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Be careful. -What?

Get it in here! All

right, stretch it tight.

Get it out! Stretch it

tight! Stretch it tighter!

This way!

Ah! Ah, ah.

Now hold on!

Here! Grab my wrist.

Hang on!

Whoa! -Whoa!

Hey!

Oh, no! -Don't!

Get us down!

Are ya all right,

kid? -Yeah, thanks.

Holy smoke! A skunk!

Let's get outta here!

Duster! -Jay!

Duster, you come back here!

Where do you

think you're goin'?

I gotta get Duster

before he falls off.

You stay here and I'll...

I'll go out and get him.

Be careful, Duster!

Boy, Duster. You

can come back now.

We got Duster.

Ow!

Come on now, fella.

Come on. Slow and easy.

No, son. Come on back here.

Gimme your hand, tex,

rod. Now come on, fella.

Easy now. Don't look down.

Now come on. Come on.

Just another step.

Nothin' to be

afraid of. That's it.

Hold it, mister.

Hey, Mac, don't move.

- Bert, come back!

- Huh? What'd you say?

Get back!

Bert, don't step!

Don't what?

Bert, don't!

Bert! Bert?

How long did you

say it is until 4:00?

Oh, what a haul.

A hundred grand!

Plus a cowhide briefcase!

Doesn't feel like a

hundred grand to me.

Maybe he wrote us a check.

"having difficulty raising

the money. Will need more time.

"probably until after Easter

vacation. J.W. Osborne."

"having difficulty

raising the money.

"will need more time. Probably

until after Easter vacation."

That grandfather of yours

has got some sense of humor.

But I don't understand.

You don't understand?

Why, it's very simple.

Your grandfather isn't

taking us seriously.

Nobody's taking us seriously.

What do we do, Duke?

We get ourselves

out of this caper,

And we ship those kids back to

their grandfather, that's what we do.

Ship them back? You mean,

give up the money entirely?

Money? What money?

Don't you think he'll come up

with something to get 'em back?

Would you? So far, all we've

got out of this kidnapping

Is an I.O.U. And a

genuine leather briefcase.

Yeah, but what about big Joe?

If we don't come up

with what we owe him,

He's liable to go from

clickety-click to bangety-bang.

We'll just take one thing

at a time. Now first...

I don't care how much you pound

on that door. You can't come in.

Our grandfather will never

pay that ransom. Never, never!

Did you leave the TV on

upstairs? -That's no TV.

- Help? How can I?

- Give me that chair.

Hold on now, Jay!

You can do it!

I can't, Tracy. I can't.

They're pushing too hard.

What'd you say? There's so much

noise I can't even hear you.

Oh, no, there it goes. They

just broke down the door.

- Help, help!

- They're here now.

They're coming in.

Tell grandfather...

Tell him to pray for us.

Just who were you talking to?

The police. -The police!

Now they'll take you seriously.

Might as well write

that second ransom note.

Police'll be lookin'

for you anyway.

The police?

I'm beginnin' to feel more like

the kidnappee than the kidnapper.

I don't feel like

either one of them.

Because there isn't going

to be a second ransom note.

The police, already?

That can't be the police.

They only move that fast

to tow away parked cars.

Well, go on. Open the door.

Who is it?

It's for you, Duke.

For me?

Just happened to be in

the neighborhood, Duke.

Thought I'd come by and give you

a friendly reminder: 48 hours.

Hi, Joe. Big Joe.

48 hours, Duke.

The computer doesn't

like to be kept waiting.

Does it, Freddie?

No, it doesn't.

Hello, kid. How's

the puddy cat?

Joe, we're workin'

on the money.

I hope so. We wouldn't

want the computer

to blow a fuse,

would we, Freddie?

No, we wouldn't.

Buffalo, eh? -What?

Duke tells me

you're from buffalo.

Oh, yes.

You happen to know

a cousin of mine

By the name of

Frankie Longtooth?

No, I don't think

so. -That's funny.

Frankie Longtooth is a very

prominent citizen in buffalo.

Look, Joe, you've

got my word for it.

You'll get your

money, all $9,000.

- Eleven thousand?

- Clickety-click.

48 hours, Duke.

I think we'd better make

that 47 hours and 55 minutes.

Clickety-click.

Sh... -What are

we gonna do, Duke?

I'll tell ya what we're

gonna do. We're gonna...

Write that second ransom note,

That's what we're gonna do.

Harry, you guys

are supposed to be

The best crime

lab in the state.

Sergeant turner?

I know it's a tape Mark.

What about it? What kind?

Sergeant turner?

Shh. All right.

Stay on it, will ya?

Sergeant turner.

I have waited five long

years for that guy to surface.

It isn't often a man gets

a second Chance like this.

I tell you there is no way

he's gonna escape me this time.

There may be one way. -How?

We're off the case. -Off?

Off. -Off.

- I got a kidnapping for you.

- What about the safecracker?

The children of JW Osborne.

I want you two there.

But my... -Immediately.

You're expected.

Here's the address.

Go. -Yes, sir.

And Max, this is no phantom

safecracker you're playing with.

These are dangerous men,

so proceed cautiously.

And Max, be tactful.

You're going to have a nervous,

worried grandfather on your hands.

Mr. Osborne, the police are

here about Tracy and Jay.

There, sir Winston. They haven't

found them already, have they?

No, sir. -Oh, thank goodness.

Once the strong arm of

the law starts muscling

us around, it'll be

"do this, do that."

They'll have us paying that ransom,

and you know what that means.

I do, sir.

Well, it was a splendid little

vacation while it lasted.

Send them in.

This way, sergeant.

Mr. Osborne, sergeant turner

here. Detective Longnecker.

Gentlemen. -This

is a nasty business.

We know what you're

going through,

But we do have a way of

handling these things.

Now, I know you're

gonna argue with me,

But what we want you to

do is absolutely nothing.

Nothing?

That's right. Ignore the note.

No contact. No

ransom. Nothing.

It's what we call our "projected

low-profile procedure."

Longnecker. -In our kidnapping

studies at the academy, we found...

We'll be in

touch, Mr. Osborne.

Meantime, try to relax, sir.

Rest assured, Mr. Osborne.

We're right on top of it.

Jameson.

Now that the police are "right

on top of it", to coin a phrase...

We wouldn't want to interfere

in their little investigation.

It would be positively

insulting to tell

them where the children

are, wouldn't it?

Oh, most definitely, sir.

You've just earned

yourself another bonus.

- What are you doing?

- Opening your safe.

You're what?

Just one more tumbler to go.

Oh, I figured out what everything

was for. It's rather easy.

But you...

Sure. Safecrackin's a cinch.

Are you going to

mail the ransom note?

You just go on

playin' with the safe

And stay out of trouble.

Duke! -Are you finished

pasting up the note?

A-a-almost.

Duke, we're on TV.

Please, please, please.

One question at a time.

With just a phone

call to go on,

How do you expect

to crack the case?

We've only been on the case a

few hours. Easy there, fella.

We'll have to wait and

see what tomorrow brings.

Haven't you made that "tomorrow"

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