1 00:00:07,118 --> 00:00:09,068 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:09,124 --> 00:00:12,841 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:12,902 --> 00:00:14,852 the police, who investigate crime, 4 00:00:14,908 --> 00:00:17,485 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:19,500 These are their stories. 6 00:00:43,596 --> 00:00:47,518 Lise, do one of those “tear your heart out and stomp it" Napoli love songs. 7 00:00:47,575 --> 00:00:50,494 I'd rather not, Jimmy. I am just gettin' over a cold. 8 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:53,230 Like this crowd would know the diff. Just do one. 9 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:56,473 Oh. For you. 10 00:01:09,709 --> 00:01:11,886 Hey! What the hell is this? Lady, knock it off! 11 00:01:11,949 --> 00:01:14,400 - Give the lady a break. - Enough already' 12 00:01:22,247 --> 00:01:25,463 This guy on the floor here... John Carolo, 41. 13 00:01:25,524 --> 00:01:28,477 Midtown address. He took two in the back. No exit wounds. 14 00:01:28,533 --> 00:01:30,574 What about the guy in the booth? 15 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,624 Thomas Mitchell, 56. 16 00:01:32,679 --> 00:01:35,791 California driver's license. One to the chest. 17 00:01:35,855 --> 00:01:39,470 Lennie, chief of d's. What's he doin' here? 18 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:41,984 Chief. Briscoe. 19 00:01:42,041 --> 00:01:44,150 This is my partner, Ed Green. Detective. 20 00:01:44,214 --> 00:01:47,030 You got up here fast, Chief. Yeah. I was already here. 21 00:01:47,089 --> 00:01:51,775 Dinner with friends. I have a table Tuesday nights. Oh, you got a table. 22 00:01:51,837 --> 00:01:54,288 So, Chief, what the hell happened? My back was to the bar. 23 00:01:54,345 --> 00:01:57,195 But from what I gather, the guy on the floor got into a beef... 24 00:01:57,254 --> 00:02:00,435 with some moron at the bar who pulls his piece... blam, blam, blam. 25 00:02:00,497 --> 00:02:03,210 Fires off a couple more for good luck, and he's out the door. 26 00:02:03,272 --> 00:02:05,314 And the victim in the booth wasn't involved? 27 00:02:05,379 --> 00:02:07,329 He caught a stray. Poor bastard. 28 00:02:07,385 --> 00:02:09,129 You get a look at the shooter? 29 00:02:09,191 --> 00:02:12,645 White, late 40's, heavyset, dark hair. 30 00:02:12,701 --> 00:02:15,881 Mob guy? No. Witnesses say he goes by the name Bumpy. 31 00:02:15,944 --> 00:02:19,422 Hmm. Well, that answers my question. 32 00:02:19,489 --> 00:02:21,495 Paul. 33 00:02:23,032 --> 00:02:27,217 This is the owner, Paul Raimondo. This is Detectives Briscoe and Green. 34 00:02:27,279 --> 00:02:30,562 I can't believe this, Danny. Nothing like this ever happened here before. 35 00:02:30,623 --> 00:02:32,664 Well, don't worry. We're gonna find the guy, Paul. 36 00:02:32,729 --> 00:02:35,044 Sir, did you see what happened? I was in the kitchen. 37 00:02:35,103 --> 00:02:37,053 The shooter was some guy named Bumpy? 38 00:02:37,109 --> 00:02:39,891 Stops in every so often to have a drink, press his nose against the glass. 39 00:02:39,951 --> 00:02:43,839 Not one of your regulars, huh? You think a guy like that gets a table? When hell freezes over. 40 00:02:43,896 --> 00:02:45,708 Any idea where we can find him? 41 00:02:45,769 --> 00:02:47,719 I wish I could help you with his real name. 42 00:02:47,775 --> 00:02:49,725 I've never heard him called anything but Bumpy. 43 00:02:49,781 --> 00:02:52,289 Okay. Thanks, Paul Whatever I can do. 44 00:02:55,230 --> 00:02:58,308 Raimondo's is close to my heart. We understand. 45 00:02:58,373 --> 00:03:02,762 You know, the food and the stories. No place in the city like it. 46 00:03:02,821 --> 00:03:05,831 Some night soon, the three of us will be havin' dinner here. 47 00:03:05,896 --> 00:03:09,784 - Excuse me? - To celebrate the closing of this case. 48 00:03:09,842 --> 00:03:11,848 Detectives. 49 00:03:13,386 --> 00:03:15,998 Well, I knew being chief of detectives had its perks 50 00:03:16,061 --> 00:03:18,512 but I didn't know they included a table at Raimondo's. 51 00:03:18,568 --> 00:03:21,783 I heard the food is really good here. Oh, it's to die for. 52 00:04:12,567 --> 00:04:15,679 The shots went off, somebody flipped over our table. 53 00:04:15,742 --> 00:04:18,490 Did you see the shooter? Dove for cover like everyone else. 54 00:04:18,551 --> 00:04:20,501 My first time under fire. 55 00:04:20,557 --> 00:04:23,544 I guess I don't have to tell you. The adrenaline rush is intense. 56 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,348 You go to Raimondo's often? Once a week. 57 00:04:26,408 --> 00:04:28,791 You friendly with the folks at the other tables too? 58 00:04:28,849 --> 00:04:32,360 You're crammed so close together, you can't help but get to know the other regulars. 59 00:04:32,426 --> 00:04:34,877 Did you know Thomas Mitchell? lust to say hello to. 60 00:04:34,934 --> 00:04:37,044 I knew he was a movie producer. That's about it. 61 00:04:37,108 --> 00:04:39,924 He has one out now... Al Dente. 62 00:04:39,983 --> 00:04:42,833 About a mob family, runs a restaurant... 63 00:04:42,892 --> 00:04:45,400 supposedly based on Raimondo's. 64 00:04:45,466 --> 00:04:48,248 Doesn't it spoil your appetite, Your Honor, eating with gangsters? 65 00:04:48,309 --> 00:04:50,486 That's all part of the charm. That's the beauty of Raimondo's. 66 00:04:50,548 --> 00:04:53,535 That's the point... successful people from every field. 67 00:04:53,591 --> 00:04:55,836 The political world, the entertainment world. 68 00:04:55,898 --> 00:04:59,410 - The underworld. - Everybody loves Raimondo's. 69 00:05:00,914 --> 00:05:04,802 I had my head down mixin' a couple of green-apple martinis when it happened. 70 00:05:04,859 --> 00:05:07,242 I look up. Bumpy's got his piece in his hand. 71 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:09,250 Carolo and Bumpy were drinkin' together? 72 00:05:09,306 --> 00:05:11,256 Drinkin', yeah. Not together. 73 00:05:11,312 --> 00:05:13,523 Johnny... Carolo... was pretty hammered. 74 00:05:13,586 --> 00:05:16,835 - And Bumpy? - He nursed the same gin and tonic all night, 75 00:05:16,895 --> 00:05:18,845 cheap S.O.B. that he is. 76 00:05:18,901 --> 00:05:22,482 You say they weren't together. They have any history? Sort of. 77 00:05:22,546 --> 00:05:24,792 Bumpy was a wannabe who never would be. 78 00:05:24,853 --> 00:05:27,498 Carolo was a made guy. 79 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:31,312 Bumpy was jealous as hell. Carolo? Could've cared less. 80 00:05:31,373 --> 00:05:33,323 Carolo a regular? Yeah. 81 00:05:33,379 --> 00:05:36,994 What about Bumpy? He shows up time to time, he has any dough. 82 00:05:37,057 --> 00:05:39,041 What a short arm. 83 00:05:39,097 --> 00:05:42,917 Guy could hit the lotto, and it'd still kill him to buy a round. 84 00:05:42,975 --> 00:05:46,225 You got a name for Bumpy other than “cheap S.O.B."? 85 00:05:46,285 --> 00:05:49,170 Yeah. Miserable, cheap S.O.B. 86 00:05:49,228 --> 00:05:51,770 Do you know anything else about him? He's a degenerate gambler. 87 00:05:51,835 --> 00:05:54,822 - Once in a while, he gets lucky. - "Once in a while"? 88 00:05:54,878 --> 00:05:57,922 Why do you think they call him Bumpy? 89 00:05:57,988 --> 00:06:01,602 Raimondo's is like a union. You gotta inherit a table just to get in the door. 90 00:06:01,665 --> 00:06:04,846 And dinner for four will cost you a cool grand... cash only. 91 00:06:04,909 --> 00:06:07,656 You can eat anywhere in this city for that kind of money. 92 00:06:07,717 --> 00:06:10,761 Plus you gotta tip everybody from the waiter to the dishwasher. 93 00:06:10,826 --> 00:06:14,782 Well, maybe someday someone will explain the attraction, 'cause I don't get it. 94 00:06:14,838 --> 00:06:18,692 The mobsters go to see the celebrities. The celebrities go to see the mobsters. 95 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:22,672 Well, they deserve each other And who are the victims? 96 00:06:22,729 --> 00:06:26,685 The guy Bumpy meant to hit was a crew boss name of Carolo. 97 00:06:26,742 --> 00:06:29,888 He's a shakedown artist, a bookie. Ran a high-stakes poker game. 98 00:06:29,951 --> 00:06:32,733 Talented fella. And the unlucky bystander? 99 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:34,743 Thomas Mitchell, movie producer. 100 00:06:34,799 --> 00:06:36,805 He's got this new movie out called Al Dente. 101 00:06:36,872 --> 00:06:38,822 Oh, yeah. I've seen the ad. 102 00:06:38,878 --> 00:06:40,828 Apparently, it's based on a book... 103 00:06:40,885 --> 00:06:44,932 this mob kiss-and-tell memoir about a restaurant a lot like Raimondo's. 104 00:06:44,997 --> 00:06:48,919 So, Mr. Mitchell was breaking bread with real-live mobsters. 105 00:06:48,976 --> 00:06:51,393 Yeah. And when Bumpy started firing off shots, 106 00:06:51,450 --> 00:06:54,198 Mitchell got a little more reality than he bargained for. 107 00:06:54,259 --> 00:06:57,269 Any hits on “Bumpy” in the a.k.a. database? 108 00:06:57,335 --> 00:07:00,789 Uh-uh. We got three “Bum's," a “Boom-Boom" and a couple of “Bunny's." 109 00:07:00,845 --> 00:07:04,927 So, if Bumpy was a gambler in Carolo's poker game... 110 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:08,171 The bartender said they hated each other. That don't mean Carolo wouldn't take his money. 111 00:07:08,235 --> 00:07:11,313 - If Bumpy was one of the losers... - We don't know the dude's real name, 112 00:07:11,378 --> 00:07:13,795 but we might be able to find out where he plays. 113 00:07:15,490 --> 00:07:18,842 Carolo ran three games, probably rakin' in 25K, 30K a week. 114 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:20,850 Some of that scratch could've been Bumpy's. 115 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:23,449 Where was Carolo's game? The Bronx, Arthur Avenue. 116 00:07:23,515 --> 00:07:26,400 Did you ever take it down? We were keepin' tabs on it. 117 00:07:26,457 --> 00:07:29,273 But no sense in nettin' the small-fry waitin' on some bigger fish. 118 00:07:29,332 --> 00:07:34,485 Did you have any luck? We had our eyes on a loan shark named Pete Squirt... Carolo's bank. 119 00:07:34,549 --> 00:07:37,832 Makes his collections inside St. Anthony's. In the church? 120 00:07:37,891 --> 00:07:42,212 Superstitious. Thinks we can't nab him there. 121 00:07:42,271 --> 00:07:44,780 What is it, against the law to pray now? 122 00:07:44,847 --> 00:07:46,990 It is at 30% a week. 123 00:07:47,053 --> 00:07:49,835 You guys Vice? Homicide. 124 00:07:49,895 --> 00:07:53,976 What are you roustin' me for? You heard about what went down at Raimondo's? 125 00:07:54,041 --> 00:07:55,991 Yeah. I read the papers like anyone else. 126 00:07:56,047 --> 00:07:59,763 You know anything that wasn't in the papers? I got my sources. What you talkin' about? 127 00:07:59,825 --> 00:08:03,839 What do your sources tell you about Bumpy and Carolo? 128 00:08:03,905 --> 00:08:05,911 They tell me that one is dead and one isn't. 129 00:08:05,977 --> 00:08:08,691 Well, the one that's breathing, we need to find him. 130 00:08:08,753 --> 00:08:12,230 Hey, I'm a businessman, gentlemen. I'm not the Lost and Found, all right? 131 00:08:12,297 --> 00:08:15,808 All night. Business question then. How do you lend a guy money if you don't know where to find him? 132 00:08:15,874 --> 00:08:20,025 I wouldn't know. Despite your insinuations, that's not the business that I'm in. 133 00:08:20,087 --> 00:08:22,402 Well, let's just say that you were in that business. 134 00:08:22,461 --> 00:08:27,250 How would you ever make any money with the N.Y.P.D. hassling you morning, noon and night? 135 00:08:28,714 --> 00:08:32,864 Well, let's say a guy is a, uh... He's a gambler, right? 136 00:08:32,926 --> 00:08:37,544 He's gonna be jonesin' for a game, like a junkie needs a fix. 137 00:08:37,607 --> 00:08:40,218 So, sooner or later, he's gonna surface. 138 00:08:48,172 --> 00:08:51,217 Oh. We're in the middle of somethin' here. 139 00:08:51,282 --> 00:08:54,292 Yeah, we can see that. With the money on this box, you're all goin' downtown. 140 00:08:54,358 --> 00:08:59,682 It's a friendly game. Yeah? And which one of your friends goes by the name of Bumpy? 141 00:08:59,741 --> 00:09:01,987 All right, Ed, call the wagon. We'll take 'em all in. 142 00:09:02,048 --> 00:09:04,259 Him. You rat! 143 00:09:04,322 --> 00:09:06,533 Go to hell. You haven't rolled a natural in days. 144 00:09:06,595 --> 00:09:09,708 There's your natural. Whoa! What's this? 145 00:09:09,772 --> 00:09:13,317 - It's a .38. - I know what it is. That's a rhetorical question. 146 00:09:13,382 --> 00:09:15,994 - Suit yourself. - "Carmine Bustale. ” 147 00:09:16,058 --> 00:09:18,543 You prefer being called Carmine or Bumpy? 148 00:09:18,599 --> 00:09:21,643 Either-or. It don't bother me. Okay, Bumpy. 149 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:26,565 Let's start with the basics. You're under arrest for the murders of John Carolo and Thomas Mitchell. 150 00:09:26,623 --> 00:09:29,371 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you... 151 00:09:29,431 --> 00:09:32,247 We know you owed Carolo money... money you don't have. 152 00:09:32,307 --> 00:09:36,787 Yeah, and that a career loser like yourself couldn't possibly pay back. 153 00:09:36,854 --> 00:09:40,833 Hey, I didn't owe that rat bastard Carolo nothin'. 154 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:42,906 All I told him was to keep his voice down. 155 00:09:42,973 --> 00:09:45,549 Who, Carolo? Yeah, Carolo. 156 00:09:45,614 --> 00:09:49,331 So rude. I said, “Let the girl finish her song." 157 00:09:49,392 --> 00:09:51,569 I says, "You gotta show a little respect to this joint. ” 158 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:56,284 W-W-W-Wait. You sayin' that you shot Carolo... 159 00:09:56,347 --> 00:09:58,422 because he was talkin' while that lady was singin'? 160 00:10:01,095 --> 00:10:03,045 “Santa Lucia." 161 00:10:03,101 --> 00:10:05,849 This is my grandmother's favorite song. 162 00:10:05,910 --> 00:10:09,022 As far as that movie guy that got shot, you know, 163 00:10:09,085 --> 00:10:11,091 I didn't mean to hit him. 164 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:15,206 But that Carolo... he got what he deserved, that snot nose. 165 00:10:16,943 --> 00:10:19,555 This is gonna be bad, right? 166 00:10:21,624 --> 00:10:24,611 I need you both outside. 167 00:10:27,207 --> 00:10:29,249 Ballistics just came back. 168 00:10:29,314 --> 00:10:32,894 The slug they pulled from Carolo came from Bumpy's .38. 169 00:10:32,958 --> 00:10:36,539 Good That plus the confession we just got equals two cold' beers and a Knicks game. 170 00:10:36,603 --> 00:10:38,746 I got two great seats... center court. 171 00:10:38,809 --> 00:10:40,759 Well, I hope you set your TiVo. 172 00:10:40,815 --> 00:10:43,803 The slug in our movie producer came from another gun. 173 00:10:43,859 --> 00:10:47,404 - We got a second shooter? - C.S.U. figured the trajectory. 174 00:10:47,469 --> 00:10:51,152 The shot that killed Mitchell definitely came from the bar. 175 00:10:52,686 --> 00:10:54,931 How bad was this singer? 176 00:10:58,135 --> 00:11:00,518 Better we should talk out here. Is the place bugged? 177 00:11:00,576 --> 00:11:02,753 F.B.I.'s tapped the phone for years. 178 00:11:02,816 --> 00:11:05,530 Anyway, to answer your question, the table came open about three years ago. 179 00:11:05,591 --> 00:11:08,076 Tommy Mitchell had the high bid. You gotta bid on a table? 180 00:11:08,132 --> 00:11:11,051 If you want it bad enough, you pay the freight. Including the chief of d's? 181 00:11:11,108 --> 00:11:14,825 No. Him, the mayor, fire commissioner... guys like that... no charge. 182 00:11:14,886 --> 00:11:18,272 We just... enjoy the pleasure of their company. Yeah, I'll bet. 183 00:11:18,330 --> 00:11:21,750 So, if you're a paying customer, what's a meal ticket cost? 184 00:11:21,807 --> 00:11:24,053 In Mitchell's case, 50 grand. 185 00:11:24,114 --> 00:11:28,367 With an investment like that, no wonder he showed up every Tuesday. 186 00:11:28,427 --> 00:11:30,536 And everybody knew where he was. That's how I'd do it. 187 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,819 Keep an eye out from the bar, follow him outside, do him on the street. Make it look like a mugging. 188 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,297 Who else was at Mitchell's table that night? Guys from the studio, 189 00:11:37,354 --> 00:11:40,900 They were celebrating. It was in the trades... Al Dente just grossed 150 million worldwide. 190 00:11:40,966 --> 00:11:46,050 - I see you got the lingo down. - We get so many show business types in here, it can't help but rub off. 191 00:11:46,114 --> 00:11:49,330 Speaking of "rub," what about that movie? What do you mean? 192 00:11:49,391 --> 00:11:53,644 It's about a place like yours. Maybe somebody thought Mitchell hit too close to home. Are you kidding? 193 00:11:53,705 --> 00:11:57,421 It made 'em feel like celebrities. The old days... they need my phone to check in with their parole officers. 194 00:11:57,483 --> 00:11:59,626 Nowadays, they're calling their agents. 195 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,150 Don't get me wrong. Tommy was a great boss, 196 00:12:05,206 --> 00:12:07,954 but if he didn't wear loafers every day, I'd be the one tying his shoes. 197 00:12:08,015 --> 00:12:11,128 So he wasn't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, huh? 198 00:12:11,191 --> 00:12:15,808 Didn't have to be. He had what they call in this business a gut... a nose for material. 199 00:12:15,872 --> 00:12:18,757 So, did his gut or his nose ever get him in trouble? 200 00:12:18,814 --> 00:12:23,238 - Tommy was a film producer. - What does that mean exactly? I've never been sure. 201 00:12:23,294 --> 00:12:25,244 It means there's always somebody mad at him. 202 00:12:25,301 --> 00:12:28,687 - But who lately? - Sonny King for one. 203 00:12:28,745 --> 00:12:31,128 Tommy started ducking his calls a couple of months ago. 204 00:12:31,186 --> 00:12:35,165 - Sonny King? - He's the one that wrote the book the movie was based on. 205 00:12:35,231 --> 00:12:38,845 Al Dente's a true story, right? Supposedly, Sonny exaggerates. 206 00:12:38,908 --> 00:12:41,987 Especially about himself. What do you mean? 207 00:12:42,052 --> 00:12:44,298 Sonny passed himself off as a gangster. 208 00:12:44,359 --> 00:12:47,711 But really, he's just some guy who hung around and listened to the wise guys tell lies. 209 00:12:47,770 --> 00:12:50,655 And then he put 'em all in a book. Then Tommy bought the book, 210 00:12:50,712 --> 00:12:53,323 threw in some more lies and made the movie. 211 00:12:53,386 --> 00:12:57,844 So, why was your boss ducking Sonny's phone calls? Sonny's a professional pest. 212 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:01,320 He'd call five, six times a day, always with his hand out. 213 00:13:01,378 --> 00:13:03,760 He ever threaten Mr. Mitchell? 214 00:13:03,819 --> 00:13:06,099 Look, I just answer the phones and make reservations. 215 00:13:06,158 --> 00:13:08,370 Maybe you'd better talk to Tommy's business partner. 216 00:13:09,837 --> 00:13:12,345 We developed the property. We hired a screenwriter, paid for rewrites, 217 00:13:12,411 --> 00:13:14,692 attached actors, a director, financed the picture. 218 00:13:14,751 --> 00:13:17,032 Three years of work before we put film in the camera. 219 00:13:17,092 --> 00:13:19,737 That makes sense in your world. How'd it sit with Sonny King? 220 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,944 Fine until the movie came out. 221 00:13:22,007 --> 00:13:24,287 - Once it was a big hit... - He wanted more money. 222 00:13:24,348 --> 00:13:27,267 He wanted a piece. I take it he didn't get one. 223 00:13:27,323 --> 00:13:31,279 His contract did not entitle him to be a profit participant. 224 00:13:31,335 --> 00:13:33,444 He wouldn't be the first guy to renegotiate his contract. 225 00:13:33,508 --> 00:13:35,492 Then Sonny King should have hired a lawyer... 226 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:39,128 instead of calling Tom out at Raimondo's or confronting him in the lobby of his building. 227 00:13:39,192 --> 00:13:43,114 - Sounds like King was stalking him. - One time, he met us coming off the redeye at J.F.K., 228 00:13:43,171 --> 00:13:45,520 screaming at the top of his lungs over the luggage carousel. 229 00:13:45,579 --> 00:13:49,330 - It was embarrassing... all kinds of threats and imprecations. - What kind of threats? 230 00:13:49,390 --> 00:13:51,340 Give me my money. I'm gonna kill you. 231 00:13:51,396 --> 00:13:53,346 And you didn't take that seriously? 232 00:13:53,402 --> 00:13:57,256 Despite how he comes across in his books, Sonny's not a real wise guy. He's just a wannabe. 233 00:13:57,314 --> 00:14:01,361 I didn't think he was a threat to anybody. Neither did Tom. So you never called the police? 234 00:14:01,427 --> 00:14:04,539 Tom figured, sooner or later, Sonny'd get a grip and go away. 235 00:14:04,603 --> 00:14:09,187 That ad campaign is everywhere. Every time King turns on the television or walks outside, 236 00:14:09,251 --> 00:14:12,397 he gets his nose rubbed in the fact that he got hosed. That's life. 237 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:17,921 One guy rakin' in a bundle, the other one standing there holding an empty bag? That's a recipe for trouble. 238 00:14:22,959 --> 00:14:24,909 I haven't been to Raimondo's in months. 239 00:14:24,965 --> 00:14:27,280 Paul made it pretty clear I wasn't welcome there no more. 240 00:14:27,339 --> 00:14:29,619 Why is that, 'cause you were harassing Thomas Mitchell? 241 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,263 No. Because I named names, you know, if you know how to read between the lines. 242 00:14:34,327 --> 00:14:38,842 A lot of guys at Raimondo's, they got their noses out of joint when they read my book. 243 00:14:40,378 --> 00:14:43,423 That must have hurt... being banished from the inner sanctum, huh? 244 00:14:43,489 --> 00:14:45,734 I was so over 'Mondo's, okay? 245 00:14:45,796 --> 00:14:48,680 You gotta move on. Now I hang at Elaine's. 246 00:14:48,738 --> 00:14:53,162 You sell your book to the movies, seems like you oughta be livin' a little larger than this. 247 00:14:53,218 --> 00:14:57,676 I'm happy with what I got. I paid off all my debts, I took a nice vacation... 248 00:14:57,732 --> 00:15:00,412 and now, because of the movie, I'm somewhat of a celebrity. 249 00:15:00,474 --> 00:15:03,119 - What more could I want? - How about a piece of the action? 250 00:15:03,182 --> 00:15:05,794 I had no problem with Thomas Mitchell, if that's why you're here. 251 00:15:05,857 --> 00:15:08,742 If that's true, why'd you call him half a dozen times a day? 252 00:15:08,799 --> 00:15:13,279 We were talkin' about doin' another project together, a musical. 253 00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:15,387 What, Gangsters on the Roof? 254 00:15:15,452 --> 00:15:19,739 And you thought the luggage carousel at the airport was the perfect place to take a meeting? 255 00:15:19,799 --> 00:15:23,015 I admit I got a little hot under the collar. 256 00:15:23,076 --> 00:15:25,824 Okay? I'm still tryin' to feel my way through this business. 257 00:15:25,885 --> 00:15:27,835 You know, in my world, it doesn't sit right... 258 00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:30,706 when some Hollywood type doesn't return a phone call. 259 00:15:30,766 --> 00:15:34,049 Your world? What world is that? You know, our world. 260 00:15:35,313 --> 00:15:38,357 “Our thing." La Cosa Nostra. 261 00:15:40,261 --> 00:15:42,336 Where were you in your world when Mitchell got shot? 262 00:15:42,402 --> 00:15:44,352 I was at the Rangers game with my two nephews. 263 00:15:44,408 --> 00:15:47,988 Then Ben Benson's for steaks. Didn't cost me a dime. 264 00:15:48,052 --> 00:15:52,567 And let me guess... the tickets and the dinner were courtesy of Thomas Mitchell. 265 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:55,141 What can I say? The guy took care of me. 266 00:15:56,678 --> 00:15:58,628 Nobody remembered seeing Sonny King at the bar that night. 267 00:15:58,684 --> 00:16:01,329 Paul Raimondo confirms that he was persona non grata. 268 00:16:01,393 --> 00:16:03,343 He threw him and Mitchell out one night... 269 00:16:03,399 --> 00:16:05,542 after they had a huge, screaming argument. 270 00:16:05,605 --> 00:16:10,085 His alibi checks out... hockey game and dinner. He sent the bill to Mitchell's office. 271 00:16:10,152 --> 00:16:13,538 King have a record? Marijuana bust, credit card fraud... nothing heavy. 272 00:16:13,597 --> 00:16:17,576 Just the cojones he must have had to send the bill to the guy he had hit. 273 00:16:17,642 --> 00:16:20,720 Well, if he hired the hit, who are we supposed to be looking at? 274 00:16:20,785 --> 00:16:22,735 Maybe we should read between the lines. 275 00:16:22,791 --> 00:16:24,741 Yeah. He told us to check out his book. 276 00:16:24,798 --> 00:16:27,978 We figure some of his pals from Raimondo's must be in there, thinly disguised. 277 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,990 Maybe one of them contracted the hit. 278 00:16:30,046 --> 00:16:33,500 Well, keep reading and submit the receipt. Definitely. 279 00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:40,817 Yeah, I'm in the book. You know the part about the Stuyvesant armored-car heist? 280 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:43,057 They planned that job here in Jersey City. 281 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,070 How long you been with the O.C. Task Force? 282 00:16:45,126 --> 00:16:48,045 Eight years. I know every player this side of the tunnel. 283 00:16:48,101 --> 00:16:51,054 There's a character in King's book named Stanley. 284 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,790 Yeah. Artie Baldo... two tons of fun. 285 00:16:53,852 --> 00:16:57,865 - King changed the name, but it was clear who he was talkin' about. - In the book, he brokers hits. 286 00:16:57,931 --> 00:17:01,888 He's the go-to guy in the greater metropolitan area when you want somebody whacked. 287 00:17:01,944 --> 00:17:04,657 How's it work? You tell Artie you got a problem. 288 00:17:04,718 --> 00:17:07,295 He sends you to a guy who takes care of it. Simple as that. 289 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,310 Why ain't he locked up? 290 00:17:09,366 --> 00:17:13,721 Look, Artie's fat. He's not stupid, okay? No names, no numbers, nothin' on paper. 291 00:17:13,780 --> 00:17:17,166 You don't tell him the details. He doesn't know the who, what, when or why. 292 00:17:17,224 --> 00:17:19,265 He just puts you in touch with the contractor. 293 00:17:19,330 --> 00:17:22,477 Once Artie takes his cut, it's between you and the designated hitter. 294 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:26,462 You ever try to grab him, send in an undercover or set up a phony hit? 295 00:17:26,518 --> 00:17:30,201 - He knows all the local cops by sight. - What about one he doesn't know? 296 00:17:32,738 --> 00:17:34,949 I got a C.I. could vouch for you with Artie. 297 00:17:36,583 --> 00:17:38,533 Eleven in the corner. 298 00:17:41,665 --> 00:17:44,709 About time we got somebody who knows how to shoot pool. 299 00:17:44,774 --> 00:17:48,126 Well, it was either this or medical school. 300 00:17:48,184 --> 00:17:50,134 Where'd you learn how to play the game? 301 00:17:50,191 --> 00:17:54,477 Oh, Jersey Red, Captain Hook, Hundred-Ball Blackie. 302 00:17:54,537 --> 00:17:56,487 Those guys could shoot. 303 00:17:59,753 --> 00:18:01,965 Lucky for me we ain't got no cash bet runnin' on this game. 304 00:18:02,027 --> 00:18:06,314 Well, I got some cash, but, uh, it's not really for shootin' pool. 305 00:18:11,422 --> 00:18:14,603 You know, it never hurts to put somethin' away for a rainy day. 306 00:18:14,666 --> 00:18:17,174 Yeah, well, this cash is, uh, 307 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,022 to try to get rid of a rat that's livin' in a friend's apartment. 308 00:18:22,221 --> 00:18:24,536 Where's this friend live? In the city. 309 00:18:25,765 --> 00:18:27,715 Lot of rats in New York. 310 00:18:27,772 --> 00:18:30,280 Yeah, and I hear you got a foolproof way of gettin' rid of them. 311 00:18:31,450 --> 00:18:35,030 I've had some... success with rodents. 312 00:18:35,095 --> 00:18:37,045 Fifteen... three times across. 313 00:18:41,146 --> 00:18:43,152 Nice. 314 00:18:44,222 --> 00:18:47,438 I'll be in the parking lot tonight around 10:00. 315 00:18:47,499 --> 00:18:50,680 How's five large in small denominations sound? 316 00:18:52,180 --> 00:18:54,186 That oughta buy a lot of rat poison. 317 00:18:57,395 --> 00:19:00,211 It's low-risk, Lieu. We grab the guy as soon as he takes the money. 318 00:19:00,271 --> 00:19:04,855 Local backup? Ed's been workin' with a Jersey City detective named Ronni Reynolds. 319 00:19:04,919 --> 00:19:07,495 And you think Baldo's involved in Mitchell's murder. 320 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,707 Hey, the guy brokers hits all over the tristate area. 321 00:19:10,770 --> 00:19:13,084 If he isn't, maybe he knows who is. 322 00:19:13,144 --> 00:19:16,427 Well, here's $5,000 in 20-dollar bills. 323 00:19:16,486 --> 00:19:19,268 I'd better get every single one of them back. 324 00:19:25,381 --> 00:19:28,334 Here you go... five large. 325 00:19:28,390 --> 00:19:31,309 I ain't even gonna count it. A guy who shoots like you. 326 00:19:31,366 --> 00:19:35,881 Here's where your exterminator can reach me. You'll get a call. 327 00:19:35,946 --> 00:19:38,558 Are we square? Like Butch and Sundance, my man. 328 00:19:41,497 --> 00:19:43,811 You gotta be kiddin' me. 329 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,020 I got one word for you, Sundance... Atkins. 330 00:19:49,053 --> 00:19:51,334 Come on. 331 00:19:51,393 --> 00:19:53,570 This was prime-time entrapment. 332 00:19:53,634 --> 00:19:56,449 No judge on the planet would sign off on what went down tonight. 333 00:19:56,508 --> 00:19:58,458 You could play it that way, Artie. 334 00:19:58,515 --> 00:20:00,966 You could have your lawyer argue his way from one motion to the next. 335 00:20:01,023 --> 00:20:04,671 Meanwhile, you'll be cooling your heels in the Hudson County Jail. 336 00:20:07,241 --> 00:20:10,662 Youse didn't come all the way across the river just to sting me. 337 00:20:10,719 --> 00:20:13,797 We're interested in the Raimondo shootings. 338 00:20:13,862 --> 00:20:17,180 I heard you got that mope Bumpy... 339 00:20:17,239 --> 00:20:20,716 Lumpy, Humpty Dumpty... whatever his name is... locked up tight in the Tombs. 340 00:20:20,783 --> 00:20:22,767 We want the second shooter- the one that killed the movie producer... 341 00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:25,901 and the guy who hired him to do it. 342 00:20:25,965 --> 00:20:30,720 - And if I help you out? - Your cooperation will be duly noted by the Hudson County D.A. 343 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:34,861 I'd need immunity on that and this thing. 344 00:20:34,926 --> 00:20:36,876 So you were involved in Raimondo's. 345 00:20:38,671 --> 00:20:41,156 I'll see what we can do. 346 00:20:45,123 --> 00:20:48,339 I knew that little so-and-so would be friggin' trouble when I read his book. 347 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:53,690 - Sonny King? - My Aunt Nancy knows more about the mob than he does, and she's a nun. 348 00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:55,961 Sonny paid you to get him a shooter. 349 00:20:56,023 --> 00:20:59,341 Hey, I didn't use that word. 350 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,350 I just put Sonny in touch with somebody. 351 00:21:01,407 --> 00:21:03,858 You gonna give us a name? 352 00:21:05,653 --> 00:21:10,305 This gets out on the street, I'm a real mutt. 353 00:21:10,367 --> 00:21:15,052 Artie, you want immunity, tell 'em what they need to know. 354 00:21:17,455 --> 00:21:19,439 - Denny Rogis. - Rogis? 355 00:21:19,495 --> 00:21:21,604 Ring a bell? 356 00:21:21,668 --> 00:21:24,085 Yeah. Skinny little junkyard dog... lives in a salvage yard. 357 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:36,552 What the hell... Denny Rogis? 358 00:21:36,614 --> 00:21:39,099 Yeah? 359 00:21:39,155 --> 00:21:41,868 - You're under arrest... - For the murder of Thomas Mitchell. 360 00:21:41,930 --> 00:21:44,575 - Sorry, guys. My collar. - Yo! This is our case. 361 00:21:44,638 --> 00:21:47,956 This scum operates in my jurisdiction. Take him out, Mirandize him. 362 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:50,865 Come on, Reynolds. Why do you wanna screw us on an F.O.A. collar? 363 00:21:50,924 --> 00:21:53,706 What the hell do you care? We do all the heavy lifting, you get the credit? 364 00:21:53,766 --> 00:21:57,688 Hey, fellas, it's out of my hands. This one comes from higher up. 365 00:22:02,994 --> 00:22:06,744 The murder was committed in our jurisdiction, Mr. Sturges, not yours. 366 00:22:06,806 --> 00:22:10,522 But the conspiracy for that murder was hatched here in Jersey City. 367 00:22:10,584 --> 00:22:14,666 It's customary to give the first shot to the jurisdiction with the more serious offense. 368 00:22:14,730 --> 00:22:17,910 What's really going on here, Mr. Sturges? What exactly do you want? 369 00:22:19,177 --> 00:22:23,464 A joint press conference where it's noted that Mr. Rogis was apprehended... 370 00:22:23,524 --> 00:22:25,508 due to the fine work of the Jersey City police... 371 00:22:25,563 --> 00:22:29,074 and the Hudson County District Attorney's Office. 372 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:32,127 So this is all about being in the media spotlight. 373 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,795 And letting my guys handle the perp walk would be a nice touch too. 374 00:22:34,858 --> 00:22:37,811 Nothing like a mobster in handcuffs on the 6:00 news. 375 00:22:37,867 --> 00:22:41,253 And you get some free publicity for your re-election campaign. 376 00:22:41,311 --> 00:22:44,093 Why do you think they invented the perp walk? 377 00:22:45,524 --> 00:22:47,735 I have no problem sharing the spotlight. 378 00:22:47,798 --> 00:22:50,249 - Just give us Rogis - He's all yours. 379 00:22:50,305 --> 00:22:53,018 - Well, there might be one small hitch. - What's that? 380 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,292 Rogis says he won't waive extradition. 381 00:22:55,354 --> 00:22:57,304 Then we'll see him in court. 382 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:00,074 I look forward to that. 383 00:23:03,144 --> 00:23:07,397 The basis for New York's extradition warrant, Mr McCoy? A charge of first-degree murder. 384 00:23:07,457 --> 00:23:10,467 Mr. Rogis committed a killing for hire. 385 00:23:10,533 --> 00:23:13,987 Ah, yes. The Raimondo shooting. Quite a story. 386 00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:17,464 More than a dozen customers picked the defendant? picture out of a photo array 387 00:23:17,522 --> 00:23:19,836 As a patron, not the shooter. 388 00:23:19,895 --> 00:23:23,213 I'm sure a dozen more could pick out the New York City Chief of Detectives, 389 00:23:23,272 --> 00:23:26,784 a supreme court judge and my daughter's favorite rock star. 390 00:23:26,850 --> 00:23:30,270 Mr Rogis has a violent-felony record and links to organized crime. 391 00:23:30,327 --> 00:23:32,903 So do half the people in Raimondo's on any given night. 392 00:23:32,968 --> 00:23:35,580 He's got a point, Mr. McCoy. 393 00:23:35,644 --> 00:23:38,688 I mean, failing a gun or an eyewitness putting one in his hand, 394 00:23:38,753 --> 00:23:41,934 I may have no choice but to set bail for Mr. Rogis. 395 00:23:41,996 --> 00:23:44,002 Your Honor, please, under the Uniform Extradition Act, 396 00:23:44,069 --> 00:23:46,783 you have no power to question the underlying facts of the warrant. 397 00:23:46,844 --> 00:23:49,956 I don't read it that way, but you can always appeal. 398 00:23:50,020 --> 00:23:52,471 If Mr. Rogis walks out of here, we'll never see him again. 399 00:23:52,528 --> 00:23:56,040 Then give me some thing I can hang my hat on, Mr. McCoy. 400 00:23:56,106 --> 00:23:59,994 I'll stay the dismissal of the extradition warrant for 24 hours. 401 00:24:03,528 --> 00:24:06,207 It seems crazy. Rogis is right across the river. 402 00:24:06,269 --> 00:24:08,812 He's a cab ride away. 403 00:24:08,878 --> 00:24:13,461 Jenkins is a political hack. He doesn't know the law. 404 00:24:13,525 --> 00:24:15,669 And it will take too long to 78 him. 405 00:24:15,732 --> 00:24:17,682 The police are reinterviewing the witnesses... 406 00:24:17,738 --> 00:24:21,283 to see if anybody can put Rogis in the bar with a gun in his hand. 407 00:24:21,349 --> 00:24:23,299 We may not have that kind of time. 408 00:24:25,194 --> 00:24:29,150 Let's hit Rogis with a charge we know we can make... extradite him for that. 409 00:24:29,206 --> 00:24:31,156 Such as? 410 00:24:31,213 --> 00:24:35,328 - I'm guessing he ran out of Raimondo's after the shootings. - Along with everybody else. 411 00:24:35,392 --> 00:24:38,744 Which might mean he left without paying his tab. 412 00:24:39,973 --> 00:24:42,082 I'll call the police. 413 00:24:43,082 --> 00:24:45,032 Let me see if I have this right. 414 00:24:45,088 --> 00:24:47,197 You want to extradite Mr. Rogis to New York... 415 00:24:47,262 --> 00:24:50,545 because he didn't pay for three Scotches and a squid salad? 416 00:24:50,605 --> 00:24:55,291 Larceny, Your Honor. The restaurant owner swore out a complaint. 417 00:24:55,353 --> 00:24:58,569 Not only did Mr. Rogis not pay his bill that evening, 418 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:02,586 but he had an outstanding bar tab of more than $7,500. 419 00:25:02,642 --> 00:25:04,592 This is beyond outrageous, Judge. 420 00:25:04,648 --> 00:25:08,901 My client would have been more than willing to pay his bar bill if he had been given one. 421 00:25:08,961 --> 00:25:11,537 You can't collect from a fleeing customer, Mr. Goidell. 422 00:25:11,602 --> 00:25:14,852 This is all a ploy to get my client back to New York. 423 00:25:14,912 --> 00:25:17,694 Uh, ploy or not, the papers are valid, Mr. Goidell. 424 00:25:17,754 --> 00:25:22,406 Extradition request on the larceny charge is hereby granted. 425 00:25:22,469 --> 00:25:24,954 Enjoy your time in New York, Mr. Rogis. 426 00:25:26,648 --> 00:25:30,102 You've been identified by a dozen witnesses in a dozen lineups, Mr. Rogis. 427 00:25:30,158 --> 00:25:34,479 And we found almost $25,000 in a shoe box in your salvage yard. 428 00:25:34,538 --> 00:25:38,187 You got nothing. Excuse me. Did I miss somethin'? 429 00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:41,237 Was I out of the room when you proved he was the shooter? 430 00:25:41,292 --> 00:25:45,112 We'll have that proof as soon as we arrest Sonny King. 431 00:25:45,171 --> 00:25:50,564 Artie Baldo is willing to testify that he referred Mr. King to you to contract Mr. Mitchell's murder. 432 00:25:50,621 --> 00:25:55,638 Mr. King will be charged with the same count, Mr. Rogis... 433 00:25:55,703 --> 00:25:57,653 first-degree murder. 434 00:26:01,354 --> 00:26:03,360 And if we step up to the line first? 435 00:26:03,427 --> 00:26:05,411 Murder two, 18-to-life... 436 00:26:05,467 --> 00:26:09,355 on condition you testify against Mr. King. 437 00:26:14,595 --> 00:26:16,875 That's the best we're gonna do. 438 00:26:18,975 --> 00:26:23,261 Sonny King paid me 10 grand to whack Tommy Mitchell, which I done. 439 00:26:26,297 --> 00:26:29,044 Your book makes organized crime sound so exciting. 440 00:26:29,105 --> 00:26:32,616 Do you miss it? Hey, before I wrote this book, I was a nobody. 441 00:26:32,683 --> 00:26:34,792 Now... Now you're somebody. 442 00:26:34,856 --> 00:26:37,102 Yeah, somebody's who's under arrest. Excuse me, miss. 443 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:39,113 What? For the murder of Thomas Mitchell. 444 00:26:39,169 --> 00:26:42,122 Oh, come on. You know what they say, Sonny. Fame's a bitch. 445 00:26:47,561 --> 00:26:51,540 Rogis and Baldo... that's a pretty pair to put before a jury. 446 00:26:51,607 --> 00:26:54,925 Baldo will testify that he arranged for King to meet Rogis. 447 00:26:54,984 --> 00:26:58,063 Rogis will testify that King paid him to kill Mitchell. 448 00:26:58,127 --> 00:27:00,407 And King will deny it all. Any money trail? 449 00:27:00,468 --> 00:27:03,785 Any communication that we can document between the three of them? 450 00:27:03,844 --> 00:27:07,025 - No. They were careful. - What about the weapon? 451 00:27:07,087 --> 00:27:10,541 Rogis says he dropped it at the scene, but the police didn't find it. 452 00:27:10,598 --> 00:27:12,548 Why not? 453 00:27:12,604 --> 00:27:16,321 Chaos at the scene, and the cops thought they had the shooter. 454 00:27:16,382 --> 00:27:18,697 No reason to look for a second gun. 455 00:27:18,756 --> 00:27:20,865 Then it's long gone. 456 00:27:20,930 --> 00:27:24,179 Where did King get the money to hire this hit man? The police said he was broke. 457 00:27:24,239 --> 00:27:26,953 Maybe he took out a loan. In the course of their investigation, 458 00:27:27,015 --> 00:27:30,469 the police talked to a loan shark connected to Bumpy Bustale. 459 00:27:30,525 --> 00:27:33,171 The man who shot the first victim. 460 00:27:33,234 --> 00:27:37,247 Raimondo's is a small world. Maybe King and this loan shark crossed paths there. 461 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:45,381 Why did King go to see you? I thought he was on the outs with everybody at Raimondo's. 462 00:27:45,438 --> 00:27:48,323 On the way outs, but, at the end of the day, business is business. 463 00:27:48,380 --> 00:27:51,664 Get outta here. How much did you lend him? 464 00:27:51,724 --> 00:27:54,369 12K. What kind of interest? 465 00:27:54,432 --> 00:27:56,747 The usual. 466 00:27:56,805 --> 00:28:00,488 Thirty percent a week. You pay back the vig before you pay back the principal? 467 00:28:00,551 --> 00:28:03,903 Whoa. Hey, that would be correct. 468 00:28:03,961 --> 00:28:07,575 King had no income. How'd you expect to get your money back? 469 00:28:07,638 --> 00:28:12,154 Well, at first, I wasn't gonna front him, but then Sonny gave me some collateral. What? 470 00:28:12,219 --> 00:28:17,805 A tape. It turns out that he had a deal with that, uh, guy, Mitchell. 471 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:20,982 A deal? 472 00:28:21,046 --> 00:28:24,694 King secretly taped his meeting with Mitchell. Then he gave the tape to Squirt? 473 00:28:24,757 --> 00:28:28,041 As proof that he had a deal and he could pay back the loan. What was the deal? 474 00:28:28,101 --> 00:28:30,484 If the movie grossed over a certain amount of money, 475 00:28:30,541 --> 00:28:32,822 Mitchell would pay King a million-dollar bonus. 476 00:28:32,882 --> 00:28:36,268 And it did, and he didn't. No. Mitchell reneged, never paid him. 477 00:28:36,326 --> 00:28:39,746 On the tape, King makes it pretty clear what he would do if that happened. 478 00:28:39,803 --> 00:28:43,418 - I deserve a piece, Tom. - Without my book, you got no movie. 479 00:28:43,481 --> 00:28:45,864 - That's King. - Okay, as a bonus. 480 00:28:45,922 --> 00:28:48,635 That's Mitchell. If Al Dente grosses over a hundred mil. 481 00:28:48,697 --> 00:28:52,779 Okay, one more thing. Tommy, don't try to screw me on this. 482 00:28:52,843 --> 00:28:55,328 What, are you threatening me? No. I'm just trying to make myself clear, okay? 483 00:28:55,384 --> 00:28:58,736 I'm not the kinda guy who's gonna go run to a lawyer. 484 00:28:58,794 --> 00:29:03,583 You understand? I'm not tryin' to screwanybody over, Sonny, especially you. 485 00:29:03,643 --> 00:29:07,622 Now, like you said, no book, no movie. Okay. 486 00:29:10,195 --> 00:29:13,707 On the basis of this conversation, Mr. Squirt, 487 00:29:13,774 --> 00:29:16,019 what did you do? 488 00:29:16,081 --> 00:29:18,760 I loaned Sonny $12,000. 489 00:29:18,822 --> 00:29:21,205 Did you know what the money was for? 490 00:29:21,263 --> 00:29:24,045 I didn't know, and I didn't wanna know. 491 00:29:24,105 --> 00:29:28,654 What made you think that Mr. King would be able to pay you back? 492 00:29:28,718 --> 00:29:32,002 Well, you heard the tape. He had a deal with that producer. 493 00:29:32,062 --> 00:29:35,539 I figured he was gonna be flush. The movie was a big hit. 494 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,856 And if Mr. Mitchell didn't honor his deal with Mr. King, 495 00:29:38,916 --> 00:29:41,425 what did you understand the consequences to be? 496 00:29:41,492 --> 00:29:43,772 Well, you heard the tape there too. 497 00:29:43,831 --> 00:29:48,016 Uh, Mitchell's dead, right? Uh, that's the consequences. 498 00:29:50,151 --> 00:29:52,158 Nothing further, Your Honor. 499 00:29:53,862 --> 00:29:57,613 Have you seen Mr. Mitchell's movie? Yeah, I seen it. 500 00:29:57,674 --> 00:29:59,919 Does it accurately, in your experience, 501 00:29:59,981 --> 00:30:02,762 portray the milieu at a place like Raimondo's? 502 00:30:02,823 --> 00:30:04,773 Well, he took a few liberties. 503 00:30:04,829 --> 00:30:06,836 Upset anybody? Yeah, some. 504 00:30:06,902 --> 00:30:09,547 They took offense? You might say. 505 00:30:09,610 --> 00:30:13,259 - He was fascinated by gangsters. - A lotta people are. 506 00:30:13,322 --> 00:30:16,366 Mr. Mitchell spent a great deal of time at Raimondo's. 507 00:30:16,431 --> 00:30:18,381 He was there every week. 508 00:30:18,437 --> 00:30:20,980 Do you think Mr. Mitchell fully comprehended... 509 00:30:21,045 --> 00:30:25,229 the effect his movie might have on the clientèle at Raimondo's? 510 00:30:25,291 --> 00:30:29,305 Not a clue. He was, uh, you know, oblivious. 511 00:30:29,371 --> 00:30:31,321 He thought everybody loved it. 512 00:30:31,377 --> 00:30:35,458 Mr. Mitchell made a verbal contract to pay my client a million dollars. 513 00:30:35,522 --> 00:30:39,137 Sure. Verbal contract... that's why I loaned Sonny the 12K 514 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:44,388 In your line of work, Mr. Squirt, you ever enter into verbal contracts like these? 515 00:30:44,450 --> 00:30:47,460 All the time. We don't actually put nothin' on paper. 516 00:30:47,526 --> 00:30:50,479 Well, you expect to get paid nonetheless, don't you? 517 00:30:50,535 --> 00:30:54,924 Well, a deal's a deal. And everybody knows the consequences of breaking a deal. 518 00:30:54,981 --> 00:30:56,931 You bet. 519 00:30:56,987 --> 00:31:02,072 Do you know if Mr. Mitchell entered into any other verbal contracts at Raimondo's... 520 00:31:02,137 --> 00:31:05,181 in connection with his movie? Objection, Your Honor. Hearsay. 521 00:31:05,246 --> 00:31:10,936 Mr. Squirt is a denizen of Raimondo's. He may have firsthand knowledge of these informal business practices. 522 00:31:12,401 --> 00:31:14,909 I'll allow it. Witness may answer. 523 00:31:14,976 --> 00:31:19,958 Well, he promised guys parts, auditions for their girlfriends, jobs on the movie. 524 00:31:20,025 --> 00:31:23,479 - But he's full of crap. - He didn't honor the contracts. 525 00:31:23,536 --> 00:31:26,249 As far as I know, not at all. 526 00:31:30,590 --> 00:31:32,905 Well, the defense strategy is clear: 527 00:31:32,964 --> 00:31:37,046 King didn't do it, and Mitchell was playin' with fire makin' his mobster movie. 528 00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:40,724 He deserved what he got. So you believe there? a possibility of an acquittal? 529 00:31:40,788 --> 00:31:44,174 Huh. Y 'all seen The Godfather recently? 530 00:31:44,232 --> 00:31:47,242 - The public romanticizes the Mafia. - We do too. 531 00:31:47,308 --> 00:31:49,349 We even use their colorful nicknames when we indict them. 532 00:31:49,414 --> 00:31:52,264 So maybe the jury's fascinated. Aren't they also afraid? 533 00:31:52,323 --> 00:31:54,672 Get close to the flame, but not too close. 534 00:31:54,731 --> 00:31:56,681 That's the big attraction at Raimondo's. 535 00:31:56,737 --> 00:32:00,852 This whole case is polluted with this American mobster mythology. 536 00:32:00,916 --> 00:32:04,394 Well, you'll just have to convince the jury that they're not watchin' a movie. 537 00:32:09,309 --> 00:32:12,661 Sonny came by my yard and paid me 10 grand cash. 538 00:32:12,719 --> 00:32:16,367 He told me Mitchell ate at Raimondo's every Tuesday night like clockwork. 539 00:32:16,430 --> 00:32:20,011 So I started hangin' at the bar every week... 540 00:32:20,075 --> 00:32:22,025 to get a bead on the guy, 541 00:32:22,081 --> 00:32:24,966 then maybe follow him out and do the deed. 542 00:32:25,023 --> 00:32:28,375 What deed, Mr. Rogis? Kill him. 543 00:32:28,433 --> 00:32:30,383 What happened on the night in question? 544 00:32:30,439 --> 00:32:32,856 I was knockin' back a few at the bar. 545 00:32:32,913 --> 00:32:35,330 The singing starts, and this lady gets up. 546 00:32:35,388 --> 00:32:39,709 Before you know it, Johnny and Bumpy are havin' words, and Bumpy comes out blasting. 547 00:32:39,768 --> 00:32:42,151 Bumpy? You're talking about Carmine Bustale? 548 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:45,355 Yeah. He puts two in Johnny Carolo. 549 00:32:45,419 --> 00:32:48,964 And then? Everybody hits the deck. 550 00:32:49,029 --> 00:32:52,210 Yellin' and screamin', guys scramblin' around. 551 00:32:52,273 --> 00:32:56,057 So, I figure, this is perfect. I pull my piece, put one in Mitchell, 552 00:32:56,118 --> 00:32:58,763 drop it on the floor and disappear out the door. 553 00:32:58,826 --> 00:33:02,680 You admit you murdered Thomas Mitchell? Sonny King paid me to. 554 00:33:02,738 --> 00:33:07,458 I didn't plan on doin' it in Raimondo's, you understand. 555 00:33:08,689 --> 00:33:11,836 And if I dishonored Raimondo's in anyway, 556 00:33:11,899 --> 00:33:14,784 I'm sorry and I apologize. 557 00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:20,930 I just had the perfect opportunity. I mean, how often does that happen? 558 00:33:20,994 --> 00:33:23,239 You dropped your weapon. Why? 559 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:27,256 You know who hangs out there... cops. 560 00:33:27,313 --> 00:33:29,661 The place is crawlin' with 'em. 561 00:33:29,719 --> 00:33:34,144 Some police honcho walking up to the door with his date hears shots, 562 00:33:34,201 --> 00:33:36,082 he's stoppin' anybody comin' out. 563 00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:38,249 So you ditched your gun. 564 00:33:38,313 --> 00:33:41,163 I made sure my prints weren't on it or anything. 565 00:33:46,873 --> 00:33:51,764 Isn't it a fact you have three violent-felony convictions? 566 00:33:51,821 --> 00:33:53,771 It's a fact. 567 00:33:53,827 --> 00:33:56,004 Murder in '83. 568 00:33:56,066 --> 00:34:00,387 You did six years before your conviction was overturned on appeal on a technicality. 569 00:34:00,446 --> 00:34:05,166 - That's right. - You stabbed a news vendor 14 times with a screwdriver. 570 00:34:05,228 --> 00:34:08,078 He owed money. Two assault convictions. 571 00:34:08,137 --> 00:34:11,820 - One in '91, the next one in '97. - Whatever's on the paper. 572 00:34:11,882 --> 00:34:13,923 And now that you're facing a life sentence, 573 00:34:13,988 --> 00:34:18,777 you cut a deal with the prosecution to blame this murder... 574 00:34:18,836 --> 00:34:21,344 your murder... on Sonny King. 575 00:34:21,410 --> 00:34:23,360 Ham it up all you want, counselor. 576 00:34:24,353 --> 00:34:27,466 Sonny told me this guy screwed him, and he was gonna pay for it. 577 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:32,211 That's a nice touch, Mr. Rogis. Mr. McCoy teach you that? 578 00:34:33,447 --> 00:34:35,453 Nothing further. 579 00:34:42,207 --> 00:34:44,213 I never seen this Rogis in my life. 580 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,792 I don't know where he works. I don't know where he lives. 581 00:34:47,858 --> 00:34:51,438 This salvage yard where I supposedly gave him 10 grand... 582 00:34:51,502 --> 00:34:53,919 I don't know what he's talkin' about. 583 00:34:53,976 --> 00:34:58,365 Did you pay Denny Rogis to kill Thomas Mitchell? 584 00:34:58,423 --> 00:35:01,775 Guy's a liar. Hey, you heard him yourself. 585 00:35:01,834 --> 00:35:04,183 He's tryin' to save his own skin by cuttin' a deal. 586 00:35:04,241 --> 00:35:06,692 Is that a no? Yeah, it's a no. 587 00:35:06,749 --> 00:35:10,101 I'm just a scapegoat for what really goes on over there, okay? 588 00:35:10,159 --> 00:35:13,443 Chief of d's buyin' drinks for wise guys. Huh? 589 00:35:13,503 --> 00:35:17,722 Disappearing murder weapons, hit men gettin' carte blanche. 590 00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:20,325 Now they got this tape, okay, so they wanna put it all on me. 591 00:35:20,390 --> 00:35:22,396 What about that tape, Sonny? 592 00:35:22,464 --> 00:35:25,644 Did you in fact have a dispute with Thomas Mitchell over money? 593 00:35:25,706 --> 00:35:28,716 Of course I did, but, come on, a million bucks? 594 00:35:28,783 --> 00:35:32,237 See, that's just me tryin' to get over on Tommy. 595 00:35:32,294 --> 00:35:36,273 Look, you gotta understand, okay? We would talk to each other like that. 596 00:35:36,339 --> 00:35:39,292 Where I come from, you would talk big. 597 00:35:39,348 --> 00:35:41,298 You know, you would ask for a loaf of bread, 598 00:35:41,354 --> 00:35:44,273 and, sometimes... if you were lucky... 599 00:35:44,330 --> 00:35:46,542 you get a slice. 600 00:35:50,850 --> 00:35:54,498 So you're saying this was all a negotiation, Mr. King? 601 00:35:54,561 --> 00:35:56,511 Yes, that's right. It's a negotiation. 602 00:35:56,568 --> 00:36:01,048 - Which included you threatening Mr. Mitchell's life? - No. I did not threaten him. 603 00:36:01,115 --> 00:36:04,763 You didn't hound him in his office, harass him at the airport... 604 00:36:04,825 --> 00:36:07,573 and confront him on a weekly basis at Raimondo's? 605 00:36:07,634 --> 00:36:09,618 I'm not sayin' I didn't ask Tommy for my fair share, 606 00:36:09,674 --> 00:36:11,624 but that Rogis killed him, not me. 607 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,790 Because you paid him to. 608 00:36:13,853 --> 00:36:19,747 Arthur Baldo testified that you gave him $2,000 to introduce you to Mr. Rogis. 609 00:36:19,805 --> 00:36:23,259 I never met Arthur Baldo neither. I don't know why he would say that. 610 00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:26,964 It just a coincidence that you borrowed $12, 000 from Pete Squiri. 611 00:36:27,027 --> 00:36:30,311 Two for Baldo and 10 for Rogis. 612 00:36:30,371 --> 00:36:32,252 I borrowed that money from Pete to go to the track. 613 00:36:34,684 --> 00:36:37,101 This is quite a conspiracy against you, Mr. King. 614 00:36:37,158 --> 00:36:39,837 Yeah. They hated me... all those guys over there at Raimondo's. 615 00:36:39,899 --> 00:36:44,380 First for the book, then for the movie. They hated Tommy too. 616 00:36:48,258 --> 00:36:50,300 How do you think it's going? 617 00:36:51,301 --> 00:36:54,881 I think we took the shine off the “Mitchell had it coming" defense. 618 00:36:54,945 --> 00:36:57,989 But? Something King said on the stand. 619 00:36:59,392 --> 00:37:02,973 The guys at Raimondo's, they all hated him and Mitchell. 620 00:37:03,037 --> 00:37:06,320 And you heard Rogis. He was more worried about Raimondo's... 621 00:37:06,381 --> 00:37:08,729 than he was about spending the rest of his life in prison. 622 00:37:08,788 --> 00:37:11,330 Where are you going with this? 623 00:37:11,395 --> 00:37:15,978 Mitchell and King both profited from their portrayals of Raimondo's. 624 00:37:16,043 --> 00:37:18,586 And both the book and the movie were less than flattering. 625 00:37:18,651 --> 00:37:20,760 I've only been looking in one direction... 626 00:37:20,824 --> 00:37:24,575 for connections between Baldo and Rogis and King. 627 00:37:27,344 --> 00:37:29,419 Baldo's phone records. 628 00:37:30,487 --> 00:37:34,443 One week before the shootings, Baldo called Raimondo's. 629 00:37:34,499 --> 00:37:38,182 According to Baldo's own testimony, that would have been the same day... 630 00:37:38,244 --> 00:37:41,562 that he sent Sonny King to meet Rogis. 631 00:37:41,621 --> 00:37:44,733 To arrange Mitchell's murder. 632 00:37:44,797 --> 00:37:47,910 Well, maybe he wanted to make a reservation to celebrate. 633 00:37:49,278 --> 00:37:52,231 Let's find out. 634 00:37:52,287 --> 00:37:55,399 You've been less than forthcoming with us, Mr. Baldo. Not me. 635 00:37:55,463 --> 00:37:58,109 You told us you sent Sonny King to see Rogis. 636 00:37:58,171 --> 00:38:01,625 I did, but I didn't know what was up or who was gonna get whacked. 637 00:38:01,682 --> 00:38:04,464 If you did, you can kiss your immunity good-bye. 638 00:38:06,229 --> 00:38:08,714 Who else was involved in Mitchell's murder? 639 00:38:08,771 --> 00:38:12,088 It's time for complete candor, Mr. Baldo. 640 00:38:18,601 --> 00:38:21,918 I sent King to Rogis. That's on the square. 641 00:38:21,977 --> 00:38:23,927 But King didn't want Rogis to kill Mitchell. 642 00:38:23,984 --> 00:38:27,062 Then what did he hire him to do? Put a scare in him... 643 00:38:27,126 --> 00:38:30,512 follow him outside of Raimondo's one night and stick a gun in his mouth. 644 00:38:30,570 --> 00:38:35,621 - Scare him into paying the million dollars. - It probably would've worked too. I know I would've coughed it up. 645 00:38:35,686 --> 00:38:37,532 What went wrong? For starters? 646 00:38:37,592 --> 00:38:40,807 Rogis wasn't supposed to do nothin' inside Raimondo's. 647 00:38:40,868 --> 00:38:43,149 He got excited when Bumpy started firin'. 648 00:38:44,513 --> 00:38:48,526 I thought King hired Rogis to scare Mitchell, not to shoot him. 649 00:38:48,591 --> 00:38:50,597 He did. 650 00:38:51,935 --> 00:38:55,891 But somebody else paid him to put real bullets in that gun. 651 00:39:02,233 --> 00:39:05,848 After we finish here, we're goin' downtown to listen to some F.B.I. tapes. 652 00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:08,760 Special Agent Garibaldi says they're highly entertaining. 653 00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:10,770 Knock yourself out. There's nothin' on 'em. 654 00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:13,745 Yeah? Your wife know about your girlfriend? 655 00:39:13,802 --> 00:39:15,752 Didn't the unis check the car? 656 00:39:15,808 --> 00:39:19,593 Yeah, they got nothin'. I'm thinkin' it's trapped. What about the passenger-side air bag? 657 00:39:19,653 --> 00:39:22,229 That's what I'm thinkin', but I can't figure out the latch. 658 00:39:22,294 --> 00:39:24,244 Try the heater. 659 00:39:25,939 --> 00:39:29,621 Nothin'. I tried the radio too. Nothin'. Try 'em both at once. 660 00:39:40,082 --> 00:39:42,795 Could this be that strange rattle you were wonderin' about? 661 00:39:44,829 --> 00:39:47,041 Let me give you the lay of the land, Mr. Raimondo. 662 00:39:48,039 --> 00:39:50,615 The gun recovered from your car... 663 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,793 is the weapon Rogis used to shoot Mitchell. 664 00:39:53,857 --> 00:39:57,037 After the shooting, he dropped the weapon, 665 00:39:57,101 --> 00:39:59,051 and you retrieved it. 666 00:39:59,107 --> 00:40:02,927 Why would I do that? For insurance... to hold over Rogis... 667 00:40:02,985 --> 00:40:06,667 or to use to frame Sonny King. 668 00:40:06,729 --> 00:40:09,341 We have phone records and taps of calls between you and Arthur Baldo, 669 00:40:09,405 --> 00:40:15,390 and Baldo will testify that you paid him $25,000 to hire Rogis to kill Mitchell. 670 00:40:15,456 --> 00:40:19,001 You wanted to teach Mitchell and King a lesson. 671 00:40:22,445 --> 00:40:24,588 They didn't belong in your world. 672 00:40:24,651 --> 00:40:27,695 Rogis didn't know the $25,000 came from you. 673 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:32,184 If he got jammed up, he'd give up King, leave you out of it. 674 00:40:35,082 --> 00:40:40,270 - Is there an offer in there somewhere, Mr. McCoy? - Same as Mr. Rogis... murder two. 675 00:40:44,044 --> 00:40:47,864 Sonny and Tommy disrespected me three times. 676 00:40:49,326 --> 00:40:53,784 - The book, the movie... - And ordering a hit and planning it in my place. 677 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,257 That was the third straw broke the camel's back. 678 00:40:57,919 --> 00:40:59,925 Guys like Mitchell and King, 679 00:41:00,928 --> 00:41:02,878 they think it's chic. 680 00:41:02,935 --> 00:41:05,443 They think we're amusing. 681 00:41:05,509 --> 00:41:07,926 Screw them. 682 00:41:14,134 --> 00:41:16,141 So, what happens to King? You cut him loose? 683 00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:18,249 He paid someone to shake down Mitchell 684 00:41:18,314 --> 00:41:20,994 He's guilty of attempted robbery. 685 00:41:23,129 --> 00:41:24,873 Good. 686 00:41:26,238 --> 00:41:28,279 Maybe I'll see him around the yard. 687 00:41:33,995 --> 00:41:37,746 So, I suppose Sonny King will have plenty of time to work on his next book. 688 00:41:37,807 --> 00:41:39,813 A few years in prison should provide him... 689 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,357 with many interesting real-life experiences.