Cruising (1980) Thriller Edit

A guy called Casey, but he's away for the summer.

A john just comes to me and tells me what he wants.

A john just comes to me and tells me what he wants.

A light blue hanky in your left back pocket means you want a blow job...

A little while ago.

A lot of good it did me.

A man? No.

All addressed to...

All in the way of buying two more years before I have to go out in the world.

All right, let's separate these two girls.

All right, you give me a cause of death.

All right.

All right. You know how paranoid Bess gets...

And dig, they run me the other night...

And don't hang any pictures.

And he says that you introduced him.

And nobody can know anything about what you're doing.

And what about you, sir?

Another half hour, I'm on overtime.

Anus was dilated at the time of death...

Anyway, you struck out tonight. Ted isn't here.

Are you kidding?

Are you Miss Ella? Right in there, captain.

Are you saying you won't do it?

Aren't we all? Wanna dance?

At which point, dear Gregory said...

Bartenders are starting to give me some information.

Because I just can't...

Because I'm having ego problems, I need to be worshiped and adored.

Because they're wearing shields and riding around in a radio car.

Before that he was a cork soaker.

Boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy ends up with analyst.

Bullshit, man. I can find anybody I want.

Burns.

Burns...

But I understand...

But this guy ain't no killer.

But this one and these, they're defensive, which means he tried to resist.

But yes, it could get the job done.

Can I come in?

Can I stay?

Can we talk about something else, yeah?

Captain.

Captain.

Christ, what's happening?

Come here, I'll break your face.

Come here.

Come on, baby, I cannot handle another bust this month.

Come on, get up.

Come on, guys, let's get it going.

Come on, you already hauled my ass in last week, hard on.

Come on, you cocksucker!

Come on.

Come up here. I wanna show you my nightstick.

Could be his testes are infected, maybe he had a vasectomy.

Could I ask you about these?

Couple of my friends were up there that night and they said they heard singing.

Cross my heart. I'll be on the island if you need to reach me.

Dark hair, dark eyes.

Dave, you got 23 years on the job.

Detectives came around asking questions for a couple of days, nothing came of it.

Did you hear anything they were saying?

Didn't you work uptown with him?

Dinnertime I only eat seafood.

Do I carry a gun?

Do I qualify?

Do you have one like it?

Do you know any of these people, Mr. Gaines?

Do you know how many guys are arrested for impersonating a cop?

Do you understand that?

Do you usually come barging in on Ted at dinnertime?

Doc, you know I can't prosecute a homicide without a cause of death.

Doing a little house cleaning?

Don't ask me.

Don't call me Stuie, okay?

Don't let me lose you.

Don't play games with me, man.

Don't put them in the trash bin.

Don't worry, Dorothy, there's nobody around.

Edelson take care of those two cops for me?

Enjoy your dinner.

Every gay group in the city. They're stomping around my office all day.

Father, I need to talk to you.

Forget it.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Get in the car.

Get on your feet.

Get out.

Get someone else. I don't think you'll find anything as big as this.

Get up here.

Get your pants down.

Go for it.

Go on.

God, what is this? Sheep shit?

Gold shield?

Good. What else?

Got a light?

Got back about 6, went to work.

Gregory called me last night.

Gregory's tired.

Have fantasy will travel.

Have you ever had your cock sucked by a man?

Have you ever seen him before?

He attacked me.

He beat some guys out of some bread.

He didn't have a knife.

He doesn't understand why I would want a car to do research in a library...

He don't come around no more.

He got me to go up to his room.

He had a roommate by the name of Gregory Milanese.

He intends to flop on the beach and turn nut brown.

He might be right about this play.

He must have got hit just after he came home.

He owns the Cock Pit, four, five other places.

He said I should forget about my writing and find a job until his show reopens.

He says it's my turn to work now.

He used to be a coke sucker.

He was right, God knows, about the others I've written.

He was... He's in the department of Music and Speech.

He works at a steak house in Penn Station.

He'd check in, blow a dozen guys in an hour.

He'd slam out the door, go stomping off down the stairs.

He's a bad dude.

He's a dancer. We got an alarm out for him.

He's a regular at the Cock Pit and the Anvil.

He's been dead for 10 years.

He's been in a lot of hassles here.

He's giving the details to Patrolman Desher outside.

He's only been working in that steak joint a little over two months.

He's out of town right now working on a musical.

He's the wrong guy.

He's tied up lying face down.

He's trying out in Westport or someplace. So I'm at loose ends, so to speak.

Hell, no. Listen, it'd be hard to be ignored if I was Paddy Chayefsky...

Here we go.

Hey, baby, what's happening?

Hey, did you read about the killings?

Hey, girls, you working?

Hey, look, you're on my corner again, shithead. You know what that means?

Hey, man, give us a break, okay?

Hey, what is that?

Hey, you got time for a cup of coffee? Really primo, right down the street.

Hey, you really hit me, man.

Hi.

Hips or lips?

His semen tested positively, but it doesn't have any sperm in it.

His very words. Damn.

Hold on just a second, please. Yes?

How about yourself?

How long are you gonna be gone?

How'd you like to disappear?

I appreciate it.

I bought him an ounce of grass.

I can deal with that.

I can't believe you're not afraid.

I can't do the job.

I can't give you a cause from this.

I can't talk about it, Nance, I told you.

I didn't come on this job to shitcan some guy just because he's gay, captain.

I didn't even know him. I didn't even know his name.

I didn't mean your plans for life, Stuie. What about tonight?

I didn't realize things were getting that rough.

I didn't realize you were so ambitious.

I didn't think anybody was gonna go that far with him.

I don't care how you do it.

I don't do anything.

I don't even think it made the papers. But we heard about it around here.

I don't have anything to take.

I don't have that number.

I don't know how much you know about that sort of thing.

I don't know that I can handle it.

I don't know whether that's any of your business.

I don't know who he is.

I don't know, l...

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know. They told me that there was some...

I don't think I can do the job, captain.

I don't think I can handle it, that's all.

I don't understand how you let those guys work me over like that.

I don't understand what's happening to you.

I don't wanna make this too tight for you.

I don't wanna quit.

I don't wanna talk about it, Nance.

I don't work with nobody.

I don't work with nobody.

I go anywhere.

I got a box of old letters here.

I got a lot of stuff to do tonight, Paul.

I got a winner, I gotta pay. I don't get mad when I lose.

I gotta talk to you, alone.

I gotta watch myself or I balloon up like Shelley Winters.

I guess he never got over it. He used to talk about him like he was alive.

I guess you can't be too careful, huh?

I hate Mondays.

I have to go out. I should do more work.

I hope my typing didn't bother you.

I just have to do more with the information I already have.

I kind of choked...

I know this dude too. I seen him on the deuce.

I know, she told me.

I love you so much.

I mean he's a pull together hustler.

I must have been asleep with the air conditioner on.

I need a favor, man.

I need some information on a guy called Skip.

I need to talk to you.

I need you.

I never killed anyone.

I never killed nobody. You better let me see a lawyer, man.

I never knew what set him off, but later he'd tell me where he went.

I said watch my red card not my black. That's a black and that's a black.

I said, come here.

I see them every day. They give them out where I work.

I see what it is. I don't have to ask a thing.

I see.

I suggest you try an ostrich feather...

I think he's cruising.

I think it is, yeah.

I think my old man's about to draw the line again. He turned me down on the car.

I think one guy's name is Simone or something like that.

I think we got the murder weapon in there. It's a kitchen knife.

I told you it was my room.

I told you, what we were doing is none of your business.

I tried to do everything you wanted but it's never good enough.

I understand that.

I wanna see the world.

I wanna tell you everything.

I want you to know that it's not because I'm afraid or anything.

I was counting on having the rest of the summer.

I wish just once you'd say something positive to me.

I'd like to see you go out on a high note...

I'd like you to take this and see if you can recognize anybody.

I'll get her.

I'll get that bitch.

I'll take you down to Internal Affairs, we'll draw up a complaint.

I'm back.

I'm glad.

I'm gonna go home and think about it.

I'm here

I'm here

I'm John Forbes.

I'm making $650 a week dancing my ass off, while you're just playing...

I'm not an idiot.

I'm not exactly mad enough to kill, but I am mad enough for something.

I'm not getting paid enough to go through this.

I'm not ready for that.

I'm not too crazy about public places.

I'm on my way out.

I'm on your side, you know?

I'm sorry. I'm Steve Burns.

I'm sure you'll make the right choice.

I'm Ted Bailey.

I'm telling you, I can make him give it up.

I'm tired, that's all.

I'm trying to finish a play.

I'm waiting for you

I'm with someone.

I've been sleeping days and working nights.

I've taken it for granted that you understood, Stuie.

If we can get a fingerprint, we can make this a homicide.

If you confess to the murder of Martino Perry...

If you must know, he's out working an IBM machine in a primo brokerage house.

If you take this assignment...

If you wanna quit, I suggest you try another form of childhood stroke.

In English.

Is he enrolled in the summer session?

Is it dangerous?

Is it me?

Is that right?

Is this what you had in mind for him?

It isn't their fault, it isn't your fault, it's the job.

It must be something about that room, the people it attracts, do you suppose?

It's a light romantic comedy.

It's fair enough, I suppose.

It's good for him.

It's just stuff going down, I don't think I can...

It's just... It's ju...

It's my hunch that they were done by the same guy who did these killings up here.

It's obvious it's not a suicide, and it's not a natural.

It's old fashioned and sophisticated. The kind nobody's interested in anymore.

It's on the wall in your kitchen under "reminders."

It's worse when I'm working on something.

Joey, you'll come before 7 on Sunday night, won't you?

John Forbes.

John L. Richards, St. Louis.

Just a numbers game, huh? Body count? That's all it is to you guys.

Just do it again and I'll call the police, asshole.

Just looking for a pack of cigarettes.

Late 20s, 140, 150 pounds.

Let me ask you something.

Let me tell you. We had another killing like this one about five or six months ago.

Let's get out of here.

Let's go to work.

Lie down.

Lie down.

Like Fidel Castro, only he's running a whole country.

Listen to what I'm saying. These guys are bad dudes.

Listen, boss, let me have this guy.

Listen, I never told you about Gregory and me.

Listen, if they get their hands on him, they'll make him a member of the Vice Squad.

Listen, man, you need me just as much as I need you.

Listen, we got enough to stick you away for three years right now.

Live within my meager means...

Look, the guy was innocent.

Loren Lukas was an actor.

Lukas and Vincent were not in the mainstream of gay life.

Maybe we should cut loose for a while.

Meanwhile, take the rest of the week off.

Motherfucker.

Move your ass.

Mrs. McGuire likes it if we stack our magazines.

My roommate works steadily, so we get by.

Name is Ted Bailey. Works in a brokerage house downtown part time, nights.

Nance, what I'm doing is affecting me.

Nance...

No good, doc. I got too much on my plate now.

No gun, no shield. You get paid once a month.

No sperm. Your killer's shooting blanks.

No, I don't know what you mean.

No, I just... I like to watch.

No? Well, they got the wrong guy, I guess, that's all.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Nobody else cared much about them either.

Not to worry? I have Margo's dress to finish. She opens in Vegas in two weeks.

Not to worry.

Not tonight.

Nothing?

Nothing?

Nothing?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Now I'm afraid.

Now look at these guys.

Now watch my red number and my black number.

Now, what in Christ more do you need, Dave?

Now, what were you faggots doing up there?

Oh, come on!

Oh, I don't know.

Oh, I just quit school. Art school. Looking for a job, commercial artist.

Oh, Nolan Ryan.

Oh, shit.

Oh, the St. James Hotel stabbing. I read about that.

Oh, these, yeah. Somebody left them in my closet.

Oh, yeah, his name's Skip Lee.

Oh, yeah, there's this name keeps popping up all the time.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah? What kind of play?

Okay then, then you tie me up.

Okay?

Okay? Let me just get this off.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Once you've been cleared, you can never be sued or face any charges.

One day this whole city is gonna explode.

One simple question.

Or had a man smoke your pole?

Otherwise, you know, doc, "circumstances undetermined...

Out where?

P.C.'s on the phone, the mayor's on the phone.

Paul Vincent was a professor at Columbia University.

Pays well because normal folk don't like working at night.

Please.

Please. Please.

Please. Please. Plea...

Pussy.

Pussy.

Put it up. Ten to hold. Ten dollar to win.

Registrar's office. Good morning.

Remember roommate Gregory?

Right.

Scared, weird little guys who don't know why they have to do what they do.

Seems the star of the show has hepatitis and the tour is canceled till he recovers.

She ain't gonna jerk me around.

She hasn't figured out how to sell ordinary garbage, so that she lets us throw out.

She sells them.

Should I be?

Sir?

Skip patrol, gold shield right away.

Skip...

Skipper, we found this quarter in the coin box at the peep show.

So I guess I'll work my bricks off.

So where you been living?

So why me?

So wrap it up.

So, what are you gonna do?

So, what are you gonna do?

Something off the port bow.

Something to drink?

Sometimes you only get that one chance.

Son of a bitch.

Sorry.

Sounds addictive.

Steve.

Steve.

Stuart, the man you attacked the other night was a police officer.

Sure.

Take a hike.

Take a look at the board over there.

Take a walk? I'll tear your goddamn head off.

Take your foot off the table.

Takes the kids and goes to Florida to see her sister, leaves me a note.

Takes the kids and goes to Florida to see her sister, leaves me a note.

Ted is too sensitive to have many involvements.

Ten years.

Thanks...

That bulge in your pants ain't a knife.

That means I'd have to go out and find the rest of the body.

That's all I'm gonna tell you. I wanna see a lawyer.

That's all you're gonna get is an indictment.

That's cool.

That's not my scene.

That's possible. See?

That's too weird, man.

The blood matches the victim's, but not this print we lifted from it.

The depth and the width of the stab wounds...

The first Braille waitress.

The green one, left side says you're a hustler, right side you're a buyer.

The guy by the pinball machine.

The guy downstairs heard some screaming.

The guy gave him the swerve. Skip went for his throat.

The guy with the...

The Iron Horse.

The landlady discovered the body about 2:30 a.m.

The landlady thinks it's phony. She ain't seen him in a couple days.

The one next door is registered in the name of John Forbes.

The only way you'll prosecute a murder...

The other guy is Jerry something or whatever.

The other night he got stoned out. Came on to a guy at the Eagle's Nest.

The pattern of lacerations match the serrations.

The print on the quarter's different than the kid's print.

The prints don't match.

The red card you win, the black card you lose.

The upside for you is 20 to life.

The victim was a teacher at Columbia.

The yellow one, left side means you give golden shower...

Then get them down.

Then you're gonna take the floating ball test.

There he is.

There you go.

There's a check mark next to every student...

There's a lot about me you don't know.

There's no sign of a struggle, nothing seems to be stolen.

There's our boy.

These killings have a similar m. O...

These pictures go back two years.

These two cops working out of 6th Precinct...

They found him in his apartment in about 10 pieces.

They look like pictures of Stuart when he was a kid.

They were into heavy leather. S & M.

They're all scumbags.

They're partners. A couple of real fucking hard ons.

Things are tough right now, but I feel it's my destiny to be recognized.

Things happening to me, you know.

This guy cruised me.

This is from the Columbia University yearbook.

This is what you're looking for.

This way, please.

Tommy Mancusi.

Tommy the Joker they call him.

Tremendous.

Turn over.

Twenty six, maybe 27 years old.

Up the creek without a paddle, huh?

Used to be able to play stickball on these streets.

Usually the baths.

We don't even know who the hell they are yet.

We don't know a thing about these torso victims.

We found semen...

We found that out with the last piece of trash that moved in.

We got a hand here.

We need the money.

We'll present the evidence, tell them what your assignment was...

We're gonna fill that sink with water...

We're gonna get a sample of your sperm.

We're gonna have to find another way.

Welcome to the Detective Division.

Well, frankly, all of the victims appear to be the same physical type.

Well, I do. I can't move on him.

Well, I was living in the Bronx with my folks.

Well, if you get tired of studying...

Well, maybe he has some physical aberration or a malfunction.

Well, that fellow was seen with the Columbia professor who got whacked.

Well, the last address I have on Stuart Richards...

Well, this first wound here, that's clean...

Went to the beach today with three friends.

What about him, Skip? Recognize him?

What about them?

What are you doing?

What are you into?

What are you talking about?

What are you working on?

What do you expect for 50 cents a pack?

What do you mean?

What do you say?

What do you want from me, huh?

What do you want? You want me to tie you up...

What else?

What is this shit, huh?

What's going on?

What's that name?

What's this new thing you're doing?

What's your roommate do?

When he's out working he's not out getting involved, if you know what I mean.

When you gonna get into that stupid head of yours?

When'd you get in?

Where are you, man?

Where are you?

Where are you?

Where is he?

Which is to say, they all look like you.

Who are they?

Who is he?

Who knows?

Who lives in that apartment down the hall?

Who's been there before, who ain't, that stuff.

Who's here?

Who's here?

Who's here? I'm here

Who's here? We're here

Why can't you trust me?

Why didn't you go with him?

Why didn't you use your key?

Why do it, then?

Why do you think you were called down here?

Why don't we take a walk?

Why don't you lie down for a little while?

Why don't you want me anymore?

Why not?

Why not?

Why not?

Why, are you afraid?

Work uptown with him, man? No.

Wrong. It's exactly my business.

Yeah, I have a place.

Yeah, I love it.

Yeah, Skip Lee?

Yeah, that was Bobby. He had exotic tastes.

Yeah, you're kidding, I knew it.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Okay.

Yes, I believe he is.

Yes, I'm trying to locate a student, Stuart Richards.

Yes, sir.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon.

You ain't normal. You are shit. Dog shit.

You bastard.

You bet.

You came in too soon, Sonny.

You clean this thing up before the Democratic convention comes in...

You destroyed that kid. You didn't even have a case against him.

You do?

You do.

You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

You dropped your chalk.

You fingered him.

You get a call telling you where to pick up the money. You report only to me.

You get me names or numbers, otherwise don't come around with stories.

You got a place?

You got nothing.

You got the wrong attitude. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

You gotta be kidding.

You into water sports?

You know he did that off the two hitter too?

You know that guy that was killed up at the Ramble?

You know what he said when he called me up?

You know what you have to do.

You know what you have to do.

You know, captain...

You know, like who the regulars are.

You looking for something?

You made me do that.

You made me do that.

You noticed.

You ready for that?

You really feel like that?

You remind me of a fella I used to know.

You wanna play, I'll play with you.

You were gonna stick him, weren't you?

You were gonna stick him, weren't you?

You were there for me. L... l...

You worked him over like he shot the president or something.

You'd have to be very strong.

You'll be driving this car the rest of your life. You don't know nothing.

You'll break your ass you fall down in those high heels.

You'll do eight years, no more.

You're a lying son of a bitch.

You're better off.

You're crazy, mister. You ought to be committed.

You're full of shit.

You're gonna come into days where you have to collar a dozen guys like that.

You're gonna jerk off, mister.

You're here

You're here

You're making nothing. Right now, what do you make? I gotta pay the rent.

You're my partner and you can't let me down.

You're not gonna lose me.

You're too kind.

You're very funny.

Your father called today.

Your fingerprint was on the quarter. We're going to indict on that.

Your man's carrying this.

Your orders should come down after the grand jury.

... and then what do you want me to do? Whatever you want.

... Claremont Avenue, Morningside Heights. Thank you.

Against the wall. What's going on?

Answer just one question. Yeah.

Anybody else? Anybody else? Put it here. Yeah, right here.

Are you serious? Yeah.

Are you turned off to me? No.

Captain Edelstein? It's Edelson.

Come on, get up. Let's go.

Did he show you his knife? No.

Did he try anything? No.

Disappear? Go undercover.

DiSimone. Sir?

Don't let me lose you. I love you.

Everything's ready. Good.

Get your pants down. Get them off!

Good luck. Yeah.

Got it. Hey.

Grand jury? Just a formality.

Great night. Yeah, it is.

Have fun. I'll try.

Hey, asshole. Come on.

Hey, come here. Well, I hope that doesn't bother you.

Hi. Hello.

Hi. Hi.

Hi. When'd you move in?

Him? What do you want from me, huh?

Hold on. Yes.

Homo killer on the prowl? Yeah, I was reading about that.

How about the park? Fine.

How big are you? Party size.

How did he get hepatitis? That's none of your goddamn business.

How you doing? Good.

I hate cigarettes. Oh, really?

I live... I got the room next door. You must be the famous John Forbes.

I need this favor, man. Do you wanna put on a wire?

I said give me your hand. What are you doing here?

I swear to Christ. How do you know they're cops?

I think they're disgusting. Well, I enjoy them.

I won't say that. Anybody else? Can I bid 10?

I'll have... I'll have a steak. Okay.

In Westport, is it? Yeah.

Is that the one that followed you? Yeah.

It's 140... One forty.

It's a ridiculous, idiotic... You can see what I wanna do.

It's as tight as a chicken's ass. Now, you wanna do yourself a favor?

It's mine as much as yours. As if it... The hell it is.

Later. Yeah.

Make it two. Right.

None of my business? No.

Okay. And do what?

Okay. Thank you.

Scared to death of cruising myself. They're gonna get that guy.

See you later. Watch yourself.

Singing? Yeah, nursery rhyme, like:

So tell him. I did.

So you had no right to come in there. I wanna know what you were doing.

Table for two? Yeah.

Take a walk. Take it easy.

That should make you happy. Overjoyed.

That was his father. I wonder why he never sent these.

That's bullshit. Is that right?

The cops are gonna get him. The cops?

The one on the outside. Yeah.

The one with the red scarf? No, the one with the hat.

They're all scumbags. What?

This knife is leaving its own fingerprints. That's right.

Wanna get a beer? Oh, I don't know. It's kind of late.

We could go to my place. Yeah, where is that?

Well, I just don't get into that. Yeah, but I do.

Well, l... Ever been porked?

West Village. Too far. How about...

What are their shield numbers? They work out of the 6th Precinct.

What do you mean? Aspermia.

What do you mean? Got a knife, gun, anything at all?

What is it? What is it? I told you.

What the hell was that? Did he show you his knife?

What time did you hear voices? About 2:15, 2:30.

What was that? Who paid for the room?

What? I said, turn over.

What? This is Precinct Night.

What? Watch my lips.

What'd he hit me for? Who paid for the room?

What'd he hit me for? Who paid for the room?

What's that? Well, there's two of us here, man.

When did you pay rent? I paid rent...

When you gonna work on Broadway? When am I gonna work on Broadway?

Who is that guy? Ever see a knife like this, Skip?

Who? All of them.

Whose room was it? His.

Whose room was it? His.

Why? What's wrong? You a police officer?

Would you wait just a moment, please? Yes.

Yeah, Heineken. Okay.

Yes? I'm looking for Ted.

You buying? No, honey, I ain't buying.

You'll get her. Damn straight I will.

You're asking me about my life. I'm not asking you about your life.

You're putting me on. No.

Your hand. What's your name?

Your life is a flop play. Let's see yours.

Your life is just beating my ass, man. That's life.

...along the small of your back, up your spine to the nape of your neck.

...and continue my thesis on the roots of the American musical theater.

...and four or five others we think you're involved in...

...and from the angle of entry, I'd say your killer was right handed.

...and I am not going to have this thing explode on me.

...and I'm counting on you.

...and Loren Lukas and Eric Rossman...

...and that I was right for it.

...and this guy Simone, he made me give him head right in his radio car.

...approximately 3 inches into the flesh...

...but both our reputations are at stake on this one.

...but I can't identify it.

...but I think you should check him.

...but we've also been finding parts of bodies floating in the river.

...Captain Edelman. Edelstein.

...could all have been made with this type blade.

...figure I can get my old man to adopt you.

...he used to get this way, only worse.

...I appreciate the chance you gave me.

...if dinner starts after 8 the night before she's shooting.

...is if you've got a guy downtown signing a confession.

...l'd say it matches the other killing pretty close. Close enough.

...or I will put somebody in your office who can.

...pending a police investigation." Wait a minute.

...right pocket means you give one.

...right side you receive. The red one is... Right, thank you.

...slight rupture above the anus indicating intercourse.

...so please don't ask me, okay?

...special assignment...

...that the world could wait for any play I might turn out...

...that's right across the street from where I live.