Scene 5 Summary

The Himalayas

  • Indy arrives in Nepal, where his bitter ex-girlfriend, Marion, has built a thriving business around drinking Sherpas under the table.
  • She's angry with him for doing her wrong all those years ago, and reveals that Abner is dead.
  • He offers her a fat wad of cash in exchange for the headpiece. She wants to watch him squirm for a bit, and tells him to come back tomorrow.
  • After he leaves, she pulls the headpiece out of her shirt; she's been wearing it like a necklace.
  • A menacing Gestapo agent, Toht (Ron Lacey), arrives with a gang of local yo-yos intent on taking the headpiece from her.
  • She demurs. He responds by threatening to sear her face with a hot poker.
  • Indy arrives just in time. A brisk gunfight follows, along with a gigantic thug breaking in and trying to squeeze the life out of Indy's battered little body.
  • Amid this wacky mayhem, the bar gets set on fire.
  • Toht spots the headpiece in the flames and picks it up. Free third-degree burns for him!
  • Marion grabs the headpiece with a cloth and she and Indy flee the burning building after dispatching the thugs. Next stop: Egypt.