Hey, will you guys shut up in there?
Barbara.
Oh, shit.
What the hell is going on in here? I'm trying to study for a final.
Yeah, we have finals too. Did you ever hear of modern dance?
- Can't you study to music? - No, I can't study to music.
Are you going to turn it down or do I have to go to Sue?
- Oh, go to Sue then. Fuck off. - I'm going to Sue.
"I'm going to Sue."
- Get off of me! - What?
- There's somebody out there. - What are you talking about?
- There's nobody out there. - There is.
- Calm down. - Hey, I can't calm down.
You better take care of it, 'cause I can't study with this disco music.
All right, all right.
- Why I didn't move... - Come on.
Oh, look. The little fink brought back the master fink.
- What's going on? - We've got a modern dance final.
- Turn the music down. - The music's not loud.
Yes, it is.
- It's not that loud! - Yes, it is loud.
God, the scream is terrible.
- What cat did you strangle for that? - The cat you hired. That's her voice.
- You mean you didn't dub that? - No.
- That's hers? - Yeah.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
Run that back again. I wanna hear the scream.
- All right? - Yeah.
And kill all the effects except the scream.
Kill it!
You're right. It's hers, and it's shit!
Look, Jack, I didn't hire that girl for her scream.
- I hired her for her tits. - Then what are you worried about?
With those tits, who's gonna be watching her scream? Let's move on.
Wait a minute. Come on, Jack.
Look, how many years have we worked together?
Let's see. I met you on Bloodbath, right?
- Yeah. - And then we did Bloodbath //.
And then we did Bad Day at Blood Beach...
and then we did Bordello of Blood.
And then, well, that brings us up to date... Coed Frenzy.
By the way, I didn't tell you this, but I think this is our finest film.
- Almost two years. - Oh, God... two years.
Five films in two years. How do we do it?
You know what I can't figure out? I can't figure out...
what a smart guy like you is still doing that shit for.
Oh, come on. You do this shit. I do the sound.
You do this shit. That wind in the trees sounds like whistling in the crapper.
That's the library stuff. We used it a million times.
That is the trouble. I have heard it a million times. Get something new.
- New wind. Got it. - Yeah.
And what about that scream? We gotta dub that.
All right. You know any good screamers?
- I got a few ideas, yeah. - I bet you do.
Just worry about the scream, will ya, huh?
...to sweeping condemnation of White House policies.
The same poll gave evidence of a groundswell of nationwide support...
for Governor George McRyan and his bid for the party's nomination.
/f an election were held today, the poll concludes...
Governor McRyan would be the hands-down winner...
drawing a remarkable 62% of the vote to the president's 23.
The president's campaign manager, Jack Manners, told reporters today...
The president's had to make some tough decisions.
But when these policies are carried out...
and the economic climate improves, as we confidently expect it will...
the people will rally to support the president...
in the upcoming primaries.
A lot can happen between now and then.
Meanwhile, leaders in Congress are waiting anxiously...
for Governor McRyan to declare his candidacy.
Well, they may not have much longer to wait.
The governor's now at the ballroom at the Bellevue Stratford...
where, in just a few minutes, he will address the kickoff dinner...
of the Liberty Day celebration.
Some people are guessing he will use the occasion to throw his hat into the ring.
What about it, Joan? Any word from the Bellevue Stratford yet?
Not yet, Bill, but as soon as there is we will be going there live.
As we all know, Liberty Day is one of the most eagerly awaited...
of all philadelphia celebrations, but this year it will be extra-special.
/t is exactly 100 years since the Liberty Bell was last rung.
To mark this centennial there will be a parade on Saturday down Market Street...
ending up at penn's Landing where there will be a spectacular fireworks display.
/n addition, a full-sized replica of the Liberty Bell...
has been made from pennies donated by schoolchildren from every state.
Joan, / understand they'll be ringing it after the fireworks at penn's Landing.
That's right.
Hold it, Bill. / think we're getting something from the Bellevue Stratford.
Let's go live to our Eye on the City political correspondent Frank Donahue...
at the Liberty Ball at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel.
Frank, you look fabulous. Have you spoken with the governor yet?
Yes, Joan, but only briefly as he arrived only moments ago.
/ did ask the governor a question as to his impressions so far...
of this year's Liberty Day jubilee.
The governor said that he was honored to be here...
that he will attend the parade and the ringing of the new bell Saturday night.
He went on to say he felt it a shame the Liberty Bell had been silent so long...
but that he looked forward to hearing a new voice of liberty in the land.
The governor is now busy greeting some old friends, and we understand...
he will be enjoying a meal here in the ballroom...
but his people have told us he will indeed speak to us at greater length...
when he finishes that meal.
/'m Frank Donahue, Eye on the City News...
Bellevue Stratford.
Thank you, Frank, and we'll be getting back to you later on in the broadcast.
Meanwhile, there is other news tonight. There has been a teachers'strike...
- Beautiful night. - Oh, yes, it is.
Let's take a walk along the river here.
Mm, nice.
David, look. There's someone on the bridge.
- Let's not worry about that. - He's staring right at us.
- Who cares? - I care.
- Betsy... - I don't want to stay here. Let's go.
- Yeah, okay. - What is he doing?
- I don't know. - What is he, a peeping tom?
Oh, who cares? Come on, let's walk down there.
Jesus Christ.
Oh, God, please help me!
Oh, get me out of here, please!
Oh, God!
- A bang? - Yeah, some sort of a bang.
Where?
- I'm not sure where. - You were facing the car?
- Yes. - Well, you heard the blowout.
Yes, I heard the blowout, but the first sound I heard was a bang.
- Some kind of an echo. - No.
Look, I know what an echo sounds like. I'm a sound man...
and the bang was before the blowout.
- What were you doing up there? - Recording sounds for a movie.
- You recorded the accident? - Yes.
What happened after that?
The car went off the road into the creek, and I ran...
- What did you do then? - I'm trying to tell you.
I ran down, jumped in the creek and pulled out the girl.
There was a girl?
- Yes, there was a girl. - What girl?
The girl that I brought here. The girl in the room.
She was inside the car?
- Yes. - Are you sure?
I wasn't bobbing for apples. Of course I'm sure.
It can get pretty dark under eight feet of water.
What are you doing? Is this obtaining objective eyewitness testimony?
Because if it is, forget it.
Gotta get this stretcher through. Come on, people. Step back.
Doctor, how is she?
Very lucky. Mild shock, some cuts and bruises.
- No major injuries. - Can I see her?
She might be asleep. She's been sedated.
- Well, I'll just say good-bye. - Don't stay too long.
How ya doin'?
- Do you have my purse? - No.
But I'm sure the police'll find it. I wouldn't worry about it.
I know.
- Where ya goin'? - I have to leave now.
Wait a minute. I think you better get back to bed, really.
I don't think they're finished with you yet.
Come on, up. Up.
- Just for a minute. - All right.
So, how do you feel?
- He said I was lucky, the doctor. - Yeah.
Yeah, he should have been there, huh?
- Thanks for getting me out. - No problem.
I didn't realize you were this pretty with all that mud all over your face.
- I don't have any makeup on! - Well, don't worry about it.
- It's fine. It's a hospital. - Who are you?
I'm Jack Terry. Who are you?
- Sally. - Sally. Nice to meet you, Sally.
Are you leaving?
Yeah, I gotta go, but...
what do you say when you get outta here we have a drink sometime, in a glass?
- Sure. - Okay. You take care.
- How 'bout tonight? - No, I don't think so, not tonight.
But I'll check with the doctor and see when you get out...
- He wants to keep me for observation. - Wait a minute.
- You really gotta stay in bed. - I don't like to be observed.
Well, I'm sorry, but there's really nothing I can do about that.
Please, I really don't like hospitals. I have to get out of here...
All right, I'll make you a deal, okay?
You stay here, I'll get your clothes, and then we'll go out for a drink, okay?
All right?
- I need a shoes and a coat. - Yes. I'll get them.
But if you don't stay I'm not coming back.
- Okay. - All right.
Just a little bit shaken, but she'll be all right. This guy, Jack Terry...
who took her out of the car... that's him over there... is being a horse's ass...
and I don't know how we're gonna keep the lid on this thing.
Get some men up here. I want this place sealed!
I'm not gonna have this turn into some kind of circus.
- Sir, this is the guy. He was there. - Where?
- He saw the whole thing. - He's the one who saw it?
His name is Jack Terry. He says he pulled the girl out of the car.
I want to talk to you, and to the girl too. Where is she?
- She's in there. - She's asleep.
If you want to talk to me, make it quick 'cause I wanna go home.
- Can we can talk someplace private? - Yes, sir. I'll take care of it.
- Would you secure that room for us? - I want these men checked out.
Officer, what's going on here?
- Car accident... guy got killed. - I know that, but what's the big deal?
Did you know the guy was McRyan?
- That's Governor McRyan? - That stiff on the stretcher...
was probably our next president.
- Hell, he had my vote. - Jesus Christ.
Let's talk in here.
You pulled the girl out of that car?
Yes.
Well, I would like for you to forget about her, forget you ever saw her.
Wait a minute. Who are you?
My name is Lawrence Henry. I work for Governor McRyan.
He was also a friend.
He was my friend.
Well, look, I'm very sorry about the governor...
and I obviously would have loved to have saved his life too, but...
I mean, I was there, and she was there.
Well, we know what happened, but the governor is dead now...
and we don't want to embarrass his family.
Do you have any idea what the press would do if they got ahold of this?
What do you want me to do... just say she wasn't there?
- I already told the police. - That's already taken care of.
All right. What about the girl?
I'll talk to her. I'm sure she'll cooperate.
So one playmate vanishes from McRyan's car just like that?
- That's right. - Oh, Jesus. I don't know.
Now, can't you keep your mouth shut?
It's better the governor died alone.
I just don't know if I can do that. I was there, she was there, and...
Who gives a damn that you were there?
You wanna tell his wife that he died with his hand up some girl's dress?
Or maybe you'd rather she read it in the papers.
Well, that is what happened. That is the truth, isn't it?
Well, what difference does that make to you...
when it would make a great deal of difference to his family?
- All right. - Good.
We'll slip you and the girl out the back.
How 'bout your place?
You don't wanna go home, do you?
I told you who was in the car, right?
Yeah.
Well, some smart reporter could figure I was there too, you know?
They got my purse with my name and address.
They're gonna be camped on my doorstep.
What about my doorstep? I'm the one that pulled you out, didn't I?
Right, right.
Let's go to a motel.
First it's a drink, then it's my place, now it's a motel.
Boy, things are really moving fast tonight, aren't they, Sally?
Whoops. You stand here for a second.
Beautiful night for a walk.
Yes, it is.
Let's take a walk along the river here.
- Mm, nice. - David, look.
- There's someone on the bridge. - Oh, let's not worry about that.
- He's staring right at us. - Who cares?
- / care. - Betsy...
/ don't want to stay here anymore. Let's go.
- Yeah, okay. - What is he doing?
- / don't know. - What is he, a peeping tom?
Oh, who cares? Come on, let's walk down here.
Jesus Christ.
Shit.
So, you want some coffee?
Huh? You want some coffee?
- Good morning. - Hi. How ya doin'?
- I'm fine. How are you? - Pretty good.
There ya go. What are you doin' here?
You listening to some music?
Nope.
This is my job.
- I do sound effects for movies. - Oh, movies, huh?
As a matter of fact, last night I was out recording some sounds.
What do you mean, sound effects?
Well, you know, when you see a movie and you hear a door slam...
or a bird chirp or wind or whatever...
I record those actual sounds and then I put them in a movie...
and then you see the movie.
- Oh. Big movies? - Last night...
No, just bad ones, unfortunately.
I really love movies, you know?
It's a very interesting subject to me because I do makeup.
- Do you? - Yeah.
Right now it's only behind the counter at Corvette's...
but I have this dream about doing makeup for movies.
I mean, I've seen these big movie stars, like Barbra Streisand, you know?
- They don't do her right. - No.
- I know how to fix her face. Yeah. - Really? That's good.
I want you to hear something. Look.
Last night I was recording some sounds...
and I recorded your accident... I got the whole thing on tape.
- Oh, you recorded the accident. - Yes, I did.
Except I don't think it was an accident. I think your tire was shot out.
- Oh, that's crazy. - No, it's not. Listen to this.
All right, now, you're gonna hear two sounds. The first is a gunshot...
and the second is a blowout.
All right, listen up.
- Listen again. - I heard a noise, maybe a gunshot.
To tell you the truth, I don't want to listen to a replay of last night.
It's kinda depressing.
- Can I ask you something? - What?
What were you doing with McRyan?
That's a very personal question.
- That's none of your business. - No, I don't mean the details...
I think I'm getting a cold, and I don't have my makeup or anything...
- Come on, Sally. Forget it. - Personal questions. Who are you?
I'd like you to get to know who I am. Hey, how about that drink?
Some other time, okay?
Sally, hey, look. I saved your life. You could at least have a drink with me.
All right. You can call me at my friend's, Judy Demming... I'll be there.
- She's in the book. - All right. You telling me the truth?
- Yeah. - All right. I'm gonna call ya.
- Okay. - Okay.
There's movies of McRyan getting killed. I just heard it on the radio.
- Maybe they got in on the midday news. - They got what?
Movies of McRyan getting killed.
/ncredible as it may seem, a local photographer, Manny Karp...
was on the scene of the accident last night with his camera.
Eye on the City News has learned that Mr. Karp sold his film...
to News Today magazine late this morning...
- Oh, News Today... - for an undisclosed sum of money.
Our own Frank Donahue spoke with Mr. Karp...
just a few moments ago outside the magazine's offices.
Well, / tell you, / had gone out there to try out this new film stock, right?
/t's a very high speed, good for night shooting.
/ do a lot of work at night. So /'m standing out there...
and all of a sudden / hear this car barreling down a road.
You know, and / didn't pay too much attention till / hear it start to skid.
Well, / wasn't even thinking. / turned around, my camera's still running...
and, bam, / catch him going through the railing.
Mr. Karp, Frank Donahue, Eye on the City News.
Mr. Karp, was the governor driving the car? Was he in control?
Control? /t went into the drink, didn't it? He wasn't in no control.
- Was he alone in the car? - Well, / didn't see anybody.
Why didn't you go to the police that night and give the film to them?
No cop ever did anything for me.
They ain't gonna give me the kind of money these guys here are giving me.
- Where are you going? You gotta go? - I gotta go.
- The /.R.S. Or what? - What about the auditions?
Exclusive photos of McRyan's death. One at a time, please.
- It's about time you showed up. - Is Rick in?
But Sam's here with those girls he wants you to hear.
Come on, come on.
- What about Sam and the girls? - I'll do it later.
Come on, open up. It's Sam.
This is the pivotal moment in the film. You gotta realize that.
Hey, Jack, where the fuck are you goin'?
- Sam, I'll be right back. - I need you now. Now, get in here.
- What do you think? - Keep looking.
Keep looking? Hey, Jack, what are you talking about?
Sorry, Jack. I'm all stacked up.
Please, just this once, as a favor to me, all right?
Well, I'll see what I can do, but you'll have to come back after midnight.
Sally? It's Jack.
See, I told you I'd call you.
How about that drink you promised?
Where you goin'?
Why don't I meet you at the station?
- Sally. Hi. - Hi.
I was so glad I caught you.
Yeah, I was out the door.
- Look, I only got 20 minutes. - Well, that's fine.
We'll have a quick drink, and you'll be on your way.
Well, I wanna get a good seat, you know?
Oh, come on, Sally, you promised me.
- Okay, but just 10 minutes. - Okay. Come on. Let me take this.
Well, okay. Thanks.
- How you feelin'? - Pretty good.
- You look nice. - Thanks.
...New York, Rye, Stamford, New Haven...
New London, providence and Boston...
stairway three, track four.
Now, what's the first thing you see when you meet somebody?
Legs. I'm a leg man.
- Come on. - All right, all right. Face.
- You see their face. - Exactly.
So if your face doesn't look right...
no one... I mean no one... is gonna look at you again.
But I don't think your face needs any makeup.
Every face needs makeup, but it shouldn't look like makeup.
- Oh, I see. - You see, I've worked on this face...
and I've hidden everything, so you don't see the makeup.
You got makeup on right now?
- I do. - I don't believe it.
- I don't believe it! - Absolutely.
And you see, this took me two hours, and this is the "no-makeup look."
Really? Well, I would like to see what the "makeup look" looks like.
- I bet that's good, huh? - I only do that for special occasions.
How about a broken nose? How would you deal with a broken nose?
Well, that's easy. You just take a little...
Wait a minute. I can show you...
- You get a brush like this, right? - Yeah.
You take a little brown powder.
- You just make a little brown... - What are you doin'?
Hey, now wait a minute. This is serious business here.
- Are you interested or not? - Oh, yes. Okay. Sorry.
Make a brown line, and kinda smudge it in right here.
It has to be real subtle so no one notices or anything like that.
But... What are you smiling about?
I'm impressed. I'm impressed that you know so much about this.
- You're not interested in this at all. - Yes, I am.
No, you're not. You just kept me talking so I'd miss my train.
Wait. That's not true. I just didn't want you to go.
Why?
Because I like you, and I just met you, and you're going off on me.
I don't know anything about you.
What do you want to know? I'll tell you anything you want to know.
All right. You're a sound man, right?
- Yeah. - Okay. How'd you get that job?
That's a good question. I don't know.
No, I'll tell you. It all started in school.
I was the kind of kid who fixed radios, made my own stereos...
won all the science fairs... you know the type.
Well, after that I went into the service...
went into the army... and I refined my skills there.
Oh, yeah? Were you in any wars or anything?
No, I was such a communication wiz, they wouldn't let me leave New Jersey.
Okay?
Then I went into the police for a while, and after that I went into movies.
Wait a minute. You were a cop?
- No, I worked for the King Commission. - What's that?
A group of politicians who got together and tried to stop police corruption.
- Oh. - Then I quit that, and...
Well, what'd you do?
Well, it's a long story. You really don't want to know about it.
Oh, I do. I really do. This is very interesting.
What about movies? I thought you wanted to know about movies.
Yeah, movies are great, but I mean, this is...
this is like real life on the streets, you know?
It's exciting.
All right.
I wired their best undercover cop...
a guy by the name of Freddie Corso.
One of Freddie's cases was to set up a corrupt police captain...
who was trying to shake down a mob guy.
My job was to rig a wire on him so I could record the conversation.
Wait a minute. What do you mean, "wire"?
/t's just a tiny little mike attached to a transmitter strapped to his waist.
Mackey, hand me the tape.
Okay, Freddie, give me a sound check. Count to ten.
One, two, three, four, five, six...
/t was a great wire, one where he could be blocks away...
and hear everything within ten feet of him... fantastic.
- Hey, Milt, how you doin'? - Hello, Freddie, how you doin'?
- Good to see you. - Nice seein'you. You look good.
- So do you. You look like a million. - Thank you.
So, / brought somebody here / want you to meet.
- Captain Kennedy, this is Milt... - Who the fuck wants to meet Kennedy?
- Milt, take it easy. - / don't want to meet him.
Hey, take it easy. This man could put the cap on everything.
You won't be able to go to the bathroom alone.
All right, come in the car, we'll take a ride, and we'll talk a little.
The first thing the captain says to the mob guy is:
Look, / understand that the man has a brother-in-law.
Now, / happen to see him talking to his brother-in-law.
Now, the brother-in-law is a known felon, Freddie.
Milt's out on parole, and that's a parole violation.
Now, /'m gonna have to tell the parole officer, okay?
/f / tell the parole officer, he's goin'back in the can.
But / think / could work something out that / don't have to tell him...
for 5,000 bucks.
$5,000? Freddie, you little prick.
We started this thing for $ 1,000.
- $ 1,000? - Now, wait a minute.
Now, /'m getting this clear as a bell on tape, and then started to hear static.
You think you're gonna...
...two of ya are out of your...
We could work this thing out!
- He's going up the river, understand? - Right. Right.
Now, you told me... What's the matter?
- I don't feel... - You're sweatin'. What's the matter?
The one thing the fuckin' wiz kid didn't think of...
was maybe Freddie'd get nervous and he'd sweat.
He's sweating so bad that the battery is shorting out and burning a hole in him.
Hey, pull over to this gas station. I gotta take a piss.
- Shit. The battery's arcing. - What's wrong?
- The battery's arcing? - The transmitter battery's arcing.
- It's burning him. I gotta get in there. - You can't go in there.
- You're gonna blow the guy's cover. - I gotta go in.
- The battery's burning a hole in him! - I don't give a damn!
You're gonna screw things up!
- I gotta go. - Jack, you're nuts.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
- It wasn't your fault. - Yeah, well, you tell that to Freddie.
- Shit. - Are you okay?
No, there's something bugging me. This whole thing with Henry...
you know, the guy that's the governor's assistant?
Oh, he talked to you too, huh?
That's why I'm leaving town. He gave me some money to disappear...
- for a couple of months. - I thought so.
Look, they are covering up a lot more than you being with McRyan.
I mean, I know that tire was shot out.
How can you be so sure?
- Did you see News Today magazine? - Yeah.
The photographs? Well, I figured out a way to put my sound with those photos.
When you see it, I'm sure you'll see there was no blowout.
- I don't know. - Would you stick around a couple days?
- What for? - I think you could help me with this.
Jack, I don't know. I'm in a hell of a lot of trouble already.
- Wait... - If I stick around here...
If I can just clear myself of this, we could go away together.
I mean, why not?
What the hell's the sense of going away by yourself?
- I don't know. - Come on.
I'll have to think about it or something.
I'll think about it.
Excuse me.
Hey, Sal, how ya doin', huh?
Hey, it's good to see... Naw, I was just watching this great movie on TV.
Ya look terrific, babe.
Yeah, so what are ya doin' around here?
Listen, want something to drink? How about some scotch?
- Yeah. - It's Sally.
Hey, Sal. Come on in. Come on, quick. Hurry up.
Hey, you look great, babe. What are ya doin' around here?
Jesus, Manny. Don't they ever clean this place?
Yeah, well, you gotta get up really early to catch a maid.
I haven't made it yet.
Hey, I'm sure glad you come by, you know?
Listen, how'd ya find me?
Come on, Manny. We worked this place a million times, you know?
Oh, yeah. That's right. Hey, you want a drink?
- This isn't a social visit, Manny. - Oh, no?
You know, you almost got me killed the other night. Dead, you understand?
Hey, babe, I didn't have nothing to do with that.
- That was an accident. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Like, what happened to you?
What do you mean, what happened to me?
I took off as soon as I saw that kid jump into the creek.
He did a hell of a lot better job than I could have ever done.
You know, I don't know if I ever told you this before...
but I can't even swim, babe.
Great.
Do you realize how many conspiracy nuts I've already had in here today?
I'd like to have a fucking dime for every goddamn one of them...
because I'd buy the whole state of Florida and I'd retire in peace.
It's very clear in all these photographs that the flash and the smoke...
It could be a lot of things. It don't mean nothing.
Why the fuck does everything have to be a conspiracy?
A man has too many drinks, drives off the road, falls into a creek.
- Accident. Plain and simple. - It was not an accident.
Let me tell you something. I was there.
That tire was shot out. I heard it. I recorded it.
So you're an earwitness to an assassination.
That's good. It's got a nice ring. I like that.
Are you heading up the investigation?
- Yeah. - Did you check McRyan's tire?
No. Why should I?
Because there's a bullet hole in there. Because he was killed.
- Says you. Everybody says accident. - Who says accident?
I got a whole special commission forming here that will say it was an accident.
That's gonna say it was an accident? They don't have the evidence.
They don't have the tape, the tire. They didn't speak to me.
I know all about you and your fucking tapes.
You put a lot of good cops away.
That has nothing to do with this. That's a separate issue which I resent.
Well, I think you stink. That's what it's got to do with it.
Just because I don't like you does not mean I'm not gonna do my job.
I'll send that tape over to the lab and I'll have it checked out.
I want you to look at that film I made from those photographs.
You'll get the idea. If we can get a hold of Karp's original film...
this gunshot's gonna be a whole lot clearer.
Karp is making a bundle selling his pictures from one magazine to another.
What the hell makes you think he's gonna give 'em to us?
- He's got to. It's evidence. - I can't find him, Terry.
- Find him. It's your job, man. - Don't tell me how to do my damn job.
He could answer some questions like what he was doing with his camera up there.
Nobody wants to know. Nobody cares.
No sordid details. No political assassination. Accident.
This guy's dead. None of this shit's gonna do him any good now.
This isn't for him. I know he's dead.
Don't you understand? If they can get away with killing McRyan, who's next?
Who's "they"? First I want you to tell me who "they" is.
What is that, a Communist conspiracy of some kind?
Or maybe it's a couple of Ayatollahs running out in the street with blowguns.
- Will you give me a break? - Save your paranoia for public TV.
Fuck you. I'm getting out of here.
Put those pictures down, or I'll have you arrested for withholding evidence.
Is that right?
All right. I'll be at the office all day. You can get me there.
I'll call you. Don't call me.
- It's Burke, sir. - What?
It's Burke, sir.
What have you done?
- I don't under the question, sir. - Are you crazy?
You werejust supposed to get pictures of...
Are you aware of what you're saying, sir?
Where are you?
I'm calling from a secured public phone booth, sir.
You call me back on same.
Excuse me. Is Mr. Karp in?
- Could I go in? - What for?
- I just have to pick up some pictures... - Are you anybody?
I'm one of his customers.
He had a lot of customers. You're a reporter, ain't ya?
- You wanna get a piece of Karp's film. - I don't know what you mean.
Too bad there ain't a law against lying. I could've made a lot of collars today.
I am a customer...
He's a customer too.
- He offered me a thousand bucks. - Really?
His wife offered me three.
Doesn't seem worth it, but I guess you had to be there.
- Karp did divorce work on the side. - Yes.
Sure didn't care about his customers. I found these in a heap under his bed.
That's some baby picture.
You were supposed to get some pictures of McRyan, not kill him.
/ understood the objectives of the operation. / never concurred with them.
But I didn't kill him. It was an accident.
You accidentally shot out the tire of his car?
This was my initial plan, as proposed at our meeting of June 6.
We rejected that plan, don't you remember?
/ do admit / had to exceed the parameters of my authority somewhat.
But / always stayed within an acceptable margin of error.
After all, the objective was achieved. He was eliminated from the election.
Burke, I don't know you. I've never seen you.
Don't ever call me again.
We've got some loose ends.
I changed the tire and made it look like a blowout.
I erased the sound guy's tapes, so everybody will think he's a crackpot.
Karp's disappeared, but I'll find him.
But that still leaves the girl.
I've decided to terminate her...
and make it look like one of a series of sex killings in the area.
This would completely secure our operation.
What operation?
Come on, Betty. Try again.
Take 28.
Cut! Cut!
You have to speak into the mike. They can't hear you.
All right. Switch.
Betty, you pull the hair. Jean, you scream.
Take 29.
- Sam, I'll be in my room... - Where the fuck have you been?
I had some business to take care of, all right?
Shut up!
- I thought you were working for me. - I am... What's the problem?
We need the effects for the other reel. We made a list last week, remember?
- Fine. I'll get 'em. - You'll get 'em?
I don't even have the scream for the first reel.
Why don't you answer your phone? It's the police.
- Who's been in here today? - A guy who wanted to fix the machine...
- What guy? - I don't like your tone of voice.
- Yes? - What is the matter with you?
- What? - That fucking tape had nothing on it.
- All my tapes are blank. - I don't get you, man.
First you feed me all this nutty assassination shit.
- Then you give me a blank tape. Why? - Because somebody erased it!
- They've erased all my tapes. - Oh, yeah. "They."
They erased your tapes. What are they gonna be doing, trying to kill you next?
You're fucking nuts.
Sally, it's Jack.
Listen to me.
I have to show you that film that I made.
So just stay there. I'm coming right over.
- Frank Donahue. - Debbie.
- There he is now. - I'm going out for a while.
Jack. How are you? I'm Frank Donahue.
- Eye on the City News. - Oh, yes. Yes.
- Could we talk a couple of minutes? - No, not right now.
Two minutes. That's all I need. I came all the way over here to talk to you.
- Two minutes, I'm gone. - What do you wanna talk about?
It's sort of private. Can we go back here and talk?
- Yeah. - Great.
So you make movies here, huh?
- I think I'm a frustrated actor myself. - What do you want?
You told the police that someone shot out the tire on McRyan's car.
Who told you that? Who told you that?
That's not important. I'm a reporter. I've got my sources.
Why would you be interested in some kind of assassination nut like me?
Jack, I don't think...
Can we talk in here?
Over here.
I don't think you're a nut. In fact, that's why I'm here.
I've looked into this thing myself, and many things don't add up...
about this... what are the cops calling it... a freak accident?
How about that girl? Everyone's pretending she wasn't even in the car.
- You saw her... - What else did your source have to say?
Well, among other things, that you recorded that gunshot.
That's great work. I'd sure like to hear the tape. Have you got it here?
What good would it be? I could've made it in the recording studio.
Well, you could have, but...
I don't think you did.
I think you got a tape, and I think it's the real thing.
Let me put you on the air. There you can tell everybody what you saw that night.
You tell 'em what you heard, and then we play that tape.
- It's a great story. What do you think? - It's bullshit. Nobody'd believe it.
Hey, Frank Donahue believes it...
and he's got eight million people every night that watch him.
Go along with me on this. I guarantee you, by 8:30 tomorrow night...
every one of those eight million sons of bitches will believe your story.
I promise you that.
Yeah, that's what I heard. Just before the tire blew out.
You're right. It was a shot.
- You took this to the police, huh? - Yes, I took it to the police.
I gave them a copy. They sent it to the lab. Then it came out blank.
- Somebody's erased it. - Are you sure?
I transferred it myself. I heard it played back.
And now it's blank like the rest of my tapes.
Okay. Okay, calm down.
The sound is very clear. It's the picture that's a little fuzzy.
Nobody'd believe it. They'd say I made it up in a lab, and they'd be right.
Whoever's in on this thing has contacts with the police...
'cause they want McRyan to sink without a trace.
They don't wanna hear about my gunshot.
- What are you gonna do? - What?
- What are you gonna do? - Me? What are we gonna do?
- What do I have to do with this? - Will you cut the shit, Sally?
I know what you were doing in that car.
- What do you know? - You and your friend Karp...
were setting up McRyan to be blackmailed...
getting scummy pictures of you and the candidate getting laid...
after the Liberty Ball, right?
You tell him that running water under a well-lit bridge gets you hot?
- Who told you that? - I got a look at your earlier work.
Some motel candid camera shots. You got nice tits.
Who was paying you to flash them for McRyan?
I wasn't in the car, or haven't you been reading the papers?
How long do you think Henry's cover-up's gonna last?
I just talked to a reporter who knows everything.
They have erased my tapes, they've made you disappear...
and next it's gonna be me, but I'm not disappearing, I'll tell you that.
Yeah? I am.
- It could be permanent. - What's that supposed to mean?
Didn't I meet you in a car wreck, ten feet under water?
But that was an accident. Manny wouldn't get me hurt.
- Didn't he get you into the car? - Yeah, but he...
But he didn't know the tire was gonna be shot out. He didn't know that.
- He couldn't have. - Oh, come on.
If I hadn't been there to pull you out of the river, you'd be dead right now.
Sit down. Sit down. I wanna hear everything.
Just start right from the top. Come on.
It was just a job like all the others.
I'd get him into bed and Manny'd get it all on film.
Who's them?
- Husbands, mostly small-town guys. - Why?
- The money. - You need the money that bad?
You know where I work.
I get paid to smile my ass off and show 27 different color lipsticks they push.
You know how much I make? Shit is what I make. And I can't type.
So it doesn't leave a hell of a lot.
So I did it.
I didn't really have to do anything like screw him.
Just make it embarrassing.
Yeah, right. Anyway, Manny said it served him right.
If a guy stuck his hand in the cookie jar, he deserves to get it cut off.
Can't cheat an honest man, right?
I guess I wanted to believe it. It just made it easier.
Okay. McRyan... what about him?
Manny got me into the Liberty Ball. I went over to McRyan.
I told him what a great guy he was. And he was very hot to show me.
So we slipped out the back and took off in his car.
Who hired Manny to take these pictures?
- I don't know. - Don't you think that Manny knew...
that his client was planning to shoot out the tire?
It wouldn't pay to tell you, now would it?
- Manny wouldn't do that. - Didn't he wanna make an extra buck?
'Cause he's making big bucks selling them pictures now.
- What's your cut? - I got paid.
- Yeah, underpaid, probably. - What do you care?
I'm sick of being fucked by these guys.
Henry gets me to shut up to preserve the great governor's reputation.
And then I find out instead of getting laid, he gets murdered.
And nobody wants to know about it. Nobody wants to know about conspiracy.
I don't get it.
Let me tell you something.
I know what I heard and what I saw.
And I won't stop until everyone in this country hears and sees the same thing.
You're gonna help me... yeah, you. You're gonna find your pal Karp...
and you're gonna get that original film 'cause I need the original.
If we don't get this on TV for everybody to see...
they're gonna close the book...
and any loose ends that happen to be hanging out like you or me...
will be cut right off.
So you got your choice. You can be crazy or dead.
All right. Look.
I'll try and get the film. Then will you just leave me alone about all this?
I wish I was the only one you had to worry about.
If you're trying to scare me, you're doing a good job.
- I'm trying to save our asses. - I'll look after my own ass, thank you.
- Things aren't adding up, Manny. - Yeah, like what?
- There you go. - How did I end up in that car?
Sit down. Have a seat. Take a load off your mind.
How did I end up in that car in the bottom of the creek?
What do you think?
The guy's driving along and all of a sudden, he has a blowout.
It wasn't a blowout, Manny. Somebody shot out the tire.
What the hell are you talking about? How do you know that?
I know. I just know.
- Now, who was it? - It was nobody.
Come on, Manny. Just level with me.
All right. This nut...
he calls me a couple of weeks ago...
and he says he's working for some candidate...
some candidate that's interested in getting McRyan out of the race.
Sounds like a normal Joe.
He says he's heard all about our fine divorce work and offers me six grand.
Six? You told me three.
Yeah. Well, three before and three after.
When were you gonna tell me about the three after?
After I collected it. When do you think?
Yeah. Sure.
Hey, what's the matter with you?
You think I'm pulling your leg? You don't believe me?
Listen. How was I gonna be sure that this guy was gonna come through?
I mean, six grand. That's a lot of money for this kind of a job.
I'd say he got his money's worth.
He wasn't supposed to die. He wasn't even supposed to get hurt.
That was an accident.
You know, I figured it out later.
This nut's idea was to shoot out the tire of McRyan's car...
and cause a little crack-up.
The police show up, pull him out of the car...
- With me? - Yeah. With you.
And I get it all on film.
Some little crack-up.
He wasn't supposed to die.
That part was an accident. How many times I gotta tell you that?
We got him killed.
Oh, wait. We?
What do you mean "we"? We didn't do nothing.
We... I was in the woods, you were in the car.
I didn't shoot out no tire. You didn't either.
So, please, don't give me none of this conscience shit, huh?
Besides, I mean, nobody is exactly crying over the way things turned out.
And what would've happened if the guy had lived?
His career was finished, thanks to us.
This way the guy comes out ahead.
He's a saint, a martyr.
Christ, they passed one of his bills this morning.
You're a pig, Manny, and I'm a pig too.
Hey, what the hell is with this pig shit? What's the matter with you?
We gotta tell the truth before the books are closed...
and the loose ends are cut off.
What are you talking about?
McRyan was murdered, and everybody should know that.
Are you crazy?
We got him killed. Do you wanna go to jail?
Yeah, but I was in the car and you were in the woods.
You think anybody is gonna believe that?
I don't know, but I gotta do something.
Yeah, like just keep your mouth shut and take the money.
Hey, babe, this is the biggest thing since the Zapruder film.
- I don't care. - It's bigger.
This is history we got here, girl.
This is gonna be a goddamn fortune.
It's gonna be in every newspaper. It's gonna be in every magazine.
It's gonna be on the fucking 6:00 news.
They're gonna build TV specials around this thing.
And they're gonna ask a goddamn fortune for it.
Hey, don't you understand, sweetheart? We're set.
I don't care. I don't want any part of this thing.
You can keep your three after.
Hey, don't be such a dope, huh?
Money's money.
We sound like a couple of vultures.
Pigs, vultures.
You swallow a whole box of animal crackers, or what?
I need a drink. Give me a drink.
Oh, yeah, sure. I'll get you a drink.
Just give me the bottle.
Hey, now you're thinking, babe.
We'll go to Atlantic City maybe, huh?
- You ever been to Atlantic City? - I don't like Atlantic City.
- Hey, I'll show you around. - Please stop.
- We'll have a lot of good times. - Stop.
Sweetheart, why not?
Manny, don't. Please don't do that.
Please! Please!
Relax, baby.
Fantastic!
Great.
Well, now what?
You're great. I'm gonna call that TV guy and get it on the air.
- Can I make you something to eat? - Yeah, that'd be fine.
- How about some corn flakes? - Anything.
Frank Donahue, please.
- It's Jack Terry. - Yeah.
Mr. Donahue, Jack Terry calling. One moment, please.
- Mr. Donahue. - Jack. Yeah?
/'ve changed my mind. / want you to hear that tape.
I've also got ahold of Karp's original film.
And if you run them together, anyone can see it wasn't an accident.
That's great, Jack. I can't talk now. I'll get back to you. What's the number?
I don't know why.
She wanted me to do it.
She asked for it.
She begged me for it, the bitch.
I didn't wanna do it. She made me do it.
You ask her. She'll tell you.
Okay, where is she?
I don't know. Somewhere.
That big hole, you know, near the Reading Market...
where they're building something.
But don't listen to her. She made me do it.
Okay, just tell me where you are.
Listen, Jack. This won't mean a thing unless you come on the air...
and you say it's what you saw and what you heard.
- I'll say it's what I heard. - Okay, that's great.
Jack, what about that girl? She was there.
She must've heard it. Can we get her on?
Look. She did. But don't involve her, okay?
- Why not? - She's not proud of what she did.
Okay, no problem, Jack. Could / at least talk to her?
- Well, that's up to her. L... - Okay. Look. /'ll take care of that.
Jack, could you hold on just one second?
When can we get together? When can / see this stuff?
- Anytime. - Okay, great.
Can / give you a call this afternoon sometime?
- I'll be home all day. - Okay, I'll call you then.
So long.
- Oh, hi. How you doing? - / just spoke to Donahue.
- Who's he? - He does investigative pieces.
It doesn't mean anything to me. I don't watch the news.
- What? - What's he wanna do?
He said that he'd put it on the air. He'll call me and set up a meeting.
- That's great. - He said he'd like me to go on TV...
and say that it's what / saw and heard.
Said the tape really wouldn't be any good without it.
- But he'd also like you to go on too. - Oh, no. Forget it.
- I don't want any part of it. - I know you don't wanna get involved.
- But would you at least speak to him? - No, I don't want to.
They can't say we're both hearing things.
If we get this out in the open, there's no one that can hurt us.
I'll think about it, okay?
At City Hall this morning...
Chief /nspector Mackey of the philadelphia police...
held a news conference.
He said a preliminary investigation into Governor's McRyan's death...
revealed that he was the victim of a freak accident.
- Bullshit! - Also in the news today...
is the bizarre sex killing of Mary Robert...
a 22-year-old receptionist from the Center City area.
Her body was found at 10 a.m. In the Reading Terminal excavation site...
after police received a tip from an anonymous caller.
The girl had first been strangled, then repeatedly stabbed...
with a pointed instrument across her stomach and groin.
The stab marks were in the pattern of a Liberty bell.
The police are at a loss to explain this grotesque mutilation.
We asked Forensics psychologist Dr. Joseph Fuchs...
what connection there might be between the bell-shaped pattern of the wounds...
and the upcoming Liberty Day celebration.
- Hi. This is Sally. - Hi, Sally. Frank Donahue here.
Yeah, you were supposed to call Jack.
You know, Sally, it's the damnedest thing.
/ can't get Jack on the phone to arrange a meeting.
His line's been busy all day. So I thought I'd give you a ring.
Yeah, so?
I've been trying to call you all day and I kept getting busy signals.
I've been here all afternoon. I've been waiting for Donahue's call.
- He's been trying to call you too. - How do you know that?
He called me. He wants to meet me at 30th Street Station at 5:00.
- How did he get your number? - Didn't you give it to him?
What difference does it make? Reporters have a way of getting numbers.
So I'm gonna meet him. I'll give him the tape and the film, and that'll be it.
You're gonna give him the tape? Why didn't he call me back?
He wants to meet with me alone. He's trying to talk me into going on the air.
He should've called me back. This isn't right.
- Your phone is out of order. - My phone is not out of order.
I've been here all day. I made a phone call.
Here. Listen.
Maybe the phone company's in on the conspiracy too.
- Something's not right. - What difference does it make?
Let's just meet him, give him the tape and the film and get it over with.
Once he's got the film, that's it.
All right. All right. He wants to meet you, right?
- Yeah. - Okay, you're gonna go and meet him.
And if he sounds okay, you'll give him the film and tape.
- Where are you gonna be? - Close.
- I don't get it. - I'm gonna wire you.
Wire me? What for?
I'm gonna cover all the bases. Nobody's gonna fuck me this time.
If he disappears with the film, he can't pretend he didn't... I got him on tape.
Aren't you getting a little paranoid?
He's a newsman. This is a very big story.
Why won't he put this on the air?
Look what happened when I took it to the police. They erased it, right?
- What are you doing? - I'm making a copy to cover ourselves.
Yeah, but what about the film?
What about the film? I can't make a copy now. I don't have time to do that.
Okay, okay. Bring on the wire.
- Take off your coat. - Okay, let's get it over with.
- I guess you get to travel a lot, huh? - Oh, yeah, yeah.
- I've been all over the place. - Yeah, I traveled once.
So...
you got about 60 minutes and about $60?
- Oh, no. Did I say that? - Yeah, you did say that?
No, I think I have about 20 minutes and about $20...
- is what I've got. - It's too bad you don't have...
about 40 minutes and about $40.
- Yeah, that's really too bad. - Yeah, that's too bad.
What I've got is about 20 minutes and about 20 dollars.
You know the trains never come in on time. They're always running late here.
And they're notorious. You know what I mean?
- Yeah, I know what you mean. - I bet you at least got 30 minutes.
- Do I have to have 30 minutes? - At least 30 minutes.
Well, you know, I believe... I believe I do have about 30 minutes...
and about $30.
Great. I'll tell you what. I'll make a quick phone call...
and meet you in the back of the waiting room in about two minutes.
That should be two dollars off, but we'll let you go this time.
- You know what I mean? - No, I don't know what you mean.
You know what I mean? See ya.
I know what you mean.
Hey, Ralphie.
Just enjoy your puppet show. Have a good Liberty Day.
- Slower... aw shit! - Some hotshot sailor you are.
That's ridiculous. Grow up and learn a thing or two, you sailor boy.
Yeah, well, I've been on a sh... Ten for you, baby. Ten!
Hey, what about my $30, you fuck?
You blew it, damn it!
Shit!
May / have your attention, please?
This will be the last call for the Broadway Limited...
to pittsburgh and Chicago.
All passengers traveling all the way Chicago...
and passengers holding space in car 4140...
You don't think you're overdoing this a little bit?
We've got nothing to lose.
If I had any sense, I'd take this stuff and dump it in the trash...
and that'd be it.
- But then I got the original at home. - So why all of this?
Because of Manny's film. I told ya, we gotta be careful with it.
The only real trouble I ever got into was when I was too careful.
Give me a sound level. Count to ten slow.
- One, two, three, four... - No. Just normal.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
- All right. - We've gotta get going here.
Don't forget you got this on, okay? If you need me, just talk to me.
- You got that right there. - Okay. Affirmative.
- Sally, come here. - What?
Thank you.
Over and out.
...stairway three, track four for the Merchants'Limited...
stopping in Trenton, Newark, New York, Rye...
Hello, Jack? Can you hear me?
Like / was saying before about going to New York and stuff.
We could see some shows like...
Sugar Babies and stuff.
I know this great hotel in the Times Square area...
- Hi. I'm Frank Donahue. - Oh, hi. Nice to meet you.
Would you mind just walking with me for a moment?
Where are we going?
- I think we got a little problem. - What's that?
It sounds crazy, but...
/ think we're being followed.
No problem.
Gee, you're a fast walker.
Well, in my business, you gotta be fast on your feet.
Where's Jack?
Oh, he's at home resting.
I know what the pressure can do to you.
- Which train are we taking? - I don't know yet.
- You got the tape and the film? - It's right here in my bag.
- Well, I guess we lost him, huh? - Well, we can't be too careful.
I'll tell you what.
Why don't you just walk slowly down to the end of the platform...
right in front of me, okay?
I don't know why you'd think anyone would wanna follow us anyway.
You'd be amazed what some people would do for a story like this.
- Yeah, I guess so. - Don't turn around.
- You don't wanna give ourselves away. - Yeah, right.
Just pretend like nothing's happening, all right?
Just look at this place. This is disgusting.
Yeah, a real shame.
It's not even safe anymore.
It reminds me of that story about that guy in New York. You remember that one?
- I think we did a piece on him. - He's the guy who'd ride the subways...
and stand in the corner real quiet so's nobody'd notice him.
And they'd pull into a station and he'd open up his coat...
and he'd pull out this big ol' meat cleaver.
And he'd whack 'em right over the head with it.
Let's go, Sally.
Yeah, and then they had this transit strike...
and hejust disappeared like he went on strike too.
And that's why / don't ride the subways anymore because it's just not safe.
I wouldn't even come down here if it wasn't for you.
Speak up. Come on.
You see what / mean? You see that creepy character? That's what / mean.
It's just not safe anymore.
The train's coming.
"Franklin Bridge Express"
- Is that where we're going? - Where? Come on.
- Where they're having the fireworks? - That's right.
They got a nice bar down there.
Why don't we have our drink and our little chat...
and take in the fireworks at the same time?
Sure. Okay.
- You'd like to help cover the story? - All right.
- You could give us the woman's angle. - Yeah.
Franklin Bridge Express, huh?
So what's the big deal with Liberty Day?
- Did you see our story about it? - I don't watch news. It's depressing.
Somebody get an ambulance!
Try that back door.
- Sixteen or thirty-five? - What do you mean?
The gauge of the film.
They've only got 16-millimeter equipment out at the station.
- Yeah, I think that's what it is. - Let me have a look at it.
- Oh, sure. - Come over into the light.
Here it is.
- You got the tape too? - Yeah.
Yeah, that's 16 all right.
You wrapping it up?
What did you do that for?
Jack's gonna kill you.
Oh, God. No!
One more sound, and you're dead.
Sally, you're gonna cover the fireworks, remember?
Jack, please!
Hello, Jack? Can you hear me?
Like / was saying before about going to New York and stuff.
We could see some shows like Sugar Babies and stuff.
And / know this great hotel...
Two more young women were killed by the so-called Liberty Bell Strangler.
But the tragedy ended when the final victim, Sally Badina, killed him...
in a bloody struggle on the top of the port of History Building...
during the Liberty Day fireworks celebration.
The identity of the strangler has not yet been determined.
The tragedy of Governor McRyan's death continues to send shock waves...
throughout the nation.
Jack, please!
Now, that's a scream!
More, more, more on the scream.
Bring it up.
- That's wonderful. - What did you think of the rest?
Okay, on the beginning...
It's a good scream.
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