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This is the city.

Los Angeles, California.

I work here.

I carry a badge.

The story you're
about to see is true.

The names have been
changed to protect the innocent.

It was Monday, January 6th.

It was windy in Los Angeles.

We were working the day watch
out of Administrative Vice Division.

The boss is Captain Nelson.

My partner is Bill Gannon.

My name is Friday.

The suppression of organized
vice, chiefly bookmaking,

prostitution and gambling is AD
Vice Division's primary concern.

For the past two weeks Bill
and I had been investigating a

large scale bookie operation
in the heart of the city.

Our luck had been all bad, but
this week things would be different.

To begin with, I
had a new partner.

Your Division Commander wasn't
too happy about loaning you to us,

Chris, but I told him
we needed the expert.

I hope I don't disappoint you.

You two will make a good team.

But let me ask you Joe,
how's Bill getting along?

Well, I stopped by his
house on the way in.

He's got the bug all
right. No doubt about that.

How long is he going to be out?

Well, now the doctor says
a week. Bill says three days.

I'll plan on a week.

Nelson?

Yeah, hold on. He's right here.

- For you Chris.
- Thanks Captain.

Lieutenant Drucker.

Yeah, how are you pal?

Look whatever you tell me I
appreciate. Don't I always?

Okay. Shoot.

Yup.

Got it.

You bet, old buddy.
Call me anytime.

Bought a piece of luck already.

Telephone number
and code, front office?

Yes, sir. Reliable source. Claims
it's one of the biggest books in town.

Been working on this
one a couple of months.

You know they're going to
miss you out of Sentry Division.

- You know what they say.
- No, what's that?

We're only as good
as our information.

So I've heard.

- Well.
- Let's go get our bet down.

8:30 a.m.

We picked up some
racing forms at a downtown

newsstand then we
went to the nearest bar.

The horses we'd placed bets
on were running at Hialeah.

Let's see what we got here.

If I can get my
eyes to focus, that is.

- Rough night?
- Ghastly.

How much do you
know about horses?

Well, they got four legs
and a jockey. Some run fast.

The ones you bet on usually
don't. Isn't that about it?

Exactly.

Bless your little heart, I
thought you'd never get here.

What's the matter,
baby, your head hurt?

What head?

Ooh, you are thirsty.

Here you go angel.

Keep it.

Thank you sir.

Anytime darling.

- What looks good to you?
- That waitress.

How many races should we bet?

- You amaze me Joe.
- I beg your pardon?

Man you're a bachelor, you got your
own apartment, make good dough.

And all you can think
about is business.

Oh, I don't know, I
have my moments.

I believe you do
at that, old buddy.

9:15 a.m.

I dialed the number supplied
by Chris Drucker's informant.

Hello? This is Charlie for red.

Charlie for red. That's right.

No, on the fourth at
Hialeah, Lucky Sailor.

Twenty to win.

- Get a hold of your friend?
- No problem.

Say goodbye to the pretty lady.

- Regular chatterbox ain't he?
- Strong and silent. You know the
type.

Not really.

Not many of them left.

1:15 p.m.

The results were
in from Hialeah.

In the event the bookie might
want to call back for verification,

I used one of the public telephones
in the police building lobby.

One horse had one going away,
another had finished out of the money,

but one had set a
new track record.

- Did he cry a lot?
- $366 and 80 cents worth.

- Where do we get the dough?
- Crossroads Restaurant, 9:15
tonight.

Two more sweetheart.
Make them doubles.

- No more for me thanks.
- Come on, Joe. We got plenty of
time.

- All right.
- A little scotch over the rocks,
a single.

Built that stuff pretty
hard don't you Chris?

Do I? I hadn't noticed.

Now, let's just say I've
got a lot on my mind.

Is that so?

I don't know what's wrong.

- Maybe I need a vacation.
- Vacations cost money.

Oh, you've been with me all day.
Do I look like I'm hurting for dough?

Hardly.

Money is the least of
my worries. That I got.

It's the things we do, squeezing
bookmakers especially.

That sounds funny
coming from you.

The old expert. Yeah.

But the older I get,
the worse I feel about it.

People want to gamble.
Why not let them?

Take today. Some poor
slob helps us make a bundle.

For thanks, we'll bust him.

When he goes to jail,
those suckers are going nuts

looking for somebody
else to give their dough to.

It doesn't make sense Joe.

Well it's not so much
the two-dollar bets is it?

It's where the dough ends up.

The profit goes overseas to
buy narcotics, you know that.

Hard stuff,
heroin, all the rest.

Good boy. Lesson
number 1 at the Academy.

Who do you think wrote it?

Hey, I'm the guy with no
money problems, remember?

Buy a convertible.

One of you gentlemen
have a light?

Charlie red has
fire for his friends.

You ought to buy a lighter.

I did. Made in
Florida. Solid gold.

- Must have cost a bundle.
- 366.80.

- A few of those could freak a
man.
- Yeah.

Thank you gentlemen.

All there?

Including the change.

To the penny.

Seal it and mark it.

I'll book it in the morning.

Wonder where our waitress went?

- Don't worry about dinner, I'll
take care of it on the way out.
- No, no, no.

- Come on, now, let me have it.
- I've got it Joe. That's an
order.

- Okay, Lieutenant.
- Well, quitting time.

I'll run you home Nah, I told my gal
I'd meet her in a joint up the street.

I'll grab a cab.

- Do yourself a favor.
- Yeah, what's that?

Greatest wine list
in town, check it out.

I like a good burgundy myself.

Tuesday, January 7th 2 a.m.

Nice shiny new C-note and
you found it in the wine list?

- Yes, sir.
- How do you know Chris didn't
tail you?

He did or at least somebody did.

Late model Triumph. I
couldn't get the license number.

He stayed with me all the way to
my apartment clear across town.

What happened then?

Whoever it was
parked down the street.

About midnight, I acted
like I was going to bed.

Half an hour later, the car
was driven away without lights.

I didn't think it was a good idea to
come out to your place so I called Carol.

- I see.
- Carol is a supervisor for the
telephone company.

Works midnight 'til 8.

She called the manager,
had him unlock the door.

I went out the back way of my place
and I came over here and then called you.

- I'm glad you did Joe.
- Yes, sir.

The car that followed you
might have been the bookie.

I hope it was.

But the bookie didn't put that
hundred dollar bill in that wine list.

Has it occurred to you that Chris
might have been testing you?

A lot of things have
occurred to me Captain,

including the fact that Chris Drucker
has been a good cop for a lot of years.

And the thought makes you
feel like a fink. Is that right?

- Yes, sir in a way.
- Well, don't feel that way.

Here, put this in your pocket.

He may want to see it tomorrow.

If Chris is on juice from the bookmakers,
we've got some housecleaning to do.

He's a policeman.
If he's gone bad,

we owe it to our three million
employers out there to nail him.

They trust all of us equally.

If that trust has been violated, I
want Chris' badge. And I want it quick.

- Yes, sir.
- Okay. Then go to work tomorrow
like nothing has happened.

- Don't press him.
- Let him come to you.

If the C-note is bait, let him
think you're chewing on it.

- He'll sink the hook quick now.
- What makes you so sure?

A crooked cop fishes
from a lonesome peer Joe.

He may want company or he may
need help. But he's made his move.

He'll have to
follow through now.

- Yes, sir.
- Another thing.

If these people can buy protection,
it's a big operation. well organized.

They're bound to have
muscle so be careful.

You've known Chris a long
time haven't you Captain?

Quite a few years.
He's smart and tough.

Maybe he's smarter
and tougher than you are.

If he's changed
sides, he's dangerous.

- Hard to figure isn't it?
- Yeah, it is.

Best Vice cop in the
city, used to be anyway.

Maybe, he still is.

You don't believe
that anymore than I do.

Nice picture.

- Is this the girl that owns the
apartment?
- Yes, sir.

- Pretty girl, isn't she?
- Yes, sir.

- It be a shame to make her cry.
- How's that sir?

You and Chris, you two
got one thing in common.

What's that sir?

He carries a gun too.

Tuesday, 7:45 a.m.

Chris Drucker called and asked
me to pick him up at his apartment.

I found a parking place up in
front, behind the late model Triumph.

Come on in.

Come in, come in,
come in, come in.

Good morning old buddy.

Good morning Chris.

Right on the dot. I
knew you would be.

Got me all figured
out. Is that it?

I know people,
Joe, or I think I do.

Is that so?

- How about a cup of coffee?
- Sounds fine.

Hey, Maggie. You
remember Maggie?

Hello there talkative.

- She cooks too.
- Who cares?

Well, you do talk don't you?

- Thank you.
- You hear that honey?

Another cop like me
with something upstairs.

That's all I've heard
since I got here.

What have you heard?

What a smart cop Joe Friday is.

I'm Maggie Hinton and
he's really not that fast.

- I've known him for years.
- Is that so?

Came by to give him a
ride, but he's already got one.

Oh, I'm really sorry
baby. I meant to call you.

Hates to drive so I'm chauffer.
Want a little something in that?

Oh, no, no. This is fine.

How'd you ever got
hooked up with him?

One bloody Mary
and I'm an alcoholic.

You better run baby.

I'm being dismissed.

See you later.

Will you Friday?

Well, he's my partner isn't he?

Yeah, I guess he is at that.

So long honey.

Bye-bye you two.

Outside my sainted mother, the
only beautiful woman I ever trusted.

You got a good eye Chris.

Have a seat old buddy.
I'll only be a minute.

No, thanks. I
feel like standing.

Well what's the matter Joe?
Maggie make you nervous?

Not Maggie you.

- I make you nervous?
- That's right.

Why? Tell me why?

This old buddy.

Hey, that's one
of those big ones.

Fell out of your
pocket last night.

- That so?
- Keep it.

What for? It's yours partner.

- Give me a reason Chris.
- Glad to.

Because it's in your hand,
pal not Captain Nelson's.

- That tells me something.
- I see.

You could have stopped
by Nelson's house last

night on the way in to
town, only you didn't.

- How do you know I didn't?
- Because I tailed you home.

That's your ticket Joe to
bigger and better things.

Go on, put it in your pocket. And
there's more where that came from.

- How much more?
- One a week.

Just like that one.

- For doing what?
- For right now? Nothing. Okay?

- You got a lot of guts Chris.
- Have I?

What makes you so sure I won't
walk into Nelson's office this morning?

- Go right ahead.
- And if I do?

Then we go straight to work
without making a stop on the way.

Huh?

That envelope with the
winnings in it. You remember?

You sealed it, signed
it, marked it for evidence.

- So did you.
- No, I didn't sign it.

How could I Joe.

It's $100 light. Get that eager
gleam out of your eye Joe.

The envelope is in
my safety deposit box.

Now you waltz in
and tell the Captain.

I'll show him where you
got the hundred, savvy?

Your word against
mine is that it?

Mine's pretty good if you
decide to do any whistle blowing.

You've got the
hundred in your fist.

And if I go along?

Then I'll correct the
evidence envelope.

We'll both mark it
and we're in business.

I had to be sure about you Joe.

- Okay, you are.
- Good.

It takes one to know one
or something like that, right?

Or something like that.

Saturday, January 11th,

I continued to work with
Lieutenant Chris Drucker.

He gave me my second
hundred dollar bill.

2 a.m.

I met with Captain Nelson
in Carol's apartment.

- Anything new?
- Only another one of these.

I initialed the bill and I
wrote down the serial number.

Right. I think we've got the
answer to how he earns his juice.

How?

Tell me, how much time has he
spent on the phone the last few days?

- Quite a bit.
- It figures.

10 to 1 he keeps an
eye on the bum board.

When he sees a number
on his protected list,

he picks up the
phone and yells, "Cop".

We've had too many
raids go sour lately.

When we get there, there's nothing
in the front offices, but a lot of dust.

One thing puzzles me though.

Did he get the information
before this week?

- That's right.
- No, sir. I don't think he did.

I figure it's a new
organization just getting started.

Part of Chris' job was to
line up somebody in our shop.

- You?
- Yes, sir.

When Bill got sick, Chris walked
right in. Worked out perfectly.

I want that protected list
as fast as you can get it.

Well if I push him,
he may back off.

I know. But he's already blown
weeks of work for the department.

He's a crooked cop and I want him in
the bucket, not running around loose.

We're putting the
pressure on now.

Send him back to his division. As long
he's working with us, he doesn't need me.

He knows who we're going
to hit and when just like I do.

We're ahead of him. Internal Affairs set
it up with the Captain in Chris' Division.

He goes back to work
there Monday morning.

- Has Drucker been notified?
- No.

Figured to tell him Monday
morning when he checks in.

- Let me tell him.
- Think that might squeeze him?

Well, I don't know. But it's
more than I've got right now.

I'll plug Internal Affairs
and Drucker's Captain.

Tell them to sit on it
'til Monday morning.

That doesn't give me much time.

You've got 30 hours to get
your hands on that list Joe.

- You think you can do it?
- I'll give it a try.

Good.

- You all right?
- Yes, sir.

Stay that way.

Saturday, January
11th, 11:30 a.m.

I called Chris and told him
I'd meet him at his favorite bar.

- Want a drink?
- No thanks. I won't be here that
long.

What do you mean?

Come on now Drucker you be
sensible with me for a change will you?

Well, I think I have haven't
I? You're $200 richer.

For doing what?

For being a good
partner old buddy.

Yeah, well maybe
that's the problem.

Really, now. What's that?

I've grown accustomed to those bills
and I guess now they'll stop coming.

Take it easy, Joe. I know you
don't like working in the dark.

But what do you
care at these prices?

That's just it. The way I got it
figured it's the end of the line.

I thought you told me you'd take it
slow and work into the operations slow.

It'll only be a week.
Patience old buddy, patience.

Yeah, well I ran out of
that when I heard you

were going back to
Sentry Division on Monday.

Another double for me.
Come on Joe have one.

I've got nothing to
celebrate have I?

Who gave you the
word on my transfer?

I overheard the watch commander
on the phone this morning.

I went down to pick up a book
for Gannon out of his locker.

- I'm going to run out and see
him later.
- I see.

So it's the end of
the line for us, isn't it?

Wonder why they're
sending me back out?

- Gannon coming back on Monday?
- No.

I don't figure he'll be back
for at least another week.

I thought they were
short handed down there.

Three guys check back in
from vacation Monday you know.

No. I didn't know.

No. I didn't know that.

One thing I didn't
figure on, vacationists.

What's that got to
do with you and me?

Everything Joe. I thought
I'd have more time.

Come on Chris talk to me,
plain so I can understand.

I'll do that.

Okay partner you're
in all the way now.

The whole setup, 12 front offices, six back
offices, telephone numbers for everyone.

Make yourself a copy.
Tuck these in your wallet.

A little "welcome
to the club" bonus.

More scoop in that little book than
the department could dig up in a year.

You know what to do with it.

Check the bum board. A joint
is scheduled to be hit, I call you.

That's all there is to it.

And you get four big ones,
the first of every month.

If there's a raid on tap and
you're not around then what?

On the last page,
those three numbers.

The big men?

Three very proper citizens Joe.

You can't get a hold of me, call
them in order - one, two, three.

- Only take my advice.
- What's that?

Don't call them
unless you have to.

Right.

How about it partner,
you happy now?

Couldn't be happier.

Sunday, January 12th

I delivered the telephone
numbers to Captain Nelson.

We'll have to hit every
one of them at the

same time. It's going
to be a big operation.

Take a lot of men, a lot of planning.
We'll have to move fast now.

- Yes, sir.
- Okay.

Now, first let's set up a dummy raid
and gather our evidence against Drucker.

When?

We'll wait on Monday
morning 'til the tracks are open.

By that time we'll have the whole
works under tight surveillance,

the joints, Chris, everybody. If he
makes a tip off, we got to see it happen.

Yes, sir.

See you in the
morning. My office.

- This my copy?
- Treat it gently.

I'm going to tell Drucker officially
about his transfer at 9 a.m. sharp.

I suppose you'll
want to say goodbye.

This time and once more.

Monday, January 13th

Lieutenant Chris Drucker was
transferred back to Sentry Division.

2:15 p.m.

The dummy raiding party
prepared to leave the police building.

I called Chris from one of the
public telephones in the PAB lobby.

Lieutenant Drucker, please.

I don't care if
he's in a meeting.

You tell him
Mr. Ryan is calling.

Yeah, you do that.

I'll hold.

Lieutenant Drucker?
Mr. Ryan calling.

A team is leaving in
five minutes for 4627399,

you got that?

4627399, right.

You'll take care of it?

Okay Charlie, keep
watching him. Right. Bye.

- Drucker's commander.
- What happened?

Chris checked
out of the meeting.

Took your call in his office then he left
his office and went outside the building.

Where did he go?

Right to a public telephone.

Nelson. Yeah Bob.

He did, huh?

How long ago?

Yeah?

He did?

Good.

Stakeout.

The bookie just left the
location. He's moving fast.

Yeah.

With a whole back
office under his arm.

Tuesday January 14th

Plans for the large scale
raid had been set in motion.

9:30 a.m.

Chris Drucker was brought
to Captain Nelson's office.

Thank pal. Sit down Drucker.

Well, this is a real surprise. What's the
matter Joe couldn't get along without me?

Joe?

Read it.

Why should I read your notebook?

Just what's printed
on the back. Read it.

I don't get it.

You heard the man,
Drucker, read it.

"You have the right
to remain silent.

If you give up the
right to remain silent,

anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law."

The rights. So what?

You want to hear them backwards?

Keep going.

"You have the right to
speak with an attorney

and to have the attorney
present during questioning.

If you so desire and
cannot afford one,

an attorney will be appointed for
you without charge before questioning."

You understand them, Lieutenant?

Of course I understand
them, Sergeant.

- Be sure.
- I am sure. Why?

You're under arrest for
conspiracy to commit bribery,

obstructing justice, and
violating gambling laws.

- Anything you want to say?
- No more answers.

I want a lawyer.

How's the invalid?

Oh, pretty good I guess. Pull
up a chair. That red rocker there.

- This one?
- Well, that's the only red
rocker in the room Joe.

- See how it rocks and it's all
red?
- Yeah, I see.

- What's the matter?
- Oh, not a thing.

- Oh, yes there is.
- There is nothing wrong.

Joe, something's wrong.

I was thinking this is a little low that's
all. I was going to get another chair.

It's a high bed. Always
complaining aren't you?

- This is the guest room Joe.
- I didn't know that.

Well you wouldn't want
to go spreading germs

all over your regular
bedrooms would you?

- I guess not.
- No you guess not. I guess not.

Check the old temperature here.

99.3

Gone down six tenths in the
last 4 hours and 17 minutes.

- That's good.
- You bet that's good.

- Body temperature, the barometer
of man's condition Joe.
- Mm-hmm.

Let's see 99.3 at 1:17 p.m.

- Well did you bring me any
magazines?
- No, I didn't.

I didn't know you wanted any.

Well Joe all sick people like to have
some magazines brought to them.

I'm sorry.

- Hand me my timer.
- Your what?

It's right there in front
of you, my egg timer Joe.

- This what you want?
- Yes, Joe, that's an egg timer.

This will let me know when I
have to take my temperature next.

-Uh-Hmm -Well set it down.

Aren't you going to turn it
over? Get the time started?

Sorry.

Most people when they're sick like I
am they got out of sorts and cranky.

But you don't see
me doing that do you?

- Oh, no.
- No, sir. You bet no.

I just kind of stay on
an even keel, don't I?

The suspect was found guilty
of conspiracy to commit bribery,

obstructing justice and
violating gambling laws.

Twenty-five other suspects were found
guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery,

obstructing justice, and
violating gambling laws.

All have served jail terms
and are now on probation.