Mulholland Falls Page #2

In Vegas.

She dropped my camera

off Saturday morning,

said she'd meet me back in L.A.,

that her and the general were

gonna go for a little ride.

What general?

Cops.

Does Thomas Timms ring a bell?

You go look it up.

How many more films are there?

Couple.

Did she know?

Maybe.

I asked you a question.

Did she know you were taking movies?

No.

I'd put that gun away.

Help me, Hoover.

You're supposed to be a cop!

I thought you couldn't

turn anybody down.

Is that what she said?

That's what she said.

She was wrong.

I had him by the neck

when he swore at me.

Here he comes.

Where are we going, Max?

I got something to take care of.

I'll be back later.

We gotta ask you a question.

The dead girl, she's the same one

that's in the movie, isn't she?

Coolidge tell you that?

I've been worried, Max.

Worried? You're worried?

What the hell you worried about?

We're partners here.

Tell us, was something going on

between you and that dead girl?

Look, guys, I want you to cut

me a little slack on this one.

Just let me do what I gotta do.

I thought you had grand

jury testimony today.

To hell with the grand jury, Max.

So where are we going?

You know, I've been thinking,

why is it we always sit

in the same places?

And why is it you're always

the one that drives, Max?

I guess it's 'cause I got the keys.

Yeah, but that's what I'm saying.

Why is it you always have the keys?

There's reasons for

everything, right?

Ellery, I would never

attempt to criticize

the inner workings of the human mind.

Are you still seeing

that psychiatrist?

There's nothing wrong

with my psychiatrist.

We just want to know how much longer.

I don't know, it's open-ended.

Oh, Jesus, God.

Why is it you have the keys, Max?

- Max.

- Yeah.

Let Ellery drive.

Are you happy, Coolidge?

Yup.

Take it out of low.

Oh, jeez!

Sorry, Max.

That's why he usually has the keys.

Relyea, go talk to the manager,

tell him we're going through a room.

Right.

Manager says some guy in 23,

a Jimmy Fields, is her best friend.

Hasn't seen either one

of them in over a week.

He's not very neat, is he?

Son of a b*tch!

Son of a b*tch!

- You all right, Max?

- Yeah.

For a minute there,

I just couldn't breathe.

I couldn't stay in there.

- Want a cigarette?

- Yeah.

How long were you seeing her?

Six months.

Every chance I got.

Here?

Yeah, here.

Jesus Christ.

That guy's got film on you

and everything, doesn't he?

You remember Kenny Kamins?

- Can I help you, gentlemen?

- We're looking for Kenny Kamins.

- Have you seen him?

- Never heard of him.

He never heard of him.

You believe that, fellas?

What are you guys doing here?

You got a f***ing warrant?

You sound like you're from New York.

- So what?

- I'm from Jersey.

What's going on? What do you

think you're doing, Kenny?

Relax, Allison. Jenny and I

were just having a party.

Go do something useful.

Go powder your nose.

You're sick, Kenny. This is sick!

I'm not gonna let you do

this to her. She's a child.

So were you once, doll.

Look at what a woman you became.

No, Kenny.

Are you nuts?

Nice one. That was a good shot.

Come here.

You pull that sh*t again, and I'm

gonna break your little neck.

All right?

Hello, Kenny.

This is a private party, Hoover.

- You got a warrant?

- I got this.

Remember this, Kenny?

Kenny, Kenny, what are you doing?

- Get her out of here.

- Let's go.

You broke my fingers!

What do you say, Kenny,

we have a little party?

I don't do that stuff.

- You don't want to see this.

- Yes, I do.

Jesus Christ, Allison, call the cops!

I am the cops, Kenny.

Inventive way of dispensing justice.

It's an integral part of the job.

You were more effective than I was.

So, who are you?

You won't find out by killing me.

Why did you fall for her, Max?

What did Katherine say?

You told her, didn't you?

- The guy with the camera, he's a fruit?

- Right.

Not shaking you down, is he?

Could be, he's running scared.

Maybe we should pay him a visit.

I thought we weren't gonna

do that anymore. We agreed.

Did you guys ever hear of a

general named Thomas Timms?

Yeah.

He's one of the inventors

of the A-bomb.

They made him Chairman of

the Atomic Energy Commission.

I got seven minutes of

film with him with Allison.

You got trouble.

Let's talk to the fruit.

All right, let's go over it again.

What did she say?

She said that she was going

for a ride with Timms.

Out to where they test those things.

And she wasn't scared?

No, she wasn't scared.

She was never scared.

Except of being alone.

Come on, Jimmy, sit down.

What'd you make the films for, Jimmy?

What'd you make the films for?

Why were you in it?

What was it? Blackmail?

I thought about that.

You know, for a rainy...

Why'd you make 'em?

- That was nice.

- What's wrong with Max?

- I don't know.

- What's the matter with him?

Why'd you make 'em, Jimmy?

Because it made me feel a part of it.

You know, watch the

boys get impassioned.

You made films of me, didn't you?

Yes, I did.

Where are those films?

That's the question, isn't it?

When she didn't show up,

I went back to my apartment,

but the place was torn apart.

They'd taken them all.

Except for the one I sent you.

That was still at the lab.

You know, Jimmy,

none of that proves Timms' guilt.

What, do you need a roadmap?

Timms knew about the film.

He's the last to see her alive.

She's dead. They killed her up there.

She didn't die in the

desert, she died here.

Right outside of L.A.

You told me yourself that Allison

didn't know about the films,

so Timms couldn't have

known about it either.

Why would a guy kill his girl

over a film he didn't

even know existed?

You were the last to see her alive.

How do I know you didn't kill her?

Because I loved her and

she was my best friend.

She nearly died when you left,

did you know that?

She loved you, and you just used her.

How does that feel?

You know, you sit there like

you're protecting the innocent.

All you really do is

just beat up on the weak

and disregard or destroy anybody

or anything that stands in the way

of you and your pathetic little sense

of right or wrong or justice and power.

If anybody is responsible

for Allison's death

it's you.

You son of a b*tch!

Sh*t! Come on, Eddie.

Come on, he's gonna kill me!

Come on!

- Get him out of here!

- It ain't worth it.

You don't realize.

Just get him out of here!

Come on, Fields, let's go. Move it.

Max, everybody has weak moments.

You gotta get it out,

- you gotta tell Kathy.

- Shut up! Shut the hell up!

Jesus Christ, is that what

your psychiatrist told you?

Let me tell you how it goes, Ellery.

You meet somebody.

Maybe they're a little off center,

but they tell you the truth.

And you like them for that,

and one thing leads to another,

and you end up in bed.

- Now, that's weak.

- Max...

But, now, listen to me.

Nobody gets hurt.

You go home, and you see your

wife, and you're feeling bad.

You want to unload it,

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