Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) - full transcript
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
Hey, check this out.
Hey, check this out.
She's been working
the night shift.
Ain't she freezin'?
She's so wacked,
she thinks she's in the Bahamas.
Here she comes.
You been partyin', baby?
Shit, I been partyin'
all the time.
L'm a party girl.
Well, party on home, baby.
Take a little rest.
Rest? I don't need no rest.
L'm on the case, you know?
Y'all wanna come party with me?
Not now, baby.
I got somethin' fine...
for New York's finest.
Well, we're on thejob.
Shit, l'm on myj-O-B too...
just like you.
Shit, an importantjob.
Y'all just take a look at this.
What is this,
the gunfight at OK Corral?
As long as there's cop killers around,
l'm gonna be ready.
Don't make no difference how many guns
you got. You only got two hands.
Murphy don't need no hardware.
All you gotta do is breathe
on the suckers, and they give up.
You can't get your man with six bullets,
you might as well go in with a tank.
Anybody know those two guys?
Loomis was in the car with us,
wasn't he?
Just out of the academy.
The other one too.
He was a rookie too?
What was his name?
What difference does it make?
They still had their coffee
in their hands when they got it.
The head and the face,
almost point-blank range.
Sounds like a hit.
Look at Beau Brummell over there.
They could be dropping bombs
on the Bronx...
and he'd be standing there figuring out
whatjockey shorts went with his tie.
Jealous. Typical bust-out
cop reaction, you know?
A guy's got a little style,
tries to rise above his circumstances...
and you gotta knock him.
That's what we need,
a cop with style.
I ain't no 20-year man
like you, baby.
Look at the threads in there.
l'm dressing for success.
I got a self-image, man.
Here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
The Million Dollar Mouth.
Wait until I cruise up here
in my Bentley. Yeah, Bentley.
Grab him!
Get the needle out ofhis arm!
- Hey, mofo, I ain't nojunkie, man.
- Give me some help here!
Come on. Knock it off.
- Whafs the charge?
- Indecent exposure.
Just showing his face
is indecent exposure.
Next patient.
Goddamn switchboard's out again.
L'll take a look at it.
Pantuzzi, I'll need a car tomorrow
to get myjunk outta here.
- You thinkyou can arrange that?
- Yes, sir.
We're gonna miss you, boss.
In two days, you w0n't even
rememberwhat I look like.
Maybe in my last couple ofdays
you can stop the bullshit.
It's all right, though.
You guys had it easy with me.
This new guy'll
cut you to pieces.
Whds the new guy?
Captain Dennis Connolly.
I heard ofhim.
He's a headquarters guy.
Been kissing ass so long,
he wipes his nose with toilet paper.
0y vay!
A headquarters hero.
I give him three months up here.
We lost two guys
on the 8-to-4 today.
L'm sure youse all know about it.
Got the reporters outside...
and there's a special unit from downtown
that's working on the squeal.
They'll all be gone in a couple
of hours, and we'll still be here.
Now, until we clear this thing...
we're moving targets.
That's those of us that move.
It's not a good idea
to let the folks up here know...
it's open season on cops.
Now, you guys, evely one of you,
got your stoolies.
Canvas your sectors,
toss everybody.
And never mind from downtown.
It's on us to get
some information on this.
It'll be our asses ifwe don't.
Okay? Enough said.
All right.
Got a rape ofan 11-year-old girl.
Suspect described as
black male, 6'
240 pounds, still at large.
Victim has provided
a sketchy description.
It's over at the desk.
We got complaints on a crap game
in back of St. Anselmds.
The sisters called it in.
Thafs sector Adam,
Boyd and Williams.
D0n't move it.
Bust it. All right?
We gotta let 'em know they leave
the church and the grounds alone.
Track star on Brockton.
This is a skinny dude
with felony shoes...
and a World War I pilot's cap.
Right? Snatching purses
from the welfare ladies.
Now, as you probably know,
Captain Dugan is retiring.
He's been replaced
by Captain Dennis Connolly.
We were gonna throw
Captain Dugan a racket...
but with the different tours
it didn't work.
S0 we set up a collection
to buy him a present.
Any of you wanna contribute,
there's a kitty on the sergeants desk.
Knock it off.
You're dismissed.
She never, ever went.
- I did so!
- You did not!
The neighborhood will be full of stars
with all these TV cameras around.
People will be blowing each other away
just t0 get 0n the news.
You see a lot of fires
'cause they look real good on the tube.
- A cop killing is a media event.
- Big deal.
Put a black border around his picture
and give him an inspectors funeral.
And people sending your ex-wife money
from all over the country.
She'd like that.
Meanwhile, there ain't a chance
0f making a collar 0n this...
with all these hooples around here.
Look on the bright side, though.
We get our names in the papers, right?
We can be real serious on TV.
With your good looks maybe you'll get
to ball an anchor lady.
Yeah? Ah, not with my luck.
Ifit was raining anchor ladies,
l'd get hit with Walter Cronkite.
L'm going to fly!
I want to fly! Mira.
I d0n't want my blood to splatter
all over you, my people.
I know you're gonna miss me!
Anybody know this guy?
I do. He's my roommate,
and I hope he breaks his stupid neck.
Come on, Raquel.
Don't you wanna kiss and make up?
Hell, no!
He stole my Donna Summerwig.
- The bitch.
- You the super?
Yeah.
Mind the car.
I don't know about Carl anymore.
I don't know what's the matterwith him.
- What are you wearing, Chanel no. 5?
- No, it's Windsong by Matchabelli.
Carl!
Stay away!
Hey, Carl?
Wait a minute. Come on now.
Think it over, huh?
You can become a star
if you wanted to.
G0 ahead. Put on the wig.
Let's see what the wig looks like.
He said to wait here.
Tom Snyder! Tom!
L'm coming down, Tom!
Carl, wait! No!
L'm coming down!
Is Tom out here?
ls Tom Snyder here?
All these people.
My people.
I love you, my people.
Oh, fix my wi g!
Fix my wig.
Oh, /'m a bad girl, badg/r/
Such a dirty bad g/r/
Beep, beep
Yeah! Yeah!
Stop it! Tom Snyder!
I want Tom Snyder!
Hold it!
L'm a bad girl!
Such a dirty bad girl!
Last chance for /0 ve
lneed the last chance
/ need the last dance
For/ave
- What happened?
- Ajumper.
We d0n't have
psychiatric facilities here.
So sedate him.
- Send him to Bellevue in the morning.
- Wheres your medical degree?
Back at the house.
Wanna come by and see it?
Nurse, see ifthis guy
has major medical.
What are they gonna do
with me, Murphy?
- You d0n't need these cuffs anymore.
- I d0n'twanna g0 tojail.
You got it all wrong, Carl.
- This guy ain't going tojail.
- No way. Don't worry about it.
Hey, Isabella.
We ain't filing a complaint.
just put him down as a patient.
If you say so.
See, Carl?
Everything is gonna be okay.
L'm all messed up.
Ain'twe all?
- We'll be back to see if y0u're okay.
- Thanks, Murphy.
It'll take about an hour.
- Good. Let's g0 eat.
- Bye, Andy.
S0 long, Slick.
Take care of yourself.
So, what'll it be?
Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican
0r Puerto Rican cuisine?
Decisions, decisions.
Isn't that our man up there?
- The guy with the World War I cap.
- I don't wanna chase this dude.
The bi g, bad policemans is here,
s0 d0n't rip nobody off.
- Son ofa bitch! Right in our faces!
- Lets get him.
Murphy, Murphy, Murphy-
You got a cigarette?
- Why didn't you just drop the bastard?
- Here.
Oh, yeah, right.
Shoot a purse snatcher.
They'd crucify me.
You say he pulled a knife,
and we back you up.
That's all you gotta do, Murph.
You lay it on 'em.
I know how to flake a guy
as good as you do, Morgan.
Y0u'll get a heart attack
before you ever catch a nigger, Tarzan.
What's his problem?
He thinks l'm a liberal.
Get back here,
you motherfucker!
My recollection d0n't recall it.
I don't remember. What do you want?
Captain Dugan's office.
Don't you monitor the people
who ask to see the commander?
What ifl was a lunatic
with a gun?
Then you wouldn't be
a police officer, Captain Connolly.
Orwould you?
What's your name, Sergeant?
Kickin' ass and taking names,
huh, Captain?
Well, l'm
Sergeant Anthony Pantuzzi.
I got 22 years on thejob...
and l'm ready to retire tomorrow ifl
get a hard time from my new commander.
I'll take the halfpension
before l'll take any crap from anybody.
Captain Dugan's office
is over on the right...
as close to the street
as he can get.
Thank you, Sergeant.
Come in.
Captain Dugan.
- Connolly.
- Yeah.
You picked a great day
t0 take over.
This place wasjammed
with reporters all morning.
Page one of
your first day up here.
- You like press conferences?
- TheyTe part 0f thejob.
That's for sure.
They put it out
you volunteered for thisjob.
- I did.
- l'll tell you something.
Y0u'll do better walking the beat
in Beirut than you will here.
Y0u're supposed to have
some background material for me.
Yeah, I got it.
Block-by-block rundowns.
Ongoing investigations,
trouble spots...
community people...
personnel evaluation.
L'm interested in the ratio
0f rookies t0 veterans.
I didn't break it down that way.
Two rookies in a car
is always a mistake.
S0 l'm going to be blamed
for those killings?
And l'll be blamed
till they're cleared.
How about corruption?
Anybody on thejob now
in my precinct is clean.
Your precinct has the worst
absentee record in the city...
the most disability claims...
the highest percentage
0f men 0n sick call...
the least convictions per arrests,
and there are no men on the take?
S0 they toss a numbers runner
for a couple ofdollars...
turn a pimp upside down
for some loose change.
There's nobody
getting rich up here.
Theres nobody doing anything.
These men aren't motivated.
Motivated?
I mean, this is Siberia, Connolly.
Sixty-five percent of the men here
have been transferred.
We got the connivers,
the slobs, the shirkers...
guys who beat up
the wrong guinea...
who gave a diplomat
a parking ticket...
screwed a bi gmouth hooker
or shook down the wrong peddler.
There are plenty of good
police officers in your command.
Y0u're the one
falling down on thejob.
That's right, blame Dugan.
Sure, let the politicians
and everybody else off the hook.
Blame Dugan.
That's the easy way.
You got a 40-block area
with 70,000 people...
packed in like sardines,
smelling each other's farts...
living like cockroaches,
and that's Dugan's fault.
You got the lowest income per capita,
the highest rate of unemployment...
and that's my fault.
Why aren't I out there
getting all these peoplejobs?
The largest proportion
of non-English-speaking population...
in the city.
Dugan's fault. Why ain't he out there
teaching 'em t0 speak English?
Four percent Spanish-speaking cops
0n the force.
Hey, Dugan, get your ass
out in the barrio and recruit.
Families that have been on welfare
for three generations.
Youth gangs...
winos, junkies...
Pimps...
hookers...
maniacs...
cop killers.
- Y0u finished?
- Yeah, l'm finished.
L'm going to Florida, Connolly.
l'm going fishing.
So you can bring up your computers
and yourslide rulers...
and all your
psychological techniques.
I mean, this neighborhood'll
bury you.
There's enough dirt in this precinct
to bury every smart-ass cop in the city.
How about that fashion plate?
Whats his message?
What the fuck
you talkin' about, huh?
- The bitch is treacherous, man!
- Keep it off the streets.
I put her out on the line,
and she don't come back with nothin'.
She used to be the main whore
0n the set.
- It's not that bad.
- She could pull anybody.
Pull 'em out of
a goddamn Cadillac...
doin' 75 on the FDR.
But now she ain't worth nothin'!
Nothin', the motherfuckin' bitch!
You gonna run this guy a benefit?
L'm not kidding you, man.
The bitch is nuts, man.
She been smokin'
that angel dust, you dig?
I mean, that shit'll
make you crazy.
I mean, I can't even deal with it!
Just keep it off the street, huh?
Let's run a nice, clean sector here.
Come on.
Yeah.
I don't know you, huh?
- D0 we sit in the same pew?
- I guess not.
Easy there, Wild Bill.
Vmjust going for my wallet.
I wanna show you
my driver's license.
That's a nice coat.
H0w'd you like me to cut it open
and let all the rats out?
This coat cost more than you make
in a year, motherfucker.
He knows your name.
I told you I was famous.
- That's yours, huh?
- Yeah. That's legally parked.
- Oh, motherfuck!
- That's a defective headlight.
Oh, shit!
Man, that's my car!
N0 windshield wipers.
Don't try to buy me, you scumbag!
Try to grease me again,
and l'll turn your head like a doorknob.
Murph, slow down, man.
Come on.
- Keep it off the street!
- Come on, Murph!
Whats the matter with you
all ofa sudden?
Son ofa bitch thinks he can own me
fora couple of bucks.
Like he owns a lot of other cops.
He'sjust doin' business.
Like we do too, huh?
We're living in a world
we never made, my man.
Keep it off the street!
Everything3 cool.
Get over here, bitch.
Whats wrong with you, Charlotte?
Now you're puttin' the man on me.
What the fucks gotten into you?
Get over here.
You want it?
What's all this lndianjunk?
Well, the precinct
is nicknamed Fort Apache.
The men put that up, Captain.
Guy goes on vacation,
he brings back some kind of souvenir.
It makes the place look
like a fraternity house.
- Take it down, Lieutenant.
- lt's not a good idea, Captain.
Let's see about
gettin' this place painted.
That's a problem.
Painters won't come up here.
We'll have to get those civilians
out from in front of the precinct.
Can't do that.
Excuse me?
This is the only place the old folks
can go without getting mugged.
It's the same with the mothers and kids.
This isn't a police station.
It's a fort in hostile territory.
You understand?
Fort Apache.
Here's the final disposition.
- H0w's he doing?
- He's resting now.
We're sending him to Bronx State.
He'll be okay.
You wanna go have a drink?
Two hundred cops ask me out every day.
Why should I say yes to you?
'Cause you say yes
t0 all the others.
I guess that makes you
the only cop I say no to.
My, you certainly have
a way with women, don't you?
- She's crazy about me. Can't you tell?
- Oh, yeah.
In an abandoned store right here
there's a drug operation.
We traced it to the hospital.
Narcotics has got a man inside now.
- The hospital?
- Yeah.
There have been reports
0f thefts 0f morphine...
surgical cocaine, syringes.
Also, sales of drugs
in the hospital.
These rookies could have stumbled on
a felony in progress.
Those guys were shot
at almost point-blank range.
Even a rookies gonna make a move
if he sees somethings going on.
N0 information
from the street so far?
Are you kidding?
Anyplace else, a guy sees a cop
get killed, he runs t0 the phone.
Here, the doors close.
There could be five people out there
who know who did this.
In a few hours, ten, maybe more.
But not us.
Up here, Captain,
cops are like husbands.
They're always the last to know.
D0n't she know enough
to come out of the rain?
He didn't kill her.
Must be our good deed for the day.
- What was this all about?
- Ambulance call.
Sure d0n't like to g0 into
dark buildings with cop killers around.
Decisions, decisions.
Okay, what's goin' on?
Okay, hold it. Hold it.
All right.
Hey, kid. How are ya?
Murph, how do you say "room"?
Cal/e. N0, thafs street,
I think. Sa/a.
She's havin' a bamb/no.
You speak English?
Yes.
- How old are you?
- Fourteen.
You know something about babies, then,
'cause I think you're having yours now.
- N0.
- Yeah.
You have to.
I know.
You kept your coat on for four months.
You didn't tell nobody.
You can't hide it now.
It's okay.
We'll help you, okay?
I gotta wash my hands.
Make sure she don't pass out.
Come on.
You gotta help me.
Come on.
Come on.
That's good, that's good.
Come on, Nina.
Come on.
You're almost there.
Come on. Push. Push.
Keep trying-
Here we g0.
Here we g0.
It's coming now, Nina.
lt's coming.
All right.
Dn Si/verman,
cal/ your office please.
Dn Cosmo,
you 're needed in Surgery
Hey, bro.
What's happenin'?
Listen.
No credit this time.
Sony, man. Got a brand-new badge.
Nice cut 0n it.
- What can I do for you?
- l'm gonna cop a bundle.
Get your money ready.
Money, money, money, money.
Okay, bro, what you want?
You don't look too good.
This will take it out.
D0 two.
lt'll straighten you out.
Look, l'll catch you guys later.
All right?
I thinkyou guys
are trying to take myjob.
- Whats the matter with him?
- Postoperative depression.
Hejust delivered a baby.
You all right?
Oh, yeah.
That's my 17th
in 14years up here.
Seventeen.
You could almost be an obstetrician.
You need a drink.
I need a nurse.
You supply the booze,
l'll supply the nurse.
You asking me out?
Maybe.
I get asked out by 200 nurses evely day.
Why should I say yes t0 you?
'Cause you say yes
t0 all the others.
See ifyou can find
your way back here at midnight.
You take more time getting ready
than my old lady does.
If that's a proposition,
l'm already engaged.
- Sorry, pal.
- Man's got a heavy date tonight.
Man's gonna score.
The man is seeing
his fiancee tonight...
which means the man's
gonna get shut out.
Back off.
You're talking about the woman I love.
You know what a nice Catholic boy means
when he says he's in love?
It means he
ain't gettin' no cho cha.
No cho cha for the kid.
- N0 cho cha.
- Not even a cho.
You scruffy Irish potato eater.
What do you know about style, huh?
What do any of you know about style?
Look at youse.
L'm giving out a heavy message
tonight with these clothes.
What is that?
The message is:
Take me!
Please take me!
A whole year we've been goin' out.
l'm gettin' back pain from the anxiety.
- Please!
- Poor little baby.
Please take me!
Were gonna need a padded patrol car
for this fruitcake.
I didn't thinkyou'd come.
I had to break a date
with Charl/eKAnge/s.
I hope you don't regret it.
Hey, cowboy!
Tough guy-
Whafs he doin'?
Going out with nurses now?
It makes sense. He catches something
from her, at least she can cure it.
- Date night?
- What'll you have?
- Bacardi and Coke.
- Me too.
N0 beer?
What is it, your birthday?
- Make 'em doubles.
- You won't get me drunk.
- For how much?
- My moneys on the lady.
- You wanna join us?
- Excuse me!
She always gives me the cold shoulder.
Now all ofa sudden she wants to talk.
Shdsjealous.
Theresa.
Shh, Andy.
I got pizza.
Pizza. Come on.
Open the front door.
Goon
Andy, it's after midnight.
Just let me come in
for a minute.
Open the door.
For G0d's sakes,
my parents are sleeping.
Listen, ifyou d0n't wanna do nothin',
how come you wear outfits like that?
You want me to wear
a cop's uniform to bed?
Let me come in for a second.
One second. Come on.
Don't get crazy on me now.
Nah. D0n't worry about it.
just gonna eat the pizza, I promise.
Don't worry about nothin'.
- Bad?
- Yes.
I can't believe l'm on a date.
You don't do this all the time?
How about never?
Why? You married?
No, l'm not.
Well, l'm not married now.
I was.
I d0n't know why l'm having
so much trouble with this.
L'm divorced.
lt's no big thing.
- Kids?
- Yeah. Three girls.
So what about you?
So what about me what?
Well, tell me a little something
about yourself.
That's what y0u're supposed to do
on a date, isn't it?
Yeah, only I d0n't like
talking about myself.
Well, I d0n't like
talking about myself either.
S0 let's talk about
two other people.
I'll tell you aboutyourself,
you tell me about myself.
The one whds right wins a drink.
Okay. You start.
- Square business?
- Tell it like it is.
Poor family.
You're the oldest.
You got a lot of brothers and sisters.
You got a brother in thejoint.
Your mothefs sick.
You got a scholarship to nursing school
and did real good...
but you can't get a job
anyplace but here.
- How am I doin'?
- I don't know yet.
You smoke a little reefer,
fool around a little bit.
You ought to get married,
but the selection ain't that good.
Finished?
Yeah.
You come from
three generations of cops.
Your grandfather and your father
and your brothers are all cops.
All your friends are cops.
It's a good thing there are lady cops,
or you wouldn't have any sex life.
You get drunk every night.
You think all men are thieves
and all women are sluts...
and you don't trust anyone
but your partner.
It's my round.
No. The drinks are on me.
Theresa, am I stuffed.
You c0uld've at least had one piece.
It w0uldn't kill ya.
No, l'd just gain a hundred pounds.
"L'd just gain a hundred pounds."
- We'd work it off. Come on.
- Andy, stop it. My parents.
They're sleeping.
D0n't worry.
My father gets up evely night
for Brioschi.
Oh, man.
If your fathefs st0mach's gonna mess up
my sex life, forget about it.
Come here.
Yeah, l'll come here.
Don't you think I want to?
I don't know. Do you?
I do.
I do!
Can't it wait till we're married?
Wait until we're married?
No, see, you don't understand.
You keep forgetting
that l'm a cop.
Any day that I g0 to work
could be my last.
- Today we almost got blasted.
- I dontwanna hear it.
Five guys opened fire.
They started blastin'.
Now, that's more like it.
How long have you been a cop?
Eighteen years.
It's too long.
You ought to at least
be commissioner by now.
You sound like my ex-wife.
No, I made detective.
I got a gold shield.
Ijust didn't keep it very long.
What did you do?
Come on. What did you do?
I nailed this guy
on Westchester Avenue.
He was going about 65 miles an hour.
He's really drunk.
He's all over the road.
And he was a local hood.
He was a guy that I put in before
for extortion.
S0, anyway, the next day,
the guy gets out.
He drives his Caddie by,
gives me the finger.
S0 on this one
hejust laughs in my face.
He 533/5? "A Summons?"
He said, ?My God, my lawyer's gonna
take care of this tomorrow, you jerk."
So I thought, I said...
"The guys right, l'm ajerk."
S0, I leaned across, grabbed his
car keys and threw it in the sewer...
and said, ?See ifyour lawyer
can take care of that tomorrow."
This guy isjumpin' up and down
and yellin' at me.
And...
- I ate his drivefs license.
- What?
Yeah. And right after that,
I ate his registration.
The registration tasted better
than the driver's license.
Well, he said...
?My lawyefs gonna make one call
and y0u're finished.?
I said, ?Finished??
So I laughed in his face.
The lawyer made the call...
and they took away the shield...
and put me back in a monkey suit.
Well, the moment of truth.
Yeah. Hey, listen,
thanks for the drinks.
Anytime.
I guess I ought to be flattered
that you're not makin' a move on me.
It means you respect me.
I d0n't g0 to parties
where I ain't invited.
You want an engraved invitation?
- What is that, a walk-up?
- And l'm on the fifth floor.
Let's climb that staircase
t0 paradise.
Let's go to your place.
You got any other names
besides Murphy?
Hey, don't get personal.
I'll remember you said that
when we get to your place.
What?
Johnjoseph Vincent Ill.
Satisfied?
Big name.
Ah, big man.
We'll see about that.
You d0n't need a girlfriend.
You need a maid.
Ain't they the same thing?
Uh-uh, baby.
You're in the wrong century.
Yeah?
Help, police.
L'm glad we did it.
Are you?
Glad we did what?
Wise guy-
Did you enjoy it?
Yeah, it was all right.
Itwasjust all right?
There wasn't
enough pepperoni on it...
and the anchovies tasted
like shoe leather.
I didn't mean the pizza.
I meant me.
Oh, you?
Yeah, yeah, you were okay.
But there wasn't
enough pepperoni on it...
and the anchovies
tasted like shoe leather.
Shut up.
just shut up.
Johnjoseph Vincent Murphy Ill.
You called?
J-J-
Yeah,j.j. That's what
l'm going to call you from now on.
No, you ain't.
Murphy-
A big Irish cop.
How can you work
in a neighborhood like this?
You think I can't understand
these people?
The Irish are a lot like
the Puerto Ricans.
They are the Puerto Ricans
0f England.
They like todrink
and dance and sing...
make love.
L'm talking about the ones
0n the other side.
Something happens to them
when they come over here.
They become a bunch
0f ti ght-assed priests...
orward heelers.
What the hell am I talkin' about?
Son ofa bitch!
I have to pull offthe highway
into thisjungle.
Come on!
Hello, lover.
You wanna go out?
Come on.
Let's take a little walk.
How much?
Well, ifl was sellin' it, baby...
you sure couldn't afford it.
But l'm gonna give it up...
'cause I likes you.
How you doin'?
This ain't a motel, baby...
but it'll dojust fine.
It looks okay to me.
Nobody can do it like I can.
Come on down.
Sit right there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
"Scorpio.
Recreation will leave
a potential for employment.
Money comes in earlyjune.
A fantasy comes true
in September.?
This is the life.
- Yeahjust d0n't get too used to it.
- Tough guy, huh?
That's right.
You're not tough.
Y0u're a pussycat,
just like me.
My water's boiling.
- N0!
- Yes.
Hey, punk.
Man, what a racket.
You know what the number was yesterday?
- What?
- Number 444.
Except for a little single action,
we cleared 3,200 bucks.
Sometimes I think bookies
have a patron saint.
You'll pray to that saint
when they bust your little operation.
Maybe it'll get you 90 days
instead 0f a year.
Y0u'rejust uptight because
you didn't get laid last night.
- What are y0u,j0yce Brothers?
- Leave me alone.
Hey, Pop, would it be
a first-class piece of detective work...
to assume y0u've been downstairs
pressm' the grapes?
I got four barrels
ready for Christmas.
I got this guy all the way fromjersey
ready t0 buy my wine.
My brother's a bookie,
my fathefs a bootlegger.
I could make a fortune shaking down
my own family without leaving the house.
What are you laughing at?
Knock it off.
Don't start with me, punk.
Whats this South Bronx Pe0ple's Party
that keeps comin' up?
TheyTe disco revolutionaries.
You know what I mean?
They got federal money to open
a storefront on Fox Street.
They make a lot of hate-cop noises.
They preach armed revolt...
but they spend most of their time
ballin' white chicks from Scarsdale.
Dacey, you followin' through?
Yeah, we're gonna pay 'em a visit.
Might go to Scarsdale first.
Might as well, for all the production
we've been gettin' from you down here.
What am l, a mind reader?
You got 50,000 potential cop killers
in this precinct.
You want me to toss them all?
I want you t0 bring the South Bronx
People's Party in for questioning.
That's what I want.
The boss wants production.
What we're gonna do is take a few
anti-crime units out of each tour.
You guys will be plainclothed,
unmarked car.
Mulhearne and Tessitore.
Lane and Baker.
- Corelli and Murphy.
- Corelli don't got no plain clothes.
Let him wear a tuxedo.
What do I care?
The idea is to make a lot
0f felony collars, okay?
L'd like a minute, Sergeant.
Hold it down, fellas.
Hold it down.
The captain has something
t0 say, all right?
We are making zero progress
0n the investigation...
of the murders of our two men.
This case must be cleared...
even if we have to take
extraordinary measures t0 clear it.
Evely day that we lag is another day
that we lose respect...
in the neighborhood.
Pick it up.
Startin' on this tour...
l'm gonna wantyou
to start makin' arrests.
All of you know of
criminal situations that exist.
Up until now,
you looked the other way.
Thats gotta stop.
Every suspect that we bring in...
will be questioned by the squad.
We're gonna bring 'em in,
book 'em...
toss 'em
and see what they spit out.
And we w0n't quit
until we get a lead.
Now...
I d0n't expect something
for nothing from you men...
so l'm offerin' a deal.
You collar us somebody
who gives us information...
you get a week added
t0 your vacations.
Ah, whds gonna be minding the store
when were all on vacation?
Sir.
I don't follow you.
Well, we could all g0 around with
our noses buried in the penal code...
we could make a hundred
bum collars a day.
S0 thejails will be full,
the neighborhood will be empty...
and meanwhile you ain't gonna be one
step closer t0 clearing those killings.
Ify0u're afraid to do
some police work, Murphy...
you can stay in and clean out
the shit houses until your retirement.
Shut your mouth, Murphy.
As for the rest of you,
my offer stands.
Two leads?
Two weeks, and so on.
Call it bribery.
Call it dedicated police work.
Just get out on the street
and bring in those cop killers.
I won't question your motives.
Okay, knock it off.
You're dismissed.
Let's go downstairs and get
into something more comfortable.
Come on.
Plain wheels, plain clothes,
plain brains.
Plain, plain. What are you always
putting yourself down for, huh?
Uh-oh.
I feel a lecture coming on.
You need one. I appreciate you
more than you do yourself.
- I can see your hidden potential.
- You got good eyes.
A guy like you
with all you got goin' foryou?
Shit, you could conquer the world.
Instead you keep holdin' yourself back.
You gonna be my guru, huh?
You gonna tell me how to release
the hidden powers within?
I tell you.
I can give you some tips based on my
extensive study of the road to success.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
The first thing y0u're
gonna have to deal with...
is this problem you seem to have
with authority figures.
You have a lot oftrouble
taking orders, am I right?
You have what they call
very low self-esteem.
Before you make any progress
at all in your life...
y0u're gonna have to get
in touch with your feelings.
I keep trying,
but the line's always busy.
Is this stoolie reliable?
We'll soon find out.
- L'm calling my lawyer.
- Yeah?
- Never mind that, tons of fun.
- Hey, whats the matterwith you?
L'm gonna give this bastard
a workout! Come on!
What's the matterwith him?
He's a little upset
because 0f those cop killings.
L'm no cop killer.
Cops are my best customers.
You ain't seeing no lawyer
till l'm finished with you, fatso!
Hey, hey, cut it out!
Were hereto see if we
can get a lead 0n that case.
Talk to the creep across the hall.
He's been dealing guns for weeks.
All right. Take it easy. Calm down.
You'll give yourself a heart attack.
Okay. Please d0n't tell him
I gave him up.
- H?HHHme
- Don't worry.
Listen, arrest yourself.
G0 wait in the van.
Okay. Watch it, man. He's mean.
He's stoned on downs all the time.
He blasts his goddamn radio
at all hours.
Some people got no consideration.
Wanna go in?
I don't hear no radio.
He could be sitting behind that door
with an M-60.
Shit.
That's okay.
Fire!
Nice touch.
Not her.
This guy does all right.
Him.
Okay, sports lovers.
Police.
Knock it off.
All right, music lovers.
Out 0f the cars.
This is a raid. Come on.
Get out ofthe car
and on the pavement. Let's go.
- Give us a fuckin' break.
- l'm sorry. l'm sorry.
What about last week, man?
Last week d0n't count.
Come on,john, let's go.
Hey, you, let's g0.
Get out. Get out, man.
A little scene here.
- Move it.
- I know you're comin'.
Long time no see. H0w's evelything?
I know it is. Get out 0f here.
Andy, get those guys out of the van.
We're gonna grab a bus.
How you been?
Long time no see.
Come on, ladies.
Come on, let's g0.
This ain't no picnic.
Police business.
We're taking the bus.
Hey, this is a ball, you know?
I always wanted to drive a bus.
Hey, come on. Cheer up.
Yeah, cheer up, cheer up.
We got a bus full
of cop killers here.
Super sleuth strikes again.
Y0u're letting that Connolly guy
get t0 you again.
Forget about him.
The guy's an empty suit.
He acts like we're a bunch ofjerk-offs.
All we want to do is drink and screw.
Hell, there ain't one guy in this house
who wouldn't give his right arm...
to get the guys
that killed those two rookies.
I know guys who'd shoot their mothers
and their feelings wouldn't get hurt.
You can't go turnin' this neighborhood
upside down...
evely time somebody gets killed,
not even a cop.
Let's get the fuck out of here.
Get out!
Come on in. Come on. Let's go.
Innkeeper, we need lodgings
for the night.
D0n't leave 'em here, Murphy.
Please, put 'em up 0n the stairs.
L'll book 'em after I get through
with this bunch. Please.
We'll be here all night
with this group.
All you guys, listen!
Book your people,
then move 'em up to the squad...
so the detectives
can talk t0 them.
We'll authorize overtime
for all the men on the 8-to-4...
so we can process the suspects.
It's like Grand Central Station.
How are we gonna get the next tour out?
- Knock, knock.
- What is it?
- We got a bit ofa riot building up.
- Where?
In the Bronx.
I wouldn't bother you
ifitwas in Philadelphia.
Special Investigations sent some people
to that clubhouse and they went to war.
We've had three 10-135.
The cr0wd's heading for the precinct.
Call evely available car off patrol
and get some backup from Borough.
Hey, you got a filthy mouth.
What happened here?
We went in to question them,
and they started to give us a hassle.
Why weren't my desk officers
informed about this?
Why wasn't I informed about
the following those people have here?
You sent us out on this. You should
have told us what we were getting into.
- Name, please.
- I ain't tellin' you my name.
We ain't tellin' you nothin' till you
tell us why we've been arrested!
They cooperating?
They ain't even being sociable.
You thinkwe killed your cops, man?
We wouldn't waste the bullets.
You wanna g0 to war with me,
tough guy?
L've got 17 assaults and 5
assassinations of officers to clear.
L'll nail your ass to the precinct wall
if you hassle me.
Do you understand?
We were at a nuclear power
teach-in...
all day that day.
At Sarah Lawrence, man.
You want to check it out?
We've got 500 witnesses.
You want to g0 up against 500
honky college girls, man?
- G0 ahead.
- Yeah, stiff, go check it out.
Then you can let us out.
Hey, hey, stiff!
You wanna tell me your name again?
Let the brothers g0!
Let the brothers g0!
Let me across, ladies.
That's it.
Out of the way. Lovely.
N.G. on that bunch
of revolutionaries up there.
- The only thing they shoot is beaver.
- Let the brothers g0!
Let the brothers go!
- You the leader here?
- Ain't no leaders here, man.
- Just one soul with a million voices.
- You're interfering with the police!
- Let our brothers out of that dungeon.
- That's a violation of the law.
If you do not cease your activity,
I will place you under arrest.
You let our brothers outta
your dungeons, then we'll leave.
L'll give you five minutes
t0 disperse.
Let the brothers go!
- Give them five minutes to disperse.
- We've had these things before.
You let them blow off steam a little,
they g0 away.
Give them five.
Then release tear gas
into the crowd.
Let the brothers go!
Gas 'em.
Fall back. Let's go.
Evelybody back.
Let's g0, guys. Back.
Way back. Come on.
OkayJimmy-
Release the gas.
- What the hell is he doing?
- He's going t0 war.
You two!
- Come with me.
- Dutch treat?
What did you say?
I got no beef with these people.
You'rejust making things worse.
You've forgotten how
to take orders, Patrolman?
Get him! The fieldjacket!
- Damn it!
- Watch it!
Sergeant.
Book this man
for incitement to riot...
assault, attempted assault...
criminal anarchy,
disturbing the peace.
You men give your names
as arresting officers.
When he's been booked,
bring your prisoner to the squad room.
You thinkyou can hold me here?
You think so, you jive-ass mother--
We don't want you in here.
Cool it, let us book you,
you'll be on the streets in an hour.
- Can the revolution wait that long?
- lt'll wait.
Give your name
t0 the nice sergeant.
Let's go to work!
My, my, you're in
a positive mood today.
L'm in love.
"L'm in love."
/n the 47 precinct,
a repon' 0f a 70- l3.
Ass/kt patrolman, 763 and Fox...
in the 47 precinct.
Repon' 0f a 70- 73.
What the hell happened?
We came out on this fire,
they started bombin' us from the roof.
UP there!
Murphy and Corelli,
get up on that roof.
- Police.
- Hold it. Police officers.
- Freeze.
- Against the wall.
Spread 'em out.
Come on, spread 'em out!
Come on, spread 'em.
- Man, what the-
- Hey!
Come on, let's take a little nap
with your friend down here.
- Look at this over here.
- What?
Look at this.
Young love up on the roof there.
It's a cheap date.
Instead of going to the movie,
they walk up on the roof...
and watch the buildings burn.
Uh-oh.
Would you look at them muffs.
Yeah, Morgan and Finley,
what a couple of hotshots, huh?
Hey, Morgan!
They can't hear you.
What? Hey!
Hold it!
Morgan, you asshole!
Leave the kid alone.
Hey, he didn't do nothin'.
Hold it!
Put me down!
- Hold it!
- Hey!
Did you see that?
I didn't see nothin'.
L/I/i/l you just disperse, please?
Noth/n 3 gonna happen here.
We'd //'/
Hey, check this out.
She's been working
the night shift.
Ain't she freezin'?
She's so wacked,
she thinks she's in the Bahamas.
Here she comes.
You been partyin', baby?
Shit, I been partyin'
all the time.
L'm a party girl.
Well, party on home, baby.
Take a little rest.
Rest? I don't need no rest.
L'm on the case, you know?
Y'all wanna come party with me?
Not now, baby.
I got somethin' fine...
for New York's finest.
Well, we're on thejob.
Shit, l'm on myj-O-B too...
just like you.
Shit, an importantjob.
Y'all just take a look at this.
What is this,
the gunfight at OK Corral?
As long as there's cop killers around,
l'm gonna be ready.
Don't make no difference how many guns
you got. You only got two hands.
Murphy don't need no hardware.
All you gotta do is breathe
on the suckers, and they give up.
You can't get your man with six bullets,
you might as well go in with a tank.
Anybody know those two guys?
Loomis was in the car with us,
wasn't he?
Just out of the academy.
The other one too.
He was a rookie too?
What was his name?
What difference does it make?
They still had their coffee
in their hands when they got it.
The head and the face,
almost point-blank range.
Sounds like a hit.
Look at Beau Brummell over there.
They could be dropping bombs
on the Bronx...
and he'd be standing there figuring out
whatjockey shorts went with his tie.
Jealous. Typical bust-out
cop reaction, you know?
A guy's got a little style,
tries to rise above his circumstances...
and you gotta knock him.
That's what we need,
a cop with style.
I ain't no 20-year man
like you, baby.
Look at the threads in there.
l'm dressing for success.
I got a self-image, man.
Here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
The Million Dollar Mouth.
Wait until I cruise up here
in my Bentley. Yeah, Bentley.
Grab him!
Get the needle out ofhis arm!
- Hey, mofo, I ain't nojunkie, man.
- Give me some help here!
Come on. Knock it off.
- Whafs the charge?
- Indecent exposure.
Just showing his face
is indecent exposure.
Next patient.
Goddamn switchboard's out again.
L'll take a look at it.
Pantuzzi, I'll need a car tomorrow
to get myjunk outta here.
- You thinkyou can arrange that?
- Yes, sir.
We're gonna miss you, boss.
In two days, you w0n't even
rememberwhat I look like.
Maybe in my last couple ofdays
you can stop the bullshit.
It's all right, though.
You guys had it easy with me.
This new guy'll
cut you to pieces.
Whds the new guy?
Captain Dennis Connolly.
I heard ofhim.
He's a headquarters guy.
Been kissing ass so long,
he wipes his nose with toilet paper.
0y vay!
A headquarters hero.
I give him three months up here.
We lost two guys
on the 8-to-4 today.
L'm sure youse all know about it.
Got the reporters outside...
and there's a special unit from downtown
that's working on the squeal.
They'll all be gone in a couple
of hours, and we'll still be here.
Now, until we clear this thing...
we're moving targets.
That's those of us that move.
It's not a good idea
to let the folks up here know...
it's open season on cops.
Now, you guys, evely one of you,
got your stoolies.
Canvas your sectors,
toss everybody.
And never mind from downtown.
It's on us to get
some information on this.
It'll be our asses ifwe don't.
Okay? Enough said.
All right.
Got a rape ofan 11-year-old girl.
Suspect described as
black male, 6'
240 pounds, still at large.
Victim has provided
a sketchy description.
It's over at the desk.
We got complaints on a crap game
in back of St. Anselmds.
The sisters called it in.
Thafs sector Adam,
Boyd and Williams.
D0n't move it.
Bust it. All right?
We gotta let 'em know they leave
the church and the grounds alone.
Track star on Brockton.
This is a skinny dude
with felony shoes...
and a World War I pilot's cap.
Right? Snatching purses
from the welfare ladies.
Now, as you probably know,
Captain Dugan is retiring.
He's been replaced
by Captain Dennis Connolly.
We were gonna throw
Captain Dugan a racket...
but with the different tours
it didn't work.
S0 we set up a collection
to buy him a present.
Any of you wanna contribute,
there's a kitty on the sergeants desk.
Knock it off.
You're dismissed.
She never, ever went.
- I did so!
- You did not!
The neighborhood will be full of stars
with all these TV cameras around.
People will be blowing each other away
just t0 get 0n the news.
You see a lot of fires
'cause they look real good on the tube.
- A cop killing is a media event.
- Big deal.
Put a black border around his picture
and give him an inspectors funeral.
And people sending your ex-wife money
from all over the country.
She'd like that.
Meanwhile, there ain't a chance
0f making a collar 0n this...
with all these hooples around here.
Look on the bright side, though.
We get our names in the papers, right?
We can be real serious on TV.
With your good looks maybe you'll get
to ball an anchor lady.
Yeah? Ah, not with my luck.
Ifit was raining anchor ladies,
l'd get hit with Walter Cronkite.
L'm going to fly!
I want to fly! Mira.
I d0n't want my blood to splatter
all over you, my people.
I know you're gonna miss me!
Anybody know this guy?
I do. He's my roommate,
and I hope he breaks his stupid neck.
Come on, Raquel.
Don't you wanna kiss and make up?
Hell, no!
He stole my Donna Summerwig.
- The bitch.
- You the super?
Yeah.
Mind the car.
I don't know about Carl anymore.
I don't know what's the matterwith him.
- What are you wearing, Chanel no. 5?
- No, it's Windsong by Matchabelli.
Carl!
Stay away!
Hey, Carl?
Wait a minute. Come on now.
Think it over, huh?
You can become a star
if you wanted to.
G0 ahead. Put on the wig.
Let's see what the wig looks like.
He said to wait here.
Tom Snyder! Tom!
L'm coming down, Tom!
Carl, wait! No!
L'm coming down!
Is Tom out here?
ls Tom Snyder here?
All these people.
My people.
I love you, my people.
Oh, fix my wi g!
Fix my wig.
Oh, /'m a bad girl, badg/r/
Such a dirty bad g/r/
Beep, beep
Yeah! Yeah!
Stop it! Tom Snyder!
I want Tom Snyder!
Hold it!
L'm a bad girl!
Such a dirty bad girl!
Last chance for /0 ve
lneed the last chance
/ need the last dance
For/ave
- What happened?
- Ajumper.
We d0n't have
psychiatric facilities here.
So sedate him.
- Send him to Bellevue in the morning.
- Wheres your medical degree?
Back at the house.
Wanna come by and see it?
Nurse, see ifthis guy
has major medical.
What are they gonna do
with me, Murphy?
- You d0n't need these cuffs anymore.
- I d0n'twanna g0 tojail.
You got it all wrong, Carl.
- This guy ain't going tojail.
- No way. Don't worry about it.
Hey, Isabella.
We ain't filing a complaint.
just put him down as a patient.
If you say so.
See, Carl?
Everything is gonna be okay.
L'm all messed up.
Ain'twe all?
- We'll be back to see if y0u're okay.
- Thanks, Murphy.
It'll take about an hour.
- Good. Let's g0 eat.
- Bye, Andy.
S0 long, Slick.
Take care of yourself.
So, what'll it be?
Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican
0r Puerto Rican cuisine?
Decisions, decisions.
Isn't that our man up there?
- The guy with the World War I cap.
- I don't wanna chase this dude.
The bi g, bad policemans is here,
s0 d0n't rip nobody off.
- Son ofa bitch! Right in our faces!
- Lets get him.
Murphy, Murphy, Murphy-
You got a cigarette?
- Why didn't you just drop the bastard?
- Here.
Oh, yeah, right.
Shoot a purse snatcher.
They'd crucify me.
You say he pulled a knife,
and we back you up.
That's all you gotta do, Murph.
You lay it on 'em.
I know how to flake a guy
as good as you do, Morgan.
Y0u'll get a heart attack
before you ever catch a nigger, Tarzan.
What's his problem?
He thinks l'm a liberal.
Get back here,
you motherfucker!
My recollection d0n't recall it.
I don't remember. What do you want?
Captain Dugan's office.
Don't you monitor the people
who ask to see the commander?
What ifl was a lunatic
with a gun?
Then you wouldn't be
a police officer, Captain Connolly.
Orwould you?
What's your name, Sergeant?
Kickin' ass and taking names,
huh, Captain?
Well, l'm
Sergeant Anthony Pantuzzi.
I got 22 years on thejob...
and l'm ready to retire tomorrow ifl
get a hard time from my new commander.
I'll take the halfpension
before l'll take any crap from anybody.
Captain Dugan's office
is over on the right...
as close to the street
as he can get.
Thank you, Sergeant.
Come in.
Captain Dugan.
- Connolly.
- Yeah.
You picked a great day
t0 take over.
This place wasjammed
with reporters all morning.
Page one of
your first day up here.
- You like press conferences?
- TheyTe part 0f thejob.
That's for sure.
They put it out
you volunteered for thisjob.
- I did.
- l'll tell you something.
Y0u'll do better walking the beat
in Beirut than you will here.
Y0u're supposed to have
some background material for me.
Yeah, I got it.
Block-by-block rundowns.
Ongoing investigations,
trouble spots...
community people...
personnel evaluation.
L'm interested in the ratio
0f rookies t0 veterans.
I didn't break it down that way.
Two rookies in a car
is always a mistake.
S0 l'm going to be blamed
for those killings?
And l'll be blamed
till they're cleared.
How about corruption?
Anybody on thejob now
in my precinct is clean.
Your precinct has the worst
absentee record in the city...
the most disability claims...
the highest percentage
0f men 0n sick call...
the least convictions per arrests,
and there are no men on the take?
S0 they toss a numbers runner
for a couple ofdollars...
turn a pimp upside down
for some loose change.
There's nobody
getting rich up here.
Theres nobody doing anything.
These men aren't motivated.
Motivated?
I mean, this is Siberia, Connolly.
Sixty-five percent of the men here
have been transferred.
We got the connivers,
the slobs, the shirkers...
guys who beat up
the wrong guinea...
who gave a diplomat
a parking ticket...
screwed a bi gmouth hooker
or shook down the wrong peddler.
There are plenty of good
police officers in your command.
Y0u're the one
falling down on thejob.
That's right, blame Dugan.
Sure, let the politicians
and everybody else off the hook.
Blame Dugan.
That's the easy way.
You got a 40-block area
with 70,000 people...
packed in like sardines,
smelling each other's farts...
living like cockroaches,
and that's Dugan's fault.
You got the lowest income per capita,
the highest rate of unemployment...
and that's my fault.
Why aren't I out there
getting all these peoplejobs?
The largest proportion
of non-English-speaking population...
in the city.
Dugan's fault. Why ain't he out there
teaching 'em t0 speak English?
Four percent Spanish-speaking cops
0n the force.
Hey, Dugan, get your ass
out in the barrio and recruit.
Families that have been on welfare
for three generations.
Youth gangs...
winos, junkies...
Pimps...
hookers...
maniacs...
cop killers.
- Y0u finished?
- Yeah, l'm finished.
L'm going to Florida, Connolly.
l'm going fishing.
So you can bring up your computers
and yourslide rulers...
and all your
psychological techniques.
I mean, this neighborhood'll
bury you.
There's enough dirt in this precinct
to bury every smart-ass cop in the city.
How about that fashion plate?
Whats his message?
What the fuck
you talkin' about, huh?
- The bitch is treacherous, man!
- Keep it off the streets.
I put her out on the line,
and she don't come back with nothin'.
She used to be the main whore
0n the set.
- It's not that bad.
- She could pull anybody.
Pull 'em out of
a goddamn Cadillac...
doin' 75 on the FDR.
But now she ain't worth nothin'!
Nothin', the motherfuckin' bitch!
You gonna run this guy a benefit?
L'm not kidding you, man.
The bitch is nuts, man.
She been smokin'
that angel dust, you dig?
I mean, that shit'll
make you crazy.
I mean, I can't even deal with it!
Just keep it off the street, huh?
Let's run a nice, clean sector here.
Come on.
Yeah.
I don't know you, huh?
- D0 we sit in the same pew?
- I guess not.
Easy there, Wild Bill.
Vmjust going for my wallet.
I wanna show you
my driver's license.
That's a nice coat.
H0w'd you like me to cut it open
and let all the rats out?
This coat cost more than you make
in a year, motherfucker.
He knows your name.
I told you I was famous.
- That's yours, huh?
- Yeah. That's legally parked.
- Oh, motherfuck!
- That's a defective headlight.
Oh, shit!
Man, that's my car!
N0 windshield wipers.
Don't try to buy me, you scumbag!
Try to grease me again,
and l'll turn your head like a doorknob.
Murph, slow down, man.
Come on.
- Keep it off the street!
- Come on, Murph!
Whats the matter with you
all ofa sudden?
Son ofa bitch thinks he can own me
fora couple of bucks.
Like he owns a lot of other cops.
He'sjust doin' business.
Like we do too, huh?
We're living in a world
we never made, my man.
Keep it off the street!
Everything3 cool.
Get over here, bitch.
Whats wrong with you, Charlotte?
Now you're puttin' the man on me.
What the fucks gotten into you?
Get over here.
You want it?
What's all this lndianjunk?
Well, the precinct
is nicknamed Fort Apache.
The men put that up, Captain.
Guy goes on vacation,
he brings back some kind of souvenir.
It makes the place look
like a fraternity house.
- Take it down, Lieutenant.
- lt's not a good idea, Captain.
Let's see about
gettin' this place painted.
That's a problem.
Painters won't come up here.
We'll have to get those civilians
out from in front of the precinct.
Can't do that.
Excuse me?
This is the only place the old folks
can go without getting mugged.
It's the same with the mothers and kids.
This isn't a police station.
It's a fort in hostile territory.
You understand?
Fort Apache.
Here's the final disposition.
- H0w's he doing?
- He's resting now.
We're sending him to Bronx State.
He'll be okay.
You wanna go have a drink?
Two hundred cops ask me out every day.
Why should I say yes to you?
'Cause you say yes
t0 all the others.
I guess that makes you
the only cop I say no to.
My, you certainly have
a way with women, don't you?
- She's crazy about me. Can't you tell?
- Oh, yeah.
In an abandoned store right here
there's a drug operation.
We traced it to the hospital.
Narcotics has got a man inside now.
- The hospital?
- Yeah.
There have been reports
0f thefts 0f morphine...
surgical cocaine, syringes.
Also, sales of drugs
in the hospital.
These rookies could have stumbled on
a felony in progress.
Those guys were shot
at almost point-blank range.
Even a rookies gonna make a move
if he sees somethings going on.
N0 information
from the street so far?
Are you kidding?
Anyplace else, a guy sees a cop
get killed, he runs t0 the phone.
Here, the doors close.
There could be five people out there
who know who did this.
In a few hours, ten, maybe more.
But not us.
Up here, Captain,
cops are like husbands.
They're always the last to know.
D0n't she know enough
to come out of the rain?
He didn't kill her.
Must be our good deed for the day.
- What was this all about?
- Ambulance call.
Sure d0n't like to g0 into
dark buildings with cop killers around.
Decisions, decisions.
Okay, what's goin' on?
Okay, hold it. Hold it.
All right.
Hey, kid. How are ya?
Murph, how do you say "room"?
Cal/e. N0, thafs street,
I think. Sa/a.
She's havin' a bamb/no.
You speak English?
Yes.
- How old are you?
- Fourteen.
You know something about babies, then,
'cause I think you're having yours now.
- N0.
- Yeah.
You have to.
I know.
You kept your coat on for four months.
You didn't tell nobody.
You can't hide it now.
It's okay.
We'll help you, okay?
I gotta wash my hands.
Make sure she don't pass out.
Come on.
You gotta help me.
Come on.
Come on.
That's good, that's good.
Come on, Nina.
Come on.
You're almost there.
Come on. Push. Push.
Keep trying-
Here we g0.
Here we g0.
It's coming now, Nina.
lt's coming.
All right.
Dn Si/verman,
cal/ your office please.
Dn Cosmo,
you 're needed in Surgery
Hey, bro.
What's happenin'?
Listen.
No credit this time.
Sony, man. Got a brand-new badge.
Nice cut 0n it.
- What can I do for you?
- l'm gonna cop a bundle.
Get your money ready.
Money, money, money, money.
Okay, bro, what you want?
You don't look too good.
This will take it out.
D0 two.
lt'll straighten you out.
Look, l'll catch you guys later.
All right?
I thinkyou guys
are trying to take myjob.
- Whats the matter with him?
- Postoperative depression.
Hejust delivered a baby.
You all right?
Oh, yeah.
That's my 17th
in 14years up here.
Seventeen.
You could almost be an obstetrician.
You need a drink.
I need a nurse.
You supply the booze,
l'll supply the nurse.
You asking me out?
Maybe.
I get asked out by 200 nurses evely day.
Why should I say yes t0 you?
'Cause you say yes
t0 all the others.
See ifyou can find
your way back here at midnight.
You take more time getting ready
than my old lady does.
If that's a proposition,
l'm already engaged.
- Sorry, pal.
- Man's got a heavy date tonight.
Man's gonna score.
The man is seeing
his fiancee tonight...
which means the man's
gonna get shut out.
Back off.
You're talking about the woman I love.
You know what a nice Catholic boy means
when he says he's in love?
It means he
ain't gettin' no cho cha.
No cho cha for the kid.
- N0 cho cha.
- Not even a cho.
You scruffy Irish potato eater.
What do you know about style, huh?
What do any of you know about style?
Look at youse.
L'm giving out a heavy message
tonight with these clothes.
What is that?
The message is:
Take me!
Please take me!
A whole year we've been goin' out.
l'm gettin' back pain from the anxiety.
- Please!
- Poor little baby.
Please take me!
Were gonna need a padded patrol car
for this fruitcake.
I didn't thinkyou'd come.
I had to break a date
with Charl/eKAnge/s.
I hope you don't regret it.
Hey, cowboy!
Tough guy-
Whafs he doin'?
Going out with nurses now?
It makes sense. He catches something
from her, at least she can cure it.
- Date night?
- What'll you have?
- Bacardi and Coke.
- Me too.
N0 beer?
What is it, your birthday?
- Make 'em doubles.
- You won't get me drunk.
- For how much?
- My moneys on the lady.
- You wanna join us?
- Excuse me!
She always gives me the cold shoulder.
Now all ofa sudden she wants to talk.
Shdsjealous.
Theresa.
Shh, Andy.
I got pizza.
Pizza. Come on.
Open the front door.
Goon
Andy, it's after midnight.
Just let me come in
for a minute.
Open the door.
For G0d's sakes,
my parents are sleeping.
Listen, ifyou d0n't wanna do nothin',
how come you wear outfits like that?
You want me to wear
a cop's uniform to bed?
Let me come in for a second.
One second. Come on.
Don't get crazy on me now.
Nah. D0n't worry about it.
just gonna eat the pizza, I promise.
Don't worry about nothin'.
- Bad?
- Yes.
I can't believe l'm on a date.
You don't do this all the time?
How about never?
Why? You married?
No, l'm not.
Well, l'm not married now.
I was.
I d0n't know why l'm having
so much trouble with this.
L'm divorced.
lt's no big thing.
- Kids?
- Yeah. Three girls.
So what about you?
So what about me what?
Well, tell me a little something
about yourself.
That's what y0u're supposed to do
on a date, isn't it?
Yeah, only I d0n't like
talking about myself.
Well, I d0n't like
talking about myself either.
S0 let's talk about
two other people.
I'll tell you aboutyourself,
you tell me about myself.
The one whds right wins a drink.
Okay. You start.
- Square business?
- Tell it like it is.
Poor family.
You're the oldest.
You got a lot of brothers and sisters.
You got a brother in thejoint.
Your mothefs sick.
You got a scholarship to nursing school
and did real good...
but you can't get a job
anyplace but here.
- How am I doin'?
- I don't know yet.
You smoke a little reefer,
fool around a little bit.
You ought to get married,
but the selection ain't that good.
Finished?
Yeah.
You come from
three generations of cops.
Your grandfather and your father
and your brothers are all cops.
All your friends are cops.
It's a good thing there are lady cops,
or you wouldn't have any sex life.
You get drunk every night.
You think all men are thieves
and all women are sluts...
and you don't trust anyone
but your partner.
It's my round.
No. The drinks are on me.
Theresa, am I stuffed.
You c0uld've at least had one piece.
It w0uldn't kill ya.
No, l'd just gain a hundred pounds.
"L'd just gain a hundred pounds."
- We'd work it off. Come on.
- Andy, stop it. My parents.
They're sleeping.
D0n't worry.
My father gets up evely night
for Brioschi.
Oh, man.
If your fathefs st0mach's gonna mess up
my sex life, forget about it.
Come here.
Yeah, l'll come here.
Don't you think I want to?
I don't know. Do you?
I do.
I do!
Can't it wait till we're married?
Wait until we're married?
No, see, you don't understand.
You keep forgetting
that l'm a cop.
Any day that I g0 to work
could be my last.
- Today we almost got blasted.
- I dontwanna hear it.
Five guys opened fire.
They started blastin'.
Now, that's more like it.
How long have you been a cop?
Eighteen years.
It's too long.
You ought to at least
be commissioner by now.
You sound like my ex-wife.
No, I made detective.
I got a gold shield.
Ijust didn't keep it very long.
What did you do?
Come on. What did you do?
I nailed this guy
on Westchester Avenue.
He was going about 65 miles an hour.
He's really drunk.
He's all over the road.
And he was a local hood.
He was a guy that I put in before
for extortion.
S0, anyway, the next day,
the guy gets out.
He drives his Caddie by,
gives me the finger.
S0 on this one
hejust laughs in my face.
He 533/5? "A Summons?"
He said, ?My God, my lawyer's gonna
take care of this tomorrow, you jerk."
So I thought, I said...
"The guys right, l'm ajerk."
S0, I leaned across, grabbed his
car keys and threw it in the sewer...
and said, ?See ifyour lawyer
can take care of that tomorrow."
This guy isjumpin' up and down
and yellin' at me.
And...
- I ate his drivefs license.
- What?
Yeah. And right after that,
I ate his registration.
The registration tasted better
than the driver's license.
Well, he said...
?My lawyefs gonna make one call
and y0u're finished.?
I said, ?Finished??
So I laughed in his face.
The lawyer made the call...
and they took away the shield...
and put me back in a monkey suit.
Well, the moment of truth.
Yeah. Hey, listen,
thanks for the drinks.
Anytime.
I guess I ought to be flattered
that you're not makin' a move on me.
It means you respect me.
I d0n't g0 to parties
where I ain't invited.
You want an engraved invitation?
- What is that, a walk-up?
- And l'm on the fifth floor.
Let's climb that staircase
t0 paradise.
Let's go to your place.
You got any other names
besides Murphy?
Hey, don't get personal.
I'll remember you said that
when we get to your place.
What?
Johnjoseph Vincent Ill.
Satisfied?
Big name.
Ah, big man.
We'll see about that.
You d0n't need a girlfriend.
You need a maid.
Ain't they the same thing?
Uh-uh, baby.
You're in the wrong century.
Yeah?
Help, police.
L'm glad we did it.
Are you?
Glad we did what?
Wise guy-
Did you enjoy it?
Yeah, it was all right.
Itwasjust all right?
There wasn't
enough pepperoni on it...
and the anchovies tasted
like shoe leather.
I didn't mean the pizza.
I meant me.
Oh, you?
Yeah, yeah, you were okay.
But there wasn't
enough pepperoni on it...
and the anchovies
tasted like shoe leather.
Shut up.
just shut up.
Johnjoseph Vincent Murphy Ill.
You called?
J-J-
Yeah,j.j. That's what
l'm going to call you from now on.
No, you ain't.
Murphy-
A big Irish cop.
How can you work
in a neighborhood like this?
You think I can't understand
these people?
The Irish are a lot like
the Puerto Ricans.
They are the Puerto Ricans
0f England.
They like todrink
and dance and sing...
make love.
L'm talking about the ones
0n the other side.
Something happens to them
when they come over here.
They become a bunch
0f ti ght-assed priests...
orward heelers.
What the hell am I talkin' about?
Son ofa bitch!
I have to pull offthe highway
into thisjungle.
Come on!
Hello, lover.
You wanna go out?
Come on.
Let's take a little walk.
How much?
Well, ifl was sellin' it, baby...
you sure couldn't afford it.
But l'm gonna give it up...
'cause I likes you.
How you doin'?
This ain't a motel, baby...
but it'll dojust fine.
It looks okay to me.
Nobody can do it like I can.
Come on down.
Sit right there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
"Scorpio.
Recreation will leave
a potential for employment.
Money comes in earlyjune.
A fantasy comes true
in September.?
This is the life.
- Yeahjust d0n't get too used to it.
- Tough guy, huh?
That's right.
You're not tough.
Y0u're a pussycat,
just like me.
My water's boiling.
- N0!
- Yes.
Hey, punk.
Man, what a racket.
You know what the number was yesterday?
- What?
- Number 444.
Except for a little single action,
we cleared 3,200 bucks.
Sometimes I think bookies
have a patron saint.
You'll pray to that saint
when they bust your little operation.
Maybe it'll get you 90 days
instead 0f a year.
Y0u'rejust uptight because
you didn't get laid last night.
- What are y0u,j0yce Brothers?
- Leave me alone.
Hey, Pop, would it be
a first-class piece of detective work...
to assume y0u've been downstairs
pressm' the grapes?
I got four barrels
ready for Christmas.
I got this guy all the way fromjersey
ready t0 buy my wine.
My brother's a bookie,
my fathefs a bootlegger.
I could make a fortune shaking down
my own family without leaving the house.
What are you laughing at?
Knock it off.
Don't start with me, punk.
Whats this South Bronx Pe0ple's Party
that keeps comin' up?
TheyTe disco revolutionaries.
You know what I mean?
They got federal money to open
a storefront on Fox Street.
They make a lot of hate-cop noises.
They preach armed revolt...
but they spend most of their time
ballin' white chicks from Scarsdale.
Dacey, you followin' through?
Yeah, we're gonna pay 'em a visit.
Might go to Scarsdale first.
Might as well, for all the production
we've been gettin' from you down here.
What am l, a mind reader?
You got 50,000 potential cop killers
in this precinct.
You want me to toss them all?
I want you t0 bring the South Bronx
People's Party in for questioning.
That's what I want.
The boss wants production.
What we're gonna do is take a few
anti-crime units out of each tour.
You guys will be plainclothed,
unmarked car.
Mulhearne and Tessitore.
Lane and Baker.
- Corelli and Murphy.
- Corelli don't got no plain clothes.
Let him wear a tuxedo.
What do I care?
The idea is to make a lot
0f felony collars, okay?
L'd like a minute, Sergeant.
Hold it down, fellas.
Hold it down.
The captain has something
t0 say, all right?
We are making zero progress
0n the investigation...
of the murders of our two men.
This case must be cleared...
even if we have to take
extraordinary measures t0 clear it.
Evely day that we lag is another day
that we lose respect...
in the neighborhood.
Pick it up.
Startin' on this tour...
l'm gonna wantyou
to start makin' arrests.
All of you know of
criminal situations that exist.
Up until now,
you looked the other way.
Thats gotta stop.
Every suspect that we bring in...
will be questioned by the squad.
We're gonna bring 'em in,
book 'em...
toss 'em
and see what they spit out.
And we w0n't quit
until we get a lead.
Now...
I d0n't expect something
for nothing from you men...
so l'm offerin' a deal.
You collar us somebody
who gives us information...
you get a week added
t0 your vacations.
Ah, whds gonna be minding the store
when were all on vacation?
Sir.
I don't follow you.
Well, we could all g0 around with
our noses buried in the penal code...
we could make a hundred
bum collars a day.
S0 thejails will be full,
the neighborhood will be empty...
and meanwhile you ain't gonna be one
step closer t0 clearing those killings.
Ify0u're afraid to do
some police work, Murphy...
you can stay in and clean out
the shit houses until your retirement.
Shut your mouth, Murphy.
As for the rest of you,
my offer stands.
Two leads?
Two weeks, and so on.
Call it bribery.
Call it dedicated police work.
Just get out on the street
and bring in those cop killers.
I won't question your motives.
Okay, knock it off.
You're dismissed.
Let's go downstairs and get
into something more comfortable.
Come on.
Plain wheels, plain clothes,
plain brains.
Plain, plain. What are you always
putting yourself down for, huh?
Uh-oh.
I feel a lecture coming on.
You need one. I appreciate you
more than you do yourself.
- I can see your hidden potential.
- You got good eyes.
A guy like you
with all you got goin' foryou?
Shit, you could conquer the world.
Instead you keep holdin' yourself back.
You gonna be my guru, huh?
You gonna tell me how to release
the hidden powers within?
I tell you.
I can give you some tips based on my
extensive study of the road to success.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
The first thing y0u're
gonna have to deal with...
is this problem you seem to have
with authority figures.
You have a lot oftrouble
taking orders, am I right?
You have what they call
very low self-esteem.
Before you make any progress
at all in your life...
y0u're gonna have to get
in touch with your feelings.
I keep trying,
but the line's always busy.
Is this stoolie reliable?
We'll soon find out.
- L'm calling my lawyer.
- Yeah?
- Never mind that, tons of fun.
- Hey, whats the matterwith you?
L'm gonna give this bastard
a workout! Come on!
What's the matterwith him?
He's a little upset
because 0f those cop killings.
L'm no cop killer.
Cops are my best customers.
You ain't seeing no lawyer
till l'm finished with you, fatso!
Hey, hey, cut it out!
Were hereto see if we
can get a lead 0n that case.
Talk to the creep across the hall.
He's been dealing guns for weeks.
All right. Take it easy. Calm down.
You'll give yourself a heart attack.
Okay. Please d0n't tell him
I gave him up.
- H?HHHme
- Don't worry.
Listen, arrest yourself.
G0 wait in the van.
Okay. Watch it, man. He's mean.
He's stoned on downs all the time.
He blasts his goddamn radio
at all hours.
Some people got no consideration.
Wanna go in?
I don't hear no radio.
He could be sitting behind that door
with an M-60.
Shit.
That's okay.
Fire!
Nice touch.
Not her.
This guy does all right.
Him.
Okay, sports lovers.
Police.
Knock it off.
All right, music lovers.
Out 0f the cars.
This is a raid. Come on.
Get out ofthe car
and on the pavement. Let's go.
- Give us a fuckin' break.
- l'm sorry. l'm sorry.
What about last week, man?
Last week d0n't count.
Come on,john, let's go.
Hey, you, let's g0.
Get out. Get out, man.
A little scene here.
- Move it.
- I know you're comin'.
Long time no see. H0w's evelything?
I know it is. Get out 0f here.
Andy, get those guys out of the van.
We're gonna grab a bus.
How you been?
Long time no see.
Come on, ladies.
Come on, let's g0.
This ain't no picnic.
Police business.
We're taking the bus.
Hey, this is a ball, you know?
I always wanted to drive a bus.
Hey, come on. Cheer up.
Yeah, cheer up, cheer up.
We got a bus full
of cop killers here.
Super sleuth strikes again.
Y0u're letting that Connolly guy
get t0 you again.
Forget about him.
The guy's an empty suit.
He acts like we're a bunch ofjerk-offs.
All we want to do is drink and screw.
Hell, there ain't one guy in this house
who wouldn't give his right arm...
to get the guys
that killed those two rookies.
I know guys who'd shoot their mothers
and their feelings wouldn't get hurt.
You can't go turnin' this neighborhood
upside down...
evely time somebody gets killed,
not even a cop.
Let's get the fuck out of here.
Get out!
Come on in. Come on. Let's go.
Innkeeper, we need lodgings
for the night.
D0n't leave 'em here, Murphy.
Please, put 'em up 0n the stairs.
L'll book 'em after I get through
with this bunch. Please.
We'll be here all night
with this group.
All you guys, listen!
Book your people,
then move 'em up to the squad...
so the detectives
can talk t0 them.
We'll authorize overtime
for all the men on the 8-to-4...
so we can process the suspects.
It's like Grand Central Station.
How are we gonna get the next tour out?
- Knock, knock.
- What is it?
- We got a bit ofa riot building up.
- Where?
In the Bronx.
I wouldn't bother you
ifitwas in Philadelphia.
Special Investigations sent some people
to that clubhouse and they went to war.
We've had three 10-135.
The cr0wd's heading for the precinct.
Call evely available car off patrol
and get some backup from Borough.
Hey, you got a filthy mouth.
What happened here?
We went in to question them,
and they started to give us a hassle.
Why weren't my desk officers
informed about this?
Why wasn't I informed about
the following those people have here?
You sent us out on this. You should
have told us what we were getting into.
- Name, please.
- I ain't tellin' you my name.
We ain't tellin' you nothin' till you
tell us why we've been arrested!
They cooperating?
They ain't even being sociable.
You thinkwe killed your cops, man?
We wouldn't waste the bullets.
You wanna g0 to war with me,
tough guy?
L've got 17 assaults and 5
assassinations of officers to clear.
L'll nail your ass to the precinct wall
if you hassle me.
Do you understand?
We were at a nuclear power
teach-in...
all day that day.
At Sarah Lawrence, man.
You want to check it out?
We've got 500 witnesses.
You want to g0 up against 500
honky college girls, man?
- G0 ahead.
- Yeah, stiff, go check it out.
Then you can let us out.
Hey, hey, stiff!
You wanna tell me your name again?
Let the brothers g0!
Let the brothers g0!
Let me across, ladies.
That's it.
Out of the way. Lovely.
N.G. on that bunch
of revolutionaries up there.
- The only thing they shoot is beaver.
- Let the brothers g0!
Let the brothers go!
- You the leader here?
- Ain't no leaders here, man.
- Just one soul with a million voices.
- You're interfering with the police!
- Let our brothers out of that dungeon.
- That's a violation of the law.
If you do not cease your activity,
I will place you under arrest.
You let our brothers outta
your dungeons, then we'll leave.
L'll give you five minutes
t0 disperse.
Let the brothers go!
- Give them five minutes to disperse.
- We've had these things before.
You let them blow off steam a little,
they g0 away.
Give them five.
Then release tear gas
into the crowd.
Let the brothers go!
Gas 'em.
Fall back. Let's go.
Evelybody back.
Let's g0, guys. Back.
Way back. Come on.
OkayJimmy-
Release the gas.
- What the hell is he doing?
- He's going t0 war.
You two!
- Come with me.
- Dutch treat?
What did you say?
I got no beef with these people.
You'rejust making things worse.
You've forgotten how
to take orders, Patrolman?
Get him! The fieldjacket!
- Damn it!
- Watch it!
Sergeant.
Book this man
for incitement to riot...
assault, attempted assault...
criminal anarchy,
disturbing the peace.
You men give your names
as arresting officers.
When he's been booked,
bring your prisoner to the squad room.
You thinkyou can hold me here?
You think so, you jive-ass mother--
We don't want you in here.
Cool it, let us book you,
you'll be on the streets in an hour.
- Can the revolution wait that long?
- lt'll wait.
Give your name
t0 the nice sergeant.
Let's go to work!
My, my, you're in
a positive mood today.
L'm in love.
"L'm in love."
/n the 47 precinct,
a repon' 0f a 70- l3.
Ass/kt patrolman, 763 and Fox...
in the 47 precinct.
Repon' 0f a 70- 73.
What the hell happened?
We came out on this fire,
they started bombin' us from the roof.
UP there!
Murphy and Corelli,
get up on that roof.
- Police.
- Hold it. Police officers.
- Freeze.
- Against the wall.
Spread 'em out.
Come on, spread 'em out!
Come on, spread 'em.
- Man, what the-
- Hey!
Come on, let's take a little nap
with your friend down here.
- Look at this over here.
- What?
Look at this.
Young love up on the roof there.
It's a cheap date.
Instead of going to the movie,
they walk up on the roof...
and watch the buildings burn.
Uh-oh.
Would you look at them muffs.
Yeah, Morgan and Finley,
what a couple of hotshots, huh?
Hey, Morgan!
They can't hear you.
What? Hey!
Hold it!
Morgan, you asshole!
Leave the kid alone.
Hey, he didn't do nothin'.
Hold it!
Put me down!
- Hold it!
- Hey!
Did you see that?
I didn't see nothin'.
L/I/i/l you just disperse, please?
Noth/n 3 gonna happen here.
We'd //'/