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You want me to send you to Australia?

Have you never heard of a good old Australian welcome?

You found her, huh?

All just out trying to dig up something solid.

I'm gonna go take a shower. Care to join me?

Well, his car was blown up with him in it about five years ago, supposedly.

I don't deal with gangsters.

Stella, cut to the chase, please.

Let's all sit back, relax and wait for the police.

Flight 716 for Auckland now boarding gate 36.

Flight 716 for Auckland now boarding gate 36.

I got here too late. The suitcase is on the bloody plane.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I got my passport with me.

Okay.

Okay, look, no worries, mate.

I'm going to have to go.

Listen, you got any space on the Los Angeles flight?

It leaves in 15 minutes, though.

I know when it bloody leaves, but I wanted the ticket on it.

I have space available. Do you have your passport with you?

Yes.

Do you have any luggage?

Nothing. Bloody hell, they look like love.

Ladies and gentlemen, Transglobal Airlines, flight 604, originating in

Australia, is now beginning its final approach into Los Angeles International

Airport. Please meet arriving passengers at gate 26, international arrivals.

How'd you happen to come over and find her?

Well, I knew Alice was back because she picked up her newspapers and things.

So I came over to hear about her trip, and there she was.

What do you got, Barney?

She's got bruises on the inner side of her forearm, like somebody grabbed her

and shook her before she was strangled.

Her jewelry and her cash are untouched, but her purse and luggage has been

searched.

She got here this morning from Sydney, Australia.

What about it, McCall? You got any ideas?

Want a brilliant deduction?

Someone was looking for something.

Maybe drugs?

From Australia?

No, this does not look like the residence of a drug trafficker.

We've got at least two prints that don't match hers, and they're fresh.

His name is Alan Travers, Caucasian male, 38 years old, current resident,

Paddington, New South Wales in Australia.

Three arrests, burglary, no convictions. One arrest, assault and burglary, no

conviction. This guy had a pretty good attorney.

I think that Alice McGonigal must have brought something pretty important into

Los Angeles.

I'll bet you three to one, the killer is out of the country.

All right, I'll bet you lunch, because I think the answer's here.

Yeah, well, we're about to find out.

Travers split.

He spent a grand total of three hours in our fair land and headed back to

Sydney. He owed me three very large lunches.

So, he's an Australian problem now.

Well, the murder occurred here, Ambrose. It's our problem.

The Aussie police will pick him up. The D .A. will extradite him, which means

that you two are available for the next case up.

I'd like one of my lunches now, please.

Excuse me.

I was told to speak with Detective Hunter.

That's me, Annie.

The woman who was killed?

Alice McGonagall?

She was my grandmother.

I'm Celia.

Celia McGonagall.

Celia, how are you, honey? This is Sergeant McCall.

This came in the mail this morning, addressed to me from Sydney, Australia.

From the handwriting, I know my grandmother sent it.

Well, was anything with it, like a note or a letter?

And she always wrote me long letters whenever she went on vacation.

It's not like her at all to just send something.

Of course, you know what we have here, don't you? A MacGuffin.

Well, that's not Travers. Travers is blonde.

Do you have a magnifying glass?

What, do you see something?

That's a telegram.

Stella Graham?

You mean the one that wore dresses cut up to her armpits and drove the red

Porsche? That was Phyllis.

Stella was way before your time.

She's been missing for the last three years.

We had a dinner engagement about three years ago, and she never showed up.

And? Well, nothing illegal. She just disappeared.

So as far as you knew, she was dead. Yep.

Well, tell me this.

Um...

Were you in love with her?

No, I was not in love with her.

And she was not in love with me.

But we did have a lot of fun.

The Board of Supervisors wants to know the gas mileage every time an officer

travels to Santa Monica.

And you want me to send you to Australia.

Charlie, the Board of Supervisors would also like to have this murder case

solved. Now, to make matters worse, Alice McGonagall, she worked for the Los

Angeles Times.

The Los Angeles Times would also like to have this murder case solved.

The Times, huh?

What'd she do there?

She worked in the morgue. She worked in the department that clips out the

articles and the stories about VIPs.

She worked there for 30 years, and they are very upset.

There is no way you're going to identify this guy from this photograph.

And this woman looks like she just happened to be there.

Captain, it's obvious. Alice McGonigal recognized him, and she snapped his

picture. Now, he sent someone to get the picture back and to...

Take care of her.

But he came back empty -handed because she sent the film back here to her

granddaughter. So what?

The Australian police can put this thing to bed better and faster than we can.

It's their territory.

Charlie, it's not their case.

Sergeant Hunter, your overseas call has come in on line 63.

Thank you.

Hello.

When did that happen?

Yes.

Tell him thank you.

Thank you very much.

Those are Sydney police.

They found Alan Travers.

Dead as a doornail.

I can't send the both of you.

If you want to go, you got to go alone.

It's all right. I can hold down things here.

We can shop.

McCall, it's not going to help to blow this up any larger.

The ring is just going to get bigger and fuzzier, not clearer.

You know, I don't understand this. We can put cameras on Mars and take nice,

clear pictures, but you can't do this?

The old lady used a typical $49 tourist camera.

The camera on Mars cost $20 million.

George, I need this. Come on, help me out.

Okay. Maybe they can help us over at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

They have a computer they use for space photos to enhance detail.

Great.

I knew you'd come through for me. Thanks.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Australia.

We will be landing at the Sydney airport in a few minutes.

Please fasten your seatbelt, put your seats in the upright position, and

extinguish your cigarettes.

Thank you for flying transglobal.

Flight 716 for Auckland, now boarding at gate 36.

Flight 716 for Auckland, now boarding at gate 36.

Thank you, Mr. Jan Maan, to be our nearest station area, please.

Mr. Jan Maan... Hunter?

I'm Desmond Evans with the New South Wales CIV.

Oh, great.

Want to give me your passport?

This is Russell Woodward, my friend. Russell, how are you?

Gee, I didn't expect a welcoming committee.

Have you never heard of a good old Australian welcome?

Come on, we'll take you to the hotel, get you checked in. Terrific, thanks.

Can I get you guys anything?

No, we've got to get going. But if there's anything you want, anything you

give us a call and we'll try and provide.

That's because we don't want you to get into any trouble that isn't necessary.

I appreciate that. There is one thing.

Have you ever seen this woman?

Her name is Stella Graham.

I reckon Desmond here knows every bird in Australia.

Don't you, Des?

Well, almost.

Pity I missed out on this one.

Do you think she's got something to do with Travers?

That bloke who got knocked off after he arrived here from Los Angeles?

That all depends on who that fellow is.

You'll notice Stella's in the shot.

Is this the picture Ash McGonagall took?

Yeah. Are you sure they're together, Matt?

No, I'm not sure. That's one of the things we've got to find out.

Is Stella Graham the name she'd be using here? I doubt it. She worked in a bank

in Los Angeles.

I think we should probably start with the banks here in Australia.

So we may be looking at a major expenditure in shoe leather on this one.

Looks good.

We go off duty in a bit, but we'll jump all over this thing first thing in the

morning. Yeah. Appreciate that very much. Did you guys find out who killed

Travis? No, we came up with him on that one, but we're still working on it.

Good.

Thank you very much.

Take care. Yeah. Thank you.

Good morning.

I've been going through Travis' file. You might like to start with his

girlfriend, Kate Scanlon.

The barmaid at the cross.

Very uncooperative.

If you talk to her, don't let her know you're a cop.

Because whoever killed her boyfriend's got a running scare.

I'll start there.

I'll need directions.

Oh, Hunter, if you're planning on using your gun, I'm going to have to authorize

it with the commissioner.

Okay. So until then... Thanks, mate.

I think you'll find it out about lunch.

Good day.

How are you doing?

Pretty good. How are you?

Yank, are you? Yep.

What will it be?

Beer.

New or old?

What do you mean, new or old?

New is light, old is dark.

You'd like some new. Give me a new one.

You down some clean air?

No, actually, I'm here on business. My company sells RPM systems for lathes.

Lathes? Yeah, thank you.

Funny. You look like an American cop.

Well, I'm not a cop.

Thanks for the compliment, but, uh... You see, my company makes voltage

-controlled RPM systems for lathes that work with servo feedback loops. Would

you like to hear about the loops?

I don't think so.

That's better.

G'day, Freddie.

Kind of the usual?

Another beer, Richard?

Yes, please.

You know, you remind me of a girl back in the States. She's very pretty.

Are you married?

Well, you might say I'm married.

this pub.

Well, perhaps I could take you to a better one.

The last thing I want to do when I get out of here is go to another pub. Thank

you. Well, maybe we could go out to a nice restaurant in Sydney.

Would you like that?

Why? Why not?

Okay.

My name's Kate.

And if you really mean it about tonight, you can pick me up at 10 .30. Good. 10

.30 it is. Write down your address for me.

Here's a bloke who believes in being on time. How are you?

I'm running a bit behind myself.

Pull up a pew.

Turn around.

Nice and easy, eh? Put your hands on top of your head.

Look, I just came for dinner.

Look, you guys are making a very, very large mistake. All I really want to do

get a good meal.

Where's the photograph?

What photograph?

The snapshot, the one the old lady took.

You've got it, and we want it.

You want to give that to me, or I'll blow your kidneys out.

It's in my breast pocket.

Don't move, mate. She'll shoot you.

Easy, Kate, now.

I don't know what's going on here, but just give me the gun.

You gonna shoot me?

Kate!

Good. I'll run a check on it, see what I come up with.

Oh.

Commissioner okayed it. Terrific, thanks.

You know, you're right about Kate Scanlon. She's a scared girl.

I called Kate Scanlon's boss.

He said she called in and said she was quitting, not to send her final paycheck

because she didn't have a forwarding address.

Well, whoever was to send those guys after me...

wants to make sure he's not recognizable in that photograph.

You know, this bloke must be pretty important.

Probably an American if the old American lady recognized him.

That's the way I look at it.

How about Stella Graff?

No, nothing on her yet. Not through the wonder of trying, either.

Thanks for this.

Yeah, I know who this is.

Can we get together?

Where? The bedroom of suite 1506 at the Hotel Royale.

So do you.

Now, where's that bedroom?

The police are showing a picture of me at the banks here in Sydney. The name

they have is Telegram, and the picture's one you took of me at Mammoth Mountain.

Why?

What happened?

Or did you just start missing me like I've been missing you?

Stella, if you'd had the decency to send me a postcard and tell me why you

disappeared three years ago, you could have saved the taxpayers of Los Angeles

an awful lot of money.

I couldn't. Why?

If you want to know why I disappeared, as you put it, you're going to have to

screw up a little interest in the international money market.

Stella, what name are you using here in Australia?

Lauder. Ann Lauder. L -A -U -T -E -R.

Let's say a man wants to buy an electronic system from the United

At the official exchange rate, the cost of the system is a million dollars. He

gets in touch with a specialist who knows how to bypass the official rate

get it for him at a savings of, say, $100 ,000.

There are a lot of those specialists around, and I'm one of them.

I was one in L .A. In fact, the job at the bank was just a helpful cover.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I wasn't doing anything illegal, but...

The people that I was dealing with, it's usually illegal at their end.

Stella, cut to the chase, please.

It's a risky business, and I got burned.

I was buying dollars with yen, and the transaction got delayed.

The value of the dollar went up, and I didn't have the spread.

How much money are we talking about?

I had to come up with a million American dollars, and I didn't have it.

It's a dangerous game, Rick, if you don't have a lot of capital, and I

I got in way over my head, and I had to hide, which is why I couldn't send you

that postcard.

So is that what you are now, here, as a specialist?

Yeah.

But I'm a lot more careful now, and it's all very legal.

Still angry?

I've been thinking about that for the last three years, Stella.

And what I've decided is you need a good spanking.

I hope you like your egg scrambled.

I like it anyway.

Bring him over.

Rick, how did you know I was in Australia?

Hey, hand me my jacket, honey.

Sit down.

Remember that photograph?

Yes, I do remember it.

It was only about eight or ten days ago.

Someone took a picture of a man and he threw his arm up and scared me nearly

half to death. And then I think he chased after whoever took the picture.

You weren't with the fellow in this photograph?

Certainly not. I was shopping alone.

Who is he?

In fact, where is he?

I cropped him out.

The man in this photograph is after this picture.

He wants to see if he's recognizable.

Who is he, Jimmy Hoffa?

You don't know?

No.

And you're not going to tell me either, are you?

Okay.

I'm going to go take a shower.

Hey, care to join me?

Hello, Sergeant.

I've got some real interesting news for you.

Did you notice that our mystery man, the guy that didn't want his picture taken,

was wearing a ring?

So? Well, I took the negative to the jet propulsion lab, and I had them enhance

it electronically, you know, like what they do with boulders on Mars. And I

the processed copy of this ring to the FBI.

They had a record on this thing.

You ready for this? It's the class ring of a parochial school in Trenton, New

Jersey. That's interesting.

It's just that this school had one famous graduate. The guy never took his

off. I mean, he was superstitious about it. He never took it off.

I give. Who was it?

Anthony Trenton Tony Paris.

Tony Paris?

Come on. He was blown up in a car five years ago.

I know that. As a matter of fact, he was blown to bits.

They identified the body by the ring and by his dental records.

The ring was claimed by his family, and the dentist died a couple of years

later. The FBI said the bombing saved Paris from a long prison term.

Very nice piece of police work, McCall.

Thank you.

I figure it could have been somebody else's body in the car.

Dental records could have been cooked, right?

So, what's your story?

Oh, just out trying to dig up something solid.

Where were you last night?

Don't tell me I got the time zones mixed up, either.

No, you didn't. Like I say, I was out trying to dig up something solid.

You found her, huh?

Goodbye. I'll call you later.

Hello.

Is this my gang friend?

You got a lot of guts calling me here, Kate.

How'd you find me?

Harry, the bloke with the popped face.

He told me who you are.

And I found your hotel by ringing a dozen of them.

I need to see you.

No, you don't. No, thank you. You already set me up once. I'm not going to

you a second chance at it.

Listen, I think I can do you a favor.

But I can't talk about it on the phone.

Yeah, well, you're gonna have to come here, then.

Okay.

I'll come over there. Wait.

Meet me outside the elevator on the second floor at 3 o 'clock.

I'll be there.

Hi. Hello.

I'll be as close to you as I can possibly get.

I got here early because I have to leave you again in exactly one hour. Oh, no.

Can we have dinner here tonight?

Certainly. Thank you.

6 .30? I know that's early.

But I want to go to bed early, too, before I get tired or sleepy or anything

like that.

Good thinking.

You know Tony Paris?

Well, I've heard of him, of course. The mobster, is that who you mean? That's

who I mean.

Why are you asking me this?

You don't think he's the man in the picture, do you? He's dead.

Well, his car was blown up with him in it about five years ago, supposedly.

Rick, I don't deal with gangsters.

The people I deal with aren't exactly members of elite clubs, but they don't

around blowing each other up.

Do you still think I know who that man was?

You're piecing this together very nicely.

Well, I don't.

And I never knew Tony Paris, either.

Let's eat.

I'm starving.

You're very pretty today.

Thanks.

Should I bother with one underneath the bed?

Okay, Kate.

What can I do for you?

I need some money.

$300.

It'll get me to Melbourne and I can stay there till all this is settled or

forgotten. I have a sister there. She's married. They won't find me there.

What are you worried about?

Harry blames me for not using that gun when I had the chance.

He came to the pub looking for me.

He thinks I did it on purpose to help you.

What do I get for my 300 bucks?

I'll tell you where you can find Harry.

You do want to know, don't you? Sure I do.

This is where he lives.

He won't be there now, but he will sometime after six or seven. What can

tell me about Alan Travers' business?

He never talked business to me.

I really, truly don't know who he worked for or what he was up to.

I really don't.

But he did know Harry.

Yeah.

They were mixed up together.

They'll get your money as soon as I find out you're not trying to set me up

again.

Look, Harry forced me to set you up.

I've got nowhere to go. I can't go back to my flat.

Okay, you can stay here.

Use the phone, order room service.

Oh, and, uh...

Have you ever heard of a fellow by the name of Tony Paris?

No. Who is he?

If the phone rings, don't answer it.

Excuse me.

Did Ann Lauder in room 1506 leave a message for me?

Rick Hunter.

That room is unoccupied.

The party in room 1506 wasn't Mrs.

Mary Clark, but she checked out at 1 p .m. Are you sure about that?

She checked out at 1 p .m. today, sir.

She checked in yesterday.

Excuse me, sir.

Can the gentleman on seat at table 12? Yeah, yeah. What, are you using the

table, sir?

Doesn't look like it. I'm very sorry.

If you'd like to sit there and wait, you certainly may.

Oh, well, the last time that happened, I was kept waiting for three years.

Excuse me. I'm sorry.

Hiya, Harry.

Put your hands on the wall. Move it!

Don't move, Harry.

I wouldn't want to have to shoot you.

In the chair. Come on.

Come on.

Sit down.

Now, Harry, I want you to listen to me very carefully.

I want you to tell me the name of the man that sent you to take that

away from me.

I don't know that bloke.

I mean, he came up to Oney and me at the pub of Kate Works.

Gave us the dough and told us what he wanted.

Didn't give us a name.

Harry, I want you to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to throw you out

that window.

Don't turn around. I want you to see where you're going.

See you, Harry.

What?

All I got was an address where I was supposed to send the picture.

I swear that's all I got.

Turn around.

Come on.

I don't have it.

Baranga Station, New Devon.

Northern Territory. Where the hell is this?

New Devon, it's in the outback.

I mean, you'll have to hire a four -wheeler to take you there.

What a plan if you're in such a bloody hurry.

Sit down.

Come on. All right, all right.

Now, you gave me an address.

Now I want a name.

Or so help me, I'm going to blow out your kidneys.

I swear, I don't know.

Go ahead and shoot me.

I don't know.

What are you doing, mate?

Give me the police.

I'll give you what you ask for, then you squeal to the cops.

Sit down here, Ray.

Yes,

ma 'am.

This is Sergeant Hunt.

I'm working with Evans and Woodward of your CIB. I've just made an arrest. I

need some assistance, please.

Yes, I'll hold. Look, mate, that address was Dinkum. Why don't you be a good

bloke and just let me slip away into the night?

Harry, I'm not going to tell you again.

Shut up and sit down.

Yes, ma 'am.

Good.

I'm at 410 Edmonton.

Yeah, room 312.

I will.

Thank you very much.

Hi, Oney. Get your hands up here. Move it!

Sit down on the couch, Harry.

Okay, Oney.

Get your hands up there.

Sit on the couch, Oney.

There. Let's all sit back, relax, and wait for the police.

Who is it?

It's me. Open up.

Very cute.

Covered more, too.

The phone only rang once.

Yeah. Evans, wake up. It's honey.

What's the bloody time?

2 .30 a .m.

This better be urgent.

It is. I just had two suspects arrested.

I don't want them talking to anybody for the next 24 hours. Second of all, and

most importantly, I need to talk to you at your office right now.

Okay, listen, give me an hour, and I'll see you there. I live on the South Bank.

You got it.

You leaving again?

Yeah, in 45 minutes.

45 minutes?

That's a long time.

Look, fellas, your own computer printout sheet shows that the Baranga station is

owned by Leon Burkett. I think Burkett is Tony Paris.

Now, before it gets too late, let's get the warrant, fly to the outback, and

serve the guy.

And how do we get the court to issue the warrant? What's the basis for it?

Two counts of murder, one attempt on my life.

Yeah, sure, I can get a warrant.

Supposing this Mr. Burkett turns out to be a fine, upstanding citizen.

You're gone, and me and my partner here are left looking like a pair of dills.

So when Burkett's on his station, his mates fly him, like putting a cat

the pigeons.

There's never any trouble, though.

Is this a working ranch, or is it just a place for Burkett to get away from the

city? I don't know, business.

Cattle, mostly.

But he's not fair dinkum country. I believe he's got a job in the city.

Seems awfully lonesome out here.

In the outback, Sergeant Hunter, a man can see further and see less than

anywhere in the world.

Privacy was invented here.

Does Burkett have an accent?

I've never met him, but they say he's Canadian.

That's what he said.

How far do we get to Burkett Station?

You've been on it for the last 20 minutes. The homestead's just over those

trees, and the chain grates are about two chain down the road.

Texans come here to learn humility.

So what's the plan, boys?

Well, it would help if one of us knew what he looked like.

I know what he looks like. In that case, all we do, we drive in, grab him, and

haul him off.

Problems are about to be solved.

You blokes are on private property.

G'day, Jack. I didn't know you were working out this far.

G'day, Constable.

You're Ferguson.

Yeah, what's the idea of the rifles?

Didn't know it was you, Constable, but this is private property.

When I have a warrant, no property's private.

I intend to serve it.

so you can put down those guns.

Mr. Burkett said to stop you. Yeah, he said to stop you and turn you back where

you come from.

If you do, you'll be breaking the law.

Not only that, but you'll be risking your lives.

I'm armed. I intend to come through.

Come on, there's star on us, Ferguson.

See that airplane?

It's coming in here to pick up Burkett. We need those rifles.

Hand out those rifles. Come on.

Don't be stupid, fellas. This has nothing to do with us.

Thank you.

Tony Paris, that's him.

I have here a warrant for the arrest of Tony Paris, also known as Leon Burkett.

You two will be held for questioning.

Into the Jeep, please.

I want a moment with her, please.

Go ahead.

Stella, what the hell are you doing? How'd you get mixed up with this jerk?

Rick, you're the only man I ever knew that I didn't use.

But money came first, and Tony Paris supplied my capital.

Two more years, and I would have had enough to quit.

Well, I don't know how deeply you're involved in this thing, but I have an

you're going to be able to write me those postcards.

Not too many, I hope.