friends of Bud Herman's.
- Mr. Herman sent me over.
He wants you to leave now.
Fine.
We're going.
What about my cab?
I'll take you to your car.
Let's just
get out of here.
do you know where downtown
they take the cars?
I've gotta get ahold
of Hamid. Shit.
do you know where to go?
No, I don't know.
I don't know what I'm doing.
We're going to find my car.
Would you help me, please?
Just a little more.
No! I've gotta go home.
No more.
I've got problems
of my own to deal with.
How do you think I feel?
You're all I've got.
Well, that's hard
to believe.
You're tellin' me.
if you want any more
help from me, I wanna
know what's going on.
You wanna know
what's going on?
Yes.
All right.
Have a seat.
Okay.
They killed him.
- killed who?
- Hasi.
"Hasi"?
In the parking lot.
I... I was with him.
He was waiting for me.
The stones were his.
- We have to get the police.
- No, I can't. I smuggled them in.
- What stones?
- Six perfect emeralds.
They're priceless.
They killed this guy
for six emeralds?
How'd you get involved in all this?
The stones are from the scepter
of an ancient Persian king.
Remember when the Shah fell
and the royal family fled Iran?
The treasury was looted.
Somebody got away with
a good part ofthe crown jewels.
Hasi was "somebody's" cousin.
Um... he was gonna
give me $25,000.
So I went to Zurich.
I went to a vault.
Everything went fine.
He met me at the airport.
- Who killed Hasi?
- They wanted the stones.
If I lose the stones,
I'm dead for sure.
The police can't help me.
I'm one of the bad guys.
Who were those men
chasing you at the airport?
I don't know.
I've got to make some kind
of deal with them.
- With who?
- That's what I have to find out.
I know they're all Iranians
or Persians or something. I...
If they're on visas,
they don't want trouble.
Well, this is kind
of outside my field.
Oh, Christ.
I can't get ahold of Jack.
He would help me.
- Who's Jack?
- He's a friend of mine.
- Is he involved in this?
-Jack? No!
Jack doesn't need any more money.
I guess he doesn't
need me anymore either.
Maybe if you explained
to the police that you
were doing a job...
That I'm a smuggler?
No.
Okay, so now what?
I know someone else
who could help me.
Would you help me
get to him?
It's my only way out of this.
No.
You did it before
at the airport.
I'm not sure what I did
at the airport.
You saved my life.
They don't know who you are.
Right now they don't know
where I am.
Just stay with me
for a little while longer.
How do you know
you can trust me?
Because I know men.
No, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
What am I doing here?
This is insane.
I'd do it myself,
but I don't know who's there.
I promise I won't ask
anything else.
This is awfully good, sir.
I think you can feel
very confident with that.
We'll just raise
the shoulder a little,
put a tuck in there. Good.
Excuse me, dear.
We've all got homes to go to.
This is the phone number...
to the pay phone
in ladies' room.
Give it only to Hamid.
It's just
straight up Rodeo?
Yeah.
Oh! Wait.
Uh, it's private.
You'll have to show this
at the door.
"Jack Caper"?
- Is he the one with the wife?
- Yeah, the one I can't reach.
- Was that his boat?
- Yes.
Nowgo on.
Okay.
After I talk to Hamid, I'll...
I'll pickyou up right here
in front of Tiffany's.
Good. Oh, here's the...
ticket for the car.
Okay.
You okay?
Yeah,
I'm just tired.
# Lucille#
# I takeyou in my arms
and everything's all right#
# Lucille #
# when I have the blues
I love to hold you tight##
See what I mean?
Cards.
Place your bets.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, sir.
Player has eight.
Place bets.
Number 12. Cards.
Bank has nine.
Bank wins.
No more bets.
Place bets.
And may we have cards?
Bank has nine.
Bank is the winner.
Place your bets,
please.
This is Mr. Williams,
Mr. Moradi's
personal assistant.
Yes, I have
a very urgent message
for Hamid Moradi.