Starsky and Hutch (1975) s02e23 Episode Script
43 - Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road
He's a rodeo cowboy He follows the circuit Where top money's paid That's where he'll be found The only thing he owns Is a horse and silver saddle Rodeo cowboy He'll never settle down Thank you.
That was great.
Oh, wait a minute.
Oh.
Yeah! Yeah! Oh, please thank you, really.
You people have always been so kind to me at the Saddle-Bar.
You know, I think they deserve something special.
Let me sing you a new song, a brand-new song.
Let's do "Wrap Your Love", okay? Listen, we haven't even really recorded this yet.
We're going to record it later this week, so first time for you, okay? Okay.
Hey, don't you know This old world It can go up and down That I found Love keeps a-turnin' Turnin' He is the fire That fills my desire And warms You made it.
You noticed.
If it wasn't for that blond tuft of hair, I wouldn't know it was you.
What are you doing? Impersonating a tent? It's a serape.
What? It's called a serape.
Serape? What's that? Indian? I didn't know they allowed Indians in a hillbilly joint like this.
It's country, Starsk, country.
Give your all When the sun goes down To your man Well, you know, it's all the same.
Taverns, truck stops, beer bottles, broken hearts pure Americana.
If you don't shut up, one of these good ol' boys is gonna do more than break your heart.
If I wasn't on a case right now, I wouldn't get caught dead in a hillbilly joint like this.
Just be sure you don't get dragged out that way.
Oh, well, whatever.
It's country, Starsk, country.
Whatever.
Shh.
You can hear someone say What they have's gone bad And the feeling is dying Dying You know you can save What is slipping away All that you've got to do Is never stop trying Trying You can make something old Something new By giving him something To hold onto Ahh, ahh, ahh Wrap your love All around your man Give your all When the sun goes down To your man Show him you can be a lover And he'll show you That he'll never need no other Wrap your love All around your man Wrap your love All around your man Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Bravo! Bravo! Wonderful! Yeah! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Saddle-Bar Club.
Let me talk to Sue Ann Grainger.
She just finished for the night.
This is J.
C.
Grainger.
I've got to talk to Sue Ann.
Family emergency.
Well okay.
I'll put you through to her dressing room.
Hello? Hello, Sue Ann.
Hey, who are you? Why do you keep calling me? You still haven't figured it out, Sue Ann? That doesn't please me very much, but then I suppose you've forgotten a lot of people since you got to be a success, people in places, like maybe Pittsville, North Carolina.
Hey, uh if you've got a problem, fellow, if you tell me who you are, maybe I can help you.
We're closed, we're closed.
He's a tourist.
Don't mind him.
Come on.
Get in closer together.
Now, smile.
Smile.
He's on the phone.
Huh? Oh, here.
If you think you can scare me, man, just forget it.
Just Police, Ms.
Grainger.
Just keep him talking and tell him you'll meet him.
Who's in there with you? Hello? He hung up.
Did you bring these guys here, Cal? Yeah.
I figured it was about time that screwball was put in a cage where he belongs.
Cal gets kind of antsy about these things sometimes, you know? I'm really sorry you went to so much trouble.
I hope you weren't in the middle of doing something important like stopping organised crime or something like that.
We did that last week.
Miss Grainger, from what Cal's been telling us, this caller of yours might be a little dangerous.
No.
He's just a guy trying to con.
You know the kind.
He says if I give him $10,000, he'll stop calling me, and the way I figure it, for $10,000, I can take a little annoyance.
I mean, it's not like the guy is calling me collect.
Yeah, well, look, you could play it safe.
We could look into it.
In the meantime, come to the station, sign a complaint.
Just take a few minutes.
Hey, if I filed a complaint on every guy who calls me in the dressing room, I'd be in the police station all the time, you know? Nah, I figure the guy'll just get tired after a while and give up.
I sure don't see any reason to try to hurt the guy.
We don't want to hurt him either.
Now, come on, honey.
Do it for both of us.
Now, with their help, we could probably persuade him to stop without getting him into any big trouble.
That is, if we can find him.
It'll just take a few minutes.
I still think it's a big deal over nothing.
Cal, if it'll make you feel any better, I guess.
Why not? Yeah? Okay.
When do we do this? Now's as good a time as any.
We've got the car out front.
Tonight? Sure.
Well, they do come prepared, don't they? Want me to help you? But of course.
Chivalry is not dead.
About the sooner we get this done, I guess the sooner I can get some sleep, huh? That's right.
I told you we were closed.
No.
Nope.
Come on.
Hey, there she is, the first little lady of country song.
Hey, Sue Ann, we paid $10 to get in here and we had lousy seats.
We figure you owe us one, so break out the guitar, okay? I'm sorry, Miss Grainger.
I tried to get rid of them.
The throat's kind of gone tonight.
Just going to take the money and run? Why don't you guys go somewhere and sleep this off? Why don't you shut up, old man? We ain't talking to you.
Hey, back off, will you? Stay out of this, city boy.
Hey, look, friend, we're the law here right now, so back off unless you want to do time in the slammer.
Come on.
Hey, come here.
I'll take the blond, okay? You in this too? I'll take the blond.
Does anybody here know the words to "My nose is in a splint, "because I didn't catch the glint in the eye of the cop in the alley"? I ain't never heard of that song.
Well, learn it.
I don't know how to sing.
You know how to walk? Everybody walks.
Show me.
You lousy cops.
What right you got hanging around Sue Ann? You mess with the lady again, you'll find out.
Hey, that's terrific.
You sound just like Dirty Harry.
Dirty who? Harry.
He's a cop over in San Francisco.
Oh.
I warned her not to bring in the police.
Now now, Miss Grainger, how long have you been receiving these phone calls? About a month, I guess.
They started at a club in Phoenix.
Here we are.
Coffee and doughnuts.
Looks like we're getting some preferential treatment.
Not at all, Miss Grainger.
We treat all our suspects the same in this community.
The man has a way with words.
Like some coffee? Yeah, please.
Cream and sugar? Just sugar, thanks.
How long's this guy been following you? Every time we move to a new place, he's there a couple of days later phoning up, making threats, saying he's going to kill somebody.
He won't give me a name, but tonight, he did mention a place.
He said something about a Pitt Pittsville, North Carolina.
Hey, why don't you guys call me Sue Ann, okay? It's a pleasure to meet you, Sue Ann.
My wife's second cousin used to live across the street from Charlie Pride.
Oh, really? While he was at junior high school.
McKinley, before McKinley became Carver.
Excuse me, Starsky.
Any time.
Sue Ann, have you ever been to Pittsville? It's possible.
I've been picking and singing a lot of places, a long time.
They all kind of look alike after a while, you know? $10,000.
Did this guy give you any reason why you should give it to him? Well, he says I owe it to him.
Maybe he doesn't like my singing.
Well, if that's true, the guy really is crazy.
Here.
Sign this, will you? Right down there.
Here you go.
Thanks.
You know, um until tonight, I hadn't really thought too seriously about this.
You guys don't really think this guy is dangerous, do you? I mean, he's not going to do anything crazy, is he? Well, uh men like this usually aren't dangerous, but it doesn't hurt to check it out just in case.
Oh, Sue Ann, I was wondering if I might have your autograph for my son.
He's such a big fan.
Sure.
Sure.
What's his name? Just put it to Harold C.
To Harold.
Sure.
Harold? I thought your son's name was Uh, Starsky, just mind your business, huh? Harold C.
Will do just fine.
Okay.
How are you doing? No, thank you.
You go ahead.
Drink up, old man.
Looks better that way.
Nobody gives a damn for anybody except number one.
It's a tired old circus, and the music in the merry-go-round's all out of tune.
I'm going to do you a favour.
I'm going to give you a purpose, a reason for living, a reason for dying.
Sweet music, old man.
Yes? Give me Quincy 9-6-4-1-5.
Hello? I killed an old man in an alley this morning, Sue Ann.
You what? I said, I killed an old man, and it's your fault.
I told you not to call the police.
Now, I want you to get $10,000 in cash.
Put it in a paper bag.
The tennis courts three blocks north of your hotel.
There's an orange trash receptacle on the corner.
At 2:00, put the paper bag of money in it, then walk away.
Hey, listen, uh you've got to be nuts.
You just do what I'm telling you, and no police this time or somebody else is going to get killed.
Hey, wait a Hello.
Give me the police.
Yeah, it's an emergency.
Hey, good afternoon.
Cal.
Good afternoon.
Sue Ann.
Sue Ann.
How's the country warbler? Oh, okay.
Well? Well, uh they found an old derelict shot to death this morning in a downtown alley.
Oh, my God.
Sue Ann, it was on radio and television.
He could have just heard it.
Uh-uh.
No.
He told me he did it.
He admitted it to me.
Yeah, well, psychos read something in the newspaper, they see it on television, they hear it on the radio, and they take credit for it.
Sue Ann, the best way to learn the truth is to find the man.
Hey, I don't even want to try to find him.
I just want to take the money to that park and give it to him and maybe that'll be the end of it.
That won't be the end of it.
You pay now, and you'll keep on paying.
Well, maybe there's another way to go.
At least you could let us help you set up the payment, then we can move on the man.
He said no police, man.
What What if somebody got hurt? What if something went wrong? I don't want to kill anybody else.
Sue Ann, you didn't kill anybody.
Yeah, well, maybe not, but I I feel like I did.
There was a time a few years ago when $10,000 would have meant everything to me.
You know.
You remember.
But, uh but I can afford it.
I've been down, almost as low as this guy.
I understand him.
I know how he feels.
Maybe if I give him the $10,000, it'll kind of even things out for me, you know? I mean, maybe I do kind of owe it.
Well, first you owe it to yourself.
Now, if you want to do the man some good, why don't you let us take him into custody? We've got experts who can deal with people like that.
He's right.
You know it.
Well, you won't hurt him? Well, we'll sure try not to.
That you can count on.
Might give him a bloody nose.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'll get it.
I warned her! You okay? Yeah.
You? Fine.
How did he know? You got me.
Well, maybe he had an aversion to blue and yellow.
It's gold.
Wrap your love All around your man Give your all When the sun goes down To your man Show him you can be a lover And he'll show you That he'll never need no other Wrap your love All around your man Wrap your love All around your man Okay, that was a good one.
I think that ought to do it.
Yeah.
Hey, thanks, Harry.
Let me hear it back, okay? Is that it, Sue Ann? Yeah.
You guys go ahead.
Go eat or something.
I'll catch you at 12.
Eat a hamburger for me.
Sure.
Maybe we'll bring you one later.
Yeah, okay.
Hey, that guitar is See you later, Sue Ann.
Okay, Sue Ann? Yeah.
Any time.
One, two, three, four.
Hey, don't you know This old world It can go up and down That I found Hey, what's wrong, Harry? You know what's wrong, Sue Ann? You sing so well, like you really care about people, but you don't.
It's another lie.
You can't be trusted.
You don't care.
I told you not to bring the police into it.
Hey, I didn't want to, man.
I really You didn't want to? What d'ya mean you didn't want to? They were there.
I thought I was doing the right thing.
Killing me? Is that what you think's right? Is that what you mean? No.
You don't understand.
You don't even remember me, but you want me dead.
You don't remember me, do you? How many people have you used and forgotten, Sue Ann? How many, Sue Ann? How many?! You told those cops to kill me? I'm coming to punish you for that.
You hear me? I'm going to punish you again.
You get that money back.
You put it in your purse.
The next time you hear from me, you be ready to give it to me, you be ready for sure and no cops! No nobody.
Life k eeps a-turnin' Turning He is the fire That fills my desire and warms I shouldn't have let you try it.
I was afraid something like this was going to go wrong.
Look, honey, they were playing it the only way they could.
I know, Cal.
I'm not blaming anybody, except maybe me.
Wait Wait a minute.
Sue Ann, you're the victim here, and don't forget that.
Yeah Yeah, well, victims got rights too.
From now on, I'm going to handle this myself Not I know you're just doing your job.
You're doing the best you can, but I've got to keep you out of it.
I just don't want to let anybody else get hurt just because I'm trying to save Now, this guy said he said that I don't care about people.
Maybe if I can convince him he's wrong, he'll stop.
He's not going to stop as long as you guys are in this, so just stay out of it, okay? Please Just stay out of it.
Sue Ann I'll try to talk to her.
Cal.
Yeah? We have to stay on this thing now.
I know.
I must admit, I don't understand it myself.
She's a little girl.
She feels guilty about the fact that she's happier than anybody else.
You know, something about this whole thing is troubling me.
In that recording studio, to do what he did, that guy had to know something about that engineer's board.
I mean, that's a complicated item.
So? So that means that we know at least three things about him.
We know that he knows something about recording studios, we know that something's wrong with his voice, and we know he's from Pittsville, South Carolina.
North Carolina.
North Carolina.
So? So maybe the local police there might know something about him.
Get on that.
Good.
I want you to get the local sheriff in.
Seems that I don't think About you too much And I'm not too sure Why I've thought of you now Time has a way Of numbing the touch But I still recall When you left me Just how much it hurt me To stand there Hutch? What? Nothing yet.
I couldn't believe It was true After moments we shared And the souls That we bared I've never loved anyone more But lik e I said And for all of the pain I would love you again And I've never loved Anyone more And for all of the pain I would love you again I've never loved Anyone more That's Miss Sue Ann Grainger, live, here at the Saddle-Bar Anything? Nothing.
Oh It's ringing.
Hello? Sue Ann, I've got an ID card in my hand.
Mr.
John Callum.
Hutch, he's on.
I took it out of his wallet a little while ago, right after we killed him.
We? What do you mean "we"? I told you you had to be punished.
Your latest victim is lying by the fountain in Emerson Park.
Now maybe you'll believe me, and if you don't tell the police to stay away, there'll be somebody else.
Now, keep that money in your purse.
You'll be hearing from me.
Hey, listen He didn't stay on long enough.
Look, you see that Miss Grainger gets back to her hotel.
Stay with her till you're relieved.
Yes, Sir.
What? Where are we going? Fountain at Emerson Park.
What for? Nothing, I hope.
Driver's licence says John Callum.
How are we going to tell Sue Ann this time, huh? Gently.
Jerry Tabor, Pittsville, North Carolina.
Is that the guy we chased in the park? I don't know.
I think so.
Sheriff says he owned the only radio station in town.
Always drinking, getting into fights.
Finally got stabbed in the throat.
His voice.
Right.
When I mentioned his voice, Sheriff put it together right away.
Yeah, but what's the connection to Sue Ann? He doesn't know of any.
Are you having any copies of those made? Yeah.
They'll be ready in a half-hour.
And how many men can we spare? Maybe six besides yourselves.
For the whole city? I know that's not many.
It's better than none at all.
Hello? This was dropped off for Miss Grainger.
Just a moment.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir.
What is it? Oh, it's nothing.
Listen, Cal, I'm not really hungry.
You go ahead and have breakfast without me, huh.
I think I'm just gonna do some shopping.
It's from him, isn't it? Just have your breakfast, Cal.
Now, come on, Sue Ann.
You can't be doing this.
You know that.
Two people have already been killed, Cal.
Somebody's gotta do something.
Sue Ann, he'll kill you.
Okay, Fireball, just for me.
Strike! Ho.
Strike! Hey, Fireball, what's happening? How you doing, Fireball? Oh, hiya, fellas.
I haven't seen you around for quite a while.
True, but we've been reading about you in the paper, and you're doing just fine.
Huggy, call.
What you got? We got three balls and two strikes and maybe the whole ball game.
Fireball here thinks he saw the cat you're looking for.
You've seen this guy, Fireball? Yeah.
Where? Listen, brother, I ain't got no time to be talking because I got a Mantle on and I'm facing Maris with the long count.
I'm gonna keep a close eye on Mantle.
He's on 2nd.
He's not moving a muscle.
Look, you need some eyeglasses.
Why's that? Because he's already stole 3rd.
Mantle? Yeah.
He ain't never been that fast.
Look, look, I'm gonna keep an eye on Mantle on 3rd.
Tell us when you saw this guy.
I saw him this morning.
Where? Coming out the hotel down there.
You sure? Look, with these eyes of mine, you ever known me to be wrong? What I mean is, who sees things like I see things? Nobody, Fireball nobody.
Watch your man on 3rd.
He's gonna steal home.
Never happen.
All right, Huggy.
Let's get this game over.
Oh, yeah! Strike three.
Game.
Had a great game, Fireball.
Sorry, Mick.
That was a ball! That was a strike.
It was a ball.
You're blind, ump.
Zebra Three, Zebra Three, come in, please.
Go ahead, Captain.
Just heard from Cal.
Sue Ann got another phone call from Jerry Tabor.
She's gone off to meet him, only he doesn't know where.
Maybe with a little luck we just found out.
Seen this man? Wears old work clothes, jeans, boots.
Yeah.
He's the guy in When was that? Oh, about 20 minutes ago.
He have a car? No.
He had me dial him a cab.
You have a list of any other calls he made? Sure.
We have to, for charges.
Which cab company did you call for him? Imperial.
Thank you.
Hello? Hello? Is anybody here? Please.
Hello? Hello? Hey, is is anybody here? Hello, Sue Ann.
I brought the money.
Come here.
Come closer.
You still don't remember me? You do look kind of familiar.
You're lying.
No, really Stop it! Listen, I brought the money.
L I got it right here.
You remember Pittsville? I think I was there.
You think.
I'll tell you, you were.
I had a little one-man radio station.
You brought me your first record.
I played it all the time.
I helped you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think I do remember.
Uh About four years ago? Here, just take the money.
I played that record all the time at the station, at Tommy's.
Tommy's? Tommy's Tavern.
I put a lot of money in that old jukebox.
Always your record.
One guy got mad about it.
We got into a fight.
He pulled a knife on me.
I was gonna be a singer too.
You were gonna help me.
I got this because I was loyal to you.
Your voice? Yeah.
I lost my voice because of you and so I lost my station too.
People said I sounded ugly.
I lost all of it, all of it, because of you.
Hey, I'm sorry.
L Sorry?! All of a sudden, you're sorry? No, no.
To be sorry, to hurt takes time.
I've had a lot of that.
Here.
Here's $10,000.
It's just what you asked for.
It's all in cash.
You're not gonna believe me, I guess, but the money really doesn't mean anything to me.
I really hope it helps you.
Okay? Where are you going? Back to the hotel.
I can't let you do that.
But I gave you the money.
I gave you everything.
But you know who I am.
You'll tell the police.
No, I won't.
I promise.
No, this is between you and me.
What Sit down! If you'd paid in the beginning, if you hadn't made us kill those two people, I maybe wouldn't have to do this.
But you're just like everybody else.
You don't care.
You use people, then forget 'em! I'II kill her.
Get back! I'll kill her.
Throw down your guns and get outside.
Step outside.
Go on Outside! Is that your car? Bring it here.
Quick.
Always comes down to this.
Liars, cheats users, takers.
One way or another, it always comes to that.
You listen to me.
She didn't know that we were coming.
She wanted us out of it, right from the start.
So there's no point hurting her.
You understand me? You understand me? Get back.
Those two men We all killed them.
You know that, don't you? We're all responsible.
We all killed them.
You're wrong, Jerry.
You're a sick man.
You're responsible, and nobody else.
So don't try to hang it on us.
You're gonna handle this one all by yourself.
Oh, cloudy sky So let your hair down And go on And cry Oh, let your hair down And go on And cry Thank you.
Hey, you're next.
You ready? Huh? What? What's the matter? Nothing.
You nervous? No.
You ought to be.
Let me do a kind of a special thing for you tonight, while I kind of catch myself, okay? We have a special guest, a special treat for you tonight.
Let me make him welcome.
He's gonna sing a special song for you.
He's called The Singing Policeman.
The Blond Blintz! Shut up! Also known as "The Blond Blintz"? Okay.
Would you make welcome, please, Mr.
Ken Hutchinson.
Hey, let's hear it.
Let's hear it! Come on, come on.
Didn't you hear what I told you? What? To sit still and listen.
Hey Make him get up here.
Come on, give him a hand.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sue Ann.
Good evening, la Uh, good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
I'd like to I'd like to sing for you, uh "Lovin' Arms".
I'd like to sing It had better be good, copper.
Hey! Go right ahead, kid.
You weren't the hit at three police barbecues for nothing.
Lay it on them.
S Shut up! Shh.
If I could see you now If you could see me now The one who said He'd rather roam The one who said He'd rather be alone If you could only see me now If I could hold you now Just for a moment If I could make you mine Just for an hour Turn back the hands of time You If I could only Hold you now But I've been Too long in the wind Too long in the rain Taking any comfort That I can Looking back and longing for The freedom of my chains Lying in Your lovin' arms again If you could see me now See me now Singing sss Singing somewhere In the lonely night Uh, uh, uh Is it the chorus? Okay.
I've been too long In the wind Too long in the rain Taking any comfort That I can I gotta put a dime in the meter.
Hey!
That was great.
Oh, wait a minute.
Oh.
Yeah! Yeah! Oh, please thank you, really.
You people have always been so kind to me at the Saddle-Bar.
You know, I think they deserve something special.
Let me sing you a new song, a brand-new song.
Let's do "Wrap Your Love", okay? Listen, we haven't even really recorded this yet.
We're going to record it later this week, so first time for you, okay? Okay.
Hey, don't you know This old world It can go up and down That I found Love keeps a-turnin' Turnin' He is the fire That fills my desire And warms You made it.
You noticed.
If it wasn't for that blond tuft of hair, I wouldn't know it was you.
What are you doing? Impersonating a tent? It's a serape.
What? It's called a serape.
Serape? What's that? Indian? I didn't know they allowed Indians in a hillbilly joint like this.
It's country, Starsk, country.
Give your all When the sun goes down To your man Well, you know, it's all the same.
Taverns, truck stops, beer bottles, broken hearts pure Americana.
If you don't shut up, one of these good ol' boys is gonna do more than break your heart.
If I wasn't on a case right now, I wouldn't get caught dead in a hillbilly joint like this.
Just be sure you don't get dragged out that way.
Oh, well, whatever.
It's country, Starsk, country.
Whatever.
Shh.
You can hear someone say What they have's gone bad And the feeling is dying Dying You know you can save What is slipping away All that you've got to do Is never stop trying Trying You can make something old Something new By giving him something To hold onto Ahh, ahh, ahh Wrap your love All around your man Give your all When the sun goes down To your man Show him you can be a lover And he'll show you That he'll never need no other Wrap your love All around your man Wrap your love All around your man Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Bravo! Bravo! Wonderful! Yeah! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Saddle-Bar Club.
Let me talk to Sue Ann Grainger.
She just finished for the night.
This is J.
C.
Grainger.
I've got to talk to Sue Ann.
Family emergency.
Well okay.
I'll put you through to her dressing room.
Hello? Hello, Sue Ann.
Hey, who are you? Why do you keep calling me? You still haven't figured it out, Sue Ann? That doesn't please me very much, but then I suppose you've forgotten a lot of people since you got to be a success, people in places, like maybe Pittsville, North Carolina.
Hey, uh if you've got a problem, fellow, if you tell me who you are, maybe I can help you.
We're closed, we're closed.
He's a tourist.
Don't mind him.
Come on.
Get in closer together.
Now, smile.
Smile.
He's on the phone.
Huh? Oh, here.
If you think you can scare me, man, just forget it.
Just Police, Ms.
Grainger.
Just keep him talking and tell him you'll meet him.
Who's in there with you? Hello? He hung up.
Did you bring these guys here, Cal? Yeah.
I figured it was about time that screwball was put in a cage where he belongs.
Cal gets kind of antsy about these things sometimes, you know? I'm really sorry you went to so much trouble.
I hope you weren't in the middle of doing something important like stopping organised crime or something like that.
We did that last week.
Miss Grainger, from what Cal's been telling us, this caller of yours might be a little dangerous.
No.
He's just a guy trying to con.
You know the kind.
He says if I give him $10,000, he'll stop calling me, and the way I figure it, for $10,000, I can take a little annoyance.
I mean, it's not like the guy is calling me collect.
Yeah, well, look, you could play it safe.
We could look into it.
In the meantime, come to the station, sign a complaint.
Just take a few minutes.
Hey, if I filed a complaint on every guy who calls me in the dressing room, I'd be in the police station all the time, you know? Nah, I figure the guy'll just get tired after a while and give up.
I sure don't see any reason to try to hurt the guy.
We don't want to hurt him either.
Now, come on, honey.
Do it for both of us.
Now, with their help, we could probably persuade him to stop without getting him into any big trouble.
That is, if we can find him.
It'll just take a few minutes.
I still think it's a big deal over nothing.
Cal, if it'll make you feel any better, I guess.
Why not? Yeah? Okay.
When do we do this? Now's as good a time as any.
We've got the car out front.
Tonight? Sure.
Well, they do come prepared, don't they? Want me to help you? But of course.
Chivalry is not dead.
About the sooner we get this done, I guess the sooner I can get some sleep, huh? That's right.
I told you we were closed.
No.
Nope.
Come on.
Hey, there she is, the first little lady of country song.
Hey, Sue Ann, we paid $10 to get in here and we had lousy seats.
We figure you owe us one, so break out the guitar, okay? I'm sorry, Miss Grainger.
I tried to get rid of them.
The throat's kind of gone tonight.
Just going to take the money and run? Why don't you guys go somewhere and sleep this off? Why don't you shut up, old man? We ain't talking to you.
Hey, back off, will you? Stay out of this, city boy.
Hey, look, friend, we're the law here right now, so back off unless you want to do time in the slammer.
Come on.
Hey, come here.
I'll take the blond, okay? You in this too? I'll take the blond.
Does anybody here know the words to "My nose is in a splint, "because I didn't catch the glint in the eye of the cop in the alley"? I ain't never heard of that song.
Well, learn it.
I don't know how to sing.
You know how to walk? Everybody walks.
Show me.
You lousy cops.
What right you got hanging around Sue Ann? You mess with the lady again, you'll find out.
Hey, that's terrific.
You sound just like Dirty Harry.
Dirty who? Harry.
He's a cop over in San Francisco.
Oh.
I warned her not to bring in the police.
Now now, Miss Grainger, how long have you been receiving these phone calls? About a month, I guess.
They started at a club in Phoenix.
Here we are.
Coffee and doughnuts.
Looks like we're getting some preferential treatment.
Not at all, Miss Grainger.
We treat all our suspects the same in this community.
The man has a way with words.
Like some coffee? Yeah, please.
Cream and sugar? Just sugar, thanks.
How long's this guy been following you? Every time we move to a new place, he's there a couple of days later phoning up, making threats, saying he's going to kill somebody.
He won't give me a name, but tonight, he did mention a place.
He said something about a Pitt Pittsville, North Carolina.
Hey, why don't you guys call me Sue Ann, okay? It's a pleasure to meet you, Sue Ann.
My wife's second cousin used to live across the street from Charlie Pride.
Oh, really? While he was at junior high school.
McKinley, before McKinley became Carver.
Excuse me, Starsky.
Any time.
Sue Ann, have you ever been to Pittsville? It's possible.
I've been picking and singing a lot of places, a long time.
They all kind of look alike after a while, you know? $10,000.
Did this guy give you any reason why you should give it to him? Well, he says I owe it to him.
Maybe he doesn't like my singing.
Well, if that's true, the guy really is crazy.
Here.
Sign this, will you? Right down there.
Here you go.
Thanks.
You know, um until tonight, I hadn't really thought too seriously about this.
You guys don't really think this guy is dangerous, do you? I mean, he's not going to do anything crazy, is he? Well, uh men like this usually aren't dangerous, but it doesn't hurt to check it out just in case.
Oh, Sue Ann, I was wondering if I might have your autograph for my son.
He's such a big fan.
Sure.
Sure.
What's his name? Just put it to Harold C.
To Harold.
Sure.
Harold? I thought your son's name was Uh, Starsky, just mind your business, huh? Harold C.
Will do just fine.
Okay.
How are you doing? No, thank you.
You go ahead.
Drink up, old man.
Looks better that way.
Nobody gives a damn for anybody except number one.
It's a tired old circus, and the music in the merry-go-round's all out of tune.
I'm going to do you a favour.
I'm going to give you a purpose, a reason for living, a reason for dying.
Sweet music, old man.
Yes? Give me Quincy 9-6-4-1-5.
Hello? I killed an old man in an alley this morning, Sue Ann.
You what? I said, I killed an old man, and it's your fault.
I told you not to call the police.
Now, I want you to get $10,000 in cash.
Put it in a paper bag.
The tennis courts three blocks north of your hotel.
There's an orange trash receptacle on the corner.
At 2:00, put the paper bag of money in it, then walk away.
Hey, listen, uh you've got to be nuts.
You just do what I'm telling you, and no police this time or somebody else is going to get killed.
Hey, wait a Hello.
Give me the police.
Yeah, it's an emergency.
Hey, good afternoon.
Cal.
Good afternoon.
Sue Ann.
Sue Ann.
How's the country warbler? Oh, okay.
Well? Well, uh they found an old derelict shot to death this morning in a downtown alley.
Oh, my God.
Sue Ann, it was on radio and television.
He could have just heard it.
Uh-uh.
No.
He told me he did it.
He admitted it to me.
Yeah, well, psychos read something in the newspaper, they see it on television, they hear it on the radio, and they take credit for it.
Sue Ann, the best way to learn the truth is to find the man.
Hey, I don't even want to try to find him.
I just want to take the money to that park and give it to him and maybe that'll be the end of it.
That won't be the end of it.
You pay now, and you'll keep on paying.
Well, maybe there's another way to go.
At least you could let us help you set up the payment, then we can move on the man.
He said no police, man.
What What if somebody got hurt? What if something went wrong? I don't want to kill anybody else.
Sue Ann, you didn't kill anybody.
Yeah, well, maybe not, but I I feel like I did.
There was a time a few years ago when $10,000 would have meant everything to me.
You know.
You remember.
But, uh but I can afford it.
I've been down, almost as low as this guy.
I understand him.
I know how he feels.
Maybe if I give him the $10,000, it'll kind of even things out for me, you know? I mean, maybe I do kind of owe it.
Well, first you owe it to yourself.
Now, if you want to do the man some good, why don't you let us take him into custody? We've got experts who can deal with people like that.
He's right.
You know it.
Well, you won't hurt him? Well, we'll sure try not to.
That you can count on.
Might give him a bloody nose.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'll get it.
I warned her! You okay? Yeah.
You? Fine.
How did he know? You got me.
Well, maybe he had an aversion to blue and yellow.
It's gold.
Wrap your love All around your man Give your all When the sun goes down To your man Show him you can be a lover And he'll show you That he'll never need no other Wrap your love All around your man Wrap your love All around your man Okay, that was a good one.
I think that ought to do it.
Yeah.
Hey, thanks, Harry.
Let me hear it back, okay? Is that it, Sue Ann? Yeah.
You guys go ahead.
Go eat or something.
I'll catch you at 12.
Eat a hamburger for me.
Sure.
Maybe we'll bring you one later.
Yeah, okay.
Hey, that guitar is See you later, Sue Ann.
Okay, Sue Ann? Yeah.
Any time.
One, two, three, four.
Hey, don't you know This old world It can go up and down That I found Hey, what's wrong, Harry? You know what's wrong, Sue Ann? You sing so well, like you really care about people, but you don't.
It's another lie.
You can't be trusted.
You don't care.
I told you not to bring the police into it.
Hey, I didn't want to, man.
I really You didn't want to? What d'ya mean you didn't want to? They were there.
I thought I was doing the right thing.
Killing me? Is that what you think's right? Is that what you mean? No.
You don't understand.
You don't even remember me, but you want me dead.
You don't remember me, do you? How many people have you used and forgotten, Sue Ann? How many, Sue Ann? How many?! You told those cops to kill me? I'm coming to punish you for that.
You hear me? I'm going to punish you again.
You get that money back.
You put it in your purse.
The next time you hear from me, you be ready to give it to me, you be ready for sure and no cops! No nobody.
Life k eeps a-turnin' Turning He is the fire That fills my desire and warms I shouldn't have let you try it.
I was afraid something like this was going to go wrong.
Look, honey, they were playing it the only way they could.
I know, Cal.
I'm not blaming anybody, except maybe me.
Wait Wait a minute.
Sue Ann, you're the victim here, and don't forget that.
Yeah Yeah, well, victims got rights too.
From now on, I'm going to handle this myself Not I know you're just doing your job.
You're doing the best you can, but I've got to keep you out of it.
I just don't want to let anybody else get hurt just because I'm trying to save Now, this guy said he said that I don't care about people.
Maybe if I can convince him he's wrong, he'll stop.
He's not going to stop as long as you guys are in this, so just stay out of it, okay? Please Just stay out of it.
Sue Ann I'll try to talk to her.
Cal.
Yeah? We have to stay on this thing now.
I know.
I must admit, I don't understand it myself.
She's a little girl.
She feels guilty about the fact that she's happier than anybody else.
You know, something about this whole thing is troubling me.
In that recording studio, to do what he did, that guy had to know something about that engineer's board.
I mean, that's a complicated item.
So? So that means that we know at least three things about him.
We know that he knows something about recording studios, we know that something's wrong with his voice, and we know he's from Pittsville, South Carolina.
North Carolina.
North Carolina.
So? So maybe the local police there might know something about him.
Get on that.
Good.
I want you to get the local sheriff in.
Seems that I don't think About you too much And I'm not too sure Why I've thought of you now Time has a way Of numbing the touch But I still recall When you left me Just how much it hurt me To stand there Hutch? What? Nothing yet.
I couldn't believe It was true After moments we shared And the souls That we bared I've never loved anyone more But lik e I said And for all of the pain I would love you again And I've never loved Anyone more And for all of the pain I would love you again I've never loved Anyone more That's Miss Sue Ann Grainger, live, here at the Saddle-Bar Anything? Nothing.
Oh It's ringing.
Hello? Sue Ann, I've got an ID card in my hand.
Mr.
John Callum.
Hutch, he's on.
I took it out of his wallet a little while ago, right after we killed him.
We? What do you mean "we"? I told you you had to be punished.
Your latest victim is lying by the fountain in Emerson Park.
Now maybe you'll believe me, and if you don't tell the police to stay away, there'll be somebody else.
Now, keep that money in your purse.
You'll be hearing from me.
Hey, listen He didn't stay on long enough.
Look, you see that Miss Grainger gets back to her hotel.
Stay with her till you're relieved.
Yes, Sir.
What? Where are we going? Fountain at Emerson Park.
What for? Nothing, I hope.
Driver's licence says John Callum.
How are we going to tell Sue Ann this time, huh? Gently.
Jerry Tabor, Pittsville, North Carolina.
Is that the guy we chased in the park? I don't know.
I think so.
Sheriff says he owned the only radio station in town.
Always drinking, getting into fights.
Finally got stabbed in the throat.
His voice.
Right.
When I mentioned his voice, Sheriff put it together right away.
Yeah, but what's the connection to Sue Ann? He doesn't know of any.
Are you having any copies of those made? Yeah.
They'll be ready in a half-hour.
And how many men can we spare? Maybe six besides yourselves.
For the whole city? I know that's not many.
It's better than none at all.
Hello? This was dropped off for Miss Grainger.
Just a moment.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir.
What is it? Oh, it's nothing.
Listen, Cal, I'm not really hungry.
You go ahead and have breakfast without me, huh.
I think I'm just gonna do some shopping.
It's from him, isn't it? Just have your breakfast, Cal.
Now, come on, Sue Ann.
You can't be doing this.
You know that.
Two people have already been killed, Cal.
Somebody's gotta do something.
Sue Ann, he'll kill you.
Okay, Fireball, just for me.
Strike! Ho.
Strike! Hey, Fireball, what's happening? How you doing, Fireball? Oh, hiya, fellas.
I haven't seen you around for quite a while.
True, but we've been reading about you in the paper, and you're doing just fine.
Huggy, call.
What you got? We got three balls and two strikes and maybe the whole ball game.
Fireball here thinks he saw the cat you're looking for.
You've seen this guy, Fireball? Yeah.
Where? Listen, brother, I ain't got no time to be talking because I got a Mantle on and I'm facing Maris with the long count.
I'm gonna keep a close eye on Mantle.
He's on 2nd.
He's not moving a muscle.
Look, you need some eyeglasses.
Why's that? Because he's already stole 3rd.
Mantle? Yeah.
He ain't never been that fast.
Look, look, I'm gonna keep an eye on Mantle on 3rd.
Tell us when you saw this guy.
I saw him this morning.
Where? Coming out the hotel down there.
You sure? Look, with these eyes of mine, you ever known me to be wrong? What I mean is, who sees things like I see things? Nobody, Fireball nobody.
Watch your man on 3rd.
He's gonna steal home.
Never happen.
All right, Huggy.
Let's get this game over.
Oh, yeah! Strike three.
Game.
Had a great game, Fireball.
Sorry, Mick.
That was a ball! That was a strike.
It was a ball.
You're blind, ump.
Zebra Three, Zebra Three, come in, please.
Go ahead, Captain.
Just heard from Cal.
Sue Ann got another phone call from Jerry Tabor.
She's gone off to meet him, only he doesn't know where.
Maybe with a little luck we just found out.
Seen this man? Wears old work clothes, jeans, boots.
Yeah.
He's the guy in When was that? Oh, about 20 minutes ago.
He have a car? No.
He had me dial him a cab.
You have a list of any other calls he made? Sure.
We have to, for charges.
Which cab company did you call for him? Imperial.
Thank you.
Hello? Hello? Is anybody here? Please.
Hello? Hello? Hey, is is anybody here? Hello, Sue Ann.
I brought the money.
Come here.
Come closer.
You still don't remember me? You do look kind of familiar.
You're lying.
No, really Stop it! Listen, I brought the money.
L I got it right here.
You remember Pittsville? I think I was there.
You think.
I'll tell you, you were.
I had a little one-man radio station.
You brought me your first record.
I played it all the time.
I helped you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think I do remember.
Uh About four years ago? Here, just take the money.
I played that record all the time at the station, at Tommy's.
Tommy's? Tommy's Tavern.
I put a lot of money in that old jukebox.
Always your record.
One guy got mad about it.
We got into a fight.
He pulled a knife on me.
I was gonna be a singer too.
You were gonna help me.
I got this because I was loyal to you.
Your voice? Yeah.
I lost my voice because of you and so I lost my station too.
People said I sounded ugly.
I lost all of it, all of it, because of you.
Hey, I'm sorry.
L Sorry?! All of a sudden, you're sorry? No, no.
To be sorry, to hurt takes time.
I've had a lot of that.
Here.
Here's $10,000.
It's just what you asked for.
It's all in cash.
You're not gonna believe me, I guess, but the money really doesn't mean anything to me.
I really hope it helps you.
Okay? Where are you going? Back to the hotel.
I can't let you do that.
But I gave you the money.
I gave you everything.
But you know who I am.
You'll tell the police.
No, I won't.
I promise.
No, this is between you and me.
What Sit down! If you'd paid in the beginning, if you hadn't made us kill those two people, I maybe wouldn't have to do this.
But you're just like everybody else.
You don't care.
You use people, then forget 'em! I'II kill her.
Get back! I'll kill her.
Throw down your guns and get outside.
Step outside.
Go on Outside! Is that your car? Bring it here.
Quick.
Always comes down to this.
Liars, cheats users, takers.
One way or another, it always comes to that.
You listen to me.
She didn't know that we were coming.
She wanted us out of it, right from the start.
So there's no point hurting her.
You understand me? You understand me? Get back.
Those two men We all killed them.
You know that, don't you? We're all responsible.
We all killed them.
You're wrong, Jerry.
You're a sick man.
You're responsible, and nobody else.
So don't try to hang it on us.
You're gonna handle this one all by yourself.
Oh, cloudy sky So let your hair down And go on And cry Oh, let your hair down And go on And cry Thank you.
Hey, you're next.
You ready? Huh? What? What's the matter? Nothing.
You nervous? No.
You ought to be.
Let me do a kind of a special thing for you tonight, while I kind of catch myself, okay? We have a special guest, a special treat for you tonight.
Let me make him welcome.
He's gonna sing a special song for you.
He's called The Singing Policeman.
The Blond Blintz! Shut up! Also known as "The Blond Blintz"? Okay.
Would you make welcome, please, Mr.
Ken Hutchinson.
Hey, let's hear it.
Let's hear it! Come on, come on.
Didn't you hear what I told you? What? To sit still and listen.
Hey Make him get up here.
Come on, give him a hand.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sue Ann.
Good evening, la Uh, good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
I'd like to I'd like to sing for you, uh "Lovin' Arms".
I'd like to sing It had better be good, copper.
Hey! Go right ahead, kid.
You weren't the hit at three police barbecues for nothing.
Lay it on them.
S Shut up! Shh.
If I could see you now If you could see me now The one who said He'd rather roam The one who said He'd rather be alone If you could only see me now If I could hold you now Just for a moment If I could make you mine Just for an hour Turn back the hands of time You If I could only Hold you now But I've been Too long in the wind Too long in the rain Taking any comfort That I can Looking back and longing for The freedom of my chains Lying in Your lovin' arms again If you could see me now See me now Singing sss Singing somewhere In the lonely night Uh, uh, uh Is it the chorus? Okay.
I've been too long In the wind Too long in the rain Taking any comfort That I can I gotta put a dime in the meter.
Hey!