without a permit.
No previous felony record.
Paroled last month
after serving seven years.
Well, according to this, Frank,
he was a model prisoner.
Motive and M.O. fit.
Yeah, well, it's as good a place
as any to start.
Here's his last known address.
Evidently his ex-wife still lives there.
-Let's check out this Eddie Casales.
-Right.
Our file on Casales pointed out the fact
that he had been divorced
while in prison.
His wife buried herself in charity work
to ease the pain.
Yes?
-Are you Lana Casales?
-Yes.
Lieutenant Drebin,
Captain Hocken, Police Squad.
-May we ask you some questions?
-Certainly. Come on in.
-Thank you.
-I hope you'll excuse the mess.
I've been packing up a few things
for charity.
-May I take your coat, Captain?
-Thank you.
I suppose this has something
to do with Eddie?
I'm afraid so.
It's about
the courthouse bombing, isn't it?
Well, it's in all the papers.
-Let me take that.
-Thank you.
Have you seen or heard from Eddie
since he's been released?
We haven't spoken much
since the divorce.
-It's just as well.
-Do you know where Eddie is right now?
You might try the Club Flamingo.
He hangs out there
with some chorus girl,
a floozy named Mimi Du Jour.
Du Jour. Is she French?
That's just her stage name.
Her real name is Mimi Coffee.
-Coffee?
-No, thank you.
It seemed Lana welcomed this
opportunity to pour her heart out.
At first she and Eddie
had a good marriage,
regular jobs, close friends, a dentist.
She thought it would last forever.
Slowly he began to change.
When Eddie's criminal activities
became known,
they were run from town
like common pygmies.
We waited until
she had finished her story.
Then we left
on what we hoped would be
a rendezvous with Eddie Casales.
That evening we caught Mimi Du Jour's
show at the Club Flamingo.
We hoped a talk with her
would be half as revealing as her act.
Yeah?
-Mimi Du Jour?
-Yeah.
I'm Lieutenant Drebin.
This is Captain Hocken, Police Squad.
Is this some kind of bust?
Yes, it's very impressive,
but we'd just like to ask a few questions.
Well, come on in.
Thank you. We'll try not to take up
too much of your time.
-Do you mind if I change?
-Not at all.
We understand you're acquainted
with a certain Eddie Casales.
-Yeah. Why do you ask?
-Just wanna ask him some questions.
He's not in any kind of trouble, is he?
Well, we're not sure.
Do you know where we can find him?
I have no idea.
All right, let's get moving.
You're on stage in five minutes.
There's a misunderstanding.
We're police officers.
Police officers?
Five minutes.
Did you by any chance,
have any occasion to know
where Eddie was last night?
Last night? Why, yes, he was with me.
We went to the movies.
-Oh, yeah.
-Yeah.
On the Waterfront.
Come on. There are no movie theatres
on the waterfront.
-Mimi, you ready?
-Eddie!
Hey, creeps, beat it!
I'm taking the lady home.
They're cops, Eddie.
Eddie, we'd like to ask you
a few questions.
Two minutes and I'm not kidding.
You a policeman, too?
-No, I'm an ex-con.
-Ex-con.
Two minutes.
What were you doing
on the waterfront last night, Eddie?
I wasn't on the waterfront.
I was at the movies.
That's not what she says.
All right, can it.
I know why you guys are here.
You're trying to pin
that court bombing on me.
We were getting around to that.
Yeah, well, a lot of guys
could have done it.
Boy, you cops
never give an ex-con a break.
I try to put my past behind me,
but every time I turn around,
well, there's somebody there
telling me who I am or where I've been.
It's like you're branded for life.
We're sorry about that, Eddie.
Don't plan on leaving town.
We might want to talk to you again.
Didn't you tell them I was at the movies?
Sure, just like you said, Eddie.
I'd never cross you up.
Yeah. Good girl.
So you see, Katie,
fish have gills to extract
oxygen from water,
but air-breathing species have lungs
which are equipped only to accept