(soft music) ♪

(hooves clopping, carriage trundling) ♪

(preacher speaking german)

(indistinct conversations)

(stoltzfus) jacob was a good farmer. none better. (beiler) but not the man to buy a horse for you. hochleitner, wasn't it your father sold him the horse with a ruptured testicle? (tom, chuckling) he told him it was a bee sting made him limp that way. (daniel) that horse had one good one. that's all it takes. (all chuckling) (men speaking german) (male speaker) daniel. (indistinct conversation) (daniel) rachel... i'm sorry about jacob.

i know he'll walk with god. (rachel) thank you, daniel. (whispered remarks) (enchanted music) ♪

(engine revs, horse nickers) ♪ (hum of traffic) ♪

(daniel) bitte. ♪ (eli) daniel. (daniel) guten morgen, guten morgen. so, first time to the big city. you'll see so many things. close ur eyes. ♪ open. (samuel) danke! (train whistle blows) ♪ (rachel) samuel, careful! ♪ you'll come back soon? ♪ (rachel) samuel! ♪ samuel. here.

♪ (eli) and you be careful out among the english. ♪ (grand music) ♪ mama, look! ♪ (giggling) ♪

(public address announcer) ...atlantic city express bus to atlantic city... (female speaker) oh, he's a cute little amish boy. isn't he cute? i think so. (rachel) we have tickets to baltimore. where is that train, please? (ticket agent) it's delayed three hours. you'll hear an announcement when it's time to board. just take a seat right over there. -but i-- -just take a seat, i have to wait on these people. yes, sir. -there. -yes, sir. (samuel) mama, look. what's that thing? (public address announcer) now boarding, stairway three,

track four... (rachel) don't go far, samuel. (echoed conversations, announcements) (soft, fantastical music)

♪ -mama? -hmm? (samuel speaks german) (rachel) it's over there. samuel...thy hut. (rachel speaking german)

(water splashing)

(mcfee) hey, man! (victim) hey! hey! (urgent music) (sounds of struggle) ♪ (partner) what are you doing, man? washing my hands, man. (partner) what? come on, let's get out of here! hold tight. ♪ uhh... ♪

(partner) i already did that. ♪ (mcfee) just checkin' again. ♪

(shuffling footsteps) (police radio chatter) (book) move these people back. they shouldn't be this close, get them out of here.

get schaeffer on the phone, -getim down here now. -right. (book) richard, who found the body? (richard) right over there, sir. (book) how you doing, pop, you found the body? (male speaker) not me, daddy, i just reported it. -it was the kid. -what kid? (male eaker) how the hell i know what kid it was? it was the kid in the funny black threads over there. (book) thanks, pop. how's he doin'? i'm a police officer, ma'am. i have to talk to the boy. what's your name? (rachel) samuel. samuel lapp. (book) and he's your son? (rachel) we were on our way to baltimore. my sister is expecting us. soon our train is leaving. then we'll get you on another train. sam, the man who w killed tonight was a policeman. it's my job to find out what happened. i want you to tell me everything you saw when you went in the bathroom.

um... there were two. -two men? -i only saw one. does anybody know about this? no. nobody's had a chance to talk to him. (book) what did he look like? the man that you saw. he was...like him. (book) he was a black man? he had black skin? ja. but not schtumpig. (book) schtumpig? what's schtumpig? (rachel) on a farm, when a pig is born small like that, it's schtumpig. a runt. so...so he wasn't a runt. he was a... he was a big guy, like me? big guy! (police radio) subject is armed, wanted for the stabbing death of a nartics officer. (carter) i shoulda been there, john... (indistinct remarks)

(book) that's not the point, that's the risk... (indistinct conversation) (rachel) where are you taking us? (book) oh, i'm sorry. we're looking for a suspect. we got reason to believe he's still in the neighborhood, and i want the little boy to take a look at him. (rachel) you have no right to keep us here. uh, yes, i do. your son's a material witness to a homicide. (rachel) you don't understand. we've got nothing to do with your laws. (book) doesn't surprise me. a lot of people i meet are like that. (carter chuckles) (conversing in german) (book) what did he say? (rachel) he asked who you are. your name. i told him we didn't need to know anything about you. book. john book.

(boy speaker) hey, man, where you hiding? don't you hear me? (new wave music plays in bar) ♪ (laughter, chatter) ♪ (carter) have a seat, youngblood, what are you doing? ♪ lookin' good, t-bone. (book) hey, man, how you doin'? (t-bone) what the-- ♪ -hey, man! -let's get his arm. -hey! -is this the man, sam? is this him? you sure?

(angry chatter in background) -back off. -you listen to me. i want no further part of this, nor does my son. okay, okay. get back in the car. back in the car. (indistinct heated exchange) hey, honest mistake, all right? (laughter) (t-bone) go on. (carter) john, what are we gonna do with them? (book) what? (carter) well, a hotel or what? (book) we put 'em in a hotel, they're not gonna be there in the morning. you'll have to send somebody to baltimore for them. (carter) well, what? (book) i got it. this is my sister, elaine. this is mrs. lapp and samuel. -hi. -where do you want 'em, elaine? the back bedroom, the blue room? oh, yeah, sure, the blue room. can i help you with something? (rachel) uh, no, no. (book) right back there, sam. (elaine) how could you do this to me tonight? (book) it's important. (elaine) just keep going straig.

there's a folding cot for your son. oh, he turned on the light, good. i told you i had company! -where's jason and billy? -upstairs asleep. (book) you got a man in the house and the kids are upstairs? (elaine) that's none of your business. you should keep your holier-than-thou mouth shut. anyway, they like fred. fred? now we got a fred. (elaine) who are these orphans, anyway? (book) they're amish. (door closes) laine) everything okay? (rachel) yes, thank you. john says you're amish. (rachel) yes. oh. (samuel) do we have to stay here? (rachel) no, we don't.

just for the night. say your prayers. -hey, captain. -hiya, bob. (rachel) when can we leave the city? (book) trying to get this over with quick as i can. then you can go. (rachel) good. (book) but samuel's probably gonna have to come back and testify. -i'm sorry. -no you're not, you're glad. -glad? -because now you have a witness. (book) yeah, now i got a witness. (rachel) i just don't like my son spending all his time with a man who carries a gun and goes around whacking people. (book) whacking? whacking? come here, kiddo. (book grunts) big guy. now, don't be frightened. you can see them, but they can't see you. (detective) i want t hats and the sunglasses off. straighten up.

(boo i want you to tell me if any of these men are the man that you saw in the bathroom. take your time. look real carelly. make sure. are you sure? okay. (knocks) three dogs to stay. -thankou. -thank you. (cash register rings) (traffic noise, hum of conversation) (rachel) ja. these we call (inaudible). (book) great. great.

your, um, your sister said you don't have a family. no, i don't. hmm. she thinks that you ought to get married and have children of your own instead of trying to be a father to hers. oh, yeah? except she thinks you're afraid of the responsibility. that's interesting. anything else? mm-hmm, yeah. um... she said that she thinks that you like policing because you think you're right about everything and that you're the only one who can do anything about it. and that, um, when you drink a lot of beer, you say things like, "none of the other police know a crook from a, um,

bag of elbows." i believe that's whashe said. (belches) good appetite. (chattertypewriter clacking in background) (male speaker) captain? -captain. -yeah. (male speaker) sergeant carter for you on line 23. (book) thanks. hey. how are you doin'? -i don't know. -little boy. look. he's shy.

(male speaker) psst! hey! (rattling handcuff) huh? -hey. -huh? (male speaker) hey, knock it off!

(soft, ominous music) ♪

(doorbell rings) i'll get it! (doorbell rings) oh, hi. -hi, kathy. -dad? (book) hello, marilyn. (marilyn) hi, john. it's mcfee, paul. he's one of 'em, anyway. positive i.d. from the amish kid. mcfee? lieutenant in narcotics?

(book) right. (schaeffer) i hope you don't have any doubt about that. it all fits, paul. four years ago, narcotics runs a raid in which, amongst other things, 550 gallons of this p-2-p stuff is confiscated. they put it in police storage. philadelphia supplies all the major cities in the country with speed. they need this p-2-p stuff to make the speed. they pay up to $5,000 a pint for it. i called police storage. no record of 10 55-gallon drums of p-2-p. that's $22 million, paul. and guess who ran the raid four years ago? -mcfee. -right. have you talked to him about it? no. no--vacation, florida. all right, what do you need to clean ts up? people--people from outside the department. put some guys on this mcfee. watch him, wait him out. right, fbi and maybe somebody from treasury.

i'll take care of that. i want maximum security on this. where's the boy? -my sister's house. -he's gonna have to moved. who else knows about this? just you and i. (schaeffer) let's leave it that way. (tires squealing) (elevator bell dings) (car door closes) (footsteps)

(gunshot) (gunfire) (male speaker) twyla, get back here! get back! police! back in the elevator! (twyla) that's our car! (book) get in the elevator! you idiot! i know you! (tires squealing) (tense music) (elaine) 's john.

he says you have to leave now. -what? -he says it's urgent. i don't know. get dressed quickly. john. john? (book) put my car in the garage and close the door. john, i don't understand any of this. (book) you don't know anything, okay? i borrowed your car. all right? i didn't say why. you never heard of the woman and her boy. john, please tell me why. ♪ just do it. (rachel) you said we would be safe in philadelphia. (book) well, i was wrong. ♪ (telephone ringing) ♪ did you deliver the kid's interview to schaeffer? no. (book) i want all the paperwork on this job disappeared. tonight, you understand? john, you know what you're telling me to do? just do it, man.

i'm gonna disappear for a couple days. john, what's goin' on, man? what is happening? i'll call you when i can. and partner, watch your back. schaeffer's in this thing, too. ♪ -what are you doing? -working late, man. (detective) what's going on? ♪ (banging at lock) ♪ (fergie) that's it. (soft music) ♪

(clattering) ♪ hey, fergie. told you i hit him. (schaeffer) he's in trouble. i want to help him, i want you to help him. we just need to know where he is. what kind of trouble? (schaeffer) that's a departmental matter, you don't have to worry about it. if we can just talk to him, we can straighten it out. -a departmental matter? -right. you're saying he's involved in something illegal? (schaeffer) i'm afraid so. (she chuckles) anybody who knows john knows that's a damn lie. (schaeffer) of course it is, elaine. but as long as there's any doubt, it's better that john should come in and clear his name. it's better you should get off my porch. i don't want to have to take you in for questioning. he left with the amish woman, right? ♪ (mcfee) she say where he is? i don't think she knows. what about carter? (mcfee) tight.

but i'm workin' on him. ♪ (chickens clucking) (eli) samuel! (samuel) gro-pa! (indistinct conversation) you should rest. i'll make us some coffee. (book) no, i can't stay.

will you be coming back to take samuel to trial? there isn't gonna be any trial. ♪ (eli) rachel? (eli speaking german) rachel, what happened? rachel, who was that man? ♪ (horn blaring) ♪ (crash) ♪ (eli speaks german) (samuel) mama! mama! (samuel speaks german) ♪ -mama, there's blood. -oh, john! eli! (rachel speaks german) my god, why didn't you get to a hospital? (book) no, no doctor. gunshot wound, they have to make a report. and if they make a report, they'll find me.

and if they find me, they find the boy. (hooves clopping, carriage clattering) (urging horse) whoa... whoa! is the english dead? -no. -looks dead. (eli speaks german) (rachel speak german) (eli speaks german) (straining) -(speaking german) -he's upstairs.

(conversing in german) (book groans) i feel...burning. the bullet entered there... and came out there. there's danger of infection. he's lost a great deal of blood. i'm not a doctor. that should be treated in a hospital. there's nothing i can do for him. no! no. he must stay here. (eli speaks german) (eli) what if he dies? then the sheriff will come here. they'll say we broke their laws. (rachel) well, then we must pray that he doesn't die. but if he does, then we must find a way so no one knows.

but rachel, this is a man's life. we hold it in our hands. i know that. god help me, i know that, eli. but i'll tell you, if he is found, the people who did this to him will come get samuel. (stoltzfus) then we'll make a poultice. three parts milk, two parts linseed oil for the infection. i will send mary by with some teas i will brew myself. (rachel) thank you. (stoltzfus) lapp... i'll have to speak with the elders on this matter. (eli) as you see fit.

(horse neighs) (farm animals grunting) close! (eli speaks german) (soft music) ♪

(rachel) shh. (book breathes heavily, stammers) ♪ (book) don't do it. i'll kill you. you're an ass. ♪ he's no longer... ♪ (rachel) john? ♪ john? ♪ (labored breathing)

♪ (schaeffer) are you trying to tell me that there's no way we can locate this woman? we're talking about 20th century law enforcement, sergeant. (sergeant) there's your problem, chief. your amishman doesn't live in the 20th century, doesn't think in the 20th century. chief, if the amish have taken your man in, i wouldn't wanna hang from a rope until you find him. look, the problem is, about every third amishman around heris named lapp.

we've got upwards of 14,000 amishmen around here. that's just lancaster county. -yeah. -now, over in... that's very interesting, sergeant. but this is a very important matter. it involves the murder of a police officer. now, there must be a directory of some sort of these people somewhere. sure. tax roles, voter registration. tell you right now, i don't have the manpower to send a deputy to every lapp farm in lancaster county to see if they've got your rachel. maybe, sergeant, you could do a little telephoning. yeah. maybe i could. but since the amish don't have any telephones, i wouldn't know who to call. thank you, sergeant. it's been an education. (whispering) (male voice) shh, shh, shh, shh!

who are they? (rachel) the leadership of our district. they decided to come see you for themselves. except stoltzfus. he came the first day. i think he saved your life. (stoltzfus) no. that was not i. (book) who else knows i'm here? (rachel) no one. (book) how long have i been here? (rachel) two days. (stoltzfus) rest, mr. book. that's the ticket. and drink my tea, lots of my tea. (book) tell him his tea stinks. (rachel) you can tell him when you're able. we're all very happy that you're going to live,

john book. we didn't know what we were gonna do with you if you'd died. (speaking german) (elder) listen. it's not our place to ask how he came to us. (thunder rumbles, rain patters) (conversing in german)

(book) don't move! what are you doin'? come here. come here, samuel. sit down. this is a loaded gun. this is very, very dangerous. never, ever touch a loaded gun. now i'm taking the bullets out. now it's safe. okay? okay, mr. book. look, you can call me john. i just don't want you to get hurt. i don't mean to yell at you, i just don't want you to get hurt. look, it's all right for you to look at it now. it's unloaded, it's safe. if you want to handle it, you can handle it while i'm here. but that... that's not right.

(rachel) samuel... wait for me downstairs. john book, while you are in this house, i insist that you respect our ways. right. here. take it. put it somewhere where it's safe, where he won't find it. (eli) this gun of the hand is for the taking of human life. we believe it is wrong to take life. that is only for god. many times wars have come,

and people have said to us, "you must fight. you must kill. it is the only way to preserve the good." but samuel, there is never only one way. remember that. would you kill another man? (samuel) i would only kill a bad man. (eli) only the bad man, i see. and you know these bad men by sight? you are able to look into their hearts and see this badness? (samuel) i can see what they do. i haveseen it. (eli) and having seen, you become one of them. don't you understand? what you take into your hands, you take into your heart.

"wherefore, come out from among them and be ye separate," saith the lord. "and touch not the unclean thing." go and finish your chores now. (samuel) yes, grossvater. (rachel) enjoying your reading? (book) oh, yeah. learning a lot about manure. very interesting. what's that? (rachel) your clothes are stained with blood. i have them soaking. you can wear these. they your husband's?

yes. it's good that someone can have these of them. besides, in your clothes, you'd stand out to strangers. oh, i should tell you that this kind of coat doesn't have buttons. see? hooks and eyes. something wrong with buttons? buttons are hochmut. proud. vain. it's not plain. got anything against zippers? you making fun of me? no. like the tourists... staring all the time. sometimes they come into the yard. it's very rude. they seem to think we're quaint. i can't imagine why they think that.

look, is there a phone somewhere near? the gunthers across the valley. they're mennonites. they have cars and refrigerators. no, i mean a pay phone, public phone. (rachel) the store at stroudsburg. but you won't be going to stroudsburg for a while. (book) m going this morning. -but stoltzfus said you can't-- -i know what he said. you can go with eli. he's taking samuel to school. -but you'd better hurry. -rachel. nothing. (eli) whoa.

(laughing) what? (racl continues laughing) (eli) hurry up, john book! you better get going. (samuel) hurry up, john book! (book) my gun. i need my gun. thanks. the bullets? it's not much good without 'em. (rachel) of course.

(blows) (book) thank you. uh, how do i look? i mean, do i look... amish? you look plain. okay. (hooves clopping on pavement) (indistinct conversation) (horse whinnies)

(eli) der mann? er ist ein englischmann. das ist nicht seine kleidung. ist der kleidung vor jacob. (all) ohh. (e) seine kleidung war geschmutzed. (telephone rings) carter here. (book) hey, partner, how you doing? -you okay? -yeah. you? (book) listen, man. i'm coming in to take care of business. how hot am i? too hot. don't do it. don't come in. they're looking for you. (book) and the kid. man, i gotta make a move. listen, john, don't do it. you couldn't get within a mile of schaeffer right now. you hear me? (book) ah...yeah. uh...what are we gonna do? fbi? maybe. (carter) what about one of those reporters? those investigative reporters? no, it's too risky, they'd want to talk to the kid. listen, i'll make a couple of calls,

let you know when maybe you can come in. i gotta go. take care of yourself, carter. yeah, you too. (typewriter clacking) (phone clicks into receiver) (book whistling) (book) here. don't put 'em in the peaches. (samuel) see this stream? it goes to the wheel and it makes the wheel turn around. and then it goes-- it makes this wire pump the pump over there,

into the well, and the well's water goes into the house. (book) yeah? (samuel) this place really echoes. hello! (kitten mewing) -what's up there? -corn. would you like to hold my kitten? i'll show you how to do a back rub on them. you hold them like that, you push their head back, and you start rubbing their neck. (engine turning over) (eli) book? is that you, book? what are you doing there? (cow mooing) oh, uh...

just trying to get the car started. the battery. if you're well enough to do that... you can do work for me. (book) yeah. what can i do? -milking, maybe. -milking? (eli) cows, you know. cows. (book) yeah, i've seen pictures. (eli) good. you start tomorrow. (cows mooing) (speaking in german) it's 4:30, time for milking. (cows mooing)

milking stool, milking hat. there's the milk. firm gri pinch the top off and squeeze. didn't you hear me? squeeze. (book) i am squeezing. you never had your hands on a teat before. (book) not one this big. (mooing continues) (eli laughs) (liquid patters on metal) oh hey, i got it! i got it! i think.

(cow moos) -c'mon, hup! -gently! gently! (bell rings) samuel, help him. (speaking in german) -no, no, no. no, please. -eat, book. eat. what's the matter with your appetite? (book) i'm not used to eating in the middle of the night. (eli) you're not used to hard work. that makes appetite. rachel. samuel. (book) "honey, that's great coffee."

it's a... it's a joke. it's a commercial. on television. (utensils scraping) (crow cawing) (birdsong) -book, is it? -yeah. (daniel) you're the yankee they talk about. i thought i was the english. english, yankee, it's the same. my name is daniel. -daniel hochleitner. -how do you do? you look plain, book. very plain. i came to see rachel. (birdsong)

(scraping)

um... eli said i could use his tools and... try to fix that bird house. i brought you some lemonade. oh, great. thanks. what happened to hochleitner?. he went home. (loud scraping) he's a friend of the family. he's like a son to eli. (loud scraping)

you know carpentry. yeah, a bit. can you do anything else? whacking. i'm hell at whacking. whacking is not much use on a farm. tomorrow i'll let out those trousers for you. good. (insects chirring) (rachel) i told eli that you're aarpenter. (book) hold this up closer, will you? he said you could come to zook's barn-raising. well...if i'm still here.

(radio personality) weenie roasts? i don't know anything about weenie roasts. -that's a west coast thing. -great. (radio personality) let's have some letters on weenie roasts. why not? (engine turns over) presenting golden oldies. we've got some great ones and some old ones coming right up. here's one that takes me back. i'm afraid to say, it dates me. maybe it dates you. ("wonderful world" plays) (book) oh, oh. this is great. this is the best. -♪ don't know much... -♪ biology (male singer) ♪ don't know much about science books ♪ ♪ don't know much about the french i took ♪ (male singer) ♪ but i do know that i love you ♪ ♪ and i know that if you love me too ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world this would be ♪ ♪ ♪ don't know much about geography ♪ ♪ don't know much trigonometry ♪ don't know much about algebra ♪ ♪ don't know what a slide rule is for ♪

♪ but i do know one and one is two ♪ -♪ and if this one... -♪ could be with you -♪ what a wonderful world... -♪ this would be (she giggles and shrieks) (male singer) ♪ ...to be an a student -come on. -what are you doing? (male singer) ♪ for maybe by being an a student, baby ♪ ♪ i can win your love for me ♪ don't know much about history ♪ -♪ don't know much... -♪ biology -♪ don't know much about... -♪ science books (exclaiming) (laughing) -♪ but i do know... -♪ that i love you ♪ and i know that if you love me too ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world this would be ♪ (singer vocalizing) (backup singers) ♪ history

♪ biology (singer vocalizing) (backup singers) ♪ science book -♪ french i took -♪ french i took (male singer) ♪ but i do know that i love you ♪ (she giggles) (eli) rachel! (male singer) ♪ ...love me too, what a wonderful world this would be ♪ rachel! (speaking in german) die musik? (radio chatter) (eli) die musik? rachel? (speaking in german) (radio chatter continues) (radio turns off) rachel. rachel, what is it with you? is this the ordnung? i have done nothing against the rule of the ordnung. nothing?

you bring this man to our house, with his gun of the hand. you bring fear to this house. fear of english with guns coming after. (rachel) i've committed no sin. (eli) maybe. maybe not yet. but rachel, it does not look... you know there has been talk. talk about going to the bishop and having you shunned. -that is idle talk. -oh, do not take it lightly. rachel! they can do it. they can do it just like that. you know what it means, shunning? i cannot sit at table with you. i cannot take a thing from your hand. i cannot go to worship with you. oh child, do not go so far. (rachel) i'm not a child.

-but you are acting like one. -i'll be the judge of that. no. they will be the judge of that, and so will i, if you shame me. you shame yourself. (crickets chirring) (schaeffer) why don't you tell me where he is? you know, don't you? i just want to talk to him. i want to talk some sense into him. you know, we go way back. john and i were a team once. like you two are now. i trained him. he is a fine policeman.

i know he's with the amish. god, i'd give anything to see him now. can you see john at a prayer meeting? (schaeffer laughs) we're like the amish. we're a cult too. well...a club. with our own rules. john has broken those rules. as you're breaking them now. (hooves clopping) (dramatic music) ♪

(chattering in german) ♪ (wagon driver) whoa! (chatter) ♪ (daniel) i hear you're a carpenter. (book) uh, well, it's been a while. (daniel) no matter. we can always use a good one. hurry up now! we have a barn to raise, and a day to do it! ♪ (female speaker) rachel, kommst du her! (rachel) good luck. ♪ (daniel) your hole is better now? (book) yeah, it's pretty much healed. (daniel) good. then you can go home. (music lightens)

♪ (men conversing in german) ♪ (book) yes, sir. ♪ (speaking in german) ♪ (directing in german) ♪

(birds chirping)

(chatter) (chatter continues) (hammering, chatter)

(children laughing, yelling) (chatter) (mrs. yoder) everyone has an idea about you and the englishman, book. (rachel) all of them charitable, i'm sure. (mrs. yoder) hardly any of them. (chatter) nsects chirring) (speaking in german) (rachel) john. amos. (speaking in german) (rachel) this is lydia and amos. -john book. -hello. (rachel) it's their barn you built today.

(book) oh. -we just got married. -yeah? that--that's great. (men singing in german) (thunder rumbling)

(water dripping) (thunder rumbling)

(rain pelting) (birdsong) (book) rachel? (cow mooing) (chickens clucking)

rachel. if we'd made love last night, i'd have to stay. or you'd have to leave. (tour guide) jump off the bus, everybody. welcome to amish country. this is the most famous amish grocery store in the area. now, stay close together, 'cause we're only gonna be here -another 15 minutes. -no pictures. (tour guide) now, be careful with photographing the amish. they don't like it but you can sneak one now and then.

all right? stay together. (female tourist) woo-hoo? young man! hello. we're just here for the day. would you mind if i took your picture? now just stand still, please. fix your hat a little bit. lady, you take my picture with that thing i'm gonna rip your brassiere off and strangle you with it. you got that? (female tourist) willy, did youear what that amish just said to me? (telephone ringing) -homicide. -elton carter. -who's calling? -a friend. (telephone rings) (male speaker) yeah, salazar, public relations. can i help you? uh, yeah, i'm trying to reach sergeant elton carter. (salazar) are you a member of the family? what? no, i'm a friend. (salazar) then i regret to inform you sergeant carter is dead. -what? -he died last night, killed in the line of duty. should you require further-- (dramatic music)

♪ (telephone ringing) ♪ hello? yes. paul! ♪ paul, it's john book. (saeffer) i'll take it in the study. ♪ uh... um... how are you, john? ♪ hello, john. ♪ calling me at ho. i can't trace the call. that's smart, john. very smart.

lost the meaning, didn't you, paul? -what? -isn't that what you used to say about dirty cops? somewhere along the way they lost the meaning. don't make it difficult, john. we know where you are. we're about-- no, no, you got it wrong, man. i'm coming to get you. i like your style, john. i've always liked your style. i'm gonna do to you whatever you did to zenovich and whatever you did to carter. i'm gonna do that to you too. ♪ (horn blaring) (indistinct comments) ♪ (heckler) c'mon, you're blocking the road! -i can't back this up. -yeah, yeah. -just give it a shot. -look, look. (heckler) no, look, look, you look. (daniel) it takes half hour to turn back. (slap, horse whinnies) (laughter, chatter)

(eli) it happens sometimes. do nothing. (heckler) i asked you to move this buggy. -come on! -come on, goldilocks. (speaking in german) (heckler) hey, don't you speak english? (heckler) you don't hear very good, do you? (laughter) (heckler) on the chin! on the chin! the chin, yeah! (heckler) you look better, buddy. (speaking in german) -come on down, jack. -hey, they're not allowed to fight, man. -are you a man or what? -yeah that's right, no fighting. they won't fight for their country, either. -it's not our way. -but it's my way. (eli) book, no! book! -how's it look? -it looks great! give it to me. (heckler) oh, hey, hey. check this out. here comes another one. look at this. whoa. whoa. it's all right, book. (heckler) hey, watch it, frank, he's gonna hit you with his bible. (laughing)

(frank) aw. (book) you're making a mistake. -hey, hey, hey. -ooo. (laughter) boo. (grunting, groaning) (commotion) (eli) book! (commotion) (female speaker) somebody give me a handkerchief, he's bleeding! (ominous music) (frank) you didn't have to break my nose! (overlapping chatter) ♪ (passerby) never seen anything like it in all my years. (daniel) he's from ohio. my cousin. (passerby) well then, them ohio amish must be different. round here, the brethren don't have anything like that kind of fight in them. good day to you, mr. lapp. this ain't good for the tourist trade, ya know?

tell that to your ohio friends! one of the kids broke his nose. he was with old eli lapp. where did you get that? book gave it to me. he said it was a special present. (toy clicking) samuel, time for bed. samuel.

you can take the toy with you. he's leaving, isn't he? tomorrow morning. he'll need his city clothes. why? what's he going back to? nothing. he's going back to his world, where he belongs. he knows it. and you know it too. (solemn music)

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(music intensifies) ♪

(dark music) ♪ (bullets clattering)

(ominous music) ♪

(grunt, crash, scream) (schaeffer) it's all right, we're police officers. check the rest of the house. shh-shh-shh. it's all right, we're police officers. philadelphia police. it's all right, mrs. lapp. why don't you sit down? it's going to be all right. we're not going to harm your boy. it's book we want. now where is he? ♪ (crying, whimpering) ♪ book! (clattering) ♪ fergie, come on! come on! come on! come on, damnit! (door clatters) hey. ♪

(suel) what is it? what are they doing? ♪ (book) listen, samuel. i want you to go to hochleitner's farm as fast as you can. and stay there, do you understand me? -are they gonna kill you? -i'll be all right. (samuel) but you don't have your gun. (book) run, samuel. run! run! ♪

(engine turns over) ♪ (dog barking) (cow mooing) ♪ (engine turns over) come on! come on! ♪ come on! come on. come on. come on. ♪ (gunshot) -samuel! samuel, he's out there! -no, no, rachel! (gunshot) ♪ (gunshot) ♪

(cows mooing) ♪ (book) yah! yah! ♪

(banging) ♪ (cows mooing) ♪ (music intensifies) ♪ (music softens) ♪

(thunderous pattering) (yelling) (thunderous rumbling) (yelling, coughing)

(yelling) (gagging, choking) (rumbling continues) fergie! (pattering continues) fergie! (pattering slows, stops) (thumping) (gunshot) (schaeffer) mcfee! (gunshot) (cows mooing)

mcfee! fergie! (foreboding music) ♪ -what's wrong? -i can't figure it out. where's fergie? (mcfee) i don't know. you better come on up. ♪ (sot clattering) (eli whispers) -(rachel exclaims) -no! shh. ♪ me on. we're going outside.

come on. ♪ (eli) go. ♪ (schaeffer) come on! ♪ (dramatic music) ♪

schaeffer! ♪ (book) come on. ♪ (gunshot) ♪ (groaning) (gunshot) (bell ringing) ♪ (schaeffer) stop the boy ringing that bell. i want you to stop the boy ringing that bell. i want you to stop him now! get outta here now! ♪ -let her go, paul! -put the gun down, book!

(overlapping yelling) -let her go! -i could blow her head off. let her go. let her go, paul, the gun's down! gun's down. gun's down! it's down, it's down. don't hurt her. ♪ (music lightens) ♪ (speaking in german) ♪ (book) it's all right, rachel. just move. go on. rachel, just move. go! (chatter) (eli) rachel! rachel.

♪ (schaeffer) it's all right, i'm a police officer. man's wanted for murder. -no. -now stand back. (book) what are you gonna do, paul? you gonna kill me? are you gonna shoot me? are you gonna shoot him? -stand back! -are you gonna shoot him? is that what you're gonna do, paul? him? the woman? me? (birds chirping) it's over! enough! enough! enough. (whispered chatter)

(radio chatter) (birds chirping)

(samuel) goodbye, john book. goodbye, samuel. (tender music) ♪

you be careful out among them english. ♪ (music intensifies) ♪ (engine starts) ♪

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