02x11 - Desert tom

[bunniefuu]

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

Oh, it's hot.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE]

I don't like this Red Sea.

I'm losing weight.

Well, give it six months,
it'll begin to show.

[GROANING]

Are we going to be here a long time?

No, we're just gonna ship some fresh
water on board and get on our way.

[SIGHS]
[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

OK, fellas.

I'll just find the harbour master
and we'll get fixed up.

Don't overexert yourselves.

OK, Mitch.

No, Efendi. There is no such
boat in the harbour.

Perhaps if I knew
the nature of the cargo, I could--

An archaeological expeditionist
exploring the interior.

I have heard of this, Efendi.

Some important finds have been made.

This must go to the museum at Cairo.

If there is no hurry, Efendi.

There was no hurry,
but there has been an accident.

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

It would not be
unprofitable for you.

I will find you a boat, Efendi.

Good.

You can safely
leave everything to me.

It might be disagreeable
for the captain of the boat.

So he should be foreign
and of no importance.

[CHATTER]

[WOMAN SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

Well, I just berthed in the harbour

and I'd like to take in
a fresh supply of water.

What is your ship?

I carry cargo.

Cargo?

That is interesting.

Are you carrying cargo just now?

No, not right now.

Ah, that is even more interesting.

Why?

I think I could find you a cargo.

Oh? What kind?

An expedition is exploring some
tombs a hundred miles from here

in the interior.
Mm-hm.

The leader is a countryman of yours,
an Americano.

Wow.

The cargo would consist of
treasures from the tombs.

Hey, that sounds fine.

Who do I get in touch with?

No one.

The agent for the expedition
in Bab El-Sharq is a rich merchant.

He will get into touch with you.

Oh, good. Thank you.

Oh, the water.

Water? Oh, yes. I
will arrange a supply for you.

Thank you very much.

It is a pleasure.

[CHATTER]

What?

[GENTLE MUSIC]

Hey, you.

Do me a favour, will ya?

Go tell your boss
I don't like being followed.

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

OK?

Now beat it.

[MAN SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

This is the sarcophagus
of Kreneidikara.

Of the third dynasty who
left five thousand years ago.

Gotta be
pretty ancient, I suppose.

Say.

Is there any inside, I wonder?

Oh, sure. It's a mummy inside.

Whose?

You understand that no one should
interfere with these treasures?

Oh, sure. I'll fix that.

The sarcophagus is sealed.

You know that personal
disaster often befalls those

who opened the tombs
or sarcophagi of the pharaohs?

Yes. I've heard about that.

I would not like that
to happen to you or your men.

Don't worry. It won't.

Psst.

Hey.

After it's dark, maybe
we go down in the hold, eh?

I don't mind if I do.

Now watch your head.

Here is half
the money, Mr Mitchell.

The balance will be paid to
you at Suez, where you will be met.

Thank you.

There is one other thing.
I ask a personal kindness from you.

Sure. Go ahead.

An Arab dhow which
I used for trading

between Bab El-Sharq and Suez
left here a few days ago.

You will overtake it and
give the captain a letter for me?

Oh, yes, of course.
I'm obliged.

Also, there is a box
which I will deliver to you.

It contains trifles of value

and should be kept in your
cabin until you reach Suez.

All right.
I'll take good care of it for you.

I'll let you know the
approximate position of the dhow.

It's pretty quiet now, huh?

Yes, it is.

Maybe we take a look at the mummy.

Well, uh, I sort of lost
interest now it's got there.

[SCOFFS]
You're scared, huh?

No, no, no. Not scared.

OK. You go take a look in the hold.

I take a look at Mitch through
the skyline.

Then I come to--

No, wait. No, I don't like the--

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

You wait for me in the hold.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[YELPS]

It's me.

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

[TENSE MUSIC]

Help! Mitch!

Mitch!

Mamma mia!

Mitch! Mitch!

Mitch!

Mitch!

Mitch!

Mama mia, help!

What's the matter, Alfonso?

Mitch! Mama mia, Mitch!

Alfonso, what's the matter?

Oh, Mitch, this mummy,
it's wearing horn-rimmed spectacles.

What?
Si.

Can you explain what...

Oh, just take a
couple of deep breaths and relax.

I'll find out what's happening.

[SLOW MUSIC]

So what do we do now, police?

No, no, no, I don't think so.

This Omar Efendi character looks
like a pretty big shot to me.

Hey, Mitch,

supposing we go to a Suez
with a m*rder*d man on board?

Yeah, that would have
been difficult to explain.

If we had got the Suez.

Huh? "If" we'd got the Suez?

Yeah, that, uh...

That letter, the
skipper of the Arab dhow.

That could have been an
invitation to dispose of the body.

And us.

Uh, steam it open, hmm?

Right now I
don't feel all that polite.

Arabic.

Might as well be Greek to me.

Hey, Mitch.

Did you say an American
was in charge of this expedition?

Yeah.

Well, maybe he came into town,
loaded with valuables from the tomb,

jewellery, maybe.

Now, this guy Omar
wants to get his hands on them,

so he rubs the American out.

Well, sounds logical.

How do we check?

Maybe we just, uh, tickle them, huh?

To see if they laugh?

Si.

[CHUCKLES]

Ah, the hour is late, Mr Mitchell,

but my pleasure at seeing
you is nonetheless profound.

Oh, thank you very much.

I just thought I'd drop in
to tell you we finished loading.

Oh, good.

I did contemplate
sailing at daybreak.

So I have been informed.

I've changed my mind.

Why?

[TENSE MUSIC]

You said an American was
in charge of the excavations.

Yes?

Is or was?

It is a hundred miles from here,
on the caravan route to El Marib.

News travels slowly.

But I have not heard that
the American has resigned.

Does he ever come to town?

Oh, from time to time.

I think I'll stick around.

I'd like to have a word with him.

But the treasures.

I understand that it is important

that they should reach
the museum without delay.

What's a few days?

We've been around for 5,000 years.

I think I'll go back to the ship.

The harbour master to speak
to Omar Efendi.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[SCREAMS]

Sorry.

Hey.

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

Where is the captain, quickly!

Right here.

[FIST THUDS]

All right, bark!

What's your business?

They'll force
you to sail tonight.

We better sail with you.

And...

And get rid of
us when it suits you?

Eh?

All right, Sean,
get him down into the hold.

The first one that
raises his head, you blow it off.

You get that? Now enter!

Down you go.

[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

So, we tickle him, huh?

Yeah.

They don't laugh.

Listen, I want Sean to take the boat
out of the harbour

for a couple of days and disappear.

You better take those guys with him,
keep them down in the hold.

Ah, so the guy who sent them will
think we've got to Suez.

Yeah.

OK.

And you and me, Mitch.

You and me?

Look, if we borrow a truck,

you think we can make 100 miles

across the caravan route
by daylight?

Sure, Mitch.

When do we start?

Right now.

Huh?

[GENTLE MUSIC]

How are we doing?

It's okay.

[SUSPENSION CLATTERS]

Where's Hashim Bey?

He's inside, Miss Jane.

Ah, good morning, my dear.

You slept well?

Not very.

No, I understand.

But it serves no
purpose to worry about your uncle.

How can I help it?

You wouldn't go off
like that without even--

But it's quite simple.

He has gone to Bab El-Sharq with
the sarcophagus of Heqtep-Ka-Ra.

Oh, why didn't he tell us?

Well, he is a little absent-minded.

I know.

Wait patiently.

There is no other explanation.

You'll see.

When the trucks get back
from Bab El-Sharq--

I think we ought to go
to Bab El-Sharq right now.

But there's no transport.

Tonight, the trucks will be here.

Then, perhaps.

All right.

[BOTH SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE]

Ah, so this is the tomb of
[SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE]

Who are you?

I'm an American.
My name is Grant Mitchell.

What are you doing
here in Arab clothes?

I'm looking for a fellow American.

A man about 55, about


What do you know about him?
Have you seen him?

Do you know him?
Yes.

Charles Winthrop.

He's in charge of his expedition.
He's my uncle.

Two days ago, he disappeared.

Yes.

You'd better sit down.

What is it?

I guess the kindest thing
would be to tell you the truth.

He won't be back.

He's...

A couple of days ago,

a sarcophagus was delivered
to my boat for shipping Suez.

His body was inside it.

But why should he die?

He was so good and gentle.
Who would want to...

Do you have a place where we can
talk quietly with an interruption?

Yes. There's my tent.

Was he liked by the others?

There's been some bad feeling.

Uncle and I were the
only foreigners in the expedition.

I guess most of the
others just don't like foreigners.

Well, you just don't k*ll
a man because you don't like him.

Who's second in command?

Hashim Bey.

Did he get along with your uncle?

They had an argument.

When we opened the tomb,

some of the things we
generally find were missing.

Like jewellery?

Yes.

Hashim Bey said thieves must
have broken in during the past.

Your uncle disagreed.
So did I.

There were no signs of robbers.
Hmm.

Did you ever meet a man
by the name of Omar Efendi?

Yes. In Bab El-Sharq.

Hey, mate.
So where do we go from here?

Well, I guess we
go visit Mr Hashim Bey.

Just a couple of corny
tourists wanting to see the sights.

Up to this point, our work was easy.

Then we came upon a large
slab of rock weighing many tons.

It had to be raised
into a space cut into the roof.

[KNOCKING]

Please, please.

If the timbers collapse, the tomb
will return to a tomb again.

Si, I see what you mean.

Excuse me.

Alphonso.

The tomb, gentlemen.

The inscriptions on the walls tell
the story of the life of the queen.

Unfortunately, most of
the treasures have been removed.

Such as jewellery?

I understand that tombs like
this always have jewellery in them.

In this case, robbers
had already despoiled the tomb.

Did they get past this slab of rock?

The tomb robbers of
ancient Egypt were ingenious.

Got by without leaving at trace.

Hey, mate.

You will forgive me, gentlemen,

but my colleague Mr Winthrop
is in Bab El-Sharq for a few days.

And this leaves me
with very little time to spare.

Well, if you don't mind,

if it's all right with you, you can
just leave us to browse around.

We find this very interesting.

There are some objects down here
which have not yet been classified.

I would be very happy for
you to wonder freely about the camp.

But down here, no.

All right. Well, we'll...
We'll go up aloft then.

Thank you very much.
And we'll see you later.

Later.

Follow them.

They must not be left alone.

You should not stay here, Ya Sidi.

Why not?

They do not like foreigners.

What about you?

I have worked for many
years with Miss Jane's uncle.

He was my friend.

You know that he's dead.

Did Miss Jane tell you?

Yes.

Any ideas how or why he died?

It would not be safe
for me to have ideas, Ya Sidi.

How did they get into
that tomb to steal the jewellery?

They could not get
in by the passage, Ya Sidi.

The slab was down and
too great for them to move.

Is there any other way?

I don't know.

I have not had a chance to examine
the tomb with sufficient care.

Suppose you had that chance.

Could you tell?

Yes, but it would
be a great risk for me.

And perhaps for you.

Would you take that risk?

If it meant helping me
to find out who k*lled Winthrop?

Yes.

Alfonso, stand by the door.

I want to know when
Hashim Bey leaves the tomb.

OK.
Jane.

The little guy, the Arab
working the big tent,

he says he worked with your uncle
before. Is that right?

That will be Dominique.

Can I trust him?
Yes.

Yes, I thought so. One more thing.

Who was the first
person to enter the tomb?

My uncle.

He was there when they
actually raised that slab of rock?

No. He was in bed
for a couple of days with malaria,

but nobody went into the tomb.

They waited for
him to share the honour.

Hashim Bey told you that?

Yes. That's what he said.

I'm beginning to wonder.

So am I, honey. So am I.

OK, mate. She's leaving now.

Jane, I want
you to stay right here.

We may have an
answer in a very short while.

Quickly, Ya Sidi, we will not have
much time. You were not seen?

No, I don't think so.
Good, come then.

So you gave the master of the vessel
a letter to Rais Abdullah?

instructing him to dispose of the
master and crew and the evidence?

Yes.

[LAUGHING]

And the vessel
sailed last night, huh?

That was my belief.

You have had visitors.

Oh, inquisitive tourists.

Very inquisitive.
I've just met one of them.

I wonder what he did
with my letter to the Rais.

The Rais?

The captain of the vessel, which I
thought had sailed last night.

But that's impossible.

I've shown him the tomb.

I've talked to him about things
that...

Ya Sidi, they're in the tomb.

Wait.

Now it is for you to
solve our little problem.

[TENSE MUSIC]

In ancient Egypt, a pit was
dug in the back of these tombs.

Into this, offerings
were thrown for the dead.

You mean there's
a pit behind this one?

Yes.

And it approaches very near
to this chamber.

That's another way
the thieves could have got in.

From the pit into this
burial chamber.

Yes, it would be easy.

This stone is very soft.

But these walls are intact, Ya Sidi.

Are they?

OK.

So now we know.

Oh, we do?

No jewels.

Hashim Bey says that whatever
jewels might have been here

were stolen 5,000 years ago.

Winthrop says no evidence.

The walls are still intact.

And then he remembers...

...that the tomb had been open

for a couple of days while he
was sick in bed with malaria.

Hey, Mitch, how do you
know these jewels ever existed?

The box that Omar Efendi gave me

to take to Suez,
I had a look inside it.

You didn't tell us this!

I thought you might
have been tempted.

$2 million worth of trinkets.

Two million?

Hey, Mitch,
maybe it's this guy Omar.

Maybe it's this guy, Hashim.

Or maybe both.

Thank you, Dominic.

[SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Hey, what's...

Oh, mate, this guy don't like me!

[STONE CLATTERING]

[BOTH COUGHING]

Come on.

Mitch, what did this guy
say would happen

if this slab come down again?

This place will be a tomb again.

Dominic, what's happened?

They are in a tomb, Miss Jane.
The slab is down.

Hashim Bey?
Yes.

We must get them out.

I know a way. You stay
here, but take care, please.

Arranged?

Yes.
And the girl?

I think she knows too much.

You're quite
sure about the Americans?

They will give no more trouble.

Dominic said this wall is soft.

He's cursed.

Where is Domonic?

I guess he beat it
during this fighting.

I don't believe him.

Shh.
[TAPPING]

Maybe he's Dominic.

I shall get rid of the girl
and return with you to Bab El-Sharq.

Reis Abdullah can
find the vessel for himself.

Hashim Bey!

Jane!

Now I understand
what happened to my uncle,

why there were no jewels, and...
[YELPS]

In the chair.

You are right.

There were jewels,
but your uncle argued with me, so...

The trouble was
that I had for too long

been an underpaid
official of the government.

I succumbed to temptation.

Fortunately.

Thanks.

It's a confession
that's short and sweet.

Put it away, Junior.
You haven't a chance.

[g*nsh*t]

Mitch, I'm getting old.
I was sh**ting at his head.

Thanks, baby.

There's only
one problem now, honey.

How do we get these playboys

through Bab El-Sharq and up
to the authorities in Cairo?

I have an idea.

It is finished, Ya Sidi.

There we are.
[SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE]

[BOTH SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE]

ALPHONSO: Hey, Mitch! Mitch!

What?

It's alive!

Oh, you're crazy.

[SHOUTING IN OWN LANGUAGE]

[MITCH SCREAMS]

[JANE GIGGLES]

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[GENTLE MUSIC]