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Next on Vegas, Tana cracks a sex

extortion racket.

>> Two blondes and a little brunette by the

cut.

>> The blonde and the Levis's. Yes.

>> You better stand aside. The little fat

man in the green robe is next. Mr.

Striker found out I was leaving and he

sent Mr. Gear over to do this to me.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Three playing the pinball machine.

>> Well, Mr. Raber,

>> well, that's a rightart decision to

make.

Who said they was young, but uh they

don't look like hardly morning a fence

post snow cones and cutie dolls.

>> Just take your time.

Well,

then I guess it had to be

the the one in the Levis.

Her name is Angie.

Mirage Motel, room 612.

9:00. Okay.

>> All right.

You've been chosen. Angie,

>> look. Can I fill in for Angie? Her

baby's been sick.

>> Angie was the one chosen.

Room 612. Be there at 9:00.

Hi.

>> Well, little gal, you just come right on

in.

>> I'm Angie.

Lordy,

you look even younger up close.

>> Oh gosh, this place is great,

huh?

So, Mr. Rayborn,

is that why you chose me? Cuz I look the

youngest

>> and the prettiest.

>> Well, thank you.

I'm 15.

That's old enough, isn't it?

>> You sure are well filled out for 15.

>> You know, um, I always wondered

something, Mr. Abort. Um,

why is it that older men always like

young girls?

>> I suspect it's cuz older men are married

to older women.

Ah,

heat.

Yes, sir.

You and me going to have a fine old

time.

>> Uh, could you uh turn on some music,

please?

>> Anything you want, little darling.

What the hell, Cole? You got breaking in

like that.

>> You don't talk, Rayborn. You listen

>> right now. I thought you might like to

listen to a little bit of this.

>> So, Mr. Rayborn,

is that why you chose me?

>> Cuz I look the youngest

>> and the prettiest.

>> Oh, well, thank you.

I'm 15. That's old enough, isn't it?

>> You know, there's a law about underage

girls.

>> Oh, so no, you can't use that tape in

court.

>> That's not what I had in mind. Actually,

I was thinking more along the lines of

sending a copy to your wife. Then

there's that church council she's

chairman of and the board of directors

you sit on back there in Oklahoma City.

>> How'd you know about that?

>> It's my business to know.

>> What do you want?

>> The point is, I have something you want.

Question is,

how much you willing to pay for it?

She's very pretty.

Your uh daughter get out of a

correctional institution 3 months ago.

>> Yes. And she's on probation

>> for doing what? She um she stole credit

cards and was caught using them.

>> Mrs. Wilson, does Angie have a job?

>> She works for a limousine rental agency.

>> Sit down.

>> And now you think she's involved with

something else?

>> I'm not sure,

Mr. Tana.

Angie is 20 years old and when she

dresses to go out at night, she dresses

like she's pretending to be in junior

high school.

>> Junior high school?

>> Why?

>> All I know is that I happened to pick up

the extension telephone yesterday when

she was talking to one of her friends,

Beth Morrison.

>> What were they talking about?

about

meeting

older men in their hotel rooms.

Angie said something about being forced

to do it.

Did she say who was forcing her? No,

she said

you know what he'll do to us if we don't

do as he says.

Mr. Tan, I just want to protect Angie

and the baby.

>> She has a baby.

>> A little girl.

Little Kimmy is almost 6 months old.

She was born in prison.

>> What happened to the father? He ran out

on them when the baby was born.

Mr. Tana, Angie is basically a good

girl. She just got mixed up with the

wrong people.

I've tried to do the best I can for her,

but life wasn't easy for us.

Mr. Tanner, can you help me?

>> I'll do my best.

She

time we go to work. Mr. Benzer,

>> you'd come 5 minutes sooner, I'd be $5

richer.

>> Well, we all got our problems.

>> Very pretty lady.

>> Yes. And in trouble. Her name is Angie

Wilson.

>> What's she into?

>> Meeting older men in their motel rooms.

Her mother wants me to find out why.

What makes you think it isn't the usual

reason?

>> Well, that is a possibility, but there

seems to be a twist here. You see, her

mother thinks somebody's forcing her to

do it. Well,

>> how do you want me to handle it? Well,

>> she works with the Devon Air Limousine

Agency. So, go over there and see uh who

her friends are, who she works with. See

if she makes any contact there. All

right,

>> I'll get right on it.

>> And bins.

>> Yeah, low profile.

>> I think I'm Groucho.

>> Well, I certainly hope so.

>> Yes, I do.

[ __ ] with you.

Badam, you have excellent taste. 7th

century AD.

It's worth over $50,000. It's one of my

favorite pieces.

If you'll excuse me.

Your sheriff,

>> Mr. Striker, I've been meaning to bring

this up.

>> Bring what up?

>> With the limousine rental agency doing

so well. How much longer must we

continue this business for? The girls,

they're so young.

>> For just as long as I say.

You're forgetting that you and your

precious art gallery would have gone

under if I hadn't have persuaded you to

get into the rental agency business.

>> Surely you mean forced me to buy it so

that you had a legitimate business to

hide behind.

>> It's made you a lot of money.

>> There comes a time when money no longer

seems important.

>> Is that so? Well, I'll be happy to take

your share, especially since one of our

girls is entertaining a very wealthy man

this evening.

Angie.

Striker, come here. We may have a little

problem.

Do you know him?

Could be. He's a camera nut who gets his

kicks photographing young girls.

>> Check him out. If he's here for the

wrong reasons, I want him ripped.

How you doing? Have I got some hot stuff

for you or what? Wait till you see this.

Some great stuff for you. Wait till you

see the quality of these pictures. Let's

see.

>> Take a look.

>> Hey, good. Good. Nice. Huh?

>> Find out who the two girls are.

>> You bet your life. Beth Morrison and

Allison White. I asked one of the girls

that works at the same rental agency.

Know what I told her?

>> What' you tell?

>> Said I was with the Census Bureau. It

>> was terrific. Really?

>> Good. Okay. I want you to find out more

about him.

>> Great. What?

>> What are the usual stuff?

>> Up close and personal.

>> Up close and personal. That's good.

>> Hey, this guy. Who's he?

>> The big prize. Thought you'd never ask.

Had to go on the street to find out

about that guy.

>> What's his name?

>> Mike Kier.

>> Mhm. Mhm.

>> Where is he from?

>> He's from Miami. Been here about 2

years.

>> What's he do?

>> Oh, he has a nice job. He breaks heads.

>> For who?

>> Well, he's not very particular. If you

got the price, he'll break the head. Oh,

by the way, listen. I had to put out

some cash. Thank you very much.

>> This was expensive to get these

developed so fast. You know, I had to

put out some money if you could pay me

back on.

>> Oh, sure. Yeah, no problem.

>> You know, this is really uh good work.

I'll tell you what, just uh uh take the

receipt and leave it in there on my

desk. All right. See, the thing is there

was no receipt. I laid the cash out. Now

I'm a little bit short.

>> Oh. Uh, I'm a little bit short myself

tonight. I'm not as short as you.

>> This guy's name is Michael Kir. You know

him?

>> Yeah, I recognize him. His rap sheet

includes two counts of aggravated

assault,

three counts of good old plain assault,

among other things. No convictions

because conveniently all the evidence

disappeared.

>> Not exactly the kind of guy you'd want

babysitting for you, huh?

>> Nope.

>> Who's he work for?

>> One Anthony Dickerson Belmont.

>> Why does a famous art collector need

muscle around?

>> Let me give you some information, Dan.

Belmont has a record, too. He did 5

years for smuggling old masters into

this country that he painted over. Some

men do make enemies in prison. Are you

saying that Kira is his bodyguard?

>> It's possible. I'll give you some more

information.

About a year ago, Belmont was on the

verge of bankruptcy.

>> He's made a rather remarkable recovery,

hasn't he?

>> I'd say, sir, I think you're on the

right track. There's nothing I'd like

better than to get both of them. But let

me give you a tip. Don't lean too hard

on Belmont. You see, officially, he's

paid his debt to society.

Let me give you a tip. If you value your

life, don't drink that coffee.

>> 10 investigations.

>> It's just me. You got anything?

>> No, nothing earth shaking.

>> Is binger there?

>> Yeah, just a second.

Hi, it's Vince

>> Kier works for Anthony Belmont.

>> Anthony Belmont,

art collector extraordinaire. The old

persona cognositor. A little high school

Latin.

>> Really? I also found out that Belmont

spent eight years in prison.

>> Oh, yeah. It's a very interesting

coincidence.

>> What is it?

>> Well, you know those two girls in the

picture I showed you with Angie?

>> Allison White and Beth Morrison?

>> Yeah, right. They may look like they

just fell out of an Andy Hardy movie,

but the truth is they did time in prison

with Angie. In fact, all three of them

are out on probation now.

>> And all three of them drive for the limo

agency.

>> Yeah, that's right.

>> Okay, Bins, I want you to find out who

owns that agency and how those girls got

their jobs. All right.

>> Okay.

I'll start shaking some trees. Where you

going to be?

>> I'm going to head on out and talk to

Angie Wilson. Ben, stay out of the

refrigerator.

How does she know when I make

sandwiches?

>> Clairvoyant.

>> Can't wait.

>> What a day. God, tell me about it.

>> Please.

>> Angie Wilson.

>> Who are you?

>> My name is Dan Tana, private

investigator.

>> What do you want with me? Can we uh talk

for a second privately? It's important.

>> Sure.

>> See you tomorrow.

>> Yeah. Okay.

>> See you later.

>> See you later.

>> Well, uh, Mr. Dantana, uh, first of all,

I'd like to know how you know my name.

>> It's easy. I asked somebody.

>> Good answer.

>> Well, what I have to say to you might

not be as good.

>> What's that supposed to mean?

>> Means I know what you're into.

Older men, motel rooms.

>> Look, I'm not here to bust you. I'm not

here to make trouble. Do you realize the

kind of men you're dealing with?

>> What makes you think I'm dealing with

anybody?

>> Eventually, you're going to get caught.

And that means going back to prison.

>> Maybe I shouldn't get caught.

>> Oh, you'll get caught.

>> Then what happens to your little baby

girl,

Angie? I'm here to help. Does you ever

think that maybe I don't want your help?

>> Angie, you're dealing with the worst

kind of people.

You have any idea what happens to you

when they don't need you anymore?

>> Well, isn't that my problem, Mr. Tanner?

>> So, would you do me a big favor from now

on? We just leave me alone.

Uh, Mr. Striker,

come out. Sit down.

>> I hear you did real well last night.

What's on your mind? I wanted to talk to

you about the the man who came to see me

this afternoon.

>> What man?

>> His name is Dan Tana. He's a private

investigator.

>> Tana?

I've heard of him.

>> Mr. Striker.

He knows what we're doing.

>> How much does he know?

>> I'm not sure.

>> Don't you worry about Tana. He won't

bother you anymore.

I want you there tonight with Beth and

Allison.

>> Mrs. Striker,

I was just wondering. I mean,

well,

you know, I have a baby.

>> So, I've been told.

Well, uh, you see, my mother's been

taking care of it because I have to work

days at the agency and, well,

nights I I do those things for you.

>> Get to the point.

>> Well, I hardly even get to see my baby

anymore.

Well, I just thought that if I didn't

have to do that at night, then I

>> But you do have to do them,

and you know the consequences if you

don't. Let's

get

10 investigations.

Yes. Just a second. Is Mrs. Wilson?

>> Yes, Mrs. Wilson.

>> Angie just made a phone call to her

friend Beth. She said they're on for

tonight.

They're meeting downtown at the arcade

at 8:00.

>> Did she say anything else? Mention any

names?

>> No.

>> Okay. Uh, try not to worry, Mrs. Wilson.

I'll be there.

>> Thank you.

>> How are you?

Oh, mommy's holding you now. Come on.

>> Hi. Hi.

Hello.

What's the matter?

>> Nothing. Maybe for once something's

right.

>> What is happening?

>> I mean, this is my last night. I I've

had it, Angie.

>> Hey, not so loud. I bought a plane

ticket and I'm going as far away from

here as I can get.

>> You'll violate your probation. But worse

than that, Allison, Mr. Striker, I know

he'll send somebody after you. I know

it.

>> I'll change my name. I'll I'll run. I'll

hide. I can't do this anymore. Angie

Allison, he'll find you. I know it.

Well, I'll just have to take my chances.

The two blondes and the little brunette

by the paw machine.

The blonde and the Levis's. Yes. You're

sweet at the hotel?

>> Uh, no. I wouldn't like to chance that

some friends might drop by.

>> Oh, I understand. Most of my clients

feel the same way. So, I've arranged for

a quiet motel at the Mirage Hotel, room

612. 9:00.

>> Yes, that's fine.

He's been chosen again, Angie. And be

especially nice to this one. He owns 140

hardware stores back in the Midwest.

Wow.

Hi, I'm Angie.

>> Angie, come on in.

>> Oh, what a nice place.

>> Oh, Mr. Michaels. So, why did you choose

me? Cuz I uh look the youngest.

>> I suppose that's part of the reason.

Well,

you know, I am 15.

I think that's old enough, don't you?

>> I should think so.

>> Who?

>> How did you know I was here?

>> What does it matter? Let's just go. Come

on, Angie.

>> You better do as he says. I don't want

any trouble.

>> Take off.

>> Little bar down the street. Pops. Go buy

yourself a drink. And if you don't want

your name to appear in a police bladder,

just forget there was anybody else in

his room tonight. Huh?

Come

on over.

Heat. Heat.

How you feeling?

>> I'm thinking about giving up water

sports.

>> The king of street talk is here.

>> Why does he have to do that?

>> Wait till you hear what I got to tell

you.

>> Why don't you just let it out before you

explode?

>> Thought you'd never ask. You know that

limo rental agency?

>> Yes, I know. What about it? Well, it's

owned by a corporation, the Loch Ness

Corporation. You get it? Loch Ness

Monster.

>> I get it.

>> Well, the major stockholder, in fact,

the only stockholder in that corporation

is our own persona, Cognositor.

>> What?

>> Did you take High School Latin?

>> No,

>> I didn't take We didn't take High School

Latin. Bins, could you just lay it out

for us layman? Huh?

>> In layman's terms, art connoisseur.

>> Anthony Belmont. on the nose. Now, guess

how those girls got their jobs at the

agency?

>> I don't want to guess. What's the matter

with you? I've got a headache. All

right. Will you just tell us?

>> Where you take all the fun out of

detective work?

Their probation officer got them the

jobs.

>> Does he have a name?

>> Yes, he does.

>> What is it?

>> Curt Striker. Now, guess who else's

probation officer? He used to be.

>> What did I tell you about guessing?

>> Let me guess. Belmont.

>> Anthony Belmont,

>> right? Belmont.

>> This is starting to make sense.

>> Three young girls get out of prison.

They get legitimate jobs in a limo

agency driving. Nice front. And look at

the leverage that Striker has over him.

>> Sure, he can get him to do anything he

wants. All he has to do is hold a

violation over their head.

So, why don't we go shake Striker's

tree?

>> How?

We have all the parts. We know how they

fit. We just can't prove it.

>> Then we're back to Belmont.

>> Vince, why don't we go shake history?

Huh?

Well, I'm on galleries.

>> That girl Allison White,

I just found out she's going to run. We

can't allow that to happen. It'll give

the other girls ideas.

I want her to get hurt.

>> Okay.

Mr. Belmont.

>> Yes.

>> My name is Dan Tenner. I'm a private

investigator.

>> Can I help you?

>> I'll save us both a lot of time and

trouble by uh getting right to the

point.

>> Please do.

>> Now, you own and operate a limousine

rental agency under a corporate name.

>> The Loch Ness Corporation.

>> Yes.

It's rather a nice investment.

>> Yeah. Uh the drivers you use uh are all

young girls, right?

>> A publicity gimmick. It works quite

well. It's a really nice plate. You

know,

>> it's not a plate. It's an antique

serving dish from the 10th century. It's

worth thousands.

>> It's nice, though.

>> Mr. Belmont, do you know what these

girls do at night after they're done

working for you?

>> I don't pry into their private lives, if

that's what you mean.

>> Oh, I think you do.

>> You and your probation officer,

Mr. Striker?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, let's try extortion on for size.

>> I don't have to listen to this now,

if you'll excuse me.

>> Not until you come up with more

interesting answers.

>> Mr. Tanner,

I will not be harassed.

You leave me no choice. I'm going to

call the police.

>> That's terrific. Uh, why don't you ask

for Lieutenant Nelson? What's the number

over there, Vince?

>> 3809,000.

>> 9,000. Yeah.

What's the matter, Mr. Belmont? Change

your mind?

>> Why don't you

leave me alone and get out of here?

>> What did Striker hold over your head to

drag you into this thing?

Probation violation?

Am I getting warm, Mr. Belmont?

That is a nice bite.

What do you think?

>> I think we should get him up.

>> Now that he might do something stupid.

>> Yep. And I won't drop you off. I want

you to keep an eye on him. All right.

>> Okay. Great.

Striker,

>> Miss Samsby.

Tanner was just here.

>> He knows everything. And not only that,

he's left his friend here to watch me.

What are we going to do?

>> Nothing.

Just hold tight until Kier gets back.

Then we'll decide what to do with Mr.

Town.

My god, Alison, what happened?

My god, what happened to you?

Mr. Striker found out I was leaving and

he sent Mr. Cure over to do this to me.

>> What? I said he was going to make an

example out of me. Look, wait outside

for me just for 3 minutes.

>> Oh, you can't leave. They'll come for

you, too.

>> Don't you see? I've got to

Allison,

I already decided I wanted out.

He said that if any of us ever tried to

do this again, he'd kill us.

>> So, you let her get away. What are you

doing about finding her?

>> I checked everywhere I could think of.

Her home, Angie Wilson's home. Her

mother was there with the kid. I think

Angie split, too,

>> which means they're probably together.

Those

two girls running scared. Where would

they go?

>> I don't know.

>> I think the logical place for him to go

would be to Tanos. And if that's true,

we've got a serious problem if he

convinces him to go to the police.

>> Then why don't I go over there and get

them?

>> I've got a better idea.

Belmont called said Tina had left that

skinny friend there to keep an eye on

the place.

>> What have you got in mind?

a trade. You know

the girls for Tana's friend.

Pick him up. Hold him there till you

hear from me.

Dave, I'm not going to infringe upon any

citizen's rights.

Look, if I can tie Striker in with

Belmont, we've got something, right?

That's what I'm going to try to do.

Nothing more. But,

uh, just a second.

Look, uh, can I call you back?

Something's come up. Call you right

back.

>> What happened?

>> He beat me up. Mr. Kier,

>> Mr. Tannid, they're looking for us.

I didn't know where else to go.

Do you need anything? No. Okay.

Please, Mr. Tana, will you help us?

Yeah, I'll help.

>> That's all I ever wanted to do was help.

>> What are we going to do?

>> Going to go to the police.

>> What? If they find out what we've been

doing, they'll they'll send us back to

prison.

>> That's exactly what Striker wants you to

believe. That's how extortion works. You

girls have been coerced. That's against

the law. Nobody's going to press

charges.

Are you sure about all this?

>> Yes, I'm sure. But you'll have to give

the police a complete statement. Tell

them everything.

>> That's the way it works. Now it's up to

you.

>> All right.

You get Nelson on the phone.

Are you sure?

Tana Investigations.

>> Tana.

>> It's for you.

>> Tana,

>> I have somebody here who wants to talk

to you.

Say something. Just be careful what it

is.

>> Hi, Dan. It's It's me.

>> Yeah, Bench.

>> Sorry about this.

Listen to my voice sounds a little

shaky. You know, it's cuz there's a gun

pointed right at my stomach.

>> Makes the old Cognosador kind of act up,

if you know what I mean.

>> We want a deal, Tana. The two girls for

your friend and no police, so your

friend gets planted.

>> I don't know where they are, but I think

I could probably locate them.

>> Then get them. You have 1 hour. I'll

call you back and arrange for a meet.

They got bins.

>> What the hell is a conisent?

>> It's a connected to the sacroiliac and

that's connected to the kneebone and a

>> shut up.

>> I think I know where they got Vince.

>> How do you know?

>> By something he said. Cognositor.

>> Anthony Belmont. Right.

>> I'm heading for the gallery. If you

don't hear from me in a half an hour,

call Nelson.

>> Okay.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

What are you doing here?

>> Dumb question, Belmont. Try again.

>> I don't know what you mean.

I'm here looking for a friend of mine.

His name is Bener and I know he was here

a little while ago. Surely you must be

mistaken.

>> Where is he?

>> Please, Mr. Tanner.

Well, what uh

how much do you suppose all this is

worth?

Surely you must know it's worth a great

deal of money.

>> I mean, how much in lives? How many

young girls like Angie Wilson went into

the sewer so you could earn this kind of

money? Now, for the last time, where's

Benzer?

>> I tell you, I don't know.

>> Where is he?

Are you out of your mind?

>> Where is he?

>> For God's sake,

>> you better stand aside. The little fat

man in the green robe is next.

He's

>> He's over there in the Inona.

Samir,

I guess I've had better days.

You're a very destructive man. Ter,

that would be a foolish move.

Stand up

now. The other one.

You're going to make a phone call to

those two girls. Tell them to meet you.

I'll tell you where.

Move.

Yeah, look out. He's got a knife.

Damn.

>> You in one piece?

>> Yeah, I'm okay,

but I've had better days myself. Bins.

some maple syrup.

>> Maple syrup.

>> Your basic butter.

>> Basic butter.

Mustard.

>> Mustard. Come on with mustard. Hey,

>> I like mustard. Come on. Hey. Hey. Hey.

Hey.

>> How much longer, Dan?

>> Uh, for the second batch, another 2,

three minutes for the Saturday morning

golden beauties. Yes.

>> Don't move. I'll get it.

>> Hi.

>> How are you, Connor?

>> Oh, thanks. I hope I'm not disturbing

you.

>> Not at all.

>> Hi.

>> Hello, sir.

I just want to say goodbye before we

left. I uh don't know if my mom told

you, but we're moving to Denver.

>> Yeah,

>> she did mention that.

>> Yeah,

>> I didn't want to leave without

introducing you to a very special person

here. This is Kimmy.

>> Kimmy, let me

>> Okay, just take her that way.

>> Okay.

>> Oh, Kimmy.

Oh, baby. I kind of forgot to say thank

you.

>> You bet.

You want to rock?

>> No. No. She's crying.

Well, maybe her mom would. Uh,

>> there we go. Ny. All right.

>> Hey, she likes you, too. We better take

>> Oh, no. No. We better get going. Got to

go and pack.

>> Okay.

>> Thank you.

>> Bye. Thank you.

>> Bye.

>> Bye.

>> Not that bad.

Did you see that baby?

>> You should have invited her to stay for

pancakes.

>> Pancakes.

Oh no.

Pancakes. My golden beauties. My

Saturday morning pancakes.

>> Hey, I I like them really well done, you

know.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.