Zippers - Recap

A burglar, Gary Baxley, hits the upper middle class home of Dennis Stanton and eludes a police chase, returning to Zippers, a male exotic dance club, where he dances as the "Cat Burglar." His partner is Stanley, the parking attendant. They make wax impressions of the patrons' house keys, and then hit the houses when the owners are out.
Jack investigates the next day at the Stanton home. Among the stolen items, Stanton is most concerned with a missing ring. He is a close friend of the Mayor's, so Walter stays up all night searching for clues to the rash of similar burglaries, discovering that several victims had been to Zippers. Capt. Boyd rejects this as evidence, banning Walter from Zippers, but Automan goes to the club to investigate, posing as Auto, the Electrician. He's a big hit with the ladies. Walter follows Automan with Roxanne as cover, and observes Stanley and Gary duplicating keys at the lot. Later that night, Walter and Automan chase down Gary and Stanley and recover all of Stanton's goods save the ring, which upsets him greatly.
He returns home to find mobster Carlos, who wants the ring for the microfilm inside. He decides to cut Stanton out and get the ring from the burglars when they are released on bail, sending his henchmen Buck and Victor to dispose of him, which they do.
Walter refuses to believe Stanton's death was an accident, and investigates his company by computer for evidence. He and Automan infiltrate the company's computer system at great risk, and discover that the company is engaged in work for the federal government1s witness protection program. Stanton stole a list of witnesses on the microfilm, people whose lives will be in danger if Carlos gets the film. Jack and Roxanne find Stanley already dead at the hands of Buck and Victor. Automan and Walter go to Gary's house in search of the ring, to be caught by Buck and Victor. Walter poses as Gary to get to Carlos, and plan that backfires when the real Gary is found by Victor.
They all meet at Zippers, where Gary turns the ring over after revealing Walter and Automan are cops. A fight ensues. Automan is losing power, so Walter takes off with the microfilm, charging into the busy club. Everyone gangs up on Walter, but Automan recharges at the light board, and helps him dispatch the villains.



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