1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:02,445 Stop a train with 300 people on it? 2 00:00:02,519 --> 00:00:06,182 You're a cop, Dennis. You can stop the whole Ventura Freeway at rush hour. 3 00:00:06,256 --> 00:00:07,951 You told me it wasn't even your case. 4 00:00:08,024 --> 00:00:10,288 Now you already got guys shooting at you. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:11,657 Are you a connoisseur of art? 6 00:00:11,728 --> 00:00:14,060 I had a painted turtle when I was a kid. 7 00:00:14,130 --> 00:00:15,791 Listen, you know, he looked a little kinky, 8 00:00:15,865 --> 00:00:18,060 so before he could try something, I coldcocked him. 9 00:00:18,134 --> 00:00:19,158 You coldcocked him? 10 00:00:19,235 --> 00:00:20,998 (DOG BARKING) (STAMMERING) Nice dog. 11 00:00:22,138 --> 00:00:23,969 It wouldn't be hard to convince the police 12 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,339 that I caught you breaking into my house and had to kill you. 13 00:00:31,648 --> 00:00:33,309 (PHONE RINGING) 14 00:00:35,018 --> 00:00:36,576 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. This is Jim Rockford. 15 00:00:36,653 --> 00:00:38,143 At the tone, leave your name and message. 16 00:00:38,221 --> 00:00:39,245 I'll get back to you. 17 00:00:39,322 --> 00:00:40,346 (BEEPS) 18 00:00:40,423 --> 00:00:41,822 MAN.. Tomkins at Guarantee Insurance. 19 00:00:41,891 --> 00:00:43,620 About your burglary claim? 20 00:00:43,726 --> 00:00:45,455 Major loss, all right. 21 00:00:45,528 --> 00:00:46,825 Funny, you remembered to file, 22 00:00:46,896 --> 00:00:49,421 but you didn't remember to pay your premium. 23 00:01:44,687 --> 00:01:47,019 NEJMAN: I had no idea you had this one. 24 00:01:48,024 --> 00:01:50,925 This is still a cause clebre in Paris. Very clever thieves. 25 00:01:50,994 --> 00:01:53,622 They came in through the museum skylight, I believe. 26 00:01:53,696 --> 00:01:55,664 How'd you manage to get it out of the country? 27 00:01:55,732 --> 00:01:59,361 I wanna sell all of these as soon as possible and at a good price. 28 00:01:59,435 --> 00:02:03,132 (CHUCKLES) Unfortunately, not for what they're worth, Mr. Stabila. 29 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:06,232 I'm sure you're aware that the authorities have become much more severe 30 00:02:06,309 --> 00:02:08,243 in prosecuting collectors of stolen art. 31 00:02:08,311 --> 00:02:11,144 Save the fright stories for your Texas suckers, Nejman. 32 00:02:11,214 --> 00:02:13,774 Bring me a good deaI or I get another dealer. 33 00:02:14,317 --> 00:02:16,410 Why are you selling, if I may ask? 34 00:02:17,387 --> 00:02:19,116 Perhaps other investments? 35 00:02:19,756 --> 00:02:21,280 The Shang-Yin vase? 36 00:02:21,758 --> 00:02:25,319 There've been rumors. The Shang-Yin was grabbed by clowns. 37 00:02:25,795 --> 00:02:27,285 They killed a guard, 38 00:02:27,463 --> 00:02:29,727 brought in all kinds of trouble I don't need. 39 00:02:29,799 --> 00:02:31,926 It's so beautiful, Mr. Stabila. 40 00:02:32,702 --> 00:02:34,829 Three thousand years old. 41 00:02:35,772 --> 00:02:37,706 I'm just looking to make sixty. 42 00:02:38,174 --> 00:02:40,335 Are you here for business or gossip? 43 00:03:17,013 --> 00:03:20,073 Don't move, Rockford. End of the line. 44 00:03:20,383 --> 00:03:23,250 All right now, easy. Hold it. Let's talk, pal. 45 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:24,445 You've made a mistake. 46 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,420 Wouldn't be my first one. 47 00:03:29,092 --> 00:03:32,391 Brennan? Brennan! 48 00:03:32,462 --> 00:03:35,590 In the flesh. And then some. How you been, Jimmy? 49 00:03:35,665 --> 00:03:37,360 What are you doing here? 50 00:03:37,433 --> 00:03:39,958 It's the Christmas trees. We want them back. 51 00:03:40,036 --> 00:03:44,370 Oh, well, I think the statute of limitations ran out about 25 years ago. 52 00:03:44,974 --> 00:03:46,839 Come on in. (LAUGHING) Okay. 53 00:03:59,689 --> 00:04:01,384 (MAN CHATTERING) 54 00:04:20,209 --> 00:04:22,769 Colonel Willoughby. Yeah. 55 00:04:22,845 --> 00:04:25,473 ''It behooves you men to remember 56 00:04:25,548 --> 00:04:29,780 ''that South Korea is a state of freedom 57 00:04:30,053 --> 00:04:34,615 ''and the 38th parallel is only a state of mind.'' Of mind. That's it. 58 00:04:34,690 --> 00:04:36,180 Yeah, I remember him. 59 00:04:37,393 --> 00:04:38,951 Oh, yeah. 60 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:45,157 I'm telling you, 61 00:04:45,968 --> 00:04:48,937 when a guy realizes that the high point of his life 62 00:04:49,005 --> 00:04:50,836 is going to war... 63 00:04:50,907 --> 00:04:53,501 Oh, come on, now. It's not all that bad. 64 00:04:53,576 --> 00:04:57,034 Oh, no, no. No, there's been some real good years in there. 65 00:04:58,081 --> 00:05:00,549 For about eight years, I worked for a collection agency. 66 00:05:00,616 --> 00:05:02,413 I was climbing right up the ladder 67 00:05:02,485 --> 00:05:04,009 and the company went bankrupt. 68 00:05:04,087 --> 00:05:06,817 So Brennan was on the streets. 69 00:05:07,190 --> 00:05:10,887 Is that when you became an auctioneer? 70 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,450 No, no. There was... 71 00:05:13,629 --> 00:05:18,760 five or six years in there that I was a freelance insurance company flunky. 72 00:05:18,835 --> 00:05:21,099 (CHUCKLING) What happened to that one? 73 00:05:21,938 --> 00:05:24,236 Couldn't pay my racetrack bets. 74 00:05:26,275 --> 00:05:28,300 So they locked my door and... 75 00:05:29,212 --> 00:05:31,009 I was on the streets again. 76 00:05:31,247 --> 00:05:33,477 Well, you know what I think? 77 00:05:33,749 --> 00:05:36,479 I think all you need is a little R and R. 78 00:05:37,153 --> 00:05:38,780 You know, get a few days of sun, 79 00:05:38,855 --> 00:05:42,291 get rid of that New York whitefish look. 80 00:05:42,358 --> 00:05:43,586 Yeah. 81 00:05:43,659 --> 00:05:46,992 Hey, I know what you can do. You can stay here. 82 00:05:47,063 --> 00:05:50,191 I'm gonna be gone for a few days. You can use my place. 83 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:51,824 (STAMMERING) Well, where you going? 84 00:05:51,901 --> 00:05:54,961 Oh, well, it's something I've been putting off too long. 85 00:05:55,371 --> 00:05:57,396 My dad and I are going fishing, 86 00:05:57,473 --> 00:05:59,737 camping up in the high country. 87 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:04,068 Hey, come on now. Hey, pal, I owe you one. 88 00:06:04,747 --> 00:06:06,840 Boy, I admired your style. 89 00:06:07,316 --> 00:06:09,477 I mean, any 20-year-old CorporaI 90 00:06:09,552 --> 00:06:12,487 who will smuggle in a Christmas party 91 00:06:13,589 --> 00:06:17,047 and disguise himself as an Intelligence Officer, 92 00:06:17,126 --> 00:06:18,684 you can't bust a guy like that! 93 00:06:18,761 --> 00:06:22,891 Hey, I'm gratefuI that you didn't. I really am, all right? 94 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:27,493 The guard house in SeouI would've really put a damper on my Christmas. 95 00:06:45,688 --> 00:06:48,054 Oh, I'm telling you, Al. Hey, I've gotta get some sleep. 96 00:06:48,124 --> 00:06:49,591 Really, I am bushed. Come on. 97 00:06:49,659 --> 00:06:51,024 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 98 00:06:55,598 --> 00:06:57,657 Come on. That could be opportunity. 99 00:06:57,733 --> 00:06:59,826 Al, hey, Al, don't. 100 00:07:02,872 --> 00:07:04,339 Mr. Rockford? 101 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:06,671 He died in the big one, honey. 102 00:07:06,742 --> 00:07:08,835 I'm Jim Rockford, miss. 103 00:07:08,911 --> 00:07:10,242 MARCY: I need your help. 104 00:07:10,313 --> 00:07:12,873 My sister, Linda. Something's happened to her. 105 00:07:12,949 --> 00:07:15,179 It's awfully early in the morning. 106 00:07:15,251 --> 00:07:17,446 Do you think you could come back just a little later this morning? 107 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,954 Never mind him, honey. Come on. Come on in. 108 00:07:20,022 --> 00:07:24,118 Come on. You're just in time for the sunrise services. 109 00:07:29,832 --> 00:07:31,459 She just went in the trailer. 110 00:07:31,734 --> 00:07:33,668 Now you got the license number? 111 00:07:33,869 --> 00:07:37,327 WOMAN ON PHONE.. Right, Mr. Aarons. PCE 178. 112 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:38,998 Right. Okay. 113 00:07:39,175 --> 00:07:41,541 ROCKFORD: Your sister's very attractive. 114 00:07:43,145 --> 00:07:46,046 It's the only recent one I've got. Taken about four months ago. 115 00:07:46,115 --> 00:07:49,346 Yeah. Well, look, Marcy, why don't you give it a couple of days, huh? 116 00:07:49,418 --> 00:07:51,409 Your sister'll probably show up. 117 00:07:51,988 --> 00:07:54,513 Maybe she just ducked away with a boyfriend. 118 00:07:54,690 --> 00:07:57,215 Linda have a boyfriend? John Stabila. 119 00:07:57,893 --> 00:08:00,726 You must know him. Main man type, big and rich. 120 00:08:00,796 --> 00:08:04,732 When I talked to her last, she'd found out he was doing something illegal. 121 00:08:05,101 --> 00:08:06,966 Like what? I don't know. 122 00:08:07,036 --> 00:08:09,095 But I do know I haven't heard from her since. 123 00:08:09,171 --> 00:08:12,197 And Linda's a real phone freak. She calls me every day. 124 00:08:12,475 --> 00:08:14,943 This guy, Stabila. You think he killed her? 125 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,407 (STAMMERING) Brennan's seen too many movies. 126 00:08:19,482 --> 00:08:24,749 Have you been to Stabila's house and asked where your sister is? 127 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:26,378 I was afraid to. 128 00:08:26,722 --> 00:08:29,850 I figured it would be bad for him to know somebody was looking. 129 00:08:29,925 --> 00:08:32,359 You did the right thing. Yeah. 130 00:08:32,962 --> 00:08:35,089 Oh, listen, don't worry now. You're among friends here. 131 00:08:35,164 --> 00:08:38,190 Marcy, you know, most missing persons 132 00:08:38,267 --> 00:08:40,360 are people who don't wanna be found. 133 00:08:40,436 --> 00:08:42,802 That's why I don't ordinarily take on this kind of work. 134 00:08:42,872 --> 00:08:45,670 But there are a lot of good investigators who do. 135 00:08:46,042 --> 00:08:49,603 My partner won't take the case, I will. 136 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:53,244 Well, I don't know. I didn't realize you had a partner. 137 00:08:53,316 --> 00:08:54,943 We work together all the time. 138 00:08:55,017 --> 00:08:58,418 Brennan, could I talk to you for a minute, huh? 139 00:08:58,487 --> 00:09:00,785 Would you excuse us, Marcy? 140 00:09:05,294 --> 00:09:09,594 Brennan, this lady came here with some bad dreams. She's not just another score. 141 00:09:09,665 --> 00:09:10,791 I know that. 142 00:09:10,866 --> 00:09:15,132 You also know as much about PI work as I know about open heart surgery. 143 00:09:15,204 --> 00:09:18,230 So lay off. Is that an order, CorporaI? 144 00:09:18,774 --> 00:09:22,301 Now listen, don't start feeling sorry for me, pal. 145 00:09:24,046 --> 00:09:26,276 It's something, Jim. I need something. 146 00:09:26,682 --> 00:09:28,843 I've looked through a lot of keyholes in my time. 147 00:09:28,918 --> 00:09:30,749 I mean, what's the difference? Back in Brooklyn... 148 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:33,015 In this city, you need a license. 149 00:09:33,089 --> 00:09:35,284 How'd you come by yours? 150 00:09:35,358 --> 00:09:37,622 We all got to start someplace, don't we? 151 00:09:37,693 --> 00:09:39,786 Listen, I'm just gonna talk to her. 152 00:09:39,862 --> 00:09:41,420 Maybe I can help her. 153 00:10:02,551 --> 00:10:04,917 Rockford? Yeah? 154 00:10:11,293 --> 00:10:13,386 IRS, huh? 155 00:10:15,331 --> 00:10:18,198 BRENNAN: Yeah. Well, yeah. It takes time, you know. 156 00:10:18,367 --> 00:10:20,961 I can't get too close or he takes my picture. That'd blow everything. 157 00:10:21,036 --> 00:10:23,869 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) Yeah. Yeah, I gotta go. 158 00:10:23,939 --> 00:10:25,702 I'm gonna work it out. Trust me. 159 00:10:25,775 --> 00:10:27,402 Okay. 160 00:10:28,811 --> 00:10:31,177 I've been trying to get in touch with you for two hours. 161 00:10:31,247 --> 00:10:32,942 Oh, I had a lot of phone calls to make. 162 00:10:33,015 --> 00:10:34,642 Yeah. Like to the IRS, huh? 163 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:38,175 Checking on John Stabila using my name and my PI license number. 164 00:10:38,254 --> 00:10:39,551 They came back on you, huh? 165 00:10:39,622 --> 00:10:43,149 Oh, you might say that, yeah. They threatened to audit me for the past seven years. 166 00:10:43,225 --> 00:10:45,659 Ooh! You're clean, aren't you, Jim? 167 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:47,696 Brennan, nobody is clean. 168 00:10:47,763 --> 00:10:50,755 If the auditor doesn't find anything, they take his pencils away. 169 00:10:50,833 --> 00:10:53,461 But that's not really the point. I'm very sorry, Jimmy. 170 00:10:53,536 --> 00:10:55,663 But that girl needs help. Yeah. Well, so do you. 171 00:10:55,738 --> 00:10:58,400 I'm not particularly interested in standing around in the stable 172 00:10:58,474 --> 00:11:01,034 while you go to the FBI and the CIA, saying, 173 00:11:01,110 --> 00:11:02,805 ''Hi, I'm Jim Rockford.'' 174 00:11:02,878 --> 00:11:05,369 Has that girI paid you anything yet? Yes. 175 00:11:05,448 --> 00:11:08,042 $1,000 in advance plus fringe benefits. 176 00:11:08,117 --> 00:11:09,641 Yeah. Well, you're giving it back to her. 177 00:11:09,718 --> 00:11:12,710 I can't. I lost it. On the horses. 178 00:11:12,788 --> 00:11:15,188 Oh, Brennan, you are a sweetheart. 179 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:18,420 You get on your little white charger, you grab her purse, 180 00:11:18,494 --> 00:11:19,984 and then you head for the $100 window. 181 00:11:20,062 --> 00:11:22,360 Oh, now hold it, now. Come on. It's not exactly like that. 182 00:11:22,431 --> 00:11:24,296 It was an old debt to my bookie. 183 00:11:24,366 --> 00:11:27,028 I had to give him something. He would've had me on crutches. 184 00:11:27,102 --> 00:11:28,569 I'm going to earn it. 185 00:11:28,637 --> 00:11:31,037 You know, I'm not exactly what you would call a total greenie 186 00:11:31,106 --> 00:11:33,631 when it comes to investigatory experience. Oh? 187 00:11:33,709 --> 00:11:35,609 I'll find Linda. How? 188 00:11:36,479 --> 00:11:39,039 Well, uh, the direct approach, maybe. 189 00:11:39,114 --> 00:11:42,311 I'll stake out Stabila's house and I'll move in for a little night reconnaissance. 190 00:11:42,384 --> 00:11:44,511 In peacetime, they call that breaking and entering. 191 00:11:44,587 --> 00:11:46,612 Not to mention the fact that's exactly 192 00:11:46,689 --> 00:11:49,021 what your client asked you not to do. 193 00:11:52,328 --> 00:11:54,296 Well, what're you gonna do now? 194 00:11:54,363 --> 00:11:58,663 I'm gonna get you out of this, and quickly. Like the good buddy I am. 195 00:11:58,934 --> 00:12:02,131 In 48 hours from now, I plan to be sitting by a campfire, 196 00:12:02,204 --> 00:12:03,671 not in the slammer. 197 00:12:03,739 --> 00:12:06,367 I'm gonna wrap this whole thing up once and for all. 198 00:12:06,442 --> 00:12:08,034 County Courthouse. 199 00:12:08,110 --> 00:12:11,011 Yeah, the Title Certificate Transfer Department, please. 200 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,379 You know, you're only doing this because you feel like you owe me. 201 00:12:14,450 --> 00:12:16,281 I don't like that. You don't have to like it. 202 00:12:16,352 --> 00:12:19,344 Just stay out from under my feet. Sure. Sure. 203 00:12:19,722 --> 00:12:23,351 But you know, I'm really gonna try to learn everything I can. 204 00:12:26,929 --> 00:12:29,921 MARKELL: ''KLEU TV.'' I'm sorry, Mr. Rockton, 205 00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:32,661 but our customers' records are confidential. 206 00:12:32,735 --> 00:12:35,568 Mr. Markell, John Stabila is under investigation 207 00:12:35,638 --> 00:12:38,038 by the SEC, the FTC, 208 00:12:38,173 --> 00:12:44,009 FHA, SBA, and every other letter in the alphabet including KLEU TV. 209 00:12:44,079 --> 00:12:45,603 Well, this is a real estate company. 210 00:12:45,681 --> 00:12:47,979 We have nothing to do with that. We just sold him a house. 211 00:12:48,050 --> 00:12:52,282 And next you tell me you unload a $750,000 palace 212 00:12:52,354 --> 00:12:55,755 without ever checking the client's every dime and penny, right? 213 00:12:58,394 --> 00:13:00,658 His financial statement. That's all we want. 214 00:13:00,729 --> 00:13:02,629 Oh, I can't do that, Mr. Rockton. 215 00:13:02,698 --> 00:13:04,928 And if you want, I'll be glad 216 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,161 to call your superior and tell him the same thing. 217 00:13:07,236 --> 00:13:08,362 You do that. 218 00:13:08,437 --> 00:13:11,463 As a matter of fact, let me. Do you mind? 219 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:14,703 I tell you, these assignment editors, 220 00:13:14,777 --> 00:13:17,245 they stay awake at night keeping you busy. 221 00:13:18,781 --> 00:13:21,306 (PHONE RINGING) 222 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:23,248 Hi, Marge. 223 00:13:23,552 --> 00:13:26,612 You sound a little testy this morning. 224 00:13:27,523 --> 00:13:32,654 Yeah, well, burn the memo and let me talk to the Gargoyle, will you? 225 00:13:39,101 --> 00:13:40,625 Yeah, well, that's what he says. 226 00:13:40,703 --> 00:13:43,365 Yeah, he can't give us anything. You wanna talk to him? 227 00:13:43,439 --> 00:13:44,701 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. This is Jim Rockford. 228 00:13:44,773 --> 00:13:46,104 At the tone, leave your name and... 229 00:13:46,175 --> 00:13:47,836 Yeah. Oh, hey... 230 00:13:48,544 --> 00:13:50,273 Les, give me a break, will you? 231 00:13:50,346 --> 00:13:53,076 How many stories do you want out of one day, huh? 232 00:13:54,550 --> 00:13:57,383 Yeah. All right. What do I care? 233 00:13:57,453 --> 00:13:59,887 Right. Okay. Right. 234 00:14:01,090 --> 00:14:03,149 Go load up your camera, Brennan. Huh? 235 00:14:03,225 --> 00:14:07,025 Yeah. And tell Tony to spool up his little sound box and bring it in. 236 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:09,257 This is just a job. I hope you understand that. 237 00:14:09,331 --> 00:14:11,390 Come on. Move it, Brennan! Move it! You bet. 238 00:14:11,467 --> 00:14:14,265 Spool and everything. Yeah. That's what you want. 239 00:14:15,504 --> 00:14:18,940 We have our quotas just like you do, I'm sure. 240 00:14:19,008 --> 00:14:21,841 While I'm here, Les wants me to ask a few questions. 241 00:14:22,378 --> 00:14:23,675 About what? 242 00:14:23,746 --> 00:14:27,477 Oh, in general, the real estate business. 243 00:14:27,549 --> 00:14:30,746 In specific, that... 244 00:14:30,819 --> 00:14:34,414 redevelopment project you're into over on the east side. 245 00:14:34,490 --> 00:14:36,583 That's a city project. Yeah. 246 00:14:36,892 --> 00:14:39,326 But it's all those cost overruns. 247 00:14:39,395 --> 00:14:41,625 Oh, that's good stuff for the 1 1 :00. 248 00:14:44,433 --> 00:14:46,230 I won't allow an interview. 249 00:14:46,568 --> 00:14:48,866 Well, you just suit yourself. 250 00:14:48,937 --> 00:14:51,428 We'll do the story, anyway. And then we'll end the whole thing 251 00:14:51,507 --> 00:14:54,169 with ''Mr. Markell had no comment.'' 252 00:14:54,376 --> 00:14:56,367 I'll call your editor myself. What's his name? 253 00:14:56,445 --> 00:15:00,211 Oh, Les Carter. It's the same number as on the card there. 254 00:15:00,683 --> 00:15:04,380 Mr. Markell, if I could give you a little advice. 255 00:15:04,687 --> 00:15:06,746 Do not come on righteous. 256 00:15:07,389 --> 00:15:10,790 He is a bear with a nose for beehives. 257 00:15:15,564 --> 00:15:17,464 If I give you the Stabila file, 258 00:15:17,533 --> 00:15:19,592 will you promise me confidentiality? 259 00:15:20,202 --> 00:15:22,932 I'll try. Oh, no, you'll have to do better than try. 260 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:27,066 You'll have to promise me that you won't mention me or this company by name. 261 00:15:27,710 --> 00:15:29,109 You got it. 262 00:15:29,178 --> 00:15:32,272 You'll be termed a reliable source. 263 00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:38,149 (SIGHS) 264 00:15:42,124 --> 00:15:43,887 Barbara? Yes, Mr. Markell. 265 00:15:43,959 --> 00:15:47,486 Bring in the John Stabila file, please. Right away, sir. 266 00:16:01,410 --> 00:16:04,573 I still can't get over it. It was beautiful. Beautiful. 267 00:16:04,646 --> 00:16:06,113 Well, try, will you? 268 00:16:06,181 --> 00:16:07,978 I'm due in the Sierras tomorrow night. 269 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,745 Now, all this bouquet tossing is nice, 270 00:16:09,818 --> 00:16:11,615 but it's starting to eat into my time. 271 00:16:11,687 --> 00:16:14,918 Now, the Bureau of Records and Vital Statistics is on the third floor, 272 00:16:14,990 --> 00:16:17,720 just give my name to Teddy. And give him at least fifty. 273 00:16:17,793 --> 00:16:18,885 He's got pride. 274 00:16:18,961 --> 00:16:20,087 Yeah. Okay. But you know, I wish you'd give me 275 00:16:20,162 --> 00:16:23,063 something more challenging to do than just gather papers on Stabila. 276 00:16:23,132 --> 00:16:26,727 Al, what do you think private investigating is, huh? 277 00:16:26,802 --> 00:16:29,270 Ninety percent of it is papers, 278 00:16:29,338 --> 00:16:32,068 libraries, government offices. It is? 279 00:16:32,141 --> 00:16:36,043 Yeah. Now you just earn your paper gathering merit badge, 280 00:16:36,111 --> 00:16:37,874 then we'll talk about challenges. 281 00:16:37,946 --> 00:16:42,406 Now I'll meet you tonight at the Paddock Club Restaurant at 9:00 282 00:16:42,484 --> 00:16:45,544 and bring Marcy, huh? Okay. Where you gonna be? 283 00:16:45,888 --> 00:16:46,877 Well... 284 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:53,285 we know that Stabila has a 50 foot boat. Right? 285 00:16:53,362 --> 00:16:55,159 A girl like Linda, 286 00:16:55,230 --> 00:16:58,063 she might get lost on there. Somewhere. 287 00:17:29,731 --> 00:17:31,858 This John Stabila's boat? 288 00:17:35,404 --> 00:17:36,996 Is he around? 289 00:17:43,245 --> 00:17:45,577 Permission to come aboard. MAN: Skipper! 290 00:17:46,381 --> 00:17:49,009 Hey, no visitors, mister! Off the boat! 291 00:17:49,084 --> 00:17:51,575 Jim Telford. Neptune Insurance. 292 00:17:51,653 --> 00:17:53,644 Pleasure to meet you, Captain... 293 00:17:53,722 --> 00:17:55,280 Hulette. Ah. 294 00:17:55,357 --> 00:17:57,985 What's your business here? I'm an appraiser. 295 00:17:58,093 --> 00:18:01,324 Mr. Stabila has applied for additional coverage on the boat. 296 00:18:01,396 --> 00:18:03,626 Never said anything to me about it. 297 00:18:03,699 --> 00:18:07,191 This a 48 foot Pace, huh? 298 00:18:07,803 --> 00:18:10,601 It's the best craft they ever made. 299 00:18:10,672 --> 00:18:11,661 That's correct. 300 00:18:11,740 --> 00:18:17,269 Yeah. Hey, I like the modification of the bridge up here. 301 00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:19,541 Very nice. Yes, sir. 302 00:18:19,615 --> 00:18:21,981 Days like this make my job worthwhile. 303 00:18:22,050 --> 00:18:23,813 They're all too rare. Thank you. 304 00:18:23,886 --> 00:18:26,480 They got twin Cummins down below? Yeah. 305 00:18:26,555 --> 00:18:28,523 It's a beautiful power plant. Yeah. 306 00:18:28,590 --> 00:18:31,957 Oh, well, some people prefer the Vincent, but... No comparison. 307 00:18:32,027 --> 00:18:34,052 None. Not in a big blow. No, sir. 308 00:18:34,129 --> 00:18:36,222 Well, what do you have to look at? 309 00:18:36,298 --> 00:18:38,323 Oh, the general conditions of the quarters, 310 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,664 your log for the past year to determine usage, 311 00:18:40,736 --> 00:18:45,503 and whatever trips you may be planning so we'll have some input to the possibles. 312 00:18:47,509 --> 00:18:49,204 Well, step this way. 313 00:18:49,311 --> 00:18:52,212 Yeah, well, it doesn't look like there's any trouble here, Captain. No, sir. 314 00:18:52,281 --> 00:18:55,216 Beautiful vessel. Everything looks ship-shape. 315 00:19:24,079 --> 00:19:25,842 Take a right up here on the next corner. 316 00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:28,610 You said Allied Insurance Tower. It's the other way. 317 00:19:28,684 --> 00:19:30,413 Who's paying this fare? 318 00:19:32,020 --> 00:19:33,578 We got a tail on us... 319 00:19:34,589 --> 00:19:36,523 I didn't notice nobody. 320 00:19:36,992 --> 00:19:38,425 Pal, back where I come from, 321 00:19:38,493 --> 00:19:41,326 they'd take your horn away and give you 10 years to South Bronx. 322 00:19:41,396 --> 00:19:43,626 Don't worry, I can lose him. 323 00:19:44,199 --> 00:19:45,860 I can't afford the gas. 324 00:19:47,803 --> 00:19:50,203 Hey, pull up at this building right here. 325 00:20:40,455 --> 00:20:41,820 Okay, pal. 326 00:20:41,890 --> 00:20:44,620 You got exactly twelve stories to tell me yours. 327 00:21:00,940 --> 00:21:04,376 Why was this guy following you? He wouldn't say. 328 00:21:04,444 --> 00:21:06,571 I couldn't get anything out of him. 329 00:21:06,746 --> 00:21:08,543 Listen, you know, he looked a little kinky, 330 00:21:08,615 --> 00:21:11,106 so before he could try something, I coldcocked him. 331 00:21:11,184 --> 00:21:13,709 You coldcocked him? Yeah. 332 00:21:14,988 --> 00:21:16,455 What about his ID? 333 00:21:16,523 --> 00:21:17,820 He didn't have anything on him. 334 00:21:17,891 --> 00:21:20,917 Anyway, that's the reason I'm late. I'm sorry, Jim. 335 00:21:20,994 --> 00:21:22,154 It was Stabila. 336 00:21:22,228 --> 00:21:24,355 He tumbled on to the fact that you're after him. 337 00:21:24,431 --> 00:21:27,025 (STUTTERING) No, no. Believe me, it wasn't him. 338 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:31,036 What's this about Stabila's boat heading for Mexico on Saturday? 339 00:21:31,104 --> 00:21:33,664 Oh, the captain's log shows it's just another fishing trip. 340 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:37,369 But what makes you so sure that it wasn't Stabila on your taiI? 341 00:21:37,444 --> 00:21:39,378 Look at the picture. On the license here. 342 00:21:39,446 --> 00:21:42,381 All that stuff I got from your friend, Teddy at City Hall. 343 00:21:42,449 --> 00:21:44,212 Did you give him the fifty? 344 00:21:44,651 --> 00:21:46,084 (HESITATING) Yeah. 345 00:21:48,288 --> 00:21:52,622 There's nothing here more than what Markell gave us. 346 00:21:52,692 --> 00:21:56,219 Other than the fact that maybe Stabila's a lot richer than we thought he was. 347 00:21:56,296 --> 00:21:58,958 Who's Markell? He's a guy who owns a real estate company. 348 00:21:59,032 --> 00:22:02,468 Sold Stabila a house for three quarters of a million dollars cash, 349 00:22:02,535 --> 00:22:06,027 50o/o down. And the collateraI was a boat 350 00:22:06,106 --> 00:22:10,099 that's worth $250,000 and some kind of art collection. 351 00:22:10,176 --> 00:22:11,666 How did you find all that out? 352 00:22:11,744 --> 00:22:13,075 It's part of the business. 353 00:22:13,146 --> 00:22:15,478 Excuse me. I'll just freshen up. 354 00:22:16,216 --> 00:22:20,744 I'm glad I was lucky to find you both. For Linda's sake. 355 00:22:23,189 --> 00:22:25,589 She is a nice lady. 356 00:22:27,060 --> 00:22:29,221 Does she sound like Switzerland to you? 357 00:22:29,295 --> 00:22:30,284 Hmm? 358 00:22:30,463 --> 00:22:32,590 Well, before you got here, she was telling me 359 00:22:32,665 --> 00:22:36,192 how she and Linda went to Switzerland for schooling. 360 00:22:36,269 --> 00:22:38,669 So? Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but... 361 00:22:39,606 --> 00:22:41,597 I don't know. A girl who went to Switzerland, 362 00:22:41,674 --> 00:22:44,802 she comes on with a lot of terms 363 00:22:44,878 --> 00:22:47,574 like ''tumbling'' and ''main man type.'' 364 00:22:48,314 --> 00:22:49,906 You want her to yodel? 365 00:22:50,483 --> 00:22:53,577 I mean, come on, Jim. You know, I mean, it's a new world out there. 366 00:22:53,653 --> 00:22:56,918 These rich kids today, they want to sound like street folks. 367 00:23:00,026 --> 00:23:01,755 Hey, here's something new. 368 00:23:01,828 --> 00:23:04,558 Stabila's a citizen of Canada. 369 00:23:05,064 --> 00:23:07,897 You want my opinion? No. 370 00:23:08,735 --> 00:23:11,101 Okay. That's it. 371 00:23:12,172 --> 00:23:14,231 I've had it. What's the matter with you? 372 00:23:14,307 --> 00:23:16,002 You give me nothing but busy work to do. 373 00:23:16,075 --> 00:23:18,066 You send me down to the courthouse to get the papers from Teddy. 374 00:23:18,144 --> 00:23:21,307 You say, ''Wait at the motel.'' You say, ''Meet me at the Paddock Club Restaurant!'' 375 00:23:21,381 --> 00:23:25,112 You may be a pro, buddy, but I am no klutz! Al, will you sit down, huh? 376 00:23:25,185 --> 00:23:27,346 Just sit down. 377 00:23:29,856 --> 00:23:33,257 Okay, okay, maybe I'm nowhere, professionally speaking. 378 00:23:33,893 --> 00:23:35,383 You got a program? 379 00:23:35,461 --> 00:23:38,157 I think it's time we hit Stabila with a patrol. 380 00:23:38,565 --> 00:23:39,691 I'll handle it. 381 00:23:39,766 --> 00:23:42,200 Right idea, wrong man. I know you, Al. 382 00:23:42,268 --> 00:23:44,998 You'll start lobbing grenades just to stir things up. 383 00:23:45,071 --> 00:23:48,529 Now, I'm not exactly tossing you into a featherbed. 384 00:23:48,608 --> 00:23:50,439 I want you to check out what Marcy said. 385 00:23:50,510 --> 00:23:52,774 Linda, Switzerland, their whole background. 386 00:23:52,845 --> 00:23:55,905 Maybe it'll give us some clues on Linda's behavior, huh? 387 00:23:56,783 --> 00:24:00,150 Yeah, I could sink my teeth into that. 388 00:24:10,263 --> 00:24:13,721 MAN ON SPEAKER.. Yo, Stabila, there's a guy just sitting out front in his car. 389 00:24:14,033 --> 00:24:15,830 Fair, but not good. 390 00:24:15,902 --> 00:24:19,099 The Picasso, the Matisse, I expect much more. 391 00:24:19,172 --> 00:24:21,572 The market, Mr. Stabila, as I told you... 392 00:24:21,874 --> 00:24:23,364 Find a better market. 393 00:24:23,443 --> 00:24:26,276 For the Shang-Yin, I could get at least three million. 394 00:24:26,346 --> 00:24:28,746 Sell what you've got. Okay. 395 00:24:31,351 --> 00:24:33,876 That man out in the car watching the house? 396 00:24:33,987 --> 00:24:36,683 His name's Rockford. He's a private investigator. 397 00:24:36,756 --> 00:24:38,747 Bring him out to the workshop. 398 00:25:04,517 --> 00:25:07,509 Mr. Stabila would like to see you. Who? 399 00:25:07,954 --> 00:25:10,184 Don't try and be funny, Mr. Rockford. 400 00:25:10,256 --> 00:25:12,224 Believe me, I'm not laughing. 401 00:25:15,895 --> 00:25:18,022 All right. All right. Nice dog. 402 00:25:19,465 --> 00:25:21,296 (DOG BARKING) (STAMMERING) Nice dog. 403 00:25:22,969 --> 00:25:25,529 No, Tristan! No! 404 00:25:29,409 --> 00:25:31,400 He won't hurt you, Mr. Rockford, 405 00:25:32,045 --> 00:25:34,104 as long as you don't move suddenly. 406 00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:36,148 Well, you're looking at a rock. 407 00:25:37,417 --> 00:25:39,681 You make those decoys? It's nice work. 408 00:25:44,590 --> 00:25:46,217 Why are you spying on my house? 409 00:25:46,292 --> 00:25:48,260 Oh, well, I was trying to explain that to your pal here. 410 00:25:48,328 --> 00:25:50,853 I was just parked on a public street. 411 00:25:52,699 --> 00:25:53,688 (GRUNTS) 412 00:25:56,703 --> 00:25:58,034 Stay, Tristan. 413 00:26:03,643 --> 00:26:08,137 You're Jim Rockford, private investigator with a prison record. 414 00:26:08,214 --> 00:26:10,148 It wouldn't be hard to convince the police 415 00:26:10,216 --> 00:26:13,276 that I caught you breaking into my house and had to kill you. 416 00:26:13,353 --> 00:26:15,685 How'd you get to know me so personally? 417 00:26:15,755 --> 00:26:19,919 This estate is rigged with video cameras. Very sophisticated. 418 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,257 A zoom-in to the license, then a check with certain agencies. 419 00:26:25,231 --> 00:26:29,292 I'm a fair man. I answered your question to demonstrate that. 420 00:26:29,602 --> 00:26:31,263 Now what are you after? 421 00:26:31,337 --> 00:26:34,500 I might as well level with you. Linda Brownell. 422 00:26:34,574 --> 00:26:36,269 That's a very stupid answer. 423 00:26:36,342 --> 00:26:38,936 Well, I sure hope not, it's the only one I got. 424 00:26:39,011 --> 00:26:40,911 Linda's sister, Marcy, hired me. 425 00:26:40,980 --> 00:26:42,277 Linda doesn't have a sister. 426 00:26:42,348 --> 00:26:44,145 Oh, I'm afraid you're wrong there. I've met her. 427 00:26:44,217 --> 00:26:45,650 All right. How much are they paying you? 428 00:26:45,718 --> 00:26:48,482 Oh, the usual. $200 a day, plus expenses. 429 00:26:48,554 --> 00:26:50,579 (CHUCKLING) I don't believe that for a minute. 430 00:26:50,656 --> 00:26:53,591 Hey, look, I'm going on vacation, huh? 431 00:26:53,659 --> 00:26:56,093 You know, hunting, fishing, all those good things. 432 00:26:56,162 --> 00:26:58,255 I'm looking to wrap this thing up as fast as I can. 433 00:26:58,331 --> 00:27:00,731 Now Linda's missing and her whole family is worried. 434 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,064 Linda's sister, Marcy, hired me to find her. 435 00:27:03,136 --> 00:27:06,731 Well, Linda worked for you. I figured this would be a good place to get started. 436 00:27:06,806 --> 00:27:08,000 It's not. 437 00:27:08,141 --> 00:27:12,703 But I hope you do find her. And ask her for my tape deck while you're at it. 438 00:27:13,713 --> 00:27:15,647 That girI was a disappointment. 439 00:27:15,715 --> 00:27:17,273 She worked for me for four months 440 00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:19,079 and two weeks ago, she ups and disappears, 441 00:27:19,152 --> 00:27:21,746 bag and baggage and tape deck. 442 00:27:21,921 --> 00:27:24,719 (SIGHS) Without giving notice, I might add. 443 00:27:25,158 --> 00:27:28,150 You know where she went? And I don't care. 444 00:27:29,429 --> 00:27:32,125 I'll say goodbye only once, Mr. Rockford. 445 00:27:32,198 --> 00:27:33,688 Lindsey will show you out. 446 00:27:33,933 --> 00:27:36,800 I appreciate that. It's a nice dog. 447 00:27:58,124 --> 00:28:00,615 LINDSEY: Next time, Rockford, I won't miss! 448 00:28:17,777 --> 00:28:21,543 WOMAN ON PHONE.. Mr. Aarons, will you check in, please? 449 00:28:21,848 --> 00:28:26,251 ROCKFORD: Now you see? See the focus is different. Linda's face is a lot sharper. 450 00:28:26,319 --> 00:28:28,014 I think it's a composite. 451 00:28:28,087 --> 00:28:29,987 You told me it wasn't even your case. 452 00:28:30,056 --> 00:28:32,251 Now you already got guys shooting at you. 453 00:28:32,325 --> 00:28:33,849 Yeah. Well, they missed, didn't they? 454 00:28:33,926 --> 00:28:36,292 That's because they were aiming to miss. 455 00:28:36,362 --> 00:28:38,956 I think there's something a little funny about that, don't you? 456 00:28:39,031 --> 00:28:40,498 Well, now, I never thought I'd raise a son 457 00:28:40,566 --> 00:28:42,295 that figured people should be able to hit him. 458 00:28:42,368 --> 00:28:45,166 Rocky, they were just trying to scare me away from that place. 459 00:28:45,238 --> 00:28:46,330 I'd like to know why. 460 00:28:46,405 --> 00:28:51,104 I wanna know everything AI's got me into before the whole thing falls on me. 461 00:28:52,545 --> 00:28:55,844 Oh, Barney's not in the shop. He's probably at the track. 462 00:28:55,915 --> 00:28:57,906 Now who is Barney? Where you going? 463 00:28:57,984 --> 00:29:01,112 Barney's an old friend. He's a photographer. He knows his business. 464 00:29:01,187 --> 00:29:03,314 Well, I never saw a man so anxious to find a weigh station. 465 00:29:03,389 --> 00:29:04,879 Well, I'll tell you something. 466 00:29:04,957 --> 00:29:08,586 Come 6:00 in the morning, I am packed. Rifle, rod and reel. 467 00:29:08,661 --> 00:29:11,289 Rocky, if you leave here without me, 468 00:29:11,364 --> 00:29:15,061 your truck is gonna blow up in your face about two miles out. 469 00:29:18,237 --> 00:29:21,297 Now, Leonard, you know how I feel about you. But I'm busy tonight. 470 00:29:21,374 --> 00:29:22,932 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 471 00:29:23,009 --> 00:29:25,204 My bath's running, honey, I gotta go. 472 00:29:25,878 --> 00:29:29,279 Sure. It's my favorite hotel. I'll meet you there tomorrow. 473 00:29:29,348 --> 00:29:31,009 Room 516. Right. Bye. 474 00:29:35,788 --> 00:29:39,451 Hi, Marcy. Hey, I've got some important news about your sister, Linda. 475 00:29:39,525 --> 00:29:41,356 What is it? Is she in trouble? 476 00:29:41,427 --> 00:29:43,019 Oh, no, she's doing great, actually. 477 00:29:43,095 --> 00:29:45,461 She doesn't have you as a sister. 478 00:29:46,098 --> 00:29:47,156 What? 479 00:29:47,233 --> 00:29:48,894 I don't understand what you mean. 480 00:29:48,968 --> 00:29:50,435 Oh, now, you stop batting your eyes like that. 481 00:29:50,503 --> 00:29:52,334 You're gonna get a muscle spasm. 482 00:29:52,405 --> 00:29:55,067 Come on now. Who hired you to set me up? 483 00:29:55,141 --> 00:29:56,199 Hired me? 484 00:29:56,275 --> 00:29:59,369 Well, the doorman tells me that men hire you all the time. 485 00:29:59,445 --> 00:30:03,745 I am just assuming that this acting job is a whole career move for you. 486 00:30:03,849 --> 00:30:06,044 Where the hell do you come off talking to me like that? 487 00:30:06,118 --> 00:30:08,211 Oh, hey, that's what I wanna hear. 488 00:30:08,454 --> 00:30:10,649 I wanna hear some more of that Swiss schooling. 489 00:30:10,723 --> 00:30:12,247 Just... Just get out of here. 490 00:30:12,325 --> 00:30:15,123 You suckered me and you suckered my pal, Brennan, too. 491 00:30:15,194 --> 00:30:16,855 Now, I found out that the photo 492 00:30:16,929 --> 00:30:19,625 you gave me of you and your sister was a phony. 493 00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:23,797 And I managed to locate Linda Brownell's parents in Mill Valley. 494 00:30:23,869 --> 00:30:25,894 Mommy and Daddy never heard of you. 495 00:30:29,909 --> 00:30:32,139 MARCY: I should have never let you talk me into this job. 496 00:30:32,211 --> 00:30:34,475 Give me my money, Brennan. I want out! 497 00:31:56,928 --> 00:32:00,091 Yes, Mr. Brennan has done some work for us, 498 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,797 but he's not on salary. 499 00:32:04,703 --> 00:32:06,933 Strictly freelance. Finder's fee, you might say. 500 00:32:07,005 --> 00:32:08,768 Ten percent, you might say? 501 00:32:09,140 --> 00:32:12,166 But the corporation has no legal liability for his actions. 502 00:32:12,243 --> 00:32:14,837 Yeah. What's the prize? 503 00:32:16,381 --> 00:32:19,043 Mr. Rockford, I can appreciate your concern, 504 00:32:19,117 --> 00:32:22,575 but in a personal matter between you and Mr. Brennan... 505 00:32:22,654 --> 00:32:25,646 It's a personal matter for all of us, wouldn't you say? 506 00:32:26,024 --> 00:32:28,390 Marcy Brownell? Wasn't that personaI? 507 00:32:29,494 --> 00:32:30,722 Marcy Brownell? 508 00:32:30,795 --> 00:32:33,559 Oh, well, that's right. I keep forgetting. She has another last name. 509 00:32:33,631 --> 00:32:37,431 But you remember her. She was a friend of Brennan's? 510 00:32:39,137 --> 00:32:41,230 Looks great in pajamas? 511 00:32:42,073 --> 00:32:44,007 We had some business meetings. 512 00:32:44,609 --> 00:32:46,008 Of course you did. 513 00:32:46,077 --> 00:32:49,638 Mr. Thomas, I'm a licensed private investigator. 514 00:32:49,748 --> 00:32:53,707 There's no reason why I can't have a shot at the same goods as Brennan. 515 00:32:54,686 --> 00:32:55,675 Well... 516 00:32:58,790 --> 00:33:01,452 Well, we've given severaI investigators shots. 517 00:33:01,526 --> 00:33:04,495 In addition to Brennan, who seems to be a bit erratic, 518 00:33:04,562 --> 00:33:08,623 there's another freelancer named Aarons supposed to be working on it. 519 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:10,531 I can never get in touch with Brennan. 520 00:33:10,602 --> 00:33:14,060 Aarons, I was supposed to meet for breakfast this morning. No show. 521 00:33:14,139 --> 00:33:18,405 And now his secretary tells me that she hasn't heard from him in over 18 hours. 522 00:33:18,476 --> 00:33:20,535 I can't believe the way you people operate. 523 00:33:20,612 --> 00:33:23,945 Well, Marcy seems punctuaI and well-organized. 524 00:33:24,015 --> 00:33:26,643 I'm more like her. 525 00:33:36,261 --> 00:33:39,958 Mr. Rockford, are you a connoisseur of art? 526 00:33:40,031 --> 00:33:42,522 I had a painted turtle when I was a kid. 527 00:33:45,336 --> 00:33:47,861 Have you ever heard of the Shang-Yin vase? 528 00:33:52,877 --> 00:33:55,038 ROCKFORD: Go on. How much do you think? Take a guess. 529 00:33:55,113 --> 00:33:58,981 Well, it's a vase. It's not a vase, it's the Shang-Yin vase. 530 00:33:59,050 --> 00:34:01,245 Three thousand years old, worth three million dollars. 531 00:34:01,319 --> 00:34:02,911 Well, it's insured for that much, anyway. 532 00:34:02,987 --> 00:34:05,217 I'll tell you, sonny, you can talk to me in the millions 533 00:34:05,290 --> 00:34:08,418 and it don't mean nothing to me. But $55 a day, 534 00:34:08,493 --> 00:34:11,189 that's what that cabin costs us. That does. 535 00:34:11,262 --> 00:34:13,059 Now I'm gonna use every penny of it. 536 00:34:13,131 --> 00:34:16,259 I'm leaving tonight at 6:00. And I thought you was, too. 537 00:34:16,334 --> 00:34:20,737 Dad, if I pull this thing off, 10o/o of three million is three hundred thousand. 538 00:34:20,805 --> 00:34:23,467 And I'll buy you your own lake and your own fish hatchery. 539 00:34:23,541 --> 00:34:25,805 What about them guys who are already looking for it? 540 00:34:25,877 --> 00:34:27,742 They got a big leg up on you. 541 00:34:27,812 --> 00:34:31,407 You're the one who's always telling me I should have more ambition. 542 00:34:31,916 --> 00:34:34,248 And it's not just the money either. 543 00:34:34,319 --> 00:34:37,777 I want Brennan. I want him more than 10o/o worth. 544 00:34:39,324 --> 00:34:42,350 All right. This is Stabila's street right here. 545 00:34:42,427 --> 00:34:45,692 You're gonna have to park around the corner, or you'll become a TV star. 546 00:34:45,763 --> 00:34:49,756 If I don't come out of here in a half hour, call the cops. Okay? 547 00:34:49,834 --> 00:34:51,631 (FIRE ENGINE HORN BLARING) 548 00:34:51,703 --> 00:34:53,694 What about the Fire Department? 549 00:35:01,412 --> 00:35:03,880 (POLICE RADIO CHATTERING) 550 00:35:06,384 --> 00:35:08,318 POLICEMAN: Put him in the car. 551 00:35:09,787 --> 00:35:13,086 According to his people, Stabila was in the workshop by himself. 552 00:35:13,157 --> 00:35:16,183 Nobody saw the flames until the whole place was French fries. 553 00:35:16,261 --> 00:35:18,923 It's hard to say what happened, Dennis. 554 00:35:18,997 --> 00:35:21,864 We'll know more when we sift it out, find the source. 555 00:35:21,933 --> 00:35:24,527 Ben, I'm not asking you to check a minefield with your toes, 556 00:35:24,602 --> 00:35:25,626 just an opinion. 557 00:35:25,703 --> 00:35:28,570 BEN: Straight case of spontaneous combustion, I'd say. 558 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,508 A roomfuI of sawdust like that, no ventilation, 559 00:35:32,644 --> 00:35:34,805 Stabila hits a jigsaw switch, 560 00:35:34,913 --> 00:35:37,746 and whoosh, it all goes up like the 4th of July. 561 00:35:37,815 --> 00:35:39,715 He wouldn't have a chance. 562 00:35:40,451 --> 00:35:42,009 Did you get a positive ID? 563 00:35:42,086 --> 00:35:44,748 Stabila's ring, a locket, and the dog's collar. 564 00:35:44,822 --> 00:35:48,451 Have your men fine-comb the whole place. But I don't think it's there. 565 00:35:48,526 --> 00:35:49,959 The Shang-Yin? 566 00:35:50,028 --> 00:35:51,359 Jim Rockford. 567 00:35:51,429 --> 00:35:53,590 Lieutenant Hayes, New York Police, Burglary. 568 00:35:53,665 --> 00:35:55,326 Jim's a local PI. 569 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:58,726 Working for Allied Insurance? Well, not by choice, no. 570 00:35:59,804 --> 00:36:01,863 This guy's name is Nejman, right? 571 00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:03,373 What do you got on him? 572 00:36:03,441 --> 00:36:06,239 You know him? Well, only through his license plate. 573 00:36:07,011 --> 00:36:09,844 Nejman's scared. Swears he hasn't got the vase. 574 00:36:09,914 --> 00:36:12,678 I'm having some of your people search his place anyway. 575 00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:15,685 You mind checking with me before you order my people around? 576 00:36:15,753 --> 00:36:19,382 Time is crucial. I'll want them to search these grounds, too. 577 00:36:19,457 --> 00:36:22,085 Anything else we could do for you? How about a sedan chair? 578 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,754 We're talking about a three million dollar burglary, Sergeant. 579 00:36:24,829 --> 00:36:28,265 Then go find your own vase. This is my town. We're doing you a favor. 580 00:36:28,333 --> 00:36:31,097 Hey, you're right, Dennis. We're all looking for the same thing. 581 00:36:31,169 --> 00:36:35,765 Unfortunately, our prime A-1 suspect just went up in flames. 582 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,770 Say, Hayes, what else you got on this guy? 583 00:36:38,843 --> 00:36:42,108 As a private citizen, it doesn't concern you, Mr. Rockford. 584 00:36:42,814 --> 00:36:46,716 The Shang-Yin vase was stolen from the New York Museum about two months ago. 585 00:36:46,784 --> 00:36:49,150 Hayes and his people knew it was going underground, 586 00:36:49,220 --> 00:36:51,154 that's the only market for something that special. 587 00:36:51,222 --> 00:36:54,089 Nejman here is a dealer, more like a mole when it comes to hot stuff. 588 00:36:54,158 --> 00:36:56,991 Anyway, a five and dimer. He may be a candidate. 589 00:36:57,061 --> 00:36:59,029 Nejman's in trouble and he knows it. 590 00:36:59,097 --> 00:37:01,395 If he had the Shang-Yin, he'd have told us. 591 00:37:01,466 --> 00:37:04,401 Now what about Al Brennan? Did you check him out? Who's that? 592 00:37:04,469 --> 00:37:06,403 I know him. He's with the FBI. 593 00:37:06,471 --> 00:37:08,962 He's a Cub Scout. Where'd you meet him? 594 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,942 He was here, earlier. He went down to the gallery with me and Nejman. 595 00:37:13,011 --> 00:37:15,377 Then where? Where'd he go? I don't know. 596 00:37:15,446 --> 00:37:17,471 He seemed upset when we didn't find the vase, but... 597 00:37:17,548 --> 00:37:19,413 Bet he did. Come on, Dennis. 598 00:37:19,484 --> 00:37:21,281 Shake it. We gotta go stop a boat. 599 00:37:21,352 --> 00:37:23,217 A what? A boat. 600 00:37:24,956 --> 00:37:26,787 (BOAT ENGINE STARTING) 601 00:37:26,858 --> 00:37:28,985 (POLICE SIREN BLARING) 602 00:37:38,101 --> 00:37:40,467 Hey, come on, hurry up with those lines. 603 00:37:45,742 --> 00:37:48,609 Hey, you up there! Hold it! LAPD! 604 00:37:54,284 --> 00:37:57,412 What's the meaning of this? BECKER: LAPD. We wanna search the vessel. 605 00:37:57,487 --> 00:37:59,580 I've got orders to sail immediately. 606 00:37:59,656 --> 00:38:01,180 Now what grounds have you got for a search? 607 00:38:01,258 --> 00:38:03,249 Here's the warrant. We'll talk about the grounds later. 608 00:38:03,326 --> 00:38:04,691 Let's get to work. 609 00:38:08,398 --> 00:38:10,025 Who's this guy? 610 00:38:10,834 --> 00:38:14,201 He misrepresented himself to me as a maritime insurance appraiser. 611 00:38:14,271 --> 00:38:15,260 Me? 612 00:38:15,338 --> 00:38:16,635 You know very well you did. 613 00:38:16,706 --> 00:38:18,537 Hey, that's ridiculous, Dennis. 614 00:38:18,608 --> 00:38:20,337 What do I know about boats, huh? 615 00:38:20,410 --> 00:38:21,672 You start up at the bow, 616 00:38:21,745 --> 00:38:24,771 or the front, or the pointy part, you know. 617 00:38:35,926 --> 00:38:38,793 Nothing. Nobody. Even checked the bilges. Let's go. 618 00:38:38,862 --> 00:38:40,762 As I said, we were just going on a cruise. 619 00:38:40,831 --> 00:38:42,992 Well, what's the big rush? You know your boss is dead. 620 00:38:43,066 --> 00:38:45,000 Why are you so anxious to get to Mexico? 621 00:38:45,068 --> 00:38:49,402 My orders were to take this boat out with or without Mr. Stabila. 622 00:38:49,473 --> 00:38:51,805 Who gave you the orders? Lindsey. 623 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,241 Mr. Stabila's personal secretary. 624 00:38:54,311 --> 00:38:56,871 Now doesn't that strike you as a little odd, Dennis? 625 00:38:56,947 --> 00:38:59,780 I'll tell you, I would tear this thing apart top to bottom. 626 00:38:59,850 --> 00:39:02,182 That vase is on here somewhere. No! 627 00:39:02,252 --> 00:39:05,688 No, there is nothing here. 628 00:39:05,755 --> 00:39:09,156 Now, Sergeant, I've cooperated to the limit. But no more. 629 00:39:09,226 --> 00:39:11,888 Now if I'm not allowed to cast off immediately, I'm gonna report this 630 00:39:11,962 --> 00:39:14,658 to your superiors and to the United States Coast Guard. 631 00:39:14,731 --> 00:39:18,167 Thank you, Captain Hulette. We appreciate your help. 632 00:39:18,668 --> 00:39:22,104 Dennis, Dennis, if you let him skip... 633 00:39:22,172 --> 00:39:24,140 I got enough explaining to do. 634 00:39:24,207 --> 00:39:27,506 When I wanna walk the plank, I'll walk it on my own time. 635 00:39:28,945 --> 00:39:30,412 ROCKFORD: Captain? 636 00:39:30,747 --> 00:39:35,081 Hey, I don't know what you're getting out of this, but it's not enough. 637 00:39:35,152 --> 00:39:37,143 Now you turn over the Shang-Yin vase, 638 00:39:37,220 --> 00:39:39,051 the insurance company will give you half the reward. 639 00:39:39,122 --> 00:39:41,215 That's $100,000. 640 00:39:41,458 --> 00:39:44,791 I'm gonna give you the same thing I gave your partner. 641 00:39:45,162 --> 00:39:46,493 Brennan? Yeah. 642 00:39:46,563 --> 00:39:47,996 When did you see him? 643 00:39:48,064 --> 00:39:50,089 About an hour before you got here. 644 00:39:50,634 --> 00:39:53,125 Well, he's not my partner, and you can't trust him. 645 00:39:53,203 --> 00:39:54,431 What kind of deaI did you make with him? 646 00:39:54,504 --> 00:39:57,962 Same one I'm gonna make with you. Permission to go ashore. 647 00:39:58,041 --> 00:39:59,668 Where is Lindsey, Captain? Do you know? 648 00:39:59,743 --> 00:40:03,144 Get off. Just answer a simple question! 649 00:40:03,246 --> 00:40:06,738 He's taking care of Stabila's body and personaI effects as I understand it. 650 00:40:06,816 --> 00:40:08,943 Now... Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. 651 00:40:09,019 --> 00:40:11,180 Get off. Get off. 652 00:40:36,012 --> 00:40:39,914 I believe that you have John Stabila here? 653 00:40:39,983 --> 00:40:42,543 His remains were shipped to Canada. 654 00:40:42,786 --> 00:40:45,516 Would you tell me the nature of your inquiry? 655 00:40:45,855 --> 00:40:50,019 (STAMMERING) Well, I'm John's brother. 656 00:40:50,293 --> 00:40:51,521 I'm very sorry. 657 00:40:51,595 --> 00:40:53,825 Yes. Well, I flew in for the services 658 00:40:53,897 --> 00:40:56,923 and I was hoping to take that long, last journey home. 659 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,629 I understand. The remains were sent by train. 660 00:41:00,704 --> 00:41:02,194 We felt that there was a certain... 661 00:41:02,272 --> 00:41:04,103 Well, there were a lot of personal effects 662 00:41:04,174 --> 00:41:06,005 of John's that he was very fond of. 663 00:41:06,076 --> 00:41:09,273 Were those shipped, too? I believe so, yes. 664 00:41:09,346 --> 00:41:11,678 And the train's leaving from Union Station? 665 00:41:11,748 --> 00:41:13,739 Yes. The Sunset Special. 666 00:41:13,817 --> 00:41:16,650 But I'm afraid you're too late if you're thinking of catching it. 667 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,154 It was scheduled to leave a half an hour ago. 668 00:41:19,222 --> 00:41:20,211 Oh. 669 00:41:20,690 --> 00:41:23,955 Oh, come on. Stop a train with 300 people on it? 670 00:41:24,027 --> 00:41:25,289 You're a cop, Dennis. 671 00:41:25,362 --> 00:41:28,297 You can stop the whole Ventura Freeway at rush hour if you want to. 672 00:41:28,365 --> 00:41:29,593 I've seen it happen. 673 00:41:29,666 --> 00:41:32,430 BECKER ON PHONE.. It's a big move, Jimbo. And I'm gonna pass on that. 674 00:41:32,502 --> 00:41:36,700 Down here at the station, you have a great big credibility crisis going on. 675 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,071 I'm already on the griddle for calling that Code Three on the boat! 676 00:41:40,143 --> 00:41:42,043 ROCKFORD.. It's the only way it fits, Dennis. 677 00:41:42,112 --> 00:41:46,606 The vase wasn't at the house, it wasn't on the boat, and Nejman didn't have it. 678 00:41:46,683 --> 00:41:48,275 Where else could it be? 679 00:41:50,453 --> 00:41:53,251 I got something on Nejman. 680 00:41:53,323 --> 00:41:56,451 Apparently, Stabila was rumored to have hidden stashes 681 00:41:56,526 --> 00:41:58,926 behind the walls in various parts of the house. 682 00:41:58,995 --> 00:42:01,589 I got crews out there right now ripping into them. 683 00:42:01,665 --> 00:42:05,396 Dennis, times like these that make me proud to be a taxpayer. 684 00:42:05,802 --> 00:42:07,599 (BECKER SIGHS) 685 00:42:08,038 --> 00:42:09,562 You got the schedule? Yeah. Right here. 686 00:42:09,639 --> 00:42:11,607 And where's my gun? It's on the seat of the car. 687 00:42:11,675 --> 00:42:14,200 Oh, now, sonny, you don't need to... Rocky, just get in. 688 00:42:14,277 --> 00:42:15,801 You're gonna have to drive my car back. 689 00:42:15,879 --> 00:42:17,210 Look, if you wanna go around shooting, 690 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,474 why don't you come hunting with me 691 00:42:18,548 --> 00:42:22,211 like we said we was gonna do? Rocky, Rocky, not now. Okay? 692 00:42:24,554 --> 00:42:26,351 (TRAIN HORN BLARING) 693 00:42:32,295 --> 00:42:36,288 ROCKY: Well, the next stop is Thousand Oaks, 4:10. 694 00:42:36,366 --> 00:42:38,459 We can't make that one, either. What's next? 695 00:42:38,535 --> 00:42:41,333 Well, that'd be Oxnard, 4:50. 696 00:42:41,404 --> 00:42:44,737 That's possible. Not alive, it ain't. 697 00:42:44,808 --> 00:42:46,435 How come you're doing this anyway, Jim? 698 00:42:46,509 --> 00:42:48,704 You don't even know if the vase is on the train. 699 00:42:48,778 --> 00:42:51,008 You go with what you got, Rocky. 700 00:42:51,081 --> 00:42:54,778 And even more than the vase, I'm just hoping that Brennan's on that train. 701 00:42:54,851 --> 00:42:58,378 I'd go a long way to see an old buddy like him. 702 00:42:59,856 --> 00:43:02,222 (TRAIN HORN BLARING) 703 00:43:27,450 --> 00:43:28,439 Hi, Al. 704 00:43:33,022 --> 00:43:34,011 (SIGHS) 705 00:43:37,727 --> 00:43:40,355 I'm really sorry, Al, but I couldn't make it to the funeral. 706 00:43:40,430 --> 00:43:42,455 I had a bad headache. 707 00:43:43,032 --> 00:43:44,556 There were reasons, Jimmy. 708 00:43:44,634 --> 00:43:46,625 Yeah. I know, I know. Three million of them. 709 00:43:46,703 --> 00:43:49,137 The Shang-Yin vase. Or, vah-se. 710 00:43:49,205 --> 00:43:52,368 We're gonna be partners, buddy, fifty-fifty. 711 00:43:53,209 --> 00:43:55,006 Did you find it? Not yet. 712 00:43:55,078 --> 00:43:57,137 There's only a couple of crates left here. 713 00:43:57,213 --> 00:43:58,441 It's here. 714 00:43:58,515 --> 00:44:02,383 I sure hope so, Al. I'm looking forward to doing to you what you did to me. 715 00:44:02,452 --> 00:44:05,910 I figure Allied Insurance is gonna pay me about three hundred thousand, 716 00:44:05,989 --> 00:44:07,581 you're gonna get a pogo stick. 717 00:44:07,657 --> 00:44:10,922 Okay. All right. Then you just do your own digging. 718 00:44:10,994 --> 00:44:13,462 You see, the only reason that I ever came to you... 719 00:44:13,530 --> 00:44:15,998 I know, Al. You were on hard times. 720 00:44:16,533 --> 00:44:19,969 You knew the territory. All I had was a New York crumb 721 00:44:20,036 --> 00:44:23,233 that said that Stabila made the deal. I needed your contacts. 722 00:44:23,306 --> 00:44:25,399 You didn't wanna split the profits. 723 00:44:25,475 --> 00:44:29,002 From now on, we're gonna play square. 724 00:44:29,078 --> 00:44:31,672 From now on, you don't play at all, Brennan. 725 00:44:33,583 --> 00:44:35,551 Get up. Come over here. 726 00:44:35,618 --> 00:44:37,108 Come on, Jim. 727 00:44:37,187 --> 00:44:38,745 Come on. 728 00:45:07,851 --> 00:45:09,182 You're a genius! 729 00:45:09,252 --> 00:45:12,415 Don't let your admiration overwhelm you. 730 00:45:13,823 --> 00:45:18,624 Jim, I still think we should split the profits from this deal. 731 00:45:18,728 --> 00:45:20,355 I mean, it's only fair. 732 00:45:21,531 --> 00:45:23,761 Al... Drop the crowbar. 733 00:45:25,168 --> 00:45:26,965 Turn around. 734 00:45:27,837 --> 00:45:29,600 All right. Drop the gun. 735 00:45:31,241 --> 00:45:32,970 Get away from the crate. 736 00:45:35,612 --> 00:45:39,548 I don't understand. Oh, Al, you really do need help. 737 00:45:39,616 --> 00:45:42,483 See, I have a hunch that the inhabitant of this vase 738 00:45:42,552 --> 00:45:45,453 is a freelancer like yourself named Aarons. 739 00:45:45,522 --> 00:45:47,752 The guy I suckered into the elevator? 740 00:45:47,824 --> 00:45:50,987 Yeah, and the one Mr. Stabila suckered into an urn. 741 00:45:51,060 --> 00:45:53,688 The man trespassed into my property and entered my workshop. 742 00:45:53,763 --> 00:45:54,821 It was an accident. 743 00:45:54,898 --> 00:45:57,662 I think I would take a creative writing course 744 00:45:57,734 --> 00:46:00,134 before I gave my statement to the police. 745 00:46:06,609 --> 00:46:08,474 (GROANING) 746 00:46:31,134 --> 00:46:34,433 ROCKFORD: Forget it, Brennan. We've been walking all morning. 747 00:46:34,537 --> 00:46:36,562 Now this here's the place. No. No. 748 00:46:36,639 --> 00:46:39,130 Right here. Brennan, there was a pond. 749 00:46:39,208 --> 00:46:41,438 (STUTTERING) You see that warehouse? 750 00:46:41,544 --> 00:46:44,206 Now I remember seeing it... Will you stop saying that? 751 00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,646 That's the 25th building we've seen in the last five miles, Brennan. 752 00:46:46,716 --> 00:46:48,650 Hold it! Will you hold it? I mean, this one's different. 753 00:46:48,718 --> 00:46:50,686 You see, the garbage cans? I remember seeing those garbage cans 754 00:46:50,753 --> 00:46:54,052 right before you knocked the vase out of my hand. You dropped the vase. 755 00:46:54,123 --> 00:46:55,750 And if you hadn't been playing it cute at the time, 756 00:46:55,825 --> 00:46:57,486 that never would have happened. 757 00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,528 Okay, you don't wanna look, do you? 758 00:46:59,596 --> 00:47:02,963 Then go on home then. I'll do it by myself. 759 00:47:03,032 --> 00:47:04,397 Okay, go on out there. 760 00:47:04,467 --> 00:47:06,367 Just wander around and keep looking. 761 00:47:06,436 --> 00:47:08,028 It's right down there. 762 00:47:16,479 --> 00:47:18,606 Brennan, you're never gonna find it. 763 00:47:18,681 --> 00:47:20,706 You're looking on the wrong side. 764 00:47:24,420 --> 00:47:27,389 I can't. I just can't look anymore, Jimmy. 765 00:47:27,457 --> 00:47:29,948 If I look anymore, they're gonna have to fit me with a rubber hat. 766 00:47:30,026 --> 00:47:31,288 I told you, Al. 767 00:47:31,361 --> 00:47:34,956 If the police can't find that crate with a whole team of men and a helicopter, 768 00:47:35,031 --> 00:47:36,965 you and I have no chance at all. 769 00:47:37,033 --> 00:47:40,696 It's gotta be somewhere in this 10 or 1 2 mile section here. 770 00:47:40,770 --> 00:47:43,261 We were very near San Luis... 771 00:47:43,339 --> 00:47:44,931 Obispo. 772 00:47:45,008 --> 00:47:47,670 Obispo. Well, don't worry. Someone'll find it. 773 00:47:47,877 --> 00:47:52,246 Some laborer. And the shnook's wife will stuff it with flowers. 774 00:47:52,315 --> 00:47:54,510 I put a lot of work in on this thing. 775 00:47:56,986 --> 00:47:59,614 We almost grabbed it though, didn't we, Jimmy? 776 00:48:00,223 --> 00:48:01,850 The brass ring. 777 00:48:01,924 --> 00:48:04,290 We worked like gangbusters together. 778 00:48:05,561 --> 00:48:10,089 Oh, sure. Hey, listen, we had some problems, sure. 779 00:48:10,166 --> 00:48:11,895 But out of conflict comes strength. 780 00:48:11,968 --> 00:48:16,769 Hey, say, listen, have you ever thought about taking on a partner in your business? 781 00:48:17,106 --> 00:48:18,801 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 782 00:48:18,875 --> 00:48:23,278 Well, I've been thinking it over. I'm willing. 783 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,507 Well, thanks. Thanks. 784 00:48:25,581 --> 00:48:27,208 I think I'll buy a dog. 785 00:48:27,884 --> 00:48:30,910 Come on. After what we've been through together? 786 00:48:31,587 --> 00:48:33,817 Remember the time at Panmunjom, huh? 787 00:48:33,890 --> 00:48:35,118 When we borrowed the tank? 788 00:48:35,191 --> 00:48:39,287 (CHUCKLING) To bring back the grain alcohol for the Korean kid's bar mitzvah. 789 00:48:39,829 --> 00:48:43,788 Boy, that was a beautifuI touch on your part. Any excuse for a party. 790 00:48:43,866 --> 00:48:45,231 Yeah, I remember, Al. 791 00:48:45,301 --> 00:48:48,759 And we were surrounded by the Red Chinese regulars. 792 00:48:48,838 --> 00:48:51,466 We are in a Patton Tank and it is full of booze 793 00:48:51,541 --> 00:48:54,977 and we are pinned down for 1 2 hours! Al, Al, 794 00:48:55,278 --> 00:48:58,213 your string as an insurance investigator has run out. 795 00:48:58,281 --> 00:48:59,612 You know that. 796 00:49:00,116 --> 00:49:01,811 And you're not gonna be my partner. 797 00:49:01,884 --> 00:49:03,545 Okay, now, whatever happened this week, 798 00:49:03,619 --> 00:49:07,851 it's nothing when you put it up against what we had going on the 38th Parallel. 799 00:49:08,357 --> 00:49:11,815 I will never forget the story that we cooked up 800 00:49:11,894 --> 00:49:15,091 when we called on the radio for help. You said... 801 00:49:15,164 --> 00:49:18,600 Yeah. Al, be a good old soldier. 802 00:49:19,302 --> 00:49:22,863 Don't die, just fade away.