Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988): Season 1, Episode 3 - Beyond the Golden Door - full transcript

(OPENING THEME PLAYING)

-Can you spare a dime?
-Well, will one be enough?

I don't know.
This man deserves
more than three minutes.

Be right back.

-PUNK 1: Oh, yeah.
-PUNK 2: Good going, man.

-Oh, I got it. I got it!
-Hey, look out.

-Oh, I got it! I got it!
-Come on, buttons, man.

Hey, wait a second,
wait a second. I got it.
Okay. Go ahead.

PUNK 1: You blew it.
You blew it.

PUNK 2: Oh, no, no, no.
I got it, I got it, I got it.

-PUNK 1: You're blowing it,
you're blowing it.
-PUNK 2: No, no.



-PUNK 1: That's good.
-PUNK 2: I got it.

I blew it. Dammit.
Give me another quarter.

-I'm busted.
-(SIGHS)

Hey, lady.
Let me have another quarter.

You can get change
over there.

-Quick, lady, before
I lose my rhythm.
-Get lost!

Hey, Louie, come here.

Hey, what do you want?

I asked you nice for a
quarter, lady. You gonna
give it to me? Or not?

-Problem, Chris?
-No, just an itch.

Whoa! It looks like
we got a couple uppity
ladies here.

LOUIE: Yeah,
good looking ones too.

You!

Hold it.



Now let's have it.

Get in there.

-What? Think it over?
-Okay.

They're right, you know?
Phosphates can be
dangerous to your health.

-We take 'em in?
-No, they're just gonna
soak up the car.

Get out of here!

PUNK 2: What about my laundry?

CAGNEY:
What about your laundry?!

If anything's missing,
I'm gonna sue you!

Sue me! Get out of here
and wash your entire body too.

-What are you doing?
-I still have to call my
date for Friday night.

(LACEY SPEAKING SPANISH)

(REPLYING IN SPANISH)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Chris, I'm gonna
watch the car.

CAGNEY: Hi. Where've you been?

Oh.

Yes.

That sounds delicious.
Absolutely.

Uh-huh.

(CAGNEY CHUCKLES)

Just wonderful. Okay.
I'll see you Friday night.

Bye, bye.

-Are you with the police?
-Yes, that's right.

Women policemen?

Yeah. What's the problem?

I think somebody
killed my sister.

-Just a child.
-She's fifteen
years old, senora.

-And she left Guatemala?
-One month ago.

That boat arrives
and she's not on it.

I check with the captain
and with the crew.

I wait and wait.
And still no Rosita.

Senoras,
I think that she's...

Miss Herrera, are you
sure she was on this...

What was the name
of that ship again?

La Bolina.

My mother writes
that Rosita waved

until she was just
a dot on the ocean.

When did La Bolina arrive?

Two weeks ago.

Two weeks.
Why didn't you come in sooner?

Because you're here
illegally, right?

You work in some fancy
townhouse as a domestic.

You can punish me,
senora. You can deport me.

I don't care now.

I just must find what has
happened to my sister.

Miss Herrara, how was
this trip arranged?

There are men who bring
Latinos into America.
The Coyotes we call them.

Coyotes.

I pay one one thousand
two hundred dollars to
bring her here.

That's a lot of money.

I save for two years, senora.

So tell us about this Coyote.

His name is Jaime.
He work for El Libertad
Transportation Company.

He promised to get Rosita
a job in a dress factory.

Is there anything else
you can remember
about him?

I saw him for ten minutes.

Senoras, I know I'm in
this country against the law.

And that you are very busy.
But please find her for me.

-I pay you whatever it costs.
-Oh, no.
Hey, it's not like that.

It's our job.

We'll do our best.
All right?

Coyotes.

You two interviewing for
a housekeeper?

No, her sister's missing.

Well, maybe she's
just a little late.
You know, manana.

It's her sister.
She disappeared.

Well, just turn the case
over to the Feds.
It's theirs.

Ah, Lieutenant,
you know what they'll do.

She'll be on the next boat to
back to Central America.

Look, I got enough
trouble with the Feds

sticking their nose in
where they don't belong,

let alone starting
a squabble where they do.

You're all heart, Lieutenant.

CAGNEY: You know,
Samuels has got a point.

I'm tired of people
sneaking into this
country and taking jobs.

That's what they used to
say about people named
Cagney.

-It's different now.
-Yeah?

Yeah. The country was
smaller then.

We didn't have
people out of work.

Whatever happened to,
"Give me your tired,
your poor?"

It went out with full
employment.

"I lift my lamp beside
the golden door."

(TV BLARING)

(DOOR OPENS)

All right, youse guys,
up against the wall.

Hey, mom. We don't have
to go to school tomorrow.

-Oh, yeah?
-HARVEY JR.: Yeah.

The teachers
went out on strike.

We were told to go home
until we were told
to come back.

Oh, your father'll tear
his hair out.

Here, me.
Got anything left for dinner?

Sure. The brussels sprouts.

Michael, do you have any
idea how many starving
children there are in India

who would love to
have your brussels sprouts?

Come on, mom.
I ate the yicky spinach
yesterday, didn't I?

Yes, you did.

Where's your father?

That jerk in 3C
is playing loud music.
Dad went to tell him to stop.

He and dad were yelling
at each other yesterday.

I'll be right back.

Don't fry your brains.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING LOUDLY)

MCGRATH: Hey, Harve,
I can't hear you.

HARVEY: I said,
turn that thing down
or I'll do it for you!

MCGRATH: Not unless
you want your fingers broken.

RUMMONDS: You know him, Harve.
MCGRATH: Go home, Harve.

-This is not the prairie
now, McGrath.
-Who called the cops?

It's our apartment.
We can do what we want,
Mrs. Lacey!

Officer Lacey to you.
You want me to run you in
for disturbing the peace?

(LAUGHS) You can't do that.

Try me.

(MUSIC LOWERS IN VOLUME)

Thank you.

RUMMONDS: Boy,
that Harvey's
one tough dude.

MCGRATH: Yeah. That's one way
to beat life in the big city.
Marry a cop.

-Well, hey. Eddie,
what you got there?
-A pigeon.

A beauty.

(COOING)

Can I keep him
on the roof, Mr. Lacey?

I found him. And my mother
said I could keep him
if you'd let me.

Yeah, sure, Eddie.
You can keep him.

Just keep it clean up there,
okay? Huh?

Thanks, Mr. Lacey.

You know that I used
to raise pigeons, huh?

-You never told me that.
-Oh, I could have been
a contender.

You don't have to prove
anything to me, Harve.

I know that, hon. Not to you.

You're pregnant again.

Why do you say that
like it's the plague
or something?

Point of view.

Okay. Are you gonna tell me
or do I have to beg?

I think I did something
dumb last night.

See, Harvey and these
two guys in the building
were getting into it.

And I was afraid that
Harvey was gonna get
creamed, so I, uh...

So, you flashed your
badge and stopped it.

Close enough.

I think Harvey
would have rather
got totaled.

Sure and saved his ego

and ended up with cracked
ribs, a broken arm and
permanent brain damage.

Well, I'm just...
I'm afraid he's gonna
do something dumb

to prove something dumb.

Yeah? Well,

you have to expect that from
those near and dear to us.
Don't we?

Oh. What did
your father do now?

CAGNEY: You know that class
that he, um,

he gives self-defense
for little old ladies?

LACEY: Yes.

CAGNEY: Well, he always
asks for a volunteer
to play, um,

-what is it? What... Victim.
-(LACEY LAUGHS)

CAGNEY: While he plays mugger.
LACEY: Yeah?

Yeah. Well, from the
second that he grabbed
Erin from behind...

That's her name, Erin...
He said it was love.

-Now he wants me to meet her.
-Ah. Spring,

-the old chemistry's still
working, huh?
-Great chemistry?!

Mary Beth,
he's nearly, he's nearly,
he's pushing seventy!

-So?
-So don't you think that

that's a little old
to start with the, you know,

with the dating scene?
I mean, he's gonna be wearing
Hawaiian shirts,

piercing his ears,
what, dying his chest hairs.

Come on. Chris,
it's about time
he found somebody.

Your mom's been dead
for three years.

You're right. You're
exactly right. That's it.

He's too, he's too
vulnerable.

What? To a nice woman who
enjoys his company?

Nice? I don't know that
she's nice! Do you know
that she's nice?

We don't know that she's nice.
She could just be a divorcee
who's already,

you know, uh, milked two,
maybe three, four guys
out of their alimony.

-I tell you what we'll do.
-What?

We'll run a make on her.
Every woman between the
ages of sixty and ninety.

Don't tease me! I'm being
serious about this.

Looks like they left
in a hurry.

Excuse me.
What happened
to El Libertad?

Hey. Hey, looking for
some action?

Looking for, uh...
Sister Mary Elizabeth and I

are looking for the 6th
Street Mission of Mercy.

Nuns? Sheez, you need
a score card for everything
these days.

-Problem, ladies?
-You said it. These are,
these are nuns.

You know this is very
rough neighborhood for,

uh, two young ladies
without escort.

Actually, we're police
officers. Detective Cagney.
This Detective Lacey.

Oh. Well, maybe, maybe,
I can be of some
assistance to you.

We're looking for a man
named Jaime.

Used to work for
the El Libertad
Transportation Corporation.

Oh, look around, senora.
You will see twenty,
thirty Jaimes.

He's a Jaime. There's another
Jaime going by.
He's a Jaime too.

This one took twelve
hundred dollars to
smuggle in a young girl.

He used to work in this area.

Yeah, I know.
I try to warn them.

Social workers
try to warn them too.

They won't listen, you know?
They throw their money away.

You know where we
can find him?

No. But I tell you what I do.

If I hear of anything,
you will be the first ones
to know. How's that?

-Okay?
-Okay.

Call the 14th Precinct.
Ask for Detective
Cagney or Lacey.

Always a pleasure
helping the authorities.

-Yeah, thanks
for your time.
-You're welcome.

CAGNEY: She's from Guatemala.
CABRILLO: Yeah, well,

once they hit New York,
they all become Puerto Rican,
don't they?

Think about what
you're asking.

Two thousand illegals a week
come into New York that
we never even touch.

Maybe you picked her up
in one of your raids.

That's possible. But the
odds are fifty thousand
to one against.

Incidentally, if you want,
we can continue
this over lunch.

Um, I know a place that makes
a great navy bean soup.

-Terrific. It's my favorite.
-Ah, the Senate recipe.

The famous one in Washington.
The soup, not the Senate.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Nothing compares to this.

-Scotty and I eat there
all the time.
-How is Scotty?

-Fine.
-Fine. Really.

Could the Coast Guard
have picked her up?

I doubt if they'd have a
chance. I mean that if it
looks like trouble,

the smugglers usually
suggest that the illegals
swim ashore.

-What, from three miles out?
-More like ten.

It's like when your, uh,
drug dealers

flush their contraband
down the toilet.

Look,
I'll check it out for you.

-What's the name of the ship?
-La Bolina.

-Who's Scotty?
-I don't know.

Yeah, the Coast Guard
did stop La Bolina.

A little over two weeks ago.

The report says that no
illegals were found on board.

So it's a dead end, huh?

Unless, some, um,
bodies wash up on shore.

-Thank you, Mr. Cabrillo.
-Oh, you're welcome.

-Thank you.
-Absolutely.

ATTENDANT: There were about,
uh, five hundred and forty
of them last year.

CAGNEY: How long
do you keep them?

It depends on, uh, how
much space we got
available.

Now, right now, they're
stacked like sardines
since the holidays.

Ours would have been
about two weeks ago.

Yeah, I know. Uh, Detective
Lacey gave me that
information on the telephone.

A female, Latin, adolescent,

bruises, marks on face
and shoulders. The cause
of death, drowning.

I guess you'll
have to tell her.

Me?! Why me?

-You're the sensitive one.
-The woman's sister is dead.

What can I tell her?
You tell her.
You're the tough one.

Well, I'm not that tough.
What's the point in both
of us going?

Because I don't want to
do it alone, Christine.
I hate this part of the job.

You know somebody
who doesn't?

-No.
-(ELEVATOR DINGS)

Then we'll both go.

Murder on the high seas
is our turf, Samuels.

How do you know she
bought it on the high seas?

-It's rather obvious,
isn't it?
-Is it? I don't know.

Detective Cagney.
Detective Lacey, this is,
uh, Stewart,

federal hot-shot.

I believe you're
investigating one
of our cases?

Your case? Where were you
when we took her sister
to identify the body?

Probably doctoring his
statistical reports.

Couple of tigeresses you
got here, Samuels.

Hey, they're just getting
warmed up.

No offense, ladies,
but we don't want to
muddy up the waters.

Then don't get
your feet wet.

The dead girl washed up
on our docks.
That makes it local, right?

Smuggling, murder
in national waters,
immigration violations.

Those are federal crimes.
But of course, if New York PD
wants to assist us,

we're glad to have you.

Are you kidding?

There's always been a
spirit of cooperation
between our two agencies,

-right, Samuels?
-Oh, yeah, sure.

Stewart here can't
investigate his way out
of a walk-in closet

so he's always
getting us to bail him out.

You remember the
Wilson case last year?

Well, he soft-talked us
into doing all the leg work

and then he grabbed
all the glory for himself.

That is Stewart's idea
of cooperation.

Ah, just as sweet as
ever, aren't you,
Samuels?

Oh, yeah, sure.
A regular Teddy Bear.

We can't have two agencies
working independently
on the same case.

Lieutenant?

It's our body. Our docks.
It's our case.

STEWART: But you're allowing
parochial jealousies
to interfere here.

Stewart, we got work to
do here. Why don't you go
back and shuffle your papers?

Just don't louse up our
investigation, Samuels.

Or your Commissioner's
gonna have you for breakfast.
I promise you.

Ladies.

-Lieutenant. I'm touched.
-Yeah.

Yeah, well, don't flatter
yourselves, girls. I just
like to needle those guys.

Now come on.
Tell me what have we got here?

Well, come on.
Give me the evidence.

We've got a company
that's disappeared.
We have a first name.

She was supposed to
get a job down in that, uh,
garment district, right?

Well, it's not against
the law to hire illegals.

And employers aren't
gonna pass up their shot
at cheap labor.

-Cagney.
-So if we... Wait.

Can you hang on?

We gotta put somebody in
there to poke around, uh...
How's your Spanish?

-(SPEAKS FRENCH)
-Oh, that's cute.
That's really cute.

-You're gonna dig up a lot of
information for us.
-I could work on it.

What is this? You're gonna
put, plant Lacey undercover?
What about me?!

Cagney, I'm sorry, but
they got no Irish punims
in Puerto Rico.

Detective Cagney. Pop.
What do you mean, what
have I been doing?

Where've I been?
I've been working.
That's where I've been.

Dinner tonight?

Oh, I can't tonight, Pop.

Yeah, I want to
meet her too. I...

Tomorrow night.
Yeah, maybe I can.
Sure, I hope so.

How're you doing, kid?

How's it going?

(MOUTHING)

-You recommended
a good worker, Alicia.
-I hope so, senor.

Remember. We are helping you

because Carmen said
you would protect us.

What we are doing
is dangerous.

Carmen is not
the only one they have
sent into mourning.

Come on,
more tea and less ice.

This ain't no four star
restaurant, pal.
You know what I mean?

-Where's my ham and
cheese?
-Ham and cheese!

-ISBECKI: Coming right up.
-It's got to be coming by
turtle express.

Uh-oh.

Stewart.

-Be right back.
-MAN: Where's my
ham and cheese?!

-CAGNEY: Stewart.
-Lacey.

-You moonlighting?
-Cagney.

-What are you doing here?
-Making a sweep.
This is our fifth place today.

Why, do you get a
percentage or something?

-Lacey's up there
undercover.
-Oh, well, don't worry.

-We'll let her go.
-Yeah? No kidding.

You... You don't seem to
understand me. We have
someone planted up there.

I'm sorry, Cagney. I have
no choice. I'm conducting
an investigation.

NYPD won't cooperate, so...

Stewart. You go up there,
you're gonna blow her cover.

That's nothing to me.

It took us a long time
to find this place.

We know for a fact that it's,
uh, tied in with the Coyotes.

Do you, now?
How do you know that?

-We have our sources.
-Who? Illegals?

Fine. Good for you.

But if you won't share
your information with us,

we just have to go
about our business,
don't we?

-Let's go.
-Stewart.

-If you back off,
we'll cooperate.
-That's more like it.

-Ground rules.
-Such as?

-Our collar.
-No, we share the bust.

All right, we share.
But we call the shots.

Fine, as long as we have
our say. We just want
to nail this gang.

One more thing.
Nothing happens
to our sources. Nothing.

-We can't do that.
-Then no deal.

Look, we're supposed to
be cracking down
on these people.

We can't let them
roam around with impunity.

-Meaning you're gonna
deport them?
-I have to!

Then forget it.
I'm gonna pull Lacey
out of there right now.

You're gonna be working
on this thing for weeks
and doing it alone.

Okay. I'll see what I can do.
But she better turn
up something.

She will.

Ah. How about a corned
beef sandwich, all lean
with mayonnaise?

-On white bread?
-Yeah.

You jerk.

Before I had better.
Now, I can't give it away.

Now, they want the thin look.
They want the wet look.
They want the moon look.

They want the space look.
They want the military look.

Take a look at this here.
Come here.

How about the specifications?
I had to send two shipments
back last week.

It better not
happen again, Jacque.

Mr. Grayson,
we got the cut on
the undergarments.

-You want to see them?
-Thank you, Bernice.
Come here, Jacque.

(DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS)

(BUZZER SOUNDS AGAIN)

Hey! What's the matter,
guys, huh?
Can't answer the door?

We're in the middle of a
good game.

Yeah? Hey, Eddie,
what's the matter?

-It's my pigeon.
-Here, come on in.

What about your pigeon?

He flew across the street
on top of that old building.

Oh, that's okay.
He'll fly back.

No, he won't. He's stuck
in some kind of wire.

Oh, well, we got to do
something about that,
don't we?

Dad! You know what
the doctor said
about going up high.

Hey, I used to be
a steeplejack.
A little roof job is nothing.

But that was before
you hurt your ear.

Yeah, and mom said your
balance isn't so hot.

Hey, mom doesn't know
everything, huh?

It's all right. Don't worry
about it. All right.
Okay, okay, now.

You guys, hey! Hey!
Stay away from the edge.

Harvey, make sure they
stay inside the rail.
You got it?

-Okay.
-Okay.

-Dad, where're you going?
-Where do you
think I'm going?!

I'm going to get the pigeon.

All right.

Sorry, Eddie,
he's beyond my reach.

You'll get him, Mr. Lacey.

Dad, it's only a pigeon.

I can't make it, Eddie.

It's not gonna die there,
is he, Mr. Lacey?

Don't do it, dad.
You know what the doctor said.

Yeah, dad.
Remember your ear.

It's not the doctor's pigeon
out there, is it, Eddie?

-Dad, don't be crazy.
-Don't worry. I used to
do this all the time.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Hey. Hey. Hey.

Here you go, Eddie.

Thanks, Mr. Lacey.

That's okay, Eddie.
I'm glad to do it.

-(LAUGHS)
-Way to go, dad.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

-(ALICIA SPEAKING SPANISH)
-(LACEY REPEATING)

CAGNEY: Want anything?

We have company. Stewart.

Had to make a deal.
Was up against the wall.

-This is the place. I checked.
-Yeah?

-I got to start something.
-You're not wired.

-BERNICE: You got any apples?
-Yeah, I got apples.

If you're just gonna
kick it off, be careful.

-(PRACTICING SPANISH)
-(SPEAKING SPANISH)

We got a troublemaker.

-Who?
-New girl.

She's talking union.

Well, I, I, I'll get on it.

Okay.

You know, working behind
this counter is worse
than walking a beat.

I could light a fire
with my feet.

Hang in there, Isbecki.
It's almost six.

My father always used to say,
"Never eat where you work."

It's wisdom of the Irish.

My father always used to
say, "Never pass up
anything you can get free."

That's the wisdom
of the streets.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

Hasta manana, hasta manana.

-Your name is Maria, right?
-Maria.

You like working here?

Look, all you have to do
is take the card,
put it in the slot

and punch out. Huh? Okay?

Now, if you need anything,
all you have to do is ask.

-Buenos noches.
-Noches.

Bernice!

BERNICE: I tell you.
The streets just aren't
safe anymore.

My friend, Pearl, had the
worst experience.

She was coming out
of this deli on Third Avenue
and Lexington,

and this man
jumped up from
behind a car and...

Where the hell is she?
It's past six.

Take it easy.
We'll check it out.

Locked.

There's another door.

(GASPING)

Oh, no.

-Chris. I look all right?
-Wonderful.

-Much better.
-Okay.

(DOOR OPENS)

HARVEY:
What the hell happened?!

I got beat up.
I saw a doctor. I'm all right.

-Did you get her into this?
-Harvey, she got me out of it.

-Chris, I'll see you tomorrow.
-Tomorrow?
No, come on, all right.

LACEY: Ah, all right.
HARVEY: Oh.

-What's all the noise?
-Mom! What happened?

-Oh, sweetheart.
I'm all right.
-Watch out. Nice and...

-HARVEY JR.: You sure?
-You guys, I'm okay. Yeah.

Can I get something?
You need a drink? What?

Just let me sit up here
for a minute. Yeah. Ah.

-Oh, yeah.
-HARVEY: All right.

Christine.

So, you, did you eat
cauliflower today?

Listen to her.
She just got beat up. She's
worried about everybody else.

Oh, I miss these guys.

Good. You can play
with them tomorrow.

Can we talk about that
later because we're
moving in on this gang.

Yeah, I can see the progress.

Mom, don't go
to work tomorrow.

Michael, look at me.

Your father and I are gonna
talk about that later.
Okay?

-Okay.
-All right. So you tell me
what you did today, huh?

-We almost saw dad
fall of the roof.
-(QUIETLY) Shut up.

MICHAEL: He climbed
out on the edge
to save Eddie's pigeon.

What, for a pigeon?

You almost killed yourself
for a pigeon?
That's dumb, Harve!

Yeah, sometimes a guy
has to do a dumb thing to
make himself feel good.

Look who's talking, huh?
You want to go back for
more tomorrow?

-That's dumb!
-That's my job.

It's beyond the call of duty.

Yeah, well, sometimes
a person has to do
something dumb

in order to make herself
feel better.

(HARVEY CHUCKLING)

Don't make me laugh,
don't make me laugh.

-Ooh.
-Mmm.

-Oh.
-All right.

Come here.
Oh, oh, it feels good.

HARVEY: Yeah.

I'm not sure I know how
I want to handle this.

Look, Lieutenant,
I need your signature.

Isbecki, will you hold it
for a moment? I got...

I've been waiting ten
minutes here, please.
Thank you.

-Hey, what's up?
-Hi.

COP: Uh, yes, Mr. Thompson.
My partner is...

Hey. What're you doing here?

CAGNEY: Gee, Pop, look.
I'm sorry. I didn't really
realize it was tonight.

No, I don't, I don't
think that I can, uh,
I can make it.

Pop, it's not my fault that
Erin was out all day shopping

trying to make a nice
dinner for me, you know?
I mean... I didn't promise.

No, I'm not trying
to avoid her.

Uh... Okay, uh,
tonight, seven.
That's a maybe.

I'll... Yeah.

Don't take that as a definite,
all right? I'll try.

All right. Goodbye, Pop.

Mary Beth, what are you doing,
coming in here?
You're aching all over.

Forget my pain.
What about the pain you're
putting that man through?

Hey, back off.
It's family business.

I think you're missing
something here.

I think you hurt your father's
feelings and you don't
even know it.

His feelings aren't hurt.

You don't think so?
If you had somebody
that was special to you,

the first person you'd want
him to meet is Charlie, right?

Moreover, if Charlie said,
"I can't make it,"

you would put him
through such guilt.

So I'm being a child.
So what? I'm entitled.

Yeah, sure. So are we all.
Except for kids sometimes
don't know what they're doing.

What's your excuse?

Lacey. Lacey,
what are you doing here?

One beating is not enough.
Right, Lacey?

I had girl cousins
tougher than them.

I'm reporting for work.
I want to get those chumps.

Will you talk some sense
into her head?

When she's like this
I can't do anything.

Go home.

We're talking about a guy
that throws little girls
over the side,

that sells people for
two dollars an hour,
that beats up on women.

Okay then.
But you're going in
with a wire.

-Fine. Yes, sir.
-We got to tell Stewart.

-Stewart, what's he
got to do with this?
-I made a deal with him.

Well, forget it.
We don't need it.

A deal's a deal.
We got to do it.

All right.

When do you want
to go back in?

What's the matter with now?

Huh?

LACEY: Grayson!

Grayson!

Come here!

Come here!

What's going on here?

Remember you told
me if I needed anything,
I should talk to you?

I need a lot of things,
Grayson, a lot of things.

-Why don't we go in my
office and talk it over, huh?
-No, we talk right here!

I, I, I don't know,
I don't know
how this happened,

but we don't want
no trouble with
the labor unions.

You got trouble, mister.
I saw your check book.

El Libertad Transportation?

You got a lot
of trouble, mister.

That's my labor contractor.

Some people might say that.
The DA might say it was
conspiracy to smuggle.

-You a cop?
-Don't be insulting.

I'm a labor contractor myself.

I want you to take my people.
I want you to upgrade
all these people here.

And if I don't?

(SCOFFS) Then you don't
have a factory, mister.
Yes or no?

My guy might not like it.

I'll tell you what.

You get your guy down here
and maybe we can
work something out.

I don't know. He's a
tough guy to deal with.

So am I, Grayson. I don't
like getting beat up.

You get him here, one hour.

-I don't know.
-Do it!

What're you looking at?!

Huh?!

Okay. Back to work.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Come on, back to work!

Come on, let's go.

Third floor, by the
elevator, at three.

Thank you very much.

She should be there now.

Hello.

Well, well, well. Manuel.

The lovely visitor
to our neighborhood.

MANUEL: She won't be
visiting anymore, hey?

Oh, hey. You gonna do
to me what you did
to the Herrera girl?

-Well, how did we know
she couldn't swim?
-Shut up, you stupid fool!

-She's a cop.
-That's right, I am.

-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
-Keep talking, baby,
keep talking.

What a nice lady.
You should have stuck
to parking meters.

-I'm wired, cutey.
-She's lying!

Half the NYPD and the feds
are downstairs right now.

Hey.

You are under arrest.

Anything you say can and
will be used against you
in a court of law.

-If you give up that right...
-Blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah!

-They got her!
-Third floor elevator.
Move it!

That's it. Let's go!

Your mama know what you
do for a living? Huh?

-Shut up, lady. You talk
too much, you know that?
-That's what I do best.

Oh, yeah?
You're making him nervous.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

You don't have
a chance, brown eyes.

Oh, yes, I do. As long as
I hang on to you, I do.

-That hurts. Get that
out of there. Come on.
-You got to behave.

-CAGNEY: It's going down.
-Ground floor or basement, go!

Ground floor or basement, go!
Move in!

-Petrie, basement.
-Basement, come on!

Come on! Get down there!

-Hey. She'll be okay.
-I know.

Hey, lover. I know you're
not as stupid and
unfeeling as your friend.

If you're gonna kill me
in front of the entire
city of New York,

would you let me button up?!
Huh? I just don't want to
look undistinguished.

Ooh, lighten up, huh?
It, it, it's a little hard to
walk in these heels.

Now close that door.
Lock it tight.

You know, they told me
there was nothing but
rats in this basement.

You and your friend are
confirming every rumor.

Oh! Hey! Take it easy, huh?!

Oh! Fantastic. We're
gonna get some air.
I could use some air.

And maybe a cigarette.
You have a cigarette, honey?

Watch it, Chris!

Oh, oh, geeze!

-Up the stairs,
down the stairs.
-Shut up!

-Can't you make a decision?
-Shut your face
or I'll shut it for you.

Now hold it. Just hold it!
She makes one sound...

-Temper, temper.
-Forget it.

Hey, hold it, hold it,
hold it, hold it!
Let's do it together.

-Oh, so I'm playing
with the grownups?!
-Shut up! Shut up!

How much do you want to
die for pretty boy, huh?!

Hold it! Freeze!

LACEY: Chris!

Go ahead, move, you scum.
Go ahead, move! I want you to!

Look out.

-You got some more lumps, huh?
-I'm all right.

I think she's beginning
to like it.

-You look cute with a
purse, Isbecki.
-All right, take them in.

-No, I'll take it from here.
-Like hell you will.
It's our collar.

-But it's our crime.
-Look! Lacey put her life
on the line.

But it's our crime.
Federal offense preempts
anything you've got.

-We made a deal!
-I realize that,

but I really can't let an
undocumented alien testify
in one of your trials

and then look the other way.

What if it was one
of your trials?

What you're saying is
that you'll go blind
if you make the bust.

Yeah, if we make the
bust, then Carmen Herrera
and her friends get deported.

Right?

Well.

Hell.

It's whatever you two want.
It's your case, your collar.

Let him have them.

-Cagney.
-Huh?

It's a big step up
towards sergeant.

Let them go with Mr. Nice Guy.

Bet you got a press
conference all lined up,
don't you, Jack?

Well, we had to notify
the media. Let's go.

Come on. I'll buy youse
a cup of coffee.

Ah, Lieutenant.
Can you make that
an Irish coffee?

Sure.

-Without the coffee?
-You got it.

-Aren't you coming?
-No. I got to find my purse.

I've got buy, uh,
Pop's girlfriend some flowers.
She's making dinner.