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It's prayer time.

Those plans are off. The alarm will blow.

The guard identified the mugshot of Charles Wicker to be the man who shot

Any word on Barney Hoyle?

Who's that?

He helped Slade with the last robbery.

You ever heard of Scottsdale?

One of the wealthiest suburbs in the country.

Right outside of Phoenix.

Lots of rich people.

Lots of banks.

Lots of safe deposit boxes.

And if you boys picked out the right bank, we're really going to be in

It don't pay to press when things go wrong.

There'll be other chances.

There'll never be another chance like this one.

From the minute I laid eyes on this setup, I knew this was the big one.

They'll be talking about this bust -in when your children have grandchildren.

Don't stop the counter. Just fill up the bag.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott.

And Shelley Novak.

With guest stars Jackie Cooper, Don Stroud,

Kevin Coughlin, Nancy Malone,

Lou Frizzell.

Tonight's episode, break in.

They're spoiling me for my wife's cooking.

I must have put on ten pounds since they transferred me to this detail.

Me too, Harlan.

You're a good boy.

Let's go.

All right? Yeah, yeah, just that.

On the afternoon of May 19th, Harlan Slade, a convicted burglar, serving time

for the attempted murder of a bank security officer, broke out of state

A prison guard was injured during the escape, and Harlan Slade was placed on

FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.

Based on evidence that he crossed state lines following his escape, a federal

warrant was issued charging Slade with unlawful flight to avoid confinement.

Inspector Erskine was placed in charge of this investigation.

We found the truck abandoned in a field about five miles north of Horton,

Kansas. It was stolen.

Latents? The agents are processing him now. The wounded guard's going over

mugshots of Harlan Slade's family and judging by their records, they're

dangerous.

According to that prison report, Slade refused to receive visitors until a few

months ago.

Then a couple of his relatives started visiting him, rather regularly, probably

planning his escape.

Maybe another burglary. He was never known for his patience.

Mr. Ward, the guard identified the mugshot of Charles Wicker to be the man

shot him.

He was one of his visitors.

Identification division matched his fingerprints with some of the elatance

in the abandoned panel truck.

They also identified prints from the chuck wagon where the intercom cable had

been torn out to be those of Bud Munsey.

That's his brother -in -law.

Any word on Barney Hoyle?

Who's that?

He helped Slade with the last robbery.

Philadelphia office is unable to find him. They think he left town.

Probably because Slade needs a good powder man.

Make a pretty fair team.

Pretty fair is an understatement.

The last job netted half a million.

When will Hoyle get out of jail?

About a month ago.

It was his first conviction. They recovered the money.

Well, it looks like Kansas is going to be your next stop.

Slade's got families scattered all over the state.

You look a little pale. You feeling all right?

Yeah, I feel fine.

That's a hot one.

I'm pale, and you're the one that just got out of prison.

You look great.

That's because I eat my own cooking. But that's the reason we sprung you, so you

could cook for us, huh?

You lost a little weight, too.

What's the matter with that husband of yours? Doesn't he take good care of you?

Wait a minute, I don't count.

It's a big brother she worries about, right?

Uh, where, uh, where's Anita?

I tried to get Anita to come, but, uh, I don't know.

Forget Anita.

What do you mean, forget her? She's my wife.

Now, why isn't she here? I got somebody else you'll be glad to see, huh? Hey,

Bernie Hall.

Oh, I need her. Hello, Harlan. Hello, Harlan.

Hey, Bobby.

Come play ball with us.

I will. I will in a little while. Right now, we've got to talk a little

business. Go on. I'll be right with you.

Hey, Uncle Harlan.

It's a group to have you back, man, really.

I was telling Bud, you can use me. Use me for anything at all. I'd be proud and

happy to work for you. I mean that.

Who?

You remember Eddie, my sister's son?

That chick has heard all about you. I mean, she's crazy to me.

Sandy?

I said family.

It's practically the same thing. I mean, we're almost married.

Like to meet Uncle Harlan?

He's not a bad kid, and he's a good driver.

Okay, okay.

Fine.

Well, if Bud and Charlie do their homework, we really got a big one

That's why I sent for you.

Last time the take was half a million.

Only we had to give it back.

We were careless.

This time the take could go to three million.

Maybe more.

A location I picked out is Scottsdale, Arizona.

You ever heard of Scottsdale?

One of the wealthiest suburbs in the country.

Not outside of Phoenix.

Lots of rich people.

Lots of banks.

Lots of safe deposit boxes just loaded with old money.

And if you boys picked out the right bank, we're really going to be in

This one meets the specifications, Arlen. We followed your orders

You did?

That's right.

Oh, that's good.

And you can just keep right on breathing for a nice long time.

But when do we leave?

You don't.

You and Barney finish collecting supplies.

I'll go on ahead with Bud and Ella and set it up.

Barney, when I send you the words, you come on ahead with the first load and

finish up.

Anything else?

Right now I'm going to play ball.

Bobby!

I wanted to visit him in prison, but he wouldn't let me.

You see, my husband is a very proud man, Inspector. He didn't want me to see him

like that.

Well, later on, I decided that I didn't want to see him.

I even stopped writing.

You had no contact at all?

Oh. From time to time, he'd send messages to me.

Through Cousin Charlie.

Wicker.

Same old story.

Tell Anita that we'll start over.

Tell Anita it'll be different this time.

Well, about a month ago, Charlie dropped by and told me that he thought Harlan

would be getting out.

Would I be willing to give it another try?

What was your answer?

Well, I told him that I'd let him know.

And then Charlie dropped by again. It was the day before yesterday.

After your husband escaped?

Yeah, Charlie wanted to take me someplace to meet Harlan, but he

me where.

Well, that's when I knew he must have busted out. I mean, Holland's never

to change.

You know, he's always chasing that one big score, and then he's going to move

far off to some never -never land, and we're going to live happily ever after.

You know, well, I'm tired of his dreams.

You know, someday he's going to kill somebody, and I don't want to be around

when it happens.

Do you have a number where Wicker can be reached?

It used to be the place where he worked, the Miller Construction Company.

It'll do.

It's perfect and you know it. It's an easy score.

It's never easy.

Only dreams are easy.

You can tell Barney to come ahead.

Hello. How are you?

Let her rip, Wally.

What can I do for you?

Inspector Erskine, FBI.

Special Agent Daniels. How are you?

I talked to you about one of your workmen.

Who's that?

Charlie Rickers.

Funny you should be asking about him.

He hasn't shown up the last few days. Don't answer his phone.

I wonder if he's left town.

How long has he worked for you?

Oh, a little less than a year, I'd say.

Good man.

I made him my assistant.

Would he have access to that shed over there?

Sure, why?

Then he could have been moving dynamite out of there a little at a time,

couldn't he?

Yeah, could have.

The way we use powder around here, we never miss a few sticks or even a few

boxes. Does Wicker have any close friends among the other workers?

Yeah, Fred Johnson, but he's not around here anymore.

Caught in a blast about three months ago and mashed up his leg.

Do you have his address?

Yeah, I think so. I'll check the files.

Hey, suppose Charlie comes back. What do you want me to do?

Call our office here if you would. He's an FBI fugitive.

Charlie?

What I'd like you to understand, Hartley, is that I'm not in this deal

What we're actually looking for is a substantial tax write -off.

I understand perfectly, Mr. Simpson.

You'll never find a better shopping center than this.

Well, I'm not so sure.

Going over your perspectives here, I notice most of your rentals are month to

month. That enables us to get higher rents. The main thing is we always have

% occupancy.

What about that empty barbershop?

Well, it's a problem with the way men have been wearing their hair long these

last few years.

But it won't stay vacant.

Fact is, I have a fellow who wants to open up a TV store there.

Well, here's the fellow I was talking about.

Mr. Carter, come in.

Hello. What have you decided?

Well, it's okay, Mr. Hartley, but there'll be a lot of expenses, heavy

structural changes.

I'll have to rip out a whole wall to put in electrical and antenna plug -ins

alone.

Now, I'm sure that you'll be very successful here, Mr. Carter. Do you want

rental or don't you?

Well, we have a deal.

Splendid. Mary, hand me that rental agreement on number three.

Oh, by the way, meet Mr.

Simpson. He may be your new landlord. Carter, how do you do?

Now, you just sign here and here.

Now, all we need is your check for the first month.

This is drawn on an eastern bank.

Great Neck, Long Island, where I hail from.

I'm not sure. Say, do you know John and Charlotte Wilson in Great Neck?

Wilson, Manhattan Drive?

Yeah, I believe that's the street.

Well, they're a little bit too rich for me. I don't know them socially, but I

think I've sold them a couple of color TVs.

Oh, well, next time you see them, say hello to them for me. They're real nice

people. Well, I'll do that.

When can I move in?

Oh, right now.

Your official occupancy begins on the first of the month, of course, but you

have my permission to commence alterations.

Fine. Mr. Simpson?

Carter? Pleasure.

Thank you.

There. Now you can tell your people we are 100 % rented.

One thing still bothers me.

Your size B store layout is 85 feet long.

I've inspected them, and the footage looks a little short.

Be my guest. Mr. Carter, I'm not about to measure every store in the place.

Don't you have architectural plans?

Oh, I can do better than that. Our company is also in charge of maintenance

management, sir. We have detailed plans of the whole complex.

Everything including the kitchen sink, plumbing, electrical wiring, water

waste disposal. Do you mind if I take those with me? Oh, by all means. I hope

that they'll come in very handy for you. Oh, I'm sure they will. And there's

just one thing that I want to leave with you. has a good thought for today. This

is a very hot property.

If I were you, I'd act very quickly.

Oh, thank you. I intend to.

Well, well.

Carter, I see you don't waste any time.

Can't afford to, Mr. Simpson.

Fred Johnson?

Who wants to know?

FBI!

I understand you're a friend of Charlie Wickers.

That bum's no friend of mine.

Why, did you have an argument?

No, no argument.

He asked me to use my garage, so I let him.

That was two months ago, and he's still using it.

What's he using it for?

I wouldn't know. I don't snoop.

You never asked him?

Mister, you don't know Charlie Wicker.

You don't ask him questions about anything.

Not if you want to stay healthy.

What's he done?

He's a fugitive.

Yeah? You mind if we have a look?

No, go ahead.

Only I don't think you'll find much.

There was a guy here last night that hauled a lot of stuff away.

This guy, do you know him?

No, all I know is he drives a panel truck.

It was dark. I never got a good look at him.

We never talked.

Settle in gas, oxygen.

Cutting torches.

You're right about one thing. They're definitely planning a job, but where?

Charlie Wicker should be able to throw some light on that.

Looks as if he'll be coming back.

Here, Barney.

They got the subterrane here, see?

How's the water make it?

Runs right underneath the beauty parlor next door.

Saves us a lot of digging.

We're getting lucky.

We should reach it by early tomorrow morning.

And then we'll knock off till 6 p .m. when the beauty shop closes.

Suppose we work real careful during the daytime. Do you think they'll hear us up

there? How careful is real careful? We're digging, aren't we?

Supposing something collapses.

Anyway, what's the rush? I got a whole schedule laid out here.

I was just thinking.

Don't think.

Just follow orders.

You start thinking we're all in trouble.

Well, come on, let's get back to work.

When he moves out, he'll have both hands on the wheel.

All units, go.

Quicker!

FBI.

He never called.

You sure? Maybe he dozed off.

I hung by that phone all night. I sat right there in that chair.

Maybe Charlie was in such a hurry to get here he didn't bother.

He must have been late hitting the road.

Charlie's orders were to call the minute he was outside of Wichita.

He knew I needed the info.

He knew all the gas stations that were open. He's been over the route before.

Maybe he's had an accident.

Not Charlie.

Only one thing could have kept him from calling.

They must have gotten him.

Suppose he talked.

He won't.

Harlan, I'm not a relative. I gotta think of myself. What makes you so sure

won't talk? Because he knows as long as he keeps his mouth shut, he'll get his

share.

He also knows he'll stay alive.

Well, how long do we wait?

We don't.

Forget Charlie. I'm writing him off.

Well, what do we do about the... Barney, what do you think it'll take to get the

cutting equipment here in Phoenix?

About 300, but do you think we should?

We don't have time to arrange anything else.

Okay, I'll pick up the tools.

Okay, okay.

Now our problem is to get a driver lookout.

It's too late to change our plan.

We can't operate a man short.

Hey, what about Eddie?

Who? You know, my sister's kid.

I told you, I don't like him. You know, you've got it all wrong about him. He's

okay, honest, and he's hot to work for you.

Yeah, just a little too hot.

Who else are you going to get on such short notice, huh?

Okay, okay, call him up.

Right. But don't tell him anything. Okay. And listen, tell him to get some

different clothes.

Just tell him to hop the first plane to Phoenix and you'll pick him up at the

airport.

Use the payphone.

Okay, what's eating?

You know what.

Don't tell me my little sister's running scared.

They got Charlie.

So they got Charlie.

That's why I had Charlie working a long ways away from here.

You lose one soldier, not the war.

Oh, sure. The big general.

You lose one soldier. Or two soldiers. Or three. It don't matter. As long as

get to play Napoleon. Oh, come on. Knock it off now. You're beginning to sound

just like Anita.

Hey, listen.

I'm doing this for money.

Big money.

More than I ever dreamed of. And it means just as much to you.

I mean, let's face it. Your husband there is no genius, you know.

What can he ever be, huh?

A trash picker? A two -bit numbers runner?

Is that the kind of a life you picked out for yourself?

Look, Harlan, all I meant was it don't pay to press when things go wrong.

There'll be other chances.

There'll never be another chance like this one.

From the minute I laid eyes on this setup, I knew this was the big one.

They'll be talking about this bust -in when your children have grandchildren.

Well, what kind of an omelet are we making?

Mushroom. Oh?

Here's the imported French ones I bought yesterday.

They're great.

They got some terrific stuff in that little door.

Say, you want to chop these onions a little finer.

See? Just a little... a little rocking motion like so.

But ever so gently. Huh?

You already advised me of my rights, Inspector.

Like I said, I don't have to answer.

That's right.

It seems to me you're going way out on a limb to protect your cousin.

I look out for Cousin Harlan's interests.

And before the weekend's out, Cousin Harlan will do something for me.

Tell me about this wallet you had in your pocket. The driver's license and

credit cards are listed in the name of Victor Rizzuto.

A guy dropped a wallet and I just happened to find it.

I was going to bring it back the first thing in the morning.

Till you came along.

You just found that wallet. Where's your own driver's license?

I want a list of the charges on these credit cards for the past month.

Maybe that'll tell us where Slade's hiding.

You think Slade and you have stolen credit cards?

No. He was in jail while Wicker was out doing the legwork.

I can't see Wicker paying cash out of his own pocket if he didn't have to.

I'll get right on it.

The troll car just passed.

You know what time?

Oh, a few minutes ago. I think about 4 .30.

What do you mean, about?

I don't know what about means.

Next time, you look at your wristwatch and write down the time. Understand?

Write it down!

Sure, sure. I mean, it's Saturday. It's going to be different tomorrow. There's

no shopping trip. Hey, just shut up and do what you're told.

I hear you, Uncle Bud.

You don't mind if I ask Uncle Holland a question, do you? About what? Well,

about my cut, man. Nobody's mentioned nothing about my cut.

Your cut is 10%. 10 %?

Now, wait a minute. I take an equal risk. Why don't I get an equal share?

Nobody gets an equal share.

I tell you something. I wouldn't have come down here for no lousy 10%. Now,

listen to me. You're in on a pass, kid, see?

And you can be out just as quick. So quick you never know what hits you. You

understand?

Do you understand?

I understand.

Now, he's just a kid. He doesn't know any better. Well, then tell him!

Tell him his lousy 10 % translates into a quarter of a million dollars.

I want to see him turn it down!

This is ready to go.

Better knock off. That's all we can do at 6 o 'clock.

What if that broad decides to stick around next door? Then we'll just hang

around a little longer.

I could put her out of the way if you want.

Don't tell me what I want.

I'll tell you.

And what I want is for you to put a stopwatch on that patrol.

And I don't want to hear any more about it.

Right on.

Right on.

I remember the little one because he was kidding me.

Joking about how he was going to find a nice girl like me and settle down in

Phoenix. I'll bet he stole that line just like he did the credit cards that

brought him here.

Inspector?

We located the car.

And? We're going through it now, but I doubt we'll find anything.

They're wiped clean and vacuumed after each use.

Took it out at 9 .35, returned it at 6 the same day. Ran up a total of 54

That's a long time for so short a trip.

It takes time to case a bank.

If we cut the mileage in half, draw a circle on the map with a radius of 27

miles from the airport, and establish the area they covered.

Yeah, but we have no way of knowing how many short trips he took within that

limit.

That's true.

Excuse me, Inspector.

It may not be important, but I just remembered.

They not only stuck us for the bill, they stuck us for a parking ticket.

Do you have a copy of the ticket? I'm sorry.

The traffic department notifies us immediately because it's a rental car.

If the customer's already left, we just mail the ticket back with our check and

bill the customer.

Thank you.

Hey, I thought you told me that patrol didn't come by for every 40 minutes.

Yeah, I swear, I was clocking them.

Maybe I dozed off.

Dozed off? What is this, huh?

What, you little cunt?

You're on diners, huh?

Leave the word of this to anybody.

That patrol never came by. If Harlem finds out about this, he'll kill us

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

How'd it go with your life?

How'd it go?

Prayer time.

Those plans are off. The alarm will blow.

Get the bar in there, and remember, it's got to come back toward you. If it

falls forward, it'll trigger the alarm.

I thought we got the alarm.

This one's silent.

It goes straight to police headquarters.

You even drop a feather in that vault, they'll get the message.

One, two, three.

Everybody out.

Looks nice and quiet.

It looked nice and quiet the last time. Until the cops dropped it.

Yeah.

What do you think?

If the cops are coming, they ought to be there any minute.

The violation occurred on Hayden Road, nearest intersection Thomas.

The summons was issued at 3 .35 p .m.

The traffic officer on duty marked the vehicle shortly before 1 p .m. In other

words, the vehicle was in the zone almost three hours.

Thomas and Hayden, that's about three miles from here. It's a commercial area.

Any banks in the immediate vicinity?

Right around the corner on Thomas Road.

The Sun City Trust.

It's less than a block away.

Thank you.

Don't panic.

Just pull up alongside.

Good evening, officer.

When we drove by out front, we noticed you had a light on inside, but the truck

wasn't here. We were just about to investigate.

Oh, well, I took the boys for some coffee. We've got to work around the

open up on schedule.

Hey, I really appreciate that. It's part of our job.

Be seeing you. Well, thanks again, huh?

Wow, wow, wow. There may be hope for you yet.

Come on, open the door. From now on, we move.

Let's get to work.

Take the big box and bring it.

As far as we can make out, everything's in perfect order.

They're inside. They're quiet.

Make sure the men have found out in the wide arc. It could be a tunnel exit.

It's all taken care of.

Now all we have to do is wait for the keys.

How soon will the bank manage to be here?

Should be any minute now.

Don't stop the counter. Just fill up the bag.

Get busy.

I could have told you you were barking up the wrong tree.

This bank's been here for years. We've never had a burger.

Well, you're lucky.

Always happy to cooperate.

Now we know why they spent all day here.

Unless they rejected this thing for some reason and then gone on to case some of

the others.

Rodriguez, divide up the area. We'll cover all sections.

Everybody over here.

Oh, good morning, sir.

Beautiful day we have today.

Inspector Erskine, FBI.

I'd like to have a word with you.

But we have a right to be open Sunday.

This is a food store.

No, I'd just like to ask you a question.

Have you seen this man?

Oh, yeah.

Mr. Simpson.

He knows his food, that one.

Yeah, he a good friend of Hank, who opened a television store right down

Thanks very much.

You're welcome.

Chris, let me have the mic, please.

Unit one to all units.

Okay, we got enough. Let's go.

This will look good on me.

Drop it.

Look, the tour is a risk, but what about these?

Nothing that can be traced, I said. Yeah, but they're fenced. And then we're

talking over a million bucks worth of stocks and bonds. We got four million in

cash right now.

I'm not taking any chances.

Well, I'll take the chance. And look, I'll make your proposition.

All right, you let me have these, and I'll give you back my 10%. Give it to

and Ella. No deal.

It's easy for you to say.

You get the lion's share.

What about me and Ella? It's your sister. It's nothing out of your pocket.

It's time out of my pocket. You're up on the hill. You act like that all the

time in the world. Well, now is the time to get out. Ten minutes? Listen to me,

you creep.

We're going out of here right now and with nothing but what I say. You want to

stay? I'll fix it so you can stay permanently.

That's better.

Now let's get out of here. Get the light. Come on. Get going. Get out.

What's keeping him? He'll be here. Don't worry about it.

Slade this is the FBI come out with your hands up

Well, I know somebody would be glad to see me back in state prison.

The guy's on field duty.

I bet the food's been rotten since that lesson.

Harlan Slade and his Confederates were convicted in federal court of conspiracy

and bank burglary.

Slade, Eddie Phelps, and Charles Wicker were found guilty of assaulting federal

officers. Wicker and Bud Munsey were convicted of interstate car theft and in

state court on charges of aiding Slade in his escape and assault with a deadly

weapon.