Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 5, Episode 13 - The Hostage - full transcript

"WALTER A. PHELAN,
AMERICAN HOTEL MAGNATE,

"LEAVES THE COUNTRY TODAY

"AFTER THREE WEEKS
OF DISCUSSIONS

"WITH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
AND ARCHITECTS.

"PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED

"FOR A CHAIN
OF MOTELS AND HOTELS,

"THE COST OF WHICH,
ACCORDING TO PHELAN,

WILL BE UPWARDS
OF $30 MILLION AMERICAN."

THANKS, FRED.

YOU DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB,
PARIS.

WALTER PHELAN, HOTEL MAGNATE --
PERFECT COVER.



WELL, THE MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE OF YOUR COOPERATION.

SAY GOODBYE TO JIM
AND THE OTHERS FOR ME.

I WILL.
THANKS AGAIN.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

EAGLE CONTROL
TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

EAGLE CONTROL TO
POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

We hear you.
Go ahead, Eagle.

THIS IS ROBERT SCIOMNI

SPEAKING OF BEHALF
OF JORGE CABAL,

LEADER OF THE POPULAR
REVOLUTIONARY FRONT.

WE HAVE JUST ABDUCTED
WALTER A. PHELAN,

THE AMERICAN MAGNATE.

PRF DEMANDS
THAT THE FOLLOWING MEN



NOW BEING HELD
IN THE GOVERNMENT PRISON

AT CORTINA BARRACKS
BE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED --

CARLOS MARCHESI,
RUDOLFO TORRES,

AND LUIS CABAL.

IF WITHIN 24 HOURS
THESE MEN ARE NOT FREED,

WALTER A. PHELAN
WILL BE EXECUTED.

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]

ANY TROUBLE?

HE DIDN'T WANT TO
ACCOMPANY US, THAT'S ALL.

PHELAN IS OUR GUEST.
TREAT HIM AS SUCH.

MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE,
SEÑOR PHELAN.

YES.

YES, ALL RIGHT.

THANKS VERY MUCH.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

FRED SANDERS,
THE AMERICAN CONSUL,

SAYS WITNESSES
SAW PARIS TAKE A TAXI

IN FRONT OF THE CONSULATE,

AND THEN HE WAS
TRANSFERRED TO A TRUCK,

UNCONSCIOUS,
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY,

LOOKED AS THOUGH
HE'D BEEN DRUGGED.

JIM, ARE YOU SURE
THERE'S NO CONNECTION

BETWEEN PARIS' ABDUCTION
AND THE MISSION

WHICH BROUGHT US HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

PARIS' COVER AS WALTER PHELAN
WAS PERFECT, DANA.

IT'S JUST LUCKY THAT SCIOMNI
TOOK HIM WHEN HE DID,

AFTER WE'D
FINISHED OUR MISSION.

DOES SANDERS HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE PARIS IS RIGHT NOW?

NO, BUT I THINK
WE HAVE TO ASSUME

THEY TOOK HIM DIRECTLY
TO CABAL'S HEADQUARTERS.

THAT DOESN'T GIVE US
A WHOLE LOT TO GO ON.

THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A REAL STRONGHOLD,

BUT NO ONE KNOWS
WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

SO WE'VE GOT NOTHING --
A BIG ZERO.

NO, NOT AT ALL, DANA.

SCIOMNI AND CABAL
MADE A MISTAKE,

AND A VERY BIG ONE.

THEY KIDNAPED PARIS,

NOT WALTER A. PHELAN.

RIGHT, SO LET'S WAIT AND SEE
WHAT HIS MOVE WILL BE.

THE KIDNAPING OF AMERICAN HOTEL
MAGNATE WALTER A. PHELAN

IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO HAVE BEEN
PLANNED AND EXECUTED

BY ROBERT SCIOMNI,

THE ONE-TIME MEDICAL STUDENT

NOW THE SELF-PROCLAIMED
"APOSTLE OF REVOLUCION,"

WHOSE TACTICS, RANGING
FROM SENSELESS DESTRUCTION

TO OUTRIGHT MURDER,

HAVE TERRORIZED
A DOZEN DIFFERENT NATIONS.

THE GOVERNMENT
IS DETERMINED NOT TO SUBMIT,

ESPECIALLY SINCE
JORGE CABAL'S PERSONAL RECORD

OF MURDER AND TERROR IS EQUALED
ONLY BY THAT OF ROBERT SCIOMNI.

BUT TODAY'S CRIME DOES BEAR
ONE UNUSUAL ASPECT --

ONE OF THE THREE PRISONERS
WHOSE RELEASE IS DEMANDED

IS LUIS CABAL,
JORGE'S ONLY SON.

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

THE AMERICAN --
I THINK HE'S DYING!

[ GROANING ]

THAT'S HOW I FOUND HIM.

AH!

HE'LL FEEL BETTER
IN A FEW MINUTES.

[ LAUGHING ]

YOU DO FEEL BETTER.

I'M LAUGHING AT YOU,
SCIOMNI.

THE JOKE IS ON YOU.

I'VE GOT
HODGKIN'S DISEASE.

HODGKIN'S DISEASE,
LYMPHOMATOSIS.

WHAT IS HE
TALKING ABOUT?

A BLOOD DISEASE,
DESTROYS THE LYMPH GLANDS.

YOU'RE LYING!

I WISH I WERE.

ROBERT,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHAT DO YOU TAKE
FOR MAINTENANCE?

VINBLASTINE SULFATE.

WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT IT?

I ONCE STUDIED MEDICINE.
HOW MUCH?

1.5 MILLIGRAMS A WEEK.

UNTIL A FEW MINUTES AGO,

YOU SHOWED
NO SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER.

I'LL BE VERY HAPPY
TO DISCUSS

MY SYMPTOMS
WITH YOU, DOCTOR,

SOME OTHER TIME.

WHAT DOES ALL THIS
MEAN, ROBERT?

IT MEANS, SEÑOR CABAL,

THAT SOMETIME DURING
THE NEXT 72 HOURS,

UNLESS I GET
SOME MEDICATION,

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

A VERY DEAD HOSTAGE
ON YOUR HANDS.

AND SO A DRAMATIC
NEW TURN OF EVENTS

IN THE WALTER A. PHELAN
KIDNAP CASE.

THE REBELS HAVE ANNOUNCED

THEY MUST HAVE
MEDICATION FOR THEIR PRISONER

OR HE WILL SOON BE DEAD
OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE.

HOW DID PARIS EVER MANAGE
TO SIMULATE HODGKIN'S?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE MUST HAVE
FOUND SOMETHING, DANA --

SOME DRUG,
MAYBE SOMETHING GROWING WILD,

THAT WOULD GIVE HIM
A CHILL AND A FEVER.

THEN HE TOLD SCIOMNI
IT WAS HODGKIN'S.

BUT SCIOMNI WAS
A BRILLIANT MEDICAL STUDENT.

BUT STILL HE'D NEED
A FULLY EQUIPPED LAB

AND TWO OR THREE DAYS
OF COMPLICATED TESTS

TO FIND OUT
WHETHER PARIS IS LYING.

OH, PARIS AND I
TALKED ABOUT HODGKIN'S

ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.

HE PROBABLY FIGURED WE COULD
FIND OUT WHERE HE'S BEING HELD

WAS BY DELIVERING
THE MEDICATION.

HI.

THE GOVERNMENT
ABSOLUTELY AND CATEGORICALLY

REFUSES TO RELEASE
ANY OF THE THREE PRISONERS.

THEY'RE WILLING
TO COOPERATE WITH OUR PLAN,

BUT ONLY IN RETURN
FOR ONE THING.

WE HAVE TO DELIVER
ROBERT SCIOMNI.

MEDICINE READY, DOUG?

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE
VINBLASTINE SULFATE, JIM.

IT'S REALLY PLAIN-OLD
VITAMIN B,

BUT IT'S THE SAME
COLOR AND TEXTURE.

PARIS WOULD NEED
15 MILLIGRAMS OF IT

IF HE ACTUALLY HAD
HODGKIN'S,

A MAINTENANCE DOSAGE.

MM-HMM.

THE TRANSMITTER'S IN THE CAP.

IT WILL PUT OUT A 50-WATT
CONTINUOUS WAVE SIGNAL

UP TO 500 MILES MAXIMUM,
LINE OF SIGHT.

ALL RIGHT,
CONTACT ROBERT SCIOMNI.

MEET THEM
AT MONTALVO BRIDGE.

THEY GUARANTEE
OUR COURIER'S SAFE RETURN.

THOSE IDIOTS!

YOU RADIO THEM BACK
THAT I HAVE

NO INTENTION
OF MEETING THEM ANYWHERE!

TELL THEM, PACK THE MEDICINE
IN A PARACHUTE CANISTER

AND PLACE IT
ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT --

HE'S TO CONTACT YOU
WHEN AIRBORNE

FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

RADIO CONTACT MUST BE MADE
WITH THE AIRCRAFT

IN EXACTLY
1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU ACTUALLY ENJOY THIS,
DON'T YOU?

You should be over a body
of water in a moment.

When you reach it,
turn to a heading of 220 degrees

and begin descending
to 1,000 feet.

Continue on that heading and
altitude until contacted again.

EAGLE CONTROL TO HELICOPTER.

Eagle Control
to helicopter.

COME IN, EAGLE.

There's an open field ahead
of you on the same heading.

YOU'LL SEE AN ORANGE MARKER.

DISPOSE OF THE CANISTER
OVER THAT MARKER.

When you have done so,
immediately --

I repeat, immediately,
turn 180 degrees

to a heading of 040,
and climb to an altitude

OF 5,000 FEET.

PROCEED ON THAT HEADING
AND AT THAT ALTITUDE

FOR 15 MINUTES
BEFORE RETURNING HOME.

ROGER, EAGLE.

THE SIGNAL IS HOLDING, JIM.

Movement is terminated
at map coordinates E-15.

WATCHDOG CALLING HIGH FLYER.

This is High Flyer,
Watchdog.

Where is our quarry?

QUARRY IS LOCATED
IN THE YSIDRO HILLS,

VILLAGE OF SAN ESTEBAN.

MAP COORDINATES, E-15.

Roger, Watchdog.

You'll have your snapshot
as soon as I land.

Over.

YOU TWO WILL PHOTOGRAPH
THE VILLAGE FROM 70,000 FEET.

YOU'LL BE COMPLETELY INVISIBLE
AND INAUDIBLE FROM THE GROUND.

YOU SHOULD HAVE STUCK
TO MEDICINE, SCIOMNI.

I CAN ONLY WISH YOU

THE BEST OF LUCK
IN THIS UNDERTAKING.

YOU DON'T THINK MUCH
OF OUR CHANCES,

DO YOU, COMMANDANTE?

THERE IS NO QUESTION
YOUR PLAN HAS IMAGINATION,

BUT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE
DEALING WITH ARE RUTHLESS.

THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

WHAT CAN ONE DO
WITH SUCH PEOPLE?

WELL, YOU ARE
IN CHARGE NOW.

FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

BRING THEM INTO
THE HOLDING ROOM, PLEASE.

DUE TO THE SENSITIVENESS

OF THE PRESENT SITUATION

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT
AND JORGE CABAL'S REBEL FACTION,

INVOLVING AS IT DOES
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES,

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ASSIGNED

COLONEL LEON TIBA

OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL'S OFFICE,

DEPARTMENT OF COURTS
AND PRISONS,

AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.

COLONEL TIBA WILL REMAIN
AT CORTINA BARRACKS

FOR THE DURATION
OF THIS CRISIS.

COLONEL TIBA.

I HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

THE RANSOM DEMAND --
THAT IS, THE RELEASE

OF THE THREE PRISONERS --

CARLOS MARCHESI,
RUDOLFO TORRES,

AND LUIS CABAL --

IS HEREBY
CATEGORICALLY REJECTED.

NOW THEREFORE, I, LEON TIBA,
USING THE POWERS VESTED IN ME,

DO CHARGE THE THREE
ABOVE-NAMED PRISONERS

WITH THE CRIME OF INTENDED
MURDER AS ACCOMPLICES,

INFORM THEM THEY HAVE BEEN
FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH CRIME,

AND ARE SENTENCED
TO SUMMARY EXECUTION.

THE EXECUTIONS WILL COMMENCE
TOMORROW MORNING.

AT 6:00 A.M., CARLOS MARCHESI

WILL FACE THE FIRING SQUAD,

AT 9:00, RUDOLFO TORRES,

AT 12:00 NOON, LUIS CABAL.

ANY OR ALL OF THESE SENTENCES
MAY BE COMMUTED

AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 6:00 A.M.
UNTIL 12:00 NOON,

WITH THE RELEASE
UNHARMED AND IN GOOD HEALTH

OF WALTER A. PHELAN.

JORGE, THAT MAN IS NOT WORTH
THE LIFE OF YOUR SON.

I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU,
LUIS IS IN NO DANGER.

AND WHO IS THIS
COLONEL TIBA, ANYWAY?

A MINOR
DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONARY.

THE GOVERNMENT
IS OBVIOUSLY BLUFFING.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

SEÑOR PHELAN,

THE GOVERNMENT
HAS APPARENTLY DECIDED

THAT YOUR LIFE
IS EXPENDABLE.

THEY'VE ISSUED US
AN ULTIMATUM.

UNLESS WE RELEASE YOU,
THE THREE PRISONERS,

INCLUDING CABAL'S SON,
WILL BE EXECUTED.

I'M OFFERING YOU THE CHANCE

TO SEND A MESSAGE
TO YOUR GOVERNMENT.

REMIND THEM
YOU'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

THEY WON'T SUBMIT
TO YOUR BLACKMAIL.

YOU WILL TELL THEM
THAT YOU ARE IN GOOD HEALTH

AND ARE BEING TREATED WELL.

THIS IS WALTER A. PHELAN.

I AM IN GOOD HEALTH
AND HAVE BEEN WELL-TREATED.

I HAVE RECEIVED
MEDICATION FOR MY ILLNESS,

SO THAT'S UNDER CONTROL.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY

TO CONVEY A PERSONAL MESSAGE
TO MY FAMILY.

ALL RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY TO MY SON, RICKY,

WHOSE 12th BIRTHDAY
IS TOMORROW.

BE A GOOD BOY, SON.

I LOVE YOU.

AND TO HELEN, MY WIFE,

I SEND MY DEAREST LOVE.

"CHURCH, 30 YARDS, HEADQUARTERS,
CELL IN BETWEEN."

MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU, BARNEY?

THIS IS A DRAWING
FROM THE U2 PHOTOGRAPH.

HERE'S THE CHURCH.

THIS BUILDING HERE,

WITH THE JEEPS
AND THE TRUCKS IN FRONT OF IT,

MUST BE CABAL'S HEADQUARTERS.

NOW, THIS IS 30 YARDS
FROM THE CHURCH.

THIS IS THE BUILDING
WHERE PARIS IS.

NOW, DANA, THE NEWSPAPERS
HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

THEY KNOW THAT ANITA LUGANO

IS ON HER WAY
TO CORTINA BARRACKS.

GOOD LUCK.

HERE SHE IS.
SHE'S ARRIVED.

ANITA LUGANO
HAS JUST ARRIVED.

SEÑORITA LUGANO, WILL YOU
GIVE US A STATEMENT?

PLEASE, ALL I WANT
IS TO SEE LUIS.

THEN IT IS TRUE,
SEÑORITA LUGANO,

YOU'RE HERE TO PLEAD
FOR LUIS CABAL'S LIFE.

YES, I WANT TO SAVE HIM.

SEÑORITA LUGANO,
THIS WAY, PLEASE.

IT IS DOUBTFUL
IN THIS REPORTER'S MIND...

[ TURNS OFF TV ]

ANITA LUGANO. LUGANO.

DO YOU KNOW HER?

LUIS HAD MANY GIRLS.

I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS
SERIOUS ABOUT ONE OF THEM.

WHY SHOULD
THIS PARTICULAR ONE

PLEAD TO TIBA FOR HIS LIFE?

I DON'T KNOW,
AND I DON'T CARE!

BEING THERE,
PERHAPS SHE CAN HELP HIM.

SHE LOVES HIM.

THAT'S ALL
THAT'S IMPORTANT.

FROM HERE ON

YOU'LL PROBABLY RUN INTO
PRF ROADBLOCKS.

THEN I'LL HAVE NO TROUBLE

FINDING MY WAY
INTO THE VILLAGE.

YOUR TRANSPORTATION
WILL BE A CAR

THAT LUIS CABAL WAS DRIVING
WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED.

DANA, BE CAREFUL.

JORGE CABAL
IS AN OLD REVOLUTIONARY.

HE HAS SOME SCRUPLES,
BUT ALL SCIOMNI WANTS

IS A CONFRONTATION.

HE'LL KILL PARIS
AND HE'LL KILL YOU

IF IT SERVES HIS PURPOSE.

I'LL BE CAREFUL.

GOOD LUCK.

THREE MINUTES TO GO,

AND HERE, IN THE COLONNADE
SECTION OF CORTINA PRISON,

THERE'S AN AIR
OF HUSHED EXPECTANCY.

HERE HE COMES.

CARLOS MARCHESI
HAS APPEARED,

SEÑORES AND SEÑORITAS.

HIS ARMS
ARE MANACLED BEHIND HIM.

THERE IS A GUARD
ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM.

HIS EXPRESSION CAN ONLY
BE DESCRIBED AS GRIM,

AS THAT OF A MAN WHO KNOWS
HE'S FACING CERTAIN DEATH.

IT IS WARM HERE
IN CORTINA PRISON,

PROMISING A VERY HOT DAY,

ONE THAT THIS MAN
WILL NEVER SEE,

UNLESS, AT THIS LAST MINUTE,

THE GOVERNMENT OF REBEL
CHIEFTAIN JORGE CABAL RELENTS

AND RELEASES THE AMERICAN,
WALTER PHELAN.

CARLOS MARCHESI,

YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY
OF THE CRIME CHARGED --

THAT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE

TO THE CRIME
OF INTENDED MURDER.

YOU HAVE BEEN SENTENCED
TO DEATH BY THE FIRING SQUAD.

THAT SENTENCE IS HEREBY
ORDERED TO BE CARRIED OUT.

MAY GOT HAVE MERCY
ON YOUR SOUL.

WHY DO YOU DO THIS?

I BEG YOU --
PLEASE! PLEASE, COLONEL TIBA!

OH, PLEASE SPARE ME,
I BEG YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
PLEASE!

CARLOS MARCHESI WAS
THE GODFATHER OF MY SON.

BE BRAVE, CARLOS.
BE BRAVE.

PLEASE! PLEASE...

[ SOBBING ]

MARCHESI HAS BEEN MOVED
FROM THE COLONNADE SECTION

INTO THE ANCIENT
PRISON COURTYARD.

HE APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED,

SO THE GUARDS ARE FORCED
TO CARRY HIM TO THE STAKE,

THE SITE OF EXECUTIONS

SINCE THE TIME
OF KING ALFONSO.

FIRST THE ROPES...

AND THEN THE TRADITIONAL
BLACK HOOD.

READY.

AIM.

FIRE.

READY.

AIM.

FIRE.

AND SO,
JUST SECONDS AGO,

RUDOLFO TORRES
MET HIS DEATH,

LIKE MARCHESI BEFORE HIM.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING,
SEÑORITA?

SAN ESTEBAN.

WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS
IN SAN ESTEBAN?

SERGEANT!

THIS IS LUIS CABAL'S CAR.

I HELPED HIM
BUILD THIS COMPARTMENT.

IT IS TO HIDE GUNS.

SERGEANT, I AM IN
A DESPERATE HURRY.

WHERE DID YOU
GET THIS CAR?

SERGEANT, I TOLD YOU,
I AM IN A HURRY.

NOW EITHER
YOU LET ME GO THROUGH,

OR PERSONALLY EXPLAIN
TO JORGE CABAL

THAT YOU REFUSED ADMITTANCE

TO HIS SON'S FUTURE WIFE.

I WILL HAVE MY MAN
DRIVE YOU IN.

JUAN.

LOOK AT TORRES.
HE HAD TO BE SCARED.

COMMANDANTE, HAS THERE
BEEN ANY WORD

FROM CABAL
OR SCIOMNI?

GENTLEMEN, THIS IS
MR. DOUGLAS LANG,

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.

SIR, DO YOU CARRY A MESSAGE

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
TO OUR GOVERNMENT?

THE ONLY MESSAGE I CARRY
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

IS THAT HE DEPLORES
THE BRUTALITY AND SAVAGERY

OF MEN WHO BARTER
WITH HUMAN LIVES.

WHAT IS YOUR EXACT MISSION,
SEÑOR LANG?

TO TRY AND NEGOTIATE
THE RELEASE

OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN,
MR. WALTER A. PHELAN.

SEÑOR LANG, HAVE YOU
CONTACTED ROBERT SCIOMNI YET?

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT,
I'M SORRY.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH
THE GOVERNMENT REGARDING --

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW,
GENTLEMEN.

MR. LANG AND I HAVE
A GREAT DEAL TO DISCUSS,

AND VERY LITTLE TIME
IN WHICH TO DO IT.

EXCUSE US.

SEÑORITA LUGANO.

YES...I -- I WANT TO SEE
JORGE CABAL.

ON WHAT BUSINESS?

I WILL TELL THAT TO HIM
PERSONALLY.

NO, YOU WILL
TELL IT TO ME.

WHO ARE YOU?

ROBERT SCIOMNI.

THE MAN WHO IS
MURDERING LUIS!

I SAW YOU ON TELEVISION.

YOU'RE A VERY BRAVE
YOUNG LADY --

ALSO A VERY FOOLISH ONE

TO THINK THAT I WOULD
TAKE YOUR WORD.

PUT HER AWAY.

NO! LET GO OF ME!

I WANT TO SEE JORGE CABAL!

LET GO OF ME!

PLEASE!

I WANT TO SEE JORGE CABAL!

PLEASE!

I JUST WANT TO SEE
JORGE CABAL!

OH, PLEASE! PLEASE!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I JUST WANT TO SEE
JORGE CABAL!

PLEASE!

HELLO.

Hello.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES, SO FAR.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

DEPENDS ON CABAL.
SCIOMNI DOESN'T TRUST ME.

BUT SHE COMES FROM LUIS.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.

HOW IS IT THAT YOU YOURSELF

DIDN'T KNOW THAT LUIS
HAD A FIANCéE?

THE CAR IS HIS!

EXACTLY.
THE CAR IS HIS.

HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF
HOW SHE ACQUIRED IT?

SHE HAS HIS CAR.
SHE KNEW WHERE YOU WERE.

LUIS TOLD HER!

EXACTLY -- LUIS TOLD HER.

OTHERWISE, HOW COULD SHE KNOW?

YOU SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS.

TOO SIMPLE.

I KNOW YOUR SON
BETTER THAN YOU DO.

LUIS IS FAR TOO CLEVER
TO TELL HER WHERE YOU ARE.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

SHE CAME FROM HIM.
THAT'S WHAT MATTERS TO ME.

LUIS SAID IF ANYTHING
EVER HAPPENED TO HIM,

I WAS TO GO TO HIS FATHER.

HE SAID HIS FATHER
WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO.

PLEASE, SEÑOR,
SURRENDER THE AMERICAN.

SAVE LUIS' LIFE.

LUIS IS A SOLDIER.

LUIS IS YOUR SON!

WE'RE FIGHTING A WAR.

THE AMERICANS ARE SENDING
A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE.

ANY MINUTE NOW,
WE'LL HEAR OF LUIS' RELEASE.

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!

WHAT DOES HE CARE
IF LUIS DIES?

HE'LL KILL THE AMERICAN
AS HE PROMISED,

AND HE'LL TELL YOU
HE'S PROVED HIS POINT.

"VIVA LA REVOLUTION,"
BUT YOUR SON IS DEAD.

MY SON IS A SOLDIER.

I PITY YOU, SEÑOR.

RADIO MESSAGE
COMING IN.

ONE PRISONER IS ENOUGH.
FREE HER.

JORGE.

FREE HER.

THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

WISHES TO SPEAK
TO ROBERT SCIOMNI.

HOW DO YOU DO,
MR. LANG?

It is now 10:45.

In one hour
and 15 minutes,

LUIS CABAL
WILL BE EXECUTED.

ONLY YOU CAN SAVE HIM.

NO, MR. LANG,
ONLY YOU CAN.

THE GOVERNMENT
HAS JUST INFORMED ME

THAT THEIR DECISION
IS IRREVOCABLE.

LUIS CABAL
WILL NOT BE RELEASED.

THEN WALTER PHELAN WILL DIE.

WE HAVE
NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY.

HE MAY JUST BREAK
AT ANY MINUTE.

WHEN THE GIRL'S ALONE,

KILL HER.

LUIS, ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE?

NO ONE IS EVER
WILLING TO DIE, COLONEL.

THERE IS STILL TIME
TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

IF YOU MADE A PERSONAL
PLEA TO YOUR FATHER...

THE WHIMPERING
OF A COWARD.

YOU HAVE
LESS THAN 20 MINUTES.

TAKE HIM TO FATHER SANCHEZ
FOR HIS FINAL CONFESSION.

JORGE CABAL,

I MAKE A FINAL
APPEAL TO YOU.

YOU HAVE SEEN
WITH YOUR OWN EYES

WHAT HAPPENED
TO CARLOS MARCHESI

AND RUDOLFO TORRES.

DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN
TO YOUR OWN SON.

YOU, JORGE CABAL,
AND MILLIONS OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN

HAVE SEEN YOUR BRAVE SON
IN HIS FINAL MINUTES.

SAVE HIS LIFE.
THERE IS STILL TIME.

THE RADIO CHANNEL
REMAINS OPEN.

JORGE!

NO!

YOU MUST LOVE LUIS
VERY MUCH.

BECAUSE I PRAY FOR HIM?

I PRAY FOR US ALL.

FOR YOU...

FOR ME...

FOR US ALL.

WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG,
YOUNGER THAN LUIS,

SOMETIMES I WOULD PRAY.

I ALSO LOVE LUIS
VERY MUCH.

BUT YOU ALLOW HIM TO DIE
A SENSELESS DEATH.

OUR CAUSE, OUR STRUGGLE,
IS MORE IMPORTANT --

FAR MORE IMPORTANT
THAN ANY ONE PERSON,

EVEN MY SON.

I CANNOT
FORGIVE YOU, SEÑOR.

PERHAPS HE CAN.

HE'LL BE OUT TILL TOMORROW.

-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-YEAH.

THIS DRIES INSTANTLY.

HOW MUCH TIME?

THREE MINUTES.

GO GET THE CAR.
PARK IT OUTSIDE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY
OUT OF SCIOMNI'S WAY

UNTIL WE LEAVE.

OKAY.

LUIS PEDRO CABAL,
YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY

OF THE CRIME CHARGED --

THAT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE

TO THE CRIME
OF INTENDED MURDER.

YOU HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO
DEATH BY THE FIRING SQUAD.

THAT SENTENCE IS HEREBY ORDERED
TO BE CARRIED OUT.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY
ON YOUR SOUL.

LEAVE IT ON.

JORGE, THERE'S NO NEED
TO WATCH THIS.

LEAVE IT ON!

KILL THE AMERICAN.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

Barney: IT'S ALL RIGHT,
PARIS, IT'S ME.

CURARE COMPOUND.

TAKE IT RIGHT NOW,

YOU'LL BE DEAD
FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

NO, NOT THAT.

I AM NOT AFRAID
TO SEE DEATH COME FOR ME.

READY.

AIM.

COMMANDANTE!

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

ORDER ARMS!

I'M DOUGLAS LANG,

REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE'S SPECIAL
REQUEST, COMMANDANTE TIBA

HAS BEEN ORDERED
TO GRANT LUIS CABAL

A 15-MINUTE REPRIEVE.

WE ASK JORGE CABAL
AND THE PRF TO RECONSIDER.

RELEASE YOUR HOSTAGE,

AND LUIS CABAL'S
DEATH SENTENCE

WILL BE COMMUTED.

WE AWAIT YOUR DECISION.

[ GUNSHOT ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

SCIOMNI!

THE AMERICAN!

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE,
YOU --

WHAT DO I SAY TO THEM?

THAT THE MAN IS DEAD?

SAY ANYTHING, JORGE,
BUT BEG THEM TO SPARE LUIS.

AH.

THIS IS JORGE CABAL.

I REGRET TO INFORM YOU
THAT WALTER PHELAN WAS KILLED

ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE.

Do you hear me?

YOUR MAN IS DEAD.

HE WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL ACCEPT
A SUBSTITUTE FOR MR. PHELAN.

If Robert Sciomni

and his executioner,
the man known as Frederico,

are delivered to our
representatives before midnight,

LUIS CABAL'S DEATH SENTENCE
WILL BE COMMUTED.

HA HA HA!

JORGE, CALL OFF
THESE FOOLS.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE TIME.

WE MUST HAVE
YOUR DECISION IMMEDIATELY.

WILL YOU RELEASE MY SON?

HE WILL SERVE OUT
HIS ORIGINAL SENTENCE,

BUT HE WILL LIVE.

ROBERT SCIOMNI AND THE OTHER MAN
WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU.

YOU'LL DIE
FOR THIS, JORGE.

Very well, bring them
to the border

of Ysidro Province
on Route 9 --

Also Phelan's body so that
it can be returned home.

Our representatives
will be waiting.

NO, ROBERT, YOU WILL DIE.

DON'T BE TOO HARD
ON FREDERICO.

HE DIDN'T HAVE
TOO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT.

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