Peter Gunn (1958) s01e16 Episode Script
The Fuse
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© BF-WATCH TV 2021 But he didn't do that all alone.
His wife, Maria, help him.
His brother, Sally, help.
Our cousin, Benny, help.
And Vincent Cano, he's not a relative,
but you help as much as anybody.
So, to them all, salute, moneta.
Salute.
I'm going to run down to Angelo's and pick up the pizzas.
Keep things going.
I'll go.
No, it's your party.
I'll do it.
Give me the keys.
Oh, honey.
Just take me a second.
Besides, you've been busting your back all day for me.
Hey, what's the matter?
Having problems on your birthday?
No, just going down to pick up the pizza.
I'll go.
My party, my job.
The keys, madame?
On the front table.
Hey, Carlos, where are you going?
Be back in two shakes.
But this is his party.
Well, he wanted to help.
But he should be here.
He'll be right back.
I'll be right back.
I'll be right back.
Oh, Dios mio, ayúdame en esta desgracia.
Dios mio, ayúdame.
Ayuda al pobreto del mio filho.
Oh, Dios mio.
Dios mio, ayúdame en esta desgracia.
Dios mio, ayúdame en esta desgracia.
Pete?
How bad, Lieutenant?
Name me a bomb that ever did good.
Looks like Carlo Mazzi ran his union too honestly.
So somebody rigs a bomb in his car.
Jake Lynch?
I can't think of anybody else wanted to
take over the union.
How's Carlo?
He's in there trying to hang on.
Don't bet the short end.
But what did Jacoby say, Pete?
What's he gonna do about it?
It's a little early, Sal.
Early?
What is this, a big mystery?
You think there's nobody on the waterfront
that doesn't know who and why?
Or is Jake Lynch too big to touch?
Maybe that's a little closer, huh?
You know better than that, Vince.
All I know is that ten years
my brother spent in that union,
breaking his back to clean it
up, make it honest, run it right.
That makes it a little bit tough for a
hood like Lynch to take over.
So Lynch has a little work done on his car, boom.
No more problems.
Only little ones, like Carlo's wife who can't stop crying.
The father just sits.
Pete.
Pete, help us, will you?
Whatever it takes to pin Lynch, you'll get it.
You'll prove it.
Pete, please.
Mrs. Motsi.
I'm sorry.
Very sorry.
I'm sorry.
Carlo?
Just now.
The union is in your hands now.
Try keeping him in line.
I'll get Lynch.
You know where he lives.
You're brighter than that.
This is going to take time.
Proof.
Ten years he put in.
Now listen.
Sure, sure.
But I'm just a guy.
Carlo was their hero.
Get Lynch fast, policeman, or the docks will run blood.
Don't start anything, Vince.
I'll come down on you same as I will Lynch.
I mean that.
You want a lift?
No, thanks.
Nicely quiet, huh?
Like we're old friends.
You'll get used to it in a minute.
The steam may be, not the coupling.
Now look, you look, Lynch.
I don't like hoods, the kind out there or
the string pullers.
You want to see me, call me.
Don't send muscle after me.
I just wanted to talk business.
I saw a sample of your business tonight.
Carlo's dead.
I had nothing to do with it.
Sure.
How many other unions you tried to cut into?
Three?
Ad gambling, hijacking, protection?
I never claimed to be an ad for the Better Business Bureau.
But I'm not stupid either.
A thing like that would have to point to me.
I'd be fingering myself.
Find out who did it.
You name the fee.
A thousand, two thousand, anything.
Just find him.
You got an organization, you find him.
Now listen, Gunn.
Whoever knocked off Matsey knew it.
He'd be laid right in my lap.
And a lot of Matsey's friends are going to
start getting nervous.
Now you understand this.
I'm not going to get pushed around.
The first crumb that steps out of line and
tries his luck gets slapped down.
If I'm not cleaned, and cleaned quick,
people are going to get hurt.
Is that the way you want it?
I'll take $5,000.
No.
If you don't clear me, Gunn, that $5,000
isn't going to do you any good at all.
What possibility in the view That
possibility may be seeing you I'm.
Shy I meet you And to me the day is
fine You said I kissed your lips Hello, Pete.
Mother.
That's an uneasy look.
You want smiles?
If the waterfront blows up, this little
shack will go with it.
Can't you see it, love?
Love, can there be any doubt When here it
is Day in, day out.
Thanks, Barney.
Sure, Pete.
Charlotte?
Uh-uh.
Hermegard?
Nope.
Hester?
Hortense?
Genevieve?
Abigail?
Trigger.
Idiot.
You really know girls?
Girls with names like that.
Sure, but I'm making a comeback.
Hello, silly.
Hello, I missed you.
Been busy.
So have I.
Anything special?
Mm-hmm.
I've been plotting my future.
Any conclusions?
Do you like picnics?
If you do.
Would you like to have a picnic?
You got an angle?
Mm-hmm.
That's how Mama trapped Papa.
Did Devil Egg slow him down?
No, she closed the picnic basket on his hand.
And wouldn't let go till he proposed.
I'm glad she did it.
Hello, Mother.
Hello, Lieutenant.
Well, here comes that nice long arm.
Edie, I want to talk to you.
Go ahead.
I'll find something to do.
No, don't go.
You look unhappy.
Are you working for Jake Lynch?
News travels.
I just got a call from Sal Mazzi.
They saw you getting into Lynch's car.
Lynch is crying he's clean.
He's got a big point going.
Like?
He's a natural one to hang it on.
The only one who would stand to gain by it.
But he'd be pretty stupid to do it.
Pete.
Look, you know how I feel about him.
But I just can't buy him being stupid.
I can show you how he can come out real smart.
Yeah.
He sends the bomb.
It does the job.
But he knows he's going to get tagged.
So he screams he's clean.
And then he hires you to prove it.
His story would sound real good if
suddenly you turned up dead.
Nice argument.
But you still won't stay out of it.
Can't hurt to look around.
Yes, it can, Pete.
This is a rough waterfront.
Word gets around you're working for Lynch.
You can forget about collecting old age pension.
Good night, Edie.
Oh, boy.
What?
I wonder what it would be like if sometime I
had a whole day without worrying about you.
You never can tell that a picnic might solve your problem.
Mothers?
Who's calling, please?
Well, I'll see if he's here.
Pete, there's a guy on the telephone who
wants to talk to you.
He wouldn't give me his name.
He just said it was important.
Trouble with you.
You never have any time for picnics.
How'd he sound?
Like it was important.
Hello.
Pete.
Who is this?
Benny.
Benny Vaccio.
I gotta talk fast.
I think I got something, Pete.
I'm not sure.
I gotta see you right away.
Where are you?
The docks, in the river street.
You know the old cotton shed there?
Yeah.
Meet me on the inside of the shed.
How long is it gonna be before you get here?
10, 15 minutes.
Okay.
Benny?
Benny?
Gotta run an errand.
Back before closing?
I'll try.
Pete.
I want to talk to you.
Hi, Sal.
What's on your mind?
How's Mr. Lynch?
You're working for him, aren't you?
Use your head, Sal.
I'm nobody's man.
I didn't get it that way.
I told you, I'm nobody's man.
I came looking for you because I figure I
owe you something for past favors.
You don't owe me anything, Sal.
Don't get in the way.
Stay out of this thing.
If you don't, you're going to get hurt.
Now I don't owe you anything.
Lenny?
Lenny?
Lenny?
Lenny?
Thanks.
For what?
I was going to work you over myself.
I just didn't like the odds.
Look, they don't belong to Lynch.
Yeah, don't give me that.
Sal, no matter what you think, Lynch didn't kill Carlo.
I'm trying to clear him for one simple reason.
Because if he isn't cleared, a lot of
other people are going to get hurt.
All right, then who sent them?
Same person that killed Carlo and Benny.
Benny knew something.
I'm getting a little too close.
Benny?
Benny dead?
Yes.
Who sent you?
All right, friend, I'll beat it out of you.
Who was it?
Oh, wait, wait.
I didn't buy this.
Then who?
Maria.
Maria Mazzi.
You're lying.
No, I'm telling you the truth.
I swear it's her.
You better know what you're talking about.
I'm telling you, she hired us, Maria Mazzi.
She paid us three bills to nail you.
To scare you off, that's all I know.
His own wife?
His own wife?
I'll kill her!
Sal, who doesn't figure she's alone in this?
All right, you, all right.
Who else?
Only her.
If there was anybody else, I don't know.
Sal!
He wouldn't know.
But you can bet there is someone else.
Now, look.
You stay here with him.
I'll call Jacoby, have him pick him up.
Oh, no.
Now, look.
You let him out of your sight,
they'll be on that phone to Maria.
You do want that somebody else.
Don't you?
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Maybe I can get him for you.
Now, you stay here.
Hello?
Hello, Mrs. Motze?
Mrs. Peter Gunn.
I have nothing to say to you.
I need your help, Mrs. Motze.
You want help from me?
You work for the man who killed Carlo,
and you dare to Listen, Mrs. Motze.
I bought some information from someone
that should know what they're talking about.
But I don't know whether it'll finger
Lynch or something like that.
Someone else.
What kind of information?
Carlo was afraid of someone.
Also that there are some papers in his office files
that should make it very clear who planted that bomb.
And you believe that?
Point is, I want to see those papers.
If it was Lynch, fine.
But suppose it was someone else.
Of course I do.
All right.
You bring the keys and meet me at Carlo's office.
We should know very quickly.
I'm leaving right now.
Right now.
Lieutenant Jacoby.
Mrs. Motsi.
Mr. Gunn.
I haven't got all night.
Up.
Let's all go through them.
Way up.
Didn't take you long to get here.
Her calls scare you?
You got it figured, huh?
Doesn't take a genius.
Minus one Carlo equals you and the lady.
Plus you and Carlo's job.
Smart fella.
Just guessing before.
You just nailed it down by showing up.
Boy, what some guys will do to earn a bullet.
You'll have a rough time explaining it to Jacoby.
We discussed it.
Let's do it this way.
You swim good?
Fair.
In burlap?
Wait here.
One chance.
Drop it.
He'll be in good shape in time for the trial.
You all right?
Hi.
You've been busy.
Mm-hmm.
Hello?
Didn't I tell you I was clean?
You mean cleaned.
In case you haven't heard, the union's
running Carlo's brother for the job.
You've had it, Lynch.
That's one union that's going to stay clean.
So you take the good with the bad.
What are you so hot about?
I told you before, I don't like hoods.
Any kind.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go to a picnic.
We, uh, we are going to have a picnic, aren't we?
That's what we're going to have.
Good.
I'm starved.
Ow!
Isn't that the way Mama trapped Papa?
Mm-hmm.
Figures.
© BF-WATCH TV 2021 But he didn't do that all alone.
His wife, Maria, help him.
His brother, Sally, help.
Our cousin, Benny, help.
And Vincent Cano, he's not a relative,
but you help as much as anybody.
So, to them all, salute, moneta.
Salute.
I'm going to run down to Angelo's and pick up the pizzas.
Keep things going.
I'll go.
No, it's your party.
I'll do it.
Give me the keys.
Oh, honey.
Just take me a second.
Besides, you've been busting your back all day for me.
Hey, what's the matter?
Having problems on your birthday?
No, just going down to pick up the pizza.
I'll go.
My party, my job.
The keys, madame?
On the front table.
Hey, Carlos, where are you going?
Be back in two shakes.
But this is his party.
Well, he wanted to help.
But he should be here.
He'll be right back.
I'll be right back.
I'll be right back.
Oh, Dios mio, ayúdame en esta desgracia.
Dios mio, ayúdame.
Ayuda al pobreto del mio filho.
Oh, Dios mio.
Dios mio, ayúdame en esta desgracia.
Dios mio, ayúdame en esta desgracia.
Pete?
How bad, Lieutenant?
Name me a bomb that ever did good.
Looks like Carlo Mazzi ran his union too honestly.
So somebody rigs a bomb in his car.
Jake Lynch?
I can't think of anybody else wanted to
take over the union.
How's Carlo?
He's in there trying to hang on.
Don't bet the short end.
But what did Jacoby say, Pete?
What's he gonna do about it?
It's a little early, Sal.
Early?
What is this, a big mystery?
You think there's nobody on the waterfront
that doesn't know who and why?
Or is Jake Lynch too big to touch?
Maybe that's a little closer, huh?
You know better than that, Vince.
All I know is that ten years
my brother spent in that union,
breaking his back to clean it
up, make it honest, run it right.
That makes it a little bit tough for a
hood like Lynch to take over.
So Lynch has a little work done on his car, boom.
No more problems.
Only little ones, like Carlo's wife who can't stop crying.
The father just sits.
Pete.
Pete, help us, will you?
Whatever it takes to pin Lynch, you'll get it.
You'll prove it.
Pete, please.
Mrs. Motsi.
I'm sorry.
Very sorry.
I'm sorry.
Carlo?
Just now.
The union is in your hands now.
Try keeping him in line.
I'll get Lynch.
You know where he lives.
You're brighter than that.
This is going to take time.
Proof.
Ten years he put in.
Now listen.
Sure, sure.
But I'm just a guy.
Carlo was their hero.
Get Lynch fast, policeman, or the docks will run blood.
Don't start anything, Vince.
I'll come down on you same as I will Lynch.
I mean that.
You want a lift?
No, thanks.
Nicely quiet, huh?
Like we're old friends.
You'll get used to it in a minute.
The steam may be, not the coupling.
Now look, you look, Lynch.
I don't like hoods, the kind out there or
the string pullers.
You want to see me, call me.
Don't send muscle after me.
I just wanted to talk business.
I saw a sample of your business tonight.
Carlo's dead.
I had nothing to do with it.
Sure.
How many other unions you tried to cut into?
Three?
Ad gambling, hijacking, protection?
I never claimed to be an ad for the Better Business Bureau.
But I'm not stupid either.
A thing like that would have to point to me.
I'd be fingering myself.
Find out who did it.
You name the fee.
A thousand, two thousand, anything.
Just find him.
You got an organization, you find him.
Now listen, Gunn.
Whoever knocked off Matsey knew it.
He'd be laid right in my lap.
And a lot of Matsey's friends are going to
start getting nervous.
Now you understand this.
I'm not going to get pushed around.
The first crumb that steps out of line and
tries his luck gets slapped down.
If I'm not cleaned, and cleaned quick,
people are going to get hurt.
Is that the way you want it?
I'll take $5,000.
No.
If you don't clear me, Gunn, that $5,000
isn't going to do you any good at all.
What possibility in the view That
possibility may be seeing you I'm.
Shy I meet you And to me the day is
fine You said I kissed your lips Hello, Pete.
Mother.
That's an uneasy look.
You want smiles?
If the waterfront blows up, this little
shack will go with it.
Can't you see it, love?
Love, can there be any doubt When here it
is Day in, day out.
Thanks, Barney.
Sure, Pete.
Charlotte?
Uh-uh.
Hermegard?
Nope.
Hester?
Hortense?
Genevieve?
Abigail?
Trigger.
Idiot.
You really know girls?
Girls with names like that.
Sure, but I'm making a comeback.
Hello, silly.
Hello, I missed you.
Been busy.
So have I.
Anything special?
Mm-hmm.
I've been plotting my future.
Any conclusions?
Do you like picnics?
If you do.
Would you like to have a picnic?
You got an angle?
Mm-hmm.
That's how Mama trapped Papa.
Did Devil Egg slow him down?
No, she closed the picnic basket on his hand.
And wouldn't let go till he proposed.
I'm glad she did it.
Hello, Mother.
Hello, Lieutenant.
Well, here comes that nice long arm.
Edie, I want to talk to you.
Go ahead.
I'll find something to do.
No, don't go.
You look unhappy.
Are you working for Jake Lynch?
News travels.
I just got a call from Sal Mazzi.
They saw you getting into Lynch's car.
Lynch is crying he's clean.
He's got a big point going.
Like?
He's a natural one to hang it on.
The only one who would stand to gain by it.
But he'd be pretty stupid to do it.
Pete.
Look, you know how I feel about him.
But I just can't buy him being stupid.
I can show you how he can come out real smart.
Yeah.
He sends the bomb.
It does the job.
But he knows he's going to get tagged.
So he screams he's clean.
And then he hires you to prove it.
His story would sound real good if
suddenly you turned up dead.
Nice argument.
But you still won't stay out of it.
Can't hurt to look around.
Yes, it can, Pete.
This is a rough waterfront.
Word gets around you're working for Lynch.
You can forget about collecting old age pension.
Good night, Edie.
Oh, boy.
What?
I wonder what it would be like if sometime I
had a whole day without worrying about you.
You never can tell that a picnic might solve your problem.
Mothers?
Who's calling, please?
Well, I'll see if he's here.
Pete, there's a guy on the telephone who
wants to talk to you.
He wouldn't give me his name.
He just said it was important.
Trouble with you.
You never have any time for picnics.
How'd he sound?
Like it was important.
Hello.
Pete.
Who is this?
Benny.
Benny Vaccio.
I gotta talk fast.
I think I got something, Pete.
I'm not sure.
I gotta see you right away.
Where are you?
The docks, in the river street.
You know the old cotton shed there?
Yeah.
Meet me on the inside of the shed.
How long is it gonna be before you get here?
10, 15 minutes.
Okay.
Benny?
Benny?
Gotta run an errand.
Back before closing?
I'll try.
Pete.
I want to talk to you.
Hi, Sal.
What's on your mind?
How's Mr. Lynch?
You're working for him, aren't you?
Use your head, Sal.
I'm nobody's man.
I didn't get it that way.
I told you, I'm nobody's man.
I came looking for you because I figure I
owe you something for past favors.
You don't owe me anything, Sal.
Don't get in the way.
Stay out of this thing.
If you don't, you're going to get hurt.
Now I don't owe you anything.
Lenny?
Lenny?
Lenny?
Lenny?
Thanks.
For what?
I was going to work you over myself.
I just didn't like the odds.
Look, they don't belong to Lynch.
Yeah, don't give me that.
Sal, no matter what you think, Lynch didn't kill Carlo.
I'm trying to clear him for one simple reason.
Because if he isn't cleared, a lot of
other people are going to get hurt.
All right, then who sent them?
Same person that killed Carlo and Benny.
Benny knew something.
I'm getting a little too close.
Benny?
Benny dead?
Yes.
Who sent you?
All right, friend, I'll beat it out of you.
Who was it?
Oh, wait, wait.
I didn't buy this.
Then who?
Maria.
Maria Mazzi.
You're lying.
No, I'm telling you the truth.
I swear it's her.
You better know what you're talking about.
I'm telling you, she hired us, Maria Mazzi.
She paid us three bills to nail you.
To scare you off, that's all I know.
His own wife?
His own wife?
I'll kill her!
Sal, who doesn't figure she's alone in this?
All right, you, all right.
Who else?
Only her.
If there was anybody else, I don't know.
Sal!
He wouldn't know.
But you can bet there is someone else.
Now, look.
You stay here with him.
I'll call Jacoby, have him pick him up.
Oh, no.
Now, look.
You let him out of your sight,
they'll be on that phone to Maria.
You do want that somebody else.
Don't you?
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Maybe I can get him for you.
Now, you stay here.
Hello?
Hello, Mrs. Motze?
Mrs. Peter Gunn.
I have nothing to say to you.
I need your help, Mrs. Motze.
You want help from me?
You work for the man who killed Carlo,
and you dare to Listen, Mrs. Motze.
I bought some information from someone
that should know what they're talking about.
But I don't know whether it'll finger
Lynch or something like that.
Someone else.
What kind of information?
Carlo was afraid of someone.
Also that there are some papers in his office files
that should make it very clear who planted that bomb.
And you believe that?
Point is, I want to see those papers.
If it was Lynch, fine.
But suppose it was someone else.
Of course I do.
All right.
You bring the keys and meet me at Carlo's office.
We should know very quickly.
I'm leaving right now.
Right now.
Lieutenant Jacoby.
Mrs. Motsi.
Mr. Gunn.
I haven't got all night.
Up.
Let's all go through them.
Way up.
Didn't take you long to get here.
Her calls scare you?
You got it figured, huh?
Doesn't take a genius.
Minus one Carlo equals you and the lady.
Plus you and Carlo's job.
Smart fella.
Just guessing before.
You just nailed it down by showing up.
Boy, what some guys will do to earn a bullet.
You'll have a rough time explaining it to Jacoby.
We discussed it.
Let's do it this way.
You swim good?
Fair.
In burlap?
Wait here.
One chance.
Drop it.
He'll be in good shape in time for the trial.
You all right?
Hi.
You've been busy.
Mm-hmm.
Hello?
Didn't I tell you I was clean?
You mean cleaned.
In case you haven't heard, the union's
running Carlo's brother for the job.
You've had it, Lynch.
That's one union that's going to stay clean.
So you take the good with the bad.
What are you so hot about?
I told you before, I don't like hoods.
Any kind.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go to a picnic.
We, uh, we are going to have a picnic, aren't we?
That's what we're going to have.
Good.
I'm starved.
Ow!
Isn't that the way Mama trapped Papa?
Mm-hmm.
Figures.