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doubles?

Mm-hmm.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sure.

Here's to sal...

i hope.

Here's to vince.

lsalute./l

excuse me. Got to

hit the john.

My kidneys need

a little tune-up.

Uh, 2 more, please.

Saw your car parked down the street, lewis.

Figured you would

be in here.

Since you didn't think the

office was the right place,

what about here?

Well, there must be

a better time.

I mean, there's too many

witnesses here, lard-ass.

Listen, you

son of a b*tch!

There was no witnesses in the alley.

You claimed you took my

cousin with your bare hands.

You take me that way, and i'll believe you.

Oh ho ho!

Doubles. Ho ho ho!

Oh, that's nice.

That's going to make

it twice as easy.

How's your wind, tubby?

You'll find out.

Let's go.

You mind if i finish

my drinks, roly-poly?

Ok, ok, finish them.

When you get your nerve

up, i'll be at the bar...

waiting!

Excuse lme./l

cop?

Yeah.

You want to

take him on?

No! Hell, i'd lose

no matter what happened.

I'll take care

of it.

You just give me

a couple of minutes,

you walk out

that front door.

When you get out there,

don't stand too close to him,

and i'll handle it.

Are you crazy?

You can't kill a cop

in the middle of town.

Leave it to me,

huh?

Vin...

lewis.

Let's take a walk.

Follow me.

Oh, man!

Oh! Ohh! Oh!

Just another

drunken policeman.

Ha ha ha ha!

Goddamn you, lewis!

Call an ambulance.

I'll call one from home.

I can save a dime that way.

You bastard, lewis!

You won't get...

you won't get away with it!

Ron. Ron, wake up.

Sheriff bundy's

here to see you.

Oh...

ron, wake up. He is

really steaming.

Oh...

will you, please?

Good morning.

Lewis,

spit it out.

What the hell happened to bickford?

Oh... something fell

on him, i guess.

He's in the hospital with

a cast from head to foot...

broken clavicle,

dislocated shoulder,

broken arm,

broken ribs!

They have to call

a plastering contractor?

My men checked

that building.

That roofing paper didn't

laccidentally/l fall on bickford.

Those rolls were stacked

2 buildings away.

They couldn't have

fallen from there.

I don't know.

Well, the bar waitress said you

were drinking with someone else.

Who was it?

Aren't you ever going to

light that cigarette?

Not if i can help it.

All right, who was it?

Insurance salesman.

What's his name?

I don't know.

I lost his card.

He didn't think i was a

very good insurance risk.

He may be right.

What were you doing outside

that bar with bickford?

He tried to pick a fight

with me that i didn't want.

You know what

i think, sheriff?

I think he was

setting me up.

I think that tarpaper

was meant for me, not him.

He's not

that clever.

I warned you about leaning

on anyone in this town.

That goes especially

for my men.

You cause them

any more trouble,

and i'm going to bury you

personally, you understand?

Yeah.

Ok. It was that

vince character

you brought in the club

last night, wasn't it?

Oh.

Get rid of him, ron.

What's for breakfast?

I don't know.

The menu didn't come

down from the mafia yet.

Now, who is he?

Vince?

Vince is an old buddy

of mine from prison.

He came here

to kill me.

Oh, come on!

No jokes.

What is going on?

There's a contract

out on me.

Vince drew it.

That's one

of his specialties.

Oh, my god!

Ha ha ha ha!

Hello. This is

the dealer.

Have you been able

to reach sal yet?

He's due back today.

I'll tell him...

hang on a minute.

There's a guy on the phone,

called a couple of times.

Says he's the dealer.

Oh, hey, ron, baby!

How goes it?

Sal, i got

a problem here.

Well,

what's your problem?

Well, some contractors in cleveland

are trying to kill my business.

I was wondering

if you might know them

and could put

a stop to it.

They sent vince down

here to take care of it.

Vince?

Yep.

Ha ha ha ha!

Sal?

Ha ha ha ha!

Sal, it ain't

all that funny.

Ha ha ha!

Listen, ron, tell vince

to call me, will you?

Sure, it's ok

to give him my number.

Of course.

I'll get the word out

immediately.

I'll call everybody off so

you can go about your business.

Thank you, sal.

Now, remember, ron,

we're not the only wholesalers

of this... merchandise, you know,

so be careful.

Thank you.

There's one more thing.

There's a state senator

down here named tatum.

I was wondering

if you could give me

some sort of a rundown on his son dean.

Now, wait a minute, ron. Don't

fool around with politicians.

They're a bunch of

shitbirds. You'll get burned.

Yep.

Well, ok.

Ok, i'll try, ron.

Hey, thank you, sal.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

Ha ha ha! Vince?

Get down!

Stay in the car!

Back the car down the

driveway, block the street,

and get out

of it, quick!

Susan!

Susan?

You all right?

They're both dead.

Who were they?

No idea.

I spotted this car with 2 guys

in it parked down the street.

The second time around,

there was only one.

Then i saw this guy go

in the apartment,

so i went around and came in

the garage through the back.

I was just deciding how to

play it when you drove up.

How do you want to

handle this?

Sheriff bundy's finest are going to

be swarming this area in a few minutes.

I thought they were just plain

house burglars. Didn't you?

Ow! Burglars?

They were...

shh! Deputy perry's

a trained observer.

You, ronald lewis,

understand

that you can consult with

an attorney at any time,

that you don't

have to speak

other than

of your own free will,

and any incriminating

admissions you may make

may be held against you

in a court of law?

My name is ronald lewis, and

i do want an attorney now,

providing there's an honest

one still left in this city.

I've been held incommunicado

in a room for over 3 hours

with my hands

chained behind my back.

According to the supreme court's

ruling of the miranda case...

ok. Take the cuffs

off of him.

God damn it!

Will somebody take the

goddamn cuffs off of him!

Lewis.

Look, lewis.

I got to establish what happened out there.

I've already got sergeant perry's version.

Now, if you got

nothing to hide,

you should be willing to tell me yours.

I know you want

to get some sleep.

Come on. Let's get it over with, huh, ron?

Well, tad, i haven't

had my breakfast yet.

What?

Breakfast, tad.

I haven't had any yet.

Well, god damn it, neither

have i! None of us have!

We've been out there

cleaning up that mess

and trying to find out

what the hell happened!

Prisoners upstairs

had theirs yet?

Of course they have.

Then i want mine.

You ain't

no goddamn prisoner.

Well, that's good.

Then i'll leave.

You get your ass

back in that chair

until you tell me what the

hell happened out there!

Now, get down there!

You want to turn that tape

recorder back on and record that?

Damn it, you con! Sit

your ass in that chair!

Let me talk to him.

I believe

i'm hungry, too.

Why don't you go get some

breakfast for mr. Lewis and me?

And bring coffee

for everybody.

We can solve this, can't

we, ron, like gentlemen?

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