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When does she plan
to finish her epic?
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Some writers
take years.
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Winston,
after you drop us
in Hong Kong,
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could you go
to Switzerland?
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With pleasure.
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You've read Betty's
unfinished work?
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Did she
ask my permission
to be her hero?
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Russell Smythe died
an hour ago,
unknown cause.
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Your lady has wandered
too near the edge
of the truth.
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Thomas, get out of the car!
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Thomas!
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Twelve seconds
to touch down.
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And by the way,
Sabre,
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for security reasons,
we'll be landing
on your private strip.
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Twelve seconds. Check.
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Is the car ready?
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Right here, sir.
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Leaving now to collect you
at the ramp.
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Welcome home.
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May I
take that, sir?
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Did you have
a pleasant flight?
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The close
of another case,
sir?
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No, I'm afraid not.
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Why isn't it the end
of the case?
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Everyone's dead.
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Well, I know that,
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but I can't wipe out
all the bad guys,
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when I'm only on chapter two.
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Miss Windom?
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The electric typewriter
you ordered,
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the rental company
just delivered it.
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Oh, thank you, Higgins.
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And thank you
for being so helpful.
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I know I've been a pain,
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but I just got to try anything
to get on a roll.
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Miss Windom,
we've all experienced
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the frustration of
the writer's block syndrome.
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Yes, I recall once
sitting for days,
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searching for just
the right superlatives
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to describe one
Major Reginald Weddington.
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You see, "Humpy" Weddington
had overcome great adversity
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in his quest to be an officer.
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He was very short,
very rotund,
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and he had lost his left ear
in a freak rugby accident.
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Well...
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Betty.
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What's going on?
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No. No.
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Not my house.
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Thomas, wait a minute,
please.
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It's just
for a couple of days.
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Higgins!
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Higgins,
where do you
draw the line?
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For a week, she's had
the run of the estate,
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she's had the Ferrari,
and now she wants my...
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She wants the total seclusion
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that Mr. Masters'
guest house offers.
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And since
Mr. Masters wishes her
to have every consideration
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until her novel
is completed...
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And when does she plan
to finish her epic?
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I'm sure
I've no idea.
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Some writers take years
to complete
their maiden effort.
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Years!
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What, Robin's just gonna
let her move in here
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and abuse his hospitality
indefinitely?
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There are precedents
for such presumptions.
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Magnum,
please collect
your things
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and come
to the main house
immediately.
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I've prepared you
a very nice room
with a magnificent view.
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View? I don't want a view!
I just want my...
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Higgins!
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Magnum will finish his tantrum
and be out of your way
shortly, Miss Windom.
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Good writing.
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Higgins!
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Thomas, please try
to understand.
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I have to be alone
to concentrate.
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I understand, Betty.
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Excuse me.
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You're welcome to whatever
is in the refrigerator.
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I'm eating on the run
right now, anyway.
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Oh, right. The case.
Tell me about it. Is it fun?
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Fun? No.
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It's just a dull,
routine insurance job.
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Russell Smythe,
my seventh hit-and-run
this year.
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I go to the hospital
one more time,
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I ask him
a few more questions
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and then he gets
his insurance check.
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Doesn't that
sound exciting?
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That's it?
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What about
the hit-and-run driver?
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I am having someone
check on the car
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but we don't have much
to go on.
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Rick's working
on it, right?
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Is it true
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that you don't work
on a case without his
and T.C.'s help?
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Rick sort of softly
blew that information
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in my ear
when he asked me out.
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What's the ID on the car?
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Gray. That's it.
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And that's why
we're not going
to find it.
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And speaking of cars,
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the one I am renting
is eating up most
of my meager fee.
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I don't suppose,
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since you're going
to be cloistered here
working in my house,
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that the Ferrari is free, hmm?
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Well, I was just about
to go for a drive.
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You know, just sensing
that car's power
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and the breeze
in my face and...
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It really helps me to think.
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Do you know
the sensation I mean?
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I used to.
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Goodbye, Betty.
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Oh, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait!
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I've got it!
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Why don't I come with you
and we can both use the car?
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No.
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Not this trip, Collette.
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You know
how deceptively dangerous
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these little
insurance cases can be.
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I'll call you from Rome.
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Good luck.
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And be careful.
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Sebastian
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succumbed
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to the smooth,
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sensuous
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bite of the sherry
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as he mused the mystery
of the Hans Leopold case.
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As the balmy sea breeze
bathed his thoughts,
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one truth washed
crystal clean in his mind.
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Interpol, the vast
police force of Europe,
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only called him in
on special situations.
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And a case
with the Interpol code name
"Insurance Claim"
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was always very special.
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On through the shadows
of the South Sea sun,
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the trio sped to the airport.
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Boris, the devoted manservant,
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Winston, the cavalier comrade
and pilot,
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and Sebastian Sabre,
international investigator
at large.
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This Hans Leopold case,
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isn't it a bit pedestrian
for you, Sabre?
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A man's hands singed
by a laser gun
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from a passing car
on the streets of Brussels?
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Hans Leopold is...
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Was the most renowned
diamond cutter
in all of Europe, Winston.
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Interpol wants to know
why someone would
go to the trouble
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of destroying Hans' hands
without harming him otherwise.
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So do I.
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Sabre Two.
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Yes, one moment.
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It's Mr. Swift, sir,
calling from Monte Carlo.
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Sebastian always
welcomed calls
from his friend and confidant,
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the luck-laden libertine
and lord of the gaming tables.
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Swift,
how's your luck running?
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Oh, excellent.
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I've a Middle Eastern princess
supplying my chips.
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And I have the information
that you needed, Sebastian.
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A printout
of every license number
of every car in Brussels.
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I'll telex it to you.
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No, it could be intercepted.
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After Winston
drops me in Rome,
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he can hop over
to Monaco and pick it up.
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Gladly.
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Monique will be happy
to see me.
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Then I'll leave it
at the desk
at the Hotel LeMeur.
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I have to be
in Switzerland tonight.
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High-stakes poker
with some bankers.
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Thanks for the help, Swift.
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I just need
the one car
in Brussels
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that will confirm
my theory, Winston,
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that Hans Leopold was attacked
by a diamond theft syndicate,
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or by one man
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with a syndicate's power.
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Sir, am I reading
your thoughts?
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King Solomon?
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Yes, Boris.
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And this time I won't quit
until I know who he is.
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I'm meeting
Inspector Vittorio Romano
of Interpol
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at the hospital in Rome,
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to interview Hans.
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Sir, you won't
want to be in Italy
without the Ferrari.
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Shall I
Air Express it?
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00:11:52,393 --> 00:11:54,293
No. Collette needs it.
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And you need Collette.
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Why didn't you let her
come along?
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Winston,
she's writing, okay?
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No, she's not.
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Lunch break.
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Working insurance jobs
like the Russell Smythe case
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always made me feel
more like a pencil pusher
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than a private investigator,
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but I hadn't been
totally honest with Betty
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when I referred
to this one
as just routine.
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It was the same
as all the others
on the surface,
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but I had a feeling
that there was
some unexplored scene
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in this little drama.
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I'd already had two visits
with Russell at the hospital,
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but the feeling
was strong enough
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to ask for
one more meeting
with the victim,
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the insurance guy, Dan Morgan,
and a large supporting cast.
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Oh, come on,
what's going on, Morgan?
Why is this PI hassling me?
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Look, no one's
hassling you, Russell.
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Thomas just felt
there were
a few more questions
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to be asked,
I guess.
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Look, Russell,
surely you must remember
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something more
about the car
that hit you.
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It was a gray sedan,
all right?
Gray. That's it.
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Gray. Just like
I'm gonna be
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by the time I get
this insurance check.
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00:12:59,460 --> 00:13:02,361
Aren't you a little
overly anxious
to get paid, Mr. Smythe?
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00:13:03,163 --> 00:13:04,892
Betty, what are you
doing here?
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00:13:05,499 --> 00:13:06,488
Well, I was just on a break
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00:13:06,567 --> 00:13:09,365
and I thought I might meet you
and we'll have a little lunch.
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00:13:09,436 --> 00:13:10,630
Who's she?
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00:13:11,472 --> 00:13:13,440
Would you mind
waiting outside,
please?
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Sure.
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There's just one question,
Mr. Smythe.
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Are you certain
that there is no one
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that might deliberately
try to run you over?
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00:13:25,819 --> 00:13:27,548
You're right, lady.
You're right.
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00:13:27,621 --> 00:13:29,213
See, I'm in a very
dangerous business.
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I run a deli!
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Some guy comes in
and asks for mayo,
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I give him Thousand Island
on his turkey
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and he puts a contract
out on my life!
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Come on! Come on,
give me a break!
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I have never heard
of King Solomon!
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Hans, please,
you must cooperate.
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Sebastian and Interpol
have been working for years
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to learn King Solomon's
true identity.
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Inspector Romano,
I'm sorry
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but I have nothing more
to say to you.
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Are you certain, Hans?
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I've traced the license number
of a gray sedan in Brussels
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to the Worldex
Import Export Company.
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The same concern
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that was implicated
in an earlier search
for King Solomon,
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when he eluded me.
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00:14:12,433 --> 00:14:15,800
Hans, did the laser shots
that hurt your hands
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come from a gray sedan?
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00:14:17,604 --> 00:14:18,662
I don't know.
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00:14:19,139 --> 00:14:21,869
But if you're trying
to imply that I would
cut stolen diamonds
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for the world's
most infamous
jewel thief,
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no.
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00:14:27,514 --> 00:14:30,039
I thought you said
you'd never heard
of King Solomon.
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Collette.
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00:14:32,219 --> 00:14:34,016
Oh, please don't be angry
with me, darling.
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I felt that you needed me.
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Hans, did the King
have your hands destroyed
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to warn you
to stay silent
about his identity?
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00:14:41,829 --> 00:14:44,024
Would you please stop this?
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The burning
of Hans' hands
was an accident.
253
00:14:50,237 --> 00:14:52,728
Can you not let me
return to Belgium?
254
00:14:52,806 --> 00:14:54,501
Have I not suffered enough?
255
00:14:57,878 --> 00:14:59,971
Release him, Vittorio.
256
00:15:00,547 --> 00:15:04,313
Just one more
question, Hans.
257
00:15:05,719 --> 00:15:09,246
You are a lifelong resident
of Belgium, correct?
258
00:15:10,057 --> 00:15:11,581
Ja, of course.
259
00:15:11,892 --> 00:15:13,860
Then why do you have
a German accent?
260
00:15:14,094 --> 00:15:16,528
It's questions like that,
that can get us sued.
261
00:15:16,597 --> 00:15:17,791
I said
I was sorry, Dan.
262
00:15:17,865 --> 00:15:19,799
I didn't know Betty
was going to show up
263
00:15:19,867 --> 00:15:21,858
but she did ask
a valid question.
264
00:15:21,935 --> 00:15:23,903
Valid? Thomas,
what's got into you?
265
00:15:23,971 --> 00:15:27,429
Why have you picked this case
to pull a cloak-and-dagger
routine on me?
266
00:15:27,508 --> 00:15:29,271
I don't know, Dan,
there's something...
267
00:15:29,343 --> 00:15:30,810
Not right. I know.
You told me.
268
00:15:30,878 --> 00:15:34,041
Look, would you just see
his doctor and lawyer
and get all the papers signed,
269
00:15:34,114 --> 00:15:35,479
so I can issue
Russell's check?
270
00:15:35,549 --> 00:15:37,210
Then decide
what's not right.
271
00:15:37,284 --> 00:15:38,979
Yeah, I'll see him
this afternoon.
272
00:15:39,052 --> 00:15:41,179
Without the lady detective,
please?
273
00:15:42,556 --> 00:15:43,818
Right.
274
00:15:47,227 --> 00:15:49,252
Hey,
ready for lunch?
275
00:15:49,763 --> 00:15:52,288
I saw this cute little place
on the way over here.
276
00:15:52,533 --> 00:15:54,467
I want to tell you
my theory on Russell.
277
00:15:54,535 --> 00:15:57,368
Betty, no.
You've helped me
enough, okay?
278
00:15:57,437 --> 00:16:00,565
But I've already...
Go home. Write. Please.
279
00:16:35,742 --> 00:16:37,869
What are you doing?
280
00:16:42,015 --> 00:16:43,107
Thomas!
281
00:16:43,183 --> 00:16:45,174
Thomas, get out
of the car!
282
00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:48,815
Stop it!
What are you doing?
Stop!
283
00:16:49,957 --> 00:16:51,618
Thomas, get out
of the car!
284
00:16:51,692 --> 00:16:53,455
What are you doing?
285
00:16:53,527 --> 00:16:56,155
Thomas! Thomas! Oh, my God!
286
00:16:56,229 --> 00:16:57,958
Thomas! Thomas!
287
00:17:00,534 --> 00:17:01,728
Stop it!
288
00:17:20,087 --> 00:17:21,679
Thomas.
289
00:17:23,657 --> 00:17:24,954
Thomas.
290
00:17:29,396 --> 00:17:31,125
Thomas, are you okay?
291
00:17:42,175 --> 00:17:45,736
Hey, Thomas, Betty, whoever.
It's Rick, Thomas.
292
00:17:45,879 --> 00:17:47,471
Hey look, forget about
finding the backhoe.
293
00:17:47,547 --> 00:17:49,708
There's too many
on the island to trace.
294
00:17:49,783 --> 00:17:51,580
Ditto on the gray sedans.
295
00:17:51,918 --> 00:17:53,476
And, Betty...
Well, I called earlier
296
00:17:53,553 --> 00:17:55,214
to see if you'd
changed your mind
about dinner,
297
00:17:55,288 --> 00:17:58,553
but Higgins told me
that you were staying over
at Thomas' place, so...
298
00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:01,355
Hey, kids, no hard feelings
on this end, okay?
299
00:18:01,862 --> 00:18:03,989
You guys have fun. See you.
300
00:18:11,338 --> 00:18:14,068
Kiss of the Sabre
by Phillip Davy?
301
00:18:14,474 --> 00:18:15,566
Phillip Davy?
302
00:18:16,176 --> 00:18:17,700
Do you know
what time it is?
303
00:18:17,911 --> 00:18:20,038
It's 9:00 a.m.,
Phillip Davy.
304
00:18:20,580 --> 00:18:23,640
Robin said
a mystery-adventure
authoress
305
00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:25,012
can't make it
unless she uses
306
00:18:25,085 --> 00:18:26,780
some dumb masculine
pen name.
307
00:18:26,853 --> 00:18:30,653
Betty, no writer,
under any name,
can make it,
308
00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:33,221
unless they write something.
309
00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:35,491
I worked until after 3:00.
310
00:18:35,562 --> 00:18:37,553
And what about investigators?
311
00:18:37,631 --> 00:18:39,895
You should be at the hospital
confronting Russell.
312
00:18:39,966 --> 00:18:42,662
Thomas, it's obvious
he tried to have
somebody kill you
313
00:18:42,736 --> 00:18:46,228
because he's afraid
that you'll find out
he's faking his injuries.
314
00:18:46,406 --> 00:18:47,873
Russell is not faking it.
315
00:18:47,974 --> 00:18:51,171
Then who turned
your subcompact
into a sub subcompact?
316
00:18:51,278 --> 00:18:52,506
I don't know!
317
00:18:52,579 --> 00:18:55,514
And I can't find out
until I wrap up
Russell's case.
318
00:18:55,582 --> 00:18:57,641
And I can't do that
without transportation.
319
00:18:57,718 --> 00:19:01,017
So, Betty, please, please.
Could I have the keys
to my car?
320
00:19:01,321 --> 00:19:05,052
Fine, no problem.
As long as you take me
with you.
321
00:19:06,993 --> 00:19:10,190
Why? It's going to be
a long, boring day.
322
00:19:10,263 --> 00:19:13,255
Looking for
a killer backhoe
isn't boring.
323
00:19:13,333 --> 00:19:15,665
Now, now, Betty, come on.
Now, wait a minute.
324
00:19:15,869 --> 00:19:18,463
I am going to lunch
with Russell's attorney
325
00:19:18,538 --> 00:19:20,904
and then I have to get him
to sign some paperwork.
326
00:19:20,974 --> 00:19:23,169
Then I'm going
to see his doctor.
More paperwork.
327
00:19:23,243 --> 00:19:24,505
No killer backhoe,
okay?
328
00:19:24,578 --> 00:19:26,512
I promise I won't
get in your way.
329
00:19:26,580 --> 00:19:27,774
I'll just spend
my time writing
330
00:19:27,848 --> 00:19:29,440
and I'll be there
if you need my help.
331
00:19:29,516 --> 00:19:30,574
No. No.
332
00:19:30,650 --> 00:19:32,811
You were enough help
for me yesterday.
333
00:19:33,453 --> 00:19:36,047
Now, you can call Higgins,
you can even call Robin,
334
00:19:36,123 --> 00:19:40,287
but I am leaving here
by myself,
in that car, now.
335
00:19:41,628 --> 00:19:43,926
So just give me
my keys, okay?
336
00:19:57,277 --> 00:19:59,643
Clumsy Phillip.
337
00:20:02,849 --> 00:20:04,077
I'll drive.
338
00:20:05,952 --> 00:20:08,477
And don't take time
to pack, Collette.
339
00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:15,758
We'll grab you
a wardrobe in Paris.
340
00:20:16,196 --> 00:20:20,098
Collette was ecstatic
when Sebastian decided
to let her stay with him.
341
00:20:20,433 --> 00:20:23,197
They lounged in the Lear
high above the Atlantic.
342
00:20:23,370 --> 00:20:27,101
Silence filled
the infinite space
of sea and sky,
343
00:20:27,174 --> 00:20:30,439
save for the soft caress
of wind across the wings
344
00:20:30,510 --> 00:20:32,876
and the tinkling
of two glasses.
345
00:20:38,985 --> 00:20:42,216
Collette, these people
that I'm questioning
346
00:20:42,289 --> 00:20:44,348
about the Leopold affair.
347
00:20:44,825 --> 00:20:46,622
Some of them know me.
348
00:20:46,693 --> 00:20:48,854
They might speak
more freely
349
00:20:49,129 --> 00:20:50,562
if you saw them alone.
350
00:20:50,630 --> 00:20:53,121
I'll have
the King's identity
this time,
351
00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,565
whatever the cost.
352
00:20:56,736 --> 00:20:59,204
As we're en route
to Paris, sir,
353
00:20:59,272 --> 00:21:01,103
I've taken the liberty
of preparing a lunch
354
00:21:01,174 --> 00:21:05,042
of Canard a I'orange,
Épinards au jus,
and Gratin dauphinois.
355
00:21:05,111 --> 00:21:06,806
I hope you'll find it
to your liking.
356
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,041
Oh, yes, Boris...
357
00:21:10,317 --> 00:21:11,341
I'm sorry.
358
00:21:11,418 --> 00:21:14,012
I should have told you
we're lunching
on the Champs Élysées,
359
00:21:14,087 --> 00:21:16,612
with Jacques Arnot,
Hans Leopold's attorney.
360
00:21:16,690 --> 00:21:18,817
Very good, sir.
Not to worry.
361
00:21:18,992 --> 00:21:22,120
The Dobermans
will enjoy
this little lunch.
362
00:21:22,762 --> 00:21:24,354
Jacques Arnot?
363
00:21:24,998 --> 00:21:26,932
Surely you don't
suspect him?
364
00:21:27,601 --> 00:21:30,832
Being the most successful
attorney in the free world,
365
00:21:30,904 --> 00:21:32,235
would make
an excellent cover.
366
00:21:32,305 --> 00:21:35,638
Yes, even the great
Jacques Arnot is suspect.
367
00:21:35,742 --> 00:21:38,233
My client
is totally disabled,
Mr. Magnum.
368
00:21:38,578 --> 00:21:41,103
He's lucky if he ever walks
again, much less works.
369
00:21:41,281 --> 00:21:44,773
Mr. Meeder, if you will just
give me your signature
370
00:21:44,851 --> 00:21:48,981
verifying that
you have given me
all the facts on the case
371
00:21:49,055 --> 00:21:52,513
as you know them, and then
I'll talk to Dr. Su.
372
00:21:52,592 --> 00:21:54,583
All right. Where's my pen?
Wait a minute, I know
it's in here somewhere.
373
00:21:54,661 --> 00:21:56,720
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
What facts did he give you?
374
00:21:56,796 --> 00:22:00,197
All you said was that
Russell was due the maximum
on his accident policy
375
00:22:00,267 --> 00:22:01,564
and some doctor
would verity it.
376
00:22:01,635 --> 00:22:02,659
Bill Su. I...
377
00:22:02,736 --> 00:22:04,863
I've worked with him
on cases before.
378
00:22:05,305 --> 00:22:07,000
So there's just
one doctor involved?
379
00:22:07,073 --> 00:22:09,337
Shouldn't we get
a second opinion?
Betty, you promised!
380
00:22:09,542 --> 00:22:10,975
Yeah, but if you're
just going to sit there
381
00:22:11,044 --> 00:22:12,841
and let the insurance company
get taken for a ride...
382
00:22:12,913 --> 00:22:15,177
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Wait a minute!
383
00:22:15,248 --> 00:22:19,344
I don't think
I like your insinuation there,
Miss Windom.
384
00:22:19,419 --> 00:22:21,011
No, Mr. Meeder,
wait a minute.
385
00:22:21,087 --> 00:22:22,577
Betty doesn't understand.
She...
386
00:22:22,656 --> 00:22:24,521
Betty understands perfectly.
387
00:22:24,891 --> 00:22:27,519
I have seen
your television commercials,
Mr. Meeder.
388
00:22:27,627 --> 00:22:29,424
"Insurance claims
our specialty."
389
00:22:29,529 --> 00:22:32,225
So you want to be sure
you get what you can
390
00:22:32,299 --> 00:22:34,494
because you get a percentage
of what you collect, right?
391
00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:35,556
Betty!
392
00:22:35,635 --> 00:22:37,899
That's it!
Everybody
gets paid.
393
00:22:38,004 --> 00:22:39,972
You, the hospital,
the doctor...
394
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,008
Okay, that's it,
that's it. Over.
That's all, it's over.
395
00:22:42,108 --> 00:22:44,474
No! Wait!
Now, wait a minute.
396
00:22:45,312 --> 00:22:46,438
You...
No. Oh, no.
397
00:22:46,513 --> 00:22:49,778
No, no, I'm gonna tell
Dan Morgan I've got grounds
for a slander suit.
398
00:22:49,849 --> 00:22:52,340
You can't hold
Superior Mutual
responsible for Betty's...
399
00:22:52,419 --> 00:22:53,750
I can sure
as hell try.
400
00:22:53,820 --> 00:22:56,721
She made
slanderous remarks
on their behalf.
401
00:22:59,292 --> 00:23:01,760
Jacques, please,
come back, sit down.
402
00:23:01,928 --> 00:23:04,829
Monsieur,
how dare she imply
403
00:23:04,898 --> 00:23:07,423
that I,
Jacques Arnot,
404
00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,162
would be involved
in such a plot.
405
00:23:10,236 --> 00:23:12,898
Well, Collette may be
a wonderful warrior
of a woman,
406
00:23:12,973 --> 00:23:15,339
but she is
not always
a diplomat.
407
00:23:15,608 --> 00:23:17,940
I simply suggested
that perhaps Hans' hands
408
00:23:18,011 --> 00:23:19,478
were not
burned at all,
Jacques.
409
00:23:19,612 --> 00:23:21,546
Mademoiselle Collette, please.
410
00:23:21,614 --> 00:23:24,981
What would be there
to gain in such a charade?
411
00:23:25,151 --> 00:23:27,449
Hans is a diamond cutter.
412
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,387
His hands are his fortune.
413
00:23:30,457 --> 00:23:31,446
Exactly.
414
00:23:32,425 --> 00:23:33,722
And if the world believed
415
00:23:33,793 --> 00:23:36,023
that those gifted fingers
were destroyed,
416
00:23:36,096 --> 00:23:37,996
then he could have
a much greater fortune,
417
00:23:38,064 --> 00:23:41,591
secretly cutting
stolen diamonds
for King Solomon.
418
00:23:44,304 --> 00:23:46,932
Forgive me,
mademoiselle,
419
00:23:47,007 --> 00:23:50,807
but that
is a ridiculous theory.
420
00:23:50,910 --> 00:23:51,899
Ridiculous.
421
00:23:52,012 --> 00:23:53,843
Then I suppose
you'll have
no objection
422
00:23:53,913 --> 00:23:58,009
to our having
another doctor
examine Hans' hands?
423
00:23:59,586 --> 00:24:01,554
Easy, Collette, darling.
424
00:24:02,489 --> 00:24:06,789
Hans Leopold
is a patient
of Dr. Ling.
425
00:24:10,497 --> 00:24:12,055
The famous Dr. Ling?
426
00:24:12,132 --> 00:24:14,293
You think he could
be King Solomon?
427
00:24:14,367 --> 00:24:17,063
He certainly becomes
the most likely candidate.
428
00:24:17,804 --> 00:24:20,432
Winston,
after you drop us
in Hong Kong,
429
00:24:20,507 --> 00:24:22,600
could you go
to Switzerland
for Swift?
430
00:24:22,675 --> 00:24:23,972
I may need him.
431
00:24:25,278 --> 00:24:26,438
With pleasure.
432
00:24:26,713 --> 00:24:29,546
I failed to thank Madge
the last time I visited her.
433
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,754
Collette, Ling and I
are old adversaries.
434
00:24:38,758 --> 00:24:41,022
He'll say nothing
in front of me.
435
00:24:43,063 --> 00:24:45,759
So, he's the one
that you want me
to see alone?
436
00:24:46,433 --> 00:24:48,333
You know he's
a practicing degenerate.
437
00:24:48,401 --> 00:24:50,835
The stories of what
he's done to women...
438
00:24:52,405 --> 00:24:54,134
But it's worth the risk,
439
00:24:54,641 --> 00:24:57,041
if that's what
you need from me.
440
00:25:01,548 --> 00:25:04,915
Spinal injuries
are common in this kind
of situation.
441
00:25:05,485 --> 00:25:08,511
If you will look right here,
at the three lower vertebrae,
442
00:25:09,956 --> 00:25:11,924
there's pretty
severe damage.
443
00:25:11,991 --> 00:25:14,653
Not really
enough left
to be operable.
444
00:25:14,861 --> 00:25:17,386
Then there's
compound fracture
of the left femur
445
00:25:17,464 --> 00:25:20,297
and multiple fractures
of metatarsals.
446
00:25:20,366 --> 00:25:23,233
Bill, I have seen enough.
Russell is a total...
447
00:25:23,636 --> 00:25:26,628
If you could just sign
this stuff for me?
448
00:25:26,706 --> 00:25:28,435
Sure. Excuse me.
449
00:25:34,214 --> 00:25:36,444
I told you I should have
talked to him alone.
450
00:25:36,516 --> 00:25:38,450
This is getting us nowhere.
451
00:25:40,553 --> 00:25:43,647
You know,
I find these X-rays
really fascinating.
452
00:25:43,790 --> 00:25:46,122
Can they
be retouched?
453
00:25:46,493 --> 00:25:48,017
I suppose
it's possible.
454
00:25:48,461 --> 00:25:50,691
But believe me,
these breaks are real.
455
00:25:50,763 --> 00:25:53,163
I had to set
every one of them.
456
00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:54,489
Right.
457
00:25:54,834 --> 00:25:58,326
So I suppose other doctors
have examined them also?
458
00:26:03,877 --> 00:26:06,505
Excuse me.
I have another patient.
459
00:26:08,681 --> 00:26:10,273
Thanks, Bill.
460
00:26:10,984 --> 00:26:14,044
What? What'd I say?
Wait! Wait, wait, wait.
461
00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,588
I was just trying
to find out
whether or not someone
462
00:26:16,656 --> 00:26:18,487
Could alter X-rays,
that's all.
463
00:26:18,558 --> 00:26:20,992
Betty, I have had it.
464
00:26:21,261 --> 00:26:24,594
You're going home
so that I can finish
this investigation.
465
00:26:25,732 --> 00:26:27,393
What investigation?
466
00:26:27,467 --> 00:26:28,934
What did they
hire you for, anyway?
467
00:26:29,002 --> 00:26:31,197
Any insurance man
could do what you're doing.
468
00:26:31,571 --> 00:26:32,697
Thomas...
469
00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:34,632
What?
470
00:26:36,676 --> 00:26:38,974
Aren't you
forgetting something?
471
00:26:40,513 --> 00:26:43,311
Don't you remember
Russell tried to kill you?
472
00:26:47,887 --> 00:26:49,252
Your lady
473
00:26:49,455 --> 00:26:53,789
has wandered too near
the edge of the truth, Sabre.
474
00:26:55,061 --> 00:26:56,892
Dispense with him.
475
00:26:57,030 --> 00:27:01,194
But take the girl
to my operating room.
476
00:27:11,077 --> 00:27:12,203
Stop!
477
00:27:12,445 --> 00:27:14,174
Or I'll punch you
in the square root of 18
478
00:27:14,247 --> 00:27:16,306
and you all become targets
for heat-seeking missiles.
479
00:27:16,382 --> 00:27:17,747
Sebastian!
480
00:27:17,984 --> 00:27:22,182
Drop your ingenious abacus,
Mr. Sabre.
481
00:27:29,028 --> 00:27:30,290
Here's one
for you, Swift.
482
00:27:32,365 --> 00:27:34,196
And this one's mine.
483
00:27:45,511 --> 00:27:46,705
Wow.
484
00:27:46,980 --> 00:27:49,039
Lucky I had a tailwind
from Switzerland.
485
00:27:49,115 --> 00:27:50,104
Check.
486
00:27:50,617 --> 00:27:51,914
What happened to Ling?
487
00:27:51,985 --> 00:27:55,079
He escaped through
a secret panel
in the ceiling.
488
00:27:58,691 --> 00:28:01,751
Never mind.
More important
we return to Brussels.
489
00:28:02,061 --> 00:28:04,723
Hans Leopold's life
could be in danger.
490
00:28:05,198 --> 00:28:09,726
Brussels. Winston,
Micheline and Helga
will be pleased to see us.
491
00:28:09,969 --> 00:28:12,096
Lunch for five
on the jet, sir?
492
00:28:12,505 --> 00:28:14,097
Haven't we already
had lunch?
493
00:28:14,173 --> 00:28:16,004
No. You decided
you didn't want to.
494
00:28:16,075 --> 00:28:17,736
I am starving.
495
00:28:18,344 --> 00:28:19,470
There wasn't time.
496
00:28:19,545 --> 00:28:22,309
I spent an hour
convincing Ronnie Meeder
not to sue
497
00:28:22,382 --> 00:28:24,850
and another hour
coming down here
to the hospital.
498
00:28:24,917 --> 00:28:26,544
Now, maybe
we can have dinner,
499
00:28:26,619 --> 00:28:28,348
if you wait for me
in the car.
500
00:28:28,421 --> 00:28:29,513
That's not fair.
501
00:28:29,589 --> 00:28:31,614
It was my idea
that we come back
and talk to him.
502
00:28:31,691 --> 00:28:33,386
Not we, I.
503
00:28:33,626 --> 00:28:35,617
I am going in there
to see Russell
504
00:28:35,695 --> 00:28:38,357
because you have me
halfway convinced
that he's faking it.
505
00:28:38,431 --> 00:28:40,490
But you are going
to wait right here...
506
00:28:40,566 --> 00:28:42,090
Thomas, what are you
doing here?
507
00:28:42,168 --> 00:28:43,692
Didn't you get my message?
508
00:28:43,770 --> 00:28:46,261
What message? I was going
to your office after...
Never mind.
509
00:28:46,339 --> 00:28:49,035
Just don't do any more
on the investigation, okay?
510
00:28:49,108 --> 00:28:51,804
And don't go inside.
Ronnie Meeder's in there
511
00:28:51,878 --> 00:28:54,608
and I have enough troubles
without him seeing
you two again.
512
00:28:54,681 --> 00:28:57,980
Dan, now, wait a minute.
I straightened things out
with Meeder.
513
00:28:58,084 --> 00:29:00,917
Thomas, Russell Smythe
died an hour ago.
514
00:29:01,554 --> 00:29:02,919
Cause unknown.
515
00:29:03,189 --> 00:29:05,157
Bill's gonna do
an autopsy.
516
00:29:13,766 --> 00:29:16,030
It was
a blood clot in his lung.
517
00:29:16,169 --> 00:29:19,935
Bills says that
just happens sometimes
with serious injuries.
518
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,901
I wanna go to bed.
519
00:29:23,076 --> 00:29:25,271
Oh, that's it?
You're just gonna drop it?
520
00:29:25,345 --> 00:29:28,314
You're not gonna try
to find out which one of
those men tried to kill you?
521
00:29:28,381 --> 00:29:29,814
Betty, when do you stop?
522
00:29:29,916 --> 00:29:30,974
You were wrong.
523
00:29:31,084 --> 00:29:33,484
Nobody involved
with Russell
tried to kill me
524
00:29:33,553 --> 00:29:36,147
And Russell definitely
wasn't faking it.
525
00:29:36,222 --> 00:29:37,553
Hi, lovebirds.
526
00:29:37,623 --> 00:29:39,818
Thomas,
for what it's worth,
a friend on the dock says
527
00:29:39,892 --> 00:29:43,350
a gray '83 Buick with minor
fender damage got shipped
to Maui yesterday.
528
00:29:43,429 --> 00:29:45,158
Registered owner,
Donna Jenkins,
529
00:29:45,231 --> 00:29:49,998
and, by the way,
we need to discuss our deal
on this job, right?
530
00:29:50,069 --> 00:29:51,593
Call me.
531
00:29:52,038 --> 00:29:53,903
See? Is that fate,
or what?
532
00:29:53,973 --> 00:29:55,099
Just when
you're ready
to quit,
533
00:29:55,174 --> 00:29:57,005
you get a big lead
on the gray sedan.
534
00:29:57,076 --> 00:29:59,977
Right. I always knew
Donna Jenkins was our girl,
535
00:30:00,046 --> 00:30:01,411
whoever she may be.
536
00:30:01,481 --> 00:30:04,314
Now, Betty, please,
once and for all,
just drop it.
537
00:30:04,384 --> 00:30:05,976
The case is closed,
okay?
538
00:30:06,052 --> 00:30:07,781
No, it isn't.
Not for me, it isn't.
539
00:30:07,854 --> 00:30:09,549
Look, just because
Russell died,
540
00:30:09,622 --> 00:30:11,283
doesn't mean
that the doctor
and the attorney
541
00:30:11,357 --> 00:30:13,552
couldn't be running
some sort of scam!
No!
542
00:30:14,293 --> 00:30:16,090
Now, I've known
Bill Su for years.
543
00:30:16,162 --> 00:30:17,186
He's a reputable doctor.
544
00:30:17,263 --> 00:30:19,356
That's one opinion,
Thomas!
545
00:30:19,432 --> 00:30:22,401
If you'd have listened to me
and let me talk to him alone,
546
00:30:22,468 --> 00:30:24,368
we would know for sure,
wouldn't we?
547
00:30:24,437 --> 00:30:25,461
Good night, Betty.
548
00:30:25,538 --> 00:30:27,165
Would you just wait.
Thomas, please, wait.
549
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,504
Just wait a minute,
please?
Wait, just wait.
550
00:30:31,043 --> 00:30:32,806
Did you ever
get a chance
to eat?
551
00:30:32,879 --> 00:30:36,645
I mean, since I've taken over
your kitchen and everything,
552
00:30:36,916 --> 00:30:39,817
the least I can do
is fix us dinner.
553
00:30:41,888 --> 00:30:43,947
I'm not very hungry
but thank you.
554
00:30:45,758 --> 00:30:48,852
It was a deeply dejected
Sebastian,
555
00:30:48,928 --> 00:30:51,453
who sat
in the sensuous
morning sun,
556
00:30:51,531 --> 00:30:53,999
on the patio
of the Sabre's Scabbard.
557
00:30:54,467 --> 00:30:59,097
Few had ever witnessed
the strong and secure
Sebastian Sabre
558
00:30:59,272 --> 00:31:04,107
in self-exile,
on a Ionely desolate island
of defeat.
559
00:31:05,011 --> 00:31:06,273
Mr. Sabre?
560
00:31:07,113 --> 00:31:10,640
It's Crepes Italian, sir.
Your favorite breakfast.
561
00:31:11,117 --> 00:31:12,175
What?
562
00:31:12,718 --> 00:31:15,551
Oh, yes, Boris, thank you,
563
00:31:15,621 --> 00:31:17,987
but I seem to have lost
my appetite.
564
00:31:21,527 --> 00:31:23,085
Borie baby.
565
00:31:23,396 --> 00:31:26,331
Why don't you tell us
another one
of your wonderful stories?
566
00:31:26,399 --> 00:31:28,526
Sebastian always
finds them amusing.
567
00:31:28,701 --> 00:31:30,293
Yes, Mr. Sabre.
568
00:31:30,436 --> 00:31:33,428
Let me tell you
about the uniquely
bizarre episode
569
00:31:33,506 --> 00:31:36,737
I experienced while the valet
of Prince Abdul Ben Assar.
570
00:31:37,210 --> 00:31:40,441
The Prince discovered
his favorite wife
had taken a lover
571
00:31:40,980 --> 00:31:43,778
and ordered me
to personally execute
the rake...
572
00:31:43,850 --> 00:31:45,044
Boris.
573
00:31:45,451 --> 00:31:46,918
I've heard that one.
574
00:31:47,453 --> 00:31:50,684
I do find it very funny,
but not now.
575
00:31:54,927 --> 00:31:58,693
Sebastian, please,
the Leopold case is over.
576
00:31:58,865 --> 00:32:00,059
You must forget it.
577
00:32:00,967 --> 00:32:04,459
I can't. I'm responsible
for Hans' death, Winston.
578
00:32:05,304 --> 00:32:08,000
I should have realized
Dr. Ling would silence him
579
00:32:08,074 --> 00:32:10,269
the moment we came
too close to the truth.
580
00:32:10,443 --> 00:32:14,470
Leopold died
of a blood disease,
the results of his burns.
581
00:32:14,547 --> 00:32:16,777
Do you really believe
a doctor of Ling's competence
582
00:32:16,849 --> 00:32:19,044
could overlook
a simple blood disease?
583
00:32:25,224 --> 00:32:26,657
Sabre's Scabbard.
584
00:32:27,793 --> 00:32:29,021
One moment.
585
00:32:29,395 --> 00:32:31,590
A call sure
to cheer you, sir.
586
00:32:31,931 --> 00:32:34,331
Mr. Swift.
He's back
in Monte Carlo.
587
00:32:35,034 --> 00:32:36,592
Sebastian, good news.
588
00:32:36,669 --> 00:32:39,661
I have some
interesting information
regarding the Leopold case.
589
00:32:39,872 --> 00:32:41,840
However, before we go
any further...
590
00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:44,108
Oh, this is so embarrassing.
591
00:32:44,877 --> 00:32:47,368
My luck has seemed
to have left me
in the last few hours.
592
00:32:47,446 --> 00:32:50,438
Swift, please, I'll wire you
$50,000 immediately.
593
00:32:50,516 --> 00:32:52,882
You're too generous,
Sebastian.
594
00:32:52,985 --> 00:32:57,649
Dr. Ling, Jacques Arnot
and Hans Leopold
all own stock
595
00:32:57,890 --> 00:33:00,188
in Worldex
Import Export Company.
596
00:33:00,326 --> 00:33:03,625
And the gray Mercedes
that you found
registered to Worldex
597
00:33:03,763 --> 00:33:07,392
is actually the personal car
of one Eva Leopold.
598
00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:08,958
Hans' wife?
599
00:33:09,035 --> 00:33:10,024
The same.
600
00:33:10,803 --> 00:33:13,169
I have to get back
to the game now, Sebastian.
601
00:33:13,272 --> 00:33:14,933
Thanks for the 50.
602
00:33:17,310 --> 00:33:19,801
That's why
I could never
catch the King.
603
00:33:20,179 --> 00:33:22,238
Winston,
we're going back
to Rome.
604
00:33:22,315 --> 00:33:24,715
Boris,
get me Vittorio
at Interpol,
605
00:33:24,784 --> 00:33:28,049
and then call Collette
and tell her we leave
in ten minutes.
606
00:33:30,723 --> 00:33:31,815
What's the matter?
607
00:33:32,858 --> 00:33:35,725
We didn't know
how to tell you, sir,
608
00:33:35,795 --> 00:33:37,490
in your depressed state.
609
00:33:39,632 --> 00:33:43,591
Sebastian,
Collette took a flight
to Hong Kong this morning.
610
00:33:46,539 --> 00:33:49,565
Apparently,
she's investigating
on her own.
611
00:33:51,344 --> 00:33:52,709
Collette was right.
612
00:33:52,778 --> 00:33:56,236
The access code
to Dr. Ling's computer
was King Solomon.
613
00:33:56,315 --> 00:33:58,545
Then suddenly,
there was what she needed.
614
00:33:58,618 --> 00:34:01,086
Secret data
on the diabolical doctor.
615
00:34:01,354 --> 00:34:04,619
Forty three jewel thieves,
all acquitted
on medical grounds,
616
00:34:04,724 --> 00:34:08,182
all his patients
and all defended
by Jacques Arnot.
617
00:34:08,427 --> 00:34:10,486
Then came
Ling's financial records.
618
00:34:10,596 --> 00:34:13,156
There were no less
than seven
diamond companies
619
00:34:13,232 --> 00:34:17,066
that he, Jacques Arnot,
and Hans Leopold
jointly owned.
620
00:34:17,169 --> 00:34:19,103
But which one of them
is the King?
621
00:34:19,472 --> 00:34:20,905
All of them.
622
00:34:21,307 --> 00:34:22,899
Sebastian, Vittorio.
623
00:34:23,643 --> 00:34:25,508
The King
isn't one man,
Collette.
624
00:34:25,578 --> 00:34:28,342
It's the code name
for an entire
jewel theft ring.
625
00:34:28,414 --> 00:34:30,473
Ling, Arnot,
hundreds of others.
626
00:34:30,549 --> 00:34:33,017
Even Hans Leopold
before they killed him.
627
00:34:33,486 --> 00:34:37,013
Hans is not dead,
Mr. Sabre.
628
00:34:37,890 --> 00:34:40,324
Marcello! Angelo!
Arrest them!
629
00:34:43,596 --> 00:34:45,120
Yes, Inspector.
630
00:34:45,197 --> 00:34:50,066
There are many,
even at Interpol,
who are with us.
631
00:34:51,070 --> 00:34:52,731
So my theory was correct.
632
00:34:53,406 --> 00:34:55,431
Hans' hands were not burned.
633
00:34:56,208 --> 00:34:59,473
Destroy the hands
of the world's
most famous diamond cutter?
634
00:35:00,613 --> 00:35:02,012
No, mademoiselle.
635
00:35:02,081 --> 00:35:06,142
We simply had Hans' wife
shoot a harmless beam at them.
636
00:35:06,318 --> 00:35:10,311
And you, so close
to discovering the secret,
637
00:35:10,923 --> 00:35:12,117
he had to die.
638
00:35:12,391 --> 00:35:13,756
So unfortunately
for you three,
639
00:35:13,826 --> 00:35:16,488
death will not be
such a lucrative charade.
640
00:35:17,663 --> 00:35:20,097
Wait a minute,
wait a minute,
wait a minute.
641
00:35:22,168 --> 00:35:23,999
If Hans can be alive,
642
00:35:24,603 --> 00:35:26,070
why can't Russell?
643
00:35:26,672 --> 00:35:27,661
Russell?
644
00:35:27,973 --> 00:35:30,134
Must I post
a note on the door?
645
00:35:30,342 --> 00:35:31,775
You no longer
live here.
646
00:35:31,844 --> 00:35:33,744
Higgins,
it makes sense.
647
00:35:33,813 --> 00:35:37,078
I mean,
it's a little far-fetched,
but basically she's right.
648
00:35:37,717 --> 00:35:39,878
You've read Betty's
unfinished work?
649
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:42,680
Did she give you permission?
650
00:35:42,755 --> 00:35:45,724
Did she ask my permission
to be her hero and lover?
651
00:35:46,225 --> 00:35:48,591
Is something going on
of which I am unaware?
652
00:35:49,195 --> 00:35:50,856
Higgins, where's Betty?
653
00:35:51,097 --> 00:35:53,588
She asked for the keys
to the Audi
early this morning.
654
00:35:53,866 --> 00:35:55,094
Magnum.
655
00:35:55,167 --> 00:35:58,193
Read Kiss of the Sabre.
It's self-explanatory.
656
00:36:01,207 --> 00:36:03,573
A mystery novel?
That's why you got me
down here?
657
00:36:03,642 --> 00:36:05,371
That's your big emergency?
658
00:36:05,444 --> 00:36:07,776
Dan, I didn't have time
to come by your office.
659
00:36:07,847 --> 00:36:09,712
I wanted to get here
before Betty did.
660
00:36:09,782 --> 00:36:12,945
Oh, and before she got done in
by the evil Dr. Su, huh?
661
00:36:13,018 --> 00:36:15,213
This girl's already
jeopardized your chances
662
00:36:15,287 --> 00:36:17,050
of ever working
another case for us
663
00:36:17,123 --> 00:36:19,751
and now you buy
this crazy story.
664
00:36:19,825 --> 00:36:22,851
I don't want
to believe it either,
Dan, but it adds up.
665
00:36:22,962 --> 00:36:25,760
Do you know
how many accident cases
Superior Mutual has had
666
00:36:25,831 --> 00:36:28,322
where Bill Su
and Ronnie Meeder
were both involved?
667
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,389
Well, quite a few, I guess.
668
00:36:29,468 --> 00:36:30,560
Over 50.
669
00:36:30,636 --> 00:36:32,661
And all of them cut and dried,
just like Russell's.
670
00:36:32,738 --> 00:36:36,674
And only one doctor
your company trusts
to verify injuries. Bill.
671
00:36:36,742 --> 00:36:41,076
I see, so the whole hospital
is getting a kickback
with him, right?
672
00:36:41,347 --> 00:36:43,315
No, no, not the top people.
673
00:36:43,382 --> 00:36:46,010
But, yeah.
There could've been
enough orderlies and nurses
674
00:36:46,085 --> 00:36:48,383
in on the scheme
to cover up the fake victims.
675
00:36:48,821 --> 00:36:51,915
Dan, I just wanted
to give you a chance
to talk to Bill with me
676
00:36:51,991 --> 00:36:53,424
before I call
the police, that's all.
677
00:36:53,492 --> 00:36:54,618
Police?
678
00:36:55,161 --> 00:36:58,028
Oh, come on,
wait a minute. Thomas.
679
00:36:58,464 --> 00:37:00,261
You need some proof.
680
00:37:01,033 --> 00:37:02,091
Proof?
681
00:37:02,168 --> 00:37:04,398
Ronnie Meeder's
brother-in-law
owns a backhoe,
682
00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:06,802
just like the one
that annihilated
my rental car.
683
00:37:06,872 --> 00:37:10,535
And Donna Jenkins
just sent her damaged
gray sedan to Maui.
684
00:37:11,177 --> 00:37:12,405
That's Russell's ex-wife.
685
00:37:12,478 --> 00:37:13,809
And beneficiary.
686
00:37:15,748 --> 00:37:17,010
Look, Dan,
687
00:37:17,082 --> 00:37:19,277
I'm not looking forward
to this any more than you are,
688
00:37:19,351 --> 00:37:20,909
but there is enough proof.
689
00:37:21,153 --> 00:37:23,781
Nobody's looked forward
to it, Thomas.
690
00:37:31,897 --> 00:37:34,058
We're really sorry
you had to find out.
691
00:37:34,466 --> 00:37:38,232
But you have to understand,
we can't let you and Betty go.
692
00:37:38,637 --> 00:37:40,662
This has been
a real good deal
for all of us
693
00:37:40,739 --> 00:37:42,331
and nobody's
ever been hurt
694
00:37:42,408 --> 00:37:44,342
but Superior Mutual Insurance,
695
00:37:45,344 --> 00:37:46,641
up to now.
696
00:37:50,816 --> 00:37:53,546
T. C: "Monique will be happy
to see me"?
697
00:37:54,286 --> 00:37:56,254
How could Betty think of me
698
00:37:56,322 --> 00:37:59,485
as a womanizing,
trigger-happy
clothes hound?
699
00:37:59,558 --> 00:38:02,994
That's hardly
as offensive as finding
your dearest experiences
700
00:38:03,062 --> 00:38:06,088
parodied as Boris'
amusing stories,
701
00:38:06,298 --> 00:38:08,960
or finding yourself
caricatured as the servant
702
00:38:09,568 --> 00:38:12,696
to the master
of Sabre's Scabbard.
Good God.
703
00:38:12,872 --> 00:38:15,272
Well, I don't know
where she got the idea
for this Swift guy,
704
00:38:15,341 --> 00:38:16,535
but he is terrific.
705
00:38:16,609 --> 00:38:19,578
I mean, I can understand
why Robin is sold on her
as a writer.
706
00:38:19,812 --> 00:38:21,837
This girl can really
turn a phrase.
707
00:38:21,914 --> 00:38:25,850
Yes. In several
illiterated directions
simultaneously.
708
00:38:26,518 --> 00:38:30,249
However, it's the content,
not the quality of her book
that currently concerns me.
709
00:38:30,322 --> 00:38:32,017
No, come on, Higgins.
710
00:38:32,124 --> 00:38:34,957
No way that junk
can be based
on anything serious enough
711
00:38:35,027 --> 00:38:36,654
to cause any real problems.
712
00:38:36,729 --> 00:38:39,960
Based on Magnum's reaction
to it, I have to disagree.
713
00:38:40,399 --> 00:38:41,764
T.C., I think he's right.
714
00:38:41,834 --> 00:38:42,994
There's all sorts
of stuff in here
715
00:38:43,068 --> 00:38:44,899
straight from Thomas'
hit-and-run case.
716
00:38:44,970 --> 00:38:47,336
Yes, and if Betty's naiveté
as an authoress
717
00:38:47,406 --> 00:38:49,101
carries over
into her sleuthing,
718
00:38:49,174 --> 00:38:51,301
there's every possibility
that somehow
719
00:38:51,377 --> 00:38:54,710
she and Magnum
are living the jeopardy
of her final page.
720
00:38:55,447 --> 00:38:58,382
Well, we better break
this plot down
or hope for some more clues.
721
00:38:58,484 --> 00:38:59,974
Why bother?
722
00:39:00,085 --> 00:39:04,385
I'll just go warm up the jet
and we'll hop over to Rome
723
00:39:04,523 --> 00:39:07,219
and perform
our usual daring rescue.
724
00:39:07,293 --> 00:39:08,954
T.C., please.
725
00:39:09,061 --> 00:39:12,428
Betty has been gone
for over 24 hours,
Magnum for 18.
726
00:39:12,731 --> 00:39:14,631
I think we must try
any possible avenue
727
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:16,691
that will determine
their whereabouts.
728
00:39:16,835 --> 00:39:18,700
Maui's not
that hard to find.
729
00:39:19,104 --> 00:39:20,628
This part is.
730
00:39:20,839 --> 00:39:23,069
You're in
a very remote part
of the island
731
00:39:23,309 --> 00:39:25,277
where nobody, I mean
nobody's gonna find you.
732
00:39:25,344 --> 00:39:26,675
Or you, right, Russell?
733
00:39:26,745 --> 00:39:28,042
Why don't you
lay off the subject
734
00:39:28,113 --> 00:39:29,512
of my untimely death,
huh, Magnum?
735
00:39:29,581 --> 00:39:32,778
Since you and your
meddlesome girlfriend here
are the cause of it.
736
00:39:33,319 --> 00:39:36,686
Where's Bill and the others?
They just taking off
and leaving us to you?
737
00:39:36,755 --> 00:39:39,986
No. No, see,
they're having a meeting.
738
00:39:40,326 --> 00:39:43,853
DR. LING: For the purpose
of deciding your fate.
739
00:39:44,530 --> 00:39:48,261
I'm sure my men
will enjoy cutting Mr. Sabre
740
00:39:48,334 --> 00:39:50,859
into shark-sized bites,
741
00:39:51,003 --> 00:39:53,528
and casting him
into the sea.
742
00:39:54,039 --> 00:39:55,438
And Signorina Collette?
743
00:40:06,385 --> 00:40:07,579
Collette,
744
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:10,178
I have a confession to make.
745
00:40:10,255 --> 00:40:12,815
I was concerned
about your welfare and I...
746
00:40:14,093 --> 00:40:17,062
I read your diary
on the way to Hong Kong.
747
00:40:17,696 --> 00:40:19,254
You did
a beautiful job.
748
00:40:19,331 --> 00:40:21,595
All the pieces
of the puzzle
were there,
749
00:40:21,667 --> 00:40:23,726
and the things
you wrote about
us, well...
750
00:40:23,802 --> 00:40:26,066
I never knew
I meant so much
to you.
751
00:40:26,538 --> 00:40:28,267
Don't give up hope,
Collette.
752
00:40:30,409 --> 00:40:32,138
Boris has the diary.
753
00:40:35,180 --> 00:40:37,944
Let us just hope
that Collette was correct
754
00:40:38,017 --> 00:40:40,781
about the secret passage
in Ling's roof.
755
00:40:40,853 --> 00:40:42,787
Can we hit
that small a target?
756
00:40:42,855 --> 00:40:45,881
It will be difficult
from 38,000 feet,
757
00:40:46,158 --> 00:40:50,060
but not impossible
with Winston's
precise calculations.
758
00:40:53,332 --> 00:40:54,390
Winston.
759
00:40:54,466 --> 00:40:55,455
Yes, Swift?
760
00:40:55,534 --> 00:40:57,058
How long before we go in?
761
00:40:57,136 --> 00:40:59,070
T. C: We could roam
around here forever.
762
00:40:59,138 --> 00:41:01,766
Do you know
how many houses
there are on Maui?
763
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,400
Not many with a backhoe
and a gray sedan outside.
764
00:41:04,476 --> 00:41:05,465
Orville...
765
00:41:05,544 --> 00:41:08,240
T.C., I know for a fact
that that backhoe
was shipped over here
766
00:41:08,347 --> 00:41:09,644
and the gray sedan, too.
767
00:41:09,715 --> 00:41:10,943
Why else but to hide them?
768
00:41:11,016 --> 00:41:13,576
T.C., why are you
flying around
the southern tip?
769
00:41:13,786 --> 00:41:17,187
I told you,
the tax appraiser's office
locates Dr. Su's cottage
770
00:41:17,256 --> 00:41:18,723
somewhere in the north.
771
00:41:18,791 --> 00:41:21,055
T. C: Will you just let me
do the flying?
772
00:41:21,994 --> 00:41:24,554
T. C: This is crazy.
I am setting down
and calling the police.
773
00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:26,029
And have them do what?
774
00:41:26,098 --> 00:41:27,895
Read Kiss of the Sabre?
775
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,125
T.C., please, fly north.
776
00:41:31,737 --> 00:41:34,365
Thanks, guys.
It really means a lot to us.
777
00:41:34,706 --> 00:41:36,071
One minute, Thomas.
778
00:41:36,308 --> 00:41:38,708
That's all we can give you.
I'm sorry.
779
00:41:38,777 --> 00:41:39,971
Well, that's better
than nothing.
780
00:41:40,045 --> 00:41:42,343
We just want
to say goodbye.
781
00:41:42,414 --> 00:41:44,041
We really care
about each other.
782
00:41:44,116 --> 00:41:46,641
Hey. Wait a minute.
Why are we leaving
these people alone?
783
00:41:46,718 --> 00:41:49,687
They're not
going nowhere,
they're tied up. Come on.
784
00:41:49,755 --> 00:41:50,983
Thank you.
785
00:41:53,358 --> 00:41:54,655
All right, Betty,
786
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,422
I think you should know
that I have no great
heroic way
787
00:41:57,496 --> 00:41:58,520
of getting us out of this.
788
00:41:58,597 --> 00:42:00,292
I'm wide open
for suggestions.
789
00:42:00,365 --> 00:42:02,128
What would
Sebastian Sabre do?
790
00:42:02,334 --> 00:42:03,528
You read it?
791
00:42:04,069 --> 00:42:06,264
Oh, my God,
I could die.
Yes, you could!
792
00:42:06,338 --> 00:42:07,669
Oh, my God.
We could!
793
00:42:07,739 --> 00:42:09,730
So will you use
that wild imagination
794
00:42:09,808 --> 00:42:13,005
and help me think
of something to get us
out of this door safely.
795
00:42:14,413 --> 00:42:15,778
A candle.
796
00:42:15,848 --> 00:42:17,839
Sebastian would hold
his ropes over the flame
797
00:42:17,916 --> 00:42:20,476
until they burned in two
and then he'd pretend
to still be tied up.
798
00:42:20,552 --> 00:42:23,248
And then he would jump
all four of them,
when they came back in.
799
00:42:23,322 --> 00:42:26,723
Betty, look around you.
Do you see a candle
anywhere in this room?
800
00:42:26,859 --> 00:42:28,952
And only
the Sebastian Sabre
801
00:42:29,027 --> 00:42:32,258
would be dumb enough
to jump four people
all by himself.
802
00:42:32,331 --> 00:42:35,198
He's not dumb.
He's confident.
Criminals aren't.
803
00:42:35,267 --> 00:42:36,734
Any man
with real self-confidence
804
00:42:36,802 --> 00:42:38,793
could handle
four insecure killers.
805
00:42:41,140 --> 00:42:43,131
Thomas, come on.
No more time.
806
00:42:44,510 --> 00:42:46,603
Come on, Meeder,
you're an attorney.
807
00:42:46,678 --> 00:42:49,203
What's the difference
between the penalties
for insurance rip-offs
808
00:42:49,281 --> 00:42:51,146
and two counts
of murder one?
809
00:42:51,216 --> 00:42:54,083
Oh, well,
don't think that we didn't
discuss that, Magnum.
810
00:42:54,153 --> 00:42:56,519
We figure
we have to take the chance.
811
00:42:57,556 --> 00:42:58,989
Dan, I mean,
812
00:42:59,324 --> 00:43:00,552
I'm starting
to get a little scared.
813
00:43:00,626 --> 00:43:02,526
You're not
double-crossing me,
are you?
814
00:43:03,428 --> 00:43:04,622
What is he
talking about?
815
00:43:04,696 --> 00:43:05,958
Beats the hell out of me.
816
00:43:06,031 --> 00:43:07,760
You know,
there's a copy
of that statement
817
00:43:07,833 --> 00:43:09,824
that goes to the police,
if I don't get back.
818
00:43:09,902 --> 00:43:11,426
What statement?
819
00:43:11,503 --> 00:43:14,529
My written statement
exposing this whole operation.
820
00:43:15,073 --> 00:43:17,701
Dan bought my silence
in exchange for his promise
821
00:43:17,776 --> 00:43:18,800
that I could
become a partner.
822
00:43:18,877 --> 00:43:19,901
We just set up
this little trip
823
00:43:19,978 --> 00:43:21,536
to reduce the size
of management.
824
00:43:22,548 --> 00:43:26,541
Come on. Can't you see
he's winging it to stay alive?
825
00:43:26,718 --> 00:43:28,242
Really? He sounds pretty
sure of himself
826
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:29,844
for a guy who's about
to be killed.
827
00:43:29,922 --> 00:43:31,856
Nobody asked
for your opinion,
Russell.
828
00:43:31,924 --> 00:43:33,721
Yeah, well,
I'm giving it, okay?
829
00:43:33,792 --> 00:43:36,420
I mean, if you guys
had done away with him
with the backhoe
830
00:43:36,495 --> 00:43:37,985
instead of just trying
to scare him...
831
00:43:38,063 --> 00:43:41,123
Hey! Stop it.
Just get these two
in the car.
832
00:43:41,466 --> 00:43:44,867
No, not until I figure
this statement thing out.
833
00:43:45,003 --> 00:43:47,335
Russell,
there is no statement!
834
00:43:48,173 --> 00:43:50,334
Damn it!
Stop flailing
that gun around.
835
00:43:50,409 --> 00:43:52,172
Don't do it,
Russell.
Now, Russell...
836
00:43:52,244 --> 00:43:53,734
Give me that gun
before you hurt...
837
00:43:56,982 --> 00:43:58,574
Get it. Go on, get it!
838
00:44:01,053 --> 00:44:05,012
Five, four, three, two one.
839
00:44:07,759 --> 00:44:09,158
Good luck, Boris.
840
00:44:13,232 --> 00:44:16,099
Oh, my God!
841
00:44:17,336 --> 00:44:19,497
There it is, T.C.
There's the backhoe.
842
00:44:20,205 --> 00:44:21,297
Chopper!
843
00:44:21,373 --> 00:44:22,601
Let's get out
of here!
844
00:44:51,570 --> 00:44:52,764
T. C: Thomas!
845
00:44:56,008 --> 00:44:58,772
Lucky I got the tailwind
from Oahu.
846
00:45:17,296 --> 00:45:18,490
Betty.
847
00:45:20,999 --> 00:45:22,193
Rick's waiting.
848
00:45:22,267 --> 00:45:23,666
All right, thanks.
849
00:45:25,337 --> 00:45:30,240
I hope you know
that I wanted to take you
to the airport personally,
850
00:45:30,309 --> 00:45:33,574
but I'm already late
for a meeting on a case.
851
00:45:37,349 --> 00:45:39,681
Listen, I straightened
everybody out
852
00:45:40,819 --> 00:45:42,343
about our...
853
00:45:42,654 --> 00:45:43,814
You know,
854
00:45:44,156 --> 00:45:45,589
our relationship.
855
00:45:46,591 --> 00:45:49,992
Yeah. Yeah,
it was pretty funny
them thinking that we...
856
00:45:50,629 --> 00:45:52,563
I mean,
857
00:45:52,631 --> 00:45:54,895
we never even made it
to dinner.
858
00:45:55,233 --> 00:45:58,760
You know,
I think Robin was right
about your talent.
859
00:45:59,204 --> 00:46:00,501
I just...
860
00:46:01,139 --> 00:46:02,834
I feel that you need to...
861
00:46:02,908 --> 00:46:04,500
Try a different approach?
862
00:46:05,777 --> 00:46:07,142
Right.
863
00:46:07,312 --> 00:46:10,873
You know,
I was considering
a romance novel.
864
00:46:10,949 --> 00:46:11,938
Oh, yeah?
865
00:46:12,017 --> 00:46:13,006
Yeah.
866
00:46:13,385 --> 00:46:15,182
What do you think
about the name
867
00:46:15,954 --> 00:46:17,444
Collette Crystal?
868
00:46:19,591 --> 00:46:20,853
Oh, it's okay.
869
00:46:20,992 --> 00:46:22,983
I like Betty Windom
a lot better.
870
00:46:23,628 --> 00:46:24,686
Why don't you
just start over
871
00:46:24,763 --> 00:46:26,230
and write one in her name?
872
00:46:33,572 --> 00:46:36,564
I gotta run.
Another insurance case.
873
00:46:36,708 --> 00:46:37,936
And you know
how tricky
874
00:46:38,009 --> 00:46:40,409
these little
insurance cases
can be.
875
00:46:41,947 --> 00:46:44,245
Collette knew
that Sebastian was right.
876
00:46:44,416 --> 00:46:46,543
The diary must be destroyed.
877
00:46:46,685 --> 00:46:49,313
The King Solomon syndicate
was not finished,
878
00:46:49,654 --> 00:46:52,680
only severed into pieces
by the Sabre's slash.
879
00:46:53,225 --> 00:46:56,422
To have the diary in the hands
of the remaining Solomites
880
00:46:56,628 --> 00:46:58,960
would be fatal
to all concerned.
881
00:46:59,631 --> 00:47:02,998
It hurt to watch
her pages of passion
fight for their life
882
00:47:03,068 --> 00:47:05,161
and die on the outgoing tide,
883
00:47:05,670 --> 00:47:08,070
but it was
what Sebastian wanted.
884
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,367
And she never
refused him anything.