The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977): Season 5, Episode 23 - Time Out - full transcript
(theme music playing)
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Good morning, Sergeant Mack.
Telson.
Washington.
Kraft.
Kimberly.
You can smoke if you want.
One man at a time.
- Use the ashtrays.
- (engine starting)
The management will
appreciate your cooperation.
(machinery beeping)
No, I never used the stuff.
I used to run it.
You see, before our
department arrested Mr. Kraft,
he and his partner were
flying the Mexican triangle.
Mexicali, Juarez, Phoenix.
What were you, Mr. Telson?
A culturist.
I grew grass and distilled acid.
I was going to
be a big operator.
Now I'm operating
in an eight by ten cell.
Tell them what you
grow in there, Billy.
Dark thoughts.
You wouldn't want
any part of them.
Well, I'm what it's all about.
I'm a hardcore addict.
You don't want to be
one, not unless you want
to shoot in your arm
or in between your toes
until your veins collapse.
You end up like them guys
that set fire to themselves.
You can't move a muscle.
Listen to him.
But most of you
know the drug scene.
So let's talk about something
you don't know anything about.
Prison.
It's a whole new scene.
How to stay alive each day.
Right, Sergeant Mack?
Hold it!
(indistinct yelling)
Move! Move!
All right, hold up.
Give me the keys.
Give me the keys!
- Oh, my God.
- Wait this out, baby.
Come on.
(engine starting)
No excuses, Lieutenant.
THOMPSON: I was set
for a special assignment
right after this rap session,
and I-I just forgot I
was carrying my piece.
Why were there only
two unarmed guards
assigned to four convicts?
The men were model prisoners.
They were considered good risks.
By whom?
The prison, Sergeant Mack.
Sergeant Mack?
Yeah, the guard they
took as a hostage.
(grunts)
Look, get in that ambulance.
Let the doctor take
a look at your head.
Did you get the
records from the prison?
Yeah, and we also put out
an APB on the station wagon.
You know, two of
them were short timers.
It doesn't make any sense.
Nothing does when a man
is waving a gun around.
- What did you get?
- Okay,
William Telson, less
than a year to serve.
Gerald Washington,
up for parole in two.
Harold Kraft,
probably the most
dangerous of the four.
He pulled the
trigger, ten to 20.
- Which means he
doesn't have much to lose.
Right. The brains,
Joseph Kimberly, five to ten.
STONE: Did you get
copies made of these?
They're already
being distributed.
How's the guard?
Well, he's on the critical list.
Listen, I want every man we
can grab on this case, come on.
(engine starting)
Mind turning the
radio on, Telson?
How did you know it was me?
By the way you breathe.
(sighs)
It's pretty close inside
the walls, isn't it, Mack?
Sergeant Mack.
Go on, turn on the radio.
I want to hear what happened
to that guard you shot.
You just watch your mouth.
You don't give the
orders anymore.
And I didn't shoot anybody.
It was Kraft.
Doesn't matter who pulled
the trigger, Billy. You know that.
And your testimony could
make the difference, couldn't it?
You're thinking.
That's real good.
Think about the six
months you had left.
Could have been easy time.
It wasn't my idea to escape.
I didn't even want to come.
I know that.
So untie me.
We go back together,
I tell 'em the truth.
That you gave up voluntarily.
I've got something to do first.
If you don't do
it right now, Billy,
you'll get another
five for jailbreak,
and if that guard dies, it
could be the gas chamber.
Why should I trust you?
Because I trusted you.
It's a two-way street.
You know, the way
things are going,
Kraft's got nothing to
lose by wasting me or you.
Would you rather trust him?
(sighs)
Huh, Billy?
Billy, you listening?
I don't want to die,
and neither do you.
Okay.
It's a deal.
Come on, Telson. This
is the last bus to 'Frisco.
What are you going to do?
I'm going to get
rid of a witness.
Hey, come on. We've
got enough heat already.
Let's just get out of here.
Get out of my way.
Harry, we're wasting time.
You hear that? Let's go!
(engine starting)
TANNER: Now this
is the latest we've got.
Okay, thanks.
They're going to need
a change of clothes,
money and new transportation.
Now here's the report.
Two stolen vehicles
reported within the last hour.
A '74 Granada and a white van.
I put out wants on both of them.
Anything on their
friends and relatives?
Nothing on Kraft or Kimberly.
Washington has a brother
in the city somewhere.
We're still looking.
Billy Telson has a wife,
but the prison says his letters
to her have been returned
marked, "Not at this address."
- You keep checking.
- Think they'll stick together?
Not if they're smart.
Hey, Mike? We just got a
call from one of our choppers.
He thinks he has
spotted that station wagon
at the North end
of Lincoln Park.
Units are on the way.
(engine revving)
(tires squealing)
(tires squealing)
Well, they had me blindfolded,
so I couldn't see
what they were driving,
but it sounded more like a
pickup or a van than a car.
Well, did you happen to hear
about where they might be going?
No.
They're probably
out of town by now.
They're still around.
Why do you say that?
Because I know them.
I lived in the same
cell block with them
for the last three
years, Lieutenant.
Inside the walls,
you either know your
people, or you're dead.
Well, I'm still alive.
And they're out on the
streets carrying a.38.
Which they didn't get from me.
Oh, now, wait a minute.
Nobody's blaming you, Sergeant.
Why don't you tell us
everything you know?
Start with Kimberly.
He's got a lot of money
hidden somewhere abroad.
He'll go straight to it,
and Kraft will go with him.
He's greedy, but not until
he settles a score first.
What score?
Somebody snitched on him.
That's how he got nailed.
He'll go straight for
the guy who did it.
Kraft was busted five years ago.
You think he still cares?
He cares.
What about Telson?
His wife stopped visiting him
and stopped writing.
That's where Billy will go.
And Washington?
Used to be a junkie.
The only thing he'll be
thinking about is getting a fix.
He should be easy
to find. I'll bring him in.
That's our job.
(laughing): Oh, no
trouble, Lieutenant.
No, we'll do that. You
just tell us where to look.
Washington had a cellmate
named Benny Lester.
He's out on parole now.
He used to hustle
pool on the West side.
That's it?
Yeah, that's it.
Okay, thanks, Sergeant.
The officer will drive you home.
I want you to get
Mrs. Telson's address.
I'll pull the Kraft records
and see if I can get the,
uh, name of that informer.
(engine starting)
The city's a trap.
Surrounded by
water on three sides.
First, we get rid of them.
Then we ditch the van.
And then we go see Taggart.
We won't have time.
Oh, we'll make time.
Harry, Taggart has
nothing to do with this deal.
Forget him.
I can't forget him.
He's our ticket to Mexico.
He owns a charter service,
a whole fleet of planes.
We were partners
till he turned me in.
He owes me, Joe.
We're coming to
a nice quiet corner.
This is where you get out.
Hey, man, you got us into this.
- You can't just drop...
- This is where you get out.
Now where do we go from here?
I've got to find my wife.
Will she help us?
No, I have to talk to her.
Talk is nothing.
What we need is
help, money, a car.
Why don't you turn
yourself in, Jerry?
What about you?
Maybe later.
Take it easy, huh?
(Washington chuckles)
Hey, Billy, good luck.
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Earl?
Are you hungry?
No.
You're sure?
What did the warden say?
Told me to take a
couple of days off.
Will there be an inquiry?
- Yeah, I guess.
- Soon?
How's Charlie?
Not good.
I was with Sarah when
he came out of surgery.
He looked just awful.
Is he going to die?
Oh, no.
Charlie Sims is
tougher than you are.
Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.
13 years I had a clean record.
Something to be
proud of in that hellhole.
Now the whole thing's
gone down the drain.
They can't hold you responsible.
I hold me responsible.
I trusted them.
I recommended them,
and they turned around
and stuck a knife in my back.
Nothing you can do about it
now, so leave it alone, huh?
I'll make you a sandwich.
They broke the trust.
What?
It's unwritten, Susan,
but it's there just the same.
They don't turn on
me, I don't turn on them.
That's how we live together.
Well, they broke it...
after all I did for them.
I know.
I told Sarah I'd
look in on her kids.
Come on, I want you to
have something to eat first.
Dumb... that's what they are.
Yeah.
You know, I can tell you
practically every move
they're going to make.
SUSAN: They'll be
caught, don't worry.
(chuckles) By who, cops?
They don't even
know where to begin.
Well, I do.
I'll teach those punks
they can't break me.
Where are you going?
I'm going to find them
and I'm going to
bring them back...
Feet first if I have to.
Earl, you can't.
I've got to, Susan,
it's my life on the line.
What are you talking about?
You think the warden's
ever going to trust me again?
And what about the other cons?
They'll think I'm soft,
which'll mean I'm easy bait
for any guy who
thinks he can take me.
Well, I'm not going
to let that happen
just because four
punks broke the trust.
No, Earl.
I let 'em out, I'm
gonna put 'em back in.
(engine starts)
(tires screeching)
Yeah, that was Sid's case.
He made the bust
just before he retired.
What's the problem?
Well, I'll tell you
what the problem is.
Kraft might be looking for
the guy who sold him out.
I checked his trial transcripts
and came up with
nothing, empty-handed.
There was an informer,
but no name on the record.
Maybe his testimony
wasn't needed at the trial.
I need it.
Sid moved to Florida.
Maybe I could give him a call.
Would you do that
for me, please?
(door opens)
Mike, located Telson's wife.
Is that her present address?
It's always been her address,
ever since she and
Telson were married.
Well, then, why did they send
his mail back marked N.A.?
Why don't we ask her?
Oh, always thinking, huh?
(Robbins chuckles)
Oh, listen, let me
know how you make out.
Hello, Benny, how you doing?
Hear your parole is
working out real good.
Wes, how's it feel being
back with the family again?
Hey, uh, you hear something?
I can smell it.
Yeah, locker room
number five, huh?
(laughs)
(Benny chuckles)
I asked you a question.
Hey, come on, we're not in
the yard now, Sergeant Mack.
Yeah, out here you're just
another civilian, so butt out.
I'm looking for
Jerry Washington.
He's in prison.
Up until this morning.
I want to know where he is now.
You owe me, Benny.
Okay, all right.
You wait right there and
I'll go, go and get him.
How am I doing, Sarge,
huh, how am I doing, Sarge?
I'm moving as fast
as I can, Sarge.
Huh?
I'm going as fast
as I can, Sarge.
I'm moving as fast as I can.
Got to get old
Jerry for the Man.
On the double, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah!
Aah!
(sighs)
(laughs)
I don't owe you anything.
You don't, huh?
I could have put you on report
a hundred times and I never did.
Aw, well, hey, that was then.
Now's now.
(laughs)
Hey, you want to know
something, Sarge?
When we were in the can,
I did a lot of
sweet-talking to you...
but truthfully I never met a
screw who was worth a spit.
You know, Benny,
you're going to be back.
(chuckles)
I'd sure show some
respect if I were you.
So... let's say Jerry
Washington needed a quick fix.
This is his turf, isn't it, huh?
Where do you suppose
he'd go to get it?
Well, you gonna tell me, Benny,
or do I have to beat
it out of you, huh?
Why don't you
get lost, you creep?
Hey, hey, hey, you
are crazy, Mack.
You know that? You're crazy.
Hey, you've been behind
the bars too long, man,
'cause out here in the streets,
ain't nobody gonna help you.
You keep pushing
people, pushing people,
and you're going to end up dead.
Oh, yes, Miss
Telson still lives there,
but I don't think
she's home right now
and I don't know
where she works.
Have you seen this
man around today?
No, I don't think so, but
when you live in a city this size,
you see so many
people that sooner or later
you stop seeing
what they look like.
That's right.
Why don't I leave that picture
with you just to remind you?
All right.
Oh, by the way, Miss
Telson usually gets home
around 5:30 or 6:00 if you
want to come back then.
- I'll call for a stakeout.
- Yeah, thank you.
And her young man usually
gets here an hour or so earlier.
Her young man?
The one who comes to visit.
I think his name is Jimmy
or, or something like that.
Oh, but I didn't ask.
I mean, it's none
of my business.
(chuckling): Oh, of course.
Yes, thank you.
TANNER (over radio): Inspector
eight-one, inspector eight-one.
Inspectors eight-one.
Robbins here.
(over radio): Dan,
there's been a fight
in a pool hall over on Fourth.
10-4.
- Let's go.
- (engine starts)
♪♪
I'm sorry, sir,
we're closing early.
There's been a
sudden family illness.
Why don't you
come back tomorrow?
I got the front locked up.
Let's go.
Wait a minute, we
need the keys to the car.
I'm not sure who the guy was.
The manager said you
called him Sergeant Mack.
Oh, so I was mistaken.
All right, what are
you covering for?
You afraid he's going
to bust your parole?
No.
No, no, nothing like that.
Who started the fight?
He did.
Why?
He was looking for some guy.
Who was he looking for?
Hey, why don't we just
forget the whole thing?
We don't want to
press charges anyway.
Maybe I do.
Hey, well, what
are you going to do?
You going to bust
us for getting beat up?
No, for withholding information.
Hey, listen, I'm not an
informer, you understand?
I understand.
Now, who was Mack looking
for and what did you tell him?
He was looking for Jerry
Washington's pusher.
And where did you
tell him to go and look?
To the Shoreham Apartments.
On Bay Street?
Guy named Corrigan.
He's up on the
roof with a visor.
He's a sun freak.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Look, uh, Benny, you're
not in the slammer now.
If you want to prefer charges
against Sergeant Mack
for assault and battery,
you just tell the officer.
No.
No, I don't want any
more trouble with Mack.
Besides, I might have
to live with him again.
Know what I mean?
Yeah.
Where'd you get the
money for the fix, Jerry?
Roll some little old lady?
♪♪
I didn't want to escape,
man. They made me go.
You were there,
Sergeant. You know.
- Where are they, Jerry?
- I don't know.
- Where are they?
- Uh, Evan Taggart.
Uh, Kraft and Kimberly
were looking for Taggart.
Something about a plane.
Uh-huh. What about Telson?
He walked off and left me.
That's not good enough, Jerry.
Look, stay away man.
Look, I never hurt anybody.
- STONE: Come on, speed it up.
- ROBBINS: What's bothering you?
Eddy Mack. I don't like
him one step ahead of us.
I don't get it, what's
he trying to prove.
- He's frightened.
- Frightened?
I think he's flipped.
He's trying to capture
them all by himself.
And that makes him dangerous.
That's right. He's dangerous
because his life is on the line.
- His life?
- Anytime a prisoner escapes,
all the other cons think
they can do the same thing.
Makes the guards very nervous.
Especially a guy like Eddy Mack.
He probably figures that
they did it to him once,
they'll do it to him again.
That's what I think
he's afraid of most.
Now you know why
I don't want him
one step ahead of us.
Oh, no, don't hit me, Serge.
MACK: You fool.
I wasn't gonna hurt you.
How bad is it, kid?
No. No. Just leave
me alone, man.
Ain't you done enough?
MACK: Hey, come on, Jerry.
You've turned mean,
man. You know?
I guess everybody
in the joint does.
STONE: Get away from him.
MACK: I was trying
to help the man.
What like you helped those
two guys back at the pool room?
They came at me.
Do you have a permit for this?
What did he come at you, too?
No, he fell off the fire escape.
He's pretty badly hurt, Mike.
I'm gonna call for an ambulance.
Tell me something.
What are you trying to do?
I'm trying to bring him in.
I told you before,
that is our job.
MACK: Well, what's the verdict?
They figure it's a concussion,
but they won't know for certain,
until they get to the hospital
and run a test.
May I, uh... go now?
Yes you can.
Stay home.
No law against my making
a citizen's arrest is there?
STONE: There is
the way you do it.
Look, you can do me a big favor.
These beautiful streets here,
stay off of them.
I'll think about that.
And while you're thinking
about it, think about this.
If I catch you meddling
in this case again,
I'm going to bust
you for interfering.
Well, what's troubling you?
You're not trying to help us.
You're just getting back at
them as a personal vendetta.
I have a job to do
inspector, just like you.
Only mine's a little different.
You arrest them, testify
against them in court,
then send them to me for
the next five to ten years,
and I have to live with them.
But you don't have
to brutalize them.
I don't brutalize anyone.
All I do is keep them there.
The ugly things that
happen inside are the things
they do to each other.
Which are exactly
the things they'd be
doing to innocent people
if they were out on the streets.
Now if you object to the things
that happen to men in prison,
stop sending them.
STONE: Yeah, well,
spell that for me?
VOICE: B-e-d-o-u-k.
B-e-d-o-u-k?
VOICE: Haberdashery.
- You said it was on Sutter?
- Yeah, on Sutter.
Alright, we're on our
way. Come on. Let's go.
We should have
busted him for assault.
Washington told you
it was an accident.
Maybe he was scared not to.
Never mind Eddy Mack right now.
Listen, we've got a lead
on Taggart and Kimberly.
Let's stick to them.
That's him.
All right, now, these
two men stole the car?
Did you see this man?
ROBBINS: Mike,
Lieutenant Carson, Narcotics.
STONE: See if you could
get a description of the clothes
they were wearing. Stone.
I got that information
you wanted on Kraft.
- Let's have it.-Kraft and a
man named Evan Taggart...
were partners in an air freight
business about five years ago.
It was supposed to be
a legitimate operation.
It was until Taggart found out
that his buddy was flying
heroin into the country.
- And he reported it?
- Right.
And Sid set up a trap for him,
and caught him
with a full cargo.
Taggart wasn't
involved in the arrest,
so he spared him the
notoriety at the trial.
Do you have an
address on Taggart?
Sure do. 2190 Washington.
Okay, thanks.
Oh, who are you?
Where's my wife?
Uh, she works downtown.
She should be coming
home pretty soon.
Well...
I guess you two probably
want to talk alone.
We'll all talk.
I heard you escaped.
I should have
hired some security.
That's what I would have done.
KIMBERLY: Just the currency.
- Here's a little gift.
- Now what?
You call your office and tell
them to prep a twin engine plane
for a flight to Acapulco.
Have it ready for
take off in an hour.
Why should I?
Because you're gonna
be a dead man if you don't.
Harry, knowing you,
I'll be dead either way,
so why should I cooperate.
Okay, I'll put it
to you this way,
if you don't pick up that phone,
you're going to spend the
rest of your life in a basket.
I wouldn't kill you, Evan.
When I could see you suffer
the way I have for
the past five years.
Hello Mabel. This
is Mr. Taggart.
♪♪
Uh, by the way, you
may as well stock the bar,
this will be a farewell party.
Hold on, I'll have to give them
some names for the manifest.
What would you suggest?
I'd suggest you
drop the guns, boys.
(gunshot)
- You try to stop me, I'll kill him.
- Don't do it Kimberly.
All right, Harry, it's
all over. Come on out.
Hey, I can't take no
passengers. This is a blood run.
When I say drive, you drive.
When I say stop, you stop.
Drive.
(sirens blaring)
Operator, this is a
police emergency.
A man has been shot.
I want an ambulance
sent to 2190 Washington.
Apartment 205.
ROBBINS: He'll be okay.
Do you want me to
read you your rights?
Lieutenant, that
man saved my life.
What happened to Kraft?
He hijacked a cab. I
saw him from the balcony.
Red and white.
I think it was Seaside
Cab Company.
- Did you get the number?
- I couldn't see.
I'll check it. Put your
hand against this.
They fired first.
STONE: Oh they did?
Well, this man has
beaten two men,
caused another
man to be injured,
and he just shot this man.
In self-defense.
Maybe so.
But he's interfering
in police matters
and for that he's under arrest.
Lieutenant, I'm not trying to
tell you your business. But...
Good.
Seaside Cab Company?
This is Inspector Robbins.
San Francisco Police Department.
I need some information.
Hi.
I said hello.
You look like you're waiting
for a dentist appointment.
Billy.
We have to talk, Nancy.
Hey, come on, mister,
where do you want to go?
Keep driving around
till I tell you to stop.
Well, I better tell the
dispatcher something,
or they're gonna
be looking for me.
Tell them you're going to lunch.
Just that and nothing else.
This is 68.
I'll be out of service.
For about an hour.
It's time for lunch.
Is that okay?
That's fine.
TANNER: Inspectors eight, one.
Inspectors eight, one. Go ahead.
Mike, this is Tanner.
We received a message
from the head dispatcher
at Seaside Cab Company.
One of their drivers
reported stopping for lunch,
while on a blood run.
What about the driver?
TANNER: Confirmed as a
highly responsible employee.
He was carrying plasma
for victims of an accident
at Bayshore General Hospital.
His route took him in proximity
of where Kraft could
have commandeered him.
- Put out an APB on that cab.
- What's a blood run?
There's only four major
blood banks in the city.
They usually dispatch
plasma to the hospital by cab.
That driver wouldn't
have stopped for lunch
unless somebody
pulled a gun on him.
Because you were there...
and I needed someone here.
I had less than a year to serve.
Less than a year.
What's the matter,
you couldn't wait?
What are you?
Some kind of alley cat?
It's been four years!
I'm human.
(crying): I would have
ended it before you got out.
I would have been
waiting for you.
Why didn't you
write and tell me?
You didn't even open my letters.
Do you know how...
how worried I was?
I couldn't!
(crying): It hurt me too much.
(crying)
Hold it. We want to talk to you.
Hey, you better get in
there. That guy's got a gun.
You stay away. You hear me?
Stay away!
(siren blaring)
Speed it up.
I can't.
(tires squealing)
(tires squealing)
(tires squealing)
(tires squeak)
Boy, am I glad to see you guys.
What's their ten-20?
TANNER: First and Townsend.
Tell them to put the cabbie and
the blood in a black-and-white,
and then rush 'em over to
Bayshore General Hospital.
We're on the way.
(siren blaring)
(tires squealing)
(siren blaring)
(tires squealing)
You keep him in there.
Are they in there?
As far as we know.
Now, we've got
units front and back,
and no one's seen a thing.
Come on.
Nothing.
Upstairs.
♪♪
♪♪
Don't you move an inch!
Come on.
Come on.
Book him.
Well, that's three
down, and one to go.
And they don't go easy, do they?
Oh, Mike, the stakeout
team has Billy barricaded
in his wife's house.
Come on.
(engine starts)
(tires squealing)
(siren blaring)
(tires squeak)
(garbled radio transmission)
I don't know how he got past
us, but he's in there with his wife.
I called him on the phone.
He said, he'd shoot
if we tried to bust in.
STONE: Get me a bullhorn.
MAN: He won't
answer it. I tried it.
Well, how did you reach him?
There's a phone booth
on that corner. I used it.
Here's the number.
(garbled radio transmission)
Give me my coat.
Billy.
Please don't do
anything to make it worse.
I don't know how it
could get much worse.
Put that gun away,
and give yourself up.
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
- At least talk to them!
- There's nothing to say.
Billy.
They're never going to let
me out of that place now.
It's going to be five more
years for breaking out,
and who knows what
for the guard Harry shot.
I just can't do it knowing
that you're out here.
I might as well
get it over with.
(phone continues ringing)
Take two men and cover
the back of the house.
He won't answer the phone.
I guess we're going
to have to dig him out.
STONE: No, not yet.
I don't want to
endanger the hostage.
Billy?
Sergeant Mack.
I want to talk to you.
- Sergeant!
- Let him go.
Mike, every time he
talks, somebody gets hurt.
Sergeant!
You know Telson.
You know the risks.
Can you hear me, Billy?
I want to talk to you, Billy.
I don't want to talk to you.
Get away from here!
I owe you one, Billy.
Kraft would have killed me.
You got to give me
a chance to get even.
If you don't
stop, I'll kill you.
You never killed
anyone in your life, Billy.
Why would you want to start now?
I'm warning you, Mack.
I'll shoot. I really will.
You want us to start moving in?
No. No moving in.
I don't want anyone
to fire, either.
Hold your position.
- Tell the men.
- Okay.
Why would you want
to shoot somebody
that's trying to do you a favor?
You don't need that gun, Billy.
You're not going
to take me back.
Uh, Mrs. Telson, you want
to go on and step outside?
You don't need a hostage, Billy.
You've got me now.
I'll stay.
Do what he tells you.
He's the man.
And you always do
what the man tells you
'cause he means what
he says, right, Sergeant?
That's right, Billy.
You remember what the
last thing I said to you was?
You said I'd get another
five years for escaping.
No. I said I didn't want
to die, and neither do you.
Now, Kraft isn't
holding a gun on us now,
so why don't you give me yours?
Everything's
different. The guard...
MACK: He's alive, Billy.
The guard is alive.
I'll tell them the truth.
You hadn't planned to escape,
you saved my life.
They'll take that into
consideration, Billy.
I can't go back.
Sure you can.
You can do the rest of your
sentence standing on your head.
Billy?
I'll wait for you.
I promise.
No matter how long it
takes, I'll wait till you get out.
Please.
Well, that's the last of them.
All right, cuff him.
Oh, that won't be necessary.
When are you going to stop
telling me how to do my job?
I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I
was just trying to help.
Trying to help. I know. I know.
But remember,
you're still in custody,
and if you say one
more word, just one word,
I'm going to cuff you, too.
Come on, Billy. Let's go.
(siren blaring)
Okay, you finish
this for me, Peter.
All right, Sergeant,
you can go home.
Couldn't make the
charges stick, could you?
Oh, I think I could if I tried.
Your wife's waiting
for you downstairs.
You're a good man, Lieutenant.
I'd appreciate it if when
you wrote up your report,
you weren't too hard
on Jerry Washington
and Billy Telson.
When Kimberly and
Kraft made the break,
they didn't want to go along.
They were forced to at gunpoint.
Wait a minute now.
You want them in or out?
That's not for me to decide,
Lieutenant. That's for them.
That's a surprise.
You were right about one thing.
Out on the street, I wanted them
caught even more than you did.
Not just because I thought
they were dangerous,
but because I
thought I'd been used.
I've been a prison
guard for 13 years.
But I never thought of
myself as being brutal
till I saw what
happened to Washington.
I should have backed
off, let him give himself up.
But I wanted him too much.
I guess in some ways, prison
walls brutalize us all, huh?
I'm not speaking for the
other guards, mind you.
Just myself, you understand?
Yes, I understand.
Thanks, Lieutenant.
He knocks himself out trying
to get those men back into jail,
now he's trying to get 'em out.
Explain it to me.
He's a complex man.
He's a hard man to understand.
Well...
maybe when you get
a little older, you might.
♪♪
♪♪
Good morning, Sergeant Mack.
Telson.
Washington.
Kraft.
Kimberly.
You can smoke if you want.
One man at a time.
- Use the ashtrays.
- (engine starting)
The management will
appreciate your cooperation.
(machinery beeping)
No, I never used the stuff.
I used to run it.
You see, before our
department arrested Mr. Kraft,
he and his partner were
flying the Mexican triangle.
Mexicali, Juarez, Phoenix.
What were you, Mr. Telson?
A culturist.
I grew grass and distilled acid.
I was going to
be a big operator.
Now I'm operating
in an eight by ten cell.
Tell them what you
grow in there, Billy.
Dark thoughts.
You wouldn't want
any part of them.
Well, I'm what it's all about.
I'm a hardcore addict.
You don't want to be
one, not unless you want
to shoot in your arm
or in between your toes
until your veins collapse.
You end up like them guys
that set fire to themselves.
You can't move a muscle.
Listen to him.
But most of you
know the drug scene.
So let's talk about something
you don't know anything about.
Prison.
It's a whole new scene.
How to stay alive each day.
Right, Sergeant Mack?
Hold it!
(indistinct yelling)
Move! Move!
All right, hold up.
Give me the keys.
Give me the keys!
- Oh, my God.
- Wait this out, baby.
Come on.
(engine starting)
No excuses, Lieutenant.
THOMPSON: I was set
for a special assignment
right after this rap session,
and I-I just forgot I
was carrying my piece.
Why were there only
two unarmed guards
assigned to four convicts?
The men were model prisoners.
They were considered good risks.
By whom?
The prison, Sergeant Mack.
Sergeant Mack?
Yeah, the guard they
took as a hostage.
(grunts)
Look, get in that ambulance.
Let the doctor take
a look at your head.
Did you get the
records from the prison?
Yeah, and we also put out
an APB on the station wagon.
You know, two of
them were short timers.
It doesn't make any sense.
Nothing does when a man
is waving a gun around.
- What did you get?
- Okay,
William Telson, less
than a year to serve.
Gerald Washington,
up for parole in two.
Harold Kraft,
probably the most
dangerous of the four.
He pulled the
trigger, ten to 20.
- Which means he
doesn't have much to lose.
Right. The brains,
Joseph Kimberly, five to ten.
STONE: Did you get
copies made of these?
They're already
being distributed.
How's the guard?
Well, he's on the critical list.
Listen, I want every man we
can grab on this case, come on.
(engine starting)
Mind turning the
radio on, Telson?
How did you know it was me?
By the way you breathe.
(sighs)
It's pretty close inside
the walls, isn't it, Mack?
Sergeant Mack.
Go on, turn on the radio.
I want to hear what happened
to that guard you shot.
You just watch your mouth.
You don't give the
orders anymore.
And I didn't shoot anybody.
It was Kraft.
Doesn't matter who pulled
the trigger, Billy. You know that.
And your testimony could
make the difference, couldn't it?
You're thinking.
That's real good.
Think about the six
months you had left.
Could have been easy time.
It wasn't my idea to escape.
I didn't even want to come.
I know that.
So untie me.
We go back together,
I tell 'em the truth.
That you gave up voluntarily.
I've got something to do first.
If you don't do
it right now, Billy,
you'll get another
five for jailbreak,
and if that guard dies, it
could be the gas chamber.
Why should I trust you?
Because I trusted you.
It's a two-way street.
You know, the way
things are going,
Kraft's got nothing to
lose by wasting me or you.
Would you rather trust him?
(sighs)
Huh, Billy?
Billy, you listening?
I don't want to die,
and neither do you.
Okay.
It's a deal.
Come on, Telson. This
is the last bus to 'Frisco.
What are you going to do?
I'm going to get
rid of a witness.
Hey, come on. We've
got enough heat already.
Let's just get out of here.
Get out of my way.
Harry, we're wasting time.
You hear that? Let's go!
(engine starting)
TANNER: Now this
is the latest we've got.
Okay, thanks.
They're going to need
a change of clothes,
money and new transportation.
Now here's the report.
Two stolen vehicles
reported within the last hour.
A '74 Granada and a white van.
I put out wants on both of them.
Anything on their
friends and relatives?
Nothing on Kraft or Kimberly.
Washington has a brother
in the city somewhere.
We're still looking.
Billy Telson has a wife,
but the prison says his letters
to her have been returned
marked, "Not at this address."
- You keep checking.
- Think they'll stick together?
Not if they're smart.
Hey, Mike? We just got a
call from one of our choppers.
He thinks he has
spotted that station wagon
at the North end
of Lincoln Park.
Units are on the way.
(engine revving)
(tires squealing)
(tires squealing)
Well, they had me blindfolded,
so I couldn't see
what they were driving,
but it sounded more like a
pickup or a van than a car.
Well, did you happen to hear
about where they might be going?
No.
They're probably
out of town by now.
They're still around.
Why do you say that?
Because I know them.
I lived in the same
cell block with them
for the last three
years, Lieutenant.
Inside the walls,
you either know your
people, or you're dead.
Well, I'm still alive.
And they're out on the
streets carrying a.38.
Which they didn't get from me.
Oh, now, wait a minute.
Nobody's blaming you, Sergeant.
Why don't you tell us
everything you know?
Start with Kimberly.
He's got a lot of money
hidden somewhere abroad.
He'll go straight to it,
and Kraft will go with him.
He's greedy, but not until
he settles a score first.
What score?
Somebody snitched on him.
That's how he got nailed.
He'll go straight for
the guy who did it.
Kraft was busted five years ago.
You think he still cares?
He cares.
What about Telson?
His wife stopped visiting him
and stopped writing.
That's where Billy will go.
And Washington?
Used to be a junkie.
The only thing he'll be
thinking about is getting a fix.
He should be easy
to find. I'll bring him in.
That's our job.
(laughing): Oh, no
trouble, Lieutenant.
No, we'll do that. You
just tell us where to look.
Washington had a cellmate
named Benny Lester.
He's out on parole now.
He used to hustle
pool on the West side.
That's it?
Yeah, that's it.
Okay, thanks, Sergeant.
The officer will drive you home.
I want you to get
Mrs. Telson's address.
I'll pull the Kraft records
and see if I can get the,
uh, name of that informer.
(engine starting)
The city's a trap.
Surrounded by
water on three sides.
First, we get rid of them.
Then we ditch the van.
And then we go see Taggart.
We won't have time.
Oh, we'll make time.
Harry, Taggart has
nothing to do with this deal.
Forget him.
I can't forget him.
He's our ticket to Mexico.
He owns a charter service,
a whole fleet of planes.
We were partners
till he turned me in.
He owes me, Joe.
We're coming to
a nice quiet corner.
This is where you get out.
Hey, man, you got us into this.
- You can't just drop...
- This is where you get out.
Now where do we go from here?
I've got to find my wife.
Will she help us?
No, I have to talk to her.
Talk is nothing.
What we need is
help, money, a car.
Why don't you turn
yourself in, Jerry?
What about you?
Maybe later.
Take it easy, huh?
(Washington chuckles)
Hey, Billy, good luck.
♪♪
Earl?
Are you hungry?
No.
You're sure?
What did the warden say?
Told me to take a
couple of days off.
Will there be an inquiry?
- Yeah, I guess.
- Soon?
How's Charlie?
Not good.
I was with Sarah when
he came out of surgery.
He looked just awful.
Is he going to die?
Oh, no.
Charlie Sims is
tougher than you are.
Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.
13 years I had a clean record.
Something to be
proud of in that hellhole.
Now the whole thing's
gone down the drain.
They can't hold you responsible.
I hold me responsible.
I trusted them.
I recommended them,
and they turned around
and stuck a knife in my back.
Nothing you can do about it
now, so leave it alone, huh?
I'll make you a sandwich.
They broke the trust.
What?
It's unwritten, Susan,
but it's there just the same.
They don't turn on
me, I don't turn on them.
That's how we live together.
Well, they broke it...
after all I did for them.
I know.
I told Sarah I'd
look in on her kids.
Come on, I want you to
have something to eat first.
Dumb... that's what they are.
Yeah.
You know, I can tell you
practically every move
they're going to make.
SUSAN: They'll be
caught, don't worry.
(chuckles) By who, cops?
They don't even
know where to begin.
Well, I do.
I'll teach those punks
they can't break me.
Where are you going?
I'm going to find them
and I'm going to
bring them back...
Feet first if I have to.
Earl, you can't.
I've got to, Susan,
it's my life on the line.
What are you talking about?
You think the warden's
ever going to trust me again?
And what about the other cons?
They'll think I'm soft,
which'll mean I'm easy bait
for any guy who
thinks he can take me.
Well, I'm not going
to let that happen
just because four
punks broke the trust.
No, Earl.
I let 'em out, I'm
gonna put 'em back in.
(engine starts)
(tires screeching)
Yeah, that was Sid's case.
He made the bust
just before he retired.
What's the problem?
Well, I'll tell you
what the problem is.
Kraft might be looking for
the guy who sold him out.
I checked his trial transcripts
and came up with
nothing, empty-handed.
There was an informer,
but no name on the record.
Maybe his testimony
wasn't needed at the trial.
I need it.
Sid moved to Florida.
Maybe I could give him a call.
Would you do that
for me, please?
(door opens)
Mike, located Telson's wife.
Is that her present address?
It's always been her address,
ever since she and
Telson were married.
Well, then, why did they send
his mail back marked N.A.?
Why don't we ask her?
Oh, always thinking, huh?
(Robbins chuckles)
Oh, listen, let me
know how you make out.
Hello, Benny, how you doing?
Hear your parole is
working out real good.
Wes, how's it feel being
back with the family again?
Hey, uh, you hear something?
I can smell it.
Yeah, locker room
number five, huh?
(laughs)
(Benny chuckles)
I asked you a question.
Hey, come on, we're not in
the yard now, Sergeant Mack.
Yeah, out here you're just
another civilian, so butt out.
I'm looking for
Jerry Washington.
He's in prison.
Up until this morning.
I want to know where he is now.
You owe me, Benny.
Okay, all right.
You wait right there and
I'll go, go and get him.
How am I doing, Sarge,
huh, how am I doing, Sarge?
I'm moving as fast
as I can, Sarge.
Huh?
I'm going as fast
as I can, Sarge.
I'm moving as fast as I can.
Got to get old
Jerry for the Man.
On the double, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah!
Aah!
(sighs)
(laughs)
I don't owe you anything.
You don't, huh?
I could have put you on report
a hundred times and I never did.
Aw, well, hey, that was then.
Now's now.
(laughs)
Hey, you want to know
something, Sarge?
When we were in the can,
I did a lot of
sweet-talking to you...
but truthfully I never met a
screw who was worth a spit.
You know, Benny,
you're going to be back.
(chuckles)
I'd sure show some
respect if I were you.
So... let's say Jerry
Washington needed a quick fix.
This is his turf, isn't it, huh?
Where do you suppose
he'd go to get it?
Well, you gonna tell me, Benny,
or do I have to beat
it out of you, huh?
Why don't you
get lost, you creep?
Hey, hey, hey, you
are crazy, Mack.
You know that? You're crazy.
Hey, you've been behind
the bars too long, man,
'cause out here in the streets,
ain't nobody gonna help you.
You keep pushing
people, pushing people,
and you're going to end up dead.
Oh, yes, Miss
Telson still lives there,
but I don't think
she's home right now
and I don't know
where she works.
Have you seen this
man around today?
No, I don't think so, but
when you live in a city this size,
you see so many
people that sooner or later
you stop seeing
what they look like.
That's right.
Why don't I leave that picture
with you just to remind you?
All right.
Oh, by the way, Miss
Telson usually gets home
around 5:30 or 6:00 if you
want to come back then.
- I'll call for a stakeout.
- Yeah, thank you.
And her young man usually
gets here an hour or so earlier.
Her young man?
The one who comes to visit.
I think his name is Jimmy
or, or something like that.
Oh, but I didn't ask.
I mean, it's none
of my business.
(chuckling): Oh, of course.
Yes, thank you.
TANNER (over radio): Inspector
eight-one, inspector eight-one.
Inspectors eight-one.
Robbins here.
(over radio): Dan,
there's been a fight
in a pool hall over on Fourth.
10-4.
- Let's go.
- (engine starts)
♪♪
I'm sorry, sir,
we're closing early.
There's been a
sudden family illness.
Why don't you
come back tomorrow?
I got the front locked up.
Let's go.
Wait a minute, we
need the keys to the car.
I'm not sure who the guy was.
The manager said you
called him Sergeant Mack.
Oh, so I was mistaken.
All right, what are
you covering for?
You afraid he's going
to bust your parole?
No.
No, no, nothing like that.
Who started the fight?
He did.
Why?
He was looking for some guy.
Who was he looking for?
Hey, why don't we just
forget the whole thing?
We don't want to
press charges anyway.
Maybe I do.
Hey, well, what
are you going to do?
You going to bust
us for getting beat up?
No, for withholding information.
Hey, listen, I'm not an
informer, you understand?
I understand.
Now, who was Mack looking
for and what did you tell him?
He was looking for Jerry
Washington's pusher.
And where did you
tell him to go and look?
To the Shoreham Apartments.
On Bay Street?
Guy named Corrigan.
He's up on the
roof with a visor.
He's a sun freak.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Look, uh, Benny, you're
not in the slammer now.
If you want to prefer charges
against Sergeant Mack
for assault and battery,
you just tell the officer.
No.
No, I don't want any
more trouble with Mack.
Besides, I might have
to live with him again.
Know what I mean?
Yeah.
Where'd you get the
money for the fix, Jerry?
Roll some little old lady?
♪♪
I didn't want to escape,
man. They made me go.
You were there,
Sergeant. You know.
- Where are they, Jerry?
- I don't know.
- Where are they?
- Uh, Evan Taggart.
Uh, Kraft and Kimberly
were looking for Taggart.
Something about a plane.
Uh-huh. What about Telson?
He walked off and left me.
That's not good enough, Jerry.
Look, stay away man.
Look, I never hurt anybody.
- STONE: Come on, speed it up.
- ROBBINS: What's bothering you?
Eddy Mack. I don't like
him one step ahead of us.
I don't get it, what's
he trying to prove.
- He's frightened.
- Frightened?
I think he's flipped.
He's trying to capture
them all by himself.
And that makes him dangerous.
That's right. He's dangerous
because his life is on the line.
- His life?
- Anytime a prisoner escapes,
all the other cons think
they can do the same thing.
Makes the guards very nervous.
Especially a guy like Eddy Mack.
He probably figures that
they did it to him once,
they'll do it to him again.
That's what I think
he's afraid of most.
Now you know why
I don't want him
one step ahead of us.
Oh, no, don't hit me, Serge.
MACK: You fool.
I wasn't gonna hurt you.
How bad is it, kid?
No. No. Just leave
me alone, man.
Ain't you done enough?
MACK: Hey, come on, Jerry.
You've turned mean,
man. You know?
I guess everybody
in the joint does.
STONE: Get away from him.
MACK: I was trying
to help the man.
What like you helped those
two guys back at the pool room?
They came at me.
Do you have a permit for this?
What did he come at you, too?
No, he fell off the fire escape.
He's pretty badly hurt, Mike.
I'm gonna call for an ambulance.
Tell me something.
What are you trying to do?
I'm trying to bring him in.
I told you before,
that is our job.
MACK: Well, what's the verdict?
They figure it's a concussion,
but they won't know for certain,
until they get to the hospital
and run a test.
May I, uh... go now?
Yes you can.
Stay home.
No law against my making
a citizen's arrest is there?
STONE: There is
the way you do it.
Look, you can do me a big favor.
These beautiful streets here,
stay off of them.
I'll think about that.
And while you're thinking
about it, think about this.
If I catch you meddling
in this case again,
I'm going to bust
you for interfering.
Well, what's troubling you?
You're not trying to help us.
You're just getting back at
them as a personal vendetta.
I have a job to do
inspector, just like you.
Only mine's a little different.
You arrest them, testify
against them in court,
then send them to me for
the next five to ten years,
and I have to live with them.
But you don't have
to brutalize them.
I don't brutalize anyone.
All I do is keep them there.
The ugly things that
happen inside are the things
they do to each other.
Which are exactly
the things they'd be
doing to innocent people
if they were out on the streets.
Now if you object to the things
that happen to men in prison,
stop sending them.
STONE: Yeah, well,
spell that for me?
VOICE: B-e-d-o-u-k.
B-e-d-o-u-k?
VOICE: Haberdashery.
- You said it was on Sutter?
- Yeah, on Sutter.
Alright, we're on our
way. Come on. Let's go.
We should have
busted him for assault.
Washington told you
it was an accident.
Maybe he was scared not to.
Never mind Eddy Mack right now.
Listen, we've got a lead
on Taggart and Kimberly.
Let's stick to them.
That's him.
All right, now, these
two men stole the car?
Did you see this man?
ROBBINS: Mike,
Lieutenant Carson, Narcotics.
STONE: See if you could
get a description of the clothes
they were wearing. Stone.
I got that information
you wanted on Kraft.
- Let's have it.-Kraft and a
man named Evan Taggart...
were partners in an air freight
business about five years ago.
It was supposed to be
a legitimate operation.
It was until Taggart found out
that his buddy was flying
heroin into the country.
- And he reported it?
- Right.
And Sid set up a trap for him,
and caught him
with a full cargo.
Taggart wasn't
involved in the arrest,
so he spared him the
notoriety at the trial.
Do you have an
address on Taggart?
Sure do. 2190 Washington.
Okay, thanks.
Oh, who are you?
Where's my wife?
Uh, she works downtown.
She should be coming
home pretty soon.
Well...
I guess you two probably
want to talk alone.
We'll all talk.
I heard you escaped.
I should have
hired some security.
That's what I would have done.
KIMBERLY: Just the currency.
- Here's a little gift.
- Now what?
You call your office and tell
them to prep a twin engine plane
for a flight to Acapulco.
Have it ready for
take off in an hour.
Why should I?
Because you're gonna
be a dead man if you don't.
Harry, knowing you,
I'll be dead either way,
so why should I cooperate.
Okay, I'll put it
to you this way,
if you don't pick up that phone,
you're going to spend the
rest of your life in a basket.
I wouldn't kill you, Evan.
When I could see you suffer
the way I have for
the past five years.
Hello Mabel. This
is Mr. Taggart.
♪♪
Uh, by the way, you
may as well stock the bar,
this will be a farewell party.
Hold on, I'll have to give them
some names for the manifest.
What would you suggest?
I'd suggest you
drop the guns, boys.
(gunshot)
- You try to stop me, I'll kill him.
- Don't do it Kimberly.
All right, Harry, it's
all over. Come on out.
Hey, I can't take no
passengers. This is a blood run.
When I say drive, you drive.
When I say stop, you stop.
Drive.
(sirens blaring)
Operator, this is a
police emergency.
A man has been shot.
I want an ambulance
sent to 2190 Washington.
Apartment 205.
ROBBINS: He'll be okay.
Do you want me to
read you your rights?
Lieutenant, that
man saved my life.
What happened to Kraft?
He hijacked a cab. I
saw him from the balcony.
Red and white.
I think it was Seaside
Cab Company.
- Did you get the number?
- I couldn't see.
I'll check it. Put your
hand against this.
They fired first.
STONE: Oh they did?
Well, this man has
beaten two men,
caused another
man to be injured,
and he just shot this man.
In self-defense.
Maybe so.
But he's interfering
in police matters
and for that he's under arrest.
Lieutenant, I'm not trying to
tell you your business. But...
Good.
Seaside Cab Company?
This is Inspector Robbins.
San Francisco Police Department.
I need some information.
Hi.
I said hello.
You look like you're waiting
for a dentist appointment.
Billy.
We have to talk, Nancy.
Hey, come on, mister,
where do you want to go?
Keep driving around
till I tell you to stop.
Well, I better tell the
dispatcher something,
or they're gonna
be looking for me.
Tell them you're going to lunch.
Just that and nothing else.
This is 68.
I'll be out of service.
For about an hour.
It's time for lunch.
Is that okay?
That's fine.
TANNER: Inspectors eight, one.
Inspectors eight, one. Go ahead.
Mike, this is Tanner.
We received a message
from the head dispatcher
at Seaside Cab Company.
One of their drivers
reported stopping for lunch,
while on a blood run.
What about the driver?
TANNER: Confirmed as a
highly responsible employee.
He was carrying plasma
for victims of an accident
at Bayshore General Hospital.
His route took him in proximity
of where Kraft could
have commandeered him.
- Put out an APB on that cab.
- What's a blood run?
There's only four major
blood banks in the city.
They usually dispatch
plasma to the hospital by cab.
That driver wouldn't
have stopped for lunch
unless somebody
pulled a gun on him.
Because you were there...
and I needed someone here.
I had less than a year to serve.
Less than a year.
What's the matter,
you couldn't wait?
What are you?
Some kind of alley cat?
It's been four years!
I'm human.
(crying): I would have
ended it before you got out.
I would have been
waiting for you.
Why didn't you
write and tell me?
You didn't even open my letters.
Do you know how...
how worried I was?
I couldn't!
(crying): It hurt me too much.
(crying)
Hold it. We want to talk to you.
Hey, you better get in
there. That guy's got a gun.
You stay away. You hear me?
Stay away!
(siren blaring)
Speed it up.
I can't.
(tires squealing)
(tires squealing)
(tires squealing)
(tires squeak)
Boy, am I glad to see you guys.
What's their ten-20?
TANNER: First and Townsend.
Tell them to put the cabbie and
the blood in a black-and-white,
and then rush 'em over to
Bayshore General Hospital.
We're on the way.
(siren blaring)
(tires squealing)
(siren blaring)
(tires squealing)
You keep him in there.
Are they in there?
As far as we know.
Now, we've got
units front and back,
and no one's seen a thing.
Come on.
Nothing.
Upstairs.
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Don't you move an inch!
Come on.
Come on.
Book him.
Well, that's three
down, and one to go.
And they don't go easy, do they?
Oh, Mike, the stakeout
team has Billy barricaded
in his wife's house.
Come on.
(engine starts)
(tires squealing)
(siren blaring)
(tires squeak)
(garbled radio transmission)
I don't know how he got past
us, but he's in there with his wife.
I called him on the phone.
He said, he'd shoot
if we tried to bust in.
STONE: Get me a bullhorn.
MAN: He won't
answer it. I tried it.
Well, how did you reach him?
There's a phone booth
on that corner. I used it.
Here's the number.
(garbled radio transmission)
Give me my coat.
Billy.
Please don't do
anything to make it worse.
I don't know how it
could get much worse.
Put that gun away,
and give yourself up.
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
- At least talk to them!
- There's nothing to say.
Billy.
They're never going to let
me out of that place now.
It's going to be five more
years for breaking out,
and who knows what
for the guard Harry shot.
I just can't do it knowing
that you're out here.
I might as well
get it over with.
(phone continues ringing)
Take two men and cover
the back of the house.
He won't answer the phone.
I guess we're going
to have to dig him out.
STONE: No, not yet.
I don't want to
endanger the hostage.
Billy?
Sergeant Mack.
I want to talk to you.
- Sergeant!
- Let him go.
Mike, every time he
talks, somebody gets hurt.
Sergeant!
You know Telson.
You know the risks.
Can you hear me, Billy?
I want to talk to you, Billy.
I don't want to talk to you.
Get away from here!
I owe you one, Billy.
Kraft would have killed me.
You got to give me
a chance to get even.
If you don't
stop, I'll kill you.
You never killed
anyone in your life, Billy.
Why would you want to start now?
I'm warning you, Mack.
I'll shoot. I really will.
You want us to start moving in?
No. No moving in.
I don't want anyone
to fire, either.
Hold your position.
- Tell the men.
- Okay.
Why would you want
to shoot somebody
that's trying to do you a favor?
You don't need that gun, Billy.
You're not going
to take me back.
Uh, Mrs. Telson, you want
to go on and step outside?
You don't need a hostage, Billy.
You've got me now.
I'll stay.
Do what he tells you.
He's the man.
And you always do
what the man tells you
'cause he means what
he says, right, Sergeant?
That's right, Billy.
You remember what the
last thing I said to you was?
You said I'd get another
five years for escaping.
No. I said I didn't want
to die, and neither do you.
Now, Kraft isn't
holding a gun on us now,
so why don't you give me yours?
Everything's
different. The guard...
MACK: He's alive, Billy.
The guard is alive.
I'll tell them the truth.
You hadn't planned to escape,
you saved my life.
They'll take that into
consideration, Billy.
I can't go back.
Sure you can.
You can do the rest of your
sentence standing on your head.
Billy?
I'll wait for you.
I promise.
No matter how long it
takes, I'll wait till you get out.
Please.
Well, that's the last of them.
All right, cuff him.
Oh, that won't be necessary.
When are you going to stop
telling me how to do my job?
I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I
was just trying to help.
Trying to help. I know. I know.
But remember,
you're still in custody,
and if you say one
more word, just one word,
I'm going to cuff you, too.
Come on, Billy. Let's go.
(siren blaring)
Okay, you finish
this for me, Peter.
All right, Sergeant,
you can go home.
Couldn't make the
charges stick, could you?
Oh, I think I could if I tried.
Your wife's waiting
for you downstairs.
You're a good man, Lieutenant.
I'd appreciate it if when
you wrote up your report,
you weren't too hard
on Jerry Washington
and Billy Telson.
When Kimberly and
Kraft made the break,
they didn't want to go along.
They were forced to at gunpoint.
Wait a minute now.
You want them in or out?
That's not for me to decide,
Lieutenant. That's for them.
That's a surprise.
You were right about one thing.
Out on the street, I wanted them
caught even more than you did.
Not just because I thought
they were dangerous,
but because I
thought I'd been used.
I've been a prison
guard for 13 years.
But I never thought of
myself as being brutal
till I saw what
happened to Washington.
I should have backed
off, let him give himself up.
But I wanted him too much.
I guess in some ways, prison
walls brutalize us all, huh?
I'm not speaking for the
other guards, mind you.
Just myself, you understand?
Yes, I understand.
Thanks, Lieutenant.
He knocks himself out trying
to get those men back into jail,
now he's trying to get 'em out.
Explain it to me.
He's a complex man.
He's a hard man to understand.
Well...
maybe when you get
a little older, you might.