Death Wish II Page #2

We've drawn it with three different

renderings, to compare how they'd look.

Call him up and make an appointment.

I'll run it over.

His wife'll probably choose

but he can go through the motions.

Get me Mr. Cass, please.

Our market is local news.

Fires, traffic jams, droughts.

I'm not so sure, Elliott. We've got our

awards for international reporting.

I don't care about awards.

KBEX's local news

has kept us out of first place too long.

You're the boss.

If you want, we'll take them on.

Oh! See you later. Why didn't

somebody say you were here?

- Your building's been approved.

- What's it gonna cost me?

Well, with a steel frame

and reflective glass,

it'll cost 250 dollars

a square foot,

wooden frame,

100 dollars a square foot...

...concrete, 150 dollars a square foot.

All the figures are right here.

I can't believe these prices.

- Welcome back.

- (phone rings)

- I see you made a noisy comeback.

- Hello? Yeah, go ahead.

I heard you were in the building.

- I was just coming to see you.

- See you tonight?

Oh, Geri, I don't feel like

I'm fit company for socializing.

Not yet, anyway.

(Elliott) Paul? Are you out there?

Come on back!

Mr. Kersey.

Your office told me you'd be here.

We wanted you to look at some mugshots,

see if you can find those people.

It happened so fast.

- No, I don't think so.

- The pictures might jog your memory.

There really isn't any use. Excuse me.

(woman) Let me tell you one thing.

The greatest preaching in this Bible is:

"Blessed are the pure in heart."

(hymn singing)

(woman)"Brethren, my heart's desire

and prayer to God for Israel

is that they might be saved."

We will find in Romans 10:9 and 10

that"if thou shalt confess

with thy mouth the Lord Jesus

and shall believe

that God hath raised him from the dead,

thou shall be saved. For with the heart..."

- What are you looking for?

- A room.

No trouble here, you hear?

50 dollars a month.

No TV, no music after 11.

- And no police, Mr...?

- Kimble.

- No police, you hear?

- I hear.

(singing to guitar)

(sirens)

Shall I join you?

- Oh, it's you.

- Who were you expecting?

Raquel Welch?

What brings you here?

I thought I'd come and see you.

It doesn't happen often these days.

Half my wardrobe's here. I'm getting

bored with wearing the other half.

- (shower is turned on)

- Geri? I'm gonna be a while.

Why don't you go on with what you're

gonna do? I'll see you back at the office.

(door closes)

(Woman on phone) Thank you for calling

General Lock Company.

Hello. Yes.

I have some locks that need changing.

Could you do it today, please?

(dance music)

(rings)

(music and chanting)

(jeering laughter)

That's them.

There they are. Let's go.

(rats squeaking)

You and you, out. Not you.

- Do you believe in Jesus?

- Yes, I do.

Well, you're gonna meet him.

(gospel music)

(party music)

Mr. Kersey,

do you wanna join the party?

No, thanks.

(TV)...area of San Francisco

killed three people

and wounded over one

thousand...

- Hello.

- You're in.

I've been in all night.

- I called.

- I haven't been answering the phone.

Those newspaper people

keep calling ever since...

I just haven't

been answering.

Can I cook dinner

for you tomorrow night?

- Friday night's better.

- Friday night, then.

OK. Night.

(TV)...tonight shot dead

in the now vacant Hollywood Hotel.

Police believe the two deaths are

drug-related.

Names are withheld

till the families are notified.

(radio) Six, yes, six

free films for your camera...

(operatic singing )

(radio) It's 9 o'clock.

The temperature is 72 degrees.

Now to Jane Saunders for the traffic.

(Jane) There's a hold-up

on Hollywood Boulevard at western

Where an accident

has tailbacks for half a mile.

Drivers, be sure to avoid

Hollywood at western.

That's it, kiddo.

Give'em the local news.

(radio) My car's such a mess,

a few more bangs wouldn't matter.

Here's Geri Nichols

with news of an experiment

that's taking young people

away from crime.

(Geri) In Illinois state prison...

Over the hill and everywhere

Go tell it on the mountain

That Jesus Christ is born

Thou would not be a sinner

I'll tell you the reason why

Praise the Lord...

(man and woman arguing)

(woman screams)

(woman screams)

(shouting)

(woman screams)

- No!

- Come on.

(man) Stop! Stop!

Stop, please, no!

- I will be good.

- Mary!

(thug) We're just borrowin'

your mama, motherf***er.

(man) Don't hurt Mary.

Keep back!

No! Please, please.

(sirens)

(breaking glass)

Hey, watch out, a**hole.

Goodbye.

(sirens)

Come with me.

(sirens)

Hey, over here!

Hold it a minute.

Let me get this straight.

Some guy pops up out of nowhere,

he starts shooting, and you and your

wife can't describe him.

That guy saved our lives, damn it.

Where were you guys?

Giving out parking tickets?

Hold him.

All right, lady. What did he look like?

He was... uh... He was...

He was a good citizen.

That's what he was.

He was a killer.

You want to stay here for ever, play it

that way. You're vital witnesses.

Don't play games.

You both saw him. I want a description.

He's 21. Blond. With a club foot.

Funny. I saw a large black man with a

red beard.

Let them get me to the hospital or I'll give

the press interviews you won't believe.

Take him.

(man) Close it off upstairs.

Close it off.

You know what we've got here,

don't you? A goddamn vigilante.

My wife goes to mace class,

would you believe that?

The police commissioner's wife

learning to spray attackers.

Now you say there's a vigilante out there.

My God. The lid's just kept down now.

I can see panicked citizens on the streets

if this gets out.

They'll knock off anyone with long hair

or tacky clothes.

I can find him.

If we start an investigation,

the press will hear.

I learn about my

own force in the newspapers.

Tell me...

...wasn't there a vigilante

in Boston about five years ago?

- New York.

- New York. Right.

Get on to them.

See how they handled it. It stopped.

- What about this report? You've...

- I know.

The Los Angeles police has asked for

advice on the vigilante situation.

There's something else

you should know, sir.

- Paul Kersey now lives in Los Angeles.

- Are you suggesting he's killing again?

Paul Kersey was an interesting man,

so I kept a loose tab on him.

He worked in Chicago for a while,

where he met an old friend

with a radio station in LA.

He transferred his business out there.

That doesn't mean

that he's the Los Angeles vigilante.

- No, sir.

- But, Christ, what if he is?

Yes, sir.

If he is, and he's caught,

the trail leads straight back to us.

- We had him and didn't prosecute.

- For damn good reason.

Street crime was down 50 percent.

Muggers were afraid

to go out on the streets.

Never mind that.

We know he'd be a martyr if he went on

trial, but the fact is we let him go.

If he's caught, he'll tell the world that.

I'd be disbarred.

Your career would be over.

And you, Inspector,

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