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Highway Dragnet (1954) – The Deadly Highway Pursuit is a classic crime thriller filled with suspense, mystery, and danger. A man finds himself caught in a desperate struggle as suspicion and a relentless pursuit turn the highway into a dangerous path toward the truth.   Experience the atmosphere of classic 1950s Hollywood cinema with its gripping story, tense encounters, and vintage film noir style.   If you enjoy classic crime movies, film noir, and vintage Hollywood thrillers, this movie is worth watching.   Subscribe for more classic movies, vintage Hollywood films, and timeless cinema

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00:14:08Tiger! Tiger, stop it!

00:14:11Tiger?

00:14:13Turn on the charm. Make him help us.

00:14:17Don't try to get away or I'll shoot.

00:14:24Do you know anything about motors? We've been here for hours.

00:14:32What's the matter? Nothing.

00:14:35Oh, the grease. I knew it looks good.

00:14:39I'm gonna take it off anyway.

00:14:48I'd better take a look at the engine.

00:14:55Say, did you people see a police car go by here fast?

00:14:58No, officer, we haven't. How long have you been here?

00:15:01Oh, about two hours. We'd still be stuck here if this...

00:15:03Somebody step on the starter.

00:15:05Well, looks as though we finally might be moving.

00:15:07Okay, thanks.

00:15:08Well, you'd better get a leash on that dog.

00:15:18Do you want to start the car now?

00:15:20Just a second.

00:15:24The officer's right, Mrs. Cummings. We should have Tiger on a leash.

00:15:27Do you have it?

00:15:28Well, no. I thought you did.

00:15:38Okay, now start her up.

00:15:43Susan, I'm sure he's gonna ask us for a ride.

00:15:45I hope.

00:15:46I don't think it's a good idea.

00:15:51That should do it.

00:15:56It's a good idea.

00:15:57Where do you want me?

00:15:57From the back.

00:15:58You've been very kind, but we...

00:16:00Would this crowd you too much?

00:16:01We're very grateful for what you've done, but you see, we...

00:16:06Tiger!

00:16:09Tiger! Tiger!

00:16:29Let me take care of him.

00:16:41We're on our way to Apple Valley to take pictures of the hotel.

00:16:45Oh?

00:16:46You're a professional photographer?

00:16:49No.

00:16:49No, not me.

00:16:50Mrs. Cummings.

00:16:51I'm just her model.

00:16:53You mean like in Vogue and Harper's?

00:16:55All the top slicks.

00:16:59It wouldn't have happened if Tiger had been on his leash.

00:17:02I can't imagine what happened to him.

00:17:04Don't talk about it.

00:17:05It's too late now.

00:17:07But I...

00:17:07I keep thinking maybe I lost it somewhere.

00:17:11Was I the last one to...

00:17:13No.

00:17:14No, you took him walking like that.

00:17:15I don't want to hear any more about it.

00:17:17I asked you to stop it, so stop it.

00:17:20I'm sorry, Susan.

00:17:25That's all we can find on it.

00:17:28That's all we need.

00:17:34Dog tags, ribbons, keys, more clothes.

00:17:38Give the rest a dick.

00:17:40Then get the snap out on the wires and make sure it gets out to the papers.

00:17:43All right.

00:17:48Do you think he made the state line?

00:17:50He didn't get these for stubbing his toe.

00:17:53Better call the border stations anyway.

00:17:55Right.

00:17:59Unit 14F3 to Control-1.

00:18:02Oh, break it up, Ben. We've got everything we need.

00:18:05Check.

00:18:06Go ahead, 14F3.

00:18:07White Eagle.

00:18:08I got the serial number on James Henry.

00:18:118-9-1-4-6-3.

00:18:148-9-1-4-6-3.

00:18:17Right.

00:18:17Put it out on a teletype to the Navy Department.

00:18:20I'll drive this car back to town.

00:18:22You better call your wife when you get home.

00:18:24What's up?

00:18:26Trip to California.

00:18:29Teletype Barstow.

00:18:29Tell them we're on hot pursuit.

00:18:30May need their help.

00:18:42Why don't we stop somewhere and get a bite to eat?

00:18:47We didn't even get any breakfast. We left so early.

00:18:55We left so far.

00:18:56He would keep us high.

00:18:58Here's what.

00:19:10You're going to sleep.

00:19:11And they're coming.

00:19:11His face is no longer going.

00:19:14He's been sleeping.

00:19:15No, no.

00:19:15It's not going to sleep.

00:19:16No, no.

00:19:16You're going to sleep.

00:19:17It's not going to sleep.

00:19:17No, no.

00:19:18I'm having to sleep.

00:19:18No, no.

00:19:18It's not going to sleep.

00:19:20Yeah, I'm having to sleep.

00:19:23The service is quicker at the counter.

00:19:25We'll sit there.

00:19:36I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

00:19:39So am I.

00:19:45She must be pretty upset about the dog, huh?

00:19:47That's only part of it.

00:19:49She lost her husband last year.

00:19:51The circumstances were rather shocking.

00:19:54What'll it be, folks?

00:19:55Hiya, boys.

00:19:56Hello, Sally.

00:19:58Hey, why the work clothes? I thought you were both off.

00:20:00Yeah, we're off for a rockers to be out and eat like this.

00:20:03Right, Harry?

00:20:05You know they called us in from a fishing trip up at Meade?

00:20:08How come?

00:20:09Just to keep tabs on you, baby.

00:20:11Ha-ha! It'll take a couple of smarter cops than you to do that.

00:20:16Have you decided yet?

00:20:17Uh, hamburgers. Three.

00:20:20Maybe I'd have won a hamburger.

00:20:23Hey, fella.

00:20:25You don't want a hamburger either.

00:20:28Why not?

00:20:30Heartburned.

00:20:31Ha-ha-ha-ha!

00:20:32What do you mean, heartburned?

00:20:34I ate one of our hamburgers two years ago.

00:20:37Never been the same since.

00:20:39He wouldn't know a good burger if it bit him.

00:20:41Besides, he's just peed because they called him back to work.

00:20:43Well, wouldn't you be?

00:20:44I was chasing some character in this 120-degree heat.

00:20:47Serves you right.

00:20:49I wish I knew who it was.

00:20:50I'd warn him.

00:20:51Well, this boy don't warn, Sally.

00:20:53All he can understand is a gun.

00:20:56Uh, may we have the hamburgers, please?

00:20:58Okay.

00:20:58Three horses on the slab!

00:21:05Mrs. Cummings, your hamburger.

00:21:10Worried about her.

00:21:11Well, maybe we'd better go, huh?

00:21:13But I'm starved.

00:21:16Could you wrap those hamburgers, miss?

00:21:17We'll eat them on the road.

00:21:18Okay, mister.

00:21:22What are you guys gonna have?

00:21:24I'll make it burgers.

00:21:25Hurry it up, will you?

00:21:26We gotta check with the watch commander.

00:21:28Say, just why did they call you guys back from leave?

00:21:30I got a one-out.

00:21:31Some guy murdered a dame up in Vegas and escaped.

00:21:34Heading this way?

00:21:35Who knows?

00:21:36The only sure way he's headed is to the morgue.

00:21:39Now, let that be a lesson to you.

00:21:41You're gonna teach me a lesson?

00:21:43Ha!

00:21:43Just don't be picking up any hitchhikers on your day off, you understand?

00:21:47That's what this dame did and got a strap around her neck.

00:21:51Maybe I'd better go and see if Mrs. Cummings is all right.

00:22:04How are you feeling?

00:22:05Oh, I'm all right.

00:22:05Sorry to have been such a nuisance.

00:22:07I want to talk to you alone.

00:22:08Is anything wrong?

00:22:10The police are looking for someone from Las Vegas.

00:22:13They are?

00:22:14Someone strangled a woman with a strap.

00:22:18They said it was a hitchhiker.

00:22:20Jim's a hitchhiker.

00:22:22Why don't we leave him here?

00:22:25What about his bag?

00:22:27I'll take it to him.

00:22:29Keep the change.

00:22:29Stay, fella.

00:22:34I want to talk to you for a minute.

00:22:35I want to talk to you for a minute.

00:22:36What about?

00:22:38Harry and I have been playing at Colonel Light so as not to scare the ladies.

00:22:41This is pretty serious.

00:22:43I wouldn't pick up any hitchhiker, so if I were you, especially if it's a marine.

00:22:48I'll watch it.

00:22:49And driving along.

00:22:51Chicago?

00:22:52Chicago.

00:22:53Hey, Harry.

00:22:54He's from Chicago.

00:22:56You should have brought Sally some of that good Eastern's beef.

00:23:03I don't know what to tell him.

00:23:05For heaven's sake, Susan.

00:23:06He'll be out in a minute.

00:23:07This is no time to get sentimental.

00:23:08It's not that.

00:23:09I just...

00:23:10Oh, he'll find it.

00:23:11Here, put it down.

00:23:12Get in the car, quick.

00:23:22You looking for these?

00:24:06I told you this was my sister's car.

00:24:09Open the back end.

00:24:10Look, all you gotta do is call her.

00:24:12We will.

00:24:13Open the back end, will you, please?

00:24:15Oh, brother.

00:24:18Great.

00:24:25Any fruits, plants, or seeds?

00:24:26No.

00:24:27Would you mind putting that on the rack and open the trunk for me?

00:24:40Your car?

00:24:42Oh, Mrs. Cummings.

00:24:44We'll have to check the certificate of ownership, ma'am.

00:24:46Would you mind taking it in the office?

00:24:48Of course not, officer.

00:24:50I've never had to show the certificate of ownership before.

00:24:53It's the strap killer, Mrs. Cummings.

00:24:55Oh, I'd almost forgot.

00:25:10What's all this Marine stuff doing in here?

00:25:12I'll take it from here.

00:25:13Right.

00:25:16What are you doing with the Marine uniforms, Scott?

00:25:18I am a Marine.

00:25:19The general gets awful mad when I don't wear them.

00:25:21What are you doing in sous-vies, then?

00:25:23When I'm off duty, he don't mind.

00:25:24Where'd you spend last night?

00:25:26What is this, Mac, a quiz program?

00:25:28Answer the question.

00:25:29In Vegas, with a lady friend, and I got an empty wallet to prove it.

00:25:32Was your lady friend alive when you left her?

00:25:34She wasn't even alive when I was with her.

00:25:36Hey, Steve, Vegas police on the phone.

00:25:40Better come along.

00:25:41Now, wait a minute, Mac.

00:25:42I'm due back at Pendleton.

00:25:43The general's gonna be awful sore if I don't show up.

00:25:45Come on.

00:25:46Oh.

00:25:53This is okay.

00:25:55You put the stuff away.

00:26:04Yeah?

00:26:05I'll be right with you.

00:26:07Yeah, we're checking on the Marine now.

00:26:08Tell them I gotta get back to Pendleton.

00:26:10Doesn't look like it.

00:26:12They found the car.

00:26:13Well, what did they say?

00:26:15I'll talk to you in a minute.

00:26:16May I see your driver's license, please?

00:26:18Yeah, what's that again?

00:26:19About the pictures.

00:26:21Yeah.

00:26:23Yeah, get them down to as fast as you can.

00:26:25The description we got could fit a million guys.

00:26:28I'll let you know, all right.

00:26:30I still can't find it.

00:26:32I know it's somewhere in my purse.

00:26:34Well, there's only one thing to do.

00:26:37When you're traveling, it seems everything winds up in your purse.

00:26:40Yes, ma'am.

00:26:41I wasn't expecting this.

00:26:43I've never shown my car certificate before.

00:26:45Is this something new?

00:26:45No, ma'am.

00:26:46Vegas police are looking for someone.

00:26:47Thought they might try to cross the state line.

00:26:49Well, I don't see how they could with all you officers around.

00:26:52It's been done.

00:26:53We're human.

00:26:53We make mistakes, ma'am.

00:26:54Here they are.

00:26:56You're Mrs. H.J. Cummings?

00:26:58Yes.

00:26:59Who are the other occupants of your car?

00:27:01Miss Susan Wilton.

00:27:01She works for me.

00:27:03And the gentleman?

00:27:04James Johnson.

00:27:05Does he work for you, too?

00:27:06Look, Mac, I'm in a hurry.

00:27:08Who isn't?

00:27:09I've got to get back to Camp Pendleton.

00:27:10Take it easy.

00:27:11Nobody crosses the state line until we're satisfied with their identification.

00:27:17That'll be all, Mrs. Cummings.

00:27:19Thank you very much.

00:27:20Look, Mac, what about me?

00:27:24Y'all?

00:27:26Y'all?

00:27:27What's that?

00:27:41Y'all.

00:27:42Y'all.

00:27:43Look, I'll call you right back.

00:27:48Hold that car!

00:27:54You could get in a lot of trouble without this.

00:27:55It's your California visitor's permit.

00:27:57If you stay in the state over 30 days, you have to buy California plates.

00:28:00With all this confusion, I'd forgotten about it.

00:28:02Sorry.

00:28:03Forget it.

00:28:12I just got a call from Vegas on that want.

00:28:14He might have gotten this far.

00:28:16Well, if he hasn't been carrying contaminated food, that's your problem, not mine.

00:28:20I don't know.

00:28:21You know, ever get contaminated by a .45?

00:28:33Do you remember when you came out of the lunchroom, you found your bag outside the car?

00:28:39Yes.

00:28:40You know why it was there?

00:28:42No.

00:28:44We thought you were the strap killer, and we were trying to get away.

00:28:48What made you change your mind?

00:28:50Well, you couldn't be guilty and possibly get past all those offices, could you?

00:28:56I'm sorry.

00:28:58Do you play tennis?

00:28:59Tennis?

00:29:00Yes.

00:29:01There's a tennis court and a swimming pool at the hotel.

00:29:03I thought maybe you'd like to join us.

00:29:05Thanks, but I've got a very important date in the morning.

00:29:08Sounds like a matter of life and death.

00:29:12You're still mad.

00:29:15No, I'm not.

00:29:16Yes, you are.

00:29:17But I'm still going to try to change your mind, and we'll get to the end.

00:29:44Is that a man driving?

00:29:48Looks like a man and two women to me.

00:29:50Mm-hmm.

00:29:56Yeah.

00:30:20Thanks for the lift, Mrs. Cummings.

00:30:21Quite all right.

00:30:23I'm sorry I couldn't convince you.

00:30:25Are you sure you won't stay?

00:30:28Well, maybe for an hour or so.

00:30:31Maybe I could dream up a few more convinces and change that hour or so to a day or so.

00:30:35I'm afraid not.

00:30:36But thanks anyway.

00:30:38Well, eight for effort.

00:30:40Oh, Susan.

00:30:41I'll be there in a minute.

00:30:42I'll see you later at the pool.

00:30:51Well, two more to set up.

00:30:53I'll meet you back in Victorville in a few minutes.

00:30:57Who's in the truck?

00:30:58He delivers the papers.

00:30:59I know him.

00:31:00Right off the press.

00:31:06I guess I'll go up the inn before I go and check that man out with the two women.

00:31:20Oh, boy.

00:31:21A paper to Mrs. Cummings' cottage.

00:31:23Number 23.

00:31:23Now, hurry.

00:31:24Hurry.

00:31:29Here, let me help you.

00:31:30Here we go.

00:31:49Here we go.

00:31:55Here we go.

00:32:02A for effort.

00:32:05Did you say something, Susan?

00:32:11Ankles trim, legs, waist, 20, bust, 34.

00:32:21What does a girl have to have?

00:32:23What are you muttering about?

00:32:26I'm just taking inventory.

00:32:29Inventory of what?

00:32:42Inventory of what?

00:32:45Susan, you're as wide as a sheet. What's the matter?

00:32:56You haven't read the whole story. The one that was murdered was Terry Smith. The same Terry Smith. The same

00:33:02little tramp that Harold killed himself over.

00:33:04You've got to call the police.

00:33:06Susan, you're not listening. Don't you know what that would mean? They'd find out about my husband and Terry. After

00:33:13all, I went through to keep it quiet. The whole filthy mess would come out in the open just because

00:33:18of that little tramp.

00:33:20Whoever killed that creature deserves a medal.

00:33:23But if we don't call the police, he might murder someone else.

00:33:27Have you thought about me, Susan? I was in Las Vegas last night. I had every reason to wish that

00:33:32woman dead. If this whole thing comes out, I... I just couldn't stand it. I couldn't face it. I couldn't.

00:33:40They might even try to connect me with the killing.

00:33:43But they couldn't possibly believe a thing like that of you.

00:33:46There's no telling what people will think when things like this come out.

00:33:49This doesn't have to come out. I'm the only one besides yourself who knows about Mr. Cummings and Terry.

00:33:55You're right, Susan.

00:33:57I'm the only one who could connect you with her now.

00:34:00Yes, you are, aren't you?

00:34:02And I promise you that I won't mention it to anyone.

00:34:05You won't?

00:34:06Of course not. I know you didn't kill Terry and the rest of it is none of their business.

00:34:12All right, Susan. We'll call the police.

00:34:16Hang up that phone.

00:34:32I'm sorry. I have to get you in deeper. The police have set up a roadblock. I'll have to stay

00:34:38here for a while.

00:34:39Please go away.

00:34:41I'll leave as soon as I can.

00:34:45Just a minute.

00:34:48We shouldn't have done that.

00:34:52Whoever it is, get rid of them.

00:35:06Mrs. Cummings, guess what?

00:35:08I just received this wire from Trip Magazine.

00:35:10They'll take our picture and layout if we can get it to them by next week.

00:35:13You do think you can make it in time, don't you?

00:35:15Sure.

00:35:15Oh, good, good. Now, all we got...

00:35:19Oh, I don't think we've met.

00:35:20Jim Johnson. Mrs. Cummings' assistant.

00:35:22How do you do, Jim?

00:35:23Now, everything is all set up out of the pool.

00:35:26Isn't it wonderful about Trip Magazine? Could we start right away?

00:35:29We're ready.

00:35:30No, we're not. We have several things to check, Mrs. Cummings.

00:35:34What things, Jim?

00:35:36We have some holders to fill, Mrs. Cummings.

00:35:38I filled them all before you came.

00:35:40Did you check the flash guns too, Mrs. Cummings?

00:35:42Of course she did. I helped her.

00:35:44You better check them again.

00:35:46Guns are funny.

00:35:48Sometimes they go off.

00:35:52Now, would you mind helping us with some of this equipment?

00:35:54Oh, sure, sure. Be glad to. Glad to.

00:35:56We'll see you at the pool.

00:35:58Yeah. I, uh...

00:35:59Hmm. Strap killer, huh?

00:36:02Well, he certainly looks like a criminal.

00:36:04I can spot him like that.

00:36:06You know, you sure got beautiful equipment.

00:36:09Mr. Carson.

00:36:12Oh, you forgot your telegram.

00:36:14Oh, yes. Thanks, thanks. I'll see you outside the pool.

00:36:21Don't ever try anything like that again.

00:36:26You've trapped yourself, haven't you?

00:36:29I don't know.

00:36:30You can't stay here now, and you don't dare go to the pool.

00:36:33What are you going to do?

00:36:35I'm gonna take a chance and shoot pictures.

00:36:39I hope that's all I shoot.

00:36:51Mr. Carson?

00:36:53Yes?

00:36:54Sergeant Barnett, Las Vegas Police.

00:36:57Working with California Police Special Case.

00:36:59What can I do for you, Sergeant?

00:37:0153 Ford Convertible drove in here a while ago.

00:37:03Two women, men driving.

00:37:05Oh, yes. That was Mrs. Cummings, our photographer,

00:37:07and a couple of people that worked with her.

00:37:08You'll vouch for them?

00:37:09Certainly.

00:37:12Ever see him before?

00:37:15I see.

00:37:19Of course. Now I remember.

00:37:22He's the Strap Killer.

00:37:23You've seen him?

00:37:24Yes.

00:37:25Where?

00:37:26In the afternoon paper. His picture's on the front page.

00:37:28I haven't had time to read it.

00:37:30Say, wait a minute.

00:37:31You don't think you'll find him around here, do you?

00:37:33I don't know.

00:37:34I'm not familiar with the habits of the Strap Killer.

00:37:36Well, if anything we can do to help,

00:37:38we'll be too happy to cooperate.

00:37:40I'd like to check your hotel register on the way out.

00:37:42Then I'll be on my way.

00:37:43Oh, by all means.

00:37:44Come along. I'll, uh...

00:37:48Uh-oh.

00:37:50Here comes our photographer.

00:37:51We've got to take some very important pictures.

00:37:53I wonder if you'd mind.

00:37:54The boy in the office will help you out.

00:37:55Sure thing. Thanks a lot, Mr. Carson.

00:37:56Sure.

00:38:03Now, I hope you don't think I'm trying to tell you your business, Mrs. Cummings,

00:38:06but for our purpose, I do think that the first shot will be from right around here.

00:38:10Now, you come over here, honey.

00:38:11Come over here to the diving board.

00:38:12I've got a swell spot for you.

00:38:14Get right out here and sit down and face this way.

00:38:17Turn your head over this way and smile.

00:38:19Now, that's it.

00:38:20Over this way, a little farther.

00:38:21Isn't this a wonderful shot, Mrs. Cummings?

00:38:23I think it's just wonderful.

00:38:24Smile a little more.

00:38:25A little more.

00:38:25That's it.

00:38:25This is no funeral, you know.

00:38:27Come on, bigger smile.

00:38:28That's it.

00:38:29Oh, I completely forgot.

00:38:31The life preserver.

00:38:32I had it repainted, especially for you.

00:38:34Publicity, you know.

00:38:35It's in the office.

00:38:37Oh, say, this is just wonderful.

00:38:38Wonderful.

00:38:39This might even make the front cover.

00:38:41If you don't mind, may I?

00:38:43I'm a camera bug, too, you know.

00:38:45Of course, I haven't got the kind of equipment that you have.

00:38:47Would you like to use one of my cameras, Mr. Carson?

00:38:49You know, I was kind of hoping you'd ask me that.

00:38:51Jim, get a 4x5 holder out of the case for Mr. Carson.

00:39:03There are no 4x5s here.

00:39:05Well, then, Mr. Carson can use this one.

00:39:08Just a minute.

00:39:12Just wanted to make sure you had the right film.

00:39:15Certainly wonderful to work with professionals.

00:39:19Ah, now.

00:39:20Now, let's see.

00:39:21Now, don't tell me.

00:39:21Don't tell me.

00:39:22Don't forget to pull the slide, Mr. Carson.

00:39:23Oh, yes.

00:39:24I know.

00:39:25I know.

00:39:26I know.

00:39:26You have to pull the slide to get the picture.

00:39:29Here.

00:39:34Is anything the matter, Mr. Carson?

00:39:36I don't think I can hold this pose much longer.

00:39:40Would you hurry it up?

00:39:41We've got a lot to do.

00:39:43Did you pull the slide, Mr. Carson?

00:39:49You forgot the life preserver.

00:39:51You know, the one you had specially painted.

00:39:52With the name of the hotel on it and your office.

00:39:55Office?

00:39:56Yeah.

00:39:57Oh, yes.

00:39:57Office.

00:39:58That just reminds me.

00:39:59I've got to go to the office.

00:40:10Operator, please hurry.

00:40:11This is a matter of life and death.

00:40:18Thanks.

00:40:23Lieutenant White Eagle.

00:40:24This is Mr. Carson at the inn.

00:40:27The Strap Killer.

00:40:28He's here.

00:40:29A little louder, please, Mr. Carson.

00:40:31The Strap Killer.

00:40:33He's here.

00:40:34Cut in on this.

00:40:36Yes, yes.

00:40:38Put this on the air to road block two.

00:40:42Now just keep calm, Mr. Carson.

00:40:44Do exactly as I tell you and no one will be hurt.

00:40:46Hold it just a moment.

00:40:48Tell the boys on road block two to put a barrier across the hotel entrance and hold it until we

00:40:52get there.

00:40:53Hello, Mr. Carson.

00:40:55Now just listen carefully.

00:40:57The man is armed and dangerous.

00:40:59If you can warn your guests without arousing his suspicions, do so.

00:41:03If he attempts to leave and you can delay him without endangering yourself, do that.

00:41:07But under no circumstances take any chances.

00:41:10Yes.

00:41:11Yes.

00:41:11We'll be there very quickly, Mr. Carson.

00:41:20The Strap Killer.

00:41:21He's out at the pool.

00:41:22The Strap Killer.

00:41:22Now please, please, don't get excited.

00:41:24Everything's under control.

00:41:25I've called the police.

00:41:26They'll be here soon.

00:41:26The Strap Killer.

00:41:27He...

00:41:28Mr. Strabs!

00:41:30Hopefully get out of here.

00:41:31Joe!

00:41:31Come on.

00:42:13Get up.

00:42:15Come on...

00:42:16over there.

00:42:18Over there.

00:42:46Put your faces against the back of the seat.

00:42:48Everybody's got to win.

00:43:03The radios are shot.

00:43:04Get up the hotel and use their phone.

00:43:25Crash through!

00:43:27Frank's got it on the phone.

00:43:34Hello, Pasto.

00:43:36This is Special Unit 14F3.

00:43:40Suspect just crashed Roadblock 2.

00:43:43Heading south on Highway 18.

00:43:47Notify all units.

00:43:49Alert Roadblock 4.

00:43:51Repeat.

00:43:52Alert Roadblock 4 to intercept suspect.

00:43:56Warning.

00:43:57Suspect has two female hostages riding with him.

00:44:15Sounds and Mansour.

00:44:16I'm the one who was then here.

00:44:17If you're not here, we'll be right back.

00:44:33Fill it up in a hurry.

00:44:34Good morning, sir.

00:44:36Hey, some bad wreck.

00:44:38I do good repair work.

00:44:39I just want some gas. Hurry it up.

00:44:41I make a special deal for you.

00:44:43I said hurry it up.

00:45:00Can't you make it any faster?

00:45:04Not with my old friend.

00:45:06But after tomorrow, she'll rest.

00:45:09Tomorrow morning, new pumps.

00:45:13No!

00:45:32Hey, hurry it up. Come on.

00:45:57That's enough.

00:45:58But senor, it would take some more.

00:46:00I said it's enough.

00:46:01Hey, get that truck out of my way.

00:46:03Relax, buddy.

00:46:04Hey, Pete, what do I owe you for last week?

00:46:07I said move it over.

00:46:10Okay, buddy.

00:46:27Now lay that rig across the road.

00:46:36Come on.

00:46:44I've got a gun.

00:46:51I'm not going to say anything.

00:46:51I've got my gun.

00:46:52I've got my gun.

00:46:55Oh, my God.

00:46:58You're a truck.

00:46:58I've got a gun.

00:47:00Please shut out my tires.

00:47:24What are you going to do?

00:47:26I'll put some water in the radiator.

00:47:28We only have a little water left.

00:47:50Don't let the motor die.

00:47:51If you use that water in the car, what about us?

00:47:54Right now the car is more important.

00:47:58Susan, we've got to do something.

00:47:59What can we do?

00:48:02Keep your foot on the accelerator.

00:48:08Don't let the motor die.

00:48:11If it uses the water, we might die out here.

00:48:13Don't you understand?

00:48:14We can't do anything right now.

00:48:17This car has no light gear shift.

00:48:19Don't you understand?

00:48:20All you have to do is pull it down and step on the gas.

00:48:22Are you standing right in front of the car?

00:48:23Yes.

00:48:25Do you think before he moves?

00:48:26Running down?

00:48:27Yes.

00:48:27That's murder.

00:48:28What do you think he's going to do to us?

00:48:29Go on, hurry.

00:48:30We don't know our schools.

00:48:31Don't let go of me.

00:48:34Don't let go of me.

00:48:48It's cooling off.

00:49:10He hasn't passed road block four.

00:49:12He hasn't come back this way.

00:49:15So, he must have left the road somewhere between this point and road block four.

00:49:21In the space of five miles, he's vanished into thin air.

00:49:24Into the desert.

00:49:26He drove off in one of those washers.

00:49:28Pretty hard to check tonight.

00:49:30We can wait.

00:49:31If we don't get him, the desert will.

00:49:53See you later?

00:49:55See you later.

00:50:1105m9m4hk.

00:50:13Państwo handensaft rumour.

00:50:13We're stuck. I need some help.

00:50:18I said I need some help. Get out.

00:50:22Please, Mrs. Cummings. Aren't you proud of yourself?

00:50:25Nothing will happen to her. Come on.

00:50:28I guess we'd better if we'd love to wind up with straps.

00:50:34Get her on the back.

00:50:37When I say rocket, rocket.

00:50:39Rocket?

00:50:39Yeah, like this.

00:50:45Okay.

00:50:51Okay.

00:50:58Rocket.

00:51:01Harder. Rocket harder.

00:51:15Keep rocking it.

00:51:27Get some brush and put it under the wheels.

00:51:29Might we catch our breath first?

00:51:34I'll get it.

00:51:52That's enough.

00:51:57You get at the wheel.

00:52:04You get off on the side.

00:52:10Okay, let her go.

00:52:22Keep it moving.

00:52:24Keep it moving.

00:52:29Tim, watch out.

00:52:38Come on.

00:52:41Come on.

00:52:41Stop it.

00:52:43Listen to me.

00:52:45You'll kill him.

00:52:46He's a murderer, isn't he?

00:52:47I hate him.

00:52:52He's still a human being and you just can't take her.

00:52:55You don't want to ride.

00:52:57What are you thinking?

00:52:58That I don't care about a human life?

00:53:00Why'd you say that?

00:53:01Please, Mrs. Cummings, you're upset.

00:53:02You're in love with him, aren't you?

00:53:03No.

00:53:05I don't know.

00:53:06I'm confused.

00:53:07Maybe Jim didn't kill Terry.

00:53:09You read the papers.

00:53:10They can sometimes be wrong.

00:53:12He was there.

00:53:13So were we.

00:53:14I was there.

00:53:14That's what you're really thinking, isn't it?

00:53:16And that I had a motive.

00:53:17And if we ever get away from here,

00:53:18you'll tell the police to help save him.

00:53:20That's what you're thinking, isn't it?

00:53:21I don't know what to think.

00:53:24I'm sorry, Susan.

00:53:26We've been through a lot.

00:53:27I am upset.

00:53:28I can't think.

00:53:30Maybe if I could rest, I...

00:53:31Why don't you go to the car?

00:53:33I am sorry, Susan.

00:53:36I'll be there in a minute.

00:54:01Mrs. Cummings!

00:54:03Mrs. Cummings!

00:54:05Mrs. Cummings!

00:54:16Mrs. Cummings!

00:54:17Why did you let her take the car?

00:54:20I could wring her neck.

00:54:21Why?

00:54:22Have you been out of straps?

00:54:23I don't blame her for doing what she did.

00:54:25The poor woman's hysterical,

00:54:26you treating her the way you did.

00:54:28She doesn't know what she's doing.

00:54:29If I had any sense, I'd have gone with her.

00:54:31Why didn't you?

00:54:32Because I happened to be trying to help you.

00:54:34I guess I'm supposed to say I'm sorry.

00:54:36Sorry for what?

00:54:37For being a kidnapper?

00:54:38A murderer?

00:54:39For bringing us out here in the desert to die?

00:54:41What are you gonna do?

00:54:42We gotta get that car.

00:54:43Come on.

00:55:09Come on.

00:55:24Let's go.

00:55:27I'm sorry.

00:55:30Come on.

00:55:30I've got a readable together.

00:55:31Come on.

00:55:34Get out of here.

00:55:34Let's go.

00:55:35Get out of here.

00:55:38Now let's get into the water.

00:55:49Mrs. Cummings! Mrs. Cummings!

00:56:00Mrs. Cummings! Mrs. Cummings!

00:56:05What about Mrs. Cummings?

00:56:07Mrs. Cummings! What about her?

00:56:09We've got to find her. She can't be very far.

00:56:12Look, it's getting dark. We'd better get this car fixed and get out of here.

00:56:16And leave her?

00:56:18I thought you said anybody this far out in the desert alone would die.

00:56:21She knew that before she took the car.

00:56:25You'd better leave the both of us here, because I'm going to find her.

00:56:36There's only one way we can find her.

00:56:47She'll be able to see this from wherever she is.

00:56:50Can't do any more.

00:56:54It's warmer up here.

00:57:14Yeah.

00:57:16Uh-huh.

00:57:17Uh, give me that location again, will you?

00:57:23W-9.

00:57:25Yeah, I got it.

00:57:27Yeah, right.

00:57:28I'll let you know, and thanks.

00:57:31Something hot?

00:57:32Yeah, a fire right out in the middle of the desert.

00:57:35A fire?

00:57:36You'd be crazy to light a fire out there.

00:57:38It's like signaling.

00:57:40Send a helicopter out there, will you, Ben?

00:57:55I didn't kill her, Susan.

00:57:58I didn't even know her.

00:58:00All I did was buy her a drink.

00:58:02One drink.

00:58:04And for 65 cents, I bought a martini mixed with dynamite.

00:58:09The cops dragged me in.

00:58:11They had all the questions and answers.

00:58:15I can usually figure two and two make four, but their arithmetic scared me.

00:58:20That dynamite went off, and I got panicky.

00:58:24I had the same feeling once before.

00:58:27When I was in a foxhole.

00:58:31The whole world seemed to explode.

00:58:33I had to get out.

00:58:37I got a medal for fighting my way out of that one.

00:58:40I can fight my way out of this one, too.

00:58:43I didn't kill her, and I can prove it.

00:58:47I spent the night in Vegas with a friend.

00:58:49Paul Bartlett, Army Engineer.

00:58:52He can do wonders with the slide room.

00:58:55You see, I own a home.

00:58:57Pretty nice place.

00:58:58Overlooks the salt and sea from any room in the house.

00:59:02The only trouble is it's setting in four feet of water.

00:59:05Mama used to say we own a five-room house, seven when the tide's out.

00:59:10Paul thinks he might be able to save it.

00:59:14Something about lifting the foundation, I don't know.

00:59:17I'm supposed to meet him at the house in the morning.

00:59:21He's on some kind of secret duty.

00:59:24Can't even use his own name.

00:59:28That's why the police couldn't check me out in Vegas.

00:59:32If I miss him...

00:59:34...I'll be in a lot of trouble before I can prove anything.

00:59:44You know, when a mortar shell hits a target...

00:59:47...you don't have to look twice to know it.

00:59:50I guess falling in love is the same thing.

00:59:54You don't have to look twice.

01:00:05I guess I better get the car fixed.

01:00:08Have it running in a few minutes.

01:00:29Good night.

01:00:32Good night.

01:00:55Oh, Mrs. Cummings.

01:00:57Oh, Susan, I'm so terribly sorry for what I did,

01:00:59running away and leaving you.

01:01:01Well, you don't seem particularly glad to see me, Susan.

01:01:05Well, it's not that I...

01:01:06I'm just a little bit surprised, that's all.

01:01:09Is he here?

01:01:11Yes, he's fixing the car.

01:01:15I've been so worried.

01:01:17You alone with that...

01:01:21...murderer.

01:01:22Nothing's happened to me.

01:01:23I'll never forgive myself.

01:01:26It's been horrible out here, alone, thinking of what I'd done to you.

01:01:30I hope you understand.

01:01:31I never would have left you.

01:01:33It's only that...

01:01:35Jim had the car ready.

01:01:37When I saw the fire, I didn't know whether to come back or not.

01:01:41After what I did to Jim, I didn't know what he might do to me.

01:01:45It was Jim who made the fire, Mrs. Cummings.

01:01:55Yeah.

01:01:57Yeah.

01:02:00Sure thing.

01:02:01Copter pilot.

01:02:03It is, huh?

01:02:05No, no.

01:02:06No thanks.

01:02:07That won't be necessary.

01:02:09Okay.

01:02:10Did he land?

01:02:11Yeah.

01:02:12Fire's still burning.

01:02:13Nobody's there.

01:02:14Tire tracks indicate a car heading west.

01:02:16Who knows?

01:02:16Tire tracks heading west, huh?

01:02:20Spot that fire again.

01:02:26W...

01:02:279.

01:02:28And where did he leave the highway?

01:02:30Right here.

01:02:31Now, extend a line west through those two points.

01:02:35Where do you come out?

01:02:37Salton Sea.

01:02:39What are you getting at?

01:02:40Well, the Navy Department report on Sergeant James Henry...

01:02:44...gives his last known address as the Salton Sea.

01:02:47Hmm.

01:02:48Maybe he's making his way home.

01:02:50Maybe we can catch him there.

01:02:51Could I see that address, please?

01:02:55The only thing you'll find here is fish.

01:02:57The place is flooded out.

01:03:11Maybe we canquelely just find the sky, but you can see him now.

01:03:12It'll be too late.

01:03:12But the sky isy.

01:03:15Maybe the sky is fishing.

01:03:15No, of course.

01:03:16It's a rainstorm for fishery.

01:03:19You can see me.

01:03:19Maybe it'll be too late.

01:03:20Maybe it'll be too late.

01:03:20Maybe there's a rainstorm for硬ages, but you can see.

01:03:20It's a rainstorm for us.

01:03:21It's a rainstorm for us.

01:03:24It's a rainstorm for us.

01:03:26Oh, please.

01:03:27Oh, please.

01:03:31By the time!

01:03:38This is as far as I go.

01:03:40You can pick up the main highway by going back about a mile and turning left.

01:03:43It'll take you right back to the hotel.

01:03:46There's a sheriff's office in Mecca.

01:04:30There's a sheriff's office.

01:04:31Hello.

01:04:33What are you doing here?

01:04:37You got this.

01:04:38I don't need it anymore.

01:04:41I believe you.

01:04:44But you don't believe me.

01:04:52Is that the house?

01:04:54Yeah.

01:04:58Water deep?

01:05:01Water deep?

01:05:10Water deep?

01:05:11Water deep?

01:05:17Water deep?

01:05:19Water deep?

01:05:21Water deep?

01:05:22Water deep?

01:05:27Water deep?

01:05:28Water deep?

01:05:31Water deep?

01:05:38Uh, this is the kitchen.

01:05:41If I'm going to get any cooking done, you better stay out of the kitchen.

01:05:45What do we work for?

01:05:47Well, there's the stove. Looks pretty rusty right now.

01:05:51I can do something about that.

01:05:53We've probably got some fish in the icebox already.

01:05:56Good.

01:05:59What's that?

01:06:20What is it, Jim?

01:06:23Looks like I got up on the wrong side of the world.

01:06:32You're under arrest. Hold your hands where I can see him.

01:06:35He got a gun, miss. A .45 automatic. Does he still have it?

01:06:39Yeah, I still got it.

01:06:41Without stepping between us, miss, take his gun from him and put it on the sink.

01:06:45But, officer, I can prove that he's innocent.

01:06:52Do as he says.

01:07:00But you've got to listen to me. I know more about this than either of you.

01:07:03We'll talk after the gun's on the sink.

01:07:22Where's the other lady?

01:07:24That's what I wanted to tell you about.

01:07:27Her husband and the dead woman.

01:07:35Jim, how are you, Giles?

01:07:39Let him drown.

01:07:42He drowned after he shot you both for resisting arrest.

01:07:45Both?

01:07:46What else can I do?

01:08:06He might hit the woman.

01:08:08He might hit the woman.

01:08:09he killed her.

01:08:30He killed her, didn't you?

01:08:32Jim, please, help me!

01:08:34You killed her, didn't you?

01:08:35No. I didn't.

01:08:38Jim, don't go.

01:08:39Don't go away. Don't go away. Come back.

01:08:43Yes, I did it. I killed her.

01:08:46When did you kill her?

01:08:47That night in Las Vegas. In her bedroom.

01:08:50How?

01:08:51With the leash, the dog's leash.

01:08:53I killed her with Tiger's leash.

01:08:55My husband shot himself because of what she did to him.

01:08:58I strangled her. She had it coming to her.

01:09:00So you picked on me?

01:09:02Please, Jim, please. You've got to help.

01:09:04You figured if they found me dead, you'd be free.

01:09:07But don't go away. Please, wait.

01:09:09You can't go down any further.

01:09:11There's concrete underneath.

01:09:26We're withdrawing the homicide charges, Sergeant.

01:09:28We heard a confession.

01:09:30With a couple of other minor items like kidnapping,

01:09:32grand theft auto, armed escape,

01:09:35theft of government property, among other things.

01:09:37You know, Jim?

01:09:37Hold out your hand.

01:09:38Hold it, man.

01:09:41Now get in the car, you two.

01:09:48Joe, that guy's got a list of felonies against him a mile long.

01:09:52We're gonna lose our principal witness, man.

01:09:54You know what?

01:09:55A wife can't testify against her husband.

01:09:58A wife?

01:10:05You know, Joe, some days I get awful tired of being a cop.

01:10:10Yeah.

01:10:15You know, things may be a little tough before we get the place fixed up.

01:10:19How tough can they be with the swimming pool in every room?

01:10:22You know, Bill?

01:10:24You know, what's crazy on one of those lines?

01:10:28You know, uh, a black.

01:10:32I know, but.

01:10:33No, no.

01:10:35No, my dear, that brings me on and then.

01:10:40I know.

01:10:40I love to, you know, just'.

01:10:40I know the look.

01:10:42Treasure is gone.

01:10:42You

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