Here's what I fhink: Whatever thIs thIng is--
The thing?
The fhing fhaf you invenfed for fhe company.
- yes. - Bring a copy of it foo.
your sister gonna be there?
She's ouf for fhe count, but fhank you for asking.
Federal Bureau of lnvesfigation. May I direcf your call?
- Special Agent Pat McCune, please, - I'm sorry. Agenf McCune is nof In.
It's very important that I speak to her, Could you tell me how to contact her?
One moment, please.
- McCune. - Yes. I met you in the isIands,
In the islands.
I'm calling about the man in the islands, the fellow with the seaplane.
- The fellow wlth fhe seaplane? - That's right, yes.
- Is he the reason you were down there? - The fellow calls himself Julian Dell?
yes, that's right,
Give me your dafe of birfh.
- What? - You heard me.
December 10, 1960.
This fellow Dell, are you wlth him now?
All righf. I'm going to gIve you an address.
You meef me fhere. Do you have a pencll?
Um, yes,
Come by yourself. Don't falk fo this fellow between now and fhen.
- Cold, huh? - What? yeah,
Best thing to do for the cold: keep on moving.
Just keep walking, Mr, Ross.
Anybody following him?
My name is--
yeah, I know who you are. Ross, Joseph A,
D.O.B.: 12/10/60,
- Is that it? - That's it.
- What was your mother's maiden name? - Bainbridge,
Call up the car, What was her mother's maiden name?
- LavaI. - Get in the car, wouId you, Mr, Ross?
If they start moving, give me a shout. We'Il catch you when we're rolIing.
Gotcha.
A little walk in the park, Mr. Ross,
And then to deliver the plans to him.
To deliver the plans,
The plans were for a project with--
Hey, don't tel me, If it's secret, I don't want to know.
If our friend's after them, I'm assuming they're valuable.
They're very valuable.
All right, how much have you told this guy?
- I haven't told him anything, - How much have you told him?
- I haven't done anything illegal. - you're in a lot of trouble,
- I haven't done anything wrong. - Not from me, Mr, Ross, From him,
- From him? - But you have an advantage,
If he doesn't know that you know, What do you want to do?
- I want to heIp you catch him? - Uh-huh, yeah,
- Hurt your feelings, did he? - That's right,
- We're rolling. - Time to get to work. Where's the meet?
Plaza, Noon.
He's going to change it, Don't worry,
- Let's go. - How will I contact you?
No, we're gonna be watching you, Keep your sense of humor,
Come on,
- Hello, Joe. Jlmmy. - Jimmy, how are you?
Dld you go out lasf night? I was calllng you.
- yeah, I went to a movie. - What'd you see?
I--
Listen, Joe. Gotfa change the meetlng. The lawyer can't do noon.
- Can't do noon? - Make it af 10:00, can you?
- 10:00 a.m.? - And llsten.
Here's what he wanfs to do. Meef us In the park.
- In the park? - By fhe carousel.
- Why is that? - For secrecy, to profect yourself.
The carousel af 10:00, and brlng the process.
Bring the process,
- yeah? - We have if.
You are to meet af fhe carousel af 10:00.
Do what he said. Do everyfhing he said.
Buf meef us firsf af 9:30 at fhe Navy Founfain...
af 72nd Sfreet, CenfraI Park.
- Do you know It? - yes.
Navy Fountaln, Central Park, 9:30.
Would you point to your right like you're directing me somewhere?
Just point to your right.
Thank you, Now, wak under the arches, please, and up the steps,
Get in the room,
Just get in the room.
It's an interesting setup, Mr. Ross,
It is the oIdest confidence game on the books,
The Spanish prisoner.
So how far back it goes-- glory days of Spain,
- We're clear outside. - We're gonna have you wear a wire,
Fellow says him and his sister left a fortune in the home country.
He got out, The girl and the money got stuck in Spain,
I'm gonna put this transmitter on you, Mr. Ross,
Here is her most beautifuI portrait,
He needs money to get her and the fortune out.
The man who supplies the money gets the fortune and the girl,
Oldest con in the world, lntelligent people,
Play on their vanity and greed,
Interesting twist. How are we doing for time?
- We have a couple of minufes. - you sure you want to do this?
- Yes, I'm very sure, - All right.
Plug him in.
you're wearing a radio transmitter, Here is what we need,
He will ask you for the material. We need you to refuse to give it to him,
- To refuse? - you have to refuse. What's this?
It's the formula for a process.
This the real thing?
- your man said to bring it, - He told you to bring it?
He said to do whatever DeI told me to do.
I was just foIlowing his orders,
Well, he's all set.
How're we doing?
The important thing is to refuse when DelI asks you for it.
Why?
Because he will then either bribe or threaten you.
That's what we want on tape, and that's what he wilI have to answer for,
you've been after him a Iong time, That's why you were down in the islands.
This is a very bad actor, Mr. Ross,
We've been after him some time. We're very gratefuI for your heIp.
- Can we have the reading, please? - Will you speak, please?
Just speak normally,
- It's time. - We'll have you in sight all the time.
- Can we put a vest on him? - We're out of time,
There is very Iittle likeIihood of physicaI danger.
Should it start to break out, if there is shooting, do not move,
- What did I just teIl you? - Do not move,
- It's time to go. - We appreciate your heIp,
The transmitter's good for three hours, you wait untiI he offers you money,.,
or he threatens you, and then hand him the material,
Give him a word.
you get in trouble, just say the word "happiness."
- Say it. - Happiness.
That looks good.
You have reached a nonworking number.
Federal Bureau of lnvesfigatlon. This call is being recorded.
Please patch me through to Special Agent Pat McCune,
One momenf.
yeah, I'd Iike to speak to SpeciaI Agent Pat McCune,
This is Pat McCune.
Hello?
Can I help you?
And these were his living quarters?
Absolutely clean. Not a print anywhere.
It's a coat check room, Mr, Ross. t's not the office of anything.
It's a restaurant. Always has been.
Never been a club.
That's what I'm taIking about, What goes around comes around,
The photos of our frip.
And this fellow getting off the seaplane?
- Well, we joked about that. - What do you mean?
I said he was never on the seaplane.
That this fellow Mr. Dell was never on the seaplane?
- That's what we joked about, - you joked about it?
- yes. - And was he on the seaplane?
Well, I don't know if he was on the seaplane or not.
I just used it as an excuse to make conversation,
- To make conversation with Mr. Ross? - That's right,
Why? Are you having an affair with Mr. Ross?
What? What's--
Now, do we have any photographs in which we see this other man's face?
What's the matter? Has something happened to Mr, Ross?
Not that I know of.
But I wiIl have to ask you a few more questions about your trip,
- The company paid for the trip? - That's right,
And you've been working for the company how Iong?
A few months, But is Mr. Ross alI right?
As far as I know, he's fine.
But I don'f undersfand. The lieufenanf--
- This man didn't offer you anything. - I told you--
you purchased a first-class ticket for Susan Ricci, an office employee,
Paid cash, a total of--
- The money was from Mr, Lang, - George Lang, your colleague?
- He won at the casino and told me to-- - Give it to a charitable cause?
- That's right, - And you thought that meant a ticket?
Well, perhaps I was--
- you were what? - Showing off.
Showing off for the girI? Why?
I don't know, What does it matter? It wasn't my money, Ask George.
- Well, he's sick, right? - That's right,
Well, we'll have him in as soon as--
- Bought some clothes down there? - That's right,
In the town of St. Estéphe, Paid cash again.
Yes, I went to the hotel office and changed some traveIer's checks.
and, yes, I went into town and paid cash in a clothing store,
So Mr. Lang didn't give you that money too?
Why did you change the checks at the hoteI office?
Why not just use them at the clothing store? Why not?
- I don't know. - you don't know why you did that?
Spent a lot of money on clothes.
- I wanted to indulge myself, - Indulge yourself?
I did it reluctantly. you can ask Mr. Lang,
He's your attorney?
He's an attorney for the company, He's my friend.
- Why isn't he here? - Well, he's ill,
- He's gonna clear you of everything? - I've done nothing wrong,
- He has special knowledge of this case? - yes, he does. And when you see him--
you know, Mr. Ross, you're in a lot of trouble.
- I came to you! - And we're the Ieast of it,
I promise you, you can turn back the cIock right now,
Give your empoyer back what you took, if you have it, and I'll deal with you,
- But if we turn this over-- - What do you mean?
The feds won't deaI with you, you know? They'Il put you inside for aII days,
- What are you talking about? - I'm talking about unreported income.
- I don't understand, - I'm saying, when the IrS--
I have nothing to hide from the IrS,
- you purchased a first-cass ticket-- - I explained that. The ticket was--
- You got any undisclosed bank accounts? - What?
No gold, no foreign money?
I'm just a saIaried empIoyee,
No Swiss bank accounts?
No, I told you--
you've got at the Credit NationaI de Geneve.,.
a numbered account opened Iast week,
There's nothing in that account,
- Then what's it doing there? - It's just a joke.
Goddamn it, man, Won't you come clean?
Don't you know you're beat? It's over, It's all done,
I told you, look, Believe me, look.
The man is-- He's obviously--
you must have a file on him.
- Who? - Jimmy DelI,
you must have a record of him, He's a career criminal,
A record?
Where would we find such a record?
you want to give us a photograph, fingerprints?
- His fingerprints? - Something with his fingerprints,
Anything he touched. Anything?
Is that your signature?
yes.
Planning a trip to Venezuela?
Why would I go to Venezuela?
They have no extradition treaty with the United States,
I'm not going to Venezuela,
This is a request for political asylum from the Republic of Venezuela,
you just told me you signed it.
Now, Mr, Ross, if I toId you this story.,.
would you believe it?
I want a lawyer,
I wouId say so,
If the process is gone, if we've Iost it,.,
why, then, my family and I--
This is my retirement, Joe, This is what I've worked for.
I have nothing in the bank, If this goes--
Well, look,..
I brought this on myself, and I apologize,
If my actions drove you to this--
Mr. Klein, this is not the time, and it's really not required of you--
Be quiet, I'm going to finish this.
I'm asking you-- no, I'm pleading with you--
however you want to put it and whatever trouble you're in.,.
I swear I will help you,
I've paid your bail, I won't press charges,
I've asked that my charges be dropped.
But please bring it back to me,
Don't Iet it go to the Japanese,
Bring it back,
Thank you,
you'lI be back.
- Hey, George. - Yeah, Joe.
- I need to talk, - I'm nof well.
George, I need to talk to you, I know you're sick, but--
Yeah. The problem?
I need your help and your advice,
So come over.
yeah.
Get up,
I'm in the Iiving room,
Then I thought that perhaps I had done it,
But you haven't done it, What are you talking about?
My greed.
you've done nothing, Someone has singled you out,.,
to take advantage of you.
No, it has something to do with--
Who are you calling?
I'm calling in sick,
Please enter your securify I.D. number...
and fhe extension of fhe person you wish fo speak wifh...
or leave a message after fhe fone.
This is Susan Ricci, I've got the fIu, I won't be in today,
Well, you're always getting it wrong.
That's why they picked you, isn't it? you're the innocent, you're the victim,
I'm the Boy Scout,
Call it whatever you want, but we're gonna get out of it,
Now Iisten, Here's what we're going to do.
What?
That's just Mrs, Ramon. AlI right, now Iisten,
There's gotta be some record of this Mr, Dell, some record of his face,
There's gotta be something he left his fingerprints on.
- When we find that, the police-- - Security camera,
The hotel had a security camera. They save the tapes for insurance.
His face is on the videotape,
I have very littIe money.
Why don't you take this?
I don't have a passport.
Don't need a passport for St, Estéphe, you got a driver's Iicense?
I left my boody fingerprints all over the apartment,
Well, that's what happened then, isn't it?
And I'm the only one with a motive,
Well, let's clear it up then, Hey, what do you think?
Don't you doubt me for an instant?
- I don't doubt you, no. - Why?
Because I'm stuck on you. I beIieve we have a problem,
Good morning, ma'am, sir.
Scream at me,
Well, this is the end, you stupid mick!
Do you think wanted to go to your drunken family?
you call it a holiday? It's a disgrace!
It's 8:00 in the morning, you are drunk and you forgot the tickets!
- And you expect me to drive home-- - Could you please pull your car over?
I am not pulling the car over, I am not going to Toronto,.,
and I am not going anywhere but dump this disgrace at home!
Do you think it's all Irish and charming to behave this way?
you disgust me!
All right, keep moving out of the terminal.
you bet I'm gonna keep moving out of the terminal! Don't smiIe at me!
Let's go. Come on.
What is it?
They played me for such a fool, Such a fooI.
you know, you just had some bad training early on,
What do you mean?
Somebody screws around with you, you don't get morose.
you go out and get even with 'em,
Look, there's bad people in the world, you just ran into some of them,
How do I get to St, Estéphe now?
The traditional way, you fly.
They're looking for me at the airports.
Not gonna be Iooking for you in Boston.
- How do you know? - St. Paddy's Day in Boston.
Aren't gonna be looking too hard for much of anything.
- I don't have a ticket, - Then it's a good thing I do,
you just take everything in stride,
Next time be born ItaIian.
- That's the thing to do, - you thought of everything.
Ain't hard to do, I'm fond of you,
What?
Crikey!
The ticket,
When in Rome--
Oh, yes, Erin go bragh.
Thanks.
Come on, Joe.
PAC Air announces fhe departure of flighf 12 fo St. Estéphe.
- Get the tape, Come back safe. - All passengers...
- Let's clear this thing up, - please proceed fo Gate 5.
Listen--
I know you're innocent. Now you go prove it and come back to me,
- What will you do? - I'll worry about you,
Come on,
If you have your tickets, you may proceed directly through security,
- Excuse me, please, - yes, sir?
- Give it back! - Thanks,
you can have your book after you finish your brownie,
And I don't want your fingerprints all over it, That's enough.
- We'Il be here for an hour, - They won't be looking for you here.
Take the camera. Get a picture of the girI who played the princess,
- Can that help? - It can't hurt.
If you can think of any other thing, something he touched--
- Do you have your ticket? - Thank you.
yeah, sure,
- you see in the paper this morning? - That's why I won't go to New York,
you know, in the older days you didn't have to worry--
It is becoming more dangerous,
The statistics--
I toId you, you cannot have the book until you're finished with your brownie.
I want it!
- My book! - Thank you.
Oh, now, fine. you've torn it, you've torn your book!
you can move to the head of the line, if you'd Iike.
- Here, Iet me heIp you. - Thank you. Excuse me, Sorry,
Now that's it. you've torn your book, and I'm not getting you another one.
That's the last and finaI word about that.
- Right this way. - Excuse me,
you've torn your book, and I am not going to get you another one.
We'lI take the strolIer, ma'am,
We need to put Teddy through the machine. Thanks,
Thank you,
I really need you to do what we tell you to do,
You've got to start listening to me,
Sir, we need you to put your camera through.
Please proceed fo fhe internafional departure area beyond securlty gafes.
- Everything's fine. - My teddy bear!
- It's gonna be through any second, - Now, look!
- It's gonna be just fine, - you got your fingerprints on the book,
you've torn it, and you've got your fingerprints all over it!
Book, He left his fingerprints on it.
He left his fingerprints on the tennis book.
See, when I press the button, the bear will come right through,
There's nothing to be afraid of, Nothing in the world.
Here comes the bear now. What did I tell you?
Book. Tennis book. He Ieft his fingerprints on it,
What happened back there?
- There's prints on it. - What?
Dell must have left his prints on the torn tennis book,
WelI.,,
we'lI have to get back to New york and get it.
Well, indeed, we will.
What happened back there?
How did they get on to you back there? The alarms at the airport.
- I don't know. - No matter at aIl,
The important thing is to get you out of here,
Where are we going?
We'Il get into Boston. We'lI figure it out,
I'm gonna teIl you what, No matter. We'Il get to New york and get the book,
- What? - We're gonna call up,
We'Il get someone to take it to the cops, Who can we caIl?
I'm gonna call Klein, Right back,
- Traveling? - yes.
Ticket, please.
Sir, I'm afraid this boat doesn't go that far.
What?
you got a ticket here for Venezuela.
Why would you want to go there?
Because they have no extradition treaty,
Good.
- I got Mr. Klein on the phone. - Let's go, Come on,
- you okay? - I'm fine, You?
- yeah, you found him? - What?
- Mr, Klein, - yes, found him.
Good.
He left his fingerprints on the book.
So he wasn't that smart, was he?
Say that again.
Why woud someone do that?
Why would somebody go into a life of crime?
I don't know,
I think there are people we can't understand,
To steaI what others worked for?
To kilI?
We can't know, Joe,
Golly, Joe, I--
Oh.
Why?
Why? For the money.
What was the idea? I was to be shot at the airport?
Can I ask what you plan to do with me?
I don't know,
Something probably understanding, though, knowing you.
I suppose you think that makes me weak?
I'm just so sorry I can't be that generous,
And we come to the end of a perfect day.
Clang, clang, end of the line,
- What's he been telling you? - Sweet nothings,
- Well, shall we wrap it up? - So, how does it end?
Well, it appears you stole, you killed, you kidnapped her.
you did it alI for the money, and now, overcome with remorse,,.
you took your own life.
- What could be more appropriate? - And if I don't cooperate?
I'm afraid you have no choice.
Why?
Because money makes the mare go,
Nobody lives forever.
The important thing is to enjoy yourself.
KilI him.
When we have finished--
Please,
Didn't your mother have a dog named Paddy?
- What? - Didn't she have a dog named Paddy?
This must be a big day for you,
See if you can get him to tell you where the process is.
We need to know where the process is.
But you're doing fine.
Afraid we don't have too much time.
What'd you do with the process?
That's your Iast request?
yes, Could you grant me that?
We took the report,.,
and we sold it to Switzerland,
We put it on a CD-ROM,
I get a hundred miIIion in my bank account as soon as you're dead,
you don't have to do this.
I enjoy doing it, actually, But thank you for your concern,
Good-bye.
And now I suppose you'lI take the process to Japan?
United States Marshal Service, actually.
- Did you have to kilI him? - Didn't kilI him.
Stun gun. Fast-acting tranquilizer.
- Good shooting. - Stun gun? What if you missed?
Well, then it'd be back to the range for me.
The whoe thing was set up by your boss, Mr, Klein, to steaI the process.
He used you to steaI it and to get away with the crime,
There's only two keys to the safe, and he didn't want to take it,
Then you had to.
you've been watching the whole time?
your tax dollars at work,
I want to see everyone back at the office,
- Nobody looks at a Japanese tourist, - Yo, boss,
Can you help me? you're the Boy Scout.
Can I be your good deed for today?
Can't you help me, Joe?
I'm afraid you're gonna have to spend some time in your room,
Subs ripped by Ingolf 2004