Assignment to Kill Page #3

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Were actually sabotaged?

They were sabotaged.

Can you prove it?

Yes. I did it.

What?!

Shh!

Course, I should have realized that...

After I disposed of the ships,

They'd have to dispose of me.

Then the plane you

were on was also sabotaged?

Oh, yes. Mr. Wilson did that personally.

How many men were killed on those ships?

Why'd you contact me?

I don't want to die.

What do you got to offer?

There are 4 insurance companies

involved with these ships.

I expect you're working for one of them,

But just in case you aren't...

Here are the names of the companies.

And the men to contact.

I have documented my activities.

I can show them the sworn affidavits.

When they get here.

Think you can trust me?

I think so. Most people

are basically honest.

That's why Mr. Valayan

can be such a big man.

Almost everyone is basically honest,

And he's not.

What about the police?

You did kill 28 men.

The police? Of what country?

These explosions...

or crimes, if you prefer...

Occurred on the high seas.

These ships were registered

in comic-opera countries.

Legally, they're the only

ones who have jurisdiction.

You see, Mr. Valayan operates

outside the laws of any country.

He's between countries, so to speak.

And the insurance companies

will protect me and reward me.

It's standard, since

they'll get their money back.

My testimony will do that for them.

But it will also hang you.

And Wilson and Valayan.

In what country?

Well, what do you mean, what country?

There were 28 men murdered.

Yeah.

It'll take you a couple of

days to get these men over here.

I'll call you.

You forgot your suitcase.

It's not his. He stole

it off one of the racks.

So he'd look less conspicuous.

Please hurry.

How do you do that trick?

Hmm?

That trick... the standing there.

And swirling your coffee.

And discussing the murder of 28 men?

Aw, he and I are interested

in something else.

The 28 men don't matter.

They don't matter?

That's right.

You probably read

about it in the newspaper.

The time it happened and...

Forgot it because it

didn't interest you then.

It doesn't interest me now.

Well, it's a little different now.

Only because you know

the man who killed them.

Yes, that's right.

And because you've been helping him.

For the last 6 months.

Green didn't call you tonight.

You called him.

I said I expected him to contact me.

Well, not this fast.

Your hotel is just

a few blocks from here.

I live on the other side of town.

I can get home all right.

Well, let me pay for the taxi.

You don't have to do that.

I'd rather.

I would rather that you didn't.

Can you make a better cup of coffee.

Than the one we just had?

Anybody can make a better

cup of coffee than we just had.

I didn't ask anybody.

I'll try. You can

tell me if it's better.

The coffee's ready.

Coffee?

Well, that's what you said you wanted.

Oh, yeah.

Mr. Valayan isn't the only

dishonest man in the world.

Among us liars, he's the richest.

Yeah, but, um...

Can he get a good cup of coffee?

Yes?

I'm just calling to tell you.

That I loathe and despise you.

And everything that you stand for,

And what time are you

taking me to dinner tonight?

What's your name,

Secret agent, room number 236?

I'll tell you when you pick me up.

You're a dirty son of a... thing.

Yes?

Cutting? Yes.

Matt Wilson.

What time is it?

We're in the same hotel.

I'm in 428.

Come up. Have breakfast with me.

All right.

What should I order for you?

Uh, just, uh, toast and coffee.

Right.

Oh, come in, Cutting, come in.

You can leave us now.

Yes, sir.

Here's your coffee.

And eat the toast before it gets cold.

I hate cold toast.

You're still on New York

time. That's why you're tired.

Is that why I'm tired?

I hate jets.

With the old planes, you had dinner,

Couple of drinks, got into your berth,

Slept 8 hours, arrived

rested and ready to work.

Now it takes me 2-3 days

to adjust after a trip.

Where's the milk?

Hmm? Milk.

Oh, I've used yours.

- Want me to order some?

- No.

- Want to work for me?

- No.

Why?

I don't like the way you fire people.

How'd you find out who I am?

How would you have done it?

The only people interested in Green,

Besides you and Valayan,

Are the 4 insurance

companies you swindled.

With the right connections,

It shouldn't take more than a few hours.

To find out which one called me in.

You see? You and I think alike.

No, we don't. I just

know the way you think.

You've got a bad reputation.

Amongst other things,

you've killed 5 men.

In the line of duty and all that, but...

It's scares off the big companies.

Bad for their image to

have a man like you around,

Unless the stakes are big enough.

Then they call you in the back way.

I know about me. Tell me about you.

Was that a raw egg?

Mmm. Have one every morning.

Good for my virility.

Yeah, if you're a chicken.

Cutting, did you ever think about, uh...

How the big fortunes

of the world got started?

I think about it every

day, usually at breakfast.

Those men were rough.

Killers, most of them.

Not with their own

bare hands, of course.

They started their own

wars... railroad wars, oil wars.

They started real wars,

So they could sell to both sides.

They went in murderers,

Came out social figures

with fancy titles.

The only difference

is money, you know that.

Today, it's different.

Today, they call it a patriotic war...

Or an ideological war.

For the protection of

small nations and all that.

But what they are really fighting.

And murdering each other for.

Is the right to a gasoline station.

And a bulletproof limousine.

If there wasn't any money or

oil or minerals in those places,

Nobody would even remember

the name of the countries.

We are trying to, uh, protect.

Oh, you're a philosopher, Wilson,

A real homely philosopher.

Now, Curt Valayan, he's

the new breed, modern.

His ships are registered in countries.

Where you buy cabinet ministers.

For $1,000 apiece.

His oil leases are

in tax-free companies.

Munitions are bought and

sold through free-port cities...

No taxes, no risks, no rules.

Interested?

Fascinated.

You play it cool. I like that.

So do I.

When'd you kill Walter Green?

Why do you think he's dead?

Yesterday, you're telling

me to stay out of your way.

Today, you're not

worried about me anymore.

I wasn't worried about you yesterday.

You could make money working for me.

I'll think about it.

Thanks for the breakfast.

The coffee was cold.

What are you going to do now?

Well, like you said,

you and I think alike.

You tell me what I'm going to do now.

Uh, hello.

Dominique?

Yes. What time is it?

It's 10:
00.

In the morning?

Uh-huh.

That's sweet.

You couldn't wait until

tonight to speak to me.

You're burning with love and passion.

And romance.

Shut up.

You are romantic, I know it.

What's Walter Green's address?

I thought you were

gonna wait for him to call you.

I don't think I've got

time. I think he's dead.

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