"Hey mike." " That's great." " Yeah." "Very funny." "Very funny." "What do you got to say for yourself?" " Somebody could have gotten hurt." " That goes both ways, boss." "Well, listen, it's- this is all very nice," " But it's not my birthday till tomorrow anyway." " Yeah, we know that." "But we figured you might expect something," "So we decided to surprise you tonight." "Are you surprised?" "No, I'm not surprised, I'm knew what was going on all the time." " Oh yeah, sure." " That's right." "Hey, make a wish." "And make it a good one." "Okay." "All right!" "I love to hear that song." "Brings a tear to my eye." "I wanna make a toast." " Oh, toast." " Get some bread." "to the coolest guy I know." " Thanks a lot." " All right." "Besides me." "Okay, boss." "We all know it's your birthday, but we do not know how old you are." " Too old." "Oh!" "Everything except that, maybe." "Jeez, you're annoying the other customers." "Hey, phil, how are you doing?" " Good to see you." " Good to see you." "Oh!" " It's my birthday." " Well, happy birthday, hot shot." "Thank you." "You look terrific." "You, on the other hand, you can use some work." " Yeah, yeah, okay." " How's business?" "Since we built the new wing, the casino take is up 25%." "Now I know you're busy, but I want you to come by and have a drink." "Like old times." " Yeah, sure, phil, we'll be there next week." " Great." "I just came by to say hello and I'm back to work." " Have a good one, mike." " Okay, I'll see you." " Take care." " Take care." " Bye." " Hey, watch it." "It's good to see philly doing well." "Yeah, especially after that trouble he had in chicago." "I never believed any of that stuff about him being on the take." "Yeah, me neither." "I thought he was a good cop." "The main thing is now he met lori and he's living a new life, right?" " That's right." " It's all that matters." "I thought you were taking the night off." " Something came up." " It always does." " What do you want?" " I gotta ask you something." "Come here." " This is really important." " What is it?" "This is probably the most important thing I ever asked you in my life." "What is it, danny?" " Where's the bathroom?" " You're over your limit." "It's in the back by the kitchen." "Go, get the" " I shall return." " Okay." "as I walk along" "I wonder what went wrong with our lives lives that were so strong" "and as I still walk on" "I think of the things we've done together while our hearts were young" "I'm a-walking in the rain tears are falling and I feel the pain watching all the players go by some live and others die and I wonder" "I wah-wah-wah-wah wonder why why, why, why, why, why" "I don't walk away and I wonder what makes me stay" "runaway run, run, run, run, runaway run, run, run..." "Get these people out of the way." "Walter, handle the restaurant." " Right." " Nobody gets in or out." "Danny?" "Do you hear me?" "What happened?" " Come on." " Get it down!" " Joey, you go with him." " Right." "Come on." "I checked the alley and up and down both side streets, nobody saw the shooter." " Let's go and ask some questions." "Hurry up!" "Nothing like this ever happened before." "I wanna know if any of your customers are missing." "I can't remember." "We had so many people." "I can't think, I'm sorry, I just can't think." "Think, will you?" "It's very important." "A police officer has been shot." "Mike, I think I got something." "What are you trying to say?" "I don't understand." "This is lieutenant torello." "Just tell him what you told me." "One of my customers went into the bathroom" "A few minutes before the officer was shot." "I didn't see him come out, and he's not here now." "Who is he?" "What's he look like?" "He's got red hair, he's in his late 20s." " Tough looking guy." " Tell him about the girl." "Well, he was in here about a week ago" " With a girl who works the strip." " What's her name?" "She's chinese or japanese or something." "The only oriental hooker I've ever seen in vegas." " Thanks a lot." " Yeah." "And here in las vegas a special agent with the justice department" "Was shot a short time ago at "angelino's,"" "One of the cities most popular italian restaurants." "Agent daniel krychek was brought here" "To st." "Hilda memorial hospital" "Where his condition is unknown at this moment." "So far the police have no motive and no suspects." "I'm scott andrews, reporting" "I thought you said he was dead." "I thought he was." "I shot him twice." " Why'd you shoot him at all?" " 'cause he made me." "You should've just walked away." "What are you, some kind of cowboy?" "The guy knew me from chicago." "He would have started asking questions." "Man, you know what stark said." "While we're in town no trouble, no problems." "He finds out you shot a cop," "He's gonna blow off the whole score and leave." "Yeah?" "Who's gonna tell him?" "You?" "Look, man, keep your mouth shut and everything will be cool." "What stark don't know, ain't gonna hurt him." "Tomorrow night the heist goes down" "Just like we planned and then we're gone." "All right?" "Right?" "I mean, what's the difference?" "Yes, doctor, I'll note that on the chart." " Any changes?" " He's still in surgery." " How bad is he?" " Pretty bad." "One of the bullets went clean through, the other one messed up his lung." "The big question is" "What the hell happened in that bathroom?" "Maybe danny walked into something, like a dope deal." "Maybe the guy was trying to rob him, I don't know." " Maybe it was a hit." " By who?" "I don't know." "Danny was trying to tell me something" "In the ambulance on the way over." "I couldn't quite make it out, but it sounded like a name or something." "Costner, cosgrove, I don't know." "Sound familiar to any of you?" " No." " How about names that sound like that?" "Coswell..." "Cosman..." "Costa, coski..." "There was a guy that danny had a couple of cases with in chicago." "He was a driver for a robbery crew, red-headed kid." "Tony costa." "That's right." "Fast tony costa." "Man, this is gonna be beautiful." "By tomorrow night we're gonna be millionaires." "First thing I'm gonna get is a sting ray, bright red." "I'm going to Italy." "Italian women, they're the best looking women in the world." "I mean, you ever make love to an italian woman?" "Shut up." "Right now the only thing on your mind" "Should be the score, nothing else." "Not women, not cars," "Not money." "The score." "We got it down." "Oh yeah, you think so?" "No score is easy." "You get careless, we'll all go down." "I don't want anybody walking in there" "With that kind of cocky attitude." "You understand?" "Something else." "We get pinched because you do something dumb..." "I'll kill you myself." "Here we go." "That's tony costa." "A hell of a stickup man." "Got it, thanks." "Thanks, chief." "Mike, kramer says tony costa split chicago a year ago." "Rumor has it he's driving for a highline stickup crew" "Working out of new york now." "Banks, armored cars, vaults." "They only steal cash." "Run by a guy named stark." " Stark?" " You know him?" "No, but I'm gonna get to know him." "I am bored." "I'm bored with las vegas." "I'm bored with living in the desert." "I am bored with casinos." "I am bored with gambling and I'm sick of neon lights." "You're sure not sick of the money." "You spend that easy enough." "what else is there to do?" "Sit around the house and watch tv?" "Work on my tan?" "I hardly see you anymore." "You know how busy I am." "Couldn't we take a trip somewhere?" "Do you know how long it's been since we had fun together?" "I just don't have the time." "Look, I'm tired of arguing, okay?" "Can't we just for once go to bed without arguing?" "We never argued before when we went to bed." "We were always too busy to argue." " Don't hurt us, please." " Shut up!" "What do you want?" "You." "What the hell is going on?" " No!" " Lori!" "She's okay." "I was just making a point." "Next time it'll be much worse." "You understand?" "Yeah." "I'll do whatever you want." "Good boy." "John richard stark- alias jack stark." "Look at this sheet." "Armed robbery, manslaughter, grand theft auto," "Assault with a deadly weapon." "Today is his birthday." " No kidding." " He has the same birthday as you." "And we didn't even send him a card." "That's the crew." "Kramer in chicago intelligence put it together for us." "I'd hate to meet this bunch coming out of a stickup." "You'd think they have enough to do back east." "Why come here?" "I don't know." "But whatever they're in town for, it's not a vacation." "Yeah, but what?" "A jewelry store, a bank, what?" "Whatever it is, it's big." "These guys are heavy-duty." "First thing we have to do is find our hooker." "Walking the streets- that's gonna take all day." "We haven't got all day." "Who do we know that knows working girls?" "I'm starting my new work with the atomic energy commission." "Oppenheimer hired me." "That's because I'm an expert in nuke-ular vision." "Oh really, pauli?" "Hey, this breakfast is by invitation only." "I don't think you're negotiating a peace treaty here." "So, honey, why don't you go powder your nose while mr." "Taglia and I talk business." "Go on." "That's a lovely dress." "What is this?" "Eggs benedict and another beating?" " Danny krychek got shot." " I heard." "We're looking for an oriental hooker who might know the shooter." "Hey, you gave me your best shot," "And I didn't tell you nothing." "What makes you think I'm gonna help you now?" "Guy who shot danny is not connected." "He's a punk from out of town." "Krychek never framed you." "If he pinched you, it was a good pinch." "Now I want the guy who shot him." "You owe me, pauli." "I never told luca you were my informant." "The only oriental hooker I know in town is ginnie chan." " Where do I find her?" " The desert west." "She takes her tricks there." "Talk to freddy the bellman." "He'll know where she's at." "Torello, we even now?" " Everything's gonna be all right." " Let's go." "Take it easy." "Rope too tight?" "It's you and me, baby." "who is it?" "Open the door, it's the police!" "." " Open this door!" " Oh god." "Open the door." "Open this door." "Open the door, it's the police." "Look, please, if my wife finds out about this she's gonna kill me." "They're gonna throw me out of the 4h" "Yeah, yeah, the boy scouts of america." "What the hell's going on?" " Shut up!" "You can do this as many times as you want to." "Want to know why?" "Because you have permission from the attorney general" "Of the United States of america." "Anyone says you can't, they're lying." "Get outta here." " You lost me 50 bucks." " What do you think you're doing?" " I was just gonna- - go outside with him." "You remember picking this guy up on the strip last week?" "Oh yeah, sure." "He got red hair." "Picked me up outside the casino, then we went back to his motel." "Then we went out to dinner, then we went back to his motel." "Then we went out to the casino for a while," "And then we went back to his motel." "Guys got a one track mind," "You know what I mean?" "What motel?" " Starfire." " Thanks." "Hey, hey, what about my 50 bucks?" "Consider it a charitable contribution." "Yeah, that's the guy." "He checked in about two weeks ago with his buddy." "Haven't seen either of them since yesterday." "Any of these his buddy?" "That's him." "How about these other guys, they look familiar?" "This one." "I'm pretty sure he came by once." "Give me the room key." " Do you believe in fate, mike?" " Why?" "If danny hadn't walked into that bathroom" "In exactly the moment he did he wouldn't have got shot." "Five minutes before, five minutes after, maybe it wouldn't have happened." "What are you saying, that it was supposed to happen?" "I don't know." "It just makes me wonder." "Look, joey." "I don't know why some things happen." "I don't know why danny got shot." "You can't think of stuff like that." " That's the worst thing that can happen." " Why?" "Because you start wondering" "When the bullet is coming for you." "You get scared, you make a mistake." "A mistake can cost you your life." "Your wife's a very attractive lady, mr." "Ross." "Terrible if anything goes wrong." "Nobody's here." "Let's tear it apart from top to bottom." "Hold the phone." "We got a $25 casino chip and a receipt." " Could have been left here by anybody." " Where's it from?" " Four kings." " A casino heist." "Nobody's ever hit a casino before." "Yeah, but if anybody could do it, it's these guys." "Well, they've got the manpower for it, but I" "I don't know." "On a Saturday night," "There's $3-4 million in those cages." "Let's get outta here, I wanna be there." " Good evening, mr." "Ross." " Hi, ted." "These guys are I.R.S. Agents." "They want a count." " Okay." " I'm gonna want you here to witness this." "Jimmy, I'm gonna have to open this vault" "So these gentlemen from the I.R.S. Can get a cash count." "Right in here." "Make a sound, you're dead." "Down." " Tell them!" " They're holding my wife hostage." "If we don't cooperate, they'll kill her." " We got any heat?" " We're clear." "We have company." "Over." "Say again, we have company." "We got company." "Over." "It's a diversion, mike." "Stark!" "They got lori, mike!" " Pick us up, side entrance." " Right." "Down!" " I got nothing to say!" " Even if you didn't pull the trigger" " You're looking at the death penalty." " Drop dead!" " Hey!" " You listen to me, you punk." "One of my friends is in critical condition" "And the other one is being held hostage by your crew." "I wanna know where they're at or there isn't gonna be enough left of you" "To fill a lunch pail." "You get it?" "You get it?" "!" "This man needs medical attention." "Mike!" "how's danny?" "Complications." "He started hemorrhaging internally." " They had to take him back to surgery." " You stay with him." "All right." " Get outta here." " You can't do this." "Get outta here." "Get outta here." "Get outta here!" "They're gonna make their getaway tonight in a chartered plane." "Right now they're holed up in an abandoned house in the desert." "Bad news is that they're using lori ross as a hostage." " It's gonna make it tough." " That's not all," "Listen to this." "There was a big jewelry store heist" "Last year in new york city." "New york city coppers can't prove it," "But they think that stark and his crew are responsible for it." " They killed all the hostages." " Dogs, huh?" "It's gonna take us at least 45 minutes to drive there," "And we haven't got that kind of time." "Lori, you all right, honey?" " Oh phil, can't we please- - shut up." "I don't want to hear anything from in here." "Robbery's all over the radio." "Cops got the town all bottled up." "That cop in the casino knew my name." "How?" "They were waiting for us." "There was something else on the radio." "Tony's wanted for shooting a cop Friday night." "What?" "What's he talking about?" "What cop?" "This cop from chicago, he made me in a restaurant." "So you shot him and you didn't say anything?" "Look, man, I didn't wanna lose the score." "We've been setting up for three months" "And you would have blown it off." "Doesn't matter anyway, we've done it." "The cops are burning up vegas looking for us." "They got us I.D.D," "We lost two guys," "And you think it doesn't matter?" "Hey, two guys less means more money for us." "I mean, what's the big deal?" "Dumb." " Have the vegas coppers meet us there." " Yeah." "All right." "We can forget about the airport, the cops will have it locked up." " Highway will be closed too." " Don't worry." "I got another way out." "Southern pacific's got a train coming through." "If we wrap things up now, we can make it." "What about the hostages?" "What do you think?" "Come on, there's no time for that, lori." "Lori, listen to me." "Go." "Now." "I'll be all right." "Trust me, lori, go." "I love you." " How many are in there?" " I'm not sure." "I think they've killed phil." "Get her outta here." " You all right?" " I'm fine." "How are we going to get in there?" " Where's stark?" " Haven't seen him." "Stark!" "what's your name?" "Torello." "Yesterday was my birthday." "And yesterday was his birthday." "Today I killed him." "What do you think that means?" "You mean, like some, uh- something cosmic?" "Some universally fated conflict working itself out?" "Yeah, like that." "I think it means..." "Next year you'll have a birthday and he won't." "Dr. Robson to room 1412." "Dr. Robson to room 1412." "Hey, danny." "Happy birthday."