[3] Bobby Gold is a homicide detective on the trail of Robert Randolph, a drug-dealer and cop-killer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.

En route to nab an accomplice of Randolph, Gold and his partner Tim Sullivan happen upon a murder scene: the elderly Jewish owner of a candy store in a ghetto has been gunned down, reportedly for a fortune hidden in her basement.

A nighttime survey of the crime scene uncovers an important piece of the woman's past, and Gold's reluctance turns to curiosity, leading to the discovery of a Zionist organization operating in the city.

As proof, Gold gives him the phony passport arranged by his mother, when suddenly a police officer off screen shoots Randolph in the chest, killing him.

Gold returns to the precinct to apologetic words from some of his fellow police officers, who now seem distant, possibly due to the circumstances of his partner's death or the racist slur he used in his rage.

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