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About my dad. Hey, you're not getting cold feet, are you? I think he's in a

of trouble.

My dad wouldn't hurt anybody, but somebody's making him hurt himself.

I can't do this. Then I guess your son becomes an orphan.

I don't want to be without him.

Who are you? A friend of your son's. Any way I can help you, if you carry this

game out to the very end.

Help me, George!

We've got Winter's son.

I am going to take you apart, Pete, by nasty little things.

Thank you.

Take it easy.

You never call.

Never write. I've been busy. Doing what? Spending my money? No, you don't

understand. Let's cut through it, Hal. You got my call.

Call? Your boy is very good at taking calls. Very polite. Now, what's the

matter? You getting cold feet?

I've been thinking. You didn't think twice before you took the down payment.

I'll give it back.

Really? And just how are you going to do that? You've been out of a job for six

months. Now, you took the advance and you gave me your word.

I didn't know what you would get me into. Well, it really doesn't matter

anymore. You're already in so deep you could tell the police everything.

And they would still put you away for years. And your boy would end up in a

foster home.

One way or another.

Now, I'd say the choices are pretty clear.

You show up right here tomorrow morning, 9 o 'clock, and you start earning $200

,000. And the first start's for you and your boy. Or you tell your boy, find a

nice... Be here tomorrow.

It's nothing, Chris. I just flipped. That's all.

You look like you just went ten rounds with Rocky.

He wouldn't go five rounds with me.

You're right.

He'd probably get bored of him and put you away in two.

Nice.

Nice to have you in my corner, sport.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

You sure you don't like that?

Yeah, yeah. I just got to learn how to walk straight. That's all.

But you're all racked up. I said I'm fine.

covered with snow, lights twinkling in the distance.

Mickey, have you called me out on the coldest night of the year just to tell

the park looks great?

All right, what's that, fan mail?

From the president of the club. No, no way. He didn't even look at it. I don't

have to look at it. I know what's inside it from experience.

Mickey, it is bad enough.

Control.

Following me around like the hound of the Baskervilles without him getting you

to do his dirty work for him.

Then I might have a better chance of talking you into it.

Mickey, my dear fellow, there's no one I would rather have covering my back when

all hell breaks loose.

But diplomacy is not your strong point, is it? You're telling me.

I'm going on vacation anyway.

Vacation? What do you need a vacation for, McCall? You're retired.

You think what I do is called retirement? You make money doing what

No. Do you have to put up with bureaucratic baloney day in, day out?

keep regular office hours?

No. You're retired, McCall.

I'm still going on vacation.

Lying by me? I'll just tell Control you already left. All right, do that.

As a matter of fact, you should go where I went on my last vacation. Perfect

place, beautiful beaches, fantastic food. You're really going to love it.

What was that?

Favorite.

Lock it up, Dad? Yep.

Take her to Everest Chips.

happened today didn't it something you don't want to tell me that's nothing for

you to worry ahead about meaning i'm just a kid and we only talk about kid

things meaning it's way past your bedtime and you got school tomorrow drag

tease you got me still gotta go to bed

There you go.

You sure I can't get these, buddy?

Let me pray, George. You're not a pauper.

At least not yet.

Charlie says you've been in here a lot recently.

He's waiting around for job interviews.

No luck, huh?

Nobody's jumping to hire a security specialist who isn't bonded.

Makes you feel anything but special.

You say that, Hal.

I tried shaking these guys loose downtown, but it's no go.

Thanks, George.

I know you've done what you can.

Well, it doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying.

Reminds me, I got to take care of something for tomorrow.

Excuse me a second.

Good guy.

I think he's going to ask me to marry him.

Well, I hope you'll say yes.

You know, you shouldn't get upset that he wants to pay for the drinks.

He's only trying to help you, Hal.

He feels so bad about you losing your job.

It wasn't his fault, Joan.

George put his neck on the line for me.

If it wasn't for him, I'd probably be doing time.

Hal, why did you do it?

I don't know.

After Becky died, I felt cut loose.

I wanted to see how far I could drift.

Maybe over the edge.

And I got close.

I realize if I went to jail, Chris would have no one.

So I hung on with a lot of help from George.

I'm not sure Chris wouldn't be better off without me.

Don't say that, Hal.

You know how much Chris likes you?

I mean, if things got real bad,

if something happened to me,

You'd take care of him, wouldn't you?

You're almost like his family already.

Of course I would.

You know, I love Chris, but Hal, nothing is going to happen to you.

Hey, the worst of it is over.

Well, well, I'm glad you're here.

See, you thought the whole thing through.

There wasn't much to think about.

I guess you're right. I didn't give you much choice, did I?

Good business men never do.

Don't flatter yourself.

Don't be ungrateful, Hal. I'm doing you a favor.

You'll be able to spend all your time with your boy.

Because I'm relieving you of your financial worries.

What about my conscience?

What about your conscience?

Be serious.

I'll have to round up a few items.

Just save the receipts.

Oh, and make sure you're ready by tomorrow night.

Aye.

So what did you

finally

decide?

St. Thomas.

Why St. Thomas? There's nothing to do there but eat, swim, and lie on the

Precisely.

I'll be back when I've collected the ticket.

I think he's in a lot of trouble.

Unless you're a pooner, your travel plans have changed.

You're the equalizer.

Not today. It's his turn.

I'm just the one to the right.

Robert McCall.

This is Mr. Cosmire.

Chris.

Hello?

Late? Yeah.

So he's been unemployed for the last six months and he's becoming more and more

depressed, hmm? Mm -hmm.

But he's done his best to try and hide it from me.

I think he's afraid I couldn't handle it.

Well, parents sometimes don't give their children credit, do they?

McCall. Looks like his pop's on the way.

What am I going to say? How am I going to explain you being here?

Don't worry about that. We'll handle it.

McCall, trouble.

I want to see my kid.

24 hours, it'll all be over. You can see your boy anytime you want, anywhere you

want.

Well, you really believe you got all the angles covered, don't you?

I'll accept the ones I'm forced to entrust to you.

What if my son calls the cops?

He wouldn't turn in his daddy, would he?

How do you expect to get past security?

Every day I worked at this place, they practically turned me inside out. Well,

that's because you went through the front door.

You ever read Sherlock Holmes?

What? Sherlock Holmes.

The Adventure of the Red -Headed League. Wonderful story. My father used to read

it to me.

In the story, a war dad is placed in the paper for a red -headed man.

300 red -headed men turn up for the interview.

One red -headed man is chosen.

The job? To copy the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Now, of course, Holmes discovers the real reason for the ad had nothing to do

with red hair.

The men who placed the ad were interested in attracting a particular

man, the one they gave the job to. They put in enough specifics, height, weight,

red hair, to get his attention.

The reason?

His house is ideal to start a tunnel.

By getting him out of the house every day, they can dig without anyone knowing

and rip off the bank at the other end.

Now, fortunately...

We've got our tunnel.

We've got our man.

If you want to see your kid again, you just get us to what's on the other end

this manhole.

The reason I called you is because I didn't want to deal with the police.

Well, they are better able to handle this sort of thing than we are. You

understand.

They'll put him away.

They almost did once before.

My dad's a good man, Mr. McCall.

I'm sure he is.

What do you mean, before?

Dad lost his job.

Yes, yes, you told us that he was a security specialist.

You already told me that, so?

Well, I didn't tell you how he lost it.

I don't understand it completely.

Like I said, there are some things he doesn't talk about to me.

He stole some secrets from the place he worked, Kenmerk.

I don't know what they were or why he did it.

Was he prosecuted?

They wanted to put him in jail.

George got them knocked, too.

Who's George?

George Hershey, Dad's old boss.

He kept him out of jail, and he's been helping us ever since.

Anyway, no one will hire him because he isn't... isn't, uh... Bonded.

Yeah, that's it.

My dad wouldn't hurt anybody, but somebody's making him hurt himself.

The police won't listen. They'll just think he's guilty.

And then we won't be together.

What do you think?

I don't know.

His father's obviously in a deep, deep hole.

How do you find the hole?

Well, first of all, you find the father, naturally.

Oh, and naturally you know exactly what to do. No, not really, but I've got a

pretty good idea where to start.

So what do you want me to do?

Look after the boy.

What am I supposed to do with a 12 -year -old kid?

Well, to start with, you can both find somewhere to get these tires fixed.

That should keep you amused.

Field. What?

What?

That's no good. You lose.

Lose what?

The game.

Field what?

What's that?

Field Mike. Now that would have worked.

I'll work on it.

No, no, he's outside.

We've said that you stay up until nine o 'clock.

I'll call you later.

Would that be anything to do with a job you have going with Hal Winter?

Hal who?

Come on, try again.

You really have to learn to lie better, you know.

Who are you? What do you want? I'm a friend of Hal Winter. Hal Winter's son

very worried that his father is into something over his head.

You worried about that?

Now, I imagine you're the kind of man who really wouldn't worry about anything

like that.

Unless, of course, there was money involved.

Don't touch the money until you talk.

What do you want to know?

I want to know what Hal Winter bought here in your store this morning.

I really would like...

All right, all right, all right. It's in the back. I'll have to get it, all

right?

You ever see one of these?

Yeah.

It's a security access card, isn't it?

Exactly. Now, you give this to someone who knows what they're doing, and they

could pluck a security code off almost any card.

And what particular card is Hal Winter interested in?

Don't be cheeky. What card?

All right, all right. Look, you don't have to be so pushy about it.

They had to swipe the card off of someone Hal used to work with.

I told them I wasn't interested.

So Hal got somebody else to do that, and then we all agreed to rendezvous later.

Now look, I may sell some stuff under the counter, but I'm no thief.

That's not important.

Hey, it's not important.

I got the wrong van.

Uh, before you leave, don't forget to give me the wallet.

The wallet?

You're talking Greek. I don't know anything about a wallet.

The one you came here to deliver, the one Archie is paying you to steal from

some person in the club.

You're not Archie.

You are so observant.

Archie was a little diffident about coming here this evening.

Well, have you got the money?

Archie said this is worth a thousand.

Archie didn't.

You are a very greedy young man trying to double the price.

Why don't you leave before I stop being quite so generous?

Can't blame a guy for trying.

Give me a couple of minutes, okay?

Where's Archie?

That question's getting a little tedious, considering that I've only met

a couple of hours ago.

Who are you?

My name is Robert McCall.

I'm a friend of your son's. Chris?

to have us to chance.

I was wondering what that meant.

That means I can trust you.

He's very worried about you.

He went into your study, looked in your desk.

He found your will and the gun.

Oh, God.

How did you know about this?

What do you want me to do?

What are you ripping off at, Kimmerk?

How did you know?

You paid Archie to steal that card from someone who still works there, didn't

you?

They changed the access code.

The security system recently did that.

Naturally.

You get past that, you will be able to disconnect the alarm system that you, in

fact, set up.

What are your friends going after?

The chemical they're developing.

It's not supposed to be on the market for another six months.

Stealing it from a competitor, are they?

No, it's probably the highest bidder.

Come on.

One second.

I got to go.

Okay. This one will get you in.

This is all you can tell me about the layout?

You'll get them going in? No, no.

Coming out.

Catching them with the goods on them is the only thing that's going to keep you

out of prison.

You've got to pull this off. You do know that, don't you? I haven't got all

night! All right!

Look, Chris, I love him.

Okay, we're all set.

Okay, let's see how you do with the pressure.

Why don't we tell someone about this? Someone at Kemmerer? The police?

No way.

Yes, if you want Hal to spend the next few years in prison.

Oh, God, no, that's the last thing I want.

You care for him, don't you?

Yes, I do.

Very much.

Can you help him?

I'll try.

All right, McGee, let's go.

We have to. We have to.

Here,

give me a chance to win it back later.

If you're lucky, boss.

Springsteen. No, that's not how the game goes.

Keep trying.

You'll get it.

Someday.

George will be over later.

He'll play with you.

Kid's a hustler. How do you fix for cash?

What time are they going into this manhole?

Apparently there's a change of shifts.

Security shifts at 8 o 'clock.

Where do you want me to be?

Here.

Now you've got a perfect cover.

And a clear view.

Full observation.

Where are you going to be?

I shall be here.

I'll wait until they're inside.

Then I'll use the card that Hal gave me.

And go right in behind them.

Oh, great. I'm out in the cold and you're inside where all the action is. I

figured.

What's wrong with that?

Some guys get all the fun.

You're losing your touch, George.

Next time you're going to have to spot me some points. Do I still have to play

with one hand tied behind my back?

I don't know. It probably still wouldn't help me.

Well, I can try two hands tied behind my back.

It's still probably easy. It probably would.

Get the lid.

Right here.

Move away from the kid, Hershey. What do you want?

Don't be a hero.

What are you doing?

George!

George, come on, help!

Get in the car.

Help, George!

What are you talking about?

Just listen.

Tell McCall to let it go off his plan. Oh, if he tries to stop it, the boy

Who is this?

You got the message.

Deliver it.

Wait, wait.

Just sit tight, Joan, and we'll let you know what to do.

I take it we switched to Plan B.

Well, Slate hasn't given as much of a choice as he might tell me what Plan B

We have to find the boy before we take out Slate and his friend.

Right. Piece of cake.

I want you to stake out Emmert as planned.

If Slate makes a move, follow him.

But don't move in until I've called you or told you that I've found the boy.

And of course, you know exactly where to find him.

You know, as a matter of fact, I think I do.

Hello? Is this Mr. Hershey?

Yes. This is Robert McCall.

I believe you can help us find Chris.

Could you meet me at Joan Hawkins' apartment right away, please?

Sure, I'll be there in a few minutes.

Thank you.

you to get those cameras rigged.

Once we get through the tunnel, uh, if they've kept everything the same, I'd

about five minutes.

If they change things around, then we got a problem.

That happens and you find out what it's like to work with a gun, DA.

Oh, George Hershey.

I'm not sure I understood you on the phone.

You said that you thought there might be some way that I could help you find

Chris. I don't know how, but I'll do anything I can.

Good.

Perhaps you could tell us where you're holding him.

What?

Are you out of your mind?

They attacked me when they grabbed Chris. I could have been killed. Yes, it

quite an act.

Act?

I don't believe this.

Hal is my best friend.

And you have been using that lie to cover a multitude of sins, haven't you?

So, Mr. Hershey.

What did you do?

Tell Slate that your best friend, Hal, was the ideal man to break into Cumberk.

Then you had him fired.

George helped Hal stay out of jail.

Only because they needed him.

Because without Hal...

How would they be able to break into the place anyway?

He's just upset because he couldn't protect the boy.

Two minutes after the boy was taken, Joan received a telephone call from

Tell McCall to let this go ahead as planned, is what he said.

How did he know that I knew?

I told Mickey Cosmire.

How?

Oh, and of course I told you.

Are you accusing me? I didn't tell Slate what you told me. No, no, no, of course

you didn't. But you did tell George, didn't you?

Yes, but I... John, he's lying.

Don't you ever call me a liar, George.

Now, you took advantage of a man whose wife had just died by tempting him

when he was at his most vulnerable.

Then you exposed the crime, made him unemployable, moved in on the woman who

loved him, and even kidnapped his son.

How much did Mr. Slate pay you to become such a damn Judas?

I'll tell you what we're going to do.

You are going to take me to where you and Slate have that boy hidden.

And if you so much as attempt to refuse me, I am going to

take you apart piece by nasty little piece.

This is your lucky night.

Yeah, relax.

And you never thought about a life of crime.

This will give us access to the video camera?

Did that five minutes ago.

Now I'm just recording.

Recording what?

The empty hallway where the lab is located.

A three -minute loop should do it.

This device is patched into the output of the hallway cameras.

And the input of the monitor is the guards are watching.

Now we just have the loop overwrite the monitor trained on the lab hallway.

Suddenly the guards are watching what was actually there three minutes ago, an

empty corridor.

How long is it going to look empty?

For as long as you keep running the loop.

All night, if you want.

And we can approach the lab and nobody will see us?

You can walk right up to the camera and nobody will be the wiser.

up, Mr. Wizard.

You lied to me.

Well, don't act surprised.

Plutonium.

I can't do this. Then I guess your son becomes an orphan.

Now open it, Papa.

Look at Pratt.

This isn't very smart.

His son dies if I don't get out of here in one piece. What did you do to my son,

you bastard?

I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Ouch. It'll be okay as soon as I get some ice.

Cream cone.

Face. No, it's cone head, Dad, not cone face.

Which flavor should I have? Anything you want.

How about... That's quite a good little routine they've got going there.

Yeah, kind of catchy, huh?

Want a flavor dinner?

Wouldn't want to take your money.

Chicken.

Little. Eva.

Eva.

Little Eva.

Uncle Tom's cabin. That's very impressive. Mickey's very impressive.

Actually, the little Eva I was referring to sang the song of Locomotion. You

remember?

No, no, I can't say that I do remember. All right.

All right, I said little. You said?

Good. Mm -hmm.

Eva Marie Fink.

Stop at the cash machine before dinner.

You might have to stop at the cash machine before dinner.