Cops and Robbers Page #2

Synopsis: Tom and Joe are disillusioned New York City cops who decide to pull off one big robbery and retire on the proceeds. Bearer bonds are what the local Mafia boss will buy, so that's what they go for. Central Park is the location for the switch. Can they come out of it with their lives and the money ?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Aram Avakian
Production: United Artists
 
IMDB:
6.4
PG
Year:
1973
89 min
343 Views


but you love to bust chops,

don't you?

Hey, let's get

the cops together, huh?

We'll have a mug shot.

Hey, Joe, gonna get

in the lineup?

How about the lineup?

OK, sweetheart.

We're gonna shoot now.

l want that

big smile, now.

Let's do the smile now.

All set?

OK. All together.

Daniel, get out of there.

You're not

in the family.

Get out of here.

OK, smile.

Hold it, honey!

Hold it!

Smile!

You forgot to look

at the camera!

Get your goddamn hands

off of me!

Lady, we're the police!

Let me go!

l love my husband!

Hold her down

nice and firm!

Aw, throw her in!

l'm not gonna

deal with this!

Hey, get back here!

Stop the bleeding!

For what?!

You do your job...

l do my job!

You're a cop!

Hold her

against the door.

You son of a b*tch,

stop this bleeding!

-No!

-Where's the stiff?

ln the rear apartment

in the kitchen.

She cut him to pieces.

Let's get her

out of here.

l want my husband!

He's dead, all right.

Look, why don't you

just get up front...

make another call

to the ambulance...

get them over here.

l'll be up there

in a minute.

l gotta deal with

these 2 chickens.

Calm down!

God. l gotta do 2 jobs.

l gotta hold 'em down,

dealing with you cops--

You son of a b*tch!

lt's made with those good,

old-fashioned ingredients...

that just can't

hurt your hair...

no matter how often

you shampoo.

You can use it

twice a week...

every other day,

even every day.

Together Forever was made

by our kind of people...

for our kind of people...

and it's completely

biodegradable.

You can't

treat me like this.

You killed a guy.

That's enough

for one day, huh?

l didn't kill nobody.

Nobody killed nobody.

Sure.

Right.

l didn't mean to.

l come home...

and find him with...

my baby.

What's gonna happen to me?

There were 2 of them?

Yes.

And they came in through

the service entrance?

They struck my maid...

and cut the inside

of her mouth.

l sent her downstairs

to see my doctor.

l can have her sent back up

if you need a statement.

Maybe later.

l can't think

why they struck her.

After all, she's black.

And then they came

in here, is that it?

They never came in here

at all, thank goodness.

l have some rather

valuable things in here.

They went from the kitchen

into the bedroom.

-Where were you?

-ln my office.

lt connects

with the bedroom.

l heard them rummaging

and opened the door.

As soon as l saw them,

of course...

l realized

what they were doing.

Then you closed the door?

Yes.

What did they take?

A typewriter,

portable TV...

and a Mixmaster.

Do you have

the serial numbers?

Well, can you give me...

a description

of the intruders?

l honestly didn't

see their faces.

How much would a thing

like this cost?

l beg your pardon?

This thing.

How much would it go for?

l believe it was $3,700.

Under 4,000.

For this?

Where were we?

What's your husband do?

He's an attorney.

l don't see what

this has to do--

l was gonna be a lawyer.

l went to night school

for 2 years.

l had to quit when

my wife had a baby.

Little girl.

l believe you wanted

a description.

Yes, of the intruders.

Joe, what would you do

if you had $1 million?

Go to Montana

with Chet Huntley.

l mean, really?

Go to Montana with Grace.

Welcome to Wood Down,

the land of plenty.

But we're here, right?

You know what you told

George last week--

that we could get

anything we want...

only we control ourselves?

Well, what the hell?

Why don't we?

Why don't we what?

Pull off a job.

l bet with all we know,

we'd never get caught.

You mean,

like my liquor store?

l mean a big job.

A supermarket?

No. Like a bank

or a loan company.

You ever think about

doing something like that?

Once in a while.

Yeah. Me, too.

Why don't we do it?

Get everything

we want, huh?

Pull off, like,

a fantastic score.

You know,

something really big?

Like what?

Who cares?

The city's full of money.

We take our pick.

One job, one million bucks.

We get in, we get out.

A million bucks?

l'm serious, Joe.

Something really big.

l get a thrill

just thinking about it.

Anything we want, huh?

One job,

one million bucks.

Can you imagine?

A million bucks?

Hey, l wonder what

the Chinese would pay...

if we kidnaped

their ambassador?

The Chinese don't

have an ambassador.

The U.N. guy.

Are you kidding?

Why not?

They've got

American money.

Where the hell

are we gonna stash...

the Chinese Ambassador?

ln the garage.

ln your garage.

OK, one day my garage,

one day your garage.

We don't want something

we have to give back.

We want something we can

turn over real fast...

and we need a buyer.

Someone with

a lot of money.

Yeah.

A nice, rich person.

What's your name?

Come on, Randy,

you know my name.

Big Tony?

Anthony Morall.

What's your occupation,

Anthony?

What'd you say?

What do you do

for a living?

Wholesale meat.

-A butcher?

-That's right.

Ed, will you

hold this for me...

while l print that guy?

What's your name?

Patsy O'Neill.

You didn't have to

pull me in.

All you had to do

was reach out.

l would have come.

We know that.

What's your occupation,

Mr. O'Neill?

l buy and l sell.

You buy and you sell.

A salesman.

Salesman.

All he had on him

was this piece, boss.

Sit down.

You're wearing a wig.

The feds

take movies here.

l don't want

to be identified.

Mustache phony, too?

Looks better

than the rug.

You tell me you got

no papers on you, huh?

No wallet,

driver's license, nothing.

l don't want you

to know who l am.

You're a cop, right?

Right.

And you came here

all by yourself?

Right.

We don't take

no defectors.

l'm not offering

to enlist.

But you want to do

something for me, right?

l want to

sell you something...

for $2 million cash.

What bullshit

is this, huh?

Fast talker, boss.

Look, l'm a cop.

l got a friend

who's a cop, right?

We can go anywhere

in New York...

and get you

anything you want...

if you just

tell us what it is...

you'll pay $2 million for,

and you see if it's bullshit.

You want to rob

something for me, right?

That you'll pay

and that we can handle.

There isn't a D.A.

in the world...

would be

dumb enough to...

to set this up.

This has got to be

your own thing.

How can you get hurt?

l don't have

a recorder on me...

and if l did,

it's entrapment.

You know that

as well as l do.

Securities.

Securities?

Treasury bonds,

bearer bonds.

l don't want anything

with a name on it.

lf the certificate has

an owner's name on it...

l don't want it.

Only papers that say,

''Pay to the bearer.''

That's rich people's

money, right?

That's right.

Rich, rich, yes.

Very good. Very good.

l'll, uh...

pay you 20 cents

on the dollar.

What? A fifth?

l'm offering you

a good price...

because you're gonna

deal in volume.

Usually it's 10 cents

on the dollar.

lf it says,

''Pay to the bearer...''

why don't l

deal it myself?

Because you want to

get the paper...

back into

legitimate trade.

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Donald E. Westlake

Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only three writers (the others are Joe Gores and William L. DeAndrea) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. more…

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