Crime Story (1986–1988): Season 2, Episode 13 - Protected Witness - full transcript
A Chicago mobster with a contract on his head becomes the target of Torello, who wants him alive, and Luca, who wants him dead.
pretty woman
walking down the street,
pretty woman
the kind
I'd like to meet
pretty woman
I don't believe you
you're not the truth
no one could look
as good as you
mercy...
Do you remember
this guy?
Yeah, he used to work
here, but I fired him.
The guy was always
late to work.
- Sometimes he didn't show up at all.
- How long ago?
Ah, two weeks.
- Any idea where he went?
- Yeah.
He hopped a bus
headed for l.A.
- Are you sure about that?
- I'm sure, I'm sure. Why? What's he done?
We want to talk to him about
a bank robbery in kansas city.
It figures.
I knew the guy was trouble.
pretty woman
stop awhile
pretty woman
talk awhile
pretty woman
give your smile
to me...
Hi, baby, it's me.
- Yeah.
- I'll call the f.B.I. Office in l.A.
We'll knock off and we'll
go get something to eat.
That is of course, unless you
don't have a date with ann.
No, she's
at a cello recital.
- She plays the cello?
- Yeah.
- So...
- Wait a second.
- This girl, she plays
the cello? - Mm-hmm.
- She recites poetry?
- Mm-hmm.
And she collects
japanese art?
- Yeah, so?
- What doesn't this girl do?
She doesn't bowl.
- Ow! I'm sorry.
- Oh!
- Excuse me, I beg-
- it's my fault.
- I should have been watching where I was going.
- Oh, I...
No, I should be watching
where you're going.
Has anybody ever told you,
miss, that, uh, miss...
- Drop dead.
- Miss, uh...
Miss dead, yes.
- I bet ya she bowls.
- Ooh.
okay
if that's the way
it must be
okay
I guess
I'll go on home, it's late
there'll be
tomorrow night...
What do you say
we go get some chinese?
- Nah, I had it last night.
- So what?
You know that oriental waitress
over at the lucky star?
- Look at that.
- oh, whoa
Hey! Hey!
- pretty woman.
Oh!
Take off!
Least she could have done
was said "thanks."
We sure can pick 'em.
as I walk along
I wonder
what went wrong
with our lives
lives that were
so strong
and as I still walk on
I think of the things
we've done
together
while our hearts
were young
I'm a-walkin'
in the rain
tears are fallin'
and I feel the pain
watchin' all the players
go by
some live and others die
and I wonder
I wah-wah-wah-wah wonder
why?
why, why,
why, why, why
I don't walk away
and I wonder
what makes me stay
runaway
run, run, run, run
runaway
run, run, run...
The next thing I know,
Two guys are trying to force
this girl into her car
- And wearing a gunbag.
- You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm fine, thanks.
Theresa farentino.
She had a chicago I.D.
So I called chief kramer.
She's married to frankie
farentino. You remember him?
- Frankie "the duke."
- yeah.
Bag man
for vitto maggio.
We arrested him once
for armed robbery.
Not your standard women's
cosmetic kit, is it?
Well, there's more.
Kramer doesn't know why,
But vitto maggio
and frankie farentino
- Had this real heavy beef...
- Mm-hmm.
...And ever since then,
frankie boy's been on the run.
The I.D. On one of these
stiffs says he's jackie prince.
- You know who I think
he works for?
Vitto maggio.
- Yeah.
All right, so what we have is
frankie farentino on the run.
His wife
comes to las vegas.
Two of vitto maggio's guys
tried to grab her-
Which means what?
They want to use theresa
to lead them to frankie.
Maggio must want frankie
pretty bad.
- You're right.
- Right.
But if we can get to frankie
before vitto maggio's guys do,
Maybe we can flip him,
Turn him
into a federal witness
- Against vitto maggio.
- Mmm.
- If we can find farentino.
Mike!
This is rusty miller,
The cabbie that theresa farentino
skipped out of here with.
No kidding.
- Nice work.
- Thanks.
So what do you hear
from chen?
Chen wants to talk.
He's got shipments
piling up at macao.
- He wants to see some movement.
- It's too bad.
Business takes time.
Chen wants action,
not axioms.
It's not our mission in life
to make chen happy.
You're the diplomat
around here, david,
- So go be diplomatic.
- All right, ray.
Just get out of my way! I've got my orders!
- He knew who I was! He don't want to see me!
- I'm don't care who you are!
Get out of my way!
- Hello, ray.
- I'm sorry, mr. Luca. She got past me.
That's all right.
Theresa?
That's all,
howard.
Theresa,
you look terrific.
So do you, pauli.
Thank you.
I know.
So when did you
get into vegas?
Just a little
while ago.
Pauli,
just don't stand there.
Give the lady a drink.
Bourbon, right?
- You remembered.
- Some things you don't forget.
Say hello
to max goldman.
Yeah, charmed.
This is nice, ray.
You've come a long way
from the patch.
Yeah, well,
I'm doing all right.
So...
How's frankie?
You know how he is.
He's in trouble.
Stay away from him,
theresa. That's my advice.
I don't need your advice, ray,
I need your help,
- To get frankie off the hook.
- There's nothing I can do.
You wanna talk chicago,
you talk to vitto.
This is vegas.
I'm not involved.
You're not involved?!
Those two goons
Who tried to grab me at the bus
station just wanted a date, right?!
- What goons?
- Come on, ray!
Someone made a move on me! You're
telling me it was the welcome wagon?!
If vitto made a move on you,
I don't know anything about it.
Then call him!
You know
that's not the way it works.
Damn you!
Frankie was your friend!
Frankie was a guy
I knew!
We were never friends!
what about me?
We were friends.
That was a long time ago,
theresa.
- It's got nothing to do with frankie.
- Please, ray. I love him.
Walk away, theresa.
Frankie is a dead man.
He just doesn't know it.
Hey!
What did I do?
Have you ever loved anything?!
Anything at all?!
Yeah.
But I broke the habit.
She's
a real sweetheart, ray.
You know,
I always liked that broad.
Yeah.
She's got more stones
than frankie ever had.
What a waste.
- Pauli.
- Yeah?
Give me vitto in chicago.
Mrs. Farentino...
We're with
the justice department.
I should have known
you were cops.
We thought
you'd like this back.
I kept the gun.
Figures.
- Wanna tell us what's going on?
- Tell you about what?
We know vitto maggio
is looking for frankie. Why?
I don't know
what you're talking about.
I'm talking about
keeping frankie alive.
Now are we gonna play games
or are we gonna help you?
I don't need your help.
You know,
I never met a cop
Who wasn't on the take or who
wasn't owned by some family or other.
Who owns you?
- Ray luca?
- Nobody.
Then you must be a saint
and I don't believe in saints.
I think we found frankie.
- How long ago did it happen?
- Half an hour.
Blew out a door,
a window,
And a wall into the next room.
Fortunately nobody was inside.
Bomb squad thinks
it was nitro
Placed under the bed with
an anti-disturbance device.
This guy registered
as les cunard,
But his driver's license
says frank farentino.
Oh, god, no!
I wanna see frankie!
- You don't want to go in there.
You don't understand.
There's nothing there to see.
No.
No!
Anything to make a positive
identification on him?
A hand. Hal.
Theresa, I think you should
tell us what's going on.
Vitto's sister maria
had the hots for frankie.
She hit on him.
He told her
he wasn't interested,
So she got mad
And told her brother
that frankie tried to rape her.
And vitto put a contract
out on frankie.
Please, if you don't need
me anymore, I'd like to go.
- You have a place to stay?
- I do.
I have a room waiting for me at the
golden key motel. I'll take a cab.
Did you see the fingernails
on that hand?
- What about them?
- They were filthy
- And they were bitten.
- So?
So, they call him
frankie "the duke"
Because he was
a very sharp dresser.
This was not the kind of guy
that bit his fingernails.
This was the kind of guy that
got a manicure twice a day.
Now I don't know
who's hand they have there,
But I doubt very much
that it's frankie's.
Huh?
- Theresa, baby, what the hell are you doing here?
- Frankie!
- Oh my god! You're alive!
- Yes!
So, who did they find
at the motel?
How the hell should I know. Vitto's
guys came after me, I split from there.
- Oh, baby.
- Thank god you weren't there.
- Where were you?
- Trying to help you.
Trying to help me?
What's that supposed to mean?
I, um...
Went to see ray luca.
You went to see luca?
Don't be mad at me,
please.
I thought maybe he could
talk to vitto
And straighten things out
for you.
Frankie!
I was only trying to help!
Help? How? By keeping
his bed warm at night?!
But I know all about you
and ray luca!
That's ancient history!
We were kids!
What the hell is this?!
We were in the neighborhood.
We thought we'd say hello.
- I didn't do nothing.
- What's the matter, you slippin'?
- You sold me out.
- We followed her.
- You are so stupid!
- Hey, hey, hey!
Take a look around.
- Take it easy!
wait a minute.
I know you, don't I?
You used to be a cop
in chicago.
Mike torello.
Major crime unit.
What's the matter? Chicago
hoods don't pay enough?
- Pardon me? - I said
chicago hoods don't pay-
Get up!
- Frankie, what's going on?
- You shut up, you tramp.
Look what I got here.
Liquid mercury.
Sets off a hell of a bomb.
Put the cuffs on this puke.
It's a pretty cute trick,
frankie.
Blow up some poor slob, makes
the world think you're dead.
you've got an overactive
imagination, you know that?
Well, I love imagining you
in the electric chair.
That is if vitto's boys
take him out in prison first.
You can bet
they'll try.
- I ain't scared.
- You must be pretty damn dumb.
If I were you,
I'd be real scared.
If you were smart,
you would let us help you.
So, what, all I gotta do
is roll over, is that right?
Nothing wrong
with a new identity.
- New place to live.
- We'll even get you a prettier face.
If you want it.
- I'm sorry, guys,
But I just don't come any
prettier than this, you know?
I've never seen a pretty face
on a corpse. Have you?
- Get this dreck out of here.
- Come on, gorgeous.
Get up!
Vitto.
- It's good to see you.
- Ray, you look like a million bucks.
I feel even better too.
You know max.
- I'd like you to meet
david abrams.
I remember your father
when I was just coming up.
Izzy the dancer.
He was a good man.
But a small timer.
The way I heard it, you were
happy to run my father's errands.
That's the wonderful thing
about this business.
One day you're on the bottom, the next
day you're on top of the world, right, ray?
Vitto, go make yourself
comfortable.
- Pauli, give vitto a drink, all right?
- Anisette, huh?
Excuse us,
will you, david?
Listen, I want you to stay on top
of that chen business, all right?
Hey, david, don't let him bother you.
He's operating
on three cylinders.
The old guys told me it was only
yesterday it used to be desert,
Nothing but cactus
and sand.
Now look at it.
You don't visit us enough,
vitto.
We got a problem,
ray.
- A very big problem.
- I know, vitto.
That's why I asked you
to come here.
What if the feds
were to find farentino?
That punk makes a deal with them,
it could be very dangerous for me,
For the entire
chicago outfit.
I understand that,
vitto,
But this is my town.
I know and I'm sorry if my
people stepped on your toes.
They should have checked with
me before they made their move,
But they thought the girl
would lead them to farentino.
Manny's asked me to handle
frankie personally.
You're welcome to stay in
vegas as long as you like.
Go gambling, dancing.
See some shows.
better yet,
go play some golf.
I thank you, ray.
Manny's worried.
Vitto's unpredictable.
If frankie testifies
and vitto gets indicted,
Manny's afraid that vitto
will roll over on the outfit
Rather than
go to jail.
Vitto's a stand-up guy.
Don't worry about it.
Maybe...
But we got to be sure.
Frankie's got to be dealt with.
Hey, boss,
let me handle it.
- I can handle it. This ain't no problem.
- A situation like this,
You bring in
out of town help.
We don't need
any extra heat.
Go ahead, max,
make the call.
Operator,
get me new york.
Smash it to you,
here you go.
Guard!
I got to make
a phone call.
Listen, baby, I got
to get out of here, now!
Just do it!
That offer
that you made,
Immunity and a new identity
in exchange for his testimony,
- Is it still good?!
- I can call washington.
Then do it, please,
before something happens!
- Theresa...
- What?
You were supposed to meet
frankie at that motel room, right?
Yeah, so...?
So, how come he didn't ask you
to meet him at the golden key?
- What are you saying?
- I'm saying that
You were supposed to be in
that motel room when it blew up.
No way!
You're crazy!
If your body
would have been identified,
There would have been no question
about who the other corpse was.
The police and the outfit would
have thought that frankie was dead.
You're sick, you know
that?! While you're talking,
He could be getting killed!
Now does he have a deal?!
- Yeah, he's got a deal.
- Thank you.
We're with
the department of justice.
We have a court order to take frank
farentino into federal custody.
Okay.
- Right down the hall.
- Thanks.
Hey!
What's the problem?
- Get back!
- Go! Come on!
You're not fighting,
get out of the way!
Come on, everybody,
get back!
- God!
- Let's see it.
You've got an appointment
with the government, frankie.
I told you to lay off, vitto!
I said I would handle it!
Right, ray, the move was already in motion!
There was nothing
I could do!
Besides, my business
is my business!
I'll take care of it
the way I see fit!
That's great,
vitto...
But I won't
say this again.
This is my town.
And in my town,
Only one person
calls the shots...
- Me!
- All right, ray.
what's done is done.
But now torello's got
farentino!
You know what that means? He
rolls over on me, I'm finished!
I don't care about torello!
I said I would handle it!
Hey, boss...
I just word
from our guy downtown.
Torello, he's got frankie stashed
in the penthouse of the four kings.
- You sure?
- Well, I'm positive.
There, you see?
So what are you
worried about, huh?
Hey, ray,
I'm counting on you.
Vitto,
that's all I ask.
Listen, you go back
and play those nine holes,
And when you get ready
to putt the ninth green,
You give me a call. I'll have
some good news for you, all right?
- Hey, thanks, ray.
- Hey, it's my pleasure, vitto.
This guy, he's got some nerve, huh, boss?
- He thinks like a moustache
from the old days.
He belongs in the museum
of natural history.
So, what are you
going to do about it?
Do, pauli?
It's done.
- Do you have enough to eat, joey?
- I'm hungry.
I'm boxing again, mike, a couple
of times a week down at the gym.
- Oh, you're in training, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
What's the matter, you don't get
enough excitement on this job?
This detail isn't exactly
thrilling.
Frankie, you gotta trust me.
What do I gotta trust you for?
What, are you kidding me?
You think I'm stupid?
Come on,
that was so long ago.
What are you talking about?
who is it?
It's me, michael.
No! No! Stop it!
- Well...
- Get your hand off me!
- How's it going?
- Get your hand off me!
- That's how.
True romance in hi-fi
and technicolor.
We've danced with some pretty
crummy characters in our time,
But this guy, he's in
a class all by himself.
Yeah, somewhere between
a bacteria and a disease.
We don't have to love him, all
we have to do is keep him alive.
what about her?
You don't listen to me!
You never listen to me!
Frankie, no!
Frankie!
Leave her alone!
You wanna get tough with somebody,
get tough with me, big guy!
come on.
Come on,
tough guy.
- Come on, tough guy.
- Hey, hey, hey!
- He's not worth it.
- All right, all right.
- Okay.
- Hey! Don't.
You okay?
Come on.
We're supposed to be
protecting this stool pigeon,
- All I want to do is murder him.
- Come on, mike, take it easy.
Hey, hey, hey
- she ain't running away from him.
Look, um, frankie
didn't mean nothing.
I'm buying you a drink.
- I don't want no drink.
- Yes, you do. Come on.
- Why do you let him do it?
- He doesn't mean anything.
He's just frustrated. He's
under a lot of pressure.
- He's a jerk!
- He loves me!
Yeah, I can see that.
Don't you think sometimes I think
about telling him to kiss off?
Why don't you?
Because...
I'm scared.
I mean,
I don't know where I
leave off and he begins.
Theresa,
you don't need frankie.
All you really need
is yourself.
There was a lot of love
in the beginning...
Back when I was trying
to make it as a dancer.
You know, frankie and I
met right here in vegas?
I used to work at this place called
cyril's off of freemont street.
Man, oh, man,
what a class joint.
Frankie used to come in,
stay both shows just to see me.
After the place closed,
I used to go over there
Just to look at it,
To remember
the good times
When frankie
wasn't like he is now.
People change, theresa.
You have to see frankie
for what he is now,
Not for what he was.
Maybe,
but I love him.
You're called.
I'm out.
- Three nines.
- All right.
- King high, straight.
- How'd he get that nine?
Full boat.
Ladies over treys.
Mmm. If we was playing
for money, boys,
- I'd think I'd have what, about a year's salary?
- If we were playing for money,
- You'd have about two broken hands by now.
- What do you mean?
He cheats.
So sue me.
Who's deal?
- Mine.
You stealing my wife
or what?
Well, somebody ought to,
frankie.
Somebody ought to take her
right away from you.
- You deal with the waiter.
- I gave him the night off.
Let's do it.
All right,
last hand.
Acey-ducey,
one-eyed jacks are wild.
Spit! Black mariah.
Low spade in the hole
splits the pot.
What?
- Don't worry, joey,
you're not in.
I'm sorry, baby,
I really am.
Yeah, sure.
Look, I know I don't
deserve you.
I don't know
why you stay with me.
I mean, if you had any sense,
you'd leave me.
I mean, you might as well.
I'm a dead man anyway.
- The feds will keep you alive.
- Yeah, sure they will.
Why do you hit me,
frankie?
- Maybe 'cause I'm jealous.
- I wouldn't leave you.
You know that.
I couldn't.
Baby, I testify at this hearing,
I am a dead man.
Now matter what,
the outfit's going to kill me.
- What else can we do?
- We can take off.
- How?
- I don't know.
But we got to keep
our eyes open
'cause when the chance comes,
we got to be ready.
Frankie, even if we could
get out of here,
Where are we going to go?
We don't have any money.
Wrong.
You're wrong, baby.
We got all the money there is.
- What are you talking about?
- Honey, you're going to have to trust me
'cause I got it covered,
okay?
okay?
Come here.
There is nothing
to this game.
Where you guys going? I
was just getting warmed up.
We're going to get
some sleep.
- Be back in a few hours to spell you.
- Be on time, will you?
Yeah, we'll phone you
from downstairs
So we don't embarrass you
when we catch you sleeping.
Hey, relax,
if they make a move,
It'll happen tomorrow when we
take frankie to the airport.
- Get out of here.
- Later, joey.
- Good night, mike.
- Sweet dreams.
I'm going to go upstairs and
check on ozzie and harriet.
How do you like that kid's luck, huh, nate?
- Oh, ha-ha. - He must be
taking lessons from frankie.
That kid isn't as dumb
as I give him credit for.
- I'm tapped out.
- What, busted?
- Broke?
- No bread?
- Shut up.
- Out of cash?
Food order.
I'll get it!
It's the room service I ordered.
- Just put it over there.
- Yes, sir.
Joey!
They are coming
to get me.
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Damn it.
They'll try to get
out of vegas,
But they won't try to
make a move until tonight.
Danny, we get anything back
on the dead gunman yet?
Yeah, I just talked
to the f.B.I.
Physical description sounds
like a guy out of new york
Named jerry stermer.
Runs with a partner,
Bobby tucker. They're
real high-line hitters.
Then frankie's still
in big trouble.
The photos are coming over
the telecopier in a minute.
I want everyone on the streets with
photographs of farentino and the shooters.
Send copies to the las vegas
police department.
- Did we get any photographs of theresa yet?
- No, nothing.
- Damn it.
- Make, that was chief kramer in chicago.
Theresa's been selling us
a bill of goods.
Vitto doesn't want frankie
for trying to rape his sister.
- He wants him for stealing two million bucks.
- Two million dollars?
Yeah, couple of weeks ago
he went to make a pick up,
- Never came back.
- I'll lay odds frankie never intended to testify.
He was waiting
for a chance to take off.
And theresa thinks
she's going with him?
Only place frankie's
taking theresa is the grave.
Come on, let's go.
love
love is strange...
We had some times here,
huh, frankie?
Me dancing,
you watching.
Yeah,
I remember this place.
They used to look at me
like I didn't belong here.
Waiters and the customers.
I used to sit in the back
and watch you dance,
Watching their jaws
hit the floor.
Thinking I may not be
their class, but I got you.
- That's all that matters.
- Yeah?
Yeah.
- I'll tell you something else.
- What?
It's a good thing
you had a beautiful body, baby,
'cause you sure
couldn't dance.
You always say the right
thing, don't you, frankie?
This is really good.
Tonight we get a car,
Tomorrow we're going to be knocking
back tequilas and listening to mariachis.
We need money to get to mexico,
frankie, and I don't see any!
Hey, baby, I told you
I got that covered.
- We are sitting on a fortune.
- How?
I stole a big chunk
of vitto's dough.
Is that what this
is all about?
God, are you crazy?!
How could you?!
How could I? It's like
the guy said about everest.
It was there, you know?
I'm tired of being a punk
and that money
Is our ticket out of here. Now we
can go anywhere and do anything.
Yeah, with the outfit chasing
us for the rest of our lives.
All right, it's in a suitcase
and it's stashed in a pawn shop.
Now, you're going
to have to pick it up
Because I'm hotter
than a three dollar bill.
- Yeah, and what do you think, I'm not?
- Baby, I told you...
I got it all covered.
Come on.
baby
oh, baby
my sweet baby
you're the one.
Let's go back downtown.
Once they had the money, they'd
find some place to duck for a while.
Yeah, but where? There's a million
places they can hold up in this town.
- For my money, the downtown area is the best bet.
- No, no.
They would go to someplace
that was familiar,
Someplace that
they would know.
We're back to square one.
It's just like I said.
Let's go check downtown again.
Frankie?
"leave it to me," you said.
"I'll take care
of everything, vitto."
You blew it, ray!
Torello's got farentino
and he's still got my money!
Vitto, calm down.
You're going to give yourself
a heart attack.
You want an anisette?
Pauli, give vitto
an anisette.
What I want
is farentino dead!
What I don't want is that
punk singing to any grand jury.
- I don't want to spend the rest
of my life in the joint.
- Yeah, hello.
- I said I would handle it.
- Hey, boss.
- Not now, pauli.
Boss, it's that
theresa farentino broad.
She wants to talk to you.
- How are you, theresa?
- Hello, ray.
You're crazy, you know that? You got
everybody in town looking for you,
And you call me.
I got a present for you, ray.
You know cyril's?
The old club
on the south side, so what?
Frankie's hold up there. You better
hurry though before he wakes up.
You know, I always said
you had guts,
But I never figured you
for brains.
Yeah, well,
I'm getting smarter.
How do you
like your crow, vitto?
- I don't get it.
- What?
I still can't figure it
this broad.
This guy, he treats her like a human
speed bag and she still runs after him.
I mean, what is it
with this broad?
Money?
No,
it's not money, danny.
It's about memories.
- Where are we going?
- To a night club.
Theresa?!
Theresa?!
That lying little tramp.
Hey, baby,
you had me worried.
Oh...
Come on.
Hey!
I need an ambulance.
I need a doctor.
- Ow!
- You'll live.
Looks like you're going to
testify whether you want to or not,
Huh, frankie?
Ann and I
are going bowling.
If I got to kidnap her.
I thought you'd be on
your way to rio by now.
I don't want the money.
Uncle sam will.
- Have a seat.
- Thanks.
I'm the one
who set up frankie.
- I told luca where to find him.
- I figured.
Look what I found.
A ticket
to tahiti- for one.
You were right about him.
He never really loved me.
He wasn't planning
on taking me with him.
So I'm an accessory
and what happens to frankie?
Well, frankie will testify
against maggio.
Maggio will go down
pretty hard,
Take a pretty big chunk
out of the chicago outfit.
But you won't have to shed
any more tears over him.
You have a clean slate.
You can start a new life.
Yeah.
Finally meet a decent guy
and it turns out he's a cop.
Yeah, well, that's the way
the cookie crumbles.
Mr. Maggio!
- Leave me alone!
Are you saying frank farentino is a liar?
Never heard of the guy.
If farentino's testimony
results in your being indicted,
- What does that mean for manny weisbord?
- Weisbord? Ask him.
Luca's going to pay
for this.
walking down the street,
pretty woman
the kind
I'd like to meet
pretty woman
I don't believe you
you're not the truth
no one could look
as good as you
mercy...
Do you remember
this guy?
Yeah, he used to work
here, but I fired him.
The guy was always
late to work.
- Sometimes he didn't show up at all.
- How long ago?
Ah, two weeks.
- Any idea where he went?
- Yeah.
He hopped a bus
headed for l.A.
- Are you sure about that?
- I'm sure, I'm sure. Why? What's he done?
We want to talk to him about
a bank robbery in kansas city.
It figures.
I knew the guy was trouble.
pretty woman
stop awhile
pretty woman
talk awhile
pretty woman
give your smile
to me...
Hi, baby, it's me.
- Yeah.
- I'll call the f.B.I. Office in l.A.
We'll knock off and we'll
go get something to eat.
That is of course, unless you
don't have a date with ann.
No, she's
at a cello recital.
- She plays the cello?
- Yeah.
- So...
- Wait a second.
- This girl, she plays
the cello? - Mm-hmm.
- She recites poetry?
- Mm-hmm.
And she collects
japanese art?
- Yeah, so?
- What doesn't this girl do?
She doesn't bowl.
- Ow! I'm sorry.
- Oh!
- Excuse me, I beg-
- it's my fault.
- I should have been watching where I was going.
- Oh, I...
No, I should be watching
where you're going.
Has anybody ever told you,
miss, that, uh, miss...
- Drop dead.
- Miss, uh...
Miss dead, yes.
- I bet ya she bowls.
- Ooh.
okay
if that's the way
it must be
okay
I guess
I'll go on home, it's late
there'll be
tomorrow night...
What do you say
we go get some chinese?
- Nah, I had it last night.
- So what?
You know that oriental waitress
over at the lucky star?
- Look at that.
- oh, whoa
Hey! Hey!
- pretty woman.
Oh!
Take off!
Least she could have done
was said "thanks."
We sure can pick 'em.
as I walk along
I wonder
what went wrong
with our lives
lives that were
so strong
and as I still walk on
I think of the things
we've done
together
while our hearts
were young
I'm a-walkin'
in the rain
tears are fallin'
and I feel the pain
watchin' all the players
go by
some live and others die
and I wonder
I wah-wah-wah-wah wonder
why?
why, why,
why, why, why
I don't walk away
and I wonder
what makes me stay
runaway
run, run, run, run
runaway
run, run, run...
The next thing I know,
Two guys are trying to force
this girl into her car
- And wearing a gunbag.
- You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm fine, thanks.
Theresa farentino.
She had a chicago I.D.
So I called chief kramer.
She's married to frankie
farentino. You remember him?
- Frankie "the duke."
- yeah.
Bag man
for vitto maggio.
We arrested him once
for armed robbery.
Not your standard women's
cosmetic kit, is it?
Well, there's more.
Kramer doesn't know why,
But vitto maggio
and frankie farentino
- Had this real heavy beef...
- Mm-hmm.
...And ever since then,
frankie boy's been on the run.
The I.D. On one of these
stiffs says he's jackie prince.
- You know who I think
he works for?
Vitto maggio.
- Yeah.
All right, so what we have is
frankie farentino on the run.
His wife
comes to las vegas.
Two of vitto maggio's guys
tried to grab her-
Which means what?
They want to use theresa
to lead them to frankie.
Maggio must want frankie
pretty bad.
- You're right.
- Right.
But if we can get to frankie
before vitto maggio's guys do,
Maybe we can flip him,
Turn him
into a federal witness
- Against vitto maggio.
- Mmm.
- If we can find farentino.
Mike!
This is rusty miller,
The cabbie that theresa farentino
skipped out of here with.
No kidding.
- Nice work.
- Thanks.
So what do you hear
from chen?
Chen wants to talk.
He's got shipments
piling up at macao.
- He wants to see some movement.
- It's too bad.
Business takes time.
Chen wants action,
not axioms.
It's not our mission in life
to make chen happy.
You're the diplomat
around here, david,
- So go be diplomatic.
- All right, ray.
Just get out of my way! I've got my orders!
- He knew who I was! He don't want to see me!
- I'm don't care who you are!
Get out of my way!
- Hello, ray.
- I'm sorry, mr. Luca. She got past me.
That's all right.
Theresa?
That's all,
howard.
Theresa,
you look terrific.
So do you, pauli.
Thank you.
I know.
So when did you
get into vegas?
Just a little
while ago.
Pauli,
just don't stand there.
Give the lady a drink.
Bourbon, right?
- You remembered.
- Some things you don't forget.
Say hello
to max goldman.
Yeah, charmed.
This is nice, ray.
You've come a long way
from the patch.
Yeah, well,
I'm doing all right.
So...
How's frankie?
You know how he is.
He's in trouble.
Stay away from him,
theresa. That's my advice.
I don't need your advice, ray,
I need your help,
- To get frankie off the hook.
- There's nothing I can do.
You wanna talk chicago,
you talk to vitto.
This is vegas.
I'm not involved.
You're not involved?!
Those two goons
Who tried to grab me at the bus
station just wanted a date, right?!
- What goons?
- Come on, ray!
Someone made a move on me! You're
telling me it was the welcome wagon?!
If vitto made a move on you,
I don't know anything about it.
Then call him!
You know
that's not the way it works.
Damn you!
Frankie was your friend!
Frankie was a guy
I knew!
We were never friends!
what about me?
We were friends.
That was a long time ago,
theresa.
- It's got nothing to do with frankie.
- Please, ray. I love him.
Walk away, theresa.
Frankie is a dead man.
He just doesn't know it.
Hey!
What did I do?
Have you ever loved anything?!
Anything at all?!
Yeah.
But I broke the habit.
She's
a real sweetheart, ray.
You know,
I always liked that broad.
Yeah.
She's got more stones
than frankie ever had.
What a waste.
- Pauli.
- Yeah?
Give me vitto in chicago.
Mrs. Farentino...
We're with
the justice department.
I should have known
you were cops.
We thought
you'd like this back.
I kept the gun.
Figures.
- Wanna tell us what's going on?
- Tell you about what?
We know vitto maggio
is looking for frankie. Why?
I don't know
what you're talking about.
I'm talking about
keeping frankie alive.
Now are we gonna play games
or are we gonna help you?
I don't need your help.
You know,
I never met a cop
Who wasn't on the take or who
wasn't owned by some family or other.
Who owns you?
- Ray luca?
- Nobody.
Then you must be a saint
and I don't believe in saints.
I think we found frankie.
- How long ago did it happen?
- Half an hour.
Blew out a door,
a window,
And a wall into the next room.
Fortunately nobody was inside.
Bomb squad thinks
it was nitro
Placed under the bed with
an anti-disturbance device.
This guy registered
as les cunard,
But his driver's license
says frank farentino.
Oh, god, no!
I wanna see frankie!
- You don't want to go in there.
You don't understand.
There's nothing there to see.
No.
No!
Anything to make a positive
identification on him?
A hand. Hal.
Theresa, I think you should
tell us what's going on.
Vitto's sister maria
had the hots for frankie.
She hit on him.
He told her
he wasn't interested,
So she got mad
And told her brother
that frankie tried to rape her.
And vitto put a contract
out on frankie.
Please, if you don't need
me anymore, I'd like to go.
- You have a place to stay?
- I do.
I have a room waiting for me at the
golden key motel. I'll take a cab.
Did you see the fingernails
on that hand?
- What about them?
- They were filthy
- And they were bitten.
- So?
So, they call him
frankie "the duke"
Because he was
a very sharp dresser.
This was not the kind of guy
that bit his fingernails.
This was the kind of guy that
got a manicure twice a day.
Now I don't know
who's hand they have there,
But I doubt very much
that it's frankie's.
Huh?
- Theresa, baby, what the hell are you doing here?
- Frankie!
- Oh my god! You're alive!
- Yes!
So, who did they find
at the motel?
How the hell should I know. Vitto's
guys came after me, I split from there.
- Oh, baby.
- Thank god you weren't there.
- Where were you?
- Trying to help you.
Trying to help me?
What's that supposed to mean?
I, um...
Went to see ray luca.
You went to see luca?
Don't be mad at me,
please.
I thought maybe he could
talk to vitto
And straighten things out
for you.
Frankie!
I was only trying to help!
Help? How? By keeping
his bed warm at night?!
But I know all about you
and ray luca!
That's ancient history!
We were kids!
What the hell is this?!
We were in the neighborhood.
We thought we'd say hello.
- I didn't do nothing.
- What's the matter, you slippin'?
- You sold me out.
- We followed her.
- You are so stupid!
- Hey, hey, hey!
Take a look around.
- Take it easy!
wait a minute.
I know you, don't I?
You used to be a cop
in chicago.
Mike torello.
Major crime unit.
What's the matter? Chicago
hoods don't pay enough?
- Pardon me? - I said
chicago hoods don't pay-
Get up!
- Frankie, what's going on?
- You shut up, you tramp.
Look what I got here.
Liquid mercury.
Sets off a hell of a bomb.
Put the cuffs on this puke.
It's a pretty cute trick,
frankie.
Blow up some poor slob, makes
the world think you're dead.
you've got an overactive
imagination, you know that?
Well, I love imagining you
in the electric chair.
That is if vitto's boys
take him out in prison first.
You can bet
they'll try.
- I ain't scared.
- You must be pretty damn dumb.
If I were you,
I'd be real scared.
If you were smart,
you would let us help you.
So, what, all I gotta do
is roll over, is that right?
Nothing wrong
with a new identity.
- New place to live.
- We'll even get you a prettier face.
If you want it.
- I'm sorry, guys,
But I just don't come any
prettier than this, you know?
I've never seen a pretty face
on a corpse. Have you?
- Get this dreck out of here.
- Come on, gorgeous.
Get up!
Vitto.
- It's good to see you.
- Ray, you look like a million bucks.
I feel even better too.
You know max.
- I'd like you to meet
david abrams.
I remember your father
when I was just coming up.
Izzy the dancer.
He was a good man.
But a small timer.
The way I heard it, you were
happy to run my father's errands.
That's the wonderful thing
about this business.
One day you're on the bottom, the next
day you're on top of the world, right, ray?
Vitto, go make yourself
comfortable.
- Pauli, give vitto a drink, all right?
- Anisette, huh?
Excuse us,
will you, david?
Listen, I want you to stay on top
of that chen business, all right?
Hey, david, don't let him bother you.
He's operating
on three cylinders.
The old guys told me it was only
yesterday it used to be desert,
Nothing but cactus
and sand.
Now look at it.
You don't visit us enough,
vitto.
We got a problem,
ray.
- A very big problem.
- I know, vitto.
That's why I asked you
to come here.
What if the feds
were to find farentino?
That punk makes a deal with them,
it could be very dangerous for me,
For the entire
chicago outfit.
I understand that,
vitto,
But this is my town.
I know and I'm sorry if my
people stepped on your toes.
They should have checked with
me before they made their move,
But they thought the girl
would lead them to farentino.
Manny's asked me to handle
frankie personally.
You're welcome to stay in
vegas as long as you like.
Go gambling, dancing.
See some shows.
better yet,
go play some golf.
I thank you, ray.
Manny's worried.
Vitto's unpredictable.
If frankie testifies
and vitto gets indicted,
Manny's afraid that vitto
will roll over on the outfit
Rather than
go to jail.
Vitto's a stand-up guy.
Don't worry about it.
Maybe...
But we got to be sure.
Frankie's got to be dealt with.
Hey, boss,
let me handle it.
- I can handle it. This ain't no problem.
- A situation like this,
You bring in
out of town help.
We don't need
any extra heat.
Go ahead, max,
make the call.
Operator,
get me new york.
Smash it to you,
here you go.
Guard!
I got to make
a phone call.
Listen, baby, I got
to get out of here, now!
Just do it!
That offer
that you made,
Immunity and a new identity
in exchange for his testimony,
- Is it still good?!
- I can call washington.
Then do it, please,
before something happens!
- Theresa...
- What?
You were supposed to meet
frankie at that motel room, right?
Yeah, so...?
So, how come he didn't ask you
to meet him at the golden key?
- What are you saying?
- I'm saying that
You were supposed to be in
that motel room when it blew up.
No way!
You're crazy!
If your body
would have been identified,
There would have been no question
about who the other corpse was.
The police and the outfit would
have thought that frankie was dead.
You're sick, you know
that?! While you're talking,
He could be getting killed!
Now does he have a deal?!
- Yeah, he's got a deal.
- Thank you.
We're with
the department of justice.
We have a court order to take frank
farentino into federal custody.
Okay.
- Right down the hall.
- Thanks.
Hey!
What's the problem?
- Get back!
- Go! Come on!
You're not fighting,
get out of the way!
Come on, everybody,
get back!
- God!
- Let's see it.
You've got an appointment
with the government, frankie.
I told you to lay off, vitto!
I said I would handle it!
Right, ray, the move was already in motion!
There was nothing
I could do!
Besides, my business
is my business!
I'll take care of it
the way I see fit!
That's great,
vitto...
But I won't
say this again.
This is my town.
And in my town,
Only one person
calls the shots...
- Me!
- All right, ray.
what's done is done.
But now torello's got
farentino!
You know what that means? He
rolls over on me, I'm finished!
I don't care about torello!
I said I would handle it!
Hey, boss...
I just word
from our guy downtown.
Torello, he's got frankie stashed
in the penthouse of the four kings.
- You sure?
- Well, I'm positive.
There, you see?
So what are you
worried about, huh?
Hey, ray,
I'm counting on you.
Vitto,
that's all I ask.
Listen, you go back
and play those nine holes,
And when you get ready
to putt the ninth green,
You give me a call. I'll have
some good news for you, all right?
- Hey, thanks, ray.
- Hey, it's my pleasure, vitto.
This guy, he's got some nerve, huh, boss?
- He thinks like a moustache
from the old days.
He belongs in the museum
of natural history.
So, what are you
going to do about it?
Do, pauli?
It's done.
- Do you have enough to eat, joey?
- I'm hungry.
I'm boxing again, mike, a couple
of times a week down at the gym.
- Oh, you're in training, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
What's the matter, you don't get
enough excitement on this job?
This detail isn't exactly
thrilling.
Frankie, you gotta trust me.
What do I gotta trust you for?
What, are you kidding me?
You think I'm stupid?
Come on,
that was so long ago.
What are you talking about?
who is it?
It's me, michael.
No! No! Stop it!
- Well...
- Get your hand off me!
- How's it going?
- Get your hand off me!
- That's how.
True romance in hi-fi
and technicolor.
We've danced with some pretty
crummy characters in our time,
But this guy, he's in
a class all by himself.
Yeah, somewhere between
a bacteria and a disease.
We don't have to love him, all
we have to do is keep him alive.
what about her?
You don't listen to me!
You never listen to me!
Frankie, no!
Frankie!
Leave her alone!
You wanna get tough with somebody,
get tough with me, big guy!
come on.
Come on,
tough guy.
- Come on, tough guy.
- Hey, hey, hey!
- He's not worth it.
- All right, all right.
- Okay.
- Hey! Don't.
You okay?
Come on.
We're supposed to be
protecting this stool pigeon,
- All I want to do is murder him.
- Come on, mike, take it easy.
Hey, hey, hey
- she ain't running away from him.
Look, um, frankie
didn't mean nothing.
I'm buying you a drink.
- I don't want no drink.
- Yes, you do. Come on.
- Why do you let him do it?
- He doesn't mean anything.
He's just frustrated. He's
under a lot of pressure.
- He's a jerk!
- He loves me!
Yeah, I can see that.
Don't you think sometimes I think
about telling him to kiss off?
Why don't you?
Because...
I'm scared.
I mean,
I don't know where I
leave off and he begins.
Theresa,
you don't need frankie.
All you really need
is yourself.
There was a lot of love
in the beginning...
Back when I was trying
to make it as a dancer.
You know, frankie and I
met right here in vegas?
I used to work at this place called
cyril's off of freemont street.
Man, oh, man,
what a class joint.
Frankie used to come in,
stay both shows just to see me.
After the place closed,
I used to go over there
Just to look at it,
To remember
the good times
When frankie
wasn't like he is now.
People change, theresa.
You have to see frankie
for what he is now,
Not for what he was.
Maybe,
but I love him.
You're called.
I'm out.
- Three nines.
- All right.
- King high, straight.
- How'd he get that nine?
Full boat.
Ladies over treys.
Mmm. If we was playing
for money, boys,
- I'd think I'd have what, about a year's salary?
- If we were playing for money,
- You'd have about two broken hands by now.
- What do you mean?
He cheats.
So sue me.
Who's deal?
- Mine.
You stealing my wife
or what?
Well, somebody ought to,
frankie.
Somebody ought to take her
right away from you.
- You deal with the waiter.
- I gave him the night off.
Let's do it.
All right,
last hand.
Acey-ducey,
one-eyed jacks are wild.
Spit! Black mariah.
Low spade in the hole
splits the pot.
What?
- Don't worry, joey,
you're not in.
I'm sorry, baby,
I really am.
Yeah, sure.
Look, I know I don't
deserve you.
I don't know
why you stay with me.
I mean, if you had any sense,
you'd leave me.
I mean, you might as well.
I'm a dead man anyway.
- The feds will keep you alive.
- Yeah, sure they will.
Why do you hit me,
frankie?
- Maybe 'cause I'm jealous.
- I wouldn't leave you.
You know that.
I couldn't.
Baby, I testify at this hearing,
I am a dead man.
Now matter what,
the outfit's going to kill me.
- What else can we do?
- We can take off.
- How?
- I don't know.
But we got to keep
our eyes open
'cause when the chance comes,
we got to be ready.
Frankie, even if we could
get out of here,
Where are we going to go?
We don't have any money.
Wrong.
You're wrong, baby.
We got all the money there is.
- What are you talking about?
- Honey, you're going to have to trust me
'cause I got it covered,
okay?
okay?
Come here.
There is nothing
to this game.
Where you guys going? I
was just getting warmed up.
We're going to get
some sleep.
- Be back in a few hours to spell you.
- Be on time, will you?
Yeah, we'll phone you
from downstairs
So we don't embarrass you
when we catch you sleeping.
Hey, relax,
if they make a move,
It'll happen tomorrow when we
take frankie to the airport.
- Get out of here.
- Later, joey.
- Good night, mike.
- Sweet dreams.
I'm going to go upstairs and
check on ozzie and harriet.
How do you like that kid's luck, huh, nate?
- Oh, ha-ha. - He must be
taking lessons from frankie.
That kid isn't as dumb
as I give him credit for.
- I'm tapped out.
- What, busted?
- Broke?
- No bread?
- Shut up.
- Out of cash?
Food order.
I'll get it!
It's the room service I ordered.
- Just put it over there.
- Yes, sir.
Joey!
They are coming
to get me.
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Damn it.
They'll try to get
out of vegas,
But they won't try to
make a move until tonight.
Danny, we get anything back
on the dead gunman yet?
Yeah, I just talked
to the f.B.I.
Physical description sounds
like a guy out of new york
Named jerry stermer.
Runs with a partner,
Bobby tucker. They're
real high-line hitters.
Then frankie's still
in big trouble.
The photos are coming over
the telecopier in a minute.
I want everyone on the streets with
photographs of farentino and the shooters.
Send copies to the las vegas
police department.
- Did we get any photographs of theresa yet?
- No, nothing.
- Damn it.
- Make, that was chief kramer in chicago.
Theresa's been selling us
a bill of goods.
Vitto doesn't want frankie
for trying to rape his sister.
- He wants him for stealing two million bucks.
- Two million dollars?
Yeah, couple of weeks ago
he went to make a pick up,
- Never came back.
- I'll lay odds frankie never intended to testify.
He was waiting
for a chance to take off.
And theresa thinks
she's going with him?
Only place frankie's
taking theresa is the grave.
Come on, let's go.
love
love is strange...
We had some times here,
huh, frankie?
Me dancing,
you watching.
Yeah,
I remember this place.
They used to look at me
like I didn't belong here.
Waiters and the customers.
I used to sit in the back
and watch you dance,
Watching their jaws
hit the floor.
Thinking I may not be
their class, but I got you.
- That's all that matters.
- Yeah?
Yeah.
- I'll tell you something else.
- What?
It's a good thing
you had a beautiful body, baby,
'cause you sure
couldn't dance.
You always say the right
thing, don't you, frankie?
This is really good.
Tonight we get a car,
Tomorrow we're going to be knocking
back tequilas and listening to mariachis.
We need money to get to mexico,
frankie, and I don't see any!
Hey, baby, I told you
I got that covered.
- We are sitting on a fortune.
- How?
I stole a big chunk
of vitto's dough.
Is that what this
is all about?
God, are you crazy?!
How could you?!
How could I? It's like
the guy said about everest.
It was there, you know?
I'm tired of being a punk
and that money
Is our ticket out of here. Now we
can go anywhere and do anything.
Yeah, with the outfit chasing
us for the rest of our lives.
All right, it's in a suitcase
and it's stashed in a pawn shop.
Now, you're going
to have to pick it up
Because I'm hotter
than a three dollar bill.
- Yeah, and what do you think, I'm not?
- Baby, I told you...
I got it all covered.
Come on.
baby
oh, baby
my sweet baby
you're the one.
Let's go back downtown.
Once they had the money, they'd
find some place to duck for a while.
Yeah, but where? There's a million
places they can hold up in this town.
- For my money, the downtown area is the best bet.
- No, no.
They would go to someplace
that was familiar,
Someplace that
they would know.
We're back to square one.
It's just like I said.
Let's go check downtown again.
Frankie?
"leave it to me," you said.
"I'll take care
of everything, vitto."
You blew it, ray!
Torello's got farentino
and he's still got my money!
Vitto, calm down.
You're going to give yourself
a heart attack.
You want an anisette?
Pauli, give vitto
an anisette.
What I want
is farentino dead!
What I don't want is that
punk singing to any grand jury.
- I don't want to spend the rest
of my life in the joint.
- Yeah, hello.
- I said I would handle it.
- Hey, boss.
- Not now, pauli.
Boss, it's that
theresa farentino broad.
She wants to talk to you.
- How are you, theresa?
- Hello, ray.
You're crazy, you know that? You got
everybody in town looking for you,
And you call me.
I got a present for you, ray.
You know cyril's?
The old club
on the south side, so what?
Frankie's hold up there. You better
hurry though before he wakes up.
You know, I always said
you had guts,
But I never figured you
for brains.
Yeah, well,
I'm getting smarter.
How do you
like your crow, vitto?
- I don't get it.
- What?
I still can't figure it
this broad.
This guy, he treats her like a human
speed bag and she still runs after him.
I mean, what is it
with this broad?
Money?
No,
it's not money, danny.
It's about memories.
- Where are we going?
- To a night club.
Theresa?!
Theresa?!
That lying little tramp.
Hey, baby,
you had me worried.
Oh...
Come on.
Hey!
I need an ambulance.
I need a doctor.
- Ow!
- You'll live.
Looks like you're going to
testify whether you want to or not,
Huh, frankie?
Ann and I
are going bowling.
If I got to kidnap her.
I thought you'd be on
your way to rio by now.
I don't want the money.
Uncle sam will.
- Have a seat.
- Thanks.
I'm the one
who set up frankie.
- I told luca where to find him.
- I figured.
Look what I found.
A ticket
to tahiti- for one.
You were right about him.
He never really loved me.
He wasn't planning
on taking me with him.
So I'm an accessory
and what happens to frankie?
Well, frankie will testify
against maggio.
Maggio will go down
pretty hard,
Take a pretty big chunk
out of the chicago outfit.
But you won't have to shed
any more tears over him.
You have a clean slate.
You can start a new life.
Yeah.
Finally meet a decent guy
and it turns out he's a cop.
Yeah, well, that's the way
the cookie crumbles.
Mr. Maggio!
- Leave me alone!
Are you saying frank farentino is a liar?
Never heard of the guy.
If farentino's testimony
results in your being indicted,
- What does that mean for manny weisbord?
- Weisbord? Ask him.
Luca's going to pay
for this.