Striking Distance (1993)

[bunniefuu]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[WHIMPERING]

ROBERTS [ON PHONE]: Police
department. Zone 1. Sergeant Roberts.

[WOLF HOWLING ON STEREO]

[SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAH'S "LIL'
RED RIDING HOOD" PLAYING ON STEREO]

['LIL' RED RIDING HOOD"
PLAYING ON STEREO]

[MUSIC STOPS]

WOMAN [ON TV]: The search for the
Polish Hill Strangler continues

in the wake of the discovery of
yet a fourth victim early this morning.

The nude body of Arlene Dunn
of Mount Pleasant

was recovered from the Ohio River
by Pittsburgh River Rescue.

The police had been alerted
to the crimes by the k*ller,

who calls after each m*rder
to taunt them

and play the song
"Little Red Riding Hood."

The police brutality trial
of Detective Jimmy Detillo

came to a conclusion yesterday when
the jury brought in a guilty verdict.

Detective Detillo was convicted for
the May 20th b*ating of Leon Watson.

Watson remains in a coma in Mercy
Hospital. The key to the conviction

was the surprising testimony of
Homicide Detective Thomas Hardy,

Detillo's partner and cousin.

Hardy was present
during Watson's arrest

and testified that his partner
used unwarranted force.

Sentencing in the...
VINCE: Tommy.

Come on, son, we're gonna
be late for the policeman's ball.

You gotta face them sooner or later.
I feel like an assh*le going to this.

Well, we can't rule out the possibility
that maybe you are an assh*le.

You always were kind of strange.

It's no wonder with
a role model like you.

You got that from your mother's side.
Please leave Mom out of this.

Okay, gladly.

I see you got the boat fixed.
Yeah, putting it in the water tomorrow.

VINCE: So, what's the latest
on Little Red Riding Hood?

Nothing new. We get
close, he slips away.

We make a move, he makes a
move. I'm telling you, Dad, it's a cop.

Maybe an ex-cop. Who knows?
Uncle Nick thinks so too.

You talk to Uncle Nick about Jimmy?
We talked around it.

Look, every cop in Pittsburgh
thinks I'm a rat.

Why should Uncle Nick be different?
You're not a rat.

You told the truth. Nick knows that.

Yeah, well, look where
telling the truth has got me.

I know what you're going through,
Tommy.

But you know what my dad
used to say?

"Loyalty above all else,

except honour."
Except honour. Yes.

COP [ON RADIO]: All units,
we're in pursuit of a m*rder suspect

in a stolen '89 Ford, dark blue.

Licence: Robert Harry x-ray 7-1-5.
Oh, damn it.

We just crossed
the 31st Street Bridge.

Not today. No.
Suspect is armed and dangerous.

Repeat, armed and dangerous.
Let's go.

Maybe I won't have to go to this
g*dd*mn policemen's ball after all.

[SIREN WAILING]

[SIREN WAILING]

Take Bigelow.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

Jesus.

Why don't you have a date tonight?
You're my date.

I didn't want you to be lonely.

What happened to that nurse?
Nothing happened, she's fine.

It just didn't work out.

[HORN HONKING]

Well, you gotta give these things
a chance, Tommy.

[HORNS HONKING]

You know, that girl that
works for Dutch is awful nice.

[HORN HONKING]

Is there some meaning
in all this, Dad?

Grandkids.

[CHUCKLES]

What? Yeah.

Well, I'm not that
grown up myself yet, Dad.

There they are.
Go down the alley.

[HORN HONKING]

Ah!

Jesus Christ.

A fire and two officers down
in the southbound tube.

Send an ambulance.

We'll trap him at 2nd Avenue.

Come on, come on.
Right here, that's good.

COP 1: Here he comes.

COP 2: I got it.

[TYRES SCREECH]

COP 1: Captain Hardy.

Get out of the car now
with your hands up.

Uncle Nick.

Excuse me,
is this the policemen's ball?

Well, nobody's going to the party
until we get this assh*le out of the car.

This is your last chance. Get
out of the car with your hands up.

[SCREECHING]

TOM: Here he comes.

Let's go.

sh*t.

[HORNS HONKING]

Hang on.

[HORN HONKING]

He drives like a cop.

Pull up to him.

NICK: All right. Come
on, fellas, easy. Easy.

COP 1: Easy.
NICK: Jesus Christ. Take it easy.

COP 1: Watch the leg. Watch...
Come on.

Watch the leg.

[TOM GRUNTING]

TOM: My leg.
COP 1: You're all right. Come on.

Easy, now.
Something's wrong with my leg.

Hey. Where's Dad?

Tommy. Tommy, listen to me.
Where's my dad?

Tommy.

TOM: Oh, no. Oh, no.

NICK: He's been sh*t,
Tommy. The k*ller got away.

Oh, Daddy. Daddy. Jesus Christ.

[CRYING]

Look who's here.

Tommy, I'm sorry about your father.
Thanks, Don.

You couldn't stay away,
could you, Tommy?

You even had to come to
the g*dd*mn sentencing.

It wasn't bad enough
you testified against your partner?

What, you come down
here to gloat, you prick?

Hey, Uncle Nick. Hi, Tommy.

How are you feeling?
I don't know.

How's the leg? Okay.

COP 1: Don't sell out.
We gotta trust each other.

COP 2: Damn shame.
Jimmy was a good cop.

I don't wanna be here,
Uncle Nick.

You're a better man
than I am, kid.

Hey, Tommy, they got the guy
that k*lled your father.

What?
Bringing him up for arraignment now.

REPORTER 1:
Is this the Little Red Riding Hood?

REPORTER 2: Look this way.

What is this?
His name is Kesser.

What the hell is this, Nick? He couldn't
even lift those women to abduct them.

We have an eyewitness
that saw him dump a body.

REPORTER 3: Are you a
witness in this case? Sir?

What the hell is going on here?

Even you said it was a cop.
I said "could be."

Now we have a witness
that said it wasn't.

When were you gonna tell me?

Hey, Dad, come on,
let's go on in.

All right. Just go sit down,
I'll be right with you.

Go ahead. Go ahead,
sit down. I'll be right in.

Now you listen to me.

I don't want any problems with
you. Do you understand me?

You should be glad
we caught him.

Where is he?

A no-show at
a police brutality sentencing?

They're gonna throw the book
at him, Nick. Your son or not.

BAILIFF: Hear ye, hear ye.

The criminal court of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania iS NOW in session.

Sentencing for the State
versus Detective Jimmy Detillo.

All rise. The Honourable
Judge Hellen Kramer presiding.

Mr. Gunther, where's your client?
We don't know, Your Honour.

[CROWD MURMURING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

NICK: Jimmy. Jimmy,
son, listen to me. Jimmy.

Jimmy, listen to Daddy, all
right? Please, come on down.

We'll go talk to them. I promise,
we'll work something out.

Mama went off this bridge.

You remember?

They never found her.

[SIGHS]

DANNY: Come on, Jim,
you don't have to do this.

Jimmy. Come on. Please.

Cops don't go to prison, Dad!

Cops don't go to prison.
I don't go.

NICK: Hey, Jimmy, we can
work this out. Now, listen.

What are you doing here?
Are you gonna give him a push?

Jimmy, work it out.

Jimmy! NICK: Okay?

Hey, Tommy.

That's my partner.
My flesh and blood!

My flesh and blood!

Come on down, Jimmy. Come
on, you're scaring everybody.

Yeah?

No! No! Jimmy, don't.

[LAUGHS]

Who's the best cop now, huh?

You, Jimmy. Always you.

Who's the best cop now?

Always you, Jim.

Come on, Jim. Come on down.

Come on. Come on, partner.
Just take my hand.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on down.

Come on.

No! DANNY: No!

No! Jimmy! NICK: No!

[CRYING]

No! You m*therf*cker,
Tommy! You did this!

NICK: Forget it. Let go of him.
DANNY: You m*therf*cker!

You did this. f*ck you!

You did this, you m*therf*cker!
Come on.

No.

[MEOW]

[ALARM CLOCK BUZZING]

Oh, Bob. No.

Don't lick me with that fish breath.

[ALARM STOPS]

[BEEP]

Ow! Ow! Ow!

sh*t. Ow! Ow! Ow!

MAN: Hey, Hardy.

[$30]

MAN 1: I like this guy.

He's still on the sauce. He's
probably sleeping it off somewhere.

He doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit,"
Sacco. He's a fifth-generation cop. He'll show.

Oh, yeah?

Who wants to bet, huh?

Twenty bucks says he don't show.
MAN 2: Hey, take it.

You're on.

[HORN HONKING]

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Tie that up for me, will you?
Hardy.

Hardy! I've been calling
you for a f*cking hour.

A f*cking hour.

You missed roll call.

Penderman's really pissed.

You look like sh*t.
Did you fall off the wagon again?

It's five-o'-f*cking-clock, man.
You're a f*cking mess.

I'm sick of taking sh*t
for you, Hardy.

What am I supposed
to put in the log, huh?

You wanna get that stern line?

You're a real assh*le,
you know that?

All the guys in the division,
and I draw this prick.

Ah!

Hardy! You bastard!

[ON PA] Get some dry clothes on,
Sacco. I'll catch you on the next run.

g*dd*mn it!

This is River Rescue. We have a 7...
River Rescue 9221, this is base.

Hardy.
We have a 111, Shenango Works,

one mile south of Neville Island,
north shore.

Ten-four.

[$30]

Kim Lee, get Hardy.

River Rescue 9221, this is base.

Come in. 9221. Go ahead.

Hardy, this is Penderman. I want
you to get back here and pick up Sacco.

Hardy? Hardy!

Malfunction on his radio, sir.

Like when you shut it off.

Jeff Schultz, Neville Township.
Tom Hardy.

Where's your diver? He fell off.

[SIREN WAILS]

Open it up.

Stand back, please.

MAN [ON RADIO]: Thirty-three
thirteen, leaving Mercy Hospital.

sh*t in the pump. Small calibre.
Been in the water 48 hours.

Less. Twenty-four hours.

She's been dead 48 though. Somebody
held on to her before they mailed her.

And thank you, Jack-f*cking-Webb.

Who the f*ck is this guy?
Tom Hardy.

Tom Hardy? The infamous.

Hi, Sid. Hey, Uncle Nick.

How are you?

What do I have to do
to get you to call me, huh?

I call you, Nick.
The phone's always busy.

Mm-hm.

Danny is back. You're kidding.

Where was he all this time?
California someplace.

What'd he say?
Nothing much. You know Danny.

So how they treating you down there?
Good.

Hm? Good.

I read in the paper
Rossmore is retiring.

Yeah, that's what they say.

You gonna be the next chief,
Uncle Nick?

No, not me, kid.
I'm just a Larimer Avenue dago.

MAN [ON RADIO]: Thirty-three
ten, what is the location?

I hear they're gonna fry Kesser.

Yeah. That's what they do with K*llers.

I'll see you around.

Come on, let's go.

You know, Sid, when I grow up, I'd
love to have a pair of shorts like that.

How's the wife, Eddie?
None of your f*cking business.

Oh, yeah, that's right.
How would you know?

Hey, you're his partner.
How's his wife?

Hey, let's go! Hey!

Eddie's picking on
me again, Uncle Nick.

Nobody's gonna forget...
Shut up. Get the f*ck out...

One of these days,
it's gonna be just you and me!

You belong on the river,
you f*cking rat!

REPORTER [ON TV]: Workers discovered the
victim earlier this evening in the Ohio River

near the Shenango Steelworks,
her nude body wrapped in a sheet.

Police have identified her as
Cheryl Putnam of Monessen.

Police detectives say Miss Putnam,
a stewardess for Transeast Airlines

was apparently forcefully abducted
from her own apartment

before being taken to another
location, where she was m*rder*d.

The brutal crime reminds
many Pittsburgh residents

of the Polish Hill stranglings
two years ago.

Homicide Detective Edward Eiler
had this to say:

There's no connection here

other than the victim of
a female, Caucasian persuasion.

The Polish Hill victims
were strangled.

Cheryl Putnam was
sh*t at close range.

REPORTER: Douglas Kesser
maintains his innocence...

[TV TURNS OFF]

[FOOTSTEPS]

TOM: Don't move.

You picked the wrong house
to rob, assh*le.

Who you kidding, Tommy?
You ain't got nothing worth stealing.

It's been a long time.

A good way to get yourself k*lled,
Danny.

I wanted to surprise you.

Yeah, you surprised me.

Give me a drink.

I almost broke my
f*cking neck out there.

I don't know why you wanna
live on a f*cking houseboat, man.

You and your old man should've
b*rned this down a long time ago.

Thanks. All right.

How was California? Sunny.

Sunny?

You're out there two years
and that's all you can tell me?

The Simpsons are on
an hour earlier.

You still mad at me?

Yeah, well, I f*cked up.

After that night on the bridge,
I blamed you for Jimmy.

Yeah.

Yeah, I blamed me too.

I looked for you at the funeral.
I couldn't deal with it.

Another funeral with an empty coffin
like my mom's...

The f*cking river took half my family.

It never gave them back, either.

Oh, wow. I was wondering
what happened to that picture.

You, me and Jimmy at my dad's
cabin. All gonna be cops like our dads.

Yeah.

Brilliant idea.

Look at us now.

I mean, I'm a dropout. Jimmy's dead.

And you're one of those, uh...

Like a...? What? Water dogs.

[LAUGHING]

Yeah, it wasn't your fault
what happened to Jimmy.

No, really.

He had something wrong with him.

No, he did, like my mom.

And nobody noticed it until he
b*at the sh*t out of that suspect.

But I noticed it.

I never did anything about it.

You did the right thing.

Bullshit.
You did the right thing.

f*ck them.

f*ck them.

[GRUNTS]

So are you back now?
Are you here for a while?

I'm back.

You wanna go get something to eat?
No, I gotta meet a girl.

I'll see you later, man. Okay.

Hey, Danny.

Welcome home, man.

Hey, Rus.

Hey, Kim Lee.
Hey. How you doing, Hardy?

Who's Christman?
Jo Christman. New diver.

What's he like?

Not what you'd expect.

Jesus Christ.

PENDERMAN: Come on in, Tom.

Tom Hardy, Jo Christman,
your new partner.

She's a police officer, also
qualified as a diver and a paramedic.

Hi, it's nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.

[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]

No. Okay.

Can I ask you what he said? No.

Thanks.

I hope she floats.

[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]

You wanna get
that stern line, please?

All right, all right. Yes!

[SIREN WAILING]

Uh-oh.

sh*t. Get rid of the cups.
Put them down.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Shut up.
We didn't do anything wrong.

Good afternoon. Hello.

Give me the bottle.
Let me rephrase that.

Give me the bottle now.

You know this is a no-wake zone?
No, sir, I didn't.

It is.

Drive a little slower next time.

Wait a second. We
have to give them a ticket.

No, we don't have to.
Yes, they were speeding.

We have to give them a ticket.

Well, you better do it, then. I'm
not sure I can stand the excitement.

Excuse me, sir,
I need your registration.

[SNIFFING]

Hardy, did you see that? Yeah.

TOM: Take the wheel.

Keep heading upriver.

Switch to Channel 8.
Tell Penderman to send backup.

Get out of here.

River Rescue, this is 9221, over.

Land shark.

MAN: Willy?

Willy?

Ah!

How many men upstairs?

[COCKS g*n]
Let me rephrase that.

Two, plus a pilot.

Close your eyes. Just close them.

MAN 1: You think we're stupid?
Where's the rest of the money, man?

MAN 2: Where's the 200 grand?
MAN 1: I say the word,

he blows your head off.
You f*ck, you hear me?

Psst.

Pittsburgh Police.

Now, we have two choices here.

You either put the g*ns down
or we all start sh**ting.

I'll blow his brains...

Hey. Let us go. Jesus Christ.

Hey, man. Hey. Come on, untie us!
sh*t. Get us out of here.

Hardy, behind you!

JO: Thanks, Dutch.

Hey, you did really good
out there tonight.

Thanks, Hardy. Really good.

Thanks. Good night.

I never had
a woman partner before.

Neither have I.

What a night.

You guys are understaffed
up here.

Oh, no, baby. This is
the new efficiency system.

[CHUCKLES]

See you tomorrow.
I switched with Mary Jane.

Todd has Pirate tickets.
See you Wednesday.

[FOOTSTEPS]

g*dd*mn it.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello.

[WOMAN GROANING ON PHONE]

['LIL' RED RIDING HOOD"
PLAYING ON PHONE]

Who is this?

[WOMAN GROANING ON PHONE]

Who is this?

TOM: Who is this,
g*dd*mn it? Answer me.

Where are you?

[WOMAN GROANING]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

[g*nsh*t]

[PHONE HANGS UP]

Hi. Hey.

EDDIE: Hey, Tommy.

What are you doing here?

All the bars closed?

Just visiting
some old friends, Eddie.

You don't have any old friends
down here.

Who would know that better
than you, huh? Scumbag.

EDDIE:
Yeah, old friends. g*dd*mn it.

m*therf*cker. Nick, he
was in the Polish Hill files.

NICK: Hey. Hey, Tom.

Hey, listen, Tommy, what
are those? What is that?

What? That, what is it?

This? Yeah.

Nothing, just some papers.

There's an old
Italian saying, Tommy:

"Don't scald your tongue
on another man's soup."

Yeah, there's an old Irish saying:

"Never listen to old Italian sayings."

I knew this was gonna happen.

The minute I seen you at that body,
I knew it was gonna happen.

You just won't let go, will you?

You want me to go lay in
some bed for the rest of my life?

My father's in the grave two years

Tommy, the guy that k*lled your father
is wasting away in West-f*cking-pen.

Bullshit. A cop k*lled my father,
and you know it.

Kesser never had the brains for this. You rolled
over on Kesser, and I wanna know why, g*dd*mn it!

He was convicted by a jury
of his peers based on evidence...

Why won't you answer me?
I'm telling you!

I loved your father, Tommy,
and I love you like a son,

but your father is dead
and this case is closed.

Now, if you can't accept that,
that's your problem.

But I'm telling you something, son.

I can take that g*n and that badge away from you
right now for initiating an illegal investigation.

Is that what you want me to do?

Is it?

You do what you gotta do, Nick.

[$30]

Hey, Hardy,
we're out of our patrol zone.

Well, will you at least
tell me where we're going?

I'm gonna go visit a friend.

I'll break here for dinner.
I'll be back.

Right.

I'll just stay here
and watch the boat.

I'll just stay here
and watch the boat.

MAN: Come on, man, sh**t the
f*cking ball. You gonna break or what?

Get you something?

Yeah, I'm looking for
a guy named Chicanis.

I don't think
I've seen him all night.

Chicanis!

TOM: Come here. Come on.

TOM: Okay, okay, now you're gonna tell
me what you know. Who told you to lie?

Who told you to lie?
I didn't lie.

Give me the f*cking names or say
goodbye, m*therf*cker! I don't care which.

Don't sh**t me. JO: Hardy!

P ut up your g*n. Now!

No, Hardy,
put up your f*cking g*n.

Hardy, g*dd*mn it!

Hardy, look, this sh*t has got to stop.
If you have a drinking problem, fine.

I wasn't drinking.
Bullshit. You were out of control.

I wasn't drinking!
Look, you're already on probation.

How long have you been a cop?
What?

How long have you been a cop?
How many years have you been a cop?

One year, two years?
Long enough to know the rules.

You know the rules, huh? Well,
maybe you overlooked the one

about partners are supposed
to back each other up.

From what I hear, you have no business telling
me how partners should treat each other.

And what, I'm supposed to watch
you put a g*n to someone's head?

I wasn't gonna sh**t him!
What were you gonna do?

I was about to talk.
I'm trying to solve a m*rder here!

What m*rder?
DISPATCH: Ninety-two, twenty-one.

Listen, Hardy, I hate to be the one
to break this to you,

but you are not
a homicide detective anymore.

DISPATCH: River Rescue


Go for Hardy.

We've got another 111, Hardy.

North shore, River Park.
East of Glenwood Bridge.

Get the bow line. Yeah, this is
Hardy, 9221. We're on our way.

Let's go. Now!

BOY 1: Over here! Right here!

In front of us, look.

Come on, over here. Come on.

BOY 2: We found a dead body.

Oh, jeez.

Thanks.

TOM: Mrs. Wilson, if the
kids have any bad dreams,

trouble sleeping,
nightmares, call this number

and we'll send a
counsellor out free of charge.

Right. Okay.
Get the kids home now.

Kids, come on. Let's go home.

Why didn't you ask those kids
if they saw anything?

Because they didn't see anything.

The body was dumped late last night.
How do you know?

I used to be a homicide detective.

Round up the usual suspects, huh?
Keep laughing, assh*le.

COP: Hey, Danny.

It's a sin what he turned into.

EDDIE: Sorry to
interrupt your evening.

We got a dead nurse.
Jesus Christ.

You stay here, you understand
me? Don't move. You stay right here.

Absolutely, Dad.

I wouldn't wanna get in the way.

What a prick.

Paula Puglusi,
she worked Mercy Hospital.

Same M.O. as the Putnam woman.

Guess who she used to f*ck.

You knew her.

Yeah.

Oh, God, Tom, I'm sorry.

That guy that you
were chasing back there,

he has something
to do with this, doesn't he?

He was a witness in a m*rder case.
The Polish Hill murders?

Yeah.

I was one of
the investigating officers.

Five women were strangled.

During a high-speed pursuit of
the suspect, my father was k*lled.

This man Chicanis said he saw
the k*ller dump one of the bodies.

And you don't believe him?

This was the case
where you lost your shield.

No.

I lost my shield because
I said a cop k*lled my father.

Hey, Tommy. Wanna give her one
more pop before they take her away?

How about I give you one more pop?
What? Blow it out your ass, you lush.

Go keep the press out of
Uncle Nick's face. Attaboy, Eddie.

That's enough, all right?

I thought you quit smoking.

The gum didn't work.

Who's she?

That's my new partner, Nick.

Not bad.

You didn't know nothing about that?
No, why should 1?

COP: Hey. Hey.

You coming back to the force?
Hell, no.

See what you're missing?

DANNY: Tommy!

Hey, man. A little dinner?

We're going Italian, big surprise.
Hey, didn't I tell you to stay up there?

I just invited him to dinner. I just...
Go up there. Go up.

I just...
Go up there. Go up there.

Jesus Christ, he hasn't changed a bit.
Yeah, well, that's the problem.

Come over here,
I wanna talk to you.

All right. So, what do you know?
Nothing.

Dead body in the water,
we fished it out.

Please don't play games with me.
I'm not Homicide anymore.

I know that.
I still wanna know what you know.

You don't wanna hear what I gotta say.
Try me.

It's the same guy, all right?

The same guy? The same guy as
what? Are you talking about Polish Hill?

All the women had
fair hair, good bodies.

Your type exactly. These
women were sh*t, not strangled.

You're gonna have to do better.
Both the women had neck bruises.

They were bound,
wrist and ankle.

How do you know?
Check it out, ask Eiler.

Eiler told me you know this girl.
A lot of guys knew her.

A lot of guys weren't f*cking her.
g*dd*mn it.

What's the matter with you, Nick?

I didn't know any better, I'd think
you didn't wanna solve this case.

Go f*ck yourself.
No, f*ck you. Are you a cop or not?

f*ck you! You come up with some bullshit
stories linking all these murders together

and just because you say it,
I'm supposed to swallow it.

Well, let me ask you a question, smart guy:
When was the last time you seen this girl?

He's putting the bodies in the water
so I'll find them, Nick.

What?

He wants me to find these girls.

[CHUCKLES]

You're crazy, you know that? You really
are. You're crazy. You're nuts, that's it.

He called me. He called you?

That's right.
The guy who k*lled these girls called.

And what'd he say?
He didn't say anything.

He didn't say anything
because you dreamed it.

Now get in your little f*cking boat
and get the f*ck out of here.

Go catch a fish.

You're an alcoholic, kid,
and you need help.

This isn't a joke anymore. If I
were you, I'd go see a psychiatrist,

get my head examined.
Maybe you need a drink, Nick.

It might ease the pain
of being wrong.

Get away from me, Tommy.
Get out of my sight.

REPORTER 1: Nick, hey. Hey, hey.

Just one question. Hey.

Didn't I tell you to keep
those people out of here?

NICK: Get them back up that
f*cking hill. Am I talking to myself?

Am I in this world by myself? Get
them f*cking people out of here.

Get them back up that
f*cking hill. Come on.

Get them back up that
f*cking hill. Come on.

Put Grandpa back on. Okay.

Just a second. Hi.

Yeah, she sounds good, she does.

Yes, me too.

Okay, bye-bye.

Hi. Hi. Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Okay.

This is it. Sixteen months ago.

I didn't do it.
I didn't m*rder anybody.

This witness is lying.
He never laid eyes on me.

At least one member of the police
department agreed with the accused.

Detective Thomas Hardy
didn't earn any new friends

with this statement to the press.

No, I do not think Kesser is the
k*ller. I think Kesser is the patsy.

There was information that was not admitted
in this case that should have been.

REPORTER:
Can you tell us what that is?

TOM: All the women were
stunned with police-issued Tasers.

Two of the women were
called from police call boxes.

EDDIE: Tommy, shut up.
All the women were abducted from

areas where police response time is
slowest. Why didn't you say it, Eddie?

Why didn't you say it?
Get out of here! g*dd*mn it!

A Pittsburgh cop did it,
and you know it!

REPORTER: An official police
report denied Hardy's accusations.

And as for Douglas Kesser,

the controversy has not
changed the outcome.

He has been sentenced to
death in the electric chair.

Airtight case. Kesser was
a drunk, drifter, no alibi at all.

He confessed to the m*rder of a
man we believe was his accomplice.

Said it was, uh, self-defence.

But he denied
any connection to Polish Hill.

However, we recovered evidence
from the m*rder*d women

in Kesser's motel room,

along with the g*n
that k*lled Vince Hardy.

Then why does Hardy
think that Kesser was framed?

We got Kesser
on an anonymous tip.

And Kesser's fingerprints weren't
on the g*n. It was a police special.

The serial numbers had been filed
off. So Hardy starts barking conspiracy.

He thinks the k*ller's a cop.

Did anybody else think
Kesser was innocent?

Yeah. Kesser.

[MEOW]

Well, Bob,

he's either putting them in
the Allegheny or the Monongahela.

That narrows it down.

[PHONE RINGS]

TOM [ON MACHINE]:
This is Hardy here. Go.

JO: Hi, Tom, it's Jo.

I was just wondering if you were
gonna go to the policemen's ball tonight.

I was... Well, anyway, I'm gonna go.

I don't...
I don't really know anyone, so

I don't know,
maybe I'll see you there. Bye.

Yeah.

[BAND PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC]

Do what you gotta do. One drink.

Don't leave me out here.
One drink, real quick. I'll be right back.

COP 1:
Who the hell does he think he is?

COP 2: I wouldn't show my face.

WOMAN: I'd be so embarrassed.

[APPLAUSE]

EDDIE: The hell is he doing here?
COP 3: You believe the nerve?

COP 4. You got a lot of
balls coming here, man.

Captain, look who's here.

COP 5: What's he doing
here? Who does he think he is?

Hi. Hi.

You look, uh

different.

Well, I'll take that as a compliment.

I didn't think
I'd see you here tonight.

Nobody did.

Hey, Tommy, you made it.
Good to see you, man.

TOM: How are you?

Come on, the whole family's here.
The whole family's right over here.

Come on, you can bring your friend.
Come on.

Hey, Dad, look who's here.
COP 1: Hey, he's got Tommy with him.

WOMAN 1: Tommy. COP 2: Hey, Tom.

TOM: Hey, Aunt Marianne.

Come on, Aunt Marianne. Let him
go. Come on, don't keep them waiting.

Tommy, good to see you, son.
Hi, Uncle Fred.

Hey, coz, ain't you gonna
introduce your date?

That's not my date.

This is my new partner,
Officer Jo Christman.

Hi.
Unfortunately, these are the Hardys.

My Uncle Fred. Hi.

Jo, nice to meet you.

My cousin Gary. Hi, how are you?

Don't f*ck her. Yeah.

WOMAN 2: Tommy, Tommy.
COP 3: Oh, my God, Tommy's back.

You're so skinny.
Come to our house to eat.

She's right, you're too skinny.

You gotta come and
quit being such a stranger.

Now, since we're all together,
I'd like to propose a toast.

To Vince Hardy.
The best captain of Homicide ever.

ALL: Vince Hardy.

GARY: Vince. Vince Hardy.

COP 1: Hear, hear.

DANNY: How about
we drink to my mother?

She was a Hardy too.

Jimmy, how about we drink to him?
All right now, son, that's enough.

Hey, come on, Dad, it's kind of fitting
down here by the river, don't you think?

Uncle Vince is dead.
They're dead too.

You're gonna drink to him, you're
gonna drink to them. To Jimmy!

I said that's enough!
No, it's not enough, g*dd*mn it!

Get your f*cking hands off me!
TOM: Danny, that's enough. Danny.

NICK: Come on. For
crying out loud, break it up.

Jesus Christ Almighty.

Break it up, g*dd*mn it.
EDDIE: Get off the lawn here!

NICK: Get him out of here.
Come on, get him out of here.

Just get the f*ck out, Tommy.

Let go of me. Let go, I'm all right.
You don't belong here.

Me and you, Eddie.
JO: Hardy. Hardy, come on.

Anytime, jack-off.
Hardy, come on.

COP 1: Knock it off!
Hardy, come on.

The best day of the year.
Better than Christmas!

The best day of the year.
Better than Christmas!

JO: These policemen,
they're all your relatives?

TOM: No, they're just criminals
dressed up like policemen.

How'd they all end up
on the force?

Just part of some big, nationwide
negative gene pool, I guess.

Don't do that, okay?

What?

That thing where you're
not really talking to me.

That's not the answer. Well

it'll do until a real answer
comes along.

Hey, hey! What the f*ck
is the matter with you?

Get out.

Get out now!

That's right.
You wanna sit around here

and have a few drinks and really
start feeling sorry for yourself.

Just go now, please.
What is this?

You won't respect yourself
until someone else does first?

Well, I respect you. I thought
that it took a lot of courage

for you to walk in there
and face the whole department

when you know they're just
waiting to see you fall on your ass.

You're giving them exactly
what they want.

No, what they want
is to keep me silent.

Stupid is almost as good.

Will you just go now, please?

Just go home.

No, I don't want to.

I don't wanna go home.

What are you doing?

[IMEOWING]

[$30]

So, what made you decide
to become a cop?

Well, I mean,
why would you wanna

put up with all the horseshit
you gotta go through,

being a woman and all.

When I was in college,
my roommate was r*ped,

and the campus police were
only interested in keeping it quiet,

so I started poking around. I mean, I knew
that the guy was white and he was very tall.

So I started checking out
basketball courts near the campus.

And I took pictures
of all the white players.

And she identified him from
one of the photographs I'd taken.

You caught the guy? Yeah.

[TRAIN HORN TOOTING]

[TYRES SCREECHING]

[ON PA]: This is the
Pittsburgh Police Department.

Pull the car over now
and stop the engine.

Stop the car now or I will sh**t.

Take the wheel, take the wheel.

All units, this is River Rescue 9221
in pursuit of a m*rder suspect

heading west on the railroad
service road, mile 16.

Suspect is driving a blue sedan
and is armed and dangerous.

Send backup. All units respond.

[CLICKING]

sh*t.

Hold it steady.

MAN 1:
What are we looking at here?

SACCO: Oh, my God!
Yep, it's definitely a rug.

Way to go, Hardy, you assh*le.

What'd I tell you? I told you
it was a f*cking rug.

NICK:
Hey, Tommy, congratulations.

I'm proud of you.
We're all very proud of you.

You chased away a litterbug, blew
up his car and recovered a carpet.

It looked like a body.

Well, then maybe you should
consider a career change.

MAN 2: Sarge?

Let's just say,

for the sake of argument

that it was the k*ller

and it was a cop.

It'd be very easy for him
to figure out our patrol patterns, right?

Then he'd just be waiting for us
to come along.

Exactly. He dumps the rug
to make us look like morons.

It worked. Yeah.

Hardy? Yes.

There's something
I should tell you.

Are you really a man?

No. Good.

But I was married to one.

A cop?

Worse, a lawyer.

That is worse.

We have a daughter. She's 4.

What's her name? Sarah.

Nice name.

Thanks.

Is that it?

Uh-huh.

We shouldn't be doing
this, we're partners.

Yeah. We should
be taken out and sh*t.

We should sh**t each other.

Too much paperwork.

I'm serious, Tommy.

Well, maybe you should
consider a career change.

[CHUCKLES]

Tommy?

[GASPS]

Tommy, what's wrong?
What's the matter?

There was another m*rder. Yeah.

Her name was Constance Cabrizzi.

I used to call her Connie.

You knew this girl too?
I took her to the prom.

Amazing coincidence, huh?
Me knowing all these girls.

I mean, you knew
about the nurse.

And now I guess
you know about Cheryl.

And now Connie.

You've gotta tell someone.
Who would I tell?

How would I know I can trust them?
I don't know how high up this goes, Jo.

What do you mean?
Imagine if I told the wrong person.

You didn't do this. Why?

Because it's such
an obvious frame?

Now I know why you've been so
obsessed with this and with Polish Hill.

There is no "this and Polish Hill," Jo,
like they were two separate things.

It's the same k*ller.

He k*lled those girls in '91,
he k*lled my father.

Now he's picking women out of
my life, k*lling them in front of me

and putting them in the river
so I'll find them.

You're scaring me.
It's scaring me too.

All the women in my life
keep turning up dead.

You are not listening to me.
I am telling you that

there is absolutely no connection
between Polish Hill and these new girls.

And if you print one hint of that
in your newspaper,

I am knocking you off this b*at. You
understand? You get sh*t from us from now on.

Goodbye.

g*dd*mn it.

The tip checked out. Hardy went
to high school with the Cabrizzi dame.

That's two out of three, Nick.

If we dig, I bet we can
tie him to Cheryl Putnam.

You want me to bring him in?

No, we couldn't hold him
with what we've got anyway.

But we can put him under review.
I'm calling Internal Affairs.

You can't do an IA hearing unless he's been
under close surveillance for at least two weeks.

He's been under surveillance
for three weeks.

Close surveillance?
It doesn't get any closer.

Hello, this is Detillo.

MORRIS: Thank you very much,
Officer Sacco. You may step down.

I'd like to call
Detective Emily Harper.

Who?

It's Jo.

BAILIFF: Raise your right hand,
please. Do you swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?

EMILY: I do.
Please state your name for the panel.

Detective Emily Harper.

Detective Harper, you are a
member of the Internal Affairs division

of the Pennsylvania State Police,
is that correct?

Yes. Tell the panel, please,

about your last assignment.

The assignment had two parts:
To rate Officer Hardy's competence

as a member of the
Pittsburgh River Rescue division

and to monitor his unusual interest
in the Three Rivers m*rder cases.

You state in your report
that Officer Hardy

had consistently ignored
his River Rescue duties

to pursue an illegal investigation
into the Three Rivers m*rder case.

That's correct.

To what do you attribute Officer
Hardy's unusual interest in this case?

He believes that the murders were
committed by the same man

responsible for Polish Hill
murders two years ago.

A case he worked on.
Yes, that's right.

Mr. Chicanis, a prosecution
witness in that case,

reported that Officer Hardy assaulted
and threatened him at gunpoint

and that you were forced to protect him by
threatening Officer Hardy with your own w*apon.

No, that's incorrect.

I drew my w*apon as backup.
Backup?

EMILY: That's what I call it.

Officer Hardy was not
out of control and dangerous?

At no time.
At no time during that inci...

At no time whatsoever.

Officer Hardy is
courageous and resourceful.

His values are the finest. I just wish
we had more police officers of his quality.

Excuse me. Excuse me.
Well, that's my evaluation.

And I was under the impression
that's what you brought me up here for.

Thank you very much, detective,
you may step down.

JUDGE: Ten-minute recess.

I'm sorry.

Why did you change your testimony?
Why do you think?

You cheat good. Hardy.

[BEEP]

MAN [ON MACHINE]: Hi, Emily, it's
your father. Sorry we missed you, honey.

Sarah just wanted to say hello.

She's enjoying her visit.
Honey, listen,

Mom and I will see you Sunday.
Bye.

[BEEP]

TOM: Hi, Jo... I mean Emily.
I'll never get used to that name.

I just wanted to tell you

it took a lot of courage to do
what you did today at the hearing.

Maybe we can talk. Call me. Bye.

[BEEP]

[PHONE RINGS]

Ah!

[GRUNTS]

[IMEOWING]

Yes, Bob, I know you're hungry.

Christ, you're always hungry.
Why don't you go catch a rat?

Let's see what our friends,
the Coast Guard, have for us.

Let's see.

Cheryl.

There's one.

Connie.

That's 15. And...

There's nothing up there but cabins.

Jesus Christ.

Bob, will you get the...?

[PHONE RINGING]

TOM [ON MACHINE]:
This is Hardy here. Go.

[BEEP]

['LIL' RED RIDING HOOD"
PLAYING ON MACHINE]

Jo!

Kim Lee! No.

Oh, God! It stops now!

[SIRENS WAILING]

Hands high, Danny. Put your
f*cking hands in the air right now.

Where is she? Where's the girl?
I know everything.

Where's who? Put that g*n down.
Put your hands up!

Hey, I got your f*cking note.
What note?

Oh, Jesus Christ.

[SIREN WAILING]

REPORTER [ON TV]:
For Detective James Detillo.

Detillo was convicted on three counts
of as*ault and reckless endangerment.

The key to Detillo's conviction

was the testimony of Detillo's
partner. His cousin, Thomas Hardy,

a witness to Watson's arrest.
Sentencing...

Surprised?

Hello, Jimmy.

I got you.

Oh, I got you.

I got you f*cking good, didn't 1?
Admit it, huh?

Huh? Yeah.

[LAUGHING]

JIMMY: Yes!

What a world.
It's really hard to believe, isn't it?

I jump off a bridge, I don't die.
Go figure.

And you

being so... Being so smart.

I mean, that must be a real...
A real comfort to you,

especially at a time
like this, huh?

DANNY: Jimmy. Shut up.

Jimmy.
Shut up. You shut your f*cking mouth!

I loved you! You're my brother
and you betrayed me.

You betrayed me
for this worthless piece of sh*t

when you knew I was the best cop!
You knew it! Huh? Say it!

Son of a bitch, say it! Say it!

Who's the best cop?
Jimmy was the best cop!

Jimmy was the best cop!

What are you doing?
Shh. I'm sorry.

Tommy, let's have a drink, huh?

Come on. Me and you,
just like the old days.

Remember? Remember how
we used to drink to old time?

Look at me when I f*cking
talk to you! Look at mel.

What's the matter? You're
a drunk, aren't you? Huh?

Come on, drink. Drink it!

Drink it!

[COUGHING]

Are you too proud
to drink with a dead man?

No.

Well, maybe I should drink
with your little dove.

Would you like that? Huh?

Hey. Hey.

Leave her alone, Jimmy.
Shut the f*ck up! Shut up!

[EMILY GRUNTING]

JIMMY:
So I'm k*lling all these girls...

He's riding right next to me wondering
who's doing it, who's doing it.

We're investigating
the crimes together

and I'm sitting
right next to my partner.

[JIMMY LAUGHING]

You have been
a very bad boy, Tommy.

You've been f*cking
your brand-new partner, huh?

Did you get f*cked, honey?

Well, look,
don't feel too special

because Tommy's made a career
out of f*cking his partners.

I want you to let this girl go.
Shut the f*ck up!

Shut up or I'll k*ll you right now.
Can you see this, honey?

Can you see this? Bye-bye, Tommy.
Jimmy!

I like this game. I like this game.

You know why? Everybody dies,
and they all die with Tommy's g*n.

Now we got us a game.

Now we got us a game.

Say goodbye to her, Tommy.
Jimmy, don't do it! Please, don't do it!

Now we got us a game.

Jimmy, no!
Say goodbye to her, Tommy.

Say goodbye to her. NICK: Jimmy!

Jimmy, put the g*n
down, son, all right?

Please? Jimmy, listen to Daddy.

Put the g*n down, all right?
But what fun would that be, Dad?

It's all over, son. Put the g*n down.
Please.

It's just starting. Please!

I think Tommy
has some questions for you.

Tommy? Comments? Come on.

Should I help him along, Dad?
Jimmy, don't. Please.

You know your dad...
God bless his Irish soul.

He was... How shall I put it, captain?
Jimmy, please don't.

He was sort of k*lled.

[LAUGHING]

JIMMY: Captain, you wanna
tell Tommy who k*lled his dad?

Come on, tell Tommy.

Come on, tell him!

Don't move or I'll f*cking k*ll
you. Don't move. Son of a bitch.

[GRUNTS]

Jimmy.

Get up!

You son of a bitch. Get up!

Stop.

I'll k*ll you. I'm your son.

I'm your son.

Let me go.

Let me go.

Let me go.

[GRUNTING]

Freeze! No, Vince!

Stop or I'll sh**t!
No, Vince. Vince, no!

No! No!

[g*nsh*t]

I'm sorry, Tommy. I'm really sorry.

I never meant
for any of this to happen.

He was my son.

But it's over now

because we're going in together.

What?

What are you gonna do, Dad?
You gonna sh**t me?

Huh?

Come on. Come on, sh**t me.

[LAUGHS]

You couldn't do it before.

You just don't have it in you.

sh**t your own son?

There goes that...
There goes that gold watch.

Hail Mary, full of grace...

Who's the best cop?

A b*llet-proof vest!
Who's the best cop now, huh?

Argh!

JIMMY: You
m*therf*cker! Come here!

Come on, Jimmy!
Come on, me and you!

[g*nsh*t]

JIMMY:
Go on. Run, you son of a bitch.

Tommy.

I just wanna talk to you.

Tommy.

Come on.

Tommy. Tommy, what are you
making me chase you for?

Come on. Are you mad at me?

I just sh*t my dad.

Tommy? You kn...

[SIRENS WAILING]

Call me, Tommy. No, I'll call you.

COP 1: Watch it.
COP 2: On the side.

Come on, follow, follow.

Fan out!

Coffey, get these handcuffs off me.
Why are you handcuffed?

Coffey, get these handcuffs off me.
Why are you handcuffed?

Coffey, get these handcuffs off me.
Why are you handcuffed?

Where's Detillo?
He's up there. Get these off now.

All right, hang on.
Get up there, he's been sh*t! Get off!

What do you mean, get off?
I'm not getting off.

Hardy, you son of a bitch!

[SIRENS WAILING]

f*ck!

[LAUGHS]

Come on.

[CLICKING]

f*ck!

f*ck me.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Get away from me!

Stop it!

Stop it.

Stop.

Ah!

Ah!

[LAUGHING]

Come on! Come on,
you could never b*at me.

You could never b*at me.
You'll never b*at me.

Huh?

[TRAIN HORN TOOTING]

Ah!

There it is.

You like to jump off bridges.

No!

Who's the best cop now?

Ah!

You gonna be all right?

DISPATCHER: Thirty-three
twenty, what is your location?

Somebody take these
handcuffs off me, please?

I need some handcuff keys.

I was a real shithead, Tommy. I
guess you wanna take a sh*t at me.

No.

It wouldn't do any good, Eddie.

On the other hand...

EMILY: Hardy.

Hardy.

You're okay.

Grandkids, Dad.

[$30]