Mission: Impossible

Oh, get it on, baby!

Turn it down, will you?

Hello.

I said turn it down, I can't hear.

Yeah, this is eddie lorca.

Yes, sir, I've been expecting your call.

Well, if-if you don't mind, sir,

I'd like to handle it my own way.

Yes, sir.

I'd just like the phone number.

555-7177.

Mm-hmm.

I'll be in town friday.

I'll make the call at 2:15.

Uh, yes, sir, same as, uh, same as before.

$25,000 for the contract.

Thank you, sir.

Good-bye.

Hey, baby.

I've got a contract to fill.

How long will it take this time?

I don't know.

Will you call me?

Hey, baby, you know I don't like to call you

When I'm out of town.

Hey, where's the funeral?

I gotta get dressed; go dance.

Hey, baby...

Maybe I will call you.

How are the bass biting?

I've caught three.

Yeah, good.

I caught six myself yesterday.

Good morning, mr. Phelps.

A hired killer, eddie lorca,

Will arrive in this city

On transamerica flight number one on friday.

Lorca has a contract

With the most powerful underworld leader

In this part of the united states...

A man we know only by his code name, scorpio.

Lorca's mission is to kill someone.

We do not know whom he will kill

Or where, when or how he will do it.

Your mission, jim, should you decide to accept it,

Is to prevent the murder

And discover the identity of scorpio.

This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.

Good luck, jim.

Two years of police surveillance of lorca

Boils down to this.

He does everything at random,

Never the same thing twice, never the same way.

What about the 12 murders he's suspected of?

No, nothing, paris, except efficiency.

Each case was different because lorca himself

Selected the method of murder at random,

At the last possible moment.

That's quite a philosophy.

If I don't know what I'm doing,

Then neither does anybody else, so I'm safe.

And it's worked so far.

That's why we have to get close to him, willie.

Right inside his skin.

We have to know what he's going to do

At the same time he does himself.

Jim...

Lorca's next random choice for a place to stay.

It's his kind of hotel: Small and anonymous.

Right now, it's a total blank.

All previous identification has been removed.

Everybody's standing by.

How long will you need?

20 minutes.

Everything ready on your end, willie?

I'm all set, jim.

Good.

Now, we can't afford any mistakes.

Lorca's edgy, and he's always on guard.

If we lose lorca, we lose our chance

To identify his boss, scorpio.

Southeastern airways, flight 152,

Now arriving at gate 14.

Southeastern airways, flight 152,

Now arriving at gate 14.

Flight 19 for phoenix,

Departing on schedule at gate four.

Flight 19 for phoenix, arizona,

Departing on schedule at gate four.

No, thanks.

Look, I'm new in town.

I want to go to the bower hotel.

You know where it is?

Yeah, sure.

All right, you heard him... Bower hotel.

Repeating...

Bower hotel.

How long do you figure it'll take to get me there?

Oh, about 20 minutes.

You're putting me on.

What do you mean?

Well, I told you I was new in town,

So you decided to take me the long way around.

The phone directory says 15 minutes.

Hey, look, mister, sit back and relax.

If any cabbie in town

Can get you there in 15 minutes,

I can.

You're on.

Barney, any chance of making it in 15 minutes?

None, jim.

20... we need 20 minutes.

Well, it all depends on willie.

You here on business?

Yeah, business.

Dana.

Give me a level.

One, two, three, four, five.

Good.

Jim, I've

Got him at check point one.

Hey, fella, I think the lights broke.

Why don't you drive through it?

I can get a ticket.

Why don't you turn right?

All right.

There, you see?

It's green.

These are smudged.

Run off a dozen more.

Five minutes to go, jim.

We need every second.

Willie's got to hold them at checkpoint two.

Go!

Come on! Come on!

Go!

Come on, man!

Move it, will you? Come on.

Come on, man, let's get going.

I can't move it for him.

Ha, ha. A million miles forward and no miles backward.

Let's go back the other way.

Hey, what is it with you guys?

You think you own the street or something?

Hey, you can get through over there.

Man, I can't make it through there.

I'll wreck the cab.

Oh, adios, man.

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.

I'll make it. I'll make it.

Jim,

Couldn't hold him any longer.

We almost lost him.

Oh, no.

Here, let me.

There, you can continue now.

Thank you, dear. You're welcome.

The operations room.

Six dollars and 40 cents, sir.

Keep it. Thanks.

Good afternoon, sir.

Good afternoon. I'd like a room, please.

Yes, sir. We have a room, one of the very best.

I like to pick my own.

I beg your pardon?

I like to pick my own room number.

Room seven. Yes, sir.

Room seven is available.

Thanks.

Here.

Thank you, sir.

You're welcome. Hey, listen.

How about a bottle of your best scotch?

You know what else to bring, huh?

Yes, sir. Thanks.

Go.

Who is it?

It's the maid with some towels.

Just in time. Excuse me, sir.

It's all right.

Thanks again. Good-bye.

At least we have him where we can keep our finger on him.

And all we have to do is find out

Whom he's going to kill, and when and where and how.

Hello.

Hello. This is lorca. Let me speak to him.

Him?

It's me you want to talk to.

Scorpio's using a bag woman?

What do you know!

You got something to tell me?

I'm supposed to meet you at the, uh...

Uh-uh.

I'll tell you where to meet me.

All right, okay. Whatever you say.

Listen, uh, why don't you meet me where I'm staying?

At the bower hotel. You know where it is?

I, uh... I don't think so.

Wait a minute.

It's at 215 s. Elm street.