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Oh, look at that!

They saw me!

Get that film!

This vehicle was hit by rocket fire. We don't know that.

We are about to divide up the United States.

Get him!

Thank you.

We're over-talking.

Pulling some collective.

Not that much.

Okay.

Not bad, huh?

Well, okay, okay. So I'm learning. You know, you've got to admit, this isn't

your ordinary powered puddle jumper.

You're doing fine.

Really? Really.

Great. Well, then when can I fly over? No.

Come on, Mr. Santini.

Caitlin. You will not crew Airwolf. Not yet.

Then why am I being checked out?

Because we need a backup in case something happens to me or String.

Oh, I get it.

I'm good enough to fly Airwolf if something happens to one of you.

But if nothing happens, I'm not good enough.

Caitlin, you write this down. You will not become a third pilot in this

cockpit, and that's the last word on this subject.

What qualifies as something happening?

your strength.

Oh, would you look at that?

You don't like the plan. I didn't say that. I did.

I'm just trying to get it all straight.

Let me explain it again, then. Let me explain.

One, you got that desert film job by underbidding us. Two, you want us to

fill your contract for less than what you're getting. Man, I am losing money

the moment I rev my engine. Pop, oh, pal, buddy, come on. So why do you have

to make it on our buns?

Makes sense.

Look, it's all gassed up. The camera's loaded. It's ready to go. It'll take you

three hours. Top.

Here's the coordinates right here. Sam, you are a disaster looking for a place

to happen. But you're not going to happen on us. Come on, String.

String.

Hi, Sam.

A fella needs some recreation, huh?

Be ready in a second, hon.

I can't pass up a relationship like this. Now, can I, man?

String. Please.

Please. Please. No.

Why?

Well, a fella does need some recreation.

Listen, when you guys are done, take the desert footage over to the Harcourt lab

for processing. I promise the job for Thursday afternoon.

So have them deliver it back, okay?

You want 8x10s or wallet size?

Funny, yeah. Real funny, guys.

Hiya. How soon will the others arrive?

72 hours. I said 36 at the outside.

The arrangements were more difficult than I expected.

What arrangements? To kill me or see me?

But they're all coming.

Sloan from Miami, Barlucci, Marcus from Detroit.

All friends and supporters.

How secure am I here?

We're completely isolated.

The girls had no idea where they were going.

We're in an oasis in the middle of the desert.

In fact, no one enters this compound unless I say so. No one leaves.

These next few days don't exist.

You don't exist One might even say You're dead

What

irks me is our bid on this job would have let me pay a few

bills And hire somebody to overhaul the Stearman.

What are you saying, Sam stuck it to us?

Well,

he does it with pretty good style.

Boy, and the dolls he gets.

I'd just like to have his rejects.

Okay, start filming now.

What did Sam say he wanted? Just some general stock footage?

There's a train tracks... There's a train on it.

So he gets a train.

Got it.

Well, that should be enough. What's next on the list?

Open ground, some shacks, cars on a desert road, stuff like that.

Right.

Ooh, look at that.

What, that?

I'll run a few feet off to show you.

For Sam!

A helicopter? What the hell are they doing up there? There's a camera mounted

to that damn thing. No, relax.

They're around here all the time for the oil company. They saw me!

No, no, no.

Get that film.

Coal Air Service.

Good night, sweetheart.

I'll call you in the morning, okay? That sounds great.

See you tomorrow.

Take care.

There isn't a whole lot, but you're welcome to whatever you want.

What were you doing out there?

Where?

Let's see the film. What film?

What

the

hell did you do?

I hit him. You broke his neck.

Now if we don't find that film, we're dead too.

Hey, you can't go in there.

Oh, we're friends of his. We just did a job for Sam yesterday.

We wanted to find out what happened. Come on.

Yeah, you still can't go in there.

Well, who do we talk to?

Detective Sergeant Brannon.

Thanks.

Uh, excuse me. Which one of you fellas is Detective Sergeant Brannon?

I am.

Do you have an interest here?

Well, we worked with this guy, or we did work with him.

You were his employees?

Uh, not exactly. We, uh, just kind of filled in.

We flew for him, like, you know, shuttle passengers, do film survey work.

Oh, I got the same kind of operation right down the runway here.

And you are?

Uh, Dominic Santini.

S-A-N-T-I-N-I.

Thank you.

Springfellow. Hawk.

Do either of you have any idea who might want to do something like this to him?

Nobody that we know of.

Sam had no enemies. Great.

Listen, do you got a hunch? No, I don't.

Will you try?

Junkies looking for bread for another pop.

Somebody came by, they got scared. Now you're just saying that Sam was a random

target. There's an awful lot of that going around these days.

Well, it doesn't make any sense. I mean, look at this place.

And what would they think he had in there?

Have you ever seen a rational junkie?

Sam Cole, victim of a sick society.

Write it off, huh, detective?

You were the ones who said he didn't have any enemies, not me.

Well, he was divorced three times, and he went bankrupt, and his partners got

hurt, and he did play the ponies.

So he wasn't exactly a candidate for sainthood.

Well... At least it gives us something to work on.

I am sorry about your friend.

But from the looks of this, anybody could have done it. And that usually

means we may never know.

If you come up with anything else, give me a call.

Did you kill her too? No.

She's still breathing.

Shall I finish her off? Forget it. We got what we came here for.

We know what lab the film is at. Now let's go.

That's a nice leg.

Yeah, not bad for an ex-cop from Texas.

Can you remember anything, like the shape of a head or skin color, an item

of clothing or smell?

Smell? Well, like cologne or tobacco or garlic or oil in their clothes?

It all happened so fast, I really don't recall much of anything about it.

I've had better victims.

Oh, no, I heard someone mention pictures.

No, no, no, no, film.

You sure?

Yes, I heard one mention film. Film?

Um, don't take the film. Take the film.

Can we peddle this film? Look at all this damn film? What? I don't know.

All I remember thinking is, I'm not going to buy it in a helicopter crash,

like my mom always said I would.

I was going to die right now.

Then I passed out.

Well, I'll get back to you.

Yeah, sure.

The check's in the mail, too.

Given the facts that I don't have in this case, I'm afraid I can't exactly

tell you that it's a top-priority assignment.

Listen.

One friend is dead.

The other's in the hospital.

What do we have to do to keep you on this case? Look, Mr. Hawk, last night in

this precinct alone, there were ten break-ins, three assaults, a murder, and

a suicide.

Now, I am keeping on all of those cases, so you get off of mine.

Get some help.

Tell the mayor.

Cool lady.

Yeah, just what we need.

I like your style.

Said the wrong thing?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

It's just that Sam wanted to sell out a couple of months ago and drift.

And string like the good friend.

Sat him down and told him to shape up.

And that's why he stayed, to work it out.

I said the wrong thing.

So what are we doing here?

Visiting, I suppose.

You know, somebody's gonna come along and haul this junk away sometime.

And that's... the last you're ever gonna hear of Sam Colwell.

I never could figure you and Sam as friends.

He was such a slob about his life.

And, you know, he was like a gypsy. He was all over the map. May he rest in

peace.

But you...

You're so much the other way.

Maybe I thought he'd teach me something.

Yeah, well, look, what's done is done.

Come on, let's go. The cops have been over this place a dozen times. You know

that lady cop's theory about the junkie thieves that didn't wash?

That's $10,000 worth of camera equipment.

They didn't paint up or graffiti the walls. They didn't cut up the furniture.

They just...

To deliver this.

Hey, it's the film we made for Sam.

There's been a lot of break-ins on everybody's street games. Are you guys

kidding?

My mom wouldn't let me join a book club.

Strip long enough to get that film here.

Hey, you're lucky that that wasn't burned in the fire.

What fire?

The lab.

It was torched tonight.

Cops said it was arson.

Here.

This doesn't deserve a funny remark.

You just made one.

Scram.

Don't slam the door.

Our place gets ripped off and that lab burns.

One thing ties all that together.

This film.

Hey, and Caitlin said that the guys that hit her talked about film.

What happened?

I must have clunked out on about the 33rd run-through.

Well, the good guy's got the girl.

Oh, yeah, sure.

Oh, look at the time.

You've been doing this all night.

Run it through again.

Oh, come on, String. What do you expect to see?

A neon sign saying, the killer's went that way?

Well, I'd rather see an oil company or industrial espionage.

Something. I mean, what?

I mean, is Brandon right?

Well, if you're asking me what, how will you know when you've found it?

I'll know.

Oh, sure, you'll know.

I'm off shift and I'm on my own time.

I don't like working at nights because I usually run into the same kind of people

that I don't like meeting in the daytime.

So you guys better have a pretty good reason for calling me.

How about we have a film as the key to Sam Kowal's death?

You don't go in for big surprises, do you?

It's not easy to get your attention.

Is he always this charming?

Only when he tries.

Okay, I'm all eyes. What's this film show?

The Desert.

Look, Sam was killed because somebody thought that he was in the chopper that

was taking this film in a certain area.

But it wasn't Sam.

What do you mean it wasn't Sam?

It was us. We shot that film.

This is where I came in.

Enjoy the popcorn.

Good night.

I'll turn out the lights.

So far, all I see is a lot of desert.

Pay attention.

We're getting to the good part.

Girls in bathing suits?

Well, spent worse nights with men. Don't ask me when, though. I still think that

film's important.

For sentimental reasons.

Look, you and I got along just fine for the last couple of hours.

I kind of liked it that way.

Well, then maybe you can see what I see. I do see what you see. Don't you

understand? That's the point. I see a lot of desert. I see rocks. I see sand.

I see girls in bathing suits.

Sam's killer's out there somewhere.

I wish he was.

For your sake, I wish he was.

I thought if I watched it three dozen times, you might buy me breakfast.

We can provide cover for vehicles here in the woods.

Some are coming by car. How many by air?

All the Chicago people.

Shaughnessy, Lucas, most of the Western crowd.

I want them treated like royalty.

I want them... Thank you.

I want them to know it's more than money.

But let's not kid each other. They're not all friends.

Well, I think those helicopters of yours will keep them honest.

It's going to be a sweet reunion after all these years.

You know the old joke.

We were so poor we had to go upstairs to answer the phone in the hall.

Then my father got hurt on a part-time job and we didn't even have that.

So we came west.

We lived in a tin shack right on the edge of the desert.

You could fry eggs on our roof most of the year.

That was when we had eggs.

And then at night, we just froze.

You can't believe how cold it gets out there.

You know, my father was still insisting on his deathbed that he could get back

up on his feet without anybody else's help.

How old were you?

When Daddy died?

14 years old.

You still have your people?

No.

They were lost in a boating accident when I was about ten.

Old Dominic raised me like a father.

Are you angry, too?

At who?

At your parents.

For leaving you so soon.

Listen to us.

It beats scrapping at each other.

Well,

how do you do, string fellow hawk?

It's nice to finally meet you.

At last.

Can you wait a minute for breakfast?

I really think I should stop up here.

Go ahead.

Need a good cop?

Yeah, better take a look. The old man's dog was looking around after a

jackrabbit.

Who was it?

Harmless old lady. Looked for rocks.

Lived in her own world.

What is it?

Pop heads, huh?

Who'd think junkies did this?

Hawk, the old lady's car crashed and burned. Now, you can't make anything out

of that.

This vehicle was hit by rocket fire.

Don't you think that's a slight overkill?

Well, I've seen enough of it to know.

Charlie, were there any next of kin?

Sorry, none that we know of.

Well, will you keep trying to locate some? See if she has any family. Sure

will.

Are you okay?

Sam was killed because he thought he was in that chopper when we flew over this

area. They thought he took pictures of something he wasn't supposed to see in

this desert.

We don't know that.

Well, then what did this old lady bump into that cost her her life? Oh, come

on, Hawk. That's a pretty big stretch to try and connect two completely isolated

incidents.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, Dom, how's it going?

It's going.

You? Can't complain.

You want a menu?

No, I don't want a menu. I want a sandwich.

What kind?

Uh, salami cotto provolone. Italian bread.

What else?

I'll throw in a few french fries, will you?

Willis, what's that smoke over at Santini's?

There you go. Salami and cheese, no plate.

Hey, Don, your hangar's on fire.

No mustard.

Hey!

Dominic, no. No, no, you can't go in there.

My helicopter's...

Pressure up on engine 42.

Well,

they

got the film.

Don't give up, do you?

What do you think, this fire is a coincidence?

Mr. Santini, what did the investigators say?

Well, they don't know what started it.

Maybe it was me.

Oh, come on, Dom.

Oh, I tell you, I don't remember.

See, I was making coffee, and then I... I was using solvent on machine parts.

Maybe that did it. That's not what happened.

All right.

Look, the department investigated Sam Kowal. They got nothing but dead ends

with his ex-wives, his ex-partners, and his ex-bookies. Why are you so

convinced... Somebody wanted it bad enough. To kill... Twice.

Okay, who are our suspects here? How many people knew about the film?

Well, me and String knew. And me, that's three.

And Caitlin.

And the lab people.

And the delivery boy.

That's it.

There are always more.

No, I told Everett. And a couple of guys over at the coffee wagon. I told them.

And more, and more, and more.

Don't worry, Hawk.

We'll keep trying.

We'll stay on it.

The hose is in.

Pull back the truck here. We're okay inside here. Thanks for breakfast.

All right, we got the hoses on the truck here.

Come on, let's go for a drive.

Thank you.

String?

Yeah.

What makes you think that whatever is down there will be so accommodating he

has to let us photograph it?

Twice. Just a hunch.

Well, what do you see?

Nothing.

Right there at the intersection.

I don't know.

Several men.

Big, expensive cars. Looks like some kind of a big-time gathering of people

for some reason.

Let's make another hard print, this time plus eight magnifications.

Bad area.

Well, use the magnifying glass.

Well, I'll be damned.

What? What?

That's it.

What? What?

Detective Brennan.

Yeah, this is Hawk.

We've got him.

Well, hello to you, too.

He disappeared.

Yeah, well, we found him.

What are you talking about?

Well, we've got film proof.

Kenneth Langhorne, living color.

Um, where are you right now?

I'm in my cabin, but I'll meet you back at the airfield.

I think I better talk to my captain.

Um, keep a tight lid on this until I get back to you, okay?

You got it.

You must be a millionaire by now.

No objections. When I get good service, I'm happy to pay the tab.

And you have been a lot of help from time to time.

Where does it go? Swiss bank account?

Or do they make safe deposit boxes big enough to hold it all?

You're a fascinating woman, I must tell you.

That's not for sale.

And you, Ken. It's like you're back in the day.

Ken, it's been a long time.

Good to be back.

Gentlemen, we are about to divide up the United States.

This far enough out for you?

I know.

I'm sorry.

Captain wanted to meet you away from the station, and this is... This is away.

I can tell.

Well, the syndicate has a very long reach, you know, even into our little

department. Yeah, I read the papers.

Okay, fine. How about better too careful than not careful enough?

Sure, I'm nervous.

This is a major situation.

Your hands are awful cold, too.

Just like my heart.

I'm a tough cookie, just like you are.

Yeah, I was a little tough on you when I first met you. I apologize.

That's okay. It was my fault.

I didn't realize that Sam Kowal and you were such good friends.

I guess that'll be your captain.

What's the matter?

It's just that I had an awful lot of things I really wanted to say to you.

Why?

I'm sorry.

Why would you sell your soul to an animal like Langhorne?

Because once you've been culled, you don't ever get warm.

God help me.

We'll take over from here.

No, that's not the plan. You take the film.

I'll keep him here until it's too late for him to stop that meeting.

Langhorne's changed his mind.

Come on, let's go. Get in the car.

You can't. We were right.

We're on our way, String.

Turbos. Turbos.

Those hoods hitting Santini Air, when I showed you the film, everything just

pointed to you.

I just didn't want to believe it.

He's leaving. The hell with Langhorne. He's leaving the country.

Today.

At the Salt Flats airstrip.

I don't care. I'm going to get you to a doctor. You hang on.

No.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

I thought we had an agreement.

We did.

Only we're going to make it better.

Fellas, I came back into the country so I could repay you for covering my

disappearance and so we could cement a new deal.

Well, we don't think you can handle it without us.

What do you want?

All of it.

We own it all.

Every state, every racket.

You run it for us.

I work for you.

Like that.

Okay.

You're not upset?

Leon, this meeting is in the spirit of cooperation.

I can't say it was unexpected.

Where are you going?

We need something to write an agreement on.

Hey, don't you trust us?

Now I trust everybody.

Valentine's Day massacre all over again.

Hey, I got some bogeys on the screen.

Maybe three miles out?

Maybe. Hit the ID button.

Yes, sir. Identify.

Ooh-wee.

Well, they're helicopters, but they're more like gunships. These guys are armed

to the teeth.

Covering Langhorne's exit. Turbos.

Turbos. Radio one of our

ships to knock it down and get me to the airstrip fast.

I love you.

Listen, I didn't want to bring this up before, but what did you end up telling

those investigators?

Well, I just said that Detective Sergeant Brannon was out there with

Langhorne under surveillance.

She did it by the book.

And I let it go at that.

You're a good guy, Stringfellow Hawk.