(C.w.) Mark, you don't realize what I've done under the influence.
I've lied.
I've fallen in with the kind of people
only a monster would fall in with.
To your funeral.
You don't look that dangerous.
Try me.
Later, Sonny.
Darling, you look awful!
You need taken care of.
Either you tell me where that black box is
'or your secretary can type without fingers.'
[intense music]
[Theme music]
(C.w.) 136 degrees west. 27.3 degrees south.
Got it, Ben.
Hmm, okay, that's approximately 3,500.
And canyons.
It's not gonna be all that easy
retrieving your lost deep water probe, Ben.
The water's over 3,500 meters deep in that area.
Well.. Yes, we have an experimental
deep water capability.
Well, we're making some progress on this anyway.
I thought it would be of some scientific interest
when I saw it on the sea floor.
It's the form of the enzyme
from the rock fossil that interests me.
It could have a strange effect on people's personalities.
'If it's possible to isolate it'
I think that a few biochemists
are going to find their faces very red.
The red-faced biochemist can wait.
We have an urgent problem.
(Dr. Merrill) 'Careful, c.W.'
no harm done.
The Navy and the CIA have been jointly testing
a deep water survey probe.
A sort of robot sub. It was mentioned last week.
Well, yesterday they lost it over 3,500 meters down.
And guess who they had to come to?
Now it is possible to retrieve that thing, isn't it, Mark?
It is not outside possibility, c.W.
Good.
(Dr. Merrill) 'Why all the urgency with this probe?'
(c.w.) 'Politics.'
lovely sorted politics.
The Navy and the CIA blame each other for the loss
which means loss of face. How could this have happened?
Well, that will be difficult to determine, c.W.
The answer is right inside.
A little electronic recording device.
I do not see how this is politics.
It seems like a technical matter.
The Navy is currently fighting
a brutal war on three fronts.
With the army, the air force and the CIA.
Ditto, all the others.
Now, we're in the catbird seat.
'We hand over a little black box'
and one of them wins a war, with our help.
Ergo, the foundation wins some heavy clout
worth its weight in iridium. So..
Away we go.
It is all very confusing to me.
But if the foundation will be helped.
Good.
I'll notify Washington you're on the way.
We better get this back to the lab.
Notify Washington right away!
Both parties, the retrieval operation is on.
Right. Oh, admiral ridgepath called.
He said that the probe is booby trapped with some sort of
a self-destructive explosive mechanism.
Okay, I'll notify Mark and Elizabeth.
Right.
What is that?
It's from Madeline rosen in accounting.
She's getting married.
Sarah!
C.w., I met her fiance.
She needs all the help she can get.
Once a week, it's like clockwork.
They really could use some money.
He's still in school.
What grade?
[Dramatic music]
[Beeping]
Activate main monitor, please.
Launching in camera one.
Are we ready to depart?
Yes, sir. All stations ready.
Hatch is secured.
(Mark) 'Get c.W. On the line, please.'
[intense music]
Mark? Hold on.
[Intercom buzzing]
Mark, he's not answering.
I'm gonna try to find him. Hold on.
C.w.?
(Sarah) 'C.w.?'
[Intense music]
Fred, have you seen c.W.?
[Intense music]
- Mark? - 'Yes?'
yeah, c.W. Must have stepped out.
I can't seem to find him anywhere.
Very well. When he returns, tell him that we have departed.
Will do.
[Ship horn blowing]
[Engine revving]
[Intense music]
Pretend you're in New York.
It's getting to be New York. I gotta get out of this town.
- Stuff it. - Hey!
- Where to? - You tell me.
What?
Some place where there's some action.
Some place hot.
- Hot? - With class though.
Nothing infested.
If you get my meaning.
Yeah, I think so.
I hope so.
I'd hate to have to disagree with you.
[Gasps]
C.w.?
Madeline rosen's money is..
Gone.
[Instrumental music]
Want a tip?
Buy low, sell high.
Slow day, huh?
Bottle of champagne.
Looks like it's not gonna be a slow night.
It'll get slower.
What? Did you print this yourself?
It's the house champagne.
It is?
Well, let's see how the house likes it.
Hey!
Yes, sir. What'll it be?
Dom gregorio.
Give it to him.
For the lady..
Over there.
[Instrumental music]
That lady?
Are you interested in a little game?
Answer.
I don't know any games, sir.
You'll learn.
The winner cuts the loser's throat.
Cool it!
Lou callender will be here any minute.
Whoever you are, may you rest in peace.
If I'm looking for peace, I go to a graveyard.
Well, that's where you're going to be
if you sit down there.
I don't drink standing up.
Pour.
It's your funeral.
You don't look that dangerous.
Try me.
Later, Sonny.
You called me "Sonny?"
you know what I'd like to call you
but there is a lady present.
Belle, you know this man?
No, Lou, he just waltzed himself
on over here and sat down.
On my chair?
Buy yourself another one.
In Northern Africa, the fool who touches the wrong man
familiarly receives a warning.
'His hand is cut off.'
'the second mistake, he loses his head.'
I don't like that approach.
I don't believe in giving warning.
You talk tough, mister.
Mister is for coolies.
You talk to me, use my name.
[Laughing]
I like this guy. He's got a lot of guts.
Lou callender is my name, but of course you know that.
The name is cash.
C.w. Cash.
Cash. You get that?
What can I do for you, Mr. Cash?
What can I do for you, Lou?
You see how this man is, he knows where it is.
You came here, you came looking for me.
Not for you.
Hey, hey, hey!
No, Lou.
'The man's a killer.'
don't you get it?
[Laughing]
No hard feelings, Lou.
[Laughing]
Hey, Lou callender can take a joke.
Lou callender can take the check.
[Laughing]
Get acquainted meeting, huh? Is that it?
Talk first, business afterwards.
Till we get to know each other, right?
I already know you.
You'll never get to know me.
So why waste time?
Hey, I said I could take a joke, but...
I'll... be in touch.
[Chuckles]
No, no, no, no. Thank you, Mr. Diamond.
Well, Mr. Cash.
Learn something from that man, huh?
[Intense music]
Elizabeth..
Apparently, the guidance system of the probe malfunctioned.
'The probe went downward.'
then it should be in our current search area.
(Mark) 'It is.'
seven degrees starboard.
Seventy-five degrees down.
Turn to camera three.
[Beeping]
(Dr. Merrill) 'We've got it.'
monitor on locked focus.
Good.
You will need a complete tape record
and c.W. Should be notified immediately.
No, admiral ridgepath, Mr. Crawford is still out.
He's involved in, um, urgent research.
[Telephone ringing]
Excuse me. Could you hold the line, please?
Thank you.
Mr. Crawford's office.
Sarah, give me c.W., please?
We've just located the probe.
Oh, hi! Hey, that's fantastic!
But I can't locate c.W.
He's been missing since yesterday.
C.w.?
That's incredible.
He's the world's most reliable man.
Yeah, I know he usually files a flight plan
before going to the John.
'Listen, do you have any questions for Washington'
'while they are on my other line?'
I guess he's given us all the relevant data.
Yeah, I guess he has.
Okay.
Bye.
[Intense music]
See anything anomalous, Mark?
No.
The retrieval procedure should be straightforward.
Did c.W. Furnish us with any additional information?
No, he didn't give us much of anything
beyond the location.
I guess you'll just have to open it up.
[Intense music]
[Sighing]
Hey.
Hey, tiger.
I hope you're feeling rested.
'Cause I'm feeling lonely.
What are you doing?
Nothing yet.
[Mumbling]
What's the matter?
You look different.
Don't you feel well?
Mnm-mnm.
'Well, you felt alright last night.'
uh, no.
Actually, I-I don't feel very well at all.
Uh, I-I slept late.
And I'm going for the office.
What office?
Come here, darling.
No, I really, I-I can't do that
as I'll be late.
And I'm never late.
And oh, gee, they'll worry about me.
I have to go very, very soon.
Very fast.
I have a headache.
A headache?
Honey?
'Where is this office?'
I know, I'll go with you.
No! No, it's very hard to find.
'Uh, very dull. You wouldn't like it.'
uh, just stay here, and, uh, rest.
Rest?
Rest is not what I need.
Darling, you look awful.
You need taken care of.
So you hurry on back, okay?
Hurry.
I'm hurrying.
"foundation for oceanic research.
"c.w. Crawford.
Madeline rosen, $156.72."
[intense music]
What's the matter, Mark?
There is an electronic field of some sort
operating from inside the probe.
Communication?
[Beeps]
I'm not getting anything.
The field is intensifying.
'Could it be a security system?'
yes.
Now, take a look at it, Mark.
The forward section.
There should be a color coded ID panel.
Yes, Elizabeth.
Yellow, blue, red, yellow.
[Beeping]
Mark, wait.
It's armed.
There's a self-destruct circuit
in the probe.
Now, stay away.
Get the base. C.W., please.
[Beeping]
(Mark) 'There's a modulating pattern'
'in the probe's field.'
Dr. Merrill, Sarah's on the line.
Sarah? I wanted...
(Sarah) 'C.w. Hasn't arrived yet.'
'can I help?'
we're getting indications that the probe contains
an explosive charge.
Well, yeah, c.W. Contacted Washington
to get the disarm code for you.
C.w. Didn't get it.
He didn't even warn us!
'Give me the code.'
I don't have it!
'I'll contact the Navy right away.'
okay, we'll stand by.
Mark, we have to get the disarm code from Washington.
It'll take a while.
I cannot wait, Elizabeth.
The modulating pattern is intensifying.
The circuits are close to critical.
Well then, get out of there.
There's enough armed explosives in there to trigger a Tsunami.
There is not time.
I could not escape the shockwave.
I will have to attempt to disarm it manually.
If I am unsuccessful, prepare for impact.
[Intense music]
[Ticking]
Mark, swim for your life!
You've activated the detonator.
Mark, what are you doing? There's no time for that.
Now, that thing's gonna go off!
I could never swim clear in time, Elizabeth.
Either I disarm the protective device
or we are all dead.
[Intense music]
It is disarmed now.
Mark, can you see the recorder?
'It should be just inside.'
'a black box, eight centimeters by six by four.'
Wonderful!
Notify the base.
We have it, and we're heading home.
- C.w., where have you been? - Out.
Well, what have you been doing?
Nothing! Which is why I'm gonna be very busy right now.
Well, admiral ridgepath keeps calling.
And the station, c.W., they've recovered the probe's recorder.
- Lovely. - And, oh, oh..
Uh, uh, professor cristo left a message.
Oh, and guess what? There's been a robbery!
Tell cristo I'm in death valley.
'I want no calls, no messages.'
I must not be bothered.
No disturbances.
- We had a robbery? - Yeah. Huh.
Some creep ripped off all the collection money
for Madeline rosen's wedding.
Well, that's too bad.
Yeah.
That's horrible.
I can't handle that right now.
I have to be alone.
Well, what if there's a nuclear war?
Handle it.
(C.w.) The name's cash.
(Lou) Cash. You get that?
[Lou laughs]
Hey, this guy's got guts, I like him.
(C.w.) Some place where there's some action.
Some place hot, hot, hot..
[Intercom buzzes]
I told you...
(Sarah) 'I thought you might like some coffee.'
no!
Over and out.
[Sighs] Oh, my.
What have I done?
Alright, start talking.
Lou?
Don't you wanna tell me something?
Me?
You're pretty sharp, aren't you, Lou?
Guess who came to see me before.
C.w. Cash?
Oh, come on, honey.
You know how I feel about you.
Yeah.
You can't blame a girl
for trying to help the guy she loves.
Well, all I did was string him along a little bit.
I thought maybe I could find out something that would help you.
[Scoffs]
Oh, I sure like the way you talk.
It's the truth, Lou.
And it worked too.
Look at this.
"foundation for oceanic research."
this looks like some sort of..
Government stationery or something.
That's what I thought.
And look at the name up here on the top.
"c.w. Crawford?"
I thought that "Cash" Was a phony.
Mm.
Just like this foundation, I bet.
Belle, what we got here, and I lay you odds
is some super-secret government agency working undercover.
You mean like the CIA?
CIA, FBI, treasury.
[Snaps fingers] Military.
I bet it's military.
Crawford is either double crossing them
or he's a front or he's...
Is it that big?
Bigger.
Belle, what we got here is the tiger by the tail.
"tiger."
that's what I said.
Hmm?
Oh, nothing.
[Intercom buzzes]
I'm sorry, Mr. Crawford doesn't want to be disturbed.
- 'Sarah.' - oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Would you please, uh, get me a sandwich, uh..
I don't care what kind of sandwich, any kind.
Uh, but right now.
Right.
And I still love you.
Tuna salad?
Uh, yes, fine.
Thank you.
[Dramatic music]
[Sighs]
What kinda moral leper have I been?
- Oh, hi there. - Hi.
I was just leaving. What kind of dressing?
- Dressing? Oh, uh.. - Mm-hmm.
Never mind the sandwich, Sarah.
I've lost my appetite.
Uh, get me, uh, ridgepath and Washington.
Priority matter.
Oh, okay.
Sarah was worried about it.
Isn't like c.W. To be evasive.
We still don't know where he was yesterday.
Well, he's been working very hard lately
under a lot of pressure.
Perhaps he had a minor breakdown.
That's possible with c.W.?
He's always been so predictable.
Sarah.
Oh, hi. He's in his office.
I think.
Are you still missing the money?
Nope.
As far as I could figure it
Madeline rosen just made a profit of $215.
Hello.
Is that it?
Excellent. Ben ridgepath's been on the phone every ten minutes.
Not to mention Walt Roberts at the CIA.
I'll lock this in my safe.
- C.w. - What?
Why didn't you tell us the probe was booby trapped?
I thought I did.
No, a considerable oversight
for a man as meticulous as yourself.
And you were absent yesterday during a crisis situation.
- I was busy. - Busy?
I have a right to my own life.
We care about you, c.W., that is all.
I appreciate that.
But I'm fine.
Quite busy.
Look, if there's something we can help you with...
C.w., we will speak to you later.
(Belle) Hey.
Hey, tiger.
I hope you're feeling rested.
'Cause I'm feeling lonely.
Fools.
[Door handle rattling]
Ms. Watley.
Mr. Cash.
Don't just stand there.
Hello.
Where have you been all of my life?
Cut the reminiscences.
Hey, man knows how to kiss.
No.
Am I late?
(Lou) 'Hey, sharp man. Mr. Crawford.'
oh, Lou, you've been doing your homework.
Belle's been helping me with it.
As if you didn't know.
(C.w.) 'A regular mata hari. Is that you, sweetheart?'
did you find out anything that's worth my time?
What do you wanna know?
We got the name.
We know you run this cover operation for uncle Sam.
We figure into, uh..
What's that nice term they use?
Covert operations?
Guesses.
Educated guesses.
'What are you into, c.W.? Hmm?'
some secret executive action you want to contract out?
Some high class bank job?
[Laughs] You're good, Lou.
Looks like I came to the right man.
For what?
Suppose I told you that I had access to an item..
That could blast this government out of the water.
Mm-hmm.
I thought so. I told you, didn't I? Go on.
Submersible device, joint project
between the Navy and the CIA.
'Neither of them can live without it.'
will they pay big bucks to get 'em back?
The biggest.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
'Secret what you would call it.'
'snatched by you.'
'ransom time.'
why come to me?
Figure it out.
(Lou) 'I don't know, I don't know.'
I hear it from you.
'Cause I want to stay at the foundation, right?
'Do you have any idea how many of those devices'
'come in to and out of that foundation every day?'
uh, Lou, he needs a middle man.
You, okay?
Yes. Fine.
Are you in or out?
Yes or no?
Okay, let's go get it now.
I'm the dealer.
I'll be back tomorrow.
I think he's got a screw loose up here.
What do you think?
I think tomorrow
we pay a little visit to that foundation.
[Intense music]
It has to be this.
Somehow it's... It's turning me into a monster.
I can have it analyzed, c.W., Elizabeth can...
No! No, Elizabeth mustn't know about it.
I don't want anybody to know about this.
Mark, you don't realize what I've done under the influence.
I have stolen, I have lied.
I've fallen in with the kind of people
only a monster would fall in with.
The most incredible thing about it..
I've enjoyed it.
I have reveled in it.
If you did not know what you were doing, c.W.
You cannot blame yourself.
'And from the way you act'
'it seems as if the drug has worn off.'
I don't know.
I hope so.
Would you get rid of this for me, Mark?
Please.
Something inside of me just doesn't wanna let it go.
'Mark, you're gonna have to take it from me.'
please.
[Intense music]
Thank you.
I will have it analyzed, c.W.
Discreetly.
Oh, wait a minute, now..
There's something I didn't tell you.
I don't want to leave anything out.
[Intercom buzzes]
- What? - Uh..
C.w., there's some gentlemen here to see you.
And a lady.
[Intense music]
Classy joint they got here.
C.w., you there?
Uh, yes, no, no.
Tell them I am not here.
C.w., who is in the vestibule that you did not want to see?
Uh..
Mr. Crawford is apparently not in right now.
"not in, " She says.
If you leave your names
I'll be glad to tell him you came calling.
Gotta work fast.
If I know callender
Sarah won't be able to keep him out there for very long.
And she surely won't be able to make him leave.
What the heck is this combination?
Enough of this receptionist act, girly.
You gonna take us to Crawford?
Or do you wanna wind up with no neck
between your head and your shoulders?
[Squeals]
- In there. - Smart girl.
Let's go.
I like her.
What is this place?
[Scoffs] Where you get the elevator.
This old house has an elevator?
Going down.
Hey.
I bet they got a super-secret installation way down deep.
That's it, isn't it?
This is what he's after.
The recorder from the probe. H-How did he know about it?
I told him about it. T-The..
Now, look, we gotta put it some place
he'll never find it, uh..
In the water. That's good.
It'll give you some strength to..
How long have you been dry?
- Six hours. - Oh, you need a bath.
I will take care of it for you, c.W.
Of what?
The device you got there, Sonny?
Is this the big deal, cash?
What, that? No, no, no.
Would you just, uh, put that where it belongs, please?
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Don't do anything stupid, Sonny.
There is no reason you should not see that, mister..
Callender. It is not classified in any way.
This isn't the recorder, huh?
Well, do you see any tapes in it?
'Any cassette enclosures?'
I don't see any.
I'll tell you something else I don't see.
Any top government emblems.
No, um, "Top secret" Stickers.
Which it would have, right?
Okay, so that's not it. Where is it?
I'm a security cleared
high Echelon, government employee.
What you want from me is a highly classified
piece of government equipment which I am not authorized...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, in the mean time
I can hear your knees knocking.
Well, do what you have to then.
- I'm trained to take it. - 'Can it, cash.'
either you tell me where that black box is
or your secretary here
sees if she can type without any fingers.
[Intense music]
Alright, I'll tell you.
How can you tell them anything, c.W.?
You do not know where I hid it.
Oh, so you got it, huh?
- Hey, Lou. - Yeah?
Think there's something in here you wanna see.
Like what?
Like, uh, like a tank, you know, full of water.
So?
Okay, your play, kid.
Wait a minute. Water, huh?
Little girl, you just got yourself a reprieve.
How long can you stay under water without breathing?
As long as I have to.
Brave. Stupid, but brave.
'Dunk him.'
he talks or he drowns.
Mark!
Hey, I got ten bucks says he don't do a minute
before he starts singing.
Yeah? What do you think, tiger?
Deal.
- Okay, you're on. - Good.
Now, either he's real good at holding his breath, or..
I don't know, nobody can breathe water.
Thirty seconds.
Come on, what's the matter? Can't you two guys hold him?
Fifty-four seconds.
[Intense music]
[Grunts]
Good men are just hard to find these days, I guess.
A statement you would do well to consider, Mr. Callender.
Where are my guys?
They will keep until the police arrive.
Put that down!
Mark!
Let her go, callender.
Not until I get the you know what.
Oh, h-he means it, h-he isn't above murder.
(Mark) 'Give it to him, c.W.'
You mean to tell me, this was the box all along?
It is yours, but stealing is wrong.
'And this is something the country has spent'
millions of taxpayers' dollars for.
'And your intervention means... '
cut the speech, uncle Sam.
The pocketbook outweighs patriotism every time.
Oh.. Now, you did it.
'You know what's gonna happen to you?'
huh? You know what's gonna happen to you?
[Intense music]
I'm gonna consider what you just said.
That what's gonna happen to you.
Mr. Callender?
No, no, you're right, you know that?
Doing this is wrong.
'It's UN-American.'
'it's, uh, squandering the taxpayers' money'
'like you said.'
- Lou? - No.
Cuckoos?
No, belle, I'm alright.
It's just that
I'm beginning to see the light
for the first time in my life.
Gentlemen, please.
Would you mind waiting for me in the elevator?
Yes, I'm glad I came in here today.
Thank you very much.
- You're welcome. - Right.
Come on, belle.
(Lou) I gotta lot of thinking to do
about what to do with the rest of my life.
Should I go back into seminary?
What do you think?
Are you gonna let them go after what they did to us?
What have they done to us?
They've intimated us, they've terrified us.
They threatened us.
And they left us alone, and we are alright.
I'm pleased too.
That's right. Now you owe me one.
Bye.
- The Navy loves us. - And the CIA.
The tapes gave them all the data they need. They made peace.
And the next model robots submersible they make
won't malfunction.
As for our own financial position...
Speaking of malfunction..
I had another physical, and I am clean.
The medical reports indicate all signs negative.
It is only that we were concerned, c.W.
I understand, and I appreciate the feeling.
However I do resent continuous references to an event
that has passed, gone and done.
It is the end of the week, and I intend to enjoy
a certain amount of peace and quiet.
If I may.
[Instrumental music]
[Theme music]