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What do you think?

Bad tip?

Well, he made the appointment.

If he needs insulin, he'll keep it.

If.

William Judson, FBI.

Billy! Back here!

Go! Was that Macklin?

Police from the West Coast. Did you see who picked him up?

Blonde nurse in her 20s.

California license, HYE 451. Get in the radio right away.

How do you see the girl, Lou?

Hostage or another victim?

I don't know.

She's a girl in trouble.

Either way.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Henry Silva, Jan Shepard,

Linda Day, and Lynn Barry as Chino's

widow.

Tonight's episode, Line of Fire.

On September 18th, one of the FBI's ten most wanted criminals, William Judson,

was apprehended by agents in Los Angeles.

Judson and his close friend and partner, Richard Macklin, were both longtime

members of the Miami Crime Syndicate, and recently Judson had indicated a

desire to break with La Cosa Nostra.

He had hinted at a willingness to give evidence of the syndicate's ties to

legitimate business.

It was vital for the FBI to take both men alive, but now Judson was dying.

Tell him what?

Tell him I... I got... He knows. He saw you.

Oh.

Oh, he's... He's in Miami.

Oh. Dr. Marsden, Dr. Marsden, please report to surgery immediately.

Hello, Washington.

They lost the car on 18th.

Tom, you think it's possible that Judson never saw Macklin?

Well, maybe.

There was a lot of confusion.

Why?

Well, he thinks Macklin's in Florida.

You mean the meeting wasn't arranged?

Not by Judson, anyway.

Who did he think was behind the gun?

Erskine. Lewis, how did it happen?

Well, we had the man in custody, Art.

Macklin opened fire and hit him accidentally.

Are you sure it was Macklin?

Unless he's got a twin.

Well, he may have a thad because he can't be two places at the same time.

He was reliably reported to be back in Miami as late as yesterday.

There was a mafia family sit -down and he was supposed to attend.

What's the latest information we have on that? The Miami office is signing out

informants on that now.

All right.

See if you can pick up anything about a contract on Macklin or Judson or both of

them.

Judson seemed to think that whoever did the shooting was shooting at him.

Uh -huh.

Well, I wonder.

You suppose that's why Macklin was there, to warn Judson about a hit?

It could be.

What about that hostage that Macklin is holding?

Well, the Department of Motor Vehicles is tracing the license now.

The girl was wearing a nurse's uniform. The chances are she was on her way to

work here.

Uh -huh. Any sign of them?

Not yet.

Macklin probably knows his way around Los Angeles pretty well. He was born

Well, that's going to make it more difficult.

Yeah.

All right, Lewis. Thank you. Good luck. And I'll get in touch with you as soon

as I can.

Right on, Pico.

Oh, listen.

Don't talk, Angel, baby. Just drive.

Let's find a freeway out of this town.

Could I at least ask why the police are after you?

No.

Go on. Go on.

But the light is... Don't stop. Run it.

Beautiful.

Just like the movies.

California license HYE 451 was issued to Miss Carol Grant, 819 Hightower, Los

Angeles. I checked the head nurse's office. The Grant girl is on the staff

She worked the late shift last night, but she made an appointment with the

nurse for 4 o 'clock this afternoon.

Did the head nurse say what it was about? No, she didn't know.

But I talked to Miss Grant's best friend, another RN named Jane Walden.

sending her down here in a few minutes.

She said that...

She thought this was going to be Miss Grant's last day. She was coming in to

resign.

Why?

She said she was afraid she wasn't fit for the job.

She couldn't take the pressure.

Two in a row.

Looks like we're running into a little bad luck today.

Nurse.

Nurse what?

Carol Grant.

Turn left.

Okay, get out.

Please, couldn't you let me go now?

Out!

Nurse Grant, you're lucky I need you.

Please, don't make me drive anymore.

Well, I sure can't drive and keep an eye on you all at the same time.

Can I, Angel Baby?

Now, get up!

Let's try North Broadway.

There's got to be a freeway entrance someplace.

L .A. 1.

Go ahead, L .A. 1. We have a truck driver at Olympic and 12th Street.

His truck was almost hit by a car closely resembling the subject vehicle

Maple and 15th Street.

Subject vehicle is northbound.

Notify police and our agents in the area.

Nothing ever changes.

I used to come here when I was a kid.

You gone deaf, lady?

Stay with it, nurse.

You look like you're off in another world.

Talk to me.

Please. I used to watch the trucks roll in with lettuce, tomatoes.

Some of the tomatoes as big as footballs.

I used to boost them.

Boost? Boost steel.

I used to boost the big ones.

Long time ago.

You run, run.

I think you're getting further away.

And all the time, you're circling back.

Hello?

Yes, yes, just a minute.

It's Mr. Ward.

Yes, Arthur.

Lewis, your hunch seems to have paid off.

Informants report that both Macklin and Judson are slated for execution by the

syndicate. Macklin disappeared from the Miami area late last night, so he was

evidently trying to warn Judson.

Yes.

Judson's dead.

How?

Do you think you can take Macklin alive?

He's our last chance now.

We'll do our best.

Which way?

You pick it.

Will I? Pick it!

Is this all

right?

You're taking me home, nurse.

News of the half -hour on station KCBM.

FBI agents and local police are continuing their search for one of the

ten most wanted fugitives, Richard Macklin. Less than 25 minutes ago,

31, shot it out with FBI agents in a desperate gun battle in a hospital

lot. He made his escape after attempting to free Cosa Nostra hoodlum William

Judson from FBI custody.

And here's a late report.

Judson, wounded in the gunfight by a ricocheting bullet, has just died on the

operating table.

I should have let them take him.

They were all around.

And I opened up before I knew what I was doing.

Well, he couldn't have done another stretch anyway.

He'd have picked up another 20 years, one way or another.

Prison must be awful.

It's not so bad when you're young.

Fifteen, sixteen.

It's kind of interesting.

You pull a job, you get busted.

You're post -bail.

Then you pull a few more jobs to pay the legal eagles.

What? The attorneys.

Then you're an old man, like Billy.

And you can't take a long fall.

You can't.

How old was he?

Your friend.

41.

All right, keep after it.

This is Miss Grant's friend, Jane Walden, Inspector Erskine. Miss Walden.

you found her?

Not yet.

Honestly, this is just like a nightmare. I can't believe it.

Miss Walden, have you ever seen this man before?

No. Is that the... No, I haven't.

Is Carol a Los Angeles girl?

No, she's from Portland. She just came down here to take her training.

That's how we met each other.

Oh.

You told Mr. Colby you thought she was planning to resign today.

Yes. What gave you that impression?

Well, she's been sort of unhappy about nursing for a long time.

It's funny. She was wonderful in class.

You know, with the books and charts and everything.

But it's different in a ward.

You mean when she has to deal with people rather than books?

Well, she just goes all to pieces in an emergency.

Colby.

Mr. Ratt.

Well, thank you, Miss Walden.

Yes, Brian.

Lou, we found Miss Grant's car near Pico in Los Angeles.

No sign of Macklin or the girl.

15th and Maple.

Pico in Los Angeles.

There's a direction that seems to be roughly eastward.

That's right. He was born in East L .A. He may still have contacts there.

All right, let's concentrate on the east side.

Pull in every available agent and coordinate with the police.

Are there any cars reported stolen around there? Not yet.

We're checking with the tenants in the immediate area now.

I'll be right over.

I want every address we ever had on him.

Names of relatives, girlfriends, local hangouts.

Anything that might come back to a man running.

So when my mother took off, her sister raised me.

I didn't speak English until I was five.

Talk to me.

I spoke Spanish.

My mother was Mexican.

Macklin?

My dad was Welsh.

Well, what happened to him?

Beats me. I never met the man.

Right on first nurse grant.

We still haven't located anyone who's missing a car, Lou.

There is a man over there I think you ought to talk to.

All right.

Any sign of blood in Miss Grant's car?

No, no blood.

No sign of any struggle on the girl's part.

Apparently, she's playing it cool.

Well, let's hope she can keep it up.

Keep it up?

She's got a reputation for being unreliable in a crisis.

Oh. If he provokes her into killing her, he'll have a number one over his head

and will never take him alive.

Mr. Perez?

This is Inspector Erskine.

Would you tell him what you told us before, please?

Well, the agents asked me to come out, you know, see if my car was okay.

It was.

It's still here.

That's it over there.

I did notice that the car that was parked here before, it was gone.

Maybe the owner took it. I don't know.

How long ago did you see it there, Mr. Harris?

It was there when I got here.

That's been about 40 minutes.

Can you describe it?

Sure, man.

This guy parks here every day.

Tan.

More paint on it than I got on mine.

What kind of body?

Station wagon.

Ford.

Put out an APB on it. Stress it as only possible.

Keep looking for the owner.

There's P .D. Romero's place.

We used to take the street car to Venice.

What do I do?

Pull over and leave it and drive.

May I see your driver's license, please?

I just know you won't believe this, officer, but I left my license in my

bag.

And yours, sir?

Yours, officer.

Two blocks down and right.

Unit 21.

First and Cummings.

We're both hit.

Take a look.

It's an artery.

You'll have to go to a hospital.

Look, don't tell me what to do.

But you can feel it for yourself.

Blood from an artery spurts.

Blood from a vein flows.

Okay. So fix it.

There's a pressure point here.

You hold your finger there.

And you can stop the bleeding.

But a doctor's got to treat and suture that wound.

All right.

Out.

Please.

I had a girlfriend who lived around here once.

It ain't far to walk.

No, I can't.

I can't. You don't understand.

I've never had the responsibility before.

I've never been a charge nurse.

Sweetheart. You got it now.

been wounded. The girl's still with him.

Now, here's the information you wanted, Lou.

Last permanent L .A. address, 1518 Rowan. He was living with an aunt at the

time. The house itself was torn down several years ago.

Is the aunt still in the area?

She died in September of 1953.

She was listed on his first arrest record as the only living relative.

And she died when?

September of 53.

Subject charged with destruction of property, resisting arrest, expelled,

3rd Street, Junior High.

September 53.

Barricaded himself in the auditorium. Sounds like a one -man riot.

No other addresses?

No, sir.

Did he belong to a street gang?

Yeah, the Dragons.

They were pretty well cut up in a 1958 street war. They disbanded the same

Any of their leaders left?

No, sir.

Where'd they used to meet?

Third Avenue, a bar called Chino's.

Let's see if it's still there.

You going out?

Oh, no, no, no. I was just going out with a girlfriend.

Anybody else live with you?

Are you married or anything?

Oh, no, no.

Could you help me, please?

Oh, I heard about this, but they didn't say anything about that on the radio.

It just happened.

I wouldn't have come here if there was any place else to go.

Oh, look. Listen, that's all right.

Now, don't you worry about that.

I'll get you some cloths.

You need a doctor.

Please, let me call the doctor.

Sweetheart, will you quit?

But you'll die.

I don't have the training to... What are you talking about? You're a nurse.

I suppose I may be experienced then.

I just graduated.

Someone's always helped me.

But you know what has to be done.

Yes.

Evelyn.

Have you got a bottle?

10 ,000 free boys in this town.

And I can't find one to take me out.

Must be 10 ,000 nurses.

And I get you.

Here. I got the glass.

Oh.

Is there a drugstore around here?

Yeah. Tories.

Would he ask a lot of questions if you wanted surgical scissors and surgical

thread? No. No.

I'll be right back.

Look, you're going to be okay.

Yes, sir.

FBI. Are you the owner?

Well, I got a piece of the action.

I understand a Richard Macklin used to hang out here.

Macklin?

Yes. Do you know him?

Yeah, well, I haven't seen him in like, wow, ten years.

Any of his friends still here?

Man, I wouldn't know about that. I didn't hang around with their cats too

Then you're not Chino.

No, Chino's dead.

He left us back in... 63.

Yeah, 63. That's right, Ma. You remember everything, huh?

Well, I want to.

When it's worth it.

Another one for the lady.

You bet.

Were you a friend of Chino's?

I'm Chino's widow.

Did you know Macklin?

He was a kid. He's been gone a long time.

Do you think he would come back here if he were in trouble?

No.

Him and Chino used to shoot pool, that's all.

Why would he come here?

He's been wounded.

Go look for the blonde, then.

Evelyn something.

She was his girl. She was his girl.

She was his girl like I was Chino's wife.

Fili -filis, you know.

Faithful. One man.

When that man goes away, it's never the same.

You wait.

There may be other men.

A lot of other men.

But you never belong to them.

Yeah, wait.

Her last name would help. Can you think of it?

Maybe Thorn?

Would you have an address?

Somewhere in the neighborhood. I never knew.

Is he okay?

Yeah, I think he will be.

The bullet went right through his shoulder, so it didn't hurt anything

If it had, he'd be dead by now.

Well, I guess that's it.

You sound surprised.

Well, this is a funny place for a graduation.

Hey, I thought you said you were a real nurse.

I've rinsed the blood out of your shirt.

Good.

How am I doing?

Well, you ought to be in a hospital.

Would you stop the bleeding?

And you set up the artery.

How about that?

Yeah. How about that?

Richard,

don't you think... I've got to get out of here.

It's dark.

I can make it now. Let me go with you.

How about the kid?

They're going to be looking for a nurse.

You got something she can wear?

Yeah.

She could use my tan suit.

I just got it from the cleaners.

Get it.

But I can't let you go.

You're my free pass out of town.

No more pushing and screaming, nurse?

Would it do any good?

No.

Well?

You could have cut out on me when I went under a while ago.

Yeah, I guess I could have.

Why didn't you?

I don't know. I guess I was just too busy.

And after you finished?

Yeah, it's... It's wild. You've turned into my first patient.

I don't want anything to happen to you.

Here. You can change in the bedroom.

Well... Thanks, Evelyn.

Oh, Richard, there's prowl cars out there everywhere. Can't you make some

of a deal to surrender?

We'll see.

I'd get you a lawyer.

I'd wait for you.

Richard.

I know you can't stay now.

But would you come back later?

If you can.

L .A. 10.

L .A. 10, go ahead.

a petty theft arrest against an Evelyn Thorne on 3 -1 -6 -6.

Case was dismissed when the male complainant dropped the charge.

Do you have an address?

1 -8 -5 -6 East 3rd.

Where's that in relation to the East 3rd Junior High?

Within a block.

Thank you. Ten clear.

Thank you.

Macklin, those are police out there.

They'll kill you if you don't give yourself up.

They know you're with me.

They're not about to hurt you.

It hasn't changed very much.

You mean this was your school?

That's funny.

The last time I was here, I had a gun in my hand.

A zip gun I made myself.

I came blasting out of the auditorium doors.

Man, they were coming at me from all sides.

I guess it hasn't changed much, has it?

Durant went on to the Thorne apartment and found the nurse's uniform in a

closet.

Evelyn Thorne admitted they'd been there. She wants to talk to whoever's in

charge.

Where is she? Durant's car.

They're out of the line of fire.

Miss Thorne?

I'm Inspector Erskine. I understand you wanted to talk to me.

Oh, yes. Is the nurse still with him?

As far as we know.

Well, he wouldn't hurt her.

You know, she saved his life.

I mean, she fixed his wound.

Oh, he told her that she had to, but she fixed it real good.

Boy, if it hadn't been me, I would have flipped.

Then she's a nurse.

I guess that's the difference.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is I think he'd come out if I asked him.

Would you let me try?

Ryan, bring me the horn, will you please?

Dance, Thursday night.

Boys, gym.

Ten cents.

It was a dime on my day, too.

But it was more fun to bust in.

That fire bell always bucked me.

I always wanted to ring it.

All I get is 10 or 15 years, huh?

all right, Ms. Grant.

Turn around.

Okay, away from the wall.

You know, your girlfriend was right, Macklin.

The officers you shot are out of danger. All you face is a fugitive warrant.

Maybe a charge of manslaughter.

Well, how about Billy Judson?

Is he out of danger?

The slug they took out of him was a .45.

That could be the manslaughter charge. It was your bullet that killed him.

I don't believe that.

Give me the gun, Macklin.

There's no way on earth you can get out of here alive.

As long as you're with me, they're not going to shoot, pal.

They have their orders.

The minute you get one inch away from me, they'll fire.

They never risk it.

One inch.

Give me the gun.

Move!

Oh, Richard, don't make it worse!

No, he didn't ask anyone else for help.

We went straight from the second car to Miss Thorne's apartment.

Do you think that she was waiting for him, that this was a prearranged tight

-up? Oh, no.

No, I'm sure it wasn't.

As a matter of fact, she asked him to surrender several times.

She has quite a high opinion of you.

Of me? Mm -hmm.

And of the way you handled yourself in the crisis.

Well, I... I guess if you have to do something, you do it.

Nursing must be quite a challenge for you.

Yes.

Quite a challenge.

I thought for a while that... That what?

Nothing.

It's all over now.

Richard Macklin is currently serving a 10 -year sentence in a California state

prison for the death of William Judson and the armed assault of two Los Angeles

police officers.

He still faces charges in Florida.

Through his cooperation, four leading members of the Southern Florida

have been arrested on anti -racketeering charges and are now awaiting trial.

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