"Everything okay?" "So far." "The rest of it will be in your Swiss bank account." "Where is the material?" "In the exact same location I showed you last year." "Will it be safe?" "Very safe." "I have some urgent business here in Europe." "I can't get there until the day after tomorrow, at precisely noon." "Will you be there?" "My friend, by noon the day after tomorrow, I'll be halfway to Zurich." "Collins has made his contact." "The plutonium is at a prearranged drop." " Right." " Do we pick him up?" "No, he's not gonna tell us where he hid it." "It's gonna be handled another way." "That's right." "Let's go back to what we were doing." "Okay, that's right." "Now, give me some more of that." "Right, very nice, very nice." "That's right, Joanna, just keep it up." "Beautiful, beautiful." " Morning." " Hi." "That's right, keep it up." " Well, what lens are you using?" " Eighty-five mm." "Well, for portraits, I like a 135 or a 150 myself." "In the lens case, on the tailgate." "Okay, Joanna, let's go back to what we were doing." "That's right." "Beautiful, baby." "Beautiful." "Keep it up." "Right, beautiful." "Good morning, Mr. Phelps." "Joseph Collins, a brilliant nuclear physicist, has stolen 50 kilograms of plutonium from his former employer, enough to construct a dozen Hiroshima-strength bombs." "Collins has sold the plutonium to an unidentified foreign interest, whose representative, a man named Haig, is to take delivery of it at noon the day after tomorrow." "Conventional law-enforcement agencies have been unable to identify Haig or to locate the plutonium." "Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it," "Good luck, Jim." "Where is the material?" "In the exact same location I showed you last year." " Will it be safe?" " Very safe." "I have some urgent business here in Europe." "I can't get there until the day after tomorrow, at precisely noon." "Will you be there?" "My friend, by noon the day after tomorrow, I'll be halfway to Zurich." "Well, that's it." "That's all we've got." "The only way we're gonna get the plutonium is to make Collins lead us to it." "Our advantage is that he thinks he's in the clear." "We'll make that work for us." "Jim, Collins could have hid that plutonium anywhere in the country." "That's possible, Casey, but not likely." "As far as we can establish," "Collins hasn't done any long-distance travelling in the last two weeks." "You were able to make arrangements with the Interior Department?" "They're letting us use Bridgeton." "That area was really levelled by the earthquake." "How about the police here in town, Willy?" "I have credentials and clearance." "Only the chief knows about it." "We'll be using a wing of the department that's presently closed for renovation." "Good, Collins is familiar with the building." "We couldn't fool him with a fake." "Now, did you replace the radio?" "Yes, Jim, with an exact duplicate." "Every morning, he wakes up to a music station." "This morning, ten minutes after he wakes, this cassette will be activated." "Casey?" "C-2-H-120: it's an ether compound, an astringent, administered subcutaneously." "Acrostatin, which will lower the body temperature five degrees." "It'll also make him feel a little feeble." "Corpelomine, and of course, peroxide." "Jim, the astringent has a spirit gum base, and it won't last more than 11 hours." "It's 8:07 now." "At noon tomorrow, Haig is supposed to pick up the plutonium." "We don't know who Haig is, where he's coming from, or where he's going." "We have 28 hours to find out." "We interrupt this programme for a news bulletin." "Washington:" "State Department spokesmen say the Mideast situation remains, as one official is quoted as saying," ""At a flash point. "" "U.S. Naval units remain on full alert as reports persist of unidentified fleet movements in the Aegean." "More news the instant it comes in." "The big carrier has been dispatched to the scene." "Stay tuned to this station for further developments in the worsening Mediterranean crisis." "And our correspondent in the Mediterranean port city of El Fayid advises that evacuation of U.S. nationals is now underway." "Also, a word from Tel Aviv." "New attacks are expected momentarily, and there already have been heavy damage and loss of life." "Hello." " Mr. Collins?" " Yes?" "Please look down into the street at the phone booth." "Now, if you will also notice the automobile parked almost directly below your window." "And the car parked across the street." "You appear to be under surveillance, Mr. Collins." "Who is this?" "My name is Max Bander, I'm an attorney." "Under the circumstances, I can't come up, but may we talk?" "About what?" "Fifty kilograms of plutonium." "I know you plan to leave for Zurich this evening, Mr. Collins, so I'll be brief." "My clients realise that you've consummated an agreement to sell the plutonium." "But they are prepared to double whatever you've been promised." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Mr. Collins, my clients are not foreigners." "They reside here in the United States." "If you refuse them, you won't live to enjoy Zurich." "Give me one hour to think about it." "Joseph Collins?" " Yes?" " We're police officers, Mr. Collins." "I'm Lieutenant Maggio, this is Detective White." "We have a warrant for your arrest." "The charge is murder." "Murder?" "Who is it that I'm supposed to have murdered?" "Anthony Charles Dawson, Mr. Collins." "Look, there must be some mistake." "I don't even know anybody by the name of Dawson." "I'll just call my lawyer." "You can call from downtown, Mr. Collins." "Would you please put your hands on the counter?" "I'll take that." "Please, Mr. Collins." "Turn around." "You're making a false arrest." " You know what that means?" " Yes, sir, I know." "They drove an unmarked car, licence number 523 Y-O-H." "I want everything you have." "The charge, the investigation unit, and I wanna talk to him fast." "I love the way your clients always come to me for help." " What are they into now?" " Yes or no?" " How much?" " The usual fee, $1,000." "I'll be in touch." "He doesn't believe in traveller's cheques." "Count it and make out a receipt." " Can I call my lawyer now?" " Yes, sir." "You're allowed one call." "Hansel, Clark and Rogers." "Good morning." "This is Joseph Collins." "I'd like to speak to Mr. Rogers, please." "Oh, Mr. Collins, I'm sorry." "Mr. Rogers is out right now." "May I help?" "Yes, you find him." "You tell him I'm being held at police headquarters on suspicion of murder and I want him down here, and right away." "I'll do my best to locate him." "I'm sure he'll be there as soon as possible." "Washington:" "The United States has requested an immediate emergency session of the United Nations Security Council." "All NATO military units are on full alert." "Have a seat, Mr. Collins." "For the first time in nearly 30 years," "Londoners heard air-raid sirens tonight." "A drill, but nonetheless, a deadly serious drill." "And that's the news for now." "Our next headline summary in 15 minutes." "Now back to music." "Always the same." "Somebody steps on somebody else's toes and they all talk war." " This one sounds bad." " They all sound bad." "He feel like talking yet?" "There's no record of a Joseph Collins." "Well, he was brought in." "I saw him." "I saw the police car." "Lieutenant Sager, 523 Y-O-H is not one of our cars." "Your lawyer's on his way, Collins." "You wouldn't wanna make a statement before he comes, would you?" " Faraday, how you doing?" " Doing good, how about yourself?" "Not bad either for an old man." "What's going on in there?" "I thought they were renovating that end of the floor." "Lieutenant, all I know is it's top secret." "You can't get in without a special pass." "Had you ever seen Dawson before?" "I know my rights." "I have nothing to say until my lawyer advises me to." "We interrupt our programme to bring you a special bulletin." "Washington:" "Pentagon spokesmen announced that 23 National Guard divisions were activated this morning." "There were no details as to their immediate use, but further call-ups are said to be imminent." "This war situation seems critical." "You have enough to worry about, Mr. Collins." "Now, why don't you cooperate?" "There was an eyewitness." "Gentlemen, I told you before, I won't talk until I see my lawyer." "Where's my lawyer?" "I thought you said he was on his way." "You'll have to talk to us sometime." " Want some coffee, Fred?" " Black." "Collins?" "To review the dramatic events of the last ten hours, ladies and gentlemen." "At this moment, the world's major powers stand on the brink of a global war." "The crisis began with what seemed to be only one of many successive parries and thrusts in the Middle East theatre." "Neither side acknowledges landing the first blow." "It was rocket fire, we are told, which ignited an armoured attack over the Jordan River late yesterday afternoon." "And this flash just in." "All U.S. Reserve forces are to be called up." "I repeat, all United States Military Reserve forces are to be called up." "And from Washington:" "Civil defence authorities announced that the entire Eastern seaboard will be blacked out." "This in coordination with major eastern cities, where it is already night, and where, for several hours, people have been streaming to air-raid shelters." "In Washington, it is certain the president will declare a state of national emergency." "You owe me a dime, Fred." "The machine was broken." "Put it on my bill." "This flash." "NORAD radar screens report incoming missiles." "I repeat, NORAD radar screens have detected incoming missiles." "A cluster of missiles has penetrated the northern defence perimeter." "Their present bearing will take them into the Southern California area." "Hold it." "We have a bulletin from the capital." "This is Washington." "The Defence Department, moments ago, announced that the United States has launched a retaliatory nuclear strike." "We've had reports of a major missile pattern aimed at Washington." "Interceptors have already been fired." "But all citizens, repeat, everybody is urged to find shelt..." "Did you hear that?" "Something happened to Washington." "We can't get Washington." "I have an emergency announcement." "Please take shelter at once." "Use indicated air raid and emergency shelters." "There are procedures..." "I mean, there are designated places of refuge." "Oh, my God." " It's the end of everything." " Repeat, not a practise alert." "All citizens must go to air raid and emergency shelters at once." "Call Bridgeton." "Tell them we're on schedule." "Call Bridgeton." "Tell them we're on schedule." "Use indicated air raid and emergency shelters." "There are procedures..." "I mean, there are designated places of refuge." "Oh, my God." "It's the end of everything." "They want him to think there's been an atomic attack." "Why?" "Where'd they take him?" " I haven't been paid yet." " Where did they take Collins?" "Call Bridgeton." "Tell them we're on schedule." "Thank you very much, lieutenant." "You've been quite helpful." "Thank you, gentlemen." "Go to Bridgeton, Max." "See what it's all about." "Take a couple of men with you." "Good men." "You." "Get back to work." "Get those biscuits in those cans." "Get back to work." "You're holding up the line." "What happened to me?" "Where am I?" "Come on, old man." "Get back to work." "What kind of a place is this?" "Get him." "No." "Stay away from me." "Stay away from me." "Sergeant, what's going on here?" "We've got men starving on every section of the front." " Why isn't the line moving?" " Sorry." "We're having a bit of trouble." " What's the matter with him?" " He's one of the Class 9s, sir." "He must have come out of it." "Once in a while, they do that." "Let him go." "He's a Section B, 9400." "Only two days to go." "Well, I can't have him stopping the line." " Put him in the holding room." " Yes, sir." " Please, tell me what happened to me." " Sergeant." "Please tell me what happened to me." "Where am I?" "Please." "Where are you taking me?" "Please." "Please." "Please." "Please!" "Where are you taking me?" "Where are you taking me?" "No, no, no." "Well, there's some company for you." "But don't get too friendly, you won't be together that long." "Here, 9400, eat hearty." "You won't need this, man." "Hey, hey, where am I?" "What's going on?" "Don't waste your breath." "You're talking to dead men." "This is madness." "Seven." "Ninety-five." "Nineteen... 1993." "Ninet...?" "Couldn't be." "In your case, it is, you crazy old man." "You're a Class 9." "Class 9?" "What do you mean, Class 9?" "A Class 9, man." "Those that were near ground zero." "Most of them, those that lived, went into irreversible shock." "Very few of them came out of it like you." "I have seen recovered Class 9s in my country." "I am a Class 6." "A prisoner of war." "What do you mean, prisoner of war?" "What do you mean?" "We are at war, man." "Your country and my country." "The whole bloody world is at war." "We've been fighting for 28 years, ever since the attack." "Twenty-eight years?" "Attack?" "Attack, attack." "Twenty-eight years." "That makes it..." "That makes it..." "That makes it the year 2000, man." "The end of the second millennium, the end of the whole world." "2000?" "2000." "What's that?" "What's happening here?" "What's that?" "Ain't you never heard an air-raid warning before?" "Red alert." "Red alert." "Enemy aircraft sighted." "Red alert." "Red alert." "Enemy aircraft sighted." "Red alert." "Ground air missile crews to your posts." "Surface to air missiles..." " Guard." "Hey, guard." " Red alert." "Red alert." " Enemy aircraft sighted." " Guard." "Guard." "Guard, get us out of here." " Surface to air missiles tracking." " Guard!" " Radars scanning..." " Guard, guard, get us out of..." "Get me out of here, please!" "Get us out of here!" "Help!" "Please!" "Please, help!" "Help!" "Get me out of here!" "Guard, help!" "Help, help, help!" "You let us out of here!" "You let us out of here!" "Get us..." "Come on, man, we are trapped!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" " I'm getting out of here." " Take me with you." "Keep away from me." "You men check Charlie area." "Private, take a squad into the tunnel." "You." "You down there." "I think Corridor B is blocked." "I can't clear the passage, sir." "There's two dozen buried soldiers..." "Take the wounded out of there and close it down." "You're gonna show me the way out of here." "What good it gonna do you, man?" "Nine-four-zero-zero." "You're 65 years old, man." "You're a Class 9, Section B." "Section B, man." "You see what happened behind that green door over there." "That's where all Section B ends up." "Don't you know that when a Class 9 gets to be 65, they put him to death." "Nine-four-zero-zero." "That's your termination date, man." "Ninth month, fourth day." "September the 4th." "Today is September the 2nd." "Happy birthday, man." "You take me out now." "Take me out now." "Now!" "Halt." "No, he can't have told them anything yet." "They wouldn't be going through all this if he had." "We have no choice except to stay right here to watch and listen." "Whatever they do, we'll know about it." "If they move, wherever they go, we'll be there ahead of them." "You're telling me you can't afford any more casualties." "They're cheaper than the hell my foot soldiers are taking from those gun positions." "From reports, 300 rounds went into our positions in three hours last night." "Sixty-one percent." "My aircraft losses are 61 percent, and you ask me to commit three Reserve squadrons?" "We've no choice, general." "The situation demands it." "Marshal, you'd better make that a direct order." " If you can't handle..." " There are things more important." "May a former infantry shavetail interject a thought?" "Please, sir, we welcome your thoughts." "General, I appreciate your problem, and yours too, Fred." "But I do believe we must consider the overall situation." "I mean the future." "What future there is, since we've been fighting for 28 years." "We've depleted our entire stocks of nuclear weapons." "Our manufacturing sources are drying up." "We can't feed our civilian population." "Begging your pardon, sir, the enemy's position is no better." "Not only no better, marshal, but getting worse." "The van is picking up a transmission from somewhere in the building." " Stay with it." " And leave ourselves defenceless." "If the admiral and marshal insist on going ahead with Sledgehammer," "I have no choice but to request I be relieved of command." "Request denied, general." "There is one alternative." "What alternative, sir?" " Peace." " Peace?" "You mean surrender, don't you?" "Sir, Operation Sledgehammer will wipe them out once and for all." "And how do you feel, general?" "Do you agree with them or with me?" "I don't know, sir." "I honestly don't know." "What's going on up there?" "Some prisoners broke out of detention, sir." " Excuse the disturbance." " Who are they?" "No, he made me do it." "He said he'd kill me if I didn't go with him." "This one's a Class 9 I saw earlier this morning." "He seems to have recovered, remarkable." "Take him away, corporal." "No, wait, wait." "You're making a mistake." " Corporal." " I can help you." "I can show you how to win this war." "You fools, I can help you!" "Just a moment." "Get him out of here." "How can you help us, Class 9?" "By giving you the means to make nuclear bombs." "He's a Section B, sir." "He terminates in two days." "Yes, if only we had some nuclear bombs." "But you can have them." "I know where you can find 50 kilograms of plutonium." "We know where to find plutonium too, millions of tons." "Refined plutonium." "Refined." "Refined?" "How on Earth could you possibly find something like plutonium 239?" " I'm a nuclear physicist." " Nonsense." "Even if we had the plutonium, there aren't any technicians to build a bomb." "I can build a bomb." "I told you, I'm a nuclear physicist." "And you say you know where to find the plutonium?" "That's right." "Twenty-eight years ago, just before the attack," "I hid 50 kilograms of refined plutonium." "Yes, of course you did." "It's been laying there all those years waiting for you to claim it." "That's right." "And it's in a safe place, and nobody can ever find it." "Where?" "What part of the country is it in?" "Outside Los Angeles." "Here's a map." "Show us." "And if I'm telling you the truth, what happens to me, huh?" "I think you'd better consider what happens if you're not telling the truth." "Now, show us." "Here." "Here." "In the Santa Rosario Mountains, there's a riverbed." "Go on." " No." " Why not?" "This whole thing is ridiculous." " What do you mean?" " It's obvious, isn't it?" "Even if I tell you where it is, what guarantee do I have that you won't kill me?" "Now, which choice is better, Class 9, Section B?" "To die now or trust us, huh?" "What?" "If you are a nuclear physicist, as you say, we do not destroy scientific talent, I assure you." "Here." "There's a canyon called Susanna." "There's a bridge that runs over it." "The plutonium is hidden at the north end under the third girder." "Even if the bridge was totally destroyed, the plutonium will be safe." " You know where that is?" " Yup." "Let's go." "Thank you, Class 9." "Corporal, take him back to the holding cell until further notice." "Yes, sir." "That's it." "Get them out of there." "All right, hold it right there." " Somebody else got into the act." " Yeah, let's go." "All right, hold it." "Put it down and get your hands up."