Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) - full transcript
A disaster movie opening with an enormous multi-vehicle crash on a Californian highway. After the opening stunt-filled action, a flashback of the crash victims' lives prior to and leading up to the accident. The closing replays the entire "smash up" from various angles and in slow motion, depicting much carnage and indifference to the victims.
DORIS: Capistrano
to all units. Stand by.
Suspect vehicle
involved in homicide.
CHP Officer Hutton,
reported northbound I-5.
Vehicle described
as 1965 Ford van,
cream color,
with license L158259.
Two occupants,
one male Caucasian,
one female Caucasian
in their mid-teens.
Units responding,
identify and give
your location.
OFFICER: Capistrano,
this is 86-S4 entering I-5...
PILOT: Capistrano, Air Two.
DORIS: Go ahead, Air Two.
PILOT: Suspect vehicle
in homicide of CHP officer
is in view, northbound I-5
at El Toro Road.
We'll stay on him.
Advise ground units
we have him in sight.
DORIS: Capistrano 86-S1.
86-S1, go ahead.
86-S1, Air Two
has the vehicle in view
at El Toro and is following.
Your position is
approximately three
miles behind suspect.
86-S1, ten-four.
MARCUM: Sunday,
July fourth, 11:05 a.m.
In a few moments,
some of these people
will become
holiday weekend
safety statistics,
participants in a major
smash-up on California's
Interstate 5.
Thirty-nine vehicles
will be involved.
Sixty-two people
will be injured.
Fourteen will die.
Officially, it will be listed
as 11-79, accident caused
by mechanical failure.
Nothing will appear
in the record
about fear, anger,
love, frustration,
about the human factor.
This story is about
that human factor,
about some of those
holiday statistics.
Who they were,
what they did
in the 40-odd hours
that brought them all,
complete strangers,
together to face
their destiny
on Interstate 5.
I'm Sam Marcum, Sergeant,
California Highway Patrol.
I'm one of those statistics.
RADIO HOST:
All right, then, all you
beautiful dolls, be the next
to light up the board
and add fuel to the Fourth
of July fireworks
and sample the sexy
savvy of your big daddy.
Open your hot, little hearts
and tell all, and I do mean,
open your hot, little hearts.
[BLOWING HORN]
I gotta talk to you!
What?
I love you!
I love you, too.
Take the next off-ramp.
What?
The next off-ramp!
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, honey.
Let's get off
some place.
Hey, cool it. You want
to get us killed?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Knock it off.
What? What's the matter?
There's a cop back there.
We gotta get off
the freeway.
Oh!
Hang on, Juno.
We'll be home soon.
Oh, don't worry.
It's just a little one.
I'll be all right.
[HORNS HONKING]
Get down!
Look out!Hold on!
Well, men, on this bright,
sunny, Friday afternoon
the second of July,
you know what we have
ahead of us, don't you?
We have the glorious
Fourth, glorious
to everyone but us.
Oh, incidentally,
there's some rain
down south coming our way
and that creates problems
that we're all
familiar with.
SORRENSON: Little
water on the road.[MEN CHUCKLE]
Yes, Sorrenson,
a little water.
There's gonna be
a lot of senior citizens
driving too slowly,
teenagers driving
too quickly.
There'll be old cars,
bald tires, vapor locks,
and hot tempers.
There will be drunk drivers,
sick babies, and smash-ups.
So, now, we all remember
Marcum's Law, of course.
ALL: Anything that can
go wrong will go wrong!
I'm proud of you, men.
And the speed limit
is still...
ALL: Fifty-five
miles per hour!
Now, let's get out there
and serve with pride.
You too, Sorrenson.
There he is now. Jimmy!
Hello, lady. How you doing?
How you feeling?
Anything happening?
No, not yet.
Um, you forgot
your lunch.
Oh, thank you.
Laureen drove me
over with it.
MARCUM: Officer Hutton!
I and this entire unit
would like to know
what you've done
to this poor child.
[CHUCKLING]
Seriously, I saw you
last night in the supermarket,
and I have never seen
anyone hustle out of
a check-stand so quickly.
So, will you try
a little harder?
You are making nervous
wrecks out of grown men.
I'll do my very best.
Thank you.Sam.
Can I talk to
you a minute?
Uh, may I see
your driver's license,
please?
Oh, shut up.
Listen.
I want to talk to you
about this typical
male attitude of yours.
She's having a baby
and you're nervous?
The way you've been
carrying on about
your kid sister,
you'd think you were
having the baby.
She could get
married first.
Mmm-hmm, you know
I've been trying.
Listen, I gotta get
Barbara home
and then get
to the hospital.
I'm almost late now.
Well, if I finish
work early, I'll stop by.
[MARCUM SIGHS]
She's really getting
uptight, Sam.
You know, I think she's
going to try to get me
to quit the Patrol.
You just got in.Yeah, I did,
but she thinks
you talked me into it.
Would I do a thing like that?
To a nice guy like you?
[FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING]
ERICA: Trudy?
Oh! [CHUCKLING]
Dynamite! I was about
to give up.
I thought you weren't
going to show.
I still don't quite
see this as your scene.
Well, I've had
my share of TV
and sympathy.
It was the same way
with me after my divorce.
Welcome to the rat race.
Booze first, laughs later.
Relax. Just relax
and let it all happen.
[LAUGHING]
Hey, Trudy.Oh, Danny!
Oh, Danny, meet Erica.
We work together
at the lab.
Hi, Erica.
You look terrific.
Well, I do my best.
Dance?
Uh, why not?
[GUN FIRES]
EARL: Stop him! Stop him!
[GUN FIRES][PENNY SCREAMS]
Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
Somebody call the cops.
I shot a guy.
I didn't mean to.
It just happened.
How bad are you hurt?
It's funny.
It doesn't hurt at all.
Maybe it's not bad.Let's see.
Let me see!No, it's okay.
Now, come on.
We got to ditch this car.
Somebody might've
gotten the license.
You got to get with it, Erica.
I mean, it's a whole new
ball game.
There are no sides,
no rules. You just got
to keep it loose and easy.
Nothing too personal.
Right. Right on.
You do your thing.
I do mine.
And nobody owes
anybody anything.
That's it!
And it has nothing
to do with love, right?
Right. But it's love
that I'm talking about.
The way it is
right now, you know,
you gotta keep it free,
loose and easy.
Hey kid,
meet Jason.
Hi.
Jason,
meet Erica.
DANNY:
Hey, she's got
great flesh.
Some people have,
some haven't.
You've got great flesh.
You better believe him.
He knows.
He really knows
'cause he's a doctor.
[GIGGLES]
Chiropractor.
Well, nobody's perfect.
[ALL LAUGHING]
TRUDY: I love it!
Oh, I told you about her!
What say to getting
out of here
and going someplace
nice and private?
Uh, give me just a minute
to go to the john, huh?
You got it.
Oh, bud! Will you look
at the lovebirds!
I'll be right back.Okay.
Isn't she great?
Oh, she has a great
sense of humor.
And she really digs
Danny's action.
I imagine.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
DANNY: Hey!
Hey!
Hey, leave it
to old Danny to come up
with a solution, huh?
Hey, I thought we had
a thing going.
Look, it's raining.
It's a madhouse in there.
Why don't we both split,
go somewhere else?
I don't know about you,
Danny Boy, but I'm going home.
Look, uh, Trudy said
you were out of it.
You wanted some laughs,
but it's cool.
I'm not starving,
you know what I mean?
I'm happy for you.
I got a great idea.
Why don't we go down
to my boat?
Just the two of us.
Not tonight. I'm really beat.
Some other time, huh?
[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO]
What are you doing?
I'm washing the breakfast
dishes for some reason.
Well, come on,
let's get going.
Go do something.
I'll be ready in a minute.
I've done everything.
That's nice.
Go do something else.
I thought of something.Good.
It's some advice that
Prime Minister Disraeli
gave to a young man
who was running
for Parliament.
"My boy," he said,
"The most important thing
I can tell you
"about running
for public office
"is never miss an opportunity
to go to the bathroom."
[CHUCKLING]
Juno?Yes?
I talked
to Allen
and Alisa.
They're going to keep
an eye on the house
while we're gone.
Good.
Did you remember
to pack all our
reading material?
Hey.Oh.
I was just looking
at my years.
Vanity, vanity, thy name
is woman. Ready to go?
Albert, why won't
you tell me where
we're going?
I can't.
It's a big surprise.
There have been
a lot of surprises lately.
You must be guilty
of something.
Whoop, you found out.
I'm keeping another
woman.
Mmm-hmm.
Some young thing
in your history class,
with big eyes.
It's not just her eyes.
Come on. We're going
to have a lot of fun.
Okay, I'll meet you
at the car.
Now what?
Well, if you must know,
I'm going to follow
Prime Minister Disraeli's
advice. If you must know.
FEMALE RADIO DJ: Well, then,
kiddies, it's 10:09 a.m.
on a leaky third of July
and it looks like
the showers are going
to hang in here in San Diego
for a beat, but have no fear.
Just hug your honey closer
and let your favorite
country and western station
in the nation do its thing
and brighten your day.
Hi, which way
you heading?
North.
Well, come on in
out of the rain.
Well, come on.
She gets in back with me.
You just drive, old buddy.
I'm sorry we've got
to do this.
Get going.Yeah, sure.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
[RADIO CHATTER CONTINUING]
Come on, cut it out.
Hi.Hello.
Would you take it out
of the wallet, please?
Yes, sir.Thank you.
Do you have the registration?
Sure, but it's
not my van.
Where's the owner?In the back.
Okay, Randy,
would you step out
of the vehicle, please?
Yes, sir.
Let's open up the back.
Yes, sir.
Cute.
Yes, sir.
Randy, let's open up
the back.
Sure.
Come on, Randy.
Buzz off. Don't bug us.
Debbie. Debbie.
Come on, Debbie.
Oh! Oh.
Hi, Officer.
Hi. Are you the owner
of this vehicle?
Uh, yes, sir.
All the comforts
of home, huh?
Yes, sir.
Do you people have
any idea what happens
to a vehicle like this
if you have to jam
on the brakes suddenly?
No, sir.Well, I do.
It's not very pretty.
No, sir.
Okay, Randy.
55 miles an hour.
Wow, thanks. I mean,
for not writing us up.
Well, I figure it
like this.
If I write you up,
you'd probably just
pay the fine.
This way, you may
just think about it.
You got it.
No, you almost got it.
Come on,
hurry up.
MALE RADIO HOST:
And on this second day
of the holiday weekend,
so far, traffic accidents
are lower than expected.
There, that's about
the best I can do.
Okay.
You all right,
you think?
[COUNTRY MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO]
Pete?[GROANS]
Uh, yeah, terrific.
Hey, he ought to be
in a hospital.
Forget it.
That's what I think.
That's all.
Hey, listen, what's
your name, anyway?
Lee, my name's Lee Bassett.
Oh, yeah? Well, uh,
you just drive, Lee Bassett.
Okay?
Yeah, sure, but,
uh, where?
Just drive! [WHIMPERS]
Get on the freeway
and head north.
Hey, aren't we going
to Big Sur?
We'd be all right there,
wouldn't we?
Now cool it, would you?
I'm trying to think.
You know, he shouldn't
lose much more blood.
Maybe you ought
to see a doctor.
Hey, shut up, both of you.
And turn off that radio.
PENNY: What'll that hurt?
Oh...
Now, somebody
around here better start
listening to me,
or somebody else
is gonna get wasted.
Okay?
Okay, okay.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PHONE RINGING]
Fantastic.
I thought you'd forgotten
how to do that.
Hello?DONNY: Hi, Erica.
How's it going?
Great. Who's this?
Oh, I thought you'd
remember my voice.
Oh, not offhand.
It's Danny Boy.
Oh, Danny Boy.
I figured you might have
changed your mind.
About what?
The boat! The boat.
It's a great day
for fun and games at sea.
No people, no clothes.
Just us and the big,
blue ocean.
Yeah, well, thanks, but... I'll be by
for you in an hour.
Remember, it's Danny
the Doctor and you gotta
follow the Doctor's orders!
Uh, no...
SUSIE: Hello?Hi, Susie, how are you?
Mom? I'm fine.
Where are you?
I'm in LA.
I just wondered
what you were
doing this weekend.
Nothing much.
Is anything wrong?
Oh, no. I'm great.
I want to get
out of this place.
Thought I might drive down
to San Diego and see you
if you're not busy.
Oh, I'm seeing Jeff
but we're not doing
anything special.
Like tomorrow
we're celebrating
the Fourth of July
by watching the dolphins
jump through red, white
and blue hoops.
Jeff's a SeaWorld freak!
Hey, you can come with us.
He won't mind.
Oh, well, I don't want
to interrupt your plans.
Oh, Mom, stop.
I really want to see you.
When can you come?
Well, I could
leave right away.
Drive carefully.
I've been listening
to the traffic bulletins
and the holiday
jam is murder!
I will. Thank you, Susie.
See you in a few hours.
Bye.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Hey, you're gonna
have to move on.
Just like it says.
No parking.
[REVVING ENGINE]
Nice engine
you got there, honey.
Really.Okay, let's move on.
Listen, Officer,
we're waiting
for our friend.
If we don't stay here,
he won't know
where to find us.
He should be along
pretty soon.
Just like all
the rest of the cops.
Anybody on a bike,
they ought to be dead, right?
Well, I'm sorry, you're
going to have to work
it out some other way.
Can't park here.
Just you listen.
Hey, hey,
here's Roach now.
[ALL SHOUTING GREETINGS]
Where you been?
Trucking around,
chasing elephants.
Having a good time.
Hey, where's the
action? [LAUGHS]
Hey, where's
your old lady?I don't know. We had a fight.
Aw, poor baby!
[ALL LAUGHING]
Who hit you,
Roach?
Told you a million times,
you got to say please to Lucy.
Okay, okay,
your friend is here.
Now why don't
you all get moving?
Get moving
where?
Away!Ha! Away.
Come on, babe.Away, right?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
DISPATCHER:
86-506, Capistrano.
86-506, go ahead.
86-506. Guess what, Jim
Hutton. Your wife's on the way
to Capistrano Hospital.
Code Two.
86-506, ten-four. En route!
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
You, in the gray
Oldsmobile.
Pull over.
Your right rear tire
is going flat.
Hey, it's a cop.
We got to pull over.
Keep driving.Hey, but he said
to pull over.
I said keep driving!
Capistrano, 86-506.
DISPATCHER: 86-506, go ahead.
Capo, any further news
about my wife?
86-506, negative.
Hey, stay cool, Hutton.
I'll keep you posted.
506, ten-four.
Hey, it's that cop again.
He's right behind me
with his lights flashing.
What do you want me to do?
Pete!
Hey, I got to pull over.
Pete? Pete!
Here he comes.
It's a cop. Hide the gun.
Didn't you hear me
back there? I told you
to pull over.
Uh, yes, sir.
[PENNY SCREAMS]
Drive!
Move it or I'll kill you!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Oh, God. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Why isn't Jimmy here?
He promised
he would be here.
Come on now,
come on now, push.
Push!
Come on. Remember
all those classes,
all those practice sessions?
Just do what you learned.
[STRAINING]
Oh! I'm so sorry
but I don't want to push.
I don't want to push.
I want to scream.
They didn't...
They didn't teach us
screaming.
Where is Jimmy?
He said that he would
be here.
Don't give up
now, Barbara.
You're doing fine.
You're almost there.
Just keep pushing.
Don't waste your energy
talking. Put your energy
into pushing.
You're doing great,
Barbara.
Keep it coming.
Good.
Not so fast now.
Easy, easy.
Here it comes.
No pushing now.
Don't push, Barbara.
Don't push, Barbara.
Just let it come slowly.
Blow, blow.
Okay. That's it.
Here comes the head.
That's it. Good.
Just a little more.
You can do it.
A little more.
[STRAINING]
[BARBARA CRYING]
Okay.
You can do it!
You're doing it.
It's almost over.
Look! Honey, look,
there's your baby.
Here we are
and you've got
a little boy.
[BABY CRYING]
It's over.
Look, look at...
There's your baby.
[CRYING]
[MOUTHING]
Look at him.
Look at him!
Okay, sleepy-head,
time to move.
Let's get you
in your bed.
How you doing?
Good.
You still want to go
dancing tonight?
No.[LAUGHS]
There you go.
All right, I'll be back
to see you later.
Thank you.
We did it.
We did it.
I'm so proud of you.
Good girl.
You know you made me
an aunt?
I know.
Oh, I want Jimmy
to be here, too.
Where do you suppose
he is?
Don't worry,
he'll be here.
Poor Jimmy.
All those practice sessions
and now he's missed
the main event.
Hey, you get a little
sleep now, all right?
Okay.All right.
He looks just like Jimmy.
I know.
Six pounds... Excuse me,
six-pound, eight-ounce boy.
Looks just like
the father.
Boy, it doesn't take
you long to find out
things, does it?
No, no it doesn't.
How's Barbara?
She's fine.Well, that's good.
Where the heck is Jimmy?I don't know. He should be
charging in any minute.
Hey, I'm on duty, you know.
You're on duty?Yeah.
Come on,
let's go in there.Okay.
Hi.
Hi.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Oh, Sam. [SIGHS]
Why does everything
have to be so
complicated with us?
Because you make it
that way.
You're the one that
complicates it.
Look at Jimmy.
Look at Barbara.
They met,
they fell in love,
they got married,
and now they have a son.
You know I envy him,
don't you?
Of course I do.
You know that.
Well?
I wish I could look
at life the way Barbara
does, but I can't.
You know what it is?
[CLEARING THROAT]
It's working here
in this hospital.
All the pain,
all the suffering.
Quit. Just walk out.
Let's start a family.
Thank you.
It has nothing
to do with my job.
You know the deal.
I'll marry you
any time you say.
But if we're going
to have a family,
and I want one, Sam.
You do, too, I know.
Then you're going to have
to take that promotion
and get off the road.
Sam, I want my kids
to be able to kiss their
daddy good bye
in the morning
and know they're gonna
see him again that night.
I can't make it
behind a desk.
I've tried. You know I tried.
I just can't make it
behind a desk, that's all.
You're just being
pig-headed.
You're the one that's
being pig-headed.[SIGHS]
You're trying
to change my life.
I'm not trying
to change your life.
Sam, I'm trying to keep it.
Can't you understand that?
WOMAN: [ON PA]
Sergeant Marcum,
Sergeant Marcum.
There's an emergency
call for you,
Sergeant Marcum.
We'll talk about it later.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
I'm sorry, Sam.
How did it happen?
You got anything?
Not much. We have
a witness. Gave us
a description of the car.
Gray Olds.
Not much more.
How did it happen?
What did you see?
Did you see anybody
else in the vehicle?
Anybody in the car?
Easy, Sam.
He doesn't speak
much English.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I'm sure he told me all
he knows. I'll go over it
with him again in a minute.
Did you get
a description out
on the vehicle?
Yeah, it's on the air.
What else did
the witness say?
He saw Hutton stop
the Olds, walk up to it.
Bang, they shot him.
Just like that?
Just like that.
If you hear anything,
anything at all,
you call me at the hospital.
What the hell am I
gonna tell his wife?
You know, she just
had the baby today?
[CAR STARTING]
Sam?
Jimmy.
Where's Jimmy?
Why isn't Jimmy here?
Somebody better tell me.
Barbara, there was
a shooting incident.
He was on his way here.
There was a shooting
incident.
Shot?
BARBARA: He's dead.
He was on his way
over here.
Oh, God.
Oh, God. He never got
to see the baby.
He's dead. He never even
got to see the baby.
What is this place?
Well, madam, welcome
to the Casbah West.
Pepe le Moko is waiting.
Played by Charles Boyer
or Tony Martin?
Played by yours truly.
Madam, welcome home.
What? Oh, my God.
[EXCLAIMING]
Albert! Al.
You can't do that.
I'm doing it.
Oh!
Well, how do you like it?
[EXCLAIMS]
How do you like it?Whose is it?
Ours.
Oh, you big, dumb,
beautiful jackass.
I knew you'd like it.
Oh, it's wonderful, Albert.
It's just beautiful.
But how can we
afford it?
We can only be here
weekends.
Well, Juno,
I am taking
a sabbatical.
I'm taking the whole year off.
We can be here as much
as we want to be.
I think I'm gonna cry.
Well, before you start,
how would you like
to check out the view
from the bed?
I beg your pardon?
Just a suggestion.[LAUGHING]
How far am I
supposed to go?
We got to fix that tire.
Pete. Pete.[GROANING]
We've gotta
do something.
Yeah, I know.
Hey!
[SCREAMING]
What are you doing?
LEE: Just sit there
and shut up!
Look what
you did to him.
What I did to him?
He shot a cop,
for God's sakes! A cop!
I was with him!
That makes me
an accessory.
If you help him,
I'll tell them the truth.
Ha, you think they're
going to believe you?
I'm on parole right now.
Not for any killing,
but I ripped off a car.
God knows
what you been into.
Hey, where you going?
We got to get him to a doctor.
I can pay you.
I've got money.
I just met him.
He was going to get
some money so we could
go to Big Sur.
I didn't know
he had a gun.
I didn't know that guy
would get shot
in the liquor store.
I didn't know.
Please don't leave me.
Wow. This is a lot of bread.
Should help.
What are you gonna do?
Stay there and shut up.
[SULTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
DEBBIE: I think
somebody's there!Huh?
I heard the door open.
Hi.
[ENGINE RATTLING]
Oh, no!
Not bad.
Hey, Roach.
Got a new girl for you.
Why me, huh?
Give me a break,
will you?
Loosen up.
Get out of here.
Come on. Let's see
what's happening.
Later.
Let's go.Naw, I'm going
to sit here.
Watch my bike, man.
Hi, honey.
Dynamite car you got here.
Why won't it run?
Ran out of gas.
Well, that's no problem.
We'll give you some.
You just get in
and steer.
Hey, guys, let's push her
over to the bikes, huh?
BIKER: Come on, come on.
Let's get this rolling.
[ALL CLAMORING]
What are them
dumb broads doing?
Hey, man, let's go
see her. Come on.
Just relax, honey.
[LAUGHING]
Hey, Roach. Come on,
the lady here needs
some help, come on.
What's the matter with you?
You forget how to help
a lady?
What? Hey!Come on!
[REVVING ENGINE]
[ALL CLAMORING]
Hey, hold it! Hold It!
Hold it! Come on, Burnsey.
Cut it out.
Forget you, Andy!
Where do you think
you're going, sweetheart?
[EXCLAIMS]
[BIKERS LAUGH AND CHEER]
BURNSEY: Get her, fellas!
[ALL CLAMORING]
[INDISTINCT]
[HORNS HONKING]
Hey, miss,
you all right?
What's it to
you, fella?
Get out of here,
you little stooge.
You going to let
him push me
around like that?
Hey, man,
what do you think
you're doing, huh?
Look what he's
done to Andy!
All right,
let's get him.Yeah, come on.
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
Hey, are you
all right?
More or less.
DORIS: 86-S1,
Capistrano. 86-S1.
Car matching description
of vehicle involved in
Officer Hutton's homicide,
reported presently
approaching junction I-5
and 101, headed north.
86-S1, ten-four.
Hey, it's okay,
everything's going
to be all right.
Did you, uh,
bring any other
clothes with you?
In my car.
Okay, we'll go look
for a place
for you to stay
and then I'll come on back
and pick up the car later.
My name is Dale.
Erica.
Listen, Erica,
let me ask you
something.
Come here often?
[LAUGHING] No.
Well, it wasn't that funny,
but, uh, I'll warm up
a little later.
It just takes
me a while, you know.
[VAN DOORS SLAM]
Yeah, it's not
bad at all.
We're just going
to leave Pete
here like that?
Well, I am.
I don't know
about you.
Yeah, but what am
I supposed to do?
I don't care.
Hitch another ride.
Go home.
I can't!
They threw me out.
Please, I don't even
know where I am.
You can't just leave me
here alone with him.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
Take me with you.
I don't care where.
I'm just no good alone.
How'd you get to be
such a mess, anyway?
All right, get in.
Come on.
Remember when
we used to swim,
way far out?
Yeah, I'm hungry.
I didn't bring
anything.
I did.
Now, you come here
and sit right
down there
and don't let
anybody steal
our ocean.
What are you
up to now?
You'll find out.
I'll be right back.
And save me
a place.
[GROANS]
[CLASSICAL PIANO
MUSIC PLAYING]
Albert, that's our Chopin,
the Nocturne in B Major.
I, uh, hoped
you'd remember.
I'll always remember.
You played it the first
time we made love.
We played it
five times.[GIGGLES]
[IN FRENCH ACCENT]
Pepe le Moko
thinks of everything.
Now, what's that?
Voila!
Would you like
to deal those?
And with the nocturne.
And it was a very good
year for nocturne.
Champagne, I remember.
And...
And caviar!
And that was
only the beginning.
You all right?
Oh, yes, really,
I'm just happy.
I'm really just
so damn happy.
So am I.
FEMALE DISPATCHER:
Capistrano, 86-S1.
86-S1, go ahead.
Officer Berman,
has definite ID.
Oldsmobile used
in Hutton homicide.
86-S1, ten-four.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
He's dead, Sam.
My guess would be
about an hour.
The coroner and
the local homicide guys
are on the way.
Anything on
the vehicle yet?
Yeah, it's stolen.
San Diego.
Best I could tell
without moving the body
there's no ID.
Not very much
to go on, is there?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Hey, turn
that thing down,
will you?
There's somebody
in there.
You got the keys?
No keys,
we couldn't find any.
Get a tire iron.
[KNOCKING ON TRUNK]
Hang on, we'll get you out.
SAM: Oh, my God.
Help me get them
out of here.
Get an
ambulance.
Hang up while
I get my car.
More, please, sir.Sure!
If I'd known you like
champagne this much
we'd have had it every day.
Oh, I wouldn't
want it every day.
You see, champagne
is very special
and if I had it every day,
then it wouldn't
be special anymore.
And if you keep on
losing special things,
then finally,
nothing's left
that's special.
I think that's your
fourth glass.
Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.
If Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers,
how many picks of
peckled peepers,
[LAUGHING]
how many pecks,
how many...
I'll drink to that.
You know where
we're going tonight?
Uh... The south of France.
Nope. You and I
are gonna get
all dressed up
and we're going to that
big, new hotel and we
are going to dance
to music that
we can recognize.
Benny Goodman?
Mmm. Not quite.
But would you settle
for, uh...
Lou Rudolfo and
his South Pasadena
Blue Blowers?
Well, since we are
gonna go dancing,
we ought to
take a little nap.
Now, I'll clean up.
It's my party.
You stay here
and rest.
[SINGING SOFTLY]
[SINGING AND WHISTLING]
Juno?
Hey!
Juno!
Juno!
Juno!
Juno!
Juno!
Mr. Pearson,
you're still here.
Your wife's going
to be all right now.
We've given her something.
She'll sleep right through
the night.
Wouldn't it be better
if you came back
tomorrow morning?
No, I think I'll
stay with her.
All right.
ERICA: I don't
believe you.
DALE: Do you have something
against truck drivers?
No, it's just, I don't
believe that you quit medical
school to become one.
Well, when I was
about eight years old,
my dad got me
one of those little
medical doctor kits,
know, with the
plastic stethoscope
and the peppermint pills.
You know the kind.
I tell you, I was the best kid
on my whole block
at playing doctor
and that's the truth.
And I tell you, I also, uh,
I never thought of being
anything but a doctor,
for, I suppose,
about 18 years.
Until one day,
I was in a lab
in Syracuse, New York,
and was dissecting
a heart,
laying open
the pulmonary valve,
the heart,
the engine of life.
And I thought, "What the hell
else do I know about life?"
Me, too.
You, too, what?
[STAMMERING]
Um, well...
Thinking about...
Asking questions
about life,
at the end of
a long marriage
going nowhere.
Only, I must say,
I never thought of
becoming a truck driver.
Well, maybe you should.
Pay's very good.
Besides, and you're out
on the open road.
You do a lot of thinking,
a lot of imagining.
About what?
Oh, about all the great things
there are to do in this world
besides dissecting hearts
and filling teeth.
Like what?
Like...
You really want to know?
Sure.
Okay.
Like sleeping in the
Great Pyramid
at Cheops, in Egypt.
Yeah, well,
that's something
to think about.
No, but I really went.
I really did it.
You went to Egypt?Yes.
And you slept in a pyramid?
That's right.
And what happened?
Ah, dreams, dreams
you wouldn't believe.
I believe.
Thank you.
And today, I rescued
a beautiful damsel
in distress
who will now dance
with me, I hope.
Then, next month,
I'm headed for
Australia.
You're kidding.
What, you don't believe me?
Then why don't you come along?
Well, you're, uh,
still young.
You can afford
to be romantic.
Sure, so can you.
Oh, you don't
believe that either?
You're very beautiful,
you know.
Otherwise why would
I bother to stop
and pick you up?
You cannot
go through life
from one adventure
to another.
Why not? What's better?
A long marriage
that's going nowhere?
Well, now
that's not fair.
My husband
was not a bad man.
It's just we grew apart.
My fault, too.
Oh, Erica.
You're free,
you're single.
Uh, with a daughter
almost your age.
Hey, lady,
I am not interested
in your daughter.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Dale, my husband...
left me
for a girl of 22,
so when you say...There you go again
with the numbers game.
Twenty-two.
Forty-one.
Sixty-eight. Hike!
So what?
So when you were
that, uh,
little 8-year-old boy
with a doctor bag,
I was probably
eight months pregnant.
Well, if that's the case,
I have to agree with you.
We would have made
a very unusual couple.
Oh, Erica.
It's not what they think.
It's what we feel.
Let me tell you
what I feel right now.
Um, I'm not sure
I want to hear it.
Well, I'm going
to tell you anyway.
Right now, I just want
to take you someplace
and I really want...Mmm-mmm.
[GUITAR PLAYING]
Hello.
What were
you doing?
Oh, I'll tell
you later.
Like the man said,
you're in good hands.
I wish we could
have gotten orange.
It's the only kind
I like.
It's all I could get.
Want some pizza?
You sure
we're safe here?
Oh, yeah.
For the night,
anyway.
We'll split early
in the morning.
Can we go
to Big Sur?
MAN: Hey, let's have
another beer![WOMAN LAUGHS]
Feel my heart.
It's fantastic.
It's right
on the ocean,
with big hills,
and cliffs
and rocks that go
right into the sea.
What are you
talking about?
Big Sur, dummy, you know.
You must really like
that place. What's
so special about it?
It's got seals and birds
and sometimes the whales
come right along the coast
on their way to Baja.
It's really nature.
Hey, could we camp
out there?
Oh, yeah, it's
a fantastic place
for camping
and we could hide out there
and nobody would bother us.
You know, you're like
a little kid sometimes.
It's hard to believe
you hitchhiked all the way
across the country,
stayed in those
communes.
Can we go there
in the morning?
Everybody says
it's fabulous.
You mean you've never
even been there?
Well, not actually.
But, I feel
like I have.
I mean, I've heard about
Big Sur for years
and once I saw a book
with a lot of pictures of it.
I just know that when
I get there, everything is
going to be all right for me.
We've just gotta go.
You know, you're really
something Penny.
You're a little nuts,
but you're
really something.
You asleep?
Mmm.
I was just thinking
about tomorrow,
our Fourth of July.
We're going to have
so much fun.
We're gonna laugh
and eat tortillas...
You like tortillas?
Mmm!Okay, eighty-six
the tortillas.
We're definitely going
to drink beer in
Capistrano though
and watch the swallows
nest in the mission
and shoot off firecrackers,
I love firecrackers,
since I'm a kid.
Or, plan B,
we can stay here in bed
and make love all day.
Mmm.
Then, day after tomorrow,
I could pick up a load
in San Diego and we can
drive to Texas.
Texas?
Yeah.
We can make love
in the Grand Canyon
along the way.
You are a beautiful
man, Dale,
and you live in a beautiful
world of dreams and
you've included me.
And I love it.Oh, but they're
not dreams, Erica.
You come with me
and I'll prove it.
They're not dreams.
I don't want to think
about tomorrow.
Let's just hold on
to tonight.
This is crazy.Hmm?
I must be crazy.
You don't meet a man
and go to bed with him
the same night.
I don't. I'm crazy.
Well, you look
pretty good to me
for a crazy lady,
let me tell you.
Oh, good lord,
what time is it?
It's 12:15, why?
Oh, I forgot to call Susie.
She's expecting me to come.
You still trying
to fix me up
with your daughter?
Uh, Susie, uh, no, no.
I'm fine.
I just thought
I'd let you know there's
a change in plans.
I won't be there tonight.
I do?
Well, I don't know.
I'll let you know
when I find out.
Okay, bye.
You'll never guess
what she said.
She said, "I hope it's
because you got lucky."
How did you know?
Well, did you, hmm?
[CHUCKLES]
I'll let you know
when I find out.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
It's okay.
When we were
getting the pizza,
I switched the plates
with another van
that was there.
Hey, where is
everybody?
They went on to San Diego.
We'll meet them there.
Not me, not
the way I feel.
Oh, come on, Andy.
You're okay.
Okay?
Eighteen stitches
and a concussion,
why do you think
they held me
overnight?
Well, listen, if you
feel that bad, I'll
drive the bike.
The hell you will.
Nobody rides
my bike but me.
Look, I'm gonna get
some breakfast and
head back to LA.
I want to go
to San Diego!
Everybody's waiting
for us there.
We'll have a ball.
You coming or staying?
See you around.
You'd really do it,
wouldn't you?
Damn right.
You know, somebody should
have knocked you in the head
a long time ago.
How is she?
We finally got her to sleep
early this morning.
What about you?
Have you had
any sleep?
No, but we got
everything covered.
We're going
to get this guy.
You look like you're
half dead. Why don't
you take a break?
We'll go down to the
cafeteria, have a
little breakfast,
let somebody else
take over for
a while, all right?
Mmm-mmm. Not this one.
No one is going to
take this one over.
Sam, you can hardly
keep your eyes open.
What are you going to do?
Go on the freeway,
drive a hundred miles an hour,
maybe get in a shootout
and then you're
going to get killed?
Wait a minute,
wait a minute.
We've been through
all this before.
It's my job, Laureen.
Yeah, it's the way
you want it, Sam,
the way you've
always wanted it.
I guess the way you always
will want it. Well, I can't
live with it anymore.
Laureen.Stop kidding
yourself, will you?
You're nothing but
a big kid, you like going
out and driving fast
and having bad guys
shoot at you.
That's right.
I work out there on
that road and you're
right, I do like it.
Well, find yourself
another lady, Sam.
Find somebody
who'll have your kids.
Find somebody who
can live with the fact
that the next time
she sees you,
you may be dead.
Here we go,
Mrs. Pearson.
Thank you.
Oh, I really don't know
what I was thinking.
I just wanted to go
swimming. I didn't
want you to stop me.
Maybe it was
the champagne,
my head was full
of so many things,
and when I was
in the ocean,
it felt so good,
so good and clean
and I just kept swimming
the way I used to,
on and on.
Oh, Juno.
Albert, we both
know I don't
have much time.
We don't talk about it,
but it may be
only a few months,
that's why you you've
been doing all these
sweet things for me, I know.
My darling,
I didn't want you
to have to wait
for me to die
and spend all that
we've saved trying to make
my last days beautiful.
I wanted to
save you all that.
I just wanted to
make it easier
and quicker.
I understand,
but don't you know...
I value every
moment with you,
every moment.
And so do I, with you.
Albert,
can we go
back home now?
I want very much
to be home with you.
Sure.
[DALE SINGING]
Tomorrow, tomorrow we can drop
your car off in San Diego,
and hit the road by noon.
And where will we
be tomorrow night?
Ah, tomorrow night.
I know this great little
spot just out of
Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Bougainvillea
on the windows,
nice cantina right
across the road.
Did you ever see the
desert sky at night?
It's a bowl of stars.
And what happens
when we get to Texas?
What do you mean,
what happens?
What do we do?
Where do we stay?
We'll, uh, worry
about that when
the time comes.
I can't do it, Dale.
You can't do what?
I can't go with you.
I'm going back
to Los Angeles.
Hey, wait a minute now,
just, just wait a minute.
Now, last night
you said
that you couldn't
jump into bed with
a guy you just met
and you did and
it was beautiful.
Now, you're turning
this into a
one night stand
and I thought that
you wanted something
more than that.
I do.
But it's just too soon.
What do you got to lose?
A boring job, an empty house,
what, what?
I know you're right.
I wish I had the courage,
but I don't.
You don't do it now,
you never will.
Not even breakfast?
I'm sorry.
Don't mention it.
Uh, Capistrano,
this is 86-503.
FEMALE DISPATCHER:
86-503, go ahead.
Uh, 11, 28, 10, 29.
License plate
L158259, please check.
He's still
following us!
Oh, relax, the plates
check out to another
van, remember?
Don't worry about it.
Capistrano, ten-four.
Next stop, Big Sur.
Give me a peanut.
Damn it! No!
[HONKING HORN]
[HONKING HORN]
Hey, Sam, got
anything yet?Nothing.
You know, I thought I saw
the van we're looking for,
same color and everything,
even had a couple
of kids in it.
License didn't check.
This one had a sign
painted on the back,
"This Van Rated X."
What?
Oh, damn it, how the hell
could I forget about it?
Where was it?
It was the wrong
license number.Where the hell was it!
The Ortega on-ramp,
they got on the freeway
heading north.
Get on the radio.
That's the van.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
DORIS: Capistrano
to all units. Stand by.
Suspect vehicle
involved in homicide.
CHP Officer Hutton,
reported northbound I-5.
Vehicle described
as 1965 Ford van,
cream color,
with license L158259.
Two occupants,
one male Caucasian,
one female Caucasian
in their mid-teens.
Units responding,
identify and give
your location.
OFFICER: Capistrano,
this is 86-S4 entering I-5...
PILOT: Capistrano, Air Two.
DORIS: Go ahead, Air Two.
PILOT: Suspect vehicle
in homicide of CHP officer
is in view, northbound I-5
at El Toro Road.
We'll stay on him.
Advise ground units
we have him in sight.
DORIS: Capistrano 86-S1.
86-S1, go ahead.
86-S1, Air Two
has the vehicle in view
at El Toro and is following.
Your position is
approximately three
miles behind suspect.
86-S1, ten-four.
RADIO HOST:
All right, then, all you
beautiful dolls, be the next
to light up the board
and add fuel to the Fourth
of July fireworks
and sample the sexy
savvy of your big daddy.
Open your hot, little hearts
and tell all, and I do mean,
open your hot, little hearts.
[BLOWING HORN]
I gotta talk to you!
What?
I love you!
I love you, too.
Take the next off-ramp.
What?
The next off-ramp!
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, honey.
Let's get off
someplace.
Hey, cool it. You want
to get us killed?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Knock it off.
What? What's the matter.
There's a cop back there.
We gotta get off
the freeway.
Oh!
Hang on, Juno.
We'll be home soon.
Oh, don't worry.
It's just a little one.
I'll be all right.
[CRASHING]
Get down!
Look out!Hold on!
Sam!
You okay, Sam?Yeah, yeah I'm okay.
He's dead.
How about the girl?
PILOT: [ON RADIO]
Sergeant Marcum, Sergeant
Marcum, can you hear me?
We can control traffic
from the air.
Air Two to ground units,
fire rescue and paramedics
are en route.
Albert?
Oh, please God,
no, no!
We'll get you out, ma'am.
Put this man
on the ground.
ESTEVEZ: Sam, over here!
Air Two to ground units.
Southbound traffic,
keep moving. Southbound
traffic, keep moving.
I repeat, southbound traffic,
do not slow down.
Albert.
Albert!
Dale!
We need another
extinguisher, hurry up!
Dale! Get him out of there!
You got to get him out!
Hold it, lady.
There's a man in there.
You got to get him out!
Andy. Andy! Oh, no!
There's a man
in there,
come on!
MAN: Get that hose
over here, let's go!
MAN OVER PA:
Stay with your car
until a Highway Patrol Officer
gives you instructions.
Where's, Sam?Right over there,
with the tow truck.
Now...
Now will you go
to Texas with me?
MAN: Get a blanket
over here!
MAN: She's bleeding!
Hey, move that ambulance
out of here, will you?
Would you hurry up
with this thing?
Sam, oh, look at you.
Oh, that's nothing.Let me get it cleaned up.
It'll just take a
minute, come on.All right, clean it up.
Southbound traffic,
do not slow down.
How did this all happen?
My God!
I seen your car
over there...
I thought...
It hurts.
Sorry.
It's all right?
Let's get back
to work, huh?
All right.
MARCUM:
At 11:09 a.m., July fourth,
a major smash-up
occurred on Interstate 5
in the state of California.
Thirty-nine vehicles,
62 people injured,
14 killed.
Officially, it will be
listed as 11-79,
accident due to
mechanical failure.
to all units. Stand by.
Suspect vehicle
involved in homicide.
CHP Officer Hutton,
reported northbound I-5.
Vehicle described
as 1965 Ford van,
cream color,
with license L158259.
Two occupants,
one male Caucasian,
one female Caucasian
in their mid-teens.
Units responding,
identify and give
your location.
OFFICER: Capistrano,
this is 86-S4 entering I-5...
PILOT: Capistrano, Air Two.
DORIS: Go ahead, Air Two.
PILOT: Suspect vehicle
in homicide of CHP officer
is in view, northbound I-5
at El Toro Road.
We'll stay on him.
Advise ground units
we have him in sight.
DORIS: Capistrano 86-S1.
86-S1, go ahead.
86-S1, Air Two
has the vehicle in view
at El Toro and is following.
Your position is
approximately three
miles behind suspect.
86-S1, ten-four.
MARCUM: Sunday,
July fourth, 11:05 a.m.
In a few moments,
some of these people
will become
holiday weekend
safety statistics,
participants in a major
smash-up on California's
Interstate 5.
Thirty-nine vehicles
will be involved.
Sixty-two people
will be injured.
Fourteen will die.
Officially, it will be listed
as 11-79, accident caused
by mechanical failure.
Nothing will appear
in the record
about fear, anger,
love, frustration,
about the human factor.
This story is about
that human factor,
about some of those
holiday statistics.
Who they were,
what they did
in the 40-odd hours
that brought them all,
complete strangers,
together to face
their destiny
on Interstate 5.
I'm Sam Marcum, Sergeant,
California Highway Patrol.
I'm one of those statistics.
RADIO HOST:
All right, then, all you
beautiful dolls, be the next
to light up the board
and add fuel to the Fourth
of July fireworks
and sample the sexy
savvy of your big daddy.
Open your hot, little hearts
and tell all, and I do mean,
open your hot, little hearts.
[BLOWING HORN]
I gotta talk to you!
What?
I love you!
I love you, too.
Take the next off-ramp.
What?
The next off-ramp!
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, honey.
Let's get off
some place.
Hey, cool it. You want
to get us killed?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Knock it off.
What? What's the matter?
There's a cop back there.
We gotta get off
the freeway.
Oh!
Hang on, Juno.
We'll be home soon.
Oh, don't worry.
It's just a little one.
I'll be all right.
[HORNS HONKING]
Get down!
Look out!Hold on!
Well, men, on this bright,
sunny, Friday afternoon
the second of July,
you know what we have
ahead of us, don't you?
We have the glorious
Fourth, glorious
to everyone but us.
Oh, incidentally,
there's some rain
down south coming our way
and that creates problems
that we're all
familiar with.
SORRENSON: Little
water on the road.[MEN CHUCKLE]
Yes, Sorrenson,
a little water.
There's gonna be
a lot of senior citizens
driving too slowly,
teenagers driving
too quickly.
There'll be old cars,
bald tires, vapor locks,
and hot tempers.
There will be drunk drivers,
sick babies, and smash-ups.
So, now, we all remember
Marcum's Law, of course.
ALL: Anything that can
go wrong will go wrong!
I'm proud of you, men.
And the speed limit
is still...
ALL: Fifty-five
miles per hour!
Now, let's get out there
and serve with pride.
You too, Sorrenson.
There he is now. Jimmy!
Hello, lady. How you doing?
How you feeling?
Anything happening?
No, not yet.
Um, you forgot
your lunch.
Oh, thank you.
Laureen drove me
over with it.
MARCUM: Officer Hutton!
I and this entire unit
would like to know
what you've done
to this poor child.
[CHUCKLING]
Seriously, I saw you
last night in the supermarket,
and I have never seen
anyone hustle out of
a check-stand so quickly.
So, will you try
a little harder?
You are making nervous
wrecks out of grown men.
I'll do my very best.
Thank you.Sam.
Can I talk to
you a minute?
Uh, may I see
your driver's license,
please?
Oh, shut up.
Listen.
I want to talk to you
about this typical
male attitude of yours.
She's having a baby
and you're nervous?
The way you've been
carrying on about
your kid sister,
you'd think you were
having the baby.
She could get
married first.
Mmm-hmm, you know
I've been trying.
Listen, I gotta get
Barbara home
and then get
to the hospital.
I'm almost late now.
Well, if I finish
work early, I'll stop by.
[MARCUM SIGHS]
She's really getting
uptight, Sam.
You know, I think she's
going to try to get me
to quit the Patrol.
You just got in.Yeah, I did,
but she thinks
you talked me into it.
Would I do a thing like that?
To a nice guy like you?
[FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING]
ERICA: Trudy?
Oh! [CHUCKLING]
Dynamite! I was about
to give up.
I thought you weren't
going to show.
I still don't quite
see this as your scene.
Well, I've had
my share of TV
and sympathy.
It was the same way
with me after my divorce.
Welcome to the rat race.
Booze first, laughs later.
Relax. Just relax
and let it all happen.
[LAUGHING]
Hey, Trudy.Oh, Danny!
Oh, Danny, meet Erica.
We work together
at the lab.
Hi, Erica.
You look terrific.
Well, I do my best.
Dance?
Uh, why not?
[GUN FIRES]
EARL: Stop him! Stop him!
[GUN FIRES][PENNY SCREAMS]
Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
Somebody call the cops.
I shot a guy.
I didn't mean to.
It just happened.
How bad are you hurt?
It's funny.
It doesn't hurt at all.
Maybe it's not bad.Let's see.
Let me see!No, it's okay.
Now, come on.
We got to ditch this car.
Somebody might've
gotten the license.
You got to get with it, Erica.
I mean, it's a whole new
ball game.
There are no sides,
no rules. You just got
to keep it loose and easy.
Nothing too personal.
Right. Right on.
You do your thing.
I do mine.
And nobody owes
anybody anything.
That's it!
And it has nothing
to do with love, right?
Right. But it's love
that I'm talking about.
The way it is
right now, you know,
you gotta keep it free,
loose and easy.
Hey kid,
meet Jason.
Hi.
Jason,
meet Erica.
DANNY:
Hey, she's got
great flesh.
Some people have,
some haven't.
You've got great flesh.
You better believe him.
He knows.
He really knows
'cause he's a doctor.
[GIGGLES]
Chiropractor.
Well, nobody's perfect.
[ALL LAUGHING]
TRUDY: I love it!
Oh, I told you about her!
What say to getting
out of here
and going someplace
nice and private?
Uh, give me just a minute
to go to the john, huh?
You got it.
Oh, bud! Will you look
at the lovebirds!
I'll be right back.Okay.
Isn't she great?
Oh, she has a great
sense of humor.
And she really digs
Danny's action.
I imagine.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
DANNY: Hey!
Hey!
Hey, leave it
to old Danny to come up
with a solution, huh?
Hey, I thought we had
a thing going.
Look, it's raining.
It's a madhouse in there.
Why don't we both split,
go somewhere else?
I don't know about you,
Danny Boy, but I'm going home.
Look, uh, Trudy said
you were out of it.
You wanted some laughs,
but it's cool.
I'm not starving,
you know what I mean?
I'm happy for you.
I got a great idea.
Why don't we go down
to my boat?
Just the two of us.
Not tonight. I'm really beat.
Some other time, huh?
[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO]
What are you doing?
I'm washing the breakfast
dishes for some reason.
Well, come on,
let's get going.
Go do something.
I'll be ready in a minute.
I've done everything.
That's nice.
Go do something else.
I thought of something.Good.
It's some advice that
Prime Minister Disraeli
gave to a young man
who was running
for Parliament.
"My boy," he said,
"The most important thing
I can tell you
"about running
for public office
"is never miss an opportunity
to go to the bathroom."
[CHUCKLING]
Juno?Yes?
I talked
to Allen
and Alisa.
They're going to keep
an eye on the house
while we're gone.
Good.
Did you remember
to pack all our
reading material?
Hey.Oh.
I was just looking
at my years.
Vanity, vanity, thy name
is woman. Ready to go?
Albert, why won't
you tell me where
we're going?
I can't.
It's a big surprise.
There have been
a lot of surprises lately.
You must be guilty
of something.
Whoop, you found out.
I'm keeping another
woman.
Mmm-hmm.
Some young thing
in your history class,
with big eyes.
It's not just her eyes.
Come on. We're going
to have a lot of fun.
Okay, I'll meet you
at the car.
Now what?
Well, if you must know,
I'm going to follow
Prime Minister Disraeli's
advice. If you must know.
FEMALE RADIO DJ: Well, then,
kiddies, it's 10:09 a.m.
on a leaky third of July
and it looks like
the showers are going
to hang in here in San Diego
for a beat, but have no fear.
Just hug your honey closer
and let your favorite
country and western station
in the nation do its thing
and brighten your day.
Hi, which way
you heading?
North.
Well, come on in
out of the rain.
Well, come on.
She gets in back with me.
You just drive, old buddy.
I'm sorry we've got
to do this.
Get going.Yeah, sure.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
[RADIO CHATTER CONTINUING]
Come on, cut it out.
Hi.Hello.
Would you take it out
of the wallet, please?
Yes, sir.Thank you.
Do you have the registration?
Sure, but it's
not my van.
Where's the owner?In the back.
Okay, Randy,
would you step out
of the vehicle, please?
Yes, sir.
Let's open up the back.
Yes, sir.
Cute.
Yes, sir.
Randy, let's open up
the back.
Sure.
Come on, Randy.
Buzz off. Don't bug us.
Debbie. Debbie.
Come on, Debbie.
Oh! Oh.
Hi, Officer.
Hi. Are you the owner
of this vehicle?
Uh, yes, sir.
All the comforts
of home, huh?
Yes, sir.
Do you people have
any idea what happens
to a vehicle like this
if you have to jam
on the brakes suddenly?
No, sir.Well, I do.
It's not very pretty.
No, sir.
Okay, Randy.
55 miles an hour.
Wow, thanks. I mean,
for not writing us up.
Well, I figure it
like this.
If I write you up,
you'd probably just
pay the fine.
This way, you may
just think about it.
You got it.
No, you almost got it.
Come on,
hurry up.
MALE RADIO HOST:
And on this second day
of the holiday weekend,
so far, traffic accidents
are lower than expected.
There, that's about
the best I can do.
Okay.
You all right,
you think?
[COUNTRY MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO]
Pete?[GROANS]
Uh, yeah, terrific.
Hey, he ought to be
in a hospital.
Forget it.
That's what I think.
That's all.
Hey, listen, what's
your name, anyway?
Lee, my name's Lee Bassett.
Oh, yeah? Well, uh,
you just drive, Lee Bassett.
Okay?
Yeah, sure, but,
uh, where?
Just drive! [WHIMPERS]
Get on the freeway
and head north.
Hey, aren't we going
to Big Sur?
We'd be all right there,
wouldn't we?
Now cool it, would you?
I'm trying to think.
You know, he shouldn't
lose much more blood.
Maybe you ought
to see a doctor.
Hey, shut up, both of you.
And turn off that radio.
PENNY: What'll that hurt?
Oh...
Now, somebody
around here better start
listening to me,
or somebody else
is gonna get wasted.
Okay?
Okay, okay.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PHONE RINGING]
Fantastic.
I thought you'd forgotten
how to do that.
Hello?DONNY: Hi, Erica.
How's it going?
Great. Who's this?
Oh, I thought you'd
remember my voice.
Oh, not offhand.
It's Danny Boy.
Oh, Danny Boy.
I figured you might have
changed your mind.
About what?
The boat! The boat.
It's a great day
for fun and games at sea.
No people, no clothes.
Just us and the big,
blue ocean.
Yeah, well, thanks, but... I'll be by
for you in an hour.
Remember, it's Danny
the Doctor and you gotta
follow the Doctor's orders!
Uh, no...
SUSIE: Hello?Hi, Susie, how are you?
Mom? I'm fine.
Where are you?
I'm in LA.
I just wondered
what you were
doing this weekend.
Nothing much.
Is anything wrong?
Oh, no. I'm great.
I want to get
out of this place.
Thought I might drive down
to San Diego and see you
if you're not busy.
Oh, I'm seeing Jeff
but we're not doing
anything special.
Like tomorrow
we're celebrating
the Fourth of July
by watching the dolphins
jump through red, white
and blue hoops.
Jeff's a SeaWorld freak!
Hey, you can come with us.
He won't mind.
Oh, well, I don't want
to interrupt your plans.
Oh, Mom, stop.
I really want to see you.
When can you come?
Well, I could
leave right away.
Drive carefully.
I've been listening
to the traffic bulletins
and the holiday
jam is murder!
I will. Thank you, Susie.
See you in a few hours.
Bye.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Hey, you're gonna
have to move on.
Just like it says.
No parking.
[REVVING ENGINE]
Nice engine
you got there, honey.
Really.Okay, let's move on.
Listen, Officer,
we're waiting
for our friend.
If we don't stay here,
he won't know
where to find us.
He should be along
pretty soon.
Just like all
the rest of the cops.
Anybody on a bike,
they ought to be dead, right?
Well, I'm sorry, you're
going to have to work
it out some other way.
Can't park here.
Just you listen.
Hey, hey,
here's Roach now.
[ALL SHOUTING GREETINGS]
Where you been?
Trucking around,
chasing elephants.
Having a good time.
Hey, where's the
action? [LAUGHS]
Hey, where's
your old lady?I don't know. We had a fight.
Aw, poor baby!
[ALL LAUGHING]
Who hit you,
Roach?
Told you a million times,
you got to say please to Lucy.
Okay, okay,
your friend is here.
Now why don't
you all get moving?
Get moving
where?
Away!Ha! Away.
Come on, babe.Away, right?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
DISPATCHER:
86-506, Capistrano.
86-506, go ahead.
86-506. Guess what, Jim
Hutton. Your wife's on the way
to Capistrano Hospital.
Code Two.
86-506, ten-four. En route!
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
You, in the gray
Oldsmobile.
Pull over.
Your right rear tire
is going flat.
Hey, it's a cop.
We got to pull over.
Keep driving.Hey, but he said
to pull over.
I said keep driving!
Capistrano, 86-506.
DISPATCHER: 86-506, go ahead.
Capo, any further news
about my wife?
86-506, negative.
Hey, stay cool, Hutton.
I'll keep you posted.
506, ten-four.
Hey, it's that cop again.
He's right behind me
with his lights flashing.
What do you want me to do?
Pete!
Hey, I got to pull over.
Pete? Pete!
Here he comes.
It's a cop. Hide the gun.
Didn't you hear me
back there? I told you
to pull over.
Uh, yes, sir.
[PENNY SCREAMS]
Drive!
Move it or I'll kill you!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Oh, God. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Why isn't Jimmy here?
He promised
he would be here.
Come on now,
come on now, push.
Push!
Come on. Remember
all those classes,
all those practice sessions?
Just do what you learned.
[STRAINING]
Oh! I'm so sorry
but I don't want to push.
I don't want to push.
I want to scream.
They didn't...
They didn't teach us
screaming.
Where is Jimmy?
He said that he would
be here.
Don't give up
now, Barbara.
You're doing fine.
You're almost there.
Just keep pushing.
Don't waste your energy
talking. Put your energy
into pushing.
You're doing great,
Barbara.
Keep it coming.
Good.
Not so fast now.
Easy, easy.
Here it comes.
No pushing now.
Don't push, Barbara.
Don't push, Barbara.
Just let it come slowly.
Blow, blow.
Okay. That's it.
Here comes the head.
That's it. Good.
Just a little more.
You can do it.
A little more.
[STRAINING]
[BARBARA CRYING]
Okay.
You can do it!
You're doing it.
It's almost over.
Look! Honey, look,
there's your baby.
Here we are
and you've got
a little boy.
[BABY CRYING]
It's over.
Look, look at...
There's your baby.
[CRYING]
[MOUTHING]
Look at him.
Look at him!
Okay, sleepy-head,
time to move.
Let's get you
in your bed.
How you doing?
Good.
You still want to go
dancing tonight?
No.[LAUGHS]
There you go.
All right, I'll be back
to see you later.
Thank you.
We did it.
We did it.
I'm so proud of you.
Good girl.
You know you made me
an aunt?
I know.
Oh, I want Jimmy
to be here, too.
Where do you suppose
he is?
Don't worry,
he'll be here.
Poor Jimmy.
All those practice sessions
and now he's missed
the main event.
Hey, you get a little
sleep now, all right?
Okay.All right.
He looks just like Jimmy.
I know.
Six pounds... Excuse me,
six-pound, eight-ounce boy.
Looks just like
the father.
Boy, it doesn't take
you long to find out
things, does it?
No, no it doesn't.
How's Barbara?
She's fine.Well, that's good.
Where the heck is Jimmy?I don't know. He should be
charging in any minute.
Hey, I'm on duty, you know.
You're on duty?Yeah.
Come on,
let's go in there.Okay.
Hi.
Hi.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Oh, Sam. [SIGHS]
Why does everything
have to be so
complicated with us?
Because you make it
that way.
You're the one that
complicates it.
Look at Jimmy.
Look at Barbara.
They met,
they fell in love,
they got married,
and now they have a son.
You know I envy him,
don't you?
Of course I do.
You know that.
Well?
I wish I could look
at life the way Barbara
does, but I can't.
You know what it is?
[CLEARING THROAT]
It's working here
in this hospital.
All the pain,
all the suffering.
Quit. Just walk out.
Let's start a family.
Thank you.
It has nothing
to do with my job.
You know the deal.
I'll marry you
any time you say.
But if we're going
to have a family,
and I want one, Sam.
You do, too, I know.
Then you're going to have
to take that promotion
and get off the road.
Sam, I want my kids
to be able to kiss their
daddy good bye
in the morning
and know they're gonna
see him again that night.
I can't make it
behind a desk.
I've tried. You know I tried.
I just can't make it
behind a desk, that's all.
You're just being
pig-headed.
You're the one that's
being pig-headed.[SIGHS]
You're trying
to change my life.
I'm not trying
to change your life.
Sam, I'm trying to keep it.
Can't you understand that?
WOMAN: [ON PA]
Sergeant Marcum,
Sergeant Marcum.
There's an emergency
call for you,
Sergeant Marcum.
We'll talk about it later.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
I'm sorry, Sam.
How did it happen?
You got anything?
Not much. We have
a witness. Gave us
a description of the car.
Gray Olds.
Not much more.
How did it happen?
What did you see?
Did you see anybody
else in the vehicle?
Anybody in the car?
Easy, Sam.
He doesn't speak
much English.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I'm sure he told me all
he knows. I'll go over it
with him again in a minute.
Did you get
a description out
on the vehicle?
Yeah, it's on the air.
What else did
the witness say?
He saw Hutton stop
the Olds, walk up to it.
Bang, they shot him.
Just like that?
Just like that.
If you hear anything,
anything at all,
you call me at the hospital.
What the hell am I
gonna tell his wife?
You know, she just
had the baby today?
[CAR STARTING]
Sam?
Jimmy.
Where's Jimmy?
Why isn't Jimmy here?
Somebody better tell me.
Barbara, there was
a shooting incident.
He was on his way here.
There was a shooting
incident.
Shot?
BARBARA: He's dead.
He was on his way
over here.
Oh, God.
Oh, God. He never got
to see the baby.
He's dead. He never even
got to see the baby.
What is this place?
Well, madam, welcome
to the Casbah West.
Pepe le Moko is waiting.
Played by Charles Boyer
or Tony Martin?
Played by yours truly.
Madam, welcome home.
What? Oh, my God.
[EXCLAIMING]
Albert! Al.
You can't do that.
I'm doing it.
Oh!
Well, how do you like it?
[EXCLAIMS]
How do you like it?Whose is it?
Ours.
Oh, you big, dumb,
beautiful jackass.
I knew you'd like it.
Oh, it's wonderful, Albert.
It's just beautiful.
But how can we
afford it?
We can only be here
weekends.
Well, Juno,
I am taking
a sabbatical.
I'm taking the whole year off.
We can be here as much
as we want to be.
I think I'm gonna cry.
Well, before you start,
how would you like
to check out the view
from the bed?
I beg your pardon?
Just a suggestion.[LAUGHING]
How far am I
supposed to go?
We got to fix that tire.
Pete. Pete.[GROANING]
We've gotta
do something.
Yeah, I know.
Hey!
[SCREAMING]
What are you doing?
LEE: Just sit there
and shut up!
Look what
you did to him.
What I did to him?
He shot a cop,
for God's sakes! A cop!
I was with him!
That makes me
an accessory.
If you help him,
I'll tell them the truth.
Ha, you think they're
going to believe you?
I'm on parole right now.
Not for any killing,
but I ripped off a car.
God knows
what you been into.
Hey, where you going?
We got to get him to a doctor.
I can pay you.
I've got money.
I just met him.
He was going to get
some money so we could
go to Big Sur.
I didn't know
he had a gun.
I didn't know that guy
would get shot
in the liquor store.
I didn't know.
Please don't leave me.
Wow. This is a lot of bread.
Should help.
What are you gonna do?
Stay there and shut up.
[SULTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
DEBBIE: I think
somebody's there!Huh?
I heard the door open.
Hi.
[ENGINE RATTLING]
Oh, no!
Not bad.
Hey, Roach.
Got a new girl for you.
Why me, huh?
Give me a break,
will you?
Loosen up.
Get out of here.
Come on. Let's see
what's happening.
Later.
Let's go.Naw, I'm going
to sit here.
Watch my bike, man.
Hi, honey.
Dynamite car you got here.
Why won't it run?
Ran out of gas.
Well, that's no problem.
We'll give you some.
You just get in
and steer.
Hey, guys, let's push her
over to the bikes, huh?
BIKER: Come on, come on.
Let's get this rolling.
[ALL CLAMORING]
What are them
dumb broads doing?
Hey, man, let's go
see her. Come on.
Just relax, honey.
[LAUGHING]
Hey, Roach. Come on,
the lady here needs
some help, come on.
What's the matter with you?
You forget how to help
a lady?
What? Hey!Come on!
[REVVING ENGINE]
[ALL CLAMORING]
Hey, hold it! Hold It!
Hold it! Come on, Burnsey.
Cut it out.
Forget you, Andy!
Where do you think
you're going, sweetheart?
[EXCLAIMS]
[BIKERS LAUGH AND CHEER]
BURNSEY: Get her, fellas!
[ALL CLAMORING]
[INDISTINCT]
[HORNS HONKING]
Hey, miss,
you all right?
What's it to
you, fella?
Get out of here,
you little stooge.
You going to let
him push me
around like that?
Hey, man,
what do you think
you're doing, huh?
Look what he's
done to Andy!
All right,
let's get him.Yeah, come on.
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
Hey, are you
all right?
More or less.
DORIS: 86-S1,
Capistrano. 86-S1.
Car matching description
of vehicle involved in
Officer Hutton's homicide,
reported presently
approaching junction I-5
and 101, headed north.
86-S1, ten-four.
Hey, it's okay,
everything's going
to be all right.
Did you, uh,
bring any other
clothes with you?
In my car.
Okay, we'll go look
for a place
for you to stay
and then I'll come on back
and pick up the car later.
My name is Dale.
Erica.
Listen, Erica,
let me ask you
something.
Come here often?
[LAUGHING] No.
Well, it wasn't that funny,
but, uh, I'll warm up
a little later.
It just takes
me a while, you know.
[VAN DOORS SLAM]
Yeah, it's not
bad at all.
We're just going
to leave Pete
here like that?
Well, I am.
I don't know
about you.
Yeah, but what am
I supposed to do?
I don't care.
Hitch another ride.
Go home.
I can't!
They threw me out.
Please, I don't even
know where I am.
You can't just leave me
here alone with him.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
Take me with you.
I don't care where.
I'm just no good alone.
How'd you get to be
such a mess, anyway?
All right, get in.
Come on.
Remember when
we used to swim,
way far out?
Yeah, I'm hungry.
I didn't bring
anything.
I did.
Now, you come here
and sit right
down there
and don't let
anybody steal
our ocean.
What are you
up to now?
You'll find out.
I'll be right back.
And save me
a place.
[GROANS]
[CLASSICAL PIANO
MUSIC PLAYING]
Albert, that's our Chopin,
the Nocturne in B Major.
I, uh, hoped
you'd remember.
I'll always remember.
You played it the first
time we made love.
We played it
five times.[GIGGLES]
[IN FRENCH ACCENT]
Pepe le Moko
thinks of everything.
Now, what's that?
Voila!
Would you like
to deal those?
And with the nocturne.
And it was a very good
year for nocturne.
Champagne, I remember.
And...
And caviar!
And that was
only the beginning.
You all right?
Oh, yes, really,
I'm just happy.
I'm really just
so damn happy.
So am I.
FEMALE DISPATCHER:
Capistrano, 86-S1.
86-S1, go ahead.
Officer Berman,
has definite ID.
Oldsmobile used
in Hutton homicide.
86-S1, ten-four.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
He's dead, Sam.
My guess would be
about an hour.
The coroner and
the local homicide guys
are on the way.
Anything on
the vehicle yet?
Yeah, it's stolen.
San Diego.
Best I could tell
without moving the body
there's no ID.
Not very much
to go on, is there?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Hey, turn
that thing down,
will you?
There's somebody
in there.
You got the keys?
No keys,
we couldn't find any.
Get a tire iron.
[KNOCKING ON TRUNK]
Hang on, we'll get you out.
SAM: Oh, my God.
Help me get them
out of here.
Get an
ambulance.
Hang up while
I get my car.
More, please, sir.Sure!
If I'd known you like
champagne this much
we'd have had it every day.
Oh, I wouldn't
want it every day.
You see, champagne
is very special
and if I had it every day,
then it wouldn't
be special anymore.
And if you keep on
losing special things,
then finally,
nothing's left
that's special.
I think that's your
fourth glass.
Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.
If Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers,
how many picks of
peckled peepers,
[LAUGHING]
how many pecks,
how many...
I'll drink to that.
You know where
we're going tonight?
Uh... The south of France.
Nope. You and I
are gonna get
all dressed up
and we're going to that
big, new hotel and we
are going to dance
to music that
we can recognize.
Benny Goodman?
Mmm. Not quite.
But would you settle
for, uh...
Lou Rudolfo and
his South Pasadena
Blue Blowers?
Well, since we are
gonna go dancing,
we ought to
take a little nap.
Now, I'll clean up.
It's my party.
You stay here
and rest.
[SINGING SOFTLY]
[SINGING AND WHISTLING]
Juno?
Hey!
Juno!
Juno!
Juno!
Juno!
Juno!
Mr. Pearson,
you're still here.
Your wife's going
to be all right now.
We've given her something.
She'll sleep right through
the night.
Wouldn't it be better
if you came back
tomorrow morning?
No, I think I'll
stay with her.
All right.
ERICA: I don't
believe you.
DALE: Do you have something
against truck drivers?
No, it's just, I don't
believe that you quit medical
school to become one.
Well, when I was
about eight years old,
my dad got me
one of those little
medical doctor kits,
know, with the
plastic stethoscope
and the peppermint pills.
You know the kind.
I tell you, I was the best kid
on my whole block
at playing doctor
and that's the truth.
And I tell you, I also, uh,
I never thought of being
anything but a doctor,
for, I suppose,
about 18 years.
Until one day,
I was in a lab
in Syracuse, New York,
and was dissecting
a heart,
laying open
the pulmonary valve,
the heart,
the engine of life.
And I thought, "What the hell
else do I know about life?"
Me, too.
You, too, what?
[STAMMERING]
Um, well...
Thinking about...
Asking questions
about life,
at the end of
a long marriage
going nowhere.
Only, I must say,
I never thought of
becoming a truck driver.
Well, maybe you should.
Pay's very good.
Besides, and you're out
on the open road.
You do a lot of thinking,
a lot of imagining.
About what?
Oh, about all the great things
there are to do in this world
besides dissecting hearts
and filling teeth.
Like what?
Like...
You really want to know?
Sure.
Okay.
Like sleeping in the
Great Pyramid
at Cheops, in Egypt.
Yeah, well,
that's something
to think about.
No, but I really went.
I really did it.
You went to Egypt?Yes.
And you slept in a pyramid?
That's right.
And what happened?
Ah, dreams, dreams
you wouldn't believe.
I believe.
Thank you.
And today, I rescued
a beautiful damsel
in distress
who will now dance
with me, I hope.
Then, next month,
I'm headed for
Australia.
You're kidding.
What, you don't believe me?
Then why don't you come along?
Well, you're, uh,
still young.
You can afford
to be romantic.
Sure, so can you.
Oh, you don't
believe that either?
You're very beautiful,
you know.
Otherwise why would
I bother to stop
and pick you up?
You cannot
go through life
from one adventure
to another.
Why not? What's better?
A long marriage
that's going nowhere?
Well, now
that's not fair.
My husband
was not a bad man.
It's just we grew apart.
My fault, too.
Oh, Erica.
You're free,
you're single.
Uh, with a daughter
almost your age.
Hey, lady,
I am not interested
in your daughter.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Dale, my husband...
left me
for a girl of 22,
so when you say...There you go again
with the numbers game.
Twenty-two.
Forty-one.
Sixty-eight. Hike!
So what?
So when you were
that, uh,
little 8-year-old boy
with a doctor bag,
I was probably
eight months pregnant.
Well, if that's the case,
I have to agree with you.
We would have made
a very unusual couple.
Oh, Erica.
It's not what they think.
It's what we feel.
Let me tell you
what I feel right now.
Um, I'm not sure
I want to hear it.
Well, I'm going
to tell you anyway.
Right now, I just want
to take you someplace
and I really want...Mmm-mmm.
[GUITAR PLAYING]
Hello.
What were
you doing?
Oh, I'll tell
you later.
Like the man said,
you're in good hands.
I wish we could
have gotten orange.
It's the only kind
I like.
It's all I could get.
Want some pizza?
You sure
we're safe here?
Oh, yeah.
For the night,
anyway.
We'll split early
in the morning.
Can we go
to Big Sur?
MAN: Hey, let's have
another beer![WOMAN LAUGHS]
Feel my heart.
It's fantastic.
It's right
on the ocean,
with big hills,
and cliffs
and rocks that go
right into the sea.
What are you
talking about?
Big Sur, dummy, you know.
You must really like
that place. What's
so special about it?
It's got seals and birds
and sometimes the whales
come right along the coast
on their way to Baja.
It's really nature.
Hey, could we camp
out there?
Oh, yeah, it's
a fantastic place
for camping
and we could hide out there
and nobody would bother us.
You know, you're like
a little kid sometimes.
It's hard to believe
you hitchhiked all the way
across the country,
stayed in those
communes.
Can we go there
in the morning?
Everybody says
it's fabulous.
You mean you've never
even been there?
Well, not actually.
But, I feel
like I have.
I mean, I've heard about
Big Sur for years
and once I saw a book
with a lot of pictures of it.
I just know that when
I get there, everything is
going to be all right for me.
We've just gotta go.
You know, you're really
something Penny.
You're a little nuts,
but you're
really something.
You asleep?
Mmm.
I was just thinking
about tomorrow,
our Fourth of July.
We're going to have
so much fun.
We're gonna laugh
and eat tortillas...
You like tortillas?
Mmm!Okay, eighty-six
the tortillas.
We're definitely going
to drink beer in
Capistrano though
and watch the swallows
nest in the mission
and shoot off firecrackers,
I love firecrackers,
since I'm a kid.
Or, plan B,
we can stay here in bed
and make love all day.
Mmm.
Then, day after tomorrow,
I could pick up a load
in San Diego and we can
drive to Texas.
Texas?
Yeah.
We can make love
in the Grand Canyon
along the way.
You are a beautiful
man, Dale,
and you live in a beautiful
world of dreams and
you've included me.
And I love it.Oh, but they're
not dreams, Erica.
You come with me
and I'll prove it.
They're not dreams.
I don't want to think
about tomorrow.
Let's just hold on
to tonight.
This is crazy.Hmm?
I must be crazy.
You don't meet a man
and go to bed with him
the same night.
I don't. I'm crazy.
Well, you look
pretty good to me
for a crazy lady,
let me tell you.
Oh, good lord,
what time is it?
It's 12:15, why?
Oh, I forgot to call Susie.
She's expecting me to come.
You still trying
to fix me up
with your daughter?
Uh, Susie, uh, no, no.
I'm fine.
I just thought
I'd let you know there's
a change in plans.
I won't be there tonight.
I do?
Well, I don't know.
I'll let you know
when I find out.
Okay, bye.
You'll never guess
what she said.
She said, "I hope it's
because you got lucky."
How did you know?
Well, did you, hmm?
[CHUCKLES]
I'll let you know
when I find out.
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
It's okay.
When we were
getting the pizza,
I switched the plates
with another van
that was there.
Hey, where is
everybody?
They went on to San Diego.
We'll meet them there.
Not me, not
the way I feel.
Oh, come on, Andy.
You're okay.
Okay?
Eighteen stitches
and a concussion,
why do you think
they held me
overnight?
Well, listen, if you
feel that bad, I'll
drive the bike.
The hell you will.
Nobody rides
my bike but me.
Look, I'm gonna get
some breakfast and
head back to LA.
I want to go
to San Diego!
Everybody's waiting
for us there.
We'll have a ball.
You coming or staying?
See you around.
You'd really do it,
wouldn't you?
Damn right.
You know, somebody should
have knocked you in the head
a long time ago.
How is she?
We finally got her to sleep
early this morning.
What about you?
Have you had
any sleep?
No, but we got
everything covered.
We're going
to get this guy.
You look like you're
half dead. Why don't
you take a break?
We'll go down to the
cafeteria, have a
little breakfast,
let somebody else
take over for
a while, all right?
Mmm-mmm. Not this one.
No one is going to
take this one over.
Sam, you can hardly
keep your eyes open.
What are you going to do?
Go on the freeway,
drive a hundred miles an hour,
maybe get in a shootout
and then you're
going to get killed?
Wait a minute,
wait a minute.
We've been through
all this before.
It's my job, Laureen.
Yeah, it's the way
you want it, Sam,
the way you've
always wanted it.
I guess the way you always
will want it. Well, I can't
live with it anymore.
Laureen.Stop kidding
yourself, will you?
You're nothing but
a big kid, you like going
out and driving fast
and having bad guys
shoot at you.
That's right.
I work out there on
that road and you're
right, I do like it.
Well, find yourself
another lady, Sam.
Find somebody
who'll have your kids.
Find somebody who
can live with the fact
that the next time
she sees you,
you may be dead.
Here we go,
Mrs. Pearson.
Thank you.
Oh, I really don't know
what I was thinking.
I just wanted to go
swimming. I didn't
want you to stop me.
Maybe it was
the champagne,
my head was full
of so many things,
and when I was
in the ocean,
it felt so good,
so good and clean
and I just kept swimming
the way I used to,
on and on.
Oh, Juno.
Albert, we both
know I don't
have much time.
We don't talk about it,
but it may be
only a few months,
that's why you you've
been doing all these
sweet things for me, I know.
My darling,
I didn't want you
to have to wait
for me to die
and spend all that
we've saved trying to make
my last days beautiful.
I wanted to
save you all that.
I just wanted to
make it easier
and quicker.
I understand,
but don't you know...
I value every
moment with you,
every moment.
And so do I, with you.
Albert,
can we go
back home now?
I want very much
to be home with you.
Sure.
[DALE SINGING]
Tomorrow, tomorrow we can drop
your car off in San Diego,
and hit the road by noon.
And where will we
be tomorrow night?
Ah, tomorrow night.
I know this great little
spot just out of
Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Bougainvillea
on the windows,
nice cantina right
across the road.
Did you ever see the
desert sky at night?
It's a bowl of stars.
And what happens
when we get to Texas?
What do you mean,
what happens?
What do we do?
Where do we stay?
We'll, uh, worry
about that when
the time comes.
I can't do it, Dale.
You can't do what?
I can't go with you.
I'm going back
to Los Angeles.
Hey, wait a minute now,
just, just wait a minute.
Now, last night
you said
that you couldn't
jump into bed with
a guy you just met
and you did and
it was beautiful.
Now, you're turning
this into a
one night stand
and I thought that
you wanted something
more than that.
I do.
But it's just too soon.
What do you got to lose?
A boring job, an empty house,
what, what?
I know you're right.
I wish I had the courage,
but I don't.
You don't do it now,
you never will.
Not even breakfast?
I'm sorry.
Don't mention it.
Uh, Capistrano,
this is 86-503.
FEMALE DISPATCHER:
86-503, go ahead.
Uh, 11, 28, 10, 29.
License plate
L158259, please check.
He's still
following us!
Oh, relax, the plates
check out to another
van, remember?
Don't worry about it.
Capistrano, ten-four.
Next stop, Big Sur.
Give me a peanut.
Damn it! No!
[HONKING HORN]
[HONKING HORN]
Hey, Sam, got
anything yet?Nothing.
You know, I thought I saw
the van we're looking for,
same color and everything,
even had a couple
of kids in it.
License didn't check.
This one had a sign
painted on the back,
"This Van Rated X."
What?
Oh, damn it, how the hell
could I forget about it?
Where was it?
It was the wrong
license number.Where the hell was it!
The Ortega on-ramp,
they got on the freeway
heading north.
Get on the radio.
That's the van.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
DORIS: Capistrano
to all units. Stand by.
Suspect vehicle
involved in homicide.
CHP Officer Hutton,
reported northbound I-5.
Vehicle described
as 1965 Ford van,
cream color,
with license L158259.
Two occupants,
one male Caucasian,
one female Caucasian
in their mid-teens.
Units responding,
identify and give
your location.
OFFICER: Capistrano,
this is 86-S4 entering I-5...
PILOT: Capistrano, Air Two.
DORIS: Go ahead, Air Two.
PILOT: Suspect vehicle
in homicide of CHP officer
is in view, northbound I-5
at El Toro Road.
We'll stay on him.
Advise ground units
we have him in sight.
DORIS: Capistrano 86-S1.
86-S1, go ahead.
86-S1, Air Two
has the vehicle in view
at El Toro and is following.
Your position is
approximately three
miles behind suspect.
86-S1, ten-four.
RADIO HOST:
All right, then, all you
beautiful dolls, be the next
to light up the board
and add fuel to the Fourth
of July fireworks
and sample the sexy
savvy of your big daddy.
Open your hot, little hearts
and tell all, and I do mean,
open your hot, little hearts.
[BLOWING HORN]
I gotta talk to you!
What?
I love you!
I love you, too.
Take the next off-ramp.
What?
The next off-ramp!
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, honey.
Let's get off
someplace.
Hey, cool it. You want
to get us killed?
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
Knock it off.
What? What's the matter.
There's a cop back there.
We gotta get off
the freeway.
Oh!
Hang on, Juno.
We'll be home soon.
Oh, don't worry.
It's just a little one.
I'll be all right.
[CRASHING]
Get down!
Look out!Hold on!
Sam!
You okay, Sam?Yeah, yeah I'm okay.
He's dead.
How about the girl?
PILOT: [ON RADIO]
Sergeant Marcum, Sergeant
Marcum, can you hear me?
We can control traffic
from the air.
Air Two to ground units,
fire rescue and paramedics
are en route.
Albert?
Oh, please God,
no, no!
We'll get you out, ma'am.
Put this man
on the ground.
ESTEVEZ: Sam, over here!
Air Two to ground units.
Southbound traffic,
keep moving. Southbound
traffic, keep moving.
I repeat, southbound traffic,
do not slow down.
Albert.
Albert!
Dale!
We need another
extinguisher, hurry up!
Dale! Get him out of there!
You got to get him out!
Hold it, lady.
There's a man in there.
You got to get him out!
Andy. Andy! Oh, no!
There's a man
in there,
come on!
MAN: Get that hose
over here, let's go!
MAN OVER PA:
Stay with your car
until a Highway Patrol Officer
gives you instructions.
Where's, Sam?Right over there,
with the tow truck.
Now...
Now will you go
to Texas with me?
MAN: Get a blanket
over here!
MAN: She's bleeding!
Hey, move that ambulance
out of here, will you?
Would you hurry up
with this thing?
Sam, oh, look at you.
Oh, that's nothing.Let me get it cleaned up.
It'll just take a
minute, come on.All right, clean it up.
Southbound traffic,
do not slow down.
How did this all happen?
My God!
I seen your car
over there...
I thought...
It hurts.
Sorry.
It's all right?
Let's get back
to work, huh?
All right.
MARCUM:
At 11:09 a.m., July fourth,
a major smash-up
occurred on Interstate 5
in the state of California.
Thirty-nine vehicles,
62 people injured,
14 killed.
Officially, it will be
listed as 11-79,
accident due to
mechanical failure.