Baretta (1975–1978): Season 1, Episode 8 - Walk Like You Talk - full transcript
Still want to cover
the action, huh?
That's $40,000 tax-free.
It could be the chance
of your lifetime, Colonel.
Spying on my friends?
We're giving you a chance
to exonerate yourself
by cooperating with
the Commission.
I scored some more dope.
I got two of these left.
You want one? No, man.
Mr. Baretta, we have information
that you as a law officer
have obtained
quantities of narcotics.
I think I'd better
have a lawyer here.
Man: ♪ Oh I had a dog
and his name was Blue... ♪
Hey, you rummy!
Wake up, you can't sleep in
here. This ain't the mission.
I'm awake. You
were snoozing, man.
If you snooze, you lose.
I'm going back to the dream.
No, you ain't, I'm going to
make you a famous detective.
You just hung up on Cecilia.
Oh my Lord! Hold it.
Hello, Cecilia, darling.
This poor skinny rummy already
lost 20 pounds over your body
so he can't see you
no more. That's all.
Let's go, we got work to do.
I got two of these left.
You want one? No man.
Don't worry, they're legal.
It's Cecilia's prescription.
That stuff's going to
burn a hole in your brain.
And I'm here to tell you Cecilia's
going to put you in the graveyard
or the loony bin. Understand?
Wish I could get
you off the club.
You sound like my Aunt Tillie.
Come on, Aunt Tillie,
we got work to do.
Your attention, please.
Transglobal flight 398
from Montevideo, Buenos Aires...
Scotty: Hey, Tony, I don't
like the one you're getting.
Say, would you
tell her about me?
Nothing to say.
I'm tired, man. I've
been here forever.
Four days. Isn't
it four days now?
We don't crack
this one pretty soon,
what's her name... Cecilia...
Going to give me
the walking papers.
Hang loose, partner.
The Lord can't keep
dealing lowball forever.
There's got to be an
ace in there somewhere.
Yeah. What if they
change the MO? Yeah.
What if they come across in
huaraches instead of a wine jug?
No, they ain't going to
change horses midstream.
They got a good th...
That's him, right?
That's the jug.
It sure is.
I'd like to bust him right
now and sleep for a week.
Yeah, me too.
Let's be good cops and
see where he takes us.
But let's move though, okay?
No, lighten up. Lighten up now.
Police. Up against the wall.
Pasckle, what are
you doing here?
Just stand back,
Baretta, this is my collar.
What? We've been on this
case for a week with customs.
You think every
collar belongs to you.
I don't care if you've been
working this case for 20 years.
I've got the mule
and I got the jug.
I'm going to crack it open
and show you two losers
the best South American
cocaine money can buy.
If you're lucky, I'll let
you witness the arrest.
Excuse me, sir. Sir?
Do you speak English?
A little bit.
What do you see here, sir?
My wine. Your wine. That's all.
You see anything? His wine.
His wine. That's all.
Sir, I believe you've
collared the wrong mule.
There is no fine South
American cocaine there, sir.
Excuse me, what is
your profession? Huh?
Your work. How do you
earn your money? Your work.
Work. Work.
I am the finest...
neurosurgeon in Venezuela.
Neurosurgeon.
Neurosurgeon is
here, Humpty Dumpty.
Maybe he can fix your
gourd for you, dummy.
Good morning, gentlemen...
Various: Morning, sir.
And ladies.
Woman: Good morning.
It occurs to me that some of you
may be under the impression
that we are working by ourselves
in this fight against crime;
that we are just a
small, vulnerable platoon
that has been pitted against
the overwhelming hordes
of the criminal enemy.
I'm here today to
tell you, gentlemen,
that we are no longer alone.
If you have been reading
the newspapers at all...
How nice that we
could all be present.
Yeah.
Excuse me, boss.
As I was saying, if you have been
reading the newspapers lately...
and I have it on
reasonable authority
that some of you do read...
then you are probably
aware of the Karp Commission
and its work.
This unit was established
by the government,
and its members are men of
considerable stature and reputation
in the legislative community.
Now, the fact is, that
statistics showing an increase
in the crime rate over
the past 12 months
have not escaped
their attention.
They attribute this problem...
This increase... To
police corruption.
Cop: Oh, come on.
Pasckle: Ridiculous, sir!
Yes, and that's the good news.
Yes, the bad news is that you,
as individuals,
and we, as a unit,
have become their prime target.
Undercover detectives
have a degree of freedom
and autonomy in their work
that other units...
Excuse me, boss?
Just don't have.
Is that why you put Pasckle
on a job that me and
Scotty have been working on
for a couple of weeks?
I've double-teamed every
file in our caseload, Baretta.
Without telling us?
In some instances, yes.
You're talking about
the Karp Commission
having a lack of trust.
What I'm trying to say is...
It is not a question
of trust, Baretta.
It is checks and balances.
It's a fail-safe.
If anything ever does come
up, we want the answers, too.
It's for your own good.
For my own good?
Pasckle is for my own good?
He roughed up the
wrong guy at the airport.
He could've blown
the whole case!
He fit the MO. Fit
the MO?! You dummy!
You could've been
sued for a million dollars!
Detective Pasckle would not be
in this outfit if he wasn't qualified.
I don't want to hear
any more about it!
If you're tired and
would like a rest,
I'll assign another
detail to the airport.
I'm not talking about
who's supposed to be
in this operation and who's not.
I'm trying to say,
with your permission,
I would like to finish a case
that me and Scotty been
working on for two weeks
without Pasckle being
involved. That's it.
With my permission you
will follow your assignment
just like every other
officer in this room.
Now, where was I?
Yeah, so that any mistakes
from here on out...
And this is a warning...
Any mistake, any
shred of evidence
that corruption does exist in
this unit, and I guarantee you
that Commission is not only
going to have us on the carpet,
it is going to sweep
us right under it!
We are going to
be out of business!
Do I make myself clear? I
am talking about anything!
A free cup of coffee and donuts
that you get on the arm
from the corner drugstore...
Hey, lady, you
want a free chili dog?
I thought you'd never ask.
Anything that
smells, feels, tastes
or could possibly be
construed as corruption.
All right. Forewarned
is forearmed.
Have a good day, gentlemen.
Excellent, sir!
Baretta, this is the
way it has got to be,
so don't give me a
hard time about it.
I'll give you five minutes to get
your deadwood out of my office.
Shiller: Lieutenant?
See you later, Baretta.
You... you're a bad
cop. Do you know that?
What you do for this department
ain't worth a 10¢
detective magazine.
All you care about is your
memoirs that you're writing.
For your information, Baretta,
what I'm writing is a novel.
You can pay somebody
to write your memoirs.
I'm an author. I'll tell
you something else,
what my book's
about... It's about cops,
because that's what I know best.
And you're one of the
characters in it, Tony.
You keep messing around
and somebody's gonna get hurt.
Shiller put you on my case...
Nothing I can do about that.
But I'm telling you,
stay away from me.
Why is that, Tony? You
got something to hide?
It's a lot simpler than that.
I just don't like you.
That's perfect, Tony.
Right in character.
What's the
chief... It's all over.
Baretta: Why don't you
just... I'll wait out in the car.
She wants you to see the
place. It's got some new things.
She wants me to
move in with her.
Oh, really? Yeah. Come on.
Cecilia?
In the kitchen, darling.
My goodness, I
should've wiped my feet.
Hello, lover.
I missed you, Cecilia.
Me too.
Oh, Scotty, the bacon.
It's gonna burn to a crisp.
Oh hi, Tony. It's
good to see you.
Hi, sugar.
Would you believe
Scotty bought me that?
What is that?
It cooks with sound waves.
I have no idea
how it works, but...
Scotty's very mechanical,
aren't you, darling?
I'm a genius, a boy genius.
Poor babies, you look so tired.
How about some
bacon and eggs, Tony?
No thanks, darling.
No, I ate at the airport.
I'm just gonna...
sack right out here on the couch
and rest my weary bones.
Cecilia: Make yourself at home.
Want anything with your bacon?
You know what I want.
Where's Vinny?
He already left for school.
We got a new carpool
and I only have to
drive one day a week.
Terrific.
Oh, you got that cash?
Yeah, yeah.
Vinny's dad is late with
the support check again.
Yeah, sure.
Thank you, honey.
Yeah.
Going back to work?
Yeah.
I really should go. Yeah.
Love you.
Thank you. See you later. Okay.
Bye, Tony.
Bye, bye, baby.
Changing my shirt.
Right.
Yeah.
We got to go to the airport.
Ahem... Cecilia?
She's gone.
You want some score?
No, partner. Thanks.
Nice, huh? This is beautiful.
She's got herself a
love-nest here for sure.
Yeah, for a kid
off the streets...
never thought she'd
give me a second look,
but I think she loves me.
Isn't it nice?
The whole place
is beautiful, Scotty,
but you're just a flatfoot.
Ain't you in a little
bit over your head?
I do everything I can to help.
I'd marry her if she asked me.
Yeah, I believe you would.
But about that money? If you
need more, you know where to come.
Don't get messed
up with those sharks.
Yeah, thanks.
I'm trying to say, we've been
in the trenches for a long time.
There's no such thing
as a part-time cop.
I don't want you
to get in trouble.
Are you in my
corner? Yeah, sure.
She's in my corner,
okay? Want to go? Huh?
All right. We'll go.
Lay a yard on me till the 15th?
Sure I can lay a yard
on you till the 15th,
that ain't what I'm
talking about, man.
You need some kind of
help now. Enough. Enough.
Okay... The bacon's gonna burn.
No, it turns off by itself.
Passengers arriving
on Transglobal flight 342
from Quito, Panama
City and Hermosillo...
Baretta: That looks like
the real thing, partner.
Go into your act. I'm
gonna change my dress.
Okay.
Okay, Latour just arrived.
He's leaving the airport.
He should be at the hotel in
two hours. Have everything ready.
Cab, sir? Yes.
Are you up? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Get right in here, sir.
Where would you like to go?
Baron's Castle.
Here's the address.
You got it. Good.
Thank you. Thanks, chief.
What the hell are you doing?
You want a ride? Get
over! This is my car!
I'm following the cab.
Baretta, never touch me again.
Okay, Joe.
I been up for
five days, partner.
Don't run over me no
more, I won't hit you no more.
I've been right along with
you for those five days.
You're a brick.
Where we going?
We're gonna follow
the little brown jug.
See where it leads us.
Unless you want to get sued
by another brain surgeon.
I had probable cause.
You had probable cause.
You know what you got?
I'll tell you what you got.
You got a lot of self-interest,
that's what you got.
What's your job?
Following mules,
making wine puddles,
or heading for the big honchos?
You take this too seriously.
I do, huh? Yeah.
This job is a dead-end street.
If you had any brains at all,
you'd think about
something with a future.
Maybe I could become
the finest neurosurgeon
in all of Venezuela.
That book of mine is gonna
make the bestseller list.
Can I star in the movie version?
Right, right.
I'll send you a postcard
from Hollywood.
You know something, Joe?
I believe you will.
I believe you'll
make it to Hollywood.
Hold it! Hey,
"Steinbeck," wait a minute.
Go around the back
and don't do nothing.
Hi, sailor!
Ah, good morning, sir.
I have a little problem
here. I have this hole.
I'd suggest invisible
weaving, sir.
Is that something you
could do while I wait?
Can I go in the back
and take my pants off?
Police, hold it right there.
You nut! What are you...
You dummy!
Get up.
Is that what it's about for you?
A couple of mules and some dope?
Come on, Let's move it!
Now, you see the gun.
Here's the badge.
I got the warrant in the pocket.
You're under arrest, pal.
Go on against the wall.
Go on, go on.
Go on.
Look, Officer, I'm a salesman.
Oh, yeah?
What've you got
in there, "samples"?
Well, I just made a cash deal.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, you sure did.
Buy you some good
real estate in the pen.
Look, I'm a family man.
I got a wife and kids.
I ran up a little cocaine
from South America
but I don't hurt anybody.
That's funny.
That's a funny line.
Look, there's $40,000
there, Colonel.
You got kids?
What's your net?
16, 1 7,000 a year?
Less?
How 'bout a little...
"presto-change-o," huh?
Easy, chief.
You have the right
to remain silent,
anything you say may be
used against you in court.
Now, you can call a lawyer
when we hit downtown.
That's $40,000, tax-free.
There's no deductions,
nothing out for Uncle Sam.
I heard you.
That money can't
be traced. It's clean.
Yeah... about as clean
as a sidewalk in Central Park.
Latour on radio:
Where do I get by lying?
What do I get by believing you?
This could be the chance
of your lifetime, Colonel.
Look, I don't want to
end up in the slammer
any more than you want to end up
at 65 with nothing
but a pension.
40 grand, huh?
I'd like to sleep on that.
Hey, it's obvious.
Where are you going, chief?
Let me see the other bag.
I want to see what's in it.
Well, I just thought I'd
take it with me. Open it up.
Got more money?
Okay.
Look, I'm blown, right?
I mean, I won't be coming back
into the country anymore, right?
So...
I get away with it, huh?
I mean...
well, you know, those
things, they happen.
Don't worry. We'll
nail him downstairs.
Roger Simon, Karp Commission.
You're in a lot of
trouble, Officer.
I was taking this down
to the station. Yeah?
The guy who gave it to you. Were you
gonna take him down to the station, too?
Come.
Happy birthday,
boss. There's the lady.
We got four mules.
Two of them in the morgue,
thanks to "Wimpy" here.
Where's Scotty and the bag?
I don't know. He
hasn't checked in yet.
What do you mean?
He was ahead of me.
He was supposed to be here with the
mule and money. The last time I saw Mason,
he was asleep in that chair
right over there, remember?
I haven't seen
him since. Nothing?
No, why? What's the matter?
If he's out there, he must
be in some kind of trouble.
I'm going up to
Communications, okay?
Yeah, go ahead. I'll let
them know you're coming.
I'll take this back
over to Narcotics.
Give me Communications.
What are you...?
I was taking it in.
I've never taken
anything in my life.
Mr. Mason, we are not
judges, merely investigators.
Now, you did take $40,000
which didn't belong to you,
and you did make a deal.
Well... It was a
set-up. It's entrapment.
I'm afraid not.
No. It was a scam.
You see, we didn't
set up the meeting.
The man from whom
you took this money
is in fact a dope smuggler,
what you call a "mule."
We've had that
particular hotel room
under surveillance
for some time now.
Mr...? Simon.
Simon.
I been up for five
straight days now.
I've been on speed,
so I'm not thinking
too straight, you know?
But if you'd only
check the record,
I been on this
force for 10 years
and I've never taken
anything in my life.
I'm sure all that will be
taken into consideration
when you're called to testify
before the Commission.
Well, what happens when
I go see the Commission?
Presumably your deposition
will be congruent with
what we have on tape.
You will lose
your job, go to trial,
and I imagine...
you will be found guilty
on several charges.
A judge will sentence you.
Well, is there...
Is there anything I can do?
I am prepared to offer you
an alternative, Mr. Mason.
What the hell is that?
It's a microphone.
It's our most
powerful transmitter.
It picks up everything you say,
everything people near you say,
and sends a signal
back to our recorder.
Spying on my friends?
Let's put it this way.
How would you like
to take this money
and turn it into your
commanding officer,
knowing that no charges
will be made against you?
Oh, a set-up.
No, we're giving you a
chance to stay out of prison
by cooperating with
the Commission.
Agent: What's so hard to
take? Cops do it all the time.
What you're doing is exchanging
information for amnesty.
Of course, you can
always go to jail.
This way, you'll get
a regular paycheck.
Mr. Ursillo will show you
how to attach the microphone.
It clips right under
the collar, here.
Mr. Mason, I can
assure you that no one...
No one... will ever
suspect it's there.
Inspector Rodriguez?
One moment please.
Inspector Rodriguez. Line three.
Hey, man! Where you been?
I been looking all
over for you. I lost him.
What do you mean, you lost him?
You been in the trenches for
100 years. You don't lose nobody.
What happened? You threw the
money away and told him to take a cab?
I got a receipt. I know you got the
money. What happened to the mule?
Where is he? He
got the drop on me.
He knocked me down and ran out.
I was tired. I was
dead on my feet,
and I hit the stairs,
went down on my nose.
The money was in the
room. The door was still open
and it was still
sitting in the suitcase.
So I figured, you
know, if he hit the street
he ain't coming back,
but the money's open.
So I run back, you know?
Blew it. What do we care?
He's in Europe by now.
We need the money
to make the case, right?
Yeah. You know where I'm going?
I'm going home to bed.
Come over tomorrow
and I'll give you
a submarine sandwich and
put some meat on your bones.
Okay. You rummy,
you. You blew the mule.
Hey, Scotty.
Hey. Hey, man,
how can you stand
working with that guy, huh?
Who pushed your button?
What are you jumping on me for?
I'm not the one you
should be ticked at.
He's headed for a lot of
trouble, I'm telling you, Scotty.
I'm telling you that's
what's going on.
Those big-time collars
he's been making,
you think he's on
the level, don't you?
What are you talking about?
What do you think, I'm
blind? I know how he works.
He busts some one-kilo
dealer, he don't even turn it in.
He saves it. You haven't
put it together yet, have you?
I've been following Baretta
for damn near a month.
He's got more contacts than
a fuse-box at Grand Central.
You sound like a line
out of your dumb book.
Look, Scotty, I'm not
here for making jokes.
You or me, or any
other straight cop
would have busted
those pushers, right?
But Baretta? No, no.
Baretta, he rips off
the dope, let's 'em go.
Right? So they owe him.
Then when he gets enough stuff,
he trades it back to
them for information.
He deals, friend,
so he can make the kind of
busts no straight cop could ever.
Why don't you take a walk?
I'll tell you
something, Pasckle,
Baretta's the best cop on
the force, and you know it.
I'm gonna go home and
get some sleep. I'm tired.
You got that?
Pasckle: Get something
through that thick head of yours,
I have got 50 or 60
pages on Baretta alone.
Now, do you
understand what that is?
Yeah. Listen, Pasckle,
let me tell you something.
He's a friend of mine.
You know what to do
with that book of yours?
Baretta: ♪ Yodel
lay-e-o, yodel lay-e-o... ♪
Come on, dummy, sing!
♪ Yodel lay-e-o... ♪
It's open. Come on in, partner.
♪ Yodel lay-e-o,
yodel lay-e-o. ♪
You dunce. How are
you feeling? Great.
I'm in the pink. You
look a little peaked.
Oh, I'm not eating enough.
Yeah? How come? You
got to start living on protein
instead of speed.
Don't Cecilia feed you good?
Yeah, but she
works it off of me, too.
Yeah, well here.
♪ Does your mother
know you're out, Cecilia? ♪
Pump that little baby in,
and you're gonna
feel a lot better.
You'll go show
Cecilia... Hey, listen.
A hundred bucks.
You want it? You got it.
Right.
One yard, coming up for my man.
20, 40, 60, 80, $100. Here.
Any more you need,
you know where
to come to get it.
Thank you, man.
What'd you turn that thing on
for? Come on, turn that down.
That hurts Fred's
ears. I'm sorry.
I was trying to say I
saw the way she lives.
That's pretty high style.
There's a lot of johns
on the street with money.
You want to keep
her? You love her?
Come to me, I'll give you
all the money you want.
You understand? Enough said.
I got sources, partner,
you wouldn't believe.
You come to your
"old dad," okay?
Tony Baretta?
Hold it, guys, I'm clean. I
ain't worn a dress in years.
With all due respect, Officer,
that's a subpoena, Mr. Baretta.
It's from the Karp Commission.
Would you take
that seat, please?
The Commission will
hear Anthony Baretta.
Would the witness
identify himself?
Yeah. I'm Anthony Baretta.
I live at the King Edward Hotel
and I'm a police officer
with the 53rd Precinct.
Thank you. Mr. Baretta,
this is not a court of law.
This Commission was
created by the mayor
to make inquiries
into possible areas
of police corruption
in this city.
We've been given a
deadline which requires us
to move with all possible speed.
To this end we
are making inquiries
into information
which has come to us.
I must warn you that while
you are not under oath,
there is a record of
these proceedings,
and if what you say
today in any way differs
from testimony you
may give at a later date
or under different
circumstances,
you may find yourself in
very serious difficulties.
Now if that is understood,
we have certain
uninvestigated allegations
which have been
made against you,
and we'd like to get
your reactions to them.
Sir, could I interrupt
to ask a question?
If you feel it's necessary.
Yeah, yeah, I do.
I just... I would like to know
if you gentlemen on this Commission
know what you do to a guy,
a cop, that's just
trying to do his job.
In what way, Mr. Baretta?
Well, I mean
every officer in town
knows that I'm called
before this Commission.
They don't know why, but
they know I'm being investigated.
That makes it very difficult...
You are here to assist
us in our inquiries.
You are cooperating with
the aims of this Commission,
and unless you're saying you
have something to hide from us,
something you don't
wish included in the report,
I'm sure you've got nothing to worry
about from your appearance today.
Yeah, well, sir,
that's your judgment.
All right, I'll answer
the questions.
I have before me information
that you have
systematically violated
police regulations in regard...
I beg your pardon?
You have what, sir?
Mr. Baretta, will you
please do your best
to control your interruptions
and speak to the issues and
questions presented to you?
Yeah, excuse me. Go ahead, sir.
To continue,
we have information
that you, as a law officer,
have obtained
quantities of narcotics
in the course of your duties
and rather than
impounding these narcotics
for evidence, or to
be used as analysis,
you have made use of them to...
"prime the pump," shall we say?
That is, to obtain leverage
for yourself in criminal circles
to make larger, even
more spectacular arrests.
Would you reply to this?
Yeah.
No. No, I better
not reply to that.
I don't think you
want to hear the reply.
Are you refusing to
answer the charge?
Yeah. No.
No, I'm not refusing
to answer any charge.
I don't know where you're
getting that information,
but it's not true.
It's nonsense.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I also have information that
on more than one occasion,
you have neglected
to arrest known felons
on the theory that
by exploiting them
you could make arrests of
persons of greater celebrity.
Well, I...
I'd like to know where
you get that information,
because it's just...
It's crazy, that's all.
The Commission is under no
obligation to reveal its sources.
Sir, I'm not the worst cop
in the world, you know.
I mean, I make a
bust from time to time.
As a matter of fact, I
just made a very big bust.
Check my record.
It's in the light of these rather
impressive arrests recently
that we are asking
these questions.
Well, it's in the light
of these questions
that I'd like to know who
gave you the information.
If I knew, I could punch
holes in your questions
bigger than the mouth that
you got the information from, sir.
Please direct your answers
to the issues at hand?
Yes.
What are the issues at hand?
Have you ever neglected
to arrest a person
in order to make a more
showy arrest at a later date?
In other words,
do you find yourself
sometimes acting as
a judge or as a jury?
No...
not the way you guys mean.
No, I don't.
Sure, I let a junkie
go to try to find out
who's dealing to him,
or let some small-timer
go to try to follow him
upstairs to the big macher.
But that ain't nothing
any other cop doesn't do.
Thank you.
The Commission also
has knowledge, Mr. Baretta,
you volunteered to
provide a fellow officer
with an undisclosed sum of money
which was to be obtained
from an undisclosed source.
The Commission would
be very pleased to know
how much money you had in mind
and from whom it
was to be obtained.
I think I better
have a lawyer here.
Your request has been granted.
We also expect you
to rejoin the hearing
within an hour's time.
You know where I've been?
I've been in front
of that Commission.
They're asking me
do I give people dope
to get information from them?
And, do I make deals with
people before I bust 'em?
And where do I get the money to give
to good friends who are wearing things?
Where? Where do you
got it on you, man? Where?
Oh, Scotty,
what if they had
really nailed me?
What if I'd have said
something I couldn't get out of?
They had a hold on me, Tony.
What hold could they
have? We could've beat them.
They could've
heard what I told you.
Well, let's get it off then!
What'd they do to you,
partner? What'd they do to you?
I let the mule go, man.
Why? You're the best!
I blew it. I took the 40 grand.
Oh-hh...
I don't know. I was
gonna take it back...
but they had me nailed.
You know the set-up.
They bugged us on tape.
Nailed me when I
come out of the room.
They were like vultures.
They really took
advantage of the tape.
They were gonna send me up.
You know what it'd be like
for a cop in the joint.
I didn't think I could take it,
so I let 'em wire me.
Sleep.
Speed, no sleep.
It could've happened
to any of us.
I might've done the
same thing myself.
No.
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do, Scotty?
Them guys mean
business, I'm telling you.
You got to figure something
out. You ain't got much time.
Hey, Baretta,
they after you too?
This is round two for
me. Where you been?
You're not going in there
without a lawyer, are you?
Yeah, I don't need no lawyer.
You can't afford
to be without one.
Who are you?
His lawyer.
Officer Davis?
I'm taking the Fifth
with these jerks.
Yeah. Right.
Scotty: Hey.
Hi, Scotty! How're
you doing, man?
Okay. I resigned.
Oh, man.
I got to, you know. I'm
going to get in front of 'em
and I'm going to talk to
'em. I'm gonna clear you.
You don't have to worry
about me. I'm gonna be all right.
We got to start
thinking about you now.
You know, the first thing,
there's gonna be
a trial, you know?
Yeah. Pay those dues.
I just want to work, you know?
Yeah. Yeah, right.
It'll keep you busy.
But first... We
got to get in there
and punch at that
trial and then...
well, 10 years on the force,
that's got to be a lot of experience
for someplace, you know?
What's the matter? She's
really hung up, Cecilia.
Oh, yeah? Well, listen,
she might've learned
something, too.
Don't sell her short.
It might work out...
Mr. Baretta? Yeah.
It was my understanding,
Mr. Baretta,
that you'd have counsel present.
Yeah. Well, I
changed my mind, sir.
In that case, would you address
the allegation posted earlier?
Yes... to the allegation.
The allegation... whether
or not I had enough money
to offer a loan to
a friend of mine?
Yeah, I offered to loan
Scotty Mason some
money. That's what I did.
And the source of
the money offered?
I live in a kind of a
dumpy little hotel room
about four blocks
away from the precinct,
and I don't have any
parents to support,
don't have any
family to support.
I don't have any
really expensive vices,
and I save my money.
A pretty good chunk
of it every month.
And I got enough bread
to offer a friend some
money if he's in need,
and that's the
name of that tune.
Now, I don't have my
bank account with me,
but I'm sure you gentlemen
have adequate means of
checking on my bank account
or anything else that
you want to check on.
Anyway...
that's the big source of
my "secret funding," sir.
We're not accusing you. This
is not an adversarial proceeding.
Yeah, I understand that,
but I'd just like to say
that my personal opinion
is that your ends don't
justify your means...
sir.
You're excused, Mr. Baretta.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Sir, I just want to
say one more thing.
When you people hung
that microphone on Scotty,
you violated the
constitutional rights
of everybody who came in
contact with him, including me.
And I don't like that.
In fact, I don't like the
way you operate at all.
You wanna look for corruption, don't
start at the bottom with some flatfoot
who's trying to keep himself alive
for 20 years to make his pension.
That's too easy.
You start at the top, where
millions change hands
and where dope flows in
and out of this country at will.
Hang the microphones
on the guys who hired you.
Let 'em listen to each other
and see how clean
their skirts are.
And if that don't keep you busy,
then hang 'em on each other.
The Commission will hear
Detective Joseph Pasckle.
Would it be all right
if I stay in the room?
We have no
objections... Thank you.
Providing our next witness
will give his approval.
Joseph Pasckle. Yes, sir.
Mr. Pasckle?
Go up to the first
table up there, please.
Take this seat, please.
Mr. Pasckle, do you
have any objection
if Mr. Baretta remains in the
room during your testimony?
No. It's all right with me.
Mr. Pasckle gives his approval.
You may sit where you are,
providing you keep silent.
Will the witness identify
himself for the record?
Yes. My name is Joseph Pasckle,
Detective, 53rd Precinct.
Thank you.
Mr. Pasckle, you've made
reference to 50 or 60 pages
of notes concerning the
activities of Mr. Baretta.
Do you have the notes with you?
No, I don't, sir.
I believe our investigators
were under the impression
that you were going
to bring the notes.
I looked them over before
I came down here today.
They are what I call
"character notes."
They have no times or places...
Any specifics that might be
helpful or useful to this committee.
Again, sir,
we were under the
impression that they did.
Well, I looked them over
and I'm afraid they don't.
That being the case,
what is the basis
of your charges
against Mr. Baretta
that you made to
Detective Mason?
Expert testimony, sir.
That's what they would
call it in a court of law.
I am an expert...
At police work...
And you can take my
word that Mr. Baretta
or any other police
officer working alone
could not have
done those things...
Done what Mr. Baretta's done...
Unless he used the
techniques I suggested he used.
Are you telling us, Mr. Pasckle,
that you have no more than
an opinion about Mr. Baretta?
But you have to understand,
Baretta is too smart
to ever let me catch
him dead to rights.
I don't understand.
Is it possible that you have
made some damaging statements
against one of
your fellow officers
without any specific
information to support them?
Let me make it
clear to you, Mr. Karp.
They were deductions.
I am an expert at police work,
and I have been
called to testify as such
on several occasions.
I'm writing a novel,
and Mr. Baretta happens to be
a model for one of the
characters in my book.
Now, that is the
purpose of my notes.
After all, I am not
investigating Mr. Baretta.
In other words...
you have nothing to
offer this Commission
beyond your opinions?
My expert opinions, sir.
No actual evidence of any kind?
Mr. Karp, you're not letting
me say what I came here to say.
You are dismissed, Mr. Pasckle.
Mr. Baretta?
I offer you
an apology from myself
and from the Commission.
The apology...
Will be included in our report.
The hearing is
adjourned for the day.
Abie geshunt!
Give a kiss.
Abie geshunt!
I'm sorry, sugar.
That bird only knows
Italian and swear words.
Oh, Tony, don't put the
knishes in the chicken soup!
My mother would kill you!
Why not, man?
We put meatballs in minestrone
and don't nobody die from it.
I don't think this
is for drinking.
Listen, darling, I don't
really know what I'm doing
with this kosher stuff
here, so I'll step back...
Oh, no, you don't. You
stay here and you stir.
I'll stir. I'll take
care of the knishes.
You do the knishes.
Don't tense up. You're
getting an education.
I'm getting something
here. I ain't sure what yet.
I don't think this
is for drinking.
Scotty: I get a steady
job, steady hours,
I'll sit up there
and cook with you.
If the trial goes
right, you know?
The trial's gonna
go right, partner.
I love you anyway.
I figure any guy who'd
steal 40 grand for me,
I'm gonna stick by and cook for
no matter what.
No, this is not for drinking.
I remember!
This is for ceremonies!
Baretta: For ceremonies?
Yeah, let me handle that.
I once went to a restaurant
owned by a fella named Abe Fong.
Abe Fong?
It was a Chinese restaurant
with Jewish food on the menu.
Why would a Chinese restaurant
have Jewish food on the menu?
Billy: Well, they had a
lot of Italian customers.
I see, a lot of Italian
customers. And that's the truth.
Fred, come over here. I think
it's time for your bar mitzvah.
Come and see me, pretty bird.
Oh my goodness. Here.
Do you want a little matzo ball?
Hey, I think Fred's
gonna be a rabbi.
Change his name to Hymie.
the action, huh?
That's $40,000 tax-free.
It could be the chance
of your lifetime, Colonel.
Spying on my friends?
We're giving you a chance
to exonerate yourself
by cooperating with
the Commission.
I scored some more dope.
I got two of these left.
You want one? No, man.
Mr. Baretta, we have information
that you as a law officer
have obtained
quantities of narcotics.
I think I'd better
have a lawyer here.
Man: ♪ Oh I had a dog
and his name was Blue... ♪
Hey, you rummy!
Wake up, you can't sleep in
here. This ain't the mission.
I'm awake. You
were snoozing, man.
If you snooze, you lose.
I'm going back to the dream.
No, you ain't, I'm going to
make you a famous detective.
You just hung up on Cecilia.
Oh my Lord! Hold it.
Hello, Cecilia, darling.
This poor skinny rummy already
lost 20 pounds over your body
so he can't see you
no more. That's all.
Let's go, we got work to do.
I got two of these left.
You want one? No man.
Don't worry, they're legal.
It's Cecilia's prescription.
That stuff's going to
burn a hole in your brain.
And I'm here to tell you Cecilia's
going to put you in the graveyard
or the loony bin. Understand?
Wish I could get
you off the club.
You sound like my Aunt Tillie.
Come on, Aunt Tillie,
we got work to do.
Your attention, please.
Transglobal flight 398
from Montevideo, Buenos Aires...
Scotty: Hey, Tony, I don't
like the one you're getting.
Say, would you
tell her about me?
Nothing to say.
I'm tired, man. I've
been here forever.
Four days. Isn't
it four days now?
We don't crack
this one pretty soon,
what's her name... Cecilia...
Going to give me
the walking papers.
Hang loose, partner.
The Lord can't keep
dealing lowball forever.
There's got to be an
ace in there somewhere.
Yeah. What if they
change the MO? Yeah.
What if they come across in
huaraches instead of a wine jug?
No, they ain't going to
change horses midstream.
They got a good th...
That's him, right?
That's the jug.
It sure is.
I'd like to bust him right
now and sleep for a week.
Yeah, me too.
Let's be good cops and
see where he takes us.
But let's move though, okay?
No, lighten up. Lighten up now.
Police. Up against the wall.
Pasckle, what are
you doing here?
Just stand back,
Baretta, this is my collar.
What? We've been on this
case for a week with customs.
You think every
collar belongs to you.
I don't care if you've been
working this case for 20 years.
I've got the mule
and I got the jug.
I'm going to crack it open
and show you two losers
the best South American
cocaine money can buy.
If you're lucky, I'll let
you witness the arrest.
Excuse me, sir. Sir?
Do you speak English?
A little bit.
What do you see here, sir?
My wine. Your wine. That's all.
You see anything? His wine.
His wine. That's all.
Sir, I believe you've
collared the wrong mule.
There is no fine South
American cocaine there, sir.
Excuse me, what is
your profession? Huh?
Your work. How do you
earn your money? Your work.
Work. Work.
I am the finest...
neurosurgeon in Venezuela.
Neurosurgeon.
Neurosurgeon is
here, Humpty Dumpty.
Maybe he can fix your
gourd for you, dummy.
Good morning, gentlemen...
Various: Morning, sir.
And ladies.
Woman: Good morning.
It occurs to me that some of you
may be under the impression
that we are working by ourselves
in this fight against crime;
that we are just a
small, vulnerable platoon
that has been pitted against
the overwhelming hordes
of the criminal enemy.
I'm here today to
tell you, gentlemen,
that we are no longer alone.
If you have been reading
the newspapers at all...
How nice that we
could all be present.
Yeah.
Excuse me, boss.
As I was saying, if you have been
reading the newspapers lately...
and I have it on
reasonable authority
that some of you do read...
then you are probably
aware of the Karp Commission
and its work.
This unit was established
by the government,
and its members are men of
considerable stature and reputation
in the legislative community.
Now, the fact is, that
statistics showing an increase
in the crime rate over
the past 12 months
have not escaped
their attention.
They attribute this problem...
This increase... To
police corruption.
Cop: Oh, come on.
Pasckle: Ridiculous, sir!
Yes, and that's the good news.
Yes, the bad news is that you,
as individuals,
and we, as a unit,
have become their prime target.
Undercover detectives
have a degree of freedom
and autonomy in their work
that other units...
Excuse me, boss?
Just don't have.
Is that why you put Pasckle
on a job that me and
Scotty have been working on
for a couple of weeks?
I've double-teamed every
file in our caseload, Baretta.
Without telling us?
In some instances, yes.
You're talking about
the Karp Commission
having a lack of trust.
What I'm trying to say is...
It is not a question
of trust, Baretta.
It is checks and balances.
It's a fail-safe.
If anything ever does come
up, we want the answers, too.
It's for your own good.
For my own good?
Pasckle is for my own good?
He roughed up the
wrong guy at the airport.
He could've blown
the whole case!
He fit the MO. Fit
the MO?! You dummy!
You could've been
sued for a million dollars!
Detective Pasckle would not be
in this outfit if he wasn't qualified.
I don't want to hear
any more about it!
If you're tired and
would like a rest,
I'll assign another
detail to the airport.
I'm not talking about
who's supposed to be
in this operation and who's not.
I'm trying to say,
with your permission,
I would like to finish a case
that me and Scotty been
working on for two weeks
without Pasckle being
involved. That's it.
With my permission you
will follow your assignment
just like every other
officer in this room.
Now, where was I?
Yeah, so that any mistakes
from here on out...
And this is a warning...
Any mistake, any
shred of evidence
that corruption does exist in
this unit, and I guarantee you
that Commission is not only
going to have us on the carpet,
it is going to sweep
us right under it!
We are going to
be out of business!
Do I make myself clear? I
am talking about anything!
A free cup of coffee and donuts
that you get on the arm
from the corner drugstore...
Hey, lady, you
want a free chili dog?
I thought you'd never ask.
Anything that
smells, feels, tastes
or could possibly be
construed as corruption.
All right. Forewarned
is forearmed.
Have a good day, gentlemen.
Excellent, sir!
Baretta, this is the
way it has got to be,
so don't give me a
hard time about it.
I'll give you five minutes to get
your deadwood out of my office.
Shiller: Lieutenant?
See you later, Baretta.
You... you're a bad
cop. Do you know that?
What you do for this department
ain't worth a 10¢
detective magazine.
All you care about is your
memoirs that you're writing.
For your information, Baretta,
what I'm writing is a novel.
You can pay somebody
to write your memoirs.
I'm an author. I'll tell
you something else,
what my book's
about... It's about cops,
because that's what I know best.
And you're one of the
characters in it, Tony.
You keep messing around
and somebody's gonna get hurt.
Shiller put you on my case...
Nothing I can do about that.
But I'm telling you,
stay away from me.
Why is that, Tony? You
got something to hide?
It's a lot simpler than that.
I just don't like you.
That's perfect, Tony.
Right in character.
What's the
chief... It's all over.
Baretta: Why don't you
just... I'll wait out in the car.
She wants you to see the
place. It's got some new things.
She wants me to
move in with her.
Oh, really? Yeah. Come on.
Cecilia?
In the kitchen, darling.
My goodness, I
should've wiped my feet.
Hello, lover.
I missed you, Cecilia.
Me too.
Oh, Scotty, the bacon.
It's gonna burn to a crisp.
Oh hi, Tony. It's
good to see you.
Hi, sugar.
Would you believe
Scotty bought me that?
What is that?
It cooks with sound waves.
I have no idea
how it works, but...
Scotty's very mechanical,
aren't you, darling?
I'm a genius, a boy genius.
Poor babies, you look so tired.
How about some
bacon and eggs, Tony?
No thanks, darling.
No, I ate at the airport.
I'm just gonna...
sack right out here on the couch
and rest my weary bones.
Cecilia: Make yourself at home.
Want anything with your bacon?
You know what I want.
Where's Vinny?
He already left for school.
We got a new carpool
and I only have to
drive one day a week.
Terrific.
Oh, you got that cash?
Yeah, yeah.
Vinny's dad is late with
the support check again.
Yeah, sure.
Thank you, honey.
Yeah.
Going back to work?
Yeah.
I really should go. Yeah.
Love you.
Thank you. See you later. Okay.
Bye, Tony.
Bye, bye, baby.
Changing my shirt.
Right.
Yeah.
We got to go to the airport.
Ahem... Cecilia?
She's gone.
You want some score?
No, partner. Thanks.
Nice, huh? This is beautiful.
She's got herself a
love-nest here for sure.
Yeah, for a kid
off the streets...
never thought she'd
give me a second look,
but I think she loves me.
Isn't it nice?
The whole place
is beautiful, Scotty,
but you're just a flatfoot.
Ain't you in a little
bit over your head?
I do everything I can to help.
I'd marry her if she asked me.
Yeah, I believe you would.
But about that money? If you
need more, you know where to come.
Don't get messed
up with those sharks.
Yeah, thanks.
I'm trying to say, we've been
in the trenches for a long time.
There's no such thing
as a part-time cop.
I don't want you
to get in trouble.
Are you in my
corner? Yeah, sure.
She's in my corner,
okay? Want to go? Huh?
All right. We'll go.
Lay a yard on me till the 15th?
Sure I can lay a yard
on you till the 15th,
that ain't what I'm
talking about, man.
You need some kind of
help now. Enough. Enough.
Okay... The bacon's gonna burn.
No, it turns off by itself.
Passengers arriving
on Transglobal flight 342
from Quito, Panama
City and Hermosillo...
Baretta: That looks like
the real thing, partner.
Go into your act. I'm
gonna change my dress.
Okay.
Okay, Latour just arrived.
He's leaving the airport.
He should be at the hotel in
two hours. Have everything ready.
Cab, sir? Yes.
Are you up? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Get right in here, sir.
Where would you like to go?
Baron's Castle.
Here's the address.
You got it. Good.
Thank you. Thanks, chief.
What the hell are you doing?
You want a ride? Get
over! This is my car!
I'm following the cab.
Baretta, never touch me again.
Okay, Joe.
I been up for
five days, partner.
Don't run over me no
more, I won't hit you no more.
I've been right along with
you for those five days.
You're a brick.
Where we going?
We're gonna follow
the little brown jug.
See where it leads us.
Unless you want to get sued
by another brain surgeon.
I had probable cause.
You had probable cause.
You know what you got?
I'll tell you what you got.
You got a lot of self-interest,
that's what you got.
What's your job?
Following mules,
making wine puddles,
or heading for the big honchos?
You take this too seriously.
I do, huh? Yeah.
This job is a dead-end street.
If you had any brains at all,
you'd think about
something with a future.
Maybe I could become
the finest neurosurgeon
in all of Venezuela.
That book of mine is gonna
make the bestseller list.
Can I star in the movie version?
Right, right.
I'll send you a postcard
from Hollywood.
You know something, Joe?
I believe you will.
I believe you'll
make it to Hollywood.
Hold it! Hey,
"Steinbeck," wait a minute.
Go around the back
and don't do nothing.
Hi, sailor!
Ah, good morning, sir.
I have a little problem
here. I have this hole.
I'd suggest invisible
weaving, sir.
Is that something you
could do while I wait?
Can I go in the back
and take my pants off?
Police, hold it right there.
You nut! What are you...
You dummy!
Get up.
Is that what it's about for you?
A couple of mules and some dope?
Come on, Let's move it!
Now, you see the gun.
Here's the badge.
I got the warrant in the pocket.
You're under arrest, pal.
Go on against the wall.
Go on, go on.
Go on.
Look, Officer, I'm a salesman.
Oh, yeah?
What've you got
in there, "samples"?
Well, I just made a cash deal.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, you sure did.
Buy you some good
real estate in the pen.
Look, I'm a family man.
I got a wife and kids.
I ran up a little cocaine
from South America
but I don't hurt anybody.
That's funny.
That's a funny line.
Look, there's $40,000
there, Colonel.
You got kids?
What's your net?
16, 1 7,000 a year?
Less?
How 'bout a little...
"presto-change-o," huh?
Easy, chief.
You have the right
to remain silent,
anything you say may be
used against you in court.
Now, you can call a lawyer
when we hit downtown.
That's $40,000, tax-free.
There's no deductions,
nothing out for Uncle Sam.
I heard you.
That money can't
be traced. It's clean.
Yeah... about as clean
as a sidewalk in Central Park.
Latour on radio:
Where do I get by lying?
What do I get by believing you?
This could be the chance
of your lifetime, Colonel.
Look, I don't want to
end up in the slammer
any more than you want to end up
at 65 with nothing
but a pension.
40 grand, huh?
I'd like to sleep on that.
Hey, it's obvious.
Where are you going, chief?
Let me see the other bag.
I want to see what's in it.
Well, I just thought I'd
take it with me. Open it up.
Got more money?
Okay.
Look, I'm blown, right?
I mean, I won't be coming back
into the country anymore, right?
So...
I get away with it, huh?
I mean...
well, you know, those
things, they happen.
Don't worry. We'll
nail him downstairs.
Roger Simon, Karp Commission.
You're in a lot of
trouble, Officer.
I was taking this down
to the station. Yeah?
The guy who gave it to you. Were you
gonna take him down to the station, too?
Come.
Happy birthday,
boss. There's the lady.
We got four mules.
Two of them in the morgue,
thanks to "Wimpy" here.
Where's Scotty and the bag?
I don't know. He
hasn't checked in yet.
What do you mean?
He was ahead of me.
He was supposed to be here with the
mule and money. The last time I saw Mason,
he was asleep in that chair
right over there, remember?
I haven't seen
him since. Nothing?
No, why? What's the matter?
If he's out there, he must
be in some kind of trouble.
I'm going up to
Communications, okay?
Yeah, go ahead. I'll let
them know you're coming.
I'll take this back
over to Narcotics.
Give me Communications.
What are you...?
I was taking it in.
I've never taken
anything in my life.
Mr. Mason, we are not
judges, merely investigators.
Now, you did take $40,000
which didn't belong to you,
and you did make a deal.
Well... It was a
set-up. It's entrapment.
I'm afraid not.
No. It was a scam.
You see, we didn't
set up the meeting.
The man from whom
you took this money
is in fact a dope smuggler,
what you call a "mule."
We've had that
particular hotel room
under surveillance
for some time now.
Mr...? Simon.
Simon.
I been up for five
straight days now.
I've been on speed,
so I'm not thinking
too straight, you know?
But if you'd only
check the record,
I been on this
force for 10 years
and I've never taken
anything in my life.
I'm sure all that will be
taken into consideration
when you're called to testify
before the Commission.
Well, what happens when
I go see the Commission?
Presumably your deposition
will be congruent with
what we have on tape.
You will lose
your job, go to trial,
and I imagine...
you will be found guilty
on several charges.
A judge will sentence you.
Well, is there...
Is there anything I can do?
I am prepared to offer you
an alternative, Mr. Mason.
What the hell is that?
It's a microphone.
It's our most
powerful transmitter.
It picks up everything you say,
everything people near you say,
and sends a signal
back to our recorder.
Spying on my friends?
Let's put it this way.
How would you like
to take this money
and turn it into your
commanding officer,
knowing that no charges
will be made against you?
Oh, a set-up.
No, we're giving you a
chance to stay out of prison
by cooperating with
the Commission.
Agent: What's so hard to
take? Cops do it all the time.
What you're doing is exchanging
information for amnesty.
Of course, you can
always go to jail.
This way, you'll get
a regular paycheck.
Mr. Ursillo will show you
how to attach the microphone.
It clips right under
the collar, here.
Mr. Mason, I can
assure you that no one...
No one... will ever
suspect it's there.
Inspector Rodriguez?
One moment please.
Inspector Rodriguez. Line three.
Hey, man! Where you been?
I been looking all
over for you. I lost him.
What do you mean, you lost him?
You been in the trenches for
100 years. You don't lose nobody.
What happened? You threw the
money away and told him to take a cab?
I got a receipt. I know you got the
money. What happened to the mule?
Where is he? He
got the drop on me.
He knocked me down and ran out.
I was tired. I was
dead on my feet,
and I hit the stairs,
went down on my nose.
The money was in the
room. The door was still open
and it was still
sitting in the suitcase.
So I figured, you
know, if he hit the street
he ain't coming back,
but the money's open.
So I run back, you know?
Blew it. What do we care?
He's in Europe by now.
We need the money
to make the case, right?
Yeah. You know where I'm going?
I'm going home to bed.
Come over tomorrow
and I'll give you
a submarine sandwich and
put some meat on your bones.
Okay. You rummy,
you. You blew the mule.
Hey, Scotty.
Hey. Hey, man,
how can you stand
working with that guy, huh?
Who pushed your button?
What are you jumping on me for?
I'm not the one you
should be ticked at.
He's headed for a lot of
trouble, I'm telling you, Scotty.
I'm telling you that's
what's going on.
Those big-time collars
he's been making,
you think he's on
the level, don't you?
What are you talking about?
What do you think, I'm
blind? I know how he works.
He busts some one-kilo
dealer, he don't even turn it in.
He saves it. You haven't
put it together yet, have you?
I've been following Baretta
for damn near a month.
He's got more contacts than
a fuse-box at Grand Central.
You sound like a line
out of your dumb book.
Look, Scotty, I'm not
here for making jokes.
You or me, or any
other straight cop
would have busted
those pushers, right?
But Baretta? No, no.
Baretta, he rips off
the dope, let's 'em go.
Right? So they owe him.
Then when he gets enough stuff,
he trades it back to
them for information.
He deals, friend,
so he can make the kind of
busts no straight cop could ever.
Why don't you take a walk?
I'll tell you
something, Pasckle,
Baretta's the best cop on
the force, and you know it.
I'm gonna go home and
get some sleep. I'm tired.
You got that?
Pasckle: Get something
through that thick head of yours,
I have got 50 or 60
pages on Baretta alone.
Now, do you
understand what that is?
Yeah. Listen, Pasckle,
let me tell you something.
He's a friend of mine.
You know what to do
with that book of yours?
Baretta: ♪ Yodel
lay-e-o, yodel lay-e-o... ♪
Come on, dummy, sing!
♪ Yodel lay-e-o... ♪
It's open. Come on in, partner.
♪ Yodel lay-e-o,
yodel lay-e-o. ♪
You dunce. How are
you feeling? Great.
I'm in the pink. You
look a little peaked.
Oh, I'm not eating enough.
Yeah? How come? You
got to start living on protein
instead of speed.
Don't Cecilia feed you good?
Yeah, but she
works it off of me, too.
Yeah, well here.
♪ Does your mother
know you're out, Cecilia? ♪
Pump that little baby in,
and you're gonna
feel a lot better.
You'll go show
Cecilia... Hey, listen.
A hundred bucks.
You want it? You got it.
Right.
One yard, coming up for my man.
20, 40, 60, 80, $100. Here.
Any more you need,
you know where
to come to get it.
Thank you, man.
What'd you turn that thing on
for? Come on, turn that down.
That hurts Fred's
ears. I'm sorry.
I was trying to say I
saw the way she lives.
That's pretty high style.
There's a lot of johns
on the street with money.
You want to keep
her? You love her?
Come to me, I'll give you
all the money you want.
You understand? Enough said.
I got sources, partner,
you wouldn't believe.
You come to your
"old dad," okay?
Tony Baretta?
Hold it, guys, I'm clean. I
ain't worn a dress in years.
With all due respect, Officer,
that's a subpoena, Mr. Baretta.
It's from the Karp Commission.
Would you take
that seat, please?
The Commission will
hear Anthony Baretta.
Would the witness
identify himself?
Yeah. I'm Anthony Baretta.
I live at the King Edward Hotel
and I'm a police officer
with the 53rd Precinct.
Thank you. Mr. Baretta,
this is not a court of law.
This Commission was
created by the mayor
to make inquiries
into possible areas
of police corruption
in this city.
We've been given a
deadline which requires us
to move with all possible speed.
To this end we
are making inquiries
into information
which has come to us.
I must warn you that while
you are not under oath,
there is a record of
these proceedings,
and if what you say
today in any way differs
from testimony you
may give at a later date
or under different
circumstances,
you may find yourself in
very serious difficulties.
Now if that is understood,
we have certain
uninvestigated allegations
which have been
made against you,
and we'd like to get
your reactions to them.
Sir, could I interrupt
to ask a question?
If you feel it's necessary.
Yeah, yeah, I do.
I just... I would like to know
if you gentlemen on this Commission
know what you do to a guy,
a cop, that's just
trying to do his job.
In what way, Mr. Baretta?
Well, I mean
every officer in town
knows that I'm called
before this Commission.
They don't know why, but
they know I'm being investigated.
That makes it very difficult...
You are here to assist
us in our inquiries.
You are cooperating with
the aims of this Commission,
and unless you're saying you
have something to hide from us,
something you don't
wish included in the report,
I'm sure you've got nothing to worry
about from your appearance today.
Yeah, well, sir,
that's your judgment.
All right, I'll answer
the questions.
I have before me information
that you have
systematically violated
police regulations in regard...
I beg your pardon?
You have what, sir?
Mr. Baretta, will you
please do your best
to control your interruptions
and speak to the issues and
questions presented to you?
Yeah, excuse me. Go ahead, sir.
To continue,
we have information
that you, as a law officer,
have obtained
quantities of narcotics
in the course of your duties
and rather than
impounding these narcotics
for evidence, or to
be used as analysis,
you have made use of them to...
"prime the pump," shall we say?
That is, to obtain leverage
for yourself in criminal circles
to make larger, even
more spectacular arrests.
Would you reply to this?
Yeah.
No. No, I better
not reply to that.
I don't think you
want to hear the reply.
Are you refusing to
answer the charge?
Yeah. No.
No, I'm not refusing
to answer any charge.
I don't know where you're
getting that information,
but it's not true.
It's nonsense.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I also have information that
on more than one occasion,
you have neglected
to arrest known felons
on the theory that
by exploiting them
you could make arrests of
persons of greater celebrity.
Well, I...
I'd like to know where
you get that information,
because it's just...
It's crazy, that's all.
The Commission is under no
obligation to reveal its sources.
Sir, I'm not the worst cop
in the world, you know.
I mean, I make a
bust from time to time.
As a matter of fact, I
just made a very big bust.
Check my record.
It's in the light of these rather
impressive arrests recently
that we are asking
these questions.
Well, it's in the light
of these questions
that I'd like to know who
gave you the information.
If I knew, I could punch
holes in your questions
bigger than the mouth that
you got the information from, sir.
Please direct your answers
to the issues at hand?
Yes.
What are the issues at hand?
Have you ever neglected
to arrest a person
in order to make a more
showy arrest at a later date?
In other words,
do you find yourself
sometimes acting as
a judge or as a jury?
No...
not the way you guys mean.
No, I don't.
Sure, I let a junkie
go to try to find out
who's dealing to him,
or let some small-timer
go to try to follow him
upstairs to the big macher.
But that ain't nothing
any other cop doesn't do.
Thank you.
The Commission also
has knowledge, Mr. Baretta,
you volunteered to
provide a fellow officer
with an undisclosed sum of money
which was to be obtained
from an undisclosed source.
The Commission would
be very pleased to know
how much money you had in mind
and from whom it
was to be obtained.
I think I better
have a lawyer here.
Your request has been granted.
We also expect you
to rejoin the hearing
within an hour's time.
You know where I've been?
I've been in front
of that Commission.
They're asking me
do I give people dope
to get information from them?
And, do I make deals with
people before I bust 'em?
And where do I get the money to give
to good friends who are wearing things?
Where? Where do you
got it on you, man? Where?
Oh, Scotty,
what if they had
really nailed me?
What if I'd have said
something I couldn't get out of?
They had a hold on me, Tony.
What hold could they
have? We could've beat them.
They could've
heard what I told you.
Well, let's get it off then!
What'd they do to you,
partner? What'd they do to you?
I let the mule go, man.
Why? You're the best!
I blew it. I took the 40 grand.
Oh-hh...
I don't know. I was
gonna take it back...
but they had me nailed.
You know the set-up.
They bugged us on tape.
Nailed me when I
come out of the room.
They were like vultures.
They really took
advantage of the tape.
They were gonna send me up.
You know what it'd be like
for a cop in the joint.
I didn't think I could take it,
so I let 'em wire me.
Sleep.
Speed, no sleep.
It could've happened
to any of us.
I might've done the
same thing myself.
No.
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do, Scotty?
Them guys mean
business, I'm telling you.
You got to figure something
out. You ain't got much time.
Hey, Baretta,
they after you too?
This is round two for
me. Where you been?
You're not going in there
without a lawyer, are you?
Yeah, I don't need no lawyer.
You can't afford
to be without one.
Who are you?
His lawyer.
Officer Davis?
I'm taking the Fifth
with these jerks.
Yeah. Right.
Scotty: Hey.
Hi, Scotty! How're
you doing, man?
Okay. I resigned.
Oh, man.
I got to, you know. I'm
going to get in front of 'em
and I'm going to talk to
'em. I'm gonna clear you.
You don't have to worry
about me. I'm gonna be all right.
We got to start
thinking about you now.
You know, the first thing,
there's gonna be
a trial, you know?
Yeah. Pay those dues.
I just want to work, you know?
Yeah. Yeah, right.
It'll keep you busy.
But first... We
got to get in there
and punch at that
trial and then...
well, 10 years on the force,
that's got to be a lot of experience
for someplace, you know?
What's the matter? She's
really hung up, Cecilia.
Oh, yeah? Well, listen,
she might've learned
something, too.
Don't sell her short.
It might work out...
Mr. Baretta? Yeah.
It was my understanding,
Mr. Baretta,
that you'd have counsel present.
Yeah. Well, I
changed my mind, sir.
In that case, would you address
the allegation posted earlier?
Yes... to the allegation.
The allegation... whether
or not I had enough money
to offer a loan to
a friend of mine?
Yeah, I offered to loan
Scotty Mason some
money. That's what I did.
And the source of
the money offered?
I live in a kind of a
dumpy little hotel room
about four blocks
away from the precinct,
and I don't have any
parents to support,
don't have any
family to support.
I don't have any
really expensive vices,
and I save my money.
A pretty good chunk
of it every month.
And I got enough bread
to offer a friend some
money if he's in need,
and that's the
name of that tune.
Now, I don't have my
bank account with me,
but I'm sure you gentlemen
have adequate means of
checking on my bank account
or anything else that
you want to check on.
Anyway...
that's the big source of
my "secret funding," sir.
We're not accusing you. This
is not an adversarial proceeding.
Yeah, I understand that,
but I'd just like to say
that my personal opinion
is that your ends don't
justify your means...
sir.
You're excused, Mr. Baretta.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Sir, I just want to
say one more thing.
When you people hung
that microphone on Scotty,
you violated the
constitutional rights
of everybody who came in
contact with him, including me.
And I don't like that.
In fact, I don't like the
way you operate at all.
You wanna look for corruption, don't
start at the bottom with some flatfoot
who's trying to keep himself alive
for 20 years to make his pension.
That's too easy.
You start at the top, where
millions change hands
and where dope flows in
and out of this country at will.
Hang the microphones
on the guys who hired you.
Let 'em listen to each other
and see how clean
their skirts are.
And if that don't keep you busy,
then hang 'em on each other.
The Commission will hear
Detective Joseph Pasckle.
Would it be all right
if I stay in the room?
We have no
objections... Thank you.
Providing our next witness
will give his approval.
Joseph Pasckle. Yes, sir.
Mr. Pasckle?
Go up to the first
table up there, please.
Take this seat, please.
Mr. Pasckle, do you
have any objection
if Mr. Baretta remains in the
room during your testimony?
No. It's all right with me.
Mr. Pasckle gives his approval.
You may sit where you are,
providing you keep silent.
Will the witness identify
himself for the record?
Yes. My name is Joseph Pasckle,
Detective, 53rd Precinct.
Thank you.
Mr. Pasckle, you've made
reference to 50 or 60 pages
of notes concerning the
activities of Mr. Baretta.
Do you have the notes with you?
No, I don't, sir.
I believe our investigators
were under the impression
that you were going
to bring the notes.
I looked them over before
I came down here today.
They are what I call
"character notes."
They have no times or places...
Any specifics that might be
helpful or useful to this committee.
Again, sir,
we were under the
impression that they did.
Well, I looked them over
and I'm afraid they don't.
That being the case,
what is the basis
of your charges
against Mr. Baretta
that you made to
Detective Mason?
Expert testimony, sir.
That's what they would
call it in a court of law.
I am an expert...
At police work...
And you can take my
word that Mr. Baretta
or any other police
officer working alone
could not have
done those things...
Done what Mr. Baretta's done...
Unless he used the
techniques I suggested he used.
Are you telling us, Mr. Pasckle,
that you have no more than
an opinion about Mr. Baretta?
But you have to understand,
Baretta is too smart
to ever let me catch
him dead to rights.
I don't understand.
Is it possible that you have
made some damaging statements
against one of
your fellow officers
without any specific
information to support them?
Let me make it
clear to you, Mr. Karp.
They were deductions.
I am an expert at police work,
and I have been
called to testify as such
on several occasions.
I'm writing a novel,
and Mr. Baretta happens to be
a model for one of the
characters in my book.
Now, that is the
purpose of my notes.
After all, I am not
investigating Mr. Baretta.
In other words...
you have nothing to
offer this Commission
beyond your opinions?
My expert opinions, sir.
No actual evidence of any kind?
Mr. Karp, you're not letting
me say what I came here to say.
You are dismissed, Mr. Pasckle.
Mr. Baretta?
I offer you
an apology from myself
and from the Commission.
The apology...
Will be included in our report.
The hearing is
adjourned for the day.
Abie geshunt!
Give a kiss.
Abie geshunt!
I'm sorry, sugar.
That bird only knows
Italian and swear words.
Oh, Tony, don't put the
knishes in the chicken soup!
My mother would kill you!
Why not, man?
We put meatballs in minestrone
and don't nobody die from it.
I don't think this
is for drinking.
Listen, darling, I don't
really know what I'm doing
with this kosher stuff
here, so I'll step back...
Oh, no, you don't. You
stay here and you stir.
I'll stir. I'll take
care of the knishes.
You do the knishes.
Don't tense up. You're
getting an education.
I'm getting something
here. I ain't sure what yet.
I don't think this
is for drinking.
Scotty: I get a steady
job, steady hours,
I'll sit up there
and cook with you.
If the trial goes
right, you know?
The trial's gonna
go right, partner.
I love you anyway.
I figure any guy who'd
steal 40 grand for me,
I'm gonna stick by and cook for
no matter what.
No, this is not for drinking.
I remember!
This is for ceremonies!
Baretta: For ceremonies?
Yeah, let me handle that.
I once went to a restaurant
owned by a fella named Abe Fong.
Abe Fong?
It was a Chinese restaurant
with Jewish food on the menu.
Why would a Chinese restaurant
have Jewish food on the menu?
Billy: Well, they had a
lot of Italian customers.
I see, a lot of Italian
customers. And that's the truth.
Fred, come over here. I think
it's time for your bar mitzvah.
Come and see me, pretty bird.
Oh my goodness. Here.
Do you want a little matzo ball?
Hey, I think Fred's
gonna be a rabbi.
Change his name to Hymie.