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Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to one of the seven wonders of

world. It was through this tower that the ancients left us one important word

wisdom. When scrubbing floors, never put all the furniture on one

side of the room.

I believe you will rejoice with me when you hear that the people of Pisa have

resisted the offers from the head of a chain of American pancake restaurants.

The city fathers were quite willing to paint the building to resemble a pile of

hotcakes, but the thought of syrup cascading down the sides was too much

their sensibilities.

Instead, they are having serious negotiations with a pizza company that

submitted a higher bid.

We never allow commercial considerations to interfere with art or vice

versa. Here is a one -minute example of the latter.

Look at bright guy.

I ordered bourbon, didn't I?

B -O -U -R -B -O -N.

Bourbon. What do you bring me this stuff for when I ordered bourbon?

They don't have bourbon here, only scotch. He just didn't understand you.

right, scotch, then.

Hey.

You're an American. Yes, I am. Ainsley Crowder.

Frankie Fane.

Here.

Have an American cigarette.

Oh, thank you very much.

They're pretty expensive over here. Yeah, I hope so.

Hey, that's a very nice lighter.

You like it?

Made for me special.

18 karat gold.

You talk that Italian pretty good.

Oh, not really.

It should be a lot better than it is after three years.

Three?

I've been here six weeks. I haven't made any headway with the language at all.

I can't move from this street.

I'll go nuts if I don't move.

Why do you stay then?

What do you want to know for?

Well, I mean, if you don't like it, why don't you move on or at least go back

home?

I will.

Yeah, sure, I will.

Just that I can't right now.

Yeah,

yeah, yeah.

How much of Rome have you seen?

Oh, I took some of them bus trips. You know, with a bunch of tourists yapping.

Ain't that terrific?

Ain't that wonderful?

I never saw so many churches in all my life.

Have you seen the Colosseum and the Forum?

Yeah, I saw all that stuff the first week. What did you think of the

It would be great to have a season pass to the place.

Have you ever thought of visiting places outside the city?

Who needs it?

Why? What do you have in mind?

Well, Astia, for example.

The ancient seaport of Rome.

You can still see the old harbor and the old warehouse.

Yeah.

Tarquinia. Fascinating. It's where the Etruscans used to live before the Latins

came and took over.

You really go for this antique stuff, don't you?

Very much.

I had to wait years to get over here.

I'm working for my doctorate in archaeology.

Oh.

Okay. I got it worked out.

You and me, we're going to go to those places, and you're going to tell me

them. That way I'll know what I'm looking at.

No, I can't get away.

I'm much too busy.

I'll make it worth your while.

I'm sorry.

I could tell you the places to go.

Okay,

tell me about them. Oh, wait a minute. Write them down for me.

Oh, here. I've got a card.

Now, let's see that.

There's Ostia, Palestrina.

Now, these are just day trips.

Tarquinia.

Now, of course, you'll need a car.

Oh, I'll rent a car.

Now, a place where tourists never go is Alda Antica.

Alda Antica.

Alda Antica?

Old Alda, it means.

Oh.

Very few people have even heard of it.

A ruin abandoned by the Romans a hundred years before Christ.

And itself built over the site of an ancient Etruscan city.

It has remained unpopulated ever since.

Oh, what do you know?

But before you get there, you'll have to pass through a village down the hill,

which is inhabited, called Alda Nuova.

Nuova? New?

New Alda.

Of course, new means 10th century.

Now, mind you, it's just a short trip.

But there the clock turns back to something really different.

You look up at Roman and Etruscan ruins, but you'll be standing in the Dark

Ages.

Well, I might as well go. I'm in the dark here anyway.

Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!

Buongiorno, signore.

Turista?

Turista? What do you want?

You turista, no?

Yeah.

American turista?

What's it to you?

When you come, see Alden.

Very famous.

We sure.

Well, you talk English anyway.

American army teach me.

Just how far is it, this Alta Antica?

Two kilometers.

We go in the car, senor?

Yeah, okay.

Hey,

what do they want?

I'm going back to Rome.

Signore, why are you gone?

Have you ever heard of a hunch?

Signore, you have come far.

Now that's a dirty interest.

We show.

You show somebody else. I'm going back to Rome.

But why?

Is the signore afraid?

Huh?

Are you afraid of a bunch of punks? Are you crazy?

Come on.

Ah, only three.

Three. Three. You, what's your name? Paolo. Paolo, you in the front seat. Who

the back seat? Two. Two. Giulio, Gina.

Hold on.

It's a very old.

Who's that guy?

Cesare. The brother of the wife of my brother.

He was a good man, Cesare. He watched the auto.

Guardi la macchina.

Guardi, signore.

He's a gun.

Where?

He's a tunnel.

Goes to the center of the mountain.

Comes out of the bottom.

There are five.

What are they for? I mean, what were they for?

Enemies.

Attenzione, signori.

It's all right, kid.

Thanks.

Momento, signore.

Vieni.

Però attento.

Just stay be careful.

He's a danger.

Ecco.

Pretty easy, wouldn't it?

I don't understand.

Yeah.

Hey, Walter, what do you think you're doing?

Hey, give me that.

Give me that.

Make her give it to me.

Come on.

What difference does it make?

I got a lot more cigarettes in the car.

Signore, please. What do you want? Money.

Oh.

I almost see we go backwards today.

Come on, there.

Watch your mouth.

Cesare never do harm to nobody.

Look, leave me alone.

What do you want from me? Tell me. I'll give it to you.

plenty of money you see look at it go on pick it up it's yours go on pick it up

it's yours uh

chicken

piece not good enough for you all right turn it uh go on

all right take it all

Yes,

that's right.

Why, what happened to him?

Several other people, in addition to the police, hope that you will help us find

out. The hotel, which has unpaid the bill. The company, which has rented him

car. And also your Department of Justice.

Oh, really?

Why?

Mr. Crowder, would you be good enough to accompany me on a small archaeological

expedition to Ostia, Palestrina, Tarquinia, Alda Antica? Of course.

Roma 2374.

Vanno visto loro?

It's always the same.

They saw nothing, they remember nothing.

It's a waste of time.

His father bought them for him.

His brother gave them to him for a present.

But they always have an answer for everything.

Well, should we go back to Rome?

Yeah, we might as well.

His grandfather in Naples gave it to him? That's what he

says.

You don't believe that, do you? No, I don't.

I think we better take a look at our Antica.

Signore, mi pena.

Oh, scusate, signore.

Arrivederci.

Si conduca al Antica.

Ecco, signore, un campo avuto. La calonna. Ma non c 'è altro che ti fai

ai turisti che vengono qua.

Maldi signori.

Ci sono le mura. Dica. Che puoi affantare?

Che puoi...

Thank you for that, Signore.

Momentino, momentino.

There's a car down there.

Do you recognize it or the license plate?

I never saw it. He rented it after I left him.

Auto?

Si, auto.

Accidente.

Did you see it go over the cliff?

No. I live in Aldo Nuova.

Never come to Aldo Antica.

Well, what shall we do?

Go back into Rome?

Well, you're not going to let them get away with it.

I will make out a report to the interest of the parties, but I don't think what

can be done about it. You cannot prosecute the whole village.

What's that?

It's believed to be an ancient tunnel, Signore.

Oh, you said before the Department of Justice inquired after him.

Was Frankie Fane a criminal? A murderer?

Oh, that's... That's possible.

But only incidentally.

How do you mean?

He was the chief of a group who sold narcotics to a very special class of

What class of buyer?

Children.

High school children.

It seems to be catching, which reminds me the authorities caught up with the

youthful pranksters in Alder Newover.

By the way, workers, designers and painters are about to swarm over the

and redo it completely.

In a minute, I shall show you how it will look after the renovation.

This is the way the tower will look after the work is finished.

I'm sure you agree it will be a vast improvement.

Next week, I shall return with another story.

Why don't you look in and see if I'm improved?

Until then, good night.