A Tattered Web (1971) - full transcript
A detective accidentally kills his son-in-law's floozy and then tries to cover-up his actions.
Would you believe it?
It's dark already.
I'm late.
I'll see you, honey.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm not gonna let you go.
Let me go.
I'm not gonna let you.
See you tomorrow, then.
[phone ringing]
Hello.
Louise Campbell?
LOUISE [ON PHONE]: Yeah.
Stay away from that young guy.
What?
Hey, who is this, anyway?
Never mind.
Just do what I say.
Stay away from him,
you understand?
Stay away from him.
Who is this?
Hello?
Hello?
[SINGING]: For
She's a jolly good
fellow, for she's a jolly good
fellow, that nobody can deny.
Now, blow 'em out!
Blow 'em out.
OK, OK, I'll try.
Make a wish.
I didn't think I could do it.
There were so many of them.
Come on.
You're only 23, Tina.
Wait till you're 45.
46.
Oh, if you weren't wearing
that gun, Joe Marcus.
Oh, but I am, sweetie.
Hey, Steve, what kind of
friends does your wife have?
Oh, they're killers,
every single one of them.
Right ,honey?
Right.
Whoops, look and
learn, sweetie.
Married almost a year, and
still smooching in public.
Shut up.
You live with father-in-law,
you don't have much choice.
Right?
Selma, why don't
you serve the coffee?
I'll cut the cake
when my dad comes.
Sure, honey.
Where's the old bear, anyway?
Probably out on a job,
you know what I mean?
Oh, now come, on.
Don't joke about it, please.
Come on, funny man.
All right, all right.
I worry about him, Steve.
I can't help it.
Worry about me.
You know what I wish for?
I wish you and my dad
would get along better.
We will, soon as you
and I move outta here.
Steve, I don't see what
difference it makes.
Daddy!
Oh.
We've been waiting for you.
Working later, huh, Ed?
I'm sorry, baby.
Been out.
That's OK.
You're here now.
Well, let's cut the cake.
Listen, everybody, we
can cut the cake now.
I've been wondering where
you were, you big lug.
OK, everybody, here we go.
I can't wait.
Mmm!
Steve-O, you wanna
go bowling tonight?
No, I'm taking Tina to a movie.
Oh yeah, her old man just
called a few minutes ago.
He wants you to stop
by before you go home.
Same old junk.
You wouldn't have any of that
birthday cake, would you?
Hmm?
You got any of
that birthday cake?
Here, you can have it.
Oh, I don't want it all.
I said you can have it!
Sgt. Stagg around?
Hi, Steve.
He's inside.
Is it important?
Beats me.
I guess I better hang around.
Do you know Sgt. Stagg?
Yeah, I know him.
He arrested my son.
Says he stole a car.
I don't believe it.
He's never been
in trouble before.
Well, he's in
trouble now, Mister.
-Joe.
-Oh, Sergeant.
Tell those other kids
to be released, will you?
I don't wanna hold 'em any
longer than we have to.
-Sure.
-You get a lawyer?
-Yes, I have a lawyer.
-Get a hold of him.
Your boy'll be arraigned
in a couple of hours.
Come on inside.
Sergeant, you are
making a mistake.
Yeah, I wish I were.
But he's only 17.
He's-- he's on the honor
school roll at school.
And he snatched somebody's
car, went for a joyride,
and wrecked it.
Now, look, Mr. Hamlin,
if you want your kid
to think that he can break
the law and get away with it,
that's your business.
But don't ask me
to hold your hand.
Come on.
Sergeant, don't
you understand--
Call your lawyer.
sit down.
Pretty rough on that
poor guy, weren't you?
What are you talking about?
It's not my fault
he didn't teach
his kid to respect the law.
Now go ahead.
Sit down.
A guy doesn't know
the difference
between right and
wrong, he might
as well be living in a tree.
You agree?
What's this all about, huh?
Tina.
Do you love her?
Huh?
I asked you a question.
Do you love her?
Sure, I love her.
She ever tell you
about her mother?
No.
No, she ran out on us, both
of us, when Tina was only 10.
Tina is all I've got-- all.
Don't I know it.
How many times you been
in that dame's apartment?
What dame?
You know what this would do to
Tina if she found out about it.
Found out about what, Sergeant?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
You know damn well
what I'm talking about.
It's been in my
gut for a week now.
Louise Campbell, that's
the one I'm talking about.
Now, how many times?
Once, twice, seven,
20-- how many times?
[thud]
How many?
You think that I'm some punk
you pulled in off the street?
Don't smart with me.
I know you've been seeing
this Campbell dame,
and I want it stopped-- now.
I'll think about it, Sergeant.
Damn right, you'll
think about it.
You will do it.
That's what you'll do.
You'll do it!
I'm not gonna let
my Tina be hurt.
In my book, she comes ahead of
everybody-- you, me, everybody.
Then why don't you let her go?
Everything, she still comes
running to you for everything.
We've been married
for almost a year,
and I still don't know whose
wife she is, yours or mine.
What kind of a question--
You know how many times
I've pleaded with her to move
out of that house of yours?
She thinks we can't
manage without Papa.
Well, let me tell you
something, Sergeant.
I can manage without Papa.
You stay away from
that dame, you hear?
You hear me?
Stay away from her!
Hi, Dad.
Hello, baby.
When you knit, remember.
Picked up a couple of ticket for
the doubleheader this Sunday.
I thought you
didn't like baseball.
Well, Steve does.
Figured you and he
might wanna get away
from your old man for a while.
Daddy, you're sweet.
Ah, not yet, but
I'm working on it.
Hey, I thought you two were
going to the movies tonight.
We didn't.
If you're hungry, we have
piles of cold chicken
in the refrigerator.
Sweetheart, you and Steve,
you-- you having any trouble?
What trouble?
Am I keeping you from
moving out of here?
Huh?
Sweetheart, because if I am--
Hey, how does this look so far?
Do you think Steve'll like it?
He better.
Where is he?
Home, isn't he?
Nope.
I'll go and fix
you that chicken.
Half to 10:00.
Well, he had to work
late again tonight.
He phoned me.
Some kind of emergency.
Daddy, I wish you'd talk to
him about working late so much.
Do you want to hear
something funny?
Hmm?
I worry about him all the time.
Even at night,
sometimes I wake up
and I look at him, just
to see if he's breathing.
Isn't that weird?
No.
No, not if you
love him that much.
Don't you dare
tell him about this.
He'll think I'm
crazy or something.
OK?
Cold chicken coming up.
This is crazy.
How do I get her out of there?
Keep it cool.
Yeah, thanks.
Thanks for listening.
Any time.
[knocking on door]
W-- oh.
I'm sorry.
I thought you were someone else.
May I come in, Miss Campbell?
What do you want?
It won't take long.
Hey, just a minute.
Who do you think you are?
You got no right coming in here.
Look who's talking about right.
What is this?
What do you want?
My name is Stagg,
Sergeant Edward Stagg.
Does that mean anything to you?
Oh, are you gonna
bust me, Sergeant?
Well, look, if you don't have a
warrant, I'd like you to leave.
Steve Butler is my son-in-law.
Oh.
Oh, I see.
Well, look,
Sergeant, it's 10:30.
It is a little late
for a social call.
I don't place social
calls on tramps.
Get outta here.
Go on.
Get.
You want me outta
here, you better listen.
You and Steve have had it.
It's finished.
You-- you were the
one on the telephone.
Man, some cop.
You're gonna have
to get somebody
else to pay your bills.
That shouldn't be too hard.
There's a guy on every
street corner just
dying to get someone like you.
How much do you want?
Click, click, right and
wrong, nothing in between.
Man, Steve sure had you pegged.
I don't want anything, Sergeant.
I just wanna turn around
and get outta here.
My daughter doesn't know
anything about you and Steve,
and she's not going to know.
Now, how much.
Go on home, Sergeant.
I'm tired and going to bed.
It's over, you understand?
It's over.
The next time he calls,
you tell him you've had it.
You never wanna see
him again-- never.
Look, Sergeant, don't try
to run my life, not my life.
Now, you listen to me,
you no-good little--
Go on.
Get outta here!
My daughter!
You are not going
to hurt my daughter.
Is that clear?
You are not going to hurt her.
There's only one person
hurting that kid of yours,
and it's not me.
What do you mean?
Well, who do you
think's running
Steve out of your house?
Me?
You shut up.
You shut up.
Oh, you think Steve's
coming over here because he's
crazy in love with me?
Well, I'm not that
lucky, Sergeant.
I just happened to be-- Don't
you point that finger at me!
If anyone is lousing up their
lives, it's you, man, you!
I told you to
shut up, didn't I?
Sorry.
Sorry, I-- I didn't mean
to hurt you, but you--
Miss Campbell, hey, hey.
Come on.
Drink this now.
Come on.
Drink.
Oh my god.
My god.
MAN [ON PHONE]:
Police headquarters.
I wanna report-- I wanna--
MAN [ON PHONE]: You'll
have to speak up, Mister.
I can't hear you.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Last piece.
I was saving it for
Dad, but it's his loss.
I wonder where he went.
He's a big boy now, Tina.
Hey, you know what
I was thinking?
What?
The last time we were
on a roller coaster
was our first date.
Why don't we go this Saturday?
I saw him today.
He told me about your mother.
Why should he do that?
He never talks about her.
He did today.
Steve, it was awful.
I never heard a
grown man cry before.
I can still hear it some time.
It was 13 years ago.
He's not crying anymore.
Steve.
Steve, I love you.
Tina.
I love you so much.
Tina, there's something
I wanna tell you.
Just tell me you love me.
That's all I wanna hear.
You know I do.
Let's do it, Steve.
Lets make me believe it's our
first date all over again.
We'll eat cotton
candy, and throw
baseballs, and buy popcorn.
I can't catch up with you.
You're like a little kid.
Well, it's better than
being serious and grumpy,
like some people I know.
You're a character.
[doorknob turns]
Daddy?
Daddy?
Daddy, guess what.
Steve and I are going on a
roller coaster this Saturday.
What's wrong?
I have that cold
chicken, if you want it.
I'm not hungry.
Are you sure?
It's only--
I said I'm not hungry!
Take care of your husband.
Leave me alone.
Steve, what's the
matter with him?
Stay out of it.
Hey.
Sergeant, why take
it out on her?
You can be sore with
me, OK, but-- listen,
I'm trying to tell
you something.
You're right about one thing.
I don't want Tina
to be hurt, either.
Why'd you have to mess
around with that dame
for, anyway, Steve?
I said you were
right, didn't I?
It's all over.
I'm not gonna see her anymore.
I'm wrapping it up.
I'm gonna level
with Tina right now.
I'm gonna tell her all about it.
No, you're not.
You're not gonna tell her
anything, not one word, not one
word about you and that tramp.
Is that clear?
-Now, wait a minute, Sergeant.
-No,no.
Don't argue with me.
She couldn't take it.
She'd fall apart.
It's not the end of the world.
But it would be for her!
You don't know her like I do.
We've got to protect her.
We have to, you and me.
We can't let anything tie you
in with that tramp-- nothing!
OK.
If you say so.
Yes, I do.
I do.
We have to protect her.
We have to.
It's all I try to do, just--
just trying to protect her,
trying to protect her.
[phone ringing]
I got it.
Police headquarters.
Sergeant Marcus.
What?
Just a minute.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
OK, I got it.
We'll get right on it.
Who was that?
Hold up.
Hey, Mike.
Just write all this, will you?
Grocery store on 5th Street.
OK, Pop.
Right here.
Sit down.
Now, he says he killed
his best friend.
Oh.
When this happen, Pop?
I-- I dunno.
Two, three, four days.
I-- I don't remember.
MARTIN: How'd you kill him?
I dunno.
What's your friend's name, Pop?
What's your name?
Put him away.
Let him sleep it off.
We'll talk more later.
OK, let's go, Pop.
Hey, hey.
All right.
Easy now.
Easy, you'll get a
nice, long snooze.
Easy now.
Gonna be one of those days.
Drunks looking for a place to
sleep, a fight with my wife.
Hey, Ed, you ever get married
again, stay away from women who
like to buy hats by the pound.
Joe, check this out, will you?
It's a cleaning woman
on Williams Street.
JOE: What's the pitch?
She was a little hysterical.
I didn't get very much.
She said she'd found
this girl that she works
for stretched out on her couch.
It might be a homicide.
Getting right on it.
Ed, you better go with him.
In case it is a
homicide, I'd like
to have it cleaned up quick.
Yes, sir.
And then I-- I
shook her, Sergeant.
I-- I thought she was
asleep or something.
But she was cold.
I mean, really cold.
And then I thought the blood.
And, well, I was so scared.
I didn't know what to do.
And that's when I
called the police.
Hey, Ed.
Ed.
Blood.
Looks like an accident, huh?
Maybe she got dizzy and
fell down, hit her head.
How did she get to the couch?
Oh, I guess she got up
somehow and managed to reach
that before she passed out.
What about it, Doc?
Not a chance.
She died a few seconds after she
received the blow on the head.
What about time?
Oh, at least 10
hours, maybe more, I'll
tell you after the autopsy.
Oh, Sergeant, the only
way she got on that couch
was if someone put her there.
Mrs. Simmons, did you
move Miss Campbell's body?
No, sir.
I-- I-- I told the Sergeant.
I came in here, and I found
her lying on the couch.
OK, OK, ma'am.
OK You through with her, Red?
ED: Yeah.
You can go now, Mrs. Simmons.
We'll call you again
if we need you.
Probably find her prints
all over the place.
The way I figure it,
Ed, she could have
had an argument with somebody.
He knocked her down.
She hit her head.
He got scared.
So he picked her up, carried
her over to the couch.
Probably didn't even
know she was dead.
Maybe even tried to
pull her out of it.
This might give us a
nice set of prints.
Well, what do you think?
Sound logical?
Yeah, yeah.
It-- it makes sense.
Sergeant, this guy
outside lives upstairs.
He said he saw someone hanging
around the door last night.
Check him out, will you, Ed?
I wanna find out what's
holding up fingerprint.
I didn't see his face.
It's always so dark
out here at night
you could break a leg, anyway.
He was a man about, well,
about your size, Sergeant.
That's all I know.
Then, you wouldn't recognize
him if you saw him again, huh?
No, but he wasn't
a young fella.
I mean, that much
I can tell you.
What young fella?
Well, the one
she went out with.
I mean, him I saw lots of times.
Do you know his name
Uh, no.
What's he look like?
Well, a dame like
that, she must have gone
out with a trainload of guys.
Maybe.
But that's the only one
we know about so far.
What's he look like?
Young, about 30 years
old, tall, good-looking.
Oh, he always looked
mad, Sergeant.
I'd give him a hello, and
he never smiled, not once.
Do you think he killed her?
Well, that's what
we're here to find out.
Come on, Ed.
You check the dresser.
I'll tackle the desk.
Maybe we'll come up lucky,
something with his name
on it, maybe even a picture.
What about fingerprint.
They haven't been
here yet, have they?
So?
Be careful.
Why don't we come
back here later?
Give fingerprint a chance
to their job first.
in the meantime, we can
check out that place where
she used to work on 10st, huh?
Does that make
more sense to you?
OK.
Go.
-Yeah.
I told her she was
gonna get in trouble,
going out with that guy.
Those married men and all that.
You know what I mean?
You know his name?
Uh-huh.
Never met him.
He was some kind
of a working stiff.
Docks, oil fields,
something like that.
What about other guys?
She went out with
other guys, didn't she?
She only Went with one
man at a time, Sergeant.
This month, it was strictly him.
You know if she
saw him last night?
Yeah, he called a
little after 6:00.
She said he was
real sore at her.
Wanted to see her right away.
They were to meet at this
restaurant, the Red War.
You know it?
Yeah.
Poor kid.
She was a sucker
for a sad story.
Any guy who was in
trouble had it made.
What kind of trouble was he in?
Something with
his father-in-law.
Seems that the old man
wanted everything is own way.
Real character, Louise said.
Maybe his way
was the right way.
Who knows?
You show me a guy who's
right all the time.
There's no such animal.
Well, thanks.
We might as well
check that restaurant.
Yeah, you go ahead.
I just thought of a
couple more questions
I'd like to ask that character.
Waste of time, Ed.
Take my car.
I'll grab a car.
You'd be better
off coming with me.
Listen, I've been on the
force for over 25 years.
I oughta know what I'm
doing by now, shouldn't I?
Good luck.
Taxi!
Sergeant.
-How long you been on the force?
-Three years.
And you haven't heard
about not smoking on duty?
Sergeant, no one was
here, and I thought--
You're here, aren't you?
And you're in uniform.
Now, put it out.
Anybody here besides
those ambulance guys?
Only fingerprint, Sergeant.
He left about five minutes ago.
What'd you find, Jim?
You don't say?
Well, we gotta hit
the jackpot sometime.
Maybe we'll wrap this one
up with a confession, huh?
Right.
Who was that?
Remember that old bum
walked in this morning?
Said he killed his best friend?
Yeah.
He did.
Now, you'd never think
an old boozehound
like that would have that
much conscience, would you?
You dig up anything?
Uh, went back to her apartment,
checked it out thoroughly.
Didn't find a thing.
Ed, did you kill her?
What kind of a joke is that?
Some hotshot detective.
I've been on the force
more than 25 years.
I know what I'm doing.
Hey, remember this?
Know whose prints were on it?
Yours, you clumsy jerk!
What do you want?
A confession?
JOE: What I wanna
know is when you
put your big paws all over it.
I dunno, when you were
talking to the doctor, I guess.
Handling evidence like
a wet-nosed rookie.
And I always thought you
were the perfect cop.
So I goofed up.
It happens.
What about that-- that
so-called boyfriend of hers?
You find anything?
Sure did.
He was with her last night.
In her apartment?
No, at the restaurant.
A waiter there remembered.
The description fits.
We'll pick him up.
But you don't know that he
went to her apartment, do you?
Well, it figures, doesn't it?
he's married.
The guy at the diner said he
was sore when he called her.
Chances are, his wife
was making waves,
so they had to break it up.
So they had dinner, went
back to her apartment,
had a few choice words.
She landed on her head.
How can you be so sure that
we'll be able to pick him up.
We know where he works--
docks or oil fields.
There could be a thousand guys.
Only one looks like this.
Steve, I'm in here.
Hi.
Hi.
Is your father home yet?
No.
Rough day, huh?
Yeah.
I had a rough day.
You know what I decided?
I'm gonna start an
organic vegetable
garden in the backyard.
We're going to have carrots,
and radishes, and tomatoes.
How does that sound?
That sounds fine.
Sounds fine?
You're the only farmer I
know, and all you can say
is, "sounds fine."
Hey, babe, I'm just
not with it today.
I'm counting on you for advice.
Well, I'm no farmer.
You were born on one.
Yeah, and my parents
lost it when I was five.
So?
You've got five years
more experience than I do.
You're too much, you know that?
OK, just wait and see.
We're going to have tomatoes.
That big.
Not if I get near 'em.
Steve, I've-- I'm thinking.
Maybe you were right.
Maybe we should go away for
a while, just you and me.
What brought that on?
Well, that's what
you wanted, isn't it?
They owe you a vacation.
Maybe we can even
leave tomorrow.
Walk out on my
job, just like that?
Walk out on my job?
Why not?
It's been than being
unhappy all the time.
Oh, Steve, I just-- I just
want us to love each other.
And live happily ever after
like in the story books.
Yeah, I know.
Well, it doesn't happen.
Forget it.
Why shouldn't it?
Because I'm just a guy!
That's all.
Take a look at me.
I'm just a guy.
I-- I don't have
a suit of armor.
I don't have a white horse.
I wouldn't know how to
fight a dragon if I saw one.
I'm just a guy.
That's all!
I do stupid things.
I make mistakes.
Sergeant I wanna talk to you.
Outside.
You say anything to Tina?
I didn't kill her, Sergeant.
Believe me.
What about Tina?
Did you say anything to her?
No, not yet.
Well, see that you
keep it that way.
What good'll it do?
They have that sketch.
Sooner or later, they'll
pin it down and run me in.
Not if you keep
your mouth shut.
Here.
Found that in her apartment.
Maybe you wanna put
in your scrapbook.
Look, Sergeant.
I'm sorry you found out this.
Just keep your mouth shut.
That's all I ask.
I didn't kill her.
All right.
I didn't see her that night.
Believe me, that's the truth.
Oh, that's the truth, huh?
Sergeant, listen, I know
you wouldn't cover for me
if you thought I was guilty--
Can't you-- can't you
just leave it alone!
Sure I used to date
her, but I haven't
seen her in like two months.
How about the night was killed?
But I told you--
Tell me again.
The movies.
I went to the movies.
I wasn't anywhere
near her place.
OK, you can go.
Well, go on.
Get outta here.
Like fishing in a mudhole.
Nothing.
The Lieutenant
just had a call, Ed.
The girl's father.
He got a letter from her
the day before she died.
She mentioned her
boyfriend's name-- Steve.
That's right, Ed.
Narrows it down, doesn't it?
How funny, Joe.
Look, Ed.
Y-- you and me, we've
been friends a long time.
I mean, I've known Tina
since she was that high.
So?
How were she and
Steve getting along?
Fine, fine.
They get along fine.
Ed, I was here.
I was right here
when you and Steve--
he came tearing out of that room
like he was chasing somebody.
I heard you yell at him, Ed,
stay away from that dame!
I heard it.
Look, Ed, he's married.
He works in the oil fields.
He coulda posed for that sketch!
Yeah, and his father-in-law
tries to run his life.
Don't forget that.
His father-in-law
is an honest cop
who once said he'd walk out
the day he found himself
trying to protect a guilty man.
It wasn't him, Joe!
I know it wasn't him.
He was working that night.
You're sure of that, Ed?
Yes, I'm sure of it.
I don't cover for murderers.
OK.
OK, Ed.
One suspect.
That's all, just
one suspect, and you
think you've got it made.
Well, this town
is full of people
who might have killed her.
Like who?
-I can't do it.
-You must.
You've got to.
I know Joe Marcus.
He's gonna pull you in.
-It's crazy.
-You want him to pick you up?
You want Tina to find out
about you and that dame?
Somebody killed Louise, not me.
Let him run, not me.
I know, I know.
Take Tina with you.
I'll talk to her.
She'll listen to me.
No!
She won't be able to
take it, I tell you.
It'll destroy her.
-Help her.
Help me.
That's what I'm trying to do.
Not this way, not by running.
How do you think our lie sounded
to Louise in the first place?
I couldn't lick a
problem so I ran.
How can I expect Tina
to grow up if I won't?
But it's the only
chance you've got.
You wanna help me?
Really help me?
Help me get your
Marcus off my back?
There's only one way.
I didn't kill Louise.
Find the man who did.
Then, you won't leave?
No.
Winos, hopheads, bums.
I mean, a hundred times I
talked to the landlord about it.
Someday, I'll break a leg
just stepping over 'em.
The man you saw hanging
around this door that night,
could he have been a wino?
Maybe, why not?
Could he have been
about 65, 70 years old?
Oh, did you find
somebody, Sergeant?
Could he have been that old?
I suppose.
Yeah, yeah, sure he could.
Ah, thanks.
Hello, Willard.
I'm Sergeant Stagg.
Yes, sir.
Here, take a look at that.
Take it out of the bag.
Quick.
That's it.
You ever seen that before?
Turn it all around.
Get a good look at it.
That's it.
Hey, you ever drink
that kind of wine?
Yeah, if it was cheap enough.
Hey, let's put
it back now, huh?
Put it in the bag.
That's good.
How old are you, Pop?
I-- I dunno.
65, 67.
I don't remember good no more.
ED: You have any
relatives, friends?
No.
No, relatives.
Friends, friends.
Len Blackguard.
He's my best friend.
Oh.
No, he's dead, Pop.
He's the man you killed.
Oh yeah.
Oh my god.
I-- I forgot.
Yeah, Len-- Len and
me had-- had a fight.
I-- I hit him with something.
Piece of lead pipe.
Yeah.
Piece of lead pipe.
What did you hit
the girl with, Pop?
Girl?
I-- I-- I don't
remember no good.
Come on now.
You've already admitted
the one murder.
Why not admit the other one?
Why not get that girl off
your conscience too, huh?
You're gonna get the
gas chamber, anyway.
They can only gas
you once, right, Pop?
Ho-- honest.
I don't remember no girl.
The night before you turned
yourself in, where were you?
I-- I don't know.
I-- I don't.
I don't know.
I-- I don't remember.
ED: Why not?
Why don't you remember?
I-- I told-- I told it.
Like, I told him already.
I was drunk.
You were drunk all
right, but not too
drunk to remember what you did.
Now, what did you do?
You didn't tell them
everything, did you?
I thought I did.
You tell 'em that you forced
your way into Louise Campbell's
apartment?
You tell 'em that?
Hm?
You tell 'em how you
tried to take her money?
[mumbling]
Did you tell 'em
how you knocked
her down and killed her?
I-- I didn't.
I didn't.
Come on now, Pop.
You were so plastered you
don't know what you did.
Williams Street.
You know Williams
Street, don't you?
-Yeah.
-All right.
That's better.
726 Williams Street,
ground floor apartment.
No, I-- I don't--
[mumbling] I'm sure
I wasn't there.
How come we're got a witness
who saw you there, then, huh?
How come I found this
bottle In the hallway
with your fingerprints
all over it?
Pop, Pop, I'm your friend.
Huh?
I wanna help you.
I wanna help you remember, Pop.
Now, come on.
Pop.
Why?
Why would I kill her?
For money.
You needed money to buy wine.
I-- I-- I wouldn't
have killed her.
Killed your friend, didn't you?
Your best friend, only friend?
Why wouldn't you kill her?
You killed her, Pop.
I don't know.
I don't remember.
I don't.
Pop, you're gonna remember if
I have to stay here all night.
Oh, come on.
Let me alone.
Let me alone!
No, no, Pop.
No.
I'm gonna help you, Pop.
I'm gonna help you remember.
Now, you were in
the hallway, right?
I-- yeah, I guess I was.
Yes.
Yes, you were.
You were in the hallway,
and it was 10:45 at night.
You remember that now.
10:45.
You knocked on
the door, and when
she opened it-- when she opened
it, you pushed your way in.
Please, Sergeant.
You pushed your way in, and
you asked her for some money.
And when she didn't
give it to you,
you knocked her d-- you knocked
her down, and you killed her.
No, I-- I didn't
You killed her, just like
you killed your friend.
I don't remember.
And you killed her,
Pop, and you know it!
Then you-- then you dragged
her body over to the couch,
and you left her there.
I was drunk.
I wouldn't have done
it if I wasn't drunk.
It's all right, Pop.
It's all right now.
It's all right.
All right.
You don't have to
remember everything now.
Just remember that
you killed her.
I was drunk.
You only die once.
Do you understand that?
You only die once!
All right, Willard.
How did you get
into the apartment?
The Lieutenant
asked you a question.
I-- I was drunk.
How did you get
into the apartment?
I-- she-- she let
me in, I guess.
You guess?
Aren't you sure?
Told Sergeant Stagg
that she opened the door
and you pushed your way in.
Is that what happened?
Well, I-- I was drunk.
Is that what happened, Pop?
Yeah.
What time was that?
Time?
Yeah, time?
9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00?
What time were you there?
It was-- I-- I don't know.
I-- maybe-- maybe 10 o'clock.
10 o'clock?
You're answering the
questions, Willard.
10 o'clock.
All right, 10 o'clock.
Why don't you tell us the
rest of the story now?
The rest of the story?
Yeah, the rest of the story.
You know you're
gonna feel better
if you get it off your mind.
Didn't you feel
better when you told
us about killing your friend?
Money.
I must have asked her for money.
I-- I don't remember.
But you do know that you
were there at 10 o'clock?
Hey, I guess maybe I hit her.
Probably.
Please, I don't remember.
Be right back.
All right, Willard.
Come on, sit up.
Sit up.
I want you to start again,
right at the beginning, huh?
What's your trouble, Ed?
Are you bleeding for him?
You?
He's a murderer, isn't he?
You think he did it?
You're asking me?
You're the one who found the
bottle with his prints on it.
You're the one who
broke him down.
You did a good job on him, Ed.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's great what you can
do with 25 years of experience.
Look, Ed, you've been
pushing pretty hard.
Why don't you take a
couple of days sick leave?
I'm OK.
I'm OK.
Go ahead.
I'll square it with
the Lieutenant.
Hey, Steve.
Steve-O baby, have you seen
this guy who's the killer, huh?
Looks just like enough
to be your twin brother.
Why don't you cool it.
Oh now, come on, killer,
I can't help it if you
look like the mystery man.
I told you to cool it!
Well, you know,
Killer, if you'd
gone bowling with us last night,
you'd have a perfect alibi.
Of course, you now, you
got relatives on the force.
Now, don't worry.
They'll take care of you.
Hey!
I got you off the hook.
You looked just like your
mother there, for a moment.
Has anything happened?
No.
No, I was just tired.
That's all.
Just tired.
Is it Steve?
I almost killed my father
once, did I ever tell you?
He was drunk.
He was beating up my mother.
I was only 15.
I ran away from home
right after that.
Didn't come back
for three years.
She was dead.
I never saw him again, either.
That's terrible.
Funny.
Haven't thought
about him for years.
Daddy, you're the best
man that ever lived.
Baby, promise me.
Promise me that you'll
never stop loving me.
Daddy, don't--
Promise me.
Look, everything I've done,
it's been for you, everything.
Promise me now, you'll
always love me, always?
Of course I will.
Oh, baby.
Thank you.
Daddy, please tell me.
Has anything happened to Steve?
No.
No, Steve-- Steve is fine.
Yeah, he's fine.
There was a hammer
in the kitchen.
I picked it up, and I hit him.
I hit him.
I hit him till he fell.
And my mother screamed at
me to get out of there.
I was trying to help her.
And she told me to get out.
Yeah.
Yes, I am tired.
I think I'll-- I think
I'll lie down for a while.
Oh!
Steve, are you crazy?
Sure, I'm crazy.
I'm flying, Tina!
Steve, what happened
to your face?
Must have ran into a window.
Oh, Steve, come on, be serious.
Oh, Tina, that's
for Steve, huh?
That's for your father,
who is absolutely
the greatest, absolutely.
Are you drunk?
Have you been in a fight?
Wait till you
see the other guy.
Go on.
Change your clothes.
We're going out.
You gotta be kidding.
No.
It's a celebration.
For freedom.
Freedom.
Celebration complete
with hot dog, popcorn,
cotton candy, the works.
Go on.
Change your clothes!
Nothing.
No.
A little popcorn, a
little cotton candy.
Look at that guy.
You see that guy back there?
Look at him.
Weak!
Look at you.
Hey, lady.
You want some popcorn?
No, I'd burst!
Chicken, chicken.
Get two.
Hey, Mister, take
good care of him.
Two big ones.
Lots of butter.
Thanks.
You see this?
Did you see it?
Sergeant, it says that
old man was in Louise's
apartment at 10 o'clock.
That's a mistake, isn't it?
You're off the hook,
so forget about it.
Did he say that?
At 10 o'clock?
He said that he
killed her, that he
was drunk, that he forced
his way into her apartment.
And that he killed
her at 10 o'clock.
Did he said that?
What difference does it make?
You got Joe Marcus
off your back now!
So do what I said.
Forget about.
It's wrong, Sergeant.
What's wrong?
He couldn't have been there
at 10 o'clock, Sergeant.
I lied to you, Sergeant.
I wasn't working that night.
I was with Louise.
We had dinner.
I went to her apartment.
I stayed there until 10:30.
10:30, Sergeant.
I was scared, If I wasn't,
I wouldn't have lied!
No, you didn't lie to me.
You didn't see her that night.
You were working that night.
He couldn't have been
there at 10 o'clock.
I know!
-You know.
I'll tell you what you know!
You were married to
my daughter, and you
messed around with the tramp!
She got killed!
That's what you know.
But it's true, Sergeant.
I was there!
You gotta call
headquarters and tell him!
I don't have to tell 'em
anything, and neither do you!
I'll tell 'em myself.
No!
No, what about Tina?
-Tina?
That old man is sitting in
a cell because of a story
that isn't true, and
you're worried about Tina.
All right, all right.
Forget about Tina.
What about you?
What about yourself?
They'll say you killed her.
-So they'll say I killed her.
I didn't.
And neither did that old man.
Please, you don't
realize what you're doing.
One of us does, and
I'm gonna call 'em.
No, you won't have to.
We're going out in the car.
I'll drive you there myself.
Where'd you find him?
Blockhouse.
He said he was with
the old man that night.
Passed out about 9 o'clock.
Didn't wake up till
3:00 in the morning.
10th Street, a good 12 blocks
from the girl's apartment.
You buy it?
Yeah.
I buy it.
OK.
What about the bottle
with his prints on it?
They could've been
there for a week,
or it could have been planted.
We've got a confession, Joe.
No, no.
Not us.
We didn't get that confession.
We didn't get anything.
Sarge, headquarters
is over there.
I know.
We'll get there.
I wanna talk.
We said it all.
We said nothing!
Nothing.
Well, of course
we have trouble.
Oh, he stays up
late every night,
and runs around with
wild women, and beats
me every time he comes home.
Tina, where's your father?
Maybe with Steve drunk,
rolling in the gutter.
It happens every
night of the week.
Is your father with him?
Hey, isn't he cute?
We won him at a
shooting gallery.
Tina, where are they?
I don't know.
I don't- I don't know
where anybody is.
Well, where should I put you?
Tina, did you ever hear of
a girl named Louise Campbell?
Should I?
She was murdered.
It's been in the
papers for days.
Oh.
Oh.
Yeah, I never read the papers.
Your father's been
working on the case.
Here, now, then, this
is where you belong.
Tina, he's in trouble,
serious trouble.
I don't believe that.
He's a good cop,
too good to louse
up an investigation by
handling a piece of evidence.
Tina, I bought it, but
I can't buy it now.
What evidence?
What are you talking about?
He knew about Steve.
That woman was running
around with a married man.
It was Steve.
That-- that's not true.
Tina, we had his description.
We have his name.
Steve had been
seeing her for weeks.
That's a lie.
That's a dirty,
rotten, filthy lie!
I'm sorry, Tina.
Oh, Joe.
Get out of here.
JOE: Honey, I have to find him.
Get out of here!
JOE: Tina, I have to find him!
Oh, Joe.
Oh!
Do you know where he is?
Joe, it was a game.
I was little, after
my mother left,
I used to have nightmares.
And my Daddy would
come into the room,
and he would tell
me not to worry.
Because he would put
up a wall, and it
would keep all the
bad things out.
And it did.
It really did.
Joe, where did the wall go?
Why did it go away?
Tina, was Steve
seeing that girl?
I just-- I just
wanted us to be happy.
I-- I thought if I didn't
say anything to him,
the wall would still be there,
and we'd be safe inside.
And then she was killed.
Give me police headquarters.
It wasn't Steve.
Joe, it couldn't
have been Steve.
I never said it was.
Hello, this is Sergeant Marcus.
I want to put out
an APB on Ed Stagg.
That's right, Sergeant Ed Stagg.
What are we stopping here for?
Something I wanna show you.
Come on.
It's where you used
to meet her, isn't it?
What's the point, Sergeant?
She's dead.
You ever almost drown?
Go under, try to
scream, but you can't.
And there's nobody there
to help you, nobody.
No, you're on your own,
nobody there to help
you, nobody but yourself.
I'm going back to the car.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.
Wait.
No, not yet.
It's over, Sergeant.
There's nothing here!
I'm here.
I'm here, and I'm drowning.
Can't you get it
through your head?
He's a bum, a drunk!
He's got no friends,
no relatives, nothing.
He-- he doesn't mean anything!
Maybe he didn't kill her.
What difference does it make?
He killed somebody, didn't he?
And he's gonna have
to die, isn't he?
If it get you off the hook,
what difference does it make?
What difference does it make?
You lousy hypocrite.
If a man doesn't
know the difference
between right and
wrong, he might
as well be living in a tree.
Isn't that what
you said, Sergeant?
Go ahead.
Climb that tree.
Make me another speech.
Go ahead, Sergeant.
I'm waiting!
Go ahead!
-You thug!
You immoral bum!
Who do you think started
this whole mess, anyway?
Who?
I don't know, Sergeant, but
you better believe it's over.
They book me, or they don't
book me, I'm leveling with Tina,
and I'm wrapping it up,
telling her the whole bit.
No.
She's coming out of
that box you kept her
in if I have to drag her out.
Maybe the air out
here stinks, but she
better learn to live in it.
So I'm starting right now.
No.
Steve, no, please!
No!
Sergeant!
It's not just Tina!
It's not just her.
It's you!
It's me!
You walk into headquarters,
and-- and-- and we're
all connected, all of us!
I didn't do anything, Sergeant!
Nothing, you gotta believe me!
But I did!
I killed her!
God help me, I killed her.
You?
Yes.
Oh, god help me, I killed her.
It was you.
All this time, all those
speeches to me and Tina.
I-- I just pushed her.
I just pushed her, and she
fell, and she hit her head.
You killed her!
I tell you, it was
just an accident.
And you'd sell
the old man for it!
No, I-- it was for Tina.
I was trying to protect Tina.
Come off it, Sergeant.
Come way down off it.
You weren't protecting
anybody but yourself!
No, no, no.
That's not true.
Who you covering for now?
Me?
Tina?
The old man?
Or is it you?
Stop it, stop it.
I listened to you
all these years,
and there was nothing inside
those speeches-- nothing!
Well, I've had it with you!
Please, please!
Please, Steve!
No, don't!
I can't help it.
I'm sorry, but I can't help it.
It was an accident!
Like this one, Sarge?
Agh!
Oh, why didn't you
go like I told you?
Why didn't you go with Tina?
Oh, ever since I killed her--
ever since I killed her,
it's been like-- like
something-- something
inside my gut eating-- eating
at me like-- like there
was nothing left.
Oh, Tina, Tina.
Let's go.
Sorry, Ed.
It's dark already.
I'm late.
I'll see you, honey.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm not gonna let you go.
Let me go.
I'm not gonna let you.
See you tomorrow, then.
[phone ringing]
Hello.
Louise Campbell?
LOUISE [ON PHONE]: Yeah.
Stay away from that young guy.
What?
Hey, who is this, anyway?
Never mind.
Just do what I say.
Stay away from him,
you understand?
Stay away from him.
Who is this?
Hello?
Hello?
[SINGING]: For
She's a jolly good
fellow, for she's a jolly good
fellow, that nobody can deny.
Now, blow 'em out!
Blow 'em out.
OK, OK, I'll try.
Make a wish.
I didn't think I could do it.
There were so many of them.
Come on.
You're only 23, Tina.
Wait till you're 45.
46.
Oh, if you weren't wearing
that gun, Joe Marcus.
Oh, but I am, sweetie.
Hey, Steve, what kind of
friends does your wife have?
Oh, they're killers,
every single one of them.
Right ,honey?
Right.
Whoops, look and
learn, sweetie.
Married almost a year, and
still smooching in public.
Shut up.
You live with father-in-law,
you don't have much choice.
Right?
Selma, why don't
you serve the coffee?
I'll cut the cake
when my dad comes.
Sure, honey.
Where's the old bear, anyway?
Probably out on a job,
you know what I mean?
Oh, now come, on.
Don't joke about it, please.
Come on, funny man.
All right, all right.
I worry about him, Steve.
I can't help it.
Worry about me.
You know what I wish for?
I wish you and my dad
would get along better.
We will, soon as you
and I move outta here.
Steve, I don't see what
difference it makes.
Daddy!
Oh.
We've been waiting for you.
Working later, huh, Ed?
I'm sorry, baby.
Been out.
That's OK.
You're here now.
Well, let's cut the cake.
Listen, everybody, we
can cut the cake now.
I've been wondering where
you were, you big lug.
OK, everybody, here we go.
I can't wait.
Mmm!
Steve-O, you wanna
go bowling tonight?
No, I'm taking Tina to a movie.
Oh yeah, her old man just
called a few minutes ago.
He wants you to stop
by before you go home.
Same old junk.
You wouldn't have any of that
birthday cake, would you?
Hmm?
You got any of
that birthday cake?
Here, you can have it.
Oh, I don't want it all.
I said you can have it!
Sgt. Stagg around?
Hi, Steve.
He's inside.
Is it important?
Beats me.
I guess I better hang around.
Do you know Sgt. Stagg?
Yeah, I know him.
He arrested my son.
Says he stole a car.
I don't believe it.
He's never been
in trouble before.
Well, he's in
trouble now, Mister.
-Joe.
-Oh, Sergeant.
Tell those other kids
to be released, will you?
I don't wanna hold 'em any
longer than we have to.
-Sure.
-You get a lawyer?
-Yes, I have a lawyer.
-Get a hold of him.
Your boy'll be arraigned
in a couple of hours.
Come on inside.
Sergeant, you are
making a mistake.
Yeah, I wish I were.
But he's only 17.
He's-- he's on the honor
school roll at school.
And he snatched somebody's
car, went for a joyride,
and wrecked it.
Now, look, Mr. Hamlin,
if you want your kid
to think that he can break
the law and get away with it,
that's your business.
But don't ask me
to hold your hand.
Come on.
Sergeant, don't
you understand--
Call your lawyer.
sit down.
Pretty rough on that
poor guy, weren't you?
What are you talking about?
It's not my fault
he didn't teach
his kid to respect the law.
Now go ahead.
Sit down.
A guy doesn't know
the difference
between right and
wrong, he might
as well be living in a tree.
You agree?
What's this all about, huh?
Tina.
Do you love her?
Huh?
I asked you a question.
Do you love her?
Sure, I love her.
She ever tell you
about her mother?
No.
No, she ran out on us, both
of us, when Tina was only 10.
Tina is all I've got-- all.
Don't I know it.
How many times you been
in that dame's apartment?
What dame?
You know what this would do to
Tina if she found out about it.
Found out about what, Sergeant?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
You know damn well
what I'm talking about.
It's been in my
gut for a week now.
Louise Campbell, that's
the one I'm talking about.
Now, how many times?
Once, twice, seven,
20-- how many times?
[thud]
How many?
You think that I'm some punk
you pulled in off the street?
Don't smart with me.
I know you've been seeing
this Campbell dame,
and I want it stopped-- now.
I'll think about it, Sergeant.
Damn right, you'll
think about it.
You will do it.
That's what you'll do.
You'll do it!
I'm not gonna let
my Tina be hurt.
In my book, she comes ahead of
everybody-- you, me, everybody.
Then why don't you let her go?
Everything, she still comes
running to you for everything.
We've been married
for almost a year,
and I still don't know whose
wife she is, yours or mine.
What kind of a question--
You know how many times
I've pleaded with her to move
out of that house of yours?
She thinks we can't
manage without Papa.
Well, let me tell you
something, Sergeant.
I can manage without Papa.
You stay away from
that dame, you hear?
You hear me?
Stay away from her!
Hi, Dad.
Hello, baby.
When you knit, remember.
Picked up a couple of ticket for
the doubleheader this Sunday.
I thought you
didn't like baseball.
Well, Steve does.
Figured you and he
might wanna get away
from your old man for a while.
Daddy, you're sweet.
Ah, not yet, but
I'm working on it.
Hey, I thought you two were
going to the movies tonight.
We didn't.
If you're hungry, we have
piles of cold chicken
in the refrigerator.
Sweetheart, you and Steve,
you-- you having any trouble?
What trouble?
Am I keeping you from
moving out of here?
Huh?
Sweetheart, because if I am--
Hey, how does this look so far?
Do you think Steve'll like it?
He better.
Where is he?
Home, isn't he?
Nope.
I'll go and fix
you that chicken.
Half to 10:00.
Well, he had to work
late again tonight.
He phoned me.
Some kind of emergency.
Daddy, I wish you'd talk to
him about working late so much.
Do you want to hear
something funny?
Hmm?
I worry about him all the time.
Even at night,
sometimes I wake up
and I look at him, just
to see if he's breathing.
Isn't that weird?
No.
No, not if you
love him that much.
Don't you dare
tell him about this.
He'll think I'm
crazy or something.
OK?
Cold chicken coming up.
This is crazy.
How do I get her out of there?
Keep it cool.
Yeah, thanks.
Thanks for listening.
Any time.
[knocking on door]
W-- oh.
I'm sorry.
I thought you were someone else.
May I come in, Miss Campbell?
What do you want?
It won't take long.
Hey, just a minute.
Who do you think you are?
You got no right coming in here.
Look who's talking about right.
What is this?
What do you want?
My name is Stagg,
Sergeant Edward Stagg.
Does that mean anything to you?
Oh, are you gonna
bust me, Sergeant?
Well, look, if you don't have a
warrant, I'd like you to leave.
Steve Butler is my son-in-law.
Oh.
Oh, I see.
Well, look,
Sergeant, it's 10:30.
It is a little late
for a social call.
I don't place social
calls on tramps.
Get outta here.
Go on.
Get.
You want me outta
here, you better listen.
You and Steve have had it.
It's finished.
You-- you were the
one on the telephone.
Man, some cop.
You're gonna have
to get somebody
else to pay your bills.
That shouldn't be too hard.
There's a guy on every
street corner just
dying to get someone like you.
How much do you want?
Click, click, right and
wrong, nothing in between.
Man, Steve sure had you pegged.
I don't want anything, Sergeant.
I just wanna turn around
and get outta here.
My daughter doesn't know
anything about you and Steve,
and she's not going to know.
Now, how much.
Go on home, Sergeant.
I'm tired and going to bed.
It's over, you understand?
It's over.
The next time he calls,
you tell him you've had it.
You never wanna see
him again-- never.
Look, Sergeant, don't try
to run my life, not my life.
Now, you listen to me,
you no-good little--
Go on.
Get outta here!
My daughter!
You are not going
to hurt my daughter.
Is that clear?
You are not going to hurt her.
There's only one person
hurting that kid of yours,
and it's not me.
What do you mean?
Well, who do you
think's running
Steve out of your house?
Me?
You shut up.
You shut up.
Oh, you think Steve's
coming over here because he's
crazy in love with me?
Well, I'm not that
lucky, Sergeant.
I just happened to be-- Don't
you point that finger at me!
If anyone is lousing up their
lives, it's you, man, you!
I told you to
shut up, didn't I?
Sorry.
Sorry, I-- I didn't mean
to hurt you, but you--
Miss Campbell, hey, hey.
Come on.
Drink this now.
Come on.
Drink.
Oh my god.
My god.
MAN [ON PHONE]:
Police headquarters.
I wanna report-- I wanna--
MAN [ON PHONE]: You'll
have to speak up, Mister.
I can't hear you.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Last piece.
I was saving it for
Dad, but it's his loss.
I wonder where he went.
He's a big boy now, Tina.
Hey, you know what
I was thinking?
What?
The last time we were
on a roller coaster
was our first date.
Why don't we go this Saturday?
I saw him today.
He told me about your mother.
Why should he do that?
He never talks about her.
He did today.
Steve, it was awful.
I never heard a
grown man cry before.
I can still hear it some time.
It was 13 years ago.
He's not crying anymore.
Steve.
Steve, I love you.
Tina.
I love you so much.
Tina, there's something
I wanna tell you.
Just tell me you love me.
That's all I wanna hear.
You know I do.
Let's do it, Steve.
Lets make me believe it's our
first date all over again.
We'll eat cotton
candy, and throw
baseballs, and buy popcorn.
I can't catch up with you.
You're like a little kid.
Well, it's better than
being serious and grumpy,
like some people I know.
You're a character.
[doorknob turns]
Daddy?
Daddy?
Daddy, guess what.
Steve and I are going on a
roller coaster this Saturday.
What's wrong?
I have that cold
chicken, if you want it.
I'm not hungry.
Are you sure?
It's only--
I said I'm not hungry!
Take care of your husband.
Leave me alone.
Steve, what's the
matter with him?
Stay out of it.
Hey.
Sergeant, why take
it out on her?
You can be sore with
me, OK, but-- listen,
I'm trying to tell
you something.
You're right about one thing.
I don't want Tina
to be hurt, either.
Why'd you have to mess
around with that dame
for, anyway, Steve?
I said you were
right, didn't I?
It's all over.
I'm not gonna see her anymore.
I'm wrapping it up.
I'm gonna level
with Tina right now.
I'm gonna tell her all about it.
No, you're not.
You're not gonna tell her
anything, not one word, not one
word about you and that tramp.
Is that clear?
-Now, wait a minute, Sergeant.
-No,no.
Don't argue with me.
She couldn't take it.
She'd fall apart.
It's not the end of the world.
But it would be for her!
You don't know her like I do.
We've got to protect her.
We have to, you and me.
We can't let anything tie you
in with that tramp-- nothing!
OK.
If you say so.
Yes, I do.
I do.
We have to protect her.
We have to.
It's all I try to do, just--
just trying to protect her,
trying to protect her.
[phone ringing]
I got it.
Police headquarters.
Sergeant Marcus.
What?
Just a minute.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
OK, I got it.
We'll get right on it.
Who was that?
Hold up.
Hey, Mike.
Just write all this, will you?
Grocery store on 5th Street.
OK, Pop.
Right here.
Sit down.
Now, he says he killed
his best friend.
Oh.
When this happen, Pop?
I-- I dunno.
Two, three, four days.
I-- I don't remember.
MARTIN: How'd you kill him?
I dunno.
What's your friend's name, Pop?
What's your name?
Put him away.
Let him sleep it off.
We'll talk more later.
OK, let's go, Pop.
Hey, hey.
All right.
Easy now.
Easy, you'll get a
nice, long snooze.
Easy now.
Gonna be one of those days.
Drunks looking for a place to
sleep, a fight with my wife.
Hey, Ed, you ever get married
again, stay away from women who
like to buy hats by the pound.
Joe, check this out, will you?
It's a cleaning woman
on Williams Street.
JOE: What's the pitch?
She was a little hysterical.
I didn't get very much.
She said she'd found
this girl that she works
for stretched out on her couch.
It might be a homicide.
Getting right on it.
Ed, you better go with him.
In case it is a
homicide, I'd like
to have it cleaned up quick.
Yes, sir.
And then I-- I
shook her, Sergeant.
I-- I thought she was
asleep or something.
But she was cold.
I mean, really cold.
And then I thought the blood.
And, well, I was so scared.
I didn't know what to do.
And that's when I
called the police.
Hey, Ed.
Ed.
Blood.
Looks like an accident, huh?
Maybe she got dizzy and
fell down, hit her head.
How did she get to the couch?
Oh, I guess she got up
somehow and managed to reach
that before she passed out.
What about it, Doc?
Not a chance.
She died a few seconds after she
received the blow on the head.
What about time?
Oh, at least 10
hours, maybe more, I'll
tell you after the autopsy.
Oh, Sergeant, the only
way she got on that couch
was if someone put her there.
Mrs. Simmons, did you
move Miss Campbell's body?
No, sir.
I-- I-- I told the Sergeant.
I came in here, and I found
her lying on the couch.
OK, OK, ma'am.
OK You through with her, Red?
ED: Yeah.
You can go now, Mrs. Simmons.
We'll call you again
if we need you.
Probably find her prints
all over the place.
The way I figure it,
Ed, she could have
had an argument with somebody.
He knocked her down.
She hit her head.
He got scared.
So he picked her up, carried
her over to the couch.
Probably didn't even
know she was dead.
Maybe even tried to
pull her out of it.
This might give us a
nice set of prints.
Well, what do you think?
Sound logical?
Yeah, yeah.
It-- it makes sense.
Sergeant, this guy
outside lives upstairs.
He said he saw someone hanging
around the door last night.
Check him out, will you, Ed?
I wanna find out what's
holding up fingerprint.
I didn't see his face.
It's always so dark
out here at night
you could break a leg, anyway.
He was a man about, well,
about your size, Sergeant.
That's all I know.
Then, you wouldn't recognize
him if you saw him again, huh?
No, but he wasn't
a young fella.
I mean, that much
I can tell you.
What young fella?
Well, the one
she went out with.
I mean, him I saw lots of times.
Do you know his name
Uh, no.
What's he look like?
Well, a dame like
that, she must have gone
out with a trainload of guys.
Maybe.
But that's the only one
we know about so far.
What's he look like?
Young, about 30 years
old, tall, good-looking.
Oh, he always looked
mad, Sergeant.
I'd give him a hello, and
he never smiled, not once.
Do you think he killed her?
Well, that's what
we're here to find out.
Come on, Ed.
You check the dresser.
I'll tackle the desk.
Maybe we'll come up lucky,
something with his name
on it, maybe even a picture.
What about fingerprint.
They haven't been
here yet, have they?
So?
Be careful.
Why don't we come
back here later?
Give fingerprint a chance
to their job first.
in the meantime, we can
check out that place where
she used to work on 10st, huh?
Does that make
more sense to you?
OK.
Go.
-Yeah.
I told her she was
gonna get in trouble,
going out with that guy.
Those married men and all that.
You know what I mean?
You know his name?
Uh-huh.
Never met him.
He was some kind
of a working stiff.
Docks, oil fields,
something like that.
What about other guys?
She went out with
other guys, didn't she?
She only Went with one
man at a time, Sergeant.
This month, it was strictly him.
You know if she
saw him last night?
Yeah, he called a
little after 6:00.
She said he was
real sore at her.
Wanted to see her right away.
They were to meet at this
restaurant, the Red War.
You know it?
Yeah.
Poor kid.
She was a sucker
for a sad story.
Any guy who was in
trouble had it made.
What kind of trouble was he in?
Something with
his father-in-law.
Seems that the old man
wanted everything is own way.
Real character, Louise said.
Maybe his way
was the right way.
Who knows?
You show me a guy who's
right all the time.
There's no such animal.
Well, thanks.
We might as well
check that restaurant.
Yeah, you go ahead.
I just thought of a
couple more questions
I'd like to ask that character.
Waste of time, Ed.
Take my car.
I'll grab a car.
You'd be better
off coming with me.
Listen, I've been on the
force for over 25 years.
I oughta know what I'm
doing by now, shouldn't I?
Good luck.
Taxi!
Sergeant.
-How long you been on the force?
-Three years.
And you haven't heard
about not smoking on duty?
Sergeant, no one was
here, and I thought--
You're here, aren't you?
And you're in uniform.
Now, put it out.
Anybody here besides
those ambulance guys?
Only fingerprint, Sergeant.
He left about five minutes ago.
What'd you find, Jim?
You don't say?
Well, we gotta hit
the jackpot sometime.
Maybe we'll wrap this one
up with a confession, huh?
Right.
Who was that?
Remember that old bum
walked in this morning?
Said he killed his best friend?
Yeah.
He did.
Now, you'd never think
an old boozehound
like that would have that
much conscience, would you?
You dig up anything?
Uh, went back to her apartment,
checked it out thoroughly.
Didn't find a thing.
Ed, did you kill her?
What kind of a joke is that?
Some hotshot detective.
I've been on the force
more than 25 years.
I know what I'm doing.
Hey, remember this?
Know whose prints were on it?
Yours, you clumsy jerk!
What do you want?
A confession?
JOE: What I wanna
know is when you
put your big paws all over it.
I dunno, when you were
talking to the doctor, I guess.
Handling evidence like
a wet-nosed rookie.
And I always thought you
were the perfect cop.
So I goofed up.
It happens.
What about that-- that
so-called boyfriend of hers?
You find anything?
Sure did.
He was with her last night.
In her apartment?
No, at the restaurant.
A waiter there remembered.
The description fits.
We'll pick him up.
But you don't know that he
went to her apartment, do you?
Well, it figures, doesn't it?
he's married.
The guy at the diner said he
was sore when he called her.
Chances are, his wife
was making waves,
so they had to break it up.
So they had dinner, went
back to her apartment,
had a few choice words.
She landed on her head.
How can you be so sure that
we'll be able to pick him up.
We know where he works--
docks or oil fields.
There could be a thousand guys.
Only one looks like this.
Steve, I'm in here.
Hi.
Hi.
Is your father home yet?
No.
Rough day, huh?
Yeah.
I had a rough day.
You know what I decided?
I'm gonna start an
organic vegetable
garden in the backyard.
We're going to have carrots,
and radishes, and tomatoes.
How does that sound?
That sounds fine.
Sounds fine?
You're the only farmer I
know, and all you can say
is, "sounds fine."
Hey, babe, I'm just
not with it today.
I'm counting on you for advice.
Well, I'm no farmer.
You were born on one.
Yeah, and my parents
lost it when I was five.
So?
You've got five years
more experience than I do.
You're too much, you know that?
OK, just wait and see.
We're going to have tomatoes.
That big.
Not if I get near 'em.
Steve, I've-- I'm thinking.
Maybe you were right.
Maybe we should go away for
a while, just you and me.
What brought that on?
Well, that's what
you wanted, isn't it?
They owe you a vacation.
Maybe we can even
leave tomorrow.
Walk out on my
job, just like that?
Walk out on my job?
Why not?
It's been than being
unhappy all the time.
Oh, Steve, I just-- I just
want us to love each other.
And live happily ever after
like in the story books.
Yeah, I know.
Well, it doesn't happen.
Forget it.
Why shouldn't it?
Because I'm just a guy!
That's all.
Take a look at me.
I'm just a guy.
I-- I don't have
a suit of armor.
I don't have a white horse.
I wouldn't know how to
fight a dragon if I saw one.
I'm just a guy.
That's all!
I do stupid things.
I make mistakes.
Sergeant I wanna talk to you.
Outside.
You say anything to Tina?
I didn't kill her, Sergeant.
Believe me.
What about Tina?
Did you say anything to her?
No, not yet.
Well, see that you
keep it that way.
What good'll it do?
They have that sketch.
Sooner or later, they'll
pin it down and run me in.
Not if you keep
your mouth shut.
Here.
Found that in her apartment.
Maybe you wanna put
in your scrapbook.
Look, Sergeant.
I'm sorry you found out this.
Just keep your mouth shut.
That's all I ask.
I didn't kill her.
All right.
I didn't see her that night.
Believe me, that's the truth.
Oh, that's the truth, huh?
Sergeant, listen, I know
you wouldn't cover for me
if you thought I was guilty--
Can't you-- can't you
just leave it alone!
Sure I used to date
her, but I haven't
seen her in like two months.
How about the night was killed?
But I told you--
Tell me again.
The movies.
I went to the movies.
I wasn't anywhere
near her place.
OK, you can go.
Well, go on.
Get outta here.
Like fishing in a mudhole.
Nothing.
The Lieutenant
just had a call, Ed.
The girl's father.
He got a letter from her
the day before she died.
She mentioned her
boyfriend's name-- Steve.
That's right, Ed.
Narrows it down, doesn't it?
How funny, Joe.
Look, Ed.
Y-- you and me, we've
been friends a long time.
I mean, I've known Tina
since she was that high.
So?
How were she and
Steve getting along?
Fine, fine.
They get along fine.
Ed, I was here.
I was right here
when you and Steve--
he came tearing out of that room
like he was chasing somebody.
I heard you yell at him, Ed,
stay away from that dame!
I heard it.
Look, Ed, he's married.
He works in the oil fields.
He coulda posed for that sketch!
Yeah, and his father-in-law
tries to run his life.
Don't forget that.
His father-in-law
is an honest cop
who once said he'd walk out
the day he found himself
trying to protect a guilty man.
It wasn't him, Joe!
I know it wasn't him.
He was working that night.
You're sure of that, Ed?
Yes, I'm sure of it.
I don't cover for murderers.
OK.
OK, Ed.
One suspect.
That's all, just
one suspect, and you
think you've got it made.
Well, this town
is full of people
who might have killed her.
Like who?
-I can't do it.
-You must.
You've got to.
I know Joe Marcus.
He's gonna pull you in.
-It's crazy.
-You want him to pick you up?
You want Tina to find out
about you and that dame?
Somebody killed Louise, not me.
Let him run, not me.
I know, I know.
Take Tina with you.
I'll talk to her.
She'll listen to me.
No!
She won't be able to
take it, I tell you.
It'll destroy her.
-Help her.
Help me.
That's what I'm trying to do.
Not this way, not by running.
How do you think our lie sounded
to Louise in the first place?
I couldn't lick a
problem so I ran.
How can I expect Tina
to grow up if I won't?
But it's the only
chance you've got.
You wanna help me?
Really help me?
Help me get your
Marcus off my back?
There's only one way.
I didn't kill Louise.
Find the man who did.
Then, you won't leave?
No.
Winos, hopheads, bums.
I mean, a hundred times I
talked to the landlord about it.
Someday, I'll break a leg
just stepping over 'em.
The man you saw hanging
around this door that night,
could he have been a wino?
Maybe, why not?
Could he have been
about 65, 70 years old?
Oh, did you find
somebody, Sergeant?
Could he have been that old?
I suppose.
Yeah, yeah, sure he could.
Ah, thanks.
Hello, Willard.
I'm Sergeant Stagg.
Yes, sir.
Here, take a look at that.
Take it out of the bag.
Quick.
That's it.
You ever seen that before?
Turn it all around.
Get a good look at it.
That's it.
Hey, you ever drink
that kind of wine?
Yeah, if it was cheap enough.
Hey, let's put
it back now, huh?
Put it in the bag.
That's good.
How old are you, Pop?
I-- I dunno.
65, 67.
I don't remember good no more.
ED: You have any
relatives, friends?
No.
No, relatives.
Friends, friends.
Len Blackguard.
He's my best friend.
Oh.
No, he's dead, Pop.
He's the man you killed.
Oh yeah.
Oh my god.
I-- I forgot.
Yeah, Len-- Len and
me had-- had a fight.
I-- I hit him with something.
Piece of lead pipe.
Yeah.
Piece of lead pipe.
What did you hit
the girl with, Pop?
Girl?
I-- I-- I don't
remember no good.
Come on now.
You've already admitted
the one murder.
Why not admit the other one?
Why not get that girl off
your conscience too, huh?
You're gonna get the
gas chamber, anyway.
They can only gas
you once, right, Pop?
Ho-- honest.
I don't remember no girl.
The night before you turned
yourself in, where were you?
I-- I don't know.
I-- I don't.
I don't know.
I-- I don't remember.
ED: Why not?
Why don't you remember?
I-- I told-- I told it.
Like, I told him already.
I was drunk.
You were drunk all
right, but not too
drunk to remember what you did.
Now, what did you do?
You didn't tell them
everything, did you?
I thought I did.
You tell 'em that you forced
your way into Louise Campbell's
apartment?
You tell 'em that?
Hm?
You tell 'em how you
tried to take her money?
[mumbling]
Did you tell 'em
how you knocked
her down and killed her?
I-- I didn't.
I didn't.
Come on now, Pop.
You were so plastered you
don't know what you did.
Williams Street.
You know Williams
Street, don't you?
-Yeah.
-All right.
That's better.
726 Williams Street,
ground floor apartment.
No, I-- I don't--
[mumbling] I'm sure
I wasn't there.
How come we're got a witness
who saw you there, then, huh?
How come I found this
bottle In the hallway
with your fingerprints
all over it?
Pop, Pop, I'm your friend.
Huh?
I wanna help you.
I wanna help you remember, Pop.
Now, come on.
Pop.
Why?
Why would I kill her?
For money.
You needed money to buy wine.
I-- I-- I wouldn't
have killed her.
Killed your friend, didn't you?
Your best friend, only friend?
Why wouldn't you kill her?
You killed her, Pop.
I don't know.
I don't remember.
I don't.
Pop, you're gonna remember if
I have to stay here all night.
Oh, come on.
Let me alone.
Let me alone!
No, no, Pop.
No.
I'm gonna help you, Pop.
I'm gonna help you remember.
Now, you were in
the hallway, right?
I-- yeah, I guess I was.
Yes.
Yes, you were.
You were in the hallway,
and it was 10:45 at night.
You remember that now.
10:45.
You knocked on
the door, and when
she opened it-- when she opened
it, you pushed your way in.
Please, Sergeant.
You pushed your way in, and
you asked her for some money.
And when she didn't
give it to you,
you knocked her d-- you knocked
her down, and you killed her.
No, I-- I didn't
You killed her, just like
you killed your friend.
I don't remember.
And you killed her,
Pop, and you know it!
Then you-- then you dragged
her body over to the couch,
and you left her there.
I was drunk.
I wouldn't have done
it if I wasn't drunk.
It's all right, Pop.
It's all right now.
It's all right.
All right.
You don't have to
remember everything now.
Just remember that
you killed her.
I was drunk.
You only die once.
Do you understand that?
You only die once!
All right, Willard.
How did you get
into the apartment?
The Lieutenant
asked you a question.
I-- I was drunk.
How did you get
into the apartment?
I-- she-- she let
me in, I guess.
You guess?
Aren't you sure?
Told Sergeant Stagg
that she opened the door
and you pushed your way in.
Is that what happened?
Well, I-- I was drunk.
Is that what happened, Pop?
Yeah.
What time was that?
Time?
Yeah, time?
9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00?
What time were you there?
It was-- I-- I don't know.
I-- maybe-- maybe 10 o'clock.
10 o'clock?
You're answering the
questions, Willard.
10 o'clock.
All right, 10 o'clock.
Why don't you tell us the
rest of the story now?
The rest of the story?
Yeah, the rest of the story.
You know you're
gonna feel better
if you get it off your mind.
Didn't you feel
better when you told
us about killing your friend?
Money.
I must have asked her for money.
I-- I don't remember.
But you do know that you
were there at 10 o'clock?
Hey, I guess maybe I hit her.
Probably.
Please, I don't remember.
Be right back.
All right, Willard.
Come on, sit up.
Sit up.
I want you to start again,
right at the beginning, huh?
What's your trouble, Ed?
Are you bleeding for him?
You?
He's a murderer, isn't he?
You think he did it?
You're asking me?
You're the one who found the
bottle with his prints on it.
You're the one who
broke him down.
You did a good job on him, Ed.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's great what you can
do with 25 years of experience.
Look, Ed, you've been
pushing pretty hard.
Why don't you take a
couple of days sick leave?
I'm OK.
I'm OK.
Go ahead.
I'll square it with
the Lieutenant.
Hey, Steve.
Steve-O baby, have you seen
this guy who's the killer, huh?
Looks just like enough
to be your twin brother.
Why don't you cool it.
Oh now, come on, killer,
I can't help it if you
look like the mystery man.
I told you to cool it!
Well, you know,
Killer, if you'd
gone bowling with us last night,
you'd have a perfect alibi.
Of course, you now, you
got relatives on the force.
Now, don't worry.
They'll take care of you.
Hey!
I got you off the hook.
You looked just like your
mother there, for a moment.
Has anything happened?
No.
No, I was just tired.
That's all.
Just tired.
Is it Steve?
I almost killed my father
once, did I ever tell you?
He was drunk.
He was beating up my mother.
I was only 15.
I ran away from home
right after that.
Didn't come back
for three years.
She was dead.
I never saw him again, either.
That's terrible.
Funny.
Haven't thought
about him for years.
Daddy, you're the best
man that ever lived.
Baby, promise me.
Promise me that you'll
never stop loving me.
Daddy, don't--
Promise me.
Look, everything I've done,
it's been for you, everything.
Promise me now, you'll
always love me, always?
Of course I will.
Oh, baby.
Thank you.
Daddy, please tell me.
Has anything happened to Steve?
No.
No, Steve-- Steve is fine.
Yeah, he's fine.
There was a hammer
in the kitchen.
I picked it up, and I hit him.
I hit him.
I hit him till he fell.
And my mother screamed at
me to get out of there.
I was trying to help her.
And she told me to get out.
Yeah.
Yes, I am tired.
I think I'll-- I think
I'll lie down for a while.
Oh!
Steve, are you crazy?
Sure, I'm crazy.
I'm flying, Tina!
Steve, what happened
to your face?
Must have ran into a window.
Oh, Steve, come on, be serious.
Oh, Tina, that's
for Steve, huh?
That's for your father,
who is absolutely
the greatest, absolutely.
Are you drunk?
Have you been in a fight?
Wait till you
see the other guy.
Go on.
Change your clothes.
We're going out.
You gotta be kidding.
No.
It's a celebration.
For freedom.
Freedom.
Celebration complete
with hot dog, popcorn,
cotton candy, the works.
Go on.
Change your clothes!
Nothing.
No.
A little popcorn, a
little cotton candy.
Look at that guy.
You see that guy back there?
Look at him.
Weak!
Look at you.
Hey, lady.
You want some popcorn?
No, I'd burst!
Chicken, chicken.
Get two.
Hey, Mister, take
good care of him.
Two big ones.
Lots of butter.
Thanks.
You see this?
Did you see it?
Sergeant, it says that
old man was in Louise's
apartment at 10 o'clock.
That's a mistake, isn't it?
You're off the hook,
so forget about it.
Did he say that?
At 10 o'clock?
He said that he
killed her, that he
was drunk, that he forced
his way into her apartment.
And that he killed
her at 10 o'clock.
Did he said that?
What difference does it make?
You got Joe Marcus
off your back now!
So do what I said.
Forget about.
It's wrong, Sergeant.
What's wrong?
He couldn't have been there
at 10 o'clock, Sergeant.
I lied to you, Sergeant.
I wasn't working that night.
I was with Louise.
We had dinner.
I went to her apartment.
I stayed there until 10:30.
10:30, Sergeant.
I was scared, If I wasn't,
I wouldn't have lied!
No, you didn't lie to me.
You didn't see her that night.
You were working that night.
He couldn't have been
there at 10 o'clock.
I know!
-You know.
I'll tell you what you know!
You were married to
my daughter, and you
messed around with the tramp!
She got killed!
That's what you know.
But it's true, Sergeant.
I was there!
You gotta call
headquarters and tell him!
I don't have to tell 'em
anything, and neither do you!
I'll tell 'em myself.
No!
No, what about Tina?
-Tina?
That old man is sitting in
a cell because of a story
that isn't true, and
you're worried about Tina.
All right, all right.
Forget about Tina.
What about you?
What about yourself?
They'll say you killed her.
-So they'll say I killed her.
I didn't.
And neither did that old man.
Please, you don't
realize what you're doing.
One of us does, and
I'm gonna call 'em.
No, you won't have to.
We're going out in the car.
I'll drive you there myself.
Where'd you find him?
Blockhouse.
He said he was with
the old man that night.
Passed out about 9 o'clock.
Didn't wake up till
3:00 in the morning.
10th Street, a good 12 blocks
from the girl's apartment.
You buy it?
Yeah.
I buy it.
OK.
What about the bottle
with his prints on it?
They could've been
there for a week,
or it could have been planted.
We've got a confession, Joe.
No, no.
Not us.
We didn't get that confession.
We didn't get anything.
Sarge, headquarters
is over there.
I know.
We'll get there.
I wanna talk.
We said it all.
We said nothing!
Nothing.
Well, of course
we have trouble.
Oh, he stays up
late every night,
and runs around with
wild women, and beats
me every time he comes home.
Tina, where's your father?
Maybe with Steve drunk,
rolling in the gutter.
It happens every
night of the week.
Is your father with him?
Hey, isn't he cute?
We won him at a
shooting gallery.
Tina, where are they?
I don't know.
I don't- I don't know
where anybody is.
Well, where should I put you?
Tina, did you ever hear of
a girl named Louise Campbell?
Should I?
She was murdered.
It's been in the
papers for days.
Oh.
Oh.
Yeah, I never read the papers.
Your father's been
working on the case.
Here, now, then, this
is where you belong.
Tina, he's in trouble,
serious trouble.
I don't believe that.
He's a good cop,
too good to louse
up an investigation by
handling a piece of evidence.
Tina, I bought it, but
I can't buy it now.
What evidence?
What are you talking about?
He knew about Steve.
That woman was running
around with a married man.
It was Steve.
That-- that's not true.
Tina, we had his description.
We have his name.
Steve had been
seeing her for weeks.
That's a lie.
That's a dirty,
rotten, filthy lie!
I'm sorry, Tina.
Oh, Joe.
Get out of here.
JOE: Honey, I have to find him.
Get out of here!
JOE: Tina, I have to find him!
Oh, Joe.
Oh!
Do you know where he is?
Joe, it was a game.
I was little, after
my mother left,
I used to have nightmares.
And my Daddy would
come into the room,
and he would tell
me not to worry.
Because he would put
up a wall, and it
would keep all the
bad things out.
And it did.
It really did.
Joe, where did the wall go?
Why did it go away?
Tina, was Steve
seeing that girl?
I just-- I just
wanted us to be happy.
I-- I thought if I didn't
say anything to him,
the wall would still be there,
and we'd be safe inside.
And then she was killed.
Give me police headquarters.
It wasn't Steve.
Joe, it couldn't
have been Steve.
I never said it was.
Hello, this is Sergeant Marcus.
I want to put out
an APB on Ed Stagg.
That's right, Sergeant Ed Stagg.
What are we stopping here for?
Something I wanna show you.
Come on.
It's where you used
to meet her, isn't it?
What's the point, Sergeant?
She's dead.
You ever almost drown?
Go under, try to
scream, but you can't.
And there's nobody there
to help you, nobody.
No, you're on your own,
nobody there to help
you, nobody but yourself.
I'm going back to the car.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.
Wait.
No, not yet.
It's over, Sergeant.
There's nothing here!
I'm here.
I'm here, and I'm drowning.
Can't you get it
through your head?
He's a bum, a drunk!
He's got no friends,
no relatives, nothing.
He-- he doesn't mean anything!
Maybe he didn't kill her.
What difference does it make?
He killed somebody, didn't he?
And he's gonna have
to die, isn't he?
If it get you off the hook,
what difference does it make?
What difference does it make?
You lousy hypocrite.
If a man doesn't
know the difference
between right and
wrong, he might
as well be living in a tree.
Isn't that what
you said, Sergeant?
Go ahead.
Climb that tree.
Make me another speech.
Go ahead, Sergeant.
I'm waiting!
Go ahead!
-You thug!
You immoral bum!
Who do you think started
this whole mess, anyway?
Who?
I don't know, Sergeant, but
you better believe it's over.
They book me, or they don't
book me, I'm leveling with Tina,
and I'm wrapping it up,
telling her the whole bit.
No.
She's coming out of
that box you kept her
in if I have to drag her out.
Maybe the air out
here stinks, but she
better learn to live in it.
So I'm starting right now.
No.
Steve, no, please!
No!
Sergeant!
It's not just Tina!
It's not just her.
It's you!
It's me!
You walk into headquarters,
and-- and-- and we're
all connected, all of us!
I didn't do anything, Sergeant!
Nothing, you gotta believe me!
But I did!
I killed her!
God help me, I killed her.
You?
Yes.
Oh, god help me, I killed her.
It was you.
All this time, all those
speeches to me and Tina.
I-- I just pushed her.
I just pushed her, and she
fell, and she hit her head.
You killed her!
I tell you, it was
just an accident.
And you'd sell
the old man for it!
No, I-- it was for Tina.
I was trying to protect Tina.
Come off it, Sergeant.
Come way down off it.
You weren't protecting
anybody but yourself!
No, no, no.
That's not true.
Who you covering for now?
Me?
Tina?
The old man?
Or is it you?
Stop it, stop it.
I listened to you
all these years,
and there was nothing inside
those speeches-- nothing!
Well, I've had it with you!
Please, please!
Please, Steve!
No, don't!
I can't help it.
I'm sorry, but I can't help it.
It was an accident!
Like this one, Sarge?
Agh!
Oh, why didn't you
go like I told you?
Why didn't you go with Tina?
Oh, ever since I killed her--
ever since I killed her,
it's been like-- like
something-- something
inside my gut eating-- eating
at me like-- like there
was nothing left.
Oh, Tina, Tina.
Let's go.
Sorry, Ed.