Panama Hat

"This is the second time I've had to reclaim my property from you-"

- Panama Hat

Panama Hat (The Man in the Panama Hat) hired Fedora and his gang of treasure hunters to retrieve the Cross of Coronado from a canyon site in Utah in 1912. While Fedora and his men dug up the Cross, he stayed in the car. When Indiana Jones stole the artifact from the gang and fled from the canyon across the desert, Panama Hat's car gave chase until Indy reached a circus train. After Indy returned to his house, Panama Hat showed up with Fedora and the Sheriff. After Roscoe brought the Cross out to him, he handed over the payment to the gang.

In 1938, Indiana Jones tracked down Panama Hat to Lisbon, Portugal after receiving a tip from a man who worked for Panama claiming that his boss had had an affair with his wife and wanted revenge. Jones snuck aboard the Vasquez de Coronado off the Portuguese coast and took the Cross of Coronado into his posession.

Jones quickly realised it was a set up and was taken captive. Panama Hat explained how he had been hit bad financially during The Depression and was seeking wealthy buyers for the Cross when one turned up - Indy would later suspect it was Walter Donovan - with the provision that required Jones to be dead.

After recovering the Cross, he ordered Jones be thrown overboard. However, Jones escaped his captors, seized the Cross and the action combined with rough seas caused an explosion which destroyed the Coronado. Panama Hat was presumed killed in the explosion, as his shredded hat landed in the water not far from where Indiana Jones was swimming.

Behind the scenes
The role of Panama Hat was played by Paul Maxwell in the scene set in 1938, and by Tim Hiser in the scene set in 1912.

Panama Hat is the name of the character given in the script and credits, but is assumed not to be the character's actual name.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade novel