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- Are you sure that's the correct name?

- It's what my friend told me.

Listen, it's urgent.

I have the key, it doesn't mean anything?

It probably means I should be calling the police.

Mr. Hudson? Sam?

This is Dr. Kaplansky.

We need to speak, urgent.

Call me.

- Who are you?

- David Hudson.

Question is who the f*** are you?

David Hudson is dead.

He died 32 years ago at age 3.

There goes a perfectly good alias.

It's hard to enjoy life when so

many people want you dead.

Thanks for providing a solution to my problem.

Your body will do quite nicely.

Don't you wanna know who I am?

I am kind of curious

but not enough to listen to your story.

I'm really much more interested

in what you're about to become.

A body of the dearly departed David Hudson.

I always wanted to go to my own funeral.

No, not the face. After all we want

Stern to be certain I'm dead.

Some people are worth more dead than alive.

Hello, Mr. Hudson.

I've been down every road and every alley.

The man simply will not be found.

I tell you, this is the only way.

Sam, we've been friends for a long time.

If you want me to give you

David Hudson's face I will.

The process is long and painfull

and the results are uncertain.

Are you sure you want to go through with that?

I will miss this face

but a million bucks

will make it so much easier to forget.

What are you gonna do with all that money?

Samantha, first I get to find the man.

Have you ever seen this man?

No.

Find him and I'll pay you a million bucks.

Sam Ruben.

What can I do for you?

David, please don't die.

Please don't die, David.

David, I love you.

My name is Ruben.

Sam Ruben.

Sam, I came as soon as I ...

What the hell is going on?

Where is Sam?

Samanta, it's OK.

It's me, Sam.

What kind of sick joke is this?

It's me. Your favourite colour it's green.

Your favourite food is Thai.

You take your coffe straight black no sugar.

Your dog Sparky died when you were 7.

and you haven't had the

nerve to have other pets since.

Even the tinyest kiss on that tender little spot

behind your right ear

just drives you wild.

It'll be allright now.

It will be allright.

Young lady what are you doing here?

It's OK doctor, I asked her to come.

When he phoned me,

saying he was in the hospital ...

You phoned her?

From this telephone?

Nurse Williams this is Dr. Barnes,

at extension 357.

Disconnect this line, please.

Mr. Hudson, you may not realize it

and you certainly not acting like it,

but you're a very sick man.

Now you may plan to give up

and die on me but I won't let you.

You may feel that you have

the right to use that telephone

but you're my patient and that

means that you have no rights.

She's in my hospital and that means

that she doesn't either.

Young lady this man is very sick.

You'll have to leave right now.

- But I was only ...

- That's right now as in right now!

Or do I have to call security?

I'll be back.

Hello, this is Samantha Jordan.

- And where do you think you're going?

- Detective Riley, L.A.P.D.

I need to speak with Mr. Hudson

right now.

Detective Riley, that's a pretty little badge.

But this is my hospital

and Mr. Hudson is my patient.

This is a police matter

and Mr. Hudson is my suspect.

And you'll have plenty of time to interview

him as soon as he feels better.

I will let you know when the times comes.

OK, but I'm gonna post 2 of my men at that door.

No one comes in and no one comes out.

Except for you and your stuff of course.

Sh*t!

- 250.

- 250.

- Still weak.

- Come on, come on.

- 300.

- 300.

Clear it!

- No change.

- Not on my watch.

Come on, come on.

- 360.

- Clear it!

Mr. Hudson you've been advised of your rights.

Dr. Barnes tells me you wanna talk to me.

He says you're ready to talk. So talk.

I think I should start

by telling you who I am.

And I think that's an excellent idea!

My name is Sam Ruben

i'm a private investigator.

Now, here's a problem.

You don't look like Sam Ruben.

That's because I had plastic surgery

to make me look like David Hudson.

Why?

You may want to think very carefully

before you continue with your story.

You see, we know that Sam Ruben is dead.

The cost guard fished him out

the long beach harbour last week.

- He was burried just a few days ago.

- I'm not dead.

You're not. Sam Ruben is.

Which makes you not Sam Ruben.

Come on Riley, even you are not that stupid.

Call Samantha Jordan, my secretary.

She'll confirm who I am.

And I would do that gladly.

The only problem is

she is the one who

identified Ruben's body.

What the hell's going on here?

That's what I like you to tell me.

OK, here's what you do: talk to Dr. Kaplansky.

He's the one who performed the operation.

Hehe, you sure can pick'em!

Dr. Kaplanski was killed

in a hold'up last week.

It made all the papers.

Hudson, what the hell

are you doing out of bed?

Hello Dr. Barnes, I feel much better.

I think I'll be checking out now.

Mr. Hudson, this is my hospital

and you're my patient.

You are not feeling better

until I say you're feeling better.

Dr. Barnes, I'm afraid I have to insist.

Good night, Dr. Barnes.

Good night.

So finally I found David Hudson.

Looks like Stern's men

got to him first.

Hi, this is Samantha.

I'll be gone for a long long time.

You can leave me a message if you want to

but I don't think I'll be checking 'em anytime soon.

If ever.

Samantha?

If I were you I wouldn't

expect any calls from her.

Stern. What have you done with her?

Mr. Ruben, I don't like being cheated.

Now that you're dead you'll never be able

to put your hands on my money.

- You killed her didn't you?

- She said she wanted to be taken care of for life.

- She was just a kid.

- Who sold you out without remorse.

It's just that you have way too much money.

And too much money will make

a bad person of just about anyone.

Money doesn't make people bad.

It just allows what's inside

to come up to the surface.

- What about Dr. Kaplansky?

- What about him?

- You killed him.

- Mr. Ruben, I don't kill people.

- My people kill people.

- And Hudson?

Let's just say that Mr. Hudson

was killed by his own amazing stupidity.

When will you learn that some

people are not to be toyed with?

You won't get away with it, you know.

There are things like DNA tests.

Yes but those are for people

who live long enough to get them done.

Accept it Ruben, you can't touch

my money and you can't touch me.

But I wouldn't worry about if I were you.

You'll get yours.

I don't think we will be speaking again.

Goodbye.

What happened?

Where is your stuff?

They took it all away.

I have to move out by the end of the week.

Where are you gonna go?

I don't think that it really matters.

It matters ... to me.

We now go live to Robert Clancy,

who is at the scene.

The police say that David Hudson,

southern California's most wanted man,

manage to overpower 2 policemen

and the doctor in charge

and to bypass the hospital

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