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Hey, look at you. You're all grown up, aren't you?

You're really going to be home now?

For good?

You bet I am.

We're going to make it a real home, too, just for us.

Oh, Dad.

Hey, aren't you supposed to be in school?

Chief Farris, I said I could take the day off.

I've been waiting a long time. Let's get started.

Sure. Here he is.

You let him out almost right on time.

He probably had to wait it all.

Hey, Coy. Good to see you. Good to see you. How are you? It's good to have you

back. Nice to be back. I told him about the new apartment too.

No more farce to hold for me. Oh, I thought they were pretty nice people.

Well, they are, but... Oh, you know what I mean. Chief.

I don't know how to thank you.

Don't try, Gordy.

Hey, uh, you're looking pretty good.

How can I look bad? I get a couple of dollars and a cardboard suit.

Hey, let's have lunch. What Sonny calls a celebration spread.

Sonny, you're at the end. Gordy, find me.

Mark.

Well, you finally got a haircut.

A little one.

For six months I've been trying to get him to get his hair cut. All I hear is

the word style.

Well, you don't want me to look funny in school, do you? You look pretty great

to me.

Hey, where's mine?

If you behave, ginger ale.

Oh, you just wait a couple more years, that's all.

Ma 'am, will I take you on then?

Oh, a pleasure.

New life.

New happiness.

Home Gordie Brokaw.

Appreciate it.

We're going to have a problem.

Why?

I'm not going to be working alone anyway. They hired me as an assistant.

So? Maybe we can pick up some extra cash for him, too.

Think he'll go alone?

I don't know him. He's an ex -con.

He shouldn't mind picking up some extra cash.

That's great.

You might want to be careful. He's out on parole.

Will happen.

Well, we did it again.

I guess we did.

Truth is, you did it again.

I'm not carefully going to make you boss blaster instead of me.

You really know how to place that stuff.

Yeah, fellow.

Army training, I guess. It's all coming back to me.

You're okay, broker.

Tell you the truth, I didn't know what to expect when they said you were coming

on the job.

Why is that? You mean because I've done time?

Yeah.

You know, guys do time for a lot of reasons.

For all I know, he might be a desperate criminal.

Right, it could be.

What were you in for?

A mistake.

Well, some guys say it's a mistake when they break the law.

Other guys say it's a mistake when they get caught.

Well, I, uh... I gave myself up.

Listen, if you're afraid I might do something, forget it, will you?

I mean, I'm staying clean. I don't even overpower him.

He's not going to go on the take. I can tell you that right now. Did you ask

him?

I didn't have to.

The guy's so glad to be out, he's not about to take a chance on being sent

Isn't there some way we can work around him? No chance.

He knows how many sticks we use.

Tally didn't match, he'd know it.

If you're the boss, tell him you keep the tally yourself and it's none of his

business. Oh, that'd be phony. He'd know there was something fishy going on

right away.

I'm afraid you guys are going to have to get your stuff someplace else from now

on. You try to buy it nowadays, they ask what it's for.

Besides, we like doing business with you. You never ask what it's for.

I read the papers, I can guess. But you don't really want to know, do you?

That way you can take your money without troubling your middle -class

conscience. Isn't that it?

Oh, lay off, Mel.

I'm just curious. Isn't that right?

As long as nobody gets hurt, I figure wrecking buildings, that's the insurance

company's problem.

That's right. It's always somebody else's problem.

Here.

Tell me everything you know about this Brokaw guy.

Everything.

Well, they pay me a few extra dollars for what they call high -risk work,

My boss is letting me do more and more all along, so I'm not so rusty yet. It's

really... It's a pretty good job.

Might work out to be quite a career for you. Yeah, it's a sense construction

work isn't gonna stop.

How about a refill?

Sure.

You have any trouble?

You mean about being a con?

No, I think they all probably know about it, but nobody brings it up.

Except my...

This guy I work with, he mentioned it, but I think it's just curiosity.

Although I've got to say, nobody's asked me to their home yet, or even to have a

beer after work.

Give it time, it'll come.

Who's ready for seconds?

How much did you have while you were over there?

I'll have to taste it to see if it's all right, do I?

You're broke off.

That's right.

I'd like to talk to you.

Listen, if you're a union representative, I've already joined up.

No, no.

No union.

Huh? What can I do for you?

I could use some of the stuff you got here.

I don't get it.

Dynamite.

I could use a few cases.

Are you with the company?

No.

You know, there's outlets all over town. You just go in and buy it.

Yeah, well, I want three cases from here.

You make the tally sheet.

What?

Nobody gets on.

Just add three or four sticks on the sheet for each of your own blast.

Pretty soon, you're all caught up.

You'll make good money out of it.

Now, you listen, punk.

You got the wrong guy for that. You better beat it.

I'll get in touch with you again.

Change your mind. Let me know.

I won't be changing my mind, buddy. You can save yourself the time. Sure you

will.

Hello, Brokaw?

Hang on a minute.

Say hello. It's your old man.

Hello, Dad?

Sonny, you're supposed to be home by now. Where are you?

I don't know where I am, Dad.

Some guy over at the playground told me you were hurt, so I went with him.

They won't let me go.

Sonny, are you all right?

Has anybody...

Has anybody hurt you?

No, Dad. I'm all right.

They just won't let me go.

Hello, Brokaw.

This is the guy. What are you doing? What are you doing with my son?

Take it easy, Brokaw. How can I explain if you're going to yell?

What does he mean that you won't let him go?

He's yelling. How can I talk to him?

Hello, you through yelling now?

All right, listen.

What's this all about?

Well, see how easy?

Now, I want that stuff we talked about this afternoon.

I was pretty sure you'd change your mind.

All right.

Now, listen, you punk.

You hurt that boy, and I'll kill you.

Sure, sure. Now, let's talk dynamite.

Three cases.

You deliver, you get the boy.

That's a couple of them.

All right.

All right, make me at the storage shed. You got it. I'll give it to you.

Oh, no, no.

You see, you'd have every cop in the neighborhood there.

Now, you go get it. Then you bring it to the phone booth on the southeast corner

of Marengo and Court.

And you just wait for a call. Okay?

Okay.

Tonight, now.

Listen, I want my boy back.

Sure. Now, we'll call you about 11.

Bro call.

Don't tell the cops.

We really don't want to hurt your kid.

You did the right thing by coming here, and I promise you we won't do anything

to jeopardize Sonny.

Yeah, well, I'll tell you something.

I didn't know whether I should or not at first.

What about the car he drove? Did you notice what kind it was?

No, I don't know. It was a hardtop something. It was a... I don't know.

What do they need three cases of dynamite for? A lot's been going on

were away.

With dynamite?

Explosions, arson.

I used to listen to the newscast of it. I didn't believe it.

Chief, tell me something.

Why did they choose me? Because I'm an ex -con?

I mean, did they think I'd be a soft touch?

I mean, that's finished. That's all over. Don't they understand that?

Apparently not.

Now, your boss, does he always knock off before you do?

Do you always put everything away in the shed by yourself?

Uh, no. He usually... He helped me most of the time. Why?

Most of the time?

All the time. Till today. Today was... Do you think that he knew I

was going to be approached?

Maybe. It's strange that they would come to you instead of him.

Now, you told me the other men were friendly, but not close.

How many people in the job knew about Sonny?

I guess... I know some of the guys. I probably bragged about him. Did they

that he spent his afternoons at the playground?

No, I doubt it.

Except Franklin.

Franklin who?

My boss, Franklin.

The guy's calling Ben. His name is, uh... His name is Jay or Jason,

Anyway, one day I did... I said, I'm gonna go pick my son up at the park.

Any idea where he lives?

No, he never mentioned.

All right, Ed.

Take Gordy down to headquarters.

See if you can pick out your boss.

Man the man you talked to this afternoon.

He didn't look like a con, Chief. I don't think he'll be in the book.

But look anyway, just in case.

What if he's not there? What then?

Then you hand the dynamite over.

We get Sonny back.

Come on, man.

Just ride with it. You'll be all right.

Maybe someday he'll realize we're doing this for him.

You and millions of kids your age.

We're going to make you a new kind of world, Sonny.

That's right, kid.

What do you think of that?

Tough little kid, aren't you?

I'm not afraid of you.

Bring your burger, kid. We'll finish it in the other room.

Evening.

How's everything tonight?

Fine.

Did you see Broker?

Mm -hmm.

I was right, wasn't I?

He didn't want any part of it.

You were right.

He didn't want any part of it.

First.

What do you mean, first?

He came around after a while.

I'm getting his stuff tomorrow.

No kidding. How'd you work it?

We got his kid.

The one you told us about.

He's in there.

You mean... You kidnapped

him? We borrowed him for trading purposes.

You must be crazy all of you.

You can't get away with that.

We already have.

Have a french fry.

What about me?

They're going to wonder how you knew about the kid. They're going to come

for me.

Probably. What kind of a deal is this?

Don't you guys care what happens to anybody?

We care very much, Mr. Franklin.

Well, you've got a funny way of showing it.

Well, you have to look at the long deal. Thank you, Brad.

Mr. Franklin doesn't understand.

I understand one thing. I'm getting out of here.

Sugar? Thanks.

Has he had contact yet?

All right, switch me to Ed.

Line tap says Gordy hasn't been called yet.

They're probably cruising the area to make sure he's alone.

Ed, what do we have on Jason Franklin?

We've apparently just missed him. He pulled out, locked, stuck in suitcase.

Put out an APB. You have his description. Get his car plate and

you can.

Brokaw? How's my boy?

We're taking good care of him. You got the stuff?

Yes, I got it.

Good.

Now stay on Cross County Highway till Fordham Road, then head north.

You'll be flagged down.

All right.

Brokaw, don't make any stops on the way, huh?

We'll know, because you'll be followed.

Listen, I just want my boy back.

Sure you do.

Fordham from Crouse County. Keep them in sight, but don't close in until we know

we have the boy.

Let's go on easy.

Where's my son?

You think I'd be crazy enough to bring him with me?

He'd take me apart once you got him back.

I'll tell you where he is.

When we're loaded.

Now, where's my son?

I wrote the address on here.

You go there.

You'll find him.

The transfer was made. They're following you to safety.

No closing in until we know about that.

Don't close in until notified.

All right, let's go ahead.

Here's where it's supposed to be.

342 West Parkway and I follow.

He's alive. He's not here. Just take it easy, Gordy. I should have beaten him

when I had the chance. I could have beaten the truth out of him.

It may be costing his life.

Here.

After that, Gordy.

Don't go down. We're with you.

Hello? We figured you'd go to the police.

So we're going to have to keep him just a little longer. All right. When do I

get him back?

After 11 o 'clock tomorrow night.

How will I know where to find him?

We'll tell you.

We don't like to hurt people unless it's absolutely necessary.

You understand that, don't you?

Tell me where he is tomorrow night.

After 11.

This is Chief Ironside. I want Police Communications Center.

Ironside here. Connect me with Mobile 702.

This is Ironside. What part of town are you in?

You did what?

They lost the suspect car.

Exactly how many people would you say live next door?

Oh, there were two young men and a girl.

But I don't think they really lived there.

Do you know who owned the house they rented?

Yeah, I know the guy. Could you call him, ask him who his tenants were?

At this hour?

It's important.

He'll kill me, but okay.

Thank you.

There was this truck they had parked out front a lot. I noticed it from across

the street.

What kind of truck? Large? Small?

I, uh, I think it's called a pickup truck. Kind of small.

You know what make? What color?

It was green and not very new.

The lady next door said there were three of them. Two young men and a girl. She

couldn't give much of a description.

I never looked at the license plate.

I don't even remember my own.

Owner of the house says he rented it to a Ned Harrison, fellow about 25.

No lease.

First and last month paid in advance. They've been here three months.

She doesn't make a hair.

Ain't tough, Gordy. We're moving.

I'm right in my hands now. Let him go. You couldn't play it any other way. Oh,

yes, I could have.

I just got the word they picked up Franklin on Highway 7. They're bringing

Hey, Gordy. I don't know what you're talking about.

Where? They're talking about kidnapping.

Now, sit down, Mr. Franklin.

Eve, bring your pad.

We want a statement from you, Mr. Franklin.

Never mind the statement. What did you do with Sonny?

I swear, Gordy, I don't know anything about your kid.

We think you do.

We've already looked over your tally sheets. Gordy says there are always

or four more sticks than needed on every blast. How long have you been

bootlegging it to those people? That's a lie.

I always used a little more.

That wasn't as good a blaster as Gordy. The charges against you so far include

theft of your company's property. We'll add sale of stolen goods.

Now tell us what you know or we'll add accessory to a couple of bombings and a

kidnapping. I don't know anything about bombings. I just sold a few sticks. I

never knew what they were going to do with them.

Who?

Them. I want their names.

I don't even know if they gave me their right names.

Ned Harrison, uh, he did the buying.

There's no sheet on him, and he's not on any list anywhere. Try another.

Mel... Melter something.

And it was this girl, Nina Loring.

Where are they?

Why, I told them they were crazy.

I told them.

Three, four, two... We've been there. They're gone. Where did they go?

I don't know.

Give me a break, will you?

I'll help. I'll tell you everything I know. You give me a break.

They told me about the kid.

But after.

After.

They didn't tell me what they were planning.

So I'm sorry, Gordy.

Just started out to make a few extra bucks. I didn't see the harm.

You do now.

Where are they, Franklin?

Where have they got my kid?

If I knew, I'd tell you.

We have a description on a pickup truck. Do you know it?

Ned drives it.

Green 63.

I'm not sure of the make.

License? It's, uh, P -25 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.

There's a place in the car used to pick up the dynamite checks with a car stolen

earlier today.

Any report from Highway Patrol on it?

Not yet.

See if you can find anything on him or Laura either.

It's probably as phony as Ned Harrison. We can't overlook it.

I've added the license number to the APB on the truck.

With half a break, it'll be spotted.

I don't like the other half.

Someplace in this town, there's a bomb factory in full production.

Pork is exhausted.

I could do with a little sleep myself.

Then drink more coffee.

I don't want any mistakes.

After New York, man, I double -check everything.

Well, then triple -check it.

Won't do us any good to blow ourselves up.

Hey, Nate, you want to make some more coffee?

In a minute.

Don't you think we ought to put him in the bedroom or something?

No. I want him where I can see him.

How come we can't ever get any of this? plastic explosive I keep reading about.

It'll be a lot better than all this jazz.

Well, in a war, brother, you use what you can get.

Well, I say we knock off now.

We don't blow the place till tomorrow night, so why push so hard?

I want all the stuff made and in the suitcase before we sleep.

You expecting trouble?

Always expect trouble.

That way you stay safe.

You ever do anything this big before?

No.

Well, I'm a little uptight.

We all are.

Yeah, but I keep seeing these mental moods, like in slow motion.

That place going up, the concrete walls bursting out, that special weatherproof

roof they have splattering red all over the block.

Look, will you do me a favor?

You want to spare us the late show and get back to work?

He's just wound tight. So am I.

but we have men checking out Lauren's family. There's about a dozen of them in

the book.

Keep on them.

Nothing on the stolen car yet.

They probably hid it somewhere.

Would you try to hit a target with a stolen car?

No, it's too easily spotted. They may try to pick up another one. Or somehow

disguise the one they have.

Well, machinery moves slowly sometimes, Gordy, but it moves.

Such a helpless feeling. It seems like there ought to be something I could do.

Chief, they've completed the hookup on line two.

Good. Gordy, you stay on line two in case they try to make another contact.

Hello? It's wide direct to your apartment.

Thank you.

Chief, they found the pickup truck.

It's on its way to the motor pool.

Ed.

Bandit in the 3200 block abroad. No prints. No one saw it left.

No one saw any wounds.

Got me.

You need to sample that gravel and tire cut and that tire dress.

You probably picked that up when you came out on the jab.

Take a good look.

Can you tell if it's the same?

No, wait a minute. This is...

This is smaller than the stuff we're using for road bank.

All right, check the streets and highways.

I want every location that's undergoing repairs.

Chief, there could be hundreds of locations. This city doesn't have enough

to make hundreds of repairs at the same time.

Check out the neighborhood.

Quietly. In case they're still around.

Move, son. Let me get you out of the glass.

I thought you were going to go away.

Are you all right, son?

Are you okay?

I'm all right, Dad.

Only I was scared.

Nothing more to be scared of, son.

Except three cases of dynamite loose in town.

Well, they had them bundled together like six or eight to a bundle.

You mean taped together to make a package?

Yeah, sort of.

Then when they finished a bundle, they put it into a suitcase.

Then they filled up the suitcase and put the rest of it into a box.

And you heard them talk?

A little.

Most of the time they put me in another room.

Tell me again what they said about the place they'd bomb.

Well, I told most of it.

Concrete walls and a red roof.

All right, Sonny.

We'll work on it.

You'd better get yourself something to eat.

Can I have some of your chili?

Yes, you can have some of my chili.

You too, Gordy.

So far, anything with a red roof doesn't have concrete walls and vice versa.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lauren have a daughter, Nina.

Let's talk to her. She hasn't been home for months and I don't know where she

is. All right, call them back.

Ask them if she has or had a car.

Ed, how many buildings have labs in them?

About 200.

Set that time careful, man.

Once we close the suitcase, we can't open it without it going up. Don't

That's it. The circuit's closed.

What if the clock stops?

It goes off on its own and opens.

You sure the rest of it's safe in the trunk?

No caps, no fuse.

We'll keep.

The car was registered to her father, but Nina drives it. I have the plate

number.

That APB on the stolen car.

Tell them it may have that number.

Of course, if she put her own place on it, it wouldn't be stopped.

No luck.

No red roof and concrete walls.

At least with a lab in it.

Sonny.

I want you to tell me that again.

Concrete walls and a red roof. No, I want the exact words.

Think hard, son. Try to remember exactly what they said. Exactly.

After they said, blow that lab and tomorrow night... That's tonight.

One guy they called Mel had this movie going on in his head about concrete

busting and a special roof.

Weatherproof, he said.

Splattering red all over the block.

All labs would have a special weatherproof roof for temperature

And he didn't say red roof. He said it would splatter red.

Find out if any of the labs of the buildings have red ceilings.

The university says the red paint is a special mixture of material resistant to

radioactivity. Bright red so everyone knows it's there. How many labs?

Six that they know of.

Eve, Mark, get the numbers from Ed. Use all the phones.

How could you be so dumb?

He said he was a detective checking a prowler's report.

Who was I to know?

That's right, friend.

How are you to know?

Now, we really don't want to hurt anybody.

So, cooperate.

Now, which of the keys fits the lab?

None of them.

That one's locked in a safe.

Look, I said cooperate.

I'm not kidding.

That key there, the one marked 32, that's as close as we can get to the

It's a hallway outside it.

Okay.

That'll do.

What's in there?

Yes. You're going to let us out of here, aren't you?

I mean, we'll get killed if you don't.

You heard the man.

He said cooperate.

No answer.

Forget who the watchman listed, that's got to be the one. Let's go.

You can just wait. Yeah, go ahead and come along.

You stay there.

Okay, gentlemen, put your hands down.

I'm going to walk natural to the car.

Hold up.

All units are alerted. Do you want to talk to them?

How much damage will it make if we don't stop them in time?

It depends on position.

Corridors, a lot of things.

That much dynamite's got to take a lot with it.

Hindsight. As soon as units are on station, start evacuating the

Two block radius.

We'll hear it from here.

Locked down.

What about us?

We'll drop you before we go.

We really don't want to hurt anybody.

We just want to rock the power of it. That's all.

You'll tell your grandchildren about this.

Clear your vehicles out of here. Only bomb squad stays.

All others clear out.

Execute immediately.

This is Brown. Where's the bomb squad?

Well, tell them to move.

On the way.

Tony, I have 11.

They said 11?

Yeah.

It could take 10 minutes to look for it and still be safe.

If their clock is right.

We have a 10 -minute safety factor.

Now. This is an order.

At ten of eleven, everybody clear out of the building.

And keep going.

Yes, I really will.

Good to see you, Dad.

It's locked tight. They couldn't have opened it either.

Check the ventilator.

It's here.

All right, hand it down.

Wait a minute.

I think it's the booby traps.

Plaster, saddle.

That's what he's tampered with.

10 minutes to 11.

We just don't have time to fool around with it. Let's go.

It's locked.

Well, it only came in. No, no, it's already cracked open.

What about the chief and Gordian? They're probably using another agency.

go.

How would they have set up the booby trap?

Well, the easiest way would be to have a wire attached to the latch that would

pull it when it flies open.

You can do that from the outside of the case. What other way? No, no, a circuit.

The tongue of the latch would be completing a circuit. You break the

boom, that's it.

Does the tongue of the latch have any play in it?

Maybe an eighth of an inch, no more.

All right.

Look inside the notch.

Easy.

Easy.

Yeah, yeah.

That's as far as I'll go.

I see it.

Two wires.

One on each side of the tongue.

I just had a... I had something to keep that contact on.

It might be able to open this thing.

Will that work?

That's all I got. It'll have to work.

You open that latch as slow as you can. I'll try to slip this all under there

and keep the contact on.

Remember, you won't get a second chance.

Not to me.

This is...

as far as it'll go.

It's up. It's far enough.

All right.

Keep that circuit closed.

Hold it.

You got it? Yeah.

Countdown time.

Get out

of the car.

All of you.

How'd you find us?

Your girlfriend left her number.

Well, we could see it.

You're too late now, anyway.

Five, four, three, two, one,

and...

It's

gotta be.

It's gotta be!

I'm sorry, but... I've not been able to get to you, Chief.

You can't walk through locked doors.

He's just watching a scary movie.

I think we know how you feel.

Especially at bedtime, huh?

Yeah. I better get him home. Say goodnight to the chief.

Goodnight, chief. Goodnight, son.

Goodnight, chief.

Good night.

Out of corridors.

Goodnight. Bye.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm about ready for a nice, peaceful

forgery caper.

How subtle for double the parking.

In short, Chief, you've got to stop doing things like that.

Gladly.

But it's nice to know you were so concerned.

We sure were.

Do you realize you had our front door key with you?