00:00Where is your six-foot, three-inch assailant?
00:09You tell me where he is.
00:10You're conducting an investigation.
00:11Where is he?
00:12You were set up the other day.
00:13He bashed you.
00:14He suckered you out.
00:15The last thing you need is to get in a hassle.
00:16How much?
00:17A grand.
00:18Why don't you start counting it out?
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02:17Let's go!
02:18Let's go!
02:48I'll get that, everybody set?
02:54He's in.
02:55All right.
02:56Let's go.
02:58Let's go.
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03:32Police!
03:34Hold it!
03:36Don't move!
03:39All right, hands on top of your heads.
03:45Get him up there!
03:48Try to face the truck.
03:52Let's go!
03:54All right, let's check him out.
03:59Joe, give me a hand.
04:17It's a dry run.
04:20Yep.
04:24Don't look around, Mr. Chung, you're in charge.
04:35Hey, you got no right here without a warrant.
04:39Oh, read but don't touch, all right?
04:43Search him again.
04:53Let's go.
05:24Come on!
05:28He's only a kid.
05:59Fifteen years old.
06:04How could you know Bastry had a nephew living with him?
06:08You didn't know the boy was going to be in the warehouse, right?
06:12Fifteen years old, Pam.
06:17You didn't have a fight with a boy, isn't that right?
06:22That's what you told me.
06:24That's what you've got to tell them.
06:28Is that, is that right?
06:32Hello?
06:33Yeah, Pep, it's Joe.
06:36How's he doing?
06:37Oh, okay.
06:39You take care of him, yeah?
06:42And look, let me talk to him for a minute.
06:46Hold on.
06:50It's Joe.
06:55It's Joe.
07:01Yeah, Joe.
07:03Hey, Billy.
07:04Look, the guys in Internal Affairs want to talk with you.
07:08When?
07:10Now. And they're surprised you're not down here.
07:12Oh, Joe, you got to help me. I can't do it tonight.
07:16Listen, tell them, uh, tell them I've been drinking.
07:21I'm loaded. I'm not in any condition to talk, okay?
07:25Yeah, okay.
07:27Tomorrow morning?
07:29Yeah, tomorrow. Okay.
07:33And look, Bill, don't lose your cool with the guys, okay?
07:37Because they can be pretty tough.
07:39Come in.
07:42Crowley.
07:46Sit down.
07:48I'm Lieutenant Boyceen. This is Lieutenant Sullivan.
07:51There are a number of questions we want to ask you about this homicide, but first I want to advise you of your constitutional rights.
07:56Why isn't Homicide handling this thing?
07:59I mean, they're not headhunters. They're street cops.
08:01They know how these things can happen.
08:04We also know how these things happen.
08:07We're going to get the facts before we submit our report to the chief and our grand jury.
08:18Why would you submit it to the grand jury?
08:20We may have a manslaughter.
08:22Look, Sergeant, our investigation takes precedence over any other departmental investigation, so you will cooperate to the fullest.
08:32Yeah.
08:35Well, what if I don't feel like answering any of your questions?
08:38Then we'll suspend you. You give us no choice.
08:41So why be foolish? Why make a tough job tougher?
08:44Listen, Crowley, I don't think there's going to be any problem, really, regarding a criminal prosecution.
08:49But you have to satisfy the department.
08:51I don't believe that.
08:54Isn't that one of those off-the-record remarks to get me to loosen up?
08:59I mean, what do I do now? Do I bare my soul? Pour my heart out?
09:04This is on, isn't it?
09:05Yes, it's on. You know the rules. Now, may we continue?
09:09You know the story. I laid it all out to the homicide officers.
09:13There are gaps in it. Too many.
09:15As an example, where is your six-foot, three-inch assailant?
09:19You tell me where he is. You're conducting the investigation. Where is he?
09:22The victim was 5'5 and 132 pounds and 15 years old.
09:27None of the other police personnel reported any assault, and the civilians present tell a completely different story.
09:32Civilians? What civilians?
09:33There was no six-foot, three-man in that warehouse.
09:35Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Are you talking about Bastry and the rest of that garbage?
09:38They're not civilians. They're hoods. They're criminals.
09:41This was a fence operation we busted into. It wasn't a convent.
09:44Maybe so, Crowley, but you certainly didn't prove it.
09:47Maybe you had a legal right to bust in there, but no contraband was recovered.
09:50No crime was committed. Therefore, no arrests were made, right?
09:54So these people have to be considered as witnesses.
09:56Witnesses?
09:57Plain, ordinary, legitimate witnesses.
09:59You've got to be kidding me. It was after midnight.
10:02What do you think they were doing there if they were waiting for a hot load?
10:04Bastry has a lease on a place. The others say they're friends of his.
10:07I know. It's all bull.
10:10But he comes off clean on this one.
10:14And I'm the heavy, right?
10:17We're not here to judge you, Sergeant. We only investigate.
10:22You're off this week. What's the matter? Haven't you got a home?
10:25Sometimes I wonder.
10:27You know, Joe just phoned me and told me what happened.
10:29I thought maybe there was something I could do to help.
10:31You know, like what?
10:32I don't know. Maybe, uh, maybe we could just talk a little bit.
10:35Something I would say would make you feel a little better.
10:41Thanks, Pete. You just said it.
10:52Here we are, folks. These are Anna Clark and Lynn. They said good luck.
11:03It's pretty interesting, isn't it?
11:06I don't even get along with those two guys, and they're wishing me luck.
11:10They're cops. Pretty good ones, too.
11:13They know that something like this could happen to any one of us.
11:16It's sure happening to me.
11:20By the time those six thieves get through testifying against me,
11:23I'll be lucky if I don't come off looking like some kind of an animal.
11:25You reacted like anyone would.
11:28It happened, Bill. You can't change it. You can't do it over.
11:31Of course it happened, Pap. Of course I can't change it.
11:35It's hard enough to live with something like this without having the whole department come down on my head.
11:40Why the hell would they use a kid like that?
11:46I don't know.
11:53We have to find that man you saw.
11:58There's an awful lot of people willing to go to bat for you, Bill.
12:00Oh, will you knock it off?
12:02I'm not going to knock it off.
12:05There's an awful lot of people willing to go to bat for you, Bill.
12:07Oh, will you knock it off?
12:11Pap, my life was involved in this thing, and you sit there giving me platitudes.
12:15It just wasn't worth it, kid.
12:17Will you stop feeling sorry for yourself?
12:19What did you expect when you took that badge? An egg in your beer?
12:22Come on. Show them, Bill. Use your head, you big dumb cop.
12:27Show them you had a right to hit that warehouse.
12:30And where it was a terrible tragedy, it was an accident.
12:35You're starting to sound like me.
12:37I've been called worse.
12:40I'm going to start behaving like you and thinking like you.
12:42Now, we're going to have to get that guy, and there's only one way to do it.
12:45He has to be one of Bastery's people, so we move in on Bastery.
12:57Now, my information was good.
12:59You screwed it up, not me.
13:02Now I've got to sit here for another three years.
13:05Fine time to think about that.
13:09Berigan, you help us get Bastery.
13:13You help us make a case, show that he really is a large-scale receiver,
13:17and you got the same deal you had before.
13:20Same deal.
13:24Look, I got my information from a friend.
13:28He's like a brother. I can't trust him.
13:31He's like a brother. I can't involve him.
13:34Look, I promised him.
13:37I can't go back on my word.
13:40Eddie, we have to deal with your friend directly this time.
13:44You got to trust us.
13:46We've always been fair with you in the past. We won't be any different now.
13:50You have to give us a chance to talk to your friend.
13:55No way.
13:57Eddie, we won't press him, I promise you.
14:01If he helps us, you stand a very good chance of getting out of here.
14:07And there's so much more now involved than just one good arrest.
14:16Okay.
14:19But I sure hope that your word is better than mine.
14:23Let's walk outside.
14:28It's a lot quieter out here.
14:31Let's go.
14:37Betty sent you. He must think you're all right. I'll go along with it.
14:40You two must have had quite a relationship.
14:45Relationship.
14:49I guess you could call it that.
14:52We were partners. We still are.
14:56A lot of years behind us.
14:58We're close.
15:00Miss Conrad?
15:02That's right.
15:04If you want to talk to a saint, go to church.
15:07Are you...
15:09Are you willing to try again?
15:14When I spotted the meat and the switch,
15:18it was purely by accident.
15:20I followed it up because I had nothing better to do. It was like a hobby.
15:24Then we figured out how we could make it work for Eddie.
15:29But I got no beef with these guys. It's their hustle. It's none of my business.
15:35So you've paid your debt to Eddie and now you want out, is that it?
15:39Maybe.
15:43Just...
15:45Just how far would you expect me to go?
15:48You'd be helping us, too.
15:50Not just Eddie.
15:52I only owe Eddie.
15:57But I'll make a deal with you.
16:00If I go along with this move,
16:02will you people put your weight behind Eddie's parole, win or lose?
16:06You got it.
16:14I pulled a hustle once in Nevada.
16:17Worked out really good.
16:20It'd be a hell of a move if I could make it work again.
16:25Even if it was for the heat.
16:39I'm sorry about your nephew.
16:41But when that cop busted in, I panicked, hit him and ran.
16:45I've never been at the spot during a delivery before.
16:49I can't afford to get busted.
16:51I'll lose my license.
16:53And if you had been at the spot before, you'd know that the first truck is always a dummy.
16:57Just in case the cops have planted on us.
17:00Lou, I'm sorry about your nephew.
17:02Oh, cut the garbage.
17:04I hardly knew him and you didn't know him at all.
17:08You know, if I didn't need you for the leases on that warehouse,
17:11I'd lose you so fast for running scared.
17:20What are we stopping for?
17:22I'll put the TV and the radio. Let's see what the newspapers have to say.
17:50Thank you.
18:08Well, I've seen better pictures of you.
18:11They're just not going to let up, are they?
18:15All I've got going for me is a retired con man.
18:19I'm sorry.
18:43Mr. Bastry, my name is Milton Brooks.
18:45Oh, come in.
18:46Thank you.
18:47Thank you for granting me this interview at such a trying time.
18:50Pleasure. Sit down.
18:52I'm more than anxious to get the truth out before the police try to cover it up.
19:01Such a nice looking boy.
19:05What was he doing there?
19:07He was with me.
19:08I read that.
19:10But what was he doing there?
19:14What are you getting at?
19:16I told you he was with me, visiting.
19:20Mr. Bastry, I know your offense.
19:23A very good one on a fairly large scale.
19:26I commend your business abilities.
19:28I commend you also for having the ability not only to stay out of jail,
19:32but to turn the tables on the cops.
19:36What are you, some kind of plant?
19:39You, out!
19:42What is this?
19:44It's a business proposition, Mr. Bastry.
19:47The gun is only a pacifier while we talk business.
19:51Now, would you please sit down?
20:01Thank you.
20:08I had an operation going in San Diego.
20:10Pretty good one.
20:11Then my partner got busted and I had to pull out.
20:13But I have a huge outlet for some hot cigarettes.
20:17I understand you handle them by the truckload.
20:21So what do you want from me?
20:24Your street contacts.
20:26Truckers that want to make a few bucks. Hijackers.
20:29I don't know what you're talking about.
20:31Why don't you have me checked out, Mr. Bastry?
20:35Surely a man of your stature has people that can do that.
20:38Sure, I can do it.
20:40But why should I?
20:41Because we're going to make a lot of money.
20:44Together.
20:46I need those cigarettes.
20:48I would be willing to finance the first load.
20:54Why don't you have me checked out?
21:01You'd put up ten grand?
21:02Ten grand?
21:10You made your point.
21:15My business card, where you can reach me.
21:18Drop it on the table.
21:20On your way out.
21:30Take this number down.
21:31555-1483.
21:33Name, Milton Brooks.
21:35Yeah, well, what do you want me to do with it?
21:37I want him checked out. As an investor.
21:40A working investor?
21:41Could be.
21:43Could be a setup.
21:44Or do something for your money for a change.
21:47I'll have him processed for a bondsman's license.
21:50Prince and all.
21:51If he has a record, it'll show him.
21:54Let the cops do our work for us.
21:56Clever.
22:01Thanks.
23:01My Sergeant Crowley.
23:03Now you're trying to kill me.
23:06And when one of you people call a policeman,
23:08I want to file a report.
23:15That was a dumb stunt, Crowley.
23:17You know, I thought you were getting a rough deal before this.
23:19And I could even understand your attitude to a point.
23:21I'm sorry.
23:23I'm sorry.
23:25I'm sorry.
23:27I'm sorry.
23:29I'm sorry.
23:31But as of this moment,
23:33you are officially suspended as a police officer
23:35pending a Board of Rights hearing by the department.
23:41It's just beautiful, huh?
23:45It's really beautiful.
23:50I'll tell you what I should have done.
23:52I should have driven that creep Bastri right into the ground.
23:54That's exactly why we're suspending you.
23:56So you'll stay away from him.
23:58Lieutenant, I'm a civilian now,
23:59and I'll do as I damn please.
24:01No, you won't.
24:03You're a suspended cop,
24:05and you'll do as you're ordered.
24:07There's been an injunction filed
24:09that prohibits you from any contact with Bastri
24:11or to present yourself in the vicinity of his residence.
24:13Now you violate this order, Crowley,
24:15and you'll be arrested.
24:17Now wait a minute.
24:19You've just tried him,
24:21found him guilty,
24:23and now you're sentencing him.
24:25He's not being suspended because of the incident with the boy,
24:27but because he won't let up on Bastri
24:29for the harassment caused by Sergeant Crowley.
24:31But the department.
24:33Doesn't he have any rights?
24:35Nobody's let up on him the whole time
24:37since this thing happened.
24:39Criminals get tried in courts.
24:41Cops get tried in newspapers.
24:43You might as well save your breath, Pep.
24:45I sure wouldn't want to embarrass the department.
24:48I'll take your gun, your badge, and your I.D. card.
25:00As far as I'm concerned,
25:02you're the only real cop in this room right now.
25:04You're the only one.
25:06I'll get these, too.
25:15Relax, pretty lady.
25:18I made the contact with Bastri.
25:20Yeah.
25:22You know what?
25:24I don't know what you're talking about.
25:26I don't know what you're talking about.
25:27Yeah.
25:29He even had me checked out by a bail bond office.
25:32Stanley Lawrence Associates.
25:34Who is he? What's his thing?
25:36I don't know yet.
25:38I haven't met him face to face.
25:41He really went into my past, though.
25:45You know my record.
25:47Bastri loves me.
25:49You think if we lean on him
25:51we can try and get him to do something for us now?
25:53No.
25:55If we lean on him too hard, he could back out.
25:57Yeah, I realize that.
25:59But Crowley's on the outside looking in.
26:01And it's wiping him out.
26:03Let me tell you something.
26:06It's not too healthy for my partner, either.
26:09He's on the inside looking out.
26:15You made your point.
26:17Look.
26:19I'm a selfish guy.
26:21I'm not in this to be charitable to Crowley.
26:24If anything I do for Eddie helps him, good.
26:27Why not?
26:29You're an unusual crook.
26:31You're very honest.
26:33I just wanted to set it straight.
26:36I'll tell you what.
26:38A couple years from now, I'll really make you happy.
26:41I'll lie to you.
26:45You're a good cop, pretty lady,
26:47but I'm a good con man, and right now
26:49you're in my ballpark.
26:51Yeah?
26:53So?
26:55We wait.
26:57Meanwhile, you've got your work cut out for you.
27:02You've got to raise me a bankroll.
27:04Oh, you were saving the goodies for the last.
27:07You are a crook.
27:09That bastard's got no money.
27:11He put in all he had to buy this new location.
27:15He lives pretty high on the hog.
27:17He's almost broke.
27:19That's good. He has to go back to work.
27:21That's right.
27:22I got in because I promised to finance this new deal.
27:27Ten thousand minimum.
27:29You're sticking it to me.
27:31Listen, you don't think I'd tap dance
27:33and smile my way in, do you?
27:35I'll keep it as low as I can,
27:37but ten thousand is the minimum.
27:39You've got to have it ready.
27:41This is the police department you're dealing with.
27:43You know what I've got to go through
27:45to get that kind of money?
27:47That's your problem.
27:49And by the way, tell your people
27:50not to come out.
27:52There's no one from our office sitting on Bastry.
27:54There was when I was there two hours ago.
28:18Turn on the air conditioning.
28:20What are you doing here?
28:25It's my steam bath, okay?
28:27You weren't invited.
28:31What do you expect to accomplish
28:33hanging around here?
28:37What am I going to accomplish
28:39hanging around my apartment?
28:41You stick around here,
28:43you're going to do something dumb.
28:45You were set up the other day.
28:47Bastry suckered you out.
28:48And I can't.
28:50The last thing I need
28:52is big sister advice from you.
28:54I'm on my own now, Pep.
28:56I'm a plain, private, ordinary citizen.
28:59Not quite, Bill.
29:01You are a suspended cop
29:03with a set of double standards
29:05hanging over your head.
29:07I don't care about the rules anymore.
29:09I mean that.
29:11I can't defend what they did to you.
29:13Even if I agreed with them,
29:15I'm too close to it.
29:16What you're talking about here
29:18is just adding to your grief.
29:20There are people who care a great deal
29:22about what happens to you,
29:24even if you don't.
29:27Well, what I've got
29:29just might be contagious,
29:31so you better tell him not to get involved.
29:33No, you go tell him.
29:35You go tell Joe not to walk around
29:37and throw his files across his desk.
29:39And tell Pete not to tell the lieutenant
29:41he doesn't give a damn.
29:43He's picked a fight with every superior
29:45in the country.
29:47Yeah.
29:54For a rooster.
29:56We gotta change his name to a rooster.
29:58They care, Bill.
30:00They may not know how to show it,
30:02and neither one of them is very talkative,
30:04so they don't know what to say,
30:06but they care, and you know it.
30:15I just gotta do something, Pep.
30:19Just wait.
30:21That's what we're doing.
30:23We're just waiting.
30:27Listen,
30:29I got a little mad money stashed away.
30:32You need any extra cash?
30:40You been out working the streets again?
30:44Not for a couple of real good dinners.
30:56Look, I know I can swing a few hundred,
30:59maybe get everyone around here
31:01to come up with the same amount,
31:03but that'd only be a couple of thousand,
31:05the whole thing.
31:07I'd have to go all the way to the top
31:09to get $10,000.
31:11Then go to the top, lieutenant.
31:12Looks like we're plotting to frame Bastory,
31:14or at least get even with him.
31:16Well, if we don't get the money,
31:18we won't have to answer to anybody
31:20about what we want to do.
31:22We won't even have a chance to try.
31:25You know that'd be leaving the department
31:27open to a lot of criticism.
31:29I don't care.
31:31Do you really care?
31:33I'm tired of worrying about the department.
31:35It's not a human.
31:37It's a big, clumsy, insensitive thing,
31:40and Bill Crowley is a human.
31:44And doesn't the department owe him something, too?
31:48Like about 18 years
31:50of breaking his back
31:52and 24 hours a day
31:54of giving when nobody else would.
31:59You know,
32:01it's not supposed to be a one-way street.
32:06He needs some support now,
32:08and he has a reason.
32:10He has a right to expect it.
32:15You know who's neck is on the line
32:17if it doesn't work, don't you?
32:22But I'll try, Pepper.
32:24You've got to do more than that.
32:27You have to get it.
32:29Even if it doesn't work,
32:31we owe Bill the chance.
32:35You want a guarantee?
32:37Are you giving me one?
32:41Okay, you got it.
33:02The money is waiting.
33:04I'm waiting.
33:06Crowley is waiting.
33:07There should be some action
33:09within the next week.
33:11You sure?
33:13I don't have a written guarantee,
33:15but that's the way it adds up.
33:17Bastard is out of cash.
33:19He needs the action.
33:21You know how important this is.
33:23You have to be sure.
33:25Add it up.
33:27The funeral was expensive.
33:29He wanted to make a big show.
33:31He's got that Chrome Palace
33:33he calls an apartment.
33:35He's got two people on his payroll.
33:38How much?
33:41A grand.
33:44Why don't you start counting it out?
33:49It's worth it to know the exact location.
34:03It's berth 154,
34:04empty terminal at the harbor.
34:08When will you find out the time?
34:12He has to come to me
34:14for the rest of the money.
34:16Get your people set.
34:18Be careful this time.
34:21The first truck doesn't mean anything.
34:23Let it pass.
34:25Watch out for a spotter.
34:27He's got one.
34:30While you're here,
34:32why don't you confess your sins?
34:35In this application,
34:37you say that the premises in question
34:39were controlled by one James Bastory
34:42and are being used as a
34:44storehouse for stolen property.
34:48On what do you base this?
34:51Well, Your Honor,
34:53we have information from an informant
34:55who's been,
34:57who has proved to be reliable in the past.
35:00Did you people really think
35:02that I would sign this warrant?
35:05Why,
35:07yes, Your Honor, I can see no reason why not.
35:09It's been prepared correctly
35:11and it plus the facts that we presented
35:13should more than show a legal right
35:15to obtain a warrant.
35:17Is that your legal opinion, Lieutenant?
35:20It's my opinion, sir,
35:22based on 24 years experience.
35:24Well, it's not my opinion
35:26and I'm refusing this application.
35:28On what basis?
35:30Another warrant for this James Bastory
35:32at this time,
35:34in light of the publicity,
35:36would constitute poor judgment on my part
35:38and possibly harassment.
35:40I'm not about to enter
35:42into any conspiracy with the police department
35:44so that you can attempt
35:46to save the reputation
35:48of a suspended police officer.
35:50No judge will sign this warrant
35:52and probably no other warrant
35:54for some time.
35:57And now,
35:59if you'll excuse me.
36:02Oh, cut him loose.
36:04Bruce has done it again.
36:06Yeah, well, that's the last thing
36:08in the world I would have expected to happen.
36:10There's no legal reason
36:12why you shouldn't sign this warrant.
36:14We could try another judge.
36:16Oh, come on, Pepper, you know,
36:18no other judge is going to sign that thing now.
36:20Bruce has put the hex on it.
36:22Look, you know these judges,
36:24they never override each other.
36:26Talk about conspiracy.
36:28Now, conspiracy is the least of my problems.
36:30You know, I signed out for $10,000
36:32and it's never going to take place.
36:34I already spent $1,000 of it.
36:36How do I account for it?
36:38What do I tell them,
36:40I backed Bastory because he was broke?
36:43Punch that thing again, will you?
36:46Judges.
36:48Pete, I haven't helped Crowley one bit.
36:51I haven't helped anyone except Bastory.
36:55I have botched it.
36:57I've blown it, Pete, I know that.
37:00I got the lieutenant involved.
37:02Bruce is right in the middle of it.
37:04He could get himself killed.
37:07I even gave Berrigan the false hope
37:10he might get out of jail.
37:12Why do I always think
37:14I know more than everybody else?
37:18I know what you mean.
37:21Listen, why don't you go home
37:23and get some rest, Pepper.
37:25Forget about all this for a while.
37:27I'll give Bill a call and tell him what's happening.
37:29I mean, he's pretty involved in this too, you know.
37:33Yeah.
37:41And since, William, you are the most devious
37:43in our select group,
37:45I decided to bring the problem here.
37:48I bet you should have brought that judge here.
37:50I'd like to get my hands on him right now.
37:52A lot of good data, do you?
37:54You just slither through your fingers.
37:56It's obvious.
37:58The only way to do it
38:00is to duke somebody into the operation,
38:02an inside, an undercover cop.
38:04Then we'll work on finding out
38:06who our six-foot-three mystery man is.
38:08Well, make it Pepper.
38:10He knows Pepper.
38:14He knows Joe too.
38:17Pete.
38:20No, he doesn't know Pete.
38:22Pete was on suspension that week.
38:24Well, there's one decision made.
38:26Absolutely.
38:28Yeah, that's easy.
38:29Now, who's going to try to sell this new deal to Brooks?
38:33The only way we're going to pull it off now
38:36is for you to introduce an undercover man into it.
38:41No way.
38:44What do you think, Eddie?
38:46I think you're a real cute broad.
38:49What am I supposed to say to him?
38:51Go do it?
38:53And maybe he gets blown away
38:55while I sit here nice and safe.
38:56Or do I say no good
38:58and I sit here for the next three years?
39:01My milt has to carry that around on his back, you know,
39:04figuring that he might have been able to help me get out.
39:08Who's cunning, home?
39:11I'm not sure I can pull it off,
39:13even if I wanted to.
39:15Why?
39:17Do you think you can get away with it?
39:19I don't know.
39:21I've been pulling the string in real slow.
39:23Maybe I could just give it a yank.
39:27When do we get him greeting?
39:29Up the ante.
39:31There's a 10-G limit on the bank.
39:34Then get hard with him.
39:36If he's ready to bite, pull the string.
39:39Give him rules.
39:41What if he don't bite?
39:43Then what do we lose?
39:45We're no better off than we were before.
39:47Except for your three years and my one body?
39:50You could pressure him from both sides of his head.
39:53More money and a new deal.
39:56Charmer, Miltie.
39:58You're the best in the business.
40:01The charm I got.
40:03But there's still a 10-G limit on the bank.
40:06You're still holding my money from the last score?
40:09About eight grand.
40:11Then throw that in the pot, too.
40:13That's all the stash you've got.
40:15I've got the money.
40:17I've got the money.
40:19That's all the stash you've got.
40:23Might just make the deal.
40:26Okay.
40:28Say it's in.
40:30But that's still not enough for a top-grade truckload of goods.
40:33Gentlemen.
40:37I have a couple thousand dollars in the bank.
40:40I'll throw it in.
40:44How can we miss?
40:46It's just like the old days.
40:48We just made a 2-G score.
40:53It's all set for tomorrow night.
40:56I'll get you half a load of cigarettes.
40:59Eleven grand. It's a good deal.
41:01All right.
41:03I'll get my man ready.
41:05What man? You don't need any man.
41:07I've got my own people.
41:09You've got to be kidding.
41:11I've got a right to have my own man.
41:13Somebody to cover my back.
41:15I'll cover your back.
41:16I've got a lookout outside.
41:18Too many people on this thing already.
41:20I don't like working with strange faces I haven't broken bread with.
41:23He's been with me for years.
41:25He's covered my back plenty of times.
41:27I'll vouch for him.
41:29Who's going to vouch for you?
41:31Who's going to vouch for me?
41:34No way, Brooks.
41:36No stranger.
41:38Hold it. Hold it.
41:40The guy is my partner.
41:42He's a money man.
41:43He's a money man.
41:45We need those cigarettes.
41:48How much would it cost us for the whole load?
41:51The whole load?
41:53Oh, well.
41:55Probably bring it in for eighteen.
41:57Eighteen five.
42:01All right.
42:03I'll take the whole load.
42:05I'll raise the money.
42:07But my man stays in.
42:09Well, that's different.
42:11We can use him for the extra unloading.
42:13All right.
42:44Does he want to do a six three to you?
42:47Sure does.
42:54Hello, Bill.
42:56Yeah, Pete.
42:58Pigeons have arrived.
43:00Have you spotted the lookout?
43:02Yeah.
43:04And I think it's that boy.
43:14Any problems?
43:16No problems.
43:18We left the driver tied up on the side of the highway.
43:21A couple of hours before he could call the cops.
43:24How many?
43:26Fifty thousand caught.
43:28Get the offload truck in here. Tell him we're ready.
43:37Open it up.
43:43All right.
44:13Hmm.
44:44All right.
45:04Can I take a look at the merchandise?
45:06It's all here.
45:14Thank you.
45:21Satisfied?
45:24The money.
45:26Hurry up. I've got a date.
45:32You don't have to count it.
45:34It's all there. Every nickel.
45:36Put it in a safe place. I don't want it around here.
45:44I think we'd better start loading up the truck.
45:47Sebastian, a pleasure doing business with you.
45:50Anytime.
45:54Hey, you guys want to give me a little muscle?
45:57Police officers. Nobody move.
45:59Take him.
46:01I sent him to black and white. It's code three.
46:06You set me up.
46:08Why?
46:10Because, Mr. Bastry, you're going to take my partner's place in jail.
46:31Stop him.
46:45Yeah?
46:46Hey, get out of there. There's an army of cops.
46:49We're on our way.
46:51You better split, too.
46:55No, this way. This way.
47:01Come on.
47:14What are you doing here, Crowley?
47:16You just couldn't stay out of it, could you?
47:18Who's this one?
47:21Any good street cop should be able to figure that out.
47:25This was a guy who came at me in the warehouse that night.
47:28Big guy. Six-three.
47:30Is that right?
47:32Look, it was an accident.
47:34I was scared, man.
47:36I was scared.
47:41You got any more questions?
47:43Yeah, I got one.
47:45What's wrong with him?
47:49I think he's got a bellyache.
47:55That punk.
47:56Okay, fellas. Fresh from the delicatessen.
47:59Here you go. Dig in.
48:03I got something for you.
48:05What's this?
48:07That's your two grand.
48:09I gave them a pack roll, but I didn't want to rip you off.
48:13How much did you beat him for?
48:17Tell him about the one that got away.
48:21Hey, who likes turkey?
48:23Hey, who likes turkey?
48:38I'm going to lay a little truth on you, Pep.
48:43A few days ago, I killed a 15-year-old kid, and that seemed pretty tragic to me at the time.
48:49But it wasn't long until I forgot about him.
48:53It seemed even more tragic that my career was sliding down the drain.
48:57I mean, they actually took my little badge away from me.
49:01I got very caught up in survival.
49:07Now, with everybody's help, I got my little badge back.
49:13I got my little badge back.
49:17And everything's okay.
49:21They say everything's the same.
49:27But it's not, Pepper.
49:31And it won't ever be again.
49:42THE END
50:12THE END
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