Crime Story (1986–1988): Season 2, Episode 15 - Pauli Taglia's Dream - full transcript
How Paulie and Luca survived the atomic blast that seemingly killed them both at the end of season 1, how they made a deal with the government and how, with a little help from their mob friends, they got back in the business.
I had too much
to dream last night
too much to dream...
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream
last night...
oh god!
the room was empty
as I staggered from my bed
I could not bear the image
racing through my head
you were so real that I
could feel your eagerness
and when you raised
your lips for me to kiss
came the dawn
and you were gone
you were
gone gone gone
I had too much
to dream last night
too much to dream
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream last night
last night
I had too much
to dream last night
too much to dream
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream last night...
Come on, ray!
- I can't-
- come on, ray!
I'll save you, boss.
Hold on, I'll save you!
- Come on, come on!
- Finish me off, pauli. Don't let torello get me!
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream last night...
Get in.
oh, too much
to dream
too much to dream
last night
too much to dream
oh, too much
to dream.
- Boss, you're hurt bad.
- All right, help me up. Come on.
Get me up.
Easy, boss, easy.
- Can you stand?
- Yeah.
- Let me cover you with this coat.
- Okay.
Hold on, hold on.
Boss, I did the best
I can, but god, pauli,
You're hurt bad.
Boss, you're gonna
be all right.
Wait till you see
what I got in here.
What is this?
Huh?
Oh, I gotta sit down.
Here,
sit in the chair.
where are we, pauli?
Where do you think,
huh, boss?
I found this place
out in the desert.
You got a refrigerator
full of food,
Fresh water
- and the best part about it, boss,
You're 40 miles
from nowhere here.
When I escaped
from that air force joint,
This is where
I came and hid.
Who are these,
friend of yours, huh?
I don't know what they are. I thought
they left them here in case you get lonely.
look at this!
- Pauli!
- What?
Look at that.
You see that, pauli?
Oh come on, you're one
of a kind, you know that?
- I didn't know, boss.
- Open the door. Get me outta here.
- Let's go. Open the door!
- I got it!
Open the door!
Let's get outta here!
I'll get us
outta here, boss.
- Don't worry.
- First you get me arrested,
Then you get me shot at, now you're
trying to blow me to kingdom come.
- You're unbelievable, pauli.
- I'm sorry, boss.
- I'm trying to do the best I can.
- Shut up and drive now, huh?
- Do you see any planes?
- Planes? I'll give you planes.
- Do you see anything?
- Oh man, I don't believe you.
I'm sorry, boss. I'm just
trying to do the best I can.
I don't wanna go
through this again!
Where are we?
What the hell happened?
Well, were we
in a car crash?
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-walking
in the rain
tears are falling
and I feel the pain
watching
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.
I'll get his gases.
who the hell are you?
Two to three roentgens
per hour.
- Let's not take any chances. Prep him for the cobalt room.
- Who is he?
Do we need to
intubate him?
- Ray!
- What about the other one?
Calm down, sir.
It's all right.
- We were in a car wreck!
- Bring it around this way.
- Easy. It's all right.
- Hold him down.
- We were in a car wreck!
- Need some help here!
- Ray! Ray! Ray!
- Go go go!
he's in shock.
20ccs of methamphetamine. Hurry.
well, I saw the thing
comin' out of the sky
it had one long horn
and one big eye
I commenced to shakin'
and I said hoo-eee
it looks like a purple
people eater to me
it was a one-eyed, one-horned,
flyin' purple people eater
one-eyed, one-horned,
flyin' purple people eater
a one-eyed, one-horned,
flyin' purple people eater
sure looked
strange to me
and then he came down
to earth and he hid in a tree
I said, "mr. Purple
people eater, don't eat me"
I heard him say
in a voice so gruff
"I wouldn't eat you
'cause you're so tough"
tequila!
Hi, there.
You had one hell of a nap.
- How do you feel?
- I don't know.
You tell me
if I'm still dreaming,
And then I'll let you
know how I feel.
Oh, this is all right.
You know this is worth
getting blown up for.
Hey, did you have to sew me
all back together?
No, you came in
all in one piece.
But I wouldn't
try it again though.
If you'd been 100 yards
closer to that bomb-
Bomb? My partner ray,
ray- where is he?
Easy easy. Your friend is over in 1162.
He was badly hurt so he was in
I.C.U. A lot longer than you.
Intensive care
- that's where ray luca belongs.
That's where
he put me, pauli!
He's over in 1162.
Intensive care.
He was in I.C.U.
A lot longer than you.
That's where he put me!
Hey, that's some rock
you got there.
Yeah.
It must be costing pauli a mint
To maintain
a pro like you.
It's not like that between
me and pauli, mr. Luca.
Oh, come on,
gorgeous.
You never made your living
staring at the ceiling?
I hooked
around, yeah.
But that's not what it's
about between me and pauli.
- Oh really?
- Really.
What's it about?
Pauli doesn't walk around
like he's mr. Cool, you know?
I mean, guys like that are
a dime a dozen in vegas.
You know, he's a-
he's a regular guy
And I like him
a lot- a lot.
True love, huh?
Well, you can tell that
to santa claus.
- Mr. Luca, please don't do that.
- Hey.
I pay pauli
and pauli pays you.
You are bought
and paid for,
Boom-
just like that.
I think I better leave.
Aw, come on, baby,
you're the furniture,
So why don't you just do
what you do best, huh?
Hey, mr. Luca-
I'm pauli's girl, you
don't have to do this to me.
You can have
anybody you want,
You're ray luca.
Stop it!
Donna.
Where's the girl?
- Hey, uh, what happened?
- Raped, beaten up.
Jackie, I haven't told you what
it is yet. One-dollar bills.
She thought I was
gonna say...
Ray? Ray!
Where is he?
Where is he?
Behind the curtain,
behind the curtain.
- Are you happy about your decision now?
- I'm very happy.
Who, ray? Who the hell knows?
Who cares? Probably went to work.
Yes! Everybody watches the show
and everybody knows that it's $800.
Or you can
hang onto the dough.
- In back of that curtain
a brand new automobile!
- How long ago did he show up here?
- About five minutes ago.
We got a call
from l.V.P.D.
Where's he at?
Where?
Where's he at?
The waitress said
he's after luca.
- I can't imagine why.
- Yeah.
- Mike-
- it's all right.
Hiya, pauli.
She's the only one that ever
treated me decent in my whole life.
That's all I have is her
and a couple of bucks.
He's got the whole world!
Why'd he have to take her?
I thought he
was my friend.
You got nowhere
to go, pauli.
You've got nowhere
to go now except to me.
What do you
want to know?
Is the man who fired that shot
in this room right now?
- Are you kidding me?
- Answer my question.
Yeah, he's here.
Point him out
to us, please.
That's him.
That's ray luca.
That's who shot jack
claymore in cold blood.
He's lying!
Bailiff, get over here!
He's never gonna
hurt you again.
Nobody's ever gonna
hurt you again.
When I get
through with him
He's never gonna hurt
anybody again, I promise you.
When I get
through with him
He's never gonna
hurt anybody again,
I promise you.
Well you can tell
that to santa claus.
- Mr. Luca-
- baby, you're the furniture.
So why don't you just do
what you do best, huh?
Hey, mr. Luca-
I can't stand what's going on in my head!
Why don't you tell us now
why it is
You and your pal
were in the middle
Of an a-bomb site
in yucca flats?
I don't remember.
You don't
remember?
40 miles
from nowhere,
There are "off limits" signs
posted at every access point
On the perimeter, barbed-wire
fences, security patrols.
So why don't you try
and remember?
I can't remember!
Ever since the blast,
I think I got some kind
of ammonia in my head.
A wise guy, huh?
You know what we do
to wise guys?
What do you do, scare me?
Beat me up?
I just been bombed!
What is this?
What is he
talkin' about?
What do you want?
Hey, wait a minute!
He's making me get one of my
migraines or my concussions!
My head's spinning
and everything!
I'm seeing lights
and flashes!
I gotta rest now.
I can't talk no more.
This man is a civilian
temporarily under our care,
You'll have to leave.
It is essential
that we question him.
Hey...
I ain't gonna answer
any of your questions.
Do you understand? I
want to talk to a lawyer.
And my partner?
He wants to talk
to a lawyer too.
- Do you understand that?
- Hey, your friend is in bad shape, pal.
He's not gonna
need a lawyer.
He's gonna need
a priest.
Pauli, are you awake?
Yeah.
Pauli.
Yeah, boss?
Pauli, answer me!
Answer me, pauli.
Get in here!
Coming,
I'm coming!
Stupid machine!
That's rule number one
in this kingdom.
People owe,
they pay.
Kingdom?
Nevada's a state.
Pauli, what do you
have in here, huh?
It's the kingdom
of money, idiot.
That kind of makes me
like a prince, huh, boss?
Let's go, steve.
Lead the way,
prince charming.
Pauli, I'm gonna give you a
shot in the head, you know that?
I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
- Not bad, huh?
- Whoa!
So now tell me
what's bothering you so much
That you gotta come up here
and bother me, huh?
Come on, what are you
upset about?
Boss, who's this
perigna guy?
I give up. I don't know, who is he?
I'm looking over the
purchase orders like you want,
And we ordered six cases of
champagne for the fancy restaurant.
Yeah yeah yeah.
And only four
got delivered.
And this guy don perigna signed for 'em.
Did we pay
for six cases?
No, only four, but I want to
know who this perigna guy is,
Because you told me I was
the boss of food and beverage,
And I don't want nobody
stealing from us.
"dom perignon." it's
the champagne, you idiot!
Good, 'cause I thought you
was tryin' to ease me out.
You're the best,
pauli.
Pauli, look at this.
It's great, huh?
We're gonna own
this town, pauli.
And torello's gonna
get old and wrinkled.
And he's gonna wonder
what went wrong.
And we're gonna be
sitting up here
Laughin' on
the good life.
Yeah,
this is it, pauli,
We're on top
of the world.
Ray?
Ray, can you hear me?
Come on, boss,
I got to talk to you.
Ray.
Come on, boss, I gotta
tell you something.
I didn't know if you
were alive or what.
You gotta tell me
what to do, boss.
I can't decide nothing
for myself, boss.
I can't make
no decisions.
What?
What, boss?
As soon as they
know who we are...
They call the heat.
They call torello.
Gotta make a move.
Gotta get
outta here.
okay.
what?
Oh, here you go, boss.
I'm sorry.
Call manny.
He'll know
what to do.
I'll take care
of everything, boss.
Don't worry,
I'll take care of it.
Don't worry
about it.
Oh, I'm sorry, boss.
You all are confined
to your quarters!
Hey, wait a minute!
We ain't in the service.
We're civilians.
We was bombed
by the "g."
Hey, I'm gonna
sue you.
What do you think,
we're in prison, huh?
Until we find out
who you really are,
And what you were doing on
a maximum security test site,
A prisoner is exactly
what you are!
- Out!
- Yeah, sure.
"call manny..."
Thanks for letting me
call my pops.
It's his
90th birthday.
And he's sick too.
- Yeah, I'll bet.
- No, believe me.
He's got something
wrong with his mind.
I don't know, that's all
he talks about is golf.
happy birthday, pops!
It's me, your only son pauli taglia.
No, this ain't no joke.
It's me, pauli.
Pops...
I didn't send no chinese food to the house!
I told you, it's me,
pauli taglia.
Yeah.
Ray?
He's not so good.
Uh, he's not gonna be able
to play golf on that outing.
Yeah.
We're at a huge resort,
just outside of town?
You'd get a big bang
out of this place.
Yeah.
Yeah, this place is
a real blast all right.
That's enough now.
Say goodbye.
- I gotta go, pops. Pauli,
pauli, where are you?
Orderly!
- Pauli, are you there? Talk to me!
I gotta go, pops.
Orderly!
Ray, can you
get me outta there?
Pauli?
Pauli?
Oh god, I gotta
be dreaming.
Who'd you say
you were?
Don't you
remember me?
I'm your night nurse,
And I'm here
to check your...
Vital signs.
my vital signs?
I think everything's
working satisfactorily.
In that case,
How can I make you
more comfortable?
I think we could
come up with something.
I've got a little
surprise for you.
Oh no!
- Oh, no no!
- Oh, yes yes yes!
- Oh no no!
- Yes yes yes!
- Oh no no no!
- Yes yes!
Wow!
What we are is your neighbors across
the 80 acres that sits between us.
You see, pete, we want to
light up this end of the strip.
So if you do good,
we do good.
Listen, any advice that
you need, anything at all,
Banking, short-term loans,
Operations, you call us
because we want to make sure
That everything
works out just fine.
I got you duped
into pete bower's joint,
The palladium casino,
Without him knowing.
You and holman are gonna
start working there.
And I want you to take,
uh, claymore with you.
This guy bowers,
he's a friend of yours?
That's why we're
helping him out?
Pauli, I want you
to skim the hard count,
Short food and beverage,
steal from the hotel guests,
Rig the slots.
So I guess
he's not a friend.
It doesn't
take brains.
It's easy
to lose money.
Pauli, we're gonna
bust bower's casino.
Do you think
you can do it?
Of course!
I'm the best!
Pauli, you gotta stop using
your head for just a hat rack.
We're gonna have
some magic moments.
You have
40 cases there.
- I got 80 cases here.
- No, you got 40 cases.
I'm paying you for 80. You
got a problem with that?
I don't have
a problem taking money.
We'll split
the overage, 50-50.
- Okay.
- And I don't want none of this.
That's mumm champagne.
Nah, I want to exchange it
for a case of moonglow.
- I'll have to re-do
this invoice.
Forget it, we'll eat
the difference.
Yeah, but we don't
have any moonglow.
Then I'll take a case
of river rum.
Hey, pal, nobody orders river rum.
Lookit, they do here,
all right?
You see, we get all the bus
tours in from skid row here,
So we'll take a couple
of cases of that tokay.
Them short dogs make
'em feel right at home.
Terrific! Blue duck,
from the estate of washington!
We don't want none
of that frog champagne.
Bring us all
the duck you got,
And shake it up
real well!
Are we gonna
make this or what?
This is the best,
huh, jack?
- You bet.
- Drink up.
- Right, hey...
- We're gonna land a couple of these.
We'd have to be corpses not to
score with a couple of these chicks.
Do you know
who I am?
Uh, let me guess.
Uh...
Eleanor roosevelt?
I'm penelope worth. And
you have a very smart mouth.
Yeah, that's what
the warden said.
I had a $5,000 necklace
in there!
Only two of us had
the key, correct?
Oh no, ma'am,
you had the only key.
Then one of you
is a thief, right?
- Who me?
- Look, I want my necklace back!
I am prepared to sue!
I'll shut this place down!
And you won't have your
measly little job anymore!
Look, lady, maybe you got a
little too drunk last night
And you misplaced
the necklace.
- Think she'll sue?
- Who cares?
- Get the next box.
- Right.
Try it.
Try it.
We know you are
a russian spy!
All right!
All right,
all right already!
What's the matter, can't a
guy get some sleep around here?
Hey, huh?
Take it easy!
I'll easy you,
you dumb son of a-
- Hey, pauli!
- Come here!
We know you're
a russian a-bomb spy!
Pauli, I thought I told you
to buy cheaper meat.
What the-?
Can't get any
cheaper than this.
Who is your boss
in moscow?
Where's luca?
- Luca's in vegas.
- Doin' what?
I'm gonna kill ya!
Who were the men
that we seen?
By the time
I'm through with you,
You're gonna beg me
to go to jail.
- Who else was there?
- You know what you're asking me?
I'm not asking you
I'm telling you!
I'll kill you
right now, pauli.
breakin' rocks
in the hot sun
I fought the law
and the law won
I needed money
'cause I had none
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won...
Hit it again. What do I know about what?
Don't get smart
with me, pauli.
I left my baby
and I feel so bad
I guess
my race is run
but she's the best girl
that I've ever had
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won...
What did you
do that for?
robbing people
with a six-gun
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won...
Come on!
Come on, try me!
With my friends
I clown around,
With you,
all you get is dead!
I miss my baby
and the good fun
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won
I left my baby
and I feel so bad
I guess my race
is run
but she's the best girl
I've ever had
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won.
I hate to admit it, but I
think you guys are right.
Taglia is too dumb
to be spy.
Yeah, he's dumb,
but we look stupid.
Who do you think's gonna get
blamed for allowing some kook
To penetrate
our test site?
Believe me, we're all
gonna be back on the street.
That's not gonna happen
as long as we got this,
A new experimental drug our
medical staff's been playing with.
What's it do?
It supposed to unlock
the subconscious,
Put the user in
a hallucinogenic state,
And wipe out
the short-term memory.
You think it
will work?
It's worth a shot.
What's the stuff
called?
Lysergic acid
diethylamide.
Hey, lieutenant,
them flowers down there...
Yes?
What do they
call them?
Which ones?
There, those.
Oh, which one?
I didn't mean
nothing by that.
You just remind me
of somebody I used to know.
I loved her very much
at one time.
I'm sorry.
You're a sweetheart,
pauli.
Listen, are you in some kind of trouble?
Did you do
something wrong?
What kind
of trouble?
The doctor
just told me
He was gonna try
an experiment on you.
Experiment?
What kind of experiment?
A new drug called
lysergic acid.
They're using it
on the next ward,
Experimenting on some
of the other patients.
But it does some
sort of weird things.
One guy sat in a tree
all day and did bird calls,
And another guy-
Hey, they ain't gonna
give that stuff to me.
Uh-uh.
I ain't gonna take
that stuff.
They're not gonna do anything
to make me strange.
They're not gonna
weird me out
And make me into some
kind of goof!
Sonny, if you
could help me-
Please, I think
I'm going to faint.
You should stay
out of the heat.
gimme the keys.
Gimme the keys and maybe granny
won't blow a hole in your belly.
- What are you doing?
- I ain't takin' you to lunch.
You're gonna rob me?
Go rob a rich man.
Look, I just lost
a major account
Because of the schmaltzy line
they got me selling.
- You want to see it? - What are
you, nuts? This is a stick-up!
I drive 250 miles a day
Just to make ends meet,
And to top it all off,
my wife's got a boyfriend.
And- and she's going
through a change of life.
You're gonna rob me?
- Pauli!
- Torello, we didn't do nothin'!
Shh, shh, taglia.
If you want
to get out of here,
Shut up.
- Who are you?
- That doesn't matter.
My boss jorge senterro
Is a good friend
of manny weisbord.
You gotta get us
out of here, me and ray.
If torello finds us here,
we're dead.
Shh, this is
why I came.
My boss is willing
to provide a plane,
But you must find a way
to get out of this hospital
By yourself.
Can you do that?
Yeah, I can, I can.
Good.
Mr. Weisbord must have
A lot of love in his
heart for you and luca.
He is going to a great deal of trouble
To see that you
leave this place.
Yeah, I guess he does.
Yeah,
I guess he does
love us.
I gotta get out
of here. I gotta.
But I don't even know
if ray can move!
I shouldn't have to take him
with me, he's gonna get me caught!
This is chicago, and two
guys I can trust are dead.
As far as I'm concerned
it's your fault.
Ray, how many things
have we done together?
Huh? Haven't I always
carried my weight?
I don't know
what to do.
- Pauli!
- Huh?
Save me, pauli.
boss?!
- Pauli.
- Boss! Boss!
- Save me.
- Boss!
I don't know
what to do!
Pauli,
Get some champagne,
join the celebration.
- Salute.
- Salute.
What, did you put on a
little show for him, huh?
Pauli!
- That's a lie, pauli!
- What, did you flash the goods, huh?
- Huh?
- Pauli, stop it!
- You bastard- - tell
me the truth, tell me!
- Tell me!
- No!
Yes yes yes,
if you have to know!
Boss, it's no good
for you.
Is there
something wrong?
Pauli, we can be anything
and do anything we want,
And you're asking me
if there's something wrong.
Pauli, we've arrived.
Hey, for the first time,
everything is absolutely right.
...But no way,
No way am I gonna
help you get ray luca.
Maybe not.
Hey, what the hell
is going on in there?
The radiation must have
addled his brains.
How do you
like that, eh?
Here's some more!
The patient will require
250 micrograms
Of lysergic acid
ever four hours.
Yes, doctor.
Out of the way.
Excuse me!
Thank you!
- You briggs?
- Yeah.
Major rhodes wants to
see you up in his office.
- What for?
- Hey, how the hell do I know?
But if I was you,
I'd make it a.P.A.S.
Ray. Ray.
- Ray?
- The light, the light, doc, the light.
shh shh shh.
Listen to me.
We gotta get out of here.
They're gonna fill us
full of drugs.
Pauli, call manny.
He'll bust us out. Call-
I did, I did.
Listen to me, boss.
Can you be quiet
just like you was dead, huh?
Stay real still?
Yeah. Yeah, pauli, I can do that.
I'll get you
out of here.
- Just relax.
- Pauli...
- What, boss?
- Thanks.
There's nothing I
wouldn't do for you, boss.
what's the matter?
what's wrong?
Out of the way,
out of the way!
What the-
wipeout!
Boss, just play dead.
We got a little bit
of a problem.
- I'll be right back.
- Pauli-
- What's the problem?
- I got this radioactive stiff in here,
And the commander wants him
off the base immediately,
And you look like the man for the job.
- But I gotta go over here
and- - there'll be no buts
Ands or ifs about it.
Let's go, soldier.
Yes, sir.
- Hey, he's moving!
- Nah, don't worry.
That's that "rigamorus"
or something.
Come on,
load him up.
Hey, he's still alive!
No kidding.
We did it!
Boss, we did it!
we did it, boss!
We did it!
How's the ride back there?
pauli!
- Pauli!
- Boss!
Hold on!
Boss!
Boss! Boss!
Boss!
Pauli!
Boss!
I'll kill you, pauli!
Boss! Boss!
Pauli!
boss!
Boss!
Ray!
boss.
You okay?
The doors broke open.
you, pauli...
- What, ray?
Pauli...
- What?
- You f-f-
- What?
- F-f-f-
- What?
- You idiot!
- Aw, boss, what are you
getting mad at me for?
What did I do now?
And besides,
Look who got you here
so far.
Boss, boss!
Our ticket out of here
is here.
Come on.
Come on, come on.
Get up, you were supposed
to pick me up an hour ago.
10 minutes, ma,
10 minutes.
- Get up!
- Boss,
you wouldn't believe
the dream I had last night.
I don't want
to know, pauli.
- Who were you with last night?
- Nobody.
You must have been with
somebody, you're an hour late.
- Come on, get up.
- No, boss.
- Oh no.
- What?
- What's this?
- What's what?
- This, this! What
is it? - Boss, boss-
I just had
a horrible thought.
What's that,
sarge?
Khrushchev pushes
the button...
We push the button...
A bazillion megatons come
down from the air, right?
Total destruction,
everybody's wiped out, right?
The only one left
to repopulate the human race
Is pauli taglia.
The future in the image
of pauli taglia.
That's apocalyptic.
to dream last night
too much to dream...
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream
last night...
oh god!
the room was empty
as I staggered from my bed
I could not bear the image
racing through my head
you were so real that I
could feel your eagerness
and when you raised
your lips for me to kiss
came the dawn
and you were gone
you were
gone gone gone
I had too much
to dream last night
too much to dream
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream last night
last night
I had too much
to dream last night
too much to dream
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream last night...
Come on, ray!
- I can't-
- come on, ray!
I'll save you, boss.
Hold on, I'll save you!
- Come on, come on!
- Finish me off, pauli. Don't let torello get me!
I'm not ready
to face the light
I had too much
to dream last night...
Get in.
oh, too much
to dream
too much to dream
last night
too much to dream
oh, too much
to dream.
- Boss, you're hurt bad.
- All right, help me up. Come on.
Get me up.
Easy, boss, easy.
- Can you stand?
- Yeah.
- Let me cover you with this coat.
- Okay.
Hold on, hold on.
Boss, I did the best
I can, but god, pauli,
You're hurt bad.
Boss, you're gonna
be all right.
Wait till you see
what I got in here.
What is this?
Huh?
Oh, I gotta sit down.
Here,
sit in the chair.
where are we, pauli?
Where do you think,
huh, boss?
I found this place
out in the desert.
You got a refrigerator
full of food,
Fresh water
- and the best part about it, boss,
You're 40 miles
from nowhere here.
When I escaped
from that air force joint,
This is where
I came and hid.
Who are these,
friend of yours, huh?
I don't know what they are. I thought
they left them here in case you get lonely.
look at this!
- Pauli!
- What?
Look at that.
You see that, pauli?
Oh come on, you're one
of a kind, you know that?
- I didn't know, boss.
- Open the door. Get me outta here.
- Let's go. Open the door!
- I got it!
Open the door!
Let's get outta here!
I'll get us
outta here, boss.
- Don't worry.
- First you get me arrested,
Then you get me shot at, now you're
trying to blow me to kingdom come.
- You're unbelievable, pauli.
- I'm sorry, boss.
- I'm trying to do the best I can.
- Shut up and drive now, huh?
- Do you see any planes?
- Planes? I'll give you planes.
- Do you see anything?
- Oh man, I don't believe you.
I'm sorry, boss. I'm just
trying to do the best I can.
I don't wanna go
through this again!
Where are we?
What the hell happened?
Well, were we
in a car crash?
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-walking
in the rain
tears are falling
and I feel the pain
watching
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.
I'll get his gases.
who the hell are you?
Two to three roentgens
per hour.
- Let's not take any chances. Prep him for the cobalt room.
- Who is he?
Do we need to
intubate him?
- Ray!
- What about the other one?
Calm down, sir.
It's all right.
- We were in a car wreck!
- Bring it around this way.
- Easy. It's all right.
- Hold him down.
- We were in a car wreck!
- Need some help here!
- Ray! Ray! Ray!
- Go go go!
he's in shock.
20ccs of methamphetamine. Hurry.
well, I saw the thing
comin' out of the sky
it had one long horn
and one big eye
I commenced to shakin'
and I said hoo-eee
it looks like a purple
people eater to me
it was a one-eyed, one-horned,
flyin' purple people eater
one-eyed, one-horned,
flyin' purple people eater
a one-eyed, one-horned,
flyin' purple people eater
sure looked
strange to me
and then he came down
to earth and he hid in a tree
I said, "mr. Purple
people eater, don't eat me"
I heard him say
in a voice so gruff
"I wouldn't eat you
'cause you're so tough"
tequila!
Hi, there.
You had one hell of a nap.
- How do you feel?
- I don't know.
You tell me
if I'm still dreaming,
And then I'll let you
know how I feel.
Oh, this is all right.
You know this is worth
getting blown up for.
Hey, did you have to sew me
all back together?
No, you came in
all in one piece.
But I wouldn't
try it again though.
If you'd been 100 yards
closer to that bomb-
Bomb? My partner ray,
ray- where is he?
Easy easy. Your friend is over in 1162.
He was badly hurt so he was in
I.C.U. A lot longer than you.
Intensive care
- that's where ray luca belongs.
That's where
he put me, pauli!
He's over in 1162.
Intensive care.
He was in I.C.U.
A lot longer than you.
That's where he put me!
Hey, that's some rock
you got there.
Yeah.
It must be costing pauli a mint
To maintain
a pro like you.
It's not like that between
me and pauli, mr. Luca.
Oh, come on,
gorgeous.
You never made your living
staring at the ceiling?
I hooked
around, yeah.
But that's not what it's
about between me and pauli.
- Oh really?
- Really.
What's it about?
Pauli doesn't walk around
like he's mr. Cool, you know?
I mean, guys like that are
a dime a dozen in vegas.
You know, he's a-
he's a regular guy
And I like him
a lot- a lot.
True love, huh?
Well, you can tell that
to santa claus.
- Mr. Luca, please don't do that.
- Hey.
I pay pauli
and pauli pays you.
You are bought
and paid for,
Boom-
just like that.
I think I better leave.
Aw, come on, baby,
you're the furniture,
So why don't you just do
what you do best, huh?
Hey, mr. Luca-
I'm pauli's girl, you
don't have to do this to me.
You can have
anybody you want,
You're ray luca.
Stop it!
Donna.
Where's the girl?
- Hey, uh, what happened?
- Raped, beaten up.
Jackie, I haven't told you what
it is yet. One-dollar bills.
She thought I was
gonna say...
Ray? Ray!
Where is he?
Where is he?
Behind the curtain,
behind the curtain.
- Are you happy about your decision now?
- I'm very happy.
Who, ray? Who the hell knows?
Who cares? Probably went to work.
Yes! Everybody watches the show
and everybody knows that it's $800.
Or you can
hang onto the dough.
- In back of that curtain
a brand new automobile!
- How long ago did he show up here?
- About five minutes ago.
We got a call
from l.V.P.D.
Where's he at?
Where?
Where's he at?
The waitress said
he's after luca.
- I can't imagine why.
- Yeah.
- Mike-
- it's all right.
Hiya, pauli.
She's the only one that ever
treated me decent in my whole life.
That's all I have is her
and a couple of bucks.
He's got the whole world!
Why'd he have to take her?
I thought he
was my friend.
You got nowhere
to go, pauli.
You've got nowhere
to go now except to me.
What do you
want to know?
Is the man who fired that shot
in this room right now?
- Are you kidding me?
- Answer my question.
Yeah, he's here.
Point him out
to us, please.
That's him.
That's ray luca.
That's who shot jack
claymore in cold blood.
He's lying!
Bailiff, get over here!
He's never gonna
hurt you again.
Nobody's ever gonna
hurt you again.
When I get
through with him
He's never gonna hurt
anybody again, I promise you.
When I get
through with him
He's never gonna
hurt anybody again,
I promise you.
Well you can tell
that to santa claus.
- Mr. Luca-
- baby, you're the furniture.
So why don't you just do
what you do best, huh?
Hey, mr. Luca-
I can't stand what's going on in my head!
Why don't you tell us now
why it is
You and your pal
were in the middle
Of an a-bomb site
in yucca flats?
I don't remember.
You don't
remember?
40 miles
from nowhere,
There are "off limits" signs
posted at every access point
On the perimeter, barbed-wire
fences, security patrols.
So why don't you try
and remember?
I can't remember!
Ever since the blast,
I think I got some kind
of ammonia in my head.
A wise guy, huh?
You know what we do
to wise guys?
What do you do, scare me?
Beat me up?
I just been bombed!
What is this?
What is he
talkin' about?
What do you want?
Hey, wait a minute!
He's making me get one of my
migraines or my concussions!
My head's spinning
and everything!
I'm seeing lights
and flashes!
I gotta rest now.
I can't talk no more.
This man is a civilian
temporarily under our care,
You'll have to leave.
It is essential
that we question him.
Hey...
I ain't gonna answer
any of your questions.
Do you understand? I
want to talk to a lawyer.
And my partner?
He wants to talk
to a lawyer too.
- Do you understand that?
- Hey, your friend is in bad shape, pal.
He's not gonna
need a lawyer.
He's gonna need
a priest.
Pauli, are you awake?
Yeah.
Pauli.
Yeah, boss?
Pauli, answer me!
Answer me, pauli.
Get in here!
Coming,
I'm coming!
Stupid machine!
That's rule number one
in this kingdom.
People owe,
they pay.
Kingdom?
Nevada's a state.
Pauli, what do you
have in here, huh?
It's the kingdom
of money, idiot.
That kind of makes me
like a prince, huh, boss?
Let's go, steve.
Lead the way,
prince charming.
Pauli, I'm gonna give you a
shot in the head, you know that?
I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
- Not bad, huh?
- Whoa!
So now tell me
what's bothering you so much
That you gotta come up here
and bother me, huh?
Come on, what are you
upset about?
Boss, who's this
perigna guy?
I give up. I don't know, who is he?
I'm looking over the
purchase orders like you want,
And we ordered six cases of
champagne for the fancy restaurant.
Yeah yeah yeah.
And only four
got delivered.
And this guy don perigna signed for 'em.
Did we pay
for six cases?
No, only four, but I want to
know who this perigna guy is,
Because you told me I was
the boss of food and beverage,
And I don't want nobody
stealing from us.
"dom perignon." it's
the champagne, you idiot!
Good, 'cause I thought you
was tryin' to ease me out.
You're the best,
pauli.
Pauli, look at this.
It's great, huh?
We're gonna own
this town, pauli.
And torello's gonna
get old and wrinkled.
And he's gonna wonder
what went wrong.
And we're gonna be
sitting up here
Laughin' on
the good life.
Yeah,
this is it, pauli,
We're on top
of the world.
Ray?
Ray, can you hear me?
Come on, boss,
I got to talk to you.
Ray.
Come on, boss, I gotta
tell you something.
I didn't know if you
were alive or what.
You gotta tell me
what to do, boss.
I can't decide nothing
for myself, boss.
I can't make
no decisions.
What?
What, boss?
As soon as they
know who we are...
They call the heat.
They call torello.
Gotta make a move.
Gotta get
outta here.
okay.
what?
Oh, here you go, boss.
I'm sorry.
Call manny.
He'll know
what to do.
I'll take care
of everything, boss.
Don't worry,
I'll take care of it.
Don't worry
about it.
Oh, I'm sorry, boss.
You all are confined
to your quarters!
Hey, wait a minute!
We ain't in the service.
We're civilians.
We was bombed
by the "g."
Hey, I'm gonna
sue you.
What do you think,
we're in prison, huh?
Until we find out
who you really are,
And what you were doing on
a maximum security test site,
A prisoner is exactly
what you are!
- Out!
- Yeah, sure.
"call manny..."
Thanks for letting me
call my pops.
It's his
90th birthday.
And he's sick too.
- Yeah, I'll bet.
- No, believe me.
He's got something
wrong with his mind.
I don't know, that's all
he talks about is golf.
happy birthday, pops!
It's me, your only son pauli taglia.
No, this ain't no joke.
It's me, pauli.
Pops...
I didn't send no chinese food to the house!
I told you, it's me,
pauli taglia.
Yeah.
Ray?
He's not so good.
Uh, he's not gonna be able
to play golf on that outing.
Yeah.
We're at a huge resort,
just outside of town?
You'd get a big bang
out of this place.
Yeah.
Yeah, this place is
a real blast all right.
That's enough now.
Say goodbye.
- I gotta go, pops. Pauli,
pauli, where are you?
Orderly!
- Pauli, are you there? Talk to me!
I gotta go, pops.
Orderly!
Ray, can you
get me outta there?
Pauli?
Pauli?
Oh god, I gotta
be dreaming.
Who'd you say
you were?
Don't you
remember me?
I'm your night nurse,
And I'm here
to check your...
Vital signs.
my vital signs?
I think everything's
working satisfactorily.
In that case,
How can I make you
more comfortable?
I think we could
come up with something.
I've got a little
surprise for you.
Oh no!
- Oh, no no!
- Oh, yes yes yes!
- Oh no no!
- Yes yes yes!
- Oh no no no!
- Yes yes!
Wow!
What we are is your neighbors across
the 80 acres that sits between us.
You see, pete, we want to
light up this end of the strip.
So if you do good,
we do good.
Listen, any advice that
you need, anything at all,
Banking, short-term loans,
Operations, you call us
because we want to make sure
That everything
works out just fine.
I got you duped
into pete bower's joint,
The palladium casino,
Without him knowing.
You and holman are gonna
start working there.
And I want you to take,
uh, claymore with you.
This guy bowers,
he's a friend of yours?
That's why we're
helping him out?
Pauli, I want you
to skim the hard count,
Short food and beverage,
steal from the hotel guests,
Rig the slots.
So I guess
he's not a friend.
It doesn't
take brains.
It's easy
to lose money.
Pauli, we're gonna
bust bower's casino.
Do you think
you can do it?
Of course!
I'm the best!
Pauli, you gotta stop using
your head for just a hat rack.
We're gonna have
some magic moments.
You have
40 cases there.
- I got 80 cases here.
- No, you got 40 cases.
I'm paying you for 80. You
got a problem with that?
I don't have
a problem taking money.
We'll split
the overage, 50-50.
- Okay.
- And I don't want none of this.
That's mumm champagne.
Nah, I want to exchange it
for a case of moonglow.
- I'll have to re-do
this invoice.
Forget it, we'll eat
the difference.
Yeah, but we don't
have any moonglow.
Then I'll take a case
of river rum.
Hey, pal, nobody orders river rum.
Lookit, they do here,
all right?
You see, we get all the bus
tours in from skid row here,
So we'll take a couple
of cases of that tokay.
Them short dogs make
'em feel right at home.
Terrific! Blue duck,
from the estate of washington!
We don't want none
of that frog champagne.
Bring us all
the duck you got,
And shake it up
real well!
Are we gonna
make this or what?
This is the best,
huh, jack?
- You bet.
- Drink up.
- Right, hey...
- We're gonna land a couple of these.
We'd have to be corpses not to
score with a couple of these chicks.
Do you know
who I am?
Uh, let me guess.
Uh...
Eleanor roosevelt?
I'm penelope worth. And
you have a very smart mouth.
Yeah, that's what
the warden said.
I had a $5,000 necklace
in there!
Only two of us had
the key, correct?
Oh no, ma'am,
you had the only key.
Then one of you
is a thief, right?
- Who me?
- Look, I want my necklace back!
I am prepared to sue!
I'll shut this place down!
And you won't have your
measly little job anymore!
Look, lady, maybe you got a
little too drunk last night
And you misplaced
the necklace.
- Think she'll sue?
- Who cares?
- Get the next box.
- Right.
Try it.
Try it.
We know you are
a russian spy!
All right!
All right,
all right already!
What's the matter, can't a
guy get some sleep around here?
Hey, huh?
Take it easy!
I'll easy you,
you dumb son of a-
- Hey, pauli!
- Come here!
We know you're
a russian a-bomb spy!
Pauli, I thought I told you
to buy cheaper meat.
What the-?
Can't get any
cheaper than this.
Who is your boss
in moscow?
Where's luca?
- Luca's in vegas.
- Doin' what?
I'm gonna kill ya!
Who were the men
that we seen?
By the time
I'm through with you,
You're gonna beg me
to go to jail.
- Who else was there?
- You know what you're asking me?
I'm not asking you
I'm telling you!
I'll kill you
right now, pauli.
breakin' rocks
in the hot sun
I fought the law
and the law won
I needed money
'cause I had none
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won...
Hit it again. What do I know about what?
Don't get smart
with me, pauli.
I left my baby
and I feel so bad
I guess
my race is run
but she's the best girl
that I've ever had
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won...
What did you
do that for?
robbing people
with a six-gun
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won...
Come on!
Come on, try me!
With my friends
I clown around,
With you,
all you get is dead!
I miss my baby
and the good fun
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won
I left my baby
and I feel so bad
I guess my race
is run
but she's the best girl
I've ever had
I fought the law
and the law won
I fought the law
and the law won.
I hate to admit it, but I
think you guys are right.
Taglia is too dumb
to be spy.
Yeah, he's dumb,
but we look stupid.
Who do you think's gonna get
blamed for allowing some kook
To penetrate
our test site?
Believe me, we're all
gonna be back on the street.
That's not gonna happen
as long as we got this,
A new experimental drug our
medical staff's been playing with.
What's it do?
It supposed to unlock
the subconscious,
Put the user in
a hallucinogenic state,
And wipe out
the short-term memory.
You think it
will work?
It's worth a shot.
What's the stuff
called?
Lysergic acid
diethylamide.
Hey, lieutenant,
them flowers down there...
Yes?
What do they
call them?
Which ones?
There, those.
Oh, which one?
I didn't mean
nothing by that.
You just remind me
of somebody I used to know.
I loved her very much
at one time.
I'm sorry.
You're a sweetheart,
pauli.
Listen, are you in some kind of trouble?
Did you do
something wrong?
What kind
of trouble?
The doctor
just told me
He was gonna try
an experiment on you.
Experiment?
What kind of experiment?
A new drug called
lysergic acid.
They're using it
on the next ward,
Experimenting on some
of the other patients.
But it does some
sort of weird things.
One guy sat in a tree
all day and did bird calls,
And another guy-
Hey, they ain't gonna
give that stuff to me.
Uh-uh.
I ain't gonna take
that stuff.
They're not gonna do anything
to make me strange.
They're not gonna
weird me out
And make me into some
kind of goof!
Sonny, if you
could help me-
Please, I think
I'm going to faint.
You should stay
out of the heat.
gimme the keys.
Gimme the keys and maybe granny
won't blow a hole in your belly.
- What are you doing?
- I ain't takin' you to lunch.
You're gonna rob me?
Go rob a rich man.
Look, I just lost
a major account
Because of the schmaltzy line
they got me selling.
- You want to see it? - What are
you, nuts? This is a stick-up!
I drive 250 miles a day
Just to make ends meet,
And to top it all off,
my wife's got a boyfriend.
And- and she's going
through a change of life.
You're gonna rob me?
- Pauli!
- Torello, we didn't do nothin'!
Shh, shh, taglia.
If you want
to get out of here,
Shut up.
- Who are you?
- That doesn't matter.
My boss jorge senterro
Is a good friend
of manny weisbord.
You gotta get us
out of here, me and ray.
If torello finds us here,
we're dead.
Shh, this is
why I came.
My boss is willing
to provide a plane,
But you must find a way
to get out of this hospital
By yourself.
Can you do that?
Yeah, I can, I can.
Good.
Mr. Weisbord must have
A lot of love in his
heart for you and luca.
He is going to a great deal of trouble
To see that you
leave this place.
Yeah, I guess he does.
Yeah,
I guess he does
love us.
I gotta get out
of here. I gotta.
But I don't even know
if ray can move!
I shouldn't have to take him
with me, he's gonna get me caught!
This is chicago, and two
guys I can trust are dead.
As far as I'm concerned
it's your fault.
Ray, how many things
have we done together?
Huh? Haven't I always
carried my weight?
I don't know
what to do.
- Pauli!
- Huh?
Save me, pauli.
boss?!
- Pauli.
- Boss! Boss!
- Save me.
- Boss!
I don't know
what to do!
Pauli,
Get some champagne,
join the celebration.
- Salute.
- Salute.
What, did you put on a
little show for him, huh?
Pauli!
- That's a lie, pauli!
- What, did you flash the goods, huh?
- Huh?
- Pauli, stop it!
- You bastard- - tell
me the truth, tell me!
- Tell me!
- No!
Yes yes yes,
if you have to know!
Boss, it's no good
for you.
Is there
something wrong?
Pauli, we can be anything
and do anything we want,
And you're asking me
if there's something wrong.
Pauli, we've arrived.
Hey, for the first time,
everything is absolutely right.
...But no way,
No way am I gonna
help you get ray luca.
Maybe not.
Hey, what the hell
is going on in there?
The radiation must have
addled his brains.
How do you
like that, eh?
Here's some more!
The patient will require
250 micrograms
Of lysergic acid
ever four hours.
Yes, doctor.
Out of the way.
Excuse me!
Thank you!
- You briggs?
- Yeah.
Major rhodes wants to
see you up in his office.
- What for?
- Hey, how the hell do I know?
But if I was you,
I'd make it a.P.A.S.
Ray. Ray.
- Ray?
- The light, the light, doc, the light.
shh shh shh.
Listen to me.
We gotta get out of here.
They're gonna fill us
full of drugs.
Pauli, call manny.
He'll bust us out. Call-
I did, I did.
Listen to me, boss.
Can you be quiet
just like you was dead, huh?
Stay real still?
Yeah. Yeah, pauli, I can do that.
I'll get you
out of here.
- Just relax.
- Pauli...
- What, boss?
- Thanks.
There's nothing I
wouldn't do for you, boss.
what's the matter?
what's wrong?
Out of the way,
out of the way!
What the-
wipeout!
Boss, just play dead.
We got a little bit
of a problem.
- I'll be right back.
- Pauli-
- What's the problem?
- I got this radioactive stiff in here,
And the commander wants him
off the base immediately,
And you look like the man for the job.
- But I gotta go over here
and- - there'll be no buts
Ands or ifs about it.
Let's go, soldier.
Yes, sir.
- Hey, he's moving!
- Nah, don't worry.
That's that "rigamorus"
or something.
Come on,
load him up.
Hey, he's still alive!
No kidding.
We did it!
Boss, we did it!
we did it, boss!
We did it!
How's the ride back there?
pauli!
- Pauli!
- Boss!
Hold on!
Boss!
Boss! Boss!
Boss!
Pauli!
Boss!
I'll kill you, pauli!
Boss! Boss!
Pauli!
boss!
Boss!
Ray!
boss.
You okay?
The doors broke open.
you, pauli...
- What, ray?
Pauli...
- What?
- You f-f-
- What?
- F-f-f-
- What?
- You idiot!
- Aw, boss, what are you
getting mad at me for?
What did I do now?
And besides,
Look who got you here
so far.
Boss, boss!
Our ticket out of here
is here.
Come on.
Come on, come on.
Get up, you were supposed
to pick me up an hour ago.
10 minutes, ma,
10 minutes.
- Get up!
- Boss,
you wouldn't believe
the dream I had last night.
I don't want
to know, pauli.
- Who were you with last night?
- Nobody.
You must have been with
somebody, you're an hour late.
- Come on, get up.
- No, boss.
- Oh no.
- What?
- What's this?
- What's what?
- This, this! What
is it? - Boss, boss-
I just had
a horrible thought.
What's that,
sarge?
Khrushchev pushes
the button...
We push the button...
A bazillion megatons come
down from the air, right?
Total destruction,
everybody's wiped out, right?
The only one left
to repopulate the human race
Is pauli taglia.
The future in the image
of pauli taglia.
That's apocalyptic.