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The FBI.

A QM production.

Starring Ephraim Simbliss Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

Stephen Brooks.

With guest stars Jack Plugman.

Brett Summers.

Tonight's episode, Image in a Cracked
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Mr. Ward said you and Mr. Rhodes can go
right in. Oh, well, Jim's picking up

some files for me. He'll be right along.

Well, I see we're finally going to get
some sun. I've just about given up hope.

Do you still have that same cold, Mr.
Erskine?

As far as I know, it's the same one.

Well, I have something to do with it.
I've tried it.

Well, how do you know? You haven't even
looked.

I know because there isn't a cold pill
made that my daughter hasn't tried on me

during the last week.

Green and red, that's one before each
meal and two before bedtime, right?

And I've got some routine background
information on four out of five

Checks out, they're all telling the
truth.

Good.

Thanks,

Barbara.

You're welcome, Daddy.

Then you can go right in.

Oh, Ben, I'm putting you on the
amplifier.

Lewis and Jim are here.

Jim, Lou, Ben Stone.

Oh, Ben, how are you?

What's the word from Oklahoma City?

Nothing much, but there's a real big
word from Evans.

What's Evans?

A town about 65 miles south of Tulsa.
Did Arthur fill you in on anything?

No, I didn't, Ben.

Start from the top, please.

Well, last night a small photography
store here in Evans was robbed. Very

unprofessional. A pass was made at the
cash register, and for some reason a few

photographs were burned.

The local police consulted us about some
laboratory help, and I spotted one of

the half -burned prints.

I saw it was of a local bank's annual
dinner.

I started wondering about who'd want to
destroy a bank employee's picture.

To make a long story short...

I got the bank manager out and had him
open the bank early this morning.

Saturday morning.

Yeah?

Well, it's 9 .20 now, and they're still
going over the books.

They've just passed 100 ,000 missing.

How many bank employees had access?

Six, including the manager.

All but two are in town and seem to
check out okay.

Whoever took the money was counting on
the weekend to make his run. He won't

expect the loss to be discovered until
Monday.

That's the one advantage you have.

I have.

You and Rhodes.

You're booked on the noon flight to
Oklahoma City.

$193 ,265 and some odd cents.

That'll take you just about as far as
you want to go.

That's only the cash, of course.

We still haven't checked the negotiable
bonds.

Here's a list of the employees with
access.

All President accounted for in town
except for the last two.

Frank Humber and Charles Gates.

As I can recall, they were both sitting
up front at the banquet.

But I can tell you it was Humber.

He's only been with the bank a year and
a half. Came here right from college.

You know how they are at that age.

No.

No, I don't, Mr. Wiley.

How are they?

You know.

Pushy.

Very smart and very pushy.

You'll see it's him, all right.

The sooner you get after him, the
better.

What sort of a man is Gates?

He's been with us almost 20 years.

He's a good employee, a good father, and
a good citizen.

He's a widower.

Apparently, he takes his son out on
camping trips up in the mountains every

other weekend.

That's where he is now.

What about the photographer?

He couldn't give the local police any
help at all.

Right now, he's under sedation, possible
concussion.

The doctor says no more questions until
Monday at the earliest.

Humber's got to be our number one.

Single, no dependents, no ties.

This gate seems to have a legitimate
reason for being out of touch.

Camping trip?

Yeah. Nobody expects him back until
Monday.

Thank you.

Those gates were to take off. Where
would he go?

Well, the Cheever Creek area would
probably be his best choice.

There are three separate back roads out,
all heading for Texas.

Well, take Jim with you. See if he can
find you. If you do, just ask him to

in for routine questioning. I'll follow
through on Humber from here.

Gonna try your luck up by Cheever's
Creek again this weekend, Charlie?

We were almost there when the motor
started acting up.

What do you think of this, Pete, the
water pump?

Yeah.

But you'll be able to fix it, won't you?
I mean, it'll be okay.

Good enough to get you back up to the
creek and back to Evans.

Well, suppose I had to go further.

I mean, if there was an emergency.

I can't think of no emergency where you
wouldn't be better going back to Evans.

It's the closest town.

Well, isn't there any way you can fix it
properly? I mean...

Well, I got an old water pump back in
the shop there. I could re -rig to

yours. Well, how long would that take?

Three, maybe four hours.

Pete, suppose I came back about 8 o
'clock. Do you think you'd have it ready

then?

I'm willing to pay extra for it.

Oh, come on, Charlie. You didn't have to
say that.

I'll have it for you.

Thanks.

How you doing, champ?

Good, Dad.

Real good.

I think we've got a fix on him.

The station wagon matching the
description of Gates' was seen heading

Cheever Creek area.

Apparently, he's got his son with him.

How long will it take you to get up
there?

About an hour at the most.

Did you get the search warrant for the
Humber apartment?

Yeah, that's the phone number the office
gave you. I'm there now.

From here, it doesn't look as though Mr.
Humber would knock over a photography

store just to destroy a picture of
himself.

So when you get close to Gates, walk
softly.

It's almost 8 o 'clock. You ought to get
down to Pete's.

Okay. I have dinner ready by the time
you get back.

Why shouldn't it be more than 15 or 20
minutes? Then we'll be on our way.

First stop?

Culver Hotel, El Paso, and then off to
Mexico.

You're not going to be scared, are you,
up here all alone?

Me? No.

You know, Billy, I wish I could tell you
how proud I am of you.

You're going to love Mexico.

We ought to be practicing our Spanish.

That's right.

Bueno. Hasta la vista.

Y yo.

Hasta luego, padre.

Yes, sir. Yeah, we hit it right for
Cheever's Creek.

Hey, you campers?

No, conservation survey.

Creek's about half a mile up ahead.

You can't miss it. Thank you.

I guess you're all set now, Charlie.

I ain't saying it's as good as new, but
to get you wherever you gotta go.

We staked out that campsite till dawn,
but no sign of Gates.

And nothing from the boy?

It was 20 minutes just to get him to
admit who he was.

He said he thought we were coming up to
steal something.

Claimed they'd lost things like that
before.

He knows something, Lou, I swear it.

Miss Gates, I'd like you to meet
Inspector Erskine and Special Agent

How do you do? How are you? Miss Gates
is going to be taking care of her nephew

until... Until all this is resolved.

Miss Gates, if you don't mind, I'd like
to have another half hour with Billy.

Just a few routine questions.

I think he might know a little bit more
about where his father is.

I suppose he might.

It's all right with me. You can ask him
anything you want. Thank you.

Miss Gates, we've been all over your
brother's house trying to find a

of him.

I wonder if you might have one.

Even an old one.

Of course, if you feel you'd be
betraying him. No.

No, it's not that. It's just that...
Well... The boy's all that matters

now.

There might be something. You can come
over any time you want.

Would now be all right?

Of course.

I've told you this before, and I know
it's hard for you to accept, but I'm

to tell you again.

Your father will be caught.

Now, it's just a matter of time.

Now, the more you help us, the more
you'll help your father, believe me.

Oh.

Huh.

Folding information?

All right, let's make it official.

Name? Billy Gates.

Full name, please.

Liam Allen Gates.

Age?

Thirteen and a half.

Relationship to wanted man?

Son.

Vicinity wanted man last seen.

Jeevers Creek State Park.

Direction of flight?

South. I didn't say that.

Rhodes.

What?

Fort Worth.

Well, what about the other one?

Let me know as soon as you verify the
prints.

What was your address again, Billy?

1432 Meadowlark Road.

Verified who's Prince.

Is there a zone number?

What did you mean about the Prince?

So your father was planning to cross the
border into Mexico, huh?

You know something?

I had a bet with my partner, Billy.

And I bet him that a man as smart as
your father would try to get a boat and

across the Rio Grande at night.

Yeah, that's right.

Were you going to run a boat or did you
have one with you?

We had one with us. You know, one of
those inflatable ones.

All you do is press a button and they
fill up with air just like that.

My father used one in the war.

Yeah? Yeah.

It's my brother, the fourth one from the
left.

Combat engineers?

Uh -huh.

About a month ago, Charles came over and
took all the other photos.

He said he'd lost the negatives and
wanted to have more prints made up, but

guess it was... I guess it was all part
of what he was planning.

Is this all?

I found that one in some old letters.

I thought there might be some more. We
took so many.

The baby was so small.

That's Laura, Charles' wife.

I guess they told you she died some
years ago.

Yes, I was told.

There were two years. I don't know how
Charles survived them.

First the baby died, and then Laura.

The baby died?

Cynthia, their baby.

Billy was adopted.

Oh, I forgot. You couldn't have known
that.

Does the boy know?

I think Charles planned to tell him, but
he never did.

You must understand, Mr. Erskine, that
in the last few years, I saw very little

of my brother.

It was as if he wanted to lock himself
away from everything, everyone, in his

own private world with Billy.

Well, thanks for your cooperation, Miss
Gates.

Your brother may try to get in touch
with you.

We'd like permission to monitor your
calls.

Oh, yes, go right ahead.

All right, if we take this along.

Oh, yes, take it.

Take anything you want. Would you excuse
me, please?

Of course.

Oh, no.

It's pretty rough.

Christmas 1950.

Hey, weren't you there then?

I was there.

You might have known this guy.

I never met him.

Billy? Would you like something to eat?

Hey.

How about some milk and cookies?

Billy.

I had to help them.

In order to help your father.

I had to do anything I could.

Can you understand that?

Sure, I understand.

We're opening in another five minutes.

Can't your man do his work someplace
else?

Some place where he's not quite so
noticeable?

There's also a very noticeable $200 ,000
missing from the spank, Mr. Wiley. Now,

we're doing our best to try to get it
back for you.

Well, I don't understand why you have to
have his picture.

I mean, you have his fingerprints.

Fingerprints only verify identity, Mr.
Wiley. I'm afraid we have to find him

first.

Well, do what you can.

Yeah, we'll try.

Any luck with the artist, Lou?

Seven out of ten employees managed to
agree that Gates has blue eyes.

Twenty years in this bank, and all they
can agree on is that he wore horn

-rimmed glasses, had a receding hairline
and a mustache.

A shave, a toupee and a pair of contact
lenses, and Mr. Charles Gates disappears

from the face of this earth.

That's about it.

Lou, would you like to hear an educated
guess based on that story the boy told

me? Go ahead.

Well, this is our pivot point right
here.

Now, I didn't get any reaction from
Billy on Fort Worth. I'd bet on that. So

figure if this father is trying for
Mexico, we can cross off this entire

Now, that leaves roughly 400 miles of
Rio Grande border up to El Paso and on

west into New Mexico.

Yeah, what you're trying to say is that
you've narrowed it down to a little

under 1 ,000 miles.

I'm afraid you're right.

That is, unless my educated guesses get
a little bit more educated.

Now... If we take the reverse of the
story that Billy told me, we can assume

that his father won't try to reach the
border and cross it, but rather ditch

car as soon as possible and get a new
one. Just over the border, Highway 277

Texas. That's where they found the car.

Dead end, no follow -up.

And Miss Gates would like to see you.

All right.

I think he's heading toward El Paso.

Now, he'll either cross the border there
or head on west into New Mexico.

You get a lot of mileage out of those
educated guesses.

It makes you think he won't change his
mind.

No.

No, I don't think he would.

Not if he had set out with the idea of
meeting his son again.

You know, Lou, we have one edge on this
boy if we want to use it.

The fact that he doesn't know he's
adopted.

There must be some new courses at the
academy since I was there.

Mr. Erskine.

I came to tell you that Billy's gone.

When did you find this out?

Well, I went back to his room last night
and he was gone.

Now, I know I should have called you
before, but I thought he would be back.

Miss Gates, the boy was withholding
information. All right, Jim.

I have some photos. I thought they might
be some help.

We'll use this one.

Circulate it as soon as possible.

And give El Paso top priority.

Inspector Erskine?

Yes, this is Special Agent Rhodes.

I'm Murray Davis.

Welcome to El Paso. Your SAC said you
spotted the boy at the bus terminal.

That's right.

We followed him down here. He checked in
this morning.

He hasn't attempted to leave?

No, he hasn't.

How are you set up here?

Well, there's two of us.

My partner's inside.

We'll need more men to take it out from
top to bottom. What do you think, Lou?

The boy's a minor.

He's been put in the care of his aunt by
the juvenile authorities.

Lou Gates has got to be in his way here.

Another hour and we could have him.

Now give us a little bit more time, huh?

You've got just time to get to a phone
and call the Oklahoma City office.

Tell them to notify his aunt we've
located the boy.

Now, Lou.

Do it.

Mr. William Allen Gates.

Paging Mr.

William Allen Gates.

Lobby phone.

Mr. William Allen Gates.

Lobby phone.

This is Mr. Gates.

Hi, Chad.

Dad!

Where are you? When are you coming?

Billy, I can.

Not now.

Derpy, I'm in all of the hotel.

Now listen, go back to your room. When
they realize I'm not coming, they'll

you up and take you back.

No, I'm not going back. Whatever
happens, I can get away.

I know I can.

I can.

Shh, Billy.

Billy, listen to me.

There is one chance.

tree. I couldn't get down.

I was gonna fall.

Have we crossed the border yet?

No, not yet.

What happened to the river?

Well, we left that back in Texas.

We're in New Mexico now.

You better get back to sleep. We got a
rough day ahead of us.

I'm all slept out.

Couldn't we just go on?

No. I'd never find that road in the dark
again.

Anyway, the sun will be out soon. That's
when we'll take off.

Boy, I would have given anything to see
old Aunt Amelia's face with her cookies

and milk when she found that cutout.

Maybe we'll ride her when we get to
Mexico City, huh?

Well, I don't think that would be a good
idea just then.

That's right.

She'd just give the FBI any old letter
we'd send her.

Boy, how dumb can you get? Oh,

we'll write to her.

Just take a little while, that's all.

When we get all set up with a big house
and a lot of servants, then we'll write

her. And we'll pay someone to mail her
from a foreign country so no one will

ever know.

Yeah, that's what we'll do.

Billy.

Dad, is there any more soda pop left?

No. Drink some water from the canteen.

Oh.

We've got to save that big stretch of
desert after we get over the border.

Billy,

when we get to that foreign country, you
know, when we have the big house and

the servants and everything, do you
think you're going to be happy?

Sure. You've got to be happy with all
that money.

You can buy a new start doing anything
you want.

And I could grow up with enough money to
be anything I want to be.

Not just another nobody in another
nowhere town, right?

Now, don't do that, Billy.

Now, don't just repeat what I told you.
This isn't a game we're playing here.

I'm sorry, champ.

I mean, a guy just doesn't get up one
morning and say, well, I'm going to go

Mexico instead of the bank today.

I mean, it's something that builds. It
takes a long... It's so important that

you understand.

Billy.

A guy wants something.

For his kids, for his wife, for himself.

But sometimes it just doesn't work out.

So he says, well, what's the sense of
being good old Charlie Gates all the

I mean, what's the point? Who cares?

And one day...

He looks at all that money in the tube.

And he thinks if he'd had it, he might
have been able to buy some time for his

wife, maybe.

And he says, okay.

Okay, okay.

Now it's my turn.

And my kid's turn.

You see that?

Billy, see, I don't know if I did the
right thing.

But right or wrong, I know it's the only
thing I could do.

You did the right thing, Dad.

Don't worry.

I won't, Chad.

Lou, I think maybe we've got something.
A farmer reported a station wagon moving

across his land heading toward the
border.

Temporary plates.

Whereabouts? About ten miles east.

Take over. I'll check it out of the
bird.

Good morning.

Just check the water, please.

Nice morning, isn't it?

Yep.

Can you hurry that up, please?

Sure thing, buddy.

But you're no water cock way out here.

Look, that's fine. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

So that's about it, Arthur.

These things happen.

I'm sorry.

Now we're leaving this afternoon. I
passed on everything we had to the

authorities.

We'll see you in Washington tomorrow.

So Gates and Charles goes into the open
files.

Yeah. Any word from his sister?

Yeah, she just checked into the hotel.

She said she'd come pick up the boy as
soon as we turned him over to her.

Lou, that was, uh... That was kind of a
strange one, wasn't it?

What do you mean?

Oh, I don't know. The number of things
you two had in common.

Except you didn't crack.

And Gates did.

Lou, didn't you sometimes feel as if you
were chasing yourself?

That, uh...

There but for the grace of God goes Lew
Erskine.

Lew, when you saw Gates make it across
the border, how did you feel?

Were you glad?

Rhodes?

What?

Yeah.

Yeah, okay, thanks.

That was McCook.

I guess Gase made it through the desert
okay.

Hotel reports a phone call that came in
for Billy.

His father?

Uh -huh.

Apparently he's been trying to track the
boy down, so he called his sister

first, and the cleaning lady said that
she had gone to the Culver Hotel to pick

him up.

Get McCook back.

Tell him to turn Billy over to his aunt
as soon as possible.

I want the boy there when Gates calls
again.

What makes you so sure he's going to?

He will. I know him.

No, Charles hasn't called me.

All right, Miss Gates. Now, Special
Agent McCook will bring Billy up to the

as soon as I leave.

I'd like you to keep him here until it's
time to leave the railroad station.

If your brother should call, let Billy
talk to him.

And you'll be listening?

If we still have permission to monitor
your calls.

Yes, certainly.

I just hope it does some good.

I love my brother, but he's wrong, and I
hope you catch him.

So do I.

Is that enough, operator?

Si. The Culver Hotel, El Paso.

Thank you.

Gracias.

Culver Hotel?

Listen, uh, I'm calling about a boy.

Well, he checked in yesterday.

His name is Billy Gates.

Well, we have a Miss Amelia Gates, sir.

All right, I'll talk to Miss Gates.

Charles. Charles, how could you do this
terrible thing? Can't you understand

what you're doing to Billy?

Amelia, I don't want to discuss it now.
I don't have the time.

How's Billy?

He's fine. He's here with me. We're
taking him home on the 7 o 'clock train.

Dad?

Hi, Jan.

Dad, be careful what you say. They might
be listening in some way.

All right.

I'll be careful.

Billy, I have to go. I just want to...
Dad?

Will you write me when you get to, you
know, where you're going?

Sure.

Sure, write.

Son, it's going to be a little rough on
you, you know. I mean, you're going to

hear a lot of things.

Your friends are never going to let you
forget that your father was a thief. I

don't care what anybody says.

I guess it was wrong to steal.

But right or wrong, I know why you did
it.

Billy, when I saw you weren't there, all
that money didn't mean anything to me.

Can you believe that?

Sure, it's always been like that.

I mean, just like I was your real kid.

My real kid?

Who told you?

Hey, Lou!

When he calls back, tell him there's no
answer in the room.

Well, what did that accomplish?

Didn't close the door.

Now he's got to see the boy on the
train.

Culver Hotel.

I'm sorry, sir. There's no answer in
that room.

I'll try, sir, but it won't do any good.

That's kind of rough, isn't it?

Let's just say it goes with the
territory.

He could conceivably be any more than 50
men back there, sir.

Well, it's the only train through to
Oklahoma tonight.

If he came back, he's got to be on it.

Sooner or later, he's going to come
looking for his boy.

Funny thing.

To know so much about a man, and yet not
be able to put a face to what you know.

Yeah, funny.

Nothing all of it for nothing

That's right.

No, you can ring me here when you get
the call, sir.

Uh, Starfield Polar Station, number 13.

We rounded up most of the money. The
rest is too widely scattered to retrieve

until daylight.

I just hope we have an honest town.

Either that or they sleep late in the
morning.

Just one question.

Now, with everything going for him, how
could you be so sure that Gates would

come back?

You know, in a couple of years, if
you're lucky, you're going to wonder how

ever could have asked a question like
that.

Hello?

Yes, put the call through.

Barbara? How are you, darling?

No, I'm all right. I'm fine.

What are you doing?

Four in the morning.

I must have forgotten about the time
difference.

I just wanted to talk to you.

Nothing special.

We wrapped up the Gates case tonight.

So I'll probably be home tomorrow
evening.