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Good evening.

Television has done much to raise the level of weather prognostication.

The addition of the weather girl has not improved the predictions, but she does

make the mistake more enjoyable.

Those of you in the northeast sector...

can expect the weather to continue.

I must warn those of you in the West that there is a cloud on your horizon.

So, if this is a rain cloud, you can expect rain,

perhaps.

We got that radiator fixed before we started for hell's sake.

That old engine's about ready to burn up.

That's why I'm going to stop.

We'll be lucky if them pistons haven't swelled up a lot.

They won't, not if we take it easy.

All the crummy places that get stuck in hell's basement sure would be the worst.

I sure wish there was a patch of shade to stop rain. She'd cool down a lot

faster. Oh, sure, sure.

How about a canopy from the Biltmore or something? There's a lot of shade out

here in this stinking desert.

No use heating yourself up more just because you're here.

We only got 85 more miles to go.

The last 50 is enough to tear the guts out of a bulldozer.

Somehow get the idea, Bill, you don't like it.

Oh, I love it.

I love it out here.

Balmy breezes, beautiful cactus. I love it. It's just... Thanks.

Can I help any?

Oh, no, not much.

As long as we got to stop to cool the truck off, we might as well cool

off, too.

How do you... Lousy weather, this miserable equipment.

It's my job.

As long as I can remember.

Well, another thing. How could you let that chiseling Max Bell stick here with

this lousy piece of equipment?

It's the best I could afford.

Well, ain't you gonna paint it? Ain't you gonna cover up that sign?

Well, I'll get around to it. No hurry.

Sure shows you ain't no... You ain't no businessman. You go around advertising

for Max Bell, he don't pay a nickel for it.

And it ain't worth a nickel, either.

It don't matter to the healers or the sand fleas what it reads.

It sure don't matter that some fool out here is scratching around for a living

in this overheated sandbox.

All you do is haul their loads back and forth back. You want more? More water?

You want me to fill up a swimming pool for you to cool off in?

Why not? You got a big enough beach out here for it.

Ah, it's just still pretty hot.

I guess we'll have to wait a while longer.

She want to walk back 50 miles to the highway.

Well, like 25. We've been rolling kind of slow.

She couldn't do 10 miles right now, but a couple hours, taking it easy, she'll

do all right.

Sure.

Sure.

Stopping water all the way back to town, huh?

Right.

And if you don't like... When you get back, you can draw your time and quit.

I won't hold no hard feelings.

All right, as long as you keep bringing it up, I will.

Ajax needs a driver on the Phoenix to Denver run.

Starting when?

Monday.

It's a steady job.

Good pay, good highway.

Looks like dust back down on the road.

Dust, so what?

I mean dust in the air like a car traveling.

They're really moving.

Too fast on this kind of stuff.

Must be tourists. Got lost.

Better slow down.

You all right, mister? Yeah. Yeah, I'm all right.

But I didn't see no stoplight.

How about your buddy?

Hey, is that your truck?

Yeah. Well, what's the big idea of parking in the middle of the road? Shut

Lemon. You hit that rock like you was aiming at it.

Yeah, but there ain't no sign you should park in the middle of the road.

I'll check your car.

Yeah, in a minute. But first, you got any water?

Over there on the running board.

You got lost, huh?

Well, let's put it this way, Pops. I know where I was, but I don't know where

am. Yeah, you see, we're supposed to take a shortcut.

Don't count your buttons.

Sure could use some of that water.

Help yourself.

There was a sign back there where you turned off the highway warning there

wasn't any water for a hundred miles.

Didn't you see it?

Sign?

He can't read.

That ain't so.

I'll check your heap.

The wheel's sure gone.

Drive shaft's broken.

Who is that?

It's a friend of ours.

Lemon's fiancee, sort of.

You in the habit of taping up your friends, mister?

No, I'm not, but Lemley is.

It's a joke.

You don't like the feel of her fingernails in his hide, do you, Lemmon?

Well, the dame bugs me.

She needs water.

She's in bad shape.

Yeah, she's worked up quite a thirst.

She's all right when we left Phoenix this morning.

You mean to say she hasn't had a drink of water since then?

That's what I mean to say.

Well, as the saying goes, it's my turn now for a little aqua.

Ain't she got pretty hair?

Real pretty hair.

Rest is for you.

Hey, Ma, she drunk it all up.

There's another bag there on the front fender.

Take it easy, miss.

You've got to help me. Those men... You're Stephanie Thomas, aren't you?

Those are the men who kidnapped you. I heard it on the radio.

Good for you, pops.

Neither of you guys want to be heroes.

Go sit here and fix the car.

Why don't you let this girl go?

You got the money and $100 ,000.

As the saying goes, Pops, money ain't everything.

She'll come in handy if we have to run another roadblock.

There ain't no roadblocks in the desert.

Okay, okay.

So let's just say Lemon likes her, huh? Now stop with the questions.

How far to the border, Pops?

About 90, I reckon. Straight across, far side of this basin.

How far back to the main road where we turned off?

Fifty miles, a mite more.

Some water, please.

Drive shaft's busted, Marsh. We can't fix it.

Please, can I have some more water?

Glad I'm sure you don't need her for a hostage, so don't give her any water.

Shut up!

Gotta think this thing out.

No chance of fixing the car, huh?

You get a better chance getting Edgar Hoover's job.

All right, all right.

Go get our stuff out of the car. Can I have some more water?

Yeah, kid.

Would you like me to give you a drink of water?

Huh?

You want a little drink?

Just one little drink. Huh?

Come on. Just one little drink?

Cool, boy.

You try that again, lover boy, and you'll be just a relic. Don't do me no

favors, Morris. Let me do it.

Two.

Why?

I just remembered I got my last one up.

But don't get ideas.

Three's all we need.

You touch that bag and I'll drop you right where you are.

For that bag of water?

Sure, he'd kill for that bag.

It's the only water there is.

Hey, love boy.

You still want to be a hero with a doll?

Hey, maybe she'll settle for a nice...

little kiss instead of a drink.

All right?

Now you're talking. Shut up.

Let love boy do it.

He'll show you how.

Go ahead, love boy.

Now, wait a minute, Mars. You told me that... Yeah, I got a chance and you

couldn't make it.

Now let's watch Sir Gallyhead.

I'm doing you a favor.

Don't you appreciate?

Marge, please don't let them.

We got more important business.

Can you still drive?

Yeah.

You can drive this truck?

There ain't no rig I can't drive.

Okay. You can get the green stuff out of the car and let's roll.

Where does this road hit the border, Pops?

That sign you missed warning about water pointed this way to Sonoita.

What's between here and there?

Just what you see ahead there.

And an Indian village about 40 miles off to the right.

Any water between here and the border?

Didn't I just tell you? Not a drop till you get to Sonoita, that ten miles off

the side of the border.

But there's plenty of water there.

Can this truck of yours make it?

Treat her right, she'll make it. Always has.

You gonna leave us here to die?

I reckon you will.

You'd have killed that girl at the border anyway.

You guys wanted to have me let the girl go, and that's what I'm doing.

Hey, Marsh, let's trade this rig in for a car, huh?

With 50 grand apiece, who needs it?

Come on, let's burn them and get out of here. Shut up!

I'll do some figuring.

How far could you make it, Pops?

Three of you.

In this heat, without water, we'd be dead in five miles.

You, uh, couldn't walk out, huh?

Nobody in this country ever made ten miles on foot if his water was gone.

We'd be better off if you shot us.

Quick.

Yeah, that's right, Marsh.

Why ditch him out here?

Listen, you dope, I gotta do the thinking for both of us.

We got three shots left.

We waste them on these jerks, what happens if we run into the law?

We buy some more.

Not till we get to a town.

And maybe what happens before we get there?

Yeah, yeah, I guess you gotta figure all the angles, huh?

It's 50 miles back to the highway, 90 miles straight ahead to Sonita.

They can't make it.

You mean you're going to leave us here to die?

To bake alive?

Sure.

Sure.

But with your hero, sweetheart, I guess Pop Sear can tell you all about it.

How you die of thirst.

Yeah. I hear your tongue swells up real big.

Like a ripe banana.

Yeah, but there's no need to talk about it either. Oh, I think I'm going to like

it. When I hit that first bar at Sodaita.

I remember all of you with pleasure.

Now get this junk started, Lemon.

The three of you, start walking.

Out there toward the car, where I can see you.

So what? We're still here.

Why did they have to leave us here like this?

Why couldn't they have killed us?

Now, now, don't go getting yourself upset.

Main reason was, I suppose, because I lied to them.

We'll make it out all right.

Without water?

There's not even a barrel cactus within miles.

You said you lied to them.

What did you say?

I told them it was better than 50 miles back to the highway.

It's only about 25.

What difference does that make? We still can't go anywhere without water.

Well, the way I figure, there's probably four or five gallons of water in the

radiator of this car.

Can we drink it? Well, maybe it won't taste very good, but after a while...

Complaining already?

It'll cool off enough to drink by the time we need it.

After it's dark and cool, I'll walk out and get help.

25 miles, that's a long way.

Those high -heeled shoes of yours wasn't designed for hiking, but I've made it

before. Any hiking to be done, I'll be the one that does it. I know this

better than you do. Just because you're getting old is no sign you're getting

mean. Besides, I probably won't have to walk it all the way. Not when you can

see a signal fire for 100 miles in this country.

Signal fire?

What's going to burn out here?

There's gas in this tank.

Soak those seat cushions, they'll burn real bright for a long time.

Well, if I'm going, I better get something to carry the water.

I ain't so good at planning.

Some things I know and some things I don't.

I just didn't want none of us to get killed over that water bag.

This inner tube will hold about three quarts of water.

That's what I call real good planning.

I never would have thought of it myself.

It's about time.

Yes, I guess it is.

I figure I can average about two miles an hour walking.

Should put me out in about 12 hours.

That ought to about do it.

Everything ready for the fire?

I doubt it all would get me.

Well, let's get it started.

You ought to be able to see that blaze all the way to Sanford.

Dad?

Dad!

Dad, come back!

Dad!

What's wrong?

Where's your father gone?

He's an old man. He shouldn't try to make... Please!

Don't leave me.

Oh, desert camel.

through the head.

That means there's only two bullets left.

Marsh must have taken Lemon's gun.

Well, let's get after him. What makes you certain he didn't reach Sonowita?

That punk was too anxious about water to use any of it in the truck.

All right.

Let's go on a few more miles.

The deep sand will get him. That's where the engine would start to heat up fast.

It was headquarters.

The girl's in the hospital and she's okay.

Tell them to send an ambulance.

You and the truck. Throw your guns out and get down.

I must have abandoned the truck.

The water bag's gone.

Roy, you look down the culvert over there. I'll go up the other side.

See you, son.

Well, all we need is a new engine, Dad, and we'll be back in business.

Will you call headquarters, will you?

I'm going to have it repainted.

White and blue.

Andy Davis and son.

Water contractors.

The weather in the Sonoita area continues fair.

Very fair.

Now in the central portion...

there's a low pressure area

which

leads me to predict high velocity winds in the southeast

and cloud

formations in the east central section

Good night until next time.