03x18 - The Homecoming

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[woman on PA] 'Please observe the no smoking sign.'

'And make sure that your seat belt is securely fastened.'

'The temperature in New York City is 64 degrees.'

'The time is approximately 12:30.'

'Thank you for travelling with KBL.'

'We hope you have enjoyed your trip.'

You better fasten your seatbelt there, Walt.

Uh, Mr. Williams?

- Hm? - Your seat belt.

Oh! Thank you.

So, home again, huh?

Yes, sir, you can

take Paris, Rome, London

the whole shebang.

Just as long as you leave me little old New York City.

This your first trip abroad?

Yes.

How long were you away?

Fifteen years.

Well, there are, you see.

Fifteen years?

Well, uh..

...will there be anybody there to meet you after all this time?

I sincerely hope not.

[man on PA] 'Your attention please.'

'KBL flight 400 from Paris to London is now arriving'

'at Gate 22.'

'Passengers who have cleared immigration may be met'

'at the main level customs area.'

Never mind, come along.

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Well, it's been a pleasure, mister, uh..

- Dalton. Uh, Murray Dalton. - Oh. Oh.

Uh, listen, I-I hate to just leave you like this, I mean--

No-no, that's alright. Don't you worry about me.

Well, you have my phone number.

Yes. I do. Thank you.

Good luck.

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Dr. Streyer?

My name is Josef Cort, doctor.

I'm from the embassy.

Please.

If he has to sh**t you, he will, of course.

We have a car outside.

This is nothing but kidnapping.

Suppose I call the police?

Go ahead.

You've been a traitor to both sides.

I imagine the Americans want you as badly as we do.

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Doctor..

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[male narrator] The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring, Philip Abbott.

William Reynolds.

With guest stars, David Opatoshu.

Bettye Ackerman.

Victoria Shaw.

And special guest star, Richard Kiley.

Tonight's episode, "The Homecoming."

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On the morning of February 4th

copies of a coded communication between diplomats of a nation

unfriendly to the United States

were delivered by an informant to the FBI's

crypt analysis section in Washington.

The simple directive contained in the message

would not only shatter the calm of this quiet Sunday

but would reactivate an espionage case

that had remained open in the FBI files

for 15 years.

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Where'd he go from San Francisco, Art?

Uh, I have two speeches to give there

then I fly on up to Portland, Seattle.

That's where I started, you know.

- Seattle? - Mm-hmm.

I was, uh, 26. First assignment.

Those were exciting years too.

[knock on door]

Mr. Ward, you car is here.

Oh, good, fine, Tom.

Thank you, Gary, for making the final arrangements.

- Have a good trip, Arthur. - Thank you.

How many more days testimony do you have here?

Oh, it should be through by Thursday.

Well, then I'll see you in Washington on the weekend.

[intercom buzzing]

Morgan.

Streyer?

When?

Yes.

Alright, get a current discussion from the stewardess

and alert all staff supervisors

we'll want a conference right away.

- What's happened, Gary? - 'Streyer's back.'

John Streyer.

He apparently landed at Kennedy International

about 30 minutes ago.

Is that the atomic scientist?

Thought he was dead.

No, he's not dead.

He's been living in East Germany.

He's using the name Walter Williams.

An undersecretary from Code Blue Embassy

named Josef Cort met him at the airport.

He tried to detain him but Streyer got away.

[scoffs] Well, looks like the circle is closing, huh, Lewis?

- Hmm. - It was my case.

I was on the espionage desk here



Except for Streyer.

When does my plane leave for Chicago, Tom?

About 15 minutes.

I know everything there is to know about that man.

How he thinks.

Who he'll contact. Who he'll stay away from.

Lewis, you better ride down to the airport with me

I'll fill you in with my thoughts on the case.

Uh, let-let me put you in the car, I have a call to make.

Tom, start a file review right away.

He has a sister, you better interview her first.

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Hello, Annette.

I don't believe this.

It's me, alright.

How have you been, sister?

How do I look, brother?

I understand that

Jurgens divorced you.

Yes.

You never remarried?

Well, wasn't from lack of opportunity.

Believe me..

...you'd be amazed at the number of men

that were just dying to get better acquainted

with the sister of America's foremost traitor.

'You'd be amazed at the type too.'

Maybe you wouldn't.

What do you want?

After 15 years?

I'm not sure.

- Maybe a little-- - Tender, love and care?

Tea and sympathy?

I got your Christmas card last year.

How did you find this address?

I managed to keep track of you.

I think I always knew I'd come back someday.

I wanted someone to come back to.

Some place.

Oh, John!

I'm not terribly up on trees and spying.

But it seems to me that the United States

has been trying to jail people like you

ever since Benedict Arnold got away.

Now, what in the world makes you think

they're going to change their minds in your case?

It's not possible for you to change your mind?

John, please.

I've changed, didn't I?

I learned a great deal in Europe.

I risked a great deal to get away.

What?

You wanted to leave the Communist paradise?

Why, John?

What happened to all that intellectual freedom

you told me you'd find there.

There isn't any.

Well..

But surely, there's plenty of scientific freedom.

I mean, it's only the capitalist that want to wage w*r, isn't it?

Certainly the communist never asked you to build

bigger and better bombs.

Alright, Annette.

I'm sorry to have bothered you.

Can I at least stay here till dark?

No.

Annette, I have one dollar to my name.

That's barely enough for bus fare to--

No!

Get out.

Go back to Europe.

I read that you were married, that you had a son.

So you really haven't changed at all, have you?

Still abandoning people.

How do you think they felt when you left?

They didn't know.

They were both drowned six months ago.

While we were vacationing in Yalta.

Goodbye, Annette.

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[door closing]

[female #1] 'Operator.'

- Get me the FBI. - 'One moment please.'

'Federal Bureau of Investigation.'

'Hello?'

'Hello?'

'Hello?'

'Hello?'

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I wonder why he came back, Lewis.

What's he after?

Evidently the communist are hunting for him too.

Well, it's been 15 years, Art.

Maybe it's just a question of home sickness.

I don't know.

Not on Streyer's part, that's too human a quality for him.

You know, it's odd.

I've been more or less personally involved with

couple of thousand criminals in the last two decades.

And the only one I clearly remember with no trouble at all

is the one who got away.

Been like a pebble in my shoe.

Always there.

There's one other name you should concentrate on.

Eileen Warren, she's an actress.

I don't know whether or not she's living in New York

but if she is, Streyer will certainly try to contact her.

I think she's the only person he ever really loved.

I'll take care of it.

Well, you know my hotel, if you want any information

just give me a ring.

I don't have to be at the auditorium until nine o'clock.

Tsk...it's a shame you have to waste

a whole day at the hotel.

Yeah, it certainly is.

You know, I just wonder if there is a later flight

I could take.

There is.

That's a call I had to make.

I, um, I booked you on a flight leaving Kennedy at 6:00.

That'll get you there in plenty of time for your speech.

Od course, I told him I'd cancel if you decided to go ahead

with your original plan.

Frank, turn around as soon as you can

we're going back.

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Yes.

Yes, I understand.

Do you mean specifically?

Well, he has several friends, he may, uh, ask for help

and we're trying to track those people down.

Oh, a professor he admired, named, uh, Bergstrom.

An actress called, Eileen Warren.

Uh-there is one question I have to ask.

If you expect us to hold him here when we..

I see.

And no-no-no objection at all if that's what you want.

Yes.

The same men can do it, yes.

He's with me now.

Certainly, excellency.

Thank you.

He feels in the final analysis

that Streyer's too dangerous, he knows too many secrets.

Do you have a g*n?

I was hired to locate him in London.

And to point him out to you when the plane got in.

I'm not an assassin.

Could you force yourself to be an assassin for..

...$10,000?

You know what he looks like.

We'll give you all the addresses as we locate him.

All the help you need.

And then, of course, he may call you himself.

'You're one of the few people in New York he knows after all.'

Well?

I never carry a g*n.

But I know how to use one.

If you can provide it.

Good hunting, Dalton.

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Did you find Eileen Warren?

Yeah, she lives in Number 15 over at the gallery.

She's not home now, not expected before 10 or 11 tonight.

What about the other names I gave you?

Did you locate Bergstrom?

Yeah, he retired in 1960.

Uh, one of the deans I had talked to thought

he had gone to Paris.

Another heard he was dead.

Both of them, by the way, considered, uh, Bergstrom

a little fuzzy thinking, politically.

'They'll contact us in case Streyer calls there.'

What about the sister?

Well, she was divorced about six months

after Streyer was indicted.

Her ex-husband, uh, hasn't heard from her since

but, uh, think that she's still in the, uh, New York area.

'We have several leads. We're following it up now.'

Who did you talk to here?

Uh, the painter under the umbrella.

'Also, Miss Warren's landlord. The name is Al Bush.'

[sighs] Was he cooperative?

Not particularly.

How are his paintings run?

Oh, $500 to $1000 apiece.

That's a real bargain, you might like to buy

a couple of dozen, Art. Should we take a look?

[chuckles] Why not?

What do you think?

Well, yeah, uh-huh.

Yeah, that's, uh, yeah.

- That's nice balance. - Hmm.

It's, uh, daring and..

Uh-huh.

I like this.

That's from by green period.

That's from your green period.

Yeah, well, I-I happened to run out of green that day

but my soul was green when I painted it.

Oh, yeah.

- Green period. - Yeah.

This is interesting.

Forget that. It's one of my tenants, an actress.

I just did it for a gag.

And this-this is the..

This is a really beautiful thing.

Oh, uh, this looks like Eileen Warren.

Yeah, it is, but don't hold it against me.

I was drunk when I done that.

I call this one "Serenity."

Yeah, it's beautiful, uh, how much is this one?

Special today.

$600.

Would you take $10 cash?

Certainly.

Since you like portraits, oh, I've got a million of them.

I haven't seen Eileen Warren in years.

- I wonder where she is? - She's here, in New York.

- Eileen Warren? - Yes.

She's, uh, directing a thing, off Broadway.

She's been rehearsing day and night.

- Opens tomorrow. - Really? Where?

I-I don't know, some converted store.

[honks]

You, uh, you wouldn't happen to know the name of the play?

Uh, sorry.

We have an address on, uh, Streyer's, uh, sister.

Morgan called. 312 West, 17th Street.

Keep an eye on Number 15 in case Eileen Warren comes back.

And pick up a copy of "Weekly Variety."

See what you can find out about, uh

rehearsals for an off Broadway play opening tomorrow night.

- Anything on Bergstrom yet? - No, sir, not yet.

Well, he always hated the city.

He loved gardens and walking.

So if he's still alive, he's living in the suburbs.

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[doorbell ringing]

[violin music]

[clicks]

[intense music]

John.

Hello, Professor Bergstrom.

But I..

What in the world are you doing here?

May I come in..

...Martin?

Of course, you can come in. What kind of a question is that?

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I wasn't sure if you'd be here.

It's the only address I had for you.

I tried writing several times in the past year, but..

Yes, I-I-I know the..

Your wife and, an-and child, I-I meant to answer, but..

You know I'm a very poor correspondent.

And..

I know how the accident must have shaken you.

I was shaken long before the accident, Martin.

You accidentally crystalized things.

I don't know if daddy had

a special circle of hell for traitors.

If he didn't, he should have.

It is special, I promise you.

You..

...shouldn't have come back to this country.

What are you looking for?

I wonder..

John Streyer.

Whatever happened to that young man.

What turned him into me?

To try and save the world isn't an enormous crime.

"Save the world," oh, Martin.

I never believed that foolishness

even when you were preaching it to me in school.

Then why'd you do what you did?

I think it was ego.

The need to get my name on the history books.

Other scientists were getting the prizes

'the applause..'

'I was jealous.'

Treason is actually a very small pond, Martin.

It's not hard to become the biggest fish in it.

It's not hard to get attention

by putting your head in the news.

That's why you came back, isn't it?

To create more headlines.

I came back to make amends.

How?

By having your former fellow citizens

spit on you?

[sighs] Martin, listen to me..

Last April..

...I met Kurt Weiss in Leipzig.

He had come over from New York to try to find his mother.

They arrested him on some trumped up charge and..

...they asked me to interview him, to see if he'd defect.

'He refused, of course, but..'

...while I was talking to him..

...I thought what a tragedy his loss would be to the free world.

'Martin, I'm..'

I'm a citizen of East Germany now.

The Unites States no longer has any use for me, but..

What do you think would happen..

...if I were to suggest an exchange?

I think they would execute you

the minute you set foot in East Berlin.

It doesn't matter.

Of course it matters!

Don't be an idiot.

You're just splashing around in another little pond.

'Use the brains God gave you for a minute.'

Look, you say, both sides want to see you dead.

'Good! Give them what they want.'

'That way you'll be free.'

You'll be able to go away to..

...to South America.

Y-you'll be able to work, y-y-you might even remarry.

"Give them what they want?"

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A body.

What? I don't understand.

John.

A man is desperate to harm

might do anything.

You might steal a car.

You might drive it over a cliff.

You might commit suicide in such a way

that identification of the body would almost be impossible.

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I hardly recognized him.

He told me he'd lost his wife and child.

He's changed.

He really has changed, I think.

You knew he was a fugitive, Mrs. Jurgens.

Why didn't you call us?

I nearly did. I started to.

I just couldn't.

You ever meet Eileen Warren, Mrs. Jurgens?

They were going to be married.

We were together a great deal.

Have you kept in touch with her?

No.

Did he give any hints as to where he might be going?

No.

Did he say anything at all about his plans?

No, he..

Mrs. Jurgens, it's very important.

He said something about..

...taking a bus.

To where?

I don't know.

A city bus or interstate?

He said he only had a dollar.

Does he know anyone who lives

within commuting distance of town?

Yes.

He sent me a card last December.

Asking me if I knew whether

Martin Bergstrom was still alive.

He had written Bergstrom several times.

He-he wanted me to check out the address.

It's Middlehaven.

Thank you.

But please, please don't hurt him.

He has changed.

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Hey, there!

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Vince, you know this is Detective Ward.

Hello, Vince.

We heard your call on the way out.

Oh, we established surveillance at the Bergstrom house.

It's right at the block north of here.

But I'm afraid we might've been about five minutes too late.

Why?

The police reported a stolen car

just about the time we pulled up.

That's the owner.

He was hurt trying to stop the thief.

He was able to give us a pretty good description.

It fits Streyer.

Any suspicious activity around Bergstrom's place?

No, sir. Not a thing.

No one's entered or left since we've been there.

Let's pay him a visit.

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[doorbell ringing]

Yes.

Martin Bergstrom?

Yes.

FBI.

My name is Ward. This is Mr. Erskine.

Are you sure you have the right party?

Do you mind if we come in, professor?

We'd like to talk to you.

Certainly.

So...now, gentlemen.

Has John Streyer been here, Mr. Bergstrom?

So, that's it.

I-I thought he might be lying.

He has been here then.

Yes, he just left.

What do you mean you thought he might be lying?

Well, when he told me that he was

readmitted to the United States legally, uh..

As a matter of fact, I was just about to call you people.

- You were? - Yes, to report him.

In-in case he was a fugitive.

Do you know where he's gone?

Not precisely, you see.

He asked to borrow my car and I told him I didn't have a car

he just smiled and said, in that case

he would just have to steal one.

Did he say anything else?

No.

Well..

Well, what?

Well, he did get on to

the subject of suicide..

...for no reason, I, uh..

I don't suppose he was serious.

Alright, thank you very much, Mr. Bergstrom.

Certainly, uh, anytime.

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Most cooperative. What do you think?

I think he was trying to look most cooperative.

He talked a lot without saying anything.

I mean if Streyer gets away, fine.

On the other hand, if we catch him

we can't very well say that Bergstrom

tried to impede justice, can we?

No, we can't.

[sighs] Part about the suicide's a little puzzling.

Would Streyer do that if he thought he was trapped?

No. No, never.

He might commit m*rder though.

Maybe he wanted us to think he'd k*lled himself.

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Yeah, I guess this is my lucky day.

You know, people don't pick up hitch hikers

the way they used to.

Well, there have been so many warnings.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

That's why I always stand right out in the open

where people can get a good look at me

they can see me, you know.

I always shave, wear a clean shirt.

Look, Sunday like this, I bet you

you must have passed up maybe half dozen people, right?

Uh, but why'd you pick me up?

I liked your looks.

Uh, shave and a clean shirt. See what I mean?

Matter of fact, I think we..

...we look a little bit alike, don't you?

Yeah, maybe. Same size anyway.

Hey, anytime you get tired, you want me to take

a trick at the wheel, you just holler.

We wouldn't want to have an accident, would we?

No.

We wouldn't want that.

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Can I help you, bonny.

Well, I don't know. Maybe.

I'm looking for Eileen Warren.

She ain't home.

You, uh, know that for a fact, do you?

- Yeah. - You her husband?

- Landlord. - Ah!

Well, you, uh, wouldn't mind then if I, uh

went up and checked for myself, would you?

[laughs] Hey, man, I wouldn't mind if you

pitch a tent in the hall and told fortunes.

Free country.

- NY 55. - '55.'

Regarding, Streyer.

Do you have anything on a New York license plate



[man on radio] 'Checking. One moment.'

[no audio]

'NY 55.'

Yeah, 55, go ahead.

'Code Blue Embassy surveillance'

'lists 68, beige Torino sedan, New York'

'license 0-1-7-3-4-1.'

'Driver had been visiting Embassy'

'when surveillance was established.'

'Left approximately, 1:45.'

He's leaving the Warren address now, I'll follow.

Units 40 and 42 will remain on surveillance. 55 clear.

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[coughs]

[groans]

[gasping]

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The shack had almost burned to the ground by the time

the fire service got here.

No sign of a body?

No, they found this though, in Greene's pocket.

Walter Williams. Streyer's.

Mm.

How's Greene?

Well, he's gonna have a champion headache for a couple days

but they say he'll be alright.

Oh, boy.

Mr. Greene, uh, this is Mr. Ward.

- Hello, Mr. Greene. - Hi.

You feel like telling us what happened?

Yeah, you know, I was hoping you'd tell me.

Little bit I remember about this thing

just don't make sense.

Oh, what, for instance.

Look, why would a guy want to rob me, and then, and then

he leaves me his wallet.

How'd you get the cut on the head?

I don't know, I was asleep. Hit me with something, I guess.

He knocked you unconscious?

Yeah, I was out for a minute, and..

You know I half remember him..

Yeah. Yeah, he dragged me over into that shack.

How'd you manage to get out?

He dragged me out.

He dragged you out? You sure about that?

Yes. That's what I mean. It don't make sense.

Look, the guy hits me over the head, he drags me over

he puts me into that thing, he sets fire to it.

And then he drags me out again.

How're you feeling now?

Alright, except I got one headache, I can tell you.

Hey, look, I want to go back to Chicago.

Do I have to stick around here?

No. If you don't mind waiting a few minutes, one of our agents

would like to take a statement.

Lewis, just suppose that wasn't Streyer in the car with Greene.

It was Streyer, alright.

That's not the man I know..

Not the man I've been looking for

for fifteen years.

That man would have gone through with it.

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Hey, I couldn't believe it when I saw we were booked a play

gig at your husband's joint.

How long has it been?

Oh, I don't know, heh, about ten thousand years, I guess.

[laughs]

You remember the way it used to be?

You up there on the bandstand, blowing up a storm.

You on the floor, dancing up a storm.

The two of us pretending we didn't know each other.

No, no, Link. Less irony and more bite.

Really hit her with it.

'Eileen, d-darling, I-I-I'm sorry'

'but I cannot make that adjustment'

'with these lousy lines.'

Well, try, baby, huh?

Just try one more time.

[Link] 'The two of us pretending we didn't know each other.'

[Julie] 'It's really miraculous you're being booked here like this.'

Look at everything that happened to us before..

- Hello, darling. - Oh, John!

I suppose it can't ever be that way again though, can it?

'I mean, we're different people.'

The whole world's changed.

We made so many mistakes.

We lost so many chances.

And we would be foolish even to try.

Yoo-hoo, Eileen?

Are you there?

Yes, Julie.

I know I blew that bit.

Shall I try it again?

No, it's late. Go home.

Go home?

Yeah, it's late, um..

Go get some sleep, we'll try again in the morning.

Oh, you look so tired.

No questions?

No "Where have you been? What's happened?"

Where have you been, what's happened?

Well, I just had a showdown in a mountain shack with a..

...with a mad man named John Streyer.

I think I finally beat him.

You'll understand one day.

- Right now, I need a phone. - Why?

So that I can turn myself into the FBI.

John!

I just wanted to see you first.

Oh, darling, please.

The FBI has waited fifteen years.

Surely they can wait one day longer.

They'll be looking everywhere for me now.

Probably got your home address by now.

Must have a list of all my friends.

Well, don't you know anyone who could help us?

Somebody who could hide us or..

Well, there is one man that

that they wouldn't know about.

He gave me his phone.

Name is Dalton.

[phone rings]

No answer.

[Dalton] 'Hello?'

'Hello? Hello?'

- Hello, Mr. Dalton. - Yes?

'I don't know if you remember me'

'we were fellow passengers'

'this morning on the plane from London.'

Oh, it 's a, i-it's Mr. Williams, isn't it?

That's right.

'Well, it's, uh, good to hear from you again, Walt.'

Well, thank you.

Uh, where are you?

Are we gonna have a chance to get together again?

Well, I, I hate to bother you like this, Mr. Dalton.

'Oh, Walt, come on.'

Uh-uh, can we have dinner together or can I put you up

for the night?

You sure you don't mind?

Listen, it'll be a pleasure. We'll have a ball.

Uh, where are you?

Well, it's a little theater.

It's the, uh, Shamrock Stage Society.

It's at 28, East 15th street.

'I'm on my way.'

I appreciate this, Mr. Dalton.

More than I can say.

Forget it, it's a pleasure. Believe me.

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[man on radio] 'NY 20.'

NY 20. Go ahead.

'NY 55 calling, standby please.'

Yeah, Lou?

Is there a car registered to a Murray Dolton

under surveillance?

[Lewis] 'Yes, they filled us in.'

Dalton drove it to his apartment from the Warren address.

He just left again.

Seems agitated, driving very rapidly

heading back toward Manhattan.

Where are you now?

'Twenty to 100 blocks, South Hampton drive.'

You're due east of us.

Uh, did you find out where the rehearsals are being held?

Nothing about it in the trade paper.

Alright, keep us informed to any change in your direction.

So after the funeral, I began to make my plans, I..

...forged an American passport in Berlin..

...some false papers that listed me as a..

as an importer named Williams.

I arranged to give a series of lectures at Prague University.

When they were over, I simply boarded a plane for London.

Really very easy.

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- Would you like some coffee? - Yes, of course.

[g*nsh*t]

Eileen!

[intense music]

Hold it, FBI

[g*nsh*t]

[g*nf*re]

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FBI, Streyer.

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Woman on the stage, man up there, both shot.

Don't worry, darling, does not hurt that much.

Alright, Streyer.

Be careful with her.

[indistinct] I'll be able to make that flight.

I'll see that he's arraigned.

Who would believe he could've changed that much.

You know, I think he was serious about

that exchange he mentioned.

No question about it.

Maybe I should have told him about Weiss.

What's that?

The news came in early this morning.

Kurt Weiss was shot to death last night trying to escape.

Or so the official story goes.

Well, full circle, eh, Lewis?

You know I feel 15 years younger.

There's nothing like getting out in the field to

keep a man in shape.

I ought to do this more often.

So long, Art. I'll see you Friday.

[male narrator] Murray Dalton was sentenced to 10 years in prison

for the attempted m*rder of Eileen Warren.

Dr. John Lloyd Streyer was convicted of espionage

against the United States government.

And was sentenced to a term of 20 years

in the Federal Penitentiary.

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