"[HELICOPTER PROPELLER WHIRRING]" "[PEOPLE SCREAMING]" "[GUNFIRE]" "REPORTER:" "Reports coming out of Santarilla this week continue to paint a grim picture of conditions inside this Central American country." "The homeless count in the thousands." "Their peaceful country has been transformed into a battle ground." "Many of them are in headlong flight toward nearby borders to escape." "Rebel guerrilla units have attacked more than a dozen government strongholds intensifying the struggle." "Rebel hit-and-run tactics are making travel between the Santarilla capital and the coastal port cities a deadly business." "But, somehow, life goes on." "In the news profession, we accept the dangers of covering a story like this." "But we're never really prepared for the loss when it happens." "Yesterday in Santarilla, we lost two of the best Bart Stoller and Colleen Donnely." "They were on a photo assignment for Trans-World Press suddenly caught with several other news teams in a freakish attack." "Another still photographer got these terrifying pictures as they ran for cover." "A stray mortar round landed virtually on top of them in the town of San Miguel yesterday afternoon." "They were left behind by the others, who barely escaped." "Bart and Colleen were engaged to be married when they returned to the U.S." "Although we don't have positive word of their fate it looks like that marriage will never take place." "They will be missed." "[EXPLOSION BOOMS]" "Grandma..." " ...you see what mom is doing?" " I tried to tell her." " Amanda?" "AMANDA:" "Yes, Mother." "If I didn't know better, I'd say you were under the sink trying to unclog the drain." "AMANDA:" "Mother, I can do this." " That's not the point." "The point is that we decided to use professionals to do the home repairs." "AMANDA:" "Yeah." "But, Mother, the plumber is just too expensive." " I think I can do this myself." " Oh, Amanda...." "You're very enthusiastic, Amanda." "You watch all those PBS specials and buy those home-repair kits." "AMANDA:" "Mother, it's just a clogged drain." "That's what you said about the chimney." "AMANDA:" "Don't talk about the chimney." "There we go." "Look at that." " All finished." " Oh, that's good." " I'm proud of you." " Thank you." "Hey, fellas, you wanna clean these tools up for me?" " I'm gonna be late for work." " Sure." " There you go." " Okay." "I don't believe it." "Well, ha, ha, who knows?" "Maybe she's learning." "[SINK CREAKING]" "[GRUNTS]" "Maybe not." "What is it, Francine?" "I'm just trying to name that scowl." "Now, my guess is this is either the bureaucratic blues, or a hangover." "You were right the first time." "It's another efficiency study." "I mean, look at this stuff." "Flow charts, a stopwatch, colored pens." "You're lucky they didn't send dance steps for the floor." "Hey, come on, Billy, it's another manpower review." "That's all." "The world gets crazier every day, they want us to do more work with less people." "Whoa, whoa, people, take a number." "Uh, Billy, you got a moment?" "You're first, Stetson, providing it just can't wait." "I have a fist full of emergencies." "Another time and motion study, huh?" "I do not know how you do it, Billy, crisis after crisis." "Just a moment, please." "Lee?" "It's a Ms. Connely." " Tell her I'm dealing with it right now." " How is she?" " Is she going to get her sight back?" " They think so." "She's out of the hospital." "Her paper is paying for her stay at the convalescent home." "Indulge her, she's had a rough time of it." "Billy, I have been, but I don't think indulging her is the right thing to do now." "There's been something new." "Thanks." "Wait, Amanda, could you stay for a minute?" "Sure." "She, uh, thinks Bart is still alive." "That's impossible." "He was killed two weeks ago in Santarilla." "Who are we talking about?" "Uh, Colleen Donnely and Bart Stoller, a couple of war correspondents." "I've run into Colleen all over the world." " Well, Bart is her...." "Was her fiancé." " They help us out from time to time." "They got caught in a firefight down in Santarilla." " It's a miracle she got back alive." " She's already accepted his death." " So, what's this, an emotional relapse?" " That's my guess." "You know her, she's so insistent." "She wants to go charging off, following every lead." "I guess, Billy, I'm asking for your advice." "A loss like that is always hard to face, but she's got to do it." " Let her down easy." " I'm not very good at that kind of thing." " Amanda?" " Yes, I'll be happy to help you." "Oh, thanks." "LEE:" "You'll like Colleen, nothing keeps her down for long." "I mean, until now." "It's a miracle she made it out alive." "They'd given her up for dead, both of them." "Yep, Colleen is a real pistol." "I remember one time in a cantina down in San Salvador where a bunch of drunk reporters bet her that she couldn't...." "Well, let me just say that she goes a long way before she'll admit she's wrong." "Just like you, ahem." "AMANDA:" "Oh." " Oh." "LANTZ:" "Big guy we saw yesterday, he's back." " Glad we checked him out." " You owe me 10." "He had that look." "I knew he'd be back." "That's $10 well spent." "Our first good break." "This was taken in Angola with Stoller last year at the U.S. Embassy." "Research pays off." "Should I stick with pretty boy or Colleen?" "Follow the big guy." "Find out who he is and what he's up to." "I just graduated to these." "I can't take the light yet." "It's so damn frustrating not to be out there looking for Bart myself." "Colleen, you saw Bart take a mortar round full on." "Lee, the last thing Bart saw was me being hit, and I'm alive." " What does that tell you?" " She's got a point." " Colleen, please." "I've checked" " No, don't, "Colleen, please" me." "My stringer in Santarilla said the word down there is La Gaviota got him out." "It makes sense." "He's here in Washington right now." "What's La Gaviota?" "La Gaviota is an underground railroad for refugees actually it's an over-the-water railroad, started by some yachtsmen in D.C." "They're patriotic, but terribly misguided." "They fly this so the refugees know which boats to swim to." "My stringer made contact." "Assuming that La Gaviota did get Bart out why the hell hasn't he called you?" "He thinks I'm dead." "I think they're hiding him so he can be a surprise witness at the Senate hearings this week." "It's for his safety." "You know Harcourt will do anything to keep him away." " Who's Harcourt?" " The U.S. Ambassador to Santarilla." "Bart can prove that Harcourt has taken millions under the table in Santarilla." "He has video tapes of him getting kickbacks for construction contracts." "There's a Senate sub-committee probe..." " ...but I think they've come up dry." "COLLEEN:" "Bart can prove it." "I've gotta get to the hearings, Lee." "He's alive and you know it too." "And you know that if Harcourt finds him first, he'll kill him." "Stop being practical, Lee, this is Bart." "I've seen you chase plenty of geese with less to go on." "All right." "All right." "I'll check on La Gaviota." "Amanda, take her to those hearings." "Keep her out of trouble." "Thanks, Lee." "Just gonna have to be patient, Bart." "Twenty-four hours." "J.J., don't you understand, Colleen thinks I'm dead." "I just wanna get her out of that hell." "Harcourt thinks you're dead too." "It's better for all of us if he keeps thinking that." " He's not gonna find us here." " One more day." "One more day and you can finish Harcourt." "Look, we're all at risk here, everybody who's helping you." " Take that into consideration." " I am." "I am." "Can't you do something?" "Get your people to ask some questions." "Another day of this, I'm gonna go out of my mind." "All right, I'll try." "I'll try." "REPORTER:" "Ambassador Harcourt, you weren't asked to testify." " Why did you demand to be heard?" " I value the truth." "What about rumors Senator Rattigan has a surprise witness for tomorrow?" "You fellas know more about rumors than I do." "What do you know about rumors of widespread political corruption in Santarilla including kickbacks and bribes to U.S. officials?" "Not one bit of evidence has been brought forth to substantiate those allegations." "COLLEEN:" "There will be." "The world is gonna know men like you have nearly destroyed Santarilla." "I was in Santarilla." "Millions of dollars went straight into the pockets of Sanchez and this man." "The Swiss bank account?" "The 10,000 acre cattle ranch?" "Explain those, ambassador." "You are not gonna get away with this anymore, Harcourt." "Colleen, come on, let's just get you inside, huh?" "COLLEEN:" "I'm sorry." "LEE:" "Here." "COLLEEN:" "I just sort of disconnected." "LEE:" "I know." "I know." "LEE:" "Fellas, come on, give us some room, huh?" " Your asthma still bothering you?" " Yeah." "Look, we tried asking questions about your fiancée I guess we'll have to go to Trans-World next but it's risky." "They'll ask questions." "That came in with the fish and chips." "It's two weeks old." "You can spare the effort, she's dead." "This must have come out while we were still sailing." "We couldn't know...." "I'm sorry, Bart." "There you go." "Are you all right?" "Tomorrow is the last day of the hearings." "I can't believe he wasn't here." " He'll be here tomorrow, I know it." " We'll come back." "We're gonna find him, Colleen, but you can't let the whole world in on it." " I wanna do something." " I know you wanna do something." " Let's just take you home." " All right." "Step down." "That's good." "Well, that's Colleen Donnely for you, act first and think later." "[LEE SIGHS]" "LEE:" "She'll stay put, maybe we can have some luck and find La Gaviota." "I know a salty old dog who hangs around the river." "If anybody would know that boat, he would." "You're a who's who of all the boats on this river." " Do you have any ideas?" " Only one." "There's your La Gaviota, the Sea Chance." "What?" "My Spanish is a bit rusty, but I know enough to know a gaviota is a seagull." " Right." " Drop anchor here, huh?" " You're drifting a little." " No, I'm not." "There's an outfit down in Florida designs a 76-foot ketch called a Seagull." "That's a Seagull only one in D.C." "All right, thanks, Irv." "We'll see you again." " Yeah, okay." "Thank you." " Thank you so much." " Take good care of that girl." "AMANDA:" "Heh." "Let's call Francine and have her run that boat through the Coast Guard." "Yeah, right." " Lee?" " What?" "That car was at the convalescent home." "I know." "It followed us here." "Gives some weight to Colleen's theory, don't you think?" "Wow." "If Stoller did make it out, Harcourt would have to be watching Colleen." "Let's see what this guy has in mind." "Okay, pal." "What's the problem?" "No problem." "[GRUNTING]" "Hit me in the nose, huh, Charlie?" "You all right?" "No, I'm not all right." "Ow!" "FRANCINE:" "Records ID'd the owners of the Sea Chance as David and Diane Cummings." "Squeaky clean on paper so we sent Francine and Carl Thomas to check them out." "And we ran into a brick wall." "Name, Social Security Number and their lawyer's number." "That's all they gave me." "Sounds like obstruction of justice." "Well, we suggested that, they wouldn't budge." "Totally suspicious." "If they've been down in Santarilla, I can understand." "Down there, you learn to trust no one." "You think they had something to do with Bart Stoller?" " They're in it up to their necks." " We got an update on Santarilla from the regional chief there." "The deeper they dig the more truth it seems that Colleen's story has." "If Bart is still alive and does have hard evidence on Harcourt he's gonna need more protection than good intentions." "That's why I want you to check out the Cummings up close." "Use the Mata Hari Il as a cover." " Amanda can crew for you." " Oh, good." "Now, wait a second, you know, the Mata Hari is a very big boat." "Sailing your Sunfish at summer camp hardly qualifies" "No, I helped sail a 55-foot ketch across the Chesapeake once." "It was great." "How big is the Mata Hari Il?" " It's a 50-foot ketch." " Oh, it's smaller." "Stop by Property and take care of the paperwork, Scarecrow." "I want you two in place by this afternoon." "Oh, terrific." "Thank you very much, sir." " Yeah, thank you." " Yeah." "LEE:" "Well, what do you think?" " Pretty." " Yeah." "You know, there's only one way to handle this." "Can I have my lifejacket?" " Yeah." "What?" " I'll have to be the captain and you'll have to be the crew." "LEE:" "Okay, captain." "Let's shove off." "There's a slip open right next to the Sea Chance." "You just sail right over and tie up." " Wanna take her?" " Thank you." "AMANDA:" "I'm gonna head into the wind, when the jib starts to luff, just drop it..." " ...and drop the main sail." " Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that, Amanda." "Don't get your feet caught in the jib sheet." "Aye, aye, Captain King." "Here we go." "Rope her." "There you go." "We ought to do this more often." "Oh, yeah." "We just got a wire from Angola." "Pretty boy's name is Stetson." "He was down there on a temporary visa." "Attached to the embassy as an agricultural advisor." "Working with amateurs is one thing." "With feds involved, it's a whole new ball game." "Now, what was so important we couldn't have discussed it on the telephone?" "I can hardly afford to be seen with you two." "This is where we lost the trail." "If they're gonna surface, it's gonna be somewhere around here." "We think there's a government agent involved." "Then we proceed with the utmost caution." "Watch, wait, be discreet, we'll find him." "We have to." "LANTZ:" "We'll get Stoller." "If he doesn't have the tapes on him, and he probably won't I'll need time with him, alone." "The Triton Club?" "It's closed for the winter." "If we have to take this a step further, that will be a perfect place." "[SHIP ENGINE WHIRRING]" "Lightning strikes twice, huh?" "They're back." "There's pretty boy now and the same lady he was with." "Don't let it happen a third time." "Find Stoller, and do it quietly." " Hey, Lee...." "LEE:" "Hmm?" " What?" " Check out the Sea Chance." "Yeah, I know." "What do you say we go trolling and see what we can catch?" " Sure." "What are we gonna use for bait?" " You and me." "Just a couple of fun-loving old salts sailing up the Potomac." "Sounds a little flimsy." "We'll build on it." "[FOGHORN BLOWS]" "LEE:" "Ahoy." "AMANDA:" "Hello." " Hello." "AMANDA:" "Beautiful boat." "Thanks." "That's a nice ketch you came in on." "AMANDA  LEE:" "Thank you." " You from D.C.?" " Annapolis, actually." "Nice sail down from there." "We try to make it two or three times a year we live onboard." " How about you?" " We're weekending." "It's back to solid ground tomorrow." "Oh, gee, that's too bad." "We have the rest of the week." " You're lucky." " Yeah." "Have a nice time." " Thank you." "Maybe we'll see you again." " Nice to meet you." " Bye-bye." " Bye-bye." "Bye." "This is just perfect." "We get settled in here, look suitably yachty when they're gone tomorrow, we take a peek." "You want to spend the night onboard?" "How else are we gonna keep an eye on what's going on?" "That's great." "I just hadn't planned on spending the night onboard, that's all." " Don't worry about it." "We'll improvise." " How?" "If you have to ask the question you won't understand the answer." "You know, I figured on the off chance that we might get stuck I wanted to make it as pleasant as it could possibly be." "Well, you did, thank you." "[PHONE RINGING]" "[LEE GROANS]" " Yeah." "BILLY:" "Scarecrow, haven't heard from you." " Any activity on the Sea Chance?" " Yeah, Billy." "It's getting late." "What about the Cummings?" "We put them to bed about 10:30." " All right, let me know if you spot Stoller." " Yeah." "Yeah, will do." " I'll check back with you." " Okay, bye." " I didn't realize how late it was." " We better get some sleep." "LEE:" "Yeah." " You gonna be comfortable there?" " I'll be fine." "LEE:" "All right." "I'll probably be up most of the night, so I'll take..." " ...the first watch." " Yeah." "Look, you just tell me when it's my turn, okay?" " Good night." "LEE:" "Good night." "Shouldn't it be dark in here?" "I like to sleep with a light." "You like to sleep with a light on?" "Yeah, I like to sleep with a light on." "It's a long story, Amanda." "Goes back to when I spent a week in Istanbul in the catacombs." "It's wet, dark, rats." " Rats." " Yeah, big" " Big rats?" " Big rats, yeah." " I don't wanna give you the details." " I don't wanna hear this." " Good night." " Good night." "Rats." " Amanda." " I can't sleep with the lights on." "I'm not gonna get any sleep all night." "I'll blow it out as soon as you go to sleep." "Lee." "Lee." "Come on, wake up, they're leaving." "Lee?" "Wake up." "Why didn't you wake me up?" "[GRUNTS]" "All right, see what you can find on deck." "Keep an eye out." "LEE:" "Nobody below." "If Bart was ever here, they've moved him." " Amanda." " Yeah?" "It's a goldmine down there, they got cots, medical supplies weapons, dried foods, everything." " And look at this." " Yeah." "Senator Rattigan, he's holding the hearings on Santarilla." "And a safe harbor pennant, and look at this." "Bart Stoller was definitely onboard." "DAVID:" "Which is precisely where you two shouldn't be." "Now, stand up very slowly." "Come on." "What the hell do you think you're doing here?" "We're looking for Bart Stoller." " That better be a search warrant." " We're U.S. Government agents." " I already talked to you guys." " We don't know anyone named Bart Stoller." " This is his vest." " Wrong." "It's mine." "I bought it at a garage sale." "If you're through with your game of 20 questions" "Look, we're trying to help you." "We're trying to help Bart." "He needs protection." "Professional protection." "Right, the government's gonna take care of Bart?" "Look, Harcourt's so dirty, he stinks." "I know you mean well, but you're way out of your league here." "Harcourt is gonna hire some heavy hitters to stop Bart from testifying." "Yeah?" "We'll take our chances." "You've got 10 seconds to get off of my property." "DAVID:" "How's he doing?" " A little restless, sir." "His asthma's been acting up, but overall he's okay." "We had some visitors today, official ones." "It may be necessary to move our friend to another hideout." "Yes, sir." "Sir, wouldn't it be better if we got some help from those people?" "Too risky." "Our enemies may have some connections in very high places." "We're safer going it alone." "So let's stay especially sharp today, shall we?" "Yes, sir." "Amanda, you stay here and keep an eye on things." " Can't they be picked up officially now?" " Barely." "I'm gonna go back and light a fire under Billy, get him to cut some red tape." "Yeah, cut some red tape and maybe we can find Bart." "Yeah." "Sooner the better." "We don't have much time." "Yeah." " Be careful." " Yeah, I will." "I was there as the House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs began its final days of hearings this morning rocked by the rumor that Senator Rattigan chairman of the committee, will present a surprise witness." "Two protestors launched a verbal attack against Ambassador Harcourt U.S. diplomatic representative to Santarilla." "Ms. Donnely and Mrs. King escaped arrest when an unidentified federal employee intervened in their behalf." "Although Ambassador Harcourt refused to press charges he did recommend that security for the hearings be increased in order to avoid the reoccurrence of today's incident." "Something's up." "Let's go." "Come on." "I saw the newspaper last week." "It said you were dead." "Then I was watching the news." "I never believed for a second you were dead." " Where are they hiding you?" " Colleen, I can't tell you." " It's for your own protection." " I have to see you." "Honey, after the hearings." "As soon as I'm done." "Just hang in there, okay?" "Just hang in there." "We'll be together soon, I promise." "LEE:" "All you have to do is-- BILLY:" "I've got to have more to go on." "What more do you need to go on?" "We got the boat." "We got the note from Rattigan, we got Bart's vest." "They've all but admitted it." "What do you need?" "All right." "I can make three calls." "I can do three things." "First, I can call the Immigration Office, that's five weeks minimum." "Second, I can call the U.S. Attorney's Office." "That's six months." "I know." "Three is to the Coast Guard and have them steam over there and write them up a bunch of tickets." "Come on, we don't have that much time." "Sometimes you've got to throw away logic and play your hunches." "[PHONE RINGS]" "Melrose, here." " He's standing right here, Amanda." " What?" "Yeah." "AMANDA:" "Hi, we got a problem." "The Cummings are headed toward a fishing boat in D-Basin." "There are two guys following them." "I think one of them is one of the guys who was following us." "That's that boat." "It's where they're holding Bart." "I'll be there in five minutes." " You talk to the senator?" " Yeah, we're going to move him." "Good idea." "We can't take any chances." "All right." "Get below." "Let's see what else is down there." "[GUNSHOT THEN DIANE SCREAMS]" "Stay away from me." "HECK:" "Find those damn tapes." "Tear this place apart." "J.J.:" "Go get help." "HECK:" "Now, move it." "Pick him up." "Move it." "In the shed." "All right, inside." "I looked everywhere." "The video tapes aren't down there." "Untie the boat." "We're gonna go up to the Triton Club." "I'll contact Harcourt on the radio and have him meet us there." "Okay, I locked Bart up in the cabin, he won't go anywhere." "DIANE:" "Please help us." " Help." " All right, all right, I'm here." " What the hell happened?" " Two guys took Bart." " What?" "Here." "Sit down." " I wish to God we'd listened to you." "Now, what about the woman I was with, Amanda?" "Is she here?" " Tall, brunette?" " Yeah." " I think she's still on the boat." "LEE:" "Great." "Wait a minute." "What is this?" "Scarecrow, Triton Club." "Triton Club." "Yeah, I know where that is." "You take this card, call this number, talk to a Mr. Melrose." "Tell him we've got a code seven TAC emergency." "And get on it quick." " You sure you're okay?" " I'm all right." "All right." "Okay, Bart." "Let's not waste any time." "I know you're not a man of a lot of illusions." "I wanna know where those tapes are or we'll go to work on you right now." "Not a chance." "Of course." "That's the dame that was with that agent." "Take her upstairs and tie her up." "Uh, you had the tapes, so let's start from there." "Oh." "This won't take long." "I've seen them down in Santarilla." "It never takes long." "So...?" "Forget." "All right." "Huh?" "[GRUNTS]" "Oh!" "What are you doing here?" "I told you to watch the Cummings..." " ...from the shore, not stowaway." " Well, I didn't mean to." "Bart's downstairs and I think he's hurt." " Thank you." "Yeah." " All right, come on." " Ready?" " Yeah." "Okay." "[SHOUTS]" "Come on." "Stoller, I wish you'd make things easy on yourself." "[GRUNTING]" "Don't move." "AMANDA:" "Just lie down on the floor, turn over on your stomach and spread your hands out." "Put them up, please." "Put them up." "No." "No." "Not again!" "[SURFER SHOUTING]" "MAN:" "Hey, what are you...?" "FISHERMAN:" "Hey!" "What's the matter with you?" "[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]" "All right, now, Bart, you've got five minutes." "You gotta get to the Capitol Building..." " ...before Rattigan bangs that gavel." " Stetson, never changes." "Work, work, work." " Uh, Amanda." " Yeah." "I've gotta sail the Mata Hari back to its own slip." " Need a hand?" " I think I might." "Love to." "AMANDA:" "What are you gonna whip up in the galley?" "LEE:" "Me?" "AMANDA:" "You didn't tell me you couldn't cook.." "[English" " US" " SDH]"