Was Sanchez really intending to send escape transport for Killifer?

Wint and Kidd far-out

I've been wondering about this. Sure Sanchez kept his promise. Two million bucks for freeing him, but did he also really intend to honour his agreement of providing transportation to aid Killifer's getaway?

I remember Killifer desperately enquiring when his wait would be over, but Sanchez doesn't seem very serious about trying. Rather it looks like he's leaving Killifer to fend for himself. Otherwise wouldn't he have received word of Killifer's fate from the goons he employed?

At the very least they would surely say to him, "We couldn't find him at the warehouse when we arrived for him, Senor Sanchez. It appears he's vanished into thin air."

What do others think?

Dirty Punker

I think he had a Yakuza-like understanding of honour and loyalty.
He surely kept his promise but he was just extremely laid back. I don't think this Sanchez's debut in this sort of thing.
Another thing puzzling me, how did the underwater divers know he would crash there?
The under-acting during the interrogation might've been intentional and they could've already agreed to a deal but who knows?

Wint and Kidd far-out

Gymkata wrote:

I think Sanchez was intending to get Killifer out of there. Considering all of the screentime emphasis that his 'loyalty' speeches are given, it would not have been in character to just leave Killifer to fend for himself after living up to his end of the deal.

I wonder what exactly did happen when he tried to fulfill the arrangements of his deal? However much he may or may not have found out regarding Killifer's fate, I guess he just obviously assumed that there would be no repercussions from it upon him personally.

Wint and Kidd far-out

Gymkata wrote:

Hard to have repercussions when Killifer was dead.
Regardless, I believe that everything was above board with Sanchez trying to get Killifer out of there. It was all a 'good faith' effort and would have been successful if Bond had not showed up when he did. Also, bear in mind that Sanchez (and Crest) lost some men in the process of trying to protect Killifer. They could have just given him up when Bond showed up, but they tried to protect him.

That's a good point. At one time I used to wonder whether Bond technically murdered a couple of innocent warehouse security guards who were being used by Killifer. But thinking seriously about it, it makes much more sense that these two "guards" were in the employ of Sanchez watching over Killifer as you've just said.

Bond fan from Oz

Gymkata wrote:

I think Sanchez was intending to get Killifer out of there. Considering all of the screentime emphasis that his 'loyalty' speeches are given, it would not have been in character to just leave Killifer to fend for himself after living up to his end of the deal.

I agree. Killifer did help free Sanchez. If Sanchez didn't have someone pick Killifer up, he would turn out to be a hypocrite.