Hit and Run (1982) - full transcript

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- Yeah, where's he been?

Huh, yeah.

Thought so.

- [Jimmy] Oh David my
boy, how are you, huh?

- He put it in his trip sheets.

Well I thought he could have--
- Here you go.

- I don't know.
(car engine stalling)

- Yeah.
- Have a good ride.

- Right, right, right,



just what I told him he can't
get away with that anymore.

(repair drill humming)

- [Radio DJ] That's the
whole idea of the program.

It's people helping people one-on-one.

As a matter of fact, a
preacher called us last week

and he decided to call our
program, Parson-to-Parson.

What we really had in mind
is people helping people.

So call Brother Jack anytime, anywhere,

direct or collect.

Our toll-free number is 800,

remember you dial one first,

800-L-U-V-T-I-M-E,

Love time.

How about you Yankee fans?



We haven't heard from you yet.

Give us a quick prediction
for the next season

and donate some of the items
that we're (muffled speaking).

- All right.

Need a taxi lady?

- [Diana] Can you take me to Darien?

- Darien, that's up in Connecticut.

Sure.

- [Diana] Do you think we
can make it by nine o'clock?

- No problem.

You know there's no meter
on either Connecticut

or New Jersey, it's negotiated.

- Drive up to Connecticut,

spend an hour, come right back.

How about $150?

- [David] Sold.

- What's your name?

- David.
- Thank you, David.

(seductive music)

- Diana,

we're coming up on exit eight.

- [Diana] Then up Red Mill Road.

- You got it made.

I could run you up the
driveway if you like.

- No, no, this is fine.

Listen I'll be no longer than an hour.

You won't leave?

- No, I'll be here.

- Good, and please don't tell anybody

that I'm here, anybody at all

if someone passes by and talks to you.

Please, no one.

- Roger and nobody.

- [Radio DJ] Well it could be, sure thing.

Who's got a crib for Wesley?

Please give me a call right now,

L-U-V-T-I-M-E.

Do it direct or collect.

L-U-V-T-I, love time.

Give me a call at Brother Jack.

Well it really has been a great night.

I do want to remind some of you

that the program was built
on needy, not the greedy.

So hang in there with us, please.

We're trying to help people.

It's been really a great night,

a long night (muffled speaking).

(suspenseful music)

(car horn honking)

- Evening,

I thought you might be having car trouble.

- Ah no, I,

I just really had to pee is all.

- [Man] (chuckles) I
know the feeling, son.

Good night.

- [David] Thanks for stopping.

No trouble at all, son.

Hi-yo, Silver.

- [Radio DJ] So we're in the 11th hour

of our programs so to speak.

We do want to hear from you.

We got the crib for Wesley's kid.

- I have to go back up
there tomorrow night.

- Why not, it's a beautiful place.

- You saw it?

- I walked up the driveway a little bit.

I don't often get up
into those neighborhoods.

- Yes, it's beautiful.

Listen can you drive me
tomorrow, just like tonight?

- Why not, if you like.

- Good, but at 9 o'clock all right?

But listen David, you
can't write anything down

or tell anybody, anybody at all,

not even your wife.

- I don't have a wife.

- Oh, really I'd be in dreadful trouble.

- What kind of trouble could
those people up there have?

(soothing music)

(tv broadcasting in a foreign language)

- You bring something for me?

- One and one.

Everything okay?

- Mm-hmm, no problem.

- Good night, Juana.

- Good night.

(suspenseful music)

(loud gasping)

- You look like shit, David.

- Yeah, thanks.

- [Joseph] I've always been honest.

- [Waiter] He's right
David, you do look terrible.

- It must be the good times I'm having.

(laughing)

- It's good to see him happy.

- Listen because I got to tell you this,

and you've got to listen to me all of you.

If you've never listened to
anybody else in your life

and you want to make the right choice

of the one person you're
ever gonna listen to,

then I swear to you the
right choice is me and now.

You have to learn to read.

You have to do it now,

because you're 12, 13, 14 years old

and that's as long as they're
willing to try and teach you,

you understand?

You are no longer cost effective.

You are bad risks.

If you don't learn to
read here in this room,

then chances are very good you never will.

I'm the last guy they send
before they write you off.

This is it.

I am the end of the line.

- Excuse me, Mister Marx,

but that's just what the
lasts reading teacher said.

- Well who you saving yourself for Riconi?

- [All] Yeah, Riconi (muffled speaking).

- As I told you, we want to make it

as easy as possible, David,

anything at all.

I assigned you to the reading program,

because I thought there'd
be less pressure to perform.

- Oh there's no pressure.

These are kids no one
expects anything from.

- I understand from somebody

that you started to drive a taxi.

- Yeah, a few nights a week.

It's something else to do with my mind.

- You find you can handle
the additional load?

- So far.

- Well there's no harm in it.

You'll let us know if
there's anything else?

We're very pleased with the way

you've been able to come
back so soon after your...

the tragedy.

A difficult adjustment.

- Evening, Dave.
- How's it going, guys?

- Right.

Hey David, how are you?

Oh

and by the way,

that trip to Jersey you took last night,

you forgot the login the times.

- Oh yeah, out to Rahway.

- Rahway?

I used to live there.

- Nice town.

(energetic music)

- David, thank you for coming.

Can we hurry please ?

- Sure.

Do you want to go the same way,

or do you have a secret
more mysterious route?

- Anyway you'd like, just
so we make it by 10 o'clock.

- Is this drugs?

Is that what we're doing?

- [Diana] No.

- How about guns, revolution?

Robbery, politics?

- [Diana] Really I can't say,

but it's nothing like that.

- What is it then?

Hey, I'm involved here,

I could get in a lot of
trouble if you get caught.

- Get caught at what?

Really David, stop it.

I told you I can't tell you

and if you're my friend
you'll just leave it alone.

- Roger.

- Look I do appreciate
what you're doing for me,

I really do,

and I'm sorry I can't tell you,

but trust me,

it's a private thing, personal.

All right?

- All right.

Hey, it's none of my
business, I took the job.

- [Diana] Well I'm glad
that you took the job.

- So am I.

You know,

I think you're really beautiful.

It had to come out eventually.

- Well, the sooner the better, David.

(loud jazz music)

- [David] There's a party next door.

- I can't be seen.

- Do you want me to run you up?

- No, just leave it here.

I'll be back in an hour.

- Have fun, Diana.

- [Drunk man] Amazing

grace,

how sweet

you are.

- [Woman] Will you quit
it, you're disgusting.

- Saved a wretch like...

I'm disgusting?

Me?

Hey, you won't find any
fares at Ferguson's, kiddo.

Ferguson's got a fleet of limousines.

- The man's waiting on the party, Marvin.

Can we go?

- Ferguson's loaded, never takes cabs.

Hey, now tell me something.

Now look,

look at us,

both of us.

Now, you tell me,

who's disgusting,

Grace or me?

- I'm leaving

- That's okay, we don't need her.

- [Grace] Just stop it
now, we're going home.

Don't you tell him about
Mister Ferguson's business.

He'll probably rob the house now, I swear.

- Oh, come on (sobbing).

- [David] What happened?

- [Diana] Oh, David,

David.

(sobbing)

- [David] It's all right, Diana.

It's all right, it's all right.

It's all right.

It's okay.

(slow jazz music)

How can you not tell me
what happened to you?

- Nothing happened.

It doesn't matter.

- Sure it matters.

Who's this guy Ferguson?

He knock you around, is that it?

You go up there to get
beat up by Ferguson?

What are you talking about?

- Guess I'm asking you if you're a hooker?

- How nice, is that a
promotion from drug addict?

- An obvious conclusion,
the house is even dark.

- I'm not a whore, David.

- All right.

- I'm not a whore.

- I never said you
were, I was just asking.

I'm sorry, all right?

- Sometimes you sound like an idiot.

- Sometimes I am an idiot.

Would you like more danish?

- No, take this.

Why is this so important to you?

- Diana, you come racing
down the driveway.

your clothes are all messed up,

you look like hell,

you break down crying,

I get a little worried, all right?

I care about you.

- Well, thank you.

- You're welcome.

- So,

can I kiss you now, David?

- I'd rather you tell me first.

- Yeah, but,

can I kiss you?

- If you like.

- I like.

- You know,

we've all been hurt.

(saxophone music)

- Bye.

- I had a very nice time.

- Is that how you say
goodnight to your sister?

- I don't have a sister.

- That's right,

talk to you soon, David.

- I hope.

Yes, I was at a partly last
night up on Red Mill Road

and I saw something of a rather large

European style house behind gates.

I believe it's owned by a Ferguson fellow.

- [Woman] Yes of course,
that's Thorncrest.

It is quite something.

- Is it for sale?

- [Realtor] No, no,
it's been in the family

since it was built.

I've never heard them speak of selling.

- I see, that's the Rodney
Fergusons, isn't it?

- [Realtor] No, Philip is Mister
Ferguson's Christian name.

Excuse me, your name was--

- Sorensen.

Doctor Thaddeus Sorensen.

I'm with the Thomas Foundation.

You don't think that you
could ask Mister Ferguson

or maybe transmit an offer for me?

- [Realtor] Well, I
certainly would Doctor,

except I know for a fact

that Mister Ferguson is
sailing in the Caribbean now.

- You're sure?

- [Realtor] Certainly.

(baby giggling)

- Why's he laughing, Daddy?

- He's laughing because he
doesn't know any better.

- [Joseph] You have any
trouble out there driving?

- No, nothing.

Want more ketchup on your fries?

- Yeah, put it right there.

- Did you get laid yet?

- [David] You are relentless.

- That's what the union paid me for.

I just want to make sure
that you're still breathing.

- Mister Kahn?
- Yeah.

- You know everybody.

Did you ever hear of guy
named, Philip Ferguson?

He lives up in Connecticut in Darien.

- That's the knitting mills Ferguson.

He's the third generation.

- [David] You know them?

- Not personally.

We struck that plant once.

They had one of the largest

textile operations in this country,

terrible people.

They brought in all kinds
of thugs and hooligans.

- When was this?
- Ah, mid '30s.

- Did you win the strike?

- I don't think so.

Maybe,

perhaps not.

- Can I have some more fries now?

- Sure.
(baby babbles)

How you doing, Alex?

(baby babbles)

- [Joseph] Want do you
want with Philip Ferguson?

He's a schmuck, a playboy.

- Oh nothing, nothing, I just heard

somebody talking about him.

- You saw him in the society pages,

throwing a party,

getting divorced,

racing a yacht.

- Mister Kahn, you follow that stuff?

- Sure.

Know your enemies.

Ah,

I read the Wall Street Journal.

You need something on him?

I'll be glad to find out.

- No, no.

No, I,

yeah, thanks.

(exciting music)

- [Jimmy] Times Square.

- [Cab driver] I got it Jimmy,
just around the corner, 117.

- [Jimmy] First and 96th,

Third and Avenue D.

Lock your doors, pal, Regency Hotel.

Hey, anyone want to go to Harlem, huh?

Amsterdam and 128th.

All yours, 409.

666, West end.

- [Cab driver] I got it, Jimmy,

just around the corner, 117.

- [Jimmy] Fifth and Ninth.

- [Cab driver] Jimmy, 229.

A couple to the Bronx.

- [Jimmy] You got it, 229.

Okay, Madison and 61st, Spring Street.

- [Cab Driver] It's all
right, I got it, Jimmy,

two-niner-five.

- [Cab Driver] This is 411,
you can't (muffled speaking).

- [Jimmy] Take it, 87,
east door City Hall,

11th and 6th.

- [Cab Driver] 188, taking
a dinner break, Jimmy.

- [Jimmy] Bingo, 188.

189, you there?

63rd and Columbus.

899, Lex.

189, call from your sister.

Wants you to meet her eight o'clock.

You get that 189?

- My sister, Roger.

- I'm sorry David I can't explain it,

and I don't think I have to explain it,

I just have to go so
if you won't take me--

- Of course, I'll take you.

But what the hell are
you doing to yourself?

- Don't be angry with me, David.

I don't have any choice.

- Oh bullshit, no choice.

Who are you seeing up there?

I know Ferguson's out of the country,

so what's the big secret?

- David, really I can't.

- Well you'll never pass for my sister,

I'll tell you that.

I just don't want you
to get hurt, that's all.

(gentle music)

- [Radio DJ] Still trust each other.

I mean the backbone of
our country still is

people-to-people helping each other,

and trusting one another.

- Good bless, America.

- [Radio DJ] I had an idea
because the moon is full tonight,

look at that full moon.

Please be extra careful,

a lot of crazies out there at night

when the moon is full.

I'd like to match maybe a
couple of moon children,

those born under the sign of Cancer.

If anyone's out there from June, July--

- Come on Diana, it's an
hour and a half already.

- [Radio DJ] It's the latent
time of the astrological phase.

Give me a call, we can match
a moon child to a moon child,

or an Aries to an Aries

or how about an Aries

to a compatible sign like a Libra--

- Oh, Coni.

- [Radio DJ] An Aquarius.

We are in the age of Aquarius.

Please give a call if you
have something to give,

and if you are in need.

It's the same phone number, love time,

L-U-V-T-I-M-E.

And call direct or collect please.

- Oh, screw it.

(suspenseful music)

Diana.

(loud knocking)

Diana.

Diana.

Diana.

(glass shattering)
(dog barking)

(cacophonous music)

(fist thumping)

- [Hotel Manager] No sir,
there is no Diana Douglas here,

and our records don't show any
Diana Douglas has been here.

I wish could I help you.

- [Joseph] He wouldn't be in the papers,

he missed their deadline.

You have no way to contact this girl?

You don't know where she
is, where she's from?

- No.

She told me things,

but really,

no.

- They got you framed very nicely.

- I've realized that.

- [Waiter] More coffee anybody?

- [Joseph] All those trips.

Have you never thought
something wasn't kosher?

- Mister Khan--
- Yeah, it's too late.

I know, sorry.

Boy, you fell for her.

- Yeah,

that's it.

Even now I can't get rid of
thought that she's in trouble.

I know it's crazy.

- It isn't, that's what
they're counting on.

- Something wrong with the eggs?

- At least you got laid.

It wasn't a total disaster.

What do we do now?

That is the question.

- I think I should report it.

I should have reported it last night.

Why didn't you?

- I don't know, I just wanted to find her

and get out of there.

- You didn't believe that she set you up?

Or you didn't want to believe it all?

- I still can't believe it.

- You report it now is
just what they want.

You tell the police that
you were in that room

with that man last night,

you make yourself the number-one suspect.

That's how it's planned.

- I can convince them that I wasn't there.

- Who David, who?

Let them find the body,

let the police prove that you were there.

It takes longer and
it's a bigger business,

but don't you help them any
more than you have already.

- Eventually they're gonna find me.

- Eventually,

but through now and eventually,

anything can happen.

Meanwhile, I'm going to take the train

up to Connecticut.

- What are you gonna do in Connecticut?

- I'm gonna see what I can see.

I think once you find
out who did this to you

unless you're planning
to roll over for them.

- These are dangerous people, Mister Khan.

- Just as we are.

(birds chirping)

- The multi-millionaire sportsman
and philanthropist, shit.

Once more.

Should we make the feminists
happy and say sports person?

Let 'em burn.

The multi-millionaire
sportsman and philanthropist

was found this morning

when a suspicious neighbor saw smoke

coming from the chimney of this house.

A house that was supposed to be empty.

I learned today that Ferguson

had been vacationing in the Bahamas.

And while police refuse to
speculate on possible motives,

it is obvious to this reporter

that murder is the word
on everyone's lips.

From the Ferguson estate in Darien,

this is Jerry Ramundi, NewsLine.

- [Police Radio Dispatcher]
Across from 39, 33, 24th street.

- [Policeman On radio]
(muffled speaking) 10-4.

Want another take?

- [Video Director] Ah, no thank you.

- Huh, sorry.

- [Radio Announcer] In
Connecticut, Police Captain Jardine

is still looking for news
of a mysterious slaying

of millionaire playboy, Philip Ferguson,

found shot to death in his Darien mansion

early this morning.

Jardine and officers on the case now

are developing a list of possible enemies

Ferguson might have had.

- [Joseph] His enemies
list is going to outweigh

the Manhattan phone directory.

I mean you've got a guy
here with four ex-wives.

Can you imagine?

And a fifth wife is out stooping
a French actor in Crete.

At one time or another all these women

had blond hair.

Now his brother

won't even talk to him, hates him.

And there are who knows how many

young women he's played with

in the past.

He's even got a couple of kids.

He's hardly ever seen.

I'm not even talking
about the amount of people

who hate him for other reasons.

Now he might have been a lot of fun,

but he was a miserable guy.

He just went through people.

- [David] How did you find all this out?

- Old papers,

the library,

listening.

Everybody's more than happy to gossip.

Now look, I have a couple of friends

who are looking to find out

what's happening to Ferguson's money.

- Don't you think it's a long shot?

- What choice have we got?

Let the police go through the people,

check them out, it gives us more time.

And if they hear about
some lurking cab driver,

as long as they haven't got your number,

they're 26 other suspect
cab drivers in New York.

- Only one of them had his wife
run over by Philip Ferguson.

- But nobody knows about that yet.

- They will.

(slow jazz music)

- [Jerry] And so ended a storybook life,

the kind of luxurious existence

most New Yorkers can only dream of.

Decorated for heroism
during the Korean War,

Ferguson enjoyed a calculated
and widespread reputation

for daring do: mountain climbing,

deep-sea diving, big game hunting.

Ferguson's exploits regularly
filled the sports pages.

His love of beautiful women
and their love for him

often landed him in the society columns

and occasionally in the divorce courts.

Known around the world as
an adventurer, a gambler,

he always challenged the odds.

He always won until now.

Jerry Ramundi, NewsLine.

(slow jazz music)

- Diana.

Tomorrow's paper?

- Geesh, will you look at this?

They're blaming cabbies
for everything nowadays.

- [Juana] You're in trouble, no?

- Yeah, you might say so.

- You do it?

Good luck, man.

(eerie music)

(loud gasps)

- [Sal] Good morning, Khani.

- [Joseph] Long time, Sal.

Good to see you.

Ah, compensation?

- I owe you five.

- Who's counting anymore?

It wasn't that tough to get.

You remember Brennan, the pipe fitters,

who used to be at the tri-state council?

- Will Brennan.
- Yeah.

It turns out he's got a nephew

at the county clerk's office.

- [Joseph] How much did you have to pay?

- No, no, nice kid, no problem.

- Sal, I appreciate this.

- Ah, hardly anybody's asking any more.

You see this?

We're dealing in strategic metals.

sterling silver.

- You found this in the garbage?

- No matter what the price goes to,

they have a party, some gets thrown out.

Here it is, Ferguson's will.

Hot off the copy machine.

You better read it fast, I got a friend

at the police department that says

they're getting pretty close.

The boy's running out of time now.

- Thank you, thank you.

(phone rings)

- Dad, are we going to the park today?

- [David] That's right, can
you get that phone for me?

- Where's Juana?

- She'll be back tonight.
- What is that?

You know what, what?

- Bueno.
- Hello, who's this?

- Jeremy.

- [Diana] Jeremy, is your father home?

This is Diana.

- Hold on.

Who's Diana?

- Take care of your brother.

- Obviously David, I wouldn't have done it

if I had known the murder was planned.

- But you didn't mind selling me out

that was just part of
the play you were in.

- Nothing was supposed to happen to you.

- That makes me feel much better.

- Look, when I took the job,

I knew the guy who hired me.

I didn't know you.

I was told it was a practical joke.

- Ferguson died laughing.

How much did they pay you for this?

- [Diana] A few hundred.

- [David] Did you get a
bonus for screwing me?

- Screwing you wasn't
part of the contract.

Look, if I didn't care about you,

I would have just walked
away from all this.

But I've come back for you.

This thing can't be any good for me.

- This guy who hired you, who is he?

- I met him at a restaurant.

When there's no acting work,

I wait tables at the Copa,

the Copacabana.

He came in all the time and

some kind of government
man or research doctor.

- [David] Here in the city?

- I don't know, I only saw him at the bar.

He called himself Robert Anderson,

distinguished looking.

- Half of corporate America, I've had it.

Without him, we're just
a couple of suspects

with a funny story.

- What are you talking about?

- Diana, I was in the house.

I followed you in, I
touched the son-of-a-bitch.

I got to give the police
somebody real in exchange

for letting me go.

- Yeah, but why should they connect you

with a man you didn't know?

- It's why I was chosen.

Of all the lucky possible cab drivers.

- You knew Ferguson?

- Not by name.

But I recognized him.

He killed my wife.

He was driving the car.

- Oh, David.

- I told the police that
if I ever found him,

I'd kill him.

Smart, huh?

When I got out of the hospital,

I went looking for him.

- And David, when you found him,

did you kill him?

- I sure asked myself
what I would've done.

There was a time when I
know I would've killed him.

It doesn't matter.

He was dead when I got to him.

I didn't kill him, Diana.

- I know that.

Well, we'll have to find out who did.

Look, I have to be at
work in a half an hour.

- Sorry, I don't have my taxi.

- That's all right.

Listen, I'm going to check
with people at the restaurant.

Anderson spent a lot of time there.

- Be careful, will you?

- Yeah, will you be home later, I'll call.

- Yeah, hey give me your number.

- It's incredible, I have
been waiting six weeks

for phone company to reconnect me.

You can just leave a message
on the actor's exchange.

- Thank you for coming back for me.

- [Diana] Hey, I got you into this.

- There were always a lot of
people around Phil Ferguson,

but I was his friend I guess.

And more often than not,

he was certainly a friend of mine.

Phil and I went as far back as Korea

which is a good 30 years
back and half a world away.

Oh well, I did not incidentally

save his life back there

despite what he used to say.

I think,

I think Phil just liked the idea

that somebody would want to save him.

But he really saved himself.

I might have just shown him a way.

Later on, we lived next
door to each other.

I hunted with him, sailed with him,

traveled with him.

We drank a lot, we screw-

we played around a good deal

only between wives.

That's actually why this
ceremony had to be private.

We couldn't arrange for
Madison Square Garden.

But in the life of this
straight-laced scientist,

Phil Ferguson was a godsend

and his endowment of
the Mind Research Center

will benefit, I sincerely believe,

all of mankind.

A very dignified service.
- Thank you.

- That was a very nice
speech, Doctor Trench,

very nice.

- Thank you.

I hadn't realized there
were spectators present.

- [Joseph] Is it true that you
really didn't save his life?

- That's what I said.

- He thought you did.

When he wrote his will he
made you a beneficiary.

Oh I guess you wouldn't know that.

- Of course I knew it.

It just isn't public yet.

- No, that's why there
was still so much hope

in that church today.

- Who are you?

- I am Joseph Khan.

I'm looking for the one
who killed your friend.

- Oh, why is that, Mister Khan?

- Because I know he wasn't
killed by this cab driver.

- I see, you're sure of that?

- Yes, I am.

- You're acquainted with the young man?

- He's being set up, Doctor.

- You know him?

I'd like you to meet someone.

Captain, I think you'd like
to talk to Mister Khan here.

Apparently he's friendly your cab driver.

- Is that so?

You good friends with David Marks?

You see the thing of it is Mister Khan,

we just found Ferguson's car.

- Come here, Jeremy.

You're a big boy now, aren't you?

You're big enough to take your brother

straight up all right?

- Sure, it's just over
there across the street.

- Good, now I want you to be

very careful crossing.

Juana will be there for you

and I want you to tell
her that I'll call later.

- Where are you going?

- I'm going to be away for a day or so.

Listen, listen, listen,

I'm coming back, I'm
not leaving or anything.

I'll be right back, all right?

Now tell Juana I'll call, okay?

And I want you to go straight up.

Now come here and give me a kiss.

Good, take him.

- Come here.

- Listen to me.

It's not like mommy.
- Okay.

- I'm coming back.
- Okay.

- Off you go.
- Come on, Alex.

- I'll talk to you guys later.
- Okay.

Hold my wrist.

(faint speaking)

(Alex crying)

- Hey Jimmy, you got a car for me?

- Davey boy.

What's a matter, you can't tear yourself

away from this joint, huh?

You're off tonight.

Okay take 189, Martinez is sick tonight.

Hey, you cut your hair or something?

Dispatch, Jimmy.

(exciting music)

- [Radio Newscaster]
Meanwhile up in Connecticut,

an anonymous tip about
an abandoned sports car

has led police to a definite suspect

in the Darien playboy murder.

A Brooklyn school teacher,

David Albert Marks, 29,

is being sought after officers identified

a green Jaguar as the car
that killed Marks' wife

in a hit-and-run last July.

Marks is also a part-time cab driver

which police believe might
tie him into the crime.

- [David] I know she's in there,

why don't you let me see her?
- Yeah right, right,

sure I'm hiding her.

Now I'm telling you man
now for the last time,

the woman you're talking about worked here

maybe seven months ago.

She's not here tonight

and I can't let you in here.

you understand?
- That's not true,

I saw her this afternoon.

I don't care, she's not here.

Diana hasn't been here since
she met that sugar daddy.

What do you want, man?

Go on, get out of here.

- Bueno?
- Juana, it's David.

- I know.
- Are the cops still there?

- [Juana] What do you think?

It's murder.

It's no fooling around.

Oh, they got your friend,

that old guy, Khan.

- [Cop] David, boy.

I have to tell you that nobody blames you.

I've seen pictures of your wife.

I'm playing with your kids.

- What about Mister Khan?

- [Cop] They're asking him
a few questions, that's all.

- [Jerry] An incredible piece of film

from our NewsLine file

seen here on the tragic night
of the hit-and-run accident

that killed his young and beautiful wife,

David Albert Marks has been
identified by neighbors

as the taxi driver seen in the area

of the Ferguson home.
- David?

- [David] I'm gonna kill him.

I saw you, I'll find you, I'll kill you.

(suspenseful music)

- [Newscaster] Police partial
description of the man

is dark hair, eyes, and mustache.

He's driving a yellow
checked cab, number 189.

Police say he's armed and is
considered extremely dangerous.

- [Announcer] All news, all the time.

This is W-I-N-S.

- [Radio DJ] The Chinese,
they have a great proverb.

It says if you go out looking for revenge,

you better dig two graves,

because you end up killing yourself too.

Now isn't that the truth?

- You bet on it.
- Do unto others

as they do unto you.

Meanwhile, police are holding

71-year old Brooklyn
resident, Joseph Kahn,

as a possible accessory
in a Ferguson murder case.

Police say Kahn is a friend
of David Albert Marks,

their number-one suspect
who's still at large.

Uptown, East Harlem, was finally quiet

after a lot of noise in the streets

after a slight power outage.

Everything's pretty normalized now.

(muffled speaking)
(emergency siren blaring)

(high-pitched tones)

- No.

- [Diana] It will be okay, David.

Trust me.

(muffled thudding)

- No.

(church bells ringing)

- [Jimmy] Negatory, that's 418,

236, Broadway and 45th.

116, you take it.

- 189 on the line.

- [Jimmy] How you doing, Davey boy?

- [David] Great, just great.

You working a marathon or what?

- [Jimmy] That stinking Martinez,

infected my relief man,
ain't that something?

- I need a little help, Jim.

I didn't do it.

- [Jimmy] I'd say you
need a lot of help, boy.

(chuckles) I knew you weren't going

over to Jersey those nights.

Ain't nothing nice about Rahway.

- You gonna listen to me?

- [Jimmy] Sure kid, spit it out.

- I gotta find this girl.

(police radio chattering)

- You men are morons.

- Don't you think you got
enough trouble old man?

- Oh please, if it was a Sunday,

I'd be long out of here already.

You're in trouble.

You're chasing the wrong person.

- So you've told us, Mister Kahn.

Come on, just tell us where he is.

It'd be a lot easier for everyone.

- [Cop In Red Coat] It'd be
dangerous out there for him,

a lot of nervous cops out there.

- Come on Mister Kahn, I've
been very patient with you.

David Albert Marks,

where would he be?

- Oh, he's a celebrity?

He has three names.

Who ever planned this certainly
knew what he was doing.

Cops, been the same for 50 years.

Bulldogs,

throw them some red
meat and they'll eat it,

poison or no poison.

- What the hell are you talking about?

- I'm telling you and you
that this is an obvious frame

and you're behaving just
like you're supposed to.

I had the same trouble with David.

- It may be obvious, but I don't see it.

No what I see are fingerprints,

witnesses, a motive.

- [Joseph] Very obvious.

- So what do you got?

- What do you got?

You got the car in the driveway.

If you were going to kill somebody,

would you park a bright yellow car

across the driveway, his driveway?

- No.

But from what I saw of your friend on tv--

- Nobody would do that
three nights in a row.

You got a tip from somebody, civic-minded,

about Ferguson's car, anonymously.

- Anonymous tips are routine.

- Somebody is playing with
your David Albert Marks

and you

and you.

- All right ladies and gents,

we are looking.

We're looking for a single needle

in this Manhattan haystack.

Now a certain fellow
driver is asking your help

in trying to locate a blonde,

a blonde that he says is his alibi.

She's about 26,

five-foot seven inches tall, 115 pounds

and wears a white fur coat.

You got that, a white fur coat.

She's been seen hanging
around the lower West side

in around Central Park.

Now guys,

we all know

what kind of serious
trouble this guy is in.

He'd really appreciate it

if you'd try and help him find this girl.

And guys, I'd appreciate it too.

- [Cab Driver] Roger,

give me that description again, Jimmy.

- Great.

Now we're looking for a blonde about 26

who always wears a white fur coat.

Now get out there and spread the word.

Ah, Broadway and 94th,

68th and Second,

711, Fifth.

(muffled singing)

- [David] Come on, Diana.

I need some help.

Come on.

They're gonna find me.

Oh boy, oh boy, I'm a stupid ass.

Where are you, honey?

I just want some help.

Not gonna find her.

How am I supposed to find her?

Dammit.

I gotta get some sleep.

I gotta lay down.

- [Jimmy] 116, you take it.

You got it, the hotel's yours, 16-18.

- [Cab Driver] Jimmy, I got her, I'm sure.

- [Jimmy] At Columbus and 77th,

she's sitting at a table near the window.

- [David] I hope so.

(tense music)

- [Jerry] And despite what police

are calling their best efforts,

David Albert Marks,

hidden by the natural
chaos that is New York

continues to elude the hunt.

While no one I've spoken
to will publicly criticize

the detectives assigned to the case,

a $10,000 reward has been offered

by a friend and next-door
neighbor of the victim's,

Doctor Robert Trench.

If nothing else, the police today

did release this picture of Marks

who is thought to no
longer have a mustache.

The police have also set up

a special information number.

The number is 677-7665.

- Want to split the reward?

- [Jerry] This is Jerry Ramundi, NewsLine.

(slow jazz music)

- [Jimmy] Airport trip from SOHO.

Now 66th and Broadway.

310 First.

189, want do you think?

- I think she could be anywhere.

She could be in Bermuda getting a tan.

She could be dead.

- [Jimmy] That's really
the winning spirit.

Oh boy I'll tell you, I'm dying here.

95th and First.

Darkest before the dawn, kiddo.

I just got a call from your sister.

This is your Rahway sister.

She told me to tell you, she's waiting.

I assume you know where.

- Yeah, I know where that is.

(tense music)

- [Jimmy] David boy, you still there?

You okay?

- [David] I'm fine.

- [Jimmy] Well three
blocks from the garage,

Eddie just picked up a
blonde heading for Darien.

They're moving east.

Eddie said he was sure.

All right, I just heard
they're at Eighth street.

I mean, she fits the description.

Hey, how many broads are going to Darien?

I hope that moron has
his radio turned down.

- [Eddie] Wait miss, please.

Jimmy, Jimmy she jumped ship on me.

- [Jimmy] Get down there.

Find out where the train's going.

- [Eddie] Right.

- [Jimmy] Dammit, we lost
her in the subway, David.

Maybe we can tag along.

(tires screeching)

- Eddie, which way?
- Uptown.

(tense music)

- Jimmy, it's uptown.

- [Jimmy] All right, who's
got the stations covered?

Who's got 14th, 14th at Union Square?

- [Righetti] Jimmy I've got that, 1980.

- [Jimmy] Righetti, good man.

Who else is there?

- [Joey] Ah, 2J96,

heading up from the Village
along Eighth Avenue.

I can cover something nearby, whatcha got?

- [Jimmy] All right
Joey, take 23rd street.

020, get on 34th.

Come on, come on for crying
out loud, who's uptown?

- [Cab Driver] Uptown, Jimmy, 114.

- [Jimmy] Well tell me
you're there, dammit.

- [Cab Driver] 1235, moving
in from Times Square,

heading for 34th street.

- [Cab Driver] Jimmy, 115.

I'll take 14th Street.

- [Cab Driver] AJ-niner-three,

pulling out of Columbus Circle.

I'll catch the 66th Street exit.

- [Cab Driver] 221, I'm moving into

the south corner pocket on 45th,

somebody better cover the north side exit,

though I can see both.

- [Cab Driver] Uptown Express mama,

give me the gas, I'm on 28th.

- [Cab Driver] Jimmy, got
two of us at Penn Station,

61 and 420.

- [Cab Driver] Jimmy,
1904 coming up to 10.

- [Bobby] Jimmy, Bobby here,

Manhattan, 23rd Street.

(people chattering)

- [Bobby] Jimmy, Bobby here at 23rd,

not sign of her yet.

I think she's gone for a long ride.

- [Jimmy] Where are you, kid?

- 33rd and Sixth.

- [Jimmy] Good.

We're covering all the way up.

We're fine unless she
gets cute and transfers.

Meanwhile, nobody in town can get a taxi.

- Thank you, Jimmy.

(people chattering)

- [Cab Driver] Jimmy, I got her,

59th and Fifth.

- [Jimmy] David, she's
surfaced, she's out.

59th and Fifth.

Cut over to the East side.

- I'm on my way.

- [Cab Driver] Jimmy,
she's crossing Madison now,

he can't miss her.

She's heading into a big stone place

called the Mind Research Institute.

- [Jimmy] Hey kid, you
ain't gonna believe this.

(drawer slams)

(faucet squeaks)
(shower water splashes)

(suspenseful music)

- [David] Hi-yo, Silver.

(faucet squeaks)

- [Diana] Robert,

I didn't hear you come in.

David--
- You were playing games

with me.

You were playing games with me.

- David--
- I want to know why.

It wasn't enough, everything
else wasn't enough,

you had to play games with me too?

- Please, I didn't mean too.

I wanted to tell you, I tried to tell--

- Tell me what, some half-baked shit?

It's worse than nothing.

You didn't come to tell me the truth.

- But, I wanted to.

- Do you remember the truth, Diana?

When did you start with Ferguson?

You still got his credit
cards in your wallet.

- I was with him.

I was Phil's mistress,

I guess since last spring.

- You do get around.

- [Diana] That's what
people seem to want from me.

- Good ole Phil.

So what happened you just
get tired sweetheart?

- [Diana] Robert, Robert's in trouble,

he needs money right away.

- What that little bank thing?

Why didn't you just ask
Ferguson, what's a hundred grand?

- It's to cover a misappropriation,

a misappropriation at the Institute.

And Phil had so much,

he was obsessed with being robbed.

He'd never help Robert
on something like that.

- So Robert helped himself.

He's in Ferguson's will.

Of course, what's 30
years between friends?

Need a guy's money,
shoot the son-of-a-bitch.

That's why Trench killed him.

Why did you kill him?

- For Robert.

He's a very strong man.

He's an important man.

- You just said the guy's
a murder and a thief.

- No, no, you don't know him.

- And I count myself lucky,

can you possibly hear
yourself saying that?

- Phil had the money, sure,

but Robert had the talent, the vision.

I couldn't stand it,

I couldn't watch Phil lord it over him,

treat him that way like dirt.

- Why did you do it, Diana?

You'd better get some clothes on.

Get me the Darien police.

- [Diana] Wait please.

- For what?

How much longer are you
gonna play me for a jerk?

Yes officer, this is David Marks.

I think you're looking for me.

I'm at Robert Trench's off Red Mill Road.

See you soon, I guess.

It worked you know, what you did,

your game.

I really did love you.

- No.

- [David] Yeah.

I was worried about you out there,

I thought you were hurt
that you couldn't reach me.

- [Diana] You can't love me, David.

- [David] Since my wife
died you were the first.

- [Diana] Please stop it.

- Why Diana?

- You know, they'd known
each other for years.

Robert said once Phil started to threaten,

Phil would never stop.

- [David] Threaten what?

- It was just one of those nights.

Party nights we used to call them.

Going out, good times

on the town

and we drank,

but we both had too much to drink

and his back was hurting.

It was beautiful, that car.

It was just too much.

You see, I didn't mean to hurt anyone.

I just couldn't see.

I went through the red light,

it was terrible

and I couldn't stop.

- What are you saying?

- It was me David,

I was driving.

I was driving that night.

- No, no, that's impossible,

I saw him, I saw Ferguson
on the driver's side

- You don't understand,

Phil's car, it's a Jaguar,

it's brought from England.

It's right hand drive.

So you can't love me, David.

I killed her, I killed your wife.

(cacophonous music)

(car horn honks)

- [Diana] Robert.

- Diana.

Diana.

(loud thudding)

- [Jerry] And so in the chilly hours

of the early morning,

David Albert Marks finally apprehended

and placed under arrest

is suddenly released.

In a bizarre twist, police have charged

Doctor Robert Trench with the slaying

of his longtime friend,

playboy Philip Ferguson.

Bullets found by Darien Sanitation men

in Trench's household garbage

are of the same caliber as the bullets

used in the Ferguson killing.

Ballistics tests still under way

seem to indicate all were
fired from the same gun.

As for David Albert Marks,

despite the bureaucratic bungling,

the Brooklyn schoolteacher/cab
driver and father of two

is now free to try and pick up the pieces

of his shattered life.

And so in the end it appears,

justice will be done.

It is by the way some pleasure to note

that the work of this reporter,

the constant asking and probing

has contributed in no small part

to the solution of this case.

Once again, this is
Jerry Ramundi, NewsLine.

(gentle music)