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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.