Mannix (TV Series)
A Night Full of Darkness (1974)
Ed Call: Bernie Moss
Quotes
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John Sato : Somebody shot Art Malcolm and killed his bride. Unfortunate, but what does that have to do with me?
Joe Mannix : One of your cars was identified leaving the scene.
John Sato : My cars?
Lt. Bob Naylor : Acme Rental. We got the license number.
John Sato : Mr. Grant here handles my business affairs. Uh, Acme ours, Vic?
Vic Grant : Yes, it is. Those cars at Acme are parked in an open lot, Lieutenant. We've had several cases of theft lately, which we reported. Check your files.
John Sato : Just who was it that saw the car?
Lt. Bob Naylor : Lieutenant Malcolm.
John Sato : Malcolm? Everybody knows he's been on my back. He'd try to hang anything he could on me.
[presses the button on the intercom that's on the table beside him]
John Sato : Bernie.
Bernie Moss : [over intercom] Yes, Mr. Sato?
John Sato : Cigar.
[turns back to Lt. Naylor]
John Sato : Now, listen to me, Lieutenant, you tell Malcolm this time he struck out.
Vic Grant : Mr. Sato can account for the entire evening.
Joe Mannix : Okay, let's start with 9:30.
John Sato : [pointing at Lt. Naylor] I account to him, Mannix. You don't even have any right being here.
Lt. Bob Naylor : He's working with us on this case.
Joe Mannix : [Bernie walks up to Sato with a box of cigars] Hello, Bernie.
John Sato : You two know each other?
Joe Mannix : Mr. Moss and I have met before. Dark alley one night.
John Sato : Uh-huh. Well, Bernie's through with the rough stuff now that he's working for me. Right, Bernie?
Bernie Moss : That's right, Mr. Sato.
Lt. Bob Naylor : Where were you tonight?
Bernie Moss : Right here, waiting for Mr. Sato to come home. You can check.
Lt. Bob Naylor : Oh, I will.
John Sato : It's all right, Bernie.
Lt. Bob Naylor : He said you were coming home. From where?
John Sato : Vic and I were at a dinner party at the Beverly Bedford. A hundred people will tell you we didn't leave before midnight.
Joe Mannix : And you have no idea who could have been driving the car from Acme Rental?
Vic Grant : How could he? I told you, the car was probably stolen.
John Sato : Look, Lieutenant, there are a lot of clowns around who'd like to see Malcolm buried. And every one of them's got a match. Talk to them.