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private detectives, hear?

Uh-uh.

What you need...

what you need is a couple of bodyguards

to protect you

till this whole thing blows over, hear?

Yes.

One of our favorite jobs

is protecting bodies...

especially

one like yours.

Oh, no!

Oh, god!

Please.

Ohh!

No!

Oh...

oh... god...

help me.

Help me.

Aah!

I talked to the

district attorney.

There's an outside chance we

can make some type of a deal

and plead to

a lesser charge.

Let's just wait till all

the evidence comes in, huh?

Then we'll decide

how we want to plead.

My investigators haven't

been able to find any evidence

to substantiate your

version of what happened.

Haven't my private detectives

come up with anything yet

about that yellow chevy,

that other car?

Any footprints?

Anything?

What private detectives?

Didn't susan

tell you to hire them?

No.

What in the hell's

going on here?

I haven't been able to

reach susan for over a week.

She hasn't been

at the club,

and a maid at the house

says she's ill.

Oh, that's crap.

Look, you go out.

You hire them.

You go to the club, and you

talk to emmett or the bookkeeper.

They'll give you the money

to pay for them.

I'll do what i can.

What we've got right

now, we've got no chance.

Believe me, ron...

no chance at all.

lprivate/l detectives!

We have to hire a couple

of private detectives.

So you hire a couple

of private detectives.

Tell you what i'll do.

I'll give you

a couple of names.

Ha ha ha!

Hey...

hey.

Hey, why didn't you hire

private detectives?

I tried.

I just couldn't

find anybody.

You want to run that

by me again?

Hmm?

Hey. What's the matter?

Nothing.

I'm just discouraged, that's all,

and i'm

frightened, ron.

Hey.

What does that mean?

Please...

what's happening here?

Come on.

What's wrong?

I did all i could.

You'll have to

believe me, ron.

I did all i could.

Susan.

Feeling better?

Private detectives

turned up nothing...

not a shred

of evidence

to substantiate

your story.

Ron, we have to decide

ltoday/l how we plead.

Susan?

Susan!

This isn't

an ordinary crime, ron.

You killed

a police officer.

Sheriff morello is pressing for a

quick trial and first-degree murder.

Now, in view of your

war record, i don't know,

but i might be able

to accept a lesser plea

and get you off

with a 2-to-10.

It was self-defense.

Don't you understand

that it was self-defense?

I'm not going to plead guilty

to something i didn't do.

They lwant/l you

to fight them.

Go ahead.

Egg them on.

They'll nail you to the

cross... life without clemency.

Make your own choice.

Look, i'll fight them

to the last ditch.

I'm innocent.

I'm not a cop-out.

Go find the evidence.

Yeah.

You go ahead.

You fight them.

I can't do you

any good, lewis.

I'd like to withdraw

from the case.

For christ's sake, be...

let me talk to you,

at least?

I've been

in enough poker games

to know when i'm

up against a cold deck.

Talk to your prosecutor.

See what kind of deal

you can come up with.

Damn it! Why me?

Ney, goddamn it, why me?

Take your clothes off

and throw them over here.

Now, what have we got here...

another victim of society?

Killed a deputy sheriff.

Uh-oh.

That's a no-no.

171/2.

33. 36.

Vince.

Yeah, what?

Give him anything.

This bastard might not live

long enough to break them in.

You can't bury a man without shoes.

Ok. Your 3 minutes are up.

I got some busted ribs.

Do you mind?

We live by the rules

around here.

If you don't like it...

hey! What's wrong?

What's going on up there?

Ok. It's ok.

I just slipped

on the wet floor.

What the hell happened

to the mop?

Half of it's

down here.

I tripped on it.

It busted when

i fell. That's all.

I'm a little wet

but ok.

Ok. Get in.

You had your fun,

lewis.

Everything you do

here has a price!

Get me the squad up here

with masks. Quick!

Hurry it up!

All right,

you big bastard.

You either come out of that

cell and walk to isolation,

or we'll come in

and carry you out.

I don't

give a damn which.

All right!

I'll walk!

Come on out of that cell.

Come on out,

boy.

You're just making it hard on yourself.

They got his door locked!

They're gassing him!

They're gassing him

with his door locked!

Shut your

goddamn mouth!

Keep your goddamn

mouth shut!

All right. We gave you a

chance. Now we're coming in.

Hey, ritz, eh?

Well, ain't you

something?

Like it?

Want me to order you

a half a dozen?

I'll stick

with my number.

Still with

numerology, huh?

This is it.

Oh, lewis.

You know, normally

they'd have just thrown

you right into isolation

for the next

6 months,

but you got yourself

a powerful friend

right here

in the population.

Who?

Sal viccarrone,

no less.

What's he doing here?

Ha ha ha ha!

Penance.

I'll take your hand.

Go get lewis.

Man wants to talk

to you... personally.

Listen, buster brown,

you owe him.

He's the one that kept you

out of isolation.

I got a blitz going.

Now, don't blow it.

Well, i hear you're a

fair-to-middling gambler.

Won a few hands

now and then.

Ray, get up.

I want to try out

a new act here.

You got a visitor... again.

Susan barrett.

Tell her

i'm still out to lunch.

Why don't you

see the broad?

You're every bit

as good as i heard.

I'm going to back you in the game.

You and vince are going

to play for me exclusively.

I think

i'll back myself.

I have some money

on deposit.

So your girlfriend sent

you 500 bucks. Big deal.

I pick up

dinner checks

for more scratch

than that.

You know, that gin game

is 10 cents a point.

We just took in

2,000 bucks.

I'll give you 50%

of the winnings.

Look, between

you and vince,

i can own this whole

goddamn prison

and sell it back

to the state.

I'm telling you,

vince,

he's got fast fingers, no mouth.

My kind of people.

You know, vince,

i still think i could do better

playing against you and sal.

Uh-uh.

Sal has got to win...

at everything.

With all his so-called

influence and power,

what in the hell

is he doing in here?

It's ironic,

isn't it?

Well, he comes down south

here to open memphis,

and he falls in with

some big-mouth blonde.

She drops a dime on him,

and he winds up in here

on some stupid

bribery charge.

Ha ha ha ha!

And what's

your sad story?

Hmm... 15 arrests,

4 suspicion of murder;

one conviction,

burglary.

Actually, i'm... quite

embarrassed at the conviction.

Well, no wonder

they step aside

when you walk

through the yard.

Oh, you noticed

that, huh?

You know something?

To tell you the truth,

i wouldn't hurt a fly.

You really

noticed that?

150 on red.

You got to help me,

mr. Viccarrone.

Let go, junkie.

Hey!

Aah!

Vince, let's get him

to the infirmary.

Aw, kick him again!

Hi, kenny.

How ya doing, sal?

Hey, did you get that

bundle the boys dropped off?

It was 5,800.

Yeah. Say, how's the slot machine

deal working out in biloxi?

Cleaned up.

I took care of that matter

in cleveland you talked about.

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