Love and Bullets

Hi.

What's the preliminary?

Looks like a hot shot.

Somebody's been unloading a lot of bad stuff on

the street, uncut.

She's the third OD we've had in there this week.

Keep me informed, will you?

What the hell are you doing?

Leave me alone, Lieutenant.

I asked you a question.

Hey, I'm not kidding.

Just back off, huh?

What's your name, Durant?

Durant, I'm gonna overlook it this time,

but you cool down or I'm gonna put you

right through that goddamn windshield.

What's going on?

That girl back there,

hey, man, that was my old lady.

I was gonna marry her.

Let's get some coffee.

Two coffees, please.

- Hey, you saw what they did to her.

They turned her into a hype.

And now they turned her into a--

Calm down.

I've been up in the hills,

keeping an eye on things, off duty.

I know when he comes and when he goes,

what windows he sits behind when he's home.

Who are you talking about?

Joe Bomposa.

Hey, you know what's going on around here.

Dope's just--

They're into everything.

Bomposa is trying to make this state gangland headquarters,

and he's doing it.

- There are three different agencies

doing their best trying to nail him.

- Well, that's not enough, Lieutenant,

not enough, not this time.

I never thought I'd say this,

but with this scum, you gotta take the law

in your own hands.

You don't just book these guys.

You kill 'em.

- I don't like what I'm hearing from you.

Now back off.

Let the department handle it, will you?

The department?

Sure.

How's the department gonna handle this guy,

with all his money and connections and lawyers?

Not even the feds can bring that son of a bitch down.

I'm gonna do it myself.

- What the hell is the matter with you?

Just saying that to me, you're running into

a conspiracy charge.

Well, the way I look at it,

I'm just sitting here having a cup of coffee,

talking to myself.

- Listen, I'm gonna give you a piece of advice,

and I won't be saying it again.

If anything happens to Joe Bomposa,

I'm coming straight after you.

Durant.

Come on, give me your word you'll cool down, huh?

- Dr. Norton, please call nurses' station.

- Oh, Doctor, the nurse tells me he's still alive.

Can I see him?

There's no point.

He hasn't come out of it yet.

We've got him in intensive care.

How bad is he?

He may not make it.

If he does, it'll be without legs and arms.

Oh, Jesus.

X-Ray one.

Dr. Norton, please call nurses' station 411.

Check the license.

VKT-981.

Report on 10.

10-4.

It's a government car, Lieutenant.

Okay, wait right here.

All right, what's on your mind?

- Hey, that's pretty good, Lieutenant.

That's pretty damn good.

You know, you don't miss much, do you?

- Not all that trusting, are you, Lieutenant?

Give me a reason to.

We were told the kid in there

is gonna be a basket case, if he makes it at all.

- And we figured you might intend to do something

about it, you know?

Wow, that's pretty good work.

- You'd just be spinning your wheels.

Bomposa's been in Tucson all week,

donating funds for a new wing on a university.

- Yeah, he's there with his chief counselor, Lieutenant.

- Whoever wired that patrolman's car is probably

an out-of-state guy.

Now he's either home watering his geraniums

or he's swimming in a cement bikini.

Either way, he's out of the ballpark

as far as you're concerned.

Anything else?

Yeah.

We want to show you a movie.

- Miss Pruit, what exactly is your relationship

to Joseph Bomposa?

You work for him, don't you?

No, sir.

Do you live with him?

- Well, I think that's a very personal thing

to ask somebody on television.

- I don't think you have to answer it.

- Do I have to answer that, Senator?

Yes, Miss Pruitt.

Miss Pruitt, do you live with him?

- Well, it's not exactly like that.

I mean, I have my own bedroom.

Mr. Bomposa is like a father to me,

so to speak.

Are you not in fact

what is known as a bag woman?

What's that?

- Did you not carry money for Mr. Bomposa

from Nevada to Miami on two separate occasions?

And were you not present at a meeting

between Mr. Bomposa and seven well-known

leaders of organized crime in New York in 1974?

Oh, no.

I don't know anything about Joe's business,

and I don't want to know.

- You're required to answer my questions, Miss Pruitt.

- Don't I have the usual rights?

- We can hold you in contempt, Miss Pruitt.

Hey, now wait a minute.

I got no contempt for the US Senate.

I even voted for you, Senator.

- Then I ask you again, Miss Pruitt,

why did he pay your rent, your trips, buy your clothes?

- Because I'm the best la-dy in town.

- Well, that's just the kind of broad you'd expect

Bomposa to have.

What's the FBI have in mind?

I talked to your chief.

He thinks you ought to take a few days' sick leave.

What for?

- You want Bomposa, don't you, Charlie?

- Yeah, I want Bomposa, and I won't get him

by taking sick leaves.

Well, there's a way.

- She can help us all get him, Charlie.

We've been looking for her ever since she ducked out

after that hearing.

Two days ago we located her.

Well, then what's the problem?

Pick her up.

We can't.

She's in Switzerland.

The FBI has the manpower.

Go in and get her.

- The word that we got is, the other big guys,

well, they weren't too entertained by her performance.

They figure that she's a dumb broad,

but, well, she's gotten to know too much about the way

they operate.

- They think she's a possible danger,

and so do we.

- Bomposa gave her a reprieve by putting her on ice

over there in Switzerland.

There's an old-time hood with her

and two Sicilian goons to watch her,

the only way that he could keep her alive.

- Well, now let me rephrase the question.

What the hell is the problem?

Go in and get her.

- The FBI can't operate legally outside of

the United States.

It's...

Oh, now we come down to it.

You need a volunteer.

Right.

If you get in trouble, you're just a Phoenix cop

that nobody knows anything about.

- This way we can wrap up the whole enchilada, you know?

It's...

- What makes you think that she's gonna change her mind

about testifying?

- We'll change her mind when we get our hands on her.

How did you find her?

Head guardian angel.

He's an old geezer named Lobo.

He's had it.

He's willing to hand her over to us for a new identity,

a fresh start in life.

We've got his file.

He's gonna persuade her that it's in her own best interest