Martial Arts / Action (1974) 90 minutes ~ Color
Christie Love was a very beautiful and quite charming black woman who also happened to be a skilled undercover operative with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her smarts and skills often came in handy when posing as a prostitute and jewel thief, etc. in an effort to bring down the bad guys. Her boss was Lt. Reardon, who was replaced by Capt. Ryan. Caruso, Belmont, Valencia and Gallagher were cops with whom Christie worked.
Director: William A. Graham
Writers: Alexander Grasshoff, Bruce Kessler and Glenn A. Larson
Stars: Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Louise Sorel¸ Paul Stevens
Christie Love was a very beautiful and quite charming black woman who also happened to be a skilled undercover operative with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her smarts and skills often came in handy when posing as a prostitute and jewel thief, etc. in an effort to bring down the bad guys. Her boss was Lt. Reardon, who was replaced by Capt. Ryan. Caruso, Belmont, Valencia and Gallagher were cops with whom Christie worked.
Director: William A. Graham
Writers: Alexander Grasshoff, Bruce Kessler and Glenn A. Larson
Stars: Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Louise Sorel¸ Paul Stevens
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00:00:00♪
00:00:23We've got enough on you, Spiliotis, to arrest you right now.
00:00:26Tax is fraud. How about a little manslaughter thrown in?
00:00:29Okay, okay. What do you want to know?
00:00:31You know what I want to know.
00:00:33The heroin. Where it's coming from. When.
00:00:36How it's distributed.
00:00:37It's different every time. I don't know.
00:00:40Only the top guy in this area knows.
00:00:42Here the top guy is Enzo Cortino.
00:00:44I know Enzo Cortino is the top guy. I know that!
00:00:49I also know that this town is dry.
00:00:51Seattle is dry. San Francisco is dry.
00:00:53The whole West Coast is dry.
00:00:54Now you tell me what's happening.
00:00:56How, when, and where?
00:00:58I don't know.
00:00:59Cortino never told me. Nothing. All these years.
00:01:02Now you called in and said you had something to say to me.
00:01:05Now you better say it.
00:01:08Friedland, there's a ledger.
00:01:11Cortino's got a ledger.
00:01:14A book, you know, with all the names, all the places,
00:01:18how the stuff comes in, where it goes.
00:01:22Okay. Where is it? Where does he keep it, huh?
00:01:25Come on.
00:01:27I don't know.
00:01:28What do you mean? You say there's a ledger,
00:01:30and now you're telling me you don't know?
00:01:32Helena. Helena Varga.
00:01:36She's the only one who knows where it is.
00:01:39Come on. What is this bull?
00:01:40You tell me there's a ledger,
00:01:41and now you expect me to believe
00:01:43that Cortino tells his girlfriend everything?
00:01:45I'm telling you, she's not just his girlfriend.
00:01:49It's like she's the only one he really trusts.
00:01:55Listen, every time a shipment's due,
00:01:58Helena takes a little trip to Miami.
00:02:00He sends her.
00:02:02Maybe...
00:02:04Maybe that's where the ledger is.
00:02:07♪♪
00:02:22Good night, Bill. Thanks.
00:02:24He's not leaving.
00:02:27Now, Tom, as soon as we get to the city,
00:02:30I want you to check her bank account,
00:02:31see if she's got any safety deposit boxes.
00:02:34Also check on Cortino, too.
00:02:35But Helena Varga...
00:02:36It's 11 o'clock. How am I gonna...
00:02:38I don't care how you do it. Just do it.
00:02:40Now, Stoner, I want you to check the airlines
00:02:42flying to Miami.
00:02:43See if she's booked on them in the next couple of days.
00:02:46But I want a cover on her apartment, too.
00:02:48I want to know who's coming...
00:02:49♪♪
00:02:55Okay, I want to see Christy now.
00:02:59Get Christy low.
00:03:01♪♪
00:03:09Hi, Jenny.
00:03:11What?
00:03:12Eat up.
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00:03:51Hey.
00:03:53You talking to me?
00:03:54Looking for a customer?
00:03:56Hmm.
00:03:57How much?
00:03:58How... how much what?
00:04:00Come on, I'm not a cop. How much?
00:04:03A hundred dollars.
00:04:04A hundred dollars?
00:04:05For just a little action?
00:04:07I don't want to get married.
00:04:08Oh.
00:04:11Nigger.
00:04:12Nigger lover.
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00:04:44Miss?
00:04:45Ah!
00:04:49Hi.
00:04:51Hi.
00:04:52Are you busy?
00:04:54Depends on what you got in mind.
00:04:58What's it gonna cost?
00:05:01Depends on what you got in mind, sugar.
00:05:05Well, I got in mind a little walk through the park.
00:05:09A little walk through the park?
00:05:11Well, I usually start at 15.
00:05:14Oh.
00:05:15Well, I know a place.
00:05:17Nobody will bother us.
00:05:18Well, nobody bothers me.
00:05:19Come on, honey.
00:05:20It's just a little bit up over there.
00:05:21Huh?
00:05:22♪♪
00:05:29Wait.
00:05:30What are you taking me?
00:05:31Easy, easy, easy, honey.
00:05:33You're not scared, are you?
00:05:34Well, I don't know.
00:05:35I mean, this girl can't be too careful.
00:05:38Who knows?
00:05:39You could be a killer or something.
00:05:40Killer?
00:05:41Yeah.
00:05:42Do I look like a killer?
00:05:43Yeah.
00:05:44You kind of does.
00:05:45I does?
00:05:46Mm-hmm.
00:05:47Well, this is it.
00:05:48Here?
00:05:49Uh-huh.
00:05:50Well, okay.
00:05:52If you don't mind, the bread, please, first.
00:05:55The bread.
00:05:57The bread.
00:05:58Oh, yeah.
00:05:59Is this the bread you're talking about, huh?
00:06:01Mister, don't hurt me.
00:06:02Don't hurt me.
00:06:03All right.
00:06:04Not a peep out at you, or I'll cut you to pieces.
00:06:06Now, just keep your mouth shut.
00:06:10Now, take off your clothes.
00:06:14Take off your clothes.
00:06:16Did you hear what I said?
00:06:17Right, now drop that.
00:06:18Drop your purse.
00:06:19Come on.
00:06:20That's right.
00:06:21Mister, don't hurt me.
00:06:22That's right.
00:06:23Shut your mouth.
00:06:24Shut it.
00:06:25Now do it.
00:06:26Now take them off.
00:06:27Now take them off.
00:06:28Come on.
00:06:29Off.
00:06:30That's right.
00:06:31Down.
00:06:32Right.
00:06:33Come on.
00:06:34I got two babies.
00:06:35Come on.
00:06:36I don't want to hear about your babies.
00:06:37Do it.
00:06:38Come on.
00:06:39Hurry up.
00:06:40Do it.
00:06:41Don't hurt me, please.
00:06:42Come on.
00:06:43That's right.
00:06:44That's good.
00:06:45That's good.
00:06:46Now.
00:06:47Now come here.
00:06:48Come here.
00:06:49Come here.
00:06:50Come on.
00:06:51Come on.
00:06:52Come on.
00:06:53Come on.
00:06:54Come on.
00:06:55Come on.
00:06:56Come on.
00:06:57No.
00:06:58Come on.
00:06:59Come on.
00:07:00Come on.
00:07:01Come on.
00:07:02No!
00:07:04No!
00:07:06Oh!
00:07:13Hi-ya!
00:07:24Hi-ya!
00:07:29Greenberg!
00:07:31Greenberg!
00:07:32Ah.
00:07:36Grey!
00:07:37Greyberg!
00:07:39Christy, you okay?
00:07:40I'm okay. Where were you?
00:07:41I lost your way back there. I'm sorry.
00:07:44Well, there he is, lover-boy himself.
00:07:47Give me your cuff.
00:07:51Christy, this guy has killed four prostitutes.
00:07:54You were supposed to wait for me.
00:07:55Sorry, Seymour, but he was in kind of a hurry.
00:07:59Weren't you, sweetheart?
00:08:01Huh?
00:08:02Okay, what's your full name?
00:08:04Oh, he doesn't talk. He's a man of action.
00:08:08According to his ID, Andrew Norman.
00:08:11N-O-R-M-A-N-D.
00:08:134213 Adams Drive.
00:08:16All the credit cards.
00:08:20Oh!
00:08:22Look what we found here.
00:08:26$21.52.
00:08:29Hey, Christy?
00:08:30Yeah?
00:08:31Get your forms. Now, fill them out, but don't go anywhere, okay?
00:08:33Oh, hey, come on, man. I've had it. I want to go home. I'm...
00:08:36Reardon called. He's coming over. Here. He wants to buy you a hamburger.
00:08:39What?
00:08:40Christy, you're a hero.
00:08:41Christy... Christy wants a bath.
00:08:44Oh!
00:08:52No way! N-No way!
00:08:56Now, you listen to me.
00:08:58We want you on that plane to Miami tomorrow.
00:09:01Maybe there isn't any ledger. Maybe Spilly Otis invented it, but we're checking.
00:09:05Now, just before the town gets loaded with junk,
00:09:07Helena Foggette does go down to Miami, and we want you to follow her.
00:09:10Hey, listen!
00:09:11For the last three weeks, I have been sashaying around that park for you,
00:09:14wearing these freaky clothes and getting clawed at by freaks.
00:09:17Finally, I almost get myself killed by some turd, and now you want me to...
00:09:21You were supposed to wait for Greenberg.
00:09:22That nut killed four women. You could have been killed.
00:09:25Well, what was I out there for?
00:09:27If you wanted me killed, what did you put me on a detail for?
00:09:29I told you not to take any chances, didn't I? Damn it!
00:09:33I don't want you getting killed.
00:09:36Oh, that's sweet. That's cute.
00:09:38Can I go home now? If I don't get in the tub right this second...
00:09:42As long as you're on that plane tomorrow.
00:09:44Do you think Cortino's gonna trust his entire organization to a tramp?
00:09:48That's your assignment, kid. You got it.
00:09:50Or maybe you think, just because you're the only female on my squad,
00:09:53that you deserve special privileges.
00:09:54Have I ever asked for any special privileges?
00:09:56Hey, whatever mess you've tossed at me in the last six months, I have done.
00:10:00Go ahead. Tell everybody.
00:10:06So what's bugging you now?
00:10:08I'm tired, and I just don't dig wild goose chases.
00:10:14You know, Casey, I was wondering why all of a sudden, for the first time,
00:10:17you invited me out somewhere.
00:10:19But this fancy bistro here and this... whatever that is,
00:10:24they're not making the kid fall over. No way!
00:10:28That's what I get for trying to be nice.
00:10:30Okay, that's it. I don't want any more lip from you.
00:10:34Or you'll be third grade again. Hero or no hero.
00:10:37You got that? You dig?
00:10:43Yes, sir. Whatever you say, sir.
00:10:55Well, let me walk you to your door, at least.
00:10:57Thank you. I know the way. Good night.
00:10:59Now, wait a minute. There are a lot of strange characters around here.
00:11:02So I'll call a cop.
00:11:08Now, don't forget, find out everything you can about Elena Barger.
00:11:11I know, I know. Where she goes, who she sees, who she talks to.
00:11:15Yeah, that's right. And take a little rest for yourself.
00:11:17I'll be back in a minute.
00:11:19Well, don't you think we should discuss this a little more in detail?
00:11:25Is this the best you can come up with?
00:11:27Well, I'm no poet, but the least you can do is invite me in for a nightcap.
00:11:31Oh, that's a good idea.
00:11:33Well, I'll be back in a minute.
00:11:35Well, don't forget, find out everything you can about Elena Barger.
00:11:38I know, I know.
00:11:40I'll be back in a minute.
00:11:42Well, don't forget, find out everything you can about Elena Barger.
00:11:45I know, I know.
00:11:47The least you can do is invite me in for a nightcap.
00:11:49Uh-huh. Well, remember, I have to get some rest for my next assignment.
00:11:54Good night, Mr. Reardon.
00:12:18Nothing, a big zero.
00:12:20This is a wild goose chase, boss.
00:12:23She's down there stretched out by the pool all day.
00:12:26And the goon plays cards nearby,
00:12:29looking around with those freaky fish eyes.
00:12:32Well, what about the ledger?
00:12:34No ledger, no nothing.
00:12:36But did you check the banks?
00:12:38Yeah, she made a bank deposit.
00:12:40Counts in the name of her nephew.
00:12:44Kid named Raymond Garwood.
00:12:46No safety deposit, bosses.
00:12:48But who does she see?
00:12:50Nobody, just her nephew.
00:12:52You wouldn't believe it, it's like something out of a Disney film.
00:12:55Boss, there's nothing else to do around here,
00:12:58so if you don't mind, I want to come home, okay?
00:13:01No, now you come back when she comes back.
00:13:04Now look, there's got to be more there.
00:13:07Look, you're a detective, so detect.
00:13:10Christie, are you there?
00:13:13Yeah, I'm here.
00:13:15I'm having a wonderful time, Mr. Reardon.
00:13:21Hi.
00:13:28Mr. Carroll, lobby please.
00:13:31Hi.
00:13:36Hey.
00:13:37Hi.
00:13:38Hi.
00:13:39Hi.
00:13:40Hi.
00:13:42Hi.
00:13:43Hi.
00:13:44Hi.
00:13:45Hi.
00:13:46Hi.
00:13:47This is really great, isn't it?
00:13:54It sure beats Smog City.
00:13:56Well, come to think of it, Mama, it does beat Smog City.
00:14:05Just trying to be friendly.
00:14:06How does it feel to be a lady pig?
00:14:10Hey, fine, I'm, uh, I'm doing fine.
00:14:15I'm having such a vacation, you wouldn't believe.
00:14:18Vacation?
00:14:19You've been telling me all week.
00:14:22Hey, I've just been seeing the sights.
00:14:26You know I bet you could show me around.
00:14:27You have a family here and all.
00:14:33You wouldn't believe this, but we've probably got a lot in common, you and me.
00:14:39Both of us probably climbing out of some royal slum somewhere long time ago.
00:14:45Mine's east Oakwood, Chicago.
00:14:47That's where I was born.
00:14:49Oh, yeah?
00:14:51So what?
00:14:53So, maybe we both started in the same kind of underprivileged neighborhood.
00:14:59You tell me about your rest, I'll tell you about mine.
00:15:02Pig.
00:15:04Yeah, okay, all right, let's, uh, level with each other.
00:15:07You spotted me, you know why I'm here.
00:15:09Now, come on, make it easy on yourself.
00:15:11You tell me where it is and, uh, we'll make it easy for you.
00:15:14Tell the judge you're cooperating, maybe...
00:15:16I don't know what you're talking about.
00:15:17Hey, don't be stupid, okay?
00:15:19Cortino's Ledger, that's what I want to know about.
00:15:22The score and the load of stuff that's due, where it's coming in and when it's coming in.
00:15:26That's what I want to know, baby.
00:15:27Where's Cortino's Ledger?
00:15:32You're so stupid, you've got to be a cop.
00:15:35Now, if there was a Ledger, or if I had it, or I knew where it was, why would I tell you?
00:15:44I thought you just might be interested in saving your skin,
00:15:48because we're going to bust you, baby.
00:15:51I never heard of a Ledger.
00:15:53And you better watch your skin, baby.
00:16:05Well, look who's here.
00:16:08What's that thing supposed to do, anyway?
00:16:10Sweat out them bad bodies, Lewis?
00:16:12Huh?
00:16:18What makes someone like you become a cop?
00:16:22I'll tell you, you tell me.
00:16:23What makes somebody like you become a tramp?
00:16:26Listen, nobody owns me.
00:16:28I do what I want, nobody buys me.
00:16:31Listen, nobody owns me.
00:16:33I do what I want, nobody buys me.
00:16:35All right.
00:16:37The apartment, and the car, and the bank account,
00:16:40it all comes from the old welfare plan, right?
00:16:42Tell her your business, where it comes from.
00:16:44Hey, it is my business, and I don't mean because I'm a cop, either.
00:16:47Now, your car, and your bank account, and all the rest of it comes out of my home slum,
00:16:52East Oakwood, Junkie City.
00:16:55All that five and dime stuff, and every bit of it comes from you, you and Cortino.
00:16:59Listen, pig, just lay off on me.
00:17:01You know, I got a cousin, used to be a nice kid.
00:17:04You know what he does now? He's a pimp, got to be.
00:17:07He and his old lady don't get that fix, it's off the roof.
00:17:11There are a lot of kids on those roofs, too.
00:17:14They're getting their fixes all right, thanks to Cortino,
00:17:16but they're paying for it with their guts.
00:17:21And who gets all the bread?
00:17:24You do, you and Cortino.
00:17:27Isn't that right, sweetheart?
00:17:31Oh, I'd like to get my hands on you.
00:17:35I don't believe it. You mean you just asked her about the ledger?
00:17:38So sue me already.
00:17:40It's time for a different attack.
00:17:43Hold on, I think it's room service.
00:17:46Just a second.
00:17:57Hold on, please, I have to pay the check.
00:18:00Christy, come on, I can't hang on to this phone all day.
00:18:04Can't seem to find my...
00:18:34Christy, what's going on there?
00:18:56Christy, will you get on this phone?
00:19:04Come on.
00:19:22I guess you know you're not getting a tip.
00:19:24You know that.
00:19:27Terrific view.
00:19:29Come on, come on, it's only 15 floors down,
00:19:32and you don't have to worry about the first 14.
00:19:38Christy, Christy, are you all right?
00:19:40What's happening?
00:19:52I mean, I can believe this, boss, but...
00:19:54Believe what? Now, what are you up to?
00:19:56Are you in any kind of trouble?
00:19:59No.
00:20:02No.
00:20:10You are off the job.
00:20:12How about that? Does that get through to you?
00:20:15Well, that's the way you wanted it, right?
00:20:17But what a way to do it.
00:20:19I did it. I suppose I called down to room service
00:20:22and asked them to send up one killer.
00:20:24Yeah, well, it's done, so now you can go back to doing whatever it is you do
00:20:27when you're not messing things up.
00:20:31Is that the complete list of Cortino's businesses?
00:20:34Well, this is just the legitimate stuff. 37.
00:20:37Hey, come on. I want to stick with Helena and follow this thing through.
00:20:40Will you get out of here?
00:20:42I can nail her. I know I can.
00:20:44Get that information that we want, that we need.
00:20:46I got an idea.
00:20:48Christy, you know what you've got? You've got chutzpah. That's what you've got.
00:20:50Would you just listen just for a second, please?
00:20:53Now, Varga's a very touchy lady.
00:20:55I figure if I can do some background work on her,
00:20:57I can come up with something that will make her cooperate with us.
00:20:59You know, I'm afraid big.
00:21:01Christy, look, how long has it been since you've babysat
00:21:03from midnight to 8 with a bunch of winos?
00:21:05Cortino trusts Helena, right?
00:21:07She knows where that ledger is, right?
00:21:10So he's got to have a hold so strong on her that...
00:21:13Hey, come on. I want to dig it and find those skeletons.
00:21:15Get out. Get out.
00:21:17All right, listen. I'll make a bet with you.
00:21:19When's that next shipment due?
00:21:21I don't know. An hour, a month. I don't know.
00:21:23Uh-huh. Precisely. Give me three days.
00:21:25If I don't come up with anything by then, you win.
00:21:28Win? I win what?
00:21:31You name it, you got it.
00:21:34Uh, you better report to Monzo.
00:21:36Monzo? He's with the pickpocket detail.
00:21:38That's right, baby.
00:21:40And you do a good job for the force, you hear?
00:21:42Now, uh, what did you say, Stoner,
00:21:44were the blue pins or what?
00:21:46The blue pins indicate dealings with the city.
00:21:48Firm contracts, right?
00:21:50The red pins are contracts with the state.
00:21:53Hello, Tom? Christy.
00:21:55Uh, not too good.
00:21:57I'm calling in sick.
00:21:59I won't be able to do any pickpocket detail today.
00:22:01Mm-hmm.
00:22:03All right. Okay. Bye-bye.
00:22:07Uh-huh.
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00:22:57Come along, please.
00:22:59Oh?
00:23:04You're jiving me.
00:23:06Would I jive you?
00:23:08Come in.
00:23:10Excuse me.
00:23:12Was this lady Mrs. Long?
00:23:14Mrs. Long.
00:23:16I'm Mrs. Long no longer.
00:23:18I'm Mrs. Fennelly.
00:23:20How do you do?
00:23:22How do you do?
00:23:24Oh, didn't Abby tell you
00:23:26we no longer need any help?
00:23:28Mother, you're one to talk.
00:23:30I'm Mrs. Fennelly.
00:23:32I'm Mrs. Fennelly.
00:23:34I'm Mrs. Fennelly.
00:23:36I'm Mrs. Fennelly.
00:23:39We no longer need any help.
00:23:41Mother, you are really disgusting.
00:23:43My darling girl, we know she made me Avon call in.
00:23:45Hello, sister.
00:23:47Welcome.
00:23:49No thanks.
00:23:51Mrs. Fennelly.
00:23:53Christy, love.
00:23:55Felice.
00:23:57And now, Mrs. Fennelly,
00:23:59about ten years ago
00:24:01you had as an employee
00:24:03a Helena Varga.
00:24:05Helena?
00:24:07Yes, I'd appreciate any information you can supply about her.
00:24:10Information?
00:24:11Yes, well, you see, she's applied for this very high security position in government.
00:24:15Elena?
00:24:16Well, I'm sorry I can't tell you anymore, but I'm sure you understand.
00:24:20Oh, yes.
00:24:21Yes, of course.
00:24:22Well, what can I tell you?
00:24:25It's been a very long time.
00:24:28Well, according to our records, Mrs. Finley, she spent a year here as companion to your
00:24:33daughter.
00:24:34Yes.
00:24:35Yes, that's right.
00:24:38She came from some orphanage or convent or something, I think.
00:24:44And at that time, she was also taking night courses at a business college.
00:24:48Now, their records show that she finished high school at 16, and she was studying bilingual
00:24:55stenography.
00:24:56Blardy bee.
00:24:59Suddenly, she dropped out, and at that same time, she left here.
00:25:03Mrs. Finley, can you tell me why?
00:25:05No.
00:25:06No, I can't.
00:25:09I think she got a better position.
00:25:11Daddy knocked...
00:25:12Amy!
00:25:17I'm sorry.
00:25:19I really can't help you any further, Miss Love.
00:25:23Mrs. Finley, did Helena have that child?
00:25:26I'm sorry.
00:25:28I told you I cannot help you any further.
00:25:32Well, thanks anyway.
00:25:35And I must say, it's been quite an experience meeting you all.
00:25:40Ciao.
00:25:42Helena never appeared to be a communist, if that's what you want to know.
00:25:52Is Helena in any trouble?
00:25:55No.
00:25:56You dig Helena?
00:25:58Yeah, I do.
00:25:59She was really good to me.
00:26:01She paid attention.
00:26:03That was hard for her, you know.
00:26:04She had her own grief.
00:26:05What kind of grief?
00:26:07I don't know.
00:26:09I used to go to her room, and she'd be crying.
00:26:13She had no one.
00:26:17Did she have her baby?
00:26:20Did she intend to have it, Amy?
00:26:22Come on.
00:26:23You got to remember something about it.
00:26:25I was a kid.
00:26:27She talks about never having the baby.
00:26:30I never heard anything more.
00:26:35You take care.
00:26:36And are you going to be all right in there?
00:26:38Oh, sure.
00:26:40OK.
00:26:41And I'd cool it with a grass.
00:26:51You want something?
00:26:53You kind of remind me of Helena.
00:27:23Maggie.
00:27:41Maggie.
00:27:52Maggie.
00:28:22Maggie.
00:28:42Maggie.
00:29:02Oh, thank you.
00:29:27Thank you, lady.
00:30:56Oh, Christie.
00:30:57What the devil are you doing here?
00:30:58I'm shopping.
00:30:59Ain't this the Goodwill Thrift Shop?
00:31:01Didn't I tell you you were off the job?
00:31:02So I'm off.
00:31:03What are you doing here?
00:31:04You got a warrant?
00:31:05We've got this place covered.
00:31:06You were spotted coming in here, Sherlock.
00:31:08After Helena left with Cortino.
00:31:12What's that?
00:31:13Well, it's not the ledger we're looking for.
00:31:15I'll show you that.
00:31:31Ooh, that's wild.
00:31:33Turn you on?
00:31:39Turn you on?
00:31:40Oh, wow.
00:31:41You're a regular Don Juan, aren't you?
00:31:44What did you know?
00:31:45Oh, things you hear.
00:31:47Now, am I still off the case?
00:31:49Yes.
00:31:50This isn't child's play, you know.
00:31:52Well, neither is this.
00:31:54And don't forget our bet.
00:31:55I got two more days.
00:31:57I didn't make any bet with you.
00:31:58Oh.
00:32:01Come on.
00:32:02Unwind us on this.
00:32:04I got a hunch about Helena and that nephew in Miami.
00:32:07Now, 10 years ago, Helena Varga got pregnant.
00:32:11She talked about having an abortion,
00:32:12but I don't think she did.
00:32:13Look here.
00:32:16I think this is her kid.
00:32:18The one in Miami.
00:32:20For some reason, she wants everybody to think
00:32:22he's just a nephew.
00:32:24Well, what does all this have to do with the ledger?
00:32:26Or Cortino?
00:32:27That's what I'm going to find out.
00:32:29No, you're not.
00:32:30You're going to report to Monzo in the morning.
00:32:34Mr. Reardon, tomorrow is my day off.
00:32:39Don't forget to lock up when you leave now, you hear?
00:32:46I'm sick all the time.
00:32:47And when you're drunk, you can do anything.
00:32:51The only trouble I had was when I was sober.
00:32:54I thank God for that trouble.
00:32:56Because once I was sober long enough to come down here
00:32:58to Alcoholics Anonymous, and now I am never going
00:33:02to have to pay that price again.
00:33:06See, I knew one thing.
00:33:08Cecilia.
00:33:09Hi.
00:33:11I saved you a donut.
00:33:13That looks fantastic.
00:33:14Hey, I feel great.
00:33:17How's the job going?
00:33:18Well, it keeps me off the street.
00:33:23Need some help.
00:33:24I thought so when you called tonight.
00:33:26Who?
00:33:27Helena Varga.
00:33:34Sorry.
00:33:35Well, there's really not much I can tell you.
00:33:38I met her about 10 years ago at one of those abortion clinics.
00:33:44Then about a year later, we were working a house together.
00:33:51Then she left.
00:33:52I haven't seen her since.
00:33:53You haven't seen her since then?
00:33:56But you talked to her, though.
00:34:01Give us this day our daily bread.
00:34:05But how come she calls you?
00:34:07Because I was like her friend.
00:34:08You know, I'd help break her in.
00:34:11Christy, please.
00:34:12I'd do anything for you.
00:34:14Help save my life.
00:34:15Hey, I don't want any favors.
00:34:17Baby, I know you kept me out of jail.
00:34:20I know that.
00:34:22But don't.
00:34:23Do you know the kind of stuff that Helena is into?
00:34:26I can't tell you nothing, Christy.
00:34:27I haven't seen her for a long time.
00:34:29Did she have the abortion that time?
00:34:32What do you mean?
00:34:33I mean, I don't figure she did.
00:34:36I got a feeling that she had that kid senior, did she?
00:34:40No.
00:34:42She had abortion at that place.
00:34:44What place?
00:34:45I don't know.
00:34:49I can't remember.
00:34:51Try.
00:34:56Shady Acres.
00:34:58Sunny Acres.
00:35:00Near Ojai.
00:35:01I mean, I think they went out of business a long time ago.
00:35:07She had the abortion.
00:35:12Thanks, Celia.
00:35:14I mean, a lot of places went out of business at that time.
00:35:17It cost us a pill, you know?
00:35:21Um, I think you really got to be dumb nowadays to get caught.
00:35:27Hey.
00:35:28Hey, don't be scared.
00:35:30You know I wouldn't hurt you.
00:35:32Hang loose, Marlo.
00:35:59Hi-ya!
00:36:01Hi-ya!
00:36:06Hi-ya!
00:36:15Hi-ya!
00:36:19That is just beautiful.
00:36:22I tell you, there's your new gold mine.
00:36:24Samurai movies.
00:36:26Bigger here than all of that Chinese kung fu stuff.
00:36:29Mr. Cortino, I enjoyed the film.
00:36:33But, uh, I don't see the connection.
00:36:36Let me tell you about Japan.
00:36:39It's going to take over the whole planet.
00:36:42I mean, with the transistors and the cameras and the cars and now these movies.
00:36:48Well, it's certainly true.
00:36:50I suppose next to the German mark, the yen's the most stable currency in the world today.
00:36:55Ah-ha.
00:36:56Just so.
00:36:58Now we are going into the movie business.
00:37:01And we are going to clean up.
00:37:06Mr. Cortino, could we get down to our business?
00:37:10Please.
00:37:12In a hurry.
00:37:13You kids are always in a hurry.
00:37:15I called your apartment first.
00:37:17I don't know what she's after.
00:37:21She's been asking all kinds of questions about me.
00:37:24I can't speak for the others, but, uh...
00:37:27Well, Dad is concerned.
00:37:29Now you tell Dad.
00:37:31Take it easy.
00:37:32Tell all your dads.
00:37:33Don't shove.
00:37:38Okay.
00:37:39Two days.
00:37:41It'll be Thursday.
00:37:42Two days from now.
00:37:43You'll have your stuff.
00:37:46You go back to your dads.
00:37:49And tell them to me not to worry.
00:37:53Thanks, Mr. Cortino.
00:37:55Thank you very much.
00:38:07You bring back such memories.
00:38:10Those were lovely times.
00:38:13Not a week would pass without some small thrill.
00:38:17The good old days, huh?
00:38:19Now everything is legal.
00:38:22Sunny Acres is truly a rest home.
00:38:25Well, keeps you out of jail, Pop.
00:38:29This is a jail.
00:38:31You know, in the past 12 months...
00:38:34the youngest woman I've examined was 73 years old.
00:38:39Really?
00:38:41Did anybody ever tell you...
00:38:44you have a beautiful form?
00:38:48I appreciate that.
00:38:51Why don't we go into my office?
00:38:53We can talk better.
00:38:54Oh, this is fine right here.
00:38:56Thanks.
00:38:57Okay.
00:39:01Doc, we were talking about Helena Vargas.
00:39:04Oh, yes, yes, yes.
00:39:06I remember Helena.
00:39:09Oh, what beauty, what fire.
00:39:12What a form.
00:39:15When exactly did she have her abortion?
00:39:19Abortion?
00:39:22Yeah, didn't she come here to have an abortion?
00:39:24No.
00:39:26There was no abortion for Helena.
00:39:28I delivered her baby, a boy, a beautiful boy.
00:39:31Sure?
00:39:32Am I sure?
00:39:34Why, of course she worked here for three months afterwards...
00:39:37until the adoption.
00:39:39Adoption?
00:39:41She was really quite brilliant, you know.
00:39:44Uneducated, but brilliant.
00:39:46A head that could grasp a problem.
00:39:49Who adopted the baby?
00:39:51Oh, I don't know.
00:39:53Rich people from some fancy suburb.
00:39:55Like her family in Miami, maybe, or someplace like that?
00:39:58No, no, no, no, no, definitely no.
00:40:00Nothing like that for Helena.
00:40:15Oh.
00:40:17Hey, I'm sorry.
00:40:19Here I am, having my dinner, and I forgot all about yours.
00:40:24Just hung up on something I can't figure.
00:40:30There you go.
00:40:32Come on.
00:40:42Clarence, don't forget about me.
00:40:44I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
00:40:46I'm so sorry.
00:40:48I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:40:50I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:40:52I'm so sorry.
00:40:54I'm so sorry, I'm sorry.
00:40:56Clarence, don't get pushy.
00:41:00Christy Love here.
00:41:03Christy?
00:41:06Hi, Christy.
00:41:09This is Celia.
00:41:12Celia?
00:41:15Guess what, baby.
00:41:18Baby, guess what.
00:41:21Oh, honey, did I do that to you?
00:41:24Did I do what to what?
00:41:26Celia, tell me where you are, and I'll come and get you.
00:41:30No, no, no.
00:41:33Come over to my house.
00:41:36And I want to talk to you.
00:41:40Hurry up.
00:41:44Hurry up.
00:42:07That's her.
00:42:13Come on.
00:42:44Celia?
00:42:47Celia.
00:42:50Celia.
00:42:53Hi.
00:42:54Hi.
00:42:55I'm so sorry.
00:42:57It's okay.
00:42:58Come on.
00:42:59Come on, honey.
00:43:00Let's get you on the bed.
00:43:01Yes, ma'am.
00:43:02Okay.
00:43:06Okay.
00:43:08There we go.
00:43:09Come on.
00:43:13Careful.
00:43:14Get going.
00:43:25Okay, baby.
00:43:27You're going to be all right.
00:43:29Just take it easy.
00:43:32What did I go and do?
00:43:35I went and had a little...
00:43:40A little slip.
00:43:43It's all right, darling.
00:43:44You can start all over.
00:43:46That's right.
00:43:51City, honey.
00:43:53You want to tell me?
00:43:59See?
00:44:02See, you...
00:44:04You don't know Helene.
00:44:07She's such a real friend.
00:44:11So every once in a while,
00:44:16every six months,
00:44:19I go see the baby.
00:44:21Baby?
00:44:23I tell her how he's doing.
00:44:25What baby?
00:44:26He ain't no baby no more.
00:44:29He's a big boy now.
00:44:33He's cute.
00:44:35He's really cute.
00:44:37City, honey.
00:44:38Has...
00:44:39Has Helene ever talked about
00:44:40or mentioned a ledger?
00:44:44Helene?
00:44:45Mm-hmm.
00:44:47Got a whole lot of black in her, see?
00:44:50Yeah.
00:44:51She almost is so...
00:45:06Somebody forgot to shut the door!
00:45:10Come back here, woman!
00:45:14See ya.
00:45:44Oh!
00:46:14I would if I could.
00:46:26But, Christy, that information
00:46:27is not merely privileged.
00:46:29It's almost sacred.
00:46:30Myron, that's why I came to you, old buddy.
00:46:34I mean, that's like the initial guarantee.
00:46:36Uh-huh.
00:46:37When a couple adopts a child,
00:46:39they are assured
00:46:41that the natural mother will never learn...
00:46:43Myron, now you're acting like a natural mother...
00:46:45Even with a court order.
00:46:47I don't believe that you can oblige
00:46:49any adoption agency
00:46:51to reveal the name and...
00:46:52Hey, Myron, I'll keep your silly old secret, man.
00:46:54I promise.
00:46:55Come on, you can give me that information.
00:46:56Use your contacts.
00:47:00Hey, uh, don't make me do this, okay?
00:47:05Uh, all right, hey, listen.
00:47:07I happen to know that your sister Rita
00:47:09has been fooling around with...
00:47:10Christy!
00:47:11Myron, are you gonna help me or not?
00:47:26Thanks, old buddy.
00:47:37That one's 536.
00:47:39We're getting close.
00:47:43540.
00:47:45Ah, there it is, Walter.
00:47:47Right there on the mailbox.
00:47:48Kilday, John, Kilday.
00:47:50Okay.
00:47:53Look, that must be him.
00:48:00But which one?
00:48:02Hmm, which one is Kilday?
00:48:16Uh, tell me, coach, how many teams
00:48:17do you have competing in this park league?
00:48:19Eight.
00:48:20We got eight.
00:48:21And, uh, the kids are really terrific.
00:48:23Yeah, they look pretty terrific.
00:48:26What, uh, paper are you with again?
00:48:28Uh, uh, Jesus Press.
00:48:30You see, we're doing a series of articles
00:48:32on community athletic programs.
00:48:34Uh, coach, do you think we could
00:48:36maybe call the boys in for a team picture?
00:48:39Sure.
00:48:40Fantastic.
00:48:42Whistle.
00:48:48Hey, you look really good out there.
00:48:50Hey, why don't we get a picture together?
00:48:52Sure.
00:48:54Hey, you look really good out there.
00:48:55Hey, why don't we get in a straight line
00:48:57and we can have some pictures taken
00:48:58and I can get your names, okay?
00:49:00Okay.
00:49:01Let's see how fast we can get in line.
00:49:02Come on, quickly.
00:49:03Straight line, let's go.
00:49:06Okay, and you are?
00:49:07Andrew Mason.
00:49:08Andrew Mason.
00:49:12Calvin Farnsworth, ma'am.
00:49:16All right, thank you.
00:49:17You're welcome.
00:49:19John Kilday, Jr.
00:49:24I'm sorry, could you repeat that, please?
00:49:26John Kilday.
00:49:29K-I-L-D-A-Y, Jr.
00:49:34Thank you, John.
00:49:37You wouldn't want to forget the junior.
00:49:44And you are?
00:49:46Henry Hink, St. Vincent's Authority.
00:49:49If you say so, sugar.
00:49:51Hey, you got a warrant?
00:50:03If you want to see me, sweetheart,
00:50:04I can save your skin.
00:50:06Right, just like you did with Celia.
00:50:08You stick your big nose...
00:50:09Hey, just shut up.
00:50:10Just shut your face.
00:50:15Celia was my friend
00:50:16and she was doing just fine
00:50:17until she got tangled up with you and your kid.
00:50:21What kid?
00:50:23Hey, come on, I know about your kid.
00:50:25I'm not talking about that nephew of yours in Miami either,
00:50:27so let's just stop with the games already, okay?
00:50:29Get out of here, okay?
00:50:30You just leave me alone.
00:50:31Tomorrow I'll prove to you I know.
00:50:32Just lay off of me.
00:50:33Cortino's coming.
00:50:34I don't want you here.
00:50:35Cortino, yes, I want to know about him too
00:50:37and about that ledger
00:50:38and all that junk he's shipping in here.
00:50:40He's due here any minute
00:50:41and I don't want you here, so get out.
00:50:43Why don't you want him to see me here with you, huh?
00:50:45How come you're afraid of me, huh?
00:50:46Tell me that.
00:50:48Get out.
00:50:49You know what?
00:50:50I bet you Cortino doesn't know about your real kid, does he?
00:50:53He thinks that nephew of yours in Miami is your boy.
00:50:56Baby, you got him snowed too, don't you?
00:50:58But why all the lies?
00:50:59Why all the pretense, huh?
00:51:03Just cool it.
00:51:04Just cool it.
00:51:06Now I'm going to do you a favor.
00:51:08You ever been to the city museum, huh?
00:51:10I didn't think so,
00:51:11but you be there tomorrow morning, you hear?
00:51:1310 a.m. sharp.
00:51:14We can make a deal and I'll open the door.
00:51:27What took you so long to open the door?
00:51:31Well, Mr. Cortino,
00:51:33never thought I'd be meeting up with you.
00:51:35Cop.
00:51:36So this is the lady who's been bothering you, huh?
00:51:40The one and only.
00:51:41Yeah, well, I'll see you.
00:51:42All right, go ahead, little big shot.
00:51:45Miss Barg and I have an engagement.
00:51:47Yeah, well, have a good time.
00:51:48Excuse me.
00:51:50I'll have Mr. Loomis take you to your car.
00:51:53You don't have to bother, really.
00:51:55Oh, no bother at all.
00:51:57Everywhere you go these days, degenerates.
00:52:01Good night.
00:52:03Yeah, good night.
00:52:08Come on, Shorty.
00:52:12Come on.
00:52:21Look, I told you, she forced her way in.
00:52:23What for?
00:52:24The damn ledger again.
00:52:26Oh, that's funny.
00:52:28Now, that is really funny.
00:52:30It's not funny.
00:52:31Now, cut that out.
00:52:33Oh, come on.
00:52:34Everything's going to be beautiful.
00:52:37Tomorrow's our big day.
00:52:43You're all right, aren't you?
00:53:06If you're carrying a concealed weapon, I'm obliged to take you in.
00:53:13Come on.
00:53:34This is pretty nice in here, isn't it?
00:53:36Did you look at this?
00:53:37What is this, teak?
00:53:38It's kind of nice, isn't it?
00:53:42Yeah.
00:54:12Come on.
00:54:13Come on.
00:54:14Come on.
00:54:40I'm obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used against you.
00:54:44You're under arrest.
00:54:53Are you sure those pictures are Helena Vargas' kid?
00:54:56A1 positive.
00:55:00Well, it's 10 after 10 and she hasn't shown yet.
00:55:04She will.
00:55:06That's one scared lady, believe me.
00:55:08She's scared to death of Cortino finding out anything about this kid.
00:55:12I suppose Cortino does know about both kids, which is which.
00:55:15Well, then you'd win our little bet, wouldn't you?
00:55:19You didn't mean that, didn't you?
00:55:21Didn't I?
00:55:42Hey, I thought this was between the two of us.
00:55:58Oh, this is my boss, Captain Reardon.
00:56:00Uh-uh.
00:56:01Hold on, darling.
00:56:03A present.
00:56:07So what's that?
00:56:09So take a look.
00:56:14So a kid, so what?
00:56:16That's not your kid?
00:56:18No, he's a stranger.
00:56:21Hey, look, you pig, I don't know what you're trying to do, but I don't know that kid.
00:56:29Uh-huh.
00:56:30His name is John Kilday, Jr.
00:56:32He resides at 550 Garden Drive, Rolling Hills.
00:56:36John Kilday, Jr.
00:57:07Hey, you've never seen him before, have you?
00:57:13Not since he was a baby.
00:57:17How come?
00:57:19You knew all about him.
00:57:21Where he...
00:57:22Um, if she saw him, she'd want him.
00:57:27Look, Miss Varga, the kid's name, address, dates, and the name of his real mother.
00:57:35Helena Varga.
00:57:37Now, you have some information that we want, Miss Varga.
00:57:40I don't know anything, nothing.
00:57:42Miss Varga, you see this envelope?
00:57:45It's addressed to Enzo Cortino.
00:57:49Now, there's a stamp on it, and it's ready to be mailed.
00:57:51Now, there's a mailbox right over there by the entrance.
00:57:54Now, what do you say?
00:57:55You feel like talking, or what?
00:57:57So you send him a picture, so what?
00:58:00So what?
00:58:01So what?
00:58:02You know, for years, you've been pretending to Cortino that your nephew in Miami is your real kid, right?
00:58:09Now, why is it so important to keep Cortino dumb about this kid?
00:58:13Why are you protecting him, hiding him from Cortino?
00:58:16Damn you!
00:58:17Now, wait a minute. It's not going to be that easy, Miss Varga.
00:58:20Now, we'll make a trade.
00:58:22The kid for the information.
00:58:25You wouldn't put that kid's life in danger. You wouldn't do that.
00:58:32Please.
00:58:47Okay.
00:58:49Casey?
00:58:55Casey!
00:58:57Casey!
00:58:59Casey!
00:59:13So, what do you want?
00:59:14You know what we want, Helena.
00:59:16Cortino's ledger.
00:59:18Oh, that's funny.
00:59:20Oh, come on, Miss Varga. Let's get to it, huh?
00:59:23Get to it.
00:59:24That's really funny, Mr. Reardon, because you are... you are with it.
00:59:29See, it's right here in the room with you.
00:59:31It's me, stupid, me.
00:59:37Here, I'll show you.
00:59:40Doors.
00:59:44Central Avenue and 300...
00:59:46Central Avenue and 236th Street.
00:59:5020-foot by 80-foot building.
00:59:52Plus basement.
00:59:55Suitable for women and children's wear.
00:59:58Call the police.
01:00:00Call the police.
01:00:02Call the police.
01:00:04Call the police.
01:00:06Call the police.
01:00:08Call 6571657.
01:00:11Floral Park.
01:00:13Renovate this solid 900-square-foot building yourself.
01:00:16Handyman's special.
01:00:20I'm Enzo Cortino's ledger.
01:00:23Well, what do you do?
01:00:26Miss Varga, I want to know how Cortino operates.
01:00:29When the next shipment comes in.
01:00:31How, why, everything.
01:00:34In exchange, immunity, protection all the way down the line.
01:00:39Come on, we'll talk about it as we're walking.
01:00:41No, first I want to see my kid.
01:00:44Well, we can arrange that.
01:00:45Now!
01:00:49Because later it won't matter, because I'll be dead.
01:00:53And I want to see him.
01:00:56Just once.
01:00:59And you don't get anything out of me until I do, I swear it.
01:01:05You know, for somebody in your business, you've got quite a problem.
01:01:09You've got feelings, girl.
01:01:11Yeah?
01:01:13What about you?
01:01:19You, uh...
01:01:23Saw him?
01:01:25My son?
01:01:27Yeah, just for a minute, though.
01:01:30He's a nice little boy, too.
01:01:34His old man was all right, I guess.
01:01:37I was just a baby.
01:01:41Cortino is, uh, pretty sure of you, isn't he?
01:01:45He was sure.
01:01:47My photographic memory became important.
01:01:50No one could steal a record.
01:01:52Nothing written.
01:01:54And to ensure my loyalty, he let me know Raymond's life would always be at stake.
01:01:58I had to convince him.
01:02:00And you kept up that game, knowing your nephew's life was on the line?
01:02:03I was crazy.
01:02:05I had to protect him. He had to be safe no matter what.
01:02:07I couldn't stop.
01:02:12Hey, does that vehicle look familiar to you?
01:02:18Turn off just in case.
01:02:20Right.
01:02:31Hey!
01:02:45Hey, they're really tailing us now.
01:02:47Yeah. We'd better head somewhere else.
01:03:00Let's go.
01:03:02Let's go.
01:03:04Boy, the friend that lent me this car is really gonna be shook up.
01:03:34Hey!
01:04:04Hey!
01:04:35You got a gun?
01:04:37Yeah.
01:05:05Whoa!
01:05:15Whoa!
01:05:34Whoa!
01:05:51Where are we going?
01:05:52I'm taking you to the hospital.
01:05:53Just hold on.
01:05:54I want to see him first.
01:05:55You're gonna see him, but right now.
01:05:56Right now is all I got.
01:05:58You take me to him or you don't get anything out of me.
01:06:04Whoa!
01:06:16Now, where's my baby, huh?
01:06:18Pretty soon, honey, pretty soon.
01:06:20They should be out here.
01:06:23Better be.
01:06:25I want him.
01:06:30Here they come.
01:06:31Here they are.
01:06:34Come on.
01:06:52Which one is he, huh?
01:06:53Which one?
01:06:54Do you see him over there?
01:06:55The one with the bow on him.
01:07:01Ellen!
01:07:05That's my kid.
01:07:09He's a nice boy, too.
01:07:22Hey, I'm getting you to the hospital right now.
01:07:24No.
01:07:26Give me that thing.
01:07:35Kyoto.
01:07:36Theater.
01:07:38Today.
01:07:42Movies.
01:07:44In films.
01:07:46In the film.
01:07:47The contacts, honey.
01:07:48The contacts.
01:07:50Seattle.
01:07:53Nikki Florence.
01:07:55Portland.
01:07:59Marvin Vargas.
01:08:01San Francisco.
01:08:04Mike D'Onofrio.
01:08:08San Diego.
01:08:16He's a nice kid, huh?
01:08:20The best of the best.
01:08:29Helena?
01:08:31Helena?
01:09:02Well, thank you for the prompt delivery.
01:09:04Always a pleasure.
01:09:31Come on.
01:09:33Come on.
01:10:01Yes?
01:10:02I understand you're showing porno movies here.
01:10:04Porno?
01:10:05I don't understand.
01:10:06Yeah, you understand.
01:10:07You understand.
01:10:08I'd like to take a look at your film.
01:10:22Come on, get out of the way.
01:10:26This how you do it?
01:10:33Very dirty movie.
01:10:55Everywhere you go these days.
01:10:57Degenerates.
01:10:58You ought to arrest Sugar.
01:11:01Thanks for the ride.
01:11:03Well, it was the least I could do.
01:11:05You didn't think I was going to put you in a cab and let you go home alone.
01:11:12Where's your key?
01:11:13Oh, I can manage.
01:11:15Well, there's no doubt about that.
01:11:17Oh-ho-ho.
01:11:19That's a good idea.
01:11:21I'll go get it.
01:11:22I'll go get it.
01:11:23I'll go get it.
01:11:24I'll go get it.
01:11:25I'll go get it.
01:11:26I'll go get it.
01:11:27I'll go get it.
01:11:28Oh-ho-ho.
01:11:30That's not a compliment.
01:11:32Yeah, as a matter of fact, it is.
01:11:35You did a very good job.
01:11:37The least I could do.
01:11:39Well, good night, Mr. Ridden.
01:11:41Good night.
01:11:42Well, now, wait a minute.
01:11:45I thought we'd have a nightcap.
01:11:49You know, it's been a rare day, and I am very tired.
01:11:53All I want to do is get in my tub, excuse me,
01:11:55and soak for about a week and a half.
01:12:00Well, I just thought that we'd have a little drink.
01:12:04Oh, did you now?
01:12:07If you remember, I won the bet.
01:12:09Okay, so why don't we celebrate by having a nightcap?
01:12:20Okay, then, but just one, and that's my limit.
01:12:25All right.
01:12:55All right.
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