Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo Page #5

Ladies and gentlemen...

the first running

of the Trans France Race...

is about to begin.

[ Engines Rewing ]

[ Rewing Continues ]

[ Engines Roaring ]

[ Announcer

Speaking French ]

What's that?

[Jim ]

It's an armored truck.

- [ Truck Horn Honking ]

- That armored truck is us.!

- Excuse me. Excuse me.

- Yes. Yes.

Where's Herbie?

Are you crazy?

We're supposed to be in a race, and here

you are guarding the Bank of England...

or the crown jewels

or who knows what!

We didn't travel 6,000 miles just to see some

French pastry dressed up like a tin soldier.

I'll tell you something. I've had it

with the French- the men, women and the-

Herbie?

- Are we still in it?

- You'll be starting and finishing in last place.

Quickly, you've no time to lose.

You have things to attend to.

- Gas! Let's move it, Wheely!

- Check! Top of my list!

Fill it up!

Monsieur Douglas, stop!

What do you mean, stop?

The tank is full.

I filled it this morning.

Let's go, Wheely.

[ Herbie Starts ]

Come on, Herbie. What're you doing?

The race is back there.

I know what he's doing. He can't

fool me. He's looking for that Lancia.

Inspector.

Well, what I was going

to say, sir-

Suppose there was a connection between

the men who attacked the little car...

- and the men who stole the diamond.

- Not now, Fontenoy!

But, sir, what if they've

hidden the stolen diamond in the car?

- What?

- If I may suggest, sir...

- we should have our men search that car immediately.

- Search?

Yes!

- There is no time! Yes?

- The car is still here.

Yes, but it is

obviously...

tuning up, or something.

Just say the word,

and the men and I...

will search that car

from bumper to bumper.

The word is no, Fontenoy!

N- No?

What you don't seem

to understand is that, um...

a thorough search

would take over an hour.

And an hour's delay would deprive

Douglas of winning a race...

he has traveled

halfway around the globe to enter.

Sir, I admire you

for your consideration.

[ Chuckles ] And I understand now

exactly how you are thinking.

Sorry, sir.

Forget the Lancia, Herbie.

She's gone.

You heard him right.

Gone, split!

Yeah, that's right.

She took off in that race

like you never existed.

She wanted me to tell you,

it was fun while it lasted...

but when push came to shove,

she shoved off.

That's just the way

women are.

Might as well face it.

You've been deserted,

jilted. Abandoned!

[ Herbie Rewing ]

[ Tires Screeching ]

Too late now. We'll get it in

Monte Carlo after the race.

Inspector, I think

you will be proud of me.

What now, Fontenoy?

I have done exactly what I knew

you would have wanted me to:

notified Monte Carlo.

- Their police will search the car as soon as it arrives.

- [ Screams ]

- [ Chuckling ]

- [ High-Pitched Gasp ]

- [ Gasping ]

- I'll take care of the truck, sir.

- Whoa!

- [ Screaming ]

Uh... [ Clears Throat ]

catch anything?

[ Clears Throat ]

I didn't think so.

- [Jim Bubbling ] Which way?

- Right.

Left!

[ Chokes, Coughing ]

[ Coughing ]

[ Both Grunt ]

[ Tires Screeching ]

[ Tires Screeching,

Engine Revving ]

Hope they get that trophy to Monte Carlo

on a fast jet. We may beat 'em to it.

Unfortunately, somebody

put the Alps in our way.

The way Herbie's flyin', nothing can

stop him, including the Himalayas.

[ Chuckling ]

Some road. It's not even on the map.

Maybe you oughta ask directions.

- From who, a French mountain goat?

- There must be somebody.

[ Shouts ]

[ Whispering ]

Wheely, you-

- Maybe I'll just call from in here.

- Yeah.

[ Yodeling ]

[ Yodel Echoing ]

- Hey, there's somebody out there.

- [ Echo Continues ]

[ Echo Continues ]

No, that's just me!

I never heard a real echo before.

[ Yodeling ]

- Will you sit down, Wheely?

- [ Echo ]

Just one more, okay?

[ Yodeling ]

[ Yodeling ]

[ Echo ]

- Come on, Wheely.!

- [ Echo Continues ]

- [ Rumbling ]

- [ Echo Continues ]

Uh, I got somebody.

Those are the guys

who were after Herbie.

Get out of the car.

[ Herbie Starting ]

I'm taking over.

I'll drive the car!

[ Herbie Rewing ]

[ Honks Yodel ]

If it worked once,

maybe it'll work again.

- [ Yodeling ]

- [ Honking Continues ]

[ Yodeling, Honking

Continue ]

[ Yodel Echoing ]

Hey, buddy, I like

your "yodel-ay-hee-oo"!

[ Tires Squeal ]

Well, we're back

on the beam.

- How many cars you figure are ahead of us?

- Would you believe all of'em?

- [ Knocking Sounds ]

- Is that a knocking I hear in the gas tank?

Not in my gas tank.

Never!

- [ Knocking ]

- Sounds like something clunking around in there.

Well, we either listen

to the driver...

and stop to take

the gas tank apart...

or we listen to the mechanic

and try to win this race.

Well, I'm listening to the mechanic.

Let's go, Herbie!

[ Herbie Honks, Revs ]

[ Herbie Sputtering,

Backfiring ]

- What's wrong?

- I don't know.

- The oil pressure's up, there's plenty of gas.

- But he's not getting it.

[ Sputtering ]

[ Sputtering ]

I hate to

mention this again...

- but I heard some clunking- - You

mean that nonsense about the gas tank?

- Yeah, that's- - All right, let's

get it straight, once and for all...

who the mechanic is

around here, okay?

You say it's the gas tank,

and I say it isn't the gas tank.

You see?

It isn't the gas tank.

It's this... rock

that was in the gas tank.

- [ Clears Throat ]

- Hold it!

- There's only one kind of rock that glistens like that.

- Well, sure, quartz.

You can find millions of'em

around any quarry in Philly.

But... not one

that's worth...

six million bucks.

- Huh?

- L 'etoile dejoie.

The tall, the what?

Etoile dejoie.

[ Gasps ]

Oh, wow!

That's-

[ Gasps ]

That's the biggest hunk

of diamond I've ever seen in my life.

What I don't understand is how it-

The black sedan!

- Huh? Where?

- No, no, no.

They're the ones that robbed

the museum. Don't you see?

They weren't trying to knock us out of

the race. They were trying to get this.

Thank you for helping us,

gentlemen, and up with your hands.

You gave us the slip

for the last time.

- We'll take the rock.

- [ Clearing Throat ]

I don't suppose you'd believe

that was just a big hunk of quartz.

[ Chuckles ] The rock.

Let me have it.

[ Revving,

Sputtering ]

[ Shouting ]

Aah!

Aah!

[ Grunting ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Shouting ]

Ha-ha-ha!

The rock.

Well, come on, hand it over.

[ Grunting ]

[ Man's Pocket Watch

Alarm Sounds ]

[ Groaning ]

Oh! Oh!

[ Both Groaning ]

Ooh! Ooh!

[ Grunting ]

[ Panting ] Well, what do we do

with them now?

[ Herbie Honking ]

Thanks, Herbie.

We tie 'em up!

[ Panting ]

Double X, we lost them.

First time we've ever

been done in by a car.

[ Panting ] The goods will be in

Monte Carlo in a couple of hours.

[ Panting ]

No chance of stopping them.

[ Panting ] See, we- we're rather

tied up at the moment.

[ Intercom Buzzing ]

Get me the airport.

- We passed every car on the road.

- All except the Lancia.

Well, after the way

she jilted Herbie...

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