Quincy M.E. (1976–1983): Season 6, Episode 9 - Dear Mummy - full transcript

You're not the only one
who gets screwball cases.

I gotta autopsy a mummy.

I know that the diamonds
are in the mummy.

The pubic bones are very narrow
and not wide like they should be.

- What does it mean?
- It means the Queen is a king.

I want him.

You have a strange taste in men.

Have I got a murder
here, or what?

His death was not by natural
causes, there was no accident.

Your John Doe is our
Major Rudolf Eichelmann.

The Nazi?



If you breathe one
word of this to anyone,

you will have seen the last

of Daniel alive.

Don't, Hanna, don't!

Gentlemen, you
are about to enter

the most fascinating
sphere of police work,

the world of forensic medicine.

(HONKING)

Your breakfast, Herr Fresser.

You're quite certain you will
not join me in some refreshment?

I think not.

The last thing I need here is
a case of pharaoh's revenge.

It's all in there. Five hundred
thousand dollars American.

Ten percent of the
agreed purchase price.



Do not disappoint me, Steickler.

I do not take well
to disappointment.

Now, why would I do
that, Herr Commandant?

This five hundred thousand
is my money, my investment.

Precisely.

For your services, you
will receive one third.

Over one million
and a half American.

They will be safe
with me, I guarantee it.

- When the stones arrive...
- Stones... Oh, Steickler,

you're speaking of the
Coeurs de Antoinette,

probably the most expensive
diamond necklace in the world.

A king's gift to
Marie-Antoinette herself.

Do forgive me, Herr Fresser.

When the Coeurs de
Antoinette arrive in America,

I will merely complete
the sale to the Major,

dispatch him,

and return here with the jewels.

You will be watched in America.

Watched very closely.

Make no mistake.

You have my assurances
that I'll be back.

Or your life if you're not.

And now if you'll excuse
me, I have some business

with our friend with the camera.

Tut two, this is Tut one

Pharaoh's on the concourse
and coming your way, over.

Tut one, I got him...

Tut one, I got him in sight.

Stay with him. We'll pick him
up when he comes through.

Please, please, be careful,
those are the Canopic jars.

They're fragile.

This isn't someone's
baggage you're loading.

Well, we finally have
it. What a thrill it is.

All right, come on.

Go hard... Hold it, hold it!

I guess he knows what he's...

Just take it easy.

That's it, gently.

Gently. That's it.

All right, that's fine.

Uh, now for the Queen.
Let's get the Queen.

Oh, here he is.

Quincy, where have you been?

Where have I been? Where
have... Why didn't you guys tell me?

I told Sam to tell you.
Sam, didn't you tell him?

No, I thought you told him.
Sam, I told you to tell him...

You're the cop-out twins. You
both ended up with amnesia.

Sam, you looked all
over for him, didn't you?

- Yes, I did.
- We thought you went ahead.

If you needed me you'd find me.

You'd track me down to a
Peruvian jungle if you needed me!

- I'm sorry...
- Sorry?

Didn't I tell everybody that...

This is one of the greatest
acquisitions of all time.

It's like the Rosetta Stone,
like the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Because of you, I
almost missed her arrival.

I almost missed the
opportunity of a lifetime.

I know. I feel like a kid.

That's why I've arranged

to have our department
do the verification X-rays,

and you're gonna do them.

That's terrific.

Come on. I want you to meet Mr. Van
Dusen. He's the associate curator.

Is he the jumping bean?

ASPEN: Mr. Van Dusen.

This is Doctor Quincy.

Careful, watch it.

Watch it, that's it. Gently.

Nothing.

The handle's just a handle.

- What about the rest of it?
- We checked everything.

He's clean.

Steickler, where are they?

Where are what?

We're gonna have to let you go,

but we know you brought them in.

We're gonna keep
our eyes on you.

May I have my shoes back?

My travel agent is
going to hear about this.

That's it.

Everyone checked,
includin' the luggage.

You checked the freight?

Yep. Covered all,
except for the cargo plane.

Oh, for the museum.
With the mummy.

BOTH: The mummy.

One set of X-rays
for verification,

that's all we need for now.

We've got to get her to the climate
controlled room as soon as possible.

You will be doing the X-rays
personally, is that not correct?

Well, it's not quite correct.

Doctor Quincy will
supervise all radiology.

- But...
- No, no,
he's an acknowledged expert.

He'll authenticate the body for
you, answer all your questions.

That's me.

- But...
- It's fine.

Hold it! Stop the truck!

Hold it.

I don't believe it.

What did I do to deserve this?

- Where is it?
- Where's what?

Will you stay out
of this, Quincy?

We had it up to here
with you last time.

You guys had it
up to there with me?

You guys have short memories.

You two almost got me killed,

do you remember, with
your cockamamie schemes?

In Las Vegas, chasing
all those gangsters...

- Quincy...
- (ALL CHATTERING)

You get too excited.

How do you do? Nice to see
you again, Mr. Nivens, Mr. Brice.

What can I do for you?

Somebody reasonable to talk
to. Now, where's the mummy?

The mummy!

Who are these men?

- This is Mr. Brice and Mr. Niven...
- Niven.

Mr. Niven, Mr. Brice,
U.S. Customs.

Mr. Van Dusen, in
charge of the mummy.

Good, where is it?
Here in the truck?

Yes, why? We were
just going to take it.

You're not taking it anywhere.

Not until we search it.

What are you... You leave
your brains in a jar this morning?

This mummy happens
to be a priceless antiquity.

That doesn't mean it
can't be used as a mule.

- As a what?
- A mule.

It's being used to smuggle
thirty million dollars worth of gems.

Gems. You guys got
gems up your imagination!

Queen Hatshepsut, a smuggler?

Million of dollars were
collected for the mummy.

I mean, nickels and
dimes from school kids,

to give the Queen a
home here in the city.

Well, she can go to her home
as soon as we've searched her.

Come on, let's get to it.

(ALL ARGUING)

Wait a minute, will you?

I know these guys. It's
like reasoning with plants.

Let me handle it.

All right, Nivens, here's
what I want do... Niven.

Nivens, Blivens, what's the
difference? Try to read my lips.

I'm gonna X-ray the mummy
and the coffin and everything else.

Now, what is a more
thorough search than an X-ray?

Of course. Absolutely.

And if we find any gems,
they'll be the first to know.

Sure!

All right, but she's not
going out of our sight.

- Until we got
the stones in our hands.
- Good.

(INDISTINCT)

Do we lead or follow?

Hello, Major Eichelmann?

Your merchandise has arrived.

Uh-huh.

All of it.

I trust you have the
money. The money?

Yes, that's splendid.

Yes.

Tonight.

The museum.

I'll phone you later and,
uh, give you the exact time.

And, oh, Major...
You will come alone?

Fine.

Until later then.

Okay, Sam.

Now, listen, I want you to tell Marc
to be very careful with these plates

and to develop them as quickly
as possible. We're waiting, okay?

- I'll do it right now.
- I'll let the groupies in.

Okay, gentlemen.

Oh, my, she's beautiful!

Hatshepsut was the
true Queen of the Nile.

Magnificent ruler.

Do you know she lived
fourteen hundred years

before Cleopatra
drew her first breath?

Eighteenth dynasty, wasn't it?

- VAN DUSEN: Why, yes.
- Where'd you learn that?

There's a lot more behind
this pretty face than you think.

Mr. Van Dusen, your lovely
lady will start teaching us

after Marc develops the X-rays.

Where are the pictures?
The processor's down.

ASPEN: What are you talking
about? We just had that serviced.

Over a year ago.

Oh. Sorry.

Don't worry, Sam and
I'll get it workin' again.

Uh, wait a minute.
What's goin' on here?

Relax, will ya? It just means
we have to wait a little longer

until the pictures are X-rayed.

But I've gotta get Queen Hatshepsut
back to the climate control room.

- She's been out
much too long as it.
- Don't worry, Mr. Van Dusen.

We've finished
taking the pictures.

You can take the mummy
back to the climate control room.

We'll call you when
the film's ready.

- Just like at the drugstore.
- No, no,
you hold on just a minute.

The mummy, the case, the
whole works, is staying right here

until I know there's nothing inside,
even if it means taking this mummy apart.

You know you don't operate
with both oars in the water?

Every minute that this mummy is in
even the slightest humid environment,

it decomposes a little more!

Then you're gonna have
to handle it right here...

ASPEN: Quincy, I
have the solution.

You will stay
here with the film.

- Your friend Niven
will take the mummy...
- I'm Niven.

- What?
- I'm Niven.

Your friend Brice will take the
mummy back to the museum.

Is that satisfactory?

I'll buy that.

Well, I guess they're nice
and quiet tonight, huh?

What's that?

The mummies. Who else?

Hey, look...

They knock on the door,
don't you open it, huh?

They're too old to be
wandering around in the dark.

Hey, you're funny.

(DOOR OPENS)

(CREAKING)

(MUFFLED SHOUTS)

Kill him.

Don't be ridiculous. I'm a gentle
man, I'm not a man of violence.

And I will ask you to put
that silly gun away, sir.

Better we go inside. I don't want to
find a welcoming committee in there.

As you wish.

And that accounts for
the Coeurs up to 1925.

What is taking so long?
You said six o'clock.

You said you were on this case
for years. What's a few more hours?

- I know
the Coeurs is in the mummy.
- What makes you so sure?

Well, as I was saying...

The Louvre acquires the
Coeurs de Antoinette in 1925.

Now, there it remains, quite happily in
the collection, 'til the Nazi occupation.

Then, an avaricious German
major, Rudolf Eichelmann,

breaks into the vault,
steals the diamonds,

and delivers them to his
wife to take them to Berlin.

But what happened to them then?

I'm getting to that.

The sea could evaporate...

Her driver on the trip back to
Berlin is a Hauptmann Karl Fresser.

Now, the car is ambushed
by the French underground.

The wife is killed,

but Fresser and the
diamonds disappear.

- Now,
to make a long story short...
- Too late.

An agent of ours named Cameron, is
on assignment in a place called Haazan

a very short time ago,

where he uncovers a
gigantic smuggling operation

devoted to selling the Coeurs in this
country, and headed by Karl Fresser.

That is why I know that the
diamonds are in the mummy.

Good golly. I'm sorry I took so long,
but I didn't want a chance ruining them.

I'm afraid they're
not in order, but...

That's all right, just
put 'em up, put 'em up!

Good grief!

What is it?

Sam, are you sure
these are the right X-rays?

They never left my
sight for a moment.

Will somebody tell
me what you see there?

What we don't see.

The pelvic inlet is
triangular, not round,

and the pubic bones are very narrow
and not wide like they should be.

- What does it mean?
- It means the Queen is a king.

The X-ray shows
the pelvis of a man.

Will somebody please tell me
what the hell is going on here?

SAM: Take a look at this.

Aw, that's incredible!

What? What? What is incredible?

Well, whoever this mummy is
took quite a jolt a few years ago.

There's a steel pin in his leg and
a broken arm that didn't mend right.

Quincy...

- Is that a left
arm and a left leg?
- Yes, it is.

Quincy, your Queen
here is our man, Cameron.

Disgusting...

Sticking your hand
right into that thing.

Oh, beautiful, beautiful!

My precious Coeurs.

Aren't we forgetting
something, Major?

Ah, ja. The money.

I waited thirty-six
years, Steickler.

Thirty-six years for the
return of my children.

And it was worth
the wait, Steickler.

Worth it,

because now I can take
revenge on that maggot Fresser.

He stole them
from me, Steickler.

Thirty-six years ago, on
our way back to Berlin,

that filthy rodent
stole my children.

I thought we had
an agreement, Major.

Is this the kind of trust you
show your business associates?

Fresser was no business
associate, he was a pig!

He was a thief! He stole them
from me when I trusted him!

Now I am returning
the... (GASPING)

Put your hands,
Steick... I ask you, Major,

is there no honor among thieves?

I suppose not.

Brice?

Brice?

Brice!

- Hey, what's going on here...
- (SHUSHES)

- Hey, what happened to him?
- Get me an ambulance. Get outta here.

(DOOR OPENS)

Anything external, Sam?

No. There's not a mark on him.

No sign of disease, no
indication of foul play.

You smell that?

Yeah, what is it?

I know that odor.
I've smelled it before.

Hmm... Sorta like a real
heavy natural gas odor.

A little like decomposed flesh?

But a chemical odor.

Yeah. It's coming from the body.

Yeah, I just can't place it.

Think that's what killed him?

Well, let's go in and ask him.

Sam...

There's nothing
grossly wrong with him,

except some slight congestion.

Well, just dying could
cause the congestion.

Or that chemical
odor. That's the key.

A couple of years ago, I
think you were on vacation,

a man died in a chemical plant.

The autopsy results
were just like this.

There was nothing physically wrong
with the man, except he was dead.

Somebody had
turned off the switch.

But he had the same odor.

Sam, I want you to
rush the tox screen.

We have to do some specific
work on the liquid chromatograph.

Right.

Now I believe it.
You were right.

Organophosphate.

Where would he pick
up an organophosphate?

I don't know, but
we better warn 'em.

Organo what? And warn who?

Warn you, that's who.

This man died of
organophosphate poisoning.

It's a deadly nerve toxin
they use in pesticides.

If absorbed through the skin, it
could cause respiratory arrest.

You should have sealed off that
room and not touched anything in it.

Now you tell us? We went through
that room with a fine tooth comb.

We touched everything in it!

- Yeah...
- You touched all of
our fragile things?

Would you mind if I sat down?
And all your men are okay?

As okay as my men can be
working the mummy shift, yeah.

There was nothing on the
man's body, nothing in his clothes.

The organophosphate
had to be in the room.

Something he inhaled or touched.

Mr. Van Dusen, I have to
ask you some questions.

- You feel okay?
- On a night like
this you have to ask?

I feel positively dreadful.

I've got a headache,

there's a cannon
ball in my stomach.

Do you have an Aspirin?

Yeah. I'll get you one.

Have I got a murder
here, or what?

You tell me. It couldn't
have been a suicide,

his death was not by natural
causes, there was no accident.

Mr. Van Dusen, do you use any
pesticides of any kind at your museum?

No. Whatever for?

Would somebody please
tell me what's going on?

Who was this man, and what on
earth was he doing with my mummy?

Sir, that's why we
brought you down here.

We were hoping
you could tell us.

You want me to look at the body?

A dead body?

I thought Van Dusen
was gonna pass out

when he saw the body
in the viewing room.

Why do all the screwball
cases wind up in my lap?

You're not the only one
who gets screwball cases.

I gotta autopsy a mummy.

Yean, you got your
problems, I got mine.

You know, they found this guy

in a mummy coffin, in the museum,
without a stitch of ID on him.

Well, at least we know
he had foreign dental work.

Because of the
composition of the amalgam,

I would say German or Swiss.

Ah, Quincy, we solved
one of your problems.

Your John Doe is our
Major Rudolf Eichelmann.

The Nazi?

And the Coeurs definitely had
something to do with his death.

Well, who's this Coeurs guy?

Not who, what. It's a necklace.
They see necklaces in their dreams.

I gotta get in my
greens and go to work.

Oh, sure, I'm following this.

Uh, Lieutenant,

we would like to start an
investigation of this Eichelmann.

We want to know all about
him. Who his, uh, friends were...

Yeah. And he had to be
living here under an alias.

And he's fabulously wealthy.

Wealthy enough to buy a
multi-million dollar necklace.

Well, that should be easy.

Uh, I mean, all I have to
do is identify a wealthy Nazi

living here under
an ironclad alias.

Will ya let me know if he comes up
with anything on that mummy autopsy?

See that?

Autopsying the mummy.
Finally saw it our way.

Well, according to the manifest,

the mummy was shipped from
Haazan to Cairo to New York to here.

Never out of anybody's sight.

Which means it was probably
switched before it even started the trip.

But could this be Cameron?

Well, that's what we're gonna find
out when we take the dental X-rays.

You know, it doesn't take much to
mummify a body in that part of the world.

A little saline solution or balsam
spread on an eviscerated body,

put it in the Sahara Desert
for three or four days,

it can mummify a
body pretty good.

Let's finish unwrapping him.

Okay.

Okay, fellas, there's
the whole story.

What is it? What does it mean?

- Organophosphate.
- Where'd you find it?

In Mr. Cameron. They
hollowed out his spine.

We took some scrapings from it.

- Ah, that's why...
- Nothing showed
up on the X-rays.

The stones were in his spine.

- That's right.
- BOTH: Steickler!

Fellas...

Those stones are probably
covered with organophosphate.

So?

It's a poison. If you have
to handle those stones

make sure you're wearing gloves.

Why?

It could kill ya.

Yes. Absolutely, first thing
tomorrow. I'll call you then.

Good bye.

- Mother says hello.
- Thanks.

Well?

Steickler's a no-show.

The plane we was booked
on took off without him.

Well, check the rest of the international
flights. His truck is still here.

He can't go anywhere without it.

- Got it.
- Ah, good! You got it?

Yeah, I got it. I got it right here.
Now, you two guys better be right.

You know what it is convincing the judge
you need a search warrant for a trunk?

I can't say I do.

That wasn't a question
screaming for an answer.

- Now, which one is it?
- Uh, this is it.

It better be.

Now, Lieutenant...
Inside this trunk

is the answer to
all our problems.

Same pattern, Sam, just
like Major Eichelmann.

So Mr. Steickler here died of
organophosphate poisoning, too?

Well, we'll know for sure
after the chromatography.

Okay, I'll get right on it.

- Doctor Asten.
- Oh, good morning.

Well, how'd it go last night?

Well, Mr. Van Dusen
got his wish for a long rest.

- The board fired him?
- Eleven to one.

I was the only one
that voted to retain him.

Coffee nerves aside, I was
beginning to like the guy.

You know, Quincy,

I can't tell you what the loss of
the mummy means to the museum.

I know. It's a historical, cultural
and scientific catastrophy.

Absolutely. A
financial catastrophy.

They canceled the exhibition.
Refunded all the advanced ticket sales.

All that money...

Well, to say nothing of
the research and knowledge

we would have gained from the
mummy. Oh, well, I don't know.

Quincy,

I want you to think about how
much you'll contribute to the museum

- to help make up the loss.
- What?

- Hey, Doctor Quincy...
- Yeah, Pete?

This is Rabbi Lieberman's
widow. She'd like to speak with you.

- Oh, thank you, Pete.
- Right.

I'm terribly sorry
about your husband.

Please, come into my office.

Come in, Mrs. Lieberman, please.

Would you like some coffee?

Mrs. Lieberman,

your husband died
of a cardiac arrest,

and I can assure
you he was in no pain.

I'm sure that in his ninety-two
years he led a very rich and full life.

You're Mrs. Lieberman?

Is something wrong,
Doctor Quincy?

It says he was ninety-two
years old, the Rabbi.

Doctor Quincy, I
apologize for the charade.

I am not Rivka Lieberman.

My name is Hannah Weiss,
and this is Yitzchok Meyer.

What's this all about?

Does the name Karl Fresser
mean anything to you?

Yeah, and I know you're not him.

I want him.

You have a strange taste in men.

Doctor,

I work for a branch of the Israeli
government known as the Mossad.

In many ways, it's like
your Secret Service.

We have a vested
interest in Herr Fresser,

and you're the man
who can help us get him.

Me? How?

It's very simple, Doctor.

We want Fresser,

he wants the
Coeurs de Antoinette,

and you want the mummy
of Queen Hatshepsut.

It can all be arranged
in one quick meeting.

We have been after
him for thirty-six years,

and we finally tracked him
down in Mukah in Haazan,

about a year ago.

As long as he stays in Haazan,
we can't extradite him to Israel.

We want him.

We want to try him

and put him away
for the rest of his days.

I don't blame you, but
how can I help you do that?

In addition to Steickler,

Fresser had another man here.

A man who was with him in
Haazan about six weeks ago.

He has the Coeurs,
and we know who he is.

You do? Who?

Only if you agree to help us.

All I want is one hour
of your time. That's all.

If I give you an hour of my time,
you'll tell us who's got the jewels?

- Yes.
- You got a deal, lady!

Good.

Quincy, where are you going?
I was coming down to see you.

I haven't got time to
talk. I had to change.

Hannah Weiss is waiting
for me. Who's Hannah Weiss?

She's the real Mrs. Lieberman.
She's in the parking lot.

- Oh, Mrs. Lieberman is Hannah Weiss?
- That's right.

Who's Mrs. Lieberman?
I'll explain it all later.

Where are you going?
What's going on here?

Mrs. Lieberman is
not Mrs. Lieberman.

She's Hannah Weiss
from the Israeli Mossad.

The Israeli secret service.

- That's what I just said.
- What?

She knows who killed Steickler.

- Who?
- Hannah Weiss!

- Well,
no, who killed Steickler?
- That's a very good question.

- Quincy knows!
- Huh?

Yeah, no, Hannah Weiss knows,

and if I ever got on the
elevator maybe I'd find out!

Maybe we better pick
up this Weiss character.

I was gonna call you from the
car. She's waiting in the parking lot.

So what are we waiting for?

An elevator. We're
waitin' for an elevator.

Why don't you take the
stairs, and just hurry?

The stairs... Why
don't we take the stairs?

Hey, the ele...

Why didn't you tell me
we were goin' on vacation?

A change of socks and a
toothbrush wouldn't hurt.

Excuse me, is
that seat occupied?

Absolutely gorgeous.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, gorgeous. Thirty
million dollars worth of gorgeous.

I thought it had poison on it.
No, Van Dusen washed them off.

Yep. He was right
here in this very lab

when Quincy told everyone
about the organo whatever on 'em.

I still can't believe it was
a guy like Van Dusen.

Well, it makes good sense
when you think about it.

Van Dusen made his deal
for the mummy six weeks ago,

then along came Fresser
and offered him more money

than he'd see in six lifetimes.

All Van Dusen had
to do to get the money

was get Steickler into
the museum after hours.

But to double cross
Fresser like that, Van Dusen?

It was just greed, that's all.
He knew what was comin' down,

he dusted Steickler,

and then he ended up with
the jewels and the money.

Oh, he had it all figured out.

Let's drink to that...

Now, wait a minute, wait a
minute! What's going on here?

Don't you think this
celebration's a little premature?

Asten, it's just a little celebration.
Van Dusen made a full confession,

and we got the jewels and
the money. Now, come on.

We don't have the Hatshepsut
mummy, do we, Mr. Niven?

Mr. Brice?

Would you two mind coming in and seeing
Doctor Quincy for just a few minutes?

Brice...

Thank you, gentlemen.
Excuse us, gentlemen.

Excuse me.

- Well, we can celebrate.
- Sure.

Let me get this
straight, you want us

- to give you...
- The Coeurs de Antoinette?

- Yeah!
- No way.

Do you know how long
it took us to get them?

Well, we don't want to keep 'em,
we only want 'em for a few days.

You got 'em in your pocket, we're
the only ones that know about it.

- For a few days!
- No way!

You guys got a lot of
guts turning me down,

after all the spots
you put me in!

Look, this is our last chance to
get our hands on the mummy.

- Please,
you owe it to the world!
- Forget it, Quincy!

- (SCOFFS)
- I don't think you
gentlemen understand.

We led you to Van Dusen,

and we're responsible for
securing the Coeurs for you.

We could quite as easily have
collared him on the other side.

And you want us to
just give them to you?

Now it's your turn to help us get
the mummy! Now, that's only fair.

Mr. Niven...

There is a Nazi war criminal who
is leading a life of leisure in Haazan.

He is responsible for
killing tens of thousands

of innocent men,
women and children.

Would you like to be the
one who allows him to go free?

Of course not.

- Then you'll
give us the Coeurs?
- BRICE: No!

Just a minute, I'll discuss
this with my associate.

(INAUDIBLE)

When do you want them?

I need 'em now! I have to
take a picture holding 'em.

Then her bodyguard's gonna take
the picture on a plane to Haazan.

- Just for the picture!
- We'll discuss
the rest of it later.

Mmm, I see them in
the photo, Doctor Quincy,

but what makes you think I have
any idea where the mummy is?

Yes, and what else did
Mr. Van Dusen tell you?

Well, under the
circumstances, Doctor,

I believe there is room for a mutually
beneficial business arrangement between us.

When can you bring the
merchandise to Haazan?

Next week.

Pack the mummy. We are
leaving for America tonight.

You were magnificent, Doctor.

- Yeah? Tell that to my stomach.
- Not to worry.

Fresser's giving us
a week to prepare.

I'm going back to Haazan
to keep an eye on him.

I'll let you know when and where
the meeting is in Switzerland.

I can hardly wait. What's that?

It's called a mezuzah.

It was a gift from my
grandmother when I was a child.

It's a good luck charm.
I want you to have it.

- Oh, no, I couldn't take...
- Please, Quincy.

It means a lot to me.

I want you to promise never to take
it off until we see each other again.

- Please? Promise?
- Okay.

I'll let you know when the
meeting is in Switzerland.

- Have a good trip.
- Okay.

(CLATTERING)

Sam, what's the matter,
nobody made any coffee?

Two pots, and you
drank them both.

If you wait a sec
I'll make another.

There must be a leak in my cup.

What's the matter, Quince?

The last couple of days
you've been so preoccupied.

Oh, no, nothin' wrong. I'm fine.
What do ya mean, preoccupied?

I'm not preoccupied.
Preoccupied...

Just fine, just fine...

What, nobody made any coffee?

I just said that, didn't I?

Good evening, Doctor Quincy.

Phone call, remember? Haazan.

Fresser?

At your service, Doctor.

But you said
Switzerland, next week!

Well, I, uh, had a
change of plans.

- What's that?
- See for yourself.

The mummy...

Is it the real thing this time?

I assure you, Doctor,
it is the genuine article.

And speaking of genuine articles, I
believe you have something of mine.

The Coeurs...

The Coeurs. Right. My
merchandise, Doctor.

You said Switzerland next week.

I don't have it
lying around here!

Well, of course not. We looked.

Well, I kept my end
of the bargain, Doctor.

I fully expect you
to do the same.

Don't worry, you'll get
'em. Tell me something...

Why would you bring the mummy
without the jewels in your hand?

You don't look to me
like the trusting type.

Very perceptive of you, Doctor.

You see, the mummy
is a long time dead.

She serves no
purpose whatsoever.

On the other hand,

I have something of yours, Doctor,
that is infinitely more valuable.

A guarantee, as
it were, that you

will deliver my jewels.

- What's that?
- Oh,
we're taking a little ride.

The blindfold is
just a precaution.

Suppose I don't want to go? Hey!

You're not offered a choice.

Now, one more,
one step, that's it.

Where are we?

It's a lot safer for
you if you don't know.

Tell me, Fresser.

How's a guy like you waltz into a
country, get everything so organized

cars, hideouts,
the whole shebang?

There's one thing you
Americans don't understand,

the meaning of the
word loyalty and duty.

There are people all over this world
who owe their allegiance to me, still.

Yeah, then how come their
kickin' you outta Haazan?

DANNY: Quincy!

Danny!

Looks like I'm in a little
bit of a bind, doesn't it?

What's the matter with you?
He had nothing to do with this!

He is merely a warm-breathing
insurance policy.

DANNY: I don't know
what happened, Quincy.

I was in the store a little
early to do some work and

suddenly Lawrence of
Arabia and the mummy's curse

came swooping down on me.

You gotta get me outta this.

They got no sense of humor.

I'm sorry, Danny. It's my fault.

Why don't you let him
go? Keep me here instead.

You can't be in two places
at the same time, Doctor.

You're getting my
jewels, remember?

You touch one hair on his
head, I warn you, you'll...

You warn me?

I'm giving you exactly six hours

to retrieve the jewels

from wherever you
have secreted them.

If they are not here in my hand

at the prescribed
time, your skinny friend

will join the ranks
of the unbreathing.

Don't worry, Danny,
you'll be all right.

I'll give them everything
they want, don't worry about it.

It's not gonna help
you with your tab.

You owe me for three weeks.

I think I'll add the tax.

Listen, Quincy,
I'm a little scared.

FRESSER: Final word
of warning, Doctor...

If you breathe one
word of this to anyone,

and I mean anyone,

you will have seen the last

of Daniel alive.

Ah! Will ya... What's
the matter with you?

FRESSER: I sincerely hope it
will not slow you down, Doctor.

You only have five hours
and fifty-five minutes.

Don't worry, it's only my
ankle. It won't slow me down.

I'll be back, Danny.

Sam, I want to know everyplace
this shoe and sock have been.

Okay. I'll get right on
the elemental analysis.

- Do it fast.
- Right.

Quincy, are you sure
it was a machine shop?

Yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure.

It was about twenty, twenty-five
minutes away from the boat.

I passed a refining plant,
too. A place that uses crude.

Also a meat packing
plant. I know that smell.

- How much time is left?
- About three hours.

Quincy, there's at least ten
dozen machine shops in this radius.

And as far as the meat packing plant,
it could have been a guy barbequing.

I said it was a meat packing
plant. Didn't I say that?

Quincy, it's no help if we
don't keep a cool head.

I'm sorry.

NIVEN: Quincy...

Oh, am I glad to see you
guys. Did you bring 'em?

We want Fresser
as much as you do.

Never mind Fresser. I'm only interested
in Danny now. We gotta get him.

We will.

- What is this?
- NIVEN: Life insurance.

QUINCY: What
are you guys trying?

If you have the
Coeurs de Antoinette

when you meet Fresser,

both you and Danny
are as good as gone.

- Are you guys gonna
play this crazy game?
- NIVEN: Quincy, listen to me!

Show him the one stone.

Tell him the rest are in a
public locker. Here is the key.

If Monahan cannot
find that machine shop,

- this will buy you time.
- BRICE: And your lives.

Look, I know what you guys
are tryin' to do, and I appreciate it.

But this guy's a very smart cookie.
He' s not gonna buy anything like this.

- I know he isn't...
- NIVEN: He's going to buy it!

He needs you alive to
get the rest of the stones.

That's all we care about.

- I hope you're right.
- Quince...

I got it. I found
flecks of tantalum,

and 99.99% pure titanium.

Wow.

You don't run into titanium
that pure just anywhere.

There has to be a plant that manufactures
something like medical implants,

or specialties for airplanes.

Here's one, Surgical
Metal Specialties,

2440 Bridgeview. How
far is that from the boat?

Twenty-five, thirty
minutes away.

Let's see if there's a meat
packing plant near there.

- Well,
there's an oil refinery...
- What's the street?

- Helmann...
- I passed that...

Here's the meat packing
plant, 6000 Loomis.

That's it.

Surgical Metal Specialties.

Look, Quincy, I'll get every
available man and a SWAT team

down to that plant. We'll cover
it like the sands of the Sahara.

Say, listen, that Fresser
guy, how was he supposed to

get in contact with you?

I don't know. He said he
would, and I know he will.

Okay. Well, you
wait for his phone call.

I'm gonna line up
a series of tail cars.

We're gonna get him, Quincy.

You're a little early.

Couldn't wait to see me, huh?

You've got them?

- Is Danny all right?
- Of course.

And now, give me my
gems, please, Doctor.

I wish to examine
the merchandise.

After I see Danny.

You are trying my
patience, Doctor!

Slowly, Doctor, very slowly.

What's this? Where are the rest?

That's what the key is for.

They're in a public locker,
somewhere in the city.

You take me to where Danny is,
I'll take you to where the locker is.

You think I'm that foolish?

I'm the only person in the world
that knows where that locker is.

You hurt either Danny or me,
you'll never see those gems again.

That's a guarantee.

FRESSER: All right, Doctor.

This is where we get out.

Certainly you did not think I would
take you back to the same place?

Where's Danny? Is he all right?

He's alive for the
moment. Over here.

- Danny!
- Ah, there's no
time for this nonsense.

You've got the
key to the locker.

Let him go and I'll show
you where the locker is.

Did you say let him go?

I'm surprised at you, Doctor.

We are all going together.

One last final ride.

And Daniel and I
will remain in the car

while you go get the
jewels from the locker.

If you're not back in five
minutes after we let you off,

you will have an opportunity
to perform an autopsy

on good old Danny.

All right, we're ready to go.

I said we are ready to go!

Do it, Fresser! Move for it!

Don't, Hanna, don't!

Doctor Quincy has just saved
your life. You oughta thank him for it.

Move it!

You okay?

That was too close,
Quincy, too close.

I know. How can I tell
you how sorry I am?

- You can start by untying me.
- Oh, yeah...

How'd you know where we were?

If it makes you feel any better,

I was with you
every step of the way.

Holy...

- Let me give it back to you...
- No, no.

I want you to keep
it. It brought us luck.

Thank you for being there.

How come you
didn't introduce me?

She's not your type. Come on.

(TIRES SQUEALING)

Well, as usual,
you're just in time.

It's all over.

- See you around, Criven.
- Niven.