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I haven""t had a minute to myself.Haven""t seen Grant""s Tomb yet." But Deeds cannot understand why Cedar, and other lawyers, are willing o act as both investment analysts and legal advisors for no fee: "Puzzles me why these people all want to work for nothing.Reporter: Yes, sir, but about Colonel Lawrence himself?Allenby: No, no.I didn""t know him well, you know.Reporter: Uh, Mr.Bentley.You must know as much about Colonel Lawrence as anybody does.Bentley: Yes.It was my privilege to know him and to make him known to the world.He was a poet, a scholar, and a mighty warrior.(As he reporter runs off for his next interview, Bentley makes an aside o his companion.)He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum and Bailey.Another memory from one of the funeral-goers provides he framework for a giant flashback to tell the story of Lawrence""s earlier life:He had some minor function on my staff in Cairo.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982),Poltergeist (1982),andStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).The influential film""s taglines partially described he scenario:"In the future, cities will become deserts, roads will become battlefields and the hope of mankind will appear as a stranger.Captain Murphy immediately recognized that the assassin was Lieut.Jack Edward Travis, formerly a "brutal cop" and "dirty cop" (who went AWOL), with a record of many suspensions, reprimands, and charges of misconduct.The third burglar who will eventually join Gus and Dix in Doc""s assembled ring of caper thieves is introduced by Gus"" phone call to Italian-American family man Louis Ciavelli (Anthony Caruso).