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I got to start living with my muchacha.

Thank you.

I'd like to see Frank and Kalis and his brother.

Oh, you must be Steve.

Mm -hmm.

Just a minute.

Mr. Michaelis, your brother is here.

We, uh, regularly...

You write me that you'll be here today.

So I arrange receptions, welcome home parties.

The local paper is filled with stories about local boy makes good. But you have

to tear up a bar in a fight over a new dame.

Well, I always said that she should have been a playboy.

I'm embarrassed.

Get off my back, Frank.

Steve, I'm the president of a racetrack.

I can't take this kind of publicity.

Don't you have any other clothes?

My badge is still in Mexico.

Well, then go up to my place. Help yourself. We're the same size.

You need money.

I've got some left.

Oh, look, I'm sorry.

I'm glad to see you back, Steve.

It's just that...

I'm in a meeting.

I'm late for the accounting room. I've got a lot of things on my mind.

I'll see you, Frank.

Honesty, wait.

Don't.

After all, you're my only brother.

Why don't you go up to my place and have a few drinks?

We'll talk later, when we can think.

After three years, we should be able to say more than hello.

That's why I stopped by, Frank. I thought so, too.

No other reason.

Well, look, I'm late.

See you tonight?

Draw him up a map to the lodge, please.

See you tonight, Steve.

You go up Main Street and past Alto Lake and out of town.

Then uphill and on the right, it's a large house.

Thank you.

Hello, Jack. Good to see you.

Just one dollar, then.

Uh, George, would you see if you can find Mr. McKenna, please?

Sure is a lot of money.

Sure.

Labor day weekend takes a lot of money.

We'll see you Tuesday.

Oh, Frank, I was...

Looking through this report, I think there's a mistake here under item three.

Yes.

You've also been paying some bills I haven't approved yet.

Don't do it.

Well, I've merely been trying to speed up the operation around here. Yeah,

the next time you do it, it comes out of your pocket, not the company's.

You understand?

It is now post time.

Now, where are you going?

I'm going to watch the race, if you don't mind.

What is this? We won't get as far as the parking lot, sir.

The flag is up.

What are you waiting for? Shut up.

It's time for us to go.

Hold it just a minute.

I might tumble over there.

I went for the robbery deal, yes, but I didn't bargain for murder.

Now, you never said anything about killing Frank, and that was deliberate.

Well, you didn't have to lie to me. How do I know you won't do it again?

Now, wait a minute.

Wait a... Wait a minute. I wouldn't do anything rash. I'm just, uh... I'm just

concerned.

Well, there's nothing I can do that wouldn't reveal that I'm part of the

is there?

What's that?

$100 ,000?

I told you.

I told you we couldn't trust him.

Come on in. Come on in. Can I fix your drink?

No, thanks.

Goodness, it's good to have you back.

Sorry, this visit has to be official.

I got a new sheriff here named Chancey Jones. He wants to talk to you. Talk to

me?

Now what have I done?

We've been friends a long time, Steve. Why don't you ask him that?

What's the matter, Ben? I don't want to ask him.

I'm asking you.

There's been a robbery at the racetrack.

Now what does that have to do with me? That's Frank's business.

Unless I'm being blamed for it.

Not by me. I'm not charging you with anything.

But all the deputies on the roadblock are in the investigation. I'm just what

you might call cooperating.

You see, that's Frank.

Your brother's been killed.

Sorry, I have to tell you.

I already vouched for you, Steve. It didn't do any good. The sheriff still

to see you.

Well, uh... You're my cook, then.

So far, that's all we know.

Evidence from the plane crash is being evaluated.

Roadblocks are being maintained.

All law enforcement agencies are cooperating. Has the sheriff made me any

statement? No, and he won't.

Any and all releases will come from here and through me.

That's all, gentlemen. Thank you.

But, Sheriff, one more question.

You've heard him, that's all. Thank you, gentlemen.

Deputy Sheriff Lanswell.

Steve McAdams.

Sheriff wants to see you. I'm here.

Those sheriffs across the street.

Go on, Ben.

Found a sheriff across the street over there.

Tends to sideline. He owns the place.

Now wait here, Steve.

I'm looking for the sheriff.

Chancey.

Look, he's over here.

Hey, I know you.

You are Steve Michael. Sure?

I read all about you in the paper.

What a guy.

My name is Darlita.

Is there anything I can do for you?

Anything. Let me know. Anything?

Anything but money.

Sit down, Mr. Michaelis.

Please forgive my childish display of emotion.

When the cards aren't with me, I get a new deck.

New beginnings have always fascinated me more than burdensome finale.

I want to know what happened to my brother.

Death to your brother and the other man was caused by 38 caliber bullets, both

fired from the same weapon. The state police are handling ballistics.

Suspects were then observed departing the area.

The pickup subsequently ascertained as stolen, located at the city airport.

FAA officials are notified.

Almost immediately, witnesses reported the crash of a private plane 30 miles

south of here.

Same two men?

Affirmative. Identity was confirmed by the tracked policemen. Subsequently,

were established as Carlos Mendoza and Jose Garcia of Juarez, Mexico.

Now, passive authorities are checking further.

Interesting facts.

Money bags found in the crash scene were stuffed with strips of newspaper.

Also, the money bags are different from those delivered by the guard.

Two revolvers were found, both .32 caliber Smith & Wessons.

Neither of them the murder weapon.

The crash was caused by onboard explosives.

Interesting deductions.

A robbery takes place in 30 seconds.

Inside help.

Newspaper in money bags.

Switch.

Missing murder weapons.

A plot. Dead accomplices.

A careful plan.

I have to admit it, first I...

Underestimated you.

Master's degree, criminology, Columbia University.

20 years, New York PD.

Came out here and bought this place.

I took the job only if I could keep my business.

There's no money in being a cop.

I found that out in 20 years for sure.

The community agreed I could keep my place.

I only play solitaire.

Wouldn't look right about it, anything else.

You're not telling me all this is a favor.

We know you were an extra.

You could have hired Garcia and Mendoza.

Since you're the only heir to your brother, it seems that you won the

race of all today.

We are also aware of your heroic exploits in war.

I assume that means you have knowledge of demolition.

By the way, I understand you and your brother didn't get along too well.

Well, I hit him with a two -by -four when he was 11.

A year later, he took a shot at me.

Other than a series of events like that, we're pretty friendly.

Logic is not merely the science of thought, Mr. Michaelis.

It is even more the science of order based on fact.

Until I have more of those facts, I must insist that you remain in our

community.

You mean stay in town?

Exactly. Queen, I'm King.

If you had anything on me, you'd place me under arrest.

Tell them, play logic.

Play cards.

Don't play with me.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Can you kind of lean in a little so we can see something else besides dollar

bills in the picture?

That's right.

That's it. All right. You ready? Start throwing the money, boys. Start throwing

the bills.

That's it. We've got it. Thank you a lot, honey. Good.

There you go.

Thank you very much. I really do.

And you fellas start cleaning up this mess and don't forget all this money's

been counted.

I swear, you girls are going to be famous. You're going to have your

over 200 newspapers all over everywhere.

Here, you have a little drink on me, and you have a little drink on me.

I swear, you gals, there's really something.

Mr.

Whitehorn.

Mr. Whitehorn, this is Steve McCalus.

You all go get changed, and then come on back.

We're going to have us a meeting, and then we'll do something afterwards, huh?

Thanks a lot, Julie.

I feel terrible about this whole thing.

I feel plum embarrassed.

Poor old Frank. Bless his heart.

It's really a shame.

Come on in here where we can talk this over.

Boys, I got pictures of the girls and the money. They're all upset and so off

the newspaper.

Uh, Steve, boy.

This here is Top Polk.

This is Del Ware. They're the other two stockholders besides Rita Armstrong and

myself. Now, Del here is our controller.

He takes care of the books and all.

Gentlemen, meet Mr. Steve McCaleb.

Well, why don't you sit down?

Steve Boyd, it's a good thing that you came by, because the fact is, we was

going out to look for you.

Well, I mean, you know, the track's got to keep going.

And much as we hate to, we got some business we just got to handle.

Well, let's handle it.

Mr. Michaelis, you see, ordinarily, we're nice people. We live here. We're

responsible. We take pride in being part of the community.

I want you to understand that.

But we didn't like your brother, and we don't know whether we're going to like

you. Frank started a lot of problems, and we don't want any more. We also want

you to understand that.

Your brother owned the majority interest in this track.

52 % to be exact.

The remaining 48 % is owned equally between Mr. Whitehorn, Mr.

Ware, Ms. Rita Armstrong, and myself.

Your brother, being the majority stockholder, virtually did as he

as he wished.

And legally, he used that power in many ways.

Yes, but always to his own advantage.

And you think I might?

We don't intend to let you try.

So there's a buy -sell clause in our corporation bylaws.

Frank insisted on that, and of course we had to play along with him.

Now that seems to be working to our advantage, doesn't it?

For stated simply, because Frank's dead, we have the right to make you an offer

for his stock within 72 hours.

What if I don't accept?

Well, then you must buy our stock for the same price.

Combat lieutenants don't make that much money, Polk.

We assume that.

You get control.

Exactly. For a bargain price.

For a bargain price.

Our bylaws further state that a special stockholder's meeting must be proceeded

by a notice of seven days.

You'll have my stock by that time?

Well, we hope so.

Of course, the track in the interim must be run by the officers in power.

And I'd never guess who that'd be.

Mr. Polk, Mr. Whitehorn, Miss Armstrong, and myself.

I'm Frank Stock.

I'm his only heir.

Ordinarily, I would think you might, yes. However, the local bank has already

advanced us money against the track.

And as officers, we have signed a note to that effect against the track.

Now, with that situation, a robbery, a murder, a long three -day weekend coming

up, I would suggest that your chances of borrowing money would be slim indeed.

Who owns the bank?

I do.

Well, that answers that.

Of course, there's insurance on our robbery, Mr. Michaelis, and if the

dollars is not recovered, we'll file our claim.

After you have my stock.

Precisely.

Thirsty. Hi, Rita.

Put it back. I don't want to burn.

Come on in the house. I've been sending more. Come.

I'll have got you on your own.

You know, I take clothes.

Find my way the whole world to be one big newest count.

With you, the head newest.

Hmm.

Something like that.

What's the offer?

Oh, yes.

Money is money, love is love, and don't confuse the two.

I'd almost forgotten about you.

Three years is a long time.

Is it that deep?

Ah, war is war.

The only ones that change are the people.

Me too.

What's the offering?

What makes you think there is one?

Because I know the game.

The boys soften me up and you come in for the kill.

I wouldn't kill anyone.

No.

Not unless it was to your advantage.

All right. The boys told you the situation.

It looks as though you have no way out. I'll offer you one.

$100 ,000 for your stock and you walk away.

No deal.

Steve.

Don't make a hasty decision.

You have three days.

What happened between you and Frank?

His appetite got too big.

Which one?

Money won.

We never got in gear.

What never really started fell apart.

He made life miserable for me, for Billy Jack, for Top.

We had to protect our interests.

Yeah. It was a robbery.

Frank's killed.

And there's a stock deal. Very convenient.

Steve?

Stay there.

What's the offer?

Three days

Good evening, Mr. Michaelis.

May we come in?

You are in.

I assume you have met Deputy Laswell?

In front of our intrusion, Mr.

Michaelis, but an anonymous phone call just advised us that we might find a .38

caliber revolver in a gun case here. The implication being it might be the

weapon used this afternoon to kill your brother.

I see there's a vacant spot in the gun collection.

Such a beautiful lamp.

And a broken vase.

Please enlighten me.

Got home a few minutes ago when I came in the house. Someone hit me before I

knew anybody was here. I knocked over the vase.

I see.

Now, Mr. McHale is assuming that our phone caller was correct.

Would you assume that the gun could have been here and then removed?

I have no idea.

I'm harboring the thought that tying this weapon to your presence could be

difficult for you, Mr. McCams.

Let me tell you a few thoughts I have, Sheriff.

About the less than 12 hours I've been in this town.

About someone trying to frame me into a murder.

You know, at first I didn't care about that track.

But I'm getting tired of being pushed around.

Now I get opportunities.

As majority owner of that track, I want you to quit acting like an intelligent

balloon with a badge and find my million dollars.

You want me?

I'll be here.

But don't come around bothering me.

You come with a reason and with a proper warrant.

And you tell that poor excuse for a law officer to tell his deputies I'm looking

for a million dollars.

Which I doubt seriously any of you will find.

And that I intend to.

Tell them if they can't help me, don't get in my way.

Or I'll run over them.

I'll get the hell out of here.

Women and whiskey are a necessity, Steve. I understand that. But that poker

place, that's a siphon called misery.

Fellas, get down to Chance's place. Get to look at the thin pasteboards and

forget what's important.

You never let a man make that mistake, did you, Sarah? Not me.

Oh, I've lived and loved.

But it was always me or them.

I mean, no pasteboard's ever kept my feet warm.

Well,

what I'm saying is that too many men keep looking for aces instead of queens.

You messing around, Steve?

Yes, ma 'am. I thought so.

Well, the bullets match.

That gun killed Frank.

My rights ought to turn this weapon over to the law. Sure.

I need two days.

Keep the gun here.

You want me to break the law?

No.

Just bend it a bit?

Uh -huh.

All right.

Want an explanation?

No. Fifteen years ago, you was a good boy. I don't figure you changed.

Now, Joe, don't you bring all your money up here.

Yes, I... Oh, but that was long distance, Steve, boy.

My brother and I had our problems, Mr. Whitehorn.

It was a love affair compared to the relationship you and I are going to

Now, who had the keys to the money room?

Look, you've got no right to come in here like a mad, wet hen. Coming on

Now, cooperation's one thing, but force is another.

All right.

Which one do you prefer?

Well, as a majority owner, I suppose you have the right to anything you want to

know. Del Ware handles all the keys to the track.

Us stockholders have the only key to the money room besides him.

Where is he?

Well, I suppose he's in the jockey room.

We're going to run the second race in a minute.

Yeah.

I'm very busy, McInnes.

So am I. I'm running out of time and I want some answers.

I don't have any.

I'm going to do to you if you don't stand still.

Now, Billy Jack told me you stockholders were the only people who had keys to

the money room.

I want to know where that money comes from.

Top Polk's Bank.

Did you actually see the money in the bags?

I signed for it. Did you see the money?

You have to take my word for that, Mercatus.

As soon as the money was delivered, I left the room.

And you didn't hear any shots.

The race running, the loudspeakers, the crowd. No, I... I came back about ten

minutes later.

Frank and the accountant were dead.

You know, if I win this thing, I'm gonna fire you or hide.

That's why I'm hedging, McCabe. It's because the odds are you won't.

It was three days.

Let me sing you as an amigo, and let's drink a toast to having fun.

Libero! For you caballeros, there is much to drink for everyone.

Are we high? Yes, yes, yes. Will we climb? No, no, no, no.

Keep the good wine flowing all night long.

Are we light? Yes, yes, yes.

Are we sad? No, no, no, no.

For tonight we drink and sing this song.

que esta noche vamos a soñar. A beber, sí, sí, sí, sin llorar, no,

no, no, no, que esta noche yo quiero olvidar.

A beber, sí, sí, sí, sin llorar, no, no, no, no, que esta noche vamos a gozar,

vamos a olvidar, vamos a soñar.

Strawberry soda, Bob. Keeps in stock for me. It's the only place I can get it

nowadays. How's that?

Double scotch and soda.

Ain't near as good as strawberry soda, Bob.

It'll do.

Well, a man gets to where he can smell a storm before he sees it.

Right now, I'd say you've got the scent of trouble all over you.

Ben, what do you want me to do?

Pull back?

Lay down?

Let him run all over me?

No, that ain't your way. But the point is, this ain't no way.

This is home.

Accidents here get you in jail, not reprimand from some general.

I figure you got some quail sneaking through the brush.

You can't see them, you can't hear them, but you know they're there.

If I was you, I'd throw a rock in some bushes, flush them quail, get them out

the open.

Flushing quail is one thing.

Taking the law in your own hand is something else.

You do one, flush them quail, and I'll be around and do the other.

Of course, uh...

The other lawmen around here figure 25 years of riding highways makes it hard

see anything except a speeding ticket.

Might be you feel the same way.

Ben, you know better than that.

A state police can't give you any evidence.

What about the FAA out at the airport?

Roy Harston runs the place.

It was his daughter you were fighting about most in the old days.

Roy always liked the way you looked at her.

Ben, you don't think too much of Sheriff Jones.

Why?

City fella, does the best he can, I reckon.

The point is, it's his case. It ain't my way to interfere.

The way I figure it, Steve, you've done a good thing for us folks sitting here.

War ain't easy, especially them getting shot at.

The folks here appreciate that. They do. They really do. But they just ain't the

type to give parades.

We stand by our boys.

You're one of them.

Thanks, Ben.

Call me if you need any help. Just ring up the state police.

Remember now, this will be taken law in your own hands.

What are you doing here?

I want to tell you something about Frank.

Yes.

He was a rough man.

Very rough.

But he was always nice to me.

Believe me, very nice.

Sometimes, frankly, I entertained him.

At the drug and party, he never said a bad word.

He never said nothing. He never made a fuss at me. Really. He wasn't as bad as

they say.

He was a good man.

Thank you.

You're welcome, amigo.

Anytime you want, you can find me.

A charter plane came in yesterday morning and dropped the Mexicans off.

The flight plan said they were from Juarez.

They came over to the office and said they wanted to rent a plane.

Private planes here, people let me rent out.

So I fixed them up.

I never saw them before, but they had the right papers.

Then, between then and the time they took off, someone placed a demolition

aboard. Yeah, come here, let me show you.

Placed it right in there, I figure.

The best I can tell, it was six of dynamite and one of those home timing

devices.

Did you see anyone else around?

No, no one except the owner.

And he just came out to sign the papers so we could rent the plane out.

Who is that?

That's Billy Jack Whitehorn.

Hmm. Gotta use your phone.

Steve. You're still messing around.

Yes, ma 'am. What you want now?

Sarah, you have the only watch repair shop in town. Have you sold any timing

devices in the last week or two?

Oh, yeah.

Customer had me order one special.

They're going to try it out on an outdoor lighting system for a house.

Well, who is that, Sarah?

I find myself in somewhat of an awkward situation, and I prefer to honestly and

openly discuss it with you.

As an officer of the law, it's my desire and my duty to see justice done.

However, in my zeal to resolve this case, I may have overlooked that

of law which insists that one is innocent until proven guilty.

I apologize.

You searched the lodge and found nothing.

We left a copy of the warrant on the bar.

Now, today I learned of your economic situation as well as your quest for

information. Now, I better understand your predicament.

I'd like to suggest that, though we may not be friends, Mr. Michaelis, we hardly

have to be enemies.

I'd like a compromise.

Cooperation instead of competition.

That's a switch.

I haven't removed you from the ranks of those suspect, Mr. Michaelis. I'm merely

enlarging my views to include other possibilities.

And in this frame of reference, I just feel that your energies and mine find

something in common.

You want to know what I'm doing?

Murder's been committed. It could happen again.

If it is as a result of your inquiring aspirations,

an insight into your quest could be most helpful.

Of course, I will reciprocate in kind.

My information will be yours for the asking.

You see, the point is, Mr. Michaelis, if you are the criminal, you already know

everything. If not... Giving you information could hardly injure the

It's just an extension of logic.

All right.

How do you stand?

Mexican authorities are trying to trace Garcia and Mendoza.

Ballistics reports are imminent.

Discrete inquiries being made into the financial status of certain

I realize that they had access to the money room and they could have motive.

The gentleman with Deputy Lyswell, he is from the university. He'll make

a complete chemical analysis of the explosion area to determine precisely

demolition used.

Our roadblocks have been effective.

The money was not on the aircraft.

Therefore, it must still be here in town.

Well, I need that money, Sheriff.

I've got to find it.

Now, will you keep me informed?

Well, as a citizen, yes.

As a suspect, reluctantly.

Michaelis?

I thought I'd find you here.

Talk to me.

Lita, I want you to do something for me.

No kidding.

What?

I want you to make a call for me to four people here in town.

I want you to tell them you're calling from Juarez, Mexico.

That your other brother is going to be at the racetrack, the grandstand, at 11

'clock tonight.

Is that so?

Right now.

I hear the name and the numbers.

Money, honey.

Money.

That's the name do I have to use?

Mendoza.

Very well.

Don't go!

You talk to me.

No.

Tell me. No. No. Tell me.

No. Tell me you're kidding.

No.

Tell me. Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

I switched the money banks before the Mexicans came in.

And then I came back to the office.

And I moved the money.

But I had nothing to do with the killing of Frank.

Robbery was all I was... Where's the money?

I'll take it.

Come on.

Come on. Come on.

Who is it?

Steve.

Are you all right?

Yeah, so far.

Topol's bank sends money to the track.

Billy Jack's plane is used for the escape.

And you order a timing device that can be used to set off dynamite.

Let's get honest read are you in this are you out?

Here I want to show you something You

set the time when the lights go

on or off Frankly I like to have a light on at night you

never know what kind of animal is going to be prowling around Listen, I didn't

have anything to do with that robbery or Frank.

If I wanted the track thing settled, why shouldn't I? For four years, I've been

playing something else every day.

One day a woman, one day a friend, one day a stockholder. Well, not anymore.

Clean your face.

I made foot, Greta.

Join the club, war hero.

that we have a nightly, nightly civilized conflict here called money.

Everybody has a little war, Steve, you and me.

There must be something else.

Why did you leave?

Because Frank and I would have destroyed each other.

That's why.

Our parents died years ago.

Frank raised me, and I resented that.

I never understood, Frank, how hard it was for a man like him to get ahead.

He wore one face for me, a different face for every situation he had to

confront.

What I didn't realize is that he was doing it for me.

Now that I've met some of the people he's had to fight, I realize even more

hard it was for him.

I even know now why we fought.

We were lonely.

It was our way of showing each other that...

He really cared.

That's why I came home and tell Frank that.

I was, uh, a little late.

I told Frank I loved you.

Yeah, he told me different.

But I guess he had to.

And you believed him.

Why didn't you ask me?

Because then it would have been him or you.

I wasn't ready at the time.

What about now?

Now?

Now I'm being framed for killing Mark.

I don't know why.

I don't even know how or who.

All I know is I got that same feeling in my guts I had when the enemy came out

at night.

And that's one damn thing I don't want anymore.

I don't know what's going on. I don't even care.

All I know is I loved you before.

I loved you now.

I want you any way I can get you.

Oh, that's right, Steve.

Then I'll have to wait.

I have an appointment with the sheriff.

A few minority stockholders.

One of which is you.

Why don't we settle it now? I have the money.

You do and I don't.

What's the difference?

I don't like it that way.

The people are getting killed. I don't want it. Thank you.

I won't.

Not if you turn around slow, Michaelis.

Now, get him up and turn around.

You're under arrest, Michaelis.

What charge?

Murder will do.

A witness heard shots, saw you leave the track and drive in this direction.

A reliable witness, I'm sure. A leading citizen.

Beyond reproach. His name is Top Pope.

Get your hands behind your back.

I'd like to hear about this before I read it in the papers, gentlemen.

I had a Mexican woman call four people here in town.

She told them Mendoza's brother would be at the track tonight.

I figured somebody would show up.

So that was what that phone call was about.

Oh, well, I'm pleased you included me.

Well, I had to be sure.

And Delware did show up.

He told me you switched the money. We struggled.

Someone shot him before he could tell me anything else.

I'm sorry, Rita.

Oh, it's all right.

What the hell?

Play it smart.

Keep silent and hope she'll give herself away.

I'm not the enemy coming out of the dark.

I tried to give you the only thing I have to give, Steve.

Oh, go back to your war. I hope you lose.

Let's go.

Had trouble, son?

Enough. You?

Money trouble.

One thing.

I'm broke.

Other kind is woman trouble. And that's the worst kind.

Gets you all tore up. And I've been going with her for 32 years.

What's the charge?

Rape. Attacking the opposite sex.

You? Ain't me.

I'm in here for protection.

I ain't caught her yet.

Well, I'm surprised at you.

The gun found in his possession did not kill Mr. Ware.

The gun, in fact, belonged to the deceased.

The witness saw Mr. Michaelis leave the track, not kill the man.

Dirt on clothes can only confirm his presence, not substantiate his

participation in the murder.

This is circumstantial evidence that would make any jury laugh all the way to

the door.

I want evidence.

Not rumors.

I want convictions, not arrests. I want sound personal diligence, not heroic

emotions.

Release the prisoner.

Sheriff, I think turning him loose would be stupid.

I'm in charge here, Laswell. You are hereby reprimanded and notice placed in

your personal file.

You will please notify your associates that I will no longer tolerate mail

law simply because this is a small, removed town.

I want this case solved.

Is that clear?

That is all, Deputy.

Sit down.

Officials in Juarez found a doctor who took your picture.

He said he was paid by Garcia and Mendoza.

explain your presence in Juarez?

I met a girl in Mexico City.

I ran into her in a hotel in Juarez.

I was in her room about a week later and suddenly I was in a fight.

Woke up backseat of my car in El Paso.

I drove back to see how she was.

She said two men had asked her about me. She told them who I was.

Are you saying that

That fight was fixed?

I'm saying that whoever placed the demolition aboard that airplane wanted

associated with Garcia Mendoza.

The photograph does that.

You're free.

Why so generous?

Not generous. Simply realistic.

Evaluation of these criminal transgressions clearly substantiates the

more than one person to be involved.

Mr. Ware's murder confirms that.

Since regular channels are unfolding evidence at too leisurely a pace, I'm

constrained to pursue other courses of action which are outside our rather

enforcement agency.

In other words, you want me free.

Precisely. Your presence, or possible presence, I should say.

And every event of this case clearly places you near the fulcrum of truth.

It would be unwise to restrain you from what the natives here would call

stirring up trouble.

You think I will?

Of course.

You only have 18 hours before the terms and conditions of your business

situation resolves you as either a wealthy or a poor man.

Mr. Ware is death.

looked upon as an asset, merely escalates the necessity for resolution.

Then I'm a target.

Crude. But certain.

Good day, Mr. McCamus.

Yeah!

you you you

I came to see you.

Don't you knock?

Sometimes.

Steve and Michaela said you make phone calls last night. I found people who saw

you together.

I want to know more about that.

I'm for this.

I'm for this. You sneak into my bedroom.

You are a pig.

Cochino, you are a pig.

Go away, miserable cochino.

I'm a deputy sheriff.

Michaela is a suspect.

I want to find out what else he knows, what else he's trying to do.

I know nothing.

Nothing.

She was a nice maid who gave me ten dollars to make a phone call. That's

And now go away.

Dick.

I'm sick of you.

Always better than anybody else. Always flipping your hips, fooling around with

fools.

I always wondered what it was you had.

What it was that you think is better than what any other woman has.

I think now maybe I'll find out.

How is it what you see?

If you do anything beside look, I cut your throat.

Dick. Come on, Cucino.

People is here. So you play good music. I'll be much obliged to you, okay?

Right. Thank you.

Drive me there, gal.

Well,

I don't know as I want to. You want to.

You got no call to come in here and start shoving people around like you

something.

Why didn't you tell me it was your plane that was destroyed?

I wanted to, but Toppoke told me to tell you nothing.

Said that every time we could sidetrack, it was just playing out the hand.

Well, things have changed.

I'm running out of time, Whitehorn.

And now we're going to play my game.

And that's down and dirty.

All right, what about your plane?

I just went out there to sign the papers, to rent the plane. That's all I

I swear, that's all I know.

Just opportunity.

Look, I didn't care. I'd have signed the papers and rented the plane to anybody.

I needed the money.

I have a chance to get some of my own.

If you can beat me to a pulp, I ain't going to say nothing. It won't make no

difference. All I hope is that you don't make that note tomorrow.

So I'm going to say nothing about nothing, and that's all.

You better be right, Whitehorn.

Like I always say, everybody does the best they can. Ain't that right, Steve

boy?

Sorry about that, Billy Jack boy.

Folks need some. They have to go to Roswell, El Paso.

In a pinch.

Bert loans a few sticks till they can be replaced.

Did he?

Uh -huh.

Day before yesterday.

Morning of the robbery.

Top folk borrowed ten sticks of dynamite.

Let that deputy come by and pick them up for him.

Lasbo? Lasbo.

If I was you, I'd think about finding something to fire.

Be careful about coming on strong with Pop, folks. There ain't much about it

around here you're going to have something to say about.

Is he a friend of yours?

A friend of nobody's.

When you run a town bank, folks got to sit aside a little bit.

Come here the year you left, got the bank started, put his fingers in

everybody's pie, done real well.

That fellow Laswell showed up after a while.

Worked for folks, sometimes.

Still does on the side, I reckon.

I guess I ought to talk to him.

I don't say that.

All right, it's a dynamite.

And we use it to clean out the lakes and get a bit of rough fish before we plant

trout. How much do you use?

I use five.

Lads all got ten.

Mr. McCallis, I only inventory money, not people.

Not machines, but money.

Money is clean and clinical.

Unlike people, money requires no sick leave, no social benefits, no emotional

understanding. Unlike machines, money requires no maintenance, no spare parts.

It doesn't depreciate.

Now, I like money very, very much.

That's obvious.

I think I can factually, truthfully say, my life is money.

You're a sick man, Pope.

Offer one man a lecture on morality.

Offer another man a $100 bill.

Which man appreciates you most? You're about that day, seriously.

Now, until last night, I assumed the men from Juarez were the assailants in this

case. And now Mr. Ware's death last night clearly indicates there are others

involved.

As a matter of fact, enough suspicion and doubt has been cast on this track

the governor's office is now interested in the racing commission could very

possibly close this action.

That would mean owners, trainers, jockeys, hotels.

The economy of this whole community would simply fall.

And I am not about to let that happen. No, sir. My course of action is very

clear, Mr. Michaelis. I am going to protect my interests. I'm going to

the interests of this small community.

Yes, but... Even though I saw you leave the track last night, even though I

disagreed with Sheriff Jones this morning about your release, I'm going to

adhere that proper law enforcement procedure should be handled by him. And

anything you ask me, I'll not answer.

Well, I deserve an answer.

Well, you won't get any from me.

I'm going to put every obstruction I possibly can in your path because I want

you to fail.

No, no, no, Mr. McHale.

Suggestion of physical violence on your part, I will immediately sign out a

warrant for your arrest.

And have Deputy Lazwell serve it, I suppose.

Deputy Laswell, possibly yet, but that's not the point. The point is, time is

money, and you are rapidly running out of bullets.

Well, so are you, friend.

If it's the last thing I do, so will you.

Come up to the man. If you want to talk with me, I'll get the track.

That's a good gun.

Smooth action.

Holds true.

$55.

Cartridge is free.

Well, advice free, shall think.

Sarah.

I'm broke.

You still messing around, Steve?

Yes, ma 'am.

Well, the policy is never sell a gun on credit.

Let's try it out for a few days, though.

One day is all I need.

They getting to you?

Yes, ma 'am. They're trying.

Take some fences down, son.

I intend to.

You're still comparing bullets.

Yeah.

These slugs come from Del Ware's body.

I'm just checking to see from what kind of gun.

You know, they're different from anything I've ever seen.

Some foreign gun.

Well, I'm going out to ski lodge, and if I can kick some fences down, I may find

out before you do.

Bet you five bucks I found out before you do.

That's a deal.

has been turning for over a hundred years, I understand.

Used to grind corn in the meal.

Now it turns for tourists.

You're not a tourist.

You hardly need new keys. That leaves the gun shop.

I'm here on official business. What's yours?

Homesick for Sarah.

I see.

How well do you know your Deputy Laswell?

Why? I think he's involved in this with Polk and Whitehorn.

Do you have evidence?

Not yet.

That's why I haven't come to you.

I'm a civilian, you're not.

I can force it. You can't.

That's why I turned you loose.

No, I doubt your suspicions, but I welcome your interference.

Law is a beautiful thing, without illusions, without concessions, without

prejudice. Though I have reprimanded Lazwell, though I'm even performing some

his work, I must defend his innocence until evidence proves him guilty.

Fair man, Sheriff.

Thank you, Mr. McKinley.

I hope you continue to hold that belief.

See you later.

Well?

Now, one more race like that and I'll have to join the love for lunch bunch.

And I don't mean for love.

Tell me, when am I today?

You know, I thought a lot about what you said last night, Steve.

We're not children. Neither one of us are in a hay.

One of these days, there'll be more for you to say.

More you'll want to say.

When that time comes, we'll both know it.

Until then, let's have no apologies, no things people are supposed to say to

each other, and no explanations when they're not needed.

Is that all right with you?

What's going to happen next?

Game time's over, Rita.

I'm going to have to push.

How soon after the robbery did the stockholders go after Frank Stockton?

Top folk called me an hour after the robbery. Told me the situation and said

this was their big chance.

The rest of them were with him, so I agreed to go along. Why?

The robbery was successful.

If that's all they wanted, why'd they try and frame me?

The only ones that would benefit from it would be Tom Polk and Whitehorn.

Too bad Delware didn't talk before he died.

Maybe he did.

I thought you said he didn't say anything.

Polk and Whitehorn don't know that.

What is it you want to do?

We are going to deliver a message.

From a dead man.

Certainly not with Miss Armstrong.

Well, you know how it is.

We stockholders have to stick together.

Stockholders?

They're not our stockholders.

Say, Rita, girl, there's been some old fellow looking around here for you all

over. Well, we were a little late.

Yeah?

There he is now. I'll go get him for you.

Miss Armstrong.

How are you, ma 'am?

I'm just fine. Do I know you?

No, ain't nobody knows me much.

One fellow who did was Old Del Ware.

He said was anything bad ever happen to him, I was to get this to you just as

fast as I can.

I just found out he'd been shot.

Looking for you most of the afternoon.

Old Del said was I ever to deliver this letter, would be a hundred dollar bill

in there for me.

Well, then, this is for you, as planned.

Thank you kindly, Miss Armstrong.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Mr. McCaleb, we have an urgent phone call.

Steve, Michaela showed me $5.

Besides that, Ben Holmes said I should call you right now and tell you he's on

his way over there.

What'd you find, Sarah?

The gun that killed Delaware was a PKB Walther.

Ain't many of them around.

Ben checked the state police files in Santa Fe, and there's only one

in this area.

Well, whose was it?

Deputy Sheriff John Laswell.

Wait, let me explain.

Look, I asked to see the letter Miss Armstrong complied, and suddenly she

fainted.

Oh, Steve.

I'm all right.

You're nailed.

State police confirmed your gun killed Delaware.

Well, I don't care about that. I want the money that's first.

Then we'll talk about law and order.

You can't do this.

You want to bet.

What do you want?

One million bucks.

To the track.

Well, that came down to the ski lift shed as we planned, and he hit me before

knew he was here.

Ben Holmes is on his way over here.

He's alone.

I can't wait for him.

I've got to get that money.

Tell Ben where we've gone, and you go to a doctor.

You finally said it, didn't you?

Your cuffs.

Come on, get your cuffs.

You have three minutes.

Up to you, Lanswell. Don't make me laugh.

You have three minutes.

Good evening, Mr. Michaelis.

Mr. Polk advised me of the circumstance of your departure from the ski lodge.

Thus my presence at this most convenient time.

Now, what have we here?

One million dollars.

Thank you.

That is

quite a catch.

Has Laswell confessed?

Do you have corroborating evidence?

Sarah has proof.

It was Laswell's gun that killed Delaware.

Then it's clear that no further implications have been made.

That's right. It's all wrapped up.

My, my.

I didn't talk to Anthony!

You've been a formidable opponent, Mr. McGalus.

Three days and nights of manipulation finally brought you here with the money.

Now we can close the case.

Lasville, Delaware, and you.

A profitable association.

And the owners are clean.

Well, of course. I wanted a million dollars.

You merely used their business as human as a...

the duly elected sheriff of this county, I will see that ballistics coincides

with evidence.

Now, I will remove $800 ,000.

Your deceased presence with Mr. Laswell and $200 ,000 will indicate that I

surprised you in the act of fleeing.

People here will accept the fact that the two of you spirited away the major

and that one day it will show up.

Jeff, you're crazy.

I'm quite, Mr. McCaleb.

Your struggle for survival is a mere passion. paradox

Chancey's dead.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You kill him, Steve?

Yeah, but... It was Laswell, Delaware,

and Chancey.

Laszlo's upstairs in the men's locker room.

Chancey killed him.

The million bucks is there, too.

Take care of it, Ben.

I'm gonna buy some stock tomorrow.

Steve, technically you're under arrest.

I'll see you at the station tomorrow.

Yeah, okay.

Oh, Ben, you got five bucks.

Yeah.

What are you waiting for?

I lost a bet to Sarah.

Give it to her for me, will you?

And tell her I'm through messing around.

See?

She's all right. She went on home.

Okay. Thanks, Ben.