All language subtitles for Rockford Files s05e17 The Man Who Saw The Aligators.eng

ROCKFORD
This is Jim Rockford.

At the tone, leave your name
and message.

I'll get back to you.

Mr. Rockford,
you know what to do if you're attacked and killed?

Ask for Albert Kinsey
at grand opening of

Happy Dawn School
of Secret Arts. Win free lesson.

Sonny?

Mmm?

Sonny?
You go ahead. I'll wait for you here.

No. No, we're home.

We already stopped
at Kelly's Ice Cream store.

You're kind of nauseous
still, ain't you?

No. I feel great.
Who said I'm nauseous?

I'll tell you, Dad,
the man is an absolute genius.

I know. You told me.
You told him.

Come on, sonny.

No, no, no, no, Dad.
I don't feel like sleeping.

But you're full of dope.
You might fall asleep any time.

No, no, the dope
has worn off. I feel excellent.

I feel like
doing something.

Well, let's see what we got
in the line of milk shakes for the next couple of days.

Eugene Pallette.

Hello?

Oh, hello,
Miss Danielli.

Yeah he's right here,
but well he...

He just came back
from having oral surgery,

had his wisdom teeth
pulled out. Yeah.

Why don't you tell me
what it is you want?

See what she wants.

It's about the audit.

I told him
the final deadline was coming up next week.

He was having trouble
getting the records together.

Now the IRS have given him
two extensions already

and they're not
about to give him another.

And I start my vacation
this weekend.

It's about the audit.

She's leaving town
on her vacation in the next few days.

It's okay.
It'll all be all right.

He said...
I heard.

Listen, I better
call him back in the morning.

He's in for a big shock.

How you doing, Jimbo?

No problem.

It's all
in the shoe boxes.

He means his paid-off bills
and tax reports.

The oral surgery
went okay?

The man is
a genius, Dennis.

It's the best operation
I've ever had.

Jimbo, I hate to come
at you at a time like this with this kind of news,

but I feel there's
some urgency and you should know.

You remember
Tony Gagglio?

The lounge singer?

No, Anthony Gagglio.
He's an outfit shooter from Brooklyn.

He worked with
the Minett family.

You got snarled up
on a case with him about two, three years ago?

Yeah, Anthony Boy.

Yeah, that's where
all the hollow points

for flying around
on that sport fishing pier down in Oxnard. Yeah.

He was trying to kill
that witness from New York, that girl.

Word on the street
is that Gagglio holds you personally responsible

for that sabbatical he got
up in Quentin as a result of the Oxnard shoot-out.

Me? I was just
working the case.

Well, you did have a hand
in bringing him down.

Beyond that,
there's not much logic.

Apparently he's had
a lot of liver trouble

resulting from
a gunshot wound that he got that day.

For this he blames you

because he wouldn't have
caught the police bullet if you hadn't called us in.

Also, he's got
this insane hatred for California.

When it looked like
he was gonna die and be buried here,

he started rambling
about you and he's never stopped.

Obviously he's a very
mentally ill person.

Maybe. But a giggler
in a Napoleon hat he's not.

He's intelligent,
professional, totally ruthless.

According to NYPD,
he's got 32 kills under his belt.

It's all right.
There's nothing to worry about.

Jimbo.

Tony Boy is gonna
get paroled today.

Well, now,
what has happened to our justice?

I, for one, am getting
pretty fed up with it!

Well, you didn't say that
when I was in prison, Dad.

Let's not get
into polemics.

You want a beer, Dennis?

No, I do not
want a beer.

Jimbo, I think
you're in danger

and I think you should
consider taking steps.

Leave town, take
that vacation you always dreamed about.

Let me get a line
on this guy.

See you first thing
in the morning, okay, Jimbo?

That's a good idea.

Good idea.

Hey, we don't have
anything to worry about.

You know people always
say things in prison.

It's just a way
to pass the time.

You know, I feel good,

but I think
I will take a little nap.

Dennis.

Uh-huh.

Dennis, you just
help yourself to some ice cream, all right?

Hey, Tony!

Hey, Tony!

Anthony.

Go home.

Wait. It's so good
to see you, I can't tell you.

Hey, let me look at you,
let me look at you. You look good.

Hey, Tone, Ma's here.

She come.
We were both coming to pick you up.

She's down in the car
right now. She don't walk too good lately.

Anthony.

Tell her to go home.

What's the matter
with you?

Your family comes
all the way out here to meet you

your first day
out of the joint.

We come all the way
from Brooklyn. Ma's got a bad hip now.

This is the way you act?

I already got a ride.

Oh, boy.

What? I mean, what is it?

You're still thinking about
that business with that PI down in Los Angeles.

What's his name?

Rockford.
And I want no advice from you or Ma.

Get on a plane.

Wait. Listen to me
for one second, Tony.

You gotta put
these kind of things behind you.

The past is yesterday.

Come on, listen.
Hey, listen to me now!

You don't go down there
and talk to Ma,

I'm gonna have to
listen to her all the way home.

Now I've been with her
for two days straight and I'm going out of my nut!

Hey, Mom, I got
a surprise for you. Look who's here!

Anthony Boy.
Why are you crying?

Why you crying?
Quit crying.

What are you
crying for? Ma...

Come, get in the car.

Get in the car.
We'll go to the airport and God willing, we'll go home.

Richie, you drive.
All right.

Don't let your brother.
He doesn't look so good. He needs his rest.

Come, come here,
sit next to your mother, Tony. Here, come.

Hey, Ma...
Ma, I can't go home right now.

I told you this, Ma.

It's that guy
down in LA.

Tony, please come home.

Hasn't this family
had enough trouble yet?

No. Not enough.
Not yet. We need more.

No!
Hey, Ma... Ma... Ma...

Oh, Ma!

Richie, but didn't
you tell him?

You didn't tell him
how things are finally going to look up for us?

Nobody tells anybody
anything around here. That's what the trouble is.

Mention his Jewish girlfriend
and he'll talk all night,

but something
important to his family... Okay, Ma.

Ma, you gonna let me
talk now? All right?

Tony,

I had a call from him
the other day.

Yeah. What'd he do,
call you right there at the tire shop?

No, no. I don't
work there no more.

Tires aren't selling
like they used to. They had to cut back.

Anyhow, he calls me
and he asked about you

and he wants to know
how you are and this and that, boom boom,

and he asked about
your liver and how you're feeling.

You know,
he's concerned.

Yeah.

No, no, no.
Not like you think.

He's not holding any ill will
because he had to do that stretch in Atlanta

because you didn't
get a chance to

talk to that girl,
you know, that testified against him.

Please, please.
I don't want to hear any of this, huh?

I've told you both.
I don't want to hear this kind of talk.

I've been in an airplane
all day and I'm very upset.

Tony, he wants you
should come back to Brooklyn right away.

He needs you and
he's got plans for you.

Hey, Tony, listen.

For all his faults,
this man has been a saint

to this family
since your father died, God rest his soul.

Tony,

Mr. Minett's very anxious
you should come back to work for him.

In a more managerial
position, you know what I'm saying?

And listen to this.
He wants me to work for him, too.

Hey, I told you
I don't want you to get involved with this business.

I won't be!
I won't!

He wants me to work
in his produce thing.

A manager probably,
of the, what do you call it?

Artichoke,
the distribution department to start with.

And, Tone,
this way I'll be able to marry Rhonda.

And for Ma, he wants
to give her a house out on Long Island.

Oh, Tony,

you wouldn't believe
what our neighborhood has turned into.

They're all around us now.
All four sides.

Yeah, I know, I know.
I saw it happening before I went away.

He'll give her
a nice house out in Maspeth.

She shouldn't have to
live like this, not at her age, Tone.

And me with my hip...

Come on, let's face it.
Mr. Minett, he don't really want me.

It's you, Tone.

He considers you
like a son

and he says you're
the most valuable piece of manpower he ever had.

All right, I'm gonna
tell you something. Now, this is between us.

I'm not sure
I wanna go back to work for Joe Minett.

Tony...
Wait, shut up!

He didn't give me
no legal help at all, nothing.

And I'm getting other
offers I'm considering.

I don't even have time
to think about it.

And that's enough
for right now.

I gotta go down to LA
and take care of some business,

then I'll think about
the future.

I'll be in touch.

Where you going?

If you won't listen,

please promise me you'll
stop in and see Conchetta while you're there.

She lives in
the Pacific Palisades.

I'm gonna be busy.
This is a business trip.

Promise me.

Conchetta will
never forgive me.

And then I'll have to
listen to her mother.

All right.

I'll be in touch.

Tony?

I bet
you miss my sauce.

Come home.

I'll make you a meal
you'll never forget.

Hey, Ma,
I've been in prison three years.

I had a lot of meals
I'll never forget.

Okay?

Ah, that's nice.

Thank you very much,
Congressman.

Well, it's always
a pleasure to see you

and please give my regards
to Mrs. Hartschorn, okay?

I'll do that,
Mr. Minett.

Of course, we're both
hoping to see you

at the dedication
of the Joseph Minett Youth Recreation Center.

Thank you.

Listen, you take good
care of yourself, huh?

It's cold out there.

Good night, Mr. Minett.

Good night, sir.

Here.

Hello?
Mr. Gagglio calling from California.

Yeah, put him on.

Richard, how are you?

Fine. Fine,
Mr. Minett.

I'm calling, you know,
'cause you asked me to keep you posted.

Right!

How's the weather out there,
you lucky son-of-a-gun?

It's chilly here.
They're expecting another big blizzard.

Oh, it's okay.

I always thought
that California would be real warm, you know.

It's kind of
damp here now.

Did you see him, Richie?
How's he look?

He looks so-so, Mr. Minett.
About the same, you know.

But, look,

here's the thing,
he's not coming back right now.

He's not coming back?

That's a big disappointment
to me, Richard.

Richard, that's
a very big disappointment to me, you know.

I was looking forward to
having him here as soon as possible, Richard.

There's a lot of work
to be done.

What's the holdup?
What's he up to?

He's going down
to Los Angeles.

He's got this thing about
settling a personal score down there.

That brother of yours, Richie,
is a regular knucklehead, you know that.

Well, hey, you sure
that's all it is?

Oh, yeah, yeah, Mr. Minett.
He's real excited about coming back to work for you.

He just wants
a few days.

I mean, that's okay,
isn't it?

Where'd he go?

Do you know, Richard?

Why? I mean...

Why? Why?
Richard, because...

Because I'm asking you.
That's why.

Richard, if you don't
trust my judgment,

then maybe you
shouldn't come to work in my produce business, huh?

I mean, you probably
wouldn't like it.

No, no. It's not that.

I mean... Well...

You do just want to
talk to him, right?

Where did he go, Richie?

The guy's name is Rockford.
He lives down in Los Angeles.

But I think, Mr. Minett,
that he probably went to Syl's first.

You see, Syl lives up
around here some place.

I'm trying to
find out where

through the
prison authorities now, and you know,

because Ma's very upset
about this whole thing and...

Gee, poor Mama,
I can understand that, Richard.

Listen,

I'd like you to do
something for me, if you don't mind.

Stay in California
another couple of days, you and Mama.

Check into a nice motel,
you know, show her the sights.

But I want you
to keep in touch with me.

As a matter of fact,
make sure you call me tomorrow night.

You know, in case my people
and your brother, Anthony, they miss each other in LA.

Be easier for you to make
contact with him, you know, through Syl or whatever,

if you can find Syl.

But I just want
to make sure, you know, that...

Thank you, Richard,
very much.

You're an intelligent boy.

I think you have
a good understanding of the situation here.

Hey, don't get
too much sunburn, you knucklehead.

Good night.

Get the Chin in here.

Now!

Tell him to call Murf
at home. I want him here, too.

Rockford.

That was a great dinner.

What do
you call it again?

Ginger beef.

Ethan, Rebecca,
please help me clear the table.

How do you like
the 49ers, huh, kid?

You like Gene Washington
this year?

I'm not into
competitive athletics.

Dessert will be served
in just a few moments.

Oh, let's see,
we had ginger with the main dish.

What's for dessert?

Cake with pork frosting?

What do you gotta
antagonize her for, huh?

Tony,
I've been thinking.

I ain't gonna go down
to LA with you. I'm sorry.

It's your show.

You ain't gonna go?

After what Rockford did,
you can make a statement like that?

You ain't gonna go?

He didn't do nothing, Tony.

No? You didn't notice
what that pill in the gut did to me?

You didn't notice
how I gotta get up

from the table
three times during dinner?

And, Syl, we did time.

We both did time.
Hard state time.

Tony, that wasn't
the first stretch that either of us did, huh?

It ain't pleasant,
but it doesn't explain your attitude.

You got any cigars around?

Look, what you just said
doesn't explain it, Tony.

It don't explain
this obsession that you have popping Rockford.

Hey, do me a favor, huh?
Come over here.

Here, blow the smoke
out the door here, huh?

Tony, I got
a good thing going here.

You know,
Jeanie likes me, she digs me and I dig her.

You know, she's got
a good business going,

and, you know, I like
working in the gallery.

Hey, I don't know
that much about art, but she's teaching me, you know.

I'm learning.

And the kids,

you know,
I really love the kids.

Hey, Syl, you forgetting
I once saved your life on Bayshore Parkway?

You got out of
the joint early on this work furlough program.

And you managed to
sucker this broad.

But what about me?
What do I got?

Hey, come on, Tony,
you could've got out on work furlough. No?

No, but you always
gotta make a problem.

You know that, Tony?
Always a problem!

Hey, listen to this,
my partner ever since 16th Street.

We done it all together,
ate good food, drank wine,

we met broads,
we worked.

We did it together.
Now look at you.

You're dressed like
some flit that lives in The Village,

you're sneaking smokes

like some little kid
in school.

It makes me
wanna puke!

You're coming
down there, Syl.

We've been together
too long for you to start acting like this!

You're coming
down there!

No, I'm not!

Hey, Syl, this means
a lot to me. A whole lot.

So I'm gonna be blunt.

Either you come with me
or I do the kids.

You try it and you gotta
come right through me. You understand?

Oh, yeah,
you wanna do it?

You wanna put it
to the test?

After all these years,
that's one thing we never did, Syl.

You wanna try it?

Well, how
you feeling, sonny?

Miserable.
I've never felt so bad in my life.

The pain is excruciating.

That clown didn't know
what he was doing.

He went to
the Bigger Hammer School of Dentistry.

I feel nauseous, too.

Someone's singing
a different tune this morning.

Oh, that Miss Danielli
called you.

Oh, that?

Dad, do you have
any conception of the trouble I'm in?

She said that she was
going to be at her cabin in Arrowhead

and that if you could
get your shoe-boxes and your records together

and head on up there,

she'll give you
a couple days working on the audit,

sort of a
working man's vacation.

Dad, I can't go up there
with this tax bite coming.

I've gotta scare up
some work.

Oh, Dad...

Was Dennis
over here yesterday

talking about...
He sure was, sonny.

He sure was. Dennis and me,
we didn't want to press you yesterday.

You said
there was nothing to worry about.

Dad, Dad, don't tell me
what I said yesterday.

I'm better off
not knowing.

Well, you said that
guys say lots of things in prison.

Dad!

That blue sedan
with two guys parked in it is still there.

Hmm?

They were out there
early this morning

when I got up
to take a pain pill.

You sure Mr. Minett
gave you that name right? Rockford?

There's no action
in that trailer.

I didn't write
the name down.

Mr. Minett
done it himself.

He took it
right off the phone. I seen him.

You like it
we fly tourist?

Big Joe they call him,
he sends us out here tourist. This is big?

So Tony'll show up
here, we'll pop him, we'll go home.

'Morning.

Is there something
I could do for you fellas?

Beg your pardon?

Well, I noticed
that you were sitting out here

staring at my house
since early this morning.

I was wondering
if I could help you with something?

Hey, we weren't staring
at your house.

We just come down
the shore for the day.

Weather's a little chilly.
We're hoping it'll clear up.

Yeah, it won't clear up.
I can promise you that.

Might as well clear out.

Yeah, I guess
he's right.

We might as well
hit the road. What do you say?

Keep the car running.

I'm gonna put his lights out
and take him in the trailer!

Hey! What's going on?

If you guys want
any trouble, we'll call the police.

He's got a gun!

We better travel!

Sonny!

Sonny!
You all right?

It hurts, Dad.

Here you go, Jim.

Oh, thank you,
thank you, Jake.

Any time.
Come on, let's get you inside.

Was it that Anthony Boy?
Do you think it was him?

They had definite
Brooklyn accents.

Maybe they were
some friends of his?

I think they were
waiting to meet him but beyond that...

Boy, that means
he's coming!

I think you better
take Dennis' advice. You better...

Take that vacation
I've been dreaming about? Yeah?

I'm really up to it, too.

This is untenable.

Dad, sometimes
I don't believe you.

I put all the paid bills
for an entire year

in one file drawer
in the garage.

The drawer gets full.
So what do you do?

You pull April and May,
two full months in the middle of the year.

I pulled April and May
because it begins with A

and I'd remember
where I put it.

But I don't remember,
I'm sorry.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hi, Angel, come in.

Hey, Jimmy,
I'm glad I found you man.

I've been trying
to call you all morning long.

We have a little
parley private?

I don't want to waste
anybody's time.

Look, Angel,
I don't have any time.

I'm trying to pack
for a trip.

You got anything to say,
you can say it on the run.

Oh, Adriana Danielli,
this is Angel Martin.

Hi.
This is business, Jimmy.

Angel, either I hear it
or I don't.

All right, all right.

You remember
old Buster Hutchins, don't you?

All my efforts
to forget him have been unsuccessful.

Buster's living out
near Philadelphia now

and he got himself
wired into this church.

He's a member.
He goes regularly.

Our Lady of the Highway
near the Turnpike or some deal like that.

Anyway, Buster told the padre
he had a good idea to raise money for the church,

put on
a Monte Carlo night.

And he'd have
all his old friends,

professionals from
Vegas come, you know,

ex-dealers, pit bosses.
I'm going to go.

So is little
Eddie Whitefeather from Seminole Springs, Florida.

You're going to
stick it to a church? No.

Why don't you listen
to what I'm saying?

We're going to raise money
for the church.

I just need the airplane fare
because the church can't front it.

Come on, Angel,
you think I don't know what's going to happen?

You and Hutchins
and Eddie Whitefeather are going

to clear out of there
with everything but the padre's socks

and the papier-m�ch�
tablecloths.

All right! So what are you
all of a sudden, lvanhoe?

Just give me the plane fare.
I'll pay you 30% return on your money.

That is disgusting!

I'm sorry you had to
hear that, miss.

Look, Angel,
I got problems of my own, huh?

I got a tax mess
here that's so bad

I'm going to have to
spend three days up at Adriana's place

at Arrowhead
just trying to sort it out.

How you doing
with April and May, Dad?

Jim, I hope
you don't mind my saying,

but I think
this is symptomatic of the whole problem.

Why are these receipts
stored here in the first place?

Look, you wanna try
living in a house trailer

and running a business
out of it, too?

Which you can't claim,
by the way.

Alice Faye.

I'm thinking of
all them pictures and records

I collected back
in the '40s.

That's it!
Alice Faye!

Alice Faye?

April and May?

Hi, this is
Joe Rockford,

Jim's dad
from across the way.

How are you?
Yeah, Jim wanted me to order one of those

good T-bone steaks of yours
and to split a champagne and put it on his tab.

Yeah, oh, and the boy
that comes over,

you could just have him
wrap it up real good

in tin foil and leave it
on the steps.

Thank you, thank you.

Some company.

It ain't bad enough
I'm here, I get to ride with a statue.

That road.
That road down here. Twelve hours on that road.

Those brown hills
mile after mile.

And no people, nobody.

And then once in a while
you see a gas station,

all lit up with
the fluorescents like a...

What kind
of place is this?

That was the
San Joaquin Valley, that's all.

Route 5 is the fastest way
down here from Frisco.

San Joaquin Valley?

It reminds me of
pictures I seen of hell.

I had a terrible dream.

Thanks for asking me
about it.

I just told you
I had a nightmare and what do you do? Nothing.

All right,
what was it about?

I don't know.

I can't remember it
too clear.

I was at the Polo Grounds.
I was a kid.

It was right after
my old man died.

Alvin Dark
was still playing for the Giants at the time

and Duke Snider
was in centerfield for Brooklyn.

I started screaming,
"Duke! Duke! My father's dead!"

And Duke Snider turns around
and he's got the face of a skull,

and then he points up
into the stands by where I'm at

and then I don't know,
it all went blurry and I woke up.

Hey, what do you say
we stop and get something to eat, huh?

No, keep driving.

We're almost there.

Besides, I don't wanna
go near no more tacos and chili dogs

and sandwiches
with alfalfa sprouts on them.

You people eat
garbage out here.

All right, all right!
That's it.

All right,
this is as far as I go. Get out of my car.

What are you
talking about?

Shut up and
get back inside.

I'm risking an awful lot
coming down here with you.

In 15 minutes,
I'm gonna blow some guy up.

I can end up in death row,
and you don't even try to make it pleasant for me!

All the time complaining,
making cracks about Jeanie, huh?

Well, I'm finished!

So you're getting
like everybody else out here.

Can't tell where
you stand with you.

I don't wanna listen
to you anymore, Tony!

You don't make
no sense, huh!

Here. Why don't you
take yourself a bus?

Just like all the rest.

Back in New York,
you walk into a deli and order a sandwich,

you know
where you stand.

Right away
the guy is giving you a hard time

because he hates his job
and he hates you for wanting a sandwich

so he makes
your life miserable.

Here?
You walk in, it's, "Morning, sir.

"How are you today, sir?

"What would
you like, sir?"

And they don't mean
none of it! They hate you!

They're just
friendly, Tony! Life is different here!

Friendly? It's sick!

They go around killing
innocent people here,

people they never even met!

A guy goes out,
grows his hair all funny,

hears God talking to him
at a skateboard rink.

Then he forms
a group of other losers with their hair all funny

and they form a church
and they go out and pop 17 people!

Oh, so what?

So I'm worried
about you, Syl.

I'm worried about
all these values you're starting to have.

Now get back in the car
and drive.

Look at him.

My mind's
going back to '72.

Remember Bayshore Parkway.
The Capri Lounge?

Big black dude comes in,
worked for Little Fermin, comes in gunning for you.

Yeah, yeah, I remember.
You shoved me out of the way, huh?

Yeah, but that
wasn't enough.

I went out,
I looked this guy up,

and I put three rounds
in his Chiclets

while he's sitting in his
stinking Eldorado bragging to his pimp friends.

That's what
I'm talking about, Syl.

Values.

Yes, honey.

I want to call
Seminole Springs, Florida. Mr. Edward Whitefeather.

That number
is 634-4945.

Yes, honey,
I'm still holding.

Get him out of here.

I don't see his car,
but I hear voices.

It ain't his.

Hey, Eddie, it's Angel.

How, Chief?

Any way I can.

Same old Eddie Whitefeather.
How you doing, Chief?

Listen, I'm going
to be talking to Buster up in Philly

about running
the game out here.

Says you two domino
in Philly.

Put it on the step.

Listen, I thought maybe
we could get a franchise going on this.

Wait a minute,
wait a minute.

What, you got hardened under
the ear flap? I said leave it on the stoop.

I'm looking for
Mr. Rockford. You know where I can find him?

Who's looking?

I am.

Hold on
a second, Eddie.

Is it business
or personal?

Very personal.

Yeah, well, is it
very personal enough to maybe advance me $10 or $15?

That sounds fair enough.
What do you think, Syl?

Yeah, I like it.

Remember Howdy Doody?

How his head used to do
a complete 360?

Wasn't that a kick
in the pants? Huh?

Let go of my face!
Let go of my face!

Hey, Syl,
in my right hand pocket

there's a ball-peen hammer.
Get it out.

He's in Lake Arrowhead,
he's in Lake Arrowhead.

Where at Lake Arrowhead,
squirrelly? I don't know.

He's with this chick.
Danielli. Something like that.

Adriana Danielli!

Is there
a phone there?

I don't think so, because
she said when she likes to get back to nature,

she likes to
get back to nature!

But whatever you want to do,
you can do it,

just sneak up
on them and do it.

You know,
he's not going to be able to yell for help!

There's all kinds of cabins
out in the toolies in Arrowhead.

Syl.

Hey, wait a minute, Tony!
I only signed up for one hit!

Complications,
I don't need!

You blow him up
and what?

Somebody comes in here
and finds him

and maybe screws up
the whole deal up there?

Come on, Tony,
this is a career squirrel, huh?

He ain't gonna do
no talking, are you, doll?

No! No! Never!
I lost my voice!

From now on
I'm a mute.

Starting tomorrow morning
I'm going to be selling sign language cards

down at the bus station.

With all
we got to do today,

this big schlep up
to Arrowhead and we gotta waste time with this?

If I don't stop and
see my cousin, Conchetta, like I promised my mother,

I ain't never gonna
have no peace.

Anthony Boy.

Conchetta.

Look at him,
how he's changed.

Look who's talking.

Hey, you remember Syl
from Bay 16th?

Is that him?
What is this?

Hi, Tone.

I said
what the hell is this?

Come on. Come on in!
We're just having lunch! Come on.

Look, we were
in California already so I told your brother

Conchetta's mother
will never forgive me

if she finds out
we were here and we didn't stop and visit, huh?

Hello, Sylvester.

Look at the weight
he's put on.

At least
he's eating good.

Come on. Get some bread,
make yourself a pepper sandwich.

No, no, let me do it.

Hey, I got no time
to eat, Ma.

Syl and me,
we still got business.

Anthony, I want you
to listen to me.

Now last night
your brother spoke to Mr. Minett.

He's very anxious
for you to come home.

He wants you back there
because he wants to discuss things with you.

He wants you to
get back on your feet.

They been talking to Joe,
huh, Tony?

Eat your cheese.

So where
you going, Tony?

I mean, at least
let me know in case

we gotta get in touch
with you or something.

He's going nowhere.

He's going to make
a nice visit here to his cousin

and he's going to have
a sensible family discussion about these opportunities

that are coming our way,
that's where he's going.

Now what do you want
on the sandwich?

I don't want to hear no more
talk about sandwiches, peppers and eating!

That's all this family is,
is one big gigantic digestive tract.

It's like an obsession!

Oh, geez.

Now she's gonna
cry now. Watch.

I'm gonna
get some aspirins. It's all right, Ma.

As usual, being with my family
for about five minutes and I get a headache.

Your brother's leaving!

Anthony, Anthony, please.
You're acting like a maniac.

Get on a plane and go home!
What are you doing?

Oh, I was just
getting the mail for Conchetta.

How do you like that?
When you worked for the post office,

you couldn't even
hold the job.

Tony, wait...

I want...

What?

What do you want?

Come on. Let's go.

You disallowed everything.
I mean everything!

Nothing I had works.

I feel like
I just got a term paper back with a D on it.

Better me
than the IRS.

When they give you a D
you wind up staying after school.

Well, what about my phone
answering machine?

Mmm-mmm.
They're not going to allow that.

'74, '75, '76 and '77.

The thing's been depreciated
so much there's nothing left but pure energy, no mass.

What about that
Dennis Becker case of scotch?

Why did you
cross that off?

Well, Dennis Becker
is a friend of yours, a personal friend.

You cannot write off
his Christmas present as a business deduction.

Of course,
he's a friend of mine.

We also have
business dealings.

That's $15 scotch!

I don't really think
you want to hold that one up to too much light, do you?

No, no, I guess not.

But, hey, now that was
a business gift, huh.

I also gave Dennis

a personal gift
at Christmas time that I don't plan to deduct.

Oh? What was it?

Those long matches.

The ones
you use to light the fireplaces with.

Well, you don't feel well
and you've done yeoman duty for one day.

I bet you could use
some dinner. I know I could.

What flavor milk shake
would you like?

I've had it.

Coming up here with
my aluminum foil bag like some 12-year-old.

I want some pork chops
and fried chicken, chicken fried steak.

I think
I'm getting a toothache on the other side.

Well, I'm just
a ton of fun, aren't I?

Oh.

Thank you.

That's funny. I don't get
drop-in guests up here.

Who is it?

Danielli place?

Angel?
Jimmy! Open up!

Angel, if you're here
about Buster Hutchins and his roadway church.

No, no.
It's bad, Jimmy, it's bad.

This is like a nightmare.
I've been through living hell!

I was at your trailer,
you know,

and these
two guys come in... No, I don't know!

What were you doing
at my trailer?

Well, I was returning
your movie camera.

You know, Rocky gave me
the key and I was kind of cleaning the lens off

when these
two guys walked in.

Jimmy, one of them
looked like a cross between George Hamilton and Dracula.

I told him,
"Buddy, take it out in the street."

Anthony Boy...

Dear God...

You told them where I was,
didn't you, Angel?

Yeah, but I tried to
hang tough, Jimmy.

I mean, they started
working me over for a couple of hours!

They even shocked me
with a 110 volt line!

Yeah, right.
How long did you hold out?

Did you make it
15 seconds? Jimmy!

Angel, the only reason
you came up here is because

you know if I somehow
get out of this alive,

I'm gonna come after you
with a sickle.

That's the thanks I get
for my loyalty?

After risking my neck!

After driving
through the worst terrain in Southern California

with a severe head wound
and the gas station attendant

hardly knew
where her cabin was?

I'm sorry, Adriana.

The best thing
we can do is clear out as fast as possible.

Say, Tony,
what Richie said before about Joe...

If he's really
offering you a good deal,

how come you talking
salty about him?

I ain't heard his deal.

I have heard
what he said about me

while I was
in the Atlanta Federal Pen.

Hey, he gets hot.

You know he doesn't mean
what he says. You know that.

Nobody'll take care
of you like Joe.

You've been working
for him too long.

Hey, Syl, one time
in the prison library,

bored out
of my melon,

I seen this book,
Death of a Salesman.

I see it takes place
in Brooklyn so I figure, what the hell, I'll read it.

Well, it's all about
this guy Willy, see, he's a salesman.

He sells buttons
or some junk.

Where did he sell
his stuff? In Brooklyn?

What difference
does that make?

Boston, someplace,
I don't know.

Anyways, this and
that happens, and Willy, he's having hard times,

so he goes to
see his boss, Howard,

only Howard's
gonna fire him.

Forty years he worked
for this guy and this guy is gonna fire him.

That's it,
end of discussion. Get my point?

No loyalty?

What happened
in the end?

I never finished it.

But Willy's got
these two sons, see, Biff and Happy.

So I figured
he takes his two sons down there,

pops Howard,
and takes over the company.

Jimmy!

Come on, get back,
get back!

Stay down, Angel.
Stay low.

Angel, you go to
the back door and keep your eyes open.

Angel, move!
Go on!

Adriana, do you have
a gun around the house?

No! Yes!

There's some kind of a rifle
that one of my partners uses to shoot gophers.

It's in the hall closet.

Okay, all right,
go over there.

Stay down.
Okay. Stay down.

It's that guy's car.
The squirrel.

Then Rockford
knows it's us.

You've got to be
kidding!

I'd hold you responsible.
You owe me good.

Let him sweat,
let him eat it.

It's a pellet gun!

Hey, Gagglio!

Rockford!

Hey now, be smart.
Put on a happy face.

Go home before
somebody gets hurt.

You're too much, Rockford,
you're a comedian!

Look again, Anthony Boy.

I can pick you
and your buddy off like cans.

Let my friends go.
They've got no part in this.

It's a smart deal,
Anthony Boy.

You'd be a sucker
not to take it.

Suck on this!

Adriana, come here.

Okay, now I'm going to try
to hold them down with this thing for a while.

I can stall them for a while.
Now you and Angel,

you go out the back door,
down the hill to the fire trail.

What about you?
Don't worry about me.

I'll catch up with you
as soon as I can.

No.
Don't worry about it. Now, go on.

Hey, why don't you
come up here, Anthony Boy?

Don't stand out there
in the cold.

Hey, where's Angel?

He's already gone.

He's what?
I came back up the hill.

Angel.

Angel!

Hold it, squirrel!

Get up
out of there, squirrel.

Jim.

Rockford!

Okay, Rockford.

Throw out the BB gun

or your friend
and his head leave in separate cars!

Jim.
It's going to be all right.

It's going to
be all right.

All right, why don't
you let her and Angel go, huh?

Hurting them's
not going to help you.

No?

All right, all right, Tony.
Come on. I'm here, I done what you wanted.

Do it and
let's get out of here, cut the small talk.

This isn't something
you just do bim, bam, boom.

This is something
you gotta do slow.

Give me
the ball-peen hammer.

I left it back
at the trailer.

Huh?

I said I threw it
on the floor back at the trailer.

I heard what you said!

You're no help
to me, Syl.

You're a milestone
around my neck!

Fine,
I'll say good-bye.

Just shut up,
will you?

Okay.

We gotta look around,
we gotta see what kind of party favors

we can make
with what we got.

Why don't you
and I just talk, huh?

That's just what
I wanna do, beach boy.

You and me,
I want us to talk.

We'll shoot the breeze
about old times,

maybe take a look
into the future.

All right, everybody.
Grab a seat, let's go.

Mr. Minett?

What are you doing here?

I mean, I didn't know
you'd be coming.

I was kind of hoping
you wouldn't have to.

Me too, Richie, me too.
Flying you can keep.

But Murf here tells me
that Rockford's house went bust as a possibility,

and, well,
then after our conversation last night on the phone,

I could sense
that you were in a tough spot.

Maybe you were having
second thoughts, huh?

So I decided
to come out and oversee things myself.

I'm sorry, Mr. Minett,
it's just that...

Richard, there's never
a need for apologies between us.

But time is crucial.

Now I think it's very,
very important that we end this thing now.

Then we can put
all of our energies into other things,

get on with our lives.

Mr. Minett, I know Tony
can be a problem,

I know he's very confused
right now, but maybe...

The bond that once existed
between your brother and me

got weak.

Hey, Richie,
these things happen.

Hey, am I blaming anybody?
No. Maybe me.

A little bit.

But the point is,
Tony has knowledge about my activities

which he could give
to other people,

and it could be
used to hurt me.

Do I need that, huh?

I mean his knowledge,
his talent,

used against me,
Richard?

Let's face it,
that brother of yours is a pretty frightening guy.

You know
where he is, Richard?

Prepared to tell me?

Like I said on the phone,
Mr. Minett. I couldn't.

Not again.

Not unless, well,
my mother saw that it was for the best.

Otherwise,
I couldn't live with it.

You're a good son, Richard.
That's something.

Relax, it's going to be
all right.

Richard, your mother
was the prettiest girl

at the baths in 1934
and she hasn't changed a bit.

Mr. Minett.

Hey, what is this
Mr. Minett? Joe and you're Nucci.

Hey, because people
lose touch, you think that things change?

Would you like
some coffee cake?

No, no, no, no, no.
Hey, Nucci.

I gotta watch what I eat.
It's my colon.

I got a young doctor.
He went to Brandeis,

but, you know,
at our age, when they tell you something,

you better listen.
Am I right?

I guess so.
That's our lot.

I'm sorry you had
to fly out here not being well and all.

Hey, that's all right.

I know what it's like.

Me, I had to get on
the plane with my back, my hip and everything.

Listen, as long as it comes
to a satisfactory resolution, it's worth it, huh?

Sit down, Nucci.

Sit down and
let's talk about Anthony. Huh?

Let's talk about
that son of yours.

Nucci, you know,
through the years,

I've tried to be
like a father to this boy, you know that.

I tried to
do right by him.

Just like I've always
tried to do right by Richie and by you.

I know.
And I'm so grateful.

Hey, your husband,
Frank Gagglio, God rest his soul,

was a fine man.
The best.

He was a good baker,

he was always a friendly face
in my dealings at the union.

It's the least
I could do, Nucci.

After that tragedy
on Myrtle Avenue,

those animals gunning down
that innocent man.

Well, I just wanted to
see that the boys had some, some guidance.

They never did find
those bums, huh?

You know, as a matter
of fact, Nucci,

that's right,
it was me and my brother Allan

took Anthony to
his first baseball game. Hey, you remember?

That's right, huh?
It was after his father died.

Nucci, you know
how I tried.

I tried. I tried to see
that he had some measure of success.

But, I mean,
let's face it, Nucci.

You know your son,
he's not exactly managerial type, am I right?

He doesn't have his feet
on the ground.

And lately,
the last few years, it's gotten worse.

Nucci,

you know,
in spite of my love for this boy,

I gotta
ask myself a question. What's more important?

This boy who you love
like a son,

or the family
of Frank Gagglio,

a man you respected
and a man whose wife and his other son needs help?

Marianuccia,
look at me, will you?

Marianuccia?

Now that's not
a very easy question to answer, is it?

These things he does,

he don't mean it.
I know.

He never could
be controlled.

Even his father
couldn't control him.

You know, I read somewhere
where it's those first years, those crucial years.

And who knows, Nucci?
Maybe Frank wasn't home enough,

or maybe it was one of
those hormone things when he was a little boy.

He always was a worry.

Oh, how I wish...

May God
strike off my tongue.

How I wish I had a son
like other mothers.

Look how poor Richie
has suffered.

Listen to me, Nucci,
listen to me.

Hey,

there comes a time
in all of our lives

when each of us
have got to stand

at the Rubicon like Caesar.

We got to ask ourselves,

"What is this all about?

"What is this water?
What is this place in time trying to tell me?"

Now in times like this,
there is always pain.

It's the way
of the world, Nucci.

But through this pain
comes the future.

It's how we go ahead.

But why? Why?

Why? If we had the answer
to that question,

we would unlock
the mystery of the universe,

and the world
would beat a path to our door. Why?

There's so many things
to think about.

Nucci, listen to me.
At your age,

you shouldn't be faced
with going back to the old neighborhood,

to that violence.

You should be
someplace peaceful,

nice, like Maspeth, huh?

And Richie, Richie
should be able to marry this Rhonda Weisman

if that's
what he chooses, God bless him.

I wanna help.

It's the way
Frank would want it.

I...

I don't know what to do
about this son of mine.

Hey, Nucci,

you want to leave it
in my hands?

Yes?

Nucci?

Hmm?

Nucci?

Marianuccia, he was
like a son to me, too.

Let me work it out
with him, huh?

Nucci, Nucci.

It's a whole
different world with these kids.

You and me,
we're just a couple of old, tired horses.

And these kids, they've
got their whole lives ahead of them.

Come on, Richie,
let's go out front and chew the fat.

Good luck, Richie.
You make yourself available to Murf here

and the Chin,

you know, just in case
your brother doesn't feel like talking or whatever, you know.

You can help him
come around, huh?

Wait a minute, Mr. Minett,
aren't you coming?

Over here.

I thought a long time,
Rockford.

In my cell, I thought.

In the can, I thought.

During the prison
variety show, what am I doing?

Thinking.

I threw out
a thousand ideas.

Then I finally came up
with it.

First I work you over
with the ball-peen,

then I take you out
to the beach by where you live,

chain you to a rock,
and sit there with a sandwich,

wait till
the tide comes in.

That's a lot of
mental effort, Gagglio.

And you wanna
know something? When you're all finished,

you're not gonna feel
any better.

Oh, yeah?
How do you know that?

Well, just take
my word for it.

Or don't.
Just ask your friend back there what he thinks.

Hey, Tony, can we
get on with it?

I wanna
get back home, huh?

I don't know
why I gotta be here. I'm just an innocent bystander.

Hey, what's your problem,
Gagglio, huh?

What is this thing
you've got for me?

What?

Well, you heard me
explain it.

I was only peripherally
involved in that thing up in Oxnard.

The police shot you,
I didn't. So what is it?

What is it?
What is it?

I'll tell you what it is!

Guys like you,
you're all over the place,

eating your
stinking cheeseburgers, clogging up the streets

on your stupid lousy
Sunday drives!

Football players,
milk drinkers, funny boys!

Hey, Tony...
Shut up!

Guys like you, Rockford,
and guys like me, we can't live here together!

You make this planet
a toilet for me to live in!

Hey, Tony,
would you listen to me? I heard a car pull up!

It's Murf Guellow!

Hey! Wait a minute,
how did they...

Hey, this is it, Syl.
I told you I had a feeling.

This don't smell good.

That's an understatement.

The Chin's here, too?

He's never been
further west than the Jersey Meadows.

Well, maybe they came
up to talk to you about your new deal, huh?

I mean, your new job.

No, no. I...

I don't think
they came up here

to give you the keys to
the executive washroom.

No, no. I think they came up
to the mountains to hunt.

Old Joe...

Hey, Murf!

What can I do for you?

Tony! Hey, Tony Boy!

What do you want?

Business, Tony.
The old man sent us to talk to you!

It's urgent!

You ain't gonna get
no Oscars, Murf.

But you're gonna get this!

What did you do that for?
Why did you shoot at them?

'Cause I thought
I'd hit them, stupid!

Take it from me, Syl.

They're out
to blow us away.

Anthony?

Huh?

Tony!

Tony! What's wrong?

What are you doing,
firing at the fellas?

Him?

He's with them.

The kid is out there.
He's with them.

Hey, Tony,
that's how come they found us, I bet, huh?

Richie must've found out
and, you know...

Hey, Tone,
cool off, would you? They just wanna talk.

It's about the family.
Ma and all.

He wouldn't do this
without my mother's blessing.

He don't go to the bathroom
without consulting her.

Tony?
Come on out, will you?

I'll talk to you, Richie.
But that's it.

Come on in, okay?

Come on in alone.

Sorry you can't
come in, Richie!

Remember I used to tell
you about the alligators under the bed?

And scare you?

They were
really there, kid!

I know. I saw them!

Tony.
Tony, what if I...

Syl? Syl?

He's out of
this one, Gagglio!

And his shotgun
is out on the porch.

My brother!

I lived like a dog
so he could go to Hofstra College!

He flunks out!

I did everything I could
to keep him out of the rackets.

I even lived with
my mother so he could move to Manhattan,

take acting classes.

Oh, you're breaking us up.
There's not a dry eye in the house.

They've got us pinned down,
genius. Start thinking about that!

All we gotta...
All we gotta do is...

Yeah, what?
We're gonna go down to the hardware store

and pick up a gross
of ball-peen hammers, huh?

What am I talking
to you for?

Because you never
worked alone in your life, that's why.

Guys like you,
you aren't capable.

I still got my piece.
They can't rush us.

They can't do nothing
but be lawn ornaments!

They don't have
to rush us...

They don't have to rush us.
They can wait until dark.

That's like 20 minutes
from now!

We can all be dead
in 20 minutes!

Hey, Tony,
get me out of here.

I wanna go home.

Maybe somebody
heard the shots and called the sheriff?

No, no.
Your nearest neighbor's half a mile away.

If they haven't
heard it by now, they're not going to.

I could still do you,
Rockford,

and I'll wait
for the rest when the time comes.

Now that's
a great solution.

This is a fire area.

I saw the signs coming up.

There's lookout stations
in these hills.

Yeah, I get it,
Jimmy, I get it!

I make a Molotov

and you get outside
somehow, and you start a fire!

Shut up!
Everybody, shut up! I say what goes on here!

Anyways, there's not enough
brush around the house. It's all dirt.

I didn't say anything
about a brushfire.

What we need
is a fireball.

Yeah, right!

I'm gonna have
to get outside to lob it.

Gagglio, you're going
to have to cover me.

A fireball!
Jimmy's right. A fireball.

Maybe we'll make it
out of here yet.

Adriana, I need some rags
and a glass bottle.

Be night soon.
We can all go home.

You know, Richie?

I'm impressed.

Lucille!

Let's go, Chin.

The whole mountainside
is gonna be full of firemen and cops.

We can't make the job.

Murf!
Murf, what are you doing? Wait a minute.

Hold it, Rockford!

Get away from that car
or I'll put one right in your girlfriend's face.

Come on, come on.

It's all over, Gagglio.

The sheriff's going to
be here in a matter of minutes.

I don't care.
I don't worry about that.

Richie!
Come on down here.

Tony...

Come on down here.
Move! Come on.

I wanna see your face.

She knew about this,
didn't she?

What? No, Tony.

What are you
protecting her for?

She ain't
gonna protect you.

Not now.

Please, Tony,
he talked us into it.

He, like, hypnotized us.

That's what happens
with snakes. They get hypnotized.

It ain't your fault, kid.

You and me,
we got fear with our milk.

Looks like you
got a problem, Gagglio.

You can't have
everything you want.

Richie!

Come on, Tony,
come on!

Come on, come on,
Anthony Boy, huh?

You came all this way.
I wanna see your moves. Come on.

Oh, bad boy.

Now, Mr. Serra,
I don't want to jump the gun or anything

but it would appear,
and I could be wrong, and you tell me if I am,

but it would appear
that you're disallowing

even more deductions
and expenses than Adriana Danielli did.

Miss Danielli doesn't
work for the IRS.

You know the preparer
of the returns, if they have any ethics at all,

should arrange
to be present during the audit.

I mean, I just tell you that
for future reference.

Yeah, well, it's not
a matter of ethics.

I mean, she really
wanted to be here today, she really did.

But, you see, she had
a very traumatic week. Both of us did.

Traumatic? How so?

Believe it or not,
someone tried to kill her.

Both of us.

Oh, yeah,
it was terrible, last Monday.

A professional killer

had us trapped
in a cabin up in Arrowhead.

Well, the whole thing lasted
for about eight hours.

Yeah, there were
two men wounded, one very seriously.

Gunfire just tore
the whole cabin apart.

I was actually
physically assaulted by this man.

How awful!

I see a Super 8mm camera
with zoom lens and synchronized sound?

The IRS isn't going to
allow that as a business expense.

Well, that was on
a surveillance case I was on.

The client has the film.

Where's the camera,
may I see it?

Well, I...

I loaned it
to a friend of mine. He hasn't returned it yet.

Would you care for a beer
or something?

Never touch it.

Let's see...

Rental of a hotel suite
and limousine with TV set and bar

for an entire week
and a half?

Well, yeah, well, that was
part of a securities case that I was working on.

It's in the file.
It's under Interfund.

You see, I needed
these things to establish my credibility

for my cover
as a major overseas investor.

Mr. Rockford,
if you'll forgive my saying so,

it seems like
what we're talking about here is a confidence game.

I mean,
the Internal Revenue Service

is not going to allow
deductions based on

con games or any other
marginal activity.

Mr. Serra, I don't think you
fully get the hang of the nature of my work.

You see, these are
things that private investigators do.

They may not be pleasant
and they may not fit in any niche

that the IRS has,
but they are really legitimate

business expenses,
totally above board.

All right.
I'll allow that expense.

$1,800.40.

Come in.

Oh, Angel, not now.

You ain't gonna
believe this.

Buster Hutchins, Jim.
Bet you don't remember me.

I remember you,
Buster, yeah.

And, look,
here he is, El Supremo,

the break man,
my insane main man,

$24 worth of beads himself,
Eddie Whitefeather!

How.
Eddie.

Go on, Jimmy,
give him his line "Any way I can."

Hey, look, fellas,
I don't have time to sit around and schmooze.

This gentleman is
with the IRS,

and we're right
in the middle of an audit.

That's all right.
I need a break. And I have to call my office.

If you'd like
a little privacy

I've got a telephone
back in the bedroom.

You might use that.
Oh, fine, thank you.

Jimmy, see
Buster and the Chief flew in from Philly.

First class!
If you get my drift.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Your venture of
Our Lady of the Highway was a grand success?

I'm happy
for all of you.

No, the Lady was a bust.

I just doctored a couple
of stand-by tickets, that's what Angel meant.

Yeah, remember how
Eddie could make music

with an electric typewriter
and a couple of carbons?

Hey, my camera.

I loaned you my camera.
Mr. Serra wants to see it.

It'll save me
about 400 bucks!

Didn't I
bring that back?

Angel, if you hocked
my camera, I'm gonna change your facial structure.

Jimmy, Jimmy,
now these two gents and I

are gonna help you
with your cash flow situation.

That's right, Jimmy.
You see, Buster and Eddie hit a snag in Philly

but they ran
a post-game analysis

and they scoped
where the flaw in their scam jammed.

Yeah, we're gonna revamp
the Monte Carlo night concept, see,

then we're going to fly it
over to the St. Aloysius Cathedral.

You know,
it's downtown LA.

Eddie here,
he's already contacted the monsignor.

My sister's a hoi polloi
in the diocese.

She puts on
them charity balls, she's our way in.

Angel,
I don't want to hear it.

Well, I'm gonna
tell it to you. Now just listen to me.

You see,
the problem in Philly is it was a weak front.

The church, they just
took no stock in Eddie and Buster because,

well, they showed up
in Eddie's old Nash

and they had that
cheap gaming equipment,

and the priest,
he smelled a rat.

Yeah, Angel...
But you, Daddy,

with that suave-ole image
and that natural talent

for talking that
uptown trash, will put us into the deal!

We get you a tux
and rent you one of them Mercedes.

Why you'd be
the master of ceremonies.

Them suckers will think
they've been teleported to Monaco!

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