The Punisher

After nearly five years of appeals,

Dino moretti, reputed lieutenant

Of the franco crime family,

Was released from prison today

And acquitted of all charges

In connection with the murders

Of police officer frank castle

And his family.

Moretti has long

maintained his innocence,

Claims he has no idea who is responsible

For the 125 mysterious gangland murders,

Often attributed to a shadowy figure

Known as the punisher,

Which have occurred here

Over the last half decade.

Laurie silvers has this report.

Mr. Moretti?

How does it feel to

be finally acquitted?

It feels great.

Just great.

The government says

it's going to appeal.

Let them appeal a hundred times.

I'll still win.

This is america.

If a man is innocent, justice prevails.

Are you worried about the punisher?

Let me tell you something

about this punisher,

Whoever he is.

If he ever shows up

within 1,000 yards of me,

He'll find out what the

word punished really means.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

And there you have it.

The dapper don,

Allegedly head of the

powerful franco crime family,

Once again shrugging off

any fear of the punisher

Despite the fact that over

Have been murdered by

the self-Styled vigilante

In the last five years.

This is laurie silvers

for channel 8 news.

Hey, what do you think?

Maybe i got a future in politics.

Enough of the jokes.

Break out the champagne.

I'll get it, boss.

No. First things first.

You guys check the house.

Mikey, start the music around here.

Winning isn't everything

It's the only thing...

What the f***?

Jesus!

Joey!

Come on, you guys. Party time.

Joey.

You!

Switch on those cameras!

Keep them rolling!

Come on, guys!

Move it!

Keep it rolling!

Keep it rolling!

Look, there's somebody there.

I got the tight shot.

Who is that?

Holy sh*t! The punisher!

It's him!

Move in for a close-Up!

Are you getting it?

Out of the way!

Are you getting it?

I got sh*t all over the place!

Keep them going!

Come on, god.

Answer me.

It's years i'm asking you why.

Why are the innocent dead

And the guilty alive?

Where is justice?

Where is punishment?

Or have you already answered?

Have you already said to the world,

"Here is justice, here is punishment,"

Here...

In me?

Mommy, aren't we going

to wait for daddy?

Daddy's working.

We'll meet him at grandma's.

Ok?

Julie!

Julie!

Are you being pressured to resign

As head of the punisher task force?

No comment.

Do you have leads?

No comment.

Do you still think

Frank castle and the

punisher are the same person?

Absolutely.

Don't you people have

anything better to do

With your time?

It's 2:
00 in the god damn

morning, for christ's sake.

Sh*t.

Hey, give me a break.

Now, that was smart.

Very smart.

The chief of detectives.

It must be important.

It is.

I have a message from the mayor.

I quote, "frank castle is dead."

No more talk about him being otherwise.

You tow the line or you get the boot.

You'd go along with that, too.

We cannot let the public think

There's some psychotic

ex-Cop whacking off wise guys

Like he's got a hunting license.

Why not?

Why not?

Berkowitz, it's late.

I'm tired.

You're warned.

What the hell ever happened to you?

Excuse me, lieutenant berkowitz?

I'm detective sam leary.

Sam?

Samantha.

I worked with you once five years ago.

Did the moretti heroin bust.

It was my first

assignment plain-Clothes.

I was the hooker.

Oh, right.

What can i do for you, detective?

I'd like to be your partner.

I don't work with a partner.

But you used to.

Used to. Past tense.

I'm not after a free ride.

I can carry my share of the load.

I'm sure you can.

No, you're not. You're

not even listening.

That's right.

I'm not even listening.

Why?

I work with the best.

Anything else is a waste of my time.

Think you're the first to apply?

No, but i'm the most qualified.

What makes you think that?

I graduated first in

my class at the academy.

I scored in the top

I made detective first time up,

The second youngest on

the force to do that.

It must make your parents proud.

But why should it make you my partner?

I believe that frank

castle's the punisher.

Know where my office is?

Yeah.

You be there at 9:00 sharp.

Mr. Franco, how does

it feel to be back home?

In the 30 minutes since

i've landed, so far, so good.

Have you come to take over?

It was a long flight.

Give him a break.

Aren't you afraid of the punisher?

In europe, they think you made it up

To sell newspapers.

What's been killing your

associates for five years?

Too much stress, i guess.

Thanks for coming.

Come on. Vanish.

Just a second.

Can i help you, detective?

Oh, you already have, franco.

Really? How?

Kind of like a worm helps a fisherman.

I'm glad you finally came home, gianni.

I was running out of bait.

I'll see you around.

Too much stress, huh?

That's funny.

How'd you like it there?

It was ok.

Learn good stuff in those fancy schools?

Show him something.

You got a quarter?

Sure.

Here you go.

Watch him.

Hey, that's great.

I can do it with $10.

That's expensive for me.

Give this to louie in the kitchen.

Ask him to give you more cheesecake.

Lose something?

Heh heh!

So tell me.

How bad is it?

How bad?

If you didn't come home,

I would be head of the family.

It's not going to be families anymore.

That's old thinking.

It's dad thinking.

There'll be no more wars,

No more territories.

How are you going to convince anyone?

With an act of good faith so generous

That even freddy deleo

will see the light.

A week from now,

I've arranged for 600 kilos of pure junk

To come in.

$500 million worth.

Everyone gets their share,

Provided they work

together to make it happen.

One group on security,

One at receiving,

One in collecting,

One in distribution.

That wouldn't be too hard.

And what do we do about the punisher?

One thing at a time, jim.

First we consolidate.

And then we obliterate.

Excuse me, kind sir,

But i can't help but see in you

A man far luckier than me.

What?

Whatever you can spare

will be sufficient.

And this old

thespian--

What the hell's a thespian?

An actor, sir.

Oh, sure.

Thank you.

Hey.

What'd i tell you about

bugging the customers?

Richie.

Throw this trash out of here.

You can't treat me like this.

I demand some respect!

I'm not trash!

I'm a man!

Maybe i should have

tried some eugene o'neill.

Aw.

Hi there.

Nice weather we

are having for--

You were supposed to meet

me here four hours ago.

I know.

I've heard it all my life.

Checks, responsibility...

Can't keep an appointment.

Where is the dope coming into?

The dope.

The dope.

Oh, that.

Pier 30.

But the location's not the big story.

Who'll be there is.

Who'll be there?

Everyone.

They're all working together now.

One big, happy family

Under the fatherly wing of

your old friend gianni franco.

Mr. P!

Happy hunting.

Allez, vite. Ils rapprochent.

I can't get this frigging thing to work.

Very difficult.

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