🕵️♂️ Jeopardy (1953) is a taut, suspense-filled crime thriller that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. Directed by John Sturges and starring the legendary Barbara Stanwyck, this psychological drama delivers gripping tension in every scene. A modest family vacation turns into a desperate fight for survival, showcasing strong performances, clever direction, and tightly-woven storytelling.
🧠 Plot Summary
Helen Stilwin (Barbara Stanwyck), her husband Doug (Barry Sullivan), and their young son are enjoying a peaceful vacation near an isolated beach in Baja California. But their idyllic escape soon spirals into a nightmare when Doug becomes trapped under a collapsing pier.
With time running out and the tide rising fast, Helen is forced to seek help in the desolate desert town. That’s when she crosses paths with Lawson (Ralph Meeker), an escaped convict hiding out in the region. Helen must now navigate the moral minefield of trusting a dangerous man to help save her husband — and protect her son.
The story is a powerful showcase of courage under pressure, maternal instinct, and the terrifying unpredictability of strangers. Shot in stark black-and-white with tight camera work and lean editing, Jeopardy is a study in classic 1950s tension-driven cinema.
🧠 Plot Summary
Helen Stilwin (Barbara Stanwyck), her husband Doug (Barry Sullivan), and their young son are enjoying a peaceful vacation near an isolated beach in Baja California. But their idyllic escape soon spirals into a nightmare when Doug becomes trapped under a collapsing pier.
With time running out and the tide rising fast, Helen is forced to seek help in the desolate desert town. That’s when she crosses paths with Lawson (Ralph Meeker), an escaped convict hiding out in the region. Helen must now navigate the moral minefield of trusting a dangerous man to help save her husband — and protect her son.
The story is a powerful showcase of courage under pressure, maternal instinct, and the terrifying unpredictability of strangers. Shot in stark black-and-white with tight camera work and lean editing, Jeopardy is a study in classic 1950s tension-driven cinema.
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00:02:10Yes.
00:02:12Born in the United States?
00:02:14Uh-huh.
00:02:15And you?
00:02:16Uh-huh.
00:02:25Tijuana is fun.
00:02:26Like a carnival.
00:02:27Strange people, strange words.
00:02:29You name it and they've got it.
00:02:30It's a boom town with tourists for oil wells.
00:02:33And if you want to build up your sales resistance, well, this is the place.
00:02:38Soplero, senor.
00:02:39Huh?
00:02:40Sure.
00:02:41Shoes for the little boy.
00:02:42Buenas noches.
00:02:44Your postcard?
00:02:45No, thank you.
00:02:46Okay.
00:02:47Spider.
00:02:48Very pretty.
00:02:49Look.
00:02:50Pretty little boy.
00:02:51Uh-huh.
00:02:52Music.
00:02:53Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay.
00:02:54No, thanks.
00:02:55No?
00:02:56Uh...
00:02:57Oh, horse.
00:02:58Maybe.
00:02:59I know the man.
00:03:00He made good deal for you.
00:03:02Okay, boy.
00:03:04Just a minute.
00:03:05Watch the camera.
00:03:06Smile.
00:03:07That's it, boy.
00:03:08It'll be a lovely picture, senora.
00:03:09You'll like it.
00:03:10You'll see.
00:03:11Well, it's duty free.
00:03:12I'm saving money for you.
00:03:13Every time you save me money, you cost me money.
00:03:14You just don't understand the simplest facts.
00:03:16Hmm.
00:03:17Sexish.
00:03:18The simplest facts.
00:03:19Hmm.
00:03:20Don't the kids call?
00:03:21Oh, no.
00:03:22Well, the little boy maybe, huh?
00:03:23He's getting a little too old, and that sort of thing.
00:03:24Buenas noches.
00:03:25Postcards?
00:03:26Very pretty.
00:03:27Oh, well, it's duty free.
00:03:28Well, I'll do it.
00:03:29Oh, well, it's duty free.
00:03:30I'm saving money for you.
00:03:31Every time you save me money, you cost me money.
00:03:33You just don't understand the simplest facts.
00:03:34Mm.
00:03:35Sexish.
00:03:36The simplest facts.
00:03:37Mm.
00:03:38The simplest facts.
00:03:39Mm.
00:03:40Don't the kid's called?
00:03:41Oh, no.
00:03:42Well, the little boy maybe, huh?
00:03:43He's getting a little too old for that sort of thing.
00:03:45Buenas noches.
00:03:46Postcards?
00:03:47Very pretty.
00:03:48What's going on?
00:03:49south of tijuana the highway settles down to a single winding tape of asphalt and the country
00:03:56opens up you don't have to worry which road to take there's only one it's marked mexico one
00:04:02and the sign says ensenada 92 kilometers that's about 60 miles say honey um how about putting
00:04:09the top down after we get a little further out in the country huh won't blow too much sure it's a
00:04:13wonderful idea it was a little foggy when we got to ensenada but even with the fog it has something
00:04:23with its quiet harbor its little lobster boats and the sign bienvenidos that means welcome
00:04:30it's the place where you fill your gas tank check your tires you'd better it'll be a long time before
00:04:37you get another place to do it when you see a map you see what isolation you're heading into
00:04:42tijuana ensenada up at one end and then 400 miles to la paz the only other town at the other end
00:04:50in between nothing but names oh picturesque names mission santo thomas colonia guerrero el rosario
00:04:59but just names ancient settlements and missions no longer existing ghost towns ruins below ensenada
00:05:08it's a road of dirt and desolation a road of shifting sands and bruising rocks of quail that
00:05:14scoot through clumps of cactus and doves that rise in soft whirring clouds high adventure beckons down
00:05:21this road but never again will it beckon to me uh-oh
00:05:27uh-oh
00:05:29turista pass he's to the back
00:05:37you are douglas steelwind you are mrs steelwind this is your son yes
00:05:44he must be the boss that fellow he's a captain or maybe even a colonel i don't know
00:06:09dad what's going on
00:06:11dad what's going on
00:06:15go ahead
00:06:21say dad what was going on back there well i'll tell you sonny somebody probably lost a goat or a cow or something
00:06:37mexicans have a way of taking things big mexicans are you and bobby acted as if you hadn't seen the police car in your lives
00:06:43oh mom you always treat me like a kid i wonder why
00:06:47what was it really who knows checking stolen cars looking for contraband i don't know
00:06:53what differences it makes their country you could have asked couldn't you never would have told me
00:06:58how do you know four years in the army they never tell you
00:07:01besides i didn't want them to go poking around on that zipper bag back there
00:07:05why not wow oh doug what did you bring this thing for
00:07:10is it loaded certainly not but there's a clip of bullets in the case
00:07:14ellen it's not a bad thing to have when you're traveling
00:07:17it is pretty desolate country down here you never know
00:07:20never fired her once in the army thought we might pop off a tin can or two huh bobby
00:07:25you bet maybe we'll need it for protection who knows what perils there are down here
00:07:30honey we just use it for target practice well just don't use me for the target
00:07:35what are you smiling about nothing nothing at all i love you
00:07:44i love you too but what are you smiling at
00:07:48i'll cut it out
00:07:50when we get to the ocean time for lunch pop i hope so
00:08:16gosh it must have hit a mess of rattlesnakes and they all landed in the radiator
00:08:26it's boiling again there's a place up ahead where we can pull off the road
00:08:30we'll get a chance to use that five gallon water can of ours
00:08:33well uh that is uh what's the matter mom
00:08:36well the fact is it's empty
00:08:38what who's the vice president in charge of the water can
00:08:41doug i'm sorry i forgot to tell you to fill it at the last service station
00:08:45gee mom you didn't forget yes i goofed off but it's really no problem
00:08:49no it's not we'll probably run into a nice shiny 50 pump gasoline station any minute we'll get plenty of water
00:08:54why i think i see one right up ahead right now
00:08:57where dad where pay no attention to your father son he's just being humorous
00:09:02dad this is no time for jokes
00:09:04we may be in perils are we mom
00:09:07no darling
00:09:07look garage a water
00:09:11two people per square mile
00:09:14i live right
00:09:16may not be 50 pumps but we'll get some water all right
00:09:40maybe we can even get something to eat
00:09:42i'm going to order a nice ice cold glass of tea breasted chicken salad with just a touch of lettuce and watercress
00:09:49say that's pretty good dad
00:09:58hola hola
00:10:02oh look fiesta
00:10:03martes 22 a ghost
00:10:06that was two days ago
00:10:07well they should be back
00:10:08takes them three days to get over a fiesta
00:10:10what's a fiesta
00:10:11a feast day
00:10:12feast day
00:10:13we'll have lunch at the beach darling
00:10:15not as if we ever get here
00:10:17we were looking for water amigo remember
00:10:18you look around the back puppy
00:10:20say tires tubes
00:10:24stuff like that
00:10:25i've got some
00:10:25i've got some
00:10:26that's a good boy
00:10:27at least we can do for him
00:10:33see that rock formation up ahead
00:10:48those funny looking boulders
00:10:49what about them
00:10:50i remember them
00:10:51we're getting closer to where we're going
00:10:52i'm glad we're getting close to something
00:10:54what a memory
00:10:55look at the quail
00:10:58i suppose you'd recognize some of them too
00:11:01seems like only yesterday that joe and i were scouting around here looking for some of the best fishing and hunting
00:11:07ah those were the days what an outing
00:11:09tell about it dad
00:11:11whatever became of joe
00:11:13he probably never survived the outing
00:11:15doug are you sure we're on the right road
00:11:21positive
00:11:22you could have asked couldn't you
00:11:24why should i ask when i know
00:11:25is it beneath your dignity to ask directions
00:11:28no it isn't
00:11:29isn't it dignity
00:11:31dad just knows that's all
00:11:33there she is
00:11:48turn her for the beach is just a little further down the road
00:11:51this is a road
00:11:54oh honey we're almost over the worst of it now
00:11:57in a few minutes you'll be swimming in that cool surf
00:11:59think of all of wonderful privacy
00:12:01i'd enjoy the wonderful privacy of a nice bubble bath right at the moment
00:12:05um mom you always think about civilization
00:12:08don't knock it son
00:12:10just get a whiff of that air
00:12:15honey you're gonna love it
00:12:17there's the beach
00:12:22that's where joe and i camp right there at the base of that jetty
00:12:25who lives in those houses doug
00:12:28nobody
00:12:28they've been empty for years
00:12:29picked clean
00:12:30it's beautiful
00:12:31how do we get down there
00:12:33there's a road down the side of the bluff right over here
00:12:35come on let's take a look at it
00:12:36i was happy that we had finally arrived at doug's beach
00:12:41but there was something about that jetty i didn't know what reaching out into the water
00:12:47gaunt and ugly at low tide
00:12:49i hated that jetty the moment i saw it
00:12:52road's still there just a little washed out
00:12:55it's a cinch mom
00:12:56doug what was that pier for
00:12:57they used to fish here for money
00:12:59end of the war into that
00:13:00they used the jetty for loading
00:13:01did you fish off the end of the pier dad
00:13:04we sure did son
00:13:05if you had a freckle for every barracuda that i caught off the end of that pier
00:13:09honey
00:13:11well this is it everybody out
00:13:27boy look at all that firewood
00:13:35i'm vice president in charge of the fire
00:13:37you promise
00:13:38mr vice president lunch in 10 minutes
00:13:41i'll be back
00:13:41dad mom i'm glad we're here
00:13:45that's for sure
00:13:46oh
00:13:46before we unpack i think i'd better move the trailer to a better spot
00:14:00okay put my shoes in there will you please dad
00:14:03know something
00:14:04i'm glad we're here
00:14:06that's for sure
00:14:07gosh helen i've looked forward to this all the time i was in the alley
00:14:12just the three of us out here in the middle of nowhere
00:14:14all this wonderful privacy nothing to do but eat swim sleep
00:14:18nothing to do but eat swim and sleep
00:14:21you're like a kid out of school
00:14:23kid
00:14:25well we'll talk about that later
00:14:29i have a good night
00:14:30i have a feeling i'm going to enjoy it here too
00:14:31you will
00:14:32i'm enjoying it more already
00:14:37p-e-l-i-g-r-o
00:14:50p-e-l-i-g-r-o
00:14:54we'll talk to you
00:15:07i'll talk to you
00:15:07you
00:16:12Better call him.
00:16:14Oh, now.
00:16:18Ouch, why you...
00:16:20Go on, Doug, call him. We told him lunch in ten minutes. He must be starving.
00:16:25Okay, you win.
00:16:27Machacho, Venacoma!
00:16:29See him anyplace?
00:16:30No, but he can't be far. Machacho, Ven!
00:16:33Stop being so native and see if you can get him here.
00:16:36Bobby! Bobby, lunch!
00:16:39Bobby!
00:16:40That kid, the way he's able to disappear.
00:16:44Doug, look, out there on the jetty.
00:16:49Bobby! Bobby!
00:16:55Hey, son! Come on back! Lunch!
00:17:02Bobby!
00:17:07Bobby, come on back in here!
00:17:11Bobby!
00:17:13What does this mean? P-E-L-I-T-R-O.
00:17:15Bobby, come on back in here!
00:17:19Bobby, can you hear me?
00:17:21Doug!
00:17:22What does this mean? P-E-L-I-T-R-O.
00:17:25He's trying to say something to us. Listen.
00:17:28Come on.
00:17:29Come on.
00:17:30Come on.
00:17:31Come on.
00:17:32I can't get him out.
00:17:34Bobby, come on back in here.
00:17:36Bobby, can you hear me?
00:17:37Bobby!
00:17:38What does this mean?
00:17:39P-E-L-I-T-R-O.
00:17:42Floyd!
00:17:43Danger.
00:17:46Bobby, are you all right?
00:17:51Yes.
00:17:52Something's happened.
00:17:53He's trying to say something to us. Listen.
00:18:00I'll come out after him.
00:18:01Bobby, stay right where you are. I'm coming after you.
00:18:19Don't get excited, Bobby. I'll be right there.
00:18:24Take it easy, Bobby. We'll have you back in a minute.
00:18:33There we are.
00:18:37This thing's shaky there. It probably won't rule the tools.
00:18:40Don't you worry. You better go back.
00:18:42Don't you worry about that, Bobby. See, you've really got that stuck, haven't you?
00:18:45Relax your foot.
00:18:47Let's see if I can get that shoe off. This might hurt a little bit, son. Let's hold it.
00:18:56There we go.
00:18:57Gosh, why didn't I think of that?
00:18:59Because you're like your mom, son. You get too excited, that's why.
00:19:03Here, let's put this on. Sit down. Get comfortable.
00:19:06We don't want you to pick up any splitters.
00:19:09There we go.
00:19:10We don't want you to pick up any splitters.
00:19:13See if you can stand up, boy.
00:19:15Okay?
00:19:16All right, now, take it easy, Bobby.
00:19:18Nice and slow.
00:19:19Mm.
00:19:33There we go, fella.
00:19:39You better go across first, son. These planks might not hold the way to both of us.
00:19:41Okay.
00:19:42Take it easy.
00:19:49Take it easy.
00:19:54Is he all right?
00:19:55Yeah, he's okay. His foot just got stuck.
00:20:02I'll wait here to get across, Bobby.
00:20:03Okay.
00:20:04Let's go.
00:20:18Atta boy, son. Take it nice and easy.
00:20:25Careful, Bobby.
00:20:26Let's go.
00:20:27Let's go.
00:20:31Doug.
00:20:32Doug.
00:20:33Doug, are you all right? Are you hurt?
00:20:38It missed me.
00:20:41A piling. It busted.
00:20:45What's the matter, Doug? Can't you get up?
00:20:47No.
00:20:49Your foot seems to be caught.
00:20:52Can't pull it loose.
00:20:53No.
00:20:55Now, Bobby.
00:20:56Bobby, go up and get the shovel.
00:20:57We'll just dig it a little bit, that's all.
00:20:59Doug, you're sure you're not hurt?
00:21:00No, I'm not hurt.
00:21:01That's a strange part of it.
00:21:02I can't figure out why not.
00:21:04But the weight of this timber.
00:21:05You can't seem to feel it.
00:21:06Now, honey, don't worry about it.
00:21:07We'll just dig it out, that's all.
00:21:08Here's the shovel, Dad.
00:21:09Let me have it, Bobby.
00:21:11Can I help? I can be better than Mom.
00:21:13You can take turns, son.
00:21:18Does it hurt?
00:21:19No worse than a kick in the shins.
00:21:21Gosh, it's all my fault, too.
00:21:22How do you figure that?
00:21:23If I hadn't climbed up and blamed the whole thing,
00:21:25none of this would have happened.
00:21:27It wasn't your fault, Bobby.
00:21:35Doug, this is solid rock.
00:21:38Here, I'm a good digger.
00:21:39Let me try.
00:21:40Wait a minute, Bobby.
00:21:41This can't pull it loose.
00:21:51The piling is jammed between those boulders.
00:21:54Maybe we could lift it with the car jack.
00:21:55Sure, that's it.
00:21:56Why didn't I think of that?
00:21:57I'll get it, Dad.
00:21:58That a boy.
00:22:00There, right down at the end.
00:22:01That'll be the spot for the jack.
00:22:11I got it.
00:22:12I got it.
00:22:13I got it.
00:22:14I got it.
00:22:15I got it, Mom.
00:22:16I got it.
00:22:17I got it.
00:22:18I got it.
00:22:19I got it, Mom.
00:22:21I got it.
00:22:22I got it.
00:22:23I got it, Mom.
00:22:50I got it.
00:23:11That's it, honey.
00:23:12Just a few more notches.
00:23:13I can move my foot a little.
00:23:20Just a little bit more, baby.
00:23:51The angle pin's broken.
00:23:53It's useless.
00:23:55Bobby, come on.
00:23:56Pull as hard as you can.
00:23:57Ellen.
00:23:58Ellen.
00:23:59Bobby, are you pulling as hard as you can?
00:24:00Ellen, this isn't doing any good.
00:24:01Bobby, get over on the other side of the course.
00:24:02You're just firing yourself out.
00:24:03Chuck, we've got to get you out.
00:24:04Ellen.
00:24:05Stop it.
00:24:14I'm sorry.
00:24:15Be quiet, Bobby.
00:24:17Bobby.
00:24:18Bobby, go up to the car and unhook the trailer.
00:24:21Okay, Dad.
00:24:23Helen.
00:24:27Helen, you remember when Bobby was two years old
00:24:29and he cut himself on some glass?
00:24:31He saved his life that day.
00:24:33Remember how?
00:24:34By keeping your head.
00:24:36You did get a little hysterical for a while,
00:24:38but I finally convinced you that you had to calm down.
00:24:41One of us had to go for the doctor,
00:24:43while one of us stayed with Bobby.
00:24:44Worked out fine, remember?
00:24:45Now, let's work along those same lines today.
00:24:49Above all, don't let yourself get hysterical.
00:24:52I won't, I promise.
00:24:53What do you want me to do?
00:24:54First, I want you to know one thing.
00:24:57The two of you alone will never be able to move this heavy timber.
00:25:00What else can we do?
00:25:01Well, we could use the car if we had a rope.
00:25:04We have, it's in the trailer.
00:25:05I'll get...
00:25:06No, no, no, no.
00:25:07That rope is too light, it'd break.
00:25:08We've got to get a heavier rope.
00:25:09But where?
00:25:11The nearest place is that ranch where we stop for water.
00:25:13Maybe you can get some help, too.
00:25:14That's hours away.
00:25:15Just a few.
00:25:16An hour's back.
00:25:17I'll wait for you.
00:25:18But the roads, you know I'm not a very good driver.
00:25:20That's for sure.
00:25:21Sure wish I could go.
00:25:23The tide is coming in.
00:25:28Yeah, yeah.
00:25:33Won't the tide float the timber off dead?
00:25:35It probably will, but you'd better go for the rope anyway.
00:25:40How much time do I have, Doug?
00:25:41I think it's been coming in for a couple of hours.
00:25:43It's got about four hours.
00:25:44You can make it, all right.
00:25:45Bobby will wait here with me.
00:25:46What time is it now?
00:25:47It's almost four o'clock.
00:25:49That perfume's sexish.
00:25:51Oh, you...
00:25:52By the way, the Mexican word for rope is coerda.
00:25:54I've got it, Doug.
00:26:02Don't drive too fast and don't take any chances.
00:26:04I won't do.
00:26:06The trainer's all in love.
00:26:07You stay here, take good care of Dad.
00:26:08I will.
00:26:09Try to stay on the right side of the road.
00:26:25I'll do it.
00:26:27I will.
00:26:44You're comfortable, Dad?
00:26:45Lobstable, Dad?
00:26:46Yeah, sure, Bobby.
00:26:47Say, Bobby, you better get the shovel and the jack up on the beach out of this water, huh?
00:26:50Okay.
00:26:53Oh, Bobby, there are lobster boats coming along here all the time.
00:26:56They buy from the native fishermen.
00:26:58If one comes along, maybe we can yell for help, eh?
00:27:01Yeah, if one comes along, I'll get to stop. Don't worry.
00:27:04Attaboy.
00:27:05Want your cigarettes?
00:27:06Yeah, sure. They're up on the table.
00:27:08Bring my lighter, too, huh, Bobby?
00:27:09Okay.
00:27:15Let's play next time.
00:27:22Let's Hoogze!
00:27:35Hey!
00:27:39What did they say to you?
00:28:10Do you speak English?
00:28:15I'm in trouble. I need help. My husband is trapped down by the water. I need a rope, a curdo, a curdo.
00:28:26Curdo?
00:28:27Do you think it's a curdo?
00:28:29Sorry, but we don't understand.
00:28:31Money. I'll pay you money if you'll come with me.
00:28:34You want to give me money, but I don't know why.
00:28:37No, no, no. Please, please come with me.
00:28:40Well, then tell me where I can get a curdo. Curdo!
00:28:44Oh.
00:28:46Oh.
00:28:47Yo no sé qué te hará decir esta señora, pero...
00:29:03Cuerdan. Cuerdan.
00:29:08Ah, sí, cuerda.
00:29:10Señora, cuerda!
00:29:12Déjala, pues ya se fue. Vámonos.
00:29:15Pues, nos vamos.
00:29:16Vámonos.
00:29:18Yo no sé qué...
00:29:19Se los va a hacer tarde tanto que te está sobre.
00:29:21Pero si somos malos, quería cuerda.
00:29:33Look, Bobby.
00:29:34Let's see if you can guess what this one is, huh?
00:29:37Let's see.
00:29:38It's a gopher.
00:29:40No.
00:29:40Guess again.
00:29:42Ah, squirrel.
00:29:43A squirrel?
00:29:44Bobby, my boy, you're slipping.
00:29:45Everybody knows a squirrel has a big bushy tail.
00:29:48Say, Dad, how long's Mom been gone?
00:29:50Not very long.
00:29:51Come on, you've got one more guess.
00:29:53Gee, Dad, I don't know.
00:29:54I give up.
00:29:55But what about the lobster boats?
00:29:56It's a beaver, Bobby.
00:29:58Anybody with eyes in his head can see that.
00:30:00Or maybe you think I'm not a very good artist.
00:30:03Did you really see lobster boats when you were here before, Dad?
00:30:06Sure, son, lots of them.
00:30:07Why haven't we seen any?
00:30:08Well, I'll tell you, they don't come along till pretty late in the evening after they've got their catch.
00:30:12Do you suppose they'll see us?
00:30:14Sure.
00:30:15Bobby, remember, we weren't going to worry.
00:30:17Sure did.
00:30:18Well, gee, the water is...
00:30:20And we weren't going to talk about that, either.
00:30:22I'm sorry.
00:30:24Looks like a scum to me.
00:30:26A scum.
00:30:27You know, the first thing when we get home, I'm going to have your eyes examined.
00:30:30Here, you draw something.
00:30:32Let's see how good you are.
00:30:33I'll skip this turn.
00:30:34Hey, how about me building a fire and making you some coffee?
00:30:38Would you like some?
00:30:38Sure, son.
00:30:39That's a great idea.
00:30:41I'll get some of the driftwood and I'll get it going.
00:30:43One cup of coffee coming up.
00:31:13One cup of coffee coming up.
00:31:43Hello?
00:31:59Hello?
00:32:04Hello?
00:33:13You're American. You can help me.
00:33:15I'm in trouble.
00:33:16My husband is trapped by a timber back there on the beach.
00:33:18Unless we get back there, soon the tide will drown him.
00:33:20Get in.
00:33:26It's back this way.
00:33:27It's back this way.
00:33:57My husband...
00:33:58You haven't heard a word I've said.
00:34:01Don't you understand? I'm in trouble.
00:34:03Why are we all?
00:34:04Who are you? What were you doing back there?
00:34:06I turned around and all of a sudden there you were.
00:34:08Out of nowhere into here.
00:34:11Crackers all you got to eat?
00:34:13Well, hello, hello.
00:34:18Don't you understand? I'm in trouble. My husband is...
00:34:20Stop, lady. You'll have me crying.
00:34:23I'm a very sensitive man.
00:34:25Get out of this car. I need someone who can help me.
00:34:27Stop the car and get out!
00:34:28You're a real boss.
00:34:30You must drive your husband nuts.
00:34:35You sure you got nothing more to eat than crackers?
00:34:36You're going to drive now, and don't try anything.
00:34:57If I have to kill you, no one's going to know your husband's trapped at the beach.
00:35:00No one.
00:35:01And I'll kill you.
00:35:04Honest.
00:35:05Now move over.
00:35:06Behave now, or this gun will blow a very pretty piece of you right over the side.
00:35:22Now drive.
00:35:31Hey!
00:35:32Yes, give the light.
00:35:36Yes, give the light.
00:35:37Yes, give the light.
00:35:38Yes, give the light.
00:35:45Did you see anyone on the road, hitchhiking? A man?
00:35:51No.
00:35:52What road did you come over?
00:35:54From the beach. My boy is there now.
00:35:59Yes?
00:36:01I...
00:36:02We're unofficial.
00:36:06Dining trip.
00:36:07Bueno.
00:36:08Don't pick up anyone.
00:36:09There's a dangerous criminal loose down here.
00:36:11Big fellow.
00:36:12An American.
00:36:13If you see anybody, of course, it'll call police.
00:36:16Gracias.
00:36:16Yes.
00:36:26Better go to the beach and get your boy back into town. Adios.
00:36:38Are they gone?
00:36:43Keep driving a while. You're doing fine.
00:36:46I know some women would have tried something just then and had their brains blown out.
00:36:57You're smart. Honest.
00:37:00I like smart women. They got cat in them.
00:37:02Now that I didn't give you away, will you take me back to my husband?
00:37:05No.
00:37:06But you've got to. If you don't, he'll drown.
00:37:08When you're mad, the specks in your eyes dance.
00:37:10What kind of a man can let a man die? No one knows he's there.
00:37:13Let's just keep it our little secret.
00:37:16The least you can do is take me back there and then you can go on.
00:37:19Look, you're smart. Be smart.
00:37:22I can save your husband or I can save myself.
00:37:25I can't do both.
00:37:28On a dice roll, you've got to take what comes.
00:37:30I'll drive now. Move over me.
00:37:33Come on.
00:37:54Believe me, don't believe me. I'm sorry.
00:37:57I'm sorry.
00:37:58You are not.
00:38:01You're right. I'm not.
00:38:07Look at those specks dance now.
00:38:27You're right, pass the baby and take me back to sleep.
00:38:29I can save you.
00:38:30This is a painting.
00:38:47The Snyder was ready to experience in the of the crew.
00:38:52Here we are, dead, nice and steamy.
00:39:05Attaboy, Bobby.
00:39:07Sure smells good.
00:39:11Hope you like it.
00:39:12Yeah.
00:39:13I like it strong.
00:39:15Well, then, you're going to like this, because I like ink.
00:39:20How is it?
00:39:22It's very, very unusual, Bobby.
00:39:28Don't you like it?
00:39:29It's the most unusual coffee I've ever tasted.
00:39:32Gee, thanks, Dad.
00:39:35Bobby, I was thinking about you while you made the coffee.
00:39:40What is it, Dad?
00:39:43I...
00:39:44Well, son, I watched you, and I was pretty proud of you.
00:39:47Gee, is that good?
00:39:49Yeah.
00:39:49What I mean is, you'd never made coffee before, had you?
00:39:54No, there weren't any directions on the can either.
00:39:56I know.
00:39:58Maybe there are going to be a lot of times in your life when you have to do things, and there
00:40:02won't be directions on how to do things that have to be done.
00:40:06You know what I mean, Bobby?
00:40:07What are you talking about, Dad?
00:40:10Well, Bobby, like here today, maybe you'll have to face problems that you've never faced
00:40:15before.
00:40:16I want you to tackle them just like you did that coffee.
00:40:18Sure, Dad.
00:40:21If your mother's late getting here...
00:40:23But she won't be, will she?
00:40:24No, no.
00:40:25But if she is...
00:40:28Bobby, look, what I'm trying to tell you is I don't want you to get into a panic and run
00:40:31away.
00:40:31Bobby, best thing is to stick around.
00:40:33Your mother's going to expect to find you when she gets back.
00:40:37Keep that fire going so she'll know where to look for us.
00:40:40You take care of your mother, Bobby, always, you hear me?
00:40:42Well, sure, Dad.
00:40:43But Mom's not going to be late, is she?
00:40:45No, no, of course not.
00:40:47But I feel better now knowing that you're going to be around to take over, just in case.
00:40:51I'll go warm it up.
00:40:53Okay, Bobby.
00:40:54About the fishing tomorrow, Dad.
00:40:55Yeah, let's have a contest.
00:40:59But I'll catch the biggest.
00:41:00Sure you will.
00:41:01You're going to have to go by the road
00:41:30that leads to the beach.
00:41:31So?
00:41:32Well, that's where my husband is.
00:41:33Last time I was with another guy's wife,
00:41:35she was perfectly happy to forget her husband.
00:41:38Quit worrying.
00:41:39From my angle, you got what it takes.
00:41:41You'll find another guy in the breeze.
00:41:43If he dies, I promise you one thing.
00:41:46I'll kill you.
00:41:48That puts you in a class with 10,000 cops.
00:41:51They all got the same idea.
00:41:53It's a good idea.
00:41:54Shut up.
00:41:55That hurt, didn't it?
00:41:58I like being alive.
00:42:00I like eating and drinking.
00:42:02I like dice and I like talking.
00:42:04I like a woman.
00:42:06I don't like cops.
00:42:08I don't like cops.
00:42:10I like to go.
00:42:11I like to go.
00:42:11I like to go.
00:42:12Atención
00:42:31Atención
00:42:32Acaba de pasar por aquí
00:42:33Va con rumbo al crucero
00:42:34Atención, teniente
00:42:35Atención, teniente
00:42:36Acába de pasar por aquí
00:42:37Va con rumbo al crucero
00:42:39Ya entiendo
00:42:40Vamos a dar a bloqueo
00:42:41No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:43:11You splashed that beautiful build all over the road.
00:43:19You're built for speed, but not that kind.
00:43:23You've never been married, have you?
00:43:24Yeah, once.
00:43:26She had your kind of cat.
00:43:28She was...
00:43:41Where's the jack?
00:44:11At the beach, we tried to lift the timber off with it.
00:44:16Oh, that's fine, that's fine.
00:44:41Don't go away.
00:44:45Where would that go?
00:44:46Yeah, that's right.
00:44:47Okay.
00:44:48Okay.
00:44:49Okay.
00:44:50Okay.
00:46:21Mustn't touch.
00:47:21You're trying to kill me, huh?
00:47:48You're wasting an awful lot of energy, honest.
00:47:58You're not going no place.
00:48:00You're just the right weight.
00:48:13Yeah.
00:48:14Put me down.
00:48:15Come on.
00:48:17Come on.
00:48:19Come on.
00:48:21Come on.
00:48:23Come on.
00:48:25Come on.
00:48:27Come on.
00:48:35Come on.
00:48:37Come on.
00:48:45Come on.
00:48:47Come on.
00:48:49Come on.
00:48:50Come on.
00:48:51Come on.
00:48:53Come on.
00:48:55Help! Help!
00:48:58Help!
00:49:03Help!
00:49:05Bobby, yell.
00:49:06Yell!
00:49:09Yell, Bobby.
00:49:10Yell!
00:49:14Bobby, go up high. Maybe they can't see you.
00:49:17Run, Bobby. Go up high. Run!
00:49:19Get on the platform and keep yelling.
00:49:21Wave the towel, Bobby. Wave the towel.
00:49:24Help! Help!
00:49:29Bobby! Bobby, yell!
00:49:31Help!
00:49:37Help!
00:49:39Over here! We're in trouble!
00:49:44Hola, turista!
00:49:47How would you please me today?
00:49:50Bobby, go up higher. No, wait a minute.
00:49:53Fire! Bobby, build up the fire!
00:49:57Throw something out of it, Bobby.
00:49:59No, Bobby. More stuff. That won't burn.
00:50:02Get something from it.
00:50:06That's it. Get something from the trailer.
00:50:08Anything that'll burn fast. Get it down there, Bobby.
00:50:10Throw them on fire.
00:50:11Fire!
00:50:12Hurry, son. Hurry!
00:50:13Hurry!
00:50:16Help!
00:50:18Help!
00:50:20No, Bobby. That's not you.
00:50:21Put everything on it.
00:50:22Grab the tarp out of the trailer.
00:50:24Hurry, boy. Run!
00:50:25Hurry!
00:50:26Hurry, Bobby.
00:50:27Throw it right on there.
00:50:30Help!
00:50:32Help!
00:50:33Help!
00:50:36Adios, turistas!
00:50:39Get to beat me!
00:50:40Please!
00:51:01Why didn't they stop? What's turista mean?
00:51:03They think we're tourists, Bobby.
00:51:05Tourists out for an outing.
00:51:07Maybe you'd know we're in trouble.
00:51:10You think maybe the guy that's seen the smoke
00:51:12maybe they've gone for hell?
00:51:14Maybe.
00:51:15Bobby.
00:51:16Bobby, you'd better get out of here.
00:51:17Go up on the beach and dry out your clothes.
00:51:19I'm okay, Dad.
00:51:20Yeah, I know.
00:51:21But you're gonna need your strength
00:51:22for when your mother gets here.
00:51:25She might be alone.
00:51:26She's gonna need some help.
00:51:27Somebody she can depend on.
00:51:28Okay, Dad.
00:51:29I'll be having looks along.
00:51:30Attaboy.
00:51:31When you hear a lot of y'all next time,
00:51:33they'll be sure to stop.
00:51:34When you hear a lot of y'all next time,
00:51:36they'll be sure to stop.
00:51:37There's one thing I haven't told you.
00:51:39Don't you know enough to buy two spare tires?
00:51:40My boy is back there.
00:51:41He was told to wait there for me.
00:51:42One good spare and a cheap retry just in case.
00:51:44Well, can't you understand what it will mean if my husband drowns
00:51:45and the boy has to wait there for someone who isn't coming?
00:51:46I know a gas station guy used to take the nail out of a flat and throw it into the street.
00:51:47It's a completely deserted street.
00:51:48No one knows he's there.
00:51:49One Sunday he fixed seven flames.
00:51:50And he's right there.
00:51:51Somebody could have taken the nail out of a flat and throw it into the street.
00:51:53One good spare and a cheap retry just in case.
00:51:54Well, don't you understand what it will mean if my husband drowns and the boy has to wait there for someone who isn't coming?
00:52:09I know a gas station guy used to take the nail out of a flat and throw it into the street to take the next guy.
00:52:14No one knows he's there.
00:52:15No one knows he's there.
00:52:16One Sunday he fixed seven flats from the same...
00:52:18How would you feel if it were your own son?
00:52:21Frankly, I'm not a family man.
00:52:28I've wondered what I would do if it ever came to something like this.
00:52:33I wonder if every wife wonders.
00:52:45I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.
00:53:15Pretty neat, huh?
00:53:31Yeah, pretty neat.
00:53:35Those telegraph wires are going to be hot as firecrackers when they pull those jerks out of the ditch.
00:53:45Ah, getting away is my business.
00:53:55It's my business to know those police cars travel in pairs.
00:54:04We're going to hold up for a while.
00:54:15No, I don't know.
00:54:34Where do you go from here?
00:54:56We go to La Paz.
00:54:59What are you going to do there?
00:55:01I don't know.
00:55:01One thing at a time, you can't plan too far ahead in this business.
00:55:07You're amazing.
00:55:08Yeah, that's what I always tell myself.
00:55:10What are you going to do about your clothes?
00:55:11You left your coat back there.
00:55:13Those numbers on the back of your shirt.
00:55:15I'll find a guy someplace and we'll switch.
00:55:18My husband is your size.
00:55:23Honest?
00:55:25There are other things at the beach you could use.
00:55:28For instance?
00:55:29Identification papers, which would prove you were Doug Stillman.
00:55:34They match the registration papers on this car.
00:55:39Now that the other police car has gone by, you could spare the time.
00:55:45Hasn't your husband got other clothes than the ones he's got on?
00:55:51No.
00:55:53But get them out and they would drive.
00:55:56With his clothes, his identification.
00:55:59I could go into the stores for you to buy food for you.
00:56:04We'd look like an ordinary couple traveling together on a fishing trip.
00:56:07His clothes.
00:56:12His identification.
00:56:16All on the beach.
00:56:17That's good perfume you got on you.
00:56:23Yes.
00:56:24I like cheap perfume.
00:56:26It don't last as long, but it hits harder.
00:56:29Is there anything else your husband's got that I could use?
00:56:38I can't think of anything.
00:56:40I can.
00:56:41What?
00:56:42His wife.
00:56:46With his clothes, his papers, and his wife.
00:56:49I could be snug as a bug in a rug.
00:56:54I'd do anything to save my husband.
00:56:58Anything.
00:56:58Anything.
00:57:19I only like a woman when she smiles.
00:57:22Otherwise, what's the kick?
00:57:24How long since you talked with a woman?
00:57:30I could get rough.
00:57:32How long since you talked?
00:57:40Saving your kisses for your husband?
00:57:41Yes.
00:57:49Bobby, get up on the beach.
00:57:55Dad, can you take me out in front of those old fishing boats?
00:57:58We could get some barracuda and some starfish and crabs.
00:58:02Bobby, get up on the beach.
00:58:04Get out of here.
00:58:11Dad.
00:58:12Dad, someone's coming.
00:58:13I told you.
00:58:14I told you, Mom, we'd be back.
00:58:17Son.
00:58:19Don't sit in there.
00:58:30Son.
00:58:30Son.
00:58:30Son.
00:58:33Son.
00:58:37It's all right, Doug.
00:58:38I have health now.
00:58:43Out of the water, Bobby.
00:58:44Quick.
00:58:49He'll take all the cars he's got and a lot of luck.
00:58:51We'll try lifting the stuff off of him.
00:58:53Stay with him.
00:59:18I'll talk and tie the rope on the car.
00:59:20Hang on, Doug.
00:59:24Hang on.
00:59:25It's going to be all right, darling.
00:59:55Just hold on to me.
00:59:59Get ready.
01:00:00We're left with the next big wave.
01:00:13Now!
01:00:14Again!
01:00:15Again!
01:00:16No!
01:00:17It didn't move!
01:00:21Give it more!
01:00:23I'll try again!
01:00:24I'll try again!
01:00:25Again!
01:00:26Again!
01:00:27Again!
01:00:28Again!
01:00:29Again!
01:00:30Again!
01:00:31No!
01:00:32It didn't move!
01:00:33Give it more!
01:00:34I'll try again!
01:00:35It didn't move!
01:00:36Give it more!
01:00:37I'll try again!
01:00:41Give it more!
01:00:42Give it more!
01:00:43I'll try again!
01:00:44I'll try again!
01:00:46I'll try again!
01:00:47Yeah!
01:00:48I'll try again!
01:00:49I'll try again!
01:00:50Oh!
01:00:51Yeah!
01:00:52Yeah!
01:00:53Yeah!
01:00:54Yeah!
01:00:55Yeah!
01:00:56Oh...
01:00:57Oh!
01:00:58Oh.
01:01:00Oh.
01:01:01It's no good. I'm getting out of here.
01:01:17What's the matter? Want to work?
01:01:19It won't work. I can't work for it.
01:01:26I can't, all right, but what do you expect me to do?
01:01:29There's got to be another way.
01:01:31You never give up, do you?
01:01:45Untie that rope.
01:01:59All right, let's go.
01:02:01Let's go.
01:02:03Take all that.
01:02:33That's right.
01:02:40And I dropped the rope.
01:03:03I got it.
01:03:10I got it.
01:03:15Are there some rocks under there that could grab all of them?
01:03:18Yes.
01:03:24You got it?
01:03:26I've got it.
01:03:28Have you got to wipe that of those rocks so it'll lift?
01:03:43I think so.
01:03:45Good.
01:03:46Now, we'll get the stuff far and we've got to work fast.
01:03:49Get ready to yank them out.
01:03:51It's all right, darling.
01:03:53We'll get you out.
01:03:59No!
01:04:00Come on!
01:04:16It moved!
01:04:17Give it more!
01:04:19I tried again!
01:04:22Oh, my God.
01:04:52Oh, my God.
01:05:22You'll be all right now, darling.
01:05:39Stay with him, Bobby.
01:05:40I'll get the blankets.
01:05:41I'll get the blankets.
01:06:11I'll get the blankets every minute of the time.
01:06:12But I said I'd go with you, and I will.
01:06:15You mean it?
01:06:16Yes.
01:06:19I thought I had a woman figured from every angle.
01:06:21I thought you'd come begging.
01:06:22You're sure what that husband he is?
01:06:27He's a lucky guy.
01:06:29A little of that kind of luck I could have used myself.
01:06:34Better wrap some more blankets around him.
01:06:38Goodbye.
01:06:38Goodbye.
01:06:39Goodbye.
01:06:40Goodbye.
01:06:41Goodbye.
01:06:42Goodbye.
01:06:43Goodbye.
01:06:44Goodbye.
01:06:45Goodbye.
01:06:46Goodbye.
01:06:47Goodbye.
01:06:48Goodbye.
01:06:49Goodbye.
01:06:50Goodbye.
01:06:51Goodbye.
01:06:52Goodbye.
01:06:53Goodbye.
01:06:54Goodbye.
01:06:55Goodbye.
01:06:56Goodbye.
01:06:57Goodbye.
01:06:58Goodbye.
01:07:29Ah, ya los conozco.
01:07:55Son los turistas americanos que vienen a pescar.
01:07:58Vámonos.
01:07:59¡Vámonos!
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