Homicide Page #5

Synopsis: Policeman Bob Gold has to capture a murderer that not even the FBI has been able to find. But before he can even start he is re-assigned to the murder of an old Jewish lady in a black area. The evidence points at a Jewish hate group and he discovers connections between them and his previous case.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Cinehaus
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1991
102 min
919 Views


owns the variety store?

Is she dead?

The woman inside is dead.

Yes, ma'am.

- Oh, God.

Relay this pickup to Sullivan.

As soon as the car's here, I'm on my way.

- Central, okay.

- Officer, I want to see her.

I'm sorry, sir.

This is not my case.

- No, I can't get stuck here.

- Stay with the car.

What do we got?

Yes, sir, uh, we got a homicide.

- Elderly woman shot. This is the family.

- The family?

- Who are you?

- Detective Gold, Homicide.

- You got here quick.

- Oh, no, sir. I, uh -

Oh. First officer?

Oh.

What's this family doing in this neighborhood?

I don't get it.

- OfficerJones.

- Captain, I gotta get out of here.

- Take these people in.

- Have them I.D. the body.

- I gotta get out of here.

Let me run the precinct, okay?

You caught the case.

Sir, my partner and I, we got

something heavy coming down right now.

- Over at the boxing gym.

- Yes, sir.

I just heard on the radio.

It happened.

You caught the case, you got the case.

Do your job.

Sir, my name is Captain Briggs.

This detective will be taking you aside.

- Officer!

- Sir.

Go to the store next door. They got an office.

Tell 'em we're taking it as a command post.

- Everybody's names. Everybody goes downtown.

- Yes, sir.

- What do we got?

- We got a homicide.

And there's a very pretty .45 Colt in there I don't

wanna see disappearing in some cop's locker.

- So tag it first, okay? Wait a minute.

- Gotcha.

All right, sir, would you like to

come in for a moment?

And please, while you're in the store,

touch nothing.

There's nothing to see here, folks.

Why don't you go home?

It never stops.

It never stops, does it?

''It never stops.''

What is it that never stops?

Against theJews.

Yeah, that's right.

Because you know she had

that sh*t down in her basement.

The, um -The old woman?

- Tell him about the old woman.

- That's what we were talking about.

You were gonna tell me.

You said you were gonna help us find her killer.

- I was gonna tell you what they shot her for.

- Uh-huh.

The fortune in her basement.

- They killed her for her fortune?

- That's right.

- Did you see this guy?

- No.

- I was in school.

- It was a school day.

-Okay.

- Willie Sims.

- Yeah, man, I remember you.

- We got him.

I remember you.

You the talkin' man.

Willie Sims. Yeah.

How are you?

- As you see, man.

- Let's go.

Look, what are they doing to me?

What do you want with me?

- You missed it.

- What the hell do you want with me?

- You missed it, Bob.

- Why are you harassin' me?

Got him at the gym, just like you said.

What happened to you?

Got pulled off the case.

Bullshit you did.

I'm stuck. I'm supposed to

babysit this candy store.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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