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Flight 669, now arriving at Gate 13.

Will Mr. Meyers please report to Immigration.

Mr. Meyers, please report to Immigration.

McCloud, please pick up page telephone.

Sam McCloud, page phone please.

Passengers on Flight 701 to Albuquerque,

please check in at Gate 9B

for further information on the delay.

Marshal McCloud here.

You called me on the loud speaker.

McCloud, this is Chief Clifford.

Chief?

Never expected to hear from you.

Where are you?

Look, I'm at the airport.

I want you to meet me.

Anywhere you say.

Meet me in the freight terminal building locker room.

Did you say the freight terminal building,

the locker room?

You're familiar with the airport?

Yeah, you betcha.

Listen, I want to thank you for assigning me

to such an interesting place.

Report here as soon as you can.

Yeah good enough.

Passengers boarding Flight Number 9,

Flight Number 9, please go to Gate 44.

When he gets here, bring him close to you.

Tell him there's a gun on you and another one covering him.

Tell him to put his gun on this packing crate.

Better be plain clothes.

I told you he's a marshal.

Does he carry credentials?

ID, a badge.

What do you mean he's a marshal?

He's from Taos, New Mexico.

Assigned to the New York police forces, a trainee.

I told you to call an airport detective.

He's the only man from my division

on duty here at the moment.

Better be plain clothes.

Chief?

Anything wrong?

Plenty.

You mind telling me about it?

Well, you'll find out real soon.

Chief, I hope that you don't think that I'm getting jumpy,

but the hair on the back of my neck gets to bristling

when things ain't going my way.

Something's real wrong.

That's right.

There's a gun pointed at me.

Well, I appreciate you telling me

but is there anything I can do?

Just cooperate.

No fast draw.

There's a, there's another gun covering you.

Same fella?

No, two of them maybe more,

seemed to be well-organized,

latched on to me in the parking lot.

So follow instructions.

Yes, sir.

Put your gun on this packing crate, slow.

Yes, sir.

Right now.

He's not plain clothes, it won't work.

Over there.

Let's see your ID, Marshal.

It work.

Let's see your ID.

Care to tell us what this is all about?

Tell him.

You see this.

It's gotta be delivered to Paris.

Now it's too valuable to put in the mail

and it's too big to smuggle

and it's too hot to get by customs.

The only way to get by customs is diplomatic immunity

and that takes a special kind of passport,

but the only other way is special police business,

international cooperation.

We'll need clearances for that.

It's a one shot run for it.

Get your clearances as you go.

You and Chief Peter B. Clifford

will get two first-class tickets

on the next flight to Paris

and these will get you through customs.

They're not passports.

Police business gets you a temporary entry permit.

Seems like they got it all figured out.

That's right.

You cooperate or you won't see

Chief Peter B. Clifford again.

Think he can cut it?

He's perfect.

Square and stupid enough for people to believe.

Here's your ID, Marshal.

Here's yours, Chief.

There's a passport photo machine upstairs

by the news stand.

Cut the plastic and reseal it.

Take your time.

Do it right.

What about the description?

You're close enough.

They wouldn't check the height.

Don't get any ideas about jumping him, Marshal.

If anything goes wrong, I'll hear about it,

and then you'll hear about a death in the department.

Now just hold on there a minute.

I'm not arguing with you.

You fellows have kind of got us over a barrel

keeping one of us here but I was just thinking,

what is your friend here, Mr. Mason, is it?

What if he makes you think that I busted loose

and then runs off with all the valuables?

He wouldn't do that.

Would you, Mason?

Let's get going.

Give him the briefcase.

But this...

Let him carry it.

To Rissient?

Now, you know the name, Marshal.

Recent?

That's near enough but it's french.

Well, Mr. Rissient better notify you when delivery's made.

I'll be waiting for a transatlantic call.

Needless to say, Marshal, I'll be waiting too.

You got nothing to worry about

as far as my end of it's concerned, Chief.

Hard part's gonna be entry permits, custom clearance.

Call Sergeant Broadhurst,

tell him to order any clearances in my name.

Yes, sir.

Good luck.

Yes, sir.

I think you're going to need it more than I will.

All I got facing me is a trip to Paris.

Well, Bon voyage.

There you go.

Let's go.

Final departure call, flight number nine,

flight number nine at gate...

Remember, say it right with no mistakes so that's it.

I hear you.

Sergeant Broadhurst.

Yo, McCloud here.

What's up?

I got some special order from Chief Clifford.

The commissioner

has been phoning for him all morning.

Well, tell the commissioner it's an emergency.

You still at the airport?

Yeah, that's right.

He grabbed me out here and said to hold everything

and we were taking off for Paris.

Paris?

That's what the man said.

Paris, France.

What is it, narcotics?

Don't ask me.

Is he there?

Can I talk to him?

No, he is over making arrangements to get on a flight.

Now look, Joe,

he told me to tell you to order clearances in his name.

Clearances?

What kind of clearances?

On the other end at the airport in Paris.

See, we don't have time to get passports

so we need entry permits.

Well, that's up to the state department.

The state department will cooperate

with the chief of detectives.

I guess so but it's sure out of channels.

Well, I told you it's an emergency.

McCloud, are you in trouble?

No more than usual.

Has somebody got the drop on you?

Now look, Joe, this is orders from the chief.

I'm just passing them on to you.

Now I got to go or I'll miss my flight.

Well, wait a minute, McCloud.

I need the flight number.

Two tickets, round trip on your next flight to Paris.

This is a police emergency.

Do we charge it to the police department?

I'm not quite sure of the procedures.

Chief Clifford.

Is your supervisor around?

Mr. Carlton?

This is Davis at desk four.

I have a police emergency, two RTs to Paris,

flight 111 leaving in six minutes.

Tell him it won't concern the airline guard.

We are police officers,

but there's no in-flight danger involved.

No procedural problem with the guards.

They are police officers

and there's no in-flight danger involved.

Chief of Detectives, Peter B. Clifford,

New York division headquarters.

Deputy Marshal, Sam McCloud, Tay-os?

Tow-us.

Taos, New Mexico.

To the police department account, yes, sir.

He'll have them hold the flight for you.

We will need a car at the Paris airport.

Limousine?

Limousine with chauffeur, English speaking.

Do you have hotel reservations?

Check us in at the George Sanc.

Yes, sir.

Do you have luggage?

Just this briefcase.

Seats 3C and D.

Thanks.

Gate three.

Hey Vince, haven't we got a tie line to Paris, France?

The airport,

I guess it's the chief of the airport police?

Yeah, sécurité et D'Orly.

Operator, this is Sergeant Broadhurst.

I'm acting on orders from Chief Clifford.

I want to speak to the senior officer

of the Orly Airport Police in Paris, France.

Thank you.

McCloud better have it straight.

These international procedures can get sticky.

Well, at least,

you know it's important if the chief took off in person.

Yeah, but it's not like him.

He usually wants everything written out in triplicate,

attention all commissioners.

What one hour wait?

It's an emergency!

Sure, I speak french,

high school, C average.

Lay it on him.

Bonjour, ici le departement de sécurité

de la cite de nouvelle york.

Allo?

Ici Sergent Broadhurst.

Je travaille pour chef de bureau, Pierre B. Clifford.

Pierre?

Out of sight.

Allo?

Allo, Allo?

Would you prefer the lobster a I'americaine

or the boeuf bourguignon?

Lobster and a refill on this.

In just one moment, sir.

Would you prefer the lobster a I'americaine

or the boeuf bourguignon?

I beg your pardon,

I was plugged into a little opera there.

Would you mind running that past again?

Would you prefer the lobster a I'americaine

or the boeuf bourguignon?

American lobster ought a hit the spot.

No, it's not American.

It's A-mor-i-can, Amer-i-que, it's a place,

like Texas or New Mexico.

They have a special lobster sauce for that?

Do you like lobster thermidor?

Well, you know, to tell you the truth,

we're not too heavy on shellfish back in Taos.

Then you would prefer the boeuf bourguignon?

I know that boeuf means beef.

I'll spring for a little of that.

Coming into Greenland,

I have the captain on the phone, Captain Anderson.

Captain Anderson?

This is Sergeant Broadhurst

of the New York Police Department Detective Division, over.

Copy, this is Captain Anderson, over.

We don't anticipate any problem

aboard your aircraft, captain,

but this is a police emergency.

Chief Peter B. Clifford of the detective division

is on your flight and we'd like to make contact, over.

Copy, Chief Peter B. Clifford, standby.

Police emergency.

No trouble, so don't alert the guard.

Let's do this through the stewardess.

You back her up in the galley in case she needs any help.

Annette, we don't think this is trouble

so I want you to handle it.

Check your seating for a Chief Peter B. Clifford.

3D.

Well, ask him if he'll please come forward at the galley.

Dave will take it from there.

Yes, sir.

The captain would like to speak to Chief Clifford.

Captain?

He wants to see him forward.

Well, Chief isn't feeling too well.

Maybe I can handle it.

Thank you.

Chief Clifford?

I'm Captain Anderson.

We have a police air ground emergency call from New York,

a Sergeant Broadhurst.

Well, Chief Clifford asked me if I would handle this.

He's not feeling too well right now.

Would you ask Sergeant Broadhurst if he would talk

to Marshal McCloud?

Will you talk to Marshal McCloud?

Standby.

Give the Marshal a headset.

Thank you.

Yo, this is McLeod here.

What's wrong?

Is the Chief all right?

He's fine.

He just a little air sick.

McCloud, we've got to know the nature of the emergency.

About all I can tell you right now, Joe,

is it's real heavy.

But we need some kind of official report.

Yeah, I understand that, Joe, but that's not too easy.

You see, well,

I'm just not at liberty to talk about it.

The Chief's in charge and that's it.

Listen, McCloud, I asked you before,

has somebody got the drop on you?

Well, let's put it this way.

Yes and no.

Look if you're in trouble, maybe Polk and I can help.

I hear you, Joe, but if you really want to help,

you'll go along with me.

Now you can help us best by making sure

that we get official clearances through customs,

entry permits, whatever it takes.

Is it the chief?

Has somebody got the drop on him?

Answer yes or no.

I'm trying to tell you, yes and no.

Come on, McCloud, we're taping this.

We've got to have a straight answer.

Now, Joe, this is just as straight as I can get.

This is a life and death situation,

but don't try and help us no matter what,

just make sure that we get temporary entry permits.

Now I'm telling you, anything else and the chief is DOA.

Okay, McLeod.

You said it's life and death, we'll go along with you.

Proceed at your own discretion.

Out.

Keller, put in an urgent request, state department,

please arrange special handling for entry

by French government prefect of police, whatever it takes.

Polk, order a set of tickets

and a cycle escort to get us out to the airport.

We're going to Paris?

McCloud said it's a heavy emergency

that calls for heavy reinforcements.

Sir, I know this sounds like cloak and dagger,

but I wonder if you could loan me your stewardess,

Miss Ber-da-ge?

Official police business?

A hundred percent.

Then that's all right with me,

but it's beyond the line of duty,

maybe you better clear it with her.

I'll try and come up on her blind side.

Marshal McCloud has suggested your cooperation

on some official police business.

Captain Anderson says it's okay with him

but it's up to you.

Police business?

I'll explain it to the lady.

Thank you.

Ms Ber-dee-ge?

Annette.

Now what I'm about to tell you might seem

a little bit unusual but remember

it's official police business.

A man"s life depends upon your trust in me.

I need your help.

Can I trust you?

Of course.

I know that I can.

Now, do you have a screwdriver or a can open

or something I can break this open with?

A bottle opener?

That ought to do it, let me see.

Yeah, it would work fine.

Keep an eye on Chief Clifford, will you?

Is this his briefcase?

No, we're delivering it to a third-party in Paris

a Mr. Rissient, just keep an eye on him.

Just in case something jumps out here,

let's say it's a big old green frog,

you're not going to yell, are you?

No, but what if he wakes up?

I'll just tell him that I was washing up before dinner.

I got it.

Must be one million dollars?

To valuable to put in the mail,

it's too big to smuggle,

and too hot to get through customs.

What are you going to do?

I think I'll just listen to some stereo

and munch on some boeuf burgundy?

What do you want me to do?

Show me around Paris maybe?

You mean a date?

Trying to be suave.

Official police business?

Well, if that's what it takes.

Whereabouts at you hang your flight bag?

I hang my flight bag at the.

Now, you're going to have to say that twice

just for me to misunderstand it.

La poi-si-on

La poi-si-on?

Du

Du?

Faisan

Faisan?

Doré

Doré.

The House of the Golden Pheasant.

I write it for you.

Good, that's the ticket.

Don't forget your phone number.

Here you go.

Pleasure doing business with you.

What's going on?

They're getting ready to land.

Where you been?

In the occupied.

What were you doing with that?

Well, your partner said it was valuable.

I couldn't leave it here with you konked out and snoring,

somebody might snatch it.

I could use another drink.

We're just about on the ground.

Marshal McCloud?

That's me.

I recognize you by your cowboy hat.

I'm Inspector Pree-doh, Chief of Detectives,

and this is Lieutenant Vincennes of airport security.

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Pree-doh, Lieutenant Vincennes,

this is Chief Clifford.

This is an honor, Chief Clifford.

Mr. Pree-doh, Lieutenant.

We have been instructed to show you

through passport and customs.

Yours is a high priority.

I understand you are in a situation of great emergency.

Yeah, that's right.

We're right up against it.

Well, I think Lieutenant Vincennes will be kind enough

to take your tickets and to claim your baggage.

No, no, we have no time for baggage.

We just have this hand carry.

Let me take it.

No, that's all right.

Just my paperwork for the department in triplicate.

Yeah, I understand.

Everything must be in triplicate nowadays.

Same as with us.

Now if you will just follow me to immigration,

all you'll need is your identification.

How's that?

After three days you will have to apply for an extend.

We'll have it all cleared up in 24 hours.

By tonight.

Well, if there is anything I can do to be of assistance...

Don't worry, we'll call on you.

Is that all there is to it?

Yes, since you have no baggage,

you don't have to stand in line.

We ordered a car.

Your limousine is waiting.

Merci, monsieur.

De nada.

Capitaine.

Marshal.

Merci beaucoup.

It's a shame not to get out and walk

with all the sights to see.

Is that the arch of triumph?

What's the name of the hotel we're staying at?

George Sanc.

George Sanc?

Well, that ought not be too hard to remember.

Did George swim?

No, George sank.

Man, you pass them bou-lan-ger shop

and you just smell that fresh bread baking.

When we get to the hotel, you check us in.

I'll meet you later.

And let you run off?

No, no, you don't.

That's why that partner of yours

gave me this briefcase to carry.

I'm personally gonna go with you

and see that you turn it over to Mr. Rissient.

Then you're gonna make a long distance

overseas telephone call and tell your partner

that it's okay to free Chief Clifford.

Pull over at the next car.

There's no need to pull over.

Do as I tell you

and don't think I won't put one through you, McCloud!

Then you'll be found dead in a backseat

and Chief Clifford will be missing!

Go on, pull over!

Out, right now.

You gonna deliver that briefcase?

Don't worry about Clifford.

I'll make the phone call.

I'd like to be there when you do it.

Don't push me.

Get out or he's dead tool

You better make that telephone call

to save Chief Clifford.

There's no place you can shake loose of me.

I'll run you down.

Let's go, movel

Morning, parlez English?

Inglais?

No, parlez vous francais?

Well, not too good.

Je, policeman.

Clau-teel?

Yes?

Good day, ma'am.

Do you speak English?

I just want to use a telephone.

Tele-phono?

Parici, s'il vous plait.

Hablas espanol?

No?

Merci beaucoup.

Allo?

Hello, Annette?

It's your friend, Sam McCloud, here.

Sure glad to get a hold of you.

I'm butting my head up

against language barriers something awful.

McCloud, where are you?

Well, I'm not sure.

I got stranded out here in left field.

I sure need your help.

You want me to come find you?

No, no, that won't be necessary.

I think I can get a taxi cab to bring me to your place.

The help that I need is just a little bit more than that.

I'm trying to find a man by the name of Mr. Rissient

and I can't even locate a telephone book.

How do you spell the name?

Rissient?

I don't know.

Give it to me again.

R-E-C-E-N-T is what it would be in English.

I don't know what it would be in French.

Nothing in the main directory.

Are you sure he lives in Paris?

Well, that's all that I am sure of.

There's a restaurant, a laundry, and a Mrs. Louise...

No, no, this is Rissient.

Well, I could look in the.

You know they have a list of the residents,

of all the taxpayers in the district.

Good, good, see what you can come up with.

There's a police officer that's tapping me

on the shoulder here

and I'm sure he can help me through the language barrier.

I'll see you as soon as I can.

Okay.

Avec moi, monsieur.

Sure relieved to see you.

The New York department gave us a flight number.

Yes, this is official police business.

Yes, we are waiting to speak to Sergeant Broadhurst.

This is Sergeant Broadhurst.

This is Inspector Pree-doh of the bureau.

Yes, sir.

We have cooperated with your request for clearances

for Chief Clifford and Marshal McCloud

but there is an irregularity we wish to report.

Irregularity?

Discrepancy.

In your cable,

you gave a description which was accurate

for Marshal MclLeod but not accurate for Chief Clifford.

His ID was in order but he was not six feet in height.

How tall was he?

Approximately five feet, six inches.

I'm Chief Clifford's assistant.

Believe me, he's tall.

All I can say is that someone must be impersonating him.

Did you place them under surveillance?

No, the discrepancy was not verified

until they left the airport.

You see our orders were to extend every courtesy.

Sir, I suggest you put out an all points bulletin

and pick up McCloud.

That cowboy hat ought to be easy to spot.

Cowboy hat, yes, yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

So we will do our best.

Thank you, inspector.

Well, here, let me show you my entry permit.

Here it is.

Knew I had it there somewhere.

See it says, permission speciale,

kind of gawk around and get lost.

What are you doing?

Le taxi, monsieur, je regretie 'inconvenience.

La inconvenience, I get that.

Oui, monsieur, oui.

Merci.

A la pon-si-on du la pon-son door.

Laid it on pretty good there?

Been a long time since Los Cruces Junior High Schooll

Pleasure doing business with you.

Yeah, this is a pretty little apartment you got here.

I'd say it kind of matched the occupant.

Merci.

De nada.

I'm sorry, you want some coffee, wine, cognac?

I'll take a little of that last.

Had any luck with Mr. Rissient?

You can see for yourself

I've been through one dozen directories.

There's one possibility not too far from here, Rissient.

Reason?

Well, we say Ray-zon but an American might say Recent.

Well, it might be worth trying.

I'll get the address.

Claude Ray-zon, quatorze.

Do you want me to get my flight bag?

Might be a good idea.

Maybe we can use it.

Man, that brings tears to your eyes.

Any luck in finding McCloud?

No, but we have any important lead.

When we issued the order for our men

to be on the lookout for him,

one of the officers reported that he had seen him

less than one hour ago.

You can't miss that hat.

No, no, the identification was absolute.

He even checked his entry permit and he was alone.

He stopped into a tobacco shop.

Tobacco shop?

He doesn't smoke.

He chews on those backwards matches.

He placed a telephone call and we traced the number

but no answer

and the officer reported that he had heard him

give him the same number to a taxi.

What is it?

I have it here for you, written down.

Look at it.

Pon-see-on du faisan dore.

Merci, monsieur.

Merci, monsieur.

Tout a I'heure.

Oui, a tout a I'heure.

Bonjour.

Allo?

Ne pas ici.

Ou est-il?

Au Canada, toute la famille est en vacances a Montréal.

She says the whole family has gone on vacation

in Montreal.

Oui, six semaines

For six weeks.

It doesn't sound like we got the right Rissient, does it?

C'est possible

Ree-see-yon

That's it!

That's what he said.

Répétez s'il vous plait.

Ree-see-yon,

She says the names are often confused.

R-E-S —-

No, no, no, no.

R-I-S-S-I-E-N-T.

Merci beaucoup.

Merci beaucoup.

Let's get back to your place.

,

Allez, allez, allez!

Here we found this and the list of people living there.

Airline stewardess?

We checked it out.

She worked flight 111.

Top floor.

We might as well go up and wait.

What are you doing?

Nothing personal.

Not that it hadn't crossed my mind time or two,

but I just seen a bunch of gendarmes up the block

there by your pon-see-on breaking off in all directions

like a regulation down home stakeout.

Are they after you?

It's your pon-see-on.

Why would anyone want me?

Maybe they'd like to inspect your ditty bag.

You told me that this was official police business.

That's right and Captain Anderson asked you to cooperate

so you can't back out now,

not when we're heading down the home stretch.

You know where there's a telephone around here?

Back by the promenade.

Maybe you better put that scarf on your head

just in case they got a description out on us.

Okay.

The mobile patrol has found the limousine which was used

by Chief Clifford's imposter and McCloud.

The chauffeur is wounded.

How badly is he wounded?

In the back.

Can he talk?

No, he's unconscious.

McCloud wasn't kidding about life and death.

Polk, stay close to the chauffeur.

He might give us a lead.

Rissient, import, export.

Yeah?

How much does this thing take?

Well, you're going to have to make me a loan.

All I got's American.

It's all right.

I trust you for it.

Be sure and ask him if he speaks English.

Oui.

Allo?

Qui, c'est moi.

Parles anglais?

Mais oui.

Un moment, s'il vous plait.

This is Marshal McCloud.

I understand you were expecting delivery

of a briefcase from USA.

Where is Mason?

You mean he hasn't shown up yet?

Where is he?

All I know is he ran out.

What do you mean ran out?

I mean that he took the briefcase and he skipped.

Look, Monsieur Cloud,

Voss is waiting for a telephone call from me.

If that briefcase is not delivered,

your Chief Clifford is a dead man.

I told you that I can't deliver the briefcase

because Mason stole it

but I figured he'd pull something like that

so I beat him to it.

I got what's in the briefcase

and I'm willing to turn it over to you

in return for a phone call to free Chief Clifford.

How soon can you be here?

We're on our way.

Now we call your apartment.

Pree-doh's gotta be there waiting for us.

I'm not crowding you to close, am I?

My heart is pounding a little bit.

I thought that was mine.

Allo?

Monsieur Pree-doh?

Oui.

Marshal McCloud veut te parler avec vous.

Thank you.

This is Marshal McCloud.

Where are you, McCloud?

Well, I'm not too sure of the address,

but I need your help in this emergency.

Well, can we meet somewhere?

No, sir.

I'm in a bit of a hurry and I'm not too sure,

but what you wouldn't arrest me.

No, you have my word.

Well, I appreciate your confidence, inspector,

but I'm just going to have to do this my own way.

Now there's a telephone call

that's being placed from a special phone here in Paris.

It's a Concord 8-7-1-6-3.

Concord 8-7-1-6-3.

That's right.

Now I'd appreciate it if you'd contact

the New York Police Department

and tell them to put a tracer on it

and arrest whoever's on the receiving end.

What is the charge?

Kidnapping?

Make sure you allow enough time for him

to turn Chief Clifford loose.

You see, the real chief of detectives, Peter B. Clifford,

is being held hostage.

The man you met at the airport is an imposter.

He's a phony.

Of course, I wasn't at liberty

to tell you that at the time.

I gotta get moving.

I'll talk to you later.

All right, now calm, just a moment.

I'm sorry but you might be stalling

so one of your men can trace this call.

But I gave you my word.

Disconnect.

Ain't that a,

wait, we still got a string on him.

Put a tap and trace on Concord 8-7-1-6-3

and use extreme caution.

Well, I'd sure like to stay here and place some more calls

but if we do that Pree-doh might just track us down.

And tell him to get Polk back from the hospital.

Yes?

Mr. Rissient, this is Marshal McCloud.

The main corridor and up the stairs,

second door on the right.

Rissient?

Sam McCloud, this is my associate, Ms. Ann Ver-da-ge.

Mademoiselle, monsieur.

Please sit down.

Would you like anything to drink?

Nothing for me, thank you.

I think we're saving up

for a big night on the town.

Well, then let's make it to prompt and to the point.

You say you have the contents of the briefcase.

Not exactly on my person

but I know where I can lay my hands on it.

You expect me to place a call in exchange for what?

Just for what I said.

You didn't say.

Money.

So now you know at least it is money,

but you also know that it is not easy for me

to believe that you are willing to give it up.

In exchange for Chief Clifford.

No one is worth that kind of money.

Maybe not to you.

Not to me, not to you.

Not to anyone.

Well, Mr. Rissient,

I wouldn't want you to think that I'm all that selfless.

You see, I do expect a finder's fee

to compensate me for my time and trouble.

Well, now you start to make sense.

How much?

Half.

Does that make more sense?

10% is more like it.

That comes to 100,000.

10%?

Well, I guess we could squeeze out some kind of nightlife

on that kind of budget.

Are you prepared to make the phone call?

That phone call has already been placed.

It takes a little longer here for the overseas operator

to make the various connections.

When that phone rings, I am prepared to say,

let him go or no deal.

No deal means to kill him.

I's entirely up to you.

There's just one thing I want to make clear

before we start cutting up the cake.

I'm sure you don't want any violence.

I know I don't, not with a lady present and all.

So I must tell you I got a gun in my belt

just for defensive purposes only.

Then we're even.

I've got one right here in this drawer.

Let's see the money.

We prefer to wait until -

Oui?

C'est ca, oui.

Hello?

Mr. Rissient speaking here.

Would you hold on a second?

The party is on the line.

Check the bag, Annette.

Hello?

The shipment has arrived.

You can let him go.

That is correct.

Let him go.

McCloud!

Hold I, right there!

You're under arrest.

Excuse me, gentlemen,

I forgot that I'm out of my jurisdiction.

Joe?

Come on out, McCloud.

Sergeant Broadhurst,

Merci, Inspector Pree-doh,

I can't believe it.

Talk about the calvary arriving just in the nick of time.

How'd you get all the way from New York?

It's simple logic, McCloud.

I listen to what you say and do the exact opposite.

Looks like you're in line for a commendation.

Commendation?

From the French security.

The investigation has shown that Monsieur Rissient company

are importers and exporters of illegal arms

and weapons for the near east.

Well no wonder they had to handle so much cash.

Excuse me.

I'd like to present Ms. Annette Ver-dage,

Sergeant Broadhurst.

My pleasure.

Detective Polk.

Enchante.

Ms. Ver-dage knows Paris like the back of your hand

and she's volunteered to act as my tour guide

and kind of show me some of the nightlife.

Now, I'd invite you fellas to go along but...

You're afraid we might accept.

There you go.

I owe you my neck, McCloud.

I'm grateful.

It's nothing.

I mean, your neck is something.

It's just that what I did is nothing compared to Joe here.

Which reminds me,

who authorized you to go tuning off to Paris?

Well, you know how it is

when the boss is out of the office.

Well, I guess I owe you fellas some kind of a reward.

You're not talking about a raise, are you?

No!

No, I was thinking more along the lines

of an extra half day off.

Half day?

You sure you can afford it?

Well, don't fight it.

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

I'm not fighting it.

I'm with you.

I just wish you thought of it while I was still in Paris.

Shoot, another half day and I'd a had the language.