Police Woman (1974–1978): Season 3, Episode 18 - Shark - full transcript
- I get the feeling
I need a lawyer.
- You're not gonna
need a lawyer,
you're gonna need an embalmer.
- Come on, they don't
leave with a doggy bag,
they bring one.
And they leave it here
and it's full of cash.
- If we moved in
on bigger money,
we might talk to bigger people.
- Wanna work?
- I'll do anything
that don't take a gun.
- [Man] Hey! (yells)
- In three days, you
pay back 12,500.
You understand?
- I understand.
Don't get out, stay right there.
(dramatic theme music)
- Okay, my man.
Nine ball in the corner pocket.
(suspenseful music)
Would you like
to see that again?
- [Man] Yeah, man,
let me see it again.
- Charlie, Joey called,
wants to see you.
- Lighten up, homes.
I ain't got no time for that.
I'm in the middle of my game.
- I told you.
- Where's Charlie Lion?
- Oh, hello, Joey.
- Charlie.
(dramatic music)
- Hold it, man.
Hold it, I got some money.
I'll pay you.
(grunts) (bones crack)
(dramatic music)
(machine whirring)
- Lunsford?
- [Lunsford] Yes, sir?
- Put it down.
- [Lunsford] Yes, sir.
- Everything go all right?
- [Joey] Nobody around, Spiro.
- Good.
(dramatic music)
Okay, let's take a look.
Would ya open it?
Take care of this later
when no one's around.
You don't like that, Leo?
- I don't know.
Maybe it's the
smell of the meat.
Upsets my stomach.
- I know.
Well, I'll do it.
After 20 years, everything
stinks around here.
Except the money, huh?
(laughing)
- I took this off him.
You think it's okay to wear it?
- It's garish.
It's not you, Leo.
Just stay conservative and
try not to attract any attention.
Not that anybody's
gonna be looking.
- Yeah, I don't think anybody
would care about scum like that.
(laughs)
- Charlie Lion, narcotics,
pandering, assault,
child molesting.
We should give this to
the Sanitation Department.
- Okay, so Charlie Lion
wasn't our leading citizen,
but these other
people weren't so bad.
Here's a building
contractor, hit and run victim.
Used car dealer, suicide.
This guy was an art importer.
He's missing.
Suspected homicide.
- And they all had
something in common?
- Yeah, one thing
intelligence came up with,
they were all into
the loan sharks.
Heavy.
Now, the word
out on the street is
that Charlie Lion was
also into the sharks.
Only, Charlie wasn't paying.
Now, nobody expects to
see Charlie around anymore.
- Object lesson.
- Object lesson.
- Pretty stiff late charges.
- Well, we know that
these other three guys
were also into the same sharks.
Two of them had
agreed to testify in a case
that the DA was building,
but one of them fell
from a freeway overpass
into the fast lane.
The other witness bought
himself a gun, drove to the beach,
and shot himself.
Third guy just disappeared
like Charlie Lion.
- Hmm.
Who were the sharks?
- Who were the sharks?
Joey Perry, Leo Stoller.
- We got nothing.
- That's right.
These guys are just soldiers.
They're part of a system
that's got a couple of
million dollars out on loan,
and they're just
collecting the interest.
Well, what do you say?
Let's get on it.
- Nothing.
- Yeah.
For openers.
- [Man On Radio]
And in the seventh race
it was False
Prophet, Qualification,
and Light Brigade
pays 780, 520, and 360.
And now for the baseball scores.
The New York Yankees
made it three straight
over the Detroit Tigers.
Catfish Hunter threw a
one-hitter in the first game
of a double-header at
Yankee Stadium this afternoon.
Now, after four innings
of the second game,
Detroit leads four to zip.
Weather for tomorrow a little
cloud slurry by mid-afternoon.
(people chattering)
(horn honks)
(tense music)
- I'm a hundred short.
I really had a bad week.
Look, I got some
more customers for you.
I'll give you the hundred
next week, okay?
- Okay, but no more passes.
- Okay.
(tense music)
- How's business?
- All right.
It's Monday.
Things are usually slow in here.
The money, if we could
just have a little more time.
- I explained the deal to
you when we made the loan.
- Yes, I know that.
Wait, you can't push me around.
What are you?
You can't take the money.
Listen, we don't have
credit with our suppliers.
(girl screams)
(grunts)
Vince!
Stop it!
(yells)
(grunting)
Wait, let me go.
(Vince yelling)
Vince!
(yells)
(girl gasps)
Vince!
(gasps)
- [Woman On PA]
Dr. Mansfield, report to X-ray.
- Hello, Scotty.
- Hi, Scotty.
- Mrs. Cagean, Sgt.
Anderson, Sgt. Crowley.
- How do you do?
- Mrs. Cagean's
husband was the victim.
Tell me.
You needed the money right away.
- Yes.
Someone else wanted
to buy the restaurant,
but the owner promised to
give Vince a chance to buy it.
- Where did you try to borrow
the money, Mrs. Cagean?
- I tried everywhere.
We tried the state bank.
We tried Southland
Savings and Loan.
- Anywhere else?
- We called a place
called Phone a Loan.
Everyone turned us down.
They said we were too young.
They said we didn't have
any business experience.
- Scotty, may I?
- Mrs. Cagean, where'd
you meet up with
Leo Stoller and Joey Perry?
- How did you know their names?
- We got their descriptions
from the woman
across the street
from your restaurant.
They both have a record.
- Where did you meet them?
- They came into the
restaurant one day
and they offered us the money.
They put the whole
$5,000 down on the counter.
Said we were to pay them 400
a week for the next six months.
We were so desperate we
found ourselves saying sure.
- And then?
- (sighs) Everything
was okay for a while,
then the freezer broke
and we had some
expenses we didn't count on.
Found ourselves falling
behind on our payments.
- Mrs. Cagean, we want
you to sign a complaint
against these men.
With your help we
can put these guys
right where they belong.
- I need to talk to my husband.
- Where is your
husband right now?
- He's in Emergency.
Let me see if
they're done with him.
- Now, we're here to help
you as much as we can.
These are dangerous men.
- I know, but I am scared.
We have two little babies.
- Mrs. Cagean, believe me.
We can furnish you, and
your family, with protection.
- Bill, I gotta get
back to the office.
- Okay.
Thanks for covering
for us, Scotty.
- Yeah, sure.
See you both.
- Take care.
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
I'll come up with
a couple of scars.
Big deal, huh?
- Mr. Cagean, I'm Sgt. Crowley.
Now, your wife and
another witness can identify
the men who assaulted you.
So, if you'll sign a complaint,
we can get busy
on picking them up.
- We're not filing charges.
- You're not filing charges?
- Nope.
- Look, I can understand
your trepidation.
I explained to your
wife about protection.
- Hey, come on.
Look, I know the whole thing.
You'll put a cop in
front of my house, right?
One at the restaurant,
maybe one at the day school.
You want to know something?
There aren't enough
of you to go around.
I got into this
with all the facts.
I'm a big boy.
I can take my lumps.
I'll make the payments if
I have to take a side job.
- You sure you won't
change your mind?
- There's no way you
can change my mind.
- Well, just in case you do.
Appreciate it if
you'd give me a call.
- All I want to do is sign
out of here and get out.
- I'll call in.
- Mrs. Cagean, I know
what you're going through
and I just want you to know
that if you need my help
you can call me like you
would a friend, all right?
- What is your name again?
- Sgt. Anderson.
If you call the station,
they'll find me anytime.
- Sergeant, we can't...
- Come on, Alison.
Come on.
Come on.
- [Bill] They never
learn, do they?
- Nope.
Missed another lunch
for nothing again.
- I just spoke to Joe.
- Yeah?
- Pete's tailing
Stoller and Perry.
They're out on the street
again making collections.
- Business as usual.
(tense music)
- Relax, baby.
Everything's going to
be all right, Alessandra.
You hear?
- Yeah.
- What do you say we go
home and we see the monsters,
give your mother a break, huh?
- Okay.
- Okay, Perry and Stoller.
Start off each day clean,
make dozens of collections,
thousands in small bills.
Then at the end of the
day, they're clean again.
- So, there has to be a drop.
Probably a slew of them.
- Sure.
They know darn
well it isn't safe
to carry cash in
that neighborhood.
- Well, until we can
follow a cash deposit,
I'll tell you something.
I'm open to some
original thinking.
- Well, I went back to the files
on the other
citizen's complaints.
Two of them had applied
for a loan at Phone a Loan
and they were turned
down like the Cageans.
- Are you saying you think
this Phone a Loan company
refers potential borrowers
to the sharks, is that it?
- The manager's a player.
People come to him for money.
I'd like to get the rest of it.
- Okay by me.
Just stay in the background.
Try to keep it impersonal, okay?
- Don't I always?
- Oh, I hope so.
- I got a feeling about
that pool hall on Western.
- Yeah?
- Well, we know it's a
daily drop for the collectors,
but they make it early
enough so it's not a cash drop.
But, it's something.
- Pete, you all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
Just doing a little
original thinking.
I got a dynamite plan brewing.
- You want us to wait?
- No.
I've just been
looking at the problem
from the crooks point of view.
You know, like
from under a rock.
I'm trying to figure out a
way to shake their chains
to get 'em to check in
with their case manager.
- A move that would make
one of our crooks call his boss?
- Not just check in,
that may be a little too
heavy for a telephone.
I got it, but I know
you're not gonna like it.
- Go ahead, lay it on me.
(suspenseful music)
- How's the lasagna, fellas?
- Slop.
- Want more coffee?
- Tastes like horse sweat.
What's wrong?
- Got a feeling we should
add a few more drops.
Mix up our moves a little.
- We got a new drop.
The restaurant,
that Armenian joint.
- Yeah, I know.
I've been thinking about that.
- Let's go do it.
- I like the way you handled
yourself with the cops.
That's why I can afford to
give you this deal, Cagia.
- Cagean.
So, all I do is what?
I put the bag you give me in
the drum with the meat scraps?
- That's it.
We time it so there's a
pickup right after the drop.
All you gotta do is
make sure the trucker
gets the right drum.
Look, you can't afford
the juice your on now.
Besides, the deal
pays 200 a week.
That's half your problem.
We got a deal?
- We got a deal.
- Good.
- What did he want?
- He just cut the loan payments.
It's 200 a week now.
- Why would he do that?
- Because it's good business.
Look, they're gonna be
taking some of it out in food,
so they'll be coming around.
Alessandra, I know
what I'm doing.
Just go along with it, okay?
- Open at Bigalow's
Appliance, 24-33 a month.
Ottawa Consumer's
Credit Union, 36 at 122.
- Shelly B. Kang?
- Closed on a 600 signature loan
with a CO at Brainard Finance.
- How about a maiden
name on the wife?
Okay.
All right, thanks
a lot, Melinda.
I'll get back to
you this afternoon.
Bye-bye.
- Anything?
- Oh, yes.
Now, we check this info
against what we already have
in the file and if
there's something new,
then I fill out a
report and call it in.
- Who has access
to your master files?
- Just three of us.
Myself included, of course.
And we're very careful.
Exchanges have found
themselves in court
for leaking personal
credit information.
As a matter of
fact, Sgt. Anderson,
I couldn't even show
you a credit report.
Not without a court order.
- Well, I wouldn't
ask you to do that.
- Good.
- But, I do need a favor.
- (laughs) If I can.
- You guys paying a snitch?
Go through a lot in narcotics.
Bunko, too.
What are you on?
Nevermind, I got problems
enough of my own.
There you are.
4,000 even.
Count it.
- I already did.
- Sign here.
- Royster just signed.
Why do I have to sign?
- You're the department head.
He's responsible, but
you're accountable.
- Thanks, Dad.
Relax, I'll treat it as if
it were my very own.
- No, just treat it like
I was accountable.
(laughs)
- [Pepper] Hi.
- Hi.
- Bill?
- [Bill] Yeah.
- You look all steamed up.
- Just had a meeting
with the commissioner.
Brought him up to
date on our progress.
It was a short meeting.
- What, we're on a time limit?
- Oh, I figure we've got
about two days at most.
- Hmm.
You want a cup of coffee?
It's a fresh pot.
- Oh, who made it?
- I did.
- No, I don't think so.
To tell you the truth I can't
blame the commissioner.
We've got a lot of police
bread tied up in this thing
and we're still on first
base with Stoller and Perry.
- Uh-huh.
But, we've got two
innings to go, right?
- You got something
up your sleeve?
- I came up with
an idea that I think
could flush out
somebody higher up.
- Go ahead, I'll
listen to anything.
- Okay, the manager
of Phone a Loan.
Lewin.
Yeah, Lewin.
Looks good on paper.
Wife and kids, picket
fence, the whole love song.
However, he also bets
on anything that moves.
He has been shut
out by all the bookies
and at this very moment
he has a lot of paper
bouncing around Las Vegas.
I think he's paying
off the loan sharks
by referring customers to
them from his own company.
So, I got myself set up
at the Credit Exchange
and I'm gonna apply for a loan.
A biggie.
10,000.
- You think this guy, Lewin?
You think he'll refer
you to the sharks?
- I'm hoping so.
A loan that size has
to flush out somebody.
The next man on the ladder.
Maybe even the banker.
- I don't think it'll work, Pep.
- Well, you don't
even like my coffee.
(tense music)
- You got the money, Tony?
- I got part of it.
It was the guy.
- How much you owe, pal?
- Who's he?
- I never saw him
before this morning.
Look, I don't want to be
in the middle of anything.
- Hey, relax, pal.
You got no trouble.
You're my customer now.
I'm taking over the loan.
Well, let's see.
That was about 300?
160 juice, wasn't it?
- Leo, hold it.
- Who told you you
were tough, Leo?
(laughs)
- Maybe...
Maybe we should talk.
- Maybe.
Go ahead, take the cash.
I'm taking over the loan anyway.
(laughing)
Relax, Tony.
Now, let's talk about what
is going on around here.
- Why'd you pull
me off that punk?
He's shoving it in our face.
- Why?
Because he comes on like
he's got something backing him.
We'll let Spiro handle this one.
- Mr. Lewin, I
don't have all day.
Can you give me the loan or not?
- Well, Ms. Andrews.
The Credit Exchange
rated you triple A
and your assets more than
cover the amount of the loan.
May I ask you what you're
gonna do with the money?
- It's for a short-term
investment.
- You're an executive secretary
for a commodity speculator.
You know, I dabble
in futures, stocks.
I could sure use a
tip on the market.
- Who couldn't?
Sir, I need the
loan by tomorrow.
- I'm afraid we
can't move that fast.
Tell you what.
I think I know somebody
who might be able to help.
Now, the interest
rates are kind of high,
but you get your
money in a hurry.
- I didn't expect to
pay the going rate.
- Good.
- I'd rather not discuss
this at my office.
You have my home phone.
Call me?
- Of course.
- Where's your 20, man?
- You're holding it.
You saw me put it in.
- I saw you put your
hand in there, empty.
You're gonna hustle the
wrong table this time, bro.
- Hey look, fellas.
So, I played the last
game on the arm.
No sense in getting emotional
about a little thing like that.
I'll make it up to you.
- What's the dig?
- This cat's playing empty, man.
He's trying to hustle the table.
- Don't push it.
You're safe.
Come on, out.
Out!
Out!
What are you some kind of a nut?
Want to get yourself killed?
Coming into a new
place with a scam like that.
- Hey man, I was
shooting a scared stick.
Playing for grocery money.
- What's your name?
- Styles, like in class.
- Yeah, I can see that.
You got a job?
- No, but I got some
bad checks at the market
on the second bounce.
And an eviction
notice tied to my door.
- How much bread
will set you free?
- About eight, 900.
- Want to work?
- I'll do anything
that don't take a gun.
- Stick around.
I may know someone
who can help you.
- Well, that's 160.
That'll be 140 bucks
even for the load.
- Thank you.
- Hey.
Oh, Mr. Papas, can I split?
I'm really knocked out.
- Go on, I'll finish.
I ran this whole operation
by myself when I was a kid.
- Oh, thanks.
I'll see you in the morning.
- Pretty good day.
- Those men were in again.
- Yeah, they like your cooking.
- They come in every day
and they don't eat, Vince.
- Look, Alessandra.
I told you what I'm
doing is for a purpose.
For us and the kids.
I made a mistake and I'm
working my way out of it.
- Seven even, right?
- Uh-huh.
- [Joe] See you next stop.
- You gonna be
on this run regular?
- Yeah, man.
I'm under contract.
- [Joey] There's a guy
moving in on our customers.
Paying off loans.
He talks tough like
he's got a lot behind him.
- What's he look like?
- Medium height.
Dresses funky.
He's got a busted nose
like an ex-welterweight.
I never saw him before.
- He paid the
money and the juice?
- Yeah, it was just
the small stuff though.
Leo wanted to bust his head off,
but I figured we
should talk to you first.
- Well, I'll make
some phone calls.
Very good, Joey.
We got a million bucks out
and we don't want to
provoke until we know.
What else?
- Lewin's got a woman
who wants 10 grand.
Needs 10 grand for three days.
She's got some inside
stuff on some stock moves.
- He checked her?
- [Leo] He says.
- Make the loan.
- All right.
- 10 for 12,500.
- [Joey] Yeah, there might be
something in that stock deal.
- Well, just make the loan.
That's our business.
This funky guy with the
nose, I'll make some calls.
- How much cash
you got left, Pete?
- About 900 and some change.
You got the list.
- Perry and Stoller just let
you take over the loans, huh?
- Well, a little acting helped.
Do I get an award?
- Yeah, it's a small
award for small loans.
- If we moved in
on bigger money,
we might talk to bigger people.
- Here's the surveillance
reports on Perry and Stoller.
Add the cost of that
to what Pete's paid off.
We haven't got past
the street muscle
and we had them for openers.
- Well, if Lewin gets my loan.
- That's a long shot, Pepper.
We're running out of time.
- I thought we had.
- Well, it's a couple more days.
- How'd you swing that?
- I begged.
Look, if you think you've got
something going with Lewin,
press it, okay?
- How's Joe doing?
- He's still driving.
They're being very
careful, however.
- He doesn't seem to
like the work, however.
- Hello, Ms. Andrews.
Yes, I got the loan through.
You're all set.
Now, be at the southwest
corner of Riverside and Olive
at two o'clock, okay?
What will you be wearing?
Fine.
Now, if there's room
in this deal for me.
All right, we'll
talk about it later.
Goodbye, Ms. Andrews.
(suspenseful music)
- Uh, you Mr. Lewin's friend?
- Client, yes.
- The loan, right?
Well, let me explain
the details to you
so there won't be a
misunderstanding, Ms. Andrews.
There's 10,000 here.
In three days you
pay back 12,500.
It's due at noon on Thursday.
Do you understand?
- I understand.
- If you think you might
have a problem paying,
don't take the money.
If you take it,
just make sure you
pay it back when it's due.
- You know what happened.
They made this
loan on Lewin's okay
because they knew he could
embezzle enough to cover it.
I'll give that to Property.
- Well, there's enough
change there to pay off
that 5,000 the Cageans owe.
- Doesn't work that
way, sweetheart.
We'll just check it in
and see what happens
when you don't pay.
- Yeah.
If we handle it right,
we can make a star
witness out of Mr. Lewin.
- Well, let's handle it right.
- Okay, sir.
- After I get back
from property,
what do you say we grab a bite?
- Yeah, and if we don't
hit Vinny's pretty soon,
nobody's gonna recognize us.
- We should be so lucky.
(grunting)
- What's the matter?
- Oh, my back.
- Are you gonna be all right?
- It goes out on me
sometimes, man.
- Look, I gotta
keep this dock clear.
- Hey, look, man.
Didn't I just tell you my
back goes out on me?
- I gotta get somebody.
Why didn't you say
something about your back?
The other driver gets
the bug this morning
and we gave you the full load.
Now you and your damn back.
(tense music)
Hey, what do you
think you're doing?
Hey! (yells)
(grunting)
(punches thudding)
- He's either the heat
or he's trying to rip us off.
- What's the difference?
We dump him anyway.
- After we find
out what he knows.
You gentlemen might
have hired us a cop.
- Where is he?
- Joe's a systems man, Pep.
If he didn't check in it's
because he can't check in.
- Well, you better
play that last card, Pep.
- Hey, wait a minute.
Those guys are gonna kill me.
- That's right, Mr. Lewin.
They're gonna kill ya
unless you tell us all you know
and then we'll put
'em all away for ya.
But, no deals and no promises.
You cooperate with us and
you might have a chance.
- Okay, okay.
Just get a stenographer,
or whatever you do.
- First off, where is the drop?
- The drop?
- The bank.
- Where do the collectors
send the loan payments?
- Well, how should I know?
I just deal with a
couple of goons.
Stoller and Perry.
- You don't know
anybody any higher up
than Stoller and Perry?
- No, I just refer customers.
They come to me.
Oh, boy.
Am I in trouble.
You don't know
anything more than I do.
I get the feeling
I need a lawyer.
- You're not gonna
need a lawyer,
you're gonna need an embalmer.
(tense music)
(gasping)
- All right, everybody
put the cues down
and place your hands on
top of your heads right now.
Come on.
Right on top of your
head, both hands.
No, no.
I'll pick that up
myself, friend.
Put your hands on top of your
head and go against the wall.
Come on.
Turn around against the wall.
Move.
Keep your hands
on top of your head.
Put your hands on the wall.
Spread 'em.
Come on, spread the legs out.
- What's the hassle, man?
- Hassle's gambling.
Just look straight
ahead, all right?
Spread 'em out.
Ooh, something here.
I recognize this.
Go ahead, man.
But, I must warn you.
Those cue balls
are hard to digest.
Thank you.
- What's your dig, man?
- Police.
You know something,
I think I've got your
license, my friend.
Narcotics, gambling.
That kid over there
sucking on a beer.
He must be about
15 years old, right?
- Out.
And don't come back.
Can't we talk about it?
- Sure, we can talk.
You got a place we can be alone?
A closet or something?
I tell you guys.
Don't you go
splitting on me now.
I'm gonna put you
on your honor system.
You understand?
You're on your honor.
Really.
- [Man] Now, what
do you want from me?
- Information.
This guy's a cop and
a very close friend
and I'm gonna find him.
Now, he's been down
here hustling tables
trying to get a line
on loansharking.
What do you know about that?
- Fella by the name
of Perry gave him a job
and loaned him some money.
- What kind of job?
- Driving a truck.
I don't know where.
- That's all?
- That's all.
Why would they tell me more?
(tense music)
- When can we take care of this?
- Soon.
The last truck should
be here any minute.
(grunting)
(tense music)
Is this the last
load for the day?
- This is it for the day.
- Finish it and then out.
- Right, Mr. Papas.
(people chattering)
- Hey, come on.
This is too much.
I'm trying to run a business.
- We have to talk
to you, Mr. Cagean.
- Have you been
talking to my wife?
- We didn't bother.
Your wife would've been
afraid to make a wrong move.
We think you've already
made one, Mr. Cagean.
- I told you I'm busy.
- Perry and Stoller make
a stop here every day.
- They're customers.
- Customers, come on.
They don't leave with a
doggy bag, they bring one.
And they leave it here
and it's full of cash.
You're part of the
system now, aren't ya?
- I got nothing to say.
You better watch the front, hon.
- I'm not going.
- Now, listen.
You two got a loan
from the sharks
and we figure you
ran into some bad luck
and they gave you
a way to work it out.
Do you know why they
picked you for the drop?
- I'll tell you why
they picked you.
They picked you because
you're scared, right?
They know that you're too scared
to ever hurt their operation
no matter what happens.
Right?
- You know what's happened?
One of our buddies is missing
and he disappeared while
he was tailing Perry and Stoller
on a homicide investigation.
- Are you following
what she's telling you?
We're talking about a
couple of killers, Cagean.
I think you better tell us
everything you can right now.
- Vince, please.
Vince, tell them.
(sighs)
- They took off 200 a week.
All I had to do was
leave the bag in the drum
with the scraps and
a truck picked it up.
- Where'd it go from there?
- I don't know.
- Was there a name?
A company or anything
painted on the side of the truck?
- No.
- Who drove the truck?
- I don't know his name.
- You had to have a
way to contact them
if there was a change in plans.
- Do you have a number?
You got a number.
What's the number, Cagean?
- [Woman On Radio]
12-Y-50, code one.
- 12-Y-50, go.
- [Woman On Radio]
Control to 12-Y-50.
We have the
information requested
on that unlisted phone number.
Address is business listed
as Atlas Rendering Company.
3340 Santa Ana and Clara.
- Got it.
Out.
Pass the news to Pete.
Tell him to meet us there.
- 12-Y-50 to 12-Y-52.
- Uh, yeah.
This is 5-2.
What do you got, Pep?
- Maybe the end of the line.
Meet us there, Pete.
Bill says to lay back.
- I hear you.
- Here's the place.
Atlas Rendering Company.
Santa Ana and Clara.
(tires squealing)
(horn honking)
(tense music)
- The last truck unloaded
a few minutes ago and split.
- How do you know
it was the last truck?
- 'Cause they took in all
the hand trucks and dollies.
- Good.
Pepper, stay with the radio.
You better call for some backup.
- Okay, you got it.
12-Y-50, 12-Y-50
request backup units
at Atlas Rendering Company
Santa Ana and Clara.
Did you read me?
- Yeah, here it is, Spiro.
(suspenseful music)
- That's great, Joey.
- Okay?
- That's great.
(fingers snapping)
- I don't know who he is,
but the green one
belongs to Perry.
- You sure?
- I've been tailing
him long enough.
- [Leo] Hey, Spiro.
- Let's go.
- It's the heat.
Catch Joey.
I'll torch this place and
we'll get out the back way.
(grunting)
- [Bill] Hold it, police!
(dramatic music)
(guns firing)
- 12-Y-50, 12-Y-50.
Attention all units responding
to Atlas Rendering Company.
Officers need help.
Shots fired.
Did you read me?
- [Pete] Police!
(gun fires)
(grunting)
- Where is he?
Where is he?
Where is he?
- Stop or you're dead!
(gun fires)
(gasping)
Where is he?
(dramatic music)
Where is he?
Where's my partner, man?
You better tell me
or you're never gonna
see another day and I mean it.
- Police, hold it right there!
(tires squealing)
(metal crunching)
- [Pepper] Don't get out.
Stay right there.
- All right, hold it, hold it.
Hold it right there.
- Put your hands on the car.
Back up.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I guess so.
- Where is he?
- Storeroom.
- Huh?
- He's inside of the storeroom.
- Come on.
- I thought I told you
to stay with the radio.
- I stayed with the radio.
- You sure you're okay?
- You want to check my bruises?
- I'll get you later.
- A special feast
for special friends.
- [Bill] Terrific.
- It's our way of saying thanks.
Specialty of the house.
- The pride of Armenia.
Liver tiana.
- It's a little oily,
but you'll love it.
Vince, keep the garlic
down just a little bit.
- Yeah, please.
- Don't keep it down too much.
- You eat too much garlic.
- I love it, I love it.
- I know.
- I can't eat that.
(laughs)
- We have to be
polite, you know?
You can't be rude.
- Oh, but maybe
you better tell them
that you don't eat meat.
Just tell them
you're a vegetarian.
- Um, listen.
I'm a very light eater.
I was wondering if you had
any celery soup or something?
- Sure, we've got celery soup
spiced with a little
debrushka, huh?
- Sounds great.
Thank you.
What's debrushka?
- Debrushka's that little, uh...
No.
Debrushka's...
- Debrushka is...
- Goat meat, grape leaves,
pickled lamb chops and legs.
- That's right, sow belly,
pickled pigs feet, slouse.
(dramatic theme music)
I need a lawyer.
- You're not gonna
need a lawyer,
you're gonna need an embalmer.
- Come on, they don't
leave with a doggy bag,
they bring one.
And they leave it here
and it's full of cash.
- If we moved in
on bigger money,
we might talk to bigger people.
- Wanna work?
- I'll do anything
that don't take a gun.
- [Man] Hey! (yells)
- In three days, you
pay back 12,500.
You understand?
- I understand.
Don't get out, stay right there.
(dramatic theme music)
- Okay, my man.
Nine ball in the corner pocket.
(suspenseful music)
Would you like
to see that again?
- [Man] Yeah, man,
let me see it again.
- Charlie, Joey called,
wants to see you.
- Lighten up, homes.
I ain't got no time for that.
I'm in the middle of my game.
- I told you.
- Where's Charlie Lion?
- Oh, hello, Joey.
- Charlie.
(dramatic music)
- Hold it, man.
Hold it, I got some money.
I'll pay you.
(grunts) (bones crack)
(dramatic music)
(machine whirring)
- Lunsford?
- [Lunsford] Yes, sir?
- Put it down.
- [Lunsford] Yes, sir.
- Everything go all right?
- [Joey] Nobody around, Spiro.
- Good.
(dramatic music)
Okay, let's take a look.
Would ya open it?
Take care of this later
when no one's around.
You don't like that, Leo?
- I don't know.
Maybe it's the
smell of the meat.
Upsets my stomach.
- I know.
Well, I'll do it.
After 20 years, everything
stinks around here.
Except the money, huh?
(laughing)
- I took this off him.
You think it's okay to wear it?
- It's garish.
It's not you, Leo.
Just stay conservative and
try not to attract any attention.
Not that anybody's
gonna be looking.
- Yeah, I don't think anybody
would care about scum like that.
(laughs)
- Charlie Lion, narcotics,
pandering, assault,
child molesting.
We should give this to
the Sanitation Department.
- Okay, so Charlie Lion
wasn't our leading citizen,
but these other
people weren't so bad.
Here's a building
contractor, hit and run victim.
Used car dealer, suicide.
This guy was an art importer.
He's missing.
Suspected homicide.
- And they all had
something in common?
- Yeah, one thing
intelligence came up with,
they were all into
the loan sharks.
Heavy.
Now, the word
out on the street is
that Charlie Lion was
also into the sharks.
Only, Charlie wasn't paying.
Now, nobody expects to
see Charlie around anymore.
- Object lesson.
- Object lesson.
- Pretty stiff late charges.
- Well, we know that
these other three guys
were also into the same sharks.
Two of them had
agreed to testify in a case
that the DA was building,
but one of them fell
from a freeway overpass
into the fast lane.
The other witness bought
himself a gun, drove to the beach,
and shot himself.
Third guy just disappeared
like Charlie Lion.
- Hmm.
Who were the sharks?
- Who were the sharks?
Joey Perry, Leo Stoller.
- We got nothing.
- That's right.
These guys are just soldiers.
They're part of a system
that's got a couple of
million dollars out on loan,
and they're just
collecting the interest.
Well, what do you say?
Let's get on it.
- Nothing.
- Yeah.
For openers.
- [Man On Radio]
And in the seventh race
it was False
Prophet, Qualification,
and Light Brigade
pays 780, 520, and 360.
And now for the baseball scores.
The New York Yankees
made it three straight
over the Detroit Tigers.
Catfish Hunter threw a
one-hitter in the first game
of a double-header at
Yankee Stadium this afternoon.
Now, after four innings
of the second game,
Detroit leads four to zip.
Weather for tomorrow a little
cloud slurry by mid-afternoon.
(people chattering)
(horn honks)
(tense music)
- I'm a hundred short.
I really had a bad week.
Look, I got some
more customers for you.
I'll give you the hundred
next week, okay?
- Okay, but no more passes.
- Okay.
(tense music)
- How's business?
- All right.
It's Monday.
Things are usually slow in here.
The money, if we could
just have a little more time.
- I explained the deal to
you when we made the loan.
- Yes, I know that.
Wait, you can't push me around.
What are you?
You can't take the money.
Listen, we don't have
credit with our suppliers.
(girl screams)
(grunts)
Vince!
Stop it!
(yells)
(grunting)
Wait, let me go.
(Vince yelling)
Vince!
(yells)
(girl gasps)
Vince!
(gasps)
- [Woman On PA]
Dr. Mansfield, report to X-ray.
- Hello, Scotty.
- Hi, Scotty.
- Mrs. Cagean, Sgt.
Anderson, Sgt. Crowley.
- How do you do?
- Mrs. Cagean's
husband was the victim.
Tell me.
You needed the money right away.
- Yes.
Someone else wanted
to buy the restaurant,
but the owner promised to
give Vince a chance to buy it.
- Where did you try to borrow
the money, Mrs. Cagean?
- I tried everywhere.
We tried the state bank.
We tried Southland
Savings and Loan.
- Anywhere else?
- We called a place
called Phone a Loan.
Everyone turned us down.
They said we were too young.
They said we didn't have
any business experience.
- Scotty, may I?
- Mrs. Cagean, where'd
you meet up with
Leo Stoller and Joey Perry?
- How did you know their names?
- We got their descriptions
from the woman
across the street
from your restaurant.
They both have a record.
- Where did you meet them?
- They came into the
restaurant one day
and they offered us the money.
They put the whole
$5,000 down on the counter.
Said we were to pay them 400
a week for the next six months.
We were so desperate we
found ourselves saying sure.
- And then?
- (sighs) Everything
was okay for a while,
then the freezer broke
and we had some
expenses we didn't count on.
Found ourselves falling
behind on our payments.
- Mrs. Cagean, we want
you to sign a complaint
against these men.
With your help we
can put these guys
right where they belong.
- I need to talk to my husband.
- Where is your
husband right now?
- He's in Emergency.
Let me see if
they're done with him.
- Now, we're here to help
you as much as we can.
These are dangerous men.
- I know, but I am scared.
We have two little babies.
- Mrs. Cagean, believe me.
We can furnish you, and
your family, with protection.
- Bill, I gotta get
back to the office.
- Okay.
Thanks for covering
for us, Scotty.
- Yeah, sure.
See you both.
- Take care.
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
I'll come up with
a couple of scars.
Big deal, huh?
- Mr. Cagean, I'm Sgt. Crowley.
Now, your wife and
another witness can identify
the men who assaulted you.
So, if you'll sign a complaint,
we can get busy
on picking them up.
- We're not filing charges.
- You're not filing charges?
- Nope.
- Look, I can understand
your trepidation.
I explained to your
wife about protection.
- Hey, come on.
Look, I know the whole thing.
You'll put a cop in
front of my house, right?
One at the restaurant,
maybe one at the day school.
You want to know something?
There aren't enough
of you to go around.
I got into this
with all the facts.
I'm a big boy.
I can take my lumps.
I'll make the payments if
I have to take a side job.
- You sure you won't
change your mind?
- There's no way you
can change my mind.
- Well, just in case you do.
Appreciate it if
you'd give me a call.
- All I want to do is sign
out of here and get out.
- I'll call in.
- Mrs. Cagean, I know
what you're going through
and I just want you to know
that if you need my help
you can call me like you
would a friend, all right?
- What is your name again?
- Sgt. Anderson.
If you call the station,
they'll find me anytime.
- Sergeant, we can't...
- Come on, Alison.
Come on.
Come on.
- [Bill] They never
learn, do they?
- Nope.
Missed another lunch
for nothing again.
- I just spoke to Joe.
- Yeah?
- Pete's tailing
Stoller and Perry.
They're out on the street
again making collections.
- Business as usual.
(tense music)
- Relax, baby.
Everything's going to
be all right, Alessandra.
You hear?
- Yeah.
- What do you say we go
home and we see the monsters,
give your mother a break, huh?
- Okay.
- Okay, Perry and Stoller.
Start off each day clean,
make dozens of collections,
thousands in small bills.
Then at the end of the
day, they're clean again.
- So, there has to be a drop.
Probably a slew of them.
- Sure.
They know darn
well it isn't safe
to carry cash in
that neighborhood.
- Well, until we can
follow a cash deposit,
I'll tell you something.
I'm open to some
original thinking.
- Well, I went back to the files
on the other
citizen's complaints.
Two of them had applied
for a loan at Phone a Loan
and they were turned
down like the Cageans.
- Are you saying you think
this Phone a Loan company
refers potential borrowers
to the sharks, is that it?
- The manager's a player.
People come to him for money.
I'd like to get the rest of it.
- Okay by me.
Just stay in the background.
Try to keep it impersonal, okay?
- Don't I always?
- Oh, I hope so.
- I got a feeling about
that pool hall on Western.
- Yeah?
- Well, we know it's a
daily drop for the collectors,
but they make it early
enough so it's not a cash drop.
But, it's something.
- Pete, you all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
Just doing a little
original thinking.
I got a dynamite plan brewing.
- You want us to wait?
- No.
I've just been
looking at the problem
from the crooks point of view.
You know, like
from under a rock.
I'm trying to figure out a
way to shake their chains
to get 'em to check in
with their case manager.
- A move that would make
one of our crooks call his boss?
- Not just check in,
that may be a little too
heavy for a telephone.
I got it, but I know
you're not gonna like it.
- Go ahead, lay it on me.
(suspenseful music)
- How's the lasagna, fellas?
- Slop.
- Want more coffee?
- Tastes like horse sweat.
What's wrong?
- Got a feeling we should
add a few more drops.
Mix up our moves a little.
- We got a new drop.
The restaurant,
that Armenian joint.
- Yeah, I know.
I've been thinking about that.
- Let's go do it.
- I like the way you handled
yourself with the cops.
That's why I can afford to
give you this deal, Cagia.
- Cagean.
So, all I do is what?
I put the bag you give me in
the drum with the meat scraps?
- That's it.
We time it so there's a
pickup right after the drop.
All you gotta do is
make sure the trucker
gets the right drum.
Look, you can't afford
the juice your on now.
Besides, the deal
pays 200 a week.
That's half your problem.
We got a deal?
- We got a deal.
- Good.
- What did he want?
- He just cut the loan payments.
It's 200 a week now.
- Why would he do that?
- Because it's good business.
Look, they're gonna be
taking some of it out in food,
so they'll be coming around.
Alessandra, I know
what I'm doing.
Just go along with it, okay?
- Open at Bigalow's
Appliance, 24-33 a month.
Ottawa Consumer's
Credit Union, 36 at 122.
- Shelly B. Kang?
- Closed on a 600 signature loan
with a CO at Brainard Finance.
- How about a maiden
name on the wife?
Okay.
All right, thanks
a lot, Melinda.
I'll get back to
you this afternoon.
Bye-bye.
- Anything?
- Oh, yes.
Now, we check this info
against what we already have
in the file and if
there's something new,
then I fill out a
report and call it in.
- Who has access
to your master files?
- Just three of us.
Myself included, of course.
And we're very careful.
Exchanges have found
themselves in court
for leaking personal
credit information.
As a matter of
fact, Sgt. Anderson,
I couldn't even show
you a credit report.
Not without a court order.
- Well, I wouldn't
ask you to do that.
- Good.
- But, I do need a favor.
- (laughs) If I can.
- You guys paying a snitch?
Go through a lot in narcotics.
Bunko, too.
What are you on?
Nevermind, I got problems
enough of my own.
There you are.
4,000 even.
Count it.
- I already did.
- Sign here.
- Royster just signed.
Why do I have to sign?
- You're the department head.
He's responsible, but
you're accountable.
- Thanks, Dad.
Relax, I'll treat it as if
it were my very own.
- No, just treat it like
I was accountable.
(laughs)
- [Pepper] Hi.
- Hi.
- Bill?
- [Bill] Yeah.
- You look all steamed up.
- Just had a meeting
with the commissioner.
Brought him up to
date on our progress.
It was a short meeting.
- What, we're on a time limit?
- Oh, I figure we've got
about two days at most.
- Hmm.
You want a cup of coffee?
It's a fresh pot.
- Oh, who made it?
- I did.
- No, I don't think so.
To tell you the truth I can't
blame the commissioner.
We've got a lot of police
bread tied up in this thing
and we're still on first
base with Stoller and Perry.
- Uh-huh.
But, we've got two
innings to go, right?
- You got something
up your sleeve?
- I came up with
an idea that I think
could flush out
somebody higher up.
- Go ahead, I'll
listen to anything.
- Okay, the manager
of Phone a Loan.
Lewin.
Yeah, Lewin.
Looks good on paper.
Wife and kids, picket
fence, the whole love song.
However, he also bets
on anything that moves.
He has been shut
out by all the bookies
and at this very moment
he has a lot of paper
bouncing around Las Vegas.
I think he's paying
off the loan sharks
by referring customers to
them from his own company.
So, I got myself set up
at the Credit Exchange
and I'm gonna apply for a loan.
A biggie.
10,000.
- You think this guy, Lewin?
You think he'll refer
you to the sharks?
- I'm hoping so.
A loan that size has
to flush out somebody.
The next man on the ladder.
Maybe even the banker.
- I don't think it'll work, Pep.
- Well, you don't
even like my coffee.
(tense music)
- You got the money, Tony?
- I got part of it.
It was the guy.
- How much you owe, pal?
- Who's he?
- I never saw him
before this morning.
Look, I don't want to be
in the middle of anything.
- Hey, relax, pal.
You got no trouble.
You're my customer now.
I'm taking over the loan.
Well, let's see.
That was about 300?
160 juice, wasn't it?
- Leo, hold it.
- Who told you you
were tough, Leo?
(laughs)
- Maybe...
Maybe we should talk.
- Maybe.
Go ahead, take the cash.
I'm taking over the loan anyway.
(laughing)
Relax, Tony.
Now, let's talk about what
is going on around here.
- Why'd you pull
me off that punk?
He's shoving it in our face.
- Why?
Because he comes on like
he's got something backing him.
We'll let Spiro handle this one.
- Mr. Lewin, I
don't have all day.
Can you give me the loan or not?
- Well, Ms. Andrews.
The Credit Exchange
rated you triple A
and your assets more than
cover the amount of the loan.
May I ask you what you're
gonna do with the money?
- It's for a short-term
investment.
- You're an executive secretary
for a commodity speculator.
You know, I dabble
in futures, stocks.
I could sure use a
tip on the market.
- Who couldn't?
Sir, I need the
loan by tomorrow.
- I'm afraid we
can't move that fast.
Tell you what.
I think I know somebody
who might be able to help.
Now, the interest
rates are kind of high,
but you get your
money in a hurry.
- I didn't expect to
pay the going rate.
- Good.
- I'd rather not discuss
this at my office.
You have my home phone.
Call me?
- Of course.
- Where's your 20, man?
- You're holding it.
You saw me put it in.
- I saw you put your
hand in there, empty.
You're gonna hustle the
wrong table this time, bro.
- Hey look, fellas.
So, I played the last
game on the arm.
No sense in getting emotional
about a little thing like that.
I'll make it up to you.
- What's the dig?
- This cat's playing empty, man.
He's trying to hustle the table.
- Don't push it.
You're safe.
Come on, out.
Out!
Out!
What are you some kind of a nut?
Want to get yourself killed?
Coming into a new
place with a scam like that.
- Hey man, I was
shooting a scared stick.
Playing for grocery money.
- What's your name?
- Styles, like in class.
- Yeah, I can see that.
You got a job?
- No, but I got some
bad checks at the market
on the second bounce.
And an eviction
notice tied to my door.
- How much bread
will set you free?
- About eight, 900.
- Want to work?
- I'll do anything
that don't take a gun.
- Stick around.
I may know someone
who can help you.
- Well, that's 160.
That'll be 140 bucks
even for the load.
- Thank you.
- Hey.
Oh, Mr. Papas, can I split?
I'm really knocked out.
- Go on, I'll finish.
I ran this whole operation
by myself when I was a kid.
- Oh, thanks.
I'll see you in the morning.
- Pretty good day.
- Those men were in again.
- Yeah, they like your cooking.
- They come in every day
and they don't eat, Vince.
- Look, Alessandra.
I told you what I'm
doing is for a purpose.
For us and the kids.
I made a mistake and I'm
working my way out of it.
- Seven even, right?
- Uh-huh.
- [Joe] See you next stop.
- You gonna be
on this run regular?
- Yeah, man.
I'm under contract.
- [Joey] There's a guy
moving in on our customers.
Paying off loans.
He talks tough like
he's got a lot behind him.
- What's he look like?
- Medium height.
Dresses funky.
He's got a busted nose
like an ex-welterweight.
I never saw him before.
- He paid the
money and the juice?
- Yeah, it was just
the small stuff though.
Leo wanted to bust his head off,
but I figured we
should talk to you first.
- Well, I'll make
some phone calls.
Very good, Joey.
We got a million bucks out
and we don't want to
provoke until we know.
What else?
- Lewin's got a woman
who wants 10 grand.
Needs 10 grand for three days.
She's got some inside
stuff on some stock moves.
- He checked her?
- [Leo] He says.
- Make the loan.
- All right.
- 10 for 12,500.
- [Joey] Yeah, there might be
something in that stock deal.
- Well, just make the loan.
That's our business.
This funky guy with the
nose, I'll make some calls.
- How much cash
you got left, Pete?
- About 900 and some change.
You got the list.
- Perry and Stoller just let
you take over the loans, huh?
- Well, a little acting helped.
Do I get an award?
- Yeah, it's a small
award for small loans.
- If we moved in
on bigger money,
we might talk to bigger people.
- Here's the surveillance
reports on Perry and Stoller.
Add the cost of that
to what Pete's paid off.
We haven't got past
the street muscle
and we had them for openers.
- Well, if Lewin gets my loan.
- That's a long shot, Pepper.
We're running out of time.
- I thought we had.
- Well, it's a couple more days.
- How'd you swing that?
- I begged.
Look, if you think you've got
something going with Lewin,
press it, okay?
- How's Joe doing?
- He's still driving.
They're being very
careful, however.
- He doesn't seem to
like the work, however.
- Hello, Ms. Andrews.
Yes, I got the loan through.
You're all set.
Now, be at the southwest
corner of Riverside and Olive
at two o'clock, okay?
What will you be wearing?
Fine.
Now, if there's room
in this deal for me.
All right, we'll
talk about it later.
Goodbye, Ms. Andrews.
(suspenseful music)
- Uh, you Mr. Lewin's friend?
- Client, yes.
- The loan, right?
Well, let me explain
the details to you
so there won't be a
misunderstanding, Ms. Andrews.
There's 10,000 here.
In three days you
pay back 12,500.
It's due at noon on Thursday.
Do you understand?
- I understand.
- If you think you might
have a problem paying,
don't take the money.
If you take it,
just make sure you
pay it back when it's due.
- You know what happened.
They made this
loan on Lewin's okay
because they knew he could
embezzle enough to cover it.
I'll give that to Property.
- Well, there's enough
change there to pay off
that 5,000 the Cageans owe.
- Doesn't work that
way, sweetheart.
We'll just check it in
and see what happens
when you don't pay.
- Yeah.
If we handle it right,
we can make a star
witness out of Mr. Lewin.
- Well, let's handle it right.
- Okay, sir.
- After I get back
from property,
what do you say we grab a bite?
- Yeah, and if we don't
hit Vinny's pretty soon,
nobody's gonna recognize us.
- We should be so lucky.
(grunting)
- What's the matter?
- Oh, my back.
- Are you gonna be all right?
- It goes out on me
sometimes, man.
- Look, I gotta
keep this dock clear.
- Hey, look, man.
Didn't I just tell you my
back goes out on me?
- I gotta get somebody.
Why didn't you say
something about your back?
The other driver gets
the bug this morning
and we gave you the full load.
Now you and your damn back.
(tense music)
Hey, what do you
think you're doing?
Hey! (yells)
(grunting)
(punches thudding)
- He's either the heat
or he's trying to rip us off.
- What's the difference?
We dump him anyway.
- After we find
out what he knows.
You gentlemen might
have hired us a cop.
- Where is he?
- Joe's a systems man, Pep.
If he didn't check in it's
because he can't check in.
- Well, you better
play that last card, Pep.
- Hey, wait a minute.
Those guys are gonna kill me.
- That's right, Mr. Lewin.
They're gonna kill ya
unless you tell us all you know
and then we'll put
'em all away for ya.
But, no deals and no promises.
You cooperate with us and
you might have a chance.
- Okay, okay.
Just get a stenographer,
or whatever you do.
- First off, where is the drop?
- The drop?
- The bank.
- Where do the collectors
send the loan payments?
- Well, how should I know?
I just deal with a
couple of goons.
Stoller and Perry.
- You don't know
anybody any higher up
than Stoller and Perry?
- No, I just refer customers.
They come to me.
Oh, boy.
Am I in trouble.
You don't know
anything more than I do.
I get the feeling
I need a lawyer.
- You're not gonna
need a lawyer,
you're gonna need an embalmer.
(tense music)
(gasping)
- All right, everybody
put the cues down
and place your hands on
top of your heads right now.
Come on.
Right on top of your
head, both hands.
No, no.
I'll pick that up
myself, friend.
Put your hands on top of your
head and go against the wall.
Come on.
Turn around against the wall.
Move.
Keep your hands
on top of your head.
Put your hands on the wall.
Spread 'em.
Come on, spread the legs out.
- What's the hassle, man?
- Hassle's gambling.
Just look straight
ahead, all right?
Spread 'em out.
Ooh, something here.
I recognize this.
Go ahead, man.
But, I must warn you.
Those cue balls
are hard to digest.
Thank you.
- What's your dig, man?
- Police.
You know something,
I think I've got your
license, my friend.
Narcotics, gambling.
That kid over there
sucking on a beer.
He must be about
15 years old, right?
- Out.
And don't come back.
Can't we talk about it?
- Sure, we can talk.
You got a place we can be alone?
A closet or something?
I tell you guys.
Don't you go
splitting on me now.
I'm gonna put you
on your honor system.
You understand?
You're on your honor.
Really.
- [Man] Now, what
do you want from me?
- Information.
This guy's a cop and
a very close friend
and I'm gonna find him.
Now, he's been down
here hustling tables
trying to get a line
on loansharking.
What do you know about that?
- Fella by the name
of Perry gave him a job
and loaned him some money.
- What kind of job?
- Driving a truck.
I don't know where.
- That's all?
- That's all.
Why would they tell me more?
(tense music)
- When can we take care of this?
- Soon.
The last truck should
be here any minute.
(grunting)
(tense music)
Is this the last
load for the day?
- This is it for the day.
- Finish it and then out.
- Right, Mr. Papas.
(people chattering)
- Hey, come on.
This is too much.
I'm trying to run a business.
- We have to talk
to you, Mr. Cagean.
- Have you been
talking to my wife?
- We didn't bother.
Your wife would've been
afraid to make a wrong move.
We think you've already
made one, Mr. Cagean.
- I told you I'm busy.
- Perry and Stoller make
a stop here every day.
- They're customers.
- Customers, come on.
They don't leave with a
doggy bag, they bring one.
And they leave it here
and it's full of cash.
You're part of the
system now, aren't ya?
- I got nothing to say.
You better watch the front, hon.
- I'm not going.
- Now, listen.
You two got a loan
from the sharks
and we figure you
ran into some bad luck
and they gave you
a way to work it out.
Do you know why they
picked you for the drop?
- I'll tell you why
they picked you.
They picked you because
you're scared, right?
They know that you're too scared
to ever hurt their operation
no matter what happens.
Right?
- You know what's happened?
One of our buddies is missing
and he disappeared while
he was tailing Perry and Stoller
on a homicide investigation.
- Are you following
what she's telling you?
We're talking about a
couple of killers, Cagean.
I think you better tell us
everything you can right now.
- Vince, please.
Vince, tell them.
(sighs)
- They took off 200 a week.
All I had to do was
leave the bag in the drum
with the scraps and
a truck picked it up.
- Where'd it go from there?
- I don't know.
- Was there a name?
A company or anything
painted on the side of the truck?
- No.
- Who drove the truck?
- I don't know his name.
- You had to have a
way to contact them
if there was a change in plans.
- Do you have a number?
You got a number.
What's the number, Cagean?
- [Woman On Radio]
12-Y-50, code one.
- 12-Y-50, go.
- [Woman On Radio]
Control to 12-Y-50.
We have the
information requested
on that unlisted phone number.
Address is business listed
as Atlas Rendering Company.
3340 Santa Ana and Clara.
- Got it.
Out.
Pass the news to Pete.
Tell him to meet us there.
- 12-Y-50 to 12-Y-52.
- Uh, yeah.
This is 5-2.
What do you got, Pep?
- Maybe the end of the line.
Meet us there, Pete.
Bill says to lay back.
- I hear you.
- Here's the place.
Atlas Rendering Company.
Santa Ana and Clara.
(tires squealing)
(horn honking)
(tense music)
- The last truck unloaded
a few minutes ago and split.
- How do you know
it was the last truck?
- 'Cause they took in all
the hand trucks and dollies.
- Good.
Pepper, stay with the radio.
You better call for some backup.
- Okay, you got it.
12-Y-50, 12-Y-50
request backup units
at Atlas Rendering Company
Santa Ana and Clara.
Did you read me?
- Yeah, here it is, Spiro.
(suspenseful music)
- That's great, Joey.
- Okay?
- That's great.
(fingers snapping)
- I don't know who he is,
but the green one
belongs to Perry.
- You sure?
- I've been tailing
him long enough.
- [Leo] Hey, Spiro.
- Let's go.
- It's the heat.
Catch Joey.
I'll torch this place and
we'll get out the back way.
(grunting)
- [Bill] Hold it, police!
(dramatic music)
(guns firing)
- 12-Y-50, 12-Y-50.
Attention all units responding
to Atlas Rendering Company.
Officers need help.
Shots fired.
Did you read me?
- [Pete] Police!
(gun fires)
(grunting)
- Where is he?
Where is he?
Where is he?
- Stop or you're dead!
(gun fires)
(gasping)
Where is he?
(dramatic music)
Where is he?
Where's my partner, man?
You better tell me
or you're never gonna
see another day and I mean it.
- Police, hold it right there!
(tires squealing)
(metal crunching)
- [Pepper] Don't get out.
Stay right there.
- All right, hold it, hold it.
Hold it right there.
- Put your hands on the car.
Back up.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I guess so.
- Where is he?
- Storeroom.
- Huh?
- He's inside of the storeroom.
- Come on.
- I thought I told you
to stay with the radio.
- I stayed with the radio.
- You sure you're okay?
- You want to check my bruises?
- I'll get you later.
- A special feast
for special friends.
- [Bill] Terrific.
- It's our way of saying thanks.
Specialty of the house.
- The pride of Armenia.
Liver tiana.
- It's a little oily,
but you'll love it.
Vince, keep the garlic
down just a little bit.
- Yeah, please.
- Don't keep it down too much.
- You eat too much garlic.
- I love it, I love it.
- I know.
- I can't eat that.
(laughs)
- We have to be
polite, you know?
You can't be rude.
- Oh, but maybe
you better tell them
that you don't eat meat.
Just tell them
you're a vegetarian.
- Um, listen.
I'm a very light eater.
I was wondering if you had
any celery soup or something?
- Sure, we've got celery soup
spiced with a little
debrushka, huh?
- Sounds great.
Thank you.
What's debrushka?
- Debrushka's that little, uh...
No.
Debrushka's...
- Debrushka is...
- Goat meat, grape leaves,
pickled lamb chops and legs.
- That's right, sow belly,
pickled pigs feet, slouse.
(dramatic theme music)