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This is my boss,

Jonathan hart, a self-made millionaire.

He's quite a guy.

This is Mrs. H. She's gorgeous.

She's one lady who knows how to take care of herself.

By the way, my name is Max.

I take care of both of them,

which ain't easy 'cause when they met,

it was murder.

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[Barks]

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[Shutter clicks]

Good morning, arcos.

I know what you and your partner are up to.

And naturally, you'll report what you've seen to the professor.

Unless you shoot me.

Shoot you?

That would be stupid...

And unnecessary.

[Screams]

[Neighing]

[Nicholas] His horse came back without him.

The whole area has been combed.

Wild country.

The animal could've stumbled

or thrown him.

My assistant arcos is an accomplished horseman, your excellency.

I believe he was murdered. Why?

He was helping me with certain investigations.

Please, be specific, professor.

I believe that valuable relics, classical sculptures

are being smuggled out of rhodes.

Arcos had one of the suspects under surveillance.

Why didn't you go to the police?

I was about to,

when I had sufficient evidence.

The government takes a serious view

of illicit dealings in ancient artifacts.

Professor kalvos, as curator of antiquities for rhodes,

you should prepare a confidential report addressed to me.

No one else.

I will then consult with Athens.

I understand, your excellency.

Secrecy is vital until you've decided what action to take.

Very good.

I will find you someone to replace Mr. Arcos.

An outsider, perhaps,

but a specialist in antiquities.

Someone the culprits won't readily suspect.

That may take a few days. Thank you.

In the meantime, you'll have my report.

[Greeting in Greek]

[Telephone ringing]

George damos.

Kalvos is to write a confidential report.

His assistant will be replaced by an outsider,

a specialist in antiquities.

Thank you.

Smile. Let's see some teeth.

Cheese.

[Laughing]

Welcome to the island of rhodes.

[Jennifer] Aw, it's a pity we're here so late.

We're right on schedule.

Not according to the book.

If we were entering this harbor just 2,207 years ago

at this very moment we would be passing under the colossus of rhodes,

a solid bronze figure of helios, the sun god,

over one hundred feet high.

It was destroyed in an earthquake around 224 b.C.

You're getting a little red.

Do you want your hat?

Yeah, thanks.

Hey, you know that this looks moorish.

This whole thing was built by the crusaders.

[Jonathan] Was that in the book?

[Jennifer] Uh, no. I remembered that.

I'm very smart.

[Jonathan] And very pretty too.

Thank you very much.

[Jonathan] What do you think, down there?

That looks open, doesn't it?

What's that number, 16? Yes.

[Max] Hey, kid!

[Speaking Greek]

What's that smell, Mr. H?

That's souvlaki, Max.

That's shish kabab and fish cooked over a wood stove.

Sure beats the burgers at the Santa Monica pier.

[Jennifer] Ready? Yeah.

Let's go.

[Greek music plays]

Here you go.

[Jonathan] For you.

For you, Max. Thank you.

Not bad, huh? [Max] No.

Do you think you could copy the recipe?

Mr. H, we've been on vacation three weeks now,

and I've got enough recipes to last me a year,

a different dish every night.

Jennifer!

Nicholas!

[Laughs] Jennifer!

Oh, Nicholas!

Is that the guy you told me about?

Mrs. H's old classics professor? That's him.

I want you to meet my husband Jonathan.

[[Jonathan] It's a pleasure. Americans.

[Jennifer] And this is Max. Obviously.

Stay here, honey.

It's so nice to see you. I can show you some things we are so proud of.

You look fabulous.

Good morning, professor. Yes, gentlemen?

Well, aren't you going to introduce us?

May I present Mr. George damos, Mr. Eberhardt.

This is Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan hart from California, and Max.

Hi. Will you be staying long?

Well, that's up to the professor.

There are so many things

to show my friends and my brightest student.

You're English, Mr. Damos?

Well, I was born here, but I was raised in Bristol.

Mr. George damos' company is trying to build yet another tourist hotel.

Tourism is the island's lifeblood.

You can hold up progress, professor, but you can't stop it.

Nice meeting you. Enjoy rhodes.

Progress. All they think of is profits.

They are not interested in the past,

but I've got my eye on them.

Well, you always were a stickler for detail, Nicholas.

[Laughs] As a custodian of antiquities, that's my job,

but as a human being it is also my passion.

But while we are talking this highfalutin twaddle why don't we have a drink?

Come on.

Oh, it's a little early for that.

Get in the car, girls.

[Eberhardt] That woman is his former student.

Obviously, a specialist in antiquities.

The replacement for arcos.

The outsider that we were warned about.

Just two more days and it will not matter.

Something must be arranged. Leave it to me.

Oh, Nicholas, you must be having the time of your life here.

Well, most of the time, yes.

Sometimes I have to be a bit of a detective.

[Sighs] Well, a good historian is like a good detective.

My dear, my investigations aren't always confined to the past.

For example, my assistant has just disappeared.

Really? What happened?

I'm not sure yet, may turn out to be murder.

Murder?

Have you contacted the police?

No, the police haven't been brought into it as yet.

Investigating a murder on your own can be a dangerous business.

Those two fellows that we met earlier today, er, damos...

And eberhardt.

Do they have anything to do with this?

What makes you think that?

Well, just the way that your attitude changed

when they came over and asked to be introduced.

Ah, you noticed, eh?

He'll turn out to be the best detective of all.

[Laughs]

[Nicholas] I hope you'll have breakfast with me

at my house tomorrow morning.

You know, with us Greeks,

hospitality is the prime virtue.

[Jennifer] We'd love to.

How do we find your house?

Ask at the museum, the attendant will direct you.

All right. All right.

Well, we'll see you in the morning then. Undoubtedly.

Bye-bye, Nicholas. Bye.

[Jennifer] Oh, isn't this wonderful?

[Jonathan] Isn't what wonderful?

[Jennifer] Just being here, and listening to the music and the people.

[Jonathan] I don't hear anything.

What?

We're the only ones here.

Yes, it's wonderful, just the two of us.

You and I...

Alone in the world

in all of history.

Aw...

[Max] Hey, Mr. H.

Not now, Max.

[Max] I gotta talk to you, boss.

Go away.

[Max] It's important.

I know what's important.

[Max] I'm sorry, Mr. H, but something funny is going on.

Tell me later, Max.

[Max] You've got to take a look now.

Take a look at what?

[Max] Come on. I'll show you.

[Sighs]

Here. Look.

It's a box.

Well, anybody can see that,

but it doesn't belong to us.

I wonder who it belongs to.

Well, it's not ticking, that's one good thing.

Hand me that crowbar over there, will you?

Let's get it open and see it and see what it is.

Darling, let me have a look at that.

That's hecate.

[Max] What's that?

Hecate, the goddess.

Goddess of Hades, protectress of witches.

She looks as if she's just been dug up.

Is it genuine?

I don't know.

It certainly looks like ancient marble.

If it is,

it's 2,000 years old, maybe more.

I think we better report this.

[Car approaching]

Well, that's awfully convenient.

Maybe somebody beat us to it.

Inspector dimitrios konstandidos.

Rhodes police department.

We have received certain information

regarding a classical artifact.

I have a warrant to search this vessel.

Is this what you're looking for?

Whatever you paid for this

was but a fraction of its worth.

An object so exquisite is beyond monetary value.

We didn't pay anything for it. It isn't ours.

Correct, madam. It belongs to the nation.

How does it come to be here?

We discovered it onboard exactly where it is.

We were going to report it. Of course we were.

It is a serious offense to possess an art treasure without authorization,

especially for foreigners.

Your passports, please.

I was sure the police would throw the harts in jail.

We're so close.

The ship will be here tomorrow.

We can't let the old man stop us now.

Don't worry, if he goes snooping around up there again,

I will deal with him.

[Nicholas] I just can't believe it.

[Jonathan] Neither can we.

Nicholas,

you're the only person we know on this island.

Somebody is obviously trying to involve us with the police.

Damos and eberhardt, I suspect.

Why do you think that?

You see, Jonathan,

they want to involve me with your problems,

to distract me from my investigations.

May I have some more coffee?

[Speaks Greek]

He's a sweet boy, Nicholas. Is he your grandson?

No, just a boy, orphan.

Follows me everywhere.

I find jobs for him to do.

Yesterday,

you said to us that you were investigating a murder.

Yes, unfortunately, that is the case.

Does it have to do with relics?

Everything I do is connected with relics.

Then obviously there is some connection

between your investigation and our mysterious statue.

Jennifer, I'm sorry.

I can't help you,

I can't even discuss it with you.

Matters of national interest are at stake.

Would you consider coming with us to inspector konstandidos

and tell him what you're working on?

Please understand me, Jonathan.

I am bound to secrecy for the time being.

But, Nicholas, they have threatened to throw us in jail

if we don't come up with some reason

why that statue was found on our boat.

Give me 24 hours,

by that time my investigation should be complete.

I will then go to the police and explain everything.

And your passports will be returned to you.

Thank you.

[Speaking Greek]

Some vino, please.

A glass of local vino, okay?

[Speaking Greek]

Drink this every day,

and they say you'll never grow old.

Because in a few weeks your liver will burn up.

[Both laughing]

Hey, you speak English pretty good.

All my life, I take care of tourists.

English. Australian.

Yankees.

My name is Max.

Nitsa kyriakos. Widow.

To you, nitsa.

[Speaking Greek]

Two more trips will do it.

Well, kalvos has obviously been told not to call in the police,

but he might try and follow you himself.

I'll keep my eye open for him on the trail.

Come and sit down.

Mr. H chartered a doozy of a yacht.

A two-masted schooner.

I saw you come in yesterday. You did, eh?

Did you happen to notice anything funny? Funny?

Like somebody sneaking around?

Delivering a marble statue? How did you know that?

Oh, this is a small community, news travels fast.

Nitsa, somebody is setting us up.

Have you any idea who it could be?

Sorry. I cannot help you.

That's okay, it's nothing Mr. H can't handle.

I hope.

Oh, here he is now with Mrs. H.

Come on, I'll introduce you.

Hi, Mr. and Mrs. H.

I present nitsa, she owns the tavern.

[Nitsa] Hello. How do you do?

Hello.

[Honking]

Our friend from Bristol.

He must be quite a big man around here.

He is not popular, but people respect him.

For what? For building a new hotel?

Oh, he makes many jobs.

And even now that the work is held up,

he pays his crew.

Held up?

You mean, construction has stopped?

Two months ago.

What's the problem?

Water seepage from the sea.

They wait for special pumps from the mainland.

Why don't you all come and have a drink at my taverna.

Please. Good idea. Come on.

Two months ago?

I know ten companies that can ship heavy pumping equipment

any place in the world within a week.

[Speaking Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

Sightseeing, professor?

[Nitsa speaking Greek]

Moussaka means with a white sauce,

stuffed peppers, meat,

and a Greek feta cheese salad.

Thank you very much.

Any luck, Mr. H?

No. The circuits are still busy.

Here's to professor kalvos. He'll get us out of this mess.

Sure he will.

To the professor. To Nicholas.

[Max] Cheers.

There she is.

Our ship's come in.

[Woman] Argentinean registration.

The captain's been bribed. The crates will go on as farm machinery,

and he'll deal with the customs.

As usual, you thought of everything.

Oh, eberhardt made some small contributions to the plan.

Will he have to be with us after you have sold the statues?

You don't like him, do you?

No, he makes my flesh crawl.

How you can stand him I don't know.

Well, it's simple, my darling.

I need him.

We both inherited two very important connections.

My father told me where the statues had been buried

before the Italians left the island,

and Willie's old man left him a list of all the crooked art dealers

who were prepared to buy illegal artifacts.

We need each other.

Neither half was worth anything without the other.

Like a treasure map torn in two.

[Chuckles]

[Bell ringing]

[Shouting in Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

I guess Nicholas must have sent him.

Okay, we're coming.

What is it?

[Speaking Greek]

Nicholas?

[Speaking Greek] Nicholas. Nicholas.

Um, Nicholas.

[Paul speaking Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

Professor kalvos' house.

[Speaking Greek]

Nicholas?

[Paul speaking Greek]

Nicholas?

Darling.

Nicholas!

[Speaking Greek]

[Jennifer] What?

Look at this.

It obviously wasn't a robbery.

[Dog barking]

[Speaking Greek]

Where is professor kalvos?

I was hoping you could tell us.

Well, I'm wondering what you are doing here, Mr. and Mrs. Hart.

A friend of professor kalvos brought us here.

Somebody wanted something rather badly it seems.

I am not accusing you, Mr. Hart,

but you must admit that these circumstances are peculiar.

First of all, the lock on the door, it's broken.

The place has been ransacked.

Now, you, Mr. Hart, you are here,

but professor kalvos is not.

So please tell me, Mr. and Mrs. Hart,

please tell me what should I think, huh?

The professor told us he was investigating a murder.

On rhodes? Yes.

Well, there have only been two crimes committed in rhodes in the last month,

and both of these seem to include you.

First of all, I find you with a stolen statue.

Now... I know that you are a rich man, Mr. Hart.

This I have established.

So perhaps, you're on the track of making more.

And perhaps, professor kalvos

discovered what you are doing.

That's absurd.

Possibly, Mrs. Hart,

but until you can supply me with better answers

than you have already given,

I'm afraid I'm going to have to detain you.

[Speaking Greek]

Mr. and Mrs. Hart, please.

I take it we're under arrest?

Oh, correct, Mr. Hart.

[Dog barking]

[Shouting in Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

[Siren blaring]

[Speaking Greek]

Professor kalvos. [Shushing]

Now wait a minute. Listen to me. Listen to me.

[Tires screeching]

[Speaking Greek]

All right. All right. Wait. Shh!

No. Quiet. Shh.

When did you see professor kalvos?

You see professor kalvos?

What time?

[Speaking Greek] What time?

What time? [Speaking Greek]

[Jennifer] 7:00?

Seven o'clock.

Couldn't have been 7:00 this morning,

had to be 7:00 last night.

He was in the harbor this morning.

All right, you take us.

Come on, take us.

Take us to professor kalvos.

When can I start loading the ship?

As soon as possible, Willie.

I can't risk any last minute delays.

There will be no delays.

The Americans are on the run from the police,

and we don't have to worry about kalvos anymore.

What have you done with him?

George, you know, I have a talent for making things disappear.

[Jonathan] Thank you very much for the clothes.

[Car horn honking]

[Tires screeching]

[Woman] Look, honey, real live peasants.

[Man] Oh, excuse me. Let's take a picture for the folks back home.

[Woman] They look clean enough, and the bridge club will really love one.

[Speaking Greek]

[Man] Just one moment, please.

Hang on, hold it! Oh, that looks great!

Thanks. Thanks a lot. Wonderful.

[Speaking Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

It's all right.

[Chattering indistinctly]

Those look like the same kind of crates

as the one that was on the boat.

I'm going to go over and check that out, you wait here.

Wait, Jon...

[Vehicle approaching]

Paul, you stay here.

Okay?

Okay. Good.

[Honking]

[Speaking Greek]

[Man speaking Greek]

Inside the cave.

Nicholas!

Nicholas.

You must be glad you found him.

Now you can spend the rest of your lives together

sealed up here in your tomb.

[Speaking Greek]

I've done this to you, my friends.

Forgive me.

He needs a doctor.

I'm afraid that will not be possible, Mrs. Hart.

Can these all be relics?

Yes.

From the temple of helios, the sun god.

You see, according to legend

he was supposed to have been born

on the island of rhodes.

I always knew that somewhere in the island

there was a temple devoted to him.

And you and damos found it.

The construction site.

And you used the hotel as a cover for illegal excavation.

Very good, Mr. Hart.

We smuggled everything out of town

piece by piece and hid it up here.

And now it's time to start shipping it out,

to sell it abroad.

We unearth a treasure, and we Bury all of you.

Don't you think that someone will notice the explosion?

There are stone quarries all over these hills. They're always blasting.

You'll never make it to the harbor.

Inspector konstandidos has put up road blocks.

They're searching every vehicle for us.

In that case,

I'll take Mrs. Hart along as a hostage.

You'll take both of us.

[Grunts] Jonathan!

No!

Show your head outside, and I'll blow it off.

[Speaking Greek]

[Groaning]

[Grunts]

Come on, professor.

Come on, let's get away from the blast.

[Speaking Greek]

Here, professor. Take it easy.

We should be far enough away.

[Explosion]

Get down!

[Both coughing]

Are you all right?

Thank god, you're here though.

Oh, god.

[Speaking Greek]

[Stones rattling]

Somebody out there?

[Speaking Greek]

[Speaking Greek]

[Grunts]

We're going to get out, professor.

We're going to get out.

Come on.

[Speaking Greek]

I'll leave him here with you. I'll send help.

I understand, but take him with you.

[Speaking Greek]

Oh, so stubborn. He wants to stay with me.

Uh, family planning,

sometimes a kid decides to pick his own father.

This is your bike? Yeah.

You want to sell it? No.

Buy yourself a motorcycle. Oh!

[Engine revving]

There he is!

[Honking]

[Tires screeching]

[Woman] Oh, my god!

[Indistinct shouting]

[Tires screeching]

[Man] Back! This way! Back! Move it!

Oh! You crazy!

Hey! What are you doing?

[Screams]

[Tires squealing]

Eberhardt!

Stay back, or else I'll kill her!

[Gasping]

[Speaking Greek]

[Groans]

Jonathan! [Gun fires]

[Screaming]

[Car approaching]

Where did you learn how to do that?

Oh, it's just something I picked up.

Lucky, eh? Lucky.

Oh, darling!

These are for you, inspector.

This is the only treasure I need.

"Your action in recovering the classical relics

is worthy of the highest praise.

The Greek government formally thanks

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan hart,

and hereby authorizes a reward of 500,000 drachmas."

Signed, "Melina mercouri, minister of culture."

[All cheering]

[Greek music playing]

Look at him. I don't believe it.

[Both laughing]

[Jonathan] Go, Max.

Nicholas, I'd like to have that reward money to go to Paul,

for his education.

Before you can teach, you must tame.

I'd like to have you be his tutor and trustee for the fund.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Jonathan.

What's the matter?

[Sniffles]

I love happy endings.

[♪♪]