"Done." "The bomb is armed." "The timer is set." "Look, they don't even know they're hostages." "Four million people." "The entire city." "The letter." "Good morning, Mr. Phelps." "The brilliant nuclear physicist Dr. Jerome M. Cooper has informed the president of the United States that a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb is located in an unnamed American city and will be detonated at noon tomorrow unless the following demands are met." "First, eight congressmen and three senators and three members of the cabinet, whose names are listed here, are to resign their seats, to be replaced by men of Cooper's choosing." "Second, certain United States foreign policy must be immediately and irrevocably reversed." "The authorities are convinced that Dr. Cooper is telling the truth." "He and his accomplices have placed millions of lives in jeopardy." "Your mission, should you accept, is to locate and disarm the bomb." "This tape will self-destruct in five seconds." "Good luck, Jim." "Once Cooper has documented proof his demands are met, he'll contact an unknown accomplice, who will then disarm the bomb." "Our job is to identify the accomplice and locate the bomb." "Jim, how do we know it's an accomplice?" "Why couldn't Cooper just have a remote-control device?" "Because a remote-control device could be neutralised by simply arresting Cooper." "The accomplice could have a remote." "Yes, but don't forget Cooper has to communicate with him." "Now, he knows he'll be under constant surveillance, so he won't attempt any personal contact." "It'll be a phone call." "And once he makes that call, we'll delay the transmission and trace the call." "Yes, and unless we do it in time, one of these cities will be wiped out." "All on the West Coast." "Jim, have we learned how Cooper was able to build the bomb?" "Yes, he had a Q clearance, Mimi, and access to plutonium." "He's a very wealthy man, and he used that wealth." "Is the radiator device ready?" "And a bug for the car radio." "I'll plant them both tonight." "What about the police, Mimi?" "All roads leading to the Hob Nob Cafe will be blocked." "No one will get in or out after Cooper gets there." " Helicopter?" " Ready to pick you up on signal." " Cooper's wife?" " Under constant surveillance." "All right, we have one major problem:" "We don't know who any of the other members of the group are, and we've got a deadline." "Fifteen hours and 31 minutes until that bomb goes off at noon tomorrow and destroys a city." "Anything?" " They're watching us." " Of course." "But that's all they can do, watch." "They can't risk any interference." "Breakfast ready?" "We've mapped each potential target city, Jim, with a tracer network on each one." " Transmitter?" " Operational." "We can override any wavelength and transmit our own radio message." "And police units are on standby alert in each city." " With radiation-detection equipment." " Good." " Lisa's ready with the phone, Jim." " All right." "Jack, you're on." "All right, hold it, everybody." "Go ahead, Lisa." "Dr. Jerome Cooper?" "Please hold for Mr. John Elliott, the president's special administrative assistant." "No, Mr. Elliott." "I will discuss these matters only with the president himself." "I see." "Very well, Mr. Elliott." "If the president feels that a meeting is necessary, I'm willing." "I'm a reasonable man." "The Western White House, doctor." "We've made all necessary arrangements." "I'll be there." "All right, ladies and gentlemen, we have three hours and 33 minutes." "What details have to be negotiated?" "For one thing, he doesn't like my selection of FBI director." " Look, we have to be reasonable." " It could be a trick." "Then, just in case:" "But what can they do?" "Risk an entire city?" "We can't be too cautious." "I want you to call me." "If I haven't heard from you by 10:00, I'll assume it's gone wrong." "Very well." "But, Adele, I'm not important." "If anything does go wrong, you see that the bomb goes off." "I will." "We interrupt this programme for a news bulletin." "Just moments ago, two security guards at the Eckworth Steel Corporation Alexandria plant were killed in a daring robbery attempt." "A man identified as ex-convict Michael Ryan and an unidentified woman companion made off with approximately $2, 700 from the cashier's office." "The pair's objective was the weekly half-million-dollar payroll, which, this morning, arrived 30 minutes later than scheduled." "Police are certain the two will be apprehended momentarily." "This is KBEX, with all the news, all the time." "Now from the KBEX newsroom, latest on the Bonnie and Clyde robbery killing." "Ex-convict Mike Ryan and his female accomplice have apparently evaded a police roadblock." "One highway patrolman was seriously wounded as Ryan deliberately smashed a police barricade on Highway 395." "And the pair are believed to be proceeding southward." "And now back to our regular programme." "Lots of antifreeze going up in steam there." " Can you fix it?" " I sure can." " How long will it take?" " Well, let me take a look at it." "The radiator hose has a crack in it there." "How long will it take to fix it?" "Well, I have to replace it." "Take a few minutes." "I've got a meeting in half an hour." "Well, give me five minutes, and I'll get right on it." "The cafe's closed today, but I got some coffee on." "Why don't you go inside and help yourself to a cup?" "It's been longer than a few minutes." "Look," "I'm really in a hurry." "When I'm through, I'll give you the bill, okay?" "Jim, ready here." "We're coming in." "Here is a KBEX news bulletin." "The woman participating in the Eckworth Steel Corporation robbery-killing has been identified as Madeline Royce, a state penitentiary escapee and longtime girlfriend of ex-convict Mike Ryan." "Ryan and Miss Royce are now believed heading south in a 1967 Montado sedan." "From Washington, this just in:" "The director of the FBI, two senators and one congressman have been summoned to an emergency meeting with the president." "The congressmen are unidentified, but it is believed they all head important committees." "And now back to our scheduled programme." "Is my car ready?" "Everybody stay cool and quiet." "That way nobody gets hurt." "What time Richie supposed to pick us up?" "I told you, 11:00." " Who are you?" " That's his car..." "I asked him." "My name is Cooper." "Okay, Cooper." "You, Tom, down to the end of the counter." "You can't hold us here." "Is it a robbery?" "What is it?" "Just lean on the counter and keep your hands flat." "No." "We'll search your dead body, if that's what you want." "Clean." "All right, both of you." "Sit down on those stools." "Hey, you're the ones that robbed that steel company." "I heard it on the radio." "On the news, huh?" " What'd they say?" " They said you killed two guards." "Yeah, two of them." "And for what?" " Two thousand seven hundred dollars." " Knock it off." ""Half million, baby."" "That's what you said, wasn't it?" "Five hundred big ones?" " Madeline." " They're tearing up the country." " For what?" "Twenty-seven hundred..." " Shut up!" " Listen, you." " Go make some coffee." "We got some time to kill." "This receives the dial impulses and instantaneously transposes them into digits." "853-1212." "At the tone, the time will be 10:08 and 20 seconds, exactly." "She ordered those early this morning." " Hi." " Hi." "Sorry we're running so late." "That's okay." "I hope you didn't forget the bill this time." "No, I put it in myself, but I'll check, Mrs. Cooper." "Good." "Dishwater." "You call that coffee?" "It's dishwater." "Listen to me." "After what you just pulled, risking our necks for a lousy 2, 700 bucks, don't talk to me about coffee." "From the KBEX news desk:" "Authoritative sources have informed this station that four more prominent congressional leaders have been summoned to an emergency meeting with the president." "KBEX will keep you up to date on this and other late-breaking news stories." "Now back to our scheduled programme." "I've gotta make a phone call." "Okay." "Who do you suppose he wants to call?" " Well, now, maybe the FBI, huh?" " I'll give you anything you want." "Hey, you must be rich." "Are you rich, mister?" " You must listen to me." " What'd you say your name was?" "Cooper." "Dr. Jerome Cooper." "Hey, a doctor, Mike." "What do you think?" "Doc, I got a terrible pain right here." "What can you...?" "I'm a scientist." "And I'm involved with government business." " It's very important." " Not to us." "Yes, of course, it doesn't affect you." "All I have to do is make a telephone call." "One call." "Nothing to do with you." "But it's vital to million..." "To a great many people." "You'll see." "Hey, you can listen." "Doc." "Try that one more time, you'll never use a phone or anything else again." "Do you understand?" "You understand?" "Yes." "I understand." " Yeah?" " Listen." "Jerry was supposed to call me about 10:00." "He's a half-hour late as it is." "He was on his way to the Western White House," "Route 14N." "See if you can get him." "What do you want me to do if I find him?" "Call me at this number, 555-9698." "555-9698, right." " Rogers." " Listen, I'm in a phone booth." "Police don't know I'm out of the house." "Have you heard from Jerry?" "Well, not yet." "Look, there's still plenty of time left." "You couldn't have missed the call?" "You've been there all this time?" "Adele, if I leave this office, it'll be for one reason:" "Because Jerry called me and told me to disarm the bomb." "Hey, we just got word, Frank." "You're on." "Right." "I'm all set." "Sorry, you'll have to find an alternate route." "What's going on, officer?" "There's a couple payroll bandits holed up in a gas station down the road." "Doc, you get in the kitchen." "Go on." "You play it smart, Tom." "I'll hear every word you say." "Get around behind the counter where I can keep an eye on you." "Move!" "One word, you, Tom and the cop get it." "Hello, Tom." "Hey, what's the matter with you?" "Nothing." "Nothing at all." "You're pale as a ghost." "We're looking for this man, Dr. Jerome M. Cooper." "Big-shot scientist." "They've been trying to find him everywhere." " I haven't seen him." " No, I'll leave the picture here." "He comes in here, you call us, fast." "I'll do that, Frank." "I sure will." "Say, whose car is that parked outside?" "Fellow drove it in last week." "Wanted me to fix it and sell it for him." "Nice." "Too rich for my pocketbook, though." "I'll see you, Tom." " Big-shot scientist, huh?" " Hey, doc, why do they want you?" "The president wants to see me." "That's why I wanna make a call, to let him know I'm safe." "Maybe he's telling the truth." "Sure he is." "Sure." "All right, drop it." "Drop it!" "Put your hands up." "You heard me!" "I'll kill you." "You, get to the phone." "Now." "Tell the operator you want the president for Dr. Jerome Cooper." "Now!" " I ought to kill you right now." " Mike." "He meant it." "I mean, the president." "Let him do it." "We can hear everything he says." "Five hundred grand, doc?" "Yes." "Now, wait a minute." "I gotta think about this." "A half a million." "That's our 500 big ones, baby." "You know, it's just worth the chance." "Go ahead, doc." "On me." "Yes, it's a trick." "They got him, and they're gonna get him to make that phone call." "Okay, what do you want me to do?" "Get back there." "Get back there and see that he doesn't talk." "Do whatever is necessary." "Remember, doc, just the three words." "Don't lose your memory." "Here come the numbers now." "213, that's Los Angeles." "749-1190." "I'll have the location in a second." "Yes?" "It's all right." "They hung up." "It's a private line into the Chesire Building." "It's downtown Los Angeles." "Listed to a loan company, office of Frederick Rogers." "Get a make on him." "Have him tailed." "But let him alone." "He's disarming a bomb." " Barney, the police are on their way." " All right, let's go." "Barney, we've run scintillometers and scanners over 12 blocks." "Nothing." "No sign of any radioactivity indicating the presence of a bomb?" "None." "Now, we've got more men coming with more equipment, but it could take hours." "Carl, we don't have hours." "We've got exactly 53 minutes." "I know." "At least we know it's somewhere in Los Angeles." " Sure." "So does Rogers' killer." " Mr. Collier." "Call for you." " Yeah." " Barney." "Jim just signalled for the helicopter." "Right, I'll handle it." "Carl, get back to operations." "Get on the radio." "Announce Rogers' death." "Cooper will know what it means." " Right." " Let's go." "Right." "Richie should've been here with a helicopter by now." " Maybe he had a flat tyre." " Yeah, and maybe he got lost." "We may just have to take your car into town, doc." "I'm not finished working on it yet." "Let's check it out." "Keep an eye on him." "We may just take your car, doc." "But I wanna give Richie a few more minutes." "Of course, within an hour, you can have half a million dollars and be on a plane." "And I can be on my way to my appointment." "How, doc?" "How can you do this?" "You heard the highway patrolman." "I'm an important man, probably the most important in this country." "Yeah, probably the craziest too." "We interrupt for a flash bulletin." "Frederick Rogers, prominent business executive, was shot to death on the steps of his office building this afternoon." "Police have no clues as to the killer or motive." "Stay tuned to this station for further details." "And now back to our regular programme." "Shot to death?" "Then he didn't disarm it." "Ryan, we've got to get out of here immediately." "It's still armed." "What are you talking about?" "What's still armed?" "A bomb is planted in a building in Los Angeles." "If it's not disarmed in the next 41 minutes, the whole city will be vaporised." "That's why they're looking for me." "They've agreed to my demands if I disarm the bomb." "How do you know they're not lying just to get you to turn off the bomb?" "When it's disarmed, a secondary timing device is automatically activated." "Unless that secondary unit is disengaged, the bomb will be detonated seven days later." "Hey, Mike, $500,000 is small change." "We can have millions." "A million a week, even." "Every week." "And if they don't pay us, we can let the bomb blow." "Yeah, like an annuity, huh?" "If I don't reach that bomb, there'll be nothing for anybody." "There'll be nothing, period!" "Where's Richie?" "No more time, Ryan." "Down." "Go." "Hey, that's gunfire." "Never mind." "There's no give in our orders." "We can't interfere." "It's the police." "They're after you." "Make a break for it so I could kill you." "Out the back." "No." "No, I won't stay here like a trapped rat." "Let me out of here." " Hey." " Let me out." "Hey!" "Barney?" " Go ahead, Willy." " Don't come in yet." "Somebody's taking potshots at us." "Willy, there's only 32 minutes left." "We're pinned down here." "I'm going up to take him out now." "Right." "Why don't you let us in on the joke, doc?" "It just struck me." "In less than 30 minutes, none of this will matter." "You, me, the girl." "And your money." "It'll all go up in a puff of smoke." "I'm going out and getting whoever that is." "You keep an eye on him." " Barney?" " Go ahead, Willy." "Give me two minutes, then come in." "Right." "Thanks, Willy." "It's Richie." " Where do we go?" " Into Los Angeles." "I'll direct you." "Who was shooting at us?" "A cop." "As fast as possible." "They're headed towards the centre of the city." "Keep all aircraft away." "If Cooper sees anything suspicious, he'll know he's been tricked." "There." "You can land on the roof." "It's City Hall." "It's too late to evacuate." "Just pray they make it in time." "Get every police officer and vehicle out of sight." " Stay here." " No chance." "Come on." "Madeline, come on." "Come on." "How much time?" "About a minute." "Seventeen, sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five..." "Got it." "Ryan, we've just conquered the world." "Adele." "Oh, yeah, Jerry, you conquered the world, all right." "Look."