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Yeah.
OK.
When you get to the next intersection, why don't you turn south
chap? The mountains are east. Well, they were the last time we headed that way.
Who needs the mountains? Why don't we go to San Felipe?
Nothing to do in San Felipe but fish.
Wow,
that was the idea, wasn't it?
Yeah, I guess so.
We might just pick up a drink in Mexicali.
Remember Florabel at the Alhambra Club?
Yeah,
she's probably dead by now. That was a long time ago.
We're all far back.
Well, there's no harm in drinking a toast to her.
OK.
You know, except for the war.
This is the first time I've been away from Marty and the kids.
You want to turn back? No, no, no, we come this far.
Mexicali is beginning to sound good.
His name.
Remember that shine.
Let's see how it happened,
right?
Benitos
Caballeros,
Benitos
Mexico.
This is the place and you're com in
Juanita's just disturbing her famous fun dance. You are just in time.
Might as well take a look. Hey, Gail
Gil.
Mm
sorry friend. No said,
oh, well,
San Felipe here. We come,
I guess.
Yeah, hop in.
We're going
to a Philippe. You can pick up some gas, hit you right back.
Wait, not that long.
Yeah,
you let me see.
Smoke.
No.
What are you doing, Roman?
Face front
and keep driving.
Sure. I'm Emmett Myers.
Do what I tell you and don't make no fast moves.
There are a lot of dead heroes back there getting nervous
from now on while you're driving. keep both hands high on that wheel
and you keep one hand alone at the top of this seat,
the other hand high in that window.
All right.
Now, turn off the next side road. We come to
pull up,
open the glove compartment.
What's the box?
Cottages? 20 twos? Give them to me.
Ok,
close it.
Now, this is how we get out after this
first. Give me the keys.
Now we all get out the same night. This one
I get out first, then you
stand away from the car
and then you
let's go
drop your jackets around your elbows,
turn around,
we're gonna open the trunk.
Move,
pull your jackets up,
you
open the trunk, both of you keep your hands on the lid.
Show me the keys,
I'll get the blankets.
You'd never make it.
Get the groceries. You
whose gun is that
mine? They like to shoot.
Yeah,
so do I,
so I'm warning you don't try anything smart with me.
Move.
I told you my name. What's yours?
Mine's Gilbert
Bowen.
He's Roy Collins.
What do you do for a living?
I'm a draftsman.
He runs a garage
that makes you smarter
or does it?
You ought to be all over that windshield. You got lucky. It hit an empty chamber.
I had to use it a while back. Now.
Don't make any more fast moves. I told you the last guy made that mistake.
Mhm.
When are you due back?
No particular time.
Yeah. We told our wives to expect us home when we got there.
We got wives, huh?
Any kids?
I have
just keep thinking how nice it'll be to see him again.
There's the checkpoint. Slow down.
No talking
if I give you the word. Step on it.
Mhm.
Ok.
This car ride is pretty good
when I get where I'm going. I think I'll sell it.
Where are we going?
Pull in the next pump? We'll fill up with gas and get a road map.
I got an idea.
Pretty good one.
Speak English. You.
I told you he doesn't understand English and I don't understand Mexican.
Never mind the change. Let's get out of here.
No,
give me the map.
Take the first side road. We come to
pull up
Ks.
All right now. Get out like I told you.
Yeah, you're the smart guy. Spread the map out on the hood,
get your hands up in the car.
Look for a town called Santa Rosalia.
How far is it?
It's about 500 miles. Is it on the Gulf of California?
Yeah.
Is there anything in there about a ferry across the Gulf
Friday?
I bet
we're loaded with time.
We can make that easy
after that. I won't be needing you guys anymore.
Well, I guess we won't be having a rabbit for dinner.
I wasn't trying
Collins.
Put the can out in that rock there.
Give me the map.
Not that one,
the other one.
That's it.
All right, Collins. Put the cat back on the rock.
Don't forget this is loaded too.
Let's see. You try it.
See how good you are.
Go ahead.
I bet
Collin
pick up the can
take it out of that point there.
If you don't, I'll let Bowen have it
out on the point. That's right,
father.
Now, hold it up.
You won't get hurt. Your buddy's good with guns.
You're crazy. I won't do it. It's just a game.
Go ahead.
Collins only closer to you.
What's the matter? Are you scared?
Holy closing.
You want me to try it again? I might miss this time.
Shoot.
Come on. Gil get going
nervous, relaxed.
All right, Collins. Come on in.
Fun's over.
You guys worked up quite a sweat.
Collins.
What do you want? Turn on the radio.
Why bother all you get is Mexican commercials. Never mind. Turn it on.
Ok.
Something else
like
one of those news guys from the States
that's scheduled for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. At the White House
on the crime front.
The police of nine western states from Washington in
the north to Colorado and Utah in the east
have been alerted to keep a continuous search for the Kansas desperado.
Emmett Myers
reports have placed the killer in Florida,
Detroit and Seattle within the last 24 hours.
Although most of these tips have been discounted by police authorities.
His latest victim,
William Johnson, a
salesman from Portland, Oregon
was found late yesterday in Imperial County, California.
The victim's car possibly with Myers in it has not yet been found.
United Nations passed all important resolutions by near unanimous.
They're not even close.
You guys don't have to worry.
Not yet.
You can start sweating when they put me in this car
if they ever do.
And the good good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
this is Sam Hayes reporting on news final at the top of the news.
Tonight is the report that the hitchhike murderer,
Emmett Myers is still at large yesterday.
The devil thumbed another ride and William Johnson of Portland asked him to hop in.
Now, William Johnson is dead
in an all out effort to apprehend Myers.
The police have set up roadblocks on all major highways in
the western states and all water stations are being closely watched.
Myers is like
28 years of age. He's wearing a dark shirt, dark gray trousers
and a black leather jacket. His right eyelid is partially paralyzed
if you are in possession of any
information regarding the whereabouts of his individual.
Please communicate with your nearest office of police
or office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Pull up
keys
out.
No,
he should be. Take one,
get around the car.
We camp here tonight
and I know what you're thinking. Collins.
You haven't got a chance.
You guys are gonna die. That's all
just a question of when
Santa Rosalia,
that's the end of the line.
If the cops find out where they get
or if you try to cross me up,
you know, you make pretty good targets from where I sit.
Anyway, you couldn't tell if I was awake or asleep.
That one by my
won't stay closed
pretty good. Huh?
We're getting out here and buy some grub.
We got out of the car. Like usual.
You guys go in a store ahead of me.
No, Mexican,
I'm talking to you
and he tells you how much you pay. Is that clear?
Now, one other thing,
I'm gonna have my hand in my pocket
so far. My record makes it clean. I want to keep it that way.
Let's go.
Yeah,
when it
is in
your
OK.
Bueno
via
provisions.
10
grand
de
fruits,
ropa
Calzado.
A
pre
exist in Tijuana.
All you say about Tijuana.
He says their prices are about the same as in Tijuana.
Never mind a kid.
What do you want
some beans and stuff?
And tomato soup? I like that. Get four cans.
He wants four can of beans, four cans of tomato soup, three cans of chili.
It's now. Yes, he doesn't understand English.
Well, you're not talking me,
take the cans off the shelves. Give him the columns.
I can take some more.
Go and load it up.
I
don't hold this.
Pay him.
Quince
Pesos.
V as
in Tao
Seor.
Yes,
ma, I know when
I Masana
get her away from me.
Put the kid down. Let's get out of here. Come on, Collins
as
so
much.
I know
that can
do us.
What'd you say to her?
You wouldn't understand.
What did you say to her?
I said, go, you with God little one.
Get in,
hey mister.
You live in El Centro?
I live there sometime. A nice place. Huh?
Where'd you get the watch?
Bowen?
My wife gave it to me.
Throw it over here,
didn't you hear me? I told you to throw it over here.
I had a watch like this once when I was 17.
Nobody gave it to me.
I took
knocked off a
broken down jewelry store in a little jerk town outside of Tulsa.
It was a cinch.
You guys are soft,
you know, it makes you that way.
You're up to your neck in iou
these suckers.
You're scared to get out on your own.
He always had a good, so
soft.
Well, let me,
nobody ever gave me anything.
So I don't know nobody.
My folks were tough
when I was born. They took one look at this
twist of mine and told me to get lost.
I didn't need it.
I don't need any of them.
Got what I wanted my own way.
And you got to know how and a few bucks in your pocket.
You can buy anything or
anybody,
especially if you got him at the point of a gun
that really scares him.
You ever been at the other end of the game?
No,
and I never will.
I'm gonna listen to the nose,
turn it up. We like to hear what's going on.
You just get the grub ready.
Anything interesting. I'll let you know,
I haven't, but
I gotta find an excuse to raise the hood of the car and put that radio out of commission
the first time he finds out they're looking for us together with, through,
never mind the radio. I'm not gonna take it anymore. We gotta get him.
You can't beat him that way.
You give him one good reason and he'll kill us. We gotta take the chance
as long as he needs us, we'll stay alive
when he gets ready to jump us. We'll jump him. Not before.
Maybe today, maybe tomorrow.
All right. Now
they found Johnson's car.
They know I'm in Mexico
and they're looking for you too.
In the Chocolate Mountains.
Where are the Chocolate mountains
in Arizona? Near home? Not in Mexico. No.
Well, what do you know?
That's where you told your wives you were going, huh?
And you came to Mexico?
What for
d
you boys ought to be ashamed of yourselves
causing all that trouble
telling lies.
They got everybody and his brother looking for you in the mountains.
I told you to turn the radio on. I did.
It takes time to warm up.
Try another station.
Stop it, stop it. I can't, I gotta pull up and disconnect
up
or raise the hood
and keep your hands on it.
All right. Car. Let's get to work.
Get the right one the first time.
Don't pull the radio wire
faster
faster. I thought you were a mechanic. I'm going as fast as I can.
The threads are frozen.
Watch,
come on,
throw the tools in the back,
the radio. Remember? Make it work.
I can
all up.
So you did busted Collins,
cut it out.
He didn't do it. It's static in the hills.
Stations aren't strong enough in the daytime tonight. It'll work tonight.
It better
take the wheel
now
in Punta Prieta
in August the seventh three Americans stopped for
provision at a store owned by Jose Andrade.
Andrade gave an accurate description of Meer as being one of them.
Another witness stated that three men came out of the store
and drove away in a green sedan bearing the same plate.
This confirms our theory that Collins and Bow
and I are with them.
He seems to be heading south all right.
Staying clear of all main highways. Exactly.
Now to the west, this is more or less barren and would afford no means of escape.
His most logical move would be
Santa Rosalia.
Then
Jamas,
sure that fire's out.
Pull the coffee out.
Get down.
I got to get a closer. Look at that car on your feet
through there at
the other end. Lie flat. Get going,
get a move on.
What are you trying to do? Record drive? Like I tell you,
ouch.
What did I tell you? Shut up, get that spare tire out and go to work. Move.
You keep working, keep your trap shut no matter what, I'll be watching
when
you see us in your race.
Americans
need any help
here.
Contestants.
So
the search for Gilbert
Bowen and Roy Collins now believed to have been last seen with Emmett Meyers.
Mass killer
is being stepped up by the hour.
Helicopters are working in ships scouring the entire area
from El Centro south to the Gulf of California.
The planes are maintaining close liaison with
the ground reporting isolated cars and campers.
The Mexican police have now joined this strange race against death.
Camino.
Just
a,
ok.
Hold it right there
around.
Break the lock
that.
Oh,
oh,
ok. One of you on the pump?
No.
What?
00,
oh,
00,
but
oh,
so.
Oh,
0000
no, no.
Lo de La Gasolina.
No.
Importa.
Mi
Pero,
I
Mi
Pero
Marty.
And Gilbert Boyne
Mao,
Dose
Del
Quarta,
Juno
CC Fronto.
Now,
as you will notice when interrogated at the roadblock,
the man and his wife were very definite in their statement that they only saw two men.
This was below El Arco.
There is a point, however, which we feel is of importance.
The couple stated that the behavior of the men
seemed strange that they refused to talk to them.
Of course, there's a possibility that Myers may conceal nearby,
covering the two men, which would account for their behavior.
We are following through on that possibility. Now,
on the assumption that Myers is listening to the car radio,
we're issuing these broadcasts in the States
containing false information as to his whereabouts
and not connecting the two men with him.
We'd appreciate your cooper operation in following the same procedure.
This ought to be the main highway.
It hasn't.
What do you mean? It
looks like an abandoned airstrip.
It's ok for the night head over there.
No, Ray, you're wrong. You're wrong.
There's no use in trying to talk me out of it tonight. I'm gonna chance it.
You're out of your mind. I've played it your way long enough from now on.
We'll reach you on our own. It's no good. We gotta stay together.
I told you that if I get a break, I'm gonna take it. You do whatever you want. I do
across the runway, there's trees,
keep going.
You guys are really dumb.
Why you dirty
thought I was asleep. Huh?
You know, you're beginning to get ideas.
I don't like that.
Ed him in the car.
Buddy's all washed up for the night
over there.
Mo
You Collins. Tore a rock down that shaft.
Nice and deep.
This is fine. Cut it out. If you're gonna kill a steward, get it over with thought.
You're never killed without a reason.
Go get the rest of the canned goods out of the car.
We'll have a real good meal.
Save him for the next guy that picks you up
anything. You say
we interrupt this hour of music to bring you a flash bulletin,
California and Mexican police officials
have abandoned their previously held theory
that Emma Myers is connected with the disappearance of
Gilbert Boen and Roy Collins of El Central California.
They have been missing since last Sunday night. Supposedly on a fishing trip,
the police on both sides of the border now feel that Myers is traveling alone
and has apparently abandoned his intention of seeking escape by way of Santa
Rosalia.
What do you know
this kind of changes? My plans.
Looks like you and me are going fishing after all
on your feet. Head for the car. Let's go.
We're not going anyplace.
Stand up.
What'd you do to it?
There's a great big hole in that crank case.
All right,
we'll walk
just for that sore ankle of yours needs Collins. A nice long hike.
Get up.
I
get the fishing gear out of the back. Move.
Stay with it.
And let me leave you out here alive.
Cut the gab.
Get down.
Let's get going.
Maybe we'll have to leave you here
too bad.
Come on, Roy. Try.
There we are. Here,
we are.
Can I just say
I,
oh,
here we are.
Come here
I play gone.
Hey,
come
back, come
back.
Leave him alone.
Can't you see he's praying.
Get under the bridge. Quick,
relax.
Yeah.
Go ahead. If you can stand. I fy
step.
You know, Collins,
you're just about my side.
Put you in a black shirt and dark pants
with a leather jacket.
He looks just like
Emmett Myers.
It's anyone who never saw it
and nobody in Santa Rosalia ever saw it.
Let's change.
Get up in the bank and take your clothes off.
Come on, get up.
Looks great, doesn't it? You won't be there long. Collins.
There are cops down there in those clothes. They might shoot you
and it'd solve all your problems, wouldn't it?
Not? If they found they made a mistake, it wouldn't,
we'll hit some little join the outskirts.
I might even buy you boys a beer.
Get moving
when I started this at your age.
What I started?
Give us three beers.
You're, you're not
in glass.
He doesn't speak English.
Trace. Trace
A
s
when I want you to talk, Max, I'll tell you
sit down Collins, rest your sore foot.
You can talk it. Now
ask him about the ferry to Guam.
I'll be watching his face
if he starts looking frightened. I start shooting him.
Conda Salee
Chalon
Paras,
Los
Martes,
Ierne.
Los Nueve de la
Noche
Friday. That's today. And Tuesday at nine o'clock, ask him why we catch
Don
E poo
and Barca
in,
I
don't know.
Bar
porque
Pao
Semo,
Ire
Parado
in Guaymas.
You're out of luck.
Ferry burned up. It's being repaired in the Lima.
You're lying.
Ask him if he knows anyone speaks English.
Ya
Ala
V
Espanol.
Uh
No, Comprendo.
Uh
Was
that no
Ala
in
place?
Primo?
Bega
Commi.
He says he has a cousin who speaks English. Follow him
up,
Jose
de
Congo
Primo.
Ok.
What can I do for you?
We wanna find out about the ferry to Guam.
You wanna go fishing
too bad? Uh No ferry anymore for the next two months. Maybe
she burned up.
Thank you.
Fishing is pretty good
here. Not as good as Guaymas or La Paz. But ok,
you have motor boat.
You know someone has a boat.
Sure, sure.
My friend
Jaime, he had one
motor
runs. Good. How do we get to this
Jaime
in mind where he works? Let's go. He's not finished until six.
I fix it for you tomorrow morning. I want to go now
at six. Then
by the time my friend gets the boat ready
there is no sun.
My friend does not like using too much food at night.
He, he sees his wife and kids
at night
for me.
You pay my friend too.
You will be here at 830.
The name of the boat is Estrella.
8000 tanks in your,
ok.
We go around the town and wait by the water till it gets dark.
Let's go.
Ok,
hold it a minute. Will you
hang on?
Better go fishing while you got a chance.
That's what you came down here for, wasn't it?
You guys are really fools.
If you weren't one of you would have got away,
but you kept thinking about each other.
So you missed some chances.
You got tired.
You slowed down
now. It's pretty late.
Yeah, tomorrow I'll be in Guaymas.
Too bad. You're not making the whole trip with me.
That'd be kind of silly, wouldn't
it?
You stink Myers.
You smell
just like your clothes.
Sure. You'll make it to Guayas,
but they'll catch up with you
and put you out of your misery.
You haven't got a chance.
You haven't got a thing except that gun.
You better hang on to it
because without it, you're nothing.
You're finished. Shut up.
Yeah.
Gracias.
Carlos
God. Amber.
Cantina de Mi primo seva.
Noche.
La
Estrella.
El Barco.
Me Mu
Jaime.
No. Carlos, noo
Bueno
Bueno,
la
Policia.
No, no, no, no. La
Policia.
Hold it.
All right. Collins.
Now you get to take a nice little walk all
by yourself down the alley and out on the dock.
Me and
Bowen will follow.
If you try to tip anyone off, I'll let Bowen have it.
You wouldn't want that to happen. Would you get going?
Go ahead. Collins
all the way out
deep under the lights.
I
thought
I, I
gas.
Yes.
Heavy.
I don't know.
I don't know. It
also also,
I've got
put your hands up,
walk this way.
Do, as he tells you, Myers,
You're all through.
Hm.
Go
grand.
That's enough.
Yeah,
I'm sorry.
We'll have to have Bo,
bo,
you understand.
Yes.
That's all right. Know Roy.
It's all right.
Yes.
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