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Next on Vegas, Tana's own dirty dozen.

Rob a Las Vegas drip casino. All right,

everybody ready?

>> Denny, the can. That's the time check.

Everything work out. Okay, we got it.

You drive.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Yeah, when he hit that bait, I knew I

wasn't hooked up to any ordinary fish.

Almost to the rod right out of my hand.

>> Hey, you guys better load up someplace

else. Did you see that no stopping sign?

>> Take it easy, pal. We'll be out of here

in a minute.

>> Yeah, we'll move the truck back a little

bit.

>> Hey, you hold it right there.

Wait

a minute.

>> Get away from there.

There was an

alarm.

>> Oh,

good.

>> Come on. Come on.

>> I love that old man.

>> I know. I know.

>> Mr. Rod,

>> you know who did this? Nothing yet, sir.

>> We found the van.

>> The mo was the same as the casino that

was robbed last month. We're working on

it.

>> Yeah, well, they made it look easy.

>> What about witnesses?

>> We've got plenty of those, Dan. Too

many. Excuse me, Mr. Roth. Anything

developed?

taking off. Roger

custom.

Red, can we have a couple double

scotches, please?

>> Uncle Joseph,

he was a fine man. I lived with him

until I was 10.

>> I didn't know that.

>> Yeah,

he uh

bought me a bike once.

Years later, I came out here. You know,

Danny and I opened up a couple of

casinos. I called him to come out here

and help me. He wouldn't do it.

>> Why not? Pride, nepotism.

He said, "No bum's going to say that my

nephew gave his uncle a job."

A couple years ago, I uh I said,

"Listen, why don't you run security? Sit

in the big office phones, get your

good-looking secretary."

Not for him. He says, "I want to walk

around, see people." He loved people.

You saw him.

He was going to retire, you know.

>> Retire from what?

But he was going to retire.

I mean, if there were a reason,

if there was some purpose to it,

>> there's no guarantee. Nothing's

foolproof. Presidents of the United

States, they have the tightest security

in the world. They get assassinated.

>> Well, I think you can improve the

system.

>> The most sophisticated systems, they all

have flaws.

>> Daniel. Daniel, I can't take it anymore.

I can't have people getting killed.

I owe a responsibility to these people

here.

Not only the patrons, but my friends.

You understand that? You know that.

>> But there too many intangibles. Cuz I

don't know how you test a security

system.

>> Well, you got to learn how to test the

security system.

>> How you going to do that?

>> I know how to do it.

>> How do you want me to tell you?

>> Yeah.

>> I'm going to hire five hoods

and I'm going to tell them to try to hit

any of my five casinos and I'll give

them each 25,000 bucks a piece.

>> Like that's crazy.

>> Oh, you think so?

>> Can't hire five guys sub five rum dums

to come knock off one of your casinos.

You're talking about professionals. You

need you need professionals, people with

special talents. And then you got to

have somebody to mastermind the whole

thing to coordinate. Where are you going

to find somebody like that?

>> Okay. He'll arrive in Reno at 2:15 and

depart at 4.

Okay.

>> This is inspired.

This is classic is what this is.

>> What is it?

>> It's a portrait of you.

>> Going to need a rental car for the one

day in San Francisco in overnight

accommodations.

>> Okay. What about my flights?

>> Uh, they're confirmed. You depart 105,

arrive Reno 2:15, depart Reno 4:00,

arrive San Francisco 450. I left your

return open and you can pick the tickets

up at the desk.

>> Very good. Thanks very much. Have you

heard from uh Jerry Lang yet? Well, I

traced him to Los Angeles. He's opened

his own firm up there, and I left a

message on his answering service.

>> Oh, okay. Look, I probably won't be here

when he calls. So, uh, I want you to get

$1,000 out of the savings account.

>> You have that much?

>> Yeah, we do.

>> Yeah. Uh, wired to him in LA and tell

him to meet me here tomorrow night at

9:00.

>> Dan, now we both know that something's

going on. Now, we want to know what kind

of game we're playing.

>> Now, B, look,

>> the less you know, the better. All

right, so I'm not going to tell you

anymore. Okay.

>> There was a time, you know, when you

when you trusted us, worked with us.

>> The same goes for you, Benzer.

>> No one is to know of my activities for

the next few days. All right.

>> Our lips are sealed. I don't know why

they're sealed, but they're sealed.

>> I will be checking in later for

messages.

>> Have a nice flight.

>> I think you've captured me.

My dear Daniel, it's been a damnable

long time since I've seen you.

>> Mr. Claus, you're looking very well.

>> Thank you. Thank you.

>> And it looks like you're doing very well

here.

>> It's really quite simple. The wheel is a

mechanical object and as such it is

never totally in proper balance.

>> It's simply a matter of determining the

precise calibrations of the vortigous

arc offset by the degree of imbalance.

>> Took the words right out of my mouth.

>> What brings you to Reno?

>> Well, a little project.

>> I suspect something in construction.

>> Well, not exactly. Um,

>> could we speak privately for a moment?

>> Certainly.

Cash me in.

>> I trust you haven't forgotten our dinner

engagement.

>> Step in my office.

>> Now about the project. Exactly. What is

it?

>> Philip Roth wants me to knock off one of

his casinos.

Heat. Heat.

Nice day, huh?

>> Yeah,

Dan.

>> Hey, Freddy.

>> Hey. Yeah. Listen, I'm clean, man. I I I

swear I ain't done nothing. I'm just

fishing here.

>> How's your fingers, Freddy?

>> Well, same as always, but they ain't

been in action in over 2 years now. Dad,

no matter, though. I mean, it's like

riding a bike, you know? You never

forget.

>> Yeah. Listen, I got a little business

proposition for you.

>> Yes.

>> So, I need a good tumbler tickler.

>> What?

>> I'm going to hit one at Philip Roth's

casinos.

>> You're going to what?

The money's good,

>> Dan. Let me let me put it this way to

you. I ain't into knocking over casinos.

>> $25,000.

>> Like I said, the job should be a piece

of cake.

>> Hey, meet me at Ferraris 8:00 tonight.

Hey,

Danny.

>> Hey, Vinnie.

>> How you doing? What are you doing here?

>> Well, I'm uh doing a little shopping.

>> Yeah, for what?

>> Talent.

>> Whoa. Want to drink it on a house?

>> I am dying for a good draft beer. We

can't get draft beer in the desert, you

know. You got it, Rod. Draft beer for my

pal.

>> Uh, Vinnie, to be a little more

specific, I I want to hire a good wire

man.

>> You think you get away from this place

for a while?

>> As you can see, I got a lot of bills to

pay. And uh, tell you the truth, I

haven't been on the wire in years.

>> Oh, yeah. Well, I thought I'd just take

a shot. Uh, well, I've got a little

enterprise going and uh, but if you

can't make it, I understand. Oh, it's

just because I got all these bills, you

know, and I have to pay.

>> Pays 25,000

>> dollars. Dollars.

>> Ronnie, take over.

My pal just talked me into taking a

little vacation.

Gentlemen,

aside from one man who you all meet

later, we're going to be members of a

very special team.

Flight leaves at 8:00 in the morning. I

expect you at my place by 12:00 noon.

This is going to be fun.

Where's your lovely secretary and that

amusing fellow who works for you?

>> Well, I thought it best they not be

involved, so I gave him the day off.

>> Oh, I brought along some very fine

revolvers who've been in the family for

generations.

>> Oh, it's too bad, Claus. He won't get a

chance to use them. Part of the deal is

no guns. Sorry.

>> Damn.

I'll be in the hotel room after I win a

few of the tables.

>> Okay, honey. But don't go too heavy

until I find out what this project's

good for.

>> Hey, Jerry. Good to see you.

>> Come on in.

>> Well, the gang's all here.

>> Well, if it isn't old Nimble Knuckles.

Filled any safes lately? Hi Jerry, how

you doing? Just what we need, another

PI.

>> Vinnie Orato.

>> Hey, Vinn.

>> Hey, Jerry. How are you?

>> And Sig Freak Claus.

>> How do you do?

>> How do you do?

>> I heard you've been under the weather

lately.

>> Uh, under the bar about a year. Finally

got dried out and back on my feet.

Thanks to guys like Dan here.

>> Oh, shucks. Wasn't nothing.

If I didn't know better, I think you

guys are up to no good.

>> Uh, we're up to no good. We're going to

knock over a casino.

>> And uh, leave the take to your

beneficiaries.

>> Come on, you're not serious.

Roth wants us to poke a hole in his

security and see how far we can get.

>> Well, it sounds like Roth, but the

guards on it.

>> Uh, no. And that's why we're going to be

so well paid. We won't be carrying any

weapons and theirs will be loaded.

>> And they've been known to be twitchy.

>> Well, hey, casino got robbed last week.

Two guards get killed.

>> Properly executed. It's really not as

precarious as it might appear.

>> Now, where you fit in, Jerry, is uh we

need a good wheelman. You drop us off at

the rear door with a delivery truck and

then come back later and pick us up with

a paramedic ambulance.

>> Then where?

>> Around to the front. We drop off the

money. We never leave the property. That

is a must. And oh yeah, you get uh

$25,000.

>> You just got my full attention.

>> Okay. Anybody want something to drink or

a sandwich before we begin, Mr. Claus?

>> No, thank you.

>> I just enjoyed the most exquisite white

fish row from the Great Lakes. Every bit

as tasty as fresh beluga cavia and quite

moderately priced, I might add.

>> Well, I hope you've been working on some

of the hang-ups of these capers while

you're savoring your gourmet dinner.

>> There are no hang-ups, Vincent. We are

confronted entirely with equations,

known factors with common denominators.

All that is required is absolute

precision timing.

>> Well, for openness, how are four of us

going to get backstage without being

spotted?

>> Well, you and Vinnie are going to be

delivering a prop for the magician's

act. A box, the kind they saw in half.

Gentlemen,

suppose I take you all on a journey

through our course of infiltration

and let the answers present themselves.

Wearing appropriate attire, we gain

entry through this stage door at 9:45.

While Mr. Fingers and I attend to other

matters, Daniel and Vincent will climb

this ladder to the uppermost catwalk.

There you will find a wall to which

there is no access, except of course

through the acrobatic abilities of our

friend Vincent. The distance from the

catwalk to the area we must penetrate is

9 ft 3 in. Now it is of the utermost

importance that you measure this before

drilling and planting the charge. We

wouldn't want water strike a steel

girder. If you attach mattress pads, you

will prevent debris from falling on the

performers below, thus drawing attention

to your activities. There is no window

in the time lock door. The oscillating

TV monitor posed quite a dilemma, as you

might guess, until it occurred to me it

is merely a television circuit. Mr.

Fingers and I will simply patch into

their monitoring system, make a videape,

which of course will show an undisturbed

room. Then on the night we affect the

robbery, we will feed our tape back into

their system, at which point we could

stage a war. The security guards would

never know. The money bags will be

removed from the room and ultimately

placed in the magician's box. Then we

exit stage rear. Are there any

questions?

>> Yeah. When's it go?

>> Tomorrow night, midnight show.

>> Do we pass out ear muffs to everyone on

stage for the explosion?

>> We're going to use a shaped charge.

That'll give us a soft blast. muff of

the noise,

>> but not all. Still, we must time the

stage performance exactly.

>> Here, use this for timing.

You will find it infinitely dependable.

>> Very nice.

We'll time tonight.

>> I still don't understand why we got to

time everything.

>> Well, Freddy, we have to be in sync with

the loudest part of the performance.

That'll muffle the sound of the blast.

That's what Mr. class meant by precision

timing.

>> Early in the evening, Mr. Fingers will

get me into the electronic system room

so I can make the tape.

>> Then we'll all meet in the showroom. Any

questions?

I suggest we all get our gear together.

Heat up

here.

You better keep your eye on that fellow

in security control.

I still don't know how you're going to

work this out.

>> Vinnie, I'm going to time two musical

numbers. One that's about to start any

minute now and then the big can can

number that follows. Now, the time it

takes from the beginning of the first

number to the end of the can can number

is the time we have to get through the

stage door and blow the wall. Got that?

Yeah, but uh how are we going to know if

we're on time?

>> Well, the can can number is going to be

our time check. That's when the

countdown starts.

Okay.

You should learn how to relax, my dear

boy.

>> You're a brilliant man, Mr. Claus. But I

know one thing for sure. Nothing ever

comes off the way it's supposed to.

Heat. Heat.

Uh, I would love to put one of those in

my credit card.

>> Not exactly the bullshoy ballet, but

they do have a certain well-rounded

exuberance, sir.

Good evening, Dan.

Bert,

haven't you seen this show enough times?

>> Well, yes, but my friends haven't seen

it. Mr. Klouse here and my friends, uh,

Freddy and Vinnie. This is Bert Cohen,

the president of the Desert End.

Nice watch, Dan. Yours?

>> Oh, no. I'm just uh admiring it. It

belongs to Mr. Claus.

>> Hang on to this. This is going up faster

than gold. Nice meeting you, gentlemen.

You lie very well, Daniel.

Are you kidding me?

>> It's going to happen tomorrow night.

>> You mean to say you are actually going

to rob this casino?

>> It's harmless. I'm not even carrying

guns. All I have to do is take the money

from the back door to the front, give it

back.

>> Well, how much money are you going to

have?

>> I don't know. 2 or 3 million in cash.

>> Two or $3 million.

>> Will you be alone?

>> No. Dan will be riding with me.

Oh,

>> well that's too bad. That would make a

really nice trip to South America. You

know what I mean?

>> Yeah. That little thought had crossed my

mind, too.

>> You have thought about it, haven't you?

>> Jerry,

suppose

I met you when you pick up the paramedic

van.

There it is.

>> With a gun,

>> Jerry, you're 40 years old and starting

all over again. We're both starting

over.

>> you don't need that.

>> It is tempting.

It is easy.

>> One last important reminder. If anything

goes wrong, if security catches on in

any way, we surrender immediately and

peacefully. Right.

Are we all set?

I do believe we are. All right. Check

all your gear. Let's pack the box then

try to relax.

We go in 7 hours.

Heat. Heat.

I got it.

I got a delivery for Su Wong the

magician. Supposed to be urgent.

>> What is it?

>> What is it? It's the saw people in half.

I don't know. He said the old one broke

during rehearsal about an hour ago,

right?

>> Come on. I'm getting a cramp out here.

Huh?

>> Okay. Okay. Come on. Bring it in.

I already

Heat.

Heat.

Gentlemen, it's 11 minutes and 23

seconds in counting. After this number

is the can. It's our time check. After

it begins, we have 3 minutes and 41

seconds to blow the wall. All right,

everybody ready?

Let's go.

>> Are they still going through with it?

>> They sure are.

Take it,

Jerry. When's the next time you're going

to have $3 million in your hands?

Take it

>> for us.

>> For us.

>> Okay.

Heat.

Heat.

That's it. Money depository room should

be right behind that wall.

I think

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Stand.

How's

the time?

>> We don't have all day if that's what you

mean.

>> Sure. This is easy. I always work this

stuff under water.

Denny,

the can can that's the time Check. 3

minutes 41 seconds from now. Go. Come

on.

>> I hope they play another chorus. The

drill bit just broke.

Heat. Heat.

Come on.

22 seconds.

Get set. Here we go.

Heat.

Heat.

Hey,

hey, hey.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

We're slicing things rather thin, aren't

we? Didn't say that again.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

How many sacks of cash did you leave in

the depository?

>> Five bags.

>> Are you sure?

>> Why?

>> There's only four there now.

>> You better put out an alert.

Paige Monty Lavine.

Gentlemen, we're on the home stretch.

Let's go.

>> Hey, Belle. How about helping out? Huh?

>> Is that the old box?

>> I sure wouldn't want to repeat the

phrase that Su Wong used for him.

Alert security. Tell them to make a

sweep of the entire backstage area.

This is Monty Lavine. Connect me with

Metro.

Come on. Let's go.

>> Everything work out. Okay,

>> we got it. We got it.

>> You drive.

>> What?

>> This is not a drill, Dan.

>> Jerry, what are you crazy?

>> Get over there. Don't make me use this.

Come on, Dan.

Jerry, how far do you think you're going

to get?

>> I don't have to get far. I've got a car

less than two blocks from here. Let's

go.

>> Get back home. Police free.

>> Put your hands on your heads. Lace your

fingers. All

right, read them their rights and book

them.

>> Turn around. Let's get out of here. Do

it. I mean it.

Let's get out of here.

All units, this is Charlie Leader. We're

in pursuit of suspects in a blue and

white paramedic van. Looks like they're

heading downtown just past the Stardust.

I want a roadb block at Fremont and

Casino Center.

Yeah.

Heat.

Go back. Clean up.

Jerry, we're in the middle. There's no

place to go. Give it up. Do it.

>> Oh, shoot.

>> Fire.

267.

>> Do you want to tell me what this is all

about?

It was

>> It's a long story.

All right, Dan. I've got time.

Dan, what would have happened if the

security guards seen you? You guys could

all have been hamburger.

>> Well, no. No. You see, there's something

I didn't tell our uh friends here.

>> What did you forget to tell us?

>> Well, about a little agreement I made

with Slick uh Mr. Roth before any of us

even got started. You see, uh he told

his guards that until further notice

that if they caught anyone attempting to

rob any of his casinos that they were

not to use their weapons.

And in return, I promised we wouldn't

use weapons.

>> Well, you're right. Why don't you tell

the cops about us?

>> Vinnie, uh, that really wasn't

necessary. You see, the original plan

was not to leave the premises.

>> Ah, why don't you tell us about the

guards? I would have breathed a lot

easier when it was coming down, you

know, because then it wouldn't have been

a real test. We had to try to pull it

off under real conditions.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.