that?
That he might die?
Or even try to stop him?
You could die, Danny.
I know you see things.
But if you just stop talking about
them, maybe they won't happen.
You know, Harry was the very best
that there ever was, and he died.
But I have to do the things
my father could do.
If you promise me...
...you'll be really careful...
...I promise you I'll try not
to see what's gonna happen.
Well, here we are.
Hey, where's Stu? Thought you
said Stu was gonna be here.
Oh, jeez.
He's in the restaurant.
Hey, look, kid.
I'll settle for half. No questions.
Half of nothing.
Hey.
Come back here, sonny.
Come back here.
Hey, sonny.
Hi. We're having a banquet.
Grab a lobster.
- I want a job.
- I see.
Did you spend all
the other money already?
I told you the truth.
Well, what kind of a job do
you think you can do for me?
I can do anything.
Vernon.
I tried to drag him in here, Stu, but
he got the keys out of my pocket.
He threw them away. I've been
looking all over the place.
What keys?
- Not my keys?
- Yeah.
You'd better find them.
Aren't you ashamed of yourself,
making my friend look bad?
Search him.
Right.
Stu, what happened to the rest
of the honored guests?
Some people are a little slow in
showing up sometimes, you know.
Business, the heat.
Just this kind of stuff.
Okay.
That's it.
What's this stuff?
You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
These are picklocks, aren't they?
Some of them.
Do you know how to use this stuff?
Yeah.
How do you feel
about breaking the law?
- Which law?
- Well, like:
"Do unto others before
they can do it to you."
I'm not mad at anybody in particular.
How about city ordinances
and federal statutes
and international embargoes?
I don't know what those are.
Well, okay. I'm gonna put it
in a simpler way for you.
How about don't step on the grass,
don't shoot cows,
don't sink the Coast Guard.
Stuff like that?
I've stepped on the grass.
I see.
Does that mean you've
got an open mind?
One end's open.
One end's...!
One end's open.
I really like you, kid. I do.
Tell you what I'm gonna do.
We're gonna go downtown
and see about this.
You see that Caddy out there?
Yeah.
Go warm it up for me.
Well, I'll be damned.
- Vernon.
- Yo.
- Isn't this a high-security lock?
- That's what they said.
Or did you put in
a Mickey Mouse lock
- and hold out a little on the bill?
- Come on, hey, Stu.
What are we doing here, Stu?
All right, boy.
Everything you see is locked.
I like to lock up.
And I don't like to keep
too many sets of keys around,
which is a mistake when Vernon's on
the job, because now we have none.
But, anyway, it's all yours.
If you can get through that one,
you'll find a set of files,
a locked desk
and a war-surplus safe.
And I think the john's locked too,
just in case somebody
tries to crawl up the drainpipe.
How much am I gonna get paid?
How do I know what to pay you
until I know what you can do?
Open it.
Stu, are we all gonna sit around
and watch him pick locks all day?
Why don't you get
some drinks, okay, honey?
Thank you.
For God's sakes, I can't
open it that fast with a key.
Apйritif?
What?
Can I clear the room, you know,
for, like, two minutes?
You know, I always seem
to talk my way into something
that I'll have to get myself out of.
Stu's hired me to open the safe
in his father's office.
It's not quite what I had in mind.
You're under arrest.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I thought I recognized your voice.
- Well, I thought you did too.
I missed you at the banquet today.
Oh, yeah. Something came up.
In case you didn't know it yet,
your father says nobody
has to even listen anymore.
This is our water
commissioner, Freddie,
who's in charge of polluting everybody
when he's not on vacation.
I'd like you to meet Freddie Jones.
He's the best left-handed
high school quarterback
this state's ever produced.
Pleased to meet you.
I'm trying to persuade