Wiseguy (1987–2009): Season 2, Episode 2 - School of Hard Knox - full transcript
Vinnie returns to the O.C.B. on his own terms, determined to infiltrate the radical racist organization that has threatened his family and friends.
- [Announcer]
Tonight on Wiseguy.
- [Frank] Knox Pooley.
Spiritual guru to a group
called The Pilgrims of Promise.
- The land of pure blood
and our divinely ordained
superiority as a people.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
- Well, I believe God
put you on the earth
to be the savior
of the white race.
- You're either for Calvin
or you're against him.
He thinks I'm against
him, he's gonna kill me.
- Are you still
tellin' me this has
nothin' to do with Pete?
- It's got everything
to do with Pete.
It's got everything to
do with me, too, Frank.
That's why I became a
cop in the first place.
(dramatic music)
("Wiseguy Theme" by Mike Post)
(thunder clapping)
(sighing)
(thunder clapping)
- He's reducing your
schedule to absolute chaos.
It's outrageous for you to
be kept waiting, Mr. Elias.
If you'd like I'd be happy to...
I know it costs a
little more, Frank.
But dry cleaning is
really the way to go.
(laughing)
- I'd like the final
report on Vince's brother.
- Forensic believed the
vehicle that struck him
is a pickup or van,
judging from the fact
that the body was thrown
down and under the wheels.
Massive cranial trauma.
Father Terranova was dead
before he hit the street.
No witnesses, no
suspects at this time.
- Now I want Vince
back in the saddle.
- You ever been in
mourning, Darryl?
- He needs to immerse
himself in work
of genuine significance.
Vandalized synagogues
in Brooklyn do not fall
within OCB purview.
- You gave him authorization.
- Because the alternative
was his resignation
from the bureau, but
this is a matter that--
- We are talkin'
about something more
than a few spilled bottles
of Mogen David here.
We're talkin' about
races who approached
Vince for weapons because they
thought he was mob connected.
- What do we know
about these people?
- All right.
Knox Pooley.
Spiritual guru to a group called
the Pilgrims of Promise.
Pooley ran a string
of auto dealerships
in the Northwest.
Talked himself
right up to his ego.
Went into shopping
malls and fast food.
When the oil crisis
happened in '74,
everything went belly up.
Started a mail order
business specializing
in black velvet
paintings of Elvis
and commemorative door
stops of Ron and Nancy.
- How large is the organization?
- 350.
- As many as that.
- Pooley's in the New York
area for TV appearances
and temp meetings.
He's spreading a mix of
racial and economic theory
that's askew just to the
right of Ghengis Khan.
- You're aware of
the first amendment?
- No, you explain it to me.
Calvin Hollis,
Pooley's right hand.
Father's a habitual
child molester.
Committed suicide
when the family farm
was taken over by conglomerate.
Calvin was six.
Left school in the 8th grade.
Molestation scandal
with a male teacher.
Deemed psychologically unfit
by all four military branches.
Served six months
when he broke his
former wife's nose
because she turned on
a hair dryer during
Super Bowl XIX.
- So we have a low
rent entrepreneur
and an emotional cripple,
and Terranova sees them
as a threat to the nation.
- Well, maybe he just
sees them as the flip side
to everything his
brother's life stood for.
I'll give him your condolences.
- My friends, it comes down
to a very simple question.
Who's to blame?
I've heard it in the
abandoned textile mills
of North Carolina.
Mills that once wove the
strong fabric of the nation,
now produce only the
tattered remnants of despair.
Who's to blame?
You've asked yourself that
same question, haven't you?
When you've lost that job
on a construction site
or the loading dock,
a job you've had for 20 years,
to someone who can't
speak the language,
but is willing to
work for 2.50 an hour.
Haven't you asked
who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
- [All] Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
- Yeah.
Oh yeah.
Take a look.
Take a very long and
a very hard look.
We're to blame.
We're to blame.
Each and every one of us.
That's not what you
wanted to hear, is it?
You didn't want to hear that
in order to break the yolk--
- No checks.
No plastic.
- Take responsibility
for allowing our enemies
to slap it on us in
the first damn place.
- T-shirts.
Here.
(audience applauding)
- Good crowd, huh, Calvin?
- 12 million in New York are.
- 11 and a half are mud people.
This is a damn good--
- What about the
artillery, Warren?
- I brought the
guy, like I said.
- And conceal the dagger
of betrayal and then
you say, Dr. Pooley,
who are these enemies?
Some folks say it's the Jews.
The fact, if I had a
quarter for every time
I'd heard that,
I'd be 10 bucks shy
of being Jewish myself.
(audience laughing)
(audience applauding)
The fact remains
that it would be easy
to point our fingers at the
bankers and the financiers,
Jewish or not.
For the fact that our
great nation can't compete
in the global market
place with the Asiatics.
And it would be easy to blame
the liberal leftists,
Jewish or not,
for sacrificing
our working people
on the altar of
international Bolshevism.
But one terrible
fact would remain.
That is because we
have been complacent,
because we have been gullible,
because we have been naive,
we have allowed them to exercise
their genetic need to
dominate a Christian world.
So don't blame it on
the Jews for doing it.
Blame it on yourselves
for lettin' 'em.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
But by taking responsibility
for our own domination,
we're taking the
first step on that
long road to the promised land
of economic emancipation.
How are we gonna get that?
How do we get to this
new garden of Eden?
There is a road map to freedom,
and it's contained in
the recorded messages
and the literature on the tables
at the end of this hall.
Read them.
Listen to them.
And if what you learn
makes you madder than hell,
it'll mean that
you're ready to join
this historic movement
and to open up your mind,
to open up your hearts,
and to open up your wallets
and accept your
birthright to a land
of pure blood, pure
spirit, and a pure belief
in our divinely ordained
superiority as a people.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
God bless you all.
God bless you.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
- I didn't come out
here to haggle with you.
I want you to get Pooley.
I deal with the
head guy or I walk.
I don't--
- Dr. Pooley is bringing the
Pilgrims of Promise together,
but I am leading
them into battle.
- Well, glory,
glory, hallelujah.
(sighing)
- 50 Uzis,
400 mags of 32,
15,000 rounds of nine
millimeter Parabellum,
tracers and hollow points.
What's your number?
- 65,000.
- Terms?
- Terms?
- 10% down, the
rest on delivery.
(scoffing)
Don't walk away from me.
I just made a
business proposition.
- No, no, you just
made a mistake.
You can take your little
shopping list to the A&P.
My people deal in megatons
and they deal in cash,
up front and in full.
So if you're really
plannin' on leading
these pilgrims into battle,
you better sell one
helluva lot of T-shirts.
- Well, nobody speaks
that way to me.
Who's the kid?
- Richie Stramm from
the neighborhood.
Took the oath three days ago.
- Well, it's time to stick
Richie's hand in the fire.
Get Stan Corker.
Tell him I want to mobilize.
- If there's something on
for tonight, I can be ready.
- No, if I wanted you
involved, I'd tell you.
- And then they
closed the plant,
and inside of six
months he's dead.
My mom says it broke his heart.
I don't know.
Before I started
listening to Dr. Pooley,
I figured, you
know, that's life.
But he straightened me out
to what's really happenin'.
See, I think that's
what Vinnie needs.
Somebody to just lay
it all out for him.
- Vinnie needs time to heal.
Pete's only been dead
five days and he's--
- Hey, Angie.
Come down to Santoni's with me.
- Oh, I had a huge lunch.
- Oh come on, just
take a walk with me.
You'll walk up an appetite.
We'll get some spaghetti, a
bit of calamari, all right?
- Despite your differences,
I'm sure you loved your brother.
The redemption of
your soul will be
a tribute to his memory.
- Hey, bingo's
tonight, isn't it?
Probably need you
to call the numbers.
- Hey, Vinnie.
Dr. Pooley's doing a radio show.
Me and some of the
guys are gonna go.
Why don't you and
Angela come along?
- That guy is a lyin' bastard
who's turned you against
people you grew up with,
people who were your friends.
He wants to tear this
neighborhood apart.
- He's the last hope we
got to hold it together.
- Fine, here.
Then go listen to him.
But do it with
your brain in gear.
He's playin' you for a jerk.
Come on.
- [Angela] Richie's just
lookin' for some kind of
direction in his life.
- Well, he's not gonna
get it from Knox Pooley.
That guy's a hate monger.
- Richie's not a hater.
- You hardly even know him.
- But you do, and you like him,
or you wouldn't of tried
to fix him up with me.
That's why you're
afraid he's getting into
something he can't handle.
(chuckles)
I thought you were gonna
hand the monsignor's head
to 'em on the collection plate.
- You know, he was in the
house with Ma, you know?
He saying to her,
mother that raises a son
that serves the church
needn't feel ashamed
of another son that
defies God's commandments.
Then feeds me that line
about Pete loved me anyway.
I don't need him to tell
me how Pete and me...
You know, things that I've done
and the things people
think I've done,
that's not what I am.
- Tell me something
I don't know.
- Thanks for
stayin' at the house
and helping Ma
through everything.
- We're family.
Maybe not blood, but...
When Danny died I
would've gone crazy
if it wasn't for you.
You saw me through the
toughest time in my life.
I'll always love you for that.
- Stan, did you hear Dr.
Pooley's newest tape?
Yeah, I never knew
the Rockefellers died
as Jew backers from Russia.
- Don't turn.
- We have to pick up Warren.
- Warren's not coming.
Make your next left.
- The bridge is the
other direction.
- Do it, piss ant.
- When Danny died,
it was so senseless,
just like Pete.
How did you deal with that?
- I cried a lot,
prayed a little.
And then one day I
went to visit 'em.
I talked to 'em about
the time we had together
and about the time we
weren't gonna have.
How there'd always be a part
of him alive in my mind.
- [Vince] Come here.
- [Stan] Pull over.
- Why are we stoppin' here?
- Keep it runnin', let's go.
- What are you guys doin'?
- Shut up.
(gun firing)
(dramatic music)
(grunting)
(punch smacking)
Drive! Drive!
Drive!
(tires squealing)
(soft music)
(engine revving)
Right, into the alley.
(tires squealing)
There's over a
hundred grand here.
Get it to Calvin now.
(tires squealing)
(soft music)
- Hi Vinnie.
- Hi.
(kiss smacking)
- [Angela] Scrambled?
- No, no thanks.
Oh, sorry.
- Excuse me.
(chair clattering)
Vinnie, we're really
gonna have to...
- Buongiorno.
- Mornin', Ma.
- I couldn't wait
up for you two.
Did you have a nice time?
- [Angela] Breakfast,
Aunt Carlotta?
- Just coffee.
Where's the paper?
- [Vince and
Angela] I'll get it.
- Richie didn't bring
my car back last night.
He usually leaves the
keys in the mail slot.
- [Angela] Vinnie, talk to me.
- What?
- Talk to me.
- Okay, come here.
Sit down.
Last night.
We didn't need just anybody.
We needed each other.
In a way that we
never did before.
- Are you sorry?
- No, no.
I'm scared.
I used to have three
people in my life.
Ma, Pete, and you.
And now Pete's gone
and I don't wanna lose you, too.
- Vinnie, you don't have to--
- Angie, please.
Listen to me.
Now maybe last night could lead
to something new that, you know,
could keep on being great.
- Yeah.
- But what if it went wrong?
Being lovers is a lot
different than being friends.
And we couldn't be there
for each other anymore.
I don't want to take
that chance, Angie.
- I was lyin' awake
tryin' to think of how
to act completely
happy this morning.
Must've been scared
of the same thing.
Guess the time's
not right, Vinnie,
for either one of us.
- Yet.
- Yet.
(kiss smacking)
(engine starting)
- There's Richie.
(tires squealing)
Hey!
Hey!
Richie! Hey!
(tires squealing)
(horn honking)
Get outta here, man!
- You know what would
make me one happy fella?
Is being able to tell
Elias that you're threw
with Knox Pooley.
- My DMV reports?
- Over 1800 vans and
pickups registered
within a 20 block radius
of where Pete was killed.
Was an accident, Vince.
- Well, if it was,
then whoever did
it's still out there.
And if it wasn't, he's
still out there, too.
If it was your brother,
Frank, what would you do?
- The exact same thing.
Yeah.
Hey, what about this gun
deal with Calvin Hollis?
- Those guys can't
afford bullets.
- All right, so they're zeroes.
Elias wants you reassigned.
What do I say to Elias, Vince?
Vince, you don't care
about my happiness.
(gate rattling)
- Where's Vinnie?
He inside?
- He's looking
for you somewhere.
Why'd you drive off like that?
What's wrong?
- I really like you, Angela.
I mean, I really like you.
I really like you.
You know the kind
of guy Vinnie is?
What he's done?
I'm just trying to stand up for
our people like Vinnie does.
Him and I are doing
the same thing.
- Richie, I don't know what--
- We have to be responsible
for our own domination.
If we can do that, we
can be emancipated.
- Whatever the problem
is, Vinnie will help you.
- I don't want Vinnie's help.
Don't tell him I saw you.
Don't, I just slipped
the key through the door
and that was it, okay?
- All right, I won't tell.
Richie, you're hurting me.
- I'm sorry.
- I'm tired of excuses, Marty.
Excuses cost.
Guttenberg printed
faster than you.
It took me three
weeks to bang out
From Moses to Marx: The
Conspirators Among Us.
It took you three months
to print and ship.
We missed Christmas.
(knocking)
Come in, Calvin.
I'm not gonna have
an entire market area
go beggin' for material
because my printer
hasn't moved into
the 20th century.
You read me?
You know that Warren
Pike's moving more material
through the store than any
other outlet in the Northeast?
He's a real go-getter.
We should bring him
closer into the fold.
I'm negotiating with Warrior
Elite for their mailing list.
Getting that is vital, Calvin.
Over 45,000 more folks
who wanna believe.
If were gonna reach
out and touch 'em,
we gotta have a
substantial in...
I should know better than to
be concerned about finances.
- Last night I authorized
Stan Corker and some of the--
- Our enemies don't realize
what they're up against
in Calvin Hollis
and Knox Pooley.
- This is only
part of the, the--
- What makes us
such a great team
is the diverse nature
of our talents.
Now I'm an observer
of global conditions,
a conceptual man.
And meeting you
galvanized my ideas,
made me realize that our race
is on the verge of extinction.
You take the conceptual,
turn it into the tangible.
And the beauty of our
relationship is that
it's based on a mutual respect
for each other's expertise.
I have complete
confidence in your ability
to collect funds
without my interference.
You're the only
man I really trust.
- Well, I believe God
put you on the earth
to be the savior
of the white race.
- Well, there's a little bit
of God in all of us, Calvin.
(sighing)
- This...
Is a gift.
It's a first printing.
And it's signed by the Fuhrer.
- Only you would have the,
the sensitivity
to know what this
would mean to me.
(sighing)
- I...(crying)
Uh.
Well, uh.
There's a book signing
in the center of
Hyme Town today.
There is a supporter who could
use an inspirational visit.
- And I want to
have a little chat
with Warren Pike, too.
Will you set that up for me?
Calvin.
Thank you for being
the solid rock
on which our sacred
movement stands.
(soft dramatic music)
(door slamming)
(soft suspenseful music)
- You should get
some kind of award.
You know what I mean?
The way you're helpin'
those young kids,
givin' em a sense of
direction in life.
Richie, look who's
here to see you.
- Dr. Pooley.
- Hello, son.
My people have
informed me that you're
a superlative individual.
I just wanna come here
and look you in the eye
and tell you that
you're a valued member
of our organization.
- Dr. Pooley, I can't be in the
Pilgrims of Promise anymore.
- Richie?
You're workin' in a gas station.
This man is wearing
a suit and a tie
and he wants to help you be a--
- Ma, will you just stop it.
- Very disappointed
to hear this.
- But Dr. Pooley, it isn't you.
I mean, I still believe
in what you say.
It's just I can't...
I guess I'm not into politics
the way I thought I was.
- This is not about politics.
Now you got a
beautiful home here.
You've been blessed
with a mother
who's nurtured
and protected you.
Don't you feel like you owe her
the piece of mind
that comes in knowing
that she's gonna be protected?
And that the home
that she's worked
so hard to build
is gonna be safe
from the dark forces
that would undermine
the very foundation
on which it's built?
Don't you owe her that, son?
- I guess so.
It's just, I never figured--
- That's what the Pilgrims
of Promise is all about,
giving the full
measure of devotion
to those who've
been devoted to us.
Oh, it's not about
politics, Richie.
It's about love.
Now I want you to attend
a seminar this weekend.
- A seminar?
- Yes, an amalgam of
theoretical workshops
and field training.
Now the fee is usually $350.
But because of the leadership
potential I see in you,
I have decided to award
you a scholarship.
Suitable for framing.
- Isn't that wonderful?
- Being a Pilgrim of
Promise isn't easy.
It involves great sacrifice,
like losing a wife
and three children,
because she couldn't
see the miraculous
dawn is gonna come at the end
of this long, fearful night.
I hope...
I hope, I hope someday
those children can be proud
of their father, Richie.
As proud as I know your
kids are gonna be of you.
Make 'em proud, son.
Stand before them
like a great beacon
shining the way on that
road into the future.
Will you be with us, son?
Will you be with us on
that road to salvation?
God bless ya.
(sighing)
- Hey.
You come to my mother's house?
- Your office isn't in the book.
- Where's the kid?
Where's Richie?
- The number was 65.
Here it is.
We sold a lot of T-shirts.
You have our little
shopping list.
I expect delivery by Monday.
- Where is Richie?
- Richie is one of us.
That's where he is.
Monday, Mr. Terranova.
- I'm not gonna make some
war official, Calvin Hollis.
This is a situation
Terranova's created
without OCB involvement.
- You authorized my involvement.
- You know, I am sick
and tired of having
everything I say
thrown back in my face.
And this is an OCB war
room, Agent Terranova.
The leather bar is
down Kay Street.
- Yeah, well I'm not surprised
you know where it is.
- Vince.
- You know, you are
the living proof
of the chaos that ensues
when procedure's ignored.
We let you ride
through Brooklyn like
the Lone Ranger on
some personal mission--
- You haven't let me do
a thing that isn't aimed
at gettin' me back into uniform.
Your success is based
on my performance
and don't think I don't know it.
- And the price I have
to pay is disrespect,
the waste of finite resources,
and a petulant
attitude of a renegade
who's fixated on some
insignificant racist.
- Calvin expects
those Uzis by Monday.
He may be holding Richie Stramm
as some kind of a hostage.
- And on this solid
evidence you want
the bureau to turn these
lunatics into armed cod-ger-ray.
- We're not advocating
the deal go through.
- I have Calvin's money
so I control the meet.
I'll wear a wire and when he
takes possession, we nail 'em.
Hey.
I'll even dress for it.
- Your request to
release weapons to
Calvin Hollis is denied.
Unequivocally, revocably denied.
(hand thumping)
- At least he's
keeping an open mind.
You know, I've known
you for three years.
I've never heard you
mention Richie Stramm.
All of a sudden he's
a son you never had.
- What are you
fishin' for, Frank?
- A motive.
I think you're going
through the most emotional
period of your life.
I understand the grief,
but it can make you see
things that aren't there.
- Like what?
- Like a connection between
the Pilgrims of Promise,
Richie Stramm, and
your brother's death.
Eyeballin' every truck
and van in Brooklyn
is like tryin' to catch smoke.
Now I would like the truth
or as close to it
as you can come.
Are we after guys who
are playing mind games
with a kid in the neighborhood,
or are we after the guys
who killed your brother?
(dramatic music)
- You ever dug a latrine before?
- When does the seminar start?
- This is the slime the
mud people crawled out of.
It spawned the niggers
and spicks who shot
their seed into
our own pure blood.
They made us weak.
They sucked the
purity out of us,
so now we're drownin'
in their filth.
But they don't know we
hooked on to a lifeline,
Dr. Knox Pooley, thank God.
Dr. Pooley, the greatest man
alive since Adolf Hitler.
The only man who
lives and breathes
the cause of white
people in this country.
(dramatic music)
The facts are clear and
they speak for themselves.
Warren Pike is a traitor.
- [Man] I don't know what
facts your talking about.
- The fact is that when
you hit that armored car,
he was home picking his feet!
- He said you told him
we didn't need 'em.
- Use your brains.
He doesn't go, I
have to use the kid.
The kid's as green as a frog.
He shows up with the money,
he's messing his pants.
- [Man] Don't figure
Warren would lie to us
about the heist!
- He brings Terranova
to us for the guns.
We hand him 65 grand.
Now don't you think
Warren gets his cut?
He figures why go out on a job?
Maybe get caught,
maybe get killed.
When you guys stick
your necks out
and he still collects.
- [Man] I suppose you got
proof of this, Calvin.
- He's been making
four figure deposits
every week for the
past two months.
Our money that he has
cut himself a piece of.
- I'm sayin' we should ask 'em.
- If he thinks we're on to him
he goes straight to
Terranova for protection.
Or maybe the cops.
- He's one of us, Calvin!
- Tell me that when
he fingered you
for killin' that spade.
Warren's a Zog agent.
He's a lackie of the the
Zionist occupied government.
I vote...
that he disappears.
(soft dramatic music)
(sighing)
We put him in a hole tonight.
Nobody but the
worms will find him.
Nobody betrays us and survives.
Nobody.
I've already sent for him.
- What's the deal
I gotta get up for?
- Warren Pike.
You've been tried as a
traitor and found guilty.
The sentence is death.
(dramatic music)
- What, are you guys crazy?
(punch smacking)
(grunting)
I didn't do nothin'.
(punches smacking)
(grunting)
- Vinnie.
Frank just called.
He's oozing with that
merchandise you requested.
- Tell Frank I owe him one.
- Hmm, that's what he
told me to tell you.
- Get in the car, Richie.
- I don't have to go with you.
- Get in the car, Richie.
(thudding)
(speaking in foreign language)
(audience cheering)
(speaking in foreign language)
(soft dramatic music)
(speaking in foreign language)
(audience cheering)
Come here.
Get out here.
All right, you had me chasin'
all over Brooklyn for you.
I don't like that.
I want to know what's goin'
on and I wanna know now.
- Every time I turn
around I've got
somebody pushin' in on
me, somebody I don't want.
Vinnie, just let me go
and forget about it.
You got no idea what
it's like where I'm at.
You guys never get
in on the way--
- What the hell are
you talkin' about?
- I was just, I thought it
was gonna be something good.
For all of us.
I was just tryin' to
do something good.
Nobody was supposed
to get killed.
- Who got killed?
Richie, who got killed?
- I threw dirt on his face.
I covered him up.
- Who?
- Warren.
They had a firing
squad, Calvin did.
I thought we were goin'
to the radio station,
but we were goin',
Corker made me go to
where the armored car was.
He shot, he killed the guard.
He made me take the
money to Calvin.
I don't even remember.
- Where's Calvin and Corker now?
- I don't know.
They were up there at the camp,
but they blindfolded me.
I don't even know where I was.
- Why the hell didn't you
tell me about this before?
- I don't know!
I just, I know the
way you guys are.
You see me like a freak--
- Hey, hey, don't
give me you guys.
This is me you're
talkin' to, Richie.
It's just me.
- I thought I was
doing something good.
You know, I thought maybe
if Angela sees me like.
- Come on, let's go.
- Vinnie.
I don't know how
to get out of this.
- Come on.
(tires squealing)
- You still gonna sell
those guns to Calvin?
- Hey, Richie.
You know the way
it is with us guys.
It's business.
Now get inside and lay low.
Don't go anywhere,
don't talk to anybody.
(sighing)
Once the deal goes down,
maybe Calvin won't be
so much of a problem anymore.
Well go on, get in the
house and stay there.
(door creaking)
- [Richie's Mom] Richie,
look who's here to see ya.
- Where have you been, Richie?
I've been waiting.
(dramatic music)
(sighing)
- Nothin' yet, Frank.
- All units stand by blue.
- We're on standby.
- This sits down to
breakfast, I'll let you know.
- Vince'll give me the word
when Calvin takes possession.
(tires squealing)
- He's here.
- Calvin's inside.
- Units standby red.
- All units prepared, Vince.
(soft dramatic music)
- Cancel the order, Frank.
- Cancel?
Wha, what do you mean?
We can't cancel!
- Units return to standby blue.
- We gotta move, Vince!
(sighing)
(dramatic music)
- What the hell is this?
- What do you mean
what the hell is this?
- Don't jerk me around.
- Don't flatter yourself.
You wanted the
merchandise, here it is.
- I wanted 50 Uzis.
- Yeah, there they are.
You got everything.
You got the stocks, the barrels.
- The stuff is in pieces?
- What, you never
bought artillery before?
- I don't want pieces.
- We don't risk moving
assembled merchandise.
- Up yours.
I don't want pieces.
What am I gonna do with pieces?
- You put 'em together.
What do you think
you do with pieces?
- Vince, don't
you do this to me!
Don't do it, Vince!
(lids clattering)
Vince, we gotta move
or we're gonna lose
him and the merchandise!
- Frank, you're
screaming in his ear.
- We gotta move!
- He's on scene.
He calls the shots.
- You son of a bitch.
I knew you were
gonna try somethin'.
I gave you the money up front
and you give me pieces.
- Simple.
One of your monkeys can do it.
(gun clattering)
- That's my merchandise.
- Yeah, I know.
- That is my merchandise--
- Well then shut up and take it
or I'm gonna send it back!
(knee thudding)
(grunting)
(gun cocking)
(grunting)
- I want you set to
move on that warehouse
and I mean set!
- I knew I couldn't trust
you, you lyin' bastard.
I...
I don't...
I don't have room for it.
- Then call your friends!
They're lousy with pickups.
Freddy!
(tires squealing)
- Okay, you talk to me, Vince!
You talk to me right now!
(tires squealing)
You follow Vince.
You don't let 'em
out of your sight!
- Come on, start loadin' it up.
Call Bergman Clark.
Tell him to get out here.
- You set me up, Vince!
I swore to Elias the deal
would never go through.
- I couldn't let you
bust that deal, Frank.
Richie was there with Calvin.
- So what?
- Calvin got the 65
grand from an armored car
heist in Brooklyn
three nights ago.
Richie was the wheel man.
- You knew that before
I got you the guns?
- No, no, Frank.
I didn't know Richie
was gonna be there.
But the kids got
evidence that we can use.
He's witness to a
murder and grand theft.
- He is an accomplice
to a cop killing.
The guard was an off-duty NYPD.
A cop, Vince.
One of us.
Every uniform in the city
feels like he's lost a brother
and you are protectin'
a cop killer.
- But Stan Corker
pulled the trigger.
I just don't know where he is.
Frank, if I wouldn't
let you bust that deal,
you would've had
to take Richie in.
He would've got fried
for what they did.
Without Corker he's got
nothin' to trade with the DA!
- And what do I have
to trade with Elias?
You made the bureau a
part of your vendetta!
- That's not what this is about!
- Are you still tellin'
me this has nothin'
to do with Pete?
- It's got everything
to do with Pete.
It's got everything to
do with me too, Frank.
It's why I became a
cop in the first place.
- The next time you decide
to leave the bureau,
you go with your gut.
- Hey, I didn't
set you up, Frank.
How long you think
it'll be before Calvin
figures out those guns?
- Hopefully it'll
take him a week to
figure out the ejector
springs are missing.
(door slamming)
(knocking)
(door slamming)
- I told you to
stay put, didn't I?
- Calvin was waitin' for
me when you dropped me off.
I had to go with him.
It doesn't matter anymore.
I'm facing it, Vinnie.
I'm with those guys.
- What, are you stupid
after what they did?
- What the hell
choice do I have?
You're either for Calvin
or you're against him.
He thinks I'm against
him, he's gonna kill me.
That's what he does.
If I go to the cops,
I get the chamber for
a murder I didn't do.
Yeah, I'd rather live.
- Maybe I can help.
- Oh yeah, that's
what I thought.
But you sell guns to killers,
so I don't see much of a
future with you, either.
- Hey, why don't you
stop bitchin' about
what everybody's
doin' or not doin'?
What are you doin'
to help yourself?
- There's nothin' I can do.
- You know somethin'?
Knox Pooley's a
twisted intellect,
but he's right about one thing.
And that's takin'
responsibility.
I saw you being inducted
into the Pilgrims of Promise.
I should've taken
responsibility for you then,
but I got caught up
in my own problems.
- Why don't you give me a break?
- When are you
gonna face the fact
that your life is what
you want it to be?
If it stinks, then change it,
but take responsibility for it.
- My life is not worth
taking responsibility for.
- Well, I'll give you
something that is.
My life.
I'm a federal agent.
Undercover with the OCB.
Richie.
I know exactly what
you're going through.
Feelin' squeezed in and
left out at the same time,
but believe me, the
only road you're facing
that isn't a dead end
is to pin this murder
on the people that are
responsible for it.
That's Corker,
Hollis, and Pooley.
- Dr. Pooley didn't know
anything about this.
See, Calvin's in
charge of operations,
and he bragged about
it all the time.
Dr. Pooley doesn't
know a thing about--
- Richie, wake up!
Calvin's a dim bulb.
He couldn't run that
show by himself.
You got one chance to live free
and that's to get
the DA what they need
to nail all those guys.
You can get close to them.
I can't.
- You want me to
work undercover?
- All I want you to
do is look and listen.
Whatever you get
you bring it to me.
(sighing)
I can't guarantee you're
not gonna do any time.
But if you do, at least it'll
be a sentence with an end.
You stay with the Pilgrims
of Promise, Richie,
you're pullin' down the shade
of the rest of your life.
- Does Angela know?
- No.
Just my mother and my direct
superiors and now you.
All those times, seems like
we didn't have much in common.
Shootin' hoops, maybe.
Ma and Dad.
Things I've seen people do.
Doesn't seem like there's
any souls to save.
Or any one's worth savin'.
Then I think, I think
about when you said that
we're doin' God's work,
and we try to help people be
the best that they can be.
Knowing that none of
us would be saints,
but at least the most of us
has that potential that
you gotta try to get at.
(sniffing)
I can hear you sayin' that, man.
(crying)
I couldn't of grown
up without you.
(crying)
I just hope you gave
me the strength.
I hope you gave me the strength
to grow old without ya.
I love you, man.
(crying)
(soft solemn music)
("Wiseguy Theme" by Mike Post)
(bright orchestral music)
Tonight on Wiseguy.
- [Frank] Knox Pooley.
Spiritual guru to a group
called The Pilgrims of Promise.
- The land of pure blood
and our divinely ordained
superiority as a people.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
- Well, I believe God
put you on the earth
to be the savior
of the white race.
- You're either for Calvin
or you're against him.
He thinks I'm against
him, he's gonna kill me.
- Are you still
tellin' me this has
nothin' to do with Pete?
- It's got everything
to do with Pete.
It's got everything to
do with me, too, Frank.
That's why I became a
cop in the first place.
(dramatic music)
("Wiseguy Theme" by Mike Post)
(thunder clapping)
(sighing)
(thunder clapping)
- He's reducing your
schedule to absolute chaos.
It's outrageous for you to
be kept waiting, Mr. Elias.
If you'd like I'd be happy to...
I know it costs a
little more, Frank.
But dry cleaning is
really the way to go.
(laughing)
- I'd like the final
report on Vince's brother.
- Forensic believed the
vehicle that struck him
is a pickup or van,
judging from the fact
that the body was thrown
down and under the wheels.
Massive cranial trauma.
Father Terranova was dead
before he hit the street.
No witnesses, no
suspects at this time.
- Now I want Vince
back in the saddle.
- You ever been in
mourning, Darryl?
- He needs to immerse
himself in work
of genuine significance.
Vandalized synagogues
in Brooklyn do not fall
within OCB purview.
- You gave him authorization.
- Because the alternative
was his resignation
from the bureau, but
this is a matter that--
- We are talkin'
about something more
than a few spilled bottles
of Mogen David here.
We're talkin' about
races who approached
Vince for weapons because they
thought he was mob connected.
- What do we know
about these people?
- All right.
Knox Pooley.
Spiritual guru to a group called
the Pilgrims of Promise.
Pooley ran a string
of auto dealerships
in the Northwest.
Talked himself
right up to his ego.
Went into shopping
malls and fast food.
When the oil crisis
happened in '74,
everything went belly up.
Started a mail order
business specializing
in black velvet
paintings of Elvis
and commemorative door
stops of Ron and Nancy.
- How large is the organization?
- 350.
- As many as that.
- Pooley's in the New York
area for TV appearances
and temp meetings.
He's spreading a mix of
racial and economic theory
that's askew just to the
right of Ghengis Khan.
- You're aware of
the first amendment?
- No, you explain it to me.
Calvin Hollis,
Pooley's right hand.
Father's a habitual
child molester.
Committed suicide
when the family farm
was taken over by conglomerate.
Calvin was six.
Left school in the 8th grade.
Molestation scandal
with a male teacher.
Deemed psychologically unfit
by all four military branches.
Served six months
when he broke his
former wife's nose
because she turned on
a hair dryer during
Super Bowl XIX.
- So we have a low
rent entrepreneur
and an emotional cripple,
and Terranova sees them
as a threat to the nation.
- Well, maybe he just
sees them as the flip side
to everything his
brother's life stood for.
I'll give him your condolences.
- My friends, it comes down
to a very simple question.
Who's to blame?
I've heard it in the
abandoned textile mills
of North Carolina.
Mills that once wove the
strong fabric of the nation,
now produce only the
tattered remnants of despair.
Who's to blame?
You've asked yourself that
same question, haven't you?
When you've lost that job
on a construction site
or the loading dock,
a job you've had for 20 years,
to someone who can't
speak the language,
but is willing to
work for 2.50 an hour.
Haven't you asked
who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
- [All] Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
- Yeah.
Oh yeah.
Take a look.
Take a very long and
a very hard look.
We're to blame.
We're to blame.
Each and every one of us.
That's not what you
wanted to hear, is it?
You didn't want to hear that
in order to break the yolk--
- No checks.
No plastic.
- Take responsibility
for allowing our enemies
to slap it on us in
the first damn place.
- T-shirts.
Here.
(audience applauding)
- Good crowd, huh, Calvin?
- 12 million in New York are.
- 11 and a half are mud people.
This is a damn good--
- What about the
artillery, Warren?
- I brought the
guy, like I said.
- And conceal the dagger
of betrayal and then
you say, Dr. Pooley,
who are these enemies?
Some folks say it's the Jews.
The fact, if I had a
quarter for every time
I'd heard that,
I'd be 10 bucks shy
of being Jewish myself.
(audience laughing)
(audience applauding)
The fact remains
that it would be easy
to point our fingers at the
bankers and the financiers,
Jewish or not.
For the fact that our
great nation can't compete
in the global market
place with the Asiatics.
And it would be easy to blame
the liberal leftists,
Jewish or not,
for sacrificing
our working people
on the altar of
international Bolshevism.
But one terrible
fact would remain.
That is because we
have been complacent,
because we have been gullible,
because we have been naive,
we have allowed them to exercise
their genetic need to
dominate a Christian world.
So don't blame it on
the Jews for doing it.
Blame it on yourselves
for lettin' 'em.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
But by taking responsibility
for our own domination,
we're taking the
first step on that
long road to the promised land
of economic emancipation.
How are we gonna get that?
How do we get to this
new garden of Eden?
There is a road map to freedom,
and it's contained in
the recorded messages
and the literature on the tables
at the end of this hall.
Read them.
Listen to them.
And if what you learn
makes you madder than hell,
it'll mean that
you're ready to join
this historic movement
and to open up your mind,
to open up your hearts,
and to open up your wallets
and accept your
birthright to a land
of pure blood, pure
spirit, and a pure belief
in our divinely ordained
superiority as a people.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
God bless you all.
God bless you.
(audience cheering)
(audience applauding)
- I didn't come out
here to haggle with you.
I want you to get Pooley.
I deal with the
head guy or I walk.
I don't--
- Dr. Pooley is bringing the
Pilgrims of Promise together,
but I am leading
them into battle.
- Well, glory,
glory, hallelujah.
(sighing)
- 50 Uzis,
400 mags of 32,
15,000 rounds of nine
millimeter Parabellum,
tracers and hollow points.
What's your number?
- 65,000.
- Terms?
- Terms?
- 10% down, the
rest on delivery.
(scoffing)
Don't walk away from me.
I just made a
business proposition.
- No, no, you just
made a mistake.
You can take your little
shopping list to the A&P.
My people deal in megatons
and they deal in cash,
up front and in full.
So if you're really
plannin' on leading
these pilgrims into battle,
you better sell one
helluva lot of T-shirts.
- Well, nobody speaks
that way to me.
Who's the kid?
- Richie Stramm from
the neighborhood.
Took the oath three days ago.
- Well, it's time to stick
Richie's hand in the fire.
Get Stan Corker.
Tell him I want to mobilize.
- If there's something on
for tonight, I can be ready.
- No, if I wanted you
involved, I'd tell you.
- And then they
closed the plant,
and inside of six
months he's dead.
My mom says it broke his heart.
I don't know.
Before I started
listening to Dr. Pooley,
I figured, you
know, that's life.
But he straightened me out
to what's really happenin'.
See, I think that's
what Vinnie needs.
Somebody to just lay
it all out for him.
- Vinnie needs time to heal.
Pete's only been dead
five days and he's--
- Hey, Angie.
Come down to Santoni's with me.
- Oh, I had a huge lunch.
- Oh come on, just
take a walk with me.
You'll walk up an appetite.
We'll get some spaghetti, a
bit of calamari, all right?
- Despite your differences,
I'm sure you loved your brother.
The redemption of
your soul will be
a tribute to his memory.
- Hey, bingo's
tonight, isn't it?
Probably need you
to call the numbers.
- Hey, Vinnie.
Dr. Pooley's doing a radio show.
Me and some of the
guys are gonna go.
Why don't you and
Angela come along?
- That guy is a lyin' bastard
who's turned you against
people you grew up with,
people who were your friends.
He wants to tear this
neighborhood apart.
- He's the last hope we
got to hold it together.
- Fine, here.
Then go listen to him.
But do it with
your brain in gear.
He's playin' you for a jerk.
Come on.
- [Angela] Richie's just
lookin' for some kind of
direction in his life.
- Well, he's not gonna
get it from Knox Pooley.
That guy's a hate monger.
- Richie's not a hater.
- You hardly even know him.
- But you do, and you like him,
or you wouldn't of tried
to fix him up with me.
That's why you're
afraid he's getting into
something he can't handle.
(chuckles)
I thought you were gonna
hand the monsignor's head
to 'em on the collection plate.
- You know, he was in the
house with Ma, you know?
He saying to her,
mother that raises a son
that serves the church
needn't feel ashamed
of another son that
defies God's commandments.
Then feeds me that line
about Pete loved me anyway.
I don't need him to tell
me how Pete and me...
You know, things that I've done
and the things people
think I've done,
that's not what I am.
- Tell me something
I don't know.
- Thanks for
stayin' at the house
and helping Ma
through everything.
- We're family.
Maybe not blood, but...
When Danny died I
would've gone crazy
if it wasn't for you.
You saw me through the
toughest time in my life.
I'll always love you for that.
- Stan, did you hear Dr.
Pooley's newest tape?
Yeah, I never knew
the Rockefellers died
as Jew backers from Russia.
- Don't turn.
- We have to pick up Warren.
- Warren's not coming.
Make your next left.
- The bridge is the
other direction.
- Do it, piss ant.
- When Danny died,
it was so senseless,
just like Pete.
How did you deal with that?
- I cried a lot,
prayed a little.
And then one day I
went to visit 'em.
I talked to 'em about
the time we had together
and about the time we
weren't gonna have.
How there'd always be a part
of him alive in my mind.
- [Vince] Come here.
- [Stan] Pull over.
- Why are we stoppin' here?
- Keep it runnin', let's go.
- What are you guys doin'?
- Shut up.
(gun firing)
(dramatic music)
(grunting)
(punch smacking)
Drive! Drive!
Drive!
(tires squealing)
(soft music)
(engine revving)
Right, into the alley.
(tires squealing)
There's over a
hundred grand here.
Get it to Calvin now.
(tires squealing)
(soft music)
- Hi Vinnie.
- Hi.
(kiss smacking)
- [Angela] Scrambled?
- No, no thanks.
Oh, sorry.
- Excuse me.
(chair clattering)
Vinnie, we're really
gonna have to...
- Buongiorno.
- Mornin', Ma.
- I couldn't wait
up for you two.
Did you have a nice time?
- [Angela] Breakfast,
Aunt Carlotta?
- Just coffee.
Where's the paper?
- [Vince and
Angela] I'll get it.
- Richie didn't bring
my car back last night.
He usually leaves the
keys in the mail slot.
- [Angela] Vinnie, talk to me.
- What?
- Talk to me.
- Okay, come here.
Sit down.
Last night.
We didn't need just anybody.
We needed each other.
In a way that we
never did before.
- Are you sorry?
- No, no.
I'm scared.
I used to have three
people in my life.
Ma, Pete, and you.
And now Pete's gone
and I don't wanna lose you, too.
- Vinnie, you don't have to--
- Angie, please.
Listen to me.
Now maybe last night could lead
to something new that, you know,
could keep on being great.
- Yeah.
- But what if it went wrong?
Being lovers is a lot
different than being friends.
And we couldn't be there
for each other anymore.
I don't want to take
that chance, Angie.
- I was lyin' awake
tryin' to think of how
to act completely
happy this morning.
Must've been scared
of the same thing.
Guess the time's
not right, Vinnie,
for either one of us.
- Yet.
- Yet.
(kiss smacking)
(engine starting)
- There's Richie.
(tires squealing)
Hey!
Hey!
Richie! Hey!
(tires squealing)
(horn honking)
Get outta here, man!
- You know what would
make me one happy fella?
Is being able to tell
Elias that you're threw
with Knox Pooley.
- My DMV reports?
- Over 1800 vans and
pickups registered
within a 20 block radius
of where Pete was killed.
Was an accident, Vince.
- Well, if it was,
then whoever did
it's still out there.
And if it wasn't, he's
still out there, too.
If it was your brother,
Frank, what would you do?
- The exact same thing.
Yeah.
Hey, what about this gun
deal with Calvin Hollis?
- Those guys can't
afford bullets.
- All right, so they're zeroes.
Elias wants you reassigned.
What do I say to Elias, Vince?
Vince, you don't care
about my happiness.
(gate rattling)
- Where's Vinnie?
He inside?
- He's looking
for you somewhere.
Why'd you drive off like that?
What's wrong?
- I really like you, Angela.
I mean, I really like you.
I really like you.
You know the kind
of guy Vinnie is?
What he's done?
I'm just trying to stand up for
our people like Vinnie does.
Him and I are doing
the same thing.
- Richie, I don't know what--
- We have to be responsible
for our own domination.
If we can do that, we
can be emancipated.
- Whatever the problem
is, Vinnie will help you.
- I don't want Vinnie's help.
Don't tell him I saw you.
Don't, I just slipped
the key through the door
and that was it, okay?
- All right, I won't tell.
Richie, you're hurting me.
- I'm sorry.
- I'm tired of excuses, Marty.
Excuses cost.
Guttenberg printed
faster than you.
It took me three
weeks to bang out
From Moses to Marx: The
Conspirators Among Us.
It took you three months
to print and ship.
We missed Christmas.
(knocking)
Come in, Calvin.
I'm not gonna have
an entire market area
go beggin' for material
because my printer
hasn't moved into
the 20th century.
You read me?
You know that Warren
Pike's moving more material
through the store than any
other outlet in the Northeast?
He's a real go-getter.
We should bring him
closer into the fold.
I'm negotiating with Warrior
Elite for their mailing list.
Getting that is vital, Calvin.
Over 45,000 more folks
who wanna believe.
If were gonna reach
out and touch 'em,
we gotta have a
substantial in...
I should know better than to
be concerned about finances.
- Last night I authorized
Stan Corker and some of the--
- Our enemies don't realize
what they're up against
in Calvin Hollis
and Knox Pooley.
- This is only
part of the, the--
- What makes us
such a great team
is the diverse nature
of our talents.
Now I'm an observer
of global conditions,
a conceptual man.
And meeting you
galvanized my ideas,
made me realize that our race
is on the verge of extinction.
You take the conceptual,
turn it into the tangible.
And the beauty of our
relationship is that
it's based on a mutual respect
for each other's expertise.
I have complete
confidence in your ability
to collect funds
without my interference.
You're the only
man I really trust.
- Well, I believe God
put you on the earth
to be the savior
of the white race.
- Well, there's a little bit
of God in all of us, Calvin.
(sighing)
- This...
Is a gift.
It's a first printing.
And it's signed by the Fuhrer.
- Only you would have the,
the sensitivity
to know what this
would mean to me.
(sighing)
- I...(crying)
Uh.
Well, uh.
There's a book signing
in the center of
Hyme Town today.
There is a supporter who could
use an inspirational visit.
- And I want to
have a little chat
with Warren Pike, too.
Will you set that up for me?
Calvin.
Thank you for being
the solid rock
on which our sacred
movement stands.
(soft dramatic music)
(door slamming)
(soft suspenseful music)
- You should get
some kind of award.
You know what I mean?
The way you're helpin'
those young kids,
givin' em a sense of
direction in life.
Richie, look who's
here to see you.
- Dr. Pooley.
- Hello, son.
My people have
informed me that you're
a superlative individual.
I just wanna come here
and look you in the eye
and tell you that
you're a valued member
of our organization.
- Dr. Pooley, I can't be in the
Pilgrims of Promise anymore.
- Richie?
You're workin' in a gas station.
This man is wearing
a suit and a tie
and he wants to help you be a--
- Ma, will you just stop it.
- Very disappointed
to hear this.
- But Dr. Pooley, it isn't you.
I mean, I still believe
in what you say.
It's just I can't...
I guess I'm not into politics
the way I thought I was.
- This is not about politics.
Now you got a
beautiful home here.
You've been blessed
with a mother
who's nurtured
and protected you.
Don't you feel like you owe her
the piece of mind
that comes in knowing
that she's gonna be protected?
And that the home
that she's worked
so hard to build
is gonna be safe
from the dark forces
that would undermine
the very foundation
on which it's built?
Don't you owe her that, son?
- I guess so.
It's just, I never figured--
- That's what the Pilgrims
of Promise is all about,
giving the full
measure of devotion
to those who've
been devoted to us.
Oh, it's not about
politics, Richie.
It's about love.
Now I want you to attend
a seminar this weekend.
- A seminar?
- Yes, an amalgam of
theoretical workshops
and field training.
Now the fee is usually $350.
But because of the leadership
potential I see in you,
I have decided to award
you a scholarship.
Suitable for framing.
- Isn't that wonderful?
- Being a Pilgrim of
Promise isn't easy.
It involves great sacrifice,
like losing a wife
and three children,
because she couldn't
see the miraculous
dawn is gonna come at the end
of this long, fearful night.
I hope...
I hope, I hope someday
those children can be proud
of their father, Richie.
As proud as I know your
kids are gonna be of you.
Make 'em proud, son.
Stand before them
like a great beacon
shining the way on that
road into the future.
Will you be with us, son?
Will you be with us on
that road to salvation?
God bless ya.
(sighing)
- Hey.
You come to my mother's house?
- Your office isn't in the book.
- Where's the kid?
Where's Richie?
- The number was 65.
Here it is.
We sold a lot of T-shirts.
You have our little
shopping list.
I expect delivery by Monday.
- Where is Richie?
- Richie is one of us.
That's where he is.
Monday, Mr. Terranova.
- I'm not gonna make some
war official, Calvin Hollis.
This is a situation
Terranova's created
without OCB involvement.
- You authorized my involvement.
- You know, I am sick
and tired of having
everything I say
thrown back in my face.
And this is an OCB war
room, Agent Terranova.
The leather bar is
down Kay Street.
- Yeah, well I'm not surprised
you know where it is.
- Vince.
- You know, you are
the living proof
of the chaos that ensues
when procedure's ignored.
We let you ride
through Brooklyn like
the Lone Ranger on
some personal mission--
- You haven't let me do
a thing that isn't aimed
at gettin' me back into uniform.
Your success is based
on my performance
and don't think I don't know it.
- And the price I have
to pay is disrespect,
the waste of finite resources,
and a petulant
attitude of a renegade
who's fixated on some
insignificant racist.
- Calvin expects
those Uzis by Monday.
He may be holding Richie Stramm
as some kind of a hostage.
- And on this solid
evidence you want
the bureau to turn these
lunatics into armed cod-ger-ray.
- We're not advocating
the deal go through.
- I have Calvin's money
so I control the meet.
I'll wear a wire and when he
takes possession, we nail 'em.
Hey.
I'll even dress for it.
- Your request to
release weapons to
Calvin Hollis is denied.
Unequivocally, revocably denied.
(hand thumping)
- At least he's
keeping an open mind.
You know, I've known
you for three years.
I've never heard you
mention Richie Stramm.
All of a sudden he's
a son you never had.
- What are you
fishin' for, Frank?
- A motive.
I think you're going
through the most emotional
period of your life.
I understand the grief,
but it can make you see
things that aren't there.
- Like what?
- Like a connection between
the Pilgrims of Promise,
Richie Stramm, and
your brother's death.
Eyeballin' every truck
and van in Brooklyn
is like tryin' to catch smoke.
Now I would like the truth
or as close to it
as you can come.
Are we after guys who
are playing mind games
with a kid in the neighborhood,
or are we after the guys
who killed your brother?
(dramatic music)
- You ever dug a latrine before?
- When does the seminar start?
- This is the slime the
mud people crawled out of.
It spawned the niggers
and spicks who shot
their seed into
our own pure blood.
They made us weak.
They sucked the
purity out of us,
so now we're drownin'
in their filth.
But they don't know we
hooked on to a lifeline,
Dr. Knox Pooley, thank God.
Dr. Pooley, the greatest man
alive since Adolf Hitler.
The only man who
lives and breathes
the cause of white
people in this country.
(dramatic music)
The facts are clear and
they speak for themselves.
Warren Pike is a traitor.
- [Man] I don't know what
facts your talking about.
- The fact is that when
you hit that armored car,
he was home picking his feet!
- He said you told him
we didn't need 'em.
- Use your brains.
He doesn't go, I
have to use the kid.
The kid's as green as a frog.
He shows up with the money,
he's messing his pants.
- [Man] Don't figure
Warren would lie to us
about the heist!
- He brings Terranova
to us for the guns.
We hand him 65 grand.
Now don't you think
Warren gets his cut?
He figures why go out on a job?
Maybe get caught,
maybe get killed.
When you guys stick
your necks out
and he still collects.
- [Man] I suppose you got
proof of this, Calvin.
- He's been making
four figure deposits
every week for the
past two months.
Our money that he has
cut himself a piece of.
- I'm sayin' we should ask 'em.
- If he thinks we're on to him
he goes straight to
Terranova for protection.
Or maybe the cops.
- He's one of us, Calvin!
- Tell me that when
he fingered you
for killin' that spade.
Warren's a Zog agent.
He's a lackie of the the
Zionist occupied government.
I vote...
that he disappears.
(soft dramatic music)
(sighing)
We put him in a hole tonight.
Nobody but the
worms will find him.
Nobody betrays us and survives.
Nobody.
I've already sent for him.
- What's the deal
I gotta get up for?
- Warren Pike.
You've been tried as a
traitor and found guilty.
The sentence is death.
(dramatic music)
- What, are you guys crazy?
(punch smacking)
(grunting)
I didn't do nothin'.
(punches smacking)
(grunting)
- Vinnie.
Frank just called.
He's oozing with that
merchandise you requested.
- Tell Frank I owe him one.
- Hmm, that's what he
told me to tell you.
- Get in the car, Richie.
- I don't have to go with you.
- Get in the car, Richie.
(thudding)
(speaking in foreign language)
(audience cheering)
(speaking in foreign language)
(soft dramatic music)
(speaking in foreign language)
(audience cheering)
Come here.
Get out here.
All right, you had me chasin'
all over Brooklyn for you.
I don't like that.
I want to know what's goin'
on and I wanna know now.
- Every time I turn
around I've got
somebody pushin' in on
me, somebody I don't want.
Vinnie, just let me go
and forget about it.
You got no idea what
it's like where I'm at.
You guys never get
in on the way--
- What the hell are
you talkin' about?
- I was just, I thought it
was gonna be something good.
For all of us.
I was just tryin' to
do something good.
Nobody was supposed
to get killed.
- Who got killed?
Richie, who got killed?
- I threw dirt on his face.
I covered him up.
- Who?
- Warren.
They had a firing
squad, Calvin did.
I thought we were goin'
to the radio station,
but we were goin',
Corker made me go to
where the armored car was.
He shot, he killed the guard.
He made me take the
money to Calvin.
I don't even remember.
- Where's Calvin and Corker now?
- I don't know.
They were up there at the camp,
but they blindfolded me.
I don't even know where I was.
- Why the hell didn't you
tell me about this before?
- I don't know!
I just, I know the
way you guys are.
You see me like a freak--
- Hey, hey, don't
give me you guys.
This is me you're
talkin' to, Richie.
It's just me.
- I thought I was
doing something good.
You know, I thought maybe
if Angela sees me like.
- Come on, let's go.
- Vinnie.
I don't know how
to get out of this.
- Come on.
(tires squealing)
- You still gonna sell
those guns to Calvin?
- Hey, Richie.
You know the way
it is with us guys.
It's business.
Now get inside and lay low.
Don't go anywhere,
don't talk to anybody.
(sighing)
Once the deal goes down,
maybe Calvin won't be
so much of a problem anymore.
Well go on, get in the
house and stay there.
(door creaking)
- [Richie's Mom] Richie,
look who's here to see ya.
- Where have you been, Richie?
I've been waiting.
(dramatic music)
(sighing)
- Nothin' yet, Frank.
- All units stand by blue.
- We're on standby.
- This sits down to
breakfast, I'll let you know.
- Vince'll give me the word
when Calvin takes possession.
(tires squealing)
- He's here.
- Calvin's inside.
- Units standby red.
- All units prepared, Vince.
(soft dramatic music)
- Cancel the order, Frank.
- Cancel?
Wha, what do you mean?
We can't cancel!
- Units return to standby blue.
- We gotta move, Vince!
(sighing)
(dramatic music)
- What the hell is this?
- What do you mean
what the hell is this?
- Don't jerk me around.
- Don't flatter yourself.
You wanted the
merchandise, here it is.
- I wanted 50 Uzis.
- Yeah, there they are.
You got everything.
You got the stocks, the barrels.
- The stuff is in pieces?
- What, you never
bought artillery before?
- I don't want pieces.
- We don't risk moving
assembled merchandise.
- Up yours.
I don't want pieces.
What am I gonna do with pieces?
- You put 'em together.
What do you think
you do with pieces?
- Vince, don't
you do this to me!
Don't do it, Vince!
(lids clattering)
Vince, we gotta move
or we're gonna lose
him and the merchandise!
- Frank, you're
screaming in his ear.
- We gotta move!
- He's on scene.
He calls the shots.
- You son of a bitch.
I knew you were
gonna try somethin'.
I gave you the money up front
and you give me pieces.
- Simple.
One of your monkeys can do it.
(gun clattering)
- That's my merchandise.
- Yeah, I know.
- That is my merchandise--
- Well then shut up and take it
or I'm gonna send it back!
(knee thudding)
(grunting)
(gun cocking)
(grunting)
- I want you set to
move on that warehouse
and I mean set!
- I knew I couldn't trust
you, you lyin' bastard.
I...
I don't...
I don't have room for it.
- Then call your friends!
They're lousy with pickups.
Freddy!
(tires squealing)
- Okay, you talk to me, Vince!
You talk to me right now!
(tires squealing)
You follow Vince.
You don't let 'em
out of your sight!
- Come on, start loadin' it up.
Call Bergman Clark.
Tell him to get out here.
- You set me up, Vince!
I swore to Elias the deal
would never go through.
- I couldn't let you
bust that deal, Frank.
Richie was there with Calvin.
- So what?
- Calvin got the 65
grand from an armored car
heist in Brooklyn
three nights ago.
Richie was the wheel man.
- You knew that before
I got you the guns?
- No, no, Frank.
I didn't know Richie
was gonna be there.
But the kids got
evidence that we can use.
He's witness to a
murder and grand theft.
- He is an accomplice
to a cop killing.
The guard was an off-duty NYPD.
A cop, Vince.
One of us.
Every uniform in the city
feels like he's lost a brother
and you are protectin'
a cop killer.
- But Stan Corker
pulled the trigger.
I just don't know where he is.
Frank, if I wouldn't
let you bust that deal,
you would've had
to take Richie in.
He would've got fried
for what they did.
Without Corker he's got
nothin' to trade with the DA!
- And what do I have
to trade with Elias?
You made the bureau a
part of your vendetta!
- That's not what this is about!
- Are you still tellin'
me this has nothin'
to do with Pete?
- It's got everything
to do with Pete.
It's got everything to
do with me too, Frank.
It's why I became a
cop in the first place.
- The next time you decide
to leave the bureau,
you go with your gut.
- Hey, I didn't
set you up, Frank.
How long you think
it'll be before Calvin
figures out those guns?
- Hopefully it'll
take him a week to
figure out the ejector
springs are missing.
(door slamming)
(knocking)
(door slamming)
- I told you to
stay put, didn't I?
- Calvin was waitin' for
me when you dropped me off.
I had to go with him.
It doesn't matter anymore.
I'm facing it, Vinnie.
I'm with those guys.
- What, are you stupid
after what they did?
- What the hell
choice do I have?
You're either for Calvin
or you're against him.
He thinks I'm against
him, he's gonna kill me.
That's what he does.
If I go to the cops,
I get the chamber for
a murder I didn't do.
Yeah, I'd rather live.
- Maybe I can help.
- Oh yeah, that's
what I thought.
But you sell guns to killers,
so I don't see much of a
future with you, either.
- Hey, why don't you
stop bitchin' about
what everybody's
doin' or not doin'?
What are you doin'
to help yourself?
- There's nothin' I can do.
- You know somethin'?
Knox Pooley's a
twisted intellect,
but he's right about one thing.
And that's takin'
responsibility.
I saw you being inducted
into the Pilgrims of Promise.
I should've taken
responsibility for you then,
but I got caught up
in my own problems.
- Why don't you give me a break?
- When are you
gonna face the fact
that your life is what
you want it to be?
If it stinks, then change it,
but take responsibility for it.
- My life is not worth
taking responsibility for.
- Well, I'll give you
something that is.
My life.
I'm a federal agent.
Undercover with the OCB.
Richie.
I know exactly what
you're going through.
Feelin' squeezed in and
left out at the same time,
but believe me, the
only road you're facing
that isn't a dead end
is to pin this murder
on the people that are
responsible for it.
That's Corker,
Hollis, and Pooley.
- Dr. Pooley didn't know
anything about this.
See, Calvin's in
charge of operations,
and he bragged about
it all the time.
Dr. Pooley doesn't
know a thing about--
- Richie, wake up!
Calvin's a dim bulb.
He couldn't run that
show by himself.
You got one chance to live free
and that's to get
the DA what they need
to nail all those guys.
You can get close to them.
I can't.
- You want me to
work undercover?
- All I want you to
do is look and listen.
Whatever you get
you bring it to me.
(sighing)
I can't guarantee you're
not gonna do any time.
But if you do, at least it'll
be a sentence with an end.
You stay with the Pilgrims
of Promise, Richie,
you're pullin' down the shade
of the rest of your life.
- Does Angela know?
- No.
Just my mother and my direct
superiors and now you.
All those times, seems like
we didn't have much in common.
Shootin' hoops, maybe.
Ma and Dad.
Things I've seen people do.
Doesn't seem like there's
any souls to save.
Or any one's worth savin'.
Then I think, I think
about when you said that
we're doin' God's work,
and we try to help people be
the best that they can be.
Knowing that none of
us would be saints,
but at least the most of us
has that potential that
you gotta try to get at.
(sniffing)
I can hear you sayin' that, man.
(crying)
I couldn't of grown
up without you.
(crying)
I just hope you gave
me the strength.
I hope you gave me the strength
to grow old without ya.
I love you, man.
(crying)
(soft solemn music)
("Wiseguy Theme" by Mike Post)
(bright orchestral music)