L.A. Confidential

0:00:02 > 0:00:10This film contains scenes of a sexual nature, prolonged violent scenes and strong language

0:00:22 > 0:00:27Come to Los Angeles. The sun shines bright,

0:00:27 > 0:00:29the beaches are wide and inviting

0:00:29 > 0:00:33and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see.

0:00:33 > 0:00:36There are jobs aplenty and land is cheap.

0:00:36 > 0:00:39Every working man can have his own house.

0:00:39 > 0:00:42And inside every house, a happy all-American family.

0:00:42 > 0:00:45You can have all this, and who knows...

0:00:45 > 0:00:49you could even be discovered, become a movie star,

0:00:49 > 0:00:52or at least see one.

0:00:52 > 0:00:55Life is good in Los Angeles. It's paradise

0:00:55 > 0:00:58on Earth. Heh-heh-heh!

0:00:58 > 0:01:01That's what they tell ya

0:01:01 > 0:01:03because they're selling an image

0:01:03 > 0:01:06through movies, radio and television.

0:01:06 > 0:01:08In the show Badge Of Honour,

0:01:08 > 0:01:12LA cops walk on water as they rid the city of crooks.

0:01:12 > 0:01:15You'd think this place was the Garden of Eden,

0:01:15 > 0:01:18but there's trouble in paradise.

0:01:18 > 0:01:23And his name is Meyer Harris Cohen. Mickey C to his fans.

0:01:23 > 0:01:26Local LA colour to the nth degree.

0:01:26 > 0:01:30And his number one bodyguard, Johnny Stompanato.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33Mickey C's the head of organised crime here.

0:01:33 > 0:01:37He runs dope, rackets and prostitution.

0:01:37 > 0:01:39He kills a dozen people a year.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42The dapper little gent does it in style.

0:01:42 > 0:01:45Every time his picture's on the front page,

0:01:45 > 0:01:48it's a black eye for the image of LA.

0:01:48 > 0:01:53How can organised crime exist in a city with the best cops?

0:01:53 > 0:01:55Something has to be done.

0:01:55 > 0:01:59But hey, this is Hollywood. What worked for Al Capone

0:01:59 > 0:02:01would work for the Mickster.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Mr Cohen, you are under arrest.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Non-payment of income tax.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10All is not well. Sending Mickey up has created a vacuum

0:02:10 > 0:02:12and it's only a matter of time

0:02:12 > 0:02:16before someone with balls of brass tries to fill it.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18Remember, dear readers,

0:02:18 > 0:02:21you heard it here first.

0:02:21 > 0:02:23Off the record,

0:02:23 > 0:02:26on the QT,

0:02:26 > 0:02:29and very Hush-Hush.

0:02:38 > 0:02:40DOMESTIC ARGUING >

0:02:42 > 0:02:44MAN RAGES >

0:02:46 > 0:02:49You're like Santa Claus with that list, Bud.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52Except everyone on it's been naughty.

0:02:53 > 0:02:56Guy's been out of Q two weeks.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00Leave it for later. We gotta pick up the rest of the booze.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03YELLING CONTINUES, WOMAN SOBS

0:03:03 > 0:03:06This is six-Adam-seven. Have Central send a prowler to...

0:03:06 > 0:03:114216 Evergreen. Assault arising from a family dispute.

0:03:11 > 0:03:15We won't be here, but they'll see him.

0:03:13 > 0:03:15CHUCKLES

0:03:15 > 0:03:17HUSBAND YELLS ANGRILY

0:03:19 > 0:03:21No, you don't love me!!

0:03:22 > 0:03:26Quit your whining! Quit whining! It makes me sick!

0:03:26 > 0:03:28Shut up!

0:03:41 > 0:03:43Who in the hell are you?

0:03:43 > 0:03:45The Ghost of Christmas Past.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48Dance with a man for a change.

0:03:48 > 0:03:50What are you, some kind of smart ass?

0:04:01 > 0:04:03You'll be out in a year and a half.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06I'll get cosy with your parole officer.

0:04:06 > 0:04:11You touch her again, I'll have you violated on kiddie rape.

0:04:12 > 0:04:16You know what they do to kiddie rapers in Quentin.

0:04:23 > 0:04:26You got some place you can go?

0:04:27 > 0:04:29Get yourself fixed up.

0:04:32 > 0:04:34Merry Christmas, huh?

0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Merry Christmas. - Let's go, Bud.

0:04:37 > 0:04:39The guys'll be waiting.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41GENTLE MUSIC

0:04:42 > 0:04:45What do you do on Badge Of Honour, Jack?

0:04:45 > 0:04:47I'm the technical adviser.

0:04:47 > 0:04:51I teach Brett Chase how to walk and talk like a cop.

0:04:51 > 0:04:54He doesn't walk and talk like you.

0:04:54 > 0:04:57That's cos he's the television version.

0:04:57 > 0:04:59America isn't ready for the real me.

0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Is it true you arrested Bob Mitchum?- Mm-hm.

0:05:02 > 0:05:07These guys pretend, but being the real thing must be a thrill.

0:05:07 > 0:05:11Let's go some place quiet cos I'd love to give you the lowdown.

0:05:11 > 0:05:15Hey, Big V! Jack Vincennes. May I have this dance?

0:05:15 > 0:05:20Of course. This is Sid Hudgens from Hush-Hush Magazine.

0:05:18 > 0:05:20Hello, Karen.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22Hello, yourself.

0:05:22 > 0:05:23What's that about?

0:05:23 > 0:05:27We did a story - "Ingenue Dykes." She was mentioned.

0:05:27 > 0:05:29Hey, Jackie-boy,

0:05:29 > 0:05:32a friend just sold reefer to Matt Reynolds.

0:05:32 > 0:05:34He's with Tammy Jordan.

0:05:34 > 0:05:36Hi, Jack.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38Sorry, I lost you for a second.

0:05:38 > 0:05:43Contract players - Metro. You pinch 'em, I feature you next issue.

0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Plus usual 50 cash. - Another 50. Two 20s for two patrolmen,

0:05:46 > 0:05:49a dime for the watch commander.

0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Jackie, it's Christmas. - No, it's not.

0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's felony possession of marijuana.

0:05:55 > 0:05:59Actually, it's circulation 36,000 and climbing.

0:05:59 > 0:06:02There's no telling where this will go. Radio, TV.

0:06:02 > 0:06:06The public wanna hear the truth. The sky's the limit.

0:06:06 > 0:06:09MAN SINGS "SILVER BELLS"

0:06:11 > 0:06:14Sgt Ed Exley, son of the legendary Preston Exley.

0:06:14 > 0:06:19Must be a hard act to follow. Why not make a mark somewhere else?

0:06:19 > 0:06:21Why become a cop, Ed?

0:06:21 > 0:06:23I like to help people.

0:06:23 > 0:06:28- Two officers were assaulted tonight. What do you think about that? - It goes with the job.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31Luckily, they're OK.

0:06:31 > 0:06:36You're young to be watch commander.

0:06:33 > 0:06:36Only tonight. Married men have Christmas Eve off.

0:06:36 > 0:06:39A good lead for the story.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42< Merry Christmas, Captain.

0:06:40 > 0:06:42Captain Smith...

0:06:41 > 0:06:45Don't be formal. Call me Dudley.

0:06:45 > 0:06:50I have a title for the story. It's called "Silent Night with the LAPD."

0:06:50 > 0:06:51Oh, that's grand.

0:06:51 > 0:06:54Now, remember, Bobby, that's Smith

0:06:54 > 0:06:57with an S.

0:06:57 > 0:06:59Thank you, gentlemen.

0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Merry Christmas. - Hold on, lads.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07Merry Christmas.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07Merry Christmas to you.

0:07:08 > 0:07:12Saw the results on the lieutenant's exam. 1st out of 23.

0:07:12 > 0:07:17What'll it be then? Patrol Division? Internal Affairs?

0:07:17 > 0:07:19Detective Bureau.

0:07:23 > 0:07:25You're a political animal.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach.

0:07:29 > 0:07:31You're wrong, sir.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34Would you plant corroborative evidence

0:07:34 > 0:07:38on a suspect you knew to be guilty to ensure an indictment?

0:07:38 > 0:07:41We've been over this.

0:07:39 > 0:07:41Yes or no?

0:07:40 > 0:07:41No.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44Beat a confession out of a suspect?

0:07:44 > 0:07:48No.

0:07:45 > 0:07:48Would you shoot a criminal in the back

0:07:48 > 0:07:52in order to offset the chance that a lawyer...

0:07:51 > 0:07:52No.

0:07:52 > 0:07:55Then, be a detective.

0:07:55 > 0:07:58Work where you don't have to make those choices.

0:07:58 > 0:08:00Dudley, I know you mean well

0:08:00 > 0:08:05but I don't need to do it the way you did, or my father.

0:08:05 > 0:08:08At least get rid of the glasses.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11No man in the Bureau wears them.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22If I ever get held up, you better be here.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28Hiya, Nick.

0:08:28 > 0:08:32I need a delivery. A case each of gin, rum,

0:08:32 > 0:08:35Scotch.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35That sounds like a hell of a party.

0:08:53 > 0:08:55Merry Christmas.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58Merry Christmas to you, Officer.

0:09:00 > 0:09:02That obvious, huh?

0:09:02 > 0:09:05Practically stamped on your forehead.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07There you go, White.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40See what he wants, Buzz.

0:09:43 > 0:09:47Hey, get lost, why don't ya?

0:09:51 > 0:09:53Agh!

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Down! Get your fucking head down!

0:09:57 > 0:09:59I got a licence for that.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05Cut me some slack. I used to be a cop.

0:10:05 > 0:10:07Leland Meeks? Never heard of you.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09They call me Buzz.

0:10:09 > 0:10:13I don't give a rat's ass what they call you. Head down.

0:10:13 > 0:10:15And stay there, BUZZ(!)

0:10:17 > 0:10:19You OK?

0:10:19 > 0:10:22She's fine.

0:10:21 > 0:10:22I'm not asking you.

0:10:23 > 0:10:25Did somebody hit you?

0:10:25 > 0:10:28It's not what you think.

0:10:30 > 0:10:32What is it then?

0:10:32 > 0:10:34You got the wrong idea. I'm fine.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38But it's nice to know you care.

0:10:46 > 0:10:49Drive safely.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51What's going on?

0:10:54 > 0:10:56You know him?

0:10:56 > 0:10:59Yeah, seen him around.

0:10:59 > 0:11:01He used to be a cop.

0:11:01 > 0:11:03CONTINUES CHUCKLING

0:11:04 > 0:11:06INDISTINCT TV COMMENTARY

0:11:06 > 0:11:10They're in the dark, goofing on a Christmas tree.

0:11:10 > 0:11:13Put your camera there. When I walk out,

0:11:13 > 0:11:17I'll stop here, you get the movie premiere in the background.

0:11:17 > 0:11:22I like it. The Movie Premiere Pot Bust.

0:11:19 > 0:11:22I don't want floodlights in my eyes.

0:11:22 > 0:11:25Big V, consider it done. Hear that, Chip?

0:11:25 > 0:11:27Come on. Get down.

0:11:31 > 0:11:32Go. Pop 'em.

0:11:32 > 0:11:35- GLASS SMASHES - Aw! Aw!

0:11:35 > 0:11:38Freeze, police.

0:11:38 > 0:11:42Oh, Jesus, no.

0:11:39 > 0:11:42Come on. Come on, let's go.

0:11:42 > 0:11:47My family's coming tomorrow.

0:11:43 > 0:11:47Be a nice Christmas gift.

0:11:45 > 0:11:47Hi, Tammy. Hi, Matt.

0:11:47 > 0:11:49Right over here. Just turn.

0:11:49 > 0:11:52Hold it. Got it! The Movie Premiere Pot Bust.

0:11:52 > 0:11:55Take them. I'll get the evidence.

0:11:55 > 0:11:59# When somebody wants you

0:11:59 > 0:12:02# Somebody needs you

0:12:02 > 0:12:04# Christmas is a joy... #

0:12:04 > 0:12:07"Fleur-de-Lis."

0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's Christmas Eve

0:12:09 > 0:12:12and while decent citizens sleep righteously,

0:12:12 > 0:12:14hopheads prowl for marijuana.

0:12:14 > 0:12:19Not knowing that a man is coming to stop them.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22Celebrity crime-stopper Jack Vincennes.

0:12:22 > 0:12:26Scourge of grasshoppers and dope fiends everywhere.

0:12:26 > 0:12:28You like it, Jackie-boy?

0:12:31 > 0:12:33Yeah. Subtle.

0:12:33 > 0:12:38What took you, Stensland?

0:12:34 > 0:12:38My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress.

0:12:38 > 0:12:42His priorities are screwed up.

0:12:39 > 0:12:42Up to your old tricks again, Bud?

0:12:42 > 0:12:45Bye.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45< Hey, Jack. Hollywood Jack!

0:12:45 > 0:12:49What brings you to our humble station?

0:12:49 > 0:12:51I'm keeping the streets safe.

0:12:51 > 0:12:53Get these two dressed and book 'em.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57Party's upstairs.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57OK, I'll be right up. Exley!

0:13:02 > 0:13:03What's that for?

0:13:03 > 0:13:06You are watch commander tonight.

0:13:06 > 0:13:11Yeah. So?

0:13:07 > 0:13:11Gratuity from Hush-Hush Magazine. Buy some loafers.

0:13:11 > 0:13:15No, thanks, Jack. Keep your pay-off. I'm not interested.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17ANGRY YELLING

0:13:22 > 0:13:24What the hell's this?

0:13:24 > 0:13:29Six spics. Mexicans, sir, who assaulted Brown and Helenowski.

0:13:29 > 0:13:34Helenowski lost six pints of blood and Brown's in a coma.

0:13:32 > 0:13:34They're home with bruises.

0:13:34 > 0:13:37That's not what I heard.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37Let's book 'em.

0:13:37 > 0:13:42You guys hear what those taco benders did to Helenowski and Brown?

0:13:42 > 0:13:47Helenowski lost an eye and they're reading Brown his last rites.

0:13:48 > 0:13:52That don't make for a very merry Christmas for them.

0:13:52 > 0:13:56Hey, guys! Guys! They brought the Mexicans in.

0:13:56 > 0:13:59They're downstairs.

0:14:01 > 0:14:04Let's do it. Come on, guys, let's get 'em. >

0:14:05 > 0:14:08Hey, Stensland, the party's upstairs.

0:14:09 > 0:14:11This doesn't concern you.

0:14:11 > 0:14:13Look, guys...

0:14:13 > 0:14:16Go back to the party.

0:14:17 > 0:14:20Hey, come on, it's Christmas. Help me out.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23I just got a few more questions.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26You don't have to be here. Guys?

0:14:24 > 0:14:26Go.

0:14:27 > 0:14:31Bud? Put a leash on your partner before he kills somebody.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Teach him a lesson!

0:14:37 > 0:14:40This is for ours, poncho.

0:14:40 > 0:14:42Get him, Stens!

0:14:42 > 0:14:44Let me through!

0:14:46 > 0:14:49- He didn't do nothing! - What are you looking at?!

0:14:50 > 0:14:52Move! Move!

0:14:55 > 0:14:57Stens! Stens!

0:14:57 > 0:14:59Stens! Hey!

0:14:59 > 0:15:01Hey, come on, come on!

0:15:01 > 0:15:04CURSES IN SPANISH Get back!

0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Fuck your mother! - Fuck you!

0:15:09 > 0:15:12Stop, Officer! That's an order!

0:15:19 > 0:15:22You're all going in my report!

0:15:39 > 0:15:41"Bloody Christmas."

0:15:41 > 0:15:43The press love to label.

0:15:44 > 0:15:48You know this is bigger than the police board.

0:15:48 > 0:15:52Grand jury's convening, indictments may be handed down.

0:15:52 > 0:15:57Will you testify?

0:15:54 > 0:15:56No, sir, I won't.

0:15:56 > 0:15:59District Attorney Loew?

0:15:59 > 0:16:03You and Officer Stensland brought the liquor to the station.

0:16:03 > 0:16:05Stensland was already drunk,

0:16:05 > 0:16:09so appearing as a voluntary witness against him

0:16:09 > 0:16:14could offset the damage to yourself.

0:16:11 > 0:16:14Sir, I won't testify against my partner.

0:16:14 > 0:16:18This man is a disgrace. Your badge and gun, Officer.

0:16:18 > 0:16:20You're suspended from duty.

0:16:20 > 0:16:22Dismissed.

0:16:38 > 0:16:43Ed, we need witnesses to offset the damage done to the department.

0:16:43 > 0:16:48I'm asking you -

0:16:44 > 0:16:48Justice has to be served. Of course I'll testify.

0:16:49 > 0:16:52I'm glad. Most don't feel that way.

0:16:52 > 0:16:56They think silence and integrity are the same thing.

0:16:56 > 0:17:01Not exactly the image of the new LAPD we're trying to create.

0:17:01 > 0:17:04Welcome to LA, the city of the future.

0:17:04 > 0:17:09May I make a suggestion, sir?

0:17:06 > 0:17:09By all means.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09The public will expect us

0:17:09 > 0:17:11to sweep this under the carpet.

0:17:11 > 0:17:17Don't. Shift the guilt to men whose pensions are secured.

0:17:17 > 0:17:18Force them to retire.

0:17:19 > 0:17:21But somebody has to swing.

0:17:21 > 0:17:24So, indict, try and convict...

0:17:24 > 0:17:27Richard Stensland and Bud White.

0:17:27 > 0:17:31Secure them jail time. The message will be very clear.

0:17:31 > 0:17:33The new LAPD will not tolerate officers

0:17:33 > 0:17:36who think they are above the law.

0:17:36 > 0:17:40Dick Stensland is an embarrassment as a policeman.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43He's always had rotten fitness reports.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46But Bud White is a valuable officer.

0:17:46 > 0:17:51White's a mindless thug.

0:17:48 > 0:17:51No, Edmund. He's just a man who can answer "yes"

0:17:51 > 0:17:54to those questions I've asked you.

0:17:54 > 0:17:57The department and the public need role models.

0:17:57 > 0:18:00Clean-cut men the public can admire.

0:18:00 > 0:18:03Sergeant?

0:18:03 > 0:18:06I'll promote you...to Lieutenant.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09Effective immediately.

0:18:08 > 0:18:09Detective Lieutenant.

0:18:11 > 0:18:13Ed, you're 30.

0:18:13 > 0:18:17Your father didn't make Lieutenant till he was 33.

0:18:17 > 0:18:21But when he made Lieutenant, it was as a detective.

0:18:21 > 0:18:24Before we start polishing our laurels,

0:18:24 > 0:18:28it'd look better if we had a corroborative witness.

0:18:26 > 0:18:28That won't be easy to come by.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30The men hate a stool pigeon.

0:18:30 > 0:18:34Jack Vincennes. He saw the whole thing.

0:18:34 > 0:18:38He might be willing to admit his own culpability,

0:18:38 > 0:18:41but he'd never rat out a fellow officer.

0:18:41 > 0:18:45Jack's the technical advisor on Badge Of Honour.

0:18:45 > 0:18:48He lives for it. That's the way to get to him.

0:18:51 > 0:18:53I'd like you to observe, Ed.

0:18:56 > 0:18:58Call Sgt Vincennes.

0:18:58 > 0:19:00Bright kid.

0:19:00 > 0:19:02You may reap the benefit,

0:19:02 > 0:19:05but are you truly prepared to be despised?

0:19:05 > 0:19:08Yes, sir, I am.

0:19:08 > 0:19:10So be it.

0:19:16 > 0:19:19Well, Sergeant, we'll get right to it.

0:19:19 > 0:19:23Nine civilian witnesses saw you hitting Ezekiel Garcia.

0:19:23 > 0:19:28But we have a witness who will name names and testify that you hit back

0:19:28 > 0:19:30- only after being hit. - And?

0:19:30 > 0:19:34You'll testify against officers who have earned their pension

0:19:34 > 0:19:37and plead ignorance about the rest.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39No, thanks. I'm not a snitch.

0:19:39 > 0:19:42I'll guarantee you a slap on the wrist,

0:19:42 > 0:19:46a brief suspension and a transfer from Narcotics to Vice.

0:19:46 > 0:19:50And then from Vice, you'll be back on the show.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55The show?

0:19:55 > 0:19:57Badge Of Honour, Vincennes.

0:19:57 > 0:20:01We need to tone down your profile for a bit.

0:20:02 > 0:20:06Jack? I doubt you've ever taken a stupid breath.

0:20:06 > 0:20:08Don't start now.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10OK, I'll do it.

0:20:13 > 0:20:17The grand jury will hear your testimony tomorrow.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30And so it goes,...

0:20:30 > 0:20:32Detective Lieutenant.

0:20:32 > 0:20:36Ace 'em at the grand jury tomorrow, son.

0:20:36 > 0:20:38Wear a smart-looking suit and ace 'em.

0:20:39 > 0:20:43And Ed? Lose the glasses.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55So, YOU'RE the stellar witness.

0:20:55 > 0:20:57I should've known.

0:20:57 > 0:21:02What's the Chief throwing you?

0:20:59 > 0:21:02Throwing me?

0:21:00 > 0:21:02Yeah. What's the pay-off?

0:21:02 > 0:21:06You're the pay-off expert. I'm just doing my duty.

0:21:06 > 0:21:08You get something out of this

0:21:08 > 0:21:11so you don't have to mix with rank and file cops

0:21:11 > 0:21:14who are gonna hate you for snitching.

0:21:14 > 0:21:17If they're making you Detective, watch out.

0:21:17 > 0:21:23Bureau guys will burn in this and you'll work with their friends

0:21:21 > 0:21:23What about you?

0:21:23 > 0:21:27I'm snitching three old timers who'll be in Oregon next week.

0:21:27 > 0:21:31Next to you, I'm clean. And smart.

0:21:31 > 0:21:33Edmund J Exley, chambers. >

0:21:36 > 0:21:40Bud White'll fuck you for this if it takes him the rest of his life.

0:21:43 > 0:21:46Hello, Captain, what do you want?

0:21:46 > 0:21:48Call me Dudley.

0:21:48 > 0:21:52Dudley, what do you want?

0:21:52 > 0:21:54Look, lad,

0:21:54 > 0:21:58I admire your refusal to testify and your loyalty to your partner.

0:21:58 > 0:22:03I admire you as a policeman and your adherence to violence

0:22:03 > 0:22:05as a necessary adjunct to the job.

0:22:05 > 0:22:09And I'm impressed with your punishment of women beaters.

0:22:09 > 0:22:12Do you hate them, Wendell?

0:22:12 > 0:22:14What do you want?

0:22:19 > 0:22:22They're yours. Go ahead. Take 'em.

0:22:25 > 0:22:27There's no bill on me?

0:22:27 > 0:22:30Four witnesses recanted their testimony.

0:22:30 > 0:22:34They had a change of heart.

0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Stensland? - Your partner's through.

0:22:34 > 0:22:36Scapegoat on the Chief's orders.

0:22:36 > 0:22:38A year from his pension.

0:22:41 > 0:22:45Exley?

0:22:42 > 0:22:45Exley got what he wanted.

0:22:45 > 0:22:47As a politician, he exceeds even myself.

0:22:47 > 0:22:51The department needs smart men like Exley.

0:22:51 > 0:22:54And direct men...

0:22:54 > 0:22:56like you.

0:22:56 > 0:23:00I need you for an assignment the Chief's given me the go-ahead on.

0:23:00 > 0:23:02A duty few men are fit for,

0:23:02 > 0:23:05but you were born for.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08You'd be working out of Homicide at City Hall.

0:23:08 > 0:23:11Homicide? Working cases?

0:23:11 > 0:23:14Your talents lay elsewhere, Wendell.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17It's a muscle job.

0:23:17 > 0:23:21You'll do as I say and ask no questions.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23Do you follow my drift?

0:23:23 > 0:23:26In Technicolor, sir.

0:23:26 > 0:23:30- TYPEWRITER CLICKS - 'Meet Tony Brancato and Anthony Trombino -

0:23:30 > 0:23:34'two rising lieutenants in the Mickey Cohen rackets.

0:23:34 > 0:23:39'With the dapper gent in prison, who knows how far they'll go?

0:23:39 > 0:23:41'The sky's the limit.'

0:23:42 > 0:23:44REPEATED GUNFIRE

0:23:46 > 0:23:48'Oh, well!'

0:23:48 > 0:23:52# Bye-bye, baby

0:23:52 > 0:23:55# Time to hit the road to dreamland

0:23:55 > 0:23:58# You're my baby

0:23:58 > 0:24:00# Digging the land of nod... #

0:24:00 > 0:24:04'Meet Deuce Perkins - Cohen's narcotics lieutenant.

0:24:04 > 0:24:06'Could he be behind the hits?

0:24:06 > 0:24:10'Is he consolidating organised crime power?'

0:24:15 > 0:24:17'I suppose not.'

0:24:22 > 0:24:25'One thing's for sure, two-man triggers

0:24:25 > 0:24:27'are killing Mickey's muscle.'

0:24:30 > 0:24:33# Time to hit the road

0:24:33 > 0:24:37# Running angel, bye-bye, baby... #

0:24:37 > 0:24:43'Meanwhile, rumour has it the LAPD has set up a not-so-welcome wagon

0:24:43 > 0:24:45'to dishearten the criminal element

0:24:45 > 0:24:49'from filling the void left by Mickey's absence.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51'When I know more, so will you.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54'Off the record, on the QT,

0:24:54 > 0:24:57'and very...hush-hush.'

0:24:57 > 0:25:02'With Mickey Cohen in prison, Los Angeles is organised crime-free.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05'The Chief wants to keep it that way.'

0:25:05 > 0:25:09In Cleveland, you're an organised crime associate

0:25:09 > 0:25:14in desperate need of re-education in the ways of polite society.

0:25:14 > 0:25:18I hear things, like those two-man shooter teams.

0:25:18 > 0:25:23They're 86-ing Mickey Cohen's lieutenants. What do you want?

0:25:23 > 0:25:26We want you to go home.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29# Time to hit the road

0:25:27 > 0:25:30# Time to hit the road. #

0:25:30 > 0:25:32Picture-book smut, gentlemen.

0:25:32 > 0:25:36A lot of this has been found at crime scenes lately.

0:25:36 > 0:25:40Quality ranges from piss-poor to... very well done.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43Look who's back from suspension.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46We're honoured, Sergeant Jack(!)

0:25:46 > 0:25:49Ah, look at that - The Great Jerk-Off Case of 1953(!)

0:25:49 > 0:25:55Is there some place you'd rather be?

0:25:52 > 0:25:55Working Narcotics, looking for Cohen's missing H.

0:25:55 > 0:25:59Yeah, finding 25lbs of heroin would get you plenty of ink.

0:25:59 > 0:26:03You shoulda thought of that before Bloody Christmas.

0:26:03 > 0:26:07Make a major case. It's the only way to get out of here.

0:26:07 > 0:26:10Dismissed, gentlemen.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20Go get the facts, Jack.

0:26:20 > 0:26:22Just the facts.

0:26:29 > 0:26:31'Whatever you desire.'

0:26:31 > 0:26:33I'd like a delivery to Beverly Hills.

0:26:33 > 0:26:40'I don't know you.'

0:26:35 > 0:26:39A friend of mine just gave me this number and I just wanted to find...

0:26:39 > 0:26:40HANGS UP

0:26:40 > 0:26:46Ginger, check the reverse directory for a name and address - Crestview 2239.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56'Hush-Hush. Off the record, on the QT.'

0:26:56 > 0:26:58Sid, it's Vincennes.

0:26:58 > 0:27:01Jackie! You back on Narco? I need some good copy.

0:27:01 > 0:27:05No, but I have something with Vice.

0:27:03 > 0:27:05Something juicy for me?

0:27:05 > 0:27:08Porn. What do you know about Fleur-de-Lis?

0:27:08 > 0:27:11Slogan's "Whatever you desire."

0:27:11 > 0:27:13'No, no, I've heard bupkes.'

0:27:13 > 0:27:16Get me narco. I wanna do a hophead issue.

0:27:16 > 0:27:20'Shvartze jazz musicians and movie stars. Like it?'

0:27:20 > 0:27:22Talk to you later. What you got?

0:27:22 > 0:27:24The number's not assigned.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Thanks, Ginger.

0:27:27 > 0:27:29A bootleg.

0:27:37 > 0:27:40Take it easy.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40Tough break, Stens.

0:27:40 > 0:27:42We're gonna miss you.

0:27:42 > 0:27:44Raw deal, Stensland.

0:27:47 > 0:27:49Here comes the snitch.

0:27:59 > 0:28:01Sorry about that, Lieutenant.

0:28:06 > 0:28:09BOTH CHUCKLE

0:28:17 > 0:28:19Stay out of trouble, Bud.

0:28:21 > 0:28:24Come on, I'll buy you a drink.

0:28:24 > 0:28:26No, rain check. I got a hot date.

0:28:26 > 0:28:29Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?

0:28:30 > 0:28:35It's confidential, like that magazine Vincennes scams for.

0:28:35 > 0:28:37Hush-Hush.

0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'll see you later in the week.

0:28:40 > 0:28:42We'll do the town. On me.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45Yeah? I'll bring my wallet just in case.

0:28:49 > 0:28:51< See you tomorrow, Earl.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54Hang on! I'll walk with you.

0:29:02 > 0:29:04Punk kid. Who's he trying to impress?

0:29:04 > 0:29:08Yeah, I wonder. Got himself a real career going.

0:29:12 > 0:29:15RADIO: 'Sergeant Williams, pick up, please.'

0:29:15 > 0:29:18'Sergeant Williams?'

0:29:21 > 0:29:24'Is there anybody up there in Homicide?'

0:29:24 > 0:29:26'Anybody there?'

0:29:29 > 0:29:34Lieutenant Exley.

0:29:30 > 0:29:34'You got a homicide downtown. The Nite Owl Coffee Shop.'

0:29:34 > 0:29:36I got it. It's mine.

0:29:46 > 0:29:50At least one person's dead. I stopped for coffee...

0:29:50 > 0:29:53- No-one comes through the front door. - Yes, sir.

0:31:25 > 0:31:31I want barricades at both ends of the street...

0:31:28 > 0:31:31Sir? I took the call. It's my case.

0:31:31 > 0:31:34You don't want it and you can't have it.

0:31:34 > 0:31:39I took the call.

0:31:35 > 0:31:39It's mine. I'll make you my second-in-command.

0:31:39 > 0:31:42Captain Smith! Over here, please!

0:31:44 > 0:31:47Looks like the cook drew a handgun.

0:31:47 > 0:31:50The rest were killed in the men's room.

0:31:54 > 0:31:59Sir? We got a total of 15 spent 12-gauge Remington shotgun shells.

0:31:59 > 0:32:03I'm betting three men, five-shot capacity pumps.

0:32:03 > 0:32:06Excuse me. We got an ID on one of the victims.

0:32:06 > 0:32:08It's Dick Stensland.

0:32:09 > 0:32:13When I first saw her, I thought she was Rita Hayworth. >

0:32:13 > 0:32:15Yeah, me, too. >

0:32:23 > 0:32:26Hell of a way to avoid prison.

0:32:35 > 0:32:37You tell me what happened.

0:32:37 > 0:32:40Appears three men held up a coffee shop.

0:32:40 > 0:32:43Guy at the register pulled a 38 so they killed him.

0:32:43 > 0:32:46Then they killed everyone else.

0:32:47 > 0:32:51Lieutenant! We're ready with that Nite Owl ID. >

0:32:56 > 0:32:58Is this your daughter?

0:32:58 > 0:33:00I don't know.

0:33:00 > 0:33:02We know this is difficult.

0:33:02 > 0:33:04Just take your time.

0:33:04 > 0:33:08It seems like my Susan,

0:33:08 > 0:33:10but my Susan was a blonde, not a redhead.

0:33:10 > 0:33:13When was the last time you saw her?

0:33:13 > 0:33:15Just before Christmas.

0:33:15 > 0:33:18We'd fought. I didn't like her boyfriend.

0:33:18 > 0:33:22Does your daughter have any distinguishing characteristics?

0:33:22 > 0:33:26You got the wrong idea. I'm fine.

0:33:26 > 0:33:28She has a birthmark

0:33:28 > 0:33:30on her hip.

0:33:35 > 0:33:37That's her.

0:33:37 > 0:33:40My baby!

0:33:43 > 0:33:46I'm sorry, Mrs Lefferts.

0:33:46 > 0:33:50Who's in charge of this investigation?

0:33:48 > 0:33:50Capt Smith and myself.

0:33:52 > 0:33:54'The Nite Owl massacre.'

0:33:54 > 0:33:56Hyperbole aside, this is

0:33:56 > 0:34:00a heinous crime that requires swift resolution.

0:34:00 > 0:34:04Six victims. One of them, one of our own. Dick Stensland.

0:34:04 > 0:34:09He was a Nite Owl regular, in the wrong place at the wrong time.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11Robbery is the likely motive.

0:34:11 > 0:34:13Rubber glove smears on the register

0:34:13 > 0:34:17and forensics tend toward a trio of shooters.

0:34:17 > 0:34:19We do have one hot lead. Listen well.

0:34:19 > 0:34:21Three Negro juveniles

0:34:21 > 0:34:25were seen discharging shotguns in Griffith Park.

0:34:25 > 0:34:31A park ranger ID'd them as driving a 1948-1950 maroon Mercury coupe.

0:34:31 > 0:34:35An hour ago, a canvassing crew found a news vendor

0:34:35 > 0:34:38who saw a maroon Merc parked by the Nite Owl at 1am.

0:34:38 > 0:34:43DMV has come up with a registration list of Merc coupes.

0:34:43 > 0:34:4648 two-man teams

0:34:46 > 0:34:48will shake three names apiece.

0:34:48 > 0:34:51Interrogations will be led by Lt Exley.

0:34:51 > 0:34:53ALL GROAN: What?!

0:34:54 > 0:34:56Enough of that!

0:34:59 > 0:35:02Just go out and get 'em. Use all necessary force.

0:35:04 > 0:35:06The people of LA demand it.

0:35:06 > 0:35:08Dismissed.

0:35:08 > 0:35:10ALL CHATTER

0:35:10 > 0:35:14Why not just put a bounty on 'em?

0:35:19 > 0:35:21Ready to roll, White?

0:35:21 > 0:35:26I gotta do something.

0:35:23 > 0:35:26What if one of these...?

0:35:24 > 0:35:26Bill...get somebody else.

0:35:27 > 0:35:29I got our assignments, Big V.

0:35:29 > 0:35:34We go by this list, we got zero chance of making this collar.

0:35:34 > 0:35:37I got a guy who knows. He could put us at 50/50.

0:35:37 > 0:35:39Jack! What are you doing?

0:35:39 > 0:35:41That got you in trouble last time.

0:35:41 > 0:35:43I'll take those odds.

0:35:47 > 0:35:49We got it from here.

0:35:50 > 0:35:53You should bring along a photographer.

0:35:57 > 0:36:01I need an address on one of your customers. Her name's Lynn.

0:36:01 > 0:36:06That's all I got to go on?

0:36:03 > 0:36:06You know who I mean, so cough it up.

0:36:06 > 0:36:09'There's a billing address and a delivery address.'

0:36:34 > 0:36:36Are you Pierce Patchett?

0:36:37 > 0:36:39I am.

0:36:40 > 0:36:45More police charities? Last time, you called at my office.

0:36:45 > 0:36:48Go down to the driveway. We'll talk there.

0:36:58 > 0:37:00What can I do for you?

0:37:00 > 0:37:02Where were you last night?

0:37:02 > 0:37:05I was here hosting a party.

0:37:05 > 0:37:07Tell me about Dick Stensland.

0:37:07 > 0:37:10I don't know him, Mr..?

0:37:10 > 0:37:14Officer White. How about Sue Lefferts? You know her?

0:37:14 > 0:37:16You know I do. You saw me with her.

0:37:18 > 0:37:20How did you find me?

0:37:20 > 0:37:24Nick's Liquor. This is where Lynn Bracken's booze bills go.

0:37:24 > 0:37:26Of course.

0:37:29 > 0:37:31Sue Lefferts died at the Nite Owl.

0:37:31 > 0:37:33I'm investigating.

0:37:34 > 0:37:36Everything OK, Mr Patchett?

0:37:36 > 0:37:38Fine, Phillip, thank you.

0:37:42 > 0:37:45What happened to the other guy - Buzz?

0:37:45 > 0:37:48Buzz Meeks no longer works for me.

0:37:48 > 0:37:50Lefferts looked beat-up. How come?

0:37:50 > 0:37:54I think she'd been hit in the face with a tennis racket.

0:37:54 > 0:37:56She was a doubles fan.

0:37:56 > 0:38:01You're a known associate of a woman killed in a mass murder.

0:38:01 > 0:38:05You wanna discuss this officially?

0:38:03 > 0:38:05This is official?

0:38:05 > 0:38:09Somehow, I have the feeling this is more personal with you.

0:38:12 > 0:38:16All right, then. Are you concerned about criminal matters

0:38:16 > 0:38:18peripheral to the Nite Owl murders?

0:38:18 > 0:38:23Not at the moment.

0:38:19 > 0:38:23Then, you wouldn't feel obligated to report them?

0:38:24 > 0:38:30Why were Lefferts' eyes black?

0:38:26 > 0:38:30I needed a Rita Hayworth to fill out my little studio.

0:38:30 > 0:38:32What little studio?

0:38:32 > 0:38:35There's Gardner, Russell, Monroe, Turner.

0:38:35 > 0:38:38Lynn Bracken is my Veronica Lake.

0:38:38 > 0:38:40I use girls that look like movie stars.

0:38:40 > 0:38:43Sometimes I employ a plastic surgeon.

0:38:43 > 0:38:46You saw us when the work was done.

0:38:46 > 0:38:50That's why her mother couldn't ID her.

0:38:50 > 0:38:51Jesus fucking Christ.

0:38:51 > 0:38:55No. Pierce Morehouse Patchett.

0:38:55 > 0:38:59You're on your best behaviour, so that's all I'll say.

0:38:59 > 0:39:02If you persist, I'll need my attorney.

0:39:02 > 0:39:04Would you like Lynn Bracken's address?

0:39:04 > 0:39:06I got her address.

0:39:08 > 0:39:10Find Susan's killer.

0:39:10 > 0:39:12I'll give you a handsome reward.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19Whatever you desire.

0:39:26 > 0:39:28'I know you're not asleep.'

0:39:30 > 0:39:32'Talking to me? What do you want?'

0:39:32 > 0:39:38'My five bucks. It was the only one I had. One corner was torn off.'

0:39:36 > 0:39:38< Right now?

0:39:40 > 0:39:43OK, I understand. OK, bye.

0:39:44 > 0:39:48Oh, baby, bad news.

0:39:48 > 0:39:50You have to go.

0:39:50 > 0:39:54Go?!

0:39:51 > 0:39:53Something very important came up

0:39:53 > 0:39:57I'll make it up to you, OK? I will. I promise.

0:39:57 > 0:39:59KNOCK ON DOOR

0:39:59 > 0:40:00Excuse me.

0:40:01 > 0:40:03Is it the cops?

0:40:07 > 0:40:09Miss Bracken?

0:40:09 > 0:40:12I'm Officer White.

0:40:10 > 0:40:12I've been expecting you, but not this soon.

0:40:12 > 0:40:15Pierce told me what happened to Sue.

0:40:15 > 0:40:18Everything all right? Want me to get rid of him?

0:40:18 > 0:40:21Hit the road, pal.

0:40:21 > 0:40:23Maybe I will.

0:40:23 > 0:40:25Maybe I won't.

0:40:25 > 0:40:29LAPD. Get outta here or I'll have your wife come get you.

0:40:44 > 0:40:46- Officer. - Councilman.

0:40:46 > 0:40:49'Call for breakfast!' >

0:41:04 > 0:41:06Would you care for a drink?

0:41:06 > 0:41:08Yeah. Scotch. Straight.

0:41:13 > 0:41:17I was friendly with Sue Lefferts, but we weren't friends.

0:41:17 > 0:41:19You know what I mean?

0:41:19 > 0:41:21You sorry she's dead?

0:41:22 > 0:41:25Of course I am. What kind of question is that?

0:41:26 > 0:41:29Do you know why Pierce is humouring you?

0:41:29 > 0:41:32Use words like that, you might make me mad.

0:41:32 > 0:41:35But do you know?

0:41:34 > 0:41:35Yeah.

0:41:35 > 0:41:37Patchett's running whores,...

0:41:39 > 0:41:41cut to look like movie stars.

0:41:41 > 0:41:45Probably something bigger on the side.

0:41:45 > 0:41:47He doesn't want any attention.

0:41:47 > 0:41:50Our motives are selfish, so we're co-operating.

0:41:50 > 0:41:53Why was Susan Lefferts at the Nite Owl?

0:41:53 > 0:41:56I dunno. I never heard of it till today.

0:41:56 > 0:42:00How did she meet Patchett?

0:41:57 > 0:42:00Sue came on a bus with dreams of Hollywood

0:42:00 > 0:42:02and this is how they turned out.

0:42:02 > 0:42:05Thanks to Pierce,

0:42:05 > 0:42:07we still get to act a little.

0:42:07 > 0:42:10Tell me about Pierce.

0:42:10 > 0:42:15He's waiting for you to mention money.

0:42:12 > 0:42:15You want some advice, Miss Bracken?

0:42:15 > 0:42:17It's Lynn.

0:42:17 > 0:42:21Miss Bracken. Don't ever try to fuckin' bribe me or threaten me

0:42:21 > 0:42:24or I'll have you and Patchett in deep shit.

0:42:24 > 0:42:27I remember you from Christmas Eve.

0:42:27 > 0:42:31You have a thing for helping women, don't you, Officer White?

0:42:31 > 0:42:34Maybe I'm just fucking curious.

0:42:34 > 0:42:36You say "fuck" a lot.

0:42:36 > 0:42:39You fuck for money.

0:42:37 > 0:42:39There's blood on your shirt.

0:42:39 > 0:42:43Is that an integral part of your job? Do you enjoy it?

0:42:43 > 0:42:48When they deserve it.

0:42:44 > 0:42:48Did they deserve it today?

0:42:46 > 0:42:48I'm not sure.

0:42:48 > 0:42:53But you did it anyway.

0:42:50 > 0:42:53Like the six guys you screwed today.

0:42:53 > 0:42:56Well, actually, it was only two.

0:42:58 > 0:43:00You're different, Officer White.

0:43:00 > 0:43:05You're the first man who didn't tell me I look like Veronica Lake.

0:43:05 > 0:43:08You look better than Veronica Lake.

0:43:11 > 0:43:13Pierce Patchett?

0:43:14 > 0:43:18He takes a cut of our earnings and invests it for us.

0:43:18 > 0:43:20He doesn't let us use narcotics or abuse us.

0:43:20 > 0:43:25Can your policeman's mentality grasp those contradictions?

0:43:26 > 0:43:29He had you cut to look like Veronica Lake.

0:43:29 > 0:43:31No. I'm really a brunette.

0:43:31 > 0:43:33The rest is me.

0:43:33 > 0:43:37And that's all the news that's fit to print.

0:43:38 > 0:43:41It's nice meeting you, Officer.

0:43:44 > 0:43:49I'd like to see you again.

0:43:46 > 0:43:49Are you asking me for a date or an appointment?

0:43:49 > 0:43:52I don't know.

0:43:52 > 0:43:54I should know your first name.

0:43:54 > 0:43:57Forget I asked. It was a mistake.

0:44:18 > 0:44:20Leonard Bidwell?

0:44:20 > 0:44:22Come on down here and talk to us.

0:44:23 > 0:44:25How's the left these days?

0:44:25 > 0:44:31What's it to ya?

0:44:27 > 0:44:31I saw you fight Kid Gavilan. I liked your style.

0:44:32 > 0:44:35What do you want, Mr Policeman?

0:44:35 > 0:44:38You got a brother in Folsom. I put him there.

0:44:38 > 0:44:42Till 19-fucking-70.

0:44:40 > 0:44:42How would you like to make it 1960?

0:44:42 > 0:44:46Lieutenant Exley here is very good friends with the DA.

0:44:46 > 0:44:47Yeah.

0:44:47 > 0:44:52We're looking for three coloured guys who like to fire shotguns.

0:44:52 > 0:44:56One of them owns a maroon Mercury coupe.

0:44:54 > 0:44:56Wanna gimme a snitch jacket?

0:44:56 > 0:45:00Wanna buy your bro' ten years?

0:44:58 > 0:45:00Yeah, ten years.

0:45:00 > 0:45:05You don't have to say anything. Just look at this list and point.

0:45:07 > 0:45:09He's bad, so I'll just tell you.

0:45:09 > 0:45:12Sugar Ray Collins. Drives a maroon '49 coupe.

0:45:12 > 0:45:14Beautiful ride.

0:45:14 > 0:45:19Don't know about shotguns, but he gets his thrills killing dogs.

0:45:19 > 0:45:21He's righteous trash.

0:45:21 > 0:45:24It's five minutes from here. Thanks.

0:45:26 > 0:45:28So, I'll hear from you, right?

0:45:28 > 0:45:30About my brother?

0:45:30 > 0:45:33Keep it up, Lenny. Up.

0:45:38 > 0:45:41There it is. It's in the back.

0:45:57 > 0:46:00One of ours.

0:45:58 > 0:46:00Shit. Somebody beat us here.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08Damn it. My glasses.

0:46:08 > 0:46:10You're kidding?

0:46:10 > 0:46:13Well, just don't shoot me.

0:46:21 > 0:46:24What are you guys doing here?

0:46:24 > 0:46:26We were just in the neighbourhood.

0:46:26 > 0:46:31What've you got?

0:46:27 > 0:46:31Three 12-gauge pumps. Empty box of buck and cash.

0:46:31 > 0:46:34Ooh, so long, Vice.

0:46:34 > 0:46:36Badge Of Honour, here I come.

0:46:36 > 0:46:38Fuck you! It's our collar.

0:46:38 > 0:46:40Quiet! I'm ranking officer here.

0:46:40 > 0:46:43We go as a team. End of story.

0:46:47 > 0:46:49Yeah, right.

0:46:49 > 0:46:51How many ways in?

0:46:51 > 0:46:53Only one. Up the stairs.

0:46:54 > 0:46:56(He's very serious.)

0:47:11 > 0:47:13Police!

0:47:13 > 0:47:15Don't move!

0:47:15 > 0:47:18Ace him, Jack!

0:47:16 > 0:47:18Shut up! Don't kill them!

0:47:21 > 0:47:24Hey! >

0:47:22 > 0:47:24Back, back, back!

0:47:24 > 0:47:26Against the wall!

0:47:26 > 0:47:28Against the wall!

0:47:28 > 0:47:30Get over there, big boy!

0:47:30 > 0:47:33Shut up! Put your hands behind your back!

0:47:33 > 0:47:37So...how does it feel getting out of the office?

0:47:40 > 0:47:42POLICE CHATTER

0:47:44 > 0:47:47This came from forensics. Burning clothes.

0:47:47 > 0:47:51"Casitas Youth Camp."

0:47:53 > 0:47:56It's crowded in here, White.

0:47:56 > 0:47:58These guys killed Stensland.

0:47:58 > 0:48:00SOBBING

0:48:13 > 0:48:16The ejection marks on the shells fired

0:48:16 > 0:48:19match the marks on the casings found at the Nite Owl.

0:48:19 > 0:48:22I want confessions, Edmund.

0:48:22 > 0:48:27A night's stewing will soften them up.

0:48:24 > 0:48:27Oh, I'll break them, sir.

0:48:46 > 0:48:49Are you sure Golden Boy is up to the task, Cap?

0:48:49 > 0:48:53You'd be surprised what the lad is capable of.

0:48:54 > 0:48:57You're 22, aren't you, Ray?

0:49:01 > 0:49:03Did an officer work you over?

0:49:05 > 0:49:09So, you're 22, right?

0:49:06 > 0:49:09Why do you keep asking me that?

0:49:09 > 0:49:1122 makes it a gas chamber bounce.

0:49:11 > 0:49:14You shoulda pulled this caper years ago.

0:49:14 > 0:49:17Get life, do a little Youth Authority jolt,

0:49:17 > 0:49:19transfer to Folsom a big man.

0:49:19 > 0:49:21Get yourself a sissy.

0:49:21 > 0:49:23I don't truck with sissies.

0:49:26 > 0:49:27Louis.

0:49:27 > 0:49:29What?

0:49:29 > 0:49:33You did the Casitas Youth Camp with Louis, didn't you?

0:49:33 > 0:49:37Why ask me about Louis? His business is his business.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40Louis told me you went sissy up at Casitas.

0:49:40 > 0:49:44Couldn't do the time, so you got a white boy to look after you.

0:49:44 > 0:49:46They called you "Sugar"

0:49:46 > 0:49:49cos you gave it out so sweet.

0:49:49 > 0:49:54"Louis gave it up at Casitas. I was the boss. Louis was the sissy!"

0:49:54 > 0:49:56"Louis gave it up for candy bars."

0:49:56 > 0:49:59"He ain't got the sense of a damned dog!"

0:49:59 > 0:50:02I heard you like to shoot dogs.

0:50:02 > 0:50:04Dogs got no reason to live.

0:50:04 > 0:50:07Oh? You feel the same way about people, too?

0:50:07 > 0:50:11What are you trying to say?

0:50:09 > 0:50:11We got the shotguns.

0:50:11 > 0:50:16I don't own no shotguns.

0:50:13 > 0:50:16- Why did you throw clothes in the incinerator?- What?

0:50:16 > 0:50:21A neighbour said she saw you throwing clothes in the incinerator.

0:50:21 > 0:50:25It doesn't look good.

0:50:22 > 0:50:25I ain't talking till I see a judge.

0:50:25 > 0:50:31- Were you hopped up when we arrested you?- Ty and Louis fuck with that shit. Not me.

0:50:31 > 0:50:33Where do they get their stuff?

0:50:34 > 0:50:38Come on. Gimme one to feed the DA. It'll make me look good

0:50:38 > 0:50:43and I'll say Sugar Ray's not a punk like his sissy partners.

0:50:47 > 0:50:51'Tell me one more thing about Jones and Fontaine.'

0:50:51 > 0:50:54Where do they get their drugs?

0:50:55 > 0:50:57Roland Navarette.

0:50:57 > 0:50:59INAUDIBLE

0:50:59 > 0:51:03He runs a hole-up on Bunker Hill and sells red devils.

0:51:03 > 0:51:07Exley's good.

0:51:05 > 0:51:07I'll take a break.

0:51:10 > 0:51:13You know, Ray, I'm talking about the gas chamber

0:51:13 > 0:51:17and you haven't asked me what this is about.

0:51:17 > 0:51:21You got a big "Guilty" sign around your neck.

0:51:24 > 0:51:28That was masterful. This one's ready to go.

0:51:30 > 0:51:32WHIMPERS

0:51:35 > 0:51:40Give Jones the newspaper. I want him primed.

0:51:38 > 0:51:40Take cuffs off so he can read it.

0:51:40 > 0:51:44Ray ratted you off. Said the Nite Owl was your idea.

0:51:44 > 0:51:48I think it was Ray's idea. If you talk, I can save your life.

0:51:48 > 0:51:50Six people are dead

0:51:50 > 0:51:52and someone has to pay for it.

0:51:52 > 0:51:55Now, it can be you or it can be Ray.

0:51:56 > 0:52:01He called you queer. Said at Casitas you took it up the ass.

0:52:01 > 0:52:03I didn't kill nobody!!

0:52:05 > 0:52:07Son...

0:52:07 > 0:52:11you know what'll happen to you if you don't talk.

0:52:11 > 0:52:14The gas chamber. So, admit what you did.

0:52:14 > 0:52:16I didn't mean to hurt her.

0:52:16 > 0:52:18Maybe she's OK.

0:52:18 > 0:52:21OK? These people are all in the morgue.

0:52:21 > 0:52:24They were dead when you left them.

0:52:24 > 0:52:28I just wanted to lose my cherry. She don't die, so I don't die.

0:52:28 > 0:52:31She don't die, so I don't die.

0:52:31 > 0:52:34Louis, the girl - what's her name?

0:52:34 > 0:52:36Who are you talking about?

0:52:36 > 0:52:38Was she at the Nite Owl?

0:52:38 > 0:52:43Listen to me. Was she at the Nite Owl?

0:52:48 > 0:52:51This newspaper shit...

0:52:49 > 0:52:51Where's the girl? Did you kill her?

0:52:51 > 0:52:57You wanted Louis to lose his cherry, but you made her bleed.

0:52:57 > 0:53:02- She bled on your clothes, so you burned them.- Who told you that?

0:53:00 > 0:53:02Now, listen to me.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05If she's alive, she's the only chance you've got.

0:53:05 > 0:53:09I think she's alive!

0:53:07 > 0:53:09Where is she now?

0:53:09 > 0:53:11Did you leave her some place?

0:53:11 > 0:53:14Tell me where she is!

0:53:19 > 0:53:21White!

0:53:21 > 0:53:24One in six! Where's the girl?!

0:53:24 > 0:53:27Put the weapon down!

0:53:25 > 0:53:27WHERE IS THE GIRL?!

0:53:33 > 0:53:38Sylvester...

0:53:34 > 0:53:38What?!

0:53:35 > 0:53:38Sylvester Fitch, 109 Avalon.

0:53:38 > 0:53:41Brown corner house, upstairs.

0:53:53 > 0:53:55Captain, just gimme one minute.

0:54:01 > 0:54:03- RADIO:- 'Nobody moves.'

0:54:03 > 0:54:05We'll go through the front.

0:54:05 > 0:54:07'Stay put until I say.'

0:54:23 > 0:54:27DRAMATIC MUSIC ON TV

0:55:32 > 0:55:33MAN CHUCKLES

0:56:26 > 0:56:29He went around back, sir!

0:56:29 > 0:56:33Miss, I need to know when they left you.

0:56:33 > 0:56:36Get her to the hospital. Excuse me!

0:56:36 > 0:56:38Give your career a rest.

0:56:38 > 0:56:40Leave her alone.

0:56:40 > 0:56:44A naked guy with a gun? Who'll believe that?

0:56:42 > 0:56:44Get the fuck away from me.

0:56:44 > 0:56:51How will it look in your report?

0:56:46 > 0:56:51It'll look like justice. That's what the man got. Justice.

0:56:51 > 0:56:54You don't know the meaning of the word.

0:56:52 > 0:56:54Yeah? Well, you think it means

0:56:54 > 0:57:01getting your picture in the paper. Go after criminals for a change.

0:56:59 > 0:57:01Stensland got what he deserved.

0:57:10 > 0:57:14Take it easy, Bud. Come on.

0:57:14 > 0:57:17Best to stay away from a man when his blood is up.

0:57:17 > 0:57:19His blood's always up.

0:57:21 > 0:57:24Perhaps you should stay away from him altogether.

0:57:24 > 0:57:29RADIO: 'Raymond Collins, Ty Jones and Louis Fontaine.

0:57:29 > 0:57:32'The Nite Owl suspects have escaped.'

0:57:32 > 0:57:36How did they get out the window?

0:57:34 > 0:57:36Jumped from the second floor.

0:57:36 > 0:57:40Girl said they left her at 12. They coulda got to the Nite Owl by one.

0:57:40 > 0:57:45The question was, where did they get their drugs? The answer?

0:57:45 > 0:57:47I haven't got that far yet.

0:57:47 > 0:57:50Roland Navarette, lives on Bunker Hill, runs a...

0:57:52 > 0:57:54Anyone seen Jack Vincennes?

0:57:54 > 0:57:57Vincennes?

0:57:55 > 0:57:57Is something up, Lieutenant?

0:57:57 > 0:57:59I need some backup.

0:58:16 > 0:58:19What?

0:58:17 > 0:58:19Nothing. Let's go.

0:58:26 > 0:58:28(This should be it.)

0:58:32 > 0:58:33404.

0:58:37 > 0:58:39TV ON

0:58:42 > 0:58:44LIFT BELL PINGS

0:58:54 > 0:58:56Nobody moves!

0:58:56 > 0:58:59- You're under arrest! - Don't shoot!

0:58:59 > 0:59:01Please don't shoot!

0:59:01 > 0:59:02Don't move!

0:59:52 > 0:59:55There he is. You did good, kid.

0:59:55 > 0:59:58Shoulda seen the place. Blood everywhere.

0:59:58 > 1:00:01Who'd have thought? Shotgun Ed.

1:00:01 > 1:00:04Somebody get him cleaned up.

1:00:04 > 1:00:05Come on, kid.

1:00:07 > 1:00:12'Edmund J Exley has amassed a brilliant record

1:00:12 > 1:00:14in his seven years with the LAPD.

1:00:14 > 1:00:18'He evinced spectacular bravery in the line of duty.

1:00:18 > 1:00:22'Here is awarded our highest honour, the Medal of Valour.'

1:00:22 > 1:00:28< What kind of car was it?

1:00:23 > 1:00:28< A Ford. My husband always drove a Ford. My husband...

1:00:28 > 1:00:31Ma'am, just the facts. Light or dark?

1:00:31 > 1:00:35Light. And that's really all I remember, Officer.

1:00:35 > 1:00:38Thank you, ma'am, you've been a big help.

1:00:38 > 1:00:40Cut! That's it. >

1:00:40 > 1:00:46Hey, Big Jack!

1:00:41 > 1:00:46He's back!

1:00:43 > 1:00:46Hey, Jack's back! Heh-heh!

1:00:49 > 1:00:52# While the wheel is spinning

1:00:52 > 1:00:54# Spinning, spinning

1:00:54 > 1:00:57# I'll not dream of winning

1:00:57 > 1:01:00# Fortune

1:01:00 > 1:01:02# Or fame

1:01:02 > 1:01:07# While the wheel is turning, turning, turning

1:01:07 > 1:01:11# I'll be yearning, yearning

1:01:11 > 1:01:14# For love's precious flame... #

1:01:16 > 1:01:20Tell Mr Patchett I have no intention of changing my vote.

1:01:22 > 1:01:25# I'm hoping somehow

1:01:28 > 1:01:31# If you'll ever smile... #

1:01:31 > 1:01:34It may surprise some that a man in office

1:01:34 > 1:01:36would admit to making a mistake.

1:01:36 > 1:01:39But after due consideration,

1:01:39 > 1:01:43I am changing my position on the matter before the council.

1:01:44 > 1:01:48"Go west, America" was the slogan of Manifest Destiny.

1:01:48 > 1:01:53Today is that last step westward with no stop signs, traffic signals.

1:01:53 > 1:01:57From downtown to the beach in 20 minutes.

1:01:57 > 1:01:59# Turning, turning, turning

1:02:00 > 1:02:04# I'll be yearning, yearning

1:02:04 > 1:02:07# For love's precious flame

1:02:07 > 1:02:12# Oh, wheel of fortune

1:02:14 > 1:02:17# Please don't pass me by... #

1:02:19 > 1:02:21Aaarrrgghh!

1:02:22 > 1:02:24Aaarrrgghh!

1:02:24 > 1:02:27And what were you gonna start with?

1:02:29 > 1:02:31Prostitution?

1:02:33 > 1:02:35Gambling?

1:02:35 > 1:02:36MAN GROANS

1:02:36 > 1:02:39Go back to Jersey, sonny.

1:02:39 > 1:02:41This is the City of the Angels

1:02:41 > 1:02:43and you haven't got any wings.

1:02:47 > 1:02:49MAN GRUNTS

1:03:05 > 1:03:07Good to see you again. Take care.

1:03:28 > 1:03:30KNOCK ON DOOR

1:03:43 > 1:03:48I wondered when you'd knock on my door again, Officer White.

1:03:46 > 1:03:48It's Bud.

1:03:48 > 1:03:50Bud.

1:04:18 > 1:04:20Why me?

1:04:22 > 1:04:24I don't know.

1:04:57 > 1:05:03This election is about the future of law enforcement in Los Angeles.

1:05:03 > 1:05:06Councilman Rogers represents that future.

1:05:06 > 1:05:08So let's dig deep

1:05:08 > 1:05:10and get a moral man re-elected.

1:05:10 > 1:05:14Ellis Loew wants to say a few words.

1:05:12 > 1:05:14APPLAUSE

1:05:16 > 1:05:19Thank you, Brett, star of Badge Of Honour.

1:05:20 > 1:05:23Let me tell you. I am so thrilled to be here

1:05:23 > 1:05:25on the set of Badge Of Honour.

1:05:25 > 1:05:28< Big V! Jackie!

1:05:28 > 1:05:30Good to see you back.

1:05:30 > 1:05:33How they hangin'?

1:05:31 > 1:05:33Down around my ankles.

1:05:33 > 1:05:39You tight with the DA, Jackie?

1:05:35 > 1:05:39Oh, yeah. He tried to throw me off the force as a joke.

1:05:39 > 1:05:40How about some payback,

1:05:40 > 1:05:45plus the usual 50 donation to the Jack Vincennes retirement fund?

1:05:45 > 1:05:49Did you know the DA was a swish?

1:05:47 > 1:05:49No kidding?

1:05:49 > 1:05:51Hey.

1:05:51 > 1:05:54Remember Matt Reynolds? Christmas Eve?

1:05:54 > 1:05:57What's he doing here?

1:05:57 > 1:06:00He's acey-deucy, not to mention broke.

1:06:00 > 1:06:03I'm getting him to fuck the DA for 100.

1:06:03 > 1:06:06Twice what you got for wrecking his career.

1:06:06 > 1:06:08Hey, Matt! Come here!

1:06:08 > 1:06:10Don't bring him...

1:06:14 > 1:06:16That's DA Loew right there.

1:06:18 > 1:06:19Yeah.

1:06:20 > 1:06:24Do you need a drink, kid?

1:06:22 > 1:06:24Yeah.

1:06:24 > 1:06:28Jack, look after him. Matt, this is Jack.

1:06:28 > 1:06:30No secrets between me and him.

1:06:35 > 1:06:38How you doing?

1:06:36 > 1:06:38Oh, I'm OK. How are you?

1:06:38 > 1:06:40I'm good. Yeah.

1:06:42 > 1:06:44Have we met before?

1:06:45 > 1:06:47Yeah.

1:06:47 > 1:06:49Was it at a party?

1:06:49 > 1:06:52Well, it was something like that.

1:06:52 > 1:06:54Fleur-de-Lis party, right?

1:06:54 > 1:06:56Right.

1:06:57 > 1:07:01Fleur-de-Lis. "Whatever you desire."

1:07:01 > 1:07:04Dope, hookers that look like movie stars.

1:07:04 > 1:07:06Pierce Patchett has it all.

1:07:06 > 1:07:09Oh, boy, you could say that again.

1:07:09 > 1:07:12Pierce, he's not like regular guys.

1:07:12 > 1:07:14I mean, I dig him, but...

1:07:14 > 1:07:16you know,

1:07:16 > 1:07:20he, um, scares me, too.

1:07:20 > 1:07:23Really? How?

1:07:23 > 1:07:25You know, when I came to LA

1:07:25 > 1:07:28this isn't exactly where I saw myself ending up.

1:07:28 > 1:07:32Yeah, well...get in line.

1:07:32 > 1:07:35Dutch courage, kid. Drink up.

1:07:39 > 1:07:41I don't think I should do this.

1:07:41 > 1:07:44It's not like you don't know how.

1:07:44 > 1:07:48With Jack's Badge Of Honour connections, you could get a part.

1:07:49 > 1:07:52I smell a comeback. Don't you, Jack?

1:07:54 > 1:07:55Go on. The DA's free.

1:07:55 > 1:07:58Go introduce yourself. Go on.

1:07:58 > 1:08:01Tell him about the opening on the show.

1:08:01 > 1:08:04I'm pretty sure I can get you a part on this show.

1:08:04 > 1:08:08But, er, that's later on. Tonight,

1:08:08 > 1:08:11just go on over and pretend it's an acting job.

1:08:11 > 1:08:12Like showbiz.

1:08:12 > 1:08:14Acting, that's it.

1:08:14 > 1:08:17No-one's gonna know about this, right?

1:08:17 > 1:08:19No.

1:08:20 > 1:08:22It'll be our secret.

1:08:22 > 1:08:24OK.

1:08:24 > 1:08:26All right. Showbiz.

1:08:26 > 1:08:29That's it.

1:08:31 > 1:08:33Showbiz.

1:08:35 > 1:08:37If Reynolds works his charms,

1:08:37 > 1:08:41they'll be at Hollywood Centre Motel, room 203.

1:08:41 > 1:08:43Be there for a photo shoot.

1:08:43 > 1:08:46We can work in the Hollywood sign this time.

1:08:46 > 1:08:50What do you know about Pierce Patchett?

1:08:50 > 1:08:52Patchett? I know what you know.

1:08:52 > 1:08:57Very rich. Invested in freeways which'll make him richer. Why?

1:08:57 > 1:09:00I just keep hearing rumours.

1:09:00 > 1:09:04Porn, drugs, hookers that look like movie stars.

1:09:04 > 1:09:07Patchett's what I call "twilight".

1:09:07 > 1:09:09He ain't queer or Red.

1:09:09 > 1:09:13He can't help me in my quest for prime sinnuendo.

1:09:14 > 1:09:17Heh-heh-heh. Look, look.

1:09:17 > 1:09:20As though Badge Of Honour would touch him with a 10-foot pole

1:09:22 > 1:09:26after he's been Hush-Hush cover boy twice.

1:09:24 > 1:09:26See you in a few hours, Sid.

1:09:26 > 1:09:30Midnight, I guarantee all kinds of illegal activity.

1:10:02 > 1:10:05Another, Jack?

1:10:03 > 1:10:05Yeah.

1:10:10 > 1:10:13# The future's brighter

1:10:13 > 1:10:15# When hearts are lighter

1:10:15 > 1:10:19# So, smile, smile, smile. #

1:10:47 > 1:10:49Kid?

1:10:53 > 1:10:55Matt?

1:10:55 > 1:10:58Come on, kid, you don't have to do the...

1:10:58 > 1:11:02TV: # ..Oh, so long ago

1:11:02 > 1:11:05# How important can it be?

1:11:07 > 1:11:11# Mine was a young, foolish heart

1:11:12 > 1:11:15# Seeking love at every turn

1:11:17 > 1:11:22# But I have grown much wiser now

1:11:22 > 1:11:26# Even foolish hearts can learn. #

1:11:28 > 1:11:31Thank you for what you did for me,

1:11:31 > 1:11:34for killing those animals who raped me.

1:11:34 > 1:11:36Will you thank Officer White for me?

1:11:36 > 1:11:39Sure.

1:11:39 > 1:11:44Seeing him come through the door is about the only thing I remember.

1:11:44 > 1:11:47You remember what time the negroes left?

1:11:47 > 1:11:50In your statement, you said they left you at midnight.

1:11:50 > 1:11:52They might have.

1:11:57 > 1:11:59What do you mean, "might have"?

1:11:59 > 1:12:03I don't know what time they left. I wanted them dead.

1:12:03 > 1:12:06Would anyone care that they raped a Mexican girl

1:12:06 > 1:12:10if they hadn't killed those white people?

1:12:10 > 1:12:13I did what I had to do for justice.

1:12:13 > 1:12:15Inez, Exley, over here! >

1:12:15 > 1:12:17Smile, Inez.

1:12:17 > 1:12:19So, is he your hero?

1:12:19 > 1:12:24How about this - "Rape Victim Wheeled Out By Nite Owl Hero."

1:12:26 > 1:12:28Hey...

1:12:30 > 1:12:32all they get is Veronica Lake.

1:12:34 > 1:12:36I get Lynn Margaret Bracken.

1:12:46 > 1:12:48"Bisbee."

1:12:49 > 1:12:51I grew up there.

1:12:53 > 1:12:56I'm going back in a couple of years,

1:12:56 > 1:12:58open up a dress shop.

1:13:00 > 1:13:03The girls in Bisbee need a little glamour.

1:13:08 > 1:13:10Where did this come from?

1:13:10 > 1:13:17When I was 12 my dad went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way.

1:13:17 > 1:13:19So, you saved her.

1:13:19 > 1:13:21Not for long.

1:13:23 > 1:13:27I'm sorry. It's none of my business.

1:13:25 > 1:13:27He tied me to the radiator.

1:13:27 > 1:13:31I watched him beat my mother to death with a tyre iron.

1:13:33 > 1:13:35And he left me there.

1:13:38 > 1:13:41Three days before a truant officer found us.

1:13:43 > 1:13:45They never found the old man.

1:13:54 > 1:13:56Is that why you became a cop?

1:13:56 > 1:13:58To get even?

1:13:59 > 1:14:01Maybe.

1:14:02 > 1:14:05Do you like it?

1:14:07 > 1:14:09I used to.

1:14:10 > 1:14:14Now, it's all strong-arm, sitting-duck stuff.

1:14:14 > 1:14:17I mean, if I could...

1:14:17 > 1:14:20get a chance to work Homicide like a real detective...

1:14:22 > 1:14:25That prick Exley, he shot the wrong guys.

1:14:25 > 1:14:30Whoever killed Stensland is still around. I know it in here.

1:14:30 > 1:14:35There's something wrong with the Nite Owl. I just can't prove it.

1:14:35 > 1:14:38I'm not smart enough.

1:14:40 > 1:14:44I'm just the guy they bring in to scare the other guy shitless.

1:14:46 > 1:14:48You're wrong.

1:14:48 > 1:14:50You found Patchett. You found me.

1:14:51 > 1:14:53You're smart enough.

1:15:04 > 1:15:07Bud White. What brings you down to the basement?

1:15:10 > 1:15:13I got a couple of Nite Owl questions.

1:15:13 > 1:15:16Read the papers. That case is closed.

1:15:17 > 1:15:19Anything bother you about it?

1:15:19 > 1:15:24Yeah, the fact that the pack-up boys haven't moved this shit out.

1:15:28 > 1:15:33We got the suspects' three shotguns which match the shell casings.

1:15:33 > 1:15:35What more do you want?

1:15:45 > 1:15:48There's blood on the wall here.

1:15:48 > 1:15:53I thought everyone but the cook got shot in the men's room.

1:15:51 > 1:15:53That is Stensland's blood.

1:15:53 > 1:15:55Stensland?

1:15:55 > 1:15:57A blow to the head.

1:15:57 > 1:16:02Was unconscious when they dragged him into the john.

1:15:59 > 1:16:02Did they hit anyone else?

1:16:02 > 1:16:05No. But he was a cop. Maybe he tried to do something.

1:16:08 > 1:16:13Grilled cheese, black coffee. Someone's sitting next to him.

1:16:16 > 1:16:18Two of the victims were women.

1:16:18 > 1:16:20Patti DeLuca, the waitress

1:16:20 > 1:16:22and a Susan Lefferts.

1:16:26 > 1:16:28Susan Lefferts.

1:16:30 > 1:16:32Yeah, what about her?

1:16:34 > 1:16:36You're welcome(!)

1:16:36 > 1:16:38DOORBELL

1:16:38 > 1:16:40Mrs Lefferts?!

1:16:41 > 1:16:45Mrs Lefferts? I'm Officer White. LAPD.

1:16:47 > 1:16:51Tell me about the boyfriend, the one you mentioned.

1:16:51 > 1:16:53I told you I didn't approve of him.

1:16:53 > 1:16:55He was too old for you.

1:16:55 > 1:16:58And you let him be fresh with me.

1:16:59 > 1:17:02They came here one day when I wasn't home.

1:17:02 > 1:17:05My neighbour said she thought she saw

1:17:05 > 1:17:08Susie's boyfriend and another man

1:17:08 > 1:17:10and she heard a ruckus.

1:17:10 > 1:17:14What was the boyfriend's name?

1:17:11 > 1:17:14We weren't properly introduced.

1:17:14 > 1:17:17Susie gave him a nickname - Muns or Luns.

1:17:17 > 1:17:20Stens? Was it Stens?

1:17:20 > 1:17:22Maybe. I don't know.

1:17:22 > 1:17:24Look at a picture for me.

1:17:26 > 1:17:29That's him. That's him!

1:17:34 > 1:17:38You said a neighbour heard a ruckus. Was it outside?

1:17:38 > 1:17:40Inside?

1:17:40 > 1:17:44Outside. Then, Mrs Jensen said they kept

1:17:44 > 1:17:46going under the house.

1:17:50 > 1:17:53You have to leave now, Officer.

1:17:53 > 1:17:56What's through here?

1:17:54 > 1:17:56Just a room full of old things.

1:17:56 > 1:17:58Oh, don't move that!

1:18:00 > 1:18:05Don't mind the smell! I think a rat died behind the wall.

1:18:05 > 1:18:07My Susie was a good girl!

1:18:07 > 1:18:10She was never in any kind of trouble at all!

1:18:39 > 1:18:41HE COUGHS

1:18:52 > 1:18:54RATS SQUEAL

1:19:19 > 1:19:21'Leland Meeks? Never heard of ya.'

1:19:21 > 1:19:24'They call me Buzz.'

1:19:29 > 1:19:31Was it a rat?

1:19:31 > 1:19:33Yeah. A great big one.

1:19:35 > 1:19:40Here. Compliments of the Los Angeles Police Department.

1:19:55 > 1:19:59Stomach of the week from a motel homicide.

1:19:59 > 1:20:02Unemployed actor had frankfurter, French fries, alcohol and sperm.

1:20:02 > 1:20:05Hell of a last supper.

1:20:05 > 1:20:10Anything bothering you about the Nite Owl case?

1:20:08 > 1:20:10You lot won't let it get filed away.

1:20:10 > 1:20:13What do you mean?

1:20:13 > 1:20:16Bud White grilled me on it this morning.

1:20:16 > 1:20:18Bud White?

1:20:18 > 1:20:20He's not as dumb as I thought.

1:20:20 > 1:20:24Did he say where he was going after he talked to you?

1:20:36 > 1:20:39Let my daughter rest in peace!

1:20:39 > 1:20:45I just wanna ask a few questions.

1:20:41 > 1:20:45- Officer White checked under the house.- Under the house?

1:20:45 > 1:20:48Where?

1:20:46 > 1:20:49Out back.

1:20:49 > 1:20:51All he found was rodents.

1:20:53 > 1:20:57I need an ID as soon as possible. You talk only to me.

1:21:00 > 1:21:02Vincennes? I need your help.

1:21:02 > 1:21:05I'm busy. Ask some of your boys in Homicide.

1:21:08 > 1:21:11I can't. I need someone outside of Homicide.

1:21:11 > 1:21:18I want you to tail Bud White till he goes on duty.

1:21:14 > 1:21:18Do me a favour and leave me alone.

1:21:18 > 1:21:21Do you make the negroes for the Nite Owl killings?

1:21:24 > 1:21:25What?

1:21:25 > 1:21:27Simple question.

1:21:29 > 1:21:32Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper

1:21:32 > 1:21:35into the Nite Owl killings, Lieutenant?

1:21:39 > 1:21:41Rollo Tomasi.

1:21:41 > 1:21:44Is there more to that or am I supposed to guess?

1:21:47 > 1:21:49Rollo was a purse snatcher.

1:21:54 > 1:21:56My father ran into him off duty.

1:21:58 > 1:22:01He shot my father six times and got away clean.

1:22:01 > 1:22:03No-one even knew who he was.

1:22:03 > 1:22:06I made the name up to give him some personality.

1:22:06 > 1:22:09What's your point?

1:22:09 > 1:22:12Rollo Tomasi's the reason I became a cop.

1:22:12 > 1:22:17I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it.

1:22:17 > 1:22:20It was supposed to be about justice.

1:22:20 > 1:22:23Then, somewhere along the way I lost sight of that.

1:22:27 > 1:22:29Why did you become a cop?

1:22:39 > 1:22:41I don't remember.

1:22:46 > 1:22:48What do you want, Exley?

1:22:48 > 1:22:50I wanna solve this thing.

1:22:50 > 1:22:53Nite Owl was solved.

1:22:53 > 1:22:57No. I wanna do it right.

1:22:57 > 1:23:00Even if it means paying the consequences?

1:23:00 > 1:23:01Mm-hm.

1:23:03 > 1:23:05OK, college boy, I'll help,

1:23:05 > 1:23:08but there's a case Homicide don't care about.

1:23:08 > 1:23:11They think it's another homo-cide, but I don't.

1:23:11 > 1:23:15You help me with mine, I'll help you with yours.

1:23:15 > 1:23:17Deal?

1:23:17 > 1:23:19Deal.

1:23:50 > 1:23:52Johnny Stompanato.

1:23:53 > 1:23:56Officer White. How's tricks, paesano?

1:23:56 > 1:23:58I ain't your paesano.

1:23:58 > 1:24:00And I ain't snitching any more.

1:24:00 > 1:24:04You know a guy named Buzz Meeks?

1:24:04 > 1:24:06Works for Pierce Patchett.

1:24:06 > 1:24:08Should I?

1:24:08 > 1:24:11You're muscle for hire, Meeks is muscle for hire.

1:24:11 > 1:24:13You tell me.

1:24:13 > 1:24:16Oh, yeah, yeah, I remember now.

1:24:16 > 1:24:20He's a run-down ex-cop, same as you're gonna be some day.

1:24:20 > 1:24:22That's all you're gonna get.

1:24:22 > 1:24:24And you can keep your 20 bucks.

1:24:29 > 1:24:33What do I get if I give you your balls back, you wop cocksucker?

1:24:33 > 1:24:35OK.

1:24:35 > 1:24:37OK!

1:24:37 > 1:24:40There was a rumour going around

1:24:40 > 1:24:43that Meeks had a line on a large supply of H.

1:24:43 > 1:24:45HIGH-PITCHED GROAN

1:24:45 > 1:24:47- And? - And nothing!!

1:24:47 > 1:24:49He skipped out!

1:25:01 > 1:25:06Bullshit. How would Meeks get his hands on a large supply of heroin?

1:25:06 > 1:25:08You're right.

1:25:08 > 1:25:10It's probably bullshit.

1:25:10 > 1:25:13Even if he did, he couldn't unload it,

1:25:13 > 1:25:18not without drawing attention.

1:25:14 > 1:25:18Maybe that's why he's under a house

1:25:18 > 1:25:20and he don't smell too good.

1:25:21 > 1:25:23Paesano.

1:26:13 > 1:26:16Well, maybe White's not so dumb after all.

1:26:27 > 1:26:32We got Rita Hayworth at the morgue and Veronica Lake with White.

1:26:32 > 1:26:35I think your case and my case are connected.

1:26:35 > 1:26:39It's Fleur-de-Lis again.

1:26:37 > 1:26:39Fleur-de-Lis?

1:26:39 > 1:26:41Yeah. "Whatever you desire." Porno.

1:26:41 > 1:26:45High-class whores cut to look like movie stars.

1:26:45 > 1:26:48Reynolds, the kid that got killed, was involved.

1:26:48 > 1:26:50So's Pierce Patchett.

1:26:50 > 1:26:52The millionaire?

1:26:52 > 1:26:54I think we should go talk to him.

1:26:54 > 1:26:57First, I wanna brace Stompanato.

1:26:57 > 1:26:59GENTLE MUSIC, CHATTER

1:27:09 > 1:27:11HE CLEARS THROAT

1:27:12 > 1:27:15Want an autograph? Write to MGM.

1:27:15 > 1:27:19Since when do hoods and hookers give out autographs?

1:27:19 > 1:27:22What did you say to me?

1:27:20 > 1:27:22LAPD. Sit down.

1:27:22 > 1:27:24Who do you think you are?

1:27:24 > 1:27:25Take a walk, honey.

1:27:25 > 1:27:28You are making a large mistake.

1:27:28 > 1:27:34Get away from our table.

1:27:29 > 1:27:34Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.

1:27:34 > 1:27:36- Hey! - She just looks like Lana Turner.

1:27:36 > 1:27:41She is Lana Turner.

1:27:37 > 1:27:41What?

1:27:38 > 1:27:41She IS Lana Turner.

1:27:49 > 1:27:51How was I supposed to know?

1:28:06 > 1:28:10I believe the Nite Owl's your area of expertise.

1:28:10 > 1:28:13I saw you on television getting your medal.

1:28:13 > 1:28:15And you're...

1:28:15 > 1:28:19that other Hollywood celebrity policeman.

1:28:20 > 1:28:25The Veronica Lake lookalike is one of your whores. Correct?

1:28:25 > 1:28:27A vulgar term.

1:28:27 > 1:28:29Why is she seeing Bud White?

1:28:29 > 1:28:32Why do men and women usually see each other, Mr Exley?

1:28:35 > 1:28:38Let's try this one. Fleur-de-Lis?

1:28:38 > 1:28:41"Whatever you desire?"

1:28:41 > 1:28:43An actor named Matt Reynolds?

1:28:43 > 1:28:46No? Nothing?

1:28:46 > 1:28:49No?

1:28:49 > 1:28:51We want some answers, Patchett.

1:28:53 > 1:28:55We all want something.

1:28:57 > 1:28:59The guy's as cool as they come.

1:29:01 > 1:29:04RADIO: 'Lt Exley, come in, please. Over.'

1:29:06 > 1:29:09This is Exley.

1:29:07 > 1:29:09'The coroner says he has your ID.'

1:29:09 > 1:29:12Sgt Vincennes is coming to talk to him.

1:29:12 > 1:29:14I'll drop you at your car.

1:29:14 > 1:29:20Where are you going?

1:29:15 > 1:29:19Lynn Bracken's, to see why Patchett has her seeing Bud White.

1:29:19 > 1:29:21See you at the Frolic Room.

1:29:21 > 1:29:25Oh, great(!) You get the girl. I get the coroner.

1:29:34 > 1:29:38Hush-Hush. Off the record and on the QT.

1:29:40 > 1:29:43I was coming to see you. You got that ID for me?

1:29:43 > 1:29:45Thank God for dental records.

1:29:45 > 1:29:48Stiff used to be a cop. Leland Meeks.

1:29:48 > 1:29:53Buzz Meeks?

1:29:49 > 1:29:53You knew him?

1:29:50 > 1:29:53He was around when I joined LAPD.

1:29:53 > 1:29:55Bad rep. Thanks.

1:29:55 > 1:29:57Just the facts, Jack.

1:29:57 > 1:29:58Just the facts.

1:30:01 > 1:30:03Anything else, Sergeant?

1:30:03 > 1:30:08Yeah. Meeks worked Vice '39 to '41. I need to see his arrest records.

1:30:08 > 1:30:10KNOCK ON DOOR

1:30:12 > 1:30:16Miss Bracken, I'm Lieutenant Exley.

1:30:16 > 1:30:20I know who you are. Bud told me all about you.

1:30:20 > 1:30:22Is that so?

1:30:22 > 1:30:24And what did White have to say?

1:30:25 > 1:30:28He said you were smart.

1:30:28 > 1:30:32He also said you'd screw yourself to get ahead.

1:30:32 > 1:30:34Well, let's concentrate on my smarts.

1:30:34 > 1:30:36Patchett made you, didn't he?

1:30:36 > 1:30:40Taught you how to dress, talk and think.

1:30:40 > 1:30:42And I am very impressed with the results.

1:30:42 > 1:30:45But I need some answers.

1:30:45 > 1:30:51If I don't get them, I'll take you and Patchett down.

1:30:48 > 1:30:51Patchett can take care of himself.

1:30:52 > 1:30:54And I'm not afraid of you.

1:30:54 > 1:30:57And you forget one thing, Lieutenant.

1:30:57 > 1:31:00Pierce also taught me how to fuck.

1:31:02 > 1:31:05And he tells you who to fuck.

1:31:05 > 1:31:08Why does he have you fucking Bud White?

1:31:08 > 1:31:12What makes you think I'm not seeing Bud because I want to?

1:31:12 > 1:31:16It'd be easier for you if there was an angle.

1:31:16 > 1:31:20You're afraid of Bud cos you don't know how to play him.

1:31:20 > 1:31:24He doesn't follow the same rules of politics as you do.

1:31:24 > 1:31:26It makes him dangerous.

1:31:26 > 1:31:28I can handle Bud White.

1:31:28 > 1:31:30Can you?

1:31:33 > 1:31:35I see Bud because I want to.

1:31:39 > 1:31:43I see Bud because he can't hide the good inside of him.

1:31:43 > 1:31:46I see Bud because he makes me feel like Lynn Bracken

1:31:46 > 1:31:50and not some lookalike who fucks for money.

1:31:52 > 1:31:56I see Bud because he doesn't know how to disguise who he is.

1:31:57 > 1:32:01I see Bud for all the reasons he's different from you.

1:32:03 > 1:32:06Don't underestimate me, Miss Bracken.

1:32:06 > 1:32:09The way you've underestimated Bud White?

1:32:15 > 1:32:20Fucking me and fucking Bud aren't the same thing.

1:32:18 > 1:32:20Stop talking about Bud White.

1:32:48 > 1:32:50Shit.

1:33:02 > 1:33:04Jack Vincennes.

1:33:04 > 1:33:07It's going on midnight, Jack.

1:33:07 > 1:33:10I need two minutes. It's important.

1:33:10 > 1:33:15Good thing for you my wife and four daughters are at the beach.

1:33:18 > 1:33:21Do you remember Buzz Meeks, Dudley?

1:33:21 > 1:33:23A disgrace as a police officer.

1:33:23 > 1:33:27Straight D fitness reports from every CO he ever served under.

1:33:27 > 1:33:3012 years ago, he was on a roust with Stensland.

1:33:30 > 1:33:34They questioned Patchett about a blackmail scam.

1:33:34 > 1:33:39He had Sid Hudgens photographing prominent businessmen with hookers.

1:33:39 > 1:33:43Charges were dropped. Insufficient evidence.

1:33:43 > 1:33:47You were the supervising officer on that case. Do you remember?

1:33:47 > 1:33:49What's this all about?

1:33:49 > 1:33:53Part of it's to do with a murder. I'm working with Exley on it.

1:33:53 > 1:33:56You're Narco, Jack, not Homicide.

1:33:56 > 1:33:58Since when do you work with Exley?

1:33:58 > 1:34:02Well, it's a private investigation.

1:34:02 > 1:34:03Ah.

1:34:03 > 1:34:06I messed up. I'm trying to make amends.

1:34:06 > 1:34:10Don't try to do the right thing. You've never done it before.

1:34:17 > 1:34:19Buzz Meeks and Dick Stensland.

1:34:23 > 1:34:26So, what does Exley make of all this?

1:34:26 > 1:34:29Oh, I haven't told him yet. I came straight here.

1:34:54 > 1:34:56Have you a valediction, boyo?

1:35:02 > 1:35:04- FAINTLY:- Rollo...

1:35:04 > 1:35:07Tomasi.

1:35:09 > 1:35:11FAINT CHUCKLE

1:35:26 > 1:35:30'Sgt Vincennes was killed by a 32 slug to the heart.

1:35:30 > 1:35:33'Time of death, approximately 1am.'

1:35:33 > 1:35:35Although he was found in Echo Park,

1:35:35 > 1:35:39forensics indicates the body was moved.

1:35:39 > 1:35:42I want two-man teams to scour that entire area.

1:35:42 > 1:35:45Our justice must be swift

1:35:45 > 1:35:47and merciless.

1:35:48 > 1:35:50That is all.

1:35:58 > 1:36:01Edmund? Might I have a word with ya?

1:36:04 > 1:36:09We're trying to run down a lead on an associate of Vincennes.

1:36:09 > 1:36:11What's the name?

1:36:11 > 1:36:14Rollo Tomasi?

1:36:15 > 1:36:17Ever heard Vincennes mention him?

1:36:20 > 1:36:22No. No, I haven't.

1:36:25 > 1:36:27Well, it's probably nothing.

1:36:27 > 1:36:31Still... keep your eyes open, eh, boyo?

1:36:41 > 1:36:44I know it's unlikely, but suppose for a moment

1:36:44 > 1:36:50somebody had a lot of heroin. Who would they go to to move it?

1:36:47 > 1:36:50White! In my office!

1:36:50 > 1:36:52Captain. Look, just give me a name.

1:36:52 > 1:36:54Mickey Cohen.

1:36:59 > 1:37:04Captain?

1:37:00 > 1:37:04I could use your fearsome habits at Victory Motel.

1:37:04 > 1:37:06Er, when?

1:37:06 > 1:37:08Now, Wendell.

1:37:08 > 1:37:10Right.

1:37:10 > 1:37:12Close the door, lad.

1:37:19 > 1:37:22You're a puzzlement to me these days.

1:37:22 > 1:37:25You don't seem your old cruel self.

1:37:25 > 1:37:28And I had such grand plans for your future.

1:37:28 > 1:37:30What plans?

1:37:31 > 1:37:35You have your extracurricular activities, I have mine.

1:37:37 > 1:37:41We must have a clarification session one of these days.

1:37:41 > 1:37:42However,

1:37:42 > 1:37:47right now, we're gonna brace a man who may know who killed Vincennes.

1:37:47 > 1:37:50So, the question is,

1:37:50 > 1:37:52can I count on you, lad?

1:37:52 > 1:37:54- Yes or no? - Yes, sir.

1:37:58 > 1:38:03I wanna know everything you and Vincennes talked about last night.

1:38:03 > 1:38:06Start with the ID on the corpse.

1:38:05 > 1:38:06An ex-cop.

1:38:06 > 1:38:08Leland "Buzz" Meeks.

1:38:08 > 1:38:11An ex-cop? What did Jack say? Did he know him?

1:38:11 > 1:38:14Only by reputation.

1:38:19 > 1:38:22Wendell, this is Sid Hudgens.

1:38:22 > 1:38:27I'm willing to co-operate. No need to tie me down.

1:38:25 > 1:38:27It's for your own safety.

1:38:27 > 1:38:31Now, what can you tell us about Sgt Jack Vincennes?

1:38:31 > 1:38:33Hollywood Jack? The Big V?

1:38:33 > 1:38:36He's on the night train to the Big Adios.

1:38:40 > 1:38:44I didn't have anything to do with him getting killed.

1:38:44 > 1:38:48But you were business associates.

1:38:46 > 1:38:48What's that got to do with it?

1:38:49 > 1:38:51OK! OK! So, we worked together.

1:38:51 > 1:38:54It was an information exchange.

1:38:54 > 1:39:00I got him first-class collars, he got me stories. We were friends.

1:38:58 > 1:39:00We'll drop that for the moment.

1:39:00 > 1:39:06Care to comment on Pierce Patchett?

1:39:02 > 1:39:06You think he had something to do with Jack getting iced?

1:39:06 > 1:39:11Wendell, I'd like full co-operation on every topic.

1:39:11 > 1:39:13OK, OK, OK, all right!

1:39:13 > 1:39:17Everybody knows Patchett's worth a boat load of greenbacks.

1:39:17 > 1:39:22But the man has hobbies, too. He bankrolls B movies under the table.

1:39:22 > 1:39:25And try this one on.

1:39:25 > 1:39:30He's rumoured to be a heroin sniffer. A powerful strange-o.

1:39:30 > 1:39:32- And? - And what?

1:39:36 > 1:39:39Reciprocity is the key to every relationship.

1:39:42 > 1:39:44He runs call girls.

1:39:45 > 1:39:50Primo tail, fixed up to look like movie stars.

1:39:50 > 1:39:52And?

1:39:52 > 1:39:55Blackmail shit. In my car,

1:39:55 > 1:39:57in the trunk, under the rug.

1:39:57 > 1:40:00Patchett got me to photograph this cop

1:40:00 > 1:40:02screwing this slut named Lynn.

1:40:02 > 1:40:04Looks like Veronica Lake.

1:40:04 > 1:40:07Wendell! Wendell! Leave him be!

1:40:07 > 1:40:09I said leave him be!

1:40:09 > 1:40:12- Get him away from me! - Back off!

1:40:54 > 1:40:57I wouldn't trade places with Exley right now

1:40:57 > 1:40:59for all the whisky in Ireland.

1:40:59 > 1:41:01Dudley!

1:41:03 > 1:41:07I thought you were gonna let the dumb bastard kill me.

1:41:07 > 1:41:12And you - learn to pull your punches a little better. Uncuff me now.

1:41:17 > 1:41:19Fellas.

1:41:19 > 1:41:21Dudley, we had a deal.

1:41:21 > 1:41:24You, me, Patchett - we're a team!

1:41:27 > 1:41:30Hush-hush.

1:41:30 > 1:41:32Anything?

1:41:31 > 1:41:32Nothing.

1:41:32 > 1:41:34So Meeks never made an arrest.

1:41:34 > 1:41:37Someone must've pulled the files.

1:41:39 > 1:41:42What about the daily report books?

1:41:42 > 1:41:45Buried somewhere in the basement.

1:41:43 > 1:41:45Well, find them.

1:42:14 > 1:42:16Did you talk to Exley?

1:42:16 > 1:42:18Come in out of the rain.

1:42:19 > 1:42:22I wanna know what happened with Exley.

1:42:23 > 1:42:26Just come in.

1:42:26 > 1:42:29What happened with you and Exley?

1:42:29 > 1:42:31We talked.

1:42:31 > 1:42:34So tell me about him.

1:42:32 > 1:42:34- Later. - No!

1:42:34 > 1:42:36Now!

1:42:38 > 1:42:40You fucked him.

1:42:43 > 1:42:45You fucked him.

1:42:45 > 1:42:48I thought I was helping you.

1:43:36 > 1:43:39I'm glad you're here. I need you to see this.

1:43:48 > 1:43:50Wait.

1:44:14 > 1:44:16Dudley killed Jack.

1:44:16 > 1:44:19He wants you to kill me.

1:44:20 > 1:44:24He showed you the photo, didn't he?

1:44:24 > 1:44:25Didn't he?

1:44:27 > 1:44:30Think! Goddamn you, think!

1:44:32 > 1:44:34Get outta here!

1:44:46 > 1:44:48Dudley.

1:44:48 > 1:44:51I checked the daily report books.

1:44:51 > 1:44:54Dudley, Buzz Meeks

1:44:54 > 1:44:56and Stensland go way back.

1:44:59 > 1:45:01I knew Stensland lied to me.

1:45:03 > 1:45:07Lefferts' mother ID'd Stensland as Lefferts' boyfriend.

1:45:07 > 1:45:12Stensland pretended he didn't know Meeks or her the night that I met...

1:45:14 > 1:45:15Lynn.

1:45:15 > 1:45:19Stensland and Meeks. What the hell were they up to?

1:45:20 > 1:45:24I think Stens killed Meeks over heroin.

1:45:24 > 1:45:25What heroin?

1:45:30 > 1:45:34Johnny Stompanato told me that Meeks had heroin for sale.

1:45:34 > 1:45:36Meeks ends up dead,

1:45:36 > 1:45:39Stensland dies at the Nite Owl...

1:45:39 > 1:45:41It wasn't the negroes.

1:45:41 > 1:45:44The rape victim lied in her statement.

1:45:44 > 1:45:48First guys to the Merc were Breuning and Carlisle.

1:45:48 > 1:45:50Dudley's guys.

1:45:50 > 1:45:52They planted the shotguns.

1:45:52 > 1:45:56They'd have killed the negroes if Jack and I hadn't shown up.

1:45:56 > 1:45:59Dudley framed them cos they had records.

1:45:59 > 1:46:03And he knew there would be no questions asked...

1:46:03 > 1:46:06if they were killed resisting arrest.

1:46:06 > 1:46:09This is all connected to Jack's angle.

1:46:09 > 1:46:11Sid Hudgens,

1:46:11 > 1:46:15the pictures to blackmail Ellis Loew.

1:46:15 > 1:46:17A kid got murdered.

1:46:17 > 1:46:19We need to work together.

1:46:24 > 1:46:26Why are you doing this?

1:46:28 > 1:46:30The Nite Owl made you.

1:46:31 > 1:46:33You wanna tear all that down?

1:46:34 > 1:46:37With a wrecking ball.

1:46:37 > 1:46:39Wanna help me swing it?

1:46:50 > 1:46:52Let's go see Ellis Loew.

1:46:52 > 1:46:56Find out what the District Attorney knows.

1:47:00 > 1:47:02May I...?

1:47:02 > 1:47:05Hey, you can't go in there.

1:47:06 > 1:47:09Want me to call the police?

1:47:09 > 1:47:13Ask for Capt Smith. Tell him we're discussing an actor's death.

1:47:13 > 1:47:15These are the police.

1:47:21 > 1:47:23What do you want?

1:47:23 > 1:47:27I want DA bureau men to tail Dudley Smith and Pierce Patchett.

1:47:27 > 1:47:30I want you to authorise taps on their phones.

1:47:30 > 1:47:35I want authorisation to check their bank records.

1:47:33 > 1:47:35On what evidence?

1:47:35 > 1:47:38Call it a hunch.

1:47:38 > 1:47:42Absolutely not. Dudley Smith is highly decorated.

1:47:42 > 1:47:47I won't smear his and Pierce Patchett's name without...

1:47:45 > 1:47:47Without what?

1:47:47 > 1:47:49Them smearing yours first?

1:47:49 > 1:47:53What do they have? Pictures of you with your pants down?

1:47:54 > 1:47:56Do you have any proof?

1:47:56 > 1:47:58The proof had his throat slit.

1:47:58 > 1:48:01So far, you're not denying it.

1:48:01 > 1:48:04Well, I'm not gonna dignify this

1:48:04 > 1:48:07with answers. If you'll excuse me,

1:48:07 > 1:48:11I have a press conference for Jack Vincennes to prepare for.

1:48:21 > 1:48:25Unless you came to wipe my ass, I believe we're through.

1:48:29 > 1:48:34Don't pull that good cop-bad cop crap. I practically invented it.

1:48:34 > 1:48:36So what if some homo actor is dead, huh?

1:48:36 > 1:48:40Ten of 'em get off the bus every day.

1:48:41 > 1:48:43Aaaarrgghh! Aaaarrggh!!

1:48:46 > 1:48:48Pull him off me, Exley!!

1:48:48 > 1:48:50I don't know how.

1:48:53 > 1:48:56You think you're the hotshot, but here's the juice -

1:48:56 > 1:48:59If I kill you, ten lawyers'll take your place.

1:48:59 > 1:49:01They just won't come on a bus.

1:49:06 > 1:49:08Aaaaaarrrrgghh!!

1:49:11 > 1:49:13Aaarrgh! Aaarrgh! No! HELP!

1:49:13 > 1:49:16All right! OK!

1:49:17 > 1:49:20Dudley Smith and Patchett, they... OH!

1:49:20 > 1:49:24My God! I wouldn't play ball, so they set me up!

1:49:24 > 1:49:27I gave in! The kid heard everything...

1:49:27 > 1:49:30so they killed him!

1:49:28 > 1:49:30Why? What are they up to?

1:49:30 > 1:49:33Taking over Mickey Cohen's rackets!

1:49:33 > 1:49:37Cos of those pictures, I-I-I couldn't prosecute them!

1:49:37 > 1:49:40Oh, Jesus, help me up!

1:49:46 > 1:49:48HE WHIMPERS

1:49:48 > 1:49:52Is that how you used to run the good cop-bad cop?

1:49:52 > 1:49:54Patchett?

1:50:28 > 1:50:31Looks like his bodyguard had a conflict of interest.

1:50:37 > 1:50:41Suicide note. Says he killed Jack cos Jack figured out a porno scam

1:50:41 > 1:50:45Patchett was running.

1:50:42 > 1:50:45Slicing himself wasn't his idea.

1:50:45 > 1:50:48Two of his fingers are broken.

1:50:48 > 1:50:50They must've held him here.

1:50:50 > 1:50:52Or drugged him.

1:50:54 > 1:50:57Dudley's tying up his loose ends.

1:50:57 > 1:51:01Patchett's dead, he sent you after me,...

1:51:01 > 1:51:04Lynn.

1:51:04 > 1:51:09West Hollywood Sheriff. They're closer than we are.

1:51:06 > 1:51:09- I'll get the car.- The keys!

1:51:15 > 1:51:19Hey! We took her to the station for safekeeping.

1:51:19 > 1:51:23Hold her as Joan Smith. No-one sees her unless I OK it.

1:51:23 > 1:51:26Someone worked her over. She wouldn't say who.

1:51:31 > 1:51:33See ya, Exley.

1:51:36 > 1:51:38We should talk to Lynn.

1:51:38 > 1:51:40You do it.

1:51:40 > 1:51:43What are you gonna do?

1:51:44 > 1:51:50Talk to Sid Hudgens. Compliment him on his performance at Victory Motel.

1:51:50 > 1:51:52Remember Bud, we need evidence.

1:51:52 > 1:51:55I'll get the evidence.

1:52:06 > 1:52:08Are you OK?

1:52:09 > 1:52:11You OK?

1:52:21 > 1:52:23Bud hates himself for what he did.

1:52:23 > 1:52:27I know how he feels.

1:52:27 > 1:52:32Lynn, I need to know what you can give me on Dudley Smith.

1:52:33 > 1:52:38He's a police captain in business with Patchett.

1:52:36 > 1:52:38I've never heard of him.

1:52:42 > 1:52:44Do you have a place to stay?

1:52:45 > 1:52:47I'll be OK.

1:52:59 > 1:53:01He's OK. Let him through.

1:53:05 > 1:53:07What happened?

1:53:07 > 1:53:10Somebody beat him to death and stole some files.

1:53:10 > 1:53:14He dug up garbage on the wrong guy. We got 1,000 suspects.

1:53:14 > 1:53:16Officer White?

1:53:17 > 1:53:22You got a call. Lt Exley wants you to meet him at the Victory Motel.

1:53:54 > 1:53:56You wanted to meet here?

1:53:56 > 1:53:59You called it. I thought Sid Hudgens -

1:53:59 > 1:54:01Sid Hudgens is dead.

1:54:12 > 1:54:14Let's get outta here.

1:54:20 > 1:54:22It's too late.

1:54:29 > 1:54:31CAR ENGINES APPROACH

1:55:08 > 1:55:12You suspected this was a set-up, but you came?

1:55:12 > 1:55:14A lot of bad stuff happened here.

1:55:14 > 1:55:17It's as good a place as any for it to end.

1:55:26 > 1:55:28Here. Clip.

1:55:32 > 1:55:37All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.

1:55:35 > 1:55:37Now's your chance.

1:55:38 > 1:55:41He died in the line of duty, didn't he?

1:55:43 > 1:55:45HE CHUCKLES HOARSELY

1:56:38 > 1:56:40Bud!

1:56:53 > 1:56:55< WHISTLE

1:56:57 > 1:56:58< WHISTLE

1:57:25 > 1:57:27FOOTSTEPS

1:57:36 > 1:57:37Aaagh!!

1:58:34 > 1:58:35You OK?

1:58:35 > 1:58:37Yeah.

1:58:55 > 1:58:57Come on. Easy.

1:58:57 > 1:58:59Come on.

1:59:03 > 1:59:05Move!

1:59:26 > 1:59:28Rollo Tomasi.

1:59:30 > 1:59:32Who is he?

1:59:32 > 1:59:34You are.

1:59:35 > 1:59:38You're the guy who gets away with it.

1:59:42 > 1:59:45Jack knew it, and so do I.

2:00:09 > 2:00:11Are you going to shoot me

2:00:11 > 2:00:13or arrest me?

2:00:13 > 2:00:15POLICE SIRENS APPROACH

2:00:19 > 2:00:20Good lad.

2:00:20 > 2:00:23Always the politician.

2:00:23 > 2:00:25Let me do the talking.

2:00:25 > 2:00:29After I've done, I'll make you Chief of Detectives.

2:00:53 > 2:00:55SIRENS WAIL

2:00:55 > 2:00:57Hold up your badge

2:00:57 > 2:01:00so they'll know you're a policeman.

2:01:48 > 2:01:52'You think you can talk your way out of this, Lieutenant?'

2:01:52 > 2:01:54No,

2:01:54 > 2:01:56but I think can tell the truth.

2:01:56 > 2:01:58During our investigation...

2:02:00 > 2:02:03of events surrounding the Nite Owl case,

2:02:03 > 2:02:07Jack Vincennes, Bud White and I learned the following...

2:02:07 > 2:02:10Your golden boy's throwing his life away.

2:02:10 > 2:02:15The three Nite Owl suspects, while guilty of kidnapping and rape,

2:02:15 > 2:02:19were innocent of the multiple homicides at the Nite Owl.

2:02:19 > 2:02:24The actual gunmen were most likely Los Angeles Police Dept officers

2:02:24 > 2:02:27Michael Breuning and William Carlisle.

2:02:27 > 2:02:29And a third man,

2:02:29 > 2:02:33who may or may not have been Captain Dudley Smith.

2:02:33 > 2:02:35The objective?

2:02:35 > 2:02:40The elimination of another police officer, Richard Stensland,

2:02:40 > 2:02:46who along with former LAPD Officer Leland "Buzz" Meeks

2:02:46 > 2:02:51also committed multiple homicides on behalf of Captain Smith.

2:02:51 > 2:02:55And then betrayed him over 25lbs of heroin,

2:02:55 > 2:02:58the retrieval of which...

2:02:58 > 2:03:03was the ultimate motivation behind the Nite Owl killings.

2:03:04 > 2:03:08Beginning with the incarceration of Mickey Cohen,

2:03:08 > 2:03:13Captain Smith has been assuming control of organised crime in LA.

2:03:13 > 2:03:18This includes the assassinations of Mickey Cohen lieutenants,

2:03:18 > 2:03:21the systematic blackmail of city officials...

2:03:23 > 2:03:28..and the murders of Susan Lefferts, Pierce Patchett, Sid Hudgens...

2:03:28 > 2:03:31..and Sergeant Jack Vincennes.

2:03:34 > 2:03:37Capt Smith admitted as much to me

2:03:37 > 2:03:39before I shot him

2:03:39 > 2:03:41at the Victory Motel.

2:03:43 > 2:03:45That's it.

2:03:47 > 2:03:48Well...

2:03:48 > 2:03:51the press is gonna have a field day.

2:03:52 > 2:03:54This... Christ.

2:03:54 > 2:03:57- It'll stain the department for years.- Decades.

2:03:57 > 2:04:01If we can get the kid to play ball...

2:04:02 > 2:04:05..who's to say what happened?

2:04:05 > 2:04:07Maybe Dudley Smith died a hero.

2:04:07 > 2:04:10Yeah, if we get the press to play.

2:04:17 > 2:04:21You wanna tell me what you're smiling about?

2:04:25 > 2:04:27A hero.

2:04:27 > 2:04:31How did he know? He couldn't have heard us.

2:04:32 > 2:04:33And?

2:04:33 > 2:04:35In this situation...

2:04:36 > 2:04:39..you'll need more than one.

2:04:44 > 2:04:48It is with great pleasure that I present this award

2:04:48 > 2:04:52to Det Lt Edmund Exley, two-time Medal of Valour recipient.

2:05:01 > 2:05:05Next year, the LAPD will move into its new facility.

2:05:05 > 2:05:07With leaders like Exley,

2:05:07 > 2:05:10the image of fat cops stealing apples

2:05:10 > 2:05:15will be forgotten and LA will have the police force it deserves.

2:05:28 > 2:05:30You just couldn't resist.

2:05:30 > 2:05:33They're using me, so I'm using them.

2:05:35 > 2:05:37Come on.

2:05:54 > 2:05:56Hey.

2:06:09 > 2:06:11Thanks for the push.

2:06:21 > 2:06:23Yeah.

2:06:31 > 2:06:34Congratulations, Lieutenant Exley.

2:06:36 > 2:06:39Some men get the world,

2:06:39 > 2:06:43others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona.

2:06:53 > 2:06:56Bye.

2:06:56 > 2:06:58Bye.

2:07:40 > 2:07:45# You got to accentuate the positive

2:07:45 > 2:07:48# Eliminate the negative

2:07:48 > 2:07:52# And latch on to the affirmative

2:07:52 > 2:07:55# Don't mess with Mr In-Between

2:07:55 > 2:07:58# You got to spread joy

2:07:58 > 2:08:00# Up to the maximum

2:08:00 > 2:08:03# Bring gloom down to the minimum

2:08:03 > 2:08:05# Have faith

2:08:05 > 2:08:07# Or pandemonium's

2:08:07 > 2:08:10# Liable to walk upon the scene

2:08:10 > 2:08:13# To illustrate my last remark

2:08:13 > 2:08:17# Jonah in the whale Noah in the ark

2:08:17 > 2:08:19# What did they do

2:08:19 > 2:08:22# Just when everything looked so dark?

2:08:24 > 2:08:26# Man, they said we better

2:08:26 > 2:08:29# Accentuate the positive

2:08:29 > 2:08:33# Eliminate the negative

2:08:33 > 2:08:37# And latch on to the affirmative

2:08:37 > 2:08:40# Don't mess with Mr In-Between

2:08:40 > 2:08:44# No, don't mess with Mr In-Between

2:08:44 > 2:08:48# You got to spread joy up to the maximum

2:08:48 > 2:08:51# Bring gloom down to the minimum

2:08:51 > 2:08:53# Have faith

2:08:53 > 2:08:58# Or pandemonium's liable to walk upon the scene

2:08:58 > 2:09:01# You got to a-a-a-a-a-ac

2:09:01 > 2:09:02# Centuate the positive

2:09:02 > 2:09:06# Eliminate the negative

2:09:06 > 2:09:10# And latch on to the affirmative

2:09:10 > 2:09:13# Don't mess with Mr In-Between... #