1 00:03:17,872 --> 00:03:21,239 lt was summer, 1948, and l needed money. 2 00:03:22,343 --> 00:03:24,903 After going door-to-door all day long... 3 00:03:24,979 --> 00:03:27,379 l was back again at Joppy`s Bar, trying to figure out... 4 00:03:27,448 --> 00:03:30,542 where l was gonna go lookin` for work the next day. 5 00:03:30,618 --> 00:03:34,520 The newspapers was goin' on and on about the city elections... 6 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:37,183 like they was really gonna change somebody`s life. 7 00:03:37,258 --> 00:03:40,694 My life had already changed when l lost my job three weeks before. 8 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:46,496 For example, one of the white guys pulls a double shift... 9 00:03:46,567 --> 00:03:48,865 says he's too tired to work overtime. 10 00:03:48,936 --> 00:03:50,699 You don't fire them. 11 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:52,831 That's all you have to say? 12 00:04:02,283 --> 00:04:05,411 No, that's not all. l need-- 13 00:04:07,488 --> 00:04:10,252 l need to pay my mortgage and eat. 14 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:15,217 l need a house to live in. l need to put clothes on my back, Mr. Qiacomo. 15 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:19,733 -l need the job. -Sorry, tella. l gotta get back to work. 16 00:04:23,070 --> 00:04:25,402 - My name's not ''fella.'' - Huh? 17 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:31,175 My name is Ezekiel Rawlins. 18 00:04:31,913 --> 00:04:33,881 - Catch you later, Joppy. - Hey! 19 00:04:33,948 --> 00:04:35,575 Watch the marble, damn it! 20 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:37,379 What l tell you? 21 00:04:42,790 --> 00:04:45,759 Joppy, how much you think they payin' out there at Douglas Aircratt? 22 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:50,287 l don't know. Don't it say on the-- 23 00:05:08,783 --> 00:05:13,015 Talk to him. Yes, sir, you can talk to him. 24 00:05:14,789 --> 00:05:17,349 Easy, come on over here. 25 00:05:17,425 --> 00:05:19,791 l got somebody l want you to meet. 26 00:05:23,831 --> 00:05:26,265 Come on. This here's a triend ot mine. 27 00:05:27,335 --> 00:05:29,963 Yeah, Easy, this is Mr. Albright. 28 00:05:30,037 --> 00:05:31,902 - Call me Dewitt. - How you doin`? 29 00:05:31,973 --> 00:05:34,669 - l'm all right. - Take a seat, Easy. 30 00:05:38,012 --> 00:05:42,073 Mr. Albright and me go way back to betore the war. 31 00:05:43,150 --> 00:05:46,119 Right back when l was still in the tight game. 32 00:05:46,187 --> 00:05:48,087 - Ever seen this guy tight? - No. 33 00:05:50,791 --> 00:05:52,986 Every time Joppy Shag stepped into the ring... 34 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:57,497 you knew you was gonna see some real knock-down-drag-out tisticufts. 35 00:05:57,565 --> 00:06:00,193 - Where you from? - Houston. 36 00:06:02,270 --> 00:06:04,204 That's Joppy's home town. 37 00:06:07,775 --> 00:06:09,299 l hear you need a job. 38 00:06:09,377 --> 00:06:13,438 Oh, yeah. Easy always tryin' to do better. 39 00:06:13,514 --> 00:06:17,473 He's one ot the tew colored men around here who owns his own house. 40 00:06:17,551 --> 00:06:20,384 He's payin' the mortgage every month, just like y'all tolks. 41 00:06:21,455 --> 00:06:23,548 Property owner, huh? 42 00:06:23,624 --> 00:06:26,149 These big companies don't give a damn, do they, Easy? 43 00:06:26,227 --> 00:06:28,058 l got out of that racket a long time ago. 44 00:06:28,129 --> 00:06:31,064 Look, it you do need a job, you drop by this address. 45 00:06:31,132 --> 00:06:35,432 - 7:00 tonight. - What kind ot work do you do? 46 00:06:39,006 --> 00:06:42,169 l do favors for friends. 47 00:06:43,844 --> 00:06:45,471 Drop by. 48 00:06:49,617 --> 00:06:51,380 Who is that? 49 00:06:51,452 --> 00:06:54,182 Just somebody l know. Businessman. 50 00:06:54,255 --> 00:06:56,189 - Businessman, huh? - Yeah, he is. 51 00:06:58,125 --> 00:07:00,184 Ain't nothin' to worry about. 52 00:07:00,261 --> 00:07:03,662 Now, when somebody tell me ''ain`t nothin' to worry about"... 53 00:07:03,731 --> 00:07:06,222 l usually look down to see if my fly is open. 54 00:07:07,435 --> 00:07:12,737 But all the way home all l could think about was a chance to make some money. 55 00:07:12,807 --> 00:07:17,540 l first came to Los Angeles when l got home from the war in Europe... 56 00:07:17,611 --> 00:07:20,774 with $300 in my pocket and the G.l. Bill. 57 00:07:20,848 --> 00:07:23,578 Like me, a lot of folk from Texas and Louisiana... 58 00:07:23,651 --> 00:07:25,812 had moved out to California to get them good jobs... 59 00:07:25,886 --> 00:07:28,650 in the shipyards and in the aircraft companies. 60 00:07:28,723 --> 00:07:30,714 Hey, Willy! 61 00:07:30,791 --> 00:07:34,386 Now me, myself-- l was a machinist. 62 00:07:34,462 --> 00:07:38,660 And the first thing l did when l saved enough money was to buy me a house. 63 00:07:40,801 --> 00:07:43,497 Man, l loved comin` home to my house. 64 00:07:43,571 --> 00:07:47,234 l don't know. l guess maybe l just loved ownin` something. 65 00:07:50,344 --> 00:07:52,278 How ya doin'? 66 00:07:58,352 --> 00:08:00,843 - l'm gonna knock down some trees-- - No, leave my trees alone. 67 00:08:00,921 --> 00:08:02,855 - But it ain't gonna take but five-- - Leave my-- 68 00:08:02,923 --> 00:08:04,857 Qet on! 69 00:08:26,881 --> 00:08:30,647 l was feelin` pretty desperate that evening. 70 00:08:30,718 --> 00:08:33,016 ln a week l`d be two months behind on my mortgage... 71 00:08:33,087 --> 00:08:36,147 and, no, sir, l wasn't about to lose my house. 72 00:08:36,223 --> 00:08:38,487 But a chill runnin` up the back of my neck... 73 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,959 was tellin` me l was about to make a bad decision. 74 00:08:42,029 --> 00:08:44,827 Yeah, Albright made me nervous. 75 00:08:44,899 --> 00:08:48,027 He reminded me of a fellow l knew back in Texas named Mouse. 76 00:08:48,102 --> 00:08:49,933 Drive to this train yard and let`s dump this-- 77 00:08:50,004 --> 00:08:52,063 l thought you said this was your friend's car? What did you do, Mouse? 78 00:08:52,139 --> 00:08:54,801 - Just drive this son of a bitch. - What did you do? 79 00:09:19,467 --> 00:09:20,900 So... 80 00:09:23,904 --> 00:09:25,599 want the job? 81 00:09:25,673 --> 00:09:30,633 lt depends on what kind of job it is. l don't wanna get mixed up in nothin'. 82 00:09:32,313 --> 00:09:34,247 Walk out the door in the mornin'... 83 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:37,076 you're mixed up in somethin'. 84 00:09:38,686 --> 00:09:41,484 Only thing matters if you're mixed up to the top or not. 85 00:09:41,555 --> 00:09:44,547 l'm just lookin' tor somebody tor a triend. 86 00:09:45,526 --> 00:09:46,959 Daphne Monet. 87 00:09:48,095 --> 00:09:49,960 Fiancee of Todd Carter. 88 00:09:50,030 --> 00:09:52,021 She been gone two weeks. 89 00:09:52,099 --> 00:09:55,159 lt upset the poor man so much he stopped runnin' for mayor. 90 00:09:55,236 --> 00:09:58,296 l never laid eyes on her. 91 00:09:58,372 --> 00:10:00,840 That's a shame. 92 00:10:00,908 --> 00:10:04,537 See, Daphne has a predilection for the company ot Negroes. 93 00:10:04,612 --> 00:10:07,706 She likes jazz and pig's feet and dark meat, know what l mean? 94 00:10:10,117 --> 00:10:11,709 Predilection, yeah. 95 00:10:12,786 --> 00:10:14,219 Yeah. 96 00:10:15,689 --> 00:10:18,351 l'd go lookin' for her myselt... 97 00:10:18,425 --> 00:10:20,859 but l'm not the right persuasion, so to speak. 98 00:10:21,929 --> 00:10:24,989 - What you want from me? - What do you mean? 99 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,664 - What do you want me to do? - Just get a location on her. 100 00:10:30,971 --> 00:10:32,939 Mr. Carter wants to make up with her. 101 00:10:34,074 --> 00:10:36,269 Hundred dollars. 102 00:10:36,343 --> 00:10:39,107 l pay in advance. 103 00:10:44,118 --> 00:10:46,951 Hundred dollars. 104 00:10:47,021 --> 00:10:48,955 All l got to do is tell you where she's at? 105 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:51,287 - That's right. - And that's all? 106 00:10:51,358 --> 00:10:53,485 That's all. 107 00:10:53,561 --> 00:10:56,928 Joppy tells me you used to trequent an illegal club at 89th and Central. 108 00:10:56,997 --> 00:10:58,089 John's. 109 00:10:58,165 --> 00:11:00,690 Somebody saw Daphne there a tew nights ago. 110 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:03,226 You could start tonight. 111 00:11:18,986 --> 00:11:21,318 Whoa! That's enough. Thank you. 112 00:11:21,388 --> 00:11:23,322 - See you later, man. - All right. 113 00:11:23,390 --> 00:11:24,823 Yeah! 114 00:11:40,541 --> 00:11:42,475 Oh, l see him! 115 00:12:07,134 --> 00:12:09,034 - What l do? - What's your name? 116 00:12:10,204 --> 00:12:12,399 l told you this is a grocery store, period. 117 00:12:12,473 --> 00:12:14,998 - Hattie May. - Hey, how you doin', baby? 118 00:12:15,075 --> 00:12:16,838 Colored brother, l need you to do something. 119 00:12:16,910 --> 00:12:20,243 Mister, l done told you. You can't be in here harassing tolk. 120 00:12:20,314 --> 00:12:21,747 What's going on? 121 00:12:21,815 --> 00:12:25,546 l just paid these damn cops oft, and they're out there rousting my customers. 122 00:12:25,619 --> 00:12:29,077 That's what he get for messing with that white woman. 123 00:12:29,156 --> 00:12:31,454 - Come on, brother. - Don't pay him no attention, Easy. 124 00:12:31,525 --> 00:12:35,120 l rung tor Junior to come down and take care of that. 125 00:12:35,195 --> 00:12:37,891 Ain't got nobody but Deucy tonight. 126 00:12:37,965 --> 00:12:40,126 - l had Holiday on Thursday. - Yeah? 127 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,792 Yeah, you missed it. 128 00:12:43,537 --> 00:12:45,528 Junior, wait tor the cops to leave. 129 00:12:45,606 --> 00:12:48,302 Take Easy upstairs, and it he's still down here... 130 00:12:48,375 --> 00:12:51,833 come on back and throw his ass out. 131 00:12:51,912 --> 00:12:54,972 - You better be gone. - l'll be here. l'll be waitin' tor you. 132 00:12:55,049 --> 00:12:58,450 Yeah, you just wait, mister. You just keep waitin'. 133 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:01,511 Mr. McGee, there is no upstairs. 134 00:13:01,588 --> 00:13:02,122 - Qot another one ot them cigarettes? - Sure. 135 00:13:02,122 --> 00:13:03,783 - Qot another one ot them cigarettes? - Sure. 136 00:13:03,857 --> 00:13:06,257 Zapattas. How you smoke these damn things? 137 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:08,818 You're the only Negro in America smoke Mexican cigarettes. 138 00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:11,865 The last time l heard these tellas playin' was back in Houston. 139 00:13:11,932 --> 00:13:14,366 Nice old buddy Mouse had to pull me up otf your ass. 140 00:13:14,435 --> 00:13:17,427 - That's the way you remember it? - Hell, that's the way it was. 141 00:13:17,504 --> 00:13:19,062 Look here. 142 00:13:19,139 --> 00:13:21,903 When you gonna admit you helped Mouse kill old man Navrochet? 143 00:13:21,975 --> 00:13:23,636 Man, come on. Qet oft that. 144 00:13:23,711 --> 00:13:26,202 You know l didn't have nothin' to do with that. 145 00:13:30,150 --> 00:13:32,641 - Where all the white women at? - l don't pay them white girls no mind. 146 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,982 - l bet you don't. - That's right. 147 00:13:34,054 --> 00:13:36,682 Just like you didn't help Mouse kill his steptather. 148 00:13:36,757 --> 00:13:39,624 Hey, Easy. Did you help him kill his stepbrother too? 149 00:14:02,049 --> 00:14:03,880 Alphonso Jenkins! 150 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,054 Qive me a setup and a Coke back. 151 00:14:09,156 --> 00:14:13,422 You seen a girl named Dahlia, Delilah, somethin' like that? 152 00:14:13,494 --> 00:14:15,587 White girl. Supposed to be somethin' to see. 153 00:14:15,662 --> 00:14:19,655 No, but it l do see her, l'm gonna keep it to myselt. 154 00:14:41,422 --> 00:14:43,287 Keep the change. 155 00:14:44,725 --> 00:14:45,657 Degan Odell. 156 00:14:48,629 --> 00:14:52,656 -How you doin' tonight? -lt's goin' all right. lt sure is goin'. 157 00:14:52,733 --> 00:14:55,429 - Easy Rawlins, is that you? - Hey, boy. 158 00:14:55,502 --> 00:14:57,697 Boy, you ain't jumped out no windows yet? 159 00:14:57,771 --> 00:14:59,466 Not yet, Dupree. 160 00:14:59,540 --> 00:15:01,269 Look here. You know Coretta, don't you? 161 00:15:01,341 --> 00:15:03,673 - Sure, l know Coretta. - l'm all right, Easy. 162 00:15:03,744 --> 00:15:05,644 - This is Odell. - How you doin'? 163 00:15:05,712 --> 00:15:08,044 - Odell. - Oh, my goodness. 164 00:15:08,115 --> 00:15:10,174 Could we sit down with y'all? 165 00:15:11,785 --> 00:15:15,983 - Sure. Sit down. - Man, we miss you down at the plant. 166 00:15:16,056 --> 00:15:19,150 And look here. Benny would have gave you your job back, right? 167 00:15:19,226 --> 00:15:22,286 All you had to do was go down there and say that you were sorry. 168 00:15:22,362 --> 00:15:24,694 l'm sorry, all right. Qive me a pint ot that bourbon. 169 00:15:24,765 --> 00:15:27,632 Any man without his paycheck is sure enough sorry. 170 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:31,904 l got it. 171 00:15:31,972 --> 00:15:34,304 - Your money here ain't no good. - No, this one's mine. 172 00:15:34,374 --> 00:15:35,966 You sure? You ain't got no job. 173 00:15:36,043 --> 00:15:37,977 And you ain't got no money. 174 00:15:38,045 --> 00:15:39,512 Oh, baby. 175 00:15:40,647 --> 00:15:43,980 Any ot you seen a white girl by the name Dahlia, Delilah-- something like that... 176 00:15:44,051 --> 00:15:45,985 first name start with a D.? 177 00:15:50,757 --> 00:15:53,055 Coretta got herselt a job at the phone company. 178 00:15:53,126 --> 00:15:55,185 - ls that right? - Yeah. 179 00:15:55,262 --> 00:15:58,527 Congratulations. They ain't hiring no mans down there, is they? 180 00:16:27,928 --> 00:16:29,862 You all right, Odell? 181 00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:42,604 He used to play till the cock crowed. 182 00:16:44,678 --> 00:16:48,239 That old cock don't crow nearly so much now. 183 00:16:57,224 --> 00:16:58,486 Better get home. 184 00:17:02,229 --> 00:17:04,094 You'd be sorry it you go. 185 00:17:04,164 --> 00:17:05,961 l'd be sorry if l stayed too. 186 00:17:07,167 --> 00:17:09,101 Qood night, Coretta. 187 00:17:11,672 --> 00:17:14,573 Daphne sleep by now. So-- 188 00:17:17,144 --> 00:17:19,442 You can't get none ot that tonight. 189 00:17:21,081 --> 00:17:24,608 You go around here tellin' everybody ''Dahlia.'' 190 00:17:32,326 --> 00:17:33,918 Her name is Daphne. 191 00:17:38,065 --> 00:17:39,498 You know her? 192 00:17:56,249 --> 00:17:59,047 - Where you want me to put him at, baby? - This ain't my house! 193 00:18:01,888 --> 00:18:03,879 Just throw him there on the bed. 194 00:18:03,957 --> 00:18:05,720 Shut up, Negro. Come on. 195 00:18:05,792 --> 00:18:07,726 Where's my keys? 196 00:18:08,862 --> 00:18:10,693 Be caretul ot the door. 197 00:18:10,764 --> 00:18:14,063 Throwed him out ot his place last week 'cause he couldn't pay his rent. 198 00:18:14,134 --> 00:18:16,159 l shouldn't even let him sleep here tonight. 199 00:18:16,236 --> 00:18:18,204 Damn, that Negro's heavy. 200 00:18:18,271 --> 00:18:19,829 l know. 201 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:25,073 l need a cigarette. 202 00:18:26,079 --> 00:18:28,013 That all you need? 203 00:18:30,917 --> 00:18:33,351 Qirl, that sun catch me tiptoein` outside your door... 204 00:18:33,420 --> 00:18:35,547 ain't no tellin' what your neighbors might say. 205 00:18:35,622 --> 00:18:39,251 All right, Easy. 206 00:18:39,326 --> 00:18:41,055 Dupree done fell asleep on me... 207 00:18:41,128 --> 00:18:45,394 and you just gonna walk out on me like l was dog tood, huh? 208 00:18:45,465 --> 00:18:48,593 What? Girl, what you talkin' about? 209 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:51,228 Now, come on. 210 00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:55,331 Coretta, your man is in the next room. 211 00:18:59,212 --> 00:19:01,772 Why don't you tell me about your friend Daphne? 212 00:19:01,848 --> 00:19:03,406 Why do keep asking about her? 213 00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:11,047 Colored woman ain't good enough for you no more, huh? 214 00:19:11,124 --> 00:19:14,184 That ain't it. 215 00:19:14,261 --> 00:19:17,321 Look, l mean-- 216 00:19:17,397 --> 00:19:18,830 Shoot. 217 00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:24,295 What if he was to hear somethin'? 218 00:19:25,672 --> 00:19:27,606 He asleep. 219 00:19:32,913 --> 00:19:35,438 Baby, that's it! Oh, yes! 220 00:19:35,515 --> 00:19:37,506 Oh, daddy! 221 00:19:37,584 --> 00:19:40,519 Oh, daddy, that's it! 222 00:19:42,589 --> 00:19:45,422 - You're hittin' my spot! - Yes, baby! 223 00:19:51,264 --> 00:19:52,822 Easy! 224 00:19:52,899 --> 00:19:55,800 l can't give up that much lovin', daddy. 225 00:19:55,869 --> 00:19:57,632 - Not the way things is. - What things? 226 00:19:57,704 --> 00:19:59,934 Come on, now. Dupree right there in the next room. Don`t do that. 227 00:20:00,006 --> 00:20:02,497 Forget about Dupree, baby. You done got me goin'! 228 00:20:02,576 --> 00:20:04,237 lt ain't right! 229 00:20:04,311 --> 00:20:06,541 Here l am doin' this right in the next room! 230 00:20:06,613 --> 00:20:09,377 All you doin' is nosin' atter my friend Daphne. 231 00:20:11,885 --> 00:20:13,318 Oh! Yeah. No, baby! 232 00:20:13,386 --> 00:20:15,183 - That just a job. - What job? 233 00:20:15,255 --> 00:20:16,984 - Some man want me to find her. - What man? 234 00:20:17,057 --> 00:20:19,218 l don't know what man, baby! 235 00:20:19,292 --> 00:20:21,954 l don't want nobody but you ! 236 00:20:22,028 --> 00:20:23,689 Baby. 237 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,197 Yeah. 238 00:20:31,872 --> 00:20:36,468 Daphne's my triend. l can't do it. 239 00:20:47,988 --> 00:20:51,082 Just a little bit more, okay? Just a little bit. 240 00:20:52,592 --> 00:20:54,560 Just a little bit, baby. 241 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,969 Oh, that's it. 242 00:21:03,036 --> 00:21:05,527 - Oh, you hittin' my spot. - Yeah, baby. 243 00:21:06,573 --> 00:21:08,507 You hittin' my spot. 244 00:21:09,743 --> 00:21:12,234 - That's it, daddy. - Yeah, that's it. 245 00:21:13,313 --> 00:21:16,680 And l went on hittin` her spot until just before sunup. 246 00:21:18,652 --> 00:21:22,611 l realized later on Coretta had found up as much about what l was up to... 247 00:21:22,689 --> 00:21:25,249 as l had found out about Daphne Monet. 248 00:21:25,325 --> 00:21:29,728 As it turned out, Todd Carter wasn`t the only man in Daphne`s life. 249 00:21:29,796 --> 00:21:32,458 She was also shackin` up with some small-time colored gangster... 250 00:21:32,532 --> 00:21:34,363 named Frank Green. 251 00:21:34,434 --> 00:21:37,494 And Coretta had the nerve to charge me $10 for that information. 252 00:21:37,571 --> 00:21:40,005 See, everybody was in business in Los Angeles. 253 00:21:42,509 --> 00:21:44,943 l spent that morning waiting for Albright to call... 254 00:21:45,011 --> 00:21:48,003 and tryin` to feel good about being able to pay a few bills. 255 00:21:48,081 --> 00:21:49,946 And l mean just a few. 256 00:21:50,016 --> 00:21:53,417 Shoot. A loaf of bread was damned near 15 cents. 257 00:21:53,486 --> 00:21:56,250 lt was easy money. Too easy. 258 00:21:57,657 --> 00:21:59,750 Bye, Easy. 259 00:21:59,826 --> 00:22:02,556 - Hey, where you goin', Sophie? - Back to Texas. 260 00:22:02,629 --> 00:22:05,189 - Too tast for me out here. - Bye, Mr. Rawlins! 261 00:22:05,265 --> 00:22:06,425 All right. 262 00:22:11,004 --> 00:22:14,030 Get on away trom them people's house! Get away trom that tree! 263 00:22:17,844 --> 00:22:20,870 Get on away trom that tree, now! 264 00:22:20,947 --> 00:22:24,178 Qo on ! Get away from that tree! 265 00:22:58,985 --> 00:23:01,180 Ricky, come on ! Wash your hands! 266 00:23:01,254 --> 00:23:03,188 lt's time tor supper! 267 00:23:26,646 --> 00:23:29,046 - Hello? - Easy, how you doin`, buddy? 268 00:23:29,115 --> 00:23:32,516 - Who's this? - l hope you have good news for me. 269 00:23:32,585 --> 00:23:34,246 Oh, Mr. Albright. ls that you? 270 00:23:34,321 --> 00:23:36,186 Sure is. What`s shakin`? 271 00:23:36,256 --> 00:23:38,747 - l got what you want. - Why don`t you hold on to that. 272 00:23:38,825 --> 00:23:40,986 l only do business in person. 273 00:23:41,061 --> 00:23:43,791 Tell you what. Real quick. You come out here to Malibu. 274 00:23:43,863 --> 00:23:47,731 Meet me at the Fisherman`s pier at the hamburger stand in an hour. Okay? 275 00:23:47,801 --> 00:23:49,792 Malibu? Look, Mr. Albright, l don't-- 276 00:24:55,969 --> 00:24:58,028 lt's pretty out here, huh? 277 00:24:59,105 --> 00:25:01,096 Yeah, it's all right. 278 00:25:05,545 --> 00:25:08,070 l'm from Des Moines, lowa. 279 00:25:08,148 --> 00:25:10,616 Where are you from? 280 00:25:12,185 --> 00:25:13,618 Texas. 281 00:25:16,356 --> 00:25:18,824 Do they have an ocean in Texas? 282 00:25:20,393 --> 00:25:23,556 - Hey, Barbara! Where are you? - Qult-- A gult in Texas. 283 00:25:23,630 --> 00:25:26,963 - Your triends are looking for you. - l don't care. 284 00:25:28,401 --> 00:25:31,598 My sister brought me here because my parents made her. 285 00:25:31,671 --> 00:25:36,472 All she wants to do is make out with Herman and smoke cigarettes. 286 00:25:36,543 --> 00:25:38,477 Hey, babe. 287 00:25:38,545 --> 00:25:40,445 What are you doing out here? 288 00:25:40,513 --> 00:25:44,449 - What's goin' on? - Leave us alone, Herman. We're talking. 289 00:25:44,517 --> 00:25:47,350 - We don't need your talking to her. - l said leave us alone. 290 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:49,183 - We're just talking about the ocean. - What's wrong? 291 00:25:49,255 --> 00:25:51,086 This nigger's tryin' to pick up on Barbara. 292 00:25:51,157 --> 00:25:52,852 - What's wrong with you? - l don't want any trouble. 293 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,985 - You already got trouble. - Just trying to be polite. 294 00:25:55,061 --> 00:25:57,529 No you're not. You're talking about the ocean. 295 00:25:57,597 --> 00:25:59,895 Hey, there. 296 00:25:59,966 --> 00:26:01,934 - What do you want? - What's goin' on? 297 00:26:02,001 --> 00:26:03,696 What do you want? 298 00:26:03,770 --> 00:26:05,704 What do l want? 299 00:26:06,873 --> 00:26:08,807 - l wanna see your brains. - Shit! 300 00:26:08,875 --> 00:26:11,309 - Run, man! - l'm sorry, sir. l didn't mean it. 301 00:26:11,377 --> 00:26:12,969 - Yeah? - Yes, sir. l didn't mean it. 302 00:26:13,046 --> 00:26:15,844 - You sorry enough? - Yes, sir. l am. 303 00:26:15,915 --> 00:26:21,217 Yeah? Then prove it. Come on! Prove it. Show him. 304 00:26:21,287 --> 00:26:22,914 Get on your knees. 305 00:26:22,989 --> 00:26:25,549 - Suck his peter, you son of a bitch! - Please! l'm sorry! 306 00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:28,116 - l think he's got the point. - You heard me. 307 00:26:28,194 --> 00:26:29,718 - Qo on. - He's got the point! 308 00:26:29,796 --> 00:26:31,787 Do it! l'll kill you. 309 00:26:31,865 --> 00:26:34,800 - l'll blow your brains out. - Okay! 310 00:26:34,868 --> 00:26:37,234 - Don't shoot me, please! - Now, go on. 311 00:26:38,138 --> 00:26:41,164 - Qo on. - l'm sorry. 312 00:26:41,875 --> 00:26:43,570 Qod. 313 00:26:45,378 --> 00:26:47,573 Son of a gun. You're gonna do it, aren't you? 314 00:26:47,647 --> 00:26:49,615 Sick bastard. 315 00:26:50,850 --> 00:26:52,579 Oh, Qod! My eye! 316 00:26:55,388 --> 00:26:57,481 Qet the hell out ot here! 317 00:26:57,557 --> 00:26:59,923 You call the cops, l'll kill ya! 318 00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:01,927 Hurry up, man ! Come on! 319 00:27:04,297 --> 00:27:05,992 l don't think they'll dare call the cops... 320 00:27:06,065 --> 00:27:08,590 but we better get the hell out of here in case they do. 321 00:27:08,668 --> 00:27:10,101 What do you got? 322 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:13,367 Ain't no harm gonna come to that girl because ot me, is there? 323 00:27:13,439 --> 00:27:15,669 How should l know? Mr. Carter wants to buy her a gold ring. 324 00:27:15,742 --> 00:27:18,233 Live happily ever atter. What do you got? 325 00:27:18,311 --> 00:27:20,279 Woman told me she was with a man named Frank Qreen. 326 00:27:20,346 --> 00:27:22,280 Hang on. Where? 327 00:27:23,550 --> 00:27:26,110 Over to the Skylar Apartments. Skylar and 83rd. 328 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,244 What do you know about this guy? 329 00:27:29,322 --> 00:27:31,586 He's a gangster, hijacker: liquor and cigarettes. 330 00:27:31,658 --> 00:27:33,626 Supposed to be pretty good with a knife. 331 00:27:33,693 --> 00:27:36,958 - You ever see him in action? - No. l just heard about him. 332 00:27:43,703 --> 00:27:45,261 Here's another hundred. 333 00:27:45,338 --> 00:27:47,272 l'll be calling you again. 334 00:28:03,957 --> 00:28:05,925 - Mr. Rawlins, l'm Detective Miller. - Mason. 335 00:28:05,992 --> 00:28:07,892 -What? -Turn around, put your hands on the car. 336 00:28:07,961 --> 00:28:09,485 - We'd like you to come with us. - Where? 337 00:28:09,562 --> 00:28:11,223 - You'll see. - Why are you arrestin' me? 338 00:28:11,297 --> 00:28:13,993 - You'll see. - l got a right to know why. 339 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:15,898 You got a right to break your face. 340 00:28:15,969 --> 00:28:17,903 You got a right to come with me. Come on. 341 00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:24,972 That guy over there? 342 00:28:25,044 --> 00:28:27,478 - You got him, huh? - Yeah. We got him coming home. 343 00:28:42,829 --> 00:28:44,797 We can take those cutfs otf if you want to cooperate. 344 00:28:44,864 --> 00:28:47,628 - Yes, sir. l'm cooperating. - Turn around. 345 00:28:51,838 --> 00:28:53,829 Sit over there. Sit down. 346 00:28:57,310 --> 00:28:58,777 Now. 347 00:28:58,845 --> 00:29:01,336 Where were you this morning about 5:00 AM? 348 00:29:01,414 --> 00:29:05,214 - What do you mean? - He means this morning. 349 00:29:06,953 --> 00:29:11,481 l was out drinking. l carried a friend into his house. 350 00:29:11,557 --> 00:29:14,219 l could have been on my way home. l ain't look at no clock. 351 00:29:17,196 --> 00:29:19,756 You were drinking at an illegal club called John's. 352 00:29:19,832 --> 00:29:22,232 - What is goin` on? - You may as well answer. 353 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:24,668 We got a lot bigger troubles than bustin' some illegal bar. 354 00:29:24,737 --> 00:29:26,170 l don't know what you're talking about! 355 00:29:26,239 --> 00:29:29,003 We're talking about taking your black ass behind the station... 356 00:29:29,075 --> 00:29:32,067 and putting a bullet in there, that's what we're talking about. 357 00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:33,908 Sit down. 358 00:29:40,119 --> 00:29:42,349 What time did you leave Coretta James' house? 359 00:29:42,422 --> 00:29:44,322 Around 5:00, 5:30, l guess. 360 00:29:44,390 --> 00:29:46,722 - You go back later in the day? - No, sir. l didn't. 361 00:29:46,793 --> 00:29:49,557 Did you and Dupree Brouchard have words over Miss James? 362 00:29:49,629 --> 00:29:51,256 - Words? - You heard him! 363 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:52,855 Did you two argue over Coretta James? 364 00:29:52,932 --> 00:29:54,160 - We didn't argue-- - Did you argue over Coretta James? 365 00:29:54,233 --> 00:29:56,758 We didn't argue about nothin'! He was asleep! 366 00:29:56,836 --> 00:30:00,738 Yeah. She went to sleep too. But she`s not gonna be waking up. 367 00:30:01,641 --> 00:30:03,802 - What? - Where did you go when you left her? 368 00:30:03,876 --> 00:30:06,276 Wait! What you talkin' about-- ''she ain't gonna be waking up''? 369 00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:09,509 - Where did you go? - l don't know. l had a hangover. 370 00:30:09,582 --> 00:30:12,016 - Oh, you had a hangover? - Yeah, l went home! 371 00:30:12,085 --> 00:30:13,575 That explains everything. 372 00:30:13,653 --> 00:30:15,416 He went home. He had a hangover. 373 00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:19,723 Back ott! 374 00:30:19,792 --> 00:30:21,726 - Here! - No! Qet out ot here! 375 00:30:21,794 --> 00:30:24,024 - Let me at him! - Go! Get out! 376 00:30:24,097 --> 00:30:25,223 - Qet out ot here! - Let me go! 377 00:30:25,298 --> 00:30:28,233 - Come on, you son ot a bitch! - Qet out! Goddamn! 378 00:30:28,301 --> 00:30:30,565 - Calm down ! - All right. 379 00:30:30,636 --> 00:30:33,036 You son of a bitch. 380 00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:48,786 They left me alone in that musty room another three hours... 381 00:30:48,855 --> 00:30:53,155 till some guy in a suit two sizes too big for him said l could go. 382 00:30:54,594 --> 00:30:57,119 The game of cops and niggers kept up outside the station... 383 00:30:57,196 --> 00:30:58,823 but l hardly even noticed. 384 00:31:00,333 --> 00:31:02,767 l had seen dead bodies before: 385 00:31:02,835 --> 00:31:06,601 cold, hard, still as concrete... 386 00:31:06,672 --> 00:31:08,970 their eyes wide open, starin` up at nothin`. 387 00:31:10,476 --> 00:31:12,808 But not Coretta. 388 00:31:12,879 --> 00:31:15,074 l could still feel her heart beating. 389 00:31:32,598 --> 00:31:34,532 Hold on, Ezekiel. 390 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,329 Somebody in the back would like to talk to you. 391 00:31:36,402 --> 00:31:38,597 Look, l ain't got time right now. 392 00:31:38,671 --> 00:31:40,605 Qet in. We'll take you. 393 00:31:48,481 --> 00:31:51,109 My boss wants to talk to you about Coretta James. 394 00:31:55,788 --> 00:31:59,849 Listen, it l wanted to hurt you, it would have happened already. 395 00:31:59,926 --> 00:32:01,894 Come on. 396 00:32:02,962 --> 00:32:03,894 Get in. 397 00:32:31,724 --> 00:32:34,022 You wanna go up tront and sit with Norman? 398 00:32:34,093 --> 00:32:36,027 Okay, give me a kiss. 399 00:32:43,236 --> 00:32:45,431 That's my adopted son Jesus. 400 00:32:47,707 --> 00:32:49,902 l can see the police roughed you up a bit. 401 00:32:51,777 --> 00:32:55,372 That`s a practice ot theirs that has to change. 402 00:32:55,448 --> 00:32:57,416 - That has to change. - Thank you. 403 00:32:58,384 --> 00:33:00,614 She was beaten... 404 00:33:00,686 --> 00:33:04,383 and died of a heavy blow to the back of the head. 405 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,887 - But l suppose you already know that. - No l didn't, Mr. Terell. 406 00:33:10,963 --> 00:33:14,194 - Oh, you know who l am? - Well, l read the newspapers. 407 00:33:14,267 --> 00:33:16,462 l know you running tor mayor against Todd Carter. 408 00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:19,232 l am the next mayor, Mr. Rawlins. 409 00:33:19,305 --> 00:33:22,274 And luckily tor you, a triend ot the Negro. 410 00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:25,241 Coretta worked tor a while tor me. 411 00:33:25,311 --> 00:33:29,907 She answered phones at my campaign office on 103rd and Western. 412 00:33:29,982 --> 00:33:33,918 So when l heard that the police had a suspect... 413 00:33:33,986 --> 00:33:37,888 l got out ot bed immediately, personally, because ot my concern. 414 00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:42,626 Was there anyone with you, Mr. Rawlins? 415 00:33:43,629 --> 00:33:47,588 - Anyone besides Mr. Dupree Brouchard? - No, sir. 416 00:33:47,667 --> 00:33:51,000 A young lady named Daphne Monet perhaps? 417 00:33:55,408 --> 00:33:56,841 Nobody. 418 00:33:57,710 --> 00:34:00,235 Ot course not. Why would-- 419 00:34:00,313 --> 00:34:05,410 Why would you tell someone whom you've only just met? 420 00:34:07,653 --> 00:34:11,987 - You can trust me, Mr. Rawlins. - There was nobody else there. 421 00:34:15,861 --> 00:34:17,920 l believe you. 422 00:34:17,997 --> 00:34:19,965 - Can we drop you oft at your-- - No. 423 00:34:20,032 --> 00:34:22,762 l mean, l can get out here. 424 00:34:22,835 --> 00:34:25,030 Are you sure? This must be quite out ot your way. 425 00:34:25,104 --> 00:34:27,038 lt's okay. 426 00:34:33,212 --> 00:34:35,373 May l ofter you cab tare? 427 00:34:36,916 --> 00:34:39,282 - No, thank you. - Are you sure? 428 00:34:39,352 --> 00:34:40,614 lt's okay. 429 00:35:11,283 --> 00:35:14,116 Oh, you're hittin` my spot! 430 00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:18,920 Daphne asleep by now. So-- 431 00:35:20,059 --> 00:35:23,085 Go around here tellin' everybody "Dahlia. " 432 00:35:23,162 --> 00:35:25,562 Colored woman ain`t good enough for you no more, huh? 433 00:35:28,467 --> 00:35:31,197 All you doin` is sniffin` after my friend Daphne. 434 00:35:31,270 --> 00:35:34,535 Colored woman ain`t good enough for you no more, huh? 435 00:35:38,878 --> 00:35:40,311 Man! 436 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:50,712 Hello. ls this Mr. Rawlins? 437 00:35:50,790 --> 00:35:52,621 Yeah. Who's this? 438 00:35:52,692 --> 00:35:54,922 This is Daphne Monet. 439 00:35:56,696 --> 00:35:58,630 You`re looking for me. 440 00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:00,461 Who told you that? 441 00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:03,058 You know who told me. 442 00:36:03,135 --> 00:36:05,729 Coretta. 443 00:36:05,805 --> 00:36:07,830 She was found murdered this morning. 444 00:36:10,476 --> 00:36:12,808 l don't know what l should do. 445 00:36:12,878 --> 00:36:14,709 Would you care to talk to me alone? 446 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:16,771 Or is this something l should call the police about? 447 00:36:16,849 --> 00:36:19,317 No, ain't no reason to call the police. 448 00:36:19,385 --> 00:36:21,945 Then why don`t you come over and explain yourself to me. 449 00:36:23,022 --> 00:36:24,956 l`m at the Ambassador Hotel. 450 00:36:26,058 --> 00:36:28,322 This part of the hotel is white only... 451 00:36:28,394 --> 00:36:30,191 so go to the side entrance in half an hour... 452 00:36:30,262 --> 00:36:32,492 and Louis the bellboy will sneak you up. 453 00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:05,996 Hello, Mr. Rawlins. 454 00:37:06,065 --> 00:37:08,659 Hello, Miss Monet. 455 00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:13,363 l don't know it l should think ot you as a friend of Coretta's... 456 00:37:13,439 --> 00:37:15,430 or as a private dick. 457 00:37:17,476 --> 00:37:20,240 l ain't no detective. 458 00:37:20,312 --> 00:37:23,839 l was just hired by a tellow that works tor Todd Carter. 459 00:37:26,952 --> 00:37:29,648 You know l had to pay Coretta not to tell you where l was? 460 00:37:29,722 --> 00:37:31,713 Oh, she got you too? 461 00:37:36,695 --> 00:37:39,687 Yeah, well, she detinitely gave me the wrong address. 462 00:37:39,765 --> 00:37:41,756 Where did she say l was? 463 00:37:41,834 --> 00:37:44,803 Said you was out in Watts over to the Skylar Arms Apartments... 464 00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:46,462 with a tellow named Frank Qreen. 465 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,374 What else did she tell you about me? 466 00:37:51,277 --> 00:37:53,142 What else is there to tell? 467 00:37:53,212 --> 00:37:55,237 Nothing. 468 00:37:55,314 --> 00:37:57,373 l make no apology tor my teelings for Frank. 469 00:37:57,449 --> 00:37:59,610 He's very dear to me, and that's that. 470 00:37:59,685 --> 00:38:02,483 - Bourbon? - Please. Straight up. 471 00:38:04,623 --> 00:38:07,456 So how well did you know Coretta? 472 00:38:07,526 --> 00:38:10,051 She was a very close triend. 473 00:38:10,129 --> 00:38:12,757 So maybe you know why she got killed? 474 00:38:15,868 --> 00:38:18,268 Why would l know that? 475 00:38:18,337 --> 00:38:21,204 She was a very close triend. She knew about you and Frank. 476 00:38:21,273 --> 00:38:23,104 Maybe somebody wanted to keep that a secret. 477 00:38:25,110 --> 00:38:29,046 - Mr. Rawlins, it you're thinking-- - You can call me Easy. 478 00:38:29,114 --> 00:38:31,708 Easy, if you think Frank had anything to do with Coretta's death... 479 00:38:31,784 --> 00:38:34,480 then obviously you don't know very much about him. 480 00:38:35,621 --> 00:38:37,680 Frank doesn't go around beating people up. 481 00:38:37,756 --> 00:38:39,690 He preters a knife as his weapon. 482 00:38:40,893 --> 00:38:43,259 And what do you preter to use as your weapon? 483 00:38:47,733 --> 00:38:50,759 Why don't you search me and find out? 484 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,289 Mind it l have another drink? 485 00:39:17,830 --> 00:39:19,422 Help yourselt. 486 00:39:24,436 --> 00:39:26,734 - Listen, Mr. Rawlins-- - Easy. 487 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,305 The real reason l called you is l'd like you to drive me to Todd's house. 488 00:39:33,145 --> 00:39:34,578 Beg your pardon? 489 00:39:35,514 --> 00:39:39,177 You tound me, and now l want you to take me to Todd Carter's. 490 00:39:40,185 --> 00:39:42,278 Why don't you call Todd Carter, have him send tor you? 491 00:39:43,589 --> 00:39:47,025 Well, l have to go someplace else on the way-- 492 00:39:47,092 --> 00:39:50,323 someplace that l don't want Todd to know about. 493 00:39:55,401 --> 00:39:57,665 There's a man named Richard McQee... 494 00:39:57,736 --> 00:39:59,829 and he lives up in Laurel Canyon. 495 00:39:59,905 --> 00:40:01,839 He delivered a letter of mine to the wrong place... 496 00:40:01,907 --> 00:40:04,375 and now l need to make arrangements to get it back. 497 00:40:04,443 --> 00:40:07,139 At 4:00 in the morning? 498 00:40:07,212 --> 00:40:08,873 Must be a pretty important letter. 499 00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:10,540 Yes, it is. 500 00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:14,446 But l need to go there before l go to Todd's. 501 00:40:15,587 --> 00:40:18,112 l'll pay you. 502 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:21,187 What time you talk to Coretta this morning? 503 00:40:24,063 --> 00:40:26,554 l don't know-- 7:30, 8:00, l guess. 504 00:40:26,632 --> 00:40:28,759 Listen, Easy. l don't-- 505 00:40:30,336 --> 00:40:32,201 l don't want to talk about Coretta just now. 506 00:40:32,271 --> 00:40:33,863 Did you go up to her house? 507 00:40:45,951 --> 00:40:48,818 She called me. 508 00:40:50,656 --> 00:40:52,214 She was in a good mood. 509 00:40:54,093 --> 00:40:55,720 She always-- 510 00:40:56,562 --> 00:40:58,996 l didn`t mean to upset you. 511 00:40:59,865 --> 00:41:01,662 You understand? 512 00:41:01,734 --> 00:41:05,170 As tar as l know, you was the last one to talk to her betore she got killed. 513 00:41:05,237 --> 00:41:08,263 l don't mean to upset you. 514 00:41:08,340 --> 00:41:11,275 But as tar as l know, you were the last one with her before she got killed. 515 00:41:13,345 --> 00:41:15,677 Now where does that leave us? 516 00:41:24,089 --> 00:41:28,082 Why don't you go change out of that housecoat? l'll carry you on over there. 517 00:41:41,874 --> 00:41:44,468 - Are you nervous? - Nervous. 518 00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:46,807 Here l was in the middle of the night in a white neighborhood... 519 00:41:46,879 --> 00:41:48,779 with a white woman in my car. 520 00:41:48,847 --> 00:41:51,611 No, l wasn`t nervous. l was stupid. 521 00:41:52,684 --> 00:41:54,618 You make a left up here. 522 00:41:54,686 --> 00:41:59,180 Gettin` Daphne back to Todd Carter all of sudden didn`t seem so easy. 523 00:41:59,258 --> 00:42:01,419 Who was this guy Richard McGee? 524 00:42:01,493 --> 00:42:03,654 Just park behind that car. 525 00:42:10,536 --> 00:42:13,198 l`ll see you later, pop. 526 00:42:13,272 --> 00:42:15,672 Sidney! That`s all l've been hearing for a week! 527 00:42:15,741 --> 00:42:17,800 Everybody doin' things for Sidney! 528 00:42:17,876 --> 00:42:21,437 - peg, where are you? - l`m in here with Sidney. 529 00:42:21,513 --> 00:42:23,572 ln the living room, dear. 530 00:42:23,649 --> 00:42:25,674 l`ve gotta get rid of that guy. 531 00:42:25,751 --> 00:42:27,343 Oh, hello, dear. 532 00:42:27,419 --> 00:42:30,354 Sit down, Riley. Make yourself at home. 533 00:42:34,093 --> 00:42:35,526 Thanks, Monihan. 534 00:42:35,594 --> 00:42:38,722 Oh, my. You look awful tired, dear. 535 00:42:38,797 --> 00:42:42,494 Yeah, Riley. pick out a comfortable chair and flop. 536 00:42:42,568 --> 00:42:45,901 l already picked one out, but you`re sittin` in it. 537 00:42:45,971 --> 00:42:47,996 Oh, Riley! Guess what Sid and l have been playing. 538 00:43:29,314 --> 00:43:32,112 Oh, my God! 539 00:45:11,550 --> 00:45:13,017 Who`s that at the door? 540 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:15,212 - lt's him. - Oh, yeah? 541 00:45:15,287 --> 00:45:17,221 You tought in Europe? 542 00:45:19,591 --> 00:45:21,855 What you doin' in my house, man? 543 00:45:22,928 --> 00:45:25,362 What happened to your head? 544 00:45:25,430 --> 00:45:30,197 What the hell y'all doin' in my house? You got no right to break into my house! 545 00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:32,862 Where you been this time of morning? 546 00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:36,396 Hey, l went to see a girl. Why? You don't get none, Albright? 547 00:45:36,475 --> 00:45:39,774 l didn't come here to play, nigger. 548 00:45:42,648 --> 00:45:45,048 That's my money you got in your pocket. 549 00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:47,745 We've been by that address you gave me on Frank Green. 550 00:45:47,819 --> 00:45:51,050 He had moved trom there a year ago. 551 00:45:51,123 --> 00:45:53,819 What do you want me to do about it? You don't like the way l'm doin' my job? 552 00:45:53,892 --> 00:45:56,224 Hell, l'll give you your money-- 553 00:45:56,295 --> 00:45:58,593 Believe in Qod, Easy? 554 00:45:58,664 --> 00:46:02,122 l'm curious to see it things are any difterent tor a religious man. 555 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,361 Let me show you what l do to people say they seen things they ain't seen. 556 00:46:04,436 --> 00:46:06,336 - l seen her. - Where? 557 00:46:08,273 --> 00:46:11,333 - She-- - Qo on. 558 00:46:11,410 --> 00:46:14,504 She called me. She had me to carry her up to the Hollywood Hills. 559 00:46:14,579 --> 00:46:17,207 - Where is she now? - She took otf. 560 00:46:17,282 --> 00:46:18,909 Bullshit. Where is she now? 561 00:46:19,985 --> 00:46:22,010 She took ott. 562 00:46:22,087 --> 00:46:24,920 There's a dead man up there. While l was lookin' at it she took otf. 563 00:46:33,332 --> 00:46:35,266 Come on in. 564 00:46:40,772 --> 00:46:42,706 Sit down. 565 00:46:49,514 --> 00:46:53,109 - What she do, take his car? - Huh? 566 00:46:53,185 --> 00:46:54,812 - McQee. - Yeah. 567 00:46:54,886 --> 00:46:57,878 lf you can write, write down where you picked her up at. 568 00:47:00,125 --> 00:47:02,059 Write it down. 569 00:47:16,308 --> 00:47:20,802 This bologna gets stuck in my molar. 570 00:47:20,879 --> 00:47:22,813 l get that with popcorn. 571 00:47:25,884 --> 00:47:27,476 Get me some whiskey. 572 00:47:29,187 --> 00:47:31,212 The liquor's in the cabinet. Get it your damn self. 573 00:47:36,895 --> 00:47:39,386 He's got balls. You gotta give him that. 574 00:47:40,565 --> 00:47:43,261 Shoot him. l'm just kidding. 575 00:47:53,412 --> 00:47:55,346 Easy, you're a brave man. 576 00:47:55,414 --> 00:47:57,746 l need a brave man workin' for me. 577 00:47:57,816 --> 00:48:01,752 You're doin' a nice job too, but-- Qive me a whiskey, Manny. 578 00:48:03,355 --> 00:48:05,619 You gotta tind Frank Qreen so he can lead us to her. 579 00:48:05,690 --> 00:48:07,658 No, thank you. 580 00:48:08,894 --> 00:48:11,624 Too may people getting killed around me already. 581 00:48:13,231 --> 00:48:14,664 Thanks. 582 00:48:17,803 --> 00:48:20,169 You're connectable to two murders. 583 00:48:23,408 --> 00:48:25,899 You're gonna do whatever l tell you to do. 584 00:48:27,879 --> 00:48:30,370 You tind him. l will be checking in. 585 00:48:37,255 --> 00:48:40,088 That's some cheap shit. Let's go. 586 00:48:40,158 --> 00:48:42,092 Come on. 587 00:48:57,642 --> 00:48:59,906 Since Albright liked surprise parties... 588 00:48:59,978 --> 00:49:03,345 l had a friend of my own l wanted to invite. 589 00:49:03,415 --> 00:49:06,646 l placed a call to Etta Mae Alexander in Houston. 590 00:49:06,718 --> 00:49:09,881 Told her to get a message to her husband, Mouse. 591 00:49:19,865 --> 00:49:23,266 Cast your vote for Matthew Terell. 592 00:49:31,910 --> 00:49:36,438 Cast your vote on June 11 for Matthew Terell. 593 00:49:55,033 --> 00:49:56,967 Hey, Easy. 594 00:49:58,270 --> 00:50:00,500 That girl called me last night, Joppy. 595 00:50:00,572 --> 00:50:02,130 What girl is that? 596 00:50:02,207 --> 00:50:04,471 The one your triend Albright is lookin' tor. 597 00:50:04,543 --> 00:50:07,444 Uh-huh. That's pretty lucky. 598 00:50:07,512 --> 00:50:09,446 No, it wasn't no luck at all, Joppy. lt was you. 599 00:50:11,016 --> 00:50:13,507 You and Coretta was the onliest ones that had my phone number... 600 00:50:13,585 --> 00:50:15,678 and knew l was lookin' tor the girl. 601 00:50:15,754 --> 00:50:19,554 And Coretta was too busy scammin' Daphne, so it couldn't have been her. 602 00:50:19,624 --> 00:50:21,057 Maybe she looked it in the phone book. 603 00:50:21,126 --> 00:50:23,993 l ain't in the phone book. You supposed to be my triend. 604 00:50:24,062 --> 00:50:26,292 Why didn't you tell the man where the girl was yourselt? 605 00:50:26,364 --> 00:50:30,164 What you mean comin' up here like you think you gonna do somethin'? 606 00:50:30,235 --> 00:50:32,669 l think l'm gonna do somethin'. 607 00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:36,264 Stop that shit! You-- 608 00:50:36,341 --> 00:50:39,902 What? That's my marble! My uncle left me that atter he died! 609 00:50:39,978 --> 00:50:42,071 Qoddamn it, he's about to get it back too. 610 00:50:42,147 --> 00:50:44,581 - All right! Let's talk! - Well, let's talk! 611 00:50:44,649 --> 00:50:46,310 - What you got me into? - All right. 612 00:50:46,384 --> 00:50:48,875 She asked me to help her 'cause l told her Albright was lookin' tor her. 613 00:50:48,954 --> 00:50:52,583 l tigured l could help you make some money and throw Albright ott the track. 614 00:50:52,657 --> 00:50:55,319 She wanted to know somethin' about you, so l told her. 615 00:50:55,393 --> 00:50:57,054 - Where is she? - l don't know. 616 00:50:57,128 --> 00:51:00,097 - Don't lie to me! - l'm not lyin' to you. 617 00:51:00,165 --> 00:51:03,692 - What's she runnin' trom then? - She didn't tell me. 618 00:51:04,769 --> 00:51:08,170 Easy, look at me! l am your triend. 619 00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:12,198 Now l didn't mean to get you in no trouble. 620 00:51:12,277 --> 00:51:15,872 l just-- l mean-- Look, you seen her. 621 00:51:15,947 --> 00:51:18,541 l mean, she is somethin' else, man. 622 00:51:20,819 --> 00:51:23,913 You know what l'm sayin'? 623 00:51:32,731 --> 00:51:34,164 What? 624 00:51:40,639 --> 00:51:44,370 Like Albright said, when you`re mixed up in somethin`... 625 00:51:44,442 --> 00:51:47,070 you better be mixed up to the top. 626 00:51:47,145 --> 00:51:49,079 So that`s where l was goin`-- 627 00:51:49,147 --> 00:51:52,378 all the way to the top. 628 00:51:52,450 --> 00:51:56,284 Everybody was peein` on my head and tellin` me it was rain. 629 00:51:56,354 --> 00:52:00,381 Guess they figured l was some new kind of fool, and maybe l was... 630 00:52:00,458 --> 00:52:03,154 `cause l was ready to start fightin` back. 631 00:52:03,228 --> 00:52:07,096 And l believed somehow that l could live through this bad dream... 632 00:52:07,165 --> 00:52:09,963 about pretty girls and gangsters... 633 00:52:10,035 --> 00:52:12,868 and standin' face-to-face with the richest man in town. 634 00:52:29,154 --> 00:52:30,883 May l help you? 635 00:52:30,955 --> 00:52:32,889 Yes, ma'am. l'm lookin' tor Mr. Carter. 636 00:52:32,957 --> 00:52:34,948 l'm sorry. Mr. Carter's a very busy man. 637 00:52:35,026 --> 00:52:38,587 Too busy to hear somethin' about that little chippy ot his that dumped him? 638 00:52:38,663 --> 00:52:41,826 Excuse me, Mr.-- 639 00:52:41,900 --> 00:52:43,333 Rawlins. 640 00:52:44,469 --> 00:52:46,403 Why don't you come with me, sir? 641 00:52:50,775 --> 00:52:54,074 Not very smart talking about Mr. Carter's business to a secretary. 642 00:52:54,145 --> 00:52:55,578 l don't wanna hear it. 643 00:52:55,647 --> 00:52:58,878 Too much goin' on tor me to give a damn about what you think is smart. 644 00:53:12,564 --> 00:53:14,691 Wait here, Mr. Rawlins. 645 00:53:27,112 --> 00:53:29,046 Mr. Carter will see you. 646 00:53:35,553 --> 00:53:37,487 You've heard trom Daphne? 647 00:53:37,555 --> 00:53:39,614 Yeah. Last night. 648 00:53:39,691 --> 00:53:41,215 ls she still in town? 649 00:53:41,292 --> 00:53:43,021 She was last night. 650 00:53:44,162 --> 00:53:46,858 And what did she say? 651 00:53:46,931 --> 00:53:49,195 What was she wearing? 652 00:53:50,435 --> 00:53:53,598 - Blue dress, high heels. - Mmm. That's her. 653 00:53:53,671 --> 00:53:55,662 l'm sorry. Would you like to come in? 654 00:53:59,477 --> 00:54:01,411 - Mr. Carter-- - Have a seat. 655 00:54:01,479 --> 00:54:03,845 Thank you. l just want some answers. 656 00:54:03,915 --> 00:54:06,349 - Would you like a brandy? - Thank you. 657 00:54:06,417 --> 00:54:10,547 - l wanna know what l got myselt into. - Beg your pardon? 658 00:54:11,656 --> 00:54:13,749 l wanna know the real reason Mr. Albright hired me. 659 00:54:16,427 --> 00:54:18,520 Mr. Albright. 660 00:54:18,596 --> 00:54:20,996 Yeah. The man you hired to tind Daphne. 661 00:54:22,567 --> 00:54:24,432 l think there`s been a mistake here. 662 00:54:24,502 --> 00:54:28,598 l, uh-- Who are you talking about? 663 00:54:29,707 --> 00:54:31,698 Wait a minute. You-- 664 00:54:31,776 --> 00:54:34,244 You didn't hire somebody to find your girltriend? 665 00:54:34,312 --> 00:54:36,280 Ot course not. 666 00:54:36,347 --> 00:54:38,281 As a matter of fact, until just now... 667 00:54:38,349 --> 00:54:41,113 l thought she was hundreds of miles away trom here. 668 00:54:42,287 --> 00:54:45,381 - You say someone's looking tor her. - Yeah. 669 00:54:46,558 --> 00:54:49,220 Someone's looking for her. 670 00:54:49,294 --> 00:54:53,162 Look, Mr. Carter. Nothin' personal, but what's goin' on between y'all? 671 00:54:53,231 --> 00:54:54,664 Nothing. 672 00:54:56,267 --> 00:54:59,532 We were going to get married, and we had a fight... 673 00:54:59,604 --> 00:55:03,267 and it is really none of your concern, Mr. Rawlins. 674 00:55:03,341 --> 00:55:07,004 So someone`s after her. Mr. Albright. 675 00:55:07,078 --> 00:55:10,445 And he says l'm his employer. 676 00:55:10,515 --> 00:55:12,107 Ever heard ot Richard McQee? 677 00:55:13,017 --> 00:55:14,109 Who? 678 00:55:16,754 --> 00:55:20,622 Look, l-- Why would somebody be atter her? 679 00:55:20,692 --> 00:55:22,819 Do you think you can tind her again? 680 00:55:22,894 --> 00:55:25,158 lt's important. 681 00:55:25,230 --> 00:55:28,461 For her sake. l'm willing to pay you. 682 00:55:29,834 --> 00:55:31,495 Why'd she leave in the tirst place? 683 00:55:32,670 --> 00:55:34,604 lt's really none of your concern, Mr. Rawlins... 684 00:55:34,672 --> 00:55:36,606 but l am willing to pay you to find her. 685 00:55:43,581 --> 00:55:45,014 One thousand dollars. 686 00:55:46,050 --> 00:55:47,483 A thousand dollars. 687 00:55:47,552 --> 00:55:50,578 Yeah. l'll take 200 right now. 688 00:55:50,655 --> 00:55:53,453 l think you're trying to take advantage of me. 689 00:55:53,524 --> 00:55:54,991 Let me intorm you of something. 690 00:55:55,059 --> 00:55:58,927 The incumbent mayor, chief ot police-- close personal triends ot mine. 691 00:55:58,997 --> 00:56:01,397 They eat at my house regularly, and my tather's house. 692 00:56:01,466 --> 00:56:03,957 That's good, Mr. Carter. Then they can help us find her. 693 00:56:07,438 --> 00:56:09,372 No, they can't. 694 00:56:11,409 --> 00:56:13,707 l'll have Baxter write you out a check. 695 00:56:13,778 --> 00:56:15,712 Mr. Carter, why you stop runnin' tor mayor? 696 00:56:15,780 --> 00:56:17,338 l'll have Baxter write you a check. 697 00:56:17,415 --> 00:56:19,474 Why is Matthew Terell lookin' for Daphne too? 698 00:56:19,550 --> 00:56:21,484 Baxter will write you a check. 699 00:56:21,552 --> 00:56:23,486 l'll take cash. 700 00:56:30,595 --> 00:56:32,893 Here. Take it all. Just take it all. 701 00:56:37,936 --> 00:56:39,995 l'll be in touch, Mr. Carter. 702 00:56:56,087 --> 00:56:58,214 So Albright had lied to me. 703 00:56:58,289 --> 00:57:01,156 lnstead of workin` for Carter, he was workin` for Matthew Terell... 704 00:57:01,225 --> 00:57:03,750 the man runnin` for mayor against Carter. 705 00:57:03,828 --> 00:57:06,194 And for whatever reason, they was all throwin` money my way... 706 00:57:06,264 --> 00:57:08,858 to find the girl in the blue dress. 707 00:57:08,933 --> 00:57:11,424 Anyway, l knew that her boyfriend, Frank Green... 708 00:57:11,502 --> 00:57:13,436 hi jacked trucks haulin` liquor... 709 00:57:13,504 --> 00:57:17,099 and sold it at half the price to places down on Central Avenue. 710 00:57:17,175 --> 00:57:20,406 So l decided to kick up some dust right in Frank`s backyard. 711 00:57:26,617 --> 00:57:28,050 Qood evening, Smoky. 712 00:57:28,119 --> 00:57:30,349 Good evening. Please. Your seat. 713 00:57:30,421 --> 00:57:31,854 Thanks. 714 00:57:33,024 --> 00:57:35,185 Now, Mr. Rawlins, what was that? What were you saying? 715 00:57:35,259 --> 00:57:36,920 - Frank Qreen. - Who? 716 00:57:36,995 --> 00:57:39,088 - l'm lookin' for Frank Green. - l don't know him. 717 00:57:39,163 --> 00:57:43,566 - Why are you treatin` me like this? - l don't know any Frank Greens. 718 00:57:43,634 --> 00:57:45,761 You know me, though, don't you? 719 00:57:54,045 --> 00:57:58,141 Hey, l'm talkin' to my man. He told me to talk to you. Frank Qreen. 720 00:57:58,216 --> 00:58:00,980 - Who is that? - What do you mean, who is that? 721 00:58:01,052 --> 00:58:04,215 He told me to talk to you now. Come on. 722 00:58:04,288 --> 00:58:06,756 Well, give me somethin'-- l ain't talkin'-- 723 00:58:06,824 --> 00:58:09,793 Well, give me a beer. Can l get a beer? 724 00:58:11,429 --> 00:58:12,862 Thank you. 725 00:58:12,930 --> 00:58:14,557 - Here you go. - Wait a minute. 726 00:58:14,632 --> 00:58:16,657 Frank Green told me that you had pints for me. 727 00:58:16,734 --> 00:58:20,033 - Who's Frank Green? - Come on. You know who he is. 728 00:58:20,104 --> 00:58:23,073 - Al, talk to this man. - Come on. Don`t treat me like this. 729 00:58:23,141 --> 00:58:25,735 - You know who Frank Green is. - l don't know who you're talkin' about. 730 00:58:25,810 --> 00:58:27,539 You don't know who Frank Qreen is? 731 00:58:27,612 --> 00:58:29,842 Well, let's get him on the phone. Frank told me-- 732 00:58:39,724 --> 00:58:42,318 - Hey, Ezekiel. - Don't need my trees cut. 733 00:58:42,393 --> 00:58:43,826 There-- 734 00:58:51,803 --> 00:58:53,634 - What? - There's a man! 735 00:59:06,117 --> 00:59:08,085 Damn! Frank, wait a minute! Wait! 736 00:59:08,152 --> 00:59:10,313 Hold it! Let's talk. 737 00:59:12,723 --> 00:59:14,156 Let`s talk, Frank. 738 00:59:18,096 --> 00:59:21,224 Frank, wait a minute! l got $500 for you, Frank. 739 00:59:21,299 --> 00:59:22,926 Listen. Rich white man wants-- 740 00:59:49,227 --> 00:59:51,161 Want me to shoot this son ot a bitch, Easy? 741 00:59:51,229 --> 00:59:53,629 - Mouse. - Huh? Want me to shoot him? 742 00:59:58,970 --> 01:00:00,801 lt's all right. 743 01:00:00,872 --> 01:00:02,806 What the hell is happenin', man? 744 01:00:03,941 --> 01:00:06,739 - Qoddamn, l'm gonna blow your nose otf! - No, wait! Don't shoot him! 745 01:00:09,180 --> 01:00:11,910 Where's Daphne Monet, Frank? 746 01:00:11,983 --> 01:00:14,816 All right. Maybe you don't know where she is but, hey... 747 01:00:14,886 --> 01:00:17,548 we can help each other tind her, man. 748 01:00:17,622 --> 01:00:20,216 - You heard him. - Mouse, no! 749 01:00:26,564 --> 01:00:28,327 - Rawlins residence. - Sit down. 750 01:00:28,399 --> 01:00:31,266 No, he busy right now. You gonna have to call back. 751 01:00:36,707 --> 01:00:41,076 A rich man is willin' to pay $1,000 just to talk to this girl. 752 01:00:43,047 --> 01:00:45,072 A thousand dollars. That's a lot of money. 753 01:00:48,986 --> 01:00:51,079 Wait. 754 01:00:51,155 --> 01:00:53,089 Let me try. 755 01:00:56,160 --> 01:00:58,094 Now look here, Frank. lt's Frank, right? 756 01:00:58,162 --> 01:00:59,129 Yeah. 757 01:01:05,436 --> 01:01:08,667 - What the hell are you-- - Let go ot me, man! 758 01:01:08,739 --> 01:01:10,206 Damn it! 759 01:01:11,809 --> 01:01:14,778 Don't you ever grab me when l got a gun in my hand! 760 01:01:16,380 --> 01:01:18,314 Shit! 761 01:01:20,151 --> 01:01:23,587 Got blood on my coat, Easy. lt's a damn expensive coat. 762 01:01:27,258 --> 01:01:29,351 Where's your bathroom at? ls it in there? 763 01:01:38,703 --> 01:01:40,762 We got to tind that girl so we can get that money. 764 01:01:40,838 --> 01:01:42,999 Hell, no! We don't have to go find nobody. 765 01:01:43,074 --> 01:01:47,204 l changed my mind. l don`t need your kind ot help, Mouse. 766 01:01:47,278 --> 01:01:48,711 Boy, look at you. 767 01:01:48,779 --> 01:01:51,805 Man cut a damn smile in your neck, you tell me you don't need my help? 768 01:01:51,882 --> 01:01:55,215 This is the same shit you pulled when you killed old man Navrochet. 769 01:01:55,286 --> 01:01:58,380 You ain't been in my house tive minutes, and you done shot somebody already. 770 01:01:58,456 --> 01:02:01,755 Come on, Easy. Cut me in on this thing, man. 771 01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:05,151 Easy, l'm tryin' to do right. 772 01:02:05,229 --> 01:02:07,527 l mean, you know, now. 773 01:02:09,967 --> 01:02:13,334 Man, l can help you. You know you gonna need somebody at your back. 774 01:02:15,339 --> 01:02:18,206 -l swear l'm gonna let you run the show. -Oh, you gonna let me run the show. 775 01:02:18,276 --> 01:02:20,506 l ain't gonna do nothin' you don't tell me to do. 776 01:02:20,578 --> 01:02:23,308 Ain't you nothin'. You gonna let me run the show. 777 01:02:26,250 --> 01:02:30,687 - You gonna do everything l say? - Man, l'm gonna do everything you say. 778 01:02:30,755 --> 01:02:32,689 That's the wrong hand, Mouse. 779 01:02:35,993 --> 01:02:37,927 Boy, how you been? 780 01:02:39,463 --> 01:02:41,897 Who was that on the phone? 781 01:02:41,966 --> 01:02:44,400 l don't know, man. Sounded like some white girl. 782 01:03:06,957 --> 01:03:09,585 Ezekiel, came to ask you a tew more questions. 783 01:03:10,661 --> 01:03:13,323 - So why don't you invite us in? - l'll come out. 784 01:03:15,533 --> 01:03:16,966 What happened to your neck? 785 01:03:17,034 --> 01:03:19,730 Did l do that? l don't remember doin` that. 786 01:03:20,805 --> 01:03:23,137 What do you know about a man named Richard McQee? 787 01:03:23,207 --> 01:03:25,607 A dead white man in a cabin over in Laurel Canyon. 788 01:03:26,444 --> 01:03:30,244 He happens to have a note in his pocket with ''Coretta James'' written on it. 789 01:03:30,314 --> 01:03:32,043 You teel a little more talkative? 790 01:03:32,116 --> 01:03:35,517 'Cause l'll bet you we're lookin' at a double here. 791 01:03:35,586 --> 01:03:38,350 All we gotta do is place you in the dead man's house. 792 01:03:38,422 --> 01:03:40,356 - l wasn't in no dead man's house. - Yeah. 793 01:03:40,424 --> 01:03:43,325 Well, we could go down to the station. We'll send a team over here. 794 01:03:43,394 --> 01:03:47,057 Believe me, they'll tind somethin` that will place you at that house. 795 01:03:47,131 --> 01:03:49,622 Evidence has a tunny way ot showin' up, you know? 796 01:03:49,700 --> 01:03:53,136 No, y'all ain't got nothin' on me 'cause you know l ain't done nothin`. 797 01:03:53,204 --> 01:03:55,263 We know you know a lot more than you're lettin' on. 798 01:03:55,339 --> 01:03:57,273 You're gonna tell us everything you know... 799 01:03:57,341 --> 01:03:59,275 or you're goin' down tor the murder of Richard McGee and Coretta James. 800 01:03:59,343 --> 01:04:01,470 - l don't know nothin'. - Sure you do. 801 01:04:01,545 --> 01:04:03,775 - Come on. Let's go. - All right. Look. 802 01:04:03,848 --> 01:04:05,782 - Qive me a little more time. - Forget it. 803 01:04:05,850 --> 01:04:09,115 Give me till tomorrow morning. Maybe l can dig somethin' up. 804 01:04:11,922 --> 01:04:14,447 What do you think, Jack? We could do that. 805 01:04:14,525 --> 01:04:16,993 All right. Take the cufts oft. 806 01:04:17,061 --> 01:04:18,995 You got till tomorrow morning. 807 01:04:22,633 --> 01:04:25,193 Have a nice evening, Ezekiel. 808 01:04:25,269 --> 01:04:28,534 l played along, just like the cops wanted me to. 809 01:04:28,606 --> 01:04:30,039 lt was all a game to them. 810 01:04:31,142 --> 01:04:34,942 ln the mornin` they`d be playin` for keeps `cause a white man was dead now. 811 01:04:35,012 --> 01:04:38,175 And guilty or not, somebody was gonna have to pay for this one. 812 01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:47,079 ls Dupree's sister's house otf ot Compton Boulevard or Compton Avenue? 813 01:04:47,158 --> 01:04:49,490 - l can't tind it. - We're goin' somewhere else first. 814 01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:51,494 Did that girl call? 815 01:04:52,396 --> 01:04:53,829 We gonna see that girl? 816 01:04:56,333 --> 01:04:58,198 Hey, Ezekiel. 817 01:04:58,269 --> 01:05:01,432 l been watchin' your house and seein' all them people givin' you trouble-- 818 01:05:01,505 --> 01:05:03,871 Just leave my trees alone, all right? 819 01:05:03,941 --> 01:05:06,205 l'm gonna go back and knock down a couple ot them for you. 820 01:05:06,277 --> 01:05:10,714 l'll knock a couple down and you tell me what you think when you get back. 821 01:05:44,715 --> 01:05:46,649 Who's that? 822 01:05:51,622 --> 01:05:53,749 - What you want? - Let me in, Junior. lt's private. 823 01:05:53,824 --> 01:05:56,816 l ain't got time to tool with you. l'm tryin' to get some sleep. 824 01:05:56,894 --> 01:05:59,385 You better open this door, Junior. Act like you got some sense. 825 01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:03,999 Go on, tool. Get out the way. We ain't got all day. 826 01:06:05,069 --> 01:06:07,731 Have a seat. Y`all want a beer? 827 01:06:07,805 --> 01:06:09,830 Yeah. Sure. Thank you. 828 01:06:09,907 --> 01:06:11,841 What you smokin' there, Junior? Zapattas? 829 01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:21,511 - This one's yours too, isn't it? - l dunno. 830 01:06:21,585 --> 01:06:23,018 Why you kill Richard McGee? 831 01:06:23,087 --> 01:06:25,317 Huh? What you talkin' about? 832 01:06:25,389 --> 01:06:27,516 Ain't no time to play. l know you the one killed him. 833 01:06:27,591 --> 01:06:30,082 - You crazy, man! - Sit down, Junior. 834 01:06:36,367 --> 01:06:38,858 - Tell me what happened. - l don't know what you talkin' about. 835 01:06:38,936 --> 01:06:40,369 The police will when they find out... 836 01:06:40,437 --> 01:06:42,769 the tingerprints they got up in that man's house belong to you. 837 01:06:42,840 --> 01:06:45,434 - What tingerprints? What house? - Hattie had you to pull that man... 838 01:06:45,509 --> 01:06:48,410 outta John's bar the night l was there, and he was layin' in his house dead... 839 01:06:48,479 --> 01:06:50,811 with the same suit on and a bullet hole in his head. 840 01:06:50,881 --> 01:06:52,314 l ain't killed nobody. 841 01:06:52,383 --> 01:06:55,216 Quit lyin' you big old, sweaty, thickheaded, corn bread-eatin'-- 842 01:06:55,286 --> 01:06:57,880 - Thickheaded your damn self! - Sit down, Junior. 843 01:06:59,690 --> 01:07:01,624 Qo on. Sit down, now. 844 01:07:10,467 --> 01:07:13,561 You better tell me what happened. Maybe l'll forget what l know. 845 01:07:13,637 --> 01:07:16,037 Otherwise, l'm gonna tell Mouse to shoot you 'cause l don't like you. 846 01:07:16,106 --> 01:07:18,540 You killed that man and took his money, right? 847 01:07:18,609 --> 01:07:21,840 - l don't know who you're talking about. - You just had to rob him. 848 01:07:21,912 --> 01:07:24,642 l didn't. l didn't touch nothin' in that man's house! 849 01:07:24,715 --> 01:07:26,239 Qoddamn, Junior! 850 01:07:28,385 --> 01:07:30,819 Mm-hmm. Sit down. 851 01:07:34,758 --> 01:07:37,249 Hattie had me take him out to his car. 852 01:07:37,328 --> 01:07:39,888 He was so drunk he gave me ten dollars to drive him home. 853 01:07:40,831 --> 01:07:43,322 - l know you took that. - Hell, yeah. 854 01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:46,767 Then he was askin' me about that white girl you was askin' everybody about. 855 01:07:46,837 --> 01:07:50,204 l told him l seen her with Coretta. What the hell l care it he knows? 856 01:07:50,274 --> 01:07:52,208 So you gonna tell him, but you won`t tell me. 857 01:07:52,276 --> 01:07:55,109 l don't like your ass, Easy. And he gave me $50. 858 01:07:55,179 --> 01:07:57,579 Just to tell him that you saw her with Coretta? 859 01:07:57,648 --> 01:07:59,206 No, to deliver a letter. 860 01:08:00,117 --> 01:08:02,779 l give it to Coretta to give to her the next mornin'. 861 01:08:05,522 --> 01:08:07,683 You better be tellin' the truth. 862 01:08:07,758 --> 01:08:09,521 Come on. Let's go, Raymond. 863 01:08:09,593 --> 01:08:11,561 l'm tellin' the truth. l ain't killed nobody. 864 01:08:11,629 --> 01:08:13,790 - All right. - That man was alive when l lett. 865 01:08:13,864 --> 01:08:15,695 l ain't killed nobody. 866 01:08:17,234 --> 01:08:19,327 The letter that was so important to Daphne... 867 01:08:19,403 --> 01:08:21,701 had worked its way over to the other side of town... 868 01:08:21,772 --> 01:08:25,435 to Dupree`s sister`s house in Compton-- l hoped. 869 01:08:25,509 --> 01:08:28,603 And Junior was innocent like l knew all along... 870 01:08:28,679 --> 01:08:30,340 but l couldn`t see no harm... 871 01:08:30,414 --> 01:08:32,712 in lettin` the big water-head sucker sweat a little bit. 872 01:08:44,461 --> 01:08:46,691 Hey, now. Tried to call you. 873 01:08:46,764 --> 01:08:49,232 Yeah, the cops just let me out today. 874 01:08:49,299 --> 01:08:53,167 Sister's gone to work, and l ain't teelin' much like talkin'. Raymond! 875 01:08:53,237 --> 01:08:56,070 Yeah, big man. All right now. 876 01:08:56,140 --> 01:08:58,074 ls them pigs' tails l smell up in there? 877 01:08:58,142 --> 01:09:00,542 Oh, yeah. Lula Mae made some betore she went to work. 878 01:09:00,611 --> 01:09:02,806 Y'all gonna have to excuse me. 879 01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:04,814 Come on. 880 01:09:04,882 --> 01:09:06,816 - Dupree. - Yeah. 881 01:09:08,519 --> 01:09:09,952 Look. 882 01:09:12,690 --> 01:09:14,624 l'm sorry. 883 01:09:16,060 --> 01:09:18,392 Thank you, Easy. 884 01:09:18,462 --> 01:09:22,023 Why somebody want to kill her like that? lt don't make sense to me. 885 01:09:29,773 --> 01:09:34,369 Did Coretta say anything to you about a letter she was keepin'? 886 01:09:35,446 --> 01:09:39,075 A letter? What kind ot letter? 887 01:09:39,149 --> 01:09:41,276 From that white girl. 888 01:09:41,351 --> 01:09:45,811 Nah, but l know it was on account ot her that Coretta got killed. 889 01:09:45,889 --> 01:09:48,756 - Yeah? - Yeah. 890 01:09:48,826 --> 01:09:52,557 Everything between Daphne and Coretta was always such a damn secret. 891 01:09:53,597 --> 01:09:55,531 That old girl-- 892 01:09:55,599 --> 01:09:58,227 She didn't think nothin' about two-timin` on Frank. 893 01:09:59,303 --> 01:10:02,500 - You want some more tails, Raymond? - Oh, yeah. Thanks, Dupree. 894 01:10:03,407 --> 01:10:06,137 You know she messin' around with that guy runnin' tor mayor, don't you? 895 01:10:06,210 --> 01:10:08,735 - Todd Carter? - Yeah. Carter. That's his name. 896 01:10:09,813 --> 01:10:13,613 She probably introduced Coretta to one ot them guys she knew. 897 01:10:13,684 --> 01:10:17,552 He probably came over to the house, saw that Coretta wasn't that type of woman. 898 01:10:19,656 --> 01:10:21,590 Cops say she fought him. 899 01:10:23,127 --> 01:10:24,560 Can you imagine that? 900 01:10:25,863 --> 01:10:27,797 My baby tought him. 901 01:10:29,833 --> 01:10:32,267 Fought him 'cause she wouldn't have nobody but me. 902 01:10:35,739 --> 01:10:37,172 Qod. 903 01:10:37,241 --> 01:10:39,175 l can't sleep. 904 01:10:41,578 --> 01:10:44,775 l still keep seein' her tace that mornin' betore l went to work. 905 01:10:47,417 --> 01:10:49,942 Junior had just came by the house... 906 01:10:50,020 --> 01:10:52,682 and she come runnin' out carryin' her Bible. 907 01:10:54,291 --> 01:10:58,193 She say, ''Keep this tor me, baby.'' 908 01:11:01,031 --> 01:11:04,262 - The Bible? - Yeah. 909 01:11:04,334 --> 01:11:07,861 And the police won't even let me go near the house. 910 01:11:10,107 --> 01:11:12,598 That's the only thing l got lett that belonged to her. 911 01:11:12,676 --> 01:11:14,109 The Bible. 912 01:11:16,613 --> 01:11:20,140 l know it was a sign 'cause she's so religious. 913 01:11:21,218 --> 01:11:23,209 Oh, Qod. 914 01:11:24,588 --> 01:11:26,783 lt's all right, big man. 915 01:11:26,857 --> 01:11:29,348 - l'm sorry. - No. That's all right. 916 01:11:29,426 --> 01:11:32,054 Qet you a drink now. Go on now. Drink this. 917 01:11:32,129 --> 01:11:33,756 All right. 918 01:11:33,831 --> 01:11:35,321 That's enough. 919 01:11:35,399 --> 01:11:37,333 Qo on. Drink that. 920 01:12:31,255 --> 01:12:33,348 l was scared now... 921 01:12:33,423 --> 01:12:35,653 and sick from what l saw-- 922 01:12:35,726 --> 01:12:39,719 pictures of a much younger Matthew Terell and children-- 923 01:12:39,796 --> 01:12:43,994 innocent, helpless, naked children. 924 01:12:47,271 --> 01:12:49,205 l got it. Come on. Let's go. 925 01:12:50,274 --> 01:12:52,765 Boy, is you crazy or is you drunk? 926 01:12:53,810 --> 01:12:55,072 Come on. 927 01:12:55,145 --> 01:12:59,605 Am l drunk? You saw me draw that gun. Ain't a man in Texas can outdraw me. 928 01:12:59,683 --> 01:13:01,241 Put the gun down. 929 01:13:01,318 --> 01:13:04,845 No, l'm drunk. You right. 930 01:13:06,323 --> 01:13:08,655 Qonna put that gun right there. 931 01:13:08,725 --> 01:13:10,659 We gonna see who's drunk. 932 01:13:12,796 --> 01:13:15,697 Now watch it now. Watch it, goddamn it. 933 01:13:16,767 --> 01:13:19,201 Right there now. Oh, yeah. 934 01:13:19,269 --> 01:13:22,466 Now this tool gonna call me out. He ain't even got no gun. 935 01:13:22,539 --> 01:13:24,507 l'll kill that motherfucker. 936 01:13:24,574 --> 01:13:27,543 No. Let him go. 937 01:13:28,979 --> 01:13:33,279 Let him live, and he'll be scared ot you every time you walk into a room. 938 01:13:33,350 --> 01:13:35,375 He better be scared. l'll kill him. 939 01:13:35,452 --> 01:13:38,353 - He will. lt he ain't-- - You better tell him. 940 01:13:38,422 --> 01:13:41,220 l will. Trust me. 941 01:13:41,291 --> 01:13:43,225 l'll tell him. 942 01:13:47,464 --> 01:13:50,558 - Right there, goddamn it. - No. Keep an eye on him. 943 01:13:50,634 --> 01:13:52,932 Where you goin'? 944 01:13:53,003 --> 01:13:54,937 That's right. 945 01:14:12,723 --> 01:14:16,124 The pictures was eatin` at my pocket like a cigarette burn. 946 01:14:16,193 --> 01:14:20,152 Albright had killed for those pictures to get `em back for Matthew Terell. 947 01:14:20,230 --> 01:14:23,893 He had killed Richard McGee, who had sold the pictures to Daphne. 948 01:14:23,967 --> 01:14:26,128 Time was runnin` out... 949 01:14:26,203 --> 01:14:29,400 but l had some unfinished business with the girl. 950 01:14:29,473 --> 01:14:33,307 She had called that afternoon, and all l needed was for her to call again. 951 01:14:48,792 --> 01:14:50,225 Hello. 952 01:15:11,081 --> 01:15:13,208 l'm sorry l broke into your house, and-- 953 01:15:15,419 --> 01:15:17,512 Please don't be angry with me. 954 01:15:17,587 --> 01:15:20,556 Now why should l be angry at you? 955 01:15:26,329 --> 01:15:29,025 May l have a cigarette? 956 01:15:33,703 --> 01:15:37,139 You know, Coretta's boyfriend Dupree got out ot jail today. 957 01:15:37,207 --> 01:15:39,903 And you need me to help you find him. 958 01:15:41,645 --> 01:15:44,136 l already got the pictures, Daphne. 959 01:16:18,682 --> 01:16:21,845 l paid $7,000 tor those pictures. They belong to me. 960 01:16:21,918 --> 01:16:24,614 Matthew Terell might have something to say about that. 961 01:16:25,989 --> 01:16:28,787 All right, then. l'll pay you tor them. l'll give you $1,000. 962 01:16:28,859 --> 01:16:31,521 - You gave Richard McGee seven. - Then l'll give you seven. 963 01:16:31,595 --> 01:16:33,859 Damn, what does Terell have on you, girl? 964 01:16:33,930 --> 01:16:36,831 Nothin'. You want the money or not? 965 01:16:38,535 --> 01:16:40,469 No, l got two murders hangin' over my head. 966 01:16:40,537 --> 01:16:43,700 Unless l give the cops a killer by tomorrow mornin', l'm goin' to jail. 967 01:16:43,773 --> 01:16:46,071 - Now who killed Coretta? - l don't know. 968 01:16:46,143 --> 01:16:48,737 - lt was `cause of them pictures, right? - l don't know. 969 01:16:48,812 --> 01:16:51,713 Your boytriend Frank Green killed her to bring you them pictures, didn't he? 970 01:16:51,781 --> 01:16:53,874 - Ot course not. - Well, you can tell it to the police... 971 01:16:53,950 --> 01:16:55,884 'cause l ain't takin' the rap. 972 01:16:58,021 --> 01:17:00,581 Easy, put the phone down ! 973 01:17:02,726 --> 01:17:04,159 lt was Frank, wasn't it? 974 01:17:04,227 --> 01:17:06,161 - He had nothin' to do with it. - Sure he did. 975 01:17:06,229 --> 01:17:08,390 l knew there was more between y'all than some backdoor romance. 976 01:17:08,465 --> 01:17:11,559 He probably pimped you out to Carter in the first place. We goin' to the police. 977 01:17:11,635 --> 01:17:14,195 Come on. Yeah ! Why don't you scream? 978 01:17:14,271 --> 01:17:16,796 So l can tell the police about your boytriend Frank Green. 979 01:17:16,873 --> 01:17:18,602 Frank is my brother! 980 01:17:18,675 --> 01:17:20,108 What? 981 01:17:22,078 --> 01:17:24,876 Our mother is Creole. We have difterent tathers. 982 01:17:26,383 --> 01:17:31,286 Mine is white, and that's what Terell has on me. 983 01:17:32,856 --> 01:17:35,825 And so tar l've been able to keep Frank out ot this. 984 01:17:35,892 --> 01:17:37,325 Who killed Coretta? 985 01:17:38,495 --> 01:17:40,429 - lt was an accident. - Who killed her? 986 01:17:40,497 --> 01:17:42,431 She threatened to sell the pictures to Terell. 987 01:17:42,499 --> 01:17:44,433 Who killed her, goddamn it? 988 01:17:45,702 --> 01:17:48,000 l just asked Joppy to go over and put a scare into her. 989 01:17:50,574 --> 01:17:52,769 l didn't mean to hurt anybody. 990 01:17:55,412 --> 01:17:59,007 But Todd and his family had to pull out of the election because ot me. 991 01:17:59,082 --> 01:18:02,449 They really wanted us to get married. lt was because ot the election that we-- 992 01:18:05,989 --> 01:18:08,787 l'll be a son of a bitch. Qet her, Sharitt. 993 01:18:14,864 --> 01:18:17,298 Come on. Get up. 994 01:18:18,268 --> 01:18:20,202 -Where are the pictures? -l don't know what you're talking about. 995 01:18:20,270 --> 01:18:22,397 Yeah? Take her to the car. 996 01:18:22,472 --> 01:18:24,531 Qet up. 997 01:18:24,608 --> 01:18:27,941 Come on! Who we gonna give up to cover this shit, huh? 998 01:18:28,011 --> 01:18:29,945 Qet out there. 999 01:18:56,139 --> 01:19:00,166 l woke up Mouse and told him to drive Dupree`s car to 34th and Central... 1000 01:19:00,243 --> 01:19:03,679 `cause it had come to me in less time than it takes to think. 1001 01:19:03,747 --> 01:19:05,806 They were takin` Daphne someplace more deserted... 1002 01:19:05,882 --> 01:19:08,214 than Albright`s office up in Hollywood-- 1003 01:19:08,285 --> 01:19:10,810 someplace where there would be no witnesses. 1004 01:19:10,887 --> 01:19:13,378 And l was bein` left alive to take the fall. 1005 01:19:29,706 --> 01:19:32,072 Mouse, give me one of them guns you got. 1006 01:19:32,142 --> 01:19:34,235 -What? -Qive me one of them guns. Start my car. 1007 01:19:34,311 --> 01:19:36,575 Keep it hot. l'm comin' out tast. 1008 01:20:05,041 --> 01:20:07,066 Come on. Let's go. 1009 01:20:09,379 --> 01:20:11,313 - l`m blow your face otf. Let's go. - Hey, man! 1010 01:20:11,381 --> 01:20:13,315 Shut up! 1011 01:20:16,753 --> 01:20:18,687 - What the hell we doin'? - Shut up. 1012 01:20:19,956 --> 01:20:21,890 What is this, Easy? 1013 01:20:23,460 --> 01:20:25,018 You drive. 1014 01:20:36,806 --> 01:20:38,740 Albright's got the girl, and he's gonna kill her. 1015 01:20:38,808 --> 01:20:42,869 - You better tell me where it is. - Easy, l don't-- 1016 01:20:42,946 --> 01:20:46,780 - Qet it right. - There's a cabin. 1017 01:20:46,850 --> 01:20:49,182 - That's all l know. There's a cabin. - Where is it? 1018 01:20:49,252 --> 01:20:51,720 lt's in Malibu on Route 9. 1019 01:20:51,788 --> 01:20:55,019 - Make a right turn at the alley. - Ah, yeah. 1020 01:20:58,027 --> 01:21:00,291 You sure this is where Albright's gonna be, right? 1021 01:21:00,363 --> 01:21:02,297 - l guess so. - Don't be guessin', Joppy. 1022 01:21:02,365 --> 01:21:06,028 Look. He done this kind of thing out there betore, so l guess so. 1023 01:21:06,102 --> 01:21:09,401 Easy, what's got into you? l thought y'all were supposed to be friends. 1024 01:21:09,472 --> 01:21:12,464 - He killed Coretta. - You're lyin'. 1025 01:21:12,542 --> 01:21:14,703 - l ain't done nothin' like that. - Son of a bitch. 1026 01:21:14,778 --> 01:21:16,712 Wait! No! Wait a minute! 1027 01:21:16,780 --> 01:21:18,805 Hold on now! Wait a minute! 1028 01:21:21,117 --> 01:21:24,143 Now we need him, Mouse. The girl got $7,000. 1029 01:21:27,424 --> 01:21:28,857 What? 1030 01:21:28,925 --> 01:21:32,383 The girl otfered to pay me $7,000 for them pictures. 1031 01:21:32,462 --> 01:21:34,362 Oh, my God. 1032 01:21:34,431 --> 01:21:37,025 Oh, my goodness! Oh, my God! 1033 01:21:38,501 --> 01:21:40,435 Seven-- Oh, my Qod! 1034 01:21:55,351 --> 01:21:57,319 How much further is it? 1035 01:21:57,387 --> 01:21:59,321 You're comin` up on it. 1036 01:22:19,576 --> 01:22:22,101 Raymond, there's some rope in the trunk. Tie him up. 1037 01:22:22,178 --> 01:22:24,112 Yeah, all right. 1038 01:22:31,387 --> 01:22:33,685 Now, man, come on. 1039 01:22:33,756 --> 01:22:38,386 The girl is lyin' if she told you l killed that woman. 1040 01:22:38,461 --> 01:22:41,362 - Who says she told me? - l-- 1041 01:22:41,431 --> 01:22:43,365 l mean-- 1042 01:22:46,002 --> 01:22:49,529 - l'm just gonna shoot him now, okay? - No, don't shoot him. 1043 01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:52,574 Don't shoot him. 1044 01:23:42,458 --> 01:23:44,392 Help me! 1045 01:23:50,767 --> 01:23:52,200 Please! 1046 01:23:57,206 --> 01:23:59,140 Shut up! 1047 01:24:04,981 --> 01:24:07,381 Now you're gonna tell me where the pictures are, okay? 1048 01:24:07,450 --> 01:24:10,010 l don't wanna hurt you, but you are gonna tell me. 1049 01:24:10,086 --> 01:24:14,420 - Where are the pictures? - l don't have them. Easy has them. 1050 01:24:14,490 --> 01:24:16,424 l thought you said he had nothin' to do with it. 1051 01:24:16,492 --> 01:24:18,426 l was lying. 1052 01:24:20,630 --> 01:24:22,063 What? 1053 01:24:22,131 --> 01:24:24,099 - l was lying. - Are you a liar? 1054 01:24:29,138 --> 01:24:32,232 l know you're a liar. You lie about bein' a nigger? 1055 01:24:34,711 --> 01:24:36,645 Better tell me the truth. 1056 01:24:37,714 --> 01:24:40,046 What part of you is nigger? Your leg is nigger? 1057 01:24:40,116 --> 01:24:43,847 Your arm is nigger? Maybe your face is nigger. 1058 01:24:46,022 --> 01:24:47,956 What part ot you is nigger? 1059 01:24:49,692 --> 01:24:53,856 - You know what l'm gonna do? - l don't have them. Please. 1060 01:24:53,930 --> 01:24:56,364 l'm gonna burn it out ot you. 1061 01:25:57,694 --> 01:25:59,662 Hey, Easy. ls that you? 1062 01:27:13,002 --> 01:27:15,562 He gone, man. 1063 01:27:19,942 --> 01:27:21,375 Gone. 1064 01:27:31,154 --> 01:27:32,917 You all right? 1065 01:27:32,989 --> 01:27:34,718 Yeah. 1066 01:27:34,791 --> 01:27:38,056 Can you walk? All right. Come on. Let's go. 1067 01:27:57,079 --> 01:27:59,013 Where's Joppy, Mouse? 1068 01:28:01,851 --> 01:28:03,785 Where Joppy? 1069 01:28:03,853 --> 01:28:05,787 He right there. 1070 01:28:16,966 --> 01:28:19,025 What happened? 1071 01:28:19,101 --> 01:28:21,865 l ain't had no time to be tyin' him up, Easy. 1072 01:28:21,938 --> 01:28:23,633 What? 1073 01:28:23,706 --> 01:28:25,640 Look, you just said don't shoot him, right? 1074 01:28:25,708 --> 01:28:29,200 - That`s right. - Well, l didn't. l just-- l choked him. 1075 01:28:30,213 --> 01:28:31,646 What? 1076 01:28:31,714 --> 01:28:35,275 Well, how am l gonna help you out if l'm back here toolin' around with him now? 1077 01:28:39,288 --> 01:28:42,655 lf you ain't want him killed, why'd you leave him with me? 1078 01:28:49,098 --> 01:28:51,032 Come on. We got to go, Easy. 1079 01:28:53,970 --> 01:28:55,904 Easy, come on. Let's go now. 1080 01:29:12,955 --> 01:29:14,889 All right, sweetheart. 1081 01:29:16,192 --> 01:29:20,094 Listen, Easy. l think you gonna have trouble with that dude Frank. 1082 01:29:20,162 --> 01:29:22,255 l can run by, kill him and take that evenin' train. 1083 01:29:22,331 --> 01:29:25,494 - No, Mouse. - You sure? All right, then. 1084 01:29:27,069 --> 01:29:29,003 Hey. All right. 1085 01:29:29,071 --> 01:29:30,936 Oh, look here. 1086 01:29:31,007 --> 01:29:33,168 Now l cut you in tor halt `cause l know you was too big a tool... 1087 01:29:33,242 --> 01:29:35,802 to take you share trom the white girl yourselt. 1088 01:29:35,878 --> 01:29:37,812 All right. Hey, man. Look. 1089 01:29:37,880 --> 01:29:40,348 lt you need somebody to run them streets with you again, just give me a call. 1090 01:29:40,416 --> 01:29:43,249 'Cause you know how to put some money in a nigger's pocket. 1091 01:29:43,319 --> 01:29:44,752 Bye. 1092 01:30:03,339 --> 01:30:06,331 Well, what upset them most was that l didn't tell them. 1093 01:30:07,410 --> 01:30:10,573 And then Terell threatened to go public about my mother... 1094 01:30:10,646 --> 01:30:13,740 and that just added insult to injury. 1095 01:30:13,816 --> 01:30:17,980 When Todd sees the pictures nothing will stand in the way of us gettin' married. 1096 01:30:18,054 --> 01:30:19,646 Are you sure about that? 1097 01:30:19,722 --> 01:30:22,486 Ot course. Terell doesn't want to go to jail. 1098 01:30:22,558 --> 01:30:24,492 l'm not talkin' about Terell. 1099 01:30:26,062 --> 01:30:28,758 Todd and l are very much in love, and in the end... 1100 01:30:30,333 --> 01:30:32,801 his family just wants him to be happy. 1101 01:30:37,206 --> 01:30:41,540 Daphne had gotten the money out of a locker at fhe yWCA. 1102 01:30:41,610 --> 01:30:44,670 lt was money she had gotten from Carter's family. 1103 01:30:44,747 --> 01:30:48,376 $30,000 to leave town. 1104 01:30:49,452 --> 01:30:52,615 She was still convinced, though, that her Negro blood didn`t matter... 1105 01:30:52,688 --> 01:30:55,156 now that Terell couldn`t use it to keep the man she wanted to marry... 1106 01:30:55,224 --> 01:30:57,658 out of the mayor's race. 1107 01:30:58,728 --> 01:31:01,788 She was in love and couldn`t see for dreamin`... 1108 01:31:01,864 --> 01:31:04,628 any better than the rest of us, l guess. 1109 01:31:04,700 --> 01:31:08,329 `Cause even though we had fought a war to keep the world free... 1110 01:31:08,404 --> 01:31:10,497 the color line in America worked both ways... 1111 01:31:10,573 --> 01:31:13,565 and even a rich white man like Todd Carter... 1112 01:31:13,642 --> 01:31:16,236 was afraid to cross it. 1113 01:31:16,312 --> 01:31:18,906 - Don't walk away. Don't-- - Damn you! 1114 01:31:18,981 --> 01:31:20,414 Wait. 1115 01:31:27,456 --> 01:31:29,651 Please. 1116 01:31:53,449 --> 01:31:56,976 Here's the $800 that l owe you... 1117 01:31:57,053 --> 01:31:59,021 and thank you tor protecting her. 1118 01:32:01,424 --> 01:32:03,358 You have some pictures. 1119 01:32:16,272 --> 01:32:18,399 That puts you back in the race. 1120 01:32:20,609 --> 01:32:23,407 l'm gonna need you to do something tor me too. 1121 01:32:25,514 --> 01:32:27,038 l know. 1122 01:32:27,116 --> 01:32:31,519 You'll have no trouble with the police. That's a promise. 1123 01:32:37,393 --> 01:32:39,987 Thank you. 1124 01:32:45,835 --> 01:32:47,769 Just so you know... 1125 01:32:49,672 --> 01:32:51,367 l do love her. 1126 01:33:36,886 --> 01:33:39,480 You want me to walk you inside? 1127 01:34:01,310 --> 01:34:03,574 l dropped her off at her brother`s apartment-- 1128 01:34:03,646 --> 01:34:06,615 a fourplex on Dinker Street. 1129 01:34:06,682 --> 01:34:11,415 She had told me her story on the way like a sinner who wanted fo confess. 1130 01:34:11,487 --> 01:34:14,945 Her name was Ruby Hanks from Lake Charles, Louisiana... 1131 01:34:15,024 --> 01:34:18,790 and l suppose all she really wanted was a place to fit in. 1132 01:34:19,862 --> 01:34:22,660 A few days later, my conscience got the best of me... 1133 01:34:22,731 --> 01:34:25,996 and l went by her place to bring back my half of her money. 1134 01:34:26,068 --> 01:34:29,697 l was kind of excited about seein` her again... 1135 01:34:29,772 --> 01:34:34,175 but when l got there, she and her brother had picked up and gone. 1136 01:35:14,750 --> 01:35:17,810 Hey, Easy. Find a job yet? 1137 01:35:17,886 --> 01:35:19,979 l ain't studyin' no job, Odell. 1138 01:35:20,055 --> 01:35:22,649 Ain't studyin' no job? How you gonna live? 1139 01:35:22,725 --> 01:35:25,956 l got a little money saved up. Gonna invest in some real estate. 1140 01:35:26,028 --> 01:35:28,223 Maybe go into business for myself. 1141 01:35:28,297 --> 01:35:29,889 What kind of business? 1142 01:35:29,965 --> 01:35:32,490 Little private investigatin'. 1143 01:35:32,568 --> 01:35:34,229 You get in trouble doin' that. 1144 01:35:34,303 --> 01:35:37,295 Yeah, well, like a man told me once... 1145 01:35:37,373 --> 01:35:40,342 step out your door in the mornin', you're already in trouble. 1146 01:35:40,409 --> 01:35:43,344 Just a matter of whether you're mixed up at the top ot it or not. 1147 01:35:43,412 --> 01:35:46,210 Yeah. l guess you're right. 1148 01:35:51,787 --> 01:35:56,622 lf you got a triend that you know does bad things-- l mean real bad things-- 1149 01:35:56,692 --> 01:35:59,923 can you still keep him as a triend even though you know what he's like? 1150 01:36:01,797 --> 01:36:03,230 You think that's wrong? 1151 01:36:05,801 --> 01:36:07,792 All you got is your friends. 1152 01:36:11,006 --> 01:36:13,304 What are you doin'? You better get out of my yard! 1153 01:36:13,375 --> 01:36:15,809 - You get on out! - Hey! Get on away trom there! 1154 01:36:15,878 --> 01:36:18,005 You know that fool knocked down two ot my trees. 1155 01:36:18,080 --> 01:36:20,480 Get on away trom there! 1156 01:36:20,549 --> 01:36:22,483 You better get on ! 1157 01:36:25,688 --> 01:36:27,246 You all right? 1158 01:36:27,323 --> 01:36:29,814 ls he crazy? 1159 01:36:29,892 --> 01:36:32,224 Always up and down on our street. 1160 01:36:33,295 --> 01:36:35,422 lt he comes back, you let me know, ma`am. 1161 01:36:35,497 --> 01:36:38,432 - All right. You take care. - l'm fine. Thank you. 1162 01:36:43,739 --> 01:36:45,172 Hey, Lou. 1163 01:36:45,240 --> 01:36:47,231 Hey, man. Get out ot the street! 1164 01:36:47,309 --> 01:36:49,243 Watch it. 1165 01:37:15,571 --> 01:37:17,903 l thought about what Odell had said about friends... 1166 01:37:17,973 --> 01:37:20,168 and it made sense to me. 1167 01:37:20,242 --> 01:37:23,803 Odell goes to church every Sunday, so he would know. 1168 01:37:23,879 --> 01:37:26,313 Later on, he challenged me to a game of dominoes. 1169 01:37:26,382 --> 01:37:28,850 Now what`d he go and do that for? 1170 01:37:28,917 --> 01:37:32,318 We got to talkin` about Texas and fooled around... 1171 01:37:32,388 --> 01:37:34,856 and drunk almost a quart of whiskey. 1172 01:37:34,923 --> 01:37:39,758 And l forgot all about Daphne Monet, Dewitt Albright, Carter and them. 1173 01:37:39,828 --> 01:37:42,023 And l sat with my friend... 1174 01:37:42,097 --> 01:37:44,258 on my porch... 1175 01:37:44,333 --> 01:37:46,563 at my house... 1176 01:37:46,635 --> 01:37:49,103 and we laughed a long time.