<P> The following morning, Thelma leaves J.D. in her motel room while she meets Louise downstairs for breakfast and, when they return, they discover J.D. has stolen Louise's life savings and fled . Louise is distraught, so a guilty Thelma takes charge and later robs a nearby convenience store using the tactics she learned from listening to J.D. Meanwhile, the FBI are getting closer to catching the fugitives after witnesses at the bar saw Louise's 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible speeding out of the parking lot the night of the shooting . Their whereabouts are also questioned by the owner of the fishing cabin after the women failed to arrive for the weekend . Arkansas State Police Investigator Hal Slocumb leads the investigation and questions both J.D. and Jimmy, and taps into the phone line at Darryl's house . He discovers that Louise had been raped years earlier in Texas, so sympathizes with her situation and understands why they didn't report Harlan's murder to the authorities . During a couple of brief phone conversations with Louise, he expresses his sympathy and pledges to protect her, but is unsuccessful in his attempts to persuade her to surrender . </P> <P> Thelma tells Louise she understands if she wants to go back home, knowing she has Jimmy waiting for her, but explains she can't go back to Darryl . Louise promises they will keep going together . The pair are later pulled over by a New Mexico state trooper for speeding . Knowing he will soon discover they are wanted for murder and armed robbery, Thelma holds him at gunpoint and locks him in the trunk of his police car, while Louise takes his gun and ammunition . They drive away from the scene and spend the next few nights heading further west . On the road, they encounter a foul - mouthed truck driver who repeatedly makes obscene gestures at them . They pull over and demand an apology from him, but when he refuses, they fire at the fuel tanker he is driving, causing it to explode . </P> <P> Thelma and Louise are finally cornered by the authorities only one hundred yards from the edge of the Grand Canyon . Hal arrives on the scene, but he is refused the chance to make one last attempt to talk the women into surrendering . Rather than be captured and spend the rest of their lives in jail, Thelma proposes that they "keep going". Louise asks Thelma if she is certain, and Thelma says yes . They kiss, then Louise steps on the accelerator, and they ride the car over the cliff to their deaths . </P> <Ul> <Li> Susan Sarandon as Louise Elizabeth Sawyer </Li> <Li> Geena Davis as Thelma Yvonne Dickinson </Li> <Li> Harvey Keitel as Detective Hal Slocumb </Li> <Li> Michael Madsen as Jimmy Lennox </Li> <Li> Christopher McDonald as Darryl Dickinson </Li> <Li> Stephen Tobolowsky as Max </Li> <Li> Brad Pitt as J.D. </Li> <Li> Timothy Carhart as Harlan Puckett </Li> <Li> Jason Beghe as State Trooper </Li> <Li> Marco St. John as Truck Driver </Li> </Ul>

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