The Great Masquerade
- Year:
- 1974
- 99 min
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- And now for an exclusive report
from High Gardener in Miami.
- One of the most publicized events
staged in Miami Beach
has been moved to the
middle of the ocean.
sponsored annually by
philanthropist Sherwood Gates
for the Orphans of the World Society
will not be held at the
Fountain Blue this year.
Instead it will take place on
the SS Emerald Seas, while at sea,
three weeks from today.
In the past three years each beauty
met a horrible death
shortly after being crowned Queen of
murdered by an unknown
person or persons.
The victims, Olive Clayton,
from Washington DC,
Francie Jonas of Atlanta,
and from Miami beach, Judy Brooks.
Will the jinx follow the ball
even in the middle of the ocean?
be savagely slain?
We are sending our ace news team,
Jenny Jordan and Mike Mason,
to photograph the ball.
If anything happens, you'll be
there, on Eyewitness News.
Meanwhile on Miami Beach the manager
of the Fountain Blue
put their foot down
on Sherwood Gates balls until the
murders are solved.
- Go on.
- I was hungry see,
that's all it was.
All I wanted was her purse, but when
I grabbed her hand bag
she came along with it.
How was I supposed to know
she had tied herself to
her hand bag?
- So you dragged the old
lady three blocks?
- It was her or me.
- I see.
And you're 29 and she's 89.
- Well she outweighed me.
- Yeah.
- She had on these rubber
toed shoes you know,
really slowed me down.
She kept dragging her feet
in the sidewalk.
- Yeah.
- Step out please.
Name? - Fanny Hill.
- Urma Ladoosh.
- P*ssy Galore.
- Tiny Tim.
- Peters.
- Peters what?
- Dick Peters, can't you
see I'm a man?
- No sh*t.
- Dave did you see the
hookers we booked?
Man you wouldn't believe what goes
on with those chicks.
And the incredible thing is,
they like it here.
I mean I don't like it
here and I'm a cop.
- Casey.
- Some of them are pretty
good looking broads.
- What?
- Come here.
Have you uh
noticed anything funny
about the chief?
I mean uh,
does anything seem strange
about the way he acts?
- Nah, he's an old dick
from way back.
Probably thinks we're a
couple of snotty kids.
- Naw.
Well I think the chief, is a little
bit on the gay side.
little on the gay side?
Dave you've been in vice
too long baby.
No way, it's time for a
little nappy nap.
He's married with
grandchildren for Christ sakes.
- He's always staring at me Casey,
looking me up and down.
Jesus it's driving me nuts.
- When did it start?
- Nah Dave, you're not getting me
in that kind of scene.
No way.
No way, now forget it.
Hi there Chief.
- Morning Chief. - Morning Dave.
How's Trix?
- Just great Chief.
Great, Trix was just great.
- Do me a favor Dave.
- Chief, we're kind of
busy right now.
Hey Dave, do the chief a
favor will ya?
- Turn around for me will ya Dave.
- You want me to turn around huh?
- Yeah, you know, step out here
and do a little spin
around you know.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Don't go anywhere.
- He likes you Dave.
- Shut up.
- Hey can I be your pimp?
am I going to do?
- Don't do anything, let
him do it all.
- That's not what I mean.
- Well just,
say hey Chief, I'm awfully sorry,
show him your ring.
- I don't wanna embarrass
the old guy Cas.
- Well just say Chief,
but I'm not a fag so freak off.
- You're a great help.
Thanks.
- Good morning Collins.
- Would you do me a favor please?
- Do a good turn for the lady.
- Yes, if you please.
- You uh, want me to spin?
- Mmhmm.
- And for this years model, in
yellow and brown.
- That's very nice, very nice.
- Got a good tush too.
- Pull your pant leg up
will you Collins.
Your pant leg up, just
right up there.
Above the knee please,
above the knee.
Oh that's good.
Terrific legs, terrific legs.
- Let's go back in the office.
- You can put your pant
leg down now.
Very nice, very nice.
- Jesus.
What the hell is going on?
- I don't know, but can I watch?
- Oh you're a real buddy
you know that?
The chief and his right hand man
are giving me the eye.
My world.
The whole world is falling apart,
and you're making jokes.
- Just remember Dave,
the whole world
is a comedy to those who think.
- Oh yeah, well what's
your excuse huh?
- Collins? - Yeah?
- Can you come into
the chief's office for a
moment please?
- Yes sir, yes ma'am.
- I wanna know everything Dave.
Don't leave out the dirty parts,
I'm a grown man I can take it.
I even go to R rated movies.
- Come in.
Come in Dave.
Sit down.
Dave, we've got a
proposition to make.
- I figured you'd say that.
- How'd you like a nice big fat
promotion Collins?
- Well uh...
- It could make your career as a
police detective Dave.
- Look Chief, and Officer Fulton,
I'm really uh,
very flattered by all this,
but you see uh,
well there's my girl and uh, and uh,
she's, she's a little jealous,
very jealous in fact and uh,
I don't really think
she'd go for it.
- Well of course not Dave, and
you wouldn't tell her.
- This is a covert operation,
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