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I want you to go down there and get him out. You're talking about something

that's illegal.

The law shouldn't have put him in there in the first place.

You're always real good at looking out for number one, except you still are.

Who would go to such lengths to save this imprint in the green room? I'm

being watched, so let's make it fast.

Pardon me, I'm looking for a man named Stringfellow Hawk.

Why, yes, ma'am. He's right over there.

Eleanor.

Hello, Hawk.

It's been a long time.

Fifteen years.

Yeah.

Shouldn't be hard for you to remember that day.

Your husband's funeral.

Look, Hawk, I know we've never liked each other very much. It wasn't a matter

of liking.

Mike could have really been somebody if he hadn't married you.

Our son, Terry, is in a Central American prison camp.

You're my last hope, Hawk.

I know you owe me nothing, less than nothing.

But Mike was your best friend.

And his son, Terry, needs your help desperately.

Maybe you'd better tell us how this happened.

And so this sweet girl, this pretty boy, very cleverly got Terry framed and

convicted on a transportation of drugs charge.

He's currently serving a 14-year prison sentence in Santa Paula.

Why would this woman want to frame your son?

I have a successful import business.

After Terry was imprisoned, the girl phoned me. She said that if her friends

could use my business to import drugs into the country, they would release to

the Santa Paula government evidence that would clear Terry.

What kind of evidence?

They didn't tell me.

I wouldn't have believed them if I had. I don't intend to do what they want.

Well, what exactly is your intention?

Look, I've used every option available to me, including bribery.

Terry has a heart condition.

He's not equipped physically or emotionally to survive in that prison

camp. And he's been there four months already.

I was there.

It's indescribable.

What do you really want me to do?

I want you to go down there and get him out.

What?

Oh, lady, you've got to be kidding.

I'll pay you anything you want.

Listen, you're talking about something that's illegal.

The law shouldn't have put him in there in the first place.

You know, I'd really like to help you, but... Look, you haven't seen Terry in a

long time.

Not since he was little.

I think you'd like him.

Has a lot of his father Look

string you think we can discuss this for a few minutes in private

Wait outside think

For crying out loud, you're really not going to do this, are you?

This young man's father, her husband, he and his family moved in next door to me

when I was eight years old. We went to elementary school together, high school,

went off to college together. He was my partner.

Until she split you up.

Well, what she's asking for, you'll land in the next cell.

Dom, I gotta do something.

At least go look around.

Oh.

This is the nuttiest thing I've ever heard of in my life.

But you're crazy if you think you're going to go down there alone.

Right.

Well, we're about five minutes away from that prison compound.

In this land, there's a burden to a quick ground recon.

Those police you see, except for getting too nosy, allow them to run a tracer on

us.

You got it.

Then I tell you to keep him quiet.

He can't help himself.

He's coughing and making me angry.

I'll take him to the end of the yard.

Hey, he's going to get us all sick, man. I think he's better dead.

Could you get him away from me?

Sanders is crazy.

He doesn't like you?

Look, I just want him kept away from me.

Us. Are you giving me orders?

No, I just... Four months, and you haven't learned the rules here.

First rule, you never argue with Mendez.

Second rule,

Mendez holds the power.

I want to speak to the commandant.

The commandant hides in his office and waits for this pension.

Mendez is in charge here.

Mendes is the power, and now Mendes is very angry because you have not

accepted that.

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

Is that all you have to offer?

Is that all you have?

I can get more. Look, American dollars, cigarettes.

Don't worry.

I don't trust you.

You want to see the comandante?

Come on, I promise.

Captain Mendez, please, just leave us alone.

Or cause me any trouble, even just a little bit.

I won't cause you any trouble.

I'll be watching you.

How do you feel?

My guy's rode hard and put up with it.

You, get an escort!

Come here!

Venica!

Borg, you will be able to get him out, won't you?

I already told you.

We'll get him out.

He's my son.

I want to go with you.

It's too risky.

I've got a picture of Jerry here.

An ID to get in the place.

We shouldn't risk any more people than we need.

Well, don't forget Tara's care package.

So you ready to go get some rest?

I won't sleep.

Would you walk with me?

Just for a few minutes?

Why not?

You know, I was more than just a little disappointed the way that you took off

out of town right after Michael's funeral.

I had to get away.

Away from the memories.

Away from you, Hawk.

You used to pin me without accusing a stare of yours.

So I went to San Francisco, bought into a small import-export business, and

eventually ended up running the place.

Never remarried?

Marriage was not one of my priorities.

I had to start a new life, build up a business.

Raise a son?

That's not fair.

You were always really good at looking out for number one.

Looks like you still are.

Don't you know there's only one thing on this earth that would make me come

crawling back to you?

And that's Terry.

I remember when you thought she was public enemy number one.

Part of me still does.

When I've seen her again, I kind of think I was a little hard on her.

Bartender.

Adelante.

You sent for me?

Our new prisoner, Haynes.

What about him?

He has a visitor.

Uncle?

Requests for visitations have to be made in advance.

In writing.

Ah, he has come a long way.

Let's go.

Hey, your

uncle wants to see you.

My uncle?

What's the matter? You don't recognize him about my beard?

Come on, give your Uncle Tim a big hug.

So long as Mother sent me.

Uncle Tim, what a surprise.

You, uh... Think we could have a private minute here? Just the two of us?

Thanks.

Who are you?

Stringfellow Hawk.

I'm a friend of your father's. And your mother's. My father?

I'll tell you about that later.

Now listen close.

We're gonna break you out of here.

You're putting me on.

No. How many times a day are you in this yard?

Three times. Once after each meal.

What times exactly?

Nine, one, and six.

All right, tomorrow.

And listen careful. Tomorrow, 1.15.

I'm gonna land a helicopter right over there.

Helicopter? You're serious.

I'm out there because I like the ambience. Now listen to me careful.

About five seconds.

1.15 exactly.

Here it comes.

Tell your mother.

Thanks for coming.

So, Uncle Tim, what news you gonna take out of Santa Paula?

News?

About your nephew.

Heard that he's well.

Good.

If that's what you'll say...

then he might stay well.

Kate will bring the other helicopter in about a half hour before we start.

That's where you and Kate will stand by while we go in and get Terry.

I want to go with you. I mean, what if something goes wrong? What if he's hurt?

We can handle anything like that.

I need Dom to operate the in-flight systems and be a backup pilot, or else

he wouldn't even go in.

I can't just sit out there in the boondocks doing nothing.

Well, String's right, ma'am.

You see, uh...

If you come along, we're just going to have to worry about looking after you

instead of doing our real job, rescuing your son.

What you say makes sense, but I just hate feeling useless.

We've got your work cut out for you once we get Terry back across the border.

Sure, by tomorrow afternoon, we'll all be home safe and sound.

To tomorrow afternoon.

Now, Gentry, you're coming with me.

The second I tell you, take a grab on my arm, and if there's any run left in

you... There's enough run to get me out of here.

He's gonna make us all get sick and we're all gonna die.

Look, here's some cigarettes, some candy.

Here's some money.

Just leave us alone, okay?

Hey, we took a vote.

We kill him before he kills us. You can't kill a man for no reason.

Hey, we got reason. We don't like him.

I think Mendez cares.

He doesn't care.

He doesn't like you either.

I got a good idea.

You kill him in bed tonight.

Choke him so I don't have to touch him.

Okay, okay, I'll do it. Just leave us alone, okay?

Come on, man. You ain't got the stomach for it.

Rollis, I got strong hands.

Get him out of his misery.

No, you can't do this.

Take him off the top.

Well, Uncle Tim, welcome back home.

This time you'll be staying longer.

You still think you're Haynes' uncle?

I think not.

I don't like to talk to myself.

Make me feel lonely.

Maybe if you found some manners, you might have more friends.

Your aircraft.

Looked very expensive.

Very modern.

That tells me Haines is well-connected, as you Americans say.

That worries me.

It should.

It's so unfair.

Just a poor, small... civil servant doing my job.

I don't want to become the victim of, uh, what?

Politics?

Who would go to such lengths to save this simpering little gringo?

People in high places, huh?

Well,

I'm gonna keep you here for a while.

Till your trial.

Maybe I can persuade you to be more talkative.

You three are so attached to each other, you should be together.

It'll look so good.

I got nothing to say to you, kid.

Listen, I'm sorry it all went sour.

Sorry, Al.

You hung me out to dry.

I got you guys checked out of your rooms and I covered your tracks.

Dom, I think maybe we should contact the firm for some help.

Are you kidding?

That's too risky, Kate. What we're doing here is absolutely illegal.

I mean, we're way out on a long limb here.

Then what, what are we going to do?

We're going to get ourselves out, and fast.

You know, it's not going to take much checking to know that those Anglos with

the helicopter were involved with that rescue attempt.

Oh, God.

Terry was holding the wolves at bay before this happened. Can you imagine

what he's going through now?

Don't you mean what they're going through?

Okay.

You know I mean Hawk, too.

I've got to get into that prison.

Yeah, but how?

They're not going to want to see another one of Terry's uncles or Hawk's friends.

I know, I know.

I can't go in there to see them specifically.

Once I got in...

I'd have to make it appear like it was incidental. You know what I mean?

You mean we.

We?

Come on, Kate.

It's hard enough for a man to get in there, but a woman?

And you say you are from where?

Lucia della Santini, north di Napoli. Italy?

Si. Yes.

So far from home?

Well, the whole world is our home, and everybody in the whole world is our

family.

And you are here to do what exactly?

We have come to plant the seeds of love with our fratelli.

There are more stones than seeds in this place.

Which means they must need us very much.

Father, I don't mind your visiting us, but I can't send a young woman like this

into a prison yard.

Begging your pardon, sir, but I'm no young woman. I'm a nun.

I've not to fear from the likes of them that are incarcerated here.

I thought you were both from Italy.

Oh, so we are, yes, indeed. Well, you see, I came to Naples three years ago.

For, you see, Ireland is the only country in the world that produces more

nuns and priests than it needs.

Catholic clergy are Ireland's largest export, don't you know? We're all over

the world.

But this is a prison, sister.

Some of these men have not seen a woman in years.

But don't you know I was the only girl raised among eight brothers?

I can take care of meself.

But if you're worried, I'm sure this fine gentleman would escort me and

preserve me from harm.

Wouldn't you now?

See to it, Mendez, eh?

Yes, Comandante.

I would like to have a talk with you first.

Privately.

Excuse, eh? Excuse.

Concerning that incident yesterday.

Yes, I'm writing a report.

I was thinking, you were looking for an excuse to go to the capital for a few

days. Yes.

Yes, I could report the incident personally, could I not? Why not?

Yes, why not?

Give me the candy bar, kid.

Well, he speaks.

Give me the chocolate.

Amigo, do you have candy?

As you see.

I know you're not too thrilled with me, but giving the candy away was a little

petty.

Look, I can't change what happened yesterday.

He sure as hell could have prevented it.

Look, they were about to kill Gentry. I had to try to get him out of here.

You shouldn't have changed signals without telling us.

Listen, there are some real crazies in there.

They're afraid that Gentry's going to infect them. They threatened to kill him

and me.

They just threatened her. You caved in. Oh, okay, so I'm not a hero.

You know, kid, I never asked you to be a hero.

But I did expect you to live up to your agreement.

Maybe you expected too much.

Well, let's put it this way.

You're not what I expected of your father's son.

That's the second time you've mentioned my father.

Yeah, it'll be the last.

Meaning what?

I'm being watched, so let's make it fast.

First,

repeat the rules at bay.

Second, any more brilliant ideas?

How about no more frontal assaults?

Agreed.

Listen, I've got an idea.

I'm gonna need some cover.

Well, speak, brother.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. Hey, sis, I think I need some personal

counseling. How about it, huh?

Show some respect, Sanders.

She's only my protection.

Or it's the hot box.

It's all right.

There's no need to be defending me. Just please forgive him as I forgive him.

What a fine figure you cut in that uniform, Captain.

That shirt, it's so beautiful.

It wouldn't by any chance be Irish linen now, would it?

I think not.

Ah, more's the pity.

Any questions?

No. I'll take care of it.

The timing's got to be perfect. So remember, those lights go on exactly one

half hour before sunset.

I'll be there.

Until tomorrow.

Go in peace, Padre.

Yeah, sure.

Bless you, my children.

Bless you.

Thank you for allowing us to tend to our flock.

What is your interest in those three?

Senor?

You were a long time with them.

Who? What they seem to be in need.

Americanos, you know.

I see.

I think your time for visitation is over, padre.

Grazie. Thank you. Thank you. Adio. Thank you.

Adio. Come along, sister.

Ernesto.

Adio.

Thank you, my son, and bless you.

If he sees that, your friends aren't gonna get out of here alive.

Get him inside.

I said get him inside!

Thursday morning, the Comandante leaves for the capital at St. Louis.

By the time he returns, if you haven't told me who you are, who sent you,

and why, the Comandante will find you all the

unfortunate victims of violence.

Do you believe I'm serious, Uncle Tim?

Oh, yes, sir.

I'm not a man to be taken lightly.

Especially when I feel threatened.

That's your fan?

Yeah.

Paid a hundred bucks for it.

That's too bad.

I'm gonna have to leave.

I don't suppose you trust me enough to tell me what you're doing.

Nope.

I did screw everything up.

Sentry was telling me about how you tried to save him.

I owed him.

The first two weeks were a nightmare.

I was a basket case, a walking dead man.

Sentry took me aside and he showed me how he survived here for almost ten

years.

call a survivor.

Yeah.

You know what he does?

He's got himself a few acres of scrubland in West Texas.

He builds himself a ranch there.

Up here in his mind.

Where the fences go, how big to build a barn, what color the horses are.

I figured maybe if I got him out with me... You'd get him back to Texas, huh?

You might still be able to.

We've got to get out of here somehow. I'm sure not staying.

How? I've got a plan.

What kind of physical shape are you in?

Your brother told me about your condition.

Condition?

Your heart.

There's nothing wrong with my heart.

There's nothing wrong with my heart. I had a little touch of rheumatic fever

when I was a kid. I faded years ago.

In case you hadn't noticed, my mother is a bright and clever lady.

But you have to dance to her tune.

She gets it her way, even if it means bending the truth a little sometimes.

And you've been dancing?

All my life.

I've sometimes wondered, was my father like her?

Your father was...

One of my very best friends.

He was the greatest.

He was a really stand-up guy.

He liked him.

He liked you.

Muevense, ándale pronto, y cállense!

Ándale pronto!

Buenos dias, senor. Do you speak any English?

Si, si. Muy good.

It's okay, kiddo.

come on soon I got an idea

what

are you doing here

just dreaming

I was thinking about what you told me the other night.

I meant what I said.

Yeah.

I'm sure you did.

And you've decided to tell me?

I'm dead!

I'm dying!

I'm busted inside!

Thank you.

God bless you.

What do you say, Kate?

All aboard.

Let's go home, Dom.

Hi.

I don't know what to say to you.

Yeah, I gotta say anything.

He was worth saving.

Well, thanks to you, I spoke to Mr. Coldsmith Briggs, and he feels he can

help clear Terry of his conviction and punish the people responsible.

Yeah, Michael can usually do anything he puts his mind to.

It's gonna take some time, though.

Yes, that's what he said.

Well, Terry, we must go.

Uh, Hawk and I are gonna fly Gentry to Texas.

No, no, that's out of the question.

Gentry's a friend of mine.

I'll be with String.

What do you say?

I wouldn't mind the company.

In fact, he kind of reminds me of an old friend I had one time.

Well, all right.

Phone me when you get there.

Thanks for everything.

All these years, and I was so wrong about you.

We got a lot of catching up to do one of these days.

She actually treated me like an adult.

Yeah. Now you gotta live up to it.

Come on, Boudreaux. Pull up your bootstraps and tuck in your shirt. We're

flying to Texas.

And there's no speed limits up there.

Good, because I've had plenty of law enforcement for one lifetime.

All right.