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[FEMALE ANNOUNCER SPEAKING GERMAN]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

MAN: In London, the dealers set the morning price of gold

at $42.72 an ounce.

Up 15 cents from Monday's official price.

[WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH]

[MAN SPEAKING JAPANESE]

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

MAN 2: In the foreign exchange markets,

the dollar was strong...

[WOMAN SPEAKING GERMAN]

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

[MONEY IS PLAYING]

* Dollars

* Money, money, money, money is *

* Money is on my mind

* You gotta do it to it

* If you wanna get it done

* Whoo!

[BELL TOLLING]

[ALARM RINGING]

[MEN CHATTERING]

[IN GERMAN] Attention, emergency call for PETER 12 and PETER 15.

Glockengiesserwall.

United World Bank. 12, leading vehicle.

Attention. Emergency call for 12 and 15.

Glockengiesserwall. United World Bank. Emergency call.

The normal round is cancelled.

Glockengiesserwall United World Bank.

Emergency call. Normal round is cancelled...

12, you and the leading vehicle. Come in.

[SIREN WAILING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SHIP HORN BLOWING]

[MEWS]

[MAN SPEAKING GERMAN ON RADIO]

[FEMALE ANNOUNCER SPEAKING GERMAN]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

[BELL CLANGING]

[SIREN WAILING]

* There ain't no such thing As dirty money *

* And the rest Don't know what I mean *

* Money ain't got no smell, Let me tell ya *

* Greens can keep you clean

* Money, money, Money, money is *

* Money is on my mind

[SHIP HORN BLOWING]

[SEAGULLS CRYING]

[SIREN WAILING]

[ALARM RINGING]

[ALARM STOPS]

Very good. Less than three minutes.

And that's through heavy traffic.

Captain, congratulations.

You gentlemen know in the United States,

in just 10 years while house robberies have gone up 133%

and street robberies 186%,

bank robberies have gone up 296%. As a matter of fact,

there's an embezzlement, larceny, or bank robbery

every 30 minutes, five days a week,

52 weeks out of the year. But the problem

for you gentlemen is the thing seems to be moving this way.

And very soon that shocking condition

may prevail soon right here in Hamburg.

But it's not gonna happen in this bank.

Mr. Kessel, how long has it taken me to install this system?

Almost a year.

I am proud to say we have now

the same protection as our American branches.

[LAUGHS]

Bulletproof glass. Same as before.

Television, closed circuit, 24 hours a day.

Checks can be cashed only at this window.

Would you bounce a check while you're being photographed?

[CAMERA CLICKING]

If someone is foolish enough to stage a hold-up,

give them the money.

Mr. Kessel.

No heroes.

Nobody has to risk his life, or even the customer's.

The alarm rings automatically.

[ALARM RINGING]

Karl.

[ALARM STOPS]

Armed guards.

Young. They hit what they shoot at.

Professional crooks always case a bank,

learn the layout, the routine, what happens hour by hour.

The only routine in this bank is that there's "no routine."

Now, these vaults have time locks,

three clocks working in unison.

This type of lock has never been cracked yet.

This door, eight inches of tempered steel,

$50,000 each.

Now, here are some of the tools

that have made your insurance rates go up.

Power drill, nitroglycerine, burning bar. That bar costs $7.

It'll burn through that door in one minute

or that wall in two minutes,

but it won't happen for two reasons.

That camera and this new sonic alarm.

Mr. Kessel.

[ALARM RINGING]

Now, with 16 million safety deposit boxes

in the United States, why are Americans coming here

to rent them? Because, in America,

the police can open any box with a court order.

But here in Hamburg, as in Hong Kong,

Tangiers, Switzerland, among others,

the banking laws keep these boxes absolutely private.

If you gentlemen want their business,

you've got to give these people maximum security.

And this thing never sleeps.

Day and night, it makes sure

all these secrets are safe.

Even from the bank itself.

Good morning.

MALE ANNOUNCER: Flight 794 to Berlin. Waiting room "B" Gate.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello. Hi.

Oh, hi. ATTORNEY: I'm here.

Yeah, so... Yeah, I just got in.

How are you? I'm fine. Are you all right?

Uh-huh. You free this afternoon?

Yeah. I'll call you later.

Great. Great. What time? When I'm finished.

Right-O. Bye.

When they asked Willie Sutton, America's famous bank robber,

[PHONE RINGING]

"Why do you keep robbing banks when you keep getting caught?"

His answer was,

"'Cause the banks are where the money is."

BERTA: Mr. Collins.

Yeah?

It's me. Ready?

The Army was just here and left.

Las Vegas just got into town.

Thank you.

KESSEL: To the perfect bank.

To bank robbers.

COLLINS: If we didn't have thieves,

we wouldn't need banks.

[ALL LAUGHING]

280 carton Hershey bar. Check.

300 paratrooper boot. Check.

600 field jacket. Check.

5100 Zippo lighter. Check.

Cigarette, 6000 carton. Check.

280 slot machine. Morning.

52 jukebox. Check.

42,000 frozen turkey. Check.

Next time, bring dollars, okay?

See you.

You're late.

Won't that keep till later?

Nope.

I've been in and out of trains all night.

You're breakin' my heart.

Come on, Sarge,

we've got all day to get to the bank.

There's nothing here from that outfit,

the, uh, the one that sends them lousy-looking hookers.

She said no more kickbacks.

SARGE: Just like that?

That's what she said.

And what'd you say?

Stupid brass chicken-shit!

You just tell that little bitch

we book no more of her acts in any of our service clubs.

Not Frankfurt. Not Vietnam. No place.

No pay, no play.

You just tell her that.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[BELL TOLLS]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Good morning. Good morning.

[TYPEWRITER CLICKING]

BERTA ON INTERCOM: Good morning, Mr. North.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

Take that burning bar out of there, please.

BODYGUARD: I'd like to call Las Vegas.

Yeah. Collect.

Yeah.

That's right.

Same party and number we called last week.

[PHONE RINGING]

BODYGUARD: Hello? Yeah.

Yes, everything okay this end.

BODYGUARD: Yeah.

Hold it. Counselor.

Yes?

Well, I can be in Monte Carlo tonight.

Yes.

If the proposition is suitable.

Oh, there's enough cash right here to cover it.

[SHIP HORN BLOWING]

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

[HONKING CONTINUES]

I can't hear a word--

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

Hello?

[SIREN WAILING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Excuse me.

Oh, my fräulein.

Oh, so much to eat for such a little girl.

[GIGGLING] I've got no willpower.

Good.

So, twice a week, first shopping,

and then business with my private box.

I would give anything to see your private box.

[GIGGLING]

Mr. Kessel, all boxes are the same.

You know that.

Only some boxes are big and some are small.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Miss Divine?

Your key. Oh.

[PHONE RINGING]

Ah.

Hey, what you doing here?

Robbing the bank.

[CHATTERING]

[PEOPLE CLAPPING]

* Got a Ph.D. In how to makin' me *

* I graduated from The college in the street *

* Inflation in the nation Don't bother me *

* I'm a scholar when it comes To the almighty dollar *

* Money, money, Money, money is *

* Money is on my mind

* Money, money, money, money

* I even like The money sound *

You were supposed to be following him.

Does he know you work here?

No.

* I'm mean with the green, I make a dollar wanna holler *

* Make a mob wanna bop

* Make a clown wanna frown

* Money, money, Money, money is *

[IN GERMAN] Yes, I will call again.

* Money is on my mind

[IN ENGLISH] You gave him the money?

No trouble?

* And the rest Don't know what I mean *

Last week, you made a connection in Marseilles.

Heroin.

You brought back six kilos.

How did you get it through customs?

* Money is on my mind

[CLICKS]

GRANICH: Please, please.

* Money, money, money, ooh

No excitement.

Bruno.

Can you get this into Copenhagen?

What is it?

Acid.

From one ounce,

they will make 300,000 capsules of LSD.

If you put this in the water supply,

all of Hamburg takes a trip.

Deliver to him.

Two bottles.

$140,000. Cash.

Bring it here. To me. Tomorrow.

What's my end?

Oh, yes.

* My grandfather's daddy Would agree *

* There's only one thing That money can't buy *

* And that is poverty

My boy will go with you to Copenhagen.

I don't go with boys.

I'll take her.

She doesn't go with boys either.

* Money, money, money

[SPEAKS GERMAN]

Can I help you?

* Money, money, Money, money *

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

[TRAIN PASSING]

[PHONE RINGING]

He wants me to go to Copenhagen. Tonight.

COLLINS: Tell him you can't go.

I need the money.

$50.

I'll give you $100. Tell him you got a friend.

And she'll meet him at the airport.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

What time? Seven o'clock.

Oh, what's her name?

[DIALING]

[PHONE RINGING]

RADIO ANNOUNCER: This is the American Forces Network, Europe.

You are listening to AFM Frankfurt.

Application for the Boston University Master's Degree...

[MEWS]

[CAT YOWLING]

[ATTORNEY HUMMING]

[ATTORNEY SNICKERS]

[PHONE RINGING]

[ATTORNEY EXCLAIMING]

[ATTORNEY CONTINUES HUMMING]

[ATTORNEY SNICKERS]

Hello?

[HOLLERING]

What the hell was that?

[KARATE CRIES]

I'm busy. Business.

[KARATE CRIES]

[DAWN GIGGLES]

[HUMMING]

Oh, no. How can you eat now?

I'm hungry.

I mean, I am a nervous wreck.

I mean, I'm on fire. Remember? Fire.

Okay, okay.

Okay, okay.

[ATTORNEY SINGING]

ATTORNEY: * Figaro, figaro, figaro, oh! *

[SCATTING]

[BELL DINGING]

[GRUNTING]

[DAWN LAUGHING]

[MIMICKING TRUMPET]

Fire! Fire!

[LAUGHING]

[ATTORNEY YELLING]

Four-alarm fire! Break out the nets!

Break out the nets! Break out the nets!

[DO IT TO IT PLAYING]

* Spit it, hit it

* Don't quit it

* Let's do it to it

* Ooh, ooh, ooh

* Let's do it to it

* Come on, let's do it to it

* You gotta do it to it

* If you wanna get it done

ATTORNEY: Burning, oh, oh!

Oh, save me.

Save me. Put me out.

Burn, baby, burn.

Put me out. Oh, put me out.

[GASPING]

* Do it to it

* Ooh, ooh, ooh

* Do it to it

* Come on, let's do it to it

* You gotta do it to it

* If you wanna get it done

* Whoo!

ATTORNEY: Put me out. Put me out.

[BELL DINGING]

[ATTORNEY GROANING]

ATTORNEY: Oh, save me.

For that he pays you $100, huh?

$200.

It takes all kinds.

One old gentleman gets very young

when I wear a black garter belt and yellow stockings.

COLLINS: Don't you ever take your clothes off to do it?

Oh, you're so square.

You are a victim of the Establishment.

You're not?

Don't be silly. I am the Establishment.

I'm for smoking and drinking,

and infidelity and money and I go to church.

These guys are the Establishment,

these guys, hidden money, big money.

That's the Establishment. Right there.

You're not one of 'em, you work for 'em.

Everybody. Judges, lawyers, politicians,

COLLINS: even the banks, they work for 'em.

All of us, we're all working for them.

My God.

Him, I don't know about yet.

But I can tell you one thing, your fire chief friend there

is about to empty his cash box. And that means we can't wait.

So, him, you gotta find out about tonight.

You think one night in Copenhagen is gonna...

Maybe there's nothing to find out about him.

With him or without him, we go tomorrow.

Terrific. Rob one, rob them all!

Rob the bank. Rob all the banks.

Hello? Wait a minute.

DIVINE: Right on. Revolution. Woodstock.

You finished?

Ho Chi Minh and a bottle of gin.

Oops. Power to the people.

You finished? Finished.

Look, just one time, if you could, please,

just get it straight.

I love it straight.

[DAWN GIGGLING]

We're not robbing the bank. Right?

We're not robbing the bank.

We're just gonna take what's in here, huh?

Mr. Las Vegas' box, that's skimmed money to cheat on taxes.

Mr. Army box's here, that's kickbacks,

and bribes and black market money,

and then we're gonna put it into here.

That's you, that's your box right there.

And also Mr. Sunglasses,

but only if he's crooked, right?

Right. Why?

Because you may not always be right, but you're never wrong.

We can't steal any honest money. Right?

Right.

But why? Wrong?

If he's breaking the law... He's a crook.

And? And crooks can't holler cop.

Right.

[PLANE ENGINE ROARING]

[FEMALE ANNOUNCER SPEAKING GERMAN]

[SIREN WAILING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[MAN SPEAKING GERMAN OVER PA SYSTEM]

Passengers of the delayed Lufthansa Flight 278

to Düsseldorf are requested to contact Gate number 4

inside of Waiting Room "D."

The departure of Lufthansa Flight 727

to Copenhagen, Waiting Room "A", Gate 14.

MALE ANNOUNCER: Miss Divine, Dawn Divine, telephone, please.

Hello? This is Miss Divine.

I hope you like champagne.

[TRAFFIC HUMMING]

[DISPLAY CLICKING]

STEWARD ON INTERCOM: We would like to draw your attention

to a special technical feature.

In case of loss of pressure, the cabin oxygen mask

will drop out of the box above your seat.

That woman. She pimp for you?

She introduces me to nice gentlemen.

Like you.

Why did she send you?

Don't you like me?

What's your name?

John?

Good. I like Johns.

I know a lot of Johns.

Only not one of them is really named John.

Something to drink?

Nein.

We brought our own.

Later, at the hotel.

You will enjoy it more later.

Okay.

[WINDOW CREAKS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

SARGE: Baseball.

The great frigging American pastime.

A big league ball weighs five ounces.

Inside that thing, you can pack four ounces of Big Daddy.

You gotta hand it to the guy.

Baseballs filled with pure heroin.

Oh, Jesus.

Pure genius.

The pushers in New York will cut the shit seven times.

One baseball is worth $19,000.

The Candy Man has 24, ready to be shipped

worth 470,000 beautiful bucks.

Who's the Stateside Domino?

His job.

How does the stuff get to New York?

Our job.

Equal partners?

We can buy in for 40,000.

Batter up.

Play ball, baby.

The high, hard one. Cut the heart of it, kid.

[SARGE LAUGHING]

Very unusual.

I never made or even heard about a stopwatch for 20 seconds.

I never made or even heard about a stopwatch for 20 seconds.

FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Flight number 727 now arriving from Hamburg.

[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING GERMAN]

[INAUDIBLE]

Madam, madam.

[MALE ANNOUNCER SPEAKING GERMAN]

Thank you very much.

[INAUDIBLE]

Miss Divine?

Yes.

Come with me, please.

Please.

Hey.

Please remove your garments.

If this is some kind of joke...

Smuggling is no joke.

Now, Miss, you may undress here, or you may do it in jail.

Why me?

All I brought in was champagne.

WOMAN OFFICER 1: A tip from Hamburg says no.

When did they pass a law against these?

And the panties, please.

Now, what could I hide in there?

Do you know about these?

Never use them.

Women hide them, you know, inside themselves.

They fill them with heroin,

marijuana, cocaine, pills.

Now, bend over, and spread your legs.

Please.

[LATEX GLOVES SNAPPING]

Oh, my God!

[PHONE RINGING]

DAWN: Hello. Is that you? Ah.

It better damn well be you, because I'm really bugged.

I was standing in this line in Copenhagen...

...they take me in to this dark room...

And then this dyke that smells like...

Oh, that's terrible. Terrible.

You can't believe the humiliation

that I've gone through.

Yeah, look, just forget about him.

There's an 11:10 plane back here...

Be on it, huh? All right.

He could've killed me, too, you know.

That's right.

I hate him.

Waste of time.

I don't care. I could kill him.

Stealing is a business, not a crusade.

COLLINS: What time do you phone the bank?

You know that junkie even stole my champagne?

What time?

Five minutes before the bank closes.

At 3:55. Not before and not after. Who do you ask for?

I might be ignorant, but I'm not stupid.

Did I say you were stupid? I'm not even sure you're ignorant.

I am. You ask for Mr. Kessel.

And only Mr. Kessel. And nobody else.

But I'm not stupid.

He's not gonna try to be a hero.

He's gonna do exactly what you tell him to do.

And what about the way you talk?

I whisper.

Right, because nobody can recognize a whisper.

Until this is over, no booze.

No grass, no pills, and no men.

You know,

every big crime is supposed to prove something

about the times we live in.

What are we proving?

Nothing.

Hey, has anything like this ever been done before?

Never. Never.

You know, there's a thousand ways to rob a place.

And the company I work for, they know every one of them.

They got statistics on burglars, embezzlers,

car thieves, shoplifters, pickpockets.

They got it all broken down by race, religion, age, sex,

politics. They know about stealing by day, by night.

They know about the convicts and the ex-convicts.

They know about stealing by doctors and nurses and janitors

and patients stealing blankets and sheets and pillow cases.

They know about working men and businessmen and professionals.

All the respectable people,

the first ones who're gonna scream law and order.

They pad their expense accounts and they cheat on their taxes,

and they bribe the cops once in a while and they steal...

They got statistics... But do you know something?

On all the statistics on all the banks ever robbed,

there's not one case on record of a heist like this one.

And that's never.

You know, don't you?

We're never gonna get away with this.

On account of me.

You'll be fine.

When the time comes...

I'll freeze and choke and crap out.

You can do it. In Vegas, you were a natural.

Oh, big deal. Me and seven other dumb show girls.

A feather here, feather there.

But I thought it was terrific.

Great.

It got you a test in the movies.

Sure.

Movie big shot comes in.

He loses $4,000 at the crap table.

So my fire chief says to him,

"Cash, screen test,

"or a broken leg. Take your choice."

Well...

Boy, was I excited.

I really was. I rehearsed for two weeks straight.

And I was constipated all the time.

And then D-Day.

Lights. Camera. Roll them.

"Test. Dawn Divine. Take one. Action."

And I froze.

I forgot what to do, forgot what to say.

Take two, nothing.

Take three, I... Tears.

Take four, I forgot my own name.

And I made it up myself.

Take five, hiccups.

And the director yells out, "Cut! Cut!"

He says, "You go ahead.

"You break my leg, you break both of them.

"But the one thing that does not belong

in this girl's mouth is words."

So, um, get somebody else.

I'm a born loser.

Ah, look, I want you.

But I'm not lucky.

Sometimes, when people are unlucky by themselves,

they're lucky together.

[PHONE BEEPING]

[ALARM CLOCK RINGING]

I know the line's busy, stupid.

Find out is she talking or is the phone out of order?

Operator?

Why the hell don't they learn English?

Ticket to Frankfurt.

The 5000 for Captain Cooper.

[PHONE RINGING]

Yes?

No, later.

First, I gotta get me a fly boy to fly the baseballs.

[GREETING IN GERMAN]

What's the world coming to?

Not much, Mr. Kessel.

Ingrid, I have a...

Thank you, sir.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Not for a day or two.

You have made our lives very full and very rich.

Likewise. May I?

Oh, natürlich.

It's personal.

[BUSY SIGNAL BEEPING]

SARGE: Hey! Open up! Out of the sack, bum!

This is the goddamn United States Army.

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

Hey, I've been trying to get you.

Oh, yeah?

Your line's been busy all morning.

I'm disconnected.

What's matter with you?

I'm sick.

First place, it ain't your time to be sick.

In the second place, it don't matter.

[WHISPERING] Shut up, you fink.

SARGE: You're coming with me to Frankfurt.

Nope.

Just for one day. No.

SARGE: It'll do you good.

[EXCLAIMS]

[PHONE RINGING]

Got no time, so move it.

No.

She's sick. Yankee, go home!

That's the trouble with you American broads.

No damn gratitude.

She's not only sick, she's sick, sick, sick.

[GREETING IN GERMAN]

[STOPWATCH TICKING]

[PHONE RINGS]

BERTA: Hello? Yeah.

Herr Kessel wants you. At once.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PHONE RINGING]

A safe deposit box in the name of Mr. North from Las Vegas.

Box number?

721.

They are closing their account, removing their property.

They will need an escort.

I'm afraid that...

[CLEARS THROAT]

It's a little late to arrange for an armored truck.

No truck.

Everything goes in one suitcase.

Get a couple of guards to Monte Carlo.

Oh, that would be no trouble, I'm sure.

Except, uh...

Well, if you, uh, could wait until after the bank closes...

ATTORNEY: No.

Not today.

It won't be ready till tomorrow.

In that case, sir, it's no trouble at all.

None at all.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Mr. Kessel, do exactly as I say.

First, you will...

[HICCUPS]

First, you will...

[GASPS]

Oh!

[PHONE RINGING]

[WHISPERS] Hello?

Hello?

Hello.

I'm having a nervous breakdown.

I forgot how to whisper.

What are you talking about? You're whispering now.

That is a fantastic whisper.

Yeah, but I can't go through with this.

I can't.

Maybe tomorrow.

Look, it's got to be today.

Just relax. There's nothing to worry about. You just...

[EXCLAIMS]

Relax.

Make that telephone call in one hour.

Now, set your clock. The bank time is exactly 2:55.

2:55.

2:55.

2:55.

2:55. I mean, 3:55.

Jesus.

[ALARM RINGING]

Oh, God.

Oh, I am having a nervous breakdown.

Excuse me, excuse me, Mr. Kessel.

I wouldn't do that.

Do what? Go see that girl.

I know she's waiting, but so is that man

across the street. And I don't like it.

A detective? You're positive?

This time he's got a photographer with him.

This time? Terrible. Terrible.

Not serious.

If they had proof, they wouldn't be back.

Just, uh, forgive me, Mr. Kessel.

A friendly word of advice. Today, don't leave your desk.

And, uh, tonight, take some flowers home to Mrs. Kessel.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

[PHONE RINGING]

Servco Export Import.

SARGE: It's me.

Oh, hi.

Got your key to the box? Yeah.

Okay. Draw 40,000.

Get in touch with the Candy Man.

Tell him we got a ball game.

You better hustle before the bank closes.

[INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

Anybody in the booths? BERTA: No.

How about in there?

Keep everybody out of here till closing time. That's everybody.

I spotted a man in the lobby.

He's got bushy eyebrows, a scar. He's carrying a flight bag.

He came in and he went out. In and out, twice.

He's just hanging around. Just waiting.

Waiting?

It's probably nothing, but you never know.

You stay here.

[IN GERMAN] Please. Change.

[PHONE RINGING]

[IN ENGLISH] Hello?

Mr. Kessel.

What? Your wife.

[IN GERMAN] I am sorry, Mrs. Kessel, I cannot disturb him.

[ALARM CLOCK RINGING]

[ALARM CLOCK RINGING]

Mr...

Mr. Kessel, please.

[PHONE BEEPING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

[IN GERMAN] Who is there, please?

[IN ENGLISH] One moment, please.

[IN GERMAN] Herr Kessel. It is for you.

KESSEL: [IN GERMAN] Who is it?

I do not know, the lady speaks English.

[IN ENGLISH] Kessel speaking.

[WHISPERS] There's a bomb in your bank.

Speak up, please. Who is this?

A bomb.

A bomb, goes boom, boom.

[IN GERMAN] A bomb?

Enough dynamite to blow your bank to pieces.

Now, don't hang up. Don't touch the alarm.

Do exactly what I say. No more, no less.

DAWN: Don't move.

You're being watched.

Open the bottom drawer of your desk.

Left side.

Do you see the flight bag?

Yes, I see it.

Put it on the desk.

Get the key to the gold bar, get it.

Put the gold bar inside the flight bag.

Just a moment, please.

Now, listen.

One false move and the bomb explodes.

The guard at the front desk, send him away.

Any place.

A man with a scar will take the bag and leave.

[WHISPERS] Do what they say.

Well, go.

[KEYS DROPPING]

Oh, dear God, I promise I'll always be a good girl.

The man with a scar.

Do just what they say, Mr. Kessel.

Go to the vault.

[IN GERMAN] In the vault.

But the electric eye...

[ALARM RINGING]

Don't move!

[SIGHING]

Lock the vault.

The bomb. Hello?

Where did you hide the bomb?

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

KARL: Mr. Collins?

Clear everybody out of the bank.

Before the bank is closing?

Before the bomb is exploding.

Ah!

[IN GERMAN] Everybody, please leave the bank.

[IN ENGLISH] Please leave the bank quickly and orderly.

[IN GERMAN] Attention for the units 12 and 15.

[SIREN BLARING]

[ALL SCREAMING]

KESSEL: [IN GERMAN] Please keep quiet!

[ALARM CONTINUES]

[ALL SHOUTING]

KESSEL: Joe.

Ah, Joe.

[STOPWATCH TICKING]

Bomb squad on the way?

Coming.

That was a brave thing to do, Joe.

Not really, Mr. Kessel.

But the bank is insured.

For any loss over $200,000.

The bank would be responsible for this.

$42,000.

I, Kessel, will personally recommend him

for courage beyond...

[STOPWATCH CONTINUES TICKING]

What's that?

Ticking.

The bomb.

Joe, the bomb.

It's in there. With you.

I can hear it.

It's my watch. It's only my watch.

Joe.

Come out of there, quick.

How?

The key.

Don't you have the time-lock key?

No keys.

Fräulein Schmidt!

Yes, sir?

The keys!

The keys!

Don't worry, sir. I have them.

The key only opens the lock from inside the vault.

[IN GERMAN] Goddamn it.

[IN ENGLISH] Joe,

if you have to stay there till the time-lock opens

in the morning, maybe, maybe there's not enough air.

But don't worry. And don't breathe fast.

And don't panic!

You, don't let him get excited.

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

MAN: [IN GERMAN] Please leave the premises immediately.

There is an explosion hazard.

This is the police.

Please leave the premises immediately.

There is an explosion hazard.

Here is the police.

Here is the police.

[IN GERMAN] Kessel here.

Is that someone from the technical works agency? Yes?

[IN ENGLISH] Burning bar and compressor, we have all.

[IN GERMAN] But quick...

[TICKING CONTINUES]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

[ALL CLAMORING]

How do you know it wasn't just a hoax,

a practical joke?

So!

Who put this in my desk? Yes?

What of the man with the scar and bushy eyebrows,

in and out of the bank?

[SIRENS WAILING]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTERING]

ANNOUNCER: This is the Armed Forces Network

from Munich and Hamburg.

REPORTER: [IN GERMAN] Were you in the bank just now?

WOMAN: Yeah.

Have you seen how the gold bars were stolen?

[IN ENGLISH] Have you been in the bank?

No, no, I was on my way in there. No, no.

ANNOUNCER: [IN GERMAN] Would you go in again?

MAN: [IN GERMAN] No, under no circumstances.

You wouldn't. Would you go in again? You would not.

Have you been in the bank just now?

[IN GERMAN] He takes the gold bars and I remain here

completely unsuspecting, what is happening.

He takes the bars with him,

and in a second the police will shoot me

and I should have discovered...

[IN ENGLISH] Good boy.

Mr. Collins?

COLLINS: Yep.

That noise, like a zither.

You mean this noise?

Yes, sir.

Well, that's a file.

Who is filing?

I am.

What are you filing, Mr. Collins?

My penknife. The blade needs sharpening.

Why?

Well, it's not sharp.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Joe! I have good news, Joe.

You found the bomb? Not yet.

They think maybe it was a false alarm.

As long as the cash and this gold bar are secure,

and they are. As long as the vaults are locked,

the only person that would explode a bomb in here

would be a lunatic or an amateur,

and this is a job of a professional.

And suppose there's not enough air

till the time-lock opens in the morning?

I have it right here.

Look, a man my size, working under heavy stress,

I would use about 2000 liters of air in an hour.

That would give me more than enough air

for about...

14 hours.

KESSEL: Joe, I'm a man who never forgets.

Friends to the end.

So, we are getting you out now. Any minute.

Ah, it won't be necessary, you know.

KESSEL: But the burning bar, you remember?

The burglar's tool.

You can... Now, wait a minute.

George, that door cost $50,000.

What is money compared to humanity, eh?

You think a bank has no feelings?

So,

we will burn a hole through the wall

and then we push through the time-lock key.

Well, thanks, George, you're a good friend,

you're really a good friend. That's just terrific,

but you're gonna ruin that wall for no reason.

I think what you got to do is just, uh,

take a few minutes, sit down, relax,

and, uh, just give this thing some thought.

Just, uh, just take your time, George.

Take your time.

There is no time to take our time.

You are on television, Joe.

Everybody in Hamburg is watching.

And to think how that boy risked his life.

And for what?

[STOPWATCH TICKING]

KARL: Getting close in there for you, Mr. Collins?

Yeah, well, it's close enough.

[SIREN WAILING]

[WHISTLE BLOWING]

[PHONE RINGING]

REPORTER: How long has the man been down there, Mr. Kessel?

Please. Just one more thing. Just one thing.

REPORTER: What about the gold bar?

[IN GERMAN] Yes, I cannot. The man does not have any.

I cannot tell you more.

I do not know either.

Yes, come in.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Yes, I have. I do not have time any more.

REPORTER: Please, just one thing.

One more thing.

[IN ENGLISH] Please, just don't disturb me now.

[MEN CLAMORING]

This wall here.

Any minute now, Mr. Collins.

[ALL CHATTERING]

REPORTER: Mr. Kessel, please, this is very important.

[STOPWATCH TICKING]

Through this wall. This hole.

REPORTER: Hamburg. Yes, I'm at the United World Bank.

That American kid,

locked himself inside the vault.

A 14-hour time-lock.

That's right. He's trying to save a $42,000 gold bar.

[STOPWATCH TICKING]

[INAUDIBLE]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[STOPWATCH TICKING]

REPORTER: ...state of Nebraska.

Joe Collins won the heart of Germany today

with an unselfish act of bravery.

All of Hamburg is rooting for Joe Collins

and so is everybody here at Armed Forces Radio.

Stick with it, Joe. Stick with it.

[REPORTERS CHATTERING]

KESSEL: Joe, can you hear, Joe?

The key is coming.

Joe, can you see the key?

Take the key, Joe. Take the key.

KESSEL: What's he doing?

I can't see.

Too much smoke.

[CLINKING]

KESSEL: Joe, the key, Joe, fell off.

The hole near the door.

Joe, the key.

Joe?

There's something sticky on the end of this, what is it?

KESSEL: Juicy fruit.

Oh, very good, George.

Oh, thank you.

George, I still can't find the key.

Some times, it happens to money, it falls in your...

Look in your trousers, on the bottom,

the cuff. Cuff. Understand? Cuff.

Joe?

George, boy, you're terrific.

I'm coming out, George.

Okay.

Time-lock's ready.

Yes, sir.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[CHATTERING]

[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

[PEOPLE EXCLAIMING]

Major. Okay?

Okay.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

BRUNO: [IN GERMAN] He says, he came by train.

[IN ENGLISH] The place was closed.

Do you expect me to keep $140,000 on deck?

BRUNO: [IN GERMAN] He means in the bag.

[IN ENGLISH] Where is it?

Safe.

Then you haven't got it?

Then get it.

Tomorrow morning, 10:00.

[LAUGHS]

Ah,

black boxes in big banks.

Business.

What kind of business is this?

Was he paid?

What you gave me, I gave him.

I saw him count it.

The police found nothing.

He must've been robbed.

Tomorrow morning.

When the bank opens.

[PHONE RINGING]

No, no, no, no! No!

You said tonight.

Okay. I set it up for tonight.

You said you'd have the money tonight.

You'll get it as soon as the bank opens.

First thing tomorrow. Okay?

Okay. Tomorrow you get the merchandise.

Oh, boy! That is really something. Huh!

When a Kraut junkie don't even trust the United States

frigging Army, oh, that is really something.

You. I trusted you. Not him.

I tell you I was there. In time.

The bank was closed.

I swear it, I couldn't get in.

Here, it's all in the paper.

Hold it, buster.

You don't believe my partner.

I want to know why.

[BELL TOLLING]

But can we trust him?

You worried? You don't want me to get the 40,000?

I'm worried about what kind of baseballs we're buying.

Spalding, stupid.

Mr. Collins? Telephone.

[CLEARING THROAT]

Hello?

Now?

Uh, no.

It's crowded.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

It's overcrowded.

Fireworks started, yet?

Uh, that'll be any minute.

[CLEARING THROAT]

[IN GERMAN] I am sorry.

WOMAN: [IN GERMAN] Has there been a break in, what has happened?

Nothing.

Has the gold been saved?

It all went well. They are all good people.

Do you think so? Really?

Tell me what happened.

[WOMAN CHATTERING IN GERMAN]

I don't know, did everything go well?

Do you mean that they got away?

You.

You the one got locked in?

Yeah.

They find the bomb?

Uh, it was a false alarm.

Why'd you do it?

It really wasn't that dangerous.

I mean the gold bar.

So heavy to carry it so far.

The safest place.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[PHONE RINGING]

[HORN HONKING]

[CAR HORN HONKING]

Guess what?

The Army's here.

[GRUNTS]

[WOMAN SPEAKING GERMAN]

Hey!

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

SARGE: Congratulations.

Oh, uh...

Son, if there's one thing I know,

it's shit from Shinola.

Excuse me, ma'am, but what he done

takes good old American know-how.

That's why we're number one, the greatest.

'Cause we got three things going for us.

God, guts, and get-up-and-go.

[WHISTLING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Thank you.

Don't go too far, sister. I'm in a hurry.

[CLATTERING]

Call the police!

No, no, no, uh, no alarm.

Uh, Miss Schmidt.

Karl, now, witness this, will you?

Box 804 is empty.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

KARL: Mr. Collins?

Yeah?

Mr. Collins?

Is something wrong, Karl?

Yes, sir. Come, please.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, my God.

What's the matter?

Oh, my God.

You all right? Oh, yeah.

Hey,

do you think there's any connection

between crime and sex?

Hmm?

Uh,

right now...

[GIGGLING]

This really turns me on!

You got a pack of cigarettes?

Yes, sir.

[MUMBLING]

German... German money. God, I love you.

Okay.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

England, Queen Mother. God bless the Queen.

Uh, just put the box in there.

Yeah, that's fine, right there. Thank you.

Sir?

It's okay, lady.

Today has been some day.

Yes, lovely.

$870,000.

It ain't possible. How?

What do we tell Vegas?

Whatever we tell them, they're not going to believe it.

What do we do?

Start running.

Oh, my God, I...

Jesus, when you can't trust a bank...

[INAUDIBLE]

Just a moment.

Fräulein.

May I help you?

Thank you.

You're so sweet.

Oh, you like fish.

Fish? Fish? I love fish.

Money doesn't grow in safe-deposit boxes.

Money should be put to work.

If you would let me,

the bank would take care of you personally.

I thank you.

It's a pleasure doing business with both of you.

Oh, the pleasure's all mine.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[SIREN WAILING]

[BELL CLANGING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[MAN CHATTERING ON RADIO]

Harv?

Harv?

[PHONE RINGING]

Yeah? Hello?

* Money, money, Money, money is *

* Money is on my mind

* I'm a stone-cold taker I'm a piggybank shaker *

* I use every ruse Talkin' trash *

* So if you're going To my school *

* You got to learn the rules

* Don't let your mama write a check *

* That your father can't cash

* Money, money, Money, money is *

* Money is on my mind

* Money, money, money

* Whoo!

* I like the money sound

* I'm mean with the green, I make a dollar wanna holler *

* Make the mob wanna bop

* Make a clown wanna frown

[SCREAMING]

* Money, money, Money, money is *

* Money is on my mind

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

Sarge?

Hey, you all right, buddy?

What you do with it? With what?

Sarge! For Christ's sake! You crazy?

Thieving, West Point son of a bitch!

Once, just once. The money.

[PANTING]

Where's the goddamn money?

CANDY MAN: He hasn't got it.

[MAJOR PANTING]

You bastard, you stole the money yourself.

My box got hit, too.

All them boxes?

Not all.

SARGE: Only us?

People like us.

What the hell have I got to do with you?

You're up shit creek without a paddle.

You're in the same boat. Not me.

Can you go to the police?

He's right. You shut up.

Whoever it was,

if we can't holler cop,

neither can they.

Okay.

You got all the answers.

Who?

When we know how,

we'll know who.

[BELL DINGING]

Psst.

So?

She's got a safe deposit box, too. So what?

MAJOR: Well, look at here.

What are you building?

She's a dumb little broad from Baltimore.

Not so dumb.

War is terrific business.

"Service clubs. Kickbacks from popcorn,

pot, sex, $12,000 a month.

"Slot machines, pinballs, jukeboxes, $40,000 a month.

"Black market money, $61,000 profit."

Shit!

Pay dirt!

Names and numbers.

$1,531,000.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

Hello?

Because I don't believe in coincidence, that's why.

Once, maybe. Twice, no.

Three times, impossible.

She knows you.

It was fixed for her to know me.

We've both got a box in the bank.

So has she. In the same bank.

Coincidence? I don't believe it.

And this, I don't believe in heroes, either.

It's an inside job. Has to be.

[GUFFAWING]

Anyway, I go to get my baggage, see,

and it ain't here. Yeah, yeah,

the stupid mothers never put it on the plane in Munich.

[LAUGHS]

Yeah, listen, and get this,

my address book is inside the missing suitcase.

So, here we are, stuck

without no way to find our old army buddy.

His number's not listed. I don't like to give out

a private number.

No, no, no, you see, I can't phone him, see,

'cause then we can't surprise him.

Yeah, it's a surprise party.

...surprise you.

What?

Yeah, that's right. It's a going away party.

Now, how did you know, huh?

I only know tomorrow is his last day with the bank.

Uh-huh.

Kornhausbrucke 12.

Right.

Got it.

Yeah, well, thanks a million, pal.

Okay, yeah, bye.

Let's go to a surprise party.

[PHONE RINGING]

KESSEL: Surprise!

Ah. Mr. Kessel.

An old friend of yours phoned, and he wanted your number

to surprise you.

COLLINS: Did he mention his name?

Uh-huh.

No, no, no. You did the right thing.

Uh, you got your passport?

Yeah.

You've got to leave town from here, now!

Um...

Bring this one.

Lock it.

I'll have the car downstairs in a couple of minutes.

[CAR HORN HONKING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Carry the suitcase yourself.

Don't open it, and don't go to sleep

till you get there.

I'll meet you there. Hey!

I'll see you there.

First, the money.

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Where?

SARGE: Got it. Got it.

Put the keys in the car and stay with her.

[PHONE CLICKING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Taxi! Taxi!

Taxi!

ANNOUNCER ON PA SYSTEM: Attention, please.

Passengers for the express train

to Basel, Switzerland by way of Hanover,

Frankfurt, and Heidelberg.

The train is now leaving on Track 6.

Please board immediately.

[ANNOUNCER CHATTERING]

Oh!

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

[ANNOUNCER CHATTERING]

[HORN HONKING]

[WHISTLES]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[IN GERMAN] What is wrong with you?

You bastard.

It is all right. Nothing happened.

[BRAKES SQUEALING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[CLICKING]

How do you know he's got the money?

Hey!

[HORN HONKING]

[HONKING]

Ice cover - Beware! - Danger!

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

[ENGINE REVVING]

Stupid.

[TRAIN HORN]

[HORN BLARING]

[HORN BLARING]

[DOOR OPENING]

Up! Up! Real slow.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Jesus, boy. You work for the bank.

You're supposed to protect their money.

All right. The key.

[LAUGHING]

The key!

You're not gonna believe this.

That's right.

Count it.

Uh, I know exactly how much of this is yours.

You've got... You've got...

[EXCLAIMING]

[LAUGHING]

Uh, what can I...

Sergeant, we've been had. Both of us.

Shut up.

Uh, $765,000 worth.

Shut up.

What do you think I did, lug this goddamn thing

across Germany for the exercise?

Shut up! Let me put this together.

You're heavyweight enough

to pull off a million-dollar caper

and stupid enough to be taken by a lightweight hustler?

$1.5 million, $1.5 million, Sergeant.

Where is she?

Now? Right now.

Looks like she's where the money is, you know?

I got a proposition for you.

Equal partners.

You take us to the broad, we divide the loot.

70-30.

There's no bubbles in this.

All right, 50-50, okay?

Oh, Sarge, you know... No con, no con.

You know exactly where she is.

You know, I knew where she was supposed to be,

but if she's smart enough to take the money...

Yeah, yeah. You think?

Why would she go where you could find her?

Oh, boy. On the other hand, she's the kind of broad...

Shut up. We go there anyway.

[CHOKING]

[GASPING]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

[TRAIN BRAKES SQUEALING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

* When you're smiling

* When you're smiling

* The whole world

* Smiles with you

* And when you're laughing

* When you're laughing

* The sun comes

* Shinin' through

* But when you're crying

* You bring on the rain

* Stop your sighing

* Just be happy again

* Keep on smiling

* 'Cause when you're smiling

* The whole world smiles

* With you

DAWN: I figured they'd never kill you.

[CHORTLING]

At least not till after they'd found the money.

* Keep on smiling

* 'Cause when you're smiling

* The whole wide world

* Smiles

* With you

[PEOPLE CHEERING]