" Gin." " What?" "Gin!" "You heard it." "Dirty rotten bastard." "Whaddya say, Beau Jack?" " Hey, Tony!" "Hey, Tony Rome!" " What do you want?" "For you." " Yeah?" " Tony, this is Ralph Turpin." "How you been?" "What do you want?" "I'm a house dick now." "Corsair Hotel." "Know it?" "Sure I know it." "It's a hot pillow shop." "You must feel right at home there." "I'm in ajam." "We need help with a girl who checked in last night." "Is she underage or is she dead?" "Listen, Tony, you owe me, so cut the comedy." "You gonna come over or not?" "All right, all right, I'll drop by." "But I'm warning you, no heavy-duty stuff." "If it is, I'm just passing through." " The manager's sore as hell." " What'd he do?" "Catch your hand in the till?" "The girl." "He expects a house dick to backstop everything." "This is Mr Welch, the manager." "She's still dressed." "Did the zipper get stuck?" "She checked in just before daylight." " Under her own steam?" " And alone, but she was pretty far gone." " She ain't underage." "We did nothing wrong." " Why'd you call me?" "We can't afford another tangle with the cops." "We already got marks in their books." "Expensive clothes." "Good booze." " If she's a bum, she's good at it." " For $100 you take her home, and don't say where you found her." "Pass." "Too tricky." " Wait." " You said you were partners." "Ex-partners." "We got a divorce." "We closed the books, and they're gonna stay that way." "A report's been filed." "She's a missing person." "She ain't missing much, baby." "She's married." "Name of Diana Pines." "Her father filed the report." "Rudolph Kosterman." " Kosterman Construction?" " The big wheel from Mayport." " Oh, he's big." " Big?" "He holds a mortgage on Florida." "What about it?" "I can't take this girl home." "If I do, they'll trace me right back to here." "Now, you do owe me a favour." "I saved his life." "I could square that with a stick of gum." "Joke all you like, but that guy was taking aim at your head with a.45." "All right, all right, cool it." "You get one favour, I get 200." "What?" "200?" "200." "OK." "Here." "A hundred now and the other hundred tomorrow?" "Deal." "I'll bring the car round to the side." "In 30 minutes, tell Kosterman I'm bringing his daughter home." "Tell chubby it wouldn't be healthy if he forgets the other hundred." "He'll get it." "He'll get it... if the cops don't sweat the name of this hotel out of him." "Somebody'll squeeze something out of Tony the day Georgia elects a black governor." "Diana, where did you disappear to?" "You're not hurt?" " Does it matter?" " Don't talk like that." " Daddy." "Daddy." " Just what's your connection with my wife?" "She's nothing but a $200 stranger to me, that's all." "Are you Mr Rome?" "I'm Rudy Kosterman." "Do you mind coming inside for a few minutes?" "Don't worry, sugar, it's just a hangover." "I'll get you something to make you sleep and put you to bed." "I'll be with you in a minute." "Slut!" "Now that I've been introduced, who are you?" "Tony Rome." "Who was the woman helping Diana?" "Mrs Kosterman." "Oh, I get it." "She's the mother and you're the grandmother." "She's the stepmother." "I'm the leftover from last night's party." "My name's Ann Archer." ""Slut", that's just a nickname." "Only my dearest friends use it." "Pour you a drink?" "Yeah, I'll have a little gin." "Make it light." "What time's the hockey game start?" "How long have you known Diana?" "An hour." " How'd she get so wet?" " I thought you'd know." "There was some drinking here last night." "She got a little teed off about something and tore off in a taxi." "Well, I finally got her settled down." "She says she passed out in a hotel room." "She couldn't have gotten that drunk." "You got anything to do with her condition?" "She had intimate relations with a bottle of booze." "What was the name of that hotel?" "That's where I fit in." "Management didn't want trouble so hired me to bring her home." " Hired you?" " Yes." "I'm a private detective, Mr Kosterman." "Now she safe, why don't you drop the matter?" "I could call the police, make you reveal the hotel." "Mr Kosterman's a very rich man." "He has a lot of influence." "He'd have to be rich to pay for her booze." "Now just one minute, Mr Rome." "You don't know my daughter." "She's never done anything like this before." "She's in trouble." "She must be." "Why would she do a thing like that?" "I think a psychiatrist can give you better answers than I can." "My only child disappears and I wanna know why." "I'll pay you to find out." "Let her sleep it off, then talk it over with her." "If she's in ajam, then you can hire me." "How do we know who this fellow is?" "Or what he is?" "Lieutenant Santini of the Miami Police Department can vouch for me." "And my number's in the phone book." " Mr Rome?" " What's your problem?" " Would you give me a lift into town?" " I'd be delighted." "I don't think they have the makings of another party here." "Ciao," "If you know what's bothering Diana, you better tell me." "Rudy, I told you before, I don't know." "Tony Rome." "I never met a private detective before." "Kind of a dirty business, isn't it?" "Maybe." "Only thing worse is the people who hire them." "How'd you get into it?" "Well, there's a compulsion among the lower classes to get money to eat once in a while." "All right, so I'm rich." "Why get mad at me?" "It's not nice to tell a man who's in a dirty business that he's in a dirty business." " Where can I drop you?" " The Fontainebleau." "I don't live in Miami." "I'm down here dumping a husband." "What did he do to get dumped?" "He was just blah in a general way." "Money was his best feature." "And we lived in Buffalo." "Have you ever been to Buffalo?" "Never." "I promised myself when I was ten years old." "Why don't we stop for a drink?" "About that Kosterman setup." "Ain't it strange for a daughter and son-in-law to be living with Dad and Stepmother?" "Don't you think it's a little too cosy?" "Well, the kids are building a new house." "It's taking a little longer than they thought." "It figures." "It'd take six months to build the liquor cabinet." " How'd you get hooked up with them?" " I met 'em at a party." "That's all I do down here, go to parties and dodge passes." "Every man you meet thinks you wanna play slap and tickle." " Tell 'em you're not interested." " Well, that's the trouble." "Sometimes I am." "Why don't you flip a coin?" "You know, it's the damnedest thing." "People like me are called FMs." " F what?" " Formerly Married." "We're divorced women." "We can't claim to be the town virgins and we can't afford to be the town tramps." "What do we do?" "Well, you could hang a sign on yourself that says "occasionally promiscuous"." "Are you married?" "Why not?" "Up to now, I haven't found a dame who's a bookmaker." "See, I gamble." "And that wouldn't be a nice life for a lady." "Beside that, I live on a boat and I like it." " A boat?" " Yeah, a little item I won in a dice game." "Would you like to come up for a drink?" "No." " Forget it." "It would make it too easy." " For you or for me?" "You're an interesting man, Tony Rome." "But I suddenly realised I've been doing all the pursuing." "Not healthy for my ego." "You can relax." "You're just suffering from a case of the divorcée blues." " What's that?" " It's kinda like a post-pregnancy depression." "Neither lasts." "Malcolm..." "Malcolm..." " Good evening." " How are you?" "Come in." "Sit down." " You probably want to get to bed." " Mm-hm." "It's reasonable." "You give us the pin, we'll leave." "I don't know how to tell you this, but I'm fresh out of pins." "That's too bad." "Do I get told why?" "We can knock you out with a gun butt if you prefer." "It's up to you." "Or the chloroform." "Oh, I'll have some of this." "When." "Mr Rome?" "Mr Rome?" "I don't remember the other night." "You are Mr Rome?" "I was last night." "I went to your office." "The janitor thought you might be here." "Daddy said I should thank you." "I've been paid for it." "I am grateful, but now I want my pin back." " You want your what back?" " A diamond pin." "Everybody needs a pin." "I had it when I left." "It was gone when you brought me home." " That doesn't mean I took your pin." " Well, I'm positive someone took it." "Well, if I had it, I sure as hell ain't got it now." "You mean someone came aboard and did this?" "Nah, I had the boat specially built to look like this." " What has this got to do with my pin?" " If you don't know, I sure don't know." "Turn it over to the police department." "Or the insurance company." "I don't want my father to find out I lost it." "He's upset with me as it is." "Can you find it for me?" "Anybody could have taken that pin." "You must have guzzled your way through half of Miami." "I must have." "I left home with $100 in my purse, and there was only 15 when I got back." "15." " What do you figure the value of the pin?" " About 5,000." " OK." "The going rate is 10% if I find it." "Deal?" " All right, if you can find it." "Excuse me." "Rome here." "This is Rudy Kosterman." "You'll never guess what happened." " Your daughter skipped out again." " You guessed it." "Can you find her?" "I dunno." "I'll try." "It may not be easy." "Also, I want you to find out what's bothering her." "She wouldn't talk to me." "Tell me about your son-in-law." "You think he plays around?" "I doubt it." "He can barely farm his own land." "I'll get back to you." "I tell you what." "You meet me at my office late this afternoon, about five o'clock." " Will you have my pin by then?" " Maybe." "I'd do just anything to get it back." "Just anything." "I appreciate what you're offering, sweetheart, but I need the money more." "I'll see you later." "Park it." " Tony." "How'd it go?" " Not bad." "Good." " The hundred." " What?" " The other hundred." " Oh, yeah." "Now I want the pin." "What pin?" "The diamond pin." "The one that the girl wasn't wearing by the time I got here." "Look, she hit a lot of bars." "Somewhere along the line she got rolled." "She got rolled all right - right here, for the money and the pin." "You callin' me a crook?" "Listen, this kid was out 85 bucks." "She couldn't possibly drink that much whisky." "She could sip that much." " Manny's cleaning establishment." " Manny, this is Rome." "How about the sixth at Hialeah?" "A pox on that horse." " I'm working for nothing again this week." " Go use your own phone." " Now, how about that pin?" " I didn't steal no pin." "You'd steal a train if you knew a fence who'd handle it." "All right, I'll admit I took 50 from her purse." "In a way I was doing her a favour." "She'd had enough to drink." "Now, ain't we the big fat social worker." "One day they'll nail you on a solid charge." "They'll catch you hangin' round a schoolyard." " I been waitin' to do this a long time..." " Temper, temper." "I'm your guest." "Beside that, I'm on short dough, and I'm out of shape." "Wouldn't pay for the bridgework." "Now, Ralph, the pin ain't worth that much, and beside that it's hot." "The most you'd get would be $200 from a fence." " So?" " So I'll give you a hundred, no sweat." " You're still callin' me a crook." " No, no." "You're lucky once in a while." "You might find it layin' around." "If you do, you drop it in the mail, you get a hundred, no questions." "OK." "I'll look around." "Who knows - maybe she dropped it someplace." "Yeah." "Maybe under the rug." " You know him?" " Never saw him before." "Sorry!" "This gimpy leg of mine is always..." "Why don't you get a stick?" "I really am sorry, but I've got to go." "You never stay any more." "You just come and go, go and come." "Stop it, Lorna." "It's all right, Diana." "I understand." "Oh, I understand too." "What the hell, you know." "Thanks for the money." "It's not enough, but..." "It's the best I can do." "You're very generous." "Drive carefully." "Good night, Adam." "For God's sake, Lorna, when will you learn to shut up?" "That really bugs you, doesn't it?" "I mean, that I can say anything I want to her." "You're gonna get sick if you keep that up." "I don't care." "I..." "If I do, there's not really too much you can do about it, is there?" "My face..." "My f..." "Get your cruddy hands off me..." "Sam!" "Sam, stop it!" "You heard me, Sam." "Let him go." "Let him go." "My brother is normally very gentle." "You must have upset him." "He didn't mention it." "He's quite formidable, as you've discovered." "He's pretty damn big, too." "Nature's compensation to him, I suppose." " Why not keep him on a leash?" " Who are you and why are you here?" "I came here to snap a few pictures of the place for Better Homes and Gardens," "Oh, my leg." "Adam, my leg." "Get eight more guys, you can have a minyan," "Oh, Adam, my leg hurts." "Joe, Tony Rome." "Gimme an up-to-date list on fences operating in Miami." "Hold it." "Just a second, I think I got company." "I'll call you later." "Homicide." "Santini." "Dave, it's Tony." "My ex-partnerjust took a hit in my office." "His gun's here and I think he used it." "Yeah, somebody's walking around Miami with a big fat.45 slug in him." "Sure I know everybody knows I hate his guts." "So what?" "OK, I'll be here waiting for you." " Tony Rome to see Mr Kosterman." " I'm sorry, it's too late." " It's all right." "Let him in." " That's mighty big of you." "Thanks to your daughter there was a guy killed in my office tonight." "What's my daughter got to do with it?" "He was the house dick from the hotel where I picked her up." " Oh." "Well, that doesn't mean she's involved." " She's involved." "And pretty soon a gang of cops will be crawling all over me wanting to know why this guy got croaked in my office." " They can't hang you if you didn't do it." " They can lift my licence." "You can pull some strings in this state." "I'd like you to pull a few and get the law off my back." " Who's Lorna?" " Lorna?" " Dame with a bottle." " That's my ex-wife." "Diana's mother." "Adam?" "Boyd, her present husband." "How'd you get mixed up with them?" " How'd you get mixed up with her?" " Good question." "I've asked myself that." "You see, I started out as a common bricklayer." "$20 million later they said I had no class, so I bought some." "Lorna." "I caught her with Boyd and I kicked her out." " She landed pretty hard." " She wanted Boyd." "Now she's got him." "Well, that's her problem." "My problem's a stiff laying in my office." "All right, I'll advance you 500." "And there'll be a bonus." "Butjust keep my family out of it." "I need more than money, Mr Kosterman." "I need juice." "All right." "I'll make a few phone calls." "But I'm sure that Diana had nothing to do with it." "Maybe." "Maybe not." "But if you let the cops roust me too long I'll bring her into this thing." "You'll get a refund, but she's gonna be in it." "Mrs Kosterman." "Did my husband hire you?" "You were listening." "Did he or didn't he?" "Mr Rome, I love my husband." "I don't wanna see him hurt." "Whatever you find out about Diana, please, use judgment about whether to tell him." "I usually do." "And I've blown a few clients doing it." "Tell me something." "How did you get hooked up with someone like Mr Kosterman?" "Repeat" " I love him." "No offence, but it seems to me you might have run some pretty fast tracks." "We met in the bar of the Columbia Towers in New York." "I was a cocktail waitress." "He was lonely, and..." " I guess you could say I was a pick-up." " I could." "But I wasn't hustling, if that's what you mean." "And I've been good for him." "And how's he been for you?" "The best." "This is $500." "If you find out anything upsetting about Diana, don't tell him." "First Diana hires me, then your husband hires me, now you wanna hire me." "If you had a bigger family I could retire." "But I can't take it." "Why not?" "Lt'd give me three clients at cross-purposes." "Unethical." "Do you really care?" "This may surprise you, lady - and also break my bookmaker's heart - but sometimes I do." " Then at least tell me first." " That I can do." "Mr Rome?" "Diana's pin." "Have you any idea where it is?" "I thought I did, but now I'm not too sure." "You must have found out something by now." "Are you sure you're working hard enough?" "Me working hard enough?" "Do you know that since I took this job I've had to turn down two offers to go to bed?" "And I never wanna work that hard again." "Never." "Two!" "Santini, please." "Dave, it's Tony." "Wait a minute!" "Don't blow a gasket, I'm on my way." "I'll be right there." "Do you always come in this late?" "No wonder your wife's in heat." "We've been going around for hours with this crap." "Why don't we knock it off?" "Don't be a hard-nose." "Cooperate." "You know I didn't kill that bum." "Ballistics already told you the bullet in Turpin didn't come from my gun." "Why not check the hospitals for the guy Turpin shot?" "A guy with a hole that big's gotta go somewhere to get patched up." " I just want a list of your clients." " I could write it on a piece of confetti." "Yeah?" " I take it I've been released?" " Yeah." "It seems you know Rudy Kosterman." "Well, like I always said, it's nice to have influential friends." "Is it?" "Your father didn't think so, at the end." "Dave, we've been friends a long time." "You're upset." "I'm gonna forget you just said that." "This time." " You should remember it." " Why?" "As a warning." "You sanctimonious bastard." "You wanna play for keeps, we'll play for keeps." "I'll dump Kosterman and I'll turn over everything I've been holding out to you." "Lf..." " If what?" " If you forget the word that came down." "You know Kosterman's my client." "Drag him here and bother him like you bothered me." "OK, you made your point." "Now get out." "I'd be delighted." "It's dawn." "You certainly pick odd hours to call on a girl." "Not that I'm complaining." "Come on in." "Coffee or a screwdriver?" "Screwdriver." "Vodka or gin?" "Gin." "Tell me, was Diana wearing a diamond pin the night she flew out of the Kosterman house?" "I didn't notice." "All women look at other women's jewellery." "Not me." "Just their men." "Miami Beach." "20 miles of sand looking for a city." "20 miles of pure jerks." "Florida orange juice, that's about the only thing I've been enjoying since I've been here." "You know, the other day I met this big hunk of stuff out by the pool." "He started to turn me on, so we went to the bar for a drink." "You know what he orders?" "Brandy and ginger ale." "Brandy and ginger ale!" "Don't get flustered." "Just testing." "Gin for you and vodka for me." "I'll drink to that." "What was I talking about?" "Oh - this stinkpot town." "Do you know the women outnumber the men ten to one?" "That means you go out with guys who order brandy and ginger ale." "Or you just sit in a hotel waiting for a picture to get crooked so you can straighten it." "Just anything to do." " You know what your trouble with men is?" " What?" "You don't try hard enough." "You gotta stay in there and punch all the time." "It's a man's town." "Admit it, you've made a few scores." "With women who want me to watch their husbands to see if they're cheating." "Now tell me about Diana and the party." "Oh, can't you cool this detective stuff for a while?" "You're not a real cop any more." "All right, so I've been nosing around." "You were a cop, and so was your father until he leaned on the wrong politician." "It broke in the papers and he blew his brains out." "At least, that's the story I heard." "Are you finished?" "No wonder you quit the force." "Let's get back to Diana." "When she left the party, she must have been pretty steamed." "Just a minute." "Were you, perchance, friendly with her husband?" "Don't tell me she hired you to find out how far it went between us?" "Well, how friendly were you?" "Well, she walked into her bedroom and she found us together in a clinch." "Would you like to describe the clinch?" "Well, it was sort of a leaning-over-me clinch." "How far a leaning-over-me clinch?" "Sort of a flat leaning-over-me clinch." "Oh, nothing happened." "She blitzed it, walking in like that." "Some people have no manners." "Thanks for the information, baby." "Hey, what's the sudden rush?" "Stick around." "You look like you need to get some sleep and relax." "Oh, I do, I do." "But I'll tend to that later." "There are too many questions unanswered." "And besides, I only know a part of what Diana's problem is." "Well, what about my problem?" "I intend to take care of that later." "Oh, yeah, you're going to be my next case." "You can count on it." "By the way, if I don't get back soon, don't start without me." "Oh, Malcolm!" " Thanks, Smitty." " Hi, Tony." "I put your boat back together." " What's the tab?" " 240." "I asked you to fix it, not rebuild it." "Yeah?" "Yeah, Manny." "I'll pay you this morning." "Yeah, I'm a little surprised myself." "I got a client." "What's the price on the Celtics?" "That ain't bad." "Give me a hundred of it." "And how about the morning line on that fight up in Toronto?" "I figure Turpin had you check this out before sending it to me." "When?" "How did you figure that?" "You're the guy he was peddling hotjewellery to." "That's why I broke up our partnership." "What do you mean, "hot"?" "The cops don't know you're a fence yet." "But I can let 'em know." "Give, or I feed you to 'em." "Turpin brought it in about four o'clock yesterday." "Said it was a family heirloom." "Some heirloom." "Glass." "I offered him five bucks for it." "He must be laughing like hell." "He sent it to me for $100." "Sounds like his kind ofjoke." "Shame, him tapping out like that." "Yeah." "There just ain't enough sweet miserable bums like him left any more, the creep." "Mr Rome?" "Mr Rome?" "Are we alone?" " Yeah." "Why, what did you have in mind?" " I'm Mrs Schuyler." "I want to hire you." "Oh, I'm afraid not." "You see, I'm tied up on a case this week." "Maybe next week." "But that'll be too late." "My pussycat will be dead by then." " Your pussycat?" " Someone's trying to poison her." "No!" "Well, how do you know?" "From her attitude." "She's nervous." "She's terrified." "Well, you can't bank too much on the attitude of a pussycat." "When a pussy used to be so sunny and full of fun?" "With the sweetest smile..." " You got a pussy that smiles?" " No." "That's the point." "She's frowning now." "She knows, I tell you." "She knows." "Well, I'm afraid I can't help you, Mrs Schuyler." "But you could at least meet my pussy?" "No, no, no, it's not possible." "I can't meet your pussy, no." "Why don't you try the Burns Agency?" "They specialise in pussy that won't smile." "Thank you, Mr Rome." "Thank you." "Mr Rome?" "Have you found my pin yet?" " No, but I'm close." " How can you get close lying on a couch?" "Look, sweetheart, if you don't like the way I operate, get yourself a new boy." "I'm sorry, it's just that I'm worried." " You got a cigarette?" " No." "Figures." "Your mother Lorna - how often do you bankroll her?" "Oh, I work sometimes." "She needs money." "I try to give her what I can from my allowance." "You still get an allowance?" "Donald's still learning the business and Daddy doesn't pay him much yet." "So he gives me a little extra." "And you slip it to Mommy." "What about Boyd?" "Does he ever come up with any groceries?" "He used to be a nice person." "It's just that..." "Well, people change." "They don't always turn out the way you hope." "Oh, I know." "You should see my baby pictures." " Which insurer handles yourjewellery?" " ACME." "Hey, this Kosterman goes big." "We're carrying close to 400,000 on his wife's jewellery, 100,000 on his daughter's." "You got an up-to-date list of all the job jewellers in Miami?" "Yeah." "Look, Tony, if there's anything hickey here I'd like to know about it." "You will." "This'll take me the rest of the afternoon." "I'll get back to you." "Tony, you still going with that Cuban girl?" "Nah." "She ran off, left me with a $40 perfume bill." "If I'd known she was gonna smell that good, I'd have hung in there." "Nice ride." "I can help you, sir?" "Yes." "You see..." "I've been to several other places, and I need somebody who's discreet." "My wife has a piece ofjewellery, and..." "What I'm trying to say is, could you remove the stones and replace 'em with phoneys?" "Sure." "You don't need to be ashamed." "Many people, they need money, they don't want their friends to know." "I put glass stones in theirjewellery, the good stones they sell, and nobody knows." " Very good." " It is a common thing." "This is my wife's pin." "Your wife's?" "I..." " You've seen this before?" " No, no." "Never." "That's good." "Cos whoever worked on this pin could be in a great deal of trouble." "Not you, of course." "Nah." "Queen Jewelers?" "This is Ruyter." "Is Jules Langley there?" "Well..." "Tell him to call me right away." "It is very important." "Yes." "Thanks." "Excuse me." "The gun." " Thanks." " Why not?" "Yours is bigger than mine." "Walk." "Go on in." " You're the tour guide." "Where do we go?" " In there." "Mr Langley?" "Here he is." "I've been waiting for you ever since the Dutchman called." " You made him very nervous." " I got that feeling, yeah." "Well... he's not nervous any more." "Tomorrow morning he'll be a nice little Dutchman who slipped and fell into the canal." "This way, Mr Rome." " Mr Rome?" " Yeah?" "Nimmo was supposed to tail you to the pin." "Catleg was there to backstop him." "Well, they've both disappeared." "Ain't that tough?" " All right, let's have the pin." " I haven't got the pin." " How about the pin?" " I haven't got it!" "Put him up here." " We don't seem to be getting through to you." " Oh, yes, you are." "You sure are." " The pin's in my office." " You're not that stupid." "You had it when you pumped the Dutchman." "Get the Dutchman out." "We'll try giving him a drink." "Yes, sir." "Just in case you get noisy." "Can I borrow a smoke?" "Help yourself." "Malcolm?" "Oh, Malcolm." "Rose?" "How are you?" "It's Tony." "Is Dave there?" "Fine." "Dave, did you find anybody with Turpin's slug in him yet?" "Well, he's gotta be someplace." "A busted doctor, a private gut clinic..." "Well, I got something for you, baby." "Three more stiffs." "Two on the floor and one in the bathtub." "Yeah. 1605 Galewood Road." "The ones on the floor I did." "No, no, don't bother to look for me." "I'm in a motel and I'm whipped." "I'm beat." "I'll check in with you tomorrow, I promise." "Calm down, will you, please?" "I'm clean." "It's a clear case of self-defence." "And besides, remember the Kosterman juice." "Ciao," "Where are we?" "You're on your way home." "Again." "Listen, we'd better get something straight." "Next time you decide to go out on a drunk, why don't you pick a nice comfortable gutter?" "I wasn't drunk." "I got sleepy." "Bottle-sleepy." "I was upset about something." "I had to see you." "If it's about Ann and your husband, forget it." "I can take her off the market, no charge." "Home." "Nice boat." "I'm glad you think it's a nice boat." "Some people think it's a motel." "Good morning, Daddy." " Easy, baby." "You all right?" " I'm all right, yeah." "Rita, take Diana inside the house." "Please, Rita." "I don't understand what's happening to that kid of mine." "I got another little item you might have trouble understanding." "Your wife and daughter gotjewellery worth half a million, right?" "Right." "My hunch is, there ain't enough real stones in that stuff to buy yourself a morning paper." "What are you, crazy?" " Have it appraised." " Well, who could have done it?" "It's one thing you can't blame on Lyndon Johnson." " Well, nobody in my family." " You think maybe it was a passing tramp?" "My son-in-law?" "Nah, he wouldn'tjeopardise his future." "He's vice president of my company." " He started out as a vice president?" " Yeah, well." "What could I do?" "You know what he was when my daughter first met him?" "An assistant tennis pro." "He wasn't even a pro." "An assistant." " Then that leaves your wife or your daughter." " They had no reason." "Well, people take up hobbies." "Maybe they took to betting horses." " Another nice hobby for women is men." " You're out of line." "Before you start swingin', let me tell you something." "Nobody steals to do nice things." "You name it and they'll steal for it." "Narcotics, blackmail, sex." "Nobody steals to build hospitals." " You know a guy named Catleg?" " No." " Nimmo?" " No." "Sure?" "Nimmo." "Now, wait a minute." "A fella called Nimmo came to a party at my house." "I think he came with Ann Archer." "Well." "Tony Rome." "Don't you ever sleep in a bed?" " Who's Nimmo?" " A fellow I met." "He bought a few drinks I paid for." " I'll spring for a couple." " I thought you were broke." "I got a little money from Kosterman and his daughter." " Interested in her?" " She's all right." "Nice hair, teeth, some good-looking odds and ends." "If you mean her figure, she bought part of it, I'll bet on it." "You'll lose." "Don't get excited." "I looked but I didn't touch." " Two beers, Smitty." " Thanks for the choice." "How long you known Nimmo?" "Four or five months." "I haven't seen him lately, though." "I understand you took him to the Kostermans' one night." "Did he get friendly with anybody?" "No." "Rita chilled him." " Rita?" " Yeah, so we left early." " I sure would like to find him." " I can't help you." "He used to have an apartment in town, but he moved." "He couldn't have moved to nowhere." "He's gotta have an address." "Somebody might be able to help you at the Floradora Club." "He used to go there a lot." "Floradora Club." "How about you get dressed, I take you out?" "I wish I were dumb enough to see this as a social invitation." "It is, it is!" " The Floradora Club, right?" " Good a place as any." "I love the way I get dates." "Not my sexy legs or my charm - somebody's address." "When you're ready, wake me." "I'll be right over there." "Nimmo never did say what he did." "I guess he was a gangster or something shady." " He wanted to marry me at first." " You weren't very choosy, were you?" "Women can't afford to be." "I learned that early." "I started out wanting to marry a man who was handsome, rich and witty." "I got all of it." "It took me three husbands to do it." "Hello!" "Hi, Miss Archer." "You wanted to see me?" " Matt Tully, Tony Rome." " Hi." "Matt owns the place." "My friend here is looking for Nimmo." " He hasn't been in lately." " Do you know where he lives?" "He's a good customer." "I don't ask questions." "You think he's from out of town?" "I suppose." "Most people in Miami have a return ticket to somewhere." "Say, miss, come here a minute." "You know a guy named Nimmo?" " Yes, I think I do." " Good." "Check your files, see if there's a snapshot of him." "He's an old friend." "All right." "Well, have fun, kids." "Make it while you're young." "Let's back up on Nimmo." "You said he wanted to marry you at first." "What did you mean?" "We were hitting it off and he suddenly stopped calling." " Some other woman, I guess." " Some other loot, I guess." "It's just as well." "I'd feel a fool saying I'd been married four times." "Sounds better if you say you were married three times." " Hey, hi, Miss Archer." "How are you?" " Oh, Camelot!" "Camelot Joe, Tony Rome." " How are you?" " Glad to see you." "Say, do you know where we can find Nimmo?" "No." "Try Georgia McKay." "She's a stripper here." "She knows Nimmo from way back." " She backstage now?" " No, not now." "We had a convention crowd earlier." "Tully pushed her off on a big tipper." "Wait a minute, wait a minute." " You know where she lives?" " Yeah, the Starcrest trailer park." " Thanks." " See you later." "I got a weed break." " Listen..." " If you don't mind, I'll stay here." "I'm not that high on strippers." "You're a good girl." "See ya." " Find a picture, sweetheart?" " Please..." "I can't find it in the files." "With a belt like that, I'm surprised you could even find the files." "Sorry, baby." "I owe you for that kid in there." "I said he was a good customer." "You should learn to believe people." "I do." "It's 4:30." "What time is that to get in?" "I was out with a customer." "Tully sent me." "Why do you do this to me?" "You know how I worry!" "You're so worried, you're half-smashed." "That proves something, doesn't it?" "You know how I worry about you." "Irene, will you stop telling me how worried you get?" "I'm beat." " Are you Georgia McKay?" " Yeah." " I'm a police officer." " Police officer?" "This is my roommate." "We're looking for a man named Nimmo." "Nimmo!" "He beat her up!" "He beat up my Georgia!" " Simmer down." " He beat you up, honey!" "If Nimmo's in trouble, I don't wanna get involved." " Nimmo!" "That no-good son of a..." " Shut up!" "It's late." "If you'd rather come downtown, it's all right with me." "I get paid either way." "Nimmo hasn't been around for a while." " You can begin by telling me where he lives." " I haven't the slightest." "Where'd you go with this customer?" "It's 4:30." "No bar's open that late." " Forget it, Irene." "I'm beat." " You need your sleep!" "She shouldn't be traipsing around at this hour with men." "Maybe it slipped her mind." "How about telling me where you first met him?" "We're from the same neighbourhood in New York." "You shouldn't be undressing in front of him!" "I do it every night in front of 300 men." "How's he any different?" "Where in New York?" "Queens." "His father owns a butcher's shop and my old lady lives next door." "His real name is Joe Furman." "That's all I can tell you." "You can tell me why he beat you up." "I was a little girl when I knew him back home." "I ran into him a few times down here at the club." "He asked me out." "Well, I guess he expected something different, which you wouldn't understand." "Well, I might." "Maybe he was trying to get in the wrong ballpark." "That's her business." "Bust out of here, will you?" " Shut up!" "He's a cop!" " I'll shut up when I want to." "Shut up!" "Lose a few pounds, and shut up!" "Oh, honey." "Oh, honey, I didn't mean it." "Oh, baby, please, come here." "Come here." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "Oh, sweetie, I didn't mean it." "I didn't mean it." "Don't make me do things like that." "I'm sorry..." "You want the lights on or off?" "Better off." " Little Dave!" " Hi, Uncle Tony." " Come on up here." "How are you feeling?" " Fine." " Attaboy." "Hello, Rose." " Hi, Tony." "Hey, tiger." "What do you say, there?" "How many times do I gotta tell you?" "He don't talk." "He don't talk." "Yeah, I forgot about that." " Dave's pretty mad at you." " I know." "He's out back, and the beer's in the usual place." " OK." "I'll catch you later." " Good luck." "How are you?" " You missed a spot over there." " Thanks." "I get the word you're still mad at me." "What did you expect?" "You and your Kosterman juice." "You got us running around like errand boys, checking out things you won't even explain." "Did you check on Oscar and Langley?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I checked." "You didn't kill much." "Oscar was wanted on a couple of assault raps." "Langley had three arrests." "Released for lack of evidence." " What kind of evidence?" " The kind that runs out the back door." "Booked talent for stag parties, sold jewellery on the side." "Ain't much of a loss." "You know, your self-defence plea should hold." "But not for Turpin." "You're our best bet until we find out what really happened." "Why don't you drop it, Dave?" "Turpin's worth no trouble at all." "Are you crazy?" "We find a dead body in your office, we can't ignore it." "If it was a dead archbishop, I'd understand the fuss." "But Turpin's a big fat zero." " Tony, you gonna tell me what's going on?" " In time." "Thanks." "Meantime, check on a guy named Joe Furman, alias Nimmo." "Also on a guy named Catleg." "Walks with a limp." "Why?" "Because I think these two guys followed me to Turpin's hotel." "And I think they later caught up with him in my office." "So one of 'em's walking around with a slug in him out of Turpin's gun." "OK, I'll check out the names." "But, Tony, tell me what's going on." "Will you stop worrying?" "I'd never leave you holding the greasy end of the stick, would I?" "I don't know." "Would you?" "Rudy, your vice president wants us to finish the top floor this week." "That's what you said at the start, Rudy." "One floor a week." " How many days did it rain this week?" " Two days." "So the only way to finish this floor this week is to go into Saturday and Sunday." " I thought you said..." " Stop thinking and start listening." "Ask the book-keeper how much it'll cost to keep all the men on overtime for the weekend." "Go with him." " What do you want?" " I need a word with you." "Hurry it up." "Rita's gonna call for me." "Two hours after I bought your little girl home without the pin, Langley knew about it." "The tip had to come from somebody in your family." "If you're gonna dig up a lot of dirt, I'd just as soon you let the whole thing drop." "I don't think the insurance company would be that polite." " What's your wife's maiden name?" " That's none of your damn business!" "Rita didn't do it, if that's what you're thinking." "If she wanted money, all she has to do is ask." "The jewels are worth half a million." "If she asked for that much?" " She'd get it." " No questions?" "Goodbye, Rome." "Look out!" "Look out!" "It's all right, Rita." "It's just my arm." "That's all." "It's just my arm." "The bullet is out." "The bone isn't broken." "There's nothing to worry about." "Thank you." "It's a superficial wound." "He'll be fine." " Thank God." " See?" "I told you he was too tough to die." " When can I see him?" " They'll let you know soon enough." "Mrs Kosterman, what's your maiden name?" "The desk want to fill out the release forms." "It's Rita Neilson." "Are you sure he's all right?" "Positively." "Whatever happened to that fella Nimmo?" " I don't know anybody by that name." " Yes, you do, Rita." "He came to the house once." "You didn't like him." "Maybe that's it." "You don't like him well enough to want to remember him." "She's upset." "Stop bothering her." "Don't be a hero, buster." "I checked your war record." "He went AWOL when they handed him a rifle at basic training." "You and your clients." "Well, you gotta admit, I bring you a lot of customers." "However, this one is still alive." " You got a make on the guy who shot him?" " Yeah." "Catleg, the guy I told you about." "He was driving a 1967 gold Pontiac four-door sedan." "Here's the licence number." "We'll run it through Motor Vehicles." "Rented or stolen, I guess." " Lieutenant?" " Yeah?" " Here's the bullet." " Get it to the crime lab." "You'll find, when you get a make on that, it matches the one they lifted out of Turpin." "Look, do I get told how this ties in with Turpin?" "I wish I knew." " Anything on Nimmo?" " Nothing local, under Nimmo or Joe Furman." "How about you contact the New York Police Department, have them check out his father?" "He runs a butcher's shop in Queens." "If they write to each other we can get an address on him, whatever name he uses." "Also check on Mrs Kosterman." " For what?" " If I knew for what, I wouldn't ask you." "All I know is her maiden name is Neilson and she worked in a bar at the Columbia Towers." " Mr Kosterman would like to see you." " Thanks, Doc." "Oh, I almost forgot." "The coroner's office wanna know who's gonna bury Turpin." " They wanna know what?" " Well, you and he were partners once." "You try to hit me with a murder rap and now you expect me to pay for the bum's funeral?" "Well, I hear you got lucky." "Yeah." "Thanks to you." "That's one push I owe you." "The attempt on you sounds like a contract, Mr Kosterman." "I asked to see Mr Rome alone." " I'm Lieutenant Santini..." " I said alone." "When you've finished, would you come down to look at mug shots?" "Catleg may turn up." " Oh, I'd be thrilled." " Thanks." " What contract?" "What's he talking about?" " Farmed-out gun, Mr Kosterman." "Tell me something." "You got a will, right?" "How does it read?" "Oh, now, look..." "Look, Rome, I don't want any people digging..." "Wise up." "Losing a little jewellery is one thing, but being dead's another one." "I know what you're thinking, but it must be a mix-up." "They mistake me for..." "Will you cut it out?" "People don't shoot at other people just for the hell of it, you know." "You've been signed for." "Now, how does the will read?" "Well, my wife, she gets almost everything." "What do you call "almost"?" "Boy, you're a nosy bastard." "She gets the corporation, the stocks, the bonds, the cash." "And Diana, she gets..." "What the hell does Diana get?" "Oh, yeah, she gets the boat, the kennels, the summer place on Sea Island, and a trust fund." "I'd like to wind up with the leftovers." "But I'd rather have your wife's end." "Rome, you don't really think she would do a thing like this?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "All I know is that she's a liar." "That's all I know so far." "No luck on Catleg." "I'm down to "out-of-state felons"." "I got a rundown on that car." "It was reported stolen Tuesday night." "Four days ago." "He wouldn't be driving it around Miami all this time." "It was probably stashed somewhere." "Hello?" "Yes." "Who's calling?" "What?" "No, he's not!" "Honest to God, you're hopeless." "Do you know who that was?" "My bookmaker." "This is a police station." "How do you think it looks?" "Not very nice, not very nice." "Mr Catleg." ""Alias... alias... alias..." He's got enough names to start a phone book." "Arson, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon." "But no murder charge." "That only means he's a lousy shot." "I'll get copies and we'll canvass the downtown hotels." "I don't know, Dave." "If I were an imported gun, I wouldn't hang around Miami." "I'd jump down to maybe the Keys." "Not ourjurisdiction." "But since you seem to be running this case..." "I'll grab a sandwich, be back in a few minutes and get a copy of that picture." "Oh, by the way, Dave, if that guy calls back bet me $50 to win." "Firefly, in the fifth race. 50." " You're in luck, we got a vacancy." " How nice." "Do you know him?" " Why?" " Five." "Not till you make me happy." " Can you make it ten?" " I'm thinking of making it 2.50." "Well, he was staying here, but he checked out early this morning." " To where?" " How would I know?" "You got 50 cents." "You wanna try for a buck?" "Well, he registered as Fields." "John Fields." "Drove a Pontiac sedan." "That's all I can think of." "Did he ever make any calls through that switchboard?" " Yeah, yeah, he made one." " To whom?" " That ought to cost you more." " You haven't earned this yet." "Here it is." "Wednesday night, to a Sally Bullock, in Miami." "634424..." "I got it, I got it." "Get the number." "You won't get anyone there now." "It's ajoint, it's called the Paradise Cove." "It ain't open till night." "What did he say to this here Sally Bullock?" "I don't listen in!" "You should have." "You just blew yourself an extra fin." "I was beginning to think you were still hung up on that stripper." "Nah, she's out of my league." " Can I use your phone?" " Sure, go ahead." "Listen, you told me that Rita chilled Nimmo at Kosterman's one night." "How big a chill?" "A gale, or a breeze, or what?" "She chilled him." "No more, no less." "He must have done something." "Did he insult her, throw up on the rug, what?" "He said hello and struck out." "That's all I know." "Why all this harping on Nimmo?" "Cos I think he keyed this whole affair." "I don't know why, but I think he did." "Homicide." "What's the matter?" "Couldn't you afford a whole dress?" "Santini, please." "Where?" "Oh." "Thanks." " Get ready, baby." "We're eating." " I'm ready." "You sure you told me everything about Nimmo?" "You were pretty close to him." "Not close close." "I'm not as wicked as you think." " I've only had one affair since I've been here." " It's off-season." "He was a nice young guy." " Wanted to get the hang of it before marriage." " Oh, come on." " What do you say, Packy?" " Hiya, Tony!" " Say hello to Miss Archer." " My pleasure." " You in shape?" " Great." "Looking to make a comeback." "Lemme see the right here." " Not bad, not bad." " How about a tie?" " Pretty, ain't it?" " It's beautiful." "I'm a little light." "Can you handle it?" "Usually cost a fin, but give him ten." "Pretty tie." "Thanks, lady." "I wish I could afford you." "Maybe if I started a syndicate..." "Packy was good in his day." "He went the whole route with LaMotta." "Hello, Sal." "How are you?" "Manny left this for you." "Firefly had legs today." " You've been peeking." " I already took out what you owed the joint." "Thanks a lot." "Show Miss Archer to a table." "Miss Archer, this way, please." " Hey, Packy." " Yeah, Tony?" " You remember my ex-partner Turpin?" " Sure." "A real crumb." "He's down at the morgue." "Bury him." "See he gets a nice tie." "Something with stripes." "With purple." "Hello, Lieutenant." "Why don't you come over and join us?" " Do you mind if I finish my meal?" " Not at all, not at all." "Thank you." " Two martinis - one gin, one vodka." " Yes, sir." "Doubles." "Your ten." " Tony?" " Yeah?" "Why don't we go away on your boat for a few days?" "You know I can't do that." "I'm too busy." " I wish I could get busy." " Get ajob." "That's too busy." "Dave, this is Ann Archer." "Lieutenant Santini of the police department." " How do you do?" " Please join us." "I regret to say you're not interrupting anything." " What do you hear?" " Nothing on Catleg." "But on Joe Furman, alias Nimmo, we heard from New York PD." " They'll turn up his Miami address soon." " That's it?" "That's all?" "That's all." "Except that your friend Mrs Kosterman was once married to him." "To him?" "To who him?" "Furman." "Nimmo." "The guy we're talking about." "I didn't know anything about it, if that's what you're thinking." "It never dawned on me." "So she's been married twice." "There's no rule against it." "If there were I'd have been stopped cold years ago." "Nothing wrong with it." "She's young and attractive." "Oh, she's attractive." "She's got all the goodies all right." "Make no mistake about it." "Vodka over here." "I'll get it." "Know anything about ajoint called the Paradise Cove?" "Yeah." "Junkie hangout." "We made a few arrests." "Or if you're looking for some action, there's generally some pay around." "Nice place like that, I'm sure I'm not invited." "I'm sorry." "Oh, it's all right." "I'm beginning to think my best bet in town is Packy." "I'll drink to that." " What'll it be?" " I'm looking for Sally Bullock." " She ain't here tonight." " I gotta see her." " If you're that tense, why not try Fat Candy?" " Who?" " Hey!" "Fat Candy!" " I'll be with you in a minute." "Oh!" "No, no." "I ain't been alone that long, buddy." "Look, she's better than Sally." "Ask anyone." "She's Sally's pal." "She knows everything Sally knows." " I wouldn't steer you wrong." " Never mind." "Never mind." "Fat Candy, come here, quick." "Hold the thought." "Maybe I'll see you later." " What can I do for you?" " This gent..." " I'd like to buy some of your time." " So buy." "It's 20 for starters." "Right here?" "What are you, some kind of a nut?" "There's a room out in back." "I'm buying conversation, baby." "If you're writing a book, mister, tail out." "I got nothing new to say." "I'm looking for Sally Bullock." "Where does she live?" " She moves around a lot." "We all do." " I gotta find her." "She don't come around much now she got herself a regular." "Listen, I'm new here." "I got no connections yet." "She told me she'd put me onto a pusher." "What are you on?" "Pot?" "Acid?" "Banana peels?" " She tells me this guy handles anything." " He'd push oatmeal if there was loot in it." "He's my man." "Where can I find him?" "Where can I find him?" "For another 20?" "You're rough." "You sure you ain't a cop?" "Did you ever know of a cop who had an extra 20?" "His name's Vic Rood." "Corner apartment building, 36th and Jefferson." "Fine, baby." "They pick me up on this, my man's gonna lean all over you." "The big one over there." " Everything's gonna be cool, sweetheart." " You got a nice smile, mister." "You sure about the other?" "That back room's empty." "When I'm stronger." "Junkies are all alike." "Get a needleful, you don't need anything else." "Yeah, crazy, baby." " I'm looking for Sally Bullock." " Not here." "I don't know her." "I said I'm looking for Sally Bullock." " You got no right to bust in here like this." " You're a dope peddler, not a lawyer." "No sense bruising my knuckles on you." "Now, you talk to me or I break yourjaw." "If that don't get us no place, we'll see if this thing really works." " I don't know where she lives, I swear." " When did she make her last buy?" "I sold her some H a few days ago." " When is she due back here?" " Soon, I guess." "Listen to me, buster." "You know exactly how much she's hooked, and exactly how many caps you sold her." "You know exactly when she's gonna run out and need more." "Tell me when exactly." "She's run out by now." "She should have showed this morning." "Good." "We'll wait for her." "What are you doing?" "I'm making something to eat." "How do you like your meat?" " Who is it?" " Sally." "One minute." "One minute." "We'll do it my way, OK?" " You're late." " I know it, I know it." "God, how I know it." "Here." "Whatever that'll buy." "You got about ten days' here." " Hurry it up, will you, Vic?" " All right." "Calm down." "You're right." "Yeah, I got needle fever, that's for sure." " Hurry it up, Vic!" " Take it easy, baby." "Take it easy." "Now, you better get at this." "You got a lot of edge on." "Don't you worry about me." "Just five minutes..." "Five minutes, I'll be president of the world." "OK?" "Academy Award stuff." "Are you hurtin', baby?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "They staked out the airport, bus terminals, railroad station." "Highway Patrol's on the alert." " Catleg won't be slipping out of town." " If he already hasn't gotten out of town." "I doubt it." "Crash like that, he's bound to be pretty well banged up." "Know what I'd like to do?" "Scrap this week and start a new one." "Cheer up." "Lab says the bullets in Kosterman and Turpin came from the same gun." "Which lets you off the hook and puts Catleg on it." "Nimmo and Catleg were in this together." "You can bet Nimmo was the guy Turpin shot." "We've checked out every shady doctor in town." "If this Nimmo was patched up, it was done by an unlicensed man." "That's great." "All we gotta do is check out an unlicensed doctor." "Sure." "That's like trying to find a stick with only one end." "New York finally sent us a local address on Nimmo." " Hit it!" "Hit it!" " We did." "Nobody home." "Didn't you go inside?" "We can't without a search warrant." "Only a criminal civilian can do that." "Is that so?" "What's his address?" "Funny that you should ask." "You'll excuse the expression, but tit for tat." "His name's Rood." "He's a pusher." "If you gigged him, he'll have moved his stock." "Maybe not." "Maybe he's the kind of guy who forgets." "Maybe he left a little of that grass in a vase." " Wise guy." " Thanks." "Mrs Kosterman, don't make this job any tougher than it is." "Oh, my God." "What am I gonna do?" "What am I gonna do?" "You're gonna do a stretch in prison if you don't cut this out." "I gather this was meant for Nimmo?" "He's the only one." "He's the only one that could have hired that man to kill Rudy." "You don't believe that one husband could have another husband killed?" " You know about it?" " I've quit trying to know about it." "I figured Nimmo was blackmailing you." "He threatened to tell Rudy that we were married." "Oh, now, wait a minute." "Kosterman can't be that big a fathead." "Why the hell would he care if you were married before?" "No, not married before." "Still married." "You never bothered to get a divorce?" "Oh, it sounds insane, I know it does, but..." "When I left Nimmo, I didn't have enough money for a bus ticket, much less a lawyer." "I don't know." "Time just sort of passed." "I didn't know where he was and I didn't care." "And then I met Rudy, and he wanted to marry me." "He wanted to marry a girl like me." "I just couldn't tell him about Nimmo." "I was so afraid he'd change his mind." "I met a lot of gamblers in my time, but, lady, you're the champ." "Well, we were coming right down here." "I didn't think anybody would find out." "And nobody did." "Until Nimmo showed up that night at the party with Ann Archer." "And you were the perfect pigeon." "Great setup." "The next day he met me." "He threatened to show our marriage licence to Rudy, expose me as a bigamist." "You couldn't get the cash without Kosterman asking questions, so you decided to dole out the jewellery." "The night that Diana came back without that pin, I just got panicked." "I called Nimmo." "You were afraid if the police found the pin they'd discover all the jewellery was phoney." "But he must have decided he could blackmail me for a lot more if Rudy were killed." " Then I'd inherit everything." " Wipe your face." "I'll take you home." "Diana can put you to bed." "She's probably still at Dr Boyd's." " Dr Boyd?" " Her stepfather." "Why "doctor"?" "Well, he really isn't." "He used to be, till they took away his licence." "Now, why would they do a thing like that?" "They caught him doing abortions." "Tell me something." "You think Nimmo might know Dr Boyd?" " No." " You think he might know of him?" "Well, he might." "Before he was through, Nimmo knew everything about us." "Oh, Mr Rome, you have to find him." "I don't know how, but you've got to stop him." "If somebody hasn't already done it for me." " I'm sorry." " Why?" "Really, I am." "You shouldn't have got mixed up with a family like ours." "This is not a family." "Just a bunch of people living at the same address." "I told you he'd wind up dying anyway." "But no, you tried to pull him through just to prove you're still a hotshot doctor." "Why bother to bury him, boys?" "Cops'll only dig him up, print him and prove that he's Joe Furman, alias Nimmo." "Put your palms down on the box." "You too." "I never heard of Nimmo." "You're leaning on him, buddy." "He's the guy Turpin shot in my office, then you got Turpin." " The way I heard it, it was a hunting accident." " That's funny." " Put that gun away." "You're being ridiculous." " Maybe so, but the gun ain't." "He brought Nimmo over to you for repairs." "That's when you found a marriage licence on him." "You realised that Rita wasn't legally married to Kosterman, so Diana was the only heiress." "Obviously she'd take care of her mother and you in fine style." "And then he hired you to make Rita a widow twice in one week." " I'd have to be insane." " That's one way to plead." "The marriage certificate, please." "Finally found a use for your foot, didn't you?" " You won't get far." "They'll get you for Turpin." " I doubt it." "The lab'll prove the bullet came from your gun." "What gun?" "There's ten billion gallons of water in Biscayne Bay." "If they can find that gun, I'll sit in the chair and pull the switch myself." "They'll tap you for the attempt on Kosterman." "Witnesses." "Maybe." "But the most I'll get is a reduced one-to-five for assault with a deadly weapon." "If they catch me." "I called downtown." "They're on their way." "You kill me, you'll take the full count." "Why should I kill you?" "Nobody's paying me to." "Help." "My back." "Help me." "You're such a hotshot doctor, why don't you fix yourself?" "Say, ain't this yours?" "Why don't you put that thing away and lend me a smoke?" "That makes sense." "You wouldn't get from here to the end of your thumb." " I'm not worried." " Why not?" "I know the rules of evidence." "When you've been arrested as many times as me, it's the same as going to law school." "Catleg." " Brief him on his rights and arrest him." " You have the right to keep silent..." "The Constitution informs you of these rights." "You need not talk unless you wish to." "You don't have to answer any questions." "Help me!" "Hey, get an ambulance for this guy, whoever he is." "He's the dirty doctor you were looking for." "Nimmo?" "And call the morgue." "Tell 'em we got a buyer." "Did you find out why Turpin, Catleg and Nimmo shot each other in your office?" "I don't think they liked each other." " Thanks for everything." " OK." "Oh, wait a minute." "Here's the bonus I promised you." "Oh, thanks, Mr Kosterman." "I deserve it." " Come on." " See you." " Good morning." " Good morning, sir." " Nice to see you up and around." " Malcolm." "Malcolm!" "Malcolm!" " Welcome aboard." " Thank you." "Here." "Sit right there." "Right against those pillows." "Make it comfortable." "Put those right up there." "That's a good girl." "Vodka for you." "And gin for me." "We'll drink these, and I'll make a few more, and then we'll shove off for the Dry Tortugas." "The tarpon are running." "That is, if we ever get to do any fishing." "Sounds great." "But I'll have to cancel out." "My husband flew down last night, and we agreed to patch things up." "We're going to Nassau." "He bought me a nightgown, and said we're gonna have a second honeymoon." "Poorjoker - I don't even remember the first one." "It sounds silly after all I've said, but it's just as well." "The next one might have been fat." "And you?" "You'd be a bad risk." "You'd get shot or lose me in a poker game." "Smart move." "If you ever see Tony Rome, give him my love." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Rob Colling" "ENGLISH"