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[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[SCREAMS]

- Phil, I was wondering if you... BOTH: Shh.

- Oh. I'm sorry, Father Dowling. MAN [ON TV]: Ha-ha-ha!

Marie, please.

You see, I get all caught up in these scary old movies,

and I haven't seen this one now since I was a little girl,

and my brothers hid in the balcony behind the seats there

in the old B and K Theater, there on 76th and Cicero.

And just when this mummy came to life,

they jumped up and scared me half to death. Ha, ha! Oh...

ANNOUNCER: Channel Three's mummy marathon

will continue in a moment.

- Father Prestwick... - Well, you know, Frank,

my family wouldn't let me see movies like this when I was a boy.

- Oh? - Yeah. My mother was afraid

I'd have bad dreams.

Of course, I had a very vivid imagination.

In fact, I remember one Halloween, there was a jack-o'-lantern...

Excuse me, Father Frank, but the car's all warmed up.

FRANK: Be right with you, Steve.

Phil, a friend of mine, Dr. Thomas Douglas,

he's given us an invitation to the patron's preview

of the new Egyptian exhibit at the museum. You wanna come along?

- The museum? - Yeah.

- Where the real mummies are, Phil. - I think I'll stay and watch the movie.

It's an absolutely fascinating movie, Frank, just fascinating.

How about you, Steve?

Did the mummies scare you when you were a little girl, hm?

Where I grew up, most guys figured if you can't outrun a mummy,

you deserve to die.

[FRANK CHUCKLES]

[MAN LAUGHING ON TV]

For heaven's sakes, what is it?

He went for a little walk. Ha-ha-ha.

You should have seen his face. Ha-ha-ha!

Marie, let's say we have some popcorn.

No, I can't leave now.

[MAN LAUGHING ON TV]

[CHATTERING]

Looks pretty real.

It is real.

According to what Tom Douglas told me a few weeks ago,

this is the actual burial chamber of Pharaoh Imhotep.

How'd they manage that, Frank?

Well, the entire tomb was sold by Egypt

to a museum in London in the late 1930s.

Then the museum sold it to us last year

and we reassembled it, stone by stone,

exactly as it was in the ancient city of Thebes,

even to the counterweighted walls and the hidden antechamber.

Hello, Father, I'm glad you could come.

- Tom Douglas, Sister Stephanie. - Hi.

Sister.

Tom is the curator of antiquities here at the museum.

Was.

The museum administrator just persuaded the board

to put me on suspension.

They call it a sabbatical for my health.

Well, you do look a little tired.

I was up all night working on a new translation.

Father, can I come to the rectory later on?

I need your advice.

And what's wrong?

I'm not sure.

I don't know. Perhaps nothing.

- We'll talk? - Of course we will.

Mm.

What was that all about, Frank?

I don't know.

Mr. Brubaker?

This tomb is part of our cultural heritage.

It belongs in Egypt.

You have no right to turn it into a circus display.

The tomb of Imhotep

is the legal property of the Chicago Museum.

Well, my government does not agree with you.

And we intend to pursue this in front of the highest authorities.

- Carson, Wolfe, show Mr. Bey out. - He was just leaving.

- Weren't you, pal? - Excuse me.

Mr. Brubaker and you, all of you,

may I remind you of the curse which states:

"He who defiles the tomb of Imhotep,

a cruel and violent death shall be his fate."

[WHISPERS] Wolfe, Carson, get him out of here.

Just leave me alone. I'm leaving.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Give me that old-time religion.

Sister Stephanie.

This place gives me the creeps.

Get a life.

February 18th, 10:13 p.m.

I don't care what Brubaker and Helen Austin say.

I am convinced the papyrus of Seth holds the key

to the secret of the pharaoh's shrine.

"Take then the symbol of Seth.

Find its perch beyond the pharaoh's sleeping brow,

yet be not false lest thou too

cross beyond to the land of the dead."

The symbol of Seth.

The ibis bird.

Seth could take the form of an ibis.

Find its perch beyond the pharaoh's sleeping brow.

[RUMBLING]

[INHALES SHARPLY]

[RUMBLING]

You have read the curse.

You dare defy it.

In the interest of science,

even if I believed in the curse, I go on with my work for the museum.

- I wonder where Tom is. ALL: Shh.

MAN 1: And we'll examine this great find together.

MAN 2: I cannot commit an act... - Which one is this?

The Mummy's Crypt, Frank.

Wasn't that the crypt in the last one?

No, that was his tomb. You know, like a pyramid.

- Thank you, Marie. ANNOUNCER: Mummy marathon.

Tom should be here by now.

What'd he wanna see you about, Frank?

- I don't know. - Maybe it had something to do with

that curse that the Egyptian guy mentioned.

Curse? What curse?

Oh, that man Bey said that there's a death curse

- on Imhotep's tomb. - Really?

There's a death curse on the princess's tomb in this movie as well.

You know, the Egyptians took that stuff very seriously, Frank.

MARIE: Personally, I think it's ridiculous.

What part, Marie, the curse or the crypt?

The whole business. You know, death curse. Heh.

What person in his right mind would be worried about that?

There are more things in heaven and earth.

[PANTING]

- Father, help me. FRANK: Tom.

Wrong... Wrong ibis.

What?

STEVE: I'm gonna call 911.

[DIALING]

Steve, he's dead.

Oh, Father Dowling, that poor man. Did he have a heart attack?

Coroner's official verdict, death by misadventure.

Yeah, but the medical examiner said that he was bitten or stung

by some kind of a scorpion or a spider or something.

He had a fatal reaction.

Oh, my God, a scorpion?

She came by while you were at the inquest.

I told her I had no idea when you were gonna be back. She insisted on staying.

Father, I'm Helen Austin.

How do you do? Uh, this is Sister Stephanie.

- Hi. - How do you do?

I'm a consultant with the museum.

Dr. Douglas and I worked together.

Was he a good friend?

Not a good friend. We used to play chess.

Well, I don't understand. Why did he come here?

I mean, you said he was stung. Why did he come to you?

Why didn't he go to a hospital?

I've been asking myself that question.

Tom told me that the museum board put him on forced sabbatical.

Yes, that's true.

- How come? - It was Kenneth Brubaker's idea.

Mr. Brubaker is head of administration for the museum.

You see, Dr. Douglas had been working so hard

getting the exhibit ready, he'd become obsessed.

About what?

Thomas was convinced that there was a secret compartment in the shrine.

Now, my findings were inconclusive.

I'm a technician. I provide the raw data

and other people make the interpretations,

like Dr. Douglas.

Did he say anything?

Nothing that made sense.

Miss Austin, if you don't mind my asking,

why are you here?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I'll get it.

- Hello. - Um, I'm looking for Father Dowling.

Helen?

AUSTIN: I was just leaving.

Thank you so much for your time, Father. Kenneth.

I'm Father Dowling. You must be Mr. Brubaker.

- Yes. - This is Sis...

Professor Austin, what did she want?

You're gonna have to ask her yourself.

Um, I missed the inquest,

but I understand that Dr. Douglas was with you when he died.

- Yes, he was. - Did he, um...? Did he say anything?

Did he, uh, have anything with him?

Um, papers, notes?

Excuse me.

Mr. Brubaker, I'm just a simple parish priest,

so I hope you'll forgive me for asking an obvious question.

Why are you here?

Just curious.

Um, I have an appointment.

Thank you, Father Dowling. Thank you.

Frank, why didn't you tell Brubaker about this thing?

Douglas had it with him when he died.

Helen Austin and Brubaker seem less interested in Tom's death

than what Tom might have told me.

And maybe the reason is in this package.

So Douglas was bitten by some kind of a bug, right?

- Mm. - Mm.

- What else could it have been? - What else could it have been, right?

Frank, how do you feel about ancient curses?

Oh, Steve, for heaven's sake.

STEVE: Oh, boy.

- Hm. - Wow.

Steve, what do you think this is made of?

Well, it looks like gold, Frank.

Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Hm. My turn.

Oh, my apologies for the disturbance.

- I am Amnon Bey. Father Dowling? - Yes.

I understand you were the last to speak with Dr. Douglas

- before his unfortunate collapse. - Yes, he came...

This statuette, where did you get it? From Dr. Douglas?

- Yes, it was... - Please.

Father Dowling, this statuette is a culture treasure of my country,

stolen from its people.

- I demand its immediate return. - Excuse me, sir,

- you can't just come barging in here... - No, no, no, Steve. Steve, it's all right.

Mr. Bey, how do you know that this statuette is a treasure of your people?

I am the assistant minister of culture at the Egyptian Consulate.

It is my business to know these things.

Then you better take it.

- Wait. Frank... - No, no, it's all right, Steve.

I'm sure Mr. Bey knows what he's doing.

You have shown a great wisdom, sir, great wisdom.

- Good day, Sister. FRANK: Mm.

Frank, how could you let that guy walk out of here with the priceless statue?

What did I miss?

I'll tell you in the car.

PHILIP: Father Dowling? Good, you're here.

I've been doing a little research on Egyptian death curses,

- and what I found out is fascinating. - Oh, heh, good.

PHILIP: Where are you going?

Oh, I don't know, Phil. That's up to Mr. Amnon Bey.

Amnon Bey?

[SIGHS]

Uh-huh.

The bird is a fake?

Counterfeit.

Oh, the bird looks like gold, but it weighs about one-third less

than what a gold statuette of that size would weigh.

That's what Tom was trying to tell me before he died.

Dr. Douglas said something about the wrong ibis.

But this guy, Amnon Bey, he says it's an authentic treasure.

Exactly. Come on.

[EGYPTIAN MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Frank, I don't get it. Why would Bey lie about the bird?

Well, maybe Mr. Bey isn't all he claims to be.

[BOTH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[WHISPERS] That's Brubaker, Frank. That's the museum administrator.

What are they doing together?

I shall expect your decision by 6:00.

I'll be here.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Who do we follow, Bey or Brubaker?

Brubaker.

BRUBAKER: This is Brubaker.

I may have a problem with tonight's delivery.

No, no, no, I'm not going back on our arrangement.

It's, uh, something else. It's, um, an outside problem.

I think, um, this is something that Sullivan should handle.

Excellent.

Another bird, Frank? What's going on here?

[FRANK SIGHS]

I don't know.

AUSTIN: Carson!

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[FRANK SIGHS]

She certainly seems upset about something.

Maybe somebody took her parking spot.

Steve, Helen Austin, Brubaker and Amnon Bey

seem to be very much interested in what Tom Douglas might have told me

- or given me before he collapsed. - Mm.

Uh-uh. No, I don't think she's upset about a parking space.

Want me to see what I can find out?

- I'll go after Brubaker. - Okay.

Hm.

One entrance.

Brubaker came in, but he didn't go out.

That's a good trick.

Mm...

Hm.

Tom said that they reconstructed the pharaoh's tomb stone by stone,

even the counterweight walls.

Oh, wonderful.

Hm.

[RUMBLING]

Oh, no.

Sister Stephanie!

Carson.

I took care of that problem for you, Professor Austin.

Next time somebody parks in your space, I'll have them towed.

Good.

Steve!

Sister Stephanie!

Steve!

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[WHISPERS] Frank?

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Frank?

FRANK: Steve?

Frank, where are you?

FRANK: I'm here behind the wall.

STEVE: Well, how'd you get in there?

Never mind. Just press the scarab.

- The what? - The scarab with the bird.

The bird?

The scarab with the bird with the snake.

This doesn't look like a snake. It looks more like an eye.

No, no, no, on the other side,

the scarab with the bird with the snake.

And hurry.

Hold on.

- Steve? - I'm in here, Frank.

Oh, Lord.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine. Are you?

- Uh-huh. - What is that?

That is a trap for grave robbers.

Tom wasn't kidding when he said they reconstructed this tomb

right down to the last detail.

This is what's meant by taking a turn for the worst.

Here, come here.

Is that the real one, Frank?

I think so.

Why did Brubaker have it in his filing cabinet?

I'm not sure.

It's almost a quarter to 6.

Brubaker is meeting Bey at the Damascus Restaurant at 6:00.

- You feel hungry, Frank? - Like a bird.

[EGYPTIAN MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[CHATTERING]

Oh, Steve, this is impossible. We're never gonna find out

what Bey and Brubaker are talking about from over here.

And we can't get any closer without being seen.

I'm working on it, Frank.

Hello, my name is Omar, and I'm your waiter for this evening.

Have you taken the road to Damascus before?

Uh, not recently, no.

- I'll be right back. Excuse me, Omar. - Steve?

Ste...

We have several kinds of feasts for your enjoyment this evening.

We have feast number one, which is our vegetarian feast.

And this is a six-course feast,

which features a pastry filled with almonds and nuts,

goat cheese and hummus,

which is a delicacy made of ground garbanzo beans.

And many people who do not like meat eat this feast

and they like it very much.

Our second feast is a lamb feast.

It is an eight-course feast. And it is started with a spicy soup

- that we like to call... - I'll take that one.

Oh, this is an excellent decision. Dinner number two for two.

[CROWD APPLAUDING]

[EGYPTIAN MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

I will wash your hands.

- What? - An Arabic custom, please.

[WHISPERING] Hey, Frank.

It's me. It's me.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Oh, it is nothing. I have many shoes.

You realize I have partners.

Now you have a new partner.

I'm your new partner.

BRUBAKER: Yes, and my old partners won't like having to share their profits.

Mr. Brubaker, they have no choice.

If you refuse to allow me participation, I will expose everything.

Will you please just go away? Please?

STEVE [IN ARABIC ACCENT]: A thousand pardons.

Remember, I still have the bird.

All right, you bring the bird to the museum tonight at 9.

I'll make certain you're cut in for a fair share.

You are most wise.

Most wise. Tonight, then.

I suggest lessons.

STEVE [IN NORMAL VOICE]: Frank.

Whatever they're up to is happening tonight at the museum.

We better call Clancy, but I think you better change first.

This is for the parish orphanage fund.

Sir, your feast.

Could I get that to go?

Father, Sister, you're all wrong about this.

Sergeant, the way Brubaker and that guy Amnon Bey were talking,

they're into something illegal up to their ears.

Look, Clancy, I'm sure that if you check into this Bey,

you'll find out he's not even connected with the Egyptian Consulate.

As a matter of fact, Frank, I did check Bey out

- right after you phoned me. - Well?

The Egyptian Consulate lists Amnon Bey

as their assistant minister of culture.

He's legit.

You struck out on this one, Frank. Better luck next time.

- But Clancy... - Get some sleep, Frank.

Good night, Sister.

Bey is supposed to meet Brubaker at 9:00.

That's 20 minutes.

Frank, I've been listening to Dr. Douglas' notes on this recorder.

- I have to hurry. - Twenty minutes to the museum,

- but I know shortcuts. PHILIP: The museum.

Frank, that's what I wanna talk about. I think Dr. Douglas found a secret.

Been listening to his notes. Haven't figured it all out,

but that bird is the key.

Yes, we know all about it, Phil. Gotta go.

But, Frank, the bird...

[SIGHS]

Where did Father Dowling go? I just fixed his tea.

Oh, great, Marie, I could use a cup.

Marie, why doesn't anybody ever listen to me?

Why do I always feel like I'm talking to myself?

Maybe it's because you're the only one you ever listen to.

Sorry, did you just say something?

STEVE: Somebody forgot to lock the door.

FRANK: Probably the same somebody who turned off the alarms.

[THUD]

Well, did you bring the statuette?

Yes, I have it right here.

Has anybody else seen this?

No one that would know that it's fake.

Well, that's a relief.

Mr. Sullivan, would you care to join us, please?

Who's this?

Mr. Sullivan works for my partners.

I told you they would not want to share their profits.

Get rid of him, but not in here.

[SNEEZES]

Whoever you are, you might as well come out.

Father Dowling.

Sister Stephanie.

I don't understand.

I do.

You've been replacing the museum's priceless artifacts with reproductions

and then selling the originals to black market collectors.

Amnon Bey found out and tried to cut himself in.

So you and your partners decided to kill him.

Him and you too now, I'm afraid.

Mr. Sullivan.

FRANK: Wait.

You think we'd come here without the police?

Yes.

Actually, as a matter of fact, I do.

Nice try, Frank.

Sorry, Steve.

Mr. Sullivan.

CLANCY: Drop it! OFFICER: Freeze!

Hold it right there.

You may not have come with the police, Father, but I did.

Father, Sister, meet Amnon Bey,

Antiquities Fraud Division, Cairo Police.

[BOTH SIGH]

Father Dowling?

Sister Stephanie?

Hello?

Frank, where are you? Heh.

Hello?

Is anyone there?

Frank?

The bird.

[RUMBLING]

AUSTIN: May I help you?

How did you...? Where did you...?

Is Father Dowling here?

He left.

Oh.

I wanted to tell him I know what Dr. Douglas was looking for

here in the shrine.

- Really? - Yes. It's all right here in his notes.

There's a secret compartment and Dr. Douglas figured out how to open it.

- I think I'll wait and tell Frank. - Tell me.

How do you open the shrine, Father?

Well, heh, it's really so simple.

- Who are you? - Well, that doesn't really matter.

How do I open the shrine, Father?

Tell me.

I think I'm gonna wait for Father Dowling.

If you don't mind, I think I ought to just wait for him.

Wolfe, Carson.

- I beg your pardon? AUSTIN: Stop him.

What?

[GRUNTS]

I didn't say to hit him, I said to stop him.

Never mind. Now, he said the solution was in Dr. Douglas' notes.

Well, do something with him.

I don't want him found until we're long gone.

Now, you two sit down, I'll fix you a nice snack.

I know you didn't have any dinner.

So that man Amnon Bey turned out to be an Egyptian police officer, huh?

Mm. Collaborating with the FBI and U.S. Customs,

exposing Brubaker's fake antiquities racket.

Sergeant Clancy was in on it.

I just wish that Clancy had told us what they planned.

That Sullivan, he was gonna kill us.

I never wanna go through a moment like that again.

I'm just glad that it's over

and that we've heard the last of the mummy's curse.

What did Father Prestwick have to say about all this?

- Father Prestwick? - Yeah, he went to the museum

to meet you about half an hour ago.

FRANK: Why?

He said something about Dr. Douglas' notes.

Frank, do you remember when I followed Professor Austin?

She was in her office, she was shredding some paper,

you know, like, she was trying to get rid of it in a hurry.

Does that look familiar to you?

Here we go.

Now, this is the graph paper that was wrapped around the fake statuette

and this is the graph paper that you got from Helen Austin's office.

The same kind of paper. Well, what's the connection?

[FRANK SIGHS]

I don't know.

Hello.

Look, according to these notes,

both of these graphs represent a technical test

performed on the pharaoh's shrine by Helen Austin.

STEVE: The date and time are the same on both of them.

Yes, but both of these graphs are entirely different.

I don't get it.

Why would Helen Austin prepare two graphs

representing different results for the same test?

Wasn't there a microcassette and some kind of scroll

- in this package? - Yeah.

Father Prestwick had them.

Phil said that he was listening to Tom Douglas' notes.

On the recorder.

Yes.

He said that Tom discovered some kind of a secret at the museum

and that the bird was the key to it.

But you thought he was talking about Brubaker's fake antiquities.

Yes, well, I was wrong. Come on.

CLANCY: Oh, if my captain hears

I took this fake bird out of the evidence room

without going through proper channels, you may need another contact

- at the department, Frank. - Clancy, I promise you

that that statuette is the key to a 3,000-year-old mystery.

Hey, you two, hold it right there!

We didn't do it. You can't prove anything.

- Shut up. - Where's Helen Austin?

Where's Father Prestwick?

We don't say a word until we see a lawyer.

- Not a word. - Shut up.

Suit yourself. Cuff them and read them their rights.

Let's take a look around.

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

OFFICER: Let's go.

Nobody in there.

Nobody anywhere, Frank.

Austin must have taken off.

Well, what about Father Prestwick?

Maybe Marie misunderstood.

He probably went home.

It's not a bad idea.

I've got two suspects to book.

You go ahead, Clancy.

I want a last look around as long as nobody's here.

Do what you want. This place gives me the creeps.

Tom Douglas was looking for a secret compartment

that was here in the shrine.

Mm-hm. And Phil said that the bird was the key.

But which one?

There are two ibis statuettes.

One real, one fake.

The real one would open the secret compartment

that Tom was looking for.

But the fake one sets off a booby trap, and that's how Dr. Douglas got killed.

Steve, Dr. Douglas was not stung by an insect.

You might say that he was stricken by a mummy's curse.

Wouldn't you agree to that, Professor Austin?

I don't go in much for melodrama.

I'll take that bird, thank you.

Which bird?

Which bird, professor, the real one or the fake one?

Don't play games.

Give me that statuette.

- This one? - Yes, that one. Give it to me.

You knew there was a secret compartment in that shrine, didn't you?

Don't move, Father. Sister.

You faked your test results

to hide the fact that you knew the truth.

Stop right there.

What was in that secret compartment, professor?

- I'm warning you. - Was it gold?

- Don't make me shoot. - Precious jewels?

- Give me the bird! - Catch.

AUSTIN: Ugh. No. Stop!

Steve, that wasn't the real bird, was it?

[SIGHS]

[RUMBLING]

We'll need a statement from you two downtown.

We'll be right there, Clancy.

Well, I guess I should give Father Prestwick a call when I get home.

It's too bad he missed this. He would have loved it.

FRANK: Mm.

Three thousand-year-old tomb.

Ooh.

Hidden treasure in a secret shrine.

A mummy walks to take his revenge

on those who dared defy his curse.

Pretty scary stuff, huh?

Mm.

Sister Stephanie, there is no curse, and mummies don't walk.

- You sure, Frank? - Absolutely.

Come on, let's go.

PHILIP: Father Dowling?