The Streets of San Francisco (1972) s02e11 Episode Script
The Victims
You ready? - What's going on? - Accident.
Hey, hold this a minute, will you? - While I get a stick.
- Yeah.
All right, drop them.
Nice and easy.
Get up.
Now, get in the truck.
Hold it.
No party crashers.
Anybody follows and he gets it.
Roll it.
Last one to the bar makes the bloody marys.
Forget it.
You lose.
- You're a lucky guy.
- Well, you don't have to rub it in.
No, no, no.
I mean because you like crazy ladies.
No, no.
I don't like crazy ladies.
- You don't? - No.
I just like the queen of the crazies.
Okay.
- Spicy, right? - Right.
- No lemon? - No lemon.
Hey.
Thanks.
Thank you for what? For not trying to change me.
- That was Cinderella's last words.
- No, no, no.
Really.
Every single guy I've met up until now has tried put me in some kind of mold.
You? In a mold? The adventurous Nellie Bly? - I don't believe it.
No.
- No, no, no.
Just a fashion-page writer, boss.
No, really.
Why do men do that? Steve, why do they want to, you know, change me? Well, men are basically hunters, and some of them like to tame.
- Not you.
- No.
No, I think molds are for cookies.
Have a cookie.
Well, it can't be for me.
I have no friends.
Did you leave your number with someone? I had to.
- Oh, let it ring.
- I wish I could.
- Hello.
- Steve, Mike.
There's been a prison break.
- When? - About an hour ago.
They took a guard with them as hostage and threw him off the truck when they hit the Great Highway.
He's in General Hospital now, pretty bad.
- They got that highway blocked? - Both ends, all exits.
Think they should put up a roadblock in US-101 South too.
- They might've-- - I know what they might've done.
You just get your tail over to the hospital.
Okay.
Half an hour, right? Bye-bye.
- Half an hour? - Prison break.
- Well, I'll take you.
- No, no.
You don't have to.
No, no, no.
Don't be afraid.
I'm a much better navigator on land.
Okay.
- You know something? - What? I think they make molds for other things too.
Like what? Cops.
Give me a minute.
Nurse.
Hi, my name is Mrs.
Crowley.
My husband was a guard that was hurt.
I'm sorry, Mrs.
Crowley.
There's no news yet.
Crowley's one of our top men.
He's been a guard at the prison for 14 years, but even top men get careless.
Warden Hansen, my partner, Inspector Keller.
- Warden, hello.
- Inspector.
These are the IDs and mug shots you wanted.
- Who is this? - A mean one.
Lee Wilson.
Age, 32.
Doing one to 14 on assault with intent to commit murder.
John Phalen, alias "Chickey.
" Age, 26.
Convicted of armed robbery and assault.
Doing five to 20.
Well, that's his second offense.
I nailed him once for burglary.
And Ben Vargas.
Age, 41.
Embezzler.
Doing one to ten.
- Does he have any record of violence? - Not until today.
He's out of his class with those two.
Or maybe he just graduated.
How many guns they got? Three shotguns and three pistols, all taken from guards.
Art? Take this to Communications.
Teletype to all the units.
- You got any late news? - Nope.
But they're locked in.
Every bridge, every artery leading out of the city is blocked.
- How'd they make their break? - I'll tell you how it happened.
They jumped my husband.
And then they took him hostage.
Then they threw him off the truck.
They're going 70 miles an hour and they threw him from the truck.
Very sorry.
I hope if you find those animals, you kill them.
- I want you to kill them.
- Please.
Come and sit down over here with us.
Come on.
Sit right there.
Steve.
Thought you were going.
Well, I decided to hang around, you know? Sounds like a good story.
Change of pace.
Hey, Steve.
That woman.
I mean, I know she's upset, but she didn't mean that.
She means it, believe me, she does.
That's awful.
Why would those men do a thing like that? I mean, what reason would they have? If there was always a reason, my job would be a lot simpler.
Look, you don't need this.
Go back to the apartment.
I'll catch up with you later, okay? Okay.
Oh, Mike, they found that truck abandoned near the Cliff House.
Steve, come on.
- You gonna go? - I'm going.
Steve, take care.
- Paper says rain.
- Who can wait? - You got a point.
Can I borrow it? - Sure.
I'll leave it outside.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Are you open for business? - Will be in a minute.
- Well, I'm in a kind of a hurry.
- Okay.
Come on in.
Do you have anything special in mind? Oh, we'll just kind of look around, okay? Sure.
Hey, now, that's a pretty tie.
What do you think? Well, it's kind of-- Kind of too pretty.
Oh, no.
Do you think it's that kind of joint? - It could be.
- Yeah.
Hey, listen, you running that kind of a store, pretty boy? Would you cut it out? Come on, we gotta get out of here.
You're so nervous.
Relax.
Hey.
I wouldn't do that.
That was a mistake, pretty boy.
- A real bad mistake.
- Oh, please.
You want the neighborhood in here? Put that away.
Maybe you're right.
Okay.
Give me the tie.
- Why? - Give me the tie! Oh, please, take anything you want.
I don't care what you take.
Just get out.
I won't say anything to anybody, I promise.
- I won't say a thing.
I promise.
- That's right, pretty boy.
You won't say anything to anybody.
Lee.
Look, there's the door, bookkeeper.
You wanna go it alone? Go.
Sorry I killed your weekend, buddy boy.
Just shouldn't let those prisoners escape, Mike.
- So that was Connie, huh? - Yeah.
I'm sorry, I forgot you hadn't met.
Yeah, it was no time for introductions.
What was she doing down there? Research? I don't know.
I was sort of wondering that myself.
- She ever do a crime story? - No.
Strictly gourmet tips.
Gourmet, huh? I think I read some of her stuff.
As a matter of fact, I did one of her recipes.
It was rice and chicken pilaf.
Oh, yeah.
Came out chow mein.
- Any witnesses? - No, sir.
They left the shotguns, took all the handguns.
.
38 Specials, huh? They're gonna use them to find two things.
Meals and clothes.
That's right.
Young fella wants a ride.
How about it, Esther? - Sure.
Looks a little bit like Johnny.
- Yeah.
- How far are you going, son? - Salinas.
Well, I'll take you as far as San Mateo.
That'd be fine.
Would you close the door, please? No, the door will be fine.
Just drive, okay, Pop? - What do you got? - Male, white, about 21, strangled.
It wasn't suicide.
Somebody used a necktie and made a garrote.
- Store owner? - No, it's his folks' place.
They're on vacation.
- Who reported it? - Phone call, anonymous.
- Male or female? - Male.
He said there were three guys roughing the kid around.
- You sure he said three? - Yeah.
- Any description? - No, none.
What about the guy that--? Excuse me one second.
Be right back.
Excuse me.
Good morning.
Morning.
My name is Keller.
I'd just like to ask you a few questions.
They were in here already.
I said I didn't hear anything.
Sorry.
You don't mind telling me your name? Fenwick.
Louis Fenwick.
Mr.
Fenwick, is this your store? Thirteen years.
You must've known the man that got killed.
Yes.
Terrible thing, what they did.
I heard someone say there were three of them.
You didn't see them? Mr.
Fenwick, did you make the phone call? Look, there's nothing to be afraid of.
These are escaped prisoners.
- They're running for their lives.
- Nothing to be afraid of? That's easy for you to say.
Nobody's going to hurt you.
- Mr.
Fenwick-- - Cops.
You come in here with a gun, want people to talk, then you leave.
What happens then, when you're gone? Crazy people.
They come back when I'm alone like To-- I didn't see anything.
I need to know how they were dressed and which way they went.
I think you can tell me that.
I'm not responsible to nobody else.
I'm just responsible to me.
Now, that's too easy, and you know it.
If you decide to remember anything, that's my number.
Turn right here.
Now stop.
Pull in over there.
What for? We gotta let these nice folks out, now, don't we? Will you folks come with us, please? Hey.
Would you buy a used car from that old man? Come on, tell the truth.
Let me show you what got in stock.
Come on, folks.
Lee, they didn't do anything.
They don't know anything.
Hey, look.
They know who we are, right? They know what kind of car we got.
Please, wait.
- Albert.
- Let her go.
I don't care what you do to me, but let her go.
Hey, you know something? You really surprise me.
Nice old couple like you belong together.
In a graveyard.
All right, this is the right forefinger of Lee Wilson.
This is the right forefinger print in the clothing store.
They match.
Now, we got the left thumbprint of John "Chickey" Phalen, left thumbprint from the store.
What about the third guy? He's the only guy that stayed clear.
There's a lot you won't find on those prints, Steve.
Excuse me.
Connie, this is Mike Stone, Connie Moore.
- Connie.
- Hello.
If you're checking up on him, I'm gonna swear that he's never been out of my sight.
- You're a good man to have around.
- May I ask what you're doing here? Well, I have been doing a little digging.
For what? Well, for you.
And possibly the city editor's desk.
Now, you remember the riot at the prison last year? - Yeah.
- All right, all three men you're looking for were very prominent in the riots.
And one of them, Ben Vargas, was the spokesman for the group.
Now, they demanded certain prison reforms.
Better food, better toilet facilities, and an end to brutality by certain prison guards.
Okay, now, all these points were agreed upon.
The riots ended and nothing.
No improvements, no reforms, nothing.
Just a bunch of sanctimonious speeches.
Now, that's what they got.
- So? - So don't you see? That's what I was talking about.
The reason.
The missing element.
Motivation.
Motivation.
Now, how does motivation help us to find three killers? They're three human beings, Steve, who've been caged up like animals.
Now, how can we expect them to really act differently? That is how we have treated them.
Now, wait a minute.
Wait just a minute.
I am all for prison reform, and I'm very sorry those promises were not kept, but I don't see how that gives anybody the right to escape and kill people.
- Hey, I'm not condoning violence.
- Here.
I'll get it.
- I'm glad to hear about that.
- You two go right ahead.
You should.
Now, listen, you have got to remember why people do things.
- Lieutenant Stone.
- You can't generalize.
- Oh, man, is that what you think? - Yes.
I generalize? - What do you mean--? - We'll get on it.
- What do you think I'm doing? - I'm trying to help you.
You're not helping one bit.
- I'm just giving you some-- - What is it? Well, it's something that maybe Connie ought to see before she puts that story on the city editor's desk.
Well, you got it.
Oh, my God.
I've seen a lot of things, but never a shooting gallery like this.
.
38 caliber.
Found these shells.
- Eighteen of them so far.
- Let's see.
- Any ID? - No.
Their pockets were stripped.
Well, better get a workup.
Ballistics, fingerprints.
X-rays, dental chart, the works.
Facial photos, too, front and profile.
Check them against passport and possible credit IDs.
Right.
Hey, are you all right? I knew we shouldn't have brought you here.
Come on.
Is that why you're sorry? - Because I'm here? - Oh, Connie.
No, wait a minute.
You see this every day.
Fine.
But can you really just accept it like that? I mean, don't you feel anything? - Is that what being a cop is all about? - This isn't the time, Connie.
Well, wait a second.
You just said that man's basic instinct - is to be a hunter, right? - Right.
Is that all that's on your mind right now? Just get back to the hunt? Never mind about the victim.
They're just a piece of evidence now.
Something that leads you on the track of the animal that you're hunting.
And never mind the fact that what you're hunting is a human being.
Sick, maybe, but a human being, Steve.
What does that cost you? I mean, what do you have to be to do that? I really don't understand.
I just don't understand.
I don't understand it.
All right, could you take the lady home? She's not feeling very well.
- Guess I had a bad idea.
- It's okay, okay.
Anything else? No, no.
No.
What do you think? - She'll be all right.
- I'm not talking about Connie.
I'm talking about those two people back there.
This is a real kill-crazy spree, buddy boy.
I've only seen a couple like it in my 27 years on the force.
As far as I'm concerned-- Hey, look out.
Sorry.
- You want me to drive? - No, no.
- You're sure? - Yeah.
Police now suspect that an elderly couple murdered in an auto-dumping ground this morning may be the latest victims of the fugitives.
Bringing to four, the number of victims in their wake.
A description of the three convicts released by police department officials, is as follows: Lee Wilson.
Age, 32.
Come on, man.
They're just getting ready to talk about us.
I got news for you, kid.
You're not a celebrity.
You're a target.
Hey.
Hey, how about that house over there, Lee? You see the bike? Now, you think it got there by itself? Over there.
Empty garage.
Yeah.
We'll park around the corner.
Lee Wilson has a sister in Vegas and a brother in Lansing, Michigan.
Art, ask the local police for help on both of these.
John "Chickey" Phalen, no known relatives, but a lot of jobs in San Francisco.
Pin boy, locker-room attendant, concessionaire at San Francisco Zoo, half a dozen others.
Dole, hit the pavement.
See if you can find out anybody who knows where he's holed up.
But what about Vargas? What about him? That's my phone, I'll be right back.
Keller.
Ben Vargas, former bookkeeper.
Northwest Lumber Supply.
Lived with a Marguerita Alvarez, Avenida Del Mar, Tijuana, for eight months after embezzling funds.
Okay, give it to me.
Bill? Call the Mexican authorities.
Find out what you can about this.
Do you want her watched? If they find the girl, have them keep a lookout for Vargas, will you? Okay.
The Pittman case.
Yeah, the DA settled for a second degree.
Disappointed in that? Or are you disappointed because it wasn't a call from Connie? I think I'll go down to Records, see if they got anything on that old couple.
Looks like somebody's having party.
Check it out upstairs.
Rip out the phones.
You see any guns, bring them down.
Shortwave-radio gear.
A cop's house? They got them in cars, not at home.
Listen.
Here you go.
Here you go, hon.
Okay.
- What time is it? - A little after 2.
Oh, Lord.
Where's my key, where's my key? - Here it is.
- Hurry up.
These things are falling.
I'm trying.
Here we go.
- Okay, you get the key, hon.
- I'll get it afterwards.
Honey, will you get this ice cream into the freezer? I wanna call Jane and see if she got her babysitter yet.
Sure, honey.
Honey, there's only eight vanilla.
I thought we were getting a dozen of each.
Get over there.
By the mantle.
Now, put your hands on it.
Do it or she gets it.
Count it.
Whose party is this? Our daughter's.
When? Tomorrow.
Where is she now? She's spending the night with her grandmother.
We wanted to get it set up without her knowing.
Fifty-two bucks.
You got any more money in the house? No, just that.
Nothing upstairs? No box of dimes, quarters? Jewelry? Jewelry.
You must have some jewelry.
A nice looking mama like you.
I'll bet you look like a million bucks when you're all decked out.
Come on, Mama.
Show me where you keep it.
- I'll get it.
- Hey.
Stay out of it.
Come on, Mama.
Show me where you keep it.
You're looking good.
Relax.
Hey, Ben.
Ever tell you about the little honey I took in the tool shed at the zoo? It was right next to the giraffe cages.
Shut up.
No, come here.
Pretty nice setup you got.
I was a sparks myself in the Navy.
I ran a radio room on a tin can off South Korea.
Now, you listen and you listen good.
Those guys are crazy.
Hospital crazy, you know what I mean? They just killed four people, mister.
Just play it straight, and you and your woman will be lucky to get out alive.
Start anything, you'll both be dead.
I think we ought to put three more units here on the south side.
- It's an awful large area to cover.
- I gotcha.
Listen, I got a positive ID on that old couple.
Mr.
And Mrs.
Albert Lockwood.
210 Sutter Street, San Mateo.
Lay this on DMV.
Find out the kind of car they own and the license number.
I beg your pardon.
- Oh, Mr.
Fenwick, right? - I heard.
On the radio about that couple at the auto graveyard.
It's my fault.
I should've told you I did see those men.
I saw what they were wearing.
Bill, now, this is Inspector Tanner.
He'll take the information.
- You gotta get them.
- Yes, sir.
Before they kill anybody else.
You've got to.
Looks like you finally got to him after all.
Just a little late for the victims, that's all.
Well, he's a victim too, buddy boy.
Maybe the worst kind.
He's gonna have to live with it for the rest of his life.
Attention all units.
North Point and the Embarcadero, it's a 10-32, mistaken identity.
Invoke from Central 4.
I'll kill you.
I'll kill you.
You answer the phone.
And you shut your mouth.
- Hello? - Hello, Betty? This is Jane.
Good news.
I got a sitter for the baby today after all.
So I'll bring Sharon over for the party at 3:00.
- Okay? - Okay.
Anything I can bring? No.
Okay, gotta run.
See you at 3.
Bye.
Now, you're cute.
You know that? You're real-- You're really cute.
Now, the party was supposed to be tomorrow? Now, what were you thinking? That people would come in, they'll see us, they'll call the cops? No one has to call them.
They'll be here soon by themselves.
You hear on the radio? Cops got a description out on the old man's car.
It's bound to be spotted.
We gotta move.
Lee, the camper's parked outside.
We can take it.
That's a good idea.
I'll take you as insurance.
Now, you try to follow or call the cops, and she's dead.
Hey, that was a very good hit.
Ben, give me the key.
Okay, thanks.
- Steve? - Yeah.
Confirmation from the Mexican police.
They got a stakeout on that Alvarez woman.
Good.
Oh, Mike? This is Mr.
Thompson.
I think you better talk to him.
He says-- - They've got my wife.
- Who's got your wife? Three men with guns.
They broke into our house.
They attacked her, took her away in our car.
They-- What kind of car? A camper.
Red.
I didn't know if I should call or not.
They could kill her.
- License number? - Six 64438-N.
All right, you want to put that on the horn? Don't say I told you.
Please, they'll kill her.
I had to trust you.
Put that on the police radio only.
No media yet.
Take Mr.
Thompson to my room where it's quiet.
- Mr.
Thompson.
- And you tell him everything.
Connie.
I guess Steve's pretty busy, huh? Very.
Well, I thought we should have a talk.
I guess there's not much point in that either.
Mike, would you give these to Steve for me? I won't be needing them.
Thanks.
Connie? You see that man in there with Steve? - Yes.
- Well, his wife is with those three men that you're so concerned about.
She's already been attacked by them, and now they're holding her as hostage.
Mike, I don't need any more of your shock treatments.
Oh, now, wait a minute.
I didn't ask you to come along just to shock you.
No.
I have to know how Steve feels about you and I just wanted you to see exactly what he has to deal with before Well, before you pressed that argument with him any further, that's all.
All right, I've seen what he does and how he does it.
No, you didn't.
You didn't see anything.
How would you want him to do his job? Now, he's a professional.
He can't work with tears in his eyes when he's looking at a corpse.
He can't carry the guilty conscience of the world when he's running after a killer, can he? Mike, I think this is strictly between Steve and me.
Not when other people's lives depend on it.
And they depend on it as long as he's carrying that badge.
Connie, you take him or leave him.
But don't put a monkey wrench in his head.
Don't make him less than he is.
And don't get him killed.
Hey, Chickey.
This is your town, baby.
Find us a hole.
Hey, I've been thinking about that.
I got a good one for you, Lee.
The shack at the zoo? I was telling Ben about it.
In the middle of a public park? It's not public there.
It's real private.
Groundkeeper only goes in that area once a week.
And that's on Monday.
Hey, what? You put any gas in this thing? I was gonna get some today.
Hey, station on the next corner.
- Howdy.
Fill her up? - Regular.
Hey, where you going? There's one in the back.
There's a lady in the back.
You're burning oil.
You're down about a quart.
Okay, just hurry it up.
Hey, Kenny? What's up? Don't look now, but do you see the guys in the camper? Well, they fit the cons we heard about on the radio.
I said, don't look.
One's in the men's room.
The other's probably in the back.
Now, tell the other guys and call the cops.
Listen, call the cops.
The ex-cons you heard about on the radio, they're here in a camper.
Okay, okay.
That's enough.
How much? Hey, mister, I can't rush it.
- I said, how much? - Right, okay.
Come on, move it.
- Be $8.
29.
- Here, keep the change.
Now, just lower the hood.
Hey, what's going on up there? Ben.
He went into the bathroom and he's washing his 12 hands.
He gives me a pain right inside my head.
Hey.
- What's going on here? - Just come out of there, mister.
There's one still in the head.
Come on.
Come on.
All right, get back.
- Come on, everyone, get back.
- Get back.
You're not helping us any.
Come on, step back, all of you.
Step back.
Get back.
Way back.
- Way back.
- Vargas? Vargas, where'd they go? - Don't hurt me.
- Nobody's gonna hurt you anymore.
Now, listen, they left you here.
Can you hear me? They left you here.
You don't owe them anything.
Vargas? Don't pass out on me, Vargas.
Where'd they go? Zoo.
- The zoo.
- Zoo.
Come on, let's go.
Let's get an ambulance.
All units, Great Highway and Sloat.
Escaped convicts believed located San Francisco Zoo.
Fugitives armed and dangerous.
Use extreme caution.
They may still have woman hostage.
Inspectors 81 on scene.
Roger, 13.
Thirteen.
Seroti, 10-32.
Armstrong, 10-30.
Neither on the CWD.
Thirteen, 10-4.
Thank you.
Larry? Doug Thompson.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Listen, Larry.
I'm taking my family camping up in Mendocino later today.
I wonder Well, you mentioned once you'd let me take that target pistol of yours out sometime and give it a try.
Would it be all right if I picked it up now? Harry, take your detail to the south fence.
- Where's Tanner? - In the aviary.
Well, have him go around the west.
Tell him to watch out for kids.
All right, Bill, this is Steve.
Move over with Art to the west side, will you? But look out for the kids, you got that? Check, Steve.
All right, take another man with you.
Right straight through.
- Mike.
- Yeah? Thompson.
Maybe he knows something he didn't tell us.
Thompson.
- Let me go.
She's in there.
- How do you know that? Something one of them said, I remember.
- Let me go.
- Something you forgot too, because I told you we get your wife back if you did it our way.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
All right, come on.
This is Keller.
There's a tool shed at the southeast corner behind the giraffes.
All units converge.
Get him out of this area.
Wilson, Phalen? You're surrounded.
You can't escape.
If you come out, you won't be harmed.
Now, you listen to me.
We got a woman in here.
And she's dead, unless you do exactly what I say.
Give me the shoe.
Hurry up.
Now, look, clear the area.
And we want a car, unmarked, with the engine running.
That's for us and the woman.
Now, when we know that you're not following us, we're gonna turn her loose.
Just like they turned that prison guard loose.
All units leave the area.
Sirens on.
Except Inspectors 35.
Give me your sharpshooter.
Bill, bring in your best sharpshooter.
Okay.
It's being done.
It's being done.
It's done.
- Hold it.
- All right, don't shoot.
Drop it.
All right, bring them down.
Think you got it? No, no.
Get out of the way.
He's gonna die.
All over, Mr.
Thompson.
It's all over for you, him and your family.
Unless you pull that trigger.
Then you go where he's going, and your wife, she tries to tell your daughter why.
Is that what you want? Doug, don't.
Please.
I can live with it if you can.
But if you can't If I'm all alone I don't know.
Somebody asked me why.
You wanna tell me? Yeah.
Sure.
All right, now, get him out of here.
Really makes you wonder, doesn't it? The time to ask was a long time ago.
Why? You think he might've turned out different? Like you said, you wonder.
But you never know.
It's gonna be a good sunset.
Yeah.
Is it okay to feel something now? - Like what? - Tired.
Oh, no.
I've got enough of that feeling for both of us.
- Look who's there.
- Yeah.
Say, I forgot.
Here, she couldn't get in.
Did you talk to her? Yeah, we had a few words.
You had a few words.
Lieutenant, you mind giving me all the information before-- Inspectors 81.
Inspectors 81.
We have a possible homicide at 917 Bay Street.
- Will you respond? - No.
- No, she's not gonna believe this.
- Well, she's not gonna hear about it.
- Come on, there's no way I can get-- - Now, wait a minute.
- I'm the lieutenant, right? - Right.
Why did I wanna become lieutenant? - So I could give the orders, right? - Right.
So please.
Let me start this case on my own.
Will you, please? And another thing.
- You got a bottle of wine in the fridge? - Yeah.
Take it out and put the telephone in there.
That way, if I call, I can always say nobody answered.
Thanks.
Inspectors 81 to headquarters.
On that 917 Bay Street call, will respond.
What a lovely surprise.
Hey, hold this a minute, will you? - While I get a stick.
- Yeah.
All right, drop them.
Nice and easy.
Get up.
Now, get in the truck.
Hold it.
No party crashers.
Anybody follows and he gets it.
Roll it.
Last one to the bar makes the bloody marys.
Forget it.
You lose.
- You're a lucky guy.
- Well, you don't have to rub it in.
No, no, no.
I mean because you like crazy ladies.
No, no.
I don't like crazy ladies.
- You don't? - No.
I just like the queen of the crazies.
Okay.
- Spicy, right? - Right.
- No lemon? - No lemon.
Hey.
Thanks.
Thank you for what? For not trying to change me.
- That was Cinderella's last words.
- No, no, no.
Really.
Every single guy I've met up until now has tried put me in some kind of mold.
You? In a mold? The adventurous Nellie Bly? - I don't believe it.
No.
- No, no, no.
Just a fashion-page writer, boss.
No, really.
Why do men do that? Steve, why do they want to, you know, change me? Well, men are basically hunters, and some of them like to tame.
- Not you.
- No.
No, I think molds are for cookies.
Have a cookie.
Well, it can't be for me.
I have no friends.
Did you leave your number with someone? I had to.
- Oh, let it ring.
- I wish I could.
- Hello.
- Steve, Mike.
There's been a prison break.
- When? - About an hour ago.
They took a guard with them as hostage and threw him off the truck when they hit the Great Highway.
He's in General Hospital now, pretty bad.
- They got that highway blocked? - Both ends, all exits.
Think they should put up a roadblock in US-101 South too.
- They might've-- - I know what they might've done.
You just get your tail over to the hospital.
Okay.
Half an hour, right? Bye-bye.
- Half an hour? - Prison break.
- Well, I'll take you.
- No, no.
You don't have to.
No, no, no.
Don't be afraid.
I'm a much better navigator on land.
Okay.
- You know something? - What? I think they make molds for other things too.
Like what? Cops.
Give me a minute.
Nurse.
Hi, my name is Mrs.
Crowley.
My husband was a guard that was hurt.
I'm sorry, Mrs.
Crowley.
There's no news yet.
Crowley's one of our top men.
He's been a guard at the prison for 14 years, but even top men get careless.
Warden Hansen, my partner, Inspector Keller.
- Warden, hello.
- Inspector.
These are the IDs and mug shots you wanted.
- Who is this? - A mean one.
Lee Wilson.
Age, 32.
Doing one to 14 on assault with intent to commit murder.
John Phalen, alias "Chickey.
" Age, 26.
Convicted of armed robbery and assault.
Doing five to 20.
Well, that's his second offense.
I nailed him once for burglary.
And Ben Vargas.
Age, 41.
Embezzler.
Doing one to ten.
- Does he have any record of violence? - Not until today.
He's out of his class with those two.
Or maybe he just graduated.
How many guns they got? Three shotguns and three pistols, all taken from guards.
Art? Take this to Communications.
Teletype to all the units.
- You got any late news? - Nope.
But they're locked in.
Every bridge, every artery leading out of the city is blocked.
- How'd they make their break? - I'll tell you how it happened.
They jumped my husband.
And then they took him hostage.
Then they threw him off the truck.
They're going 70 miles an hour and they threw him from the truck.
Very sorry.
I hope if you find those animals, you kill them.
- I want you to kill them.
- Please.
Come and sit down over here with us.
Come on.
Sit right there.
Steve.
Thought you were going.
Well, I decided to hang around, you know? Sounds like a good story.
Change of pace.
Hey, Steve.
That woman.
I mean, I know she's upset, but she didn't mean that.
She means it, believe me, she does.
That's awful.
Why would those men do a thing like that? I mean, what reason would they have? If there was always a reason, my job would be a lot simpler.
Look, you don't need this.
Go back to the apartment.
I'll catch up with you later, okay? Okay.
Oh, Mike, they found that truck abandoned near the Cliff House.
Steve, come on.
- You gonna go? - I'm going.
Steve, take care.
- Paper says rain.
- Who can wait? - You got a point.
Can I borrow it? - Sure.
I'll leave it outside.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Are you open for business? - Will be in a minute.
- Well, I'm in a kind of a hurry.
- Okay.
Come on in.
Do you have anything special in mind? Oh, we'll just kind of look around, okay? Sure.
Hey, now, that's a pretty tie.
What do you think? Well, it's kind of-- Kind of too pretty.
Oh, no.
Do you think it's that kind of joint? - It could be.
- Yeah.
Hey, listen, you running that kind of a store, pretty boy? Would you cut it out? Come on, we gotta get out of here.
You're so nervous.
Relax.
Hey.
I wouldn't do that.
That was a mistake, pretty boy.
- A real bad mistake.
- Oh, please.
You want the neighborhood in here? Put that away.
Maybe you're right.
Okay.
Give me the tie.
- Why? - Give me the tie! Oh, please, take anything you want.
I don't care what you take.
Just get out.
I won't say anything to anybody, I promise.
- I won't say a thing.
I promise.
- That's right, pretty boy.
You won't say anything to anybody.
Lee.
Look, there's the door, bookkeeper.
You wanna go it alone? Go.
Sorry I killed your weekend, buddy boy.
Just shouldn't let those prisoners escape, Mike.
- So that was Connie, huh? - Yeah.
I'm sorry, I forgot you hadn't met.
Yeah, it was no time for introductions.
What was she doing down there? Research? I don't know.
I was sort of wondering that myself.
- She ever do a crime story? - No.
Strictly gourmet tips.
Gourmet, huh? I think I read some of her stuff.
As a matter of fact, I did one of her recipes.
It was rice and chicken pilaf.
Oh, yeah.
Came out chow mein.
- Any witnesses? - No, sir.
They left the shotguns, took all the handguns.
.
38 Specials, huh? They're gonna use them to find two things.
Meals and clothes.
That's right.
Young fella wants a ride.
How about it, Esther? - Sure.
Looks a little bit like Johnny.
- Yeah.
- How far are you going, son? - Salinas.
Well, I'll take you as far as San Mateo.
That'd be fine.
Would you close the door, please? No, the door will be fine.
Just drive, okay, Pop? - What do you got? - Male, white, about 21, strangled.
It wasn't suicide.
Somebody used a necktie and made a garrote.
- Store owner? - No, it's his folks' place.
They're on vacation.
- Who reported it? - Phone call, anonymous.
- Male or female? - Male.
He said there were three guys roughing the kid around.
- You sure he said three? - Yeah.
- Any description? - No, none.
What about the guy that--? Excuse me one second.
Be right back.
Excuse me.
Good morning.
Morning.
My name is Keller.
I'd just like to ask you a few questions.
They were in here already.
I said I didn't hear anything.
Sorry.
You don't mind telling me your name? Fenwick.
Louis Fenwick.
Mr.
Fenwick, is this your store? Thirteen years.
You must've known the man that got killed.
Yes.
Terrible thing, what they did.
I heard someone say there were three of them.
You didn't see them? Mr.
Fenwick, did you make the phone call? Look, there's nothing to be afraid of.
These are escaped prisoners.
- They're running for their lives.
- Nothing to be afraid of? That's easy for you to say.
Nobody's going to hurt you.
- Mr.
Fenwick-- - Cops.
You come in here with a gun, want people to talk, then you leave.
What happens then, when you're gone? Crazy people.
They come back when I'm alone like To-- I didn't see anything.
I need to know how they were dressed and which way they went.
I think you can tell me that.
I'm not responsible to nobody else.
I'm just responsible to me.
Now, that's too easy, and you know it.
If you decide to remember anything, that's my number.
Turn right here.
Now stop.
Pull in over there.
What for? We gotta let these nice folks out, now, don't we? Will you folks come with us, please? Hey.
Would you buy a used car from that old man? Come on, tell the truth.
Let me show you what got in stock.
Come on, folks.
Lee, they didn't do anything.
They don't know anything.
Hey, look.
They know who we are, right? They know what kind of car we got.
Please, wait.
- Albert.
- Let her go.
I don't care what you do to me, but let her go.
Hey, you know something? You really surprise me.
Nice old couple like you belong together.
In a graveyard.
All right, this is the right forefinger of Lee Wilson.
This is the right forefinger print in the clothing store.
They match.
Now, we got the left thumbprint of John "Chickey" Phalen, left thumbprint from the store.
What about the third guy? He's the only guy that stayed clear.
There's a lot you won't find on those prints, Steve.
Excuse me.
Connie, this is Mike Stone, Connie Moore.
- Connie.
- Hello.
If you're checking up on him, I'm gonna swear that he's never been out of my sight.
- You're a good man to have around.
- May I ask what you're doing here? Well, I have been doing a little digging.
For what? Well, for you.
And possibly the city editor's desk.
Now, you remember the riot at the prison last year? - Yeah.
- All right, all three men you're looking for were very prominent in the riots.
And one of them, Ben Vargas, was the spokesman for the group.
Now, they demanded certain prison reforms.
Better food, better toilet facilities, and an end to brutality by certain prison guards.
Okay, now, all these points were agreed upon.
The riots ended and nothing.
No improvements, no reforms, nothing.
Just a bunch of sanctimonious speeches.
Now, that's what they got.
- So? - So don't you see? That's what I was talking about.
The reason.
The missing element.
Motivation.
Motivation.
Now, how does motivation help us to find three killers? They're three human beings, Steve, who've been caged up like animals.
Now, how can we expect them to really act differently? That is how we have treated them.
Now, wait a minute.
Wait just a minute.
I am all for prison reform, and I'm very sorry those promises were not kept, but I don't see how that gives anybody the right to escape and kill people.
- Hey, I'm not condoning violence.
- Here.
I'll get it.
- I'm glad to hear about that.
- You two go right ahead.
You should.
Now, listen, you have got to remember why people do things.
- Lieutenant Stone.
- You can't generalize.
- Oh, man, is that what you think? - Yes.
I generalize? - What do you mean--? - We'll get on it.
- What do you think I'm doing? - I'm trying to help you.
You're not helping one bit.
- I'm just giving you some-- - What is it? Well, it's something that maybe Connie ought to see before she puts that story on the city editor's desk.
Well, you got it.
Oh, my God.
I've seen a lot of things, but never a shooting gallery like this.
.
38 caliber.
Found these shells.
- Eighteen of them so far.
- Let's see.
- Any ID? - No.
Their pockets were stripped.
Well, better get a workup.
Ballistics, fingerprints.
X-rays, dental chart, the works.
Facial photos, too, front and profile.
Check them against passport and possible credit IDs.
Right.
Hey, are you all right? I knew we shouldn't have brought you here.
Come on.
Is that why you're sorry? - Because I'm here? - Oh, Connie.
No, wait a minute.
You see this every day.
Fine.
But can you really just accept it like that? I mean, don't you feel anything? - Is that what being a cop is all about? - This isn't the time, Connie.
Well, wait a second.
You just said that man's basic instinct - is to be a hunter, right? - Right.
Is that all that's on your mind right now? Just get back to the hunt? Never mind about the victim.
They're just a piece of evidence now.
Something that leads you on the track of the animal that you're hunting.
And never mind the fact that what you're hunting is a human being.
Sick, maybe, but a human being, Steve.
What does that cost you? I mean, what do you have to be to do that? I really don't understand.
I just don't understand.
I don't understand it.
All right, could you take the lady home? She's not feeling very well.
- Guess I had a bad idea.
- It's okay, okay.
Anything else? No, no.
No.
What do you think? - She'll be all right.
- I'm not talking about Connie.
I'm talking about those two people back there.
This is a real kill-crazy spree, buddy boy.
I've only seen a couple like it in my 27 years on the force.
As far as I'm concerned-- Hey, look out.
Sorry.
- You want me to drive? - No, no.
- You're sure? - Yeah.
Police now suspect that an elderly couple murdered in an auto-dumping ground this morning may be the latest victims of the fugitives.
Bringing to four, the number of victims in their wake.
A description of the three convicts released by police department officials, is as follows: Lee Wilson.
Age, 32.
Come on, man.
They're just getting ready to talk about us.
I got news for you, kid.
You're not a celebrity.
You're a target.
Hey.
Hey, how about that house over there, Lee? You see the bike? Now, you think it got there by itself? Over there.
Empty garage.
Yeah.
We'll park around the corner.
Lee Wilson has a sister in Vegas and a brother in Lansing, Michigan.
Art, ask the local police for help on both of these.
John "Chickey" Phalen, no known relatives, but a lot of jobs in San Francisco.
Pin boy, locker-room attendant, concessionaire at San Francisco Zoo, half a dozen others.
Dole, hit the pavement.
See if you can find out anybody who knows where he's holed up.
But what about Vargas? What about him? That's my phone, I'll be right back.
Keller.
Ben Vargas, former bookkeeper.
Northwest Lumber Supply.
Lived with a Marguerita Alvarez, Avenida Del Mar, Tijuana, for eight months after embezzling funds.
Okay, give it to me.
Bill? Call the Mexican authorities.
Find out what you can about this.
Do you want her watched? If they find the girl, have them keep a lookout for Vargas, will you? Okay.
The Pittman case.
Yeah, the DA settled for a second degree.
Disappointed in that? Or are you disappointed because it wasn't a call from Connie? I think I'll go down to Records, see if they got anything on that old couple.
Looks like somebody's having party.
Check it out upstairs.
Rip out the phones.
You see any guns, bring them down.
Shortwave-radio gear.
A cop's house? They got them in cars, not at home.
Listen.
Here you go.
Here you go, hon.
Okay.
- What time is it? - A little after 2.
Oh, Lord.
Where's my key, where's my key? - Here it is.
- Hurry up.
These things are falling.
I'm trying.
Here we go.
- Okay, you get the key, hon.
- I'll get it afterwards.
Honey, will you get this ice cream into the freezer? I wanna call Jane and see if she got her babysitter yet.
Sure, honey.
Honey, there's only eight vanilla.
I thought we were getting a dozen of each.
Get over there.
By the mantle.
Now, put your hands on it.
Do it or she gets it.
Count it.
Whose party is this? Our daughter's.
When? Tomorrow.
Where is she now? She's spending the night with her grandmother.
We wanted to get it set up without her knowing.
Fifty-two bucks.
You got any more money in the house? No, just that.
Nothing upstairs? No box of dimes, quarters? Jewelry? Jewelry.
You must have some jewelry.
A nice looking mama like you.
I'll bet you look like a million bucks when you're all decked out.
Come on, Mama.
Show me where you keep it.
- I'll get it.
- Hey.
Stay out of it.
Come on, Mama.
Show me where you keep it.
You're looking good.
Relax.
Hey, Ben.
Ever tell you about the little honey I took in the tool shed at the zoo? It was right next to the giraffe cages.
Shut up.
No, come here.
Pretty nice setup you got.
I was a sparks myself in the Navy.
I ran a radio room on a tin can off South Korea.
Now, you listen and you listen good.
Those guys are crazy.
Hospital crazy, you know what I mean? They just killed four people, mister.
Just play it straight, and you and your woman will be lucky to get out alive.
Start anything, you'll both be dead.
I think we ought to put three more units here on the south side.
- It's an awful large area to cover.
- I gotcha.
Listen, I got a positive ID on that old couple.
Mr.
And Mrs.
Albert Lockwood.
210 Sutter Street, San Mateo.
Lay this on DMV.
Find out the kind of car they own and the license number.
I beg your pardon.
- Oh, Mr.
Fenwick, right? - I heard.
On the radio about that couple at the auto graveyard.
It's my fault.
I should've told you I did see those men.
I saw what they were wearing.
Bill, now, this is Inspector Tanner.
He'll take the information.
- You gotta get them.
- Yes, sir.
Before they kill anybody else.
You've got to.
Looks like you finally got to him after all.
Just a little late for the victims, that's all.
Well, he's a victim too, buddy boy.
Maybe the worst kind.
He's gonna have to live with it for the rest of his life.
Attention all units.
North Point and the Embarcadero, it's a 10-32, mistaken identity.
Invoke from Central 4.
I'll kill you.
I'll kill you.
You answer the phone.
And you shut your mouth.
- Hello? - Hello, Betty? This is Jane.
Good news.
I got a sitter for the baby today after all.
So I'll bring Sharon over for the party at 3:00.
- Okay? - Okay.
Anything I can bring? No.
Okay, gotta run.
See you at 3.
Bye.
Now, you're cute.
You know that? You're real-- You're really cute.
Now, the party was supposed to be tomorrow? Now, what were you thinking? That people would come in, they'll see us, they'll call the cops? No one has to call them.
They'll be here soon by themselves.
You hear on the radio? Cops got a description out on the old man's car.
It's bound to be spotted.
We gotta move.
Lee, the camper's parked outside.
We can take it.
That's a good idea.
I'll take you as insurance.
Now, you try to follow or call the cops, and she's dead.
Hey, that was a very good hit.
Ben, give me the key.
Okay, thanks.
- Steve? - Yeah.
Confirmation from the Mexican police.
They got a stakeout on that Alvarez woman.
Good.
Oh, Mike? This is Mr.
Thompson.
I think you better talk to him.
He says-- - They've got my wife.
- Who's got your wife? Three men with guns.
They broke into our house.
They attacked her, took her away in our car.
They-- What kind of car? A camper.
Red.
I didn't know if I should call or not.
They could kill her.
- License number? - Six 64438-N.
All right, you want to put that on the horn? Don't say I told you.
Please, they'll kill her.
I had to trust you.
Put that on the police radio only.
No media yet.
Take Mr.
Thompson to my room where it's quiet.
- Mr.
Thompson.
- And you tell him everything.
Connie.
I guess Steve's pretty busy, huh? Very.
Well, I thought we should have a talk.
I guess there's not much point in that either.
Mike, would you give these to Steve for me? I won't be needing them.
Thanks.
Connie? You see that man in there with Steve? - Yes.
- Well, his wife is with those three men that you're so concerned about.
She's already been attacked by them, and now they're holding her as hostage.
Mike, I don't need any more of your shock treatments.
Oh, now, wait a minute.
I didn't ask you to come along just to shock you.
No.
I have to know how Steve feels about you and I just wanted you to see exactly what he has to deal with before Well, before you pressed that argument with him any further, that's all.
All right, I've seen what he does and how he does it.
No, you didn't.
You didn't see anything.
How would you want him to do his job? Now, he's a professional.
He can't work with tears in his eyes when he's looking at a corpse.
He can't carry the guilty conscience of the world when he's running after a killer, can he? Mike, I think this is strictly between Steve and me.
Not when other people's lives depend on it.
And they depend on it as long as he's carrying that badge.
Connie, you take him or leave him.
But don't put a monkey wrench in his head.
Don't make him less than he is.
And don't get him killed.
Hey, Chickey.
This is your town, baby.
Find us a hole.
Hey, I've been thinking about that.
I got a good one for you, Lee.
The shack at the zoo? I was telling Ben about it.
In the middle of a public park? It's not public there.
It's real private.
Groundkeeper only goes in that area once a week.
And that's on Monday.
Hey, what? You put any gas in this thing? I was gonna get some today.
Hey, station on the next corner.
- Howdy.
Fill her up? - Regular.
Hey, where you going? There's one in the back.
There's a lady in the back.
You're burning oil.
You're down about a quart.
Okay, just hurry it up.
Hey, Kenny? What's up? Don't look now, but do you see the guys in the camper? Well, they fit the cons we heard about on the radio.
I said, don't look.
One's in the men's room.
The other's probably in the back.
Now, tell the other guys and call the cops.
Listen, call the cops.
The ex-cons you heard about on the radio, they're here in a camper.
Okay, okay.
That's enough.
How much? Hey, mister, I can't rush it.
- I said, how much? - Right, okay.
Come on, move it.
- Be $8.
29.
- Here, keep the change.
Now, just lower the hood.
Hey, what's going on up there? Ben.
He went into the bathroom and he's washing his 12 hands.
He gives me a pain right inside my head.
Hey.
- What's going on here? - Just come out of there, mister.
There's one still in the head.
Come on.
Come on.
All right, get back.
- Come on, everyone, get back.
- Get back.
You're not helping us any.
Come on, step back, all of you.
Step back.
Get back.
Way back.
- Way back.
- Vargas? Vargas, where'd they go? - Don't hurt me.
- Nobody's gonna hurt you anymore.
Now, listen, they left you here.
Can you hear me? They left you here.
You don't owe them anything.
Vargas? Don't pass out on me, Vargas.
Where'd they go? Zoo.
- The zoo.
- Zoo.
Come on, let's go.
Let's get an ambulance.
All units, Great Highway and Sloat.
Escaped convicts believed located San Francisco Zoo.
Fugitives armed and dangerous.
Use extreme caution.
They may still have woman hostage.
Inspectors 81 on scene.
Roger, 13.
Thirteen.
Seroti, 10-32.
Armstrong, 10-30.
Neither on the CWD.
Thirteen, 10-4.
Thank you.
Larry? Doug Thompson.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Listen, Larry.
I'm taking my family camping up in Mendocino later today.
I wonder Well, you mentioned once you'd let me take that target pistol of yours out sometime and give it a try.
Would it be all right if I picked it up now? Harry, take your detail to the south fence.
- Where's Tanner? - In the aviary.
Well, have him go around the west.
Tell him to watch out for kids.
All right, Bill, this is Steve.
Move over with Art to the west side, will you? But look out for the kids, you got that? Check, Steve.
All right, take another man with you.
Right straight through.
- Mike.
- Yeah? Thompson.
Maybe he knows something he didn't tell us.
Thompson.
- Let me go.
She's in there.
- How do you know that? Something one of them said, I remember.
- Let me go.
- Something you forgot too, because I told you we get your wife back if you did it our way.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
All right, come on.
This is Keller.
There's a tool shed at the southeast corner behind the giraffes.
All units converge.
Get him out of this area.
Wilson, Phalen? You're surrounded.
You can't escape.
If you come out, you won't be harmed.
Now, you listen to me.
We got a woman in here.
And she's dead, unless you do exactly what I say.
Give me the shoe.
Hurry up.
Now, look, clear the area.
And we want a car, unmarked, with the engine running.
That's for us and the woman.
Now, when we know that you're not following us, we're gonna turn her loose.
Just like they turned that prison guard loose.
All units leave the area.
Sirens on.
Except Inspectors 35.
Give me your sharpshooter.
Bill, bring in your best sharpshooter.
Okay.
It's being done.
It's being done.
It's done.
- Hold it.
- All right, don't shoot.
Drop it.
All right, bring them down.
Think you got it? No, no.
Get out of the way.
He's gonna die.
All over, Mr.
Thompson.
It's all over for you, him and your family.
Unless you pull that trigger.
Then you go where he's going, and your wife, she tries to tell your daughter why.
Is that what you want? Doug, don't.
Please.
I can live with it if you can.
But if you can't If I'm all alone I don't know.
Somebody asked me why.
You wanna tell me? Yeah.
Sure.
All right, now, get him out of here.
Really makes you wonder, doesn't it? The time to ask was a long time ago.
Why? You think he might've turned out different? Like you said, you wonder.
But you never know.
It's gonna be a good sunset.
Yeah.
Is it okay to feel something now? - Like what? - Tired.
Oh, no.
I've got enough of that feeling for both of us.
- Look who's there.
- Yeah.
Say, I forgot.
Here, she couldn't get in.
Did you talk to her? Yeah, we had a few words.
You had a few words.
Lieutenant, you mind giving me all the information before-- Inspectors 81.
Inspectors 81.
We have a possible homicide at 917 Bay Street.
- Will you respond? - No.
- No, she's not gonna believe this.
- Well, she's not gonna hear about it.
- Come on, there's no way I can get-- - Now, wait a minute.
- I'm the lieutenant, right? - Right.
Why did I wanna become lieutenant? - So I could give the orders, right? - Right.
So please.
Let me start this case on my own.
Will you, please? And another thing.
- You got a bottle of wine in the fridge? - Yeah.
Take it out and put the telephone in there.
That way, if I call, I can always say nobody answered.
Thanks.
Inspectors 81 to headquarters.
On that 917 Bay Street call, will respond.
What a lovely surprise.