The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977): Season 2, Episode 12 - The Runaways - full transcript

( funky jazz theme playing )

ANNOUNCER:

ANNOUNCER:

ANNOUNCER:

( ominous theme playing )

( coughing )

Here. Come on, Sharon,
drink this. Come on.

( coughs ) Oh. Okay, lie still.

George, cities always
have free doctors.

It's just a cold.

Uh... That's all.



JACK: She feels real hot.
We gotta do something.

Look, Jack, uh...

if we get that public health
thing churned up again,

they're gonna divvy us
up just like they did before.

They're gonna split
us three ways for sure.

Maybe we could
get some medicine.

What medicine?
I ain't no doctor.

R-remember when
I had that bad cough

that w... That wouldn't quit?

They gave me antibiotics...
Jacky, that stuff costs money.

I've only been on
the job three days.

( Sharon coughing )

What's the name of
that stuff they gave you?

I don't remember. Uh...



S... Something
"miacine," I think.

Okay.

Where you going?

I'll be right back.
I'll leave the truck.

You take care of her. George?

I'll be back.

( somber theme playing )

( alarm bell ringing )

Hey, get out of there!

( gunshot )

( groans )

( siren approaching )

( somber theme playing )

( ominous theme playing )

( siren continues )

( tires screech )

And what are you doing?
Driving around in circles?

In the garage in five
minutes, lieutenant.

Then home for your beauty sleep.

( chuckles )

It's gonna take more than sleep.

( both chuckle )

OFFICER ( over
radio ): Inspectors 81.

We have a possible
homicide at 122 Beach Street.

Will you respond?

Respond?

How can you respond to
anything at this time of night?

Heh.

Inspectors 81 will respond.
Give us that address again.

( siren approaching )

( tires screeching )

Hey, lieutenant, what
are you doing out so late?

All right. I ask the
questions, Garcia, okay?

Now, what do you got?

Shaping up like just another
hophead looking for a free high.

Who's dead? The druggist.

I think he bashed his
head against a scale.

Uh, the position of the body...

Okay, okay. Let's just leave
that to the lab man, huh?

Did you call him? No.

Well, then get on your radio
and break up the poker game.

( men chattering )

Is he all right?

Mr. Chesley?

Was that his name? Chesley?

Yeah.

What's yours?

Stamp.

Sumner Stamp.

You said "was."

Is he dead?

I'm afraid he is, son.

Sumner...

did you see anything
going on in there?

Yeah. What?

There's this dude that
always hangs around.

Has one of those
red and black jackets.

You know, like a lumberjack.

I watched him split from
here right after I heard...

Right after I heard the gunshot.

Now, listen.

This isn't just another rip-off.

Whoever it was
killed Mr. Chesley.

He used to give me
gum and stuff, you know?

All the time. Just for nothing.

This dude. There's
two others with him.

Kids.

A boy about 15, 16 maybe...

and a girl about 7 or 8.

Now, do you know
where they live?

Yeah.

( ominous theme playing )

Jack, how long ago
did your brother leave?

JACK: I, uh... I
don't know. I...

I fell asleep.

Steve.

Her fever as high
as I think it is?

She's burning up.

Let's get her to the hospital.

I go with her.

Well, I'll give
you a choice, son.

You wanna ride with us

or go in the ambulance
with your sister?

( siren wailing )

Okay.

STONE: He's 19, tall and husky,

wearing a red and
black... plaid mackinaw.

Name is George Morgan.

Might have a gun.

Stay close.

He'll head for this spot.

DR. LOCKWOOD: Order
a complete chest x-ray.

Get the WBC count.

And I want a sputum
and smear culture.

Ah.

Now, sweetheart...
I want you to try

and get a good night's
sleep tonight, okay?

You were right
in bringing her in.

Possible pneumonia,
looks like traces of anemia.

She's very run-down.

I'd like to keep her here
for a few days, if I may.

Can... Can I see her now?

LOCKWOOD: Oh,
you must be George.

She's been asking for you.

No, this is her
other brother, Jack.

Well, don't stay too long, Jack.

She needs all the
rest she can get.

Better call Juvenile.

( tender theme playing )

( door closes )

Hey, Shar.

Where's George?

JACK: He said he'd be back.

You don't look like a doctor.

I'm not, Sharon.

But you look like a little girl
who should get some sleep.

He's right, Shar.

I-I'll... I-I'll see
you in the morning.

Get some sleep.

You got it?

Well, Jack, I guess
we're gonna have to

drop you off at
Juvenile Hall now.

No. No, I won't go.

I won't leave Sharon here alone.

Well, I'm sorry, son,
but there's no choice.

Didn't you say you're 16, you
have no parents, no home?

Where do you go?

Jack, it's not our choice.

The court has to decide
about you and Sharon.

What about George?

He wouldn't kill
anybody. I know it.

We still have to talk to him.

That's right.

Where do you think he is?

( light jazzy theme playing )

Good morning.

Hello, Marie.

Oh, no.

I know. You forgot.

Oh. Un... Until I saw you.

Oh, isn't that awful of me?

It's all right, Millie. But
I'm parked in a yellow zone.

You're gonna have
to hurry. Harlan.

Millie, you can't
go to the Orient

without getting shots,

and you can't get shots
unless you go to the doctor.

And you can't go to the doctor,
who's waiting for you right...

Harlan, something
has... Has come up.

Yes. I have a youngster
waiting for me in my chambers.

It's a very special case.

I'll reschedule the shots.

( sighs )

Millie, you can't
save the whole world.

Uh, not by yourself.

Harlan, you know I don't
want to save the whole world.

Just the children.

Maybe that's a beginning, huh?

Tell Dr. Foller I'm sorry.

Busy, busy morning.
I know I'm late.

How are you this
morning, Miss Wilson?

Fine. Good morning.

Judge Cox, this is Jack...

Jack Morgan. Yes, I know.

Jack, I know you're anxious.

So I telephoned the hospital,
and the doctor tells me

that your sister
is doing very well.

Now, about you.

You are from
Oregon, is that right?

Yes, ma'am.

La Grande, Oregon.

That sounds very small.

Very quiet.

And I understand
that your parents

are both deceased,
is that right?

You lost your
mother in childbirth

with your sister, Sharon.

So of course you were
very close to your father.

You learned
about... family love...

and the things that really
matter in life, from him.

And he... Now, let
me guess about this.

I bet he was strict.

Bossy, even.

But you knew he loved you,
and you all loved him back.

How'd you know?

Oh, the... values, I guess.

Things don't change
so much in small towns...

as they do in big cities.

Besides that, I'm from
a small town myself.

I'm from Rainier, Washington.
Sometime I'll tell you about it.

It might make you
think about home.

How recently did
your father die, Jack?

Three years ago.

And who's been
looking after you?

( sighs ) My brother.

All that time?
Just your brother?

He didn't do what
they said to that man.

He didn't. That's
all right, Jack.

I'm not interested in that.

I just wanna know about
you and your family.

You're not gonna split us up.

George won't let
you split us up.

Phew. Ooh. No wonder
little Sharon is sick.

Can you imagine?

No heating, no
electricity... no plumbing.

Glad about one thing, though.

What's that?

Nothing up there
says he's a junkie.

Nothing in that
drugstore either.

Well, he was just trying to
do what Jack said, I think:

trying to help his kid sister
the only way he knew how.

Winds up staring a
life sentence in the face.

Well, I get a feeling
he's been serving one

for quite a while.

Let's see what
Juvenile has to offer.

Listen, do you remember
a truck there last night?

A truck? What kind of truck?

Old pick-up truck. It
was parked right there.

Yeah, I think I do.

I'm gonna ask around, see if
anybody knows who owns it.

I'll catch you later.

( door closes ) Good idea.

( starts engine )

And then this...

This other judge, well, he...
He decided me and George

were supposed to go
to this boys' home...

and Sharon was supposed
to live with my uncle. Uh...

G-George just
couldn't let that happen.

Why not?

'Cause he promised.

Promised who?

Dad.

( somber theme playing )

George promised him he...

Wouldn't let
nothing split us up.

I was there.

( voice shaking ): When...

When Dad was
dying and... And he...

And he talked
to us. And... he...

He said we were...
Were all... All we had.

All he could leave us.

Just each other.

And George...

( sobs ): George. George.

Thank you, Jack, for telling me.

I think I understand now.

( exhales ) Do you?

You're a judge too, aren't you?

Gotta do what the
law says you have to.

Not... care about
what we promised.

What Dad wanted.

I'm a judge, all right.

And we do have
to live by the law.

This old world would be
in a bigger mess than it is

if we didn't live by the law.

But we are going to think
about what your dad wanted,

and we're going to think
about what you want.

And I don't know
about you. I'm...

I think better on a full tank
than I do on an empty one.

Do you like pancakes?

Oh. They gave me breakfast.

I bet you didn't have pancakes,

and I know a place
five minutes from here

where you can get pancakes
like you never tasted.

Miss Wilson, we'll
be back in an hour.

Excuse me, Judge Cox.

Shouldn't you take a bailiff?

Let him buy his own pancakes.

( mysterious theme playing )

( slow, funky theme playing )

( slow, tense theme playing )

You're George. Sharon all right?

She's fine. I called the
hospital, and the doctor said...

I asked my brother,
not you, judge.

Hey, George,
don't. She's different.

Really, she's not the
same as that other...

What've you been running, lady?

Been feeding him full of lies?

Jacky, I'm in trouble.

Big trouble. I know.

You know there's
only one way out, right?

I gotta run. We gotta
get Sharon back first.

Judges are supposed to
help people, right, lady?

Well, you're gonna start
helping us now. Get in.

You force me into this car,
you'll be committing kidnap.

That's a bad mistake, George.

The police are looking
for me right now for murder.

If you think I won't
do anything I have to

to get my sister back, and
keep this family together,

and get out of this
place to stay alive,

well, you're making a whole
lot bigger mistake than I am.

( slow, dramatic theme playing )

( funky jazz theme playing )

( tense theme playing )

STONE: Steve.

Did you hear what's happening?

The kid's got Millie Cox.

I have just come
from the DA's office.

They are going
bongos down there.

How did it happen?

He calls in 20 minutes ago,

says he has Millie Cox.

Will not turn her loose
till we let his sister go.

He's already got the brother.

Then he tells me he's got
the gun from the drugstore.

What are they doing
in that courthouse?

Anybody can walk in with a
gun and walk out with a judge.

She walked out on her own
with, uh... With brother Jack.

That's when he grabbed
them. Yeah, it figures.

Millie Cox couldn't do
anything by the book.

I don't think she even
owns a black robe.

That's right, you've known
her for a while, haven't you?

Yeah, she straightened out
the first JD I ever collared.

You get a trace on that
call? Didn't have time.

He said he'd call back at 2,

tell us how he wanted
to handle the exchange.

I got a trace set up with them.

How he wanted the
exchange? We don't make deals.

I didn't have a chance
to tell him anything.

He just dropped the
bomb, and he hung up.

( sighs )

What'd you get from Juvenile?

Nothing.

Social worker
didn't know anything.

They came from Oregon,

been here about three
and a half months.

They have a relative there

who took care of
the girl for a while.

He knows the boys too.

He's flying in.

How about the
truck? Yeah. It's theirs.

I talked to a couple
of construction guys.

They saw George driving it.

Did you get a make on it?

Yeah, it's a Ford,
'52, '53 maybe.

It's got out-of-state plates.

Sure, Oregon.

Oregon, that's right.
I'll update that APB.

Say, wait a minute.

The social worker did
say something else.

She said that George had
a string of part-time jobs,

and the last one was
working as a busboy

in a diner down on Van Ness.

Hello, Harlan.

Who is it? Who did it?

We don't have a lot on him yet.

Just that he killed
a man last night.

Yes, but it didn't look as
though it were premeditated.

Well, that doesn't bring the
man back, though, does it?

I want Millie back, Mike.

So do I.

Sit down.

We'll get her back. We
have an APB out on her now.

Listen, I'm gonna check the
diner unless you need me.

Check it through.
No, check it through.

Let me know if you come
up with anything. Right.

Mike? Yeah.

This just came in on the
Teletype from Oregon.

What's that?

Background on the kids. What?

Don't worry, it's just
from, uh... Come on, Mike.

"George Morgan."

Is he the oldest? The
one that kidnapped Millie?

Yes.

"An escapee from
a reform school.

Serving one year for assault."

And this is some
psychiatric report.

"Extremely high-strung,
volatile temper,

given to fits of violent rage."

( tense theme playing )

Well, I...

I guess we know something
about him now, don't we?

( bird chirping )

What took you so long?

I missed the first bus.

You park the car
where I told you?

Yeah.

And I didn't hurt it none.

GEORGE: Would
it matter if you did?

Would to her.

Come on.

You gonna start
kissing up to judges?

I got no use for judges.

You know that.

Jack, when that
judge separated you

from Sharon after
your father died,

I'm sure he did what he
thought was the right thing.

Well... you guys, uh...

You had quite a
little chat, didn't you?

MILLIE: He only told
me what... Shut up!

Oh. You're smooth.

You're all so smooth.

But you don't know everything.

You don't know enough.
Not to let Alvin get c...

I'm gonna make that
call. Here, you keep this.

Take it.

You keep her where she is.

George.

What are you gonna do
if you can't get Sharon?

You just better hope we do.

( dramatic theme playing )

Well, Jack... do you
think this is right?

He's my brother.

That's right. Morgan.

George Morgan. He
worked here as a busboy.

Well, I don't pal
around with no busboys.

They come, they go.

Hey, I got work to do.

Hey, you won't get
nothing out of him.

He's too busy trying
to bring back slavery.

Do you know George?

Yeah. I know he worked his
tail off here for 75 cents an hour.

How long was he here?

Almost three months.

He's a good kid too.

First one I ever worked with
who didn't try to swipe tips.

Is he in trouble?

Sister's in the hospital.
I'm just trying to find him.

I don't know anybody
who knows him.

What he likes to do,
where he likes to go.

Country boy.

Likes to do country things.

Oh, yeah?

Like what?

Like simple... um... you know.

Uh, yeah, crummy place like this

is fine for eats, say,

but... oh, the
only entertainment

he needed was a radio.

He said that those crying
cowboys singing those sad songs

with the guitars were
with him all the time.

While he was working, huh?

I mean, I really
can't see that guy

going through that, you know?

Look, now, don't get any ideas.

Now, I mean, he's just a kid.

Well, I've got one almost
the same age myself.

Someplace.

You saw each other
once in a while, right?

No, it was...
nothing out of line.

Nothing wrong. It was just
a couple walks, that's all.

Used to make me wonder
what my own kid might be doing.

Where'd you go?

The park.

Golden Gate?

Uh, yeah.

We... used to hop

the streetcar and j...
And just walk around.

We didn't talk much.
Neither one of us.

Uh, just like two
strangers really, but...

Look, he's really a good kid.

I mean, he's really a sweet kid.

And so when you see
him, I want you to tell him...

Oh.

Well, um, just tell him that...

uh, Susie said to say hi.

Okay, unit.

Okay, you say his name
is Sparling? Alvin Sparling?

S-P-A-R... L-I-N-G.

And the flight is in at 4:00?

That means he'll be at the
bus terminal around 4:30.

I'll meet you
there, Miss Wilson.

Mike... they just
found the judge's car.

Just off the Embarcadero.

Come on.

Jack?

Who's Alvin?

Tell me.

Is it your uncle?

Is it the one who
took care of Sharon?

It is.

It is, isn't it?

What did George mean about him?

Did he do something to hurt you?

Not me.

Sharon.

What was it?

I shouldn't be talking to you.

Why not?

Are you afraid of George?

You better just be
quiet, like he said.

Harlan...

has Millie's arthritis
been acting up lately?

Oh, you mean, could
she walk very far?

Half a mile, maybe.

Any more than that,
they'd have to carry her.

Well, maybe they
dropped her off first

before they ditched the car.

She just wanted
to save the children.

She's been shouting
that at society

for over 30 years, Mike. Heh.

Through all the problems
she's taken on herself.

Problems she never created,

with all the
decisions she's made.

Where the children are
raised, who raises them, how?

Save the children?

( sighs )

For what?

For this?

( sighs )

So some kid she's trying to help

can come along and
do something crazy?

Maybe even kill her.

I know. I know, Harlan.

Uh, Mike... let the girl go.

I... Let 'em have her.

I can't do that.

What the...?

Who do I shout at? Who
do I get to save Millie?

Harlan... you know
how I feel about her.

She's one of the two
best women I ever met,

and I married the other one.

But it doesn't work that way.

If we gave in to that kid,

then everybody who
has a problem would think

that that's the way
to their solution.

Now, they've got
to know that it isn't...

and it'll never be.

( somber theme playing )

( somber jazz theme playing )

( sighs )

All right.

Call Communications.

Comb the area, use
all available units.

And if you spot that truck...

don't press the kid. He's
armed and dangerous.

( upbeat jazz theme playing )

Now, look. Look,
I'm trying to tell you

that Lieutenant
Stone is the only one

that has the authority to
make an arrangement like that.

All right, now, hang on
one second. He's right here.

GEORGE ( on phone ): Oh, don't
give me that "hold on a sec" routine.

I know what you're doing.

You tell the guy or
what... STONE: Hello?

Hello, George Morgan?

Yeah. This the lieutenant?

Yeah, I'm Lieutenant Stone.

Well, you getting a good fix
on this phone booth, lieutenant?

Uh, yes. Yes, operator.

We'll hold him
as long as we can.

George...

your sister belongs
in the hospital.

She belongs with her family.

STONE: George, I just came
from there. And the doctor said...

Look, you better stop
listening to everybody but me.

You hear, lieutenant?

That is, if you wanna
see that judge again.

Now, wait a minute, son.
There's no need to get excited.

Don't call me "son," you hear?

Nobody like you calls me
son. Now, you hear this.

Six o'clock.

You be at the railroad
depot at Townsend and Third,

and you have Sharon there.

You put her at the phone
booth, the one near the gates.

Put her there and leave.

Six o'clock. You got it?

I got it. And what
about Judge Cox?

When I get my sister...

you'll get your precious judge.

Got it. Southeast district.

Pay phone, 18th and Vermont.

All right, block the area
and run a sweep search.

Well, why don't we go out there?

I don't think we'd
find anything.

He called from there.
He must have Millie.

I don't think so. Now,
here's the building

they were living in.

Here's the hospital
his sister is in.

Both on the east
side. That's right.

And here's where the
phone call came from, south.

And here's where they
ditched the car, north.

So, what do you think?

I think they could've found a
better place to ditch the car.

Unless he wanted
it found, right?

Oh, what are you saying?
That he's trying to put you off?

That he's got Millie
somewhere on the west side?

No, Harlan, this
is just a hunch.

He's gotta be a pretty crafty
kid to run away when he's 16,

with a 13-year-old boy
and a 4-year-old girl.

Keep them alive and well,
not get caught for three years.

Well, can you start a
search on the west side?

No, we don't have the manpower.

Mike, the waitress
at the diner said

he used to like to go
to Golden Gate Park.

That's on the west side.
And it's on the west side,

and it's over a
thousand acres too.

You come up with
anything else? Nothing, no.

Well, I hate to press her...

but maybe the girl can
come up with something.

Harlan. Hm?

Why don't you go
home and get some rest?

Oh, I'm okay.

All right. Step into
my office. Wait for us.

I'll let you know if we
come up with anything.

( sighs )

Jack?

What...? What are you doing?

I intend to walk
out of here, Jack.

And I want you to come with me.

You heard what George told me.

( somber theme playing )

Yes.

I heard what...

What George said.

But I saw your
face... when he said it.

Jack... come with me.

( tense theme playing )

LOCKWOOD: With her
white blood count so low,

we wanna make sure her
cold won't go anywhere.

Give me about three days.

STONE: Three days. Her brother's
giving me less than three hours.

Hi.

How are you?

Remember me?

Uh-huh. You're not a doctor.

That's right.

You've got a good
memory. Heh-heh.

He's the doctor.

How's he been
treating you? All right?

I was crying before.

I hardly never cry when
I'm with George and Jack.

They're funny. ( chuckles )

Especially George.

He can talk just like a duck.

Can you do that?

Can I talk like a duck?

No, I never could
talk like a duck.

Me either. It's hard.

But George can do it real good.

Where is George?

Well, now, that's something

I wanted to talk to
you about, Sharon.

Do you think maybe George
is staying with some friends?

Or maybe he's staying in a
house where you lived in before?

Who are you?

Well, I'm a friend.
I'm trying to help.

Are you a policeman?

Yes, I am a policeman.

But I'm a daddy too.

I've got a little girl.

Well, she's not
so little anymore.

She's going away to school.

My daddy's dead.

I know that.

Where's George?

I don't know, Sharon.

He wouldn't leave
me. He wouldn't.

You're right, he wouldn't.

As a matter of fact, he
just called this morning

to find out how you were.

He's gonna call
again in a little while.

Oh, where do you
think he'd call from?

You think he'd
call from the park?

Did he ever take you
to the park to play?

You're trying to
catch him, aren't you?

You wanna send him back to jail.

No.

No, no. I wanna help him.

I don't wanna talk
to you anymore.

( mysterious theme playing )

What is this? A burn?

It's at least a second-degree.

She won't say how it happened.

You just rest.

I won't trouble you
anymore, Sharon.

Oh, I forgot to
tell you, Sharon.

Your uncle is coming.

Uncle Sparling.

No, I want George. Hey.
Okay, that's all, Mike.

LOCKWOOD: Okay, okay. Take
it... Take it easy. Take it easy.

Okay, that's it, Sharon.

That's it. Take it easy.

Alrighty. Well,
thank you anyway.

Right. Bye-bye.

Anything? Nothing, no.

Did she mention the park? No.

The minute she
found out I was a cop,

she turned me off cold.

( sighs )

I tell you one thing, though.

What?

She didn't make
her brother George

sound like a killer.

No, neither did the waitress.

Anything going on there?

I don't think so.
Two lonely people.

So, what do we got?

A 19-year-old Jekyll and Hyde.

( slow, tense theme playing )

You're sure you
don't want an apple?

No, thank you.

But I would appreciate

having these ropes
loosened a little.

Please.

I can't feel my hands. Uh...

The circulation has stopped.

Yeah, well, it's not
gonna be much longer.

( sighs )

Bleeding.

George, she's bleeding.

Yeah, well, how about asking her

how many people
she's made bleed?

One way or another.

That help a little?

Yes, tha... Thank you.

George.

Tell me about your Uncle Alvin.

How did he hurt Sharon?

I didn't tell her.

MILLIE: He's right. He didn't.

It was something you said

about... people like me...

allowing a man like that
to take care of a little child.

Do you remember?

Yeah, it doesn't matter anymore.

It's never gonna happen again.

Do you think you're
raising her properly?

I'm raising her
because I love her.

Not because anyone's paying me.

That's all he cared
about, the money.

The money the
county's giving him.

How do you know that?

Oh, you're a judge.

You tell me, huh?

A 4-year-old girl
breaks a pair of glasses.

Crummy old pair of glasses.

By accident.

Is that something
you punish her for?

Is that something
you take her hand

and put it on a ironing board,
and press a hot iron on it?

That's it. That's
your Alvin Sparling.

That's what you want her
to go back to, right, judge?

Huh?

Uh, last time I seen 'em,

it was, uh, three years
ago this last June,

and not a day too long
to suit me, neither. Heh.

No phone calls,
no letters, nothing?

No, not a peep.
'Course you couldn't

expect little Sharon to write.

And the boys know
that the court said

they were no concern of ours.

You know, it'd sure be fine

getting that little
girl back again,

and give her a good
Christian upbringing. Heh.

Mr. Sparling...

do you think if we found
'em, they'd listen to you?

Talk 'em out from
where they are? Yes.

Well, you don't know George.

Let me show you
something. Heh-heh.

That's George.

Come at me with a broken
bottle, laid me wide open.

Sentence he had for an assault.

Is that a fight he had with you?

Took 37 stitches to close that.

I might've died.

Thank you, Mr. Sparling.

I think you told us
everything we need to know.

I-if you need to get in
touch with me for anything,

I'm sure this young lady
will know where I am. Heh.

Thank you, Miss Wilson.

Uh, guess we better
sign those hospital papers.

You know, it's gonna be so good

having that little girl
back with us again.

Bye.

What did it say in
George's psychiatric report?

Given to fits of violent rage?

I think maybe I understand why.

If you had seen
little Sharon's hand,

you'd really know why.

You think George attacked
him because Sparling did that?

I'll tell you what else I think.

I think there's a real criminal.

( sighs )

Well, we're out of time.

How do you wanna handle it?

Well, from here on, we take
a page out of Millie's book.

We work out a way
to save those kids.

You're not sending him
on an errand like this.

Just do what I told you.

Won't be any problems.

You know why he went, George?

Because he loves you.

You're not only brother,

you're father, mother,
the whole world to him.

You're sure putting
his love to an awful test.

Look, they aren't gonna be
so fast to jump on him. Heh.

They know it's me
that's hanging on to you.

( mysterious theme playing )

( streetcar clanging )

( tense theme playing )

( brakes screech )

( truck engine starts )

( brakes screech )

Okay, give me that talkie.

Steve. Have you got him?

We're right on his tail.

You called it right
too. He's heading west.

( tense theme playing )

He's in Golden Gate now.

Turning off towards
the Great Highway.

Don't get too close.

KELLER ( on radio ): I
know. We're staying back.

Mike, he just stopped
at the old windmill.

Repeat, the old windmill.

They must be inside.

Steve, circle away.

Wants you to circle away.

Inspectors 81 to headquarters.

MAN ( on radio ): Go ahead, 81.

Request backup units,
proceed to the windmill.

Off the Great Highway.

Roger, 81.

JACK: George!

George! George,
she wasn't there!

They were waiting
for me, George.

Quiet!

( breathing heavily )

They followed you!

No, I checked. There
weren't any cars.

Shh. Listen.

( helicopter whirring )

( panicky breathing )

GEORGE: It's a chopper.

They followed you in a chopper!

George, I'm sorry.
I-I'm sorry, George.

Oh, it's not your fault. I
shouldn't have sent you.

You shouldn't have done
a lot of things, George.

I think I can understand
now, and maybe I can help.

You shut up.

You don't know anything.

I told 'em what would happen
if I didn't get Sharon back.

I guess they just don't
care about you, lady.

They care. But they
care about Sharon too.

Yeah, well, she's
not their concern!

Yes, she is! That's
the point, George.

Can't you see that?

GEORGE: All I see is lies.

Lies and tricks.
They made us a deal!

No, they didn't. They couldn't.
We can't trade in human lives.

That's not the
way the law works.

The law? Whose law? Yours?

Alvin Sparling's?

I hate the law.

( helicopter whirring )

Get me a bullhorn.

All right, now,
everybody stand fast.

That's the only door out,

and I want those
kids to walk out,

not be carried out.

Mike, the kid's up on
two charges already,

murder and kidnapping.

You can't talk him out of there.

Harlan... with Millie in there,

odds are that I'm not the
only one doing the talking.

Between the two of us,
we might get through.

George.

George Morgan, can you hear me?

George. That's a friend of mine.

His name is Mike Stone.

That's the one I
talked to on the phone.

And he crossed us.

This is Lieutenant
Stone, George.

George!

Mike, for God's sake,

you have to get
some men in there.

Steve.

Yeah, Mike.

Buzz the backside.

Get his attention
away from the door.

KELLER ( on radio ): Gotcha.

( helicopter whirring )

George, that gun
can't help you, but I can.

Give yourself up,
and I'll make sure

that Sharon never goes
back to the Sparlings.

George, please! Listen to her!

Nah, it's just talk!

MILLIE: No. It's not
talk. It's my word.

George, you'll
have to serve time,

but it won't be forever.

And I'll make sure

that Jack and
Sharon stay together.

( mysterious theme playing )

You gotta trust somebody
someday, George.

And you couldn't have
picked a better person.

( whimpers )

Come on, George.

Drop it on the box.

Drop it, George.

( sobbing )

( whimpering )

You okay, Millie?

I'm fine.

( sobbing )

How is Sharon?

She's waiting to see you.

I'm sure glad she's
gonna get the chance.

( tranquil theme playing )

( tranquil theme playing )

MILLIE: Oh, darling.

Harlan... I know.
Cancel the Orient.

Uh, excuse me, uh,
this isn't from me.

( chuckles ) Thank you.

You know, I just get you back,
and I'm gonna lose you again.

I promised the children
I'd see them through this.

And I promised myself I'd
see that Sparling character

brought up on charges.

Oh, what about the promise
you made to me once

about taking some time off?

Just as soon as I see
the children through this.

Just these children.

Harlan. You know, I think
I know just the people.

The Teverlys. Remember them?

They're going to Alaska.
They're such good people.

They've been trying
to adopt for years.

They almost gave up.

And I think that if I pull
just the right strings,

I can swing this so
that Jack and Sharon

can be with them.

It's amazing what a
little time in a windmill

can do for you, isn't it?

( car door closes ) Yeah.

Yeah, but she's been
fighting 'em all her life.

( sighs )

( funky jazz theme playing )