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Tonight, on Spencer for hire. Help her. She's going to have that baby any day now.

Tony, open up!

That's the girl in Drive Away didn't mention nothing about Shadgag.

Bennett is not a man of full-iron.

Because he controls most of the rackets in

Boston and has people killed on a daily basis.

What does she want? She doesn't want him raised by a hood.

You'll never see tomorrow. I think I'm having the baby now. No! No! Oh! Oh! No! No!

No! No!

The End

you

Like any jazz lover, I knew Art Tatum was great, and James P. Johnson made magic.

But for my money, nobody ever drove a left-hand like Basie.

I'd gotten back from a late swing concert when

a slightly nervous Murray Peltzer called.

Twice a year I get a call from Murray and he's always slightly nervous.

Murray's a nice enough guy, but not too sharp. A little slow in the down-to-down.

But I help him out when I can because he tries

to help people nobody else would bother with.

And usually nobody bothered with Murray either.

BAM!

AHH! AHH, AHH. AHH AHH AHH

Murray!

All right.

Get your hands

off!

BOOM!

Great. That's just great. Mary, what do these guys want? What are you bling?

These guys want me dead. What did you do this time? Trying to have a friend.

Michelle Gilbert. They took her away somewhere. I'm out of here.

Mary, stay put.

BOOM!

BAM!

Some people die for a cause. Some get to grow old and use all their time.

The Murray just got shot. There wasn't even a good reason.

What were you doing out there in the first place?

I told you, I got a call from Murray Peltz. He was in trouble. He needed some help.

Must have been very important to get you up at 2 in the morning. He said I was down.

Yeah, Marty. You know, Spencer's going to give a long way for a guy like Murray.

Right, Spencer? I mean, you've got to be pretty tight with a guy who

almost gets you killed twice. Remember that deal with the movie producer?

Look, what about this guy, Shaw? Come on, I have a right to at least know his name.

Montoya. Robert Montoya, he works for everybody. Anthony Bennett. Bennett?

I can't imagine Murray having anything to do with Bennett.

Well, I must have been enough to get him put away.

What about that girl he mentioned, Michelle Gilbert? We ran it.

She's led a very exciting life. I am Michelle Gilbert, Dusty Gilbert, Lay Gilbo,

rested judge of prostitution. No conviction since 84.

Sounds like she got smart and hooked up with somebody on a more permanent basis.

Maybe the same guy had killed Murray. Spencer, this Anthony Bennett is not

Thank you. a man to fool around with.

Just because he controls most of the rackets in Boston

and has people killed on a daily basis, he got to give me a better reason than that.

All right, try this one. We've heard talk of a full-scale mob war

between Bennett and George Cannon. Stepping on each other's territories again?

Murray wouldn't have anything to do with that. He was a nobody.

He wouldn't be the first war casualty. You get in between Bennett in Cannon.

You could be. No lovely thought, Frank. Thanks for sharing that with me.

$200 for a new radiator and 26 a day for the rental

car had taken my bad mood and made it worse.

I didn't like seeing Murray Pelzer shot down in front of me.

I also didn't liked hearing it might involve two thugs like Bennett and Cannon.

But mostly, I didn' like that guy in the shining

suit sitting across the street from my apartment.

Put it on your hand.

Sit down. Not there on the floor. Why don't you join him?

If you do one of your moves without saying Mother Man, I'll blow your face off.

What do you want?

Good afternoon, Mr. Spencer.

We've been waiting rather a long time.

I had to identify the body of a friend. Murray Peltzer.

Pelt.

But then I meet so many people every day. What's been at once?

He didn't send his number one boy over here to check out my new decor.

Mr. Bennett would prefer to tell you himself. He's waiting for you at his house.

I thought he didn't take business home.

It's not business.

Or you tell him that I promised myself some sleep,

then I could have washed my windows, maybe do a little work on the files.

Now get out of here.

Hey.

Mr. Bennet's in a good mood.

change if you keep him waiting. Oh, I promise I'll drop by.

Right after I die in my socks.

Thank you.

Brookline is a suburb just outside of Boston,

built on old line money and respectability.

The grounds I was passing through might have been

paid for by Anthony Bennett's produce business,

or his distribution firm, but I doubt it.

Prostitution and drugs bring in a lot more money.

I wondered if his neighbors knew what he did for a living.

5.30 and don't let a lane dry.

May I help you? Well, Spencer, I'd almost given up on you. I see you've met my wife.

How do you do? Hello. Come along inside. Yes, please come in. Would you like coffee?

Marcello? It's fine, Helen. I'll offer Mr. Spencer something in the den.

Oh, you've got Carol and Dick. Just a few minutes. This won't take long.

Go fix your hair. Oh.

Excuse me. I'll be ready to leave, sir.

Very attractive family. Yes. Already, these girls are as beautiful as their mother.

My three beautiful women. Grandfather

Anthony Michael.

And my father, also, Anthony Michael Bennett. Looks like a very proud man.

You had a lot to be proud of. He pulled his family up out of poverty.

He had three successful sons, all respected businessmen.

Well, two out of three anyway. He used to say anything can happen in America.

A poor man, if he's smart, can become rich, and a rich man can become president.

If you live long enough, Murray Pelzer wasn't that lucky.

Or that's smart. And neither are you for helping him.

He was a greedy fool, always after one too many dollars. Murray was a puppy dog.

You could have swatted him with a newspaper and he'd run.

You don't need to kill a man like that.

I agree. It was never intended that he be killed. But Billy can become a little...

Heavy-handed.

And when Murray involved you.

Can I offer you that drink?

No, thanks.

What?

Exactly, did Mr. Pelzer tell you?

Everything.

This will help you pay for the damage to your car.

and to forget all about this business.

Men like you can understand my position.

I try not to understand anything people like you do,

which makes me a little worried for Michelle Gilbert's safety.

What makes you think I would hurt her? Oh, I don't know.

Maybe it had something to do with the way you handled Murray.

I can be very protective about people that I care for.

You should remember that. And I'm not going to forget the way Murray Peltzer got

shot down. You can remember that?

Mr Spencer.

Wait a moment.

Here, you're a very decent man. What Anthony is doing is not right.

If you can find Michelle Gilbert, help her.

She's going to have that baby any day now. Your husband's baby.

We have two teenage girls. They're terrific. If he brings that baby into this house,

they're going to have tons of questions.

And I certainly don't want them to know the answers.

It's just, it's a terrible thing to take a baby from its mother.

Did your husband talk to you about this? Oh, in a way.

He's just obsessed with having a son. Well, what if it's the girl? It's a boy.

She had the test.

Some a shell, Gilbert gets paid off, and your husband gets his son.

Unless you can help her, you'd certainly be helping me and my daughters.

I'll be in touch.

Victory comes from skill, or sometimes luck.

I had skillfully bluffed Anthony Bennett from telling me what was going on,

but luckily his wife told me.

A better businessman would have walked away from this one.

I had no client and no relationship with Michelle Gilbert.

I didn't even know if she wanted this baby. But maybe she did.

I figured the least I could do was ask.

I also figured that only a man with a death wish

crosses Anthony Bennett without somebody at his back.

Stop!

Ah! Ah!

Enough! Enough! What I say!

Now, what you do to your girls in the streets, that's your business.

But when you take it to Miss Emma, you make it mine.

Hey, I didn't hurt the old lady. You did, you be dead.

Now, you still owe her for what you did to her home. I'll take her, I swear.

I'll get her. All right, get out of here.

Business? None of yours. Now, would

you call this plum or grape?

You full of questions today? You afraid? Never free. Always available.

I knew that a very few computerized labs do

blood work for most of the Boston hospitals.

The many voices of Spencer did the rest.

Hello, Mr. Smutsler. Thank you for holding. I have that information.

Oh, thank you. You saved my life.

You have no idea how upset the doctor was that I screwed up his files, yes?

Yes. Well, Ms. Michelle Gilbert is currently a patient at the Havenhurst Sanitarium.

Havenhurston, yes, thank-you.

It's so hot in here. Aren't you hot?

No.

Eight.

I'm not hungry, I'm hot.

Mr. Bennett's not gonna like it that you're not eating.

Looks like I need to gain a couple hundred more pounds. Look at me, I'm a tugboat.

You're making me real unhappy.

So what are you gonna do about it?

You should eat for the baby.

Looks like you're playing. Close. To sedate, to European.

Uh, roses for Mr. Bennett. I'll take them. Oh, sorry, Noce.

We have to personally deliver them, then sing a little song to cheer her up.

Nobody goes inside.

Hey Tony, open up!

I love it.

Who the hell are you? I'm a Spencer. My private cop. This is Hawke.

We're here to get you out. You have a suitcase or something? Did Murray send you?

Sort of. You do want to get out of here, don't you? Yeah, but what about Anthony?

He'll probably try to find us. I can't exactly be running around maybe to notice.

If you stay here, Bennett's going to have a

son and you're going to get a bus ticket.

Or worse.

Okay. I have my code.

Hey.

You better be the good guys.

you

They took a lot of guts to go on the run in her condition.

Yet she took the chance and left with us.

She had no idea what she might be getting into. And frankly, neither did I.

You see what I'm on? Yeah. Good, duck down. Are you kidding? No, do it.

We got company.

You better we keep them far away.

He said we were just gonna snatch the girl and

drive away, didn't mention nothing about shotgun.

Yeah, the road racing part slipped my mind too.

Anthony wouldn't do this. He wouldn't harm the baby. Zarn Ben, it's Ben.

Don't lose him.

Hold on.

Okay? Oh my god. What? What is it?

Well, I couldn't be wrong, but I think I'm having the baby now.

No!

Ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha.

I always like to know who hires me for a job, to

be sure I'm working for the right kind of people.

In this case, I wasn't sure if anybody had hired me.

But still, I knew I had a client. Actually, too.

about to meet the second.

You're doing great. Just take a deep breath. You take a big breath.

You're doin' fine. You're done. Time up. Time to...

Four minutes. Do you know what you're doing? Police Academy training.

Yeah, right. Do know what your doing. Well, I could do some help.

Who told you, babe? I know a place. Where? Who cares? Just punch it!

It's all right, boys.

I know you did your best. Wait outside for a moment.

Mr. Devane will speak with you. We'll get her back, sir. Yeah, we will.

Send them to head cannon at his restaurant.

He's got a half a dozen men with him. They'll be blown apart. That's right.

I want the word out on the street. Ten grand to anyone who spots Spencer or Hawke.

I'm taking out.

my son safe. Let me be very clear on this point.

There's to be no shooting anywhere near that child.

I'll take care of it.

Then have our people check every hospital

within 100 miles of Boston.

Don't let me down on this, Peter.

I don't care how much it costs or how long it takes.

Find them for me.

Bye.

That's enough. I'm not doing this. How many times I heard that?

I don't want to have a baby. Honey, you don't have any choice.

Fill the kettle in the kitchen for me and put it on the front burner.

You gonna make me tell you twice?

Spensa, spensa, get over here. Come on. Okay, I got you.

Lean on me. Is this your first? Yes. Oh, you're going to do just fine.

You take many drugs if I should know about it? No. Oh, good girl. Good girl.

Now we're going walk a little bit and give Gravity a chance to do some work.

Wait here.

You thought you needed that money to pay off to your old lady? Not anymore.

You

know, as a matter of fact, I may make some real good money off of Mr. Bennett.

So give it over.

Now, don't I always take real good care of you? Sure, baby. Then drive.

Why didn't you take this girl to a doctor? Some people are looking for us.

Almost always are. You already needed help. Miss Emma's kind of help. Best of days.

Go one way or the other side and tell her she's doing great. And relax yourself too.

Oh. Oh. Baby, you saw its way. I can't do it.

It's like walking up a steep green hill,

taking one step at a time, and breathing in the fresh air.

This is the hardest work you're ever going to do. But you can do it!

When I say...

Support her back. Count for me.

Ah!

Why are you standing around for? Get over there and help her.

I'm taking care of this business. Ah.

Ah.

Come on now.

A deep breath.

Hold it. One. Push. Two.

Three,

four, five, six, seven, eight.

A couple more with the next contraction, or to beat it. One.

Two, three.

Stop pushing now. Scissors.

What's the matter?

got himself tangled up in its cord.

But it...

It's all right now. OK.

Now you can push that little boy on out.

Ah.

I got him.

Ah!

Can I see you?

Let me hold it.

Look at his little fingers. It's perfect.

Like I told you, everything is fine.

I can't believe I made a person.

You did a good job too. I

had good help.

Can you say thank you?

Hey, anytime.

Company.

I count five. Plus the dude walking to the door.

Sorry, Miss Emma. Don't worry about me. Just do what you have to do. Ah.

I'll repeat myself. Under no circumstances is anyone to fire.

Mr. Bennett's express order.

That's far enough.

I am never armed.

I'm here to talk. So talk. Must I stand in the street?

Keep your hands where I can see him and walk real slow.

We've been through this once already. You're my mate.

Anthony will be very happy to know that his son is safe.

And he can be very generous when he's happy. Your son's not for sale.

You tell your boss I want to talk to him. That's why I'm here. You're an errand boy.

I want to talk to Bennett.

Alone. There are five men outside, Mr. Spencer. A dozen more, a phone call away.

Will you send him home? Or start the party?

You're a moral man, Spencer, with the conscience.

Not the type to put a new mother and a baby at risk.

It's my living reading gloves.

Read this barrel still.

You see any bluff? I got six morals left and I'm fresh out of conscience.

Either you do what Spencer says, or you will expire in five.

Now, you look like a good judge of character, Mr. Devane. Four. What do you think?

Three.

I think it'll blow your brains out.

cool.

When and where will you meet?

Anthony Bennett was not about to harm his son.

But until I knew who was, I needed a safe place to hide Michelle and her boy.

I needed someone who was warm, sensitive, understanding.

Bye.

Ben, sir. Uh, Rita, this is Michelle Gilbert and her son.

Could we come in, please? Uh, yeah. Sure, of course.

That's nice. I hope we're not interrupting anything.

I don't want to be disqualified.

This is really very nice.

I mean, it's pretty snazzy for an assistant DA. What do you undertake?

Choke.

Could we, uh... Talk!

What a great idea.

So, talk.

She needs a place to stay.

I probably should have called first. Oh, no need for that.

Just because I'm in the middle preparing for a major case for court tomorrow.

I mean, Spencer, I'm not opposed to.

I mean I think of myself as a reasonable person. Why do you?

Just what makes you think you can come and drop a baby in my lap. Oh, shoot.

I thought that she would be safe here.

Here, Spencer, I hardly know you. Well, that's my point, exactly.

You see, there's no connection between the two of us,

and they won't think to look for her here. Someone's looking.

She's in a little trouble. Well, you're not completely out of the woods yourself.

I day it the most.

A day? Maybe two. A day, I think I can wrap the whole thing up in a day.

I wouldn't come if it weren't important.

The kid needs some help.

Come on.

Can she stay?

She can stay. Great. And don't say I owe you one, OK?

Because in this case, you owe me about 10. Here, look. Here's some nice stuff.

One question, Spencer. Who's baby?

No, no.

My hand no.

I just wanted to see if you squirre him a little.

Got some powder and some wiping stuff, and these are guaranteed not to leak.

George Cannon might have had a gang war brewing with Anthony Bennett,

but Bennett and I were playing poker.

At the moment, I had the advantage in the game.

Michelle and his son were good bargaining chips.

Of course, Bennett wasn't above stacking the deck.

I was my son.

Mother and son are both safe and doing fine. What does she want? Custy agreement.

If I get it. Then you'll never see him. You'll

never say tomorrow. Uh, uh...

Let's hope we both walk away happy men.

Let me ask you this, Spencer.

Where do you honestly believe this child would be better off?

Michelle only has what I give her.

Besides...

She can't raise a child. She's practically a child herself.

She's young. But she'll manage. Look.

I only want to give the boy a real home. Take him into my family.

A family full of love and affection.

You know, I think you would take care of the boy.

But I'm not going to let you do it at Michelle's expense.

I'm willing to take care Michelle for the rest of her life.

Because I care for her, Spencer. I care a great deal.

Strange way of showing her and trying to take her baby away from her.

Michelle is what she is, and I'm not going let my son be raised by a whore.

And she doesn't want him raised by her hood.

Looks like we got a standoff here.

What's your deal? You establish

a blind trust at a local bank

deposit $4,000 a month for their support.

You give up all parental rights on a document to that effect.

If that kid disappears, I'll see to it. You're in charge for kidnapping.

This is no deal. You offer me nothing.

Keep hawk at your back.

His legal name will be Anthony Michael Bennett.

I want to see my son.

Today or it's no deal. At the shell on the Esplanade, five o'clock,

you, Devane, and one other.

So how do you get tangled up with a guy like Anthony Bennett?

I went to New York to be a famous model.

You know how that goes. Suddenly there I am with no money and none coming in.

So I started dating. Professionally.

Yeah. Why

didn't you just pack up and take the next flight home? No home.

My parents are...

Your only option.

was to stay.

I didn't have to hang out on the street or anything tacky.

It wasn't great, but I got very polite phone calls from very polite men.

That's how I met Anthony. And we fell in love. Oh, it was so romantic.

We'd be together three years this March.

I began to dream it might go on forever.

Did you want to have this, baby?

I think so. Oh, Anthony sure did. He went nuts when I told him I was pregnant.

And then when I tell him it was a boy,

he actually cried.

How can Anthony take my baby? Michelle, no one's going to take your baby away.

Anthony has money and power. He gets whatever he wants. Not if I can help it.

And from what I know, Spencer, you've got the best there is on your side.

Now go and lie down. I'll look after the kid.

You should sleep when he does. It's the only chance you get.

Really?

I read that somewhere.

He looks like you.

Stay on notice. Can

I hold him?

All right.

Can it?

the Esplanade tended to upset Marty Quirk.

And Bennett claiming it was just another random act

of urban violence really ticked him off.

In fact, it took nearly a half an hour of shouting threats

and warnings at us before he calmed down.

When he did, however, he agreed it would be best if he

took Michelle and her baby into protective custody.

Spencer, who's trying to kill us? I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.

Do you always go to this much trouble for someone you've only known for one day?

Just the ones that are worth it.

Have you given any thought to what you're gonna do after this is all over?

I figure with the money from Anthony, I could find a decent place outside the city.

You're gonna get a job? Oh, no. My new boss is laying in my arms.

I want to be a full-time mom. Good for you. When am I going to see you again?

Well, I figured after this all over,

we could drive out to the country and do a little house.

Will you thank Rita for me? Well, I think I'm going to be thanking Rita

many, many times for our little visit. You're a special man, Mr. Spencer.

Special? You want special? Here's Frank Belson. This guy is a one of a kind.

He's going to take good care of both of you. See you there.

The only other name I kept hearing was George Cannon, but it didn't make any sense.

I've known Cannon for ten years and he's no fool.

He had to know killing Bennett's son would start a war without end.

But he might have an idea who could benefit.

Hawk was already on the streets looking for the contractor.

My job was to find out who hired him.

Cannon held court daily at a restaurant he owned.

It had a great view and even better food.

He was every bit as crooked as Bennett, but he seemed to enjoy it more.

He enjoyed everything more.

I help you, pal? Possibly. Something's been bothering me lately.

Oh, yeah, what's that? Do you think Francis Bacon really rode Hamlet?

Take a walk.

Spencer. It's OK, Pete. Sit. Good boy, Pete, he next will be teaching her all over.

How's it going for you, George? What could be bad? Fresh air or a good lobster?

You should eat better. But I heard

you've been having a hard time.

Who told you that? People.

They say you've been seeing a lot of Anthony Bennett.

this is true.

Tell me you won't be seeing the two guys he's sent over to visit. People do talk.

I hear things too. What kind

of things? You hired a contractor from out of town,

a man with a scar to kill a young woman or a child.

Maybe we've both been listening to the wrong people.

I've got a dozen grandchildren.

I told him they were wrong.

I appreciate that.

The guy with the scarf.

Could be Laskus. Laskus? From Philly. Got into town a couple days ago.

I thought it was Bennett bringing in more guns. You know where he's staying?

No, but I can find out in return for a small favor.

What's that? Reason with Bennett. Having a son has done something to his mind.

Only fools and young men go to war.

And sir, he's been discovered.

this gentleman has a lot he wants to tell us. You

know what I mean?

Sometimes, not about this.

All along, it wasn't his style. Styles change.

Then who the hell did it? Are

you saying it's somebody inside my organization?

Devane? What? Is Mrs. Bennet home? Should be. Why?

She has nothing to do with any of this.

What do you have?

I think you should call her.

You better know what you're talking about. Helen!

Helen, come in here a moment. I've got an appointment clear across town.

Don't forget the appointment. Mrs. Alexander. Forget the damned appointment.

What's the matter with you, Anthony? Mrs. Bennett.

Oh, Mr. Spencer, I didn't realize you were here. How much did you pay last time?

Excuse me? You convinced me to find Michelle Gilbert, but not for her sake.

but to make it easier for you when you're hired guns.

Anthony, do you know what this man is talking about?

Because I don't, and I don' care for whatever it is he's implying.

No, I'm not implying anything. It's a full blown accusation.

That I had something to do with the attempt on that woman and her baby?

Who do you think you're talking to?

I don't think you'd like the answer to that question.

Anthony, I would like this man to leave.

Anthony. I paid Lascoes a visit this afternoon. He got away.

But his partner didn't.

Get a nice little chat.

You have a lot to say about your wife.

What does that prove that some hoodlum knows my name?

Stop.

What the hell was I supposed to do?

You acted as if having a son with the beginning of a whole new life.

You've got two beautiful daughters, Anthony. And they mean nothing to you.

They're just some picture you take out of your wallet to show off.

I love my children. No, you love yourself. You had it.

You had at all, Anthony, and you wanted more.

And I had to do something to protect my babies. Enough.

No, this time you're going to listen to me. You've had your hooker.

And I've always known about her. I could smell her on your clothes.

Well, that's the kind of man he is.

I can live with that.

protect my family.

and you were seen everywhere with her in public.

Now the whole world knows I'm a fool.

But still I loved you.

Did you love me, Anthony?

No.

No, you didn't give a damn.

Now the slut gets pregnant, and you expect me to

allow that baby in my house with my children.

What did you suppose was going to happen?

You could kill a woman and a baby.

There was nothing else I could do. Murder my son? Ha! Your son.

born of a whore.

Special delivery package here.

Laska's? Mm-hmm. Peace out, man. War's over.

another one's beginning.

and it had already claimed its victims.

Mrs. Bennett had lost and would face prosecution.

Whatever the trial's outcome, her real punishment

would be a cold exile from her home and children.

Anthony Bennett's pride had made him turn his back on the love of a young woman.

And in the process, he had seen the fabric of his cherished family torn apart.

Yet through it all, a young boy and his mother

had earned the freedom of a new life together.

The only fragile survivors.