1. What do you think?Copy !req
2. I think she's remarkable.Copy !req
3. I'm talkin' about the mugging.Copy !req
4. You thought I was dead,
didn't you?Copy !req
5. Oh, yes. Until I heard of
the feats of Geronimo.Copy !req
6. And I knew it had to be you.Copy !req
7. Sir, I do have a murder
on my hands.Copy !req
8. I'm painfully aware of that,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
9. The man you know as Henderson
was one of my best operators.Copy !req
10. That's my wife's
favorite piece of music.Copy !req
11. I know.Copy !req
12. You have my house bugged.Copy !req
13. The bathroom door here, sir.Copy !req
14. What's that over there?Copy !req
15. Uh, that's the wet bar, sir.Copy !req
16. Your key, sir.Copy !req
17. Thank you.Copy !req
18. Thank you.Copy !req
19. Have a nice day, Mr.Henderson.Copy !req
20. Don't worry about it, John.Copy !req
21. Believe me.Copy !req
22. All right, I'll be seeing you.
Give my best to Sheila.Copy !req
23. All right.
Yes... yes... yes. Bye-bye.Copy !req
24. Yes?Copy !req
25. Colorado is a river.Copy !req
26. Geronimo is an Indian.Copy !req
27. There is no beach...
like a long beach.Copy !req
28. An amusement park.Copy !req
29. When?Copy !req
30. In two hours.Copy !req
31. Ruth?Copy !req
32. Yes?Copy !req
33. 4:30 Monday,
John Graham's office.Copy !req
34. Don't let me forget, please.
Have a nice evening, all of you.Copy !req
35. Oh, Mr.Brenner.Copy !req
36. The speech for Mr.DeFonte.Copy !req
37. DeFonte?
Is that tomorrow?Copy !req
38. Ten o'clock in his office.Copy !req
39. I must have mislaid
a day somewhere.Copy !req
40. Can you come in at nine o'clock
in the morning?Copy !req
41. Yes.Copy !req
42. I'll return after dinner this evening
and put it on tape and then...Copy !req
43. you can have it and do it.Copy !req
44. Once more.
I'll be seeing you.Copy !req
45. Bye.Copy !req
46. Yeah, more privacy on a freeway.Copy !req
47. Oh, I don't know.Copy !req
48. Wasn't it you that said...Copy !req
49. you should never have a clandestine
meeting in a clandestine place?Copy !req
50. Besides which,
I've always had a certain...Copy !req
51. perverse affection for
amusement parks.Copy !req
52. By the way,
how is A.J.Henderson?Copy !req
53. A.J.Henderson commutes
every day from Westport...Copy !req
54. except when he has to go to
a regional office for a visit.Copy !req
55. A very ordered life. It makes him
worth much more that way.Copy !req
56. You thought I was dead,
didn't you?Copy !req
57. Oh, yes. Until I heard of
the feats of Geronimo.Copy !req
58. And I knew it had to be you.Copy !req
59. Why didn't you contact me?Copy !req
60. I have.Copy !req
61. Three years, amigo.Copy !req
62. One can't be too careful.
Now, let me tell you about...Copy !req
63. this little operation that
I'm involved in here.Copy !req
64. You'll tell me about the operation
in a minute.Copy !req
65. First things first, Nelson.
Now as I remember...Copy !req
66. we had a certain currency scheme
going on down there in banana-land.Copy !req
67. 300,000 cruzeiros,
as I recall.Copy !req
68. Supposing I told you that I was broke?Copy !req
69. Double agents don't go broke.Copy !req
70. They die sometimes,
but they don't go broke.Copy !req
71. Oh, come along now. That theory
about my being a double agent.Copy !req
72. So you know there's no fact in it.Copy !req
73. The Agency doesn't deal in facts.Copy !req
74. Only rumors. And I have a lot more
than rumors, Nelson.Copy !req
75. Do you?Copy !req
76. Oh, come on. Relax.Copy !req
77. The funds have been safely invested
in triple A bonds.Copy !req
78. You'll get your money back
plus interest.Copy !req
79. When?Copy !req
80. Ah, of course, I could write you
a personal check...Copy !req
81. and then we'd both be tossed
into the Potomac.Copy !req
82. I said 'when'. I want cash.Copy !req
83. And I'll worry about the laundering.
I was afraid about that.Copy !req
84. You'll get the cash.
Yes?Copy !req
85. Sir, I've just taken
your photograph.Copy !req
86. Yes, and if you would like
a print of it...Copy !req
87. please stop by the booth
on your way out.Copy !req
88. I'll have them ready for you.Copy !req
89. Oh, really?
I can stop by anytime?Copy !req
90. Anytime.Copy !req
91. Well, in that case,
I'll be seeing you.Copy !req
92. Thank you so much.Copy !req
93. How's your eye these days?Copy !req
94. Deadly, Nelson.
Deadly.Copy !req
95. All right.Copy !req
96. Let's see if we can remember.Copy !req
97. All right.Copy !req
98. If you knock down the ten little
ducks, win a big giant panda.Copy !req
99. Ladies and gentlemen,
knock down the ten little ducks...Copy !req
100. win a big giant panda.Copy !req
101. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
Step right up.Copy !req
102. Five out of ten wins a prize.Copy !req
103. Ten out of ten wins a giant panda.Copy !req
104. Congratulations, gentlemen.Copy !req
105. We have two winners.Copy !req
106. I usually lose two of these
in six months.Copy !req
107. Two in the same day is
enough to break me.Copy !req
108. You can keep mine, buddy.
I'm all heart.Copy !req
109. Thank you, fella.Copy !req
110. Five out of ten
wins you a prize...Copy !req
111. I bet you were disappointed
when I showed up alive.Copy !req
112. Oh, I'm not that greedy.Copy !req
113. But the Tupamaro had you cold.Copy !req
114. How do you do it?
How'd you get away?Copy !req
115. From day one
I had two of their people on ice.Copy !req
116. It was a matter of
a simple exchange.Copy !req
117. Then the Director wanted to make it
look like I was dead.Copy !req
118. Ah, yes. The Director.Copy !req
119. A tricky fellow, our Director.Copy !req
120. What's this caper all about?Copy !req
121. Now, this is a Naval code on microfilm
in the possession of...Copy !req
122. a crafty old buzzard
by the name of Steinmetz.Copy !req
123. He'll require a series of meetings...Copy !req
124. to make sure
that he's not being set up.Copy !req
125. Is he?Copy !req
126. All we're interested in
at the moment is the microfilm.Copy !req
127. When and where?Copy !req
128. Tonight, 11 o'clock.
Sinbad's, Santa Monica Pier.Copy !req
129. Do you remember the routine
that we used in La Paz in 1967?Copy !req
130. Clickety-click.
The same one. Clickety-click.Copy !req
131. Why all the jazz?Copy !req
132. Oh... this is the way that
Mr.Steinmetz would like it.Copy !req
133. This Steinmetz.
Is he an operator?Copy !req
134. Well, shall we say that he's an old
and crafty peddler and that's all.Copy !req
135. Excuse me a minute.Copy !req
136. - Hello.
- Hi.Copy !req
137. Do you like the name 'Fred'?Copy !req
138. Yeah.Copy !req
139. You do?
Perhaps you prefer the name...Copy !req
140. Archibald?Copy !req
141. I don't know any Archibalds.Copy !req
142. You don't know any Archibalds?Copy !req
143. Well, this is Archibald
and now you know him.Copy !req
144. And now he's yours.
Would you like him?Copy !req
145. Yeah.Copy !req
146. You would?Copy !req
147. All right.
He's yours.Copy !req
148. Thank you.Copy !req
149. It's my pleasure.
Nice talking to you.Copy !req
150. This way.Copy !req
151. - Bye.
- Good-bye.Copy !req
152. You'll be needing this.Copy !req
153. What's the price?Copy !req
154. Whatever it takes.Copy !req
155. What currency?Copy !req
156. Dollars or lira.Copy !req
157. And they want the drop site
where they decide.Copy !req
158. I suggest, by the way,
that you don't wear your gun.Copy !req
159. That undercover I don't go.Copy !req
160. Uh, the contact may want to
frisk you.Copy !req
161. Well, let him.Copy !req
162. They know I'm an operator.
Or don't they?Copy !req
163. Well, they do, but they don't know
your name or...Copy !req
164. anything else about you.Copy !req
165. Why didn't you use
one of your men out here?Copy !req
166. There's too much money involved.Copy !req
167. Besides, our Director doesn't want
Mr.Steinmetz tracing back to me.Copy !req
168. Then you are setting him up?Copy !req
169. Perhaps.
But not at this time.Copy !req
170. I'll take care of
the photo stand for you...Copy !req
171. and, uh, I'll be in touch.Copy !req
172. Have a nice evening.Copy !req
173. Yes, sir.
What's your poison, pal?Copy !req
174. I'll have a...
vodka on the rocks.Copy !req
175. Vodka on the rocks.Copy !req
176. Want a twist in that?Copy !req
177. No. That's fine.Copy !req
178. That's one-fifty.Copy !req
179. Pretty, huh?Copy !req
180. Hey. The machine doesn't work.
No cigarettes and no money back.Copy !req
181. It actin' up again?
How much you lose?Copy !req
182. Sixty cents.Copy !req
183. No sweat, buddy.Copy !req
184. Here you go.Copy !req
185. Thank you.Copy !req
186. You got somethin' to show me?Copy !req
187. Okay.Copy !req
188. The price is
350 grand.Copy !req
189. 325.
I want something for myself.Copy !req
190. I'll tell the man 300.
Then we' Il both get healthy.Copy !req
191. Well, it's nice
doin' business with you.Copy !req
192. It's in gold.Copy !req
193. Zurich prices
the day of the drop.Copy !req
194. I'm gonna have to
get back to you on that.Copy !req
195. Look, the man wants gold.Copy !req
196. You got anything else for me?Copy !req
197. No.Copy !req
198. Steinmetz is gonna have to
come up with...Copy !req
199. two frames of that microfilm
blown up.Copy !req
200. We're gonna have to verify.Copy !req
201. I understand, but the old man
don't show you nothin'...Copy !req
202. without a down payment in gold.Copy !req
203. I've already told you,
I don't know about that.Copy !req
204. Mr.Steinmetz does.Copy !req
205. I'll meet you here tomorrow.Copy !req
206. Now that we've met,
let's make it earlier.Copy !req
207. Six o'clock.Copy !req
208. Good enough.Copy !req
209. Geronimo!Copy !req
210. How was it?Copy !req
211. There're slight problems.
Nothing important.Copy !req
212. Slight problem?
Is he safely gone?Copy !req
213. Yeah. He's safely gone.Copy !req
214. Oh, really?Copy !req
215. He wants the pay off in gold.Copy !req
216. The price of gold
in Zurich an....Copy !req
217. What are you doing down here?Copy !req
218. Just...Copy !req
219. taking the air.Copy !req
220. 11-8-8 clear.
12-8-15 roger.Copy !req
221. 11-8-7 clear.Copy !req
222. 1-8-13 clear.Copy !req
223. Good evening, Lieutenant.
Welcome to Muggers' Haven.Copy !req
224. Excuse me.Copy !req
225. Photographer... photographer.
You think you got enough?Copy !req
226. Step over to the side
for a moment.Copy !req
227. How you doin', Anderson?Copy !req
228. Okay, Lieutenant.Copy !req
229. All right, fellas.
Give it to me for a minute.Copy !req
230. I'll give it back to you.Copy !req
231. Just step over to the side.
Everyone out.Copy !req
232. Not you, Anderson.Copy !req
233. How you been, Cliff?Copy !req
234. Pretty good, Lieutenant.Copy !req
235. What d'ya got?Copy !req
236. It looks like a mugging.Copy !req
237. That's the third one they've found
around here in the last six months.Copy !req
238. How long has he been dead?Copy !req
239. Two hours tops.Copy !req
240. He was hit twice
with a blunt instrument.Copy !req
241. Once here and the second blow
was here at the base of the skull.Copy !req
242. Which one came first?Copy !req
243. Can't you tell?Copy !req
244. I can't tell, sir.Copy !req
245. Lying on his back.Copy !req
246. That's the way we found him.Copy !req
247. This one came first.Copy !req
248. Kramer got his Polaroids?Copy !req
249. Yeah.Copy !req
250. What's that, Lieutenant?Copy !req
251. Poker chip, broken.Copy !req
252. You can find just about anything
on this beach, mostly beer cans.Copy !req
253. What's his name?Copy !req
254. There's no I.D., no wallet, nothin'.
The mugger cleaned him out.Copy !req
255. Except for a pack of unopened
cigarettes and a book of matches.Copy !req
256. What matches?Copy !req
257. Sinbad's.Copy !req
258. Sinbad's?Copy !req
259. Yeah. It's a club up on the pier.
Sergeant Kramer's already up there.Copy !req
260. 'Love from Alice'.Copy !req
261. Is that his coat?Copy !req
262. Yeah.Copy !req
263. You take it off?Copy !req
264. No. That's where it was
when we got here.Copy !req
265. Kramer's in Sinbad's?Copy !req
266. Yeah.Copy !req
267. How do you get there?Copy !req
268. Go to the parking lot.Copy !req
269. There's a staircase.
You take it up.Copy !req
270. Walk down the pier
and you'll run right into it.Copy !req
271. Take it easy, Cliff.Copy !req
272. Carry on, fellas!Copy !req
273. Lieutenant?Copy !req
274. The bartender here's an ex-cop.Copy !req
275. She's an interesting dancer.Copy !req
276. I... I showed him the photos.
He thinks he knows the guy.Copy !req
277. Do you mind?
I'd like you to meet him.Copy !req
278. Lieutenant?Copy !req
279. Louie, the bartender.
Lieutenant Columbo.Copy !req
280. Hi, Lieutenant.Copy !req
281. He's the ex-cop?Copy !req
282. You're an ex-cop?Copy !req
283. Yeah. My old lady didn't like
the hours I kept so....Copy !req
284. Here I am till 2 o'clock
in the morning in this joint.Copy !req
285. Hey, you guys want a drink?Copy !req
286. No, thanks.Copy !req
287. No, thank you very much.Copy !req
288. Lieutenant, Louie says the victim was
in here around 11 o'clock.Copy !req
289. Good.Copy !req
290. Do you know him?Copy !req
291. Who?Copy !req
292. The victim.Copy !req
293. Never saw him before.Copy !req
294. He came in here, had a couple of
drinks, then he left.Copy !req
295. Oh, wait a minute.Copy !req
296. He got his money stuck
in that cigarette machine over there.Copy !req
297. I gave him back his coins and he
got his cigarettes and he took off.Copy !req
298. Who?Copy !req
299. The victim.Copy !req
300. That checks.
They found a full pack on him.Copy !req
301. Oh, wait a minute. There was
another guy sittin' right here.Copy !req
302. A young black guy with a leather
jacket and turtleneck sweater.Copy !req
303. When your dead man walked outta
here, he got up and followed him out.Copy !req
304. Are you sure, Louie?Copy !req
305. Sure, I'm sure.
He left a whole drink here.Copy !req
306. He didn't even touch it.
A fresh drink.Copy !req
307. Hey, I notice things like that.Copy !req
308. I guess it's my ex-cop
training, huh?Copy !req
309. Lieutenant, are you listening?Copy !req
310. Yes. I'm listening.Copy !req
311. Who was he?
Do you know who he was?Copy !req
312. Who who was?Copy !req
313. The guy with the leather jacket
that followed the victim out.Copy !req
314. But I could make him
if he's in the files.Copy !req
315. Good. Stop by downtown tomorrow.
Have a look.Copy !req
316. Be glad to.
Hey, be like old home week, huh?Copy !req
317. You guys finished with me?Copy !req
318. Did the, uh, two guys...
did they talk to one another?Copy !req
319. Well, one was sittin' right
where you're sittin'.Copy !req
320. The other was over there
where the beer pumps are.Copy !req
321. I don't think so.Copy !req
322. I'm finished.Copy !req
323. I'm finished.Copy !req
324. Thank you.Copy !req
325. What do you think?Copy !req
326. I think she's remarkable.Copy !req
327. I'm talkin' about the mugging.Copy !req
328. You're doing just fine.
Just keep up what you're doing.Copy !req
329. You're gonna find out
how the guy got to the beach.Copy !req
330. You're gonna check out the cabs.
Just keep up what you're doin'.Copy !req
331. You coming?Copy !req
332. You notice her eyes?Copy !req
333. Her eyes?Copy !req
334. Her eyes.Copy !req
335. Her eyes.Copy !req
336. She's shy.Copy !req
337. Moving right along...Copy !req
338. here are the news headlines
at 7 a.m. on the button.Copy !req
339. The situation in the Mideast
remains tense.Copy !req
340. There's another strike brewing
in New York...Copy !req
341. among the municipal workers
this time.Copy !req
342. In Washington the Senate Finance
Committee is recommending...Copy !req
343. an across-the-board tax cut.Copy !req
344. Locally, the new district attorney
has firmed up his staff appointments.Copy !req
345. On the sports scene...Copy !req
346. the Chinese have announced they are
pulling out of the Olympics.Copy !req
347. The Dodgers and the Angels were
both losers last night.Copy !req
348. Details on these and other stories
coming up after this message.Copy !req
349. Speech for Mr.DeFonte...Copy !req
350. to be delivered before
the Commodity Brokers'...Copy !req
351. Luncheon.Copy !req
352. First of all, I'd like to thank...Copy !req
353. the officers of your association
for inviting me here.Copy !req
354. It seems like only yesterday...Copy !req
355. I was crushing the grapes
in my father's vineyard...Copy !req
356. I dropped the fare at the pier
about 10:40.Copy !req
357. It's definitely this guy
in this photo.Copy !req
358. And I collected him here.Copy !req
359. Thanks.Copy !req
360. Thank you.Copy !req
361. First of all, I'd like to thank...Copy !req
362. the officers of your association
for inviting me here.Copy !req
363. It seems like only yesterday...Copy !req
364. I was crushing the grapes
in my father's vineyard.Copy !req
365. If you don't believe me,
I'll show you the bottom of my feet.Copy !req
366. One foot still has a Cabernet stain
and the other a Chablis.Copy !req
367. These guys with law degrees...Copy !req
368. they give you all kinds of
fancy titles.Copy !req
369. Get a load of the latest one,
I'm a president....Copy !req
370. Good day. I' m really sorry
to have kept you waiting.Copy !req
371. That's all right.
We just thought that we'd uh....Copy !req
372. Just a minute.Copy !req
373. Lieutenant!Copy !req
374. Lieutenant!Copy !req
375. Hang on a minute.Copy !req
376. I had to make a stop.Copy !req
377. My secretary said this was urgent.
Please have a seat.Copy !req
378. You told him?Copy !req
379. Didn't get a chance to tell him.Copy !req
380. A member of your company was
killed last night, sir.Copy !req
381. What?Copy !req
382. We're referring to
Mr.A.J. Henderson out of New York.Copy !req
383. Henderson?Copy !req
384. You know him?Copy !req
385. Why, yes... but I didn't know he was
in town. What happened?Copy !req
386. He was murdered.Copy !req
387. Murdered?Copy !req
388. We're gonna need
an official identification.Copy !req
389. What's his name?Copy !req
390. This is not A.J. Henderson.Copy !req
391. The bellboy at the hotel is positive.
This is the one.Copy !req
392. Excuse me.
This is our man.Copy !req
393. What does your man do?Copy !req
394. Well, we have offices
all over the world.Copy !req
395. Mr.Henderson's chief function...Copy !req
396. is to periodically check
the various branches...Copy !req
397. be sure we're all
operating efficiently.Copy !req
398. He is not ours.Copy !req
399. Sorry to have troubled you, sir.Copy !req
400. Lieutenant,
I'd like an explanation.Copy !req
401. So would he.Copy !req
402. This is really weird, Lieutenant.Copy !req
403. Tell me somethin'.
How did you get to this guy?Copy !req
404. Have you ever been in the lobby
of the Biltmore Hotel?Copy !req
405. It's like Grand Central Station.Copy !req
406. Now, I gotta go in there.
I gotta find the desk clerk, right?Copy !req
407. Yeah. You gotta find a clerk
in Grand Central Station.Copy !req
408. Now, don't be like that, huh?
Gimme a break.Copy !req
409. Just gimme a minute to explain.Copy !req
410. Yeah. All right.
I got a minute. Go ahead.Copy !req
411. So I gotta go in.
So I find him. I find him.Copy !req
412. Now, I gotta show him
a photo of our guy.Copy !req
413. Does he know him?
Does he remember him?Copy !req
414. The guy laughs.Copy !req
415. Yeah. So he laughs.Copy !req
416. Does he remember him?
Shakes his head.Copy !req
417. So now I gotta find
the other clerks.Copy !req
418. I gotta find the bell captain
and the bell hops.Copy !req
419. So finally I find a guy who remembers
walkin' him to his room.Copy !req
420. Now I know it's Henderson.Copy !req
421. Now, I gotta go back to the desk.Copy !req
422. Because down at the desk
I gotta get his registration card.Copy !req
423. Do you know what he uses
as a business reference?Copy !req
424. The Winston Advertising Agency.Copy !req
425. That's right. Now the guy's
gotta be nuts to do that.Copy !req
426. Maybe he's smarter than we think.
I don't know.Copy !req
427. Did you check his room?Copy !req
428. Yeah. Just some clothes.Copy !req
429. He signed in about four o'clock.Copy !req
430. You told me he took a cab
to the beach at 10 p.m.Copy !req
431. What did he do between
4 and 10?Copy !req
432. This much I can tell you.Copy !req
433. He came down and he asked
the desk clerk...Copy !req
434. how long it would take to get to the
Pike Long Beach Amusement Park.Copy !req
435. Take a break.
Gimme the photo.Copy !req
436. What was that again?Copy !req
437. What was what again?Copy !req
438. The fish... the pike...?Copy !req
439. The Pike's Long Beach
Amusement Park.Copy !req
440. Excuse me, ma'am.
Just one word.Copy !req
441. Uh, have you ever seen
this man before?Copy !req
442. No.Copy !req
443. Are you sure?Copy !req
444. Positive.Copy !req
445. He was in the park
yesterday afternoon.Copy !req
446. I' m positive.
I haven't seen him.Copy !req
447. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
Step right up.Copy !req
448. Only 35 cents.
Win yourself a big prize.Copy !req
449. Five out of ten wins you a prize,
ten out of ten wins you a giant....Copy !req
450. Yesterday, there was a fella here
in the amusement park.Copy !req
451. I wanna see whether you remember
him. This is his picture.Copy !req
452. Boy, he...
he looks dead, don't he?Copy !req
453. How could I ever forget him?Copy !req
454. He and his friend. They beat me
out of two 20-dollar pandas.Copy !req
455. But now this guy... he was all right.
He gave it back.Copy !req
456. Is that it up there?Copy !req
457. Yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
458. What do you have to do
to win one of them things?Copy !req
459. Knock down
the ducks ten out of ten.Copy !req
460. Yeah, my wife' d go for that.Copy !req
461. Oh, no sir, Lieutenant.
Hey... hey, you're a pro.Copy !req
462. Oh, forget about it.Copy !req
463. If I'm standin' on a dock,
I couldn't hit the water.Copy !req
464. The man that was with him...Copy !req
465. if you saw him again,
would you know him?Copy !req
466. Oh, yeah. I think so.Copy !req
467. Well, if he comes by,
you give me a call.Copy !req
468. Yeah. Yeah.
I'd be glad to.Copy !req
469. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
Step right up.Copy !req
470. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
Step right up.Copy !req
471. Only 35 cents.
Win yourself a big prize.Copy !req
472. Five out of ten wins a prize...Copy !req
473. Would you care for one, sir?Copy !req
474. Yes, I would.Copy !req
475. Well, step right over here and
sit down right in that chair.Copy !req
476. And look right into the camera.Copy !req
477. Uh, does she take a picture of
everybody that comes through here?Copy !req
478. Look straight ahead, sir.
That... right into the... that's it.Copy !req
479. Smile.Copy !req
480. Did you hear what I said?Copy !req
481. Yes, sir.Copy !req
482. Uh, this'll take about 90 seconds
and I'll have a pin-up button for you.Copy !req
483. Yeah. Well, we take what we can,
but we can't, uh, cover everybody.Copy !req
484. Uh... we do pretty good.Copy !req
485. All right.
Now, you're doin' this.Copy !req
486. That takes about 90 seconds.Copy !req
487. What's she doin'?Copy !req
488. Well, it's a Polaroid system, sir.Copy !req
489. I mean, uh, it's a one shot deal.
What's the interest?Copy !req
490. Well, here's my interest.
What do you call yourself?Copy !req
491. Don.Copy !req
492. All right now, Don. You take a
Polaroid like you just did of me.Copy !req
493. The lady, she does somethin' else.Copy !req
494. Well, that's a Polaroid system, too.Copy !req
495. You see, she just makes a print
and holds the negative.Copy !req
496. Now, you can order up
a print right now...Copy !req
497. or you can order up
an enlargement.Copy !req
498. What does she do with 'em?Copy !req
499. Hey, look at that.
Isn't that great?Copy !req
500. That's terrific.Copy !req
501. Can I talk with the lady?Copy !req
502. Joyce!Copy !req
503. Listen, this Is a fellow
from the police department.Copy !req
504. He wants to talk to you.Copy !req
505. Take him over to the shop
and I'll, uh, cover for you.Copy !req
506. Okay.Copy !req
507. Would you like a photo?
Right this way.Copy !req
508. Joyce. That's it, huh?Copy !req
509. Joyce.Copy !req
510. All right.Copy !req
511. Here. These are ready to be
developed and then, uh, filed. Okay?Copy !req
512. I'm gonna show you somethin'.Copy !req
513. It's a picture of a dead man
so just take it easy.Copy !req
514. Sure is, isn't he?Copy !req
515. Do you recognize him?Copy !req
516. No. No.Copy !req
517. He was in the park yesterday.
Do you remember taking his picture?Copy !req
518. Gee, I take so many pictures.Copy !req
519. All right.
Let me check over something.Copy !req
520. You take as many pictures
as you can. Right?Copy !req
521. That's right.Copy !req
522. And you hand out cards.
Right?Copy !req
523. Uh huh.Copy !req
524. And you take
people's names, right?Copy !req
525. That's right.Copy !req
526. And they can order a print
immediately or they can come back...Copy !req
527. or they can write for
an enlargement.Copy !req
528. That's right.Copy !req
529. Now, what about the ones
that you don't sell?Copy !req
530. Well, I keep them about a week
and then I get rid of them.Copy !req
531. So you got a lot left over
from yesterday?Copy !req
532. Yeah, I do.Copy !req
533. May I see 'em?Copy !req
534. Sure. Come on in the back.
I'll show you what's left.Copy !req
535. It's an old man, men, family,
a couple of girls, an old man....Copy !req
536. - That's it.
- That's it.Copy !req
537. That's all the unsold photographs
from yesterday?Copy !req
538. That's the works.Copy !req
539. There's not another pile?Copy !req
540. No.Copy !req
541. And he's not in there?Copy !req
542. No.Copy !req
543. You're sure?Copy !req
544. Quite sure.Copy !req
545. What about the photographs
that you didn't sell?Copy !req
546. What about them?Copy !req
547. Don't they have a negative?Copy !req
548. You want to see the negatives?Copy !req
549. I do.Copy !req
550. I'm gonna get you the negatives.Copy !req
551. Negatives....Copy !req
552. You know, you can't really see
faces on the negatives.Copy !req
553. I mean, when you hold them up
you can't make them out.Copy !req
554. I think you'll have to have them
printed up.Copy !req
555. Do you have a magnifying glass?Copy !req
556. It's over there.Copy !req
557. You know, I might not even have
taken his picture.Copy !req
558. I mean, just because he was here,
he may not have come by.Copy !req
559. And maybe he bought it
so maybe I don't even have it.Copy !req
560. I thought you said
that he wasn't here.Copy !req
561. He's not.Copy !req
562. Who is this?Copy !req
563. That's a fat lady.Copy !req
564. Who is that behind the fat lady?Copy !req
565. It's your friend.Copy !req
566. I'm not gonna say anything.Copy !req
567. Shows you what a little
perseverance can do.Copy !req
568. Now, wait a minute.Copy !req
569. Just a second.Copy !req
570. Let's not rush.Copy !req
571. Standing next to the guy
behind the fat lady...Copy !req
572. is a piece of a guy
in a blue jacket.Copy !req
573. They could be together.Copy !req
574. Now, let's see if we can find
a bigger piece of the guy...Copy !req
575. who is standing next to my guy
who is behind the fat lady.Copy !req
576. Look through these photographs.Copy !req
577. How you doin'?Copy !req
578. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute. What...Copy !req
579. what do you think about that?Copy !req
580. Same color.Copy !req
581. My goodness.
You've done it.Copy !req
582. That's him.Copy !req
583. That's the both of 'em.
They're together.Copy !req
584. Hey, you know what?Copy !req
585. Yesterday this...
this new guy here...Copy !req
586. he bought both the print
and the negative from me.Copy !req
587. I remember because he gave me
20 bucks for 'em.Copy !req
588. Can you blow this up?Copy !req
589. This extra demand for
extra supply...Copy !req
590. is gonna make a proper marriage
in this, uh, market place.Copy !req
591. You worry about the Chinese.Copy !req
592. I tell you
don't worry about the Chinese.Copy !req
593. You know why?Copy !req
594. Because they can pull out of
the Olympics...Copy !req
595. but they can't
pull out of soybeans!Copy !req
596. I tell you this.Copy !req
597. They gonna be our big buyers.Copy !req
598. I guarantee you!Copy !req
599. Now, you know what it's like
from the growers' side of things.Copy !req
600. You've got the wrong room.Copy !req
601. Mr.Brenner?Copy !req
602. Yes. You have the wrong room.Copy !req
603. Your secretary said that
I could find you here.Copy !req
604. My name is Columbo.Copy !req
605. I'm sorry to bother you, sir.
This is very important.Copy !req
606. Do you know an A.J. Henderson
from New York?Copy !req
607. No, I don't.
You have the wrong room, sir.Copy !req
608. I had this blown up.
You might want to take a look at it.Copy !req
609. That was taken last night
in an amusement park in Long Beach.Copy !req
610. Absolutely marvelous.Copy !req
611. You've done it again,
my good friend.Copy !req
612. That Mustache Pete dialog
always gets everybody.Copy !req
613. Uh, you gonna
come to the table, eh?Copy !req
614. I'll be with you in a moment.
I'll see you all a little later, huh?Copy !req
615. All right.
But don't you stay too long, okay?Copy !req
616. Step over here a minute,
will you please?Copy !req
617. Take a seat.Copy !req
618. According to witnesses...Copy !req
619. you were seen with Mr.Henderson
yesterday afternoon.Copy !req
620. I didn't quite catch your name.Copy !req
621. Uh, Lieutenant Columbo,
Los Angeles Police Department.Copy !req
622. I'm sorry for the deception.Copy !req
623. Not knowing who you were,
and since I intended to pirate...Copy !req
624. Mr.Henderson away
from his firm to my firm...Copy !req
625. I naturally denied knowing him.Copy !req
626. Until what time, sir,
were you with Mr.Henderson?Copy !req
627. Oh, I suppose I left him, uh...
between 5:30 and 6.Copy !req
628. Something of that nature.Copy !req
629. Do you have any idea...Copy !req
630. what Mr.Henderson's plans were
after he left you?Copy !req
631. Not at all. I had imagined that
he was going back to the hotel...Copy !req
632. to have a.... Oh, yes!Copy !req
633. Yes, he did say that he was going to
take a drive out to the beach...Copy !req
634. to see it at night.Copy !req
635. Never seen it before.
An East Coast man.Copy !req
636. Apparently that's just
what he did, sir.Copy !req
637. He was found murdered there
last night...Copy !req
638. in a place called Muggers' Haven.Copy !req
639. Muggers' Haven?Copy !req
640. Yes, sir.Copy !req
641. That's quite extraordinary.Copy !req
642. Uh, forgive me, please.Copy !req
643. The... the strangest thing is
one of the reasons I gave him...Copy !req
644. for moving out here away from
New York that the crime rate was...Copy !req
645. not quite so high.
Isn't that bizarre?Copy !req
646. That is ironic.Copy !req
647. Do you have any suspects?Copy !req
648. Uh, yes, sir, we do.
But we don't know who he is yet.Copy !req
649. Someone who appeared to
follow him out...Copy !req
650. of a nightclub out there
at the beach.Copy !req
651. How did you contact me
so quickly?Copy !req
652. Oh, that's a long story, sir.Copy !req
653. But when I got the photograph...Copy !req
654. someone at the firm where
Mr.Henderson worked identified you.Copy !req
655. They said you were
a very famous consultant.Copy !req
656. And they also said, sir...Copy !req
657. that the A.J. Henderson
that works for their firm...Copy !req
658. is alive and living in
Westport, Connecticut...Copy !req
659. and doing business
out of New York.Copy !req
660. They must be mistaken.Copy !req
661. No, sir, I' m not.Copy !req
662. You mean to suggest that the
Henderson that I met with yesterday...Copy !req
663. was not with
Winston Advertising?Copy !req
664. That's right, sir.Copy !req
665. I don't understand.Copy !req
666. Initially, you see, he called me
from New York and, uh...Copy !req
667. evinced an interest in working
for my firm.Copy !req
668. And I said 'Yes, surely, of course.
We'll see about it. 'Copy !req
669. Meanwhile, I checked him out...Copy !req
670. found, in fact, that he was
an able accounting executive...Copy !req
671. and said next time he was over here
we'd meet and we did and, uh...Copy !req
672. and that... that was yesterday.Copy !req
673. He must've been
impersonating him.Copy !req
674. Impersonating? Why?Copy !req
675. I don't know.Copy !req
676. Did you hire him?Copy !req
677. Too late now, isn't it?Copy !req
678. I was going to. I... I liked him.
I thought... most impressed by him.Copy !req
679. Too late now. Dead.Copy !req
680. It's all very sad.
And it's puzzling, isn't it?Copy !req
681. Well, it certainly is to me, sir.Copy !req
682. I can't make head nor tail
of this whole thing.Copy !req
683. You'll have to excuse me.
I have... I have things to do here.Copy !req
684. You'll appreciate we all have to do
our little bits from time to time.Copy !req
685. Uh, if I can help you
in any way whatsoever...Copy !req
686. please don't hesitate to contact me.Copy !req
687. Now that you know where I am.Copy !req
688. Oh, thank you very much, sir.Copy !req
689. Thank you.Copy !req
690. Good day, sir.Copy !req
691. Good afternoon, sir.Copy !req
692. - Nelson.
- Good to see you again.Copy !req
693. And you.Copy !req
694. Would you care for
some coffee or...?Copy !req
695. I didn't fly out from Washington
to have coffee, Nelson.Copy !req
696. What happened here?Copy !req
697. Oh, you mean Geronimo?Copy !req
698. Yes, dammit, Geronimo!Copy !req
699. Well, it was all set, uh...Copy !req
700. a meeting was arranged for him
with a representative of Steinmetz...Copy !req
701. and the next thing I knew
he was dead.Copy !req
702. Do you think Steinmetz did it?Copy !req
703. Oh, most unlikely.Copy !req
704. We'll have to have someone
pay him a visit.Copy !req
705. Well, I wouldn't advise that, sir,
even if you could find him.Copy !req
706. You see,
he still has the microfilm and...Copy !req
707. after all, that is our
primary objective, is it not?Copy !req
708. Yes, you're right.Copy !req
709. As far as I can tell,
it was a simple mugging.Copy !req
710. Of all the ways
to lose a top operator....Copy !req
711. It's unbelievable!Copy !req
712. We're running late, sir.Copy !req
713. I'm, uh, I'm sorry about this, sir.Copy !req
714. Yes... well, I had to be in
Mexico City this afternoon anyway.Copy !req
715. You know a Lieutenant Columbo?Copy !req
716. Oh, yes indeed.
Uh, he's a local homicide officer.Copy !req
717. He discovered
that I was with Geronimo...Copy !req
718. a few hours before he was killed.Copy !req
719. He's running a check on you.Copy !req
720. Uh, that's understandable.Copy !req
721. But I made the excuse that I was
trying to get him to join my firm.Copy !req
722. Place him under surveillance.Copy !req
723. Very well.Copy !req
724. We don't want any locals
finding out about our operations.Copy !req
725. All right, sir.
Have a good trip.Copy !req
726. Right.Copy !req
727. - Bye, Nelson.
- Bye.Copy !req
728. Change my itinerary.Copy !req
729. I'll be coming back here
from Mexico City.Copy !req
730. Yes, sir.Copy !req
731. That's him.
That's the guy.Copy !req
732. Melville.Copy !req
733. Is that his name?Copy !req
734. Well, that's the guy that followed
your man out of the bar.Copy !req
735. You're sure?Copy !req
736. Sure I'm sure.Copy !req
737. - Melville?
- Melville.Copy !req
738. Well, that's the guy.Copy !req
739. Lawrence Melville?Copy !req
740. Yeah. I'm Melville.Copy !req
741. Lieutenant Columbo, L.A.P.D.Copy !req
742. Sure. I was havin' a drink
at Sinbad's.Copy !req
743. But I don't know no A.J. Henderson.Copy !req
744. The bartender said
you followed him out.Copy !req
745. He's mistaken, man.Copy !req
746. Come down to headquarters
tomorrow. We' Il talk about it then.Copy !req
747. Okay. I' Il be there.Copy !req
748. Good afternoon, sir.Copy !req
749. Lieutenant Columbo,
what an unexpected pleasure.Copy !req
750. I know it's Sunday.
I was in the neighborhood.Copy !req
751. This is quite a place you have here
and remote.Copy !req
752. I had a hard time finding it.Copy !req
753. How did you get in?Copy !req
754. Oh, the gate, it was open.
I just drove in.Copy !req
755. Oh, did you? Excuse me.Copy !req
756. I have to leave you for a moment.
I'll see you a little later.Copy !req
757. Eli.Copy !req
758. Uh, would you care for a drink,
Lieutenant?Copy !req
759. Thank you very much.Copy !req
760. But I could use one of those.Copy !req
761. Help yourself.Copy !req
762. Thank you very much.Copy !req
763. I'm really sorry
to bust in on you like this.Copy !req
764. But I'm sure you'll understand.Copy !req
765. I'm just a policeman and
wherever the line takes me...Copy !req
766. that's where I have to go.Copy !req
767. I have the, uh, same problem myself
from time to time.Copy !req
768. Thank you very much, Eli.Copy !req
769. Um, shall we move away from
the madding crowd and, uh...Copy !req
770. talk in a little more
peace and quiet?Copy !req
771. I think I explained
my one little deception to you.Copy !req
772. As far as I can see,
there's nothing else to tell.Copy !req
773. Uh, not quite, sir.Copy !req
774. You still haven't told me where you
were when Mr.Henderson was killed.Copy !req
775. Oh, I... I see what you're after now.
Well, let me see if I can tell you.Copy !req
776. I returned to my office
that evening.Copy !req
777. I wrote down and dictated the, uh,
the speech for DeFonte.Copy !req
778. You remember the one. You, uh,
you were there. You heard it.Copy !req
779. Uh, you can check
with my secretary, if you like.Copy !req
780. Her name's Ruth.Copy !req
781. Lieutenant...Copy !req
782. I think that I should warn you that
I am not an unworldly man.Copy !req
783. And I have powerful and important
friends, even in the police department.Copy !req
784. I respectfully request...Copy !req
785. that you do not...Copy !req
786. harass me.Copy !req
787. Why, sir, I would never do that.Copy !req
788. I know.
I understand your problem.Copy !req
789. But you must understand mine.
It's a very bizarre situation.Copy !req
790. Uh, because of a misplaced confidence
in a man that I knew as Henderson...Copy !req
791. I find myself in this, uh,
ridiculous predicament with you.Copy !req
792. Oh, and it's all
very understandable, sir.Copy !req
793. As a matter of fact...Copy !req
794. I have a lead on that suspect
that I mentioned.Copy !req
795. Do you?Copy !req
796. Do you know
a Lawrence Melville?Copy !req
797. No, I don't.Copy !req
798. And this time
I'm not lying to you.Copy !req
799. He's black, 28...Copy !req
800. and been arrested
and convicted for assault.Copy !req
801. Do you know whether or not
Henderson knew Melville?Copy !req
802. I didn't know Melville.
I hardly knew Henderson, as a....Copy !req
803. As a matter of fact,
I didn't know Henderson at all.Copy !req
804. Uh, do muggers usually know
their victims?Copy !req
805. No, sir, at least
not on a personal basis.Copy !req
806. But I have a hunch
that Melville isn't a mugger.Copy !req
807. Now... now you're confusing me,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
808. Well, you see, sir, Henderson was
hit once... right here.Copy !req
809. Then when he went down, the assailant
hit him again on the back of the neck...Copy !req
810. right here at the base of the skull.Copy !req
811. Mr.Henderson
must have known him.Copy !req
812. Otherwise, how did he get hit
from the front?Copy !req
813. Couldn't the mugger have asked him
for his valuables, and, uh...Copy !req
814. when he was refused
then hit him from the front?Copy !req
815. Oh, it could've happened that way.
No doubt about it.Copy !req
816. Well, isn't it true there was no
identification on Henderson's person?Copy !req
817. Right. Nothing at all.Copy !req
818. And isn't it logical then to assume
that the mugger took, uh...Copy !req
819. the victim's cash and credit cards?Copy !req
820. Oh, they were removed all right.Copy !req
821. Then why are you making more
out of it than that?Copy !req
822. His coat was off.Copy !req
823. His coat was off?Copy !req
824. Yes.Copy !req
825. That's it?Copy !req
826. That's it.Copy !req
827. Sir, for the life of me,
I cannot figure out...Copy !req
828. why would a mugger take off
a victim's coat...Copy !req
829. unless he was gonna remove
something other than...Copy !req
830. cash or credit cards.Copy !req
831. Well, not being a mugger,
I'm afraid I can't help you there.Copy !req
832. Tell me...Copy !req
833. how did you first come upon
this Melville as a suspect?Copy !req
834. He was seen at Sinbad's
following Henderson out.Copy !req
835. It seems as though
you've got a pretty tight case.Copy !req
836. No, too many loose ends.Copy !req
837. If I bring this into the D.A.,
he'd shoot me right down.Copy !req
838. I better run along, sir.Copy !req
839. I'm sorry to have
interrupted your Sunday.Copy !req
840. Not at all.Copy !req
841. I've enjoyed speaking to you,
once again.Copy !req
842. I'll, um... see you to your car.Copy !req
843. This will be your car?Copy !req
844. Yes, sir. There're only
three like it in the country.Copy !req
845. Interesting model.
Allow me.Copy !req
846. Just between us, sir.Copy !req
847. Somebody's following me.Copy !req
848. Now, who would be
following a cop?Copy !req
849. Well, that's what
I'm tryin' to figure out.Copy !req
850. It can't be the collection company.
The car's paid for.Copy !req
851. Take care.Copy !req
852. Hello.Copy !req
853. This is Steinmetz.Copy !req
854. I received your message.Copy !req
855. Two miles north of the small grocery
store in Topanga Canyon...Copy !req
856. make a left...Copy !req
857. 400 yards...Copy !req
858. 10:30 tonight.Copy !req
859. Be sure you're not followed.Copy !req
860. You are here.Copy !req
861. Oh, Mr.Steinmetz.
You... you scared the hell out of me!Copy !req
862. Come, my car. Come.Copy !req
863. Be careful.
Always be careful.Copy !req
864. Careful?
This is spooky.Copy !req
865. Why are we meetin'
way out here in the boondocks?Copy !req
866. Here... here.Copy !req
867. You go in front.Copy !req
868. Now wait, wait.Copy !req
869. When first you work for me,
I tell you explicit.Copy !req
870. This is very serious business
you are in.Copy !req
871. I know.Copy !req
872. And you laid down
some heavy bread to back it up.Copy !req
873. But if I'da known
it was gonna be this serious...Copy !req
874. I'da stayed in the street.Copy !req
875. Of what do you talk?Copy !req
876. I'm talkin' about heat...Copy !req
877. from some heavy little dude
named Columbo.Copy !req
878. And I' m talkin' about
that government man...Copy !req
879. you put me
next to that's now dead.Copy !req
880. I am aware of this.Copy !req
881. And you're also aware it's my head
that's on the choppin' block?Copy !req
882. When you are in the business of
buying and selling information...Copy !req
883. on the international market...Copy !req
884. you will have to have sometimes...Copy !req
885. a little heat.Copy !req
886. Well, listen. They got enough
on me now to put me away!Copy !req
887. Did you kill him?Copy !req
888. No, I didn't kill him.Copy !req
889. I did what you told me to do,
that's all!Copy !req
890. Then you have nothing
to worry about.Copy !req
891. Well, how'd the man die,
Mr.Steinmetz?Copy !req
892. I don't know. I do not know.
It was not a part of my venture.Copy !req
893. What happens now?Copy !req
894. Well, we have to reestablish contact
with the other people.Copy !req
895. What do I tell the cop?Copy !req
896. Nothing.... Nothing!Copy !req
897. Well, they asked me about if...
if I know a man named Brenner.Copy !req
898. That is good.
That means they have a suspect.Copy !req
899. You just relax.Copy !req
900. Well, okay. That's all I wanted.
Just a little down home reassurance.Copy !req
901. You take this key to this car
and take this car tonight.Copy !req
902. This car? What for?Copy !req
903. This is a cover car for
another member of my organization.Copy !req
904. It has to be at Sixth
and Alvarado by midnight tonight.Copy !req
905. Well, what about my car?Copy !req
906. Your car will be at your home
by the time you return.Copy !req
907. You sure are strange, Mr.Steinmetz.Copy !req
908. It's a strange world.Copy !req
909. From now,
you will be paid week by week.Copy !req
910. Now you're talking.
Are we still using the same drop site?Copy !req
911. Until I tell you that
we are going to change it.Copy !req
912. Take care of that car.
It's my pride and joy.Copy !req
913. Sixth and Alvarado,
here I come!Copy !req
914. You should've talked to us.Copy !req
915. I should've talked to somebody.Copy !req
916. But I didn't do nothin' wrong.
No, sir.Copy !req
917. How... how's this?Copy !req
918. No, no. He looked a lot older
than that. He had a... a big nose...Copy !req
919. Where did you say you met
this Steinmetz, again?Copy !req
920. In... In a bar. In a... Look at....
Listen, he had a mustache.Copy !req
921. In a bar?Copy !req
922. He laid some bread down.
He knew everythin' about me.Copy !req
923. My record....Copy !req
924. And you don't know
how to get in touch with him?Copy !req
925. Look, like I told you
we had this drop site.Copy !req
926. It's like a mail box where
we leave messages and...Copy !req
927. we just exchanged 'em.
That's all.Copy !req
928. No, looky here.Copy !req
929. You got to put the glasses and
then take this off all over here.Copy !req
930. Take it off... this top here, and
get this mustache right.Copy !req
931. And, wait a minute here,
it's like... like a goatee on there.Copy !req
932. What about the credit cards
in the glove compartment?Copy !req
933. They belong to Henderson.Copy !req
934. Look, I'm telling you.
I don't know nothin' about that.Copy !req
935. I swear to you, it's like I told
that Lieutenant Columbo.Copy !req
936. I didn't touch that man.Copy !req
937. We just talked about this microfilm.
That's all.Copy !req
938. That's all we did, honest.Copy !req
939. Hey, how's this?
This okay?Copy !req
940. Yeah. That's Mr.Steinmetz.Copy !req
941. Now you're gettin'
close to him, you just....Copy !req
942. All you got to do is just make him
a little older...Copy !req
943. get a little tighter under here.
His just... nose was just bigger...Copy !req
944. glasses off the....
You got him, though.Copy !req
945. Well, I can't absolutely verify that
Mr.Brenner came back that night...Copy !req
946. and wrote his speech. But that's
what he said he was going to do.Copy !req
947. And you found the tape
sitting on your desk...Copy !req
948. when you came in
the following morning?Copy !req
949. Right. At nine o'clock.Copy !req
950. I typed it up and gave it to
Mr.Brenner shortly before 10...Copy !req
951. when he rushed in, picked it up
and went off to his meeting...Copy !req
952. Good morning.Copy !req
953. Good morning, Mr.Brenner.Copy !req
954. Morning, Ruth.Copy !req
955. Good morning, sir.Copy !req
956. This way, Mr.Columbo.Copy !req
957. No calls for 5 minutes.Copy !req
958. What the hell are you doing here?Copy !req
959. Mr.Brenner,
you told me yourself...Copy !req
960. that I should check
with your secretary.Copy !req
961. That's what I'm doing.Copy !req
962. That was before your suspect
turned up with Henderson's credit cards.Copy !req
963. How do you know that, sir?Copy !req
964. I told you already, Lieutenant.Copy !req
965. I have friends
in the police department.Copy !req
966. I have friends across the country,
all over the world.Copy !req
967. I also know...Copy !req
968. that your suspect has accused a man
named Steinmetz of trying to kill him.Copy !req
969. Your information is
very good, sir.Copy !req
970. We don't believe that
Steinmetz wanted him dead.Copy !req
971. You don't?Copy !req
972. The officer from
the bomb squad told us that...Copy !req
973. if you wanted a man dead...Copy !req
974. you'd use a lot more
plastic explosives in the car...Copy !req
975. than what we found.Copy !req
976. And you would put it in the engine,
rather than into the driver's door.Copy !req
977. I fail to understand you.
You have suspects all over the place.Copy !req
978. You have Melville,
you have Steinmetz...Copy !req
979. and yet you still insist on
suspecting me.Copy !req
980. Yes, sir, I do feel you are involved.
I have to admit that.Copy !req
981. Did anyone see me on the pier?
The answer is no.Copy !req
982. Do I know Melville?
Again the answer is negative.Copy !req
983. I could go on and on, but I suggest
that we leave it where it is.Copy !req
984. Your secretary doesn't provide
an alibi at all, sir.Copy !req
985. You simply told her that
you were coming back here.Copy !req
986. Can you prove that you
actually did come back?Copy !req
987. As you well know, these offices
are empty in the evening.Copy !req
988. And I don't need to prove it.
Neither do I require an alibi.Copy !req
989. If you have an accusation to make...Copy !req
990. do it.Copy !req
991. No accusation.Copy !req
992. In that event, good morning.Copy !req
993. And, Lieutenant, let me assure you
that you are delving into areas...Copy !req
994. over which you have no authority.Copy !req
995. For the last time, I ask you...Copy !req
996. don't harass me.Copy !req
997. Colorado calling the Director.Copy !req
998. Now entering Travel Town, out.Copy !req
999. Here you are, honey.Copy !req
1000. Thank you.Copy !req
1001. How goes it, Lieutenant?Copy !req
1002. I can't complain, Arthur.
How's by you?Copy !req
1003. Don't ask.
How's your dog?Copy !req
1004. He's swimming.Copy !req
1005. Is this charred enough for you,
Lieutenant?Copy !req
1006. Ah, that's perfect.Copy !req
1007. Where's he swimming?Copy !req
1008. Well, a fella down the block
built a pool...Copy !req
1009. so he goes over there
in the mornings.Copy !req
1010. Leave me his address, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1011. I wanna join him!Copy !req
1012. Art, it's just a normal sized pool.
It's not a lake.Copy !req
1013. Two hot dogs.Copy !req
1014. Hey, you know you're pretty?Copy !req
1015. - Did you know that?
- No.Copy !req
1016. Sure you are.Copy !req
1017. You know it, huh?Copy !req
1018. Ah, I don't blame you.Copy !req
1019. Is that your sister?Copy !req
1020. You're pretty, too.Copy !req
1021. Thank you.Copy !req
1022. - You guys got a dog?
- Yeah.Copy !req
1023. You know where my dog is?Copy !req
1024. No.Copy !req
1025. He's swimmin'.
He goes swimmin' every morning.Copy !req
1026. I didn't know that a dog swims.Copy !req
1027. Oh, he can swim.Copy !req
1028. He can swim just like a fish.Copy !req
1029. You know what his name is?Copy !req
1030. What?Copy !req
1031. Dog.Copy !req
1032. Just plain old dog?Copy !req
1033. Yeah. That's what I call him.
Just dog.Copy !req
1034. Nothing else.Copy !req
1035. Let's take a walk.Copy !req
1036. See you later.Copy !req
1037. This way.Copy !req
1038. Inside.Copy !req
1039. Come in.Copy !req
1040. Watch your step.Copy !req
1041. I hope you don't mind.Copy !req
1042. I don't carry a gun, sir.Copy !req
1043. It's not a gun we're looking for.Copy !req
1044. I know you've seen that.Copy !req
1045. Yes, sir.
What is it that he is looking for?Copy !req
1046. A bug.Copy !req
1047. I don't have any bugs, sir.Copy !req
1048. Now, you don't mind
if I satisfy myself in that regard.Copy !req
1049. No, sir.Copy !req
1050. Now, I want you to look at this.Copy !req
1051. I want you to pay strict attention.Copy !req
1052. You're the head man?Copy !req
1053. Yes.Copy !req
1054. It's only on rare occasions...Copy !req
1055. I take a local law enforcement
officer into my confidence...Copy !req
1056. only when the situation
absolutely warrants it.Copy !req
1057. Whatever it is, sir,
I won't breathe a word.Copy !req
1058. Good. Now, it seems in your
investigation of a homicide...Copy !req
1059. you've stumbled upon one of my most
valued counter-intelligence men.Copy !req
1060. I have?Copy !req
1061. He is, in fact, in charge of
the West Coast Region.Copy !req
1062. A lot of sensitive,
highly important information...Copy !req
1063. from the Pacific and South America
funnels through him.Copy !req
1064. I had no idea.Copy !req
1065. I realize that.
It's why I'm here.Copy !req
1066. Nelson Brenner's cover is
deep and foolproof.Copy !req
1067. All the more reason to emphasize the
confidentiality of our conversation.Copy !req
1068. Nelson Brenner?Copy !req
1069. Well...Copy !req
1070. that certainly explains
a great many strange things.Copy !req
1071. I thought it would.Copy !req
1072. Hey, can we come up, please?Copy !req
1073. Let's walk.Copy !req
1074. Whatever inconsistencies
bother you, Lieutenant...Copy !req
1075. come as a direct result of Brenner
trying to protect the Agency.Copy !req
1076. It's fantastic.Copy !req
1077. I hope you understand.Copy !req
1078. I ran a check on this man.
I sent it to Washington.Copy !req
1079. Yes, I know.Copy !req
1080. I got it right here in my pocket.Copy !req
1081. You'd never know
this man was a spy.Copy !req
1082. Operator.Copy !req
1083. Operator?Copy !req
1084. Operator. Spy's old hat.
They're referred to as operators.Copy !req
1085. What do you fellas do?
Do you fabricate this stuff here?Copy !req
1086. Pleased to have met you,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
1087. Likewise, sir.Copy !req
1088. One more thing, sir.
It will only take a moment.Copy !req
1089. Are you familiar with a man
named Steinmetz?Copy !req
1090. Forget about him.Copy !req
1091. Uh, but you do know him?Copy !req
1092. Yes. Forget about him.Copy !req
1093. Sir, I do have a murder on my hands.Copy !req
1094. I'm painfully aware of that,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
1095. The man you know as Henderson
was one of my best operators.Copy !req
1096. But, you see, sir, uh,
this Mr.Steinmetz, in my judgement...Copy !req
1097. is somehow implicated here
and I can't find a trace of him.Copy !req
1098. Neither can we.Copy !req
1099. And we've been after him
a lot longer than you have.Copy !req
1100. But we'll get him
one of these days.Copy !req
1101. Uh, one more thing, sir.
Uh, do your operators carry a gun?Copy !req
1102. They do.Copy !req
1103. What'll it be, sir?Copy !req
1104. Uh, give me two.Copy !req
1105. Two gallons, sir?Copy !req
1106. No. Two dollars, please.Copy !req
1107. Wait a minute!Copy !req
1108. All right.Copy !req
1109. All right. Go ahead.Copy !req
1110. What'll it be?Copy !req
1111. Uh, gas.
Just regular gas.Copy !req
1112. Make it three.Copy !req
1113. Make it three and a quarter.Copy !req
1114. Three forty-five,
three fifty-five.Copy !req
1115. Oh, Jesus.Copy !req
1116. Want me to wipe
your windshield, sir?Copy !req
1117. No, that's all right. Don't bother.
I can see through it.Copy !req
1118. Just keep it rollin'.
Keep it rollin'.Copy !req
1119. All right.Copy !req
1120. Forty.... What's up there now?Copy !req
1121. Four thirty-seven.Copy !req
1122. Four thirty-seven.... Two... two fifty...
two seventy... two eighty...Copy !req
1123. three ten....Copy !req
1124. Stop it. Stop it.Copy !req
1125. Ah... I have three eighty....
What do I have now?Copy !req
1126. The gentleman over there thinks
you could use this, sir.Copy !req
1127. Gentleman over where?Copy !req
1128. Over here, sir.Copy !req
1129. I just met the Director.
The head man.Copy !req
1130. Yes, I know.Copy !req
1131. You know already?Copy !req
1132. I knew before.Copy !req
1133. You knew it
before that I met him?Copy !req
1134. I knew it before that
you were going to meet him.Copy !req
1135. Geez, the way you guys operate.
It's fantastic.Copy !req
1136. We could use a couple of guys
like you down in the department.Copy !req
1137. All the lies are explained now.Copy !req
1138. Yes, sir.
I guess they are.Copy !req
1139. It's a weight off my mind, too.Copy !req
1140. In fact, I'm going to take
the rest of the day off.Copy !req
1141. Why don't you join me up at my house
for a cocktail or something...Copy !req
1142. and we can discuss old times.
You rather fascinate me.Copy !req
1143. Oh, that's
very, very nice of you, sir.Copy !req
1144. But I still got
a couple of things I gotta do.Copy !req
1145. Sir, we have other customers.Copy !req
1146. I gotta check back down
at the station.Copy !req
1147. Those guys are always buggin' me.Copy !req
1148. You know what I mean.Copy !req
1149. I know.Copy !req
1150. Wait a minute! Sir!
I still got this 10 dollars!Copy !req
1151. Come in, please.Copy !req
1152. Your coat, sir.Copy !req
1153. Mr.Brenner will be here
in a moment.Copy !req
1154. Mr.Columbo to see you, sir.Copy !req
1155. Right away, sir.Copy !req
1156. I'm uh, terribly sorry
to keep you waiting.Copy !req
1157. I'm having dinner
for a few friends this evening.Copy !req
1158. I was just checking the menu
with the chef.Copy !req
1159. Oh, that's all right, sir.
That's no problem.Copy !req
1160. Here's your 10 dollars.Copy !req
1161. And then afterwards
we're having a little piano recital.Copy !req
1162. Please come in. I've ordered
some hors d'oeuvres for you.Copy !req
1163. Make yourself comfortable.Copy !req
1164. Oh, thank you, sir.Copy !req
1165. This is quite
a place to be comfortable.Copy !req
1166. But I do want to clear up
this 10 dollars, sir.Copy !req
1167. That's why I'm here.Copy !req
1168. I can spare it, you know.Copy !req
1169. Oh, I know you can, sir.Copy !req
1170. It's just that I like to keep
my accounts up to date.Copy !req
1171. Well, maybe I don't...Copy !req
1172. but my wife likes to
keep everything straight.Copy !req
1173. You know what I mean.Copy !req
1174. Is that an original painting, sir?Copy !req
1175. Oh, yes.
Nearly everything here is original.Copy !req
1176. That was done
in Austria, 1761.Copy !req
1177. 'The Discovery of America'.Copy !req
1178. 'The Discovery of America'.
Is it all in there?Copy !req
1179. Nearly.Copy !req
1180. Isn't that fantastic!
Look at that.Copy !req
1181. 'The Discovery of America'.Copy !req
1182. I think I'm just gonna leave this
10 dollars here on the table, sir.Copy !req
1183. That way it's out of my hands.Copy !req
1184. Oh, relax. Relax.
Take a minute.Copy !req
1185. Try one of these.
Try a few of them, in fact.Copy !req
1186. All right, sir.
Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1187. This looks good.
May I, sir?Copy !req
1188. Please.Copy !req
1189. What would you like
in the way of libation?Copy !req
1190. Oh, nothing when I'm on duty.Copy !req
1191. But you're finished for the day,
aren't you?Copy !req
1192. Well, nearly, sir.
Do you have any wine?Copy !req
1193. Cellar full.Copy !req
1194. Just a glass.Copy !req
1195. What kind would you like?Copy !req
1196. Oh... red.Copy !req
1197. A little music?Copy !req
1198. That's quite a music box
you got there, sir.Copy !req
1199. That must've set you back
a few dollars.Copy !req
1200. A few. Do you like music?Copy !req
1201. Well, I hear it all the time.Copy !req
1202. My wife is crazy about music.Copy !req
1203. Really? Classical?Copy !req
1204. Yeah... Beethoven,
what's his name...Copy !req
1205. the guy that wrote
'Marriage of Figaro'.Copy !req
1206. Mozart.Copy !req
1207. That fella.Copy !req
1208. She likes rock music, too.Copy !req
1209. When the nieces are around
it's on the air all the time.Copy !req
1210. A lot of rock.Copy !req
1211. How about this?Copy !req
1212. That's Puccini. That's....
No, that's, uh...Copy !req
1213. 'Madame Butterfly'!Copy !req
1214. Yes.Copy !req
1215. That's, uh, that's my wife's
favorite piece of music!Copy !req
1216. I know.Copy !req
1217. You know?Copy !req
1218. You have my house bugged.Copy !req
1219. I know.Copy !req
1220. But since the Director met with you,
I've had it removed.Copy !req
1221. Just I'm glad my wife didn't know
about that.Copy !req
1222. Tuning.Copy !req
1223. Boy, that's some system
you got there, sir.Copy !req
1224. Quadraphonic.Copy !req
1225. Gee, I wish my wife
could hear it like this.Copy !req
1226. Well, it, uh, it helps to calm
the nerves you know.Copy !req
1227. Are you nervous, sir?Copy !req
1228. Oh, yes.
We all need our little...Copy !req
1229. antidotes, and I happen to know
one of yours.Copy !req
1230. And what would that be, sir?Copy !req
1231. A cigar.Copy !req
1232. Well, as a matter of fact, yes.Copy !req
1233. I have some very special ones
in my den.Copy !req
1234. Would you care to
sample them with me?Copy !req
1235. We can take this with us.Copy !req
1236. Just through here.Copy !req
1237. And, um, here are the little darlings.
Do you have a cutter?Copy !req
1238. A what, sir?Copy !req
1239. A cigar cutter.Copy !req
1240. No, I don't carry them.Copy !req
1241. Well, in that case,
do you mind if I do it for you?Copy !req
1242. Not at all, sir.
You have all the experience.Copy !req
1243. You like to play games, sir?Copy !req
1244. Yes.Copy !req
1245. I know this one, backgammon.
I've seen that before.Copy !req
1246. And I know poker.Copy !req
1247. Do you mind?Copy !req
1248. Go ahead.Copy !req
1249. What's this?Copy !req
1250. Mah-jong.Copy !req
1251. What?Copy !req
1252. Mah... jong.Copy !req
1253. You play all these games
for money, sir?Copy !req
1254. Yes, indeed.Copy !req
1255. Do you like to gamble, sir?Copy !req
1256. What else is there?Copy !req
1257. Your cigar.Copy !req
1258. The matches are over here.Copy !req
1259. How do you find the cigar?Copy !req
1260. Real class, sir.
Cuban?Copy !req
1261. The Bay of Pigs wasn't
a total disaster.Copy !req
1262. Here we are.Copy !req
1263. See how you like it.Copy !req
1264. Happy days.Copy !req
1265. Who is that lady there
in that picture?Copy !req
1266. That one,
the... the Princess of Thailand.Copy !req
1267. My goodness.Copy !req
1268. And look at these, sir.Copy !req
1269. The medals you won.
You did well in the war.Copy !req
1270. Reasonably well.Copy !req
1271. Look at those medals.
Where was that, sir?Copy !req
1272. Korea.Copy !req
1273. My goodness.
What is this?Copy !req
1274. That you wouldn't be able
to understand.Copy !req
1275. It's in Latin.Copy !req
1276. A little gift from
the University of Bavaria.Copy !req
1277. 'Distinguished Achievement Award'...Copy !req
1278. 'University of the State of New York',
'Trustees Columbia University'...Copy !req
1279. 'Certificate for Service'...Copy !req
1280. driving a racing car.
Quite a life, sir.Copy !req
1281. I find it dull.Copy !req
1282. Quite a life.Copy !req
1283. What kind of a plane is that, sir?Copy !req
1284. That?
Uh... that's the T-33...Copy !req
1285. Silverstar.Copy !req
1286. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
1287. And that's you standing
right beside it?Copy !req
1288. Yes. I seem to remember
reading about that.Copy !req
1289. It was quite famous during the war,
wasn't it?Copy !req
1290. The best known trainer of the period.Copy !req
1291. Well, you're a hero, sir.Copy !req
1292. And you have power.Copy !req
1293. And you live
in a magnificent house.Copy !req
1294. You're a hero.Copy !req
1295. The languages you speak....
How can you say your life is dull?Copy !req
1296. Mah-jong.Copy !req
1297. What time do you have, sir?Copy !req
1298. 6:45.Copy !req
1299. Oh, I have to run.
I almost forgot, sir.Copy !req
1300. I'm taking my wife out to dinner.Copy !req
1301. Forgive me.Copy !req
1302. You've been very gracious.Copy !req
1303. I'll get your coat.Copy !req
1304. It's been a fantastic day, sir.Copy !req
1305. Oh, yes, indeed.
May I help you with your coat?Copy !req
1306. Thank you.Copy !req
1307. I appreciate the 10 dollars.Copy !req
1308. I'll tell ya...Copy !req
1309. I hope I never run into
that kind of a fix again.Copy !req
1310. Safe journey.Copy !req
1311. Oh, I almost forgot.Copy !req
1312. This is a sketch
that we worked up on Steinmetz.Copy !req
1313. Melville says that
this is a reasonable facsimile.Copy !req
1314. Steinmetz....Copy !req
1315. So this is Steinmetz?Copy !req
1316. You've never seen him before?Copy !req
1317. No.... No.
I have never seen him.Copy !req
1318. If this is not
a breach of security, sir...Copy !req
1319. could you tell me
how you made contact?Copy !req
1320. By telephone
or through a representative of his.Copy !req
1321. I see. 'Cause I've checked
every Steinmetz in the city...Copy !req
1322. and so far, I haven't been able to
find anyone...Copy !req
1323. who even comes close to
this description.Copy !req
1324. Well, by now, Lieutenant,
you should know that...Copy !req
1325. no one in our business
is ever who he says he is.Copy !req
1326. Of course.
I should've known that myself.Copy !req
1327. By the way, may I have a... a copy of that
for our leader, the Director?Copy !req
1328. Why don't you take this one, sir?
I have another copy for myself.Copy !req
1329. Be seeing you.Copy !req
1330. I hope so, sir.Copy !req
1331. Have a nice evening.
My best to your lady.Copy !req
1332. I think Mr. Brenner came to see me
around 10 o'clock.Copy !req
1333. Mr. DeFonte, do you have
a copy of your speech?Copy !req
1334. Of course. My secretary
should have one.Copy !req
1335. Wait.Copy !req
1336. Della! The commodity speech of
last week... uh, we have a copy?Copy !req
1337. Yes, sir, it's in the files.Copy !req
1338. Would you mind bringing one in,
please? Thank you.Copy !req
1339. Columbo.Copy !req
1340. These are our grapes.
We are proud of them.Copy !req
1341. Have some.Copy !req
1342. Isn't that unusual...Copy !req
1343. to get a speech just a half hour
before you're gonna deliver it?Copy !req
1344. No... no, no.
Because I read it twice, uh...Copy !req
1345. it make an impression in my mind,
like this.Copy !req
1346. You know, me sometimes
I forget my own telephone number.Copy !req
1347. Ah, thank you, Della.
Very nice. Very nice.Copy !req
1348. Let me see, this the speech....Copy !req
1349. Suppose you want it rewritten?Copy !req
1350. There's no time.Copy !req
1351. Rewritten? For what?Copy !req
1352. Nelson, he writes a speech,
says just what I want to say, that's all.Copy !req
1353. Then he adds a touch of
spaghetti humor, you know?Copy !req
1354. And everything's all right.
Oh, he's brilliant, Columbo.Copy !req
1355. Brilliant man! Very.Copy !req
1356. Is it possible that I take this?Copy !req
1357. Go ahead. I have a copy,
you know.Copy !req
1358. Thank you very much.Copy !req
1359. Is it possible
to have a few more grapes?Copy !req
1360. Grapes? Is it possible you ask?
Look at that....Copy !req
1361. Oh, come on! Come on! It's such a
pleasure to talk to a paisano.Copy !req
1362. Listen, you be sure to call me, huh?
We'll have lunch together, all right?Copy !req
1363. Ciao.Copy !req
1364. Let's get back to earth.Copy !req
1365. I'm a simple farmer
in the Imperial Valley.Copy !req
1366. It just happens to be
400 miles wide, that's all.Copy !req
1367. My papa, from whom I learned
the business...Copy !req
1368. told me years ago
when I started out...Copy !req
1369. 'Salvatore, to be successful,
you gotta know two things... 'Copy !req
1370. 'who buys and who sells your crop.
And the weather'.Copy !req
1371. Well, we got the water down
in our valley.Copy !req
1372. That takes care of the weather.Copy !req
1373. Come sta?Copy !req
1374. Bene, grazie.Copy !req
1375. This is important.Copy !req
1376. Your secretary was kind enough
to provide this tape.Copy !req
1377. Of course,
I have a warrant for it.Copy !req
1378. You told a lot of lies, sir.Copy !req
1379. Of course, most of 'em can be
explained...Copy !req
1380. in your capacity as a spy.
But not the big one.Copy !req
1381. Not your whereabouts
at the time of the murder.Copy !req
1382. What strikes you about this picture?Copy !req
1383. The T-33 Silverstar.Copy !req
1384. I see that you visited with me again
in my absence.Copy !req
1385. I have a warrant for that, too, sir.Copy !req
1386. You have a warrant for everything.Copy !req
1387. What strikes you
about that picture?Copy !req
1388. I was younger
and more beautiful then.Copy !req
1389. Not that it was taken
15 years ago in Korea?Copy !req
1390. Not the fact that, at that time...Copy !req
1391. your hairline is receding.Copy !req
1392. How stupid of me.Copy !req
1393. What strikes me, sir,
looking at you now 15 years later...Copy !req
1394. is that you now
have a healthy crop of hair.Copy !req
1395. Luxuriant. I wear a piece.
A hair piece.Copy !req
1396. That's what I told the art guy
down at headquarters.Copy !req
1397. I said, 'Figure this fella to be bald'.Copy !req
1398. And working
on that assumption, sir...Copy !req
1399. he took an air brush
and he removed all your hair.Copy !req
1400. This is the same picture.Copy !req
1401. Removed all of it?Copy !req
1402. Yes.Copy !req
1403. And then he put on a wig...Copy !req
1404. and he added a mustache
and a beard and some glasses.Copy !req
1405. Ah! Steinmetz.Copy !req
1406. Oh, our dear old friend,
Mr.Steinmetz.Copy !req
1407. That's marvelous.
Very clever fellows you've got.Copy !req
1408. It's really wonderful.Copy !req
1409. I want you to hear the tape.Copy !req
1410. Yes. I'll hear it.
By all means, go ahead.Copy !req
1411. It's terrific.Copy !req
1412. Pay strict attention
to the early part.Copy !req
1413. Speech for Mr. DeFonte...Copy !req
1414. to be delivered before the
Commodity Broker's Luncheon.Copy !req
1415. Right here.Copy !req
1416. That sound.Copy !req
1417. That sound, sir, is the closing
of Venetian blinds.Copy !req
1418. That's the sound.Copy !req
1419. So I closed the blinds.
What's so special about that?Copy !req
1420. That direction is east.Copy !req
1421. Please don't give me a lesson
in geography.Copy !req
1422. At five minutes past six
the sun came up.Copy !req
1423. An hour or so later,
give or take a few moments...Copy !req
1424. the sun angles into the building
in this direction...Copy !req
1425. and it hits right here at your desk.Copy !req
1426. You came in
the following morning, sir...Copy !req
1427. to finish your speech.
And you sat down...Copy !req
1428. and when you started to dictate
the early morning sun got in your eyes.Copy !req
1429. And you then arose,
went to the window...Copy !req
1430. and closed the blinds.Copy !req
1431. Let me see....
I closed the blinds for privacy.Copy !req
1432. But you're on the third floor, sir.Copy !req
1433. Why would you require privacy?Copy !req
1434. Oh, there are other buildings
in the neighborhood.Copy !req
1435. Higher buildings.Copy !req
1436. But they're all office buildings, sir.
There's no one in them at night.Copy !req
1437. But this is an office building.
I was in it at night.Copy !req
1438. Why should not other people
be in their offices?Copy !req
1439. Why don't you play the tape.
Carry on from there...Copy !req
1440. and you will see that,
in fact, it had to be night.Copy !req
1441. Any particular section, sir?Copy !req
1442. Right on, from there.Copy !req
1443. Now, you listen very carefully.Copy !req
1444. First of all, I'd like to thank
the officers of your association...Copy !req
1445. for inviting me here.Copy !req
1446. It seems like only yesterday...Copy !req
1447. I was crushing the grapes
in my father's vineyard.Copy !req
1448. If you don't believe me,
I'll show you the bottom of my feet.Copy !req
1449. One foot still has a Cabernet...Copy !req
1450. There! There!
Did you hear that?Copy !req
1451. Yes, sir. I heard it.Copy !req
1452. You heard the chimes?Copy !req
1453. I did.Copy !req
1454. Did you count them?Copy !req
1455. Yes, sir. There are 11.Copy !req
1456. Eleven. So it had to be
11 o'clock at night.Copy !req
1457. It could not have been
11 o'clock in the morning.Copy !req
1458. You can check with my secretary.Copy !req
1459. No, sir.
It couldn't have been at night.Copy !req
1460. It couldn't have been night.Copy !req
1461. ... feel about over-production,
but it's gonna be all right.Copy !req
1462. There's a food shortage
all over the world.Copy !req
1463. It had to be morning, sir.Copy !req
1464. Look at Southeast Asia.Copy !req
1465. They need our crops more than ever...Copy !req
1466. now because of the tragic events
there in the past 10 years.Copy !req
1467. This extra demand for our extra supply...Copy !req
1468. is gonna make for a proper marriage
in the market place.Copy !req
1469. And if you're worried
about the Chinese... don't be.Copy !req
1470. They may pull out of the Olympics...Copy !req
1471. but not out of the soybeans.Copy !req
1472. You've lost me again,
Mr.Columbo.Copy !req
1473. I did some checking... newspapers,
wire services, TV news rooms.Copy !req
1474. I checked everywhere. And I ended up
calling the Peking News Bureau.Copy !req
1475. Did you?Copy !req
1476. And at 6:20 a.m. on the morning
of the DeFonte speech...Copy !req
1477. 6 hours and 20 minutes
past midnight...Copy !req
1478. 7 hours and 20 minutes
past the time...Copy !req
1479. that you claim
that you were writing this speech...Copy !req
1480. and to the shock of the world, the
Chinese pulled out of the Olympics.Copy !req
1481. Did they?Copy !req
1482. You couldn't have written that
speech the night before.Copy !req
1483. There's no way in the world.
It hadn't happened yet.Copy !req
1484. What made you stay on it?
Was it the, uh, was it the coat?Copy !req
1485. Yes, sir. I couldn't figure out
why it was removed.Copy !req
1486. You see, I know that a mugger...Copy !req
1487. can take a guy's money
without taking off his coat.Copy !req
1488. And then it occurred to me that
Mr.Henderson was a secret agent...Copy !req
1489. and that secret agents wear a gun.Copy !req
1490. Shoulder holsters.Copy !req
1491. And that Mr.Henderson...Copy !req
1492. Had one.Copy !req
1493. Was a secret agent?Copy !req
1494. He was.Copy !req
1495. And you couldn't afford to have
that fact known.Copy !req
1496. So, in order to remove
his shoulder holster...Copy !req
1497. you had to remove the coat.Copy !req
1498. Why didn't you put it back on again?Copy !req
1499. Oh, I was going to.
But apart from muggers on the beach...Copy !req
1500. Mr.Columbo,
they also have loving couples.Copy !req
1501. And I was interrupted
at the scene of the crime.Copy !req
1502. Would you like to hear
something funny?Copy !req
1503. I'd love to.Copy !req
1504. Today, the Chinese...
they changed their minds.Copy !req
1505. Did they, again?Copy !req
1506. They're back in the games.Copy !req
1507. In the games.Copy !req
1508. Mah-jong.Copy !req
1509. Mah-jong.Copy !req