"I suppose it's fair to say infidelity made me what I am today." "I know lots of investigators won't handle divorce cases." "The truth is, not that many guys are good at matrimonial work." "It takes finesse and experience." "Hell, everybody makes mistakes." "But if you marry one, they expect you to pay for it for the rest of your life." "I don't care whose fault it is, his, hers or the milkman's." "If one of them comes to me, it means they're both miserable, and that's my job, putting people out of their misery." "Oh, no!" "No, Kitty." "How could you?" "You said you were going to the beauty parlour in Hollywood, and now I find you here where they said I'd find you, in room 19-H of the..." "Bird of Paradise Motel." "...of the Bird of Paradise Motel in Redondo Beach, at two in the afternoon on October 27th, 1948, with this man." "Mr Berman, it's unnatural to discuss what year it is when you're staring at your wife in bed with another man." "My lawyer said to be very specific..." "We'll establish the date." "Just..." "It's an earthquake." " Relax." " Mr Gittes?" "Did you feel that?" "Yes, Gladys, we felt it." "Everybody all right?" " Right." " Are we OK?" "Relax, Mr Berman." "It's just a temblor." "A trembler?" "A temblor." "I know how edgy you must be, Julius." " My friends call me Jake." " That makes two of us." " That's what my friends call me." " Is that right?" "Is that right?" "He's a Jake and I'm a Jake." "Yeah." "How about that?" "Two Jakes." "Now, listen, Jake." "I never lost a husband yet, but I got a golf date at one o'clock." "If I'm not ready to tee off at 12:55, they'll break every club in my bag." "You're kidding." "That's terrible." "The Wilshire Country Club." "I'm lucky they let me join." "I know what you mean." "Please, Mr Berm..." "Jake..." "Go ahead." "No, Kitty, how could you?" "You said you were going to the beauty parlour, and now I find you here, where they said I'd find you, in room 19-H of the Bird of Paradise Motel in Redondo Beach, at two in the afternoon with this man." " Kitty, how could you?" " What's going on?" "You said were going to the beauty parlour..." "What will this prove?" "...room 19-H of the Bird of Paradise Motel in Redondo Beach, with him!" "How could you, Kitty?" "How could you?" "!" "With him?" "!" "Not with him!" "Not with him!" "Not with him!" "Get her out of here!" "Damn!" "What the fuck... hey!" "What the fuck?" " Damn!" " Just calm down, ma'am." "Where'd that gun come from?" "Somebody call an ambulance!" "Come on." "Get pictures of everything, Larry." "Most cops' ethics are a little like the cars they drive." "Black and white." "Lou Escobar is different." "I did my share of fighting in the war and even got a medal, but Lou lost a leg with the first Marines at Guadalcanal." "He knows about regrets and how life doesn't give you a fair shake." "You can't trust a guy who's never lost anything." "How's that, Lou?" "Your client shot a guy right out of the saddle." "I never had anything like that happen before, not with me in the room, anyway." "See you, Lou." "You witnessed it." "I was next door." "By the time I got in the room," "Berman had him trapped in the john." "He fired two shots through the door." " Maybe they struggled over the gun." " I'm sure they did." "Why are you so sure, if the door was closed?" "You're right, Lou." "Maybe the guy shot himself three times and gave Berman the gun..." " Jake, walk me to Homicide." " I just came from there, Lou." "I got an appointment at eight o'clock at Perino's with Linda." "I'll give you an escort." "Where did Berman get hold of the gun?" " In the bedroom." " In the bedroom." "How do you know he didn't have the gun?" "I'd never frisk him before I let him walk in on his wife while some guy was slamming her into the wall..." "Just asking you, Jake." "Berman got the gun from somewhere in the motel room and fired it." " Somewhere in the motel room?" " That's absolutely all I know." "Then what happened?" "What usually happens when somebody pulls a gun." "Everybody ducks." "I guess you talked to the investigating officer" "Detective Loach." "I just came on duty, Lou." "Now, this is not a case where I want any difficulty for anybody." "It's simple." "A guy gets fucked getting fucked." "Let's not get cute." "Haven't seen you in a while, Jake." "I never seem to get away from my desk." "Makes me wonder if I should've made Captain." "For your 20th year, I'll get you a pillow for your chair, something you can sit on besides Loach." "Jake, there's a call for you." "This is Homicide." "It ain't your office." "Let it ring." "You're not lost, are you, Gittes?" "You know the way out." "Jesus, don't go." "You're just the man I want to see." "I can't." "I got asked to leave." " Is that true?" " Yes, Mr Weinberger." " Answer the phone, please." " Get the phone." "Homicide." "Lieutenant Loach, it's... for him." "His office again." "Take your call." "He's been disruptive, Mr Weinberger." "Disrupting Homicide is not all bad." "So, we have sheets, blankets, one shower curtain with broken rings attached, toupee..." "And I do need to speak with Mr Gittes about our client." " Our client?" " I'm counsel for Jake Berman." "We have one..." "two-inch Smith  Wesson revolver registered in the name of the dead man, Mark Bodine, on behalf of B  B Homes." "No wire recording on the police report?" "His men didn't pick one up." "What's B  B Homes?" "You're not thinking, Jake." "B  B Homes." "Bodine  Berman." "It's another of their corporations, Berman's and the dead man's." "Just remember, you have a fiduciary relationship with our client, Mr Berman." "We'll talk about it later." "I'll be in my office." "Can I use your phone?" "Cotton was right." "We should have turned up B  B Homes." "Maybe Berman's partner would still be chasing his wife instead of cooling his dick at the County Morgue." "So my client didn't level with me." "Not exactly news." "Cotton only tells one side of the story in court." "Escobar knows I don't tell him everything." "And when husbands and wives lie to each other, one of them comes to my office and lies to me." "If I waited for an honest client, I'd be sitting around until Rocky Graziano played Rachmaninoff at the Hollywood Bowl." " Lucy, what's going on?" " I don't know, Mr Gittes." "I wouldn't go in there if I was you." "What are you doing to that woman?" "Let go this instant!" " Ralph!" " Oh, my God!" "Don't you touch me!" "My goodness." "I'm terribly, terribly sorry." " I know how difficult this must be." " Yeah." " It must hurt you so." " Yes, it does." "Everything will be fine." "Just rest for a moment." "See?" "All right." "Scotch." "All right." "Who the fuck is that?" " Mark Bodine's widow." " Who?" "The wife of the guy Jake Berman shot." "Yeah." " She knows you were there." " So what?" "So was Mrs Berman." "Why isn't she breaking her house up?" "It'd be more appropriate." "She wants to talk to you." "You're a war hero." "You may be slick as a floorwalker, but you and that little kike killed my husband, you son of a bitch!" "Get my lawyer on the phone." "They're not gonna get away with this." "If you were there, you would've known that when Mr Berman saw Mrs Berman in bed with your husband, he lost his head." "That prick never lost his head or his first nickel." "Not only that..." " Get me a handkerchief." "...there's Kitty Berman." "She's a cold-hearted, frigid bitch." "She and Jake were in this together." "In what together?" "Jake and Kitty Berman killed my husband and you helped." "What the hell." "I'm going home now to call the newspapers." "It would be highly irresponsible of me to allow you to do that." " Give me one good reason." " I'll give you two." "You can't walk and you shouldn't drive." "All right." "Ralph, don't just stand there, call the lady a cab." "My God." "She just walked right into it." " Get her out of here." " That's kidnapping." "Not if you take her home." "Walsh!" "Get the wire recorder out of the car, and don't leave evidence laying around like that." "Larry?" "Why didn't you tell me that Berman and Bodine were partners?" " He just gave us B  B Homes." " Yeah, sure." "Look." "When you get her back there, take her in through the window or the side door." "Stay till she sobers up." "Papers'll be jumping all over the lawn like flies." " Like the song says, till then." " Yeah, sure." "Your tuxedo is laid out and your private phone line is on." " Thank you, Gladys." "Good night." " Good night." "Bird of Paradise Motel, October 27, 1948, 1300 hours." "I'm based in bedroom one..." "OK, Ralph... on the bed?" " Mayday." "Bail out." " What's wrong?" "Some linen supply guys are making a delivery right outside your door." "They're making a delivery..." " Yeah?" " Hi, kid." "Got the wire recording?" " Right here." "You want to hear it?" " Yeah." "Kitty, how could you?" "You said you were going to the beauty parlour in Hollywood..." "Jake, for Christ's sake, are you there?" "Are you OK, Jake?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "Hang up and put the recording back in the safe." "I can't do that, Cotton." "When the power comes back on, it'll trigger the alarm for 40 blocks, and I'll have the LAPD all over my ass." "Stay till the power's on and put the recording back in the safe." "I just want to go over it before the police do." " Is that it?" " We've done business many years." "And we'll keep doing business so long as you protect your client and mine, Jake Berman." " Cotton." " What?" "Thank you." "Fuck you." "Thank you, Jake." "Always a pleasure doing business." "Honey." "Kitty, there's a... woman who can give "akey" a bad time, and you know who." "Honey, I think you do know." "We're talking about Katherine Mulwray." "Mark, not again." "Kitty, Katherine Mulwray can give Jake a real bad time." "I'm telling you, she retains rights to the subdivision, and if I can get to her I can prove Jake has taken advantage of the land." " We could all strike it rich." " Just hold me." "Hold me." "Just help talk Jake into..." "Kitty, there's a... woman who can give "akey" a bad time, and you know who." "Honey, I think you do know." "We're talking about Katherine Mulwray." "Mark, not again." "Kitty, Katherine Mulwray can give Jake a real bad time." "I'm telling you, she retains rights to the subdivision, and if I can get to her I can prove Jake has taken advantage of the land." "We could all strike it rich." "I've spent half the night at Perino's waiting for you." " My God." "Linda." " What have you been doing?" " Nothing." "Just an emergency." " A nothing emergency?" "That I'd like to hear about sometime." "Maybe you'll tell me in another life." " What are you talking about?" " No, Kitty." "How could you?" "You said you were going to the beauty parlour in Hollywood..." "What'll this prove?" "...in room 19-H of the Bird of Paradise Motel in Redondo Beach!" "Hello, darling." "I'll be right there." "I can explain everything." "Are you at Perino's?" "Would I be answering my own phone if I were?" "You jackass." "Honey, I'm so sorry." "I'll be right there." " You and that little son of a bitch." " Who is this?" "You're going to pay for this, you Irish dick!" " Where is she?" " Upstairs in bed." " She's fine." "Ralph's with her." " Ralph?" "Jesus Christ." "All right, Mrs Bodine." "What did you take?" "It's enough to make you wanna skeeve." "All right." "Let me have this." "Come here." " We'll do this sunny side up." " You bastard!" " Call the doctor." " You sleazy lowlife." "Hers, if you can find the number." "I'm going to rip your face off, you son of a bitch!" "That's all right, honey." "Don't worry about a thing." "I'm going to make sure you don't even get your hair wet." "That's right." "Chuck Newty, Mr Gittes." "Mr And Mrs Bodine's attorney." " Come on, Minnie." " How are you?" "Mr Walsh indicates you've been trying to keep Mrs Bodine from the press." "That's fine." "I have no quarrel with that." "At least until the courts arrive at some criminal charges, then, of course, there'll be civil actions." " Civil actions?" " Mrs Bodine is not only widowed, but she's been left out in the cold financially as well." "Chuck." "Mr Bodine and Mr Berman did business with a San Fernando subdivision, but it was not an association either man trusted." "In the event of either partner's death, all liabilities are to be assumed by the surviving partner, but, of course, all profits, as well." "Therefore, when Mr Berman shot and killed Mr Bodine, we could be talking about a man who exploited his wife's infidelity to the tune of a $6 million profit, and used you, however unwittingly, as an accomplice." " Chuck, did you hear me?" " Excuse me a moment." " Who's that?" " Mattie Rawley." " She's from Pasadena." " So is General Patton." "All right." "Fine." " Here." "Keep them." " Thanks." "What I do for a living may not be very reputable, but I am." "In this town, I'm the leper with the most fingers." "No court's going to view me as an accomplice." "Probably not." "Mr Berman will undoubtedly plead temporary insanity." "And if he's successful, you'll be sued for allowing a crazy man to see his wife in another man's arms." "On the other hand, if there's evidence of premeditation in the killing of Mr Bodine, Berman's not crazy," "Mrs Bodine gets to keep her husband's money, and she would have no need to sue you at all, quite the contrary." "Let's keep in touch, Mr Gittes." "Does that mean he wants you to prove your own client is guilty of murder?" " Yeah." " Is that ethical?" "Larry, he's a lawyer." "Jesus!" "Bodine mentioned Evelyn Mulwray's daughter on the wire recording." "He did?" "What did he say?" "Just her name." "I couldn't hear." "Right before Berman shot him." "That doesn't mean anything." "It could have been just gossip." "Coulda." "See the Pontiac auto show at your dealer now." "Pontiac." "Fine car." "Time changes things." "Like the fruit stand that turns into a filling station." "But the footprints and signs from the past are everywhere." "They've been fighting over this land since the first Spanish missionaries showed the Indians the benefits of religion, horses, and a few years of forced labour." "The Indians had it right all along." "They respected ghosts." "You can't forget the past any more than you can change it." "Hearing Katherine Mulwray's name started me thinking about old secrets, family, property, and a guy doing his partner dirt." "Memories are like that - as unpredictable as nitro, and you never know what's gonna set one off." "The clues that keep you on track are never where you look for them." "They fall out of the pocket of somebody else's suit you pick up at the cleaners." "In the tune you can't stop humming, that you never heard in your life." "They're at the wrong number you dial in the middle of the night." "The signs are in those old familiar places you only think you've never been before." "But you get used to seeing them out of the corner of your eye, and you end up tripping over the ones that are right in front of you." "I should have been wise to Berman's hand-wringing act from the beginning." "It was as plain as the shoes on his feet." "What do you call four drowning Mexicans?" "Quattro sinko." "You know who Lou Escobar is?" "Yeah." "He's Captain of Detectives in Homicide." "You know you turned his sister down for a house?" " Had to be done." " Had to be done?" "Folks, here is Eucalyptus Place." "And there is 17." " With you in a moment." " OK, no problem." "I'm sure you're gonna love living in El Rancho San Fernando." " We sure are." " Thank you." "You know who else couldn't buy a house here?" "Me." "I can build it and I can sell it, as long as I don't move in next door." "They don't want Mexicans or Jews around." "Let me tell you something else." "The customer is always right." " I got a wife to protect." " Protect?" "Don't you mean divorce?" "Yeah." "That, too." "Your wife is a possible accessory in this." " To what?" " Come on." "You pick the one time you can murder a man and make him pay for it?" " One way or the other, she helped." " Stay away from my wife, or else." "I recognise that as a valid threat coming from you, but the police will think the same thing - you murdered your partner for his half of the subdivision and $5 or $6 million to which you and your wife are now legally entitled." "Ty, what's the problem?" "Tyrone Otley, JJ Gittes." "I know Mr Gittes from the DWP when I worked for Hollis Mulwray." "It's the same problem." "These earthquakes are shaking up our water wells like soda pop." "Only it's not soda pop." "Millions of gallons of water and gas under these homes." "It's getting hazardous." " What do you mean, hazardous?" " Could explode." "You said it was marsh gas." "I thought only natural gas was explosive." "Mr Berman, whether it comes from an old marsh or baked beans, all gas is natural." "Gas is gas." " How do I get rid of it?" " Call the gas company." " You all right?" " Yeah." "How am I going to... build homes with the gas company drilling holes in the ground?" "Where were we?" "I was accusing you of murder, Mr Berman." "Call me Jake." "Which way's your car?" "I'll walk you to it." "So, Jake..." "Why all this nervous Nelly horseshit you gave me in my office?" "I'm telling you, I was genuinely nervous." "It's upsetting when your wife's involved with a strange man." "You didn't know it was your partner?" "How should I know?" "You didn't." "If it was my partner and my wife, I would've known." "That's your business." "I'm not complaining." "You did your job." "Somebody out there?" " Funny thing about land." " What do you mean?" "I used to know the people that owned this." "Did you?" "No." "How you gonna plead at the preliminary hearing?" "That's Cotton's job." "You think you'll get away with this?" "I'm not getting away with a thing, Jake." "Tell you what I'm gonna do." "You guarantee Mark Bodine's widow her husband's share of the subdivision so I don't worry about the police, and you won't worry about me." "Otherwise, I'll prove that you deliberately murdered the man." "You know something, Jake?" "You might think you know what's going on around here but... you don't." "You might think you know..." "How long have you been here?" "Jake, you'd better lie back." "The doctor's on his way." "Not long." " You ever been here before?" " What difference does that make?" " Yes." " Me, too." "Really?" "This used to be all orange groves." "Walnut groves, too." " How did you say you got this land?" " Take it easy." "I didn't say." "Mr Gittes, this isn't the time to discuss it." " You should lie down and..." " Who are you?" "Kitty Berman." "Sorry, Mrs Berman, I..." "I didn't recognise you." "That's understandable." "We've never actually been introduced." "What about you, Mrs Berman?" "Do you know where Mr Berman got this land?" "I've asked you nicely not to involve my wife." "Jake, please." "I think there's something you should do before you ask any more questions." "What's that?" "Get your head examined." "You may not be thinking clearly." "I don't like waking up with someone staring at me, especially when I can't see their eyes." "You're lucky you're awake at all." "Mr Weinberger, Lieutenant Loach again," "Mr Novak, Mr Weinberger again, and a Mr Oatley." " Oatley?" " Tyrone." " Otley." " Gosh dang it." "Otley." "Gittes Investigations." "It's Lieutenant Loach." "It sounds serious." "Gladys, it's only serious if it's Escobar." " Mr Gittes isn't in..." " You were tailing Berman." "Ralph is." "I thought you were going to see a doctor." "First thing in the morning." "You just had your bell rung pretty good, Jake." " Yeah." " Captain Escobar." "It's serious." " Take a message." " He's after the recording." " He doesn't even know we have it." " Are you going to lie to him?" "Would I lie to him?" "When was the last time you saw the Mulwray girl?" "She must have been 14, 15 years old." "People can get in a lot of trouble in that amount of time." "I'd have heard." "She ever send a bottle of Scotch saying, "Welcome home, sailor"?" "How about a fruitcake for Christmas?" "A postcard?" "Cripes, Jake, you're not responsible for Evelyn Mulwray's death." "And you're not responsible for Katherine Mulwray's life!" "Her name was on the wire recording." "That's all I'm saying." "That's got nothing to do with our problems with this fellow Berman." " How do we know?" " OK." "I'll check the land title." "I'll see if there's anything peculiar." " You don't have to do that." " If I don't, you will." "Why don't you put that file away?" "Life's been good." "You're a seven handicap." " Six." " Six." "Marrying a wonderful girl." "Why don't you go see a doctor?" "Put that file away." "Dear Jake, I'm leaving with Katherine for Mexico." "I couldn't wait for you any longer." "Once we're safe, I'll get word to you through Khan." "Please, don't try to look for us." "My father is crazy enough to track you to us." "I want my daughter to believe a new life is possible." "I know I told you I don't see men for very long." "You seem to be that rare exception." "I can't say goodbye to you." "Evelyn." "P.S. Katherine said that you seemed a very nice man, and Curly concurred." " I see you survived the war." " Yes." "It's been a long time, but I read about you in the papers once in a while." "What can I say?" "Trashy publicity's part of my business." "The less you want, the more you get." "Please." "I enjoy it." "I'm sure many people do." "Besides, you are very successful." " I can't complain." " Does that mean you are happy?" "Who can answer that question off the top of their head?" "Anyone who's happy." "What about Katherine?" "I'm sure she's as happy as she can be." " No problems?" " I can't quite catch your concern." " Is a reason she might need money?" " I can't see why." "She owns a lot of land." "Taxes have risen since the war." "I wouldn't know." "We've had no contact for quite a while." "Odd flowers." "Yes." "Isn't it amazing they still grow here?" "It's her favourite." "She bred them." "You see those purple hues?" "They're caused by the burning of the seed." "This is how I remember her last." "Where did she go from here?" "If she's in trouble, I just wanna help her." "If she is in trouble, you would not be the one to help." "Like her, you are a prisoner of the past." "You would do her more harm than good." "Such things have happened." "Wherever fate has taken her," "I'm sure that she is grateful for what you've done for her." "Isn't that enough?" "I don't wanna live in the past, Khan." "I just don't wanna lose it." "You keep it." "I am The Whistler." "And I know many things, for I walk by night." "I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men." "I know the nameless terrors which they fear most." "The city's different at night." "The air smells better." "It's harder to see that the oil rigs outnumber the palm trees and it's almost like the good old days." "At least the way I'd like to remember them." "Stay in this business long enough and every street leads to a place you'd like to forget." "Every case brings back memories of what might have been, and every skirt reminds you of another woman." "Or, if you've got it bad enough, the same woman." "Trick or treat." "You shouldn't be breaking into people's offices, Mickey." "Not with your reputation." "And Halloween is this weekend." "I guess we got the jump on everyone." "Liberty Levine, say hello to Jake Gittes." "Liberty Levine?" "He can wrap his fist around a roll of silver dollars." " What's this?" " It's a hand grenade." "You ought to know that." "You're a war hero." "See?" "Don't let go of the handle." "You only have what, four seconds to answer your calls, nudnik?" "You wouldn't have enough time." "You were very popular today." "Weinberger." "Escobar." "Weinberger." "Weinberger." "He wants to sue somebody, naturally." "Linda." "Escobar." "Linda again." "She's nuts about you." "I wonder what she wants." "Captain Escobar, he wants the Berman wire recording, by tomorrow." "Otherwise, he's coming after you with a court order for withholding evidence, conspiracy..." "So, Jake..." "You got criminal, you got civil, you got love." "But before anything of this nature comes to pass, you got me." "And I want you to do something for me." "I need a favour." "Favour?" "I think that the Berman wire recording is in your safe." "So what I want you to do is open the safe, drop the grenade in the safe, and then, most important of all, close the safe." " You're crazy, Mickey." " That may be." "But do you know a better way to stay healthy?" "All right." "I was wrong." "It's not here." "Liberty?" "That was a nice show." "Take a bow." "Where is it?" "Where is it, Jake?" " At my lawyer's." " Your lawyer's?" "I want the Berman wire recording by tomorrow." "Be a mensch." "Otherwise, I'm going to have to give you a serious reprimand." "I'm shedding all over the place." "I'm sorry." "Lie back." "Mickey do this to you?" "I thought so." "I saw he and Liberty going down as I was coming up." "Mrs Bodine..." "How do you know the biggest hood in LA?" "I've seen him around town." "Santa Anita." "Private screenings." "The Bolanos fight at the Legion." " Jake introduced us." " Berman?" "They grew up together in Boyle Heights." "They're best friends." "What can I do for you?" "Testify that Berman knew his wife was in bed with his business partner." "Just that one little thing?" "And I hear you have a recording that proves Berman murdered my husband." "That's what they say, but I'm not sure it proves anything." "Anyway, I'd like it." " Mrs Bodine..." " Lillian." "Lillian." " Ethically, I can't do that." " Ethically?" "I have certain statutory obligations." "I can't use information adverse to a client, when I acquired that information while employed by the client." "Then I'll hire you." "Prove Berman planned it." " Lillian, just listen..." " No!" "Put the weasel in jail." "Nothing else matters." "How about five or six million bucks?" "Your husband's share of the subdivision." "Berman said he'd let you have it." " Could I make a phone call?" " Please." "That's what your lawyer told you to say to six million bucks?" "Yes." " You always do what he tells you?" " More or less." " And who tells him what to do?" " What do you mean?" "That woman at your house the other night." "He listened to her." "That's Mattie Rawley." "Everybody listens to her." " He's her lawyer, too?" " Her husband's." "Any reason Mr Rawley would have to be interested in Jake Berman?" "He was a friend of Mark's." "That's how I met Mattie." "Tell you what I'm gonna do." "You can't have the recording, but you can listen to it." "Mark and Kitty... talk on it?" "Mainly, yeah." "If you're not up to this, I'll understand." "I'm up to it." "All right?" "Adam boy charlie, adam boy charlie." "Lawrence Walsh." " Mayday, bail out." " What's wrong?" "Some linen supply guys are making a delivery right outside your door." "They're making a delivery..." "Honey." "Kitty, there's a woman who can give "akey" a bad time, and you know who." "Does that mean something to you - "akey"?" "Mark called Berman Jakey sometimes." "Kitty, there's a woman who can give "akey" a bad time, and you know who." ""There's a woman who can give Jakey a bad time, and you know who"?" " Something like that." " Honey, I think you do know." "We're talking about Katherine Mulwray." " Mark, not again." " Kitty, I'm telling you..." "Sounds like he thinks this Katherine could give Berman a hard time." "Did Mark ever mention her to you?" "Mark never talked about women with me." "He was a chaser." "And he never had to run very far." "If I get to her I can prove Jake has taken advantage of the land." " We could all strike it rich." " Just hold me." "Hold me." " See what I mean?" " About what?" "Did you ever hear of whipstocking?" "Whips and stockings?" "God damn it." "That son of a bitch was..." "Lillian, just calm down." "I always knew that Kitty was a perverted little snat." " Kitty, how could you?" " Don't let it start." "...to the beauty parlour..." " Don't let me hear." "It's coming." "Don't let me hear." "No, don't let me hear!" "God damn it, you son of a bitch, don't let me hear!" "I don't want to hear any more!" "All right." "Where'd that gun come from?" "All right." "All right." "It's over." "It's over." "Somebody call an ambulance!" " I'm getting out of here." " Can I help you?" "Stop me." " Don't let me go back to the house." " So stay here." "I'm not responsible for one more thing." " No!" "Damn you, you bastard!" " All right!" "All right!" "That's enough!" "That's enough." "Don't make me do it." "Don't make me do it." "Don't..." "You're going to make me do it, aren't you?" "You're going to make me." "You're going to make me." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Yeah, I am." "All right." "Take the rest of that goddamned thing off." "Honestly, I'm trying to be a gentleman about this." "Now just... get down on your knees." "Down on your knees." "Stick your ass up in the air, and don't move until I tell you." "I did come across some documents." "You've met Mrs Bodine." "Lawrence Walsh, my oldest associate." "Mrs Bodine and I have been having a lengthy consultation, and..." "I see." "Going over a number of matters." "Mrs Bodine has expressed a wish to employ us to locate the previous owner of the B  B subdivision land." "Pardon me, Jake." "Can I talk to you for a minute?" "Excuse us, Mrs Bodine." "This is Berman's title insurance report." " The previous owner was Mickey Nice." " Mickey Nice?" "Now look at the previous title transfer." "Now, don't go off half-cocked, we don't know what this really means." "You got to admit it was generous of Katherine to give her land away." "From Katherine to Mickey to Berman, same day, same place." " It's Ralph calling again." " I'll take it in my office." "Ralph?" "Hold on." "He'll be with you in a minute." " Is everything all right?" " Fine." "I'm at the Bay City Laundry, corner of Little Washington and Venice." "Somebody's following Berman besides me." " Probably the cops." " No." "It's a guy in a tan Studebaker." " Not the cops?" " No." "All right." "Stick with Berman." "Get a number on the Studey." "I'm on my way." "Do you think Mr Walsh has any idea that we..." "Absolutely none."