The Crooked Way Page #2

secret it might upset your whole future.

Put me through to him!

You talk too much.

Another treatment, Kelly?

Any...

Any second...breaks, Vince?

I'm easy to do business with.

If you talk...

you live.

All i want to hear is your

angle with Joe Williams.

Give him a cigarette, Danny.

It'll relax him.

I'm...trusting you, Vince.

Sure. Sure, Kelly.

I told you we'd turn you loose.

You understand how I...

How a guy feels when he's been

kicked out of the organization?

I know...

I shouldn't of been a sucker and

told Williams about the...

...about the silver dollar.

-Forget that.

What did you tell him about this?

-Nothing!

Nothing much, really.

Vince!

-What did you tell him, Kelly?

Really, Vince...

Nothing important.

Just...

a little of this and...

that about the...

about the slot machines and...

and the take. But, I...

I phonied the figures.

Honest I did.

-These figures aren't phoney.

Where'd you get 'em?

Snatched them out of your safe, Vince.

Williams is waiting for 'em.

He was going to bundle me out of town,

bring me back for the trial.

But, I was gonna duck.

They never would of found me.

That's the truth, Vince!

Hello.

Hello, Nina.

You sure it's him?

-I was with him!

First I saw him outside police

headquarters talking to Joe Williams,

then I drove him to the Cortez.

He cked in under the name

of Eddie Rice, room 304.

Thanks.

You still want to take that trip, Kelly?

You don't have to worry about me, Vince.

Don.

Big mouth Kelly.

You think what he's got

may be contagious?

Very...catchy.

What's your opinion, Don?

-Very, definitely.

What can I do?

The consultation's in agreement.

Kelly!

You're dead!

Oh, and Kelly...

When you get to where you're going,

have 'em give you a nice, even burn.

Don't let them just fry you on one side.

I'm sorry to bother you again, but..

has there been any sign of the girl yet?

Thanks.

Don't you believe in knocking on doors?

Who are you? What do you want?

So, that's where you've been hold up...

Eddie Rice!

No wonder I couldn't get a line on you.

Are you back sightseeing?

Mr Rice?

This supposed to be a free country?

Free town?

Open to anyone?

Not with me in it.

You didn't waste much time

picking up with the cops.

Why should it worry you about

me talking to Williams?

You've got me confused, Eddie.

Only a sucker would walk back in

town after the deal you pulled.

Some things a fella has to...

find out for himself.

Not about you and me.

I've been saving this for five years.

Everyone in life has his bible,

this is mine.

I take it out and read it every day. I read

it to remind me of a guy I grew up with.

Got shoved around with.

We used to take a lot of raps together.

Some people would call a guy

like that a...a loyal friend.

He was.

Until he turned into a dirty stool pigeon,

and let me take the rap for him!

Eddie...

Riccardi?

My good friend who sold me out

to a cop named Joe Williams!

Don't mess up his face too much.

I ought to kill you, Eddie.

But, you're not worth taking

another rap for!

In 24 hours...disappear!

Otherwise, I might be tempted

to change my mind!

Give him some air!

Why didn't the girl come back?

What did she know about me?

Why did she bring me here?

Vince...

Why didn't Vince kill me?

Maybe I deserved it.

Maybe Dr Kemble ought to know?

I better tell him.

I better call him.

I better...

Hello.

I want to put through a call, person

to person. Dr Kemble...

Letterman Genral Hospital,

San Francisco.

K-E-M-B-L-E

Thank you.

Hello, Dr Kemble?

When do you expect him back?

Not till tomorrow?

Never mind, I'll see him personally.

Forget about Union Station.

Take me to 7 Braxton Avenue.

Wait for me.

Thanks a lot Lou, for driving me home.

Just a minute, darling.

I'll walk to the door with you.

It's early, Nina. A little drink for

a nightcap won't hurt you.

That's what you think.

You could make me forget that

thousand I dropped tonight, Nina.

I can forget a lot of things, Lou.

You, for instance.

Good night.

-Just a minute, baby.

I'd like a little receipt

for that grand.

That's better.

That's your receipt. Good night.

Now listen...

Go ahead.

Take a good look.

If you came to tell me how Vince welcomed

you back, you've said it. So, goodbye!

I want to know what you had

to do with me...in my life.

And this.

December the 24th,

Ah, that was a lovely Christmas.

One I'll never forget.

Only one of your presents!

Sure, I told Vince Alexander

you're back. I work for him.

This clipping...

Why couldn't you testify at the trial?

-Oh, no routines, I've heard them all.

Listen to me!

I'm just out of an army hospital

with a piece of steel in my head

and no memory to go with it.

I'm here to find out about myself and

I'm getting answers the hard way!

I don't know you, Vince Alexander...

or anybody called Eddie Riccardi!

All I know is one person, Eddie Rice! Me!

You're the last person I can turn to.

Please believe me.

Help me.

That's a very touching speech.

You lost your memory.

You don't know why I couldn't

testify at the trial.

You've forgotten how you used me to

make sure Vince would go to prison

so you'd be set free.

But, if you're back to your old tricks

again I've got sad news for you,

I tore up your raincheck

three years ago.

I'm not your wife anymore.

Now to the station?

-Back to the hotel.

You act like a cop that just

lost a conviction?

Maybe I have, take a look at these.

Fresh out of the photo lab.

Sharks don't talk, the

fingerprints spell Kelly.

The Coroner said he was dead two

hours before he hit the water.

Too bad. With the information

Kelly had for us

we could have put Vince

away for a long stretch.

What's eating you, Joe?

I was a smart cop.

I put Petey away to get him off of

Kelly's tail, and this is what happens.

I feel like I killed Kelly.

Riccardi...think he's tied up in it?

Walking back into town that day

could tie him up in anything.

Is the case my baby?

-All yours.

Now what?

I figure we shouldn't keep

it a secret from Vince.

Only six days in the week now, huh?

How do you like that, the card

must have fell out.

It was there yesterday. Nick...

Who's Jane Doe?

Please, Lieutenant. I don't look

at their birth certificate.

Lots of people don't use

their right names.

With me, a buck is a buck.

I don't ask questions.

Before I'm through, Nick...

you'll be answering a few.

It's gettin' so you can't tail a guy anymore

without having the cops jump on ya.

This town's goin' to the dogs.

Samson and me...

-Petey! Get that cat off the desk!

I was just saying, Samson and

me could stand a vacation.

You want us to blow town?

-That's just what I don't want.

Coke will set you up, and stay quiet!

Well, sure Vince, sure.

Anything you say.

Hello, Danny.

Come in. Come in, Joe.

Pull up a chair and rest your feet.

I hear you've had a busy day.

I figured you would.

I was saving you for last.

Should I...

relax or call in my lawyer?

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