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He was my father, Magnum.
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I am the private investigator
so let me investigate.
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Miles Archer was court-martialed
for absence.
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He wasn't a coward or a thief.
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It was 40 years ago.
What does it matter now?
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The past lives in the past.
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You want to handle this?
Then do it by yourself!
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Why are you pursuing an obviously futile
exercise with such determination?
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- What did I tell you?
- Come on, T.C., we didn't get a scratch.
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Stay where you are!
Don't move!
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Okay, hold your fire, boys.
I'm gonna come without a fight.
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...supposed to get any sleep?
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- Hi, ladies.
- Good morning.
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Hello, Agatha.
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Higgins, do you have
any idea what time it is?
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Yes, and I'm dreadfully sorry.
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- You are?
- Yes, I should have started earlier.
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After all, you woke me at 5:30,
roaring in here like Mario Andretti.
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Higgins, I was on a case. Really!
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I mean, I was staking out
this all-night Mongolian barbecue on King.
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Actually,
you might find this interesting...
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Please, Magnum.
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Where, how and with whom
you spent the night is irrelevant.
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I cannot ready this float
for the maritime festival
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tiptoeing around your schedule.
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Higgins, don't you think
you ought to finish the float
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before you start taking photos?
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Or is it finished?
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Hardly. I'm doing a photo-essay
delineating each stage of its development.
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Oh, well, who's developing this?
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We are the Anglo-Polynesian
Savants of the Sea, Mr. Magnum.
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It's a charity dedicated to
the preservation of our oceans.
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For one whose appreciation of the sea
is limited to sushi bars and surf skiing,
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I can hardly expect
you to understand.
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I understand, Higgins.
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This is clear as a bell.
There's only one thing I don't understand.
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What is it?
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It is perfectly obvious.
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It is?
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Thanks.
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How did you get through the gate?
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It was open, Mr. Magnum.
Hi, I'm Bridget Archer, your new client.
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I beg your pardon. I am not Mr. Magnum.
He is Mr. Magnum.
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People always mix us up.
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Thomas Magnum,
Miss Archer, what can I do for you?
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A lot, I hope. Lieutenant Poole said
maybe you could help me.
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Lieutenant Poole?
Where'd you meet her?
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She was one of the people
who interrogated me.
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Interrogated you?
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Right after the arrest.
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- The Navy arrested you?
- Have you had breakfast?
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Are you kidding? I haven't eaten
anything decent since Cleveland.
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Except a moldy bear claw.
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I think I can do
better than that.
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Don't bet on it.
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And why not?
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Philadelphia will
destroy the Cavaliers.
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Not this time.
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You're kidding.
They'll walk all over them.
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I got a C-note it's gonna be Philly
by ten points.
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You got a C-note?
Let me see it.
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Come on, T.C., that's a figure of speech.
You know what I'm saying.
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I know.
What you're saying is you ain't got it.
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- Hi, guys.
- Hi, Thomas.
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What's the morning line?
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Want to bet on the
Cavalier-Philly game?
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You can forget the morning line.
No one knows this yet,
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but Wedman pulled a hamstring,
Robinson's got the flu.
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I hate to admit it,
but the Sixers are going to cream them.
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So, take Philly by 20 points.
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Well, what do you expect?
Cookie recipes?
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What about the Pistons
and the Bucks?
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I think I'm in love.
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Ten minutes to ten.
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I wondered how long it was
gonna take you to fall in love today.
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Boy...
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It sure beats the view from my motel.
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All I can see are the backs of those hotels
in Waikiki.
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- Miss Archer...
- Bridget.
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Bridget.
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It's a little bit like looking at a football game
from behind the bleachers.
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- Bridget.
- What?
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Why did the Navy arrest you?
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They didn't.
They just sort of intercepted the boat.
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- What boat?
- I rented a boat.
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How the hell else
could I get to the Arizona? Walk?
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You could always take the tour.
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Look, I asked the Navy to help, see?
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I talked to everybody from
the local recruiter in Cleveland
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to some general in Honolulu.
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Admiral. In the Navy, they're admirals.
More coffee?
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Yeah. There's some uniform
named Wheeler who's very hoity-toity.
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Boy, all he could say was no.
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He'd been in the Navy for six years.
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Admiral Wheeler?
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- My father.
- Oh!
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Seaman Second Class, Miles Archer.
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Served on the Arizona
when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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I'm sorry.
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No, no. He survived.
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He passed away here,
last month, in Honolulu.
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That's why I'm here.
To bury him.
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And since the Navy won't help,
well, I decided...
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to bury him myself.
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Dad?
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Dad.
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Are you finished with these?
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Yeah, I'm not gonna
eat anything else.
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Okay. Thanks.
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So you just rented a boat
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and motored out to dump his
ashes over the Arizona, right?
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Yeah.
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And I'm gonna do it, too.
With your help.
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Being a private investigator's
pretty flexible.
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But there are a few cardinal rules
we always try and follow.
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First, talk money right up front.
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Second, if it doesn't feel right,
don't do it, regardless of the money.
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Now, with Bridget,
I'd blown both rules.
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We hadn't settled on a fee,
and she was pretty weird.
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But she had guts and a decent story,
which makes up for a lot,
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and brings me to a personal rule --
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never count on
anything, especially rules.
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We've got rules and regulations.
They exist for very good reasons.
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Of course. But you gotta admit
she's got a legitimate request.
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Which has been processed and denied.
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Sure, by some paper-clipper
following a book of regulations.
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It's signed by Admiral Philip Wheeler.
Good enough?
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- Wheeler?
- Sorry, Magnum.
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This material's classified.
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Lieutenant...
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Lieutenant, let me ask you something.
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Why did you send Bridget to me?
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I mean, it's so... unofficial.
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She was upset.
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I thought, if she had
someone to talk to...
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See!
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You do have a heart.
I knew it!
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Well, of cour...
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That's irrelevant! Absolutely irrelevant!
What I did was just...
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Very thoughtful. Very considerate.
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It was what anyone else would have done.
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Not necessarily, lieutenant.
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I think what you did was...
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I don't know. Nice.
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She took advantage of you.
That's the problem, isn't it?
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People are just not used
to dealing with nice people like you.
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It's not that.
She's actually very nice.
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Maybe so, but, Maggie,
I think that Bridget was out of line.
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I mean, she has got to understand
about rules and regulations,
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the way things work.
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Thanks for the time.
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With any luck, I'll have her
on the first plane back to Cleveland.
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Magnum.
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Look, I'd really hate for her to go home
with this unresolved.
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Oh, Maggie,
I don't want you to compromise.
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Miles Archer was court-martialed
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in January 1942 for misappropriation
of government property.
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What?
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The reason he was able to stand trial
was he was AWOL
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from the Arizona
on the morning of December 7th.
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She's lying. She's gotta be.
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No, she's not.
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She's just a good officer doing her job.
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Making other people's lives miserable.
What does she know about my father?
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He's just some name on a form,
he's a damn file number.
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Bridget...
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how much do you know
about your father?
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I saw my dad maybe... four times
out of my whole life.
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There wasn't a thing
he didn't know about being a sailor
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but he was rusty
on the father bit.
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Well, it's a tough job.
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Yeah. My mother,
she never gave him much of a chance.
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I tell you one thing he wasn't, though.
He wasn't a coward or a thief.
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My old man was a straight-shooter.
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I'm gonna prove it.
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I'm gonna get him buried
on the Arizona, just like he asked.
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Bridget,
that's not exactly gonna be easy.
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I can afford to stay in this dump
a couple more days.
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I'm gonna find people that knew him.
I'm going to find out the truth.
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You don't have to sweat it.
You're off the hook.
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I'm not worried about that.
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You want to settle up? Right? okay.
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Okay, that's fine, you know. Here.
I hate owing anybody.
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I'll bill you.
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Okay. Thanks.
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Bridget...
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You could bury him here.
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In a cemetery, on the island.
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No! No! He was counting on me.
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Not many people in this world
are counting on Bridget Archer.
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I'm sticking with this!
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There's another cardinal rule
a good private investigator follows.
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Don't try telling a client something
she doesn't want to hear.
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It never works.
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Sometimes you've just gotta let people go.
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If they want to tilt at windmills,
let 'em tilt.
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I know what you're thinking,
but she had no money, no friends,
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and nothing but
the name of her father's landlady.
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I figured I'd just tag along
and try and keep her out of trouble.
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If I could keep up, that is.
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Mrs. Timura?
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Tamura.
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Hi. I'm Bridget Archer.
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Miles's daughter.
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Oh.
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Yes.
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You have the same eyes,
same tilt to the head,
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same color hair.
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Oh, you've known my father a long time.
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He's been bald for years.
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He was a boarder here
for many years.
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Then he must have talked
about his days in the Navy, huh?
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00:16:29,747 --> 00:16:32,667
Your father was a very private man.
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Um, Mrs. Tamura, I've been trying
to bury my father on the Arizona,
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and the Navy keeps telling me
he was a coward and a criminal,
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and I need to talk to somebody
who knew him then.
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The past lives in the past.
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Maybe, but I have questions
to ask about the past.
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Miss Archer,
your father was a decent man, always.
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- You can be proud of him.
- I am, that's why I'm trying to do this.
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Mrs. Tamura, if I could just talk to you
for a couple more seconds...
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00:17:06,451 --> 00:17:09,996
Hey, wait a minute!
I gotta talk to her! What...?
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- Climb in. I'll be right back.
- Where are you going?
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To ask Mrs. Tamura something,
without you.
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- He was my father, Magnum.
- Look.
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I am the private investigator
so let me investigate. In private!
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- But...
- Bridget, you are always talking!
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It doesn't give anyone else a chance.
Trust me.
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00:17:32,101 --> 00:17:34,145
Where have I heard that one before?
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- Yes?
- Mrs. Tamura.
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I'm Thomas Magnum,
a private investigator.
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May I come in for a minute?
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I've said all I can.
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Mrs. Tamura,
you said the past lives in the past.
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But for those without history,
there is only the present. Isn't that true?
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Yes, that is correct.
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00:18:10,306 --> 00:18:13,684
Well, Bridget and her father
didn't have much time together.
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So in order to honor him
and his memory,
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she's got to do it now,
in the present.
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Come in, please.
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Sit down.
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I knew Miles Archer
since before the war.
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As friends at first,
then... as much more.
244
00:18:47,176 --> 00:18:49,470
We were lovers for many years.
245
00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:55,476
You knew him during the court martial.
246
00:18:55,726 --> 00:18:58,187
Yes, but he was innocent.
247
00:18:58,271 --> 00:19:01,524
Others implicated him
to protect themselves.
248
00:19:02,316 --> 00:19:06,529
Miles's only crime
was not speaking the truth,
249
00:19:06,821 --> 00:19:08,990
- or allowing me to do so.
- What truth?
250
00:19:09,198 --> 00:19:12,618
He discovered that two
of his Navy shipmates
251
00:19:12,743 --> 00:19:14,662
were selling in the black market.
252
00:19:14,745 --> 00:19:17,873
He threatened to report them,
but before he could do so,
253
00:19:17,957 --> 00:19:22,003
an incident was created
to make it appear that Miles was involved.
254
00:19:22,086 --> 00:19:23,379
They set him up?
255
00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:25,047
Yes.
256
00:19:25,715 --> 00:19:29,010
The night it happened,
December 6th,
257
00:19:29,802 --> 00:19:32,388
I was sick with a terrible fever.
258
00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:35,016
Miles came to me and would not leave.
259
00:19:35,099 --> 00:19:37,059
He was with you the entire night?
260
00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:44,525
He arrived at Pearl Harbor
the next morning
261
00:19:44,775 --> 00:19:47,111
in time to see his ship go down.
262
00:19:48,529 --> 00:19:50,781
He never got over that.
263
00:19:53,951 --> 00:19:57,747
Mrs. Tamura, why didn't
you testify at the court martial?
264
00:19:58,331 --> 00:20:00,249
I am Japanese.
265
00:20:00,374 --> 00:20:05,546
The officer who defended Miles felt
it would be useless for me to appear.
266
00:20:06,547 --> 00:20:12,428
Miles worried that I would be harmed
if anyone knew of our relationship.
267
00:20:15,348 --> 00:20:16,932
Miles...
268
00:20:17,808 --> 00:20:22,104
lived with this sadness for so long.
269
00:20:24,815 --> 00:20:28,819
Is it necessary that
his daughter now share it as well?
270
00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:31,155
It sure is.
271
00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:40,539
Miles's story was like
a hundred others I'd seen.
272
00:20:40,623 --> 00:20:45,127
The closer you looked, the more you saw,
and the more you wanted to know.
273
00:20:45,461 --> 00:20:48,714
I asked Rick to do a little research
on the black market in '41,
274
00:20:48,798 --> 00:20:52,843
the kind of stuff you wouldn't find
in history books or Navy records.
275
00:20:58,432 --> 00:21:01,185
As for me, after a day with Bridget,
276
00:21:01,268 --> 00:21:04,689
I just wanted
a cold beer and some peace and quiet.
277
00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:09,777
Magnum, there's nothing like
the whine of a high-performance engine
278
00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:12,321
to disrupt an absolutely
delightful afternoon tea.
279
00:21:12,446 --> 00:21:13,781
How thoughtful of you.
280
00:21:13,864 --> 00:21:17,201
Gee, Higgins, I'm sorry.
I just didn't realize.
281
00:21:17,284 --> 00:21:19,120
You didn't think, as usual.
282
00:21:19,203 --> 00:21:21,914
I suppose I should be
grateful you didn't bring that...
283
00:21:21,997 --> 00:21:23,499
whatever-she-does back here.
284
00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:27,336
She is a cocktail waitress
and she's at her motel freshening up.
285
00:21:27,545 --> 00:21:28,754
Of course.
286
00:21:28,963 --> 00:21:30,715
Oh, how is the tea going?
287
00:21:30,798 --> 00:21:33,926
Are you dipping scones
and baking hot-cross buns?
288
00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:37,805
The tea, save for your interruption,
is smashing, absolutely smashing.
289
00:21:38,013 --> 00:21:41,016
That's exactly what this car is,
smashing.
290
00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:45,980
What a beauty!
Expensive mistress, huh?
291
00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:49,567
Worth every penny, I'll bet.
292
00:21:49,650 --> 00:21:52,319
She sure is.
You know, in fact I think...
293
00:21:52,403 --> 00:21:55,948
Yes, the Ferrari is one of Robin Masters'
favorites, Admiral Wheeler.
294
00:21:56,073 --> 00:21:59,535
Jonathan!
Oh, Jonathan, come quickly!
295
00:21:59,827 --> 00:22:01,996
Your buns are smoking!
296
00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:07,626
Excuse me.
297
00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:12,047
Hell, in a week and a half
I'll be jumping out of this uniform
298
00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:16,093
and I'm damn tempted
to go and try one of these things on.
299
00:22:16,510 --> 00:22:18,387
Don't you tell my wife that.
300
00:22:18,512 --> 00:22:20,181
I'm Thomas Magnum, sir.
301
00:22:20,264 --> 00:22:22,224
- Heard a lot about you.
- Probably too much.
302
00:22:23,350 --> 00:22:24,935
Hope it's all favorable.
303
00:22:25,060 --> 00:22:27,188
Well, you know,
as a matter of fact,
304
00:22:27,313 --> 00:22:30,441
I have a friend,
her name's Bridget Archer,
305
00:22:30,691 --> 00:22:32,443
and she just flew out from Cleveland.
306
00:22:32,526 --> 00:22:35,613
You may know her. She checked
with you about her father. Miles.
307
00:22:35,696 --> 00:22:37,865
He was a seaman on the Arizona.
308
00:22:38,574 --> 00:22:40,701
What business did
you say you were in?
309
00:22:40,807 --> 00:22:43,078
I didn't.
I'm a private investigator.
310
00:22:43,329 --> 00:22:47,958
I assume you know that Miles Archer was
court-martialed for unauthorized absence?
311
00:22:48,417 --> 00:22:51,504
I think it's possible
he didn't have an adequate defense, sir.
312
00:22:51,879 --> 00:22:54,340
He had perfectly
competent counsel.
313
00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:55,633
This woman...
314
00:22:55,716 --> 00:22:59,220
Archer was AWOL
on the eve of Pearl Harbor.
315
00:22:59,303 --> 00:23:03,098
His shipmates were not.
They've been dead for 40 years.
316
00:23:03,724 --> 00:23:07,603
Now, in my book, that gives him
no right to be buried with them.
317
00:23:08,562 --> 00:23:10,105
Good day.
318
00:23:14,944 --> 00:23:18,531
Wheeler was tough, Rick.
I mean, really tough.
319
00:23:18,614 --> 00:23:21,742
- The Navy's all business.
- They don't make mistakes.
320
00:23:21,826 --> 00:23:23,077
Thanks, Deborah.
321
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,621
Yeah, I know.
Wheeler reminded me.
322
00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:28,165
But there's just more
to it than this, Rick.
323
00:23:28,249 --> 00:23:29,458
There's gotta be.
324
00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,085
I can just feel it.
325
00:23:31,168 --> 00:23:33,128
- Hi.
- Hi.
326
00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:36,298
- How'd you do in the game?
- Hey, I scored big. Thank you!
327
00:23:36,382 --> 00:23:39,593
Don't mention it.
I was playing liar's dice with Wilkerson,
328
00:23:39,677 --> 00:23:42,680
that's how I found out about those guys.
329
00:23:42,763 --> 00:23:45,808
Thanks.
You're about the smartest lady I ever met.
330
00:23:46,183 --> 00:23:47,768
Thanks yourself.
331
00:23:48,602 --> 00:23:50,729
So, what did you find out?
332
00:23:51,814 --> 00:23:53,399
You want to talk about this now?
333
00:23:53,524 --> 00:23:56,527
Yeah, if it's about my dad,
we'll talk about it now.
334
00:23:57,778 --> 00:24:01,949
Okay. There's this guy in town,
his name is Vic Stout.
335
00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:07,246
About 40 years ago, his uncle Duke
ran all the black market here in Honolulu.
336
00:24:07,329 --> 00:24:09,164
At the time,
Vic was just a runner.
337
00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:12,501
When Duke died,
he took over everything.
338
00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:14,211
Did you ever hear of Intra Pacific Imports?
339
00:24:14,962 --> 00:24:19,008
IPI is a legitimate front,
but Stout's in everything.
340
00:24:19,133 --> 00:24:22,511
The word on the street is he's
making megabucks heisting luxury cars
341
00:24:22,595 --> 00:24:24,071
and selling them
to the mainland.
342
00:24:24,638 --> 00:24:26,432
I'd like to talk to him.
343
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,685
- You don't wanna talk to this guy.
- I wanna talk to this guy.
344
00:24:29,827 --> 00:24:32,146
You don't mess around
with a guy like Vic Stout,
345
00:24:32,229 --> 00:24:34,899
especially not about something like this.
346
00:24:36,525 --> 00:24:41,280
Okay, back in '41,
a couple of honest coppers got iced.
347
00:24:41,405 --> 00:24:44,950
The story is that Vic Stout made
his bones on both of those hits.
348
00:24:45,034 --> 00:24:46,535
Listen, both of you.
349
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,829
There's no statute of
limitations on murder.
350
00:24:49,038 --> 00:24:51,040
So just forget about this, please.
351
00:24:51,616 --> 00:24:54,209
Rick, Stout has got
to be a businessman.
352
00:24:54,335 --> 00:24:57,087
Maybe we can scratch
each other's backs.
353
00:24:57,379 --> 00:24:59,048
With what?
354
00:25:01,342 --> 00:25:03,510
This is a horrible idea.
355
00:25:05,012 --> 00:25:07,890
In fact, it's worse than horrible,
it's a terrible idea.
356
00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:10,059
- You could have stayed with Bridget.
- You kidding?
357
00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:12,853
She was so mad you didn't let her come,
she would have torn me to pieces,
358
00:25:14,229 --> 00:25:16,440
which is probably what
will happen anyway.
359
00:25:16,523 --> 00:25:18,525
Relax. Nothing will go wrong.
360
00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:21,946
Besides, we've been sitting here
for eight hours! I got a club to run.
361
00:25:22,029 --> 00:25:24,615
Hey, we got a nibble.
362
00:25:29,203 --> 00:25:31,288
- We got company.
- What?
363
00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:37,002
Oh, no.
364
00:25:38,504 --> 00:25:42,216
I spent half a day's budget
cruising this town looking for you guys.
365
00:25:42,299 --> 00:25:44,510
- How'd you find us?
- Psychic.
366
00:25:45,886 --> 00:25:48,263
- We're taking off.
- Wait for me!
367
00:25:58,357 --> 00:25:59,692
Rick, he's getting away!
368
00:25:59,775 --> 00:26:01,986
Do you want me to
drive on the sidewalk?
369
00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:03,779
It'd be tight,
but you could try.
370
00:26:03,988 --> 00:26:05,531
Hell, why not?
371
00:26:37,938 --> 00:26:41,567
Going fishing for Stout
with a Ferrari as bait was a long shot,
372
00:26:41,775 --> 00:26:43,777
a very expensive long shot.
373
00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:47,364
But somehow I just knew
it was gonna click. And it did.
374
00:26:47,448 --> 00:26:49,408
A nibble, we hooked him,
375
00:26:49,491 --> 00:26:52,286
and now all we had to do
was let him run for a while.
376
00:26:52,369 --> 00:26:55,330
Simple, clean, neat.
377
00:26:55,414 --> 00:26:58,625
But that's what being a professional
is all about, right?
378
00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:03,964
Hey! Come on, we're gonna lose him!
379
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:35,329
So, what's a $60,000 car between friends?
They get lost all the time.
380
00:27:35,412 --> 00:27:38,123
It wasn't lost, T.C.,
it was stolen.
381
00:27:38,207 --> 00:27:39,792
Uh-huh!
382
00:27:41,168 --> 00:27:43,629
Got a call from Bridget
just before we left.
383
00:27:43,879 --> 00:27:46,673
- She called you?
- Looking for you.
384
00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:48,759
Said you was real mean.
385
00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:51,553
Yeah, I kept saying no.
386
00:27:51,887 --> 00:27:54,598
She don't seem like the type
to take no for an answer.
387
00:27:56,350 --> 00:27:58,977
You're right. She's not.
388
00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:02,147
There's nothing back there.
389
00:28:04,274 --> 00:28:07,486
There's also 6,000 feet
of nothing beneath us.
390
00:28:07,653 --> 00:28:12,491
Look, I saw an Intra Pacific Imports truck,
and it was coming or going somewhere.
391
00:28:12,616 --> 00:28:14,076
Where?
392
00:28:14,576 --> 00:28:16,328
Maybe right there.
393
00:28:16,829 --> 00:28:18,372
Let's go down and take a look.
394
00:28:18,580 --> 00:28:20,165
The view's fine from here.
395
00:28:20,374 --> 00:28:23,627
Come on, T.C., nothing can go wrong.
Take it down.
396
00:28:23,710 --> 00:28:26,672
"Come on, T.C.,
nothing can go wrong."
397
00:28:26,755 --> 00:28:28,882
I wish I had a dollar for
every time you said that.
398
00:28:28,966 --> 00:28:31,552
It would cover your gas bill!
399
00:29:08,755 --> 00:29:11,008
Nobody's home. Let's go.
400
00:29:15,395 --> 00:29:17,723
Don't bother.
I know what you're going to say.
401
00:29:47,711 --> 00:29:49,087
Hey!
402
00:29:54,176 --> 00:29:57,888
There are about 19 or 20 guys
all over 250 pounds, let's go in.
403
00:32:12,856 --> 00:32:14,149
What did I tell you?
404
00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:16,360
Come on, we didn't
even get a scratch.
405
00:32:25,660 --> 00:32:27,996
The more I got involved in this case,
406
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,457
the more I wondered
why I was doing it.
407
00:32:30,957 --> 00:32:34,711
But I guess it probably had a lot to do
with the way I felt about the Navy,
408
00:32:34,794 --> 00:32:36,505
and my own dad,
409
00:32:36,588 --> 00:32:40,759
with things like fair play and honor
thrown in to confuse things.
410
00:32:40,842 --> 00:32:44,221
Not that Bridget wasn't doing
a terrific job of that already.
411
00:32:44,304 --> 00:32:48,183
But at least I'd finally lost her.
I hoped.
412
00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:49,476
Yes?
413
00:32:49,559 --> 00:32:52,396
- I'd like to see Mr. Stout.
- Is he expecting you?
414
00:32:52,604 --> 00:32:54,231
- Yes.
- No.
415
00:32:55,774 --> 00:32:58,944
- I'll take care of him.
- Hi. Thomas Magnum.
416
00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:03,490
Listen, I'd really like to chat with you,
but I think I should see Mr. Stout
417
00:33:03,573 --> 00:33:06,535
because I've got some real
personal snapshots for him.
418
00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:17,629
Nice guy.
Should have been a maƮtre d'.
419
00:33:28,514 --> 00:33:31,810
You obviously have me
at a disadvantage, Mr...?
420
00:33:31,893 --> 00:33:33,270
Magnum.
421
00:33:35,188 --> 00:33:37,482
Just who and what are you?
422
00:33:38,442 --> 00:33:40,527
I'm a private investigator.
423
00:33:41,695 --> 00:33:43,447
And a photographer?
424
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:47,451
These don't prove a thing.
425
00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:51,872
Maybe not, but I kind of think
the police will be fascinated.
426
00:33:51,955 --> 00:33:56,126
See, this pretty little red one here?
That's mine.
427
00:33:56,275 --> 00:33:58,587
Actually, it's not mine, but it's
more mine than yours.
428
00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:01,339
And... this truck?
429
00:34:01,631 --> 00:34:03,091
That's yours.
430
00:34:06,261 --> 00:34:10,223
I see your point.
You'll have it back this afternoon.
431
00:34:10,432 --> 00:34:13,226
- Now, if that's all...
- It's not.
432
00:34:13,435 --> 00:34:16,646
There was a black market scam
in Honolulu in 1941.
433
00:34:17,439 --> 00:34:19,274
Hundreds of them, probably.
434
00:34:20,108 --> 00:34:24,321
Well, this one involved
a sailor named Miles Archer,
435
00:34:24,404 --> 00:34:27,324
who was set up for a bust
when he found out about one of your deals.
436
00:34:29,284 --> 00:34:32,037
Doesn't ring any bells. Sorry.
437
00:34:32,996 --> 00:34:36,666
Okay. I guess
I'll have to make some phone calls.
438
00:34:38,168 --> 00:34:39,878
Uh, Magnum...
439
00:34:41,338 --> 00:34:43,465
I'm starting to hear some jingling.
440
00:34:44,049 --> 00:34:47,552
Archer was a kid that was stuck
between a rock and a hard place.
441
00:34:47,636 --> 00:34:49,304
It was purely business.
442
00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:52,349
And it was 40 years ago.
What does it matter now?
443
00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:53,934
Who set him up?
444
00:34:54,017 --> 00:34:56,728
Couple of sailors
that went down on the Arizona.
445
00:34:57,312 --> 00:34:58,730
What were their names?
446
00:35:01,024 --> 00:35:02,984
What are you doing here?
447
00:35:03,652 --> 00:35:04,986
Tell him to let her go.
448
00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:06,321
Let her go.
449
00:35:06,988 --> 00:35:08,490
God!
450
00:35:09,783 --> 00:35:11,368
What was I supposed to do?
451
00:35:11,451 --> 00:35:14,371
Wait out there and miss
my chance to talk to Mr. Big?
452
00:35:15,163 --> 00:35:19,501
He was my father and the Navy's
gonna know that he wasn't a crook.
453
00:35:19,626 --> 00:35:21,086
And, yes, I followed you.
454
00:35:21,169 --> 00:35:23,338
You know what,
for a P.I., you're pretty easy.
455
00:35:23,463 --> 00:35:25,549
And not very discreet.
456
00:35:25,757 --> 00:35:27,384
Look, she will not
cause you any trouble.
457
00:35:27,467 --> 00:35:31,096
Oh, I'm sure.
But this little chat is over.
458
00:35:31,304 --> 00:35:33,098
- Show them out.
- Just a minute!
459
00:35:33,265 --> 00:35:37,102
Until I get those negatives,
the Ferrari will do nicely as collateral.
460
00:35:37,227 --> 00:35:39,354
- I am not leaving here...
- Say goodbye!
461
00:35:39,479 --> 00:35:41,606
- Goodbye?
- Thank you.
462
00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:46,903
I don't want either of them
opening up the past, do you understand?
463
00:35:47,153 --> 00:35:48,655
I'll take care of it.
464
00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:02,085
- What did he say?
- He said nothing.
465
00:36:02,168 --> 00:36:03,795
- Nothing?
- Nothing!
466
00:36:03,878 --> 00:36:05,797
Come on, what did he say?
467
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,675
Just wait, just wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
468
00:36:08,758 --> 00:36:11,845
Wait! I asked you
to let me handle this, didn't I?
469
00:36:12,053 --> 00:36:13,930
I even said please, didn't I?
470
00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:17,392
You want to handle this?
Then do it, by yourself!
471
00:36:18,893 --> 00:36:21,271
I guess I really put
my foot in it again, huh?
472
00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:26,359
You sure as hell did!
473
00:36:26,443 --> 00:36:30,322
If you hadn't come barging in,
I might have got somewhere with this guy.
474
00:36:30,530 --> 00:36:32,449
But you don't listen! You won't...
475
00:36:35,702 --> 00:36:37,120
I'm sorry.
476
00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:41,625
I'm sorry, I shouldn't
have yelled at you.
477
00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:44,836
Oh, no, I'm sorry,
I deserved it.
478
00:36:48,214 --> 00:36:51,301
I'm just always getting
myself into trouble.
479
00:36:53,762 --> 00:36:56,014
Sometimes I think I'm cursed.
480
00:36:57,265 --> 00:36:58,850
No, you're not.
481
00:37:00,935 --> 00:37:02,437
You want to bet?
482
00:37:05,982 --> 00:37:07,859
Doesn't that belong to you?
483
00:37:12,656 --> 00:37:15,742
Bridget might have had
a point about the curse.
484
00:37:15,825 --> 00:37:19,412
We were getting nowhere fast,
and running out of leads even faster.
485
00:37:19,496 --> 00:37:23,166
40 years could hide a lot of truth.
And a lot of lies.
486
00:37:23,958 --> 00:37:28,421
So those court-martial transcripts
began to loom up as important.
487
00:37:28,588 --> 00:37:32,550
So I left Bridget where I knew
she couldn't escape, with Rick,
488
00:37:32,676 --> 00:37:36,262
and headed for an understanding heart
and a helping hand.
489
00:37:36,429 --> 00:37:38,973
No, the answer is simply no.
490
00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:41,309
Come on, lieutenant.
491
00:37:41,518 --> 00:37:44,020
It's just a bunch of boring legal stuff.
492
00:37:44,104 --> 00:37:47,691
No one's even looked at it in 40 years.
Except you.
493
00:37:47,774 --> 00:37:49,984
I'm simply doing my job.
494
00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:52,904
So, did you find anything interesting?
495
00:37:53,196 --> 00:37:56,074
Magnum, I told you,
those transcripts are confidential.
496
00:37:56,260 --> 00:37:58,201
Oh, come on, Maggie.
497
00:37:58,284 --> 00:38:02,205
I remember a dozen times
that Mac bent the rules a little.
498
00:38:02,664 --> 00:38:06,251
That's because Lieutenant MacReynolds
was different.
499
00:38:06,626 --> 00:38:08,294
Very different.
500
00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:11,214
Yeah. Right.
501
00:38:11,381 --> 00:38:13,508
I could appeal to his heart.
502
00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:15,885
Yeah. And his stomach.
503
00:38:16,094 --> 00:38:20,014
Oh, come on!
That food stuff, that was just an excuse.
504
00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:25,645
Listen, underneath that stomach
was a heart as big as... that stomach.
505
00:38:25,729 --> 00:38:27,188
He cared, lieutenant.
506
00:38:27,272 --> 00:38:30,984
I know he cared, but rules are rules
and regulations are regulations.
507
00:38:31,067 --> 00:38:33,570
I know that. You're right.
508
00:38:33,820 --> 00:38:37,240
That's exactly what I told Bridget,
that even though you're right,
509
00:38:37,490 --> 00:38:40,535
you can't take advantage of people
because they've got a heart.
510
00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:41,703
That is not fair.
511
00:38:45,498 --> 00:38:51,504
Of course, Mac didn't care about fair
when it came to doing the right thing.
512
00:38:55,341 --> 00:38:57,302
The transcripts are on my desk.
513
00:38:57,469 --> 00:38:59,554
You have 30 minutes,
not one second longer.
514
00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:01,389
You tell anyone about this...
515
00:39:07,103 --> 00:39:10,273
30 minutes was about
a half-hour longer than I needed.
516
00:39:10,856 --> 00:39:12,734
The court martial had
been open-and-shut.
517
00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:15,737
Miles didn't say 20 words
in his defense.
518
00:39:16,446 --> 00:39:20,074
He evidently listened to the young
lieutenant assigned to defend him,
519
00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:24,204
a bright young officer who, in 1942,
was on the way up...
520
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:28,333
and now...
had made it all the way to the top.
521
00:39:41,721 --> 00:39:44,557
Your request is absolutely preposterous,
Magnum.
522
00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:47,852
Admiral Wheeler is a hero,
a living legend.
523
00:39:47,977 --> 00:39:50,814
Some legend!
He railroaded my father.
524
00:39:50,939 --> 00:39:53,691
That is a highly personal evaluation that,
525
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:57,612
given that the incident occurred
before you were born, is totally baseless.
526
00:39:57,737 --> 00:39:59,489
How do you know
what the truth is?
527
00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:01,491
We don't, damn it!
528
00:40:03,243 --> 00:40:05,036
That's why we want to meet him.
529
00:40:05,245 --> 00:40:08,081
I will not use my personal influence
to arrange a meeting,
530
00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,500
especially with the parade about to start.
531
00:40:11,292 --> 00:40:13,962
Higgins, you seem
to be a real horse's...
532
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:15,505
Bridget, shut up.
533
00:40:18,758 --> 00:40:21,594
Higgins, look,
all we want is five minutes.
534
00:40:21,845 --> 00:40:23,930
That's not much to ask after 40 years.
535
00:40:24,013 --> 00:40:26,266
Magnum, you were a
naval officer yourself.
536
00:40:26,349 --> 00:40:30,019
Why pursue an obviously futile exercise
with such determination?
537
00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:33,273
Probably because I was an officer.
538
00:40:33,982 --> 00:40:36,442
I haven't forgotten
what the word duty means.
539
00:40:37,861 --> 00:40:42,782
Remember one thing. Nothing noble
can ever come from tarnishing a hero.
540
00:40:46,703 --> 00:40:49,289
Well... what do you think?
541
00:40:49,372 --> 00:40:51,291
Think he'll talk to Wheeler?
542
00:40:52,834 --> 00:40:54,419
He'll do it.
543
00:41:31,998 --> 00:41:33,666
Five minutes, that's it.
544
00:41:33,750 --> 00:41:36,002
That should be long enough, sir.
545
00:41:36,210 --> 00:41:39,422
For an incident that happened
more than 40 years ago.
546
00:41:39,672 --> 00:41:41,966
A court martial
is a lot more than an incident.
547
00:41:42,050 --> 00:41:45,970
Since it destroyed Miles Archer's life,
you owe his daughter some answers.
548
00:41:46,262 --> 00:41:49,515
Now, wait...
Just a mother-lovin' second.
549
00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:53,144
He doesn't owe me anything.
He owes my dad.
550
00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:57,315
Aiko Tamura.
551
00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:06,658
Why didn't you call her to testify?
She would have come, I know it.
552
00:42:06,824 --> 00:42:10,954
You've forgotten that 1942 was not
a good year for the Japanese in Hawaii.
553
00:42:11,204 --> 00:42:14,248
But wasn't it worth a try?
Wasn't anything worth a try?
554
00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:16,876
It would not have done any good.
555
00:42:17,499 --> 00:42:22,337
We were so angered at the attack,
so bent on avenging our dead,
556
00:42:22,507 --> 00:42:24,842
that no court martial would
have listened to the testimony
557
00:42:24,926 --> 00:42:27,178
of a Japanese sweetheart.
558
00:42:27,387 --> 00:42:29,055
Maybe not then,
but they would now!
559
00:42:29,263 --> 00:42:32,475
Archer wasn't exactly a hero,
he was AWOL. He admitted it.
560
00:42:32,558 --> 00:42:34,602
Because his girl was sick!
561
00:42:34,811 --> 00:42:37,063
It wasn't his fault the
Japanese attacked that morning.
562
00:42:37,271 --> 00:42:38,898
Whatever the reason,
563
00:42:38,982 --> 00:42:42,610
he was not at his duty station
when his ship went down!
564
00:42:42,819 --> 00:42:45,363
But he paid for that, sir,
for the rest of his life.
565
00:42:45,571 --> 00:42:48,241
And there were
extenuating circumstances.
566
00:42:48,449 --> 00:42:51,744
Most important of all is he's
not guilty of the other charges.
567
00:42:51,828 --> 00:42:53,705
Aiko can testify to that.
568
00:42:56,249 --> 00:42:57,667
The man is dead.
569
00:42:57,875 --> 00:43:01,045
All he wants is to
be buried with his ship.
570
00:43:01,129 --> 00:43:05,425
Is that too much to ask for
after 40 years of punishment,
571
00:43:05,508 --> 00:43:07,969
most of which... he didn't even do?
572
00:43:11,639 --> 00:43:15,476
You could reopen the case, Admiral.
Aiko could testify.
573
00:43:15,685 --> 00:43:17,103
So could you.
574
00:43:17,177 --> 00:43:18,804
Do you know what you're asking?
575
00:43:18,887 --> 00:43:20,773
It's not just dusting off books,
576
00:43:20,857 --> 00:43:23,568
looking at a court martial
everyone's forgotten about.
577
00:43:23,735 --> 00:43:25,778
Not everyone, admiral.
578
00:43:25,987 --> 00:43:28,614
Nothing is the same now.
579
00:43:28,823 --> 00:43:32,869
No one would understand how people felt,
why they did things, how they did them.
580
00:43:33,494 --> 00:43:36,372
I have a reputation
and name to think about.
581
00:43:36,622 --> 00:43:39,208
I have 45 good years in the Navy.
582
00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:43,629
All of that is a hell of a lot more
than my dad ever had.
583
00:43:47,550 --> 00:43:52,055
Admiral, you're being honored today
as a man of courage and integrity.
584
00:43:54,390 --> 00:43:57,143
I guess you're the only one
who knows for sure.
585
00:44:14,035 --> 00:44:15,369
Bridget...
586
00:44:18,623 --> 00:44:20,708
This was so stupid.
587
00:44:21,292 --> 00:44:23,711
- No, it wasn't.
- The hell it wasn't!
588
00:44:25,296 --> 00:44:28,883
A barmaid from Cleveland
squaring off against the Navy...
589
00:44:32,512 --> 00:44:37,141
Oh, God... that's a good one.
590
00:44:38,559 --> 00:44:41,604
Drive me back to my motel,
Magnum.
591
00:44:44,023 --> 00:44:46,984
I want to pick up Dad
and go back home.
592
00:44:55,535 --> 00:44:57,745
- Look, why don't we talk...
- Come on.
593
00:45:02,708 --> 00:45:05,711
You go for Stout,
I'll kick the big guy in the...
594
00:45:05,837 --> 00:45:09,590
Right, and get us both killed?
Let's just see what he has to say.
595
00:45:16,889 --> 00:45:20,184
I liked you, Magnum.
I liked your moxie.
596
00:45:20,268 --> 00:45:21,727
Kind of liked hers, too.
597
00:45:22,603 --> 00:45:24,564
But I thought we had an understanding.
598
00:45:24,678 --> 00:45:26,315
How come he
keeps saying "liked"?
599
00:45:26,399 --> 00:45:28,568
Will you shut up? For once?
600
00:45:29,026 --> 00:45:32,530
That's good advice,
but a little late.
601
00:45:32,738 --> 00:45:35,741
You both talk too much
and to the wrong people!
602
00:45:35,950 --> 00:45:39,036
Yeah, well, I was never much
on keeping my mouth shut.
603
00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:46,460
Well, help!
604
00:45:46,711 --> 00:45:49,380
You behave or she'll get mad at you too.
Give me that!
605
00:45:49,714 --> 00:45:52,842
- I told you not to do that!
- You're gonna complain now?
606
00:45:52,925 --> 00:45:55,970
- It worked, didn't it?
- Well, what if it didn't?
607
00:45:56,220 --> 00:45:59,682
Please!
Don't we need a cop or an MP?
608
00:45:59,765 --> 00:46:02,852
In the Navy we call them SPs, Miss Archer.
609
00:46:03,102 --> 00:46:05,855
And I think we can help you find one.
610
00:46:06,731 --> 00:46:10,401
As well as I think we can help you
solve your other problems.
611
00:46:20,995 --> 00:46:23,414
There really are some stories
with happy endings.
612
00:46:24,665 --> 00:46:29,295
Of course, Higgins got the Ferrari back.
And Bridget Archer, something else.
613
00:46:30,087 --> 00:46:32,924
Something she could take back
with her to Cleveland.
614
00:46:33,758 --> 00:46:36,802
Pride in her father, and herself.
615
00:46:41,349 --> 00:46:42,934
Ready...
616
00:46:43,976 --> 00:46:45,394
Aim...
617
00:46:45,853 --> 00:46:47,230
Fire!
618
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,819
Aim... fire!
619
00:46:55,196 --> 00:46:57,865
Aim... fire!
620
00:47:10,086 --> 00:47:12,672
Present... arms!