- 6 weeks ago
three young women—Honey, Jill, and Denise—sharing an LA apartment while navigating independence in the 70s
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00:00:00I'll see you next time.
00:02:59I'll have the rib dinner.
00:03:03One rib dinner.
00:03:04Um, you're not gonna like this, but I don't have any money.
00:03:31Honestly.
00:03:33I believe you.
00:03:36Well, don't worry.
00:03:37I'll pay you back.
00:03:39Just think of it as a loan.
00:03:41I don't loan rib dinners.
00:03:43Well, there are other ways I could pay you back than with money.
00:03:45There are?
00:03:47Well, sure.
00:03:47I could help you with your work.
00:03:49I don't need help.
00:03:50Well, why not?
00:03:51I could do everything and you could just relax.
00:03:53I'm already relaxed.
00:03:54I'm already relaxed.
00:03:54I'm already relaxed.
00:03:55You wouldn't call the police.
00:03:58I wouldn't?
00:03:59Well, there must be some other way I can pay you back.
00:04:02Yeah, there is.
00:04:10Oh, yeah, there's one.
00:04:13Yeah, that.
00:04:14I close at 9, cutie pie.
00:04:16Well, I can't hang around that.
00:04:23The whole economy is falling apart.
00:04:25Inflation must be really cutting into your profits.
00:04:27Oh, you're cutting into my profits?
00:04:30Come on.
00:04:33Get out and stay out!
00:04:44Get out and stay out!
00:05:14Get out and stay out and stay out.
00:05:17Do you really have an apartment for rent?
00:05:20Don't you believe the sign?
00:05:22No, I thought it was only a picture.
00:05:24Oh.
00:05:25Maybe I'd better put the small wooden one in front to make sure.
00:05:28Can I see it?
00:05:29It's just a regular sign.
00:05:30Can I see the apartment?
00:05:32Oh.
00:05:33Oh, sure.
00:05:36These are the rules.
00:05:37First and last month's rent must be paid in advance.
00:05:40No nails or other foreign objects in the walls.
00:05:42No long-haired pets with claws over 10 ounces.
00:05:43no stereo is played louder than 30 decibels, no performances for which admission is charged,
00:05:48and no... Well, that covers just about everything in life that's any fun.
00:05:51And no sex acts, which to the average person violate contemporary community standards
00:05:55and have no redeeming artistic, scientific, or literary merit.
00:05:57Forget it. I'll sleep on the beach.
00:05:59Oh, you're going to give up so easily? Can't we negotiate?
00:06:02What for? I like foreign objects in my walls.
00:06:04Well, we could work that out.
00:06:05And I like my pets to be fat and hairy, and music's no good unless it's loud.
00:06:10I've got to admit, you're right.
00:06:11Furthermore, my sex life is my business.
00:06:14Hey, I agree with you 1,000%. Forget that rule. Forget all the rules.
00:06:19One more thing. I won't pay any rent in advance.
00:06:22That's one rule I can't forget.
00:06:25Okay. Where's the beach?
00:06:28Hey, look. I'm only the manager.
00:06:30Well, thanks.
00:06:33Don't worry. Some sucker will come along and pay you first and last month's rent.
00:06:41Did you paint all these pictures?
00:06:48Yeah, I paint them, but nobody buys them.
00:06:50Hmm. Then how do you eat?
00:06:53I'm a sign painter.
00:06:57Come on. I'll show you around and introduce you to Roger.
00:07:01Who's he?
00:07:02Roger? He's my model.
00:07:04Sometimes he's a little shy, if you know what I mean.
00:07:07Well, don't worry. I'll put him at ease.
00:07:11Roger?
00:07:13Yeah?
00:07:15Roger, this is Honey.
00:07:21Glad to meet you.
00:07:23What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a banana before?
00:07:25I thought you said he was shy.
00:07:27Yeah, but I didn't say he wasn't friendly.
00:07:29Hey, she's kind of cute.
00:07:38Denise?
00:07:45Denise?
00:07:57Denise, are you awake?
00:07:58Oh, it's you, Roger.
00:08:10Guess what? I found a job.
00:08:12I'm going to be a cocktail waitress.
00:08:17Aren't you even going to congratulate me?
00:08:22Roger?
00:08:26Roger, you feel different.
00:08:28You're not Roger.
00:08:30Let go of me, you freak.
00:08:32Who are you?
00:08:33Who are you?
00:08:34I live here.
00:08:35Oh.
00:08:36I'm sorry if I scared you, but Denise said I could stay.
00:08:39She did?
00:08:40It doesn't happen every day, does it?
00:08:43What doesn't?
00:08:44Getting a job.
00:08:45Was it hard to find?
00:08:47No, it was the first place I tried.
00:08:49Oh.
00:08:49Did you have to work topless?
00:08:51Of course not.
00:08:52I was hired because of my qualifications.
00:08:55Both of them?
00:08:57Anyway, the money's good.
00:08:58I'll make enough to pay for my tuition.
00:09:00Do you go to school?
00:09:01Uh-huh, law school.
00:09:02I hope it's worth the effort.
00:09:04I'm through with school, and I can't find work anywhere.
00:09:07What do you do for money?
00:09:08Money?
00:09:09What's that?
00:09:10Well, how do you survive?
00:09:13Some conniving, a little petty theft, a bit of blackmail.
00:09:17Doesn't that ever bother you?
00:09:19Well, it used to.
00:09:20But once...
00:09:21Morning.
00:09:24Hi.
00:09:25Did you fix yourself some breakfast?
00:09:26No, I never eat breakfast.
00:09:28But she didn't have any dinner either.
00:09:30Don't you ever eat?
00:09:31Uh, I'm on a diet.
00:09:33What, a starvation diet?
00:09:35Which way's downtown?
00:09:37That way.
00:09:37Where are you going?
00:09:39Job hunting.
00:09:41Well, come on.
00:09:42I'll give you a ride.
00:09:42Thanks.
00:09:43Thanks.
00:10:07Some days I get lost in my fear.
00:10:37Some days I can't smile through my tears.
00:10:44Sometimes when I'm down on the day, no one seems to care when I say,
00:10:59Nowhere to go, nowhere to turn, nowhere to turn, what am I saying?
00:11:12When will I learn?
00:11:14When will I learn?
00:11:16Isn't it so?
00:11:19Why can't it be?
00:11:24Why can't I know that?
00:11:28Why can't I show that?
00:11:32It all depends on me.
00:11:36Some days when I'm feeling down,
00:11:38Some days when I'm feeling down,
00:11:43Some days when I'm feeling down,
00:11:52Some days when I'm feeling down,
00:12:06With all of my thoughts spinning round,
00:12:14Sometimes when I'm on my own,
00:12:21I'm fighting the world all alone,
00:12:29With nowhere to go,
00:12:34Nowhere to turn,
00:12:37But I've got to change it,
00:12:41I've got to learn,
00:12:45I'm gonna show how it's gonna be,
00:12:52And once I know that,
00:12:54And once I know that,
00:12:56Won't it be so that,
00:12:59Won't it be so that,
00:13:00It all depends on me.
00:13:07It all depends on me.
00:13:19Do you have to beg?
00:13:37Can't you find work?
00:13:40Yeah, I can.
00:13:42I have gigs now and then,
00:13:43But in between,
00:13:44I support myself playing in the streets.
00:13:46Can't you find work?
00:13:48What makes you think I don't work?
00:13:50Nobody with a job hangs around here.
00:13:52Oh.
00:13:54You know how to do anything?
00:13:56Sure I do.
00:13:57I have a degree in math.
00:13:58And what's your problem?
00:13:59I don't know.
00:14:01Wherever I go,
00:14:02There are too many applicants
00:14:03And not enough jobs.
00:14:05I shouldn't be telling you this.
00:14:07Why not?
00:14:08Because you're a stranger.
00:14:10Ah, but I'm a friendly stranger.
00:14:13Maybe I can help you.
00:14:14How?
00:14:15Maybe I can think of something that you haven't.
00:14:19Like what?
00:14:21Like, um,
00:14:23Like why don't you look for a new line of work?
00:14:25What do you think of that?
00:14:26I think it needs more salt.
00:14:29Have a piece of celery.
00:14:30Thanks.
00:14:31When's the last time you ate?
00:14:32Yesterday.
00:14:33Have a sandwich.
00:14:34Thanks.
00:14:35Where do you live?
00:14:36Nowhere.
00:14:37I mean, I just got into Los Angeles.
00:14:39I'm staying with someone,
00:14:40But I don't know her very well.
00:14:41I can't take food from her too.
00:14:42Huh.
00:14:43Well, goodbyes.
00:14:44Hey, wait.
00:14:45Have you, uh, got any friends here?
00:14:46Not yet.
00:14:47Well, I'll be your friend if you want.
00:14:48That's not what I want.
00:14:49It isn't.
00:14:50I'll tell you what I want.
00:14:51I'll tell you what I want.
00:14:52You want that?
00:14:53I never would've thought you were the type.
00:14:54Don't judge a book by its cover.
00:14:55Well, big boy.
00:14:56Your place or mine?
00:14:57No, not the way.
00:14:58I don't care the next one.
00:14:59Tell me of both,
00:15:00Well, I'm not theutchman.
00:15:00I don't eat them.
00:15:01Just enough, well, I'll be your friend if you want.
00:15:03Oh, no, no, no.
00:15:04Oh, no.
00:15:05I'm not the one.
00:15:06I'll be your friend.
00:15:07Just enough.
00:15:08I'm not the one.
00:15:09I'll be your friend if you want.
00:15:11Just enough.
00:15:12Just enough.
00:15:13Just enough.
00:15:14Just enough.
00:15:15Just enough.
00:15:16Just enough.
00:15:17Just enough.
00:15:18Just enough.
00:15:19Big boy, your place or mine?
00:15:49Who are you?
00:15:56The owner of this bed.
00:15:59Oh, have a nice bed.
00:16:02I'm glad you like it.
00:16:04Yeah, I sure do.
00:16:06It's been broken in nicely.
00:16:15Hey, kid.
00:16:16Well, you're doing all right, kid.
00:16:21Thanks, Mr. Gruber.
00:16:22Call me Sidney.
00:16:23But tell me, how do you like your job?
00:16:25Very interesting.
00:16:27You're bored, aren't you?
00:16:29No, really, it's just...
00:16:30I know, I know. Look, I'm bored, too.
00:16:32It wasn't always this way.
00:16:34We used to have customers.
00:16:35Maybe it'll pick up.
00:16:37There's no way.
00:16:38It's all your fault.
00:16:40Mine?
00:16:41No, you and your generation.
00:16:43Drive up the coast a few miles to Crescent Cove,
00:16:45and what do you see?
00:16:46Hundreds of you,
00:16:47laying around on the beach,
00:16:48stark naked.
00:16:49Boy, I never thought I would see the day
00:16:51when naked people could prance around in public.
00:16:53Well, people are less ashamed of their bodies today.
00:16:56Well, good for them.
00:16:57Bad for me.
00:16:59Who's going to pay to see Katya's strip,
00:17:01where the whole family can have a nice picnic on the beach
00:17:03and watch the same thing for nothing?
00:17:04Hey, kid, take this back to Katya.
00:17:29Come on.
00:17:42Yeah.
00:17:47Sidney sent this to you.
00:17:49Thanks.
00:17:49What's your name?
00:17:50Jill.
00:17:51Sit down, Jill.
00:17:52You've been hustling real good out there tonight.
00:17:54I saw you.
00:17:55Come on, sit.
00:17:56You won't catch a disease.
00:18:02Have you ever thought of being a stripper?
00:18:04Me?
00:18:04You.
00:18:05No.
00:18:06You'd make a good one.
00:18:07You got the looks.
00:18:08But not the desire.
00:18:10You could make a lot of money.
00:18:12How much?
00:18:14Well, I get 400 a week, but of course I'm a headliner.
00:18:17To start, you'd only get about 250.
00:18:20That much for going bare-assed a few minutes at night?
00:18:24There's no justice.
00:18:25I could teach you a simple routine.
00:18:27Katya, can I ask you something personal?
00:18:30What do you want to know?
00:18:31The usual, like, why am I a stripper instead of a social worker?
00:18:36Well, yes.
00:18:37The money.
00:18:38Why else?
00:18:39What I really want to know is, how can you stand all those men looking at your body?
00:18:44I don't even think about it anymore.
00:18:46When I perform, my mind is somewhere else.
00:18:49Like tonight, I thought of a new way to arrange my patio furniture.
00:18:52I'd die of fright.
00:18:53I know it.
00:18:54No, you won't.
00:18:55When you get the job, I'll teach you the stripper's secret weapon.
00:18:58The stripper's secret weapon?
00:19:00Once you learn it, you'll never lose your nerve.
00:19:03What do you say?
00:19:04You want the job?
00:19:05Sure.
00:19:06Why not?
00:19:07Good.
00:19:07Now all I have to do is convince Sidney to hire you.
00:19:37Hello?
00:19:38I'd like to place an ad for employment in your classified section.
00:19:42Run it three days.
00:19:45Charge it to Denise...
00:19:47What's your last name?
00:19:48Kramer.
00:19:49Denise Kramer.
00:19:51My phone is 257-4699.
00:19:54I want it to read like this.
00:19:58I will do anything for money.
00:20:00Young woman, MA in math, Phi Beta Kappa, can solve your problem.
00:20:06We'll work cheap.
00:20:08What?
00:20:09How the hell should I know what job category it fits?
00:20:12You'll figure it out.
00:20:13Surprise?
00:20:15Surprise?
00:20:19Not really.
00:20:22I knew you'd think of something.
00:20:26I'll bet you were surprised when you saw who was sleeping in your bed last night.
00:20:29Well, until now, anyone found sleeping in my bed has been there at my invitation.
00:20:34I'm sorry.
00:20:35He was only going to stay a while, and then we got so tired that...
00:20:38It's okay.
00:20:40Spare me the details.
00:20:41Well, he'll go when you want him to.
00:20:43Would you like to meet him?
00:20:44I've already met him.
00:20:46Well, good.
00:20:47Then I can get going.
00:20:48I made you some lunch.
00:20:50You didn't have to do that.
00:20:52Well, I wouldn't want you taking candy from a stranger.
00:20:59You've been listening.
00:21:16I really don't want to leave.
00:21:20Do I have to?
00:21:21Well...
00:21:24I love you.
00:21:25What?
00:21:26I'd stay around for a while and get acquainted.
00:21:28How can you fall in love with somebody in the dark?
00:21:32I can't.
00:21:37Well, we'll have to change the living arrangements around here.
00:21:39I thought of that.
00:21:40We can rotate with your roommates.
00:21:42They can sleep in here.
00:21:43We'll use the bedroom, and then we'll reverse it.
00:21:46But what about honey?
00:21:46I don't want to hurt her.
00:21:48Well, tell her as soon as she gets home.
00:21:50I mean, it's the only fair thing to do.
00:21:52Do you think so?
00:21:53Sure.
00:21:53She's a liberated woman.
00:21:54She's got no hang-ups about possessiveness or jealousy and all that stuff.
00:21:58That's beautiful.
00:22:00Wait and see.
00:22:01She'll understand.
00:22:03No, I do not understand.
00:22:05I will not understand.
00:22:06And I don't want to understand.
00:22:11That's my toothbrush.
00:22:13That's tough.
00:22:13You sold me out.
00:22:17Both of you.
00:22:19Honey.
00:22:21Honey, you're not being fair.
00:22:23I'm not being fair.
00:22:24Oh, that's beautiful, beautiful.
00:22:26You're not being fair.
00:22:28You screwed me, remember?
00:22:30And you screwed me, too.
00:22:31Well, screw...
00:22:38Well, screw...
00:22:39Well, screw...
00:22:52I can't.
00:23:07Why not?
00:23:09Because I keep thinking about honey.
00:23:11What's going to become of her?
00:23:12I don't know.
00:23:14Well, don't you care?
00:23:15Sure I do.
00:23:17Mike, we've got to find her.
00:23:19She can take care of herself.
00:23:20No, not anymore.
00:23:21Her spirit's broken, and it's our fault.
00:23:24Hey, where do you start to look in a city this size, huh?
00:23:26Maybe somebody took her in just like you did.
00:23:27You know, she's pretty hard to resist.
00:23:31The beach.
00:23:32That's where to look.
00:23:34Before I invited her to stay here, she was planning to sleep on the beach.
00:23:39Okay, Tom.
00:23:40From here to San Diego, or here to San Francisco?
00:23:51Honey?
00:23:58Honey?
00:24:01Honey?
00:24:03You got some answers to your aunt.
00:24:05I didn't expect so many answers.
00:24:24I was afraid people would think the ad was a gag.
00:24:26Nope, that's not my line.
00:24:31You said you'd do anything.
00:24:33Listen to this.
00:24:35Dear Madam, I am 15 years old, and my friend is 16.
00:24:39He is too old to be a virgin.
00:24:41What he needs is an older, experienced woman to take away his virginity.
00:24:45Also, if you wouldn't mind, I would like to come along and watch.
00:24:49I think it would be very educational for me.
00:24:53And it's signed respectfully yours.
00:24:56Could I watch too, madam?
00:24:57Next.
00:25:03Hmm.
00:25:04What do you know?
00:25:06This one sounds legitimate.
00:25:07Hmm.
00:25:15Hello, may I speak to Mrs. Borden?
00:25:25My name is Honey Holtzman, Mrs. Borden.
00:25:27You answered my ad in the paper?
00:25:31Certainly.
00:25:32I'd be happy to meet you there.
00:25:34I'll be wearing a turquoise dress.
00:25:37Goodbye.
00:25:37Goodbye.
00:25:45She sounds very nice.
00:25:48I wonder what she wants you to do.
00:25:50Who cares, as long as she doesn't want to watch.
00:26:05Good to meet you there.
00:26:07I'll be wearing a turquoise dress.
00:26:10Goodbye.
00:26:10Goodbye.
00:26:15She sounds very nice.
00:26:21I wonder what she wants you to do.
00:26:23Who cares, as long as she doesn't want to watch.
00:26:45Miss Holtzman?
00:26:52Yes, how do you do?
00:26:53Sit down.
00:26:55I thought this would be a good place to meet.
00:26:57Who's going to notice two women talking in a place like this?
00:27:02Your ad said you'd do anything for money.
00:27:05Are you really that desperate?
00:27:07Oh, you're damn right I am.
00:27:09Good.
00:27:09I like women who swear.
00:27:11They're never phonies.
00:27:12I swear?
00:27:13Oh, forget it.
00:27:13Look, tell me.
00:27:16Are you desperate enough to do something illegal for $10,000?
00:27:22What do you want me to do?
00:27:24Kill my husband.
00:27:27How?
00:27:28Run him down with a car and then back over him a couple of times to make sure he's had it.
00:27:32Have you got a car?
00:27:34Oh, sure, sure.
00:27:36Will you do it?
00:27:40Yes.
00:27:41Where can I find him?
00:27:42Oh, thank you.
00:27:44Well, every day he walks the dog before dinner.
00:27:47Now, there's a section on our street where there are no houses, only vacant lots.
00:27:51Now, he always goes by there.
00:27:53That's where you'll nail him.
00:27:54And then you can hide his body in the weeds.
00:27:56When do I get my money?
00:27:59Oh, afterwards.
00:28:01No way.
00:28:01I want $5,000 in advance and I want it right now.
00:28:05Now?
00:28:05Now or there's no deal.
00:28:07I don't have that much money on me.
00:28:09I'll take a check.
00:28:11Okay, you've got yourself a deal.
00:28:13Well, did you get the job?
00:28:29Yes.
00:28:30I've already gotten a $5,000 advance.
00:28:32Wow, what do you have to do for that kind of money?
00:28:34Kill someone.
00:28:36No, really.
00:28:37What do you have to do?
00:28:38I told you.
00:28:40You're not putting me on?
00:28:42No.
00:28:44Well, are you actually going to do it?
00:28:47What do you think?
00:28:48Did you succeed?
00:29:06I did.
00:29:07Are there any juicy details you'd like to hear?
00:29:09Do you have anything of his to prove it?
00:29:12What do you want?
00:29:13His head?
00:29:13Where's your car?
00:29:14It's parked outside.
00:29:15Nothing, no blood, no dents, nothing.
00:29:20I wiped it off.
00:29:21You're sure he's dead?
00:29:23Do you want to see his body?
00:29:24There's lots of blood and dents on him.
00:29:26No, I believe you.
00:29:28Then give him my money.
00:29:34Hold it right there.
00:29:35Put your hands up.
00:29:36You're under arrest.
00:29:42You idiot.
00:29:43That bastard had it coming.
00:29:46He already killed one wife, but he was out to get me too.
00:29:50You could have had $10,000.
00:29:53It would have been an act of mercy.
00:29:56I could kill you.
00:30:00Maybe you should have knocked him off.
00:30:02Very funny.
00:30:03Sounds like you gave her a hard time.
00:30:04These cases are rarely one-sided.
00:30:07How long do you think they'll put her away for?
00:30:09It depends on how good a lawyer she gets.
00:30:11How did he get away with killing his first wife?
00:30:13He didn't.
00:30:14After seven years, he got out on parole.
00:30:17Hey, eat something, honey.
00:30:18I can't.
00:30:20You don't have anything to feel bad about.
00:30:22You saved a man's life.
00:30:24Yeah, but did it have to be such a rotten man?
00:30:26I can't.
00:30:33Hello?
00:30:34Who's calling?
00:30:36Just a minute.
00:30:39Honey, it's for you.
00:30:40His name's Vernon Zugsmith IV.
00:30:42I don't want to talk to him.
00:30:43Do you know him?
00:30:44No, and I don't want to.
00:30:47I'm sorry, but she can't come to the phone.
00:30:50Could I take a message?
00:30:50Yeah, she's still unemployed.
00:30:54What sort of employment are you offering?
00:30:57You can't.
00:30:58All right, what's the address?
00:31:02Oh, she'll be there.
00:31:04Bye.
00:31:06I'm not going.
00:31:07He heard about how you helped the police catch that woman on the 6 o'clock news,
00:31:11and he wants to offer you a job.
00:31:13But he can't say what kind on the phone,
00:31:14so he wants you to meet him at the south corner of Alfred and Weyburn at 10 o'clock,
00:31:18so he can tell you.
00:31:19Another weirdo.
00:31:21Vernon Zugsmith.
00:31:23That's a familiar name.
00:31:25It's just another weirdo,
00:31:26only this one probably wants to carve me up
00:31:28or watch me take a bath in spaghetti sauce.
00:31:31I'll go with you.
00:31:32If there's anything fishy, we'll move right in.
00:31:34And I'll go, too.
00:31:35We'll protect you.
00:31:44Honey Holtzman.
00:31:46Vernon Zugsmith.
00:31:47Come to my office.
00:31:48We'll talk.
00:31:50Oh, want a donut?
00:32:14No, thanks.
00:32:17Well, I suppose I better ask you some questions.
00:32:20Have you ever had a full-time job before?
00:32:22No.
00:32:23Why not?
00:32:24No one would hire me.
00:32:26Hmm.
00:32:26And who worked out that nasty plan for trapping that poor woman?
00:32:30I did.
00:32:31Good, you're hired.
00:32:32Hired?
00:32:33For what?
00:32:33I don't even know what business you're in.
00:32:35Well, I buy and sell.
00:32:36Buy and sell what?
00:32:38Everything.
00:32:39If you do that, you must be rich.
00:32:41Yeah.
00:32:41Very rich.
00:32:43I'll bet I'm richer than anyone you've ever met.
00:32:47Yeah.
00:32:48Listen how rich I am.
00:32:51Go on, Rita.
00:32:51It's a matter of public record.
00:32:52I don't believe it.
00:32:56Nobody could make $400 million in seven years.
00:33:00Oh, yes, they can.
00:33:01I did it.
00:33:03If you were that rich, I would have heard of you.
00:33:05No, you wouldn't.
00:33:05I'm a very private person.
00:33:07Well, so is Howard Hughes, and I've heard of him.
00:33:10Well, compared to me, he's a publicity freak.
00:33:14Get it.
00:33:19Yeah.
00:33:21Well, buy another 10,000 shares.
00:33:23They'll still be cheap.
00:33:24And don't call me back for an hour.
00:33:26I'm in the middle of an important meeting.
00:33:28So what is it you want to hire me to do?
00:33:30Well, when I heard about you on the news, you sounded interesting.
00:33:33So I thought, why not try her out?
00:33:35For what?
00:33:37I want to hire you about life.
00:33:40Well, and we'll take walks, and we'll eat together sometimes.
00:33:45But that's the kind of thing you do with a friend, not with a hired hand.
00:33:49I don't have friends.
00:33:50Why not?
00:33:51I don't want any.
00:33:53Friends make demands.
00:33:54I want a companion.
00:33:56Oh, I see.
00:33:57You want me to be your paid companion.
00:34:00Yes, that's it.
00:34:01Yeah.
00:34:01Well, what are the hours and salary?
00:34:04Maximum hours, minimum wage.
00:34:06Again.
00:34:06Right now, if you want.
00:34:08All right, I accept.
00:34:10But only on a trial basis until I decide if I like the work.
00:34:14Now, wait a minute.
00:34:15Now, I'm the boss.
00:34:16I get to put you on trial.
00:34:19Oh, no.
00:34:19For those kind of hours and that kind of pay, you're on trial.
00:34:23I couldn't have said it better myself.
00:34:25You know, you remind me of me.
00:34:30You notice the resemblance?
00:34:32No.
00:34:33Hey, I thought we were going to drive to your office.
00:34:36Well, this is my office.
00:34:37This car?
00:34:39This car.
00:34:40You like a change of scenery?
00:34:42No, I like privacy.
00:34:43It's hard to find me this way.
00:34:44Well, that's all for today.
00:34:46I'll call you when I want to see you.
00:34:48Well, look.
00:34:49If I'm out when you call, I can call back.
00:34:51No.
00:34:52No, no.
00:34:53Don't you ever call me.
00:34:54No, I call you.
00:34:55Oh, boy, now my stomach is killing me.
00:35:13How about you, kid?
00:35:14You got indigestion?
00:35:15Here, take one of these and I'll cure it.
00:35:17I haven't got indigestion.
00:35:19Well, how do you feel?
00:35:20Numb.
00:35:21Oh, come on, kid.
00:35:22Pull yourself together.
00:35:23It's almost time.
00:35:24Here.
00:35:26Hey, Katya, you never told me what the stripper's secret weapon was.
00:35:29Oh, that's right.
00:35:31It's this.
00:35:31If it gets rough out there, imagine what the audience would look like with no clothes on.
00:35:37Is that all?
00:35:39Come on, it's time.
00:35:41Now I've got indigestion.
00:35:44And now, for the first time, introducing the newest tiger kitten of them all.
00:35:51Kitten Jill.
00:35:52Hey, Katya, you're here.
00:35:54Yeah, it's time.
00:35:57Hey, Katya.
00:35:59And now, or the rest?
00:36:00Yeah.
00:36:02Yeah.
00:36:03Hey?
00:36:08Hey.
00:36:16Hey.
00:36:16Hey.
00:36:17Hey.
00:36:18Hey.
00:36:18Hey.
00:36:19Hey.
00:36:19Hey.
00:36:19Hey.
00:36:21Oh, my God, she's panicking.
00:36:36I can't stand to watch.
00:36:38Hey, come on.
00:36:39Hey, come on, peel it off, honey.
00:36:41Come on, take it off.
00:36:42That's right, take it off.
00:36:44Get out.
00:36:44Take it off.
00:36:46Take it off.
00:36:47Remember the strip.
00:36:48Are you firing me?
00:36:49No, no, no.
00:36:50I want to promote you.
00:36:52You see, my indigestion's been getting worse,
00:36:54and my doc says I gotta get away for a rest,
00:36:56or else I'm gonna get an officer.
00:36:57So I want you, the manager,
00:36:59joins for me while I'm gone.
00:37:01Well, of course, I'm flattered that you thought of me,
00:37:03but I don't know anything about running a club.
00:37:06So I'll teach you.
00:37:07You're a smart kid.
00:37:08You learn fast.
00:37:11I don't know.
00:37:12It's a big responsibility.
00:37:15I'd feel awful if I let you down.
00:37:18Anyway, stripping's not so bad.
00:37:20I'll pay you 50 a week more than you're making now.
00:37:23When do I start?
00:37:24I'll pay you 50 a week more than you're making now.
00:37:50I'm sorry, we don't open until 4.30.
00:38:12Hey, you can't come in here.
00:38:14I'm already in.
00:38:15What do you want?
00:38:17Where's Sidney?
00:38:17He's not here.
00:38:19Get him.
00:38:20Don't you go giving me orders.
00:38:22Who the hell do you think you are?
00:38:25Okay, will you please get him?
00:38:32What do you want him for?
00:38:34Maybe I can help you.
00:38:35I don't want you.
00:38:36I want Sidney.
00:38:37Well, you can't have him.
00:38:38He's out of town.
00:38:39Where is he?
00:38:41In Acapulco.
00:38:42Well, who's running things while he's gone?
00:38:45Me.
00:38:46Okay, I'm Nick Raspoli.
00:38:48How do you do?
00:38:49That doesn't mean anything to you?
00:38:52No, should it?
00:38:53Did Sidney tell you I've come to collect my money?
00:38:55No.
00:38:58Well, now you know.
00:38:59So go to the safe and give me $2,000 and don't give me anything smaller than tens.
00:39:04There you go, giving me orders again.
00:39:07I won't do it without Sidney's approval.
00:39:15Does this persuade you to do it?
00:39:19No.
00:39:20And if you don't get out of here, I'll call the police.
00:39:23That would be a big mistake.
00:39:26Before you do anything dumber than you already have, you better call Sidney.
00:39:30Why should I?
00:39:32I'm holding the gun.
00:39:34I can do what I want.
00:39:46Hello?
00:39:47Operator?
00:39:49I want to make a long-distance call to Mr. Sidney Gruber.
00:39:55At the Hidalgo Hotel in Acapulco.
00:39:57Give him that money, for God's sake.
00:40:02He'll kill you.
00:40:04No, he won't.
00:40:05What?
00:40:07No, he won't.
00:40:07I got his gun away from him.
00:40:09Look, that's even worse.
00:40:11Now give it back.
00:40:12Apologize to him quick.
00:40:13Now you kiss his ass if you have to.
00:40:15I could be out of business in half an hour if anything ever happens to him.
00:40:19What will happen to you?
00:40:20That I don't even want to think about.
00:40:22Don't you understand, kid?
00:40:24That's protection money I'm paying him.
00:40:26Now get going and protect me!
00:40:28Well, what did he say?
00:40:36Well, what did he say?
00:40:37Well, what did he say?
00:40:37Well, what did he say?
00:40:38Well, what did he say?
00:40:39Well, let's hear it.
00:40:39Well, I don't want to talk to him.
00:40:41Well, I'm going to get back to him.
00:40:42Well, I know.
00:40:50Because it's a tradition in my family, we're all crooks.
00:41:18Is your mother a crook too?
00:41:20Of course not, she's Italian.
00:41:22She was raised in a convent and leads a saintly life.
00:41:25You're putting me on.
00:41:27I wouldn't do that.
00:41:30Nick, have you ever hurt anyone?
00:41:34Deliberately?
00:41:35I don't want to talk about that.
00:41:37What would you have done to me if I hadn't given you Sidney's money?
00:41:41To you, nothing.
00:41:42Now drop it.
00:41:43But you pointed your gun at me.
00:41:46No.
00:41:47You pointed my gun at me, remember?
00:41:50I just took it out and laid it on the counter.
00:41:52And I only did that to make you see I was serious.
00:41:55You're right, I forgot.
00:41:57You know, you were very brave.
00:41:59Did it turn you on?
00:42:01Yeah.
00:42:01Well, I hate to disillusion you, but I was really scared.
00:42:08You were the brave one.
00:42:11How could you stay so cool when I pointed that gun at you?
00:42:14Because you didn't release the safety.
00:42:17Oh.
00:42:19I don't know.
00:42:29I don't know.
00:45:01What are you going to do?
00:45:03If I wanted you to know what, I ask you to leave.
00:45:15Here.
00:45:16Here.
00:45:20Here.
00:45:25Here.
00:45:26Here.
00:45:30Here.
00:45:31Here.
00:45:37This is for you.
00:45:44You think I never give you anything?
00:45:47I never really thought about it.
00:45:54I know.
00:45:55That's why I did it.
00:45:57Where'd you get it?
00:45:58Here.
00:45:59Here.
00:46:00Here.
00:46:01Here.
00:46:02Here.
00:46:03Here.
00:46:04Here.
00:46:05Here.
00:46:06Here.
00:46:07Here.
00:46:08Here.
00:46:09Here.
00:46:10Here.
00:46:12Here.
00:46:14Here.
00:46:15Here.
00:46:16Here.
00:46:17Here.
00:46:18Here.
00:46:19Here.
00:46:20Here.
00:46:21Here.
00:54:46Vernon, I think I found it.
00:54:50Don't talk to me till I've had my breakfast.
00:54:52But it's about money.
00:54:53It doesn't matter.
00:54:55Well, okay.
00:55:00What are you reading?
00:55:02What I can't talk about.
00:55:08It's time you and I had a serious talk.
00:55:13You know, I've lost faith in you.
00:55:15You haven't come up with one good money-making idea?
00:55:19Yes, I have.
00:55:20If you would have sold that textile mill when I told you to,
00:55:23you would have made a nice little profit.
00:55:25I don't want to make a nice little profit.
00:55:27I want to make a nice big profit.
00:55:30No, you're not as smart as I thought.
00:55:33Not nearly as smart.
00:55:34Why don't you say what you really mean, Vernon?
00:55:38All right, I will.
00:55:40You think you know me pretty well, don't you?
00:55:42You think you can read my mind.
00:55:44Well, you can't.
00:55:45I think thoughts about things you could never even think about thinking thoughts about.
00:55:49You better buy as many shares of this as you can.
00:55:52A rope import company?
00:55:55Not just a rope import company.
00:55:57It's the biggest rope import company in America.
00:55:59It's had three bad years and it can be bought cheap.
00:56:02And why would I want to buy it?
00:56:04Because there's going to be a worldwide shortage.
00:56:08Whose forecast is that?
00:56:09Mine.
00:56:10Oh.
00:56:11The hemp crop has been lousy this year, so there's got to be a shortage.
00:56:16And that means the price will go way up.
00:56:19How much?
00:56:20I estimate at least 100% or maybe more.
00:56:24Here are the figures my estimate's based on.
00:56:27It's a publicly held company.
00:56:30If I were you, I would buy as many shares as I could.
00:56:33What do you think?
00:56:38I think you're fired.
00:56:41Why?
00:56:43And I think you better go right now.
00:56:47Go on, get out!
00:56:48I told you you didn't know what I thought.
00:56:57I told you you didn't know what I thought.
00:57:18How did you get in here?
00:57:30Did you miss me?
00:57:31Were you gone?
00:57:32Yeah, for three days.
00:57:33Didn't you notice?
00:57:35You're still my woman, aren't you?
00:57:36I'm my own woman.
00:57:38Where were you?
00:57:39Out of town, taking care of business.
00:57:41I'm afraid to ask what kind of business.
00:57:43It's a very healthy attitude.
00:57:45I think it's sick.
00:57:46I believe in total honesty between people.
00:57:48Do you always put everything up front?
00:57:50Always.
00:57:52Well, it's what's up front that counts.
00:57:58Okay.
00:58:01I believe in total honesty, too.
00:58:03Do you live with a guy named Mike?
00:58:05Why are you interested in him?
00:58:07I'm not.
00:58:08He's your friend.
00:58:10So I thought you'd want to warn him.
00:58:12Some friends of mine are looking for him.
00:58:14What did he do?
00:58:15Don't you know?
00:58:17He's a fence.
00:58:18He does all right for a beginner.
00:58:22But you can't become a fence just by going into business.
00:58:24First, you have to be okayed by the right people,
00:58:27which your roommate has never bothered to do.
00:58:30They can't let him get away with that.
00:58:32When they find him,
00:58:34what will they do?
00:58:36Waste him.
00:58:36What the hell are you doing?
00:58:40I think he's gonna kill me.
00:58:41The school are called on fire Diario.
00:58:42zou aہ.
00:58:42It's my lady's sonst so well.
00:58:43Hey, Dad.
00:58:43I'm coming.
00:58:43You're going to kill me.
00:58:44You're going to kill him.
00:58:45You're going to kill me.
00:58:46It's your husband.
00:58:46You're going to kill me.
00:58:48You'reating me.
00:58:48TUNE
00:59:18Hey!
00:59:48Hey!
01:00:18I should have known one day you'd slug me.
01:00:38You had it coming, you crazy broad.
01:00:40You could have got yourself killed.
01:00:42If you didn't want me to do something, why did you tell me about Mike?
01:00:46I didn't know you'd get out of hand.
01:00:48You've got to learn to act more feminine.
01:00:49If that's supposed to be a blow to my ego, I didn't feel a thing.
01:00:54You had no right to butt in.
01:00:55Those guys are only doing their job.
01:00:57Oh, just like you're only doing your job when you extort money from Sydney.
01:01:02Listen, if you want to stay around me, you better learn when to shut up.
01:01:07I'm glad you mentioned that, because I don't want to stay around you.
01:01:12I've had it with you.
01:01:13What are you so pissed off about?
01:01:18Because I hit you?
01:01:20Well, some women like that.
01:01:22So do some men.
01:01:23You've got a point there.
01:01:33Come on, baby.
01:01:35Let's forget what happened.
01:01:36I feel something for you.
01:01:41I don't want you to go, so why do you want to?
01:01:43You know, I've tried to understand why you became a crook.
01:01:47And I think I finally do.
01:01:49You like your work.
01:01:50Yeah, I like my work.
01:01:51So what?
01:01:52So we're incompatible.
01:01:54I'm going to be a lawyer, and you're a crook.
01:01:56What's incompatible about that?
01:01:57A lot of lawyers are crooks.
01:01:59It's no use.
01:02:02There's an irreconcilable difference between us.
01:02:04Yeah, you're a woman, and I'm a man.
01:02:06It's worse than that.
01:02:07You're corrupt, and I'm not.
01:02:09Well, you could always change.
01:02:10I'm not going to change.
01:02:12Well, neither am I.
01:02:13But I like being around you anyway.
01:02:16I even told my family about you.
01:02:18We need a full-time lawyer to handle all our business.
01:02:21If you want, when you pass the bar exam, you come and work for us.
01:02:24What did the rest of your family think of that?
01:02:26They're willing to try it.
01:02:27Well, I'm not.
01:02:29I intend to practice my profession with integrity.
01:02:32I hope so.
01:02:33We certainly don't want to be ripped off.
01:02:34That's not likely.
01:02:38Are you sure you don't want to be our lawyer?
01:02:40I'm sure.
01:02:43Then how about being my wife?
01:02:44That's very funny.
01:02:47I'm very serious.
01:02:55Thanks.
01:02:57But no, thanks.
01:03:01I want to be a judge someday.
01:03:04I could never be one if I were married to you.
01:03:10Well, judge.
01:03:12Don't judge me too harshly.
01:03:20Goodbye, Nan.
01:03:20Hold it.
01:03:37Checkmate.
01:03:39I'm tired of playing.
01:03:40Why don't you play with yourself?
01:03:41I can't.
01:03:41I'm too tough an opponent.
01:03:42I can't.
01:03:43I'm too tough an opponent.
01:03:44Oh, my God.
01:03:59What happened?
01:04:00The ship finally hit the fan.
01:04:03It broke my playing hand.
01:04:04Well, what'd you expect me to do, shake it?
01:04:06Shut up, Denise.
01:04:08Lie down and I'll clean out your cuts.
01:04:12He's got to see a doctor.
01:04:13You knew all about me, didn't you?
01:04:23No thanks to you.
01:04:24I had to sneak around and find out for myself.
01:04:29Why didn't you tell me?
01:04:32I thought what you didn't know couldn't hurt you.
01:04:34It hurts.
01:04:40I'll do it.
01:04:52You too?
01:04:54Well, I'm glad I didn't go out today.
01:04:56How did you get wounded?
01:04:57Fighting on the Italian front.
01:05:04What crop are you planting?
01:05:09Just some flowers.
01:05:11Don't bother.
01:05:12You won't be around to see them bloom.
01:05:14You're kicking me out?
01:05:16We're all being kicked out.
01:05:17I just heard from the landlord.
01:05:19He's putting the building up for sale
01:05:21and he doesn't want me to manage it anymore.
01:05:23He thinks the way we live will scare off the buyers.
01:05:26I'm sorry, Denise.
01:05:29He also wants me to paint over that mural I did on the wall.
01:05:32According to him, it lowers the property values.
01:05:36Well, maybe you'll find some other place nicer than this.
01:05:40I was happy here.
01:05:45Oh, I almost forgot.
01:05:47A man from some gas station called.
01:05:49Here's the address.
01:05:50He said he's holding a package for you.
01:05:53Did he say what was in it?
01:05:54Yeah.
01:05:56Cookies?
01:05:58Cookies?
01:06:02Cookies.
01:06:16Cookies.
01:06:20Who's there?
01:06:22It's me, the burglar.
01:06:23Sydney, is that you?
01:06:25You were expecting Richard Nixon?
01:06:27Welcome home.
01:06:29When did you arrive?
01:06:30I came right from the airport.
01:06:33Kid, I gotta hand it to you.
01:06:35I just finished checking your accounts, and you did a great job for me.
01:06:40I guess I get demoted back to stripper now, right?
01:06:43Wrong.
01:06:44From now on, I'm taking it easy.
01:06:46How would you like to continue as manager?
01:06:48Why not?
01:06:50Let's have a drink to celebrate.
01:06:52You like champagne, huh?
01:06:53Sounds good to me.
01:06:55I mean, after all, why should I work my butt off to make a schmuck like Nick rich?
01:06:58From now on, I'm going to devote myself to something more constructive,
01:07:02like breathing out and breathing in.
01:07:06What we drink to?
01:07:08To breathing out and breathing in.
01:07:11I'll drink to that.
01:07:16By the way, Nick won't be coming around anymore.
01:07:20He's sending a new guy to collect.
01:07:21I think I saw him.
01:07:24I wish I could have been here to see you and Nick together.
01:07:27Boy, when you pointed his own pieces,
01:07:29then he must have really peed in his pants, huh?
01:07:31He had it coming.
01:07:33You really settled his hash, huh?
01:07:36Not really.
01:07:37Let's just say that before we parted.
01:07:39Parted?
01:07:41Was there some kind of hanky-panky between you two?
01:07:45Sidney, you asked too many questions.
01:07:48I'm cold, I itch, I need a break.
01:07:59Don't move!
01:08:02This is going to be an artistic first.
01:08:06The first nude with his arm in a sling.
01:08:08Well, you don't take a break, you can get your ass in a sling.
01:08:10Well, here they are, the famous cookies.
01:08:20That's funny, they don't sound like cookies.
01:08:23Maybe it's a joke.
01:08:24Maybe it's a bomb.
01:08:25Maybe I want to open it.
01:08:27I'll open it.
01:08:28Son of a gun.
01:08:36I wonder if it's real.
01:08:37It could be hot.
01:08:38No, it's the real thing.
01:08:40It's from Vernon.
01:08:41Does he say what it's for?
01:08:43Mm-hmm.
01:08:44Dear honey, here's your 1% finder's fee
01:08:46for putting me onto that robe company.
01:08:49You were right, the company was a good buy.
01:08:52But you overlooked one crucial point.
01:08:55Who needs the company when you can buy the crop?
01:08:57That's what I did.
01:08:58I flew to the Philippines and bought the entire hemp crop.
01:09:02As you predicted, the price skyrocketed
01:09:04and I've made a nice little profit.
01:09:06Nothing big, you understand, but every 6 million helps.
01:09:10Be sure to look me up if you ever get another good idea
01:09:13for making me money.
01:09:16You're rich.
01:09:17That's about $60,000 here.
01:09:19What are you going to do with it?
01:09:21I don't know.
01:09:22I don't need it.
01:09:23You don't?
01:09:24Well, maybe I could use it.
01:09:25I could start a business and give people jobs.
01:09:28Including yourself.
01:09:30Yeah, me too.
01:09:31And everyone could own equal shares
01:09:33and there would be no bosses.
01:09:34Mm-hmm.
01:09:36I wonder where Vernon is.
01:09:38Why?
01:09:38Well, if I'm going to create more jobs,
01:09:41I'm going to need more money than this.
01:09:43And wherever Vernon is, there's money.
01:09:45$100,000, $200,000, $300,000, $400,000, $500,000.
01:09:51You know, Vernon was right.
01:09:53Next to making it, the most fun is counting it.
01:09:55$200,000.
01:10:05Where's Honey?
01:10:07Last time I saw her, she was inside counting her money.
01:10:10Again?
01:10:10She promised to help with this.
01:10:12I'll get her.
01:10:15Honey?
01:10:18Honey?
01:10:20Honey?
01:10:20Honey?
01:10:27Honey?
01:10:29Honey?
01:10:36By the time you read this,
01:10:37I'll have gone to look for Vernon.
01:10:39I have a new money-making idea for him.
01:10:41I'm sharing the money with you because you need it as much as I do
01:10:45and because you were my friends when I needed you, not when you needed me.
01:10:52You know, I think I finally understand why Vernon reminds me of me.
01:10:56We both love to take risks.
01:10:58And I've got a couple of risks in mind for Vernon that'll ring his chimes.
01:11:03Only this time he's gonna pay me more than a stingy one percent.
01:11:08Well, goodbye.
01:11:09Goodbye. Something must be out there waiting for me.
01:11:13It's just a matter of me finding it or it finding me.
01:11:17Whatever it is, here I come.
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