Angel on the Amazon

This one you killed today, señorita,

she looks nice with the others.

But I still haven't seen the black panther

- you promised, Paulo. - We found one, señorita.

As soon as we make this automobile chug, chug again.

Oh, I better see what luck they're having

with the carburetor.

Calling Manaus airport. Calling Manaus airport.

Come in please.

This is Manaus airport.

Greetings, señorita. We were just going to contact you.

- How is the hunting? - Excellent.

What about our carburetor?

You are in luck. We have it.

And a private plane has offered to drop it off by parachute.

It should be over your location in four or five hours.

When you hear the engine, signal with your lights.

I was willing to pay for a chartered plane, I...

I don't like to impose on anyone.

There is no other plane available, señorita.

And the very famous American flyer,

Colonel Warburton,

is leaving now for Rio de Janeiro.

You're all set. Go wind 'em up.

Get aboard, kids.

I represent the Brazilian news service, Colonel.

Any special purpose to this trip?

And, uh, will it take you around the world again?

No, not this time.

And if it must have a purpose, why, uh,

you might call it a hunting expedition.

These gentlemen are hunting oil wells,

and Dean Hartley is going to hunt butterflies

in the Andes, and I am--

And he's gonna hunt butterflies too on Copacabana Beach.

Preferably a blonde one.

And the señorita? Does she hunt too?

Oh, I'm sorry, this is Doctor Lawrence.

- What are you hunting, Doc? - A vacation.

And add 50 bucks you bet me I wouldn't come.

Aren't you a little afraid?

One lone woman and four handsome gentlemen.

Oh, she's no woman, she's a doctor.

All aboard.

- That's gin. - Oh! This isn't my day.

- That's 85 cents I owe you. - Eight-five cents? A while back

- it was four bucks something. - No, wait a minute,

that was in the USA. We're playing for pesos now.

Doc, you're an international crook.

Dean, where are we?

Dean, where are we?

Huh? Oh. Jerry, where are we?

Two hours from Belém. That's our next stop.

After that it's just a tiny hop to Rio.

Oh, you pilots and your tiny hops.

I suppose that means five hours?

Uh-uh. Ten.

But it'll be worth every minute of it, Doc,

because when we get there

I'm gonna devote the entire evening

just to wining and dining you.

Uh-uh, not until I've had a week'’s sleep, you won't.

- Like old times, huh, Skipper? - Yeah.

But without those beautiful blossoms

of bursting flack to keep our feet warm.

Hey, where'd that come from?

Look up ahead, there's plenty more.

It's closing in around us.

You kids better get back and fasten yourselves down.

It's liable to be a little bumpy.

Wait, somebody's calling us.

It's Manaus.

NC 695 in Manaus. Come in, Manaus.

I'm glad I was able to contact you.

We have just received a weather report.

Barometer falling fast.

Bad electrical storm ahead of you.

He says there's a bad storm ahead of us

and that never mind about the carburetor.

Listen, señor, that storm isn't ahead of us,

it's all over us.

Ask him how we're gonna get out of it.

You'll have to listen closely

and turn off your present course.

It would be impossible for you to continue.

I should hope to tell you I'll listen closely, señor.

Come in.

Turn 90.

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute. Was that 90?

Can you make it louder?

Ninety-seven degrees?

Hey, señor! Señor! What happened to you?

Come in, Manaus. Come in, Manaus.

That's it. That last bolt must've blown

every tube in the set.

All we can do is try to keep her on course.

He said it was impossible, I heard that much.

- Should I drop a flare? - Better save 'em.

Can't be anything down there but jungle.

I want to try it upstairs.

No use.

They're probably having the same storm on the moon.

Hey, look!

Everybody okay?

Dean's beetle bottle fell on his head,

and Frank thinks it's something he ate, but they'll recover.

We're pretty lucky to get through that one

with nothing than a dead radio.

You and your big mouth.

Maybe we can make it on one engine.

On one good engine.

You better drop that flare.

Fasten your seat belt, Doc.

I'll have to set her down, I may not be able to find a soft spot.

What is it, Paulo?

Boys say they hear a plane, señorita.

It's still a long way off,

but you better turn on the spot light.

In jungle, they don't see it until they straight up.

- Turn it on anyway. - Si, señorita.

Well... I'll do the best I can.

Don't make your prayers too long,

you may not have a chance to finish 'em.

Paulo...

the plane is in trouble, is it?

- They're trying to land. - Si, señorita.

Is there any place they can get down safely around here?

Oh, no. I know jungle. Very thick.

Bad country, bad people, bad Indians.

Head-hunters. Better die and fall down.

Head-hunters don't get 'em alive.

Nothing we can do.

- Oh! Ouch! - No bones broken.

- I told you it was okay. - Oh, then why'd you jump, sir?

- Because you're pinching me. - The rest of you boys all right?

- Jerry? Dean? Frank? - Yeah, we're all right.

It's a good thing you reminded me back there

that I'm a doctor, not a woman.

- I'd love to have hysterics. - Good time for it, Doc.

Well, there's nothing we can do except wait for some daylight.

I have a feeling we're not gonna like what we see.

Even then.

Jerry thinks we're a few hundred miles

due west of Belém.

What do you think, Professor?

What? Oh, yes, he's absolutely right, uh,

- near the Amazon. - What makes you think so?

Flora, vegetation, uh, insects common to the region.

But then again, I don't know.

What's the matter?

I just found a potato bug.

We might be in Idaho.

I'd say our number one problem is food.

Number two, being found.

I think you can dispose of problem number two.

We've been found.

Listen.

- They're Indians, aren't they? - Unquestionably.

Likely of being friendly, huh?

We're in headhunter country, you know?

Oh, you mean if we just give 'em our heads, they'll go away?

Yes, the most interesting people in the world.

Fascinating, really.

And what they do with human skulls,

first the subject is decapitated

and then with the use of extreme heat,

the bone structure of the skull is removed,

allowing the nostrils to be sewn up.

And the needle is brought back, and back to the upper lip here.

And from left to right, it is sewn up completely.

And then by reversing the head,

- burning hot sand is-- - Hold it. Here comes Doc.

- Anybody want coffee? - Might as well. Thank you.

Hey, do you boys hear drums?

Or is my blood pressure up that much?

They're drums, Doc.

Dean thinks we should stick pretty close to the plane

until we find out whether their owners'’ intentions are friendly

- or unfriendly. - Are you kidding?

I'm not only gonna stay close, I'm gonna get inside.

I think we all should.

Break out whatever artillery we've got.

Frank's got a shotgun, and I've got my service pistol.

- Oh, I got a knife. - Hmm.

I wish I'd studied to be a witch doctor.

They've been drumming for five hours.

You make a beautiful target in that doorway, Jim.

I want the first shot.

I've only got a few shells for this thing

and I might convince them to take us with caution.

I think our company has arrived.

I can hear 'em, but I can't see 'em.

They'll probably be all over us before we can get a shot.

I saw a bush move.

Maybe this birdshot will flush the babies out.

Hello.

Well, hello yourself.

Oh, uh, pardon the shotgun, I-- I was expecting somebody else.

I'm glad to find you alive, Mr. Warburton.

How did you know my name?