Scene 11 Summary

A Really Big Chase

  • Indy and Marion reunite with Sallah, who tells them that the Nazis are taking the Ark to Cairo by truck.
  • The Nazis have quite a caravan built around it, complete with ominous music and random machine-gun fire to disperse the cranky locals.
  • Indy goes after the caravan on a white horse. Because: good guy.
  • He jumps the truck carrying the Ark, knocks out the driver, and commandeers the vehicle.
  • He drives other cars off the road, shakes off the Nazis in back like flies, and generally causes all variety of structural damage to the local building projects.
  • An especially plucky Nazi shoots him in the arm, then another one throws him through the windshield.
  • He turns the tables by crawling UNDER THE TRUCK and coming up from the rear.
  • He chucks the Nazi out the window; the Nazi tries to repeat Indy's feat, with somewhat less success. (Better hose down those tires when you get home, Indy.)
  • Indy drives Belloq's car off the road and vanishes into the city.