Can you identify a movie in which the plot involves a thief
transferring his loot from a room in one building to a room in another
using a rope stretched between the two buildings, one possibly being a
hotel across the street, near the end of the movie.  A detective finds
a clue in a note left by the thief, which the detective initially
thinks is a telephone number (XXX-2YYY), but later realizes it
describes what room numbers the thief is stealing from and moving the
loot to (XXX-to-YYY).

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 29 Jun 2005 10:30 PDT

Are you certain that this was a movie, not a TV show? An episide of
the old "Kojak" show called "Two Four Six For Two Hundred" involved
exactly the plot you've described.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 29 Jun 2005 10:37 PDT

Please excuse my misspelling of 'episode' above.

Here's a bit about the Kojak storyline:

"A few months ago I was watching a late-night rerun of Kojak.  The
title to the episode was, believe it or not 246 4 200.  During the
episode it was suspected that it might be a phone number.  Kojak
(sucking the Tootsie-Roll Pop) dialed the number and reported 'nope,
Dial-a-Prayer'.  I wonder if the screenwriter had the same stunt
pulled on him?  BTW, the significance of the numbers in the teleplay
were hotel room numbers."

http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/back.issues/1992.volume.12/vol12.iss501-550

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Clarification of Question by phil2187-ga on 29 Jun 2005 15:59 PDT

This is very likely correct.  TV Tome (now TV.com) doesn't have a plot
description for this episode, but one of the guest stars (Robert
Loggia) also sounds right.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 29 Jun 2005 16:03 PDT

Do you consider my suggestion to be the correct answer to your
question, or are you seeking other responses? I'll be pleased to
repost my suggestion as your answer, if you are fully satisfied.

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Clarification of Question by phil2187-ga on 30 Jun 2005 14:07 PDT

pinkfreud-ga: I consider your answer correct.  Please post it as an answer.

Thanks for accepting my suggestion!

As I mentioned earlier, the plot that you described is that of an
episode of the old "Kojak" TV show. In the episode, whose title was
"Two-Four-Six For Two Hundred," a thief was transferring his booty
from one hotel room to another. The cryptic note "246 4 200" was at
first thought to be a phone number, but turned out to refer to hotel
rooms 246 and 200, in two different hotel buildings that were across
the street from one another. The '4' represented the word "for."

I'm glad to have been able to help. It's good to know that all the
years I've spent in front of the television are finally becoming
useful. :-D

Best regards,
pinkfreud

Nice work.