Mod Squad (1968–1973): Season 1, Episode 14 - Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie - full transcript
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(starts engine)
(knocking)
Who's there?
Who... (grunts)
Just be cool, pop.
(engine idling)
(tires squeal)
Eh, pretty good acting, Max.
You looked real
scared. What acting?
12 volts can give you a little
shock, Captain, believe it.
All in a good cause, Max.
What good cause?
What's this all about?
Undercover men.
Two of those punks were cops.
Well, what's a
cop doing robbing?
How else do you join a gang?
(theme song plays)
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(light, mid-tempo jazz playing)
All right, friend,
do we join the club?
Soon as you pay your dues.
All of it... that's the price.
I'm sorry, I didn't
hear you. What?
This loud enough?
Mm-hmm.
Now, Mace, we
don't mind auditioning,
but paying for it is ridiculous.
All right, Mace,
let's just get to it.
Now, you just dug our style.
Now, do we meet the man or not?
(grunts)
Meet me back here... in an hour.
Mace...
here, man, go get
yourself a drink and relax.
(laughing)
Well, so far so good.
What's up?
I was just thinking,
stealing makes me hungry, man.
Well, I'm tapped
out till payday.
Uh-uh.
That's taxpayers' bread.
(laughs)
Yeah.
Let's go over to Julie's house
and get something to eat.
She'll want to know
how it went, anyway.
Ooh, you're a devious cat.
PETE (laughs): Hi.
A funny thing happened
on the way to starvation.
Julie, what's the matter?
Anything wrong, Julie?
WOMAN: I know I
should have phoned, baby,
instead of just...
showing up like this,
but all I could think of
was seeing you again.
Just seeing you.
I've been so excited, I
haven't been able to...
Pete and Linc...
this is my mother.
(echoing): What
was it like for her?
It was a bad scene.
Mama swung pretty good.
One-night stands?
And Julie couldn't
go it, so she cut out.
Where's her mother now?
Who knows?
She calls when
the going gets slow.
Gee, I...
I bet I look awful.
Well...
Linc and Pete, huh?
Well, let me guess.
Linc.
This is Linc, Linc Hayes,
and I'm Pete Cochrane.
Mrs. Barnes.
Oh. Here.
It's all right.
(laughs): I'm so clumsy.
It's okay. Thank you.
PETE: Well, it was
very nice to meet you,
but we really have to run.
A pleasure, Mrs. Barnes.
Oh, no, no, please don't
go, not on my account.
Julie, if you want to
entertain your company,
you go right ahead.
Here.
Tell you what, why don't we
send out for something to eat?
Julie always loved takeout food.
Didn't you, baby?
PETE: No, thank you.
We really do have to go.
We have to meet a man.
See you, Julie.
Mrs. Barnes.
Well, I...
I guess I didn't
handle that very well.
It's all right, Mother.
I was just trying to
entertain your company.
They're not my company,
Mother, they're my friends.
I'm sorry, Julie, baby,
I didn't mean it like...
well, like that.
Mother, you know I
don't like takeout food.
I know.
(smooth jazz playing)
That was a pretty smooth job.
Did Mace buy it?
He's taking us to
meet the big man
in about ten minutes.
You never fed us a
piece at a time before.
Now, why now?
Because if we're wrong,
there'll be a lot of
red faces downtown.
We're working on a
tip... That's all we've got.
Say, do you remember the, uh,
Fraser armored car
robbery about two years ago?
$700,000 gone...
Nobody ever busted for it.
You're saying Mace planned that?
Nah, he's not that bright.
But he had a piece
of it, you can be sure.
Now the word out is he's
working on something else.
You know, M.O.s never change.
Chances are pretty good that
Mr. Big is heading
this one up, too.
Look, you're gonna be
knee-deep into this thing.
You'll have to be
playing it by ear.
Well, what do we do if we
want to get a hold of you?
This looks like a
pretty nice place.
I'll set Julie up
here as a waitress.
All contact through her.
Now, I won't be
talking to you again.
Look, uh...
be very careful, huh?
Something bugging you?
No.
Nothing at all.
Sure.
(laughs quietly)
She doesn't look anything
like I thought she would.
Julie's mother?
Mm-hmm.
No one ever does.
(sighs): Did you see
the look on Julie's face?
Yeah, I saw.
She was... dying inside, man.
By inches.
It's a two-way street, Pete.
So was her mother.
You like it, baby?
It's so different.
Simple.
I remember ruffles and bows.
Your tastes have
changed, Mother.
People change, baby.
"Baby."
That was a hundred years ago.
Mother, why did you come?
Is there something
that you need?
Is it money? No.
Maybe I was hoping you'd be...
glad to see me.
Oh, baby, I'm so
glad to see you.
I guess I'd be
better off at a motel.
You can't go out
this late at night.
You take the bed, and the
couch will be fine for me.
What happened in San
Francisco, Mother... any problems?
(chuckles): No.
No, and there won't
be any ever again.
What I came down
about, Julie, is...
well, I'm getting married.
Married?
Yeah.
(laughs): I know, I
can't believe it myself.
But... well, there's this man,
and that's what he wants.
To marry me.
(laughs): Me.
Well, who is he?
Why didn't you get
married up north?
Where is he, Mother? Oh,
you'll meet him, you'll meet him.
He's... he'll
explain everything.
He's just wonderful.
He's made me forget
about everything, baby.
JULIE: She'll never change.
He'll be just like
the rest of them...
(echoing): just like
the rest of them...
rest of them... rest of them...
rest of them...
Oh, honey, I thought you
were staying with Ellie tonight.
She had to go back
to school, Mother.
Oh.
Well, this is my
little girl, Julie.
This is Jack.
Hi, Julie.
Mother, uh, I'm going to
go to the movies tonight,
and I may be home
a little late, okay?
Okay. Have fun, baby.
Now, what'll you have?
Coffee, a drink, which?
Whatever you're having. Right.
You do your homework, baby?
I'll be back in a jiff.
My office number. Use it.
I'm sorry,
but you've made a mistake.
Oh?
Just trying to keep
it all in the family.
Have fun at the movies.
Good night, baby.
Good-bye, Mama.
Well, things really haven't
changed, have they?
Oh, honey, you,
you don't understand.
Everything's changed
about me now.
Whatever you say, Mother.
Please? Oh, please?
You trust me.
Just trust me.
Will you need one
blanket or two?
Cochrane, Hayes,
Mr. Williams.
Frank Williams.
Mace here tells me you're good,
but a little bit undisciplined.
So...
I'll give you the ground rules.
We do things my way.
No arguing, no discussions
and no questions.
Agreed?
As long as there's loot.
More than you have
ever dreamed of.
Get into a pair of those
coveralls and start digging.
Hey, wait a minute.
We haven't talked money.
Mace will tell you
that I'm... generous.
You'll be very
well taken care of.
Go to work or use the door.
The man said dig.
Dig.
Those kids would have
worked for peanuts.
Why cut them in?
Did you hear me
mention a figure?
I simply said they'd
be "taken care of."
More coffee, sir?
Yeah, it's good.
Did you make it?
No.
Anything more
from Pete and Linc?
Nothing.
This digging a hole in
the middle of nowhere
doesn't make sense.
Tell 'em I'm having
the surrounding
buildings checked.
Not to expect anything,
they're mostly warehouses.
And tell 'em I'm running a
cross-check on Frank Williams.
Nothing yet.
His fingerprints would
give us a big leg up
if they can manage it.
Mostly warehouses.
What?
Yes, the fingerprints.
Anything on your mind, Julie,
that you'd like to talk about?
I'll tell the boys you
need his fingerprints.
This is really heavy for her.
She's really uptight.
Or lowdown.
Must be real rough go at home.
Yeah.
Hi.
Hi. Hi.
Captain was just here.
He said if you could get
Frank Williams' prints,
that would help a lot.
What would really help, Julie?
What?
We're not blind, Julie.
Look, can you guys come
over to my house tonight?
Your mother?
She seemed nice.
Looked like she
was trying real hard.
There's a man
coming over for dinner
and she thinks that
he's going to marry her.
But they never do.
It's gonna be one of
those meet-an-uncle nights,
and I can't make that
scene again, not alone.
So please come over tonight.
Never did like to
eat alone anyway.
Thanks.
And anyway, I guess
it was just kinda...
Oh, you know,
love at first sight.
If you can imagine
that at my age.
I mean, not that I'm so old.
I had Julie when
I was just a kid.
Anyway, the reason we're
getting married down here
is because he's
starting a business here,
and it just seemed like...
(knocking)
That's him. Excuse me.
Oh, darling, I was
beginning to worry.
MAN: I'm sorry I'm late,
honey, this is for disappointment.
Oh, how beautiful!
Everybody, this is Fred.
Fred White,
my fiancé.
Hello, everybody.
Don't get drunk anymore,
the younger generation.
I've had so much champagne.
Oh, honey, can we do this again?
Well, sure.
What did you think of
the chicken, darling?
Perfect. Just like
the girl who fixed it.
Oh...
How's that for luck, huh?
At my age, a full-grown
beautiful family?
You can't beat it.
What kind of business
did you say you
were in, Mr. White?
Oh, he's in building
supplies, things like that.
Fred's very good at it.
Do-it-yourself items, mostly.
Very interesting field.
Business like that,
you could have a lot of risk.
Yes, as in any business,
risks and a certain...
oh, challenge, let's say.
Even danger.
Not if you know how
to kill off the competition.
That is, if you have to.
And... it pays
very well if you know
exactly what you're doing.
Very. Isn't it marvelous?
Fred's going to retire
after he opens his store.
Julie, oh, I'd know
you anywhere.
You look exactly
like your picture.
Where did you
see a picture of me?
Why, the one your
mother carries.
Oh, it's from a
long time ago, baby.
I'll show it to you.
PETE: When are you
going to open your store?
Well, very soon,
now that I've got help.
It's crucial, you
know, to be sure
that you have exactly the
right men working for you.
If you don't,
they could rock the boat.
Mm-mm, I've got too much
going for me with my new family
to let anyone rock my boat.
(both chuckle)
Oh, no.
It's from an old snapshot.
I had it blown up.
Julie, you haven't
changed at all.
That's very sweet, look. Huh?
Like mother, like daughter.
Well, I guess we
better be going.
Thank you for the
dinner, Mrs. Barnes.
PETE: It was really
very good, thank you.
Good night, Julie.
We have to go to work.
Ah, that's the way
it is nowadays.
You want to make a
dollar, you gotta dig.
If we keep this up, we
better learn Chinese.
Dig with your shovel,
not your mouth.
My turn.
Friendly.
Ah, he's the least
of our troubles.
Julie? What are we
gonna do about her, Pete?
I don't know.
I know one thing.
She finds out,
she's gonna come
apart at the seams.
What happens when
mama finds out?
Or does she know?
WILLIAMS: You two!
Get up here and help me unload!
All right, let's go.
All right, Mace, you stay
here and keep digging.
In a minute, Bill. I'm beat.
Let's go, let's go, I
haven't got all night.
Bill?
How many names do you use?
Bill, Frank, Fred...
You are out of line.
I said no questions, remember?
Well, now things are a
little bit different, aren't they?
All right.
But get this very straight;
the job is one thing,
Julie's mother is
something else.
I love her. I'm
going to marry her.
You spoil it
and you'll end up in
that hole you're digging.
Clear?
Then she doesn't know
anything about your moonlighting?
That's right.
And that is my private life.
Stay out of it.
Now I want an answer.
Now wait a minute.
Julie's clean. She's straight.
She doesn't know
a thing about us.
It's a standoff, then.
Keep it that way.
Now let's get this stuff inside.
Oh, Mace. Yo.
Let me show you how
that new generator works.
Start button there...
(talking becomes indistinct)
(generator rumbles)
Turn it off that way, see?
(generator stops)
You don't take chances, do you?
Remember that.
What about all this junk?
We could be digging
for buried treasure.
We better be, if you're
gonna retire on it.
All right, boys,
back in the hole.
We've wasted enough time.
Hey.
What was he talking
about, "retire"?
Oh, Mace, they're just kids.
They've been working in
the dark so long down there,
they've gotten frustrated.
They'll say anything to
stir up a little excitement.
Everything's going just fine.
All right, let's get to work.
CONNIE: Baby?
You're not asleep,
are you honey?
It isn't working out, is it?
We're both so...
so cautious with each other.
I'm trying, Mother.
I know how much
I'm asking of you.
I mean, showing up like this...
from nowhere
after all these years,
and expecting you to...
It'll work out, Mother.
No, I say one little
word, and I see that look,
and I know you're
remembering, and I...
(voice breaking): I just ache.
God, I'd give anything to
wipe out all those years,
but I just can't.
All I can do is just try
to make them up to you.
Please help me.
Give me a chance to do that.
With Fred, I-I know
I can... I can make it.
And he likes you so much.
He wants us both.
Oh, please...
Oh, please. Please.
Don't cry, Mother.
Don't cry.
Everything's gonna be all right.
You... you really did like him,
didn't you? I like him.
Did you? Yes.
Oh...
And I'm glad
you're here, Mother.
Captain said that the
cross-check led nowhere.
And there isn't any record
on any Frank Williams.
I can guarantee you he exists.
Captain says...
"Get his fingerprints."
He's very big on gloves.
(chuckles): You'll
think of something.
You always do.
She seems better.
She and momma must
be finding a way at home.
And we better do the same.
Williams' prints?
The Captain is
kidding himself, man.
He's too sharp to leave
something like that behind.
No, there's no way.
Or is there?
(paper rustling)
This is one stinking job.
Okay, okay.
The Captain is hep to him, now,
and there's nothing
we can do about it.
Yeah.
But he loves her.
No matter what he
is, he still loves her.
It's her last chance.
Cheers.
Hi. What's for dinner?
Hurry and change, darling,
Fred's taking us out
for an early dinner.
He's got business later.
Mother, I thought
three was a crowd.
Not for Fred... he
wants his family with him.
Oh. (phone ringing)
I'll get it, Mother.
Hello?
Oh, yes, Mr. Greer.
It's my boss from
the restaurant.
All right, what's the
name of the game?
The boys trying to start
their own police department?
What do you mean?
The next time they try to run
a fingerprint check through
lab without my knowing about it,
don't go to a tech man
who owes me money.
I've got the report
right in front of me.
Yes, sir.
Now take it down.
And Julie, tell the
boys to be real careful.
"Fred Williams, three
counts of embezzlement,
two grand larceny,
no indictments."
Total of three years
spent in Federal prison.
The same time Mace was there.
Tell them not be fooled by
his charm, he's a tough man.
Yeah, and one assault charge
two years ago in a
construction company in L.A.
Okay, I got it. Is that all?
No, not quite, his real name.
William Franklin,
alias Frank Williams,
alias Fred White.
What?
Fred White.
Oh, one more thing.
The woman's prints on that
champagne bottle were smudged.
We're having to
cross-check them... you got it?
Got it.
(line disconnects)
Okay, baby, start dressing.
It's a lie!
It's always a lie!!
Baby?
(grunting)
(grunting)
I don't like it, him not
showing up all night.
I think that's a
pretty sharp fella.
He's out playing the ladies man
while we're down
here doing all the work.
I mean, why not?
Why dig when he
has us doing it for him?
PETE: True.
That covers you and me,
but I thought old
Mace here and Williams
were better buddies than that.
He deserves a
better shake than that.
I mean, I would never
do it to my friend.
Now, come on, Mace.
Now, you know what
jackpot we're digging for.
Why don't you hep us to it?
You kids press too hard.
Okay, have it your way.
Hey, uh...
that thing about
Williams retiring.
You, uh, really
hear him say that?
You press too hard, Mace.
(laughing)
Wait a minute, man.
I don't know about you
guys, but I'm... exhausted.
Let's go up top
and get some rest.
That's a good idea.
Hey, what do you
got, banker's hours?
Where is she?
Where's who?
I sat up all night with Connie.
Julie never came home.
Are you two trying to
pull something, huh?
Now, wait a minute.
We're her friends,
not her nursemaids.
We don't know where she is.
Where is she?!
Take it easy.
Now you're sure she didn't
leave a note or anything?
Nothing.
And I've got a nagging feeling
you two are behind the fact
that she ran away.
Now you get out
there and find her,
and take her back to her mother,
or you can just
keep right on going.
Don't you believe
in the written word?
Yeah, I believe in it.
But people lie.
In the end, people always lie.
Sometimes... out of love, Julie.
I don't want to talk about it.
Your mother doesn't
know about Fred.
She thinks Fred's for real.
JULIE: But you lied to me!
Both of you knew what
was going on and you lied.
Because you were happy, Julie.
Julie...
You've got to go
home to your mother.
I can't. I just can't.
Look.
(sighs)
There's... no other way to
say it, but she needs you.
I'm not her mother, she's mine.
All right, Julie, now
you can go home,
or you can sit here and feel
sorry for the rest of your life.
You've got a choice.
Well, you've got a choice, too.
Please... Please, for me?
For me?
Let Fred go?
You know we can't do that.
Right!
'Cause you're the fuzz and
you've got to do your jobs.
(sighs)
It's not what we want.
You know that.
It's even out of our hands.
It's gonna happen,
and when it does,
then your mother's
really up against a wall.
Who's gonna be
there to help her?
Huh?
Who, Julie?
Pete. Linc.
Can you drop me off?
Where?
Home.
(siren wailing)
All right, out of
the car, both of you.
(dog barks in distance)
You're overdoing this
a little bit, aren't you?
Hands against the door.
What does it take to make
you guys keep in touch?
It's been a little
busy out... Tough.
Where do we stand?
Fred told Mace
we're almost home.
It could be tonight.
We've tunneled almost
all the way under the street.
Is that all you found
out in three days?
All right, plus this:
Fred carries a city
engineering map around,
number 42-A, series eleven.
Is that all?
No questions?
About what?
Let's try that woman's prints
on the champagne bottle.
I just got a make.
They belong to a
woman in San Francisco
by the name of Barnes
with a police record
and a daughter named Julie.
Does that
mean anything to you?
You bring her mother in
for questioning, Captain,
and you're gonna kill Julie.
All right. Then talk to me.
What's the mother's connection?
You better believe us.
Her mother doesn't
know anything about this.
She's clean.
And she thinks that
this guy is straight.
She also thinks that
he wants to marry her.
(chuckles)
I just belted Julie
with it on the phone.
Yeah. We know.
All right...
I'll break my back to keep
Julie and her mother out of this.
But you make
one slip... Blow it...
That guy gets away, and I'll...
You'll what?
Well, look, I don't
know all the answers.
If I did I'd have Metcalf's job.
Take it easy, Big Daddy.
You're getting a little soul.
Yeah, well...
I... I gotta go check that map.
Now go on, beat it.
(muffled thud)
(clang)
(sighs)
(tapping)
(panting): Well...
what now?
(grunts)
(chuckles)
Ahead of schedule.
We might as well go on up.
(sighs)
All right, we'll eat now,
and then rest...
till tonight.
(coughs)
Nobody leaves
till we're through.
You haven't said a
word all day, baby.
I'm just tired, Mother.
Want some dinner?
No. Nothing, thank you.
You don't have to tell
me why you ran away.
I'm just so glad you're back.
Baby, I have to know.
Was it... was it
something I said?
Something I did?
No.
Well, you rest.
I've got a lot to do
before tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
I was going to wait till
morning and surprise you, but...
well, tomorrow's the day.
Well, it isn't every day a...
a girl... a woman...
gets married.
And here, baby, look.
Three plane tickets to Mexico.
Fred brought them last night.
Three.
Will you come with us?
I want you. Fred wants you.
Please?
(thumping)
(water dripping)
Storm drain.
Real interesting.
But what could be down here?
More questions, huh?
A man likes to know what
he's letting himself in for.
After tonight, your only trouble
will be hiding your assets
from the income tax people.
All right, Mace,
come on, let's move it!
(sloshing footsteps)
ADAM: Any word from
Cochrane and Hayes?
No, sir. Nothing.
Here's the latest
directory of the area.
Forget it. We're in trouble.
Sir?
Well, there's industrial
area all around that store.
Well, that's right, aircraft
factories, electronic firms...
There'd be no point in
knocking any of those over.
There's no cash,
they pay by check.
The storm drain, that's
our key, it's gotta be.
Well, at least that
gives you a lead.
What lead?
There's a hundred miles
of tunnel under the city.
They could hit the target
and come up anyplace.
It'd take an army to cover it.
You know, a bank's
the most likely target.
Yeah, there's only a
thousand of those in the city.
What's to guarantee
that it's a bank?
It could be a brokerage house,
negotiable
securities, any jeweler.
No, we're just
kidding ourselves.
No way to help them.
Those kids are on their own.
(tapping) Right there.
(motor rumbling)
JULIE: Mother?
Oh, baby...
I'm sorry I woke you.
I wasn't sleeping.
I'm just so excited, I
can't... close my eyes.
Mother?
What, honey?
What would happen if for...
some reason things
didn't work out?
Oh, Jul...
Julie, don't say that.
It-It has to work out.
Why wouldn't it?
Honey?
Well, you know how it is.
Sometimes, when you
count on things too hard...
It'll happen.
You'll see.
For all of us.
I mean, I guess everybody
is entitled to one good day.
Huh?
(chuckles)
Oh!
What is it? What's wrong?
I'm tired.
Now, these non-union
hours are killing me.
Ain't it the truth?
What will it take to cure
your weariness, huh?
Information.
About that, and about
what's on the other side of this.
Solid.
All right.
On the other side
of that is a wall.
Behind that wall is the vault
of the Chatham Street Bank,
containing slightly over
one million dollars in cash.
This is why you have
not yet hit an alarm circuit.
I was the construction foreman.
Now... does that do
anything for your weariness?
I'm already spending my cut.
Then get on it!
(explosion)
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Give me the case.
Are you gonna leave
the tools in there?
(chuckles)
Why not?
We ought to leave them
something, don't you think?
Come on, Mace, let's go.
Right now.
Bill?
Why?
Man with your... talent
shouldn't retire, Bill.
Where does that leave me?
I'm not a... planner like you.
So, uh...
I'd just better
retire with money.
And three killings, huh?
Money is money!
Come on!
(gunshots)
Bill...
(coughing)
(coughing)
PETE: You all right, man?
Yeah. Come on.
We better get to a phone
and call the Captain.
I bet he's heading for Julie's.
(sighs): Isn't it time yet?
No, it's not time yet, Mother.
Well, I guess something,
you know, came up.
Unexpected
business or something.
He won't be long.
I wish he'd get here.
Really wish he'd get here.
(tires screech)
It's an important day.
Julie?
No, Mother.
No.
No!
Mother! No! No!
Don't! No! No!
Stop! No! No!
He needs me! No! No!
Please, don't!
(sobbing): Please, don't!
Oh, Mother!
No, no...
(wailing sobs)
(whispers): Mama... Mama...
Oh...
(murmuring)
Oh, thank you, Julie.
I wish you'd stay
awhile, Mother.
It's better, honey, much better.
If you ever need anything...
I'll keep in touch.
He really loved you, Mother.
I'll try to remember that.
Mother?
Good-bye.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
(starts engine)
(knocking)
Who's there?
Who... (grunts)
Just be cool, pop.
(engine idling)
(tires squeal)
Eh, pretty good acting, Max.
You looked real
scared. What acting?
12 volts can give you a little
shock, Captain, believe it.
All in a good cause, Max.
What good cause?
What's this all about?
Undercover men.
Two of those punks were cops.
Well, what's a
cop doing robbing?
How else do you join a gang?
(theme song plays)
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
(light, mid-tempo jazz playing)
All right, friend,
do we join the club?
Soon as you pay your dues.
All of it... that's the price.
I'm sorry, I didn't
hear you. What?
This loud enough?
Mm-hmm.
Now, Mace, we
don't mind auditioning,
but paying for it is ridiculous.
All right, Mace,
let's just get to it.
Now, you just dug our style.
Now, do we meet the man or not?
(grunts)
Meet me back here... in an hour.
Mace...
here, man, go get
yourself a drink and relax.
(laughing)
Well, so far so good.
What's up?
I was just thinking,
stealing makes me hungry, man.
Well, I'm tapped
out till payday.
Uh-uh.
That's taxpayers' bread.
(laughs)
Yeah.
Let's go over to Julie's house
and get something to eat.
She'll want to know
how it went, anyway.
Ooh, you're a devious cat.
PETE (laughs): Hi.
A funny thing happened
on the way to starvation.
Julie, what's the matter?
Anything wrong, Julie?
WOMAN: I know I
should have phoned, baby,
instead of just...
showing up like this,
but all I could think of
was seeing you again.
Just seeing you.
I've been so excited, I
haven't been able to...
Pete and Linc...
this is my mother.
(echoing): What
was it like for her?
It was a bad scene.
Mama swung pretty good.
One-night stands?
And Julie couldn't
go it, so she cut out.
Where's her mother now?
Who knows?
She calls when
the going gets slow.
Gee, I...
I bet I look awful.
Well...
Linc and Pete, huh?
Well, let me guess.
Linc.
This is Linc, Linc Hayes,
and I'm Pete Cochrane.
Mrs. Barnes.
Oh. Here.
It's all right.
(laughs): I'm so clumsy.
It's okay. Thank you.
PETE: Well, it was
very nice to meet you,
but we really have to run.
A pleasure, Mrs. Barnes.
Oh, no, no, please don't
go, not on my account.
Julie, if you want to
entertain your company,
you go right ahead.
Here.
Tell you what, why don't we
send out for something to eat?
Julie always loved takeout food.
Didn't you, baby?
PETE: No, thank you.
We really do have to go.
We have to meet a man.
See you, Julie.
Mrs. Barnes.
Well, I...
I guess I didn't
handle that very well.
It's all right, Mother.
I was just trying to
entertain your company.
They're not my company,
Mother, they're my friends.
I'm sorry, Julie, baby,
I didn't mean it like...
well, like that.
Mother, you know I
don't like takeout food.
I know.
(smooth jazz playing)
That was a pretty smooth job.
Did Mace buy it?
He's taking us to
meet the big man
in about ten minutes.
You never fed us a
piece at a time before.
Now, why now?
Because if we're wrong,
there'll be a lot of
red faces downtown.
We're working on a
tip... That's all we've got.
Say, do you remember the, uh,
Fraser armored car
robbery about two years ago?
$700,000 gone...
Nobody ever busted for it.
You're saying Mace planned that?
Nah, he's not that bright.
But he had a piece
of it, you can be sure.
Now the word out is he's
working on something else.
You know, M.O.s never change.
Chances are pretty good that
Mr. Big is heading
this one up, too.
Look, you're gonna be
knee-deep into this thing.
You'll have to be
playing it by ear.
Well, what do we do if we
want to get a hold of you?
This looks like a
pretty nice place.
I'll set Julie up
here as a waitress.
All contact through her.
Now, I won't be
talking to you again.
Look, uh...
be very careful, huh?
Something bugging you?
No.
Nothing at all.
Sure.
(laughs quietly)
She doesn't look anything
like I thought she would.
Julie's mother?
Mm-hmm.
No one ever does.
(sighs): Did you see
the look on Julie's face?
Yeah, I saw.
She was... dying inside, man.
By inches.
It's a two-way street, Pete.
So was her mother.
You like it, baby?
It's so different.
Simple.
I remember ruffles and bows.
Your tastes have
changed, Mother.
People change, baby.
"Baby."
That was a hundred years ago.
Mother, why did you come?
Is there something
that you need?
Is it money? No.
Maybe I was hoping you'd be...
glad to see me.
Oh, baby, I'm so
glad to see you.
I guess I'd be
better off at a motel.
You can't go out
this late at night.
You take the bed, and the
couch will be fine for me.
What happened in San
Francisco, Mother... any problems?
(chuckles): No.
No, and there won't
be any ever again.
What I came down
about, Julie, is...
well, I'm getting married.
Married?
Yeah.
(laughs): I know, I
can't believe it myself.
But... well, there's this man,
and that's what he wants.
To marry me.
(laughs): Me.
Well, who is he?
Why didn't you get
married up north?
Where is he, Mother? Oh,
you'll meet him, you'll meet him.
He's... he'll
explain everything.
He's just wonderful.
He's made me forget
about everything, baby.
JULIE: She'll never change.
He'll be just like
the rest of them...
(echoing): just like
the rest of them...
rest of them... rest of them...
rest of them...
Oh, honey, I thought you
were staying with Ellie tonight.
She had to go back
to school, Mother.
Oh.
Well, this is my
little girl, Julie.
This is Jack.
Hi, Julie.
Mother, uh, I'm going to
go to the movies tonight,
and I may be home
a little late, okay?
Okay. Have fun, baby.
Now, what'll you have?
Coffee, a drink, which?
Whatever you're having. Right.
You do your homework, baby?
I'll be back in a jiff.
My office number. Use it.
I'm sorry,
but you've made a mistake.
Oh?
Just trying to keep
it all in the family.
Have fun at the movies.
Good night, baby.
Good-bye, Mama.
Well, things really haven't
changed, have they?
Oh, honey, you,
you don't understand.
Everything's changed
about me now.
Whatever you say, Mother.
Please? Oh, please?
You trust me.
Just trust me.
Will you need one
blanket or two?
Cochrane, Hayes,
Mr. Williams.
Frank Williams.
Mace here tells me you're good,
but a little bit undisciplined.
So...
I'll give you the ground rules.
We do things my way.
No arguing, no discussions
and no questions.
Agreed?
As long as there's loot.
More than you have
ever dreamed of.
Get into a pair of those
coveralls and start digging.
Hey, wait a minute.
We haven't talked money.
Mace will tell you
that I'm... generous.
You'll be very
well taken care of.
Go to work or use the door.
The man said dig.
Dig.
Those kids would have
worked for peanuts.
Why cut them in?
Did you hear me
mention a figure?
I simply said they'd
be "taken care of."
More coffee, sir?
Yeah, it's good.
Did you make it?
No.
Anything more
from Pete and Linc?
Nothing.
This digging a hole in
the middle of nowhere
doesn't make sense.
Tell 'em I'm having
the surrounding
buildings checked.
Not to expect anything,
they're mostly warehouses.
And tell 'em I'm running a
cross-check on Frank Williams.
Nothing yet.
His fingerprints would
give us a big leg up
if they can manage it.
Mostly warehouses.
What?
Yes, the fingerprints.
Anything on your mind, Julie,
that you'd like to talk about?
I'll tell the boys you
need his fingerprints.
This is really heavy for her.
She's really uptight.
Or lowdown.
Must be real rough go at home.
Yeah.
Hi.
Hi. Hi.
Captain was just here.
He said if you could get
Frank Williams' prints,
that would help a lot.
What would really help, Julie?
What?
We're not blind, Julie.
Look, can you guys come
over to my house tonight?
Your mother?
She seemed nice.
Looked like she
was trying real hard.
There's a man
coming over for dinner
and she thinks that
he's going to marry her.
But they never do.
It's gonna be one of
those meet-an-uncle nights,
and I can't make that
scene again, not alone.
So please come over tonight.
Never did like to
eat alone anyway.
Thanks.
And anyway, I guess
it was just kinda...
Oh, you know,
love at first sight.
If you can imagine
that at my age.
I mean, not that I'm so old.
I had Julie when
I was just a kid.
Anyway, the reason we're
getting married down here
is because he's
starting a business here,
and it just seemed like...
(knocking)
That's him. Excuse me.
Oh, darling, I was
beginning to worry.
MAN: I'm sorry I'm late,
honey, this is for disappointment.
Oh, how beautiful!
Everybody, this is Fred.
Fred White,
my fiancé.
Hello, everybody.
Don't get drunk anymore,
the younger generation.
I've had so much champagne.
Oh, honey, can we do this again?
Well, sure.
What did you think of
the chicken, darling?
Perfect. Just like
the girl who fixed it.
Oh...
How's that for luck, huh?
At my age, a full-grown
beautiful family?
You can't beat it.
What kind of business
did you say you
were in, Mr. White?
Oh, he's in building
supplies, things like that.
Fred's very good at it.
Do-it-yourself items, mostly.
Very interesting field.
Business like that,
you could have a lot of risk.
Yes, as in any business,
risks and a certain...
oh, challenge, let's say.
Even danger.
Not if you know how
to kill off the competition.
That is, if you have to.
And... it pays
very well if you know
exactly what you're doing.
Very. Isn't it marvelous?
Fred's going to retire
after he opens his store.
Julie, oh, I'd know
you anywhere.
You look exactly
like your picture.
Where did you
see a picture of me?
Why, the one your
mother carries.
Oh, it's from a
long time ago, baby.
I'll show it to you.
PETE: When are you
going to open your store?
Well, very soon,
now that I've got help.
It's crucial, you
know, to be sure
that you have exactly the
right men working for you.
If you don't,
they could rock the boat.
Mm-mm, I've got too much
going for me with my new family
to let anyone rock my boat.
(both chuckle)
Oh, no.
It's from an old snapshot.
I had it blown up.
Julie, you haven't
changed at all.
That's very sweet, look. Huh?
Like mother, like daughter.
Well, I guess we
better be going.
Thank you for the
dinner, Mrs. Barnes.
PETE: It was really
very good, thank you.
Good night, Julie.
We have to go to work.
Ah, that's the way
it is nowadays.
You want to make a
dollar, you gotta dig.
If we keep this up, we
better learn Chinese.
Dig with your shovel,
not your mouth.
My turn.
Friendly.
Ah, he's the least
of our troubles.
Julie? What are we
gonna do about her, Pete?
I don't know.
I know one thing.
She finds out,
she's gonna come
apart at the seams.
What happens when
mama finds out?
Or does she know?
WILLIAMS: You two!
Get up here and help me unload!
All right, let's go.
All right, Mace, you stay
here and keep digging.
In a minute, Bill. I'm beat.
Let's go, let's go, I
haven't got all night.
Bill?
How many names do you use?
Bill, Frank, Fred...
You are out of line.
I said no questions, remember?
Well, now things are a
little bit different, aren't they?
All right.
But get this very straight;
the job is one thing,
Julie's mother is
something else.
I love her. I'm
going to marry her.
You spoil it
and you'll end up in
that hole you're digging.
Clear?
Then she doesn't know
anything about your moonlighting?
That's right.
And that is my private life.
Stay out of it.
Now I want an answer.
Now wait a minute.
Julie's clean. She's straight.
She doesn't know
a thing about us.
It's a standoff, then.
Keep it that way.
Now let's get this stuff inside.
Oh, Mace. Yo.
Let me show you how
that new generator works.
Start button there...
(talking becomes indistinct)
(generator rumbles)
Turn it off that way, see?
(generator stops)
You don't take chances, do you?
Remember that.
What about all this junk?
We could be digging
for buried treasure.
We better be, if you're
gonna retire on it.
All right, boys,
back in the hole.
We've wasted enough time.
Hey.
What was he talking
about, "retire"?
Oh, Mace, they're just kids.
They've been working in
the dark so long down there,
they've gotten frustrated.
They'll say anything to
stir up a little excitement.
Everything's going just fine.
All right, let's get to work.
CONNIE: Baby?
You're not asleep,
are you honey?
It isn't working out, is it?
We're both so...
so cautious with each other.
I'm trying, Mother.
I know how much
I'm asking of you.
I mean, showing up like this...
from nowhere
after all these years,
and expecting you to...
It'll work out, Mother.
No, I say one little
word, and I see that look,
and I know you're
remembering, and I...
(voice breaking): I just ache.
God, I'd give anything to
wipe out all those years,
but I just can't.
All I can do is just try
to make them up to you.
Please help me.
Give me a chance to do that.
With Fred, I-I know
I can... I can make it.
And he likes you so much.
He wants us both.
Oh, please...
Oh, please. Please.
Don't cry, Mother.
Don't cry.
Everything's gonna be all right.
You... you really did like him,
didn't you? I like him.
Did you? Yes.
Oh...
And I'm glad
you're here, Mother.
Captain said that the
cross-check led nowhere.
And there isn't any record
on any Frank Williams.
I can guarantee you he exists.
Captain says...
"Get his fingerprints."
He's very big on gloves.
(chuckles): You'll
think of something.
You always do.
She seems better.
She and momma must
be finding a way at home.
And we better do the same.
Williams' prints?
The Captain is
kidding himself, man.
He's too sharp to leave
something like that behind.
No, there's no way.
Or is there?
(paper rustling)
This is one stinking job.
Okay, okay.
The Captain is hep to him, now,
and there's nothing
we can do about it.
Yeah.
But he loves her.
No matter what he
is, he still loves her.
It's her last chance.
Cheers.
Hi. What's for dinner?
Hurry and change, darling,
Fred's taking us out
for an early dinner.
He's got business later.
Mother, I thought
three was a crowd.
Not for Fred... he
wants his family with him.
Oh. (phone ringing)
I'll get it, Mother.
Hello?
Oh, yes, Mr. Greer.
It's my boss from
the restaurant.
All right, what's the
name of the game?
The boys trying to start
their own police department?
What do you mean?
The next time they try to run
a fingerprint check through
lab without my knowing about it,
don't go to a tech man
who owes me money.
I've got the report
right in front of me.
Yes, sir.
Now take it down.
And Julie, tell the
boys to be real careful.
"Fred Williams, three
counts of embezzlement,
two grand larceny,
no indictments."
Total of three years
spent in Federal prison.
The same time Mace was there.
Tell them not be fooled by
his charm, he's a tough man.
Yeah, and one assault charge
two years ago in a
construction company in L.A.
Okay, I got it. Is that all?
No, not quite, his real name.
William Franklin,
alias Frank Williams,
alias Fred White.
What?
Fred White.
Oh, one more thing.
The woman's prints on that
champagne bottle were smudged.
We're having to
cross-check them... you got it?
Got it.
(line disconnects)
Okay, baby, start dressing.
It's a lie!
It's always a lie!!
Baby?
(grunting)
(grunting)
I don't like it, him not
showing up all night.
I think that's a
pretty sharp fella.
He's out playing the ladies man
while we're down
here doing all the work.
I mean, why not?
Why dig when he
has us doing it for him?
PETE: True.
That covers you and me,
but I thought old
Mace here and Williams
were better buddies than that.
He deserves a
better shake than that.
I mean, I would never
do it to my friend.
Now, come on, Mace.
Now, you know what
jackpot we're digging for.
Why don't you hep us to it?
You kids press too hard.
Okay, have it your way.
Hey, uh...
that thing about
Williams retiring.
You, uh, really
hear him say that?
You press too hard, Mace.
(laughing)
Wait a minute, man.
I don't know about you
guys, but I'm... exhausted.
Let's go up top
and get some rest.
That's a good idea.
Hey, what do you
got, banker's hours?
Where is she?
Where's who?
I sat up all night with Connie.
Julie never came home.
Are you two trying to
pull something, huh?
Now, wait a minute.
We're her friends,
not her nursemaids.
We don't know where she is.
Where is she?!
Take it easy.
Now you're sure she didn't
leave a note or anything?
Nothing.
And I've got a nagging feeling
you two are behind the fact
that she ran away.
Now you get out
there and find her,
and take her back to her mother,
or you can just
keep right on going.
Don't you believe
in the written word?
Yeah, I believe in it.
But people lie.
In the end, people always lie.
Sometimes... out of love, Julie.
I don't want to talk about it.
Your mother doesn't
know about Fred.
She thinks Fred's for real.
JULIE: But you lied to me!
Both of you knew what
was going on and you lied.
Because you were happy, Julie.
Julie...
You've got to go
home to your mother.
I can't. I just can't.
Look.
(sighs)
There's... no other way to
say it, but she needs you.
I'm not her mother, she's mine.
All right, Julie, now
you can go home,
or you can sit here and feel
sorry for the rest of your life.
You've got a choice.
Well, you've got a choice, too.
Please... Please, for me?
For me?
Let Fred go?
You know we can't do that.
Right!
'Cause you're the fuzz and
you've got to do your jobs.
(sighs)
It's not what we want.
You know that.
It's even out of our hands.
It's gonna happen,
and when it does,
then your mother's
really up against a wall.
Who's gonna be
there to help her?
Huh?
Who, Julie?
Pete. Linc.
Can you drop me off?
Where?
Home.
(siren wailing)
All right, out of
the car, both of you.
(dog barks in distance)
You're overdoing this
a little bit, aren't you?
Hands against the door.
What does it take to make
you guys keep in touch?
It's been a little
busy out... Tough.
Where do we stand?
Fred told Mace
we're almost home.
It could be tonight.
We've tunneled almost
all the way under the street.
Is that all you found
out in three days?
All right, plus this:
Fred carries a city
engineering map around,
number 42-A, series eleven.
Is that all?
No questions?
About what?
Let's try that woman's prints
on the champagne bottle.
I just got a make.
They belong to a
woman in San Francisco
by the name of Barnes
with a police record
and a daughter named Julie.
Does that
mean anything to you?
You bring her mother in
for questioning, Captain,
and you're gonna kill Julie.
All right. Then talk to me.
What's the mother's connection?
You better believe us.
Her mother doesn't
know anything about this.
She's clean.
And she thinks that
this guy is straight.
She also thinks that
he wants to marry her.
(chuckles)
I just belted Julie
with it on the phone.
Yeah. We know.
All right...
I'll break my back to keep
Julie and her mother out of this.
But you make
one slip... Blow it...
That guy gets away, and I'll...
You'll what?
Well, look, I don't
know all the answers.
If I did I'd have Metcalf's job.
Take it easy, Big Daddy.
You're getting a little soul.
Yeah, well...
I... I gotta go check that map.
Now go on, beat it.
(muffled thud)
(clang)
(sighs)
(tapping)
(panting): Well...
what now?
(grunts)
(chuckles)
Ahead of schedule.
We might as well go on up.
(sighs)
All right, we'll eat now,
and then rest...
till tonight.
(coughs)
Nobody leaves
till we're through.
You haven't said a
word all day, baby.
I'm just tired, Mother.
Want some dinner?
No. Nothing, thank you.
You don't have to tell
me why you ran away.
I'm just so glad you're back.
Baby, I have to know.
Was it... was it
something I said?
Something I did?
No.
Well, you rest.
I've got a lot to do
before tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
I was going to wait till
morning and surprise you, but...
well, tomorrow's the day.
Well, it isn't every day a...
a girl... a woman...
gets married.
And here, baby, look.
Three plane tickets to Mexico.
Fred brought them last night.
Three.
Will you come with us?
I want you. Fred wants you.
Please?
(thumping)
(water dripping)
Storm drain.
Real interesting.
But what could be down here?
More questions, huh?
A man likes to know what
he's letting himself in for.
After tonight, your only trouble
will be hiding your assets
from the income tax people.
All right, Mace,
come on, let's move it!
(sloshing footsteps)
ADAM: Any word from
Cochrane and Hayes?
No, sir. Nothing.
Here's the latest
directory of the area.
Forget it. We're in trouble.
Sir?
Well, there's industrial
area all around that store.
Well, that's right, aircraft
factories, electronic firms...
There'd be no point in
knocking any of those over.
There's no cash,
they pay by check.
The storm drain, that's
our key, it's gotta be.
Well, at least that
gives you a lead.
What lead?
There's a hundred miles
of tunnel under the city.
They could hit the target
and come up anyplace.
It'd take an army to cover it.
You know, a bank's
the most likely target.
Yeah, there's only a
thousand of those in the city.
What's to guarantee
that it's a bank?
It could be a brokerage house,
negotiable
securities, any jeweler.
No, we're just
kidding ourselves.
No way to help them.
Those kids are on their own.
(tapping) Right there.
(motor rumbling)
JULIE: Mother?
Oh, baby...
I'm sorry I woke you.
I wasn't sleeping.
I'm just so excited, I
can't... close my eyes.
Mother?
What, honey?
What would happen if for...
some reason things
didn't work out?
Oh, Jul...
Julie, don't say that.
It-It has to work out.
Why wouldn't it?
Honey?
Well, you know how it is.
Sometimes, when you
count on things too hard...
It'll happen.
You'll see.
For all of us.
I mean, I guess everybody
is entitled to one good day.
Huh?
(chuckles)
Oh!
What is it? What's wrong?
I'm tired.
Now, these non-union
hours are killing me.
Ain't it the truth?
What will it take to cure
your weariness, huh?
Information.
About that, and about
what's on the other side of this.
Solid.
All right.
On the other side
of that is a wall.
Behind that wall is the vault
of the Chatham Street Bank,
containing slightly over
one million dollars in cash.
This is why you have
not yet hit an alarm circuit.
I was the construction foreman.
Now... does that do
anything for your weariness?
I'm already spending my cut.
Then get on it!
(explosion)
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Give me the case.
Are you gonna leave
the tools in there?
(chuckles)
Why not?
We ought to leave them
something, don't you think?
Come on, Mace, let's go.
Right now.
Bill?
Why?
Man with your... talent
shouldn't retire, Bill.
Where does that leave me?
I'm not a... planner like you.
So, uh...
I'd just better
retire with money.
And three killings, huh?
Money is money!
Come on!
(gunshots)
Bill...
(coughing)
(coughing)
PETE: You all right, man?
Yeah. Come on.
We better get to a phone
and call the Captain.
I bet he's heading for Julie's.
(sighs): Isn't it time yet?
No, it's not time yet, Mother.
Well, I guess something,
you know, came up.
Unexpected
business or something.
He won't be long.
I wish he'd get here.
Really wish he'd get here.
(tires screech)
It's an important day.
Julie?
No, Mother.
No.
No!
Mother! No! No!
Don't! No! No!
Stop! No! No!
He needs me! No! No!
Please, don't!
(sobbing): Please, don't!
Oh, Mother!
No, no...
(wailing sobs)
(whispers): Mama... Mama...
Oh...
(murmuring)
Oh, thank you, Julie.
I wish you'd stay
awhile, Mother.
It's better, honey, much better.
If you ever need anything...
I'll keep in touch.
He really loved you, Mother.
I'll try to remember that.
Mother?
Good-bye.
♪ ♪