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(radio chatter)

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I need a dime!

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Well, fill 'er up.

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You might have
some change coming.

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Give me a dime, or I'm
gonna crack you open

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like a piggy bank.

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- All right.
- You're angry.

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Why would I be angry?

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You hired me to do a job,

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and I nearly got
killed in the process.

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Oh, no.

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Now if you think
that's gonna stop me,

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you've got a short memory.

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(phone ringing)

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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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(machine beeps)

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Hey, Jim, this is Louie

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down at the fish market.

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You gonna pick up
these halibut or what?

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(sirens wailing)

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(radio chatter)

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(overlapping radio chatter)

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No!

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Nope.

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Jim, you don't mean that.

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Look, the last time
we worked together,

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I not only didn't
make any money,

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I had to
refinance my car.

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But I need you.

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My client needs you.

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She's a pauper.

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She doesn't have a cent.

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Well, that gives us
something in common.

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All she's got is
this little piece

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of property in Arizona.

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Well, that puts
her one up on me.

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It would take her
months to sell it,

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and even then I don't know
what'd she get for it,

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but because she owns land,

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she can't use a public defender.

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That's why I
donated my services,

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and I knew that once
I explained it to you

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that you'd want
to donate yours too.

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Don't you even care
if she's innocent?

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Beth, I spent five
years in prison.

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While I was there, I never met
anybody who wasn't innocent.

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Oh!

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(waves crashing)

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Jim!

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No!

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(waves crashing)

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(line spinning)

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(waves crashing)

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Do we have to talk out here?

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We don't have to talk at all.

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Beth, I don't
take charity cases.

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They're not part
of my survival kit.

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I take them!

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You can afford to.

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You picked
the right grandfather.

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Oh!

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Please, Jim.

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For me?

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I guess I've never been able
to quite pull that off, have I?

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All right, Jim, I won't
ask for any commitments.

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Just meet Ann Calhoun.

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Listen to her
side of the story!

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No.

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- Oh, Ann.
- Hi.

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This is the man
I told you about.

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Jim Rockford, the best private
investigator money can buy.

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Mr. Rockford, oh, thank God.

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Beth said she'd talked to you,
but I didn't allow myself...

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There doesn't seem
to be anything, anybody.

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He's going to help you, Ann.

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Well, now, wait a minute, Beth.

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No commitments, remember?

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I said I'd listen.

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I didn't say anything
about helping.

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(crying)

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Boy, you wanna see a workload?

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Now that's a workload,
and you got some nerve

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to come sniffing around
here about something

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which is off my desk,
which is closed.

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Becker, sometimes you
sound just like a cop.

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I am a cop.

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Oh, that must be it.

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And how many times
I gotta tell you about coming

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around this office?

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Now the Calhoun
case is closed.

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You wanna waste
your time on it,

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fine, but don't waste mine.

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How could you close this
case on what you've got?

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On what we got?

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Witnesses, half the people
in the motel heard

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Ann and Kevin Calhoun
having it out,

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tearing up the joint--motive.

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He told her to go
back to Arizona.

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He was staying in LA.

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There ain't no better
motive than that.

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Woman scorned.

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I think that's
what they call it.

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Well, not lately.

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An opportunity.

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After the fight, Calhoun
slams into the bedroom,

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and it's quiet for 15 minutes.

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15 minutes later,
Ann Calhoun leaves the motel,

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and then the fire breaks out.

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And you figure she
spent that 15 minutes

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killing her husband?

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He was smothered,
and that's official.

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Direct to you from the coroner.

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He was dead before the fire.

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No blisters,
no smoke inhalation.

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It was supposed to
look like an accident.

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She planted a cigarette
in his right hand.

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It was burned.

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The fire spreads
across his torso

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and burns the other hand.

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Then you don't have a
positive identification?

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Positive iden--his wife
identified him.

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There wasn't a mark on his face,

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and she admitted
that the two of them

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didn't know
a soul in town.

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Who else had a motive?

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Somebody at that big party
they went to in Bel Air.

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He crashed that party.

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We checked it out.

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Nobody knew 'em.

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Or nobody admitted
they knew him.

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Becker, you're just gonna
have to get this case

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back from the DA.

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I mean, it won't hold.

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You take opportunity.

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You're wide-open on that one.

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Calhoun was in his
bed, asleep.

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Anybody could have
walked in on him.

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Well, hold it,
hold it a minute.

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You know, it just hits me
what this is all about.

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It's that flaky attorney,
the one who collects

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the lost causes
like they were rare coins.

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Beth Davenport.

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That's the one.

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She's trying to
con you into working

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for nothing again, right?

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And you figure
we re-open the case,

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you're off the hook, right?

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That's what I had in mind.

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I can see it's not gonna work.

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Damn right.

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The hot sauce, please.

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With your stomach?

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Yeah.

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We may have a deal.

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I knew it.

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I knew the minute
you met Ann Calhoun

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you'd know she's
not capable of murder.

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Well, that isn't
why I'm doing it.

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- She's a sweet, gentle woman.
- Look, Beth--

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And the case the police
have against her is laughable.

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There is not one shred
of hard evidence!

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Oh, she's had the opportunity,
and they say she had the motive.

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I said we may have a deal.

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Now you pay my expenses.

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I'm donating my services.

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I'm not going to make a dime!

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You pay my expenses,
and if I prove that Ann Calhoun

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is innocent, you pay my
expenses plus $200 a day.

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And no arguments,
no bargains, no nothing.

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That's it, all right?

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All right,
we have a deal.

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Good, and I'll tell you
what I want you to do.

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I want you to
find out everything

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Ann knows about her husband,

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where he was born,
where he went to school,

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where he worked, everything.

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I'll come by your place
and pick it up later, all right?

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(train horn blowing)

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(train signal dinging)

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(engine accelerating)

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(horn honking)

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(tires screeching)

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(engine accelerating)

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(tires screeching)

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(tires screeching)

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(tires squealing)

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(tires squealing)

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(horn honking)

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(horns honking)

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(engine accelerating)

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(tires squealing)

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Phew.

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Hey, it's an emergency.

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I need a dime.

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Hey, mister, I don't
even give directions.

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Look, somebody just
tried to kill me.

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I need a dime.

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Well, fill 'er up.

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You might have
some change coming.

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Give me a dime, or I'm
gonna crack you open

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like a piggy bank.

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All right, all right.

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You got it.

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Here, you owe me 90 cents.

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Just put it in the tank.

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(coin clinking)

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Uh, hello,
highway patrol?

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Yeah, my name is Jim Rockford,
and I'm at 622-4699.

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Do you know where, uh--9.

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Do you know where--hey,
what's the name of this place?

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Farber's Garage.

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You know where
Farber's Garage is?

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Well, somebody in a truck
just tried to kill me.

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(radio chatter)

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Did you find anything?

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Like I told you, Mr. Rockford.

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We found it.

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You can't arrest a tractor.

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You also can't arrest
somebody who ain't there.

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The rig was stole
from the Junction Café

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about, uh, three hours ago,
and then it was dumped

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two miles north of the highway.

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Did you dust it for prints?

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No, we didn't.

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Me and none of
the boys is licensed

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to drive nothing that big.

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There's this guy, Burt.

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He helps us out
from time to time.

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He brought it back
to the station.

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Nobody thought to tell Burt
not to wipe any fingerprints

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off the steering wheel?

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Do you know how
many cars we got?

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How many men?

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How many miles we got to cover?

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Okay, there was a slip up.

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You got the
department's apology.

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Maybe somebody tried
to kill you, maybe not,

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but I'll tell you how this
thing's probably gonna turn out.

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Probably turn out some
kid out to have his self

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a little fun.

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People move here
for their health, huh?

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(airplane engine noise)

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Hold it right where you are.

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Now don't make a move.

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Put your hands up.

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Up!

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Rocky.

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Jim, what are you doing here?

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I live here,
what are you doing here?

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Well, I'm just keeping
an eye on the joint.

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You know how it's always
getting all tore up

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every time you ain't around.

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Why don't you put
that thing away?

267
00:22:18,707 --> 00:22:20,751
Among other things, you
don't have a permit for it.

268
00:22:20,751 --> 00:22:21,752
Oh, I don't need one.

269
00:22:21,752 --> 00:22:22,544
It's yours.

270
00:22:22,544 --> 00:22:26,757
Hell, I don't have a permit
for it either, so give it here.

271
00:22:26,757 --> 00:22:28,467
Two people try to
kill me in one day,

272
00:22:28,467 --> 00:22:30,636
and one of 'em turned out
to be my own father.

273
00:22:30,636 --> 00:22:32,054
Somebody tried to kill you?

274
00:22:32,054 --> 00:22:34,264
- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

275
00:22:34,264 --> 00:22:36,392
Well, somebody tries to
kill you, you're not fine.

276
00:22:36,392 --> 00:22:37,768
What happened?

277
00:22:37,768 --> 00:22:39,978
Let's just try to
forget it, huh, Rocky?

278
00:22:39,978 --> 00:22:41,146
I know.

279
00:22:41,146 --> 00:22:42,523
You think I can't
swallow it straight.

280
00:22:42,523 --> 00:22:44,733
You think I'll
worry, don't you?

281
00:22:44,733 --> 00:22:47,069
Well, won't you?

282
00:22:47,069 --> 00:22:48,654
Look, I'm not the
kinda fella that says

283
00:22:48,654 --> 00:22:49,947
he knows all the answers.

284
00:22:49,947 --> 00:22:51,990
I never was, but for
a man who doesn't like

285
00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:53,534
to get stomped on,

286
00:22:53,534 --> 00:22:56,203
you are in the
wrong line of work.

287
00:22:56,203 --> 00:22:57,705
Not now, Rocky, huh?

288
00:22:57,705 --> 00:22:59,248
You never gave
trucking a chance.

289
00:22:59,248 --> 00:23:00,791
You know, I still
got connections.

290
00:23:00,791 --> 00:23:02,835
I could help
get your A1 myself.

291
00:23:02,835 --> 00:23:06,839
It's good pay, steady work,
and it is safe!

292
00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:08,924
Not when you're on
the wrong end of the truck.

293
00:23:08,924 --> 00:23:09,967
Huh?

294
00:23:09,967 --> 00:23:11,510
I just got
my tail chased

295
00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:13,178
halfway across
the state of Arizona

296
00:23:13,178 --> 00:23:14,638
by the front end of a semi.

297
00:23:14,638 --> 00:23:16,015
It tried to run
me off a mountain.

298
00:23:16,015 --> 00:23:17,850
A tractor, was it,
what kind, a Kenworth?

299
00:23:17,850 --> 00:23:20,394
A Mack, what was it,
Peterbilt?

300
00:23:20,394 --> 00:23:21,812
What difference does it make?

301
00:23:21,812 --> 00:23:24,690
What--look, I tried to
show you the differences

302
00:23:24,690 --> 00:23:26,191
before you could walk.

303
00:23:26,191 --> 00:23:27,901
Was it a cab-over?

304
00:23:27,901 --> 00:23:30,779
Well, yeah, it was flat-nosed,
high, it was a cab-over.

305
00:23:30,779 --> 00:23:32,281
Nice paint job,
blue and white,

306
00:23:32,281 --> 00:23:34,867
but what are we talking
about tractors for, huh?

307
00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:37,036
The point is it
tried to kill me.

308
00:23:37,036 --> 00:23:39,204
- No.
- What do you mean no?

309
00:23:39,204 --> 00:23:40,789
Look, suppose we're talking
about something small,

310
00:23:40,789 --> 00:23:42,249
like 14-6.

311
00:23:42,249 --> 00:23:45,627
All right, now you got
14,600 pounds barreling

312
00:23:45,627 --> 00:23:46,920
down the highway at you

313
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,922
at 70 or 80, and they can do it.

314
00:23:48,922 --> 00:23:49,631
They got the gears.

315
00:23:49,631 --> 00:23:52,968
No, sir, if they wanted to
kill you, you'd be dead.

316
00:23:52,968 --> 00:23:54,970
Maybe he wasn't a union driver.

317
00:23:54,970 --> 00:23:58,474
Maybe, but I don't think
he wanted to kill you.

318
00:23:58,474 --> 00:24:02,019
I think they wanted to
just scare you to death.

319
00:24:10,903 --> 00:24:11,862
(door closing)

320
00:24:14,865 --> 00:24:16,116
Toothpaste?

321
00:24:16,116 --> 00:24:16,825
Toothpaste.

322
00:24:16,825 --> 00:24:20,913
That's a legitimate
out-of-town overnight expense.

323
00:24:20,913 --> 00:24:23,457
I didn't charge you
for my new jammies.

324
00:24:23,457 --> 00:24:24,625
You're angry.

325
00:24:24,625 --> 00:24:25,876
Why would I be angry?

326
00:24:25,876 --> 00:24:27,044
You hired me to do a job,

327
00:24:27,044 --> 00:24:28,879
and I nearly got
killed in the process.

328
00:24:28,879 --> 00:24:31,590
The highway patrol are looking
for some fun-loving kid.

329
00:24:31,590 --> 00:24:33,842
My father wants an autographed
picture of the truck,

330
00:24:33,842 --> 00:24:35,302
and you're so torn up,
you're arguing

331
00:24:35,302 --> 00:24:37,429
over a tube of toothpaste.

332
00:24:44,478 --> 00:25:10,462
{\an8}

333
00:25:10,462 --> 00:25:12,506
(tires squealing)

334
00:25:12,506 --> 00:25:18,220
{\an8}

335
00:25:18,220 --> 00:25:20,014
(horn honking)

336
00:25:20,014 --> 00:25:22,057
Watch out!

337
00:25:22,057 --> 00:25:28,439
{\an8}

338
00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:29,940
You all right?

339
00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:31,150
All right?

340
00:25:31,150 --> 00:25:32,526
Good.

341
00:25:35,779 --> 00:25:36,822
Anybody hurt over there?

342
00:25:36,822 --> 00:25:37,573
No, we're all right.

343
00:25:37,573 --> 00:25:40,451
- What's wrong with you?
- I'm sorry it happened, fellas.

344
00:25:40,451 --> 00:25:41,702
Okay, guys.

345
00:25:41,702 --> 00:25:44,121
Let's get back to work.

346
00:25:44,121 --> 00:25:45,581
What happened?

347
00:25:45,581 --> 00:25:47,833
No brake fluid.

348
00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:50,294
Somebody loosened the fitting
on the master cylinder.

349
00:25:50,294 --> 00:25:51,545
You mean it was deliberate?

350
00:25:51,545 --> 00:25:53,130
Yeah, and that's twice.

351
00:25:53,130 --> 00:25:56,008
Then somebody did try
to kill you in Arizona.

352
00:25:56,008 --> 00:25:57,509
It doesn't make sense.

353
00:25:57,509 --> 00:25:59,887
Nobody knows you're
working for Ann Calhoun,

354
00:25:59,887 --> 00:26:02,806
and nobody knew you were
going to Arizona, except me.

355
00:26:02,806 --> 00:26:05,559
And whoever killed
Kevin Calhoun.

356
00:26:05,559 --> 00:26:10,564
Evidently, they're not too happy
with what I dug up on him.

357
00:26:10,564 --> 00:26:12,775
He wasn't born
in Arizona at all.

358
00:26:12,775 --> 00:26:14,860
He never worked for
the Central Valley Press.

359
00:26:14,860 --> 00:26:16,570
There's no record
of a driver's license,

360
00:26:16,570 --> 00:26:19,365
no Social Security
number, no nothing.

361
00:26:19,365 --> 00:26:21,950
Kevin Calhoun never existed.

362
00:26:21,950 --> 00:26:24,203
There's no record of him
prior to your marriage

363
00:26:24,203 --> 00:26:26,080
in Flagstaff
two years ago.

364
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,082
That's impossible,
I knew him,

365
00:26:28,082 --> 00:26:31,168
we were married for two years.

366
00:26:31,168 --> 00:26:35,798
Ann, the person he was is
the reason he was killed.

367
00:26:35,798 --> 00:26:37,466
How did you meet him?

368
00:26:37,466 --> 00:26:41,303
It was an accident, chance.

369
00:26:41,303 --> 00:26:42,429
He was in Flagstaff.

370
00:26:42,429 --> 00:26:43,722
He'd been traveling.

371
00:26:43,722 --> 00:26:47,559
Listening to the country,
is what he called it.

372
00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:50,604
He was a poet.

373
00:26:50,604 --> 00:26:51,855
Did I mention that?

374
00:26:51,855 --> 00:26:52,731
No.

375
00:26:52,731 --> 00:26:54,566
He was.

376
00:26:54,566 --> 00:26:56,777
Kind, sensitive.

377
00:26:56,777 --> 00:26:58,862
We were very happy.

378
00:26:58,862 --> 00:27:00,572
On the day your
husband was murdered,

379
00:27:00,572 --> 00:27:01,949
he threatened to leave you.

380
00:27:01,949 --> 00:27:03,575
He'd had too much to drink.

381
00:27:03,575 --> 00:27:04,743
He didn't mean it.

382
00:27:04,743 --> 00:27:05,369
But you argued.

383
00:27:05,369 --> 00:27:08,872
He slammed the door,
went into the bedroom.

384
00:27:08,872 --> 00:27:10,499
What happened during
that 15 minutes

385
00:27:10,499 --> 00:27:12,042
before you left the motel?

386
00:27:12,042 --> 00:27:13,544
Jim.

387
00:27:13,544 --> 00:27:15,254
Nothing, nothing happened.

388
00:27:15,254 --> 00:27:19,133
I was angry, hurt, so
I went out for a walk.

389
00:27:19,133 --> 00:27:20,843
Why doesn't anyone believe me?

390
00:27:20,843 --> 00:27:23,637
All right, all right.

391
00:27:23,637 --> 00:27:27,766
About that party
you went to in Bel Air,

392
00:27:27,766 --> 00:27:31,311
was it in character for him
to crash a thing like that?

393
00:27:31,311 --> 00:27:33,689
He didn't crash,
he was invited.

394
00:27:33,689 --> 00:27:36,025
Well, you told the police
you didn't know anybody in town.

395
00:27:36,025 --> 00:27:37,526
We didn't.

396
00:27:37,526 --> 00:27:38,277
At least I didn't.

397
00:27:38,277 --> 00:27:42,448
Kevin must have known someone
because he was invited.

398
00:27:42,448 --> 00:27:44,324
You sound pretty
sure about that.

399
00:27:44,324 --> 00:27:45,242
Why?

400
00:27:45,242 --> 00:27:46,660
The way he behaved.

401
00:27:46,660 --> 00:27:48,662
He wasn't hiding from anyone.

402
00:27:48,662 --> 00:27:50,831
He was there very openly.

403
00:27:50,831 --> 00:27:54,418
He even called me from the
party to ask me to join him.

404
00:27:54,418 --> 00:27:56,211
Did you have any
trouble getting in?

405
00:27:56,211 --> 00:27:57,755
No.

406
00:27:57,755 --> 00:28:00,299
Well, didn't you ask
him how he got there,

407
00:28:00,299 --> 00:28:01,342
who invited him?

408
00:28:01,342 --> 00:28:03,886
No.

409
00:28:03,886 --> 00:28:05,512
I saw he had had
too much to drink.

410
00:28:05,512 --> 00:28:09,391
We... left almost immediately.

411
00:28:09,391 --> 00:28:11,018
You weren't even curious, huh?

412
00:28:11,018 --> 00:28:13,937
I mean, on the way home
in the car you didn't ask him?

413
00:28:13,937 --> 00:28:16,190
On the way home,
no, I didn't.

414
00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:19,026
We started to argue the
minute we got in the cab

415
00:28:19,026 --> 00:28:23,489
because he said he didn't wanna
go back to Arizona again, ever.

416
00:28:29,036 --> 00:28:31,455
You ever seen them before?

417
00:28:31,455 --> 00:28:33,082
Yes, at the party.

418
00:28:33,082 --> 00:28:33,707
Who are they?

419
00:28:33,707 --> 00:28:36,794
That's Elizabeth Gorman
and Clyde Russell.

420
00:28:36,794 --> 00:28:37,961
Those are your hosts.

421
00:28:37,961 --> 00:28:40,130
You weren't introduced?

422
00:28:40,130 --> 00:28:41,548
No.

423
00:28:41,548 --> 00:28:44,927
There must have been
over 200 people there.

424
00:28:44,927 --> 00:28:47,346
Did you ever see your
husband talking to 'em?

425
00:28:47,346 --> 00:28:49,139
He didn't, not
while I was there.

426
00:28:49,139 --> 00:28:51,100
Why?

427
00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:53,769
Well, you say you were invited.

428
00:28:53,769 --> 00:28:56,647
They say you crashed.

429
00:28:58,899 --> 00:29:01,568
I hired you to investigate,
not to prosecute.

430
00:29:01,568 --> 00:29:02,277
What were you doing in there?

431
00:29:02,277 --> 00:29:05,489
You were acting as though
Ann killed Kevin Calhoun.

432
00:29:05,489 --> 00:29:06,699
As far as I know, she did.

433
00:29:06,699 --> 00:29:08,283
Jim.

434
00:29:08,283 --> 00:29:12,746
Beth, there are only two people
who are above suspicion.

435
00:29:12,746 --> 00:29:14,707
That's you and me.

436
00:29:14,707 --> 00:29:16,959
If you can lose sight of that,
you're not the attorney

437
00:29:16,959 --> 00:29:17,543
I think you are.

438
00:29:17,543 --> 00:29:19,336
What are you poking
around in there for?

439
00:29:19,336 --> 00:29:21,005
The car's fixed.

440
00:29:21,005 --> 00:29:24,008
I just wanna make sure
it didn't get un-fixed.

441
00:29:24,008 --> 00:29:42,818
{\an8}

442
00:29:42,818 --> 00:29:44,570
Well, at least you
came up with something,

443
00:29:44,570 --> 00:29:46,363
although I've never heard
of Elizabeth Gorman

444
00:29:46,363 --> 00:29:48,198
and Clyde Russell.

445
00:29:48,198 --> 00:29:49,533
From the size of this,
you'd think they were

446
00:29:49,533 --> 00:29:50,617
the royal family.

447
00:29:50,617 --> 00:29:52,119
Who are they?

448
00:29:52,119 --> 00:29:54,371
Well, I couldn't find out
too much on them.

449
00:29:54,371 --> 00:29:55,247
They're new in town.

450
00:29:55,247 --> 00:29:56,040
Lots of money.

451
00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,544
There's some kind of connection
with The Dark and Bloody Ground.

452
00:30:00,544 --> 00:30:01,712
The movie?

453
00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:03,464
Oh, they do have money.

454
00:30:03,464 --> 00:30:06,050
That's the biggest thing
since Birth of a Nation.

455
00:30:06,050 --> 00:30:07,301
Hm.

456
00:30:11,180 --> 00:30:13,182
Gorman.

457
00:30:13,182 --> 00:30:17,102
Gorman--somebody named
Gorman wrote the book.

458
00:30:17,102 --> 00:30:18,354
Where are we going?

459
00:30:18,354 --> 00:30:19,855
To the police station.

460
00:30:19,855 --> 00:30:21,815
Why?

461
00:30:21,815 --> 00:30:24,651
Well, I've got to tell 'em what
I found out about Kevin Calhoun.

462
00:30:24,651 --> 00:30:26,820
We're sitting on evidence, Beth.

463
00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:30,115
Oh, no.

464
00:30:30,115 --> 00:30:32,284
Now if you think
that's gonna stop me,

465
00:30:32,284 --> 00:30:35,329
you got a short memory.

466
00:30:35,329 --> 00:30:36,914
Oh, wait, wait!

467
00:30:36,914 --> 00:30:37,956
Don't tell me.

468
00:30:37,956 --> 00:30:39,416
Tell them.

469
00:30:39,416 --> 00:30:41,627
(horn honking)

470
00:30:41,627 --> 00:30:45,047
Just give me one good reason
why we should go to the police.

471
00:30:45,047 --> 00:30:46,423
I've already given it to you.

472
00:30:46,423 --> 00:30:48,425
Evidence in a capital crime.

473
00:30:48,425 --> 00:30:50,469
I'm counsel for the defense.

474
00:30:50,469 --> 00:30:52,346
You're acting as my agent.

475
00:30:52,346 --> 00:30:54,264
There's no question
of withholding evidence.

476
00:30:54,264 --> 00:30:56,642
You're on firm and legal ground.

477
00:30:56,642 --> 00:30:58,310
How firm?

478
00:30:58,310 --> 00:31:01,021
Information that you
uncover as an investigator,

479
00:31:01,021 --> 00:31:04,817
because you're in my employ,
is privileged information.

480
00:31:04,817 --> 00:31:07,653
You are not required, by law,
to divulge said information

481
00:31:07,653 --> 00:31:08,237
to the police.

482
00:31:08,237 --> 00:31:10,239
There's nothing about it
in the penal code,

483
00:31:10,239 --> 00:31:13,325
but it's common
knowledge and practice.

484
00:31:13,325 --> 00:31:15,202
It's an unwritten law.

485
00:31:15,202 --> 00:31:18,247
There are no
unwritten laws, Beth.

486
00:31:18,247 --> 00:31:19,665
Trust me.

487
00:31:19,665 --> 00:31:22,418
Kevin Calhoun assumed
a false identity.

488
00:31:22,418 --> 00:31:24,628
We don't have any reason.

489
00:31:24,628 --> 00:31:26,422
That's what I want you
to find out when you confront

490
00:31:26,422 --> 00:31:30,384
Elizabeth Gorman
and Clyde Russell.

491
00:31:30,384 --> 00:31:32,344
What do you want me
to confront them with?

492
00:31:32,344 --> 00:31:34,763
How do I know,
whatever works.

493
00:31:34,763 --> 00:31:36,890
You're making 200 a day.

494
00:31:36,890 --> 00:31:38,559
Plus expenses.

495
00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:42,646
All that stops the minute
you walk into Becker's office.

496
00:31:42,646 --> 00:31:45,524
Are you implying
that I could be bought?

497
00:31:45,524 --> 00:31:46,859
Yes.

498
00:31:49,778 --> 00:31:51,405
What are you doing now?

499
00:31:51,405 --> 00:31:54,867
I'm gonna go find a telephone,
and I'm gonna call an attorney.

500
00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:56,368
I need some legal advice.

501
00:31:56,368 --> 00:31:58,078
I'm an attorney.

502
00:31:58,078 --> 00:31:59,663
Yeah.

503
00:32:07,836 --> 00:32:15,177
(horse hooves hitting ground)

504
00:32:55,926 --> 00:32:59,596
You know, I walked right by you.

505
00:32:59,596 --> 00:33:01,264
Right by.

506
00:33:01,264 --> 00:33:03,350
Did you get the time
on Carried Boys?

507
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:05,394
I had a shot at her in a
claiming race two years ago,

508
00:33:05,394 --> 00:33:06,687
but I let her go.

509
00:33:06,687 --> 00:33:09,272
Could have had her
for $5,000, yeah.

510
00:33:09,272 --> 00:33:11,233
She looks awfully good.

511
00:33:11,233 --> 00:33:14,361
I'm afraid you have
the advantage on us, Mr., uh-

512
00:33:14,361 --> 00:33:15,862
Jim, I thought we settled

513
00:33:15,862 --> 00:33:17,948
all that Mr. Rockford
business at your party.

514
00:33:17,948 --> 00:33:21,159
Oh, I've been meaning to call
you and say thanks again,

515
00:33:21,159 --> 00:33:23,036
and I'm sorry.

516
00:33:23,036 --> 00:33:24,287
For what?

517
00:33:24,287 --> 00:33:25,914
Oh, about your guest?

518
00:33:25,914 --> 00:33:27,666
Oh, what was his name?

519
00:33:27,666 --> 00:33:30,043
Mr. Kevin Calhoun.

520
00:33:30,043 --> 00:33:31,670
I read about it in the paper.

521
00:33:31,670 --> 00:33:32,921
I read about it too.

522
00:33:32,921 --> 00:33:34,464
Sad business, sad.

523
00:33:34,464 --> 00:33:36,091
Not all that sad, Mr. Rockford.

524
00:33:36,091 --> 00:33:38,427
We didn't even know the man.

525
00:33:38,427 --> 00:33:40,470
You didn't?

526
00:33:40,470 --> 00:33:42,264
You mean he crashed the party?

527
00:33:42,264 --> 00:33:44,474
It doesn't seem possible.

528
00:33:44,474 --> 00:33:46,560
Well, shouldn't have happened.

529
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,687
Elliot is very good at
opening the right doors

530
00:33:48,687 --> 00:33:51,356
and closing them
on the wrong people.

531
00:33:51,356 --> 00:33:54,818
You've met my fiancé,
haven't you, Mr. Rockford?

532
00:33:54,818 --> 00:33:55,902
Elliot Malcolm.

533
00:33:55,902 --> 00:33:57,738
- Yes.
- No.

534
00:33:57,738 --> 00:33:59,406
Elliot, he was at the party.

535
00:33:59,406 --> 00:34:02,993
Mr. Rockford was
not at the party.

536
00:34:02,993 --> 00:34:05,245
I guess I just have
one of those faces.

537
00:34:05,245 --> 00:34:07,873
Your face was
not at the party,

538
00:34:07,873 --> 00:34:09,708
and your name wasn't
on the guest list.

539
00:34:09,708 --> 00:34:11,335
I made it out myself.

540
00:34:11,335 --> 00:34:12,794
You crashed the party too.

541
00:34:12,794 --> 00:34:14,546
- I'm afraid so.
- Not a chance.

542
00:34:14,546 --> 00:34:16,631
Well, there were over
200 people there, Elliot.

543
00:34:16,631 --> 00:34:18,175
I said not a chance.

544
00:34:18,175 --> 00:34:20,510
I had a guard on every gate,
I had a guard on every door.

545
00:34:20,510 --> 00:34:22,679
Nobody got into that party that
I did not want at that party.

546
00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:23,847
You make it sound impossible.

547
00:34:23,847 --> 00:34:25,015
It was impossible.

548
00:34:25,015 --> 00:34:26,058
I'm not gonna argue with you.

549
00:34:26,058 --> 00:34:27,893
You're the expert on doors.

550
00:34:27,893 --> 00:34:29,561
Nobody crashed the party.

551
00:34:29,561 --> 00:34:32,856
Not me, not Kevin Calhoun.

552
00:34:32,856 --> 00:34:34,358
I didn't say that.

553
00:34:34,358 --> 00:34:36,568
Yes, you did.

554
00:34:45,035 --> 00:34:47,204
What was that all about?

555
00:34:47,204 --> 00:34:49,164
Probably a lawyer
checking out the party.

556
00:34:49,164 --> 00:34:51,375
Somebody was just
indicted for that murder.

557
00:34:51,375 --> 00:34:53,585
And you just told him
that Kevin Calhoun

558
00:34:53,585 --> 00:34:56,004
was invited to the party,

559
00:34:56,004 --> 00:35:00,509
and our statements to the
police say that he crashed.

560
00:35:00,509 --> 00:35:02,135
That's one of
the things he does.

561
00:35:02,135 --> 00:35:04,805
Elliot puts parties together
and makes introductions.

562
00:35:04,805 --> 00:35:06,598
Elliot went to all
the right schools,

563
00:35:06,598 --> 00:35:08,016
knows all the right people,

564
00:35:08,016 --> 00:35:09,893
and knows how
to make them pay off.

565
00:35:09,893 --> 00:35:12,521
Well, evidently he's gonna
marry Elizabeth Gorman.

566
00:35:12,521 --> 00:35:14,189
Eh, new money.

567
00:35:14,189 --> 00:35:14,731
What does that mean?

568
00:35:14,731 --> 00:35:17,192
Old money would
never marry Elliot.

569
00:35:17,192 --> 00:35:20,487
Uh, tell me something, Beth.

570
00:35:20,487 --> 00:35:23,323
Does it embarrass you to
be seen in public with me?

571
00:35:23,323 --> 00:35:24,658
Of course not.

572
00:35:24,658 --> 00:35:26,159
Why would you ask
a thing like that?

573
00:35:26,159 --> 00:35:27,786
I don't even have new money.

574
00:35:36,169 --> 00:35:38,171
(knocking at door)

575
00:35:45,095 --> 00:35:46,722
Rocky?

576
00:35:46,722 --> 00:35:48,724
No, it's Beth.

577
00:35:53,186 --> 00:35:55,355
I found out who killed
Kevin Calhoun.

578
00:35:55,355 --> 00:35:57,274
- Who?
- Clyde Russell.

579
00:35:57,274 --> 00:35:58,025
Why?

580
00:35:58,025 --> 00:36:00,694
That's the most fascinating
part about this whole thing.

581
00:36:00,694 --> 00:36:03,238
I start--why
aren't you dressed?

582
00:36:03,238 --> 00:36:05,365
I am dressed, for bed.

583
00:36:05,365 --> 00:36:07,367
Well, put your clothes on.

584
00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:09,536
I started looking into
Clyde Russell's background,

585
00:36:09,536 --> 00:36:11,455
and I found that
he's into copyrights.

586
00:36:11,455 --> 00:36:13,331
Now that's a very
specialized field,

587
00:36:13,331 --> 00:36:14,583
so I asked a friend of mine,

588
00:36:14,583 --> 00:36:16,960
an expert,
to help me, and he--

589
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:21,131
For $200, you could
put your clothes on.

590
00:36:21,131 --> 00:36:23,258
Anyway, there is the
most peculiar thing

591
00:36:23,258 --> 00:36:25,927
about the copyright
law in this country.

592
00:36:25,927 --> 00:36:26,720
I mean, it's insane.

593
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,724
It sounds as if the whole thing
were written by a mad man.

594
00:36:30,724 --> 00:36:32,726
Listen, wouldn't you think

595
00:36:32,726 --> 00:36:36,438
that when a company buys
a book that they own it?

596
00:36:36,438 --> 00:36:38,774
Especially if the
contract says so.

597
00:36:38,774 --> 00:36:39,900
Yeah.

598
00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:43,612
Well, they do, except--

599
00:36:43,612 --> 00:36:45,030
It'd be a lot easier
if I could look at you

600
00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:46,740
when I'm talking to you.

601
00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:48,992
Not for me.

602
00:36:48,992 --> 00:36:50,660
Except what?

603
00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:52,621
Except for this kinky law.

604
00:36:52,621 --> 00:36:55,332
A company can buy a book
for a million dollars,

605
00:36:55,332 --> 00:36:57,876
but when the copyright
renewal time comes up,

606
00:36:57,876 --> 00:37:00,962
if the author has died,
they don't own it.

607
00:37:00,962 --> 00:37:02,214
It's not theirs anymore.

608
00:37:02,214 --> 00:37:03,965
Can you believe that?

609
00:37:03,965 --> 00:37:05,092
No.

610
00:37:05,092 --> 00:37:07,427
Are you sure?

611
00:37:07,427 --> 00:37:08,595
Positive.

612
00:37:08,595 --> 00:37:10,806
17 U.S.C. 24.

613
00:37:10,806 --> 00:37:11,973
It's all there.

614
00:37:11,973 --> 00:37:13,475
But what's all that?

615
00:37:13,475 --> 00:37:16,228
Title 17, United States
Code Section 24.

616
00:37:16,228 --> 00:37:17,020
You mean to say
somebody can spend

617
00:37:17,020 --> 00:37:19,981
a million dollars for a book,
and just because the author

618
00:37:19,981 --> 00:37:24,486
happens to die before the
renewal time, they don't own it?

619
00:37:24,486 --> 00:37:25,237
That's it.

620
00:37:25,237 --> 00:37:29,908
The rights go to his widow,
our friend Elizabeth Gorman.

621
00:37:29,908 --> 00:37:31,076
Hm.

622
00:37:31,076 --> 00:37:32,494
And that's exactly
what happened

623
00:37:32,494 --> 00:37:34,538
with The Dark and Bloody Ground.

624
00:37:34,538 --> 00:37:36,081
They were halfway
through the picture

625
00:37:36,081 --> 00:37:37,666
when her husband died.

626
00:37:37,666 --> 00:37:40,419
That's when
Clyde Russell moved in.

627
00:37:40,419 --> 00:37:41,837
Elizabeth didn't know
she suddenly owned

628
00:37:41,837 --> 00:37:43,672
the rights to the book.

629
00:37:43,672 --> 00:37:45,173
So Clyde made a deal with her,

630
00:37:45,173 --> 00:37:46,842
and then he hit
the motion picture company

631
00:37:46,842 --> 00:37:48,176
for 25%.

632
00:37:48,176 --> 00:37:51,346
The biggest thing since
Birth of a Nation, yeah.

633
00:37:51,346 --> 00:37:55,183
Which makes Clyde Russell
an opportunist, not a murderer.

634
00:37:55,183 --> 00:37:57,227
Jim, Clyde Russell--

635
00:37:57,227 --> 00:37:58,520
(phone ringing)

636
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,148
Would you excuse me a minute?

637
00:38:03,442 --> 00:38:04,568
Hello?

638
00:38:04,568 --> 00:38:06,111
Mr. Rockford?

639
00:38:06,111 --> 00:38:07,904
It's Clyde Russell.

640
00:38:07,904 --> 00:38:11,783
Now tell me, you are a private
investigator, aren't you?

641
00:38:11,783 --> 00:38:12,576
That's right.

642
00:38:12,576 --> 00:38:16,079
Well, um, I've been thinking
over what happened at the track

643
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:21,752
today, and I think we've got
to talk about Kevin Calhoun.

644
00:38:21,752 --> 00:38:26,923
I bought the old Blackford
place at 3972 Ambazac Road

645
00:38:26,923 --> 00:38:29,343
in Bel Air,
do you know the house?

646
00:38:29,343 --> 00:38:31,345
Yeah, I think I
know where it is.

647
00:38:31,345 --> 00:38:33,096
Just let yourself in
the back way, will you?

648
00:38:33,096 --> 00:38:34,723
The gate will be open,
and come straight

649
00:38:34,723 --> 00:38:35,766
to the pool house.

650
00:38:35,766 --> 00:38:37,851
The pool house.

651
00:38:39,895 --> 00:38:43,648
If you're finished,
I'd like to finish.

652
00:38:43,648 --> 00:38:48,111
Clyde Russell
resigned from the Bar.

653
00:38:48,111 --> 00:38:49,696
Well, don't you get it?

654
00:38:49,696 --> 00:38:51,198
Nobody resigns from the bar

655
00:38:51,198 --> 00:38:54,659
unless they got something
pretty shady to hide.

656
00:38:54,659 --> 00:38:58,705
Clyde Russell is a
high-class ambulance chaser,

657
00:38:58,705 --> 00:39:02,000
only he chases copyrights.

658
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,919
Kevin Calhoun was a writer.

659
00:39:03,919 --> 00:39:06,088
No, Kevin Calhoun was a poet.

660
00:39:06,088 --> 00:39:10,175
He grossed a fat $15,
$20 a year for his work.

661
00:39:10,175 --> 00:39:12,511
Well, there's something there,

662
00:39:12,511 --> 00:39:14,221
and don't ask me what,
'cause I don't know.

663
00:39:14,221 --> 00:39:16,765
Why don't we just go up to
Russell's place and ask him?

664
00:39:16,765 --> 00:39:18,392
After what happened
at the track today?

665
00:39:18,392 --> 00:39:21,436
You couldn't get
in the back gate.

666
00:39:21,436 --> 00:39:25,774
10 bucks says I can.

667
00:39:25,774 --> 00:39:27,943
You're on.

668
00:39:27,943 --> 00:39:58,098
{\an8}

669
00:40:19,828 --> 00:40:21,621
Shall we call an ambulance?

670
00:40:21,621 --> 00:40:33,508
{\an8}

671
00:40:33,508 --> 00:40:35,469
He won't need an ambulance.

672
00:40:35,469 --> 00:40:36,511
Oh.

673
00:40:36,511 --> 00:40:39,723
Hey, hey.

674
00:40:39,723 --> 00:40:43,101
I'll be all right.

675
00:40:43,101 --> 00:40:44,603
Let's see if we can find
a phone in the house.

676
00:40:44,603 --> 00:40:47,189
Come on.

677
00:40:47,189 --> 00:40:48,815
(gunshot)

678
00:40:48,815 --> 00:40:56,073
{\an8}

679
00:40:56,073 --> 00:40:57,574
Go call the police.

680
00:40:57,574 --> 00:41:05,749
{\an8}

681
00:41:05,749 --> 00:41:08,043
(tires screeching)

682
00:41:08,043 --> 00:41:38,198
{\an8}

683
00:41:50,502 --> 00:41:52,546
(horn honking)

684
00:42:00,846 --> 00:42:02,848
(tires screeching)

685
00:42:38,884 --> 00:43:00,827
{\an8}

686
00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:09,662
(horn honks)

687
00:43:09,662 --> 00:43:17,587
{\an8}

688
00:43:17,587 --> 00:43:19,798
What happened, do you know
how long I've been waiting?

689
00:43:19,798 --> 00:43:21,424
I got hung up at the hospital.

690
00:43:21,424 --> 00:43:23,093
- You're hurt.
- No, I'm fine.

691
00:43:23,093 --> 00:43:25,053
Elliot Malcolm got messed up
pretty good though.

692
00:43:25,053 --> 00:43:26,680
Elliot killed Clyde?

693
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,848
Yeah, and he tried to kill us.

694
00:43:28,848 --> 00:43:30,016
Me twice.

695
00:43:30,016 --> 00:43:31,893
I don't believe it,
he's not the type.

696
00:43:31,893 --> 00:43:33,478
Because he went to
the right schools?

697
00:43:33,478 --> 00:43:34,646
He's the type.

698
00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:36,231
He's just not very good at it.

699
00:43:36,231 --> 00:43:36,981
Has he confessed?

700
00:43:36,981 --> 00:43:40,443
He won't even give the cops
his unlisted phone number.

701
00:43:40,443 --> 00:43:41,736
But if I figured it out,

702
00:43:41,736 --> 00:43:43,988
they're gonna be
right behind me.

703
00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:45,782
Come on, I want to get
to Elizabeth Gorman's

704
00:43:45,782 --> 00:43:48,034
before they do.

705
00:44:10,015 --> 00:44:11,599
(knocking at door)

706
00:44:19,190 --> 00:44:22,027
Elliot, I have been--

707
00:44:22,027 --> 00:44:24,696
When it's bad news,
I knock first.

708
00:44:28,366 --> 00:44:31,244
Look, Mr. Rockford, if you
persist on coming in here,

709
00:44:31,244 --> 00:44:32,245
I'm gonna have
to call the police.

710
00:44:32,245 --> 00:44:35,123
Well, you won't have to.

711
00:44:35,123 --> 00:44:37,292
They should be along any minute.

712
00:44:37,292 --> 00:44:38,793
Elliot Malcolm's
in the prison ward

713
00:44:38,793 --> 00:44:42,047
of the Santa Monica Hospital.

714
00:44:42,047 --> 00:44:43,715
- Is he, uh--
- Oh, he'll be fine

715
00:44:43,715 --> 00:44:45,258
in time for the trial.

716
00:44:45,258 --> 00:44:46,843
What trial?

717
00:44:46,843 --> 00:44:50,138
He's been charged with the
murder of Clyde Russell.

718
00:44:50,138 --> 00:44:52,515
I don't believe you.

719
00:44:52,515 --> 00:44:53,058
You don't have to.

720
00:44:53,058 --> 00:44:55,935
You can check it out
with the cops.

721
00:44:55,935 --> 00:44:58,563
Clyde had nothing to do
with Kevin Calhoun's murder.

722
00:44:58,563 --> 00:45:00,899
He didn't even know about it,
but he figured it out,

723
00:45:00,899 --> 00:45:04,069
so, uh, he had to go.

724
00:45:04,069 --> 00:45:06,863
Elliot was just protecting
you, or should I say,

725
00:45:06,863 --> 00:45:10,658
he was protecting
his investment?

726
00:45:10,658 --> 00:45:13,411
He's talking now, Elizabeth.

727
00:45:13,411 --> 00:45:14,788
And he's gonna keep
right on talking.

728
00:45:14,788 --> 00:45:17,957
He's got nothing more to lose.

729
00:45:17,957 --> 00:45:20,085
Don't you want to know
what he's talking about?

730
00:45:20,085 --> 00:45:21,127
It might help you
with your answers

731
00:45:21,127 --> 00:45:24,047
when the police get here.

732
00:45:24,047 --> 00:45:27,342
Well, I certainly don't need
any help with any answers.

733
00:45:27,342 --> 00:45:31,763
Not even when they start
asking about your husband?

734
00:45:31,763 --> 00:45:36,434
Mr. Rockford,
would you mind leaving?

735
00:45:36,434 --> 00:45:38,853
I mean, I don't believe
a word you've said.

736
00:45:38,853 --> 00:45:40,855
I don't believe
that Clyde's dead,

737
00:45:40,855 --> 00:45:44,651
and I don't believe that Elliot
is in any prison hospital.

738
00:45:44,651 --> 00:45:48,697
I don't know what you're gaining
by lying to me like this, but--

739
00:45:48,697 --> 00:45:50,407
(sighs)

740
00:45:50,407 --> 00:45:52,992
I'm warning you,
just leave me alone.

741
00:45:52,992 --> 00:46:00,208
Oh, you are alone.

742
00:46:00,208 --> 00:46:03,378
This came off
during the accident.

743
00:46:03,378 --> 00:46:07,924
"To Elliot, with all my love,

744
00:46:07,924 --> 00:46:09,926
Elizabeth."

745
00:46:21,396 --> 00:46:23,148
According to this,
your husband was killed

746
00:46:23,148 --> 00:46:25,442
in a boating accident
off the coast of Mexico,

747
00:46:25,442 --> 00:46:29,612
only his body
was never recovered.

748
00:46:29,612 --> 00:46:34,534
Kevin Calhoun was Steve Gorman.

749
00:46:34,534 --> 00:46:35,160
When he heard
about the movie,

750
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:39,122
he showed up here to get
his slice of the money,

751
00:46:39,122 --> 00:46:42,125
and you killed him
to protect your interests.

752
00:46:42,125 --> 00:46:44,085
(police sirens wailing)

753
00:46:55,138 --> 00:46:56,848
I thought he was dead.

754
00:46:56,848 --> 00:47:00,101
For three years I
had to live with that.

755
00:47:00,101 --> 00:47:01,978
Believe me, that hurt.

756
00:47:01,978 --> 00:47:04,105
And then one day,
the day of the party,

757
00:47:04,105 --> 00:47:08,651
he shows up with a
new name and a new wife.

758
00:47:08,651 --> 00:47:13,323
No explanations
and no apologies.

759
00:47:13,323 --> 00:47:16,451
He was there to collect the
money with no thought to me

760
00:47:16,451 --> 00:47:17,243
or what I'd been through,

761
00:47:17,243 --> 00:47:20,455
and no more thought than when
he faked the boating accident

762
00:47:20,455 --> 00:47:25,251
because he didn't have the
courage to ask me for a divorce.

763
00:47:25,251 --> 00:47:27,879
And what he put me through,

764
00:47:27,879 --> 00:47:30,674
boy, you'll never know
the hell he put me through.

765
00:47:30,674 --> 00:47:32,342
(police sirens wailing)

766
00:47:32,342 --> 00:47:34,469
That's why I killed him.

767
00:47:36,763 --> 00:47:38,181
(crying)

768
00:47:40,016 --> 00:47:42,310
Have you heard
from Ann Calhoun?

769
00:47:42,310 --> 00:47:44,521
She phoned me from
Flagstaff this morning.

770
00:47:44,521 --> 00:47:47,190
It'll take a while,
but she'll be all right.

771
00:47:47,190 --> 00:47:48,191
10 cents a mile?

772
00:47:48,191 --> 00:47:49,693
I thought it was 7.

773
00:47:49,693 --> 00:47:52,737
It is, if you're
a nostalgia buff.

774
00:47:52,737 --> 00:47:54,864
That toothpaste
is still on here.

775
00:47:54,864 --> 00:47:56,825
That's right.

776
00:47:56,825 --> 00:47:57,909
All right, I'll pay it.

777
00:47:57,909 --> 00:47:58,535
Thanks, sport.

778
00:47:58,535 --> 00:48:04,207
Oh, but the spark plug
lead and this brake job?

779
00:48:04,207 --> 00:48:05,917
Parts and labor?

780
00:48:05,917 --> 00:48:07,585
I'm afraid that'll
have to come off.

781
00:48:07,585 --> 00:48:08,169
What are you talking about?

782
00:48:08,169 --> 00:48:10,714
Now those represent
attempts on my life

783
00:48:10,714 --> 00:48:12,924
and yours in the line of duty.

784
00:48:12,924 --> 00:48:15,927
Attempts that were only possible
because of your negligence.

785
00:48:15,927 --> 00:48:17,595
You should have
locked your car.

786
00:48:17,595 --> 00:48:18,680
The hood?

787
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,015
There's no lock on the hood.

788
00:48:20,015 --> 00:48:21,808
Then I suggest
you have one installed.

789
00:48:21,808 --> 00:48:23,476
This sort of thing
must crop up all the time

790
00:48:23,476 --> 00:48:24,060
in the line of work you do.

791
00:48:24,060 --> 00:48:26,187
Just give it to me,
give it back to me.

792
00:48:26,187 --> 00:48:27,313
Forget about the expenses.

793
00:48:27,313 --> 00:48:28,565
I don't wanna talk
about it anymore.

794
00:48:28,565 --> 00:48:30,400
Give us two tacos, please.

795
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,485
Just pay me for my
services, and we're even.

796
00:48:32,485 --> 00:48:34,112
Oh, don't be ridiculous, Jim.

797
00:48:34,112 --> 00:48:35,864
I'm going to pay you
for your services

798
00:48:35,864 --> 00:48:37,115
and your expenses,

799
00:48:37,115 --> 00:48:39,409
just as soon as
Ann Calhoun pays me.

800
00:48:39,409 --> 00:48:40,660
Well, that wasn't our deal.

801
00:48:40,660 --> 00:48:42,662
Of course it was.

802
00:48:42,662 --> 00:48:44,706
Don't tell me you
misunderstood me?

803
00:48:44,706 --> 00:48:47,000
Naturally, payment
will take some time.

804
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,168
Ann doesn't have much,

805
00:48:48,168 --> 00:48:49,836
except for that
little piece of property.

806
00:48:49,836 --> 00:48:51,629
And who knows how long
it'll take to sell it,

807
00:48:51,629 --> 00:48:52,464
and how much
she'll get for it.

808
00:48:52,464 --> 00:48:55,133
Okay, okay, Beth.

809
00:48:55,133 --> 00:48:57,093
How about a compromise, huh?

810
00:48:57,093 --> 00:49:00,430
I'll forget about Ann Calhoun,
just wipe it off the books.

811
00:49:00,430 --> 00:49:02,974
You retain me on
the Elizabeth Gorman case.

812
00:49:02,974 --> 00:49:03,725
Now you owe me that much.

813
00:49:03,725 --> 00:49:07,228
I'm the one that recommended
you, and she can afford me.

814
00:49:07,228 --> 00:49:10,231
She can afford you,
but she doesn't need you.

815
00:49:10,231 --> 00:49:13,026
I have a brilliant
defense planned.

816
00:49:13,026 --> 00:49:15,862
She'll be out in six months.

817
00:49:15,862 --> 00:49:18,615
But you know, I am
working on another case,

818
00:49:18,615 --> 00:49:21,910
and we could certainly
use your help on that.

819
00:49:21,910 --> 00:49:24,579
Of course, the man
is virtually penniless,

820
00:49:24,579 --> 00:49:26,039
but you'll love him, Jim.

821
00:49:26,039 --> 00:49:29,167
He's 70 years old,
but alert--

822
00:49:29,167 --> 00:49:30,251
Jim?

823
00:49:30,251 --> 00:49:33,254
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824
00:49:33,254 --> 00:49:34,506
Jim!

825
00:49:34,506 --> 00:49:41,179
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826
00:49:43,431 --> 00:50:12,961
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