Detective Story Page #8

I'll have one of my men drive you home,

Mrs. McLeod.

- He told you, didn't he?

- Yes.

I'm sorry I had to upset you...

but Jim has been persecuting Schneider

for over a year and I had to find out why.

But Jim never knew.

Schneider's attorney says so.

I don't care what he says.

Jim never knew.

I never told him.

Mrs. McLeod, I wish I could believe you.

You've got to believe me.

This was my mistake.

You can't punish Jim for it.

If Schneider's badly hurt...

the Commissioner will be here,

the District Attorney.

If that happens,

I got to have all the facts.

Lieutenant, I swear Jim doesn't know.

That's what I have to be sure of.

Now.

Well?

- McLeod.

- Yes, sir.

Mary.

I've been trying to call you.

What are you doing here?

I sent for her.

Well, why?

That's Tami Giacoppetti.

Hi, champ.

- Say, what's this about, Lieutenant?

- Schneider.

Why'd you lie to me?

I didn't lie to you.

May I, please?

Go ahead.

Oh, Jim...

Sit down, Mary.

What's wrong, baby?

Jim, the Lieutenant won't believe

that you knew nothing about this.

About what, honey?

About Dr. Schneider.

What's he got to do with you?

Tell me, Mary.

I had occasion to see him once.

I went to him when I needed help.

What?

It was a long time ago.

I was going to have a baby.

Long before I met you, Jim.

I told you he didn't know.

I see.

Okay, diagrams aren't necessary.

- I get the picture.

- She's a good girl...

- Cut that out.

- I don't have to take that from you.

You touch me again

and I'll tear your arm out of the socket.

Jim.

Do you mind if I talk to my wife alone?

Okay, Tami.

Jim.

Jim, please forgive me.

Jim, I'm terribly sorry.

Please forgive me.

My immaculate wife.

I never said I was.

You never said you weren't.

Why didn't you tell me?

I wanted to, but I was so afraid

of losing you.

How long did you go with him?

- A few months.

- How many?

- About six or seven.

- Seven isn't a few.

No, I suppose not.

Did he give you money?

No.

Give you presents?

Yes, he gave me some presents.

- Expensive ones?

- I don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

I don't know.

What difference does it make?

This difference.

I'd just as soon Schneider died.

I'd rather go to jail for 20 years

than find out my wife was a tramp.

Don't say that, Jim.

That's the word, I didn't invent it.

That's what they call it.

I don't care about "they."

I only care about you, Jim,

and it isn't true. You know it isn't true.

I thought I knew you.

I thought you were everything good

and pure.

Don't judge me, Jim. Try to understand.

I was on my own for the first time

in a large city.

The war was on.

I'd only been out with kids my own age

until I met this man.

He paid me a lot of attention.

I was flattered.

I thought he was romantic

and glamorous.

I thought I was in love with him.

What happened to the child?

It died at birth.

Is that why you can't have any children?

Oh, Jim, I can't take much more of this.

Please try and understand.

What's there to understand?

You went with him, a pig like that.

You had a child by him.

Then you went

to that butcher, Schneider.

Everything I hate.

What's left to understand?

Just got word from the hospital.

Schneider's okay.

Thanks.

I'm sorry, Jim.

You don't look like a detective.

No? What's a detective look like?

They wear derbies.

- You're a nice-looking fellow.

- Thanks.

Are you married?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Don't work so hard.

- Height?

- Five-eleven.

- Weight?

- A hundred and sixty pounds.

- Eyes?

- I don't know, greenish.

- They look brown.

- Hazel.

You might as well go home now,

young lady.

As soon as we print him, I'm through.

All right, Arthur, over there.

It don't hurt.

It don't hurt. You roll it, like that.

It gets your hands a little dirty.

You wash it right off. It's nothing.

What's the matter?

Did I say something?

You married?

Me neither.

Everybody tells you, "Why don't you

get married? You should be married."

My mother, my father, my sisters:

"Come on, get married."

As if I didn't want to get married.

Where do you find a man?

You get me a man and I'll marry him.

Anything, as long as it's got pants.

"Get married."

It's easy to talk.

All right, Arthur, wash your hands.

Charley, did you burglarize

this apartment?

Why don't you give us a break?

You do us a favor, we might help you.

How you gonna help me?

I'm a four-time loser.

I'm going to jail the rest of my life.

How you gonna help me, huh?

You lived a louse,

you want to die a louse?

Yeah.

Remember, the sign says "Courtesy."

Courtesy, for you? You want courtesy?

Hey...

21st Squad,

Detective Callahan speaking.

Yeah.

Okay, Barnes. Get them out here.

All right, Charley, rise and shine.

You, too, Lewis. Over here.

- What's your first name, Barnes?

- Steve.

- How long you been on the job, Steve?

- Six years.

You married?

You louse, I ought to kill you.

Me? The thanks I get.

- $30,000, huh?

- Thirty, bull.

I saw the list.

Who do you believe, me or them?

No talking.

Them.

Quiet. You want to spoil the picture?

Okay, you two, over there.

What about that $1,400?

I had it on me for your protection.

This flatfoot had any sense,

he's supposed to take it and let us go.

Dumb cop. Can I help it?

Now, look. I want my share.

Lewis, if it's gonna make you happy...

you can have the whole $1,400.

Satisfied?

Yeah.

All right, Arthur. Sign this.

- Shouldn't he see a lawyer first?

- It's routine.

On the floor. Step on it.

Here.

Now, this one.

Jim. You want to be in this?

- Got an aspirin, Joe?

- No.

Hey, you.

You're not going to put that

in the papers, are you?

It's all right, Suzy. I don't care.

Over there, Arthur.

You might as well go home now,

young lady. It's all over.

May I talk to Arthur for two minutes,

alone, please?

- What for?

- You wouldn't understand.

No, I guess not. All right.

Two minutes.

Okay, 8:
45. Let's go.

Night court will be open

by the time we get there.

- What do I do?

- They'll tell you what to do.

Your brother-in-law's gonna be there,

ain't he?

Yeah.

All I can do is thank goodness

my sister's sexy.

So long, everybody.

Very nice meeting you,

I mean it, very nice.

I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble.

Goodbye.

Arthur, do you want to see Joy?

Would that help?

- Would you like to talk to her?

- No.

- I'll go and get her and bring her here.

- I don't want her, Suzy.

For five years I've been in love

with a girl that doesn't exist.

That's finished. Washed up.

Artie, why couldn't you have

fallen in love with me?

I'd have been so much better for you.

I've always loved you, Suzy.

You were always my baby.

I've got news for you.

I voted for the President

in the last election.

I'm years past the age of consent.

Just an old bag.

- I'm not as beautiful as Joy is...

- But you are.

Joy's prettier than you,

but you're more beautiful.

- Oh, Artie.

- Come on, be my sensible Susan.

I can't be sensible about you. I love you.

You see that, Lewis?

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