Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 4, Episode 6 - Commandante - full transcript

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]

Man: GOOD MORNING, JIM.

UNTIL RECENTLY,
FATHER PAOLO DOMINGUIN

HAS LED
A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION

AGAINST THE CRUEL DICTATORSHIP
THAT RULES HIS COUNTRY.

NOW OUR FAR EASTERN ENEMIES

ARE TAKING OVER
FATHER DOMINGUIN'S MOVEMENT.

THEIR AGENTS
ARE CARLOS MARTILLO,

THE LOCAL INSURGENT,

AND THE LEGENDARY
INTERNATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY

JUAN ACERO.



THEY'RE HOLDING
FATHER DOMINGUIN PRISONER

IN THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE
OF LAGONAS,

AND ACERO PLANS TO MURDER HIM

AS SOON AS HE CAN FIND
A WAY TO DO SO

WITHOUT AROUSING THE HATRED
OF THE LOCAL POPULATION.

YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO RESCUE DOMINGUIN

AND RESTORE HIS CONTROL
OF THE REVOLUTION.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU
OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO
SET OFF THE WHOLE ARSENAL?



IF YOU MULTIPLY
WHAT YOU JUST SAW BY 1,000.

THE CRATE'S MARKED.

HOW MUCH TIME HAS
FATHER DOMINGUIN GOT?

VERY LITTLE AT BEST,
WILLY.

BOTH ACERO AND MARTILLO
WANT HIM DEAD.

THE ONLY THING THEY'RE ARGUING
ABOUT IS HOW AND WHEN.

WHY WAS ACERO SO WILLING TO
SEE THE FRIENDS OF RELIGION?

BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY
HALF-CONVINCED

THAT THEY'RE A FRONT
FOR AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.

HE HOPES THEY'LL PROVIDE HIM
WITH A PATSY.

JIM, ABOUT THIS RIVALRY
BETWEEN MARTILLO AND ACERO --

HOW DEEP IS IT?

IT'S DEEP, BARNEY.

MARTILLO'S HOME-GROWN.
ACERO IS A FOREIGNER.

WHAT HAPPENS TO MARTILLO
WHEN WE LEAVE?

MAJOR SHEN'S COUNTRY
BROUGHT ACERO IN

BECAUSE THEIR
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT,

THE S.M.V.,
HAD LOST FAITH IN MARTILLO.

TO THEM, HE'S NOTHING
BUT A LOCAL FIREBRAND.

SO WITH ACERO OUT,
THEY'LL CUT OFF EVERY NICKEL.

OH, UH...OF COURSE,
THAT'S NOT THE WAY

OUR MAJOR SHEN
WILL BE PLAYING IT.

WHERE IS
THE REAL MAJOR SHEN?

HE'S SAFELY IN CUSTODY, ALONG
WITH ACERO'S CARRIER PIGEON.

JIM...IS THERE
ANY OTHER WAY OUT

EXCEPT THROUGH
THIS MOUNTAIN PATH?

NO, ONLY CROSS-COUNTRY.
IT'S RUGGED TERRAIN.

IF ACERO'S MEN
WERE REALLY ON OUR TAIL,

WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PRAYER.

THEN EVERYTHING
DEPENDS ON THE COPTER.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ HORN HONKS ]

[ ANIMAL BLEATING ]

COMANDANTE ACERO,
WE BEG OF YOU,

LET THE PRIEST GO.
HE'S A GOOD MAN.

NO LONGER, ESBARTO.

HE WAS CORRUPTED
BY THE AMERICANS.

NOW HE IS THEIR PUPPET,

WORKING WITH THEM
TO SUPPORT THE DICTATOR.

BUT, COMANDANTE,

THE -- THE AMERICANS
DO NOT SUPPORT THE DICTATOR.

WHO DO YOU THINK
THEY SUPPORT?

WORKERS?
PEASANTS LIKE YOU?

NEVER.

IT'S THE MILITARY PIGS
THEY WANT IN POWER

BECAUSE ONLY THEY
CAN KEEP YOU ON YOUR KNEES.

FATHER DOMINGUIN
TOLD US OTHERWISE.

FATHER DOMINGUIN...LIED.

BUT HE'S ONE OF US.

HE TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN,
CARED FOR OUR SICK.

WE BELIEVE HIM, NOT YOU.

ESBARTO, YOU ARE BLINDED
BY HIS CROSS.

[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]

GOOD MORNING.

I'M ALLAN SLATER.
FRIENDS OF RELIGION SOCIETY.

THE COMANDANTE
IS EXPECTING ME.

HOT, ISN'T IT?

WE ARE HUMBLE PEOPLE.

BUT I'M WARNING YOU --
DO NOT HURT THE PRIEST.

WE WILL NOT HURT HIM,
ESBARTO,

BUT WE MUST GET THE TRUTH
FROM HIM.

YOU, ALL OF YOU...

MUST UNDERSTAND --
WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS.

HE IS YOUR ENEMY.

YOU MAY PASS.

THANK YOU.

CHECKPOINT REPORTING.

FRIENDS OF RELIGION
REPRESENTATIVE

NOW PASSING THROUGH.

PRIEST...

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE,
SIGN THIS CONFESSION.

LET THE PEOPLE KNOW
HOW YOU HAVE BETRAYED THEM

TO THE DICTATOR.

MARTILLO...

I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE --

I WILL NOT BUY MY LIFE
WITH LIES.

TIE HIS HANDS.

PRIEST, YOU ARE NOW
GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

MARTILLO!

WE'VE DISCUSSED IT
MANY TIMES.

I THOUGHT YOU UNDERSTOOD.
WE ARE NOT TO MURDER THE PRIEST!

THE PRIEST IS GOING TO
COMMIT SUICIDE.

WE WILL BE BLAMELESS.

OH, I SEE. THE PRIEST --

THE CATHOLIC PRIEST,

TO WHOM SUICIDE
IS A GUARANTEE TO HELL,

WILL KILL HIMSELF
IN OUR JAIL CELL,

UNDER OUR GUARD,

AND WE WILL BE
BLAMELESS, HUH?

SUCH BRILLIANCE,
SUCH SUBTLETY.

MARTILLO, YOU ARE A CREDIT
TO THE REVOLUTION.

YOU ARE ALSO A FOOL.

UNTIE HIM!

NO!

THE PRIEST WILL NOT
SIGN THE CONFESSION.

THEREFORE,
THE PRIEST MUST DIE.

MARTILLO, TELL ME --
DO YOU LIKE SCORPIONS?

KILL THE PRIEST, AND THERE
WILL BE SCORPIONS EVERYWHERE.

UNTIE HIM!

[ SIGHS ]

DOMINGUIN, WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF RELIGION?

VERY LITTLE.

AN INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATION, I BELIEVE.

AND A FRONT
FOR AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE?

NO.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

THIS IS BETWEEN US.

YOUR SHEEP
WILL NEVER KNOW.

ARE THEY OR ARE THEY NOT
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE?

WHEN WILL YOU
UNDERSTAND, ACERO?

HUH?

I HAVE NO CONNECTION
WITH AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.

IF THEY SUPPORT ME,

THEY DO IT
WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE.

IN CONTRAST TO YOU,
I CONTROL MY OWN REVOLUTION.

I CONTROL IT FROM HERE.

AND I TAKE ORDERS
FROM NO ONE.

[ LOCK ENGAGES ]

RELEASING
FATHER DOMINGUIN TO US

WOULD BE
A HUMANITARIAN GESTURE

THE WHOLE WORLD
WOULD APPLAUD.

YOU MAKE GOOD SENSE,
MR. SLATER.

"PUBLIC RELATIONS"
THE AMERICANS CALL IT,

DON'T THEY?

AND GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS

COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST
POTENT WEAPONS IN OUR ARSENAL.

STILL,
WE ARE AT WAR HERE.

AND IF WE COULD DERIVE
SOME MATERIAL GAIN...

LIKE MILK FOR THE BABIES
OF THE LOCAL POPULACE.

I THINK WE COULD HAVE
SOME MILK SHIPPED IN.

VERY KIND.

WHAT ABOUT BANDAGES
AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES?

OH, YES, YES.
THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.

EXCELLENT.

WELL, THEN.

OH, THERE IS...ONE
OTHER THING, MR. SLATER.

YES?

GUNS.

WHAT?

NOTHING VERY MUCH.

A TRUCKLOAD OF THE LATEST
RIFLES, AMMUNITION, GRENADES.

COMANDANTE!

ALONG WITH THE MILK,
I MEAN.

COMANDANTE, WE'RE
A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.

IT, UH...
IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE.

OH, THAT'S A PITY.

BUT PERHAPS
IT'S ALL FOR THE BEST.

WE'VE GROWN FOND
OF THE PRIEST.

IN A WAY,
WE'D HATE TO LOSE HIM.

MR. SLATER,
IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.

WELL, UH...

I'LL SEE
WHAT CAN BE ARRANGED.

[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]

FRIENDS OF RELIGION
SOCIETY.

IDENTIFICATION.

CHECKPOINT REPORTING.

ARMS TRUCK HAS ARRIVED.

WE'LL INSPECT.

LET US SEE THE TRUCK.

[ WHISTLES ]

[ CHIRPING ]

[ DOOR OPENS ]

COMANDANTE, THE FRIENDS
OF RELIGION TRUCK

IS NOW AT THE CHECKPOINT.

THE FRIENDS OF RELIGION.

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED,
ORTIZ,

HOW AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE

GRAVITATES
TOWARD RELIGIOUS COVERS?

IT STEMS
FROM THE AMERICAN BELIEF

THAT GOD IS ONE OF THEM.

THEREFORE, THEY FEEL NO
COMPUNCTION ABOUT USING HIM.

YOU'RE SURE THEY'RE
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE?

WHO ELSE COULD SUPPLY
A TRUCKLOAD OF WEAPONS

ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE?

AND NOW THAT
YOU HAVE THE GUNS,

YOU'RE GOING TO
SHOOT THEM.

NO, MARTILLO, NO.

THEY'RE GOING TO
PROVIDE US WITH A WAY

OF KILLING THE PRIEST AND
HIS MOVEMENT ALL AT ONCE.

CHECKPOINT REPORTING.

ARMS TRUCK INSPECTION
COMPLETED.

TRUCK NOW PASSING
THROUGH CHECKPOINT.

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]

DOMINGUIN, YOU HAVE
A VISITOR FROM AMERICA.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR,
FATHER.

ALLAN SLATER,
FRIENDS OF RELIGION SOCIETY.

MR. SLATER.
WELCOME TO LAGONAS --

AT LEAST,
MY SMALL PORTION OF IT.

MR. SLATER, YOU HAVE MADE
A MISTAKE IN MORALITY,

AND IT HAS LED YOU
INTO A MISTAKE IN TACTICS.

YOU MEAN THE GUNS?

EXACTLY.

YOU CANNOT BUY LIFE
WITH DEATH,

NOR CAN YOU AFFORD TO
UNDERESTIMATE THE COMANDANTE.

THE PRIEST
IS A VERY COMPETENT ACTOR.

BUT, FATHER, THE FRIENDS
OF RELIGION SOCIETY

GAVE ME THE MISSION
OF SAVING YOUR LIFE.

THE GUNS WERE
THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAD.

BUT HAVE YOU SAVED IT?

HE WILL TAKE YOUR GUNS...

BUT HE WILL NEVER LET US
LEAVE THESE MOUNTAINS ALIVE.

[ HAMMERING ]

[ MOTOR WHIRRS ]

I MUST STRESS AGAIN,
MR. SLATER,

THE COMANDANTE IS EXTREMELY
CLEVER AND UTTERLY RUTHLESS.

THE ONLY REASON
I AM STILL ALIVE

IS THAT HE HAS NOT YET
FOUND A WAY TO KILL ME

WITHOUT
AROUSING THE PEOPLE.

I AM CERTAIN HE IS STILL
LOOKING FOR THAT WAY.

WE DON'T TRUST HIM
ANY MORE THAN YOU DO, FATHER.

YET YOU HAVE ENTERED
INTO THIS BARGAIN WITH HIM.

We don't intend
to keep our part of it

any more than he intends
to keep his.

We have a plan, Father.

A very good plan.

IT CONCERNS ME,
MR. SLATER,

THAT YOU MAY BE
THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY.

WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?

IN THE FIRST PLACE,

AS SOON AS YOU'RE
IN OUR HANDS,

AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE
MADE IN THE CAPITAL

THAT WILL FOCUS
THE ATTENTION

OF THE ENTIRE WORLD
ON LAGONAS.

[ COOING ]

IT'S ON ITS WAY.

YOU BETTER GET GOING,
TOO.

SURE YOU CAN HANDLE THAT
ROTOR BLADE BY YOURSELF?

YEP.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

BEFORE YOU REACH
THE CHECKPOINT,

THERE'S A SERIES
OF HIGH CLIFFS.

DO YOU KNOW THEM?

THE WALL CLIFFS.

YES, WELL,
JUST PAST THEM,

THERE'S A TRAIL
OUT OF THE COMPOUND.

WE'LL LEAVE THE CAR
AND CUT ACROSS COUNTRY.

IT WILL BE DANGEROUS,
MR. SLATER.

ARE YOU
PREPARED FOR THAT?

YES, FATHER,
WE'RE PREPARED.

WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?

I'D BE HONORED, FATHER.

OUR FATHER,
WHO ART IN HEAVEN --

WE MAY BE MISSING
SOME DETAILS OF THEIR PLANS.

MARTILLO,
IT'S FORTUNATE

FOR YOUR OPPRESSED
COUNTRYMEN

THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO
DEPEND ON YOUR INTELLECT ALONE.

DON'T YOU THINK THEY KNEW
THE CELL WAS BEING BUGGED?

THEY WHY DO WE BOTHER
TO LISTEN AT ALL?!

OH, GOOD, MARTILLO.

IN THAT QUESTION IS THE
DIM FLICKER OF INTELLIGENCE.

ACERO...

SOMETIMES
I WOULD LIKE TO...

KILL ME --

AND YOUR REVOLUTION
ALONG WITH ME?

RESTRAIN YOURSELF,
MARTILLO.

WE SHALL NURTURE THAT FLICKER
INTO AT LEAST A DULL FLAME.

WE LISTEN TO LEARN
WHAT THEY WON'T DO.

YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT CONCEPT?

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WON'T
GO NEAR THE WALL CLIFFS.

[ WARBLING ]

MAJOR SHEN.

THE AUTHENTICATION
ON MAJOR SHEN.

SOME MEN LIKE PERFUME.

I LIKE THE SMELL
OF NEW RIFLES.

COMANDANTE...

200,000 ROUNDS
OF AMMUNITION.

AND A DOZEN CRATES
OF GRENADES.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY.

NOW, WHERE ARE MR. SLATER
AND FATHER DOMINGUIN?

THEY ARE PRAYING.

TAKE IT UP TO THE CAVES

AND STORE EVERYTHING
IN THE UNDERGROUND ARSENAL.

YES,
MY COMANDANTE.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT MR. SLATER
AND THE PRIEST?

TRUCK DRIVER,
DO NOT BE IMPATIENT.

THERE ARE ARRANGEMENTS
TO BE MADE.

YOU WILL GET YOUR PRIEST

WHEN WE ARE READY
TO GIVE HIM TO YOU.

AND NOT BEFORE.

DIDN'T YOU
DELIVER THE WEAPONS?

OF COURSE I DELIVERED THEM,
MR. SLATER.

BUT I DON'T THINK
HE MEANS TO LET US GO.

SO...AT LAST,
THE FAMED MAJOR SHEN.

MAJOR SHEN IS THE S.M.V.'s,
SHALL WE SAY,

COORDINATOR
OF REVOLUTIONS.

COLONEL ORTIZ...
MAJOR MARTILLO.

COLONEL ORTIZ.

MAJOR MARTILLO.

THIS IS INDEED
A GREAT PLEASURE.

THE S.M.V. HAS WATCHED
YOUR ACTIVITIES FOR SOME TIME

AND WITH A GREAT DEAL
OF APPRECIATION.

THANK YOU.

COMANDANTE,
YOU WERE SENT IN HERE

WITH ORDERS TO LIQUIDATE
FATHER DOMINGUIN.

WHY IS HE STILL ALIVE?

ORTIZ...
BRING IN MAYOR ESBARTO.

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

NO, COMANDANTE.

YOU CAN NEVER CONVINCE ME

FATHER DOMINGUIN IS AN ENEMY
OF THE REVOLUTION.

ESBARTO, WHY ARE YOU
SO STUBBORN?

THERE ARE AMERICANS
IN LAGONAS

TO NEGOTIATE
FOR THE PRIEST'S LIFE.

WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY CAME?

THEY ARE
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.

THEY CAME
BECAUSE HE'S A PRIEST.

YES.

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,
ESBARTO.

WITH GUNS?

THEY KNEW
YOU'D TAKE NOTHING ELSE.

ESBARTO...I AM TOUCHED
BY YOUR DEVOTION.

I HAVE DECIDED
TO RELEASE THE PRIEST

IN THE CUSTODY
OF THE AMERICANS.

COMANDANTE, THIS IS
THE TRUTH YOU TELL ME?

TELL YOUR PEOPLE.

YES, COMANDANTE. THANK YOU!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO YOU SEE?

WOULD YOU LIKE
THAT UNREASONING LOVE

TURN TO
UNREASONING HATE?

ACERO,
DOMINGUIN IS A CANCER...

A CANCER THAT MUST BE
EXCISED AT ONCE.

AGREED.

AND AS SOON AS I LEARN HOW
THE AMERICANS PLAN TO ESCAPE,

I WILL DEVISE A WAY OF
KILLING THEM AND THE PRIEST

THAT WILL LEAVE US
BLAMELESS.

AND SUPPOSE YOU ARE UNABLE
TO DIAGNOSE THEIR INTENTIONS?

THEY WILL NOT LEAVE
UNTIL I DO.

WHAT STEPS ARE YOU TAKING?

I HAVE PATROLS
SCOUTING THE AREA

FOR ANY EVIDENCE
OF THEIR REAL ESCAPE ROUTE.

MARTILLO...

WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT ALL THIS?

I THINK IT IS TIME
TO STOP PLAYING GAMES.

I SAY WE SHOULD
KILL THE PRIEST NOW.

IF THE PEASANTS OBJECT,
WE SHOULD KILL THEM, TOO.

MARTILLO...I AGREE.

THIS IS A SITUATION
THAT CALLS FOR ACTION,

NOT INTRIGUE.

NONSENSE!

THE ESBARTOS OF THE REGION
WOULD OVERWHELM US.

ARE YOU LOSING
YOUR NERVE, COMANDANTE?

I REFUSE TO COLLABORATE
ON STUPIDITY.

ACERO!

YOU WERE DROPPED
BY OUR EUROPEAN COMRADES

BECAUSE OF YOUR STUBBORN
REFUSAL TO OBEY ORDERS.

YOU APPEAR INTENT ON REPEATING
THAT EXPERIENCE WITH US.

EUROPEAN, ASIAN --
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE!

I KNOW REVOLUTION,
AND I KNOW LATIN AMERICA.

I WILL DO THINGS MY WAY
OR NOT AT ALL!

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

LAGONAS IS A HUMBLE PLACE,
MAJOR SHEN.

I HOPE YOU WILL
FORGIVE US THESE --

PLEASE, MARTILLO.

I AM AS MUCH A SOLDIER
AS YOU ARE.

HAVE YOU...EVER
NOTICED ANYTHING...

STRANGE
ABOUT THE COMANDANTE?

STRANGE?

THIS BOASTFULNESS OF HIS --
IS IT A PATTERN?

OH, YES.

NO ONE IS GREATER
THAN THE COMANDANTE.

AND HE TRIES
TO DEGRADE OTHERS.

HOW DID YOU KNOW?

ME, FOR ONE.

ME, WHO LED THE FIRST TROOPS
INTO BATTLE IN THIS COUNTRY --

ME, HE TREATS LIKE DIRT.

HE IS THE SAVIOR,
AND WE ARE WORMS!

MARTILLO...

IT MAY BE NECESSARY

TO PUT YOU IN CHARGE
OF OPERATIONS HERE AGAIN.

PLEASE...

[ LATCHES CLICK ]

READ THIS.

FORGIVE ME. THE LANGUAGE
IS VERY COMPLICATED.

AH. I AM SORRY.
I FORGET.

THE COMANDANTE
WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY

WHILE YOU WERE
IN THE CANE FIELDS

WITH A GUN
IN YOUR HANDS.

THIS IS A PSYCHIATRIC
PERSONALITY STUDY

PREPARED AT LONG RANGE
BY S.M.V. PSYCHIATRISTS.

IT MEANS THAT WE KNOW
A GREAT DEAL

ABOUT THE COMANDANTE.

HE IS A VERY SICK MAN.

SICK?

HIS MIND.

HE SUFFERS FROM A DISEASE
CALLED MEGALOMANIA.

IT IS A BELIEF
THAT HE IS LIKE A GOD,

THAT HE IS ALWAYS RIGHT,

[ HORN HONKS ]
THAT THOSE WHO --

DISAGREE WITH HIM...
ARE FOOLS...

OR WORSE.

SOMETHING WRONG,
MAJOR SHEN?

I DO NOT KNOW.

FROM NOW ON, I WANT TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ACERO DOES.

EVERYTHING.

YES, MAJOR SHEN.

[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]

Wait!

I HAVE A BETTER WAY.

SANCHEZ!

[ HORN HONKS ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

COME IN.

MAJOR SHEN.

THEY FOUND A HELICOPTER --

AN AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
HELICOPTER.

OH? WHERE?

IN A CANYON
BETWEEN HERE AND THE CLIFFS.

AND WHAT DO THEY
INTEND TO DO ABOUT IT?

I INTEND
FOR IT TO CRASH,

FOR THEM ALL TO DIE IN IT.

AND IN THE WRECKAGE, WE WILL
ARRANGE TO FIND DOCUMENTS

PROVING HOW THE AMERICANS
AND DOMINGUIN

PLOTTED
WITH THE DICTATOR.

COMANDANTE, I DO NOT
APPROVE OF THIS PLAN.

YOU DO NOT APPROVE!

I WAS SENT IN HERE

TO FIND THE PROPER WAY
OF KILLING THE PRIEST

SO THIS REVOLUTION
COULD BE WON.

WELL, I HAVE FOUND IT.

AT THE COST OF A HELICOPTER,
WHICH COULD BE WORTH --

NOTHING!

NOTHING COMPARED
TO THE PRIEST'S LIFE.

YOU WILL STILL BE BLAMED
FOR HIS DEATH.

NOT THE WAY I'VE PLANNED IT.

THERE WILL BE AN ACCIDENT.

Woman: HELP!

HELP ME! HELP ME!

NO, NO, NO!

OH! HELP ME!

HELP!

HELP!

HELP! HELP ME! OHH!

HELP!

HELP!

HELP!

HELP! HELP ME! HELP!

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME!

YOU ARE DRUNK!

LET ME GO!

PLEASE, DON'T! HELP!

[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]

NO! HELP!

PLEASE, NO!

NO!

GET OUT OF MY WAY!

WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE TO HIM?

I DID NOT MEAN
FOR YOU TO HURT HIM.

[ ANIMAL BLEATS ]

I AM MAJOR SHEN.

I WISH TO SEE
FATHER DOMINGUIN.

I'M SORRY, SIR.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

THE COMANDANTE
HAS ISSUED STRICT ORDERS.

NO ONE SEES THE PRIEST.

PEDRO, I AM SORRY
HE HURT YOU.

HE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

[ GROANS ]

NO THANKS TO YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,
ANYWAY?

IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS,
BUT I AM ON PATROL.

PATROL? WAY OUT HERE?

WHAT FOR?

WHAT'S OVER THAT RIDGE,
ANYWAY?

LOOK, SOLDIER,
YOU ARE DRUNK.

NOW TAKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND
AND GET OUT OF HERE!

NOT UNTIL I SEE
WHAT YOU'RE PATROLLING!

WHAT IS YOUR NAME,
SOLDIER?

COME ON. LET'S SEE
WHAT THEY'RE PATROLLING.

I SAID,
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?!

PEDRO SANCHEZ.

WELL, PEDRO SANCHEZ, I HAVE
ORDERS FROM THE COMANDANTE

TO CLEAR THIS AREA.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE!

COME ON.
LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU ARE FREE TO GO.

SOMEDAY, PEACE WILL COME
TO LAGONAS,

AS IT WILL TO THE WORLD.

I HOPE TO
COME BACK TO YOU SOON.

MEANWHILE...

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

BYE, FATHER.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

ESBARTO!

I HAVE BEEN FAIR,
HAVE I NOT?

YES, COMANDANTE.

NOW YOU WILL COME WITH US.

YOU WILL SEE THAT IT WAS
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE

THAT CAME FOR DOMINGUIN.

COMANDANTE, I DON'T --

YOU WILL SEE THE PROOF,
ESBARTO --

AN AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
HELICOPTER.

DOES THAT MEAN
YOU WILL STOP HIM?

NO.

BUT I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THE TRUTH

ABOUT YOUR
FATHER DOMINGUIN.

[ ENGINES TURN OVER ]

FATHER DOMINGUIN,
BARNEY COLLIER.

FATHER.

ALL SET?

ALL SET.

[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]

[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

GO WITH GOD.

[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]

IF, UH, ONLY
HE HAD TRUSTED US.

IF ONLY HE HAD GONE OUT
BY THE ROAD

AS HE SAID HE WOULD,

NO HARM WOULD HAVE
EVER COME TO HIM.

WE WOULD HAVE
PROTECTED HIM.

WE WANTED HIM TO LIVE...

BECAUSE HE MEANT SO MUCH
TO YOUR PEOPLE.

IT APPEARS THE COMANDANTE
HAS SUCCEEDED.

YES, MARTILLO,
IT DOES.

MAJOR SHEN,
YOU WILL COME WITH US.

MARTILLO,
BRING IN THE BODIES.

[ CLUCKING ]

YES, YES, THE BODY
CAN LIE IN STATE.

I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS.

ESBARTO, LEAVE US.

THE BODY OF FATHER DOMINGUIN --
DID YOU BRING IT?

I SAID LEAVE!

THERE ARE NO BODIES.

WHAT?!

NO BODIES!

NO TRACE OF ANY BODIES!

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU SAW THEM TAKE OFF.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE
SURVIVED!

MARTILLO!

ARE YOU SURE YOU DID NOT
SEE THE BODIES BURN?

I AM SURE!

THERE WOULD BE
SOME TRACE -- SOMETHING!

THIS IS
SOME KIND OF A TRICK.

MARTILLO,
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?!

I WENT WITH SANCHEZ.

WE SEARCHED TOGETHER.

WE SAW THEM TAKE OFF.

WE SAW THEM CRASH.

THEY'RE DEAD.
THEY HAVE TO BE DEAD!

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT
WE MAKE AN EXAMINATION

OF THE TAKEOFF AREA.

WHY? WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT TO FIND?

I DO NOT KNOW,
COMANDANTE.

PERHAPS THE TRUTH.

[ BRAKES SQUEALING ]

WE SAW THEM
GET INTO THE HELICOPTER.

WE SAW IT TAKE OFF.

NO.

WE SAW THEM
GET INTO THE HELICOPTER,

BUT THEN WHAT DID WE SEE?

DUST.

LIKE THIS...

AND THIS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

MARTILLO, SANCHEZ...

GET SOME BRUSH
AND CLEAR THIS AWAY.

NO. THEY COULDN'T HAVE.

COULDN'T THEY?

IN THE DUST, THROUGH
THE FLOOR OF THE HELICOPTER,

INTO THAT.

SANCHEZ...THE BOX.

DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT IS?

YES, OF COURSE I KNOW.

THE RADIO CONTROLS.

NOW WE KNOW WHY
THERE WERE NO BODIES.

THEY WERE IN THERE.

NOW THEY COULD BE
ANYWHERE.

I SAW THEM IN THE COCKPIT
AFTER IT TOOK OFF.

YOU ALL SAW THEM!

SANCHEZ...THAT OBJECT.

LET ME HAVE IT.

[ AIR HISSES ]

COMPRESSED AIR.

THAT EXPLAINS
WHAT WE SAW --

BALLOONS INFLATED
IN THEIR OWN LIKENESS.

THEY HAVE ESCAPED,
COMANDANTE,

AND WITH DOMINGUIN FREE,

THE ENTIRE REVOLUTION
IS IN DOUBT!

NO, MAJOR.

[ METAL CLATTERS ]

WE WILL PREVAIL.

WE HAVE THE MEN
AND THE ARMS.

[ EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE ]

OUR ENTIRE ARSENAL.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE
FOR ARMS NOW?

WE ARE FINISHED.

FINISHED!

COMANDANTE...

ONCE YOU WERE
A TRUE REVOLUTIONARY,

BUT YOUR VERY SUCCESS
DESTROYED YOU.

IT MADE YOU SICK
WITH PRIDE AND ARROGANCE.

I SHALL REPORT
TO THE S.M.V.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER USE
FOR YOU.

MARTILLO IS IN CHARGE.

I WILL NOT
RELINQUISH MY COMMAND.

I CAN SAVE
THE REVOLUTION!

I, NOT MARTILLO! I!

[ THUDS ]

I AM IN CHARGE NOW.

[ Laughing ]
IN CHARGE?

IN CHARGE OF WHAT?

WITHOUT THE COMANDANTE...
THERE IS NOTHING.

IT IS THE PRIEST'S
REVOLUTION NOW.

THE COUNTRY BELONGS...
TO DOMINGUIN.

THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CRASH
YOU LET ORTIZ RIG.

ORTIZ HAD PLENTY OF TIME.
HE JUST MUFFED IT.

I HAD TO
REDO THE JOB MYSELF,

OR THE COPTER NEVER WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND.

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]