Our demands are simple, reasonable.
Basically, all we're asking for is more control over our own education.
Now, Protest Week starts next Saturday.
- That will be our deadline. - What have you got in mind, Billy?
Action, confrontation.
We'll get into those details next meeting.
Meanwhile, start talking things up.
- Right? - Really.
- Okay, that will be it for tonight. - Right on, sir.
- Take care. - Keep talking, all right?
- Yeah, I'll talk to you later. - Okay, good.
No, I'll see you later.
- Peck here. - Charlie.
This is Billy. Where's my money?
You'll get it when you deliver.
You ordered something special, you're gonna get it.
But I want a down payment tomorrow morning or I'll pull out of town.
Pay him the 5 grand tomorrow.
Charlie, this is dangerous.
You wanna be governor, don't you?
- Yeah, sure, I wanna be governor... - This is the only chance you've got.
If you're gonna get chicken-livered about it,
we can call the whole thing off right now.
You in or out?
In.
You drink too much.
Have him watched.
I don't think he's got the stomach for what's gonna happen next.
Good morning, Mr. Phelps.
This man, Boss Charles Peck,
has determined to elevate his puppet, Mayor Steve Tallman,
to the governorship of his state in the forthcoming election.
Peck's plan calls for creating an image of Tallman
as a strong man who knows how to deal with dissent,
in contrast to his opponent, the incumbent governor,
who is to be blamed for the violence which this young man,
professional provocateur Billy Walsh, will provoke.
Jim, this kind of disorder is severely damaging the prestige
and influence of the United States throughout the free world.
Your mission, should you decide to accept it,
is to prevent bloodshed and to destroy Charles Peck for good.
This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.
Good luck, Jim.
Peck's organisation is deeply involved with organised crime.
Tallman takes orders from Peck absolutely.
Now, most of the voters know that, so if there were an election tomorrow,
the incumbent governor, Frank Harper, would win.
That's why Peck decided to bring in Billy Walsh.
- And what's Walsh's plan, Jim? - We don't know, Doug.
- That's what Dana has to find out. - Is Walsh a student?
No, no, he's a paranoid dropout
who travels around the country provoking violence.
What about Tallman's police department? Where does it stand?
Except for Lieutenant Ross,
the police are on the level and they obey orders.
That's why your role is so important, Barney.
I spoke with the governor's office an hour ago.
We're all set, Jim.
I've got things all lined up at the hospital.
Good.
Dana, your mother.
Well, if I do my hair right, I might just get by with it.
But what if Tallman doesn't care?
Well, that doesn't make any difference,
as long as we make Peck think that he cares.
- How about the weapons, Doug? - All ready, Jim.
All right, there will be a confrontation. There's no way to avoid it.
What we have to do is to control the violence
so that we're the only ones in danger.
- What's the matter? - You ran a light, sir.
Can I see your registration and licence, please?
Yeah, sure.
I guess I must have left it at home.
All right, sir. Will you get out of the car, please?
Hey, now, look, I don't want any trouble.
Neither do we, sir.
- What's your name? - John Andrews.
Mr. Andrews, that's a lot of car. How do we know it belongs to you?
Because I'm telling you it's mine.
Turn around and put your hands on top of the car.
Better search it.
- You guys can't do this. - You got a licence for that gun?
- I told you, I left it... - I know, you left it at home.
Hold it.
Go ahead. Why don't you shoot?
We've been over it and over it. I'm not gonna tell you anything.
Look, let me make a long-distance call.
If my boss wants to talk to you, that's up to him.
All right, tell us who your boss is.
A gentleman named Sanford Michaels.
Yeah, and what's he do, besides collect war souvenirs?
Look, he isn't gonna want any publicity.
As a matter of fact, he might be talked into making quite a contribution
to your mayor's campaign fund.
Pig!
I'm here because the governor would like to avoid violence
if it's humanly possible.
Captain Davis, you're here because the governor announced
you were coming here as his special representative,
and I had no way of turning you down.
Frankly, we don't need you.
Chief Danby is perfectly capable of handling
whatever comes up during Protest Week.
Well, begging your pardon, Mayor Tallman,
I don't mind a little advice from an expert.
Thank you, chief.
First, gentlemen, let me show you the basic anti-riot uniform we recommend.
Fifty thousand dollars.
You're very generous, Mr. Michaels.
You would have gotten the money
whether or not this incident had occurred.
I like what your candidate stands for.
I also happen to know that you are the real power behind Mayor Tallman.
I exercise a certain amount of power myself.
Oh, really? What kind of power is that, Mr. Michaels?
Those weapons were going to friends of mine
who share our political philosophy.
I could put those friends at your disposal.
- Well... - I realise you don't need them now.
But perhaps another time.
Meantime, there is always this, isn't there?
How long are you going to be in town, Mr. Michaels?
I'll be here a few days.
I'm very interested to see how you handle this Protest Week
that's coming up.
I'd like to talk to you again.
- It'll be my pleasure. - Oh, my property...?
- It's already in your car. - Thank you, Mr. Peck.
Good day.
I'd like a complete rundown of a Mr. Sanford Michaels.
You can start with his bank back east.
Mayor Tallman, please. It's personal.
He'll talk to me. You tell him I've got a message from Elizabeth Wilson.
We believe in most cases the activists have been led to provoke the officers
because they believe them physically vulnerable.
- There's many things that we can do... - All right, put him on.
Well, this is Mayor Tallman. Who are you, what do you want?
I can't tell you over the phone.
- You had a message, now what is it? - In person.
Elizabeth Wilson wouldn't like it if I delivered it over the phone.
What are you talking about? Elizabeth Wilson?
217 Elm Street. Apartment 8.
Be there in an hour.
Wait.
I don't think we'll have any problems, Mayor Tallman.
Mr. Charles Peck. Lieutenant Ross, Captain Davis.
- Gentlemen. - How's Governor Harper?
Worried about Protest Week.
If he'd worry less and act more, we'd all be better off, wouldn't we?
That's a question of philosophy I don't care to get into, Mr. Peck.
I'm here to advise.
And the man who has the primary responsibility of keeping order
is very glad to have me.
He's already been a big help, Mr. Peck.
There's another thing, chief. These people are known provocateurs.
If they show up in town, I suggest you have them watched.
Excuse me, may I?
Do you know her, lieutenant?
No, I was just thinking, what a waste of a pretty girl.
What happens now? Rubber hoses or just plain fists?
Get out. You're free.
What?
You've been bailed out. Now move.
Hey, you.
Are you Kate Jarvis?
What if I am?
Don't be such a hard case, Kate. I'm on your side, get in.
- Why should I? - Because you owe me.
I bailed you out.
- Why? - Get in, we'll talk about it.
All right, what do you want?
I've got something to show you.
The finest hunting rifle in the world.
I can core an apple with it at half a mile.
Dynamite.
Plastique, vintage 1970.
You handle that thing very well.
- So what? - Where did you learn?
- Oh, you are some kind of a cop. - Don't be an idiot.
Why did you bring me here?
You're a good-looking chick.
Don't give me that.
Get lost.
Wait a second, I'm no cop. Kate, listen to me.
Things are gonna happen during Protest Week.
But these kids don't know anything about revolutionary tactics.
Without you and me, it's gonna end up them carrying signs around
hoping to make the last item on the 6:00 news.
What have you got in mind?
I'm gonna shoot me a pig.
Come in, mayor.
- Now, what's this all about? - Your daughter.
My daughter?
Yours and Elizabeth's.
Naturally, Walsh isn't planning on telling the others about killing the cop.
The idea is that when we get inside the dean's office,
Walsh booby-traps it.
Then when things get hot enough, he starts shooting.
Then he and I sneak away, leaving the gun and the kids behind.
And then when the cops charge, everything blows up,
including the supposed killer.
And you and Billy move on to the next confrontation.
- Yeah, that's the plan. - Beautiful.
The dean's office is out, Dana.
If we're going to keep people from getting hurt, the whole campus is out.
"Toronto, Canada, at Metropolitan Hospital." That's right.
"June the thir..."
The hospital wrote to me
that both mother and daughter died during childbirth.
The kid lived.
I arranged for them to let you think she was dead.
Why?
Grammar school diploma, Kate Wilson.
High school diploma, Kate Wilson.
Who are you?
My name is Jones. Richard Jones.
When you threw Elizabeth out because she was gonna have a kid,
she needed somebody.
That was me.
- Where did you meet her? - Canada.
I fell in love with her. I wanted to bring up her little girl.
Where is she now?
It's a funny coincidence. She's right here in town.
I came down here about a month ago.
I figured maybe I'd get back on my feet.
And she came to town and looked me up, came to see me.
And she decided to enrol in your college here.
You wanna see her?
Not particularly.
She's your daughter.
How much is this going to cost me?
Well...
Now that you mention it, I am a little short.
Oh, don't give me the innocent act. You know I'm running for governor.
You're blackmailing me. How much do you want?
Ten thousand dollars.
Hello. Oh, send him in.
- Michaels, pleasure to see you again. - Peck.
- May I offer you a drink? - No, thank you, I never touch it.
Well, what can I do for you?
I just read the press release
concerning Governor Harper's police representative and his philosophy.
Harper has to be defeated.
I stand ready to donate $1 million to your campaign.
Before I do, I want a head-to-head meeting with Tallman.
Perhaps you don't think I have the resources.
Oh, you have resources to burn.
We ran a very thorough financial check on you.
I'm just wondering why you wanna meet Tallman.
I want to be certain that he's worthy of us.
- Call me. - I will.
- Mr. Michaels. - Lieutenant.
- Money? - Maybe. What about Tallman?
Well, he spent about 20 minutes with a guy named Jones.
The manager says he's been living there for about a month.
- What does he do for a living? - Nothing that I can find out.
Keep your tail on the mayor and put one on Jones too.
Right.
The mayor got our dean and put his own man in
without giving us a chance to express our views.
Now, I don't understand
how putting a bunch of explosives in the dean's office
is gonna solve that problem.
You miss the whole point, Alec.
There's no other way to keep those pigs
from charging in there and throwing us out.
Are they gonna talk with us, holed up in there like that?
It's the only way they'll talk.
When we've got the strength to make them talk.
She's right. Now, we go with the explosives.
Anyone wants out, now's the time to get.
Listen, there's just one thing that bothers me.
The public's bored with campus riots.
Let's take it off the campus this time.
What are you talking about, Kate?
First day of Protest Week, Saturday morning.
We take over the mayor's office just like he took over the dean's office.
Listen, if we've got power, let's show it.
Nobody ever won a revolution yet in a dean's office.
I'm with Kate.
All right.
All right, it's the mayor's office.
- Is she here? - Any minute.
Well, there she is, Mayor Tallman. Your daughter, Kate.
Hi, Daddy.
Hello.
Hello. You're really capable of a lot of emotion.
You look like Elizabeth, but you don't sound very much like her.
Mayor Tallman, I really think you ought to give her a chance.
- I mean she hardly knows you. - Shut up, Dick.
What do you want?
Money, to keep quiet.
What are you staring at?
- Oh, man, this guy's... - Just a second, I know who you are.
I saw your picture in my office.
You're one of those student activists, aren't you?
You mean they're circulating my face now?
Oh, that's nice. Yeah, that's right.
Only I like revolutionary better than activist.
And we need money. Lots of it.
So you come across, or every stinking bit of this is going in the paper.
"Mayor's Illegitimate Daughter, Student Revolutionary."
Beautiful, isn't it?
Then we'll see how far you and your pig friend Charlie Peck get.
And what happens if I give you the money, do you get out of town?
Yep, that's right.
I go.
With that kind of money, I'll have plenty to do.
So long, Daddy.
Just make sure I never hear from either one of you again.
All right, put them up.
- You talked, didn't you? - You bet your life I talked.
They had enough charges trumped up against me
to put me away for 20 years.
Come on.
They would have been into you forever.
I don't think so.
The girl promised to get out of town for good.
Do you think her promises mean anything?
She's the one that told them to take over your office instead of the dean's.
And I told Billy that if she shows,
to make very certain that she gets blown up with the others.
Steve.
Got any more kids I ought to know about?
Lieutenant.
You said you'd let me go.
After the election, if you keep your mouth shut.
If not, you'll never get out.
Everything's ready for tomorrow.
Good. You hear anything from the girl?
No, but don't worry about her. If she shows up, I'll take care of her.
- We picked out your pig. - Oh, yeah? Who?
Captain Davis.
The governor's man who's been telling our police to be real nice.
Great.
Just great.
Yeah.
Yeah, send them in.
Mayor Tallman, this is Sanford Michaels.
- Delighted, Mr. Michaels. - Mr. Mayor, my pleasure.
That's a very generous offer, Mr. Michaels.
We certainly need all the help we can get.
Well, I'm always willing to spend money
for a cause that I truly believe in.
- Would you care for a cup of coffee? - Yes, thank you, I would.
Skip me, you two are getting on so well
I think I'll leave and let you get better acquainted.
- Give me a call, mayor. - Sure thing, Charlie.
Shirley, would you bring in two coffees, please.
My aim is to preserve everything that I hold most dear.
That's why I want you to know that you and Charles Peck,
whom I admire enormously, have my full and complete support.
Well, I have to be on my way.
- I've enjoyed it, Mr. Michaels. - Oh, indeed, indeed.
You know, I wonder why it is
that Charles Peck has never run for office on his own.
He's certainly capable of rendering great service.
He's always preferred to remain in the background.
So far, anyway. Well, thank you, Mr. Mayor.
- My pleasure. - Good day.
Hold it, mayor.
Don't get excited.
Just be quiet and you won't get hurt.
I don't understand.
Mayor Tallman, say hello to Mayor Tallman.
How are you, Mayor Tallman?
Very glad you could come this early, Mr. Peck.
Because frankly, I was quite deeply troubled
by my meeting with Mayor Tallman yesterday.
Oh, I thought you two were getting on very well.
Is that what he told you?
Then among his other shortcomings, he's also a very poor judge of people.
I found him soft, indecisive, he's a weakling.
- Hey, what's that for? - We might need it, go on.
You know what I'd like to see happen, Mr. Peck?
I'd like to see you pull Mayor Tallman out of the race for governor
and run yourself.
Well, that's not possible at this late date, Mr. Michaels.
Yes, but it is. There are still several weeks before election.
With my money, we could saturate the media.
You and I would make a great combination, Mr. Peck.
Well, I'm very flattered by your suggestion, Mr. Michaels,
but I don't think it's very practical.
Then I don't see how I can possibly support Mayor Tallman for governor.
Well, I think you underestimate Mayor Tallman's potential usefulness to us.
Excuse me.
Yes? Yes, just a moment.
It's your office.
Hello.
I'll be right there.
Some student revolutionaries have just taken over the mayor's office.
- I'd like to come along. - Be my guest.
Here they come.
Billy, Alec.
Hey, Kate. Where were you this morning?
Oh, the cops were looking for me. I sneaked in here last night.
You got a lot of nerve showing up here.
- What's the matter with you? - What's the matter?
You're a spy for the pigs, that's what's the matter.
I ought to shoot you right now.
Okay, move along. Move along.
Stand back, stand back.
Where were you all night?
What? Are we married?
The cops were looking for me, gonna take me in for breaking bail.
- The best thing to do was to hide out. - You're lying to me.
Alec, what's he on?
Hey, hey, Billy.
Hey, come on, what's wrong with you?
Okay. Maybe I made a mistake.
You stay in here with the others.
Okay, Billy.
I'm going across the hall.
Okay, move it along. Move it along.
Stand back. Come on, get back here.
Everybody off the street.
Let's break it up. Keep moving.
Everybody off the street now. Come on.
Keep your men back until we clear these explosives.
Right.
Let me through, please. Excuse me.
Keep moving, come on. Keep going.
Move it along. Stand back.
- Come on, get back. - Everything all right?
I'm waiting to hear.
This is Billy. Come in.
Yeah, Ross here. Everything okay?
Yeah, the explosives are all set to go.
They'll blow this place sky-high.
Oh, that Kate broad showed up.
- Where is she? - She's in the office with the others.
When it goes, she'll go. When do I shoot?
Now, let it build up a little, Billy. We'll tell you when.
- What are you gonna do? - Well, we're evaluating the situation.
They've planted explosives in the building.
They say if anyone enters, they're gonna blow it up.
It would serve them right.
I'm gonna try to get in around the rear of the building.
- But be careful. - All right.
Okay, move along. Move along.
Stand back, stand back.
Everybody off the street now, come on.
Charlie, Charlie, she called from inside the building.
Everything's gonna be all right. Now get a...
- She'll get killed. - Shut up.
- My daughter's in there. - I told you to shut up.
If your daughter's in there, Mayor Tallman, she'll get what she deserves.
Now, everybody listen to me.
We're not asking for trouble, you are.
All we wanna do is negotiate.
Send the mayor in.
If he lets us have a reasonable voice in selecting a new dean,
we'll give him back his office.
All we want is a man who will stop the cutbacks in educational funds,
who will end certain admission practises
that tend to keep out those who need education the most.
The mayor has provoked us.
This is our way of dramatising our case to the public.
We will stay in here as long as we have to.
So I repeat:
Come negotiate. Avoid violence.
- She's being so reasonable. - Are you crazy?
Crazy? Because I love my own daughter?
Because I want her to live?
You haven't quite destroyed me, Charlie.
There's enough left to wanna protect that girl.
- Steve. - We're through, Charlie.
From here on in, I'm my own man.
Come on out, I'm ready to negotiate.
I hereby revoke the appointment of the dean
until we've had a chance to study the situation.
There's no doubt that we acted prematurely
in making his appointment a permanent one.
I told you that man was untrustworthy.
If he knuckles under to those students,
not only is he through, but you're through too.
Now do you see why I said
you should be the candidate instead of him?
I may still be the candidate.
...Arrive at a new balance which recognizes
that young people do not have to be robots...
- Tell Billy to shoot the mayor. - What?
Tell him.
Billy, hit the mayor.
...In a spirit of mutual understanding,
not in a climate of fear and intimidation.
We'll appoint a student faculty committee.
We'll hear you out, and then arrive at a joint decision.
The only thing that we must rule out is violence.
Hold your fire.
Stand back. Come on, get back there.
You've had it, Billy.
I'm all right. It just grazed me.
Everybody go home.
You know who arranged this?
Charlie Peck. He did this.
He hired a man to provoke this entire protest
so we could come off as heroes.
I admit my guilt.
Let's go.
- I cleared the explosives. - Take him in for attempted murder.
You don't think I'm gonna face this alone, do you?
He hired me. Him and Peck.
Come on, let's get out of here.
I don't think I'd leave right now, Charlie.
Okay, move along, move along.
You saw what happened.
There isn't anyone who'd believe that wasn't you out there.
It's a frame, the whole thing's a frame.
Who would ever believe it?
You've been shot.
Just a scratch. You've got one too.
The anesthetic will wear off in a few minutes.
You'll barely feel it.
Everybody go home now. It's all over.
Let's break it up.
Mayor Tallman, I wanna make sure you understand.
We have enough against you in conspiracy charges
to put you away for ten years.
But the governor doesn't wanna prosecute.
Don't give me that.
Why did he set me up if he doesn't wanna put me away?
He wants Peck.
Testify against him, and you have your freedom.
Don't be a fool. You don't owe Charlie Peck anything.
He tried to kill you, remember?
All right, it's a deal.
What about my daughter?
She wasn't real either.
That bother you?
Everybody go home.