"Goddamn it!" "Your last words last night, the very first words you greet me with this morning." "Don't you think you should expand your vocabulary?" "Yeah, while you expand your chest." "Didn't you get enough exercise jogging this morning?" "Don't you ever get tired?" " I don't think I've got time for breakfast." " Why not?" "It's ready." "Denise Marshall's boy asked for an autographed football." " I'll drop it off on the way to the office." " An autographed football from you." "And you haven't played football in 16 years!" "Well, I guess it's part of this nostalgia binge everybody's on." "It's the ball Frank Gifford signed." "That's the signature he really wants." "You know, I find it peculiar, almost amusing." "The widow Brian Marshall comes back into town after seven months, and you rush off without even so much as a cup of coffee." "But if I ask you..." "To stop off at the market to pick up a head of lettuce, I find some excuse." "Oh, Christ!" "You know, if it wasn't 7.30 in the morning, I would have a drink." " I didn't know you were a clock-watcher." " What?" "!" " What did you say?" " I didn't know you were a clock-watcher." "Don't you dare lower your voice to me!" " Look, what's this all about?" " I know you." "I've been married to you long enough." "The more contempt you feel for me, the lower the voice." "Now, Remy, you'd hardly call this a marriage, would you?" "I'm going now, Remy." "I said I'm leaving." "Remy?" " Remy?" " (gasps for breath)" "Remy?" "Remy!" "Remy!" "Hell!" "Jim?" "Stewart Graff." "She's done it again." "Yeah, I think we'll get faster action if you call the ambulance." "Of course I'll induce vomiting." "I know the rules by now." "Just get over here, will ya?" "(rumbling)" "Oh, my God!" "Well..." "If you're gonna throw the pills in the toilet, you might at least flush it." "Man!" "That was a jolt." "Uh-huh." "Forget your coffee - we got an emergency inspection to run." "I'm off duty in half an hour." "It's just a little tremor." "That's a solid concrete dam." "Those are the rules, Max." "You can always use the overtime." "Yeah, I suppose so." " Is everything OK?" " Yeah." "Why don't you check the base?" "I'll look down below." "(radio) At 7.46am, a minor earthquake registering 3.1 on the Richter scale was felt in the Los Angeles area." "No injuries were reported." "However... (changes station) ...repeating a KJV Sig-Alert... (switches off radio)" "Hello, Laura?" "It's Mr Graff." "My secretary in yet?" "Oh." "Well, tell her I'll be a little late, huh?" " All right, Mr Graff." " Let me speak to him." "Mr Graff?" "Just a moment." "It's your father-in-law." "See me as soon as you come in." "I want to go over that Bill Cameron matter." "Sam, I'm not gonna budge on this." "I don't want to lose this contract." "I'll talk to you later." " Thank you." " Yes, sir." "Fred?" "Fred?" "Fred!" "Fred!" "(siren)" "Watch it, Lew." "You nearly wrecked us up on that last turn." "See?" "I told you." "We're gonna hear about that one." " Wanna drive, Emilio?" " No, no, no." "You're driving." "We're over the city line." "The captain will bust our rumps if we mess up here in the county again." "Do you remember what happened with that guy Merle?" "I still don't think his gun went off by accident." "I get along just fine with nine toes." "I told you to stay out of the county, you bastard!" " Merle..." " Some guys are just too goddamn dumb to stay where they belong." "Do you know who owns that hedge you just wrecked?" "I'm gonna tell you, Slade." "It's Zsa Zsa Gabor." "Corry?" "Forget about the dishes." "You'll be late for school." "Come on." "And remember to go to Mrs Clark's when you come back, huh?" "She'll look after you until I'm home from the studio." "(buzzer)" "Stewart!" "Hi." "Come on in." " Hi." "You brought it." " Sorry I forgot it last week." " Where did Frank Gifford sign?" " Right there under the laces." "Thanks, Mr Graff." "That'll look great on my bookcase." " That's really nice of you." "Thank you." " I couldn't let down my last fan." "Hurry!" "OK, have a good day." " Goodbye, Mom." " Bye-bye." "(Stewart) So long." " You know what?" " What?" " I've got a part in a movie." " Oh, great." "Yeah, great." "Three days' shooting, 22 lines." " Well..." " It's hard." "I've been out of it so long." "But at least I feel alive again, and I didn't for so long after Brian died." "I should get dressed." "Hey, did you feel that tremor this morning?" " It really wasn't very strong." " No?" "Would you like some coffee?" "If there's an unbroken cup somewhere I can find." " It'll have to be instant." " Well, instant will be fine." "You know, Barbara says you're the best..." " Barbara?" " Yes." "Barbara." "Your boss's secretary." "Oh." "And my one good friend." "Well, she says you're the best engineer in the country." "Yeah, well, Barbara's paid to say things like that." "Oh." "That's the script of the movie I'm doing." ""The movie I'm doing"!" "That's the overstatement of the year." "Here I am, two small scenes, and I'm so worried, I'm so nervous," "I was up all night trying to figure out how to make this damn thing work." "Can I, uh... help ya?" "Yes." "You could read the lines with me." " Uh, well..." " It's just one scene." "One page." "I think I know it." " Here, near the top." " (clears throat)" "OK." "Let me fill you in." "I play a bit player." "Now, the part you read is a big movie star, a drunk, a gambler, married 18 times, the whole thing." "And there's a dinner party." "Now, an assistant director invited me, only he's not enough of a... whatever - gentleman - to pick me up." "I have to drive myself." "Well, that's OK." "Now, they're all talking about me just before I come in, asking him the usual questions about bit players." "So, talk, talk, talk, I come in, introductions, introductions, introductions, then our big star - you - makes his appearance." "You ignore me, for quite a while." "So I say to you" ""Hello, Mr Sheppard." "It's been a long time."" ""How have you been?"" " And you say..." " Uh..."Do we know each other?"" "You bet your ass we do." "That kind of a script." "Oh!" "And the character I'm playing is also supposed to be a nymphomaniac." " Mm-hm." " Yeah." "And the director's a strong believer in typecasting." "But I'll cope with that." "You want it black?" " Yeah, black's..." " And don't worry." " Worry about what?" " I'm not a nympho." "I'm not Mary Poppins either, but I'm far from being..." "What's the male equivalent of a nympho?" ""Satyr", I think." " Satyr?" " Yeah." "And, uh, you don't need to worry, either." "Worry?" "What I mean is, I'm not Billy Graham exactly, but I'm no satyr." "Mm-hm." "Jesus!" "That tremor must have stopped the clock." " It's a little after nine." " And I have a ten o'clock call!" "I'm sorry, I've got to run." "Thank you for everything - the cueing, the football and the sympathy." "And, as Mary Poppins would say... bye-bye." "Eight stitches to close his lower lip, six loosened teeth..." "You aren't supposed to do that to a brother officer." "Brother officer?" "Merle is a county cop." "I'm talking about Los Angeles cops and county cops." "That kid stole a car." "Then he got stoned and slammed into a little Mexican girl, about six years old." "She was thrown 15ft in the air, probably dead before she hit the sidewalk." "Blood covered three whole cement squares." "Not splattered - solid, like paint." "The driver never even slowed down." "And some peckerwood rich man's whore in a cop's uniform was worried about a hedge?" "!" "You'll receive formal notice of suspension and a date for departmental trial." "Now get on home." "Hey, Lew." "How'd it go?" " Michelle, get me the Valley reading." " OK." "Have they plotted the epicentre yet?" "Yes, sir, it was quite a shock." "Yes..." "But there's no scientific evidence that a 3.1 earthquake can loosen dental fillings." "No." "Right." "Thank you." "Walt!" "Your turn on the PR desk." "Yes, that's right." "Doctor Adams, room 14." "He isn't?" "Um..." "Well, then, I'd like to leave a message." " Walt!" " Just a minute, OK?" "Um..." "Would you have him call Walter Russell, at the seismology institute?" "Yeah." "It's very important." "Yes." "Thank you." "Here's a strange one." "Caretaker at the Hollywood Reservoir Dam drowned in an elevator shaft." "They still haven't figured out what happened." "OK." "What's the matter?" "You look sick." "I just found out Dr Adams stayed up at the fault an extra day." "So?" "I sent some figures and a memo into the director's office late yesterday afternoon." " I don't think he's even read 'em yet." " Figures on what?" "Well, I know you'll laugh, but I think we're gonna have a really big quake." "Probably today, tomorrow at the latest." "And I wanted Dr Adams here to back up my computations." "Thought you were leavin' yesterday." "We've been held up." "But we hope to have the instruments planted by noon." "Still haven't figured out exactly what it is you fellas are tryin' to do." "It's rather technical." "That device records minute variations of seismic waves." "Huh." "Well, better start my ploughing'." "Thanks again for letting us on your land, Mr Griggs." "Once the trench is filled in, you'd never have known we were here." " Well..." " That was real nice." "You gonna have this thing ready for this afternoon?" "I'll have it ready." "But I think we'll need an extra can of butane there." "Come on, Sal, huh?" "We'll pick one up when we go for Rosa this afternoon, all right?" "What I wanna know is, are you gonna get her to help us?" "Yeah, yeah." "She'll help us." "Well, she's not too crazy about our line of work, man." " Miles, I'll get her." " Well, you'd better." "This Vegas job is the biggest break we ever had." "I'll get her." "I'll get her." "What do you want?" "Will you relax?" "Jesus!" "Wow!" "$0.73... $5.49..." "$0.89... $0.89." "That'll be $20.16." " Forgot to bring enough cash?" " That's right." "Hey, I'll put this back." "Who needs protein anyway?" "Don't worry about it." "Drop the money off the next time you're in." "Thanks." "Find anything?" "All OK as far as I can tell." "I'll check again." "I guess we won't find anything until after the shaft is pumped out, but..." " everything looks fine." " Right." "People drown in elevators every damn day of the week." "♪ Hare Rama, Hare Rama" "♪ Rama Rama, Hare Hare" "♪ Rama Rama, Hare Hare" "♪ Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna" "♪ Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare" "♪ Hare Rama, Hare Rama..." "Officer, can you order these freaks out of here?" "They're scaring customers away." "You got somethin' against religion?" "(♪ jazz)" " What'll you have?" " Double bourbon, Jay." " In uniform, Lew?" " Naked in a glass will do just fine." "Spiro T Agnew." " You asked to see me, Dr Stockle?" " Uh, sit down." "Russell, this is very interesting." "You forecast an earthquake in the three- to four-point range this morning." "We had an earthquake in the three- to four-point range." "I'm impressed." "Thank you, sir." "However, isn't it rather slender evidence for predicting a catastrophe?" "Sir, these are based on this morning's signals from the instruments Dr Adams sank during that experimental well project." "They indicate another pre-shock, probably before noon today." "And if it happens?" "Then the big one follows in 48 hours - at least seven-point." "Now, if that second minor shock doesn't occur, it proves my computations are based on insufficient evidence." " But I think we have a strong..." " Russell, you are a graduate assistant." "Are you contending that a graduate assistant will be the first scientist in history to pinpoint a major earthquake" " to within 48 hours?" " No, sir." "But I am following through on Dr Adams' theories and probability curves." " But I feel that I've been on the project..." " Dr Adams is on a field trip upstate." " I sure wish he wasn't." " Hm." "Thank you, Russell." "No, leave those." "Fiona, I want some figures run through the computer." "And try to get Frank Adams in Fresno." " (knocks)" " Yeah?" " Morning, Sam." " Morning, Stew." "Listen, uh..." "Do you still refuse to handle the Bill Cameron job unless he upgrades the specifications?" "Absolutely." "OK." "But you're gonna have to convince him that those changes are necessary." "I could never talk him into anything." "Oh, do me one more favour, huh?" "Don't muff the deal." "Oh, just a moment." "Mr Royce?" "Your daughter's on the phone. 3-4-7." " Thank you." " He'll be right on." "Remy?" "Hello, darling." "Fine." "Well, I was planning on eating here in the building." " Well, come on in." " No/ Away from the office." " Oh, it's terribly important." " Oh." "OK, honey." "Uh..." "The Windsor at 1.15?" "And, uh... try to calm down." "OK." "Bill!" "Here comes another one." "It's a pretty good shake." "Oh, shit!" "Hey, that shot didn't count." "No way can it count." " Nothin' in the rules about earthquakes." " It didn't count!" "I say it did." "Hardly ever get two in one morning." " Two what?" " Earthquakes." "In another half-hour, I won't feel the one that knocks California into the ocean." "The captain's cooled off." "He's gonna do his damnedest to straighten things out." "I don't wanna be a cop any more." "Since I was a kid, I figured cops helped folks who couldn't help themselves." "Maybe that was dumb of me, but that's the way I figured." "But folks don't count for a diddly, do they?" " Take it easy." "I'll call you at home later." " Sure, Emilio." "The shot counted." "Bobby Riggs." "That wasn't there before the tremor." "I know every inch of this dam." "I'm a technician, you're a watchman." "Stop trying to teach me my business." " It wasn't there!" " There's no such thing as solid concrete." "Hairline cracks are bound to appear." "You don't panic over them." "The water's rising." "It's gone up half an inch since the quake." "He's right." "What the hell is going on?" "But it could all be coincidence." "I don't see running wild over some untested theory, at least until we've heard from Frank Adams." "It's his research, not Walt's." "No one can find Frank Adams." "No one was sure the atom bomb would work till they dropped it." "It worked." "Our present problem is... what in God's name do we do now?" "We warn people." "Do we?" "Think about it." "A public announcement now that a major earthquake is imminent." "That could create incredible panic." "People climbing over people to get out of the city." "That could be a worse disaster than the quake itself." "But an orderly evacuation could save thousands of lives." "An orderly evacuation to where?" "The desert?" "The mountains?" "How do you feed and shelter four million people in open country?" "And suppose we release this, and there isn't a big quake?" "Why learn to predict an earthquake if you don't do anything about it?" "Russell!" "Russell, look." "Dr Johnson and I are not cynical." "But a false alarm now, even if it went no further than the mayor or the governor," " would destroy the institute's credibility." " Credibility?" "!" "Five years from now, we come up with a foolproof detection system." " Who in authority will believe us then?" " (buzzer)" "Yeah?" "!" "No." "No, no, don't call his wife." "I'll take care of it myself." "Frank Adams is dead." "So's young Ward." "They were working in a trench across the fault." "The walls collapsed." "Fiona, get me the mayor's office." "It's a matter of gravest urgency." "Push the blueprint room on those revised drawings for the Cameron job, Carl." " He'll want to see 'em." " OK, Stewart." "I gotta get out of here for a while." "This place is closing in on me." "Denise!" "Hi." "You finished working already?" "Never got started." "The tremor damaged the set, and they rescheduled my scene for tomorrow." "So I thought I'd drop in on Barbara." " Something wrong?" " No." "I, uh..." " I need a drink." " Oh." "Are you one of those solitary drinkers?" "Not if I can help it." "Will you join me?" "Yeah." "Do you realise what you're asking of me?" "What's really happening with you two?" "He's been seeing Brian Marshall's widow." "Well, of course." "He feels obligated to help her out, her and her boy." "Albert Schweitzer wasn't that dedicated to mankind." "There's more to it, Remy." "Stewart assigned Brian that propane cavern job, and he's blamed himself ever since." "Oh, Dad, don't be so naive." "I know they're having an affair." "When you met Stewart, he was a dirt-poor boy trying to work his way through college on an athletics scholarship." "I think you still half-see him that way." "But he's a top man now." "He doesn't need me, he doesn't need anybody." "Any firm in town would take him on his own terms." "How big a quake?" "A seven on the Richter scale, possibly higher." "That could release more than the total energy generated by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs combined." "If I issue a public warning, you know what will happen?" "We know that's impossible." "But there are precautions you could take, aren't there?" "Alert the police, the fire department." "Have the governor mobilise the National Guard." "He could announce that it's necessary to prevent looting at the valley quake site." "The police have that situation totally under control." "Mayor Lewis, the next situation, if it comes, would be somewhat different." "The governor and I aren't even in the same party." "If this is a false alarm, he'll make me look like the biggest fool west of the Mississippi." "Second biggest." "I'll top the list." " What do you say, Lew?" " Hiya, pal." "The ladies' room is through that door to the right." " Still pursuing those evildoers?" " Not as hard as usual." "Jay, we want a couple of burgers and some orange juice to go." "Two burgers and orange juice to go." "50 bucks, Miles." "You've owed me for three weeks." "Hey, listen, man." "What if I pay you tomorrow, OK?" "The 50." "You're a great bike rider, but a lousy pool shooter." "Officer, you're not gonna let him get away with this, are you?" "Yes." "50 bucks, or I'll break your back." " Peter Fonda." " Peter Fonda..." "Hey, Sal." "Easy." "Easy." " Here, take it." " Yeah, I'll take it." "Thanks... brother." "Mother!" "Miles, what are you doin'?" "I got a dollar and some loose change on me." "Hey, Lew." "Lend me ten bucks, huh?" "I don't have time to go to the bank." "You better stop breathin' those gas fumes." "Listen, Lew, this is an emergency, man." "We need that butane tank for the stunt." "That son of a bitch just left me ten bucks short." "Uh-uh." "Lew, I'll have it back to you tomorrow." "I promise." "Come on, Lew." "This is really important to me." "This big guy is comin' from one of the big Vegas hotels to see this act." "There has never ever been anything like this!" "If that hotel sponsors us, man, I could wind up on ABC's Wide World of Sports." "After that, you can forget about Evel Knievel." "It'll be just "The Miles Quade Story"." "You know, I'm sorry I ever arrested you two." "I've been payin' for it ever since." " Hello." " Rosa, I'd like you to meet Lew Slade, the cop who flattened Miles and I with a blackjack at the North Hollywood rally." "That's right." "And we didn't even start that ruckus." "Well, you should've knocked their brains into place." "Listen, if I had the bread, I would hire a beautiful, sexy broad this afternoon." "I would kick your ass all the way home." "Well, I don't need your help." "Bye." "Rosa, will you listen to me?" "Daredevil motorcyclists have to have beautiful, sexy broads hangin' around." " Do you want us to look like phoneys?" " Sal, I'm your sister!" "What about Maureen?" "She's your girlfriend." "Maureen is too flat-chested." "Rosa, come here." "Now, Rosa, I want you to show the officer your T-shirt." "Yeah, we're gonna have 20, maybe 30,000 of these made up after the Vegas show." "Go ahead, take a look." "See what you think of it." "I think it's beautiful." "My wife will ask me "Is she pretty?"" "And I'll say "Quite."" "And she'll say something like "That figures." "Tell me about her."" "And you'll say "Nothing much to tell." "We just had a drink."" "And she'll ask me "No small talk?"" ""Very little." "It's a trait that goes with engineering." Hm?" "Maybe it does." "It's good." " Can I ask you something?" " Sure." "Anything." "When we made love - when you made love to me - it was with such... such..." "I'm trying to think of exactly the right word." "It was with such... anger." " Anger?" " Yeah, anger." " Did... did I anger you?" " No." "I think you are absolutely lovely." "Well, I think so, too." "I'm not hurt." "Tell me, how long has Barbara worked at the office?" "Oh..." "Ten, 12 years." "Well, did you ever know me to drop in on her before?" "No." "Certainly not since you got back to LA." "Well, maybe I didn't want to see Barbara." "Maybe I wanted to see you." "Hm?" "How about that?" " Yeah, how about that?" " So you didn't seduce me." "I seduced you." "Great." "Well, uh... next time, I'll do the honours." "Oh, don't feel there has to be a next time." "Don't think that you've just made a lifelong commitment." "Come here." "Why?" "Come here." "I have to go to Oregon this summer, all summer, on a hydroelectric project." "Come up there - with Corry." "I'll rent a house for the two of you." "It's such beautiful, really beautiful country." "It'd be great for him." " Please." " I'll think about it." "I'll come back tonight." "I'll think about that, too." "(music on radio)" "We interrupt our regular programme to bring you a special bulletin." "The following National Guard units have been put on emergency active duty:" "The 4th Infantry Support Group, the 227th Heavy Transport Battalion, the 112th Headquarters Company, the 33rd Communications Battalion, the 47th Engineers Company." "(woman) Oh, my God." "Let me show you what's happening." "First of all, we start up there." "Then it's down that ramp, like hell into that first loop, up this ramp, zoom over the truck, down this ramp, straight into that big figure eight." "Then it's down that ramp into that fire ring." "That fire ring doesn't just have flames on the outside, like in your dog acts." "We rig those gas jets to shoot flames right in the centre." "Then it's down that ramp, over that pit, and we're home free." "Now, you take a guy like, uh..." "Knievel." "He'll jump 20, maybe 30 cars, and call it a big goddamn thing." "But, baby, let me tell you somethin'." "Compared to those, landing' on the roof of a car at 100 miles an hour, that's like landing' in a water bed." "Miles, you're out of your mind." " But, Rosa..." " No way!" "If you want to help your best friend kill himself..." " Don't be rotten." " There's nothin' to it." "It is simple" "Who do you think you're kidding?" "I'm going to a movie." " Clint Eastwood at the Royal." " Rosa, wait a minute!" "Ciao." "You're gonna fix it up." "You're gonna fix it up." "All right, all right." "She's nervous." " Where's them cantaloupes?" " We asked for cantaloupes." " What kind of friend are you?" " Still playin' soldier boy, Jody?" "We saw it on TV." "When you gonna go play soldier boy?" "Say, say, say, say, say, say, say." "Is it true that blondes have more fun?" "Oh, no." "Look at that." "I told you he was a fag." " Say, Jody, you a fag?" " If I'd known you was a fag," "I'd have been up here before." "I coulda used the money!" "(laughs)" "Fall in!" " Left, right, left, right." " Hup, hup, hup, hup." "Let's decorate the warrior." "Eyes straight to the front, soldier." "Quit lookin' around!" "The motion in this model was programmed from the actual recorded ground motion of a 6.2 earthquake" " Long Beach in '33." " A magnitude of eight would produce..." " What's your point?" "Bill, we live in an earthquake zone." "What can I tell you?" "Have I failed to meet city safety requirements?" "That's not the point." "I think we should go beyond the codes." "You remember the Sylmar quake." "A lot of buildings that met the code collapsed." "Do you know how much money I pour into this company every year?" "You bet I do." "And you're willing to risk losing my business for something like this?" " Yes, I am." " (knocking)" "The revised prints are in my office, Mr Cameron." "I figured you'd want to go over them." "I'll see what it costs me." "I thought you were gonna chew me out for leaning on Bill Cameron." "Oh, I just figured it was time I kicked myself upstairs, and..." "I always liked the feel of that name." ""Chairman of the Board"." "Has a nice ring." " Congratulations, Mr President." " Jesus!" "Thanks, Sam." "Oh, listen." "You're gonna have to forget about that Oregon project, I guess." "We can't have a new company president pouring cement out in the woods." "What's the matter?" "Look, I just promoted you." "I didn't fire you." "No, it..." "Sam, you're gonna figure I'm crazy, but, uh..." "I'd like a little time to think this over." "OK." "Any... problems I ought to know about?" "No." "No, just a few priorities I've got to get straight in my head." "Sure." "Sam?" "Remy didn't have anything to do with this, did she?" "Don't worry." "You'd have this job even if you weren't my son-in-law." " (phone)" " Oh!" "Hold that." " Hello?" " Hello, Denise." "Stewart." "Hi." "I'm not gonna be able to make it tonight." "Something important came up at work." " Any trouble?" " No." "I've just got a problem to solve." " I'm sorry." " I'm sorrier than you are." "Oh, it doesn't matter about tonight." "We'll have lots of time together..." "up in Oregon." "OK?" "Bye-bye." "Goodbye." "Mom?" "Mom?" " Yeah?" " OK if I go to the playground?" "Sure." "Just be careful crossing that bridge, huh?" "And Corry?" "If I'm not home when you get back, don't worry." "I might take a walk." "I'll leave the kitchen door unlocked." "I think I'll make a practice run, loosen up the machine." "All right, Sal!" "Miles!" "Jeez!" "Miles, you all right?" "Huh?" "Came out of that damn thing!" " What happened?" " Come on, help me try again." "Listen, Miles." "We've only got one 250 left, you understand me?" "What are you talkin' about, man?" "I gotta try it again." "OK." "You're the boss." "All right, Miles." "Come on, baby!" "Come on, let her roll!" "...delay in the contract, I suggest..." "Barbara, you knew Brian Marshall." "Yes." " Ever meet his wife?" " Sure." "We see each other all the time." " What's she like?" " She's a very nice girl." " Yes, I was afraid of that." " (buzzer)" " Yes?" " Your daughter is on the way in." "Fine." "Remy." " Good afternoon, Mrs Graff." " Hello, Barbara." "Have you spoken to Stewart yet?" "Yes." "He said he wanted to think about it." "Miles!" " Here he comes." "The guy from Vegas." " Oh, baby." "This is gonna be the greatest run of my life." "I'm tuned to just the right pitch!" "You go on home and put this right out of your mind." " You look exhausted." " Thanks, Dad." "Sam, I..." "Hello, Remy." "Well, I, uh..." "I guess you've got yourself a new president." "Great!" "And you'll stay away from that Marshall woman." "Stewart." "Stewart, wait!" "Stewart, where are you going?" "Anywhere." "A bar!" " Why are you so angry?" " Don't you understand?" "That was a bribe." "Another bribe!" "Our whole marriage has been a series of bribes!" " And you took them!" " Well, it's time I quit." "You're going to see that Marshall bitch, aren't you?" " Not till tonight." " Oh, finally you admit the truth!" "It wasn't the truth till today." "It was never the truth." "It is now." "Bastard!" "(♪ Western theme music)" "(horses trotting)" "(Remy) I'm not that stupid!" "(dog barking)" "(more dogs start barking)" "(dog howling)" " Max?" " Hey!" "I found the trouble." "The quake busted the conduit, and it's flooded the shaft." "(rumbling)" "(rumbling intensifies)" "(screaming and shouting)" "Get down!" "(woman) Holy Mother of God!" "Help me!" "Oh, God, help me!" "Help!" "(new, deeper rumble)" "Argh!" "Oh, God!" "(man) Turn off the gas!" "(silence)" "Oh, my God!" "Stay here." "(man) Is there a doctor around here?" "(woman screams)" "Barbara." "Barbara!" "Barbara!" "Mr Cameron threw me out of the elevator!" "And then I heard all those people screaming!" "Probably the first time the old bastard ever did anybody a favour." "All right, take it easy, everybody." "It's over now." "It's over." " Over here!" " I'll take care of it." "Get the first-aid kits over there!" "All right, listen to me, everybody." "Let's just settle down." "(Sam) The worst is over." "You understand?" "The worst is over." "Hey, over there!" "(coughing)" "Break the windows, Carl!" "Over there!" "It's phosgene gas!" "Get out of here!" "Get out!" "Go on!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "(man) The stairs are out!" "There's no stairs!" "Hang in there!" "Hang on, buddy!" "Corry!" "Corry!" "Calling Van Nuys!" "Calling Van Nuys!" "We really got clobbered." "Thank God we have mobile units." " Let's get to that control panel." " Fires out of control." "All roads blocked between Victory and Kittridge." "Is there a way I can broadcast to the city, get picked up on transistors?" "There's a few commercial stations on the quake fringe area." " We might be able to rig a relay." " Well, get on it, then!" "Hey, you." "Come here." "Help this guy, damn it!" "Slide him out from under there." "Who do you have to know to get a drink around here?" "Shut off that gas valve!" " (woman) Someone here needs help." " Help me!" "Help me!" "You guys!" "Check that end, both sides!" "You two, check up here, both sides." "A couple of guys down below." "It held!" "My God, it held." "How much longer?" "I'm gonna divert some water into the spillways." " We gotta cut down on the pressure." " Not without official permission." "It's dead." "I told you to leave that alone!" "The city's gonna need every drop of water it can get." " There's dozens of fires." " If this dam busts, there won't be nothin' between here and Wilshire Boulevard left to burn!" "The quake may have broken something inside." "It won't budge!" "It won't budge!" " (woman) I gotta get home." " (man) We gotta get out of here!" "Stewart!" "You'd better get out of here!" "The whole building is full of phosgene!" "You'd better get out too." "Maybe there's a way down through an elevator shaft." "Watch yourself." "Shut the door." "It's giving." "It's giving." "Shut it!" "Get me a chair, with arms." "Right, the stairway's down there." "Now, feed this." "Right, out of the way!" "Feed it!" "Here, hold this." "All right, now hold the chair." "Hold it up." "We need something flexible to strap 'em in." "Pantyhose!" "Barbara, take off your pantyhose, damn it!" "You too!" "Come on." "Take off your pantyhose!" "Get her down." "Here's one." " Here comes the first one!" " Let her down as slow as you can." "And keep down the sway!" "Steady!" "It's OK." "You made it." " Help." " It's all right now." "Let me give it another shot." "All right, try it again." "Yeah!" " You guys owe me a six-pack." " You got it!" "Corry!" "Please, be OK..." "OK..." "I'll get you up." "OK." "It's gonna be all right." "I'll lift you up." "OK." "Try to..." "Help!" "I don't believe it." "I don't believe it!" " What do you mean?" " Busted!" "The ramps are busted." "The loops are busted." "The rings are busted." "I hope to God Evel Knievel was in town today." "Why?" "Help!" "Please help me!" "Help!" "Help!" "Help!" "Here!" "Down here!" "Help me." "My son is hurt." "Help us." "Come on!" "OK." "Take it easy, lady." "Come on, push him up here." "Push him up here, lady." " Slowly!" " Got him?" " You got him?" " Yeah, I got him." "Careful!" "Stay there, and watch those wires." "It'll be hours before we drain off enough to do any good." "Help!" "Help me!" "Come on, lady!" " Miles, put him right there." " There you go." "Where are we gonna take him, huh?" "There's no hospital for miles." " We'd better head for the police station." " Yeah." "Let's go." " How can I find out about my daughter?" " My store." "The whole front is gone." " Why aren't the firemen here yet?" " Please, help me find a doctor!" "Shut up!" "You're all gonna have to help yourselves." "Most of the police were killed in that station house, and the guys on patrol when the quake hit probably got more to do than they can handle." "Get volunteers, go to that hardware store over there." "If it's locked, break in." "Find picks and shovels, and start lookin' for people who are buried alive." "There are plenty of 'em, believe me." "Give him a hand." "Move your ass!" "I want all the women and kids who have houses in any kind of shape to go to them and to stay there." "Now, turn off all the gas lines..." "Hey!" "I'm getting something." "Stand by for a message from the mayor of Los Angeles." "The city has suffered the greatest natural disaster in United States history." "The state and the nation are rallying to our aid." "But for the next few hours, until massive help can reach us, we will have to depend on our own physical and spiritual resources." "Private physicians should report to emergency aid stations now being set up at key sites throughout the city." "Bring all the medical supplies you can carry." "Clinics have been established at the following locations:" "The Hollywood Bowl, the Occidental Insurance building, the Wilson Plaza..." "Laura!" "My father!" "Is he all right?" "My father!" "Laura!" "My father!" "Go ahead." "Come on, you're next." "Move!" "Sam?" "You all right?" "Sam!" "Why didn't you go ahead of some of the younger guys?" "Staying up here was crazy." "I don't think I'm strong enough to lower you all the way, so get ready for a jolt." "(splutters)" "Let's get outta here." "Give me a hand with him." " Watch yourself." " OK." "Easy." "Do you know Denise Marshall's number?" "Get to a phone, find out if she's all right." " Are the phones working?" " Try, please!" "OK." "Let's get outta here." " Officer, are the phones working?" " Nowhere." "Out all over the city." "Hey, Lew." " Miles." " Look, we got a hurt kid in the back." " He's in shock." " Well, all we can do is keep him warm until we can get him to a doctor." "Can you find your way to Wilson Plaza in this heap?" "They got an emergency medical station there." "I gotta find my sister Rosa." "We've got a lot of injured to move, and you're gonna move them in this!" " Gimme the bike." " Just do what he says!" "I'll find Rosa on the bike." "I can get around better than anybody." "OK, move out." "Single file." "(woman) There's a store open over there!" " (man) Grab the cash!" " OK." "(man) This way." "Let's go." "This way." " (woman) Did you get it?" " Yeah, yeah, I got it." "Hey, Al!" "Over here!" "Let's go!" "Hey!" "Get away from that cash register!" "I was just trying to get home." "I..." "I was hungry." "Look, I'd like to let you go, miss, but we have strict orders on looters." " I was just hungry..." " No exceptions." "Come on, let's go." "(megaphone) Cars must leave the garage area after dropping off patients." "Hot coffee and food is available in basement shopping levels two and three." "Please keep moving." "Move right along." "Please keep moving." "More doctors are waiting at the first garage level." "Hot coffee and food is available in basement shopping levels two and three." "All cars must leave the garage area after dropping off patients." "Please keep moving." "More doctors are waiting at the first garage level." "Cars must leave the garage area after dropping off patients." "Hold it." "Hold it!" "Oxygen." "Get me a blood pressure." "Wait." "How do you feel?" "Hard to breathe." " Chest pains?" " Yeah." "He's had a heart attack." "Come on." "Start him on a litre of 5% dextrose." "Cars must leave the garage area after dropping off patients." "Stewart!" "Denise and her boy'll need help, too." "I've got to try and find them." "Is she more important than me?" "Than our life together?" "Than everything?" " Remy..." " Stewart, we've tried to be." "Please!" "I'm sorry." "Goodbye." "Cars must leave the garage area after dropping off patients." "Please keep moving." "Hot coffee and food is available in..." "I'm with the people at the dam, Mayor." "They're maintaining constant inspection." "I can't take any chances, Colonel." "Dr Stockle said we can expect aftershocks." "And the building and safety department say some structures may look perfectly sound, but have been so weakened, even a minor quake can bring 'em down." "Evacuate the area immediately below the dam." "This is a precautionary evacuation." "We repeat, there is no present danger of the dam collapsing." "Move to high ground west of Highland Avenue and north of Franklin." "This is a precautionary evacuation." "(man) I'm getting out of here!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "They're not lyin' to you." "You've got plenty of time." "Stay there!" "Stay there!" "Come on, lay down." "You're gonna be all right." "Halt!" " Hey, Sid." " Hi." " Why did you take this bunch prisoner?" " Suspicion of looting." "Turn that dark-haired girl over to me." "She's a friend." "Yeah, sure." "Hey, you." "Come here." "Yeah, come on." " Can I go home now?" " Can't do that." "You're my responsibility." "It's a coupla dozen blocks to your house." "It's gettin' dark, the animals are loose." "Make yourself comfortable inside the store here." "I have to send out patrols." "You all patrol that area up there, and watch out for looters!" "Move out!" "Hey, Sarge, look what we found." "Jody!" "For Christ's sake, what a break!" "Caught them around the corner." "Their car broke down." "Look at the goodies they had with them." "You think we oughta shoot 'em?" "Jody, we've just been puttin' you on." "You can't kill guys for that." "Maybe they didn't steal these necklaces." "Maybe they're just fags that like to dress up in women's jewels." " You find any dresses in the car?" " No, Jody." " Well, I guess we'll have to shoot 'em." " Jody, I was tellin' the guys just today" " to lay off, I swear to God I was." "Ask 'em!" " Yeah." "Those naked guys on the wall didn't mean nothin'." "We knew you lifted weights." "Scum like you think you can get away with anything, push people around, steal." "Make fun of men who have to work for a living, huh?" "But not today." "Hey, come back, you guys!" "I was only kidding." "Hey..." "Hey, don't do that, man." "Not like back in the store, is it, Miss Amici?" "No scrawny bitches asking' for double Green Stamps after the special's over." "Move it!" "I want this whole patrol area quarantined." "No civilians allowed through without being questioned." "They might be looters." "What about people trying to get to Wilson Plaza?" " I meant everybody!" " There's no other clear streets." "Move out!" "Denise?" "Denise!" " All right, out." " What?" "!" "I got a lot of injured to move, and fast." "That dam is liable to go at any minute." " I've got people to find." " This thing looks like just what I need." " Now get out!" " Just a minute..." "You're a troublemaker, aren't you?" "I've never shot a troublemaker before - or are you gonna get out?" "Look, I'm looking for a girl and a little boy." "They mean a lot to me." "Send your butler." " Where's the shift?" " Depends on what you want to do." "That's a customised transmission." "It's got eight forward speeds... and three reverse - all of 'em a helluva lot harder to operate than that.38." "All right, you're an ambulance driver." "What?" "!" "I'm sorry." "It's been a helluva day." "OK, that's it." "We got one more." "(dog barking)" "(whining)" "We are in desperate need of blood type AB negative." "Check Red Cross blood bank, and report back." "Officer Scott." "Coffee and food is available in basement shopping levels two and three." "I never thought we'd get here." "A long time to go a coupla lousy miles." "Listen, lady, I gotta go now." "I gotta move the truck up." "Thank you very much." "He's had a bad fall, he's hit his head, and he just won't come to life." " Can I go with him?" " No, no." "We'll get in touch with you, on the third level." " Thank you." " It's right around there." "Those not needing medical aid, please stay away from the field hospital." "(man) The building must have its own generator." "Barbara?" "Barbara!" "Are you OK?" " Yeah." "I'm just terrified." "You?" " I'm fine, but Corry's had a bad fall." "He's upstairs with the doctor." "Stewart Graff, is he all right?" "Yeah, he's all right, the last I saw." "But Mr Royce had a heart attack." " A heart attack?" " I'm awaiting word from the doctor." "I've got to get some air." "Will you come with me?" "No, I'd rather stay here." "I'll see you later." "Take care." " He's gone." "He never had a chance." " Should I tell his daughter?" "I don't want any deaths reported to the survivors until things settle down." "Miss Amici?" "Miss Amici?" "You better eat." "This is nice and fresh." "Hank got into the deli down the street." "A lotta guys with hair over regulation like to wear 'em." "Oh." "You know, I really used to look forward to seeing you in the supermarket." "You never complained like all the rest of those women, carrying' on." "Thank you." "And I hope the lousy store was knocked flat." "What I wanna do is open a karate school." "I'll have enough saved pretty soon." "A lot of money in karate, you know." "I'll give you free lessons." "I'm not really very hungry." "It's a hot night out." "Uh..." "Why don't you take off that jacket?" "You always liked me too." "I could tell." "You never said anything, but I could tell." "Don't... don't... don't hurry me." "It's no real fun that way." " (Max) Everything all right?" " Yeah, fine." "(roaring noise)" "Another damned earthslide on the other side of the reservoir?" "Uh-huh." "Jesus, that's a scary sound." "Uh-huh." "How is he?" "He's gonna be all right." "Mild shock and a concussion." " I gave him something to help him sleep." " Where are you taking him?" "The army medics have set up their field x-ray trucks in the third-level garage." "Doctor!" "Doctor!" "Why aren't you with my father?" "Uh..." "Don't bother me now." "(rumbling)" "Get down!" "Red Cross emergency aid stations are already..." " Sure you know the way to Wilson Plaza?" " Damn it, that's where I just came from." "The mayor's office has not yet released a damage report." "However, details are expected momentarily." "Please stand by." "There's other buildings sure to have come down." "First time in my life I'm ashamed of my profession." "We never should've put up those 40-storey monstrosities." "Not here." "(door creaks)" "Hey!" " What's the matter?" " The door's out of line." "It wasn't before that aftershock a few minutes ago." "(rumbling)" "Don't be scared." "We'll be feelin' those quivers for days, the CO said." "That looks great." " A pretty girl oughta have nice things." " I've always thought so." "Hey, you gotta forget about the way it used to be." "Your brother could be dead." "Nobody left but me to take care of ya." "Well, I've..." "I've got another brother in San Francisco." "And he's in the Mafia." "(Hank) There's another car comin', Jody." " This area's quarantined." "Take a detour." " I'm a police officer." " We're transporting injured people." " This is an emergency." "What isn't, after a quake?" "Go back, or take 'em to a Hare Krishna temple!" "Lew!" "Help me!" "He's nuts!" "Save me!" "What the hell are you doin'?" "I know this kid." " She's under detention." "Looting." " Take it easy." " All right?" " OK?" " Go back the way you came." " OK." "(Jody) Move out!" "Don't leave me with him!" "Lew!" "Lew!" "Help me!" "Lew!" "Help me!" "Lew!" "I'm goin' for an officer." "That guy in there is cracked." "Come on." "Hey, come on." "Pull up another 100 feet." "Pull it around the corner and stop." "Nuts, am I, huh?" "You got your nerve." "Only a whore would wear something like that!" "Rosa!" "Let's go!" "Better not!" "Come on, Rosa." "Come on, settle down, will ya?" "Earthquakes bring out the worst in some guys, that's all." "Here." "Come on." "Here, look." "Look what you got." "Look at what you got to take care of." "(radio)... fires caused by a ruptured gas main have thus far failed." "A number of residences in the area are reported to have been totally destroyed." "My brother told me you were a strange kind of cop." "Dozens of weakened structures collapsed when the aftershock hit." "The worst disaster was the supposedly earthquake-proof Wilson Plaza." "The Army Corps of Engineers is rushing workers and equipment to the scene." "Stand by for further bulletins." "(trickling water)" "Oh, my God!" "Inspector!" "Inspector!" " (sounds horn)" " Hold it!" "Stop!" "You can't go any farther." "Police officer, transporting injured people." " I'm sorry, lady." "You can't go through." " I've got to get through." "It's urgent!" "Mr Graff!" "They're still down there, Remy and Mr Royce." "Denise, too." "She asked for you." " Where were they in the building?" " The third level below." "Come on." "I agree." "There's a chance people could still be alive in the subbasements." "It'll take days to unearth all this debris." "Look, the air supply can't last more than a few hours." "I know the design of this building." "I've been through it a hundred times." "The basements extend clear out to the street on this side." "If the drain's deep enough, all you have to tunnel through is a couple of layers of concrete and a few feet of dirt." "I got radio word that the Hollywood Reservoir Dam is disintegrating." "We're on high ground, but those drains are 40ft down." "They'll fill up in minutes." "Dams have lasted for weeks with major breaches." "It's too dangerous." "The sewers must have cracked around like whips." " The eastern approach is totally blocked." " Well, what about the other end?" "I was just gonna call up an inspection team." "Come and see for yourself." "Make way, fellas." " Lew?" "Where are you going?" " I'm goin' with them." "Let's have a look." " Can't you get through here?" " I don't know how far the opening runs." " Haven't you checked yet?" " My men, stay here!" "That could cave in any second!" "You know as well as I do, the chances are 100 to 1 that everybody in that building is dead!" "Holy Mother!" "I got through." " Can you get me a jackhammer?" " Use a jackhammer, the roof'll fall in." "I think there's people alive." "I'm gonna try and get 'em out." "Well, nobody else is." "And you can't do it all alone." "I won't be alone." "He's comin' with me." "Make sure they don't turn on the compressor until we signal." "Any word from the dam?" "The last radio report we had said no further cracks had appeared." "Hey, you sure I can't talk you out of this insanity?" "Colonel, I really wish you could." "Watch your head." "Keep it coming!" "I've paced it off." "We oughta break through at the third basement level." " This thing ready?" " The pressure's ready." "Hold on." "I'm gettin' outta here!" "Inspector!" "Inspector!" "Get the hell outta here!" "It's breaking up!" "Get out!" "Come on!" "Get out!" "Get out!" "Should be a couple of feet of earth, then just the basement wall." "Hand me that light." "(drilling)" "(distant drilling)" "We're through!" " (man #1) Oh, my God!" " (man #2) They're through!" "We're saved!" " Anybody in there?" " (doctor) About 70 of us!" " (car horns) - (drilling)" " Stewart!" " Denise!" "Come on, let's go." "Be careful of the loose area down there." "Easy, easy, easy." "Careful of the loose stuff down there." " (rumbling) - (woman) No!" "Not again!" "It stopped." "It stopped!" "Take it easy." "And watch your head down below." "I got ya, I got ya." "Take your time, and watch it down there." "That stuff is all loose." "Give us a hand down here!" "(Lew) Nice and easy." "OK." " That's all of 'em." "Let's go." " Yeah." "(man) Watch it!" "Don't panic." " Women first!" " Come on!" "Come on!" " Relax." "There's lots of time." " Take it easy!" "Take it easy!" "(distant roar)" "Take it easy!" "One at a time!" "Women first!" "Take it easy!" "Take it easy!" "Don't panic." "(roar gets closer)" "Go on, Remy!" "Argh!" "Sweet Christ." "Remy!" "Lew?" "Lew!" "This used to be a helluva town, Officer." "Yeah."