The Incredible Hulk (1978) s03e22 Episode Script
Nine Hours
Get in here! Hey! What's wrong? Someone grabbed Timmy.
Joe, call the police! Call the police right now! Someone's taken your son.
If you cross us, the kid's history.
Now who's more important, Sam Monte or Timmy? They're coming, aren't they? Men are on their way to kill Monte.
We've gotta get him out of the room right now! Let's go.
Leave me here.
Get out, you jerks! Get out! Dr.
David Banner, physician, scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
Dr.
Sprewell, 326.
Dr.
Sprewell, 326.
Just like last night.
Yeah, nice.
A man of precise habits.
Very nice.
So you finally made it, huh? Oh, I know, I know.
It's a miracle you did with all that construction stuff still blocking the hall.
Oh! You don't have to tell me! It's crazy! A gangster, Breck.
We open a whole new wing, before it's ready, for a Pistol Pete.
A Machine Gun Kelly.
I told you before, Mrs.
Grasso, Mr.
Breck cannot enter the patient's room.
Security checks have only been run on Young man, why don't you be a nice little FBI and let us do our job.
Stand back, sonny.
Come on, David.
Oh, howdy, pilgrim.
Ya getting ready to go to school? Yup.
Nope.
The bus will leave without him if he doesn't get a move on.
Know what I mean, pardner? Yup.
"Yup.
" I got "yups" coming out of my ears ever since you took him to the Western Film Festival.
It's really good, Mom.
Especially Gary Cooper.
He just went out there with these four bad guys, all by himself.
Yeah.
Against these four bad guys.
Hey, how about the bus, Sheriff Wilkes? You know, the bus.
See ya, pilgrim.
Yup! He sure talks a lot more, hmm? Oh, yeah, but what's the word? Um, articulate.
I mean, he says what he feels now.
He doesn't keep everything locked up inside.
Good.
You know, when my husband and I split up, he hardly talked for days, weeks.
Little boys with big eyes, pretty mamas, and good neighbor Sams.
This slum's beginning to smell like the suburbs.
It's hard to believe that man used to be a cop.
Hmm.
That kind of drinking gives me the creeps.
I gotta go.
I'll see you, David.
Bye-bye.
And 5 will get you 10, the kid visits his good buddy, Mr.
David Breck.
Yeah, the kid's good buddy and our stooge, huh? Today's my birthday, Mr.
Franco.
Yeah, big deal.
I'll be 10.
Almost grown up.
So what? Birthday's just to remind you what you ain't done yet, kid.
Birthdays are nothing.
Hey, son.
Don't listen to me.
I'm a jerk.
So, it's your birthday, huh? I'll bet your dad's gonna get you something real nice.
He won't come.
He's gone.
Hey! Hey, man, give me your lunch money! How's your big mama? David? Howdy, pilgrim? Is it okay if I stay here till my mom gets home? Sure it is.
Grab a couch.
Would you like to take your scarf off? Make yourself comfortable.
This is for pilgrims that like to draw.
Hey, want some red-eye, pard? All right.
How would pard like some cocoa? Yeah.
Okay.
I saw Mr.
Franco.
Oh? He said birthdays are nothing.
Oh.
I don't think he meant it.
Sometimes my dad would say things he didn't mean.
Especially when he was like that.
I mean like Mr.
Franco.
Drunk, you know? Timmy, would you tell David dinner's ready.
Okay, Mom.
Hey, pilgrim.
Grub's on.
Hey, man.
Hold it.
Would you give this to the kid for me? I opened up my big mouth earlier today and I think I shook him up.
It's one of them stretch things, you know? Builds up the arms and stuff.
Muscles.
I got a couple of kids of my own.
I don't get to see them too often anymore.
They live in New York, you know.
Divorce.
All that.
Here.
Would you, please? Look, why don't you give it to him yourself and come on in and have a piece of cake with us? No, no.
All right.
Joe? Are you still looking for a job? Yeah.
I guess.
Why? Well, they're hiring at the hospital.
They're looking for security guards.
I thought with your background Some background.
Chicken cop.
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear Timmy Happy birthday to you Hey, you did it! Hey! Lights, lights, lights.
Having too much fun? Happy birthday, my friend.
Thanks.
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, my friend.
Happy birthday dear Timmy So this David what's-his-name is all set up, And it'll go down tomorrow night.
On the nose, okay? And there's only one guard at the hospital, right? Right, right.
That's exactly right.
Okay.
The Feds are set to move Sam tomorrow or the next day, and it's gotta be now.
Yeah, 'cause we don't want our dear old uncle flapping his mouth all over the place, right? You guys set on your end? Sure.
Sure, you guys are pros.
Couple of pros, here.
Stupid of me to ask.
Stupid of you to say it.
Yeah, okay.
We'll see you guys, okay? Be cool.
Hey.
Come on.
Go.
Yeah, okay, okay.
I have to check the outlet.
Let me at least pat you down.
Dr.
Goldsmith, 345.
You're supposed to be sleeping.
Why? So you can wake me up to take more pills? An Al Capone, a criminal.
We open a whole wing just to take care of him.
I don't know what this country's coming to.
Mrs.
Grasso, the nurse.
I understand why she don't like me.
She's Italian, see? And men like me have given the Italians in this country a bad name.
It's the truth.
I admit it.
But now I'm turning, you know? I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
The Feds.
I'm clearing some things up with the Feds.
I'm turning around.
Since this stroke laid me out, I've seen the light.
It was a very heavy, serious situation.
I was down on my face.
I was hearing angel wings fluttering in my ears, you know? A weird sound.
Death like flapping wings.
Flapping.
Cold as ice.
I sort of ended up an invalid.
Weeks, months, on my back.
Bored stiff.
I took to reading.
And pretty soon, what do you know? Old Smart Money Sam Monte is getting into philosophy.
And back to religion.
Hmm.
Well, traumatic illness often helps us to focus on things.
Hey, now.
What's this? $50 words from a A fix-it man? Or maybe you're another kind of mechanic, huh? Hmm? An assassin.
Oh, no.
No, no.
Not you.
Not you.
D.
Breck.
You're just not the type.
You haven't There's nothing savage in you.
I know.
I can tell.
People are my business.
What they like.
How they'll act.
What if you're wrong? Then I pay.
Like everybody else.
Mmm.
Hi.
Hi, Joe.
That job you mentioned.
You think maybe you could introduce me to the security boss here? Sure.
That is, if you don't mind.
No.
I do not mind.
Come on.
You could have saved yourself the trouble of filling out an application, Mr.
Franco.
You see, I retired from the department the same year you were requested to resign.
Yeah, I knew Mike Reardon.
And I know all about you, Mr.
Franco.
Hotshot homicide detectives get lots of press.
Especially when they screw up.
I wouldn't touch you, Mr.
Franco.
Not with a 10-foot pole.
You know, my friends downtown tell me you're living inside a bottle.
That's point one.
Point two's a lot simpler.
I've got a good deal going here.
I don't want any of my men getting hurt or killed because of your yellow streak.
Hey, Joe, wait.
Please, wait a minute! Now look, you haven't said a word all the way home, and maybe it is none of my business I made it your business.
I put you right in the middle of everything.
Okay, okay.
Then I have to say one thing.
I don't think that Captain Deeter's opinion is worth tearing yourself apart! He's right! He's right, that's the problem.
I was on the department for 13 years.
And 11 of those years, Mike Reardon was my partner.
We shared everything together.
We took it from each other, back and forth, you know? And Deeter over at the hospital there, he reminds me of Mike.
He's short, but real tough.
You know, a vet.
Mike was like that.
He I loved him! I loved his wife, I loved his kids! And I let him die! I just froze.
I stood in some stinking hallway and listened to them kill him while he yelled for me to help him.
I froze.
Deeter's right.
I wouldn't hire me.
Hey, rummy! How's it going? Oh, look.
He fell down.
Get up! Get up, whiskey face! Look at him crawl.
Hey, why don't you buy for us! Look at the rummy crawl! Big cop, huh? Big nothing! Lush! Joe.
Huh? Come on.
Oh, I just had a bottle.
Bottle fell out.
Let me give you a hand.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, Joe.
Come on.
You're always there, aren't you? Good neighbor Sam.
Yeah, sure.
Joe.
You always did help out.
Joe, come on, okay? Let's just get off the street and get inside and lie down a bit.
My legs Unreal Joe.
Joe, Timmy's coming.
Come on, let's get inside, okay? Huh? The kid, Timmy? Yeah.
Yeah.
The kid? Yeah.
He isn't Hey! What's wrong? Someone grabbed Timmy.
Joe, call the police! Call the police right now! Who grabbed him? Come on! Let's go! Let's go.
Go! Go! David! David! Come on, Slick.
Get us out of here! David! Come on, Slick.
Get us out of here! I'm trying! Come on! Come on, Slick! Get us out of here! Get going! Keep going! Had a little trouble.
Let's go.
Our stooge is a crazy guy.
He runs right out to the middle of the street.
He hits me.
And Slick can't get his ride started.
Come on, let's go! Don't worry, kid.
It'll be okay.
You'll be all right.
David! David.
Say, I hope you don't mind my coming in here, but your door was open.
I didn't want to miss you.
What happened? Last thing I remember is you running down the street and Timmy? Something about Timmy.
Somebody Look, is Rhonda home yet? I don't know.
Why? Did you call the police? I asked you to call the police! Police? Why should I call the Police? Something wrong? That's what I'm trying to find out.
That's why I asked him.
Is it Timmy? Yes.
Timmy! Yes, speaking.
Timmy, Mommy's home! Yes, I'm listening.
Yes.
Yes.
What about the boy? David, for God's sakes, what's happening? David, what is it? Is it Timmy? David! Let go of me, damn it! Let go of me! Yes.
No, it's her, but she'll be all right.
Don't worry about it.
Yes, I understand.
Hello? Let's talk.
No, I'm not a child.
I want to know what's happened.
I want to know! Someone's taken your son.
They want me to unlock the hospital door tonight at 2:00 a.
m.
And after they After they've done whatever it is they are going to do, they'll release Timmy unharmed.
This isn't real.
But it is, isn't it? Yes.
But this is crazy.
I mean, it's just This just can't be happening.
This can't be real.
This doesn't make any sense at all.
Why would anybody put himself up for a kidnapping rap to break into a hospital? Drugs? How many street value drugs can you get out of a hospital pharmacy? Nothing, that's what.
Zilch.
So what's coming down? I think I know.
We have a patient in the new west wing of the hospital.
Just one patient.
And I was talking with him, and he said he had a few things to clear up with the government.
Protective custody? Yeah.
What's his name? Monte.
Sam Monte.
And you got the keys for this new wing, this security door? That's right.
Yes.
That's it.
They're after Monte.
They grabbed the kid so you'll behave.
You have to let them in.
Uh-huh.
I have nine hours.
Exactly nine hours.
Oh, my God, Timmy.
I've gotta call the police.
No, no, Rhonda, please.
No, no.
What are you talking about? Just please, please.
Now listen to me.
One of the things they mentioned, very specifically, was not to call the police.
You cannot call them.
Mrs.
Wilkes.
We can't be sure how big this thing is.
The phone could be tapped.
We can't be sure these guys aren't watching this place right now.
And even if you did contact the police Well, they'd try to find Timmy, all right, but they'd also increase the guard on Monte or move him.
And either way, it would tip somebody.
You're gonna have to do exactly what they tell you.
Unless we can get Timmy first.
No! Well, how are we gonna do that? Where are we gonna start? She's right.
The chances of finding the kid before 2:00 Yeah.
Yeah.
Without your help.
What? Oh, no, no, no.
Yes.
My nerves are no good for that.
No.
Joe.
I need a drink.
No, Joe.
Please! Nobody knows that you are involved with this or even care about it.
Now look.
If you could talk to somebody, anybody out there in the street.
Somebody who might have seen a man, heavyset, with a scar on his cheek shaped like a V, right here.
Huh? Sam Monte's in the hospital.
Sam Monte's getting ready to sing a song.
Well, who would feel the pain? His nephews, his partners.
Slick and Fats.
And who's got a scar like that? Fats has got a scar like that.
Well, now.
Now wait a minute.
I mean, I can't be sure of any of this.
Any of it.
It might not be Fats at all! But it might be Fats! It might be! And if it is, and if we can find him, we might find Timmy.
We If! Might! Mr.
Franco, I'm real sorry that I hit you.
Oh I didn't mean anything by it.
No matter.
I don't like you, Mr.
Franco.
I mean, I don't like your drinking and your language.
And I can't ask you to help me as a friend because you're not my friend.
I mean, David's my friend and they're using that.
They want him to help kill a man and they're using my son! You know about these things.
You said so yourself, right? He's all I got, Mr.
Franco.
He's all I got.
Danny the Worm.
What do want? Yeah, Fats.
Fats.
I got an idea I wanted to talk to you about.
What's so urgent that you want me out here? It's about that money I owe you, right? Too much.
$500.
All right, I'll pay it back.
Now, what I wanna do I'm gonna pay you back.
But I got an idea.
It's very important.
This idea I got for the restaurant, right? What kind of idea? Good place.
It's a little expansion.
Come on! Be cool, man! Get that cigar out of your mouth.
All right, come on! Long time no see, huh, fat man? Hey, what do you want? What're you guys hassling me for? I ain't done nothing! Come on, Franco.
I know you.
We're paisans.
You ain't a cop no more.
We can make a deal! Oh, yeah, we're gonna make a deal.
All right, fat man? My partner here is holding the terms.
You see it? But you ain't a cop no more, right? That's right, I'm not a cop anymore.
I'm a private citizen.
And he's a private citizen, too.
And we don't have to restrain ourselves when we're questioning another private citizen.
Ain't that right, partner? Hey, come on.
You wouldn't do that, huh? We like the kid, fat man.
We like him a lot.
Now where is he? Where is he? Cleo Theater.
Main and Ohio Street.
All right, open your mouth, fat man.
Oh, no.
No! Just open your mouth, fat man! No, no! It's 10:00.
All right, we still have time.
We can call the police.
No! They still got Timmy.
Listen, I know these people.
I know the kind of guys they deal with.
And I know the fat man's brother.
Slick is a vapor-head, David.
He's crazy.
Now what's gonna happen to him when that place is suddenly surrounded by SWAT teams with bullhorns yelling at him? What's gonna happen to him? I don't know that.
Nobody can know that.
Yeah, well, I can come real close, David.
I can come that close, 'cause I've been there! What are you saying to me, Joe? I'm saying that I've thought a lot about this thing with Timmy.
It's something I know about.
And I think one guy by himself has a better chance than an army! You? Yes.
And I know what you're thinking, and I don't blame you.
But I wasn't snowing the fat man.
I like the kid as much as you do.
And I was drunk on my butt when they grabbed him, and maybe I could've helped! So, David, it's up to you.
But I've told you what I am.
And now I'm asking you.
Trust me.
All the way.
Now look, you know the number of the hospital? Yeah.
Come on, get going now.
You gotta walk out that front door in 10 minutes.
What happens if you don't call me by 2:00? Then it's a wash.
You open the door, and you do exactly as they tell you.
And a man is killed! A hood! Now who's more important, Sam Monte or Timmy? Joe? Right.
Water cooler stop drain.
Yeah, right.
Right, right.
This is the good part here.
See this guy over here? He's gonna get it real soon, see? Yup.
Where did you get that "yup" stuff from, huh? Where do you learn that stuff? Come on, Fats, man.
Where are ya? Fats? Don't you move.
Is that you, Fats? Fats, man, you scared the hell out of me.
Where you been? Huh? Where the hell you been? I've been waiting for you.
I mean, I've been talking to the kid.
I've been watching TV.
Now you won't even talk to me.
Wait here.
Don't move.
We'll be back in eight minutes.
If you cross us, the kid's history.
Yes? David, I got Timmy.
Go! Where's the guard? He went to the men's room.
What in heaven's name is wrong, David? Men are on their way to kill Monte.
We've gotta get him out of the room right now! Trouble with the electricity again.
We'll move you to another room.
There's nothing to worry about.
They're coming, aren't they? The guard? He's out of it.
Let's go.
Leave me here.
Get out, you jerks! Get out! Gone.
In here.
All right, now stay here and keep quiet! It'll be all right.
They'll kill him! Say your prayers, old man.
Let go of me! No! No! There's me and Mom, David and Joe.
There you are, David.
And we're all together, see? So you gotta stay and make it come true.
Well, Timmy, just because people aren't together physically, doesn't mean they can't be together.
You know what I mean, pilgrim? Yup.
Yup.
Goodbye, David.
Goodbye.
I wish you didn't have to go.
I wish some things in life weren't necessary.
Goodbye.
Oh, my friend, I got to I'll walk you out.
Okay.
Bye.
I really wish you had a chance to get to know me dry.
Oh, I know you, Joe.
And she's really a fine lady.
Yes, she is.
Good luck.
You, too.
Thank you.
See ya, pilgrim! Yup!
Joe, call the police! Call the police right now! Someone's taken your son.
If you cross us, the kid's history.
Now who's more important, Sam Monte or Timmy? They're coming, aren't they? Men are on their way to kill Monte.
We've gotta get him out of the room right now! Let's go.
Leave me here.
Get out, you jerks! Get out! Dr.
David Banner, physician, scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
Dr.
Sprewell, 326.
Dr.
Sprewell, 326.
Just like last night.
Yeah, nice.
A man of precise habits.
Very nice.
So you finally made it, huh? Oh, I know, I know.
It's a miracle you did with all that construction stuff still blocking the hall.
Oh! You don't have to tell me! It's crazy! A gangster, Breck.
We open a whole new wing, before it's ready, for a Pistol Pete.
A Machine Gun Kelly.
I told you before, Mrs.
Grasso, Mr.
Breck cannot enter the patient's room.
Security checks have only been run on Young man, why don't you be a nice little FBI and let us do our job.
Stand back, sonny.
Come on, David.
Oh, howdy, pilgrim.
Ya getting ready to go to school? Yup.
Nope.
The bus will leave without him if he doesn't get a move on.
Know what I mean, pardner? Yup.
"Yup.
" I got "yups" coming out of my ears ever since you took him to the Western Film Festival.
It's really good, Mom.
Especially Gary Cooper.
He just went out there with these four bad guys, all by himself.
Yeah.
Against these four bad guys.
Hey, how about the bus, Sheriff Wilkes? You know, the bus.
See ya, pilgrim.
Yup! He sure talks a lot more, hmm? Oh, yeah, but what's the word? Um, articulate.
I mean, he says what he feels now.
He doesn't keep everything locked up inside.
Good.
You know, when my husband and I split up, he hardly talked for days, weeks.
Little boys with big eyes, pretty mamas, and good neighbor Sams.
This slum's beginning to smell like the suburbs.
It's hard to believe that man used to be a cop.
Hmm.
That kind of drinking gives me the creeps.
I gotta go.
I'll see you, David.
Bye-bye.
And 5 will get you 10, the kid visits his good buddy, Mr.
David Breck.
Yeah, the kid's good buddy and our stooge, huh? Today's my birthday, Mr.
Franco.
Yeah, big deal.
I'll be 10.
Almost grown up.
So what? Birthday's just to remind you what you ain't done yet, kid.
Birthdays are nothing.
Hey, son.
Don't listen to me.
I'm a jerk.
So, it's your birthday, huh? I'll bet your dad's gonna get you something real nice.
He won't come.
He's gone.
Hey! Hey, man, give me your lunch money! How's your big mama? David? Howdy, pilgrim? Is it okay if I stay here till my mom gets home? Sure it is.
Grab a couch.
Would you like to take your scarf off? Make yourself comfortable.
This is for pilgrims that like to draw.
Hey, want some red-eye, pard? All right.
How would pard like some cocoa? Yeah.
Okay.
I saw Mr.
Franco.
Oh? He said birthdays are nothing.
Oh.
I don't think he meant it.
Sometimes my dad would say things he didn't mean.
Especially when he was like that.
I mean like Mr.
Franco.
Drunk, you know? Timmy, would you tell David dinner's ready.
Okay, Mom.
Hey, pilgrim.
Grub's on.
Hey, man.
Hold it.
Would you give this to the kid for me? I opened up my big mouth earlier today and I think I shook him up.
It's one of them stretch things, you know? Builds up the arms and stuff.
Muscles.
I got a couple of kids of my own.
I don't get to see them too often anymore.
They live in New York, you know.
Divorce.
All that.
Here.
Would you, please? Look, why don't you give it to him yourself and come on in and have a piece of cake with us? No, no.
All right.
Joe? Are you still looking for a job? Yeah.
I guess.
Why? Well, they're hiring at the hospital.
They're looking for security guards.
I thought with your background Some background.
Chicken cop.
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear Timmy Happy birthday to you Hey, you did it! Hey! Lights, lights, lights.
Having too much fun? Happy birthday, my friend.
Thanks.
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, my friend.
Happy birthday dear Timmy So this David what's-his-name is all set up, And it'll go down tomorrow night.
On the nose, okay? And there's only one guard at the hospital, right? Right, right.
That's exactly right.
Okay.
The Feds are set to move Sam tomorrow or the next day, and it's gotta be now.
Yeah, 'cause we don't want our dear old uncle flapping his mouth all over the place, right? You guys set on your end? Sure.
Sure, you guys are pros.
Couple of pros, here.
Stupid of me to ask.
Stupid of you to say it.
Yeah, okay.
We'll see you guys, okay? Be cool.
Hey.
Come on.
Go.
Yeah, okay, okay.
I have to check the outlet.
Let me at least pat you down.
Dr.
Goldsmith, 345.
You're supposed to be sleeping.
Why? So you can wake me up to take more pills? An Al Capone, a criminal.
We open a whole wing just to take care of him.
I don't know what this country's coming to.
Mrs.
Grasso, the nurse.
I understand why she don't like me.
She's Italian, see? And men like me have given the Italians in this country a bad name.
It's the truth.
I admit it.
But now I'm turning, you know? I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
The Feds.
I'm clearing some things up with the Feds.
I'm turning around.
Since this stroke laid me out, I've seen the light.
It was a very heavy, serious situation.
I was down on my face.
I was hearing angel wings fluttering in my ears, you know? A weird sound.
Death like flapping wings.
Flapping.
Cold as ice.
I sort of ended up an invalid.
Weeks, months, on my back.
Bored stiff.
I took to reading.
And pretty soon, what do you know? Old Smart Money Sam Monte is getting into philosophy.
And back to religion.
Hmm.
Well, traumatic illness often helps us to focus on things.
Hey, now.
What's this? $50 words from a A fix-it man? Or maybe you're another kind of mechanic, huh? Hmm? An assassin.
Oh, no.
No, no.
Not you.
Not you.
D.
Breck.
You're just not the type.
You haven't There's nothing savage in you.
I know.
I can tell.
People are my business.
What they like.
How they'll act.
What if you're wrong? Then I pay.
Like everybody else.
Mmm.
Hi.
Hi, Joe.
That job you mentioned.
You think maybe you could introduce me to the security boss here? Sure.
That is, if you don't mind.
No.
I do not mind.
Come on.
You could have saved yourself the trouble of filling out an application, Mr.
Franco.
You see, I retired from the department the same year you were requested to resign.
Yeah, I knew Mike Reardon.
And I know all about you, Mr.
Franco.
Hotshot homicide detectives get lots of press.
Especially when they screw up.
I wouldn't touch you, Mr.
Franco.
Not with a 10-foot pole.
You know, my friends downtown tell me you're living inside a bottle.
That's point one.
Point two's a lot simpler.
I've got a good deal going here.
I don't want any of my men getting hurt or killed because of your yellow streak.
Hey, Joe, wait.
Please, wait a minute! Now look, you haven't said a word all the way home, and maybe it is none of my business I made it your business.
I put you right in the middle of everything.
Okay, okay.
Then I have to say one thing.
I don't think that Captain Deeter's opinion is worth tearing yourself apart! He's right! He's right, that's the problem.
I was on the department for 13 years.
And 11 of those years, Mike Reardon was my partner.
We shared everything together.
We took it from each other, back and forth, you know? And Deeter over at the hospital there, he reminds me of Mike.
He's short, but real tough.
You know, a vet.
Mike was like that.
He I loved him! I loved his wife, I loved his kids! And I let him die! I just froze.
I stood in some stinking hallway and listened to them kill him while he yelled for me to help him.
I froze.
Deeter's right.
I wouldn't hire me.
Hey, rummy! How's it going? Oh, look.
He fell down.
Get up! Get up, whiskey face! Look at him crawl.
Hey, why don't you buy for us! Look at the rummy crawl! Big cop, huh? Big nothing! Lush! Joe.
Huh? Come on.
Oh, I just had a bottle.
Bottle fell out.
Let me give you a hand.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, Joe.
Come on.
You're always there, aren't you? Good neighbor Sam.
Yeah, sure.
Joe.
You always did help out.
Joe, come on, okay? Let's just get off the street and get inside and lie down a bit.
My legs Unreal Joe.
Joe, Timmy's coming.
Come on, let's get inside, okay? Huh? The kid, Timmy? Yeah.
Yeah.
The kid? Yeah.
He isn't Hey! What's wrong? Someone grabbed Timmy.
Joe, call the police! Call the police right now! Who grabbed him? Come on! Let's go! Let's go.
Go! Go! David! David! Come on, Slick.
Get us out of here! David! Come on, Slick.
Get us out of here! I'm trying! Come on! Come on, Slick! Get us out of here! Get going! Keep going! Had a little trouble.
Let's go.
Our stooge is a crazy guy.
He runs right out to the middle of the street.
He hits me.
And Slick can't get his ride started.
Come on, let's go! Don't worry, kid.
It'll be okay.
You'll be all right.
David! David.
Say, I hope you don't mind my coming in here, but your door was open.
I didn't want to miss you.
What happened? Last thing I remember is you running down the street and Timmy? Something about Timmy.
Somebody Look, is Rhonda home yet? I don't know.
Why? Did you call the police? I asked you to call the police! Police? Why should I call the Police? Something wrong? That's what I'm trying to find out.
That's why I asked him.
Is it Timmy? Yes.
Timmy! Yes, speaking.
Timmy, Mommy's home! Yes, I'm listening.
Yes.
Yes.
What about the boy? David, for God's sakes, what's happening? David, what is it? Is it Timmy? David! Let go of me, damn it! Let go of me! Yes.
No, it's her, but she'll be all right.
Don't worry about it.
Yes, I understand.
Hello? Let's talk.
No, I'm not a child.
I want to know what's happened.
I want to know! Someone's taken your son.
They want me to unlock the hospital door tonight at 2:00 a.
m.
And after they After they've done whatever it is they are going to do, they'll release Timmy unharmed.
This isn't real.
But it is, isn't it? Yes.
But this is crazy.
I mean, it's just This just can't be happening.
This can't be real.
This doesn't make any sense at all.
Why would anybody put himself up for a kidnapping rap to break into a hospital? Drugs? How many street value drugs can you get out of a hospital pharmacy? Nothing, that's what.
Zilch.
So what's coming down? I think I know.
We have a patient in the new west wing of the hospital.
Just one patient.
And I was talking with him, and he said he had a few things to clear up with the government.
Protective custody? Yeah.
What's his name? Monte.
Sam Monte.
And you got the keys for this new wing, this security door? That's right.
Yes.
That's it.
They're after Monte.
They grabbed the kid so you'll behave.
You have to let them in.
Uh-huh.
I have nine hours.
Exactly nine hours.
Oh, my God, Timmy.
I've gotta call the police.
No, no, Rhonda, please.
No, no.
What are you talking about? Just please, please.
Now listen to me.
One of the things they mentioned, very specifically, was not to call the police.
You cannot call them.
Mrs.
Wilkes.
We can't be sure how big this thing is.
The phone could be tapped.
We can't be sure these guys aren't watching this place right now.
And even if you did contact the police Well, they'd try to find Timmy, all right, but they'd also increase the guard on Monte or move him.
And either way, it would tip somebody.
You're gonna have to do exactly what they tell you.
Unless we can get Timmy first.
No! Well, how are we gonna do that? Where are we gonna start? She's right.
The chances of finding the kid before 2:00 Yeah.
Yeah.
Without your help.
What? Oh, no, no, no.
Yes.
My nerves are no good for that.
No.
Joe.
I need a drink.
No, Joe.
Please! Nobody knows that you are involved with this or even care about it.
Now look.
If you could talk to somebody, anybody out there in the street.
Somebody who might have seen a man, heavyset, with a scar on his cheek shaped like a V, right here.
Huh? Sam Monte's in the hospital.
Sam Monte's getting ready to sing a song.
Well, who would feel the pain? His nephews, his partners.
Slick and Fats.
And who's got a scar like that? Fats has got a scar like that.
Well, now.
Now wait a minute.
I mean, I can't be sure of any of this.
Any of it.
It might not be Fats at all! But it might be Fats! It might be! And if it is, and if we can find him, we might find Timmy.
We If! Might! Mr.
Franco, I'm real sorry that I hit you.
Oh I didn't mean anything by it.
No matter.
I don't like you, Mr.
Franco.
I mean, I don't like your drinking and your language.
And I can't ask you to help me as a friend because you're not my friend.
I mean, David's my friend and they're using that.
They want him to help kill a man and they're using my son! You know about these things.
You said so yourself, right? He's all I got, Mr.
Franco.
He's all I got.
Danny the Worm.
What do want? Yeah, Fats.
Fats.
I got an idea I wanted to talk to you about.
What's so urgent that you want me out here? It's about that money I owe you, right? Too much.
$500.
All right, I'll pay it back.
Now, what I wanna do I'm gonna pay you back.
But I got an idea.
It's very important.
This idea I got for the restaurant, right? What kind of idea? Good place.
It's a little expansion.
Come on! Be cool, man! Get that cigar out of your mouth.
All right, come on! Long time no see, huh, fat man? Hey, what do you want? What're you guys hassling me for? I ain't done nothing! Come on, Franco.
I know you.
We're paisans.
You ain't a cop no more.
We can make a deal! Oh, yeah, we're gonna make a deal.
All right, fat man? My partner here is holding the terms.
You see it? But you ain't a cop no more, right? That's right, I'm not a cop anymore.
I'm a private citizen.
And he's a private citizen, too.
And we don't have to restrain ourselves when we're questioning another private citizen.
Ain't that right, partner? Hey, come on.
You wouldn't do that, huh? We like the kid, fat man.
We like him a lot.
Now where is he? Where is he? Cleo Theater.
Main and Ohio Street.
All right, open your mouth, fat man.
Oh, no.
No! Just open your mouth, fat man! No, no! It's 10:00.
All right, we still have time.
We can call the police.
No! They still got Timmy.
Listen, I know these people.
I know the kind of guys they deal with.
And I know the fat man's brother.
Slick is a vapor-head, David.
He's crazy.
Now what's gonna happen to him when that place is suddenly surrounded by SWAT teams with bullhorns yelling at him? What's gonna happen to him? I don't know that.
Nobody can know that.
Yeah, well, I can come real close, David.
I can come that close, 'cause I've been there! What are you saying to me, Joe? I'm saying that I've thought a lot about this thing with Timmy.
It's something I know about.
And I think one guy by himself has a better chance than an army! You? Yes.
And I know what you're thinking, and I don't blame you.
But I wasn't snowing the fat man.
I like the kid as much as you do.
And I was drunk on my butt when they grabbed him, and maybe I could've helped! So, David, it's up to you.
But I've told you what I am.
And now I'm asking you.
Trust me.
All the way.
Now look, you know the number of the hospital? Yeah.
Come on, get going now.
You gotta walk out that front door in 10 minutes.
What happens if you don't call me by 2:00? Then it's a wash.
You open the door, and you do exactly as they tell you.
And a man is killed! A hood! Now who's more important, Sam Monte or Timmy? Joe? Right.
Water cooler stop drain.
Yeah, right.
Right, right.
This is the good part here.
See this guy over here? He's gonna get it real soon, see? Yup.
Where did you get that "yup" stuff from, huh? Where do you learn that stuff? Come on, Fats, man.
Where are ya? Fats? Don't you move.
Is that you, Fats? Fats, man, you scared the hell out of me.
Where you been? Huh? Where the hell you been? I've been waiting for you.
I mean, I've been talking to the kid.
I've been watching TV.
Now you won't even talk to me.
Wait here.
Don't move.
We'll be back in eight minutes.
If you cross us, the kid's history.
Yes? David, I got Timmy.
Go! Where's the guard? He went to the men's room.
What in heaven's name is wrong, David? Men are on their way to kill Monte.
We've gotta get him out of the room right now! Trouble with the electricity again.
We'll move you to another room.
There's nothing to worry about.
They're coming, aren't they? The guard? He's out of it.
Let's go.
Leave me here.
Get out, you jerks! Get out! Gone.
In here.
All right, now stay here and keep quiet! It'll be all right.
They'll kill him! Say your prayers, old man.
Let go of me! No! No! There's me and Mom, David and Joe.
There you are, David.
And we're all together, see? So you gotta stay and make it come true.
Well, Timmy, just because people aren't together physically, doesn't mean they can't be together.
You know what I mean, pilgrim? Yup.
Yup.
Goodbye, David.
Goodbye.
I wish you didn't have to go.
I wish some things in life weren't necessary.
Goodbye.
Oh, my friend, I got to I'll walk you out.
Okay.
Bye.
I really wish you had a chance to get to know me dry.
Oh, I know you, Joe.
And she's really a fine lady.
Yes, she is.
Good luck.
You, too.
Thank you.
See ya, pilgrim! Yup!