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Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell.

But I've been seen with Farrah.

I've never been with anything less than a nine.

So fine.

I've been on fire with Sally Field.

Gone fast with a girl named Bo.

But somehow they just don't end up as mine.

It's a death defying life I lead.

I take my chances.

I die for living in the movies and TV.

But the hardest thing I ever do is watch my leading

ladies kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee.

I might fall from a tall building.

I might roll a brand new car.

Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star.

I've never spent much time in school.

But I've taught ladies plenty.

It's true, I hire my body out from pay.

Hey, hey.

I've gotten burned over Cheryl Teague's blown up for Rocky Welch.

But when I wind up in the head.

It's only hey.

Hey, hey.

I might jump an open drawbridge.

Or Tarzan from a van.

Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine.

We've got to satisfy an enormous demand for the product.

That's why we're going to be very generous.

Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars now.

And another two hundred and fifty thousand when you manufacture and deliver the PCP.

That much angel dust is worth over four million on the street.

We want a bigger cutter.

No deal.

Bring your son up to date, Ellis.

The price structure changed while he was in jail awaiting indictment.

And I know a bum deal when I see one, Mannion.

Sweeten the pot.

Build your own dust.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Two hundred and fifty now.

Three hundred and fifty when you deliver.

You better not foul me up.

I hate to be squeezed.

Let's get out of here.

Another hundred grand.

Now that's the way to negotiate.

Son, I'm proud of you.

Owen looks like we need more chemicals.

I'll place an order with our suppliers.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

One big happy family of rats in there.

Yeah, we're just after the baby rat and he should be alone right now.

Who is it?

It's Deloach Floral Service.

What the hell would we want with flowers?

Look, all I know is a young man phoned in a rushed COD order.

Now you just take delivery and pay me or I go directly to the police.

Sounds like something one of our high school pushers would pull.

Uh -oh.

All right, who sent him?

Listen, what am I, a mind reader?

Read the card.

All right, who wants to be a statistic?

Where's your warrant?

Doesn't look like I need one, does it?

Here's the legal evidence.

Say, I forgot...

Howie, it's Ethan.

Watch where you're shooting!

That's not starting to go!

Let's get out of here!

They're getting away!

Well, we got the one we want.

Yeah, it's been a real blast.

Come on.

Let's go party.

Hey, Jody, let's cut it up.

Oh, yeah, well, let's just clip at it, not slash it to pieces.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, I think I got a blower on my right foot!

You still got the big finish.

Oh!

Huey sure is light on her feet, isn't he?

Yeah, like King Kong in tap shoes.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, yeah.

I'm going to pay a terminal call on Franz Sievers

while he's visiting the fan in the hospital.

Alice, have you lost all your marbles?

Well, you're out looking for revenge.

Mannion and his hoods are out looking for us.

Sievers is going to pay what he did to Bobby.

We took $250,000.

We can't deliver it.

We can't deliver the PCP.

I couldn't have stated it better myself.

You're unable to consummate our deal satisfactorily.

We need more time.

The word's out.

We lost your bankroll.

We're shopping around for credit.

I doubt whether the local savings and loan will lend you money to produce angel dust.

What do you want, Mannion?

Three dead men or your money back?

What do you have in mind?

Protect your investment.

I'll keep us alive and I'll make sure you double your money.

But you got to get a job.

Get us out of the country.

Sievers can identify us, so we got no future here.

You got no future anywhere.

If my plan fails, you can always pick us up.

I mean, we might be able to dock the police for a while,

but there's nowhere on earth we can escape your people.

And we know that.

And you've got a plan to get back all our money?

I'll give you 12 hours.

You pull this off.

I'll put you on a special plane.

I'll take you to Rio, with all the right passports and walking around money.

Dr. Schoenberg.

Dr. Bill Schoenberg.

Please report to ICU.

You look terrific.

You had to get knocked out every day.

No, seriously.

How's the patient doing?

Impatient.

I want to go home.

Well, I'm afraid they're going to keep you around here for another 24 hours,

just to make sure that you didn't have a concussion.

Well, I ought to know if I have one, don't you think?

Well, not necessarily.

And that brings up an interesting medical point.

But I think I'm going to get a headache any minute now.

If, in fact, you did have a concussion, you might suffer some sequel events,

like double vision, or ringing in the ears, or subdural hematoma.

Ah, listen, Dr. Kilpatien, why don't you just go back to medical school and study

up on silence, and then I'll stay here and catch some disease.

That's a very mature attitude, you know.

Rest is the answer.

Dr. Grace Rojas, please report to the hospital.

Morning.

Hi, Doc.

Listen, I heard you were worried about a possible concussion.

Oh, yeah.

Well, look, don't worry.

I feel fine.

Good.

There's nothing to worry about.

Good.

Aren't you going to swab it with alcohol?

Hey, where's your name tag?

Hey, you're not a doctor!

Don't make this tough on yourself, honey.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Help!

Somebody help!

Doctor, doctor, you've got to help me.

There's the guy over there, he's got hyperdermic... Nice to meet you, Miss Banks.

Come in here.

Got her.

Right.

Let's go.

What's going on here?

Don't interfere.

Then you won't get hurt.

All right, all of you, get out of here, fast!

All right, security out of perimeter.

Huh?

Keep your eye on the nursing stations and the elevators!

I'll take the girl.

Check the room.

Room's clear.

Sit down, sit down!

What the hell's wrong with her?

We're gonna die!

We all have to die, ladies, so shut up!

Your turn is now.

All right, get everything ready.

Come on, move!

So she doesn't seem to have a concussion, Colt.

Her vital signs are good, eyes clear, good color.

Her skin's not clammy.

Yeah, well, hold the laundry list, kid.

I'll see for myself this evening.

Colt Seavers.

Seavers?

This is Rick Ellis.

You took my son in yesterday.

Today I'm evening the score.

Talk to your friend.

Colt?

Jody, what's wrong?

Oh, good God, what are you doing?

Relax, honey, the bomb's set.

Jody, answer me.

Jody, answer me.

Colt, you gotta help us.

Please.

Give me that, give me that.

Now, there's enough explosives, plastic explosives,

wired in this room, Seavers, to take out a city block.

Now, you and me are gonna have an eyeball -to-eyeball meeting.

And if things don't go exactly the way I want, Jody Banks, these two ladies here,

and half this hospital, are gonna go boom.

We

interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this special bulletin.

Live from the scene is our KBX correspondent, David Brandon.

We have a report that a group of suspected terrorists

have taken over a floor at Metropolitan Hospital.

Patients and personnel are currently being evacuated.

The police SWAT team is on hand.

However, no contact has been made between the police and the so-called terrorists.

It is believed they have taken hostages.

Stay tuned to this station for further developments.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Keep the evacuation moving and get those people out of the possible line of fire.

How did you get past the barricade?

I'm Colt Seavers.

This is Howie Munson.

Captain Al Coppersmith.

I've been expecting you.

What does Ellis want?

One million dollars.

What?

That's ridiculous.

How does he expect Colt to come up with money like that?

I don't know.

How does he expect to get away with it once he gets it?

I don't know that either.

That's what's worrying me.

What do you mean?

It's irrational.

Even for something as bizarre as that.

How bizarre is this?

I'm sure your friends won't desert you, Miss Banks.

Get ready for some company.

There's nothing to do but do it.

Let's find out where Ellis is coming from.

You could be walking into a trap.

I'll go with you.

One of us might get shot at.

Nobody's going anywhere until I have a handle on this thing.

What are you going to do?

Use a Ouija board?

If I don't find out where he's coming from, we'll be stumbling around in the dark.

And a trip in the wrong direction could cost Jody or the others their lives.

I'll give Ellis a call.

Yes?

Coach Seavers is coming up.

How long?

In an hour.

It's your call, Seavers.

There's no option, Clay.

Here's an update on the hostage crisis at Metropolitan Hospital.

Three women are being held by a criminal

gang, not terrorists, as previously reported.

The gang is considered highly dangerous.

Thus far, no details have been given as to the

reasons why they are holding the women hostage.

I'm here in Griffith Park, getting a sense of

the people's attitude toward this situation.

Sir, what is your reaction to the hospital hostage situation?

I go for the Israeli approach to terrorists and hostage takers.

Thank you very much, sir.

Turn around and back out nice and slow.

Now, I know you wouldn't be dumb enough to pack a gun, but I hate sloppy loose ends.

You're a real neat fella.

That's right, cowboy.

Hold it!

That way and move it.

Move it!

Thanks for coming, Seavers.

I called.

Sorry I didn't have time to freshen up.

You know, I just got here.

They're keeping me a room across the hall with the explosives.

Visiting hours are over, Seavers.

You put my boy Bobby behind bars for the rest of his life.

You destroyed the operation.

It took me two years to build up.

Your beef is with me.

Why don't you let Jody and the other women go?

It's tempting, Seavers.

But I got larger plans.

You got until four o'clock this afternoon to deliver.

Look, I can't come up with a million dollars.

No?

Now, you've made movies with the biggest stars in the business, eh?

You think I don't know how much they get paid?

You're all pals!

Well, make sure they don't let you down, eh?

Otherwise, I use this detonating device.

Looks like an ordinary TV channel selector to me.

You know better than that.

Do I?

Why don't you check Conlon's rap sheet?

Hmm?

He spent two years in an army stockade dealing military explosives.

He's a demolitions genius!

I can set this charge off anywhere up to a thousand yards from here.

As long as your batteries hold out.

Don't you worry.

I put two fresh ones in this morning.

Don't you like a little demonstration, huh?

But what about you, Ellis, and your friends?

You'll go up with it.

I'm dead anyway if this doesn't work.

And that only had a small charge of explosives in it.

That's what you call in your business a rehearsal.

But this girl and those two people in and out of Rome are the real thing.

Now, why the hell don't you beat it?

Because you don't have much time.

And don't forget the million bucks.

I'll be back, Jody.

Jody was smart enough to tell me that Ellis is

keeping her in this room with two other women.

What we have here is a typical terrorist situation.

Now, the only chance we have of saving everybody is

to go in fast before Ellis can use the detonator.

What if we're not fast enough?

Well, there's always a risk factor involved in hostage release operations.

Look, I don't want to lose Jody on something called a risk factor.

Well, neither do I, but we can't just sit around and

allow a desperate man like Ellis to call all the shots.

Well, then why don't we start calling some of our own shots?

Ellis' trump card is that explosive charge.

Now, if we could figure out what frequency he's on, maybe we could stop him.

Go on.

There's an unoccupied area under Ellis' control, a nurse's station.

I think I can get into it unseen by climbing this pipe chase from the floor below.

Then what happens?

I'll create several diversions.

See, because we're not shooting a movie here, there's no director waiting outside

to do it again in case something goes wrong.

You may spook Ellis.

That's exactly what I'm counting on, Captain.

He's got all the cards.

Maybe I can get a couple of them.

Hey, come here, baby.

It's okay.

Yeah, it's okay.

Aw, she's trembling so bad.

Yeah, it's okay.

You know, this is what Ellis' angel dust does to kids.

I want that sucker nailed.

I wish I were that brave.

Yeah, but from now on, I'll be just damned if I let him see how scared I am.

Shh.

Maintain surveillance on the roof above the top floor.

And report any activity.

And if Ellis posts a lookout, we'll just, um, have to make some adjustments.

Sawyer's doing a good job tapping in.

Looks like the cops will make our hit for us.

Or, if Ellis and his buddies wind up in the slam, our inside people take them on.

No matter what happens, we win.

As usual.

Heh.

Heh heh.

Winning would be sweeter if we can pick up the, uh, million-dollar ransom, right?

Let's talk, Seavers.

You're not trained to do this.

Why should I let you go up there?

Miss Jody and I work together.

She trusts me.

She'll do what I say without discussion.

And besides, he's a stuntman.

He reacts well in emergencies.

So do my men.

Yeah, but they react with guns.

Come on, Captain.

All right, all right.

But you're gonna need some expert assistance.

Martinson!

Colt, Seavers.

Seavers.

Holler, Munson.

Munson.

Martinson, demolition and electronics expert.

He may be able to defuse the charge on the spot.

We better make it fast.

We don't have much time.

Well, at worst, he'll get a look at the bomb.

He may be able to figure out what to do next.

Yeah.

Miss Michaels for you, Seavers.

Terry?

The Stuntmen's Association just delivered another contribution.

Colt, they're looking for you.

There are $750,000 in the Save Jody Fund.

What about the final 250?

You know, whoever said Hollywood doesn't have

a heart didn't know what he was talking about.

It's on its way over here right now.

Oh, you have to sign for it, though, Colt.

I'll be right over.

I hate to think of you sitting on all that money alone.

Who's alone?

I've got two armed guards standing right outside your house.

And believe me, they know what they're doing.

Doesn't look like much of a legal document.

Received $250,000.

Well, somebody's business manager just wanted something in writing.

Well, they got it.

Thank you.

I've got to get back to the hospital.

I'm going with you.

No, you're not.

Oh, yes, I am.

Jody's my friend, too.

And I want to be there in case something happens, all right?

Will your guards give us an escort?

That's what I'm paying them for.

Let's make them earn their money.

Still call this thing off, pay them the ransom, and deal with them on the way out.

We'll hold that thought for later.

Right now, give us first crack.

Let's go.

This plan's a little crazy, you know that.

All it takes is care and planning, which we didn't do.

Okay, the first explosion gets us in the ward so you can see the bomb.

The second gives us cover to get away.

Let's go.

I thought receivers were the cops for 55 minutes.

I don't like it.

Damn it, I never did like this scam.

Stick to your end, leave the planning to me.

Oh, I did.

And look what it got us.

What

do you think our chances are of this working?

I'd say maybe 10 to 1 against.

Jody's chances are zero if we don't give it a shot.

Jody's chances are zero if we have this gun.

Which means we won't even get to it anyway.

Who knows?

I'm not sure if that's true.

Are you sure?

I can't speak to you combinations.

I hope so.

Someday we will, you never know.

You were right.

Hey I gave you 20 seconds for the first charge, Here's a minute for the second.

Oh, that ain't it!

Not yet, but we're working on it.

Where's the bomb?

It's over there.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Let's get out of here!

I know you can make it, but I'm not sure about those ladies.

They're gonna stay, I'm gonna stay.

What do we do?

I raised that special effects blast, but just

to draw Alice off, it won't help her long.

Oh, my God!

It's an obvious decoy.

Alice is very shrewd.

Second blast should be due now.

All right, we gotta roll.

Come on.

Jody, I got an acting job for you.

Be sick.

What do you want me to do?

Put a bar of soap under your arm.

It'll raise your temperature.

Like in the Fonda picture.

Who set that off?

There's nobody here.

How did they get in?

You must be using psychological warfare techniques.

I gotta get my temperature up high fast.

The girls!

All right, what's going on here?

Oh, I think I'm coming down some.

Hey, she's got a fever!

I can handle it.

Something's funny.

I don't know what it is, but the next I'm gonna blow this.

Snail Mates is the current description that best

applies to the hostage situation at the hospital.

For another reaction from the community,

Mr. Edgeworth, this situation could become a tragedy.

What's your response?

Anger.

The whole world's becoming an armed camp.

I can't take a walk with my wife without looking over my shoulder.

Who knows, some mugger, some perch snatcher, a street crazy will make a target of us.

What's happening to our world?

Wait a minute, sir, wait a minute.

Then how would you deal with the terrorists?

I wouldn't.

That only encourages some other bunch of bums

to do the same thing over and over again.

I'd cut out the television cameras.

They thrive on the limelight.

I would darken them out so they wouldn't know what was happening to them.

And then I would... Yes?

I'd get ready to die.

What do you think, Martinson?

I'm running a variable permutation program.

So you get several scenarios on how the detonating device works.

Right.

The question is, will one of them be the right one?

There's that risk factor again, Sievers.

You know, I've given you a lot of leeway, but I don't see that

you've improved Miss Banks' chances of survival all that much.

Look, every minute that you're not making a run at Ellis tilts the odds in general.

I don't want to be in Jody's favor.

Now, keep your finger off the trigger a little longer.

You think I want to go in firing?

Evidently.

I want to save the lives of my men just like

you want to save the life of your friend.

Hey, hey.

We all want the same thing, I think, don't we?

Huh?

We don't have forever.

How long will it take?

That I'm not sure of, Captain.

You think I'm going to fall for this play -hacking stuff?

I don't expect you to do anything.

But if my appendix ruptures, you're going to have a dead hostage on your hands,

which does not bring much money on the ransom market.

Especially with Colt Seavers holding the money.

She could have a point.

I mean, if she kicks off, maybe Seavers doesn't come out but the detonator.

Who pulled this wire?

I did.

I did.

And I'm going to keep pulling those wires until

that thing shuts off because I don't want to die.

I don't want to die.

Where are you going?

You.

You take care of her.

And remember, if that thing blows, you go up with it.

Oh.

Alice!

Seavers is really starting to work.

You're burning up.

That's fear.

When the salt kicks in, I'm really going to be kicking.

I'm going to do you a favor.

Owen, give it a timer.

Go on, take it!

What do I do with it?

You listen to it tick.

You've got five minutes.

I'm sending it downstairs to your boyfriend.

If you're not back when the bell goes off, your girlfriends

go off along with the top half of this building.

What's the point?

Because I'm tired of waiting while Seavers and Swat play games with my mind.

I want you back with a ransom money.

One million dollars in cash.

Or you can say goodbye to whoever from your new five friends.

Now get in there!

You lost your mind.

She's going to take off.

I'd be long gone the minute those doors closed.

We know you would, but she and Seavers aren't like you and me.

They got some kind of heroic moral sense.

And that's what I'm counting on.

To bring them back in line.

.

.

.

The whole top of the building is going to go

off unless I get up there with the ransom money.

The timer goes off.

Who wants to sweat that million dollars out of us?

We've got less than five minutes.

Well, did you find anything or is it as lousy as it seems?

I'm working on it.

We'll get you out of it, Jody.

We'll get you out of it.

She's got a minute and a half.

Come on, I can't hang on any longer.

Come on, Jody.

It's not the first time you've ever been in danger.

Think of all those risky stunts we've done.

Call it those stunts.

This is more than my life on the line.

I don't have any control.

Yes, you do.

As long as you have the will to survive, you can do anything.

That's a very touching story, Colt, but she's only got a minute left.

Colt, the timer.

We go.

Come on, Jody.

Maybe you can start having a trust.

I always do.

Thanks.

See you soon.

What are the results?

I zeroed in on the sequence programmed by Colin, but this guy's tricky.

He's very good.

Yeah, well, so are you.

This is taking too long, Martenson.

It's gonna take as long as it takes, Captain.

But I do have one of the signals on the mark.

What is it like?

A radio signal.

Is that how it's detonated?

Yeah, but I don't know the capacity of Ellis' remote control unit.

Two small batteries.

Well, then it can only project on a low frequency for a short distance.

Like an AM radio, you say?

Yes, Sievers!

Well, let me ask you something.

What... Sievers, I don't have time for this.

I got work to do.

I've got to call in the troops.

My risk factor is a little better than yours.

Wait a minute.

Just listen to me.

Answer me this.

Why do I lose my radio signal when I'm in the hills?

Because it bounces off the hills.

Then why can't we bounce the signal away from the charge?

Colt, that's brilliant.

It's also a very far-fetched idea.

I mean, do you have a plan to accomplish this?

Just tell me, can it be done?

Can that signal be blocked?

With less than an hour to go, here's David Brandon.

And now, another on-the-spot interview.

Ma'am, what is your reaction to the hospital terrorism?

I'm frightened.

When I was a little girl, there wasn't this much fear, this much crime.

On the news every day, in the papers, all over the place.

I don't feel safe anymore, and I've lived here all my life.

We got our million bucks.

It's time to give our final demands so we can get the hell out of here.

No, we wait for Sievers.

Blowing Sievers away is not going to get Bobby out of prison.

We'll use him like we used the Banks woman.

For what?

Ransom?

Yeah!

Only this time, it's my son.

Ellis, I think you've been dipping the angel dust.

He knows what he's talking about, Conlon.

He got us this far, didn't he?

Who invited you in the conversation, punk?

Look, this hospital is wrapped up as tight as a drum, and we're inside.

We made a deal.

Now let's get out of here.

You're losing your nerve, Conlon.

You got the winning hand.

Well, if we don't get out of this hospital pretty quick, I'll tell you something.

There's going to be a brand new deal.

I tell you it'll work.

Now why don't you check out the Banks girl?

What, am I some kind of nurse?

Yeah!

Ellis, make the call.

She's burning up.

Ellis' phone.

Hello.

Give me Sievers.

Sievers here.

I want safe passage out of here.

Keep the cops away from us.

And I'll keep Jody Banks alive.

Let me talk to Jody.

I want to make sure she's all right.

She can't come to the phone.

I think she's got appendicitis.

Look, if anything happens to her, I'll make sure

there's nothing left of you but your fingerprints.

Arrange to personally escort us out of here.

And then you can get her to a doctor.

No way.

I'll make sure she's okay before we make any deals.

Look, Sievers, there it is.

He's running on a low FM modulating frequency.

We make our move.

Ellis, she's got a temperature of almost 103.

She could burst her appendix.

Why don't you knock her out?

Then she won't bother you anymore.

If she dies, who's our ticket out of here?

She's the only one that Sievers gives a damn about.

Look, without her, what's the stop SWAT from coming after us?

Relax.

We're going to kill her anyway.

Let's get clear to police.

As the drama moves into its final moments, the hostages awaiting liberation or the

awful alternative, the police preparing for an invasion

or not, let's ask for another opinion on this crisis.

Ellis, she's getting hotter.

We're going to lose her.

All right.

I sent for a doctor.

Sievers here.

All right.

Send a doctor up unarmed.

But the minute he checks her, we go.

You got it.

I really shouldn't permit Munson to go up there masquerading as a doctor.

It's just too dangerous.

I hope you're wrong, coppersmith.

Look, we all know each other.

A look between us, we can handle things.

I want you to know it's against my better judgment.

Just make sure the flak jacket doesn't show.

It's really pretty light.

It should be.

It's woven in non-conductive metal fiber.

Even if they are frisky, they won't even notice it.

When the radio frequency hits it, the signal should bounce off.

Should?

Well, that's the theory.

Well, has it been proven?

It's bound to be.

Turn around and back up, doc.

Everybody have the bag.

Let's go see the patient.

Her appendix has burst.

She needs emergency treatment now.

I mean right now or there won't be much we can do for her.

All right, hotshot.

How do we get out of this?

Quiet!

I gotta think of something.

She doesn't have much time.

You can't just watch her die.

Ellis!

What are you gonna do?

Go

off the detonator!

Okay, Sievers.

You bought it.

You're gonna buy it with me.

Don't be crazy.

I'm dead anyway.

And you're gonna go with me.

Don't you ever.

Your toys run out of batteries.

Take these paral Absolutely amazing.

I've been lying on these books for years now.

And this is for the angel dust.

And this is for the ladies.

Given that she wasn't there.

But I have one, though.

Let's

try it without the music first.

Huh.

And that add a real shock.

You know, I can't believe how an...

of a stuntman like me Let that big lummox here get me all tangled up.

Well, maybe you were blinded by romance.

Even think about romance with that walking golden machine.

No, no, he pulled a tricky move on me.

Now, you be me and I'll be here and we'll show you.

I'm you?

Yeah.

Okay, as long as you don't get fresh, I'm not that kind of girl.

Just do the steps.

Go on, give us a beat.

And the one and the two and the...

I came by your feet, you're supposed to be dancing.

Hey, get your heart out, Ginger Rogers.

Now, here we was moving like this, you know?

Can I stop now?

My thighs are cramping up.

Everything was fine.

It was fun.

Doc!

Miller!

Jody, that's no way to treat a lady.

So, this is it.

This is what you girls go through.