Birds of Prey (1973) - full transcript

three little fishes special requests for
KPEX eye in the sky traffic reporter

Harry Walker another blast from the past
on nostalgia. you out there Harry? let's

hear it from him
this is Walker and I'm gonna get you

home from work anything new to report
Harry? is there ever?

yeah, traffic is moderate to heavy on i-15
what here Boulevard out of the downtown

area shows some bumper-to-bumper delays
up to 15 minutes

be avoided if at all possible so why
doesn't everybody get out of his car and

do a little charging down there it's
good for your muscles it's good for your

heart
take some fat man cheers to your life so

for all of you that are caught in this here Boulevard Jam up go on get out of

your cars run around a little bit I'll
watch'em for you



all right everybody up up up make
believe you're alive out there

Thank you Harry and hey if you folks out there come
down to kpex this week we're gonna have a

real world war two fighter plane thanks
to our ace flying tiger up there right

now here's another musical memory for
every World War two fly guy and Gia I'll

get by

and so we continue with our solid swing
week our special tribute sounds of music

made this country sing and dance and eat
a lot of gold bridge yes sir the music

the main American smile how do you ever
forgotten how to smile we have had

unconfirmed reports of an airplane
repeat airplane tying up traffic on

North Temple Street unit nine please
investigate unit nine ten-four

sounds like Walker

seems a lot smaller doesn't well so a
week one seven years ago is it your idea

guys part of the station's promotion
we're running in nostalgia and salute to

the good old days that's cool gimmick
well you think it'll boost ratings isn't



listening know did you get a permit to
take this on the state highway I don't

sweat it Mack there's nothing inside a
few lines are tied up but you got here

is an oil painting Walker did you get
clearance you know I listen to you on

the radio once in a while new traffic
reports and all that sort of thing

you're lovely I hope you're getting it
works you need it that's nice I hear

you're still sitting behind the desk
electronics Walker communication I am

NOT behind the desk I'm behind the
computer

haven't you heard about the way it's
done now that's nice yeah that's nice

don't you ever think about it Mac cuz
they'd never come back revelation old

Pappy Boyington

hey remember kid name is slim Tennant no
oh yeah the kid with a blond hair and

the red mustard all right now that was
Jimmy dancer no slow as a kid it took a

bowling ball to China and never couldn't
find a bowling alley

are you incredible you really are why do
you work so hard at remembering body

work so hard at beginning

Smalling Jack thirty years after the
lawyer think he'd start acting his age

hero

what this time

Tom Lake City police mystery two niner
foxtrot dog Lake City Police is three to

nine a boxer three two niner foxtrot
business Salt Lake go ahead ya think I

got a little work for you boys today
there's a robbery going on inside bang

the Aptos Budget Report at this time but
we will investigate at the earliest

opportunity

now don't investigate just get your butt
over there get what's going on thanks

for the information three to nine
Foxtrot will investigate

what's the matter you think I'm bullying
again yep ten-four

good afternoon and what is Salt Lake
City's - doing

- nine Foxtrot this is police central

bank's fighters were reported armed
robbery of Zion Bank 3k in males one

possible people hostage proceeding north
on Brandon a simple

listen Maggie
Green Plymouth Fury and it's headed west

on right

my number is 3 and

he's gotten um
black jacket in a white shirt guy hope

the girls got a mouth brown add to me
jack they've all got on dark glasses and

they've all got this

we got our bodies garage headed for the
roof no place for him to run now

they got a chopper up here

I'm gonna stick with him for a while

someone's gotta keep tabs on the girl
fucker you are not authorized to

continue pursuit you hear me

damnit back he tried to kill me

and flair you stay on top of radio Tom
Patterson contact Air Force and he'll

get a scramble order let's so you keep
on top of robbery detail Kaden you stick

with air traffic and Highway Patrol now
let's try and get a radar fix we're

going maximum Oprah on this one we're
gonna take this case and carve it up

like a turkey I want to press it wide
open in an hour

the poor old Walker out there gets in
any real trouble

I believe centralization out of akshar
police have to let speak to not a boxer

20 minutes flying time 35 minutes tops
then give me the best mix you can come

on

South America just off us 40 I'll
maintain visual contact

he's got no apparent parking job and I
think he's pushing a little too hard

maybe
he knows I can outfly so I'm just gonna

hang back and watch him for a while
are you crazy Walker what do you think

it is out there some kind of a game yeah
the only one in town I'll see you back

don't you see you Mac me not come on
ready look they already killed those

bank guards what's it to them if they
kill one more Walker Walker leave me

look pull out of there Walker you'll
play the string out as far as will go a

permit of negative

I am Mac I'm gonna make a pit stop

you've gotta be - you don't mind - gun
get what do you think of all there's

five tests irregular well I got a motion
to say no gas station I was chasing that

faster up there they just hit the bank
and shot my Chitti they got a throw the

hostage

I've been 12 years out here nothing's
ever happened to me fill it up they're

not far believe it

baby says all Hargis

that's good what are you talking about
some guys are the chopper up there just

laugh the bank in Salt Lake they got a
hostage here Thank You Ethan

they're good honey okay

I lost it and call it a day Walker we
can coordinate the operation from here I

can I will I'll find him all right hot
shut

they let me tell you what you're up
against it's about time you face a

little ice cold reality we got to make
it a couple of sets of prints these boys

have no criminal records project
apprentice Washington and bingo

John Thomas pace of marine gets charged
six months ago two years combat duty Nam

Alvin C bar for marine discharge four
months ago twenty years combat duty Nam

and they're both on the same often now
we've got no info on the pilot but I'm

betting a sir up against an experienced
combat chopper pilot the unprofessional

that's gonna cut you off at the knees
now you're forgetting something

the girl I know you've got a food cheat
on the girl now read it to me hurry so

Janice Shaw age 22 single bank employee
born and raised in Salt Lake's she lives

with her mother's anything else yeah
she's getting married Friday

Walker Walker

Mack I'm going down to the copper
pendant Bingham they want to hold a hide

in this place

now they say that you can put four and
five state building to the Queen Mary of

the solavei

hey wait a minute you want to leave it
behind a shovel I got him

I'm riding a tailback
can't move laughter he can't bull rider

he can't shake me just like the old days
huh

let's get off our backs what do you want

you want a deal
okay we'll deal suppose we leave you

$25,000 right here on this rock
what do you say you know caught boy

anyway fuckin Terry luck alright Walker
how does it sound

twenty five thousand last chance Walker
what do you want what do you want

not much of a cave but it'll keep the
rain out not much

35 $5,000 Lots
10 stacks of 2,500 each plus the $7,500

unit we got the total of two hundred
three thousand five hundred or two

hundred thousand bucks no 203 thought
Georgie fine I see money has lost some

of its romantic appeal for you another
victim to progress now give it to me

I'll put it in the chapter Oh No uh I'll
hold on to it until we get back to Salt

Lake if you don't mind case you weren't
watching kid I'm the guy would save you

I know I know and I'm very grateful but
um since I am used to being responsible

for large sums of money since I do
represent the bank you know I represent

his Walker I'll take care of the money
and I'm supposed to take care of you

yeah

this could be the start of a beautiful
friendship from Donna well here's

looking at you kid
and the authorities that he'll say the

search crews won't be airborne again
until 452 am well attach the fast bacon

to they can't see it much we've been
broadcasting every hour over marine and

weather frequencies figured maybe
hundreds boaters campers someone out

there in Canyonlands might see something
worth the try it

any luck yet too soon hey Li note your
watch from here on but you might I stick

around the world just in case anything
breaks Mac I can just as easily get you

sure

hey you know what I listen to on the
radio all the time huh come over here

give me a hand
look hang over the hole that guitar oh

no Bob put your finger there won't hurt
you

hey you don't have to yell at me I'll do
it right too much oil on this thing we

got two feet off the ground it'll bust
open like a can of tomatoes all right

all right I promise it won't happen
again

ready sliced up these lines that's why I
lost all the power back there Oh keep

your finger on that hole I'm sorry
only all we got kid I said I'm sorry you

don't have to yell at me well then do it
right

look I'm not mechanically inclined
you're just not too bright

now what's that floor does that help

what help acting like a kid I'm not a
kid I'm 22 years old

he's getting a chopper

well here's looking at you wanna do

pretty good bow guy yeah I know movie
remain you've seen all of them almost

all of them well I like movies Marcus
doesn't like them too much I just as I

like the more than I like Arthur that's
not true unless it happens to be a

really good picture you know what
I've seen Casablanca five times what I

don't because

I guess I can't imagine what it would be
like to be loved like that Zaza this guy

you're gonna marry yeah how did you know
I got connections yeah why didn't I grew

up together
our back as I can remember has always

been are like if I always knew we'd get
married

I don't know because I guess I can't
imagine not Mary

you love that forward look up there hey
Wilma back thing down here on your left

and collected pull up on that that
changes to pitch that play

maybe I'll teach you to fire when we get
back

would you really
I bet you never been in a helicopter

before I've never even been in an
airplane

I never been out of cell bit sorry I
can't drive you know what I once bought

a 55 feeling right so I could see the
world

well Nick Dom brought down my keyboard
to get it fixed more ways to see the

world
why don't I going to pile oh yeah

I've even got the travel for

well artistic that we have to wait until
the sugar can really afford this guy

you're gonna marry this big spender this
impetuous fool

but I know a guy once married young very
beautiful and all the undone even

treated a ride for the first year
and then the next Kayleigh broke her

heart a day at a time

tomorrow before you waste 10 years
wasted man I'm just not cold anymore

I love till you got that dressed like
that you're three

I thought you said you weren't cold oh
my god yeah

all right now here's where that guy in
the cold solder remind people saw them

here at Bingham point now linking that
up with the gas truck and his turrets

over a dead horse points it's a pattern
all right with zigzag maybe but it's a

pattern yeah they must be somewhere
right there 150 to 200 miles I wouldn't

call it pinning it down the city but but
we did it

where are you going you call the CIP in
the FAA I'm going over to Hill to get

the boys airborne we may not have the
address but we got the right

neighborhood Mac don't you go along for
any rides you're not authorized well I

wouldn't think of it

not to mention where they were going

they mentioned something about a
deserted airport or Tara they're

supposed to meet a guy who's gonna fly
them to Mexico I don't know something

like that I'll get some sleep

can I kiss you

why because I want to see what in your
mind

well I mean it in our rockets and
fireworks sort of fatherly no definitely

not my father

not my older brother

not ours and that's enough walking hey
you see let's switch over there the

second one from the top no we should
have turn the down good now you listen

to the music I'm gonna take a walk
clicks tongue hold out there I'm not

cold

I said you want it cold Oh Joe I lied

they gotta be down there in those caves
the money's down there man I'm going

after it I said go wait till morning
well screw up I'm gonna go look Johnny

did like rain

I got it yeah maybe they won't

try to get a little help put this up
pinpoint down on ten out there cross our

fingers and say Mayday Mayday helicopter
three two niner foxtrot transmitting in

the blind on 121.5 Mayday Mayday settle
copter teaching out of five stars

what do we do now yeah you try one we
said that and put your thing down there

what do I do now
Mayday Mayday Mayday Mayday Mayday maybe

three to night of fact on this is three
two niner foxtrot transmitting in the

blind transmitting in the blind then 1
to 1.5 and 1 to 1.5

hey what was he like hey yeah the pilot
what he looked like

I mean a color were his eyes for
instance he wore sunglasses what they

talked about you he wondered what you
were like and he said he never saw

anyone fly like that and then he thought
you're crazy have you been flying on

yeah I think I've spent not two
consecutive days on the ground in the

last 20 years you know women that's a
lie 1967 Margaret that's one of my

ex-wives as she wanted me to quit so I
got into the automotive parts business

two months later I lost $12,000 a month
after that I lost margin sorry

well don't be this is what I do best and
I got a friend he's a cop he says I'm a

seat-of-the-pants flyboy smilin Jackie
Crosby yeah I guess he's right I've

blown everything from Jay please to
Apache sixes to grummons to p40 giving

most of my life to fly and I got no
family just a few friends and if

somebody said Walker would you do it all
over again I'd say not on your damn life

now I've never met anybody like you
and today is our bloody kids

Mayday Mayday this helicopter three two
niner foxtrot

that's knitting in the blind on 121.5
Mayday Mayday Mayday

continental 104 none of this and three
two niner foxtrot we read you

we're down in the blind about five miles
northwest of landing Utah could you

contact the Salt Lake City Police
Department captain McAndrews even get a

fix on it you got it

you stay here

have they're still with us after I pull
them away you head for that Ridge back

there
highways about a half a mile away when

you get there start a jagged take me
along yeah you might get your little bud

shut up look we can end it we can give
him the money back I don't remember

hearing myself ask for advice but give
it to the marker now you want something

out yeah last night I couldn't get
within 10 feet of that money and today

you want to give it away to the first
Punk would come panhandling at the door

money seemed important last night

okay you can get it to them you are some
good Walker what happens when it's over

so I go back to being smiling Jack and
you go back to the bank okay

we're walkin I can't get out of it
Walker I just wanted

I'm Stan Claire

stand clear

do

do nine Fox trust do you read
all channels often respond three Niner

tango going to nine Foxtrot
yeah three nine a tango that's three to

nine a Foxtrot over water mrs. Mac we
finally caught up with you we got to

relay for Continental pilot we're in
your vicinity you still have visual

contact with suspect well it's not kind
of mutual right now man well then stay

away from the Walker army aircraft is
circling on your position right now eta

15 minutes now what are you doing out
here man schlomit uh Walker who do you

think you are I fired him I'm tired of
sitting around for 15 solid hours trying

to show you something about the face
value and in the end resistible wrap up

this whole thing No More Heroes Walker
the system is the arrow well what are

you doing out here then man look it's
finished Walker so why don't you just

call the day and go on home don't you
get it back I am

you wanna monkey on a silver platter
what's on your mind remember that

deserted airfield about 70 miles west of
landing I think they're going to meet a

guide as it applies to Mexico so could
your boys get to that airfield

I can have ground and air units there in
15 minutes I'll be there in five

well what are you waiting for hey Walker
remember firming is too big simultaneous

approaches on intersecting my money doll

I've made them

I can see everything

a little Walker nobody else to to do
that

again let's get after him why don't we
let the stay for his Hamlet I said let's

get after him about Walker
what about

hey there's only a few hours left for
the end of the stealth we here at KBTX

this past hour has been dedicated to
useful memories from World War two

yes sir those were the days happy fly
guys up against the pole and wild blue

yonder and this is one of the songs they
were singing

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