The Diamond Arm Page #5

Tomorrow well send you a taxi.

Will eight oclock be all right?

But why not today?

Today well need your help.

We want you

to meet your friend.

The one you took a fishing trip with.

The man who invited you to dinner.

Ah, Gennady Petrovich...

Youll see him

and tell him casually

that at eight oclock tomorrow,

you plan to go out to Dubrovka.

And, most importantly,

youll tell him, also casually,

that the casts coming off your arm

the day after tomorrow.

- Is it Guesha?

- Yes.

Then why havent you...

We didnt want to scare off

a more important fish.

ANNOUNCING COMRADELY TRIAL

OF THE DEBAUCHER AND

DRUNKARD S.S. GORBUNKOV

- You sing beautifully!

- Oh, come on...

Have you known citizen Gorbunkov

for long?

Yes, ten years, sorry to say.

So for ten years he hit the bottle,

debauched and led an immoral life?

For ten years he has very cleverly

masked himself

as a decent person.

I didnt trust him, though.

Dont you think we must always

trust people?

I dont think

you can ever trust a man

except in the most extreme cases.

- Thats really your opinion?

- Yes.

Listen... who are you anyway?

I work with him.

Say, hes a colleague.

I see. Booze partner.

You get out of here!

As you say among yourselves,

back to your cage!

All right, but just one question.

Did you use good glue to put it up?

Dont worry, lush,

you cant rip it off!

Now take it off, please.

Chief, were done for.

The cast is going to be removed,

the customers leaving...

Ill kill him! .

Where are you going

so early in the morning?

To see my family at Dubrovka.

Did you call for a taxi

to go to Dubrovka?

Yes, I did.

Get in.

- Goodbye.

- Have a nice trip.

Why didnt Mikhail Ivanovich

come?

And Volodya?

Are they busy?

- What is your rank?

- What rank?

Are you like Volodya,

a lieutenant in the police?

A lieutenant... First Lieutenant...

May l, to impress my wife,

call you that?

Comrade First Lieutenant?

- Is it all right if I do?

- Yeah, sure.

And please be sure to tell her

that you put me on a special mission

that evening at the hotel.

And for her not to get worried,

just keep quiet

about smugglers,

diamonds and gold.

Keep quiet? It cant be done.

I have to consult about it

with the chief... with those above me.

- With Mikhail Ivanovich?

- Yes, with Mikhail Ivanovich.

Give him my best regards.

Hello? Chief? Its me...

Chief, this is me, Lyolik!

He took off for Dubrovka

twenty minutes ago.

In a taxi. It was a beige Volga.

The number was 28-70 OGO.

Roger. I got it.

Guesha is nineteen kilometers out.

To hell with him anyhow. Roger.

Were going by a new operational

plan,

keeping a low profile.

Mikhail Ivanovich sends his regards.

Everythings going to be all right,

and even better.

Your old lady will get you fit as

a fiddle, without a cast.

Mikhail Ivanovich has ordered

the cast removed today.

- Youve caught him?

- You bet we have.

- And who is it?

- Some dimwit.

Why go back to your place?

No point in wasting time.

Weve got a spot by the road

where we can knock the cast off.

To quote our dear chief...

Mikhail Ivanovich,

youve got to strike the iron

when youre close to the swag.

Were going to reduce it to shreds

and get at every stone and coin in it.

Could you please take inventory

and make a list of everything?

Sure, were going to do it all legal,

with receipts and everything.

Well even take your finger prints.

Our operation will take at most

about fifteen minutes.

Soften down the plaster

while I pick all the stuff up.

Lots of work.

Gee, youve got everything it takes,

havent you?

Weve got to scarper.

The chief just gave me the order

to find another pad.

So we move out of here.

Your mustache... one side has come off.

Thanks.

Hands up!

Copter Seven, what do you see

on the road? Will you report?

All I see is a milk truck

going towards town.

No sign of any taxi.

Am keeping on observing.

End of Part One

MOSFILM:

THE DIAMOND ARM:

A screen novel in two parts

from the life of smugglers,

with prologue and epilogue.

Synopsis of Part One.

Part Two

THE BONY LEG:

No beige taxi

ever entered Dubrovka.

Will you inspect Quadrangle 45!

Stop!

Stop! Wait!

- Could you take me to town please?

- Whats up?

Its a top secret affair of State!

- All right, climb in.

- Youve got to hurry!

Im just learning to drive,

dont you see?

Were short of time!

Time is money.

When you see money, dont lose time.

We must strike the iron

when were close to the swag.

Hands up!

Both of you! Or this thing

will go off!

They did it all for nothing.

Therere no diamonds in there.

Therere not?

Who ever told you

they were in the plaster?

That man with the false mustache

figured the same thing.

The police took them long ago, chief.

Hey, hold it! Stop, you morons!

To quote an old friend of mine

whos now buried,

I knew too much.

Seven calling Five and reporting

that a cherry-colored Moskvitch

has been spotted

on the forest road

speeding toward

the national border.

Seven, listen to my orders!

Mama!

Lyolik, stop it!

Easy, Kozlodoyev, therell be room

for all of us in the can!

NINA GREBESHKOVA

STANISLAV CHEKAN

VLADIMIR GULYAEV

ANDREl MIRONOV

ANATOLY PAPANOV:

SVETLANA SVETLICHNAYA

NONNA MORDYUKOVA

YURI NIKULIN:

The End

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