Cave-In! (1983) Movie Script
Get around the bend!
Pull off there!
Hold it right there.
Don't shoot! I've got no gun!
Where's your buddy?
He split, man. I'm alone.
Turn around, and get
your hands on the roof.
Drop it.
Get going, man.
You're not gonna kill him, are you?
I'm not gonna kill him.
I'm gonna use him.
He's my hostage.
Will you split, man?
Nothing to worry about, folks.
We've had some heavy rains lately,
and the rangers are checking for leakage.
Sometimes water gets into the
caverns through the crevasses.
We call it percolating water.
You know, there's nothing like these
caverns anywhere in the world.
They're phosphorescent,
all the colors of the rainbow.
One of the most beautiful
sights you'll ever see.
Johnny.
John will be your tour guide today,
and I'm afraid you'll have
to skip the Northfork.
Sorry, but we're doing
some work down there.
Enjoy your tour, and feel
free to ask any questions.
I don't see any damp spots, Gene.
We're not inside yet.
How's it look?
Could be a lot more solid, Walt.
Yeah, we'll have to get
some workmen down here.
Fred, make sure you
mark all the weak spots.
Right, I'll take care of it.
What's the verdict, Gene?
Soft and wet.
It's all kinds of percolating water.
Well, we've had this before.
Besides it looks like it's
confined to this area at least.
Yeah, well, I'm worried about
what's going on inside these walls.
You all right?
- I think so.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I think it just knocked the air out of me.
Come on.
Fred, you sure, you're all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
This time.
Look, Fred, you go to the
aid station and get a checkup.
- Walt, I'm okay.
- Now, look, Fred.
Now you go to the aid station,
and then you go home.
Walt, I think we ought
to cancel all the tours
and close all the caverns down.
Now, wait a minute, I don't buy that.
To start with, the other
cavern areas are safe,
and those state senators are due
anytime for their inspection.
You saw what just happened.
Now look, Gene, I'll get
a crew in here right away,
and we'll shore it up temporarily
just for safety's sake.
That's not going to do it.
Gene, we'll still close it down.
You know our situation.
The federal government will
put up half the money we need
if the state matches it.
Why do you think I got those
state senators to come down?
Look, Gene, it'll be okay.
We'll shut down just Northfork.
Okay?
Okay.
Look, folks, I'm sorry
about your missing a tour.
I'm afraid there won't be
another one for about an hour.
Now wait. Wait one minute.
I may be able to help you out.
Isn't it beautiful here?
Yeah.
Come on, Joe, it's a vacation.
Try not to think about what happened.
It wasn't your fault.
You know it, and I know it.
Forget it.
Forget about Ray?
Are my credentials satisfactory?
Yes, sir, Professor.
We're at your service,
The Secretary of the Interior doesn't
usually send letters of recommendation.
It's a big honor.
Then may we get started?
Oh, in just in a few minutes.
Would you mind if that couple went along?
They missed their tour.
I didn't come halfway across the country
to embark on a social odyssey.
Oh, come on, they can't
possibly be in the way.
Thank you, Professor.
Here's your letter.
I guess you'll wanna keep that.
I intend to have it gilded
along with my daughter's baby shoes.
Thank you, Professor.
And, henceforth, I'd appreciate it if you
allow me to choose my own
circle of acquaintances.
I'm speaking to you, Ann.
Oh, I'm sorry, I was
just thinking about Larry.
It's been nine days since we left home.
I haven't even heard from him.
Is that so mysterious?
Well, he promised to write or call or...
Out of sight out of mind.
I'm afraid your Larry
is no longer your Larry.
I don't believe that.
You don't want to believe it.
Where'd you put my notebook?
Hi.
Kate.
Gene.
Gene, oh, my, I can't believe it.
How are you?
All right.
You, uh...
You look great.
Thank you.
Well, now wait a minute what happened?
I mean, I thought you were
stationed at Yellowstone.
It was what you always wanted.
A couple of months ago,
they asked me to transfer back here.
I grabbed it.
Oh.
I guess things change.
Yeah, things do change.
Hey, you know, it's kind
of like an anniversary.
It'll be three years ago next week.
Next week?
June 30th,
I guess you've forgotten.
No, I haven't forgotten.
Not really.
Senator, welcome.
I just pray you're here
on business, Senator.
It is business, and it's still Kate.
Oh, done and done.
Kate it is.
So, you're with the
State Park's Committee.
Where's your group?
Uh, I'm it today,
Well, that makes it even better,
because I don't have to act with you.
Now you get us the money,
and we'll do the work.
And it'll put in the National
Registrar of Historic Places.
We'll be set forever.
You remember Walt.
He believes in putting people on the spot.
I guess.
There are 12 members of
that State Park's Committee.
Well, I'll take my
chances with the other 11,
but Kate's one of us.
Oh, Walt, I know how you feel,
but look I'm here representing the state.
And before I can cast my vote,
I'm gonna have to see the evidence,
all the evidence.
Well, you know these
caverns as well as we do.
Yeah, well, that's one of
the reasons they sent me.
The other reason is that they
want me to do an inspection
and write an updated qualified report.
So, why don't I start with
Northfork and work my way up?
Kate, Northfork is closed to the public.
Why?
Well, Kate, we had a minor
cave in there this morning.
We shored it up, but it's only temporary.
All the more reason I should see it then.
I'm asking you not to go down there.
Gene, I'd hate to start
my report with that.
Well, Gene, there's
a real VIP here today.
It's, uh, Professor
Soames and his daughter.
Sent here by the Department of Interior.
Now he's a real expert,
so you can have some fun with him.
Now the Professor's agreed that
another couple can tag along.
So, you're the chief ranger,
so you take them.
You, uh, be around for while?
Yeah, for a while.
What about Northfork?
I'm afraid I'm gonna
have to see it all, Walt.
But make it fast.
In and out, okay?
- In and out.
In and out, all right.
Oh, Jack, over here.
Hey, Jack.
Senator, it's been a long time.
Yeah, good to see you.
Oh, Jack, take Miss
Lassiter down to Northfork.
But I thought the Northfork was closed.
It's all right, Jack.
It'll be our little secret, okay?
- All right.
- See you later.
Thank you, Walt.
He's from the university.
This is a private...
Anyway as I was saying,
this is a private tour,
but the professor was kind
enough to let you join in.
Oh, that's great.
I hope I can be of some
help to you, Professor.
Well, you could begin by telling us
when we embark on this voyage,
We'll start in just a minute.
Excuse me.
Ranger Pearson here.
Well, you know the way to
Northfork as well as I do.
Of course, right past the colored cavern.
This is a first for me.
I've never been deeper than our basement.
We are blessed with comic relief.
Hey, look, Mister, if you
don't want us to come along,
why don't you just say so?
Oh, let's get on with it, shall we?
Oh, brother, does this
bring back memories.
Where was it?
Oh, it was over here.
One day Gene and I found
this little rabbit,
and it'd broken its leg.
So we got it,
and we made this little
splint and put it on the leg.
And we both took care
of it till it mended.
Little critter loved Gene.
Bit me twice.
You two were like a couple
of prairie dogs around here.
Running through these caverns
like they were your own backyard.
Well, we had a lot of fun.
It sure seems like a long time ago.
Well, that's for sure.
Now look at you,
a state senator.
I voted for you.
Well, thank you.
No offense, Kate,
but what happened anyway?
I mean all of us around here
thought that you and Gene would...
Uh-huh.
Okay, it's none of my business.
Guess, we better get going.
This way, folks.
Watch your step.
I can't believe we're 300 feet down.
What would it take to convince you?
How'd you talk Walt into
letting you come down here?
Oh, mostly my scintillating personality.
Yeah, well, let's make it
a quick look, okay, Senator?
Sure.
Oh, wait a minute.
I better acknowledge that.
Yeah, well, all right,
I'll get started, okay?
I'll be right with you.
Hello.
Hello, this is Northfork.
Where you at, Walt?
Jack, everything okay?
Yeah, yeah, everything's fine.
Kate's having a look around.
She's as happy as a clam.
It's like all homey for her,
but I'm not too thrilled.
There's a lot of loose dirt coming down.
Any damp spots?
Negative, none in the tunnel?
Well, get her out of
there as quick as you can.
Okay.
Kate?
Kate!
Kate!
Can you hear me?
Kate, if you can hear me, hang on!
I'm gonna go call for help!
Jack?
Jack!
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
Who are you? How did you get here?
Well, you're here.
I was on an inspection.
I was on a tour.
I must've got lost.
I must've zigged when
everybody else zagged.
I never did have much
of a sense of direction.
Well, the first thing we got
to do is get out of here.
Quick!
- Now wait a minute!
Wait a minute don't do that!
You'll just bring more of this down on us.
Oh.
Hey, that goes someplace.
No, that just ends in
solid rock about 50 feet up.
You can't go through that way.
What are you? An expert?
No, but I do know these caves.
Well, that goes someplace.
No, that just gets narrower and narrower.
You can't get through there either.
Stop telling me what I can and can't do!
I'm sorry, I was just trying to help.
Look there's a ranger.
He's on the other side.
He may be underneath that pile!
All right, but there are people up above.
They know I'm down here.
When they realize that I'm missing,
they're going to be sending people down
with special equipment.
Now I think what we
should do is just wait.
Well, you just wait.
I'm going my way.
Look there's no...
This is good examples
of stalactites and stalagmites.
My trouble is I could never remember
which is the stalagmite and
which is the stalactite.
It's really very simple, Madam.
The word stalactite comes
from the Greek word stalaktos,
which means dripping.
Stalagmite come from
the Greek word stalagos,
which means oozing.
So we have stalaktos and stalagos.
Very simple.
An amazing example
of Cretaceous limestone.
And you see how it
glitters with phosphorus.
Astonishing.
You know, this could
yield some signs of life
30,000 years or more ago.
Young man,
is there any evidence of
early habitation in this area?
There's an Indian
burial ground down here.
My dear boy, I'm not
making a Western movie.
I understand that, sir.
You're looking for signs of the Stone Age.
Bravo.
I don't think you'll
find it in these caverns.
But I do have your
permission to look, do I not?
We're just starting the tour, Professor.
Thank you.
Ann, I would like some pictures.
There.
There's an interesting rock
formation over here if you...
- And there.
- Wanna follow me.
Must you start each day with a new enemy?
I need to prove that there's evidence
of Stone Age life in the southwest.
Now if we don't find it here,
we must look elsewhere.
You said we were gonna
go home after this.
Why? So you can pursue Larry Manson,
like some hoyden.
The man is finished with you, Ann.
Face it!
I intend to prove a common ancestor
between the Cro-Magnon man of France
and the American Indian
of our own southwest.
I also want to prove that
crossing the Bering Straits
from Asia to North America
was not only possible but probable.
And...
Ann, you're early.
I told you to pick me up at 5:00.
I wanted to talk to you.
But I'm working.
Can't we talk at dinner?
You always talk at dinner,
and then you're too tired.
It won't take much time.
I can't go to the desert with you.
We made plans.
What do you mean?
No, not we, you.
You made the plans.
But we agreed.
Not we.
Is it the personal
pronoun that's upsetting you?
Please, Father, just spare
me your wit and listen to me.
I have listened to you my entire life.
That's quite unfair.
That's not like you.
It's just not like the
way you want me to be.
I only want what's best for you.
You are my daughter.
Daughter, housekeeper, secretary.
Would you like me to
write you a recommendation?
Please, Father, I am warning you!
All right.
All right.
Am I so evil a parent?
Everything I do is for you.
Everything I have is yours.
The house, the royalties on my books,
even my insurance.
I am not talking about when you die!
I am talking about now!
I want to live now!
You want me to be like
mother, and I can't.
Your mother and I were idyllically happy.
There was never a scene like this.
We were always in agreement.
Why not?
I mean, you had her
programmed 24 hours a day.
She was like some genie that
would pop out of a bottle
whenever you would move.
What a monster you make me out to be.
Father, this conversation
is not about you.
It's about me.
And this time it's different.
Oh, yes, yes!
This Larry Manson, man without a future.
A medical researcher, a technical man,
I've checked into his background.
I'd live in a tent with Larry Manson.
Ann, I need you in the desert.
Please give me these last few days.
- Father.
- Please, Ann.
Please.
Ann.
Ann!
Take a few shots of this
formation here, will you?
In case your Greek is
any better than mine,
think of it this way.
Stalactite: T, for top.
Stalagmite: It grows up from the floor.
Oh, tight for top.
That makes it easier.
All right, young man,
I am ready for your next surprise.
I hope I don't disappoint you.
Why should you be any different?
Lead on.
This way please.
Watch your step.
Thank you very much.
We call this our opera hall.
Oh, wonderful.
Amazing.
Look at these fissures, formations.
Marvelous.
And what we are standing on now,
was once an underground river.
Look at those caves.
Caverns!
Old enough to have given
shelter to Pleistocene man.
Can you imagine?
People down here thousands of years ago?
Step this way.
Here's something out of the old Wild West.
About 1895, there was
a mail train robbery.
The thieves got away with pouches of gold.
They used this as their hideout.
As you can see, by the
time the sheriff arrived,
the thieves were gone,
so the story goes.
Young man.
Look, Honey, isn't that interesting?
Looks like they're holed up.
I'm gonna go get some assistance.
Now don't you be a hero.
You stay here.
- Relax.
- Yeah.
That's what you said
with that payroll truck.
Now you were lucky then.
You stay here.
Sure.
Hey, Joe, relax.
21 to Central.
21 to Central.
Come in 21.
Officers need assistance.
726 Market Street.
Ray, I told you to stay there.
I know. I know.
Didn't hear them.
I thought they were going out the back.
I figured I can stop...
Damn.
I...
Hey, Joe.
Joe.
Joe?
You're not thinking about that again.
What am I supposed to do?
Stop thinking?
Jack!
Oh, Jack,
Jack, can you hear me?
Gene!
Gene.
I should've listened to you.
Ham and cheese on rye.
I've got something to tell you.
Honey, this is cheddar.
I wanted Swiss.
Will you listen, Vulture,
This is important.
All right. What?
Remember when we were talking about
you going to work for
Congressman Metcalfe?
Uh-huh.
You were trying to decide, and I said,
"Well, if it's what you
really wanna do it, do it."
Yeah, best decision I ever made,
professionally speaking of course.
Well, I've decided on a move too.
Kate, it's not my place to be in an office
working for the Department of Interior.
I belong outside,
and there's only one
way that I can do that,
The National Park Service.
Do it.
I already have.
Well.
Uh, uh, uh.
That takes care of my
professional problems.
Now I'd like to button
up my personal affairs.
We were going to get married.
What do you mean, "We
were going to get married?"
We are going to get married.
I have ever intention
of being a June bride.
There's nothing that we
can't work out together.
Like that guy said, "I gotta be me."
Like the other guy said, "Right
on, and pass the mustard."
Why didn't you tell me that
thing was a sausage grinder?
You could've got me killed.
I did tell you.
Let's forget about it.
What's done is done, right?
We got other troubles, right?
Hello!
Jack!
Anybody!
Clear the caverns. Everybody out.
Hello, this is Ranger
Miller calling headquarters.
Hello, can you hear me?
Come in somebody!
This is Ranger Miller in
Northfork calling headquarters!
Young man, do you have any idea
of the unique and discreet combination
of limestone, water, and sandstone
necessary to create this ineffable site?
As a matter of fact, I do.
Yes, I'm sure you do.
- Hello.
- What I don't
understand, Professor.
- Shh, quiet please.
Jack!
Anybody!
Jack!
May we go on with this tour?
No, we cannot.
Anybody!
Hello!
Can anybody hear me?
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask
you all to wait here until I get back.
"Wait," what for?
I'm gonna try and find out
where that voice is coming from.
Hello!
Can anybody hear me?
Please, can anybody hear me?
Shouldn't we get out of here?
I wouldn't worry, my dears.
A harmless characteristic.
No worse than a wave
breaking on the shore.
I don't know.
You can walk away from the shore.
Can anybody hear me?
Why don't you save your voice?
Maybe you're right.
I'm just too far away and too far down.
You mean we're stuck here.
You told me somebody'd be here to help.
You said they'd come out of there!
I know what I told you.
They should've been
here by now, that's all.
You've been putting me on
right from the start, haven't you?
Haven't you?
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
Kate?
Gene.
Gene.
Gene, I'm here.
- Kate.
- Gene.
Oh, am I glad to see you?
Yes.
How'd you get here?
Well, it's a long story,
but I sure am glad to see you, pal.
Wait a minute.
How did you get through there?
We cut a shaft off from
the opera hall last year.
Where's Jack?
He was on the intercom.
I came a head, and then...
Come on, we'd better get out of here.
Oh, uh, I'll be right back.
Hey, come on, man!
Just wait for me there, okay!
Gene, there's something
wrong with that man.
He's probably just scared.
No, it's more than that.
He's violent.
I mean, he's really violent.
He had a hold of me before you got here.
I don't know what he would've done.
It certainly has been a crazy day, huh?
I mean, I see you for the
first time in three years,
and then, we're practically buried alive.
You know, you're lucky to be alive.
The first thing we've gotta do is set up
some phone calls from
some major city contacts.
Okay, perfect.
Darling, hi.
Hi, hi, hi, hi.
I'm sorry I'm late,
but wait till you hear.
I've been waiting to
go to lunch, remember?
I know, I'm sorry.
The most extraordinary thing has happened.
They have asked me to
run for the state senate.
I still can believe it.
The state senate.
Sounds great.
It just happened just now.
I'm sorry, do you know George Cooper?
- How are you?
- George. Gene.
Anyway George is head of the
State Central Committee, right,
and they've been trying
to find this candidate.
So suddenly we're sitting
there in this caucus,
and George jumps up and points at me,
and he says, "You're it," right?
Absolutely.
I think she can do it.
She's young and attractive,
and she was president of the
Panhellenic Council in college,
and her experience here
with Congressman Metcalfe
is a big plus.
Isn't that terrific?
Super.
George, listen.
Look, I've gotta run.
Nice seeing you, huh?
And you, I'll see you tonight.
Get ready for lots of hard work.
Okay, I'm ready.
What's wrong?
Well, for one thing I
thought we had a date.
I didn't expect a caucus,
Honey, the meeting ran over.
George wanted to go
over a couple of things.
- Forget it.
- I was excited.
It caught me by surprise.
I'm happy for you really.
I have an announcement for you too.
My orders came through.
It's Yellowstone.
Gene.
Oh, that's great.
That's just great.
Which brings me to June 30th.
The park service have completely furnished
cabins at Yellowstone for married rangers.
Honey, there's no way that I can do that.
I mean, not now.
You see, I'm gonna be right
in middle of my campaign,
and I'm challenging an
entrenched incumbent.
I'm gonna be swamped.
Okay, if it isn't June 30th, when is it?
Uh, well, let me see.
It's really hard to say.
I'd wanna get used to the capital.
If you win.
Oh, I'm going to win.
Honey, this is the most important thing
that's ever happened to me.
Yeah, I can see it.
I got to get back.
I never should've let him go in there.
All right, come on let's go.
You fellow me.
Okay, come on.
Don't look up.
Okay.
All right.
All right, pulling you up.
Brace yourself with your back.
I got it.
Honey.
Hold it.
Stay close.
Yeah.
There's someone coming.
What happened?
There was a cave in down below.
- A cave in.
- Don't panic.
Everything's going to be all right.
Is everyone okay?
Everyone's all right.
Look we're gonna head
back to the elevator.
Everything will be fine.
We're just going to...
Everyone get down and cover your heads!
Don't anyone move,
Emergency lights on will
be on in a few seconds.
The whole joint's caving in!
Get us out of here, Ranger!
Just calm down and stay put.
We'll be getting out of here
just as soon as I call and
report what's happening.
Take it easy, Honey.
You don't think you were unreasonable?
Now don't give me that.
You put me in the cage table
down in the dining room.
After what happened at dinner last night,
I had little choice.
Oh, you're a liar. You had a choice.
You could've put Rogers in the cage.
He's the one who belongs there.
Rogers is in the
infirmary where you put him.
But he started it, Doc!
Don't you understand?
Whispering to Mitchell, putting me down.
They were deciding on a starting line up
for a soft ball game.
Well, what do you think he'd say?
Just like that guy Sheldon.
Sheldon?
Yeah.
That guy on the high school track team.
That was my lane.
He kept trying to run me out of my lane.
Doc, it was the same with
the guard at the work farm.
Every time I turned around,
he was loading that wheel barrel.
Well, I knew what was going on.
Do you know how much
one of those things weighs
loaded with wet cement?
The lousy guard keeps filling it up on me!
He denied that.
Well, of course, he denied it!
That fellow Sheldon was left with a limp.
The guard at the work farm almost died.
Well, what am I
supposed to do about that?
Ever since I was a kid,
people have been trying to deep six me.
Deep six you?
Mm-hmm.
Did your landlady try to deep six you?
Oh, the one in Phoenix going
through my mail every day.
But you had the only key.
Oh, that's a lie!
A lie! She is lying!
She is dead.
I suppose that's my fault!
You mean I am supposed to let some
snoopy, old crow to read my mail, huh?
It seems that anyone
who disagrees with you
instantly becomes your enemy.
That's not true, Doc.
Look at us we're disagreeing, aren't we?
I don't think you're my enemy.
In fact, I look on you as my friend.
Calling headquarters.
Ranger Pearson calling headquarters.
Come in, Gene.
Walt, we got trouble.
Clear the caverns fast.
- What happened?
- Northfork just caved in.
What about Kate and Jack?
Don't worry about Kate I got her with me.
I went down the chimney.
I don't know about Jack.
He was caught on the
other side of the slide.
Look we just had a cave
in in the opera hall.
We're gonna have to
get off this level fast
before there's another one.
Opera hall?
Look hold it right there.
We'll come down and dig you out.
No, Walt, don't send anyone down.
If they start digging, this whole mountain
will come down on us.
Are you okay?
Is there anybody hurt down there?
No, we're all right so far.
Look we can't get back to
the elevators from here.
We're gonna have to go
back up cross-country.
Walt, get the rest of the tours out fast.
Attention all tour guides.
Attention all tour guides,
return to the surface.
All right, we're moving out,
What's all that about cross-country?
Look there're a lot of ways out of here,
but we're gonna have to go through
some pretty rough terrain to make it.
We'll, it's all right with me,
as long as we get out of this slammer.
Why don't we wait for your
colleagues to get us out?
Yeah, how about that, Ranger?
You all heard me on the phone.
Last week's rains have brought
all kinds of water down
through these caverns.
It's weakening areas everywhere.
We're gonna have to go, now.
This is the order we're
gonna keep from now on.
I lead, then Kate, you're next.
Then the Professor, Miss Soames.
Uh, I'll bring up the rear.
Good, you follow Miss Soames, then you.
Now and try and stay in that order,
so I know where everyone is.
Before we move out,
drop anything that could hold us up, okay?
All right, Professor, take it easy.
Give me your hand.
Come on.
All right, watch your step.
Come on.
Hold on.
Here you go.
You all right?
Dear God.
We can't get across that.
How deep is that?
Oh, how deep?
What difference does it make?
You fall in there, you come out fried.
We can't go that way!
We have no choice.
What do you mean, you
said there were a lot
of different ways to get out of here.
After we cross this.
Look, I know it's dangerous,
but if we follow the
natural ridge, we can do it,
What are you trying to do, kill me?
Kill you?
I'm trying to save us, all of us.
You may be able to fool
these people, but not me.
I know about these geothermal bits.
That water there is at least 500 degrees.
You're crazy if you think
I'm going across there!
If you wanna stay, stay.
We're going across.
When we get out, I'll
send someone back for you.
You.
You are ready to dump me, aren't you?
It's your choice.
All right, now try and trace my steps.
Okay, come on.
That's it.
Are you all right?
Take it easy.
There you go.
Okay, now.
All right next.
Folks, transportation is
waiting to take you to your cars.
I'm awful sorry for the
little inconvenience.
Any sign of number two or three tours?
- No.
- Well, go get
that other bus up here.
No, I...
Joe, I'm scared.
There's nothing to worry about.
Come on, now you'll be all right.
You sound like I'm
going out in the backyard.
Look at it.
What if I slip?
Everybody has made it over.
No.
No, I'm not going.
You don't care what happens now.
But you cared that night at
the pawnshop, didn't you?
You don't believe me either.
You think I ran out on Ray?
Detective Sergeant Joseph Johnson,
as you know the decision
of a Board of Inquiry
must be a unanimous one.
Ah, you know that.
Yeah, sure.
I mean, uh,
Officer, yes, I do.
Yeah, well,
regarding the night of June 11th,
during which Detective
Sergeant Raymond Long Jr.
lost his life...
Do you have anything more
to say in your defense?
Uh, well, I've told you everything.
Right from the start to the finish,
that's the way it happened.
That's the truth.
Then it's the decision of this board
that you be placed on suspension.
You have, you know, the right of appeal.
Appeal?
What you guys don't believe me?
You think I froze?
You think I'll yellow?
Mitch, you know me!
Herb, we went to the academy together!
We joined the force together!
You know me!
Joe, please leave your shield.
Ray, was like a brother to me,
and I would've died for him.
What happened?
I'm dead.
What did the board say?
A reprimand?
Honey, it's not the worst thing.
No, I'm suspended.
But, you told them what happened.
How can they do that?
They did it.
I'm off the force.
But, for now.
You're going to appeal.
Appeal? Forget it.
When you get suspended, you
don't get your badge back.
Once the board sinks you, you're down.
Look, why don't you go on
out front and get the car.
I'll go down and clean out my locker.
- Joe.
- Please.
Joe.
Hey, come on, we gotta get going.
Take it easy.
- Hold on, hold on.
I got you. I got you.
All right now, hold on.
You're all right.
Okay, Honey, now.
Come on, and we'll go together.
Come on.
- I can't.
I can't move.
If I move, I'll fall!
Gene.
Now just take it easy.
Okay.
All right.
Just hang in there.
Give me your hand.
Come on.
That's it.
Step on that one.
Step real slowly.
That's it.
- All right.
- I got you.
All right, come on.
Just hold it.
Now wait, wait a minute.
Okay.
Sit over here.
You're all right.
You made it.
You made it.
Hey, Ranger, can we get out of here now?
We can wait a while longer.
We've been waiting!
Look, Buddy.
I've just about had it with you.
Now we'll leave here
when my wife can move.
You understand that?
Joe.
What I said...
Now forget about that.
I didn't mean it.
I know that.
You all right?
Yeah.
I was such a fool, Gene.
You were just trying to do your job.
I wasn't even thinking about today.
I was remembering three years ago.
Look, look, we, uh...
We were both wrong.
We could've worked it out.
Well, how about it, Ranger?
She's ready now.
Look we have a lot more climbing to do.
Soon we have to cross
through a dry streambed.
Let's try and keep the
same order, all right?
Let's move.
Oh, am I glad to see you.
Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
But Kate is trapped.
- She's all right.
Gene's got her.
He went down the chimney and got her.
Then there was another
cave in in the opera hall.
Well, what are we standing here for?
Let's go get them.
- Not a chance.
Would I be here if I could help?
Gene's gotta take them cross-country,
and then come out the south entrance.
You mean if he gets out.
Look, now you go grab a vehicle,
and we'll go down to the south entrance
as soon as those tours come up.
You all right?
I'm sorry, Gene.
I was just thinking about Jack Miller.
I can't help it I feel it's my fault.
If I hadn't...
- Don't worry about Jack.
He's a tough old bird.
Besides we don't know
if anything came down
on the other side of the tunnel.
Look, I'm gonna need
all the help I can get
getting these people out of here.
I wanna know that I can count on you.
Yes.
Of course, you can.
Okay, folks, better start moving.
This is Walt Clark.
I don't want anything coming up that road
except emergency vehicles until
I tell you different.
Yes, sir.
Watch yourself in here.
It's tight.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Give me your hand.
Okay.
Okay, come on.
- All right.
- Come on, I got you.
All right, come on, Professor.
Okay, Professor.
It's impossible.
You can do it.
I can't. I cannot make it.
Come on!
Come on, what's the hold up?
Come on, just a little more.
There you go.
Okay, come on.
There you go.
Okay.
So, now we wait.
We wait.
Go ahead.
Keep moving.
Give me your hand.
Give me your other hand.
- Okay.
- Give me this one.
That's it.
Okay, come on.
Come on, just hold on.
Okay, there you go.
All right, there you go.
All right, keep moving.
Sure hope we don't need them.
That makes two of us.
We've got some people coming out,
but we don't know what kind of
shape they're in, so standby.
Okay.
We'll be ready.
Okay.
Hey, I thought you said
it was a dry streambed.
He's right.
You've led us into a blank wall.
Not a wall, Professor, a rock.
The arroyo goes under it.
There hasn't been water in it for years.
I'm sure we can still make it.
I'm gonna go under and
make sure it's clear
on the other side.
There's nothing too it.
It's just a few feet.
One deep breath and you're on other side.
Professor, you come down.
I'm sorry.
I can't swim.
I will never survive.
Don't worry about it, Professor.
I'll take you across.
I'm phobic about water.
I can't do it.
Leave your jacket.
Ann, I can't do it.
I'll never make it,
Meet the captain of the Central
High School swimming team.
- Good for you.
- Remember that, Joe?
Uh, watch me, Professor.
You'll see how easy it is.
It's okay?
Yeah, come on.
Take one deep breath,
and we'll be through, okay?
Okay.
Follow me.
All right?
You all right?
Yes.
Yes.
- Can you make it
up there by yourself?
Yes, thank you.
All right, I'll be right back.
She did it, no problem, Professor.
Come on, you try it.
Well, while you're making up your mind,
I'll see you on the other side.
Okay, Professor, come on.
It'll be all right, I promise.
Come on.
Here we go.
Okay, now don't worry.
There's nothing to it.
Okay, we'll go under here.
Take a deep breath.
Okay?
Let's go.
You all right?
I'm sorry.
I must've disgraced myself.
It's all right now, Professor.
You didn't disgrace yourself.
Come on this way.
Okay.
He's all right.
He made it, Ann. He's fine.
Kate.
- Me?
Okay, take a deep breath.
Joe, quick!
Her foot's caught!
You try to get it loose
while I give her some air!
You all right?
Help me.
- That's it.
- Right over here.
- Okay.
- Here.
What happened?
I, caught my foot under the rock.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
Thank you.
She's all right.
I'll follow you.
Take a deep breath and go down.
You all right?
All right, we're all gonna
rest here for a few minutes
before we do anymore climbing.
Try and dry off, if we can.
I know you have enough to think about,
just getting us out of here alive,
but the guy back there
in the yellow jacket,
don't turn your back on him.
Yeah, I think I know what you mean.
We got no choice.
We're stuck with him,
but I'll keep an eye open.
You do that.
All right, we better get moving.
We're gonna go out this way.
Okay.
All right?
Yeah.
Professor.
Okay, we'll stop here for a few minutes,
so you can all rest.
There was a gold strike down here
a little over a hundred years ago.
Some of the prospectors built
a bridge on their way out.
I'm gonna scout the way ahead.
Be right back.
- Hey, Ranger.
I'll give you a hand.
We could go all the way to
the top and bring help down.
We're all going out of here together.
Stay put.
I said stay put.
- I'm going with you.
- Hey, pal!
Like he said, let's get some rest.
All right.
Sure.
I want those reports sent to me here
at the university lab as soon as possible.
Thank you.
I want you to be careful.
Sweetheart, I'm not
going on a commando raid.
Yes, you are.
And he's the commando.
Just don't let the special effects
and the performance fool you, all right?
Don't worry.
All I want is his daughter's hand,
with or without his permission.
I'm going in there to make
a wedding announcement.
I wanna get this settled before your trip.
That's very kind of you, Professor.
At least we're not barbarians, are we?
Thank you, sir.
I didn't mean about the Sherry.
I'm glad you called me.
I was about to come and see you.
Yes, well, I don't
quite know how to begin.
It's Ann.
She is emotionally disturbed.
I can't believe that.
I'm afraid it's true.
The symptoms always appear
when there's a man involved.
The routine is always the same.
I have to take a trip to get her away.
- But Ann said...
- That you were the first.
David Palmer, Gordon Yates,
Otis Martin, Frank Claiborne,
there's always a romantic flurry,
and the pattern never changes.
Well, it's changed this time, sir.
I wish that were true.
I'll prove it to you.
Ann and I both will.
No, I forbid it!
I never wanna see her that way again.
Well, sir, you don't understand.
And you, if you cared for
her as much as you say you do,
you wouldn't wanna see
her that way either!
Yosemite Airlines.
Yes, this is Professor Soames.
I wanna confirm two seats on
the midnight train to Phoenix.
Your mail, Father.
And mine.
You said there was no mail for me.
You knew how much I loved Larry,
and you just wanted to ruin it.
Ann, please listen to me.
Never.
Never again.
Father.
Just a short stretch ahead,
and we're on our way out.
You all right?
Uh, don't worry about me.
Too late to change now.
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
All of a sudden I can't wait,
about a lot of things.
Look, I know it's a long shot,
but maybe we should go in after them.
Go where?
There are 50 tunnels leading
up to the south hole.
Fifty we know of,
and Gene could be in any one of them.
You know that as well as I do.
We got no choice but to sweat it out.
Think it'll hold?
It seems to be secure.
Is this how we get out of here?
It starts the countdown.
I'm going to cross and
make sure it's safe.
Uh, Gene.
You've been doing it all so far.
Come on, I'm heavier than anybody here.
If it'll hold me, it'll hold anybody.
All right.
Easy now.
Easy.
I'm all right!
Stay off the bridge!
It's okay.
Come on.
Hold on, and go slowly.
All right.
That's it.
Easy.
Come on.
Easy.
That's it just move slowly.
You're next, Professor.
I feel faint.
Professor, you're gonna be just fine.
Stick it out a little
while longer, Professor.
We're almost out.
All right.
Hold on to the ropes now.
Take it slowly.
There you go.
Ladies first remember?
Gene, just let him go, all right.
You heard the lady.
We got some more business, you and me.
I'll see you in a minute.
Yeah, I'm counting on it.
Stay back! Stay off the bridge!
Kate!
Kate, listen to me!
Don't struggle!
Kate, I'm coming to get you.
Don't move.
Hold on, Kate.
I can't.
All right, just hold on.
All right, pull me tight.
Okay.
Get that leg up.
I got it.
Give me a hand here.
Hold on to me!
Take hold of me!
Gene should've been here by now.
Look, I can tell time.
So keep your announcements
to yourself, will you?
I'm sorry, Jack.
It's okay, I know how you feel.
It's gonna be all right, Walt.
If it isn't,
if something happens, it's my fault.
I should've closed up
when the shoring fell in
Northfork, but I didn't.
And now Gene is down there with women
and an old man, and it's all my doing.
All right, you been dancing around
these caverns long enough, Ranger.
Where do we get out of here?
When? How?
About 30 feet beyond that tunnel,
and we'll be outside.
You all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Both of you over there!
I knew it. I had a feeling.
You're a con.
Wrong, an ex-con.
With a hostage.
All right, take it easy.
Take it easy.
We're listening to you
now what do you want?
I want a helicopter waiting out there.
When it gets me where I'm going,
I let her go.
You listen.
Shut up!
You got 30 minutes.
If you're not back, if
that copter isn't waiting,
she gets it.
And every five minutes after that,
one of them.
You got 10 seconds to
get out of that tunnel.
Let's go.
Yeah.
I think I hear something.
I'm not thinking, I'm praying.
Gene, Kate, you all right?
- Oh, Walt, thank God.
- Take care of the Professor.
He needs some attention.
Folks, make sure the
paramedics check you out.
All right.
Boy, am I glad to see you.
Ah, fresh air and sunshine.
What's wrong?
There was a powder burn from...
Never mind about that.
We're going on home.
I'm going to appeal that board ruling.
Now you're talking.
I never ran out on Ray.
I know that.
Well, I want them to know it,
and I want my badge back,
even if I have to go out to that pawnshop
and act the whole thing out.
You don't have to convince me.
Look, I'm really feeling fine.
Is there a phone that I could use?
Yeah, at the ranger station.
If you wait a few minutes,
we'll take you back in that van.
Okay.
Ann.
Goodbye, Father.
You had a lot more
trouble than I thought.
It must've been that Arlen guy.
We heard over the radio that
he'd killed a policeman.
Oh.
Well, Kate,
under the circumstances, I guess,
I can't blame you for shutting us down.
I'm not gonna shut you down, Walt.
- Really?
- Really.
In spite of everything's that's happened,
I think the caverns are worth saving.
And I'm gonna make the
strongest recommendation I can
to see you get all the money you need.
- Hey, Kate.
- Hey, put it there.
That's the best news I've had in years!
Jack, listen to this!
Well, I guess, it's back
to the capital for you, huh?
Yeah.
Make that reservation for two.
Two?
That's right.
I'm going with you.
I'm taking a leave of absence,
and we're getting married.
Any questions?
No, sir.
Pull off there!
Hold it right there.
Don't shoot! I've got no gun!
Where's your buddy?
He split, man. I'm alone.
Turn around, and get
your hands on the roof.
Drop it.
Get going, man.
You're not gonna kill him, are you?
I'm not gonna kill him.
I'm gonna use him.
He's my hostage.
Will you split, man?
Nothing to worry about, folks.
We've had some heavy rains lately,
and the rangers are checking for leakage.
Sometimes water gets into the
caverns through the crevasses.
We call it percolating water.
You know, there's nothing like these
caverns anywhere in the world.
They're phosphorescent,
all the colors of the rainbow.
One of the most beautiful
sights you'll ever see.
Johnny.
John will be your tour guide today,
and I'm afraid you'll have
to skip the Northfork.
Sorry, but we're doing
some work down there.
Enjoy your tour, and feel
free to ask any questions.
I don't see any damp spots, Gene.
We're not inside yet.
How's it look?
Could be a lot more solid, Walt.
Yeah, we'll have to get
some workmen down here.
Fred, make sure you
mark all the weak spots.
Right, I'll take care of it.
What's the verdict, Gene?
Soft and wet.
It's all kinds of percolating water.
Well, we've had this before.
Besides it looks like it's
confined to this area at least.
Yeah, well, I'm worried about
what's going on inside these walls.
You all right?
- I think so.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I think it just knocked the air out of me.
Come on.
Fred, you sure, you're all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
This time.
Look, Fred, you go to the
aid station and get a checkup.
- Walt, I'm okay.
- Now, look, Fred.
Now you go to the aid station,
and then you go home.
Walt, I think we ought
to cancel all the tours
and close all the caverns down.
Now, wait a minute, I don't buy that.
To start with, the other
cavern areas are safe,
and those state senators are due
anytime for their inspection.
You saw what just happened.
Now look, Gene, I'll get
a crew in here right away,
and we'll shore it up temporarily
just for safety's sake.
That's not going to do it.
Gene, we'll still close it down.
You know our situation.
The federal government will
put up half the money we need
if the state matches it.
Why do you think I got those
state senators to come down?
Look, Gene, it'll be okay.
We'll shut down just Northfork.
Okay?
Okay.
Look, folks, I'm sorry
about your missing a tour.
I'm afraid there won't be
another one for about an hour.
Now wait. Wait one minute.
I may be able to help you out.
Isn't it beautiful here?
Yeah.
Come on, Joe, it's a vacation.
Try not to think about what happened.
It wasn't your fault.
You know it, and I know it.
Forget it.
Forget about Ray?
Are my credentials satisfactory?
Yes, sir, Professor.
We're at your service,
The Secretary of the Interior doesn't
usually send letters of recommendation.
It's a big honor.
Then may we get started?
Oh, in just in a few minutes.
Would you mind if that couple went along?
They missed their tour.
I didn't come halfway across the country
to embark on a social odyssey.
Oh, come on, they can't
possibly be in the way.
Thank you, Professor.
Here's your letter.
I guess you'll wanna keep that.
I intend to have it gilded
along with my daughter's baby shoes.
Thank you, Professor.
And, henceforth, I'd appreciate it if you
allow me to choose my own
circle of acquaintances.
I'm speaking to you, Ann.
Oh, I'm sorry, I was
just thinking about Larry.
It's been nine days since we left home.
I haven't even heard from him.
Is that so mysterious?
Well, he promised to write or call or...
Out of sight out of mind.
I'm afraid your Larry
is no longer your Larry.
I don't believe that.
You don't want to believe it.
Where'd you put my notebook?
Hi.
Kate.
Gene.
Gene, oh, my, I can't believe it.
How are you?
All right.
You, uh...
You look great.
Thank you.
Well, now wait a minute what happened?
I mean, I thought you were
stationed at Yellowstone.
It was what you always wanted.
A couple of months ago,
they asked me to transfer back here.
I grabbed it.
Oh.
I guess things change.
Yeah, things do change.
Hey, you know, it's kind
of like an anniversary.
It'll be three years ago next week.
Next week?
June 30th,
I guess you've forgotten.
No, I haven't forgotten.
Not really.
Senator, welcome.
I just pray you're here
on business, Senator.
It is business, and it's still Kate.
Oh, done and done.
Kate it is.
So, you're with the
State Park's Committee.
Where's your group?
Uh, I'm it today,
Well, that makes it even better,
because I don't have to act with you.
Now you get us the money,
and we'll do the work.
And it'll put in the National
Registrar of Historic Places.
We'll be set forever.
You remember Walt.
He believes in putting people on the spot.
I guess.
There are 12 members of
that State Park's Committee.
Well, I'll take my
chances with the other 11,
but Kate's one of us.
Oh, Walt, I know how you feel,
but look I'm here representing the state.
And before I can cast my vote,
I'm gonna have to see the evidence,
all the evidence.
Well, you know these
caverns as well as we do.
Yeah, well, that's one of
the reasons they sent me.
The other reason is that they
want me to do an inspection
and write an updated qualified report.
So, why don't I start with
Northfork and work my way up?
Kate, Northfork is closed to the public.
Why?
Well, Kate, we had a minor
cave in there this morning.
We shored it up, but it's only temporary.
All the more reason I should see it then.
I'm asking you not to go down there.
Gene, I'd hate to start
my report with that.
Well, Gene, there's
a real VIP here today.
It's, uh, Professor
Soames and his daughter.
Sent here by the Department of Interior.
Now he's a real expert,
so you can have some fun with him.
Now the Professor's agreed that
another couple can tag along.
So, you're the chief ranger,
so you take them.
You, uh, be around for while?
Yeah, for a while.
What about Northfork?
I'm afraid I'm gonna
have to see it all, Walt.
But make it fast.
In and out, okay?
- In and out.
In and out, all right.
Oh, Jack, over here.
Hey, Jack.
Senator, it's been a long time.
Yeah, good to see you.
Oh, Jack, take Miss
Lassiter down to Northfork.
But I thought the Northfork was closed.
It's all right, Jack.
It'll be our little secret, okay?
- All right.
- See you later.
Thank you, Walt.
He's from the university.
This is a private...
Anyway as I was saying,
this is a private tour,
but the professor was kind
enough to let you join in.
Oh, that's great.
I hope I can be of some
help to you, Professor.
Well, you could begin by telling us
when we embark on this voyage,
We'll start in just a minute.
Excuse me.
Ranger Pearson here.
Well, you know the way to
Northfork as well as I do.
Of course, right past the colored cavern.
This is a first for me.
I've never been deeper than our basement.
We are blessed with comic relief.
Hey, look, Mister, if you
don't want us to come along,
why don't you just say so?
Oh, let's get on with it, shall we?
Oh, brother, does this
bring back memories.
Where was it?
Oh, it was over here.
One day Gene and I found
this little rabbit,
and it'd broken its leg.
So we got it,
and we made this little
splint and put it on the leg.
And we both took care
of it till it mended.
Little critter loved Gene.
Bit me twice.
You two were like a couple
of prairie dogs around here.
Running through these caverns
like they were your own backyard.
Well, we had a lot of fun.
It sure seems like a long time ago.
Well, that's for sure.
Now look at you,
a state senator.
I voted for you.
Well, thank you.
No offense, Kate,
but what happened anyway?
I mean all of us around here
thought that you and Gene would...
Uh-huh.
Okay, it's none of my business.
Guess, we better get going.
This way, folks.
Watch your step.
I can't believe we're 300 feet down.
What would it take to convince you?
How'd you talk Walt into
letting you come down here?
Oh, mostly my scintillating personality.
Yeah, well, let's make it
a quick look, okay, Senator?
Sure.
Oh, wait a minute.
I better acknowledge that.
Yeah, well, all right,
I'll get started, okay?
I'll be right with you.
Hello.
Hello, this is Northfork.
Where you at, Walt?
Jack, everything okay?
Yeah, yeah, everything's fine.
Kate's having a look around.
She's as happy as a clam.
It's like all homey for her,
but I'm not too thrilled.
There's a lot of loose dirt coming down.
Any damp spots?
Negative, none in the tunnel?
Well, get her out of
there as quick as you can.
Okay.
Kate?
Kate!
Kate!
Can you hear me?
Kate, if you can hear me, hang on!
I'm gonna go call for help!
Jack?
Jack!
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
Who are you? How did you get here?
Well, you're here.
I was on an inspection.
I was on a tour.
I must've got lost.
I must've zigged when
everybody else zagged.
I never did have much
of a sense of direction.
Well, the first thing we got
to do is get out of here.
Quick!
- Now wait a minute!
Wait a minute don't do that!
You'll just bring more of this down on us.
Oh.
Hey, that goes someplace.
No, that just ends in
solid rock about 50 feet up.
You can't go through that way.
What are you? An expert?
No, but I do know these caves.
Well, that goes someplace.
No, that just gets narrower and narrower.
You can't get through there either.
Stop telling me what I can and can't do!
I'm sorry, I was just trying to help.
Look there's a ranger.
He's on the other side.
He may be underneath that pile!
All right, but there are people up above.
They know I'm down here.
When they realize that I'm missing,
they're going to be sending people down
with special equipment.
Now I think what we
should do is just wait.
Well, you just wait.
I'm going my way.
Look there's no...
This is good examples
of stalactites and stalagmites.
My trouble is I could never remember
which is the stalagmite and
which is the stalactite.
It's really very simple, Madam.
The word stalactite comes
from the Greek word stalaktos,
which means dripping.
Stalagmite come from
the Greek word stalagos,
which means oozing.
So we have stalaktos and stalagos.
Very simple.
An amazing example
of Cretaceous limestone.
And you see how it
glitters with phosphorus.
Astonishing.
You know, this could
yield some signs of life
30,000 years or more ago.
Young man,
is there any evidence of
early habitation in this area?
There's an Indian
burial ground down here.
My dear boy, I'm not
making a Western movie.
I understand that, sir.
You're looking for signs of the Stone Age.
Bravo.
I don't think you'll
find it in these caverns.
But I do have your
permission to look, do I not?
We're just starting the tour, Professor.
Thank you.
Ann, I would like some pictures.
There.
There's an interesting rock
formation over here if you...
- And there.
- Wanna follow me.
Must you start each day with a new enemy?
I need to prove that there's evidence
of Stone Age life in the southwest.
Now if we don't find it here,
we must look elsewhere.
You said we were gonna
go home after this.
Why? So you can pursue Larry Manson,
like some hoyden.
The man is finished with you, Ann.
Face it!
I intend to prove a common ancestor
between the Cro-Magnon man of France
and the American Indian
of our own southwest.
I also want to prove that
crossing the Bering Straits
from Asia to North America
was not only possible but probable.
And...
Ann, you're early.
I told you to pick me up at 5:00.
I wanted to talk to you.
But I'm working.
Can't we talk at dinner?
You always talk at dinner,
and then you're too tired.
It won't take much time.
I can't go to the desert with you.
We made plans.
What do you mean?
No, not we, you.
You made the plans.
But we agreed.
Not we.
Is it the personal
pronoun that's upsetting you?
Please, Father, just spare
me your wit and listen to me.
I have listened to you my entire life.
That's quite unfair.
That's not like you.
It's just not like the
way you want me to be.
I only want what's best for you.
You are my daughter.
Daughter, housekeeper, secretary.
Would you like me to
write you a recommendation?
Please, Father, I am warning you!
All right.
All right.
Am I so evil a parent?
Everything I do is for you.
Everything I have is yours.
The house, the royalties on my books,
even my insurance.
I am not talking about when you die!
I am talking about now!
I want to live now!
You want me to be like
mother, and I can't.
Your mother and I were idyllically happy.
There was never a scene like this.
We were always in agreement.
Why not?
I mean, you had her
programmed 24 hours a day.
She was like some genie that
would pop out of a bottle
whenever you would move.
What a monster you make me out to be.
Father, this conversation
is not about you.
It's about me.
And this time it's different.
Oh, yes, yes!
This Larry Manson, man without a future.
A medical researcher, a technical man,
I've checked into his background.
I'd live in a tent with Larry Manson.
Ann, I need you in the desert.
Please give me these last few days.
- Father.
- Please, Ann.
Please.
Ann.
Ann!
Take a few shots of this
formation here, will you?
In case your Greek is
any better than mine,
think of it this way.
Stalactite: T, for top.
Stalagmite: It grows up from the floor.
Oh, tight for top.
That makes it easier.
All right, young man,
I am ready for your next surprise.
I hope I don't disappoint you.
Why should you be any different?
Lead on.
This way please.
Watch your step.
Thank you very much.
We call this our opera hall.
Oh, wonderful.
Amazing.
Look at these fissures, formations.
Marvelous.
And what we are standing on now,
was once an underground river.
Look at those caves.
Caverns!
Old enough to have given
shelter to Pleistocene man.
Can you imagine?
People down here thousands of years ago?
Step this way.
Here's something out of the old Wild West.
About 1895, there was
a mail train robbery.
The thieves got away with pouches of gold.
They used this as their hideout.
As you can see, by the
time the sheriff arrived,
the thieves were gone,
so the story goes.
Young man.
Look, Honey, isn't that interesting?
Looks like they're holed up.
I'm gonna go get some assistance.
Now don't you be a hero.
You stay here.
- Relax.
- Yeah.
That's what you said
with that payroll truck.
Now you were lucky then.
You stay here.
Sure.
Hey, Joe, relax.
21 to Central.
21 to Central.
Come in 21.
Officers need assistance.
726 Market Street.
Ray, I told you to stay there.
I know. I know.
Didn't hear them.
I thought they were going out the back.
I figured I can stop...
Damn.
I...
Hey, Joe.
Joe.
Joe?
You're not thinking about that again.
What am I supposed to do?
Stop thinking?
Jack!
Oh, Jack,
Jack, can you hear me?
Gene!
Gene.
I should've listened to you.
Ham and cheese on rye.
I've got something to tell you.
Honey, this is cheddar.
I wanted Swiss.
Will you listen, Vulture,
This is important.
All right. What?
Remember when we were talking about
you going to work for
Congressman Metcalfe?
Uh-huh.
You were trying to decide, and I said,
"Well, if it's what you
really wanna do it, do it."
Yeah, best decision I ever made,
professionally speaking of course.
Well, I've decided on a move too.
Kate, it's not my place to be in an office
working for the Department of Interior.
I belong outside,
and there's only one
way that I can do that,
The National Park Service.
Do it.
I already have.
Well.
Uh, uh, uh.
That takes care of my
professional problems.
Now I'd like to button
up my personal affairs.
We were going to get married.
What do you mean, "We
were going to get married?"
We are going to get married.
I have ever intention
of being a June bride.
There's nothing that we
can't work out together.
Like that guy said, "I gotta be me."
Like the other guy said, "Right
on, and pass the mustard."
Why didn't you tell me that
thing was a sausage grinder?
You could've got me killed.
I did tell you.
Let's forget about it.
What's done is done, right?
We got other troubles, right?
Hello!
Jack!
Anybody!
Clear the caverns. Everybody out.
Hello, this is Ranger
Miller calling headquarters.
Hello, can you hear me?
Come in somebody!
This is Ranger Miller in
Northfork calling headquarters!
Young man, do you have any idea
of the unique and discreet combination
of limestone, water, and sandstone
necessary to create this ineffable site?
As a matter of fact, I do.
Yes, I'm sure you do.
- Hello.
- What I don't
understand, Professor.
- Shh, quiet please.
Jack!
Anybody!
Jack!
May we go on with this tour?
No, we cannot.
Anybody!
Hello!
Can anybody hear me?
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask
you all to wait here until I get back.
"Wait," what for?
I'm gonna try and find out
where that voice is coming from.
Hello!
Can anybody hear me?
Please, can anybody hear me?
Shouldn't we get out of here?
I wouldn't worry, my dears.
A harmless characteristic.
No worse than a wave
breaking on the shore.
I don't know.
You can walk away from the shore.
Can anybody hear me?
Why don't you save your voice?
Maybe you're right.
I'm just too far away and too far down.
You mean we're stuck here.
You told me somebody'd be here to help.
You said they'd come out of there!
I know what I told you.
They should've been
here by now, that's all.
You've been putting me on
right from the start, haven't you?
Haven't you?
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
Kate?
Gene.
Gene.
Gene, I'm here.
- Kate.
- Gene.
Oh, am I glad to see you?
Yes.
How'd you get here?
Well, it's a long story,
but I sure am glad to see you, pal.
Wait a minute.
How did you get through there?
We cut a shaft off from
the opera hall last year.
Where's Jack?
He was on the intercom.
I came a head, and then...
Come on, we'd better get out of here.
Oh, uh, I'll be right back.
Hey, come on, man!
Just wait for me there, okay!
Gene, there's something
wrong with that man.
He's probably just scared.
No, it's more than that.
He's violent.
I mean, he's really violent.
He had a hold of me before you got here.
I don't know what he would've done.
It certainly has been a crazy day, huh?
I mean, I see you for the
first time in three years,
and then, we're practically buried alive.
You know, you're lucky to be alive.
The first thing we've gotta do is set up
some phone calls from
some major city contacts.
Okay, perfect.
Darling, hi.
Hi, hi, hi, hi.
I'm sorry I'm late,
but wait till you hear.
I've been waiting to
go to lunch, remember?
I know, I'm sorry.
The most extraordinary thing has happened.
They have asked me to
run for the state senate.
I still can believe it.
The state senate.
Sounds great.
It just happened just now.
I'm sorry, do you know George Cooper?
- How are you?
- George. Gene.
Anyway George is head of the
State Central Committee, right,
and they've been trying
to find this candidate.
So suddenly we're sitting
there in this caucus,
and George jumps up and points at me,
and he says, "You're it," right?
Absolutely.
I think she can do it.
She's young and attractive,
and she was president of the
Panhellenic Council in college,
and her experience here
with Congressman Metcalfe
is a big plus.
Isn't that terrific?
Super.
George, listen.
Look, I've gotta run.
Nice seeing you, huh?
And you, I'll see you tonight.
Get ready for lots of hard work.
Okay, I'm ready.
What's wrong?
Well, for one thing I
thought we had a date.
I didn't expect a caucus,
Honey, the meeting ran over.
George wanted to go
over a couple of things.
- Forget it.
- I was excited.
It caught me by surprise.
I'm happy for you really.
I have an announcement for you too.
My orders came through.
It's Yellowstone.
Gene.
Oh, that's great.
That's just great.
Which brings me to June 30th.
The park service have completely furnished
cabins at Yellowstone for married rangers.
Honey, there's no way that I can do that.
I mean, not now.
You see, I'm gonna be right
in middle of my campaign,
and I'm challenging an
entrenched incumbent.
I'm gonna be swamped.
Okay, if it isn't June 30th, when is it?
Uh, well, let me see.
It's really hard to say.
I'd wanna get used to the capital.
If you win.
Oh, I'm going to win.
Honey, this is the most important thing
that's ever happened to me.
Yeah, I can see it.
I got to get back.
I never should've let him go in there.
All right, come on let's go.
You fellow me.
Okay, come on.
Don't look up.
Okay.
All right.
All right, pulling you up.
Brace yourself with your back.
I got it.
Honey.
Hold it.
Stay close.
Yeah.
There's someone coming.
What happened?
There was a cave in down below.
- A cave in.
- Don't panic.
Everything's going to be all right.
Is everyone okay?
Everyone's all right.
Look we're gonna head
back to the elevator.
Everything will be fine.
We're just going to...
Everyone get down and cover your heads!
Don't anyone move,
Emergency lights on will
be on in a few seconds.
The whole joint's caving in!
Get us out of here, Ranger!
Just calm down and stay put.
We'll be getting out of here
just as soon as I call and
report what's happening.
Take it easy, Honey.
You don't think you were unreasonable?
Now don't give me that.
You put me in the cage table
down in the dining room.
After what happened at dinner last night,
I had little choice.
Oh, you're a liar. You had a choice.
You could've put Rogers in the cage.
He's the one who belongs there.
Rogers is in the
infirmary where you put him.
But he started it, Doc!
Don't you understand?
Whispering to Mitchell, putting me down.
They were deciding on a starting line up
for a soft ball game.
Well, what do you think he'd say?
Just like that guy Sheldon.
Sheldon?
Yeah.
That guy on the high school track team.
That was my lane.
He kept trying to run me out of my lane.
Doc, it was the same with
the guard at the work farm.
Every time I turned around,
he was loading that wheel barrel.
Well, I knew what was going on.
Do you know how much
one of those things weighs
loaded with wet cement?
The lousy guard keeps filling it up on me!
He denied that.
Well, of course, he denied it!
That fellow Sheldon was left with a limp.
The guard at the work farm almost died.
Well, what am I
supposed to do about that?
Ever since I was a kid,
people have been trying to deep six me.
Deep six you?
Mm-hmm.
Did your landlady try to deep six you?
Oh, the one in Phoenix going
through my mail every day.
But you had the only key.
Oh, that's a lie!
A lie! She is lying!
She is dead.
I suppose that's my fault!
You mean I am supposed to let some
snoopy, old crow to read my mail, huh?
It seems that anyone
who disagrees with you
instantly becomes your enemy.
That's not true, Doc.
Look at us we're disagreeing, aren't we?
I don't think you're my enemy.
In fact, I look on you as my friend.
Calling headquarters.
Ranger Pearson calling headquarters.
Come in, Gene.
Walt, we got trouble.
Clear the caverns fast.
- What happened?
- Northfork just caved in.
What about Kate and Jack?
Don't worry about Kate I got her with me.
I went down the chimney.
I don't know about Jack.
He was caught on the
other side of the slide.
Look we just had a cave
in in the opera hall.
We're gonna have to
get off this level fast
before there's another one.
Opera hall?
Look hold it right there.
We'll come down and dig you out.
No, Walt, don't send anyone down.
If they start digging, this whole mountain
will come down on us.
Are you okay?
Is there anybody hurt down there?
No, we're all right so far.
Look we can't get back to
the elevators from here.
We're gonna have to go
back up cross-country.
Walt, get the rest of the tours out fast.
Attention all tour guides.
Attention all tour guides,
return to the surface.
All right, we're moving out,
What's all that about cross-country?
Look there're a lot of ways out of here,
but we're gonna have to go through
some pretty rough terrain to make it.
We'll, it's all right with me,
as long as we get out of this slammer.
Why don't we wait for your
colleagues to get us out?
Yeah, how about that, Ranger?
You all heard me on the phone.
Last week's rains have brought
all kinds of water down
through these caverns.
It's weakening areas everywhere.
We're gonna have to go, now.
This is the order we're
gonna keep from now on.
I lead, then Kate, you're next.
Then the Professor, Miss Soames.
Uh, I'll bring up the rear.
Good, you follow Miss Soames, then you.
Now and try and stay in that order,
so I know where everyone is.
Before we move out,
drop anything that could hold us up, okay?
All right, Professor, take it easy.
Give me your hand.
Come on.
All right, watch your step.
Come on.
Hold on.
Here you go.
You all right?
Dear God.
We can't get across that.
How deep is that?
Oh, how deep?
What difference does it make?
You fall in there, you come out fried.
We can't go that way!
We have no choice.
What do you mean, you
said there were a lot
of different ways to get out of here.
After we cross this.
Look, I know it's dangerous,
but if we follow the
natural ridge, we can do it,
What are you trying to do, kill me?
Kill you?
I'm trying to save us, all of us.
You may be able to fool
these people, but not me.
I know about these geothermal bits.
That water there is at least 500 degrees.
You're crazy if you think
I'm going across there!
If you wanna stay, stay.
We're going across.
When we get out, I'll
send someone back for you.
You.
You are ready to dump me, aren't you?
It's your choice.
All right, now try and trace my steps.
Okay, come on.
That's it.
Are you all right?
Take it easy.
There you go.
Okay, now.
All right next.
Folks, transportation is
waiting to take you to your cars.
I'm awful sorry for the
little inconvenience.
Any sign of number two or three tours?
- No.
- Well, go get
that other bus up here.
No, I...
Joe, I'm scared.
There's nothing to worry about.
Come on, now you'll be all right.
You sound like I'm
going out in the backyard.
Look at it.
What if I slip?
Everybody has made it over.
No.
No, I'm not going.
You don't care what happens now.
But you cared that night at
the pawnshop, didn't you?
You don't believe me either.
You think I ran out on Ray?
Detective Sergeant Joseph Johnson,
as you know the decision
of a Board of Inquiry
must be a unanimous one.
Ah, you know that.
Yeah, sure.
I mean, uh,
Officer, yes, I do.
Yeah, well,
regarding the night of June 11th,
during which Detective
Sergeant Raymond Long Jr.
lost his life...
Do you have anything more
to say in your defense?
Uh, well, I've told you everything.
Right from the start to the finish,
that's the way it happened.
That's the truth.
Then it's the decision of this board
that you be placed on suspension.
You have, you know, the right of appeal.
Appeal?
What you guys don't believe me?
You think I froze?
You think I'll yellow?
Mitch, you know me!
Herb, we went to the academy together!
We joined the force together!
You know me!
Joe, please leave your shield.
Ray, was like a brother to me,
and I would've died for him.
What happened?
I'm dead.
What did the board say?
A reprimand?
Honey, it's not the worst thing.
No, I'm suspended.
But, you told them what happened.
How can they do that?
They did it.
I'm off the force.
But, for now.
You're going to appeal.
Appeal? Forget it.
When you get suspended, you
don't get your badge back.
Once the board sinks you, you're down.
Look, why don't you go on
out front and get the car.
I'll go down and clean out my locker.
- Joe.
- Please.
Joe.
Hey, come on, we gotta get going.
Take it easy.
- Hold on, hold on.
I got you. I got you.
All right now, hold on.
You're all right.
Okay, Honey, now.
Come on, and we'll go together.
Come on.
- I can't.
I can't move.
If I move, I'll fall!
Gene.
Now just take it easy.
Okay.
All right.
Just hang in there.
Give me your hand.
Come on.
That's it.
Step on that one.
Step real slowly.
That's it.
- All right.
- I got you.
All right, come on.
Just hold it.
Now wait, wait a minute.
Okay.
Sit over here.
You're all right.
You made it.
You made it.
Hey, Ranger, can we get out of here now?
We can wait a while longer.
We've been waiting!
Look, Buddy.
I've just about had it with you.
Now we'll leave here
when my wife can move.
You understand that?
Joe.
What I said...
Now forget about that.
I didn't mean it.
I know that.
You all right?
Yeah.
I was such a fool, Gene.
You were just trying to do your job.
I wasn't even thinking about today.
I was remembering three years ago.
Look, look, we, uh...
We were both wrong.
We could've worked it out.
Well, how about it, Ranger?
She's ready now.
Look we have a lot more climbing to do.
Soon we have to cross
through a dry streambed.
Let's try and keep the
same order, all right?
Let's move.
Oh, am I glad to see you.
Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
But Kate is trapped.
- She's all right.
Gene's got her.
He went down the chimney and got her.
Then there was another
cave in in the opera hall.
Well, what are we standing here for?
Let's go get them.
- Not a chance.
Would I be here if I could help?
Gene's gotta take them cross-country,
and then come out the south entrance.
You mean if he gets out.
Look, now you go grab a vehicle,
and we'll go down to the south entrance
as soon as those tours come up.
You all right?
I'm sorry, Gene.
I was just thinking about Jack Miller.
I can't help it I feel it's my fault.
If I hadn't...
- Don't worry about Jack.
He's a tough old bird.
Besides we don't know
if anything came down
on the other side of the tunnel.
Look, I'm gonna need
all the help I can get
getting these people out of here.
I wanna know that I can count on you.
Yes.
Of course, you can.
Okay, folks, better start moving.
This is Walt Clark.
I don't want anything coming up that road
except emergency vehicles until
I tell you different.
Yes, sir.
Watch yourself in here.
It's tight.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Give me your hand.
Okay.
Okay, come on.
- All right.
- Come on, I got you.
All right, come on, Professor.
Okay, Professor.
It's impossible.
You can do it.
I can't. I cannot make it.
Come on!
Come on, what's the hold up?
Come on, just a little more.
There you go.
Okay, come on.
There you go.
Okay.
So, now we wait.
We wait.
Go ahead.
Keep moving.
Give me your hand.
Give me your other hand.
- Okay.
- Give me this one.
That's it.
Okay, come on.
Come on, just hold on.
Okay, there you go.
All right, there you go.
All right, keep moving.
Sure hope we don't need them.
That makes two of us.
We've got some people coming out,
but we don't know what kind of
shape they're in, so standby.
Okay.
We'll be ready.
Okay.
Hey, I thought you said
it was a dry streambed.
He's right.
You've led us into a blank wall.
Not a wall, Professor, a rock.
The arroyo goes under it.
There hasn't been water in it for years.
I'm sure we can still make it.
I'm gonna go under and
make sure it's clear
on the other side.
There's nothing too it.
It's just a few feet.
One deep breath and you're on other side.
Professor, you come down.
I'm sorry.
I can't swim.
I will never survive.
Don't worry about it, Professor.
I'll take you across.
I'm phobic about water.
I can't do it.
Leave your jacket.
Ann, I can't do it.
I'll never make it,
Meet the captain of the Central
High School swimming team.
- Good for you.
- Remember that, Joe?
Uh, watch me, Professor.
You'll see how easy it is.
It's okay?
Yeah, come on.
Take one deep breath,
and we'll be through, okay?
Okay.
Follow me.
All right?
You all right?
Yes.
Yes.
- Can you make it
up there by yourself?
Yes, thank you.
All right, I'll be right back.
She did it, no problem, Professor.
Come on, you try it.
Well, while you're making up your mind,
I'll see you on the other side.
Okay, Professor, come on.
It'll be all right, I promise.
Come on.
Here we go.
Okay, now don't worry.
There's nothing to it.
Okay, we'll go under here.
Take a deep breath.
Okay?
Let's go.
You all right?
I'm sorry.
I must've disgraced myself.
It's all right now, Professor.
You didn't disgrace yourself.
Come on this way.
Okay.
He's all right.
He made it, Ann. He's fine.
Kate.
- Me?
Okay, take a deep breath.
Joe, quick!
Her foot's caught!
You try to get it loose
while I give her some air!
You all right?
Help me.
- That's it.
- Right over here.
- Okay.
- Here.
What happened?
I, caught my foot under the rock.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
Thank you.
She's all right.
I'll follow you.
Take a deep breath and go down.
You all right?
All right, we're all gonna
rest here for a few minutes
before we do anymore climbing.
Try and dry off, if we can.
I know you have enough to think about,
just getting us out of here alive,
but the guy back there
in the yellow jacket,
don't turn your back on him.
Yeah, I think I know what you mean.
We got no choice.
We're stuck with him,
but I'll keep an eye open.
You do that.
All right, we better get moving.
We're gonna go out this way.
Okay.
All right?
Yeah.
Professor.
Okay, we'll stop here for a few minutes,
so you can all rest.
There was a gold strike down here
a little over a hundred years ago.
Some of the prospectors built
a bridge on their way out.
I'm gonna scout the way ahead.
Be right back.
- Hey, Ranger.
I'll give you a hand.
We could go all the way to
the top and bring help down.
We're all going out of here together.
Stay put.
I said stay put.
- I'm going with you.
- Hey, pal!
Like he said, let's get some rest.
All right.
Sure.
I want those reports sent to me here
at the university lab as soon as possible.
Thank you.
I want you to be careful.
Sweetheart, I'm not
going on a commando raid.
Yes, you are.
And he's the commando.
Just don't let the special effects
and the performance fool you, all right?
Don't worry.
All I want is his daughter's hand,
with or without his permission.
I'm going in there to make
a wedding announcement.
I wanna get this settled before your trip.
That's very kind of you, Professor.
At least we're not barbarians, are we?
Thank you, sir.
I didn't mean about the Sherry.
I'm glad you called me.
I was about to come and see you.
Yes, well, I don't
quite know how to begin.
It's Ann.
She is emotionally disturbed.
I can't believe that.
I'm afraid it's true.
The symptoms always appear
when there's a man involved.
The routine is always the same.
I have to take a trip to get her away.
- But Ann said...
- That you were the first.
David Palmer, Gordon Yates,
Otis Martin, Frank Claiborne,
there's always a romantic flurry,
and the pattern never changes.
Well, it's changed this time, sir.
I wish that were true.
I'll prove it to you.
Ann and I both will.
No, I forbid it!
I never wanna see her that way again.
Well, sir, you don't understand.
And you, if you cared for
her as much as you say you do,
you wouldn't wanna see
her that way either!
Yosemite Airlines.
Yes, this is Professor Soames.
I wanna confirm two seats on
the midnight train to Phoenix.
Your mail, Father.
And mine.
You said there was no mail for me.
You knew how much I loved Larry,
and you just wanted to ruin it.
Ann, please listen to me.
Never.
Never again.
Father.
Just a short stretch ahead,
and we're on our way out.
You all right?
Uh, don't worry about me.
Too late to change now.
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
All of a sudden I can't wait,
about a lot of things.
Look, I know it's a long shot,
but maybe we should go in after them.
Go where?
There are 50 tunnels leading
up to the south hole.
Fifty we know of,
and Gene could be in any one of them.
You know that as well as I do.
We got no choice but to sweat it out.
Think it'll hold?
It seems to be secure.
Is this how we get out of here?
It starts the countdown.
I'm going to cross and
make sure it's safe.
Uh, Gene.
You've been doing it all so far.
Come on, I'm heavier than anybody here.
If it'll hold me, it'll hold anybody.
All right.
Easy now.
Easy.
I'm all right!
Stay off the bridge!
It's okay.
Come on.
Hold on, and go slowly.
All right.
That's it.
Easy.
Come on.
Easy.
That's it just move slowly.
You're next, Professor.
I feel faint.
Professor, you're gonna be just fine.
Stick it out a little
while longer, Professor.
We're almost out.
All right.
Hold on to the ropes now.
Take it slowly.
There you go.
Ladies first remember?
Gene, just let him go, all right.
You heard the lady.
We got some more business, you and me.
I'll see you in a minute.
Yeah, I'm counting on it.
Stay back! Stay off the bridge!
Kate!
Kate, listen to me!
Don't struggle!
Kate, I'm coming to get you.
Don't move.
Hold on, Kate.
I can't.
All right, just hold on.
All right, pull me tight.
Okay.
Get that leg up.
I got it.
Give me a hand here.
Hold on to me!
Take hold of me!
Gene should've been here by now.
Look, I can tell time.
So keep your announcements
to yourself, will you?
I'm sorry, Jack.
It's okay, I know how you feel.
It's gonna be all right, Walt.
If it isn't,
if something happens, it's my fault.
I should've closed up
when the shoring fell in
Northfork, but I didn't.
And now Gene is down there with women
and an old man, and it's all my doing.
All right, you been dancing around
these caverns long enough, Ranger.
Where do we get out of here?
When? How?
About 30 feet beyond that tunnel,
and we'll be outside.
You all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Both of you over there!
I knew it. I had a feeling.
You're a con.
Wrong, an ex-con.
With a hostage.
All right, take it easy.
Take it easy.
We're listening to you
now what do you want?
I want a helicopter waiting out there.
When it gets me where I'm going,
I let her go.
You listen.
Shut up!
You got 30 minutes.
If you're not back, if
that copter isn't waiting,
she gets it.
And every five minutes after that,
one of them.
You got 10 seconds to
get out of that tunnel.
Let's go.
Yeah.
I think I hear something.
I'm not thinking, I'm praying.
Gene, Kate, you all right?
- Oh, Walt, thank God.
- Take care of the Professor.
He needs some attention.
Folks, make sure the
paramedics check you out.
All right.
Boy, am I glad to see you.
Ah, fresh air and sunshine.
What's wrong?
There was a powder burn from...
Never mind about that.
We're going on home.
I'm going to appeal that board ruling.
Now you're talking.
I never ran out on Ray.
I know that.
Well, I want them to know it,
and I want my badge back,
even if I have to go out to that pawnshop
and act the whole thing out.
You don't have to convince me.
Look, I'm really feeling fine.
Is there a phone that I could use?
Yeah, at the ranger station.
If you wait a few minutes,
we'll take you back in that van.
Okay.
Ann.
Goodbye, Father.
You had a lot more
trouble than I thought.
It must've been that Arlen guy.
We heard over the radio that
he'd killed a policeman.
Oh.
Well, Kate,
under the circumstances, I guess,
I can't blame you for shutting us down.
I'm not gonna shut you down, Walt.
- Really?
- Really.
In spite of everything's that's happened,
I think the caverns are worth saving.
And I'm gonna make the
strongest recommendation I can
to see you get all the money you need.
- Hey, Kate.
- Hey, put it there.
That's the best news I've had in years!
Jack, listen to this!
Well, I guess, it's back
to the capital for you, huh?
Yeah.
Make that reservation for two.
Two?
That's right.
I'm going with you.
I'm taking a leave of absence,
and we're getting married.
Any questions?
No, sir.