Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)

Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die? (1973)

Nehemiah Persoff: Peter Winkler

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• Ben : [Pulling out his ID]  Mr. Winkler, Hawaii Five-0... We'd like to talk to you.

  Winkler : What for?

  Danny Williams : We'd like to know where you're from, Mr. Winkler.

  Winkler : From?

  Danny Williams : L. A. ?, Chicago?, Romania?... A place.

  Winkler : I'm from New York, brought up in Europe.

  Danny Williams : No birth certificate in New York... Or anywhere else for that matter.

  Winkler : Well, I was born in a house, not a hospital... My parents are from the old country, they couldn't keep good records.

  Danny Williams : That's putting it mildly... Your life seems to be one of the world's best kept secrets.

• Danny Williams : What's your real name, Mr. Winkler?

  Winkler : What makes you think Winkler is not my real name?... I mean why is the government suddenly interested in my name?

  Danny Williams : They're not... Their only concern is income tax, and immigration status for all those unrecorded years.

• Winkler : [to Danny]  My real name is Albert Hoffman... A naturalized American citizen, I lived in Philadelphia for 22 years... In 1966, I was witness to a murder by an underworld figure... I testified, and the murderer was given a life sentence. I was warned that some of his associates would come after me... I was told to disappear for my own safety, change my name, and find a new life.

• Winkler : Still the same thing... Any pressure point.

  Reeves : Still the same.

• Winkler : [Mr. Winkler is tired of Mr. Reeves threats]  Now you listen to me!... We're not over there, we're here in the United States where a man is free to make a choice, either yes or no... AND I SAY NO!

• Winkler : [Trying to convince Danny that he is a spy]  We're trained for this... One glance.

• Winkler : [to Dan]  You know what spies are really like?... They're sickly trecherous people. Some bolstering their courage with brandy, others with drugs... All with the stink of fear on their skin.

• Winkler : [to Dan]  Spies?... Maggots crawling on a garbage dump.

• Winkler : [to Rogloff]  You're right. I'm not Paul Helperin, I'm not Hoffman, I'm not Winkler... I'm Otto Steiner!

• Winkler : [to McGarrett concerning Rogloff]  This whole charade, including the murder in my shop was designed to get him out of hiding... To kill him, to kill the great Rogloff.

• Reeves : [Reeves has guns drawn on Mr. Winkler]  Now, talk quickly... What happened to Rogloff?

  Winkler : He died of a heart attack.

  Reeves : Rogloff was strong as an ox... He wasn't sick a day in his life.