The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968): Season 4, Episode 9 - The Fiery Angel Affair - full transcript
Kuryakin foils an assassination attempt on Angela Abaca, an Evita Peron-like leader of a South American country. Authorities initially jail him, mistakenly believing he's part of the plot. Instead, he's hailed as a hero, which now impedes his ability to protect Angela. Solo is sent to the country and masquerades as a mercenary. Solo learns that Thrush has collaborators inside the government. Meanwhile, Angela makes it difficult for Kuryakin to protect her.
[MARCHING MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING AND CHATTERING]
[CROWD SHOUTING]
So tar I can bring you, sefior. No more.
Not till the celebration is finished.
- You do this often?
-lmagine, sefior.
It is Angela's birthday
and she gives to us a present.
[CHUCKLES]
A, uh-- Uh, a courthouse.
Oh, every capital city should have one.
Well, up till now, what good would it be?
But all that is changing. All of it.
Thanks to our Angela,
our Angel of Querido.
And her husband, General Abaca.
Oh, of course, of course.
Thanks to him too.
[CARLOS SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
We cannot proceed
on this glorious day...
...the birthday of our Angel of Querido.
Listen, I'm gonna join the celebrations.
I have an invitation.
Would you mind taking my suitcase
to the hotel?
Oh, si, senor. Si.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Viva, Angela!
Viva! Viva, Angela!
CAB DRIVER:
Viva!
[FANFARE PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANGELA:
Thank you. Thank you, people of Querido.
My husband's people, my people.
Today, on my birthday,.
ll can say with the pleasure you all share...
...that we are a step closer
to the democracy that we have promised.
But we still have a long way to go.
We have now a government that cares
about the needs and wants of its people.
The poor as well as the rich.
We have good men
to enforce these laws.
Men of wisdom and compassion.
It was not so long ago
that fear walked our streets.
The midnight knock on the door...
...the soldiers with their bayonets
rapping the people out of their houses...
...and taking them to prison.
And for what crime? For daring
to speak out against the dictatorship.
[PACO SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
[GUNFIRE]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[CROWD CHATTERING IN SPANISH]
[ANGELA PANTING]
- Por favor, now go to your room and rest.
- Rest? No.
Now we have a prisoner.
Now we can find out who this--
This junta, the Secret Three are.
Pero, mi querida, that is my job.
- I will question him.
- I want to be there.
Oh, Paco, they tried to kill me.
That means that they are ready to strike.
And if they are ready,
then they have strength.
And if they have strength,
it comes from outside of Querido.
Yes, yes, Si.
Thrush you keep talking about, eh?
I was not wrong. You will see.
And if Thrush and the Secret Three
join forces...
...what will happen
to our new democracy?
To the people of Querido?
[CROWD SHOUTING]
- Two of them?
-8i, colonel.
- He's the one, the one who shot.
- Both of them, to the firing squad.
ILLYA:
Now, wait a minute. I didn't try to kill her.
Get me to Sefiora Abaca.
She knows who I--
Un momento.
Americano? English?
Senora Abaca, she sent for me.
The Angel of Querido
sends for a man to kill her?
What kind of a tool do you think I am?
Well, take me to her. She'll explain.
The Secret Three.
Revolutionaries.
Now they hire foreign killers
to overthrow our great democracy.
Take him to the firing squad!
I wasn't hired by the Secret Three.
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
We are ready, mi presidente.
- Ready for what?
- The firing squad.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
How can my own brother be so stupid?
Carlos, stop them.
But they tried to kill you, Angelita.
- The one, the foreigner, he had the gun--
- Foreigner?
I told you. The Secret Three have help.
Foreign help.
Capitdn, the foreign one,
bring him up here.
- You had to call for UN.C.L.E. to help us?
ANGELA: Yes, I did.
And it you are too pigheaded
to admit the truth, I am not.
But without consulting me?
Without asking my advice?
I asked and I asked and I asked.
I begged you. You would do nothing.
Now perhaps you will face the fact
that we need help.
All right, you say you are from U.N.C.L.E.
Prove it.
You contacted a man
named Waverly, correct?
Anyone would know the name.
Open Channel D, please. Take it.
What proof is this?
[RADIO BEEPING]
WAVERLY:
Open Channel D. Code 1 scrambled.
Waverly here.
- Ask him.
WAVERLY [OVER RADIOI: Mr. Kuryakin?
- Sefior Waverly?
- Who is this?
ANGELA:
Angela Abaca.
Oh, yes, yes. How are you, my dear?
! assume Mr. Kuryakin found you. Good.
Oh, and happy birthday.
Thank you.
WAVERLY:
Everything under control?
A few minutes ago, the president's wife
was almost killed...
...with a Thrush-modified rifle...
...which confirms your suspicions that Thrush
is supplying the revolutionaries with arms.
WAVERLY:
Yes, I daresay.
There's a great deal of oil in Querido
and Thrush wants it.
So I was not wrong.
ILLYA: Unfortunately, I made
rather a display of myself...
...which means I won't be able
10 operate in secret from now on.
- You're asking for help?
- Naturally.
Yes, and as quickly as possible.
If Secret Three had succeeded,
there would be a revolution now.
Obviously, they will try again.
Oh. Well, Mr. Solo?
Well, I regret missing the birthday party.
Very well, Mr. Solo will contact you
when he reaches Querido.
Oh, and Sefiora Abaca?
- Yes?
- May your next birthday be less explosive.
So...
Senor Kuryakin.
Now that you are with us...
...what can you do for my country?
- I can take your wife out of it.
- What?
You're their target, not your husband.
We have an army. We will protect her.
Yes, the way you protected her
today, huh?
Sefior Kuryakin, I understand and I agree.
You agree to what?
I will not leave my country.
Querida, Sefior Kuryakin is right.
Our people worship you.
They know it was you who's responsible
for their laws, their liberty.
If anything should happen to you,
there will be such chaos...
...the Secret Three
would destroy our government.
No.
My place is with you.
I will not leave.
This prisoner, bring him here.
I want to question him.
Perhaps he can tell us
who the Secret Three are.
- Now.
- Hmm.
Sefior Kuryakin,
you will have to work with us openly now.
We have very little choice now that
you have made yourself the hero of Querido.
[LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
CARLOS:
Whoa, hey. Ha-ha-ha.
If only they knew my allergies.
The price of becoming a hero.
Uh, please tell the president I will be
a little late for this evening's meeting.
But what will I say to him?
He has been waiting for two days
for this man to show up.
He will demand to know
where Mr. Solo is.
That's what I'm about to find out.
Bravo and olé.
In Querido...
...uh, bullfighters are out
and Kuryakins are definitely in.
You were supposed to contact me.
Where have you been?
Here in the capital,
uh, selling my services.
You'd do better
if you found a good tailor.
We soldiers of fortune
try to retain that casual look.
I've been selling my services
to the junta, or trying to.
You haven't got any lead
on these Secret Three?
Your prisoner hasn't talked?
No, he's too frightened that Thrush
might reach him, even in prison.
Well, then,
you shouldn't leave him in prison.
You should send him back
to the Secret Three.
- As a matter of fact, send both of us back.
- Both?
All I ask is that when I'm arrested, that
I be put into the cell with your prisoner.
Ah.
And then be given a moment
of adequate privacy.
I'll let you know
when I've won his confidence.
Abaca's soldiers can turn their back...
...and we can make a small, deceptive,
immediate jailbreak.
The prisoner will lead you
straight to the Secret Three.
- Mm-hm.
- Ha-ha, maybe.
- Kuryakin.
- Hmm. And you face the moment of truth.
[WOMEN GIGGLING AND SCREAMING]
[SPANISH ACCENT]
Who is this Abaca? This presidente?
Is he any better than the dictators
you had before?
We survive.
Democracy.
Heh, heh, he robbing you blind.
At least we have something to rob.
Before, we have nothing.
And what about her?
Who is this Angela Abaca?
You think she cares for you?
PROPRIETOR:
She comes from this barrio.
From this street.
Once, she danced in my cantina.
She does not forget us.
Oh, no, she does not forget you.
Heh, heh, she does not forget you
in the presidential palace...
...using Abaca, this tyrant, this dictator
to get what she wants.
- Money and power, huh?
- You pay and you get out.
Why? Because I tell you the truth
about the Angel of Querido?
Ha!
Senora Abaca., I salute you.
[LAUGHING]
[MEN GRUNTING]
[IN NORMAL VOICE]
It's about time.
Angela, I'm begging you as your husband.
I'm ordering you as your presidente--
I am going out.
I've stayed in the palace two days.
That is two days lost.
You and you and you.
What have you accomplished?
And this Solo,
what has he accomplished?
If you cannot get the assassin to talk,
he will not either.
Now I will try.
What is that? Where's my car?
If you insist on exposing yourself,
this is the car that you will use.
It is safe, sefiora. Bulletproof.
And what confidence would my people have
to see me ride around like a criminal?
They have got to see I am not afraid.
- I will not ride in that. Bring me my own car.
- Por favor--
Bring me my own car
or I will walk through the streets.
Carlos.
I will go into the barrios.
I will speak to the people myself.
- Get her inside.
- Sefior Kuryakin.
I have asked for help,
now I demand help.
You bring the Sefior Waverly here.
Perhaps he will do what you cannot.
Yes, maybe Mr. Waverly is the answer.
Open Channel D, please.
If I've been harsh with you, I am sorry.
But my country needs--
Don't apologize. You were right
to ask Mr. Waverly to come here.
What is this?
But there's no one here.
What are you doing?
WAVERLY [ON RECORDING]:
Please be seated, sefiora.
I must apologize for this deception...
...but it was the only way
of ensuring your safety.
Have a pleasant flight.
[AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING]
You are kidnapping me? How dare you.
If you'll give me a moment, I'll explain.
Mr. Waverly--
ll have no wish of any explanation.
I wish you to stop this plane right now.
Do you understand?
I have to be with my people.
[FASTENING SEAT BELT]
Senor Kuryakin...
...must make you understand
I have to be with my people.
I must get off this plane.
What can I do?
What can I do?!
[PLANE ASCENDING]
You can fasten your seat belt.
Junta? What do I know of a junta?
A Secret Three?
Enough to lead me to them
once we're out of here.
And how do you plan to get out?
Have the Angel of Querido
fly in that window and carry us away?
[DOOR OPENS]
You, out.
He doesn't look like
the Angel of Querido.
A-- Again?
1-- I won't answer any more questions.
- You are right. You will not.
ASSASSIN: No, I--
[GUNSHOT]
You wish to see the junta?
They wish to see you too.
Move.
GUARD:
Put that on.
- It's not my style.
- Put it on!
Abaca's soldiers
will be searching everywhere.
You'll never get away.
[BELL RINGING]
- Penitentes.
- So the poor peasants believe.
Now who would stop
such a dedicated sect...
...one that does penance for their sins?
No one, not even the soldiers.
Hmm. So you can move
through the city at will.
And, Senor Solo,
we can move our prisoners at will.
This way. Come with me.
It's time to fasten your seat belt again.
Is the prisoner allowed to ask
to where it is she's being taken?
A remote village in Switzerland.
Unpopular, even in season.
But for that reason, safe.
No matter how unpopular,
I will be recognized.
- Not as Mrs. Kroll.
- Mrs. Kroll?
You're my wife,
who has to have complete isolation...
...due to the fact that she's suffered
a severe emotional upset.
ANGELA:
And Paco?
Does he know where I go?
No one knows, not even General Abaca.
- But he is my husband.
- It's the only way to insure your safety.
If he knew,
he might try to communicate with you.
And the agents of the Secret Three
could be anyone.
Servants, the telephone operator.
We couldn't take that risk.
Senor Kuryakin, do you realize
what you have done?
Paco cannot govern by himself.
I am the one who stands by his shoulder.
I help him, I guide him.
Paco has great need of me,
now more than ever.
And my people have great need of me.
They have great need of you alive.
They will think I have deserted them.
No. Not when they've read
your statement to the press.
My statement?
Yes, uh...
"The strain caused
by the attempted assassination...
...has necessitated Sefiora Angela's
traveling abroad for a prolonged rest...
...so that she may regain her strength...
...to continue the fight
for democracy and freedom."
- I wrote it myself.
- It's very good.
Thank you.
But understand one thing.
Senor Kuryakin.
Neither you nor U.N.C.L.E. will prevent me
from getting back to my people.
I presume you are the Secret Three?
MAN:
We are honored that you have joined us.
Unfortunately, our plans
have suffered a slight delay.
SOLO: Well, if we're going to talk, it's a bit
awkward addressing you in the plural.
MAN:
There will be no talk.
We have one question to ask you:
Where is Angela Abaca?
Unfortunately, that is the one question
I can't answer.
- He's lying.
- Perhaps.
Forget about Angela. Find out what
U.N.C.L.E. knows about our plans.
- Numero uno, this man can--
- We are wasting time. Get him out.
Quite so.
We hardly got past the introductions.
I still didn't get your name.
Take him away.
Darling, our supper is here.
- Darling?
- I'll be right out.
I hope Frau Kroll
will find here the rest she needs.
I'm sure she will.
Darling?
- Come and sit down.
- Good, I am famished.
What is it? What have you ordered?
Ah, Frau Krall,
it is a very light Swiss pudding.
Yes, but it is chocolate.
I don't like it. Take it back.
It looks very good.
On second thoughts,
you had better take it back.
It appears to have something in it.
Herr Kroll, a paper.
How could that have happened?
I will bring another.
No, no, that's all right, it will do.
Bring it back.
I'm very fond of chocolate pudding.
- That was very clumsy of you.
- Yes, it was.
I should not have tried anything
quite so obvious.
The dinner will get cold. Shall we eat?
Darling?
[EXPLOSIONS]
[GUNFIRE]
We found the fort in the hills.
And just as you said, it is destroyed.
At the risk of shattering your optimism...
...they wouldn't store all their arms
in one place.
Not with Thrush guiding their strategy.
- And the Secret Three are still very secret.
- Well, not to you.
You said you saw them,
you spoke with them.
You must have some clues.
Mm-hm.
One, aring the size of an egg.
A ring in the shape of a bull's head.
- The head of a bull?
- Mm-hm.
With ruby eyes.
Are you sure?
Well, it wasn't the kind of ring
you'd find in cereal boxes.
Is that it?
Mm-hm. Yes, that's it.
Vinay.
I presented that ring to him myself
when I became e/ presidente.
What conceit.
He does not even take it off
when he plots against me.
Wait, he's fighting today.
We will arrest him...
...and execute him.
That seems to be the one solution here
in Querido, the firing squad.
If you're after the Three, get the Three,
not the One.
- Let Vinay lead you to them.
- Yes, yes, of course.
I'll send my men to the corrida.
They will follow him.
Now, you will send only one man.
Me.
While Vinay is in the bullring,
I'll go into his dressing room...
...and check to see
if there are any notes, leads, letters.
If not, I go where Vinay goes.
And after last night, there'll be
another meeting of the Secret Three.
He saw you. He knows you.
Well, it won't happen again.
I'll be careful.
Very well.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
Show Mr. Solo out.
[DIALING PHONE]
Carlos.
In a few moments,
Napoleon Solo will leave the palace.
I want you to assign your best men
and follow him wherever he goes.
[CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
CROWD [IN UNISON]:
Olé! olé!
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
MARTINE:
Vinay, we are ready.
Vinay, what's--?
Solo.
I knew it. I knew it.
The moment you escaped,
I knew we were in trouble.
Excuse me.
Haven't I met your voice before?
- Aren't you one of the Secret Three?
- You'll never live to tell.
No, no, that's not quite right.
It's the Secret Two now.
Vinay.
MARTINE:
Our mistake was going on ahead...
...knowing that U.N.C.L.E. was involved.
- We all learn from our mistakes.
- I have.
Get Numero Uno.
He will have to decide what to do.
ANGELA:
And a five and a three.
- Ha-ha, lucky.
- Skillful.
Luck is merely applied skill.
[RADIO BEEPING]
Kuryakin here.
Mr. Kuryakin?
In exactly an hour,
a plane will be at the airport there.
You and Senora Abaca will meet it.
ILLYA [OVER RADIO]:
And the revolution is over?
No, Mr. Kuryakin, it is not.
But your part in it is.
You will deliver the sefiora
to your replacement and report back to me.
She managed to get a message past you.
She communicated
with someone in Querido...
...that much we know.
She can no longer afford
to remain where she is.
And she can no longer afford
to be under your care.
Have you any idea how she managed it?
Well, that you can find out later,
Mr. Kuryakin.
Now you will follow
my instructions, please.
That is all.
Yes, sir.
Be so kind
as to get your things together.
No. I will not go with you.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
WAITER: Herr Kroll, your lunch is ready.
- You will pack immediately.
- No.
WAITER: Herr Kroll, your lunch is ready.
ANGELA:
Manuel, Mateo.
Then he did get my message.
Deny what you will. You killed Vinay.
Your mission is to kill all of us.
Now Numero Uno will see.
It doesn't matter where this Kuryakin
has hidden Angela.
Kuryakin?
Where did you ever get that idea?
We know that he has.
- And you know where they've gone.
- As a matter of fact, I don't.
You are lying.
Does Numero Uno tell you everything?
Obviously not.
Otherwise, you'd have known about it
when he was killed.
I will not hear any more of this.
Besides, why would he kill him?
The same reason he'll kill you,
if the revolution succeeds.
Elementary mathematics.
There can be only one Numero Uno.
[DOOR OPENS]
He is coming.
Tell me something.
What's the prize in this game?
Why would Vinay risk his neck
to overthrow this government?
Hmm? And Martine?
It's very simple.
Between the both of them,
they've stolen half of Querido.
The new government have made them
give it back.
- Hmm. By order of Angela.
- By order of Angela.
Two very powerful men brought to heel
by a dancing girl from the streets.
And Numero Uno?
Oh, yes, Numero Uno.
You'll have a chance to ask him yourself.
[SCUFFING NEARBY]
[SNORTING]
[CRASH]
Sefior Solo.
- Come, there's no time to lose.
- You're wounded.
Yes, but hurry.
The junta men will be here soon. Come.
Quickly.
He tried to stop me. I had to kill him.
- Martine?
- What else could I do?
When he saw
I was not the one he expected, he fired.
Come, you will have to drive.
I can't. Hurry.
Martine knew that Kuryakin has Angela?
The junta is efficient, Mr. Solo.
Very efficient.
Only three of us knew about the plan.
- How did you get here?
- Paco.
He told me to follow you.
He was afraid
and he had a right to be afraid.
[ENGINE CRANKING]
What is wrong, Mr. Solo?
We have no time to lose.
[SNIFFS]
Smells flooded.
And you've been following me
all the time?
From the moment you left the palace.
But I lost you at the bullring.
- How did you know where I'd gone?
- I saw you drive off with Martine.
So I came as quickly as I could.
But Numero Uno was quicker.
What do you mean by that, Mr. Solo?
I could have sworn
he reached Martine's ranch.
In fact, I know he did. I heard his car.
Martine went out to meet him.
But this was the only car in the drive.
Yes, Mr. Solo, he did meet Numero Uno.
And then there was one.
Correct.
And Numero Uno killed Martine.
Now, when I turn you over
to your friends from Thrush...
...and you tell me where Angela's hiding,
I will be free to strike.
Drive or die.
What are they doing?
- They're arranging a little trip for us.
- But where?
There.
No.
But now that they have found me,
why not just shoot me?
And make a martyr out of you?
The last thing anyone who wants
to control the government would want.
People have to think
that you died accidentally.
What does it matter
to the Secret Three how I die?
Accident or martyr,
they will still seize power.
You're right.
It doesn't matter to the junta.
But we are not dealing with the junta,
are we?
Who else would want to kill me?
You did get @ message
to someone in Querido, didn't you?
Yes, the first night. I tricked you.
And it was not a member
of the Secret Three.
Of course not.
And whoever it was is the only person
who knew exactly where we were.
But he is my husband.
He is also, by your own admission...
...not very concerned
with the welfare of his country...
...and its new laws,
with or without a courthouse.
With you out of the way,
he can govern exactly as he pleases.
No.
Angela Abaca will not die.
Not while her people need her.
Well, in that case,
we'd better think up an alternative.
Well, if it is going to be an accident,
they cannot leave us tied.
Yeah, that would spoil the illusion,
wouldn't it?
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[CARLOS GRUNTS]
Your Numero Uno was there.
Thank you. Arrest him.
Arrest me?
The head of the junta is there, your brother.
Well, you know,
I have suspected that for quite a while...
...and you have my gratitude.
Now all I have to worry about
is my dear wife.
As they say in my country:
"I've been had."
You know, we have the same saying
in my country.
Hmm. So your next question must be,
"Where is Angela?"
No, I have no turther questions.
I know where Angela is.
ILLYA:
I think we were wrong.
The wife of your presidente
does not die like this.
[MEN GRUNTING]
[ANGELA GRUNTING]
[CROWD CHEERING AND CHATTERING]
MAN:
Bravo!
CARLOS:
Why keep us here, mi hermano loco?
If we are going to die, shoot us now.
Patience, Carlos. It won't be long.
[SIGHS]
Dearest Carlos, patience.
Mr. Solo is right, you know.
Aye, Carlos, ever since boyhood,
your fault has been impatience.
And yours was Angela.
Letting her make a puppet out of you.
You could have been dictator
as we planned.
Instead, a weak presidente,
bowing to the people.
Yes, Carlos, you are right...
...but it was a mistake
that I intended to correct.
Now, if you had been able
to control your impatience...
...I would have found a way
to get rid of her.
Then you and I, brothers...
...would have still shared all the power,
all the wealth.
Now it is mine alone.
I hate to be the voice of crass reality,
but you still have Thrush to deal with.
Well, their ideas of what is good for Querido
are so similar to mine, Mr. Solo...
...that you need not be concerned.
Ah, my friend, in just a few moments...
...the people of Querido
will be able to see...
...how deep the grief I am suffering
over my double loss.
The deceit of my own brother.
And the death of my beloved wife.
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Ah, it appears the moment has arrived.
Listen to them.
How patiently my people have waited
tor the message I promised them...
...from their Angel of Querido.
You know, I'm still debating one thing:
whether to have the execution first...
...or to read this announcement
over my wife's fatal accident.
I'd save the announcement for last.
You may be so overcome with emotion...
...you wouldn't be able
to give the orders to shoot.
Yes, yes, Senor Solo,
I think you're right.
Would you like to hear it?
It's rather good.
ANGELA:
By all means.
Read it.
- Angela?
- My dear Paco.
How lucky you approved
the new laws and the courts.
Because now you will get the chance
to test them personally.
Unless, of course,
you wish to rescind those laws...
...and return to the old Querido ways.
In that case, a firing squad is ready.
No, Angela, no. You must let me explain.
Arrest him.
Put them in the same cell,
he and his brother.
Perhaps, then,
we will have no need for a trial.
Angela, you must understand.
I do understand.
And that's what makes it so sad.
Take them away.
Angela, Angela.
Angela!
Paco, Paco.
How I have loved you.
But you loved only yourself.
I have @ message for my people.
I would like you to join me.
Maybe their thanks can tell you
what mine cannot.
[CHEERING]
[MARCHING MUSIC PLAYING]
[ENGLISH SDH]
[CROWD CHEERING AND CHATTERING]
[CROWD SHOUTING]
So tar I can bring you, sefior. No more.
Not till the celebration is finished.
- You do this often?
-lmagine, sefior.
It is Angela's birthday
and she gives to us a present.
[CHUCKLES]
A, uh-- Uh, a courthouse.
Oh, every capital city should have one.
Well, up till now, what good would it be?
But all that is changing. All of it.
Thanks to our Angela,
our Angel of Querido.
And her husband, General Abaca.
Oh, of course, of course.
Thanks to him too.
[CARLOS SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
We cannot proceed
on this glorious day...
...the birthday of our Angel of Querido.
Listen, I'm gonna join the celebrations.
I have an invitation.
Would you mind taking my suitcase
to the hotel?
Oh, si, senor. Si.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Viva, Angela!
Viva! Viva, Angela!
CAB DRIVER:
Viva!
[FANFARE PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANGELA:
Thank you. Thank you, people of Querido.
My husband's people, my people.
Today, on my birthday,.
ll can say with the pleasure you all share...
...that we are a step closer
to the democracy that we have promised.
But we still have a long way to go.
We have now a government that cares
about the needs and wants of its people.
The poor as well as the rich.
We have good men
to enforce these laws.
Men of wisdom and compassion.
It was not so long ago
that fear walked our streets.
The midnight knock on the door...
...the soldiers with their bayonets
rapping the people out of their houses...
...and taking them to prison.
And for what crime? For daring
to speak out against the dictatorship.
[PACO SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
[GUNFIRE]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[CROWD CHATTERING IN SPANISH]
[ANGELA PANTING]
- Por favor, now go to your room and rest.
- Rest? No.
Now we have a prisoner.
Now we can find out who this--
This junta, the Secret Three are.
Pero, mi querida, that is my job.
- I will question him.
- I want to be there.
Oh, Paco, they tried to kill me.
That means that they are ready to strike.
And if they are ready,
then they have strength.
And if they have strength,
it comes from outside of Querido.
Yes, yes, Si.
Thrush you keep talking about, eh?
I was not wrong. You will see.
And if Thrush and the Secret Three
join forces...
...what will happen
to our new democracy?
To the people of Querido?
[CROWD SHOUTING]
- Two of them?
-8i, colonel.
- He's the one, the one who shot.
- Both of them, to the firing squad.
ILLYA:
Now, wait a minute. I didn't try to kill her.
Get me to Sefiora Abaca.
She knows who I--
Un momento.
Americano? English?
Senora Abaca, she sent for me.
The Angel of Querido
sends for a man to kill her?
What kind of a tool do you think I am?
Well, take me to her. She'll explain.
The Secret Three.
Revolutionaries.
Now they hire foreign killers
to overthrow our great democracy.
Take him to the firing squad!
I wasn't hired by the Secret Three.
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
We are ready, mi presidente.
- Ready for what?
- The firing squad.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
How can my own brother be so stupid?
Carlos, stop them.
But they tried to kill you, Angelita.
- The one, the foreigner, he had the gun--
- Foreigner?
I told you. The Secret Three have help.
Foreign help.
Capitdn, the foreign one,
bring him up here.
- You had to call for UN.C.L.E. to help us?
ANGELA: Yes, I did.
And it you are too pigheaded
to admit the truth, I am not.
But without consulting me?
Without asking my advice?
I asked and I asked and I asked.
I begged you. You would do nothing.
Now perhaps you will face the fact
that we need help.
All right, you say you are from U.N.C.L.E.
Prove it.
You contacted a man
named Waverly, correct?
Anyone would know the name.
Open Channel D, please. Take it.
What proof is this?
[RADIO BEEPING]
WAVERLY:
Open Channel D. Code 1 scrambled.
Waverly here.
- Ask him.
WAVERLY [OVER RADIOI: Mr. Kuryakin?
- Sefior Waverly?
- Who is this?
ANGELA:
Angela Abaca.
Oh, yes, yes. How are you, my dear?
! assume Mr. Kuryakin found you. Good.
Oh, and happy birthday.
Thank you.
WAVERLY:
Everything under control?
A few minutes ago, the president's wife
was almost killed...
...with a Thrush-modified rifle...
...which confirms your suspicions that Thrush
is supplying the revolutionaries with arms.
WAVERLY:
Yes, I daresay.
There's a great deal of oil in Querido
and Thrush wants it.
So I was not wrong.
ILLYA: Unfortunately, I made
rather a display of myself...
...which means I won't be able
10 operate in secret from now on.
- You're asking for help?
- Naturally.
Yes, and as quickly as possible.
If Secret Three had succeeded,
there would be a revolution now.
Obviously, they will try again.
Oh. Well, Mr. Solo?
Well, I regret missing the birthday party.
Very well, Mr. Solo will contact you
when he reaches Querido.
Oh, and Sefiora Abaca?
- Yes?
- May your next birthday be less explosive.
So...
Senor Kuryakin.
Now that you are with us...
...what can you do for my country?
- I can take your wife out of it.
- What?
You're their target, not your husband.
We have an army. We will protect her.
Yes, the way you protected her
today, huh?
Sefior Kuryakin, I understand and I agree.
You agree to what?
I will not leave my country.
Querida, Sefior Kuryakin is right.
Our people worship you.
They know it was you who's responsible
for their laws, their liberty.
If anything should happen to you,
there will be such chaos...
...the Secret Three
would destroy our government.
No.
My place is with you.
I will not leave.
This prisoner, bring him here.
I want to question him.
Perhaps he can tell us
who the Secret Three are.
- Now.
- Hmm.
Sefior Kuryakin,
you will have to work with us openly now.
We have very little choice now that
you have made yourself the hero of Querido.
[LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
CARLOS:
Whoa, hey. Ha-ha-ha.
If only they knew my allergies.
The price of becoming a hero.
Uh, please tell the president I will be
a little late for this evening's meeting.
But what will I say to him?
He has been waiting for two days
for this man to show up.
He will demand to know
where Mr. Solo is.
That's what I'm about to find out.
Bravo and olé.
In Querido...
...uh, bullfighters are out
and Kuryakins are definitely in.
You were supposed to contact me.
Where have you been?
Here in the capital,
uh, selling my services.
You'd do better
if you found a good tailor.
We soldiers of fortune
try to retain that casual look.
I've been selling my services
to the junta, or trying to.
You haven't got any lead
on these Secret Three?
Your prisoner hasn't talked?
No, he's too frightened that Thrush
might reach him, even in prison.
Well, then,
you shouldn't leave him in prison.
You should send him back
to the Secret Three.
- As a matter of fact, send both of us back.
- Both?
All I ask is that when I'm arrested, that
I be put into the cell with your prisoner.
Ah.
And then be given a moment
of adequate privacy.
I'll let you know
when I've won his confidence.
Abaca's soldiers can turn their back...
...and we can make a small, deceptive,
immediate jailbreak.
The prisoner will lead you
straight to the Secret Three.
- Mm-hm.
- Ha-ha, maybe.
- Kuryakin.
- Hmm. And you face the moment of truth.
[WOMEN GIGGLING AND SCREAMING]
[SPANISH ACCENT]
Who is this Abaca? This presidente?
Is he any better than the dictators
you had before?
We survive.
Democracy.
Heh, heh, he robbing you blind.
At least we have something to rob.
Before, we have nothing.
And what about her?
Who is this Angela Abaca?
You think she cares for you?
PROPRIETOR:
She comes from this barrio.
From this street.
Once, she danced in my cantina.
She does not forget us.
Oh, no, she does not forget you.
Heh, heh, she does not forget you
in the presidential palace...
...using Abaca, this tyrant, this dictator
to get what she wants.
- Money and power, huh?
- You pay and you get out.
Why? Because I tell you the truth
about the Angel of Querido?
Ha!
Senora Abaca., I salute you.
[LAUGHING]
[MEN GRUNTING]
[IN NORMAL VOICE]
It's about time.
Angela, I'm begging you as your husband.
I'm ordering you as your presidente--
I am going out.
I've stayed in the palace two days.
That is two days lost.
You and you and you.
What have you accomplished?
And this Solo,
what has he accomplished?
If you cannot get the assassin to talk,
he will not either.
Now I will try.
What is that? Where's my car?
If you insist on exposing yourself,
this is the car that you will use.
It is safe, sefiora. Bulletproof.
And what confidence would my people have
to see me ride around like a criminal?
They have got to see I am not afraid.
- I will not ride in that. Bring me my own car.
- Por favor--
Bring me my own car
or I will walk through the streets.
Carlos.
I will go into the barrios.
I will speak to the people myself.
- Get her inside.
- Sefior Kuryakin.
I have asked for help,
now I demand help.
You bring the Sefior Waverly here.
Perhaps he will do what you cannot.
Yes, maybe Mr. Waverly is the answer.
Open Channel D, please.
If I've been harsh with you, I am sorry.
But my country needs--
Don't apologize. You were right
to ask Mr. Waverly to come here.
What is this?
But there's no one here.
What are you doing?
WAVERLY [ON RECORDING]:
Please be seated, sefiora.
I must apologize for this deception...
...but it was the only way
of ensuring your safety.
Have a pleasant flight.
[AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING]
You are kidnapping me? How dare you.
If you'll give me a moment, I'll explain.
Mr. Waverly--
ll have no wish of any explanation.
I wish you to stop this plane right now.
Do you understand?
I have to be with my people.
[FASTENING SEAT BELT]
Senor Kuryakin...
...must make you understand
I have to be with my people.
I must get off this plane.
What can I do?
What can I do?!
[PLANE ASCENDING]
You can fasten your seat belt.
Junta? What do I know of a junta?
A Secret Three?
Enough to lead me to them
once we're out of here.
And how do you plan to get out?
Have the Angel of Querido
fly in that window and carry us away?
[DOOR OPENS]
You, out.
He doesn't look like
the Angel of Querido.
A-- Again?
1-- I won't answer any more questions.
- You are right. You will not.
ASSASSIN: No, I--
[GUNSHOT]
You wish to see the junta?
They wish to see you too.
Move.
GUARD:
Put that on.
- It's not my style.
- Put it on!
Abaca's soldiers
will be searching everywhere.
You'll never get away.
[BELL RINGING]
- Penitentes.
- So the poor peasants believe.
Now who would stop
such a dedicated sect...
...one that does penance for their sins?
No one, not even the soldiers.
Hmm. So you can move
through the city at will.
And, Senor Solo,
we can move our prisoners at will.
This way. Come with me.
It's time to fasten your seat belt again.
Is the prisoner allowed to ask
to where it is she's being taken?
A remote village in Switzerland.
Unpopular, even in season.
But for that reason, safe.
No matter how unpopular,
I will be recognized.
- Not as Mrs. Kroll.
- Mrs. Kroll?
You're my wife,
who has to have complete isolation...
...due to the fact that she's suffered
a severe emotional upset.
ANGELA:
And Paco?
Does he know where I go?
No one knows, not even General Abaca.
- But he is my husband.
- It's the only way to insure your safety.
If he knew,
he might try to communicate with you.
And the agents of the Secret Three
could be anyone.
Servants, the telephone operator.
We couldn't take that risk.
Senor Kuryakin, do you realize
what you have done?
Paco cannot govern by himself.
I am the one who stands by his shoulder.
I help him, I guide him.
Paco has great need of me,
now more than ever.
And my people have great need of me.
They have great need of you alive.
They will think I have deserted them.
No. Not when they've read
your statement to the press.
My statement?
Yes, uh...
"The strain caused
by the attempted assassination...
...has necessitated Sefiora Angela's
traveling abroad for a prolonged rest...
...so that she may regain her strength...
...to continue the fight
for democracy and freedom."
- I wrote it myself.
- It's very good.
Thank you.
But understand one thing.
Senor Kuryakin.
Neither you nor U.N.C.L.E. will prevent me
from getting back to my people.
I presume you are the Secret Three?
MAN:
We are honored that you have joined us.
Unfortunately, our plans
have suffered a slight delay.
SOLO: Well, if we're going to talk, it's a bit
awkward addressing you in the plural.
MAN:
There will be no talk.
We have one question to ask you:
Where is Angela Abaca?
Unfortunately, that is the one question
I can't answer.
- He's lying.
- Perhaps.
Forget about Angela. Find out what
U.N.C.L.E. knows about our plans.
- Numero uno, this man can--
- We are wasting time. Get him out.
Quite so.
We hardly got past the introductions.
I still didn't get your name.
Take him away.
Darling, our supper is here.
- Darling?
- I'll be right out.
I hope Frau Kroll
will find here the rest she needs.
I'm sure she will.
Darling?
- Come and sit down.
- Good, I am famished.
What is it? What have you ordered?
Ah, Frau Krall,
it is a very light Swiss pudding.
Yes, but it is chocolate.
I don't like it. Take it back.
It looks very good.
On second thoughts,
you had better take it back.
It appears to have something in it.
Herr Kroll, a paper.
How could that have happened?
I will bring another.
No, no, that's all right, it will do.
Bring it back.
I'm very fond of chocolate pudding.
- That was very clumsy of you.
- Yes, it was.
I should not have tried anything
quite so obvious.
The dinner will get cold. Shall we eat?
Darling?
[EXPLOSIONS]
[GUNFIRE]
We found the fort in the hills.
And just as you said, it is destroyed.
At the risk of shattering your optimism...
...they wouldn't store all their arms
in one place.
Not with Thrush guiding their strategy.
- And the Secret Three are still very secret.
- Well, not to you.
You said you saw them,
you spoke with them.
You must have some clues.
Mm-hm.
One, aring the size of an egg.
A ring in the shape of a bull's head.
- The head of a bull?
- Mm-hm.
With ruby eyes.
Are you sure?
Well, it wasn't the kind of ring
you'd find in cereal boxes.
Is that it?
Mm-hm. Yes, that's it.
Vinay.
I presented that ring to him myself
when I became e/ presidente.
What conceit.
He does not even take it off
when he plots against me.
Wait, he's fighting today.
We will arrest him...
...and execute him.
That seems to be the one solution here
in Querido, the firing squad.
If you're after the Three, get the Three,
not the One.
- Let Vinay lead you to them.
- Yes, yes, of course.
I'll send my men to the corrida.
They will follow him.
Now, you will send only one man.
Me.
While Vinay is in the bullring,
I'll go into his dressing room...
...and check to see
if there are any notes, leads, letters.
If not, I go where Vinay goes.
And after last night, there'll be
another meeting of the Secret Three.
He saw you. He knows you.
Well, it won't happen again.
I'll be careful.
Very well.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
Show Mr. Solo out.
[DIALING PHONE]
Carlos.
In a few moments,
Napoleon Solo will leave the palace.
I want you to assign your best men
and follow him wherever he goes.
[CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
CROWD [IN UNISON]:
Olé! olé!
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
MARTINE:
Vinay, we are ready.
Vinay, what's--?
Solo.
I knew it. I knew it.
The moment you escaped,
I knew we were in trouble.
Excuse me.
Haven't I met your voice before?
- Aren't you one of the Secret Three?
- You'll never live to tell.
No, no, that's not quite right.
It's the Secret Two now.
Vinay.
MARTINE:
Our mistake was going on ahead...
...knowing that U.N.C.L.E. was involved.
- We all learn from our mistakes.
- I have.
Get Numero Uno.
He will have to decide what to do.
ANGELA:
And a five and a three.
- Ha-ha, lucky.
- Skillful.
Luck is merely applied skill.
[RADIO BEEPING]
Kuryakin here.
Mr. Kuryakin?
In exactly an hour,
a plane will be at the airport there.
You and Senora Abaca will meet it.
ILLYA [OVER RADIO]:
And the revolution is over?
No, Mr. Kuryakin, it is not.
But your part in it is.
You will deliver the sefiora
to your replacement and report back to me.
She managed to get a message past you.
She communicated
with someone in Querido...
...that much we know.
She can no longer afford
to remain where she is.
And she can no longer afford
to be under your care.
Have you any idea how she managed it?
Well, that you can find out later,
Mr. Kuryakin.
Now you will follow
my instructions, please.
That is all.
Yes, sir.
Be so kind
as to get your things together.
No. I will not go with you.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
WAITER: Herr Kroll, your lunch is ready.
- You will pack immediately.
- No.
WAITER: Herr Kroll, your lunch is ready.
ANGELA:
Manuel, Mateo.
Then he did get my message.
Deny what you will. You killed Vinay.
Your mission is to kill all of us.
Now Numero Uno will see.
It doesn't matter where this Kuryakin
has hidden Angela.
Kuryakin?
Where did you ever get that idea?
We know that he has.
- And you know where they've gone.
- As a matter of fact, I don't.
You are lying.
Does Numero Uno tell you everything?
Obviously not.
Otherwise, you'd have known about it
when he was killed.
I will not hear any more of this.
Besides, why would he kill him?
The same reason he'll kill you,
if the revolution succeeds.
Elementary mathematics.
There can be only one Numero Uno.
[DOOR OPENS]
He is coming.
Tell me something.
What's the prize in this game?
Why would Vinay risk his neck
to overthrow this government?
Hmm? And Martine?
It's very simple.
Between the both of them,
they've stolen half of Querido.
The new government have made them
give it back.
- Hmm. By order of Angela.
- By order of Angela.
Two very powerful men brought to heel
by a dancing girl from the streets.
And Numero Uno?
Oh, yes, Numero Uno.
You'll have a chance to ask him yourself.
[SCUFFING NEARBY]
[SNORTING]
[CRASH]
Sefior Solo.
- Come, there's no time to lose.
- You're wounded.
Yes, but hurry.
The junta men will be here soon. Come.
Quickly.
He tried to stop me. I had to kill him.
- Martine?
- What else could I do?
When he saw
I was not the one he expected, he fired.
Come, you will have to drive.
I can't. Hurry.
Martine knew that Kuryakin has Angela?
The junta is efficient, Mr. Solo.
Very efficient.
Only three of us knew about the plan.
- How did you get here?
- Paco.
He told me to follow you.
He was afraid
and he had a right to be afraid.
[ENGINE CRANKING]
What is wrong, Mr. Solo?
We have no time to lose.
[SNIFFS]
Smells flooded.
And you've been following me
all the time?
From the moment you left the palace.
But I lost you at the bullring.
- How did you know where I'd gone?
- I saw you drive off with Martine.
So I came as quickly as I could.
But Numero Uno was quicker.
What do you mean by that, Mr. Solo?
I could have sworn
he reached Martine's ranch.
In fact, I know he did. I heard his car.
Martine went out to meet him.
But this was the only car in the drive.
Yes, Mr. Solo, he did meet Numero Uno.
And then there was one.
Correct.
And Numero Uno killed Martine.
Now, when I turn you over
to your friends from Thrush...
...and you tell me where Angela's hiding,
I will be free to strike.
Drive or die.
What are they doing?
- They're arranging a little trip for us.
- But where?
There.
No.
But now that they have found me,
why not just shoot me?
And make a martyr out of you?
The last thing anyone who wants
to control the government would want.
People have to think
that you died accidentally.
What does it matter
to the Secret Three how I die?
Accident or martyr,
they will still seize power.
You're right.
It doesn't matter to the junta.
But we are not dealing with the junta,
are we?
Who else would want to kill me?
You did get @ message
to someone in Querido, didn't you?
Yes, the first night. I tricked you.
And it was not a member
of the Secret Three.
Of course not.
And whoever it was is the only person
who knew exactly where we were.
But he is my husband.
He is also, by your own admission...
...not very concerned
with the welfare of his country...
...and its new laws,
with or without a courthouse.
With you out of the way,
he can govern exactly as he pleases.
No.
Angela Abaca will not die.
Not while her people need her.
Well, in that case,
we'd better think up an alternative.
Well, if it is going to be an accident,
they cannot leave us tied.
Yeah, that would spoil the illusion,
wouldn't it?
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[CARLOS GRUNTS]
Your Numero Uno was there.
Thank you. Arrest him.
Arrest me?
The head of the junta is there, your brother.
Well, you know,
I have suspected that for quite a while...
...and you have my gratitude.
Now all I have to worry about
is my dear wife.
As they say in my country:
"I've been had."
You know, we have the same saying
in my country.
Hmm. So your next question must be,
"Where is Angela?"
No, I have no turther questions.
I know where Angela is.
ILLYA:
I think we were wrong.
The wife of your presidente
does not die like this.
[MEN GRUNTING]
[ANGELA GRUNTING]
[CROWD CHEERING AND CHATTERING]
MAN:
Bravo!
CARLOS:
Why keep us here, mi hermano loco?
If we are going to die, shoot us now.
Patience, Carlos. It won't be long.
[SIGHS]
Dearest Carlos, patience.
Mr. Solo is right, you know.
Aye, Carlos, ever since boyhood,
your fault has been impatience.
And yours was Angela.
Letting her make a puppet out of you.
You could have been dictator
as we planned.
Instead, a weak presidente,
bowing to the people.
Yes, Carlos, you are right...
...but it was a mistake
that I intended to correct.
Now, if you had been able
to control your impatience...
...I would have found a way
to get rid of her.
Then you and I, brothers...
...would have still shared all the power,
all the wealth.
Now it is mine alone.
I hate to be the voice of crass reality,
but you still have Thrush to deal with.
Well, their ideas of what is good for Querido
are so similar to mine, Mr. Solo...
...that you need not be concerned.
Ah, my friend, in just a few moments...
...the people of Querido
will be able to see...
...how deep the grief I am suffering
over my double loss.
The deceit of my own brother.
And the death of my beloved wife.
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Ah, it appears the moment has arrived.
Listen to them.
How patiently my people have waited
tor the message I promised them...
...from their Angel of Querido.
You know, I'm still debating one thing:
whether to have the execution first...
...or to read this announcement
over my wife's fatal accident.
I'd save the announcement for last.
You may be so overcome with emotion...
...you wouldn't be able
to give the orders to shoot.
Yes, yes, Senor Solo,
I think you're right.
Would you like to hear it?
It's rather good.
ANGELA:
By all means.
Read it.
- Angela?
- My dear Paco.
How lucky you approved
the new laws and the courts.
Because now you will get the chance
to test them personally.
Unless, of course,
you wish to rescind those laws...
...and return to the old Querido ways.
In that case, a firing squad is ready.
No, Angela, no. You must let me explain.
Arrest him.
Put them in the same cell,
he and his brother.
Perhaps, then,
we will have no need for a trial.
Angela, you must understand.
I do understand.
And that's what makes it so sad.
Take them away.
Angela, Angela.
Angela!
Paco, Paco.
How I have loved you.
But you loved only yourself.
I have @ message for my people.
I would like you to join me.
Maybe their thanks can tell you
what mine cannot.
[CHEERING]
[MARCHING MUSIC PLAYING]
[ENGLISH SDH]