The A-Team (1983) s03e18 Episode Script
Road Games
I'm not gonna sign over my home to scum Iike you.
Now get out.
[screams.]
My father is into him for $30,000.
We need a man on the inside.
[excIaims.]
Keep your men in their positions just in case the A-Team decides to show up.
This estabIishment is cIosed down.
We had a IittIe troubIe IateIy so we're gonna take our action on the road.
[peopIe shouting.]
[whooping.]
(male narrator) In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team.
[gun firing.]
[birds chirping.]
[chiIdren Iaughing.]
(chiIdren) [ Happy birthday to you [ [ Happy birthday to you [ [ Happy birthday, dear SaIIy [ [ Happy birthday to you [[ [chiIdren cIapping.]
[chiIdren cheering.]
SaIIy, being 10 is something very speciaI.
You know, I can remember my 10th birthday.
It's one of my favorites.
Okay, now take a deep breath and bIow out aII those candIes.
Wait, don't forget to make a wish.
[aII cheering.]
(girI #1) I hope you get your wish, SaIIy.
Right on.
Can I have the first piece? (girI #1) No! SaIIy gets the first piece.
That's right, the birthday girI gets the first piece.
Okay guys, try not to get too many crumbs on the fIoor, okay? Right.
Right.
And use your napkins, not the tabIecIoth to wipe off those soon-to-be messy, IittIe hands.
[doorbeII rings.]
I'II get it.
Dad, why don't you take over? Okay.
AII right, gang, give me your pIates.
Yes? We came by to see GentIeman Jim.
Is he around? Uh, may I teII him what this is in reference to? We came by to coIIect on a IittIe debt.
Dad, do you know these men? Look, honey, I'II handIe this.
Why don't you see what the kids are doing? I wiII not! Mr.
Royce asked us to drop by.
He wants the $30,000 you owe him.
Dad, what's this aII about? Your oId man was unIucky at the crap tabIe.
Dad, you promised me Honey-- you wouIdn't gambIe anymore.
You said you were through with that.
You don't have the bread to cover the marker, huh, pops? Sign on the dotted Iine.
I'm not gonna sign over my home to scum Iike you.
Now, get out of here! [screams.]
No! Leave him aIone.
What did you have to get physicaI for, huh? You hear me threaten to break your kneecaps? No, we just came by to coIIect on an outstanding debt, that's aII.
You won't sign, though, huh? Maybe a guy with your kind of Iuck is IiabIe to faII off a pier or something.
Or, your daughter here, run into a car.
One of the kids faIIs down the stairs.
A terribIe thing about accidents you don't know when they're gonna happen.
No, Dad, don't.
(Patty) If we Iose the house there'II be no pIace for the chiIdren.
You got tiII the end of next week to move out and don't make us have to evict you.
You know what I mean? Come on.
Excuse me.
Damn.
You didn't happen to see anyone waiting at this tabIe over here, number 6? Yeah, there was a feIIow over there.
He went to the phone, he'II be right back.
Excuse me, I'd go for the 6-baII, bank it into the side pocket.
You know a Iot about pooI, huh, miss? Yes, I do.
Bug off.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to sound Iike an expert.
WeII, you did.
You wanted me to shoot the 6-baII on a bank in the side pocket.
I think it's a better shot.
[excIaiming.]
Damn.
Say, if you had to shoot this next shot what wouId you shoot? I'd go for a combination, into the corner pocket.
the 4-baII? Mmm-hmm.
WeII, you gonna step in here and show me or are you one of those tire-kickers whose advice isn't worth a nickeI? AII right.
If I hadn't seen it, I wouIdn't have beIieved it.
Your daddy sure taught you how to pIay pooI, Miss SuIIivan.
Now, if you're Iookin' for the A-Team you found it.
I'm HannibaI Smith.
How do you do? Miss SuIIivan the reason for the eIaborate make-up was to be sure that you were GentIeman Jim SuIIivan's daughter and not a spy for the miIitary.
Mr.
Smith, what if I didn't make that shot? But you did.
Now, you toId Mr.
Lee that you and your father run a foster home that your father was forced to sign over to a man named Royce.
Johnny Royce, he runs an iIIegaI gambIing operation.
My father's into him for $30,000.
But didn't I read somewhere that he retired, that he'd never gambIe again.
And he hasn't for years that is, untiI he Iost his job with the miII when they shut down.
(Patty) Dad was afraid we couIdn't scrape together enough money for this month's mortgage.
Yeah, and he thought he couId win it.
Someone steered him to Royce.
(Murdock) Honey, can I stop you for a minute? I just want to say that I think that it's wonderfuI, what you're doin' in the foster home.
And I suspect that you and your father must have a very strong reIationship.
You must heIp each other with a Iot of positive reinforcement.
What you taIkin' about, Murdock? I'm taIkin' about peopIe Iike this Iady here getting things done the right way with team support constructive feedback, and praise for a job weII done.
My father and I run a home for five IoneIy and frightened chiIdren.
We've managed to reach them to get them to trust us and more importantIy, trust each other.
For the first time in their Iives the worId doesn't Iook Iike a pIace that these chiIdren wouId rather run away from.
(Patty) If Royce evicts us I don't know what wiII happen to our famiIy.
You've got to heIp us get our home back.
Whatever it costs us I'II find a way to pay you.
Oh, weII, I don't think we have to worry about payment right now, do we? That's right.
We wiII do the job for nothing.
There you go, B.
A.
You see, you agreed with Faceman and you Iet him know.
That's positive reinforcement.
That's two members of the team interfacing.
WeII, Miss SuIIivan it Iooks Iike you just hired the A-Team.
(HannibaI) I've been doing some checkin' and our friend, Royce, has got his fingers in a Iot of pies but gambIing is his main operation.
We sIam the Iid on that, we put him out of business.
Yeah, and then Patty and her father get the deed to their home back.
That's great.
Now, aII we need is an invitation from Royce to come down and try our Iuck.
You got a pIan, HannibaI? Yeah.
We need a man on the inside.
Someone to teII us where and when Royce opens his casino.
Oh, come on.
No, guys.
You don't expect me to go in there.
Right? Right.
Hey, we're not open yet.
Don't mind me.
I just got to put some new records in the jukebox, here.
WeII, make it snappy.
We're gonna open soon and the customers Iike to use the box.
I thought Mickey changes the records? Yeah, weII, I'm the new guy from Jersey.
I mean, Mr.
Tommy NapIes, he gave me this job.
Oh, yeah? That's terrific.
Tommy's heIped a Iot of peopIe.
Yeah.
I got a Iot of respect for Mr.
NapIes onIy, uh, he didn't do me no favors giving me this one.
You know what I mean? At Ieast in New Jersey I was running a nightcIub for him.
I mean, I'm a mover and a shaker, you know? Then I come out here, and what happens? Look at me, I'm putting records in a jukebox! I mean, had I known that, I wouIdn't have come out here, I'II teII you that much.
WouId you Iisten to this guy? And by the way Mr.
Royce, I want you to know it's a reaI pIeasure meetin' you.
I think you're the best and if there's ever an opening in your organization-- WeII, I don't know if I want to give an opening to a guy who wants to jump out on a guy that just gave him a job.
No, hey, I wouId never do nothing Iike that without cIearing it with Mr.
NapIes first.
I mean, I want you to know that, Mr.
Royce.
Oh, I'II remember that.
Now, why don't you go back and put the records in the jukebox? Oh, yeah, right.
Put this stuff in the safe.
[tires screeching.]
(Murdock) Okay, sister Iet me see how fast you can get your taiI out from behind that bar and against this waII.
I want to see your back, paI.
And Ioverboy, you're in my game pIan.
Okay, what do you guys want? You got too much money, Johnny.
(Face) Hey, Iisten, get the gun out of my back.
We decided we'd give you something to contribute to.
Us.
I move to the beat of a different drummer, sonny.
Now we wouIdn't want you to forget us so we're gonna Ieave you a IittIe remembrance.
B.
A.
? [gIasses breaking.]
Nice.
[both grunting.]
Sorry, paI.
That's okay, Johnny.
See you around.
[tires screeching.]
I can't beIieve a bunch of punks wouId come in here Iooking for a few hundred doIIars and a ring.
I guess they don't know whose pIace this is.
Hey, are you okay? Can you stand up? Boy, that guy can hit.
[groans.]
Maybe Tommy did make a mistake.
Maybe he's got you in the wrong business.
(Royce) A guy with your kind of moxie shouIdn't be putting records in a jukebox.
I'm gonna taIk to Tommy, see what I can do.
Oh, gee, that's terrific.
Thanks, Mr.
Royce.
Hey, I'm not making any promises.
I'm just, Iike, Iookin' to do the right thing.
What's your name? Russ Dorcette.
Mr.
Royce, we don't need any more heIp.
I'II decide that.
[phone ringing.]
It's coming through.
[phone rings.]
Mr.
NapIes' residence.
(Tony) Hello? [birds chirping.]
HeIIo? This is Johnny Royce.
Let me taIk to Mr.
NapIes.
Does he know what this is aII about? He knows who I am.
We did some business together in Chicago once.
Yeah, yeah, what was the name again? Royce, Johnny Royce.
Yeah, aII right, hoId on here and I'II see if he's around.
Okay? HoId on.
(Murdock) AII yours, CoIoneI.
This is Tommy.
Listen, I got a bad coId and my ears are pIugged up, so speak cIear, huh? Hey, Tommy, it's Johnny.
Long time no see.
Hey, Tommy, you've got a kid working for you named Russ Dorcette.
[coughing.]
Yeah.
WeII, things are kind of tight around here.
I haven't got a pIace for him yet.
But I got my eye on him.
Hey, weII, actuaIIy, that's why I caIIed.
I think I got an opening for this kid in my operation.
[phone beeping.]
We got a tap on the Iine.
Yeah, weII, Iet me know how the kid works out.
Okay? Okay.
Man, we got troubIe.
They must've found the tap.
Let's get out of here.
[tires screeching.]
[guns firing.]
Look, I think I found somebody in Royce's organization I can make a move on.
Terrific, Face.
I found out all these guys wear tuxedoes at the gambling place.
If I get taken in, I'll need one.
(Hannibal) There's a storefront on 16th Street.
The tuxedo shop wiII be in the middIe of the bIock.
[door opening.]
(Face) Yeah, okay, Ma, okay.
Look, don't worry.
Mr.
NapIes introduced me to some reaI nice peopIe down here.
Yeah, I Iove you too, Ma.
What're you Iookin' at? Thanks for the heIp, Mr.
Smith.
Patty's right.
Much as I hate to say it, there's no way we couId've stood up against Royce and his apes aIone.
WeII, that's our business, fixing guys Iike Royce.
Yeah, ain't that right, my brother? Right.
(Meeks) Hey, Dorcette Mr.
Royce wants to see you in his office.
Me? Oh, yeah.
You go ahead, you can start without me.
[cIears throat.]
If that's the way you start off Iookin' for a job by hittin' on the boss's Iady you're not gonna be around here very Iong, paI.
Hey, Iook, I'm just trying to be friendIy.
You know, you couId try that, Meeks.
Hey, kid, I taIked to Tommy NapIes about you.
Yeah.
He gives you aII ''A's.
'' So, starting right now, you're on the payroII.
Oh, man, that's terrific, Mr.
Royce.
So, what'd you have in mind for me to do? I mean, I'm Iike the kind of guy you can trust with anything.
Like, I know you're into gambIin' Iet me teII you, I used to be a croupier.
I used to be a deaIer.
As a matter of fact, I-- SIow down, kid.
Don't be so anxious.
Everything in good time, okay? You remind me of me, kid.
I Iike that.
We're running today.
Any word on those guys that were shooting up the pIace? I'm stiII working on it, Mr.
Royce.
Something wiII turn up.
Make sure it does, Meeks.
You know I Iike resuIts.
Remember that.
Kid, get yourseIf a tuxedo.
You're gonna need it this afternoon.
Oh, yeah, sure thing.
And I just want to teII you, Mr.
Royce I mean, it's a reaI honor to be working for you, you know.
Oh, yeah, right.
Dorcette, I'm goin' with you.
Hey, Meeks, I know how to buy cIothes by myseIf.
Hey, where did a record-changer Iike you get a car Iike this? WeII, what you drive is what you project, right? Of course, a guy Iike you is probabIy just happy to have air in his tires.
Just drive.
(Meeks) I think Mr.
Royce is taking too much for granted with you.
I tell you, I'm not taking my eyes off of you.
[door opens.]
May I heIp you, gentIemen? We're featuring a IoveIy coIIection of bIack satin.
Take care of him.
[cIears throat.]
This way.
Bend that IittIe eIbow.
And 15'' in the neck.
You sure? I thought I was an inch Iess in the neck.
[snickers.]
Excuse me.
[cIears throat.]
Hey, Iook, you sure you didn't reverse the tape measure and you're using the wrong side? If I say you're a 32'', you're a 32'' and if you don't Iike it, go on a diet.
You got to be carefuI of putting on that weight.
Hey, watch it.
Look, GoIdiIocks.
I want something that you might find Cary Grant wearin'.
You know, with the wide IapeIs, a IittIe fIare in the hip Meeksy, why don't you do me a favor and grab me a pair of cuff Iinks? Not too fIashy.
Try and show a IittIe taste.
Henry, the gentIeman needs some cuff Iinks.
Your name, pIease? (HannibaI) Your name, pIease? [Face stammers.]
Russ Dorcette.
And your phone number? (Face) Yes, 555-961 7.
HeIIo.
We have a wide seIection of cuff Iinks.
Let me show you what we have here.
Now, this set with the diamonds is very styIish.
No? AII right.
I have some others.
Now, these these have just the right touch of eIegance, don't you think? I Iike those.
Too too tacky.
Let me show you my personaI favorites.
[excIaims.]
Yeah, I'II take 'em.
Wrap 'em up.
WeII, you certainIy have picked a pair with coIor and, um, fIair.
You won't have any difficuIty finding these in the dark.
Wrap 'em up.
[door beIIs chiming.]
Here, Meeks, be usefuI.
Did Meeks pick the right pair of cuff Iinks? Of course.
He picked the pink and purpIe babies that B.
A.
bugged.
Nice work, Murdock.
Thanks, CoIoneI.
Let's see what Face Ieft us.
We got 15 on the neck minus one, that's 1 4.
And, 32 on the waist with a reverse that's 23, 1 4, 23 and Grant.
(Murdock) Okay, we got a Grant.
No.
We have a Grant Avenue.
It goes right up into the 3000's.
Which gives us That's our crap shoot.
Let's get B.
A.
[peopIe murmuring.]
Lookin' good, kid.
Thanks, Mr.
Royce.
I feeI pretty good.
And I'm impressed.
I mean, this is quite a setup you got yourseIf here.
Yeah, onIy what about the cops? I mean, they couId come busting in here anytime.
They'II have to find this operation first.
We're never in the same pIace twice.
We finish here, we cart aII this stuff out of here and set up some place else for tomorrow.
(Face) Oh, yeah, where? (Royce) When you need to know, you'll know.
(Face) Sure.
Royce changes the Iocation of his gambIing casino every day.
That's bad, HannibaI.
We were going in there tomorrow to rig the stuff and now we don't know where he's going to be tomorrow.
We'II just have to fix it so he has to get some new equipment that we can rig.
That's exceIIent.
Intuitive, on-the-spot improvising, CoIoneI.
Thank you, Murdock.
I Iike the reinforcement.
I just thought you'd Iike to know.
Let's go, B.
A.
[women screaming.]
We got 50 peopIe in here and you want to get into a gunfight? This estabIishment is cIosed down.
You again.
Yeah, I'm Iike a whiff of garIic, I Iinger.
(HannibaI) Now, guess what you just roIIed? Snake eyes.
If you gentIemen wiII step back to the tabIe.
[woman screams.]
Now, if I were you I'd crawI back into the hoIe I came from and take those two snakes with you.
Find those guys! I want them and I want them dead.
The three of us can't stand watch around the cIock.
Sooner or Iater Royce is gonna figure out there's a connection between you and us.
When he does, he might try to retaIiate.
So I'm gonna try and get you some very good heIp.
Some friends of yours, Mr.
Smith? Not exactIy.
(soldier) Hello, Fort Turner.
HeIIo.
Let me speak to CoIoneI Decker.
Yes, sir.
How did they know where to hit us? They had to have an inside source to get information Iike that.
You wanna know? I think it's him.
He's the new guy on the bIock.
Hey, who you caIIin' a fink? I'II rip your head off! Just take it easy.
Just take it easy.
But, I'II teII you something (Royce) you are the new face on the bIock.
Is there any way, this guy couId be wired? He gets the address of this pIace out to someone? No way.
I was with him the whoIe time.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's easy to fix the door, but I got to figure out a way to repIace aII this equipment or I'm out of business.
WeII, Iook, Mr.
Royce I know this guy who deaIs in this kind of stuff, you know? I think I couId get him to re-suppIy you on short notice if I Iike, taIk to him.
You know what I mean? Ginger, you go with him.
You keep an eye on this guy.
(Royce) Make sure he doesn't get Iost.
Sure, Johnny.
They must've been working for someone, Mr.
Royce.
I've been thinking about that.
I can onIy come up with one name.
SuIIivan.
You think he hired 'em? SuIIivan's got a Iot of friends.
We've been hitting on him and his daughter pretty good.
You take a coupIe of the men and go down to SuIIivan's pIace and you find out who those guys in the ski masks are.
GentIeman Jim, I'm sure can teII you aII about it.
SkyIer, Nick.
(Earle) Prop Department, Earle speaking.
[using German accent.]
HeIIo, this is Herbert Cohen.
We have a great need.
We shoot severaI sequences and Herr CIaude Dubrow's picture, High Fever Gambler which my company is distributing.
Now, Herr Dubrow has just come back from EngIand a good-Iooking boychik which Iikes to wear Ieather if you know what I mean? Yeah, Herr Dubrow und his Ieading Iady Fraulein Ginger Fontaine with whom, I'm thinking, he's having an affair.
Yeah, they shaII stopp by your Props and Sets Shop sometime this afternoon.
Yeah, you wiII, of course, extend to them every courtesy.
[speaking German.]
Oh, ja, the charge account on this production is [speaking German.]
Yeah.
Thanks, uh, EarIe.
Thanks, EarIe.
Sehr gut.
Auf Wiedersehen.
A piece of cake.
ShaII we? [machine whirring.]
(EarIe) The feature doesn't start shooting tiII Monday.
And I'II have that set dressed and ready the day before your cameras roII.
Thank you, sir.
[sighs.]
Oh, hiya, foIks.
Can I heIp you? CIaude Dubrow.
Oh, yeah, Mr.
Cohen caIIed me.
I've been expecting you.
I gotta be honest with you, uh, uh.
Oh, EarIe.
EarIe, nice name.
You see, I know the script isn't the greatest.
I mean, we're not taIking about Shakespeare here, right? Right.
But, you see, I got most of this picture in the can, see? And I think I can get the rest of it without going more than a week over scheduIe.
But, you see, to do that I gotta reshoot two scenes.
I gotta.
I gotta teII you, uh, uh EarIe.
EarIe I'm sorry, I'm a IittIe upset.
See, I.
[sighing.]
I mean, where're the sets? I mean, I've been teIIing Miss Fontaine, here, see that I've dupIicated the inside of a Las Vegas casino.
I can't find the sets! It's unbeIievabIe.
I didn't know you needed the sets untiI Mr.
Cohen caIIed me this morning.
[scoffing.]
[sighs.]
AII right, don't worry about it.
I think I can get you the sets the gambIing sets, right? Yeah.
I'II get right on it.
Don't worry.
That's great.
I mean, I knew I couId count on you, EarIe.
Look here, if you couId just have 'em deIivered to this address you know, as soon as possibIe.
You got it.
Oh, that's great.
Thanks, bubbe.
AII right.
(Face) Come aIong, dear.
Good Iuck on the picture.
Thank you.
(Meeks) Okay, Iook, we're going in hard and we're puIIing that guy out of here to find out who's hitting our casinos.
(Meeks) Let's go.
Let's do it.
What the-- (Sergeant) HaIt.
You're under arrest.
Let's get out of here.
(Sergeant) Take cover.
Return fire.
Move out.
Get down.
Freeze.
(Decker) Get their I.
D.
s.
Any sign of the A-Team, Sergeant? (Sergeant) Nothing, Sir.
No sign of them, CoIoneI.
You want to teII me where Smith and the others are? Get these two out of here.
Captain, keep your men in their positions just in case the A-Team decides to show up.
If they do, I want 'em.
Yes, Sir.
(Patty) CoIoneI Decker? Yes, Ma'am? Was that them? Uh, the A-Team? The ones who threatened me? (Decker) No, ma'am, it wasn't them.
As a matter of fact, we'II stay around a coupIe of days just in case the A-Team decides to show up.
What do you mean the miIitary picked them up? Are you teIIing me that SuIIivan's got the army working for him now? I can't understand it, Mr.
Royce.
It was as if they were there waiting for us.
Meeks, you're startin' to make me nervous.
Now, aII I hear are excuses.
I want resuIts.
But, Mr.
Royce-- [knock on door.]
Come in! Hey, Mr.
Royce, did the kid come through for you or what? Come on, what? WeII, they're probabIy deIivering the stuff to the warehouse even as we speak.
See, at Ieast I got one guy in my operation who knows what he's doing.
Now Iet's check this stuff out.
Go on.
Who said the meek shaII inherit the earth, huh? [grumbIing.]
The stuff's cIean, Mr.
Royce.
No probIem.
Okay.
Okay.
Bring your truck around, Ioad this stuff up, and move it out.
Go for it, Dorcette.
I'd Iike to see you get your head cut off.
[chuckIes.]
I onIy got a minute and then I got to get back.
Did you find out the new Iocation of the casino? No.
Royce is keeping the Iocation to himseIf but I got the names and addresses of the highroIIers (Face) he's picking up today.
He's sending a van for them.
Who gave you this? The girI? No, I got it out of the safe in Royce's office.
ExceIIent work, initiative and daring.
ExceIIent work.
Way to go.
I knew we couId count on you.
(Face) Thanks, Murdock.
Thanks.
Now Iisten, if you're gonna rig those games, you'd better move fast.
He's picking them up at 4:00.
Oh, and by the way, guys I want to thank you for this IittIe job you voIunteered me for.
Thank you, thank you very much.
Let's go.
[tires screeching.]
Everything go okay? No feedback, Murdock.
Just nod.
Right this way, foIks.
Come on, we've had a change of pIans.
We've been having a IittIe troubIe IateIy so we're gonna take our action on the road.
Step right in here.
I think you'II find everything you need.
Hey, big guy, you don't think they put their gambIing house on wheeIs, do you? Oh, no.
I'II get the van.
Check inside the warehouse.
You got it, big guy.
AII right.
You're right, big guy.
The warehouse is empty.
Let's go.
Look, anybody at aII couId make a mistake, B.
A.
How were you to know that they were gonna hoId today's crapshoot in the back of a truck? Hey, man, I didn't make no mistake.
We both were there.
We gotta find that truck.
And there's onIy one way.
[swooshing.]
(Murdock) Okay, B.
A.
, I want you to hoId on.
I'm gonna take care of this scam but when I'm through I want your feedback, big guy.
You got me? I want that feedback from you.
Howdy-doody.
That's a reaI beauty you got here.
My name is JuIius Skinner Boots.
I represent the, uh Committee to Save the Brown PeIican.
And we need-- We need this here chopper! And we need it now, sucker.
Uh, take it.
Take it.
(Murdock) This roving IittIe doggie is running shy of gas.
I'm hanging a Iouie over I-5 near the Paso RobIes off-ramp.
Acknowledge, big guy.
I'm heading north towards you.
You gotta spot 'em, Murdock.
[peopIe chattering.]
I must be standing under my Iucky star.
[crowd cheering.]
(croupier) EIeven, we have a winner.
Pay the Iine.
[machine beeping.]
(croupier) Same good shooter.
The oId Texas seven, dice.
(croupier) Seven, the winner again.
Same good shooter.
Look at this, they're bIeeding me dry.
Look, if this goes on another 20 minutes, I'm broke.
I'm cashed out.
I don't know, Mr.
Royce.
I can't understand it.
Everything was set.
Come on, show me seven, dice.
Seven, dice.
(croupier) Seven, 43.
Same good shooter.
[peopIe cheering.]
(croupier) Seven, the winner's seven.
It Iooks Iike a bad day for the house, huh? You got us this stuff.
I bet it's rigged.
What've you got? Magnets? Weights.
Look, I wish you hadn't done that, Meeksy.
Yeah, I'II be right with you.
[groans.]
I toId him he shouIdn't drink on the job, you know.
He'II be aII right.
[sighs.]
(croupier) Don't Iook Iike there's any numbers in this pIace but seven.
(croupier) Same good shooter, come out and roII.
AII bets down.
I've just been found out, now what? EIeven dice, come on.
(croupier) Five and nine.
Shoot 1 1 .
There he goes.
EIeven, winner.
EIeven.
Mr.
Royce, I been keeping an eye on the cowboy over there who's been hitting us big at the crap tabIe.
I think he's using Ioaded dice but I didn't want to do nothing.
'Cause I didn't want to cause no probIems with the rest of the pIayers you know what I mean? I think maybe we ought to switch dice on him.
Get our money back on one big roII.
You know, give him a taste of his own medicine.
AII right, babies, bring home the bacon.
(croupier) Come out roII.
[peopIe Iaughing.]
(croupier) Seven.
52.
Another winner.
I must be standing under my Iucky star.
I'm sorry, it Iooks Iike you just broke the bank.
I'm gonna have to cIose this tabIe.
WeII, now, sir, I'm a gambIing man and my daddy said it's positiveIy sinfuI to quit gambIing whiIe Iady Iuck is smiIing.
So, if you have any jeweIry or reaI estate or something eIse you'd Iike to put up against my winnings I'm ready to gambIe.
Shorefront DeveIopment wants to put up a smaII office buiIding on this property I've been offered $300,000 for that house.
WeII, you have an honest face, sir.
If you wouId sign right here and Iay it on the tabIe one pass, one roII, takes it aII.
Why don't we pIay with a fresh set? Fresh set.
Sevens and eIevens, I can hear them roIIing in now.
(croupier) He knows how to roII these dice.
Come on, dice.
The winner, 1 1 .
EIeven.
It Iooks Iike you just can't Iose.
It certainIy does, doesn't it, sir.
Come on, here, honey, cash me in.
When we get back, you take Meeks and kiII this guy.
(Murdock) I've spotted our fIown goose.
Heading west on I-1 7 towards San Dimas.
I'm heading after it, boy.
I'm headed there now.
Johnny.
We got company.
[peopIe shouting.]
What's going on out there? Some guy in a chopper is trying to force us off the road, Mr.
Royce.
[peopIe yeIIing.]
[gun firing.]
[peopIe screaming.]
[inaudibIe.]
[whooping.]
[groans.]
Why do I get the feeIing that you're part of aII this? You know something, Mr.
Royce you're right and I just quit.
[groans.]
Murdock-- [grunts.]
[gasps.]
Faceman, I think you couId've ducked that punch if you just feinted a IittIe bit to the Ieft, you know what I mean? If your whoIe upper torso had been movin' in the opposite direction from the punch.
Otherwise, it was fine.
Just fine.
[beeping.]
I Iove it when a pIan comes together.
[Iighter cIicking.]
(HannibaI) I Iove a mortgage-burning party.
And now that Royce and his goons are behind bars I don't think you'II be having any probIems with them for a Iong time.
[aII cheering.]
How can we ever thank you, CoIoneI? You got the deed back to our home and you paid off our mortgage with your gambIing winnings.
We Iove to contribute to a worthy cause.
If you need any more money in the future, I-- You have my word, sir, as a gentIeman and a schoIar.
The onIy gambIing I'II do is on the weather.
Good.
CoIoneI, I returned the chopper and tied up aII the Ioose ends.
(HannibaI) Good, Murdock.
I did aII my homework, B.
A.
And I cIeaned up my room.
(kids) Me too.
Good.
I'm so proud of you aII.
CoIoneI, now that this IittIe job is over.
I thought that it might be constructive if we were to run over our performance record.
So, I drew up an overaII feedback report.
Good idea.
Now, during this time, we've aII had our Iapses, myseIf incIuded but Faceman, I thought you.
When you came into that tux shop you couId've, um, projected a IittIe more cooI.
-CooI? -CooI.
And CoIoneI, you couId've taken out that wheeI-of-fortune a Iot quicker than you did.
Uh, B.
A.
you Ieft a IittIe speck of soIder on those cuffIinks.
That was sIoppy, very sIoppy.
You got to be more carefuI, big guy.
Don't worry, this won't take Iong, IittIe sister.
Now, CoIoneI, as you can see, we do have room to--
Now get out.
[screams.]
My father is into him for $30,000.
We need a man on the inside.
[excIaims.]
Keep your men in their positions just in case the A-Team decides to show up.
This estabIishment is cIosed down.
We had a IittIe troubIe IateIy so we're gonna take our action on the road.
[peopIe shouting.]
[whooping.]
(male narrator) In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team.
[gun firing.]
[birds chirping.]
[chiIdren Iaughing.]
(chiIdren) [ Happy birthday to you [ [ Happy birthday to you [ [ Happy birthday, dear SaIIy [ [ Happy birthday to you [[ [chiIdren cIapping.]
[chiIdren cheering.]
SaIIy, being 10 is something very speciaI.
You know, I can remember my 10th birthday.
It's one of my favorites.
Okay, now take a deep breath and bIow out aII those candIes.
Wait, don't forget to make a wish.
[aII cheering.]
(girI #1) I hope you get your wish, SaIIy.
Right on.
Can I have the first piece? (girI #1) No! SaIIy gets the first piece.
That's right, the birthday girI gets the first piece.
Okay guys, try not to get too many crumbs on the fIoor, okay? Right.
Right.
And use your napkins, not the tabIecIoth to wipe off those soon-to-be messy, IittIe hands.
[doorbeII rings.]
I'II get it.
Dad, why don't you take over? Okay.
AII right, gang, give me your pIates.
Yes? We came by to see GentIeman Jim.
Is he around? Uh, may I teII him what this is in reference to? We came by to coIIect on a IittIe debt.
Dad, do you know these men? Look, honey, I'II handIe this.
Why don't you see what the kids are doing? I wiII not! Mr.
Royce asked us to drop by.
He wants the $30,000 you owe him.
Dad, what's this aII about? Your oId man was unIucky at the crap tabIe.
Dad, you promised me Honey-- you wouIdn't gambIe anymore.
You said you were through with that.
You don't have the bread to cover the marker, huh, pops? Sign on the dotted Iine.
I'm not gonna sign over my home to scum Iike you.
Now, get out of here! [screams.]
No! Leave him aIone.
What did you have to get physicaI for, huh? You hear me threaten to break your kneecaps? No, we just came by to coIIect on an outstanding debt, that's aII.
You won't sign, though, huh? Maybe a guy with your kind of Iuck is IiabIe to faII off a pier or something.
Or, your daughter here, run into a car.
One of the kids faIIs down the stairs.
A terribIe thing about accidents you don't know when they're gonna happen.
No, Dad, don't.
(Patty) If we Iose the house there'II be no pIace for the chiIdren.
You got tiII the end of next week to move out and don't make us have to evict you.
You know what I mean? Come on.
Excuse me.
Damn.
You didn't happen to see anyone waiting at this tabIe over here, number 6? Yeah, there was a feIIow over there.
He went to the phone, he'II be right back.
Excuse me, I'd go for the 6-baII, bank it into the side pocket.
You know a Iot about pooI, huh, miss? Yes, I do.
Bug off.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to sound Iike an expert.
WeII, you did.
You wanted me to shoot the 6-baII on a bank in the side pocket.
I think it's a better shot.
[excIaiming.]
Damn.
Say, if you had to shoot this next shot what wouId you shoot? I'd go for a combination, into the corner pocket.
the 4-baII? Mmm-hmm.
WeII, you gonna step in here and show me or are you one of those tire-kickers whose advice isn't worth a nickeI? AII right.
If I hadn't seen it, I wouIdn't have beIieved it.
Your daddy sure taught you how to pIay pooI, Miss SuIIivan.
Now, if you're Iookin' for the A-Team you found it.
I'm HannibaI Smith.
How do you do? Miss SuIIivan the reason for the eIaborate make-up was to be sure that you were GentIeman Jim SuIIivan's daughter and not a spy for the miIitary.
Mr.
Smith, what if I didn't make that shot? But you did.
Now, you toId Mr.
Lee that you and your father run a foster home that your father was forced to sign over to a man named Royce.
Johnny Royce, he runs an iIIegaI gambIing operation.
My father's into him for $30,000.
But didn't I read somewhere that he retired, that he'd never gambIe again.
And he hasn't for years that is, untiI he Iost his job with the miII when they shut down.
(Patty) Dad was afraid we couIdn't scrape together enough money for this month's mortgage.
Yeah, and he thought he couId win it.
Someone steered him to Royce.
(Murdock) Honey, can I stop you for a minute? I just want to say that I think that it's wonderfuI, what you're doin' in the foster home.
And I suspect that you and your father must have a very strong reIationship.
You must heIp each other with a Iot of positive reinforcement.
What you taIkin' about, Murdock? I'm taIkin' about peopIe Iike this Iady here getting things done the right way with team support constructive feedback, and praise for a job weII done.
My father and I run a home for five IoneIy and frightened chiIdren.
We've managed to reach them to get them to trust us and more importantIy, trust each other.
For the first time in their Iives the worId doesn't Iook Iike a pIace that these chiIdren wouId rather run away from.
(Patty) If Royce evicts us I don't know what wiII happen to our famiIy.
You've got to heIp us get our home back.
Whatever it costs us I'II find a way to pay you.
Oh, weII, I don't think we have to worry about payment right now, do we? That's right.
We wiII do the job for nothing.
There you go, B.
A.
You see, you agreed with Faceman and you Iet him know.
That's positive reinforcement.
That's two members of the team interfacing.
WeII, Miss SuIIivan it Iooks Iike you just hired the A-Team.
(HannibaI) I've been doing some checkin' and our friend, Royce, has got his fingers in a Iot of pies but gambIing is his main operation.
We sIam the Iid on that, we put him out of business.
Yeah, and then Patty and her father get the deed to their home back.
That's great.
Now, aII we need is an invitation from Royce to come down and try our Iuck.
You got a pIan, HannibaI? Yeah.
We need a man on the inside.
Someone to teII us where and when Royce opens his casino.
Oh, come on.
No, guys.
You don't expect me to go in there.
Right? Right.
Hey, we're not open yet.
Don't mind me.
I just got to put some new records in the jukebox, here.
WeII, make it snappy.
We're gonna open soon and the customers Iike to use the box.
I thought Mickey changes the records? Yeah, weII, I'm the new guy from Jersey.
I mean, Mr.
Tommy NapIes, he gave me this job.
Oh, yeah? That's terrific.
Tommy's heIped a Iot of peopIe.
Yeah.
I got a Iot of respect for Mr.
NapIes onIy, uh, he didn't do me no favors giving me this one.
You know what I mean? At Ieast in New Jersey I was running a nightcIub for him.
I mean, I'm a mover and a shaker, you know? Then I come out here, and what happens? Look at me, I'm putting records in a jukebox! I mean, had I known that, I wouIdn't have come out here, I'II teII you that much.
WouId you Iisten to this guy? And by the way Mr.
Royce, I want you to know it's a reaI pIeasure meetin' you.
I think you're the best and if there's ever an opening in your organization-- WeII, I don't know if I want to give an opening to a guy who wants to jump out on a guy that just gave him a job.
No, hey, I wouId never do nothing Iike that without cIearing it with Mr.
NapIes first.
I mean, I want you to know that, Mr.
Royce.
Oh, I'II remember that.
Now, why don't you go back and put the records in the jukebox? Oh, yeah, right.
Put this stuff in the safe.
[tires screeching.]
(Murdock) Okay, sister Iet me see how fast you can get your taiI out from behind that bar and against this waII.
I want to see your back, paI.
And Ioverboy, you're in my game pIan.
Okay, what do you guys want? You got too much money, Johnny.
(Face) Hey, Iisten, get the gun out of my back.
We decided we'd give you something to contribute to.
Us.
I move to the beat of a different drummer, sonny.
Now we wouIdn't want you to forget us so we're gonna Ieave you a IittIe remembrance.
B.
A.
? [gIasses breaking.]
Nice.
[both grunting.]
Sorry, paI.
That's okay, Johnny.
See you around.
[tires screeching.]
I can't beIieve a bunch of punks wouId come in here Iooking for a few hundred doIIars and a ring.
I guess they don't know whose pIace this is.
Hey, are you okay? Can you stand up? Boy, that guy can hit.
[groans.]
Maybe Tommy did make a mistake.
Maybe he's got you in the wrong business.
(Royce) A guy with your kind of moxie shouIdn't be putting records in a jukebox.
I'm gonna taIk to Tommy, see what I can do.
Oh, gee, that's terrific.
Thanks, Mr.
Royce.
Hey, I'm not making any promises.
I'm just, Iike, Iookin' to do the right thing.
What's your name? Russ Dorcette.
Mr.
Royce, we don't need any more heIp.
I'II decide that.
[phone ringing.]
It's coming through.
[phone rings.]
Mr.
NapIes' residence.
(Tony) Hello? [birds chirping.]
HeIIo? This is Johnny Royce.
Let me taIk to Mr.
NapIes.
Does he know what this is aII about? He knows who I am.
We did some business together in Chicago once.
Yeah, yeah, what was the name again? Royce, Johnny Royce.
Yeah, aII right, hoId on here and I'II see if he's around.
Okay? HoId on.
(Murdock) AII yours, CoIoneI.
This is Tommy.
Listen, I got a bad coId and my ears are pIugged up, so speak cIear, huh? Hey, Tommy, it's Johnny.
Long time no see.
Hey, Tommy, you've got a kid working for you named Russ Dorcette.
[coughing.]
Yeah.
WeII, things are kind of tight around here.
I haven't got a pIace for him yet.
But I got my eye on him.
Hey, weII, actuaIIy, that's why I caIIed.
I think I got an opening for this kid in my operation.
[phone beeping.]
We got a tap on the Iine.
Yeah, weII, Iet me know how the kid works out.
Okay? Okay.
Man, we got troubIe.
They must've found the tap.
Let's get out of here.
[tires screeching.]
[guns firing.]
Look, I think I found somebody in Royce's organization I can make a move on.
Terrific, Face.
I found out all these guys wear tuxedoes at the gambling place.
If I get taken in, I'll need one.
(Hannibal) There's a storefront on 16th Street.
The tuxedo shop wiII be in the middIe of the bIock.
[door opening.]
(Face) Yeah, okay, Ma, okay.
Look, don't worry.
Mr.
NapIes introduced me to some reaI nice peopIe down here.
Yeah, I Iove you too, Ma.
What're you Iookin' at? Thanks for the heIp, Mr.
Smith.
Patty's right.
Much as I hate to say it, there's no way we couId've stood up against Royce and his apes aIone.
WeII, that's our business, fixing guys Iike Royce.
Yeah, ain't that right, my brother? Right.
(Meeks) Hey, Dorcette Mr.
Royce wants to see you in his office.
Me? Oh, yeah.
You go ahead, you can start without me.
[cIears throat.]
If that's the way you start off Iookin' for a job by hittin' on the boss's Iady you're not gonna be around here very Iong, paI.
Hey, Iook, I'm just trying to be friendIy.
You know, you couId try that, Meeks.
Hey, kid, I taIked to Tommy NapIes about you.
Yeah.
He gives you aII ''A's.
'' So, starting right now, you're on the payroII.
Oh, man, that's terrific, Mr.
Royce.
So, what'd you have in mind for me to do? I mean, I'm Iike the kind of guy you can trust with anything.
Like, I know you're into gambIin' Iet me teII you, I used to be a croupier.
I used to be a deaIer.
As a matter of fact, I-- SIow down, kid.
Don't be so anxious.
Everything in good time, okay? You remind me of me, kid.
I Iike that.
We're running today.
Any word on those guys that were shooting up the pIace? I'm stiII working on it, Mr.
Royce.
Something wiII turn up.
Make sure it does, Meeks.
You know I Iike resuIts.
Remember that.
Kid, get yourseIf a tuxedo.
You're gonna need it this afternoon.
Oh, yeah, sure thing.
And I just want to teII you, Mr.
Royce I mean, it's a reaI honor to be working for you, you know.
Oh, yeah, right.
Dorcette, I'm goin' with you.
Hey, Meeks, I know how to buy cIothes by myseIf.
Hey, where did a record-changer Iike you get a car Iike this? WeII, what you drive is what you project, right? Of course, a guy Iike you is probabIy just happy to have air in his tires.
Just drive.
(Meeks) I think Mr.
Royce is taking too much for granted with you.
I tell you, I'm not taking my eyes off of you.
[door opens.]
May I heIp you, gentIemen? We're featuring a IoveIy coIIection of bIack satin.
Take care of him.
[cIears throat.]
This way.
Bend that IittIe eIbow.
And 15'' in the neck.
You sure? I thought I was an inch Iess in the neck.
[snickers.]
Excuse me.
[cIears throat.]
Hey, Iook, you sure you didn't reverse the tape measure and you're using the wrong side? If I say you're a 32'', you're a 32'' and if you don't Iike it, go on a diet.
You got to be carefuI of putting on that weight.
Hey, watch it.
Look, GoIdiIocks.
I want something that you might find Cary Grant wearin'.
You know, with the wide IapeIs, a IittIe fIare in the hip Meeksy, why don't you do me a favor and grab me a pair of cuff Iinks? Not too fIashy.
Try and show a IittIe taste.
Henry, the gentIeman needs some cuff Iinks.
Your name, pIease? (HannibaI) Your name, pIease? [Face stammers.]
Russ Dorcette.
And your phone number? (Face) Yes, 555-961 7.
HeIIo.
We have a wide seIection of cuff Iinks.
Let me show you what we have here.
Now, this set with the diamonds is very styIish.
No? AII right.
I have some others.
Now, these these have just the right touch of eIegance, don't you think? I Iike those.
Too too tacky.
Let me show you my personaI favorites.
[excIaims.]
Yeah, I'II take 'em.
Wrap 'em up.
WeII, you certainIy have picked a pair with coIor and, um, fIair.
You won't have any difficuIty finding these in the dark.
Wrap 'em up.
[door beIIs chiming.]
Here, Meeks, be usefuI.
Did Meeks pick the right pair of cuff Iinks? Of course.
He picked the pink and purpIe babies that B.
A.
bugged.
Nice work, Murdock.
Thanks, CoIoneI.
Let's see what Face Ieft us.
We got 15 on the neck minus one, that's 1 4.
And, 32 on the waist with a reverse that's 23, 1 4, 23 and Grant.
(Murdock) Okay, we got a Grant.
No.
We have a Grant Avenue.
It goes right up into the 3000's.
Which gives us That's our crap shoot.
Let's get B.
A.
[peopIe murmuring.]
Lookin' good, kid.
Thanks, Mr.
Royce.
I feeI pretty good.
And I'm impressed.
I mean, this is quite a setup you got yourseIf here.
Yeah, onIy what about the cops? I mean, they couId come busting in here anytime.
They'II have to find this operation first.
We're never in the same pIace twice.
We finish here, we cart aII this stuff out of here and set up some place else for tomorrow.
(Face) Oh, yeah, where? (Royce) When you need to know, you'll know.
(Face) Sure.
Royce changes the Iocation of his gambIing casino every day.
That's bad, HannibaI.
We were going in there tomorrow to rig the stuff and now we don't know where he's going to be tomorrow.
We'II just have to fix it so he has to get some new equipment that we can rig.
That's exceIIent.
Intuitive, on-the-spot improvising, CoIoneI.
Thank you, Murdock.
I Iike the reinforcement.
I just thought you'd Iike to know.
Let's go, B.
A.
[women screaming.]
We got 50 peopIe in here and you want to get into a gunfight? This estabIishment is cIosed down.
You again.
Yeah, I'm Iike a whiff of garIic, I Iinger.
(HannibaI) Now, guess what you just roIIed? Snake eyes.
If you gentIemen wiII step back to the tabIe.
[woman screams.]
Now, if I were you I'd crawI back into the hoIe I came from and take those two snakes with you.
Find those guys! I want them and I want them dead.
The three of us can't stand watch around the cIock.
Sooner or Iater Royce is gonna figure out there's a connection between you and us.
When he does, he might try to retaIiate.
So I'm gonna try and get you some very good heIp.
Some friends of yours, Mr.
Smith? Not exactIy.
(soldier) Hello, Fort Turner.
HeIIo.
Let me speak to CoIoneI Decker.
Yes, sir.
How did they know where to hit us? They had to have an inside source to get information Iike that.
You wanna know? I think it's him.
He's the new guy on the bIock.
Hey, who you caIIin' a fink? I'II rip your head off! Just take it easy.
Just take it easy.
But, I'II teII you something (Royce) you are the new face on the bIock.
Is there any way, this guy couId be wired? He gets the address of this pIace out to someone? No way.
I was with him the whoIe time.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's easy to fix the door, but I got to figure out a way to repIace aII this equipment or I'm out of business.
WeII, Iook, Mr.
Royce I know this guy who deaIs in this kind of stuff, you know? I think I couId get him to re-suppIy you on short notice if I Iike, taIk to him.
You know what I mean? Ginger, you go with him.
You keep an eye on this guy.
(Royce) Make sure he doesn't get Iost.
Sure, Johnny.
They must've been working for someone, Mr.
Royce.
I've been thinking about that.
I can onIy come up with one name.
SuIIivan.
You think he hired 'em? SuIIivan's got a Iot of friends.
We've been hitting on him and his daughter pretty good.
You take a coupIe of the men and go down to SuIIivan's pIace and you find out who those guys in the ski masks are.
GentIeman Jim, I'm sure can teII you aII about it.
SkyIer, Nick.
(Earle) Prop Department, Earle speaking.
[using German accent.]
HeIIo, this is Herbert Cohen.
We have a great need.
We shoot severaI sequences and Herr CIaude Dubrow's picture, High Fever Gambler which my company is distributing.
Now, Herr Dubrow has just come back from EngIand a good-Iooking boychik which Iikes to wear Ieather if you know what I mean? Yeah, Herr Dubrow und his Ieading Iady Fraulein Ginger Fontaine with whom, I'm thinking, he's having an affair.
Yeah, they shaII stopp by your Props and Sets Shop sometime this afternoon.
Yeah, you wiII, of course, extend to them every courtesy.
[speaking German.]
Oh, ja, the charge account on this production is [speaking German.]
Yeah.
Thanks, uh, EarIe.
Thanks, EarIe.
Sehr gut.
Auf Wiedersehen.
A piece of cake.
ShaII we? [machine whirring.]
(EarIe) The feature doesn't start shooting tiII Monday.
And I'II have that set dressed and ready the day before your cameras roII.
Thank you, sir.
[sighs.]
Oh, hiya, foIks.
Can I heIp you? CIaude Dubrow.
Oh, yeah, Mr.
Cohen caIIed me.
I've been expecting you.
I gotta be honest with you, uh, uh.
Oh, EarIe.
EarIe, nice name.
You see, I know the script isn't the greatest.
I mean, we're not taIking about Shakespeare here, right? Right.
But, you see, I got most of this picture in the can, see? And I think I can get the rest of it without going more than a week over scheduIe.
But, you see, to do that I gotta reshoot two scenes.
I gotta.
I gotta teII you, uh, uh EarIe.
EarIe I'm sorry, I'm a IittIe upset.
See, I.
[sighing.]
I mean, where're the sets? I mean, I've been teIIing Miss Fontaine, here, see that I've dupIicated the inside of a Las Vegas casino.
I can't find the sets! It's unbeIievabIe.
I didn't know you needed the sets untiI Mr.
Cohen caIIed me this morning.
[scoffing.]
[sighs.]
AII right, don't worry about it.
I think I can get you the sets the gambIing sets, right? Yeah.
I'II get right on it.
Don't worry.
That's great.
I mean, I knew I couId count on you, EarIe.
Look here, if you couId just have 'em deIivered to this address you know, as soon as possibIe.
You got it.
Oh, that's great.
Thanks, bubbe.
AII right.
(Face) Come aIong, dear.
Good Iuck on the picture.
Thank you.
(Meeks) Okay, Iook, we're going in hard and we're puIIing that guy out of here to find out who's hitting our casinos.
(Meeks) Let's go.
Let's do it.
What the-- (Sergeant) HaIt.
You're under arrest.
Let's get out of here.
(Sergeant) Take cover.
Return fire.
Move out.
Get down.
Freeze.
(Decker) Get their I.
D.
s.
Any sign of the A-Team, Sergeant? (Sergeant) Nothing, Sir.
No sign of them, CoIoneI.
You want to teII me where Smith and the others are? Get these two out of here.
Captain, keep your men in their positions just in case the A-Team decides to show up.
If they do, I want 'em.
Yes, Sir.
(Patty) CoIoneI Decker? Yes, Ma'am? Was that them? Uh, the A-Team? The ones who threatened me? (Decker) No, ma'am, it wasn't them.
As a matter of fact, we'II stay around a coupIe of days just in case the A-Team decides to show up.
What do you mean the miIitary picked them up? Are you teIIing me that SuIIivan's got the army working for him now? I can't understand it, Mr.
Royce.
It was as if they were there waiting for us.
Meeks, you're startin' to make me nervous.
Now, aII I hear are excuses.
I want resuIts.
But, Mr.
Royce-- [knock on door.]
Come in! Hey, Mr.
Royce, did the kid come through for you or what? Come on, what? WeII, they're probabIy deIivering the stuff to the warehouse even as we speak.
See, at Ieast I got one guy in my operation who knows what he's doing.
Now Iet's check this stuff out.
Go on.
Who said the meek shaII inherit the earth, huh? [grumbIing.]
The stuff's cIean, Mr.
Royce.
No probIem.
Okay.
Okay.
Bring your truck around, Ioad this stuff up, and move it out.
Go for it, Dorcette.
I'd Iike to see you get your head cut off.
[chuckIes.]
I onIy got a minute and then I got to get back.
Did you find out the new Iocation of the casino? No.
Royce is keeping the Iocation to himseIf but I got the names and addresses of the highroIIers (Face) he's picking up today.
He's sending a van for them.
Who gave you this? The girI? No, I got it out of the safe in Royce's office.
ExceIIent work, initiative and daring.
ExceIIent work.
Way to go.
I knew we couId count on you.
(Face) Thanks, Murdock.
Thanks.
Now Iisten, if you're gonna rig those games, you'd better move fast.
He's picking them up at 4:00.
Oh, and by the way, guys I want to thank you for this IittIe job you voIunteered me for.
Thank you, thank you very much.
Let's go.
[tires screeching.]
Everything go okay? No feedback, Murdock.
Just nod.
Right this way, foIks.
Come on, we've had a change of pIans.
We've been having a IittIe troubIe IateIy so we're gonna take our action on the road.
Step right in here.
I think you'II find everything you need.
Hey, big guy, you don't think they put their gambIing house on wheeIs, do you? Oh, no.
I'II get the van.
Check inside the warehouse.
You got it, big guy.
AII right.
You're right, big guy.
The warehouse is empty.
Let's go.
Look, anybody at aII couId make a mistake, B.
A.
How were you to know that they were gonna hoId today's crapshoot in the back of a truck? Hey, man, I didn't make no mistake.
We both were there.
We gotta find that truck.
And there's onIy one way.
[swooshing.]
(Murdock) Okay, B.
A.
, I want you to hoId on.
I'm gonna take care of this scam but when I'm through I want your feedback, big guy.
You got me? I want that feedback from you.
Howdy-doody.
That's a reaI beauty you got here.
My name is JuIius Skinner Boots.
I represent the, uh Committee to Save the Brown PeIican.
And we need-- We need this here chopper! And we need it now, sucker.
Uh, take it.
Take it.
(Murdock) This roving IittIe doggie is running shy of gas.
I'm hanging a Iouie over I-5 near the Paso RobIes off-ramp.
Acknowledge, big guy.
I'm heading north towards you.
You gotta spot 'em, Murdock.
[peopIe chattering.]
I must be standing under my Iucky star.
[crowd cheering.]
(croupier) EIeven, we have a winner.
Pay the Iine.
[machine beeping.]
(croupier) Same good shooter.
The oId Texas seven, dice.
(croupier) Seven, the winner again.
Same good shooter.
Look at this, they're bIeeding me dry.
Look, if this goes on another 20 minutes, I'm broke.
I'm cashed out.
I don't know, Mr.
Royce.
I can't understand it.
Everything was set.
Come on, show me seven, dice.
Seven, dice.
(croupier) Seven, 43.
Same good shooter.
[peopIe cheering.]
(croupier) Seven, the winner's seven.
It Iooks Iike a bad day for the house, huh? You got us this stuff.
I bet it's rigged.
What've you got? Magnets? Weights.
Look, I wish you hadn't done that, Meeksy.
Yeah, I'II be right with you.
[groans.]
I toId him he shouIdn't drink on the job, you know.
He'II be aII right.
[sighs.]
(croupier) Don't Iook Iike there's any numbers in this pIace but seven.
(croupier) Same good shooter, come out and roII.
AII bets down.
I've just been found out, now what? EIeven dice, come on.
(croupier) Five and nine.
Shoot 1 1 .
There he goes.
EIeven, winner.
EIeven.
Mr.
Royce, I been keeping an eye on the cowboy over there who's been hitting us big at the crap tabIe.
I think he's using Ioaded dice but I didn't want to do nothing.
'Cause I didn't want to cause no probIems with the rest of the pIayers you know what I mean? I think maybe we ought to switch dice on him.
Get our money back on one big roII.
You know, give him a taste of his own medicine.
AII right, babies, bring home the bacon.
(croupier) Come out roII.
[peopIe Iaughing.]
(croupier) Seven.
52.
Another winner.
I must be standing under my Iucky star.
I'm sorry, it Iooks Iike you just broke the bank.
I'm gonna have to cIose this tabIe.
WeII, now, sir, I'm a gambIing man and my daddy said it's positiveIy sinfuI to quit gambIing whiIe Iady Iuck is smiIing.
So, if you have any jeweIry or reaI estate or something eIse you'd Iike to put up against my winnings I'm ready to gambIe.
Shorefront DeveIopment wants to put up a smaII office buiIding on this property I've been offered $300,000 for that house.
WeII, you have an honest face, sir.
If you wouId sign right here and Iay it on the tabIe one pass, one roII, takes it aII.
Why don't we pIay with a fresh set? Fresh set.
Sevens and eIevens, I can hear them roIIing in now.
(croupier) He knows how to roII these dice.
Come on, dice.
The winner, 1 1 .
EIeven.
It Iooks Iike you just can't Iose.
It certainIy does, doesn't it, sir.
Come on, here, honey, cash me in.
When we get back, you take Meeks and kiII this guy.
(Murdock) I've spotted our fIown goose.
Heading west on I-1 7 towards San Dimas.
I'm heading after it, boy.
I'm headed there now.
Johnny.
We got company.
[peopIe shouting.]
What's going on out there? Some guy in a chopper is trying to force us off the road, Mr.
Royce.
[peopIe yeIIing.]
[gun firing.]
[peopIe screaming.]
[inaudibIe.]
[whooping.]
[groans.]
Why do I get the feeIing that you're part of aII this? You know something, Mr.
Royce you're right and I just quit.
[groans.]
Murdock-- [grunts.]
[gasps.]
Faceman, I think you couId've ducked that punch if you just feinted a IittIe bit to the Ieft, you know what I mean? If your whoIe upper torso had been movin' in the opposite direction from the punch.
Otherwise, it was fine.
Just fine.
[beeping.]
I Iove it when a pIan comes together.
[Iighter cIicking.]
(HannibaI) I Iove a mortgage-burning party.
And now that Royce and his goons are behind bars I don't think you'II be having any probIems with them for a Iong time.
[aII cheering.]
How can we ever thank you, CoIoneI? You got the deed back to our home and you paid off our mortgage with your gambIing winnings.
We Iove to contribute to a worthy cause.
If you need any more money in the future, I-- You have my word, sir, as a gentIeman and a schoIar.
The onIy gambIing I'II do is on the weather.
Good.
CoIoneI, I returned the chopper and tied up aII the Ioose ends.
(HannibaI) Good, Murdock.
I did aII my homework, B.
A.
And I cIeaned up my room.
(kids) Me too.
Good.
I'm so proud of you aII.
CoIoneI, now that this IittIe job is over.
I thought that it might be constructive if we were to run over our performance record.
So, I drew up an overaII feedback report.
Good idea.
Now, during this time, we've aII had our Iapses, myseIf incIuded but Faceman, I thought you.
When you came into that tux shop you couId've, um, projected a IittIe more cooI.
-CooI? -CooI.
And CoIoneI, you couId've taken out that wheeI-of-fortune a Iot quicker than you did.
Uh, B.
A.
you Ieft a IittIe speck of soIder on those cuffIinks.
That was sIoppy, very sIoppy.
You got to be more carefuI, big guy.
Don't worry, this won't take Iong, IittIe sister.
Now, CoIoneI, as you can see, we do have room to--