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There it is, honey.

Welcome to Avalon Harbor.

What's the matter with them?

I've lost respiration.

It's hard to stop.

But this is the height of the season.

A panic could be started.

Think of a panic that would be started if they found a few more bodies.

Nothing must stop this son of a section, do you understand?

She just gave him a slight jolt.

To catch fish, you need a good lure.

I only promised to make you happy, not to make you sad.

I think we're dealing with murder.

Homicide?

I told you we might have need for another stonefish accident.

We made it, Alex.

Right to the roof, Liza.

How's the time?

Right on schedule.

The guard should be making his rounds right now.

We have three minutes flat from the time he gets out of the display room.

Clear that rope.

What's up, Juan?

Well look at that.

Exquisite.

Our fence is right.

A million.

Easy.

What do you say we try for four million?

Don't get greedy, sweetheart.

You don't have enough time to get them all.

I can do it.

It's not in the game plan.

Great who's lost their house.

I

I

I

How much more time do we have

I'm going back down. You'll never make it. Yes I can. No.

I

I

I told you I can make it you know something you're crazy and rich I

I told you I can do it you know it's a shame to destroy anything so beautiful

Darling this is one time when the pieces are greater than the hole how long will

it take you to remove the diamonds from the setting and implant them in the deck

of the boat just a few days of hard work and then we'll have a nice leisurely

cruise up the coast of the world

and then we'll have a nice leisurely cruise up the coast of Catalina get

there in time for the Fourth of July fireworks that'll be a perfect cover for

the transaction how about the three fences will they get there in time I

have a feeling when I tell those turkeys it's four million instead of one

million an earthquake couldn't keep him away nothing can stop us

there it is honey welcome to Avalon Harbor on a glorious Fourth of July weekend

take that home with me

steady as she goes will you honey steady steady

careful into the wind into the wind stopper to right to stop it to the right

to the right to the right to the right to the right

holy mackerel honey get in here that's what you get for being a backseat driver

Lisa Alex Kale but I still see only one of the fences Jacques Defarge they're

probably still waiting for the others

Norquist everything's set can't be put off now I'm sorry I have a last-minute

problem well you better fix it when you get back

Alex I insist you postpone the unveiling sorry can't be done

Horace Mueller is already here and so is Jacques Defarge now you're gonna be here

not yeah yeah all right

as soon as you get to Los Angeles catch a cab to the Long Beach seaplane port

just a hop from there to Avalon all right

what's the problem we caught him in the salon with this they have one one when I

found you in Mexico City you convinced me you'd be loyal someone I could trust

senior Alex I am sorry please don't be angry I'm not angry just a little

disappointed I suppose but I understand where you coming from too well to be

angry I'm just a little surprised never thought you'd try to double-cross me

take him down to the study these are some yachts huh they sure are

there we go trips for people with lots of bucks who don't know the first thing

about real seamanship well I admit this craft you borrowed from your hippie

friend at Danny's bar does test one seamanship many times will have to tell

you Freddie is not a hippie he walks to his own drummer crawls you mean I never

saw a man stagger like that in my life aren't you ashamed yourself Freddie only

staggers because he suffers from poly dips here that's why he rarely uses the

boat I'm sorry you shouldn't bring what's poly dips whatever you call it

over drinking

put him on the bed

one it's just one thing I'm curious about how'd you find out the diamonds were

cemented into the deck I saw them when they were first brought aboard senior

Alex sorry about that but I was only gonna take one you know to give me a

start I got it one everybody needs a little boost up the ladder don't they

what's that that's a spine from the most poisonous fish in the world stonefish

you just might as well lie still one

bit

hold that please

take you up and down

thank you trying to steal our diamonds well I don't think he'd be too ambitious

from now on so what happens when they find the body one

comes up first only among a theologist fish scientists

Oh

here's a perfect toast to a near-perfect crossing and to a perfect holiday

weekend the Quincy's Catalina hmm hey honey now you gotta admit I've kept my

promises but all plan no work right no telephone no telephone no way anybody

can reach me later I'm gonna take you over the best lunch you've ever had hey

I've been saving up for your heavy touchdown hold this thing let's see it's

14 feet times three 42 bucks 42 bucks I could get a hotel for that and hot over

here you can

it's all one to dispatch we've got a diver off the brain water he's in a lot

of pain I don't know what's wrong with him we're bringing him in you'd better

get dr. Egan down to the pier dispatch this is patrol to I have a doctor right

here oh come on dad I'll bring him on over

Oh quiz I'm not much of a choice do I have great okay let's go

I stand back in my break come on get back

I've lost respiration get an ambulance down here right away with you a taxi

you'll have to do Henry find Pete tell him it's an emergency it's one it's hard

to stop see if they have an extension cord will you then rip off the ends and

see if you can get me a slab of cooking grease hey Duke we got a problem we need

an extension cord

great pull that in

this is quite a trick I think it's gonna work I don't have much choice all right

let me have the grease with it

oh

plug it in

we got a pulse taxis here give him the hospital as quickly as possible call

the admin late the intensive care unit that'd be a lot better if you went along

with him all I intend to I want to be there when he regains consciousness I

got to talk to him

what do you have to question him I've never seen symptoms like that before I

want to find out if he has a negative medical history so I can combat it as

quickly as possible

what do you have that can replace the best lunch in town

excuse me what are you doing I'm about to transform this desert of yours into a

garden you know my sister and I couldn't help

noticing the heroics of your husband oh no not husband so no well then your

doctor friend I saw you come ashore with him that's right we came ashore for the

best lunch in town you're holding it in your hand that's right well my cook will

do much better cook yes on my boat I insist you must have lunch with us

thank you very much but I don't want to impose oh please please my sister will be

so crushed okay

give me a clamp would you what's going on here who are you I think you better

answer that question first I run this hospital oh the missing doctor I happen

to be in charge of the 4th of July celebration in Avalon I was over at the

pavilion scene to the preparations now you make me proud to be a doctor proud

to be an American can I have the clamp please the client give him the clamp tell

me what is your what is your etiology the symptoms suggest the introduction of

a highly toxic substance maybe venom from this are you suggesting a venomous

sea animal or fish get a better guess my idea of medicine is not to engage in

guessing games come on doctor we can fool the public not each other so believe

me when I tell you I have no intention of walking around your territorial

imperative I know this is your bailiwick I give it back to you he is now your

patient but I do suggest you keep him on a monitor nurse put this patient in high

Fowler's position it's a precautionary move just in case it is an embolism

couldn't hurt then on the other hand couldn't help either you will excuse me

Parsons Oh Quincy how's the boy he's out of the woods oh thank goodness for that

what is that a rundown on the case no no this is a weekly report that goes to the

mainland every Friday come rain or shine person listen I want you to do a favor

for me what's a favor but you know who professor Ren is for sure he's the best

marine biologist we have right now look I want you to call him because I want to

meet him well I'm also sure that's a good idea

button into his 4th of July weekend you know the man's got a temper well how do

you know he's gonna lose it you don't know what I'm gonna ask him yet well

unless it has something to do with keeping the peace on his island I don't

want any part of it listen Parsons tell me when is the last time you made a

positive decision about something 27 months three days ago you sound like a

prisoner counting off time right the first time okay okay forget the

introduction but I called the Institute there was no answer the least you could

do is give me his unlisted phone number Parsons like you said he's the best

marine biologist we have and if what I suspect is true there is going to be an

epidemic of bodies floating up to the shore and if you don't give me the

number you're gonna be held responsible I got a talk to him if he wants to know

where you got the number you didn't get it from me agreed there's a blood oath

good enough I took the liberty of fulfilling your promise

what's wrong he gave me the best lunch on the island I hope you won mine

oh why should I matter I'm glad to see these having a great time listen there's

quite a bit left here why don't you join us oh thanks a lot no thanks though

his sister will be crushed I better forget it's all right that forgot

Quincy for hors d'oeuvres there's a cold plate assortment of corned beef this

drama me lean lean roast beef rare of that rare German salami and then for the

main course main course

it was terrible just terrible I've never seen anybody in worse pain if fish

better no it's dungum the sting was still in his leg but he will be all right

I think so well I hate to eat and run and it was delicious but I did promise

Lee I'd take him on a tour of the island listen I did happen to notice you in the

crowd you know where the excitement was you didn't recognize the boy did you

maybe say he knew me oh no he didn't say anything he hasn't come to yet

very little chance of knowing each other you see I'm not from around here I'm

from Mexico well thanks again it really was delicious let's go

you ever see a strawberry like that bye

come on if I take a piece of cheese thank you thank you very much

bye

you think he suspects it's hard to tell maybe we should make a try at one as

long as he's unconscious there's no trouble

it's hard to believe you're taking me for a ride without any ulterior motives

you're going to be a very suspicious person you know that

steps too much for your quince it's high up here should have an elevator

anyway oh oh I think we're trespassing dr. Quincy we're not trespassing

professor nice meeting you Lee port you know each other no your call from Avalon

was quite a surprise you called him well that's not polite just to drop in who

is it this fourth is my first weekend off all year I was just starting a

barbecue for my wife and some friends now what you have better be good I may

not be good but I can assure you it's deadly well let me have the spine I've

been doing some homework

a tour to see the sights huh look around you will you look people come from all

over the world to see this wonderful place I won't be long

the doctor really has you worried doesn't it well he has a fly in the soup

I sent a farage over to see what he could find out if I know too far she'll

have better luck with the woman than with the doctor

you

this could possibly be the dorsal fin of a sign and say her very closer

stonefish the most venomous fish known to man what about an antivenom if it was

a stonefish or isn't any but if the victim makes it through the first six

hours your worries are over it's all in there yeah of course so it was venom hmm

my diagnosis was right on the news not quite about 6,000 miles off you see the

stonefish is found in abundance here off the coast of Africa East all the way to

the mid-pacific as far north as a Red Sea as far south as Australia but never

to my knowledge on the Pacific Coast what about a freak migration that's

highly unlikely doctor there's absolutely no chance of a stonefish

being found off the coast of Avalon despite this spine now if you'll excuse

me I have important things to do a barbecue professor I read in the paper

a couple of years ago about a school of something or other swimming into the Los

Angeles harbor from the Chilean coastline oh yes that was the the Latham

is salé a slender tuna now they said that was impossible to didn't they that

sort of thing happens only once in a generation believe me what if nature

tried to do it twice and what if dr. I deal in facts all right let me give you a

couple this spine is a fact the poison boy in the hospital that's a fact and

now I'll give you a fact one that'll top all of them if there was a migration of

stonefish here the Catalina coastline is a death trap do you know what you're

saying that sure do that beach should be closed to all swimmers and boaters but

this is the height of the season a panic could be started think of the panic that

would be started if they find a few more bodies why don't you do something about

it check it out for yourself make sure all right give me the spine I'll check it

out more carefully what about the beaches no not until I'm positive it

might be too late by that look doctor you've just ruined my weekend you're not

gonna ruin my career by a million to one shot you realize what would happen if I

if I closed down the beaches and they suddenly found out I was wrong I'd be

the laughingstock of my profession but that's a chance we take being

specialists isn't it professor but if I were right I'd be alone no one would

want to be convinced Thoreau said a man who was right as a majority of one I'd

back you to the hilt oh thank you very much I'll let you know

Lee Lee I hope Quincy takes my note in the right frame of mind I wish once

just once he'd get a little jealous I would be happy to do all in my power to

bring that about

so what a departure to say that dr. Quincy is a very dedicated man you save

one's life you tried that once before

if at first you don't succeed

you know this book professor and lonely very informative says that stonefish

are almost impossible to spot no water was that because of camouflage or

pollution what'd you get your sense of humor from a car it helps inertia and

poison those are their trademarks they just sit there food goes by well for a

fish that doesn't like to move around much isn't the trip from Africa to

Catalina quite a change of pace puzzles me too was professor Wren gonna look

into it are you kidding he's so upset he's afraid his fourth of July weekend

is gonna be ruined imagine I'm sorry honey I ruined yours all the promises I

made dear it doesn't matter one way or another all the promises have been kept

everybody's been so nice I see you saying that to make me feel better you

shouldn't do that I mean it the day was perfect and Jacques was a delight

who's not shocked the fighters he's like right out of the Casbah you know he

sailed all around the world all alone in an 18-foot sailboat it's a big deal

huh anybody could do that with the right crew he was nice well it's good to see

that you're not so bored anyway huh that's good

hi how did it go the lawns gone for good this time then that's that well I don't

know that Quincy fell was like a bloodhound he won't let up why is he

involved with the police somehow well as a medical examiner I suppose so but

that's back in Los Angeles what's he doing digging into this over here hmm

maybe he's got a darned coyote complex has to hit every windmill you know

frankly that kind of fellow worries me but why what can he accomplish in two

days I don't know let's see if you'll let up now that Juan's dead what if he

doesn't if he doesn't then the good doctor may find himself the victim of

an epidemic this is starting to make me feel warm all over my whole body's

getting the tingles one more tingle and we're not gonna wait for the lobster

hello oh hi Parsons I heard you made contact with professor n yeah thanks a

lot well he wasn't as happy about it as you are well if it wasn't for quince the

diver wouldn't have been past the danger period the professor agreed to that much

well it just goes to show you down there what are you experts make mistakes from

time to time what do you mean that young fellow you die respiratory failure

respiratory fit it's impossible well that's what dr. Egan wrote on the death

certificate a death certificate without an autopsy

well we'll see about that Quincy I am sorry I gotta move on this right away I

can't waste a second an autopsy has to be performed on that kid right away I'll

take care that sure sure I'll take care of this I left my wallet home honey are

you got your credit cards with you come on let's go

excuse me I just noticed a sudden departure of your dinner partner oh

thanks for pointing that out to me may introduce myself host Miller now let me

guess you're German no what could have possibly given me away cannot be my

accent my name I know of course sure it's my large left eye where my monocle

normally goes isn't it yeah

hey mother may I ask you a personal question of course anything but sauce

hoist are you trying to pick me up pick you up and get to know me better

there will be no autopsy Quincy and that's final dr. Egan this is a clear

case of an autopsy necessary on its own merit now that's the law but Parsons is

the law here and I'm the resident physician now the patient died of

respiratory failure professor Wren will back me up because he believes that your

diagnosis has no merit oh he'd say that about watergate if it interfered with

his barbecue be that as it may and you what are you gonna do just stand there

let him get away with this dr. Egan is one of the most respected men in our

community if he says he's done his job right it's no business of mine a button

okay then I'm gonna make it your business as an official medical examiner

of Los Angeles I hereby inform you that that boy's death was suspicious and

warrant an autopsy now you as an officer have to act accordingly and if you don't

have the backbone to do it I'll find somebody who has Quincy you come with me

no you have something to do here sir I said come with me

come on I said come on in here Quincy I'm sick and tired I'm sick and tired of you and

this island and everything else that makes me look like something not worth wiping

off a pair of shoes I was the best shot at the Academy you know that I could

shoot that out of your hand at 50 paces do you believe it what's not to believe

yeah yeah one hole is before hold it hold it tight

black belt I'm a man of action now morning yet you keep your mouth shut or

I'll move it to another part of your face Parsons you can scare me but you

can't stop me why don't you let me help you look I know my job and I'm telling

you I think we're dealing with murder homicide yeah if you're the one to solve

it will you tell me how they're gonna keep you out of action well what about

the lab in this stuff there aren't any facilities around here well we can fire

the samples to the mainland you can settle on print cards for identification

yeah I could get your prints for you and I can arrange for a plane what are we

waiting for let's get me my autopsy get you back on the streets where you belong

okay okay let's go I know it's wrong to be made heavy by another man's plight

but I'm glad you were left alone you're very charming thank you

well leave for a pleasant surprise I want you to meet horse Muller my new

German friend and this is David and Maria Moreno my new Mexican friends I'm

beginning to feel like a road company United Nations and how do you trip around

the island with Quincy go well just like this dinner it never happened all this

way for a vacation and all he does is work but I thought the young man was out

of danger well so do Quincy but the boy just died oh then what more can you do I

mean he's only a doctor isn't he pathologist and if I know Quincy he's

probably convinced that the boy's death was from unnatural causes and he's trying

to prove that right now well we just wanted to say hello but they were really

my score oh feeders in yes bye what's the rush listen nothing must stop this

transaction do you understand now this dr. Quincy with his meddling the wrong

people could be arrested

here the blood samples I assume you have the tissues right here thank you for your

cooperation doctor tell me where where's our fearless sheriff he's arranging for

a plane to meet me at the dock samples right down there and Quincy maybe you

lose some of your arrogance when those tests come back well at least we'll both

be satisfied we've done all that has to be done when a human being loses his

life always doctor

Hey!

How interesting that he can determine so much from a dead body.

He probably even knows what kind of a boat he arrived on.

Oh, that's impossible. How?

Well, from examining traces of things either in or on the body.

Lee, it's getting late. Shall I take you back to the boat?

Okay.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

Please, please, I want you to get me to the hospital.

Um, I think I'll stay in town for a while.

You go ahead.

Whatever you wish, Lee.

Good night.

Good night.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

But, Lieutenant, I'm telling you, I don't know.

That's Quincy.

He's a medical examiner, fella.

He was supposed to take it to the plane.

Now, now, now, just take it easy.

I'll get it all worked out.

Well, of course I'm sure.

I'm the sheriff, ain't I?

The man is a bulldog.

He won't let go.

Good.

He can't hurt us with his mouth shut.

I insist we divide it now and be on our way.

We wait for Henrik.

He'll be here tomorrow on schedule.

By then, it could be all over for us.

Have you ever met any of Henrik's associates?

I'll take my chances with the bulldog.

Okay, okay.

Let me put it to a vote.

This isn't a democracy, Herr Mueller.

It was all put together by one man.

We'll follow his game plan right to the end.

He hasn't made a false move yet.

But he must be told what this Quincy is doing.

He already knows everything.

And if Quincy goes too deep, he'll drown.

Look at me, Alex.

How does a man behind the plan make you feel?

Secure.

And let's keep it that way.

Why?

What difference does it make if they find out?

Simple arithmetic.

There are two of us, three of them.

As long as they feel there's someone out there overseeing things,

the easier it'll be for us to keep him in line.

So, uh, listen to me, lady.

Let's not fool around with the old status quo.

What about that Quincy?

Is he still pressing?

He is making some kind of tests, I gather.

Well, they could give him some answers.

As long as he keeps puttering around some lab till Monday,

I don't care what he finds out.

What are you trying to do to me?

I bit so deep into your hook and stick it in my crop.

And my supervisor, he called.

He's after my jungle of A-2.

I was mugged.

You were mugged?

Did you say you were mugged?

Did they get your money?

They weren't after my money.

Well, what did they take, did they?

The laboratory stuff and the prints.

They got all of it.

Hey, Quincy, show me where you were hit.

I wasn't hit.

I didn't think so.

I was chloroformed.

The people who did this is one of the specimens.

You expect us to buy that?

Well, it's pretty obvious, isn't it?

That means we're on the right track.

Somebody doesn't want us to know how that diver really died.

Quincy, you gotta do something, and real fast.

If word gets back on this one, I'm gonna stay on this rock forever.

All we have to do is get some new blood samples, that's all.

Not in my hospital you don't.

Oh, man, I gotta get myself out of this mess.

Parsons, listen, this guy is crazy.

Now, let's not get in any deeper.

Lives are at stake here.

Now, Quincy, in your paranoid state of mind,

your stonefish could be threatening to invade Chicago.

Now, Parsons, I've got to write up a report

on everything that happens in this hospital in detail.

Now, can you imagine how it will read?

Two sets of tests and samples on an imaginary toxin?

I mean, come on, I'll look like an idiot.

I don't believe you guys.

Here's something else, you know that?

Are you worried about our budgets and barbecues

and what other people are gonna think about you?

We got a dead boy on our hands.

Come on, let's keep our minds on the issue,

not worry about whether it's a good career move or not.

All right.

Let's even think of that.

Parsons, I gotta be right.

Why else are they trying to stop me?

And I'll tell you something, if they stop me, they're stopping you.

You can take your dream and you can throw it out the window.

You might as well buy yourself a big, nice, comfortable easy chair

because you're gonna be here the rest of your life.

I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna take those samples to the mainland personally.

Oh, come on.

I want to speak to Colonel Chode, Washington, D.C.

It's urgent.

Raise a call to your supervisor.

Tell her it's a code A-1-3.

Now, officer, I'm sorry, but that's it.

I'm sorry.

But he seems so sure.

Well, you have to understand Dr. Quincy's nature.

He's always so sure.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

But you have to understand Dr. Quincy's nature.

He's always so sure.

But he sounded like he knew what he was doing.

Well, Quincy is one of the best men that I have.

But you remember the story of the little boy.

You know, when he was good, he was good.

Then when he was bad, he was bad.

And you fellas went over the samples thoroughly, huh?

Sam Fujiyama is my top technician.

Now, I had him do the test personally.

And you're positive about your analysis?

Yes.

I'm positive about my analysis.

Oh, boy.

Let Lieutenant Chernoff hear about this.

My name is gonna be Mudden.

Vic Chernoff, you mean?

For heaven's sake.

Vic and I are very good friends.

Well, you know, we make it a point to have lunch every couple of months or so.

Barsens, I know what you're going through, but...

Sam, I like him.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

You go back to Avalon, and I'll just forget that this incident ever happened.

Well, that's really nice of you, sir. Really nice.

Well, what is this world about if one man can't help another man?

You're a true gentleman. I really appreciate that.

And it just goes to show you how you shouldn't listen to what somebody else has to say about somebody else.

Quincy said something about me.

Well, lies, all lies. No doubt about it.

Do you mind telling me why you made me lie to him?

Sam, all of us are men in the trenches.

A superior gives an order we obey.

Ours is not to reason why. Ours is...

Yes, sir.

See you later.

Sylvia, get me Colonel Choate, Washington, D.C.

The Treasury Department.

Hey, where you been?

You recognize me. How nice.

I was looking for you at the boat.

I didn't get back there last night either.

Oh, how'd you get the bathing suit and everything?

I went early this morning.

I'm sorry. You waited at the restaurant for me, didn't you?

Only until we finished dinner.

We? Who's we? Hey, you ran into a man.

I'm sorry.

Oh, I know. Marino and his sister, right?

No.

Well, I didn't think you knew anybody else on the island.

I didn't. But the island's so friendly.

Ah. You're getting to be a pretty friendly type, aren't you?

Thanks, Quincy. So are you.

Are you kidding? Everybody on this island hates me.

Not everybody.

Well, everybody hates you.

I didn't mean me. That girl I saw you entwined with last night.

That girl you saw me entwine? Oh, honey, that.

That girl hugged me after I was mugged.

You were mugged and that girl came to the rescue?

Is that what you're trying to tell me?

Oh, Quincy.

Hey, what are you doing?

The only sleep he's had all the time he's been here.

It would have been a lot better for all of us

if he never came here in the first place.

How'd it go? A nightmare.

No telling what would have happened

if it wasn't for the nice boss of yours.

Nice boss? You don't mean Asta?

He's a first-class fella.

I hope your police work is a lot better than your character in that movie.

It's certainly a lot better than the sample analysis you had.

Tagega was right all along.

Aston told you that?

And the Japanese technician.

I don't understand that.

Well, understand this.

You came here as a tourist, you stay a tourist.

I don't want to see you again.

I was so sure I was right.

Well, right or wrong, it's over now.

And I believe you about the muggy.

You do? Yeah.

You stinker.

So let's listen to the sheriff and enjoy ourselves.

Yeah.

I just don't understand why the analysis...

Oh, just sun, fun and us.

Those are the only allowable words for the whole rest of the vacation.

I'll buy you a hot dog.

And I promise you...

No, no, don't promise.

I won't promise.

I only promise to make you happy.

Not to make you sad.

You did go back to the boat last night, didn't you?

Oh, I didn't go back.

Look who's here.

Hey, professor, going diving?

No, fishing.

For stonefish.

Oh, you have a conscience after all, huh?

A curiosity.

I checked that spine again and it's definitely from a stonefish.

Is that right?

Your enthusiasm sounds like it's waning, Quincy.

For stonefish?

I don't believe there are any in these waters.

Let's hope you're right.

Hey, you want a hand?

Thanks.

Helps a little hard to get on the force.

We'll be right there.

Come on, honey, we'll have fun.

What's the matter?

I told you not to make any promises.

You understand how to do this.

Yeah, I know, that's the problem.

I have this uncanny knack of always understanding you.

That's why you're terrific.

And I promise you this is the last premise I'm gonna break.

Honest, honey.

That Dr. Quincy?

He told the professor he doesn't believe in the stonefish anymore.

We gotta figure a way to keep him off balance so Norcos gets here.

After that, I don't care what they figure out.

Maybe another distraction would help.

What kind of distraction?

Stonefish.

Well, that would keep Quincy off our backs for the few hours we need.

Anything?

Not yet.

I'll take one more sweep around and then we'll go back to shore.

Okay.

Would you put this away for me, please?

Why?

We won't be using it again.

That's what you said last time.

I'll take it.

Professor Wren?

Dead.

Dead? Another stonefish accident?

This was no accident.

All right, boys. Let's take him to the morgue.

No, no. His body's gone to the hospital for an autopsy.

Just stay out of it.

Now, leave him alone.

You're interfering with our law.

Oh, don't talk to me about the law.

I'm an official medical examiner and I'm taking jurisdiction here.

Government Code Section 274912.

This shall be unlawful for any person, any person.

To remove, handle or touch a dead body prior to getting approval from the coroner is representative.

I'm that representative and I'm telling you whatever is done to this man will be done on my say-so, not yours.

Mine, yeah?

You're a psycho.

You touch him and you'll see how sick I am.

Don't you realize you're sitting on two murders and you're the only one who could do anything about it?

Now, you cool it. I don't want to hear another word out of you.

You know, if you were selling vacuum cleaners, I'd be owning three of them.

Well, I've had it. I'm finished buying anything from you. So just stay out of my way.

Please don't ask me to do that, Pausen. I can't. I may have caused this to happen.

Look, do me a favor. Please take him to the hospital for me, will you?

All right, all right. All right, you guys, let's take him to the hospital.

I'll meet you there, honey.

I'm sorry, but I didn't have a choice.

What do you mean you didn't have a choice? You could have told Pausen the truth, couldn't you? Why not?

There was a gun at my head.

A gun? Who?

Aston.

Why?

I don't know. Maybe there was a gun at his head, too.

All right, Sam. Tell me what those tests really said.

Quincy.

Quincy.

What's the matter?

Trigger finger.

Are you talking to Quincy?

Sam.

Sam?

What have you told him?

Happy fourth.

Happy.

Quincy, this is Aston. How's your vacation?

Just like I never left. Their body's all over the joint.

Well, that shouldn't concern you. You make the most of the little time you have left in joy.

May I ask you a personal question?

Personal? No. Like what?

Well, don't get flustered. It's easy. True or false. You lied to Pausen about those tests, didn't you?

Quincy, listen carefully. You are to dig no further into anything but sand.

You are to stay away from the situation until at least after tomorrow.

What situation? And what's going to happen tonight that I've got to wait until tomorrow to find out about?

Look, Quincy, now please, you just have to trust me.

Well, there are things that you don't understand.

Why don't you try me?

Quincy, now, you... Listen, one last time now. You back off. Enjoy your vacation.

Don't hang up, Aston. Aston!

Well, I guess we'll have to do it ourselves.

What?

The tests.

We can't.

Are you still against me?

No. No, not since I read that fish book.

And when I saw where the spine had stuck in Professor Wren's neck of all places, I knew you were right, Quincy.

But I don't have the necessary facilities for tests.

Well, improvise. All we need is some blood samples. We'll go into the aorta for a look.

Some liver sections. Excuse me. What's the matter, honey? Don't you want to hang around and wait?

It sounds fabulous, but I pass.

Something I said.

Horace! Hi! Lee Porter, remember?

Certainly, Fräulein, yeah, but I'm busy right now.

I look forward to seeing you another time.

Yeah, bye.

Nargis!

Alex! Who are you?

All right. How was your trip?

Fine, thank you.

Why don't we go over to my boat? We'll talk things over.

Maria? Hi. What are you up to?

Oh, I'm looking for David.

Oh, that shouldn't be too hard. Let me help you.

No, no, no. I wouldn't think of letting you waste your day doing that.

Maria! Excuse us, Lee. Come on.

So how do I know they haven't been removed already?

Because they had. There'd be no floor left.

Who did it?

A young fellow I picked up down in Mexico.

And where is he now?

I'm sorry you're too late. He's dead.

So, we are all here, except for the head man. Is he coming?

Nope.

He trusts us?

He trusts me.

There comes Defarge, Lisa, Mueller, Norquist, and Alex. They're all there.

It looks like it's all set.

It better be.

What's this?

That's an official coroner's report.

By whom?

Me.

You mean that came all this way to pick this up?

The toxin found in both victims was not stonefish venom.

It was amphetamines and a synthetic toxin. Now they have almost the same symptoms.

Don't you see? Those deaths were made to look accidental, but they were murder.

How dumb do you think I am? And how many times do you want to cry wolf?

This paper gives you a legal obligation to move.

Are you threatening me?

No, I'm pleading with you.

What do you want me to do?

First, I want you to accept these deaths as homicides. Then I'd like you to do something about it.

Okay, I'll do something about it.

Where are you going?

I'm going outside to get some fresh air. Goodbye.

Now, Quincy, Quincy, listen, I'm on my way out to a barbecue.

Aston, please.

Do I have to remind you that it is the Fourth of July?

And need I remind you that unfortunately death did not take a holiday?

Right. Quincy, when I have to tend...

Can you hold?

Do I have a choice? Of course I'll hold. I'll hold.

Hi. You all through here?

In a minute, honey.

Quincy.

Yeah, Aston.

Now, Quincy, Quincy, what I have to tell you is highly confidential.

Now, can you be discreet?

Well, of course I can be discreet. This is Quincy, remember? Now, what's going on?

The Mexican National Museum was robbed of $4 million in diamonds.

Two agents, Maria and David Moreno, are in Avalon where they believe the diamonds will be auctioned to an international syndicate of fences.

What?

They'll handle it.

Sure?

You stay out of it.

Okay. Have a good time at the barbecue. Yeah.

What do you have to be discreet about?

If I told you, then I wouldn't be discreet. I can't tell you.

Why not?

Top secret.

What is?

Two deaths.

Secret? Everyone in town knows about it.

Oh, but what's behind them?

You were right. They were murdered.

Oh, without question. Listen, that Mexican couple, you know, the brother and sister, Moreno, is that their name?

Yeah. Are they involved?

Did you happen to see them around on your way over here?

Briefly. I think they went back to their boat.

What's this all about, Quincy? Come on, you owe it to me after this weekend.

Honey, you know I'd tell you if I could, but I can't. Besides, the less you know, the better off you are.

Well, where are you going?

The Moreno boat.

What are you getting yourself into?

I don't know, but if you don't hear from me by the night, you'd better send for some help.

You mean it's dangerous?

Nah, probably not.

Probably?

I want to talk to Moreno.

I was called by Colonel Chode in Washington after your superior, Dr. Aston, called him about your meddling.

Meddling? I don't know whether you happen to notice or not, but two men have been killed. I'd like to know the reason why.

They don't concern you.

You're only interested in the diamonds. That's all you care about. Otherwise, you'd have blown this case wide apart after the first murder.

The dead boy worked with David Moreno and the Mexican police.

What about you?

U.S. Treasury Department. It's a combined effort.

There's no reason to hang back after two deaths.

We can't move in until we're positive the diamonds are aboard the Joliot.

There isn't any other way to prove that they're responsible for the murders as well. Don't you see? We must wait.

Until when?

Well, we think it's going down tonight.

Where's Moreno now?

He sneaked aboard the Joliot.

Okay. Tell me where the rest. How do you contact Moreno?

He'll contact me after dark. I'll pick him up. The Coast Guard is standing off waiting for my signal. When I push this, they'll move in.

After we have the necessary proof.

It's always after, isn't it? I don't know.

If we move prematurely, they'll get away with everything. The diamonds and the killings, yeah.

Only $3,950,000 to go.

I've been looking all over for you.

Whatever it is that Quincy wants, the answer is no.

But he went to the Moreno boat alone. He's in terrible danger.

What kind of danger?

I don't know for sure.

Figures.

Oh, you gotta come with me.

Ma'am, I kinda like ya, despite the people you've been hanging out with. But I'm not stirring.

He grabbed me. He slapped me around. And then when I was beaten and helpless, he assaulted me.

Who did?

Quincy.

Quincy did that?

And now I'm filing a complaint against him and I want you to act on it immediately.

I'm not getting much stuff out of here.

All right, then I'll go to someone who will. The Coast Guard.

No, you can't do that.

All right, come on.

I found him looking through the window.

Who are you?

No hablo ingles.

You spoke excellent English last night in the restaurant.

Está bien. Hablo español. Digo me por favor que en el sistema.

Well, my compliments. You speak Spanish very well.

Thank you. What are you doing here?

Well, I might as well tell you I'm a burglar. I thought all of you would be assured watching the fireworks.

He must have been working with Juan.

Who?

The boy we caught before.

I told you we might have need for another stonefish accident.

Alex, let me.

Why not? We won't be needing the spine this time. And not in here. I want to go on with the work.

Now wait a minute.

I'm tired.

Hurry up. I'm in a hurry.

I think I better go with you.

Could be dangerous.

I might be able to help.

What happened?

They got me. They injected me with something. I don't know. I can't breathe.

You gotta help me.

All right. I'll try.

To catch fish, you need a good lure.

She just gave him a slight jolt so he'd have the chance to bring the rest of you here.

Oh look, that's Quincy Skiff.

Oh come on. They're probably in trouble.

How'd I make you say that? What do you think could be going on? Even a party.

Oh no. Quincy would have gotten word to me.

What are we gonna do?

You will do nothing. I'm going up to have a look.

You wait down here.

You don't really expect to get away with killing all of us, do you?

When we're finished here, they're gonna rename this place Stonefish Bay.

I've already proved that those two deaths were not caused by Stonefish.

And who's going to believe you when the newspapers report that three more bodies have been found with Stonefish spines in them?

What difference does it make to us?

So, we kill them. Take them out.

I'll cover them.

They're not going anywhere. You go through the cabin. I'm going after them.

I'm sure you know what to do with that. Go ahead.

Everybody freeze.

Parson, look out!

You stay out of it. If you say so, honey.

Didn't I tell you I'd get you into a lot of action?

Thanks a lot, pal.

Okay, come on.

When are the fireworks?

They're over.

I'll be fourth.

Fifth?

Fifth?

Well, let me go to show you.

What?

How time flies when you're having fun.