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Carlos, stop them.

You hear what the government men say, Maria.

A tosa turns the milk bad.

Little blisters in a cow's mouth. How can that hurt the milk? I will buy

cow. How?

Los niños se vayan a la casa. Váyanse.

Váyanse a jugar.

Very good. Very good.

And my money, senor?

Yeah, in a minute, Pancho. My name is Carlos.

What are you doing, senor?

Dry ice. Keeps the little bugs alive.

The hoof and mouth disease is a problem everywhere, Pancho, even in my country.

Only thing is, the government doesn't allow anybody outside to work on a cure,

so this has to be a secret just between you and me.

Entiende?

Entiendo, senor.

You know, if you can find a cure for Aptosa, think what it would mean to the

farmer like me and to the big rancheros.

It had to kill thousands and thousands of cattle and goats.

Well, I hope you are able to find a cure, senor.

Fifty dollars, right?

Si.

Here you go, Pancho.

Did you see him, Juana?

That was Senor Cray.

The young one.

He must not have recognized me. He would have stopped.

Maybe.

The FBI, a Quinn Martin Warner Brothers production,

starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr., also starring Philip

Abbott, Stephen Brooks, with guest stars Barbara Luna,

Wayne Rogers, R .G. Armstrong.

Tonight's episode.

The Extortionist.

In Mexico, it is called Aftosa.

In the cattle country of Texas, it is foot and mouth disease, the deadly

of the herds, for which there is no known cure except extermination.

Decisive action by the United States Department of Agriculture immediately

halted the spread of the disease at the Avila Ranch.

But Ramon Avila and his wife Anita knew that it went further than the

destruction of their $5 ,000 prize bull.

They knew this was only a down payment on an extortion demand.

The phone call came the next day.

Two hundred thousand?

But I don't have that much money.

You can borrow it, senor.

Popular man like you.

What kind of foolishness is this?

Do you want to see every steer in the state destroyed?

Well then, senor Avila, I tell you, you better stop it before it starts.

Don't do this to me.

It'll take everything I have.

Now you listen.

You get the money.

You understand?

Then I'll tell you what to do with it.

Later.

Ardival police have determined that the call was placed just over the border in

New Mexico.

It's a small town. The local operator remembered it.

I don't get it, Art.

This country hasn't had a significant outbreak of foot and mouth since 1929.

Where did the extortionist get the virus?

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed a report of a small outbreak

Mexico. Only one animal has been infected so far, a cow belonging to

Perez. It's a farm 10 miles below the border at El Paso, near Juarez.

Carterville is less than 200 miles from El Paso.

Can they tell us where this virus came from?

They're trying to classify it now at the animal disease lab on Plum Island.

All right, do we have the extortion note?

Just a photograph.

The note itself had to be burned.

Yes?

Oh, good. Put him on.

Here he is, Doctor.

I see.

You're certain?

All right. Thank you very much.

Well, that's the Department of Agriculture.

The extortion virus is Class C.

Is that Mexican?

Positively.

Hello, Harler. How are you?

We don't get to see much of you around here lately.

Well, people have been keeping me pretty busy in town filling prescriptions for

their ales. Won't stop imagining it.

By the way, I was sorry to hear about your hurt.

Yes, it's terrible.

You know, there's a rumor going around that there's some hoof and mouth across

the border of Mexico, Salawari.

Some of your boys, they travel back and forth, don't they?

No, I know every one of them personally.

Somebody else.

Well, I just dropped by to see Dan bring his vitamins out.

He's at the Branding Corral, I think.

Nice to see you. Drop by again.

Putting a mark on them, huh?

Brought your pills.

Expected you a couple of days ago.

You're the one that wanted me to be a pharmacist.

How you been?

Me? Oh, I'm fine, fine.

You don't look like I got here any too soon with those pills.

No, I'm okay. Okay.

Just worried?

The extortion, huh?

$200 ,000, huh?

Ruin rate, he pays.

What do you mean, yeah?

Well, he hasn't said one way or another, but all of his money is tied up in the

cattle. Raising that much cash will break him.

So we're losing the herd.

It's not your herd, and it's not your money.

You know, I used to stand here as a kid and look out over that range and wonder

how come you did all this work for nothing but a foreman's pay.

Forget house.

We rent.

Yeah.

Hobbyless house.

His ranch, his money, his herd.

All his.

None of a chore.

It never bothered you, huh?

Why should it?

Didn't bother you when he put you through college, did it?

I don't know.

Most men, they just don't like to be outdone by it.

About what?

About an old schoolmate.

Mr. Avila?

Yes, Dave.

How do you do? You're right on time.

I should be done now.

Grant, good to see you. Lou, this is Ray Avila, Inspector Erskine, Special Agent

Rhodes. How do you do? Hello.

Any new developments?

No contact since phone call.

Well, we've got a starting point.

The Department of Agriculture has identified the virus as a Mexican

What is?

You knew that?

Bad news spreads fast, Mr. Rhodes.

Some of my men come from that area.

Oh?

Did any of them visit Juarez over the weekend?

I don't think so. They don't know.

Wait a minute. There was one.

Oh, but I know him, Inspector. He couldn't... Mr. Avila, you're a...

dog.

How does he react to strangers coming into your property?

He won't let them.

But in your report to Mr. Bates, he stated he never made a sound Sunday

I know what you're trying to say, Inspector.

That doesn't prove anything.

It does suggest that the extortionist is someone the dog knows, someone you

know. Sir, we can't overlook anybody.

Well, I let him have Monday off.

So he could visit his brother in Juarez.

He came back late Sunday night.

His name is... Esteban Rodriguez.

Oh!

Senor Cray!

What is it, Pancho?

Hey.

Enjoy your trip to Juarez, senor.

Told Juana you didn't recognize me, or you would have stopped.

The flat.

I was the one you passed on the road.

No, you, uh, you done made a mistake.

Oh, no, senor, no. I recognize your face.

Maybe I was mistaken.

Hey, bud.

You, uh, you're on an alien registration card, aren't you?

I mean, you'd have a tough time making a living if you couldn't stay in the

country, isn't that right?

Senor, please, don't do this.

I won't tell, I swear.

Well, you see, I was down there visiting a lady friend, and I just, I don't want

it advertised around.

You understand?

With foot and mouth disease, it will be same with whole herd if you not pay

money to me.

You'll tell how much later.

Read me out of the statement about the phone call again, will you? Yeah.

The voice was muffled, hard to understand.

He called me senor, had a Spanish accent, I think.

There was something strange about the voice, but I can't put my finger on it.

was pretty upset.

Something strange about the voice.

It could be unconscious recognition.

The last thing in the world Avila wants to believe is that it's a friend.

Bates. You should call the Washington.

Oh, thanks.

Arthur. Yes, Lewis? I'd like a fast check on an Edward M. Cray.

C -R -A -Y. He's foreman of the Avila Ranch.

We'll need his cooperation.

You thinking of an undercover assignment?

Mm -hmm.

At the moment, the indication is that the extortion is to someone close to

Avila.

All right. What'll you need?

A Mexican -American, good command of Spanish, experience on a cattle ranch,

a wife might help his cover.

All right. I'll get it to the computer section right away.

Was she Anglo?

Anglo?

Who? The girl you went to see in El Paso.

That was business.

Then why couldn't I have gone with you? Or didn't you know your store was closed

on Sunday?

What's the matter with you? Don't you know how people talk around here? They

chop you to ribbons. They'd be wondering whether you're spending more time

behind that counter upstairs in my apartment.

Well, we can certainly do something about that little problem, can't we?

I'm a very good secretary. You know, I don't have to work here.

Let's see.

What time will you pick me up?

Seven?

We could, um... We could have dinner at the roadhouse. They have very good food.

But, uh... I'm sure you've been there before, too.

Of course not. No, wait just a minute. Let me tell you something.

This building has four walls and two stories. That's the exact size of our

world. And sweetheart, if you don't like it, you're just going to... I like it.

Vega, I'm Inspector Iskett. This is Jim Rhodes. How do you do?

Glad to know you.

Inspector, my wife, Terry.

Hello. We appreciate your help, Mrs. Vega.

Oh, I'm delighted. It's not often I get a chance to be with my husband on an

assignment. It's so exciting.

Well, we know you'll love your new home.

Okay, Bob, here's your registration card. It's in your own name.

Now, both the car and the trailer have Mexican plates.

Find all the clothes you need in the closet.

Make your general appearance fit the wardrobe.

Well, there goes a brand new hairdo.

And a manicure. You're a working girl now.

Now, this has enough power to reach either the cars or the office.

Now, will I have a contact on the ranch?

No, you'll be alone. But the foreman will see to it that you're assigned to

with a man named Estevan Rodriguez.

Here they come. Jim, fill them in.

Okay, well, the foreman checks out okay. Apparently, he's with his oldest and

closest friends. But at this point, we can't take any chances.

Mr. Cray, we appreciate your cooperation.

But one word of this to the wrong person and we could lose everything.

Well, you won't lose on account of me, Inspector. I'm a cattleman.

I'm not going to do anything to hurt Ray.

Good.

Mr. Avila, if you could put on three or four hands at the same time, ours might

go unnoticed.

I could see I need him to help guard the cattle.

Good.

Now, come inside and meet Roberto Vega and his wife.

Just up from Mexico and looking for work.

I need to... Call Inspector Erskine.

Tell him I'll meet him at the same place right away.

What if you've been watched?

The thing, I'm just going to the bank.

Follow me.

Esteban. Roberto Vega and Mrs. Vega.

Esteban Rodriguez.

Give him a rifle, Esteban. He knows about the threats.

Okay? Muchas gracias, senor.

Esteban, do you have a wife?

Yes. A nice girl. Her name is Juana.

I will be happy to meet her. Soon, I hope.

Excuse me.

You live around here all the time, I guess, huh?

Just during the busy season.

You come from anywhere around Mexicali?

Juarez.

Juarez?

Senor, Craig told me that's where the Azoza came from.

It's a good thing you've been around here a long time, amigo.

They might think you brought it with you, huh?

Yes.

Somebody could have brought it.

We'll have a check waiting for you in El Paso. Right.

Can they tell who sent it from the fingerprints?

If we have a suspect, we can make a comparison.

Suspect?

Inspector, do you have any idea how many people there are that can pat my dog on

the head?

Only one of them's the man we're looking for.

Now, since I don't know which one, I have to suspect all of them, don't I?

What kind of a friend does that make me?

How long have I been working here?

About ten months, if I reckon.

Have you ever wondered why I gave up my job as a secretary in El Paso to work

here as a waitress?

You said you wanted to be near your family.

Nobody around here needs a secretary.

The side of my county girl just got through walking out on me.

I turned down five secretarial jobs in this town.

I'm a conniving female. I decided to make you fall in love with me.

I thought, well, I'll just have to make him love me so much that he'll... he'll

forget to hate what I am.

Oh, boy.

Was I wrong.

It's always going to be the same.

That's right.

So why don't you just relax?

Enjoy. On your terms.

Your four walls.

And two stories.

Right?

That's right.

Wrong. Your counter girl has just walked out on you.

Again. You come back.

You always do.

I love you, Ty.

But not as much as I pity you.

I got a splinter.

Open it for me, eh?

Gracias.

It's a beautiful herd, Esteban.

Be ashamed to see them all slaughtered because of Aptosa.

Hey, do you think the one who demands the money from Señor Avila will try?

What's the matter, hombre?

Nothing. Did I say something wrong?

When I was talking to you about Juarez and the Aftosa, you, well, you look

funny. You look scared.

You said they might think I brought it.

I was joking, hombre.

I was in Juarez Saturday.

I came back the night Senor Avila's bull got sick.

I'm afraid they will ask me about it.

You didn't do it, did you?

No. But you know something about it.

I don't know anything.

Well, if you do, you should tell the foreman.

It's Anglo business, not mine.

Senor Avila is not Anglo.

He's the boss.

Same thing.

I don't want to lose my registration card.

He's on his way now with a second note, Art. He should be there any minute.

Oh, good.

Lewis, I just talked to our legal attache in Mexico City.

He's been in touch with the Juarez police.

Yes? They've been questioning the farmer, Carlos Perez.

They think he knows something.

He just got a new cow with American dollars.

They have a name for us?

No, not yet. Perez won't talk.

He won't even tell them where he got the money.

You're running out of time, Art.

Not a nice Vegas getting somewhere with Estevan Rodriguez.

Unit 1 to Central. Unit 1 to Central.

Go ahead, Juan.

I've lifted some latents from Rodriguez's pocket knife, and I

The clear ones are the lip, thumb, and forefinger. Now, I'm sending Terry into

town with the film and the lift.

Good. There's one thing more she might do for us, Bob.

Yes, sir.

See if she can get Mrs. Rodriguez to have lunch with you tomorrow.

Specify 12 o 'clock.

That shouldn't be difficult.

We'll see. That's the time set for the money drop.

That will clear.

It's a good picture of the note.

Money at the end of Old Mine Road.

Where's that grant?

Well, it runs along here for about five miles.

He's smart, Lou.

That's all wide -open country. He can be sure he's not followed when he picks up

the money.

Are there any good hiding places you know of there?

Well, there's a dry wash with a culvert under it. A man could hide there.

I got almost 20 hours.

Maybe we can get the jump on him.

Let me see Rodriguez left.

Well, we can't make a positive idea on the basis of these latents.

Hey, life's work, Anita.

All in one suitcase.

If this man gets away with it, it'll be the end for us.

Absolutely the end.

We could start over.

No.

There'd be nothing to start with.

Cattle everything.

Unit 6 reporting in position.

Acknowledged.

Central to Unit 2.

Central to Unit 2.

Unit 2, go ahead.

Surveillance is completed.

Units 3 through 6 have taken up positions on the perimeter, ready to

necessary. They're well concealed.

Unit 2, roger.

Central clear.

Unit 1 to Central. Unit 1 to Central.

Go ahead, Unit 1.

Rodriguez refused our invitation, Inspector.

All right, keep trying.

Don't let him out of your sight, especially around 12 o 'clock.

Inspector, I'm sure he's concealing something that could be of help to us. I

don't think he's the man we're after. In fact, I think he wants to talk to me.

All right.

If you get a stronger indication of that effect, go ahead and identify yourself

to him.

Use your own judgment, Bob. Central clear.

Bob, he's gone.

Lewis, our legal attache in Mexico reports that Perez finally talked.

He sold the virus to a man for $50. An Anglo in his 30s said he thought it was

for some scientific experiment.

Now, he doesn't know the man's name, but he said the man insisted on calling him

Pancho, even though Perez told him his name was Carlos.

All right. Thanks, Art.

Hey.

Huh? You didn't want to play cards. Why didn't you say so?

Oh, I was just worrying about Ray.

Supposed to pay up today.

You think you're really going to do it, huh?

Yeah, looks like it.

Looking for you?

I just wanted to be alone for a while, you think?

Oh, now what kind of a friend are you anyway?

My wife invites you to eat with us and you say no.

You're trying to hurt my feelings.

No, Roberto, it's just that... Now look, Teresa, I just went to the store and

bought some fresh chilies. And amigo, let me tell you, my wife makes the best

chili rellenos you have ever tasted in your life.

Well, what about it, huh?

Okay, I'm sorry.

We'll come, we'll come.

Twelve o 'clock?

Yeah.

Esteban.

When you were talking to me before, you said something about your registration

card. Is that what you're worried about?

I could lose it. I think you're wrong about that.

Oh, no.

They could take it away from me.

He said it. Who said?

Roberto, did someone threaten you?

Why are you asking me all these questions?

Because it's my business, Esteban.

Now listen to me, please.

And try to understand that I want to help you.

Mr. Rodriguez, if you have some information that could help us in this

and you lie about it, well, that's against the law.

On the other hand, if a man who's not an officer of the law threatened to take

your registration card away, that man was lying to you.

I had a flat tire near Juarez last Sunday.

A car drove past and I saw who it was.

Who was it?

Senor Cray.

The foreman?

No, his son, Tyler.

He runs a drugstore up the street.

He was in the army. His prints will be on file.

One thing more, Mr. Rodriguez.

Does this man ever call you by your first name?

No, senor.

He calls me Pancho.

Thank you very much.

Grant, give this information to Mr. Ward in Washington and call Avila. Maybe he

can catch it before he leaves. You two come with us.

What are you looking for him for? What has he done?

I'm sorry, we can't discuss it. Do you happen to know where he might be?

Well, he sometimes visits his father on Sunday.

Thank you.

Washington called. The Prince match.

Tyler Cray's your boy.

The U .S. Attorney's authorized a warrant, but I am unable to reach Avila.

Nobody answers the phone.

Keep on it. All right.

Unit A to all units.

Subject has been identified as Tyler Cray.

Repeat, Tyler Cray.

Whereabouts unknown.

He was last seen driving a beige station wagon.

Well, I've got to go now. Look, if anything goes wrong, Ray, try to get the

cattle. The boys are ready.

They're armed.

They're ready to shoot.

Maybe he'll keep his word.

If he doesn't put out the FBI's in on it.

Ed, you were told not to say anything.

I don't get wiped out every day, you know. I don't need any help.

I didn't think you meant Tyler. You know very well what they meant.

I'm sorry, Ray.

You are sorry.

You've been sorry all your life.

Why don't you get down on your knees and just suckle up the old poncho here,

huh? What's the matter with you?

Me? I'm not the one to knuckle down all my life. You are!

I think you've said enough.

Why don't you shut up? You're not my mother.

That's enough.

No one talks to my wife like that. Now get out of here!

I don't know what to say, Ray.

Is Mr. Avila gone?

Yes, sir. He left just a few minutes ago.

Why? What?

Are you Mrs. Avila?

I'm Inspector Eskin.

We've, um... We've identified the extortionist.

Who is it?

Tell me, please.

I'm sorry, Mr. Cray. It's, uh... It's your son.

Tyler?

Inspector.

He's after the cattle now.

He knows you're in it.

He must be out of his mind.

Where do you think he's gone?

Where he can't be seen. Follow me.

Rodriguez, you stay here.

I don't believe it.

Are you sure?

They seemed very sure.

They went looking for him.

That's me, Craig.

You're under arrest.

Tyler!

Put that gun down.

Why, Tyler?

I don't understand.

You couldn't have done it for the money.

You did it to destroy Ray, didn't you?

That's right, because the money never should have been his in the first place.

Don't you understand that?

It's you that made this place go, not him.

You were the brains, you knew the cattle, not him.

You're wrong, Tyler.

Wrong. What's the matter with you? Don't you get it? He used you. Used you!

Just like me! Why do you think he paid me?

Go to college, huh? Because he felt guilty, that's why.

Trying to buy us off.

Don't you get it? He used us.

We'd better notify the Department of Agriculture as soon as possible.

Yes, sir.

action by the Department of Agriculture prevented the deadly foot -and -mouth

virus from spreading to the rest of the Avila cattle and necessitating their

slaughter. Tyler Cray was convicted of extortion and is currently serving his

sentence in a federal prison.

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