Cleopatra Jones

Comment ça va, Marcel?

Well, it's all happening, isn't it?

I found a marvelous point of observation for you.

I hope it meets with your approval, miss Jones.

Man on radio:

That must be the largest Poppy field I've ever seen.

What do you think its value is?

$30 million, on the street.

$30 million.

Incredible.

That's right, baby.

$30 million worth of shit

that ain't going in some kid's veins.

Burn it.

Hashem?

Yes, general.

Are you ready?

Everything is readiness.

Well, get on with it.

What?! That bitch!

That goddamn black bitch!

Ahhhh!

How dare she mess around with my poppies!

My god, everybody in Turkey must be flying!

I'll kill her! I will kill her!

$30 million up in smoke!

Goddamn her, that troublemaking coon!

Here's some Brandy. It will calm your nerves.

Thank you, Eva, darling.

Mmm.

You're the only one around here

gives a shit about Mommy.

Well, now.

As long as she's over there,

nothing is going to get through.

I want her black ass back here.

Mother, darling,

nobody can make her do anything.

Yeah, my little, sweet son brucey?

You ever heard of the B&S house,

her own little private Synanon?

Yes, mother.

Well, if something were to happen

to her own little pet charity,

she'd be on the next plane back here.

Hey, that's it.

That is it!

Hello?

Hello, this is your mommy speaking.

Last year, two 10-year-old kids O.D.'d on Western,

and that's really a heavy thing.

We got these kits together, 30 or 40 of them,

we'll give them to you and let you go, rap to these people.

Hey frank. I don't like this.

Why don't we wait for Crawford?

You tried to find him. He's not around.

Just let me run my own department, okay?

All right, Purdy, let's do it.

Ahh!

Move it!

They give you any trouble, bust their heads!

All right, everybody freeze.

Come on, lady. Move!

You watch your mouth, son.

All right. Here we go.

Always push, push, shove, shove.

You Reuben masters?

Who wants to know?

Lieutenant Randall,

and I have a signed warrant to search this place.

What about those doors, man?

You got a signed warrant to kick those in?

Oh, sure. You'd like us to stand outside

so you could blow our heads off, huh?

You got something to say to me?

Don't crowd me, boy.

Better put that down before I make you eat it.

Come on, Purdy. Put it down.

We don't have to explain nothing to this group, lieutenant.

We came here to search. Let's search.

Would you care to search me personally, man, hmm?

You want some of this?

Come on, let's do it! Come on!

Hey, man, what's wrong with you?

Hey, man.

Will you take it easy, man? You're hurting me, man.

Hey, take it easy.

Hey, Reuben. What's going on here, man?

What is this shit?

Hey, take it easy on him!

Certainly.

Jive, man.

Candy, man?

Honest to god, Reuben.

It ain't mine.

I've never seen it before.

It ain't mine. You got to believe me.

I'm clean.

Look!

I'm clean!

Somebody put that on me.

Reuben...

Honest to god.

It ain't mine, man.

Yeah, sure.

Take him in.

Jimmy!

Hey, what are you doing?

Reuben!

All right, boy.

I'm going to give you your rights.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up the right to remain silent,

anything you say can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

You've the right to speak to an attorney.

You've the right to have an attorney present

during questioning.

If you so desire and cannot afford one,

an attorney will be appointed to you

without charge before questioning.

Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you?

Do you wish to give up the right to remain silent?

Hey, like, um, hey, like, dig it.

What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?

Here, frank. Run your own department.

Shut up.

If this town blows up,

I'm going to make cab drivers out of all of you!

I don't remember any of you being promoted to a captaincy.

This is my department.

Now, who the hell authorized this bust?

I told you, Lou. It came from downtown.

They got a new thing now. It's called the telephone.

"Hey, captain, we screwed up."

Why wasn't I notified?

I tried. You were on a code 5.

I did the next best thing.

I went along to keep things cool.

Well, you sure kept things cool.

Furniture wrecked, doors smashed,

15 frigging windows broken.

Jesus H. Christ.

It was only a little wooden house,

not the Bismarck.

Listen, captain, we did find a bag of horse

on the Beeker kid.

So we disturbed a few niggers. Big deal.

One more word, Purdy,

and I'll put your stupid face out.

Take it easy, Lou.

Now, get the hell out of here, all of you.

Attention--

TWA flight 405 from Istanbul has arrived at gate 12.

Attention--

TWA flight 405 from Istanbul has arrived at gate 12.

Has she come through the gate yet, mate?

I lost her in the crowd. Somehow, she disappeared.

She's what?

Watch your big feet.

Sorry.

Ahh!

Okay, lady. Hold it right there.

Here's the file on those two guys.

What two guys?

The two goons at the airport that tried to hit Cleo.

Hmm.

Assault and battery, dismissed.

Extortion, two counts, dismissed.

Assault with a deadly weapon,

armed robbery, attempted rape.

Oh, what the hell. Nobody's perfect.

Lou said give this to the genius in here.

Here you are, frank.

Yeah, thanks. He still bugged?

You should have listened to me that night.

I'll get that.

Hello?

This is Cleopatra Jones. Let me speak to Crawford.

Hi, Cleopatra. We heard you were back.

Hey, listen, about the B&S house.

Later, Kert.

Yeah, okay.

Whoo!

That's Cleopatra Jones.

Terrific.

Uh, Lou. Line four. It's Cleo. She's hot.

She know I'm here?

Hello, Cleo. Welcome back.

Don't give me that welcome jive.

What's going on, Lou? I thought I had a friend down there.

I don't know what the hell happened.

Whoever planned it knew exactly when I couldn't be reached.

Who ordered the bust?

I don't have any answer.

All I know is it came from pretty high up.

That figures.

I heard about the rumble at the airport.

We got a positive I.D. On the corpse,

and a couple of maybes on the other two.