The Rockford Files (1974–1980): Season 1, Episode 20 - The Four Pound Brick - full transcript
A cop dies in an accident that his mother refuses to accept. Rocky offers Jim's services free of charge. After begrudgingly accepting the case he discovers that dirty cops might be involved which then pits him against a very angry Lt. Diel.
It was no accident.
Somebody killed him.
Who'd want to kill Dave?
That's what
I'm going to find out.
(Rocky)
Then you need
professional help.
Can she afford me?
I'm your father!
I'll give you a rate.
Don't you want
to know the truth?
I know the truth.
It was an accident.
I saw Wilson meet
a couple of guys
and they gave him an envelope.
It smelled like a payoff.
That P.I., Rockford,
has been asking around
about Banning and Wilson.
What do you think
we ought to do?
Take him off.
[Tires screeching]
[Telephone ringing]
(Rockford on
answering machine)
This is Jim Rockford.
At the tone leave your name
and message.
I'll get back to you.
(Shirley)
This is Shirley from the bank.
The answers are:
No, no, and yes.
No, we won't loan you money.
No, we won't accept
any co-signers.
And yes,
your account's overdrawn.
I get off at 4:30.
(minister)
"I am the resurrection
and the life.
"He that believeth on me
though he die
yet shall he live.
"And whosoever liveth
and believeth on me...
"shall never die."
Receive, oh Lord, the soul
of thy faithful servant...
David Phillip Banning...
and grant him eternal rest.
Amen.
The two of us,
we've had over 100 years.
Dave had 30.
As old as I am,
I keep expecting life
to be fair.
I'm always surprised
when it isn't.
I wanted him
to have a headstone.
They don't allow them,
you know that?
No.
A brass plaque,
flush to the ground...
so it don't get in the way
of the lawnmower.
They keep the place real neat.
I think graves ought to be
a little untidy,
the way lives are.
Mrs. Banning? Excuse me.
On behalf
of the department...
We share your loss.
Thank you, Lieutenant.
If there's anything you need,
anything we can do
to be of help...
I'm just fine.
Thank you, Lieutenant.
I wanted you to meet him.
Who is he?
Sergeant Wilson,
Dave's partner.
You're coming back
to the house, aren't you?
Sure, Kate,
if you want me to. Sure.
You have got to accept this,
Kate, because you're making it
harder on both of us.
You look tired.
I want you to go home
and get some rest.
I brought a bag.
It's in the car.
I thought, maybe you could
use some company tonight.
We're both going to
have to learn
to live without Dave.
Might as well start now.
I'm going
to get that bag, anyway.
I don't know how many
will be dropping by.
If it isn't enough,
I can fix some more.
Rocky...
I'm getting old,
and I've lost my only child.
But there's nothing wrong
with my mind.
It was no accident.
Now, Kate...
I used to tell him he took
better care of that car
than he took of himself.
And that's a fact.
Just had a tune-up,
just got it out of the shop.
There was nothing wrong
with those brakes.
Dave was a rookie,
but he's still a cop.
You know if the department
thought there was
anything wrong,
they'd be all over it.
They didn't know him
like I did.
It's more than just the car.
For two weeks
before it happened...
something was
eating away at him.
He was worried
and he was scared.
Dave didn't scare easy.
Somebody killed him.
But why, Kate?
Who'd want to kill Dave?
That's what
I'm going find out.
And I'm not going
to rest till I do.
[Sighs]
Kate, is your mind dead set
on digging into this?
It is.
Then you need
professional help.
I don't have enough money
to buy me any answers.
No, I was thinking
more like...
someone who'd
take care of things
for you out of friendship.
You know, like on the house.
Who?
Jimmy.
Your Jimmy?
But you told me
he was driving your truck.
There's slack times
in truck driving,
just like all other business.
Jimmy, he's got himself
sort of a sideline
for when he's not
pushing his rig.
What's that?
Well, he...
He's sort of a...
[chuckles]
He's a private investigator.
It's only a sideline.
He'd help me? For no money?
He's my son.
All I got to do is ask him.
Jimmy?
Come on in.
What are you doing here?
I'm trying to defrost
my frost-free refrigerator.
Darn thing went out
on you again?
American ingenuity.
I don't know how they do it...
but the minute
the warranty runs out...
whatever it is,
it starts falling apart.
I'll just give you a hand.
No, not with
your best suit on.
I don't want to get stuck
with the cleaning bill.
I think I'm just going
to give up on this thing
and buy me a new one.
Are you working, Jimmy?
No, but I think
I can swing the down payment
on a refrigerator.
You've been over
at Kate Banning's
all this time?
Yeah, I didn't want
to leave her alone
at a time like this.
You never did get a chance
to know Kate very well,
did you?
Yeah, I've met her once.
Seemed like a nice lady.
Salt of the earth, she is.
You know, her husband
Jack and me, we used to
long-haul before you was born.
Yeah?
It's too bad you and Dave
never was closer.
I met him once, too.
You know, Kate thinks that
what happened to her son
wasn't no accident.
She thinks that
it was phonied-up
to look like an accident...
but Dave
was killed deliberate.
What do you think?
I don't know
anything about it.
[Clears throat]
[Chuckles]
There's Dave Banning,
a cop, and you,
a private investigator...
sort of gives you two
something in common, don't it?
Well, not really.
You know,
I never did think much
of this P.I. Business.
Is that a fact?
No.
Then, this morning...
I started seeing things
in a different light,
a whole different light.
Now you take Dave Banning,
he's practically family.
I told you,
I only met him once.
Now, if you was
to look into this situation...
it'd give you a chance
to do something
for somebody close to you...
for old times' sake.
Are you asking me
to work for you?
I'm trying to get you to work
for Kate Banning.
Can she afford me?
She don't have no money.
You're paying me?
I'm your father!
I'll give you a rate.
Don't you never
think of nothing but money?
Now, Rocky,
I'm in business
just like you were.
Did you ever do
any long-hauling for nothing?
That's different.
No, it isn't.
All right.
All right, I'll pay you.
$200 a day and expenses.
I was only trying
to make a point.
You made it. I'll pay you.
No, you won't. I'm not going
to take your money.
Yes, you are,
because I just hired you.
It's 3:00, and as of now,
you are working for me.
And, for once in your life,
you're going to do
what I tell you to.
(Ross)
You recognize them?
The old man,
he was at Banning's funeral.
How about the other one?
No.
We got a new entry, huh?
No more for me. Thanks, Kate.
Sorry everything is so untidy.
You wouldn't think
Dave could get so much
into a bachelor's apartment.
Can I help you
with some of this stuff?
No, I can handle it.
Funny, Jack and Rocky
both wanted the same thing...
to have their sons
follow in their footsteps.
Dave never was
interested in trucking.
But you took to it right off.
Not right off.
Dave liked discipline, order.
Maybe, that was it.
Two hitches in the Marines,
the Military Police,
then he joined the force.
30 is a little old
to be a rookie,
but that's what he wanted.
What made you choose
this investigating business
as a sideline?
You know how it is.
You can't depend
on the crops coming in.
I like to keep busy.
I don't feel right,
taking your time
and not being able to pay.
Don't give it a thought, Kate.
Don't you give that a thought.
Not a thought.
He's glad to do it.
[Engine starting]
All right, so maybe
I did exaggerate a little.
About me pushing a rig?
All right, I lied.
Look at it my way, will you?
I tell folks that
my son's in trucking...
and right away they know
what I'm talking about.
But, I tell them my kid's
in the private eye business...
they just don't understand.
Do you?
No.
Okay, goodbye, Rocky.
I'm going in with you.
I work alone.
Not when I'm paying
for your time.
If you're going
to follow me around
with a stopwatch...
we can forget the whole thing.
I'm not too hot on it, anyway.
$200 a day, and I got
to take a bus home?
If you don't have the money,
I'll advance it to you.
Just put it on
the expense account.
I got it.
Don't you put nothing
on that expense account...
I don't see first.
Cop?
Maybe.
Got something to write on?
Yeah.
(Ross)
OKG 853.
We've been swamped all day.
It's like the Golden Age
of crime.
I know you're busy, Dennis.
4:30. This is lunch.
I got a half a cheese sandwich
right about here.
I can't wash it down
with the coffee...
'cause the coffee
you don't believe.
And you come around
with a dumb question
like that.
What's dumb about it?
All I want to know is...
Is there any chance,
any at all...
that Dave Banning's death
wasn't accidental?
Jim, the Police Department
operates without fear
or favor.
Theoretically.
That's right. Theoretically.
As to "fear," half the time
we work in a cold sweat.
As to "favor," every stiff
gets the same consideration...
except a dead cop.
If there was anything wrong,
anything...
every man on the force
would be working double-duty.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
And if they weren't...
Come here.
[Telephone ringing]
See that guy over there?
Yeah.
That's Andy Wilson,
Banning's partner.
If the accident
smelled funny to him,
do you think he'd drop it?
I guess not.
You guess right.
Who hired you?
Banning's mother?
No, my father.
Rocky?
Yeah, he's an old friend
of the family.
Rocky hired you?
What kind of deal?
No deal. He's paying,
just like any other client.
Rocky?
Will you stop saying Rocky?
I got to be there
when you try to collect.
I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
You got to promise me
that you'll let me know,
so I can be there.
Are you trying to say
Rocky's cheap?
Yeah.
That's exactly what
I'm trying to say.
You were engaged
to Dave Banning.
Don't you want
to know the truth?
I know the truth.
It was an accident.
Now, it was tragic
and it was terrible...
but it was just that,
an accident.
Kate seems to think...
I know what Kate thinks.
And I know why.
I loved him...
I still love him...
but he's dead.
I've accepted that.
Kate hasn't.
When you bury somebody,
you have to let go.
You have to turn around
and walk away and say...
"Okay. This is the way my life
is going to be."
Look, what I'm doing
may make it a little easier...
for Kate, if I can...
go to her and honestly say
that I checked
all the bases...
and that it was
an accident...
Yeah, maybe.
All right,
what can I do to help?
Kate says that Dave was upset,
very upset, for two weeks
before the accident.
Yes, he was.
He was jumpy,
he was short-tempered,
he just wasn't himself.
I never told him this,
but I went to see
the police psychologist.
He said it wasn't unusual.
Dave was new on patrol.
Lots of young officers
undergo temporary
personality changes...
before they get
used to police work.
Yeah, but Dave
was a Military M.P.
The adjustment
shouldn't be that difficult.
When did you last see him?
A couple of days
before the accident.
He came to dinner
before going on duty.
We quarreled.
About what?
It was my fault.
You see, we never
had any secrets
from each other.
Then he got this phone call.
For the first time,
he took it in the other room.
I listened at the door.
Do you know who it was
on the phone?
No, but Dave was very upset...
and he seemed frightened.
He told whoever it was
that he'd meet them
at the usual place...
at the Greek Theatre.
It's closed for the season.
I'm just telling you
what I heard.
It was section C and D...
the right aisle.
[Exclaims]
About time.
You ate my steak.
It was in the freezer
you defrosted.
It was going to spoil.
Not before dinner.
It didn't have no sign on it.
Next time I'll have them
all monogrammed.
[Laughing]
We got the same initial.
[Chuckles]
What are you doing?
I'm earning my $200 a day.
That there's a cartridge.
You shouldn't be
monkeying around with that.
I'm being careful.
Now what are you going do?
The police in Los Angeles,
they use what they call
a light load.
A .22 bullet that will travel
about a mile...
and go through
an inch of wood.
A .38 caliber has more
stopping power than that.
If a cop fires, he doesn't
want that bullet traveling
for two miles...
and taking off somebody
that he wasn't aiming at.
And this is a light load.
Cops are the only ones
that use them.
Where'd you find it?
A little out-of-the-way place.
Laura told me about it.
Dave Banning had
a meeting there.
Something he didn't
want to talk about...
something that
made him nervous.
So he was nervous,
so he dropped a cartridge.
What does that mean?
I don't know. But why would he
pick a place like that
to meet someone...
unless he didn't
want to be seen?
Undercover work, maybe.
He was a rookie,
on routine patrol.
Are you trying to tell me
Dave Banning was crooked?
No.
'Cause if that's what you're
trying to tell me...
that ain't what
I'm paying you to hear.
Rocky, I'm just
thinking out loud and you're
jumping to conclusions.
Investigating isn't
like driving a truck...
where you know
that Lancaster is 10 miles
straight down the road.
I don't know
what's down the road.
He wasn't crooked.
Okay, I hope you're right.
What's that for?
"What's that for?"
"What are you doing?"
You know, some people
hire me, Rocky...
and then just sit back
and wait for the final report.
Some people ain't your pa.
Now what's that for?
I'm going to stake out
the meeting place
and see if anybody shows.
No stakeout.
I sent you to camp
when you were a kid,
that's enough.
I could be paying you
straight time
till the year 2000...
and then no one would show up.
It's the only lead we've got.
I'll stake it out myself.
Dave Banning is dead.
I found a live cartridge
up there.
We don't know
what is going down.
You think I'm going
to let you walk
into a thing like that?
I can handle myself.
I'll stake it out.
That's final.
You only got
one problem, Rocky.
What?
You don't know where it is.
[Footsteps approaching]
[Camera clicking]
[Inaudible]
[Clicking]
Angel, you sure
you want to eat here?
It's the best chili in town!
I can get a table here
any time I want to.
They know me.
[Chuckles]
My cousin's getting married.
You're going to use yours?
Yeah.
What do you want?
Give me a cup of coffee.
No. Scotch...
I don't want anything.
Let me have a bottle of beer,
bowl of chili,
lot of onions...
and something to eat it with.
[Chuckles]
They know you here.
Don't give him no tip.
Angel, I called you
because I need a little help.
How little?
$50 worth.
What do I got to do?
All you have to do
is hit the street
and ask a few questions.
We will split the beat
between us.
What beat?
Their beat.
Sergeant Wilson
and a rookie cop
named Dave Banning.
Banning's dead,
but Wilson's still around.
I think he's dirty.
I saw Wilson meet
a couple of guys
and they gave him an envelope.
I don't know what
was in the envelope,
but it smelled like a payoff.
What's the matter, Angel?
I'm on parole.
What's that got to do
with anything?
I don't even talk
to clean cops.
You know what'd happen to me
if they find me sticking
my nose in that stuff?
How are they going
to find out about it?
The people you're going
to be talking to,
they don't talk to cops.
It's an easy gig, Angel.
Now how about it?
No chance.
[Inaudible]
[Inaudible]
[Inaudible]
[Inaudible]
[Ringing]
Yeah?
(Ross)
Morrie? Ross.
That P.I., Rockford,
has been asking around
about Banning and Wilson.
I thought you ought to know.
Is he the one you saw
coming out of
the Banning house...
with the old man?
That's right.
What's he asking?
He's asking stuff like
"Was Banning on the pad?"
"What's Wilson into?"
What do you think
we ought to do?
Take him off.
I won't be no witness.
You won't have to. All we have
is hearsay evidence.
You know, those two
were into everything.
I mean, Wilson must have
half a dozen scams
going right now.
[Sniffs]
Some of them ain't too bad.
Well, they ain't.
You know what I'd do
if I were you, Jimmy?
Forget it.
Burning cops, even dirty ones,
isn't what you'd call
a paying proposition.
[Sighs]
Hang a left at the light.
You've never seen my place,
have you, Jimmy?
I got it fixed up real nice.
[Tires screeching]
What are you doing?
This ain't the way.
I think we picked up a tail.
[Crashing]
[Tires screeching]
Why do you live up here?
I don't.
[Tires screeching]
[Tires screeching]
Hey, what's going on
up there?
That's all right, fella,
forget it. You all right?
"Easy gig?"
I was wrong.
I wonder what that did
to my undercarriage?
You want to know
what it did to mine?
Where are you going?
Thought you were
going to help me.
I came this close
to getting my neck broke.
You're not hurt.
Two guys, I don't know
who they are,
they're trying to kill me.
You want me to wait
till they come back?
They're not coming back.
Neither am I.
You want onions
in this thing?
Do you want onions?
You can't make out
who that is.
I told you who it is.
It's Sergeant Wilson.
Doing what?
Taking a payoff. At least,
that's the way it adds up.
I asked around, and the word
is that Sergeant Wilson...
has been on the take
for a long time.
That don't mean
Dave Banning was.
According to my information,
it does.
Now look, Rocky,
you're the one
who put me on to this.
Now all I've got
is a photograph and a lot
of second-hand street talk.
If I go to the cops,
I'm saying that Dave Banning
was crooked.
I don't think that's what
you want for Kate.
I want the truth. So does she.
Are you sure?
The only way I'm going
any further with this thing...
is after we tell her
what I've found.
Now you can either do that,
or you can bury it right here.
It's your decision.
Mine? Why?
You're the boss.
You want onions?
[Sighs]
We'll talk to Kate.
No onions.
Sergeant Wilson.
Not a very good likeness.
But good enough to recognize.
What happens next?
You take that
and your suspicions
to the police?
Not necessarily.
If Sergeant Wilson is
on the pad, Internal Affairs
will catch up with him...
sooner or later.
You don't get very high marks
for good citizenship.
No, but I make up for it
in survival technique.
Now if I start yelling
"dirty cop," I'm going to
open a big can of worms.
Trying to save yourself
some trouble?
I'm a realist.
No.
You're a nice boy,
and you don't want
to see me hurt.
You think Dave was dirty.
He didn't say that, Kate.
He didn't have to.
If I didn't know Dave
the way I do...
did...
I'd think the same thing.
You take what you got
to the police.
I don't think you're thinking
this thing through.
Dave and Wilson were partners.
You tar one of them,
you tar the other.
You think I'm worried about
Dave's memory?
How folks are going
to talk about him,
how they'll remember him?
You think I care about that?
He's dead, Rocky.
I loved him, and I'm going
to go on loving him
no matter what he did.
You say he's dirty.
Well, maybe he was.
But if he was, wouldn't that
give someone a good reason
for killing him?
To cover up. Wouldn't it?
Yes, it would.
Then you find who killed him.
Dave's memory
will take care of itself.
Dennis, I don't want
to talk to Lt. Diel.
I want to talk to you.
We live
in a structured society.
There's a right way
of doing things
and a wrong way.
Mine's the wrong way?
Every time.
I can't handle
what you've got.
Diel is Wilson's superior
and you talk to him.
I don't like Diel.
He's not too crazy
about you either.
(Lt. Diel)
Come in.
Don't bother to sit down.
We don't have all that much
to talk about.
Becker told me
why you're here.
Did he tell you that I think
Wilson's on the take?
He did.
And without proof, that's
defamation of character.
How about with proof?
Okay.
What's it supposed to be?
Just what it looks like.
Sergeant Wilson
taking a payoff.
And which one is Wilson?
That one. The one in uniform.
I see.
Do you have
any other evidence?
Yeah, I got a .38 cartridge,
light load. I don't have it
with me but I got it at home.
How do you know
it's a light load?
I took it apart
and weighed the powder.
Then if you've tampered
with the cartridge...
it doesn't qualify
as evidence, does it?
Any more than your attempt
at photography.
Look, Lieutenant...
I can handle hostile
a whole lot better
than I can handle
condescending.
All right, let's try hostile.
You're a two-bit P.I.
Who likes to take...
two-bit shots
at this department...
and I've had it with you.
You don't like my evidence,
I'll take it
to the Commissioner.
You'll take it nowhere.
I witnessed that payoff.
I know the place,
I've been there before.
Dave Banning used it.
I don't believe you.
You're saying that Banning
is crooked, too?
I don't know.
But I think he was murdered.
We investigated
his accident thoroughly.
It was just that. An accident.
You're not only casting doubt
on the reputation of a man...
who has been
with this department
for over 20 years...
you're also defaming a man
who is not alive
to defend himself.
I will not allow that.
Lieutenant, you haven't
got anything to say about it.
Yes, I have.
If I find out
you go anywhere
near the Commissioner...
if I find out you go
anywhere near Wilson...
if I find out
you're messing around
with this in any way...
and I'm putting this out
at roll call, I'll take steps
to see that you're stopped...
whatever it takes.
Stopped cold.
What'd they say?
What are they going to do?
Not a thing.
Did you show them
the picture?
Yeah.
Well?
I don't like being leaned on,
Rocky.
(Drexel)
Mr. Rockford?
Yeah.
James Rockford?
That's me.
What can I do for you?
May we talk with you?
Sure.
Lieutenant Diel and I
already had our little talk.
Yes, sir.
Officer Curson and I
were deeply distressed
when we heard about it.
You heard about it
pretty fast.
You didn't like
what I had to say, either?
No, sir, we didn't.
Defaming a brother officer
is not something...
the department takes
very lightly.
You're a P.I. In this town.
Is that right, sir?
That's right.
You want to stay a P. I?
I had kind of
planned on it, yeah.
Then you really should try
to have a better relationship
with the department.
Meaning I should forget about
Banning and Wilson?
Yes, sir, that's what we mean.
If I don't?
Officer Drexel and I
personally will see
that your ticket is jerked.
We'll get you on something.
It's not that hard.
Is that all?
That's all, sir.
Drive carefully
on your way home.
What'd they want?
They want me to forget about
Wilson and Banning.
You aren't going to forget it,
though, are you?
You're damn right
I'm not going
to forget about it.
[Engine starting]
[Crickets chirruping]
[Car approaching]
[Car engine starting]
[Engine starting]
[Cars honking]
(Ross)
Move over.
Who are you guys?
What do you want?
I want you to move over.
I was just thinking
about taking a trip
to Arrowhead for the weekend.
You should've left sooner.
Why not now?
Now it's too late.
You mind if I ask why?
Yeah, we mind.
Keep an eye out
for Wilson.
Get him out of here.
Sure, Morrie.
Morrie, you the guy
in charge here?
(Tenner)
Are you going
to just keep quiet,
or you want some help?
He's coming.
Morrie.
Sergeant.
You got some hash for me?
Yeah.
Ross!
Yeah, we got
a four pound brick.
You're not going to count it?
Should I?
We've always been
straight with each other.
Yeah, but I thought...
What?
Nothing. It's not important.
It's important.
We're in business together.
No secrets.
That's the way it is,
isn't it, Wilson?
Yeah, sure.
Can I have the stuff?
[Exclaiming]
You're right. He was wired.
Get him out of here.
Lieutenant,
Wilson's stopped sending.
When'd you lose him?
A few minutes ago.
Let's move in.
(Matson)
Let's go, guys.
[Engine starting]
(Tenner)
What do we do, Morrie?
We'll get out of here.
Check the streets.
I'll check the back.
What about these guys?
I waste them?
They're the hostages.
You should have
kept out of this.
Is that what you said
to Dave Banning?
I didn't know
anything about that
until after it happened.
Sure.
I said I didn't know
any thing about that...
until after it happened!
Shut up, Wilson.
I got no reason to lie.
It's one thing
being on the arm...
getting your partner smoked,
that's something else.
[Sirens wailing]
Cops.
The place is crawling
with them.
We're going out back.
Get them out here.
Come on, get up.
Move it.
Move!
(officer)
They're getting out the back.
(Morrie)
Move, damn it, move!
[Tires screeching]
[Sirens wailing]
All right, Wilson,
I've got him.
Hold it right there.
(Rockford)
Let's get out of here.
Open the door. Get out.
Come on, on the hood.
Come on out.
Move them out.
Seventeen
and twenty-three is...
Where's the car rental?
That's a business expense.
That belongs on there.
No, that's my obligation.
I wouldn't have had
to rent a car if mine
hadn't been in the shop.
It isn't your obligation.
Your car got run off the road
by them two thugs...
and that's why you had
to put it in the garage.
Rocky, I ought to know
what belongs
on the expense account.
Look...
whatever it takes
to fix your car,
plus the rental...
I want them both put on there.
Well, I won't do it!
You're being pigheaded,
you know that?
A deal is a deal.
That's right.
I shouldn't even
be talking to you.
You waltzed me around
pretty good downtown.
You were making them
very nervous, Jimbo.
Internal Affairs
threw a blanket
over the whole thing.
Dave was the one
who found out that Wilson
was transporting narcotics...
in the black-and-white.
He reported it to the I.A.
Dave was working undercover.
Undercover.
Morrie and his two gorillas
found out about it...
they arranged the accident.
So, the I.A. Pressured Wilson
into working for them.
That's it.
(Rocky)
Not quite.
We still got to square up.
You never told me
one word about money, Rocky.
I pay my own debts.
Give me the bill.
Kate, this has got nothing
to do with you.
It certainly has.
I'll take the bill.
Don't you do it.
Jimmy, you give me that bill.
If you let your father
pay one cent I'll never
speak to you again.
If you let her pay one cent,
I'll never speak to you again.
Why don't you split the bill?
Of course. Now,
why didn't I think of that?
What do you say, Rocky?
Right down the middle.
Keep peace in the family.
If it's okay with Jimmy,
it's okay with me.
Then it's settled.
You sure you won't be
joining us for dinner?
No, you go ahead
and you have a nice time.
You know, I didn't think
you were going to get
two cents out of Rocky.
That's what you get
for hanging around
with that criminal element.
(Kate)
I'll just be a minute.
I forgot my purse.
[Door opening]
It'll be a little while.
I'm a little short on cash.
You understand?
Perfectly all right, Kate.
Don't worry about it, please.
Thank you, Jimmy.
Bye-bye.
Well, I never wanted
to take any of her money
in the first place.
(Rocky)
Kate, I'll be right back.
I left the keys to the truck
in the trailer.
[Door opening]
Jim...
I must have spent
a little more
on that fishing trip
than I figured.
Could you put
my half of the bill
in Accounts Receivable?
[Laughing]
[Laughing]
Somebody killed him.
Who'd want to kill Dave?
That's what
I'm going to find out.
(Rocky)
Then you need
professional help.
Can she afford me?
I'm your father!
I'll give you a rate.
Don't you want
to know the truth?
I know the truth.
It was an accident.
I saw Wilson meet
a couple of guys
and they gave him an envelope.
It smelled like a payoff.
That P.I., Rockford,
has been asking around
about Banning and Wilson.
What do you think
we ought to do?
Take him off.
[Tires screeching]
[Telephone ringing]
(Rockford on
answering machine)
This is Jim Rockford.
At the tone leave your name
and message.
I'll get back to you.
(Shirley)
This is Shirley from the bank.
The answers are:
No, no, and yes.
No, we won't loan you money.
No, we won't accept
any co-signers.
And yes,
your account's overdrawn.
I get off at 4:30.
(minister)
"I am the resurrection
and the life.
"He that believeth on me
though he die
yet shall he live.
"And whosoever liveth
and believeth on me...
"shall never die."
Receive, oh Lord, the soul
of thy faithful servant...
David Phillip Banning...
and grant him eternal rest.
Amen.
The two of us,
we've had over 100 years.
Dave had 30.
As old as I am,
I keep expecting life
to be fair.
I'm always surprised
when it isn't.
I wanted him
to have a headstone.
They don't allow them,
you know that?
No.
A brass plaque,
flush to the ground...
so it don't get in the way
of the lawnmower.
They keep the place real neat.
I think graves ought to be
a little untidy,
the way lives are.
Mrs. Banning? Excuse me.
On behalf
of the department...
We share your loss.
Thank you, Lieutenant.
If there's anything you need,
anything we can do
to be of help...
I'm just fine.
Thank you, Lieutenant.
I wanted you to meet him.
Who is he?
Sergeant Wilson,
Dave's partner.
You're coming back
to the house, aren't you?
Sure, Kate,
if you want me to. Sure.
You have got to accept this,
Kate, because you're making it
harder on both of us.
You look tired.
I want you to go home
and get some rest.
I brought a bag.
It's in the car.
I thought, maybe you could
use some company tonight.
We're both going to
have to learn
to live without Dave.
Might as well start now.
I'm going
to get that bag, anyway.
I don't know how many
will be dropping by.
If it isn't enough,
I can fix some more.
Rocky...
I'm getting old,
and I've lost my only child.
But there's nothing wrong
with my mind.
It was no accident.
Now, Kate...
I used to tell him he took
better care of that car
than he took of himself.
And that's a fact.
Just had a tune-up,
just got it out of the shop.
There was nothing wrong
with those brakes.
Dave was a rookie,
but he's still a cop.
You know if the department
thought there was
anything wrong,
they'd be all over it.
They didn't know him
like I did.
It's more than just the car.
For two weeks
before it happened...
something was
eating away at him.
He was worried
and he was scared.
Dave didn't scare easy.
Somebody killed him.
But why, Kate?
Who'd want to kill Dave?
That's what
I'm going find out.
And I'm not going
to rest till I do.
[Sighs]
Kate, is your mind dead set
on digging into this?
It is.
Then you need
professional help.
I don't have enough money
to buy me any answers.
No, I was thinking
more like...
someone who'd
take care of things
for you out of friendship.
You know, like on the house.
Who?
Jimmy.
Your Jimmy?
But you told me
he was driving your truck.
There's slack times
in truck driving,
just like all other business.
Jimmy, he's got himself
sort of a sideline
for when he's not
pushing his rig.
What's that?
Well, he...
He's sort of a...
[chuckles]
He's a private investigator.
It's only a sideline.
He'd help me? For no money?
He's my son.
All I got to do is ask him.
Jimmy?
Come on in.
What are you doing here?
I'm trying to defrost
my frost-free refrigerator.
Darn thing went out
on you again?
American ingenuity.
I don't know how they do it...
but the minute
the warranty runs out...
whatever it is,
it starts falling apart.
I'll just give you a hand.
No, not with
your best suit on.
I don't want to get stuck
with the cleaning bill.
I think I'm just going
to give up on this thing
and buy me a new one.
Are you working, Jimmy?
No, but I think
I can swing the down payment
on a refrigerator.
You've been over
at Kate Banning's
all this time?
Yeah, I didn't want
to leave her alone
at a time like this.
You never did get a chance
to know Kate very well,
did you?
Yeah, I've met her once.
Seemed like a nice lady.
Salt of the earth, she is.
You know, her husband
Jack and me, we used to
long-haul before you was born.
Yeah?
It's too bad you and Dave
never was closer.
I met him once, too.
You know, Kate thinks that
what happened to her son
wasn't no accident.
She thinks that
it was phonied-up
to look like an accident...
but Dave
was killed deliberate.
What do you think?
I don't know
anything about it.
[Clears throat]
[Chuckles]
There's Dave Banning,
a cop, and you,
a private investigator...
sort of gives you two
something in common, don't it?
Well, not really.
You know,
I never did think much
of this P.I. Business.
Is that a fact?
No.
Then, this morning...
I started seeing things
in a different light,
a whole different light.
Now you take Dave Banning,
he's practically family.
I told you,
I only met him once.
Now, if you was
to look into this situation...
it'd give you a chance
to do something
for somebody close to you...
for old times' sake.
Are you asking me
to work for you?
I'm trying to get you to work
for Kate Banning.
Can she afford me?
She don't have no money.
You're paying me?
I'm your father!
I'll give you a rate.
Don't you never
think of nothing but money?
Now, Rocky,
I'm in business
just like you were.
Did you ever do
any long-hauling for nothing?
That's different.
No, it isn't.
All right.
All right, I'll pay you.
$200 a day and expenses.
I was only trying
to make a point.
You made it. I'll pay you.
No, you won't. I'm not going
to take your money.
Yes, you are,
because I just hired you.
It's 3:00, and as of now,
you are working for me.
And, for once in your life,
you're going to do
what I tell you to.
(Ross)
You recognize them?
The old man,
he was at Banning's funeral.
How about the other one?
No.
We got a new entry, huh?
No more for me. Thanks, Kate.
Sorry everything is so untidy.
You wouldn't think
Dave could get so much
into a bachelor's apartment.
Can I help you
with some of this stuff?
No, I can handle it.
Funny, Jack and Rocky
both wanted the same thing...
to have their sons
follow in their footsteps.
Dave never was
interested in trucking.
But you took to it right off.
Not right off.
Dave liked discipline, order.
Maybe, that was it.
Two hitches in the Marines,
the Military Police,
then he joined the force.
30 is a little old
to be a rookie,
but that's what he wanted.
What made you choose
this investigating business
as a sideline?
You know how it is.
You can't depend
on the crops coming in.
I like to keep busy.
I don't feel right,
taking your time
and not being able to pay.
Don't give it a thought, Kate.
Don't you give that a thought.
Not a thought.
He's glad to do it.
[Engine starting]
All right, so maybe
I did exaggerate a little.
About me pushing a rig?
All right, I lied.
Look at it my way, will you?
I tell folks that
my son's in trucking...
and right away they know
what I'm talking about.
But, I tell them my kid's
in the private eye business...
they just don't understand.
Do you?
No.
Okay, goodbye, Rocky.
I'm going in with you.
I work alone.
Not when I'm paying
for your time.
If you're going
to follow me around
with a stopwatch...
we can forget the whole thing.
I'm not too hot on it, anyway.
$200 a day, and I got
to take a bus home?
If you don't have the money,
I'll advance it to you.
Just put it on
the expense account.
I got it.
Don't you put nothing
on that expense account...
I don't see first.
Cop?
Maybe.
Got something to write on?
Yeah.
(Ross)
OKG 853.
We've been swamped all day.
It's like the Golden Age
of crime.
I know you're busy, Dennis.
4:30. This is lunch.
I got a half a cheese sandwich
right about here.
I can't wash it down
with the coffee...
'cause the coffee
you don't believe.
And you come around
with a dumb question
like that.
What's dumb about it?
All I want to know is...
Is there any chance,
any at all...
that Dave Banning's death
wasn't accidental?
Jim, the Police Department
operates without fear
or favor.
Theoretically.
That's right. Theoretically.
As to "fear," half the time
we work in a cold sweat.
As to "favor," every stiff
gets the same consideration...
except a dead cop.
If there was anything wrong,
anything...
every man on the force
would be working double-duty.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
And if they weren't...
Come here.
[Telephone ringing]
See that guy over there?
Yeah.
That's Andy Wilson,
Banning's partner.
If the accident
smelled funny to him,
do you think he'd drop it?
I guess not.
You guess right.
Who hired you?
Banning's mother?
No, my father.
Rocky?
Yeah, he's an old friend
of the family.
Rocky hired you?
What kind of deal?
No deal. He's paying,
just like any other client.
Rocky?
Will you stop saying Rocky?
I got to be there
when you try to collect.
I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
You got to promise me
that you'll let me know,
so I can be there.
Are you trying to say
Rocky's cheap?
Yeah.
That's exactly what
I'm trying to say.
You were engaged
to Dave Banning.
Don't you want
to know the truth?
I know the truth.
It was an accident.
Now, it was tragic
and it was terrible...
but it was just that,
an accident.
Kate seems to think...
I know what Kate thinks.
And I know why.
I loved him...
I still love him...
but he's dead.
I've accepted that.
Kate hasn't.
When you bury somebody,
you have to let go.
You have to turn around
and walk away and say...
"Okay. This is the way my life
is going to be."
Look, what I'm doing
may make it a little easier...
for Kate, if I can...
go to her and honestly say
that I checked
all the bases...
and that it was
an accident...
Yeah, maybe.
All right,
what can I do to help?
Kate says that Dave was upset,
very upset, for two weeks
before the accident.
Yes, he was.
He was jumpy,
he was short-tempered,
he just wasn't himself.
I never told him this,
but I went to see
the police psychologist.
He said it wasn't unusual.
Dave was new on patrol.
Lots of young officers
undergo temporary
personality changes...
before they get
used to police work.
Yeah, but Dave
was a Military M.P.
The adjustment
shouldn't be that difficult.
When did you last see him?
A couple of days
before the accident.
He came to dinner
before going on duty.
We quarreled.
About what?
It was my fault.
You see, we never
had any secrets
from each other.
Then he got this phone call.
For the first time,
he took it in the other room.
I listened at the door.
Do you know who it was
on the phone?
No, but Dave was very upset...
and he seemed frightened.
He told whoever it was
that he'd meet them
at the usual place...
at the Greek Theatre.
It's closed for the season.
I'm just telling you
what I heard.
It was section C and D...
the right aisle.
[Exclaims]
About time.
You ate my steak.
It was in the freezer
you defrosted.
It was going to spoil.
Not before dinner.
It didn't have no sign on it.
Next time I'll have them
all monogrammed.
[Laughing]
We got the same initial.
[Chuckles]
What are you doing?
I'm earning my $200 a day.
That there's a cartridge.
You shouldn't be
monkeying around with that.
I'm being careful.
Now what are you going do?
The police in Los Angeles,
they use what they call
a light load.
A .22 bullet that will travel
about a mile...
and go through
an inch of wood.
A .38 caliber has more
stopping power than that.
If a cop fires, he doesn't
want that bullet traveling
for two miles...
and taking off somebody
that he wasn't aiming at.
And this is a light load.
Cops are the only ones
that use them.
Where'd you find it?
A little out-of-the-way place.
Laura told me about it.
Dave Banning had
a meeting there.
Something he didn't
want to talk about...
something that
made him nervous.
So he was nervous,
so he dropped a cartridge.
What does that mean?
I don't know. But why would he
pick a place like that
to meet someone...
unless he didn't
want to be seen?
Undercover work, maybe.
He was a rookie,
on routine patrol.
Are you trying to tell me
Dave Banning was crooked?
No.
'Cause if that's what you're
trying to tell me...
that ain't what
I'm paying you to hear.
Rocky, I'm just
thinking out loud and you're
jumping to conclusions.
Investigating isn't
like driving a truck...
where you know
that Lancaster is 10 miles
straight down the road.
I don't know
what's down the road.
He wasn't crooked.
Okay, I hope you're right.
What's that for?
"What's that for?"
"What are you doing?"
You know, some people
hire me, Rocky...
and then just sit back
and wait for the final report.
Some people ain't your pa.
Now what's that for?
I'm going to stake out
the meeting place
and see if anybody shows.
No stakeout.
I sent you to camp
when you were a kid,
that's enough.
I could be paying you
straight time
till the year 2000...
and then no one would show up.
It's the only lead we've got.
I'll stake it out myself.
Dave Banning is dead.
I found a live cartridge
up there.
We don't know
what is going down.
You think I'm going
to let you walk
into a thing like that?
I can handle myself.
I'll stake it out.
That's final.
You only got
one problem, Rocky.
What?
You don't know where it is.
[Footsteps approaching]
[Camera clicking]
[Inaudible]
[Clicking]
Angel, you sure
you want to eat here?
It's the best chili in town!
I can get a table here
any time I want to.
They know me.
[Chuckles]
My cousin's getting married.
You're going to use yours?
Yeah.
What do you want?
Give me a cup of coffee.
No. Scotch...
I don't want anything.
Let me have a bottle of beer,
bowl of chili,
lot of onions...
and something to eat it with.
[Chuckles]
They know you here.
Don't give him no tip.
Angel, I called you
because I need a little help.
How little?
$50 worth.
What do I got to do?
All you have to do
is hit the street
and ask a few questions.
We will split the beat
between us.
What beat?
Their beat.
Sergeant Wilson
and a rookie cop
named Dave Banning.
Banning's dead,
but Wilson's still around.
I think he's dirty.
I saw Wilson meet
a couple of guys
and they gave him an envelope.
I don't know what
was in the envelope,
but it smelled like a payoff.
What's the matter, Angel?
I'm on parole.
What's that got to do
with anything?
I don't even talk
to clean cops.
You know what'd happen to me
if they find me sticking
my nose in that stuff?
How are they going
to find out about it?
The people you're going
to be talking to,
they don't talk to cops.
It's an easy gig, Angel.
Now how about it?
No chance.
[Inaudible]
[Inaudible]
[Inaudible]
[Inaudible]
[Ringing]
Yeah?
(Ross)
Morrie? Ross.
That P.I., Rockford,
has been asking around
about Banning and Wilson.
I thought you ought to know.
Is he the one you saw
coming out of
the Banning house...
with the old man?
That's right.
What's he asking?
He's asking stuff like
"Was Banning on the pad?"
"What's Wilson into?"
What do you think
we ought to do?
Take him off.
I won't be no witness.
You won't have to. All we have
is hearsay evidence.
You know, those two
were into everything.
I mean, Wilson must have
half a dozen scams
going right now.
[Sniffs]
Some of them ain't too bad.
Well, they ain't.
You know what I'd do
if I were you, Jimmy?
Forget it.
Burning cops, even dirty ones,
isn't what you'd call
a paying proposition.
[Sighs]
Hang a left at the light.
You've never seen my place,
have you, Jimmy?
I got it fixed up real nice.
[Tires screeching]
What are you doing?
This ain't the way.
I think we picked up a tail.
[Crashing]
[Tires screeching]
Why do you live up here?
I don't.
[Tires screeching]
[Tires screeching]
Hey, what's going on
up there?
That's all right, fella,
forget it. You all right?
"Easy gig?"
I was wrong.
I wonder what that did
to my undercarriage?
You want to know
what it did to mine?
Where are you going?
Thought you were
going to help me.
I came this close
to getting my neck broke.
You're not hurt.
Two guys, I don't know
who they are,
they're trying to kill me.
You want me to wait
till they come back?
They're not coming back.
Neither am I.
You want onions
in this thing?
Do you want onions?
You can't make out
who that is.
I told you who it is.
It's Sergeant Wilson.
Doing what?
Taking a payoff. At least,
that's the way it adds up.
I asked around, and the word
is that Sergeant Wilson...
has been on the take
for a long time.
That don't mean
Dave Banning was.
According to my information,
it does.
Now look, Rocky,
you're the one
who put me on to this.
Now all I've got
is a photograph and a lot
of second-hand street talk.
If I go to the cops,
I'm saying that Dave Banning
was crooked.
I don't think that's what
you want for Kate.
I want the truth. So does she.
Are you sure?
The only way I'm going
any further with this thing...
is after we tell her
what I've found.
Now you can either do that,
or you can bury it right here.
It's your decision.
Mine? Why?
You're the boss.
You want onions?
[Sighs]
We'll talk to Kate.
No onions.
Sergeant Wilson.
Not a very good likeness.
But good enough to recognize.
What happens next?
You take that
and your suspicions
to the police?
Not necessarily.
If Sergeant Wilson is
on the pad, Internal Affairs
will catch up with him...
sooner or later.
You don't get very high marks
for good citizenship.
No, but I make up for it
in survival technique.
Now if I start yelling
"dirty cop," I'm going to
open a big can of worms.
Trying to save yourself
some trouble?
I'm a realist.
No.
You're a nice boy,
and you don't want
to see me hurt.
You think Dave was dirty.
He didn't say that, Kate.
He didn't have to.
If I didn't know Dave
the way I do...
did...
I'd think the same thing.
You take what you got
to the police.
I don't think you're thinking
this thing through.
Dave and Wilson were partners.
You tar one of them,
you tar the other.
You think I'm worried about
Dave's memory?
How folks are going
to talk about him,
how they'll remember him?
You think I care about that?
He's dead, Rocky.
I loved him, and I'm going
to go on loving him
no matter what he did.
You say he's dirty.
Well, maybe he was.
But if he was, wouldn't that
give someone a good reason
for killing him?
To cover up. Wouldn't it?
Yes, it would.
Then you find who killed him.
Dave's memory
will take care of itself.
Dennis, I don't want
to talk to Lt. Diel.
I want to talk to you.
We live
in a structured society.
There's a right way
of doing things
and a wrong way.
Mine's the wrong way?
Every time.
I can't handle
what you've got.
Diel is Wilson's superior
and you talk to him.
I don't like Diel.
He's not too crazy
about you either.
(Lt. Diel)
Come in.
Don't bother to sit down.
We don't have all that much
to talk about.
Becker told me
why you're here.
Did he tell you that I think
Wilson's on the take?
He did.
And without proof, that's
defamation of character.
How about with proof?
Okay.
What's it supposed to be?
Just what it looks like.
Sergeant Wilson
taking a payoff.
And which one is Wilson?
That one. The one in uniform.
I see.
Do you have
any other evidence?
Yeah, I got a .38 cartridge,
light load. I don't have it
with me but I got it at home.
How do you know
it's a light load?
I took it apart
and weighed the powder.
Then if you've tampered
with the cartridge...
it doesn't qualify
as evidence, does it?
Any more than your attempt
at photography.
Look, Lieutenant...
I can handle hostile
a whole lot better
than I can handle
condescending.
All right, let's try hostile.
You're a two-bit P.I.
Who likes to take...
two-bit shots
at this department...
and I've had it with you.
You don't like my evidence,
I'll take it
to the Commissioner.
You'll take it nowhere.
I witnessed that payoff.
I know the place,
I've been there before.
Dave Banning used it.
I don't believe you.
You're saying that Banning
is crooked, too?
I don't know.
But I think he was murdered.
We investigated
his accident thoroughly.
It was just that. An accident.
You're not only casting doubt
on the reputation of a man...
who has been
with this department
for over 20 years...
you're also defaming a man
who is not alive
to defend himself.
I will not allow that.
Lieutenant, you haven't
got anything to say about it.
Yes, I have.
If I find out
you go anywhere
near the Commissioner...
if I find out you go
anywhere near Wilson...
if I find out
you're messing around
with this in any way...
and I'm putting this out
at roll call, I'll take steps
to see that you're stopped...
whatever it takes.
Stopped cold.
What'd they say?
What are they going to do?
Not a thing.
Did you show them
the picture?
Yeah.
Well?
I don't like being leaned on,
Rocky.
(Drexel)
Mr. Rockford?
Yeah.
James Rockford?
That's me.
What can I do for you?
May we talk with you?
Sure.
Lieutenant Diel and I
already had our little talk.
Yes, sir.
Officer Curson and I
were deeply distressed
when we heard about it.
You heard about it
pretty fast.
You didn't like
what I had to say, either?
No, sir, we didn't.
Defaming a brother officer
is not something...
the department takes
very lightly.
You're a P.I. In this town.
Is that right, sir?
That's right.
You want to stay a P. I?
I had kind of
planned on it, yeah.
Then you really should try
to have a better relationship
with the department.
Meaning I should forget about
Banning and Wilson?
Yes, sir, that's what we mean.
If I don't?
Officer Drexel and I
personally will see
that your ticket is jerked.
We'll get you on something.
It's not that hard.
Is that all?
That's all, sir.
Drive carefully
on your way home.
What'd they want?
They want me to forget about
Wilson and Banning.
You aren't going to forget it,
though, are you?
You're damn right
I'm not going
to forget about it.
[Engine starting]
[Crickets chirruping]
[Car approaching]
[Car engine starting]
[Engine starting]
[Cars honking]
(Ross)
Move over.
Who are you guys?
What do you want?
I want you to move over.
I was just thinking
about taking a trip
to Arrowhead for the weekend.
You should've left sooner.
Why not now?
Now it's too late.
You mind if I ask why?
Yeah, we mind.
Keep an eye out
for Wilson.
Get him out of here.
Sure, Morrie.
Morrie, you the guy
in charge here?
(Tenner)
Are you going
to just keep quiet,
or you want some help?
He's coming.
Morrie.
Sergeant.
You got some hash for me?
Yeah.
Ross!
Yeah, we got
a four pound brick.
You're not going to count it?
Should I?
We've always been
straight with each other.
Yeah, but I thought...
What?
Nothing. It's not important.
It's important.
We're in business together.
No secrets.
That's the way it is,
isn't it, Wilson?
Yeah, sure.
Can I have the stuff?
[Exclaiming]
You're right. He was wired.
Get him out of here.
Lieutenant,
Wilson's stopped sending.
When'd you lose him?
A few minutes ago.
Let's move in.
(Matson)
Let's go, guys.
[Engine starting]
(Tenner)
What do we do, Morrie?
We'll get out of here.
Check the streets.
I'll check the back.
What about these guys?
I waste them?
They're the hostages.
You should have
kept out of this.
Is that what you said
to Dave Banning?
I didn't know
anything about that
until after it happened.
Sure.
I said I didn't know
any thing about that...
until after it happened!
Shut up, Wilson.
I got no reason to lie.
It's one thing
being on the arm...
getting your partner smoked,
that's something else.
[Sirens wailing]
Cops.
The place is crawling
with them.
We're going out back.
Get them out here.
Come on, get up.
Move it.
Move!
(officer)
They're getting out the back.
(Morrie)
Move, damn it, move!
[Tires screeching]
[Sirens wailing]
All right, Wilson,
I've got him.
Hold it right there.
(Rockford)
Let's get out of here.
Open the door. Get out.
Come on, on the hood.
Come on out.
Move them out.
Seventeen
and twenty-three is...
Where's the car rental?
That's a business expense.
That belongs on there.
No, that's my obligation.
I wouldn't have had
to rent a car if mine
hadn't been in the shop.
It isn't your obligation.
Your car got run off the road
by them two thugs...
and that's why you had
to put it in the garage.
Rocky, I ought to know
what belongs
on the expense account.
Look...
whatever it takes
to fix your car,
plus the rental...
I want them both put on there.
Well, I won't do it!
You're being pigheaded,
you know that?
A deal is a deal.
That's right.
I shouldn't even
be talking to you.
You waltzed me around
pretty good downtown.
You were making them
very nervous, Jimbo.
Internal Affairs
threw a blanket
over the whole thing.
Dave was the one
who found out that Wilson
was transporting narcotics...
in the black-and-white.
He reported it to the I.A.
Dave was working undercover.
Undercover.
Morrie and his two gorillas
found out about it...
they arranged the accident.
So, the I.A. Pressured Wilson
into working for them.
That's it.
(Rocky)
Not quite.
We still got to square up.
You never told me
one word about money, Rocky.
I pay my own debts.
Give me the bill.
Kate, this has got nothing
to do with you.
It certainly has.
I'll take the bill.
Don't you do it.
Jimmy, you give me that bill.
If you let your father
pay one cent I'll never
speak to you again.
If you let her pay one cent,
I'll never speak to you again.
Why don't you split the bill?
Of course. Now,
why didn't I think of that?
What do you say, Rocky?
Right down the middle.
Keep peace in the family.
If it's okay with Jimmy,
it's okay with me.
Then it's settled.
You sure you won't be
joining us for dinner?
No, you go ahead
and you have a nice time.
You know, I didn't think
you were going to get
two cents out of Rocky.
That's what you get
for hanging around
with that criminal element.
(Kate)
I'll just be a minute.
I forgot my purse.
[Door opening]
It'll be a little while.
I'm a little short on cash.
You understand?
Perfectly all right, Kate.
Don't worry about it, please.
Thank you, Jimmy.
Bye-bye.
Well, I never wanted
to take any of her money
in the first place.
(Rocky)
Kate, I'll be right back.
I left the keys to the truck
in the trailer.
[Door opening]
Jim...
I must have spent
a little more
on that fishing trip
than I figured.
Could you put
my half of the bill
in Accounts Receivable?
[Laughing]
[Laughing]