Original subtitles

You won't be going to Brooklyn today, McCloud.

- Got somethin' else on mind? - You'll be going to Russia.

Kenny: They said they were gonna pass us right through.

Now tell 'em again, we're the American Country Jubilee.

♪ If you made us be some

♪ Small town mother's daughter... ♪

Sam: Listen, I'm always ready to go along with any man

who's tryin' to upgrade his style of dress.

There's a five year prison sentence in the Soviet Union

for illegal possession of arms.

You know, you're going to Yalta to pick up a bag of heroin.

Oh, you're out of your mind!

Hah! Yah-hoo!

[instrumental music]

♪ With the rain comin' down and the roof won't hold her ♪

♪ Lost my job and I feel a little older ♪

♪ Car won't run and our love's grown colder ♪

♪ Maybe things will get a little better in the mornin' ♪

♪ Maybe things will get a little better ♪

♪ Work your fingers to the bone ♪

♪ What do you get?

♪ Whoo-whoo

♪ Boney fingers

♪ Boney fingers

♪ One more time

♪ Work your fingers to the bone ♪

♪ What do you get?

♪ Whoo-whoo

♪ Boney fingers

♪ Boney fingers ♪

[crowd applauding]

- Johnny! - Hey, Johnny!

[clamoring]

Okay, okay. Let's give him room.

Johnny loves you, but he's got to have a little bit of room.

John... Johnny!

Hit the showers, then come on back up.

Wendy's put together a little celebration.

- Johnny! Johnny! - No, no...

No. Well, you gotta stay for like 15-20 minutes

and then hit the town...

- Hey, that's Johnny! - Oh, it's Johnny!

- Hey, Johnny! - Hey, Johnny!

Take it east, you hear?

Okay. Now let's break it up, kids.

Run on back out that way.

You want me to sing for you?

Ha-ha-ha! You don't, do you?

I hoped you'd tonight, didn't you?

Hee-hee!

♪ You scare me half to death my friend ♪

♪ With the things you say and do ♪

♪ So I'm going to heaven in a flash of fire ♪

♪ With or without you

♪ Hey goin' to heaven in a flash of fire ♪

♪ With or without you

♪ Easy come easy go

♪ Some call me easy money

♪ Sometimes life is full of laughs ♪

♪ And sometimes it ain't funny

♪ You may think that I'm a fool ♪

♪ And sometimes that is true

♪ But I'm going to heaven in a flash of fire ♪

♪ With or without you

♪ Hey goin' to heaven in a flash of fire ♪

♪ With or without you

♪ Ooh ♪

[woman squealing]

Woman 1: Oh, it's him. It's Johnny!

- It's Johnny. Oh, Johnny. - Hey, Johnny. Hey, Johnny.

Woman 1: Johnny, I can't believe it's you.

[indistinct chattering]

You're my favorite singer in country music.

[indistinct chattering]

I've always loved your music.

[indistinct chattering]

Anything for you. Really, anything.

Do you have any copies of your last singing...

Please call me. Let me call you, Johnny.

When can I call you?

- Hey, hey! - Sam!

Doggone, I'm glad you could make it tonight.

Oh, listen, I wouldn't have missed it for nothin'.

Yeah. And Johnny's dyin' to see you.

Just give him a few moments to sign some autographs

and pull himself together.

No sweat. Man, he was exciting, wasn't he?

He had that audience right in the palm of his hands.

- He's great. - Yeah, he did, Sam.

But, you know, I'm kinda worried about him.

He's been overworkin', pushing himself too hard

getting ready for his Russian tour, and I...

It's Johnny again.

What is it?

[dramatic music]

I don't know why Johnny did it.

Get an ambulance.

Man 1: He just came over and started hittin' him...

[indistinct chatter]

Hello, Johnny.

[indistinct chatter]

Marshal, Sam McCloud. I'm with New York Police Department.

I'll take care of this. Would you put those guns away,

and help me get him out of here?

Alright, everybody. Out the corridor.

Please. Quietly. Move.

Let's move back. Clear out of here.

Let's go. Move, move, move.

Let's go, fellas. Let's go.

Move 'em out.

[woman squealing]

Sam: Hi, Johnny.

How you doin', old buddy?

It's Sam.

Johnny.

Sam McCloud, Taos.

Now, don't tell me you can't remember

the one and only Sam McCloud.

[woman groaning]

Johnny...

Now, nobody's gonna hurt you here. Nobody.

[screams]

Kenny, would you just...

I think Johnny would feel better about it

if you would get everybody out of here.

Just get 'em out of the room and close the door.

Please.

[door closes]

That better, Johnny? Huh?

Huh!

Boy, I tell you, I just...

I come 2000 miles and I wind up directing traffic.

[groaning]

Johnny...

now that ain't the way to treat a lady.

Come on.

Back off a bit.

Why don't we just take a ride up the canyon,

kinda think this thing out?

You know, nice cool breeze can kinda clear your mind,

get the cobwebs out.

How about that? Huh?

Hey, listen, I want to tell you somethin'...

now you know that it takes two to decide on the price of beans,

right?

Hey, man, that lady there, she's just excess baggage.

[instrumental music]

Besides that, you already own the ugliest dog

and the slowest horse and the prettiest woman

in Sandoval County. Huh?

Huh?

[chuckling]

Attaboy. Just relax.

Nothin' to worry about. Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Just... let her go, John.

Just relax.

Let her go.

There you go, Johnny.

Let it all hang out.

Nothin' to worry about.

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Just let it all out.

[knife clanking]

Kitzmiller: Remember the face, Pete. She's important.

Peter: If you made her police commissioner

I'd be behind her all the way.

Kitzmiller: You do and this boy will use you for tank practice.

Peter: Oh! Boyfriend? Kitzmiller: Her father.

He's the key to the entire radiation problem

at our US Embassy in Moscow.

- You've heard about that? - Who hasn't?

Kids of our embassy employees turning up with blood diseases.

People getting sick. What do we do about it?

Not a thing.

Colonel Krasnavian has the proof we need to expose

what's been going on over there.

He's going to give us information which will change

the face completely of our relation with the Soviet Union.

He needs our help. We need his.

[chuckling] You know, Johnny boy,

I've known you for a couple of years.

You're about as hard to get information out of

as any man I ever met.

Now, why... are you sharing this world-wide intrigue with me...

a humble policeman?

Kitzmiller: Because you're the key on our side, Pete.

We need a policeman, specifically a narcotics expert.

That narcotics ring you broke up in conjunction with Interpol

five years ago in Marseilles, makes you our only man.

Narcotics? I thought we were talking about radiation.

What's narcotics got to do with Red Square,

that girl and her father?

You'll find out when the time comes.

As you know, Pete, everybody in our business

likes to work on a need to know basis.

We don't want to tell you anything that would

jeopardize you or us until the last possible minute.

What do you mean, "the last possible minute?"

Your coming back here to give me another lecture?

Oh, no. You're going away... to Russia.

You mean, the Russians have asked for an American cop?

Come on.

[chuckling]

Hey, wait a minute.

You want me to smuggle those Russians out

through the European drug network?

Pete, don't!

Your papers have already been arranged.

Naturally, your superiors have been told nothing more than

that you're needed in France.

You're serious about me going to Russia? Uninvited?

Well, we wouldn't have thought it possible ourselves

until a month ago.

But then we found a cover that will enable you to manage

one of those cultural exchange shows going into Moscow.

The American Country Jubilee headlined by Johnny Starbuck.

Which brings us to our only snag, Pete...

you have a man named McCloud working for the NYPD...

That's not a snag, that's a tear, a hole in my department!

Seems to have a handle on Johnny Starbuck.

Both came from the southwest,

knew each other through their growin' up days.

He could be a lot of help to us, Pete.

Gentlemen, the conversation is over.

If you think I'm going to risk my neck for Uncle Sam

carrying a time bomb...

I'm afraid McCloud isn't the time bomb, Johnny Starbuck is.

We've been watching him for three weeks, Pete.

He's out of control. And we can't dump him.

The tour to Russia is built around him

and our cover is the tour.

I watched McCloud handle Starbuck like a pup.

I've never seen anything like it.

You've never seen anything like McCloud, period.

We don't have much time, Pete.

Maybe 96 hours.

We think this is our only hope.

Why do I have the feeling you've left a lot out.

[sighing] You're a good cop, Pete.

Don't press us.

You'll get it when the time comes.

Yeah.

That's what I'm afraid of.

[knock on door]

- Who is it? Peter: It's, uh, me.

Morning, Sam!

Morning, Sam?

I, uh, just happen to be in the neighborhood

and I, uh...

Uh, mind if I come in and set a spell?

Oh, no, no. No. Come on in, chief.

I... I'm sorry, I...

I'd offer you something, but I don't have anything.

Oh, I had breakfast. Thanks.

As a matter of fact, I wanted to talk to you alone,

uh, away from, uh, things.

Would you mind if I finished dressing?

I got to be over to Brooklyn to observe the hostage squad

training program at 9 o'clock.

Uh, you won't be going to Brooklyn today, McCloud.

- Got somethin' else on mind? - That's right. Yeah.

You'll be going to Russia.

Kenny: I'm telling you Sam, he won't stand for it.

Look, Kenny, this wasn't put on the level of request.

These boys want me over there and that's all there's to it.

I told 'em the same thing you're telling me,

that it won't work.

That's right. He won't stand for it.

Won't stand for what? What're you guys talking about?

Oh, it's nothin', Johnny.

I was just trying to figure out some way that I might

make the trip to Russian with you.

- That is a great idea. - Well, that's what I thought.

You think you could do it?

Well, I don't know if I can get away.

That's right. This is a workin' man, Johnny.

Sam: Of course, the government has asked our department

to send along some kind of security.

I might wangle a spot there.

It'd be just like the good old days.

Kenny: That's exactly what it'd be like

and we're gonna be working our tails off.

We do not have time for fun and games.

We always have time for our old friends, Kenny.

Now, just a minute. Wait a minute, fellas.

I mean, before we get in an argument about this,

let's find out if I can do it or not.

May not able to do it, okay?

Uh... listen, Sam, I want to thank you

for what you did last night and for Teddy.

You know, I guess I really had a tear on or somethin'.

Well, let's just say that

it was a notch above your ordinary tear.

Well, I guess I better talk to the chief

if I'm gonna get on board.

I'll see you guys later. Hang to it.

- Okay, Sam. - Take it easy, Sam.

You're crazy, Johnny. If you take Sam McCloud

along on this trip he's gonna find out what's wrong with you.

Aw, Sam's a good ole' boy

and he'd never let nothin' happen to me.

[sighing]

Johnny...

you got some half-baked idea

about keepin' on the way you've been goin'

and lettin' good ole' Sam bail you out of trouble

like the old times, you've lost your mind.

Now we're all gonna be sittin' slap-dab

in the middle of mother Russia...

Sam McCloud ain't got no power over there.

Well, I think you're wrong again.

In my book, Sam McCloud walks tall anyplace he goes.

[instrumental music]

Woman on PA: British National Airways announces

last call for flight...

How is it that no mention was made of clown costumes

in my briefing?

Well, you, uh, cut a mighty fine figure, actually.

Tell your tailor I admire his sense of humor.

Excuse me, gentlemen, gonna have to borrow

my associate producer for some pictures.

Just came in from Louisiana.

State Department didn't give me much warning about you

joinin' this tour.

It's a last minute decision.

Yeah. We've already got one policeman.

You guys always work in pairs.

I know that McCloud's gonna watch Johnny,

who are you here to watch?

I'm here to watch McCloud.

[instrumental music]

Thank you.

Thanks. Take it easy.

Morning. Thank you for holding the plane for me.

Hey, Sam. Glad to see you made it.

- Let me give you a hand. - Thank you.

Boy, I tell you, the traffic out there is somethin' fierce.

I didn't think you were gonna get here.

Well, it's thick as peas on a rented mule.

Hey, hey. Sam!

- Hey, Kenny. Thank you. - Good to see you.

Listen, why don't you sit right down there

and take a load off your feet?

We'll be gettin' off the ground pretty soon here.

Appreciate it.

Johnny: Whew-boy. Now, what do you think three ole' boys

from New Mexico are gonna do in Moscow, Russia? [chuckling]

- Have fun. - I hope so.

Woman on PA: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

And welcome to flight-57, tras...

Sam?

Woman on PA: The captain requests that you please

take your seats now and fasten your seatbelt,

as we'll be shortly taxing a private take-off.

Please be seated, sir. We're about ready to take-off.

Yeah, ring up a chair, partner.

[Sam sighing]

That's very neighborly of you.

From this moment on, McCloud, all you know about me is that

I'm an associate producer for the American Country Jubilee.

- Understood? - Oh, listen...

I'm always ready to go along with any man

that's tryin' to upgrade his style of dress.

Spare me the cactus humor.

Why didn't you tell me you were comin'?

Well, an incident like the one last night with Starbuck

could have international ramifications.

So, when the State Department asked me how much faith

I had in you...

Did you tell 'em?

That's why I'm here.

[scoffs]

Yeah, well, I appreciate the confidence there, chief.

Well, why don't you tell me why you're really here?

Don't ask questions, McCloud.

Anything you have to know, you'll know when the time comes.

[engine whirring]

Hm.

[instrumental music]

Kenny: They said they were gonna pass us right through.

Now, tell 'em again, we're the American Country Jubilee.

Please, sir. A fortnight ago, we had a big problem

with English rock group.

- They wish to inspect. - Inspect what?

You think we inspected the Bolshoi Ballet

when they came to New York?

Please, sir. Do not make trouble.

Alright.

Alright, people. It's their country,

they certainly got the right.

Now, get your luggage and let's get it done.

Move along, Johnny.

Come on.

Quicker you move, the quicker we get it done.

Move right on along there.

There you go.

[indistinct chatter]

That's it. Move right on along there, people.

Clifford, Peter B.

McCloud, Sam.

Thank you, ma'am.

[PA announcement in foreign language]

Please, to come with me.

Oh, McCloud, remember our conversation.

International ramifications.

The one where you didn't say nothin'.

Keep the thought.

[instrumental music]

Ah.

Mr. McCloud.

- Please. - Uh, thank you.

My name is Tereshkov.

Uh, your travel manifest

describes you as a musician, a guitar player.

Yeah, that's right.

You, uh...

use the gun barrel to hit the strings?

[chuckles]

Well, uh, you see, I'm-- I'm just kinda half a guitar player

and half personal security for Johnny Starbuck.

You see, any, uh, kind of famous celebrity like, uh,

like Johnny, is open to danger from unsavory individuals.

Well, unsavory individuals are not a problem in Soviet Union.

They don't exist.

Well, that kinda eases my mind a lot.

Nor do pistols for unauthorized persons.

Yeah, well, I'm sorry about the oversight there.

You see, I kinda packed in a hurry.

[sighs]

You know, I-- I think that it would save both of us

a lot of breath if you'd just call the Rossiya Hotel

and ask for Kenny Hingle or Johnny Starbuck.

I see. I see.

You're the one that is used to giving instructions.

Well, I meant that in a spirit of a suggestion.

[sighs]

Feel like I've kind of been rode hard and put away wet.

Uh-huh.

[laughing]

Hm.

"Rode hard and put away wet?"

Get that to ciphers immediately.

[clearing throat]

McCloud...

uh, I was born in a small town

a hundred miles from Moscow.

Last month, there was a terrible earthquake there.

A thousand people died.

Well, that's a statistic.

But one man's suffering, that's a tragedy.

Why don't you tell us why you've come to our country?

[instrumental music]

- You dumped it? - I panicked, I'm sorry.

Well, a day from now that dropped at the streets

can look pretty invitin', buddy.

Hey. [chuckling softly] Hey.

I'm goin' to the terminal to pick it up.

Now just settle back and leave the worryin' to me, okay?

I'll see you at the press conference.

Ah, Mr. McCloud.

- Would you like some tea? - No, thank you.

I trust you were comfortable.

Well, it's a little bit hard to settle down in a jail cell.

Why? That's one of the most modern prisons in our country.

[chuckles] Well, I'm glad to hear that.

You know, I always feel more at home in a new jail.

[chuckles]

You have a sense of humor.

A precious asset in time of adversity.

You keep me caged up much longer

and I might get down right hilarious.

[both chuckling]

Allow me to end your inconvenience.

You'll find it all here. Everything but the revolver.

And you'll get that when you leave the Soviet Union.

- Appreciate it. - Enjoy your stay here.

No personal antipathy?

No. No. I'm never one to nurse a grudge.

Oh... [chuckles]

Forgive me. I almost forgot.

This is your case, is it not?

No, I never took to the habit.

Oh, then, perhaps it belongs to someone else

in the American Country Jubilee.

Well, I'll ask around if you like.

No need.

Well, if there's nothing else, I'll bid you gentlemen adieu.

Hang to it.

Thank you.

You want him followed?

[instrumental music]

Your pardon.

Is this only flower kiosk in hotel?

I think there're three, but this one seems to be the best.

Black Mercedes, MOC plates.

You alright, McCloud?

Oh, fair to middlin'.

I sure ain't hankerin' to see the inside

of a Russian jail again.

You didn't tell 'em anything?

Well, I got nothin' to tell 'em

till you tell me what not to tell 'em.

I can't tell you that.

I haven't seen you.

I'm not even here.

Appreciate it.

I'm Andrei Krasnavian.

Peter B. Clifford, New York Police Department.

Can we, uh, talk freely?

These men are completely loyal to me.

The State Department has informed you

of the situation here?

They told me you were involved with, uh, drugs.

Not myself. My daughter, Tatiana.

Pierre Belsen, a young filmmaker, has entrapped her

into helping him transport drugs.

Well, why would a filmmaker involve himself in drugs?

Our creative people have freedom, a precious commodity,

but no income.

The state pays them little.

Well, but, uh, why involve your daughter?

Andrei: Being my daughter she has what is called "vlasti,"

a special passport which allows her unquestioned travel.

Oh, then, she's a carrier, not a user?

Yes, but now that she's involved,

she's trapped nevertheless.

If she quits, they threaten to expose her, thus ruining me.

And, uh, just what am I supposed to do?

The KGB are watching her closely.

If they apprehend her with the drugs,

she will spend the rest of her life in a prison camp

and I will be destroyed.

Now, I have something you need.

Information on the radiation poisoning within your embassy.

You have something I want,

expertise to save my daughter.

Now you realize, of course, that, uh, exposing a drug ring

could incriminate her.

You will expose them only to me.

But I must know of everyone who can implicate my daughter.

If you cannot do it, then we may have to try to escape.

You want my advice, leave right away.

Well, I have not yet the necessary information

your State Department requires.

And the KGB are drawing closer by the hour.

Well, drug rings, even...

small and sophisticated operations take time to crack.

They require manpower trained in surveillance techniques,

transport, communications...

You have my driver.

- The lieutenant and car. - Hm.

By the way, I think they should be in less conspicuous garb.

They will do whatever you tell them to.

That'll be enough for tonight.

Now, I'd like to assemble the rest of the our men

tomorrow morning at 0800 hours, sharp.

I suggest a 12-man primary team, 12-man support,

six unmarked vehicles

with special frequency communications...

Forgive me. Perhaps I haven't made myself quite clear.

The KGB are extremely effective.

There are the only two men I can trust.

[instrumental music]

Can you tell me if Johnny Starbuck got my message?

- Yes. - Uh-huh.

But he left the hotel again some time ago.

You don't have any notion where he led out to, do you?

Huh?

Where he was goin'?

Oh. [chuckles]

He asked about the Dom Kino.

- What's that? - A night club.

It is near Kolkhoznaya Place.

- Not far. - You know how to get there?

You take a taxi, the driver will know.

Much obliged.

[instrumental music]

[singing in foreign language]

[music continues]

Don't you two own any footwear beside boots?

We will purchase shoes tomorrow

Sir...

which design of shoe is best?

Brown.

Well, while we're waiting, let's, uh, review

travelling surveillance patterns.

When in transit, frequent alternation of operatives

reduces recognition factor.

We will use leap frog and parallel motion techniques

when in foot transit.

We'll carry common place items such as newspaper

to camouflage observation.

We will always be vigilant, always expecting the unexpected.

Vehicular surveillance techniques...

Okay, okay, let's just hope our, uh, field work

is half as good as our scholarship, huh?

[chuckling softly]

- It's Tatiana. - Hm.

[horn honking]

She's going into Dom Kino.

- It's exclusive night club. - Mm-hm.

That car!

I don't think I like it.

[upbeat music]

What?

He's about ready to jump out of his skin.

Says he'll pay a $100 for one boost.

Ah, well then, what are we waiting for?

Let him simmer a while.

We have company.

- Pierre, Vladimere. - Darling.

Will you excuse us?

I've come here to tell you that I want out.

You know what an anonymous phone call to the Cheka could do

to you and your illustrious father.

And to you?

Possibly.

- I can see you mean it. - I do.

Then, uh, you're through.

Simple as that.

Whatever happened to us, Tatiana?

I stopped being impressed by Pierre Belsen, the filmmaker,

when I found the man underneath.

I put you in two of my films.

Tatiana: And in your drug business.

Excuse me if I'm somewhat less than nostalgic.

For all that you appear, you remain so delightfully naive.

You will make one last trip for us to the sea coast.

After that we will part as friends. Half a kilo.

But you haven't heard me, I want to stop now.

You will make this small trip and enjoy yourself.

No.

I could also arrange it as your last trip anywhere.

Don't force me to do that.

It would be such a waste.

You've noticed the celebrity?

Johnny Starbuck, the American singer?

For the sake of appearance, I want you to travel to Yalta

with his entourage.

Vladimere and I will make the trip also

but at a comfortable distance.

I don't want to be seen with you.

[chuckles] How am I going to join the American entourage?

You joined mine easily enough.

Don't worry, there's a much surer way

to invite his interest.

Mr. McCloud.

Yes, tonight may be the night.

[instrumental music]

You know, it would be such a fabulous experience for me.

Yeah, it'd be nice, darlin'.

Listen, uh...

this man you know, the one that's holdin'...

Mm-hm.

- Is he here tonight? - Yeah.

- What's his price? - No price. It's a gift.

I don't think I understand.

See, now, if you would bring me along,

there would be plenty of your medicines with me.

You got a ticket to ride.

[singing in foreign language]

The corridor, behind the club, in the bathroom.

There will be a man waiting there, okay?

Excuse me, uh, ma'am. Was that Johnny Starbuck?

Uh, no English.

[upbeat music]

[door opens]

Well, Sam, it looks like I got fans everywhere.

Why didn't you tell me where you were goin'?

Well, I tried to leave a message at the desk,

but they said you were sleepin'.

Start a fight.

[clamoring]

[dramatic music]

Help those cowboys.

[music continues]

[glass shattering]

[glass shattering]

[man grunting]

[glass shattering]

Let's go.

[music continues]

Have you still got it? Get rid of it.

[police siren blaring]

First, you being a gun into the Soviet Union,

then you instigate a riot in a nightclub,

then you try to evade the police

while in possession of Turkish drugs.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I do my best evadin' while I'm unconscious.

That's true.

Those drugs were layin' right where I found 'em.

Perhaps, drooped by your employer, Mr. Johnny Starbuck?

Well, that's hard to say who dropped 'em.

It could've been anybody.

They could've been layin' there all night.

There's a five year prison sentence in the Soviet Union

for illegal possessions of arms.

Five to fifteen years in labor camp for hooliganism.

Now, possession of heroin in the Soviet Union

is not a criminal matter, but a medical one.

For that there is a hospital for the duration of the cure,

a month, a year, 50 years.

Yeah, well, I don't suppose that hospital's, uh,

more than a stone's throw away from the labor camp, is it?

Mr. McCloud...

Mr. McCloud.

My instincts assure me you're telling the truth.

And as your stay in the Soviet Union is brief,

I see no advantage in making you a dependent

of the Russian prison system.

So, you're free to leave.

Well...

Since I was facing 70 years in labor camp just a minute ago,

I'm much obliged to you.

[Tereshkov chuckling] My friend...

you're in a people's democracy.

Recall this moment when you see the vicious propaganda,

the vicious fiction of the KGB on your western television.

Pleasant day to you.

Pish!

Now he'll help us tighten the noose around Tatiana's neck.

[Tereshkov laughing]

Excuse me. Have you seen anything of Samuel McCloud?

Who? Oh, McCloud.

Nyet,captain.

Sorry.

Any of you fellas seen McCloud?

Not this mornin'.

[Johnny grunting]

I'm comin', man. I'm comin'.

Wind me up and I'll play and sing.

[phone buzzing]

Lukoff.

From ciphers.

"Rode hard and put away wet..."

Western American expression, meaning hard labor

followed by no reward.

"Rode hard and.."

Hm.

Hm.

General Krasnavian and Mr. Clifford converse

in a Mercedes which Mr. Clifford now drives.

Mr. Clifford knows Mr. McCloud,

Mr. McCloud and Mr. Starbuck are friends...

Mr. Starbuck and Tatiana Novotny danced together.

Tatiana is Krasnavian's daughter.

Full circle of association.

We must get to the source of this.

You're going to an immense amount of time and trouble

to arrest one spoiled child.

I'm not interested in Tatiana.

I suspect Krasnavian of treason,

but I must have time to prove it.

Tatiana can by me that time.

[instrumental music]

♪ And you may just be some small town mother's daughter ♪

♪ Whoo-ooo

♪ But today for just a moment

♪ You are the idol

♪ Of the whole damn band

♪ Of the whole damn band

♪ Yes you may just be some small town mother's daughter ♪

♪ Whoo-ooo

♪ But today for just a moment

♪ You are the idol

♪ Of the whole damn band

♪ Of the whole damn band ♪ Of the whole damn band

♪ Boom bada boom bam ba ♪

[audience applauding]

♪ I remember all those nights

♪ In good ole' Nashville

♪ Hangin' out with all them country stars ♪

♪ Ain't no better nights than nights in Nashville ♪

♪ Making music on my old guitar ♪

♪ And the stars are shining bright on the Opryland tonight ♪

♪ And I sometimes get the feelin' I must go ♪

♪ Hey walk out of this bar

♪ Turn the radio on in my car

♪ And listen to that Grand Ole Opry show ♪

♪ And the stars are shining bright.. ♪

Hey, Kenny. You and Johnny owe me some heavy explainin'.

Not now, Sam. Please. Please.

♪ And I sometimes get the feelin' I must go ♪

♪ Hey walk out of this bar

♪ Turn the radio on in my car

♪ And listen to that Grand Ole Opry show ♪

♪ Walk out of this bar turn the radio on in my car ♪

♪ Listen to that Grand Ole Opry show ♪

♪ Hey listen...

What's the matter with him?

♪ Grand Ole Opry show

♪ Hey listen to that Grand Ole Opry show ♪♪

[audience applauding]

- I'm okay. - Let's get him to the room.

I'm okay.

♪ I got the feeling like a prairie dog ♪

♪ Zippin' by the freeway

♪ Ooo... ♪

I'm sorry, Sam.

Kenny: Sam...

I know withdrawal when I see it. He needs a doctor.

We got help on the way. It's bein' handled.

How?

How? Did you call a doc...

Is that how you're helpin' him? What's you do?

- Find a dealer over here? - Now just calm down, Sam...

And listen to me.

Ten days from now Johnny is going into clinic

in Switzerland to get clean.

- Till then, we need her. Sam: Ten days is too long.

Kenny: Oh, please, Sam. I'm beggin' you.

If the State Department or the Russians get wind of this

we're finished financially, professionally--

I'm gonna get Johnny to a clinic if I have to hog-tie him,

drag him there three-ways to Sunday.

Oh. [sighing] Sam, please. Right after Yalta.

- I swear to you. - Now!

- The tour, Sam. - The tour's closed.

McCloud.

I caught most of that. Now you've got to forget about

Starbuck's problems till the tour is over.

Why? He's a friend of mine.

McCloud, I want to talk to you, and I want you to listen.

Alright. It's your nickel, chief. Shoot.

Now that girl in there is named Tatiana...

she's my one link to a heroin racket

operating between here and the Black Sea.

- Heroin? - Now is you call a doc--

Is that what you're doin' over here? Narcotics?

Well, you knew Johnny was an addict.

- What're you doin'? Usin' him? - That was not my choice.

- Why didn't you tell me? - Because I had my orders.

I didn't like 'em, but I followed them.

Now, the secret police are all over that girl.

Well, that's her problem.

What's that got to do with my not gettin' a doctor for Johnny?

If you call a doctor, he'll call Tereshkov,

the KGB will investigate, that blows me and the girl

right out of the ball park.

She's a victim, McCloud.

Our only way of saving her is to break--

No, I'll tell you, chief.

Johnny is a victim and you're askin' me

to turn my back on a friend for a girl that I don't even know.

Or for why or for what?

McCloud, will you listen to me?

It's not just a girl we're helping, it's...

our a way of life.

What're you talkin' about?

McCloud, there're times when you just have to go on faith.

That's what I'm doing.

Now, you'll know what you need to know when I know.

Now, my Russian contact has supplied me

with an undercover unit.

Diligent they are, but as for experience,

I'm on my own.

Now, I need one good man. I need you.

And if you really want to help Starbuck,

you'll put in with me.

I'm gonna get a doctor from the American Embassy for Johnny.

Get him on Methadone. Something that'll help him

with his withdrawal, that's what I'm gonna do.

- You got 'em. - Okay.

Oh, by the way...

The girl doesn't know that we're tryin' to help her.

Well, maybe, if you laid it out for her, she'd cooperate.

Well, she might also panic and run

or throw herself on the mercy of the KGB.

I don't think so. She seemed pretty cool to me

for the situation she's in.

Of course, a couple of things come to mind

that might be worth chewin' on.

- And we're in it together? - Give it my best shot.

[switch clanking]

[train horn blaring]

Man 2: Make sure all the equipment is here.

Some on this was loaded.

Sir.

Wrong.

We will commence with support strategy for Mr. McCloud.

First, I better close the door.

- Johnny. - Hey, Sam.

[groaning]

How you holdin' up?

Yeah... I don't know.

That Methadone's numbin' my system.

I just might make it through one more performance

and that trip to Switzerland.

It's a long way to come to

find out you've reached the end of the line, you know?

What happened, Johnny?

[bell ringing]

Aw...

It's not much of a jump, Sam.

From booze to, to pills to drugs.

It's the courage you're buyin', you know?

It's like sittin' on a Brahma bull

waitin' on it to come out of the chute.

Once you're on that ride it's hard to get off.

Well, you're gonna make it, Johnny.

And we're gonna walk through the doors of that clinic

together, you hear me?

Together.

[sighing] I'm glad you're here with me, Sam.

You get some sleep.

I'll be around if you need me.

[train horn blaring]

[door closes]

Go away! And leave me alone!

You have no right to force your way in here.

I've got somethin' to say to you.

Well, I've got nothing to say to you!

I'm gonna save us some time. You know you're going to Yalta

to pick up a bag of heroin.

Oh, you're out of your mind.

And if I know it, you know that the secret police know it.

[both grunting]

Let me go!

Now, ma'am...

I've never been one to manhandle a lady, you understand?

But if it means gettin' the truth out of ya

I'm gonna give it a shot.

Tatiana has made three trips to the Black Sea

in as many weeks.

Odessa, Erevan, Sochi.

Now she is on a train trip to Yalta.

A short boat ride into Turkish waters.

Now, obviously, it's easier to smuggle drugs

into one of these points than to transport them to Moscow.

So it's safe to assume that the heroin

is now somewhere in Yalta.

Tatiana and her associates

must have a tremendous amount of cash

for such a narcotics transaction.

Unless they paid in advance.

[sighs] Would you pay for heroin in advance?

Now, I want every part of this train inspected.

When we find the money and her associates,

we'll keep an eye on them until they make the purchase.

And then, Tatiana and her father are mine. Go!

[instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

I met a man several months ago, I fell in love.

I have a special travel permit.

He knew that when he chose me.

Yeah, I know. Pierre Belsen.

When I understood what was happening, it was too late.

He threatened to expose me to the Cheka

who'd arrest me and denounce my father.

Well, I don't think he'd do that.

Arrestin' you would be like arrestin' him.

I couldn't take that chance.

But this will be my last trip.

He promised me.

Well, I'd like to help you make it your last trip,

but to do it, I gotta have some help from you.

[dramatic music]

Now, the pick-up is half a kilo,

sometime during the Yalta performance.

- Half a kilo? - Yeah.

That costs big money.

How you gonna carry all that money into the theatre?

Oh, I, I won't.

They're gonna make the payment themselves.

All I am to do is to receive the heroin.

You mean, they're gonna pay for it first and pick it up later?

Well, who buys heroin without testin' it first?

Nobody.

Nobody pays out that kinda money

without knowing they got the real stuff.

Maybe we oughta make Belsen more suspicious of her

to make sure that she stays the decoy.

That way we'll know that Belsen is gonna make

the real pick up and we can nail 'em.

More suspicious?

- How do we go about that? - Yeah...

Well, you know, there's nothin' more disturbin'

to a chicken coop than an intrudin' rooster.

Does that lend itself to any kind of English translation?

Yeah. The lady here is gonna fall head over heels

in love with me.

[instrumental music]

[laughing]

McCloud: That's what I said.

I told you that.

What is she doing with him?

We'll find out.

[bell ringing]

[instrumental music]

♪ Playin' cards with a major in the club car ♪

♪ A roomful or more but no one's keepin' score ♪

♪ Pass the paper bag and hold the vodka ♪

♪ For I am not passed out on the floor ♪

♪ Hello oh Russian friends

♪ How are ya?

♪ Don't you know we're havin' so much fun ♪

♪ We're singin' on the midnight train to Yalta ♪

♪ We'll be gone five hundred miles when the mornin' comes ♪

♪ We'll be gone five hundred miles when the mornin' comes ♪♪

[cheering]

Hey, I gotta tear myself away.

I gotta see this man.

But don't miss me too much.

Mister McCloud.

Yeah?

Oh, thank you.

What a pleasant surprise.

Well, it's not too much of a surprise.

Seems like a day doesn't go by

we don't get together to chew the fat.

I was hoping to learn something

about the American way of life...

and death.

Well, I think we'll be in there kickin' for some time, yet.

I understand your performance was, uh, a sell-out in Moscow.

Unfortunately, I couldn't be there.

I had pressing matters.

But I was hoping to hear you perform.

Well, maybe you can catch the concert in Yalta.

Who knows what might come up.

Say, why not now?

Hm?

My friends.

My friends!

A request from your Russian hosts.

We'd like to see Mister McCloud

demonstrate the fine talent

that has brought him all the way to our country.

[applause]

Yeah, well, uh...

[chuckles]

My pleasure.

Thanks a lot.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

Well, you better do something.

Uh, do ya think you could bear up a little in C

or, uh, just pick a key, I don't care.

See, I had a request and, uh...

I'm gonna sing anyway.

[laughter]

♪ I'm a cop in a little bitty town ♪

♪ And I don't get much pay

♪ But I've caught seventeen out-of-state cars ♪

♪ Before my friends today

♪ Well they let the home town boys go home ♪

♪ They paid five dollars bail

♪ But all the drivers in the out-of-state cars ♪

♪ Had to go to jail

[indistinct singing]

Police.

What's the meaning of this?

Your papers, please.

[instrumental music]

Thank you, Mister Clifford.

♪ That ole' Charlie

♪ He's workin' out real good

♪ Down there at the corner drugstore ♪

♪ Where that red light signal is ♪

♪ I tell ya that ole' boy

♪ He can spot them out-of-state plates ♪

♪ Two blocks away

♪ And when they get right up on top of that green light ♪

♪ Well ole' Charlie he just pushes that secret button ♪

♪ Underneath that corner drugstore counter ♪

♪ And that yellow light

♪ Well it only stays on for one-tenth of a second ♪

♪ The way it stands this year so far ♪

♪ I've made four hundred thou

♪ For a high school dropout I'm doin' fine ♪

♪ I make more than the president now ♪

♪ 'Course he's honest

♪ So if you're drivin' down the road ♪

♪ And flashin' lights you see

♪ If they're on top of a red Rolls Royce ♪

♪ You can bet your boots it's me ♪

♪ If they're on top of a red Rolls Royce ♪

♪ You can bet your boots it's me ♪♪

[applauding]

[indistinct chatter]

There is no evidence of the money anywhere.

One move does not end a chess game.

[instrumental music]

Just what are you doing with that cowboy?

I like him. I'm mixing with the group.

That's what you wanted me to do, isn't it?

Not that close.

- I wouldn't tell him anything. - I'm sure you won't.

As a matter of fact, we are going to trust you

to make the payment at the same time

you pick up the heroin

otherwise the plan is unchanged.

I'm touched.

Can I go now?

You're trusting her with the money?

Of course not.

But you're letting her make the exchange.

I'm letting her think she is making the exchange.

The money packets will be paper

and there will be just enough heroin

in the package she picks up to ensure her arrest.

[train horn blaring]

[knock on door]

Hey, hey.

What's this all about?

Oh, I'm scared. Just hold me.

There... Now, just take it easy.

Take it easy.

What happened?

Well, your, your deception

appears to be working.

You're makin' the pick up.

- And dropping the money, too. - And the money?

That doesn't seem right.

Well, I'm to go to the theatre with the package of money

and then, after the second number,

I-- I'm to go to the ladies' room

and there I am to put it in a trash barrel

and I will draw another packet of heroin.

Oh, McCloud! I'm frightened.

- I don't know what to do! - Now, now, now, now, now, now.

Just take it easy. I'm gonna be right there with you.

- I promise ya. - Oh. You don't have to promise.

That's not a promise. It's just a statement of fact.

I'm gonna help ya. I'll be there.

Sorry to interrupt.

But this train is crawling with secret police.

And they're searching everything.

In my opinion, all bets are off.

They could be getting ready to pounce.

Just had a run-in with Tereshkova.

I agree with ya.

However, I think we have one good old-fashioned chance.

- Run like hell. - Exactly.

Now, as soon as this train pulls in

I'm getting in touch with Hagen.

See if he can't get Krasnavian out of the country.

Well, he might not wanna leave without Tatiana here.

I want to go with him.

Do you know where Belsen is staying in Yalta?

It could be anywhere. He's got many friends.

Well, there is the film.

What film?

"Andrei Vaselavitch."

It's an epic they're making there.

Pierre was going to direct

some of the second unit, uh, sequences.

You know where they're shooting it?

Yeah, in the city, on the streets near the Black Sea.

Huh! Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?

Hm. That could be a very good cover to make their buy.

Yeah and I got a notion that I can lead the KGB

to Belsen and get Tatiana and her father out.

Alright, McCloud. Lay it on me.

[train horn blaring]

[instrumental music]

♪ And I dream in the mornin'

♪ That she brings me water

♪ And I dream in the evenin'

♪ That she brings me wine

♪ Just a poor man's daughter

♪ From Puerto Pinasco

♪ Evangelina

♪ Ole' Mexico

♪ There's a great hot desert

♪ South of Mexicali

♪ If you don't have water

♪ Oh you better not go

♪ Tequila won't get you

♪ Across that desert

♪ To Evangelina

♪ In ole' Mexico

♪ And I met a kind man ♪ Oo-oo

♪ He guarded the border

♪ Said you don't need papers

♪ I'll let ya go

♪ I can tell that you love her

♪ By the look in your eyes now

♪ She's the rose of the desert

♪ In ole' Mexico

♪ And I remember...

Sir, we found the heroin,

in the ladies' room.

But there's no sign

of either McCloud or Clifford.

♪ And I dream in the evenin'... ♪

Well, we have Tatiana.

When she goes for the heroin, we'll arrest her.

♪ Just a poor man's daughter

♪ From Puerto Pinasco

♪ South of the border

♪ In ole' Mexico

♪ Evangelina

♪ I miss you so

♪ I miss you so ♪

[crowd applauding]

Fantastic! It's beautiful.

I'm a genius! Breznovitch, put a thirty-five on this.

It's perfect! Okay. Yes?

Good. Fine.

Now, put the snow here. Get it going.

Get it going. All over here.

All over here.

Very good. Very good.

[dramatic music]

Get all this stuff ready for the next shot.

Can we do it? That's alright.

Okay. Very good.

Very good. Keep going.

Everybody keep working. Very good.

Well, it will be good. Yes.

Of course! That's it!

Film cans!

The money comes down in film cans.

The heroin goes back in film cans.

That's the one piece of equipment they wouldn't search!

You can't expose film to light.

Exactly.

I think we're about ready

to see an exchange.

[instrumental music]

Listen, I've got to be going.

Now, Hagen can't wait.

You've got to get Tatiana there on time.

Don't worry about it. She'll be there.

Good luck.

[instrumental music]

♪ And when the mornin' comes

♪ And you gotta get up

♪ How you gonna find your shoes ♪

♪ In an empty bed with an achin' head ♪

♪ You know it's gotta give you the blues ♪

♪ And when the mornin' comes

♪ And you gotta get up

♪ How you gonna find your shoes ♪

♪ In an empty bed with an achin' head ♪

♪ You know it's gotta give you the blues ♪♪

[crowd cheering]

[instrumental music]

♪ With the rain comin' down

♪ And the roof walls older

♪ Lost my job and I feel a little older ♪

♪ Car won't run and our love's grown colder ♪

♪ Maybe things'll get a little better in the mornin' ♪

Get the car.

♪ Maybe things'll get a little better... ♪

[instrumental music]

- Where's my daughter? - On her way to you.

The submarine won't wait past 2300 hours.

I understand that.

I will not leave without my daughter!

If you stay you'll spend the rest of your life

in a prison camp.

I will not leave Tatiana to such a fate!

That is my final word.

McCloud's bringing her.

They'll be here. I guarantee that.

You have much faith in that man.

Yes. I have.

Stand up and look at these buttons! Fix them. Fix them!

I put these notes in the costume.

They look terrible. Look, stand up!

You're not paying attention.

You must pay attention

when I give you these notes.

[dramatic music]

Pierre: You're a soldier. Do you understand? Good.

Alright, everybody to work.

[horse neighing]

[grunting]

Pierre.

What are you doing here?

You've led them right to us.

Are you crazy?

Now it's your turn to be the decoy.

You're under arrest. Tereshkova, KGB.

You won't need that anymore.

Hyah!

[horses neighing]

Let's go!

[dramatic music]

Here's the heroin.

Everything's under control.

Somehow, I don't think so.

Do you have the girl?

Well, she cannot get away.

I believe I am watching her do so, now.

Come on!

Follow that horse!

And remove that cart! Come on.

[engine rumbles]

[horn honking]

KGB. Move that cart.

Go on, move it! Move it, you fool!

- Move it right away! - Move it!

KGB, move that cart!

[horn honks]

[instrumental music]

[horn honks]

[instrumental music]

We can't wait any longer.

- It's not eleven yet! - It's close enough.

Step into the boat, comrade.

I will not leave without my daughter!

I'm not giving you a choice.

The information you require is in here.

It can die with me.

You cannot force me to go with you.

Whoa.

Well, I see it, but I don't believe it.

- Comrade! No! - Tatiana!

- Won't you come with us? - I'll see ya in New York.

- Will you? - You betcha.

Bye, Sam.

- Oh. - Alright, come.

We have no more time.

Well, couldn't you have found an easier mode of transport?

Seemed like the only thing at the time. Best get on, chief!

- Get on? - You got no choice.

Stick your foot in the stirrup here and climb aboard!

[Peter grunting]

I never thought we'd be this close, McCloud!

I appreciate it, chief.

- Huh! [whistles] Hyah! - Oh, no. No, no...

[instrumental music]

[tires screeching]

Mr. McCloud.

Forgive me for not being surprised.

Yeah.

Well, you know, I was tryin' to

give 'em a hand with those

runaway horses, but this little boy

he kinda bolted and got away from me.

Ah, with both of you in the saddle?

We're a team.

Where is the girl?

- What girl's that? - Tatiana.

Clifford: We left her at the theatre.

You see, we had an appointment

with the, uh, film company, uh,

to do a publicity tie-in with Johnny Starbuck.

We arrested two members of the film crew tonight

for possession of large amounts of heroin.

That's good bit of police work.

Terrific.

I'm glad you approve...

Chief Clifford.

[instrumental music]

Marshal McCloud.

The next time you come to our country

you might find benefit in working with us.

[chuckles]

Well, I kinda think I better get this horse

back to town before they think I stole him.

Wouldn't wanna create an international incident.

Terrible thought.

Dasvidaniya.

Marshal

why is it I feel I've been rode hard

and put away wet?

There you go.

[instrumental music]

[theme music]