World Without End (1956)
通知华盛顿
自从最后一次报告之后就失去了XRM的信号
- 同XRM还没有联系上 - 那是不是意味着出事了?
- 没必要这么紧张 - 可他们是在通信过程中失去了联系
- 可能是无线电出来问题 - 白沙基地的人怎么说?
- 无可奉告 - 你认为他们是否已经坠毁了?
我们不认为是出事了 我们也不清楚到底是怎么回事
- 失陪 - 但是少校。。
对不起
我很抱歉Jaffe夫人，你想去我的办公室里等吗?
- 在那你们能更随意些 - 不用了，谢谢
我最好还是带孩子回家吧
我想让爸爸和我们一起回去
他不能Ginny，他在很远的地方
是的，非常远的地方
如果有什么消息能麻烦你通知我吗?
是的，我当然会的，只要我们有了新的消息
谢谢
为什么一个结了婚还有两个孩子的男人
要去参加那么疯狂的探险?
人类第一次太空之旅是以灾难而告终吗?
Eldon Galbraithe博士和他的探险队员
已经有好几个小时失去了联系
而更为严重的是对他们人身安全的忧虑
Henry Jaffe,XRM号宇宙飞船的领航员
他上次发来的报告是飞船接近火星的时候
在他描述这颗神秘的红色星球时
却突然失去了联系
全世界的无线电报务员都试图与他们重新建立通信
Galbraithe博士,我还是收不到任何信号
- 你确定不是设备的问题吗? - 是的，设备没问题
当我们进去火星磁场范围时我们与地球失去了联系
可能我们离开之后就能恢复通信
如果我们不能尽快和地球取得联系 他们会非常担心我们
我们要尽快调整到返航轨道, Henry
John,看下这个
右侧十度,下方十五度
如果我们能知道那个绿色的东西是什么的话
可能是某种苔藓或者青苔
如果这是草，或者类似草的东西
那火星上没有理由没有生命存在
近在眼前可是却远在天边
- 我希望我们能够降落 - 我也是，John
但我们的任务是勘察和探测
但如果我们着陆时出了问题
我们所收集到的这些信息都会跟我们一起毁掉的
我们返航吧，下一次我们再降落
Henry,调整返航计划，在两点钟的时候起航
- 明白 - Herb
一旦无线电恢复工作， 通知地球我们到达了火星上空两条轨道
中纬线三万英尺高度，两极之间两万英尺高度
全程完成航空摄像
告诉我们完成了所有任务准备返航
好的
这是你的初始航向，John
好的，准备标准加速
- 准备回家了 - 我们要地球了
我们会受到什么样的欢迎
我的债主会非常高兴的
所有火箭推进
所有火箭推进，明白
时速达到每秒十五英里时关闭推进器
时速达到每秒十五英里时关闭推进器，明白
- 准备好了吗? - 好了
我们出发了
速度每秒十五英里
- 加速稳定 - 好的
你还好吗，博士?
我没事
再见了火星
- 越来越远了 - 当我们再次回来的时候它还会在这的
我同意，谁想喝杯咖啡?
船体温度上升
加速增大
我们的飞船失控了
我们正在打转!
火箭反向推进
- 火箭反向推进! - 我不行，我够不到
我们的速度已经达到每秒三十英里
船体温度高于临界点
每秒钟七十八英里
嘿，嘿，我们降落了
我的头啊，我的头疼死了
我从来没有觉得这样晕过
那种加速度一定是大到难以想象了
- 没错，看啊 - 什么?
超过了每秒钟一百英里
超过了每秒钟一百英里?
已经达到了指示器的最高刻度
你觉得是怎么回事，博士?
- 我们在哪? - 我不知道
火星距离我们最近
这可能是火星北极的积雪
我们能降落在积雪上真该感到万幸
否则的话可就够我们受的了
我们还能起飞吗?
不知道，只有出去检查了损坏情况才清楚
我去准备一下氧气头盔和压力服
等一下，我们不需要它们
我感觉我们好像受到了额外的重力影响
Hank,你能把重力磁场关上吗?
好的
你说的对，现在正常了
那么看一下大气压强
外面似乎充满了氧气
- 那这不是火星 - 没错
如果这是火星，大气密度只有这的十分之一
只有一个办法能搞清楚
太不可思议了
大家都多穿点衣服，外面很冷
好的，谢谢
嘿，博士
博士，看看这个
辐射读数很高，每刻度大约0.5毫伦琴
大约是地球的三倍
尽管还不足以致命
控制面板有些损坏
不是太糟,我们需要帮助才能修理好
帮助?
在这样一个荒凉的星球上，我们上哪找人帮忙呢?
博士，你知道我们在哪吗?
Hank,恐怕我也不知道
以我们当时达到的速度，我们可能是在任何地方
目前，只能说我们所在的这个星球和地球非常相似
我建议我们到雪线以下去进行一下考察
Herb,在我们准备装备的时候，你再试试无线电
你说的对，队长
- 我们可以出发了 - 好的, John
你知道嘛，这太难以相信了
我找遍了每个无线电波段，可是什么都没有
就好像这里从来就没有过无线电波一样
是啊，那是很奇怪
如果这里是金星，或者其它陌生的星球
我们可能会碰到那些长着大脑袋
留着绿色的血的家伙 它们会用死光枪打死我们的
而我们只能用这些
这些老式的废铜烂铁
我们休息一会
我能歇会了
我还能看到雪线上的飞船
我想说我们走了大约十二英里
四个小时大约十二英里
一小时三英里就已经是快得不得了了
昨天的时候我们运行的速度有多快?
哦，我们只是在用巡航速度 一小时是三万八千英里
相信我，这真是太难走了
看到什么了吗?
到处都是森林和灌木丛
没有任何生命的迹象
- 他看上去心情不太好，博士 - 没错，我想你说的对
如果Jaffe不是一个我们这次行程中 必不可少的一员的话
我是绝对不会带任何结了婚还有孩子的人
嘿John, 博士
快过来，我发现了些东西
- 你觉得我们应该进去吗? - 那还用说
大自然会将它大部分秘密都保存在洞穴里
嘿博士，你能看下那个吗?
能做出这个的的生物一定非常的大
小心
博士
快走，Hank
我看到网的时候我就应该能想到
但蜘蛛怎么能像狗一样大?
或许还有毒
我们应该很庆幸没有人被蛰到
快走，我们快离开这吧
在那下面似乎又快空地
我们看一下
没错，我想你说的对
只有几英里远
等我们到了那，天就要黑了
我们晚上就在那宿营
Jaffe,小心!
博士，快低点身子，我开枪打他
Hank，Hank,你还好吗?
- 是的，我想是的 - 来吧，起来
他们的力气太大了，我就像个孩子一样无助
- 他们是人还是动物? - 我不知道
- 上帝保佑我们，这里竟然是地球 - 这怎么可能?
我不知道
看啊
我们这是怎么了?
我疯了吗? 还是我们都疯了?
没有，Hank
我曾经拒绝面对现实，但现在我知道了
你想说什么，博士?
大约我们出发前一周, 我去拜访了Ellender博士
你们都很熟悉他的理论
- 时间是四维的 - 没错
这是一个源自爱因斯坦理论的产物
Ellender说，如果你的速度足够快
那么时间就会变慢
这毫无疑问是时间与速度的伸展
它事实上已经被实验证实了
我们的仪表停在了每秒一百英里
- 我们的实际速度可能是它的十倍 - 或许还会是一百倍
人类一个接一个的解开了大自然的秘密
我们的飞机已经突破了音障
我们已经能释放出原子中的能源
而且现在又有了新的突破
我想起报纸上有很多揶揄Ellender的话
打破时间的障碍
显然，我们就是并且成功了
当我们晕过去的时候似乎对我们来说只过来几分钟
但对地球来说却过来几个世纪
我的妻子和孩子都变老
并且死去
很多年了
我们看看其他那些石碑上的日期会不会有什么发现
我找到的最近的日期是2188年 即使那样那些标记看上去也很旧了
我也找到了一些2188年的
可能那就是灾难爆发的一年
比如爆发一场核战争?
是的，没错，辐射读数很高
假设2188年是最后一年
这一年人类毁灭了自己
污染了空气，还使土壤含有放射性
也就是说，要两百年
辐射才可能减弱到我们发现的那个水平
但昨晚攻击我们的那些家伙。。
你是想说那是活下来的人类吗?
我不知道，但毫无疑问，他们发生了变异
那些在核爆炸中幸存下来的人类文明的后裔
但他们的生殖细胞受到辐射损伤
你是说我们在营地里埋了的那个怪物
继承了人类一万年的繁衍进程?
蜘蛛也发生了变异
谁知道地球上还生存着什么别的怪物呢?
谁知道啊
但或许会有一些正常的人类幸存下来
我们会知道的
我想那就是我们现在是在哪的答案
看看那边
那只可能是落基山
而这里可能是蒙大拿或是爱达荷州
没有那么靠北，太干旱了
更像是科罗拉多或是新墨西哥
但如果这里是科罗拉多或者新墨西哥 城市和村镇在哪?
丹佛、阿尔布开克在哪?
- 怎么了John? - 看那边
那不是灌木丛着火
因为那些烟太稀疏了
听着,根据军事行动的程序要派人去侦查一下
- 掩护我 - 等一下
我不会有事的
只要掩护我就行了
真奇怪像他那样的人为什么没结婚
他结过婚
当他在彭萨科拉还是个年轻的海军少尉时 他遇到过一个女孩
他们结了婚，还有两个非常漂亮的孩子
战后他驻扎在日本
他的妻子和孩子坐飞机来看他
他们的飞机坠毁在了中太平洋
一点残骸都没有被找到
我来背他,队长
不要浪费子弹，我们没有太多了
- 他们就在我们后面，博士 - 快点，我们离开这
等一下，这条路走不了了
上面，那有一个隧道或是山洞
我想他们不会再攻击我们了
我希望这个山洞里没有其他东西了
- 里面安全吗? - 我能看到的范围都很安全
他醒过来了
大家还好吗?
- 除了你大家都好 - 我没事的
我想没有骨折
- 你还好吗,John? - 是的，我没事
他们还在下面
至少我们在这暂时是安全的
你还挺乐观的嘛
悲观的人会说现在我们已经被困在这了
悲观的人可能说的对
他们不会轻易离开的
你还有食物吗?
是的，还有水，够撑几天的
- 那弹药还够吗? - 我们没有找到你的枪
我估计还有三十到四十发子弹
博士，John, 快进来
Hank?
是的博士，我知道
- 快看这个 - 这显然是不锈钢
不，这是某种新型金属，非常坚硬
博士, John
博士，门关上了! John
我打不开它,博士，我打不开它
别着急, Hank
伙计们，如果我没看错的话，这是邀请我们进去
这门是受控制的
他们甚至都没有给我们机会说，不用了，谢谢
把你们的枪收起来
不管是什么人在里面，他们想杀我们都很容易
来吧
看来前台服务员去喝咖啡了
嘿，看这个
这是某种镜头，我们正在被监视呢
没错，这里可能还有麦克风
不要碰那些
- 你能听到我们说话? - 是的，我能听到
你在说我们的云烟
- 你为什么不出来见我们呢? - 在适当的时候会的
你们带了武器吗?
- 是的 - 把它们放在桌子上
穿过那道门
你们可以放下你们的行装，它们会被送过来的
你们请在这等一会
- 你们谁是负责人? - 我是Galbraithe博士
我是Timmek，你们听到的就是我的声音
这位是Ellis先生，Borden先生,Jaffe先生
你们为什么要到这来?
我们躲在你们的隧道里，因为我们被那些野人攻击
- 我们认为他们是变异体 - 变异体?
我不明白这个词是什么意思
它来自拉丁语，是一种非常古老的语言
- 它的意思是发生变化的人 - 确实是发生了变化
我们称他们为野兽
你们说话的方式还有你们的衣着 对我们来说很奇怪
你们是什么人?
我们在1957年3月17日离开地球到太空进行科学考察
在太空里，你们遇到了时间函数移位
对，你的理论和Ellender博士的非常接近?
他是我们以前一位非常伟大的科学家
当巨大的打击发生的时候
世界就是因他的理论才得以幸存
你所说的巨大打击
在我们的旅程中，除了荒芜我们什么也没看到
城市、道路、桥梁，那些人类的伟大工程在哪?
发生什么事了?
爆发了世界大战
人类的大屠杀
没有人想要核战争
但没有人能够避免它的发生
而这些就是仅存的人类?
你们的人还有那些被你们称为野兽的人?
是的，据我们所知就这些
他们和我们具有相同的遗传属性
但是受到核辐射的影响
扭曲了他们的心智和身体, 一代一代之后
他们又回到了人类历史上的蒙昧时期
他们的语言非常奇怪,发音很原始
就像石器时代的人
处在人类进化的昏暗之初
如果你们相信我们没有恶意
能不能把武器还给我们?
你们要武器干什么?你们觉得在这还需要这些吗?
- 不 - 那你们用它们来干什么?
我们不会伤害这里的人，我们为和平而来 我可以向你们保证
那你们就不需要武器
我建议我们不要冒险，并且由我们来保管
我们希望你不要举得被冒犯Galbraithe博士
但是Mories是对的
如果你们为和平而来，你们也不会需要武器
如果你们要离开，我们会归还它们
父亲，这些人是我们的客人，他们一定又累又饿
Of course. You've had a most difficult time.
Garnet will see to it that you are made comfortable.
We are honored to meet your daughter.
- Will you come with me? - Excuse me.
We have guessed, from what we have seen...
...that we are at least four centuries from the world we knew.
It is more than five centuries.
By your ancient timekeeping method...
...this is the year 2508 A.D.
- Delicious, simply delicious. - All produced underground.
- Even these fruits and vegetables? - Yes.
We have lamps that give the exact equivalent of sunlight.
- Remarkable. - It was the only way to survive.
Many people took refuge underground during the great war...
...but starvation forced them to eat food produced on the surface.
- And they were poisoned by radioactivity? - Yes.
But the radioactive count is safe now.
Please don't get up. Where would you like your belongings?
Oh, put them down anywhere.
Elaine, this is Dr. Galbraithe.
- How do you do? - Hello.
- John Borden. - How do you do?
- Henry Jaffe and Herbert Ellis. - How do you do?
Elaine is Elda's assistant in the scientific section.
Elda sends his greetings.
At your convenience...
...he would be pleased to show you our power plants, our laboratories.
Anything else you wish to see.
Is she as beautiful as the women in your world?
Hmm? Uh, oh...
Yes. Yes, indeed, she is.
Radioactivity is below the danger level now.
Your people can return to the surface if they want to.
It is hard to discard centuries of tradition.
The beasts are there. They've killed many of our people.
But you can defeat them, they're savages.
In any fight, a civilized man should win.
My people are sick of war. We are safe here and comfortable.
But the surface of the Earth was meant for man.
He wasn't meant to live in a hole in the ground.
Oh, I'm sorry. We're guests here.
A long, long way from home.
We have no right to criticize your way of life.
You will rest.
When you see more of our world here...
...perhaps you will agree it is not such a bad one.
Something's been puzzling me.
- May I ask you a question? - Of course.
That little servant girl.
She's very pretty...
...but she seems different than the people we've seen here.
Deena comes from the world outside.
But I thought all the people on the surface were deformed.
- Beasts, as you call them. - No, not all of them.
I have heard that the beast kill the ones who are not deformed or drive them away.
Deena wandered into one of our tunnels...
...half-dead of starvation, and we took her in.
I see.
Well, thank you very much.
I hope you rest well.
My word.
Do you think all the women here are as beautiful as the ones we've met?
I don't know. We'll find out tomorrow.
Well, I'm gonna get some sleep.
- It's been a fairly busy day. - Fairly busy.
Well...
Home was never like this.
John, these people seem to have a high order of intelligence.
That's right.
Did you notice how they grasped the significance of what happened?
They seemed to know Ellender's time displacement theory.
- Yes, they did. - Well, isn't it reasonable to think...
...they may have discovered a way to reverse the time displacement?
No, Hank, it's not. I get the impression that their science is turned inward.
Concerned only with their immediate comfort and safety.
That nothing abstract or experimental interests them.
But assuming they did have the knowledge to reverse the time displacement...
...you still have the problem of repairing the ship and getting it ready to take off.
With their help, that ought not to be difficult.
Hank, I know you're eating your heart out to get back to your wife and kids.
But it's no good trying to find hope where none exists.
Face the fact that these people probably won't help us.
Why not? They're friendly enough.
They've got the skill to help us and the materials.
You'll find they're short of one important ingredient.
- What's that? - Guts.
The courage to get out of their holes and fight.
- Good morning, gentlemen. - Good morning.
Dr. Galbraithe, the president of the council...
...would like to see you at your earliest convenience.
Very well, I'll be there directly. These are very comfortable quarters.
Thank you.
There's a cold fish if I ever saw one.
Hank.
No use antagonizing anyone. She might repeat what we say.
Ah. How do you like that crazy shower? You step in, nothing to turn on.
The water sprays out automatically in just the right temperature.
- What's this you're doing? - Well, we have a plan.
- That is... - Good morning, did you sleep well?
Yes, thank you.
My, you are so much more muscular than our men.
Uh... The results of a misspent youth.
Got chucked out of school, had to go to work.
Strong back, weak mind, you know.
I like it.
I just wanted to remind you to visit us.
Just ask for the Scientific Section. Anyone will direct you.
Well, the female of the species hasn't changed much.
Still goes for a good pair of shoulders.
If women vote here, Body Beautiful can campaign without his shirt...
...and get himself elected president. - Aw, now, cut it out.
How do you figure these people?
Why are the women so vital, so full of life, and the men so different?
I'm having a talk with the head man. If I find out anything, I'll let you know.
John, all the men we've seen look as if they didn't have a pint of blood between them.
What? What?
Oh, she can't understand English.
Can you, honey?
Pretty little thing, isn't she?
Lovely eyes, nice figure.
Oh, but look now, isn't that too bad? She's got bow legs.
I have not.
Well, I'm a low-down cad, but I found out.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Have you been well taken care of? - Yes, very well, thank you.
We will have much to talk about.
It's a wonderful thing, our being able to bridge the gap...
...between the centuries.
We will study the old books together.
Books that are ancient to us, but which were the life of your time.
May I speak of one thing, please, before we begin?
Our ship is only slightly damaged, but we need help to repair it.
Repair it?
You think you can reverse the time displacement that brought you here?
No, no, that is beyond us, I'm afraid.
It was a one-in-a-million encounter in space that brought us here.
We're not foolish enough to expect another such miracle.
It occurred to me...
...that we might use the ship to explore the Earth.
To see if other communities like yours exist.
Why?
Because I'm a man of science.
Because I have an obligation to humanity...
...to you, to other humans, if any survive.
It is a dangerous journey to your ship.
The beasts would have killed you if we had not taken you in.
But we were few, and we were not well-armed.
There are many of you and you have the ability to make powerful weapons.
We are a peaceful people.
We are sick of weapons and war.
If enough of your men go with us, the mutates won't dare to attack.
I will have to consult the council.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Where are your friends?
They've gone to see the sights.
Why aren't you with them?
To tell you the truth, I was hoping you'd show them to me.
To tell you the truth, I was hoping I could.
Our power and light are derived from the heat of the Earth's core.
But we get almost everything else we need from nature's treasure chest, petroleum.
It is our basic raw material.
How about metals?
In the past, we had to send expeditions to the surface...
...to salvage metals from the ruins.
Our men underwent great hardships.
They were attacked by the mutates, as you call them...
...and suffered from extremes of cold and heat.
Now, in a community that is growing smaller, we have enough.
We use our metals over and over again.
Did you say your community was growing smaller?
An unfortunate choice of words on my part.
I should have said our community is becoming more compact.
Shall we go on?
Hello, Henry. Enjoying the tour?
It's all very interesting, John.
We're going to visit the machine shops. Would you care to join us?
No, thank you, we'll see them later.
Excuse us. This way, please.
See you later, Hank.
Your friend has an air of sadness.
- Well, he left a wife and children behind. - Oh.
Why did he go on the flight?
Well, he had a sense of duty.
He's an exceptionally fine navigator.
As matter of fact, he's a mathematical genius.
He knew he couldn't be replaced.
You didn't leave anyone behind?
No.
I had someone once.
I'm sorry.
Would you get in touch with the message center?
I believe they have several calls for you.
Dr. Galbraithe is viewing the historical records...
...of the years just after your flight.
You may see them, if you wish.
Thank you.
You know, I think our friend's a little jealous.
Yes, he is.
You see, he takes it for granted that...
That you belong to him.
Do you?
Oh, no.
Well, I mean, I don't know.
Mories is very able. He's a good administrator.
He'll probably succeed father as president of the council.
I see.
Aren't you going to look at the historical records?
No.
Aren't you gonna call the message center?
No.
Oh, honey, I didn't mean it. They're beautiful, I swear it.
- Dinner, boss? - No, I ate with Timmek and the council.
Any luck? Will they help us with the ship?
I don't know yet. Where's Borden?
Cleaning up.
- I think he has a date tonight. - Oh.
You know, the people here are wonderful.
All except that young troublemaker, Mories.
He seems to be playing on their fears all the time.
They're scared of going out on the surface.
I called the turn on that one, didn't I?
Underground life seems to have drained all the courage out of these people.
They keep telling me we'll be safe and comfortable if we stay here.
Safe and comfortable, that seems to be all that life means to them.
I'm not so sure it isn't a tendency that existed even in our time.
Hardy, self-reliant, rugged.
Here we are a hundred years later, not so hardy nor self-reliant nor rugged.
And here they are, 500 years later.
No strength, no guts, no nothing.
I say that man was not meant to live in a hole in the ground.
Well, I've got to go.
Uh-huh. Don't tell me you've got a date to see the power plant.
No, but I thought I might be able to line up a way out of here.
Garnet's promised to show me an old tunnel that'll take us out to the hillside.
Fine night for it. Full moon, if I remember.
- Lay off, Herb. - It's all right, Hank.
I don't mind. I'll see you later.
Well, it's nice to see the old boy feeling so chipper.
The women are wonderful, aren't they?
So much more vital than the men.
You know, I'm a widower and a grandfather...
...and I'll never see 50 again.
But this afternoon, I had the unique experience of being flattered...
...sought after and catered to by several beautiful women...
...who competed for my attention.
Gentlemen, I can only describe the experience as being...
...well, exhilarating. - Ha, ha, ha.
The moon, it's so beautiful.
Have you never seen the moon before?
No, not like this.
Never out in the open before.
I'm afraid the books are wrong.
What books?
Romances that tell about your time.
The men were always strong and fierce and reckless.
Whenever they were alone in the moonlight with a girl, they made love to her.
What kind of books have you been reading, anyway?
You like me, I know you do.
I think you're beautiful. More beautiful than...
I like you very much.
- I love you. - No, don't say that.
I'm a stranger, an outsider here, and I must leave someday.
No, no. You'll stay here with me.
You're like the great men we read about.
Strong, brave, unselfish.
You're pacing like a caged tiger, old boy.
Got problems?
After last night, I think we've all...
Now, honey, don't look at me like that.
Wait a minute, Deena. We want to help you.
We want to help your people if we can.
All your people are not beasts, are they?
You're pretty, Deena.
You are, Deena, I swear it.
- But he said that my legs were... - Aw...
Forgive me, honey. So help me, I didn't mean it.
I've been told that the beasts hate children that are not ugly.
That they kill them, drive them away.
- Is that true? - Yes.
I was very young, but my mother told me...
- Well, did you talk to the council again? - Yes.
They won't cooperate.
They refused to equip a party...
...to help salvage the supplies and instruments from the ship.
We're trying to help them and they just won't be helped.
We'll have to take one thing at a time. Forget the ship for now.
The first thing to do is to get to surface. Fight our way out and establish a base.
Right, get a foothold and turn it over to these people.
Show them how to live on the face of the Earth.
I'm not so sure they'll go up, even if we make it perfectly safe for them.
I think they may, because if they don't, their race is doomed.
Hasn't it struck you as odd that we haven't seen any children?
Sixteen and 17-year-olds, yes, but no children.
I did some snooping around yesterday, and not just the guided tour.
I found a sort of combination nursery-hospital.
There were 14 kids in it. Fourteen kids in a population of 2000.
And they weren't strong healthy kids.
They were poor, bloodless little things.
I would say one more generation...
...and this branch of Homo sapiens will be extinct.
The world's a big place. There may be other pockets of survival.
Australia, Greenland, who knows?
But if this is the human race, the human race dies too.
Yes.
Yes, we need these people.
We have to save them in spite of themselves.
All right, we'll go to the council, ask for weapons, nothing more.
I've seen the shops, they can build anything.
We'll go it alone.
There's one obstacle. Mories.
Time after time, it looked as though we might talk them into something.
But he always jumped in and turned the council the other way.
Well, that's my fault, I'm afraid.
He's insanely jealous. He wants Garnet, and she...
Well, go ahead, old man, say it.
She wants you.
Garnet's a wonderful girl, John.
Why shouldn't she prefer you? You're three times the man he is.
Oh, let's not worry about Mories.
We can do business with Timmek if we catch him alone.
And they will say they are doing it for us, for the future of our people.
But among themselves, they have conspired to get weapons by deceit and cajolery...
...to enslave us, to throw our lives away in a war of conquest.
How can they repay our kindness with such treachery?
We see in them all the ills of the 20th-century man.
Greed, aggressiveness, brutality.
The passion to dominate that made a shambles of the Earth.
I am stunned.
Are you sure?
Nihka and Jule listened with me.
Garnet assures me they are kindly, unselfish.
Our women seem to have lagged behind in their evolution into reasonable creatures.
They actually admire these reckless and brutal men.
We shall see.
If they try their deceit and cajolery on me, I will know how to deal with them.
You must see to it that they do not recover their firearms.
I make you personally responsible for them.
Deena, try to remember, what else did your mother tell you?
She said that the beasts did not drive all the children away.
There were so many of them.
- Normal children you mean? - Yes.
They needed them to work.
They were very cruel to them, but they did not drive them away.
- I see. - John?
John.
Johnny, town meeting. We're gonna get a chance to sell our bill of goods.
Coming, Herb.
I love him.
Herb?
Oh, now, listen, Deena...
Hi, honey. You ready, Johnny? They're waiting for us.
Sure.
All we ask are weapons, food and water, and building materials.
Your workmen can make the weapons for us.
With them, we will repel any attacks and establish a safe base of operations.
With the material, we'll build a change of blockhouses...
...linking them with electric fences such as you use to protect your ventilator intakes.
We will gradually encircle an area of land in the valley below.
Fighting no more than is necessary to keep from being interfered with.
We propose to do this ourselves.
If your men care to join us, we will welcome their help...
...but we do not ask for it.
When a suitable area has been secured...
...you will have the option of living there or not as you wish.
But we are safe here.
Why should we subject ourselves to the heat, the cold...
...the discomforts of the surface?
Because if you remain here, burrowing in the ground like moles...
...your children will die.
How many children do you have here?
In each generation, fewer are born. And of those, fewer live.
Your children need the sun. Do you condemn them to death?
Do you condemn your people to extinction?
We are well aware of the problem.
Our scientists have a solution within their grasp.
These people seize upon it as a pretext.
They lie when they say they want to help us.
They want to enslave us...
...to use us for fighting their senseless wars of conquest.
- But they say... - They say they want the weapons.
And with the weapons, they will be the masters and we will be the slaves.
That's not true.
I'm sorry, but Mories is right.
We must solve our own problems.
Weapons have been the curse of mankind.
We have never made weapons here, and we will make none now.
Father, Mories is wrong. Those men are kind and sincere.
This bickering, this conflict, is new to me.
I don't know.
You must face it, Father.
We are a dying people and they want to help us.
But Mories heard them plotting.
Mories is jealous. It's poisoned his mind.
Perhaps he misinterpreted what he heard.
Father, I love John Borden.
Could I be wrong about him?
I don't know.
With your permission.
Yes, James, thank you.
- Garnet is with Timmek? - Yes.
What is she telling him?
She believes Dr. Galbraithe and his men are sincere.
I suppose Timmek is wavering.
He is considering her arguments.
These are violent men, James.
You and I know that.
They will try to get their weapons.
- They must not get them. - I know, Mories.
I have them safely hidden in my own sleeping quarters.
Who is that? Get away from there.
Why can't they see that Mories is lying?
It sticks out like a sore thumb.
Garnet will speak to her father.
Timmek, Timmek, Timmek.
James is dead.
Killed by a blow on the head.
No. No!
The weapons. The accursed weapons.
Good afternoon, sir.
Search.
Can I help you? What are you looking for?
I don't understand.
What is this?
Wait a minute.
The others are coming.
John.
Don't...
Get off me.
Let go of me. What do you mean by this?
Let go of me.
The other one. Jaffe!
What does this mean?
We found these here.
I'm sorry, but surely there's no great harm done.
No harm? Is that all a human life means to you?
A human life?
The man who took the weapons killed James.
No, that's impossible.
What is all this blasted nonsense? Are they playing games or something?
No games, Herb. They found the guns here.
What? The guns?
Someone killed James to get them.
Killed James?
Oh, now, doc, I had nothing to do with it.
Violence, lies, murder. They all go together.
I am an old man.
I wish I had died before I saw a day such as this.
Bring them to the council chamber.
We have decided what is to be one with you.
Decided? Without a trial?
Without giving us a chance to defend ourselves?
What defense can there be?
You wanted the weapons and you took them.
The facts speak for themselves.
This is our decision.
You will be put out of our tunnel exactly as you entered it.
You will be given food and water.
Your weapons will be returned to you.
You will have neither more nor less than you had when you came.
That's the equivalent of a death sentence.
We will try to shut you out of our minds as if you had never been here.
You will be sent out two hours after the sun sets.
That is all.
Garnet, we had nothing to do with it.
I must see Timmek.
I'm sorry, he is not to be disturbed. This has been an ordeal to him.
He must see me. I know who hid the weapons.
The weapons? I will tell him.
Will you wait here?
Mories did it.
I saw him hide the weapons.
Find him.
See that she is taken care of.
We mourn for Mories, who was our friend...
...but whose fatal weakness of character led to hatred, treachery, death.
But we must be thankful that a terrible injustice was avoided.
We all join in asking forgiveness of these brave men...
...who are willing to risk their lives to help us.
Now we, in turn, must help then.
I direct our artisans and craftsmen in particular...
...to give Dr. Galbraithe and his men their complete cooperation.
Hello, Deena, how do you feel?
Fine, thank you.
You all right, darling?
Another day or so and you'll be good as new, Deena.
Hi, Deena, how are you?
Fine.
Counted your fingers lately?
I had a hunch about that, so I fired it from a vice.
Powder too strong or barrel too weak?
A little of each, I guess. It's not easy for lads who never made a gun...
...to come up with a good one. - That's quite evident.
How's the recruiting, doc?
Timmek thinks he's persuaded about 20 of his young men to join us.
What does it matter whether you have 20 or a hundred?
They will fail you just as that weapon did.
They'll not stand fast when danger threatens.
Not one of them has ever fought before.
Then we'll go it alone.
But you'll be killed.
The beasts watch our tunnels day and night.
You may kill 20, 50 of them, but there are hundreds.
Can you kill them all?
No. You don't need to.
We don't need to, Deena?
Only the ugly ones fight. They are the masters.
The mutates would be the only ones we'd have to contend with.
And they may not be as numerous as we think.
Well, even they might be too much for us.
How do we fight several hundred savages with pistols that burst?
With ammunition that misfires?
If only we had something more powerful than pistols to fight with.
Against those monsters, a battery of field artillery wouldn't be too...
Hey, wait a minute.
I think I've got it.
What's the simplest, hardest-hitting piece of artillery you know of?
A hunk of pipe with the wallop of a field gun.
Of course, a rocket launcher.
The good old bazooka.
Henry, I think you've hit it.
We'd have to give up the firearms, but I think it's worth it.
I certainly agree. Hank, it's your baby.
- Get started on it, will you? - Right, doc.
[INAUDIBILE DIALOGUE]
- Are things about ready? - About as ready as they'll ever be.
Good. We just had another talk with Deena.
It seems that the mutates' selection of a leader is straight from the Stone Ages.
The brute who kills all his rivals becomes leader.
And he holds the office until someone kills him.
For a long time now, the leader has been a charming fellow called Naga...
...who seems to have all the sweetness and lovability of a mad dog.
If we could get him, it would simplify everything.
Well, maybe we'll get lucky.
Maybe we will.
Well, we'll find that out tomorrow.
I regret we are unable to give you more active assistance.
Your workmen have given us the assistance we need.
Good luck. I wish I could go with you.
Whatever happens, our thanks.
Open the door.
That passage there.
It's got ambush written all over it.
Let's find out.
Right you are, my boy. See if this little old gadget works, huh?
I guess that did it.
Look out.
Ammunition, Hank.
Watch it, John.
[SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
- He's not a mutate. - Eh.
Deena said they wouldn't fight.
Reinforcements coming.
- Hank. - Yes, sir.
Good shot, Herb.
Suppose you take our prisoner back, have Deena question him.
Find out what they're likely to do.
Then load up with ammo and come on back.
All right.
- Mm-hmm. - Come on, handsome.
Come on.
Go.
They seem to be gathering in that thicket down there.
Wanna try a long shot?
Check, skipper.
Okay, John.
Hit the jackpot, skipper.
Here they come.
Deena.
What did you wanna go and bring Deena for?
Bring her? She popped out before anybody could stop her.
She brought me.
Well, what about the prisoner? Did you get his story?
We got his story all right.
He thinks Naga is going to order the people back to the caves.
- That's not good. - What about Deena?
- Don't you think we ought to send her back? - No.
I can help.
You probably can. If they are holed up in caves...
...we'll have a lot of palavering to do. We can use her.
All clear down there?
All clear. After that last shot...
...they took the hint and kept going. - Come on.
Well, are they in there or not?
Look.
This boy probably tried to make a break for it.
Oh, he's just a kid.
Murdering swine.
Question is, where are the rest of the people?
Herded into a couple of the big caves, probably.
Well, there's one way to find out.
Wait a minute, Hank.
Good military procedure to send out a scout. You said so yourself.
- Cover me. - Now, Hank.
- This isn't your kind of racket. I'll go. - No.
- I'm grabbing the check on this one. - Hank.
Let him go, John.
Well, it's pretty bad, but it could be worse.
A little lower and it might have punctured a lung.
[NAGA SHOUTING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
Naga says he has killed many of my people. He says he will kill all of them.
That settles it. We've got to get them out.
But how? If we blast them out, we'll kill every man, woman and child in the cave.
Deena, tell Naga he's a coward, a killer of children.
- Tell him to come out and fight me. - No.
Wait a minute. Are you out of your mind?
Go tell him, Deena.
Naga. Naga.
[SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
[NAGA SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
Naga says you do not fight like a man.
He says you use thunder and lightning on your side.
Tell Naga I'll leave my lightning and thunder behind me.
Tell him I'll fight him with this and this.
Naga.
[SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
[NAGA SPEAKING IN MUTATE LANGUAGE]
- He says he will fight you. - You haven't a chance...
...against those animals. - Yes I have, Herb.
I'm supposed to be a civilized man. I'm supposed to have an advantage up here.
You have no advantage. This is nothing but a matter...
...of strength and reflexes. The savage has the advantage.
I'll plug him as soon as he shows his ugly face.
Don't do it, Hank. They'd kill every human in the cave.
Well, he's got only one eye. No depth perception.
Take it easy, Hank.
Keep on his blind side, John.
Tell them I'm the chief now. Tell them to go.
[SPEAKING MUTATE LANGUAGE]
Chief is dead. Long live the chief.
You see, the water lines must go in first.
Then there will be no delay in other operations.
Yes, it's quite clear. Thank you.
Sir.
I would hardly have dared hope for this.
You have accomplished so much in a few short months.
Everywhere I look, I see new marvels.
I am.
You are. He, she or it is.
We are.
You are.
They are.
That's good. That's very good.
Now, let's try the verb to go. Ready?
I go.
You go.
He, she or it goes.
There is one of your marvels.
The children of the men we once hated...
...learning our language so that they may work with us.
Marvel in more ways than one.
Jaffe will never forget the loss of his family.
But so long as he has children who need him, he won't be too unhappy.
A few months ago, some of those children were listless, puny little things.
Which are the puny ones now?
What we're looking at may well be the rebirth of the human race.
Retail OCR. 23.976 fps.