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- well, thanks a lot. That'd be a big help.

- Okay.

All right if I take my wife?

Sure, got plenty of room.

- Come on.

- Thanks.

I'm Hat Lewis. County sheriff.

- I'm Steve Edwards. This is my wife, Anne.

- How do you do?

where are you kids heading?

west.

I'm told that the country's the

best place to bring up a child.

well, in that case we better take it easy.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: calling car 41. car 41.

Report to MacGregor Ranch, Route 6.

Neighbors report a prowler.

MacGregor Ranch, Route 6. Prowler.

It's quite a gadget.

- Doesn't it get on your nerves?

- Can't turn it off.

Never know what'll come through that thing.

Attention all cars. Attention all cars.

Be on the lookout for a 1929 Ford coupe.

Reported stolen from Morgan's used car lot.

Driver about 28, 6 feet tall, black hair.

Attention all cars.

Should think you'd have tried to steal

a better car than that old jalopy.

- where are you taking us?

- Back to Morgan's.

Look, I didn't steal that car. He cheated me.

He took $90 from me and then

refused to give me the car.

I wouldn't put it past

Morgan. well, we'll see.

Look, my wife's not well.

wouldn't try anything if I

were you. Just take it easy.

ANNE:
Look out!

- Anne. Anne, are you all right?

- Yes, dear. I'm all right.

Oh, Steve, what about

him? Do you think he's...?

His head must've hit the wheel.

He's all right. Just knocked out.

- Let's go.

- Steve, we can't leave him here like this.

He'll come to in a minute. we

gotta get out of here, Anne.

- Oh, but Steve...

- Don't argue, please.

we gotta get out of this car.

- where are you headed for?

- St. Paul.

- what have you got in the truck?

- Junk for the county fair.

Did you see anything of a man

and woman on the highway today?

I wish I had.

we've been stopped 10 times

today on account of them.

well, they're part of a gang that killed...

...a policeman in a warehouse robbery.

- Oh.

- Yeah. I'll take a look in back.

- Okay.

Driver was right. It sure is a load of junk.

- Okay, take it away. DRIVER: All right.

- You all right?

- Yeah, I'm just a little frightened.

They're headed for St. Paul.

Right in the direction of the farm.

Oh, Steve, Steve, we're

really in trouble now.

How are you gonna explain

stealing the sheriff's car?

I don't intend to explain

anything till you're safe.

we gotta take our chances and

stay with this truck longer.

Okay, Steve.

I love you, Anne. Keep thinking

that, no matter what happens.

I love you too, Steve.

Annitza. My little Annitza.

You've come home.

Oh, such a joy.

we thought you'd like it

better if we surprised you.

- And this is your husband, Stephen.

- Hello, Aunt Klara.

Just like you said in your letter.

- He is beautiful.

- Ha-ha-ha.

He's handsome, Aunt Klara.

To me, he's beautiful.

But in all the time you've

been away, only one letter.

Now wait a minute. Don't you scold me

because you only sent me one letter.

No, two. we sent you another last week.

- we'd probably already left on the trip.

- Oh, it doesn't matter now.

Poppa and me, we asked you to come and

stay with us for a while, and here you are.

You see, God hears my prayers.

The letter wasn't necessary.

- Now, let's have a cup of coffee.

- Love that.

[BANGING]

Take it easy, Walt. Banging around

the wall's ain't gonna do any good.

Walt:
why don't we hear from Lazich?

Pete said it'd be a couple of days.

Yeah. when's he gonna bring his information?

After the kid burns?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

- That might be him now. Walt: Yeah.

PETE:
It's me, Pete.

where you been all week?

It's hard to talk when a

guy's holding my collar tight.

Couldn't rush anything, Walt.

Every now and then a bunch of cops

would show up and look around...

...asking questions. I had

to wait until they all left.

All right. what'd you find out?

Plenty.

But it cost me an extra 200.

Listen, you bloodsucker, I'm sick

of paying and getting nothing, see?

You don't scare me, Walt.

And I don't like doing business

with guys who push me around.

well, when you find out what I know...

...maybe it'll de worth the 200.

All right, what'd you find out?

I got a little something

out of Randall's mailbox.

Yeah.

Yeah, this is something.

How'd the cops miss this?

Same way they've missed

getting you. It was stashed.

That's one of the reasons

it's been costing so much.

It's from his wife's relatives...

...asking when they're gonna

come and visit the old farm.

Yeah, and I think they were headed that way.

well, you go up there and have a look.

well, what are you waiting for?

Farm's in Minnesota,

Walt. I gotta take a train.

I like riding cushions, Walt...

...and it costs dough.

You're squeezing me, Pete,

but I've gotta take it for now.

Another hundred, Walt.

Suppose you tell me what he looks like.

Don't hurt him, Pete. whatever

you do, don't hurt him.

I just wanna know if he's there.

- Isn't this a wonderful farm? STEVE: Yeah.

I was born and raised in

the back of a stockyard.

I never dreamed that flowers grew

anyplace except in a window box.

Darling, this is the perfect

place to stay until the baby comes.

Anne, now that you're safe, I'm

going to the police. Tonight.

Oh, Steve, Steve, I'm so glad. Oh,

I know this is the right thing to do.

Just go to them and get the whole

thing cleared up once and for all.

I'll borrow Uncle Jan's pickup

truck and drive all night.

I've gotta give myself up.

Nobody's gonna take me in handcuffs.

Yes, but what about Aunt Klara and Uncle Jan?

In the morning you can explain to them...

...that I had to go settle

some unfinished business.

All right.

Don't worry. Promise me?

I promise.

So you really had nothing to

do with the robbery at all?

No, sir. You see, Mr. Ferrari, I

didn't know what I was getting into.

I signaled that policeman

by blinking my lights.

Too bad the policeman didn't

say a word about it, Steve.

when I saw him down at the

morgue, he was pretty dead.

It sounds fishy, but I

couldn't get here any sooner.

I had to get my wife someplace safe.

- So you stole two cars.

- Don't you understand, I couldn't help it.

They were gonna hurt my

wife. we're gonna have a baby.

Remind me to send a Father's Day present.

Mr. Ferrari, you've gotta believe me.

Otherwise, why would I walk in here?

Oh, maybe you came in to get out

of the sun or to use the telephone.

You're just a nice kid,

you wouldn't harm a fly.

Listen, Randall, what sort

of a chump do you think I am?

You didn't really expect me to fall for that?

I expect you to believe

the truth. I'm innocent.

Out of every seven guys who go to the

chair, six go yelling, "I'm innocent."

It was your truck and we

found it full of stolen furs.

You saw a cop so you ran away.

Now your ex-partners are after you

and you come to the police for help.

what you're saying isn't true.

You stole a couple of cars.

You left the sheriff lying

unconscious on the road. Heh.

Just a nice kid.

- You say you're innocent.

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