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A whistle keeps drowning out

something he's saying.

Let me hear it.

Maybe I can figure it out.

Right here.

Gail needed a rest pretty badly and I

so uh...

decided to run down here on our own.

That's some kind of a streetcar whistle.

Whatever it is they don't have

any transportation running

right through the center

of Palm Springs.

you know a lot,don't you?

Granger wasn't there at all.

Why did he go to so much trouble

to rig up an alibi?

We better have a talk with him.

BEVERLY HILLS TAILOR SLAIN

POLICE SUSPECT GANGLAND KILLING

Mal.

This happened right about the time

you talked to me.

Well?

Did your alibi have anything to do

with this?

You've been around long enough

not to ask questions like that.

Who was he, Mal?

How do I know?

Was he the one who shot Larry?

You hired him to kill Larry

then you had to kill him.

I never thought that you'd...

That I'd what?

Murder.

-Don't say that. I don't like it!

That's what Larry would have done.

I'm sorry. It will never

happen again. I promise you.

I just don't want anything

to happen to you.

Nothing's going to happen to me.

Hello?

Oh, hello, Wright.

Yeah, sure, I'm still down here.

What's all the rush about?

All right.

See you at headquarters at 3 O'clock.

What do you mean you don't know

what that whistle is?

Take another look, Granger.

This is a recording

of a streetcar whistle.

This is a recording of your phone call.

Identical sounds. Streetcar whistles.

There are no streetcars in Palm Springs.

I still don't know what

you're so excited about.

I've been around electronics.

You could have butched up

that recording yourself.

It might have been a streetcar from

around here. They do go past here.

You think of everything, don't you?

But you were framing

an alibi that night.

That cathode ray proves it.

Why would I need an alibi?

You tell us.

A lot of things happened that night.

But only one would interest you.

A guy named Gizzi.

The guy went off the pier.

I never even heard of him.

If you guys are going to drag me down

here every time you get a brainstorm.

We are.

And one of those brainstorms is going

to get you in trouble, big shot.

I have a hunch you got my message

at the beach all right.

But you didn't call Palm Springs from

your house. You're too smart for that.

You probably went to the drug store

and called Mrs. Mason

and had her hook up your call.

You've heard of relay amplifiers,

haven't you?

Maybe I have and maybe I haven't.

I'm tired of playing games

over some stupid train whistle.

Either book me, let me call my lawyer,

or let me get out of here.

OK, Granger, you can beat it.

Thanks.

The next time I bring you in,

it's to stay.

So don't get any ideas

about leaving town.

What makes you think

there's going to be a next time?

Don't worry, we'll be ready

in five minutes.

That's not what I'm worried about.

There's nothing the matter, is there?

You're going with me?

Of course I am.

All right, you wanted to get away.

Now you're doing it.

Look.

You know I wouldn't let anything happen

to you. I got everything figured out.

If it were only the police,

we'd have a chance.

But there's Carl.

I've seen too many try it but I've

never seen anyone make it.

Come here, let me show you something.

There's $230,000 in cash.

I didn't get that by being stupid.

And I know where I got about

that much more waiting.

And I'll tell you where

we're going to get it.

We're going to Las Vegas.

You, me and Chippie.

Las Vegas?

That's the last place Carl will figure.

This is one time I make those guys

pay off every cent they owe me.

While I was still trying to hook up

Granger with Gizzi's murder in L.A.,

he was fixing things for a real haul.

It was a dangerous plan.

But by now, Mal was too driven to care.

Mal knew which books the syndicate

owned in las Vegas.

And he was going to past post them.

If he was caught,

he was dead right then.

He tapped the cables of the wire service

that led to all the horse parlors.

And electrically set their clocks

back two minutes.

Then he stretched wires

into a hotel room.

Between the connections

were tape recording machines.

By next afternoon, Granger was

all set for the kill.

How do I look?

Hope I look better than I feel,

'cause I don't feel so good.

You look fine, Chippie.

Now, you got it straight?

Your station is at the horse parlor

across the way.

When I get the winner,

I'll cut in on the loudspeaker

with the late price change.

I'll use a phony voice like this.

Flash. The odds on number three

in the seventh

race are now 8 to 1.

-Hey, that's good.

Now the number of the horse

I call is the winner.

And I'm going to sock $3,000 across the

board on number 7 in the eighth race.

No, the seventh race. Number 3

in the seventh race.

Mal, what if I get it wrong?

-Don't worry, Chippie.

It'll be the last time you ever get

anything wrong in your life.

I hope so.

-Now remember.

It's just the number of the horse I call

and the seventh and eighth

races in California but

you gotta make a couple of

sucker bets first.

If I want to pick a loser, I'll pick

a winner. It's just my luck.

No, we got to build up

a couple of losses

so they won't think anything about it

when we really start to

chunk it in later.

OK, get going.

I've already told Gail what to do.

In the third in California

Make the show horse $2.60

instead of $2.80.

They're nearing the post

for the seventh in California.

Here's the reading.

Here are the readings.

Even money on top.

20, 4

scratch one.

10, 6

2 1/2 and 8 on the bottom.

Granger was now ready.

He was recording the running of the race

on one tape recorder.

And holding up the recorded results

for two minutes.

On the other machine he was releasing

the delayed results to the horse parlors

They're off and running in the seventh

in California.

At the quarter it's number 8 by a neck.

Number 6 by a head.

And number 2.

They're still at the post

in the seventh at California.

They're still at the post in the seventh

at California. Number 3 is acting up.

Nothing to it.

In the stretch,

It's number 2 by a length,

number 6 by a head,

and number 8 is running third.

Here are the winners at California,

Number 2 wins it by three lengths.

They're still at the post.

Here comes a flash.

Here comes a flash.

Number 2

Number 2 is now 15

Number 2 is now 15

Two thousand across the board

on number 2 please.

Yes, ma'am.

Three thousand across the board

on number 2.

Just a minute. Al?

This fellow wants to bet $3,000

across the board on number 2.

They're not off yet in California.

Number 2

Is back to 20.

He's already lost $8,000.

Guess he's trying to get even.

Take it. They're still at the post.

OK.

They're off and running

in the seventh at California.

At the quarter it's number 8 by a neck,

Number 6 by a head,

And number 2.

At the half it's number 6

by a half a length,

Number 2 by a head,.

and number 8.

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