,866 --> 00:29:00,357
He reminds me of my high-school gym coach.

301
00:29:00,435 --> 00:29:01,834
He's okay.

302
00:29:02,404 --> 00:29:04,634
He's just worried about Manning, that's all.

303
00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:08,007
For all he knows, Charlie could be dead right now.

304
00:29:08,076 --> 00:29:10,306
We don't know who Claire Prescott is.

305
00:29:11,013 --> 00:29:13,504
We don't know what her connection with Manning is.

306
00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:17,583
But if she's looking for him, then she may know something.

307
00:29:17,686 --> 00:29:19,654
Jim, you gotta help us with this.

308
00:29:20,322 --> 00:29:22,119
You gonna be following me or what?

309
00:29:22,724 --> 00:29:25,989
No. We got a couple a guys from patrol who are working off duty.

310
00:29:26,862 --> 00:29:27,851
That's great.

311
00:29:28,230 --> 00:29:30,960
Tell them I'm on my way home. I'll try not to lose them.

312
00:29:34,937 --> 00:29:35,926
Be careful.

313
00:30:11,006 --> 00:30:12,337
Where have you been?

314
00:30:12,908 --> 00:30:15,672
Did Claire call? You've been with her, ain't you?

315
00:30:15,777 --> 00:30:19,269
Rocky, when you answer a question... Look, I've been taking a nap.

316
00:30:19,514 --> 00:30:22,210
I don't know. Maybe the phone rang. I don't remember.

317
00:30:22,985 --> 00:30:24,009
Rocky.

318
00:30:24,553 --> 00:30:27,613
All right. She called about an hour ago.

319
00:30:49,511 --> 00:30:51,775
Hello? Claire, where are you?

320
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,211
Did you find Manning?

321
00:30:53,482 --> 00:30:56,576
No, but I found out about him. He's a cop, Claire.

322
00:30:57,185 --> 00:30:59,415
He's an undercover cop, and he's missing.

323
00:31:01,156 --> 00:31:02,316
How did you find out?

324
00:31:02,457 --> 00:31:04,948
Never mind how I found out. Why didn't you tell me?

325
00:31:06,528 --> 00:31:10,692
I don't know. For a lot of reasons, most of them sentimental.

326
00:31:10,766 --> 00:31:13,132
There's not a lot of room for sentiment in this.

327
00:31:13,201 --> 00:31:15,328
I got knocked around by a couple of goons...

328
00:31:15,404 --> 00:31:16,928
who work for some guy named Sawtell.

329
00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:20,270
I got a couple of cops outside here watching me through binoculars.

330
00:31:20,342 --> 00:31:24,176
And there's a police captain named Highland who is right out of a '40s movie...

331
00:31:24,246 --> 00:31:27,738
breathing all over me. So let's forget about the sentiment and clue me in.

332
00:31:29,551 --> 00:31:31,712
I'm sorry. I didn't want to get you in trouble.

333
00:31:32,287 --> 00:31:33,276
I know.

334
00:31:34,356 --> 00:31:36,847
I believe that, Claire, but somehow with us...

335
00:31:36,992 --> 00:31:39,825
it always ends up with me sucking air into my pump.

336
00:31:42,064 --> 00:31:43,429
I suppose it does.

337
00:31:44,733 --> 00:31:47,896
Why don't you tell me what's going on? Why are you in trouble?

338
00:31:49,671 --> 00:31:52,606
I will, but you won't like it. Where are you?

339
00:31:55,811 --> 00:31:58,109
You've got to promise not to bring the police.

340
00:31:58,380 --> 00:32:01,372
That may take a little doing, but I think I can arrange it.

341
00:32:01,516 --> 00:32:02,881
I'm at the White Owl Lounge.

342
00:32:02,951 --> 00:32:05,886
It's about 10 miles south of the marina on the Coast Highway.

343
00:32:06,421 --> 00:32:08,616
All right, I'll be there as soon as I can.

344
00:32:10,625 --> 00:32:13,185
I guess you know how dumb that was.

345
00:32:14,129 --> 00:32:15,323
Yeah, I know.

346
00:32:22,304 --> 00:32:25,865
Rocky, you're gonna have to help me get those two blue suits off my back.

347
00:32:25,941 --> 00:32:28,569
How do I do that? Run them out of here with a rolling pin?

348
00:32:28,643 --> 00:32:31,976
I want you to put on this blue blazer and go out and get in my car.

349
00:32:32,047 --> 00:32:35,346
Don't let them recognize you, and then take them on a tour of Santa Monica.

350
00:32:35,417 --> 00:32:36,816
It's that serious?

351
00:32:36,952 --> 00:32:40,547
Yeah, for a lot of reasons and none of them have anything to do with love.

352
00:32:40,722 --> 00:32:43,589
You're sure about that? Who's sure of anything?

353
00:32:43,658 --> 00:32:45,922
There's just an answer I never got, and I want to get it.

354
00:32:45,994 --> 00:32:47,086
Looky here, Son.

355
00:32:47,162 --> 00:32:49,630
Don't forget about that little room on the 5th floor...

356
00:32:49,698 --> 00:32:54,101
with the wire on the window, with that lousy two-way phone we had to talk through.

357
00:32:54,169 --> 00:32:56,865
I'm not gonna get beefed on this, Rocky. Trust me.

358
00:32:57,472 --> 00:33:00,441
What about all my notes? I gotta take them in Wednesday.

359
00:33:00,509 --> 00:33:02,409
When I get back, we'll finish up.

360
00:33:03,745 --> 00:33:07,237
You be careful. Take care of yourself, too.

361
00:33:47,489 --> 00:33:50,424
Hello. Jim, this is Becker.

362
00:33:50,659 --> 00:33:52,854
I thought you'd like to know.

363
00:33:52,928 --> 00:33:55,658
Charles Manning was found shot to death in a hotel room.

364
00:33:57,499 --> 00:33:59,990
Jim? Yeah, I'm here.

365
00:34:00,068 --> 00:34:01,194
Did you hear from the girl?

366
00:34:03,105 --> 00:34:04,094
No.

367
00:34:06,374 --> 00:34:08,399
Jim, you better be straight on this.

368
00:34:08,910 --> 00:34:13,847
You could end up an accessory to murder. Highland thinks she killed him.

369
00:34:15,784 --> 00:34:17,376
Thanks, Dennis.

370
00:34:59,561 --> 00:35:00,550
Hi.

371
00:35:01,463 --> 00:35:02,953
Nothing for me, thank you.

372
00:35:05,267 --> 00:35:06,495
Manning is dead.

373
00:35:07,602 --> 00:35:10,571
The cops found him shot to death in a hotel about an hour ago.

374
00:35:15,677 --> 00:35:17,542
I suppose the police think I killed him.

375
00:35:17,612 --> 00:35:19,512
I don't know what the police think.

376
00:35:19,581 --> 00:35:22,448
All I know is you sucked me into this thing, whatever it is...

377
00:35:22,517 --> 00:35:24,883
and you're playing me off against the cops.

378
00:35:25,387 --> 00:35:29,016
If you're guilty of anything, I'm an accessory after the fact.

379
00:35:29,090 --> 00:35:30,955
I'd like some answers, Claire.

380
00:35:32,694 --> 00:35:35,754
I'm sorry, Jim. I didn't mean to get you hooked up in my problems.

381
00:35:35,830 --> 00:35:38,492
That sounds nice, honey, but it's pure baloney.

382
00:35:39,834 --> 00:35:41,699
Can't you have a little faith in me?

383
00:35:42,370 --> 00:35:46,329
I'm not even sure I know you anymore. Three years ago I thought I did.

384
00:35:47,676 --> 00:35:49,837
But I don't think I knew you even then.

385
00:35:52,914 --> 00:35:56,372
Three years ago, when I called to break up, he was in the room with me.

386
00:35:56,451 --> 00:35:58,783
He made me call. Manning?

387
00:36:03,024 --> 00:36:04,013
Let's move.

388
00:36:16,938 --> 00:36:18,872
Why did Manning make you call me?

389
00:36:20,041 --> 00:36:22,100
It's hard to know where to begin.

390
00:36:22,844 --> 00:36:25,039
I was working at the restaurant and Mr. Harris had...

391
00:36:25,113 --> 00:36:26,273
just made me the hostess.

392
00:36:26,348 --> 00:36:27,576
Do you remember? Yeah.

393
00:36:30,185 --> 00:36:32,676
He wanted me to run some errands for him.

394
00:36:33,855 --> 00:36:36,585
Don't tell me you were hustling shoe boxes around town.

395
00:36:37,792 --> 00:36:39,692
Yes, stupid, huh?

396
00:36:40,128 --> 00:36:42,028
Didn't you ever look inside? No.

397
00:36:42,664 --> 00:36:44,757
No, he told me they were cash receipts.

398
00:36:45,333 --> 00:36:47,494
What was it? Numbers or narcotics?

399
00:36:49,371 --> 00:36:50,395
Narcotics.

400
00:36:51,306 --> 00:36:54,605
Charlie Manning was working the restaurant undercover as a waiter...

401
00:36:54,676 --> 00:36:55,904
and he caught me.

402
00:36:56,778 --> 00:36:59,440
Jim, I came so close to calling you and telling you.

403
00:36:59,547 --> 00:37:02,846
But he had me cold on a transporting narcotics charge.

404
00:37:02,917 --> 00:37:06,409
He said if I didn't work undercover for him, that he'd have me arrested...

405
00:37:06,788 --> 00:37:08,722
and I'd go to jail for five years.

406
00:37:10,859 --> 00:37:11,985
What's the matter?

407
00:37:12,394 --> 00:37:15,261
You should have called me. I could have saved you a lot of grief.

408
00:37:15,330 --> 00:37:19,824
But he had... Nothing, nothing. It's an old police trick.

409
00:37:20,635 --> 00:37:22,796
He didn't have a good case against you.

410
00:37:22,904 --> 00:37:26,863
Maybe he didn't have probable cause before he arrested you...

411
00:37:26,941 --> 00:37:29,739
or he violated your rights. But you can bet one thing...

412
00:37:30,578 --> 00:37:32,978
if he had a prosecutable case...

413
00:37:33,081 --> 00:37:36,016
he would have ended up booking you and fingerprinting you.

414
00:37:39,254 --> 00:37:41,745
And now that he's dead, I guess I have a pretty good motive...

415
00:37:41,823 --> 00:37:42,812
for killing him.

416
00:37:43,825 --> 00:37:47,921
Unless the police don't know you were his snitch. Did he ever tell them?

417
00:37:49,731 --> 00:37:50,993
I don't know.

418
00:37:52,167 --> 00:37:53,532
He was strange.

419
00:37:54,002 --> 00:37:57,494
He didn't talk to me like I was a person, more like I was property of his.

420
00:37:57,839 --> 00:37:59,568
He wouldn't let me be around anyone...

421
00:37:59,641 --> 00:38:02,701
unless it was people he wanted me to find out something about.

422
00:38:04,713 --> 00:38:06,704
That's why he wouldn't let me see you.

423
00:38:10,251 --> 00:38:12,617
I guess it doesn't make any difference, anyway.

424
00:38:12,954 --> 00:38:16,856
I've helped him arrest at least 30 people. If they ever found out, I'd be dead.

425
00:38:18,126 --> 00:38:20,788
If the police found out, they'd want me to testify...

426
00:38:20,862 --> 00:38:22,489
and I wouldn't live through the trial.

427
00:38:24,332 --> 00:38:25,731
What do you want me to do?

428
00:38:27,902 --> 00:38:29,096
I don't know.

429
00:38:30,672 --> 00:38:32,105
I really don't know.

430
00:38:34,342 --> 00:38:36,333
I guess I want you to believe in me.

431
00:38:38,246 --> 00:38:39,543
Do you have any money?

432
00:38:44,319 --> 00:38:46,116
I think I can get about $500.

433
00:38:49,224 --> 00:38:51,556
I want you to leave town and not come back.

434
00:38:51,626 --> 00:38:54,151
I'll call my dad. He'll bring the money.

435
00:38:56,097 --> 00:38:57,530
How come you believe me?

436
00:38:59,267 --> 00:39:00,791
I don't know, Claire.

437
00:39:03,171 --> 00:39:04,195
But I do.

438
00:39:21,589 --> 00:39:24,353
Hello? Yeah, hello. Dad?

439
00:39:25,427 --> 00:39:27,554
Rockford. Who is this?

440
00:39:28,630 --> 00:39:31,793
It's get-even time, Rockford. Who is this?

441
00:39:31,933 --> 00:39:34,800
You got my wallet. I got your old man.

442
00:39:37,572 --> 00:39:40,598
Do you hear me, Rockford? Yeah, I hear you.

443
00:39:40,842 --> 00:39:43,208
Good. Now here's how it goes.

444
00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:45,274
You want your old man. We want the girl.

445
00:39:46,714 --> 00:39:48,238
I don't know where she is.

446
00:39:48,316 --> 00:39:51,114
Then we might as well shoot him and get out of here, right?

447
00:39:51,186 --> 00:39:53,677
Look, I'd like to help you... Drop it, Rockford.

448
00:39:54,022 --> 00:39:57,514
Either we get the girl now, or you never see your old man breathing again.

449
00:39:57,592 --> 00:39:58,991
Now what's it gonna be?

450
00:40:06,468 --> 00:40:07,628
Okay. She's with me.

451
00:40:09,170 --> 00:40:11,764
I'm about 10 miles up the coast. Where?

452
00:40:12,207 --> 00:40:15,005
You want to make an exchange, we'll pick a neutral spot.

453
00:40:15,810 --> 00:40:16,799
Okay.

454
00:40:17,645 --> 00:40:20,671
There's a parking lot on the north side of the Santa Monica Pier.

455
00:40:20,748 --> 00:40:23,114
We'll see you there in half an hour. Half an hour.

456
00:40:23,251 --> 00:40:27,347
And Rockford, we see one blue suit, we're gonna put a bullet in this old jerk.

457
00:40:41,870 --> 00:40:44,304
Come on. What's wrong?

458
00:40:48,476 --> 00:40:49,636
Jim, what is it?

459
00:40:49,711 --> 00:40:52,475
The two goons who work for Sawtell have my father.

460
00:40:52,547 --> 00:40:56,244
They told me that if I didn't turn you over to them, they're gonna kill him.

461
00:40:57,285 --> 00:41:00,914
Jim, I'm so sorry. Here, there's about $40 here.

462
00:41:01,022 --> 00:41:03,957
Catch the first bus south. Get into Mexico.

463
00:41:04,926 --> 00:41:06,689
Maybe I should stay. Maybe I should...

464
00:41:06,761 --> 00:41:09,628
What? Trade yourself for my father?

465
00:41:12,767 --> 00:41:14,234
Would you do that, Claire?

466
00:41:19,641 --> 00:41:21,632
Here. You take the next bus.

467
00:44:25,926 --> 00:44:28,622
You got the girl? She's in the truck.

468
00:44:30,697 --> 00:44:33,063
Bring her here! You go get her.

469
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:36,692
I want to see my old man. Put your hands where I can see them.

470
00:44:52,986 --> 00:44:54,613
Hold it right there, Rockford.

471
00:45:03,263 --> 00:45:05,322
How you doing, Rocky? I'm okay.

472
00:45:06,166 --> 00:45:08,157
Okay, out.

473
00:45:09,770 --> 00:45:11,032
Come on, Rocky.

474
00:45:22,182 --> 00:45:23,171
Come on, Rocky.

475
00:46:20,006 --> 00:46:21,200
Watch it, Rocky.

476
00:46:59,246 --> 00:47:00,235
Come on, Rocky.

477
00:47:16,596 --> 00:47:18,223
Becker.

478
00:47:18,298 --> 00:47:21,358
We've picked up Cassell. These guys ain't talking much, Captain.

479
00:47:21,868 --> 00:47:23,893
We'll turn it all over to the DA.

480
00:47:23,970 --> 00:47:26,131
Give them the evidence. They'll all start talking.

481
00:47:26,206 --> 00:47:28,731
We'll need the girl, Rockford. I can't help you, Captain.

482
00:47:28,842 --> 00:47:31,174
She's a material witness in Manning's murder.

483
00:47:31,244 --> 00:47:32,404
She didn't see it.

484
00:47:32,579 --> 00:47:35,514
I'd like to hear that from her. You just heard it from me.

485
00:47:35,982 --> 00:47:37,108
I'm gonna bust you, hotshot.

486
00:47:37,183 --> 00:47:39,845
Everything from breaking into a store, stealing a dummy...

487
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:41,785
aiding and abetting a fugitive... Hotshot...

488
00:47:41,855 --> 00:47:45,689
you do that and I'll just let the papers in this town know about Claire Prescott...

489
00:47:45,759 --> 00:47:48,353
and how Manning turned her out. And just how was that?

490
00:47:48,428 --> 00:47:49,588
He conned her.

491
00:47:49,729 --> 00:47:53,165
We'll look at his logs. We'll see just what kind of case he had on her.

492
00:47:54,734 --> 00:47:57,897
You're in some big trouble, Rockford. I don't think so.

493
00:47:59,873 --> 00:48:03,809
Where is she? Where is she? Rockford!

494
00:48:05,145 --> 00:48:06,134
Where is she?

495
00:48:08,448 --> 00:48:09,437
Where is she?

496
00:48:10,583 --> 00:48:12,073
If you don't tell me...

497
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:13,708
Where is she?

498
00:48:14,721 --> 00:48:17,588
I'm telling you, I'm going to have charges against you.

499
00:48:18,124 --> 00:48:20,285
Rockford, where is she?

500
00:48:21,061 --> 00:48:22,050
I don't know.