Mannix (1967) s01e19 Episode Script

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You are pig-headed.
You've had agents quit before.
You ought to handle that gracefully.
Joe, I'm trying not to lose my temper.
I've leaned over so far to keep you happy,
I've practically fallen on my face.
Now you've got one less problem in your future.
I don't run an organization
based on my agents' personal prejudices.
Fine.
Look, Karmalis asked for you.
I said you were available.
It's a perfectly legitimate case.
Nothing Karmalis ever touched was legitimate.
His heart doesn't go pit-a-pat
when he hears your name either.
You don't have to marry him, Joe.
He just wants a simple case solved.
I'm going to give you some advice, Lou, free.
Now, it's no skin off my nose.
I've quit. I've got nothing to do with Intertect.
Tell Karmalis to get lost.
Don't touch his case.
Now, is this some kind of subtle blackmail,
telling me you'll stay on if I reject this client?
We've run up a lot of mileage together, Lou,
one way or another.
And you've pointed out my failures
as an organization man often enough.
Now, as a parting gesture,
I'll make one valiant effort to do something by the book.
You'll have my resignation, in writing
three copies.
I'll have your paycheck drawn.
Kitty?
Hello, sweetheart.
Yeah, I got all three of your messages.
Well, I've been kind of busy tied up.
I'm sorry I haven't called sooner.
What's on your mind?
Are you kidding?
I'd love to have lunch.
No, no, don't worry about the job.
No, it won't interfere.
I've quit. I'm unemployed.
Christine, call the cashier.
Tell him to issue Mannix a final check.
That's right, a final check.
I haven't got all day, Mr. Wickersham.
You wanted Mannix, Mr. Karmalis.
I can't deliver him.
Why?
Why can't I hire a cheap gumshoe who's for hire?
You heard him quit.
I saw you chase after him to make him unquit.
This is a simple case.
A piece of cheap jewelry got stolen.
I'll pay to bring it back.
I can assign another man if you wish.
I don't wish.
But seems I have no choice.
Hope the man's a good one.
Here. The girl isn't important.
The string of beads is.
What's the value
of the necklace? To a guy in his
right mind, a couple hundred bucks.
To the girl, her right arm.
From her grandmother, she says.
Personally, I don't even think she's got a mother.
The police in on the case?
To bring back a loop of cheap glass and tin?
No.
Whoever stole it can make himself an easy grand.
No questions asked.
I won't even break his arm.
Now what's tough about that?
Oh, I don't know yet.
You find Danny Boyle,
you won't have to go any farther. Why is that?
He trains my fighters, but he ran off the day
Marcie got robbed.
Well, we'll do our best.
Yeah.
I'm not impressed, Mr. Wickersham.
I came here to hire a man I can't stand,
but at least I know he's good.
Joe!
Hello, Pop.
I thought maybe you became an
astronaut and you got stuck on Mars.
Where's Kitty?
Joey!
Hey, Kitty!
How are you? Joey.
Where you been?
You're skinny.
Almost as skinny as you.
Jokes.
You're out of a job.
You didn't know you should come to eat with us,
you don't have money.
Wait a minute, Kitty now, uh, I'm not starving.
I've got the price of a meal.
Not in my restaurant, you don't.
Let her stuff you full as a goose and she'll be happy.
Ach, come on, sit.
Come on.
For 30 years, I live with her,
and it's the only way possible.
I'm gonna bring you your favorite
Paprikasch! Paprikasch.
You're a genius, Kitty.
Mr. Mannix?
That's right.
I'm Arleen Cade.
Kitty said I should meet you.
Hello.
She said maybe you could help me.
If I know Kitty, she didn't say maybe I could help,
she said I could positively perform miracles.
I'm not asking a favor; I'll pay.
For what?
I've got to find a man who's disappeared.
Ah. Well, who is he?
Danny Boyle.
Sorry.
Uh-uh-uh, you forgot to eat.
I'll have it in another booth, Kitty.
What did you do to her?
Look, Kitty,
feed me, stuff me, argue me, we'll go fishing
off a bridge, we'll even go on a picnic.
Don't hustle business for me.
It's my fault.
What's going on?
I just quit a job to avoid working for Karmalis.
Who's Karmalis?
Ask your friend.
He sent her.
Arleen wasn't sent.
She's my neighbor's son-in-law's first cousin.
Mr. Mannix, I didn't know about Karmalis and you.
The day I refuse to go to work for Karmalis,
Danny disappears and you ask me to find him.
That sound like a coincidence?
I don't know anything about coincidences; I don't care.
A girl needs help.
I'm going to give you the same help I gave my ex-boss.
Don't run errands for Karmalis.
I'm not.
Look at her!
She's crying!
To crooks,
you're a big man.
To this little girl,
you may be a big man.
To me, you're still Joey Mannix,
a skinny kid I paddled his bottom
when he pinched a strudel that was still hot.
Are you gonna paddle me again, Kitty?
You help her.
You hear me, Joe?
Now what?
Steve, my husband.
One of the boys, huh?
Well, he's sure not gonna convince me that Karmalis
hasn't got his greasy thumb deep in this pie.
He won't try to convince you.
What can he tell me that I'll believe?
One thing, and you wouldn't believe it from me.
Steve?
Yes, ma'am?
Not "ma'am."
Arleen.
Your wife.
Look, lady, I told you before.
I got no wife.
I'm sorry.
Steve, try, think!
You'll remember, if you work at it.
Some little thing.
Look at me.
Steve!
I'm sorry.
His head was hurt
in an accident last Tuesday.
The doctors say there could be internal injury.
They say it might help if somebody could remind him
what happened just before the accident.
It might bring back his memory.
Where does Danny Boyle fit in?
Danny trained Steve for every fight.
It was sort of like Danny was Steve's father.
That close.
Can you think of any reason why Danny Boyle might run out?
Uh, no, I wouldn't know why Danny left.
Lived here for 15 years and then he just up and left.
Told nobody.
In fact, he's still got six days coming to him on the rent.
Just keep that other ten company.
Hey I like the way you do business.
I'd kind of like to browse around Danny's room.
Uh, it's room number one-oh no, it's 205.
Take it easy.
Enjoy yourself.
Thanks.
Mallory reporting.
I have the Morris Hotel under surveillance.
Mannix just walked in.
I thought you said he wasn't working for us anymore.
Well, he gave the porter some
money; Probably for information.
Mr. Wickersham should be told.
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Inside.
Danny ain't around.
Mr. Karmalis wants to know what you're looking for.
Danny wouldn't like nobody poking around in his room.
Hands back.
Mr. Karmalis knows maybe Danny stole that necklace.
He also knows you wouldn't
go to work for him, so you gotta be against him.
Now, keep your nose out of Mr. Karmalis' business
please.
Uh Karmalis there?
Never mind who I am, just put him on!
A guy on the phone wants to talk to you,
but he won't give me his name.
It's Mannix. I'm not here.
I didn't tell him you was here,
but, uh, I didn't tell him you wasn't.
I'm not here.
The lie won't be marked against you in Heaven.
Mannix won't believe it.
Come on.
He ain't here.
He didn't believe.
All right, you two wait for Mannix.
He'll be here.
Make him welcome.
Where will you be?
Should I make a liar of him?
He said I wasn't here. I won't be.
Listen, Mannix shows up here,
he gets chewed up pretty good.
If I was sure he'd get chewed up, I'd hang around.
It'd almost be worthwhile
to see if you two guys can take him
when he's got his eyes open.
Before you hit me, now, listen.
You think I had you worked over, don't you?
Yeah, it crossed my mind.
Why didn't you take the job, huh?
I wanted you to work for me 'cause I knew
that you could out-think me.
Just like right now,
you make me guess you're over at the gym,
then you double-think me here at Marcie's house.
Yeah, I told the fellows to discuss things with you,
but I I said they weren't even to muss your hair.
You got a piece of my dentist's action?
Get up.
Why should I make it easier for you?
You wanna belt me, Come on down.
I said get up!
You've got to be Mannix.
You're Marcie.
You have a good right cross
but then, he has a glass jaw.
Drink?
What about your friend?
He's not thirsty.
Listen, would you do me a favor?
Keep this for him he may want it later.
As a favor to you.
Mostly, my favors are for him.
But not always.
You know, if it began to rain, we'd get wet.
Yeah. Maybe we'd better go in.
Make yourself comfy.
I'll get you a drink.
Nice room.
A house should reflect the person.
I like it.
I'm glad you do.
Thank you.
Nice drink. Nice girl.
Nice man.
Me, or Karmalis?
Fishing for a compliment?
Well, he may come barging in.
Are you terrified?
Moderately.
Sit down.
Relax.
I understand you want a necklace returned.
You know who has it?
No, do you?
Meaning?
You collect pictures of Steve Cade.
I don't get the connection.
Well, there might not be any, but, uh
Steve Cade and Danny Boyle were friends.
Danny Boyle turned up missing
about the time your necklace did.
Enjoying my liquor?
Among other things.
He was thirsty.
This is Karmalis. Get me Wickersham.
I'll talk to you afterwards.
Hello, Wickersham.
Now, listen to me.
I want you to get Mannix off my back quick.
Don't play games with me, just do it.
You know something, Mannix,
I've got something you haven't got
and that puts me on top.
I got no stake in the rules.
You hit a man, you like to have him looking at you,
hands up and healthy.
When I put a knife in a fella,
I always aim for the spine.
So don't crowd me.
You turned down the job? Okay.
Don't hang around.
Nice meeting you, Marcie.
You better keep that guard up.
Mannix, the boss would like to see you.
Your boss, Mallory.
Okay, Mr. Wickersham wants to see you.
If you can spare the time.
Are you carrying out some crazy kind
of vendetta against Intertect?!
No.
You wanted no part of the Karmalis case.
I still don't.
I'm working on the other side, Lou.
You're representing the thief who stole the necklace?
I don't even know that the necklace was stolen.
I'm just playing the odds.
I'll take white any time Karmalis says black.
I want to know exactly what your interest is in this case.
It goes back to apple strudel,
a lovely fat lady and a long time ago.
There's no conflict with Intertect, Lou.
I got a call from the client.
I was there when he made it.
Karmalis is a client; We're not sitting
in judgment on his character.
He gets our best: Our facilities,
our manpower, our equipment.
You know, there's one thing wrong
with your computer, Lou.
It has no sense of smell.
Karmalis has a definite odor.
Karmalis reported the theft to the police.
We've got the record.
Everything he has told us has been verified.
We've run it all through the machines
and double-checked it. Lou, when you get a machine
that can tell a lie on a man's face,
or the hurt in a girl's eye, let me know.
You are stubborn and irresponsible.
Look, I don't want to buck you, Lou, but I can't promise.
What are you going to do?
I'm gonna look in a girl's eye.
What have you learned?
Not enough.
No change in Steve, huh?
Mm-mm.
Tell me, uh
anybody see that accident?
The one that hurt Steve's head?
Mr. Karmalis.
He walked in
as it happened.
A piece of equipment in the gym fell on Steve
and Mr. Karmalis called the ambulance.
He was very nice.
Yeah.
He's all heart.
What aren't you telling me?
Oh, nothing; Nothing but, uh, hunches and ancient history.
You know, uh Karmalis is not a rose.
People he's not particularly fond of
sometimes have accidents.
He wouldn't hurt Steve.
He expected Steve would be champion
and Mr. Karmalis would make a lot of money as his manager.
Sure.
Well, thanks, honey.
Look, now, uh oh, is Steve over there?
Yes. Wha?
Mr. Karmalis knew that Steve can't ever fight again,
but he didn't say so and upset Steve.
Doesn't that prove he's nice?
Everybody's nice.
Now, look, why don't you, uh, run on home.
If anything turns up, I'll call you.
Go ahead, don't worry.
When do you stop running?
Did I lose count? Am I finished?
You're finished.
There's nobody watching but me
and I know it's a phony.
What do you want, mister?
Answers!
Were you afraid Karmalis might find out?
Better not throw that punch,
unless you faked out the doctors
and getting hit won't kill you.
Look, I don't know who you are, mister,
but I'm telling you,
go away!
Why do nice girls like Arleen always end up
with bums like you? Who's Arleen?
She's the dame that's being two-timed.
It was you and Marcie, wasn't it?
You've got amnesia like I have.
Karmalis find out and lean on you or
were you afraid he would and faked it?
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Cade!
It's not going to work.
Look, man, you're going to get hurt.
Let's make a deal.
What?
You, Arleen, me.
We go, we see a friend of mine.
For what?
A lie detector test.
You can't run all the time!
Mr. Mannix.
Come in.
Is anything wrong?
What happened?
Well, I guess there's no nice way to tell a wife
her husband's a phony.
He hasn't got amnesia.
I know.
It's been real nice.
Oh, Mr. Mannix.
I honestly thought
he had amnesia.
What changed your mind?
He came home, a little while ago.
To see me, he said.
He loves me.
You really think he's worth the tears?
Should I stop loving him because he's in trouble?
What kind of trouble?
I don't know.
I just know that Steve
wouldn't do anything wrong.
Well, uh
I'm sure everything will be all right,
if he's done nothing wrong.
Won't you help him?
Please?
Hey
Don't beg him.
It wouldn't do her any good.
I've had my day's quota of lies.
Good-bye, baby.
No.
Don't let him go.
I'm afraid.
It's all right, baby.
Listen, mister, if I stay here,
a bullet is the best I could hope for.
What are you mixed up in?
I can't tell you.
Who's putting the pressure on?
Why the amnesia?
Good-bye.
Steve
Sorry I couldn't help you.
Good luck.
Oh, I haven't paid you yet.
Forget it.
No, please. How much?
Look, I couldn't take your money anyway.
I don't have a license of my own and besides
Don't tell me your grandmother gave you this.
Steve gave it to me.
When?
About three years ago, for our anniversary.
Style, workmanship, it's
Do you know where Steve got this?
The box it came in had a name on it.
Can you remember the name?
Martin Case Jewelers.
We ran a comparison on the computer,
and the stolen necklace was very much like jewelry
manufactured to order by Martin Case.
How long has Martin Case been in business?
14 years.
An antique heirloom, all of 14 years old.
Shall I report to the client?
No no, I want to talk to Mr. Martin Case.
Then I'll talk to Karmalis.
The kid ran out.
What kid?
You told me to go find Steve.
Am I supposed to remember everything I sent you for?
He run out.
More trouble with the head?
I thought maybe yes, but
now I don't think so.
Tell me.
It's like he's nowhere.
All right, so a guy with scrambled brains ain't reliable.
But me and Al seen his wife.
She's covering up, but she's seen him.
Now, she's scared about something.
The kid took all his clothes
and run out and she didn't tell us nothing.
What's she got to hide?
I don't know.
Who asked you?
She isn't scared for herself.
That leaves Steve.
If he was worse in the head, she'd call the doctors.
That means he's better.
That's nice.
If he was better, why would he run away?
Maybe he was never sick.
But we seen him after he got that hit on the head.
The outside of the head.
I don't know what went on inside.
Like I don't know where Marcie's beads are.
I don't know where Danny is.
What are you worrying about that? That happened a week ago.
Maybe Steve is a fake.
Hey, maybe it all ties in.
Maybe I'll get some action.
All right, get Steve; Bring him here.
Hey, don't worry about being too gentle.
He's not in.
Did he make the necklace?
I'll ask Mr. Case when he gets back.
What's the matter, didn't your computer have the answer?
Computer brought me here, same place as you,
at the same time, but without any marks on my face.
Fell in with bad company.
If you're after the necklace, we're in direct competition.
I'm not.
Still running errands for Karmalis, eh?
And whose errands are you running?
No one who sends me after a valuable old heirloom
that was probably bought here new.
Open your eyes, Lou.
Karmalis never called it an heirloom, his girlfriend did.
He priced it at a few hundred
dollars; Now where did he lie?
Knowing Karmalis, I'd say he lied
in your office, his office, on the streets, in the park,
anyplace else he ever opened his mouth.
Give me one reason why
I shouldn't swing a lamp at your head.
I might swing back. You're rotten.
Yeah, I've been told that before.
Karmalis know about you two-timing with Steve?
I meant what I said. How does this sound?
Steve was afraid Karmalis might find out about you two,
so he faked amnesia, hoping that
Karmalis wouldn't send his boys out
to work a guy over that wouldn't
remember what the beating was for.
I was on my way out when you barged in.
I'll go now.
I can ask Karmalis the same questions.
Go ahead.
He likes fairy tales. Yeah.
Yeah, well, maybe he knows how Danny Boyle
and a fake robbery fit into your love life.
That fake robbery was investigated by a dozen cops.
A window was pried open with a crow bar.
Tell Karmalis I busted in that window
when I was out to dinner with him.
Yeah, I will, and I'll also tell him
how broken up you are over your grandmother's heirloom.
Grandma's name Martin Case Jewelers?
This is Joe Mannix here.
I want to talk to Karmalis.
Yeah, well, tell him I'm at Marcie's house.
He just might decide he does want to talk to me.
What happened?
Somebody tried to kill me.
Who? I don't know.
I came out, and he he started shooting.
Stay down.
Don't go!
One bullet just missed me and hit the windshield.
Whoever it was trying to kill
you didn't have very good aim.
I never saw him before.
A stranger just inconveniently decides to die
on your doorstep, huh?
I tell you, I don't know who he is.
It's your grandmother.
What?
Martin Case, the jeweler.
Who are you calling?
The police.
But I told you I never saw that man before.
You know where Steve Cade is now?
Sorry
I mostly cry at old movies on TV.
All right, Marcie, so you didn't know Martin Case.
Now, he was here for a reason
and he was killed for a reason.
Karmalis had him make the necklace,
and make it look cheap.
It was worth over $200,000.
You see the income tax people
were snooping in bank accounts and safety deposit boxes.
Did anybody else know what the necklace was worth?
Marcie
this is not money anymore, it's murder!
Mannix, what do you really think of me?
This is a big day for me, Mannix.
I found out I'm not tough.
I've been afraid.
You could make the fear go away.
We'll talk about it, Marcie.
Now, uh who else knew about the necklace?
Danny Boyle.
Would he kill Case?
No.
You-you wouldn't think of a fight trainer
as being gentle,
but Danny is.
You see
that painting over there?
Danny painted it
from one of those paint-by-the-number kits.
His favorites were "A Shepherd and a Lamb"
and "A Sheepdog Herding Sheep."
That's all you know?
I'm in big trouble, Mannix,
because suddenly, I can't tell a lie.
Now I, uh, want you to call the police,
tell them everything you know.
Will you be back?
I'll be back.
Listen, I'd like some of your numbered oil-painting kits.
Sure.
About a dozen.
You know, I usually sell one or two a week.
Someone come in and bought eight last Tuesday
and now you want 12.
Let's see, now, I like peaceful scenes.
Yeah, I'll have, uh, I'll have this lamb
with the shepherd and I'll have one
of the sheepdog herding the lamb.
Something wrong?
No, just a coincidence, I guess.
Coincidence?
Yeah, I told you I sold eight last Tuesday.
Well, the top of the list were
the same two that you picked.
That is odd, isn't it?
I guess we have the same taste.
It kind of makes you wonder, though, doesn't it?
Huh?
I mean, uh, if there are any other similarities.
Is your customer a man or a woman?
I don't know.
A Green Arrow messenger came in
with the money and the list.
Didn't tell me who he was buying 'em for.
Well, Mr. Karmalis don't talk to nobody
unless they say who's calling.
Hang on.
It's about Danny Boyle.
A reporter?
You a reporter?
Then why don't you say who you are?
Sure, sure.
Just a minute.
Go ahead.
Thanks.
Yeah, I'll see he gets it.
Wasn't a reporter.
Come on. Let's go.
Where we going?
I guess after Danny. I got his address on the phone:
1401 Grand Street.
Tuesday the 16th
Messenger pickup at Hoeppner Hobby Shop.
This is it.
Order put in by Mr. Arnold Johnson
for delivery at the old Eatherly Scenic Background dock.
They've been out of business for about a year.
Must be the watchman.
Danny!
Danny!
Danny!
Stevie Boy!
Come on, buddy, you gotta get out of here.
You gotta get out of here quick.
Why? You were followed?
No. I've been on three streetcars,
four buses and six cabs.
Well, then who's to know you're here or that I'm here?
All right, I'm going to tell Karmalis everything.
Karmal what? Th-That's a bad joke, Stevie boy.
Listen to me.
I'm going to tell Karmalis that I rigged the accident
and I faked amnesia,
because I knew he'd make me talk.
Well, look, kid, you got to trust yourself
as much as I trust you.
Come on. Sit down.
Danny, I never kn I never wanted
to know where you were gonna hide.
I never wanted a piece of Karmalis's loot.
I want you to have it, kid.
Look, it's more my money than it is Karmalis's.
And if I had a son, he'd share it.
Look, look at it this way, kid:
finally Karmalis is paying back what he owes people
people that deserve it, kid.
I don't want it!
I never wanted it!
Don't you see that Karmalis figures
that I know where you're hiding?
Yeah.
And he'll grab Arleen,
and he knows that that'll make me talk.
That's why I had to fake amnesia.
Oh Arleen, huh?
I should have thought of that.
You can forget that.
I told her everything.
You know I wanted
to do a good thing for the two of you.
You know that, kid.
I know, I know.
I got it look, you go back
and tell Karmalis where I'm at.
You know, that I'm here.
And by the time you do, I'll be gone, see?
Look, and then, then I'll find a hiding place.
I won't even tell you where.
Steve, get under cover!
What brought you here?
Karmalis.
You see what I mean? Bad manners.
He didn't even stick around to say good-bye.
You have an apology coming from me. Accepted?
What made you decide to drop your client?
We got to the jeweler's records.
He made two necklaces that looked identical.
One worth a fortune in hot money, the other paste.
So I decided to tail Karmalis.
Steve? Steve!
He's probably run home to his wife, where he belongs.
Now that you brought it up,
when are you coming back to work?
Tomorrow.
Danny Boyle?
Yeah, dead.
Listen, Lou, would you take care of this?
I got a few loose ends
I've got to tie up of for my client.
Steve?
Mannix!
I made myself believe you
when you said you'd be back.
I brought the necklace back.
I never wanted any part of it and I still don't.
There's somebody waiting for you outside.
Thanks.
You knew that I was telling the truth about Steve and me.
That there was nothing
Sure.
Oh, Mannix
That's enough.
Aram! Shut up.
Darling
How far do you think you'll get?
I'll send you a postcard to the cemetery of your choice.
Look at the necklace, Karmalis.
You may want to ask a few questions,
after you look at the necklace.
Drop it.
Now get over there.
Where's the other one?
Now, look, you want to die
fast and easy or hard and slow?
Either way, the necklace won't buy you anything
where you're going.
Now where's the real one?
Like you said, Karmalis, I've got more up here.
That dime-store ornament was rigged for you.
We knew you'd
come back for it.
Marcie and I were waiting.
No
What's it worth?
Why?
A few hundred dollars, a few lives.
What are you saying?
You had this phony made
so it could be stolen by Danny Boyle.
No!
You had the whole thing arranged; You were partners.
Someone had to tip Karmalis to Danny's hideout.
I thought Danny was gone.
I didn't want Karmalis thinking
I had anything to do with it.
Danny deserved the money.
Am I so wrong in wanting him to have it?
Come on, Marcie.
You admitted you wanted to leave Karmalis.
The real necklace was your getaway money.
I've got the necklace here.
The real one for us.
Please Mannix
what did I do that was so wrong?
You killed Martin Case.
No one else had a motive.
Come on, Marcie.