Marcus also says very gravely that any army that carries the Ark into battle is invincible. When Indy shows the agents a picture of the Ark, it depicts it using unimaginable destructive power. The Army men are impressed by Indy's and Marcus' knowledge of the Ark but Indy tells them the man most qualified is Ravenwood, who has been living somewhere in Asia for several years. Indy quickly explains to them the need for an object mentioned in the communique, the headpiece to the Staff of Ra, which will reveal the location of the Ark at the Nazi excavation. The Ark was built by ancient Hebrews to hold the stone tablets on which Moses inscribed the Ten Commandments. and the possible burial site of the Ark of the Covenant. When they read the cable, Indy and Marcus realize the Nazis have discovered Tanis, an ancient city long since buried in a gigantic sandstorm in 980 B.C. The Army officers are concerned because they've intercepted a German cable concerning a mammoth archaeological dig in the Egyptian desert not far from Cairo. Indy has found pieces he feels will pay for a trip to Marrakesh to find Belloq, but Indy's friend Marcus Brody ( Denholm Elliott) dashes that hope by informing him that two Army Intelligence officers want to talk to him about Abner Ravenwood, his former teacher, who was his friend until Indy broke up with his daughter, Marion ( Karen Allen). Back stateside, Indy teaches an archaeology class and is still upset over the loss of the statue, which he surmises Belloq is taking to Marrakesh to sell on the black market. When Belloq raises the idol and the Hovitos bow, Indy flees and is rescued by Jock ( Fred Sorenson), flying a seaplane, though Indy, an admitted ophidiophobe, isn't pleased to find Jock's pet snake Reggie in the cockpit with him. Indy hands Belloq his pistol and the idol. Rene Belloq ( Paul Freeman), an arrogant French archaeologist who is a longtime rival and enemy of Indy's. Seemingly safe, Indy is cornered by the Hovitos, the local tribe, who are led by Dr. He leaps out of the cave's entrance just as the boulder hits, sealing it. Jones retrieves the idol and must once again flee while a large boulder rushes toward him. He finds Sapito dead, killed by the same trap that killed Forrestal. Jones manages to jump across and pull himself up and escape under the stone door that closes. Indy throws him the idol but Sapito drops the whip and runs off. When he arrives at a bottomless pit he & Sapito had crossed earlier using Jones' bullwhip, Sapito crosses safely but refuses to give Jones his whip unless he gives him the idol. However, the weight is not precise, the pedestal sinks and the chamber begins to collapse. He very deftly replaces the idol with a bag of sand, judging the weight of the treasure by sight. Jones avoids the booby-trapped stones and makes it to the idol. Jones finds the antechamber where the statue sits atop a pedestal and is protected by an elaborate system of pressure-sensitive stones that release deadly darts from the surrounding walls. Inside the cave are several traps rigged by the ancient people who hid a small, valuable statue there - one of the traps is found to have impaled Forrestal. Indy and his remaining companion, Sapito ( Alfred Molina), enter a dank and oppressively vast cave, where a competitor of his, Forrestal, disappeared. ( Harrison Ford), an archaeologist with a reputation for heavy-handed field work that takes him around the globe in search of ancient treasures. The man who expertly wields the bullwhip is Dr. The leader, hearing the click as the turncoat cocks the pistol's hammer, pulls out a bullwhip and disarms the man, sending him fleeing back through the jungle. When the group's leader stops to examine map fragments, another of the group pulls a gun. In the spring of 1936 an exploration party penetrates thick jungle on the South American continent.
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