All language subtitles for mannix_s03e24_war_of_nerves

Think Moonfire's ready, Miss Calder?

Well, if she isn't, she will be when the
fair opens.

Would you open the gate, please?

You bet.

Leave him in the bushes.

What should I do?

That's my daughter Lynn, Mr. Mannix.

That's Moonfire she's riding, a
Tennessee walking horse.

I gave it to her for her 18th birthday.

She's been crazy about horses since she
was a child.

This isn't like her, Mr. Mannix.

It isn't like her at all.

When did she first decide to enter
Moonfire in the horse show?

Last month.

She wired the Mission Hotel for
reservations.

It's their confirmation.

She left two days ago.

Tuesday morning, early.

It's a four -hour drive. She had
moonfire in the trailer.

Did she call you when she got there?

Yeah, about noon.

Said everything was fine and that she'd
call every day just before dinner.

Anything else?

Oh, just the usual daughterly things.

Well, there was one thing.

Well, there was one point where she
practically had to yell over the phone.

Why?

A bell was pealing. It was very loud.

A bell?

It was the noon bell from the mission.

She said she could see the tower from
her room.

And she said she'd phone again when she
got back from the writing stable.

But she didn't call you that evening.

No, that one phone call was the only
time I heard from her.

Mr. Calder.

I hate to say this, but I've got to.

You're a very wealthy man.

You can't rule out the possibility of
kidnapping.

I thought of that, Mr. Mannix.

But there's been no phone call, no note,
nothing.

Yeah, well, I guess you would have heard
from them by now.

You know...

You know, when Lynn didn't phone the
next day, I called the motel.

And the clerk who answered said she
wasn't registered.

That she'd never been there at all.

I argued with him, but he was positive.

Why didn't you call the police?

I did.

They sent a deputy both to the motel and
to the riding stables.

They said there was no sign that she'd
ever been to either place.

It's as though she never existed.

Mr. Mannix.

You find my daughter for me.

I'm terribly worried, and I love her
very much.

Clear full up.

I'm not after room, just some
information.

Such as?

Well, uh...

I'd like to talk to the man that was on
the desk Tuesday morning.

You're talking to him.

Can you tell me what time Miss Lynn
Calder checked in?

She didn't.

Is your name, uh... Ken Bailey?

That's right.

Is that your signature verifying her
reservation?

mean nothing.

Some show and some don't.

Well, she called her father from here
Tuesday about noon.

Like I said, she didn't show up.

One of your cottages called Santa Maria?

Yep.

Well, she told her father she was
staying there.

Which ain't so.

There's been a painter working in there
for a week and he's still there.

When you pay by the day, they take their
time.

Now, look.

Last month, Lynn Calder filed her entry
for the horse show at the county fair.

It was accepted.

She wired here for a reservation, and
she was accepted.

She arrived here Tuesday morning driving
a 1970 convertible with a trailer and a

horse. And she made a call to Los
Angeles at exactly noon.

Is that what she told her father?

That's right.

Yeah. Some kids don't tell their folks
anything.

Yeah.

And some people will tell anybody
anything.

Now, you listen to me, young fella.

I'll tell you exactly what I told her
father and that deputy.

No miss called or checked in here on
Tuesday or any other day, with or

horse. Now, you got that?

Yeah, I got that, Mr. Bailey.

Now, if I may impose further on your
good nature, can you tell me where the

nearest stable is?

Well, that'd be the hitching post about
a mile down the road.

If you're figured on boarding the horse,
they're full up, too.

Hi there.

Hi.

Hey, that's a beauty.

What's his name?

Name's Jingle. Real stepper. Yeah?

You think he could beat Moonfire?

Well, that depends on... Jed.

Yes, sir? You rub that horse down, hear
me?

Yes, sir.

You got a program of the fair I can look
at?

Any of it.

Yeah. Here.

Thank you.

Anything in particular you're looking
for?

Yeah, there it is. Tennessee walking
horse class.

Miss Lynn called her on moon fire.

So?

Well, I was just wondering if maybe she
kept her horse here.

What makes you think that?

Well, it happens to be the closest
stable to Mission Motel.

She ain't there either.

How do you know?

Because the deputy was here too, asking
for her.

And you haven't seen her?

No, sir, I haven't.

Now tell me, how do you suppose a horse,
a trailer, and a girl all vanish into

thin air?

Beats me.

Oh, is that a list of the occupied
stalls?

I thought you were all fooled up.

How come this one is blank?

The horse ain't in yet.

I don't keep track of every hay burner
they stick in the stalls. I just rent

space.

Well, now, you must charge for the
services, don't you?

I mean, you've got dates, names, things
like that.

What if I do?

Well, I was wondering if I might take a
look at them.

Nobody looks at my records.

Why, you got something to hide?

Mister, you're asking for trouble.

You're on my property, and I want you
off right now.

Sure. I was just leaving.

Yeah, thanks for the help.

There you are, sir.

My key, please.

Yes, Maddox. Have they cleaned up my
room yet?

Oh, sorry, but what with the fare and
everything, we're just swole.

In other words, the lipstick is still on
the bathroom glass.

I beg your pardon?

Never mind. Thanks.

Yeah?

Hello, Mr. Mannix.

You remember me.

Hitching post tables?

Yeah, I remember.

I couldn't talk to you.

Reasons.

I had an idea.

I got something to tell you.

What?

Not here.

Boss is due back any second.

Okay, where do I meet you?

The Mopano Ironworks.

It's about ten miles out of town, on the
north road.

You'll see the sign.

How soon?

Half an hour.

I'll be there.

Okay.

Did I do it right?

You did just right.

Mr. Maddox.

I'm over here, Mr. Maddox.

All right, now what is it you had to
tell me?

Well, I... Don't turn around, Maddox.

Your hands on the bars with your feet
spread apart.

Get out of town, Maddox.

Don't come back.

I've got a job to do first.

Your job is finished.

Thanks.

Yes, sir. May I help you, sir? My key,
please.

Are you registered here, sir?

In room 412.

412? The one with the lipstick on the
glass.

Let me check my register, please.

Uh -huh.

I thought so. 412 is occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. McKinney. They never miss the

fair. Made the reservation a year ago.

Now, look.

I don't care what your records say. I
checked in here early this morning, went

up to the room and called L .A.

And then I went out again.

Oh, you must be mistaken, sir. Now,
please, for heaven's sake, you're

our guests.

Now, you look.

I want you to turn around and give me
the key to room 412.

I'm sorry, sir. You are not registered
here. What's the trouble here?

This man claims he's registered here
when I told him he must be mistaken.

you saw for yourself what happened.

You got any identification?

Well, I was slugged and robbed less than
an hour ago. They took everything.

Oh, I see.

Did you report it?

No.

You mean you've got no money, no
identification, nothing to prove who you

You don't mind if I make a phone call?

Did they leave you a dime?

Now, look.

My name is Joe Mannix, and I've got a
car parked out at the curb. The owner's

registration slip is on a steering post.

Oh.

Well, you could have stolen it.

You could check.

I will.

Now, you come along easier, you're going
to make it harder on yourself.

Well, there's a law that says I'm
allowed one telephone call.

You show me the law, and I'll show you
the phone.

Nick? Go, Nick.

Your wife showed up to bail you out,
Nick.

No, it's fine.

Nick?

How'd you like to make 50 bucks?

Oh, sure.

I could buy a gun and shoot myself.

All you have to do is make one phone
call. Just one.

Where to?

Call my secretary.

I'll give you the number. Tell her where
I am and to come and get me out.

You got it?

Give me.

Oh, well, uh, I'll pay you the minute
I'm out.

You could be in jail for life.

Look, all you're investing in is one
phone call.

I'm not thinking of myself. A girl's
life depends on this. And I can't help

as long as I'm in jail. I've got to get
out.

Okay, what's the number?

That won't be necessary, Mr. Mannix.

Come with me.

Let's go, Mannix. Where to?

Just follow me.

No. This is as far as I go.

I've been slug robbed and my identity
has been wiped out. I want to know why.

You'll be told why.

Sheriff, if this man's hand touches that
phone, shoot him through the head.

Yes, sir.

Now, sit down.

We want you out of town, Mr. Mannix.

I got that impression.

I'm Mayor Lewis.

This is Mr. Hume, our leading banker.

And Mr. Crane is the president of our
Chamber of Commerce.

Now, look, Mayor, I'm a licensed
investigator.

I'm here on legitimate business.

We don't care why you're here. Just get
out of town.

And if I don't, you'll wish you had, I
promise you.

Now, simmer down, both of you.

Just do as we ask, Mr. Mannix, and
forget everything that's happened.

Gentlemen, I can think of a lot of
places I'd rather be than in your

little town.

But I took a job, and I don't intend to
drop it without a very good reason.

Believe it or not, Mr. Mannix, we're
trying to do you a favor.

Well, it seems I'm the only one here
that doesn't know what this is all

Mr. Mannix, if you don't leave, you'll
be risking the life of every man, woman,

and child in this town.

How?

Four days ago, an express freight train
was stopped just outside of town by five

armed men.

They overwhelmed the crew and made off
with some property of the United States

Army.

The following day,

I received this.

If you value the lives of the citizens
of your town, you will follow these

instructions to the letter.

One, you will not repeat not.

Notify any outside authorities.

Two, you will collect the sum of one
million dollars in unmarked bills.

Three, you will deliver this sum to us
after instructions to follow.

Warning. If you fail to follow any of
these directions, we will release the

contents of the canister at the moment
you officially open the fair.

What was in the canister?

The train was carrying a shipment of
highly classified toxic material,

known as nerve gas.

to an area where it would be harmlessly
disposed of in compliance to the recent

order of the president.

Now, I can't believe anyone would carry
through a threat like that.

They intend to, step by step.

You mean you've been in touch with them?

Every day.

They call, always at the same time,
three o 'clock sharp, and

turn the screw just a little tighter.

And you intend to pay them off.

Mr. Mannix, we all have families,
children.

And there'll be thousands of innocent
people coming to the fair. What do you

expect us to do?

What makes you think you'll get what you
pay for?

What makes you think they won't trigger
that gas anyway?

Why should they?

Because something like this will set off
the biggest manhunt in history.

And the best chance for a getaway is to
create a disaster.

To cover up their tracks with dead
bodies.

Believe me, Mr. Mannix, none of us has
slept since this happened.

We've gone over and over every
alternative.

The consensus is to pay.

Don't you see we have no choice?

Yes? I'll give him the message.

If you're not out of town in an hour,
they won't wait for the fare.

Oh, yes, Mr. Mannix.

Oh, and I'm checking out.

Now, that's a pretty neat trick,
considering I was never here.

gun just where it is.

You're here to escort me out of town.
Forget it. I'm on my way.

I don't like it, but I'm pulling out.

Okay?

There may be some doubt about your
leaving, Mannix.

Depends on the answers I get to a few
questions.

Just who are you?

Okay, so your name is Lenz and you're a
federal agent. Now, why the gun?

I want to know why you came here.

Why you were assaulted and thrown in
jail and why you're now being run out of

town.

Well, let's just say that it was a
misunderstanding.

You've also been consulting with the
mayor and the council behind locked and

guarded doors. Now, I want to know why.

Sorry.

I can't answer that.

Well, you think it over, Mannix.

No hurry.

I've got all the time in the world.

And if I need someone to spell me, I've
got plenty of help. Right here in this

hotel, as a matter of fact.

Now, look, I'd like to cooperate, but I
can't.

If you don't let me get out of town
right away, you may buy yourself a

problem than you were looking for.

I'll have to be the judge of that.

Now, why don't you call down to the desk
and tell them you've changed your mind

about leaving?

I gave the mayor my word.

I guess you're not going to give me a
choice, huh?

Okay.

I came here to find a missing girl. Her
name is Lynn Calder.

Father Carl Calder lives in Bel Air. You
can check that out.

That's why I'm here. The rest of it, the
hijacking and the nerve gas, was

strictly out of left field.

Hey, wait a minute.

How'd you find out about that?

Not one word of it's been released to
the public.

Let me sweeten that up for you.

That canister is being used to squeeze a
million dollars out of this town.

How?

Under threat of releasing that nerve gas
at the opening of the fair in less than

48 hours.

Are you telling me the truth?

That'd be mass slaughter.

Isn't there any defense against it?

Total evacuation of everyone within a
radius of 10 miles.

You better get started.

Nah, it'd never work.

An airport that can't even land at DC
-3.

Thousands of cars trying to pile out of
town on a single main highway. You know

what one flat tire would do, Mannix?

One vapor lock.

I've seen what happens to decent average
people when they start to panic.

You can't just stand by and let it
happen.

No, we're going to find that canister if
we have to tear this whole town apart.

Before the fair opens?

That would seem to be desirable.

Now, wait a minute.

We could blow this deal wide open.

This town promised not to call in any
outsiders. They even levered me out of

town.

What you do is your own business,
Mannix.

Now, give me room 212, please.

Our concern's with national security.

We don't make any deals on that.

Hello, Barney?

This is Lenz. We all meet in five
minutes.

Mr. Mannix?

All right, now what? I'm leaving town
like I promised.

May I see your driver's license, please?
What do you want? I'm following

instructions. Play along.

Act sore.

This is the only way I can talk to you
in case we're being watched.

And I think we are.

Mannix, I don't go along with pampering
criminals.

So? So that council didn't tell you
everything at that meeting.

Like what?

Like the hijackers are holding the
Calder girl.

I figured as much.

Anything else?

Yeah. You had a long -distance phone
call from Los Angeles.

Who was it?

I don't know.

Check with Operator 245. She said it was
an emergency.

Thanks. Don't mention it. And I mean
don't mention it.

Sign right there, please.

Hey, you threw the book at me.

Had to make it look real, didn't I?

Thank you, Mr. Mannix.

Operator, this is LAKG62114.

This is operator 245 in Los Angeles.

This is operator 245.

This is Joe Mannix. Do you have a phone
call for me?

Yes, sir. Mr. Carl Calder's been trying
to reach you.

Hold on, sir, and I'll connect you.

Mannix?

Yes, speaking.

I have wonderful news.

Well, I could use some.

Lynn is home.

What?

She's home.

Safe and sound.

That's all we ever wanted, wasn't it?

To get your daughter back home?

There's only one problem.

I don't believe it.

Mr. Mannix, it doesn't really matter
what you believe.

You mind if I talk to her?

I, uh... I don't want to wake her.

She's completely worn out.

No, you wouldn't have to wake her, Mr.
Carter.

I'd just like to see for myself that
she's all right. Would you mind showing

to her room?

I, uh... I couldn't do that.

Because she isn't upstairs, is she?

They got to you, didn't they, Mr.
Calder?

They put the squeeze on you to get me
out of their hair.

Mr. Calder, do you honestly believe that
you've bought back your daughter's life

by taking me off of the case? The men
you're dealing with have a million

riding on his caper. They won't give
your daughter a second thought.

All you've done is bought back a couple
of days.

Don't say that.

They can't afford to let her live to
identify them.

No.

Mr. Calder.

By taking me off of the case you've
played right into their hands.

Don't you realize what you've done?

You've signed your daughter's death
sentence.

I go back and kill a girl. And if I
don't, I'll never be able to live with

myself.

Well, there's always a chance the
federal agents will find the canister in

Well, either way, it's a mess.

Why?

Because if they do find the canister,
those hijackers will definitely cut and

run and leave a corpse behind.

Lynn Calder.

Smells like the coffee's ready.

Sit down. I'll get it.

Better stay off of that knee.

Football, it's your age.

It was touch football.

Toby and his friends.

There must be an angle.

I just haven't thought of it.

Mr. Max's office.

Collette?

From whom?

The operator says you have a call from
someone that threw the book at you. Does

that make sense?

Yeah, put him on.

We'll accept the call, operator.

Maddox.

Maddox?

I've got to talk fast. I'm due back at
headquarters.

Go on.

I thought you ought to know that some
hunters found the body of a man in the

woods. He's been dead three days.

Kicked in the head by a horse.

Go ahead.

A routine check turned up a criminal
record and the lead to the men he

worked with.

Do you have their names?

Yeah, the clincher.

We just got our instructions on how to
deliver the money.

And the payoff's tomorrow.

Early. That's it.

Thanks.

My bag's still packed?

I haven't touched it.

I think I just figured out a way to get
back in the case.

How?

By acting as a go -between for the
ransom money. All I have to do is sell

idea to three men who aren't buying
anything.

Say, how do you get up into that tower
up there?

Why? What have you got?

Well, we got an order to install a
couple speakers.

What for?

So the people can hear the mayor's
speech.

It's the first stairway on the left.

But I'll bet you it's the same speech
you made last year and the year before.

A million bucks.

Somehow you always think it'll make a
bigger pile.

Twenty of our leading citizens each made
out a check for $50 ,000.

Yes?

Put him on.

Yes?

Yes, we have the money right here.
Mannix will deliver it as agreed upon.

Is the Calder girl safe?

I see.

Yes, she'll be there at 11 o 'clock.

I am following orders to the letter.

What'd they say about the girl?

They'll let her go right after the
pickup and just before they leave town.

I hope they mean that.

I just hope we never regret allowing you
to act as our messenger.

Did you make all the arrangements?

Yeah, we're all set. The helicopter
pilots one of our own men.

And we've got this town covered. Every
approach and every exit.

I'm still not sure I like your plan.

It's too risky.

If anything were to go wrong... Do you
have a better plan, Your Honor?

Now, where do I go?

You better have a look at the map.

There's the spot.

Dawson's Meadow.

Howdy. Uh, you mind backing up a bit,
mister? You're right in our sight line.

Any place backed by that jeep would be
fine.

You fellas gonna be long?

Just as long as it takes to get the job
done.

Just act nice and natural.

That's a nice -looking piece of luggage.

He's clean.

That's good to count it.

I don't have to.

We've got the girl, remember?

This adds up to a million. She goes
free.

Maddox, I'll take those keys.

Relax.

Enjoy the scenery.

Calling Mannix.

Calling Mannix. You read me?

Mannix here. You see them?

Yeah, we've got them.

I'd stay high, but don't lose...

Attention all units. Subject approaching
warehouse with skylight roof.

Repeat. Subject approaching warehouse
with skylight roof.

I gotta hand it to you.

You come off okay.

I told you there'd be a few problems,
but everything's gonna work out okay.

All we gotta do is not attract any
attention to ourselves, get out of town

and quiet, and nobody will know the
difference.

What about her?

I say we leave her.

I say you let me take care of it.

Why don't you wait out in the car?

I'll take care of her.

What for?

We got it made. Why buy more heat?

Look, she open up her mouth and that
million dollars will pave your way right

the gas chamber and his and mine and
every one of us. What is she going to

her mouth about? She's going to say
there were four guys.

Who are the four guys?

She never saw them before. She's never
going to see them again.

You think she can forget a mug like that
and this and this? Are you kidding me?

So what? By that time, we're out of the
country.

There won't be a thing that they can do.

Get away from here. We just told her
right there.

All right, you.

I'm tired.

Don't be a fool, Mannix.

That tank is set to go off.

And it will unless we tell you where it
is and how to stop it.

Now either you make a deal with us or
you're responsible for the death of this

whole town.

Over here, Miss Kohler.

You all right? Yes.

Okay, now the rest of the outside. Come
on, move.

Okay, Mannix.

You take me in and that tank goes off on
schedule.

Ain't that what you want?

Or do we make a deal?

I'm not taking you in.

What does that mean?

It means we go into town and we watch
the parade.

Are you... That thing is set to go off.

What time?

Moon!

Where is it?

Do we make a deal?

Now you're going to show me where it is.

Or I'd drop you off on Main Street and
you'd choke to death right in the middle

of that parade.

You'd go... You'd go too?

I'm betting you want to keep breathing.

Now let's go.

Give me that dime.

Tell me what to do.

Turn those four bolts to your left.

Unscrew that cylinder.

What next?

What next?

Take that cylinder out very carefully.