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There she is.

Ugly.

Mr Cooper, is that you?

A Quinn Martin Warner Brothers production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

Stephen Brooks.

With guest stars Gerald O 'Loughlin, Jacqueline Scott.

Tonight's episode, Ordeal.

Guard Lowell Hamner was dead.

Now the charge against the thieves was murder.

But this was no ordinary robbery.

Experimental Nitro HX -2 was highly secret and extremely dangerous.

Because Magna Explosives was close to the Texas state line, the FBI had also

been alerted.

Senior Resident Agent S .J. O 'Brien advised Washington of the seriousness of

the robbery and a special project team under the direction of Inspector Lewis

Erskine. was immediately assigned to the case.

Do you know what time it is?

That's what I like about you, Mr. Laughlin.

You always get right to the core of things.

No, welcome home. How was the trip?

Welcome back. How was the trip?

Now do you know what time it is?

Drive straight in. Watch that post by the door. I see it.

Any trouble?

Trouble?

Now, what trouble could eight little pounds of experimental nitro give a man?

Now, it's like hauling cotton candy, Mr. Lachman.

Almost.

I brought some sleeping bags, coffee.

Take a break.

If you can pry your friend loose from that wheel.

It's 5 .30 now. We'll call you at 7.

Forget it.

What do you mean by that? You heard.

20 miles is enough.

I can't go any further.

Kingsley. You contract her to drive straight through to the Gulf.

I'm not going to argue with you.

Just get yourself another boy.

Oh, no, Mr. Lockwood.

I'll fetch and carry for you. I'll hire anything in the world for you, from

dancing girls to performing elephants.

But when I check out, I want to check out in one piece.

My client expects to analyze this and have the formula aboard a plane and on

way by the 11th.

It'll take me longer than that to track down a driver.

You told me you knew a re -explosives man in the business.

Nitro drivers are a special breed, Mr. Lockwood.

And this is a special breed of nitro.

There's Munger.

Carl Munger?

Carl hasn't hauled soup in over five years.

I saw him Saturday. He's broke.

Could Munger do it?

Yeah. Yeah, Carl could do it.

Five thousand to him for the job and five to you if you get him here by

Mr. Lockwood, I like the way you spend money.

I can't abide a penny pincher.

Well, adios, muchachos.

Have fun.

Oh, Kingsley.

Look, Mr. Lockwood, I'm sorry it shook me up so much.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Yes.

So am I.

Davey!

Would you say, then, that the theft was engineered by someone experienced in

explosives? Yes, sir.

Experienced and probably familiar with our plant setup.

We keep very little experimental nitro around. It's too sensitive to shock.

And the thief was definitely after the experimental nitro?

Oh, evidently.

Almost anyone can make regular nitroglycerin. I suppose he intends to

HX2 down to its component parts for the formula.

Mr. Cooper, if this nitro is so volatile, how would a thief transport

Oh, sling it.

What does that mean?

Set up a hammock arrangement in whatever vehicle he intends to carry it in to

provide for a little give in case of bumps or sudden stops.

I understand your transportation shed was broken into as well.

Yes, sir. Was anything taken or tampered with?

No.

Was the building always used as a garage?

Well, it has been for about the last eight months.

Before that?

It was used for experimental research.

And what about this lab building? When was it built?

Uh, 1963, October.

Get me a rundown on all employees who left for any reason between October 63

eight months ago.

Yes, sir.

You mean someone might have presumed the transportation building was still being

used for experimental research?

I don't care what it is. I can't use it.

Magazines, religion, brushes.

Three $50 bills and sample whiskey.

For crying out loud.

Hey, Dave.

Come in here. Get inside.

Hey, what are you doing in Roswell?

I thought you lived in Salt Lake now. I do, I do. I'm here on business.

Let me buy you a beer.

You talk me into it. Okay.

How's June?

Oh, she's just fine.

Any kids yet?

On the way.

No kidding.

Yeah.

Hey, where's the little mama?

They're throwing a party for her at work. It's, what do you call it, a

for the baby. Oh.

Hey, sit down, sit down.

Hey. How did you find me?

Oh, I ran into Harry Kingsley. Oh, yeah, sure. We were playing cards together

last week.

Carl, Harry seemed to think you had a rough year.

Well, Dave, you know this business as well as I do. It's either feast or

I wouldn't say that I had a rough year. I bought my own truck and made a couple

of bad guesses.

Ran into a couple of breakdowns.

Perishables. Can you beat that? Me?

Perishables? So I missed a couple of payments.

And they repossessed?

Yeah.

Never knew how hard it was to get a job after you're 40.

Carl, how would you like to haul a load out of Odessa for me?

Starting tonight, if I finish the rig.

Tonight?

Well, I guess I can handle that, sure.

You're not even going to ask me how much it pays?

Dave, if it pays over a dollar and a quarter, I'll take it.

2 ,500.

2 ,500?

How long is the haul?

Odessa to Corpus Christi.

That's a short haul, and it's big money.

What am I going to be carrying, Dave, or should I ask?

Soup.

The truck will have all new tires.

I'm through with that stuff.

I'm too old.

3 ,500.

Can't do it.

$4 ,000?

Hey, what are you trying to do to me? What's the matter with you?

I need a driver. You need the money.

Nobody needs the money that much.

Carl, think of June. Think of the baby.

$4 ,500.

Dave, you saw me after my last trip.

You think I was acting when they pulled me out of that truck?

I couldn't move.

I couldn't even hear.

I don't know to this day how I brought it in.

Carl, you'll have paved highways all the way.

You're my friend.

$5 ,000.

Carl, I'll be at this number till 6 o 'clock tonight.

Change of mind, give me a call.

We got a list of 17 names from Magna.

Employees who had been fired, left because of illness, retired.

They all check out except one, a former driver, Harry Kingsley.

Rents a room in this place, but he hasn't been seen here or anywhere else

Saturday.

Does he have a family?

He's a widower. No children.

I contacted the landlady. She's expecting us.

Does Kingsley own a truck?

Three -ton van.

It's missing two.

Mr. Rhodes.

Mrs. Gould, this is Inspector Erskine.

Well, that's not a bad likeness.

Well, thank you. Come on in.

Wait till you get a look at this mess.

You know, everybody says don't rent to people with kids.

Well, let me tell you something.

Don't rent to bachelors.

Don't rent to couples.

Don't rent.

You see what I mean?

Mrs. Gould, how well did you know Miss Kingsley?

What do you mean by well?

Well, I didn't mean to imply... Well, I didn't know him well at all.

Let me put it another way, Mrs. Gould. When did you see Mr. Kingsley last?

Saturday morning, when he paid his rent.

Six weeks late, as usual.

Does he have any close friends, anyone he might have talked to later on that

day? Saturday night, he went out to play cards.

Oh, with whom?

Somebody named Carl.

He was talking on the phone when I got here, and he wrote the address down.

Where? On the telephone pad.

Luke.

This one?

Yes.

Somebody named Carl.

Better have the lab put this under the power of light beam.

Hi, sweetie.

Look at my loot.

Well, that's what I call a real haul.

Yeah. When those girls give a shower, they don't mess around, do they?

So, how was your day?

Oh, just fine. I washed the dishes and put the meatloaf on.

There's enough here for twins.

We could open a store.

Wait till you see the rest of it.

The rest of it?

Yeah, Mom took the big stuff.

You know, the crib.

Well, honey, she's all by herself in that big house. She's worried, I am.

I told her we'd move in with her.

Oh, well.

It's just for a little while.

Well, honey, we can't help it. Today was my last day at work.

Ella, if she's worried...

She wants to be with you. You want to move in here with us?

Oh, Carl.

Oh, I got a job today.

I go to work tonight, and they supply the rig.

Oh, why didn't you tell me? You didn't let me.

Dave Nolan stopped by. Remember Dave?

Yeah. I'm just going to call him.

It's been so terrible for you for so long.

Now it's all over.

It's all over.

There's nothing to worry about.

Nothing to worry about.

Just a minute, please.

Mr. Ward in Washington.

Yes, Art.

Hello, Lewis. Will you put your notepaper impression under the parallel

beam?

The message was Carl Munger, 229 Arno, dinner.

Thanks. We checked on Munger. He has no federal record.

Good. Thanks very much, Art.

Anything new?

There's no sign of Kingsley yet. We've put out a description of his truck.

Anything else we can do for you at this end?

You might get me a list for the Southwest covering the last, oh, six

all explosives, hijackings, quantity firearms, robberies, that sort of thing.

I'll have it for you tomorrow.

Thanks very much, Art.

Cliff, see if the local police have a file on that man, would you?

Jim?

Mr. Munger?

Who wrote this stuff?

Harry.

Harry and me together.

Mr.

Munger, it's getting late. I've already lost a day.

Where's this stuff headed for?

415 Front Street, Corpus Christi, Texas.

I mean, after that.

After these two mysterious men meet me and give me my money.

After that?

I wouldn't know.

This stuff's going to South America, Carl. Shut up, Dave.

You see, you might say that Mr. Lockwood is a sort of a purchasing agent.

His client is a teacher who wants to own a country.

Now, he's got the men, he's got the money.

He needs something special in the form of fireworks.

He figures if he makes a loud enough bang, Peking will hear it and maybe give

him a hand.

Isn't that how it figures, Mr. Lockwood?

Well, Mr. Munger, are you too pure to dirty your hands in communist money?

off if i don't make it you better make it i'm not spending one cent i'm not

gonna move this stuff one inch unless i get some kind of an assurance half to

your wife dave well i've worked with mr lockwood for two years now

he's always kept his word before

Okay.

Close it up.

I don't understand.

Your husband's away at the moment, Mrs. Munger? Yes, he's on a job.

Is he still self -employed?

Yes.

Does he drive his own truck?

Well, no, that's, um... Well, no, I mean his equipment's being repaired.

The man who hired him provided the rig.

You know what sort of rig this is, Mrs. Munger?

A three -ton van.

Do you know the name of the man who hired him?

Dave Norwin.

And his address?

Well, no, I'm not sure. He used to have a little place in the desert down near

Odessa, but I think he's moved to Salt Lake City now.

I'll have them both checked out.

Mrs. Munger, do you know a man named Harry Kingsley?

Harry and Dave and my husband used to drive the same outfit.

Explosives?

Look, what's happened?

We just want to ask your husband a few questions, Mrs. Munger.

Did he tell you where he'd be picking up his load?

Uh, no.

His destination?

No. Or what he'd be carrying?

Do you know if it was explosives?

No.

Mrs. Munger.

Do you have any idea where your husband can be reached?

Why does the FBI want him? Do you think that this load he's riding is stolen?

Can you help us?

He's going to call me tomorrow morning from trucker's rest.

Outside of Stone Park.

Just a moment.

Washington.

Erskine. Hello, Lewis.

I've got that list of firearms robberies you asked for.

Three large jobs were pulled off in the area in time span you mentioned.

Are they all still open?

Yeah, they're all still open. And they all exhibit roughly the same M .O.

Nighttime jobs, breaking into warehouses, use of trucks.

How much did they get away with?

Enough to outfit a small army.

Any leads at all?

Yes, a couple.

Latin American sources indicated there's a schoolteacher by the name of Martinez

who may be planning a Castro -type coup in his own country.

State advises that he'll be taking Chinese orders when he gets the means.

Apparently none of these arms have reached him yet.

Mm -hmm.

Oh, we located Munger's truck, by the way. It's under surveillance.

He seems to be heading southeast.

Is Kingsley with him?

I don't have a sign of him unless he's in back with a nitro.

You don't know Munger's destination yet?

No. Oh,

he's

coming in now, Art. We'll see what we can find out about his contacts.

You'll probably get something to eat.

Strike up a conversation with him.

We've got to find out where he's headed for.

Name's Tom James.

Noticed you came in on the old Canyon Road.

Wonder if you passed a 16 -foot van a little ways back.

What time is it?

8 .15?

Would you do me a favor?

Yeah, sure.

Bring me a couple of donuts and a cup of coffee.

Now, you look beat.

Why don't you go inside, rest a while.

That's the counterman to charge at the carmonger.

Get him to call my wife.

Tell her I got NLK. He knows enough.

All right.

Anything else?

No, thanks.

Carl, does your wife know where you're headed?

Make the coffee black, will you?

Thank you.

Yeah? Hey, uh, James?

Yeah?

Waiting for a ride?

You ever haul porcelain?

You mean like cups, dishes, stuff like that?

I need a relief driver.

You want a day's pay?

Well, I don't know, Carl. That depends on where you're headed.

Forget it.

Carl, wait a minute.

You won't get five miles by yourself.

Move over.

Hey!

Okay, all clear.

Take her out.

But easy.

Remember what you got back there.

I believe it's nitro.

um

Well, don't you worry about it. You're doing fine. You're a good driver.

Just keep your eyes on the road.

Hey. No, nothing.

How long you been driving,

Tom?

Oh, um, not too long, really.

Used to handle vans like this back east when I was a kid.

A kid?

I'm not as young as I look, you know.

You married?

Nope.

I am.

Gonna be a father.

That's all right.

Any day now.

Congratulations.

I'm gonna call him George after my old man.

Him? Yeah, sure.

I'll tell you one thing. He's not gonna be a trucker. He's gonna go to college.

He's gonna be a lawyer.

Guess maybe I'm rushing things a little, eh? No, no, you've got to make plans.

That's right.

Otherwise, there's nothing.

So you've got to think, and you've got to worry, and you've got to shape

yourself up and provide for your own.

That's right.

What's a man for?

Carl, speaking of plans, you still haven't told me where we're taking this

thing.

Now what?

Slow down.

Carl, maybe we'd just better turn back, eh?

If we take her back, we can't lose time.

What do you think?

Well, if we take it easy.

Go.

Dispatcher to Control.

Thank you.

Dispatcher to Control.

Control.

SRA O 'Brien for you, sir. Go ahead.

Inspector? Yes, O 'Brien.

I'm at Dave Nolan's Odessa Ranch.

Yes? Well, your information paid off. We found Harry Kingsley.

He'd been murdered. Shot.

Any leads?

Well, no sign of the weapon.

There's plenty of other evidence, though.

They tried to bury Kingsley's body in the barn, and Nolan's prints are all

Local authorities have...

Issued a warrant for Nolan's arrest suspicion of murder.

So now all we have to do is find him.

Yeah, that's all we have to do.

Martian highway under construction next 20 miles.

Oh, no, they're kidding.

They've got to be kidding. That's what it says.

Can we turn back?

No.

Why don't I take the first 10?

No, no, I'll take it.

Tom?

I don't know how much you've been able to figure out, but we are not hauling

porcelain. We're hauling nitro.

We're slung back there like a baby in a crib.

But the best slings in the world aren't going to hold if we hit something too

rough.

I'm going through.

If you want to get out here, you give me your address, and I'll send you your

day's pay.

What if I'd rather stay?

And you're going to get in the back and you're going to brace that stuff in case

we do hit a hole.

Nobody lives forever, do they?

Now get yourself under it.

Hold on to it and brace yourself.

You don't want to be surprised if one of these sling braces gives away.

If it does, just ease it down as gently as you can.

Hold it in your lap. I'll go as slow as I can. We're going to make it.

20 miles.

Well, he'd have never taken this road if he wasn't definitely headed for Corpus

Christi, Inspector.

Control to Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi to Control.

Subject vehicle continues headed for your city.

Dispatch units to all warehouse areas, piers, bus and train terminals.

Roger.

What's happened to him?

It's past five.

Martinez man is getting nervous. Maybe we should backtrack.

All right, good. Here he comes now.

Show him where to unload.

You made it alright, huh?

You get this thing unloaded, I'll buy you the biggest drink of whiskey in

Stay where you are, this is the FBI.

I've been sitting here, listening, trying to think of something clever to

And what did you decide on?

Thanks.

I don't know who they are. Paul Nolan told me as soon as they analyze this

stuff, gonna send a formula to South America to some teacher.

Lockwood was the head of the outfit in this country.

As far as I know.

Inspector, how much time am I gonna get for this?

Hard to say.

Your cooperation will count for something, of course.

The serial numbers on the guns in there, check with the stolen arms list.

I think we got them all.

Yeah.

Bob?

You've got a good man there, Inspector.

Anytime you want to leave the Bureau, Mr. Rhodes, let me know.

They're always looking for good nitro drivers.

I'll recommend you. You can pick up some easy money.

Carl Munger was convicted of the interstate transportation of stolen

But because he was a first offender and cooperated with the FBI, he received a

suspended sentence in a federal court.

Graham Lockwood and David Nolan were found guilty of the murders of guard

Hamner and driver Harry Kingsley.

Both received the death penalty.

Thank you.

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