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00:00Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy.
00:16And they were each assigned very hazardous duties.
00:22But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me.
00:26My name is Charlie.
02:00Charlie.
02:20Mr. Mallon.
02:22Your office safe has just been opened and some money taken.
02:25Have you called the police?
02:27I didn't think you'd want me to.
02:29She's my wife, Mr. Mallon.
02:31But what about Tina Mallon's background?
02:34She did some work as a bit actress, made about ten commercials.
02:37She worked a lot when she was available, but she hasn't worked since she's been married to Mallon.
02:41I checked her with the police departments. No arrests, not even any outstanding traffic tickets.
02:45What was the last you heard from Sabrina?
02:47She followed Mrs. Mallon to a beauty shop and then to an apartment store.
02:51Mrs. Mallon picked out a fur coat, signed for it, and took it with her when she left.
02:55Didn't even leave it to be monogrammed on the lining.
02:59Hold on a minute, Charlie.
03:01Yeah?
03:02Bosley, Mrs. Mallon just went into the poker palace.
03:06On her way here, she took her new fur coat to a pawn shop on Calvin Avenue, 862 West.
03:13She hocked it.
03:15What did the pawnbroker say?
03:17That Mrs. Mallon's a regular, like once a month for the last three months.
03:21She comes in here with a brand-new mink or a diamond ring.
03:24Why, she even came in with a Marquis Emerald.
03:26She goes in once a month?
03:28Second Tuesday of the month, like clockwork.
03:30Look, that's all I got for now.
03:33I'm gonna go in and watch her play cards.
03:35We'll come watch with you, Bree.
03:37That's a good idea.
03:39We watch for cheats from up here.
03:41The customers that know about it really appreciate the protection.
03:45Does she always play with the same three people?
03:48Ever since they started to come in here about five or six months ago.
03:53Same players, same table.
03:55Second Tuesday of the month.
03:57Okay.
04:14Have any idea how much money's in that game?
04:17That's none of our business.
04:19We just rent them the tables.
04:21So much a half hour.
04:23It looks rich to me.
04:26There comes my ground-leveled recon team.
04:39Excuse me, I saw the empty chair. Mind if I sit in?
04:42Sorry, pretty, that one's for a friend.
04:45I can be a friend.
04:47Two cards, please.
04:49Yeah, but this one has a mustache and drives a truck.
04:56Struck out.
04:59Maybe I'm not the world's best card player,
05:02but that lady, look at her.
05:04Tell me if the way she's playing makes sense to you.
05:18Did you see what she just did?
05:20She just raised and then she folded with three kings on the table.
05:24She folded with three kings in a five-card draw game.
05:28She's bananas.
05:31I can't believe it.
05:33Well, I watched her through a one-way glass ceiling.
05:36I saw her cards.
05:38She's a good player.
05:40She's so much better than I am that she won't even play a hand of gin with me.
05:44She remembers all the cards. She beats me every time.
05:47Does that sound like someone who raises and then tosses in three kings?
05:50No, it doesn't, but that's what she did.
05:53All right, all right. Then find out why she's gambling like this.
05:57Well, it might help, Mr. Mullen,
05:59if you could give us some personal details of your relationship.
06:02Personal?
06:06What can I tell you?
06:08I love her.
06:10I think she loves me.
06:12I know she loves me. She wouldn't do anything to hurt me.
06:19But she is.
06:24Yes, she is.
06:26So please,
06:29please find out why.
06:32What have we got on the other poker players Mrs. Mallon was playing with?
06:36I checked out the woman. Her name is Natty Samuels.
06:39She's married to Hugh Samuels. Now, he's another player at the table.
06:43The third player is Sidney Carver, a truck driver, L.A. to New York run.
06:47What about the Samuels couple?
06:49Well, they own a small boutique in Westwood,
06:52and he also works as a waiter in a French restaurant in Santa Monica.
06:55Considering Mrs. Mallon's losses, their financial situation makes no sense at all.
07:00The day after each game, they deposit only $1,000 to their account.
07:04Never more, never less.
07:06What about Carver, the truck driver?
07:08He deposits $1,000, too.
07:10What do you suppose happens to the rest of the money?
07:12We don't know.
07:14We have learned one thing that could tie Mrs. Mallon to Samuels and the truck driver.
07:18Mrs. Mallon was a dancer in the chorus line at...
07:21Mr. and Mrs. Samuels worked as a waiter and a waitress at...
07:25Sidney Carver makes weekly deliveries on Wednesdays to...
07:29The Versailles Hotel in Las Vegas.
07:31Which is the only person place to thing that they all four have in common.
07:34And if we were right in the beginning in thinking this was blackmail,
07:37the Versailles could be where it all started.
07:39If the blackmailer isn't one of the poker players, but somebody still at the Versailles,
07:44that explains what happens to the rest of the money Mrs. Mallon loses.
07:47Sid takes it to Vegas on his run and drops it off.
07:50Then you think the poker game is the way Mrs. Mallon pays her blackmail installments.
07:55Well, it's the only way her losing in those games makes any sense, Charlie.
07:59It also explains the Samuels and Sid only getting a thousand of their winnings as a cut as collectors.
08:05All right. That's the trail we have to follow.
08:08You'll all have to go up to Vegas.
08:10Only problem is we don't have any real lead once we get there.
08:14Charlie, we've got to talk to Mrs. Mallon.
08:16Without that, we could spend six months in Vegas and come back with nothing but a suntan.
08:20There's more than a lot of people to come back with.
08:23I'll call Mallon and tell him.
08:25And since we represent the insurance company that covers your husband, his office and his corporation,
08:32the investigation of the robbery fell to us.
08:35This is ridiculous.
08:37Mrs. Mallon, your fingerprints were found on the inside of your husband's safe.
08:42Why would I rob my own husband?
08:44That's the question that we're here to get the answer for, Mrs. Mallon.
08:47Why did you? We think you're being blackmailed.
08:50That's even more absurd, Mr. Bosley.
08:53Mrs. Mallon, we know about the monthly poker games at table nine at the Poker Palace.
08:58Poker's legal in that county.
09:00Yes, it is. But good players don't usually lose.
09:04And you're a good card player.
09:06Anyone could have a streak of bad luck. I did.
09:12Mrs. Mallon, your husband's account is worth more to us than the money you've taken so far.
09:18But not with a black cloud hanging over you.
09:21Unless you let us help you, we'll have no choice but to inform your husband, his company,
09:27and prosecute you for the $22,000 loss.
09:30You're blackmailing me, too.
09:34Someone...
09:37sent pictures of me in a hotel room taken five years ago in Las Vegas.
09:43And they told me to lose $30,000 a month every month at those poker games.
09:49I don't know who...
09:52Honestly, I don't know who's doing this to me.
09:55All right, okay. Look, I'm sorry.
09:59Mrs. Mallon, you know you'll have to tell us about those pictures.
10:13I was in a room...
10:18with a man...
10:21and the picture was of me.
10:25With a man.
10:28And the lights were out.
10:31I don't know how anybody could have taken those pictures.
10:39Look, I'm not copping out, okay?
10:42I did what I did.
10:45It's taken me months with a psychiatrist to be able to say that.
10:48I did what I did, but I was no tramp.
10:51It wasn't then, and I'm not now. I was alone.
10:54I was broke.
10:57I was up for a job in the chorus at the Versailles Hotel.
11:01The next opening was mine, but there was no opening.
11:05And every day passing is time.
11:08Time costs money.
11:10Well, mine just ran out.
11:13Anyway, a guy introduced me to a high roller...
11:19who was looking for company for the evening.
11:22I went.
11:25And the high roller made me an offer that I couldn't refuse.
11:32Now, scratch that. I could have refused, but I was too dumb to refuse.
11:39When the sun came up the next morning...
11:43I had $500 in my purse.
11:48And feeling so...
11:51so dirty, I couldn't wash it off.
11:55I took the next flight out.
11:57Mrs. Mallon, do you remember the name of the man who introduced you to the high roller?
12:03Cass Harper.
12:05He runs a showroom at the Versailles Hotel.
12:08I thought he was doing me a favor.
12:11A big favor.
12:14I remember every rotten detail.
12:17Even the room number.
12:208-6-2.
12:25Room 8-6-2. Cass Harper.
12:30Oh, my God.
12:45My parents are dead, and nobody else really much cares whether she's alive or dead.
12:50Money's almost gone.
12:53I don't know. In her place, maybe I could almost con myself into it.
12:59Let's hope none of us ever gets put in a position where we'd have to find out what we do.
13:05Where is Kelly in that other rental car?
13:08She is at the Versailles auditioning for the chorus line.
13:14Hope she has better luck with Cass Harper than Mrs. Mallon did.
13:20Hey, baby, I gotta tell you, you are a winner.
13:23You move like sheer silk in a summer breeze. You're out of sight, really. Do you know that?
13:27What? Do I have the job, Mr. Harper?
13:29Oh, no, it's Cass, sweetheart.
13:31I swear, if there was one, you'd have it.
13:33But you see, right now...
13:35Wait a minute.
13:37There's a chick, Sheila.
13:39Right. She's supposed to be getting married soon.
13:41I'll tell you what. Let me have a little talk with her.
13:44Sheila. Right. She's supposed to be getting married soon.
13:47I'll tell you what. Let me have a little talk with her.
13:49See if she's set a date yet.
13:51She goes, you're in. Is that fair?
13:54Can't ask for much more than that, can I?
13:57Baby, this town is full of beautiful broads who'd give an arm and a leg to have as much.
14:02Hey, they got looks, but they got nowhere near your talent.
14:06Now, you keep in touch. It's just a matter of time, you know?
14:10Meanwhile, what I'd want you to do is come down and see the show and check out the routines.
14:16You feel free to just come backstage and watch any time you want.
14:20Okay?
14:22Okay.
14:23I'll see you later.
14:33Excuse me, but you don't look dumb enough to believe that jive Cass was laying on you.
14:40You mean he was lying to me? There isn't a job that's opening up?
14:43Let's look at it this way.
14:45If there was and he offered it to you, I'd break your leg before you could take it.
14:49Look, if you think I have any interest in Mr. Harper...
14:52Just go crawl back into the woodwork, sweetums.
14:55There's nothing for you here. Nothing at all.
15:10Oh, Bosley, don't you think you put a little too much garlic in there?
15:14No advice, please. When I cook, I do it alone.
15:17If you eat that much garlic, you'll do everything alone.
15:20We'll all do everything alone.
15:21Do you really think I put in too much?
15:22Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
15:23Hey, Joe, you think if we lobbied in Washington, we could get garlic declared an endangered species?
15:31Boy, I could find my way here from downtown with my eyes closed.
15:36Nobody has to eat this, you know.
15:37Good!
15:38Now, now, if Bosley went out hunting and shot this whole garlic for our dinner, we mustn't tease him.
15:43Sorry, boss.
15:45Did you get to meet Cass Harper, Kelly?
15:47Oh, I met him. There was no way to avoid him.
15:49He slithered in, gave me the sugar baby honey pie routine, told me I had real talent...
15:55That there wasn't a job right now, but that the first one that opened up would be mine.
15:59He also said to be sure and come back.
16:01Uh-huh.
16:03We've been talking about this blackmail setup, Kelly,
16:06and it doesn't make sense that a blackmailer would want pictures of the chorus girls.
16:09I mean, they don't make any money.
16:11He'd want pictures of the men they were with.
16:13He just happened to luck out when Tina Mallon married a man with money.
16:17Jill, don't be such a female chauvinist.
16:19Why does a blackmailer have to be a man?
16:21Bet it is.
16:22Oh, so do I.
16:23But on principle, I resent the sexist presumption.
16:27Point well taken, Bosley.
16:29We apologize.
16:30Sorry.
16:31Accepted?
16:32Okay, okay, come on.
16:33It doesn't seem likely that the hotel management would go along with having their customers blackmailed.
16:38I mean, it's bad for business.
16:39Makes sense.
16:41Yeah, so what's our next move?
16:43Enter Will Thurman, Texas high roller.
17:02Howdy.
17:25My name is Will Thurman.
17:28That's my cashier's check for 50,000.
17:31This is my identification to prove I am who I say I am.
17:36I'd like a thousand dollars in chips, please, and then bank the rest in case I should need it later.
17:44Thank you.
18:02Well, look who decided not to do what she was told.
18:06Look, I need this job.
18:08Poor baby.
18:11I'll see you later.
18:13Hi, baby.
18:14Glad you could make it.
18:15How do you like the show so far?
18:16It's fantastic.
18:17I think I could learn all the routines in a couple of days.
18:20Oh, sure you can.
18:21A stage of myself.
18:22A little rehearsal, you'll be fantastic.
18:25Mr. Harper.
18:26Hiya, baby.
18:27Meet Kelly.
18:28Kelly, this is Elspeth.
18:29Hi.
18:30Uh, Mr. Harper, I have to talk to you.
18:31Oh, sure.
18:32Am I ever too busy for you?
18:36Uh, Mr. Harper, look, I am running out of money, and you did promise me a place.
18:41And I will.
18:42Just trust me, will you, babe?
18:44I gotta split.
18:45I'll catch you later.
18:49Can we talk, Elspeth?
18:51Yeah, sure.
18:53What about?
18:54Well, it's kind of important, so now's fine, but not here, okay?
18:58Come on.
18:59Sure.
19:00Cass is gonna get a shock if he ever tries to put me on the street.
19:04Wow.
19:05I've only known you two for, uh, ten minutes, and I've gone from thinking you were a couple
19:10of weirdos to telling him a whole life story.
19:15I guess I'm kind of at the end of my rope.
19:19I guess I, I really just need someone to talk to.
19:24We're good listeners.
19:29Okay.
19:33Present.
19:35I have got $34 in the bank, $11 in my wallet, and my rent's due Friday.
19:46Past.
19:49I got married when I was 18.
19:53It was very romantic.
19:56We, we ran away together.
19:59When I was 19, he put me in a little kind of short skirt and sent me out to the street.
20:09Then, for my 20th birthday, he sent me back into the street with a, a fat lip and a black eye
20:22and told me not to come back with anything less than a hundred bucks.
20:26Well, he's still waiting.
20:31Straightened myself up, took some singing lessons.
20:36Here I am.
20:38Wow.
20:40Sounds like you've gotten yourself together.
20:44Cass will find out how together I am if he ever tries to put me on the street.
20:51You know, you really are the same person.
20:56Whether you sell yourself for five bucks or a thousand, no one is ever going to buy or sell me anymore.
21:21Coming out.
21:22Place your bet.
21:24Seven.
21:25Front line.
21:26Winner, winner, winner.
21:27Play the line.
21:28Nine's a point.
21:29Ten.
21:30Winner, ten.
21:31Ten's a point.
21:32Ten's a winner.
21:33I'm coming in fielding every roll.
21:34Game easy.
21:35Bet it hard.
21:36I'm coming in fielding every roll.
21:38Place your bet, please.
21:39Eleven.
21:40Winner, eleven.
21:41Play the line.
21:42Place your bet.
21:43Same shooter.
21:44Coming out.
21:45Eight.
21:47Nowhere.
21:50Man, I think we got trouble.
21:52Really?
21:53What kind?
21:54There's a broad in here at one of the blackjack tables.
21:56She tried to crash our game at the Poker Palace.
21:58Yes, so?
21:59What makes her trouble?
22:00She's there saying she wants to play in our game, and she shows up here.
22:03That's not trouble.
22:04Come on, don't get paranoid, Sid.
22:06She's probably just a player.
22:07It's a coincidence.
22:08I mean, not that she's here, but that you'd remember her.
22:11You don't forget that kind of broad.
22:14Why don't you just buy her a drink and get acquainted?
22:16She's probably just crazy for you and followed you here.
22:20I'm telling you, Cass, bad vibes, man.
22:24Then why don't you just take the broad out in the desert and ice her, Sid?
22:30Maybe I should, just to be sure.
22:35Coming in fielding every roll.
22:43Shit.
23:14Seven.
23:26Coming in fielding every roll.
23:29Eleven.
23:35Eleven.
23:44Eleven.
23:50Taxi!
23:51Well, my dog Fred, Fred, is that you?
23:53Fred Hammond from Beaumont?
23:55Why, of course it is.
23:56What are you doing here in Las Vegas?
23:57You got the wrong guy, buddy.
23:58Oh, I get it, I get it.
23:59You don't want nobody knowing where you are.
24:01Well, I'll tell you who it is.
24:03Who am I going to tell?
24:04I ain't seen you in the last ten years.
24:05Look, I'm not your old buddy.
24:06You got the wrong guy, okay?
24:07Oh, now, come on.
24:08I'll tell you what I'll do, Fred.
24:09I'll buy you a drink, and then you can tell me why you don't want to say who you are.
24:12Hey, listen, man.
24:13I'm not Fred.
24:14I'm Sid, Sid Carver from Los Angeles, all right?
24:16Well, okay, then.
24:17I'm sorry, but that's no reason to get all head up about it.
24:19I'll tell you what I'm willing to do.
24:20I'll buy you a drink, no matter who you are.
24:25No, thanks.
24:26Okay, taxi.
24:29Thanks, Fred.
24:30Thanks, Fred.
24:40I know Sid Carver saw me when I tried to sit in on the card game at the Poker Palace.
24:44And you're not sure if he saw you, too?
24:47He might have.
24:48I don't think so.
24:49Well, it could have been nothing.
24:51I mean, he might not have recognized you and was just trying to pick her up.
24:54That has happened before.
24:57He never spoke to me in the casino.
24:59I wasn't even aware he was there.
25:01All right, then.
25:02On the chance that he is suspicious of you and he is at the casino tomorrow,
25:07we'll have to rework the plan so as you keep him away from the rest of us.
25:10Good.
25:11I wish I knew what you were all talking about.
25:14I'll explain it to you when I drive you home.
25:16Ah, which should be now, as I am very tired.
25:20It has been a long day.
25:23Listen, while I'm gone, you three can check out the electronic equipment.
25:29Right.
25:30Oh, sure.
25:37Well, are we three ready to check out the electronic equipment?
25:42I think Bosley was laying a little macho action on Elsbeth.
25:46Think he's interested in her?
25:47Oh, yeah.
25:48Sure wouldn't hurt.
25:49Well, let's see if we can find that electronic equipment.
25:52I wonder what it looks like.
25:55You see, our problem is we don't know what approach Cass uses
25:59to persuade a girl to play it cozy with a client.
26:04And then you'd be the client in this case.
26:07And then I would ask for a girl fitting Kelly's description.
26:12And I'll convince Cass then that Kelly would go along with all this.
26:18Right.
26:20And I get a ticket to L.A. and some walk-around money.
26:26That's really a lot to earn for doing nothing much.
26:30Listen, you're being there to give your okay to Kelly.
26:33That's already avoided us having to spend a couple of weeks on our build-up.
26:37I mean, on a pro-rata basis.
26:39We're getting away cheap.
26:41Well, I don't really agree, but I'm not about to argue.
26:45And with a couple of breaks,
26:47your part in this should all be over tomorrow night at the same time.
26:51With a couple of breaks, honey, I could be a big star on Broadway.
26:57I'm sorry.
26:59I didn't mean to be a wiseacre.
27:03You are being so nice, and I'm coming off flip and tough.
27:09I guess that's really what I am.
27:12Well, the front you put up is,
27:14inside, I don't think you're so tough.
27:18I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be personal.
27:20What do I know?
27:22It's all right. I don't mind.
27:25Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
27:28Bosley.
27:31Could you do me a favor?
27:33Sure, if I can.
27:36Could you kiss me goodnight?
27:38I mean, no one's ever kissed me goodnight at my front door,
27:42and I've always kind of... I've wondered what it was like.
28:05You know, the way I keep signing my name,
28:07I'm beginning to feel sorry for them movie stars signing autographs all the time.
28:12Well, there we go, Jackson.
28:14Let her rip.
28:15And what do you say I win a hand or two this time, huh?
28:20I'd like to see you win them all, Mr. Thurman.
28:23Oh, thank you, Jackson.
28:26Well, you know, meantime, could you fetch the waitress?
28:29I'm getting ready for a little drinking.
28:31Sure.
28:32Cocktails, BJ3, please.
28:36Oh, well, old Will's like a starting shape, hot dog.
28:41Tell you what we're gonna do, Jackson.
28:42We're just gonna double up and let her ride.
28:48Well, Mr. Thurman, I'm Cass Harper with the hotel.
28:51How do you do?
28:52This is Janine. Anything we can do for you?
28:54Well, howdy, Janine.
28:57Well, maybe just a little sipping whiskey on some shaved ice, thank you.
29:01You got that?
29:03So how's it going?
29:04Oh, it's getting better all the time.
29:06Good.
29:07The house would like to invite you and your lady to take in the dinner show on us.
29:11That is, if you have no other plans.
29:13Oh, I've got no plans, but I got no lady.
29:16Well, I know a young lady, a very nice young lady,
29:19who would be more than happy to share dinner with you if you'd like to arrange it.
29:24Well, any man that say no to a free meal on a lady companion is a fool.
29:29And my mama didn't raise up no fools.
29:31No fools.
29:33Well, then I'll arrange it.
29:34When you're ready to go in, just give the patron to your name and your table will be arranged.
29:39Well, I didn't realize that I'd lost enough to get the A1 treatment, old buddy.
29:44Well, I'm not sure whether you did or you didn't, but you might,
29:47and if you do, the house would like you to do it here rather than someplace else.
29:51Their mamas didn't raise up no fools either.
29:53Oh, I like that.
29:55Bless you for an honest man.
29:57Oh, by the way, that young lady, she wouldn't be just about so high and have long, dark hair, now, would she?
30:03Well, if she doesn't, she will by the time you see her.
30:07Good luck.
30:08Thank you, Mr. Kaz.
30:09He's a nice man.
30:12Oh, thank you, Janine.
30:14She's nice in everything.
30:17Oh, thank you.
30:25I think Kaz is here to find Basler's lady for the evening.
30:36Oh, terrific.
30:37He just got aced out.
30:39Evil.
30:40She does a little moonlighting.
30:42I heard some rumors.
30:44Oh, no.
30:45I gotta do something.
30:46I don't think Basler's up to that.
30:53You know, I've been thinking over what you said, and I've decided that you're the one who should pack it in, not me.
31:02Get lost, sweetums.
31:04You're telling me to get lost?
31:06I think you heard me correctly.
31:08Get away from me.
31:17Come on, now.
31:18What do you use for brains?
31:20You just lost 500, maybe 1,000.
31:22Stupid.
31:23I can go change.
31:24Right.
31:25Yeah, and then John's just gonna stand around and play a little solitaire while he waits for you, huh?
31:29Go home.
31:33I could use 500 or 1,000, Mr. Harper.
31:36And I'm not stupid.
31:38You're a pro?
31:40No, just a gifted amateur who's short of cash.
31:43If the bidding's open, I want in.
31:47You're not what the John Warren says, right?
31:49But I am.
31:50Or am I wrong?
31:52No.
31:53Do what he wants.
32:05Well, good.
32:06I thought I was gonna have a little company, Mr. Harper.
32:08Oh, she's on her way now.
32:10I thought I was gonna have a little company, Mr. Harper.
32:12Well, she's on her way now.
32:13If it turns out you two want to go someplace, have a private little chat.
32:17There you go.
32:18Well, speak of the lady, and like magic, here she is.
32:21Kelly.
32:22Kelly, I'd like you to meet Will.
32:24Will, howdy, Kelly.
32:25Now, you two kids, you just have a good time, you hear?
32:27Thank you.
32:28Thank you, Mr. Harper.
32:30Could I talk to you for just a second, Kelly, honey?
32:33Sure.
32:35Just a little sweet talk, Jackson.
32:38No problems.
32:39None I couldn't handle.
32:41Sabrina.
32:42Sabrina.
32:43Mr. Bosley.
32:45Cass just gave me the key to room 862.
32:48That's the same number that our client gave us, so it's gotta be rigged.
32:52We're on our way up there now.
32:57Sid still with you, Jill?
32:58Oh, yeah.
32:59Anyway, you can put him on ice for a while.
33:01He could pop up and mess things up.
33:03Sure, I think so.
33:10Man.
33:15Come on.
33:39Come on.
34:10Come on.
34:12Come on.
34:38Drop the gun.
34:41Drop it.
34:46Drop it.
34:48Kick it back to me.
34:51Okay, now reach in and lean on the horn.
35:08Oh, I'm so glad I've been here.
35:09I've never been this upset.
35:10This man was following me in the casino, and then he wrecked my car.
35:12It's not even my car.
35:13It's my roommate's car.
35:14I can't believe it happened to me.
35:15I don't know what to do.
35:16Here, take this thing.
35:17I just don't know what to do.
35:18I mean, nothing like this has ever happened to me before.
35:20I'm gonna go up to my room.
35:21I'll go to the police station tomorrow.
35:22Is that okay?
35:23You're very sweet to understand.
35:24He wrecked my roommate's car.
35:25What am I gonna tell my roommate?
35:27He's a crazy man.
35:28Good night, Sid.
35:41Oh, yes.
35:42Cozy.
35:43Mm-hmm.
35:47Hello, good-looking.
35:50Well, now, this is a real yahoo room, ain't it?
35:54But it ain't got you due, right?
35:56Oh, well, we aim to please, honey.
35:58Well, ma'am, do you know where I am?
36:00I am betwixt and between.
36:02I mean, here and there.
36:04Here and there.
36:05Here and there.
36:06Here and there.
36:07Here and there.
36:08Here and there.
36:09I mean, here we are, and I got this bitch to gamble.
36:14I mean, good feelings, like I couldn't roll anything but seven.
36:18Well, first thing's first.
36:20Let's go.
36:40Come on.
36:49Yeah, this one.
36:52Here, I'll go with this.
36:54This one.
37:09Now we know how the pictures are taken. Who takes them?
37:24Or at least what he looks like. I've seen him in the casino. I think he works with Odell.
37:29Well, he uses infrared film. It's an infrared light, right?
37:34Right.
37:35So he can get a shot whether the light is on or off in that room.
37:40And there's no doubt Cass Harper's behind it. He's our blackmailer.
37:45Let's get out of here.
37:47No, no, not all your books, Mr. Sharp. Just your showroom books.
38:07You see, I'm new with the State Auditing Department and they only allow non-tenure accountants to check limited records.
38:14If you want the showroom books, you get the showroom books. You want them brought here or you want to go to them?
38:19Well, whatever would be most convenient for you.
38:22Yeah, man.
38:24This is my executive assistant, Freddy.
38:27How do you do?
38:29Freddy, take this lady from the tax department to see Cass. She's here to see the showroom books.
38:33And Freddy, no dancing. Just show her the books.
38:37Thank you very much, Mr. Sharp.
38:39My pleasure.
38:40Now, anything you want, Freddy will get it for you. Food, coffee, anything she wants, Freddy.
38:44Just the books, that's all.
38:45Well, this isn't a bribe. I just don't want a lady to starve to death on my premises, that's all.
38:50Thanks again.
38:58But the frustrating thing is...
39:00What?
39:01We have enough evidence against Cass Harper to have him arrested for pandering.
39:04And he's still walking the street.
39:06If we called the police, we'd have cleaner streets.
39:08But we wouldn't have the blackmail evidence.
39:10And that's what we came here for.
39:12You know, there's more justice in what he's going to get than any three-month sentence he'd get for pandering.
39:17Yes, there is, isn't there?
39:23You're back so soon?
39:24Well, it didn't take long to find out what I found.
39:28You found something illegal?
39:31Well, yes and no.
39:32You see, theft is illegal.
39:35It's just not what I was sent here to look for.
39:38I mean, it's not tax fraud.
39:40What I found was that someone is stealing from you, Mr. Scharf.
39:45Someone is what?
39:46Stealing from you.
39:47Now, you see, this bill says 100 cases of champagne were delivered and paid for, right?
39:53The seller entry here says 75.
39:58Now, at $180 a case, 25 cases comes to $4,500.
40:02Now, all these other bills have the same discrepancy.
40:05All told, in just a few minutes, I have found that someone has stolen at least $29,000 from you and probably a great deal more.
40:13Now, if I were you, I would consult my own accountant and then I would notify the police.
40:22Miss, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this.
40:25Well?
40:26Now, you're never going to spend another nickel in this hotel as long as you live.
40:31You're a red line all the way.
40:33Again, not as a bribe.
40:35Raw gratitude.
40:36Yes, well, thank you very much, Mr. Scharf.
40:39Someone from our office should be by in about three weeks.
40:43That should give you time to clear this up.
40:45At least.
40:46Good day.
40:47Goodbye. Thank you.
40:51Freddie.
40:53What's wrong, man?
40:55Now, listen to me.
40:57Cass Harper is stealing from us.
41:02Now, you take these books down to Eddie and you tell him to go over them with a fine-tooth comb.
41:07Now, you check his entries against our bills.
41:10I know the punk is stealing from me. I just don't know how much.
41:13Now, stay with these books. Don't let them out of your sight.
41:15And when he finishes, you bring them back up here.
41:17Now, move.
41:22Okay.
41:28Sammy, I have a top-level employee I want watched for stealing, Cass Harper.
41:34No, no, just watched.
41:36Unless he gets wise and tries to run.
41:39What do you mean, start and when? Now!
41:42All right, 20 minutes. Just get somebody on it quick.
41:45All right.
41:48We got trouble, Max. He's stealing.
41:49You just slow down, Freddie.
41:51Give it to me so I can understand what you're saying.
41:53I'm saying Max is furious. He knows you've been ripping off the showroom.
41:56Now, look, I'm taking these books to Eddie now so we can check them.
41:59And that means you'd better get out quick.
42:01Hey, I never ripped off a quarter. I'm not that dumb.
42:04Doesn't matter you did or you didn't.
42:06You know him. Thorough like a scientist.
42:09Now, he gets a hold of you. How are you going to explain all that blackmail cash?
42:12Huh?
42:13You think he's going to love you if you tell him you've been using his hotel to set up suckers?
42:17Sucker, he'd break you in half.
42:19Well, maybe I can talk to him, explain it.
42:22That means you'd have to include me, Cass.
42:24No way. I'll kill you before I let you do that.
42:27Hey, you hold it just a minute.
42:28No. No more arguments.
42:30I'm here too long already.
42:32Run!
42:35Now!
42:41He's got three quarters of a mill in how many banks?
42:44Oh, Mr. Sharp?
42:46Hi, I'm Laurie from Luxury Limited.
42:48And I thought you might like to see Mr. Harper's new car.
42:51What new car?
42:53And I'm telling you that's not my car.
42:55Mr. Harper, a chick drove up in it.
42:57She showed me your owner's papers. It's your car.
42:59She took your old one and drove off.
43:01What can I tell you?
43:02It's crazy. It's just crazy.
43:04Such a crazy shit happened to me. A $50,000 car.
43:07I wonder how long he's going to argue about it.
43:10Not long. Kelly should have Mr. Sharp on the scene any second.
43:18Maybe you won it in a raffle.
43:20I didn't win it in a raffle. That's not my car.
43:27Harper!
43:32Hey, you! Come back here!
43:48This is Max. Meet Sammy.
43:51Sammy, where the hell are your guys? The punk's already running.
43:54All right, they got a phone in the car, so call him and tell him he took off.
43:58I don't know. Maybe he's gone to his place.
44:00I just don't want him to get away clean. You understand me?
44:03All right, let me know.
44:07There he comes.
44:09I'd be willing to bet a year's pay that every bit of blackmail evidence is in that attaché case.
44:15Are you ever going to find a sucker to take a bet like that?
44:19One can always hope.
44:35Uh-oh. Looks like somebody else is looking for gas.
44:46What are we going to do now? They're going to get to Cass before we do.
44:50Well, prudence would indicate we just follow both cars at a reasonable distance and wait for a break.
44:55Well, how much gas is really left in the Rolls?
44:58Five, maybe six miles. Just enough to get him right out in the middle of nowhere.
45:15Oh, shit.
45:45Let's hang back a little.
46:16We were told to take you for a little walk in the desert, Mr. Harper.
46:20Look, uh, I'm not a thief. I didn't steal from Mr. Scharf.
46:24Oh, we don't know any Mr. Scharf. We don't know anything about stealing.
46:28All we know is to take you for a walk in the desert.
46:31Look, I'm telling you, I'm not a thief. I'm a blackmailer.
46:34Now, look, I know Mac. He's a little mad because I used his hotel, but...
46:37We're talking now.
46:39Now, I'm not a thief. I'm a blackmailer.
46:41Now, look, I know Mac. He's a little mad because I used his hotel, but...
46:44We're talking, not walking. Now, we want to walk. Come on.
46:47Look, I'm telling you, I'm a blackmailer.
46:49Look, see this case? The case, it's full of pictures, see?
46:52Important people. I'll tell you what.
46:55Look, I'll make you guys a deal. You let me go and you take the whole thing.
46:59Come on, you can have the whole deal. You make yourselves rich.
47:01That would put us in the same trouble you're in now.
47:03Just take a look at what I got.
47:04Now, we're not here to look at dirty pictures. Come on.
47:09Let's go.
47:17Hello?
47:19Hey, you got car trouble?
47:21Now, you make a noise, Mr. Harper, you'll regret it, I promise you.
47:24Hey, fellas, can we help?
47:26No, thanks. A friend's a little sick. We're getting him some air.
47:29Well, I'm a nurse. Maybe I can help.
47:31Just a hangover, no big thing.
47:33Are you sure?
47:34I'm a doctor, lady, I'm sure. Thanks just the same.
47:38Okay.
47:41I got a half a million bucks. I'll give you half.
47:43No, thanks.
47:51Take it all, but please, leave me alone.
47:54Look, why don't you shut up, Mr. Harper? This is gonna be rough enough on you as it is.
48:00You know, I almost feel sorry for him.
48:03You what?
48:04I said almost.
48:06Wash your mouth out with soap, Bosley.
48:09Well, in the large, philosophic sense, he is our fellow man.
48:13Not mine!
48:22Yeah, and the addresses of all the other black male victims were in the attache case with the evidence.
48:29We called them and told them that the evidence had been destroyed.
48:34Look, I'm not sure that you'll approve, but I put the calls on Mr. Mallon's bill.
48:39Fine. Where are the angels?
48:42I'm not sure.
48:44They took Mrs. Mallon with them.
48:46Something about doing something that they felt as women they had to do.
48:54Hello, Kaz, baby. Good to see you.
48:58We've notified all your former black male victims that the evidence against them has been burned.
49:03And we told them who you are and where you are.
49:06And they just can't wait to come visit you.
49:08Remember all that money you squeezed from us?
49:11Won't do you any good now, Kaz.
49:13For once, a louse gets exactly what he deserves.
49:17So, we would like to leave you a little something to remember us by.
49:24Here we go. We'll make these good.
49:26Cheryl, this doesn't tickle.
49:28Be careful.
49:30It doesn't hurt, does it, Kelly?
49:32Kelly.
49:34Can I smell it?
49:56You