The Equalizer (1985–1989): Season 2, Episode 20 - First Light - full transcript
McCall is out of town appearing in a hearing being conducted by a Senator over an op (operation) Control did a few years ago on him, and McCall's testimony could take Control down. Scott and a friend are trying to help an old man who is being terrorized by someone. After McCall saves Control, he hurries home to help Scott.
Dad, you have to get up here quick.
Are you all right ?
We're fine.
But a friend of ours isn't.
Hey ! Cut it out, will ya ?
He's tried to buy up the whole
neighborhood, but I wouldn't deal.
Nobody has been able to prove it.
Excuse me, Mr. Thorpe.
Excuse me !
You're trying muscle
Harry out of his store.
What do you mean, muscle ?
Having cheap thugs do your dirty work.
Scott !
- Stop !
- No !
Harry !
- Hey, Harry 1
- Scott !
Jenny, guess what ?
- What are you doing here ?
- We are out of here.
Tonight you're lucky night.
No, tonight is not my lucky night.
- Go !
- Oh, thanks, Harry.
275 pages of H. L. Mencken lie between me
and my pillow. So, you're going to tutor me ?
Two tickets to the bottom line.
I'll pick tables.
- Oh Scott, I can't...
- We're talking about *** tickets, Jenny.
And I am talking about
an exam I have next week
and I haven't even opened the book yet.
Come on, you go.
You'll have a good time.
You're saying no ?
Well, priorities...
Some of us still have them.
Ouch !
I think it's time for
me to check the receipts.
No, Harry, it's OK.
This is something that
we have been over before.
- Unfortunately ?
- Yes, unfortunately !
- Harry, I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah, I'll be here.
Something for you, boys ?
Well, how much would this
club soda here, pops ?
Sixty five cents.
Sounds like a lot of money to me.
Yeah, well, I think we'll
take the whole thing.
What, are you nuts ?
Hey, hey, stop it !
Hey, come on !
Cut it out, will ya ?
Don't rush him, old man.
He's been shopping.
Please, don't...
Hey ! Cut it out !
Cut it out !
Are you sure you left your
bag back in the store ?
Maybe it's at home.
Thing comes between me and my making.
Cute.
Real cute.
***, pops !
Hey !
Harry !
- What do you think you're doing ?
- Come on, kid ! ***, lady !
***
Move it !
Move it !
No trouble, man !
No trouble !
Harry !
Come on !
Come on !
- I'll do it !
- Yeah, sure !
You're all right, Harry ?
- Oh, yeah...
- Are you sure ?
Thanks, kid.
Harry, would you please
just let me do this ?
You don't have to pay me.
Harry, the doctor said that
you should be taking it easy.
Putting the stuff away is easy.
It's paying for the damage it's hard.
Did anyone ever tell you that you are a
stubborn old man ?
Not for the last five minutes.
You know, there was a time
I could have taken those...
OK ! OK !
Harry, what I don't
understand is the cops.
I mean, what is wrong with them ?
This is the third time this is happened
and they haven't done anything about it.
Because they don't want to offend the
city's biggest taxpayer, that's why.
What are you talking about ?
Victor Thorpe.
The real estate developer ?
He's tried to buy up the whole
neighborhood, but I wouldn't deal.
You think he's behind this ?
Listen, the same thing has happened
three times. Nothing's taken.
They just come in and bust up the place
like the Yankees are batting practice.
Does this sound like
neighborhood punks to you ?
More like someone's
applying the pressure.
Yeah.
Maybe you ought to get someone to help
you do the same to Victor Thorpe.
It's not that easy.
To go against a guy like Thorpe
you got to have the
evidence written in stone.
Oh, Harry...
And you expect Senator Clairman
to take your unsupported word
as the official explanation
of what transpired five years ago ?
Well, I should think in my official position...
During the time in question
wasn't there someone responsible for the
internal review of the Agency's operations ?
Yes, there was.
But that individual has entered private
life and at the moment is out of the country.
His name, please.
Answer the question, please.
His name is Robert McCall, but
as I said, he's unavailable to...
Have mister McCall step in ?
Thanks, Senator.
What's...
Would you take that
chair please, Mr. McCall ?
I thought you were out of the country.
No, no, I'm not.
I'm here.
Mr. McCall, we appreciate your coming
down to Washington on such short notice.
Let me fill you in on
what we are doing here.
This is a preliminary investigation,
which, according to our finance,
may or may not lead to a
full subcommittee hearing.
I'm at your service, Senator.
Information has come to
light that five years ago
my personal life was subjected
to official but illegal scrutiny
by operatives from your former Agency.
Senator, if I might be
permitted, Mr. McCall...
Furthermore, this brazen incursion
into my privacy was carried out
in response to a direct order
from your former associate.
Certainly the Senator does not need to remind
you that the Agency is forbidden by law
to pursue domestic
intelligence gathering.
Oh yes, that was always clearly
understood.
Good.
Then let's proceed to the allegation.
Is it true that Control
ordered the beforementioned
surveillance of Senator Clairman ?
Yes, it is true.
And to the best of your knowledge,
did Control know that this
surveillance was illega l?
To the best of my knowledge, he was aware
that the surveillance was illegal. Yes.
Would you care to elaborate
on that, Mr. McCall ?
Of course, Senator.
However, as you yourself
have pointed out, sir,
it was some five years ago.
I would like to refresh
my memory as to the fact.
We have a complete file.
Well, that would be most helpful, sir,
if I could take it away,
peruse it for a few hours.
And perhaps you could
schedule another meeting soon ?
Same time tomorrow ?
That would be fine, sir.
We are very, grateful,
for your cooperation.
My pleasure, Senator.
Scott, I really think that we should call
your father.
Oh ! You're forgetting three things.
Only three ?
Yeah. One, my dad's in Washington DC.
Second, Harry refused any help.
My dad won't help anyone
who doesn't want it.
What's the third ?
That my father and I don't play by the
same rules.
Maybe I can do what he won't do.
- You mean you'll help Harry ?
- What's so funny ?
Scott, what do you know about what your
father does ?
Something must have rubbed
off after all these years.
Taxi !
I don't know, Scott.
I'm having second thoughts about this.
Don't worry about it.
I'll be cool.
What if he isn't feel like answering ?
There he is ! Just let me handle this.
Excuse me, Mr. Thorpe. Victor Thorpe ?
- Excuse me !
- Yes, what is it ?
I'm friend of Harry Dawsons.
He owns a small market
on the other side of town.
What about him ?
You're trying to buy up
that block, aren't you ?
I don't see that that's
any of your business.
You're trying to muscle
Harry out of his store.
What do you mean, muscle ?
Hiring cheap thugs do your dirty work.
It's a pretty strong
allegations, young man.
But you don't deny it.
If I want to do an interview,
I'll talk to a reporter.
Oh, excuse me, Mr. Thorpe !
I'm sorry. I'm afraid you're
getting the wrong idea.
And you're a friend of Harry Dawsons too ?
Yes, I work for Harry.
You see, Mr. Thorpe, Harry's store has been
vandalized three times in the last few months
and, well, I'm sorry
to say that he thinks...
That I had something to do with it ?
Yeah, kind of.
Not guilty.
You shelved your project ?
Hardly, I bought another block, a couple
of streets down for half the price.
Your friend Harry may be an honest guy,
but that never stood in
the way of my making a buck.
It's all in records down at
city hall. Anything else ?
Um, have a nice day.
Oh, and for future reference,
the only kind of muscle I carry
around with me is in my checkbook.
And there's plenty of it.
Sure there is, sir.
Well, that was cool.
All right. So maybe I didn't
handle it all that well.
Yeah, but I... I really appreciate the
fact that you were trying to impress me.
I was not trying to impress you.
All right, maybe just a little bit.
Well, well, what a surprise !
You know how many places I had to
check up before I found you ?
- Just in time for dessert?
- No, no, I... I haven't had dinner.
- I was waiting for you at your hotel.
- Well, that was very foolish of you.
I've been here.
You know what I'm talking about.
Look, this could well lead into a
full Senate subcommittee investigation.
I have to be very careful.
I haven't read it yet.
You don't have to read that.
You remember what happened from
the beginning to the end?
Do I ?
Robert, you buried me in
that hearing room today.
I simply told the truth.
Yes, I know. That's what buried me.
Now I want to know what you
intend say tomorrow.
How do you propose to undo the
damage that you have already done ?
I haven't really thought about it.
You've got any suggestions ?
Look, you may not understand fully.
Senator Clairman
is a very vindictive man.
Now, if you're not careful,
I could wind up pushing the
brewer in the embassy in Baghdad.
I could wind up sorting
mail in San Salvador.
Oh, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear !
We can't have that, can we ?
We can't that have happen.
Yes. Now you see, that's what
I've been trying to tell you.
Control, I'm don't think we should be
talking about this just now. I do..
I do understand what
you're getting at.
And what are you going
to tell them tomorrow ?
I don't know, but I'm sure
I'll think of something.
Subject over !
Oh, no damn knife !
Waiter ! Could I have a knife ?
- And a double bourbon !
- On him.
Oh my God !
My pictures !
Oh, Maggie !
The door is open !
Come in !
Mr. Frick...
It's quite a place.
I call it home, courtesy
of gore gets in your eye.
My last job, open and
closed in three days.
You know what they say ?
You're only as good as your last hit.
It's been 16 years.
But who is counting ?
Nice work. Your makeup man is brilliant.
You've really gone all
out for this, haven't you ?
About what we discussed on the phone...
No problem. I'm your man.
But can you do it by this afternoon ?
I never had *** I couldn't
dress in a couple of hours.
Frankly, I never had a budget that
was worth more than that.
This is what I had in mind.
Oh, just like the real thing !
Did you ever see
"They saved Hitler's brain" ?
A wonderful production.
A classic in its day...
I'm afraid I didn't.
It's the prototype for
this stuff. We set dresses.
Look at this as a kind of
Bible when we get into this...
I can't pay you too much.
You wouldn't be here if you could,
but Fricks' your man. Have no fear.
My God !
It's like I have nothing left.
It's bad enough they went and destroyed
my store, but now this. This was my life.
My love.
Harry !
Harry, they can't take
that away from you.
You and Maggie had
wonderful years together.
As long as you have the memories,
they can't take that away.
I realize that, child.
It's just that I feel so violated.
If he wants something so much,
why doesn't he say so, face to face ?
If I could only lay my hands
on the bastrard who did this !
At least they missed something.
Yeah. Well that's a memory
I just assume forget.
Hello ?
Mr. Dawson ? My name is Potter.
- Who ?
- Potter.
****
The cemetery ?
That's right. But, Mr. Dawson, I...
I don't know if you wanna check it out,
but that new work on your
wife's headstone is finished.
What new work ? I don't understand !
What are you talking about ?
Hey, look, don't come down on me !
I just work here.
I just thought you wanna know.
Harry, what's the matter ?
Some guy from the cemetery.
He said somebody put some
additions on Maggie's headstone.
You better take a look.
The purpose of your appearance here, Mr. McCall,
is to provide further information
on the allegation against Control.
Yes, it is.
Have you had the opportunity
to review the pertinent file ?
Yes, I have.
Yesterday you testified
that Control order of the
surveillance of Senator Clairman.
I did so testify.
Mr. McCall...
Excuse me.
Senator, might I have a word
with you off the record ?
No. Just continue with
your testimony.
In your overview position, Mr. McCall,
did you advised Control as to
the impropriety of his actions ?
No, I did not.
Why not ?
Senator, are you sure I can't
have a word of the record ?
Just answer the question.
Very well, sir.
I did not advise Control as to
the impropriety of his actions
because the investigation was ordered
by a higher authority.
That authority, sir, being
your dear friend and mentor,
Senator Robert Williamson.
- Williamson?
- Yes, sir.
He had serious doubts
about your integrity.
He was deeply concerned that his
involvement in this investigation
should never be traced.
Therefore, he ordered Control
and myself to keep it secret.
Mr. McCall, why didn't
you tell us this earlier ?
Because I had to take
advice from legal counsel
and I was advised that
now, as a private citizen,
I can bring this to light
with impunity.
I may say a privilege that Control
still does not enjoy.
Senator, I think we ought to
put this matter to rest.
So ordered.
It's right over here !
Harry, what is it ?
These flowers !
I brought them here last Sunday.
Somebody deliberately smashed them.
There's something newly sketched
in the headstone.
March 29 ?
That's tomorrow.
March 29 ?
My God !
Harry, what is it ?
Harry !
Harry, wait !
Scott !
Now we're even, kid !
Let me go !
What... What is this ?
Cut it out ! Hey !
I'm not going...
Harry !
- Harry ! No !
- Stop !
Oh dear !
I do hope this isn't gonna
become a nasty little habit.
What the hell were you
trying to pull in there ?
Look, just because you were able to
chuck your carrier with the Agency
does not mean that you have
the right to jeopardize mine.
I'm in the middle of a snack.
Would you care to join me ?
How about a straight answer ?
Don't think straight answers
are on the menu today.
Look, Robert, I do not wish to
appear ungrateful, but do you know...
You don't ?
Ah ! Thank you.
Excuse me.
Hello ?
It's Scott, dad.
Hi !
Boy, am I glad I found you !
It's my son.
I don't care if it is the President.
Dad, hello ?
Scott...
Dad, you have to get up here quick.
Why ? What is the matter ?
Are you all right ?
Jenny's all right ?
We're fine.
But a friend of ours isn't.
He's been kidnapped.
We got the license number,
but the cops said it was a phony.
Dad, we'll tell about
it when you get here.
And hurry !
Scott ?
I get the next shuttle back to
New York.
You may join me if you so desire.
However, I should point out to you
if you continue with
this strange behaviour,
you will not be allowed to sit
next to me on the aeroplane.
Ah ! Give that to him.
Help !
Harry ?
Who...
Who are you?
I'm not ready to tell you that.
Where am I ?
What is this ?
Barricks M.
M ?
Remember Barracks M, Harry ?
M.
No ! No !
It couldn't be !
No, it couldn't be !
*** memory.
Memory ?
Who are you ?
What do you what ?
What am I doing here ?
Help me ! Help me ! Help me, please !
Help me, please !
What do you want ?
Vindication.
I want
vindication.
Well, Scott, you were absolutely
right about this photograph.
Very good reason why it wasn't
destroyed.
The dates written on each of those men
are the dates on which each
one of these men died.
They're all the same March 29th 1944.
That was the date that was
etched on Harry's tombstone.
- Tomorrow.
- Right.
Right.
I've been talking to a man called
Brady.
And this man, Brady, served in the
same company as Harry Dawson,
World War Two.
This company was decimated
in a place called Cisterna.
Most of the men were killed
and those that survived were captured
and taken to a prisoner of war camp.
On March 29th 1944,
the prisoners in Barrack Room M
attempted a mass breakout through
a tunnel they have dug.
It failed.
Scott, do you think I could
continue this uninterrupted ?
We would get there quicker in the end.
Yes, you're right, it failed.
It failed because there was an
explosion in the tunnel.
18 men were killed and the
survivors were naturally recaptured.
It was always imagined
that there had been an informer.
- But of course, it could never be proved.
- Until now.
- Sorry.
- Nobody has been able to prove it.
Now this man Brady has recently
had another visitor from Barrack Room M.
This man's name was Booth.
Terrance Booth.
He said that he has managed to
acquire certain German records
that proved that Harry Dawson was the
informer and the man who blew the tunnel.
That's not possible.
Harry could never be an informer.
Well, Brady thinks he is.
And Booth wants revenge.
Scott, I don't know what Booth wants.
All I know is that Booth
arrived in this city
around about the same time that you say
Harry Dawson starting having this trouble.
Terrance Booth is now staying at
the Mayfair Hotel.
I've phoned him a number of times.
He never answers the phone.
Do you still want to
continue playing detective ?
If it's going to help Harry, yeah.
All right.
You keep calling this number and if you
get in touch with mister Booth, let me know.
Alright ?
Here you go.
Well, I've got to go.
I'll keep in touch.
You got my message ?
You know, this complimentary nuts
they give you on this shuttle.
Not half bad.
Want some ? I took extra.
I'm much more interested in finding out if
you got hold of those German files or not.
You know, the remarkable
thing about the shuttle is...
All right. So it leaves
every hour, all right ?
But I mean, if you're the only person
who shows up, they take off anyway.
And let's say that they're full.
They give you a full
airplane to yourself.
I mean, they give us grief
about how we use this expenditure.
So, that's how it is, is it?
Yeah.
Of course, it doesn't need to be
that way.
I mean, they could tell the
passengers
just wait, wait for an hour.
But they don't.
The passenger is king, is boss.
Full or empty.
- And you are full of it !
- Yeah.
But...
I'm not the only one.
Thank you.
Good evening.
Good evening.
Can I help you ?
I rather think you can.
Can you tell me where you got this ?
Ah, the Vallon !
Is such a long time since I've
seen any of his work.
Most of his work, unfortunately,
was lost during the war.
- Very sad.
- Yes, very.
I must say I'm quite surprised there are very
few people who are familiar with his work.
Well, you see, I was fortunate enough to have
a father who was a great, great lover of art.
And he took me all over
Europe when I was a child,
visiting museums, art galleries
and I remember small galleries somewhere
in Germany, just before the war.
And it had quite a collection of Vallon's.
There was this young German fellow
who was in charge of the
gallery, or appeared to be so,
and I remember my father spent
the best part of an afternoon
talking with him about the artist.
It left a lasting impression.
Obviously.
So much so that I even remember
that young man's name.
Otto Mannheim.
I presume you've never come across him.
No, I can't say I have.
It's way past closing time.
Yes, it is, isn't it ?
If you care to leave me your card, mister...
McCall.
Robert McCall. Yes, I'd be
delighted to leave in my card.
If by chance you... You're lucky
enough to come across anymore of those,
I do hope you give me a call.
Yes, of course.
I'd be glad to.
What is it ? Who's there ?
You remember now, Harry ?
Booth ?
Terrance Booth !
I thought you were dead.
There are dozen of us
still in the tunnel.
Six who died.
We're the lucky ones.
What happened?
They put us in the hospital.
Hatch this up.
Made us half
of what we were.
God !
- And I'm this way, because of you.
- What ?
I found the German High Command
report on the prison break.
It gave the name of the camp informer.
It was you.
That's a lie !
I don't know where you got that.
- Stop it !
- That's a lie !
Stop it ! Do you really wanna die
with a lie in your throat ?
To die ?
Vindication, Harry.
Vindication.
It's already March 29th.
In about four hours
it'll be a quarter after four.
That's when we went into the tunnel.
First light, Harry.
You remember first light ?
Don't you ?
Don't you ?
You do.
Any luck ?
Oh yes, yes, everything.
Except where they're
keeping Harry Dawson.
What about you ?
You found anything about Booth ?
Never showed up at the hotel, but
I think I got something for you.
I called the hotel and pretended I
was Booth checking in for my messages.
What is this ? Chip off the old block ?
Hardly, I was just getting
tired of asking for Mr. Booth.
OK. The hotel operator said
this guy Ernie Frick.
He called about a half a dozen times.
What did he want this man, Frick ?
He wanted to know how
everything went.
He wanted the rest of his money.
Hope that helps.
Should do, should do.
Thank you.
Why don't you two go home now ?
Get some sleep.
I don't know how you do it, dad.
Years of required insomnia.
And do put some clothes on him.
It's damn cold tonight cold tonight.
- Well...
- Good luck !
Thank you.
Ernie Frick ?
It's a bit late, isn't it ?
Well, I'm looking for Terrance Booth,
as a matter of fact.
Oh ! Come in.
I've been ringing Mr. Booth all day.
Yes, yes. Well, I mean,
I know he's very, very busy.
I know this man.
The real theatrical style.
Are you part of the troop ?
The troop ?
His acting troop.
Oh yes. Oh yes, yes, yes.
I was a bit late getting into town.
Road shows. They remind me of
one time I was doing summer stock.
Oh yes. Yes, I'm sure.
I was expecting to meet Mr. Booth here.
He was...
We were both going to look for
a theater, I think.
Suppose he's found one by now, hasn't he ?
A warehouse, near the river.
But you'll never recognise
it from the inside.
Give me a few bucks and I can work
wonders.
Yes, well... Yeah.
Your reputation, of course.
Wonder if you could let me have
the address.
- I'm a bit late for rehearsal
- Of course.
It's such an ambitious piece.
You will invite me into
the opening, won't you?
Oh yes, of course.
I want to see how my barbed
wires holding up.
Obviously you would, yes.
I've been closed to ***.
I do parties as well.
Well, you would, yes.
Thank you for this.
Bye-bye !
Break a leg !
Yes ?
It's Control.
I suppose you know it's
the middle of the night.
Very possibly your last one in the
free world.
What exactly do
you mean by that ?
I just heard from a Robert McCall.
Something familiar to you ?
Oh yes.
He came by here tonight. What...
Who is he ?
He's a self-appointed Nazi hunter.
And he's on to you, Franken.
What are you going to do about it ?
Well, he's asked to talk to me
and I've arranged a meeting
for 4:00 this morning.
And I intend to be there.
We can't protect you anymore.
We have a deal.
No, no, no, no,
no, no.
The Agency never made a deal with you.
We just suited each
other's needs, that's all.
You give us names and
we give you freedom.
I see.
Why are you telling me this?
Well, I figured you had a right to
protect your own hide.
But I'm not going to lie for you.
What is the address ?
925 Spring Street.
It's a warehouse, near the river.
- First light, Harry.
- No !
You're making a mistake, Booth.
I'm not the one.
On your feet, soldier !
Go !
This is for the years...
The years of loneliness
of the 18 innocent boys
who died in that tunnel.
Don't make it a nineteenth
innocent man, Mr. Booth.
Who are you ?
I'm just a friend who knows the
truth.
Harry Dawson wasn't the informer.
They have the records that prove that.
No, you have the records that
were falsified by the Gestapo
covering the real informer, who
of course was one of their own men.
This man !
- Harry Dawson.
- No !
One of their men.
Their man was Otto Mannheim.
Arthur Manning.
Arthur Manning was one of us.
Arthur Manning was a Gestapo agent
and like others of his kind,
he was moved from camp to camp
to spy on the prisoners.
On the 29th of March 1944,
Arthur Manning
was in your camp.
So he was able to keep an eye
on everything that was
happening in Barrack Room M.
He was told to hit the ground
just before the explosion was due
to take place in the tunnel.
When it was all over,
it would be dragged
out as if he were dead.
Then why was Dawson's
name on that report ?
Mr Booth, it was an arbitrary decision.
They just picked a name.
Any name would have done.
It could easily have been your name.
The report shows that Arthur
Manning died in that tunnel.
Yes, because they
were further falsified.
With Manning subsequently made a
deal with the American OSS,
a new life in America in exchange for
pointing the finger.
on some of his Nazi colleagues.
- But you don't have proof !
- Actually, I do.
I have living proof.
Aren't you clever, Mr. McCall ?
Herr Mannheim,
I was expecting you.
Oh my God ! It is you !
- Yes !
- Booth !
Please...
Please...
Forgive me.
Of course.
You think someone else would have come ?
Some relatives, maybe.
Well, I tried to find out if he
had any family.
Nobody claimed him.
The whole thing's just so sad.
To think that Booth carried that hate
around with him for all those years.
Memories of war are tenacious.
Once they got a hold on
you, they never let you go.
All you can hope for is that you
turn out to be one of those lucky people
who have some kind of inner peace.
Too bad Booth had to go to the
grave to find his.
Well, maybe he was one of the
lucky ones after all.
He came across a man with compassion.
Man like you who was able to forgive.
Transcribed by Adr1an
Are you all right ?
We're fine.
But a friend of ours isn't.
Hey ! Cut it out, will ya ?
He's tried to buy up the whole
neighborhood, but I wouldn't deal.
Nobody has been able to prove it.
Excuse me, Mr. Thorpe.
Excuse me !
You're trying muscle
Harry out of his store.
What do you mean, muscle ?
Having cheap thugs do your dirty work.
Scott !
- Stop !
- No !
Harry !
- Hey, Harry 1
- Scott !
Jenny, guess what ?
- What are you doing here ?
- We are out of here.
Tonight you're lucky night.
No, tonight is not my lucky night.
- Go !
- Oh, thanks, Harry.
275 pages of H. L. Mencken lie between me
and my pillow. So, you're going to tutor me ?
Two tickets to the bottom line.
I'll pick tables.
- Oh Scott, I can't...
- We're talking about *** tickets, Jenny.
And I am talking about
an exam I have next week
and I haven't even opened the book yet.
Come on, you go.
You'll have a good time.
You're saying no ?
Well, priorities...
Some of us still have them.
Ouch !
I think it's time for
me to check the receipts.
No, Harry, it's OK.
This is something that
we have been over before.
- Unfortunately ?
- Yes, unfortunately !
- Harry, I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah, I'll be here.
Something for you, boys ?
Well, how much would this
club soda here, pops ?
Sixty five cents.
Sounds like a lot of money to me.
Yeah, well, I think we'll
take the whole thing.
What, are you nuts ?
Hey, hey, stop it !
Hey, come on !
Cut it out, will ya ?
Don't rush him, old man.
He's been shopping.
Please, don't...
Hey ! Cut it out !
Cut it out !
Are you sure you left your
bag back in the store ?
Maybe it's at home.
Thing comes between me and my making.
Cute.
Real cute.
***, pops !
Hey !
Harry !
- What do you think you're doing ?
- Come on, kid ! ***, lady !
***
Move it !
Move it !
No trouble, man !
No trouble !
Harry !
Come on !
Come on !
- I'll do it !
- Yeah, sure !
You're all right, Harry ?
- Oh, yeah...
- Are you sure ?
Thanks, kid.
Harry, would you please
just let me do this ?
You don't have to pay me.
Harry, the doctor said that
you should be taking it easy.
Putting the stuff away is easy.
It's paying for the damage it's hard.
Did anyone ever tell you that you are a
stubborn old man ?
Not for the last five minutes.
You know, there was a time
I could have taken those...
OK ! OK !
Harry, what I don't
understand is the cops.
I mean, what is wrong with them ?
This is the third time this is happened
and they haven't done anything about it.
Because they don't want to offend the
city's biggest taxpayer, that's why.
What are you talking about ?
Victor Thorpe.
The real estate developer ?
He's tried to buy up the whole
neighborhood, but I wouldn't deal.
You think he's behind this ?
Listen, the same thing has happened
three times. Nothing's taken.
They just come in and bust up the place
like the Yankees are batting practice.
Does this sound like
neighborhood punks to you ?
More like someone's
applying the pressure.
Yeah.
Maybe you ought to get someone to help
you do the same to Victor Thorpe.
It's not that easy.
To go against a guy like Thorpe
you got to have the
evidence written in stone.
Oh, Harry...
And you expect Senator Clairman
to take your unsupported word
as the official explanation
of what transpired five years ago ?
Well, I should think in my official position...
During the time in question
wasn't there someone responsible for the
internal review of the Agency's operations ?
Yes, there was.
But that individual has entered private
life and at the moment is out of the country.
His name, please.
Answer the question, please.
His name is Robert McCall, but
as I said, he's unavailable to...
Have mister McCall step in ?
Thanks, Senator.
What's...
Would you take that
chair please, Mr. McCall ?
I thought you were out of the country.
No, no, I'm not.
I'm here.
Mr. McCall, we appreciate your coming
down to Washington on such short notice.
Let me fill you in on
what we are doing here.
This is a preliminary investigation,
which, according to our finance,
may or may not lead to a
full subcommittee hearing.
I'm at your service, Senator.
Information has come to
light that five years ago
my personal life was subjected
to official but illegal scrutiny
by operatives from your former Agency.
Senator, if I might be
permitted, Mr. McCall...
Furthermore, this brazen incursion
into my privacy was carried out
in response to a direct order
from your former associate.
Certainly the Senator does not need to remind
you that the Agency is forbidden by law
to pursue domestic
intelligence gathering.
Oh yes, that was always clearly
understood.
Good.
Then let's proceed to the allegation.
Is it true that Control
ordered the beforementioned
surveillance of Senator Clairman ?
Yes, it is true.
And to the best of your knowledge,
did Control know that this
surveillance was illega l?
To the best of my knowledge, he was aware
that the surveillance was illegal. Yes.
Would you care to elaborate
on that, Mr. McCall ?
Of course, Senator.
However, as you yourself
have pointed out, sir,
it was some five years ago.
I would like to refresh
my memory as to the fact.
We have a complete file.
Well, that would be most helpful, sir,
if I could take it away,
peruse it for a few hours.
And perhaps you could
schedule another meeting soon ?
Same time tomorrow ?
That would be fine, sir.
We are very, grateful,
for your cooperation.
My pleasure, Senator.
Scott, I really think that we should call
your father.
Oh ! You're forgetting three things.
Only three ?
Yeah. One, my dad's in Washington DC.
Second, Harry refused any help.
My dad won't help anyone
who doesn't want it.
What's the third ?
That my father and I don't play by the
same rules.
Maybe I can do what he won't do.
- You mean you'll help Harry ?
- What's so funny ?
Scott, what do you know about what your
father does ?
Something must have rubbed
off after all these years.
Taxi !
I don't know, Scott.
I'm having second thoughts about this.
Don't worry about it.
I'll be cool.
What if he isn't feel like answering ?
There he is ! Just let me handle this.
Excuse me, Mr. Thorpe. Victor Thorpe ?
- Excuse me !
- Yes, what is it ?
I'm friend of Harry Dawsons.
He owns a small market
on the other side of town.
What about him ?
You're trying to buy up
that block, aren't you ?
I don't see that that's
any of your business.
You're trying to muscle
Harry out of his store.
What do you mean, muscle ?
Hiring cheap thugs do your dirty work.
It's a pretty strong
allegations, young man.
But you don't deny it.
If I want to do an interview,
I'll talk to a reporter.
Oh, excuse me, Mr. Thorpe !
I'm sorry. I'm afraid you're
getting the wrong idea.
And you're a friend of Harry Dawsons too ?
Yes, I work for Harry.
You see, Mr. Thorpe, Harry's store has been
vandalized three times in the last few months
and, well, I'm sorry
to say that he thinks...
That I had something to do with it ?
Yeah, kind of.
Not guilty.
You shelved your project ?
Hardly, I bought another block, a couple
of streets down for half the price.
Your friend Harry may be an honest guy,
but that never stood in
the way of my making a buck.
It's all in records down at
city hall. Anything else ?
Um, have a nice day.
Oh, and for future reference,
the only kind of muscle I carry
around with me is in my checkbook.
And there's plenty of it.
Sure there is, sir.
Well, that was cool.
All right. So maybe I didn't
handle it all that well.
Yeah, but I... I really appreciate the
fact that you were trying to impress me.
I was not trying to impress you.
All right, maybe just a little bit.
Well, well, what a surprise !
You know how many places I had to
check up before I found you ?
- Just in time for dessert?
- No, no, I... I haven't had dinner.
- I was waiting for you at your hotel.
- Well, that was very foolish of you.
I've been here.
You know what I'm talking about.
Look, this could well lead into a
full Senate subcommittee investigation.
I have to be very careful.
I haven't read it yet.
You don't have to read that.
You remember what happened from
the beginning to the end?
Do I ?
Robert, you buried me in
that hearing room today.
I simply told the truth.
Yes, I know. That's what buried me.
Now I want to know what you
intend say tomorrow.
How do you propose to undo the
damage that you have already done ?
I haven't really thought about it.
You've got any suggestions ?
Look, you may not understand fully.
Senator Clairman
is a very vindictive man.
Now, if you're not careful,
I could wind up pushing the
brewer in the embassy in Baghdad.
I could wind up sorting
mail in San Salvador.
Oh, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear !
We can't have that, can we ?
We can't that have happen.
Yes. Now you see, that's what
I've been trying to tell you.
Control, I'm don't think we should be
talking about this just now. I do..
I do understand what
you're getting at.
And what are you going
to tell them tomorrow ?
I don't know, but I'm sure
I'll think of something.
Subject over !
Oh, no damn knife !
Waiter ! Could I have a knife ?
- And a double bourbon !
- On him.
Oh my God !
My pictures !
Oh, Maggie !
The door is open !
Come in !
Mr. Frick...
It's quite a place.
I call it home, courtesy
of gore gets in your eye.
My last job, open and
closed in three days.
You know what they say ?
You're only as good as your last hit.
It's been 16 years.
But who is counting ?
Nice work. Your makeup man is brilliant.
You've really gone all
out for this, haven't you ?
About what we discussed on the phone...
No problem. I'm your man.
But can you do it by this afternoon ?
I never had *** I couldn't
dress in a couple of hours.
Frankly, I never had a budget that
was worth more than that.
This is what I had in mind.
Oh, just like the real thing !
Did you ever see
"They saved Hitler's brain" ?
A wonderful production.
A classic in its day...
I'm afraid I didn't.
It's the prototype for
this stuff. We set dresses.
Look at this as a kind of
Bible when we get into this...
I can't pay you too much.
You wouldn't be here if you could,
but Fricks' your man. Have no fear.
My God !
It's like I have nothing left.
It's bad enough they went and destroyed
my store, but now this. This was my life.
My love.
Harry !
Harry, they can't take
that away from you.
You and Maggie had
wonderful years together.
As long as you have the memories,
they can't take that away.
I realize that, child.
It's just that I feel so violated.
If he wants something so much,
why doesn't he say so, face to face ?
If I could only lay my hands
on the bastrard who did this !
At least they missed something.
Yeah. Well that's a memory
I just assume forget.
Hello ?
Mr. Dawson ? My name is Potter.
- Who ?
- Potter.
****
The cemetery ?
That's right. But, Mr. Dawson, I...
I don't know if you wanna check it out,
but that new work on your
wife's headstone is finished.
What new work ? I don't understand !
What are you talking about ?
Hey, look, don't come down on me !
I just work here.
I just thought you wanna know.
Harry, what's the matter ?
Some guy from the cemetery.
He said somebody put some
additions on Maggie's headstone.
You better take a look.
The purpose of your appearance here, Mr. McCall,
is to provide further information
on the allegation against Control.
Yes, it is.
Have you had the opportunity
to review the pertinent file ?
Yes, I have.
Yesterday you testified
that Control order of the
surveillance of Senator Clairman.
I did so testify.
Mr. McCall...
Excuse me.
Senator, might I have a word
with you off the record ?
No. Just continue with
your testimony.
In your overview position, Mr. McCall,
did you advised Control as to
the impropriety of his actions ?
No, I did not.
Why not ?
Senator, are you sure I can't
have a word of the record ?
Just answer the question.
Very well, sir.
I did not advise Control as to
the impropriety of his actions
because the investigation was ordered
by a higher authority.
That authority, sir, being
your dear friend and mentor,
Senator Robert Williamson.
- Williamson?
- Yes, sir.
He had serious doubts
about your integrity.
He was deeply concerned that his
involvement in this investigation
should never be traced.
Therefore, he ordered Control
and myself to keep it secret.
Mr. McCall, why didn't
you tell us this earlier ?
Because I had to take
advice from legal counsel
and I was advised that
now, as a private citizen,
I can bring this to light
with impunity.
I may say a privilege that Control
still does not enjoy.
Senator, I think we ought to
put this matter to rest.
So ordered.
It's right over here !
Harry, what is it ?
These flowers !
I brought them here last Sunday.
Somebody deliberately smashed them.
There's something newly sketched
in the headstone.
March 29 ?
That's tomorrow.
March 29 ?
My God !
Harry, what is it ?
Harry !
Harry, wait !
Scott !
Now we're even, kid !
Let me go !
What... What is this ?
Cut it out ! Hey !
I'm not going...
Harry !
- Harry ! No !
- Stop !
Oh dear !
I do hope this isn't gonna
become a nasty little habit.
What the hell were you
trying to pull in there ?
Look, just because you were able to
chuck your carrier with the Agency
does not mean that you have
the right to jeopardize mine.
I'm in the middle of a snack.
Would you care to join me ?
How about a straight answer ?
Don't think straight answers
are on the menu today.
Look, Robert, I do not wish to
appear ungrateful, but do you know...
You don't ?
Ah ! Thank you.
Excuse me.
Hello ?
It's Scott, dad.
Hi !
Boy, am I glad I found you !
It's my son.
I don't care if it is the President.
Dad, hello ?
Scott...
Dad, you have to get up here quick.
Why ? What is the matter ?
Are you all right ?
Jenny's all right ?
We're fine.
But a friend of ours isn't.
He's been kidnapped.
We got the license number,
but the cops said it was a phony.
Dad, we'll tell about
it when you get here.
And hurry !
Scott ?
I get the next shuttle back to
New York.
You may join me if you so desire.
However, I should point out to you
if you continue with
this strange behaviour,
you will not be allowed to sit
next to me on the aeroplane.
Ah ! Give that to him.
Help !
Harry ?
Who...
Who are you?
I'm not ready to tell you that.
Where am I ?
What is this ?
Barricks M.
M ?
Remember Barracks M, Harry ?
M.
No ! No !
It couldn't be !
No, it couldn't be !
*** memory.
Memory ?
Who are you ?
What do you what ?
What am I doing here ?
Help me ! Help me ! Help me, please !
Help me, please !
What do you want ?
Vindication.
I want
vindication.
Well, Scott, you were absolutely
right about this photograph.
Very good reason why it wasn't
destroyed.
The dates written on each of those men
are the dates on which each
one of these men died.
They're all the same March 29th 1944.
That was the date that was
etched on Harry's tombstone.
- Tomorrow.
- Right.
Right.
I've been talking to a man called
Brady.
And this man, Brady, served in the
same company as Harry Dawson,
World War Two.
This company was decimated
in a place called Cisterna.
Most of the men were killed
and those that survived were captured
and taken to a prisoner of war camp.
On March 29th 1944,
the prisoners in Barrack Room M
attempted a mass breakout through
a tunnel they have dug.
It failed.
Scott, do you think I could
continue this uninterrupted ?
We would get there quicker in the end.
Yes, you're right, it failed.
It failed because there was an
explosion in the tunnel.
18 men were killed and the
survivors were naturally recaptured.
It was always imagined
that there had been an informer.
- But of course, it could never be proved.
- Until now.
- Sorry.
- Nobody has been able to prove it.
Now this man Brady has recently
had another visitor from Barrack Room M.
This man's name was Booth.
Terrance Booth.
He said that he has managed to
acquire certain German records
that proved that Harry Dawson was the
informer and the man who blew the tunnel.
That's not possible.
Harry could never be an informer.
Well, Brady thinks he is.
And Booth wants revenge.
Scott, I don't know what Booth wants.
All I know is that Booth
arrived in this city
around about the same time that you say
Harry Dawson starting having this trouble.
Terrance Booth is now staying at
the Mayfair Hotel.
I've phoned him a number of times.
He never answers the phone.
Do you still want to
continue playing detective ?
If it's going to help Harry, yeah.
All right.
You keep calling this number and if you
get in touch with mister Booth, let me know.
Alright ?
Here you go.
Well, I've got to go.
I'll keep in touch.
You got my message ?
You know, this complimentary nuts
they give you on this shuttle.
Not half bad.
Want some ? I took extra.
I'm much more interested in finding out if
you got hold of those German files or not.
You know, the remarkable
thing about the shuttle is...
All right. So it leaves
every hour, all right ?
But I mean, if you're the only person
who shows up, they take off anyway.
And let's say that they're full.
They give you a full
airplane to yourself.
I mean, they give us grief
about how we use this expenditure.
So, that's how it is, is it?
Yeah.
Of course, it doesn't need to be
that way.
I mean, they could tell the
passengers
just wait, wait for an hour.
But they don't.
The passenger is king, is boss.
Full or empty.
- And you are full of it !
- Yeah.
But...
I'm not the only one.
Thank you.
Good evening.
Good evening.
Can I help you ?
I rather think you can.
Can you tell me where you got this ?
Ah, the Vallon !
Is such a long time since I've
seen any of his work.
Most of his work, unfortunately,
was lost during the war.
- Very sad.
- Yes, very.
I must say I'm quite surprised there are very
few people who are familiar with his work.
Well, you see, I was fortunate enough to have
a father who was a great, great lover of art.
And he took me all over
Europe when I was a child,
visiting museums, art galleries
and I remember small galleries somewhere
in Germany, just before the war.
And it had quite a collection of Vallon's.
There was this young German fellow
who was in charge of the
gallery, or appeared to be so,
and I remember my father spent
the best part of an afternoon
talking with him about the artist.
It left a lasting impression.
Obviously.
So much so that I even remember
that young man's name.
Otto Mannheim.
I presume you've never come across him.
No, I can't say I have.
It's way past closing time.
Yes, it is, isn't it ?
If you care to leave me your card, mister...
McCall.
Robert McCall. Yes, I'd be
delighted to leave in my card.
If by chance you... You're lucky
enough to come across anymore of those,
I do hope you give me a call.
Yes, of course.
I'd be glad to.
What is it ? Who's there ?
You remember now, Harry ?
Booth ?
Terrance Booth !
I thought you were dead.
There are dozen of us
still in the tunnel.
Six who died.
We're the lucky ones.
What happened?
They put us in the hospital.
Hatch this up.
Made us half
of what we were.
God !
- And I'm this way, because of you.
- What ?
I found the German High Command
report on the prison break.
It gave the name of the camp informer.
It was you.
That's a lie !
I don't know where you got that.
- Stop it !
- That's a lie !
Stop it ! Do you really wanna die
with a lie in your throat ?
To die ?
Vindication, Harry.
Vindication.
It's already March 29th.
In about four hours
it'll be a quarter after four.
That's when we went into the tunnel.
First light, Harry.
You remember first light ?
Don't you ?
Don't you ?
You do.
Any luck ?
Oh yes, yes, everything.
Except where they're
keeping Harry Dawson.
What about you ?
You found anything about Booth ?
Never showed up at the hotel, but
I think I got something for you.
I called the hotel and pretended I
was Booth checking in for my messages.
What is this ? Chip off the old block ?
Hardly, I was just getting
tired of asking for Mr. Booth.
OK. The hotel operator said
this guy Ernie Frick.
He called about a half a dozen times.
What did he want this man, Frick ?
He wanted to know how
everything went.
He wanted the rest of his money.
Hope that helps.
Should do, should do.
Thank you.
Why don't you two go home now ?
Get some sleep.
I don't know how you do it, dad.
Years of required insomnia.
And do put some clothes on him.
It's damn cold tonight cold tonight.
- Well...
- Good luck !
Thank you.
Ernie Frick ?
It's a bit late, isn't it ?
Well, I'm looking for Terrance Booth,
as a matter of fact.
Oh ! Come in.
I've been ringing Mr. Booth all day.
Yes, yes. Well, I mean,
I know he's very, very busy.
I know this man.
The real theatrical style.
Are you part of the troop ?
The troop ?
His acting troop.
Oh yes. Oh yes, yes, yes.
I was a bit late getting into town.
Road shows. They remind me of
one time I was doing summer stock.
Oh yes. Yes, I'm sure.
I was expecting to meet Mr. Booth here.
He was...
We were both going to look for
a theater, I think.
Suppose he's found one by now, hasn't he ?
A warehouse, near the river.
But you'll never recognise
it from the inside.
Give me a few bucks and I can work
wonders.
Yes, well... Yeah.
Your reputation, of course.
Wonder if you could let me have
the address.
- I'm a bit late for rehearsal
- Of course.
It's such an ambitious piece.
You will invite me into
the opening, won't you?
Oh yes, of course.
I want to see how my barbed
wires holding up.
Obviously you would, yes.
I've been closed to ***.
I do parties as well.
Well, you would, yes.
Thank you for this.
Bye-bye !
Break a leg !
Yes ?
It's Control.
I suppose you know it's
the middle of the night.
Very possibly your last one in the
free world.
What exactly do
you mean by that ?
I just heard from a Robert McCall.
Something familiar to you ?
Oh yes.
He came by here tonight. What...
Who is he ?
He's a self-appointed Nazi hunter.
And he's on to you, Franken.
What are you going to do about it ?
Well, he's asked to talk to me
and I've arranged a meeting
for 4:00 this morning.
And I intend to be there.
We can't protect you anymore.
We have a deal.
No, no, no, no,
no, no.
The Agency never made a deal with you.
We just suited each
other's needs, that's all.
You give us names and
we give you freedom.
I see.
Why are you telling me this?
Well, I figured you had a right to
protect your own hide.
But I'm not going to lie for you.
What is the address ?
925 Spring Street.
It's a warehouse, near the river.
- First light, Harry.
- No !
You're making a mistake, Booth.
I'm not the one.
On your feet, soldier !
Go !
This is for the years...
The years of loneliness
of the 18 innocent boys
who died in that tunnel.
Don't make it a nineteenth
innocent man, Mr. Booth.
Who are you ?
I'm just a friend who knows the
truth.
Harry Dawson wasn't the informer.
They have the records that prove that.
No, you have the records that
were falsified by the Gestapo
covering the real informer, who
of course was one of their own men.
This man !
- Harry Dawson.
- No !
One of their men.
Their man was Otto Mannheim.
Arthur Manning.
Arthur Manning was one of us.
Arthur Manning was a Gestapo agent
and like others of his kind,
he was moved from camp to camp
to spy on the prisoners.
On the 29th of March 1944,
Arthur Manning
was in your camp.
So he was able to keep an eye
on everything that was
happening in Barrack Room M.
He was told to hit the ground
just before the explosion was due
to take place in the tunnel.
When it was all over,
it would be dragged
out as if he were dead.
Then why was Dawson's
name on that report ?
Mr Booth, it was an arbitrary decision.
They just picked a name.
Any name would have done.
It could easily have been your name.
The report shows that Arthur
Manning died in that tunnel.
Yes, because they
were further falsified.
With Manning subsequently made a
deal with the American OSS,
a new life in America in exchange for
pointing the finger.
on some of his Nazi colleagues.
- But you don't have proof !
- Actually, I do.
I have living proof.
Aren't you clever, Mr. McCall ?
Herr Mannheim,
I was expecting you.
Oh my God ! It is you !
- Yes !
- Booth !
Please...
Please...
Forgive me.
Of course.
You think someone else would have come ?
Some relatives, maybe.
Well, I tried to find out if he
had any family.
Nobody claimed him.
The whole thing's just so sad.
To think that Booth carried that hate
around with him for all those years.
Memories of war are tenacious.
Once they got a hold on
you, they never let you go.
All you can hope for is that you
turn out to be one of those lucky people
who have some kind of inner peace.
Too bad Booth had to go to the
grave to find his.
Well, maybe he was one of the
lucky ones after all.
He came across a man with compassion.
Man like you who was able to forgive.
Transcribed by Adr1an