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Next on Vegas, a stolen cross and a nun

in jeopardy caused Dantana to come

within an inch of meeting his maker.

>> Don't tell me I'm the first nun you've

ever met.

>> They're real.

>> Mhm.

>> Helper. Blackjack, turn around. Just

turn you.

Heat up

here.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

How are you?

1 2 3 4

upstairs.

Heat. Heat.

Oh god, they're coming after me.

Dan.

>> Dan, where have you been? I've been

trying to reach her for an hour.

>> Well, Beatatrice, I've been looking for

the Burton necklace. That's where I've

been. Maybe the finest fee will pay for

some of the bills you've been nagging me

about.

>> A woman by the name of Bridget Callahan

called. She says it's of the very

highest importance. And that's a quote.

>> It's always of the very highest

importance. And that's also a quote.

Where is she?

>> The Desert Horizon Motel, room 11.

>> That's just what I need. Another climb

from the Desert Horizon Motel. Talk to

you later.

Hello.

Anybody here?

>> I'll be right out. Just make yourself at

home.

>> Okay.

Mr. Tann

Mr. Tana.

>> Hi.

>> Slick, huh? No. No. He's got uh too much

taste to pull a stunt like this. Buddy

Hackett, right? Did Buddy Hacken put you

up to this?

>> I beg your pardon?

>> You're one of the new ponies from the

Stardust Land, right?

>> Look, I really got to go.

>> Wait. Uh, no. Actually, I'm um from

Silverton, New Mexico. I don't know Mr.

Hackett.

>> Yeah.

>> Um, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm

Sister Bridget Marie Callahan. I wish to

hire you.

>> This has been a lot of fun, but I really

have to go.

>> Don't tell me I'm the first nun you've

ever met.

>> You're real?

>> Mhm.

You're real.

Uh, sister, uh, I'm sorry. I I

I'm really sorry. It's just that I've

never met a sister before in in a place

like this. Well, it's it's quite

reasonable and it's very clean.

>> It ought to be. They change the sheets

every hour.

>> Well, like they say, cleanliness is next

to godliness. But I guess changing the

sheets once an hour is a little extreme,

isn't it?

>> Uh, sister, uh, this is really no place

for a woman of the church.

>> Why not?

Oh, because this is the kind of place

where a man brings um I mean a lady who

If it's all the same to you, could we

continue this meeting at the desert in

>> Oh, is that expensive?

>> Well, I'll get you right and I'm sure

you'll be more comfortable there. All

right.

>> Well, um will you take my case, Mr.

Tannon?

>> Well, no promises, sister, but I will

listen.

>> That's all I ask.

>> It's a matter.

What a strange place to put mirrors.

>> Can't imagine.

>> I thought nuns usually stayed in

convents when they travel.

>> Well, usually we do, but the mother

superior swore me to secrecy, you see.

So, I'm unable to tell the local mother

the purpose of my trip.

>> And what is the purpose of your trip?

The cross of Caceris that was stolen

from the church out of our mission.

>> I see. Have you contacted the police?

>> Certainly not. Poor soul who stole that

cross should be punished by God. And I

promised the Mother Superior that I

would handle this discreetly personally.

And all you have to do is to find the

thief.

>> All I have to do is find the thief. I

see. Well, what makes you think this

thief is in Las Vegas?

>> Well, I consulted a member of our

church. His name is Michael Flynn. He

has sort of a checkered past, but he's

repented. Anyway, Michael said that he

saw the suspect. That is what you call

somebody that you're not absolutely

positively sure about, isn't it?

>> Well, it's one of the things I'd call

somebody who'd steal a church cross.

>> Well, anyway, Michael asked around and

he was told that the suspect was seen

boarding a bus to Las Vegas with a

suitcase large enough to hold that

cross.

Venzer. Benzer, don't talk. Just listen.

All right. I want you to start checking

the pawn shops on the strip. I'll take

care of the ones downtown. Yeah. We're

looking for a wooden cross. A two-foot

wooden cross. It was stolen from a

mission in New Mexico.

I don't know what kind of flake steals a

cross. Just try and find it. All right.

Yeah, right.

>> Telephone call from Mr. Oliver.

>> Sister, it's not a good idea to leave

this lying around. It's a bit of a

temptation.

>> Without temptation, there is no virtue.

Besides, who would steal a nuns person

in a nice place like this?

>> Well, the same kind of guy who'd steal

across from a church. Come on, I'll show

you to your room.

>> No, wait. Will you take the case person?

>> My associate, Mr. Ber, is already

working on it.

>> Well, then we should discuss your fee.

Well,

>> sister, um, under the circumstances, I I

really don't think I

>> No, no. A labor's worthy of his hire.

And since Mother Superior has only given

me one week to locate the cross,

>> why a week?

>> The order's most holy day is next

Thursday, and we have to have the cross

back.

>> Well, look, we can discuss money later.

All right.

>> No, no. I consist now. Now, I'm prepared

to offer you a fee of $10 a day plus

$2.50 expenses.

>> Well, I'll try to keep down the

expenses.

>> Holy saints. This is fit for a cardinal.

Well, maybe you could recommend it to

yours. I'm sure Mr. Roth would

appreciate it. He's the owner of the

hotel and he's picking up the tap.

>> Oh, isn't that kind. I bet Mr. Roth is a

very devout man.

>> Oh, yeah. Well, uh,

>> and I do hope he understands changing

the sheets once a day is sufficient.

>> I'll remind him. Uh, sister, you sure

you don't want to bring the police in on

this?

>> The boy is misguided, but he's not

irredeemable.

>> Hope you're right. Good night. Good

night and thank you so much, Mr. Tana.

And may God go with you.

>> I'm sure he will. I'll check with you in

the morning and we'll get started. Okay.

Now,

>> sister, uh, you wouldn't want to tell me

the thief's name, would you?

>> My prayers are that this will be

resolved without bringing his name into

public knowledge.

>> I thought it might be something like

that. Yeah. Good night.

>> Good night.

Well, three down and a hell of a lot

more. I mean, a lot more to go.

>> He has to sleep somewhere. So, what

about a hotel or rooming house?

>> Well, if he was smart enough to steal

the cross, he's smart enough to change

his name.

>> Now, why didn't I think of that? Well,

>> that, my dear sister, is why I get $10 a

day.

Sink on. Noises.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure that's the right

number. Caseras. Caseras, Spain.

Why didn't you tell me nobody answered?

Wait, what time is it there? Spain.

4 in the morning.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Woo!

Hallelujah.

Hey, Tony.

>> Hey, Dad.

>> Where you been? We've been in here. How

many times we've been in here? A dozen

times we've been here.

>> Hey, I went out on a little buying trip.

You know how it is. If you got nothing

to sell, you going to come in to buy.

Oh, this is my friend, Sister Bridget.

>> Hello.

>> What uh what can I do for you?

>> We're looking for a two-foot cross.

>> I heard when things got bad with you

private eyes, you'd take any case.

Sister, I haven't seen a two-foot cross

since I was a kid in Sunday school.

>> Tony, what about those guys at the

spotted dice? You seen them around?

>> Yeah. Yeah, they'd buy a hot cross.

>> Yeah, I know. Last I heard, those low

lights were uh they were hanging out

across the street and down the alley at

the Broken Ship Bar.

Uh

>> listen, if the cross comes in, call me,

not the police. All right.

>> Sure.

>> Trust me,

they don't buy

All right.

Thank you.

No.

>> This guy who stole the cross, he capable

of killing anybody?

>> No, never.

>> Well, I'm a target for a lot of old

scores down here. Maybe it didn't have

anything to do with your cross.

>> Sure it did.

Thanks.

>> Now, someone shot at us

>> because he made him miss.

>> This is Jimmy. What's going on? I tried

to get you yesterday.

That's easy for you to say. Don't be

concerned. You're sitting over there in

Spain. I'm sitting in Vegas hauling

around a hot cross.

If he ain't here by tomorrow morning

with the money, I'm going to find

another buyer. I don't care if you hired

me to steal it for you. If if if your

boy ain't here tomorrow morning with the

money, I'm going to I'm going to I'm

going to do something.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

at the top.

>> Jimmy J. Smith's room. What is it?

>> You just missed him. He walked out just

before you came in.

>> You mean the skinny kid that walked down

the block?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought

that was him.

You got a nice place here. Thank you.

Thanks very much.

>> All right, Dan, what's going on?

Somebody's using you and a dame for

target practice. I want to know what

you're working on.

>> She's not a dame, Dave.

>> All right. Would the word client please

you better?

>> Well, client would be satisfactory.

I mean, it's a matter of professional

ethics. I mean, I must respect certain

confidences, like a doctor or a lawyer.

>> Mhm. Like a priest.

>> That's a good point.

>> Now, my men questioned everybody in that

neighborhood and came up empty.

>> Well, what do you expect in that

neighborhood?

>> I would like to get to that lady.

>> Well, I I really don't think that's

necessary.

>> I do, and I don't think it would be too

difficult locating Bridget Marie

Callahan.

How'd you know her name?

>> A little professional detective work, my

man.

>> We found that in the alley.

>> Well, sister will be very relieved.

>> Oh, you found my purse. No, just

>> Sister Bridget Maria Callahan. I'd like

you to meet my friend here, Dave Nelson.

>> Nice to meet you.

>> Oh, terrific.

Oh no, my money's gone.

>> Oh well, I guess the Lord had a better

purpose for it.

>> Sister, good to have met you. We will

keep in touch, won't we?

>> You bet.

>> Another friend of mine.

>> Um, I want to apologize.

>> What for?

for involving you in that shooting.

>> Hey, come on. I involved you. I mean,

you were right. Who's going to take a

shot at a nun over a wooden cross?

>> Yes, that's true. It is wood. But then

there's the gold leaf and of course the

rubies and the emeralds.

>> Rubies.

Real rubies

and emeralds.

>> Mhm.

>> Uh, how much do you suppose this cross

is worth? Well, it's priceless to us.

You see, uh, the cross of Caceras was

brought to this continent 400 years ago

by a Spanish priest.

>> Excuse me.

>> This is Dan Tana. Can I have an outside

line, please? Thank you.

>> Dantana investigations.

>> B. I want you to find out for me how

much the cross of Caceris is worth as

fast as you can. Okay.

>> Caseras. Got it.

>> And then try to locate Diamond Jim

O'Neal and have him meet me at the dunes

at around 8:00. All right.

>> The Diamond Jim. He's in Monte Carlo.

>> Nope. got back Monday with two Picassos

and Matis and four 16th century icons.

If you're interested, I can make a deal

for you.

>> How much did you have in there?

>> $212.

>> That's too bad.

>> I don't know how I'm going to pay your

fee.

>> Don't worry about that.

>> I won't.

The Lord will provide $5 mad money.

>> Well, you know the hotel has come.

>> Well, it's free. I mean, you're their

guest.

>> Oh, I can't accept that.

>> Where you going?

>> Wait. Yeah, sister.

What are you doing?

>> Hey, let me go. Who are you? Let me go.

>> Easy, easy, easy. Sh. The man from Spain

sent me.

>> I waited for you. Now you can wait for

me. I'm broke, man. I need my medicine.

>> I know. I know.

>> Listen to me. Listen to me. Let's go. We

finish our business. You come back. You

buy the whole drugstore. Okay. Huh? Put

it away now. Put it away. That's it.

That's it.

Come on now. Let's go.

>> Paging Mr. Cohen. Mr. Bert Cohen.

>> Uh, going to go find the cross.

>> God works in mysterious ways. How do you

play this game?

>> Uh, well, it's called uh blackjack or

21. The object is to get closer to 21

than the dealer. Are you sure you want

to do this?

>> Sure.

>> You allowed to gamble?

>> Well, it's legal here, isn't it?

>> Yeah.

>> So, I will bet $1.

>> Well, actually, the minimum at this

table is $5 a bet.

>> Oh, okay.

>> It's all right, Warren. I'll deal to the

sister.

>> Did you see that?

>> Perfect.

>> You cut the cards, please.

>> What?

>> Would you be as kind as to cut the

cards? I like this.

>> Oh, thank you.

>> No, wait. I wanted to play.

>> I'm just changing your money into a

chip, that's all.

>> Oh, is it the same thing as $5? $5,

right?

>> Okay.

>> Now, what do I do?

>> Take a look at them here.

>> Now, see, the face card is worth 10.

>> Oh, so I guess 20 is as close to 21 as

you can get.

>> 20 beats 18 and you win.

>> Oh, good.

>> Okay, I think we should go now. Come on.

>> Can I bet $10?

>> Well, certainly, ma'am.

>> Okay.

>> Caging Mr. Cohen. Mr. Bert Cohen.

>> I only have nine. Uh uh let's don't show

him to me.

>> Uh so tell him to hit you.

>> What?

>> That means uh you want another card.

Just go like this.

>> Hit me.

>> 19.

>> 18. You win again.

>> Mr. I think we should go now because you

can't keep winning like this. This is

beginner's luck.

>> Okay, I'll go again. Here's

>> 20.

>> 20. Yeah.

>> KJ. Mr. Cohen. Mr. That color.

>> Turn it over. Blackjack. Turn it up.

Just turn it. You went on a tip.

My goodness.

Five.

>> All right, sister. Come on. I really

think we should go now. Okay. Can we go?

>> Thank you.

>> Thanks, Joe. See you later.

>> Whoa. What am I supposed to do with

these?

>> Well, we'll cash them in over at the

casino cashier. You know, I just don't

understand this. Between the the

gambling losses and the laundry bills, I

don't know how these places stay in

business.

>> They manage. Here, I'll catch him for

you.

>> Okay.

>> Okay. I'll pick you up around 7:00 for

dinner. Uh before which you'll meet a

friend of mine, the diamond Jim O'Neal.

>> That sounds like a nice Irish Catholic

name.

>> I wonder there's a chance that that's

not really his name.

>> And then I'll have Bee bring you by a

dress. All right.

>> Who's Bee?

>> Be's my secretary. She's an X showgirl.

You'll like it. She's going to bring me

a dress. I

>> just in case those shots weren't

intended for me. You do stand out a

little.

>> Where's my money?

Where's my money?

>> Easy, easy. I got it right here. Take it

easy. What's your hurry? 50 grand.

>> I'm sick, man. I I I need my medicine.

That and that none from the church he

come up here nosing around.

This ain't enough. I need another

50,000.

>> I think you deserve another 50,000,

Jimmy, but I don't think you're going to

get it.

>> I better else I'll go see the boys down

at the broken chip.

>> Is that right?

>> Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah.

>> I told the old man not to get hooked up

with a strung out punk. Where's the

cross?

>> Hey, I'm I'm only kidding about the

money. That's good enough. Where's the

cross?

>> All Saint Cemetery caretaker shack.

>> Appropriate place, isn't it? Jimmy

Cemetery.

>> I knew God punished me. I I knew it.

God didn't do it, punk.

Drugs and stupidity, that's what got

you.

Lion junky punk.

Coming out ladies and gentlemen.

>> Seven a front please.

Players hand. And the players have six.

Bank wins natural nine. Nine beta six.

>> Daniel,

the only private investigator I know

with class and taste.

>> Diamond Jim O'Neal. I'd like you to meet

a friend of mine, Sister Bridget Marie

Callahan.

>> Did you have a seat, sister?

>> What can I do for you, Daniel?

>> Well, Jim, you see, uh, I'm looking for

this cross.

And uh I figured that an art

entrepreneur like yourself could

probably give me some help. You know

>> what he means, sister, is that if there

is an extremely valuable art object that

I don't already own, I would at least

like to know where to find it.

>> You are discussing the cross of Caceris.

>> How did you know that?

>> Just a lucky guess, sister.

Uh, what other lucky guesses do you have

up your sleeve, Jim?

>> I would guess that if I were a very

wealthy collector who had just bought a

castle in Cacera, Spain, I would take a

trip to America, specifically to

Silverton, New Mexico, where the cross

of Caceras hangs in a house of God.

>> Uh, don't tell me. Uh, then you'd hire

some poor kid to steal it for you,

right?

>> If I was a wealthy collector from Spain.

Bank wins. Natural nine beats eight.

Bank wins.

>> No offense, sister, but would you mind

waiting by the showroom while we

continue our conversation?

>> He's a little superstitious. He thinks

you might be bringing him bad luck.

>> Nothing personal.

>> Coming out,

>> coming feeling every roll.

feel better now.

>> I would also guess if I were a wealthy

collector from Spain that I would hire a

man named Rico to go to Silverton, New

Mexico, find the poor kid who stole the

cross, pay him off any way he had to and

bring the cross to me.

>> What about this Rico guy?

>> He'll kill anyone who gets in his way,

including you, Diamond.

Jim O'Neal, thanks for your time and uh

good luck.

>> I think you're going to need the luck

more than me.

>> The sister just went into the casino.

>> Sister, I I could have told you you

probably shouldn't have gone gone in

there.

you okay?

>> Yeah, I'm just a little surprised,

that's all. I didn't know that the

ladies were going to be dressed in so

little.

>> Well, sister, come on. It can't be all

that bad. I mean, after all, in Garden

of Eden, they only wore fig leaves.

>> Ta.

>> Tana.

>> Dan. Urgent from Lieutenant Nelson. He

wants you to meet him right away at the

Windsor Hotel, room 203. Got it.

>> Got it.

Do you think this has something to do

with the cross?

>> Maybe.

Jimmy

>> 1261.

>> Is he going to be all right?

>> Doesn't look good, sister.

>> He's been shot twice.

>> I don't think he's going to make it.

>> You lied to me. You told me you wouldn't

call the police and now he's going to

die.

>> Where you going?

>> I'm going to pray for his immortal soul,

your forgiveness, and try and find

somebody trustworthy to help me.

>> Anything I can do?

fire.

>> Come on. Come on. What are you doing?

What?

>> Just shut up. Shut up. Shut up. I won't

hurt you. You understand?

>> There was a guy here asking for Jimmy.

>> He was up in his room.

>> It could be this Rico that you told me

about. Yeah.

>> Listen, I'll talk to you later. I better

go find her.

>> Get it. Get it. Come on. Get it.

>> Who are you? What do you want with me?

>> Keeping you with me, sis, until I get

that cross.

So, you're responsible for shooting

Jimmy.

>> Read and junk are responsible. I just

pulled the trigger.

>> Well, you're not going to get the cross,

so you might as well kill me. We'll get

to that in time. For the moment, you're

a first class hostage.

Just sit back and shut up.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

I think it's time that your buddy back

there and me have a little talk

and I think we'll change cars.

>> And the driver is considered armed and

dangerous and he has a none for hostage.

Can I

>> I got a guy on the line that said it's a

matter of life or death.

>> Patch him through. B.

>> Mobile operator.

>> Mobile operator. Go ahead, please.

>> Is this Dantana?

>> Yeah. Who is this?

>> That's not important. I've got something

you want. You get it back in exchange

for something I want.

>> Get to the point.

>> You get one nun for one cross.

>> I don't have the cross.

>> I know that. But I'm going to be a

sweetheart. Give you eight hours to find

him.

>> How can I contact you?

>> You don't. I'll contact you by 9:00 a.m.

And if you don't have the cross, the

sister here gets to meet her boss.

Now, the sister and I are counting on

you, Tenner.

>> Don't hang

We tore Jimmy's room apart. We checked

the bus station lockers. We emptied

every trash can in a threeb block

radius. The cross just disappeared.

>> Ease up, Dan.

>> I can't ease up, Dave. If we don't find

that cross by 9:00, Sister Bridget is a

dead woman. Now, you listen. Every man

on this force is out looking for her.

We're doing all we can.

I know.

Just feel responsible.

If you were a frightened kid in a

strange town, where would you hide a

million dollar cross?

>> You asked me that 10 minutes ago. I told

you then. I don't know.

>> You can't stick it in your back pocket.

>> I know that.

>> Dave, I'm going to the hospital. I'm

going to talk to Jimmy.

>> He's still unconscious. I got to try.

I am sorry, Mr. Tanner, but the Potter

boy is still unconscious, and it's

doubtful there's any chance of his

regaining consciousness in the next few

hours, if at all.

>> Can I talk to him anyway?

>> I don't know what good it'll do.

>> Doctor, if it won't do any harm, can I

please try?

All right,

go ahead.

Jimmy.

Jimmy. Uh,

Sister Bridget, she's in big trouble.

She needs your help. She tried to help

you. And I know if you could hear me,

you'd want to help her.

I mean, the only reason I can figure

that Rico doesn't have the cross already

is that you wouldn't tell him where it

was. He probably threatened to kill you.

Oh God, please let him have

Jimmy. She doesn't deserve to die. I

mean, not a woman who spent her entire

life doing good.

That's what's going to happen if we

don't find that cross.

Jimmy, please hear me. Tell me where you

put the cross.

Jimmy, I got to know.

Joan. Joan.

Jimmy. Joan.

Joan. Who?

Joan. John.

Joan.

Say it.

Saint

Joan

Church

got he in the church. Thanks, Jimmy.

David St. Jon of Arc's Church. Back me

up. I have a feeling our boy won't be

far behind.

Heat. Heat.

I'll take that.

>> Where's your sister?

>> You're not in a bargaining position, my

friend.

>> Where's sister Bridget?

>> I keep her for a little while longer.

Insurance.

Come on. Hand it over.

Come on. Come on. I'll pick it off your

dead body. It's all the same to me.

Take it. It's all yours. That's

beautiful.

Makes it worth the trouble, doesn't it?

Where's the sister?

in my car down the block.

The sedan,

>> take care of this creeper.

Oh, mother of God. Oh, Dan, I knew you'd

show up. I knew you would come. I knew

it.

You know, uh,

I know I probably don't get to your

house quite as often as I should,

and when I do show up, I cause a

commotion.

I just want you to know I didn't mean to

be disrespectful.

I'll try to get here more often.

By the way, thank you for uh

taking care of Jimmy. He was uh

mixed up, confused.

Thanks for taking care of Sister

Bridget.

I mean, I'm not surprised that uh you

watch after her. I wouldn't be surprised

if she was one of your special ones.

Thanks for taking care of that guy in

the red t-ird.

I think he loves you very much, too.

And it wouldn't surprise me a bit if you

were one of his special ones.

Heat.

Heat.

Yeah.

Heat.