The 49th Man (1953) - full transcript

make it easy but you live longer

that crazy kid all right mac you can go

on

anybody get in touch with you

they're lucky

there's something still in one piece

open it see if we can get a line on it

just about made out his license number

501-777

lucky number check with motor vehicles

see who gets the prize



chef remembers

what do you make of this

some kind of gimmick to make his car go

faster maybe

that's no part of a car that's for sure

well whatever it is

he won't be using it must have been

important to hide under a hood

are you getting one of your hunches

again well

looks like he was sneaking in doesn't it

where to

i don't know if i knew what it was and i

could tell



all right let's just tell you what on

the way back we'll stop in to see that

federal man assigned to this area

i think his name is william knowing

lester here and his hunches

i figure i might as well humor him he

did a hit with army ordinance

well i'm not much of an engineer myself

i think it's some kind of a gun

mechanism not far from the lab at los

alamos why don't we take it over to them

good idea los alamos new mexico

a united states experimental center for

military applications of atomic energy

no alcatraz of fort knox was ever

guarded more closely

there it stands in a mesa above the new

mexico desert like some slumbering

volcano

its power and its secrets held deep

within its walls

its operations many and buried may not

be described for security reasons

but this much can be said here at los

alamos has found the cream of scientific

genius

the physicists and engineers who design

and develop nuclear components of atomic

weapons

who are responsible for detonating

completed weapon assemblies

and measuring results overnight the

contents of the mysterious case will put

through the works

its practical characteristics examined

and studied is against the theory of

engineering principles

no part was left untouched unrecorded

they were out to find out what made it

tick but they were taking no chances of

not being able to fit the pieces back in

place again

this was one humpty dumpty they'd be

able to put together again

although williams never had any idea

that the jigsaw puzzle brought to him by

sheriff ramirez

had any connection with atomic energy he

came to the right place

that innocent little bag of machinery

was a brand new idea

in atom bombs a portable affair

so engineered it can be carried into the

country in separate parts

each part weighing less than 50 pounds

sounds like a science fiction plot

doesn't well this one is true

quite true what about the force

would it still pack the same punch size

is no longer a factor mr williams

we're dealing with the atom a speck and

each speck

loaded with infinite power a kind of

power that can kick a million tons of

water out of bikini lagoon

or right out of the panama canal does

that make any sense mr williams

enough to know what it can do in the

wrong hands

the atomic energy commission using its

most recently developed a bomb

set off a blast the following morning at

frenchman's flat nevada

100 miles from las vegas the reactions

throughout the country were mixed

ranging from jokes to serious comet

in las vegas one of the players in the

casino lost claiming the blast had

rocked a roulette wheel

doing him out of a winner in washington

dc

paul regan chief of the security

investigation division had his own ideas

about the incident

this time we chose the spot

tomorrow it could be right out that

window for los alamos

a boy may be the answer well

there's an answer somewhere my own guess

is that the case was smuggled over the

mexican border

went out on its way to the mexican

border

well for one thing he was headed in the

opposite direction when he crashed

maybe he lost his way not according to a

check of gas stations leading from the

border

he stopped to gas up a few times that

sheriff and his staff working on it

yes sir funny

job like that would be trusted to a kid

why not who'd suspect a lamb

well it's your lamb from now on johnny

i'm transferring you from the new mexico

field office and assigning you full time

to this job

so double check to make sure

you know these are no ordinary thugs

like you get on income tax evasion but

fanatics who consider it a privilege to

die resources

tricks and genius on their side run down

every move that kid made up to the crash

i'll keep figuring from this end

good luck thanks

but all that led to was a lot of

exercise according to the boy's friends

he was okay in their book

tough break for jonesy being measured

for a cough instead of the gi uniform he

was scheduled to put on next month

they dug way back in jonesy's background

talked to his minister

his school teacher his former employers

and girlfriends

but nobody had a bad word to say against

jonesy nobody but his mother

that was only out of bitterness for the

face which had snuffed out so young

alive

a life that cared about nothing except

racing cars and motorcycles

racing cars and motorcycles

that kind of a hobby takes money where'd

he get it odd jobs when he wasn't

working steady

that would just about pay for the gas

i'm beginning to think he didn't know

what he was delivering

and i'm beginning to think you were

right the first time nobody'd suspect a

lamb

i'm not going to give you the business

that you were hand-picked for this job

you weren't i take it for granted that

every man here is already hand-picked

and qualified

you also know what we're up against and

what it means

our job is intercepting the rest of

those bomb parts

maybe they're all headed into new mexico

maybe not

but wherever their point of assembly is

we've got to stop them

gray alert all stations and field

offices to notify us of any unusual

operations

yes sir as an extra precautionary

measure

we will assign a special detail to the

new mexico area around los alamos

they were lucky with the first

installment on that bomb reagan told

them

next time it might not be so easy

williams studied the setup against

possible infiltration

even the security investigation division

when a side of the operation

was subject to the strict regulations

and security measures

anything was possible when you were

dealing with a bunch who could figure

out a portable bomb

and while special forces were being

concentrated in and around new mexico

waiting for more of the parts to show up

two events occurred to focus attention

elsewhere

first a radar screen operated from a

nearby training camp

reported the presence of an unauthorized

object deep in the louisiana bayous

army sentries went on a search detail

discovered that a helicopter had landed

the pilot was picked up and held for

questioning williams was summoned to new

orleans

identified the pilot's metal there's

another portable section of the dread

bomb

what kind of fools do you take us for

all right so i'm stupid

a guy propositions for me to deliver a

bag and a swamp 500 bucks no questions

asked i take it i didn't know what was

it what did he look like

my heights maybe black hair

mustache i was brown

i don't know for sure what else he might

have been a foreigner he had a french

accent 90

of the cajuns around here speak french

not this way i've lived around here all

my life i'd know if he is this the man

no sir you're telling the truth we'll

find out about it soon enough

if you're not you're a poor excuse for a

citizen i needed the money

is that 500 worth your life your honor

call them for transfer to washington

next it was new york's coney island to

be spotlighted it was sunday the

temperature 90

one of those humid days which new york

is famous

the evening papers would feature record

crowds at coney

and while the millions were having

themselves a time just about a mile

offshore a lifeguard

making a routine inspection of marker

boys was about to play a star role in

the next chapter of the drama

yes sir right away sir

put this thing back where you found it

what is it anyway bait

for a fish i don't get it you don't have

to take my word for it it's important

and be sure you tie it up exactly the

same way you found it

right

this time the bait worked

williams who had flown to the new area

of activity flashed orders to the coast

guard cutter standing by

to reel in their fish again as in the

case of the helicopter pilot the

fishermen claim to be the innocent duke

he had been approached by a stranger at

the fulton street market during a period

last week when the fish weren't running

well

five hundred dollars he gives to me to

pick up satchel what did he look like

big like him is this a man

oh no he had gray hair he had blue jeans

all i got to do is deliver central to

locker 12 o'clock

what blocker pennsylvania station number

uh

what is this i don't understand

what do you expect to find in that

locker present i bought for the children

some salt water taffy

open it

so nervous i can't get the key to fit

give me

at least i had the wrong locker

all right mister

well it's 7 after 12.

it's a pretty small box for a locker

this size

that's our man get him

smart downright smart nothing left to

chance

i tried to warn you they weren't

amateurs

hello emily hi well get that fisherman

to do any talking oh he didn't know any

more about it than the pilot did all i

was interested in was making a fast buck

how about you do you get that thing to

do any talking first time i performed an

autopsy on a satchel

well it's galvanized iron common variety

any check is to manufacture european

make i believe

i've been trying to find out its

resistance to seawater

now these strips have been soaking in a

solution of seawater for different

lengths of time

now this one has been soaking for 12

hours

and this one

for 24. and uh

this a little over 48.

you'll notice that it matches the side

of the case when it was pulled out

in other words the case had been soaking

for over 48 hours

just about new york harbor being just

back of coney island it could have been

dropped off by any incoming ship you got

a paper yeah

incoming from where any european port

here we are

48 hours of plants

48 hours 48 hours before we picked up

the case the french liner felicitate

docked

but it didn't stop at coney island no it

didn't but it could have passed a motor

launch or even a rowboat could have

picked up the case and anchored it to

the boy

maybe maybe it's a mistake to keep it

out of the papers

and not to let the public know what

they're up against why shouldn't they

know that the same little

firecracker we develop might be dropped

right into our own backyard anytime

maybe even a better one smaller more

powerful

it wouldn't take too many of them to

paralyze us

hanford washington where plutonium for

the a-bomb is produced

the half-mile long k-25 planted oak

ridge tennessee producers of uranium

los alamos main arteries like los

angeles

pittsburgh washington and new york with

its teaming millions and the harbor

just a few prize packages can do it

but don't take my word for it

mr sands here is an expert on civil

defense

rather than just tell you i brought over

some film

to show you what'll happen if the atom

bomb hits this country

now you'll get an idea what we're up

against if we fail to bring in

every single part of that portable bomb

and while we're talking here planning

and wondering

they may be ready now

it'll be any american city some normal

day around

noon maybe people looking for work

others working kids coming home from

school

rush hour when with no

warning

those caught within the epicenter the

area extending for one mile from the

point where the bomb hit

are dead nothing is likely to survive

winds build up to 800 miles an hour tear

through like knives blowing out windows

twisting steel is everywhere straw

and even outside the epicenter buildings

are left

gutted destroyed warehouses

factories brick homes pushed off their

bases

stripped of walls an entire city

suddenly reduced to rubble

thanks mr samson

any questions not answered by that

any idea where they might turn up next

where they might be coming from

who knows so far they've tried getting

in by land

sea and there one thing assured won't be

any single concentration as we thought

they could show up anywhere the password

became

on your toes everything and everyone

became suspect

from the pacific to the atlantic coast

straight up into the sky

deep into the heart of the country

watchful eyes watched

and probed and checked and hunted

wherever there were satchels and pieces

of luggage wherever there were parcels

on the move and as the net was tightened

and pulled in

there were results one metal suitcase

was found in the possession of a sailor

shipped home from a mediterranean harbor

an abandoned baby carriage accounted for

another

but not all the go-betweens had to be

routed out one of them developed a case

of conscience and delivered the satchel

to a local precinct of his own accord

another one became panic stricken and

dumped it into an empty lot where some

kids would later find it and bring it in

hey there's lots of activity going on in

there

hey cooper daily ledger something big

going on

not a thing cooper just a routine

security check

where'd you get the bag from a woman at

the bar come on come on you can think of

a better one than that

may i never live to see my wife honestly

what's your business

i'm in between right now yeah in between

the devil and the deep blue sea

two felony convictions parole

sometimes comic sometimes tragic the

search went on

and like the other parts it found its

way to the weapons laboratory at los

alamos

where the display was taking on

frightening proportions

six parts six guesses four of them

exactly the same even the weight

that means they have four prize packages

planned at least

the other two totally different sections

but all part of the same pattern

it makes three different parts

altogether

any idea how many would take to make up

at least one of the bombs

no way to tell yet they'd still need a

critical mass

the heart of the bomb mr williams the

actual element that produces the nuclear

chain reaction

either plutonium or uranium-235

and that's it it would be good to know

how close they are to the real thing

well that's your department

how's it going same spiel different

words i got stopped by another newspaper

man i don't know how much longer we'll

be able to stall them

as long as we have to we've enough to do

without throwing the public into a panic

it's getting tougher we've got them all

the way from virginia to new mexico

you can add a pennant to connecticut too

what this time it's one of our own subs

docked in at new london

with uranium welded onto the hull below

the water line

uranium how soon does dr hallman figure

they'll be ready for that

too soon and here's another little item

to mull over the stuff was removed in

spite of the guards

no one saw anything just the wound in

the ship a geiger counter told them what

had been there

where was the sub in from marseille

france

was that the only port you touched the

last time out no two others before

france

since we haven't been able to make any

contact locally why not try it through

the source

what source the way i see it

france why pinpoint france

because that's where the belly of the

octopus lives

look at the tentacles and where they're

reaching from marseille

france the last port the sub touched

before coming here with uranium on the

hull

previous to that dr lisbon what about

the metal suitcase we picked out of that

hot rod crash in new mexico

we've since learned it happened 10 days

after a french boat with a marseille

registration dr tampico but nothing says

the boy was in tampico

what about the sailor we picked up with

one of the parts he was shipped home

from somewhere in southern france

i hadn't even stationed in north africa

before that just the same it adds up to

a common denominator

if there's any one place the belly of

the octopus is cradled it could be right

there

so you figure a roping job my daughter

partly all right let's hear your idea

order the sub back to marseille one of

our men on it

yes sir might just be they'll try to use

the sub again

sounds reasonable we got familiar with

navy

oh loman sperry goldman he should have

picked navy instead of air force

well they also look the same yeah only

one of them knows the difference between

the bridge and the galley

suppose i were assigned to some special

duty like the preparation of a motion

picture short on the operation of a sub

what do you think you might get by that

way

wouldn't have to take an active part as

a sailor all right williams

get yourself another name and a couple

of manuals on training films

i'll see about a commission for you

ensign pete is reporting for duty sir at

ease mr peters

nice to have you aboard thank you sir

training film on the operation of a sub

but we've got the equipment and the

personnel yes

we'll see that you get all the

cooperation you need

thank you sir

marseille waterfront old port

gateway to southern france crossroads

for seamen of all nations

a melting pot for some without a country

to call their own

so

several of our men are already stationed

about the submarine base

good i want to get started right away

andre he'll work with you

you probably will need an interpreter i

sure will

we'll hit it off okay pal

that sounds real american it is young is

new york the name's really andy

how was a trip across uneventful not

much more to report from this end except

assurances that the french will give us

a free hand in this case and they'll do

all they can to help

meanwhile we got this list of name

together for you

all possibilities for one reason or

another

and all known enemies of the united

states

but nothing definite not enough to swap

the waterfront hangout

look at the re for a cell

the cafe army to serve excellent

refreshments there i'll let you know

is

oh

your kind of music makes a guy homesick

been overlong

one day to be exact how long you gonna

stay i don't know for sure

buy a drink cup

tell me about that clarinet player

buzzolin

he's up there with betty goodman and

artie shaw yeah play's real great i

wouldn't mind meeting him

oh no sooner said than done come on

buzz you got an admirer hi you play

no i just listen good i don't like

competition

sit down join the party dave come over

and have a drink with us

excuse me got to keep the customers

happy

what's the name taylor oh peters horace

peters

horace i want you to meet margo wayne

one of the prettiest reasons americans

come to france

how do you do i don't get any ideas leo

here's her husband

where are you from friend brooklyn or

texas neither

you see honey not all americans come

from brooklyn and texas

nothing but routine on ola musician

played italian french riviera

paris now cafe re in my city no

background

not his picture copy of his passport

photo

keep on all americans over here you mind

if i borrow it

what about dave norton the leader of the

quartet the one allen worked for

norton studied music here in the gi bill

of rights stayed over

complete dossier clean slate

olin was very friendly with the waynes

might as well check on them while we're

at it

first name leo hers is margo

this is better leo wayne private

signal core engineering degree mit

married to a bordeaux girl margo quattro

his father was a french collaborationist

wayne is 29 no visible means of support

suspected of subversive activity in the

army

dishonorable discharge any pictures on

them

there you are

thanks captain i'll see that these are

returned to you

well this is important dave i'm trying

to get a line on olin well

uh he was a kind of a moody character i

don't mean that

when did he tell you he was leaving was

just did he didn't

i would have known about it except i

owed him a couple days salary

did he have any reason anyone sick at

home or anything ah not

buzz just got restless had a good solid

job

had lots of jobs never stuck to any of

them

did you take him to the plane yeah and

me and the waynes

they're his pals very close well she's

the one who first gave me the knockdown

of the guy

as a matter of fact he left me in a spot

not even a chance to replace him

i tried to talk him out of it up to the

minute the plane left early this morning

did he have much luggage buzz

only owns a suit in his back and a

couple licorice sticks

do you happen to know where he bought

the metal case he carries his clarinet

in

i haven't any idea have the wayne's been

around since he left

not tonight but the only drop in about

11.

one thing more dave i haven't been here

gotcha thanks

slippery boy we'll check all the luggage

shops

see if we can find out who made that

clarinet case for mr olen

while williams andre and the french

police searched the noisy streets

the narrow waterfront double checking

every luggage maker in marseille

back home the fuse was burning closer

more parts

more pins in the map

more questioning and more midnight oil

being burned

this was the place they looked for this

was the man who made the metal cases

used to sneak out in parts into the

united states

looks like he run into something here he

made up 48 of the specifications for a

customer ask him where he delivered them

no good truck

ask him if the customer that ordered the

cases is one of these

just that he cooperates with the police

all he could tell us was that someone

had ordered 48 identical metal cases

and he identified buzz olin as having

ordered an additional four

but he did identify leo wayne no he

didn't but with allen's disappearance

leo wayne is our only lead just because

there were friends

add that to the fact that leo and margo

wayne were seen around the cafe

continually

and their friends were all a part of

that special list you gave me

also he's been seen hanging around the

submarine area

and it's more than just a coincidence

that buzz olin ordered four identical

metal cases when he only has one

clarinet

why don't you pick wayne up then because

we don't have enough on him

but i'm more than convinced that he's

tied into this there were no metal

suitcases in fact nothing of any

importance when we searched the

department

then what was he doing hanging around

the sub the subject curiosity

hundreds of people come down to the dock

every day if buzz old and ordered four

identical metal cases then he or a

friend must have had something to do

with sneaking the uranium onto the hull

of the ship well if it is

it must have got someone to work with

someone right on the submarine

exactly how do we draw them out

we just wait there's no time we've got

to force them into the open

how

they probably think the submarine will

remain here for a while

we'll have it ordered back unexpectedly

if they plan to use the sub again

they'll have to do it right away that be

fools

maybe they think we are it's your show

code this message

attention security investigation

division

chief reagan

that's just it tomorrow and then the day

you're after goodbye of our country just

beginning to have fun when we get called

back

see that's too bad well maybe i'll be

back again

maybe we'll all meet again in america

i drink to that to the next time we meet

on either side of the atlantic

the courier flies out in the morning

with duplicate microfilm

it's set for next tuesday 3 pm

you all right yeah

somebody slugged this i tried to hang on

to the guy but i couldn't

margo we had her cold microfilm probably

the whole setup on it

she handed that microfilm to a semen

this material is from an officer's

uniform an officer

yeah they're only six on the boat i'll

meet you back at the shop

hi chief oh mr peter

last night before we shove off that's

all the same to me

why aren't you sure celebrating well i

leave that to all the younger ones

i got an arm full of tattoos and two

kids back in new london connecticut

who's off the boat they have saved

lieutenant rand jesse mcgrew and some

wesley

i am a crew hi peters logged me out will

you chief

all right mr mcgrew gonna hit the sack

i might as well good night

i thought you said he was off the boat

oh he was

came back to change his uniform he was

having that good a timey tor one

i think i'll tag along just for kicks

hello this is williams is andre there

yes

harry williams

yeah did you pick up margot wayne no we

haven't looked at either of the waynes

yet

but i have two men working on it all

right listen

i'm at the cafe only get that luggage

maker and bring him over here right away

i'll be waiting

hurry right

two officers sitting at a table asking

if mcgrew

the ensign is the one that bought the 48

cases

regardless of

not the answer the command

jackson

thanks

that's right commander jackson himself

and his aide mcgrew

yeah cable reagan immediately for

permission to arrest both of them then

meet me on the pier

we miss you

laurel you stay here just in case

come on

amanda jackson you're under arrest sir

closet

i'll take that gun now mr williams

who's your told pal

get underway

315.

amanda jackson united states navy

you must be having quite a time for

yourself

even the security investigation division

how far does your rotten arm reach

what kind of an accident do you have

plan for me

or am i just going to disappear no

traces no clues nothing

maybe next time around we'll have better

luck

somebody will

rig for dive right

yes armin sir come in

i'm talking about an hour see to them

so

um

um

hey come on

quite a setup you've got here right in

our own backyard

take it easy fella imagine having the

organization right here in washington

where have you got it the capital

is it the capital itself

so

hello well this is williams give me

regan right away

where

mr regan anderson peters jumped out of

the car and escaped

pick him up a drugstore just off g

street

vons off g street right

so

great we're looking for him he's looking

for us

which came first the chicken of it

mr williams is here sir send him in

bad time yes sir

come on sit down and relax jimmy

you've been part of a war game the most

vital one this country has ever had

war game to test our atomic defenses

and you hit on the answer before we were

ready

you mean commander jackson and enson

mcgrew were the enemy

that's right commander jackson is our

expert on atomic demolition

and you discovered i was the one who

ordered the metal cases

did you know this all the time hadn't

the slightest idea until you cabled for

permission to arrest jackson and mcgrew

then we were informed it was a war game

and why did you keep me captive on the

sub couldn't give it away until the game

was over and we knew how we stood

for a while there it looked as though we

had no defense against the real thing

but it's finished now johnny and you did

a great job

that torn sleeve we weren't staked out

for you i was slipping to last uranium

aboard the sub when i ran into you and

andre on a dock

couldn't take a chance for a game you

play pretty rough

sneaking atom bombs into the country is

a rough business look at that hot rod

kid jonesy

wargames accidents happen and the whole

thing was make-believe

even the suspects we picked up most of

the military personnel trained for the

job and let loose

48 of them to be exact 48

48 bags one for each state

kind of symbolic huh

48th man wasn't picked up till an hour

ago

who was it buzz olin or leo wayne

neither one wasn't all in the man you

want to check an arrival in new york

that's right well your request arrived

after he did

we still got a search order out for him

who is this wayne

leo wayne huh he's not on here

i'm not surprised because he's not a

part of your war game

that's right buzz olin ordered four

identical metal cases and brought three

of them into this country with parts for

an atom bomb

when leo wayne meets up with buzz olen

there's going to be the biggest

explosion you ever heard

because leo wayne brought in the plans

for the assembly of that bomb

that's what i've been trying to tell you

all the time i was cooped up in the sub

and playing hide and seek trying to get

here

are you certain the name leo wayne means

nothing to the war games there's no one

by that name in the overall plan

and no one by the name of margo wayne

either while we were playing games they

were playing for keeps operating behind

the screen we had set up

they even penetrated your own crew i saw

margo wayne hand microfilm to one of the

seamen

you sure you're not mistaking the games

for the real thing check for yourself

have margot wing picked up the luggage

maker too he made 52 of those cases 48

for you and four for buzz olen

get through to marseille yes sir you

said something about microfilm

then the plans for the assembly of the

bomb must be on that film that's right

that's a myth is it

i've lost track of the days what day is

it this is sunday night why

because on tuesday at 3 p. m that bomb

becomes real

they still haven't been able to find the

woman we haven't got much time we've got

to locate wayne and olin before noon

tomorrow

how margo's contact on the sub

it wasn't you could have been somebody

else in on the war game commander

jackson and i were the only ones from

the sub in on the game

and it has to be the seaman he should

know where wayne and older headquartered

i can't believe it's one of my crew if

he's right we have less than 24 hours to

get to them

cancel on liberty order all hands back

on board immediately hi sir

has made on harm

report one absence sir pharmacist mate

owen harmon

this mr

maybe

we question and double-check the entire

crew except for the missing pharmacist

mate and i'm satisfied all hands are in

the clear then it could be the missing

pharmacist mate owen harmon it's the

only possibility but i don't see

did he have access to any personal

papers no all he did was keep williams

out of commission under my orders

no family or relatives none listed order

an all-out search for this man at once

yes

by six o'clock monday evening they had

tossed every spot of sale on my fancy

then at 1010 p. m the body of a trusted

pharmacist mate was spaced out of the

potomac

a wire about his throat and somewhere

there was an a-bomb

assembled loaded and ready waiting for

enough precious seconds to be chopped

away

tomorrow would be tuesday another normal

day in the life of a city

that is until three o'clock in the

afternoon

margo strangled same pattern same

methods

one of silence to keep him from tipping

his mitt the other because she already

tipped hers

that makes it complete no leads no hopes

all

errors and only two chances out of 160

million of ever catching up with we are

wayne or buzz orlan

fuzzo musician yeah

get me the executive secretary of the

american federation of musicians

if he isn't in his office at this hour

get him at his home it's urgent

olin's a professional musician he can't

work without his union card

we'll find out which locally belongs to

they may be able to give us a lead on

where to reach him

mr james c petrillo president of the

american federation of musicians

instructed the officials of the san

francisco local to cooperate fully with

the investigation

i remember he called in some time last

week and

yes here it is he was out of town and he

left a number for mr harrison to call

long distance operator seven eight

seven eight thank you

uconn six seven one two six assigned to

a party named rollins

rollins thank you very much

keeps to himself mostly used to teach

high school until he quit

runs a sort of uh rest home for a few

people now manning

you and reynolds go on that way clark

hanson

you two stay put come on let's take a

look at mr rollins guests

you stay here

so

fresh tire tracks follow them we see

where they lead

across the bay from san francisco 10

miles from this innocent little ranch

house

like the calm before the storm a city

awakening and getting underway

the sun climbing higher in the sky and

only a handful know the truth

but where do you go what do you do in an

emergency of this sort

is it the presidio that houses the bomb

is the golden gate bridge the focal

point of attack

or is it the embarcadero san francisco

harbor

doorway to pacific traffic the ideal

place for a bottleneck

or the people themselves the very people

in their parks

their streets their homes

and across the bay from the city the

search went on

time and a premium

i'm glad to show you what it looks like

inside

i always did want to know what old ice

houses were good for

now you know where's leo buzz

terror

no go ahead big hero

figuring on bringing your friends

running huh you're a little late

leo's delivering that prize package but

no one's ever gonna find you

hero

i'll tell you where is he all right all

right

all right

he's moving it in a black sedan headed

for a private airport beyond the

embarcadero

block all bridge approaches leading to

san francisco proceed with care leo

wayne is armed

got that

right have a car meet us at the county

line i want to transfer a prisoner and

tell commander jackson to meet us at the

airport we have a blueprint of the bomb

all units vicinity of san francisco

oakland bay area

oakland bay bridge golden gate bridge

attention

do not attempt to apprehend black sedan

without assistance

do not fire on the vehicle proceed with

caution

relay all additional information of

whereabouts to central offices

it's set to go off at exactly 3 pm

where's the time mechanism

here's the trigger just under the casing

but i'm afraid they crash it first

before commander jackson gets a chance

to neutralize it

there he goes

car ready to control we picked up black

sedan he knows he's being followed

on oakland bay bridge going towards san

francisco relay instructions

all units black sedan sighted on oakland

bay bridge

heading toward san francisco car 8-0

following

so

motorcycle units 411 and 414 have joined

car 8-0

sedan headed for embarcadero

uh

car ready to control i've lost black

sedan

cars cross draw bridge we've been held

up

to all units sedan has crossed

drawbridge

car 8-0 and motorcycle units have lost

contact

black sedan heading towards sloane's

airport

we can reach the airport as fast as he

can

get to the cockpit

hold it johnny use this

come on get off the ground i can't

they've got me blocked

commander jackson's coming get him over

here and clear the runway

uh

can you disarm it how much time do we

have a little over two hours

well i'm not sure you've got to be sure

you just gotta drop it over frenchman's

flat can you fly this thing

i've flown them just about make it take

it up to 10000 feet and stay there

right

ah

uh

how does it look for three o'clock

i don't know we're fighting a headwind

how much time do we have if my watch is

right

one minute

we're over frenchman's flat shove it out

and so it was but just within the

shadows of san francisco

a band of assassins were cut down before

they could wreak havoc on the

unsuspecting people

and three o'clock is just the middle of

another afternoon

in the life of a city

you