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A thrilling tale of greed and danger unfolds in Stolen Fortune. Follow the high-stakes pursuit of a ransom, where every decision could mean life or death in this classic crime thriller.
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00:00:20We've been busy picking up the pieces of our shattered world
00:00:25And growing ever closer every day
00:00:29Knowing that we've only got each other to depend on
00:00:33Ever since dad has gone away
00:00:38I help her with supple dishes
00:00:40She helps me with arithmetic
00:00:42Says be sure to wash behind my ears
00:00:46Kisses me so tenderly
00:00:49Just before she tucks me
00:00:51She says now don't forget to say your prayers
00:00:54My mom and I
00:00:58My mom and I
00:01:03She's all that a mom could be
00:01:09My mom and I
00:01:14My mom and I
00:01:48She's mom and dad
00:02:12She's all that a mom could be
00:02:18My mom and I
00:02:23My mom and I
00:02:29She's mom and I
00:02:32She has everything to give
00:03:06Wow, Mom, this is keen. It's even better in the postcard.
00:03:18Oh, and look, Ronnie, right through there. See that mountain peak?
00:03:21Yeah, it looks like a volcano.
00:03:24Do you know down at the bottom they have a ranch?
00:03:26You're kidding me.
00:03:27No.
00:03:28Hey, when can we ride the mules down?
00:03:30Well, we're going to have to check into the hotel first.
00:03:33Uh.
00:03:34Hey, look, can we go down on the point first?
00:03:39Okay.
00:03:40Thanks, Mom. I'll race you.
00:03:42Just a minute, Ronnie.
00:03:44Let's put your jacket on.
00:03:46Okay.
00:03:47I don't want you catching a cold.
00:03:48I don't want you.
00:04:57Uh, can't I stay here? Can't you do it without me?
00:05:02Well, I guess it'll be all right.
00:05:04But promise me you'll stay here and you won't go away.
00:05:07Okay.
00:05:08You'd think I was a kid or something.
00:05:10Yeah, Ronnie, I mean it.
00:05:12Okay.
00:05:16Boy, is she a worrywart.
00:05:19Oh, my God.
00:05:32Oh, my God.
00:05:51Oh, my God.
00:05:53Oh, my God.
00:06:52Ronny!
00:06:54Ronny!
00:06:56Ronny!
00:07:13Ronny!
00:07:21Ronny!
00:07:23Ronny!
00:07:25Ronny!
00:07:25Ronny!
00:07:34Ronny!
00:07:36Ronny!
00:07:43Mrs. Patrick, I have your son.
00:07:46He is safe in my custody, so long as you do exactly as I say.
00:07:50Get in your car and drive immediately to Phoenix.
00:07:53You'll be contacted later.
00:08:12Please!
00:08:13You've got to help me!
00:08:15My son has been kidnapped.
00:08:17Are you sure he hasn't just run off someplace and gotten lost?
00:08:20The note.
00:08:21Read the note.
00:08:22There's nothing on it.
00:08:23Explain.
00:08:27But there was a message on it.
00:08:29You've got to believe me!
00:08:30I believe you, ma'am.
00:08:31Let's just sit down and you can tell me all the details.
00:08:33My son has been stolen!
00:08:34Just calm down.
00:08:35We'll sit down for a moment.
00:08:36No!
00:08:36Please!
00:08:39Help me!
00:08:40Please!
00:08:41You've got to help me!
00:08:43Please!
00:08:51Phenix!
00:08:52I've got to get to Phenix.
00:08:54But Phoenix...
00:09:12I've got to get to Phoenix.
00:09:36Mrs. Patrick.
00:09:42Mrs. Patrick.
00:09:43I believe it will be worth a considerable amount of money for you to get your son back, alive and
00:09:49unharmed.
00:09:51If you do as I say, he will be safe.
00:09:55As you can see, I have all this carefully planned, and I know every move you make.
00:10:01You must drive to the Executive House Hotel.
00:10:06Now do as I say, or your son will die.
00:10:12Come on.
00:10:13Come on.
00:10:18Come on.
00:10:19Come on.
00:10:25Come on.
00:10:27Come on.
00:10:27Come on.
00:10:45Come on.
00:10:48Come on.
00:10:48Come on.
00:11:14Come on.
00:11:17Come on.
00:11:35Come on.
00:11:36Come on.
00:11:37I'd like a room, please.
00:11:39Yes.
00:11:39For how many?
00:11:40Only one person.
00:11:41Do you have reservations?
00:11:42No.
00:11:43Of course I don't.
00:11:44That's all right.
00:11:44I think I can help you.
00:11:53Fill out the card, please.
00:12:09Fill out the card, please.
00:12:11Mrs. Patrick?
00:12:13Yes?
00:12:13What is it?
00:12:14You did have a reservation.
00:12:16You did have a reservation.
00:12:16You called in two days ago.
00:12:17Don't you remember?
00:12:26353.
00:12:27Right this way, ma'am.
00:12:28Right this way, ma'am.
00:12:30No.
00:12:31There's no one.
00:12:32No.
00:12:34I'd like to see you.
00:12:44No.
00:12:45No.
00:12:46No.
00:14:48Operator, get me the police.
00:14:51As you must well know, Mrs. Patrick, this all sounds pretty crazy.
00:14:54I don't care whether you believe me or not.
00:14:56Everything I've told you was the truth.
00:14:58Now, I want you to quit treating me as if I'm out of my mind and get my son back.
00:15:02Do you understand me?
00:15:03Do you understand me?
00:15:25Okay, buddy, let's go.
00:15:31Yeah, Phillips.
00:15:33Just a minute.
00:15:35Here's your wife.
00:15:36Hello.
00:15:37Hello, honey.
00:15:39Yeah.
00:15:42Yes, sir, this morning.
00:15:44Say, how'd the kids do at the doctor's office?
00:15:47Yeah.
00:15:49You want a loaf of what?
00:15:51A loaf of bread.
00:15:52Mm-hmm.
00:15:53Yeah, all right.
00:15:54On the way home.
00:15:55Mm-hmm.
00:15:56Bye, dear.
00:15:57Thanks for calling.
00:15:59Kids took their blue shots today like a couple of champions.
00:16:01Great.
00:16:05You know, the Patrick case...
00:16:06Yeah?
00:16:08You know, if it was anybody but Mrs. Patrick, I'd never believe it.
00:16:10Because being it's her, you've got to believe it whether you want to or not.
00:16:14Where is this Mrs. Patrick?
00:16:16She was married to Patrick.
00:16:17Patrick Publications.
00:16:18Made a small fortune.
00:16:19He sold his publications a couple of years ago for several million dollars.
00:16:23And a few months later, his private plane went down somewhere off the coast of Mexico.
00:16:29They never did find him.
00:16:31She inherited a fortune and a lot of influence.
00:16:35So I guess we better believe her.
00:16:37Want to make a file on that case?
00:16:39What are we going to do about it, then?
00:16:40Well, I called the Los Angeles office this morning.
00:16:43And they're sending over a special agent.
00:16:45A guy by the name of Medford.
00:16:47Worked with him several years ago back in Boston.
00:16:50He's tough as they come.
00:16:51But he's good.
00:16:51He's handled a lot of cases like this one.
00:16:54Should be flying in today.
00:17:07May I have your attention, please?
00:17:10Western Airlines Flight 345 from Los Angeles.
00:17:14Now arriving at Gate 4.
00:17:38Good to see you again, Medford.
00:17:39Good to see you.
00:17:40All right.
00:17:41No luggage?
00:17:42How long is this going to take us?
00:17:43You tell us.
00:17:44Let's go to work.
00:18:09Good to see you.
00:18:30All right, Mrs. Patrick.
00:18:32You please start at the beginning and don't leave anything out.
00:18:35Because if I'm to help you, I have to know everything you know.
00:18:38Now, just a minute, Mr. Medford.
00:18:40Joanne is extremely exhausted.
00:18:42I don't see why she has to repeat all of this again.
00:18:45Who are you?
00:18:47My name is Malcolm Stewart.
00:18:49And what are you doing here?
00:18:51I'm Mrs. Patrick's investment counselor.
00:18:53Well, go invest in something.
00:18:54It's all right, Malcolm.
00:18:56I don't mind.
00:18:57All right.
00:18:58What happened, Mrs. Patrick?
00:19:02Well, it all happened to the Grand Canyon.
00:19:05I left my son.
00:19:07I left Ronnie.
00:19:09Standing on the ledge while I went out and checked for a room.
00:19:18Hampton, I want you to bug this room, the telephone, the whole bit.
00:19:21Where's the paper that note was written on?
00:19:27Phillips, get this to the lab.
00:19:28Have them check it out fast.
00:19:30All right.
00:19:30Now, I'm going to clear everybody out of here.
00:19:32You're going to be all by yourself.
00:19:33But you can't.
00:19:34I can't what?
00:19:35And the minute he contacts you, we're going to be ready for it.
00:19:38You're going to be here all by yourself.
00:19:40It's going to be rough, but that's the only way.
00:19:42All right.
00:19:42Let's move.
00:19:44You two.
00:19:45Now, don't come back without my permission.
00:19:47Now, get out of here.
00:19:52Mrs. Patrick.
00:19:54A lot of people are going to try and help you get your son back.
00:19:57Now, if there's a chance, we'll do it.
00:19:58I promise you.
00:20:27We've got to start someplace.
00:20:30Captain, check all the electronics firms on the coast.
00:20:33See if anybody with this electronic ability has ever worked for them before.
00:20:38If we don't do that, the only thing we've got to work with is this piece of paper, and that
00:20:40ain't much.
00:20:44Hello, Helen?
00:20:45Yeah, get me the LA office.
00:21:44Do you know down at the bottom they have a ranch?
00:21:46You're kidding me.
00:21:47No.
00:21:47Hey, when can we ride the mules down?
00:21:50We'll have to check into the hotel first.
00:21:52Hey, look!
00:21:53Can't we go down on the point first?
00:21:55Okay.
00:21:55Thanks, Mom.
00:21:56I'll race you.
00:21:58Ronnie!
00:21:59Just a minute, Ronnie.
00:22:01Let's put your jacket on.
00:22:02Are you sure he hasn't just run off someplace and got lost?
00:22:05Mommy?
00:22:07Mommy?
00:22:09Mommy, can you hear me, Mommy?
00:22:12Please, don't let the man kill me.
00:22:15Ronnie!
00:22:16Ronnie!
00:22:17Oh, Ronnie!
00:22:20Ronnie!
00:22:23Ronnie!
00:22:25Oh, Ronnie!
00:22:30I told you not to leave her alone.
00:22:33And I told you to stay out of here, and I meant it.
00:22:36I'm going to make sure that someone hears about the way you're handling this.
00:22:39If I have to contact your superiors personally...
00:22:42Why don't you call J. Edgar Hoover?
00:22:43I'm sure he'd be happy to hear about the whole thing.
00:22:54I'm sorry your son is a victim of this maniac.
00:22:57I have a feeling the boy's alive and safe.
00:23:00Now, he needs Ronnie to pull this thing off.
00:23:02But it's going to get worse.
00:23:03He's going to keep after you until you pay him exactly what he wants.
00:23:06I'll pay him anything now if you'll only let me know.
00:23:08It isn't the money now.
00:23:10He's playing a game to show how clever he is, and it's going to get worse.
00:23:13Well, I just can't take any more of it.
00:23:14I just can't take it.
00:23:15You're going to have to take it, and you're going to have to keep on taking it.
00:23:18There's no other way.
00:23:20Well, can't you do something?
00:23:22We're doing everything we can, but at the moment, everything's just not enough.
00:23:39We checked the electronics firms on the coast.
00:23:41We came up with nothing.
00:23:43What about that paper?
00:23:44Any work from the lab yet?
00:23:45Yeah, they think that the paper was treated in some way.
00:23:48That's when the light hits it, the writing disappears.
00:23:51Something like film, only different.
00:23:53What do you mean different?
00:23:54I don't know.
00:23:55They don't know.
00:23:56They're working on him.
00:23:58Do you know something?
00:23:59We're going about this all wrong.
00:24:01We're playing his game.
00:24:02Let's make him play ours for a change.
00:24:04I don't follow you.
00:24:06Get in.
00:24:06I'll explain it to you.
00:24:38Up till now, the kidnapper's known every move that Mrs. Patrick's made.
00:24:41If we sneak her into another room, he's got to come looking for her.
00:24:44When he does, we'll be waiting.
00:24:45You, miss, I want you to stay here.
00:24:47Take her out.
00:24:51Where's Joanne?
00:24:52Why isn't she here?
00:24:54We've moved her to another location for a little while.
00:24:56Where have you taken her?
00:24:57I demand to know where she is.
00:24:59I'm sorry.
00:24:59I can't tell you.
00:25:00It's important that nobody knows.
00:25:02This is ridiculous.
00:25:04If you won't tell me where she is, I'll find out for myself.
00:25:08Mr. Stewart, how would you like to spend a couple of days in the drunk tank?
00:25:12What do you mean?
00:25:13Well, if you start snooping around and messing us up, I'm going to throw you in the drunk tank.
00:25:17You can't do that.
00:25:18I don't even drink.
00:25:20Yeah, and I've heard that non-drinkers, it takes them longer to sober up.
00:25:23You can't threaten me.
00:25:25Phillips, take him down and book him, and don't let him out till I tell you to.
00:25:28All right.
00:25:34Miss Monette, I want you to stay here until another contact is made.
00:25:37Is everything all set up?
00:25:38Yeah, it's all set.
00:25:39We've got the whole area covered.
00:25:40Any questions before we leave?
00:25:41No, I'll let you know the second anything happens.
00:25:44Thanks very much.
00:25:44Let's go.
00:25:49As soon as you know, if Mr. Patrick's not in a room, he's going to move fast.
00:25:52Well, I wish we had a clue as to who we're looking for.
00:25:54We haven't, so we check everybody, and I mean everybody.
00:26:31Hello?
00:26:33No, this is not Mrs. Patrick.
00:26:35This is the maid.
00:26:36Mrs. Patrick checked out this morning.
00:26:38She's no longer here.
00:26:40I'm...
00:26:52Okay, Miss Monette.
00:26:53Thanks very much.
00:26:55You call the room.
00:26:56Alert everybody.
00:26:56I'm on the way.
00:27:21I'm on the way.
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00:28:51How observant are you, Phillips?
00:28:53Why?
00:28:54How many passes has that white Volkswagen truck made tonight?
00:28:58Three.
00:29:01You young guys frighten me.
00:29:03Let's take a look.
00:29:20Go off those stairs.
00:29:21I'll take the other stairway.
00:29:35What's the mileage you've got?
00:29:36I didn't do nothing.
00:29:38We'll see about that after we get the hair.
00:29:43Spread your legs.
00:29:44Come on, spread them.
00:29:48There's nothing in here but burglar tools.
00:29:50Yeah.
00:29:52No electronics gear?
00:29:53No.
00:29:54What are you doing with this?
00:29:55I got nothing to say.
00:29:57We'll see about that.
00:29:59Call for a patrol car.
00:30:00We'll let them book you.
00:30:01All right.
00:30:02Come on.
00:30:03We'll let them book you.
00:30:37I'll get it.
00:30:40Please fire it.
00:30:41Officer Bailey.
00:30:42Yes, Inspector.
00:30:44Right.
00:30:45We booked the guy a couple hours ago for burglary.
00:30:48No.
00:30:49The hotel is still under surveillance.
00:30:52Now, Phillips knocked off a couple hours ago to get some shut-eye.
00:30:56Right.
00:30:57Hampton.
00:30:58Medford on line three.
00:31:02Hello.
00:31:06I was just going home.
00:31:08I'll be there in about ten minutes.
00:31:11I'll be there in about ten minutes.
00:32:02Mrs. Patrick.
00:32:06Mrs. Patrick.
00:32:12What's going on here?
00:32:13What do you mean, what's going on?
00:32:14Well, I got a call from Medford. He said you were in trouble.
00:32:17Well, there must be some mistake.
00:32:19A mistake?
00:32:20Well, unless there's something going on that I'm not aware of.
00:32:24I'd better get back to the office and check this out.
00:32:28Are you sure you're all right?
00:32:30Yes, I'm quite sure.
00:32:31Now, look, we didn't mean to get you upset.
00:32:35I'll give you a call as soon as I can figure out what's going on.
00:33:08I'll give you a call.
00:33:09Who is it?
00:33:10It's Malcolm.
00:33:13Malcolm, what are you doing here?
00:33:15They wouldn't tell me where you were.
00:33:17So I waited around and followed a policeman over here.
00:33:23Malcolm, you're getting to be a bother.
00:33:25I had you come here to help me arrange for the money when I need it.
00:33:29Now get back to your room.
00:33:31And for heaven's sake, stay out of everybody's way.
00:33:35All right, Joanne.
00:33:38But I want you to know one thing.
00:33:42I really don't like the way this is being handled.
00:33:58I need to know one thing.
00:33:58All right.
00:34:13Let's go.
00:34:13I need to know one thing.
00:34:15I'll love you.
00:34:28Hello?
00:34:32Mrs. Packard, this is Medford.
00:34:33Looks like we got something going here.
00:34:35Get your cabin, come to this address.
00:34:37You got something to write it down with?
00:34:39Just a minute.
00:34:54All right, I'm ready.
00:34:56The address is 56 in Washington.
00:34:58In Legend City, it's an amusement park.
00:35:00I think we found your boy.
00:35:02Oh, thank heavens.
00:35:04I'll be right there.
00:35:06What happened, Hector?
00:35:08Look, when I picked up that telephone, I could swear it was your voice.
00:35:11You said to...
00:35:11Well, somebody said to go over to Mrs. Patrick's room.
00:35:14I did?
00:35:15That was it.
00:35:16Well, he's tricked us again.
00:35:17Now he knows where she is.
00:35:19Let's get over there right away.
00:35:20Come on, come on.
00:35:27Come on.
00:35:59Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?
00:36:03May I have your attention, please?
00:36:05The door is closing in 15 minutes.
00:36:0915 minutes until closing time.
00:36:17Mrs. Patrick.
00:36:19Mrs. Joanne Patrick.
00:36:21Paging Mrs. Joanne Patrick.
00:36:25You're walking at the lost Dutchman Mine.
00:36:30I should have stayed here.
00:36:32Have we been ahead?
00:36:34This one's been impossible from the start.
00:36:35It's getting worse.
00:36:37Well, what now?
00:36:38We'll do what the kidnapper's doing.
00:36:39Keep working.
00:36:39We haven't got a chance.
00:36:41Well, hell, we don't.
00:36:41Let's get back to the office.
00:36:50Mr. Medford, who's this?
00:36:51Mr. Medford, you don't know how glad I am to catch up with you.
00:36:53Somehow he found out where I was.
00:36:55He called me and he told me to meet him to work things out.
00:36:57I stopped several times trying to catch you.
00:36:59I thought you should know.
00:37:01Now, these directions are kind of complicated.
00:37:03Do you have something to write with?
00:37:05Hold it.
00:37:12Go ahead.
00:37:12I'm ready.
00:37:16Why'd you leave here?
00:37:17I want to get my son back.
00:37:19I've got to hurry.
00:37:20These are the directions.
00:37:22Drive ten miles north of the city on Route 21.
00:37:24Take the left fork of the road there and drive two miles to a dirt road.
00:37:27Drive one half mile to the right on the dirt road until you get to a large rock formation.
00:37:31Hurry!
00:37:32I'm only about ten minutes ahead of you.
00:37:33Please hurry!
00:37:38Anthony, you stay here.
00:37:39I'm going to try and catch up with Mrs. Packer.
00:38:07I'm going to try and catch up with you.
00:39:00You know, Inspector, there's something mighty funny going on here.
00:39:04I'm pretty familiar with this area, and according to those directions, there just ain't no such place.
00:39:35Oh, in my ears, I should know better than to believe what women say.
00:39:39Ray, spin this thing around.
00:39:42We'll go back and start from the top.
00:40:05Mr. Medford?
00:40:10Mr. Medford, we're down here.
00:40:11We've got Ronnie.
00:40:12Now pick up the candle and back up here.
00:40:14Come on down.
00:40:29Mr. Medford?
00:40:30Ronnie?
00:40:50Ronnie?
00:40:52Ronnie?
00:40:58Ronnie?
00:41:05Are you in here, Ronnie?
00:41:09Ronnie?
00:41:15Oh, my God.
00:41:16Oh, my God.
00:41:23Oh, my God.
00:41:27Oh, my God.
00:41:39Ronnie?
00:41:40Ronnie?
00:41:42Ronnie?
00:41:43Where are you, Ronnie?
00:41:48Ronnie?
00:41:56Ronnie?
00:41:57Ronnie?
00:41:59I've picked up a fair there answering her description.
00:42:01Get at it on the double, will you?
00:42:06Ronnie?
00:42:08Ronnie?
00:42:09Mommy?
00:42:10Mommy?
00:42:12Mommy?
00:42:12Mommy, can you hear me, Mommy?
00:42:19Ronnie?
00:42:28Ronnie?
00:42:31Ronny?
00:42:32I'm in!
00:42:47Mrs. Patrick, I'm sure by now you've come to the conclusion that it's useless to try and stop me.
00:42:54The police have arrived at this conclusion.
00:42:58Now it's time to get down to business.
00:43:02I want one million dollars in exchange for your son's life.
00:43:07One million dollars.
00:43:11Now there's a building directly to your right.
00:43:14There's a shelf inside with an envelope on it.
00:43:17Go and get it.
00:43:30I figured they'd be closed.
00:43:32I'm going to have to break the lock.
00:43:33I'll get the tire in.
00:43:53I'm not going to have to break the lock.
00:43:56I'm going to have to find a lift quick.
00:44:00I'm going to have to drag the lock.
00:44:04Mrs. Patrick!
00:44:08Mrs. Patrick, if you fail to follow the instructions in the note,
00:44:12your son will die a very painful death.
00:44:14Now I'm going to demonstrate my ability to inflict pain.
00:44:33Please!
00:44:35Please!
00:44:36Oh, please!
00:44:39I'll help!
00:44:41Hey!
00:44:41Keep it over there.
00:44:42No!
00:44:43No!
00:44:47Help!
00:44:50No!
00:44:55No!
00:44:58Help!
00:44:59Please, no!
00:45:01Please!
00:45:01Please, please!
00:45:01Please, please!
00:45:01Help me! Help me!
00:45:05Stop! Stop!
00:45:10Help me!
00:45:14Help me!
00:45:18Help me!
00:45:22Help me!
00:45:24Help me!
00:45:26Help me!
00:45:29It's all right, Mrs. Patrick.
00:45:32You ought to be all right.
00:45:36One million dollars?
00:45:38Well, we won't do it.
00:45:40It's ridiculous.
00:45:41You can't expect us to comply to those kind of demands.
00:45:44Mrs. Frederick, you don't...
00:45:45Malcolm, I'm going to give him the money.
00:45:47I want my son.
00:45:49You get on that next plane and you get that money back to me.
00:45:51Do you understand?
00:45:52But all that money, one million dollars...
00:45:54Oh, shut up, Malcolm, and for once in your life, do as you're told!
00:46:00Mr. Medford, I think maybe you'd better send somebody along to see that it gets done properly.
00:46:04So let's you go with him, huh?
00:46:14Do you have the note?
00:46:16Yeah, I had it typed up just in time.
00:46:19As you know, the writing fades as soon as the light hits the paper.
00:46:24Here it is.
00:46:27Prepare the money in small unmarked bills.
00:46:30Put them in a small trunk or suitcase and place it between two large rocks exactly 8.3 miles from
00:46:35the highway of Desert Rim Road.
00:46:37The money must be delivered between 1 and 2 a.m. Thursday morning.
00:46:41At 9 o'clock Thursday morning, you can drive to the edge of the dry lake bed 15 miles south
00:46:45of the delivery area.
00:46:48Your boy will be there. He'll have a bomb attached to him that I can detonate at any time I
00:46:53wish.
00:46:54If I'm followed, or if anyone tries to trick me, I'll explode the bomb.
00:46:59Well, I've been given ample time to be safely on my way.
00:47:02Then you can be reunited with your son.
00:47:05If there are any problems, he'll be killed.
00:47:08Well, we got two days to get the money to him.
00:47:14Do you think he'll keep his part of the bargain? Do you think he'll let Ronnie go?
00:47:18Mrs. Patrick, you can't figure enough like this.
00:47:20I don't think he's going to kill your boy unless he figures we're double-crossing him.
00:47:23Do you think he'll try and contact me again?
00:47:25Not unless something unforeseen happens, but we'll check all phone calls to play it safe.
00:47:29What do we do now, Manfred? Just wait?
00:47:32Wait, sweat, and keep working.
00:47:34Looks like he's got us beat.
00:47:35He's out in front by a country mile right now.
00:47:38Let's go back to the lab and check that last ransom note.
00:47:40Oh, yeah, Mrs. Patrick, no more phone calls.
00:47:51You know, this lab report's the only thing we've got to work on.
00:47:54Now, I know in the back of my mind this is going to trap him, but I can't make it
00:47:56fall into place.
00:47:57I'm glad you're in charge of this case and not me.
00:48:01What about Phillips? How do you make it all the money?
00:48:03I got a phone call from him from Los Angeles this morning.
00:48:06They said it's no easy task getting that much money together in cash.
00:48:10Guess Mrs. Patrick's bank's about to have a tizzy.
00:48:13Are they going to make it?
00:48:15Yeah, they're supposed to fly in with it today.
00:48:18Boy, I hope this doesn't leak out.
00:48:20If anybody knew there was that much cash floating around free,
00:48:23everybody in the country would try to get their hands on it.
00:48:26Well, I didn't make sure that nobody finds out about it.
00:48:28Well, I'm not going to tell anybody.
00:48:31I have the lab technician come in, will you?
00:48:32Tell him I want to talk to you.
00:48:34Yeah.
00:48:34Oh, and another thing.
00:48:35Call the LA office.
00:48:36Give me a rundown on Stewart.
00:48:37Photos, who he knows, the whole bit.
00:48:45Let's keep moving.
00:48:47I have to get Stewart back to the hotel and pick up it.
00:48:50Okay.
00:48:51Come on, on it.
00:49:01Put it there.
00:49:04You can handle that thing like a Muscle Beach dropout.
00:49:07Well, I didn't realize a million dollars weighed that much.
00:49:09Get the car ready.
00:49:10I've got to make a phone call.
00:49:42Let's get into it.
00:49:45Help.
00:49:47Come in.
00:49:56Get out of there.
00:49:58Do you have to get to him?
00:50:02Go Googleam.
00:50:03Go Googleam.
00:50:03Follow me.
00:50:03Here we go, Paul.
00:50:04Ah.
00:50:30This is Medford.
00:50:33I've done everything as instructed.
00:50:35So far, everything seems okay.
00:50:38All right, roll it out, A.
00:51:17All right, roll it out.
00:51:19All right, roll it out.
00:51:31All right, roll it out.
00:51:59All right, roll it out.
00:52:09All right, roll it out.
00:53:35All right, Hampton, get over there.
00:53:48All right, take care of her, Phillips.
00:53:49Right.
00:53:54Everything's going to be fine.
00:53:55Just take it up.
00:53:58We'll take care of it.
00:53:59Just take it.
00:53:59Oh, no, no, Ronnie's out there.
00:54:32We'll take care of it.
00:54:47How did you like my little trick, Mrs. Patrick?
00:54:49Patrick, it's almost as good as the one you played on me.
00:54:53Did you think for one second that I could be fooled by a suitcase full of paper?
00:54:59What are you talking about?
00:55:00The money was there.
00:55:01Now, I will not argue with you.
00:55:03Now, you'd better do as instructed, or else I'm going to kill that boy and do business with someone else.
00:55:08I gave you the money.
00:55:10You said you delivered it.
00:55:12Where is it?
00:55:13Why doesn't he have it?
00:55:14We delivered that money.
00:55:15What's he trying to do to us?
00:55:17All of you listen carefully.
00:55:19In a few minutes, you'll see the boy walking across the flats.
00:55:23He'll have a bomb attached to him.
00:55:25And if I don't have the money in exactly four hours, then the bomb will explode.
00:55:32Now, he has specific instructions not to approach you too closely.
00:55:37I dare say, if you want to keep healthy, you'll stay a little distance away from him.
00:55:43I can detonate the bomb any time that I wish.
00:55:47If you doubt it, just put me to the test.
00:55:51This time, I want the money delivered by private airplane.
00:55:56Fly directly west of the city for 30 minutes.
00:56:00And drop the money by parachute.
00:56:03Now, this time, make no mistake.
00:56:06Carry out my instructions to the fullest.
00:56:09Or, Mrs. Patrick, your son will die.
00:56:12Of this I am sure.
00:56:14And, Mr. Medford, if I were you,
00:56:19I'd go back to Los Angeles while there's still time.
00:56:23Well, if he doesn't have the money, then where is it?
00:56:26I don't know, but if we're going to save the kid's life, we'd better find out, but fast.
00:56:30Philip, you stay here with Mrs. Patrick and wait for the boy.
00:56:32Fine.
00:56:39Fine.
00:56:39Fine.
00:56:58I don't know, but if we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're
00:57:02going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life,
00:57:06we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's
00:57:06life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the
00:57:07kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save
00:57:08the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to
00:57:09save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going
00:57:11to save the kid's life, we're going to save the kid's life, we're going to
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01:00:15HOW THE DEVIL
01:00:16ARE WE GOING
01:00:17TO TRACK DOWN
01:00:17THAT MONEY?
01:00:19LET ME SEE
01:00:19NOW.
01:00:21PHILIPS,
01:00:22THE PRETROLMENT,
01:00:23MRS PATRICK,
01:00:23AND YOU AND
01:00:24MYSELF...
01:00:24WE'RE THE ONLY
01:00:24ON THEM
01:00:25THAT KNOW ABOUT
01:00:25THE MONEY.
01:00:25What about Stuart?
01:00:27You go to head of the class. Let's check him out.
01:01:02What could possibly have happened to that money?
01:01:05I'm not sure.
01:01:07I sure hope that Metra can find out.
01:01:10There just isn't enough time.
01:01:13Let's just pray that there is.
01:01:16Let's just pray that there is.
01:01:35Where's the money, Stuart?
01:01:37I switched the suitcases.
01:01:39I just couldn't see. Throwing away all that money.
01:01:41Do you realize that's a million dollars you're playing with?
01:01:44Yeah, a million dollars. What about the kid? You don't give a damn about the kid, do you?
01:01:47Oh, don't be ridiculous. That fellow isn't going to harm Ronnie.
01:01:50Threats, that's all. Just threats.
01:01:53Besides, where's the money?
01:01:55I have it in a safe place.
01:01:57What'd you do with it?
01:01:58That's none of your business.
01:02:00You want to bet, Stuart?
01:02:02No, I'll give you just ten seconds to tell me what you did with that money.
01:02:06All right. All right, I'll tell you.
01:02:08Did you open that suitcase?
01:02:10No, I...
01:02:10Did you touch any of the money?
01:02:12No, I didn't touch it.
01:02:14I put it in the trunk of the car. I figured it'd be safe there.
01:02:16You're a lucky guy, but you're in disadvantage from heroin and don't move one inch.
01:02:21You hear me good?
01:02:41You're a lucky guy.
01:03:05There's your pilot over there.
01:03:11Hi, I'm Al Harper.
01:03:12How are you, Harper?
01:03:13Can you tie a parachute onto a suitcase?
01:03:15Well, I can, but it sounds kind of strange to me.
01:03:18Yeah, I know it's strange.
01:03:18Where's the parachute?
01:03:19Well, it's in the plane.
01:03:21Get it.
01:03:21Come on, hurry it up.
01:03:22Hurry it up.
01:03:37Hanton, get on the horn.
01:03:38Tell them we're on our way.
01:03:46This is Hanton at 374 to dispatcher.
01:03:48Over.
01:03:49Car 374, go ahead.
01:03:52Yeah, Medford has just taken off.
01:03:54I'm going to be heading back to the Dry Lake area.
01:03:56We advise all units in the Lawrence County area to stay off of Bonner's Flats.
01:04:00We don't want anything to happen now.
01:04:02We'll wait.
01:04:02Then we're on the map.
01:04:06We'll wait.
01:04:06We'll wait.
01:04:06And get on the other side.
01:04:10We'll wait.
01:04:10Come on, sir.
01:04:10We'll wait.
01:04:18We'll wait.
01:04:19We'll wait.
01:04:19We'll wait.
01:04:31Come on.
01:04:32too long. He'll be here.
01:04:35Kidnapper wants to make sure
01:04:36you see him right up to the last second.
01:04:46Look! I think I see him.
01:04:51Spudgett!
01:05:14Let me go! Let me go!
01:05:16You're trying to get yourself killed.
01:05:17He told you to stay away from the boys.
01:05:28Mommy.
01:05:30Mommy.
01:05:32Mommy.
01:05:34Mommy.
01:05:36Mommy.
01:06:02Mommy.
01:06:02Mommy.
01:06:02Mommy.
01:06:02Mommy.
01:06:16Mommy.
01:06:25Mommy.
01:06:39Mommy.
01:06:39Mommy.
01:06:45Mommy.
01:06:48Mommy.
01:06:50Mommy.
01:06:50Mommy.
01:06:52Mommy.
01:06:52Mommy.
01:06:52Mommy.
01:06:52Mommy.
01:06:53Mommy.
01:06:55Mommy.
01:06:56Mommy.
01:06:57Mommy.
01:07:07Mommy.
01:07:11Mommy.
01:07:14Mommy.
01:07:15Mommy.
01:07:16Mommy.
01:07:17Mommy.
01:08:39I can't stand it anymore.
01:08:41This is Franklick.
01:08:45This is Franklick.
01:09:12This is Franklick.
01:09:12Ronnie.
01:09:14Ronnie.
01:09:15Ronnie.
01:09:16Get the bomb off the kid.
01:09:18Then get it out of here.
01:09:20All right.
01:09:22Hurry.
01:09:23Please hurry.
01:09:24Hurry.
01:09:26Hurry.
01:09:30Ronnie.
01:09:33I've had to get that car over here.
01:09:39I'm going to have to do that.
01:09:53I'm going to have to do that.
01:10:15Let's get Mrs. Patrick and Ronnie back to the hotel and let's have a little conversation with Stuart.
01:10:47Yeah, give me an ambulance, will ya? Room 276. Make it snappy.
01:10:54I thought I could get away with double-crossing Ted.
01:10:59It was so much money. I wanted it all. I wanted...
01:11:13I wanted Joanne.
01:11:18It was so much money.
01:11:21Yeah.
01:11:28Tom.
01:11:34Will?
01:11:39Get Phillips on the phone.
01:11:52Helen, this is Hampton. Get me Phillips, will ya? Phillips?
01:11:58Stewart's dead.
01:12:00Hey, you better get the lab boys over here right away.
01:12:03Also the coroner's office. Write up your report.
01:12:08Speaking of reports, we received that check on Stewart that you asked the LA office to run.
01:12:13Anything interesting?
01:12:14Yeah, I think so. Stewart had a close friend named Ted Gardner.
01:12:19Any photos?
01:12:21The boys outdid themselves on this report. We got about 15 of them. And luckily we got one with this
01:12:28guy Gardner.
01:12:30What else?
01:12:31Graduated from Kansas University in electrical engineering. Especially with electrical communications. Apparently died about a year ago.
01:12:39Oh, he's dead. There's not much value to us.
01:12:42I'm going to grab onto this.
01:12:44Cause of death? Air crash victim. Private aircraft reported down in Gulf of Mexico one hour after leaving Guamas, Mexico.
01:12:53No known survivors. The FAA records indicate aircraft owned by Patrick Publications, Incorporated.
01:13:01Flight plan listed. Commercial pilot in two passengers. Patrick and Gardner.
01:13:06The destination, Brownsville, Texas. Crash occurred about 14 months ago.
01:13:10Anything else?
01:13:12Oh, nothing significant. He apparently was promoting some electrical gas and he was looking for some backers.
01:13:19Uh, also a note about some heavy gambling debts.
01:13:24Okay, why don't you put that in an APB and then get your tail over here and write up this
01:13:28report for us, alright?
01:13:33Wait till you hear this.
01:13:37Wait a minute, what?
01:13:38That thing you were saying about gambling fascinates me.
01:13:41Oh, hold on. When your gamble is itch, if you had a million bucks and you were going to blow
01:13:45it someplace, where would you go?
01:13:47The nearest place I can think of is Las Vegas.
01:13:49Vegas. I never thought of that.
01:14:10Yep.
01:14:11You're locked there, guys.
01:14:12Yeah.
01:14:22Hampton, got a minute, got a message here.
01:14:24Let's see, uh, Medford drove uptown to be back in 20 or 30 minutes.
01:14:30Going to pick up some shirts for the Vegas trip?
01:14:33Just how come you guys get all the plush jobs?
01:14:37Uh, a little more to report on that, uh, accident on the corner of McDowell and 16th Street.
01:14:43As we've, uh, been able to get the victim out of the car, it now appears that, through tentative identification
01:14:50at least, that he's one Inspector Joseph Medford.
01:14:54He appears to be dead.
01:15:12I can't believe Medford's accident.
01:15:14Want some cow juice?
01:15:16Good for the ulcers.
01:15:17Yeah.
01:15:19I, uh, got the tickets to Las Vegas, but I don't understand why.
01:15:23Well, I'm not sure I, you know, understand why completely myself.
01:15:27You know that thing in the report about Gardner's gambling habits?
01:15:31Yeah.
01:15:31Medford had a hunch.
01:15:33What was that?
01:15:35Well, if you were a gambler with a gambler's rash and you had a million dollars to scratch it with,
01:15:41where's the nearest spot?
01:15:43Las Vegas.
01:15:44Mm-hmm.
01:15:46That's where Medford thought we'd find our man.
01:15:48Oh, who can that be?
01:15:52Hello.
01:15:54Yeah, it's Hampton here.
01:15:58Weaslab, Harry.
01:15:59Yeah, Harry, Hampton.
01:16:01Mm-hmm.
01:16:01It all happened so fast, but I don't remember, but today was...
01:16:06You've got to be kidding.
01:16:07Uh, I wrote him.
01:16:09I just...
01:16:09Left front time...
01:16:11I wrote him.
01:16:12Uh, he left the time, I went out of his home.
01:16:16He did.
01:16:17From the front.
01:16:18To the bank?
01:16:19And we looked at the information, he is back to the front side, so I just stand right now, so...
01:16:24He said right.
01:16:26We could check out the information and get it this morning.
01:16:29It's very interesting.
01:16:33Yeah, Harry, thanks for the call.
01:16:34I appreciate it.
01:16:36What's interesting?
01:16:39Medford's death was no accident.
01:16:40He was murdered.
01:16:43A lot of boys found where an explosive charge had been placed on the left front tie rod.
01:16:46Car went out of control because of it, and that's how he met his death.
01:16:51Things got them puzzled as they don't know how it was set off.
01:16:54Wasn't fastened to the electrical system of the car.
01:16:57What do you mean by that?
01:16:59Well, it had to be exploded another way.
01:17:02I think I have the answer.
01:17:03I think it was a radio.
01:17:04Radio wave, radio frequency, which gets us back to our mutual friend, doesn't it?
01:17:10That blast would have wiped out both of us if Medford hadn't had to go out and get some clean
01:17:13shirts for that trip to Vegas.
01:17:16And that's where we're going to catch our man.
01:17:18Oh, come on, Hampton.
01:17:18You know better than that.
01:17:19What do you mean?
01:17:20Well, you know yourself that you can't book a man who looks like somebody that may or may not have
01:17:25died in an airplane crash 14 months ago.
01:17:28You've got to catch him with the money in his hot little hand or you're dead.
01:17:37You want a bag?
01:17:38Yeah.
01:17:39How much?
01:17:39I'll go 25.
01:17:40Oh, come on.
01:17:40Make it worthwhile if you've got a place of bag.
01:17:42All right.
01:17:42Then I'll go with it.
01:17:43You're on.
01:17:44I'll change my suit and we take a trip to Vegas.
01:18:12I'll change my suit and we take a trip to Vegas.
01:18:45I'll change my suit and we take a trip to Vegas.
01:19:14I'll change my suit and we take a trip to Vegas.
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