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Shake a notch third please.

Happy New Year!

Uh-uh, not yet.

We still have an hour and a half of the dreams and yearnings of the present year.

Well then I have better get to work fast.

Here's your lemonade and from the house tonight.

Thank you.

I'll have a good time, Aussie.

Bell, Harry.

Aussie, Jenny, I'd like you to meet my friends today.

Hi.

Hi, Happy New Year.

Stands and options.

Here's a lookin' at ya.

I just made a New Year's resolution never to laugh at that joke again.

Oh, sorry.

You know, I still haven't kept my resolution from last year.

Really?

What is it?

From last New Year's Eve, I resolved I'd have a date from this New Year's Eve.

Well, Aussie, it's never too late.

There seem to be a lot of available women around here.

Never too long.

You think?

Yeah, I think.

Go for it.

Really?

Yeah.

Okay, I'll be right back.

Hopefully not alone.

Aussie,

my name is Aussie and I'd have to be free for New Year's Eve.

This is New Year's Eve.

Good gracious, so it is.

Anyway, I was wondering if possibly you might be in need of a dashing escort.

I'm sorry.

I'm waiting for my camera.

Well, you sure got good, at least.

I hope so.

Hello.

Hi.

Howdy.

My name is Aussie and... I'm sorry.

I'm waiting for my camera.

How's my camera?

How's my camera?

True.

My name is Mike Hammer.

My coop?

Never mind.

I'm looking for Mike Hammer.

I think that's him over there.

That

woman said you were him.

Well, it's a common mistake.

Actually, he's not.

I mean, that is to say, I am not.

I know he's coming here.

When he does, I'd be waiting for him.

What did you have?

I think my lemonade just curdled.

It's a holiday.

You think they'd get Mike a day off.

I wish I could call him one now, but I'm not sure where he is.

No, no.

Happy duty there.

Good night, yeah.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Hi, Stan.

My wife Linda.

How you doing?

We are on our way to a party at Larry Berry.

But we wanted to stop in here for a little while.

Well, for a long while.

As a party in Berry, you don't seem to go together.

Where's Mike?

Is he on his way?

I'm afraid so.

Does a man over there waiting for him?

Who doesn't look too friendly?

Really?

Well, let me check this out.

Honey, no, not tonight.

Excuse me.

Stan, you're looking for Mike Hammer.

Are you him?

No, I'm Captain Pat Chambers, New York Police Department.

Oh, Captain Chambers.

Then this is for you as well.

Oh, then what have you got there?

What do you got there, huh?

I am Raul Zorubica, Ambassador to the United Nations, from the Republic of Altos.

I bring greetings from our President, Lisa Baudano.

May I?

Sure.

Oh,

everything's fine, folks.

It's cool.

I'll take care of everything here.

Listen, you should reach in your coat.

I got him.

A policeman could make me a little jumpy.

Listen, anyway, it's an honor to meet you, Mr. Ambassador.

Sir, will I just arrived this morning, too?

Represent our new government, and I know nobody here to spend New Year's Eve with.

So, President Baudano said, fine, fine, hammer.

That's great.

Listen, Mike should be here in a minute.

Come on, I'll buy you a drink, introduce my friends, my family, and stuff.

This USA Network Pro...

David, you got to go from now to a wife, Linda, Aussie, Belman, Steve.

Stan, Stan, Raul Zorubica, at your service.

Well done.

I remember that.

Yeah, that's one of Mike's weirdest cases.

Wait a minute.

Wasn't that the one he was chasing a guy called, Friedrich?

That's the one.

If it wasn't for Mr. Hammer and for Mr. Chambers here,

we would still not have a free government in office.

Where?

I've never heard of all those, either.

That's a very small country.

We are a democracy now.

For many years, we were ruled by a terrible tyrant.

How'd you guys get involved in a place like this?

Oh, please.

A long, long story.

Go ahead, we got all year.

Come on, I'll buy you all a drink, let's grab a table.

Go ahead.

A bottle of champagne.

The best you got, huh?

I had to buy you a drink.

You got it.

Come on, we'll hold these tables together.

All right.

Good.

I was glad you did this.

Right?

Well... We all started with our old pearl, Vietnam, fellow named Tim O'Hara.

He became a big, very well-known lawyer.

Mike and I was real proud of him.

Colonel, listen, I haven't forgotten the package.

You covered my tail in a firefight outside High Farm Harbor.

Not to mention the rookie lieutenant I co-cocked.

You saved his life.

Yeah, well, you saved mine.

So you got a problem, you tell me what it is, and it's taken care of.

You too?

Sure.

That's wonderful.

I want to thank you both.

Listen, I won't tell you the favor.

I'll show you.

I've got the papers in my car.

Why don't you, uh, order another round?

Maybe I'll even pay.

Then one day, Colonel O'Hara got himself into some big trouble.

How'd that happen?

Zack Fair, only Mack.

It's all yours, you can move fast.

Now.

Hammer.

Mike.

Don't talk now.

Listen.

Read this.

Mine is...

Carl.

You murdered me, Mike.

Come on, let's go.

Mike'll be at the hospital.

Mike vowed that he wouldn't rest until he found his killer.

It meant breaking away from his busy schedule and tying up a few of his loose ends.

One total, unforgivable hour late, Mike Hammer.

Tell me, sir, I know I'm sorry.

It couldn't be out.

Listen, we can always add it on to the other end.

I...

I'm sorry I was angry.

I was also impatient.

I understand.

Listen, uh, something has come up.

I don't think I'm gonna be able to make it.

Mike?

We gotta talk, sir.

You owe me another hour, Mike.

Call me when you're prepared to pay your debt.

We've increased.

Well, they gave me the park.

I'm gonna make it on your car.

How's O'Hara?

You died this morning.

I'm on the case.

You're not alone, buddy.

I figured.

O'Hara left instructions for you with Martin Kelly, Tim's signature.

Driving her to the airport.

He's taking O'Hara's body home to Boston.

How's she doing?

I know tears, she doesn't want his sympathy.

I know it's just killing her inside.

Yeah, me too.

We'll get the garbage that didn't spike.

Martha Kelly?

Mike, can I?

Miss Kelly?

These are Mr. O'Hara's keys.

The office.

Apartment.

Including additional information on Carl Friedrich and his Altos case.

Thanks, Miss Kelly.

Don't you tell us something?

It's all there for the reading.

I'll return as soon as I can to assist you.

I've been Timothy's secretary for 23 years, Miss Dan.

Call me, Mike, please.

The man who killed him.

Don't worry, Miss Kelly.

I'm gonna find him.

Excuse me.

I have to go.

I'm sorry.

Well, I got Martha to the airport.

I might get an over to O'Hara's office to see what he could come up with.

Run here?

Yes.

Might have had my girlfriend back.

Aah!

That was misplaced gallantry.

Yeah, well.

Do you want more?

I'll take a rain check, except for the view.

Why didn't you tell me you're my camera?

Why, did Mr. Workout?

Who the hell are you?

I'm Lisa Baldano.

Surely Mr. O'Hara must have mentioned my name.

He told me about you.

You never got the chance.

I'm from the Republic of Altos.

Do you know it?

No, I don't do crossword puzzles.

Altos is very real.

Ruled by a dictator.

I got this in his prison.

I'm trying to start a democratic revolution.

The revolution failed, but Lisa was able to get me out.

The dictator of Altos is my father.

Then what are you doing here?

Everything I can to overthrow his rotten government.

You see, I last saw my father when I was eight years old.

When he beat my mother, Bloody.

Cripple her.

My mother and I escaped Altos to America.

I was raised here.

But I'd like to see the people of Altos set free.

For her.

I owe him nothing except perhaps a gravestone.

I understand, but I'm looking for the man who killed Tim O'Hara.

Carl Friedrich.

My father hired him to kill all the leaders of our movement.

Tim O'Hara was our attorney.

So you must help us catch freedom?

Let me tell you something about democracy, pal.

I don't have to do anything.

But I am going to find a man who killed O 'Hara.

I'll give him to you.

I'll give him to you.

I'll give him to you.

Short cuts from... How does the play is...

Thanks, son.

Now, Lisa Vodano is in this country's organized

revolution against her father's regime.

She claimed that he hired a bad news killer named Friedrich to wipe them all out.

So he went problem with his story.

I don't believe it.

I mean, how can the Jets trade two wide receivers

at a first-string quarter back in mid-season?

You've got to have faith, Mike.

Hey, that kind of faith ought to be 55.

You can win some, lose some.

That's why some.

Friedrich.

Doing what?

Even the game is fine with Friedrich.

His ammo is no ammo.

Master disguises and weapons.

Guns, bombs, knives, strangle wires, even a baby carriage.

He used them all.

Used?

You mean his past tense?

You got it.

What's this?

Setting it into the bomb factory, you must say.

French police have got him wired.

Dead solid.

How do you shake him?

The hard way.

So this is the proof that Friedrich is dead?

Like 17 people died in the blast.

Interpol fund a clear print.

Third finger left hand.

Dead solid as car Friedrich.

May you rest in pieces.

Just a dead finger?

Hey, Pat, I need the whole corpse.

Is that the Interpol tape?

Yes, sir.

Who authorized you to show it to Hammer?

Especially to Hammer?

You did.

What are you talking about?

Santa, yesterday with all the memos.

Thanks, Larry.

I want you to know I really appreciate this.

If there's anything I can ever do for you, just let me know.

Put me in.

What are you smiling at?

Oh.

Where are you smiling at?

Well, Mary's just happy there.

Happy New Year.

We were just on our way to your party.

What are you doing here?

The party's still happening, but I got bored, so I left.

Well, I can understand that.

I'll take my chair and sit down.

I'll pull you all the drink.

Yeah.

Champagne, Jenny.

We have another bottle for the table, please.

It's 4-1 for yourself, and I'll have Tom and Jerry.

You got it, isn't it?

The first one tonight.

Oh!

Santa, there's a Rubicon.

It's a special prosecutor.

Lawrence Barrett.

Now, please, sir.

Ambassador.

Probably the Republic of Altus.

She's not starting another revolution.

Oh, no.

We aren't white content, no.

That tastes happy New Year to you, sir.

You're gonna celebrate New Year.

It's not quite the course.

Can we get back to the story, please?

Now, was this guy Friedrich dead or alive?

Well, that's what Mike wanted to find out.

So he sent me over to Tim O'Hara's office

to bring back anything that might be a clue.

Bela, what about his checkbook?

Well, he overjuries account a lot.

Probably because he gave so much money to charity.

Yeah, he always was a soft touch.

Sorry, Mike.

Anything else?

Yeah.

He had an outstanding collection of matchbooks from bars.

The man has his hobby.

That's unusual.

So, after waiting through all of this, this came as kind of a surprise.

A formal invitation to a garden party to meet with

the head of the rebel government in exile of Altus.

Oh.

Wait a minute.

That's today.

Yeah.

Mike, you can't go like that.

It's formal.

Hey, what are you talking about?

You forget, I'm an ex-boyscout.

Always prepared.

There we go.

I come prepared for everything.

How do we look?

Oh, that makes all the difference.

Mike's bow tie didn't quite pass for formal.

But he went anyway.

Mission by invitation.

Yeah, sure.

I don't recall your name on the list.

My girlfriend's up.

Oh, and what my birthday?

That's it.

Go, writers.

Not famous yet?

Oh, thanks.

What I'd really like is a bottle of beer.

Certainly.

Coming up, buddy.

Hello.

How are you?

Good morning.

How are you?

What is that?

I told you that.

You'd be shocked out of your socks.

Really?

I'm not wearing any.

Mike?

Mike Hammer.

What are you doing here?

Having a beer?

How about you?

This is a very private community.

Well, I'm a very private detective.

Now, what are you really doing here?

Thanks, buddy.

I inherited an invitation from Tim O'Hara.

Lisa?

Is he bothering you?

Oh, you're bothering me, pal.

Well, you're bothering everybody here.

Steppen?

That wasn't very diplomatic.

I'm hardly ever diplomatic with yo-yos.

Hey, I have your attention, please.

All very well to applaud now, my friend.

I warn you, trying to take up contributions.

Get down!

You were invited to this occasion, Hammer?

Yes, I was.

Don't feel bad, Baron.

And I'll talk to my friend, see that you get an invitation next time.

Thanks.

Even while you want to tell me what you were doing here?

Most of the time, I was ducking bullets.

I'll tell you precisely what he was doing here.

He saved our lives.

If Mr. Hammer had not been here, it would have been a complete slaughter.

And I would like to know why you refused O 'Hara's

order for complete security at this gathering.

I made a mistake.

This office is always willing to admit when an error has been made.

However, I would like to point out one other thing.

That is, if the police acted very swiftly and

as a result, widespread bloodshed was avoided.

I have no further statement to make at this time, thank you.

Do you want to make on this guy?

Yeah, Kurt Graber, part of the Germany, Italy, and Turkey.

Murder, salt, I'm a Spanish diplomat.

Professional terrorism.

Real beauty.

These scars.

Yeah, dueling scars.

Think of us.

That's the kind of thing you get with the plane with toys like these.

What'd you get that?

Tim O'Hara's belongings.

You know, Pat, Friedrich isn't dead.

You don't believe the report.

I believe Tim O'Hara.

He said that Friedrich killed him.

And he's the kind of guy that never made a mistake when it really counted.

I'll buy that.

Nobody's ever seen Friedrich except for his own people.

He's alive.

He's here.

Maybe.

It could be anybody.

He could be working for anybody.

I still don't know how Mike got into that saber club.

You know, Mike has his ways.

Hi.

It's so sorry, I'm late.

I knew you couldn't get in without me.

I was polishing my sword.

Excuse me, sweetheart.

Shimor Hayet's bust-cat-dala.

All right, she devils, but later I'll get rid of him.

Okay.

Can I help you?

Yeah, I was looking for some action.

Well, I hope you bought your sword.

Well, I must have left with my other suit.

I think you'll find what you want upstairs.

Thanks.

To Shay.

Hey, careful, you'll dent the suit.

Mike, what are you doing here?

I'm looking for the fourth Musketeer.

What about you?

This place.

It's in front of my father's people, possibly Friedrich.

Oh, Hera wanted me to investigate it, so I became a member.

You know your way around the club office.

Yeah, do you want to get killed?

No, I want to get my hands on that membership list.

And anything else it might seem before.

So why don't you get out of those pajamas and take a look around?

There are people in guard.

Yeah, maybe careful.

I know what happened then.

This is great.

Mike has told me all about it.

See, he wanted to create this diversion scene.

Oh, fresh up like one of the fencing guys

and walk right into the middle of the action.

I'm going

to play rock, huh?

You're sure it's about pal?

Isaac, aren't you stretching things a little bit?

Well, maybe a willow.

Call it imagination.

More like hero worship?

He's the one who just went upstairs.

He's good.

There's no way out.

I felt terrible.

Mom let me her new...

You know, I'm sorry.

Mike should be here by now.

He's probably meant the hot chicks.

Yeah, well, one of these days they're going to

harness his glands for more peaceful purposes.

Ha, ha, ha.

Pass me the pressure.

I'm sorry that he's not hearing fast.

I know he would be happy to meet you.

I am enjoying this evening anyway.

Mike, can I be with my old friend from New Year's Eve?

It's a great joy and honor to be with the friends of my country.

Well, trust me, you're with friends.

Happy New Year, huh?

Happy New Year!

Wait, can we please get back to this story?

So, what happened after they left the fencing club?

Ozzy, sometimes you ask too many questions.

But I'm going to tell you anyway.

Well, at least you're never shaking your teeth.

That's what happens when you get impressed while you're wearing it.

What's this?

It's a note written in my native tongue.

Do you translate on the first date?

It deals with a very private fundraising party that O'Hara had organized for us.

Mike, it was supposed to have been a secret.

Somebody must have been reading our mail.

This.

More details about the party, including the security, the catering staff.

I don't know any of these people.

I'm going to find out.

How?

Nice.

Yeah, this is Hammers, Pat Chambers there.

Pat, listen, I want you to check out the names for me.

John Moore, M-O-H-R.

Jean Drake?

Yeah.

Steve Matthews.

Great.

Thanks, Pat.

Well, he says you'll have some answers by tomorrow morning.

That doesn't give us very much time.

What are you talking about?

It gives us all night.

Whatever will we do to pass the hour?

Shmoir, I... h-cadalia.

You know what that means.

It's all out-totion to me.

Oh, I think I'll show you.

Oh, my goodness.

That's OK, Pat.

You can skip to the next part.

OK, OK.

Then they went to Barant's office.

Did you get this information, Hammer?

I read it on a men's room wall for a good time called Friedrich.

So what?

The point is, Mr. Barrington, is that Carl Friedrich is alive.

He killed the leader of our movement.

This is Valdano.

Your leader was murdered by person or persons unknown,

not by a man who's been officially dead for years.

Why?

Because you got a police report?

One fingerprint?

Open up your mind, Barrington.

Let the sun shine in.

He is alive, and there will be more killings.

That, I believe, and so until this thing is solved, I'm

going to prevent you people from any further public meetings.

Oh, that's brilliant, Barrington.

You're actually helping Friedrich do his job.

Mr. Barrington, my people are frightened.

If you will only provide some security, we can meet.

I would like to help, and I can't.

Don't you understand that we are fighting for democracy?

Hey, I'm a great believer in democracy.

You too.

But I have official responsibilities.

Hey, what a guy.

Look, if you people can rid yourselves of a dictator, fine.

More power to you.

But you're not going to fight your wars on my turf.

At least not until these murderers have been apprehended.

Barrington, you are the master of bureaucratic strategy.

You wouldn't have signed the Declaration of Independence

unless you got a court order from King George.

Barrington, were you insulted?

No, King George was a good man.

Check the FBI, Interpol, and Immigrations.

All clear, except for Pretty Boy.

All right, Grayber, the guy I nailed at the garden party.

Any idea who paid him?

Friedrich.

No, no, who sent him to the party?

Who signed his paycheck as a musician?

Finally, who did the paperwork on his cover?

Well, that all went through the Fenty Club paycheck signed by a guy named Bertrand.

Wasn't he the club manager?

Right, and he was in the middle of everything.

Did he even check this guy Bertrand out?

Right away.

I will go with you, Captain.

All right?

I may recognize something.

Good.

Where can I reach you later?

I'll be at O'Hara's office.

We'll be at O'Hara's office.

We'll.

We'll be in touch with you.

Okay.

Mike, it can't be, Martha.

She loved O'Hara.

I know that.

At least I thought I did.

You told me that O'Hara organized all the affairs.

He had all the influential connections.

Yeah.

But he didn't hire the musicians.

Martha was his closest connection.

She ought to know who did.

Martha!

That's

the sound of the fighting time.

Yeah, just in time.

He could have been waiting here for you.

I'm a target.

I accept that.

How have I learned something a long time ago?

The first one over the hill, the first one to get a shot at.

What I want to know is... did Martha tip him off and set us up?

I guess she didn't.

Yeah, they hit you.

Your life called players club.

Two more bodies, but Mike was no closer to Friedrich.

Leave her alone.

Better you stay out.

With Friedrich's to a free, our movement is crumbling.

Finished by fear.

Nothing is worth this.

You know who will be next.

Nobody to the price of freedom comes cheap.

If you want to rally your people now, there is your leader.

If she wants it.

Yes.

I thought you cared for her.

I do.

That's part of the price.

You

got a party to go to.

Let's go.

Security there was tight, but Mike knew that Carl Friedrich had already gotten in.

He was about to find the man with a missing finger.

Let me do this.

Okay, that's all.

I'm sorry we have to put you through this.

That's why we wanted some of our more distinguished guests

to take care of this early, so you won't be bothered later.

Please.

Enjoy yourself, Senator.

Very nice to see you again.

I'd like a table for three, please.

Very good.

I'm sorry.

You look so good I didn't recognize you.

Very funny.

Looks like I got some heavyweight political guests here.

Yes, and that's very important.

We intend to raise funds and mobilize support here.

Why don't you revolution, sweetheart?

What about Friedrich?

Word has it.

He's still dead.

And you still believe in the tooth fairy, huh?

Look.

What's going on here?

Just Betsy.

What are you trying to start a panic?

Has everybody been checked with this thing?

Yes.

What about the staff?

Background check, body search.

And the guests?

We know them all, it's by invitation only.

Besides your people are... sorry.

Your people are still checking them out anyway.

I think we forgive me.

I think we have security fairly well tightened up.

Yeah, so did Pearl Harbor.

Ah, just in time.

Do we want speeches after coffee?

Let's check the security first.

It has been checked.

Has it?

Yes, sir.

Mr. Konos and I searched the hall before we let him at the end.

Good.

Right, because we can't be too careful.

We know that somebody on the inside was working with Friedrich.

Somebody who was giving him information.

It could have even been one of your cops.

A kid, Mike.

Am I?

Hey, I'll personally vase for every man of this detail.

You're sure?

I don't want to hear about it, Mike.

Look, somebody on the inside had to set up O'Hara and the Prime Minister and Martha.

Somebody who was working very close to us.

A Bertram knew who it was.

He was about to give me the answer.

And that's why you had to kill him, Friedrich.

Let's put the finger on him, Captain Chambers.

What the hell happened?

Congratulations.

You pulled it off.

Thank you, Captain Chambers.

Nice work.

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

Did you hear, Mike?

Thanks, buddy.

I owe you one.

And that was the end of Carl Friedrich.

This is a great story.

I'm learning more.

It's a great country

from our father.

Great gal.

We are a democracy now, thanks to Mike and Pat.

All of the days work.

Pat, help him.

No.

I'm always on call.

That's when I pulled my gun out and jumped on a merry-go-round.

Hey, folks.

It's almost midnight.

We've lived through a lot together, this lovely lady and I.

Her name is Manhattan.

And the two of us have a real good reason to celebrate.

We've made it to another year.

A surrogate mother.

You can give it up.

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