The Hot Rock Page #3

- I thought we weren't

supposed to touch people...

- Now you listen to me!

His ribs are scratching his heart.

At any second now, they're

gonna cut right through.

- You want that on your

conscience, you tell me.

- Sorry.

Me.

I did that. Me. I did that.

Legendary.

Get the others.

No!

- Bring him up.

- Ah, no...

- Bring him up slow.

It's gonna be all right.

- Do it slow.

It's all right. Bring him up.

Hold the tension.

You're doing it.

That's good. You're gonna be fine.

- You're gonna be fine.

Shhh, shhh, shhh.

- Hold him.

- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh.

- Oh, yes.

- You're gonna be fine.

Oh, bless you. Bless you, Doctor.

Thank you. Thank you very much...

You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be fine.

- God bless you.

- Hold him.

- I'm gonna be fine, right?

- Perfect.

- Okay.

- They're doing it.

They're doing it really right.

Hold it, boys. That's it.

- Don't leave me!

- It's all right. It's all right.

- Hold him.

- Uh, wait a minute.

Back here by the gas tank.

Where the hell

is that ambulance?

- Where's the ambulance?

- It's coming. It's coming.

- Now...

- Aaah, ow, ow...

Shh, sh, sh. Where's

the nearest phone? Tell me.

- It's right inside...

-

- Sh. Sh. Sh.

- Don't let him leave!

- Hold him good.

- Hold me.

Hold him until I come back.

You understand?

- Hold me.

- Hold the tension.

Keep the tension strong.

- Keep it strong.

- Keep it... You hear him?

Okay, here they come.

Here they come.

Now, come on.

Stand back now. Let 'em through.

Come on now. Get out of the road.

Let 'em through there.

- Murch?

- Okay, so far.

Okay.

You sure you got it all unlocked?

- You haven't insulted me

enough already?

- Sorry. Okay. Once again.

The man in the car.

Over here.

Come on. Get in. Hurry.

- I can't hold it.

- What?

I can't hold it. I can't.

Hold it. Hold it!

Hold it! God, hol...

How could you do this to me?

There's no air in here.

You know what this feels like?

Okay, together. Up.

Where are you? Come on. Again. Up.

- Grab it.

- Easy.

- What is it?

- I forgot my tools. Take it.

Kelly, don'tjust stand there.

Let's get out of here.

Hey, have you seen them?

They're trapped. In here.

Over here.

Come over and help me. Over here.

No. No, thanks.

Yeah, thanks, honey.

- Hey, we made the "Daily News."

- What?

- Let me see.

- Yeah. Yeah. Listen. Listen.

Uh, uh, uh, "priceless jewel."

"The Sahara Stone."Uh,

"says that, uh, "the museum"...""

"The dazzlingly successful

operation was handled by four men...

one of whom escaped

from a hospital ambulance by

savagely assaulting a doctor."

- I didn't savagely assault him.

- "Another has been

identified as Alan Greenberg...

- of 52 West 11 th in Westbury."

- I just popped him.

That ain't savage. You expect

rotten reporting in the "Times."

- The "Daily News" called me

a dazzling success.

-

- Did they say anything about

what we did with the diamond?

- What?

The thing to remember,

Andrew, is we haven't got it.

I'm just tryin' to look

on the bright side.

Greenberg obviously dropped

the damn thing in the museum.

I know it's there.

Well, why don't you just wander on over

and tell them about your interest.

I'm sure they'll be happy to let you

look around to your heart's content.

- Stan.

- Pleasure.

- Hey, what am I gonna tell Amusa?

- Come on, kid.

- Tell him good-bye. From now on

I'm sticking to plumbing.

- You take failure too hard.

I don't mind it so much anymore.

- That's some stomach.

- Then it is an ulcer?

No, no. Not yet.

Right now, it's only gastritis.

Can you make it go away?

I guessed you were

the strong, silent type.

That's no good. You keep

everything inside you.

Don't get

into tension situations.

Don't get into arguments.

Turn the other cheek.

Smile. Then we'll just have to make

a few adjustments in your diet.

- What do you mean?

- Here.

Chew on these. Keep 'em handy.

Stock up at the drugstore...

- and I'll give you

some pills to go with it.

- How serious is it?

I want you to keep away

from ketchup and mustard and onions...

and, uh, garlic and tea and coffee...

and tobacco and scotch...

"and bourbon and vodka and gin"...

You'll never guess

why I had to find you.

- Another key job?

- Not exactly.

More like the same one again.

See, Greenberg's got it.

- Greenberg?

- Yeah, yeah.

He contacted his lawyer, the lawyer

called Amusa and Amusa called me.

I got him up to 200 a week

on our per diem.

L-I think I could've

squeezed 250, but...

- you gotta let those diplomats

save face when you can.

- Yeah. Where's the stone?

Where's Greenberg

is really the question.

Greenberg's in state prison

and once we bust him

outta there, the stone is ours.

You want me

to break into prison?

I'll be with you

every step of the way.

What I'm talkin' about

is a point of view.

You gotta have a point of view.

You just can't... You go through

to say no all the time.

You cannot... That's good luck.

Come on. Come on.

Look. Look.

There are many ways

to approach something, right?

You always take

the negative point of view.

Just don't be negative.

Just say to yourself...

It's just the psychology...

psychological thing.

Just say to yourself, no,

I'm not gonna be negative.

I'm gonna be positive.

Shall we get right down

to cases, gentlemen?

I'm sure you have more

important things to do. I know I have.

You're Greenberg's lawyer.

My card.

My client is innocent. No court

could convince me otherwise.

Unfortunately, the fact

that my client was captured

the night of the robbery...

traipsing around a museum

in a guard's uniform...

might seem to an uninformed

juror slightly more than

circumstantial evidence.

Therefore, I am following my client's

instructions and I'm doing...

what has to be done

to expedite his release from prison.

What about the stone?

My client informs me

that he got away with it.

And if you spring him,

he will turn it over to you

with gratitude and appreciation.

If you won't, he will hand it over

to the authorities...

in exchange

for lightening his sentence.

If I seem less than enchanted

with all of you...

it's only because I do not like

the way you led my son...

the horse's ass,

into the path of lawlessness.

- You're Greenberg's father?

- Guilty.

I have managed

to secure some notes...

about the prison guards

and plans of state prison...

which mainly handles

the overflow of convicted prisoners...

and some special cases

from the city.

Otto.

Could you please...

Please stop that, Otto.

Do you honestly think picking your feet

is the height of human aspiration?

Screw, huh?

Yeah, screw. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Don't get me into those

intellectual arguments, all right?

Why don't you pick your nose

like other people?

Greenberg.

Visitor.

- Hello, Alan.

- Hi.

- How goes the world?

- The world misses you.

Your friends miss you.

I miss you most of all.

Well, um, how's my appeal coming?

Oh, it's going very well.

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