Hi. Come on in.
Come on out.
Ooh.
You'll get all wet.
Yeah. That's right.
I think we ought to go inside.
I need the fresh air.
But the neighbors.
We're married. What's the crime?
Liking it so much.
Well, it's not really a party, darling.
Just a few people... Jack and Paula.
That's a quart of gin right there.
Well, we drink just as much at their house.
Oh, honey, we couldn't drink as much as they do
if we stayed home and that's all we did.
If we stayed home, that wouldn't be all we would do.
Well, that's all they do.
And that's why Paula drinks.
- Oh. Here. - For me?
Yeah, it's from your lawyer.
Jack.
Every time he comes here, he acts as though
he lost something down the front of your dress.
Somebody ought to teach him manners.
What's the matter?
Oh, I-it's about the stock my father left me.
What about it?
Well, they say the company
won't be paying a dividend this year.
How can they do that?
Well, I guess nobody told them
that that's what you live on.
Well, then, we'll have to go in our savings.
What savings?
Well, we have an account.
You know how much we got in it?
Enough for emergencies.
Enough to live one month the way we live here.
Then we'll have to sell some more stock.
You're not allowed to.
Since when?
Read your father's will.
You get in trouble,
then your husband's gonna have to take care of you.
But why would he do a foolish thing like that?
Ask your lawyer.
Well, we'll have to do something.
Just borrow something.
I mean, we have to have money.
What are you thinking about so hard?
A case we had today.
Oh, yes? Tell me.
Well, some guy caught his wife hustling in a whorehouse.
He hung her.
Oh. That's awful.
Um, did you catch him?
Not yet.
That's a terrible thing to do.
What he did or what she did?
Why, he must have been crazy,
but why would a woman do a thing like that?
Money.
My poor husband.
Corpses all day,
and then when you get home, money troubles.
I complain every day to the chaplain.
We don't lead such a terrible life.
No, Ma'am.
We lead a nice life.
Yeah. Nice, rich life.
We aren't rich. I mean, not really rich.
I didn't say we were rich. I said we lived rich.
Well, darling, if you're not happy...
I'm happy. Look, I got everything I want.
I got this beautiful home with the wife I want...
The job I want.
Swimming pool, three cars, two servants. I'm happy.
Well, does it bother you because it's my money?
I married you for your money.
We bought this house with your money, the cars.
We bought...
now the money's gonna stop.
No dividends, no money.
Then we'll just live on what you make.
Mm.
I make $9,200 a year. It just pays for the servants.
Then we'll just get rid of the servants.
Look, darling, I love you, and I want to be your wife.
What else can I say?
Remember where I lived when we first met?
Mm-hmm. I loved going there.
Would you love living there?
I love you.
Would you live there with me, though?
We won't have to. You'll see.
Joe.
He was just laid off, then he can't find another job,
and they are evicted and they move in here,
and it make him feel like he was ashamed, you know?
Like he was no more, you know, a man.
Mm. Well, she sure helped him with that feeling.
She didn't think he would find out.
She only did it for her little girl.
- Which one is theirs? - Aquella.
Que sacrificio hizo por su hijita.
Aah, you think she got pleasure out of what she did.
There's other ways, you know, to make a living.
You find them.
You be Mexican girl
who don't know how to speak English too good.
Uh, listen, do you mind if we take this with us?
- You'll get it back. - Oh, take it.
If you hear from your brother, give us a call.
For his sake. He's scared and he's running,
and, a man like that, he could make it worse for himself.
Worse?
Tell him if he turns himself in, they'll give him a break.
Considering what she did, he'll get a lot of sympathy.
¿Por qué no se van de aquí, eh?
¡Esta casa ya apesta sin la ayuda de la policia!
Sorry to bother you.
You know, Joe...
Once, just once, I'm going to walk in somewhere
and somebody's going to say, "a cop? You're a cop?
"Here to protect me, see I don't get killed?
"Sit down. Here. Have a cigar.
Thank you for risking your life for me."
That'll be the day.
Must be important. The brass is here.
All right. Where are you boys from?
Homicide, sir. They told us...
I told them.
Dr. Van Tilden here came home from playing golf
and found a prowler at his safe.
The man went at him, and the doctor shot him.
- Is that correct, doctor? - That's correct.
Well, I guess you don't need us.
Well, you're here. You might as well handle it.
Simple, routine. The body's upstairs.
We'll have it moved as soon as the coroner arrives.
You practice here, doctor?
Well, my office is on the ground floor.
- I live upstairs. - Alone?
I have a man who works for me. He lives over the garage.
Where was he when all this happened?
I don't practice on Wednesday. He has the day off.
You have a gun permit?
- I do. - Of course he does.
Excuse me.
Oh, uh, by the way, doctor,
nothing's been moved upstairs, right?
Everything's exactly as I found it.
Thank you.
I could use a drink.
Make him?
Yeah. Saw him in the lineup once.
Phil Kenny. Smalltime hood. Junkie.
He must have been after the stuff.
Well, he came to the wrong place for it.
A doctor's office?
The office is downstairs. What's he doing in the bedroom?
Maybe he wanted to take a nap.
- Hey, Joe. - Huh?
He's still breathing.
Well, not for long.
I'll go downtown with him. You handle things here, huh?
"Simple, routine."
The doctor's got connections.
You want him treated like any slob who killed somebody?
Anything in there?
No, it's empty.
Too bad he didn't know that.
Why up here?
He... he shot me.
He sure did.
What were you after, Kenny? There's nothing in that safe.
Money... In the safe.
Two bags.
He caught me.
He shot you.
Never saw so much money.
A million...
must be a... Million.
Two bags... Full.
There was no marks on the safe. How did you break it?
Combination.
Two bags full.
One for my master.
One for his dame.
None for the little boy...
- Hi, Joe. - Wolski.
How long did he last?
Halfway downtown.
Didn't figure him that far.
- He say anything? - Hmm?
Did he say anything before he kicked off?
No, he didn't say a thing.
I have no idea how he opened the safe.
I don't even know the combination myself.
Probably wasn't even locked.
Oh, I never use that safe.
It was in the house when I moved in.
Anything valuable, I keep in the office safe down here.
You mind if I take another look at it?
Thought the case was closed?
Well, it might give us a lead on other cases.
You see, certain safecrackers like certain types of safes,
and we have a lot of unsolved robberies downtown.
Kenny might have been involved in them.
Then, by all means, let's take a look.
Excuse me.
Yes, doctor.
Oh, just a minute.
Do you mind if I don't go with you?
I know the way.
Oh, yes, doctor, I saw Mrs. Potter yesterday.
In my opinion, she needs the operation.
Doctor thought you might need some help.
I understand you weren't here when all this happened.
- Where were you? - I went to the beach.
Mm. Did you have a good swim?
I don't go to swim. I just go to the beach.
That way, you can't drown, can you?
He was on the phone as soon as you left,
right to the inspector, who landed on me.
I thought that case was closed?
It is.
Then keep away from Van Tilden.
He's got friends don't want him bothered.
Yes, sir.
Besides, you got enough on your hands.
The Mexican who killed his wife in that cathouse. Remember?
He'll turn up.
Do me a favor. You turn him up.
Yes, sir.
Joe?
If you got evidence to keep the Van Tilden case open...
I don't care who his friends are.
We don't cover up for anyone.
- You find that humorous? - Uh, not me, sir.
There are people with influence and people without.
Some got connections... Others, all they got is the law.
We're the law.
Nobody's got connections here. Nobody.
Sure, captain.
And I'm old-fashioned.
I don't only think cops ought to be honest,
I think most of them are.
And I don't like rogues.
I don't like the way they louse up everyone else.
I find a rotten cop, he'll wish he was dead.
I'll crucify him.
You think the old man smells something?
What's there to smell?
He just doesn't like crooked cops, that's all.
- That simple, huh? - Some things are simple.
That Kenny was pretty simple,
thinking he could crack a safe in broad daylight,
especially when he wasn't no safecracker.
He cracked that one, all right.
He opened it. That ain't the same.
Since when are you so interested in, uh, safes?
It's my hobby.
Or didn't you know?
He won't show up just to see his kid.
He ain't that crazy.
He's got to know there'll be cops around.
We can't sit here all day. How would it look on a report?
We've got to show we've been doing something.
What do you want to do?
Well, we got to ask questions.
Who do you want to ask?
Who do you think?
I got a rule... No married ones.
When they're married, they're trouble.
What could I do? She begged me on her knees.
Your friend.
Did you know her husband?
What were his habits?
No, I don't mean that.
I mean, what did he like to do? Where did he like to go?
watch the television, play with the kid.
He was always taking her places.
What kind of places?
Everybody takes advantage.
Thanks for the coffee.
Yeah.
Asked all your questions?
All I could think of.
¿CuáI es Tu día libre?
Solamente trabajo de noche.
Why don't you save that for your lunch hour?
Well, I can't adjust my hours to suit the cook.
I'll get there as quick as I can, all right?
All right. Bye-bye.
Can I drop you off?
Uh, no, no, you go ahead. I haven't finished yet.
See you tomorrow.
See you.
You got a Mrs. Phil Kenny working here?
Over there.
Watch where you're going, mack.
- You owe me a drink. - Sorry.
I said you owe me a drink.
I said I was sorry.
Lay off. Cop.
So what?
Mrs. Kenny?
Rosie.
Hello, Joe.
You're Phil Kenny's wife?
Widow.
Yes.
I'm sorry about that.
Uh...
I've got to talk to you, Rosie.
About Phil?
For openers.
I got nothing to say to you, Joe,
about Phil or anything else.
Just tell me how you've been.
I've been around.
It's good to see you, Rosie.
Get away. Get out of here.
- Leave me alone. - Please.
Leave me alone!
What's the matter? You don't hear so good?
She said leave her alone.
Please.
Here.
It wasn't her fault.
How about my drink? Hey, cop!
That's exactly what I thought...
Oh, hello, darling. I didn't expect you.
Jack and I were just having a drink.
Would you like one?
I'll get it.
Uh, have you had your dinner?
- I'm not hungry. - But I'll fix it.
I'm not hungry.
Well, Paula's waiting for me.
I'd better leave. Thanks for the drink, Lisa.
Go ahead and finish it.
Jack came here to see you, darling.
Yes, I, uh... I got another ticket for speeding.
Third this month, actually.
They must be gunning for me.
It's not the money I mind, you know.
Can't spare the time.
You waste a whole day hanging around a courtroom.
Well, you're hanging around here.
Or don't you consider hanging around my wife a waste?
Joe.
I don't know what you're driving at, Joe.
I came here because I thought a friend and a neighbor...
Can fix a ticket for you.
- I can't see any reason... - Were you speeding?
- Yes, but... - Plead guilty.
I'll see you don't get the chair.
And next time you come here, bring your wife, huh?
Well, she... she had a few things to do around the house.
Wait until she's finished.
I never would have dreamed.
An honest cop.
Are you proud of yourself?
He's lucky I didn't break his back.
Who do you think you are?
Just because you wear a badge,
you think you have the right to barge in here?
I don't like him trying to make out with my wife!
- He came to see you! - Oh, in a pig's ear.
All right, then. I invited him.
When I knew that you'd be late, I called him up
just for a little fun and games.
Is that what you want to hear?
I don't want to hear anything.
No, you want a confession.
I'm tired of you playing cop. This is a ring, not a handcuff.
If I want to have a drink, I have a drink.
Not with him!
With whomever I want!
You married me. You didn't buy me.
I couldn't afford it.
You can't afford it now.
Now, what the hell does that mean?
You don't own me, Joe.
You can't even support me!
You moved back to the neighborhood, huh?
My sister got me this place.
Yeah. Some things never change, huh?
You know, the smart ones, they grow up, move away.
Hey, whatever happened to that fat kid?
Uh, what was it? Fa... fat, fat the, uh, water rat.
Eddie Baggett.
Last I heard of him, he was doing 5 to 10 years
for armed robbery.
Is that all you remember about this place...
where Eddie Baggett lived?
Why? Somebody else live here or what?
This was the place...
Where we...
On the roof.
I remember.
You remember?
It was the first time for me.
I know.
You acted like you just discovered America.
You did, too.
I thought I had.
Come on, Columbus. I'll make some coffee.
I was a lush when I met Kenny.
He took me in, took care of me.
He took care of me and I took care of him.
He didn't deserve what happened.
Well, he should have stayed away from safes.
What did he need the money for... junk?
I guess he must have.
Now it's your turn.
Tell me about your wife.
Well, she's a wife.
I hear she's beautiful.
And rich.
I don't know about her being rich.
Well, you didn't buy that suit on what a cop makes.
I always liked good clothes.
You know, I used to buy $100 suits even when I was a kid.
You remember.
What are you so touchy about?
Who told you my wife was rich?
Mr. Klein in the candy store.
He keeps track of who makes good in the neighborhood.
Right now, it's you and Davy Perez.
- You mean the fighter? - Mm-hmm.
He's a bum.
Even I can whip Davy Perez.
You were always a good fighter.
You remember the guy you beat up because of me?
That wasn't because of you.
Why else would you beat him up?
You didn't even know him.
He was making remarks.
- About me. - What'd you expect?
You were wearing a dress cut right down to your...
You didn't like that dress, did you?
Oh, that dress got me into more damn fights, I tell you.
Is that why you could never wait to get it off me?
You got company.
Uh, it's kids.
That's the downstairs bell.
They... they... they ring all the bells and run away.
Y-you know kids.
Shall I go down?
No.
They'll go away.
See?
Since when are you scared of kids?
I'm a little nervous. That's all.
Since Kenny got killed.
You think somebody's gonna try to kill you, right?
Well, not as long as I stay away from safes.
What was in that safe, Rosie?
What's in a safe... money.
Kenny tell you that?
He never told me anything.
He didn't tell me, and I didn't ask.
Well, when we got there, that safe was empty.
Well, that's Kenny for you.
Trust him to get killed for nothing.
What are you scared of, Rosie?
My name's Rosalie.
You're the only one I ever let call me Rosie.
I hate that name.
I don't want you to call me that anymore.
Last time I saw you, you were gonna be a lawyer.
How come you're still a cop?
I like being a cop.
How can you like being a cop?
Oh, I like arresting people.
All right?
You could have been a professional man.
- Rosie... - Rosalie.
...I'm trying to help you.
You're a liar.
You're in trouble, and I want to help.
You want to help me? Leave me alone.
You didn't feel that way before the bell rang.
You weren't acting like a cop.
I was having a good time with an old friend.
We could still have a good time.
I thought you were married?
I am.
But you don't work at it.
Yeah, I work at it.
For money.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.
What do you want from me, Joe?
What I always wanted.
Christopher Columbus.
I'll make some coffee.
No, I haven't time.
Well, how about a couple of eggs?
They don't take any time.
No, thanks.
Well, you got to eat breakfast.
It's the most important meal.
I read it in a book.
Look, uh, you stop trying to take care of me, huh?
I'm not the type.
I am.
- Joe. - Mm?
What do you want to know about Kenny?
You knew I'd tell you.
All you had to do was hang around.
What was in the safe?
Half a million dollars.
How did Kenny know?
He worked for Van Tilden.
W-worked for him? What did he do?
Oh, he said it was better I didn't know.
But it was crooked. You can count on that.
So, this Van Tilden.
Kenny ever talk about him?
He was scared of him.
That much I know.
He should have been more scared. He'd still be alive.
He told you about the money.
He wanted me to be included.
We were always going away... south America, Honolulu.
Every day, someplace different.
You better get out of town.
On what?
I don't want your money, Joe.
You want to end up the same way as Kenny?
You're a cop. Protect me.
I can't.
You can't protect a witness?
You're no witness, Rosie.
And what you tell me, it's not evidence. It's hearsay.
Let me know where you go, huh?
Sure.
I'll send you a postcard.
Joe?
You should have married me.
You would have been a lawyer by now.
I don't want to be a lawyer.
With me, you would have wanted.
It wouldn't have been the money with me.
I would have been good for you, Joe.
Go back to sleep, Rosie.
Joe?
Did you just come in?
Yeah.
What time is it?
se van
Oh.
I'm sorry about last night.
Uh, I was upset. I didn't know what I was saying.
You made me feel guilty about Jack,
and I guess I wanted to get even.
You're not angry about Jack.
You know that's nothing.
Nothing could ever happen with Jack.
How could it? He doesn't mean anything to me.
You're angry because I wouldn't say
that I'd live with you just anywhere.
You didn't show it, but I know you.
You're my husband.
I know how you get when you're angry.
You know when I really know?
When we make love.
You're the only one I ever wanted.
Joe.
Oh, Joe.
- Hey, Joe. - What?
You believe in astrology?
I mean, the stars and all that?
There's a lot to be said for it, you know.
Why?
Well, they've got to be there for a reason.
They're a scientific fact.
You know what my, uh...
- my horoscope said today, Joe? - No.
It said that if today I just had trust,
it would bring me good fortune.
Tell you who to trust?
- Everybody, I guess. - Oh, lots of luck.
You.
Y-you're my partner. I have to start with you.
- All right, so trust me. - Oh, I trust you, Joe.
If I didn't trust you, I would have turned you in by now.
You're supposed to report
everybody you see on a case, Joe... everybody.
Otherwise it's a false report.
Have you been following me?
I'm your partner.
Don't do it again.
I don't think I have to.
Hey, Joe.
You think maybe there was money in that safe?
How should I know?
Well, I thought maybe Mrs. Kenny told you.
She told me.
I told her we were partners.
I even showed her that picture of us...
you know, the one at the ballgame.
She was scared. I wanted to give her reassurance.
What else do you want, Pete?
I want a lot of money, Joe.
I want to live in a nice house with stairs,
not a crummy apartment.
I want a swimming pool for when I get hot.
I want this year's car.
I'm tired of being a cop, Joe.
I don't get paid enough, and I could get killed,
and people look at me like I just crawled out from under a rock.
I want to be rich, Joe.
Oh, Joe, Joe.
You're my good fortune, Joe.
I got to trust you.
Don't make any foolish difficulties.
Don't... don't try to con me.
I've been working next to you for six years, Joe. Six years.
You think I don't know when you're up to something, huh?
I'm a trained observer.
What do you want?
I want in.
Any sign of the girl's father?
Mnh-mnh.
What about the doctor? Did you check him out?
Yeah, clean as a whistle.
Big shot. Graduated from the best schools.
My kind of doctor after I make my fortune.
Nothing suspicious, huh?
I didn't say that.
Come on, now. Quit kidding.
What did you find?
Only that one of his patients
is the head of the mob in Detroit.
Another one is Joe Frescotti from Louisville
and the O'Toole brothers from the east.
They get sick, same as anybody else.
They don't have doctors in Detroit?
He isn't even a specialist. He just does general practice.
No, somebody figured out a good way to have a meeting
all on the up-and-up.
If there's something to meet about.
Half a million dollars.
Yeah, well, I'd go to a doctor for that.
I'd even go to a dentist.
You know, what I can't understand
is why did he put the money back in the safe?
Where else would he put it?
A safe deposit box
that any two-bit D.A. Can get an injunction to open?
You can't even invest it these days
without them wanting to know where it came from.
- Where do you keep money? - In your bedroom.
Well, he's protected.
With those connections, he's got better protection than he could get from us.
You saw what happened to Kenny.
Then, why are you so anxious it should happen to you?
Oh, I ain't Kenny.
And, uh, I've got a partner.
You know the beauty of this operation?
What?
He can't call the cops.
Follow them. Don't get too close.
Take the car on down to the bottom.
How did you know it would be today?
It's her birthday.
Let's pick him up.
No, not yet.
All right, don't be stupid.
You've already been stupid once. Now, isn't that enough?
What about her?
She might get hurt.
You start something and she might get hurt.
Is that what you want?
It's for your birthday.
Feliz cumpleaños.
We'll go in through the side door. I know the lock.
What about the safe?
Well, he changed the combination.
We're gonna have to blow it.
Van Tilden sleeps in that room.
Well, we'll wait till he's out.
Maybe we can get him out.
We can send him out on a call, an accident or a patient...
something like that.
He doesn't go out on calls.
What kind of doctor is that?
A rich one.
Doctor.
Ah, gentlemen.
Nice of you to come.
Well, we were in the neighborhood.
I'll get right to the point.
I've been very concerned about that man I killed.
Oh, he was a cheap crook, doctor.
Nobody's going to miss him.
Nevertheless, he was a man, and I took his life.
I'd like to make up for that, if I can.
You can't bring him back.
I realize that.
I discovered that his mother is still alive upstate somewhere.
I arranged to send her some money.
That's very thoughtful of you.
The least I could do.
I also found out that he has a wife,
and I'd like to help her if I can.
Trouble is, she seems to have disappeared.
I wondered, since you were the men on the case...
The case is closed, doctor.
Mrs. Kenny's in the clear.
There's no reason to make her hang around.
And you have no idea where she is.
None.
I suppose it's very selfish on my part.
If I could help Mrs. Kenny, it would ease my conscience.
Until now, I never realized I had a conscience.
Something good comes out of everything, doesn't it?
Yes.
Well, if you happen to hear of anything...
We'll let you know.
Thank you.
Oh, by the way, I won't be here this coming week,
but my man Matthews will take any messages at the house.
We're flying to Acapulco for some fishing.
I prescribed it for myself after what happened.
A week, you said.
Eight days, to be exact. I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon.
Have a good time, doctor.
Thank you.
What do you think?
I think the best thing your friend Mrs. Kenny ever did
was take it on the lam.
Why did he tell us that he was going away?
Well, why not?
Oh, you got a suspicious nature and it just came out.
That's all.
Listen, it doesn't matter what he tells us.
What we have to be sure of is that he goes.
Yeah.
Hello?
Mm. Yes, he's here.
Just a minute, please.
For you.
One of your drunken women.
Hello?
I shouldn't have called you at home,
but I didn't know where else to.
I got worried.
Last night, I woke up and I-i had this feeling.
D-don't be mad.
I'm not mad.
Just be careful, will you? Stay out of sight.
Now, where are you?
I'm here.
Joe?
Was that your wife who answered?
Yes.
She...
she sounded very educated.
Van Tilden's plane took off on schedule.
I called Acapulco.
He checked in, and they went out fishing.
But he's there, all right.
They described him right down to that phony smile.
Oh, Joe. I'm glad I caught you.
They want you downtown. A woman pushed off a roof.
Well, I was, uh, just on my way home, captain.
- Can't somebody else take it? - They asked for you.
The woman had your picture on her.
She had this clipping about you.
I knew her when we were kids.
We grew up in the neighborhood.
Well, somebody pushed her off the roof.
There's marks where she tried to hold on.
The janitor says that she was always
picking up guys and bringing them home.
I guess she picked the wrong guy.
Yeah. She always did.
Maybe we have to call it off.
She might have talked.
No, she didn't talk.
You want to gamble on a drunken tramp who...
so you were kids together.
People change.
They grow up and you can't trust them.
Well, take... take me, for instance.
There was a time all I wanted to be was a good cop.
Look, we go tonight like we planned.
If you don't want to go, you don't have to go.
Oh, I have to. I couldn't stand you taking all of it.
Shut up.
That's no way to talk to your partner.
You've got a big mouth.
I've got a right to be worried.
Then worry with your mouth shut.
Put this where I can get it quick, will you?
Yes, sir, Mr. baron.
Don't move.
The money... get the money.
I'll be right back.
Thank you, Mr. baron.
Good night.
He was laying for us.
She told them.
That... Pal of your childhood days, she talked.
But we got away with it.
We got away with it.
How much you think is in there?
Enough.
I'm gonna buy a boat.
A big boat.
The queen Mary. You think it's for sale?
You're talking too much.
I feel better.
I think the bleeding has stopped.
Where are you going?
I live the other way.
I'm taking you to my place.
What for?
I want to be sure if you die I get your share.
Where is the money?
I want to look at it.
Look at it later.
Joe.
Joe, I trust you.
You haven't much of a choice, have you?
I want to see it.
You'll see it later.
Right now, get some sleep, huh?
Oh, I sleep better with money in the room.
I'm rich.
What do you think of that?
I am a rich man.
If you don't lay down,
you're gonna be the richest man in the cemetery.
Oh, I ain't going to die until I spend every cent of it.
Maybe not even then.
With money, you can buy anything.
I'll buy over god. I'll live forever.
No! I want to see it all.
Joe, do you mind if I take the new bills?
I like the way they feel, you know?
There's something about a new bill that...
But shouldn't we call a doctor?
No, he's a pretty tough character.
But if it's serious, Joe...
He just needs rest. That's all.
That maid gonna be here all day?
- Yes. - All right.
Tell her not to let anybody in this house
unless she knows them... and you, too.
Even if it's the gas company, you check them out first, right?
- But what... - Just do what I tell you.
You got any sick leave coming?
I never get sick. I'm a horse.
I'll call downtown, tell them you're sick.
I'll try to get back early and change that bandage.
I still think that bullet ought to come out.
Remember, Joe,
I got a right to half of what's in the bags.
Half the money.
No, half of everything.
We're not pushing junk.
You want to flush it down the toilet? A fortune?
You got what you want. You're rich.
I want to be very rich.
Don't push your luck.
You're taking advantage of a sick man, Joe.
Where are you taking that?
I'm gonna put it away. We might be able to use it.
For what?
I don't know.
Ransom, maybe.
Is he going to die?
I don't know.
He needs a doctor.
But you can't. A gunshot wound...
How much did he tell you?
Enough.
Joe?
Joe? Who did you steal the money from?
What difference does it make?
But Pete says it's illegal money.
That's right.
Then they can't go to the police.
That's all right, then?
What do you mean, "that's all right"?
Don't you care what I did?
Well, of course I care.
I'm a thief, Lisa.
You did it for us. Don't you think I know that?
Is that all you care about?
What else is there?
What about Pete in there?
He knew what he was doing.
He was taking his chances.
It could have been you, Joe.
I can't let him die.
Who are you calling?
A doctor.
I don't know how much I can do.
Pretty far gone.
You do what you can.
If you don't mind, I'd like some indication
that you mean to keep your part of the bargain.
May I see the heroin?
It's not here.
You don't think I'd keep the stuff in the house, do you?
Surely you don't expect me to trust you.
I trusted you.
You could have come here with an army.
I came alone. I gave you my word.
I can't get rid of the stuff.
All I can do is trade it back to you.
Mm.
My property for his life.
Hardly seems a fair trade.
Oh, no. You're getting the better part of the bargain.
I'm suspicious of bargains, Mr. baron.
But suppose I do cross you up.
All you're out is a little time.
Besides, there's always the chance
that I might be on the level.
You don't strike me as being that sentimental.
Well, people are full of surprises, doctor.
A man in your profession ought to know that.
I tell you what you do.
Why don't you kind of figure it out as a little game?
First, you try to kill this man.
Now you try to save his life.
Which side wins?
Ohh!
You sold me out.
You had to have it all.
You sold me out.
Nobody sold you out. You needed a doctor.
The money.
Get out of my way.
Get out of my way!
Let him go.
He's dead.
He just doesn't know it yet.
I'll wait for you in the car.
Night.
Is he all right?
He's dead.
Look, I want you to go to a hotel.
If anybody asks questions, say that we had a fight
and you moved out, but you know nothing about Pete.
You know nothing about anything.
Just tell people you didn't know what I was doing.
I was that kind of a husband.
"Was"?
The sooner you leave here, the better.
But what about you?
I'll be all right. Look, please.
Let's face it... we had it and we lost it.
Period. The end.
The money?
Mnh-mnh. It isn't the money.
It never is.
It's people... the things they want
and the things they'll do to get it.
The time you waste finding that out.
Too bad about your partner.
I always regret losing a patient.
Still, that kind usually comes to a bad end.
What kind?
Sparrows who think they're lions.
Uh, present company excepted, of course.
You're smart enough to know your place, Mr. baron.
That money you stole.
Well, money, after all, is only money.
It can be made. It can even be earned.
But that quantity of narcotics in the wrong hands...
You have no idea the trouble it could cause.
Well, I wouldn't want to cause any trouble.
You would've been foolish to try.
Tell me something, doc.
If I can.
How did you know we were gonna knock you over?
Mrs. Kenny tell you?
Oh, she didn't say a word about you.
You both had a certain look of, uh, larceny.
I've had experience with that look,
and I just took a few extra precautions.
She didn't talk.
Oh, she talked,
mostly drunken abuse, according to Matthews.
I can't tolerate drunken women.
There's something so unfeminine about them.
But you had her killed.
Just another precaution.
I couldn't be certain what Kenny had told her.
Believe me, it was no loss to the world.
She would have ended up in the gutter, anyway.
- I'll bring it out. - Look, Mr. baron...
I said I'll bring it out.
Joey, come in.
Twice in one week. Such an honor.
Mr. Klein, that bag I asked you to keep for me, can I have it?
You asked me to hold it, and I did.
- Can I have it? - I'll make you a soda.
- No, some other time. - A glass of seltzer?
Some other time, I'll come back and we'll have a nice, long talk.
Like we used to, Joey, hmm?
Like we used to.
I'll get the bag.
I'll take that.
I should give it to him?
Give it to him.
The old man, too?
Another precaution, Mr. baron.
Joe?!
Joe!
I told you to get out of here.
I couldn't. I'm your wife.
I'm... I'm no lion.
I'm a sparrow.
But they don't know how tough a sparrow is.
He's got to be.
He lives in the gutter.
I'll call the hospital. They'll send an ambulance.
They'll send the police.
You know what they'll do to me?
They'll keep you alive.
Joe.
All my life, I didn't care about anyone but myself,
until I met you, and then I cared about us.
That's progress, isn't it? I can do better.
I won't be around to help you.
Then I'll have to help myself until you are.
Oh, could you give me the number of the parkview hospital?
Thank you.
This is Mrs. baron... Mrs. Joe baron.
Could you please send an ambulance to 920 hill drive?
920 hill drive, yes.
Right away.
Thank you.
What was it we did wrong, Joe?
Did we want too much?
We had such a nice life.
Yeah.
A nice, rich life.
For such a good cop, I made a lousy thief.