City in the Sea (1965) - full transcript

[captain]
"Lo! Death has reared
himself a throne

"In a strange city lying alone

"Far down within the dim west

"Where the good and the bad
and the worst and the best

"Have gone
to their eternal rest

"Resignedly beneath the sky
the melancholy waters lie

"But lo, a stir is in the air

"The wave--
there is a movement there

"As if their tops
had given death

"His undivided time"

There's a body,
Mr. Harris, and
Strangely dressed.



I can see that.
Who is it?

[fisherman] 'tis mr. Penrose,
The lawyer who's been
Advising miss tregellis.

Poor devil.

It's the
Devil's work,
Right enough.

Be quiet,
You old fool.

I told you nothing good
Would come of this--

An american girl at the
Manor house, solicitors,
And this young man

With his rock samples
And questions about
The old mine workings.

You old bag of wind,
He'll hear you.

He has.
Now, what
About the body?

Somebody's
Got to tell
Miss tregellis.

All right,
I'll go.

Mr. Harris? Couldn't be
You've come to help us
About the electricity?

The lights
Be gone out
With the storm.



Not like the old days,
A candle could
Be depended upon.

I've come to see
Miss tregellis.

You should be here about
The lights. The guests
Are grumbling proper.

Come. Come in.
I'll take you to her.

You wait here.
I'll fetch miss tregellis.

I'll come along
With you.

Miss tregellis
Is with one of
The guests.

An artist,
He says he is.

Something strange
About him.

Most that he paints
Don't look like much.

He's brought
The beast with him.

The beast?

[chuckling]
You'll see.
It's in there with them.

[miss tregellis]
Who is it?

It's mumford, mum.

Mr. Harris is here.
He insists on seeing you.

[miss tregellis]
Just a minute.

I'm not staying.

The last time I waited,
The beast got out.

[miss tregellis]
I'm opening the door,
But come in quickly.

How nice to see you.
Her name is herbert.

Her name is herbert?

Uh, jill, I came to talk
To you about mr. Penrose.

Oh, ben, I'm so
Disappointed.

I thought maybe this
Was a social call.

I mean, we're the only 2
Americans in the whole village.

Don't you think we
Should be friends?

Harold?

[harold]
Yes?

Mr. Harris captured
Herbert for us.

Harold?

Yes, he's one
Of our guests.
He's an artist.

Would you like
To meet him?

Oh, yes, I would.
Yes, very much.

Well, come on in then
And close the door.

Harold?

[harold]
Yes, jill?

This is mr. Ben harris.

[harold]
How do you do?

Oh, how do you do?

And this is mr. Harold
Tufnell-jones.

You're, uh, wondering what I'm
Doing up here, aren't you?

I'm not up here all the time.
It's just herbert's been
Giving us a bit of a chase.

Would you mind
Helping me down?

Would you mind if I talked
With miss tregellis
About her lawyer?

Well, I'm sure that can wait
Till I'm down on terra firma.

Would you give me a hand?

Well, of course.

Jill?

About mr. Penrose--

I'll take you in to see him
In a minute. He's been in
His study all day.

How do you do?
Thank you very much.

It's quite
All right.

Please, will you
Come with me?

There's something
I'd like to show you.

Self-portrait.
Do you like it?

It's, uh, it's a good
Likeness, if anybody
Would want such a thing.

I-I'm sure
Someone will, ben.

"If anyone would
Want such a thing?"

I signed it
Myself. Look.

Harold tufnell-
Jones, f.R.A.

Oh!

A fellow of the
Royal academy?

Not actually. Founder of
The roosters' association.
Very select.

Ah. You say that
Mr. Penrose
Is in his study?

Yes, just across
The hall.

Jill, I've just come up
From the beach and--

[door banging]

Somebody's
In there.

What is it?

Go back to the
Other room and
Wait for me. Go on.

Go on,
Please.

Ben, are you
All right?

Did anyone go
Out that door?

No.

Are you sure?

I'm positive.

Should
Anyone have?

I don't know.

Where's mr. Penrose?

I, uh...

I found his body
On the beach.

He's dead.

We shouldn't
Leave the
Body there.

Ah, what are you
Afraid of?

I don't know
One man who can
Call me coward

And look me
In the face.

There are things
No man should
Have to see or hear.

What things?

Ah, he's been hearing
Them ghost bells again.

Yes, I heard them
Last night and they
Were red in the sea,

Like blood color.

[fisherman #3]
Well, I never heard 'em and
I was born here. Come on, son.

Do you really hear
Those ghost bells?

Yes, I heard 'em.
Deep down in the
Sea, they were.

Bells from a
Shipwreck, is it?

It's lyonesse,
The lost city in the sea!

I always thought
That was an
Old wives' tale.

Ah, there's a
City there,
Right enough.

Thousands of years back,
The sea just came and
Swallowed it up.

And there it lies now,
Buried in the deep.

Why does the
Bell sound?

Well, we found
Mr. Penrose,
Didn't we?

There have been
Other bodies, too.

When the bell sounds,
It means death.

There we are.
That's better.

Now, there's, uh,
There's just this one.

Hey, where're
The nails?

There's a book
Missing from
The set here.

Oh, I shouldn't worry
About that.

Things are always
Disappearing
In tregathion.

Oh, really?
Yeah.

Do you know the
Old rector vanished
About 50 years ago?

Never been
Seen since.

You know something,
Harold, you are a mine of
Fascinating information.

Now, it's funny
You say that,

Because it is said
That he was lost in
An old tin mine.

Funny you mentioned mines.

But, uh, what's that
Got to do with
The missing book?

Oh, the book's unimportant.

You see, I did
A sketch of jill and put
It between the pages.

Oh, really?

Where are
Those nails?

Well, why would anyone
Want to steal your
Sketch of jill?

Well, ben, modesty
Prevents me from
Saying that perhaps

It was a man of
Great taste, who, who
Fancied a work of art.

Oh, here
They are.

I wonder...

Hold that,
Will you?

You know, all these
Things happening--
Penrose's death

And that sketch in
The book disappearing.

What about them?

Well, they're
All connected.

I mean, they have one
Thing in common--jill.

You're a great one
For mysteries,
Aren't you?

You're just trying
To frighten us.
Isn't he, herbert?

[clucking]

What do you think
Happened in here?

I told you,
I saw this thing.

I-I don't know what it was.
It-it wasn't human.

Now, ben, you're sensible,
You're intelligent,

You're a man of the world,
savoir-faire.

Now let's admit that--that
Anyone in the semidarkness

Could mistake a--an intruder
For something more mysterious.

Now, it's possible, isn't it?

Now, listen,
I'm a mining engineer,
A trained observer.

I look for the little
Things that the ordinary
Eye might pass over,

Because the slightest
Clue could mean a fortune
To those who employ me.

Now, if I say I saw
Something or someone that
Could be superhuman,

I mean it.

I'm going to put on
A proper pair of
Trousers--with legs on.

Herbert! Herbert!

Thank you for
Your kindness, ben.

What are you
Going to do now,

Stay here in england
Or go back to america?

I don't know. The estate
Isn't settled yet.

Well, mr. Penrose was
Working on it when...

Try not to
Think about it.

I just can't help it.

Jill, listen to me.
Now, I tell you,
You are in danger.

Now, all I want you to do
Is move someplace where
There are more people.

Well, I'm not
Running away.

Oh, you're stubborn.

Now what are
You doing?

I'm just checking.

You'd better leave
Them that way,
Do you hear?

Seaweed.

There you go again.

[chuckling]
All right, all right,
I'm imagining things.

That's what everybody says,
So I better believe it.

Maybe you should.

I found herbert.

I'm going up
To bed now.

Goodnight, jill.

Goodnight, ben, and
You get some rest, now.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Charming girl,
Absolutely charming.

An inspiration to
Any artist, I'd say.

I wonder if anyone would
Mind if I put my feet up on
The sofa for the night.

Charming.
Whatever for?

To keep an eye
On things.

Very wise. You'll pardon me
If I turn in. I want to
Get plenty of sleep.

I'm painting
An entirely new canvas
First thing in the morning--

The sunset.

A sunset in
The morning?

I'm a slow worker.
Goodnight, old fella.

Goodnight.

[thunder]

[dog barking]

[thunder]

[whispering voices]

[clicking]

[whispering voices]

[clock chiming]

[gasps]

[door closes]

Oh, it's you.

I do wish you'd stop
Playing the giddy goat.

You could've hurt me. I might
Never have painted again.

I suppose you've some
Reason for skulking
Around behind doors.

I just caught up
With herbert.
He'd escaped again.

I had a feeling
This sort of thing
Would happen.

Now, whatever it was that
Was in here before came back
And took jill. But how?

These old houses are full
Of sliding passages and
Secret thingamajigs.

Leave this to me!
You know what's
Wanted here?

Brainpower.

Now, if there's a hidden door,
There must be a--a concealed
Button somewhere.

My instinct tells me
To press, uh, here.

Or there.

[ocean waves crashing]

Ben.

You going in there
After her?

You are.

Heh, you're not expecting
Me to go in there,
Too, are you?

Aah.

Come on.

I warn you, ben, I'm
A little bit of a coward.

This is the way she was taken.

It smells like an
Overripe cheese.

[ben]
There's a trail
Of seawater.

[harold] heh, heh.
And quite a lot
Of seaweed.

A marvelous place for
A chinese restaurant.

Let's try
This way.

Come on.

Wait here.

Ben?

Ben?

Aah!

[harold]
Look out!

[both scream]

There's a lot to be
Said for ducks.

Water rolls off
Their backs.

They can swim and
Help a person, not like
Some chickens I know.

What on earth
Is this place?

I don't know. It,
Uh, looks like--

Like some sort
Of a watergate.

Oh, why don't you leave
That chicken behind?
She'll only get in the way.

Ah, he doesn't know who's
Man's best friend,
Does he, herbert?

[chuckles]

[ben]
It must lead
Somewhere.

[harold]
And I've got a nasty feeling
You want to find out where.

[rumbling]

[harold]
Don't worry, herbert,
Everything's fine.

Look, ben, if there's going
To be an earthquake,
Let's get off the bridge.

[rumbling]

I'm not coming here
For my summer holidays.

Let's find out
What's up ahead.

Ben, let's just sit
Here and--and wait for
Something pleasant to happen.

[ben]
Watch out!

You almost lost
Your bird.

Thank you and
Herbert thanks you.
Don't you, herbert?

Might even
Lay you an egg.

[whispering voices]

[rhythmic pumping]

Where is it
Coming from?

What is it?

Well, what about this?

What?
Down there?

It's the
Only way.

[ben]
Be careful.

[harold whimpering]

[rhythmic pumping]

[bell chiming]

What on earth
Have we got
Ourselves into?

Let's see if
We can help him.

[ben]
Let's get that chain off him.

[man]
Get out!

Quickly!
That way!

In a few seconds
This place will be
Full of water. Go on!

[harold]
It's no use, ben,
We can't help him.

[man]
Go on!

[ben]
What kind of people
Would do things like this?

[ben]
Let's find jill.

[whispering]
Jill.

seismology
By j.S. Tilton.

Why, that's odd.

This hasn't been
Through the sea.
None of it has.

And how do
They get the oil
For the lamps?

Here's my
Sketch of jill.

How did this get here?

[whispering]
Very odd.

Where is she?
Where is she?

Ugh!

[rumbling]

You fight
Very well,
Young man.

Did you kill him?

It doesn't
Really matter.
He dislikes me.

He'd like to step
Into my shoes,

Not that he
Ever will.

Get up.

Oh, don't worry,
He won't touch you, dan.

He might even teach
You how to fight,

If you asked him
Very humbly. Get up!

Well, now we've got that
Little matter settled, uh,

Who do we have
The--the, uh...

May I, uh...

Who are you, sir?

He be the captain.

It seems you tried to come
Down the passages at
The wrong time.

As it happens,
We have a...Local
Phenomenon here

That creates
Something of
A maelstrom

Under certain conditions
Of tide and circumstance.

I see. Well, perhaps you'll
Be kind and show us
The way out?

There is no way out,
Not for you.

And not for him.

Nor for the girl?
Is she alive?

You will answer
The questions,
Not ask them.

[harold]
No way out?

Well, y-you're not planning
To keep us here for good!

You're right,
We're not.

Then why
Can't we go?

Because there is an
Outside chance that
You might be of help.

I-I'd like to help.
I'm delighted to be of
Assistance at a-any time.

I'm only too pleased.

And if we can't help you?

Survival down
Here depends
On usefulness.

Well, uh...

In that case,
How could we help you?

Follow me.

[rhythmic pumping]

Beautiful,
Isn't it?

What--
What is it?

The city in
The sea.

Lyonesse?

Perhaps. One name is
As good as another.

[ben]
I asked, in what way
Could we help you?

There it is--

The volcano.

The peak is petrified sand,
Which is why it's transparent.

But the pressure of molten lava
Sealed inside of it

Has been building up
Steadily, steadily.

It was the pull
Of that monster,

The elemental power that
Is in it, that brought
You to our doorstep.

I remember when it was
Practically dormant.

But over the years
That glow has increased.

[rumbling]

The shocks, too--
Always stronger.

Yes, the end is coming.

Another year, another month,
Another week.

Another week?

Yes, perhaps.

Perhaps even sooner.

Yes, you are looking at
The final executioner.

Time is running out.

The only question
Now is--when?

[rhythmic pumping]

Do you hear
Those pumps?

They were installed by
The people who built it--

A great people.

So great that when
The sea took their land,

They built those pumps to pipe
The heat from the volcano

And to provide
Fresh air and water.

And they lived
Down there,

Those people,
For a while,
Under the sea

In their palaces
And towers.

And then they died,
Almost completely...

Except for them.

The...

The gill-men,
The half-men,

Pathetic remnants
Of a great nation.

But they're my people,
All the same.

Your people?

Yes. Yes, this is my world.

I am their king.

No, more than their king.

They believe that I am death--

Death looking gigantically
Down from my tower.

And they're right, I am death,

Because the means of
Death is in my hands.

But I am also life for
The same reason.

Except for the volcano?

Yes.

Except for the volcano.

Unless those tremors cease,
The pumps will stop. They must!

And when the pumps stop,

My city will die.

And so will my people.

I've done my best.

I've racked my brains
To think of a way
To fight back.

Raids up above there,
Seeking a solution.

We took this
Many years ago.

It's a seismometer.
You know, it registers
The tremors of the earth.

But what
Has it shown?

Only the increasing
Violence of the volcano
Growing stronger day by day.

And then we've
Looked for books.

Ah, yes,
Like this one.

I read it
Last night from
Cover to cover.

But it's less
Than useless.

But I must
Save my people.

How can you?

Oh...

We've heard of the
Strides that science
Made in this century.

But what do you
Mean, "Science
In this century"?

Look,
How long have
You been here?

I will ask
The questions.

And I cannot
Accept defeat.

No man has
A right to.

Look.

Those are
My people.

It's a hunting party,
Which my men are directing.

These creatures,
They help us to obtain food.

Needless to say,
Our stipend down here is fish.

You know how
Many years it has been
Since I have eaten beef

Or...Chicken?

Chicken?

What about penrose?
We found his body.

Ah, I gave him
A chance.

I don't know why,
Perhaps because
I liked him.

But he was
Of no use,
So I sent him out

With one of
Those diving suits.

I gave him a head start.

Hmm.

Mmm...

Yes, he even got
As far as the--

The golden shrine,
But no further.

Because your
Men killed him.

I said he had
His chance.

So do you have
A chance. You say
This is the end.

Why do
You stay?

There's a way out
Of here and you
Know where it is,

So why don't
You get out now
While you can?

No.
Why not?

You'll learn the answer
To that question if you
Live long enough.

I see. Well, to get back
To the question of
Finding your way out--

Who are you?

Uh, my name is harold
Tufnell-jones.
I'm an artist.

This is herbert.

Chicken!

[stammering]
You don't know
How lucky you are.

This is
Benjamin harris.

Professor
Benjamin--benjamin harris.

Professor.

Yes, he's a fellow
Of the royal society.

He-he holds both the
North of england and
The south of england

Golden awards
For technological
Achievement.

[chuckling nervously]
He's an ma, ba, fscg,

Lms, lner.

He's got more letters after
His name, you'd think
He was the alphabet.

And what he doesn't know
About earthquakes and

Seimonoso--
Seismo--
Seismology

And technological
Achievements, is absolutely
Not worth knowing.

Is this true?

Of course
It's true!

This fella, j.S. Tilton,
He's an amateur.

My friend ben,
He's the--the expert.

The expert,
Aren't you?
Heh, heh.

Can you save
My city?

Uh, from the
Volcano?

Yes. Can you stop it,
Tame it, kill it?

Oh--

Well, th-this
Is a matter for
Consideration,

And consideration
Takes time.

There is
No time.

No time.

Captain...

This is our tide meter.

The tide will turn when
The water level drops to zero.

You have exactly
3 hours, professor.

Make the most
Of your time.

[rumbling]

No, leave it!

I-I did that,
Uh, drawing.

I-it's not perhaps
One of my best,
Would you say?

A little too
Realistic, perhaps.

You're an
Indifferent
Artist, sir.

The young lady
Is much more
Beautiful than this.

Then she is alive
And she's here?

Yes, and you
Are alive, too.
Try to remain so.

Where is she?

Simon.

Take these men to
The grotto chamber.

It will do you no good
To question simon.

His tongue was
Cut out 60 years ago.

60 years?

Take them.

[whispering voices]

Who's that whispering?
Oh, I'm so sorry.

Are you as crazy
As the captain?

What do I know
About volcanoes?

That's interesting.

Could be babylonian.

Well, herbert, we've had
A busy day, haven't we?

Not that we've
Accomplished much.

Harold, what do I know
About volcanoes?

About as much as the captain,
Which is nothing at all.

I'm beginning to think
You talk too much.

If I stop talking, we're dead.
Do you want me to stop?

All right, I'm sorry.
But 60 years!

A tongue cut out
60 years ago,

Yet I-I'd swear the man's
In his early 30s.

Which suggests that
The captain is lying.

I don't know.

But where did they
Get those diving
Suits and those--

Those silly
Crossbows?

Heh, pretty ancient,
Aren't they?

Might have been used
By rip van winkle.

Well, quite obviously,
They haven't been sleeping.

the poems of
edgar allen poe.

This is the english
First edition,

Published in 1847.

It must be worth
A fortune.

[captain]
"No rays from the holy
heaven come down

"On the long nighttime
of that town

"For light from out
the lurid sea

"Streams up the
turrets silently

"Gleams up the pinnacles
far and free

"Up domes, up spires,
up kingly halls

"Up fanes--
up babylon-like walls

"Up shadowy
long-forgotten bowers

"Up sculptured ivy
and stone flowers

"Up many and many
a marvelous shrine

"Whose wreathed
friezes intertwine

"The viol, the violet,
and the vine

"So blend the turrets
and shadows there

"That all seem
pendulous in air

"While from a proud
tower in the town

"Death looks gigantically down

"The waves have now
a redder glow

"The hours are breathing
faint and low

"And when,
amid no earthly moans

"Down, down that town
shall settle hence

"Hell, rising
from 1000 thrones

"Shall do it reverence"

"The end."
The volcano--

Hell itself.

The, ah, the poem's
A coincidence.

And a gruesome one.

We've got to
Get out of here.

There must
Be a way.

It could be one
Of those passages.

Yes, very possibly.

It'd be a pity to
Leave here without
Some sort of memento.

Nothing valuable.
Just a little something.

All we'll take is jill.
But we've got to find her.

[dan]
Aye, and you can.
No problem about that.

You...You mean
We're free?

As birds
In a cage,

For you shall never
Find your way up there
Unless I help you.

Well, how?

Walls have ears.

If he should
Hear us...

Well, how can
He hear us?

You're dealing
With a crazy one.
He'll kill us all.

All right!
All right!

Can you take us
To miss tregellis?
The girl?

Yes. And I can
Take you away
From here.

But I'm coming
With you and I
Want a free pardon.

Hmm?

A free pardon.

You're a gentleman--
Important.

You can use your
Influence up there to
Get me a free pardon.

For what?

What would it be
But smuggling?

Well, there are other crimes--
Murder, robbery--

Smuggling,
It were.

He were
The captain,

A big man,
Squire of
Tregathion.

He owned the manor
House and all the
Land around for miles.

He were a gentleman,
But a smuggler
Just the same.

We all worked
For him.

Did pretty well,
Too, till those
Excise men moved in.

Excise men?

Aye. Couldn't
Keep their big
Noses out of it.

They moved in one night.
We all escaped.

Upwards of 20 of us,
With the captain.

Down the passages
We went.

We knew them all.
Down into the sea we come.

And we found the city
And we've been here ever since.

Ever since when?

Oh, that was, uh...
Summer of 1803.

[chuckling]
You must be mad.

Who wouldn't be
After 100 years of this?

100 years?

[laughing]

You don't
Believe me, eh?

See for yourselves.
This book belonged
To his wife--

The captain's wife.
Have a look.

That be the
Captain's name--
Hugh.

Hugh.

Sir hugh, if you
Want the facts.

Sir hugh.

He were a knight
Of the realm.

And that be the
Captain's handwriting.

Writ with
A quill pen.

See how the ink's
All faded with age.

[harold]
Well, how can you prove that
It's the captain's writing?

[dan] I'll tell
You how, sir.

You see, it's the
Same letter "O,"

The same "E" and
The same "T."

And that's no more
Than 8 years old.

And there's the pen
He used that time.

A fountain pen.

Aye, brought down
Here by some gent

Who said the likes
Of that had only
Just been invented.

Well, the captain writ
Those words with it.

And he wrote those
Back in 1799.

Well, sir?
Is it a bargain?

I can take you to
The woman and I can
Take you to tregathion.

But do I get my
Pardon up there?

There'll be no
Pardon for you,
Not anywhere.

I knew you'd
Do this, dan.

No, captain.
I was only telling
Them about us.

About us?
Did they believe you?

100 years old?

Rather more,
As it happens.

It is hard to
Accept, is it not?

[ben] you need
Our help.

Well, I'd say the
World needs yours.

You found a way
To live forever.

It is a secret that
We cannot pass on, sir.

Now, unfortunately, it is
Only a local phenomenon.

I still can't
Believe it.

You wouldn't.

We didn't believe
It ourselves,

Not for the first
10 or 20 years.

Then we began to
Find out that none of us
Was growing any older.

So we finally
Decided that it was
The quality of the air,

Due to an imbalance
Of oxygen,

Brought on by
The presence of
The volcano.

Did you tell them
Where to find her, dan?

No, captain,
I never did.

No, he didn't.
He certainly didn't.

But it won't be
Necessary, I'll take
You to her myself

After you've said
Goodbye to dan.

Goodbye?

But I never said where
She was, captain.
I never told them!

Look at him.
Pathetic, isn't he?

Did you really think
That you could go up
Above there, dan, and live?

You're a fool.

Or perhaps I should
Have told you the
Truth long ago.

The truth?

It has to do
With actinic rays,
Ultraviolet rays.

Down here under the sea,
They--they become diffused

And they can't
Harm us, but--

But up above, up there,
They would finish us.

But it ain't true!
I've been up there time and
Again myself and many others.

Only for short
Periods, and only
At night, dan.

In the daylight,
We would grow old,
Dan, so fast

That it would be like a--
Like a worm shriveling on
A hot stone in the sun.

That's why we're
All prisoners of
Our own hell, dan.

But we're alive.

Yes, we are.

And you might
Have been, if the
Professor can help us.

Yes, that's right. Dan.

You might have lived
Forever and ever.

But perhaps
You're lucky.

Take him away!

No, captain! No!

[loud rumbling]

It was
The biggest.

[ben] your pumps
Are still working.

[captain]
Yes.

But for
How long?

It's coming sooner
Than I thought.

Look.

Those poor creatures,
They're frightened.

And I said I would
Take you to the
Young lady and I will.

Blindfold them.

Now look, aren't you
Carrying this thing
A little too far?

Oh well,
If you insist.

My men will
Guide you.

Nothing will
Happen to you...Yet.

I don't like
The word "Yet."

Take off his
Blindfold.

Jill.

Remove his
Blindfold, too.

[harold]
Mine?

Remove it.

Thank you.

[herbert clucking]

We put her
To sleep.

We gave her a
Sleeping draft.

[bell chiming]

There's the bell.

Yes, but not
The bells that
You're thinking of.

They only sound at
The turn of the tide.

No. These are the
Signal for execution.

Ours?

No, dan's.

You killed him.

No. I simply sent him
Where he wanted to go--

Up there,
In the daylight.

Dear me, who've
We here, huh?

Strangers, eh?

[rumbling]

Noisy night for
Your first visit.

Tell me, who was the--
Who was the execution
Gong for?

Was it for--mm, no.
No, no, of course not.

That was 8 years ago.
At least, I think it was 8.

Oh, she's--
She's still asleep.

She's pretty.

Very pretty.

A nice girl by
The look of her.

Ah.

Well, then...

Let me introduce myself.

My name is ives.

Ives?

Rev. Jonathan ives.

I was rector
Of tregathion.

The village,
You know.

A nice place,
Nice people.

But they say
You disappeared
50 years ago.

Mmm...

Was it as long
As that?

How time flies,
Even down here.

All right, old man,
You've talked enough.

These 2 have seen
Enough. Blindfolds.

If you harm
That girl--

Harm her?

Why would I harm her?

Worry about
Yourselves.

You're to find
A solution,
Remember?

Take them!

She's waking.

Watch over her,
Old man.

Take off
Their blindfolds.

Come with me.

[rhythmic pumping]

[whispering]
Ben.

Dan and the captain
Came in this way,

Which means that
Those stairs must
Lead to the tower.

Which way does
That door lead to?

What are you
Up to now, harold?

We want to escape,
Don't we?

Dan said he'd take us
Out of here.

Yes, but he also said
We needed his help to do it.

Of course
He'd say that.

So?

So, there must be
A way out of here.
Let's find it.

Well, not
Without jill.

No, no,
Of course not.
She's coming, too.

How can she? I don't
Have the slightest
Idea where she is.

I have. I counted
The number of
Steps we took

And the way
We turned.

When we came
In this way,

We took 7 steps and
Turned to the--to the right.

So that when
We go back
We--we take 7 steps

And we turn
To the--to the left.

And then, if we
Take 60 paces,

There are
The stairs.

Well, what are
We waiting for?
Hee hee!

1, 2--

No, that can't be right.
Now, wait a minute,
I-I'll get it.

3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Ah, did I say
Right or left?

Left.

Right.

Uh, follow
Me then.

Beatrice.

Never leave me again.

You've come back to your
Husband after all these years.

Never leave me again.

Not while I live.

[harold]
57, 58, 59, 60. There.

Jill, we're going to
Get you out of here.
We're going to try.

How did you
Get here at all?

We'll tell
You later.

But first, do you
Remember the way
They brought you down here?

It was dark and I was
Struggling so much.

But there were--
There were passages.

And there was
A cave, I think.

And then, I must
Have fainted.

It was the last thing
I remembered.

There was a man,

An-and the way he
Stared at me...

Then you
Didn't come down
Through the sea?

Jill?

No!

Then there is
A dry land route.

Would you know
The way?

The way out, you mean?
Oh yes, there is a way.

Except my--my
Memory isn't quite

What it used to be.
Things seem to...

Seem to elude me.

[ben]
Please try to remember.

I'll remember.
Presently, I'll remember.

I've noticed things
Seem to come and go.

Oh, and, did you--
Know they killed dan?

[jill]
His mind wanders.

Sometimes he knows what he's
Saying, but most of the time--

What's behind
The altar?

It's another
Room. He told me,
It's a dead end.

Then we'll take
The other passage.
I'll go first.

But wha-what about
Mr. Ives?

Mr. Ives, would you
Like to come, too?

Perhaps you'll remember
If you come as well.

[rumbling]

No, thank you, sir, no.
It's such a noisy night.

I prefer to
Take my ease.

Poor dan.

He was so good.

There's some good
In everybody,
Don't you think?

[rumbling]

Anyway, that's always
Been the precept

On which I've built my life,

My very long life.

[whispering voices]

This one,
The right one.

It's quite a maze,
Isn't it?

I should have warned you
That those passages
Were a waste of time.

So you found
The young lady, hmm?

One of you is brighter
Than I thought.

That's me.

Then, in that case, you're
Entitled to your reward.

It's a pity, however, that the
Professor must suffer, too.

Suffer?

Simon.

[bell chiming]

That's your
Execution bell?

Yes, sir.

But it has other
Uses as well.

What are you going
To do about us?

They will make
That decision.

Death?

[captain]
Of course.

But we're expected to follow
An established ritual.

Don't ask me how old it is.

They've been asking for
A sacrifice for the volcano.

Now they can have it!

What, him?

[herbert clucking]

You.

But that's idiocy.
Killing us won't
Stop the volcano.

I know that,
But they don't.

If a sacrifice will make
Them a little happier for
What little time is left...

[rumbling]

Listen to
Your pumps.

The sound's different.

Yes.

Yes, I'm afraid you're right.

But that doesn't
Alter your situation.

They have decided.

You will be sent out

Just before the
Turn of the tide.

Why wait
For the tide?

We're not murderers, sir.
You will be given your chance.

You will be given diving
Suits and a head start,
Just as penrose was.

A lot of good
It did him!

Yes, I agree.

And I doubt if it will
Help you very much, either.

But what chance
Did you give dan?

Dan was a traitor.

Your only crime
Was curiosity.

[harold]
How will a head
Start help us?

Will she be sent
Out with us, too?

No.

Take her back.

Oh, and, uh, by the way,
Do not attempt to
Get to her again.

From now on those
Passages will be guarded.

All right, simon!

Simon's still out
There, of course?

[ben]
What the--

[whispering]
Shh, be quiet. Everything
Above a whisper can be heard.

What, in here?

Yes, here. He told me.

He's all right now.
He knows what he's saying.

I do. You
Must've heard
Them whispering.

You think they
Can't hear you?

How?

They have some
Sort of listening
Tubes, so whisper.

But how did you get here?
There's a guard out there.

There was
A guard.

You, uh, you
Remember the way?

The way they
Brought jill
Down here?

Yes, of course I do.
But it's no use now.

That route is only clear
Of seawater for a few
Minutes every day.

You have to wait 18 hours.

18 hours?

Your only chance
Of escape is at the
Turn of the tide.

But they're sending
Us out any minute.

So the young
Lady told me.

Out there?

You'll have to.

Because you won't stand
A chance once the
Guards are on your trail.

You mean,
You want us
To go now?

You must reach the
Golden shrine at
The turn of the tide.

It's nearly half
A mile away.

The cave under
The cliff, just to the
Right of the volcano.

Yes, but how do
We get there?

There are some
Diving suits in the
Watergate chamber.

That must be the
Way you came in.

Oh, he's right,
We did.

It's dangerous,
I know.

But if you stay,
You'll die anyway.
So what can you lose?

Right.

So...

You'll go down to the
Watergate chamber,
The 3 of you.

You'll put on
The diving suits.

They're clumsy and
Difficult to handle.

But you'll soon
Get used to them.

And the locked-gate
Control winch is on the right.

It's rusting,
But it works.

Once you're under sea,
The glare from the
Volcano will guide you.

Now if you follow the
Glare till you're
Past the crater,

Then the shrine is above
Water level at the
Turn of the tide,

And there's a pathway that
Leads up to tregathion.

But if the volcano
Isn't active now, then--

Then how can
It guide us?

Well, that's just
Something you'll
Have to accept.

But what about the
Guards, on the way
Down to the watergate?

There'll be
No guards once
The alarm sounds.

Alarm?

The execution
Gong, it's also
The alarm signal.

Once the alarm sounds,
Any guards that are
On the stairway

Will come rushing down
The passage to make
Sure that you're here.

But you'll fool them
By going up
To the tower

And then going down
The stairway
From there.

And nobody will hear
You, not above the
Sound of the gong.

Who'll be in
The tower room?

Only me,
Sounding the alarm.

The captain
Will have gone
To his room.

All right, now
I'm going up
To the tower.

Now remember,
Once you hear the gong,
Join me immediately.

Can't you come
With us?

Thank you, no.

I'm--I'm too old and too...

Too tired.

There is one point.

There's no need for
You to take a chance.

Because I happen to know
Why you were brought here.

It was because of a sketch
Found in a stolen book.

I was with the captain
When he came upon it.

I've never seen a man so...

So moved, he...

He ordered them to bring
You here. He was
Like a man possessed.

But you can stay.
Nobody is going to hurt you.

Good luck to you.
Give me 2 minutes.

[rhythmic pumping]

Oh, boy.
I'm really sorry.

Don't worry, herbert.
I'll get you home
In time for tea.

[clucking]

[rumbling]

[bell chiming]

[ben]
Come on.

Quick,
On your way!

Who is that?

Now, come along.
Hurry, please!

That's a picture of me!

No, no, no. That
Portrait's over 100
Years old. Now, go!

It's me.

Jill!

Go, I said!
The tide won't
Wait for you.

He's right,
We've got to get out!

Come on.

[rumbling]

Well, it's
Try or die.

[bell chiming]

Are those
Men there?

They're gone,
Captain.

They musn't escape.
They must not escape.

If we get into
The sea, which
Way do we turn?

There's no light
From the volcano.

Put on your helmets.
It'll show through.

Keep your eyes on me
And stay close.

[door closing]

Where is she?
Where is she?
Where are those men?

Woman.
Pleasant enough...

Where is she?
Where is she?

You told them
How to escape!

It was only fair.
It was only fair.

You men, you men,
Go ahead of me!

Find them!
Follow them!

[captain]
You men...

Quickly, arm yourselves
With those crossbows!

[ben]
Come on! Hurry up!
There's no time to lose!

I'll be back.

Herbert, come here.
Herbert, don't be...

Harold!

[harold]
Herbert. Herbert!

[herbert clucking]

[rumbling]

Jill!

He's out there.
He's all right.

Yes, but we're in here,
And we're all wrong.

Don't just
Stand there. Dig.

[clucking]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

Come back. Come back!
Don't leave me!

This place will be
Underwater in minutes.

[clucking]

You--you can't get out of
Here by yourselves.

I can help you.

[moaning]

[clucking]

Careful.

Beatrice? Beatrice,
Listen to me!

Tell them--tell them that
We've found each other.

Beatrice, make them help me
So that I can save you.

The passageway,
To the left.

Come on, we can't
Help him. It's even
Too late for us.

[ben]
It's locked!

[ben]
All right,
Let's try this.

[clucking]

Jill!

[captain]
"Death to some more happy clime

"Shall give his
undivided time"