Kojak

Freeze!

Get 'em up! Get 'em up!

All the way down!

Available cars, Manhattan South area.

We have a bank job.

It's a robbery in progress... 10-31. Armored truck.

Three or more armed perpetrators.

4014 Nostrand Avenue.

4014 Nostrand Avenue.

Units responding.

723. Manhattan South detectives.

We will respond. We're in civilian clothes.

10-4, Car 723. All right. Let's go.

Get down and stay down. Right here.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Hurry up.! Get that money off the truck.!

Freeze!

They're firing at us! Diamond and Broad!

Let's get out of here!

It's a chase! It's a four-door green sedan!

Let's go!

Aah! Where's the panel?

I can't see it!

Try and make the drop!

Get him off me!

We only got a couple blocks to go. Try and make it.

- I don't think we can! We better ditch and run! - No! The drop... Try!

We're boxed in!

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Come on.! Leave him.!

Get out of here!

Hey.! Now we got some hostages.!

We got hostages!

Hold it! Hold it!

What about the cop? I don't know what's wrong. He just ain't movin.

Is he related to you? No.

All right. Is there people in the store? Well, they got these kids in there with weapons.

How many people in the store? Well, they got about six.

What about the officer? Emergency Service is trying to reach him.

Tie that around your waist! I think he's paralyzed.

Cover me.

Give me a hand.

How many weapons did you see? Looked like they got two handguns and a shotgun.

And there's a patrolman inside? I don't know if he's still alive.

You sent for an ambulance? It's on the way. They got one coming.

Bad news here.

"Apex Surplus Store. Work clothing, camping equipment, guns and ammunition.

"Highest grade rifles, handguns, shotguns. All makes.

Savings in every department."

Load the rifles first. Right.

Are you the owner? Yes.

Any other way out of here? No.

What about the roof? There's no way up there from the inside.

What's that?

What's that?

Hey, what are they up to?

Those rotten...

Answer it.

Yes?

It's the police.

- Go ahead. - This is Lieutenant Kojak.

I want to come into the store and have a talk. I'm alone and unarmed.

Uh-huh.

Um, all right.

Join the party.

Looks like we got us another cop.

Nice and slow.

Turn around.

Turn around! Back in the rest of the way.

Hit the floor. Face down.

He's clean.

Get up! Hang on.

You the one I talked to?

- Yeah. - Uh, forgot your name.

- Kojak. - Ah. Talk.

- Well, the area's surrounded... - And we don't have a chance. You could have said that over the phone.

- I came to make a deal. - What are you offering?

A chance for all of you to walk out alive.

Okay. That's a lousy bluff.

You ain't about to crash this place. Not with all these, uh, citizens.

Well, why don't you send them out and hold me?

You're no prize. Who cares about a cop?

Could I take him?

No, you can't take him. I'll make you a deal.

I want a clear path to the airport and a plane ready...

with an overseas flight crew.

Well, that's not in my authority.

I didn't think it was. Pass the word on to the brass.

- Maybe they'll approve. What do you think? - It's, uh, possible.

Hmm. That's what I wanted to hear.

- Can I talk to him? - Go ahead.

Can you hear me?

I'm gonna try to get a doctor in.

Oh, geez, it hurts. Ah, you start to worry when it stops hurting.

Just hold on.

- Can I, uh, bring a doctor in? - Why? The cop's had it.

Well, you don't know that. And if he dies, uh, there'll be a murder charge.

There might already be a murder charge. What about the cop we nailed outside?

No, he's all right. What do you say?

All right. One doctor.

But don't forget about the airplane.

He won't forget.

It's 4:29. Set it.!

You got two hours to get us on our way to that airplane.

If not, I start throwing them out. You can keep the clock as a reminder.

Lieutenant Kojak is coming out of the store now. Perhaps we can get a word with him.

Lieutenant, what's the situation in the store?

This is Dr. Simmons. What condition is the officer in?

Conscious. He's got a bad stomach wound.

They set up a command post on the third floor.

The doctor's going inside to treat the injured patrolman.

Hold your fire. Repeat, hold your fire.

I want three lines. Right, Commissioner.

They want an airplane.

We've got until 6:30 to give them confirmation, or they'll kill the hostages.

How many innocents in the store? Six, including the officer.

Get me the mayor's office. You think they're capable of killing them?

Mm-hmm. I've got all their records.

The wounded suspect is Emery Wilson. Here's his B-cage.

He identified all his buddies. The three in the store are, uh, Jerry Talaba,

Mike Amazeen and Jack Murzie.

Ed Bentz,

Frank Talaba. Jerry Talaba's older brother.

He and Bentz escaped in the panel truck. Frank Talaba planned the whole job.

I said, put the mayor on.! I don't care who he's with.!

Yes, Doctor.

Your officer has a violent internal hemorrhage, and his condition is serious.

He might live if we can get him to a hospital in time.

- How long otherwise? - Maybe a few hours.

He's gonna need another injection soon for his pain.

All right, Doctor. Thank you.

Jerry Talaba...

two arrests for armed robbery, two for assault and attempted murder.

John Murzie...

convicted of double homicide at the age of 15.

Spent six years in a hospital for the criminally insane.

Now, who asked the question whether they're capable of killing those hostages?

Any more questions?

I'd like to get the people as far back as possible.

We have no way of knowing what's going to happen.

Yes, Your Honor.

The mayor's giving the airplane evacuation plan immediate evaluation.

Ah, forget it. You mind interpreting that for us, Lieutenant?

Hey, look. You give those punks a 707,

you're just adding a flight crew to the hostages.

That plane ride is a death trip.

And it's gonna be a shootout no matter where they land. You have any better ideas?

Yeah. Just keep 'em in the store. At least we have some control over 'em.

Control, with five hostages, a wounded cop, and all six under a time limit?

Gentlemen, gentlemen! We can't all decide strategy!

The wounded policeman held hostage inside the store...

has been identified as patrolman Richard Calvelli, 23,

married and a father of two children.

His condition has been reported as serious,

and, without hospitalization, could worsen.

Thus far, police officials, who have set up a command post...

Hey. Why don't we let the cop go? He's no use to us.

No way.! He stays here along with the rest of the citizens.

Here's the layout of the store foundation. Do you mean digging?

There's a utility tunnel which runs alongside the store basement.

Emergency Service can break in through there and do it by 6:30.

Yeah, but there's a risk involved.

Suspects might hear the digging.

We got an armored personnel carrier out there...

that makes more noise than a boiler factory.

All we gotta do is keep it moving around.

It's better than a 707. Are you sure of that, Lieutenant?

Because if we go ahead,

you're going to have full tactical command all the way.

Just so nobody thinks that the job is over when we get into the basement.

We don't get near those hostages until we get a major diversion...

something to distract... a chopper...

dumping a lot of men on top of the roof.

Make these punks think that they're being assaulted from above.

If one of those hostages is killed in an exchange,

we'll all be held responsible.

All right. Start digging.

We're wasting time!

Why don't we start with the citizens? Show the heat we mean business? No.! Wait.!

We got time for that later.

Take it easy.

Everybody listen. We're not interested in killing you. We just want to get out of here.

But if there's no airplane, then there's no choice.

Ain't nothing personal, you understand.

That doesn't mean that you all have to die.

Maybe if one of you goes, then the cops will give in.

If you have to kill someone, take me first.

We got us a volunteer.

Hey, if you were any older, you'd disappear.

Shut up.

Please let me go. I'll do anything.

- Stand up. - Hey...

I'll blow your face off.

Stand up.

Turn around, slow.

You an actress?

A model.

Funny. Most guys spend their lives...

hoping for a chance with a girl like you,

but right now it doesn't mean a thing.