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Okay, baby.

I am tough, Earl.

Say, uh, Potter?

Yeah, what's the trouble?

I'd like to speak to you for a minute, sir.

Back me up, Fred.

Mr. James went to bed early tonight, huh?

Yes, sir. He's got it figured out how to take the U .S. mint before suppertime.

Mint? Big.

Problems?

Well, that doggone sink, it's all stopped up.

Can't it wait until morning?

Yeah, I guess so.

But you know their marshals are going to be in a big hurry tomorrow.

And me and Roy, we thought we'd like a chance to wash up and shave.

Have a cigarette before they take us up to the death house.

Back open three, friend.

Thank you.

The FBI.

A Gwen Martin Warner Brothers production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks.

With guest stars Charles Bronson, Tim McIntyre.

Tonight's episode, The Animal.

Yes, Marshal.

Right.

I'll get someone there just as soon as I can.

Good luck.

Lewis, sorry to get you up in the middle of the night.

Have you ever interviewed either one of these men?

No.

That phone call was from the U .S. Marshals who quartered them at Las

They broke out with three other prisoners a little past midnight, New

time.

They killed a deputy.

Any details on the escape yet?

Apparently they broke down some kind of a weapon and hid it in the hollowed -out

bottom of a pair of shower shoes.

I want you two to catch the next plane to New Mexico.

Ed Brockton, SAC Albuquerque will meet you there and drive you over to Las

Casas.

The federal judge made a date for these two yesterday.

And you're going to see to it that they keep it.

pair of trousers, you're going to find a wallet.

I want you to memorize everything on the driver's license and credit cards.

You know, Roy's wife went to a lot of trouble to get them.

Yeah, yeah, Roy.

Pierce,

you're going to go with me.

Lambert and Doc, you go with Earl. I was kind of wondering where we were going,

Roy. Not that it makes much difference.

That's right, baby. It don't make no difference except to Earl and me. That's

what they call security in the Army.

Right, Earl?

All right, Roy, you take the high ground, huh?

Something

bothering

you, Doc?

Oh, no, no, no.

I was wondering what I mean is, Earl, I sure appreciate your taking me with you.

There's nothing to appreciate, Doc. You're going to open up that San

bank vault for me.

Well, that's what I want to do, Earl, but... You know, the doctor's getting

of old.

You mean you aged some since you saw that dead deputy?

No, no, no, I don't mean that, but... You know, it isn't easy to handle nitro.

Well, I don't want you to have any trouble.

Yeah, I see.

So, uh...

Well, I figure we'll be going through Gallup in an hour, and, well, I thought

maybe you could just leave me outside. You see, I got an old lady friend there

who has a boarding house, and, well, I could just drop out of sight.

Well, sounds reasonable.

Well, you know what I mean, Earl, a man in his 60s and...

Well, I don't know.

Earl. Easy, lamb, easy.

Suppose they hadn't picked him up in Gallop with his old lady friend.

How long do you think he'd stay quiet with all those policemen shining lights

his eyes and yelling at him?

Anyway, it's misery grown old, I'll tell you that.

Nothing but false teeth and dying behind the walls.

Now look at him.

You see?

It's all behind the old duck now.

Let's go.

That's the only name the coroner was willing to give them, Inspector.

That they killed my deputy and they left no slugs.

Apparently just penetrated and exploded.

Broxton, forward these to the lab in Washington.

Yes, sir.

You say they were in the shower clog, Sheriff.

The jail register shows that Spencer had only one visitor all during the trial.

His wife, Eileen.

Apparently she brought in the clogs.

And without a microscope.

Was she living in Las Casas?

No. She stayed at 1212 Pedroza Drive in Albuquerque during the trial.

Do you know where she is now?

I heard her say she just wanted to get on the bus and go someplace where nobody

knew her.

Didn't she drive?

She had a car, but she said she was going to sell it after the verdict.

What kind of car was it?

It was a beige station wagon, a 1962 model, I think.

It had an Oregon license plate.

She and her husband both were from Oregon.

Wiley. Inspector, a state police bulletin just came in.

A trooper found a body on the secondary road about 22 miles east of Gallup. It

looks like it's one of those five.

Look at this.

Looks like part of the rocket gun.

Keep looking for the rest of this. Probably around here somewhere.

I figure they wouldn't need it anymore.

Some shotguns now.

Where do you think they're headed?

The direction still seems to be north and west.

Came from Oregon.

What do we do now?

Huh? Should we try these credentials?

Huh?

Inspector Erskine. That's right. I'm Henry Galva, senior resident agent

Flagstaff. Yes, Galva.

The report said there are only two men in this car.

Yes, sir.

Spencer's body's in the ambulance.

Pierce has been in the wreckage.

How do you feel?

Hey, get lost, will you?

Where were you supposed to meet Clayton?

I told you, get lost.

Now, look, I'm not going to play around with you.

Two days ago, your only worry was a burglary rap. Now you're gonna fall for

counts of murder in the first, and that's a long fall.

Hey, I didn't kill them deputies.

No, but we can't ask them who pulled the trigger, can we?

Now you tell me where to find Clayton.

I don't know. I swear that him and Spencer wouldn't tell us where we were

All right, I figured it was to the mountains, because the last thing that

said to Roy was, take the high ground.

a relay from the Albuquerque office.

None of the local car dealers has a record of having bought a car similar to

Mrs. Spencer's.

They think she's still driving it.

So I said to Pa, you go into Provo and see a doctor.

I'll take care of the pumps.

Good advice, kid.

There's one thing a man should always think about.

That's his health.

Well, I'd be a little better about my health if we'd get out of here.

There's no sweat on the back road like this.

We interrupt this program for a special news release.

The FBI announces this afternoon that three of the five men who escaped from

Las Casas New Mexico County Jail last night have now been captured or killed.

Myron Pierce, 30, was captured today in a roadblock near Winslow, Arizona.

His companion, Roy Joe Spencer, was shot to death while trying to escape.

Still at large are Lambert Hayes, 21 -year -old Carthage, and Earl Clayton,

sentenced to die for the killing of a U .S. West Marshall.

Clayton, considered the most dangerous of the five, is 5 '9", 160 pounds. He

black hair, brown eyes, a knife scar over his left temple, and is described

genial and extroverted.

Now we return you to our regularly scheduled program.

What are you going to do? He recognized us. You're going to kill him.

Don't look. Earl.

If you kill that kid, I'm through.

But it had to get rid of the body anyhow, and it's a sure thing they

think it was Locus.

This is practically silent. That's right.

Very handy little killer.

This would have to be specially made.

Yes, we're trying to run down the cellar now.

There's seven or eight novelty firms that could have constructed a gun like

that.

What about the shower clogs? Any like there?

No, sir, not much.

The soles are sliced apart, hollowed out, and resealed with a colorless

cement. Same device they've used to smuggle narcotics into various jails.

Excuse me.

Firearms identification?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, hang on, please.

We've got a bite. Rock Press, Novelty, San Francisco.

The owner remembers making up that gun about two weeks ago.

Let me talk to him.

Put him on, please.

What's the owner's name?

Albertson.

Mr. Albertson, this is Mr. Ward.

I'm an assistant director at the Bureau.

Yes, Mr. Ward?

I understand you may be able to help us.

Yes, sir. I found the order form.

That particular item was ordered the 15th of March.

In person?

No, on the phone.

Well, I didn't take the order, but the consignee was a Miss Alice Smith,

Delivery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

We received a U .S. money order on the 20th, and we shipped the gun out on the

same date.

Didn't you consider this a rather unusual order?

But I didn't think about it one way or the other.

Oh, but still.

Mr. Ward, I'm in the business of making and selling novelties.

Now, as far as I know, that isn't a criminal offense, is it?

All right, Mr. Albertson.

One of our agents will be calling on you. Thank you for your cooperation.

I didn't think much about it one way or another.

How easy it is to kill somebody in this country.

The weapon comes in the morning mail.

Going up again, huh?

Yeah, this is the high country.

Just feel that air.

It's good hunting here, too, man.

Lots of deer.

And cats.

I tell you, you look up in those rocks, you're able to see a cougar sitting

there, big yellow eyes shining.

And you better be hunting it, because it might be hunting you, I'll tell you.

Yeah, a cougar ain't normal, huh?

Huh?

Well, I got busted once in San Bernardino, and I was still a juvie, so

me to forestry camp.

Then we'd go up in the mountains looking for people.

Fighting forest fires.

Man, they picked me a real first -class desperado to keep me company.

What's that got to do with a cougar not being normal?

Oh, well, we ran onto a ranch once where a cougar had been in around the stock.

I mean, most animals just kill to stay alive. There's no more than they can

But a cougar will just keep on killing more than it can eat.

Just to be doing it.

American kids love cars.

You know, the makes, you know, the models.

We got a kid who just remembers that Clayton's car was new and blue. Yes,

Arthur.

Yes, I understand.

I'll keep in touch.

Fresher. Very Clayton and Hayes.

Galva.

Inspector.

Washington again?

Albuquerque, Brockton.

Yeah, Ted.

I think we may have something important, Inspector.

We found a grocer on Pedroza Street who remembered a woman answering Aileen

Spencer's description.

Had to make change for her so she could complete a couple of long -distance

calls. Can the phone company help you there?

Well, they already have.

The first one was to a novelties manufacturer in San Francisco.

Yes, we know about that.

Well, do you know about the cabin north of Klamath Falls?

The cabin?

She talked to a realtor up there.

We got in touch with him, and he told us that a woman calling herself Alice

Smith had put a down payment on a cabin in February, and she wanted him to know

she was sending the rest of the money on immediately.

Where's this cabin located?

Rural Route 12, RFD 37.

37. Thanks, Ed.

All the senior residents of Agent Climate Falls tell them we're on our way

jet. Have them make up a rating party news at the airport.

Well, we're almost there, lamb boy.

Now, this road may be rough, but it's quicker than the other way.

Sure wish old Roy was going to be there to meet us.

We're not going anywhere.

place in there.

How far away is the cabin?

About eight, ten miles up the road. We'll never make it.

I saw a sign back there about a mile. It said Hunter's Place.

Mrs. Spencer, my name is Erskine.

I'm with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Yeah.

I knew it wasn't Earl.

I just couldn't move any further.

You're under arrest, Mrs. Spencer, for complicity in escape and murder.

You'll be transferred temporarily to a motel along the main highway.

When we find Earl Clayton, do you think you'll be able to persuade him to

surrender?

Persuade him?

I could never persuade him of anything.

He's the one that does the persuading.

You won't be able to persuade him either.

You'll have to kill him.

He's an animal.

Jody. I think he's had to get with it. Some get.

Make a couple of fights all the time.

I'm not finished yet.

I'll get it.

They left a pretty good trail.

Apparently, they're holed up in a little lodge called... What is it?

The Hunter's Place.

About a mile back.

You know anything about it? You ever been there?

Yes, sir.

Judd Connors, the owner, is a good friend of mine. Has been for years.

I dropped by there yesterday morning, as a matter of fact.

Are there any guests there now?

Yes, sir. Two.

Mr. and Mrs. George Walker.

And he was expecting another party of four.

And, of course, he has his daughter, Jody, with him.

She's about 17.

His wife?

No, his wife left him years ago.

Jody could have been more two or three.

So Clayton has four hostages so far.

Want me to take a run up there, Inspector?

I could say I'd seen the car once I'm inside.

I appreciate the offer, but it's too risky.

Clayton sees your uniform, he's liable to kill a couple of those people.

We'll block off the roads leading in and out.

gun you got here?

Well, at the station where I work and find, there's plenty of gas in it.

That's good. We'll take it.

Hey, lookie here.

You are a real sure enough hero, Connors.

I just did my best, that's all.

You don't have to be so modest. If you are a hero, you're a hero.

My friend Roy Fenton, he was a hero.

No medals, though.

No hero's gonna stop him.

Hey, what's this, another prize?

Just for hunting.

Well, we got something in common. I'm a hunter, too.

She ain't there yet. She should have pulled in sometime during the night.

Maybe a carload of policemen was sitting there waiting for her at that cabin.

How could that be?

I mean, even if Pierce talked, he couldn't tell the FBI where we were

Maybe she just wouldn't... She heard what happened to Roy, she just pulled

to the side somewhere until she could go on.

That makes sense.

Well, we'll make it up to her.

We'll take up a collection for her.

Everybody on your feet.

Line up against the bar.

Come on, line up against the bar.

We're going to take up a collection for the stockade soldier's widow.

You first, hero.

the watch.

You keep it.

Matches your hair.

Oh, look at that.

Shame on you, holding out on the widow.

That was my mother's. What right have you got? Shut up.

No! No, please!

Please! Get off me.

Earl.

Think it's time to pull out?

We'll wait till dark.

If we can't reach Eileen, we'll take the wagon.

It ought to hold all of us.

And I'm telling you right now, if anybody gets any wrong ideas, I'm going

kill the whole bunch of you.

What's your name?

Jody. Well, Jody, I'm hungry. Go in there and get me something to eat.

And you, get me a drink.

Inspector. These men are on their way up to Judd's place.

What's the trouble?

My name's Erskine, FBI.

Do you mind telling me your reasons for going up there?

Well, to hunt.

Maybe play a little poker tonight that the wise don't know about.

Do you have reservations?

Yeah, my secretary made them early this week. We were going to... Turned back on

account of the storm, but it didn't materialize.

Two armed convicts in that lodge.

Well, thanks for stopping us.

I wonder, do you mind waiting around a half hour or so?

Not at all.

Hey, that's a pretty fair plate of steak and eggs, Johnny. Pretty fair.

There's more.

I don't know if I had it.

I'll just take my coffee with me and send Lamboy out.

I'm not going to bite you.

What are you up to?

Straight up.

Is your mother away, Joan?

She's been gone 14 years.

It's very good. I mean, is she going to have anything?

I'm not very hungry.

You like it up here, Jody? I mean, doesn't it get a little lonesome?

I get lonely sometimes.

But I get all the travel magazines.

Well, you know, I've been just about everywhere in the country.

Up and down and back and forth.

Yeah? Mm -hmm.

Where'd you been?

Oh, you know, New York and New Orleans, San Francisco.

Back in 63, I grabbed a beautiful new convertible.

And I had about six or seven hours, and I got busted.

And Tom asked me, you know, what do you think you're doing?

And I told him, I said...

I wanted to see Hollywood, and I didn't feel like walking.

That probation officer about fell out of his chair when he heard that.

You know... What?

Well, I... I just figured I... It would have been nice if I could have kept that

convertible.

Giving you a ride in it.

What's up?

Six feet, black hair, brown eyes, 180 pounds.

That could fit me.

180? He outweighs you by 15 pounds.

That's all. I've been on a diet.

Well, Clayton's liable to drop you before you get within 50 feet of that

If he's liable to come out of there any minute with four hostages, we just have

to wave him goodbye.

He doesn't know we're here. I wonder. I wonder how long we can keep him from

knowing.

Get inside there.

Do you have that sketch you made of the lodge?

Here you are.

Thank you.

Stilling is suicide.

You'll be armed, won't you?

No, but you will when you come after me.

All right. We're all going to change clothes with those hunters.

I was sent ahead to find help when the car broke down.

I'll try to get all the hostages in the game room here out of the line of fire

by 4 .30.

You watch this window.

On my signal, you move in.

We'll try to take Clayton and Hayes in here.

All right.

It's going to be dark in a couple of hours, huh?

Yeah, and I'll be glad to get on the road.

Hey, hero, poke that fire.

I called Alina about a half a dozen times. There's still no answer.

It just ain't like her to be late.

Think they got her?

Well, she's just a kid, I guess.

Well, you better do something about it, because she's not going to get any

older.

Well,

not four people you don't even know.

Not a kid 17.

Well, what we'll do is turn him free in a field someplace.

Let him make a run for it.

how many I could get on the wing.

About two, three.

What's the matter with you, Connors? Shut up and stand still.

It's Claude Bell.

Connors, come here.

You know him?

Never saw him before.

Come on up here, Claude Bell.

Shut the door.

What's going on? Are you Mr. Connors?

Why?

Well, my secretary called at the beginning of the week, made a

four for tonight and tomorrow.

That's right. I do have a reservation for four. I'll get the register.

What's going on here?

You got a driver's license.

You don't look like no 180 pounds.

I lost some weight.

That's here.

He's telling the truth. It's right here.

Mr. Paul Bell in the party three.

Where's the other three?

Down the road.

Car broke down. I came up here to call a garage.

Well, mister, your doctor's gonna be mighty happy you barged in here.

Because you're gonna lose a lot more weight before he sees you again.

Go ahead and finish eating, Connors.

You want some coffee?

You have some.

We're going to go now?

Yeah, pretty soon. Listen to me.

Earl's got no intention of turning anybody loose.

Yeah, so when you get outside, you watch me. And if I tell you to split, you

split fast and don't look back.

Now just pour me a cup of coffee and ignore me.

He's running a terrible fever. I've got to get him to the hospital.

What happened?

Clayton slapped me.

George took a swing at him.

Funny thing, I... I didn't even think he cared.

We came up here in desperation.

To get away from people.

To see if... If we could go on living together.

Now... Mrs. Walker.

I want you to stay in this room no matter what happens. Do you understand?

What? Stay in this room.

Unless he orders you to leave.

How is he?

He needs help. Are you a doctor?

No. Then you can't help him, can you?

No.

Well, I get nervous when you people get together like this. Get back in there.

How was her coffee?

You good?

That all you went in there for?

Relax, I'm only joking.

Watch these pigs right here, son.

We're about ready to go.

I'm ready.

Yeah, I see.

Skirts, high heels.

Sure does something for your figure.

Hey, you know, I don't think the land boy even noticed.

I did.

Hey, maybe that's what you wanted, huh?

He's only a kid.

Maybe what you want is a full -grown man.

Sit down.

Whose side are you on?

I'm on yours, Earl.

When it comes to getting away and afterwards, I need you, Earl, and you

But you're not going to kill Jody's father.

Jody's father, is it?

What did you say?

I need you and you need me.

Get the old man out of there.

In the game room?

Anywhere.

4 .30.

I can't see anything, but we'll have to make our move anyway.

Ma 'am?

How many did you make out?

Three.

I heard you mention three.

He must have got tired of waiting. I was supposed to be back long ago. Get back

in that room.

Len, I'm going to have to bring them all in.

We've missed one. We'll run straight for a trooper. You watch them.

Hey, what are you doing?

Shut up and listen to me.

We're guests of the lodge.

Drop your shotguns and step a good piece in front of them.

Hold it right there.

You with a big mouth.

You come up here first.

Claude, what is this?

You got some kind of identification?

Yeah, sure. Never mind. Just tell me where it is.

Sure.

Put your hands behind your back.

I didn't kill the deputies.

I don't think I could have killed anybody.