All language subtitles for Flood (Earl Bellamy, 1976).eng

Lincoln tower, this is
Gazelle-1-Alpha-Hotel.

Am I clear to land?

Clear to land Alpha-Hotel.

Watch the aircraft on your right.

Alpha-Hotel,
acknowledge and out.

Mr. Franklin!

Good morning.
How are you, Mr. Franklin?

How am I?

Pike this time?

Trout, hopefully.

Uh-uh.

Whitefish Lake, torrential rains.

Wood River, Alaska, torrential rains.

Lake of the Woods...

I am pursued, crazy
weather all over the world.

Including here.

It's clear and sunny at the fishing lodge.

Yeah.

Like I said, crazy.

How much is the fare?

Same. 150.

Beautiful, isn't it?

Wet.

Brownsville Lake,
through the saddleback.

There's heaven.

Sunny and clear.

Ha-ha, the curse is off me.

That water's pretty high
on the dam, isn't it?

Been an awful lotta
rain the last three weeks.

I hope that runoff from the hills

hadn't spoiled the fishing.

Uh-uh, no way.

The fish love it.

Coming!

Be patient, sweetie.

You know I can't move too fast.

Come on, kitten,
move it to the phone.

A-ha,
I came as quick as I could, honey.

I know, kitten.

- How you feeling?
- Big as a balloon.

I called to...

I know.

To remind you...

To go for my checkup.

I was just getting ready.

Then go, you know what
the doctor told you.

And, kitten,
be careful how you drive.

Sam.

What, honey?

I love you.

Hey, Sam, how you doing?

Hiya, Steve.

- Morning, Mr. Franklin.
- Hello.

Why nobody else with you?

I'm afraid the local
weather report scared 'em off.

And the Chamber of Commerce
are bellyaching like crazy.

Well,
at least it isn't raining here.

Yeah,
and the fish are biting, I hope.

They're biting,
like always, yes, sir.

Well then, let's get at it.

- My usual cabin?
- Usual cabin. Yes, sir.

Well, you know,
it still might clear up.

Wow, $50 Tip. Big spender.

But you know something,
a thousand like him

still wouldn't satisfy the people in town.

Sam, anybody wants me, I'll
be refueling at the airport.

See you later.

Here, sit up.

Just sit up.

Now, backup.

Now sit down.

Anybody ever tell you're not supposed

to try to bust rocks with your head?

It's all right.

I really wasn't trying to break any rocks.

You weren't, huh?

Just jumped up and bit you.

Yeah, sort of.

A leak spouted.

Yeah, we'll have to report that.

Oh,
this old dam gets 'em all the time.

Yeah, hold still a minute.

Anything else?

Elbows, ankles, kneecaps?

No, seem to be all right.

Well, all right.

Now, hold still now,
this is gonna hurt a bit.

Okay.

Turn away from me.

Can you get home from here okay?

Yeah,
I can get a ride from the lodge.

All right. What's your name?

Andy. Andy Cutler.

Cutler.

Cutler, hey?

You have a sister named Mary.

Uh, you know her?

Well, I know her boyfriend.

- Paul.
- Yeah.

We did some flying together.

Hey,
you're Steve Brannigan, aren't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, Paul's talked about you.

What'd he say?

Well,
the part I can repeat is something

about a wild-eyed Irishman.

That figures. Open your eye.

Open up.

Now look down.

Listen, there's still a
long hike up the lodge,

you'll make it okay?

- Sure.
- Sure.

Good. Stand up.

How you feel?

Fine.

Okay.

Don't forget to tell
Sam about that leak now.

- Okay.
- So long.

Oh, Mr. Brannigan

- Yeah.
- Thanks for landing and all.

My pleasure.

Andy.

How old are you?

13.

Hey, Paul, you look comfortable.

Well, well,
if it isn't the Red Barron

and his big-tailed bird.

Watch it, you're talking
about the bird I love.

And wish you owned.

Only 900 more simple, easy
payments and she's all mine.

Which you'll earn by bringing in

those super sportsmen of yours?

Yep. Just brought in another one.

What'd the lake look like?

Wet.

How high was the water?

It's pretty high,
it's almost the top of the dam.

How close to the top?

About a foot.

All we gotta do is let
out some of the water.

Oh, sure, and spoil of fishing.

Hey, I ran into your, uh,
your girlfriend's kid brother,

bandaged his head as a matter of fact.

What happened to him?

Well, it's nothing to worry about.

Uh, he was up on the side of the dam

and a leak popped out
and startled him, I guess.

And he slipped and fell.

He's okay though, I sent him
up to Sam to report the leak.

How big a leak?

Ah, it's not very big.

The kid says that dam leaks all the time.

Where was it?

It's about 10 feet from the bottom,

on the right-hand side of the spillway.

Then the town council's
gonna have to get off

the dime this time.

What you want him to do,
build your new dam?

Yeah, a safe one.

Hey, Tom, do me a favor, will ya?

Call John Cutler.

Tell him I'm on my way into town

and I want a council meeting now, urgent.

Okay, you got it, boss.

You wanna lift?

- It beats walkin'.
- Good.

You can give him a
firsthand report on the leak.

Oh-no,
don't include me in your messes.

You and the town fathers
fight your own wars.

I'm gonna put in some rest and recreation

with Daisy Kempel, and be on my way.

You know, Steve, you haven't
changed a hell of a lot.

No, neither have you.

Paul Blake, the schoolteacher,
the town councilman,

the world helper.

Listen, all I wanna do is
keep myself in one piece

and get a little bit of my
share of the action, that's all.

Charlie!

You didn't say anything
about a pit stop.

The old boy that lives
here has worked on every dam

in this part of the country.

He's forgotten more than the
county engineer ever knew.

Charlie!

Hey, Paul.

What's goin' on?

Have you been up to the dam lately?

Early this morning, about sunup.

What'd it look like?

Like I've been telling you
and the whole town council,

one of these days...

It's sprung another leak.

When?

- Half an hour ago.
- Where?

Right where you said it would,

down low next to the spillway.

How low?

About 10 feet from the bottom.

Right or left to the spillway?

Right.

Where you going?

To pack.

Charlie, are you sure?

Oh, I am.

But you go get a look at Granite Gorge,

if there's any water in it...

Goodbye, Brownsville.

Now, now, now, simmer down, Paul.

As I said,
Sam called me from the dam.

He's plugged the hole,
that is no crisis.

John, nobody knows that dam
any better than Charlie Davis,

and he's moving out of the canyon.

The leak in that spot
has told him something.

Well, it's been leaking for
50 years, it's a livin' dam.

That's just the point.

There've been too many
leaks for too many years.

Paul, we all know your viewpoint,

that's why we called in
the Lincoln engineer.

Where's the engineer's report?

We're still waiting for it.

Yeah, waiting.

Well,
we don't have any more time to wait.

Paul,
aren't you forgetting that John

is a graduate geologist.

That's not a hydraulic engineer,

all due respect, John.

What's the worry? The storm's over.

That's not gonna stop the
runoff from those hills.

It's been raining up there for 30 days.

I move we open the spill gates now,

and lower the water level.

You know what opening
those gates would mean.

Sure, I do.
No lake means no fish.

And no fish means this town loses

its main source of income.

And if that dam goes,
we won't even have a town.

Now, folks in Brownsville
elected me mayor

to do what I think is right for the town.

And I think that Paul is
dead wrong about that dam.

If the engineer's
report condemns the dam,

how would you vote then?

I'd support your motion.

So would Sid.

I'll stake my membership in this council

that's exactly what it's gonna say.

Well, I wanna make something
clear before we vote.

Brownsville is a resort town.

Now, that lake is the main
source of everybody's livelihood.

It's part of mine.

I know what the people want,

to have their interests
protected, all right?

Now,
all those in favor of Paul's motion

to open the spill gates
and, uh, drain the lake.

Yes.

Opposed?

- No.
- No.

I can't accept that.

Now, what do you mean by that?

I mean, I'm going to
do something about it.

Okay.

So you're supposed to be in here

and checked in by three o'clock, okay?

I haven't even had one pain yet.

Listen,
you better do what you're told,

and get your fat self in here, okay?

You sound just like Sam.

Oh, and Mary, uh, when are you
and Paul gonna tie the knot?

In September, after
all the tourists go home.

Ah-ha.

Mary!

Coffee break.

How long?

It'll be a three-cupper.

Hi.

Oh, hello.

You look grim.

You look beautiful.

Hey, I've gotta make
a speech to Ted Horne,

I want you to hear it.

But, Paul, the hospital
is on high ground here.

It's safe enough.

Hey, Ted,
I'm not talking about the four

or five patients you have in here now,

I'm talking about what
you're gonna have to cope

with if the dam breaks.

I find it hard to believe
there's really any danger, Paul.

I mean, surely Mary's father
would've gone along with you.

He has blinders on,
and so do the others.

Now, the danger is real.

And you have to gear
up for the possibility.

I'm sorry, Mary, but your dad's wrong.

Well, if there really is an emergency,

with the fishing season just starting,

we got a good supply of
antibiotics and tetanus.

But what if the power
fails, like Paul said?

Mrs. Nichols, she's in intensive care,

she could never survive a
prolonged power failure.

And she could never make it to Lincoln,

it's an hour and a half on dirt roads.

How about by helicopter? 10 minutes.

She could stand that.

Will it really come to that?

I'm afraid it will.

How about Mr. Barton?

We can't postpone his surgery.

And he definitely can't be moved.

He's scheduled for this afternoon.

Paul, if the dam is as bad as you say...

My father would've agreed with you.

If I can arrange for the helicopter,

how long will it take you
to get Mrs. Nichols ready?

I'd have to prepare her...

Uh...

Maybe an hour.

So you think I'm wrong, too?

Oh, I certainly hope so.

How's Andy? Is he all right?

Yeah, yeah, he's fine.

Have you seen Steve Brannigan?

Yeah, he and Daisy are
sitting on her coffee break.

Hey, Mary, I'm sorry, I've
been so worried about the dam.

Andy's fine.

Steve said he bumped his head,
he was fishing off the dam.

Fishing the lake, the dam,

I wish the season was over.

September will be all ours.

Two hours after they throw the rice

we'll be in San Francisco,
and four hours later, Hawaii.

A week on Maui and three weeks

on the beach at Hanalei on Kauai.

30 days of, um, love and honeymoon.

It's a date.

Paul, about dad.

You know he's truly thinking

of everyone's welfare, you know that.

He means to.

I have to find Steve.

Bill.

It'll seal itself like it always does,

but we'll make sure.

Pull!

Yes, I have it on the record.

Yes, I'll take care of it.

Fine. Goodbye.

You never did say what
brings a big city flyboy

back to Brownsville, of all places.

I like the scenery.

The local scenery?

Sure. What else?

Which brings us to the next plateau.

How about a giant, soaring
evening upon the town?

Upon the town of Brownsville?

- Oh.
- You have a point.

However, on the other hand,

Lincoln is only about 10
minutes away by copter.

Hmm, Lincoln city is nowhere.

You have another point.

But, um, San Francisco...

Now, that's somewhere.

What time do you get off work?

Nine.

Oh, but what about the,
um, unfriendly skies?

No, no, that's no problem.

I have it on expert authority, uh,

that exactly at nine o'clock this evening,

uh, we have friendly skies.

It's gonna be clearing and much warmer.

Hey, Lothario.

You don't suppose that could
be the voice of conscience?

Sorry, Daisy.

I've been looking for
you, I need some help.

Anything you need,
as long as I'm finished

by nine o'clock.

Good, we have a patient
that has to go to Lincoln

and your copter is the
only way to get her there.

Why do you wanna move her?

She's in intensive care.

The power's sure to go if the dam breaks.

What's wrong with the dam?

Uh, he has a thing about it.

Don't pay any attention to him.

It sprung another leak, Daisy.
A bad one.

Well, can't we do something?

Uh, well,
we, we have plans of our own,

- you know, for...
- Did Dr. Horne say

to fly Mrs. Nichols out?

She's gonna be ready to go in an hour.

Why can't you
fly her out in your crate?

My engine's torn down,
you know that.

Steve, please, first Mrs. Nichols

and then San Francisco, okay?

Okay.

Um, listen, Samaritan,
who pays for the gas?

It's on me.

- Well.
- Steve.

Okay, I'll go 50/50 with you.

My copter and your gas.

You got it.

- Nine o'clock?
- Mm-hmm.

You promise?

Hey, you guys!

Hi,
we're just going to the schoolyard

to practice some play stance.

Johnny, forget practice.

There's been some trouble at the dam,

they think it may make break.

Are you puttin' us on?

It's no put-on.

Well, I thought they're
supposed to blow the siren

in case I'm of an alert.

Mayor Cutler thinks it's gonna hold.

I'm doing this on my own.

What I want you guys to
do is spread the word,

alert the people to get ready
in case they have to get out.

But they'll think we're fooling around.

Nobody will believe us.

Tell 'em I said so, and
Charlie Davis said so.

Now divide up the town, knock
on doors, tell everybody.

Okay, coach.

I wanna get a look at the watershed,

to check the runoff,

make sure Charlie Davis was right.

What about your
Mrs. Nichols? The hospital?

She won't be ready
to go for a half hour.

Let's take a look at the
dam on the way to the hill.

No sweat it.

- They stopped the leak.
- Have they?

You just panicked, that's all.

I'd like to X-ray
inside that pile of dirt.

Let's have a look at the hills.

Worry, worry, worry.

Granite Gorge.

Like Charlie Davis said,
"if there's water

in Granite Gorge, goodbye Brownsville."

Let's go back to the dam.

But it's true,
Mrs. Wilson, Paul Blake said so.

The dam can burst at many minute.

Well,
Paul oughta be ashamed of himself,

telling stories like that and
getting you boys all upset.

He wouldn't say it if it wasn't true.

I'm sure he means well,
but Mayor Cutler would set

the siren if there was any danger.

If you wait for the
siren, it might be too late

to get to high ground.

The only thing high I'm
interested in are the prices.

If Mayor Cutler and Paul
Blake would do something

about those, they'd really
be accomplishing something.

Did he really say that
about the dam, Johnny?

Yeah, he said it, but
a lotta good it's doing.

You better get home, and
tell everybody you see, okay?

Charlie Davis knows this dam better

than anyone, you know that.

And Granite Gorge is running full.

Well, I'm on top of it, Paul.

And there goes the last of 30 truckloads

of rock that filled the leak.

Now, I'm keeping the men on standby.

Sam, you haven't seen the runoff.

Every creek, every stream,
every canyon's over the top.

It looks like the ocean
coming through those hills.

Well, you gotta understand
Mr. Cutler's point of view too.

I mean, if I was to open dam,

if I was to spill the
water, all those fish.

We're talking about people.

1200 in Brownsville and
Abbie's one of them.

Well, Mr. Cutler was here yesterday.

I mean,
he took a good look at the dam

and he said he could prove scientifically

the opposite of what was in the report.

Yeah, yeah,
I know, he's a geologist...

What report?

Sam, what report?

Well, I guess he, uh, he
meant the engineer's report.

I mean, he didn't say.

Let's get back to town.

Have a nice day, Sam.

You look like a man with an
albatross around his neck.

I'm trying to figure
out how a man I've known

all my life,
looked up to and respected.

That would be, his honor, the mayor,

and the father of the bride to be.

In the town council meeting,

he told everyone he didn't have

the engineer's report on the dam yet.

I would've been willing to bet my life

he wouldn't deliberately lie to anyone.

Never trust a politician,
not even in a one-lung town.

Hey, listen, on the other
hand, he could be right.

What's Mary
gonna think about all this?

She thinks he's a saint.

They oughta have Mrs.
Nichols ready to go by now.

Lots of luck with the mayor.

Hey, Mr. Brannigan.

Hey, Humpty-Dumpty.

Looks like they got you
back together again.

Let's see.

Aw, my sister made me put that on.

Yeah, well, it's very attractive.

Devil-may-care.

Mr. Brannigan.

Steve. My name is Steve.

- Steve, um...
- Yep.

I was, I was wondering...

What do you want now?

You want a ride in the
big bird, is that it?

Well, I was actually wondering

if I could wear your scarf
a little while longer.

But you already wore it for a while.

What do you wanna do, wear it out?

I wasn't trying to hurt it or anything.

The truth is,
that one I just don't, uh,

ordinarily lend out, ever.

I wasn't trying to keep it or anything.

Honest.

Here.

Well, look, uh, why
don't you wear it, uh,

until I can buy you another one.

How's that?

Just for a little while?

Just for a little while.

Thanks.

Hello, Paul.

Oh, hello, Alice.

Is something wrong?

Is it about the dam?

Well,
it was still there 20 minutes ago.

Is John in?

Well, yes.

Paul.

I asked John about the dam,

he said it was all right,
that there was no danger.

I know you disagree.

I think there's a big danger.

Hm.

Knowing you, I'm sure you've
given 'em all your arguments.

Yes, I have.

Wasn't an engineer
supposed to inspect the dam?

Yeah, he did.

Well then, what did he recommend?

It seems we don't have his report yet.

Oh, I see.

I'm sorry, Alice,
but this time John is wrong.

My husband has devoted
his life to this town.

He's served it well.

I won't question his judgment now.

And yet the first thing
you ask me about is the dam.

Are you coming over tonight?

Well, I...

Sure.

See you then.

I hope so.

Oh.

Sit down, my boy. Sit down.

Well?

When my parents died, I bounced around

from one relative's house to another.

There was one home in
this town, one place,

one family I used to dream
was my place, my family.

You know whose home that
was, don't you, John?

Paul, you, you know how Alice
and I always felt about you.

How pleased we were when
you and Mary started

to go on together seriously.

And nothing's changed either.

- Hasn't it?
- Of course not.

I think it has.

Let me explain to you why.

All my life you've stood for the things

that I thought were important.

Sunday school virtues.

- Oh...
- Let me finish, John.

I think most of us in
the town felt that way.

Still do.

But this town is entitled to honest,

out in the open leadership.

Oh.

Uh-huh.

One of the things maybe you don't know

is that this town was broke
when you and Mary were kids.

The bank was closed, people
were moving out every week.

Well, I stopped that,
Paul. I turned it around.

I headed up a group to buy that lake

and all the land around it.

I put this town back on the map.

And every decision I ever made

was for the good of these people.

And it still is.

- Your decision?
- That's right.

And it's your decision about the dam.

I wanna see that report on the dam.

But...

I, I didn't get it,
I already told you that.

John,
I wanna see that report now!

I don't like what you're implying, Paul.

I don't like it at all.

John, don't you realize
what could happen?

You know the pressure behind that dam.

If it goes, the lake goes with it,

right down through that
canyon like Niagara Falls.

It'll wipe out this
town and everyone in it.

I think you're being
overly dramatic, Paul.

Sam told me you said you
could disprove everything

that was in that engineer's report.

Now, if you haven't seen it,
how do you know what's in it?

Well, um, Sam misunderstood.

You know, he misunderstands
a lot of things.

Well, that's true about most of us.

There is no report!

Hello?

Hello, Sam.

Kitten, anything wrong?

Mm-mm,
but Mary says that I should come

to the hospital right away,
so I'm just about to leave.

All right.

But listen, if it starts happening,

please have the doctor
or the nurse call me.

I promise.

I love you.

I love you.

See you at the hospital.

Bye-Bye.

- Hello, dear.
- Hi, darling.

Ah, tuna salad again.

Our own tomatoes.

John, do you really
believe the dam is safe?

Of course.

Do you believe saying
it's safe makes it safe?

Alice, I made a special
trip out there yesterday

to take a firsthand look, and that dam,

that dam is as sound as it ever was.

That's not what Paul says.

I don't care what Paul says!

- But, but John, he...
- That's the end of it!

Sorry, Alice.

I'm puzzled, John.

Which is it?

There's no danger, or
even if there is danger,

you think the money for
the town is more important?

Alice, please, I know what I'm doing.

What did the engineer's report say?

What, we, um...

W- we, we haven't got it yet.

What if he declares the unsafe?

Well, the storm is over.

A few more days, the
water will be going down.

And, uh, well,

won't make much difference
then what it says.

In 24 years of marriage,

I don't ever remember you
admitting you were wrong.

Not even once.

Well, may-maybe that
is because I was right.

Alice, I know one thing...

I was right when I picked you.

I'm not sure.

Hm? What do you mean by that?

A wife should have pride in her family,

in their accomplishments, but
she should also have pride

in herself,
as a person, as an individual.

You mean to tell me
that, that you don't have?

I don't remember ever telling you

how I really felt about
anything important.

It was always how you felt about it,

what you wanted to do about it.

Hello?

Oh, yes, Sam, he's right here.

Oh.

What is it, Sam?

Well, we got some
more trouble Mr. Cutler.

In some places, the water's
almost to the top of the dam.

Well,
you, you can handle it, can't you?

Well, I think so, sir.

But you know,
the higher the water gets.

Look, you're authorized to
call in all the men you need.

Get a couple more bulldozers up there

from the highway department too.

Okay, sir, as
long as I can hire all

the heavy equipment I need.

Sam, have we had this
same problem before?

Yes, sir.

And handled it?

Yes, sir.

Mr. Cutler was that the engineer's report

you were talking about yesterday?

The devil with this report!

I know what the dam will
take and what it won't!

Sam, ev-ev-everything
is gonna be all right,

just like it always has.

Now, you get out there,
keep on top of things,

you keep me informed.

Yes, sir.

That, that Sam is an old woman.

Yep, everything's under control.

Uh, now,
I, I better get back to work.

We'll finish his talk later.

John, you did get the
engineer's report, didn't you?

I, I, I just told you I didn't...

Besides,
darling, that, that's business,

it's got nothing to do with you.

It's got everything to do with me.

With us.

Alice, all this town has got
is the lake behind that dam.

Without that, we got nothin'.

But the risk, John.

It's gonna be all right.

It's gonna be all right.

I promise you.

Hello.

Get the bulldozers out on
top, and I mean on the double.

Go! Move it!

Step on it!

Andy,
I thought I told you to get home.

I'm just watchin'.

I don't want you here.

Why not?

Because it's gonna be
dark soon, that's why.

Now, now, now get home.

Well, I'm not afraid of the dark.

Andy Cutler, you move
your little tail home

or I'm gonna call your father.

Okay, okay, I'm going.

- Get!
- Yeah.

Steve, the lines are out to Lincoln.

Can you reach anybody on the radio?

I'll try.

Lincoln tower, this is
Gazelle-1-Alpha-Hotel.

Lincoln.
Go ahead, Alpha-Hotel.

We have a dam over here in Brownsville,

it's probably gonna break.

We wanna alert the
US Emergency Service, do you read me?

Roger.

We'll relay by landline. Standby.

They're gonna think you're some kind

of a nutcase, you know that.

Little boy that cried wolf.

If we wait for it to break,
it will be too late.

Considering the possibilities,

I have the urge to get outta here.

I know the feeling.

It's the last time I'm gonna

let Daisy talk me into anything.

Are you giving odds on that?

Well, I could make an exception.

Lincoln, to Alfa-Hotel.

Alpha-Hotel, go ahead.

Emergency service advises

that the whole country's in flood trouble.

Power poles washed out, no juice.

They'll get somebody
in to look at the dam

as soon as possible.

Keep them tuned in.

Thank you, Lincoln.

Can you gimme weather conditions?

Clear.
Heavy turbulence expected.

Wind, gusty to 50 knots.

Thank you again, Lincoln tower.

Good luck over there.

We gotta get our patient outta here

while the weather holds.

Whatever happened to that fellow who

is only looking out for number one?

All right, here we go.

Easy now.

Easy, easy.

There we are.

When you get back, pick me up here.

I wanna go up to the dam.

I'll be back to pick up Daisy,
we got a date tonight.

I hope we're still here.

I don't think we did the
right thing sending Ms. Nichols.

We did the safe thing.

You're alarming us, when
there's really no danger.

Dad said he's sure the dam is safe.

Well, I don't think
he's as sure as he sounds.

Do you know what you're saying?

I know what I suspect.

And what's that?

Two months ago,
I almost forced the town council

to get that engineer's report on the dam.

So?

Today at the council meeting,

your father said he
hadn't seen the report,

he didn't have it.

Well,
I think he does, and I think it says

the dam is unsafe.

You're saying my dad lied
and is hiding the report, huh?

That's right, Mary.

But what's the point?
Why would he do that?

Because he believes he's right,

that he knows better no
matter what the report says.

Well,
then he probably does know better.

Brownsville Hospital. Miss Cutler.

Hold on, he's right here.

Sam Adams at the dam.

Hello, Sam.

Paul,
I know I shouldn't be phoning you,

but calling Mr. Cutler
doesn't do any good.

He just says keep plugging the holes.

Sam, get to the point.

Well, the point is,
I can't be responsible anymore.

We got water going over the dam right now,

cutting the top, and it's dangerous

for my men working out there.

For every leak we've plugged,
two more pop out.

Now, somebody's got to order me

to open those runoff
gates so I'm not liable.

All right, Sam, I'm ordering you

to open them, do you understand?

I'll take full responsibility.

Well, you understand, Paul,

it's not my place to do it on my own.

Get 'em open, Sam, then call me back

and tell me what's happening.

You didn't have the right to do that.

I didn't have the right not to.

And what if you're wrong?

Well, Bill, here goes.

We'll try the auxiliary power.

Uh, almost.

Almost, but not enough.

It won't do it, it won't move it.

Come on.

Wade, get it up here.
Get that rock here.

Plug it!
Plug it, men, all the way across.

Come on, Wade.

- Hello.
- Paul, the gates won't budge.

They're packed solid with
tons of runoff debris.

Sam, you've gotta get 'em open.

There's no use.

Even the auxiliary power won't budge it.

We need more pull.

Even a little more might do it.

The spillway gates won't open.

How much more pull do you need?

Well,
it might take a a ton, maybe 10, 5,

maybe a half ton.

I don't know, Paul.
I just don't know.

All right,
now maybe we still have a chance.

Do you have a long cable up there?

A cable?

Uh, let me think, uh...

From the old ski lift.

Yeah, yeah, Paul, I got a cable.

Put an eye on each end,
we'll need at least 150 feet.

Brannigan will be back with
the copter in about an hour.

Maybe we can generate enough lift

with that to pry the gates loose.

Right. I'll have it ready.

Hey, I love you.

And I'll try to work it
out with your father.

Mary, will you scrub up please?

I'm gonna start the
operation on Mr. Barton.

John,
we have to alert the town, now!

Wh-what are you talking about?

Sam called, the dams
being cut to pieces.

Well, if it really an emergency,

he'd open the spill gates.

They won't open, they're jammed.

How do you know that?

I ordered him to open him 'em, he can't.

Look, Paul,
the dam will hold, it's always done.

When did you get that report, John?

A week ago?

Two weeks ago?

We could have opened the gates then,

we coulda saved this town.

I'm in charge here.

You can't do that, I forbid it.

John, please!

No!

What do we do now?

Will they hear the horn from the dam?

When you hear it, get to high ground.

The hospital will be high enough.

Quite a few of the phone lines are out.

I can reach some of the outlying
people and, and alert them.

Don't wait too long, Emma.

The dam will hold.

Of course it will.

Besides, it's not my time to go.

Oh, Sam.

Sam, help me, please.

Please, help me.

Sam, please.

Larry, run it out.

Movin' out.

Movin' out.

Move it, Larry!

Watch your hands on that.

Put another eye in there, men

Don't tell me the Russians are coming.

Worse, the dam's going.

You were the only one
who thought so an hour ago.

Well, Sam Adams thinks so now.

I delivered Mrs. Nichols.

I want to pick up Daisy,
we have a date, remember?

Steve, I just turned the siren on.

Sam called,
the dam's being cut to pieces

and they can't open the gates.

Now, maybe, with your
coper, we can get them open.

Do it. Stack them up, men.

Stack them up tight.

Tight, men.

Put 'em up there, men, faster.

Do it faster.

Clear outta here! Get out!

Clear!

You all set?

Well, we gotta buy 200 feet of cable.

Now, h-how you gonna do it?

He wants the hook one
end of it to your strut arm

and the other end at
the bottom of the cup.

Steve, that might
pull the bottom off it.

Yeah, I think I mentioned
it a couple of times.

And that might give Sam

just the little extra lift he needs.

Well, let me see your cable.

Here.

Will that fit your cargo hook.

Yeah.

Let's get it hooked up.

Fred, get out on that strut arm.

It won't go! It won't go!

That was our final hope.

What do we do now?

Keep sandbagging and filling the cuts.

Thank God Abbie's in the hospital.

Get those bulldozers moving.

We'll help.

No way, I can't do it.

- Well, at least we tried.
- Yeah.

- Oh, John.
- Where are you going?

I, I've been trying to reach you

and Mary ever since the siren.

The hospital doesn't answer
and your phone has been busy.

I don't know where Andy is.

Now, now, there, calm down.

There's, there's nothing
to get excited about.

But the siren?

Oh, that Paul Blake has lost his mind.

He turned it on.

John, do you know where Andy is?

You really are worried, aren't you?

Of course I'm worried.

Well, I, I suppose he's
somewhere up in town.

But th-there's nothing
to be anxious about.

I told Emmett to have
someone climb that pole

and shut that siren off.

Then why did you come home?

The siren, the flickering lights.

I didn't want you to be worried.

I knew you would be.

John,
I've got to know where Andy is.

All right, all right,
I, I, I'll go look for him.

I'm going with you.

Let's see.

- Hello.
- It's gonna go, Mr. Cutler.

It's going to go.

Now look, calm, calm down, Sam.

The devil would calm
me down, you hear me?

I'm not listening to you anymore.

You did it.

You wouldn't let me open those gates

when I still could and now it's too late.

It's too late, you hear
what I'm telling you?

I hear you.

It's gonna bust, Mr. Cutler.

It's gonna bust.

And it's on your head.

Your head! Not mine!

Sam says the, the dam is gonna break.

But he's wrong?

Now let's go find Andy.

That's it! That's it!

That's it! Get outta here!

Get outta here! Come on, move it!

Run, run, run!

Sam!

Sam, let's get!

I never thought it would really happen.

Mother, Father, Andy.

It's still dead.

Mary.

Mary!

Wait a minute, where are you going?

- To my family?
- Well, no, no, no.

No, they can take care of themselves.

They'll probably come
here looking for you,

you'll be out there looking for them.

Be sensible.

How much time before
the water reaches town?

How much time do they,
does everybody have?

I don't know.

It depends.

We'll hear it first.

Like the sound of a giant
waterfall, they say.

- Mary.
- Mary.

- Is Andy here?
- Where's Andy?

We looked for him. We can't find him.

Well, I'm going to.

Abbie Adams never got here, did she?

Help.

Help!

Help me!

Help!

I wonder where he is.

Who?

Andy.

He'll have sense enough
to get to high ground.

He's wearing my red scarp.

What's that supposed to mean?

It's my kid brother,
he was the same age.

We were hiking in the Sierras.

This greenhorn got into
trouble and we, uh,

I got us involved.

We helped this halfwit, tried to,

this greenhorn, and the
kid went over the edge.

- Where?
- Elgin Lane.

To look for them.

- I can't let you go anywhere.
- I, I can't just stay here.

Mary, I'm going.

Where?

To look for them.

No, Mother, I won't let you.

Daisy, will you take over here?

I just can't stay here.

Now, what seems to going on here?

She wants to go
looking for Dad and Andy.

No, absolutely no, Alice.

- But I...
- There's nothing you can do

they can't do themselves.

And we need you here.

I'm sorry.

Just move on.
Everything will be okay.

Just go right up to there.

That's it.

Abbie Adams might be
trapped in her house.

Dr. Horne wants us to
go and try to find her.

Is that Sam's wife?

Mm-hmm.

Okay, I'll crank her up.

My father.

And Andy.

They'll make it, I know they will.

Come on.

Help! Help!

Help!

Lincoln tower, this is
Gazelle-1-Alpha-Hotel.

Lincoln tower, this is
Gazelle-1-Alpha-Hotel,

come in please.

Alpha-Hotel, this is
Lincoln Tower, go ahead.

Brownsville is underwater.

Where's that help?

Stand by,
we have emergency service

on an open line.

Well, we have some inquiries
if the dam is broken.

Yes, the dam broke!

It's wiped out 3/4 of this town.

We don't even know how many casualties.

What we need is medicine,
food, blankets, drinking water.

It's called help. Tell 'em!

I'll tell 'em.

You seem pretty excited for a man

that doesn't get involved.

It's the company I keep.

Yeah.

Alpha-Hotel,
this is Lincoln Tower.

Message relayed.

You are advised that
supplies will be sent in

as soon as flying equipment
becomes available.

Flood disaster conditions exist
through our whole country.

Thank you, Lincoln tower.

Well, we're still on our own.

Abbie's house should
be about there, right?

I think so. I can't tell.

There!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Hey, it looks pretty tricky.

I don't think you better try it.

Hey, you're not gonna be
able to get her up here.

And if she's down there,
she's gonna need me with her.

Stand by, will you?
We may need you.

Abbie!

Abbie!

You take a look up here,
I'll check downstairs.

Abbie!

Abbie!

Abbie!

Abbie!

Let's try the kitchen.

Abbie!

Uh-huh.

Help me.

Save my baby.

You'll be aright, I'll get you out.

Her legs are caught.

Did you see anything?

Her legs are caught
between two crossbeams.

If I can pry 'em apart,
you'll feel a slack.

Pull out fast, you understand?

I almost had it.

This time for sure. Be ready.

Okay.

Hey, fella, stay right there!

Mary, the baby.

Let her rest here a
minute, I'll be right back.

Mr. Brannigan!

It's me!

Come get me, Mr. Brannigan!

Mr. Brannigan!

Mr. Brannigan!

Help!

Andy!

Help!

Andy, I'm coming!

Andy!

Help me! Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Please!

Andy!

Help me!

Help!

Help!

Andy!

Andy!

Abbie?

Yeah, she's okay.

Paul's bringing her in now.

Well, we didn't make it
to San Francisco, did we?

No, not even to Lincoln.

Some other time maybe, huh?

Miss Nightingale, you're beautiful.

Everybody, watch your feet!

Come on, Daisy, let's go.

Coming, Mary.

Come on, watch
your feet, everybody.

Nice flying.

Do it every time a dam breaks.

You get any problems?

No, Mary and I specialize
in second story work.

Have you seen my mother?

No, we haven't.

Ah!

Wait, Mary.

The dam and the lake, we,

we have to open the, the spill gates.

Come on.

I can't...

Andy?

I, I knew he, he'd make it back.

- Come on.
- I knew he would.

I knew he would.

I knew he...

You wouldn't think John Cutler

would take anything so hard,
would you?

Hey,
nobody ever said he didn't care.

- Hi.
- Tommy, are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm okay.
- What happened?

Mr. Marshall pulled me out, but...

Mrs. Cutler.

She thought I was Andy.

She went in to help me.

She went under and didn't come up.

Mary, I, I lied to 'em
to, to, to all of 'em.

Your mother.

Paul.

You had a good reason,
I know you did.

Ever since you were
old enough to, to think,

everything I did was always all right.

You, you, you always believed in me.

I still do.

Listen,
you did what you thought you had to do.

It's all any of us can do ever.

But I,
I thought I was doing what was,

what was best for the people here,

but maybe I was trying to
help myself, most of all.

I, I, I just,
I, I, I don't know anymore.

Daddy.

Well,
the casualties are not combatants.

You know, Brannigan,
sometimes you show promise.

Put him right over there by the counter.

Oh, Paul.

Someone outside was
saying the water in town

isn't running off the way it should.

Well, anyone who's trapped
is gonna stay trapped.

Yeah, if they're still alive.

Must be that bridge.

Flood debris stacked against it

like a cork in the neck of a bottle.

A little dynamite, in the right place,

that'll break it up.

There's a rock quarry on
the next ridge to the west,

they should have dynamite
and blasting caps.

It'd be an easy hop for your bird.

Paul.

It's Mrs. Cutlers.

Tommy Lowman just gave it to me.

He saw her go under...

And drown.

You'll have to tell Mary.

You better let Daisy do it

if you wanna clear this bridge.

I'll take it.

You go on and do what you have to do.

Why go through it all?

In this way.

I raised them to be six years old.

Beautiful.

Lovely.

Just to have 'em murdered
by a flood.

Come here, it's gonna be
all right, just take it easy.

It's gonna be okay. Come on.

Is there anything I can do?

Well, have you, have you seen Emma?

No, I haven't, Mr Cutler.

Would you call her at, at city hall?

Tell her s-she he
shouldn't wait too long.

Yes, I'll call her and I'll
tell her that you're worried.

Andy.

Andy.

He'll be back.

You know the terrain.

What's our pattern?

We have a clear approach
to the bridge from the south.

Land in the field on the other side of it.

If it's still above water.

Take a 30 left.

Take it easy, huh?

Leave the driving to the pros.

You got any clear-cut idea
how we're gonna do this?

Simple, just place
the charges underneath

the center of the bridge,
light the fuses and run.

Pop the cork outta the bottleneck.

And drain the town.

We've got a dry field.

It have a nice, simple sound to it.

If it works.

Yeah,
that looks like it ought to do it.

There's enough here to
blow up the whole town.

What town?

Mr. Brannigan, help me, I'm stuck!

What do you think?

I think we shoulda
tested a piece of this fuse

to see how long it's gonna
take 20 feet to burn.

You don't know?

Well, how long it'll take you to get

that bird 500 feet up in the air and away.

70 Seconds, aggregate.

How come we only have 20 feet of fuse?

Because that's all there was.

I'll put this charge under the bridge,

you put that one in the rafters.

Mr. Brannigan!

Paul, you okay?

Comin'.

Gimme the end of it.

Let's go.

The scarf.

It's that kid!

Mr. Brannigan, help me, I'm stuck!

Steve, what fuse is still burning?

Down here!

Here, gimme your hand.

Up! Up!

How ya doin', kiddo?

Pretty good.

You know, she climbs real
good for a beautiful lady.

Sorry, I got your scarf wet.

You keep it, it's yours.

Has, uh,
she been told about Sam yet?

No.

But maybe having the baby
will help when they tell her.

Come here.

Hi, Dad.

Hello, son.

Where have you been?

I've been looking for you
and for, for the rest...

The rest of the kids.

Dad, now that Andy's back,
will you lie down for a while?

Whatever you say, Mary.

Oh, wait, where's,
uh, yo-your, your mother?

In a minute, Dad.

A few hours passed and everything's gone.

How do we put things back together again?

How can my father?

I don't know,
it's gonna take some time.

You could do it, Paul,

without anybody's help,
couldn't you?

Dad can't.

He's going to need help.

He's gonna need me.

And Andy, too.
Andy's gonna need me too.

You mean we better postpone September?

Hey, partner.

Your medicine and supplies are in Lincoln.

They ain't doing us any good there.

Steve.

I really am sorry about San Francisco.

San Francisco will always be there.

We'll get to it.

Brownsville's gonna
take a lot of rebuilding.

You could use some help.