02x26 - The Executioners: Part 2

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[male narrator] Next, "The FBI"

in color.

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Stuart Gregory, indicted for fraudulent bankruptcy

and under federal subpoena to testify against

the Cosa Nostra had been m*rder*d in a downtown

hotel room on the eve of his trial.

The two b*ll*ts fired into his heart

and the two Spanish shell casings

from a Berba automatic found near the body.

With the trademark of the mafia assassin known only as Cupid.

I want to talk to every hotel employee who was on duty

when Gregory was k*lled.

Bell hops, clerks, elevator operators.

Tell him we're looking for a man who might have been

holding his mouth in pain.

Lou, Gregory had a cut on his knuckle and no missing teeth

look at this.

He must have exposed the nerve.

Yeah.

Hurts just to look at it, doesn't it?

You couldn't have taken that for long.

Alright, let's start with all dentists

within ten blocks of the hotel.

Okay.

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[male narrator] The Ford Motor Company presents, "The FBI."

A Quinn Martin Warner Bros. production.

Starring, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring, Philip Abbott..

...Stephen Brooks.

With guest stars, Telly Savalas..

...Susan Strasberg..

...Robert Drivas.

Special guest star, Walter Pidgeon

and Celeste Holm as Flo Clementi.

Tonight's episode, "The Executioners, Part II."

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Leo Roland and Ed Clementi, chiefs of the Cosa Nostra

were meeting at the Sedgewick Motel

were Clementi had gone into hiding

after being served with a federal warrant

summoning him before the grand jury.

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- Yeah, who is it? - 'Leo.'

Go on outside and talk to Dave.

Come on, Ed, get hold of yourself, we've got work to do.

We had a meeting before I left Florida.

We all decided on how to handle this thing.

Now, there's enough to last you for several weeks.

Now, you'll go into hiding and when we tell you

'you'll turn yourself in.'

Now, Leo, listen--

'You'll swear the Fifth.'

Even if they give you immunity.

The most you can get is a year for refusing to testify.

Without witnesses they'll have to turn you loose.

That's the law.

"Witnesses?"

There are couple of dozen people who can tie me into this.

No witnesses, Ed.

You must be crazy.

We're up against push or shove, buddy boy.

It's them or us.

Now...you start writing.

Every name as far back as you can remember.

Don't ask me to sign anymore death warrants, Leo.

Because I won't do it.

How long has it been, Ed?

Twenty years since you and I teamed up.

We had some times, didn't we?

You know where you made your mistake?

You fell in love with the wrong woman.

Flo is the worst thing that ever happened to you.

- The best! - Hmph.

Remember what a time we had keeping our stories straight so

Flo wouldn't know what you really did for a living.

Three years. Funny, isn't it?

Tsk-tsk, three years.

I helped you keep Flo in the dark.

And now, when it's really important

you won't even help yourself.

[scoffs] Tsk, well..

...I guess my memory is as good as yours.

'Leo.'

Who you putting on that list?

I'll have a permanent hideout set for you by tonight.

- Keep out of sight. - Flo..

Is Flo one of them?

Like I said, Ed. It's them or us.

- Leo.. - Ugh.

You butcher!

[intense music]

- Something wrong? - Yeah. Get rid of the car.

Get another one that nobody can trace. Nobody! We're moving!

Yes, that's the man.

With half of his left central incisor missing

he was in considerable pain, and..

Well, I put a temporary cap on for him.

- You're quite sure? - Yes, sir.

Well, thanks for coming in, doctor.

- It's my pleasure. - Appreciate your help.

Ed was right about one thing.

Hits won't help what we've worked years to build up.

Even if we dumped everyone Ed ever knew

it's not going to stop him from talking.

[indistinct chattering]

Now, listen to me.

Ed's wife left him because he wouldn't quit the racket.

Well, he wants out now.

He told me so himself.

So, we're going to have to stop him

before he cuts us all down.

- Well, that's right. - Yeah, that's right.

Cupid's in New York and available.

I don't know, they-they all look alike to me now.

Yeah, they're too old.

Cupid's only in his mid twenties now.

He'd...he'd been a child

when most of these pictures were taken.

[clears throat]

- Jim? - Hm?

How long ago did Clementi's wife leave?

Let me check.

Ten years.

And that little boy how old was he then?

Well, he was, uh, seven when his parents were k*lled

and Clementi took him in.

And the wife left eight years later

he would have been about 15.

Fifteen and ten makes 25.

Yeah, but the, uh, the file shows that he stayed away

from the rackets.

Graduate student at Fulton.

There's that clipping, it's a high school graduation.

- This one? - Yeah.

Jim.

[Jim] Yeah, it could be.

Call the SRA folks.

I wanna check on Paul Clementi at the university

add immediate surveillance of his home.

And get us an air force jet.

And, Jim, that tooth, bring it along.

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[Jackie] 'Mrs. Clementi.'

The boss wants to see you.

Oh, for heavens sake!

Now, haven't I made myself clear on that.

He's in trouble, Mrs. Clementi.

Please.

Flo? Flo?

Flo?

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[car engine revving]

He was afraid you'd just hang up on him

if he calls you, Mrs. Clementi.

Don't be mad.

[laughs] Jackie, why should I be mad?

What's a little kidnapping between friends?

I wouldn't call it a kidnapping.

Oh, what else would you call it?

One of your bunch forces been--

Flo, they're actually going to k*ll you!

'Leo thinks you know too much.'

We had a fight.

He's gonna try to k*ll us both.

Paul, I'm-I'm in a phone booth right across the street

I saw Ed when he opened the door.

Come on, honey, slow down.

I can't understand a word you're saying.

It's the Langdon Hotel in Yonkers, number ten.

Look, honey, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

[doorbell ringing]

Excuse me.

Crazy place to meet.

- Where's Flo? - She's working.

Just a sec.

Look, honey, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

After all, they are married.

But Flo and I were supposed to have lunch together

and I know that she would have said something to me.

And I also know that Jackie forced her to get into the car.

Look, Chris, I'll tell you what I'll do

I'll check on it myself, you go back to the hospital.

- Okay, call me. - Sure, honey.

Bye.

What were you talking to Chris about?

Oh!

[chuckles] Well, Uncle Ed sent Jackie to pick up Aunt Flo.

Chris followed her.

Oh.

Did, uh, she say where Ed was?

Oh, sure.

Cupid's getting rich these days.

Don't tell Uncle Eddie, he might cut off my allowance.

I was thinking maybe you should tell him.

[chuckles] You're kidding.

No.

Oh, he's been acting lately, I don't think

I'll tell him anything.

- You noticed that, huh? - Mm-hmm.

What's the matter with him anyway?

Oh, age.

Fears from the past.

Including you.

What are you getting at?

Ed made a deal with Lefty Bolan.

He was running the mob in those days.

Ed set your father up to save his own skin.

'Your mother was standing too close when they got him.'

That's why he adopted you.

Guilt.

[chuckles] No.

It's easy enough to check.

Why are you telling me this now?

I never had a reason to tell you before.

Ed's your next contract.

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'Pays $50,000.'

What?

No.

He k*lled your mother and father!

Anything he's done since then wasn't for you

it was to ease his own conscience.

He's starting to crack.

You know it. You can see it.

If he does, none of us will be safe.

Including you.

You can get somebody else!

You're the only one who can get close enough.

[sighs]

- But Aunt Flo's with him. - Good.

I can't k*ll Aunt Flo.

Why not?

Because she's..

...she's my..

'She's the reason Ed's dangerous.'

'She's got him half out of his mind.'

This isn't a college fraternity, Cupid.

You're playing with the big boys now.

And the big boys have rules.

Look, I'm not a member.

I'm an outsider. I contract for money.

- Want to hear the rules? - No!

I solemnly swear allegiance to the code of the Cosa Nostra.

And that from this day forward, the Cosa Nostra comes

before wife, home, country or religion.

And that in excepting the code

I will live by the g*n

and die by the g*n

if I violate the code.

$50,000.

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[Gary] 'That's about all he ever wears, inspector.'

Cashmere jackets, contrasting slacks

and solid color ties.

Gary..

...you say you drove Paul to the bus terminal

Tuesday night.

- What time was that? - 7:30.

He always took the bus everywhere he went, always.

He'd just gotten a phone call too.

- Who from, Gary? - I don't know.

Would know if he has a dentist here in town, would you?

Yes, sir, we use the same one, Dr. McClintock.

I've got his address here.

Gary, we're gonna keep this room under surveillance.

And, uh, with your permission Mr. Pittman will stay here

in case you get any phone calls.

Sure, inspector, anything, uh, he can use the extension there.

Uh, I don't suppose you could tell me

what kind of trouble Paul's in?

I'm sorry. Thanks for your help, Gary.

Right. Right, anytime.

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No question about it, inspector.

It's Paul Clementi's tooth.

Would you be willing to swear to that, Dr. McClenock?

- Absolutely. - I'll call the airport.

Thank you, doctor.

Thank you.

I just wish you could have..

...gotten out of all this, uh, years ago.

So there could have been some time for us.

Oh, Flo.

You only know how many times I tried.

Then, Leo or one of the boys

would come up with a new proposition.

You know somethin'?

A man lies to himself.

He says...look at how many people want

what I got to sell.

Gambling...narcotics

shylocking, even a hit.

The same people who make the laws.

[scoffs] When does a man stop kidding himself?

Only when it's his turn to die.

Oh, before that.

A long time before.

Remember I told you when I was a kid..

...I really wanted to tell Father Benally

"Hey..

...I was the one who did the stealin'."

And I knew some day I'd run out of excuses.

And he'd win.

Because he was the only thing that was ever...real.

Except you, sweetheart.

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[telephone ringing]

Ward.

[sighs] Mr. Ward?

This is Mrs. Ed Clementi.

Yes, Mrs. Clementi.

My husband would like to talk to you.

Hello, Ward, yeah.

I like to turn myself in, I wanna talk.

[knock on door]

Where are you now, Mr. Clementi?

[knocking continues]

[Ward] 'Mr. Clementi?'

'Clementi.'

[knocking continues]

[Jackie] 'Let me in, Mr. Clementi.'

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I've been nosing around a little.

Leo's got the whole mob out lookin' for you.

He already knows you left the Sedgwick.

Go find him, Mr. Clementi.

Make your peace before it's too late.

Yeah, well, it's already too late, Jackie.

Where can we go? They'll find us no matter.

Ed.

Did you ever tell Leo where we went on our honeymoon?

No, I never told anybody.

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Oh, you'd come with me?

I mean, you'd want to?

Tsk, I have to.

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Yes, yes.

[female #1] 'I'm sorry, Mr. Ward'

'the call couldn't be traced.'

Did Inspector Erskine's plane land yet?

- 'No, sir, it hasn't.' - Well, get word to New York.

I want to talk to him the minute he gets in, it's urgent.

'Yes, sir.'

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Paul Clementi.

Do you think he'd try to m*rder his own uncle?

He might if he were ordered to.

He'd have a better idea where to find him

than anyone else.

Have you got a line on him?

No line, couple of thoughts.

[sighs] Alright, Lewis.

Just see that you get Clementi before the coroner does.

Where do we start?

Why does a woman go back with her gangster husband

after ten years?

Will be in Mrs. Clementi's apartment.

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[dialing]

[telephone ringing]

- Hello? - Gary?

Paul.

Yeah, well, where you been, buddy?

New York.

Gary, I want you to send me my clothes.

My books, my stuff, everything.

Yeah, well, uh, sure, what for, Paul?

I'm going on a trip..

...out of the country.

I've got to take care of something first.

Yeah, well-well, sure. Fine, fine, Paul.

Listen, uh, just-just give me your address

and tell me where you are, I, uh..

Uh, wait let me get a pencil, hang on.

Gary?

[Gary] 'Yeah, Paul, I got the pencil now.'

'Give me your address.'

'Paul?'

'Give me your address.'

'Paul, give me the address.'

'Paul? Paul?'

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No sign of him.

Mrs. Bowers, are you sure that

Mrs. Clementi's nephew was staying here?

[sighs] I think so. I didn't see him leave.

I know I always ask my tenants to

tell me when they have visiting guests but sometimes..

Uh, in-inspector, about this warrant.

Now, what did he do?

Uh, Mrs. Bowers

do you know where Mrs. Clementi might be right now?

No, I don't.

Is there anyone else in the building

who might be able to tell us where either one of them is?

Well, he's been playing around with that

little girl down the hall.

Oh, what's here name, do you know?

- Chris Roland. - Roland?

She works nights, sometimes she doesn't get home until

eight or nine o'clock in the morning.

- Works where? - I don't know.

I think she's a nurse.

Check it out, Jim. Hospitals, clinics, rest homes.

Right.

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Anything you want, boss, I'll be next door, number two.

Hey, Jack, I don't know what I'd do without you.

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Hasn't changed much, has it?

You know, we're safe here for a little while.

Why didn't you have Jackie bring in some champagne?

Hmm.

'Call Washington tomorrow.'

Oh, Ed..

Not everyone wants a second honeymoon sometimes.

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I've sparred enough to know when it's all over, Mr. Roland.

Only I can't see any reason for me to sink with the ship.

So, if you'll give me your personal word..

You got it.

Stay out of the way and you won't get hurt.

Now, uh, where are they?

Cabin number one, Pine Crest Lodge

in the Appalachians.

- Uh, Pennsylvania? - Yeah.

One mile north of Crest Line Village.

- On the ridge route. - Alright.

Sit tight.

For some time tonight.

Here you are.

Do it tonight.

Don't leave any witnesses.

Jackie?

Anybody.

- Hey, uh.. - What?

I want $50,00 before I leave here.

Why?

I'm not coming back.

I..

I got this feeling..

I think things are getting hot.

Are you serious?

I'm going to Europe.

Oh..

That's funny.

I thought you were ready to set up housekeeping here.

I mean, uh, when you were on the phone to Chris..

Well, I-I never heard you talk to her like that before.

Oh, now, Leo..

...you know I travel alone.

Always.

Oh.

Alright.

I'll get it for you.

Honey, give me West Side Hospital.

Third floor desk.

[telephone rings]

Third floor.

Uh, Chris Roland, please.

Yes, just a moment.

Chris.

- Hello. - Chris?

Look, meet me outside in 15 minutes.

- Paul, I'm on duty. - I know.

Now, don't give a hard time.

Just tell 'em that your fellow decided

you've been single long enough.

- We're going to get married. - What? What're you talk..

- Paul, are you-- - Don't give me a hard time.

Come on, outside in 15 minutes.

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Can you please let me buy some other clothes?

This is, this is just some dirty old sweater

I keep around for emergency.

You look beautiful. That's all.

I can't get married in this.

Let me just run across the street and buy something else.

What? And ruin a perfectly good emergency?

Get up, Chris.

[giggling]

[engine revving]

It wasn't her father who sent you, was it?

To stop her? I heard they were having trouble.

No, no, it wasn't, as a matter of fact

we prefer that you didn't mention our being here

to Mr. Roland, if you should see him.

Of course, inspector.

Oh, maybe this will help.

She told me she had Mrs. Clementi's car

and she'd leave it at the bus station.

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[Joyce] 'Yes, sir.'

Joyce, when Paul was here did he use the phone?

[Joyce] 'Why, yes, sir. He did.'

'He had me place a call to the West Side Hospital.'

Get them for me right away.

Paul. Paul, do we have to change buses to get there?

Forget-forget.. Where?

- Where we going. - No.

[laughing]

Well, is it here in New Jersey?

New Jersey's out of the question.

[sighs] Mm.

But they must have said where they were going?

They didn't.

I'm sorry, that's all I can tell you, Mr. Roland.

Thank you.

- 'Yes, sir.' - Joyce, phone the garage.

Have them get my car ready right away.

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Nice lookin' young couple.

Had to hurry to catch their bus.

- Number 30. - Where to?

Almost any place in New Jersey, inspector.

It wasn't an express.

They could transfer anyway along the line at the Jersey city.

Thanks, officer.

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[tires screech]

[whirring]

[male #1] 'Adams, SAC, Newark, for Inspector Erskine.'

Yes, Adams, what did you find out

from the Jersey city terminal?

Vehicle number 30 made it's scheduled stop

then proceeded to Newark, where it turned around

and went back to New York.

- Did you check Newark yet? - Yes, sir.

Nobody answering the subject's description

got off there.

But they could've made connections in Jersey City

with a short hop-bus, number 112

headed for up-state New York.

Alright, Adams, thank you.

[Brit] 'Inspector Erskine, this is Brit Hancock'

'senior resident agent, Morristown, New Jersey.'

Go ahead, Hancock.

At the request of SAC Adams of Newark

we'd run a check on inter-state passenger carrier, number 112.

Yes?

[Brit] 'It seems your subject's have transferred'

'from north bound, number 112 to west bound, number 61.'

Was that all?

Except for this

number 61 makes its last stop near the Pennsylvania border.

In the Appalachians.

Foot-hill service station where the ridge route begins.

'That's the only place they could have transferred'

'if they were going any farther.'

Good work, Hancock. Thank you.

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- Pretty, huh? - Ah!

Hey, now can I buy something?

- I'll use my own money. - Out of the question.

We'll use my money.

[chuckles]

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[whirring]

FBI.

We're looking for two people we think who were on bus 91.

- I saw them. - You're sure of that?

Huh, how many times does a doll like that

come in here on a given day?

They took the ridge route into Pennsylvania, number 98.

Is there another main highway up there

they might transfer on to?

No. Of course the number 98

likes to stop at all those little villages.

Great, thank you.

Take her down lower.

Bus 98, this is the FBI.

'Pullover and stop at the next rest station.'

'Bus 98, this is the FBI.'

'Pullover and stop at the next rest station.'

Won't you be needing a room too, sir?

Yes, and, uh, just as a repeat.

Oh, of course. Congratulations.

Thank you.

- Uh, Paul, a priest. - Oh, yeah, a priest.

Oh, that's Father Denning.

To the corner and down a half block.

It takes three days, you know.

- Blood tests? - Yes, we know.

Uh, well, look, why don't you go to your room

and I'll go make the arrangement.

[bell rings]

[male #2] 'Oh, yes, I remember her.'

Cute little thing.

Yes, they got off at Crestline Village.

- Thanks a lot. - Not at all.

[intense music]

Uh, hi, uh, could you tell me where

I could find a small white cake?

- I want it to be a surprise. - A wedding cake?

Yes, ma'am. The village bakery down the street.

Thank you.

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[engine revving]

Hey, you, uh, you see that car? Would you follow it, please?

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[whirring]

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[car door closes]

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Well, if that's all, Mr. Clementi

I think I'll be turning in.

- Sure, Jackie. Good night. - Night.

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Chris?

I don't know what I'm doing here.

Come in, darling.

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It was only five minutes after he went out

she came down and got in the cab.

Couldn't have gone far.

- I believe it's already back. - Thank you.

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Pine Crest Lodge.

Not Paul.

Ed...it couldn't be.

Could it?

I never thought of it..

It would never occur to me.

He was in New York when all those men were k*lled.

Paul?

Cupid?

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Hi, family.

Now, what're you doing here?

What are you doing here?

[sighs]

Cupid!

[intense music]

Ooh! Huh!

With a little bit of luck..

...you might have made it.

[sighs]

Oh, I love you.

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Paul, you can't do that.

He k*lled..

...my mother..

...and my father.

- He did not! - Yes, he did.

Leo told me.

Leo lied to you.

You..

...you tell her, Uncle Ed.

Get out of the way, Aunt Flo, I can..

Why?

Leo told you to k*ll us both, didn't he?

Get out of the way.

[sobbing] Please!

[Paul sighs]

[intense music]

Paul.

Paul, please.

Please!

- Chris, get down! - No!

[g*nshots]

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There he is.

[tires screeching]

FBI, Clementi, we have a warrant for your arrest.

[groans]

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Roland's back there. He's dead.

[groaning]

Miss Roland.

He's alive.

Get an ambulance.

[sobbing]

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All those years.

All that guilt.

And finding out about Paul.

Just too much for him.

Ed?

We have to go now.

It'll be a long, long time before he'll be able to

tell anybody anything.

If he ever does.

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[male narrator] Leo Roland, mafia executioner was dead.

Paul Clementi, alias Cupid, did not recover from his wounds

and died two days later in the hospital

at Crestline Village, Pennsylvania.

Edward Clementi was committed to a federal mental facility

where he will remain until judged capable of testifying.

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