R | 1h 23min | Crime, Drama | May 1975 (USA)
Original Title: Un uomo dalla pelle dura
Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die. Despite Nick's efforts to sabotage the fight, Wilcox wins. Enraged, Wilcox orders Nick to keep away from him. Later that night, Nick is murdered. Of course, Wilcox is the primary suspect. Wilcox then tries to clear his name and find Nick's killer.
Director: Francesco Prosperi
Writers: Lucio Battistrada, Adriano Bolzoni, Armando Crispino, Don Carlos Dunaway
Stars: Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak, Ernest Borgnine
Original Title: Un uomo dalla pelle dura
Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die. Despite Nick's efforts to sabotage the fight, Wilcox wins. Enraged, Wilcox orders Nick to keep away from him. Later that night, Nick is murdered. Of course, Wilcox is the primary suspect. Wilcox then tries to clear his name and find Nick's killer.
Director: Francesco Prosperi
Writers: Lucio Battistrada, Adriano Bolzoni, Armando Crispino, Don Carlos Dunaway
Stars: Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak, Ernest Borgnine
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:30Come on, that's the way, three in a row, take the sun right back at you, go make it, yeah.
00:01:00Eight, eight's the point, eight's from the cater, man.
00:01:02Nice job, Teddy.
00:01:04Just think about Garth.
00:01:06I bet he's counting his ribs right now.
00:01:08Yeah, and wondering why two of them are missing.
00:01:11Teddy really put him away, didn't he?
00:01:13Come on, baby.
00:01:14You know it.
00:01:15The way that other guy looked when he left the ring, his own mother wouldn't recognize him.
00:01:18That's it, Lou.
00:01:19Your champ looks prettier than ever.
00:01:20Thanks, Doc.
00:01:21Come on.
00:01:22Come on, work for Daddy, huh?
00:01:23That's the way.
00:01:24They won't roll.
00:01:25That's what you get for breathing on them.
00:01:27What do you mean?
00:01:29Hey, there's a seven.
00:01:36We got you that time.
00:01:38Oh, yeah?
00:01:39You just hang on a minute.
00:01:40I'll show you something.
00:01:46What are you doing, Teddy?
00:01:49What did you declare at the weigh-in, Lewicki?
00:01:51Two hundred.
00:01:52Three fifty.
00:01:53Four.
00:01:54Five.
00:01:55Two hundred, three hundred.
00:01:56No, I'm seeing pretty good over here.
00:01:57Three fifty.
00:01:58Four hundred.
00:01:59Five.
00:02:00Six.
00:02:01Seven.
00:02:02Eight hundred dollars?
00:02:03You're playing for chicken feed down there, Klaus.
00:02:04You know, the boss has got eight hundred.
00:02:05You must be a little bit punch drunk.
00:02:07Now, don't get wise, Teddy.
00:02:09I earned all that.
00:02:10I've been organizing fights for you for eight months.
00:02:13Pump the garbage.
00:02:17You think I'm some kind of dummy or something?
00:02:19This outfit was worth thirty-five dollars before the fight.
00:02:22Do you remember?
00:02:23Now, he had three hundred coming for a twelve-round goal with Joe Garbo.
00:02:27That's a yard and a half for you and a yard and a half for me.
00:02:30That's eight hundred dollars here, you lying, cheating...
00:02:34Now, if somebody knows how to make money grow on trees,
00:02:37I wish the miracle worker would have told me about it.
00:02:40I'm getting out of here.
00:02:41Hold it, boy.
00:02:45Now, Teddy,
00:02:47you're a smart kid.
00:02:48You haven't been to college.
00:02:50Now, you know as well as I do,
00:02:51a manager's got to have some reserve capital on hand.
00:02:54There's big wheels need greasing.
00:02:56There's emergencies.
00:02:57You understand?
00:02:58You've been getting a free ride on my back for eight months, man,
00:03:00while I've been sweating.
00:03:03Well, I'm going down the road,
00:03:06and I'm taking my money with me.
00:03:10Kid, stop right there.
00:03:14Now, you can go, but my money stays here.
00:03:16Now, give it to me.
00:03:21Give it to me.
00:03:37No, no, Teddy, don't. You'll kill me.
00:03:38You'll kill me. Don't.
00:03:48You'll pay for this, Teddy.
00:03:49I swear you'll pay.
00:04:20I can't wait.
00:04:23It's a good time.
00:04:25I know.
00:04:27If it's my time.
00:04:29Oh,
00:04:31I hope that I can find
00:04:34the way.
00:04:46Yeah, can you pull it up?
00:04:48Yeah, please.
00:04:58Hi.
00:05:00Hi.
00:05:01Peace to the man of goodwill.
00:05:03Huh?
00:05:04To the man
00:05:06that will find another man on the highway
00:05:09with a broken car,
00:05:11no money for a taxi,
00:05:13and he gives that man a ride to the city.
00:05:15He's going to make the kingdom of heaven.
00:05:17Oh, yeah?
00:05:18That's right.
00:05:19Well, I guess I'm gonna have to miss the kingdom of heaven.
00:05:22I got my own troubles, pal.
00:05:28How much I owe you?
00:05:31Seven bucks.
00:05:33See you around anyway.
00:05:45I got my own troubles.
00:05:46How much I owe you?
00:05:50It's a good time.
00:05:52I know.
00:05:54If it's my time.
00:05:56Oh,
00:05:58I hope that I can find
00:06:01the way.
00:06:16Well,
00:06:17hell, I don't know.
00:06:21Give me a
00:06:22cheeseburg rare
00:06:23with everything on it.
00:06:27And go on.
00:06:28What was it?
00:06:29Another girl or something?
00:06:30Yeah,
00:06:31I mean, I can't be sure,
00:06:33but you know,
00:06:34the way she moves,
00:06:35well, you know what I mean.
00:06:36Oh, you know it.
00:06:37That's it.
00:06:38They try to act like...
00:06:39Hey, partner.
00:06:40Hey, wait a minute.
00:06:41Hold it, will you a sec?
00:06:42I'd like to have a cheeseburg rare and...
00:06:43Yeah, just a minute.
00:06:45Okay.
00:07:12Everything okay?
00:07:14A little more coffee?
00:07:15Yeah.
00:07:17Hey, you know, I think you're right.
00:07:19There's this girlfriend of mine,
00:07:21and whenever we go in,
00:07:22like to a dance or something,
00:07:24she does this thing,
00:07:26and nobody ever pays no attention to her.
00:07:29Well, it doesn't seem to bother her, though.
00:07:31I mean,
00:07:32maybe she knows she's different,
00:07:33and that's why it don't bother her much.
00:07:36Hey, are you listening to me or not?
00:07:39I'm making a swimming pool for you.
00:07:41Get your...
00:07:43Hey, Mike.
00:07:45It's you.
00:07:46Yeah, it's me.
00:07:47Do you remember me?
00:07:48Yes, I remember you.
00:07:50Been a long time since college, huh?
00:07:52Looking good, man.
00:07:53Good to see you.
00:07:54Good to see you.
00:07:55It's been a long time since I've seen you.
00:07:57Yeah.
00:07:58What do you do in a place like this?
00:08:00I live here.
00:08:01Oh, yeah?
00:08:02Oh, I got a good job.
00:08:03Yeah.
00:08:04Oh, let's go eat.
00:08:05Yeah.
00:08:06Oh, let's go eat at my place.
00:08:08Don't eat this garbage.
00:08:09Come on.
00:08:10Be my pleasure.
00:08:11Clean that up, you slob.
00:08:23What would you like?
00:08:24Steak?
00:08:25Chicken?
00:08:26Hamburger?
00:08:27Pork?
00:08:28You got enough money for one of those duties?
00:08:31I'm rich now.
00:08:32Let me see.
00:08:34Oh, yeah.
00:08:35Yeah.
00:08:37Oh, that's lovely.
00:08:38One.
00:08:39Two.
00:08:40Yes, I like that.
00:08:41Can you get three?
00:08:42Well.
00:08:43Yes.
00:08:44And a chicken, too.
00:08:45Yes.
00:08:46Yeah.
00:08:47We'll take it all.
00:08:51What did you do when you got out of jail?
00:08:55Well, then they put me in another jail.
00:08:58They call it Vietnam.
00:09:00For long?
00:09:01No, I got lucky.
00:09:02I was only there three or four months, and I caught a bullet in the leg,
00:09:04and they sent me home.
00:09:06In the past six months or so, I've been back fighting again.
00:09:12Yeah, it's written all over your face.
00:09:17That was some big slob in Arizona.
00:09:20There was a middleweight, and they snuck him in on me with some crooked scales.
00:09:25I beat him anyway.
00:09:29What are your plans now?
00:09:32Hang around.
00:09:33Keep doing what I'm doing, I guess.
00:09:37Why don't you stay here for a couple of weeks?
00:09:39With me?
00:09:40Huh?
00:09:41Be my guest.
00:09:42Terrific.
00:10:02Not bad for a newspaper man, huh?
00:10:04Sports writer?
00:10:06Oh, a little of everything.
00:10:08I'm an assistant editor.
00:10:10Like you said, you got a good job.
00:10:14Yeah, it pays well enough.
00:10:19Hey, why don't you call Susie?
00:10:21Why don't you call Susie?
00:10:22Oh, what do you want?
00:10:24A girl to kiss you?
00:10:25Oh, well, um...
00:10:27Well, um...
00:10:28I think you better tell her to call Susie.
00:10:30Call Susie.
00:10:34Okay.
00:10:37Hey, Teddy!
00:10:38Come on in.
00:10:39The water's fine.
00:10:41I'm out of shape.
00:10:42You'll have to pull me off the bottom.
00:11:01Why don't you relax?
00:11:02You look so restless.
00:11:04Hey.
00:11:05If I relax anymore, I'm gonna go bananas.
00:11:31Hey, Teddy, what's eating you?
00:11:38Mike, you're a good friend.
00:11:40But I can't keep sponging off you forever.
00:11:44I gotta do something.
00:11:45I gotta get a job.
00:11:46I gotta...
00:11:47make some money.
00:11:49You need some money, hmm?
00:11:53You know, I think I know somebody who could take care of you.
00:11:56This guy is so straight.
00:11:58He doesn't even care about the money.
00:12:00Only about his boys.
00:12:01And he picks them himself.
00:12:03But there's one thing you should know.
00:12:05He expects them to tow the line.
00:12:07And if they don't, they're out.
00:12:08And there's no second chance.
00:12:14Hi, Nick.
00:12:16Hi, Mike.
00:12:21Hey, Mike.
00:12:22What's up?
00:12:24Hey, Nick.
00:12:25This is Teddy.
00:12:26The kid I was telling you about.
00:12:31Hi, Teddy.
00:12:32Hi.
00:12:33So you are the one who walks out on managers, huh?
00:12:37Come over.
00:12:39Take off your glasses.
00:12:48What's that?
00:12:49Ah, three, four years old.
00:12:52Ah, three, four years old.
00:12:57Okay.
00:12:59You know, boxing isn't the only career bracket.
00:13:03Ask Mike if he's ever heard of an honest game.
00:13:06Never.
00:13:08You know where my daughter learned to smoke marijuana?
00:13:12In the boarding school.
00:13:13Yeah.
00:13:15Now listen to this guy.
00:13:16You know, Nick was born in Sullivan's bucket.
00:13:19Cradled in Gene Tunney's gloves.
00:13:21He's okay.
00:13:24I got a hell of a lot of boys there titled.
00:13:27In the old days.
00:13:31If you got what it takes, like Mike says you do.
00:13:38And you listen to me.
00:13:41We can go places.
00:13:44We can go.
00:13:46How much you weigh, you know?
00:13:47Kearney.
00:13:48Kearney.
00:13:51Box with him.
00:14:00Keep on him, Kearney.
00:14:01Keep on him.
00:14:03That's it.
00:14:04Move in.
00:14:07Come on.
00:14:08Take him.
00:14:10Take him.
00:14:12Use your left.
00:14:13Your left.
00:14:14That's it.
00:14:15Keep on him.
00:14:16Keep on him.
00:14:17Don't let him back up on you.
00:14:18That's the way.
00:14:19Watch it.
00:14:20Stay on him.
00:14:21Stay on him.
00:14:22Come on.
00:14:23Come on.
00:14:24Watch him, Kearney.
00:14:25Come on.
00:14:26Box.
00:14:27Watch him.
00:14:33Come on.
00:14:34Come on.
00:14:36Lie on your feet.
00:14:38That's it.
00:14:39Jab.
00:14:40Jab.
00:14:41Good.
00:14:42Keep it up.
00:14:43That's the way.
00:14:46You know, Teddy, we'll make boxing what it used to be.
00:14:49But today's kids don't even know.
00:14:54Okay, okay.
00:14:55That's enough.
00:14:56That's enough.
00:14:57You were lucky to find me.
00:14:59I'm old fashioned.
00:15:01You know.
00:15:02But I care for my boys.
00:15:04Because every punch they get, it hurts me too.
00:15:07You know.
00:15:13Come on.
00:15:44Time, Teddy.
00:15:45Go back in the ring.
00:15:49Who's the nice looking chick you got, boss?
00:15:52It's my daughter.
00:15:53She only shows up to spoil my digestion.
00:15:57Come on.
00:16:00Cherokee's not a bad place.
00:16:01You know.
00:16:02I've been there.
00:16:03I've been there.
00:16:04I've been there.
00:16:05I've been there.
00:16:06I've been there.
00:16:07I've been there.
00:16:08I've been there.
00:16:09I've been there.
00:16:10I've been there.
00:16:11I've been there.
00:16:12Cherokee's a good name, kid.
00:16:14And a good name's important.
00:16:16Especially for the big time gamblers.
00:16:18It spells luck.
00:16:28Maybe the gentleman would like to invest some capital on tomorrow's fight, yeah?
00:16:36Cenk's a man of his word.
00:16:38No problems, no taxes.
00:16:40Cherokee or Murphy.
00:16:43Black market betting?
00:16:45Look, you don't make any real money working for somebody else, pal.
00:16:52What's the maximum?
00:16:53No limit.
00:16:55The big money says Cherokee.
00:16:57But I like Murphy.
00:16:58What do you say?
00:17:00I never bet.
00:17:02It's pretty hard to win that way.
00:17:05That's where you're wrong.
00:17:08I always win.
00:17:12I always win.
00:17:42Brother Rat.
00:17:44How'd you get in here?
00:17:46Through the gate.
00:17:49Turn around and go on out through the gate.
00:17:53You left me without a cent.
00:17:55I need some dough.
00:17:59I've got some information.
00:18:01You might like to have.
00:18:05Oh, come on now.
00:18:06You've got to be kidding me.
00:18:08I've got to be kidding you.
00:18:09I've got to be kidding you.
00:18:11Oh, come on now.
00:18:12You're the champ.
00:18:13You can spare a hundred bucks.
00:18:18How about fifty?
00:18:21Do yourself a favor.
00:18:23Turn around and go on down the road.
00:18:25Before I squash that rotten soul of yours.
00:18:27All right, champ.
00:18:31That's too bad, Teddy.
00:18:34There might come a time when you'll need a good friend.
00:18:37You know, all this publicity has given you a swelled head.
00:18:41But I'll tell you.
00:18:42The game you're in now is worse than the one I'm in.
00:18:45And more dangerous.
00:18:46You've got no idea what can happen.
00:18:48Take off.
00:18:49Walk.
00:19:07Whoa, you got money and you got fame.
00:19:11No, I can play that game.
00:19:13Well, ain't my answer fine.
00:19:16Whoa, you got money and you got fame.
00:19:20No, I can play that game.
00:19:22Well, ain't...
00:19:23Still here?
00:19:24I thought you were going to town.
00:19:25I'm going, I'm going.
00:19:26Hey, who's that creep you were talking to?
00:19:28Oh, never mind.
00:19:30Go into town.
00:19:31No, wait a minute.
00:19:32I know that guy from someplace.
00:19:34Mind your own business, Teddy.
00:19:36Understand me?
00:19:51Remember, Teddy.
00:19:52He fakes for the head, then comes in for the body.
00:19:54He's a body puncher.
00:19:55So don't let him in close.
00:19:57Just back away.
00:19:58Don't try to slug it out with him.
00:19:59Uh-huh.
00:20:00Make him come to you.
00:20:01Tire him out.
00:20:02That's it.
00:20:03You understand?
00:20:04How's it feel?
00:20:05Good.
00:20:07Now, he fakes with the left hand.
00:20:08Then he follows it up, you know?
00:20:10Yeah.
00:20:11Now, don't go in close for the first couple of rounds.
00:20:13All right?
00:20:14You size him up.
00:20:15Size him up.
00:20:16Okay?
00:20:17Study him.
00:20:18Take it easy, will you?
00:20:20I'm okay.
00:20:21Put more faith there.
00:20:26Stay loose, Teddy.
00:20:29It's time, kid.
00:20:30All right.
00:20:36Go on ahead.
00:20:45Yeah?
00:20:47Good boy had better lose.
00:20:50What are you talking about?
00:20:51You heard me.
00:20:52The kid loses.
00:20:53But...
00:20:54If he wins, you're a dead man.
00:21:06Come on, Teddy.
00:21:23All right, break.
00:21:35Hey!
00:21:40And in just a moment, it'll be that new boy, Cherokee Teddy Wilcox,
00:21:43going against Joe Lewis, beginning into the fourth round.
00:21:46Joe Lewis Murphy, the number one contender for the middleweight crown.
00:21:55Ten o'clock.
00:21:56I can't believe it.
00:21:57What are we supposed to do?
00:21:58It hasn't ended yet.
00:22:05Go on.
00:22:06Don't flinch.
00:22:07Keep away.
00:22:15You better throw the ref now.
00:22:19Break.
00:22:20Break.
00:22:26Break.
00:22:27Break.
00:22:28Break.
00:22:29Break.
00:22:30Break.
00:22:31Break.
00:22:32Break.
00:22:33Break.
00:22:34Break.
00:22:40Cherokee Teddy gets his second win.
00:22:42The referee signals the fighters to continue.
00:23:05I think I got him.
00:23:09Seconds out.
00:23:13Teddy.
00:23:14Come here.
00:23:34Break.
00:23:41All right, break.
00:23:42Break.
00:23:46They exchange punches.
00:23:47There's a right, another jab to the right, to the forehead by Wilcox.
00:23:52Murphy comes back.
00:23:54He's a great body puncher, a flurry of rights and lefts to the midsection.
00:24:02Break.
00:24:041, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
00:24:2325, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 44,
00:24:40One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, okay, bye.
00:25:10Teddy, Teddy, listen to him. Let's give it up. We'll get another crack at him.
00:25:20He didn't hurt me. Just look at my eyes. I just can't see.
00:25:23But there's nothing.
00:25:24Get some water in him. Do something.
00:25:29Okay, here.
00:25:30Yeah.
00:25:32Hey, that's...
00:25:33What's the matter?
00:25:34That's right.
00:25:35Hey.
00:25:36Give me the water.
00:25:37Why'd you do it, you...
00:25:39I'm sorry.
00:25:41Get out of here!
00:25:42Okay.
00:25:43Hey!
00:26:05Jerry keeps Teddy, keeps Murphy to distance. He won't come in for a clinch.
00:26:09He seems to have snapped back.
00:26:11There's a vicious right to the head, and another.
00:26:13Murphy is hurt, and Jerry keeps... Teddy keeps pouring it on.
00:26:24With a little more than a minute to go, Murphy forces Jerry into a clinch.
00:26:28All he can hope for now is to survive this round.
00:26:30All right, Murphy's staggering against the ropes, and the fans go wild.
00:26:42Two...
00:26:43Three...
00:26:45Four...
00:26:46Five...
00:26:48Six...
00:26:49Seven...
00:27:11Eight...
00:27:12Nine...
00:27:13Ten...
00:27:14Eleven...
00:27:15Twelve...
00:27:16Thirteen...
00:27:17Fourteen...
00:27:18Fifteen...
00:27:19Sixteen...
00:27:20Seventeen...
00:27:21Eighteen...
00:27:22Nineteen...
00:27:23Twelve...
00:27:24Thirteen...
00:27:25Fourteen...
00:27:26Twenty...
00:27:27Fifteen...
00:27:33Come on, take it easy.
00:27:34Come on.
00:27:36Get that dog!
00:27:37Take it easy, Teddy.
00:27:38Cool it.
00:27:39Cool it.
00:27:41What do you care? You won. That's what counts.
00:27:44Hey, that's right. I forgot all about that.
00:27:55Yeah?
00:27:56Give me that.
00:27:57It's for you. Teddy, it's Nick.
00:28:01I'll talk to him.
00:28:03I'll talk to him.
00:28:10This is Teddy.
00:28:11Teddy, I know what you're thinking.
00:28:15Look, son, you gotta listen to me.
00:28:17Don't give me any father and son stuff.
00:28:19Teddy, boxing's been my life.
00:28:20Yeah, boxing is terrific!
00:28:22Wait a minute. Wait a minute, you young pug.
00:28:25What do you think? That I didn't look for a way out?
00:28:29There was nothing to do, you understand me?
00:28:31Nothing to do for either of us!
00:28:35Teddy, I must see you.
00:28:38If I see you, I'll kill you.
00:28:39I have to see you.
00:28:41What for?
00:28:42To explain.
00:28:45What about your money?
00:28:46I don't want any money.
00:28:48Teddy, it could cost me my life.
00:28:51Okay.
00:28:54Where at?
00:28:55Harley Street, number 14.
00:28:57My daughter's place.
00:28:58Make it as quick as you can.
00:29:00And don't tell anyone you're coming.
00:29:31Hey, Nick.
00:29:34Teddy, you finally...
00:29:35Teddy, look out!
00:30:01Team car 14, see the woman.
00:30:03227 Walker Place, unknown trouble.
00:30:06Car 2, car 2, possible homicide.
00:30:0914 Harley Street, handle code 3.
00:30:11Okay, let's go.
00:30:13Possible homicide, 14 Harley Street.
00:30:16Suspect there now.
00:30:18Car 2, roger.
00:30:31Nick?
00:30:45Nick?
00:31:00Nick?
00:31:31Ow!
00:31:32Teddy, what are you...
00:31:33Don't go up there.
00:32:00Oh, God.
00:32:31Oh, God.
00:32:50Hey.
00:32:51You look awful.
00:32:53What happened to you?
00:32:55I saw Nick.
00:32:57Well, what did you do?
00:32:59I didn't do nothing.
00:33:00And he didn't say nothing.
00:33:01He was dead.
00:33:02Why?
00:33:03Get rid of that chick.
00:33:08What?
00:33:10Dead, man.
00:33:11Didn't you hear me?
00:33:19Here.
00:33:23Somebody beat...
00:33:30Are you sure it wasn't you?
00:33:34Nope.
00:33:37Anybody see you?
00:33:39Yeah, a girl.
00:33:41Did she recognize you?
00:33:46I recognized her.
00:33:48Oh, man.
00:33:49It was his daughter.
00:33:50If she blows him a whistle, I'm dead.
00:33:53It was his daughter.
00:33:54If she blows him a whistle, I'm dead.
00:34:01All I know is I was coming into the backyard
00:34:03and some guy bumped into me.
00:34:05I can't hear you.
00:34:08All I know is I was coming into the backyard
00:34:10and some guy bumped into me.
00:34:12Kind of dark coming in that back way, isn't it?
00:34:15Any reason why you couldn't use the front door?
00:34:18I heard the siren.
00:34:20I like to stay clear when the cops are around.
00:34:24Uh-huh.
00:34:29Do you think you could recognize this guy
00:34:32who bumped into you?
00:34:35It was pretty dark.
00:34:37Maybe.
00:34:38Excuse me for asking, but were you very close to your father?
00:34:42No.
00:34:44Did he come to visit you very much?
00:34:47Hardly ever.
00:34:48You don't seem to understand each other.
00:34:50I've been living alone for at least a year and a half.
00:34:55Why?
00:34:57Just checking.
00:34:58Just checking.
00:35:00It's about time you learned to understand, too.
00:35:04You're right, miss.
00:35:06You're absolutely right.
00:35:09Well?
00:35:10Nothing else, Captain.
00:35:11Except the station reported that that fighter, Teddy Wilcox,
00:35:15he killed Nick LaCountrina the next time they met.
00:35:18And Wilcox has got a record as long as a freight train.
00:35:23Looks like the young man kept his word.
00:35:28That's my alibi.
00:35:30Matter of fact, I ain't got nothing else to say.
00:35:32That's it.
00:35:33Teddy wants to avoid any trouble for you, Captain.
00:35:36We were up all night together celebrating his victory.
00:35:39Be careful about sticking your neck out too far for a friend, Mike.
00:35:43I've got an entire stadium ready to swear he was going to kill his manager.
00:35:47Besides, his file here reads like a cheap novel.
00:35:52He's been booked on all kinds of charges.
00:35:54Fighting, violence.
00:35:56Look at this.
00:35:57Almost killing a university professor.
00:35:59Wait a minute.
00:36:00He happened to be raping my girl at the time.
00:36:03That's not what she said at the trial.
00:36:05See if it says anything about him being decorated in Vietnam.
00:36:09We got that, too.
00:36:10Here, this will interest you.
00:36:12He was decorated for killing 13 men.
00:36:16Yeah, well, they paid me to do it, you taxpayers.
00:36:21Are you still convinced, Mike?
00:36:24If you've got a Bible, I'm ready to swear to it.
00:36:34Oh, for crying out loud.
00:36:35Haven't they got anybody else?
00:36:37Have you got anybody else for line up?
00:36:39Never mind.
00:36:40Come on, Sergeant, get in there.
00:36:42Captain, it's always me.
00:36:43Get in there, will you?
00:36:44Take off your coat and open up your tie.
00:36:46Make yourself look like something there.
00:36:48Come on, go in and get it, will you?
00:36:50That's it.
00:36:51Will you take his gun?
00:36:57Now, you men just stand still and keep your mouths shut.
00:37:01Okay, let her in.
00:37:05The Captain.
00:37:10Okay, miss, take your time and make sure of your identification.
00:37:30Do you recognize him?
00:37:33I think so.
00:37:35Point him out.
00:37:37That one, the last one.
00:37:40That one.
00:37:47All right, get him out of here.
00:37:53Just a minute, young lady.
00:37:58This whole thing will be played again in court.
00:38:01And after you've been tried for perjury,
00:38:04you'll be a little older and I hope a little wiser.
00:38:07This isn't fun, you know.
00:38:09But the only one that's getting a laugh out of this is your father's murderer.
00:38:12Go ahead.
00:38:14Get out of here.
00:38:27Good night, Sergeant.
00:38:28Good night.
00:38:40You know that little girl recognizes you.
00:38:42Really?
00:38:44Take me into my office, will you?
00:38:45Yeah.
00:38:50Boy, that alibi ain't gonna hold up for long.
00:38:52If Nick's little girl decides to blow the whistle,
00:38:55I'm gonna be uptreat.
00:38:56I gotta find out who killed Nick.
00:38:59Don't worry about it.
00:39:00I'm gonna find out who killed Nick.
00:39:02I'm gonna find out who killed Nick.
00:39:04I'm gonna find out who killed Nick.
00:39:06I'm gonna find out who killed Nick.
00:39:07I'm gonna find out who killed Nick.
00:39:09Don't get into any more trouble.
00:39:11The police don't have any evidence.
00:39:13Things will calm down in a few days.
00:39:15They'll have to write,
00:39:16killed by unknown person in Nick's file.
00:39:19You're in this thing up to your...
00:39:23If I don't find out who killed Nick,
00:39:25you're gonna beat it up to your ears.
00:39:31Who are you?
00:39:32What do you want?
00:39:33I'm somebody who wants you to be relaxed.
00:39:36I won't do you any harm.
00:39:38By the way, did you paint this?
00:39:40Yeah.
00:39:43It's far out.
00:39:44What is it, the spirit of your father or something?
00:39:47Hey.
00:39:50Relax.
00:39:52No one will do you any harm.
00:39:57One thing I want to know about your father.
00:40:01Was his body...
00:40:05Yes.
00:40:07Do you know if he had a...
00:40:10a little notebook,
00:40:11found in blue leather?
00:40:14I don't know.
00:40:15Who told you?
00:40:16Yes.
00:40:18Stick it here, like that.
00:40:21Tells me everything.
00:40:29Do you know who killed him?
00:40:32Maybe.
00:40:34One thing is sure.
00:40:37They killed him. He's dead, all right.
00:40:40But why?
00:40:41Oh, poor thing, I'm sorry, but he was a very stupid man.
00:40:45And what is worse, he thought he was clever.
00:40:50Why have you come to see me?
00:40:53To decide.
00:40:54Decide what?
00:40:56You're an orphan, right?
00:40:59I want to decide if you will be...
00:41:02an alive or dead orphan.
00:41:06And by the way,
00:41:10don't tell anybody I was here.
00:41:12You've never seen me.
00:41:14It's much better.
00:41:32The whiskey?
00:41:37I told you you'd need me again.
00:41:39All right, all right.
00:41:41I know it was a fix.
00:41:43Were you in on the organizing?
00:41:50You're overestimating me, Teddy.
00:41:52That stuff's too big for me.
00:41:54But I know a fix when I see one.
00:41:56That was a good one.
00:41:57That was a real professional job.
00:41:59Who did it?
00:42:02I don't know.
00:42:03Some big guy come in from California.
00:42:05One of the big wheels.
00:42:07One of the guys that don't like being double-crossed.
00:42:12Can you find out who it was?
00:42:14Yeah.
00:42:15I can find out.
00:42:16I got a few friends left, you know.
00:42:18Find out.
00:42:24I'm not going to do it for this kind of chicken feed.
00:42:26Now I want my whole 800 back.
00:42:29All right, here.
00:42:30Here's some of it.
00:42:31Now how do I get in touch with you?
00:42:33All right, I'll get you the rest of it.
00:42:35Where do I get you?
00:42:37Just don't worry about it.
00:42:39When I find out something, I'll look you up.
00:42:53Hi, sir.
00:42:55Hey, Mike.
00:42:56Be right with you, Teddy.
00:42:57I'm almost finished.
00:43:00I just saw that creep Lewicki, my old manager.
00:43:02I think he's going to give me a little bit of information.
00:43:06Don't pay any attention to him.
00:43:08He's another vulture trying to take advantage of your situation.
00:43:12Don't kid yourself.
00:43:13He'll sell his mother for a quarter.
00:43:15Are these my pictures in here?
00:43:16Yes.
00:43:20Look, Teddy.
00:43:21Stop looking for trouble, will you?
00:43:22All this business with the police and everything.
00:43:24Just forget about it.
00:43:26You have everything going for you, Teddy.
00:43:29You got an ironclad alibi.
00:43:31Yeah, for how long?
00:43:35For as long as you don't do anything stupid.
00:43:38There ain't nothing stupid about trying to find out who knocked off Nick.
00:43:43And about who's putting the frame on me.
00:43:59You know, Mike.
00:44:00See those guys that were in the corner?
00:44:02The ones shooting pictures?
00:44:03They saw who Nick was talking to.
00:44:05You know them?
00:44:06I don't know them, but the newspaper people, you must know them.
00:44:24Mike!
00:44:25You all right?
00:44:26Get down, Teddy!
00:44:30What's up?
00:44:33Nothing.
00:44:39That bullet was meant for me, you know?
00:44:42Not only the cops are looking for him, but somebody else now.
00:44:46You better get out of town and forget the whole thing.
00:44:50I'd be admitting to something I didn't have nothing to do with.
00:44:53It's better to run out than be an innocent corpse.
00:44:58Hey, wait a minute.
00:45:00They're shooting at me.
00:45:01And that means that they're scared.
00:45:04They're scared because they think I'm gonna find out something.
00:45:07Listen, all you gotta do is take me to see those guys that got the film.
00:45:10There might be one little word on that tape.
00:45:12One little picture.
00:45:13Listen.
00:45:14What?
00:45:15Listen.
00:45:16It's impossible tonight.
00:45:18See?
00:45:19Tomorrow morning.
00:45:20Okay.
00:45:25You got the announcer and I can't hear nothing.
00:45:28How was I supposed to know?
00:45:29I wasn't there to record private conversations.
00:45:32Of course you weren't.
00:45:33Nobody said it was your fault.
00:45:35I'm sorry.
00:45:36I didn't mean to yell at you.
00:45:37It's just that it's another dead end.
00:45:41How would you know?
00:45:42Are you an expert?
00:45:43Alan, here's a wizard with sound.
00:45:44He can work miracles if he wants to.
00:45:46Really.
00:45:47Did you have any other mics in place?
00:45:49Yeah, but they were further away.
00:45:51I don't know.
00:45:52We could listen to the stuff that we've thrown out.
00:45:53Maybe in all that stuff down at the...
00:45:54Yeah.
00:45:55It's already down in warehouses and sacks ready to be dumped.
00:45:57Yeah, it's probably mixed in with that other stuff, too.
00:46:00Well, uh...
00:46:03Do you think you can sort it out?
00:46:05I can try.
00:46:07Well, I'd appreciate it.
00:46:08Whatever you can do, okay?
00:46:12How much time do you need?
00:46:14Well, it entails a lot, Mike.
00:46:17If we're lucky, we might be able to get it together by tomorrow night.
00:46:20That's a long time to wait.
00:46:22Um...
00:46:23Maybe for late tonight, then.
00:46:25All right.
00:46:26Well, are you sure we won't get into any kind of trouble, Mike?
00:46:29Oh, you should know me by now.
00:46:31Okay.
00:46:32Thank you for the big favor.
00:46:33Bye.
00:46:34Goodbye.
00:46:35Goodbye.
00:46:41Hey, I thought we parked the car here.
00:46:43What's going on?
00:46:45I don't know.
00:46:46Maybe they had to move it or something.
00:46:48Hey, man, I parked my car here.
00:46:49Where is it?
00:46:50They came and took it away.
00:46:51The two of them.
00:46:52What do you mean, they?
00:46:53Who's they?
00:46:54They much either.
00:46:55One of them just got in and drove off.
00:46:57What are you talking about?
00:46:58I leave my car here.
00:46:59You let somebody come and take it?
00:47:00Look, a badge is a badge.
00:47:03Your name Teddy Wilcox?
00:47:06Yeah.
00:47:07How about coming with me?
00:47:08Captain Perkins wants to have a little talk with you.
00:47:10He's long...
00:47:11Hey, wait a minute.
00:47:12You can't do that.
00:47:13You Mike Durrell, the sports writer?
00:47:14Yeah.
00:47:15Well, I guess it's my lucky day.
00:47:16Captain Perkins wants to see you, too.
00:47:21Okay, let's go.
00:47:25Let's go.
00:47:52I can't swear that this gentleman was driving,
00:47:54but I'm sure the car was a 1953 Ford Ranch Wagon.
00:47:59It's all down in my statement.
00:48:01What time this happened, Colonel?
00:48:031.39 a.m.
00:48:05I suffer from insomnia.
00:48:07The car was coming down Harley Street.
00:48:09It came around the corner fast and hit poor Tortoise.
00:48:13I'm very precise in everything.
00:48:15I'm sure I'm not mistaken.
00:48:16I think we'll be able to use you after all, Colonel.
00:48:18I beg your pardon?
00:48:19I say we'll be using you after all, Colonel.
00:48:21Whenever you wish.
00:48:22Gentlemen.
00:48:24Right this way, Colonel.
00:48:32Kind of tough luck, champ.
00:48:35That old guy can't even see good.
00:48:38My word's as good as his.
00:48:41We've got conclusive evidence.
00:48:43We found the hair of the Colonel's dog on his car.
00:48:46You guys don't miss a thing.
00:48:49Practically nothing, Mike.
00:48:50Practically nothing, Mike.
00:48:52Practically nothing.
00:48:54And now your buddy's got you into a real jam.
00:48:57False testimony and an accomplice to murder.
00:49:01Mike don't know nothing about nothing.
00:49:03Things don't look so good for you either, champ.
00:49:05Matter of fact, they look worse than you think.
00:49:07Come on.
00:49:09It's going to be kind of hard to recognize him.
00:49:12His name was Paul Lewinsky.
00:49:14That kind of beating requires a fine hand.
00:49:16The same kind of beating that was administered to Mr. Nick Licatarina.
00:49:23You did know him, didn't you?
00:49:25He's my manager.
00:49:26What'd you say?
00:49:27I said he's my manager, Walter.
00:49:28That's what I thought.
00:49:30Yeah, that's what I thought.
00:49:33You know, I'm beginning to think that being your manager isn't very lucky.
00:49:37Hey, now listen to me, Captain.
00:49:38Oh, wait a minute.
00:49:39Hey, what's wrong with you?
00:49:40Get after him. Go on.
00:50:10Come on, come on.
00:50:16Move it, move it.
00:50:40Move it, move it.
00:51:11Move it, move it.
00:51:30I have great faith in you, Captain Perkins.
00:51:33For example,
00:51:35I am sure you'll be able to find out
00:51:38who fired these three shots at me.
00:51:41When did it happen?
00:51:43Last night at my place.
00:51:46I don't know if they were meant for me or Teddy.
00:51:49Why didn't you call us right away?
00:51:51Because, Teddy, he didn't want to involve the police.
00:51:56I give you my word.
00:52:01The person you should be looking for is...
00:52:03Who?
00:52:05The man who shot me.
00:52:07The person you should be looking for is whoever shot at me.
00:52:12You know, right now,
00:52:15I don't believe you.
00:52:18Now, let's stop the fooling around, huh?
00:52:22You tell us where your friend is, huh?
00:52:26My name is Mike Durrell, and I am a writer.
00:52:33I won't talk without my lawyer.
00:52:37Mr. Durrell,
00:52:40Wilcox can't get out of town,
00:52:42so I've got all the time in the world to catch him.
00:52:47But if you want to stay out of jail,
00:52:50it would be to your advantage to help me.
00:52:52You know it's my right not to answer if I don't want to, Captain Perkins.
00:53:07Hi.
00:53:11What are you doing here?
00:53:15Well, uh,
00:53:18to tell you the truth, I came here for help.
00:53:21You came to the wrong place.
00:53:23Well, see, the cops are looking for me.
00:53:27And everybody else is looking for me, too.
00:53:37Must be pretty lonely living around here now.
00:53:41Why don't you wash that off?
00:53:45It keeps me company.
00:53:48He wasn't much as a man,
00:53:51but he was still my father.
00:53:56I don't know what I'd do without him.
00:54:00I don't know what I'd do without him.
00:54:02I don't know what I'd do without him.
00:54:04I don't know what I'd do without him.
00:54:06And you had to kill him.
00:54:09I didn't kill your father.
00:54:12You know I didn't kill your father.
00:54:14How come you didn't tell the police?
00:54:16I don't fool around with the police.
00:54:18It's a personal debt I have with my father.
00:54:21I still owe him something.
00:54:24Me, too.
00:54:28Because he was all I had.
00:54:33When I met him, I couldn't fight.
00:54:37But he made a hell of a fighter out of me.
00:54:40Almost a champ.
00:54:45Only now he's gone.
00:54:47And there ain't a thing we can do about that,
00:54:49but we gotta go on.
00:54:52I know what it feels like not to have anybody.
00:54:57I know just how it feels.
00:54:59And you get hard inside.
00:55:01And you get tough.
00:55:03Yeah.
00:55:04You're a tough guy, too, aren't you?
00:55:06Just like me.
00:55:10Only not so tough.
00:55:15And it hurts inside.
00:55:23If you help me,
00:55:26we can't bring him back.
00:55:28There ain't nothing we can do about that.
00:55:30But maybe we can find his murderer.
00:55:32Maybe.
00:55:35How can I help you if I can't even help myself?
00:55:38No, wait a minute now.
00:55:40Maybe we could make it right with him.
00:55:44We could at least find out who did it.
00:55:48If you stay with me.
00:55:54That guy.
00:55:56I sure remember him.
00:55:58I saw him around all night long.
00:56:00Who could he be?
00:56:02At least you found him.
00:56:05Have you been all through the tapes?
00:56:07Almost, but I'm afraid there's not much there
00:56:09to interest Mr. Wilcox.
00:56:11Hmm. There he is now.
00:56:13Ah!
00:56:35Come on, Mike.
00:56:37I need to talk to you in private.
00:56:42Listen, we got a problem.
00:56:44What are you doing in here?
00:56:46You paid his bill, now get out.
00:56:48Listen, Captain, my client has been manhandled.
00:56:50Beat it! Beat it!
00:56:52Come on, Durrell, let's go.
00:56:54Oh, Mr. Durrell!
00:56:57I'm sorry.
00:56:59I'm sorry.
00:57:01I'm sorry.
00:57:02Mr. Durrell!
00:57:08It might just interest you to know
00:57:10that we just found two more bodies.
00:57:12And just by coincidence,
00:57:15these people had been working on
00:57:17some fight film of your buddies.
00:57:21It's okay.
00:57:23Yes, sir, Mr. Durrell.
00:57:25You've sure been a big help to us.
00:57:27If we don't stop Wilcox pretty soon,
00:57:29he'll turn this city into a cemetery.
00:57:32But I...
00:57:34That's all right.
00:57:36You got a problem, all right, Captain,
00:57:38but it hasn't got anything to do with my client.
00:57:40Beat it! Beat it!
00:57:42Come on, Mr. Durrell.
00:57:45Captain?
00:57:47Have somebody follow him.
00:57:49Shadow him all the time.
00:57:51Come on! Come on! Move it!
00:58:03Teddy.
00:58:05Teddy, why did my father have to die?
00:58:08He died for nothing.
00:58:11There's some kind of big organization behind this,
00:58:14but I can't figure it out.
00:58:16Every time I get to somebody,
00:58:18they're dead for nothing.
00:58:20And I'm sick of it.
00:58:22But it isn't your fault.
00:58:24I know, but that don't make any difference.
00:58:26Dead's dead, and it don't come back again.
00:58:29I think the best thing for me to do
00:58:30is just go on down the road and float town.
00:58:34If you leave town, you'll run for the rest of your life,
00:58:37and you'll be sitting on death row before you know it.
00:58:40You can't give up, Teddy.
00:58:43Remember the deal we made at my home.
00:58:47Please wait.
00:58:52Teddy, I just called Templer.
00:58:55He's waiting for us.
00:58:56Okay, let's get to the bottom of it.
00:59:27Well, I'm sorry, sir.
00:59:29I don't see anything yet.
00:59:31He can't hear you.
00:59:33He must read your lips.
00:59:56Hey, wait a minute.
00:59:58You see that guy?
01:00:00That's the guy from the gas station.
01:00:03Do you know him?
01:00:05Yeah, I know him.
01:00:07I saw him outside of town.
01:00:09He had some phony hippie clothes on.
01:00:11He came to my place.
01:00:13What?
01:00:15Yes, he was looking for my father's notebook.
01:00:18And he knew well what he was doing.
01:00:20Why didn't you tell me?
01:00:22I wasn't sure about this.
01:00:23I wanted to stay away from the whole matter.
01:00:38Uh, can you tell me what that guy was saying to Nick?
01:00:42The one dressed as a hippie said,
01:00:45I balanced the accounts.
01:00:48There may be some broken gears in the cash register.
01:00:51The firm sent me to fix the machinery.
01:00:55I did what Chink told me to do.
01:00:59I only follow orders.
01:01:04Say that again?
01:01:06I did what Chink told me to.
01:01:09I only follow orders.
01:01:11What does that mean to you?
01:01:13Chink?
01:01:22He was always around the gym a lot.
01:01:25My father said he used to be a professional wrestler.
01:01:28I saw them together several times,
01:01:31but I don't know what business they could have had.
01:01:51I don't know.
01:02:21What about calling the police?
01:02:23No.
01:02:25No cops.
01:02:28Now, there's something you can do.
01:02:31Go find Mike,
01:02:33and bring him here.
01:02:35Tell him I got three shots in this thing,
01:02:37and when they're gone,
01:02:39I'll be in there punching.
01:02:41And when they're gone,
01:02:43I'll be in there punching.
01:02:45And when they're gone,
01:02:47I'll be in there punching.
01:02:49I'll be in there punching.
01:02:52Are you worried?
01:02:56You ain't got to worry about me.
01:03:00Get going.
01:03:07Taddy?
01:03:14Yeah.
01:03:19Love you.
01:03:45Hi.
01:03:46Hi.
01:03:48You're Chink, ain't you?
01:03:50You and me got to have a little talk, Chink.
01:03:53About a telephone call.
01:03:55Somebody made the nick.
01:04:16Ah!
01:04:47All right, you big dumb.
01:04:49I'm sick of all of it,
01:04:51and it stops right here.
01:04:53I've been pushed and shoved and beat up,
01:04:55and no more.
01:04:57Now, I know you killed Nick.
01:04:59I know you killed Lewicki,
01:05:01and I know you killed him too,
01:05:03but I also know you're too dumb
01:05:05to run this store yourself.
01:05:07Now, tell me who you're working for,
01:05:09or I'm going to kill you slow.
01:05:11I'm telling you one more time,
01:05:13I'm going to kill you slow.
01:05:14I'm telling you one more time.
01:05:16You tell me who the boss is,
01:05:20tell me where I can find that phony
01:05:22that's masquerading as a hippie,
01:05:24or I'm going to blow you in half, slow.
01:05:29You leave me no choice.
01:05:45Mike, my main man.
01:05:47Come and join the party.
01:05:52What's going on?
01:05:54Who is he?
01:05:56This is my friend, Chink.
01:05:58He's a present for that fat slob Perkins.
01:06:01He's going to kill you.
01:06:03He's going to kill you.
01:06:05He's going to kill you.
01:06:07He's going to kill you.
01:06:09He's going to kill you.
01:06:11He's going to kill you.
01:06:12It's about Perkins.
01:06:14He didn't talk yet,
01:06:16but it looks to me like he's just about ready
01:06:18to spin us a pretty fairy tale.
01:06:21Aren't you, you fat pig?
01:06:25There is still time to get out of all this, Teddy.
01:06:28What's the matter? You scared?
01:06:30No, but you know I'm not a man of action.
01:06:34I don't know.
01:06:36I saw you the other day at the police station.
01:06:38You're going around there pretty good.
01:06:43Mike.
01:06:45Just hang on to this now
01:06:47and keep it pointed.
01:06:49Take it easy.
01:06:51Watch my friend here, too.
01:07:06Hi.
01:07:09So we meet again, right?
01:07:10So we meet again, right?
01:07:13Yeah, that's right.
01:07:15Only this I think is going to be the last time.
01:07:18Remember the guy I was telling you about
01:07:20in the corner of the ring that night?
01:07:22This is him.
01:07:25Only this time you're going to sing
01:07:27a little different song.
01:07:29You and him are going to tell me
01:07:32why Nick was killed.
01:07:34Okay.
01:07:36Teddy.
01:07:38End of the fairy tale.
01:07:42Let them go.
01:07:44Oh, Mike.
01:07:50Sure.
01:07:52Sure it was you.
01:07:54It was you all the way down the line, wasn't it?
01:07:57You're the only one who knew every move I was making
01:08:00and you sent that to kill Nick
01:08:02before I could get to him?
01:08:04What for?
01:08:05And the whiskey?
01:08:10I tried to keep you out.
01:08:12Out of all this.
01:08:14I really tried.
01:08:16But when you agreed with Nick
01:08:18to fix the fight...
01:08:20I agreed.
01:08:23I won that fight. You fixed it.
01:08:25Mike.
01:08:28I'm the one who settled the accounts.
01:08:31Shoot him in the head.
01:08:32In the head?
01:08:34Okay.
01:08:38Wow.
01:08:41You just lost a friend.
01:08:44You know he had been cheating the organization for two years.
01:08:48He made a lot of money.
01:08:50Which means a lot of reasons for killing.
01:08:53Right.
01:08:55But don't worry, you're going to stay alive.
01:08:58Because you're the only one that killed Nick.
01:09:00The whiskey and these two right here.
01:09:03You crazy...
01:09:05Crazy?
01:09:07Are you going to tell the police you met the crazy man
01:09:09that settles the accounts?
01:09:12They're going to laugh at you, champ.
01:09:15Be a good boy now, huh?
01:09:18Peace.
01:09:30Hey, you! Hold it!
01:10:01Hold your fire!
01:10:03Hold your fire!
01:10:30Hold your fire!
01:11:01Let's forget the days when we were so young
01:11:09That's all gone
01:11:14Face the dawn
01:11:18Let it grow, help it show
01:11:23Watch the dawning light
01:11:27And shine on our day
01:11:32Be my love
01:11:37Be my love
01:11:42Be my love
01:11:47Be my love