Remington Steele S04E05
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00:00Remington Steele to see my dear friend, B.J. Sinclair.
00:05I make it a point to get acquainted with my business partners...
00:08before getting into bed with them.
00:14Where have you been for the last 36 hours?
00:17Do you happen to remember if I was with anyone?
00:19I've never been so insulted in my entire life.
00:22We're dead.
00:23What day is it?
00:24It was a nightmare, I can assure you.
00:27He's still my boss.
00:30I feel like I've come into the wrong reel of a movie.
01:27© BF-WATCH TV 2021
01:57© BF-WATCH TV 2021
02:13These client interviews tend to drag on a bit, Fred...
02:16so I'll call when I'm finished, okay? I'll see you later.
02:28Ah, good afternoon.
02:30Remington Steele.
02:32I have an appointment with B.J. Sinclair.
02:34Of course, sir.
02:39Mr. Steele.
02:41So glad you could make it.
02:43You're B.J. Sinclair?
02:45Disappointed?
02:46Uh, to the contrary, no.
02:48I just thought the founder of B.J. Sinclair Industries, uh, was...
02:52Was a man.
02:55Happens all the time.
02:57I should have known better, Miss Sinclair.
02:59Billy, you could make it up to me tonight.
03:02Shall we?
03:03We're going someplace?
03:05Mr. Steele, I make it a point to get acquainted with my business partners...
03:09before getting into bed with them.
03:12So to speak.
03:14Excellent practice.
03:16Now, we could spend the evening talking about my corporate security contract...
03:20in this big old house.
03:22Bit dry.
03:23Or we can, uh, discuss it while enjoying a night out...
03:26and getting to know each other as people.
03:29Far more personable.
03:32Yes.
03:39Now you can see why I didn't ask your associate, Miss Holdalong.
03:42Yes.
03:44Yes.
03:54I hope she wasn't offended.
03:57But I thought it might cramp things a bit.
04:00Oh, completely understandable.
04:02I merely suggested she come along to facilitate her on-the-job training.
04:06I'm sure once I explain things to Miss Hold,
04:09she'll be entirely sympathetic to your point of view.
04:12Well, then.
04:14Here's to the start of something special.
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05:19Oh.
05:31Yes, uh...
05:33Mr. Steele in, um...
05:35Mr. Steele in, uh...
05:37Yes, 1019.
05:39Quick question, operator.
05:41What hotel is this?
05:43The Rexford Palms, of course, yes.
05:45Superb hostelry, yes.
05:47Of course, keep up the good work.
05:49Good day. Bye-bye.
06:04Yes, Steele here again.
06:06Yes, uh...
06:08Another harmless query.
06:10What day is it?
06:13Sure?
06:15No, no, no, nothing's wrong.
06:17At these rates, I just wanted to make sure you were on your toes.
06:21Tell me, operator, just to confirm my records,
06:25when did I check in?
06:27Two days ago.
06:29And, uh...
06:31Do you happen to remember if I was with anyone?
06:34Ha! Stumped you at last.
06:36Nice try, anyway. Yes.
06:38Good day.
06:42Good day.
07:01Coming through, pal.
07:03There's been a slight misunderstanding.
07:05Move it or lose it, buddy.
07:07Mildred, what is this?
07:09Gone one full day and she redecorates without me?
07:11Oh, boss, thank God you're here.
07:13It's not true, is it?
07:15What happened to you?
07:17You can explain everything, right?
07:19Mildred, let's not overreact.
07:21We all miss a day of work now and then, but this is ridiculous.
07:24Miss Holt, it's been frantic, but she's got Reuben on it.
07:27I'm sure it'll be okay, right?
07:29Reuben's sauce went out of Tony. What's this got to do with him?
07:32Oh, boss, you're not well, are you?
07:34I'm fine, Mildred. You're the one that's not making any sense.
07:37Now, where's Miss Holt so we can get all this straightened out?
07:40Him? You know, him.
07:43Cranston? Cranston?
07:45Oh, we're finished.
07:48Oh, Miss Holt.
07:50Oh!
07:52You're all right. It's only been one day.
07:55Now we can finally get some answers. What?
07:57You're a mess. Huh?
07:59Are you sure you're all right? Yes, yes, I'm fine, but just...
08:02I've got Reuben checking the signature. I'm sure it's a phony.
08:04But when you tell him what happened, we'll get an injunction...
08:07What are you talking about? I feel like I'm coming at the wrong reel of a movie.
08:10Oh, we're doomed. We're finished.
08:12Mildred, this is no time to panic.
08:14Well, if this isn't, I don't know when is.
08:16Would someone kindly tell me what is...
08:18Coming through, pal.
08:20Would someone please tell me what in bloody hell is going on here?
08:23Easy with that, boys. That's a family treasure.
08:26I thought I recognized a familiar voice out here.
08:28Keeping bankers hours, huh, Steele?
08:30Just kidding.
08:32You go ahead and do whatever it is you do, just so long as we get results.
08:35Listen, when you've got them in, I'd like to see you in my office.
08:41New client?
08:43Hmm?
08:45We're dead.
08:47Dead.
08:49All right.
08:53You don't know that man. I never laid eyes on him before in my life.
08:56What the blazes is he doing in my office?
08:58And what the hell's happened to your office?
09:00What is going on here, Laura?
09:0236 hours.
09:05James Garner, Rod Taylor, MGM 1964, but that doesn't explain...
09:08Where have you been for the last 36 hours?
09:11At the Rexford Palms Hotel, apparently flat on my back.
09:14Laura, all I remember is that after my Wednesday afternoon appointment with B.J. Sinclair,
09:17it was suddenly Friday morning.
09:19Does the Colony Park Club ring any bells?
09:22Should it?
09:24Only to this degree.
09:26Two nights ago at the Colony Park Club,
09:28you got drunk, entered a high-stake poker game,
09:31and a hand worth a quarter of a million dollars
09:33put up the Remington Steele Agency as collateral.
09:36And lost to that man in there,
09:39Harry Cranston.
09:43And let me assure you folks
09:46that when it comes to investigating the Los Angeles transit system,
09:50Mr. Steele has no peer.
09:53Cranston, is it?
09:55Steele, I want you to meet the Ivalopindi family from Pakistan.
09:58Greatest group whiplash opportunity you've ever seen.
10:01This is Ahmed, Amara, Ghazala, Mumtaz, Salim.
10:05Charmed, I'm sure, but you and I have more important business to discuss, Cranston.
10:09Don't be so hasty, Steele.
10:11When the supermarket tabloids get wind of this,
10:13we're talking publicity like this agency has never seen before.
10:16I'm talking about business between you and me, mate.
10:18That's what I'm talking about.
10:20Mr. Steele, this is no way to start off a healthy relationship with our new employer.
10:24He's a bit nervous about the new arrangement.
10:27Justifiably, I suppose.
10:29But he's got to understand who's the boss around here.
10:32Now, Steele, I warned you.
10:34Could we discuss this outside?
10:36We'll be back in a minute, folks.
10:41Steele, I warned you before you signed that note.
10:43Wait a minute, pal, wait a minute. What note?
10:45Boy, when he ties one on, he really doesn't remember a thing, does he?
10:48The promissory note pledging the agency and all its assets.
10:51I told you to bet with your head, not with your heart.
10:54Oh, no, you were determined.
10:56Now, hey, I admire your spirit,
10:58and I will admit that my straight flush was pretty well hidden, but still...
11:01Laura, I don't know this man. I never played cards with this man.
11:04I never signed any note.
11:06Look, you take all the time you need to get over the shock, Steele.
11:08I owe you that much before working your tail off.
11:10Oh.
11:13Remington Steel Investigations.
11:15A division of Cranston Industries.
11:17Oh, I don't believe this is happening.
11:19For you, Mr. Cranston.
11:20Penthouse Magazine.
11:22What?
11:23Oh, don't be so naive, Miss Hall.
11:25Dirt.
11:26Dirty linen.
11:27That's the name of the investigative game today.
11:29You get a hot case, and it gets on the news wires,
11:31and you're gonna have clients pounding at that door.
11:34Now, I've got a Washington conspiracy case for you two to check out
11:37that'll make Watergate look like Mother Goose.
11:39And these magazine fellas are interested in exclusive rights to the story.
11:45A sleazebag and a liar,
11:47but a commendable grasp of marketing.
11:49Oh.
11:51You take it easy now, folks, and Mr. Steele will be in touch with you.
11:56Oh, Reuben.
11:58Thank heavens.
11:59Miss Hall.
12:00It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Steele.
12:02Thank you, Reuben, but the joy is wasted on me, old chap.
12:05Did you get the injunction?
12:06Well, not exactly, which is why...
12:08Not exactly.
12:09That man in there is the biggest fraud
12:11since Tony Curtis in The Great Imposter.
12:13Well, yes, but we have to prove it.
12:15You see, which is why I brought along Mr. Fairbanks here
12:17so that you could hear it from him.
12:19You see, at the moment, Mr. Steele,
12:21everything hinges on proving that the problem
12:23the promissory note you allegedly signed is a forgery.
12:26Reuben, of course it's a forgery!
12:28Yes.
12:30Well, Mr. Fairbanks...
12:32My name is Kenneth Fairbanks.
12:34I'm a handwriting expert
12:36whose work has been used in major forgery cases,
12:38too numerous to mention.
12:40A reference is available upon request.
12:42Ah.
12:43Well, not only have I examined this promissory note,
12:46but I have also shared said material
12:48and comparison signatures
12:50with two other eminent colleagues in my field.
12:53Reference is also available upon request.
12:55Our separate conclusions are the same.
12:57This signature is undeniably that of Mr. Steele.
13:00Impossible.
13:02Improbable, perhaps, but true, nonetheless.
13:04Uh, so you see, I'm a little stuck at the moment.
13:07Shush, shush, you've got to believe me.
13:09I didn't sign that note.
13:11I do.
13:12You do.
13:14Reuben, there has to be something you can do,
13:16a restraining order or something.
13:18Well, uh, I'm a little rusty in that whole area.
13:21Well, put it into gear, Buster.
13:23It's about time you started earning your retainer.
13:34You're the obvious victim of a very clever scam
13:37to put Winkus out of the agency.
13:39You thought that from the start?
13:41Of course.
13:43After all we've been through together,
13:45do you really think I'd believe
13:47you would stake Remington Steele Investigations,
13:50the major accomplishment of my life,
13:52the product of six years of hard work,
13:55as collateral in a card game?
13:57Would I ever think that you would be that reckless,
14:00that foolhardy, that stupid?
14:02Do I have to answer?
14:04Well, while Reuben tries to find a legal means
14:08to stop Cranston from turning our office
14:10into an adjunct of the scandal sheets,
14:13we have to figure out who's behind this,
14:15how they did it, and why.
14:17Laura, you've been remarkably calm about all this.
14:20Mr. Steele, when Cranston ended my life yesterday,
14:24I had one of two choices.
14:26I could believe in you and know there's a way out of this,
14:29or I could believe him,
14:31in which case I would have had to hunt you down,
14:34tear your heart out and scatter it to the four winds
14:37before jumping off the nearest available building myself.
14:40Good choice, eh?
14:46It had to be a drug on the champagne, Laura.
14:49Sounds likely.
14:51Unless I miss my guess,
14:53the seductive B.J. Sinclair will be long gone by now.
14:57How can you be so sure?
14:59North by Northwest.
15:01Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint,
15:03director by Alfred Hitchcock,
15:05director of the New York Times,
15:07director of the New York Times,
15:09director of the New York Times,
15:11director of the New York Times,
15:13Eva Marie Saint, director by Alfred Hitchcock, MGM, 1959.
15:17Grant returns to a mansion that was once full of spies,
15:21only to find it occupied by ordinary inhabitants.
15:24Let's see him.
15:31Yes?
15:33You remember me, don't you, James?
15:35Remington Steele, to see my dear friend B.J. Sinclair?
15:39I'm afraid Miss Sinclair isn't available.
15:41Really?
15:43Perhaps if you told Miss Sinclair that it's urgent.
15:45I'm sorry, you'll have to make an appointment
15:47when she returns from a ranch in Wyoming.
15:49Wyoming, is it?
15:51Just a moment, please. Just a moment.
15:53You're not permitted inside.
15:55I knew it. I knew it.
15:57She has flown the coop.
15:59Rogers, what's all the commotion?
16:01Miss Sinclair, I'm terribly sorry.
16:06You? So much for old Hitch.
16:09I barged in. I'm sorry.
16:11It's all right, Rogers. Take my bags.
16:13Yes, ma'am.
16:15I'll deal with Mr. Steele.
16:17I'm surprised you had the temerity to show your face.
16:21Miss Sinclair, I'm Laura Holt, Mr. Steele's associate, and I...
16:24You poor dear.
16:26Now let's just dispense with the pleasantries here.
16:28I want your explanation, and I want it now!
16:31My explanation?
16:33I've never been so insulted in my entire life.
16:36Insulted?
16:38Believe me, Miss Holt.
16:40I understand that some men have to prove their masculinity
16:42by drinking beyond their limits.
16:44Now wait just a bloody minute!
16:46Go on, Miss Sinclair. Tell me what happened.
16:49There's not much to tell.
16:51We went to the club.
16:53The Colony Park Club?
16:55Yes. And there's always a card game in the back room.
16:59Mr. Steele, a bit tipsy from the champagne,
17:02downed several drinks in quick succession
17:05and abandoned me, his host and client,
17:08in front of all my friends.
17:10And entered into the poker game.
17:12Yes.
17:14And when it was over,
17:16you dropped him off at the Rexford Palm Hotel.
17:19I most certainly did not.
17:21I was mortified by his behavior.
17:24I ordered my car immediately after Mr. Steele left me
17:27and returned home.
17:29I was playing cards with your friends, was I?
17:32My friends wouldn't play cards with a man in your condition.
17:35Sounds like quite an evening.
17:37It was a nightmare, I can assure you.
17:40Now if you'll excuse me, I have a plane to catch.
17:57She's good. She's very good.
18:00Fabrication, Laura, every word.
18:02But convincingly constructed to hold up in court.
18:05If we're going to beat these people,
18:07it has to be as Ruben says, with proof.
18:09How do we do that?
18:11By following up this fabrication until we find a flaw.
18:15Next stop.
18:23Look familiar?
18:25I'm the slightest.
18:27Good.
18:31Welcome back, Mr. Steele.
18:34Good to see you.
18:42She has cranced and left no palm unbuttered.
18:45Mr. Steele, good to see you again.
18:48And who is the lovely lady this evening?
18:50Laura Holt.
18:52A pleasure.
18:54The usual, sir? Moscow mule, ivory,
18:57Iced in a pewter mug with a sprig of mint?
19:00Excellent.
19:02And for the lady?
19:04Scotch. Straight up.
19:06This way, please.
19:08Flaw, you were saying, Laura?
19:10Look for a flaw, remember?
19:12Remington!
19:14Well, don't you remember me?
19:17Dolores, your good luck charm.
19:19He was so cute.
19:21He had me blowing his cards before every deal.
19:24What a guy.
19:26Isn't it beautiful?
19:28Remi gave it to me as a tip.
19:31Hey!
19:33In retrospect, I don't think he was that pleased with his service.
19:42Icy calm, Mr. Steele, remember?
19:44Laura, there's a time to be calm and a time to be totally unreasonable.
19:47Now's the time to be totally unreasonable.
19:49Thus far, we haven't been able to disprove any aspect of Cranston's story.
19:53We can't afford to get fired from our own agency.
19:56Our only chance is to stay close and see what his game is.
20:02Icy calm, Miss Holt. Icy calm.
20:09Can I help you?
20:11Who are you?
20:13I'm Miss Rubella, the new receptionist.
20:16Who, may I say, is calling?
20:18Where's Mildred?
20:20Crabbs? Just can't her.
20:22You what?
20:24Come on, guy. We're in the image business.
20:26Nobody wants to see an old battleaxe manning the phones.
20:28You! Ow!
20:30Icy calm, Laura! Icy calm, remember?
20:39Mildred! Oh, Mildred!
20:42Passionate woman.
20:44Take a memo.
20:46She's fired.
20:48Okay.
20:50Not a bright idea, Harry.
20:52How's that?
20:54Short-tempered though she may be, she's a very valuable asset.
20:56Part of the corporate worth.
20:58You wouldn't want to just throw that away, would you?
21:01All right, she gets a second chance.
21:03But talk to her.
21:05Oh, absolutely.
21:07Good to see you're getting back into the swing of things again, Steele.
21:09Oh, we're gonna get to know each other really well.
21:12You know that, Harry? I guarantee you, mate.
21:14Miss Rubella, bring your pad.
21:16Hey.
21:26Mildred, this whole mess is only temporary.
21:29Yeah? How can you be so sure?
21:31Because we're going to prove that it's all a scam.
21:34That Mr. Steele is innocent of everything they say.
21:37Uh, Miss Hope.
21:39Any progress, Reuben?
21:41Maybe. I have to file some papers with a judge downtown.
21:44But what I really need is for either you or Mr. Steele
21:47to help prepare the documentation beforehand.
21:49Friendly place for a meeting.
21:51Melvin Bell, I hear, is having a little trouble with his paperwork.
21:54I have to go with Reuben for an hour or so.
21:56While you were busy being icy calm,
21:58I got a lead on Cranston, an address.
22:00First things first. I'll call as soon as we're done.
22:02Come on, Reuben.
22:04Boss, I'm free.
22:07I guess it's my lucky day.
22:09Come on, Mildred.
22:12Uh-huh.
22:14Come on.
22:16Come on.
22:41Remind me to talk to Fred about the distinction
22:44between a soldier and an outright toady.
22:47Come on, Mildred.
22:49Let's go.
22:51Let's go.
23:13It's nice, but a bit impersonal.
23:16A trademark of a professional con man.
23:19No signpost leading to your past.
23:22I guess you should know.
23:24Mm, mm, mm.
23:48Not even a monogrammed handkerchief.
23:55Ah.
24:03Cranston's clever.
24:06But he's not perfect.
24:08Yeah.
24:10All this money.
24:12Three bogus passports.
24:14Albert Nims, Australia.
24:17Roy Parcell, England.
24:21And...
24:23Victor Belsky, Sweden.
24:26Holy cow, he's another you.
24:29Oh, kind of a former you.
24:32Mildred, why do I get the feeling
24:34you're not entirely behind me on this one?
24:36I'm behind you.
24:38Yes, and ready to shove at the next cliff, it appears.
24:41Okay, Chief, here it is.
24:43I've seen the kind of trouble you've put Miss Hole through.
24:46And I have watched her defend you
24:48when 99 out of 100 women wouldn't.
24:51And, well, I just hope you're worth it.
24:55So do I.
25:18So do I.
25:48Freeze!
25:50No sudden moves.
25:52You have the right to remain silent.
25:54If you give up the right to remain silent,
25:56anything you say can and will be...
25:58Gentlemen, you're making a big mistake.
26:00Ha ha ha ha!
26:02I'm sorry, sir.
26:04I'm sorry.
26:06I'm sorry.
26:08I'm sorry.
26:10I'm sorry.
26:12I'm sorry.
26:14I'm sorry.
26:16Ha ha ha ha!
26:18Keys? Norman Keys?
26:20Oh, I'm clutched, you remember, Steele.
26:22Vigilance insurance.
26:24Keys, will you explain to these gentlemen that...
26:26Explain what? That you didn't know
26:28your office was sitting on top of six million bucks
26:30in unset diamonds?
26:32Keys, listen!
26:34There's plenty of time for chats, Steele.
26:36Right now, I think these gentlemen
26:38would like a word with you first.
26:40Huh?
26:42Ha ha ha ha!
26:47Ha?
26:52You sure you want this on the record, Steele?
26:54Absolutely.
26:56You say this woman Dolores was wearing your I.D. bracelet...
26:58But you've never set foot in the club before...
27:00and you have no idea how she got here?
27:02Correct! I assume someone took it off me
27:04after I'd been drugged.
27:06Was this before or after...
27:08the six Pakistanis' group whiplash?
27:10Someone took it off me before the Pakistanis,
27:12but I didn't discover it was missing until after.
27:14Come on, Steele, it's a great story,
27:15but we're all a little tired hearing about poker games
27:18and office redecoration.
27:19Now, where are the goodies, the goodies?
27:21I'll do what I can for you.
27:22If you want your bloody diamonds,
27:23Keys, you really should be looking for Harry
27:25Cranston and B.J. Sinclair, or whoever they really are.
27:28Steele, I, uh, have some rather amusing reading here for you,
27:30based on the reports from my men.
27:32There is no waitress named Dolores
27:34at the Colony Park Club.
27:35The doorman doesn't know you.
27:37The waiters don't know you.
27:39Oh, that Rexford Palms Hotel, there's
27:41no record of you ever having stayed there.
27:43B.J. Sinclair says she never met you.
27:46The condominium address you gave us for Harry Cranston
27:50is vacant, and we can find no trace of a receptionist
27:53named Debbie Ribello.
27:55OK, I'm going to give you the rest of the night
27:58to think this over, and then I'm going to get me.
28:00Ah, Detective, come on, it's an obvious scam.
28:02You really should see North by Northwest.
28:04You'll realize that soon.
28:05For heaven's sake, where the hell have you been?
28:06Never mind, don't explain.
28:07Just give him the promissory note, will you?
28:09Well, you see, that's why I was late.
28:11My office was broken into.
28:14The note was stolen.
28:14No.
28:18Ah, you're a prized steal, you really are.
28:20You know, you almost had me fooled just now.
28:23One thing puzzles me, though.
28:24Why'd you come back?
28:25The safe was peeled, the stuff was gone.
28:27Were you afraid you left some clue behind?
28:29You needn't have bothered.
28:30Once they alerted me and I saw whose office was above the safe,
28:33I knew who pulled that job.
28:35I'm going to enjoy rubbing your nose in this someday, Keys.
28:38Yeah, don't hold your breath, Glamour Boy.
28:40This nose of mine has a sense of its own
28:42when it comes to knowing who's a crook and who isn't.
28:44And when it first picked up your scent, I knew.
28:46You're no private detective, and I'm going to prove it.
28:49You're wasting your time.
28:50Yeah, I'm going to find those diamonds.
28:52And then I'm going to tell a little story
28:53about the guy who stole them, a guy with five passports
28:57and a mysterioso past.
28:58And it'll be goodbye, Remington Steele, hello, Leavenworth.
29:03Rueben, you've been a brick.
29:06Huh.
29:08♪
29:20No offense, Mildred, but where's Miss Holt?
29:22She got an urgent call from Norman Keys.
29:24What could be more urgent than bailing me out of...
29:27I'm sorry, Mildred, I don't mean to take it out on you.
29:30Let's just pay the bail and get me out of here, shall we?
29:33Uh, boss, the diamonds they say you took,
29:36which I know you didn't,
29:37because you don't do that sort of thing anymore,
29:39are worth $6 million.
29:42So?
29:43So, they set your bail at $500,000.
29:46That's a lot of shekels.
29:47Are you saying I'm stuck in here?
29:49Just until we come up with something.
29:51I'm going to get you out of here.
29:53I'm going to get you out of here.
29:56Just until we come up with something.
29:59I brought you some good books.
30:01♪
30:12Miss Holt, glad you could make it
30:14in time for the unmasking of Remington Steel.
30:16In other words, you haven't found anything yet.
30:18We will.
30:19Got sent to Paris once, a diamond job.
30:21We knew the guy had this stuff stashed in his apartment,
30:24but we couldn't find it.
30:25Till finally I noticed
30:26the dining room light wasn't working.
30:29Check the light fixtures.
30:32And the switch plates.
30:34You wanted to see me?
30:36I'm here,
30:37though I thought it would just be the two of us.
30:39Miss Holt, I always thought you were an innocent dupe.
30:42I'm flattered.
30:44Back in Vegas,
30:45Steel pulled the wool over our eyes, remember?
30:47Now things are a bit different.
30:49He's still my boss.
30:52He's also a thief and a liar.
30:56What I mean is,
30:57you're too smart a cookie
30:58to let him do that to you again.
31:00You know, completely baffled
31:01by a guy in New Orleans once
31:02who stole some microchips,
31:03sat down in the middle of his apartment,
31:05stumped,
31:06got hungry.
31:08That was it.
31:11Check the refrigerator.
31:13You really get a kick out of this, don't you, Keys?
31:15It's my job.
31:16Now listen, honey,
31:17Steel is gonna do serious time.
31:19When the sentence comes down,
31:20you can look good or you can look bad,
31:21depending on how cooperative you've been.
31:24You help me wrap this up,
31:25and you'll...
31:26Thanks, but I think I'd rather
31:27take my chances with the jury.
31:29Bingo!
31:31Hey.
31:33This guy's a real connoisseur
31:35when it comes to cheese.
31:37Oh.
31:39I wonder what the jury will say about that.
31:42I'm with the Steel Investigations.
31:44Mildred, we're in trouble,
31:45and I need your help.
31:47Excuse me.
31:48May I borrow your sugar?
32:05I'll take that.
32:13Are you sure you don't want to use the cream?
32:16Mm-hmm.
32:17Norman Keyes?
32:19I know you.
32:20Milford Krebs.
32:23Las Vegas?
32:25The Murdoch affair.
32:27Oh, yeah, you work for, uh?
32:30Fry.
32:31Remington Steel.
32:33I used to, anyhow.
32:34Oh, that Fink.
32:36Who'd have thought it, huh?
32:39You must be on top of the world.
32:41Steel in jail on your picture and all the papers.
32:44Yeah, right.
32:46Do you mind if I join you?
32:50It's a free country.
32:53Well, here's to Remington Steel.
32:56Long may he swing in the breeze.
32:57Mm-hmm.
33:00You don't seem too happy for a Mountie who just got his man.
33:03I'm not in the man business.
33:04That's a cop's game.
33:06I'm in the recovery business.
33:08I read you got the diamonds, too.
33:10A few rocks worth a measly $200,000.
33:13There's still $5.8 million out there.
33:16Oh, well.
33:17I'm sure you'll find them in one of the boss's old hiding
33:20places.
33:21What hiding places?
33:22Don't know.
33:23It's just that he used to say he had a few places around town
33:25where he'd stash things for emergencies.
33:27You think he put the diamonds there?
33:29I don't know where else.
33:31Why don't you just follow him?
33:35You can't do that, can you?
33:37He's in jail.
33:39What if he wasn't in jail?
33:40Knowing Steel like I do, I'd say the minute
33:43he sees daylight, he'll cash out and make a run for it.
33:47Yeah.
33:48What are we talking about?
33:49This hole can't make bail.
33:50It's too high.
33:51But vigilance insurance can.
33:54What?
33:55Anonymously.
33:56Then I follow Steel, and when he goes for the diamonds, wham.
34:01Oh, geez.
34:03You are some shrewd operator.
34:08You know something, Mildred?
34:09For an old broad, you're OK.
34:10Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
34:12You're cute.
34:13Ha, ha, ha, ha.
34:46Yes?
34:48You're the butler?
34:50Yes.
34:51And you, madam?
34:53I'm Mrs. Vanderheusen.
34:55I had an appointment to see the house.
34:58Today?
34:59Well, I'm sure the agent called.
35:01Perhaps if you checked with who is it, Charles?
35:04Mrs. Vanderheusen to see the house.
35:10Hello.
35:12I'm sorry, dear, but I'm really not up to showing
35:14the house today.
35:15I just got back from Wyoming an hour ago.
35:19Oh.
35:21I stopped by yesterday.
35:22Perhaps I confused you with your daughter.
35:25I don't have any children.
35:27Huh.
35:29Beautiful young woman.
35:30Tall, blonde, lovely features.
35:34That sounds like Christy.
35:35Christy?
35:36Christy McCall from Excelsior Realty.
35:39She has a listing on the house.
35:41Lovely woman.
35:43And bright.
35:45Extremely bright.
35:46Ah.
35:58Never realized how much I miss the smog.
36:01You know, I've never heard of an anonymous bailer donor.
36:04I just don't get it.
36:06That seems to be a pattern with you, Reuben.
36:10I'm sure it's one of my many past clients
36:12who have trust in me.
36:13I think something's fishy here.
36:16Try and do something useful, Reuben, won't you?
36:26Let's go.
36:28You arranged bail?
36:30It was Mildred, actually, by way of vigilance insurance.
36:32I'll explain, but come on, get in.
36:36What are you doing?
36:37I'd like to talk for a moment.
36:39Considering the situation.
36:41Just a brief walk, come on, it's OK.
36:49I, uh, I missed you in jail.
36:53Well, didn't Mildred explain?
36:55We were there.
36:56Are you telling me that Laura Holt, the woman who can talk
36:58her way past anyone, couldn't find a way to reach me?
37:03Look, I mean, the police, you know, I mean,
37:05once they make up their minds.
37:06You didn't want to see me.
37:09That isn't true, I just.
37:10It is true.
37:13I can feel it.
37:19Something happened when you found out about the robbery,
37:21didn't it?
37:23You trust in me way, just a little bit, perhaps.
37:26No, it.
37:27Once a thief, always a thief.
37:30Isn't that what went through your mind, hmm?
37:34Laura?
37:38I, I didn't want to think it.
37:40It just happened.
37:42Tell me.
37:45Well, I know it's crazy, because I know I can trust you.
37:49Just tell me.
37:53You must admit, it's the perfect double con.
37:57You make me believe you've been set up.
37:58I work to get you out of it.
38:00And then once we prove you're innocent,
38:03you split with Cranston and the others, and then.
38:07And then?
38:08What?
38:13And then you go away.
38:18I thought so.
38:23I know I've put you through a lot.
38:27Perhaps I haven't told you often enough
38:28how glad I am we're together.
38:30Well, I'm telling you now.
38:34Oh.
38:38I'm not going anywhere, Laura.
38:41You better come up with something
38:42quick to get me off the hook.
38:57I've got a lead.
38:59I thought you might.
39:01The B.J. Sinclair that you met?
39:03Yes.
39:04Real name, Christy McCall?
39:05I've got her address.
39:06Uh-huh.
39:07You're very good at this.
39:09Ever thought of becoming a detective?
39:14You really want me along?
39:16You've earned the privilege, Mildred.
39:18I want to be sure you collect your share of the reward money.
39:32Maybe she skipped town already?
39:34No, somehow I don't think so.
39:37Uh-huh.
39:38There you go.
39:39Looks like this thought occurred to her, though.
39:49H.C. Harry Cranston.
39:50The initials on the briefcase.
39:52Looks like the gang's all here.
39:54Laura?
39:56Oh.
39:58Harry just ran out of aces.
40:00So did you, Steel.
40:01And you too, Miss Holt.
40:03Wrong choice, honey.
40:05Steel, I always thought you were too smart
40:06to add murder to your list.
40:08I'm not that smart.
40:09I'm a detective by trade.
40:11No, you're not.
40:12You're a thief.
40:13I'm a detective.
40:14You're a thief.
40:15You're a thief.
40:15Hey, you know, I'm a detective.
40:17You're a thief.
40:18You're a thief.
40:19You're a thief.
40:20You're a thief.
40:21You're a thief.
40:22You're a thief.
40:22You're a thief.
40:23You're a thief.
40:24to add murder to your list of crimes.
40:26Mildred, call the police.
40:28Go ahead, honey, it's all right, use the phone.
40:30You heard the man, Mildred.
40:32Use the phone.
40:41Now what, let's go.
40:41Come on, there we go.
40:43Good work, Mildred.
40:43Yeah, terrific.
40:44I just became an accessory to murder.
40:47All right.
40:55Oh.
41:00Squid.
41:01You don't want yours, Chief?
41:02Uh-huh.
41:03Oh.
41:05The way I figure it, Cranston brought Christy into this scam,
41:10and then she got a little greedy.
41:12So she terminates him as we're about to take off to parts
41:14unknown with the diamonds.
41:16Well, how do we track her?
41:25By going to the Marina Park Causeway
41:26and finding a boat called the Graceful Lady?
41:30I forgot the squid, Mildred.
41:31Come on, let's go.
41:32Wait a minute.
41:34Out the back.
41:35Out the back.
41:36Let's go, come on.
41:39Oh, my.
41:40Leave it, leave it, leave it, leave it, leave it.
41:41Come on, come on.
41:42Mildred.
41:43Mildred, Mildred, come on.
41:45Come on.
41:46It was lovely, thank you.
41:47Delightful as usual.
41:48The squid was a little mushy.
42:24Wait a minute.
42:25Here's something.
42:27Travel itinerary for Mr. And Mrs. Harry Cranston.
42:31Airplane reservations for two for the Cayman Islands.
42:34Leaving at 5 PM today.
42:36That's two hours from now.
42:42Christy McCall?
42:44First Cranston, now Christy.
42:46Who's left?
42:47I don't know, but I'll wager whoever it is is going
42:49to be on a plane in two hours.
42:55Oh, no.
43:14Hey!
43:24Hey, you want to make a fast 50?
43:34Get me on that boat.
43:54Get me on that boat.
44:24Get me on that boat.
44:54Let's go.
44:57Look, look.
45:00Mildred?
45:01Yeah?
45:01Alert airport security straight away.
45:03You got it.
45:06The Tebby Rebello.
45:09I don't believe it.
45:12You're going to love this one.
45:18Ruben Saltzman?
45:19Mm-hmm.
45:25Ruben, it's just going to be me and you.
45:29It's almost a comfort to know the man is not
45:31as incompetent as he appears.
45:33We better move before they get on the plane.
45:38Nice try, old chap, but this is as far as you go.
45:40Sorry to break in, Ms. Rebello.
45:42Let me go.
45:43Let me go.
45:44No, no.
45:45No.
45:46Oh, no.
45:47Oh, Ruben.
45:49All right, that's him.
45:51Excellent work, Norman.
45:52Congratulations.
45:54You've just broken one of the most brilliant diamond
45:56heists of the century, mate.
45:58What?
45:59Don't worry, Norman.
46:00I intend to give you full credit for tracking
46:02down cold-blooded killer and master jewel thief Ruben
46:05Saltzman and his femme fatale, Debbie Rebello.
46:08Their sir are your diamonds, and their sir
46:11is the man responsible for their absence.
46:13If you think you're going to get away with this, you're not.
46:16Absolutely right, Mr. Steele.
46:19Ruben broke down and confessed to everything.
46:22Nice picture of keys.
46:23Wouldn't you say?
46:25Outstanding.
46:26The curve of his lip really points
46:28up the man's inner humanity.
46:30I still can't believe it.
46:32Meek little Ruben, a chronic gambler?
46:34Yes, with a compulsion to bet on anything with four legs
46:38and an innate ability to finish dead last.
46:41OK, Ruben owed Cranston some money.
46:44Then what?
46:45Read the paper, Mildred.
46:47Ruben also represented the diamond exchange downstairs.
46:49He knew when the big deliveries were being made.
46:51So he hatched an elaborate scheme,
46:53sold it to Cranston, who knew a little bit about con games.
46:57Cranston roped in his girlfriend, Debbie Rebello,
46:59and her friend, Christy McCall.
47:02Ruben fell head over heels for Debbie,
47:05apparently the first girl to take off his glasses
47:07and look deep into his briefcase.
47:09And lust, fueled by greed, led to cross and double cross.
47:16OK, but one thing that wasn't in the papers.
47:18How did they forge your signature
47:19on the promissory note so that it fooled the experts?
47:24It was my signature.
47:26Wait a minute.
47:29Fly that by me again?
47:31Ruben was always in here with documents
47:33for Mr. Steele to sign.
47:34We figure one of those times, he just slipped in the note.
47:39Who reads those things anyway, Mildred?
47:42Boy, if you can't trust wimp lawyers anymore,
47:45who can you trust?
47:50Eh?
47:51Ha, ha.
47:53Well, Laura, now that the agency is ours again,
47:57what's the first order of business?
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