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Tonight, on Acapulco Heath.

Those are not right for it.

We can make.

Did you plan on showing me this?

Probably never.

In case you may have forgotten, this was my father's business.

Which he gave to you and me for me to run. And you were supposed to consult

me. Just exactly when am I supposed to do that? Between fittings, hair

appointments, manicures, facials, massages?

Between rendezvous with your mistress?

Don't you wish you could prove that?

Oh, I will.

Soon.

You know, it's hard enough fighting the competitors without having to fight with

my own wife all the time.

Harrison Cartwright, me, Joanna, Nicole, and Kat, my faithful and distrusting

partners. Hi. Hi, Tommy.

Tommy says you're having a little trouble on your film.

Yeah, three serious incidents.

Somebody is out to sabotage my film.

Any ideas?

None. And I'm desperate. If I don't get back on schedule, the studio will pull

the plug.

Why doesn't the studio provide you with some security?

Well, they have.

You're it.

They sent in advance with your names on it.

Smart studio.

We need you to help us get one of us on the cover on your set.

Well, that shouldn't be hard, actually. There's a small part that hasn't been

cast for the part of a beautiful young wife.

Young? Beautiful.

Well, actually, I was thinking of her.

She's never done it before.

I was Joan of Arc in high school. And I played Jane in Jane Eyre, but it could

be too risky.

Yeah. That could be too risky.

You see, if I hired either one of you, my star would still threaten me.

She could still get hurt.

You mean bad reviews?

Oh, I don't care. I want to do it.

You already said that.

My Aunt Louise always said I would be a star.

Another one of your uncle's wives?

Well, naturally, that's what made her my aunt.

Hey, don't, don't, don't wind her up.

We'll handle it.

Why don't you introduce me around to some old friend you discovered lives

That way I can keep an eye on Joanne.

Sure. However you want it.

How are you feeling?

How do you think I feel after almost being killed?

Lucky?

That's not exactly the word I had in mind.

Do you think maybe we can try getting along in another five weeks here in

Mexico?

Well, in case you hadn't noticed, I am trying.

What do you suppose is behind all these accidents?

Stupidity. The film is getting a lot of publicity.

This film needs a lot of publicity.

You hate it so much. Why are you doing it?

Because unlike you, I don't have my next job lined up.

How do you know that?

I know more about you than you want me to know.

My resume.

Study in New York.

Regional theater.

Commercial.

Hey, before you rush off, Meryl, we need background checks on all the cast and

crew. I have to get this to Mr. Cartwright right away. I'll have to do

I think we have created a monster.

Mm -hmm.

I forgot to talk to you after everything settled down last night.

Yeah, I'm okay.

A little bruised, but okay.

Really brave the way you jumped in and shoved Jeanette out of the way.

Yeah, I was there.

Had to do something. Yeah, well, she wouldn't have raised her neck the same

year.

Well, she's a star.

You know, you're really good at what you do.

You ever think about coming to the States to work?

Oh, no, no, no.

This is my country, my home. I love Mexico.

Well, maybe when you get a chance, you'll show me something.

Yeah, sure.

Gwyn, Emilio, say hi to Tommy.

Hi. He's an old surfing buddy of mine.

Hi. Hi.

Tommy's going to hang around and watch us make a little, you know, movie magic.

Harrison makes great magic.

That's right here.

I met the new girl, Joanna.

Uh -huh. I should have had that part.

Gwen, sweetheart, you read for that part in the beginning you're not right for.

You can't take roles you're not right for.

She's such a hussy.

Vance Ellison, Jeanette Winston. I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine

I discovered lived here.

Well,

if you live here, then you could be the perfect tour guide.

I don't know about perfect, but I'll probably get a passing grade anyway.

I'll bet you can.

And over there is Joanna Barnes.

Hey. Hi.

Pleased to meet you.

Girls.

Uh -oh, Joanna's now a real actress.

We're in trouble.

More old friends?

Actually, darling.

I've hired these detectives to get to the bottom of what's going on here.

You're kidding, right?

Are you really, detective?

Where exactly did you find these two?

The studio hired them and said they're the best.

Why? Why?

I don't know. Because they look like they probably advertise on billboards

around town, most likely wearing bikinis.

No, actually, uh... With no need for notoriety. Our styles, you are talking.

We found the less we show, the more effective we are.

Effective at what, darling?

Oh, everything we do.

We try harder.

If you would excuse us, we'd like to find a better conversation.

Absolutely.

Anything you need.

She must have gotten out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Thanks. I bet you they won't be in any hurry to solve this mystery.

Why do you say that?

Free lunches.

Well, let's go to work here. We got a film to shoot, all right?

Bruno and Fred are fine. It's nothing fatal. Let's go.

The medic said that they're going to be just fine.

In a couple of days, they'll be back at work.

Well, I'm not going back to work until it's agreed that food will be brought in

for the cast from a different hotel every day.

What about the crew?

Want them to taste it for you?

No, I meant the crew, darling. I was including the crew when I said cast.

I bet she did.

We have already made arrangements for food to be brought in a suit we trust.

Why don't I find that reassuring?

I don't know. Why don't you? Because you're employed by Harrison here, and

to his benefit that we don't get any more scared than we already are. No one

saying don't be afraid.

We're just saying that the staff using the food was not lethal.

Just like the switch knife wasn't lethal. And just like the fallen arc

wasn't lethal. Just like everything that's happened here wasn't lethal.

All right. All right, ladies and gentlemen. Let's go back to work now. We

film to shoot. When?

Wardrobe, please.

Gentlemen, if you could just help me out over here.

Oh, all right. I'll go talk to Jeanette.

You don't want to vent?

Nah, actors don't do it for me.

Oh, he's very good looking.

I know.

Right this minute, that doesn't mean a lot.

No,

it doesn't. I'm sure you said the same thing to your wife when you left the

house this morning.

Why don't I believe you?

Would you like some help?

Can you?

Sure. I can read the guy's part for you. Oh, that'd be great.

Why would anyone as pretty as you want to spend their lives pretending to be

other people?

For now, it's fun.

And you entertain people.

For a couple of hours, they can forget their troubles.

Well, it's not like you're curing some terrible disease, no?

No, but you're not giving it to them either.

Not if the film is any good.

Oh, I never thought of that.

Okay. Here.

I'm really glad you could make it.

Why?

Because I love you.

Right this minute, that doesn't mean a lot.

Am I telling you I love you?

Why don't I believe you?

I don't know.

Why don't you?

the script.

This is hard enough.

Maybe you should try nursing or something like that.

If you have a few minutes, I'd like to ask you some questions.

More than a minute with you.

A waste of my time.

Do you have any idea why somebody would want to sabotage this film?

Well, if they had read the script, they would realize that the writer had

already done an exemplary job.

Well, if the script's so bad, why did he take part?

It's called work.

Staying in the business, a girl has to eat.

Not too much.

Adjustments, mechanical repairs.

It's deductible.

And now your minute is up.

I have no idea who or why.

Can you think of somebody who will have something to gain by this film being

stopped?

Well, it sure isn't me.

This is my shot.

I've parked cars, waited tables, done phone sales, and generally kissed a lot

butt waiting for a chance in a film.

Somebody seems determined to shut it down.

Then find out who it is.

I'll kill him.

So, can you recommend a good place to eat dinner in town?

Oh, I thought they were feeding here tonight.

I'm not eating another thing off of that catering truck.

No, I'm going to restaurants. Thank you.

Does that make it kind of hard to get back here if they need you?

That's not my problem.

Well, uh, do you like hot?

What?

Do you like hot, spicy food?

I love it.

Well, good, because I know a place that serves food so hot.

They'll pray for poison.

So is that a formal invitation?

That's as close as one as I can get.

You want food, I'll feed you.

Well, if I make it through today's work alive, I'd love to.

You have to call it off.

Why don't you just ask me to rip out my heart and throw it in the trash?

He's married.

He wants me.

If you don't walk away, he's going to leave you like roadkill.

Not a chance.

He's got money.

He's not going to leave.

The business is half his.

The money, too.

Listen, as long as you're not going to leave the guy, how about seeing if he

borrow ten thousands of me?

You mean you can't cover lunch?

Cut. It's good for you.

It's a print.

Gwen.

Gwen, honey.

You fed Joanna the wrong lines twice.

Sorry.

Either way, the scene works.

It was okay.

Really.

I thought that it was loose from there.

That's enough to make it fall?

Well, there's a lot of stuff hanging all over the stage.

All of it has to be checked.

Just happened to see it this time.

Well, she was very lucky you were paying attention.

Keep your eyes peeled for anything that isn't braced like it should be.

Sure. That's what I always do.

Thanks.

If it was up to me, I'd give you all the time you want.

Tell me what you want.

Anything.

You make me wish I had the money to pay for Sean for you. Well, tell him.

He'll listen to you.

Too late.

You shut off your mouth about how he couldn't collect from you. Oh, but I was

drunk. I wouldn't say anything like that. I'm not that stupid.

So you were stupid. Same thing. I still want the money.

and only making it worse on yourself.

The money. Now.

Give me a break. A week. Three days.

I can't do it.

Just calm down, calm down.

I'll be back, okay?

Wait a moment.

Then he used a steel jacket and bullets.

I never noticed.

Well, whoever it is is getting serious.

Serious or stupid.

One of these, go right through you into somebody else.

Do you think Harrison bringing us in has caused this new attack?

Hard to say.

This guy is a phantom.

I talked to the portman.

He swears that the guns were loaded with blanks.

There's no blank.

He said with everything that's been going on around.

He double -checked.

Do you think he could be one of the new actors?

No, they just got in this morning.

Which means they were never here when all the other accidents occurred.

Phantom was.

Feeling better?

It's going to be a long time before I feel better.

Here, take a sip of this. It'll help.

I heard the bullets go by.

I've never been so scared.

It's a good thing Tommy knocked you out of the way. God, I don't even want to

think about it if he hadn't been there.

Whoa.

It's tequila.

It cures everything.

If you could have warned me. Well, if it would have warned you, then you

wouldn't have sipped it.

And it would have taken the accident off your mind.

I don't think that was any accident.

Why would anybody want me dead?

I haven't done anything to anybody.

I mean, I... I can understand why someone would want to drop a wall in

But I'm nice to people.

We are doing everything we can.

Well, it's not enough.

I need results. I've got my first A .D. out on the street looking for a

replacement crew.

What, you mean the really tall guy who speaks pan -Spanish?

Yeah, that's him. Why don't you ask somebody like Emilio, who knows the

language?

speaks well enough, all right? I heard him ask the kid over for a car battery

put on his phone one day.

Well?

Prop guy left the gun to get a holster that he'd forgotten.

But he was willing to take a blood oath he wasn't gone two minutes.

You believe him?

I think so.

Yeah, I do.

Well, I'm glad you found out when it was done.

Now maybe you can find out who.

Well, do you have any new thoughts on the subject?

No. Well, I vote it's personal.

Or someone with some broken toys in the attic.

It's not a political picture.

No extreme group interview.

Let's get some more thought to somebody who might want you personally.

It's not just me. The studio is going to take it in the shorts for 10 mil.

Either way, it's got to be someone who can hang around without drawing any

suspicion. So the Phantom is someone we've all seen and talked to. And

meanwhile, I've got a cast and crew that's too scared.

Scared to work tonight. So I'm going to go another day behind.

I've been looking everywhere for you.

Well, it looks like Jeanette's found her bodyguard.

How do you want to handle the rest?

Well, why don't I take Vance and Gwen and you stay here with Harrison?

Okay. Stay with me. Why? Until we can lock you into a hotel for the night.

Just the security.

You really think that's necessary?

I'd say yes.

Sounds good to me.

You're the first real -life hero I ever met.

Well, most people would have done the same thing.

You made me think of Secret Service men who are sworn to throw themselves in

front of the bullet.

Taking a bullet wasn't what I had in mind.

So it's not like boys and their toys?

What? You know, it's actions like that that separate men from the boys, not

toys.

I don't know. I kind of got a fondness for toys.

Well, would you like to pull my string and see what a cooperative toy I can be?

I would like to get you both back to the hotel before dark.

Just a couple things for my chair, my script and my water and stuff.

I don't know why I have to go with you.

I could have gotten Amelia to take me back to the hotel.

Well, right now Cartwright went best to take care of the cat.

If trouble were to start, I think Amelia would probably do a better job of

protecting me.

I wouldn't bet a whole heck of a lot of money on anyone else.

Why were you? Come on.

Let's go.

As much as I hate to admit it, it does feel a little funny having a woman for a

bodyguard.

Would it make you feel a whole lot better if I looked like a pro football

linebacker?

After getting that girl back to the hotel, I have a new respect for

teachers all over the world.

They're just fighting.

Well, they're all preschoolers, but they're better behaved.

Well, I've got the background information on the cast.

But the crew is international.

It'll take longer.

Sometime tomorrow.

Well, if it isn't Elizabeth Taylor's next husband.

Got lost trying to find the hotel?

You can do a dude well, you know. Small stage, Jersey City.

So tell us.

Is she for real or is she an assembly line model?

Gentlemen never tell.

I know.

That's why I'm asking you.

My, my.

Secrets. Who do you have?

Jeanette.

Harrison. Mr.

Director and Mrs. Stahl were married to each other ten years ago.

I don't know about those two, but our boy Vance has another movie.

A bigger one that starts shooting two weeks before this one finishes.

He negotiated a credit line into the contract.

We'll talk to them in the morning.

I'll, uh... Check on the set tonight.

Right, and I'm going cliff diving in the dark.

And it's okay if I practice my lines?

My big scene is tomorrow.

Can I interest you in a late dinner?

Yes. You can.

Lobster? Campaign?

Of course. We are inexpensive.

Mariachi? Absolutely.

Hang on.

I can study later.

Why is it dark in here?

See a light for you?

Uh, no. The other side?

There!

See if you can find a first aid kit.

And stay alert, because whoever did this may still be around.

I hope they are.

Look for some smelling salts.

Okay. Yeah, good.

What happened?

I just swung that sandbag over there in a decade.

Somebody knows the rigging on a stage.

Doesn't eliminate anybody.

No.

Doesn't take a real genius.

Well, let's get some sleep.

We can ruin everybody's day tomorrow by talking about some secrets that they may

have.

Mm -hmm.

God, yeah.

Then you lie to me.

Look, we felt it would be safer for everyone if one of us was wandering

undercover.

Well, I don't like being lied to.

Neither do we.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I mean you conveniently failed to mention that you used to be married to

Harrison.

Well, I try to block that out.

But what does that have to do with anything?

Well, it would depend on if you disliked him enough to want to wreck his movie.

I'm the star of this movie.

I'm the one who gets wrecked.

I wasn't there. I don't know how close of a call it really was.

You know, for someone who used to be so cute and cuddly, you certainly have

changed. You know, I'm getting hit on the head that it kind of does it to me.

Well, I'm not the one who did it.

Well, I hope that's true.

Look, why did Harrison put you in the movie?

Ask him.

I'm asking you.

It was part of the divorce agreement.

I was, uh, in love.

French woman that I met on an airplane.

I wanted out of the marriage.

So, you know, I would have agreed to anything.

Why now?

Why projecting this film?

Well, the agreement gave me until December of this year.

You mean if you had a choice, you wouldn't have used her?

That's right, you know.

She's gotten hard over the last few years and it comes out in her acting.

Well, divorce will do that to a woman.

So will age.

No, look, you know, I'm not going to make any apologies.

How is she doing in this film?

She's being an absolute bitch.

But to her credit, she's turning in one of her better performances.

What happens to a career this film never sees the light of day?

What career?

Mine, on the other hand, turns to quicksand.

You see, if a film doesn't get delivered, the director takes the heat.

Well, you better start thinking harder about who would like to see you fail.

I have. I can't figure it out.

See, I try and treat people like I would like to be treated.

So you don't think you have any enemies?

To have enemies in the film business, all you have to do is be alive and

working.

I just don't have any who are any more violent than leaving me off their

Christmas list.

Did you know Vance has another movie that starts before this one is scheduled

finish?

What? I didn't say anything because I've been trying to get the next film pushed

back. Yeah, but it still would be to your advantage if the movie shut down,

right? I don't do business that way.

Well, pat on the surface, huh?

I'll finish this film even if it costs me the next film.

Yeah, that's pretty honorable for this day and age.

Because I'm in this business doesn't mean I don't try to do what's right.

Okay, then why not tell Harrison?

It's none of his business.

And he's got enough on his mind.

And you don't want to burden him?

Why is it so hard for you to accept?

Well, the people I deal with usually aren't on their best behavior.

Well, this one is.

And he has more to do. So if you'll excuse me.

Okay, we're rolling.

Well, if it isn't my husband's little paramour.

You know who I am?

There's nothing about my husband that I don't know.

Come in if you feel you have something important to say.

I love Victor.

I'd offer you a drink.

But if that's an example of what you think is important conversation, you

be here long enough.

You can't be sure of that.

How long have you been there?

Probably longer than you would like.

I thought you were going to be at your office.

I told you I would deal with my wife.

I thought maybe if I told her about it, she'd give in.

What, so you could run off and make babies?

I don't think so.

In fact, I'll make sure you don't.

You're too late.

Oh, I hope that doesn't mean what I think it means.

What did you say?

Because I didn't know what I was going to do until tonight.

What we are going to do, my love, is fly, drive, run, walk,

take a train to the ice cream shop. I'm sorry. Cut, cut, cut. Give him the line.

We're going to have to do it once more?

I have to cry again?

Don't worry.

You were great.

I was?

Wow.

It's going to be hard to keep her back down on the farm.

Yeah, they're in the heat room.

Maybe we should go down there without her and check on the crew files.

And miss John, that next scene?

Good.

We think of Vance.

Well, either he's too good to be true, or I'm going to start dating him.

What about Miss Wong?

Well, I don't think she's forgiven Harrison for leaving her.

You think she's the one?

Not really.

Was that your brain, your heart, or some other part of your anatomy talking?

I'm ignoring you.

Got a couple felonies.

Hey, I'll trade you two deadbeat dads for one felony.

Okay. Bruno,

the one that was a poison, has a couple of warrants out for him.

Four.

Parking tickets.

Only eight parking tickets.

Hey, some of these crew members have already quit.

This one has... He could be our friend.

Where's Emilio?

I don't know.

Why? We need to talk to him.

You think he's the one?

I won't let you talk to him.

Why him? He's been a great help.

His father was still working on a movie in Mexico for their studio.

Let's split up.

Kill her.

Hey, I know why you're doing this. Oh, no, you don't.

Yeah, your father, he would kill a lot of films for that right.

I'm sorry.

Shut up.

It wasn't just him.

It was a film Harrison's father was directing.

You make the son pay for the sins of the father?

He made the crew work 18 to 20 hours a day.

Men got tired and careless, and my father had to pay for it.

It was an accident.

Nobody meant for him to die. Oh, now you remember, Harrison.

Yeah. I'm sorry it happened. That's it?

You're just sorry?

My family was destroyed.

Are you making yourself a target?

How old were you when your father died?

What defense does it make?

It must have been tough on your mother.

We were four.

Four little.

I don't think he would have hurt me.

Well, I couldn't take that chance.

I know.

Real life, huh?

You know, lately I have this feeling that I just want to let out my eyes.

You know, try to expose my inner feelings.

To just give up on them.

I find that deep, profound envy.

Do you?

Do you also have the feeling you just want to change your life?

To get out of the humdrum of everyday living.

To just break out, you know?

Of course.

No more fast cars.

Danger. Beautiful sunset.

Romance. Palm trees.

Surf.

Sun.

Ooh. Lobsters.

Shrimp. Fresh fruit.

Cold beer.

Tequila. Mariachi.

Cold beer. I am not going anywhere.

Really, you're not?

No.

What about the audience?

The roar of the crowd?

The applause. What about your fans?

What fans?

We're at Joanna.

We're your fan club.

I know that.

I'll always know that.

So, if you guys want my autograph, I love a fan.