Dead Heat 1988

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When a dutiful Los Angeles police officer named Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) tries to apprehend robbers that happen to be zombies, he ends up as one of the undead himself. Since Mortis has managed to stay in his right mind, he aids his loudmouthed partner, Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo), in getting to the bottom of the macabre crime ring. Eventually the cops track down the villains, including Arthur P. Loudermilk (Vincent Price), and try to end their supernatural thievery.

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00:11:43jump to fanciful conclusions without really digging

00:11:46for the truth.

00:11:47And that, gentlemen, is what autopsies are all about.

00:11:50Yes, oh, I beg your pardon?

00:11:52It's fascinating.

00:11:52Yes, isn't it?

00:11:53Well, you've got to admit, it is very strange.

00:11:56Strange, yes.

00:11:57Excuse me.

00:11:58Hey, doctor, what is this for, anyway?

00:12:00Oh, you wouldn't want to know.

00:12:10Knock, knock.

00:12:12Come to read me my rites?

00:12:22Was that one sugar or two?

00:12:24Two, but I gave it up.

00:12:27I thought we gave those up, too.

00:12:30Yeah, well, I kicked one bad habit and picked up another.

00:12:32Whoa, hey, I came in here to give you some moral support.

00:12:42Don't you believe in fish that swim?

00:12:48No, they're just as pretty, and I don't have to feed them.

00:12:51What about those corpses, do you believe me?

00:12:54There's definitely something very weird going on here.

00:12:56I'll say.

00:12:57Look, is there anything else that you find strange about these guys?

00:13:05You mean besides the fact that they won't stay dead?

00:13:08Yeah.

00:13:08Yes.

00:13:09I did turn up something unusual in their skin tissue.

00:13:11Like what?

00:13:12Trace quantities of sulfathiazol, a drug once used in bacterial infections.

00:13:16It's pretty fierce stuff.

00:13:23Dante Pharmaceuticals.

00:13:25Recent purchaser of 50 kilos of sulfathiazol.

00:13:29You do the talking, Roger.

00:13:30I'm not sure how to phrase this.

00:13:31Well, let's just tell the truth.

00:13:32We're looking for someone who hijacks dead bodies and brings them back to life to rob jewelry stores.

00:13:45Good afternoon.

00:13:47Police Detectives Mortis and Bigelow.

00:13:51Good afternoon.

00:13:52Police Detectives Mortis and Bigelow.

00:13:55Police Detectives Mortis and Bigelow.

00:13:57Sorry to interrupt your erection, pal, but we'd like to speak with the management of this facility.

00:14:05Ms. James, the front, please.

00:14:25What can I do for you?

00:14:26I'm Detective Mortis and this is Detective Bigelow, LAPD.

00:14:35Do you manage this facility?

00:14:37I'm in charge of public relations.

00:14:38Randy James.

00:14:39How do you do?

00:14:40What's this all about, officer?

00:14:41Well, we're not at liberty to disclose the details, Miss James, but we are interested

00:14:44in a recent purchase you made of a drug called sulfathiazol.

00:14:45And if you know any zombies.

00:14:46Beg your pardon?

00:14:47What's the drug typically used for?

00:14:48Quite a number of things.

00:14:49Let me show you our basic product line.

00:14:50Most of our products are over the counter items, not terribly interesting to the layman.

00:14:55Cosmetics, personal hygiene, toiletries and so on.

00:14:59Items everyone uses but nobody likes to talk about.

00:15:02Tampons, hemorrhoid creams, stuff for crabs.

00:15:04Among others.

00:15:05Hello.

00:15:06Hi.

00:15:07I'm Steve.

00:15:08I like to see your bed.

00:15:09All right.

00:15:10Good Good.

00:15:11How are you?

00:15:12What about your medicine?

00:15:13I love you, young mother?

00:15:14The whole medicine was the last doctor.

00:15:15Hi, Miss, Miss James.

00:15:16I love you, Miss James.

00:15:17And you?

00:15:18How are you doing?

00:15:19I love you.

00:15:20How are you doing?

00:15:21How are you doing this?

00:15:22I'm a good person.

00:15:23All right, Miss James?

00:15:24I'd like to do some research, right?

00:15:26Right this way, gentlemen.

00:15:28All of our products are thoroughly tested before released to the general public.

00:15:32Great. The dog gets skin cancer, so we don't have to.

00:15:34You were telling us about sulfathiazole.

00:15:36Uh, yes. Nothing really special about it.

00:15:39It was widely used up until the 40s when it was replaced by other compounds.

00:15:43Well, we still use it as an antiseptic agent and an herbal skin ointment.

00:15:47I hope I don't offend you, but, uh, you ever seen these guys before?

00:15:52Oh.

00:15:53Never.

00:15:54No, I can't say I regret it, either.

00:15:58Hey, what's that?

00:16:02Sad but necessary.

00:16:04When we have to kill an animal, it goes in here.

00:16:06The room is airtight.

00:16:08A piston evacuates the air in a period of a few seconds.

00:16:12The animal perishes quickly and quietly.

00:16:14Didn't I see one of these at Disneyland?

00:16:17Well, that's just about it, gentlemen.

00:16:19I don't know if I've been any help to you.

00:16:21Hey, what's in here?

00:16:22Uh, toxic waste products.

00:16:26Properly disposed of, I assure you.

00:16:29Well, I think that's all we need to see.

00:16:31Uh, you know, Miss James, I gotta take a leak so bad my teeth are floating.

00:16:34Is there a little boy's room around here?

00:16:35I just got...

00:16:37Peep, peep, peep, down the hall.

00:16:39Excuse me.

00:16:40Excuse me.

00:16:40Dr. Mason, please meet the proof of centrifuge.

00:16:44No admittance, my ass.

00:17:06DR. Mason, please.

00:17:36What the hell is this?

00:18:06Well, thanks for all your help, Miss James.

00:18:17Not at all.

00:18:21Listen, uh, about my partner, he's...

00:18:23A Neanderthal?

00:18:26Yes, but a nice Neanderthal.

00:18:28It's all right. The world's full of them.

00:18:36No!

00:18:39Give it!

00:18:50Oh, hey!

00:18:51Wait!

00:19:06What is this thing?

00:19:14Very ugly.

00:19:15Oh, hey!

00:19:45Stop!

00:19:57Stop!

00:20:15Stop!

00:20:23Stop!

00:20:26Stop!

00:20:45Come on.

00:21:15Roger!

00:21:30What's going on here, Doug? I heard on the radio there was a shooting.

00:21:35Doug, where's Roger?

00:21:39He, uh, got locked in the decompression room.

00:21:45He died the way dogs are supposed to die.

00:21:52He just got that fucking door open.

00:21:56I have to see him, Doug.

00:22:00Oh, God, Roger, you thought you were indestructible.

00:22:05What exactly happened here, Doug?

00:22:08Forget it, Becky. You wouldn't believe me.

00:22:12Try me.

00:22:15They must use the sulfathiazole as some sort of preservative until they get them on here.

00:22:38Becky, can we just get the hell out of here, please?

00:22:39This is how they do it, Doug.

00:22:55This is how they resurrect the dead.

00:22:58Get out of here.

00:22:59Looks like he's in remarkably good condition.

00:23:11He's dead, Becky.

00:23:13It doesn't matter, Doug.

00:23:14Someone has found a way to revitalize dead tissue, the way a starfish grows new limbs.

00:23:19After all, what really separates life from death?

00:23:21But the soul, Becky, what about the soul?

00:23:24Looks like they may have found a way around that, too, Doug.

00:23:31What if he wakes up like some mindless idiot?

00:23:36Then I hope you'll shoot him in the head.

00:23:39Thanks a lot.

00:24:01Thanks a lot.

00:24:02We'll see you next time.

00:24:03Hi, guys.

00:24:28You're alive.

00:24:30Of course I'm alive.

00:24:31I must have taken a hell of a shot there.

00:24:37Hey, uh, Roger.

00:24:38Roger, how you feeling?

00:24:40I feel...

00:24:44Hey, what is this place?

00:24:47What are you doing here, Rebecca?

00:24:48Roger will explain that to you later,

00:24:50but please just tell us how you feel.

00:24:55Well, come to think of it, I...

00:24:58I feel terrific.

00:25:01Hoo-hoo-hoo!

00:25:03Hoo-hoo-hoo!

00:25:04Hoo-hoo-hoo!

00:25:05Hoo-hoo-hoo!

00:25:06It's great to be alive!

00:25:09Mortis!

00:25:10I thought you were dead.

00:25:11Oh, sorry to disappoint you, Doctor.

00:25:13What's the last thing you remember?

00:25:16Well, we were, uh...

00:25:18We were at the research place, and, uh, we were looking around.

00:25:26And Doug was fighting this thing.

00:25:31I got locked in that room, and I guess I must have blacked out.

00:25:35It was like I was rushing toward this weird light or something.

00:25:43And then I looked down, and I saw myself.

00:25:46My body.

00:25:50Just lying there.

00:25:51But when I reached out to touch it, it was...

00:25:56Like I got hit with 10,000 volts.

00:26:00Well, it's uncommon, but it's happened before.

00:26:04The clinically dead people reviving the last possible moment.

00:26:07Roger was dead for an hour.

00:26:08What?

00:26:09What?

00:26:10Don't you see? We literally brought him back...

00:26:14Oh, my God.

00:26:15What is it?

00:26:18I'm not getting a heartbeat.

00:26:20Oh, don't be ridiculous.

00:26:21Can I borrow those, please?

00:26:36Well, obviously there's something wrong with this thing.

00:26:39Give me that.

00:26:40There's something wrong with it.

00:26:53You're faking it. He's faking it.

00:26:55I don't know what's going on here, but I want Mortis back in the lab for some tests.

00:27:00He doesn't need tests. He's dead.

00:27:03Dead?

00:27:04That's ridiculous.

00:27:05Becky, we've both seen this guy shit-faced. He's looked a hell of a lot worse.

00:27:10Listen, this is crazy. I never felt better in my life.

00:27:13Without a heartbeat, that's hard to believe.

00:27:15Dr. Smithers, I have two corpses in the next room that I doubt are going to make a comeback.

00:27:19Now, you'll know where I am after you finish with this nonsense.

00:27:23Jake.

00:27:24Oh, my God, you're cold.

00:27:30Ow!

00:27:42What the hell is this?

00:27:43I cut the artery. How come I'm not bleeding?

00:27:58Now, wait a minute. I'm no deader than you are.

00:28:01Roger. It's the resurrection machine.

00:28:07I still don't believe it.

00:28:09I'm sorry, Doug. I just don't believe it.

00:28:12Minute by minute, Roger. That's the only way to take this. It's the only way to live, anyhow.

00:28:16Easy for you to say.

00:28:18Roger, you haven't heard the worst of it.

00:28:20I'm dead, Rebecca. How much worse can it get?

00:28:22I've been scanning the lab report. The resurrection process has an unfortunate side effect.

00:28:28Which is what?

00:28:29Progressive decay of reanimated tissue. Irreversible cell damage. You've got 10 to 12 hours tops.

00:28:37And then what?

00:28:39All of the cells of your body will dissolve into a kind of organic stew.

00:28:45Becky, can't you just pop them back in for a recharge?

00:28:48This thing isn't a toaster oven, Doug.

00:28:50Come back to the lab. Maybe we can do something.

00:28:54The most important thing for me to do right now is to nail whoever did this to me.

00:28:59You understand that, don't you?

00:29:01Personally, rip his heart out with my bare hands, Roger.

00:29:04Hold the heart in the palm of my hand, and we'll watch it stop beating together.

00:29:09That's good, Doug. But let's find him first.

00:29:13Where do we start?

00:29:15Let's find Randy James.

00:29:17Roger.

00:29:18We'll meet you at the lab.

00:29:1910 to 12 hours. Don't throw it away.

00:29:23You know, the weird thing is, I feel fine.

00:29:26I feel like I could run in the Boston Marathon.

00:29:29No, you couldn't, Roger. It's not open to dead people.

00:29:32You think they checked?

00:29:33Oh, they're very strict now.

00:29:34Oh, shit. What's the matter?

00:29:35Find me a drug store. I gotta fix my face.

00:29:47So what color did you get?

00:29:48Uh...

00:29:49Mulberry wine.

00:29:50It's a good choice.

00:29:51Brings out your eyes.

00:29:52Go to hell.

00:29:53Missed the spot.

00:29:54Where?

00:29:55Right there.

00:29:56Don't touch it.

00:29:57Don't touch it. I almost got it straight here.

00:29:58I love it when you get angry.

00:30:00How do women do this?

00:30:01I don't know. Tribal memory, I guess.

00:30:03Who's guilty?

00:30:04Me.

00:30:05Who's guilty?

00:30:06Me.

00:30:07go to hell miss the spot where right there don't touch it i almost got it straight here

00:30:14i love it when you get angry

00:30:19how do women do this i don't know tribal memory i guess

00:30:22who's guilty me

00:30:34left without saying goodbye let go of me going on a trip is it any of your business

00:30:40what happened to you cut myself shaving mind if we ask you a whole lot of questions look i don't know

00:30:45anything about what happened in there today i got scared and i left okay let's talk about it inside

00:30:52hey nice pet now would you mind telling us what this is all about i told you i'm their public

00:31:02relations person at least i was until you two showed up how about if i work her over a bit

00:31:08oh i get it you're the tough cop and your partner here he's the nice cop because he's not too scary

00:31:15with lipstick on miss james i got locked in that room where they killed the animals and some nutcase

00:31:23decompressed me so i am not in a very good mood now all i want is to find him

00:31:33i'm truly sorry but i can't help you i don't know anything hey get out of there

00:31:41oh it looks like the lady's going somewhere extra patties dead giveaway where were you headed miss james

00:31:49away from here hey what's this that's personal so you take machine around here somewhere

00:31:57here we go we have something on the monitor captain princess this may be the last time that i ever

00:32:12talk to you and i want you to know certain things that i was unable to say until now

00:32:24you're all right yeah remember the good old days when guns killed people you're just jealous that's all

00:32:46you're just jealous that's all

00:32:50go for the door where now

00:33:07let's go up back to the patio

00:34:46That's really disgusting.

00:34:56What the hell is going on?

00:35:03It kind of looks like somebody wants you dead.

00:35:05I just about managed it, too.

00:35:07But why? I didn't do anything.

00:35:08Maybe it's what you know.

00:35:09I don't know a goddamn thing.

00:35:12I play tour guide and I write press releases.

00:35:17Roger, you were underwater in that jacuzzi for five straight minutes.

00:35:21That's right. I was.

00:35:23Did you teach my girlfriend how to do that?

00:35:29Damn.

00:35:31They're dead.

00:35:34They always die on me.

00:35:36I'd say there were extenuating circumstances.

00:35:40I don't understand.

00:35:41The blue damsels are my favorite.

00:35:44My favorites always die.

00:35:48Princess, I hope you understand what I am trying to tell you.

00:35:53Yeah, I recognize that guy.

00:35:54If you have any further questions, just contact my lawyer.

00:36:00And always remember how...

00:36:03how very special you are.

00:36:06That's Arthur Loudermilk.

00:36:07Didn't he just die?

00:36:09Two weeks ago.

00:36:13He's my father.

00:36:17Hey, why are you dead?

00:36:20Or even hurt?

00:36:21Kind of a long story.

00:36:24They can't kill me.

00:36:26I'm dead already.

00:36:28I'm a walking corpse.

00:36:29Just like those killers.

00:36:31This is nonsense.

00:36:32I can't deal with this.

00:36:33Well, you're gonna have to deal with it!

00:36:36I can't deal with it.

00:36:37I can't deal with it.

00:36:38I can't deal with it.

00:36:39I can't deal with it.

00:36:40I can't deal with it.

00:36:41Look, Miss James.

00:36:44We need your help.

00:36:48And I think that you need ours, too.

00:36:53Please.

00:36:57All right.

00:37:01Dante Pharmaceuticals was my father's private think tank.

00:37:06Anything that interested him, from mosquitos to microchips, they researched it for him.

00:37:14So he bankrolled the resurrection project?

00:37:16No!

00:37:17He wouldn't!

00:37:18Use human leftovers to rob jewelry stores.

00:37:22Go ahead.

00:37:23Well, last week I did deliver some sulfathiazole to a guy named Thule in Chinatown.

00:37:30Where in Chinatown?

00:37:31Would you like me to write it down?

00:37:33You don't have to.

00:37:34You're coming with us.

00:37:35Oh, forget it.

00:37:36I know my rights.

00:37:37Are you sure?

00:37:38Let me remind you, just in case.

00:37:39You have the right to remain silent.

00:37:40Anything you say can be used against me.

00:37:41What are you doing?

00:37:42Right now, you are our primary suspect.

00:37:45Now, would you rather come with us, or cool your heels in jail?

00:37:50All right.

00:37:51Hey, Roger, maybe you ought to get yourself a change of clothes.

00:37:54Being dead isn't something you should advertise.

00:37:56I might have something in my closet.

00:37:59Something for that unexpected overnight guest, Miss James?

00:38:02From an ex-boyfriend, Mr. Bigelow.

00:38:07A very ex.

00:38:32You OK in there, Roger?

00:38:49Great.

00:38:50Fabulous.

00:38:51You OK in there, Roger?

00:38:54Great.

00:38:58Fabulous.

00:38:59Not a word.

00:39:11How many tickets is that this month so far, I mean?

00:39:13What the hell do you care?

00:39:15Good point.

00:39:18Roger's in place here.

00:39:19It's got great egg rolls.

00:39:20Doug.

00:39:21Egg fouillon?

00:39:21Doug, let's talk to this guy first and eat later, OK?

00:39:24Dine for such a soup.

00:39:25This is great.

00:39:26I am starving.

00:39:27Good afternoon.

00:39:28Police Detectives Mortis and Bigelow, we'd like to speak to Mr. Thule, please.

00:39:40Good afternoon.

00:39:41Police Detectives Mortis and Bigelow, we'd like to speak with Mr. Thule, please.

00:39:51Listen, Mongo, we're cops, and if Thule's not out here in 10 seconds, we're going to kick

00:40:08some honorable ass.

00:40:10Ah, Miss James, always a pleasure.

00:40:16Mr. Thule, something terrible has happened.

00:40:18Yes, I know.

00:40:19Are these your friends, the police detectives?

00:40:22Got it right the first time, pups.

00:40:24We're looking for the man who takes deliveries from Dante Pharmaceuticals.

00:40:27You have found him.

00:40:29How may I help you?

00:40:30What did Dante send you?

00:40:32Nothing of any importance, maybe more important than you think.

00:40:40Your friend takes one more step, he'll find himself dead.

00:40:43Life and death are both expressions of the same eternal spirit.

00:40:48You ought to write fortune cookies, pal.

00:40:51Let me illustrate.

00:40:52Ah!

00:40:53Ah!

00:40:54Ah!

00:40:55Ah!

00:40:56Ah!

00:40:57Ah!

00:40:58Ah!

00:40:59Ah!

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00:41:06Ah!

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00:41:11Ah!

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00:41:18Ah!

00:41:19Ah!

00:41:20Ah!

00:41:21Ah!

00:41:22Ah!

00:41:23Ah!

00:41:24Ah!

00:41:25I don't know what it is, but suddenly I've lost my appetite.

00:41:55What the fuck is this?

00:42:12That's it. From now on, I'm a vegetarian.

00:42:15All right. This little pig is going on market.

00:42:21That's gross.

00:42:25Fuck!

00:42:33Are you kidding? Just one shot?

00:42:35They're not all zombies, Doug.

00:42:51How do you fight this thing?

00:42:53Maybe we could drown it in A1 sauce.

00:43:02Oh, no.

00:43:03Come on.

00:43:04I'll be right back.

00:43:05Come on.

00:43:06Come on!

00:43:11Come on!

00:43:12Come on!

00:43:13Oh, my God.

00:43:43Oh, my God.

00:44:13Okay, now I'm going to puke.

00:44:17Fool's gone.

00:44:19Guy makes one hell of a diversion, doesn't he?

00:44:21Hey, you're hurt.

00:44:26Lady, I'm fucking dead.

00:44:32Oh, that doesn't give you the right to be rude.

00:44:34You know, you can never find anything good until you really trash a place.

00:44:48Stumbling over any clues, detectives?

00:44:51Oh, my God.

00:45:00Zombie duck heads.

00:45:02What a concept.

00:45:03This could replace the whoopee cushion.

00:45:05Imagine what you could do with a search warrant.

00:45:08Hey, Doug.

00:45:09Doug.

00:45:10What do you think of this?

00:45:18Dates and initials.

00:45:19What do you think it means?

00:45:21I don't know, but that last one, APL, Arthur P. Loudermilk.

00:45:25My father?

00:45:28Oh, God, you're right.

00:45:31He died on June 12th.

00:45:32This is a list of death dates.

00:45:34These folks are all recently deceased.

00:45:35Who do you think they were?

00:45:37One way to find out.

00:45:56You're quite the seamstress.

00:45:59Just hope it doesn't get infected.

00:46:03Yeah, well, I'll take my chances.

00:46:05After you.

00:46:16So, this is what a library looks like, huh?

00:46:18You know, I've never seen one of these things from the inside.

00:46:25Okay.

00:46:27They should cover the dates in question.

00:46:29I got dibs on March.

00:46:32It's amazing the people who died in the last three months.

00:46:35People I never even heard of.

00:46:36Here's one.

00:46:37George Nelson Canfield.

00:46:40The Denim King.

00:46:41Inventor of sweat-to-fit blue jeans.

00:46:44Died February 12th.

00:46:46Oh, crap.

00:46:47What is it?

00:46:48The Lakers won yesterday, but they didn't make the point spread.

00:46:51They had ten bucks riding on that game.

00:46:54Here's another one.

00:46:55Oliver Lang, microchip wizard, March 4th.

00:47:00Here's another.

00:47:01Howard Davison, commodities broker, April 3rd.

00:47:04You see any pattern?

00:47:05They all sound like a bunch of wussies to me.

00:47:09Yes, and they all had a nice huck of disposable cash when they kicked off.

00:47:12So, rich dead people, what does it mean?

00:47:15I'm not sure.

00:47:16But it looks like your father was one of the victims.

00:47:19That's crazy.

00:47:20Well, this is not what you'd call a routine case.

00:47:28I guess they can have their obituaries back.

00:47:40Hey, Rog, what's up, man?

00:47:41You look all freaked out all of a sudden.

00:47:45These obituaries.

00:47:46They're writing new ones all the time.

00:47:51They're writing mine.

00:47:53Hey, now, take it easy.

00:47:55Roger Mortis.

00:47:58Beloved husband of nobody, father of none.

00:48:02Who always thought he'd go out in a blaze of glory.

00:48:06Roger.

00:48:08I gotta get out of here.

00:48:11Roger.

00:48:16Hey, Roger.

00:48:20Hey, Roger.

00:48:25Damn.

00:48:32Hey, Rog, that was quite a chase.

00:48:35Not bad for a guy in your condition.

00:48:38I guess being dead agrees with you.

00:48:42Come on, Rog, we don't got time for this.

00:48:45I can't do it.

00:48:55I can't live a lifetime in six hours.

00:48:59Nobody's got all the time they need, Roger.

00:49:02Nobody.

00:49:05You remember when we were in training?

00:49:07They always told us you can't be a good cop if you're a dead cop.

00:49:11Here's your chance to prove him wrong.

00:49:13You're good and you're dead.

00:49:20I'm good and I'm dead.

00:49:23Come on, Rog.

00:49:25Let's go find those suckers and trash their ass, man.

00:49:29Come on, Rog.

00:49:31It's asses.

00:49:32It's plural.

00:49:34It's plural?

00:49:34You know what I heard once?

00:49:41What's that?

00:49:42I heard that the population of the world is so big now that half of all the people who ever lived are still alive today.

00:49:50Come on.

00:49:51It's true.

00:49:51If you took all the people who died since the beginning of history and all the people who are alive right now, it'd be about the same number.

00:49:58So if anybody ever asked you when you're going to die, you can just say, well, I don't know.

00:50:04So far, it's only happened to half of us.

00:50:06Not only that, if you multiply the population of Rhode Island by the square root of my ex-wife's weight.

00:50:11Well, you two sure know how to show a girl a good time.

00:50:18Well, mention it.

00:50:18Roger.

00:50:20I think I may have some good news.

00:50:22Rebecca Smithers, Randy James.

00:50:23Hello.

00:50:24Oh, you work here?

00:50:27Yes, actually, I do.

00:50:28Rebecca's an expert in all sorts of forensic pathology.

00:50:32My, what a unique accomplishment.

00:50:36Chillier than usual in here today.

00:50:38Wherever did you find the time to make such a nice new friend?

00:50:41Randy was head of PR for Dante Pharmaceuticals.

00:50:44I see.

00:50:45So what's the big news, Becky?

00:50:47Sit up on the table.

00:50:49Some shirt.

00:50:51Unbutton it.

00:50:56Roger, you've been shot.

00:50:58Oh, yeah, I meant to tell you about that.

00:51:00It's amazing you lived as long as you did.

00:51:02So how are you feeling?

00:51:03Great.

00:51:04Picture of health.

00:51:07Subject mortis, comma, Roger.

00:51:09Post-mortem follow-up July 6th, approximate time 1845.

00:51:13Do you have to talk into that thing?

00:51:14This is not an autopsy.

00:51:16Hey, Rog, you are dead.

00:51:18This is a morgue.

00:51:19She is a coroner.

00:51:21Thanks.

00:51:2187.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:51:25Since you died, you've been steadily cooling off.

00:51:27So what's the verdict?

00:51:28How long have I gotten out to live?

00:51:31Well, decomposition is progressing more rapidly than I'd hoped.

00:51:34It's even starting to show in your face.

00:51:37I'd say maybe three or four hours.

00:51:40What the hell am I doing here?

00:51:43Roger, I think I can buy you a chance.

00:51:45I found something in Dante's files about a special process they've been testing to extend the resurrection period beyond 12 hours.

00:51:52Can you guarantee that?

00:51:54No.

00:51:55Then I can't take that chance.

00:51:58Rebecca, it's my job.

00:52:00Your job?

00:52:01Christ!

00:52:02Haven't you learned anything?

00:52:04You spent ten years out on the street risking your neck, and now you're dead, and it's still not enough.

00:52:10Well, I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.

00:52:15So you two, what's next?

00:52:17I'm going to take a look at Loudermilk's grave.

00:52:19Why don't you pay a call on Loudermilk's lawyer?

00:52:21We'll hit the cemetery and meet your bag of rannies.

00:52:23Uh, if you don't mind, I think I'll skip the trip to my father's resting place.

00:52:26Oh, I mind very much.

00:52:28I want you where I can see you.

00:52:30Miss James.

00:52:33That chick digs me.

00:52:35I could tell.

00:52:35I'm not giving up hope, Roger.

00:52:46You go ahead, man.

00:52:47I'll catch up with you later at rannies.

00:52:49Okay.

00:52:55Hey, nice wheels.

00:52:57Must be a lot of money in carving up dead people.

00:53:00A little early for your postmortem, aren't you, detective?

00:53:03Just stop by to reserve a body bag.

00:53:06Oh, that's that big girl.

00:53:08Oh, that black bag.

00:53:10I love that guy.

00:53:15I can tell.

00:53:16Just over there on the right, Roger.

00:53:35Maybe I should pick one out.

00:53:37I wonder if they take MasterCard.

00:53:39Nice place to spend the rest of your life.

00:53:48Swaying palms, the smell of jasmine, quiet neighbors.

00:53:53Very funny, Roger.

00:53:54Roger.

00:54:05Roger.

00:54:08What is it?

00:54:12Shooting star.

00:54:20So now what?

00:54:21I haven't got a key.

00:54:22Allow me.

00:54:25Isn't that illegal?

00:54:27Yeah.

00:54:52Looks like he's resting comfortably.

00:54:59What's your real relationship with Loudermilk, Randy?

00:55:02What do you mean?

00:55:04Outside it says Arthur P. Loudermilk, beloved husband to Loretta.

00:55:07It doesn't mention any darling daughter.

00:55:11All right.

00:55:25I met him in the hospital.

00:55:28I was there for drug rehab, and he took me under his wing.

00:55:33The daughter he never had?

00:55:34Yeah.

00:55:34Yeah, and he got me that great house, and set me up with a job at Dante, and I bet he never

00:55:40even knew what kind of snake hole he was dropping me.

00:55:42So this whole zombie thing came as a complete surprise to you?

00:55:44I swear.

00:55:45You believe me, don't you?

00:55:51Looks like he left something for us.

00:55:52Doug ought to be back by now.

00:56:10He knew how desperately his brother tried to reach me yesterday.

00:56:12Oh, sweet home.

00:56:15Doug must have put the TV on.

00:56:16Doug must have Bethany and Mrs. Phillips are there.

00:56:19There, no, wait.

00:56:21I'm sorry.

00:56:21Jeu.

00:56:22I found George Rivers, Mrs. Phillips.

00:56:23He's been dead for five months.

00:56:25He didn't steal a bill of safe.

00:56:27No, he didn't.

00:56:28But you could have stole it.

00:56:29How safe is in the kitchen?

00:56:30How dare you?

00:56:31You know who I was when I came here today.

00:56:33But you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you?

00:56:36I'm not alive, Mrs. Phillips.

00:56:37Sure I can stand here and talk to you.

00:56:39I can breathe, and I can move.

00:56:40But I'm not alive, because I did take that poison.

00:56:44and nothing can save me what are you going to do i kill you now i have nothing to lose no

00:56:49no you've got to listen to me you've got to give me a chance but i didn't have a chance

00:56:52Roger

00:57:00it's Doug

00:57:14let's get him down

00:57:21Randy

00:57:43Randy

00:57:46sorry Roger

00:57:51I didn't want to tell you I didn't think you'd understand what are you talking about

00:58:00I uh lied about the drugs

00:58:05I was in the hospital because I was dying to

00:58:12I was dead

00:58:18what do you mean

00:58:24they brought me back

00:58:26Roger just like you

00:58:27only they said I'd have a normal life span as long as I helped them

00:58:33helped you

00:58:38they lied to me

00:58:41who Randy

00:58:43what do you think

00:58:54what do you think

00:59:08I'm sorry, Roger.

00:59:38I'm sorry, Roger.

00:59:55Please forgive me.

01:00:08Hello, this is Rebecca.

01:00:37Rebecca, listen.

01:00:39I'm not here to take your call, but leave me a message and I'll get back to you later

01:00:44on.

01:00:47Rebecca, Doug's dead.

01:00:51Randy's dead.

01:00:53I wish...

01:00:55Well, I wish...

01:01:07Wait a minute.

01:01:19Namaste, letters.

01:01:21Namaste, letters.

01:01:26A...

01:01:28O...

01:01:29D...

01:01:30O...

01:01:31D...

01:01:32Y...

01:01:33Bonnie.

01:01:34Damn, that's it.

01:01:37Bonnie.

01:01:38Damn, that's it.

01:01:44No, I ain't gonna find you.

01:01:47We're gonna find you...

01:01:48I'm gonna find you.

01:01:49I'm gonna find you.

01:01:50In the darkness...

01:01:51Then...

01:01:53I'm gonna find you.

01:01:54I'm gonna find you.

01:01:56I'm gonna find you in the dark.

01:01:58Oh, God.

01:01:59Roger, what are you doing here?

01:02:17What do you think, McNabb?

01:02:18You'd have to be more specific than that.

01:02:20Okay, you want specific, here it comes.

01:02:24You killed me.

01:02:26And you killed Doug.

01:02:26And maybe you didn't kill Randy,

01:02:27but you should have had the decency to let her stay dead.

01:02:30What on earth are you talking about?

01:02:32Revenge, McNabb.

01:02:33And you're on the receiving end

01:02:34unless you come up with some real fast answers.

01:02:36But this doesn't make any sense.

01:02:38I was helping you.

01:02:39I don't think so.

01:02:41Loudermilk's think tank built a machine for resurrecting people,

01:02:43and you've been trying it out, haven't you?

01:02:45That's absurd.

01:02:47Oh, of course.

01:02:48Roger, you're losing your mind.

01:02:49Your brain is deteriorating.

01:02:51When you buried him alive,

01:02:52Loudermilk wanted to point the finger at you,

01:02:53but he was afraid to write it to McNabb

01:02:55in case you came back and erased it.

01:02:56So he tried something just a little bit subtler.

01:02:59It's a coded message

01:03:00using the numbers-to-letters scheme found on any telephone.

01:03:04Here's what it spells.

01:03:06Body doc.

01:03:08Sounds a bit like you, doesn't it?

01:03:11Well, that's what happens when you die, Roger.

01:03:14Your synapses misfire leading to all sorts of demented conclusions.

01:03:19My mind, McNabb, has never been sharper.

01:03:20Neither has my aim.

01:03:24Son of a bitch.

01:03:26How many others have you buried alive, McNabb?

01:03:29Canfield, the Blue Jeans King?

01:03:31Oliver Lang?

01:03:33Howard Preston?

01:03:35You take their money and you brick them up.

01:03:37Is that it?

01:03:37That's a lie!

01:03:39Nice watch.

01:03:40Nice ring, too.

01:03:42I got a hell of a hunch if we wanted to.

01:03:43We could trace them both back to those jewelry store holders.

01:03:45Hey!

01:03:47Give me that!

01:03:48When you resurrected those robbers, you wanted to test them.

01:03:51So you sent them out to do what they do best.

01:03:53Rob something.

01:03:55And when I stumbled onto all this, you murdered me.

01:03:58Circumstantial evidence wouldn't hold up on any court.

01:04:00I'm not waiting for any courts, McNabb.

01:04:01Roger.

01:04:02Roger?

01:04:02I can help you.

01:04:04Like you helped Randy James?

01:04:10Good evening, doctor.

01:04:12Well, it's about time.

01:04:13Where the hell have you been?

01:04:13This bastard almost killed me.

01:04:15Give me my diamond ring.

01:04:18You see, Roger, every job has its little perks.

01:04:21It just takes a while to discover them.

01:04:23No amount of money is going to make up for what happens to you, McNabb.

01:04:27It seems our detective is in rather poor condition.

01:04:31Not as poor as you'll be, Thor.

01:04:33Silence him.

01:04:39How do you wish this man killed?

01:04:42Roger, I've come to love you like a son.

01:04:44You're honest, trustworthy, dependable, like a friggin' boy scout.

01:04:52Ironic, isn't it, Roger?

01:04:54You're going to spend your last moments on Earth,

01:04:56inches from freedom, right here in front of the county morgue.

01:04:59For this very reason, doctor, we should waste no time.

01:05:02Yeah, yeah, yeah, put him in the van, lock him to the side rail.

01:05:11I hope you don't mind sharing the bed space.

01:05:14Yes, I know it's a nuisance, but then Smithers was always a nuisance.

01:05:23I'll send you to hell, McNabb.

01:05:24You can't keep me here.

01:05:26This van is lined in stainless steel, soundproof in case you're thinking of calling for help.

01:05:33It's custom-made, the perfect place to disintegrate,

01:05:35which I figure will happen in precisely 45 minutes.

01:05:39Let's go, doctor.

01:05:41We're expected back at the lab.

01:05:42Yes, yes, yes, yes.

01:05:43Get the door.

01:05:44Get the door.

01:05:45Happy trails, Roger.

01:05:47Well, Rebecca, I always thought we'd end up together, but never like this.

01:06:17Rebecca, you and I are going all right.

01:06:47Oh, my God.

01:07:17Oh, this is going to be great.

01:07:39Holy shit!

01:07:41Oh, my God.

01:07:45Oh, my God!

01:07:48Oh, my God!

01:07:50Oh, my God!

01:07:52Oh, my God!

01:07:53Give me a hand, give me a hand!

01:08:06A little bit more line over here.

01:08:10There's a hotspot over there, Ed.

01:08:11Got it.

01:08:12People, you got to stay back.

01:08:33Jesus, age Christ.

01:08:36Take it easy, mister.

01:08:41You're not well.

01:08:49Hold it.

01:08:50That's far enough.

01:08:58Detected mortis. Homicide.

01:09:01You're a cop?

01:09:03Surprise.

01:09:07I need your gun on, sir.

01:09:19You're a cop.

01:09:20You're a cop.

01:09:21Oh, my God.

01:09:44Ladies and gentlemen, last week all of us were shocked and saddened

01:09:49by the news of the untimely death of Arthur P. Loudermilk.

01:09:53I would like to take this opportunity to review his many accomplishments.

01:09:59But wait. Why not let Arthur tell you himself?

01:10:04Ladies and gentlemen, Arthur P. Loudermilk.

01:10:13Friends and associates, how nice to see you again.

01:10:17I saw you buried, Arthur.

01:10:19Damn it, I saw you buried.

01:10:21Oh, I'm afraid you have been misled, Walter.

01:10:24The man in my grave is a, um, volunteer,

01:10:28personally selected by Dr. McNam.

01:10:32As you will see, ladies and gentlemen,

01:10:34the demonstration that you are about to witness

01:10:37makes burial somewhat unnecessary.

01:10:41Did you become the world's largest jet manufacturer

01:10:58just so that you could leave your fortune to a wolf bag

01:11:01with scavenging relatives?

01:11:04Gertrude Bellman,

01:11:05are you prepared to become a memorial plaque

01:11:08on the cornerstone of a library building?

01:11:11We all die, Arthur.

01:11:13Rest assured, Gertrude, that you can afford not to.

01:11:17Harry Latham.

01:11:18How many of those rich bozos you suppose he's got in there tonight, huh?

01:11:22Isn't it frustrating?

01:11:24All of that money, all of that raw power,

01:11:27just within your grasp.

01:11:29And then it's all gone, poof.

01:11:31Suddenly, you're six foot under,

01:11:34and a mob of money-grubbing nobodies

01:11:36are devouring all that is yours,

01:11:39like rodents after a lump of cheese.

01:11:41Isn't it sad?

01:11:43Everybody dies, rich and poor.

01:11:45Death doesn't discriminate.

01:11:48At least not until now.

01:11:49This is ridiculous.

01:11:51Well, let's face it.

01:11:52Poor people are supposed to die,

01:11:56but the same rule doesn't apply to us.

01:11:58We're rich.

01:11:59God wants us to live forever.

01:12:02And even if he doesn't,

01:12:03we can always buy him off.

01:12:06It'll cost all of you half of your fortune.

01:12:09But you have forever to make it back.

01:12:22Think of what I'm offering, sir.

01:12:29Life without end.

01:12:31Your personal savings compounded daily for a million glorious years.

01:12:41What's your gimmick, Arthur?

01:12:42No gimmick.

01:12:43Eternal life.

01:12:43Bullshit.

01:12:44Well, I know that it's absurd, impossible,

01:12:45but aside from the proof of my being here,

01:12:47I've planned for you a very graphic little demonstration.

01:12:51This man has been dead for hours.

01:12:53Come on, inspecting for yourself.

01:12:55There's no gimmick. Eternal life.

01:12:57Bullshit.

01:12:58Well, I know that it's absurd, impossible,

01:13:01but aside from the proof of my being here,

01:13:04I've planned for you a very graphic little demonstration.

01:13:08This man has been dead for hours.

01:13:12Come on, inspect him for yourself.

01:13:21Sit down.

01:13:23Well, now that you are satisfied with this poor man's unfortunate condition,

01:13:27I would like to treat you to a little product demonstration.

01:13:32Dr. McNabb, if you would.

01:13:34Of course.

01:13:35This model incorporates all of our most advanced refinements,

01:13:39the first to afford eternal life without any limitations.

01:13:53What's going on?

01:13:54What's going on?

01:13:56What's going on?

01:13:58What's going on?

01:14:01What's going on?

01:14:03Oh, my God.

01:14:33That's okay. Don't get up.

01:14:59Get him! Get him! Get him!

01:15:03I told you not to get up.

01:15:13I told you not to get up.

01:15:19I told you not to get up.

01:15:23I told you not to get up.

01:15:32I told you not to get up.

01:15:42I told you not to get up.

01:15:52I told you not to get up.

01:16:01I told you not to get up.

01:16:11I told you not to get up.

01:16:21I told you not to get up.

01:16:30I told you not to get up.

01:16:40I told you not to get up.

01:16:49I told you not to get up.

01:16:59I told you not to get up.

01:17:09I told you not to get up.

01:17:18I told you not to get up.

01:17:28I told you not to get up.

01:17:38I told you not to get up.

01:17:39I told you not to get up.

01:17:43I told you not to get up.

01:17:51I told you not to get up.

01:17:53I told you not to get up.

01:17:54How many things will work?

01:17:56But where's the earth?

01:17:57You're gonna take me.

01:18:01You cheated me.

01:18:03God mortar.

01:18:04You cheated me!

01:18:07You cheated me.

01:18:09You cheated me!

01:18:13Goddamn you, McNab.

01:18:14You cheated me!

01:18:16It's over, Rog.

01:18:17Forget it, man.

01:18:18Not just yet.

01:18:23Hi, Doc.

01:18:41You want to see what happens when you resurrect somebody twice?

01:18:45Not really.

01:18:45No, no!

01:18:56No!

01:18:58No!

01:18:59No!

01:19:00No, wait.

01:19:01Save the machine.

01:19:02It's short-surgiting.

01:19:04We can fix it.

01:19:05I can make you normal again.

01:19:07Immortal.

01:19:09I'll give you anything you want.

01:19:11Money, power, eternal life.

01:19:13Pitches beyond your wildest dreams to save the machine.

01:19:30No, no, stop, stop.

01:19:35Wait.

01:19:36Wait, you don't understand.

01:19:38You'll live forever.

01:19:40Forever!

01:19:43Man, Roger, you are a mess.

01:19:48I've seen meatloaf that looks better than you.

01:19:50You're not exactly a forest lawn poster child yourself, Doug.

01:19:54Hey, we really trashed our ass, didn't we?

01:19:57That's asses, Roger.

01:20:00Hey, Roger, you think we'll be reincarnated?

01:20:02As what?

01:20:03I don't know. Maybe you get a choice. You can be whatever you want.

01:20:06Oh, you mean like a statesman or a president or a prize-winning novelist?

01:20:09Personally, I'd like to come back as the seat on a girl's bike.

01:20:12Now, that is truly inspiring.

01:20:16You know, Doug?

01:20:17What's happening?

01:20:18This could be the end of a beautiful friendship.

01:20:19Just an ordinary drive

01:20:26On just another day

01:20:29Cruising down that road

01:20:33Nothing's standing in your way

01:20:36We're better open up your eyes

01:20:40There's danger right behind

01:20:43And if you don't move fast

01:20:47You'll never see the finish line

01:20:49It's a dead heat

01:20:52In a resilience time

01:20:56You don't want to catch it again

01:21:01With your life on the line

01:21:03You're running in the dead heat

01:21:06And it's too close to call

01:21:09If you don't get there first

01:21:14You won't get there at all

01:21:17You're running in the dead heat

01:21:19Not an exit on the road

01:21:34You've got no place to hide

01:21:38But if you crash and burn

01:21:42At least you might enjoy the ride

01:21:44So push the middle to the road

01:21:48And watch the world go by

01:21:51You know you can't even slow it down

01:21:55You either speed it up or die

01:21:58You're in the dead heat

01:22:01And you keep losing ground

01:22:04The devil is close and fast

01:22:09Better not turn around

01:22:12It's a dead heat

01:22:15But no one really cares

01:22:18Nobody said that life was gonna be fast

01:22:25Keep running in the dead heat

01:22:27Keep running in the dead heat

01:22:34Keep running in the dead heat

01:22:42In the dead heat

01:22:48In the dead heat

01:22:55It's a day of heat

01:23:23Get a raise against high

01:23:26You're gonna catch it again

01:23:31With your love on the line

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