Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

- Destination, monsieur?

- Monte Carlo.

[ Broken French ]

Au rue, ah- de "Boisie-arie. "

Au rue Dubec...

a d-droite

a Place "Dee-i-eena. "

- Will you give it to me in English?

- Sure. We're lost.

- Thanks. Hey!

- [ Tires Screeching ]

- Herbie!

- What's he doing?

I think he's getting us

un-lost.

- [ Chuckling ]

- Hi, there.

Say, uh, we're looking

for the Trans France Race Exposition.

Oui, straight ahead on your right. You

can't miss it. That's going to be some race.

- Yeah.

- Well, you're looking at the winner right here!

This car?

The winner?

- He didn't.

- He did.

[ Crowd Murmuring ]

All of this

for the museum payroll?

The most magnificent diamond

in the world! L 'etoile dejoie.!

Could we have just

a little peek?

On this very afternoon,

at 1:
00, precisely...

you and all of Paris

will be able to take the peek!

[ Cheering, Applauding ]

Now, fresh from his triumphs on the

European racing circuit, Bruno Von Stickle...

- who'll be driving his Lazer 917 GTE coupe.

- [ Crowd Applauding ]

Here we have

a magnificent Pantera-

Ah, I see the American entry

is just arriving, Mr. Jim Douglas.

[ Crowd Laughing ]

Mr. Douglas will

be driving a-

a- a-

Mr. Douglas will be driving

a- a most unusual entry.

[ Laughing Continues ]

- Something funny must've happened.

- Uh-huh. Us.

How about giving Jim Douglas

and his partner Wheely Applegate...

- a nice, warm welcome, huh?

- [ Crowd Cheering ]

Eh, this little car of yours

is the toast of America.

- When was your last win?

- Uh... 12 years ago.

That was only because,

uh, that was our last race.

- Yeah.

- [ Crowd Laughing ]

Yes, this race-

We're kind of staging a comeback here...

and so it's very

important to us.

I- I mean, we won't be coming back

very far unless we qualify, will we?

Qualify?

Are you kiddin'?

Don't let his modesty or this little car

coming out of retirement fool ya!

There isn't a finer-tuned,

cleaner engine anywhere!

I'm sure it should

be easy to keep clean.

All you have to do is drop it in the

washing machine along with your socks.

[ Crowd Laughing ]

Appreciate your humour...

but just don't you worry about

this little washing machine- car!

- [ Chuckling ]

- It's a real jewel!

But Monsieur Ribeaux,

isn't it too much responsibility...

- for one man?

- One man?

One man and the finest security system

that can be devised.

- [ Beeping ]

- All in the computer.

Now, this alone will keep the diamond

safe from the grasp of a thief.

- But monsieur, one would only have

to reach in and- - [ Alarm Blaring ]

[ Alarm Continues ]

[ Alarm Stops ]

The pillow is sensitive to the heat of

the hand when it gets close to the diamond.

I'm sorry, monsieur.

What does that do?

I'm engaging a system of electric eye

beams that surrounds the pedestal.

One last precaution,

gentlemen.

Would you please

step out of the room?

Now the entire floor

is a trap!

The mere ashes from a cigar

would activate the alarm.

Right on schedule.

Only ten steps to six million dollars.

One step to Devil's Island

if anything touches that floor.

Pardon, Monsieur Ribeaux, but you forgot

to give me the computer and the numbers.

I did not forget! They were put in

my trust and will remain with me.

One does not part

with the only copy in existence!

Patience, Quincey.

Electronics is the answer.

This notebook is our passport

to the future.

I think I shall put my trust

in this bit of rope.

[ Beeping ]

When the man has it all worked out

for us, silly not to use it.

[ Chuckling ]

You had to bring

the whole kit, didn't you?

- I was just checking for the radar beam.

- It's there.

Now it isn't.

Some chunk of rock, eh?

One could spend a lifetime without

setting eyes on a rock like that.

Do love getting

your hands on it. Ah!

Patience, Quincey.

Pillow's the trap.

One more set of numbers.

Why can't a man write

an "O" that looks like an "O"?

Or is it a "9"?

Can't take a chance.

I don't trust nobody.

I'm glad I come prepared.

The old ways are still the best ways.

We've got six minutes

before the guard checks.

Get on with it.!

[ Alarm Blaring ]

[ Alarm Stops ]

Aren't you ever gonna

get that thing fixed?

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry. I-

- Excuse me! Oh, I just, eh-

- Oh.

Jim!

[ Chuckles ]

A word to the wise.

Paris may be the land of love, but it

can also be the land of heartbreak.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll make a deal with you.

I'm willing to resist

the girls, if you are.

- Well, that's some sacrifice.

- I know. But I'm willing to make it.

You're made of

strong stuff, Wheely.

Patience, patience,

Quincey.

[ Panting ] You tell that to the guard.

He'll be here in two minutes.

Give me that!

Well, we're comin' into this

big right hand sweeper, see.

Dropped him into third gear and really

jumped on it. Took three cars.

Then back into fourth,

and we were flyin'!

Tach-in'

seven or eight thousand.

We blew off the lead car

100 yards from the finish line.

Won it going away.

How about that? [ Chuckling ]

Hmm?

Je ne comprens pas,

parlez anglais.

I didn't understand

what he was saying.

That's okay. He didn't understand

what you were saying either.

Come to think of it, I don't think

I understood what you were saying.

There's no more time.

That guard's practically in the door.

You want that stone,

don't ya?

Yeah, and there's

only one way to get it.

[ Alarm Blaring ]

[ Alarm Continues ]

It's not possible.

[ Yelling ]

[ Ribeaux Stamping

His Feet ]

[ Police Siren ]

[ Police Officer ] Attention.!

[ Speaking French ]

[ French Continues ]

[ Siren Continues ]

Attention, everyone,

attention!

Nobody is to leave

the area. I repeat.

- Nobody is to leave the area.

- We still have to qualify! Come on!

- What's the trouble?

- I-I don't know!

Ladies and gentlemen,

there has been a theft in the museum.

Everyone will be searched

before leaving the area.

I repeat. Nobody is to leave the area

until they have been searched.

Here, mate, there's no point

in us both getting caught, is there?

No point in either of us

getting caught.

I repeat. Nobody is

to leave the area.

I repeat. Nobody is to leave the area

until he has been searched.

[ Herbie Starting ]

[ Honking ]

- We'll never see it again!

- That little car there? Indeed you can.

It will be in a showroom on the

Champs-Elysees at 4:30 this afternoon.

Yes, yes, yes.

But are you sure all the security

precautions had been taken?

I've searched my memory.

Could I have forgotten something?

Inspector, some residue from a

footprint. I might have overlooked it...

but I seemed to hear

your voice calling out...

"Fontenoy, remember,

no clue is too small!"

Did you also hear me saying, "Take it

to lab and get it analyzed, Fontenoy?"

Yes, sir,

and I'm doing just that.

No! No, I couldn't have

forgotten anything.

I am as sure the security was on

yesterday as I am sure it's off today!

[ Alarm Blaring ]

Fontenoy!

[ Man On P.A.]

Attention, please.

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