All language subtitles for PARALLAX VIEW, THE [1974] - Warren Beatty

We have Senator Carroll with us today
to celebrate Independence Day.

And he is an independent politician.

In fact, so independent that some say they
don't know which party he does belong to.

Austin Tucker.

Austin is with us today as
the political adviser to Senator Carroll.

Austin, we hear, or people say,

that there is some possibility you want to
get the nomination for Senator Carroll.

Oh, well, I think we're jumping
the gun there, Ms. Carter.

- I also hear...
- He's not running for any other office.

- He's concentrating on the one he has now.
- Ah...

Here come Senator Carroll
and Mrs. Carroll.

He really looks terrific.

Happy Fourth of July, everybody!

Happy Independence for us all! Okay.

He is the ideal father,
if you're young enough.

The ideal husband, if you're old enough.

And I guess the ideal leader
of our country,

so says Austin Tucker, if you're any age.

- Ah, yes. Lee, how are you?
- Senator Carroll. Just fine, thank you.

Welcome to our city.
How do you do? How are you?

You all look just as wonderful
as you do in all your photographs.

- How do you manage that, always smiling?
- Well, I'll tell you.

We're very happy
and that means smiling faces.

And I'm happy to be with my constituents
on such a wonderful day, Independence Day.

- Thank you very much, everybody!
- Thank you.

Thanks, everybody!

You need a ribbon.

- I'm with her.
- Ma'am, is he with you?

No.

All right, we'll try to make it.
Schedule time. You never know about this.

How are you?

Ed, how are you, sir? Good to see you.

You're looking very good, Ed.
Thanks very much.

Hello, how are you?

But I fouled up on that one, didn't I?

And I know a little bit about
your background, your lovely family.

I'll have a scotch and water.

Ladies and gentlemen, my wife Kit and I

would thank you very much for inviting us
here today, this Independence Day.

Independence Day is very meaningful to me

because sometimes I've been called
too independent for my own good.

Move back, everybody...

Ladies and gentlemen, you've been invited
here today for the official announcement

of the inquiry into the death
of Senator Charles Carroll.

This is an announcement,
not a press conference.

Therefore, there will be no questions.

A complete transcript of the investigation

is being prepared for publication
on March 1st.

At that time, the committee will hold
a full-scale press conference.

After nearly four months of investigation,

followed by nine weeks of hearings,

it is the conclusion of this committee

that Senator Carroll was assassinated
by Thomas Richard Linder.

It is our further conclusion
that he acted entirely alone,

motivated by a misguided
sense of patriotism

and a psychotic desire
for public recognition.

The committee wishes to emphasize

that there is no evidence
of any wider conspiracy.

No evidence whatsoever.

It's our hope that this will put an end

to the kind of irresponsible
and exploitive speculation

conducted by the press in recent months.

As I've said,
the complete text of the hearings,

which provides the basis
for the committee's findings,

will be published March 1st.

When you have had a chance
to examine the evidence,

you will have every opportunity

to ask those questions
which remain unanswered,

if there are any.

That is all. Thank you.

...a thousand dollars.

But that's just the beginning,
because you could win this! Take a look.

- Oh!
- Oh, Wendy.

We are just starting with you.

Because the package you pick
might contain this check for...

Excuse me, but my parrot is loose
on your back porch.

- Your what?
- My parrot. I wonder if I could...

He's gonna get away.

- What are you talking about?
- My parrot. It's very sick.

And if I could just go through here...

Let him go look for his parrot.

I haven't seen any parrot around here.

Well, I know. He's hiding.

Freeze! Police officers.
Where's the stuff?

- Wendy hits the $25,000...
- Check that, will you?

Okay, remember now, he said

you've won an all-expense-paid trip
to British Columbia!

All right, Frady, you're under arrest.

You didn't see us, did you, Frady?

I saw you all right,
but I've never seen those two before.

- What are you talking about?
- You looking for dope?

Maybe somebody could make a charge.

Maybe one of your men
could tell me what I'm in here for.

- Destruction of property, trespassing...
- Me, destruction of property?

- Endangering lives of private citizens...
- I can't believe I...

Hold it, goddamn it!

I wanna get something straight
around here, just in front of these pe--

Is there anybody in this room who can say
that I broke into that house,

I was waving my gun around,
and I threw the man's wife on the floor?

'Cause if you can, I'd like you to do it
in front of your watch commander, huh?

- Shit.
- What were you doing there?

- What was I doing there?
- Yes, Joe. What were you doing there?

I can't believe you.

You know that these assholes have been
after me for six weeks for my sources...

He went up to perfect strangers

and told them that
he was looking for his parrot.

My parrot, that's right.

Can you imagine that kind of nerve?

Can I imagine that kind of nerve?

Wait, you're saying,
can I imagine that kind of nerve?

- Can I imagine that kind of nerve?
- Joe.

You thought you'd teach 'em a lesson, huh?

These guys? I don't think I could teach
'em anything, but I may be wrong.

Look, why don't you go out
and bust up a Keno game,

do something worthwhile,
for Christ's sake?

You two-bit Vice Squad,
you're not only dumb, you're dirty.

Look at your shirt.

Get your goddamn hands off,
you son of a bitch!

- Hold it, hold it, hold it.
- You're not even...

Do I post bail?

What the fuck for?
There's not even a charge here.

Malicious mischief,
obstructing justice, vandalism.

Isn't that good enough?
I'll forget the whole thing, Bill,

if you'll just get him out of here
and shut him up, or both.

Malicious mischief,
obstructing justice and vandalism.

Come on, Joe.

- It isn't good enough.
- Joe, come on.

You're enjoying yourself, aren't you?

You gotta admit it's funny.

It makes me laugh.

But I don't think it's funny.

What's that supposed to mean?

Have you ever laughed at a comedian
when he pretended to stutter?

There's nothing funny about
a man who stutters, but people laugh.

They're amused.

But they're not happy about it.

You're not gonna print this?

Hmm?

You're not gonna print it?

Not only am I not going to print it,

but this is the end of your series
on local drug problems.

We're in the business
of reporting the news, not creating it.

Joe.

Joe, we went through all this
six years ago.

When I agreed to take you back in January,
I made two suggestions.

One was about your drinking.

Well, you seem to have licked that.

The other was that you curb your talent
for creative irresponsibility.

You can start working on that right now.

You're really tired, aren't you?

Joe.

Go home.

Go to a movie. Relax.

Come back tomorrow
and do a nice, dull piece

on the Parks and Recreation hearings.

That is, if you feel this job
is interesting enough to stick with it.

Hi, Joe, I got a hot one for you.
Lee Carter called.

Four times.
She must want it pretty bad, eh?

Did you clean up the room, Schecter?

Sure. I got some mail for you too.

I hope I'm not interrupting.

- You've been calling me?
- A lot.

Any particular reason?

Somebody's trying to kill me.

Oh, somebody besides yourself?

How can you say that? I've never tried
to kill myself successfully.

Last time you were here,
I think you lost your cat

and I had to find it under the freeway.

I haven't lost my cat.

Yeah, and there was the time before that,
it was your husband.

You may find this difficult to accept,
but I'm terrified.

I think, if memory serves me, you were
always terrified about something or other.

I think it was that some guy
might come up and attack you in bed?

Not as long as you were there.

Okay.

Here.

Hey. Now, why are you here this time?

I told you. Somebody's trying to kill me.

Oh, Jesus.

Somehow, I don't think
I should be looking at this.

- Just look.
- What?

Oh, come on, I looked at this until
I was blue in the face three years ago.

Since the assassination,

six of these people have died
in some kind of an accident.

Four. Look, nobody's trying
to kill you, huh?

These people were killed.

And whoever killed them
is going to try to kill me.

Austin Tucker thinks so too.

Austin thinks that maybe
we all saw something up there.

Yeah, well, we did see something
up there, didn't we?

- No, I mean something else!
- What did he mean by something else?

Has he ever indicated
what he means by that?

Has he ever indicated that he saw anything

other than what was
in the commission report?

- No.
- Nothing?

- No.
- Did you see anything up there?

- No.
- Well, neither did I.

And believe me, I looked. We all looked.

You mean, if you didn't see it,
it's not there?

No, I didn't say that. It's just that
I know all about these accidents.

Ralph Scaletta was a known lush. He hit
a piling on the George Washington Bridge.

He killed three other people with him.

Joy Holder died of anaphylactic shock when
the doctor gave her the wrong antibiotic.

Herbert Moon burned himself up
in bed smoking,

which his girlfriend
always told him he was gonna do.

And Harry Lutz had a heart attack.

Harry Lutz was 40 years old.
That's too young to have a heart attack.

- No, it's not.
- He was thin.

- He was in terrific condition.
- Ah, bullshit.

He found out his wife
was banging her psychiatrist,

and on the same day, a bulldozer
accidentally knocked over half his house.

Come on, he was lucky to last that long.
That's future shock, Lee.

You no longer believe there was another
assassin involved in shooting Carroll?

That's right. But it was an explanation.

People were crazy
for any kind of explanation then.

Every time you turned around,
some nut was knocking off

- one of the best men in the country.
- Okay.

Okay.

But there's six out of 18 dead.

- Four.
- That was the last time you looked.

Since then, Norman Lomax has died.

And now Arthur Bridges.

What are you talking about?

A fishing accident?
Where the hell is Salmontail?

Salmontail is where Austin Tucker is now.
I tried to reach him.

Well, why don't you call him?

Salmontail looks like a small town.

- Take me. Take me there.
- No.

We could catch a plane
and we could be there this evening.

- Mm-mmm. No, Lee.
- Please!

Call him up. It's a fishing accident.

You wanna hear about my day?
I got some real problems.

You son of a bitch!

You don't care!

Hey, don't do this.

Hey...

Lee...

There was enough alcohol
and barbiturates in her bloodstream

to have killed her
if she'd fallen asleep in bed,

let alone at the wheel of a car.

Now, would you call that
a possible homicide?

Face it, some people want to die.

Excuse me.

All right, wait till the cars
come to a complete stop.

That's it. Hop right in there.
Separate seats now. Separate seats.

I want you to read what is over the cars.

"Please keep hands and feet in
when cars are moving."

Right.

Okay, Frady, what do you know?

- Hey, Will, tell me something, will you?
- Anything.

You still got access to FBI files?

Well, I'll tell you
how the FBI feels about me.

Ah, recently, they took my name
off the roster of ex-agents.

So now, not only am I not an agent,
I'm not even an ex-agent.

I'm a non ex-agent.

Is it possible to kill somebody

and make it look like
they had a heart attack?

Sure. They got a pill for it.
It's called PEP.

- PEP?
- Yeah, Pulmonary Embolism Pill.

It creates an embolism,

but the actual cause of death
is more like a biochemical...

Look, you're not a chemist. The man ends
up looking like his heart attacked him.

- What do you know?
- I don't know what I know.

Come on. Come on, what do you know?

Does Macy's tell Gimbels?

What I know is I need a good alias
and I need a good ID.

What kind of an ID?

Gotta be a hostile misfit.

For that, you don't need an ID.

You still got your friends on the force
down in El Monte?

Before we get to El Monte...

The minute you know what's going on here,
I wanna know.

And I want you to promise me.

I promise.

All right, I think I got a guy for you.

Sunshine Homes hired me to investigate him

when he was doing
a night watchman job for them.

He was overreacting in a very big way.
He's a real nut.

- Richard Partun.
- Richard Partun?

Richard Partun.

Get a fake ID for him too,

to make it look like
he's trying to hide something.

That way, if they investigate the first,

they won't be so careful on the second.

Should look like a guy
who's ashamed of something,

something he doesn't want anybody to know.

I'll tell you what let's do.
Let's make him a weenie-wagger.

- A weenie-wagger?
- Yeah, a weenie-wagger.

Anybody would be ashamed of that.
Besides, you look a bit like a flasher.

Hold onto your neighbor, folks.

It's happy hour in Salmontail.

And we're here to play a little music
and have a lot of fun.

This boy goes into a bar
down in Texas, see,

and he goes up to the bartender
and he says,

"Give me 12 bourbon and waters."

- All at one time?
- Yeah, all at one time.

And the bartender goes,
"That's a lot of bourbon and waters."

And the bartender says...

No, I'll catch it.

- Think your date just come in, L.D.
- I think you're terrible.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- My name's Gale.
- How are you, Gale?

- Fine. What can I fix you?
- I...

How about a martini?
You know what they say about martinis?

They say that a martini
is like a woman's breast:

one ain't enough and three is too many.

- That's an amazing joke, Gale.
- Yeah. What can I get you?

- I'll just have a glass of milk.
- Okay. You're the healthy type, huh?

How are you?

Can I buy you a drink, miss?

For a moment, I thought you were a man.

But you aren't, are you?

No, I'm a girl.

Why don't you go right over there
and tell those people that, real loud?

Don't touch me unless you love me.

I told you to go over there to that table

and tell those people who you really are.

Now, you don't want me
to ask you again now, do you?

Come on, get up. I'll buy you a drink.

You just come over here
and sit down. You're all right, son.

Listen, you wouldn't be offended
if I called the police, would you?

No, but you don't have to call very far,
because Red's a deputy.

If that isn't good enough,
I'm the sheriff.

You got some interesting ideas
about law enforcement.

Should've stopped the fight. I would have
if you'd have been getting whipped,

but I dearly love seeing
ol' Red get stomped.

- He's your deputy?
- Well, you see, he's my sister's boy.

Had to do something nice for her.

He's so damn mean, he can't get along
with anybody else. He's dumb.

He's a real turkey. You know,
you move his plate five inches,

that boy's gonna starve to death.

He's all right. He does that all the time.

This is Gale, this is Shirley.
You met Red.

Now, where are you from, son?

Jesus.

Your friend Austin Tucker's long gone.

Did he think that Bridges' drowning
was something besides an accident?

I don't know. What do you think?

That's the river, that's the dam.

Now you open up that dam, and that water
is gonna come down there like a wall.

If you're standing where Bridges was,
you're gonna drown.

And I don't care if you've been
fishing up there for 50 years.

But isn't there a warning system or does
the power company love a good surprise?

They got sirens and bells and signs all
over the place and they got a watchman.

Yeah?

- There might be just something there.
- Where?

The watchman. Buster Himan.

Hell, I've known Buster
for a long time.

I got no reason to doubt him.

No, go ahead.

Well, this might not have
anything to do with anything,

but old Buster showed up
with a brand-new shotgun.

- Maybe we ought to talk to him.
- I'd like to do it kinda casual.

He's up at the dam in the afternoons.

I'll take you right to the spot
where it happened.

You might like to even get in
a little fishing.

- Did you come up with anything?
- Nothing but fish. How about you?

I've found out a couple of things, but...
Here, I've brought you some lunch.

Aw.

You are aces with me.

Look at this. What did you find out?

- That's the warning, huh?
- Yeah, that's it.

Bridges couldn't hear that?

My mother could've heard it,
and she's been dead a long time.

Hey, L.D., what's the news
on your friend Buster?

Actually, there just ain't no Buster.

Yeah? Gale! You want L.D.?

Drowned in what?
The car's right out front.

You gotta be kidding.

Who found the body?

Charley, it's Red.

Yeah, somebody's broken
into L.D.'s house and stole his car.

Get over to the intersection of
Mountain and Main and just cut him off...

Okay, Red, we're on our way.

We got him cut off.

You've been drinking again, haven't you?

Tell the truth, Joe.

Come in, Stanley.

The thought of covering
that city council meeting

was just too much for you, wasn't it?

Here, keep the change.

And close the door.

Somebody's systematically knocking
off witnesses to that assassination,

and you don't care.

Sure, I care.
I care about my kids' future,

I care about this newspaper,
I care about my pension, my golf handicap.

I've even been known to care about you
sometimes, you ungrateful bastard.

Here, drink your coffee.

Here. Take it!

Shit.

Joe, what evidence have we got?

A girl who died
of too many pills and booze.

That sheriff up there
that you say tried to kill you,

and the poor bastard drowns.

I got a bank book here
with $107,000 in it.

A sheriff? The police are after me.

Then why is there no APB on you?
I checked as soon as you called me.

They're not interested in you.
They all say it was an accident.

- They don't wanna answer questions.
- You're damn right they don't.

Sheriff L.D. Wicker and two of his
deputies were indicted three months ago

on a utilities scandal up there.

It was in every paper in the Northwest.

He knew you were a reporter,

but it wasn't any national conspiracy
he was covering up.

You were in a whole different ball game
and you didn't even know it.

You remember four years ago, you were sure
you'd caught the state senator's bagman,

and it turned out to be
his nephew's bookie?

Joe, you go on like this,

you're gonna make
a real horse's ass of yourself.

- He didn't know I was a reporter.
- How do you know they didn't know?

'Cause I didn't tell him.
I didn't give him my name.

- Did you register at a hotel? Yeah.
- Yeah, under a phony name.

Oh, boy, you amaze me. You go expecting
these things to happen and they do.

Just advance me two weeks' salary.

- For what?
- I gotta find Austin Tucker.

If anybody knows
anything about this, he does.

I won't advance you a dime.

I don't care if your self-serving ambition

gets you a paperback sale
and the Pulitzer Prize,

I'm not gonna have
anything more to do with it.

- Joe...
- Can't help it.

I know.

Good shot.
Good shot. You got a point.

Not bad. Not bad, Riggsy.

That's good.

- Hey, babe, you're all right.
- Winning, huh?

Winning? I'm beating the shit out of him.

I'm Schwartzkopf, this is Riggs.

Harry Nelson. I sent those vocational
tests up to the the psych department.

- They said they gave them to you?
- Yeah.

Where'd you get those tests?

We establish a center
for the study of violence,

the university sends us every nut in town.

- They get mean?
- Yeah. Vicious.

One of them bit the ear off
a colleague of mine.

It was okay, though.
We sewed it back on. Most of it, that is.

Happy to hear about that.

Listen,

I'm not sure whoever made this out
knew what they were after.

How you doing, Ernie?

It seems to be directing it

toward trying to pull out anger,
repression, frustration, stuff like that.

You think it could pick up
potentially homicidal characteristics?

You mean a killer? Yeah, sure.

Would you be willing to sit down with me
and go through that test

and tell me what answers would come
from a highly violent personality?

Yeah, I'd be willing, but it probably
wouldn't do much good.

This stuff's pretty sophisticated.

It's a lot different than my stuff.

It's not any better,
but it would be difficult.

Fuck it. We'll let Ernie take it.

He'll blow 'em right off the graph.

He hacked up his great-aunt and killed
two ticket-takers at the auto show.

Ernie?

Come here, Bob. Come on.

Ernie, I'd like you to meet somebody.

What was your name again?

Nelson. Harry Nelson.

Harry Nelson, Ernie.

Joe Frady?
You're looking for Austin Tucker?

Well, do you wanna see him?

Leave your car here.

One more thing.

- I have to do a skin search.
- A what?

You're gonna strip
and I'm gonna search you.

Are you out of your fucking mind?

Now, look, pal.
That's the way Mr. Tucker wants it.

And if I don't see you, you don't see him.

All right?

All right, Mr. Frady.

- Who sent you to look for me?
- Nobody sent me to look for you.

Now, look...

I've come 1,300 miles to get
a straight answer to that question.

- My life is in danger just being here.
- He wants to know who really sent you.

- Nobody sent me to look for you.
- Keep your voice down, hmm?

I'm telling you, nobody sent me
to look for you. I'm a writer...

Stop acting like you're
on The New York Times, for Christ's sake.

You're a third-rate journalist from Oregon
or wherever the hell you're from.

You've been asking questions about me
and things you know nothing about.

There were two attempts made on my life
before I got out of here.

I don't know what you want,
but if it's money...

I'll give you $10,000
to keep me out of it.

You don't mention my name.
You don't come looking for me.

All I want is to stay out of it.

Sorry, Mr. Tucker,
you've got information I need.

Money doesn't mean anything to me.

This story's gonna mean more to me
than $10,000.

Fella, you don't know
what this story means.

We better talk.

Have you seen this photograph?

It was taken on the Space Needle that day.

There's me, Lee, Bridges...

You know that man?

- What do you mean, the waiter?
- Yeah. You know his name?

- No, why?
- Just curious.

Lee. Bridges.

Joy Holder.

Lutz.

Herbie.

Who would have thought, huh?

Sorry, Bill.
I didn't mean to scare you like that.

You're supposed to be dead.

Goddamn it.

You could have called me.

I was scared shitless
they'd think I was still alive.

- You mean nobody knows?
- Nobody but you.

- Hey, Bill, what's that?
- Tomorrow's lead.

I'm demanding a reopening
of the Carroll investigation.

- Who are you calling?
- The police, the FBI, CIA, somebody.

Bill... don't do it.

- You suggesting they're involved?
- No.

Or that they covered up
on their original investigation?

Well, there is a natural bureaucratic
tendency to cover up mistakes,

but beyond that, I got no reason to think
any governmental agency was in on it.

Or if they were,
that they knew they were in on it.

If you want to use the FBI or the CIA,

you don't have to infiltrate
the whole agency to do it.

At first I thought these killings were
related only to the Carroll assassination.

It's much bigger than that.

Whoever's behind this is
in the business of recruiting assassins.

- Recruiting assassins?
- Mm.

I think I got
some of their entrance exams.

If I'm right, I'm gonna enlist.

If you print anything now,
I'll be exposed.

You're telling me that you alone can
uncover what all these agencies couldn't?

Maybe. I'm just asking you not
to print anything or talk about this

till I get more specific evidence.

If you do, you'll just blow my chance
to find out who's behind it.

What do you expect me to print?

My obituary.

I wanna pre-date a will,
I wanna name you as executor.

Something informal. I'd like you to
go out to my motel, pick up my things

and give them to the Salvation Army
or whatever.

Make a big show out of it.

I'm dead, Bill, and I just wanna
stay that way for a while.

It's about $340. It's all I've got here.

You're gonna need the money.

I hope you know
how to take care of yourself.

I hope you know
how to take care of yourself.

You're gonna be the only person
who knows what I'm doing.

- Who is it?
- Richard Paley?

- Who is it?
- Are you Richard Paley?

Who?

Who wants him?

Congratulations, Richard.

You had some very interesting scores
on the first series of tests for Parallax.

- Testing for what?
- The Parallax Corporation.

You did apply for our training,
didn't you?

Oh, Christ, that.

As you know, Parallax receives demands
from all phases of industry.

Demands for unusual personnel.

If you qualify, and we think that you can,

we're prepared to offer you the most
lucrative and rewarding work of your life.

And what do you get out of it?

We receive a sort of finder's fee.

As I said, the jobs are difficult to fill.

- How tall are you?
- 6'2".

What kind of jobs you talking about?

I think whatever you're cooking
on that stove is burning.

You might as well come in.

Oh, I'm Jack. Jack Younger.

But we do like to be on a first-name basis

with any of our potential candidates
as soon as possible.

You look taller than 6'2".

What the fuck does my height
have to do with anything?

Put some ice on it.
It'll stop the sting and the blister.

Your tests suggest
that you have remarkable talents.

Yeah? What do you mean by "talents"?

You have difficulty
holding onto a job, don't you?

I don't know,
I just don't like to take a lot of shit,

so people say I got antisocial tendencies.

Right.

Tell me, has it ever crossed your mind

that maybe it's everybody else's problem
that they don't get along with you?

Why?

Because, you see,
the very quality that gets you in trouble

is what makes you potentially invaluable.

- What's that?
- Your aggressiveness.

- My aggressiveness?
- Right.

Look, I don't wanna intrude on you
while you're eating.

Get in touch with me personally
if you'd like to go further.

It's been a pleasure, Richard.

Welcome to the testing room

of the Parallax Corporation's
Division of Human Engineering.

You will now please cross to the chair.

And you will sit down.

Make yourself comfortable.

And be sure to place
each one of your hands

on the box on either side of the chair...

making sure that each one of your fingers
is on one of the white rectangles.

Just sit back. Nothing is required of you,

except to observe the visual materials
that are presented to you.

Be sure to keep your fingers
on the box at all times.

All right. We hope you find the test
a pleasant experience.

You will please proceed to our offices.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Senator, here's an editorial
even you can't figure out.

Here's your drink, Senator Gillingham.

This comparison between
you and Carroll is nonsense.

That you're following in his footsteps...

I'm sorry, sir,
you'll have to go back to coach.

Point is, he doesn't like Hammond
any better than he likes you.

You're too strong on one side,
Hammond's too strong on the other.

Your name, sir?

Paley. Richard Paley.

Is that P-A-I-L-E-Y?

- It's P-A-L-E-Y.
- You'll be returning with us?

- Is Denver your final destination?
- Yeah.

That'll be 68.64.

68.64?

Out of 70.

- What would you like to drink?
- Just a Coke.

Thanks.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me. Ma'am?
Would you like something to drink?

May I have your attention, please?

Due to technical difficulties,
we will be returning to Los Angeles.

We regret any inconvenience
this may cause you. Thank you.

Passengers disembarking
from Globe Airlines Flight 451

will be met by airport security.

We regret any further delay that may be
caused by the necessary investigation.

All efforts will be made to have you
airborne again as quickly as possible.

Passengers disembarking
from Globe Airlines Flight 451

will be met by airport security.

We regret any further delay
that may be caused...

Hello.

We've already received an offer
for your services, 25,000 a year.

- Who from?
- Manufacturers Intelligence Group.

Never heard of them.

They work out of
the Hammond building in Atlanta.

What do they want me to do?

Well, they're interested in having you
work in their security program.

- Sounds good to me.
- Good.

Just one more thing.

What's that?

Who are you?

- Who am I?
- You're not Richard Paley.

Your service records don't check.

They don't?

There was a Richard Paley
in the 1st Air Cavalry,

but among other things, he's dead.

- Gee, I'm sorry to hear that.
- So were we.

Who are you?

I don't have to tell you anything,
you know. You're not a cop.

I was getting attached to you.
I wouldn't step outside that door.

We simply have to know.

All right.

My name's Richard Partun.

Why did you want us to think
you were Richard Paley?

I needed a job.

I got into a little difficulty
down in El Monte a couple of months ago.

What kind of difficulty?

- Is that important?
- It's important.

Well, I was drinking in this bar and...

I used to drink a lot.

Next thing I know,
I'm running around a Laundromat,

only I don't have any clothes on.

And some old lady claimed
I was trying to...

- You know, molest her.
- Were you?

I don't know.
I don't know what I was doing there.

I don't remember a thing.
I don't know how I got there, nothing.

All I know is that they arrested me for...

...indecent exposure.

You know, a thing like that
can follow you around.

You try to get a job,
you're a sex offender.

- I'm no sex offender.
- No, I'm sure you're not.

You know what I think?

In that bar, they put something in my beer
that made me take off my clothes.

Well, if that's all there is to it,

we'll check it out
with the El Monte police.

It'll be no problem.

Richard.

I've tried to be a friend to you,
haven't I?

Since working at Parallax,

I've found that people
who have had real trouble in their lives,

so-called antisocial people,

if I can earn their loyalty,

I can give them a sense
of their own worth.

That's very rewarding, believe me.

I honestly think, with your nature,
you're more reliable for security work

than any semi-retired, ex-FBI agent
they can come up with.

In a risk situation,
I believe you'll go right down the line.

That's something money can't buy.

You're invaluable, Richard.

...ex-FBI agent they can come up with.

- Oh, come on, Frady.
- In a risk situation,

I believe you'll go right down the line.

That's something money can't buy.

You're invaluable, Richard.

Come in, Stanley.

There you are.

Oh, you're new, aren't you? Thanks.

It must have been 5:30.

That's when I always come in
to clean the office.

And there he was.

All the signs of a massive coronary.

- Do you know if he had a heart condition?
- I don't know.

Trusting man. He didn't even
lock the drawer he kept his money in.

I'm very pleased, Richard.

With what?

Tomorrow, you'll meet with the other
member of your team, Ben Harkins.

He'll have your assignment.

I just... What name am I supposed to use?

Richard Partun.

Don't worry, he knows all about you.

Okay.

Oh, good afternoon, Mr. Partun.
803, isn't it?

I've got the key. The guy that
just checked in, is his name Ben?

I think I was in the army with him.
I can't remember his last name.

- Harkins.
- Harkins.

It's Mr. Ben Harkins.
816, right down the hall from you.

Great.

Ben Harkins, please.

Ben Harkins.

Ben?

Uh, I got a message for you from Jack.

Don't unpack.
There's been a change in plans.

How much money you got left?

I don't know, $600, $700.

Well, there'll be another 200 at the desk.

You go back out to the airport
and take the 510 American to Honolulu.

- Honolulu?
- Not bad, huh?

Not bad at all.

Now, when you get to Honolulu,

take the first flight
to the island of Maui.

And when you get there, you rent a jeep

and you drive to a hotel
called the Hana Ranch.

Hana Ranch.

Yeah, Hana Ranch. Got it?

- Right.
- All right.

- Excuse me, is Jack Younger here?
- Mr. Younger isn't here.

Richard Partun was here. And the guy
he sent me to meet didn't show up.

Thank you.
I'll give him the message.

Okay. Settle, people. Let's work now.

While the band's getting in place, would
you please check your cards for sequence?

Check your cards carefully
for sequence, please.

I want to work smoothly,

and it'll be a clean, clear picture
when those are pulled.

I'm gonna give you a warning,
"One, two, three."

And a command, "Pull."

Okay, ready?

Okay, get your concentration here.

Work together,
make a good, clean, sharp picture.

All right, here we go.

All right. And one, two, three, pull!

One, two, three, turn!

Ready?

And one, two, three, lift!

Applause, applause, applause.
Here he comes now.

Oh, put your cards down.
Here's the man himself, Mr. Hammond.

- Mr. Hammond, quite a surprise, sir.
- Nice to see you.

Mr. Hammond, this is
Pat Fairfield, student body president.

Hi, Pat.

Marilyn Putnam,
student federation president.

Glad to know you, Marilyn.

The youth is rallying, sir.

Mr. Hammond, sir, if you wouldn't mind,
we're at that point in rehearsal

where you'll be coming in tonight,
if you wouldn't mind making your entrance.

- What I'm here for.
- Thank you.

Uh, where do I enter?

Just as you will tonight, sir,
around the table, up the stairs,

- right to the speaker stand.
- Okay.

Thank you.

Uh, card people, listen,
this is very important now.

We have a tape of the address
Mr. Hammond's going to deliver tonight.

We're gonna run that now
so you can learn your cues.

I'll be giving you cues for applause.

When he comes in now,
you greet him for everybody here.

Here he comes, making his entrance.

Let's hear it! Come on! Come on.

Here's the man, here's the man. Yeah.

All right, ladies and gentlemen,
that's the man we're working for,

that's the man the people
are coming to see tonight.

This is gonna be on television.
It's very important.

I wanna thank you kids for being here,
and the band, of course.

See you tonight. Okay?

Thank you. Thank you.

I am proud. It's great to be here tonight.

In a rich and varied life,

I can think of no occasion
that has given me more pleasure.

We all ache for the chance
to be proud again.

And I promise you I will not stop,
I will not falter...

till that march
has reached its destination,

until, like Moses, I've returned to you

the promised land of liberty
our forefathers created.

But I cannot take these honors you bestow
on me here as a personal tribute.

You are here to honor me
not as a man but as a representative...

...golf course... golf swing...

...a cause, your cause.

They're all talking about
Jack Nicklaus, Palmer.

Our cause has become the country's.

There we go.

Thank you. I am proud...

Our cause has become the country's.

My life has been blessed
with personal success,

but that is not why you are here tonight.

My life has been blessed
with opportunities for leadership...

There he is!

There he is! There he is!

I see him!

Ladies and gentlemen,
you've been invited here today

for the official announcement
of the inquiry

into the death of George Hammond.

A complete transcript of the investigation
is in preparation.

This committee has spent
nearly six months of investigation,

followed by 11 weeks of hearings.

After careful deliberation,

it has concluded that George Hammond
was assassinated by Joseph Frady.

An overwhelming body of evidence

has revealed that Frady was obsessed
with the Carroll assassination.

And in his confused and distorted mind

seems to have imagined that Hammond
was responsible for the senator's death.

He was equally convinced that Hammond
was somehow plotting to kill him.

It is for those reasons
that Frady assassinated him.

Although I'm certain that
it will do nothing

to discourage the conspiracy peddlers,

there is no evidence of a conspiracy

in the assassination of George Hammond.

Those are our findings.

The evidence will be available to you
as soon as possible.

Thank you.

This is an announcement, gentlemen.

There will be no questions.