The A-Team (1983) s04e21 Episode Script
The Trouble With Harry
1 (male narrator) In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team.
[gun firing.]
[Not Fade Away playing.]
Someone wants to talk to you.
I've nothing to say to you or your brother.
Been looking all over for you, Harry.
I got nothing to say to you, Noodles.
You know what I think? I think we should waste him right here.
[chuckles.]
He's a hardhead.
He don't know the score.
Want to know what I think, Richie? I think you're crazy.
I think you ought to get your head shrunk.
That's what I think.
[Richie grunting.]
Hey, quit acting crazy.
And you, is that any way to treat a business partner? I ain't throwing the fight, Noodles, so you can forget it.
You know what your problem is, Harry? It's that you're too bloody noble.
You know, you ain't never gonna make it in this world unless you cut a few corners.
Maybe I should write that down, you know, Noodles.
All right.
You don't fight for us, you don't fight.
Break his hands.
[grunts.]
[Not Fade Away playing.]
N[modern cover of Not Fade Away playing.]
[baby crying.]
[siren wailing.]
[dog barking.]
[baby continues crying.]
Hey, kid.
[TV playing.]
Where's the guy? Where's the guy who lives here? Who are you? We're the Avon ladies.
Where's Harry? I don't know.
I haven't seen him for days.
He took off.
Your old man used to be a fighter, right? What's it to you? [grunts.]
No, just let him go.
We'll pick him up later.
You could've given me the contract.
I could have given the stuff back to the Hulk.
We got to talk to him, B.
A.
ls it bad? 'Cause I told him you know all about this Hollywood stuff.
Is it a bad deal for the Hulkster? No, it's a pretty good deal.
What about the script? The script's not bad.
And a lot of good wrestling stuff in it.
Thanks, Hannibal.
I really appreciate you doing me this favor.
[children chattering.]
Listen, B.
A.
, I gotta run.
I was just fixing your bike.
Forget it.
Don't you want your wheels fixed? Look, maybe I can come back for it.
Ten minutes.
Don't you have 10 minutes? Yeah, sure.
Okay.
You wanna tell me about that scratch on your head? Got it when I totaled the bike.
I hit the wall pretty good.
Yeah, sure.
(Jeffrey) I'm telling you the truth.
You better be.
What's going on at home? Why you sleeping in the center? Just decided to camp out.
How your father doing? I haven't seen that bum for days.
He took off.
Who needs him? Hey, Jeffrey, let's show a little respect.
That ain't no way to talk about your father.
The guy doesn't respect me.
He doesn't see anything but the bottom of a bottle all day long.
It's been like that ever since Mom died.
[people chattering.]
[kids chattering.]
How you doing, man? All right.
Whoa, baby.
All right.
How's it going? (Hulk) All right.
Man.
All right.
I have to run.
I gotta go deliver my papers.
You ain't gonna stick around for the Hulkster? He's gonna be talking to the whole center.
I should get home.
My dad might be there.
Thanks again.
Kid's laying a story on you, B.
A.
How well do you know him? Pretty well.
He been coming around the center for about six months.
Ever since he moved in town.
He acts like he's got big trouble.
I think we should follow him.
Maybe you're right, Hannibal.
Why don't you go ahead and start with the kids while we go check this out? No, we'll all go.
We can take the limo.
Great.
All right, kids, you all finish the game.
We got a little business to take care of.
We'll be back in a few minutes.
Okay.
Move over.
Hey, man, let Arnold drive.
I'm driving.
There he is.
Hey, Hannibal, that ain't the way to his house.
This is a terrible neighborhood, B.
A.
Yeah, something's going on.
Who you calling, Hannibal? [car phone ringing.]
I really can't stand it when somebody lets a phone ring like that.
Will you please answer it? Absolutely not.
There, see.
We missed it.
Face, what does my hair look like? You know how sensitive I am.
Don't worry, Murdock, don't worry.
You look great.
It's true.
You know, there is something about brand-new clothes just makes you just wanna stand up and shine.
Well, stand up and shine on somebody else's seats.
[inaudible.]
Murdock, these girls are gonna love us.
Which one of them is mine? It's Rikki.
(Murdock) The one on the left there looks like a Rikki.
Is she the pretty one? 'Cause I want the pretty one.
Murdock, they're identical twins.
Now, look Vikki wouldn't go out with me until I found a date for her sister, okay? That's where you come in.
That's why I bought you these beautiful clothes.
I don't know about this, Face.
I mean, girl who's interested in money and clothes I mean, I don't know whether, you know, she'll satisfy my intellectual needs.
Well, what a shame.
Just remember, be cool, okay.
With any luck, we are looking at a weekend in Cancun.
I would love to show the girls the Mayan pyramids of the Yucatan, I'll tell you.
[ringing.]
No.
Absolutely not.
Don't-- Absolutely yes.
Hello.
Let me talk to Face.
It's for you.
Yeah.
Hi, Face.
How's it going? Fine, until you called.
Maybe I should go in and say hello.
No, you don't.
Stay right there.
Stay right where you are.
Don't move.
Not you, Hannibal.
We need a little help.
I want you to check out 11224 Marshall Boulevard.
See if you can locate a Harry Sullivan.
Who's Harry Sullivan? He's the father of a kid we think is in trouble.
Who's we'? Me, B.
A.
, and the Hulkster.
What's B.
A.
doing? Why can't he-- Thanks, Face.
We gotta swing by and pick up some kid's father.
I'll go tell the girls.
Okay.
(Face) Be right back.
Good.
You never should have answered that telephone.
(Jeffrey) Dad? Dad.
Dad, you okay? (Harry) Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I'm all right.
Give me that bottle.
You don't need a drink, Dad.
Don't tell me what I don't need.
Where's our money? Did you get the money to Fats and get our end? I didn't get a chance to make the drop.
There were guys following me.
You didn't make the drop? What, are you crazy? How are we supposed to get paid? [sighs.]
Hey, there were guys all over the street looking for you.
They jumped me at the house.
Mmm.
Well, they're never gonna find me here.
What did you do with the money? I stashed it in that abandoned Plymouth behind Third Street.
You never let the money out of your sight.
That's $10,000 in there.
[clattering.]
[gun clicking.]
Hold it right there, pal.
Jeffrey, you all right? Don't hurt him, please.
That's my dad.
What's going on? Who are these guys? Crazy Richie sent you, didn't he? I'll blow you away right now.
We don't know any Crazy Richie.
(Hannibal) Just take it easy.
We're friends of Jeffrey.
We followed him here.
I told you not to let anybody follow you.
Jeffrey, tell him who we are.
Hey, maybe they could help us.
We don't need nobody's help.
Your dad's real sick, Jeffrey.
[bottle shattering.]
Who the hell do you think you are? We're the guys that are gonna take you to the hospital.
No.
No, no.
No hospital.
Forget it.
They're after me.
These guys are after him.
B.
A.
, you gotta do something.
Harry? (Face) They certainly wouldn't win any Good Housekeeping Seals of Approval.
Where's Harry? Harry? Who's Harry? Come on.
Someone wants to talk to you.
Yeah.
I got it.
The twins sent you, right? You know, Rikki and Vikki.
[guns clicking.]
We want our $10,000.
What $10,000? Come on, man, that's a brand-new outfit.
[grunting.]
[groaning.]
Now, where's my $10,000? Yeah, look, we're running a little late here You boys are coming with us.
We want Harry back, or you're dead.
You never should have answered that telephone.
Where the hell is he? We don't know.
We tracked down his kid, but he bolted on us.
If you hadn't lost the kid, he might've led you to the old man.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Ifker.
You sure it was Harry Sullivan? Yeah, it was him.
He was drunk in the bar bragging about his days as a fighter in Chicago.
Then he starts mouthing off about some guy he killed with his bare hands.
What's all the yelling? You all right, Richie? I'm fine.
I just got a little excited.
Could you excuse us for a minute? Sure.
I'll have Consuela pick up the kids at school.
Good idea, good idea.
We'll all go out for dinner tonight.
All right.
Where does the kid go to school? Where does he hang out? We think he hangs out at this youth center.
Check it out.
I want you on this full time.
This is top priority.
What about the shipment at the pier? Don't worry about that, it's all in gear.
I want you two to find Harry Sullivan if it means kicking over every drunk in LA.
I wanna know where that creep is holed up! (Fats) Where's that creep, Harry, holed up? Look, all I know is the guy is three months behind on his payment on the refrigerator-- Oh, bull.
Now, who you guys working for? Did Roscoe Ragland send you in here to move in on my territory? Man, we don't know no Roscoe Ragland.
No.
(Fats) We'll see about that.
[electricity surging.]
Thank you, Styles.
(Murdock) Maybe we ought to tell him, Face.
Shut up! Tell me what? I'm gonna spill it.
I'm gonna tell him all! You're gonna end up dead.
I'm gonna tell him anyway.
We work for Speedy Smith.
Oh, no.
I never heard of him.
That's because you ain't pushing candy in Beverly Hills.
(Murdock) We work out of a fleet of limousines.
By appointment only.
Well, what you messing around with Harry for? We got a call.
Couple of guys they had $10,000, they wanted to double it in a couple of days.
With my $10,000? I will kill that low life bum.
Thank you, Styles.
(Hulk) This guy's going into shock, Hannibal.
Help him with those blankets.
Keep him warm.
Hey, what's happening? He's never done this before.
He had too much to drink, Jeffrey.
There's no heat in there.
How long has he been in that place? [car phone ringing.]
Just two nights.
Just two nights.
Yeah.
Speedy.
We never did find Harry.
We did.
You did? Good.
Now I want my money back.
Put him on.
He's indisposed at the moment.
Now, you listen up, Speedball.
We get our $10,000 back, or we plant your friends.
We need more time.
You got 30 minutes.
Now, you bring that cash to Fats' Brown Derby Nightclub on Fourth Street.
(Hannibal) Okay.
B.
A.
, you and Jeffrey check Harry into the hospital.
Hulk and I will get the money.
The limo's right behind us.
We can take that.
Good.
Where's the money, Jeffrey? In an abandoned car in an alley behind Third and Alvarado.
A maroon Plymouth.
Here.
You can pop the trunk with this.
I think we've got everything ready, Mr.
Perry.
Call me Fridge.
Fine, Mr.
Fridge.
Now, I've selected a nice, quiet room for you.
Good.
And we'll make sure that you're not [banging.]
bothered.
(B.
A.
) Out of the way! Does this man have insurance? Here, will this pay for it? (B.
A.
) Out of the way, emergency! He's gonna die.
My dad's gonna die.
I didn't mean all those things I said about him, I swear.
Calm down, Jeffrey, everything will be all right.
You just gotta hang in there.
You know, I just didn't want anyone to find him and now I'm getting everyone in more and more trouble.
Don't worry.
They'll get the money.
Everything will be all right.
The car was supposed to be right here.
They must be towing off all the wrecks in the alley.
It's not good.
When it goes south, man Come on, we haven't got much time.
[telephone ringing.]
Talk to me.
Now, look, pal, we gotta have more than half an hour.
You got six minutes.
We got the money.
Yeah, we shifted it for safekeeping.
Five-and-a-half minutes.
You're wasting valuable time, Speedball.
Can I talk to my friend? Can he hear me? No way.
We got a little trouble.
The money moved.
Good.
How long will it take to get it back? I don't know if we can get it back.
Great! Great! So, if you and Face can find a way out of there, don't wait for us.
[laughs.]
Boy, am I glad to hear that! Yeah.
Everything's great.
That's great.
Gentlemen, they would like to meet us at Alvarado and Sixth.
They got your dough.
No problem.
It's great.
Great.
(Murdock) Great.
(Face) Great.
Say, listen, we're supposed to meet somebody for dinner.
Do you mind if I No.
I guess not.
Okay.
I gotta get the money out of the trunk.
You go over there and entertain those guys in blue.
[scoffs.]
Hey, man, forget it.
I'm a wrestler, not an entertainer.
Yeah, but how much can the average entertainer bench press? [cop whooping.]
Come on, Hulk, you can do it! [car creaking.]
Come on, you can do it, boy.
[grunting.]
Come on, Hulkster, do it, lift it, man! Yeah, come on, come on! Come on, Hulkster.
Lift it, buddy.
Hey.
Come on, Hulkster, so.
so.
so.
so! Do it, man, lift it.
All right! [cop whooping.]
[all cheering.]
I told you, he could do it.
(cop #2) Come on.
Whoa! [all chattering.]
Ticket's all paid, Hulkster.
Let's hit the road.
Okay.
Nice talking with you guys.
[people chattering.]
Where's your friend? He must be running late.
Yeah, but he better get here.
Yeah.
Well, what are you gonna do? Shoot us in front of all these cops? I have a confession to make.
I lied.
Nobody's coming to meet us here.
Yeah, so, you see, we're gonna just leave and if you try to stop us, we'll yell for the police.
See you around, Styles.
[tires screeching.]
Come on! Raise them, gentlemen.
(Uptown) Yeah.
It's all here, Fats.
Where are our friends? Oh, they escaped on their own.
[clearing throat.]
But thanks for our dough.
Well, then they're gone.
(Fats) Yeah.
You guys can be gone, too.
There's the door.
Well, if they're gone it doesn't matter who we hurt, does it? [Fats grunting.]
[groans.]
Yeah.
Well, now, let's see.
Racketeering, assault with a deadly weapon illegal possession.
How am I doing? Just fine.
(Hannibal) Hulk, you stay here till the cops come.
Tell them you did it all.
They'll believe you.
B.
A.
, you and I gotta get back to the hospital.
[children chattering.]
B.
A.
! They've taken Harry to Wilshire Memorial Hospital.
(Face) Ah.
Marcel, Templeton Peck.
Listen, there are a couple of lovely ladies sitting at the bar.
Twins.
Would you ask one of them to come to the phone, please? No, I don't like this suit as much as the other one.
How do I look? You look terrific, Murdock.
The girls are gonna love you.
That is, if they're still speaking to us.
Vikki.
Rikki.
Yeah.
Listen, I have got to apologize.
Well, we've had a little problem and Look, look.
Now, wait, wait, wait.
Now, why don't you girls go over to La Serre order dinner, and we'll be there in 20 minutes.
Hmm? Yes, great-- Someone wants to talk to you.
Listen, you better make that an hour.
This Harry Sullivan sure is a popular fellow.
I'm through messing around.
I wanna know where he is.
(Face) Look, we've been at this for over an hour now.
Would you mind telling us why you're so determined to kill this guy? He killed my brother.
Twenty-five years I've been looking for that louse.
Twenty-five years I've offered a standing reward.
Now, I'm the big wise guy.
Yeah.
And he's the drunken bum.
[chuckles.]
And now, we both wind up in LA.
You never should've answered that telephone.
You okay, Dad? Yeah.
Yeah.
Come on, we're getting out of here.
You ain't going nowhere.
Hey! You're gonna get well, man.
[breathing heavily.]
What are you guys? What are you, a legion of do-gooders or something? Why don't you just get out of my life? Hey, man, you listen up and you listen good.
We ain't doing it for you.
We're doing it for your son.
And he's in a lot of trouble because of you.
You see this man here? This is Hulk Hogan, the heavyweight wrestling champion of the world.
And he's been running all over town trying to help you an ungrateful, broken-down bum who got his kid on the street running numbers.
A bum, don't even have the decency and common sense to keep his own kid out of the rackets.
Come on, Hulkster, let's get out of here.
I'm tired of looking at this creep.
(Hannibal) How is he? Fine, fora bum.
You may get a second chance, Harry.
Fats is in jail.
[telephone ringing.]
(Hannibal) Hello? Hello, Hannibal? They got us.
I thought you escaped.
Well, we did.
It wasn't those guys.
These are different guys.
These are much nicer guys.
This is Richie Ifker.
I want Harry, or your friends are dead.
We might be willing to make a trade.
You better be.
Bring my friends to the Wilshire Memorial Hospital in an hour.
It would be my pleasure.
All right, Harry.
Who's Richie Ifker and why's he so anxious to put you six feet under? He's a big-time mob guy.
I killed his brother 25 years ago.
We were kids.
You killed a guy? Yeah, I killed a guy.
I was a boxer back then.
I was a good one, too.
And these punks wanted me to throw a fight.
Harry "The Hammer" Sullivan.
Yeah, I remember you.
You was a light heavyweight fighter in Chicago when I was a kid.
Harry the Hammer.
Yeah, that was me.
Yeah, you disappeared before a big fight and never turned up.
It was in all the papers.
I wouldn't do it.
I wouldn't take a dive.
(Harry) And I've been paying for that ever since.
Moving from place to place always looking over my shoulder.
[coughing.]
That's why you were hiding out in the theater? Yeah.
We finally got settled here in LA and everything was pretty good.
Then I lost a couple of straight jobs I got strapped and started running numbers for Fats just to keep food on the table.
And then, a couple of days ago somebody gave me up.
I had to get off the street.
Hey, you gave you up.
He was drunk in some bar, talking about the guy that he killed 20 years ago.
Hey, any man that would take a dive isn't a man in my book.
Yeah, that was my big moment of glory.
I've been living off of that glory for 25 years.
The damnedest thing is it was an accident.
It was just an accident.
Pick up the guys and get to the warehouse.
Get the stuff and start moving it.
You don't mind talking in front of these guys? These guys are dead.
Oh, we definitely never should have answered that phone.
I'm going to the hospital.
I'm gonna blow Harry the Hammer, away myself.
Got it.
Nothing like the personal touch.
Come on.
[woman chattering on P.
A.
system.]
Hi.
I'm here to visit Harry Sullivan.
Could you please tell me what room he's in? Hello, Richie.
[grunts.]
They'll never catch him.
Leave me alone.
Please, please.
[grunts.]
[grunting.]
Here's the guy you've been looking for for 20 years.
Say goodbye, 'cause you won't be seeing him for the next 20 years.
No more running, Harry.
We're all through.
Not quite, Hannibal.
Mr.
Slick here has got something coming in at San Pedro wharf.
Oh, yeah? [gun cocking.]
What you got coming in, Richie? [panting.]
Okay.
B.
A.
, you and Hulk and I'll run these guys in.
Murdock, you and Face Where's Face? We will absolutely be there.
Darling, you have my word.
Oh, great.
Yeah.
All right, see you then.
Bye-bye.
[chuckles.]
Are you sure you told them the truth? Oh, no, they'd never believe that.
I had to make something up.
Don't worry, they're gonna meet us for lunch in one hour at La Palm.
That's amazing.
[guns cocking.]
Yeah.
Come on.
Somebody wants to see you.
Yeah.
I know that voice.
I want my $10,000.
I thought you were in jail.
Made bail in 14 minutes.
New personal record.
Nice.
Hey! [grunting.]
(Jeffrey) Hey, put me down.
Well, Harry Sullivan.
(Jeffrey) Hey, come on! Man.
You don't write you don't call, not even a postcard.
(Jeffrey) Leave me alone! Why don't you just hit the road? I want my $10,000? I don't have it.
I haven't seen it for days.
(Jeffrey) Come on.
Oh, yeah? Then where's the wise guy with the gray head and two wrestlers? I don't know what you're talking about, man.
(Jeffrey) Let go! Well, we'll see about that.
(Jeffrey) Hey, put me down.
Hey, come on.
[groaning.]
What do you say we see how high your kid can bounce off the pavement, huh, Harry? (Jeffrey) Hey, don't tell them, Dad.
All right, last chance, Harry.
Where are those guys? Hey, don't tell them.
Don't tell them nothing.
Okay, okay.
I'll tell you.
No! They're at a warehouse in San Pedro.
You gotta be telling me the truth.
That's the truth.
Now, that is the truth.
Please, just lay off the kid, will you, please, Fats? Yeah, we'll lay off the kid right after we get our money back.
But in the meantime, he's coming along for a ride.
No, no.
[groaning.]
Hey, you lost a little of your footwork, huh, Harry? Tie them up and lock them in the closet and let's get going.
[groaning.]
They're supposed to meet us right here.
This is about par for the course, Hannibal.
Come on, let's take a look.
Where the heck are those guys? [Murdock and Face mumbling.]
What's going on around here? [both mumbling.]
[engine humming.]
Arms shipment.
Cases of Uzi's, rocket launchers, and ammo.
That's what I like about organized crime.
They're always diversifying.
What's the plan, Hannibal? Front door, I know you're gonna say the front door.
We always go through the front door.
I'm sick and tired of going through the front door.
You got a better idea, B.
A.
, I'm ready.
We got you surrounded.
Come out with your hands up.
[guns firing.]
Think you can throw it that far? Oh, piece of cake.
Beautiful.
Do it again.
Oh, yes, two.
One more.
Well, not bad for a day at the youth center, huh? [tires screeching.]
I just don't know about this, Face.
Hey, we gotta make it look like we were in a bad accident, okay? Sympathy always works with women.
Yeah, but before, you said it was designer clothes that was gonna work with women.
Will you trust me on this, okay? I know these girls.
We have a can't-miss proposition here.
(Face) Vikki, Rikki, we made it! A little late, aren't we? Oh, I know, I know.
We're a day and a half late but you wouldn't believe what happened to us.
Oh, I'm sorry, this is my good friend H.
M.
-- That's our friends, Larry and Jack.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Look, we were in a terrible accident, and Well, we hope you recuperate.
Sympathy, huh? Well Designer clothes, huh? I tell you! [shouting.]
I really wanna thank you guys.
Don't thank us.
Thank Jeffrey.
He's a good kid.
You know, life's a lot like a boxing match, I guess.
You keep getting pounded and pounded and everybody thinks you're going down for the count.
You can still win in the late rounds, you know, if you come back.
Ain't that right, Hulk? Couldn't have said it better myself, Harry.
(Fridge) Hey.
Hey.
Is it safe? Oh, man, all right.
Man, you guys did more damage around here than me and Dent put together.
How you doing, man? Hey, the Hulkster's telling me that you're from Chicago.
Yeah, a long time ago.
I have something for you.
Really? Thanks a lot, man.
Hey, Fridge.
Where's our hats, man? (B.
A.
) Yeah, man.
What about our hats? Back off.
Hey, man, we supposed to get a hat, man.
Ain't that right, Hulkman? You gave everybody else a hat, man.
Why didn't he give us no hat for? [growling.]
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team.
[gun firing.]
[Not Fade Away playing.]
Someone wants to talk to you.
I've nothing to say to you or your brother.
Been looking all over for you, Harry.
I got nothing to say to you, Noodles.
You know what I think? I think we should waste him right here.
[chuckles.]
He's a hardhead.
He don't know the score.
Want to know what I think, Richie? I think you're crazy.
I think you ought to get your head shrunk.
That's what I think.
[Richie grunting.]
Hey, quit acting crazy.
And you, is that any way to treat a business partner? I ain't throwing the fight, Noodles, so you can forget it.
You know what your problem is, Harry? It's that you're too bloody noble.
You know, you ain't never gonna make it in this world unless you cut a few corners.
Maybe I should write that down, you know, Noodles.
All right.
You don't fight for us, you don't fight.
Break his hands.
[grunts.]
[Not Fade Away playing.]
N[modern cover of Not Fade Away playing.]
[baby crying.]
[siren wailing.]
[dog barking.]
[baby continues crying.]
Hey, kid.
[TV playing.]
Where's the guy? Where's the guy who lives here? Who are you? We're the Avon ladies.
Where's Harry? I don't know.
I haven't seen him for days.
He took off.
Your old man used to be a fighter, right? What's it to you? [grunts.]
No, just let him go.
We'll pick him up later.
You could've given me the contract.
I could have given the stuff back to the Hulk.
We got to talk to him, B.
A.
ls it bad? 'Cause I told him you know all about this Hollywood stuff.
Is it a bad deal for the Hulkster? No, it's a pretty good deal.
What about the script? The script's not bad.
And a lot of good wrestling stuff in it.
Thanks, Hannibal.
I really appreciate you doing me this favor.
[children chattering.]
Listen, B.
A.
, I gotta run.
I was just fixing your bike.
Forget it.
Don't you want your wheels fixed? Look, maybe I can come back for it.
Ten minutes.
Don't you have 10 minutes? Yeah, sure.
Okay.
You wanna tell me about that scratch on your head? Got it when I totaled the bike.
I hit the wall pretty good.
Yeah, sure.
(Jeffrey) I'm telling you the truth.
You better be.
What's going on at home? Why you sleeping in the center? Just decided to camp out.
How your father doing? I haven't seen that bum for days.
He took off.
Who needs him? Hey, Jeffrey, let's show a little respect.
That ain't no way to talk about your father.
The guy doesn't respect me.
He doesn't see anything but the bottom of a bottle all day long.
It's been like that ever since Mom died.
[people chattering.]
[kids chattering.]
How you doing, man? All right.
Whoa, baby.
All right.
How's it going? (Hulk) All right.
Man.
All right.
I have to run.
I gotta go deliver my papers.
You ain't gonna stick around for the Hulkster? He's gonna be talking to the whole center.
I should get home.
My dad might be there.
Thanks again.
Kid's laying a story on you, B.
A.
How well do you know him? Pretty well.
He been coming around the center for about six months.
Ever since he moved in town.
He acts like he's got big trouble.
I think we should follow him.
Maybe you're right, Hannibal.
Why don't you go ahead and start with the kids while we go check this out? No, we'll all go.
We can take the limo.
Great.
All right, kids, you all finish the game.
We got a little business to take care of.
We'll be back in a few minutes.
Okay.
Move over.
Hey, man, let Arnold drive.
I'm driving.
There he is.
Hey, Hannibal, that ain't the way to his house.
This is a terrible neighborhood, B.
A.
Yeah, something's going on.
Who you calling, Hannibal? [car phone ringing.]
I really can't stand it when somebody lets a phone ring like that.
Will you please answer it? Absolutely not.
There, see.
We missed it.
Face, what does my hair look like? You know how sensitive I am.
Don't worry, Murdock, don't worry.
You look great.
It's true.
You know, there is something about brand-new clothes just makes you just wanna stand up and shine.
Well, stand up and shine on somebody else's seats.
[inaudible.]
Murdock, these girls are gonna love us.
Which one of them is mine? It's Rikki.
(Murdock) The one on the left there looks like a Rikki.
Is she the pretty one? 'Cause I want the pretty one.
Murdock, they're identical twins.
Now, look Vikki wouldn't go out with me until I found a date for her sister, okay? That's where you come in.
That's why I bought you these beautiful clothes.
I don't know about this, Face.
I mean, girl who's interested in money and clothes I mean, I don't know whether, you know, she'll satisfy my intellectual needs.
Well, what a shame.
Just remember, be cool, okay.
With any luck, we are looking at a weekend in Cancun.
I would love to show the girls the Mayan pyramids of the Yucatan, I'll tell you.
[ringing.]
No.
Absolutely not.
Don't-- Absolutely yes.
Hello.
Let me talk to Face.
It's for you.
Yeah.
Hi, Face.
How's it going? Fine, until you called.
Maybe I should go in and say hello.
No, you don't.
Stay right there.
Stay right where you are.
Don't move.
Not you, Hannibal.
We need a little help.
I want you to check out 11224 Marshall Boulevard.
See if you can locate a Harry Sullivan.
Who's Harry Sullivan? He's the father of a kid we think is in trouble.
Who's we'? Me, B.
A.
, and the Hulkster.
What's B.
A.
doing? Why can't he-- Thanks, Face.
We gotta swing by and pick up some kid's father.
I'll go tell the girls.
Okay.
(Face) Be right back.
Good.
You never should have answered that telephone.
(Jeffrey) Dad? Dad.
Dad, you okay? (Harry) Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I'm all right.
Give me that bottle.
You don't need a drink, Dad.
Don't tell me what I don't need.
Where's our money? Did you get the money to Fats and get our end? I didn't get a chance to make the drop.
There were guys following me.
You didn't make the drop? What, are you crazy? How are we supposed to get paid? [sighs.]
Hey, there were guys all over the street looking for you.
They jumped me at the house.
Mmm.
Well, they're never gonna find me here.
What did you do with the money? I stashed it in that abandoned Plymouth behind Third Street.
You never let the money out of your sight.
That's $10,000 in there.
[clattering.]
[gun clicking.]
Hold it right there, pal.
Jeffrey, you all right? Don't hurt him, please.
That's my dad.
What's going on? Who are these guys? Crazy Richie sent you, didn't he? I'll blow you away right now.
We don't know any Crazy Richie.
(Hannibal) Just take it easy.
We're friends of Jeffrey.
We followed him here.
I told you not to let anybody follow you.
Jeffrey, tell him who we are.
Hey, maybe they could help us.
We don't need nobody's help.
Your dad's real sick, Jeffrey.
[bottle shattering.]
Who the hell do you think you are? We're the guys that are gonna take you to the hospital.
No.
No, no.
No hospital.
Forget it.
They're after me.
These guys are after him.
B.
A.
, you gotta do something.
Harry? (Face) They certainly wouldn't win any Good Housekeeping Seals of Approval.
Where's Harry? Harry? Who's Harry? Come on.
Someone wants to talk to you.
Yeah.
I got it.
The twins sent you, right? You know, Rikki and Vikki.
[guns clicking.]
We want our $10,000.
What $10,000? Come on, man, that's a brand-new outfit.
[grunting.]
[groaning.]
Now, where's my $10,000? Yeah, look, we're running a little late here You boys are coming with us.
We want Harry back, or you're dead.
You never should have answered that telephone.
Where the hell is he? We don't know.
We tracked down his kid, but he bolted on us.
If you hadn't lost the kid, he might've led you to the old man.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Ifker.
You sure it was Harry Sullivan? Yeah, it was him.
He was drunk in the bar bragging about his days as a fighter in Chicago.
Then he starts mouthing off about some guy he killed with his bare hands.
What's all the yelling? You all right, Richie? I'm fine.
I just got a little excited.
Could you excuse us for a minute? Sure.
I'll have Consuela pick up the kids at school.
Good idea, good idea.
We'll all go out for dinner tonight.
All right.
Where does the kid go to school? Where does he hang out? We think he hangs out at this youth center.
Check it out.
I want you on this full time.
This is top priority.
What about the shipment at the pier? Don't worry about that, it's all in gear.
I want you two to find Harry Sullivan if it means kicking over every drunk in LA.
I wanna know where that creep is holed up! (Fats) Where's that creep, Harry, holed up? Look, all I know is the guy is three months behind on his payment on the refrigerator-- Oh, bull.
Now, who you guys working for? Did Roscoe Ragland send you in here to move in on my territory? Man, we don't know no Roscoe Ragland.
No.
(Fats) We'll see about that.
[electricity surging.]
Thank you, Styles.
(Murdock) Maybe we ought to tell him, Face.
Shut up! Tell me what? I'm gonna spill it.
I'm gonna tell him all! You're gonna end up dead.
I'm gonna tell him anyway.
We work for Speedy Smith.
Oh, no.
I never heard of him.
That's because you ain't pushing candy in Beverly Hills.
(Murdock) We work out of a fleet of limousines.
By appointment only.
Well, what you messing around with Harry for? We got a call.
Couple of guys they had $10,000, they wanted to double it in a couple of days.
With my $10,000? I will kill that low life bum.
Thank you, Styles.
(Hulk) This guy's going into shock, Hannibal.
Help him with those blankets.
Keep him warm.
Hey, what's happening? He's never done this before.
He had too much to drink, Jeffrey.
There's no heat in there.
How long has he been in that place? [car phone ringing.]
Just two nights.
Just two nights.
Yeah.
Speedy.
We never did find Harry.
We did.
You did? Good.
Now I want my money back.
Put him on.
He's indisposed at the moment.
Now, you listen up, Speedball.
We get our $10,000 back, or we plant your friends.
We need more time.
You got 30 minutes.
Now, you bring that cash to Fats' Brown Derby Nightclub on Fourth Street.
(Hannibal) Okay.
B.
A.
, you and Jeffrey check Harry into the hospital.
Hulk and I will get the money.
The limo's right behind us.
We can take that.
Good.
Where's the money, Jeffrey? In an abandoned car in an alley behind Third and Alvarado.
A maroon Plymouth.
Here.
You can pop the trunk with this.
I think we've got everything ready, Mr.
Perry.
Call me Fridge.
Fine, Mr.
Fridge.
Now, I've selected a nice, quiet room for you.
Good.
And we'll make sure that you're not [banging.]
bothered.
(B.
A.
) Out of the way! Does this man have insurance? Here, will this pay for it? (B.
A.
) Out of the way, emergency! He's gonna die.
My dad's gonna die.
I didn't mean all those things I said about him, I swear.
Calm down, Jeffrey, everything will be all right.
You just gotta hang in there.
You know, I just didn't want anyone to find him and now I'm getting everyone in more and more trouble.
Don't worry.
They'll get the money.
Everything will be all right.
The car was supposed to be right here.
They must be towing off all the wrecks in the alley.
It's not good.
When it goes south, man Come on, we haven't got much time.
[telephone ringing.]
Talk to me.
Now, look, pal, we gotta have more than half an hour.
You got six minutes.
We got the money.
Yeah, we shifted it for safekeeping.
Five-and-a-half minutes.
You're wasting valuable time, Speedball.
Can I talk to my friend? Can he hear me? No way.
We got a little trouble.
The money moved.
Good.
How long will it take to get it back? I don't know if we can get it back.
Great! Great! So, if you and Face can find a way out of there, don't wait for us.
[laughs.]
Boy, am I glad to hear that! Yeah.
Everything's great.
That's great.
Gentlemen, they would like to meet us at Alvarado and Sixth.
They got your dough.
No problem.
It's great.
Great.
(Murdock) Great.
(Face) Great.
Say, listen, we're supposed to meet somebody for dinner.
Do you mind if I No.
I guess not.
Okay.
I gotta get the money out of the trunk.
You go over there and entertain those guys in blue.
[scoffs.]
Hey, man, forget it.
I'm a wrestler, not an entertainer.
Yeah, but how much can the average entertainer bench press? [cop whooping.]
Come on, Hulk, you can do it! [car creaking.]
Come on, you can do it, boy.
[grunting.]
Come on, Hulkster, do it, lift it, man! Yeah, come on, come on! Come on, Hulkster.
Lift it, buddy.
Hey.
Come on, Hulkster, so.
so.
so.
so! Do it, man, lift it.
All right! [cop whooping.]
[all cheering.]
I told you, he could do it.
(cop #2) Come on.
Whoa! [all chattering.]
Ticket's all paid, Hulkster.
Let's hit the road.
Okay.
Nice talking with you guys.
[people chattering.]
Where's your friend? He must be running late.
Yeah, but he better get here.
Yeah.
Well, what are you gonna do? Shoot us in front of all these cops? I have a confession to make.
I lied.
Nobody's coming to meet us here.
Yeah, so, you see, we're gonna just leave and if you try to stop us, we'll yell for the police.
See you around, Styles.
[tires screeching.]
Come on! Raise them, gentlemen.
(Uptown) Yeah.
It's all here, Fats.
Where are our friends? Oh, they escaped on their own.
[clearing throat.]
But thanks for our dough.
Well, then they're gone.
(Fats) Yeah.
You guys can be gone, too.
There's the door.
Well, if they're gone it doesn't matter who we hurt, does it? [Fats grunting.]
[groans.]
Yeah.
Well, now, let's see.
Racketeering, assault with a deadly weapon illegal possession.
How am I doing? Just fine.
(Hannibal) Hulk, you stay here till the cops come.
Tell them you did it all.
They'll believe you.
B.
A.
, you and I gotta get back to the hospital.
[children chattering.]
B.
A.
! They've taken Harry to Wilshire Memorial Hospital.
(Face) Ah.
Marcel, Templeton Peck.
Listen, there are a couple of lovely ladies sitting at the bar.
Twins.
Would you ask one of them to come to the phone, please? No, I don't like this suit as much as the other one.
How do I look? You look terrific, Murdock.
The girls are gonna love you.
That is, if they're still speaking to us.
Vikki.
Rikki.
Yeah.
Listen, I have got to apologize.
Well, we've had a little problem and Look, look.
Now, wait, wait, wait.
Now, why don't you girls go over to La Serre order dinner, and we'll be there in 20 minutes.
Hmm? Yes, great-- Someone wants to talk to you.
Listen, you better make that an hour.
This Harry Sullivan sure is a popular fellow.
I'm through messing around.
I wanna know where he is.
(Face) Look, we've been at this for over an hour now.
Would you mind telling us why you're so determined to kill this guy? He killed my brother.
Twenty-five years I've been looking for that louse.
Twenty-five years I've offered a standing reward.
Now, I'm the big wise guy.
Yeah.
And he's the drunken bum.
[chuckles.]
And now, we both wind up in LA.
You never should've answered that telephone.
You okay, Dad? Yeah.
Yeah.
Come on, we're getting out of here.
You ain't going nowhere.
Hey! You're gonna get well, man.
[breathing heavily.]
What are you guys? What are you, a legion of do-gooders or something? Why don't you just get out of my life? Hey, man, you listen up and you listen good.
We ain't doing it for you.
We're doing it for your son.
And he's in a lot of trouble because of you.
You see this man here? This is Hulk Hogan, the heavyweight wrestling champion of the world.
And he's been running all over town trying to help you an ungrateful, broken-down bum who got his kid on the street running numbers.
A bum, don't even have the decency and common sense to keep his own kid out of the rackets.
Come on, Hulkster, let's get out of here.
I'm tired of looking at this creep.
(Hannibal) How is he? Fine, fora bum.
You may get a second chance, Harry.
Fats is in jail.
[telephone ringing.]
(Hannibal) Hello? Hello, Hannibal? They got us.
I thought you escaped.
Well, we did.
It wasn't those guys.
These are different guys.
These are much nicer guys.
This is Richie Ifker.
I want Harry, or your friends are dead.
We might be willing to make a trade.
You better be.
Bring my friends to the Wilshire Memorial Hospital in an hour.
It would be my pleasure.
All right, Harry.
Who's Richie Ifker and why's he so anxious to put you six feet under? He's a big-time mob guy.
I killed his brother 25 years ago.
We were kids.
You killed a guy? Yeah, I killed a guy.
I was a boxer back then.
I was a good one, too.
And these punks wanted me to throw a fight.
Harry "The Hammer" Sullivan.
Yeah, I remember you.
You was a light heavyweight fighter in Chicago when I was a kid.
Harry the Hammer.
Yeah, that was me.
Yeah, you disappeared before a big fight and never turned up.
It was in all the papers.
I wouldn't do it.
I wouldn't take a dive.
(Harry) And I've been paying for that ever since.
Moving from place to place always looking over my shoulder.
[coughing.]
That's why you were hiding out in the theater? Yeah.
We finally got settled here in LA and everything was pretty good.
Then I lost a couple of straight jobs I got strapped and started running numbers for Fats just to keep food on the table.
And then, a couple of days ago somebody gave me up.
I had to get off the street.
Hey, you gave you up.
He was drunk in some bar, talking about the guy that he killed 20 years ago.
Hey, any man that would take a dive isn't a man in my book.
Yeah, that was my big moment of glory.
I've been living off of that glory for 25 years.
The damnedest thing is it was an accident.
It was just an accident.
Pick up the guys and get to the warehouse.
Get the stuff and start moving it.
You don't mind talking in front of these guys? These guys are dead.
Oh, we definitely never should have answered that phone.
I'm going to the hospital.
I'm gonna blow Harry the Hammer, away myself.
Got it.
Nothing like the personal touch.
Come on.
[woman chattering on P.
A.
system.]
Hi.
I'm here to visit Harry Sullivan.
Could you please tell me what room he's in? Hello, Richie.
[grunts.]
They'll never catch him.
Leave me alone.
Please, please.
[grunts.]
[grunting.]
Here's the guy you've been looking for for 20 years.
Say goodbye, 'cause you won't be seeing him for the next 20 years.
No more running, Harry.
We're all through.
Not quite, Hannibal.
Mr.
Slick here has got something coming in at San Pedro wharf.
Oh, yeah? [gun cocking.]
What you got coming in, Richie? [panting.]
Okay.
B.
A.
, you and Hulk and I'll run these guys in.
Murdock, you and Face Where's Face? We will absolutely be there.
Darling, you have my word.
Oh, great.
Yeah.
All right, see you then.
Bye-bye.
[chuckles.]
Are you sure you told them the truth? Oh, no, they'd never believe that.
I had to make something up.
Don't worry, they're gonna meet us for lunch in one hour at La Palm.
That's amazing.
[guns cocking.]
Yeah.
Come on.
Somebody wants to see you.
Yeah.
I know that voice.
I want my $10,000.
I thought you were in jail.
Made bail in 14 minutes.
New personal record.
Nice.
Hey! [grunting.]
(Jeffrey) Hey, put me down.
Well, Harry Sullivan.
(Jeffrey) Hey, come on! Man.
You don't write you don't call, not even a postcard.
(Jeffrey) Leave me alone! Why don't you just hit the road? I want my $10,000? I don't have it.
I haven't seen it for days.
(Jeffrey) Come on.
Oh, yeah? Then where's the wise guy with the gray head and two wrestlers? I don't know what you're talking about, man.
(Jeffrey) Let go! Well, we'll see about that.
(Jeffrey) Hey, put me down.
Hey, come on.
[groaning.]
What do you say we see how high your kid can bounce off the pavement, huh, Harry? (Jeffrey) Hey, don't tell them, Dad.
All right, last chance, Harry.
Where are those guys? Hey, don't tell them.
Don't tell them nothing.
Okay, okay.
I'll tell you.
No! They're at a warehouse in San Pedro.
You gotta be telling me the truth.
That's the truth.
Now, that is the truth.
Please, just lay off the kid, will you, please, Fats? Yeah, we'll lay off the kid right after we get our money back.
But in the meantime, he's coming along for a ride.
No, no.
[groaning.]
Hey, you lost a little of your footwork, huh, Harry? Tie them up and lock them in the closet and let's get going.
[groaning.]
They're supposed to meet us right here.
This is about par for the course, Hannibal.
Come on, let's take a look.
Where the heck are those guys? [Murdock and Face mumbling.]
What's going on around here? [both mumbling.]
[engine humming.]
Arms shipment.
Cases of Uzi's, rocket launchers, and ammo.
That's what I like about organized crime.
They're always diversifying.
What's the plan, Hannibal? Front door, I know you're gonna say the front door.
We always go through the front door.
I'm sick and tired of going through the front door.
You got a better idea, B.
A.
, I'm ready.
We got you surrounded.
Come out with your hands up.
[guns firing.]
Think you can throw it that far? Oh, piece of cake.
Beautiful.
Do it again.
Oh, yes, two.
One more.
Well, not bad for a day at the youth center, huh? [tires screeching.]
I just don't know about this, Face.
Hey, we gotta make it look like we were in a bad accident, okay? Sympathy always works with women.
Yeah, but before, you said it was designer clothes that was gonna work with women.
Will you trust me on this, okay? I know these girls.
We have a can't-miss proposition here.
(Face) Vikki, Rikki, we made it! A little late, aren't we? Oh, I know, I know.
We're a day and a half late but you wouldn't believe what happened to us.
Oh, I'm sorry, this is my good friend H.
M.
-- That's our friends, Larry and Jack.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Look, we were in a terrible accident, and Well, we hope you recuperate.
Sympathy, huh? Well Designer clothes, huh? I tell you! [shouting.]
I really wanna thank you guys.
Don't thank us.
Thank Jeffrey.
He's a good kid.
You know, life's a lot like a boxing match, I guess.
You keep getting pounded and pounded and everybody thinks you're going down for the count.
You can still win in the late rounds, you know, if you come back.
Ain't that right, Hulk? Couldn't have said it better myself, Harry.
(Fridge) Hey.
Hey.
Is it safe? Oh, man, all right.
Man, you guys did more damage around here than me and Dent put together.
How you doing, man? Hey, the Hulkster's telling me that you're from Chicago.
Yeah, a long time ago.
I have something for you.
Really? Thanks a lot, man.
Hey, Fridge.
Where's our hats, man? (B.
A.
) Yeah, man.
What about our hats? Back off.
Hey, man, we supposed to get a hat, man.
Ain't that right, Hulkman? You gave everybody else a hat, man.
Why didn't he give us no hat for? [growling.]