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Easy, easy, easy.

I thought the war

was over.

Bloody Jews, bloody Arabs stopped shooting each other.

Respectable people like you and I can get

on with earning our livings.

How are you feeling?

I'll live.

Fever's going down now.

I'll call you when the storm breaks.

Listen, this is your last pill, you know.

Were the crew knocked off?

No, not yet.

What the bloody hell are you doing here?

Well, I came to see if you needed

anything.

I can nurse myself through a bout in

that area.

I've been doing it for years.

You go back up there and watch them.

If they find anything unusual, they'll steal it.

If they can't steal it, they'll tell somebody

about it.

You get up and watch them.

They could be robbing us blind right now.

Go on.

This is good, Hassan, very good.

Tell them to remove this stone, out the

way.

Very gently, very gently.

We don't want it to crack or splinter.

Come on.

The ladder, can you fetch the ladder?

Come on.

Hassan, cigarettes.

For the boys.

Yeah?

Go on.

Come on.

Tana!

Tana!

Tana!

Bingo!

Tana, I have found just the most incredible

statue you have ever seen.

The detail!

You've never dreamt of anything like it.

She is beautiful.

A statue, yes.

Anybody else see it?

No.

Look at that crafty sod, Hassan.

I went down there alone.

Where are the boys now?

I dismissed them.

Good lad.

You're beginning to learn.

Thank you very much.

She's perfect.

Mint condition.

Yeah, well, no humidity in here, sir.

Dries about.

How old do you reckon she is?

You've got no idea how old this might

be, son.

It doesn't look Greek.

Oh, Rome would come to that.

Miller?

Yeah?

You know what this is worth?

This is worth the 30 years I've been

grubbing around in this business.

This is the treasure hunter's dream.

The bonanza!

I'm talking about six figures, son.

No questions asked if we can get her

the right people.

No mention of our names, ever.

No taxes.

I'll tell you what we'll do.

We'll split it down the middle, 50-50.

That is, if we can...

Smuggle her out of the country.

That's right.

No other way to cut it, is there?

And don't give me all that stuff about

this nation's cultural heritage.

She does belong to these people, you know.

We could get through the proper channels.

Apply for an export licence.

Come on.

You know what the officials are like in

this country.

It's all...

We did the work.

We found it.

And if anybody's going to make a profit

out of it, it's going to be me.

As a matter of strict record, old chap,

I was the one who found her, remember?

Yeah, well, that's why I said 50-50,

wasn't it?

I don't know.

You want to pass up the chance of

a fortune?

Come on.

Let's get this thing out of here.

Tanner.

We are going to get you involved in

this.

Are you absolutely certain of her age and

value?

Listen, son.

Lots of people question my morals.

Nobody in this business ever doubted my expertise.

That thing's worth whatever somebody will pay for

it.

Leave that part to me.

All you've got to do is help me

get her out of the country.

Where are we going?

Israel.

That's the first stop.

Well, how are we going to get her

there?

Well, that's what we're going to find out,

isn't it?

We take the truck...

Turn that light up, would you, sir?

We take the truck, follow the shoreline all

the way down here till we get to

Ein Hatzibah.

Yeah.

Where's Ein Hatzibah?

There.

There.

Now, we skirt that, we go about 15

miles further south.

There's a little road just here.

We ought to be able to get over

the border there without too many awkward questions

being asked.

Right?

Right.

Yeah, just bring what you need, son, nothing

else.

My God, she's heavy!

Not as heavy as I thought it'd be.

What do you think she's made of?

Who cares?

Mind the edge of that hole!

Here she comes.

Look out!

Right.

Steady.

Careful.

In the middle there.

Right.

Steady.

Steady.

There she goes.

Careful.

Look at that.

Oh, here it comes.

Here, get this over it.

Get in the car.

Get in the cab.

Right.

You're not well enough to drive.

Move over, I'll drive.

That's bloody cute.

Listen, Tanner, I've been thinking.

Spare me.

This is all wrong.

Yeah, we're very naughty boys, Miller.

It's the money, isn't it?

That's all you're interested in.

No.

Not just the money.

This is the justification of my entire life.

30 years of scheming, dreaming, never really believing

anything like that had come my way, and

now it has.

Tanner, that old crook Tanner and his boy

have brought off the big one.

The find of the century.

But this way, even if we do get

away with it, who's ever going to know?

We will.

And we'll have hard, sweet cash to prove

it.

He wants us to stop.

Do you want to kill him?

Yeah, teach him a lesson, won't you?

You're crazy.

Get out of here.

Take your bike.

Papers.

Where are you going?

Upper Moab.

Permit?

It's in there.

What are you carrying?

Equipment.

So, you show me, please.

Keep cool.

Look, um...

Cigarette?

Open up.

Yeah.

Get him off the road.

Why did you do that?

Get him off the road!

Over there.

We can't just leave him here.

Why not?

Well, he's dying.

So?

Look, I draw the line at murder.

Well, I don't!

I'm getting out of here.

Next time, I won't miss!

Now, get back to the truck!

Get over!

You drive!

You're mad.

We could have tried to bribe him.

You had no reason to hit him!

Drive.

Just drive.

Whisky and malaria.

Well done, Tanner.

Terrific combination.

You just concentrate on the driving, son.

Providence.

Providence.

Well...

Right, collector.

Don't worry about Providence.

Just don't make me do something I might

regret, son!

What the hell's that?

I thought you said there wasn't a border

post here.

Well, there wasn't.

Not on the map, anyway.

Take it easy!

Use that, and that'll cut us both to

shreds.

First time in my life I had it

made.

Papers?

Archaeologists?

Yeah.

So, where do you think you're going?

Beersheba.

Home?

Upper Moab.

What are you carrying into Israel?

Nothing.

No, no.

Don't be ridiculous, man!

Do you want to get us both killed?

She's mine!

Put it away, for God's sake!

You can't take her away from me!

I'd rather die than give her up!

All right.

You can pass.

What do we do now?

Let's get off before he changes his mind.

Stop the truck.

What?

Stop the truck.

I want to look back there.

There's something wrong.

We can't stop here!

Just stop it, Miller!

Don't be ridiculous!

We're only 100 metres from the Israeli barricades!

There's something wrong.

At this point they can bounce here, and

I tell you there's something wrong!

Get off!

Move!

Papers?

Here we go again.

We'll do our best not to bore you.

Archaeologists, huh?

Yeah.

So why are you using the smugglers' route?

Sorry?

What are you bringing into Israel?

Nothing.

We'll see.

You realise if you enter Israel now, you'll

not be permitted to re-enter Jordan?

If I never see the place again, it'll

be too soon.

All the same, we'd better check your truck.

Come.

Something wrong?

That's what I'm going to find out.

They've stolen

it.

They've bloody stolen it!

Tanner!

Come back!

He didn't have a chance!

We wouldn't have had the tailgate!

That bloody Arab!

Don't be ridiculous!

He couldn't have done it by himself!

Remember how much he weighed!

Where has he gone?

God knows!

Yes.

That's right, Miller.

God knows!

He did it!

It's the rain!

The bloody rain, Miller!

Very nice.

Very nice what you brought us.

As if we didn't have enough of our

own already.

All right, let's get him in the guardhouse.

Medic!

Medic!

Medic!

You've had to put your friend in a

cell.

Poor bastard.

Still, they give him a shot to calm

him down.

Religious fanatic, huh?

What's that?

He keeps raving about Lot's wife.

Lot's wife?

You know the Old Testament?

The Lord gave Lot and his family time

to escape before he destroyed the sinful city

of Sodom and Gomorrah.

On condition they didn't look back.

But Lot's wife, she did.

She got turned into a pillar of salt.

Hey.

Hey, by the way.

What were you carrying in the truck?

Would you believe Lot's wife?

No.