1 00:00:34,872 --> 00:00:38,667 ♪ ♪ [Rock] 2 00:00:40,294 --> 00:00:44,297 [Man] ♪ I've got a west side baby ♪ 3 00:00:44,382 --> 00:00:48,260 ♪ She lives way across town ♪ 4 00:00:55,685 --> 00:00:59,813 ♪ I've got a west side baby ♪ 5 00:00:59,897 --> 00:01:03,733 ♪ She lives way across town ♪ 6 00:01:11,325 --> 00:01:14,995 ♪ And when I'm with my baby ♪ 7 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:19,416 ♪ I don't want a soul around ♪ 8 00:01:26,507 --> 00:01:30,719 ♪ Now, she's kind of tall and lanky ♪ 9 00:01:30,803 --> 00:01:35,015 ♪ She's always dressin' swell ♪ 10 00:01:35,099 --> 00:01:38,185 ♪ She sets my soul on fire ♪ 11 00:01:38,269 --> 00:01:41,104 ♪ When she rings my front door bell ♪ 12 00:01:41,189 --> 00:01:44,566 ♪ Yes, I've got a west side baby ♪ 13 00:01:47,236 --> 00:01:51,406 ♪ She lives way across town ♪ 14 00:01:58,247 --> 00:02:00,290 ♪ And when I'm with my baby ♪ 15 00:02:02,043 --> 00:02:06,379 ♪ I don't want a soul around ♪ 16 00:02:13,638 --> 00:02:17,307 ♪ Now, Monday morning early ♪ 17 00:02:17,391 --> 00:02:21,311 ♪ Someone banged upon my door ♪ 18 00:02:21,395 --> 00:02:24,981 ♪ I knew it wasn't my baby ♪ 19 00:02:25,066 --> 00:02:27,943 ♪ 'Cause she's never knocked before ♪ 20 00:02:29,487 --> 00:02:33,323 ♪ So I laid in bed and wondered ♪ 21 00:02:33,407 --> 00:02:37,369 ♪ Who could the caller be ♪ 22 00:02:37,453 --> 00:02:40,413 ♪ I thought it was the insurance man ♪ 23 00:02:40,498 --> 00:02:44,251 ♪ 'Cause he's been heckling for me ♪ 24 00:02:46,337 --> 00:02:50,257 ♪ Crazy about my west side baby ♪ 25 00:02:50,341 --> 00:02:54,052 ♪ She lives way across town ♪ 26 00:03:01,519 --> 00:03:05,522 ♪ And when I'm with my baby ♪ 27 00:03:05,606 --> 00:03:09,401 ♪ I don't want a soul around ♪ 28 00:03:09,485 --> 00:03:12,404 [Pedestrians Chattering] 29 00:03:16,826 --> 00:03:21,121 ♪ Now, she's kind of tall and lanky ♪ 30 00:03:21,205 --> 00:03:24,749 ♪ She's always dressin' swell ♪ 31 00:03:24,834 --> 00:03:29,546 ♪ ♪ [Continues] 32 00:03:29,630 --> 00:03:34,301 [Man Narrating] It was summer, 1948, and I needed money. 33 00:03:34,385 --> 00:03:36,845 After going door-to-door all day long, 34 00:03:36,929 --> 00:03:39,472 I was back again at Joppy's Bar, tryin' to figure out… 35 00:03:39,557 --> 00:03:42,475 Where I was gonna go lookin' for work the next day. 36 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,604 The newspapers was goin' on and on about the city elections, 37 00:03:46,689 --> 00:03:49,482 like they was really gonna change somebody's life. 38 00:03:49,567 --> 00:03:53,820 Well, my life had already changed when I lost my job three weeks before. 39 00:03:53,904 --> 00:03:58,575 For example, one of the white guys pulls a double shift, 40 00:03:58,659 --> 00:04:02,662 says he's too tired to work overtime‒ you don't fire them. 41 00:04:02,747 --> 00:04:04,914 That's all you have to say? 42 00:04:14,342 --> 00:04:17,135 No, no, that's not all. I-I need‒ 43 00:04:19,597 --> 00:04:23,516 I need to pay my mortgage, and eat. 44 00:04:23,601 --> 00:04:27,937 I need a house to live in. I need to put clothes on my back, Mr. Giacomo. 45 00:04:28,022 --> 00:04:31,816 I need the job. I'm sorry, fella. I gotta get back to work. 46 00:04:34,987 --> 00:04:37,113 My name's not "fella." 47 00:04:37,198 --> 00:04:39,115 Huh? 48 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,203 My name's not "fella." My name is Ezekiel Rawlins. 49 00:04:43,287 --> 00:04:45,955 [Man] Catch you later, Joppy. 50 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,459 Hey, watch the marble! Damn it! What'd I tell you? 51 00:04:54,673 --> 00:04:57,967 Joppy, how much you think they're payin' out there at Douglas Aircraft? 52 00:04:58,052 --> 00:05:01,638 I don't know. Don't it say on the‒ [Door Opens] 53 00:05:05,684 --> 00:05:15,527 ♪ ♪ [Blues] 54 00:05:15,611 --> 00:05:19,864 [Quiet Chattering] 55 00:05:19,949 --> 00:05:25,078 [Joppy] Talk to him. Yes, sir. You can talk to him. 56 00:05:25,162 --> 00:05:28,957 All right. Easy, come on over here. 57 00:05:29,041 --> 00:05:32,043 I've got somebody I want you to meet. 58 00:05:35,923 --> 00:05:39,342 Come on. This here's a friend of mine. 59 00:05:39,427 --> 00:05:42,053 Yeah, Easy, this is Mr. Albright. 60 00:05:42,138 --> 00:05:44,055 You can call me Dewitt, Easy. How you doin'? 61 00:05:44,140 --> 00:05:47,684 - I'm all right. - Take a seat, Easy. 62 00:05:50,104 --> 00:05:54,607 Mr. Albright and me go way back to before the war. 63 00:05:54,692 --> 00:05:56,901 Matter of fact, when I was still in the fight game. 64 00:05:56,986 --> 00:05:59,112 Mm-hmm. Ever seen this guy fight? 65 00:05:59,196 --> 00:06:01,448 No. No? 66 00:06:01,532 --> 00:06:04,993 Well, shoot. Every time Joppy Shag stepped into the ring, 67 00:06:05,077 --> 00:06:09,581 you knew you was gonna see some real knock-down-drag-out fisticuffs. 68 00:06:09,665 --> 00:06:12,000 Where you from, Easy? Houston. 69 00:06:12,084 --> 00:06:15,879 Mmm, Houston. That's Joppy's hometown. 70 00:06:19,592 --> 00:06:21,384 So, I hear you need a job. 71 00:06:21,469 --> 00:06:25,263 Oh, yeah, uh, Easy's always tryin' to do better. 72 00:06:25,347 --> 00:06:29,309 He's one of the few colored men around here who owns his own house. 73 00:06:29,393 --> 00:06:32,979 He's payin' the mortgage every month, just like y'all folks. 74 00:06:33,063 --> 00:06:37,984 Property owner, huh? These big companies don't give a damn, do they, Easy? 75 00:06:38,068 --> 00:06:40,653 I got out of that racket a long time ago. 76 00:06:40,738 --> 00:06:45,658 Look, if you do need a job, you drop by this address… 7:00 tonight. 77 00:06:45,743 --> 00:06:48,536 What kind of work you do? 78 00:06:50,789 --> 00:06:54,375 I do favors. I do favors for friends. 79 00:06:55,753 --> 00:06:57,629 Drop by. 80 00:07:01,592 --> 00:07:03,510 Who was that, Joppy? 81 00:07:03,594 --> 00:07:05,845 Just somebody I know. Businessman. 82 00:07:05,930 --> 00:07:08,264 Businessman, huh? Yeah, he is. 83 00:07:10,017 --> 00:07:12,268 Ain't nothin' to worry about. 84 00:07:12,353 --> 00:07:15,522 [Easy Narrating] Now, when somebody tell me ain't nothin' to worry about, 85 00:07:15,606 --> 00:07:18,316 I usually look down to see if my fly is open. 86 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,363 But all the way home all I could think about was a chance to make some money. 87 00:07:24,782 --> 00:07:26,407 I first came out to Los Angeles… 88 00:07:26,492 --> 00:07:29,619 When I got home from the war in Europe… 89 00:07:29,703 --> 00:07:32,413 With $300 in my pocket and the G.I. Bill. 90 00:07:32,498 --> 00:07:35,833 Like me, a lot of colored folk from Texas and Louisiana… Hi, Easy. 91 00:07:35,918 --> 00:07:38,044 had moved out to California to get them good jobs… 92 00:07:38,128 --> 00:07:42,799 In the shipyards and in the aircraft companies. Hey, Willy! 93 00:07:42,883 --> 00:07:45,593 Now, me myself, I was a machinist. 94 00:07:45,678 --> 00:07:50,640 And the first thing I did when I saved enough money was to buy me a house. 95 00:07:52,768 --> 00:07:55,562 Man, I loved comin' home to my house. 96 00:07:55,646 --> 00:07:59,232 I don't know. I guess maybe I just loved ownin' somethin'. 97 00:07:59,316 --> 00:08:01,901 [Kids Chattering] 98 00:08:01,986 --> 00:08:04,195 How ya doin'? 99 00:08:05,072 --> 00:08:07,407 [Kids Chattering] 100 00:08:09,326 --> 00:08:12,870 Ezekiel, I'm gonna knock down some of them trees in the back. No, leave my trees alone. 101 00:08:12,955 --> 00:08:16,040 I ain't gonna take but five‒ Get on! 102 00:08:38,689 --> 00:08:41,899 [Easy] I was feelin' pretty desperate that evenin'. 103 00:08:41,984 --> 00:08:44,902 In a week I'd be two months behind on my mortgage, 104 00:08:44,987 --> 00:08:47,739 and, no, sir, I wasn't about to lose my house. 105 00:08:47,823 --> 00:08:51,451 But a chill runnin' up the back of my neck was talkin' to me, 106 00:08:51,535 --> 00:08:54,120 tellin' me I was about to make a bad decision. 107 00:08:54,204 --> 00:08:56,456 Yeah, Albright made me nervous. 108 00:08:56,540 --> 00:08:59,626 He reminded me of a fella I knew back in Texas named Mouse. 109 00:08:59,710 --> 00:09:02,670 [Man] Drive to the train yard, Easy. Let's dump this damn thing‒ 110 00:09:02,755 --> 00:09:05,590 [Easy] What did you do, Mouse? Just drive this son of a bitch. 111 00:09:05,674 --> 00:09:07,717 What did you do? 112 00:09:31,408 --> 00:09:33,451 So… 113 00:09:35,454 --> 00:09:37,664 Want the job? 114 00:09:37,748 --> 00:09:41,292 It depends… On what kind of job it is. 115 00:09:41,377 --> 00:09:43,670 I don't wanna get mixed up in nothin'. 116 00:09:43,754 --> 00:09:46,297 Hmm. Walk out the door in the morning, Easy, 117 00:09:46,382 --> 00:09:49,300 you're mixed up in somethin'. 118 00:09:49,385 --> 00:09:53,513 Only thing that matters is if you're mixed up to the top or not. 119 00:09:53,597 --> 00:09:56,641 I'm just lookin' for somebody. For a friend. 120 00:09:56,725 --> 00:09:59,018 Daphne Monet. 121 00:09:59,103 --> 00:10:02,980 [Sighs] Fiancée of Todd Carter. She been gone two weeks. 122 00:10:03,065 --> 00:10:07,235 It upset the poor man so much, he stopped runnin' for mayor. 123 00:10:08,570 --> 00:10:10,863 I never laid eyes on her. 124 00:10:10,948 --> 00:10:12,865 That's a shame. 125 00:10:12,950 --> 00:10:16,536 See, Daphne has a predilection for the company of Negroes. 126 00:10:16,620 --> 00:10:19,789 She likes jazz and pigs' feet and dark meat. 127 00:10:19,873 --> 00:10:21,999 Know what I mean? 128 00:10:22,084 --> 00:10:23,793 Predilection, yeah. 129 00:10:24,962 --> 00:10:26,671 Yeah. 130 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,716 I'd go lookin' for her myself, but… 131 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,261 I'm not of the right persuasion, so to speak. 132 00:10:33,345 --> 00:10:37,056 What do you want from me? What do you mean? 133 00:10:37,141 --> 00:10:39,475 What do you want me to do? 134 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,478 Get a location on her. 135 00:10:42,563 --> 00:10:45,231 Mr. Carter wants to make up with her. 136 00:10:45,315 --> 00:10:49,777 Hundred dollars. I pay in advance. 137 00:10:54,992 --> 00:10:57,076 Hundred dollars. 138 00:10:57,161 --> 00:11:01,038 And all I got to do is tell you where she's at? 139 00:11:01,123 --> 00:11:03,332 That's right. And that's all? 140 00:11:03,417 --> 00:11:05,543 That's all. 141 00:11:05,627 --> 00:11:10,173 You frequent an illegal club on 89th and Central. Yeah, John's. 142 00:11:10,257 --> 00:11:13,092 Somebody saw Daphne there a few nights ago. 143 00:11:13,177 --> 00:11:15,303 You could start tonight. 144 00:11:22,186 --> 00:11:23,853 Hmm. 145 00:11:29,818 --> 00:11:33,446 ♪ ♪ [Jazz] Whoa, that's enough. Thank you. 146 00:11:33,530 --> 00:11:36,240 See you later, man. All right. Yeah. 147 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,579 [Man] ♪ I dreamed of heaven Saw my baby there ♪ 148 00:11:41,663 --> 00:11:43,581 [Horns Honking] 149 00:11:43,665 --> 00:11:47,001 ♪ I dreamed of heaven Saw my baby there ♪ 150 00:11:47,085 --> 00:11:49,003 [People Chattering] 151 00:11:49,087 --> 00:11:52,715 ♪ She had pearly white teeth and coal-black wavy hair ♪ 152 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,259 [Woman] Oh, I see him! 153 00:11:55,344 --> 00:11:57,929 ♪ Hoy, hoy, hop ♪ 154 00:11:58,013 --> 00:12:00,473 ♪ Hoy, hoy, skip ♪ 155 00:12:00,557 --> 00:12:02,517 ♪ Now jump ♪ 156 00:12:05,020 --> 00:12:07,146 Hey, hey, man. 157 00:12:07,231 --> 00:12:10,358 [Chattering Continues] 158 00:12:11,819 --> 00:12:14,737 ♪ Hoy, hoy, hop ♪ 159 00:12:14,822 --> 00:12:16,614 ♪ Hoy, hoy, skip ♪ 160 00:12:16,698 --> 00:12:18,866 ♪ Now jump ♪ 161 00:12:18,951 --> 00:12:22,161 What's your name? [Arguing] 162 00:12:22,246 --> 00:12:24,288 I told you. This is a grocery store, period. 163 00:12:24,373 --> 00:12:27,124 Hattie May. Hey, how ya doin', baby sweet? 164 00:12:27,209 --> 00:12:29,126 Colored brother, I need you to‒ 165 00:12:29,211 --> 00:12:33,130 Mister, you can't be in here harassin' folks. I'm not harassing him. 166 00:12:33,215 --> 00:12:37,635 - What's goin' on? - I just paid these cops off and they're rousting my customers. 167 00:12:37,719 --> 00:12:41,180 [Man] I hear music. That's what he get for messin' with that white woman. 168 00:12:41,265 --> 00:12:44,141 Come on, brother. Don't pay him no attention, Easy. 169 00:12:44,226 --> 00:12:47,186 I rung for Junior to take care of that. I come from Detroit. 170 00:12:47,271 --> 00:12:51,023 Ain't got nobody but Deucy tonight. It's on me. Tell 'em I'm your cousin. 171 00:12:51,108 --> 00:12:53,693 Had Holiday on Thursday. You missed it. Oh, yeah? 172 00:12:53,777 --> 00:12:55,695 Uh, uh, uh! Hey, hey, hey! 173 00:12:55,779 --> 00:12:59,574 Junior! Wait for the cops to leave. Take Easy on upstairs. 174 00:12:59,658 --> 00:13:03,327 And if he's still here, throw his ass out. [Man Protesting] 175 00:13:03,412 --> 00:13:06,956 You better be gone. I'll be here. I'll be waitin' for you. 176 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,376 [Hattie] Yeah, you just wait. You just keep waitin'. 177 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:13,546 Mr. McGee, there is no upstairs. 178 00:13:13,630 --> 00:13:16,215 Got another one of them cigarettes? Sure. 179 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:20,553 Zapatas. You're the only Negro in America smoke Mexican cigarettes. 180 00:13:20,637 --> 00:13:23,890 ♪ ♪ [Jazz] Last time I heard these fellas was back in Houston. 181 00:13:23,974 --> 00:13:26,392 That night Mouse had to pull me off your ass. 182 00:13:26,476 --> 00:13:29,520 That's the way you remember it, huh? That's the way it was. 183 00:13:29,605 --> 00:13:33,983 When you gonna admit that you helped Mouse kill old man Navrochet? 184 00:13:34,067 --> 00:13:35,902 You don't-- Man, come on, get off that. 185 00:13:35,986 --> 00:13:39,238 You know I didn't have nothin' to do with that. 186 00:13:39,323 --> 00:13:41,073 [Crowd Chattering] 187 00:13:41,158 --> 00:13:43,242 Where are all the white women at? 188 00:13:43,327 --> 00:13:45,745 I don't pay them no mind. I bet you don't. 189 00:13:45,829 --> 00:13:48,956 Just like you didn't help Mouse kill his stepfather. 190 00:13:49,041 --> 00:13:51,709 Hey, did you help him kill his stepbrother too? 191 00:13:51,793 --> 00:13:57,590 [Chuckling] 192 00:13:57,674 --> 00:14:01,844 [Man] ♪ Hey, hey, hey There's good rockin' tonight ♪ 193 00:14:04,348 --> 00:14:08,517 ♪ Hoy, hoy, hoy There's good rockin' tonight ♪ 194 00:14:11,355 --> 00:14:13,689 ♪ Mmm There's good rockin' tonight ♪ 195 00:14:13,774 --> 00:14:15,650 Alphonso James! 196 00:14:15,734 --> 00:14:18,110 Hey, Easy. 197 00:14:18,195 --> 00:14:20,112 Give me a setup and a Coke back. 198 00:14:20,197 --> 00:14:24,659 You seen a girl name, uh, Dahlia, Delilah, somethin' like that? 199 00:14:24,743 --> 00:14:27,370 White girl. Supposed to be somethin' to see? 200 00:14:27,454 --> 00:14:31,749 No. But if I do see her, I'm gonna keep her to myself. [Laughs] 201 00:14:47,099 --> 00:14:49,600 ♪ Well, everybody ♪ 202 00:14:49,685 --> 00:14:52,770 ♪ ♪ [Continues] 203 00:14:52,854 --> 00:14:54,355 Keep the change. 204 00:14:56,316 --> 00:14:58,818 Degan Odell. 205 00:14:58,902 --> 00:15:01,195 Easy. How you doin' tonight? 206 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:04,740 Well, it's goin' all right. It sure is goin'. 207 00:15:04,825 --> 00:15:07,493 Easy Rawlins, is that you? Hey, boy. 208 00:15:07,577 --> 00:15:11,080 Boy, you ain't jumped out no windows yet? Not yet, Dupree. 209 00:15:11,164 --> 00:15:13,165 You know Coretta here, don't you? 210 00:15:13,250 --> 00:15:15,751 How you doin', Coretta? I'm all right, Easy. 211 00:15:15,836 --> 00:15:17,461 This is Odell. [Dupree] Hey, how you doin'? 212 00:15:17,546 --> 00:15:20,131 [Coretta] Odell! Oh, my goodness. 213 00:15:20,215 --> 00:15:22,258 Can we sit down with y'all, Easy? 214 00:15:22,342 --> 00:15:24,635 Yeah, sure, sit down. 215 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,221 Man, we miss you down there at the plant. 216 00:15:27,305 --> 00:15:30,808 And look here, Benny would've gave you your job back, right? 217 00:15:30,892 --> 00:15:34,020 All you had to do was go down there and say you was sorry. 218 00:15:34,104 --> 00:15:36,981 Yeah, I'm sorry, all right. Give me a pint of that bourbon. 219 00:15:37,065 --> 00:15:40,276 Any man without his paycheck is sure enough sorry. 220 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,947 [Laughing] Oh, look here, man. I got it. Your money ain't no good. 221 00:15:45,032 --> 00:15:47,867 - No, this one's mine. - You the one ain't got no job. 222 00:15:47,951 --> 00:15:51,537 And you the one ain't got no money. Ah, baby. 223 00:15:51,621 --> 00:15:54,623 Any of y'all seen a white girl by the name of Dahlia… 224 00:15:54,708 --> 00:15:56,292 Or Delilah, somethin' like that? 225 00:15:56,376 --> 00:15:58,377 First name start with a "D"? 226 00:15:58,462 --> 00:16:00,838 No. 227 00:16:01,965 --> 00:16:04,300 Coretta got a job at the phone company. 228 00:16:04,384 --> 00:16:07,219 That right? Yeah. 229 00:16:07,304 --> 00:16:10,556 Well, congratulations. They ain't hirin' no mans down there, is they? 230 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,852 [Laughing] 231 00:16:17,397 --> 00:16:19,899 [Dupree Continues Laughing] 232 00:16:23,904 --> 00:16:28,741 ♪ ♪ [Blues] 233 00:16:28,825 --> 00:16:31,744 [Quiet Chattering] 234 00:16:39,544 --> 00:16:41,879 [Easy] You all right, Odell? 235 00:16:50,013 --> 00:16:52,098 [Groaning] 236 00:16:52,182 --> 00:16:55,434 He used to play till the cock crowed. 237 00:16:55,519 --> 00:17:01,273 That old cock, it don't crow nearly so much now. [Laughing] 238 00:17:01,358 --> 00:17:04,318 [Dupree Snoring] 239 00:17:08,115 --> 00:17:10,574 Ahh. I better get on home. 240 00:17:13,453 --> 00:17:16,122 You'd be sorry if you go. 241 00:17:16,206 --> 00:17:18,374 I be sorry if I stay too. 242 00:17:18,458 --> 00:17:20,543 Good night, Coretta. 243 00:17:23,755 --> 00:17:26,632 Daphne sleep by now, so… 244 00:17:29,177 --> 00:17:31,512 You can't get none of that tonight. 245 00:17:33,140 --> 00:17:36,642 Go around here tellin' everybody "Dahlia." 246 00:17:36,726 --> 00:17:38,644 [Chuckles] 247 00:17:44,109 --> 00:17:45,985 Her name is Daphne. 248 00:17:50,073 --> 00:17:51,574 Do you know her? 249 00:17:52,951 --> 00:17:54,827 [Sighs] 250 00:18:01,418 --> 00:18:04,170 [Straining] 251 00:18:07,257 --> 00:18:09,842 Where you want me to put him at, baby? 252 00:18:09,926 --> 00:18:12,011 This ain't my house! What? 253 00:18:12,095 --> 00:18:14,346 [Stammering] This ain't even my house. 254 00:18:14,431 --> 00:18:17,141 Just throw him in there on the bed. Shut up, Negro. 255 00:18:17,225 --> 00:18:19,560 [Dupree Muttering] Where my keys? 256 00:18:19,644 --> 00:18:22,771 [Dupree] Careful of the door. 257 00:18:22,856 --> 00:18:26,150 [Coretta] Throwed him out of his place 'cause he couldn't pay the rent. 258 00:18:26,234 --> 00:18:28,194 I shouldn't even let him sleep here tonight. 259 00:18:28,278 --> 00:18:30,029 Damn, that Negro's heavy. 260 00:18:30,113 --> 00:18:31,864 I know. I know. [Laughs] 261 00:18:31,948 --> 00:18:37,161 [Easy Panting] I need a cigarette. 262 00:18:37,245 --> 00:18:39,371 That all you need? 263 00:18:41,124 --> 00:18:44,960 [Laughs] Girl, that sun catch me tiptoein' out your door, 264 00:18:45,045 --> 00:18:46,879 ain't no tellin' what your neighbors might say. 265 00:18:46,963 --> 00:18:50,174 All right, Easy. All right. 266 00:18:50,258 --> 00:18:52,635 Dupree done fell asleep on me, 267 00:18:52,719 --> 00:18:57,514 and you just gonna walk out on me like I was dog food, huh? 268 00:18:57,599 --> 00:19:01,143 What? Girl, what you talkin' about? 269 00:19:01,770 --> 00:19:03,395 Now, come on. 270 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,399 Coretta, your man is in the next room. 271 00:19:08,610 --> 00:19:10,527 [Sighs] 272 00:19:10,612 --> 00:19:13,322 Why don't you tell me about your friend Daphne? 273 00:19:13,406 --> 00:19:17,910 Why do you keep askin' about her? Hmm? 274 00:19:19,496 --> 00:19:23,082 Colored women ain't good enough for you no more, huh, Easy? 275 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:26,252 No, that ain't it. 276 00:19:26,336 --> 00:19:28,254 Look, I mean‒ 277 00:19:28,338 --> 00:19:30,381 [Chuckles] Shoot. 278 00:19:34,177 --> 00:19:36,387 Well, what if he was to hear somethin'? 279 00:19:37,681 --> 00:19:39,682 He asleep. 280 00:19:39,766 --> 00:19:42,142 [Snoring] 281 00:19:42,227 --> 00:19:47,523 [Coretta Moaning] Ohh! Baby, that's it! Oh, yes! 282 00:19:47,607 --> 00:19:50,693 Oh, baby! Oh, baby, that's it! 283 00:19:50,777 --> 00:19:55,114 [Easy Groaning] Ohh! Ohh! You're hittin' my spot! 284 00:19:55,198 --> 00:19:57,783 Yeah, baby! Ohh! You're hittin' my spot! 285 00:19:57,867 --> 00:20:00,369 [Grunting, Groaning] 286 00:20:00,453 --> 00:20:04,206 [Panting] Easy, Easy, Easy. 287 00:20:04,291 --> 00:20:08,252 I can't give up that much lovin', daddy. Not the way things is. 288 00:20:08,336 --> 00:20:11,672 What things? Come on now. Dupree right in the next room. 289 00:20:11,756 --> 00:20:14,675 Forget about Dupree, baby. You done got me goin', Coretta. 290 00:20:14,759 --> 00:20:17,970 It ain't right, Easy. Here I am doin' this right in the next room. 291 00:20:18,054 --> 00:20:20,931 All you doin' is nosin' after my friend Daphne. 292 00:20:21,016 --> 00:20:26,520 Daph‒ Oh, oh, oh. Oh, yeah. No, baby. That's just a job. 293 00:20:26,604 --> 00:20:28,522 What job? Some man want me to find her. 294 00:20:28,606 --> 00:20:30,649 What man? I don't know what man, baby. 295 00:20:30,734 --> 00:20:35,904 I just, you know-- I don't want nobody but you… Baby. 296 00:20:35,989 --> 00:20:37,323 Yeah. 297 00:20:37,407 --> 00:20:41,660 [Moaning Continues] 298 00:20:41,745 --> 00:20:43,996 Mmm. Ohhh! 299 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,874 Daphne's my friend. I can't do it. 300 00:20:48,043 --> 00:20:51,128 [Sighs, Mutters] 301 00:20:51,212 --> 00:20:53,672 Huh-uh. Shit. 302 00:20:59,304 --> 00:21:03,098 [Whispering] Just a little bit more, okay? Just a little bit. 303 00:21:03,183 --> 00:21:05,976 [Whispering] Just a little bit. Just a little bit, baby. 304 00:21:06,061 --> 00:21:08,771 Ohhh, just a little bit. 305 00:21:08,855 --> 00:21:11,690 [Moaning] 306 00:21:11,775 --> 00:21:14,360 Oh, that's it, that's it, that's it. 307 00:21:14,444 --> 00:21:17,154 Oh, you're hittin' my spot. Yeah, baby. 308 00:21:17,238 --> 00:21:20,199 Oh, you're hittin' my spot. [Grunting] 309 00:21:20,283 --> 00:21:24,119 Ohh! Oh, that's it. That's it, daddy. Yeah, that's it. 310 00:21:24,204 --> 00:21:28,207 [Easy] Then I went on hittin' her spot until just before sunup. 311 00:21:30,627 --> 00:21:34,546 I realized later on that Coretta had found out as much about what I was up to… 312 00:21:34,631 --> 00:21:37,216 As I had found out about Daphne Monet. 313 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:41,553 As it turned out, Todd Carter wasn't the only man in Daphne's life. 314 00:21:41,638 --> 00:21:45,516 She was also shackin' up with some small-time colored gangster named Frank Green, 315 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,395 and Coretta had the nerve to charge me $10 for that information. 316 00:21:49,479 --> 00:21:52,064 See, everybody was in business in Los Angeles. 317 00:21:54,442 --> 00:21:56,735 I spent that morning waiting for Albright to call… 318 00:21:56,820 --> 00:21:59,905 And trying to feel good about being able to pay a few bills. 319 00:21:59,989 --> 00:22:01,907 And I mean just a few. 320 00:22:01,991 --> 00:22:05,411 Shoot, a loaf of bread was damn near 15 cents. 321 00:22:05,495 --> 00:22:08,080 It was easy money. Too easy. 322 00:22:08,164 --> 00:22:09,665 [Horn Honks] 323 00:22:09,749 --> 00:22:12,918 - Bye, Easy. - Hey, where you goin', Sophie? 324 00:22:13,002 --> 00:22:16,130 Back to Texas. Too fast for me out here. 325 00:22:16,214 --> 00:22:18,507 [Boy] Bye, Mr. Rawlins! All right, then. 326 00:22:22,512 --> 00:22:26,390 Hey, get on away from them people's house! Get away from that tree! 327 00:22:29,018 --> 00:22:31,770 Get on away from that tree now! 328 00:22:31,855 --> 00:22:34,690 Go on. Get away from that tree. 329 00:23:08,892 --> 00:23:10,809 [Phone Ringing] 330 00:23:10,894 --> 00:23:14,229 [Man] Ricky! Come on, wash your hands. It's time for supper. 331 00:23:14,314 --> 00:23:17,316 [Ringing Continues] 332 00:23:20,528 --> 00:23:22,529 Ricky! 333 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,409 [Ringing Continues] 334 00:23:38,421 --> 00:23:41,256 Hello? [Albright] Easy, how you doin', buddy? 335 00:23:41,341 --> 00:23:44,218 Who is this? I hope you have good news for me. 336 00:23:44,302 --> 00:23:46,512 Oh, Mr. Albright, is that you? 337 00:23:46,596 --> 00:23:49,515 Sure is, Easy. What's shakin'? I got what you want. 338 00:23:49,599 --> 00:23:53,185 Why don't you hold onto that, Easy. I only do business in person. 339 00:23:53,269 --> 00:23:56,188 Tell you what, real quick. You come on out here to Malibu. 340 00:23:56,272 --> 00:23:59,775 Meet me at the Fisherman's Pier hamburger stand in an hour. Okay? 341 00:23:59,859 --> 00:24:02,861 Malibu? Look, Mr. Albright-- [Disconnects] 342 00:24:02,946 --> 00:24:05,864 Mr. Albright? [Dial Tone] 343 00:24:41,150 --> 00:24:42,693 [Chattering, Laughter] 344 00:24:54,706 --> 00:24:56,665 Hi. 345 00:25:08,094 --> 00:25:11,096 It's pretty out here, huh? 346 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:13,265 Yeah, it's all right. 347 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:22,316 I'm from Des Moines, lowa. Where are you from? 348 00:25:24,277 --> 00:25:26,236 Texas. 349 00:25:28,489 --> 00:25:30,532 Do they have an ocean in Texas? 350 00:25:31,951 --> 00:25:34,578 [Boy] Hey, Barbara! Gulf. A gulf in Texas. 351 00:25:34,662 --> 00:25:36,580 Barbara, where are you? 352 00:25:36,664 --> 00:25:40,000 - I think your friends are lookin' for you. - Who cares? 353 00:25:40,084 --> 00:25:43,629 My sister brought me here because my parents made her. 354 00:25:43,713 --> 00:25:48,550 Where is that girl? All she wants to do is make out with Herman and smoke cigarettes. 355 00:25:48,635 --> 00:25:52,471 Hey, there! What are you doin' out here? 356 00:25:52,555 --> 00:25:56,475 - Hey, what's goin' on? - Leave us alone, Herman. We're just talking. 357 00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:59,394 - We don't need you talkin' to her, okay? - I said leave us alone. 358 00:25:59,479 --> 00:26:01,897 [Barbara] We're just talkin'. About the ocean. What's wrong? 359 00:26:01,981 --> 00:26:04,316 This nigger's tryin' to pick up on Barbara. 360 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,069 I don't want trouble. Just tryin' to be polite. 361 00:26:07,153 --> 00:26:09,655 No, you're not. You're talkin' about the ocean. 362 00:26:09,739 --> 00:26:12,824 Hey, there! What do you want? 363 00:26:12,909 --> 00:26:15,661 What's goin' on? What do you want? 364 00:26:15,745 --> 00:26:19,790 What do I want? I wanna see your brains. 365 00:26:19,874 --> 00:26:22,334 - Shit! - Run, man, run! 366 00:26:22,418 --> 00:26:25,087 Sorry, sir. I didn't mean it. 367 00:26:25,171 --> 00:26:27,923 You sorry enough? Yes, sir, I am. 368 00:26:28,007 --> 00:26:30,300 Yeah? Then prove it. 369 00:26:30,385 --> 00:26:33,303 Come on, prove it. Show him. 370 00:26:33,388 --> 00:26:37,641 Get on your knees. Suck his peter! Please. I'm sorry. 371 00:26:37,725 --> 00:26:41,812 I think he's got the point. He's got the point! You heard me. Go on. 372 00:26:41,896 --> 00:26:44,523 Do it! I'll kill you. I'll blow your brains out. 373 00:26:44,607 --> 00:26:48,443 Okay, okay, okay. Don't shoot me, please. 374 00:26:48,528 --> 00:26:51,488 Now go on. Go on. 375 00:26:51,572 --> 00:26:53,865 [Crying] All right. 376 00:26:53,950 --> 00:26:55,659 God. 377 00:26:55,743 --> 00:26:59,663 [Crying Continues] Son of a gun. You're gonna do it? 378 00:26:59,747 --> 00:27:02,040 Sick bastard! 379 00:27:02,125 --> 00:27:04,668 [Groans] Ohh! Oh, God, my eye! 380 00:27:04,752 --> 00:27:07,254 [Crying Continues] 381 00:27:07,338 --> 00:27:09,965 Get the hell outta here. 382 00:27:10,049 --> 00:27:12,551 You call the cops, I'll kill ya! 383 00:27:12,635 --> 00:27:14,469 [Herman] Hurry up, man! Come on! 384 00:27:14,554 --> 00:27:17,556 [Chuckles] I don't think they'd dare call the cops, 385 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,767 but we better get the hell outta here in case they do. 386 00:27:20,852 --> 00:27:25,397 What do ya got, Easy? Ain't no harm gonna come to that girl 'cause of me? 387 00:27:25,481 --> 00:27:28,734 Mr. Carter wants to buy her a gold ring and live happily ever after. 388 00:27:28,818 --> 00:27:32,320 What do ya got? Woman told me she was with a man named Frank Green. 389 00:27:32,405 --> 00:27:35,699 Hang on. Where? 390 00:27:35,783 --> 00:27:39,411 The Skyler Apartments. Skyler and 83rd. Skyler and 83rd. 391 00:27:39,495 --> 00:27:41,329 Frank Green. What do you know about this guy? 392 00:27:41,414 --> 00:27:45,667 He's a gangster, hijacker. Liquor and cigarettes. Pretty good with a knife. 393 00:27:45,752 --> 00:27:49,296 Ever seen him in action? No, I just heard about him. 394 00:27:50,631 --> 00:27:53,425 [Chuckles] Easy. 395 00:27:56,053 --> 00:27:59,431 Here's another hundred. I'll be calling you again. 396 00:27:59,515 --> 00:28:01,349 Okay. 397 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:10,358 [Dog Barking] 398 00:28:15,698 --> 00:28:17,949 Mr. Rawlins, I'm Detective Miller. Mason. 399 00:28:18,034 --> 00:28:20,160 What? Turn around and put your hands on the car. 400 00:28:20,244 --> 00:28:23,622 Come with us. Where? Why are you arrestin' me? 401 00:28:23,706 --> 00:28:26,166 You'll see. I got a right to know why you're arrestin' me. 402 00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:29,961 You got a right to fall down, break your face. You got a right to come with me. 403 00:28:30,046 --> 00:28:32,047 [Chattering] 404 00:28:35,676 --> 00:28:37,427 [Man] That guy over there? 405 00:28:37,512 --> 00:28:40,430 You got him, huh? Yeah, we got him comin' home. 406 00:28:41,474 --> 00:28:44,017 [Chattering Continues] 407 00:28:51,734 --> 00:28:54,152 Ezekiel Rawlins. 408 00:28:54,237 --> 00:28:56,321 We can take those cuffs off if you want to cooperate. 409 00:28:56,405 --> 00:28:59,241 Yes, sir. I'm cooperating. Turn around. 410 00:29:04,121 --> 00:29:06,581 Sit over there. Sit down. 411 00:29:09,293 --> 00:29:13,338 Now, earlier this morning about 5:00 a.m. 412 00:29:13,422 --> 00:29:17,509 What do you mean? He means this morning. 413 00:29:17,593 --> 00:29:21,304 [Sighs, Panting] I was‒ I was out drinkin'. 414 00:29:21,389 --> 00:29:23,306 I carried a friend into his house. 415 00:29:23,391 --> 00:29:26,309 I don't know. I could've been on my way home. I ain't look at no clock. 416 00:29:26,394 --> 00:29:28,812 [Groans, Screams] 417 00:29:28,896 --> 00:29:33,108 You were drinkin'. Illegal club called John's. What is goin' on? 418 00:29:33,192 --> 00:29:36,695 You may as well answer. You got bigger troubles than us bustin' some bar. 419 00:29:36,779 --> 00:29:39,322 I don't know what you're talkin' about. 420 00:29:39,407 --> 00:29:41,783 We're talkin' about taking your black ass out… 421 00:29:41,868 --> 00:29:44,452 And puttin' a bullet in your head. 422 00:29:44,537 --> 00:29:46,997 Sit down. [Panting] 423 00:29:51,961 --> 00:29:55,839 Now, what time did you leave Coretta James' house? Around 5:30, I guess. 424 00:29:55,923 --> 00:29:58,800 You go back later in the day? No, sir, I did not. 425 00:29:58,885 --> 00:30:01,636 You and Dupree Brouchard, did you have words over Miss James? 426 00:30:01,721 --> 00:30:04,890 Words? Did you two argue over Coretta James? 427 00:30:04,974 --> 00:30:09,060 - Did you argue over Coretta? - No, we didn't. He was asleep. 428 00:30:09,145 --> 00:30:12,814 Yeah, she went to sleep too, but she's not gonna wake up. 429 00:30:12,899 --> 00:30:16,067 What? Where did you go when you left Miss James? 430 00:30:16,152 --> 00:30:18,361 Wait, wait, wait. What you talkin' about? 431 00:30:18,446 --> 00:30:21,907 - Where did you go? - I was‒ I had a hangover. 432 00:30:21,991 --> 00:30:24,075 You had a hangover? Yeah, I went home. 433 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,828 Oh, he had a hangover. That explains everything. 434 00:30:26,913 --> 00:30:29,289 [Grunts] 435 00:30:29,373 --> 00:30:32,542 Back off! Back off! Back off! 436 00:30:32,627 --> 00:30:34,419 Here, here. No, no! Get outta here! 437 00:30:34,503 --> 00:30:37,255 Let me at him. Go on, get out! Get outta here! 438 00:30:37,340 --> 00:30:40,759 Come on, you son of a bitch! Jack, get out, goddamn‒ 439 00:30:40,843 --> 00:30:43,261 All right. All right. Calm down. Calm down. 440 00:30:43,346 --> 00:30:45,096 You son of a bitch. Jesus! 441 00:30:45,181 --> 00:30:48,183 [Panting] 442 00:30:48,267 --> 00:30:50,393 [Door Slams] 443 00:30:57,818 --> 00:31:01,571 [Easy] They left me alone in that musty little room another three hours, 444 00:31:01,656 --> 00:31:05,241 till some guy in a suit about two sizes too big for him came in and said I could go. 445 00:31:05,326 --> 00:31:08,912 Hey, buddy. The game of cops and niggers kept up outside the station, 446 00:31:08,996 --> 00:31:10,914 but I hardly even noticed. 447 00:31:10,998 --> 00:31:14,793 [Laughing] I had seen dead bodies before, 448 00:31:14,877 --> 00:31:18,630 cold, hard, still as concrete, 449 00:31:18,714 --> 00:31:21,508 their eyes wide open, starin' up at nothin'. 450 00:31:21,592 --> 00:31:24,094 But not Coretta. 451 00:31:24,178 --> 00:31:26,846 I could still feel her heartbeat. 452 00:31:41,821 --> 00:31:44,614 Hey, Ezekiel Rawlins. 453 00:31:44,699 --> 00:31:48,410 Hold on, Ezekiel. Somebody in the back would like to talk to you. 454 00:31:48,494 --> 00:31:50,662 I ain't got time right now. 455 00:31:50,746 --> 00:31:52,914 Get in. We'll take you. 456 00:31:58,379 --> 00:32:00,422 [Horn Honking] 457 00:32:00,506 --> 00:32:04,509 My boss wants to talk to you about Coretta James. 458 00:32:04,593 --> 00:32:07,804 [Horn Honking] 459 00:32:07,888 --> 00:32:11,641 Listen, if he wanted to hurt you, it would've happened already. 460 00:32:11,726 --> 00:32:14,185 Come on. 461 00:32:14,270 --> 00:32:15,937 Get in. 462 00:32:20,943 --> 00:32:25,405 ♪ ♪ [Woman Singing On Radio] 463 00:32:42,214 --> 00:32:45,717 You want to go up front and sit with Norman? 464 00:32:45,801 --> 00:32:47,969 Okay, give me a kiss. 465 00:32:54,226 --> 00:32:57,520 That's my adopted son, Jesus. 466 00:32:59,190 --> 00:33:03,735 I can see the police roughed you up a bit. 467 00:33:03,819 --> 00:33:07,447 That's a practice of theirs that has to change, Mr. Rawlins. 468 00:33:07,531 --> 00:33:09,491 That has to change. Thank you. 469 00:33:10,409 --> 00:33:15,622 She was beaten… And died of a heavy blow to the back of the head. 470 00:33:18,834 --> 00:33:20,752 I suppose you already know that. 471 00:33:20,836 --> 00:33:22,921 No, I didn't, Mr. Terell. 472 00:33:23,005 --> 00:33:24,923 Oh, you know who I am? 473 00:33:25,007 --> 00:33:28,551 I read the newspapers. You're runnin' for mayor against Todd Carter. 474 00:33:28,636 --> 00:33:30,929 I am the next mayor, Mr. Rawlins. 475 00:33:31,013 --> 00:33:34,349 And, luckily for you, a friend of the Negro. 476 00:33:34,433 --> 00:33:37,268 Coretta worked for a while for me. 477 00:33:37,353 --> 00:33:41,940 She answered phones at my campaign office on 103rd and Western. 478 00:33:42,024 --> 00:33:45,944 So when I heard that the police had a suspect, 479 00:33:46,028 --> 00:33:49,614 I got out of bed immediately, personally, because of my concern. 480 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:54,702 Was there anyone with you, Mr. Rawlins? 481 00:33:54,787 --> 00:33:57,914 Anyone besides Mr. Dupree Brouchard? 482 00:33:57,998 --> 00:33:59,624 No, sir. 483 00:33:59,708 --> 00:34:03,044 A young lady named Daphne Monet, perhaps? 484 00:34:06,590 --> 00:34:08,883 Nobody. 485 00:34:08,968 --> 00:34:11,970 Of course not. I mean, why would‒ 486 00:34:12,054 --> 00:34:15,890 Why would you tell someone whom you've only just met? 487 00:34:15,975 --> 00:34:17,976 I mean‒ 488 00:34:19,562 --> 00:34:21,646 You can trust me, Mr. Rawlins. 489 00:34:21,730 --> 00:34:24,065 There was nobody else there. 490 00:34:27,570 --> 00:34:31,990 I believe you. Uh, can we drop you off at your-- 491 00:34:32,074 --> 00:34:34,826 No. I mean‒ I can get out here. 492 00:34:34,910 --> 00:34:37,453 [Terell] Are you sure? This must be quite out of your way. 493 00:34:37,538 --> 00:34:40,248 No, it's okay. It's okay. 494 00:34:44,962 --> 00:34:48,923 May I offer you cab fare? 495 00:34:49,008 --> 00:34:51,050 No, thank you. Are you sure? 496 00:34:51,135 --> 00:34:54,512 - It's okay. - Norman. 497 00:34:57,558 --> 00:35:00,476 [Tires Squealing] 498 00:35:23,250 --> 00:35:25,668 [Coretta's Voice] Oh, you're hittin' my spot. 499 00:35:27,630 --> 00:35:30,340 Daphne sleep by now, so-- 500 00:35:30,424 --> 00:35:34,844 [Chuckling] Go around here tellin' everybody "Dahlia." 501 00:35:34,929 --> 00:35:38,890 Colored women ain't good enough for you no more, huh, Easy? 502 00:35:38,974 --> 00:35:43,186 [Chuckling] All you doin' is sniffin' after my friend Daphne. 503 00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:46,147 Colored women ain't good enough for you no more, huh, Easy? 504 00:35:46,232 --> 00:35:49,484 [Coretta's Voice Echoing] 505 00:35:49,568 --> 00:35:52,237 [Phone Ringing] Man! 506 00:35:55,574 --> 00:35:58,618 [Ringing] 507 00:35:58,702 --> 00:36:01,913 Uh-huh. [Woman On Phone] Hello. Is this Mr. Rawlins? 508 00:36:01,997 --> 00:36:04,540 Yeah, who's this? 509 00:36:04,625 --> 00:36:07,669 This is Daphne Monet. 510 00:36:07,753 --> 00:36:10,171 You're looking for me. 511 00:36:10,256 --> 00:36:12,257 Who told you that? 512 00:36:12,341 --> 00:36:16,052 You know who told me. Coretta. 513 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,890 She was found murdered this morning. 514 00:36:20,975 --> 00:36:24,269 [Sighing] I don't know what I should do. 515 00:36:24,353 --> 00:36:28,940 Would you care to talk to me, or is this something I should call the police about? 516 00:36:29,024 --> 00:36:31,276 No, no. Ain't no reason to call the police. 517 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,028 Then why don't you explain yourself to me? 518 00:36:34,113 --> 00:36:37,699 [Chattering, Laughing] I'm at the Ambassador Hotel. 519 00:36:37,783 --> 00:36:39,784 This part of the hotel is white only, 520 00:36:39,868 --> 00:36:42,453 so go to the side entrance in half an hour… 521 00:36:42,538 --> 00:36:45,832 And Louis the bellboy will sneak you up. 522 00:37:15,362 --> 00:37:17,363 Hello, Mr. Rawlins. 523 00:37:17,448 --> 00:37:20,742 Hello, Miss Monet. 524 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:24,746 I don't know if I should think of you… 525 00:37:24,830 --> 00:37:27,498 As a friend of Coretta's or as a private dick. 526 00:37:27,583 --> 00:37:31,169 [Laughs] Well, I ain't no detective. 527 00:37:31,253 --> 00:37:35,923 No, I was just hired by a fella that, uh, works for Todd Carter. 528 00:37:38,093 --> 00:37:41,679 You know, I had to pay Coretta not to tell you where I was. 529 00:37:41,764 --> 00:37:43,806 Oh, she got you too. 530 00:37:43,891 --> 00:37:47,018 [Laughing] 531 00:37:47,102 --> 00:37:51,773 Yeah. Yeah, she definitely gave me the wrong address. 532 00:37:51,857 --> 00:37:53,775 Where did she say I was? 533 00:37:53,859 --> 00:37:58,529 Said you was out in Watts, over to the Skyler Arms Apartments with a fella named Frank Green. 534 00:37:58,614 --> 00:38:02,450 Mm-hmm. What else did she tell you about me? 535 00:38:02,534 --> 00:38:05,203 What else is there to tell? 536 00:38:05,287 --> 00:38:08,956 Nothing. I make no apology for my feelings for Frank. 537 00:38:09,041 --> 00:38:12,543 He's very dear to me, and that's that. Bourbon? 538 00:38:12,628 --> 00:38:14,545 Please. Straight up. 539 00:38:16,632 --> 00:38:18,883 So how well did you know Coretta? 540 00:38:18,967 --> 00:38:21,594 She was a very close friend. 541 00:38:21,678 --> 00:38:25,848 So maybe you know why she got killed? 542 00:38:27,810 --> 00:38:29,769 Why would I know that? 543 00:38:29,853 --> 00:38:33,231 You said she was a very close friend. She knew about Frank. 544 00:38:33,315 --> 00:38:36,234 Maybe somebody wanted to keep that secret. 545 00:38:36,318 --> 00:38:39,737 Mr. Rawlins, if you're thinking‒ You can call me Easy. 546 00:38:39,822 --> 00:38:44,242 Easy, if you're thinking that Frank had anything to do with Coretta's death, 547 00:38:44,326 --> 00:38:47,286 then obviously you don't know very much about him. 548 00:38:47,371 --> 00:38:49,789 Frank doesn't go around beating people up. 549 00:38:49,873 --> 00:38:51,749 He prefers to use a knife as his weapon. 550 00:38:53,127 --> 00:38:55,336 And what do you prefer to use as your weapon? 551 00:38:59,550 --> 00:39:02,468 Why don't you search me and find out? 552 00:39:26,243 --> 00:39:28,369 Mind if I have another drink? 553 00:39:28,454 --> 00:39:31,497 Help yourself. 554 00:39:36,044 --> 00:39:38,629 Listen, Mr. Rawlins‒ Easy. 555 00:39:38,714 --> 00:39:41,382 Easy, the real reason I called you is because… 556 00:39:41,467 --> 00:39:44,635 I'd like you to drive me to Todd's house. 557 00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:46,637 Beg your pardon? 558 00:39:46,722 --> 00:39:51,267 Well, you've found me, and now I want you to take me to Todd Carter's. 559 00:39:51,351 --> 00:39:54,312 Why didn't you call Carter, have him send for you? 560 00:39:54,396 --> 00:39:58,983 Well, I have to go someplace else on the way. 561 00:39:59,067 --> 00:40:02,069 Someplace that I don't want Todd to know about. 562 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:09,285 There's a man named Richard McGee, 563 00:40:09,369 --> 00:40:11,746 and he lives up in Laurel Canyon. 564 00:40:11,830 --> 00:40:16,459 And he delivered a letter of mine to the wrong place, and I need to get it back. 565 00:40:16,543 --> 00:40:20,963 At 4:00 in the morning? Must be a pretty important letter. 566 00:40:21,048 --> 00:40:23,174 Yes, it is. 567 00:40:23,258 --> 00:40:26,511 But I need to go there before I go to Todd's. 568 00:40:26,595 --> 00:40:28,679 I'll pay you. 569 00:40:30,265 --> 00:40:33,267 What time you talk to Coretta this morning? 570 00:40:35,687 --> 00:40:38,189 I don't know. 7:30, 8:00, I guess. 571 00:40:38,273 --> 00:40:40,983 Uh, listen, Easy, I don't-- 572 00:40:41,068 --> 00:40:44,278 I don't really want to talk about Coretta just now. 573 00:40:44,363 --> 00:40:45,947 Did you go up to her house? 574 00:40:54,957 --> 00:40:57,291 No. 575 00:40:57,376 --> 00:40:59,627 She called me. 576 00:41:02,631 --> 00:41:04,298 She was in a good mood. 577 00:41:04,383 --> 00:41:07,802 [Crying] She always, uh‒ 578 00:41:07,886 --> 00:41:11,055 Look, I didn't mean to upset you, Daphne. I'm‒ 579 00:41:11,139 --> 00:41:13,724 You understand. I‒ 580 00:41:13,809 --> 00:41:17,228 As far as I know, you was the last one to talk to her. 581 00:41:17,312 --> 00:41:19,230 And I don't mean to upset you, 582 00:41:19,314 --> 00:41:23,359 but as far as I know, you were the last one with her before she got killed. 583 00:41:23,443 --> 00:41:26,988 Now where does that leave us? 584 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:34,537 All right. 585 00:41:34,621 --> 00:41:37,540 Why don't you go and change out of that housecoat? 586 00:41:37,624 --> 00:41:39,834 I'll carry you along. 587 00:41:53,015 --> 00:41:55,016 [Daphne] Are you nervous? 588 00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:58,352 [Easy] Nervous? Here I was in the middle of the night… 589 00:41:58,437 --> 00:42:01,147 In a white neighborhood with a white woman in my car. 590 00:42:01,231 --> 00:42:04,191 No, I wasn't nervous. I was stupid. 591 00:42:04,276 --> 00:42:06,444 You make a left up here. 592 00:42:06,528 --> 00:42:10,865 Gettin' Daphne back to Todd Carter didn't seem so easy. 593 00:42:10,949 --> 00:42:13,326 Who was this guy Richard McGee? 594 00:42:13,410 --> 00:42:15,828 Just park behind that car. 595 00:42:22,419 --> 00:42:24,462 [Boy On Radio] I'll see ya later, Pop. 596 00:42:24,546 --> 00:42:27,632 [Man On Radio] Sidney! Sidney! That's all I've been hearing! 597 00:42:27,716 --> 00:42:30,968 Everybody's doin' things for Sidney! Where are ya? 598 00:42:31,053 --> 00:42:35,056 [Woman On Radio] I'm in here, with Sidney. In the living room, dear. 599 00:42:35,140 --> 00:42:37,516 [Man] I've gotta get rid of that guy. 600 00:42:37,601 --> 00:42:39,810 [Woman] Oh, hello, dear. 601 00:42:39,895 --> 00:42:42,647 [Sidney] Sit down, Reilly. Make yourself at home. 602 00:42:42,731 --> 00:42:45,232 [Laughter] 603 00:42:45,317 --> 00:42:47,610 [Man] Thanks, Moynihan. 604 00:42:47,694 --> 00:42:50,529 [Woman] Oh, my, you look awful tired, dear. 605 00:42:50,614 --> 00:42:54,408 [Sidney] Yeah, Reilly. Pick out a comfortable chair and plop. 606 00:42:54,493 --> 00:42:57,203 [Reilly] I already picked one out, but you're sittin' in it. 607 00:42:57,287 --> 00:43:00,081 [Woman] Oh, Reilly, guess what Sid and I have been playing? 608 00:43:00,165 --> 00:43:04,043 [Radio Program Continues, Indistinct] 609 00:43:35,117 --> 00:43:37,868 Mmm! Ohh! 610 00:43:39,788 --> 00:43:42,873 [Whimpering] Oh, my God! 611 00:43:42,958 --> 00:43:45,292 Oh, my God! 612 00:44:13,822 --> 00:44:16,574 [Engine Starts] 613 00:44:18,410 --> 00:44:20,953 [Engine Revving] 614 00:44:21,037 --> 00:44:23,664 [Tires Squealing] 615 00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:44,268 [Dog Barking] 616 00:45:10,378 --> 00:45:13,756 ♪ ♪ [Radio: Jazz] 617 00:45:17,886 --> 00:45:23,557 [Man] ♪ All alone ♪ 618 00:45:23,642 --> 00:45:26,227 [Albright] Hey, who's that at the door? [Man] It's him. 619 00:45:26,311 --> 00:45:29,271 [Albright] Oh, yeah? You fought in Europe? 620 00:45:29,356 --> 00:45:33,275 Easy. What you doin' in my house, man? 621 00:45:34,861 --> 00:45:37,404 What happened to your head, hmm? 622 00:45:37,489 --> 00:45:40,074 What the hell are y'all doin' in my house? 623 00:45:40,158 --> 00:45:42,493 Y'all ain't got no right to break into my house. 624 00:45:42,577 --> 00:45:44,954 Where you been this time of mornin', Easy? 625 00:45:45,038 --> 00:45:48,332 I went to see a girl. Why? You don't get none, Albright? 626 00:45:48,416 --> 00:45:51,168 I didn't come here to play, nigger. 627 00:45:51,253 --> 00:45:53,295 Okay? 628 00:45:53,380 --> 00:45:56,298 That's my money you got in your pocket. 629 00:45:56,383 --> 00:45:59,385 We've been by that address you gave me on Frank Green. 630 00:45:59,469 --> 00:46:03,138 He's already moved from there, a year ago. 631 00:46:03,223 --> 00:46:06,642 What do you want me to do? You don't like the way I'm doin' my job? 632 00:46:06,726 --> 00:46:08,310 I'll give your money-- [Gun Cocks] 633 00:46:08,395 --> 00:46:13,357 Believe in God, Easy, huh? I'm curious to see if things any different for a religious man. 634 00:46:13,441 --> 00:46:17,111 Let me show you what I do to people that say they seen things they ain't seen. 635 00:46:17,195 --> 00:46:19,405 I seen her. Where? 636 00:46:19,489 --> 00:46:22,241 She‒ Come on. 637 00:46:22,325 --> 00:46:26,537 She called me. She had me to carry her up to the Hollywood hills. 638 00:46:26,621 --> 00:46:29,164 Where is she now? She-She took off. 639 00:46:29,249 --> 00:46:31,000 Bullshit. Where is she now? 640 00:46:31,084 --> 00:46:34,837 She took off. There's a dead man up there. 641 00:46:34,921 --> 00:46:38,424 While I was lookin' at it, she took off. 642 00:46:45,432 --> 00:46:47,266 Come on in. 643 00:46:52,814 --> 00:46:54,773 Sit down. 644 00:46:56,651 --> 00:46:59,403 [Sighs] Okay. 645 00:46:59,487 --> 00:47:03,032 [Clears Throat] What she do, take his car? 646 00:47:03,116 --> 00:47:05,910 Huh? McGee. 647 00:47:05,994 --> 00:47:08,913 Yeah. If you can write, write down where you picked her up at. 648 00:47:08,997 --> 00:47:11,540 [Clears Throat] 649 00:47:11,625 --> 00:47:13,709 Write it down. 650 00:47:25,180 --> 00:47:28,265 [Sighing] 651 00:47:28,350 --> 00:47:33,062 [Albright] This bologna gets stuck in my-- my molar. 652 00:47:33,146 --> 00:47:36,398 [Man] I get that with popcorn. 653 00:47:36,483 --> 00:47:39,568 Get me some whiskey, Easy. 654 00:47:39,653 --> 00:47:43,280 Liquor's in the cabinet. You get it your damn self. 655 00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:49,119 [All Laughing] 656 00:47:49,204 --> 00:47:51,497 He's got balls. You gotta give him that. 657 00:47:51,581 --> 00:47:55,292 Shoot him. No, I'm just kidding. 658 00:47:55,377 --> 00:47:58,504 [Laughing Continues] 659 00:48:02,968 --> 00:48:06,887 Oh. Easy, you're a brave man. 660 00:48:06,972 --> 00:48:09,765 I need a brave man working for me. 661 00:48:09,849 --> 00:48:13,811 You're doin' a nice job too, but-- Get me a whiskey bottle. 662 00:48:13,895 --> 00:48:17,648 You gotta find Frank Green, so he can lead us to her. 663 00:48:17,732 --> 00:48:19,984 No, thank you. 664 00:48:20,068 --> 00:48:23,654 Too many people gettin' killed around me already. 665 00:48:23,738 --> 00:48:27,741 Thanks. [Sniffing] 666 00:48:27,826 --> 00:48:32,246 Easy, you're connectable to two murders. 667 00:48:33,873 --> 00:48:37,418 [Clears Throat] You're gonna do whatever I tell you to do. 668 00:48:39,921 --> 00:48:42,464 You find him. I will be checkin' in. 669 00:48:49,264 --> 00:48:53,100 That's some cheap shit. Let's go. Come on. 670 00:49:00,233 --> 00:49:01,567 [Door Closes] 671 00:49:09,242 --> 00:49:12,161 [Easy] Since Albright liked surprise parties, 672 00:49:12,245 --> 00:49:15,372 I had a friend of my own I wanted to invite. 673 00:49:15,457 --> 00:49:18,459 I placed a call to Etta Mae Alexander in Houston. 674 00:49:18,543 --> 00:49:21,962 Told her to get a message to her husband… Mouse. 675 00:49:22,047 --> 00:49:26,008 [Shouting, Cheering] 676 00:49:26,092 --> 00:49:28,093 ♪ ♪ [Brass Band] 677 00:49:31,806 --> 00:49:35,642 [Man On Loudspeaker] Cast your vote for Matthew Terell. 678 00:49:35,727 --> 00:49:39,480 [Cheering Continues] 679 00:49:39,564 --> 00:49:42,107 Vote for Matthew Terell! 680 00:49:43,943 --> 00:49:52,159 Cast your vote on June 11th for Matthew Terell! 681 00:49:52,243 --> 00:49:56,163 ♪ ♪ [Continues] 682 00:50:07,342 --> 00:50:10,427 Hey. Easy. 683 00:50:10,512 --> 00:50:12,638 That girl called me last night, Joppy. 684 00:50:12,722 --> 00:50:16,558 What girl is that? The one your friend Albright is lookin' for. 685 00:50:16,643 --> 00:50:19,019 Uh-huh. That's pretty lucky. 686 00:50:19,104 --> 00:50:21,563 No, it wasn't no luck at all, Joppy. It was you. 687 00:50:23,024 --> 00:50:25,943 You and Coretta was the onliest ones that had my phone number… 688 00:50:26,027 --> 00:50:27,945 And knew I was lookin' for the girl. 689 00:50:28,029 --> 00:50:30,948 And Coretta was too busy scammin' Daphne, so it couldn't have been her. 690 00:50:31,032 --> 00:50:33,200 Maybe she looked it up in the phone book. 691 00:50:33,284 --> 00:50:36,078 I ain't in the phone book. You supposed to be my friend! 692 00:50:36,162 --> 00:50:38,413 Why in the hell didn't you tell the man your damn self? 693 00:50:38,498 --> 00:50:42,292 What the hell you mean lookin' all ugly like you think you gonna do somethin'? 694 00:50:42,377 --> 00:50:44,795 I think I'm gonna do somethin'. 695 00:50:44,879 --> 00:50:48,507 Hey. Hey! Stop that shit! You‒ 696 00:50:48,591 --> 00:50:52,052 Boy! That's my marble! My uncle left me that after he died! 697 00:50:52,137 --> 00:50:56,723 Goddamn it, he's about to get it back too! All right! Let's talk! 698 00:50:56,808 --> 00:50:59,268 What you got me into? She asked me to help her, 699 00:50:59,352 --> 00:51:02,104 'cause I told her Albright was lookin' for her, 700 00:51:02,188 --> 00:51:04,481 so I figured I could help you make a few dollars. 701 00:51:04,566 --> 00:51:07,442 She wanted to know somethin' about you, so I told her, gave her your number. 702 00:51:07,527 --> 00:51:09,486 Where's she at, Joppy? I don't know! 703 00:51:09,571 --> 00:51:12,239 - Don't lie to me! - I am not lying to you! 704 00:51:12,323 --> 00:51:15,826 What's she runnin' from then? She didn't tell me! 705 00:51:15,910 --> 00:51:20,455 Easy. Look at me! I am your friend. 706 00:51:20,540 --> 00:51:24,459 Now… I didn't mean to get you in no trouble. 707 00:51:24,544 --> 00:51:27,963 I just-- I mean‒ Look, you-you seen her. 708 00:51:28,047 --> 00:51:30,591 I mean, she is somethin' else, man! 709 00:51:32,260 --> 00:51:36,013 You know what I'm sayin'. 710 00:51:36,097 --> 00:51:39,057 [Sighs] Oh, Joppy. 711 00:51:44,898 --> 00:51:46,815 What? 712 00:51:52,906 --> 00:51:56,742 [Easy] Like Albright said, when you're mixed up in somethin', 713 00:51:56,826 --> 00:51:59,328 you better be mixed up to the top. 714 00:51:59,412 --> 00:52:01,538 So that's where I was goin', 715 00:52:01,623 --> 00:52:04,499 all the way to the top. 716 00:52:04,584 --> 00:52:08,754 Everybody was peein' on my head and tellin' me it was rain. 717 00:52:08,838 --> 00:52:12,591 Guess they figured I was some new kind of fool, and maybe I was, 718 00:52:12,675 --> 00:52:15,344 'cause I was ready to start fightin' back. 719 00:52:15,428 --> 00:52:19,056 And I believed that I could live through this bad dream I was havin'… 720 00:52:19,140 --> 00:52:21,183 About pretty girls and gangsters… 721 00:52:21,267 --> 00:52:26,063 And standin' face-to-face with the richest man in town. 722 00:52:40,662 --> 00:52:44,873 May I help you? Uh, yes, ma'am. I'm looking for Mr. Carter. 723 00:52:44,958 --> 00:52:46,959 I'm sorry, Mr. Carter's a very busy man. 724 00:52:47,043 --> 00:52:50,337 Too busy to hear something about that little chippy of his that dumped him? 725 00:52:50,421 --> 00:52:53,966 Excuse me. Mr.‒ 726 00:52:54,050 --> 00:52:58,512 Rawlins. Why don't you come with me, sir? 727 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,228 Not very smart talking about Mr. Carter's business to a secretary. 728 00:53:06,312 --> 00:53:11,191 I don't wanna hear it. Too much goin' on for me to give a damn about what you think is smart. 729 00:53:16,281 --> 00:53:19,157 [Chattering] 730 00:53:24,789 --> 00:53:26,873 Wait here, Mr. Rawlins. 731 00:53:39,429 --> 00:53:41,388 Mr. Carter will see you. 732 00:53:43,558 --> 00:53:46,810 Mr., uh, Rawlins. Mr. Carter. 733 00:53:46,894 --> 00:53:51,648 You've heard from Daphne. Yeah, last night. 734 00:53:51,733 --> 00:53:55,152 Uh, is she still in town? She was last night. 735 00:53:55,236 --> 00:53:58,905 [Inhales] And… What did she say? 736 00:53:58,990 --> 00:54:04,161 Wh-What was she wearing? Uh… Blue dress, high heels. 737 00:54:04,245 --> 00:54:07,789 Mmm. That's her. I'm sorry. Would you like to come in? 738 00:54:11,753 --> 00:54:13,587 Mr. Carter‒ Have a seat. 739 00:54:13,671 --> 00:54:16,006 Thank you. I just want some answers. 740 00:54:16,090 --> 00:54:18,508 Would you like a brandy? Thank you. 741 00:54:18,593 --> 00:54:22,679 I wanna know what I got myself into. Beg your pardon? 742 00:54:22,764 --> 00:54:25,891 Well, I wanna know the real reason Mr. Albright hired me. 743 00:54:28,561 --> 00:54:33,440 Mr. Albright. Yeah, the man you hired to find Daphne. 744 00:54:34,609 --> 00:54:36,651 I think there's been a mistake here. 745 00:54:36,736 --> 00:54:38,695 I, uh‒ [Exhales] 746 00:54:38,780 --> 00:54:40,697 Who are you talking about? 747 00:54:40,782 --> 00:54:46,370 Wait a minute‒ You‒ You didn't hire somebody to find your girlfriend? 748 00:54:46,454 --> 00:54:48,455 Of course not. 749 00:54:48,539 --> 00:54:52,501 As a matter of fact, I thought she was hundreds of miles away from here. 750 00:54:54,545 --> 00:54:57,506 You say someone's looking for her. Yeah. 751 00:54:57,590 --> 00:55:01,343 Someone's looking for her. [Chuckles] 752 00:55:01,427 --> 00:55:05,305 Look, Mr. Carter, nothing personal, but wh-what's goin' on between y'all? 753 00:55:05,390 --> 00:55:08,392 Nothing. 754 00:55:08,476 --> 00:55:11,645 We were going to get married and we had a fight, 755 00:55:11,729 --> 00:55:15,315 and it is none of your concern, Mr., uh, Rawlins. 756 00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:18,235 So someone's after her. Mr. Albright. 757 00:55:18,319 --> 00:55:24,241 And he says I'm his employer. You ever heard of a fellow named Richard McGee? 758 00:55:24,325 --> 00:55:26,243 Who? 759 00:55:28,996 --> 00:55:32,332 Look‒ I‒ Why would somebody be after her? 760 00:55:32,417 --> 00:55:34,918 Mr. Rawlins, do you think you can find her again? 761 00:55:35,002 --> 00:55:38,547 It's important. For her sake. 762 00:55:38,631 --> 00:55:40,590 I'm willing to pay you. 763 00:55:40,675 --> 00:55:43,593 Why'd she leave in the first place? 764 00:55:43,678 --> 00:55:48,932 It's really none of your concern, but I am willing to pay you to find her. 765 00:55:50,017 --> 00:55:51,935 Okay. 766 00:55:52,645 --> 00:55:53,979 Okay. 767 00:55:55,898 --> 00:55:59,609 - One thousand dollars. - A thousand dollars. 768 00:55:59,694 --> 00:56:02,696 Yeah. Yeah. I'll take two hundred right now. 769 00:56:02,780 --> 00:56:07,200 I think you're trying to take advantage of me. Let me inform you of something. 770 00:56:07,285 --> 00:56:10,954 The incumbent mayor, the chief of police‒ close personal friends of mine. 771 00:56:11,038 --> 00:56:13,582 They eat at my house regularly, and my father's house. 772 00:56:13,666 --> 00:56:16,084 That's good, Mr. Carter. Then they can help us find her. 773 00:56:19,714 --> 00:56:21,673 No, they can't. 774 00:56:22,884 --> 00:56:24,801 I'll have Baxter write you out a check. 775 00:56:24,886 --> 00:56:29,473 Mr. Carter, why you stop runnin' for mayor? I'll have Baxter write a check. 776 00:56:29,557 --> 00:56:31,600 All right, why is Matthew Terell lookin' for Daphne too? 777 00:56:31,684 --> 00:56:33,602 Baxter will write you a check. 778 00:56:33,686 --> 00:56:36,062 I'll take cash. 779 00:56:42,862 --> 00:56:45,739 Here, take it all. Just take it all. 780 00:56:50,203 --> 00:56:53,330 I'll be in touch, Mr. Carter. 781 00:57:08,387 --> 00:57:10,430 [Easy] So Albright had lied to me. 782 00:57:10,515 --> 00:57:13,350 Instead of workin' for Carter, he was workin' for Matthew Terell, 783 00:57:13,434 --> 00:57:15,894 the man runnin' for mayor against Carter. 784 00:57:15,978 --> 00:57:20,941 And, for whatever reason, they was all throwin' money my way to find the girl in the blue dress. 785 00:57:21,025 --> 00:57:23,485 Anyway, I knew that her boyfriend, Frank Green, 786 00:57:23,569 --> 00:57:25,529 hijacked trucks haulin' liquor… 787 00:57:25,613 --> 00:57:29,199 And sold it at half the price to places down on Central Avenue. 788 00:57:29,283 --> 00:57:33,370 So I decided to kick up some dust right in Frank's backyard. 789 00:57:34,622 --> 00:57:36,790 ♪ ♪ [Jazz] 790 00:57:36,874 --> 00:57:38,875 [Patrons Chattering] 791 00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,795 [Woman] Good evening, Smoky. Good evening. Please. 792 00:57:41,879 --> 00:57:44,881 Your seat. Thanks. 793 00:57:44,966 --> 00:57:48,176 Now, Mr. Rawlins. What were you saying? Frank Green. 794 00:57:48,261 --> 00:57:50,220 Who? I'm lookin' for Frank Green. 795 00:57:50,304 --> 00:57:53,139 I don't know Frank Green. Aw, come on. Why you treatin' me like this? 796 00:57:53,224 --> 00:57:55,809 I don't know any Frank Green! You don't know Frank. 797 00:57:55,893 --> 00:57:57,811 You know me, though, don't you? 798 00:58:00,439 --> 00:58:04,442 ♪ ♪ [Continues] 799 00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:10,323 Hey, I'm talkin' to my man. He told me to talk to you. Frank Green. 800 00:58:10,408 --> 00:58:13,326 Who is that? What do you mean, who is that? 801 00:58:13,411 --> 00:58:16,246 He told me to talk to you! Now, come on. 802 00:58:16,330 --> 00:58:19,624 I don't wanna talk about that-- Well, gimme a beer. 803 00:58:19,709 --> 00:58:22,294 Can I get a beer? Can I get a beer? 804 00:58:22,378 --> 00:58:24,713 Give him a beer. Thank you. 805 00:58:24,797 --> 00:58:28,800 Here you go. Wait, Frank Green told me that you have pints. 806 00:58:28,884 --> 00:58:32,053 Who's Frank Green? I have no idea who‒ You know who Frank Green is. 807 00:58:32,138 --> 00:58:36,266 Al! Talk to this man. Aw, come on. Y'all know who Frank Green is. 808 00:58:36,350 --> 00:58:39,394 I don't know what you're talkin' about. You don't know Frank Green. 809 00:58:39,478 --> 00:58:41,730 Well, let's get him on the phone. Frank told me‒ 810 00:58:52,033 --> 00:58:54,534 Hey, Ezekiel. Don't need my trees cut. 811 00:58:54,619 --> 00:58:57,203 They-- Ezekiel. 812 00:58:58,247 --> 00:59:00,123 Ezekiel! Ezekiel! 813 00:59:00,207 --> 00:59:04,377 Ezekiel! What? 814 00:59:04,462 --> 00:59:06,546 There's a man! 815 00:59:15,222 --> 00:59:18,141 [Groans] Ow! Ow! 816 00:59:18,225 --> 00:59:20,226 Damn! Frank, wait a minute! Wait! 817 00:59:20,311 --> 00:59:22,437 Hold it! Let's talk! [Switchblade Clicks] 818 00:59:24,649 --> 00:59:27,233 Let's talk, Frank. 819 00:59:30,237 --> 00:59:35,075 Frank, wait a minute! I got $500 for you, Frank! Rich white man wants to‒ 820 00:59:46,879 --> 00:59:49,130 Aaah! 821 00:59:55,930 --> 00:59:58,431 [Panting] Aaah. 822 00:59:58,516 --> 01:00:01,017 [Gun Cocks] Hey. 823 01:00:01,102 --> 01:00:03,311 Want me to shoot this son of a bitch, Easy? 824 01:00:03,396 --> 01:00:05,772 [Easy] Mouse! Huh? Want me to shoot him? 825 01:00:05,856 --> 01:00:07,732 No. No. 826 01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,237 [Coughing] It's all right. 827 01:00:12,321 --> 01:00:15,990 What the hell is happenin', man? 828 01:00:16,075 --> 01:00:18,868 - Goddamn, I'm gonna blow your nose off! - No, wait! Don't shoot him! 829 01:00:18,953 --> 01:00:21,371 [Panting] 830 01:00:21,455 --> 01:00:24,040 Where's Daphne Monet, Frank? 831 01:00:24,125 --> 01:00:29,671 All right, maybe you don't know, where she is, but, hey, we can help each other find her, man. 832 01:00:29,755 --> 01:00:32,298 Nigger, you heard him. Mouse, no! 833 01:00:32,383 --> 01:00:36,803 [Phone Rings] 834 01:00:38,347 --> 01:00:40,473 Rawlins residence. Sit down. 835 01:00:40,558 --> 01:00:44,394 No, he's busy right now. You're gonna have to call back. 836 01:00:46,897 --> 01:00:48,732 Look. 837 01:00:48,816 --> 01:00:53,194 A rich man is willin' to pay $1,000 just to talk to this girl. 838 01:00:54,780 --> 01:00:57,198 A thousand dollars! That's a hell of a lot of money, man! 839 01:00:59,994 --> 01:01:04,914 - Frank. - Wait, wait a minute. Let me try. 840 01:01:04,999 --> 01:01:08,126 - [Gun Uncocks] - [Frank Exhales] 841 01:01:08,210 --> 01:01:10,211 Now, look here, Frank. It's-It's Frank, right? 842 01:01:10,296 --> 01:01:14,257 - Yeah. - Frank. 843 01:01:14,341 --> 01:01:17,761 [Gun Cocks, Fires] [Screams] 844 01:01:17,845 --> 01:01:20,764 What the hell are you‒ Let go of me, man! Let go! 845 01:01:20,848 --> 01:01:23,850 Frank! Damn it! 846 01:01:23,934 --> 01:01:26,895 Don't you ever grab me when I got a gun in my hand! 847 01:01:29,273 --> 01:01:30,607 Shit. 848 01:01:32,109 --> 01:01:36,029 You got blood on my coat, Easy. It's a damn expensive coat! 849 01:01:39,533 --> 01:01:41,493 Where's your bathroom at? In there? 850 01:01:48,667 --> 01:01:52,879 Whew! We gotta find that girl so we can get that money, huh? 851 01:01:52,963 --> 01:01:55,131 Hell, no! We don't have to go find nobody. 852 01:01:55,216 --> 01:01:58,468 I changed my mind. I don't need your kind of help, Mouse. 853 01:01:58,552 --> 01:02:00,553 [Scoffs] Boy, look at you. 854 01:02:00,638 --> 01:02:03,932 Man cut a damn smile in your neck. You gonna tell me you don't need my kind of help? 855 01:02:04,016 --> 01:02:07,268 This is the same shit you pulled when you killed old man Navrochet. 856 01:02:07,353 --> 01:02:10,480 You ain't even been in my house five minutes, and you done shot somebody already! 857 01:02:10,564 --> 01:02:15,151 Come on, Easy! Cut me in on this thing, man. Nah. 858 01:02:15,236 --> 01:02:17,320 Easy, I'm tryin' to do right. 859 01:02:17,404 --> 01:02:19,656 I'm‒ I mean, you know, now. 860 01:02:19,740 --> 01:02:21,991 [Scoffs] 861 01:02:22,076 --> 01:02:26,037 Man, I can help you. You gonna need somebody at your back. 862 01:02:27,122 --> 01:02:29,082 I swear I'm gonna let you run the show. 863 01:02:29,166 --> 01:02:32,502 Let me run the show! I ain't gonna do nothin' you don't tell me to do! 864 01:02:32,586 --> 01:02:36,798 [Laughing] You gonna let me run the show? 865 01:02:38,384 --> 01:02:42,804 You gonna do everything I say? Everything you say. 866 01:02:42,888 --> 01:02:46,057 That's the wrong hand, Mouse. Oh. 867 01:02:46,141 --> 01:02:48,017 [Laughing] 868 01:02:48,102 --> 01:02:51,688 Boy, how you been? [Chuckling] Easy. 869 01:02:51,772 --> 01:02:54,816 Who was that on the phone? Oh, uh, I don't know, man. 870 01:02:54,900 --> 01:02:56,860 Sounded like some white girl. 871 01:02:56,944 --> 01:03:00,113 ♪ ♪ [Whistling] 872 01:03:00,197 --> 01:03:02,115 [Water Running] 873 01:03:18,799 --> 01:03:21,718 Ezekiel. Came to ask you a few more questions. 874 01:03:21,802 --> 01:03:26,556 So why don't you invite us in? I'll come out. 875 01:03:28,058 --> 01:03:30,351 What happened to your neck? Did I do that? 876 01:03:30,436 --> 01:03:32,854 I don't remember doin' that. 877 01:03:32,938 --> 01:03:35,481 What do you know about a man named Richard McGee? 878 01:03:35,566 --> 01:03:37,734 A dead white man in a cabin over in Laurel Canyon. 879 01:03:37,818 --> 01:03:42,363 He just happens to have a note in his pocket with "Coretta James" written on it. 880 01:03:42,448 --> 01:03:44,115 You feel a little more talkative? 881 01:03:44,199 --> 01:03:47,660 'Cause I'll bet you six bits to a bottle of piss we're lookin' at a double here. 882 01:03:47,745 --> 01:03:50,496 All we gotta do is place you in the dead man's house. 883 01:03:50,581 --> 01:03:52,498 I wasn't in no dead man's house. 884 01:03:52,583 --> 01:03:55,418 We could go down to the station, send a team over here. 885 01:03:55,502 --> 01:03:58,963 Believe me, they'll find somethin' that will place you at that dead man's house. 886 01:03:59,048 --> 01:04:01,758 Evidence has a funny way of showin' up, you know? 887 01:04:01,842 --> 01:04:05,261 Nah, y'all ain't got nothin', 'cause I ain't done nothin', and you know I ain't. 888 01:04:05,346 --> 01:04:08,932 You know a lot more than you're lettin' on. Tell us, or you're goin' down… 889 01:04:09,016 --> 01:04:11,351 For the murder of Richard McGee and Coretta James. 890 01:04:11,435 --> 01:04:13,645 There's nothin' to tell you. I don't know nothin'. Sure you do. 891 01:04:13,729 --> 01:04:17,440 Let's go. All right, look. Just give me a little more time. 892 01:04:17,524 --> 01:04:21,986 Forget it. Maybe till tomorrow morning. Maybe I can dig somethin' up. 893 01:04:24,031 --> 01:04:27,909 What d'you think, Jack? We could do that. Take the cuffs off. 894 01:04:29,244 --> 01:04:31,871 You got till tomorrow morning. 895 01:04:34,708 --> 01:04:37,293 Have a nice evening, Ezekiel. 896 01:04:37,378 --> 01:04:41,005 [Easy] I played along, just like the cops wanted me to. 897 01:04:41,090 --> 01:04:43,216 It was all a game to them. 898 01:04:43,300 --> 01:04:47,095 But in the mornin' they'd be playin' for keeps, 'cause a white man was dead now. 899 01:04:47,179 --> 01:04:50,390 And guilty or not, somebody was gonna have to pay for this one. 900 01:04:51,684 --> 01:04:54,143 [Horn Honking] 901 01:04:55,396 --> 01:04:59,148 Hey, man. Is Dupree's sister's house off of Compton Boulevard or Compton Avenue? 902 01:04:59,233 --> 01:05:01,609 I can't find it. Don't worry about it. We're goin' somewhere else first. 903 01:05:01,694 --> 01:05:03,611 Oh, did that girl call? 904 01:05:03,696 --> 01:05:05,947 Easy, we gonna go see that girl? 905 01:05:06,031 --> 01:05:08,408 No. 906 01:05:08,492 --> 01:05:10,410 Hey. Ezekiel? 907 01:05:10,494 --> 01:05:13,538 I been watchin' your house and seein' all them people‒ I ain't got time. 908 01:05:13,622 --> 01:05:16,249 Just leave my trees alone! Okay? You got too many trees, man. 909 01:05:16,333 --> 01:05:20,336 I'm gonna knock a couple down‒ Leave my trees alone! 910 01:05:20,421 --> 01:05:24,465 You can tell me what you think when you get back. All right? 911 01:05:38,439 --> 01:05:40,356 [Dog Barking] 912 01:05:44,528 --> 01:05:50,283 [People Chattering] ♪ ♪ [Singer On Radio, Indistinct] 913 01:05:57,041 --> 01:05:58,958 [Junior] Who's that? Easy. 914 01:05:59,043 --> 01:06:03,671 [Junior Coughing] 915 01:06:03,756 --> 01:06:05,840 What you want? Let me in, Junior. It's private. 916 01:06:05,924 --> 01:06:08,968 I ain't got no time. I'm tryin' to get some sleep. 917 01:06:09,053 --> 01:06:11,512 You better go on open this door, Junior. Act like you got some sense. 918 01:06:11,597 --> 01:06:16,142 Mouse. Go on, fool. Get out the way. We ain't got all day. 919 01:06:17,227 --> 01:06:19,270 Have a seat. 920 01:06:19,354 --> 01:06:21,814 Y'all want a beer? Yeah, sure. Thank you. 921 01:06:21,899 --> 01:06:25,485 - What you smokin' there, Junior? Zapatas? - Uh-huh. 922 01:06:31,325 --> 01:06:34,077 This one's yours too, isn't it? I dunno. 923 01:06:34,161 --> 01:06:37,413 So why you kill Richard McGee? Huh? What you talkin' about? 924 01:06:37,498 --> 01:06:39,665 Ain't no time to play, Junior. I know you the one killed him. 925 01:06:39,750 --> 01:06:42,210 You crazy, man! [Mouse] Sit down, Junior. 926 01:06:48,717 --> 01:06:50,927 Tell me what happened, Junior. I don't know what you're talkin' about! 927 01:06:51,011 --> 01:06:53,805 The police will, when they find out the fingerprints in that man's house belong to you. 928 01:06:53,889 --> 01:06:55,848 What fingerprints? What house? 929 01:06:55,933 --> 01:06:59,060 Hattie had you to pull that man outta John's bar the night I was there, 930 01:06:59,144 --> 01:07:02,814 and he was layin' dead with the same suit on and a bullet hole in his head! 931 01:07:02,898 --> 01:07:06,442 I ain't killed nobody. Quit lyin', you big old, sweaty, thickheaded, 932 01:07:06,527 --> 01:07:08,820 - corn bread-eatin'‒ - Thickheaded your damn self! 933 01:07:08,904 --> 01:07:11,739 Sit down, Junior. [Chuckles] 934 01:07:11,824 --> 01:07:15,785 Go on, sit down now. 935 01:07:22,626 --> 01:07:25,711 Now, you better tell me. Maybe I'll forget what I know. 936 01:07:25,796 --> 01:07:28,131 Otherwise, I'm gonna tell Mouse to shoot you, 937 01:07:28,215 --> 01:07:30,633 'cause I don't like your ass and he don't like you either. 938 01:07:30,717 --> 01:07:33,970 I don't even know who you're talkin' about. You just had to rob him! 939 01:07:34,054 --> 01:07:38,391 I didn't touch nothin' in that man's house! [Mouse] Goddamn, Junior. 940 01:07:38,475 --> 01:07:40,434 [Laughing] 941 01:07:40,519 --> 01:07:42,937 Mm-hmm. Sit down. 942 01:07:47,025 --> 01:07:48,943 Hattie had me take him out to his car. 943 01:07:49,027 --> 01:07:51,988 The man was so drunk he give me $10 to drive him home. 944 01:07:52,072 --> 01:07:55,449 I know you took that. Hell, yeah. 945 01:07:55,534 --> 01:07:58,911 Then he was askin' me about that white girl you was askin' about. 946 01:07:58,996 --> 01:08:02,331 I told him I seen her with Coretta. What the hell I care if he knows? 947 01:08:02,416 --> 01:08:06,002 So you goin' tell him, but you won't tell me. I don't like your ass, Easy. 948 01:08:06,086 --> 01:08:09,672 And he give me $50. Just to tell him that you saw her with Coretta? 949 01:08:09,756 --> 01:08:15,553 No. To deliver a letter. I give it to Coretta to give to her the next mornin'. 950 01:08:17,764 --> 01:08:19,807 You better be tellin' the truth. 951 01:08:19,892 --> 01:08:21,809 Come on, let's go, Raymond. 952 01:08:21,894 --> 01:08:24,353 I'm tellin' the truth. I ain't killed nobody. [Mouse] All right, Easy. 953 01:08:24,438 --> 01:08:27,815 That man was alive when I left. I-I didn't kill nobody. 954 01:08:27,900 --> 01:08:31,235 [Easy] The letter that was so important to Daphne… 955 01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:33,696 Had worked its way over to the other side of town… 956 01:08:33,780 --> 01:08:37,366 To Dupree's sister's house in Compton- I hoped. 957 01:08:37,451 --> 01:08:40,453 And Junior was innocent like I knew all along, 958 01:08:40,537 --> 01:08:45,124 but I couldn't see no harm in lettin' the big water-head sucker sweat a little bit. 959 01:08:56,178 --> 01:08:58,179 [Easy] Hey, now. Hey. 960 01:08:58,263 --> 01:09:01,349 Tried to call you. Yeah, cops just let me out today. 961 01:09:01,433 --> 01:09:04,518 Sister's gone to work, and I ain't feelin' much like talkin'. 962 01:09:04,603 --> 01:09:06,520 Raymond! [Chuckles] Yeah, big man. 963 01:09:06,605 --> 01:09:08,522 Hey. All right, now. 964 01:09:08,607 --> 01:09:10,650 Them pigs' tails I smell up in there? Oh, yeah. 965 01:09:10,734 --> 01:09:14,153 Lula Mae made some before she went to work. Y'all gonna have to excuse me. 966 01:09:14,238 --> 01:09:17,073 [Chuckles] Come on. 967 01:09:17,157 --> 01:09:20,451 Dupree? Yeah? 968 01:09:20,535 --> 01:09:24,747 Look, uh… 969 01:09:24,831 --> 01:09:27,041 I'm sorry. 970 01:09:27,125 --> 01:09:30,503 [Dog Barking] Thank you, Easy. 971 01:09:30,587 --> 01:09:34,507 Why somebody want to kill her like that, man? It don't make sense to me. 972 01:09:40,764 --> 01:09:42,682 Did Coretta… 973 01:09:44,184 --> 01:09:46,519 Say anything to you about a letter she was keepin'? 974 01:09:46,603 --> 01:09:51,023 Letter? What kind of letter? 975 01:09:51,108 --> 01:09:53,359 From that white girl. 976 01:09:53,443 --> 01:09:57,947 Nah. But I know it was on account of her that Coretta got killed. 977 01:09:58,031 --> 01:10:00,992 Yeah? Yeah. 978 01:10:01,076 --> 01:10:05,121 Everything between Daphne and Coretta was always such a damn secret. 979 01:10:05,205 --> 01:10:07,665 That old girl, 980 01:10:07,749 --> 01:10:10,793 she didn't think nothin' about two-timin' on Frank. 981 01:10:10,877 --> 01:10:14,630 You want some more tails, Raymond? Oh, yeah. Thanks, Dupree. 982 01:10:14,715 --> 01:10:18,301 You know she messin' around with that guy runnin' for mayor, don't you? 983 01:10:18,385 --> 01:10:21,470 Todd Carter? Yeah, Carter. That's his name. 984 01:10:21,555 --> 01:10:25,641 She probably introduced Coretta to one of them guys she knew. 985 01:10:25,726 --> 01:10:29,687 He probably came over to the house, saw that Coretta wasn't that type of woman. 986 01:10:31,940 --> 01:10:36,652 Cops says she fought 'im. Can you imagine that? 987 01:10:36,737 --> 01:10:38,946 My baby fought 'im. 988 01:10:41,658 --> 01:10:44,410 Fought him 'cause she wouldn't have nobody but me. 989 01:10:48,248 --> 01:10:52,126 God. I can't sleep. 990 01:10:52,210 --> 01:10:57,840 Huh-uh. I still keep seein' her face that mornin' before I went to work. 991 01:10:59,718 --> 01:11:04,388 Junior had just came by the house, and sh-she come runnin' out, carryin' her Bible. 992 01:11:06,433 --> 01:11:10,311 She say, uh… "Keep this for me, baby." 993 01:11:13,148 --> 01:11:16,650 The Bible? Yeah. 994 01:11:16,735 --> 01:11:20,738 And the police won't even let me go near the house. 995 01:11:22,282 --> 01:11:26,243 That's the only thing I got left that belonged to her. The Bible. 996 01:11:28,413 --> 01:11:33,209 [Inhales] I know it was a sign, 'cause she's so religious. 997 01:11:33,293 --> 01:11:35,336 [Sobbing] Oh, God. 998 01:11:35,420 --> 01:11:39,006 It's all right, big man. 999 01:11:39,091 --> 01:11:41,717 [Crying] I'm sorry. No, no, that's all right. 1000 01:11:41,802 --> 01:11:44,178 Get you a drink, now. Go on, now, drink this. 1001 01:11:44,262 --> 01:11:47,681 [Mouse] All right. All right. That's enough, Raymond. 1002 01:11:47,766 --> 01:11:49,683 Go on. Drink that. 1003 01:11:59,528 --> 01:12:03,489 [Minister On Radio] Let us all say amen. [Snoring] 1004 01:12:03,573 --> 01:12:06,951 Amen. Say it one more time. [Snoring] 1005 01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:45,531 [Easy] I was scared now… 1006 01:12:45,615 --> 01:12:47,950 And sick from what I saw‒ 1007 01:12:48,034 --> 01:12:51,704 pictures of a much younger Matthew Terell and children. 1008 01:12:51,788 --> 01:12:56,125 Innocent, helpless, naked children. 1009 01:12:56,209 --> 01:12:59,378 [Snoring] [Whispering] Mouse. 1010 01:12:59,463 --> 01:13:02,131 I got it. Come on, let's go. [Gasps] 1011 01:13:02,215 --> 01:13:04,925 Is you crazy or is you drunk? 1012 01:13:05,886 --> 01:13:08,512 Come on. Am I drunk? 1013 01:13:08,597 --> 01:13:12,016 You saw me draw that gun. Ain't no man can outdraw me. [Gun Cocking] 1014 01:13:12,100 --> 01:13:14,727 Mouse, put the gun down. I'm drunk. 1015 01:13:14,811 --> 01:13:20,357 I'm drunk; you right. Gon' put that gun right there. 1016 01:13:20,442 --> 01:13:24,695 We gon' see who's drunk. 1017 01:13:24,779 --> 01:13:28,657 Now, watch it. Watch it! Goddamn it. 1018 01:13:28,742 --> 01:13:31,327 Right there now. Oh, yeah. 1019 01:13:31,411 --> 01:13:34,872 This fool gonna call me out; he ain't even got no gun. 1020 01:13:34,956 --> 01:13:39,668 I'll kill that motherfucker. [Panting] No, uh… Let him go. 1021 01:13:39,753 --> 01:13:42,755 Hmm? Let him live, 1022 01:13:42,839 --> 01:13:45,466 and he'll be scared of you every time you walk into a room. 1023 01:13:45,550 --> 01:13:47,510 Shit, he better be scared, goddamn it, I'll kill him. 1024 01:13:47,594 --> 01:13:50,471 - He will. If-If he ain't, I'll‒ - You better tell him. 1025 01:13:50,555 --> 01:13:53,349 I‒ I will. Trust me. 1026 01:13:53,433 --> 01:13:58,020 I'll tell him. [Laughs] 1027 01:13:58,104 --> 01:14:02,858 Right there, goddamn it. No. Keep an eye on him. 1028 01:14:02,943 --> 01:14:07,780 Where you goin'? That's right. 1029 01:14:24,339 --> 01:14:28,384 [Easy] The pictures was eatin' at my pocket like a cigarette burn. 1030 01:14:28,468 --> 01:14:32,304 Albright had killed for those pictures, to get 'em back for Matthew Terell. 1031 01:14:32,389 --> 01:14:36,267 He had killed Richard McGee, who had sold the pictures to Daphne. 1032 01:14:36,351 --> 01:14:38,394 Time was runnin' out. 1033 01:14:38,478 --> 01:14:41,689 But I had some unfinished business with the girl. 1034 01:14:41,773 --> 01:14:45,693 She had called that afternoon, and all I needed was for her to call again. 1035 01:14:47,779 --> 01:14:50,698 [Phone Ringing] 1036 01:14:53,493 --> 01:14:55,995 [Ringing Continues] 1037 01:15:01,084 --> 01:15:03,502 Hello. Hello! 1038 01:15:03,587 --> 01:15:05,838 Hello. [Dial Tone] 1039 01:15:07,507 --> 01:15:09,425 [Rustling] 1040 01:15:23,273 --> 01:15:26,650 I'm sorry. I broke into your house, and‒ 1041 01:15:27,694 --> 01:15:29,612 Please don't be angry with me. 1042 01:15:29,696 --> 01:15:32,698 Now, why should I be angry at you? 1043 01:15:38,455 --> 01:15:41,165 M-May I have a c-cigarette? 1044 01:15:44,836 --> 01:15:49,256 You know, Coretta's boyfriend Dupree got out of jail today. 1045 01:15:49,341 --> 01:15:53,010 And you need me to help you find him. 1046 01:15:53,094 --> 01:15:55,679 [Exhales] I already got the pictures, Daphne. 1047 01:16:04,272 --> 01:16:06,273 [Laughs] 1048 01:16:30,757 --> 01:16:33,967 You know, I paid $7,000 for those pictures. They belong to me. 1049 01:16:34,052 --> 01:16:36,762 Matthew Terell might have somethin' to say about that. 1050 01:16:36,846 --> 01:16:40,891 All right, then, I'll pay you for them. I'll give you $1,000. 1051 01:16:40,975 --> 01:16:43,644 You gave Richard McGee seven. Then I'll give you seven. 1052 01:16:43,728 --> 01:16:45,979 Damn, what does Terell have on you, girl? 1053 01:16:46,064 --> 01:16:50,693 Nothin'. You want the money or not? No. 1054 01:16:50,777 --> 01:16:52,903 No. I got two murders hangin' over my head. 1055 01:16:52,987 --> 01:16:55,823 Unless I give the cops a killer by tomorrow mornin', I'm goin' to jail. 1056 01:16:55,907 --> 01:16:58,283 Now, who killed Coretta? I don't know. 1057 01:16:58,368 --> 01:17:00,869 It was 'cause of them pictures she was killed, wasn't it? I don't know. 1058 01:17:00,954 --> 01:17:03,831 Your boyfriend Frank Green killed her to bring you them pictures, didn't he? 1059 01:17:03,915 --> 01:17:05,999 Of course not. Well, you can tell it to the police, 1060 01:17:06,084 --> 01:17:08,419 'cause I ain't takin' the rap. 1061 01:17:10,004 --> 01:17:12,715 Easy, put the phone down! Put the phone down! 1062 01:17:12,799 --> 01:17:16,301 Put the phone down. Easy! So it was Frank, wasn't it? 1063 01:17:16,386 --> 01:17:18,345 He had nothin' to do with it! Yeah, sure he did! 1064 01:17:18,430 --> 01:17:20,305 There was more between y'all than back-door romance! 1065 01:17:20,390 --> 01:17:23,684 He probably pimped you out to Carter in the first place! We goin' to the police! 1066 01:17:23,768 --> 01:17:26,395 No! No! Come on! Yeah, why don't you scream, huh? 1067 01:17:26,479 --> 01:17:28,897 So I can tell the police about your boyfriend Frank Green! 1068 01:17:28,982 --> 01:17:31,650 Frank is my brother! What? 1069 01:17:34,362 --> 01:17:38,031 Our mother is Creole. We have different fathers. 1070 01:17:38,116 --> 01:17:40,868 Mine is white. 1071 01:17:40,952 --> 01:17:43,412 And that's what Terell has on me. 1072 01:17:44,789 --> 01:17:48,000 And so far, I've been able to keep Frank out of this. 1073 01:17:48,084 --> 01:17:51,545 Who killed Coretta? [Crying] It was an accident. 1074 01:17:51,629 --> 01:17:54,381 Who killed her? She threatened to sell the pictures to Terell. 1075 01:17:54,466 --> 01:17:57,468 Who killed her? Goddamn it! 1076 01:17:57,552 --> 01:18:00,095 I just asked Joppy to go over and put a scare into her. 1077 01:18:00,180 --> 01:18:02,765 Joppy? 1078 01:18:02,849 --> 01:18:05,476 I didn't mean to hurt anybody! 1079 01:18:05,560 --> 01:18:07,436 [Sobs] I didn't mean to hurt anybody. 1080 01:18:07,520 --> 01:18:11,106 But Todd and his family, you know, they had to pull out of the election because of me. 1081 01:18:11,191 --> 01:18:14,568 They really wanted us to get married. It was just because of the election that we‒ 1082 01:18:18,364 --> 01:18:20,908 I'll be a son of a bitch. Get her, Shariff. 1083 01:18:22,619 --> 01:18:24,119 Ow! 1084 01:18:25,121 --> 01:18:27,122 No! [Easy Groaning] 1085 01:18:27,207 --> 01:18:29,416 [Albright] Come on, get up. 1086 01:18:29,501 --> 01:18:32,169 Where are the pictures? I don't know what you're talking about. 1087 01:18:32,253 --> 01:18:34,630 Yeah? Take her to the car. 1088 01:18:34,714 --> 01:18:36,632 Get up! [Grunts] 1089 01:18:36,716 --> 01:18:40,135 Come on! Who we gonna give up to cover this shit, huh? 1090 01:18:40,220 --> 01:18:44,765 [Daphne Screaming] 1091 01:18:44,849 --> 01:18:46,767 [Moans] 1092 01:19:00,573 --> 01:19:02,533 [Tires Squealing] 1093 01:19:07,539 --> 01:19:10,624 [Easy] I woke up Mouse and told him to drive Dupree's car… 1094 01:19:10,708 --> 01:19:12,626 To 34th and Central, 1095 01:19:12,710 --> 01:19:15,963 'cause it had come to me in less time than it takes to think. 1096 01:19:16,047 --> 01:19:17,965 They were takin' Daphne someplace more deserted… 1097 01:19:18,049 --> 01:19:20,259 Than Albright's office up in Hollywood. [Coughing] 1098 01:19:20,343 --> 01:19:22,970 Someplace where there would be no witnesses. 1099 01:19:23,054 --> 01:19:25,514 And I was bein' left alive to take the fall. 1100 01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:30,686 [Tires Screech] 1101 01:19:40,154 --> 01:19:42,072 [Screeching] 1102 01:19:42,156 --> 01:19:44,324 Mouse, give me one of them guns you got. 1103 01:19:44,409 --> 01:19:46,910 What? Give me one of them guns. Start up my car; keep it hot. 1104 01:19:46,995 --> 01:19:48,954 I'm comin' out fast. 1105 01:19:57,922 --> 01:20:01,091 ♪ ♪ [Speakers: Man Singing] 1106 01:20:04,888 --> 01:20:06,805 [Gun Cocking] 1107 01:20:09,100 --> 01:20:11,059 [Patrons Chattering] 1108 01:20:11,144 --> 01:20:14,021 I saw that cow! [Drunken Laughter] 1109 01:20:14,105 --> 01:20:17,399 ♪ ♪ [Continues] 1110 01:20:17,483 --> 01:20:20,903 Come on, let's go. Let's go! 1111 01:20:20,987 --> 01:20:22,905 All right, all right. Blow your face off. Let's go. 1112 01:20:22,989 --> 01:20:25,824 [Man] Hey, man! Shut up! 1113 01:20:28,912 --> 01:20:32,164 What the hell you doin'? Shut up. 1114 01:20:32,248 --> 01:20:35,167 What is this, Easy? 1115 01:20:35,251 --> 01:20:37,169 Just drive, Mouse. 1116 01:20:48,139 --> 01:20:51,350 [Easy] Joppy, Albright's got the girl, and he's gon' kill her. 1117 01:20:51,434 --> 01:20:54,353 Tell me where it is, and you better get it right. Easy, I don't-- 1118 01:20:54,437 --> 01:20:56,688 Get it right, Joppy. Get it right! 1119 01:20:56,773 --> 01:21:00,943 There's a-a-a cabin. Th-Th-That's all I know. There's a cabin. 1120 01:21:01,027 --> 01:21:03,445 Where is it? It's in Malibu, on Route Nine. 1121 01:21:03,529 --> 01:21:07,157 - Make a right turn at the alley. - [Chuckling] Oh, yeah. 1122 01:21:10,161 --> 01:21:12,579 [Easy] You sure this where Albright's gonna be, right? 1123 01:21:12,664 --> 01:21:14,414 I guess so. Don't be guessin', Joppy. 1124 01:21:14,499 --> 01:21:18,502 Look. He done this kind of thing out there before, so I guess so. 1125 01:21:18,586 --> 01:21:21,463 What's got into you? I thought y'all supposed to be friends. 1126 01:21:21,547 --> 01:21:24,591 - He killed Dupree's girlfriend Coretta. - You lyin'. 1127 01:21:24,676 --> 01:21:25,634 No. 1128 01:21:25,718 --> 01:21:27,678 - Son of a bitch! - I done nothin' like that! - [Gunshot] 1129 01:21:27,762 --> 01:21:30,931 - No! No! Wait a minute! - [Gunshot] 1130 01:21:31,015 --> 01:21:34,184 - [Mouse Shouting] - Hold on! We need him, Mouse! 1131 01:21:34,268 --> 01:21:36,395 The girl got $7,000! 1132 01:21:36,479 --> 01:21:39,022 [Tires Screech] 1133 01:21:39,107 --> 01:21:41,024 [Joppy Moaning] What? 1134 01:21:41,109 --> 01:21:44,486 The girl offered to pay me $7,000 for them pictures. 1135 01:21:44,570 --> 01:21:46,488 Oh, my God. 1136 01:21:46,572 --> 01:21:49,157 Oh, my goodness. Oh, my God! 1137 01:21:49,242 --> 01:21:52,703 [Tires Squeal] Oh, my God! 1138 01:22:07,802 --> 01:22:09,845 [Easy] How much further is it? 1139 01:22:09,929 --> 01:22:13,015 [Joppy] You're comin' up on it. 1140 01:22:31,951 --> 01:22:34,494 [Easy] Raymond, there's some rope in the trunk. Tie him up. 1141 01:22:34,579 --> 01:22:36,580 Yeah, all right. 1142 01:22:43,546 --> 01:22:45,881 Now, man, come on. 1143 01:22:45,965 --> 01:22:50,719 The girl is lyin' if she told you I killed that woman. 1144 01:22:50,803 --> 01:22:53,096 Who says she told me? I‒ 1145 01:22:53,181 --> 01:22:55,640 [Gun Uncocks] I mean‒ 1146 01:22:55,725 --> 01:22:57,642 [Grunts Painfully] 1147 01:22:57,727 --> 01:22:59,644 Easy, I was goin' to shoot him now, okay? 1148 01:22:59,729 --> 01:23:01,646 [Gun Cocks] No, don't shoot him. 1149 01:23:01,731 --> 01:23:03,648 Don't shoot him. 1150 01:23:40,019 --> 01:23:43,772 [Daphne Shouting In Distance] 1151 01:23:46,359 --> 01:23:49,861 [Crying] Please! 1152 01:23:54,659 --> 01:23:57,619 Help me! Help me! [Sobbing] 1153 01:23:57,703 --> 01:23:59,663 Help me. 1154 01:24:02,792 --> 01:24:06,044 Please! 1155 01:24:06,129 --> 01:24:08,046 Help me. 1156 01:24:08,131 --> 01:24:10,340 Please. [Albright] Shut up! 1157 01:24:16,848 --> 01:24:19,766 [Albright] Now, you're gonna tell me where the pictures are, okay? 1158 01:24:19,851 --> 01:24:23,520 I don't wanna hurt you, but you are gonna tell me. Where are the pictures? 1159 01:24:23,604 --> 01:24:26,523 [Daphne] I don't have them. Easy has them. 1160 01:24:26,607 --> 01:24:28,984 I thought you said he had nothin' to do with it. 1161 01:24:29,068 --> 01:24:32,654 [Sobbing] I was lying. 1162 01:24:32,738 --> 01:24:35,240 What? I was lying. 1163 01:24:35,324 --> 01:24:38,410 Are you a liar? 1164 01:24:38,494 --> 01:24:42,455 Huh? Huh? I know you're a liar. 1165 01:24:42,540 --> 01:24:45,000 You lie about bein' a nigger? 1166 01:24:45,084 --> 01:24:47,002 Huh? 1167 01:24:47,086 --> 01:24:50,255 Tell me the truth. 1168 01:24:50,339 --> 01:24:52,132 What part of you is nigger? Your leg a nigger? 1169 01:24:52,216 --> 01:24:56,636 Your arm a nigger? Maybe your face is a nigger. 1170 01:24:58,181 --> 01:25:02,017 What part of you is nigger? Huh? 1171 01:25:02,101 --> 01:25:05,520 You know what I'm gonna do? I don't know. Please. 1172 01:25:05,605 --> 01:25:07,689 [Screaming] I'm gonna burn it out of you. 1173 01:25:07,773 --> 01:25:11,985 No! No! No! No! 1174 01:25:28,461 --> 01:25:30,921 [Panting] 1175 01:25:36,469 --> 01:25:40,722 [Rustling] 1176 01:25:40,806 --> 01:25:44,309 [Footsteps] 1177 01:25:51,901 --> 01:25:55,445 [Whimpering, Gagging] 1178 01:25:56,948 --> 01:25:59,449 [Thud] 1179 01:26:03,371 --> 01:26:06,873 [Daphne Crying] 1180 01:26:09,877 --> 01:26:11,795 [Albright] Hey, Easy, is that you? 1181 01:26:11,879 --> 01:26:14,506 Hey, Easy! 1182 01:26:14,590 --> 01:26:16,508 Easy! 1183 01:26:20,763 --> 01:26:23,640 [Screaming] 1184 01:26:34,819 --> 01:26:38,863 [Panting, Wheezing] 1185 01:26:47,707 --> 01:26:50,667 [Coughing, Gagging] 1186 01:27:03,014 --> 01:27:07,726 [Wheezing] 1187 01:27:25,077 --> 01:27:27,704 [Mouse] He gone, man. 1188 01:27:32,043 --> 01:27:33,960 Gone. 1189 01:27:42,845 --> 01:27:44,763 You all right? 1190 01:27:44,847 --> 01:27:46,765 Y‒ 1191 01:27:46,849 --> 01:27:50,602 Yeah. Can you walk? All right, come on. Let's go. 1192 01:27:56,484 --> 01:27:58,651 [Shuddering] 1193 01:28:08,621 --> 01:28:11,206 Where's Joppy, Mouse? 1194 01:28:11,290 --> 01:28:13,666 Huh? 1195 01:28:13,751 --> 01:28:15,877 Where's Joppy? 1196 01:28:15,961 --> 01:28:17,879 Uh, he right there. 1197 01:28:28,933 --> 01:28:30,850 What happened? 1198 01:28:30,935 --> 01:28:33,311 I ain't had no time to be tyin' him up, Easy. 1199 01:28:33,396 --> 01:28:34,896 What? 1200 01:28:36,148 --> 01:28:38,566 Look, you just said don't shoot him, right? That's right. 1201 01:28:38,651 --> 01:28:42,237 Well, I didn't. I just-- I-I choked him. 1202 01:28:42,321 --> 01:28:45,407 What? Well, how am I gonna help you out… 1203 01:28:45,491 --> 01:28:48,368 If I'm back here foolin' around with him, now? 1204 01:28:51,497 --> 01:28:54,582 Easy, look, if you ain't wantin' him killed, why'd you leave him with me? 1205 01:28:54,667 --> 01:28:56,584 [Exhales] 1206 01:29:01,298 --> 01:29:03,842 Come on, we got to go, Easy. 1207 01:29:06,011 --> 01:29:08,972 Easy, come on. Let's go now. 1208 01:29:21,277 --> 01:29:24,946 [Daphne On Phone, Indistinct] 1209 01:29:25,030 --> 01:29:28,158 All right, sweetheart. 1210 01:29:28,242 --> 01:29:32,036 Listen, Easy. Think you gonna have trouble with that dude Frank. 1211 01:29:32,121 --> 01:29:34,497 I can just run by, kill him and take that evenin' train. 1212 01:29:34,582 --> 01:29:37,625 No, Mouse. You sure? All right, then. 1213 01:29:39,295 --> 01:29:42,797 Hey. All right. Oh, look here. 1214 01:29:42,882 --> 01:29:45,592 I cut you in for half, 'cause I know you was too big a fool… 1215 01:29:45,676 --> 01:29:47,719 To take your share from that white girl yourself. 1216 01:29:47,803 --> 01:29:49,471 All right. Hey, man. Look. 1217 01:29:49,555 --> 01:29:52,390 If you need somebody to run them streets with you again, just give me a call. 1218 01:29:52,475 --> 01:29:57,187 'Cause you know how to put some money in a nigger's pocket. Bye. 1219 01:30:15,581 --> 01:30:18,458 [Daphne] No, what upset them the most is that I didn't tell them. 1220 01:30:18,542 --> 01:30:22,670 And then Terell threatened to go public about my mother, 1221 01:30:22,755 --> 01:30:25,006 and that just added insult to injury. 1222 01:30:25,090 --> 01:30:30,136 But when Todd sees the pictures there'll be nothin' to stand in the way of us gettin' married. 1223 01:30:30,221 --> 01:30:34,432 You sure about that? Of course. Terell doesn't want to go to jail. 1224 01:30:34,517 --> 01:30:36,684 I'm not talkin' about Terell. 1225 01:30:36,769 --> 01:30:40,355 [Exhales] Todd and I are very much in love, and in the end… 1226 01:30:42,483 --> 01:30:45,109 His family just wants him to be happy. 1227 01:30:49,615 --> 01:30:53,701 [Easy] Daphne had gotten the money out of a locker at the YWCA. 1228 01:30:53,786 --> 01:30:56,788 It was money she had gotten from Carter's family. 1229 01:30:56,872 --> 01:30:59,332 $30,000… 1230 01:30:59,416 --> 01:31:01,668 To leave town. 1231 01:31:01,752 --> 01:31:05,046 She was still convinced, though, that her Negro blood didn't matter… 1232 01:31:05,130 --> 01:31:09,717 Now that Terell couldn't use it to keep the man she wanted to marry out of the mayor's race. 1233 01:31:09,802 --> 01:31:13,888 [Arguing] She was in love and couldn't see for dreamin'… 1234 01:31:13,973 --> 01:31:16,933 Any better than the rest of us, I guess. 1235 01:31:17,017 --> 01:31:20,478 'Cause even though we had fought a war to keep the world free, 1236 01:31:20,563 --> 01:31:22,564 the color line in America worked both ways, 1237 01:31:22,648 --> 01:31:25,692 and even a rich white man like Todd Carter… 1238 01:31:25,776 --> 01:31:28,361 Was afraid to cross it. 1239 01:31:28,445 --> 01:31:30,822 Don't walk away. Don't-- Damn you. 1240 01:31:30,906 --> 01:31:32,824 Wait. 1241 01:31:34,326 --> 01:31:36,244 Wait. 1242 01:31:39,498 --> 01:31:40,832 Please! 1243 01:31:41,834 --> 01:31:43,835 Please! 1244 01:31:48,757 --> 01:31:50,675 [Exhales] 1245 01:32:05,566 --> 01:32:08,776 Here's the $800 that I owe you. 1246 01:32:08,861 --> 01:32:12,363 And thank you for protecting her. 1247 01:32:13,699 --> 01:32:15,783 You have some pictures. 1248 01:32:27,713 --> 01:32:32,091 That puts you back in the race. 1249 01:32:32,176 --> 01:32:35,553 I'm gonna need you to do something for me too. 1250 01:32:37,723 --> 01:32:41,601 I know. You'll have no trouble with the police. 1251 01:32:41,685 --> 01:32:43,645 That's a promise. 1252 01:32:49,526 --> 01:32:52,111 Thank you. 1253 01:32:54,156 --> 01:32:56,491 Mr. Rawlins. 1254 01:32:58,077 --> 01:33:00,036 Just so you know, 1255 01:33:01,622 --> 01:33:03,498 I do love her. 1256 01:33:45,082 --> 01:33:46,999 [Exhales] 1257 01:33:49,086 --> 01:33:51,629 You want me to walk you inside? 1258 01:34:13,527 --> 01:34:15,695 [Easy] I dropped her off at her brother's apartment, 1259 01:34:15,779 --> 01:34:18,865 a fourplex on Dinker Street. 1260 01:34:18,949 --> 01:34:23,578 She had told me her story on the way home like a sinner who wanted to confess. 1261 01:34:23,662 --> 01:34:27,081 Her name was Ruby Hanks from Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1262 01:34:27,166 --> 01:34:31,753 and I suppose all she really wanted was a place to fit in. 1263 01:34:31,837 --> 01:34:34,756 A few days later my conscience got the best of me, 1264 01:34:34,840 --> 01:34:38,092 and I went by her place to bring back my half of her money. 1265 01:34:38,177 --> 01:34:41,846 I was kind of excited about seein' her again. 1266 01:34:41,930 --> 01:34:46,517 But when I got there, she and her brother had picked up and gone. 1267 01:34:49,354 --> 01:34:54,108 [Children Playing, Chattering] 1268 01:35:08,832 --> 01:35:13,503 [Dispatcher On Radio, Indistinct] 1269 01:35:26,475 --> 01:35:30,102 [Odell] Hey, Easy. Find a job yet? 1270 01:35:30,187 --> 01:35:32,104 I ain't studyin' no job, Odell. 1271 01:35:32,189 --> 01:35:34,732 Ain't studyin' no job? How you gonna live? 1272 01:35:34,817 --> 01:35:37,985 I got a little money saved up. Gonna invest in some real estate. 1273 01:35:38,070 --> 01:35:40,363 Maybe go into business for myself. 1274 01:35:40,447 --> 01:35:44,784 What kind of business? Little private investigatin'. 1275 01:35:44,868 --> 01:35:48,496 You get in trouble doin' that. Yeah, well, like a man told me once, 1276 01:35:48,580 --> 01:35:52,542 step out your door in the morning, you're already in trouble. 1277 01:35:52,626 --> 01:35:55,461 Just a matter of whether you're mixed up at the top of that trouble. 1278 01:35:55,546 --> 01:35:59,340 Yeah. I guess you're right. 1279 01:35:59,424 --> 01:36:03,970 [Neighbors Chattering] 1280 01:36:04,054 --> 01:36:08,724 If you got a friend that you know does bad things‒ I mean real bad things‒ 1281 01:36:08,809 --> 01:36:12,770 can you still keep him as a friend even though you know what he's like? 1282 01:36:14,231 --> 01:36:16,440 You think that's wrong? 1283 01:36:18,068 --> 01:36:19,944 All you got is your friends. 1284 01:36:20,028 --> 01:36:21,946 [Kid] I will. Bye! 1285 01:36:22,030 --> 01:36:24,282 Hey! Hey! Hey! What are you doin'? 1286 01:36:24,366 --> 01:36:26,284 You better get outta my yard. You get on out! 1287 01:36:26,368 --> 01:36:30,037 Hey! Get on away from there! You know that fool knocked down two of my trees? 1288 01:36:30,122 --> 01:36:32,623 Get on away from there! 1289 01:36:32,708 --> 01:36:34,625 You better get on! 1290 01:36:37,462 --> 01:36:41,591 You all right? Easy, is he crazy? 1291 01:36:41,675 --> 01:36:45,636 Always up and down on our street! 1292 01:36:45,721 --> 01:36:47,680 If he comes back, you let me know, ma'am. 1293 01:36:47,764 --> 01:36:49,682 You take care. 1294 01:36:56,023 --> 01:36:59,400 Hey, Lou. Hey, man, get outta the street! 1295 01:36:59,484 --> 01:37:01,360 Watch it. 1296 01:37:05,282 --> 01:37:07,158 [Chuckles] 1297 01:37:07,242 --> 01:37:10,912 [Kids Reciting Rhyme] 1298 01:37:10,996 --> 01:37:14,665 [Man] Look at the camera now. 1299 01:37:14,750 --> 01:37:19,253 [Boy] Kathleen, give me some. Okay. 1300 01:37:27,679 --> 01:37:30,681 [Easy] I thought about what Odell had said about friends, 1301 01:37:30,766 --> 01:37:32,683 and it made sense to me. 1302 01:37:32,768 --> 01:37:35,686 Odell goes to church every Sunday, so he would know. 1303 01:37:35,771 --> 01:37:38,272 Later on, he challenged me to a game of dominoes. 1304 01:37:38,357 --> 01:37:40,942 Now, what'd he go and do that for? 1305 01:37:41,026 --> 01:37:44,195 We got to talkin' about Texas and fooled around… 1306 01:37:44,279 --> 01:37:46,822 And drunk almost a quart of whiskey. 1307 01:37:46,907 --> 01:37:51,869 And I forgot all about Daphne Monet, Dewitt Albright, Carter and them. 1308 01:37:51,954 --> 01:37:53,955 And I sat with my friend… 1309 01:37:54,039 --> 01:37:56,248 On my porch… 1310 01:37:56,333 --> 01:37:58,709 At my house, 1311 01:37:58,794 --> 01:38:01,420 and we laughed a long time. 1312 01:38:06,718 --> 01:38:09,845 ♪ ♪ [Jazz] 1313 01:38:39,876 --> 01:38:41,877 ♪ ♪ [Continues] 1314 01:40:24,481 --> 01:40:25,940 ♪ ♪ [Ends] 1315 01:40:26,024 --> 01:40:28,734 ♪ ♪ [New Song Begins] 1316 01:40:37,786 --> 01:40:41,372 [Man] ♪ I dreamed of heaven Saw my baby there ♪ 1317 01:40:43,500 --> 01:40:47,211 ♪ I dreamed of heaven Saw my baby there ♪ 1318 01:40:49,256 --> 01:40:53,259 ♪ She had pearly white teeth and coal-black wavy hair ♪ 1319 01:40:55,762 --> 01:40:58,514 ♪ Hoy, hoy, hop ♪ 1320 01:40:58,598 --> 01:41:00,975 ♪ Hoy, hoy, skip ♪ 1321 01:41:01,059 --> 01:41:05,020 ♪ Now jump ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [Continues, Instrumental] 1322 01:41:26,751 --> 01:41:28,419 ♪ ♪ [Ends]