Peter Gunn (1958) s01e08 Episode Script
Rough Buck
1
There's Piaget.
Gina, you ain't helping any.
Go home.
Please.
No more, Tony.
There's nothing you can do.
Please.
I'm only trying to help.
I don't need any help, you hear?
No, Hal.
You all right, Gus?
Sure.
Only when it's rough.
It's rough all the way around.
Give me a minute, Pete.
No.
Please.
No more.
Mama.
It's no good.
It don't help.
Take her in the back room, Papa.
She's making herself sick.
She's already sick.
She's already sick.
Papa, I can't do it alone.
Calm, Rosa.
Come in.
Come in.
You'll rest a little.
Try to sleep.
And when you wake up, you'll see that you'll feel better.
Calm down.
Calm down a little.
You have to calm down.
Try to calm down a little.
What do you want to do?
After all, it's our child.
Do you understand?
You have to calm down.
You have to calm down.
20 years in this country, but when it
hurts, they go back to the old language.
They don't waste much time.
Gus.
I'm all right.
Gus, you got to talk to me if I'm going to help.
Who'd want Tony dead?
Who kills angels?
All this.
Tony bought it.
Set the family up.
Put money in a bank.
Carried us up all the way from a cold water flat.
Anybody in the fight mob laying for him?
They can play rough.
Open the sports section.
Popular Tony.
Classy Tony.
Next champ.
No enemies.
Doesn't figure.
You don't give me much to start with.
You think I don't want him?
I'm sorry, Pete.
I'm not thinking.
Sure.
The kid who went out.
Gino Nicoletti.
He's a start.
Stable made of Tony.
Not much with the gloves, but they were close.
All the way up in the prelim.
What was he doing in here?
Lushing.
Crying about what happened to Tony.
I told him I hired you.
I'll keep in touch.
Pete.
Huh?
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
You lost a lot more than that, Gus.
Real shame.
Real shame.
He's gonna make a dent in the fight business.
Yeah.
Who pulled the trigger?
Professionals.
And they wanted to be sure.
Shotgun, but with these.
Deer shot?
Yeah.
Nice, huh?
A real shame.
He's gonna be missed.
Not by everyone.
What?
Somebody didn't like him.
Jacoby.
Yeah, just a minute.
I'm gonna start charging you rent.
Pete?
Yeah?
Mother.
Do you know anybody named Gino?
Yeah, stoned.
Says he's gonna wait for you.
Tell him I'm on my way.
Thanks for the coffee.
Sure.
Morning.
Hi, Pete.
Where is he?
He'll figure.
Drunks.
First he got noisy, then he got huffy when
Barney told him he'd had too much to drink.
He left?
Said he'd be back, though.
Did he say where he was going?
Looked for a drink.
That he needs like another head.
Let me know if he comes back, huh?
Part of the service.
Edie in the back?
Uh-huh.
Come in.
You kids pretty good.
You should talk.
My mama said when a fella kisses like that, he's the fella.
Mama raised a bright child.
You just drop in to check the lipstick?
Depends.
Kiss and run.
Business.
Well, they say Patience is a virtue.
Who says?
Patient, virtuous people.
What do they know?
You can bet they don't know Pete Gunn.
Come in.
I think you're going to have trouble.
The kid was back here for like three seconds.
Two hoods waltzed him right out.
See you later.
That's all right, kid.
Come on.
Where's Gino?
You don't miss much.
That's how I keep the taxpayers happy.
Want some coffee?
No, thanks.
He didn't look very comfortable in the alley.
That car Tony was killed in belonged to
his buddy, Gino Nicoletti.
I'll be interested to hear his explanation.
Between the punches and the booze,
it'll be a while before I know it.
Before he makes much sense.
Tell him where my office is when he wakes up.
If I have to go after him, it'll look even worse.
He'll be there.
Pete, don't stick my neck out too far.
I've been getting around.
It's hard to find anybody who didn't like Tony.
He thinks I killed Tony.
Tony.
Oh.
You don't know how funny that is.
Tell me how funny.
Ask around.
Anybody in the business.
You know what you'll get?
You'll get Tony and Gino.
You'll get the happiness boys.
You'll get Damon and what's-his-name.
You take one, you get the other.
See, because they're buddies, they're chums.
Only Tony cost a hundred grand to fight,
but you could have Gino.
You could have Gino for 200 bucks any time.
If there's a plume spot open.
Why was he using your car, Gino?
He had butterflies before a fight.
Driving helped.
His car broke down, he took mine.
Who managed Tony?
Al Mattson.
He managed us both.
He hated every minute of it.
He didn't like charity cases.
Like me.
All right, now use your left.
Use your left, Artie.
Open up.
Combination, both hands.
What is it in there, a cousin act?
Keep your left up, Artie.
Stupid kid.
Nothing.
Prelim kid, nothing.
Like Gino Nicoletti, Mattson?
You're still here.
You said wait.
I'm waiting.
Come on, I'll give you two minutes.
That's it.
I hear you're a big man.
Big?
I own the gym, fighters, apartment houses.
All on record, all legal.
What's your point?
Well?
Everything you own isn't big.
Like what?
Like Gino Nicoletti.
That punk.
That weaselly little two-bit prelim bum.
You handled him.
Because Tony wanted it.
He'd have starved without the tens and twenties from Tony.
Who wanted Tony dead?
Look.
I'll tell you just what I told the cops.
I don't know why, I don't know who.
I have had you two minutes.
The killing was bought.
Anyone could have done the buying.
Me?
You including me?
Kill a kid who made me a mint every time
he laced on a glove?
It's still anybody.
So go find him.
Only find somebody with a reason.
Now get out of here, I'm busy.
Thanks for your hospitality.
Look, you're pretty, love, but you ask silly questions.
I'm getting answers to match.
So what's the production?
Sure I know Gino.
I know a lot of people.
How about Al Madsen?
Heard of him.
There's a picture in his office that says
it was a lot more than that.
Doll.
Every soldier carried that picture next to his heart.
That's how we won the war.
Madsen's a little old.
For a uniform.
Goodbye, Mr. Gunn.
Look, if you care at all about
Gino Which is still my business.
There's the door.
Use it.
I got a performance to give.
Funny.
I thought you just gave one.
Did you see Jacoby?
He asked hours of questions.
Hours.
You got questions, too, friend?
Who is it?
Jacoby.
It's open.
More questions, Lieutenant?
There's a policy on Tony Triano's life for $50,000.
Who do you think is the beneficiary?
Insurance?
Insurance?
Me?
You.
Go ahead, say it.
You ought to be grateful.
A whole life of being grateful.
Every minute of it.
Good.
Good, Tony.
Big Tony.
The champ who carried the bomb on his back.
You need some money, Gino.
Gino, huh?
You need some clothes, Gino?
You need anything, Gino.
Anything, Gino, huh?
Huh?
All the years, every foot of the way, and
now he's dead, and he does it to me again.
Get out of here.
Go home and sleep it off.
Go on.
You got a motive, and you tell him to go home?
Oh, I can always pick him up.
A killing like that costs somebody a bundle in advance.
He never saw that kind of money.
Did you have any luck?
Sure.
Found out Tony is the most popular guy in town.
Yeah, and everybody hated this kid's guts.
Sure looks like they killed the wrong man.
What?
Wrong man?
Mistake.
Oh, why not?
It's a natural mistake.
Tony used Gino's car.
They're the same size, same general appearance.
Maybe.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
Now look, before you get sore, you listen to me.
What is it?
It wasn't you.
It couldn't have been.
What are you talking about?
Look.
Hey, what is it?
Gino.
He was here.
He got a call from you to meet him.
Where?
At the gym.
Gino?
Gino?
Gino?
You want him, Gunn?
He's yours.
Whatever's left.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Finish him!
You couldn't keep away from her, could you?
You punk!
You stumble bump!
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There's Piaget.
Gina, you ain't helping any.
Go home.
Please.
No more, Tony.
There's nothing you can do.
Please.
I'm only trying to help.
I don't need any help, you hear?
No, Hal.
You all right, Gus?
Sure.
Only when it's rough.
It's rough all the way around.
Give me a minute, Pete.
No.
Please.
No more.
Mama.
It's no good.
It don't help.
Take her in the back room, Papa.
She's making herself sick.
She's already sick.
She's already sick.
Papa, I can't do it alone.
Calm, Rosa.
Come in.
Come in.
You'll rest a little.
Try to sleep.
And when you wake up, you'll see that you'll feel better.
Calm down.
Calm down a little.
You have to calm down.
Try to calm down a little.
What do you want to do?
After all, it's our child.
Do you understand?
You have to calm down.
You have to calm down.
20 years in this country, but when it
hurts, they go back to the old language.
They don't waste much time.
Gus.
I'm all right.
Gus, you got to talk to me if I'm going to help.
Who'd want Tony dead?
Who kills angels?
All this.
Tony bought it.
Set the family up.
Put money in a bank.
Carried us up all the way from a cold water flat.
Anybody in the fight mob laying for him?
They can play rough.
Open the sports section.
Popular Tony.
Classy Tony.
Next champ.
No enemies.
Doesn't figure.
You don't give me much to start with.
You think I don't want him?
I'm sorry, Pete.
I'm not thinking.
Sure.
The kid who went out.
Gino Nicoletti.
He's a start.
Stable made of Tony.
Not much with the gloves, but they were close.
All the way up in the prelim.
What was he doing in here?
Lushing.
Crying about what happened to Tony.
I told him I hired you.
I'll keep in touch.
Pete.
Huh?
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
You lost a lot more than that, Gus.
Real shame.
Real shame.
He's gonna make a dent in the fight business.
Yeah.
Who pulled the trigger?
Professionals.
And they wanted to be sure.
Shotgun, but with these.
Deer shot?
Yeah.
Nice, huh?
A real shame.
He's gonna be missed.
Not by everyone.
What?
Somebody didn't like him.
Jacoby.
Yeah, just a minute.
I'm gonna start charging you rent.
Pete?
Yeah?
Mother.
Do you know anybody named Gino?
Yeah, stoned.
Says he's gonna wait for you.
Tell him I'm on my way.
Thanks for the coffee.
Sure.
Morning.
Hi, Pete.
Where is he?
He'll figure.
Drunks.
First he got noisy, then he got huffy when
Barney told him he'd had too much to drink.
He left?
Said he'd be back, though.
Did he say where he was going?
Looked for a drink.
That he needs like another head.
Let me know if he comes back, huh?
Part of the service.
Edie in the back?
Uh-huh.
Come in.
You kids pretty good.
You should talk.
My mama said when a fella kisses like that, he's the fella.
Mama raised a bright child.
You just drop in to check the lipstick?
Depends.
Kiss and run.
Business.
Well, they say Patience is a virtue.
Who says?
Patient, virtuous people.
What do they know?
You can bet they don't know Pete Gunn.
Come in.
I think you're going to have trouble.
The kid was back here for like three seconds.
Two hoods waltzed him right out.
See you later.
That's all right, kid.
Come on.
Where's Gino?
You don't miss much.
That's how I keep the taxpayers happy.
Want some coffee?
No, thanks.
He didn't look very comfortable in the alley.
That car Tony was killed in belonged to
his buddy, Gino Nicoletti.
I'll be interested to hear his explanation.
Between the punches and the booze,
it'll be a while before I know it.
Before he makes much sense.
Tell him where my office is when he wakes up.
If I have to go after him, it'll look even worse.
He'll be there.
Pete, don't stick my neck out too far.
I've been getting around.
It's hard to find anybody who didn't like Tony.
He thinks I killed Tony.
Tony.
Oh.
You don't know how funny that is.
Tell me how funny.
Ask around.
Anybody in the business.
You know what you'll get?
You'll get Tony and Gino.
You'll get the happiness boys.
You'll get Damon and what's-his-name.
You take one, you get the other.
See, because they're buddies, they're chums.
Only Tony cost a hundred grand to fight,
but you could have Gino.
You could have Gino for 200 bucks any time.
If there's a plume spot open.
Why was he using your car, Gino?
He had butterflies before a fight.
Driving helped.
His car broke down, he took mine.
Who managed Tony?
Al Mattson.
He managed us both.
He hated every minute of it.
He didn't like charity cases.
Like me.
All right, now use your left.
Use your left, Artie.
Open up.
Combination, both hands.
What is it in there, a cousin act?
Keep your left up, Artie.
Stupid kid.
Nothing.
Prelim kid, nothing.
Like Gino Nicoletti, Mattson?
You're still here.
You said wait.
I'm waiting.
Come on, I'll give you two minutes.
That's it.
I hear you're a big man.
Big?
I own the gym, fighters, apartment houses.
All on record, all legal.
What's your point?
Well?
Everything you own isn't big.
Like what?
Like Gino Nicoletti.
That punk.
That weaselly little two-bit prelim bum.
You handled him.
Because Tony wanted it.
He'd have starved without the tens and twenties from Tony.
Who wanted Tony dead?
Look.
I'll tell you just what I told the cops.
I don't know why, I don't know who.
I have had you two minutes.
The killing was bought.
Anyone could have done the buying.
Me?
You including me?
Kill a kid who made me a mint every time
he laced on a glove?
It's still anybody.
So go find him.
Only find somebody with a reason.
Now get out of here, I'm busy.
Thanks for your hospitality.
Look, you're pretty, love, but you ask silly questions.
I'm getting answers to match.
So what's the production?
Sure I know Gino.
I know a lot of people.
How about Al Madsen?
Heard of him.
There's a picture in his office that says
it was a lot more than that.
Doll.
Every soldier carried that picture next to his heart.
That's how we won the war.
Madsen's a little old.
For a uniform.
Goodbye, Mr. Gunn.
Look, if you care at all about
Gino Which is still my business.
There's the door.
Use it.
I got a performance to give.
Funny.
I thought you just gave one.
Did you see Jacoby?
He asked hours of questions.
Hours.
You got questions, too, friend?
Who is it?
Jacoby.
It's open.
More questions, Lieutenant?
There's a policy on Tony Triano's life for $50,000.
Who do you think is the beneficiary?
Insurance?
Insurance?
Me?
You.
Go ahead, say it.
You ought to be grateful.
A whole life of being grateful.
Every minute of it.
Good.
Good, Tony.
Big Tony.
The champ who carried the bomb on his back.
You need some money, Gino.
Gino, huh?
You need some clothes, Gino?
You need anything, Gino.
Anything, Gino, huh?
Huh?
All the years, every foot of the way, and
now he's dead, and he does it to me again.
Get out of here.
Go home and sleep it off.
Go on.
You got a motive, and you tell him to go home?
Oh, I can always pick him up.
A killing like that costs somebody a bundle in advance.
He never saw that kind of money.
Did you have any luck?
Sure.
Found out Tony is the most popular guy in town.
Yeah, and everybody hated this kid's guts.
Sure looks like they killed the wrong man.
What?
Wrong man?
Mistake.
Oh, why not?
It's a natural mistake.
Tony used Gino's car.
They're the same size, same general appearance.
Maybe.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
Now look, before you get sore, you listen to me.
What is it?
It wasn't you.
It couldn't have been.
What are you talking about?
Look.
Hey, what is it?
Gino.
He was here.
He got a call from you to meet him.
Where?
At the gym.
Gino?
Gino?
Gino?
You want him, Gunn?
He's yours.
Whatever's left.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Gino.
Finish him!
You couldn't keep away from her, could you?
You punk!
You stumble bump!
© BF-WATCH TV 2021 Music.