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False alarm, Mr. Davis.

Right model, right color.

Wrong people. Sorry, Inspector.

So am I, Captain.

I didn't believe you, you know, on the phone about blowing the deal.

You sounded tough, but... I think you're a phony.

There's a guy lying on a slab in the Amsterdam morgue now.

And that cop.

Who no different.

Now, why are you pushing me?

Just keep it up and you'll join them. Excuse me, sir. I'm looking for a friend

of mine. I think he is staying here.

Oh, what's his name?

You know, it's embarrassing, but I have forgotten that. He's a man in his 30s.

Dark hair, thin.

And he was probably carrying a black attaché case. And I would very much like

surprise him.

House policy. No name, no room number.

Well... What's his number?

104...

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott and Shelley Novak. With guest

stars Lawrence Luckinbill, Eric Braden, special guest star

Elizabeth Ashley.

Tonight's episode, Diamond Run.

You stuck it to me, Caldwell.

Look, I figured that deal was a lock. Now I'm giving it to you straight. Well,

what unlocked it? I left New York less than five hours ago.

My buyer's backed off. Keep moving.

Look, I know ten guys who are going to jump at a chance to get those stones.

You gotta give me a day or two to put it together. A day or two?

I don't even have an hour. I told you, there's a guy sitting at my tail. He's

been tracking me since I pulled the job off.

What about you?

Me? You're dreaming.

Where would I come up with a million?

You set me up.

I put in a solid year planning this job.

Sleeve job, you told me.

Candy from a baby.

I risked my neck.

I killed a man.

Because of your promises.

Look, buddy, sometimes things go off track a little bit.

Now, you're gonna get me back on the track, Caldwell.

Now, who do I unload these stones on?

Now.

Right now. All right, take it easy.

I know a guy out of town. He can handle it. Who?

Arnie Kane.

Works out of a bar in San Diego.

620 Club.

It's a go -between for Mexican money.

You call him.

You call him!

All right, I'll tell him.

All right, Kane expects your call when you get to San Diego.

Can I help you? Yes. Next flight to San Diego, please. One way.

Flight 34 leaves in 20 minutes.

That's great. You go right ahead.

Hey!

What's the matter with you? Get out.

Come on, make it fast.

Look it down in your face.

Right there.

On the afternoon of December 19th, James Allen Danzer, a 37 -year -old American

employed by a Belgian diamond firm, stole a single -engine plane from the

Phoenix, Arizona airport and flew it into Southern California.

With the engine damaged by gunfire, Danzer was forced to crash land.

The FBI was alerted, and Los Angeles Special Agent in Charge Winston Rogers

launched an immediate investigation.

One week before stealing the plane, Danzer was the subject of an urgent

bulletin reporting the theft of over a million and a half dollars worth of

diamonds. Instead of delivering them to a dealer in Amsterdam, Holland, Danzer

shot and killed the security guard accompanying him.

Inspector Lewis Erskine and Special Agent Chris Daniels were assigned to

coordinate their investigation with Winston Rogers.

Here's the diamond we found on the plane.

The ticket clerk and Phoenix both identified Danzer from the Interpol

photograph.

We know Danzer boarded a flight out of Amsterdam last Friday and cleared New

York Customs Saturday morning.

Where did the Dutch police find the security guard's body?

In Danzer's hotel room in Amsterdam Saturday morning.

So we had plenty of time to cover his tracks once he hit New York. Well, not

completely. A tall, dark -implected man was seen chasing Danzer out of the

terminal onto the airfield. And now he's the one who fired at the plane.

Could be Danzer was pulling a double cross, trying to edge out a partner.

They had an attache case in the terminal. The gunman must have known

it.

That's what puzzles me.

Why didn't he get rid of the stones in New York?

Being in the diamond business, he must have dozens of contacts.

Maybe one of them's in Phoenix.

Anyway, you better alert your informants.

They may be trying to fence those stones right now in Los Angeles.

Oh, yes.

Black coffee, please.

620 loud?

I want to speak to Arnie Kane.

Cheeseburger and coffee, right?

Yeah, sorry.

I'm sure they have a phone.

I'll make it quick.

Don't worry, Marion. We have plenty of time.

Hey, mister.

Hey, mister, come here!

Marion!

Marion!

Marion, what happened?

Where's Marion?

Hey, you're blind.

Please let me out of here.

Please let me out. Hey, hey, come back here.

Daisy,

shut up.

You got any vision?

Answer me.

I've been totally blind since I was six years old.

Look, I don't know who you are or what you've done. I couldn't even tell

what you look like. Knock it off.

I have a husband. I have two little children. They're going to be frantic if

don't... I don't want to know anything about you, not even your name. You

understand? Listen, if you want money, you can have my money and the car.

Take the car and just please just let me out and I swear I won't call the

police. I swear.

I know you won't because you're staying with me.

I'm going to need you in case we get stopped by the police.

I'm sorry you're blind.

I'm sorry you got caught in this, but if I have to, I'll kill you.

Stay with it.

Right now, he's our only link to Dancer.

Let me know the minute you have anything.

Nothing on the other man at the airport.

Well, according to the identification division, Dancer doesn't have a record.

I'll bet you he was approached, spoon -fed, and told where to deliver the

in the States.

Well, if that's true, why didn't he hand them over to the Phoenix cowboy at the

airport?

Why the one -way ticket to San Diego?

He got me on both counts.

Left the deal blue.

Call just came in from the Corona Del Mar police.

A man fitting Danza's description shot a highway patrolman, stole a car, and

took the woman passenger hostage.

He was heading towards San Diego.

They put out an APB and set up roadblocks.

Oh, yeah. The woman's blind.

Need a chopper.

We'll be warmed up by the time you reach the pad.

Fine. Want a lip?

Yeah. Where's Dan, sir?

I don't know.

San Diego?

I've sent him to a man named Arnie Kane.

620 lounge.

And the diamonds?

He's got them.

One word of this to anyone, Caldwell.

I'll be back for you.

Hello?

You're going to kill one man today and leave me that cup.

Nothing's working out.

Nothing is working out.

But I'm going to make it work out.

I'm going to make it all come together.

Now, if you give me one more problem, if you get in my way, so help me.

I'm gonna put you away.

False alarm, Mr. Davis.

Right model, right color.

Wrong people. Sorry, Inspector.

So am I, Captain.

He's probably switched cars by now.

Yeah, that model's a classic. It would be easy to spy. Well, the photos on

Danzer have been circulating for less than an hour. They might give us a lead.

We've got a positive on the APB, Captain.

A night watchman in a salvage yard on 9th and Crescent just reported the T

abandoned. Let's go.

Who is it?

I got your order.

Oh, say, they were fresh out of roast beef. I got your ham and cheese at $7

with the lady. Right. Keep it.

Oh, no. Keep it.

Artie Kane, I want to talk to him. Who?

I can't hear you. Yeah, yeah. Kane, yeah.

Kane! Hey, Kane, telephone.

Kane.

Yeah?

Oh, right. Yeah, I talked to Caldwell.

Uh, I don't know if that's as good as he said.

Caldwell stole the merchandise.

It's exactly as it's advertised. It's perfect quality.

Half a million.

That's 50 % under the mark.

Well, I need a full time to set it up, a couple of days.

Oh, no.

Now. I want cash, and I want a way out of the country by tomorrow night, or

no deal.

A cold well blew it.

I'm not taking any more chances. You just sweat a little bit for your lousy

All right, all right. Don't blow your cool.

Hey, I think I can swing it. You got a deal.

Now, I'll get back in a couple of hours.

Where are you? Don't worry about it. I'll call you.

Uh, Kane.

You tell your Mexican friends, no games, one hitch, and you just kiss this deal

goodbye.

Coffee?

Sandwiches? Right there in front of you.

I know, but I'm not hungry.

You might as well eat. There's no point in starving yourself.

Okay. What are you staring at me for?

I can't see you.

Why do you follow my every move?

I'm not so sure you can, you idiot.

How does your husband, uh... How does your husband live with you?

He loves me.

So do my children. They're not frightened of me.

Is that supposed to mean that I am?

You're forgetting, lady.

I've got all the aces here.

Then why are you running so scared?

I can hear it in every word, every move you make.

I don't know what you've done, but whatever it is, you're in way over your

Lady, you better get off my back.

Put those on, and you keep them on.

I didn't believe you, you know, on the phone about blowing the deal.

You sounded tough, but... I think you're a phony.

You think so, huh?

Well, there's a guy lying on a slab in the Amsterdam morgue now.

And that cop.

Who no different.

Now, why are you pushing me?

Just keep it up and you'll join them.

I don't think you'll kill me.

You said yourself you need me.

How do you feel that?

That's a million and a half.

I'm staring a brand new life right in the face.

You think I wouldn't kill you?

I think you're scared.

I think you're as scared as I am.

Right.

Even blind, you can read me, huh?

Right, I've been running scared of everybody and everything, but that's no

different than it's been all my life.

See, I'm a nobody.

I'm a piece of background music nobody ever remembers.

But that's a half a million there.

It's all gonna be different now.

With half a million, I can buy anything I want.

I can buy a new life.

I'm not gonna let you stand in my way, lady.

You understand?

hear the car drive in well i was in the shed i had some music playing while i

was on the phone with my old lady is that rear gate usually left open at

no i opened that at about 7 30 loaded junkers was doing at eight i spotted the

-bird when the heaps came in you're sure it wasn't there before gives him a two

-hour jump on us blue car radio mr ward excuse me

Gustav Becker, age 38, Belgian, former mercenary in the Congo.

No physical description or photograph.

According to the Belgian diamond firm, they hired Becker to track down Danza

recover the stones.

And that kind of pressure on Danza just might work to our advantage, force him

out into the open.

Yes, and it might not.

Thanks, Arthur.

Is Hilly Breslin still in town?

Oh, he comes up for air now and then.

Lives loose, hard to find.

I'll get the word out. I want a meeting as soon as possible.

He's a bum.

A piece of locks.

How do I know he can act?

You want him to die on the field?

The rock was a rock.

Until then, I'm telling you, I'm going to give this boy a serious problem. I'm

telling you.

Never heard of him.

Now Caldwell tells me you're a liar.

Where is he?

I made a deal for him to cross the border.

With a diamond?

When?

Tomorrow night.

I don't know where he is now. He said he'd contact me tonight.

My phone number.

Now, you call me as soon as you hear from him.

$500. I'm blowing 10 grand by hand.

Considering the alternatives, Kane, you just inherited a fortune.

Now, you call me Fat Man.

You're looking for straight facts, my man. I can't do you no good.

But the he say, she say on the street, well, that's something else.

All right, hit us with that.

Well, word is that Dan just got a sweet deal in Mexico.

One of the local cats set it up. You know his name?

Arnie Kane.

Hangs out at the 620 Lounge.

Who's he contact on the Mexican side?

Could be one of a half a dozen dudes. They all got heavy bread, especially for

that high -class sparkle.

The last I heard, Segundo was serving 10 to 20 in Mexico City. You know, took

over his fencing operation.

Go out of Detroit.

Gene Allen.

He's got a groovy set -up in Ensenada.

If I was me and ours, I'd stay here.

The world is sure to us clean from up here, don't it?

I'll contact the Mexican authorities.

In the meantime, put Kane under surveillance and alert the border

Now, Kane.

I want into Mexico now.

If not, I gotta get me another boy.

This town's alive with cops looking for me.

Well, you're right about the heat. I'll put you in some safe place till it's

time to cross. Hey, knock it off, will you, fellas?

Now, where are you staying?

Marina Motel.

I'll send a car in ten minutes.

No, you stay there.

I'll call you in an hour and tell you where to meet me.

Oh, my God.

Mister, please help me. Please call the police.

Here I am. Nothing happened.

The Ensenada police sent along his records with the mugshot.

Gene Allen, 37, U .S. citizen.

Ensenada resident since June 1971.

Four arrests for narcotics dealings, numbers operations, and receiving stolen

merchandise.

A bit more pies than fingers.

Back in Heath, Scotty, she didn't have any trouble getting rid of those

diamonds.

Now get me the Ensenada police. Captain Ortega, please.

If he did take down his action, he's probably burning up the wires by now.

Good morning, sir.

Oh, sorry, mister. Full out.

Excuse me, sir. I'm looking for a friend of mine. I think he is staying here.

Oh, what's his name?

You know, it's embarrassing, but I have forgotten that.

He's a man in his 30s.

Dark hair, thin.

And he was probably carrying a black attaché case.

And I would very much like to surprise him.

House policy. No name, no room number.

Well, do you think you could make an exception?

And I don't take tips.

What's his number?

104.

Are you sure?

104.

It's down here.

Where is he?

Mister, I don't know. I didn't see him or the woman leave, I swear.

Did the hotel operator keep a record of Ellen's calls to San Diego?

Yes, yes, he did.

I have them.

Hold on just a moment.

Yes, here they are.

Now, according to this, he made three calls to the same number.

That's 223 -0399.

And on the last 12 hours.

Okay.

Inspector Erskine.

As you know, we've been keeping a close watch on this Gene Allen since he came

to Ensenada six months ago.

Apparently, your informant was right.

Something... something's in the wind.

Now, this afternoon, for instance, Allen had a couple of visitors I think you

know.

Corman and Hammond. They're top money men.

You may have made a deal with them by now.

Yes, could be.

In any event, we're staying close to him. And I've also posted some

men along our side of the border.

If Danza tries a crossing, we'll nail him. For sure.

Well, thanks for your help, Captain.

All of Alan's calls were to the 620 Lounge, Kane's headquarters.

Lou, Chris, we've got a lead on Danza and Mrs. Wolfe. The police just had a

from the manager of a motel on 5th Street. We have a car waiting.

What if you kill that man? What if I did?

But he didn't do anything to you. Where do you draw the line?

On my side, lady. All on my side. Now, you get out.

No, please leave me here.

You

get

out. Please, leave me here.

You know something?

I'd like to.

I really would.

But I can't.

So you do just exactly what I tell you, and you won't get hurt.

We're going to be in a crowd.

I don't want to have to hurt anybody else.

And I don't want to have to hurt you.

Mother, you understand?

Yeah. Now you get out.

You bet.

Yes, sir, I told him straight out. I said no name, no room number. I didn't

how big he was.

You're certain he was foreign, huh?

Oh, yeah, yeah. It was like he was Frenchy, only different.

This is the man you rented the room to?

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's him.

You know, he had a girl with him, a good -looking brunette. You know, an FBI guy

dropped one of these by earlier.

It wasn't 10, 15 minutes later that they checked into that room. I sure wish I

would have paid attention to this earlier.

Thank you.

Lou, the housekeeper says she didn't see them leave and none of the guests did

either.

Well, Becker beat us to it.

Somebody did, didn't he? How about Arnie Kane?

SD4 to SD1.

SD1, go ahead, Taylor.

I'm in county hospital emergency room.

They brought a man in who reports he was attacked.

We're on our way.

Hey, passing a little tourist village over here on the right.

Some of the people are waving at us. Save the tour.

Just thought you'd like to know what was happening.

I know what's happening.

Right now the police are looking for that man's car.

And when they find it, they're going to trace you to the sightseeing boat.

They'll be waiting for you when you get off. You've trapped yourself.

Right now, honey.

Just vamping a little.

Buying a little time to lift off.

A few minutes we're going to put in for another load of tourists and we'll be

miles away from where we left that car. By the time the cops do their legwork,

we'll be long gone.

Relax.

Tonight we'll be in Mexico.

Ever been there?

You said you'd let me go.

What good can I possibly be to you now? I'll only slow you down.

Wrong lady.

I hope you'll move like a jet when I tell you to.

Yeah, that's the creed. Had a dame with him, brunette.

Wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for her.

I just sent in the last payment on that car.

Well, where was he heading?

Are you kidding?

I hit the ground like a free -falling safe. Bam, I'm cold.

Was he carrying anything in an ass -ass shake case?

Yeah, a black one, like you see lawyers have.

Oh, take it easy. This ain't no autopsy.

Thanks.

Well, that was a dead end. We haven't got much time.

Danter's got to be half out of his mind with Becker closing in.

Not to mention Mrs. Wolfe.

Look, Kane, you told me to call back in 20 minutes. Well, I'm doing it. I want

to go across the border now.

Now, where do we meet? A van will be waiting for you at the San Diego Boat

Works. Hotel La Paz will be painted on the doors.

You mean we're going to drive across? It's crazy. They'll check every car.

You'll be sandwiched in with other guests being driven from the airport to

hotel.

The border guys all know the driver. They'll motion you right through. You'll

there in 20 minutes.

ST -1 to Units 5 and 6 in the special.

Five here, Lou.

Unit 6, Inspector.

Any activity?

All clear so far, Inspector.

Kane's been inside since 5.

No sign of Danzer.

We'll be right there.

Make sure Kane doesn't leave.

What'll it be?

Money came.

Not here.

What are you guys drinking?

He's back there playing pool.

We can find our own way.

Hey, I'm clean.

You can't bust me for nothing.

Where's James Danzer?

I meet a lot of guys. I can't place him.

We think you already have with Gene Allen in Ensenada. The Mexican police

reported he contacted you three times in a 12 -hour period.

You kidnapped a woman. You know what that means.

Hey, I'm just a go -between. A little fencing, a little fixing. Nothing

Ain't gonna take no fall for kidnapping.

Well, if you're not, you better tell us where Danzer is.

He's heading for the San Diego Bulbor.

What's there?

I told them there'd be a van to take them across the border.

It's just set up. There's a guy waiting to hit them. How long ago did he leave?

He should be there in a couple of minutes.

Get a statement from the little unit.

SD -5 to all units on the special.

Proceed immediately to the San Diego Bulwarks.

Anyone closer than Unit 3?

Negative, Inspector.

Looks like we're it.

Leave it.

Take it out very carefully and put it on the back seat.

Listen, let's make a deal. We can make a deal.

He's going to kill us, I can tell.

No, he's not. He's too smart.

Becker, listen. I'll split with you.

Fifty -fifty. Take the briefcase.

Put that on the seat also.

You want the stones for yourself.

You're pulling a double cross.

Do it.

Now escort the lady into the car.

Just relax, relax, relax, Mr. Wolfe, with the FBI. Just take it easy.

Please. Don't.

FBI, back up.

Mr. Wolf's going to be just fine. That's one special lady.

Just a hunk of carbon.

Harley seems worth the trouble.

Lady! Lady!

What's your name?

What's your name?

Claire Wolfe.

I just wanted you to know.

I'm sorry.

I wouldn't have killed you.

Really. I wouldn't have.

Claire Wolfe?

I just finished talking with your husband. He'll meet us at our office.

What did he say?

He says he loves you and he can't wait to see you.

James Danzer was convicted in state court of kidnapping Claire Wolfe and the

shooting of the highway patrolman. He was found guilty in federal court of

interstate transportation of stolen property and a stolen aircraft.

Gustav Becker was convicted in federal court of assault on a federal officer

in state court of aggravated assault and attempted murder.

Arnold Kane and Ernest Caldwell were found guilty of conspiring to violate

interstate transportation of stolen property statute.