1 00:00:02,049 --> 00:00:03,812 Yes, but... I'm gonna need 2 00:00:03,884 --> 00:00:06,944 a little assistance, that's all. Sort of a legman. 3 00:00:08,122 --> 00:00:10,750 You are simply to be his "legman", as he describes it. 4 00:00:10,825 --> 00:00:12,850 The day I'm Tom Magnum's legman 5 00:00:12,927 --> 00:00:15,361 is the day I sit on a street corner selling pencils 6 00:00:15,429 --> 00:00:17,363 and drinking cheap pink out of a paper bag. 7 00:00:17,431 --> 00:00:18,830 I am going inside with you. 8 00:00:18,899 --> 00:00:21,390 You don't know anything about cowboy joints. 9 00:00:21,469 --> 00:00:23,596 You could get into serious trouble. 10 00:00:24,271 --> 00:00:27,172 Every time I do a favor for the big guy, I end up in this dump. 11 00:02:22,923 --> 00:02:24,117 Payday. 12 00:02:24,191 --> 00:02:27,183 I'm well aware of that. Why in blazes do you think I... 13 00:02:34,335 --> 00:02:35,461 Here. 14 00:02:35,903 --> 00:02:38,667 Thank you. I'll see you next time. 15 00:02:38,772 --> 00:02:40,967 Same place. No cops. 16 00:02:41,942 --> 00:02:43,136 Please... 17 00:02:44,645 --> 00:02:45,805 What? 18 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,341 How much longer? 19 00:02:51,552 --> 00:02:53,816 I asked you how much longer. 20 00:02:59,593 --> 00:03:02,187 Happiness is a relative state, 21 00:03:02,263 --> 00:03:07,098 especially as it applies to the delicate subjects of work and obligations. 22 00:03:07,167 --> 00:03:11,399 It's a constant turmoil, and that's where the big "O" comes in. Obligations. 23 00:03:11,472 --> 00:03:14,305 Like in whether you take a case because of the money, 24 00:03:14,375 --> 00:03:17,902 because of friendship and loyalty, or simply because you have to. 25 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:21,907 Well, after three weeks on a tough case 26 00:03:21,982 --> 00:03:23,745 on the North Shore, all that was irrelevant. 27 00:03:23,817 --> 00:03:25,341 I was happy. 28 00:03:25,419 --> 00:03:29,048 That's because all my obligations were part of the past. 29 00:03:29,123 --> 00:03:30,420 Or the distant future. 30 00:03:30,491 --> 00:03:32,755 At any rate, I wasn't going to worry about them. 31 00:03:32,826 --> 00:03:35,852 I finally was going to just rest and kick back. 32 00:03:40,367 --> 00:03:43,234 Hey, Thomas, where have you been? I really need your help. 33 00:03:43,304 --> 00:03:47,104 I got a problem you just wouldn't believe. Thomas, you got to help me! 34 00:03:47,174 --> 00:03:48,266 What, Rick? 35 00:03:48,842 --> 00:03:51,367 I got a chance to go out tonight with Belinda Kowalski, 36 00:03:51,445 --> 00:03:53,879 but the catch is she won't go unless I find somebody to double 37 00:03:53,947 --> 00:03:55,539 with her roommate, Geraldine. 38 00:03:55,616 --> 00:03:57,550 Please, pal, you got to come. 39 00:03:57,618 --> 00:04:00,109 You got to help me. I'm in love. 40 00:04:00,187 --> 00:04:02,121 Please. What do you say? 41 00:04:02,423 --> 00:04:04,152 No. Thank you. 42 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:10,626 Hello, Magnum. I trust you're well. 43 00:04:11,732 --> 00:04:17,034 Good. I need a favor done of an investigative nature. I assume you are free? 44 00:04:17,738 --> 00:04:18,796 Good. 45 00:04:18,872 --> 00:04:20,339 A very close friend of mine 46 00:04:20,407 --> 00:04:24,366 owns a majority interest in Kaimuki Savings and Loan. 47 00:04:25,179 --> 00:04:28,012 Apparently, someone in the real estate loan department 48 00:04:28,082 --> 00:04:32,644 has been doing some long-term embezzling of the firm's funds. 49 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,883 Consequently, it's been arranged for you to begin work there tomorrow, 50 00:04:35,956 --> 00:04:38,982 under the guise of a loan officer, 51 00:04:39,059 --> 00:04:41,118 to attempt to ferret out the culprit. 52 00:04:41,195 --> 00:04:44,358 No one in the office will be aware of your true identity, 53 00:04:44,431 --> 00:04:47,025 since all employees are suspect. 54 00:04:47,101 --> 00:04:49,001 Please report to Ms. Cathcart, 55 00:04:49,069 --> 00:04:50,866 the officer manager, at 8:00 sharp. 56 00:04:50,938 --> 00:04:54,840 She's expecting you. Further instructions from me will be on your computer. 57 00:04:54,908 --> 00:04:58,469 Your personal access code is "Rosebud". 58 00:04:58,545 --> 00:05:01,105 Thank you, Magnum, and good luck. 59 00:05:01,915 --> 00:05:02,973 Yuck. 60 00:05:04,385 --> 00:05:06,546 Hello, Magnum. Robin again 61 00:05:06,754 --> 00:05:09,086 with a further reminder. 62 00:05:09,523 --> 00:05:11,457 Please wear a suit and tie. 63 00:05:11,825 --> 00:05:13,554 Polyester, if possible. 64 00:05:14,595 --> 00:05:15,755 Bye now. 65 00:05:18,298 --> 00:05:19,697 Come in. 66 00:05:25,205 --> 00:05:26,297 Higgins. 67 00:05:27,074 --> 00:05:29,008 Yes, you are quite correct, Magnum. 68 00:05:29,977 --> 00:05:31,171 You knocked? 69 00:05:31,245 --> 00:05:33,975 Of course I knocked. What civilized gentleman wouldn't? 70 00:05:34,348 --> 00:05:35,713 You never knock. 71 00:05:35,783 --> 00:05:38,081 You always just barge right in. 72 00:05:38,152 --> 00:05:41,144 You sick or something? Feeling okay? 73 00:05:41,321 --> 00:05:43,152 I'm feeling quite fine, Magnum. 74 00:05:43,223 --> 00:05:45,851 And I'm not here to discuss my health. 75 00:05:45,926 --> 00:05:48,793 I am here to approach you about a case. 76 00:05:48,862 --> 00:05:50,454 Oh! I know. 77 00:05:51,832 --> 00:05:52,821 You know? 78 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:53,958 Of course, I know. 79 00:05:54,301 --> 00:05:56,166 My God. How could you... 80 00:05:56,236 --> 00:05:58,670 It's all here on the answering machine. Robin told me. 81 00:05:58,739 --> 00:06:01,503 And yes, I will clean up and wear a tie, I promise. 82 00:06:01,575 --> 00:06:04,669 But I draw the line at wearing a polyester suit. 83 00:06:09,783 --> 00:06:11,546 Mr. Masters hired you on a case? 84 00:06:11,618 --> 00:06:13,518 Yeah. That's right. Kaimuki Savings and Loan. 85 00:06:13,587 --> 00:06:17,250 Oh, I think Robin didn't want to wait for you to tell me. 86 00:06:17,491 --> 00:06:20,392 I know I've been gone a lot... Higgins? 87 00:06:24,865 --> 00:06:27,561 Higgins, did you wanna hire me personally? 88 00:06:29,002 --> 00:06:30,697 Yes, but... 89 00:06:30,871 --> 00:06:34,136 It's relatively unimportant, and in as much as you are already disposed, 90 00:06:34,208 --> 00:06:36,142 I'm sure I can make other arrangements. 91 00:06:36,210 --> 00:06:38,735 After all, I'm sure it's something that 92 00:06:38,812 --> 00:06:41,144 any semi-competent detective could do. 93 00:06:41,215 --> 00:06:42,307 Forget I brought it up, Magnum. 94 00:06:42,416 --> 00:06:43,405 Wait, wait, wait, Higgins. 95 00:06:45,586 --> 00:06:49,113 You've never wanted to hire me, I mean... 96 00:06:50,824 --> 00:06:53,759 I guess you've come to appreciate me for the professional that I am. 97 00:06:53,827 --> 00:06:55,192 I'm gonna help you, pal. 98 00:06:59,099 --> 00:07:00,498 Well... 99 00:07:02,169 --> 00:07:03,864 All right then. Thank you. 100 00:07:03,937 --> 00:07:06,701 However, even though, as I've said, 101 00:07:07,774 --> 00:07:10,299 the case itself is relatively unimportant... 102 00:07:10,377 --> 00:07:11,844 Wait. Wait. 103 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,672 This isn't something stupid, is it? 104 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:19,310 Like the trisected Paulo worm or the kudu buck? 105 00:07:19,386 --> 00:07:21,047 Nevertheless, 106 00:07:21,788 --> 00:07:23,688 you should be cautioned that the matter requires 107 00:07:23,757 --> 00:07:25,691 the greatest discretion and tact, 108 00:07:26,059 --> 00:07:29,426 qualities which in the past you have been sorely lacking. 109 00:07:30,063 --> 00:07:34,022 However, at the moment I have no other recourse, so... 110 00:07:35,369 --> 00:07:39,135 My situation began some 30 years ago... 111 00:07:40,741 --> 00:07:43,505 Higgins, before you go on, 112 00:07:43,577 --> 00:07:47,069 I think there is something that I should tell you. 113 00:07:47,414 --> 00:07:48,438 What? 114 00:07:49,149 --> 00:07:53,347 Well, because of my other commitment to Robin, 115 00:07:54,788 --> 00:07:58,656 I can only handle this case in a sort of supervisorial fashion. 116 00:07:59,493 --> 00:08:02,462 What is it you are attempting to say, Magnum? If you're not going to... 117 00:08:02,529 --> 00:08:05,259 No, I am, I am. I'll be right on top of it. 118 00:08:05,332 --> 00:08:09,166 It's just that because of this other Savings and Loan thing, 119 00:08:09,236 --> 00:08:11,568 I'm gonna need a little assistance, that's all. 120 00:08:11,638 --> 00:08:13,333 Sort of a legman. 121 00:08:13,407 --> 00:08:16,035 If you're contemplating using Rick or T. C... 122 00:08:16,109 --> 00:08:17,508 No, no, no, not Rick or T.C. 123 00:08:17,578 --> 00:08:18,943 Then who? 124 00:08:20,581 --> 00:08:24,142 Well, it's someone with a real private investigator's license. 125 00:08:24,217 --> 00:08:25,343 Who? 126 00:08:25,752 --> 00:08:29,153 Someone with a great deal of discretion and tact. 127 00:08:29,389 --> 00:08:30,617 Who? 128 00:08:30,691 --> 00:08:32,625 Someone who'll be just right. 129 00:08:32,693 --> 00:08:33,785 Who? 130 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:36,454 Does the phrase, "Stuff it, Scrungo" ring a bell? 131 00:08:39,232 --> 00:08:40,790 Oh, my God. 132 00:08:52,846 --> 00:08:56,907 Hiya, kiddos. Name's Gillis, Luther. You remember me. 133 00:08:56,984 --> 00:09:00,112 I'm the big-time, big-city gumshoe from Saint Louis. 134 00:09:00,187 --> 00:09:02,587 The one that keeps having to come out to the Big Pineapple 135 00:09:02,656 --> 00:09:05,386 to save the neck of my brother P.I., Tom Magnum. 136 00:09:05,692 --> 00:09:07,990 Anyway, I was getting so good at it, 137 00:09:08,061 --> 00:09:09,892 I guess he kind of felt obligated, 138 00:09:09,963 --> 00:09:12,761 especially when I told him that my secretary, Blanche, 139 00:09:12,833 --> 00:09:14,698 quit waiting for me to tie the knot 140 00:09:14,768 --> 00:09:17,328 and ran off with this encyclopedia salesman guy. 141 00:09:17,838 --> 00:09:20,204 I had to close the office and everything. 142 00:09:20,307 --> 00:09:22,798 But who cares? Her loss. 143 00:09:23,610 --> 00:09:27,068 I could tell that the big guy felt awful about it, too, 144 00:09:27,147 --> 00:09:29,240 'cause even though he wouldn't let me stay with him, 145 00:09:29,316 --> 00:09:31,477 'cause they're remodeling the mansion or something, 146 00:09:31,551 --> 00:09:36,011 he did promise me and cross his heart that he'd swing the next extra case my way. 147 00:09:37,190 --> 00:09:41,456 Even gave me a line on this neat office. What a prince. 148 00:09:41,595 --> 00:09:43,654 And he even came through with the case. 149 00:09:43,730 --> 00:09:46,790 Holy cow, I expected some action. But this fast? 150 00:09:46,867 --> 00:09:49,734 Hey, my pal Tom Magnum delivers, 151 00:09:50,203 --> 00:09:52,694 even if it was just the butler cat. 152 00:09:52,773 --> 00:09:54,331 But a case is a case. 153 00:09:54,441 --> 00:09:57,342 I think I'll call this one File 001. 154 00:09:57,411 --> 00:10:00,175 My maiden voyage here in Banana Land. 155 00:10:02,082 --> 00:10:04,744 Hey, you're right on time. 156 00:10:04,818 --> 00:10:06,718 Which is more than can be said for you. 157 00:10:06,787 --> 00:10:09,415 Additionally, how dare you leave the phone number of the estate 158 00:10:09,489 --> 00:10:12,083 on your office door where anyone off the street can copy it? 159 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:13,148 How dare you? 160 00:10:13,226 --> 00:10:14,784 Gee, I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd mind. 161 00:10:14,861 --> 00:10:16,829 Mind? Mind? 162 00:10:17,030 --> 00:10:20,625 Mr. Masters' private line. The red phone. Why would I mind? 163 00:10:20,701 --> 00:10:22,760 How in bloody hell did you get it? 164 00:10:22,836 --> 00:10:25,066 I probably jotted it down the last time I was by. 165 00:10:25,138 --> 00:10:27,800 I only did it because I didn't have time to go to the phone company 166 00:10:27,874 --> 00:10:29,034 and have one put in yet. 167 00:10:29,109 --> 00:10:31,270 Hey, big deal. It'll only be for a few days. 168 00:10:31,344 --> 00:10:33,608 Hardly. I'll have it changed immediately. 169 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:35,375 Now, may we proceed? 170 00:10:35,449 --> 00:10:36,507 Certainly. 171 00:10:36,583 --> 00:10:38,016 You were doing a pretty good job 172 00:10:38,085 --> 00:10:40,280 of explaining it on the phone till I ran out of dimes. 173 00:10:40,353 --> 00:10:42,378 Now, there's only one thing I don't understand. 174 00:10:42,456 --> 00:10:43,582 Just one? 175 00:10:43,657 --> 00:10:45,284 Hey, do you want me to handle this or not? 176 00:10:45,358 --> 00:10:47,588 You're not handling it. Magnum is. 177 00:10:47,661 --> 00:10:50,323 You are simply to be his "legman", as he describes it. 178 00:10:50,397 --> 00:10:53,457 Yeah, yeah. The day I'm Tom Magnum's legman 179 00:10:53,533 --> 00:10:55,899 is the day I sit on a street corner selling pencils 180 00:10:55,969 --> 00:10:58,836 and drinking cheap pink out of a paper bag. Now, let's get on with it. 181 00:10:58,905 --> 00:11:02,500 Gladly. Now, what is it that you do not understand? 182 00:11:03,043 --> 00:11:06,240 Now, why didn't you tell the lady in England she was being blackmailed? 183 00:11:06,313 --> 00:11:09,248 Perhaps the concept of honor is an alien one to you, 184 00:11:09,316 --> 00:11:11,147 as is the one, "gentleman". Hey... 185 00:11:11,218 --> 00:11:13,083 Nevertheless, under no circumstances 186 00:11:13,153 --> 00:11:16,054 should Elizabeth Andrews be made aware of the situation. 187 00:11:16,123 --> 00:11:18,114 She is a member of the House of Commons, 188 00:11:18,191 --> 00:11:21,251 and her career would be in ruins if there were the slightest inkling 189 00:11:21,328 --> 00:11:23,489 that she had had an illegitimate son. 190 00:11:23,563 --> 00:11:25,656 As a matter of fact, Elizabeth... 191 00:11:25,932 --> 00:11:28,867 Mrs. Andrews is frequently mentioned as a potential candidate 192 00:11:28,935 --> 00:11:30,596 for prime minister from her party. 193 00:11:30,670 --> 00:11:32,934 Oh, yeah? I'm real impressed. 194 00:11:33,273 --> 00:11:35,673 Except how could she be the mother of a country 195 00:11:35,742 --> 00:11:38,006 when she can't be the mother of her kid? 196 00:11:38,345 --> 00:11:39,835 Unless it ain't her kid. 197 00:11:40,413 --> 00:11:41,846 I beg your pardon? 198 00:11:41,915 --> 00:11:43,348 What I'm saying is, 199 00:11:44,251 --> 00:11:46,412 what if this Eric fellow ain't hers? 200 00:11:47,587 --> 00:11:49,384 If only that were so. 201 00:11:49,623 --> 00:11:52,820 But the blackmailers have presented me with empirical evidence. 202 00:11:52,893 --> 00:11:56,761 Birth certificates, medical and school records, adoption papers. 203 00:11:57,097 --> 00:11:58,928 The child is undoubtedly hers. 204 00:11:58,999 --> 00:12:01,934 How come they came to you in Hawaii instead of her in England? 205 00:12:03,069 --> 00:12:05,469 Well, obviously... Obviously, it's somebody who you bought. 206 00:12:05,539 --> 00:12:06,938 Someone out of your past. 207 00:12:07,007 --> 00:12:09,840 The only person I've had any contact with is the... 208 00:12:09,910 --> 00:12:11,138 Go on, say it. 209 00:12:11,211 --> 00:12:14,339 Bagman. Let me tell you something, Hig. 210 00:12:14,614 --> 00:12:16,878 Blackmail's an ugly business. You got to get used to it. 211 00:12:16,950 --> 00:12:18,440 I did. 212 00:12:18,518 --> 00:12:20,486 Now let me get some more facts. 213 00:12:20,554 --> 00:12:22,078 How old is the little nipper? 214 00:12:22,155 --> 00:12:23,281 Thirty. 215 00:12:23,356 --> 00:12:25,017 Months? Years. 216 00:12:25,759 --> 00:12:30,696 The assignation in question took place in Mrs. Andrews' youth, 217 00:12:31,064 --> 00:12:33,430 when she was a young woman growing up in Kenya. 218 00:12:34,267 --> 00:12:36,997 It must have been awfully Ionely out there on the veldt. 219 00:12:37,070 --> 00:12:38,264 Hey, 220 00:12:39,573 --> 00:12:41,973 you mess around, you got to pay the piper. 221 00:12:42,175 --> 00:12:43,574 I know, believe me. 222 00:12:43,977 --> 00:12:45,501 I'm sure you do. 223 00:12:45,812 --> 00:12:47,211 Damn right. 224 00:12:47,881 --> 00:12:50,008 Look, your lady friend's in trouble, we're gonna help her. 225 00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:53,109 But don't try to convince me she's some kind of saint. 226 00:12:54,287 --> 00:12:57,085 She's a broad. All the same. 227 00:13:00,493 --> 00:13:02,723 So are kidnappers and extortionists. 228 00:13:02,796 --> 00:13:04,991 None of them like to be kept waiting. 229 00:13:05,565 --> 00:13:07,260 So let's go. 230 00:13:08,969 --> 00:13:11,164 They're all the same. 231 00:13:15,842 --> 00:13:18,276 So are private investigators. 232 00:13:24,651 --> 00:13:27,552 Pull over. I think I'm gonna toss my cookies. 233 00:13:27,621 --> 00:13:29,179 T. C: Pull over where? 234 00:13:29,256 --> 00:13:30,985 Anywhere, but do it fast. 235 00:13:31,057 --> 00:13:33,150 T. C: Oh, no. 236 00:13:43,503 --> 00:13:44,731 I'm sorry. 237 00:13:45,071 --> 00:13:46,129 T. C: Sorry? 238 00:13:46,206 --> 00:13:49,698 It's bad enough that I let Magnum con me into flying you all over the place, 239 00:13:49,776 --> 00:13:52,074 but now I got to... - Please, shut up. 240 00:13:52,145 --> 00:13:53,635 Here comes the Mongolian beef. 241 00:13:53,713 --> 00:13:55,146 T. C: Okay, okay, okay, okay. 242 00:13:58,752 --> 00:14:00,686 At least there are no bullet holes. 243 00:14:01,955 --> 00:14:03,547 All right, we're here. 244 00:14:32,986 --> 00:14:36,581 Hey, you know, this is kind of neat once you get used to it. 245 00:14:36,890 --> 00:14:39,586 I never pulled a tail in an aeroplane before. 246 00:14:39,659 --> 00:14:40,751 Chopper. 247 00:14:50,937 --> 00:14:53,667 You know, it's kind of nice when get used to it. 248 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:54,900 It kind of reminds me of... 249 00:14:58,511 --> 00:15:01,378 Don't look at me. I'm just Tom Magnum's legman. 250 00:15:09,656 --> 00:15:11,817 Okay, I know what you're thinking. 251 00:15:11,891 --> 00:15:14,052 Maybe I shouldn't have given the case to Luther. 252 00:15:14,127 --> 00:15:16,561 Maybe this was something really serious. 253 00:15:16,629 --> 00:15:19,291 But on the other hand, I kind of doubted it. 254 00:15:19,366 --> 00:15:21,266 Because on closer examination, 255 00:15:21,334 --> 00:15:24,565 even T.C. Had to admit that the bullet did not come from the car 256 00:15:24,637 --> 00:15:27,606 he and Luther were tailing. It came from behind them. 257 00:15:27,774 --> 00:15:29,674 Probably pakalolo growers. 258 00:15:30,310 --> 00:15:33,006 Therefore, I didn't have any qualms about Luther continuing 259 00:15:33,079 --> 00:15:35,172 with whatever Higgins' little problem was. 260 00:15:35,248 --> 00:15:37,409 Especially since I was going to be really tied up 261 00:15:37,484 --> 00:15:40,044 with this important embezzlement case for Robin. 262 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,920 I figured as long as I was telling Luther what to do, he'd be okay. 263 00:15:44,257 --> 00:15:46,817 Kind of like following in my footsteps. 264 00:15:46,926 --> 00:15:47,915 Put it on my tab. 265 00:15:47,994 --> 00:15:49,291 You don't have a tab. 266 00:15:49,362 --> 00:15:50,852 Who cares? The big guy does. 267 00:15:50,930 --> 00:15:52,557 Find anything out yet from Ice Man? 268 00:15:52,632 --> 00:15:53,826 It's Ice Pick. 269 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:55,959 What's the difference? The guy's a bum. 270 00:15:56,036 --> 00:15:59,631 I'm kind of inclined to sneak into his steam bath and snap his towel. 271 00:15:59,706 --> 00:16:00,695 You know what I mean? 272 00:16:00,774 --> 00:16:01,866 I wouldn't do that if I were you. 273 00:16:01,941 --> 00:16:02,999 Oh, yeah? 274 00:16:04,144 --> 00:16:05,270 Hi, Hig, what's shaking? 275 00:16:05,345 --> 00:16:07,905 Absolutely nothing, except for the fact that you're off the case. 276 00:16:07,981 --> 00:16:09,676 Hello? You and Magnum. 277 00:16:09,749 --> 00:16:11,842 I should have known the situation was too delicate 278 00:16:11,918 --> 00:16:14,443 to entrust to a detective who sublets. 279 00:16:14,521 --> 00:16:15,886 I will endeavor now... 280 00:16:15,955 --> 00:16:17,422 Hey, hey, what are you talking about? 281 00:16:17,490 --> 00:16:18,821 We're just getting started here. 282 00:16:18,892 --> 00:16:20,883 Fortunately, you won't be around to finish. 283 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,929 I'll send Magnum a check. He can divide it with you anyway he likes. 284 00:16:23,997 --> 00:16:26,124 No. They can divide it with me. 285 00:16:26,499 --> 00:16:28,831 $833.97. 286 00:16:28,902 --> 00:16:30,961 That's how much a new plate is gonna cost you. 287 00:16:31,037 --> 00:16:32,664 Put it on the big guy's tab. 288 00:16:34,274 --> 00:16:36,003 His tab is history. Quite. 289 00:16:36,076 --> 00:16:37,976 Let me tell you guys something. 290 00:16:38,044 --> 00:16:41,275 Nobody takes a shot at Luther Gillis or his pals 291 00:16:41,347 --> 00:16:43,315 and gets away with it. Nobody. 292 00:16:43,383 --> 00:16:44,873 That ain't a part of life. 293 00:16:46,052 --> 00:16:48,885 That's why I'm gonna find the crud who shot your aeroplane 294 00:16:48,955 --> 00:16:50,980 and the crud who's blackmailing your lady friend 295 00:16:51,057 --> 00:16:53,491 if I have to go to the end of the earth or I can't crawl anymore. 296 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,324 Luther H. Gillis finishes what he starts. 297 00:16:59,732 --> 00:17:01,427 All I need is a clue. 298 00:17:02,202 --> 00:17:06,104 Cal's Country Bar and Billiard Den. West Kilauea Street. 299 00:17:06,372 --> 00:17:08,306 That's where the guy hangs out. 300 00:17:10,844 --> 00:17:13,677 There's an old saying. I think it was by me, 301 00:17:13,746 --> 00:17:16,715 that a private eye is only as good as the kind of clues 302 00:17:16,783 --> 00:17:19,081 and the kind of clients he's got to work with. 303 00:17:19,152 --> 00:17:22,349 On this case, I figured it was about 50-50. 304 00:17:22,655 --> 00:17:25,419 Pretty good clue, so-so client. 305 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:34,794 Now, you wait here. I'll be right back. 306 00:17:34,868 --> 00:17:36,961 I'm not waiting anywhere. I am going inside with you. 307 00:17:37,036 --> 00:17:38,367 You can't go inside. 308 00:17:38,438 --> 00:17:41,566 I should've never let you talk me into coming along in the first place, but I... 309 00:17:41,641 --> 00:17:44,838 But you are indeed lucky to still be employed, Mr. Gillis. Furthermore... 310 00:17:44,911 --> 00:17:47,880 Furthermore, you don't know anything about cowboy joints. 311 00:17:47,947 --> 00:17:49,710 You could get into serious trouble. 312 00:17:49,782 --> 00:17:53,047 Nonsense. I'm quite conversant with the ways of the West. 313 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:54,609 How? How? 314 00:17:54,687 --> 00:17:57,952 Did you grow up on Tom Mix and Hopalong Cassidy at the Bijou? 315 00:17:58,024 --> 00:17:59,685 Did you? Did you? 316 00:17:59,859 --> 00:18:01,952 I know just how to talk to these guys. 317 00:18:02,028 --> 00:18:03,655 They'll tell me where Warren is. 318 00:18:03,730 --> 00:18:06,130 They certainly ain't gonna tell any old limey. 319 00:18:07,167 --> 00:18:10,227 Who you calling a limey, boy? 320 00:18:11,070 --> 00:18:12,867 Where'd you learn to talk like that? 321 00:18:13,339 --> 00:18:15,807 Let's just say it's a family trait. 322 00:18:31,758 --> 00:18:32,952 Brew. 323 00:18:34,794 --> 00:18:36,056 Two. 324 00:19:03,590 --> 00:19:04,921 Howdy, partners. 325 00:19:12,298 --> 00:19:16,496 Name's Elmo Ziller. I poke from Hondo, Texas. 326 00:19:16,569 --> 00:19:19,094 This here's my partner, Hubert. 327 00:19:22,175 --> 00:19:24,837 How about a friendly game to pass the time? 328 00:19:26,846 --> 00:19:28,404 I ain't got no quarter. 329 00:19:29,082 --> 00:19:30,845 You got any quarters, Artie? 330 00:19:31,184 --> 00:19:32,276 Nope. 331 00:19:32,352 --> 00:19:33,910 Sure don't, Dexter. 332 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,889 I ain't had no quarters since last Thursday when that feller and his monkey come through. 333 00:19:38,958 --> 00:19:41,119 Yeah. Sucker sure could dance. 334 00:19:41,995 --> 00:19:44,122 We're out of quarters till payday. 335 00:19:44,530 --> 00:19:45,895 When's payday? 336 00:19:46,132 --> 00:19:47,292 Never. 337 00:19:47,367 --> 00:19:51,030 We was just fired off from the Double-D over the Ewa way. 338 00:19:51,504 --> 00:19:52,801 Double-D? 339 00:19:52,872 --> 00:19:55,466 Never heard of it. What'd you raise, stock or ponies? 340 00:19:55,541 --> 00:19:56,735 Fish. 341 00:19:58,478 --> 00:20:00,241 It's a tuna fish boat. 342 00:20:05,518 --> 00:20:08,419 Now, how about that game? 343 00:20:10,657 --> 00:20:12,352 You got it, son. 344 00:20:16,729 --> 00:20:18,424 Rack them up, Hubert. 345 00:20:18,498 --> 00:20:19,760 Right. 346 00:20:23,469 --> 00:20:26,404 What you all know about a good old boy, name of Warren? 347 00:20:31,044 --> 00:20:32,773 Break them, stranger. 348 00:20:42,455 --> 00:20:46,016 Say, why don't we make this interesting? 349 00:20:47,193 --> 00:20:49,593 Like 20 bucks' worth of interesting? 350 00:21:02,008 --> 00:21:04,306 Eight ball in the side pocket. 351 00:21:12,585 --> 00:21:13,950 That's the way to do it. 352 00:21:15,421 --> 00:21:17,514 That's real nice shooting. 353 00:21:17,757 --> 00:21:19,850 Just lucky, I guess. Yeah. 354 00:21:21,094 --> 00:21:22,857 You know, Elmo and I ought to be getting 355 00:21:22,929 --> 00:21:26,057 before we plumb run out of the money we owe poor old Warren. 356 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,192 You got a point, Hubert. 357 00:21:30,069 --> 00:21:32,299 These boys here are just too good. 358 00:21:34,207 --> 00:21:36,107 Where'd you say Warren was? 359 00:21:36,776 --> 00:21:37,902 Didn't. 360 00:21:38,745 --> 00:21:42,078 But you might could find him around the Double-D about midnight. 361 00:21:43,015 --> 00:21:44,505 Fishing at midnight? 362 00:21:45,218 --> 00:21:47,152 He's the dock watchman. 363 00:21:48,721 --> 00:21:51,417 Great. Well, thanks, boys. 364 00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:54,124 Elmo and I ought to be moseying along. 365 00:21:54,193 --> 00:21:56,093 Wait a sec, Hubert. 366 00:21:57,096 --> 00:21:59,257 How about one more game, Dex? 367 00:21:59,632 --> 00:22:03,329 Just give me one last chance to get some of my money back. 368 00:22:04,971 --> 00:22:07,633 Sure. I think that's only fair. 369 00:22:08,341 --> 00:22:09,467 How much? 370 00:22:09,709 --> 00:22:10,835 $500. 371 00:22:20,019 --> 00:22:21,509 Rack them up, Hubert. 372 00:22:55,955 --> 00:22:58,048 Eight ball in the corner. 373 00:23:01,994 --> 00:23:03,655 Hey! - What? 374 00:23:06,132 --> 00:23:08,225 Oh, my God. - Get off the table. 375 00:23:08,901 --> 00:23:11,267 Say, they don't talk like that in Hondo. 376 00:23:11,337 --> 00:23:12,634 Nobody trips Luther Gillis! 377 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:16,035 Come on, Hig, let's get out of here. 378 00:23:19,145 --> 00:23:21,909 Hey, help us! Get them! 379 00:23:28,654 --> 00:23:29,814 Hurry! 380 00:23:30,857 --> 00:23:33,121 Hurry! My God, man, they're going to... 381 00:23:33,192 --> 00:23:35,820 I can't. I left the keys in the bar. 382 00:23:37,196 --> 00:23:40,859 Let me see what I can do about these applications. 383 00:23:41,467 --> 00:23:43,492 Everything seems to be in order. 384 00:23:50,409 --> 00:23:53,276 Mr. Magnum, please. 385 00:23:53,446 --> 00:23:55,812 I'm sorry. Sorry. 386 00:23:56,249 --> 00:23:59,150 That's Mrs. Cathcart. She is the office manager. 387 00:23:59,218 --> 00:24:01,686 I have to pretend you need a loan 388 00:24:02,188 --> 00:24:03,815 for your medical bills. 389 00:24:05,358 --> 00:24:08,156 Listen, big guy, you're getting half the retainer on this one 390 00:24:08,227 --> 00:24:09,854 and we're taking all the lumps. 391 00:24:09,929 --> 00:24:13,228 That's because I am the supervising investigator. 392 00:24:13,299 --> 00:24:15,927 Be that as it may, Magnum, we've come up with a lead. 393 00:24:16,002 --> 00:24:18,527 The known whereabouts of the man I've been dealing with. 394 00:24:18,604 --> 00:24:20,538 Now, I suggest we go speak with him. 395 00:24:20,606 --> 00:24:23,871 Yeah, tonight, when he's on duty down at the Double-D docks. 396 00:24:23,976 --> 00:24:25,671 We'll go down and stuff his gills. 397 00:24:26,979 --> 00:24:29,709 We can't go down and stuff his gills. 398 00:24:30,283 --> 00:24:31,773 Why not? You chicken? 399 00:24:33,252 --> 00:24:34,514 Not really, Luther. 400 00:24:34,587 --> 00:24:38,717 It just appears that this case is neither fish nor fowl. 401 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,188 I refuse to sit here any longer and subject myself 402 00:24:43,262 --> 00:24:45,287 to this childishly inane behavior. Furthermore... 403 00:24:45,364 --> 00:24:46,797 Sit down. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 404 00:24:46,866 --> 00:24:48,800 I'm just a little dingy. 405 00:24:48,935 --> 00:24:52,462 I've been working on this very important case for Robin all day 406 00:24:52,538 --> 00:24:54,233 and tomorrow I will get to 407 00:24:54,307 --> 00:24:56,605 your "relatively unimportant" case. Your words. 408 00:24:57,343 --> 00:24:58,640 I'm sorry. 409 00:24:59,812 --> 00:25:01,575 I'm sorry. Please sit down. 410 00:25:02,214 --> 00:25:03,374 Please. 411 00:25:09,188 --> 00:25:11,213 Now, we can't go down to the docks 412 00:25:11,290 --> 00:25:13,781 because I have to work on the bank computer all night. 413 00:25:13,859 --> 00:25:17,022 I mean, there's a time clock running on this embezzling thing, 414 00:25:17,096 --> 00:25:19,064 and if you can give me till tomorrow, 415 00:25:19,131 --> 00:25:21,599 then I'll go down and see this Warren guy myself. 416 00:25:21,667 --> 00:25:22,793 How? 417 00:25:22,868 --> 00:25:24,301 He'll be off work by then. 418 00:25:24,604 --> 00:25:26,333 I'll get his address out of the computer. 419 00:25:26,405 --> 00:25:27,929 He's got to have a bank account somewhere. 420 00:25:28,007 --> 00:25:29,440 Come on, you guys did the legwork. 421 00:25:29,508 --> 00:25:31,806 Leave the sophisticated part of the case to me. 422 00:25:36,482 --> 00:25:37,813 Very well. 423 00:25:39,819 --> 00:25:42,049 Okay. You guys go home, get some rest 424 00:25:42,121 --> 00:25:43,383 and we'll touch base tomorrow. 425 00:25:43,756 --> 00:25:47,248 And don't forget those pesky little IRS statements. 426 00:25:52,565 --> 00:25:54,590 I'll drop you off at your office. 427 00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:56,794 Yeah. Thanks. Where you going? 428 00:25:56,869 --> 00:25:58,393 The estate. 429 00:25:58,471 --> 00:25:59,631 You're lying. 430 00:26:00,072 --> 00:26:01,096 I beg your pardon? 431 00:26:01,173 --> 00:26:02,299 You're lying. 432 00:26:02,375 --> 00:26:04,468 You're thinking about heading down to the dock. 433 00:26:04,543 --> 00:26:08,377 You're thinking that Magnum's not gonna do anything but play with his computer all night. 434 00:26:08,447 --> 00:26:11,814 And that ain't doing your common lady friend a damn bit of good. 435 00:26:11,884 --> 00:26:14,978 It would be unfair to ask you to take that risk. 436 00:26:15,521 --> 00:26:17,045 Big deal. Who cares? 437 00:26:17,223 --> 00:26:19,088 I was born taking risks. 438 00:26:20,026 --> 00:26:22,460 Besides, I'm kind of thinking about a lady, too. 439 00:26:23,162 --> 00:26:24,424 Blanche? 440 00:26:26,599 --> 00:26:28,328 Your daughter Nancy? 441 00:26:30,069 --> 00:26:31,536 Your first wife? 442 00:26:31,604 --> 00:26:33,071 All of them. Let's go. 443 00:26:38,511 --> 00:26:40,274 Boy, this place stinks. 444 00:26:40,346 --> 00:26:41,540 Kind of reminds me... 445 00:26:41,614 --> 00:26:43,445 Here we are. 446 00:26:46,886 --> 00:26:48,148 Where is he? 447 00:26:49,088 --> 00:26:50,578 Don't worry, Zorba. 448 00:26:51,090 --> 00:26:53,320 I'll make him come to us. How? 449 00:26:53,392 --> 00:26:57,658 Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yo ho ho 450 00:26:57,730 --> 00:26:59,721 And a bottle of rum... My God. 451 00:26:59,799 --> 00:27:02,734 Anchors aweigh my boys... 452 00:27:02,802 --> 00:27:04,360 What are you doing? 453 00:27:05,171 --> 00:27:06,934 I'm trying to find Warren. 454 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,638 I think you just did. 455 00:27:23,823 --> 00:27:25,814 Freeze. You're under arrest! 456 00:27:32,098 --> 00:27:35,465 I want out of this hole now! 457 00:27:35,534 --> 00:27:38,799 Look, I've been in much worse, I can assure you. 458 00:27:39,505 --> 00:27:43,202 Calcutta, '49, and '50. 459 00:27:43,576 --> 00:27:44,907 Who cares? 460 00:27:45,344 --> 00:27:48,575 Every time I do a favor for the big guy I end up in this dump. 461 00:27:48,647 --> 00:27:49,773 I hate it. 462 00:27:50,783 --> 00:27:52,808 It's like going home for Christmas. 463 00:27:52,885 --> 00:27:55,046 The only difference is, neither the big guy 464 00:27:55,121 --> 00:27:57,316 nor the suicidal bum, Scrungo, is here. 465 00:27:57,389 --> 00:27:59,186 Instead, I'm stuck with you. 466 00:27:59,558 --> 00:28:02,118 I'm disgusted. The feeling is mutual, I assure you. 467 00:28:02,194 --> 00:28:03,661 Yeah, well, that goes double for me. 468 00:28:03,729 --> 00:28:05,959 I should've never taken you with me in the first place. 469 00:28:06,031 --> 00:28:07,555 That was mistake number one. 470 00:28:07,633 --> 00:28:09,123 The first of many. 471 00:28:09,201 --> 00:28:10,361 Oh, yeah? 472 00:28:11,137 --> 00:28:12,399 Yeah. 473 00:28:12,772 --> 00:28:17,038 Obviously, your primitively crude surveillance techniques forced the blackmailers to, 474 00:28:17,109 --> 00:28:19,043 one, take a shot at you in the helicopter 475 00:28:19,111 --> 00:28:21,045 to try to dissuade you from tailing Warren, 476 00:28:21,113 --> 00:28:22,842 and two, that failing, 477 00:28:22,915 --> 00:28:25,315 they had no choice but to kill him when you loudly announced 478 00:28:25,384 --> 00:28:27,249 your intentions in the cowboy bar. 479 00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:29,719 Don't you loudly intentions me, buster! 480 00:28:30,022 --> 00:28:32,991 I didn't make the run on that table and make those guys crazy. 481 00:28:33,058 --> 00:28:35,322 I was willing to leave with the info. 482 00:28:35,561 --> 00:28:36,960 Neat and clean. 483 00:28:37,463 --> 00:28:38,828 Now look where we are. 484 00:28:38,898 --> 00:28:42,766 Incarcerated. "Discretion and tact". 485 00:28:42,835 --> 00:28:44,359 Hogwash. 486 00:28:44,737 --> 00:28:46,227 Speaking of hogwash, 487 00:28:46,438 --> 00:28:48,338 did you get ahold of your shyster yet? 488 00:28:49,875 --> 00:28:52,309 They're trying to track him down at the Polo Club. 489 00:28:52,378 --> 00:28:55,677 The Polo Club? Well, hoity-toity-toity. 490 00:28:55,848 --> 00:28:57,748 What do we do till then, rot? 491 00:28:58,851 --> 00:29:02,378 I was hoping I would never have to see you ever again, Mr. Gillis. 492 00:29:02,454 --> 00:29:03,614 Likewise. 493 00:29:04,456 --> 00:29:08,085 I must have been a pretty bad person in my previous life. 494 00:29:08,561 --> 00:29:10,688 You couldn't be worse than a copper. 495 00:29:10,763 --> 00:29:12,390 Or a private eye. 496 00:29:12,765 --> 00:29:15,063 Nevertheless, I have my duty. 497 00:29:16,368 --> 00:29:18,063 You're new at this, Hig. 498 00:29:18,137 --> 00:29:21,903 This is where he threatens us with a murder rap unless we answer some questions. 499 00:29:21,974 --> 00:29:24,135 Yeah. Questions like, 500 00:29:24,410 --> 00:29:26,970 what was your relationship to the deceased? 501 00:29:28,314 --> 00:29:30,748 I've never seen the gentleman before in my life. 502 00:29:30,816 --> 00:29:33,250 Then what were you doing down at the waterfront? 503 00:29:35,487 --> 00:29:37,284 It was late and we were hungry. 504 00:29:39,658 --> 00:29:41,523 Him I could expect this from. 505 00:29:42,027 --> 00:29:45,690 But you, you, Jonathan Higgins? Never. 506 00:29:45,764 --> 00:29:48,164 There's always a first time, Lieutenant. 507 00:29:49,101 --> 00:29:51,092 I want answers. 508 00:29:51,170 --> 00:29:52,694 What about Warren Brummer? 509 00:29:52,771 --> 00:29:54,432 I think he was working for scale. 510 00:29:57,509 --> 00:29:59,306 I'm warning you both. 511 00:30:00,379 --> 00:30:02,813 Maybe I can't make a murder charge stick, 512 00:30:03,048 --> 00:30:05,482 but I can yank your license, Gillis. 513 00:30:06,318 --> 00:30:10,049 As for you, Higgins, I can call the newspapers 514 00:30:10,122 --> 00:30:14,149 and make your life awfully miserable and awfully public. 515 00:30:14,526 --> 00:30:17,359 Who cares? Why don't you go dust the fish for some prints? 516 00:30:17,429 --> 00:30:20,557 Meanwhile, if you're not gonna press charges, aloha. 517 00:30:23,502 --> 00:30:24,833 Ditto. 518 00:30:26,906 --> 00:30:28,237 Here's where he says... 519 00:30:28,307 --> 00:30:30,241 Don't leave town! 520 00:30:35,381 --> 00:30:38,179 I told you to wait for me. I told you! 521 00:30:40,552 --> 00:30:42,179 But no, you had to force things. 522 00:30:42,254 --> 00:30:44,984 Big deal. The crud's dead. We need a new lead. 523 00:30:45,057 --> 00:30:46,217 Now you do. 524 00:30:46,292 --> 00:30:49,455 Now all this information I pulled out on Warren Brummer is irrelevant. 525 00:30:49,528 --> 00:30:51,621 How'd you get this stuff? This is a bank. 526 00:30:52,331 --> 00:30:55,129 I have a friend in the prosecuting attorney's office. 527 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,668 Carol let our computers talk to each other. 528 00:30:57,736 --> 00:31:00,728 Bank robbery, extortion, bigamy. 529 00:31:00,806 --> 00:31:02,103 Gee, that's too bad. 530 00:31:02,441 --> 00:31:04,306 Who's gonna let all his wives know he's dead? 531 00:31:04,376 --> 00:31:05,707 What now? 532 00:31:06,478 --> 00:31:10,847 Well, my guess is Brummer was killed because you two got too close to him. 533 00:31:10,916 --> 00:31:12,543 And whoever the blackmailers are, 534 00:31:12,618 --> 00:31:14,950 they just didn't want to get rousted just yet. 535 00:31:15,020 --> 00:31:16,453 What a genius. 536 00:31:18,057 --> 00:31:21,026 They'll probably wait a little while and contact you. 537 00:31:21,994 --> 00:31:24,019 Start all over again. 538 00:31:26,598 --> 00:31:27,895 Why didn't you wait? 539 00:31:27,967 --> 00:31:29,400 It ain't my nature. 540 00:31:30,369 --> 00:31:32,803 Besides, the butler didn't want to wait either. 541 00:31:34,907 --> 00:31:39,310 Well, at least you're not up on misdemeanor trespassing charges. Tanaka called. 542 00:31:39,378 --> 00:31:42,677 The owner of the Double-D, Dan Davies, he's not going to press charges. 543 00:31:42,748 --> 00:31:44,443 He's willing to forget the whole thing. 544 00:31:44,516 --> 00:31:46,108 My lucky day. 545 00:31:46,418 --> 00:31:47,442 Hey. 546 00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:49,749 It's quite all right. I just lost my footing. I'm okay. 547 00:31:54,727 --> 00:31:56,991 You better get him back to the estate. 548 00:31:57,997 --> 00:31:59,828 Maybe you could do me a favor. 549 00:31:59,898 --> 00:32:01,195 I'm way ahead of you. 550 00:32:01,266 --> 00:32:03,234 I'll stay with him till you get back. 551 00:32:04,069 --> 00:32:05,297 Thanks. 552 00:32:05,371 --> 00:32:09,137 It'll be in the morning. I've got to stay up all night with the computer again. 553 00:32:10,709 --> 00:32:11,903 Yeah. 554 00:32:12,344 --> 00:32:14,369 Don't do anything I wouldn't do. 555 00:32:44,076 --> 00:32:46,909 So much for sweet dreams in paradise. 556 00:32:47,146 --> 00:32:50,206 I guess I'm used to either freezing Saint Louis winters 557 00:32:50,349 --> 00:32:53,807 or summer nights that could steam the starch out of your shorts. 558 00:33:07,533 --> 00:33:09,865 At any rate, I couldn't sleep. 559 00:33:10,235 --> 00:33:12,396 And I don't think it was the accommodations. 560 00:33:12,471 --> 00:33:15,463 I mean this place sure beats the heck out of the Y. 561 00:33:15,574 --> 00:33:18,737 It was something about this case that was bothering me. 562 00:33:18,811 --> 00:33:21,939 And it was more than the fact that we'd run out of leads. 563 00:33:22,014 --> 00:33:25,950 It was the butler cat. Something about him just wasn't right. 564 00:33:26,318 --> 00:33:28,548 I mean, every other time I've come out here, 565 00:33:28,620 --> 00:33:31,851 I mean he's crazy and everything, but he's cool. 566 00:33:31,924 --> 00:33:33,585 And this time, he ain't. 567 00:33:33,859 --> 00:33:36,657 Like this case was personal to him or something. 568 00:33:37,463 --> 00:33:41,559 Now, it ain't my nature to be snooping around someone's private stuff, 569 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,265 but Rule Number 41 says you can make an exception, 570 00:33:45,437 --> 00:33:48,372 if you think your client's not telling the whole story. 571 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:52,137 And in this case, I didn't think the butler was. 572 00:33:57,783 --> 00:33:59,774 I demand an explanation. 573 00:34:00,586 --> 00:34:02,110 Why don't you go first? 574 00:34:03,288 --> 00:34:07,782 You can start by explaining why you didn't tell us that this kid we're trying to save 575 00:34:08,727 --> 00:34:10,194 is yours. 576 00:34:19,037 --> 00:34:23,133 Do you remember where you were in the spring of '54, Mr. Gillis? 577 00:34:25,577 --> 00:34:28,171 Did you idle your youth away on the back streets, 578 00:34:28,247 --> 00:34:30,943 fire escapes and stoops of the city? 579 00:34:33,051 --> 00:34:35,542 Were you in love, Mr. Gillis? 580 00:34:35,787 --> 00:34:36,776 No. 581 00:34:37,156 --> 00:34:38,748 I've seen it, though. 582 00:34:39,391 --> 00:34:42,588 That year I was with the Saint Louis Browns in St. Pete. 583 00:34:43,328 --> 00:34:44,955 It was Spring training. 584 00:34:45,397 --> 00:34:47,388 A client of mine asked me to find his wife. 585 00:34:47,466 --> 00:34:49,297 She'd run off with the third-base coach. 586 00:34:49,368 --> 00:34:53,270 I followed the club down there and pretended I was a rookie trying out. 587 00:34:53,338 --> 00:34:56,307 Third base. They cut me, though. I wasn't good enough. 588 00:34:57,142 --> 00:34:58,769 What about the case? 589 00:34:58,844 --> 00:34:59,970 I was fired. 590 00:35:01,246 --> 00:35:03,271 You didn't catch them? 591 00:35:04,883 --> 00:35:06,316 Of course I did. 592 00:35:06,518 --> 00:35:09,248 We're talking Luther H. Gillis, P.I., here. 593 00:35:09,788 --> 00:35:11,517 Of course I caught them. 594 00:35:12,057 --> 00:35:15,754 Actually, that was the only thing I did catch during Spring training. 595 00:35:16,228 --> 00:35:20,289 But I let them slide. I let them get away with it. 596 00:35:20,566 --> 00:35:21,590 Why? 597 00:35:22,267 --> 00:35:25,600 Well, the more I watched them, the more I realized they were in love. 598 00:35:26,071 --> 00:35:28,437 And when it's the real thing, you can tell. 599 00:35:29,174 --> 00:35:30,505 I could tell. 600 00:35:31,610 --> 00:35:34,204 I let them slide. I let them slide. 601 00:35:35,814 --> 00:35:39,910 But what's all this got to do with extortion, blackmail, murder and your kid? 602 00:35:40,052 --> 00:35:41,383 I'm not sure. 603 00:35:42,054 --> 00:35:45,182 Except that if you've ever had the experience of having 604 00:35:45,524 --> 00:35:47,856 loved and lost, 605 00:35:48,860 --> 00:35:52,990 you might be able to understand the story I'm about to tell you. 606 00:35:54,266 --> 00:35:57,429 I spent my Spring of '54 in Kenya, 607 00:35:57,836 --> 00:36:01,169 which is far, far removed from St. Pete. 608 00:36:01,907 --> 00:36:03,534 There was a war on. 609 00:36:04,209 --> 00:36:06,769 There always seemed to be a war on, I suppose. 610 00:36:07,746 --> 00:36:10,180 And our squad was assigned the duty of 611 00:36:10,249 --> 00:36:13,275 guarding the Andrews farm from the marauding Mau Mau. 612 00:36:14,219 --> 00:36:16,949 We were there three months, six of us. 613 00:36:17,656 --> 00:36:19,749 I was the youngest, 614 00:36:20,325 --> 00:36:23,055 and quite naturally, 615 00:36:23,295 --> 00:36:26,628 a bond was established between the only Andrews daughter, 616 00:36:26,698 --> 00:36:28,393 Elizabeth, and myself. 617 00:36:29,434 --> 00:36:30,924 I'm getting the picture. 618 00:36:32,938 --> 00:36:35,338 We would take long walks in the grass, 619 00:36:36,475 --> 00:36:37,840 read Shelley, 620 00:36:38,977 --> 00:36:41,036 listen to the BBC at night. 621 00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:43,741 Now I'm really getting the picture. 622 00:36:45,284 --> 00:36:49,721 The war seemed so far away, so removed. 623 00:36:51,723 --> 00:36:54,817 That is, until I was transferred back to the front. 624 00:36:55,193 --> 00:36:57,559 So long, BBC in the dark. 625 00:36:58,297 --> 00:36:59,389 Quite. 626 00:37:00,632 --> 00:37:04,932 Another squad was sent in to guard the Andrews farm in our place. 627 00:37:06,938 --> 00:37:10,806 Four months later, I received a letter from Elizabeth. 628 00:37:12,244 --> 00:37:15,213 The language was polite, 629 00:37:15,347 --> 00:37:18,248 cool, dispassionate. 630 00:37:18,317 --> 00:37:19,341 Yeah. 631 00:37:20,552 --> 00:37:22,816 Apparently, Elizabeth became involved 632 00:37:22,888 --> 00:37:25,448 with one of the soldiers sent in to replace me. 633 00:37:26,925 --> 00:37:29,689 Fate is indeed fickle, Mr. Gillis. 634 00:37:30,262 --> 00:37:31,991 Yeah? Why's that? 635 00:37:33,165 --> 00:37:36,999 Because the man Elizabeth chose to dispense her affections to 636 00:37:37,636 --> 00:37:40,400 was none other than Dan Davies. 637 00:37:44,743 --> 00:37:47,075 The one who owns the tuna fish boat? 638 00:37:48,780 --> 00:37:50,213 The same. 639 00:37:53,452 --> 00:37:58,014 A wise man named Branch Rickey once wrote that luck is the residue of design. 640 00:37:58,623 --> 00:38:02,150 And I would have liked to think that figuring out who was embezzling the funds 641 00:38:02,227 --> 00:38:05,253 was something I'd planned and systematically executed. 642 00:38:05,430 --> 00:38:09,093 However, only I and the program knew I got lucky. 643 00:38:09,568 --> 00:38:12,128 Unfortunately, for Ms. Cathcart, of course, 644 00:38:12,237 --> 00:38:14,171 I hoped she had a good lawyer. 645 00:38:14,639 --> 00:38:16,664 On the other hand, maybe Mr. Rickey's 646 00:38:16,742 --> 00:38:19,108 "residue of design" could be equated with 647 00:38:19,177 --> 00:38:21,008 Mr. Magnum's little voice. 648 00:38:21,279 --> 00:38:23,645 And maybe that could be equated with a little more 649 00:38:23,715 --> 00:38:27,708 up time on Robin's miracle machine and its mate down at police records, 650 00:38:28,353 --> 00:38:30,981 because I've seen Jonathan Quayle Higgins 651 00:38:31,056 --> 00:38:33,889 in just about every possible kind of circumstance, 652 00:38:34,359 --> 00:38:36,293 but I've never seen him break. 653 00:38:36,661 --> 00:38:41,496 In other words, maybe the late Warren Brummer wasn't quite history yet. 654 00:38:43,902 --> 00:38:45,460 What are you doing in there? 655 00:38:46,805 --> 00:38:49,797 Come on. If you're doing what I think you're doing, 656 00:38:49,875 --> 00:38:52,275 why didn't you phone her? It would have been easier. 657 00:38:52,344 --> 00:38:55,438 You could've found out if the little sucker was yours or not. 658 00:38:55,514 --> 00:38:58,244 You could have found out if there even was a little sucker. 659 00:38:58,316 --> 00:39:00,341 They could've faked the pictures. 660 00:39:01,620 --> 00:39:03,986 You could've. Why? Why didn't you? 661 00:39:08,293 --> 00:39:10,124 Why didn't you call her? 662 00:39:11,329 --> 00:39:13,229 I forgot. The alien concept of honor, 663 00:39:13,298 --> 00:39:15,858 all that stuff I'm supposed to know nothing about. 664 00:39:15,934 --> 00:39:18,801 Well, maybe it ain't honor that kept you from making that phone call. 665 00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:20,303 Maybe it was pride, 666 00:39:22,007 --> 00:39:23,838 something I know a lot about. 667 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:26,470 Believe me. 668 00:39:27,446 --> 00:39:30,938 Now, you tell me what you want to do, and we'll do it together. 669 00:39:32,384 --> 00:39:33,783 Thank you. 670 00:39:33,852 --> 00:39:35,114 Don't mention it. 671 00:39:36,922 --> 00:39:38,913 Now here's what I think we ought to do. 672 00:39:38,990 --> 00:39:40,981 I think we ought to get down to that tuna fish boat, 673 00:39:41,059 --> 00:39:43,050 sneak on, shake down your pal Davies, 674 00:39:43,128 --> 00:39:45,096 and 86 the goods he has on you. 675 00:39:46,131 --> 00:39:47,462 Whether they're real or not? 676 00:39:47,532 --> 00:39:49,056 Does it make a difference? 677 00:39:49,134 --> 00:39:51,466 They still work as far as blackmailing's concerned. 678 00:39:51,536 --> 00:39:53,697 They'll still mess up your lady friend's career. 679 00:39:53,772 --> 00:39:56,502 Does it really make a difference whether they're fake or not? 680 00:39:57,275 --> 00:39:58,708 I suppose not. 681 00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:02,146 Except 682 00:40:04,082 --> 00:40:05,845 if the documents are real, 683 00:40:07,285 --> 00:40:09,583 and if I really do have a son, 684 00:40:10,622 --> 00:40:15,116 wouldn't I be jeopardizing his very existence by this rash an act? 685 00:40:15,827 --> 00:40:18,762 What are you planning to do with that? Target practice? 686 00:40:18,830 --> 00:40:20,764 Shoot fish in a barrel? 687 00:40:21,066 --> 00:40:25,059 But perhaps I'm being hasty, acting emotionally. 688 00:40:26,338 --> 00:40:28,966 For if I do have a son... 689 00:40:29,341 --> 00:40:31,366 There's only one way to find out. 690 00:40:31,676 --> 00:40:33,871 But by forcing Davies' hand, 691 00:40:35,046 --> 00:40:36,741 I may not ever see him. 692 00:40:41,286 --> 00:40:45,222 Can you understand the empty, aching feeling of having fathered a child 693 00:40:45,857 --> 00:40:48,348 and not ever sharing in the raising of him? 694 00:40:49,528 --> 00:40:50,722 Or her. 695 00:40:54,165 --> 00:40:55,393 Of course. 696 00:40:57,602 --> 00:40:59,069 I forgot. 697 00:41:00,171 --> 00:41:01,570 I'm sorry. 698 00:41:02,607 --> 00:41:05,269 Sorry is for sissies. Let's go. 699 00:41:17,822 --> 00:41:19,483 What if there's another watchman? 700 00:41:19,591 --> 00:41:22,424 I doubt it. I think they got a high turnover around here. 701 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:29,790 Perhaps he's asleep. 702 00:41:29,868 --> 00:41:32,029 Or he's out for an early morning jog. 703 00:41:32,571 --> 00:41:34,937 Either way, there's one way to find out. 704 00:41:36,741 --> 00:41:38,936 Now, be careful. You just can't walk on these things 705 00:41:39,010 --> 00:41:40,739 like you're taking a stroll in the park. 706 00:41:40,812 --> 00:41:43,804 You got to roll with the flow, get your sea legs. 707 00:41:50,522 --> 00:41:52,012 Well, what do you want? 708 00:41:52,090 --> 00:41:53,614 The last time I was in a boat, 709 00:41:53,692 --> 00:41:55,250 my hands were strapped to the oars 710 00:41:55,327 --> 00:41:57,488 and Blanche was feeding my lunch to the ducks. 711 00:41:57,562 --> 00:41:59,086 I tried to stop her. I lifted the oars out... 712 00:41:59,164 --> 00:42:00,461 Well, you had to be there. 713 00:42:00,532 --> 00:42:01,794 Look here. 714 00:42:01,933 --> 00:42:03,560 Well, let's get to work. 715 00:42:04,369 --> 00:42:08,100 Please, I once cracked the safe of the Nazi High Command in Rome. 716 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:09,604 Well, excuse me. 717 00:42:09,674 --> 00:42:12,234 And an intense hour that was indeed. 718 00:42:12,310 --> 00:42:15,279 For directly in the next room was General Froelich himself 719 00:42:15,347 --> 00:42:17,474 with one of Mussolini's mistresses. 720 00:42:17,782 --> 00:42:19,249 The pressure was intense, 721 00:42:19,317 --> 00:42:23,253 and I could barely hear the clicking of the tumblers over the constant shrieking... 722 00:42:23,321 --> 00:42:26,085 Come on! Come on! This is taking too long. Nonsense. 723 00:42:35,066 --> 00:42:36,556 That the goods? 724 00:42:39,404 --> 00:42:43,363 It says here she gave up the kid for adoption on January 1st, 1955. 725 00:42:43,575 --> 00:42:47,568 Happy New Year. So much for the Spring of '54. Where's my Bic? 726 00:42:49,981 --> 00:42:52,973 Give it to me! Come on! Come on! 727 00:42:53,685 --> 00:42:56,813 If it is your kid, all we're burning is the picture. 728 00:42:57,255 --> 00:42:58,745 Come on! 729 00:43:04,429 --> 00:43:06,158 We'll call the police, they'll pick up Davies, 730 00:43:06,231 --> 00:43:07,823 you'll be reunited with your kid. 731 00:43:08,166 --> 00:43:11,260 Why wait when we can have one right here? 732 00:43:16,207 --> 00:43:17,435 Son? 733 00:43:18,009 --> 00:43:19,203 Wrong. 734 00:43:19,477 --> 00:43:21,672 Well, the good thing is, at least you know. 735 00:43:21,746 --> 00:43:24,442 The bad thing is these cruds are gonna kill us. 736 00:43:24,849 --> 00:43:27,818 That would be stupid and rather incriminating. 737 00:43:29,087 --> 00:43:30,918 A fire on the other hand... 738 00:43:30,989 --> 00:43:32,581 Yeah, fish sticks. 739 00:43:32,891 --> 00:43:34,324 Lock the door on your way out. 740 00:43:34,392 --> 00:43:36,155 Wait a minute! Maybe we could talk. 741 00:43:36,227 --> 00:43:40,254 We tried. We did call the estate. We could have negotiated. 742 00:43:40,331 --> 00:43:44,495 One final payment. But you weren't there, Higgins. 743 00:43:44,636 --> 00:43:46,194 You came to us. 744 00:43:47,038 --> 00:43:50,030 So you left us no other choice. Come on, hurry it up. 745 00:43:50,108 --> 00:43:54,169 Wait! There happens to be a guy behind you with a gun. 746 00:43:54,245 --> 00:43:57,476 Last time I heard that, it was Bugs Bunny to Yosemite Sam 747 00:43:57,549 --> 00:43:59,414 and he didn't fall for it either. Hi, guys. 748 00:44:03,488 --> 00:44:06,218 Hey, big guy, put the fire out, when you're done. 749 00:44:32,550 --> 00:44:35,178 Give me the gun, and I'll see they go easy on you. 750 00:44:39,457 --> 00:44:40,685 I lied. 751 00:44:41,526 --> 00:44:43,460 He's all yours, Hig. 752 00:44:47,932 --> 00:44:50,423 You stole more than my money. 753 00:44:50,802 --> 00:44:53,168 You took my honor and pride. 754 00:44:54,439 --> 00:44:56,430 I was counting on that, Higgins. 755 00:44:58,143 --> 00:44:59,974 Well, count on this. 756 00:45:11,422 --> 00:45:13,185 Do you think he's in, Magnum? 757 00:45:13,258 --> 00:45:15,123 Well, where else is he going to be? 758 00:45:15,627 --> 00:45:18,494 He sleeps here. He still doesn't have a phone. 759 00:45:18,863 --> 00:45:21,889 And you didn't have to come all the way down here, Higgins. 760 00:45:21,966 --> 00:45:23,558 I could've paid him. 761 00:45:23,635 --> 00:45:25,626 Or you could've sent him his check in the mail. 762 00:45:25,703 --> 00:45:27,728 As if paying a utility bill? 763 00:45:27,806 --> 00:45:31,298 Luther Gillis did far more than just help solve the case. 764 00:45:31,376 --> 00:45:32,843 I know that. 765 00:45:33,545 --> 00:45:35,012 It's just that... 766 00:45:35,847 --> 00:45:36,973 What? 767 00:45:38,349 --> 00:45:39,577 Nothing. 768 00:45:40,785 --> 00:45:42,047 What? 769 00:45:43,488 --> 00:45:44,512 What? 770 00:45:44,589 --> 00:45:45,647 I'm sorry. 771 00:45:47,659 --> 00:45:52,028 I'm sorry for taking your problem so lightly. 772 00:45:57,969 --> 00:45:59,163 Luther? 773 00:46:00,872 --> 00:46:02,100 Luther? 774 00:46:03,474 --> 00:46:04,964 Bet he's asleep. 775 00:46:24,963 --> 00:46:26,260 "Dear Butler..." 776 00:46:28,099 --> 00:46:29,430 It's for you. 777 00:46:38,142 --> 00:46:40,007 "Dear Butler, 778 00:46:41,112 --> 00:46:44,138 "thanks for letting me work for you. 779 00:46:44,215 --> 00:46:46,410 "And the big guy, too. 780 00:46:46,718 --> 00:46:51,018 "If he hadn't have figured out the Davies connection on the computer, 781 00:46:51,122 --> 00:46:53,613 "we would've been goners for sure. 782 00:46:54,359 --> 00:46:56,554 "Anyway, this whole case 783 00:46:56,628 --> 00:47:00,064 "kind of made me think about stuff we were talking about. 784 00:47:00,765 --> 00:47:05,293 "Like Blanche. Like really having a woman who loves you. 785 00:47:06,738 --> 00:47:08,831 "My kids." 786 00:47:11,042 --> 00:47:13,840 Sorry, I was about to make myself sick. 787 00:47:13,978 --> 00:47:17,573 The truth of the matter is I can't stand the damn weather out here. 788 00:47:17,649 --> 00:47:21,710 It never snows, and you ain't got a major league ball club. 789 00:47:22,253 --> 00:47:24,346 I'm going back to St. Louis. 790 00:47:27,625 --> 00:47:30,958 And Blanche has got absolutely nothing to do with it. 791 00:47:31,496 --> 00:47:32,861 Nothing. 792 00:47:32,931 --> 00:47:34,262 Cheers. 793 00:47:36,634 --> 00:47:39,501 Luther H. Gillis, P.I.