:12:00
We're not getting very far,
are we, Mr Hammer?
:12:03
Well now, we have most of the facts.
All we need is a little more fill-in.
:12:08
- l almost get killed and he wants fill-in.
- ls it too much to ask for cooperation?
:12:13
- And make 'em try it again?
- You'll be given full protection.
:12:17
Maybe we'll have better luck
with more elementary questions.
:12:20
Your full name please, Mr Hammer.
:12:23
Michael Hammer,
10401 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.
:12:26
- Just what do you do for a living?
- He calls himself a private investigator.
:12:32
- His speciality is divorce cases.
- He's a bedroom dick.
:12:35
He gets dirt on the wife, then does a deal
with the wife to get dirt on the husband.
:12:40
Plays both ends against the middle.
:12:42
How do you achieve all this?
You crawl under beds?
:12:45
- Nothing so primitive.
- He has a secretary, as he calls her.
:12:50
- What's her name, Mr Hammer?
- Velda Wichman.
:12:53
She's a very attractive young woman.
Real woo-bait. Lives like a princess.
:12:58
He sics her onto the husbands and
in no time he's ready for the big squeeze.
:13:02
Who do you sic onto the wives,
Mr Hammer?
:13:05
That's his department.
:13:07
All right, you've got me convinced.
l'm a real stinker.
:13:11
Now if that's all that's on your minds,
l'd like to get home.
:13:15
Yes, l know. You're anxious
to get back to your life's work.
:13:21
You're free to go.
:13:25
Open a window.
:13:31
Thanks for waiting, Pat.
:13:34
She was a cute kid.
Had the nicest way of needling a guy.
:13:37
There'll be a long pause
before those characters work this out.
:13:41
The law isn't fast enough,
you could do it better - is that it?
:13:44
Look, Mike, who do you think you are?
:13:47
What's the pitch, Pat?
:13:52
An ordinary girl is killed and it rings bells
in Washington. Gotta be a pitch.
:13:57
l'll give you a bit of advice.
:13:58
Too many people like you
have contempt for the law.