1 00:00:02,146 --> 00:00:03,170 Hoist 'em! 2 00:00:03,247 --> 00:00:05,545 Or I'll give that funny shirt you're wearing a couple of more colors. 3 00:00:05,616 --> 00:00:07,447 Quit playing games, a girl is missing. 4 00:00:07,518 --> 00:00:08,815 I don't like working with partners. 5 00:00:08,886 --> 00:00:10,410 Look what you're driving. 6 00:00:10,488 --> 00:00:11,955 How do you expect to lose a tail... 7 00:00:12,023 --> 00:00:14,548 when you stick out like King Kong on the Empire State Building? 8 00:00:18,062 --> 00:00:19,757 Jonathan Higgins, Robin's Nest. 9 00:00:19,830 --> 00:00:21,491 Luther Gillis, PI, St. Louis. 10 00:00:21,565 --> 00:00:22,623 You, too? 11 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:23,958 Nancy! 12 00:00:24,035 --> 00:00:26,526 Nancy! Nancy! Wait a minute! 13 00:00:26,604 --> 00:00:27,866 Luther! Look out! 14 00:02:27,024 --> 00:02:28,616 Thursday. 4:00 am. 15 00:02:28,692 --> 00:02:31,855 Too early to call it quits and too late to try and flop. 16 00:02:32,063 --> 00:02:35,624 The arthritis was making my fingers feel like leftover Jell-O... 17 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:39,996 and the last 12 butts had turned my mouth as dry as cotton candy. 18 00:02:40,304 --> 00:02:43,967 I knew it was time to move in before I lost my appetite. 19 00:02:44,275 --> 00:02:47,267 Name's Gillis, Luther. Hail from St. Louis. 20 00:02:47,511 --> 00:02:50,503 I usually don't take cases out of town. But times are tough... 21 00:02:50,581 --> 00:02:52,014 not like after the war. 22 00:02:52,083 --> 00:02:53,778 Everyone was looking for someone then. 23 00:02:53,851 --> 00:02:55,876 Even had a partner. Had. 24 00:02:55,953 --> 00:03:00,253 Chuckie bought it outside a dime-a-dance joint in San Jose back in '63. 25 00:03:00,491 --> 00:03:02,356 I've been on my own ever since. 26 00:03:13,871 --> 00:03:16,738 Talk to me, sweetheart. Gary in? 27 00:03:21,779 --> 00:03:22,939 Thanks. 28 00:03:24,048 --> 00:03:27,176 Buy yourself a new dress. You're gonna catch cold. 29 00:03:35,292 --> 00:03:38,056 This caper I was on was strictly routine. 30 00:03:38,129 --> 00:03:40,597 File number 521, I called it. 31 00:03:40,831 --> 00:03:44,733 Teenage girl ditches geography and runs off to Honolulu. 32 00:03:45,069 --> 00:03:48,163 To my way of looking at it, she didn't need the class anyway. 33 00:03:48,506 --> 00:03:52,203 Because any girl that can find her way from East St. Louis to paradise... 34 00:03:52,276 --> 00:03:54,437 deserves an "A" in my book. 35 00:03:54,745 --> 00:03:57,942 The last anybody heard of little Nancy Perkins was three months ago. 36 00:03:58,015 --> 00:04:01,576 I got it through the vine that she was living with some crud named Gary... 37 00:04:01,652 --> 00:04:04,746 a nickel-and-dime dealer, all-around sleaze-o. 38 00:04:05,256 --> 00:04:09,056 You know, I got the feeling I've been on this case a hundred times before. 39 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:11,792 Somehow nothing ever changes. 40 00:04:12,163 --> 00:04:15,189 In all my years at this dodge, I've come across a whole lot of ways... 41 00:04:15,266 --> 00:04:17,097 to get into locked hotel rooms... 42 00:04:17,168 --> 00:04:19,693 skeleton keys, lock picks, credit cards. 43 00:04:21,739 --> 00:04:24,469 But I guess I'm just an old-fashioned kind of guy. 44 00:04:25,876 --> 00:04:27,104 Hoist 'em! 45 00:04:27,478 --> 00:04:28,843 You got it! 46 00:04:29,847 --> 00:04:31,439 About your decorator. 47 00:04:31,982 --> 00:04:33,244 Oh... 48 00:04:33,317 --> 00:04:34,978 I think you've got the wrong idea here. 49 00:04:35,052 --> 00:04:36,314 Put a lid on it, Gary. 50 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:37,846 Where's the bimbo? 51 00:04:37,922 --> 00:04:38,889 Gary? 52 00:04:38,956 --> 00:04:40,014 Bimbo? 53 00:04:40,090 --> 00:04:42,058 You're trying my patience. 54 00:04:42,126 --> 00:04:45,562 Come across with little Nancy or you'll be reading the fine print on the Mann Act... 55 00:04:45,629 --> 00:04:48,063 under a 40-watt bulb at Oahu Prison. 56 00:04:48,766 --> 00:04:50,233 Little Nancy? 57 00:04:51,302 --> 00:04:52,564 Nancy Perkins? 58 00:04:52,636 --> 00:04:55,332 Funny what the open end of a.38 will do for the memory. 59 00:04:55,406 --> 00:04:56,805 Hoist 'em! 60 00:04:57,575 --> 00:04:58,769 Where is she, Gary? 61 00:04:58,842 --> 00:05:00,901 Oh, I get it. 62 00:05:00,978 --> 00:05:02,809 You think I'm Gary. I'm not Gary. 63 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,781 I think I can explain this if you'll just put the gun away. 64 00:05:05,883 --> 00:05:07,077 Hoist 'em! 65 00:05:07,151 --> 00:05:09,847 Or I'll give that funny shirt you're wearing a couple of more colors... 66 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,012 like two shades of red. 67 00:05:11,589 --> 00:05:13,352 Look, I'm not Gary! 68 00:05:13,791 --> 00:05:16,487 I'm looking for Gary. I'm also looking for little Nancy, and- 69 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,391 All right, freeze! You're under arrest! 70 00:05:25,035 --> 00:05:26,559 All right, what are you guys doing here? 71 00:05:27,304 --> 00:05:29,363 Would you believe Parcheesi? 72 00:05:30,774 --> 00:05:31,832 No. 73 00:05:33,844 --> 00:05:36,039 Maybe I'd believe a little grass. 74 00:05:36,347 --> 00:05:38,178 All right, you guys are coming with us. 75 00:05:38,249 --> 00:05:40,809 Oh, wait, I think I can explain. 76 00:05:40,884 --> 00:05:43,352 See, I found that and I was going to call you guys. 77 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:44,478 Downtown, Gary. 78 00:05:44,555 --> 00:05:46,079 I'm not Gary! 79 00:05:55,132 --> 00:05:56,429 That's Gary. 80 00:06:00,271 --> 00:06:03,104 Being a private investigator is usually interesting work. 81 00:06:03,173 --> 00:06:05,232 You meet all kinds of different people... 82 00:06:05,309 --> 00:06:09,336 and every once in a while, you get to help out somebody who really needs a hand. 83 00:06:09,413 --> 00:06:13,747 Sometimes it's worth the occasional right cross to the jaw or the cold night in jail. 84 00:06:13,884 --> 00:06:18,719 But sometimes you also wonder how long you can do it before you have to grow up... 85 00:06:18,856 --> 00:06:20,187 and get a real job. 86 00:06:20,257 --> 00:06:23,852 Especially when you see the future staring you right in the face. 87 00:06:23,927 --> 00:06:25,792 So you're a private detective, huh? 88 00:06:25,863 --> 00:06:26,955 Investigator. 89 00:06:27,031 --> 00:06:31,092 Investigator. Detective. Gumshoe. Dick. Flatfoot. Who cares? 90 00:06:31,201 --> 00:06:33,499 We both work the same side of the street... 91 00:06:33,570 --> 00:06:36,061 and evidently the same case. Who hired you, Magnum? 92 00:06:36,140 --> 00:06:38,506 Nancy Perkins' mother. Who hired you? 93 00:06:38,709 --> 00:06:40,404 The dad. Real cozy. 94 00:06:40,744 --> 00:06:44,180 Yeah, they're getting a divorce. Looks like we're in the middle of a custody fight. 95 00:06:44,248 --> 00:06:47,547 Yeah, kind of like playing basketball without a hoop. 96 00:06:48,185 --> 00:06:50,244 When did the mom hire you? 97 00:06:50,988 --> 00:06:52,683 Last week. From where? 98 00:06:53,057 --> 00:06:54,115 St. Louis. 99 00:06:54,191 --> 00:06:55,317 Why did you ice Gary? 100 00:06:55,392 --> 00:06:58,418 What? Come on, I didn't ice Gary. 101 00:06:58,929 --> 00:07:00,362 Just checking, trying to trip you up. 102 00:07:00,431 --> 00:07:02,558 Rapid-fire delivery, that's part of my style. 103 00:07:02,633 --> 00:07:04,225 Everybody's gotta have a style. 104 00:07:04,435 --> 00:07:06,426 Come on, Luther! 105 00:07:06,503 --> 00:07:08,630 Quit playing games, a girl is missing. 106 00:07:08,706 --> 00:07:11,106 The guy she's staying with is dead and I gotta find her... 107 00:07:11,175 --> 00:07:12,665 or she's gonna end up the same way. 108 00:07:12,743 --> 00:07:13,903 One of us has. 109 00:07:13,977 --> 00:07:15,308 You got your client, I get mine. 110 00:07:15,379 --> 00:07:17,506 Gentlemen. Gentlemen! 111 00:07:17,581 --> 00:07:21,176 I'm trying to get some work done here on my book. 112 00:07:21,318 --> 00:07:23,752 So if you could just- Stuff it, scrunge-o! 113 00:07:24,321 --> 00:07:26,152 Let me share something with you, Magnum. 114 00:07:26,223 --> 00:07:29,784 I don't like wise guys and I don't like working with partners. 115 00:07:29,860 --> 00:07:31,418 Who said anything about partners? 116 00:07:31,495 --> 00:07:33,292 I've been working alone too long, see? 117 00:07:33,397 --> 00:07:34,421 Fine. 118 00:07:34,498 --> 00:07:36,659 You try to find Nancy Perkins your way... 119 00:07:36,734 --> 00:07:38,827 and I'll try to find her my way. 120 00:07:38,902 --> 00:07:42,338 And let's hope one of us gets to her while she's still in one piece. Got it? 121 00:07:42,406 --> 00:07:43,600 Fine! I got it! 122 00:07:43,674 --> 00:07:46,939 Good. I'm glad we understand each other. Now... 123 00:07:48,412 --> 00:07:49,936 how do we get out of this place? 124 00:07:53,717 --> 00:07:56,185 I just might be able to arrange that. 125 00:07:56,453 --> 00:07:58,978 Yeah, right. Connections in high places. 126 00:07:59,757 --> 00:08:02,021 Buddies with the local Kahuna. 127 00:08:04,228 --> 00:08:05,354 Better. 128 00:08:06,096 --> 00:08:07,427 You see, Luther... 129 00:08:07,498 --> 00:08:10,160 there are some advantages to working with me. 130 00:08:10,734 --> 00:08:12,793 If I needed the help, which I don't... 131 00:08:13,437 --> 00:08:15,667 because this is my town, people know me. 132 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:19,937 And I'm in fairly tight with the local constabulary... 133 00:08:20,010 --> 00:08:21,875 which means all I'd have to do... 134 00:08:22,679 --> 00:08:24,806 call my friend, Lieutenant Tanaka. 135 00:08:25,115 --> 00:08:26,742 And he'd have us out of here... 136 00:08:28,185 --> 00:08:29,516 just like that. 137 00:08:29,953 --> 00:08:33,184 Sorry, Magnum, you two guys aren't going anywhere. 138 00:08:33,724 --> 00:08:37,524 Wait a second. You and I are going to the Islander game tonight. 139 00:08:37,594 --> 00:08:39,926 So, I'll take my grandson, Biff. 140 00:08:39,997 --> 00:08:41,396 But they're box seats. 141 00:08:41,465 --> 00:08:42,693 They're right behind home plate. 142 00:08:42,766 --> 00:08:44,597 Do you have any idea what they cost me? 143 00:08:44,668 --> 00:08:45,635 Ooh, plenty. 144 00:08:46,804 --> 00:08:48,931 What do you know about Gary Alexander? 145 00:08:49,006 --> 00:08:52,669 Just that he's living with a Nancy Perkins, a runaway. I'm working for the mother. 146 00:08:52,743 --> 00:08:53,767 And you, Mr. Gillis? 147 00:08:53,844 --> 00:08:55,436 I'm working for the dad, okay? 148 00:08:55,512 --> 00:08:57,139 Sure it's okay with me. 149 00:08:57,214 --> 00:09:00,581 What do either of you know about the late Mr. Alexander and his associates? 150 00:09:00,651 --> 00:09:01,811 Nothing. 151 00:09:02,052 --> 00:09:03,781 Just that he'd been dealing some marijuana. 152 00:09:03,854 --> 00:09:06,379 Look, I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but I can't tell you anything else. 153 00:09:06,457 --> 00:09:08,618 Sorry? Sorry? 154 00:09:08,692 --> 00:09:10,751 What are you apologizing for? He's a cop. 155 00:09:10,828 --> 00:09:12,090 He's just doing his job. 156 00:09:12,162 --> 00:09:13,288 He's a cop! 157 00:09:14,798 --> 00:09:17,699 I don't know what kind of private eyes they're making nowadays... 158 00:09:17,768 --> 00:09:19,429 but when you start apologizing to cops... 159 00:09:19,503 --> 00:09:21,027 maybe it's time I packed it in. 160 00:09:21,104 --> 00:09:23,197 Look, Tanaka, I gotta get out of here. 161 00:09:23,273 --> 00:09:24,365 I gotta get back to my hotel... 162 00:09:24,441 --> 00:09:27,501 take a shower and shave, plus I got a case to solve. 163 00:09:27,578 --> 00:09:29,205 Go to your ballgame. 164 00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:31,713 You better tell your partner to calm down, Magnum. 165 00:09:31,782 --> 00:09:33,443 He's not my partner. Luther. 166 00:09:33,517 --> 00:09:35,109 I bet the next thing you're gonna tell me is... 167 00:09:35,185 --> 00:09:37,585 I can't leave the island 'cause I'm a material witness. 168 00:09:37,654 --> 00:09:38,746 Magnum. Luther. 169 00:09:38,822 --> 00:09:39,811 Mr. Gillis- 170 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:42,222 Do you know how many coppers have laid that line on me in my time? 171 00:09:42,292 --> 00:09:43,919 Look, buddy, I know the rules. 172 00:09:43,994 --> 00:09:47,430 Now give me the key to this two-bit tank and let me out of here. 173 00:09:47,764 --> 00:09:49,527 I just threw it away. 174 00:09:55,038 --> 00:09:58,371 The big guy sure had a temper, I'll say that for him. 175 00:09:58,475 --> 00:10:00,136 What a way to spend a night... 176 00:10:00,210 --> 00:10:03,338 but he's gotta learn you can't let cops push you around. 177 00:10:03,447 --> 00:10:07,315 And he even got madder when I got my secretary to wire my bail for me. 178 00:10:07,618 --> 00:10:10,485 That Blanche, she's a helluva kid. 179 00:10:10,554 --> 00:10:12,419 Been with me since '51. 180 00:10:12,489 --> 00:10:14,286 Funny how time creeps by. 181 00:10:14,358 --> 00:10:15,950 Sun and Surf Motel. 182 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:20,221 Anyway, the bail got here before Magnum's so-called friends did. 183 00:10:20,531 --> 00:10:23,227 Of course, that didn't make him any happier about things. 184 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:25,666 But, hey, I got a case to solve. 185 00:10:27,571 --> 00:10:28,970 What kept you guys? 186 00:10:29,039 --> 00:10:30,199 Love. 187 00:10:30,274 --> 00:10:31,332 What do you mean, "love"? 188 00:10:31,408 --> 00:10:33,740 Six-love, six-love, six-love. 189 00:10:33,810 --> 00:10:34,799 You got to rub it in? 190 00:10:34,878 --> 00:10:36,277 No, I guess I don't. 191 00:10:36,346 --> 00:10:39,713 Gee, that's just great, guys. I'm sitting in jail on a murder charge... 192 00:10:39,783 --> 00:10:41,978 and you guys are out hitting a little ball back and forth. 193 00:10:42,052 --> 00:10:44,782 I thought you were trying to find out about Gary Alexander... 194 00:10:44,855 --> 00:10:46,652 but you're just out having a good time. Thanks. 195 00:10:46,723 --> 00:10:48,418 Thanks a lot. Hey, Thomas... 196 00:10:48,492 --> 00:10:50,221 we weren't out playing tennis with ourselves. 197 00:10:50,294 --> 00:10:51,727 We were out playing with Ice Pick. 198 00:10:51,795 --> 00:10:53,763 Yeah, and his bodyguard, Hugo. 199 00:10:53,830 --> 00:10:56,128 Hugo? Yeah. Doubles. 200 00:10:56,433 --> 00:10:58,924 And the only way to get any information out of him was by losing. 201 00:10:59,002 --> 00:11:00,401 Six-love. 202 00:11:00,571 --> 00:11:02,436 Do you think it's easy losing to an 80-pound shrimp? 203 00:11:02,506 --> 00:11:04,838 And his 400-pound bodyguard? 204 00:11:04,908 --> 00:11:06,705 Do you realize how many tennis balls he broke? 205 00:11:06,777 --> 00:11:07,971 Not to mention rackets. 206 00:11:08,045 --> 00:11:09,012 Hugo? 207 00:11:09,079 --> 00:11:10,808 Look, Thomas, we don't have all day. 208 00:11:10,881 --> 00:11:12,781 I mean, our pride and our self-respect have been shattered. 209 00:11:12,849 --> 00:11:14,339 Do you want the information or not? 210 00:11:14,418 --> 00:11:15,544 Yeah. Wait a minute, guys. 211 00:11:15,619 --> 00:11:18,713 Come on, come on, T.C., I'm sorry. Sorry, Rick. 212 00:11:18,789 --> 00:11:20,086 What did you find out? 213 00:11:20,157 --> 00:11:23,854 Well, we found out that Gary was into Artie Keanu for mucho bucks. 214 00:11:23,927 --> 00:11:27,192 Now, he ripped him off on a couple of deals, skimmed right off the top. 215 00:11:27,264 --> 00:11:30,961 You find Artie Keanu, you find who killed Gary Alexander. 216 00:11:31,034 --> 00:11:32,524 And maybe the missing chick. 217 00:11:32,603 --> 00:11:33,729 Well, thanks, guys. 218 00:11:33,804 --> 00:11:35,465 Look, can you drop me off at the estate? 219 00:11:35,539 --> 00:11:37,700 First, we've got one stop to make. 220 00:11:38,342 --> 00:11:39,741 Ice Pick wants to see you. 221 00:11:39,810 --> 00:11:40,936 So does Hugo. 222 00:11:41,011 --> 00:11:43,138 Sorry, pal. Part of the deal. 223 00:11:50,253 --> 00:11:52,949 After five tiebreakers with Ice Pick and Hugo... 224 00:11:53,023 --> 00:11:55,457 I finally went to see Artie Keanu. 225 00:11:55,525 --> 00:11:59,621 Now, when I write my book on how to be a world class private investigator... 226 00:11:59,830 --> 00:12:03,857 I'm going to include a chapter about getting in touch with local crime bosses. 227 00:12:05,268 --> 00:12:06,860 Paragraph one... 228 00:12:06,937 --> 00:12:08,495 it's not easy. 229 00:12:08,572 --> 00:12:11,803 That's because guys like Artie Keanu tend to run everything... 230 00:12:11,875 --> 00:12:14,400 through subordinates, guys like Gary. 231 00:12:14,478 --> 00:12:16,469 Gary was no longer with him. 232 00:12:16,813 --> 00:12:18,440 Instead, I got a guy on the phone... 233 00:12:18,515 --> 00:12:19,675 with gravel for a voice... 234 00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:21,411 telling me to get lost. 235 00:12:21,485 --> 00:12:23,180 Not polite at all. 236 00:12:26,390 --> 00:12:27,721 Paragraph two... 237 00:12:27,791 --> 00:12:31,283 if phone calls don't work, try a personal visit. 238 00:12:31,361 --> 00:12:33,158 Sure, it was dangerous... 239 00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:35,323 but I figured once I got to Artie himself... 240 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:37,731 he'd understand and help me find little Nancy. 241 00:12:37,968 --> 00:12:41,404 I'd appeal to his sense of compassion and humanity... 242 00:12:41,471 --> 00:12:43,905 and I'd also put a. 45 to his head. 243 00:12:49,846 --> 00:12:51,313 Paragraph three... 244 00:12:51,615 --> 00:12:55,415 what you have to be careful about are ignoring the guys with the gravely voices... 245 00:12:55,485 --> 00:12:59,854 because they're the type of yo-yos who tend to shoot first and ask questions later. 246 00:13:37,461 --> 00:13:38,689 Rookies. 247 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:51,581 I took the big guy to an emergency room... 248 00:13:51,656 --> 00:13:54,216 and got that thick skull of his patched up. 249 00:13:54,292 --> 00:13:55,520 The outside. 250 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:57,828 The inside was another matter. 251 00:13:57,896 --> 00:14:00,592 What's the matter with you? You could've got the both of us killed. 252 00:14:00,665 --> 00:14:02,963 Quit the yelling. I'm not yelling. 253 00:14:04,535 --> 00:14:05,968 Where is your place? 254 00:14:06,404 --> 00:14:07,701 Straight ahead. 255 00:14:07,772 --> 00:14:10,673 Listen, bub, you better stick to your surfboards and suntans... 256 00:14:10,742 --> 00:14:11,766 and stay out of my way! 257 00:14:11,843 --> 00:14:13,003 Luther, my head- 258 00:14:13,077 --> 00:14:14,408 Is filled with air! 259 00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:15,468 Air! 260 00:14:15,546 --> 00:14:18,014 Do you realize what a dumb mistake you made back there? 261 00:14:18,082 --> 00:14:19,549 Running blind into that place. 262 00:14:19,617 --> 00:14:21,983 I can't believe you! 263 00:14:22,153 --> 00:14:24,348 Right here. Look at that. 264 00:14:24,422 --> 00:14:25,787 Chapter six... 265 00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:27,723 Working The Waterfront. 266 00:14:27,792 --> 00:14:28,759 What's this? 267 00:14:28,826 --> 00:14:31,317 What's this? What's this? It's my book! 268 00:14:31,396 --> 00:14:33,091 Stop yelling. Please. 269 00:14:36,301 --> 00:14:39,668 So You Want To Be A Private Eye? by Luther H. Gillis. 270 00:14:45,810 --> 00:14:47,209 What's so funny? 271 00:14:47,979 --> 00:14:49,139 Nothing. 272 00:14:49,814 --> 00:14:53,250 Nothing. You wouldn't understand. 273 00:14:57,388 --> 00:14:58,650 Here we are. 274 00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:39,590 Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it was me that got hit in the head. 275 00:15:40,798 --> 00:15:43,096 No, I see it, too. 276 00:15:44,635 --> 00:15:47,263 I say, Magnum, you look like bloody hell. 277 00:15:47,338 --> 00:15:48,828 Beaten up again, I imagine. 278 00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:50,396 No, I wasn't beaten up. 279 00:15:50,475 --> 00:15:51,601 He was shot. 280 00:15:51,676 --> 00:15:54,304 Oh, Mr. Magnum, are you all right? 281 00:15:54,746 --> 00:15:56,543 I'm fine, Agatha, I'm fine. 282 00:15:56,614 --> 00:15:58,343 The bullet just creased my forehead. 283 00:15:58,416 --> 00:16:00,941 It's just a flesh wound. It's just a flesh wound. 284 00:16:02,020 --> 00:16:05,888 Well, perhaps if you enrolled in Jonathan's kung fu class... 285 00:16:05,957 --> 00:16:08,824 you might be better able to defend yourself. 286 00:16:08,893 --> 00:16:10,292 Right, girls? 287 00:16:11,496 --> 00:16:13,293 Against bullets? 288 00:16:14,198 --> 00:16:15,688 Who shot you, Magnum? 289 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:18,759 Another philandering husband on yet another tawdry divorce case? 290 00:16:18,836 --> 00:16:20,827 Or was it- Hey, wait a second, bub. 291 00:16:20,905 --> 00:16:23,465 What's so tawdry about a divorce case? 292 00:16:23,841 --> 00:16:25,069 I beg your pardon? 293 00:16:25,143 --> 00:16:28,601 You heard me. I said what's tawdry about a divorce case? 294 00:16:28,713 --> 00:16:30,203 Guy's gotta make a buck. 295 00:16:30,281 --> 00:16:31,373 Peeping in keyholes... 296 00:16:31,449 --> 00:16:33,940 and hanging upside down on fire escapes gawking through windows... 297 00:16:34,018 --> 00:16:36,509 hardly qualifies as dignified labor to me. 298 00:16:39,424 --> 00:16:41,892 I'm afraid, sir, we've not been introduced. 299 00:16:42,927 --> 00:16:44,758 Jonathan Higgins, Robin's Nest. 300 00:16:44,829 --> 00:16:47,229 Luther Gillis, PI, St. Louis. 301 00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:49,459 PI? You too? 302 00:16:49,834 --> 00:16:51,461 You got it, Bruce Lee. 303 00:16:55,006 --> 00:16:56,371 Luther and I... 304 00:16:56,441 --> 00:16:59,467 we're sort of on the same case, but we're not really. 305 00:16:59,544 --> 00:17:00,909 How droll. A team. 306 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:02,570 No. We're not a team. 307 00:17:02,814 --> 00:17:03,838 Of course. 308 00:17:03,915 --> 00:17:06,349 By the by, Rick's been looking for you. 309 00:17:06,417 --> 00:17:08,977 He says he's had a break in the case. 310 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,212 Great. 311 00:17:12,557 --> 00:17:14,081 Oh, Magnum... 312 00:17:17,628 --> 00:17:21,223 I was going to ask you to stand in while the ladies demonstrate their jump kick. 313 00:17:21,999 --> 00:17:24,559 But inasmuch as you are indisposed... 314 00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:27,402 may I prevail upon Mr. Gillis? 315 00:17:27,805 --> 00:17:29,830 What's the matter with you standing in? 316 00:17:29,907 --> 00:17:33,274 I have to observe the ladies' form before moving on to the next lesson. 317 00:17:33,744 --> 00:17:37,236 Just, stay right where you are, Mr. Gillis. 318 00:17:40,151 --> 00:17:41,379 Gladys. 319 00:17:46,357 --> 00:17:48,518 My God! 320 00:17:59,570 --> 00:18:02,539 Look. Look, I'm sorry, okay? 321 00:18:03,274 --> 00:18:05,742 I thought that old broad was trying to kick my dentures in. 322 00:18:05,810 --> 00:18:07,277 Get out of my life, Luther. 323 00:18:07,345 --> 00:18:08,573 I'm out. 324 00:18:08,646 --> 00:18:12,082 I just wanna find out what your friend has to say about Nancy Perkins. 325 00:18:12,383 --> 00:18:13,975 Hello, Magnum. 326 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:17,646 I see that you have finally succumbed to the realities of modern living. 327 00:18:17,755 --> 00:18:19,780 Perhaps now your clients will be able to reach you... 328 00:18:19,857 --> 00:18:22,417 without calling on Mr. Masters' private line. 329 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,223 On the other hand, so will the inevitable parade of bill collectors. 330 00:18:26,330 --> 00:18:29,424 I shudder to think what you'll be spending on audio tape. 331 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:32,260 At any rate, what I'm calling about is the lads. 332 00:18:32,336 --> 00:18:33,963 I've been promising to take them to the... 333 00:18:34,038 --> 00:18:36,700 Anglo-Hawaiian Canine Convention, this Sunday and- 334 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:44,104 Hello, Thomas. This is Sheryl. 335 00:18:44,182 --> 00:18:45,479 You remember me? 336 00:18:46,717 --> 00:18:48,878 Thielburg Insurance. 337 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:51,020 Anyway, if you're out of work... 338 00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:53,488 we have this insurance claim we need a report on- 339 00:18:54,625 --> 00:18:57,059 Insurance dogging, Mr. Big Time? 340 00:18:57,562 --> 00:18:58,551 Sideline. 341 00:18:59,363 --> 00:19:01,194 Hey, Thomas, where you been? 342 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:03,256 I got some new skinny on Artie Keanu. 343 00:19:03,334 --> 00:19:05,325 Hey, where did you get this machine? 344 00:19:05,403 --> 00:19:08,964 You didn't take this out of my office, did you? No, it's still here. 345 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,838 Anyway, I found out Keanu personally runs a weekly cockfight... 346 00:19:11,909 --> 00:19:15,106 over on Old Awamoku Road on the other side of the Pali. 347 00:19:15,179 --> 00:19:16,441 Ho-ho, big money, too. 348 00:19:16,514 --> 00:19:18,914 Lots of action. Just one thing, though, pally... 349 00:19:18,983 --> 00:19:21,975 you go up there, you better make sure your insurance is paid up... 350 00:19:22,053 --> 00:19:24,283 and your bar tab. 351 00:19:24,956 --> 00:19:26,014 See you, bub. 352 00:19:26,090 --> 00:19:28,558 Hey, just a second, Luther. Where do you think you're going? 353 00:19:28,626 --> 00:19:30,958 You heard the guy, Owomaku Road. 354 00:19:31,028 --> 00:19:32,962 You don't know where "Awamoku Road" is. 355 00:19:33,030 --> 00:19:34,395 You don't even know how to say it. 356 00:19:34,465 --> 00:19:37,093 I'll find it. They haven't made a place I can't find. 357 00:19:37,168 --> 00:19:39,159 Great. You find it, you're going to get yourself killed. 358 00:19:39,237 --> 00:19:42,104 Who's talking? I'm not the one who's bouncing bullets off his head. 359 00:19:42,173 --> 00:19:43,800 Besides, this is my case. 360 00:19:43,874 --> 00:19:45,774 It's my case and I'm going up there. 361 00:19:45,843 --> 00:19:46,867 So am I! 362 00:19:46,944 --> 00:19:49,242 You got a concussion. You can't even see! 363 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,144 You're staying right here. No! 364 00:19:51,215 --> 00:19:52,773 I know what you're thinking, Magnum. 365 00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:54,818 You're thinking that I'm old, washed-up... 366 00:19:54,885 --> 00:19:56,409 through, some kind of relic. - Luther. 367 00:19:56,487 --> 00:19:58,921 A dinosaur or something. Well, I'll tell you something, bud... 368 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:01,982 I was bringing back runaways and standing up before big guys... 369 00:20:02,059 --> 00:20:03,822 before you were born. Before I was born! 370 00:20:08,899 --> 00:20:10,093 Luther... 371 00:20:11,202 --> 00:20:12,567 all I'm saying... 372 00:20:12,903 --> 00:20:14,700 is it doesn't get any easier. 373 00:20:14,772 --> 00:20:18,264 And Artie Keanu is a tough guy to go up against alone. 374 00:20:18,943 --> 00:20:20,877 Look, can you get me a couple of aspirin, will you? 375 00:20:20,945 --> 00:20:22,139 My head, please. 376 00:20:22,213 --> 00:20:24,340 Sure, big guy. Where are they? 377 00:20:24,415 --> 00:20:26,178 In the cupboard, above the sink. 378 00:20:28,286 --> 00:20:29,719 You just stay right there. 379 00:20:31,088 --> 00:20:33,215 I'll handle this Artie Canoe guy. 380 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,348 It's "Keanu." 381 00:20:35,459 --> 00:20:37,154 And besides, assuming... 382 00:20:38,763 --> 00:20:41,061 assuming you find the fight... 383 00:20:41,232 --> 00:20:42,494 I mean, how are you going to play it? 384 00:20:42,566 --> 00:20:43,726 Thanks. 385 00:20:43,801 --> 00:20:44,790 I mean... 386 00:20:48,239 --> 00:20:52,539 Artie is going to have more muscle around him than the Raiders' offensive line. 387 00:20:52,943 --> 00:20:55,343 Let's just say I still got a few tricks up my sleeve. 388 00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:56,402 Like what? 389 00:20:58,916 --> 00:21:00,406 Like Chloral Hydrate. 390 00:21:01,319 --> 00:21:02,581 Chapter nine. 391 00:21:02,987 --> 00:21:05,285 You never know when you'll need a mickey, Magnum. 392 00:21:08,426 --> 00:21:10,257 You see, you just don't understand. 393 00:21:10,961 --> 00:21:13,122 Luther Gillis works alone. 394 00:21:36,354 --> 00:21:37,719 I'm sorry, okay? 395 00:21:47,098 --> 00:21:49,566 I kind of felt bad about doping the big guy. 396 00:21:49,633 --> 00:21:53,364 After all, he meant well, but a lug like that's just gonna get in the way. 397 00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:56,167 At any rate, it bought me some time to get to the hotel... 398 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,800 and get in some local undercover type duds. 399 00:21:58,876 --> 00:22:02,437 Plenty of time, because I knew Magnum was going to be seeing more stars... 400 00:22:02,513 --> 00:22:04,140 in the next few hours than there were in... 401 00:22:04,215 --> 00:22:07,207 Schwab's Drugstore circa 1953. 402 00:22:13,057 --> 00:22:15,321 I never could figure out how come people... 403 00:22:15,393 --> 00:22:18,385 like seeing little birdies with razorblades on their toes... 404 00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:20,259 slashing each other to ribbons. 405 00:22:20,331 --> 00:22:23,789 I mean, those poor slobs should be sitting on top of a henhouse... 406 00:22:23,868 --> 00:22:26,462 crowing the break of day, enjoying life. 407 00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:32,375 Of course, I never could figure out wars or boxing or the roller derby either. 408 00:22:32,443 --> 00:22:34,775 I just go along and do the best I can. 409 00:22:35,212 --> 00:22:37,806 Which includes putting it on the line every once in a while. 410 00:22:37,882 --> 00:22:39,782 Especially when it's worth it. 411 00:22:39,884 --> 00:22:43,183 And I was hoping that little Nancy Perkins was. 412 00:22:45,589 --> 00:22:48,649 Hey, big boy. I'm looking to lay one on the fight tonight. Where's Artie? 413 00:22:48,726 --> 00:22:50,785 Just lay it on me, brother. I'll see he gets it. 414 00:22:50,861 --> 00:22:52,055 Not good enough. 415 00:22:52,430 --> 00:22:54,455 I only give it to Artie. Nothing personal... 416 00:22:54,532 --> 00:22:56,261 just that I don't know you. 417 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:58,699 They call me Little Tony. Now you know me. 418 00:22:58,769 --> 00:23:00,396 They call me Luther Gillis. 419 00:23:00,471 --> 00:23:04,168 Now do you want to tell Artie he's not welcome in Vegas anymore, or do I? 420 00:23:04,909 --> 00:23:07,139 This is Luther Gillis you're talking to. 421 00:23:07,244 --> 00:23:09,974 You understand? Luther H. Gillis from Vegas. 422 00:23:10,047 --> 00:23:11,912 Now do you tell me where my friend Artie is... 423 00:23:11,982 --> 00:23:14,849 or do I rip your heart out through your lungs? 424 00:23:15,052 --> 00:23:16,280 In the office. 425 00:23:17,555 --> 00:23:18,544 Thanks. 426 00:23:19,089 --> 00:23:20,716 You're a sweetheart. 427 00:23:22,726 --> 00:23:24,216 Little Tony didn't know it... 428 00:23:24,295 --> 00:23:27,389 but I was seriously considering getting into a new line of work... 429 00:23:27,498 --> 00:23:29,398 like astronomy or something. 430 00:23:29,767 --> 00:23:32,361 I mean, none of this is getting any easier. 431 00:23:32,436 --> 00:23:34,427 So while I still had the nerve I thought I'd try... 432 00:23:34,505 --> 00:23:36,564 the direct approach with Artie Canoe. 433 00:23:39,143 --> 00:23:41,941 Where is she? Nancy Perkins? 16, strawberry blonde. 434 00:23:42,012 --> 00:23:43,377 Lived with that crud you iced. 435 00:23:43,447 --> 00:23:45,745 I didn't ice him. I don't give a damn about him. 436 00:23:45,816 --> 00:23:48,011 Where's the girl, Artie? I don't know. 437 00:23:48,085 --> 00:23:50,815 Now you better. - I better what, huh? I better what? 438 00:23:50,888 --> 00:23:52,617 In three seconds, I'm gonna pull this trigger... 439 00:23:52,690 --> 00:23:54,851 and your guts are gonna go splashing across this room. 440 00:23:54,925 --> 00:23:56,449 Now, talk to me, Artie! 441 00:23:56,527 --> 00:23:58,392 Three! Two! 442 00:23:58,496 --> 00:24:00,123 Sister Rose. What? 443 00:24:00,197 --> 00:24:01,994 Try Sister Rose, Hotel Street. 444 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:04,864 Look, I don't know where the little girl is either, man. 445 00:24:04,935 --> 00:24:06,698 And she's damn lucky about that. 446 00:24:06,904 --> 00:24:08,963 But if anybody would know, it'd be Sister Rose. 447 00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:10,768 Thanks. 448 00:24:11,008 --> 00:24:15,911 Besides being illegal, hasn't anybody ever told you that cockfighting isn't nice? 449 00:24:16,213 --> 00:24:18,010 Be kind to animals, Artie. 450 00:24:18,315 --> 00:24:20,476 They're supposed to be dumber than we are. 451 00:24:20,551 --> 00:24:23,714 My thought for the day. See you. 452 00:24:23,787 --> 00:24:26,881 I kind of thought that was a long time to be putting down a bet. 453 00:24:26,957 --> 00:24:28,515 Back inside, Mr. Vegas. 454 00:24:28,592 --> 00:24:29,991 Hi, guys. 455 00:24:35,799 --> 00:24:38,996 Now, let's discuss this situation for a minute. You see... 456 00:24:39,503 --> 00:24:43,303 Artie, if you guys decide to do anything funny, here's what happens. 457 00:24:43,374 --> 00:24:47,538 Luther shoots you, the big guy shoots Luther, and I shoot the big guy. 458 00:24:47,912 --> 00:24:51,109 Which means, you two guys wind up dead and all I lose is Luther. 459 00:24:51,682 --> 00:24:55,015 Which at this point, begins to sound more and more acceptable. 460 00:24:55,653 --> 00:24:57,814 Now, there is an alternative. 461 00:24:58,455 --> 00:25:03,017 You can let us both go and we promise not to bother you anymore. 462 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,763 I guess we're even now. 463 00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:16,128 Now we're even. 464 00:25:16,540 --> 00:25:18,030 You're learning, big guy. 465 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:22,138 Come on, I'll buy you a beer. 466 00:25:22,980 --> 00:25:25,039 You got us out of a tough one. 467 00:25:25,616 --> 00:25:27,345 We're home free now. 468 00:25:38,429 --> 00:25:40,021 This is the police. Don't anybody move. 469 00:25:40,097 --> 00:25:41,860 We have this entire place surrounded. 470 00:25:54,059 --> 00:25:57,426 Guard! Guard! Get me out of here! I want a separate cell. 471 00:25:57,496 --> 00:25:59,088 I want a separate prison! 472 00:25:59,164 --> 00:26:00,426 I'm through with you! Through! 473 00:26:00,499 --> 00:26:01,488 Likewise! 474 00:26:01,566 --> 00:26:03,591 I should practice what I preach. 475 00:26:03,669 --> 00:26:06,638 Never work with a partner who is less capable than you. Chapter five. 476 00:26:06,705 --> 00:26:08,639 I'm not working with you, Luther! 477 00:26:08,707 --> 00:26:10,800 I know that! That's because you don't listen. 478 00:26:10,876 --> 00:26:13,003 No! No, it's... 479 00:26:13,211 --> 00:26:15,771 it's you who won't listen! I told you not to go there. 480 00:26:15,847 --> 00:26:17,872 Yeah? Who got the name Sister Rose? 481 00:26:17,949 --> 00:26:19,644 Sister Rose. Yeah, who is she? 482 00:26:19,718 --> 00:26:21,310 Nobody. It won't mean anything to you. 483 00:26:25,157 --> 00:26:27,182 Withholding information! That isn't fair! 484 00:26:27,292 --> 00:26:29,556 Yeah? I suppose slipping me a mickey was? 485 00:26:29,628 --> 00:26:31,493 Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time. 486 00:26:42,708 --> 00:26:45,370 You two are menaces. Walking menaces. 487 00:26:45,444 --> 00:26:48,902 First, murder. Then mayhem. Now an attempted suicide. 488 00:26:49,047 --> 00:26:50,981 Trouble is my business. 489 00:26:51,116 --> 00:26:52,549 Luther. 490 00:26:52,617 --> 00:26:54,881 Putting people behind bars is mine. 491 00:26:54,953 --> 00:26:57,319 You've got nothing on us. You gotta let us make bail. 492 00:26:57,389 --> 00:26:59,380 Oh, come on, Luther, please, not again. 493 00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:02,256 Don't worry. I'm going to let you go. 494 00:27:02,327 --> 00:27:03,988 First, three questions... 495 00:27:04,329 --> 00:27:07,821 you've got anything new to tell me about the murder of Gary Alexander? 496 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,034 Is Artie Keanu mixed up in it? 497 00:27:10,268 --> 00:27:12,532 And where does this runaway kid fit in? 498 00:27:12,604 --> 00:27:14,936 No. Maybe. And we don't know. 499 00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:18,703 The two of you got 24 hours to come up with the answers... 500 00:27:18,777 --> 00:27:21,268 or I'm going to run you both in on the murder rap. 501 00:27:21,346 --> 00:27:22,813 That's ridiculous, Lieutenant. 502 00:27:22,881 --> 00:27:24,178 It won't stick! It won't stick! 503 00:27:24,249 --> 00:27:27,548 Maybe. The DA's on my butt to make an arrest... 504 00:27:27,619 --> 00:27:31,077 and since the two of you were in the apartment when the body was found... 505 00:27:31,223 --> 00:27:33,953 I think I have a couple of likely candidates for him. 506 00:27:34,025 --> 00:27:35,925 Come on, Lieutenant, it won't stick. 507 00:27:35,994 --> 00:27:37,552 How do I know that? 508 00:27:37,629 --> 00:27:40,689 It's strange how the wheels of justice sometimes turn. 509 00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:43,427 But I suppose if there's a mistake... 510 00:27:43,702 --> 00:27:45,636 I can always redo the paperwork. 511 00:27:47,105 --> 00:27:48,766 See you guys. 512 00:27:49,508 --> 00:27:50,975 Wait a second. 513 00:27:51,243 --> 00:27:53,143 Why 24 hours? That's- 514 00:27:53,211 --> 00:27:54,838 That's when we lose the room. 515 00:27:54,913 --> 00:27:57,404 We searched it, sealed it and found nothing. 516 00:27:57,482 --> 00:27:59,416 So we've got to turn it back to the hotel. 517 00:27:59,918 --> 00:28:02,386 Aloha, gentlemen. 518 00:28:02,454 --> 00:28:04,854 Yeah, aloha yourself. 519 00:28:09,628 --> 00:28:12,358 Hey, Magnum, you see the sports page today? 520 00:28:13,198 --> 00:28:16,725 Tigers back into first place. They got rained out. 521 00:28:16,968 --> 00:28:18,663 But Baltimore lost. 522 00:28:19,771 --> 00:28:22,535 Looks like a real big year for comebacks. 523 00:28:31,316 --> 00:28:32,783 I know what you're thinking. 524 00:28:32,851 --> 00:28:35,217 24 hours doesn't seem like a whole lot of time... 525 00:28:35,287 --> 00:28:37,778 to find a missing teenage girl and solve a murder. 526 00:28:38,356 --> 00:28:40,256 But having to do it with Luther Gillis... 527 00:28:40,325 --> 00:28:42,418 can make it seem like an eternity. 528 00:28:48,099 --> 00:28:50,329 Of course, I've been in tighter spots before. 529 00:28:50,402 --> 00:28:51,926 Like the time Eddie "The Wimp" Korcek... 530 00:28:52,003 --> 00:28:54,164 was pouring cement over my wingtips. 531 00:28:54,239 --> 00:28:57,265 But never, ever have I had a handicap like this guy. 532 00:28:57,342 --> 00:29:00,641 I mean, criminy, the dope doesn't even know we're pulling a tail. 533 00:29:03,782 --> 00:29:05,374 We got a tail, Luther. 534 00:29:06,251 --> 00:29:07,309 Don't look! 535 00:29:07,385 --> 00:29:09,819 I already spotted him nine palm trees ago. 536 00:29:09,888 --> 00:29:10,877 Sure. 537 00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:15,953 Yellow Caddie. 538 00:29:17,762 --> 00:29:19,286 Don't look so surprised. 539 00:29:19,764 --> 00:29:21,425 Look what you're driving. 540 00:29:21,499 --> 00:29:23,330 How do you expect to lose a tail... 541 00:29:23,401 --> 00:29:26,268 when you stick out like King Kong on the Empire State Building? 542 00:29:26,338 --> 00:29:27,703 Like this. 543 00:29:30,942 --> 00:29:32,603 Oh, my God! 544 00:29:37,249 --> 00:29:38,614 Watch it! 545 00:30:08,246 --> 00:30:10,806 My old Nash never did things like this. 546 00:30:21,192 --> 00:30:23,319 Lot of good your racecar's doing us here. 547 00:30:24,262 --> 00:30:27,095 You know, some guys are never satisfied. 548 00:30:27,165 --> 00:30:28,564 Didn't I just shake that tail? 549 00:30:28,633 --> 00:30:30,260 So, big deal. 550 00:30:30,335 --> 00:30:32,132 Probably your copper friend keeping an eye on us. 551 00:30:32,203 --> 00:30:34,034 I don't think so. It's not Tanaka's style. 552 00:30:34,105 --> 00:30:35,766 He don't have any style. 553 00:30:37,142 --> 00:30:39,167 My guess is it's Artie Keanu. 554 00:30:39,244 --> 00:30:42,839 I got a hunch that he wants little Nancy Perkins as much as we do. 555 00:30:49,154 --> 00:30:50,587 Look at this place. 556 00:30:50,655 --> 00:30:52,020 Some paradise. 557 00:30:52,090 --> 00:30:54,456 I could've seen this stuff in St. Louis. 558 00:30:54,526 --> 00:30:55,925 Nobody's stopping you. 559 00:30:55,994 --> 00:30:57,791 What? What did you say? 560 00:30:57,862 --> 00:31:00,831 Luther, paradise isn't a place. 561 00:31:00,899 --> 00:31:03,493 It's a state of mind, you know? 562 00:31:03,568 --> 00:31:05,058 It's a feeling you get when- 563 00:31:05,136 --> 00:31:06,262 Oh, just gimme a break, will you? 564 00:31:06,338 --> 00:31:08,932 I don't want to get sick in front of all these nice people. 565 00:31:09,774 --> 00:31:12,709 Now who's this Sister Rose broad and where's her cathouse? 566 00:31:12,777 --> 00:31:13,801 It's right up here. 567 00:31:13,878 --> 00:31:16,039 She's probably some fat old broad in a cheap black dress... 568 00:31:16,114 --> 00:31:18,082 with a bunch of two-bit chicks. 569 00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:20,140 Come on, come on, what's the password? 570 00:31:22,354 --> 00:31:24,720 The password is God, gentlemen. 571 00:31:24,789 --> 00:31:26,484 How may I be of service? 572 00:31:27,826 --> 00:31:29,259 You're Sister Rose? 573 00:31:29,361 --> 00:31:31,124 Sister Mary Magdalene Rose- 574 00:31:31,196 --> 00:31:33,994 Ah, excuse me, Sister. I'm Luther Gillis. 575 00:31:34,065 --> 00:31:36,158 This is my partner, Tom Magnum. 576 00:31:36,234 --> 00:31:37,360 How do you do? 577 00:31:37,435 --> 00:31:39,198 We're private investigators. 578 00:31:39,270 --> 00:31:41,636 We're looking for a runaway girl from St. Louis. 579 00:31:44,943 --> 00:31:46,808 She's very pretty. 580 00:31:46,945 --> 00:31:50,244 She's only 16, Sister. Her name's Nancy Perkins. 581 00:31:51,216 --> 00:31:52,979 I'm afraid I can't help you. 582 00:31:53,051 --> 00:31:54,348 You haven't seen her? 583 00:31:54,919 --> 00:31:57,854 My mission down here in this district is to offer shelter... 584 00:31:57,922 --> 00:32:00,584 and guidance to those young ladies who seek it. 585 00:32:00,658 --> 00:32:02,148 I ask no questions. 586 00:32:02,227 --> 00:32:05,219 I'm just here, someone they can trust. 587 00:32:05,864 --> 00:32:07,695 When they feel that they're once again ready... 588 00:32:07,766 --> 00:32:09,996 for the outside world, well... 589 00:32:10,301 --> 00:32:13,270 I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis, Mr. Magnum. 590 00:32:13,772 --> 00:32:15,899 Right now I can't help you. 591 00:32:15,974 --> 00:32:17,737 Yeah, sure. Well, what if I- 592 00:32:17,809 --> 00:32:20,334 I'll pray for her, Mr. Gillis. I promise. 593 00:32:21,546 --> 00:32:22,740 Thanks. 594 00:32:24,482 --> 00:32:27,679 But perhaps you two gentlemen can help me. 595 00:32:30,722 --> 00:32:32,587 A small offering? 596 00:32:41,566 --> 00:32:43,864 It wasn't the $10 that was bothering me. 597 00:32:43,935 --> 00:32:46,699 It was something else. A little voice. 598 00:32:46,771 --> 00:32:49,433 It was telling me that nuns aren't supposed to lie. 599 00:32:49,507 --> 00:32:51,304 It's in their rulebook or something. 600 00:32:51,376 --> 00:32:54,277 And, when you seriously analyze it, Sister Rose didn't lie to us. 601 00:32:54,345 --> 00:32:56,905 She just said she couldn't help us... 602 00:32:56,981 --> 00:32:59,108 and that she'd pray for Nancy. 603 00:32:59,184 --> 00:33:01,379 Didn't say anything about not seeing her. 604 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,979 I remember once when I was nine years old... 605 00:33:04,055 --> 00:33:07,821 and I was in Catechism with my former best friend, Eddie "The Wimp" Korcek... 606 00:33:08,059 --> 00:33:11,153 and our teacher was Sister Mary Alice Meanface. 607 00:33:11,229 --> 00:33:13,493 She was always after Eddie for pulling stunts... 608 00:33:13,565 --> 00:33:15,123 but could never catch him. 609 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,725 So she did the next best thing by busting my knuckles... 610 00:33:17,802 --> 00:33:19,633 with her steel-plated ruler. 611 00:33:19,704 --> 00:33:22,696 I'll never forget the look on her face when I didn't squeal. 612 00:33:22,774 --> 00:33:23,900 It was scared... 613 00:33:23,975 --> 00:33:27,570 like a am-I-doing-the-right-thing kind of look. 614 00:33:28,113 --> 00:33:31,378 Just like the look I saw five minutes ago on that nun's face. 615 00:33:35,453 --> 00:33:36,886 Nancy? 616 00:33:38,123 --> 00:33:40,318 Nancy! Come on! Open up in there! 617 00:33:40,391 --> 00:33:41,949 Nancy! Nancy, you in there? 618 00:33:43,161 --> 00:33:44,628 Come on! Come on! Open up again! 619 00:33:44,696 --> 00:33:46,596 You stay on her! I'm gonna go around back. 620 00:33:48,466 --> 00:33:49,728 Come on, open up! 621 00:33:53,471 --> 00:33:57,066 Nancy! No, Nancy! It's okay! 622 00:33:58,510 --> 00:34:01,502 Nancy! Nancy! Wait a minute! 623 00:34:04,349 --> 00:34:05,577 Luther! 624 00:34:07,152 --> 00:34:08,949 Luther! Look out! 625 00:34:13,525 --> 00:34:14,822 Luther! 626 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:16,725 Luther, you all right? 627 00:34:16,794 --> 00:34:19,262 Yeah, yeah, of course. 628 00:34:19,964 --> 00:34:21,261 Just help me up. 629 00:34:24,569 --> 00:34:26,901 What's the matter with you? Did she get away? 630 00:34:27,372 --> 00:34:28,737 Yeah. 631 00:34:29,140 --> 00:34:32,007 You know, Luther, you almost killed yourself just now. 632 00:34:32,277 --> 00:34:34,677 Somehow I don't think running into oncoming traffic... 633 00:34:34,746 --> 00:34:37,306 after a runaway qualifies as a chapter in your book. 634 00:34:37,382 --> 00:34:39,577 Except maybe if she's your daughter. 635 00:34:40,051 --> 00:34:42,281 Then maybe you might just run through hell. 636 00:34:48,892 --> 00:34:50,826 I took Luther to an emergency room... 637 00:34:50,894 --> 00:34:52,361 and had his head patched up. 638 00:34:52,429 --> 00:34:53,555 The outside. 639 00:34:53,630 --> 00:34:55,860 The inside, of course, was another matter. 640 00:34:55,932 --> 00:34:59,561 Chuckie! Look out! That one's got your name on it! 641 00:35:00,637 --> 00:35:01,831 Look out. 642 00:35:01,905 --> 00:35:02,894 Oh! 643 00:35:03,473 --> 00:35:05,236 Oh, poor Chuckie. 644 00:35:06,276 --> 00:35:08,107 Luther was obviously in no condition... 645 00:35:08,178 --> 00:35:10,339 to answer a couple of routine questions. 646 00:35:10,413 --> 00:35:13,576 Like, how come he didn't tell me Nancy Perkins was his daughter? 647 00:35:13,650 --> 00:35:17,051 And given that, how come he hired himself to find her? 648 00:35:18,288 --> 00:35:21,257 I'm gonna marry you, Blanche. I promise. 649 00:35:22,092 --> 00:35:25,619 St. Luke's, 10:00, I'll be there. 650 00:35:27,130 --> 00:35:28,358 Time was running out. 651 00:35:28,431 --> 00:35:30,422 Tanaka was going to run us in on the murder rap... 652 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:34,027 and I had the feeling that time was running out on little Nancy Perkins, too. 653 00:35:34,104 --> 00:35:36,004 Or whatever her name was. 654 00:35:36,072 --> 00:35:39,974 Therefore, I had to stash Luther someplace safe and go this alone. 655 00:35:40,043 --> 00:35:43,444 And I knew, given the circumstances, that Higgins would understand. 656 00:35:43,513 --> 00:35:44,810 Absolutely not. 657 00:35:44,881 --> 00:35:47,577 And how dare you bring back this slovenly, sadistic bully? 658 00:35:47,651 --> 00:35:49,414 How dare you? Because he needs help! 659 00:35:49,486 --> 00:35:51,010 Obviously so do you. 660 00:35:51,087 --> 00:35:53,078 By the way, your matching bandages are quite the thing. 661 00:35:53,156 --> 00:35:54,646 You do make such a debonair pair. 662 00:35:54,724 --> 00:35:57,090 Woody Herman's at the Palace. You want to go cut a rug, Blanche? 663 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,295 Oh, my. Oh, come on, Higgins, just for a few hours. 664 00:36:00,363 --> 00:36:02,058 Look, he's not even in his right mind. 665 00:36:02,132 --> 00:36:03,360 And obviously neither are you... 666 00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:05,867 if you think for one moment that. - Just let me explain! 667 00:36:05,935 --> 00:36:08,995 See, look, that runaway girl we're after turned out to be Luther's daughter. 668 00:36:09,072 --> 00:36:10,334 Really, Magnum, with him as her father... 669 00:36:10,407 --> 00:36:12,068 I can hardly blame her for fleeing. 670 00:36:12,142 --> 00:36:15,600 And if I don't find her or the guys that killed her boyfriend by tomorrow... 671 00:36:15,679 --> 00:36:16,907 we're up on murder charges. 672 00:36:16,980 --> 00:36:18,242 Don't be ridiculous, Magnum... 673 00:36:18,314 --> 00:36:19,781 it won't stick. It won't stick. 674 00:36:23,953 --> 00:36:25,250 I know that. 675 00:36:25,588 --> 00:36:26,919 Look, all I'm saying is... 676 00:36:26,990 --> 00:36:29,083 that was one frightened girl I saw today. 677 00:36:29,159 --> 00:36:31,093 Now, whoever killed Gary is after her. 678 00:36:31,261 --> 00:36:33,058 Why? Why? How do I... 679 00:36:54,317 --> 00:36:57,878 Why does he always do that, Jonathan? 680 00:36:58,054 --> 00:36:59,521 I don't know, Agatha. 681 00:37:00,323 --> 00:37:02,848 I think sometimes our Creator is testing me. 682 00:37:03,660 --> 00:37:05,719 Indeed, it could be for no other reason. 683 00:37:06,396 --> 00:37:09,854 If I thought otherwise, I believe I truly would go irrevocably... 684 00:37:09,933 --> 00:37:11,958 irretrievably mad. 685 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,105 Higgins' question was one I should have asked... 686 00:37:26,182 --> 00:37:27,740 a long time ago. 687 00:37:27,817 --> 00:37:30,877 Like when that cop held that bag of marijuana in our faces. 688 00:37:31,187 --> 00:37:34,384 Whoever trashed Gary's apartment wasn't interested in dope. 689 00:37:45,702 --> 00:37:47,329 And whatever they were interested in... 690 00:37:47,403 --> 00:37:49,496 they believed Nancy Perkins had it. 691 00:37:49,572 --> 00:37:51,437 Or would lead them to it... 692 00:37:51,508 --> 00:37:54,636 just as soon as Tanaka took his boys out of the room. 693 00:38:04,788 --> 00:38:06,688 That's where me and Luther came in... 694 00:38:06,756 --> 00:38:08,155 flush her out. 695 00:38:08,224 --> 00:38:10,988 I could almost hear this guy's fingers on the phone. 696 00:38:32,282 --> 00:38:34,409 Knowing how jittery little Nancy was... 697 00:38:34,484 --> 00:38:36,714 I thought honesty would be the best policy. 698 00:38:38,221 --> 00:38:39,813 Freeze! Police! 699 00:38:48,765 --> 00:38:50,164 You're not a cop. 700 00:38:51,968 --> 00:38:53,697 And you're not a hooker. 701 00:38:59,142 --> 00:39:02,339 Or a toaster repairman. What are you hiding, Nancy? 702 00:39:08,418 --> 00:39:09,817 $30,000. 703 00:39:11,654 --> 00:39:13,053 Go ahead, take it! 704 00:39:13,923 --> 00:39:16,983 I don't care anymore. You guys can have it all back. 705 00:39:17,460 --> 00:39:19,690 Gary was wrong, he shouldn't have ripped off Artie. 706 00:39:20,597 --> 00:39:21,928 Now he's dead. 707 00:39:23,466 --> 00:39:24,728 Go ahead, take it! 708 00:39:33,309 --> 00:39:35,209 That's not what I'm here for, Nancy. 709 00:39:35,912 --> 00:39:37,174 I'm here for you. 710 00:39:39,249 --> 00:39:40,477 You're not with Artie Keanu? 711 00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:42,541 No. I'm a private investigator. 712 00:39:43,786 --> 00:39:45,777 Nancy, it's time to go back to St. Louis. 713 00:39:48,892 --> 00:39:51,884 Oh, great. Who hired you? 714 00:39:52,228 --> 00:39:55,720 My drunken mom or the two-timing dipstick she married last year? 715 00:39:56,599 --> 00:39:59,796 Take me back to them? No, thanks. 716 00:40:00,870 --> 00:40:02,804 And that goes double if you're working for that creep... 717 00:40:02,872 --> 00:40:04,737 who calls himself my father. 718 00:40:05,608 --> 00:40:08,372 That creep who calls himself your father... 719 00:40:08,444 --> 00:40:10,810 ran in front of a car trying to get to you. 720 00:40:15,251 --> 00:40:16,582 That was him? 721 00:40:19,489 --> 00:40:20,979 Luther Gillis? 722 00:40:21,357 --> 00:40:22,346 You didn't know? 723 00:40:25,395 --> 00:40:27,590 I haven't seen him since I was three years old. 724 00:40:30,133 --> 00:40:32,260 He ran out on me and my mom. 725 00:40:38,107 --> 00:40:40,007 I was just getting used to it. 726 00:40:40,576 --> 00:40:42,669 Maybe Luther hasn't. 727 00:40:42,745 --> 00:40:44,508 He really cares for you, Nancy. 728 00:40:46,482 --> 00:40:47,881 He wants you back. 729 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,182 You sure? 730 00:40:53,423 --> 00:40:54,583 Yeah. 731 00:40:56,159 --> 00:40:57,922 I mean, if he loves me so much... 732 00:40:59,662 --> 00:41:01,152 then why did he leave? 733 00:41:03,032 --> 00:41:04,260 If he loves me so much... 734 00:41:04,334 --> 00:41:07,895 then how come he keeps confusing my birthday with my little brother's? 735 00:41:08,338 --> 00:41:10,738 I get birthday cards in August. 736 00:41:12,141 --> 00:41:14,132 It's like I'm a Pisces, you know. 737 00:41:15,745 --> 00:41:17,679 At least he's trying. 738 00:41:21,117 --> 00:41:22,550 Maybe you can, too. 739 00:41:26,422 --> 00:41:27,946 It's too late. 740 00:41:28,891 --> 00:41:31,257 Nancy... 741 00:41:34,364 --> 00:41:36,696 you know what Luther would do if he were here right now? 742 00:41:39,168 --> 00:41:40,226 Huh? 743 00:41:41,170 --> 00:41:42,159 What? 744 00:41:50,146 --> 00:41:51,909 Don't you touch me. 745 00:42:09,132 --> 00:42:10,929 That was him the other night. 746 00:42:15,071 --> 00:42:16,060 What? 747 00:42:17,407 --> 00:42:20,501 He gave me $5 to find out if Gary was in. 748 00:42:21,310 --> 00:42:22,607 I didn't even know it was him. 749 00:42:22,678 --> 00:42:24,145 He didn't know it was me... 750 00:42:26,716 --> 00:42:29,241 and Gary was dead. I'd just seen them do it. 751 00:42:30,186 --> 00:42:31,676 I was running. 752 00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:39,194 Okay, so... 753 00:42:40,930 --> 00:42:42,921 if you're not a cop and you're not with the hoods... 754 00:42:42,999 --> 00:42:45,024 we've gotta get out of here quick. 755 00:42:45,101 --> 00:42:46,398 Nancy... 756 00:42:47,236 --> 00:42:48,601 we've got nothing to worry about. 757 00:42:51,107 --> 00:42:55,942 I've got two of my associates outside waiting to cover us, right now. 758 00:42:56,546 --> 00:42:57,570 Really? 759 00:43:01,150 --> 00:43:02,276 Really. 760 00:43:06,656 --> 00:43:08,180 Hands on the dashboard, you two... 761 00:43:08,257 --> 00:43:09,884 or your sons and daughters will be orphans. 762 00:43:09,959 --> 00:43:12,450 We don't have any kids. Who cares? You get the idea. 763 00:43:12,528 --> 00:43:14,962 Hands on the dashboard. Take off those suspenders. 764 00:43:15,031 --> 00:43:16,259 Hey! Hey, nothing. 765 00:43:16,332 --> 00:43:18,300 I'm gonna tie you two hoods up with it for the cops. 766 00:43:18,367 --> 00:43:19,857 Hey, wait a minute, mister. We're not- 767 00:43:28,544 --> 00:43:31,775 Relax, Nancy. In about 60 seconds... 768 00:43:32,215 --> 00:43:34,581 my friends are gonna come knocking at that door... 769 00:43:35,351 --> 00:43:37,182 and take you away. 770 00:43:37,620 --> 00:43:39,315 I'll call the police... 771 00:43:40,022 --> 00:43:42,547 and Artie Keanu will be history. 772 00:43:43,926 --> 00:43:45,826 Are you sure you know what you're doing? Yep. 773 00:43:47,196 --> 00:43:49,164 So you thought I was out of the picture? 774 00:43:49,232 --> 00:43:51,928 Well, two tons of Detroit steel bouncing off my head... 775 00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:54,401 or a gaggle of karate screaming old ladies... 776 00:43:54,504 --> 00:43:57,496 ain't gonna stop Luther Gillis, Private Investigator. 777 00:43:57,573 --> 00:43:59,871 I don't miss a trick, kiddos. 778 00:44:04,547 --> 00:44:06,037 Can it, will you, guys? 779 00:44:24,300 --> 00:44:27,064 Great. I think I hear 'em now. 780 00:44:29,372 --> 00:44:31,135 It's working like a charm. 781 00:44:51,761 --> 00:44:55,595 So I finally closed the book on file number 521. 782 00:44:55,865 --> 00:44:59,494 Little Nancy Perkins Gillis was safe and sound. 783 00:45:00,002 --> 00:45:01,867 And Artie Canoe and his cheap thugs... 784 00:45:01,938 --> 00:45:05,237 had more holes in 'em than 12 pounds of rotten Swiss cheese. 785 00:45:05,841 --> 00:45:08,309 It was all over except the shouting. 786 00:45:08,377 --> 00:45:09,901 You could have got me killed! 787 00:45:09,979 --> 00:45:12,345 Tom, in this business, you got to take chances. 788 00:45:12,415 --> 00:45:14,349 When you start losing your nerve, it's time to get out. 789 00:45:14,417 --> 00:45:16,317 Right. What chapter was that one in? 790 00:45:16,385 --> 00:45:17,716 The last one... 791 00:45:17,787 --> 00:45:19,345 and I ain't got to it yet. 792 00:45:19,422 --> 00:45:21,788 Mr. Magnum, Mr. Gillis. Come in. 793 00:45:21,857 --> 00:45:24,052 Hi, Sister. Came by to say goodbye to Nancy. 794 00:45:24,126 --> 00:45:25,650 She's expecting you. 795 00:45:27,763 --> 00:45:31,597 By the way, we want to thank you for the small offering. 796 00:45:32,201 --> 00:45:34,635 This one wasn't so small. Yeah, right. 797 00:45:34,704 --> 00:45:37,400 Well, don't tell the Lieutenant, you know, that Tanaka cat. 798 00:45:37,473 --> 00:45:39,703 Oh, the money will be put to good use. 799 00:45:39,775 --> 00:45:41,208 As will Nancy. 800 00:45:41,677 --> 00:45:43,008 Thank you, Sister. 801 00:45:43,079 --> 00:45:45,343 I know you'll take good care of my little girl. 802 00:45:45,414 --> 00:45:47,075 Oh, thank you. 803 00:45:47,550 --> 00:45:51,748 And I apologize for not being totally honest with the two of you before... 804 00:45:52,154 --> 00:45:55,351 but that's because your daughter was not totally honest with me. 805 00:45:55,491 --> 00:45:58,255 I'm afraid it kind of runs in the family, Sister. 806 00:46:01,530 --> 00:46:03,293 Well, you take care, okay? 807 00:46:03,766 --> 00:46:04,960 I'll write to you. 808 00:46:05,334 --> 00:46:06,562 I promise, in March. 809 00:46:06,636 --> 00:46:07,864 See, I remembered. 810 00:46:07,937 --> 00:46:10,064 It's Timmy who's in August. 811 00:46:10,373 --> 00:46:11,863 That's Jimmy, Dad. 812 00:46:11,941 --> 00:46:13,841 Right. Right. It's just a joke. 813 00:46:16,178 --> 00:46:17,975 If you ever decide to run away again... 814 00:46:19,015 --> 00:46:20,880 you come to St. Louis, okay? 815 00:46:35,531 --> 00:46:37,499 Come on, I'll drive you to the airport. 816 00:46:37,566 --> 00:46:40,160 As a matter of fact, I'll only be too happy to do it. 817 00:46:40,236 --> 00:46:41,225 Thanks. 818 00:46:43,272 --> 00:46:45,137 One question, Luther. 819 00:46:45,574 --> 00:46:46,768 What? 820 00:46:46,842 --> 00:46:50,403 Well, how did you know to go back to Gary's rooming house? 821 00:46:50,479 --> 00:46:52,640 I mean, I went through a lot to figure that one out. 822 00:46:52,715 --> 00:46:55,684 Easy. They always return to the scene of the crime. 823 00:46:56,285 --> 00:46:57,616 Chapter 11. 824 00:47:02,792 --> 00:47:04,157 And if he believed that... 825 00:47:04,226 --> 00:47:06,956 I got some swampland in Florida for him, too.