Do you have a 30 RPM tape recorder?
Good morning, Mr. Phelps.
The man you're looking at is
Lewis Parma who, by extortion, kidnapping and murder
is coming close to taking control of the food distribution
industry for the entire United States.
Using his control of food prices as leverage,
Parma is now moving towards
positions of power in other important areas
of business, labor and government.
Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it,
is to put Lewis Parma out of business.
As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught
or killed, the Secretary will disavow
any knowledge of your actions.
This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.
Good luck, Jim.
So far we can't possibly pin anything on Parma.
He runs a completely legitimate business.
Anything "irregular" is handled
by his assistant, Al Ross.
We're not after Ross.
No, he only passes along orders.
We're out to get Parma, and there's only one way to do it.
Parma does it for us.
Exactly.
Now first, we've got to get someone to talk.
Someone whose testimony could shake Parma up good.
And Parma's boys don't talk, that's his strength.
Well, that's right because in the past,
no matter what the circumstances or the charges,
Parma has always gotten them off.
Jim, in the face of that, how can we possibly convince
one of Parma's men that he's let him down?
When a man begins to doubt his own mind
you can make him believe almost anything, Cinnamon.
Dr. Loomis agrees that seeing the same faces
on different people will shake our man up very effectively.
Will Dr. Loomis be with us?
Yes, he's joining us at the warehouse.
Is that set, Willy?
Ready anytime.
Did you perfect the "choke-out" technique
that you're going to use?
Yes, it won't leave a mark.
Good. Rollin, am I in the produce business?
Yeah, Jim.
I made the deal with Leone's widow this morning.
How about the apartment, Cinnamon?
We can move in anytime.
Well, all we have to do now
is make Parma mad enough to kill me.
That part's easy, Jim.
What I'm worried about is how to keep you alive.
We don't know who the killer will be or how he will operate.
That's a lot of risk, Jim.
We don't have any choice.
We'll be able to control where he tries it and when.
Beyond that...
Oh Harper. Harper?
We've been all through this before.
You tell the mayor and his commission
that you've made your recommendations.
And then you tell them that I said no.
Aw, come on.
I can wring that town dry.
Inside of a week they won't be able to buy a pork chop,
a piece of bread or a stick of butter.
Maybe they'll understand that, huh?
Inside of an hour.
One hour... They'll accept my terms.
I'd bet on it.
Not with me, Lew.
All right,
there was a guy here in town,
a produce man. Leone.
Yeah, yeah, Leone.
I don't know, he kept wanting
to talk to the District Attorney.
He ain't going to talk to nobody.
I'm sorry to hear about that.
What happened to his business?
I'm going to see the new owner later on today.
Good. No point in wasting time.
Okay, as soon as we unload this,
I'll phone in the warehouse orders.
Got a nice little business.
Something I can do for you?
You Mr. Morgan? Yeah, I'm Morgan.
Can I sell you a few thousand tomatoes?
Maybe.
Fine, come on inside.
We can provide daily or weekly delivery service.
Got a cold storage facility.
Prices depend on the amount of business you do.
Yeah, well, uh... we're not exactly
in the market for produce right now.
Well, then, what do you want?
You ever hear of the American Food Cooperative?
Yeah, I heard of it.
Well, I'm the AFC representative in this area.
We'd like to sign you up.
Oh, we can do a lot for you.
We handle all your, uh,
collective bargaining problems, labor relations,
security.
What's that mean, "security"?
Well, there's a lot of vandalism and stealing in this area.
We take care of that, and, uh, we keep your prices up.
And what do you get out of all this?
Oh, we just take a small piece of your action, and, uh...
every now and then we suggest
who you can sell to and who you don't.
You don't really think you can make that
stinking old protection racket work, do you?
Now get out!
Hey!
Beat it!
I didn't like this stuff anyway, did you?
Hey!
When you're ready to sign, call us.
Rollin, we'd better get going.
I'm ready. Willy.
Yes, sir, can I help you?
Is that Parma's office? Yes.
You owe me $1,800 for damages and destroyed stock.
I'm here to collect it, is that clear?
Is that clear? Yes!
Fine.
Who the devil are you?
The name's Morgan.
Morgan Wholesale Produce.
Here's your receipt.
Now don't you ever try a stunt like that again, Parma,
because the next time I'll kill you.
What did he want? What happened?
You've got a job to do.
I want Morgan taken care of.
I want him dead.
And I mean now!
Yeah.
Yeah, I got you.
Okay.
Vic Duchell just got back in town last night.
You know where to reach him?
Yeah.
He's the best we've got.
Put him on it.
Victor Duchell.
D-U-C-H-E-L-L.
Last known address... Denby Apartments.
Five foot ten, 155 pounds,
brown hair, brown eyes,
and a small scar on his right cheek.
Cinnamon, tell Wilmington I want everything
they've got on him as soon as possible.
Is Rollin still following him?
He'll stay with him until he makes some kind of move.
Uh-huh.
Al Ross, please.
Al, Vic... Duchell.
Your problem will be taken care of tonight.
Right.
Rollin says Duchell cased the Morgan apartment very carefully.
Then he went out and bought a shotgun,
two boxes of shells for it, a box of .45 caliber ammunition,
a short length of pipe, several fittings and a broom.
Broom?
That's what I said... broom.
And what does all that add up to?
Jim, I'm convinced that if we can figure out the purpose
of the .45 ammunition, we've got our answer.
No way to use a .45 slug in a shotgun.
Unless...
Unless, of course, he's not going to use it
in a shotgun at all, Barney.
You can't buy just one bullet, can you?
No, I don't think you can. Well, that's it.
He bought a whole box, but he only needs one.
As a detonator.
Jim, it all adds up.
The shotgun, the broom...
The pipe fittings.
That's it.
He's making a rifle grenade.
Great, Hank. Thanks.
I'll meet you there in 20 minutes.
Jim, they have a closed-circuit unit
with projector in their shipping room.
Good. Mm-hmm. They'll let me have it.
You think that'll do it? Sure, Cinnamon.
It's just a smaller version of what you see in a theatre
when they televise an auto race or a fight.
How long do you need?
Can you give me an hour?
Call me when you're ready.
Willy, you follow them in by about ten minutes.
Then go wait for Duchell.
He's just leaving.
How's it look?
Just right.
Let's test the projector.
What's going on out here?
Aah, lousy food!
What's the sense in being able
to order anything you want if you...
if the food's so lousy you can't even eat it?!
What am I doing here?
He's at it again, huh?
Can I have a light?
What's going on here?
Eat your breakfast, Vic.
I want to find out what's going on here!
Now, you listen, punk,
and you listen good.
We're sick and tired of your phony amnesia.
The court psychiatrists
didn't buy it, the Governor's Clemency Secretary didn't buy
it, and we don't buy it.
Yeah, but...
Drop it!
That's better.
Makes it easier on all of us.
You want anything else, Truitt?
Yeah.
Pull the plug out of that clock.
There's nothing, not a line.
Are you sure Vic did the job?
I told you, I drove by Morgan's place a little while ago.
The whole apartment's blown out.
Then why hasn't Vic checked in?
Why is there nothing in the papers, huh?!
I don't know.
I'll check a later edition.
Wait a minute.
Pass the word around.
Anybody sees Vic, they get in touch right away, you hear?
Right away.
Then you're absolutely sure of the routine?
I've gone over every step of it with the prison doctor.
Duchell's file.
It's not good.
It's gonna be tougher than we thought.
Is there some trouble?
Mmm.
One mistake and we're out of business.
Duchell's been through all this before.
Parma got him pardoned
eight hours before his scheduled execution.
And he never talked.
Did you hear, you hear from the Governor?
Doesn't look like he's going to intervene, Joey.
But it's not time.
I mean, look at the clock.
It's not 10:00.
We know that, Joey.
Doc just wants to check you over, that's all.
Sit down, Joey.
Yeah, but it's... it's not time.
Unbutton your shirt, Joey.
Yeah.
Wait a minute. What are you doing?
Leave it, Joey.
It's okay.
Why?
It's necessary, Joey.
What... what for?
Oh, that's so...
that's so they'll know when my heart stops, huh?
So they'll know when I'm, I'm dead.
Guard.
That's so they'll know when I'm dead.
Look, why don't they kill you first?!
Why don't they kill you first, huh?!
I killed by accident, but you did it for money.
You did it for money.
Him first, not me!
Okay, but you'll have to make it fast.
I'll be out by 10:00.
I'm sorry, Vic, the State Supreme Court turned us down.
We never really had a chance.
It was unanimous.
Are you supposed to be my lawyer?
Oh, come on, Vic, cut it out.
It's no use anymore.
Look, I don't know what this is all about.
I don't know him, I don't know him,
I don't know you.
I figure I'm on death row,
but I don't know how I got here or why.
I never know whether to believe you.
I haven't known since the day I was appointed to defend you.
Appointed, by the court?
27 months ago.
Where's Parma? Why hasn't he been to see me?
Why hasn't he gotten me a real lawyer instead of a dame?
Come on, Vic, cut it out.
There's so little time.
Get Parma. I want to see him.
You've been saying that since the night you were arrested.
Parma says he doesn't know you.
Parma says he's never heard of you.
Now, it's right here in the testimony.
You've read it yourself a hundred times.
I want that shipment kept off the market
until we can move the price to $1.57.
I don't care how many investigations they start.
The public's got to eat.
They can't eat unless they buy from us.
That's all.
This explains why we haven't heard from Vic.
He's probably holed up somewhere.
Try to find him.
I want him out of the country.
The trial never happened.
I'd have remembered it.
Oh, it happened, Vic.
The trial, the appeal, the clemency hearings...
it all happened.
And you were there, just like you're here.
And just like you're gonna go through that door
at 11:00.
If you really can't remember,
I feel sorrier for you
than I've ever felt for anyone in my life.
Because if you've really lost your memory,
then even the Governor's offer of clemency won't save you.
What offer?
A life sentence in exchange
for sending Parma to the gas chamber.
Forget it.
No deal.
Well, I'm sorry, Vic.
I've done everything I can.
Sorry, Miss Hughes, you'll have to leave.
I understand, Warden.
Warden?
Where's Warden Kingman?
I know him.
Then you also know that he died last March, Vic.
Wait.
Now, you get Parma,
you tell him I've kept my mouth shut,
and I'm keeping my mouth shut,
but he's got to get me out of this.
It's no use, Vic.
You tell him.
And tell him there's not much time left.
Joseph Francis Truitt,
I hold here an order for you to be put to death
in the lethal gas chamber
of this state
on this date and at this time for the murder of
one, Mary Truitt, a human being.
It is now my duty to carry out that order.
Sit down, Joey.
Let's go.
No.
Please, no!
No! Help me!
Help me...!
Help me!
Warden.
Yes, Vic?
How much time?
About half an hour.
Warden, there's, uh, something wrong with my head.
I don't remember my trial or how I got here or anything.
You do remember killing that man and his wife.
Don't you, Vic?
The word's out.
I figure we'll turn up something before the end of the day.
Good.
I got a couple more jobs for you.
Yeah?
Lew?
Yeah.
This is Vic.
Vic.
Vic, where are you?
Dawson's Warehouse.
122nd and Townsand.
I'll send Al over to help you get out of town.
Don't.
Come yourself.
There's something I... I got to tell you.
All right.
I'll be there in about 35 minutes.
Did he buy it?
He bought it.
You're on.
Okay, but you have to make it fast.
Did you talk to Parma?
Well, did you talk to Parma?
Yes, I talked to Parma.
He said just what he's been saying
since you were arrested.
He says he's never heard of you.
Look, Vic, stop protecting him.
Take the governor's deal.
Tell him what you know about Parma.
Save yourself.
You're the only one who can.
You're wrong.
Parma's got something up his sleeve.
He's not going to let me walk in there.
I know it.
All right, Vic.
Have it your own way.
Guard.
Look, Vic, what does it take for you to realize
that Parma's just using you?
I mean, he couldn't care less what happens to you.
You'll see.
Stand up, please, Vic.
Victor Pietro Duchell,
I hold here an order for you to be put to death
in the lethal gas chamber of this state
on this date and at this time
for the murders of Lucien and Ellen Morgan,
two human beings.
I also hold here an order of executive clemency
signed by the governor, ordering a stay of execution
on the condition that you offer proof
of your willingness to provide evidence
that can be used in the prosecution
for numerous capital offenses of one Lewis George Parma.
Are you willing to do this at this time?
No.
Parma won't let me die.
You'll see.
Sit down, Vic.
Let's go.
Easy, Vic, easy.
Get Parma.
Get Lew Parma.
He can't let me die like this.
Get Parma!
Parma's gonna come and get me out of this.
Don't fight us, Vic.
Make it easy for all of us.
Make it easy? Why should I make it easy?
No!
No! No!
N...
I'll tell you, I'll tell you!
I'll tell you anything you want to know!
Anything you want to know!
I'll tell you anything you want to know!
Anything you want to know!
Oh!
Start talking.
Let me out of here, get me out of here!
Not till you tell me what I want to hear.
All right! All right!
I did seven jobs for Parma!
$2,500 a job.
The arrangements were always handled
by Al Ross!
The first was a wholesale...
wholesale... wholesale
poultry guy!
And then... there was, there was Frank Dayton.
He was the president of American Produce Association.
Parma... was in the room.
When Ross gave me that contract,
Parma said, "I don't want him to die easy."
And then there was... uh... Morris Lovell...
Interstate Produce.
And then a guy named David...
...Carlyle of Northwestern Packers.
And I, I killed them all for, for Parma.
That's enough!
I killed them all for Parma!
Shut up!
I killed them all for Parma. Vic!
And then...
...a guy named Lang
in San Francisco.
A guy named Phillips in Denver.
Find your way in there!
Kill him! Kill him!
Kill him!