Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 5, Episode 1 - The Killer - full transcript
The IMF is up against a contract killer who makes decisions at random at the last minute to ensure his moves are unpredictable. As Barney stands in for the intended victim, the IMF must prepare for every eventuality to get close to the killer, thwart his plans, turn him against his client and stop their killing spree.
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
OH! GET DOWN, BABY!
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
TURN THAT DOWN, WILL YOU?
HELLO?
I SAID, "TURN IT DOWN."
I CAN'T HEAR.
YEAH,
THIS IS EDDIE LORCA.
YES, SIR, I'VE BEEN
EXPECTING YOUR CALL.
WELL, IF YOU
DON'T MIND, SIR,
I'D LIKE TO HANDLE IT
MY OWN WAY.
YES, SIR.
I'D JUST LIKE
THE PHONE NUMBER.
555-7177. MM-HMM.
I'LL BE IN TOWN FRIDAY.
I'LL MAKE THE CALL
AT 2:15.
WELL, YES, SIR.
SAME AS BEFORE.
$25,000 FOR THE CONTRACT.
THANK YOU, SIR. GOODBYE.
HEY, BABY.
I'VE GOT A CONTRACT
TO FILL.
[ MUSIC TURNS OFF ]
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
THIS TIME?
I DON'T KNOW.
[ SIGHS ]
WILL YOU CALL ME?
HEY, BABY, YOU KNOW
I DON'T LIKE TO CALL YOU
WHEN I'M OUT OF TOWN.
HEY, WHERE'S THE FUNERAL?
I GOT TO GET DRESSED.
GO DANCE.
HEY, BABY,
MAYBE I WILL CALL YOU.
[ SEA GULLS CRYING ]
HOW ARE THE BASS BITING?
I'VE CAUGHT THREE.
YEAH, GOOD.
I CAUGHT SIX MYSELF YESTERDAY.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
A HIRED KILLER, EDDIE LORCA,
WILL ARRIVE IN THIS CITY
ON TRANSAMERICA
FLIGHT NUMBER ONE ON FRIDAY.
LORCA HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE
MOST POWERFUL UNDERWORLD LEADER
IN THIS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES,
A MAN WE KNOW ONLY
BY HIS CODE NAME "SCORPIO."
LORCA'S MISSION
IS TO KILL SOMEONE.
WE DO NOT KNOW
WHOM HE WILL KILL
OR WHERE, WHEN,
OR HOW HE WILL DO IT.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO PREVENT THE MURDER
AND DISCOVER
THE IDENTITY OF SCORPIO.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
[ SIZZLING ]
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
TWO YEARS OF POLICE SURVEILLANCE
OF LORCA BOILS DOWN TO THIS --
HE DOES EVERYTHING AT RANDOM.
NEVER THE SAME THING TWICE,
NEVER THE SAME WAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE 12 MURDERS
HE'S SUSPECTED OF?
NO, NOTHING, PARIS,
EXCEPT EFFICIENCY.
EACH CASE WAS DIFFERENT
BECAUSE LORCA HIMSELF SELECTED
THE METHOD OF MURDER AT RANDOM,
AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
THAT'S QUITE A PHILOSOPHY.
IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING,
THEN NEITHER DOES
ANYBODY ELSE, SO I'M SAFE.
AND IT'S WORKED SO FAR.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET CLOSE
TO HIM, WILLY -- RIGHT INSIDE
HIS SKIN.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING
TO DO AT THE SAME TIME HE DOES
HIMSELF.
JIM...LORCA'S
NEXT RANDOM CHOICE
FOR A PLACE TO STAY.
IT'S HIS KIND OF HOTEL --
SMALL AND ANONYMOUS.
RIGHT NOW,
IT'S A TOTAL BLANK.
ALL PREVIOUS IDENTIFICATION
HAS BEEN REMOVED.
EVERYBODY'S STANDING BY.
HOW LONG WILL YOU NEED?
TWENTY MINUTES.
EVERYTHING READY
ON YOUR END, WILLY?
I'M ALL SET, JIM.
GOOD. NOW WE CAN'T AFFORD
ANY MISTAKES.
LORCA'S EDGY,
AND HE'S ALWAYS ON GUARD.
IF WE LOSE LORCA,
WE LOSE OUR CHANCE TO IDENTIFY
HIS BOSS -- SCORPIO.
SOUTHEASTERN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 152
NOW ARRIVING AT GATE 14.
SOUTHEASTERN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 152
NOW ARRIVING AT GATE 14.
FLIGHT 19 FOR PHOENIX DEPARTING
ON SCHEDULE AT GATE 4.
FLIGHT 19 FOR PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
DEPARTING ON SCHEDULE
AT GATE 4.
NO, THANKS.
LOOK, I'M NEW IN TOWN.
I WANT TO GO
TO THE BOWER HOTEL.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS?
YEAH, SURE.
ALL RIGHT, YOU HEARD HIM.
BOWER HOTEL.
REPEATING --
Bower Hotel.
HOW LONG DO YOU FIGURE
IT WILL TAKE TO GET ME THERE?
OH, ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
[ Laughing ]
YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, I TOLD YOU
I WAS NEW IN TOWN,
SO YOU DECIDED TO TAKE
ME THE LONG WAY AROUND.
THE PHONE DIRECTORY
SAYS 15 MINUTES.
HEY, LOOK, MISTER,
SIT BACK AND RELAX.
IF ANY CABBIE CAN GET YOU
THERE IN 15 MINUTES,
I CAN.
YOU'RE ON.
BARNEY, ANY CHANCE OF
MAKING IT IN 15 MINUTES?
NONE, JIM.
20. WE NEED 20 MINUTES.
THEN IT ALL
DEPENDS ON WILLY.
MM-HMM.
YOU HERE ON BUSINESS?
YEAH. BUSINESS.
DANA...
GIVE ME A LEVEL.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE.
GOOD.
Jim, I've got him
at checkpoint one.
[ HORNS HONKING ]
[ HONKING CONTINUES ]
HEY, FELLA, I THINK
THE LIGHT'S BROKE.
WHY DON'T
YOU DRIVE THROUGH IT?
I CAN GET A TICKET.
WHY DON'T YOU TURN RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
[ HONKING CONTINUES ]
THERE, YOU SEE?
IT'S GREEN.
[ HONKING STOPS ]
THESE ARE SMUDGED.
RUN OFF A DOZEN MORE.
THERE'S FIVE MINUTES
TO GO, JIM.
WE NEED EVERY SECOND.
WILLY'S GOT TO HOLD HIM
AT CHECKPOINT TWO.
GO.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
COME ON. COME ON!
GO.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
COME ON, MAN!
MOVE IT, WILL YOU? COME ON!
COME ON, MAN.
LET'S GET GOING.
I CAN'T MOVE IT FOR HIM.
HA HA. A MILLION MILES FORWARD,
AND NO MILES BACKWARD.
LET'S GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.
HEY, WHAT IS IT WITH YOU GUYS?
YOU THINK YOU OWN THE STREET,
OR SOMETHING?
HEY, YOU CAN GET THROUGH
OVER THERE.
I CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THERE.
I'LL WRECK THE CAB.
OH, ADIOS, MAN.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I'LL MAKE IT.
I'LL MAKE IT.
Jim, we couldn't
hold him any longer.
We almost lost him.
OH, NO!
HERE. LET ME.
THERE.
YOU CAN CONTINUE NOW.
THANK YOU, DEAR.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
THE OPERATIONS ROOM.
$6.40, SIR.
-KEEP IT.
-THANKS.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE A ROOM, PLEASE.
YES, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE A ROOM.
ONE OF THE VERY BEST.
-I LIKE TO PICK MY OWN.
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
I LIKE TO PICK
MY OWN ROOM NUMBER.
ROOM SEVEN.
YES, SIR.
ROOM SEVEN IS AVAILABLE.
THANKS.
HERE.
-THANK YOU, SIR.
-YOU'RE WELCOME.
HEY, LISTEN, HOW ABOUT A BOTTLE
OF YOUR BEST SCOTCH?
YOU KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO BRING, HUH?
-YES, SIR.
-THANKS.
GO.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
WHO IS IT?
IT'S THE MAID
WITH SOME TOWELS.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
-JUST IN TIME.
-EXCUSE ME, SIR.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THANKS AGAIN.
GOODBYE.
AT LEAST WE HAVE HIM WHERE WE
CAN KEEP OUR FINGER ON HIM.
NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND
OUT WHOM HE'S GOING TO KILL...
AND WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW.
[ BEEPS ]
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
HELLO, THIS IS LORCA.
LET ME SPEAK TO HIM.
HIM? IT'S ME YOU WANT
TO TALK TO.
SCORPIO'S USING A BAGWOMAN?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
YOU GOT SOMETHING
TO TELL ME?
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET
YOU AT THE --
UNH-UNH. I'LL TELL YOU
WHERE TO MEET ME.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
WHATEVER YOU SAY.
LISTEN, UH...WHY DON'T YOU
MEET ME WHERE I'M STAYING?
AT THE BOWER HOTEL.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS?
I, UM...I DON'T THINK SO.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S AT
215 SOUTH ELM STREET.
YOU GOT THAT?
-I KNOW WHERE ELM STREET IS.
-I'M IN ROOM SEVEN.
-HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT
WILL TAKE YOU TO GET HERE?
-THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR.
ALL RIGHT.
TRY NOT TO BE LATE, HUH?
GOODBYE.
[ DIALING ]
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
[ Imitating Lorca ]
IT'S ME AGAIN. LORCA.
OH, I'M HURRYING.
I'LL BE THERE.
I WON'T BE LATE.
NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, BABY.
LISTEN. I CHANGED MY MIND.
THERE'S A PARK DOWN
THE BLOCK FROM THE HOTEL.
I'LL BE ON A BENCH
NEAR THE CORNER. YOU GOT IT?
THE CORNER
NEAR THE BOWER HOTEL.
RIGHT.
BE THERE IN A HALF-HOUR.
3:00 AT THE PARK.
BARNEY.
Willy. He's not leaving.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE THERE.
I WON'T BE LATE.
3:00 AT THE PARK.
THINK YOU HAVE IT, DANA?
I THINK SO.
LORCA?
IT'S ALL IN HERE.
[ As Lorca ] WHO PAYS OFF
WHEN I MAKE THE HIT?
I WILL.
LET ME KNOW
AS SOON AS YOU...DO IT.
"WILLIAM BARTON,
"PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 85
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
"WILL BE AT THE
KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL, ROOM 526.
"HE WILL BE IN HIS ROOM
WORKING ON A SPEECH
"FROM 4:30 TO 5:00 P.M. TODAY.
HE'LL BE ALONE."
AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE
HE'S GOING TO MAKE
HIS HIT AND WHEN.
AND WHO
HE'S GOING TO KILL.
WE'LL BE WITH YOU
ALL THE WAY, BARNEY.
LET'S SEE.
YEAH, THAT'S FINE, DANA.
A LITTLE MORE
THAT WAY, BARNEY.
OKAY.
NOW, WE'LL NEED TIME TO
GET BARTON OUT OF THERE
AND GET BARNEY SET UP.
I'LL HOLD HIM.
ALL RIGHT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
WHO IS IT?
IT'S FLO.
-HI.
-LORCA?
YEAH, THAT'S ME. LORCA.
IT'S ALL IN THERE.
GEE, THIS IS A NICE
ROOM YOU GOT HERE.
YEAH, WELL...IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN AND
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE?
I WANT TO GO OVER THIS.
OH, THANKS.
HEY, CAN'T YOU
OFFER A GIRL A DRINK?
WOW. I'M SORRY.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
UM...SCOTCH AND WATER.
I'M GLAD YOU SAID "SCOTCH."
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET
FROM HERE TO THIS HOTEL?
OH, ABOUT, UM...
10 MINUTES, I THINK.
GOOD. THEN WE'VE
GOT PLENTY OF TIME.
OH! WAIT.
HERE'S WHERE YOU CALL ME
WHEN YOU MAKE THE HIT.
THIS ISN'T THE NUMBER
WHERE I CALLED YOU.
OH, IT'S WHERE I PICK UP
THE BAG...THE MONEY.
YEAH.
YOU'RE NOT THE GIRL
I TALKED TO ON THE PHONE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THE GIRL I TALKED TO
ON THE PHONE
SOUNDED, UH, SEXY.
[ LAUGHING ]
OH. DRINK UP.
SALUD!
[ GIGGLING ]
WELL, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
MUCH DOUBT ABOUT IT, DOES THERE?
I'M AFRAID NOT.
BUT YOU --
I DON'T LIKE YOU RISKING
YOUR LIFE FOR ME.
I'LL BE WELL TAKEN
CARE OF, MR. BARTON.
I HOPE SO.
MR. BARTON, PLEASE GO
WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.
THANK YOU.
SHE HELD HIM.
MORE LIKE HE HELD HER.
UM...CAN I HAVE
ANOTHER DRINK?
COME ON.
ARE YOU PUTTING ME ON?
YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE SCORPIO'S TRICK.
BE UP FRONT WITH IT.
COME HERE.
COME HERE, BABY.
YOU'RE WEIRD.
YOU'RE VIOLENT.
GET OUT OF HERE!
SURE, I WILL!
YOU LOUSY APE!
YOU GUYS THINK YOU CAN
JUST COME INTO TOWN, HAVE
YOUR FUN, AND SPLIT!
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A JOB TO DO,
AND I DON'T GET MY PAYOFF
TILL YOU DO IT!
SO, JUST TAKE A LOOK
AT THE TIME, BABY!
STICK WITH HIM.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Jim, we've lost him.
Barney.
Barney, do you read me?
BARNEY.
YES, JIM?
PARIS IS ON HIS WAY
TO YOUR HOTEL NOW.
-We lost Lorca. Be ready
for him anytime.
-OKAY.
-PARIS WILL BE ACROSS
THE HALL FROM YOU.
-RIGHT.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOTEL KNICKERBOCKER.
-HELLO. CAN I HAVE
A ROOM FOR TONIGHT?
-YES, SIR. SINGLE?
YEAH. LOOK, I'VE STAYED
AT YOUR HOTEL BEFORE,
AND I KIND OF LIKE
THE FIFTH FLOOR.
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
OH, SORRY, SIR, THERE'S NOTHING
AVAILABLE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
-Will some other floor do?
-HOW ABOUT THE SIXTH?
Yes, sir, we have several rooms
available on the sixth.
626?
626...YES, SIR.
IT'S AVAILABLE.
LOOK, I'M OUT OF TOWN.
CAN YOU HOLD THAT ROOM
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS?
GLAD TO, SIR.
WHAT NAME, PLEASE?
LAWRENCE. LOU LAWRENCE.
UH...ROOM 526, PLEASE.
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
-HELLO, MR. BARTON, LOCAL 85?
-YES.
MY NAME IS LOU LAWRENCE.
I'M WITH ONE OF THE LOCAL
UNIONS.
I WAS WONDERING IF I
COULD COME UP AND SEE YOU
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WHAT UNION DID YOU SAY?
WELL, IT'S, IT'S
RIGHT HERE IN TOWN.
IT WOULD BE A BIG
HELP, MR. BARTON.
OKAY. WHEN DO YOU WANT
TO COME UP?
FIFTEEN MINUTES.
SAY, 4:00?
-FINE. I'LL BE HERE.
-THANK YOU, MR. BARTON.
[ Receiver clicks ]
526, PLEASE.
[ RINGS ]
[ RINGS ]
-YES?
-THIS IS LOU LAWRENCE AGAIN.
I'M DOWN THE LOBBY.
IS IT ALL RIGHT TO COME UP?
SURE, COME ON UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL BE RIGHT UP.
Willy.
Lorca's in the lobby.
-Check it out.
-RIGHT.
Jim, he's not in the lobby,
and he didn't get by our man
at the service entrance.
JIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS HE IN THE HOTEL,
OR ISN'T HE?
WHY DIDN'T HE
COME UP TO THE ROOM?
GAVE HIM THE NUMBER.
DIDN'T PASS THIS WAY.
NO ACTION HERE.
JIM, LORCA JUST CAME
OUT OF THE HOTEL.
Repeat, out of the hotel.
STAND BY.
LORCA'S MAKING A TELEPHONE CALL
in a booth
across from the hotel.
[ RINGS ]
[ RINGS ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
ANOTHER PHONE CALL.
IT'S GOT TO BE HIM,
BUT WHY?
[ Ringing ]
GET HIM TO THE PHONE.
THE AIR VENT.
The vent.
Get out of there, Barney!
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
BARNEY!
Barney?
BARNEY!
I'M ALL RIGHT.
Jim, Willy, he's all right.
GO.
A MAN'S BEEN KILLED UP THERE!
BLOWN TO PIECES!
[ CROWD GASPS ]
[ DIALING ]
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
I FILLED THE CONTRACT.
I'VE GOT THE MONEY.
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET YOU
AT THE CORNER
of 12th Street and Spruce
in 20 minutes.
HEY, NO HARD FEELINGS?
NAH, NAH,
THERE'S NO HARD FEELINGS.
12th AND SPRUCE,
20 MINUTES. BYE.
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
HEY, WHERE'S MY PAYOFF?
[ Weakly ]
My payoff...from Scorpio.
He tried
to get you, too...too...
HEY!
1223 RINGVIEW.
UP IN THE HILLS.
I KNOW WHERE RINGVIEW IS.
-FAST!
-OKAY.
WAIT HERE.
LORCA, ARE YOU CRAZY?
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NEVER
SUPPOSED TO COME IN HERE.
YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!
[ GUNSHOTS ]
ALFRED E. CHAMBERS --
SCORPIO.
GET ME AN AMBULANCE
AND THE POLICE.
SEND THEM TO THIS ADDRESS --
1223 RINGVIEW.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
OH! GET DOWN, BABY!
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
TURN THAT DOWN, WILL YOU?
HELLO?
I SAID, "TURN IT DOWN."
I CAN'T HEAR.
YEAH,
THIS IS EDDIE LORCA.
YES, SIR, I'VE BEEN
EXPECTING YOUR CALL.
WELL, IF YOU
DON'T MIND, SIR,
I'D LIKE TO HANDLE IT
MY OWN WAY.
YES, SIR.
I'D JUST LIKE
THE PHONE NUMBER.
555-7177. MM-HMM.
I'LL BE IN TOWN FRIDAY.
I'LL MAKE THE CALL
AT 2:15.
WELL, YES, SIR.
SAME AS BEFORE.
$25,000 FOR THE CONTRACT.
THANK YOU, SIR. GOODBYE.
HEY, BABY.
I'VE GOT A CONTRACT
TO FILL.
[ MUSIC TURNS OFF ]
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
THIS TIME?
I DON'T KNOW.
[ SIGHS ]
WILL YOU CALL ME?
HEY, BABY, YOU KNOW
I DON'T LIKE TO CALL YOU
WHEN I'M OUT OF TOWN.
HEY, WHERE'S THE FUNERAL?
I GOT TO GET DRESSED.
GO DANCE.
HEY, BABY,
MAYBE I WILL CALL YOU.
[ SEA GULLS CRYING ]
HOW ARE THE BASS BITING?
I'VE CAUGHT THREE.
YEAH, GOOD.
I CAUGHT SIX MYSELF YESTERDAY.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
A HIRED KILLER, EDDIE LORCA,
WILL ARRIVE IN THIS CITY
ON TRANSAMERICA
FLIGHT NUMBER ONE ON FRIDAY.
LORCA HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE
MOST POWERFUL UNDERWORLD LEADER
IN THIS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES,
A MAN WE KNOW ONLY
BY HIS CODE NAME "SCORPIO."
LORCA'S MISSION
IS TO KILL SOMEONE.
WE DO NOT KNOW
WHOM HE WILL KILL
OR WHERE, WHEN,
OR HOW HE WILL DO IT.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO PREVENT THE MURDER
AND DISCOVER
THE IDENTITY OF SCORPIO.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
[ SIZZLING ]
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
TWO YEARS OF POLICE SURVEILLANCE
OF LORCA BOILS DOWN TO THIS --
HE DOES EVERYTHING AT RANDOM.
NEVER THE SAME THING TWICE,
NEVER THE SAME WAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE 12 MURDERS
HE'S SUSPECTED OF?
NO, NOTHING, PARIS,
EXCEPT EFFICIENCY.
EACH CASE WAS DIFFERENT
BECAUSE LORCA HIMSELF SELECTED
THE METHOD OF MURDER AT RANDOM,
AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
THAT'S QUITE A PHILOSOPHY.
IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING,
THEN NEITHER DOES
ANYBODY ELSE, SO I'M SAFE.
AND IT'S WORKED SO FAR.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET CLOSE
TO HIM, WILLY -- RIGHT INSIDE
HIS SKIN.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING
TO DO AT THE SAME TIME HE DOES
HIMSELF.
JIM...LORCA'S
NEXT RANDOM CHOICE
FOR A PLACE TO STAY.
IT'S HIS KIND OF HOTEL --
SMALL AND ANONYMOUS.
RIGHT NOW,
IT'S A TOTAL BLANK.
ALL PREVIOUS IDENTIFICATION
HAS BEEN REMOVED.
EVERYBODY'S STANDING BY.
HOW LONG WILL YOU NEED?
TWENTY MINUTES.
EVERYTHING READY
ON YOUR END, WILLY?
I'M ALL SET, JIM.
GOOD. NOW WE CAN'T AFFORD
ANY MISTAKES.
LORCA'S EDGY,
AND HE'S ALWAYS ON GUARD.
IF WE LOSE LORCA,
WE LOSE OUR CHANCE TO IDENTIFY
HIS BOSS -- SCORPIO.
SOUTHEASTERN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 152
NOW ARRIVING AT GATE 14.
SOUTHEASTERN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 152
NOW ARRIVING AT GATE 14.
FLIGHT 19 FOR PHOENIX DEPARTING
ON SCHEDULE AT GATE 4.
FLIGHT 19 FOR PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
DEPARTING ON SCHEDULE
AT GATE 4.
NO, THANKS.
LOOK, I'M NEW IN TOWN.
I WANT TO GO
TO THE BOWER HOTEL.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS?
YEAH, SURE.
ALL RIGHT, YOU HEARD HIM.
BOWER HOTEL.
REPEATING --
Bower Hotel.
HOW LONG DO YOU FIGURE
IT WILL TAKE TO GET ME THERE?
OH, ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
[ Laughing ]
YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, I TOLD YOU
I WAS NEW IN TOWN,
SO YOU DECIDED TO TAKE
ME THE LONG WAY AROUND.
THE PHONE DIRECTORY
SAYS 15 MINUTES.
HEY, LOOK, MISTER,
SIT BACK AND RELAX.
IF ANY CABBIE CAN GET YOU
THERE IN 15 MINUTES,
I CAN.
YOU'RE ON.
BARNEY, ANY CHANCE OF
MAKING IT IN 15 MINUTES?
NONE, JIM.
20. WE NEED 20 MINUTES.
THEN IT ALL
DEPENDS ON WILLY.
MM-HMM.
YOU HERE ON BUSINESS?
YEAH. BUSINESS.
DANA...
GIVE ME A LEVEL.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE.
GOOD.
Jim, I've got him
at checkpoint one.
[ HORNS HONKING ]
[ HONKING CONTINUES ]
HEY, FELLA, I THINK
THE LIGHT'S BROKE.
WHY DON'T
YOU DRIVE THROUGH IT?
I CAN GET A TICKET.
WHY DON'T YOU TURN RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
[ HONKING CONTINUES ]
THERE, YOU SEE?
IT'S GREEN.
[ HONKING STOPS ]
THESE ARE SMUDGED.
RUN OFF A DOZEN MORE.
THERE'S FIVE MINUTES
TO GO, JIM.
WE NEED EVERY SECOND.
WILLY'S GOT TO HOLD HIM
AT CHECKPOINT TWO.
GO.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
COME ON. COME ON!
GO.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
COME ON, MAN!
MOVE IT, WILL YOU? COME ON!
COME ON, MAN.
LET'S GET GOING.
I CAN'T MOVE IT FOR HIM.
HA HA. A MILLION MILES FORWARD,
AND NO MILES BACKWARD.
LET'S GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.
HEY, WHAT IS IT WITH YOU GUYS?
YOU THINK YOU OWN THE STREET,
OR SOMETHING?
HEY, YOU CAN GET THROUGH
OVER THERE.
I CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THERE.
I'LL WRECK THE CAB.
OH, ADIOS, MAN.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I'LL MAKE IT.
I'LL MAKE IT.
Jim, we couldn't
hold him any longer.
We almost lost him.
OH, NO!
HERE. LET ME.
THERE.
YOU CAN CONTINUE NOW.
THANK YOU, DEAR.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
THE OPERATIONS ROOM.
$6.40, SIR.
-KEEP IT.
-THANKS.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE A ROOM, PLEASE.
YES, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE A ROOM.
ONE OF THE VERY BEST.
-I LIKE TO PICK MY OWN.
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
I LIKE TO PICK
MY OWN ROOM NUMBER.
ROOM SEVEN.
YES, SIR.
ROOM SEVEN IS AVAILABLE.
THANKS.
HERE.
-THANK YOU, SIR.
-YOU'RE WELCOME.
HEY, LISTEN, HOW ABOUT A BOTTLE
OF YOUR BEST SCOTCH?
YOU KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO BRING, HUH?
-YES, SIR.
-THANKS.
GO.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
WHO IS IT?
IT'S THE MAID
WITH SOME TOWELS.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
-JUST IN TIME.
-EXCUSE ME, SIR.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THANKS AGAIN.
GOODBYE.
AT LEAST WE HAVE HIM WHERE WE
CAN KEEP OUR FINGER ON HIM.
NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND
OUT WHOM HE'S GOING TO KILL...
AND WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW.
[ BEEPS ]
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
HELLO, THIS IS LORCA.
LET ME SPEAK TO HIM.
HIM? IT'S ME YOU WANT
TO TALK TO.
SCORPIO'S USING A BAGWOMAN?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
YOU GOT SOMETHING
TO TELL ME?
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET
YOU AT THE --
UNH-UNH. I'LL TELL YOU
WHERE TO MEET ME.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
WHATEVER YOU SAY.
LISTEN, UH...WHY DON'T YOU
MEET ME WHERE I'M STAYING?
AT THE BOWER HOTEL.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS?
I, UM...I DON'T THINK SO.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S AT
215 SOUTH ELM STREET.
YOU GOT THAT?
-I KNOW WHERE ELM STREET IS.
-I'M IN ROOM SEVEN.
-HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT
WILL TAKE YOU TO GET HERE?
-THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR.
ALL RIGHT.
TRY NOT TO BE LATE, HUH?
GOODBYE.
[ DIALING ]
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
[ Imitating Lorca ]
IT'S ME AGAIN. LORCA.
OH, I'M HURRYING.
I'LL BE THERE.
I WON'T BE LATE.
NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, BABY.
LISTEN. I CHANGED MY MIND.
THERE'S A PARK DOWN
THE BLOCK FROM THE HOTEL.
I'LL BE ON A BENCH
NEAR THE CORNER. YOU GOT IT?
THE CORNER
NEAR THE BOWER HOTEL.
RIGHT.
BE THERE IN A HALF-HOUR.
3:00 AT THE PARK.
BARNEY.
Willy. He's not leaving.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE THERE.
I WON'T BE LATE.
3:00 AT THE PARK.
THINK YOU HAVE IT, DANA?
I THINK SO.
LORCA?
IT'S ALL IN HERE.
[ As Lorca ] WHO PAYS OFF
WHEN I MAKE THE HIT?
I WILL.
LET ME KNOW
AS SOON AS YOU...DO IT.
"WILLIAM BARTON,
"PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 85
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
"WILL BE AT THE
KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL, ROOM 526.
"HE WILL BE IN HIS ROOM
WORKING ON A SPEECH
"FROM 4:30 TO 5:00 P.M. TODAY.
HE'LL BE ALONE."
AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE
HE'S GOING TO MAKE
HIS HIT AND WHEN.
AND WHO
HE'S GOING TO KILL.
WE'LL BE WITH YOU
ALL THE WAY, BARNEY.
LET'S SEE.
YEAH, THAT'S FINE, DANA.
A LITTLE MORE
THAT WAY, BARNEY.
OKAY.
NOW, WE'LL NEED TIME TO
GET BARTON OUT OF THERE
AND GET BARNEY SET UP.
I'LL HOLD HIM.
ALL RIGHT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
WHO IS IT?
IT'S FLO.
-HI.
-LORCA?
YEAH, THAT'S ME. LORCA.
IT'S ALL IN THERE.
GEE, THIS IS A NICE
ROOM YOU GOT HERE.
YEAH, WELL...IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN AND
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE?
I WANT TO GO OVER THIS.
OH, THANKS.
HEY, CAN'T YOU
OFFER A GIRL A DRINK?
WOW. I'M SORRY.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
UM...SCOTCH AND WATER.
I'M GLAD YOU SAID "SCOTCH."
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET
FROM HERE TO THIS HOTEL?
OH, ABOUT, UM...
10 MINUTES, I THINK.
GOOD. THEN WE'VE
GOT PLENTY OF TIME.
OH! WAIT.
HERE'S WHERE YOU CALL ME
WHEN YOU MAKE THE HIT.
THIS ISN'T THE NUMBER
WHERE I CALLED YOU.
OH, IT'S WHERE I PICK UP
THE BAG...THE MONEY.
YEAH.
YOU'RE NOT THE GIRL
I TALKED TO ON THE PHONE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THE GIRL I TALKED TO
ON THE PHONE
SOUNDED, UH, SEXY.
[ LAUGHING ]
OH. DRINK UP.
SALUD!
[ GIGGLING ]
WELL, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
MUCH DOUBT ABOUT IT, DOES THERE?
I'M AFRAID NOT.
BUT YOU --
I DON'T LIKE YOU RISKING
YOUR LIFE FOR ME.
I'LL BE WELL TAKEN
CARE OF, MR. BARTON.
I HOPE SO.
MR. BARTON, PLEASE GO
WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.
THANK YOU.
SHE HELD HIM.
MORE LIKE HE HELD HER.
UM...CAN I HAVE
ANOTHER DRINK?
COME ON.
ARE YOU PUTTING ME ON?
YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE SCORPIO'S TRICK.
BE UP FRONT WITH IT.
COME HERE.
COME HERE, BABY.
YOU'RE WEIRD.
YOU'RE VIOLENT.
GET OUT OF HERE!
SURE, I WILL!
YOU LOUSY APE!
YOU GUYS THINK YOU CAN
JUST COME INTO TOWN, HAVE
YOUR FUN, AND SPLIT!
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A JOB TO DO,
AND I DON'T GET MY PAYOFF
TILL YOU DO IT!
SO, JUST TAKE A LOOK
AT THE TIME, BABY!
STICK WITH HIM.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Jim, we've lost him.
Barney.
Barney, do you read me?
BARNEY.
YES, JIM?
PARIS IS ON HIS WAY
TO YOUR HOTEL NOW.
-We lost Lorca. Be ready
for him anytime.
-OKAY.
-PARIS WILL BE ACROSS
THE HALL FROM YOU.
-RIGHT.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOTEL KNICKERBOCKER.
-HELLO. CAN I HAVE
A ROOM FOR TONIGHT?
-YES, SIR. SINGLE?
YEAH. LOOK, I'VE STAYED
AT YOUR HOTEL BEFORE,
AND I KIND OF LIKE
THE FIFTH FLOOR.
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
OH, SORRY, SIR, THERE'S NOTHING
AVAILABLE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
-Will some other floor do?
-HOW ABOUT THE SIXTH?
Yes, sir, we have several rooms
available on the sixth.
626?
626...YES, SIR.
IT'S AVAILABLE.
LOOK, I'M OUT OF TOWN.
CAN YOU HOLD THAT ROOM
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS?
GLAD TO, SIR.
WHAT NAME, PLEASE?
LAWRENCE. LOU LAWRENCE.
UH...ROOM 526, PLEASE.
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
-HELLO, MR. BARTON, LOCAL 85?
-YES.
MY NAME IS LOU LAWRENCE.
I'M WITH ONE OF THE LOCAL
UNIONS.
I WAS WONDERING IF I
COULD COME UP AND SEE YOU
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WHAT UNION DID YOU SAY?
WELL, IT'S, IT'S
RIGHT HERE IN TOWN.
IT WOULD BE A BIG
HELP, MR. BARTON.
OKAY. WHEN DO YOU WANT
TO COME UP?
FIFTEEN MINUTES.
SAY, 4:00?
-FINE. I'LL BE HERE.
-THANK YOU, MR. BARTON.
[ Receiver clicks ]
526, PLEASE.
[ RINGS ]
[ RINGS ]
-YES?
-THIS IS LOU LAWRENCE AGAIN.
I'M DOWN THE LOBBY.
IS IT ALL RIGHT TO COME UP?
SURE, COME ON UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL BE RIGHT UP.
Willy.
Lorca's in the lobby.
-Check it out.
-RIGHT.
Jim, he's not in the lobby,
and he didn't get by our man
at the service entrance.
JIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS HE IN THE HOTEL,
OR ISN'T HE?
WHY DIDN'T HE
COME UP TO THE ROOM?
GAVE HIM THE NUMBER.
DIDN'T PASS THIS WAY.
NO ACTION HERE.
JIM, LORCA JUST CAME
OUT OF THE HOTEL.
Repeat, out of the hotel.
STAND BY.
LORCA'S MAKING A TELEPHONE CALL
in a booth
across from the hotel.
[ RINGS ]
[ RINGS ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
ANOTHER PHONE CALL.
IT'S GOT TO BE HIM,
BUT WHY?
[ Ringing ]
GET HIM TO THE PHONE.
THE AIR VENT.
The vent.
Get out of there, Barney!
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
BARNEY!
Barney?
BARNEY!
I'M ALL RIGHT.
Jim, Willy, he's all right.
GO.
A MAN'S BEEN KILLED UP THERE!
BLOWN TO PIECES!
[ CROWD GASPS ]
[ DIALING ]
[ RINGS ]
HELLO?
I FILLED THE CONTRACT.
I'VE GOT THE MONEY.
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET YOU
AT THE CORNER
of 12th Street and Spruce
in 20 minutes.
HEY, NO HARD FEELINGS?
NAH, NAH,
THERE'S NO HARD FEELINGS.
12th AND SPRUCE,
20 MINUTES. BYE.
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
HEY, WHERE'S MY PAYOFF?
[ Weakly ]
My payoff...from Scorpio.
He tried
to get you, too...too...
HEY!
1223 RINGVIEW.
UP IN THE HILLS.
I KNOW WHERE RINGVIEW IS.
-FAST!
-OKAY.
WAIT HERE.
LORCA, ARE YOU CRAZY?
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NEVER
SUPPOSED TO COME IN HERE.
YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!
[ GUNSHOTS ]
ALFRED E. CHAMBERS --
SCORPIO.
GET ME AN AMBULANCE
AND THE POLICE.
SEND THEM TO THIS ADDRESS --
1223 RINGVIEW.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]