01x01 - The Name Is Mannix

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Good morning.

Intertect Limited.

Would you hold a moment?

Good morning.
Intertect Limited.

One moment.

Thank you, sir. Bye.

One paper on the desk
at a time, Mr. Pender.

Oh, cut it out, Mannix.

Company rule.

I know. I know.

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Mannix,

take the jacket away
from the lens.

I want to talk to you, Mannix.

Go ahead, Lou.

In my office.

Now.

Smith, where's Mannix?

Wrong again.

Three days
and minutes late.

I, uh, broke the
Ashland case.

Uh-huh.

Didn't do my hand
any good, either.

You broke the man's jaw.

Did you have to slug him?

It seemed like
a pretty good idea at the time.

You know Intertect's policy
about brawling.

Well, it got the job done
anyway, Lou.

True.

But Mannix,
I run an organization--

a large one-- and I have
to have rules, a system.

It's not perfect.
No system is.

It is, however, designed to get

the most out
of people.

Not me.

If I were you,
I'd fire me.

Joe, this is
the th...

Lou, we've been
here before.

I just don't fit
into the system.

I know you won't
change the system.

I know I won't
change the system.

It's logical.

Can me.

You're my best man.

I know.
I know you know.

Now, come on.

I have a job for you.

What's the rough angle this time

that means it's mine?

There's a girl missing with
her mother's bracelet.

Family doesn't
want police.

Oh, come on.
That's a system job.

Her father's one of the
richest men in the state.

Semi-retired,
grows dates.

Still a system job.

The girl's name
is Angela Dubrio.

Samuel Dubrio--

used to head the rackets
up or years ago?

Why would he call
Intertect for help?

He didn't.

He asked
for my best man.

If you laugh,
I will fire you.

Um... I'll see
what I can do.

Oh, Mannix, don't forget:

Check out with
Operations.

Flight from Los Angeles

to Palm Springs,
now departing, gate one.

from Palm Springs to Tucson,

now boarding at gate two.

Are you from
Intertect?

Yes.

I have Mr. Dubrio's
car waiting, sir.

Oh, thank you, but,
uh, tell Mr. Dubrio

I'll see him
in an hour or so.

I'd like to check into a hotel,
maybe look around town.

Excuse me, sir.

Mr. Dubrio would
like to see you now.

In an hour or so.

Immediately,
if you please.

Sir?

Is something the matter?

Not at all.

He just tried harder.

Hands.

I'm Sam Dubrio.

Nice meeting you...

and good-bye.

Don't you know
what that thing is?

Sure, but a
g*n in the hand

doesn't mean the
world by the tail.

Oh, that's true,
but he don't need the g*n.

Doesn't he?

I said, hands!

No, no.

Let 'em go.

Why?

You're supposed
to be Intertect's best.

I wanted a look

at how you
handle yourself.

How rough a boy do you need

to find a missing girl
with a bracelet?

There ain't no bracelet.

And the girl isn't just missing.

She's been...

...kidnapped.
That's right.

My wife got
the phone call.

They want one-half
million dollars in cash

aboard the mountain
tramway at : today.

I've got the money ready.

I want you to make the payoff.

Sorry,

but kidnapping is
a matter for the law,

not a private firm.

Please, help us.
Mrs. Dubrio...

Please!

Mrs. Dubrio, the state

can lift my license
just for not picking up a phone.

Sam won't go to the police.

Not won't. I can't.

I'm Samuel Dubrio.

Sure, now, I'm
a date farmer, but...

...they still remember
when I used to be wrongside.

Government goes out of its way
to give me tax trouble.

I hand that money
over to the law

to make the payoff, and never
see it again either way.

It?

The money?

What about your daughter?

Do you think just paying over
that money's gonna save her?

Well, it don't figure to
as a rule,

but those people know me.

I still got an organization.

Look, pay, and we stand a chance
of getting Angela back.

There's none
if we call in the cops.

You still have an organization.

Why call Intertect?

I got no one on my payroll
that I can trust.

Not with a half a million
bucks in cash.

Uh-uh.
It's you, or I pass.

And your daughter?

Eh, Angela may be dead
already.

That's not true.

I heard her voice
on the phone.

Sure, maybe her,
maybe a tape.

Sam, please!

Ah, Louise, go on
and wash your face!

Pay them, just...

Louise, it...

Mrs. Dubrio...

...your husband,

he seems pretty cold
about all this.

Mister...?

Mannix.

Mannix.

I know what Sam is.

You...

you should know
he's not Angela's father.

Just a few months
after we got married,

Sam went to the penitentiary.

I was years old,
Mr. Mannix.

There was no question
of divorce.

It's no excuse, I know, but...

You can't imagine how...

miserable and lonely I was.

Five years later,
when Sam came back,

Angela was already...

almost three.

Understand, h-he
didn't leave me.

He b*at me bloody,
but he didn't leave me.

All these years,

he's never said
anything to Angela.

He's paid
all the bills.

You don't know.

You just don't know.

Please, do what he asks.

You can't blame him.

All that money and she isn't
even his daughter.

Hey, Andy, move
that picking crane

over to check three.

She tell you?

She told me.

Now what do you think
of Sam Dubrio?

Oh, I think he's
a... prince.

Well, it's not your
opinion of me that
means a thing,

it's what I think of you.

And you know
what I think?

I think you're hooked.

You got no use
for me,

but you're worrying
about the girl.

You're all heart.

You'll do it.

Yeah, I'll do it,
Dubrio,

but not for you,
for the girl.

Because I'm not so sure
they'll let her live,

police or no police.

I'll make that payoff
for you, Dubrio,

but my way.

Just what is
your way?

A way to find out
where they're holding the girl.

How?

The kidnappers have
the same problem you have:

who can they trust with a half
a million dollars in cash?

That's why they picked
the tramway for the payoff.

They can keep me under
observation the whole time.

The pickup man has
no place to run.

He's got to
follow orders.

As long as he does,

there's no way I can follow him.

So what can you do about it?

I'm gonna make him
disobey orders

and give me a lead to the girl.

You can't.

He knows they'll k*ll him.

You're going to gamble I can.

I'm not going to give him
a half a million dollars.

What?!

You'd better sit down, Dubrio.

It's all there,
wrapped like you said.

Your attention, please.

This is the last call

for this part
of the mountain trip.

All those wishing
to make this trip,

please come
to the waiting room now.

All aboard.

Your attention, please.

The next car
to the mountain station

will leave in five minutes.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome aboard the Palm Springs
Aerial Tramway.

Hey, look why don't you
guys go on without me.

I just remembered
I didn't pay up
my insurance.

Hold on, I'm sure
they give out parachutes.

Fasten your seat belts.

Coffee, tea or milk.

Is there a lawyer
in the house?

I want to
make out a will.

Now, in the nine minutes
that it takes us

to complete our trip,

we're going to rise
a full vertical mile

and travel two and a half
miles up the canyon

to the mountain station.

Any questions that
you folks have, please,

feel free to ask me.

Anything at all you want
to know about the trip,

about the scenery
and so forth.

Now the rock on the left is
called "Mineral Rock,"

because almost every color
of the rainbow

can be seen
on its sides.

Did you bring it all?

One million dollars.

Now, on these slopes below us,
you'll see pinion pine,

yellow pine, big cone pine,
lumber pine,

sugar cone pine, and
here and there, a dead pine.

Let's see it.

One million
dollars.

Please notice on the right

the towering spire
of cathedral rock,

just one portion
of the mountain

solid core of granite
visible to us.

Stand back there.

Now, by looking out

over the left side of the car,

you can see the Salton Sea

which is feet
below sea level,

and, of course, also,

the cities of Palm Springs,
Palm Desert,

Cathedral City and Indio.

How many people
can the car hold?

Eighty-one.

The two tram cars pass exactly
in the middle.

And although it may seem

that the car going down is going
much faster than we are,

both cars travel
at exactly the same speed.

How fast are we going?

Uh, miles an hour.

What happens if the car
slides backwards?

Well, nothing to worry about.

We've got springs under us.

Springs?
Yeah.

Palm Springs,
Desert Springs, hot springs.

Look, a helicopter.

A chopper.

Boy, he's close.

Now, at our mountain station,

you will find a restaurant

and a complete virgin forest
with hiking trails

and, uh, nice,
clean, smog-free air.

And here we are.
Everybody out.

Stay here.

Ride down.

Don't leave the tram.

All right, everybody,
step up, please.

Valley Station next.

Did you get it all?

Half a million.

What took you...?

Move!

There you go.
Watch your step.

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Your attention, please.

The next car
for the Valley Station

will leave in ten minutes.

All those wishing
to make this trip

please come
to the waiting room now.

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What is this?

"Eddie Lee Prentiss."

You shouldn't
have come back,

Eddie Lee Prentiss.
You a cop?

Where's the girl, Eddie.

You a cop?

Where's the girl?

You're not a cop.

Where's the girl?!
I don't know.

I had nothing to do with that.

They paid me $ ,
just to make a pickup.

Where did the helicopter
let you off? Where?!

A private airport,

just outside of town
that no one uses.

Now Eddie, look,
if you're lying...
It's not finished.

The builder went busted
or something, I don't know.

All right, Eddie,
you take me there.

Listen, mister,
a half a million.

Forget it!
A half a million dollars!

A half a million.

Everything changes.

Try to understand.
You take me there.

It's all different.

It's another world
when you're rich.

Eddie!

Oh, Eddie,
a half a million dollars.

Now, you knew...

you had to know
that was too much.

You were never meant to have
that kind of money.

Yeah...

I knew.

I knew it was too good.

But, mister, think--

there'll never be
another chance like this.

You take half.

Quarter of a
million a piece.

Quarter of a million...?

That's rich... that's rich.

Yeah, I know, Eddie.

But I want to go
to the airport, Eddie, now.

Everybody wants
to be rich, mister.

Why not us?

I'll tell you what, Eddie--

let's go to the airport...

then we'll talk about the money.

Don't kid me.

What do you got to lose, Eddie?

You take me to the airport.

I'll even let you
hold the key.

You're lying to me.

A quarter
of a million dollars, Eddie.

There it is.

Oh, but mister, this is stupid.

We could be rich.

Hang on.

But, mister, this is...
Out!

Let's go!

Eh...
It's okay, Eddie.

You're gonna
be all right.

Just take it easy.

Just think, Eddie,

quarter of a million dollars.

We'll go halves.

You...

Here...

A quarter of a million dollars.

You should've known, Eddie.

You should've known.

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Angela, I'm a private detective.

Your father hired me
to find you.

I don't believe you.

Well, I can prove it.

Don't...!

All right, if you're what you
say you are, give me your g*n.

There are no b*ll*ts left,
anyway.

Please take me home.

Please
take me home.

What happened
back there?

Miss Dubrio,
I'm trying to help you.

I'm afraid.

I want to go home.

Just lie still.

He'll have a tough time
seeing us here.

Where are we?

I don't know.

How did you find me?

It's not important.

Tell me-- what happened
back at the tower?

I don't want to talk about it.

I want you to talk about it.

What happened?

I don't know...

except that it must've been
the money.

I heard them
fighting over it,

and then there
was sh**ting.

I didn't know what to do,
so I hid.

The man with the money ran out
to the helicopter

and the other man just
kept sh**ting at him,

and then he
came back in

and just hung there...
on the railing.

I watched him
for a long time,

but he didn't move.

He was dead.

I took his g*n

a-and he fell over the railing.

Then I heard somebody.

I didn't know
it was you, honest.

That's why
I hit you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Please take me
away from here.

Please.

I just want to go home.

Dubrios.

Nice family.

What?

You almost told it well enough.

Well, that's what happened.

Sorry, baby.

It just doesn't scan.

What do you mean?

I saw the man who ran out
to the helicopter.

He didn't have
a thing in his hands--

no money, no g*n, nothing.

It must be back
at the tower.

What difference
does it make?

Just a bit.

Why didn't he go back to
the tower and get the money?

Why is he still
chasing you?

I don't know.

I do.

He'd like to k*ll you.

That's it, Mannix.

I can identify him.

No, no, there never was
a kidnapping, was there?

Just a nice little squeeze
on old "dad,"

in case he happened to forget
his "daughter" in his will.

You must be crazy.

No, baby,
just lucky.

Lucky you ran out
of b*ll*ts.

All you had left
was a loaded handbag.

I'll tell you why he
wanted to k*ll you.

'Cause you happened to
do all the sh**ting.

No!

I'll take that bag.

No!

Give me the bag.

You almost knocked my
head off with this.

Of course, it was
a little heavier

than it should
have been.

It had a half a million dollars
in it.

It's not fair.
It's not fair!

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How much?

One million
dollars.

Mine.

Is it?

It's his.

Okay, but it's evidence,
Mr. Dubrio.

You'll get a receipt.

Where is it?

There's a half a
million dollars

in a locker, top
of the tramway.

The girl buried
the other half,

just out of bounds,
near the th green.

If she won't tell you
exactly where it is,

you'll just have to
bulldoze the area.

Uh, Stan!

Oh, you can bill
Mr. Dubrio.

Aw, now,
lay off, will you?

Say, you know,
I don't get it--

that part
about her thinking

that I wouldn't
leave her a penny.

Well, that's not true.

It's true.

How did you know about Angela?

Well, all three men involved
were at the tramway.

That left no one to
watch a kidnapped girl.

There was no reason to return
to the tower, except to, uh,

split the money.

That's not all,
is it, Mr. Mannix?

No, Mrs. Dubrio, I'm afraid not.

Angela knew my name.

Is that important?

Well, sort of.

You see, uh,
your husband didn't know it.

He couldn't
have cared less.

He just called Intertect and
said, "Send me your best man."

Your chauffeur
didn't know it and...

I didn't get a chance
to check into a hotel.

Yeah, but you just
used his name.

I'm... I'm sorry, Mrs. Dubrio.

You asked my name

when you pleaded with
me to make that payoff,

right before you called Angela

to tell her the plan
had worked and, uh...

the money was on its way.

Louise...

do you mean to tell me...
What did you expect, Sam?

After years
of living with you,

aren't you surprised
it took so long?

I mean, after
years with a...

a disease, chances
are you catch it.

I can't tell you
how sorry I am, Sam,

that it didn't work.

Now, for the benefit

of those who couldn't
make it last time...

Lou, I...

Oh, hello, Joe.
What is it?

Uh, it'll hold.

How'd it go?

I found the girl.

Who was that?

His name is Mannix.