Panic in the City (1968) - full transcript

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possible skull fracture

alterations what do we have on him nurse?
I've known identity doctor no papers or

credentials you can come up to x-ray
then run the pathology check

let's call x-ray doctor I'll be right
with you getting ready will you dick

right move them over onto the table one

We're ready Doctor

Sounds like we've got a radiation leak doctor

check the whole lab yesterday 150 ranges
the highest emanations ever recorded in

a human body worth 500 and that was
Hiroshima wonder he's covered with



radiation burn get these men into total
isolation as quick as you can skip

doctor a doctor his condition nullify
his x-ray

what about decontamination he's too far
gone for that get him out of here and

put the guard on his door make sure no
one gets near him without the proper

authorization so the moment we knew what
it was we placed him in isolation and

called the Atomic Energy Commission they
in turn called you people and well it's

funny as he come through at any time now
he's been comatose ever since they

brought him in by every indication he is
going to remain that way until the end

dr. Stevens meet Special Agent Pomeroy
of the National Bureau of Investigation

NBI you don't look like an NB I men to
me mr. Pomeroy well you don't look like

a doctor doctor oh but I am I have my
diploma hanging on my office wall would

you like to see it you're not being
investigated doctor that's a relief mr.

Pomeroy is here to find out who our
friend in isolation is and when and how

we got those burns dr. Stevens is our
radiation specialist and I vouch for the



validity of her diploma well should we
go see our man

you understand doctors kept confidential
until we get more facts of course I'll

alert the staff dr. Wilcox
this is mrs. Pryor the police told her

about the unidentified man who was
brought in this morning from their

description she thinks that my beer has
been fried he's in there mrs. Baier you

can seem for the window that your
husband is from yeah I'm sorry I'll have

to have his prints and a couple of
pictures document prints years the

pictures are out the high degree of
radiation coming from his body would

lock out the negative completely I see
what you mean

and I'll need his clothes for a lab
check in Washington too well they are

sealed in a lead-lined container and you
can see Pam anywhere without salute

safety anything else no that'll do it
the time thing you better put this on

Santa can be dangerous and when you come
out you have to go through the

contamination stainless we all have to
do it right

laughter noon I'm looking for a
particular Van de Velde

a marine see no we have quite a few do
you know the catalogue number ten twenty

to ten twenty to little chick huh yeah
we have a request for that order can you

deliver this evening
1022 right

Oh standby

you name Johnson that's right you got a
phone call for supervisor said surgeon

what's that guy got from ezel something
like that three eight four three one did

they leave the name supervisor just said
it was urgent

you want a phone I'll stand by for you

this is how Johnson called you just
never know all I had to go through to

finally track you down there at the
hospital so who is this

the corner of $6 at 7:30 good night

okay yeah thanks for spelling me sure

well the fingerprints is negative so far
that rules out him working in an atomic

installation maybe the lab in Washington
turned up something when they check his

clothes I'll stick by the hospital you
might come to and start talking dr.

Stevens is on the line hello Doctor I'll
be right over our man won't be talking

he died last night he was dead when we
checked him for treatment this morning I

didn't think he'd go so fast it's hard
to understand well how long does it

usually take to bring a man on Oh
ends on the amount of exposure he a

degree of burn although this man had
more than his share no atomic

installation could possibly give off
that kind of radiation there too well

protected well where do you think he
could have picked it up I wouldn't begin

to know he was exposed to the raw metal
uranium plutonium any of the heavier

elements have been around the stuff
without any protection whatsoever and

you're of the opinion that he died of
causes other than radiation I didn't say

that
I know but I'm asking for an autopsy

anyway how soon can you do it we'll have
to do it in isolation where he died

wearing insulated suits I don't know
what happened the autopsy shows the man

you are guarding was murdered I told you
I don't know what happened and you

didn't leave his door even for a minute
you're in trouble son all right all

right I left for a while one of the
orderlies hands me a piece of paper with

a phone number on it the message says
urgent you offer to take my place while

I made the call you got the paper

yeah how are we you're gone for five
minutes maybe did you talk to some girl

I don't remember at all only she
remembers me we made a date but you

didn't show up this orderly who relieved
you you know I never saw him before

did you describe him I think I could
good I want you to give his discretion

to one of our artists anything to help
see what you can get no take your time

how tall with him I don't know my size
maybe a little taller numbers of

payphones the Plaza Hotel thanks Jim
fits right to look like I'll call the

lab in Washington they should ever
report in close man drop by my office

when you get through here yes sir this
is long I think and and straight okay

what is mouth mouth kind of turns down

run photostats passed them around the
boys and get some to the police

department when Joel tell them we don't
want him arrested just locate it yes sir

well the clothes paid off Washington
identified the dead man as a Carl Sinden

he came in from Paris little over a
month ago he was a scientist working

around European atomic installations I'm
on a report for the Atomic Energy

Commission at least they'll be happy to
know this fella sind ins contamination

was not of local origin yeah but there's
still a murder to consider

that's for police our job is to find out
how and where he got this radiation he

could have gotten it before he entered
this country well if that's true he

could have contaminate to the other
passengers on the plane that brought him

in they could be in a bad way I know
what's wrong with him

right I'm gonna check it out went Dave
it's a technical job better try to get

that dr. Stephens to help good idea sure
it is on Dave take her to dinner

put it on your expense account will do

hi alright if you're looking for someone
I hope it's me I wait for dr. Stephen

she's over there the one with the figure
the brains and the crazy baby into

Thanks

dr. Stevens I presume hey what a
delightful surprise

I phoned the hospital they told me I'd
find you here

I always come here to my baseball nice
to be with healthy

yeah they don't look like they're
suffering from malnutrition it's my

night off how about some Dunning you
sure know how to please the girl would

you sit here and relax what I change I
won't be a minute right

come in go

I hope you understand the delay but I
had to be sure there is Elle Ryan's mind

if I count it I'd be disappointed if you
didn't tell me how does it feel to kill

a man how does it feel to pay to have it
done the same I suppose you know the man

I hired you to kill was my friend but it
didn't bother me so the other should be

easy
others thousand I wouldn't think you'd

have that many friends if you're ready
my man will take you to the airport

you know that friend of yours was dying
anyway what you need me for I didn't

want him to talk that's the chart in his
bed said he was radioactive all right

take mr. Gupta the airport have a nice
trip and thank you

have you ever seen a more enchanting
side many times

Kariya most beautiful sight in the world
is the bank of a flat top you're

returning from a mission
you wouldn't pilot still an Coast Guard

Reserve I fly those choppers once or
twice a month don't like fun it is what

do you say we take a look at a even
better view than this what instant that

shadow Breann we ordered I thought you'd
never mention it I'm starved

salud

oh we find out the man with the
radiation was a foreign scientists who

arrived in this country a month ago
is it possible that he was already

contaminated when landed oh no it could
not have happened more than one day

before he was found

carpenter come on yes where
right over at least find a body of a man

who might be our hospital burger you
mind coming along I wasn't hungry anyway

what are we waiting for loop in it the
NBI wants to check him out

what is there to check out

look at Freddie dr. Steven how do you do
I need oh we're pretty sure it's your

man Dave he's down there

according to our ambulance doctor he is
stabbed and then dumped in the water a

couple of teenagers fooling around all
their spotlights found him otherwise he

might have been washed out with the tide
any identification none whatever

any ideas I'm not trying to hold out on
you with Sanders at the moment I really

don't know who he is anything a little
fire engine he was exposed that's for

sure
could he have picked it up at the

hospital possible I'll have a man who
can give a positive identification down

to the morgue in the morning I realize
the element of murder makes this your

case lieutenant but our emphasis
national security so I'm gonna have to

ask you to keep it as quiet as you can
let us know every move you make we

certainly will thanks

I'm Pomeroy I have an appointment with
dr. Becker yes sir dr. Becker is

expecting this thank you I'd like to see
dr. Paul Sybil I'm sorry dr. servos in

seminar he can't be disturbed I'll wait
Carlos Indian physicist graduated

further in university 1946 received
fellowship to Charles University in

Prague 1948 was assigned to experimental
physics at the University

Oh record of his working in this country
of young one here who might have been a

child's university 48 the only name that
comes to mind right off is dr. Paul

servo I'd like to talk to him I'll get
him ask dr. servo to come to my office

please thank you you uh you say Carl
sinden is dead murdered I see and you

think dr. Sara Bell can help you find
the mayor well we might be able to give

us some information a lead it's worth a
try Oh dr. servo yes there's a gentleman

here who's been waiting to see you I
can't see him now I was told to give you

this

when now

is dr. Becker and you will kick dr.
servo for me well did he say when he was

coming back I can't understand going out

you've gone far dr. servo I've been
following your career with considerable

interest in that case you should know a
lot about me Oh everything for instance

I know that you're an obscure scientist
in Prague more than 10 years ago you

were investigated and found to have the
background the desirable attributes of

the Patriot you were brought to this
country given the finest of education

the way was paved for you you were
placed in the proper spots allowed to

meet the right people and through these
machinations you worked on some very

important project this learning for
yourself the name of being one of the

foremost scientists in the United States

I'm in an enviable position at the
Institute

I have free access to matters pertaining
to as yet secret formulas that it well

then it's sabotage as much at the
Institute that can be destroyed no no

doctor said Oh is there something much
bigger

something that will stagger your
imagination it was to have been

Carlson's project cinder yes I remember
him it was an associate in Frank Alf

Landen is dead contaminated with
radioactivity how is that possible Sinan

was a brilliant scientist he was also a
brilliant drunk an alcoholic whose

weakness was costly both to him and
because the decision was made to have

you complete the project dr. servo you
are to assemble an atomic bomb

in charge sir no please wait here he
won't be with you in a moment hello Dave

I don't we're all the reporters during
here I don't know sir well crawled up

the district a while back said he had a
real important announcement late

now what's the NBI his interest in this
it's a long story coming ladies and

gentlemen he's fine

I want to thank you ladies and gentlemen
for accepting my invitation I've just

mailed my resignation to the Institute
I want my reason to be known by everyone

and I don't want to be misquoted what
are your reasons doctor for years I've

lived in the hope that nuclear reaction
can be used only for its wonderful

benefit but that is not to be each year
we devise bigger and more terrible bomb

I want no further part of a scientific
body who are intelligent enough to

harness the atom yet stupid enough to
bring on world destruction this but

isn't it true doctor that you were the
one who advocated the larger h-bomb my

interest in the h-bomb was solely an
interest in its useful application that

are nothing more today more nations have
acquired the secret any one of them is

capable of triggering world destruction
I want no further part of that what are

your future plans doctor are you giving
up science altogether

oh I take a rest a vacation perhaps then
I might devote my time to some papers

and the atoms usefulness its own to
mankind that is if mankind is still with

us you mean it's possible he might not
be the next walk would answer that you

expect the public to react favorably to
your decision oh I'm sure that the

opinions will be divided but the
decision will be mine alone are there

any other questions doctor I understand
that you worked at Charles University in

Prague around 1948 yes I did
I wonder if you were acquainted with a

dr. Karl Sinden there Sinden I know I
don't seem to recall the name doctor sir

though you mentioned the next war in
your opinion when will it happen who

knows one year 1020 but it will come
it's inevitable unless we put a stop to

this nuclear cancer but who would want
to start it what nations would want to

invite self-destruction any nation even
the smallest you cannot give a child a

gun
even though he knows he will respect we

will do it just the same and ladies and
gentlemen we all are children solution

doctor there is a solution for
everything even there even this all we

have to do is seek it but we are too
busy ignoring it

you have won the solution

thank you very much doctor

added girth all right except for one
thing

one of the reporters brought up the name
of Karl Sinden well what about it well

before I realized it I have denied
knowing him it's on my record that he

worked with me in Prague I checked
further the circumstances I cannot be

senior again not gonna contact you by
telephone might be tapped that means a

communication would be established the
meanwhile just wait let's not leave the

house if dr. Paul servo civilizations is
on the way out unless the a bond be

abolished completely thoroughly
disgusted with the nuclear armament race

dr. servo quit his job today at an
interview dr. servo stated I was at that

interview servo denied knowing Carl
syndrome

well it doesn't prove anything there's
something else remember the woman who

was at the hospital looking for a
husband yeah what about it she was there

too at the interview now in another room
so so the killer had to know on what

floor and what room Sinan was yeah
you're right Dave it could be a

connection let's put a 24-hour watch on
servers house

it's day and he hasn't left the house
once about the woman she never came back

no one else is going in neither the idea
what he's doing it the best and whatever

yeah take a look for yourself

or he's under the desk now
was number one simple is coming out of

the service efforts and heading towards
garage

entering the garage I can't see inside

he's coming out of the garage to the
house

but there for a minute would have some
action hold it

service doors opening it's the butler

he's heading toward the garage the
garage door

I can hear a car starting up back in the
car out now torch job California license

well for you
what's going on um it's David

you

hey I had to be having a little problem
with my car sorry mister I just closed

up but there's a garage down the street
a half a block why don't you try there

you

you

or another no later than three days okay
we'll get it

yes I asked for 24s T right away it's a
rush job yeah I know but they were the

in a moment

that's right 20 feet well I know it's
not what I want but I'm going to bind it

will machine it to size right okay so
I'm in outside okay

hello yes Albert I was followed to the
machine shop who what about the sketch I

took it back don't take any chances get
it over to another shop and stick with

it until it's made right and wait
let's get several up tonight

you just left the room so we just left
the room I still wish we'll get out the

lights on what's matter with music I've
had enough music blast me for a while

nation pose number one yeah

driving out

here you are
pirate from Spain via doctress even

catering looks delicious what is it
Jupiter pescado translation with Juba

means soup the sky low fish is there
fish to me I can see lobster shrimp

clams what else with NASA white wine
tomatoes onions green olives eat in a

certain savoir faire in the preparation
if you ever decide to leave your x-ray

machines try a restaurant can't miss oh
I'm sorry about that but you know that

if you pay your bills they won't
disconnected hello yes he's here

just a minute I should have told you
gave your number fine thing my phone

number in the NBI is little black book
it's alright I told them we're getting

married

yes sir Bo and the butler just left the
house Tom's tailor might mean something

call him and Tom Jackson

what was that you said oh I just told a
call me when I mean that part about

getting married all that well you just
can't go around getting out a lady's

phone number so I told them we're
engaged you're not gonna make a wire

around of course not
whatever the cost we mustn't keep you

honest

exciting isn't it very we could have the
lights on I could read yeah

go ahead Pablo I suppose the garage

you

hello yes I'll go solo it just occurred
to me that we forgot the wine you have

to go back to the market yes sir I'll go
right away

it's a carburetor
you're sure it's a long time mister now

I know what carburetor when I see one
this photo is of a crafter made

carburetor what more cannot take I'm
convinced thanks for your help

there's one thing though it's a new
model a new model yes that's right a new

model I'll show you the old ones didn't
have these things on

where'd you get these photographs Dave
I'd rather not say

I'm afraid you'll have to if not to me
then to the Atomic Energy Commission

these are photographs of component W of
the thermonuclear bomb

I see this is a photograph of a sketch
you had your office yesterday

I want the sketch of the parts of me
can't do it

the man who brought in the job came back
minutes later said he had some changes

to make to the sketch you never returned
any idea where he took it nothing

you know who he is I never saw him
before yesterday sorry I wish I could

help I wish you could sue

from
he picked up the sketch after I

photograph I guess the more men start
from here

fan out check every machine shop you can
find there about a dozen photographs of

the thing in here

yeah

three four to connect me with em one one
moment 342 yes as the police pick up the

Sunbeam sports car red California
license wmo eight nine to have a date

right also get a John Doe warrant posted
to take over the observation post number

one John Doe warrant observation post
number one got it all right have it days

chapter one yes sir

what's he doing it's Benji's desk all
morning let's pick him up

I'll try on the back

stay here

where'd he come from the house
how'd you get in the place was covered

every minute are you sure that was servo
that came back last night yes positive

Freeman get up

get it now you try upstairs you down
here right

where's dr. servo I have nothing to say
what's your name I have nothing to say

you're gonna have to talk sooner or
later

you

may have a fractured skull call an
ambulance right don't know stairs and

then just what I'm gonna find out
that's right an ambulance it best three

five three Linden plate all right you're
gonna answer some questions dare me

in the basement
were you followed not this time

any more trouble

how does it look we'll see in a minute

your work here is finished you and
Albert will now go to Chicago same

operation you'll rent the house he'll
set up the business front here are your

tickets your luggage will be forwarded
you've just time enough to make the plan

what about the car leave it at the
airport good job of machining see this

orifice checks exactly right
the others that is good we can proceed

will it be difficult so far my thing has
been difficult except the time I spent

as an American citizen listen to this
dr. servo you will be remembered as a

great American your fears of world chaos
express my own if only the other

scientists took this stand it might
convince the world of the terrible

consequences of a nuclear war it's
signed an American what's that all of

that letters he got when his resignation
at the news favors

what you want to do with him well they
probably don't mean anything but running

through decoding anyway I'll trace a
servo huh and

somebody inside I'll show you where he
is

look at the machine gun I found the
place where the carburetor was made but

I got there five minutes after was
picked up one through seven right Dave

please pick up the trail of course car
we're moving west on Jefferson

you

sadly on their way to the airport to
catch a plane tickets to Chicago were

found in their possession any
identification lots of it probably all

fictitious the boys are checking it out
now that means only servo oh don't

forget the carburetor it was picked up
55 minutes before the car wreck so we

can assume that it was delivered and
their assignment here is at an end does

the same apply to civil oh I think he
now has the carburetor and his

assignment is just beginning
possibly what does it add up to well it

adds up to a scientist who has in his
possession parts of what dr. Becker told

me made up component W Koren W component
W itself it's not important it's only

important as part of a master assembly
and assembly that gives off terrific

radiation such as send and receive I
know it sounds fantastic but I'm of the

opinion that an atom bomb is being
assembled in the city how could they

possibly get everything necessary to
assemble such a bomb must have taken a

long time but they're shrewd and patient
when they were ready they sent the

scientists in to put it all together but
something must have gone wrong if you'll

recall we proved definitely that Senden
was not radioactive when he came into

this country come in excuse me
we just decoded one of the letters we

found in servos house or I just leave it
you'd better read it sir project must be

completed and ready to set off within 48
hours on delivery of CW we'll have you

out of the house tonight follow plan 5c
signed ap

killing the civil defense authority that
is our complete file beginning from the

time we were called into this case by
the AEC now it seems inconceivable that

such an undertaking could go undetected
much less be carried out to its

conclusion yet all the facts point to
this possibility well let's not be hasty

with our decisions gentlemen maybe we're
playing into their hands suppose there

is no bomb suppose they just want us to
believe there is one so they can create

the st. terror panic it's the way they
operate I for one do not believe they're

going to set anything off here within 48
hours or 48 months but the facts

definitely what Thanks guesses theories
premises one missing scientist and a

fancy carburetor do not add up to an
atomic bomb there is no guess on my part

I am certain the photograph I was shown
was of component w a functional part of

the nuclear thermal bomb does that prove
that what is being assembled mr. mayor

yes mr. Elliot well I can only speak for
myself we at the AEC feel that the

situation is a great one and recommend
that the city be evacuated well if the

governor agrees and declares of the
state of emergency exists how long would

it take to evacuate the city my
calculations 24 hours but it would take

15 to 20 hours to prepare for it the
mayor suggested during that time the

Bureau be allowed to make an all-out
effort to look at the bond you have a

plan mr. Pomeroy yes sir I have

now we know that the carburetor was
picked up at the machine shop here at

12:55 the man who picked it up was
spotted driving in a car with a woman

passenger about 150 here at the corner
of Jefferson and Vermont I've computed

the distance between these two points
it's four miles the machinist said the

man was alone when he picked up the
carburetor allowing for the time it took

for him to deliver it and pick up his
woman passenger I figured it was

impossible for him to have gone beyond
the radius of this area but how could

you check out such a large area by going
from door to door wouldn't that arouse

public suspicion with the cooperation of
the telephone company we intend to go in

as company troubleshooter

Oh trust you requested the assistance of
a scientist we sent you calendar within

a few weeks the man is dead now you take
it upon yourself without permission to

remove servo from a most strategic
position is my loyalty being questioned

that will only be answered when you
explained your request for this meeting

now you know the code forbids direct
contact between agents and a member of

headquarters but this was too big to put
in a report I wanted to see you besides

I thought you might leader the project
you're opposed to the rather vague about

this project what would you say mr.
Steadman if I told you that I have

achieved the impossible that I have
assembled a nuclear bomb right here in

this city I'd say were insane a man is
insane when his work is based on

delusion but when his work is based on
an actual fact come here I'll show you

Hey
in the basement of a house on this

street is the bomb the basement is
insulated it could stay there

indefinitely until we need it
Chicago New York Washington we plant a

bomb in every big city and when the day
comes

while they radar scanning the skies
raaah ballistic missiles we trigger

these to go off simultaneously the
element of surprise is complete and will

once
oh we can emanate all opposition

tell me tell me you ordered to do this
no no one knew about it I wasn't even

sure it would succeed the first one took
a long time now the organization must

take over and since I'm the only one
that knows how this can be accomplished

you must put me in charge of the entire
project please consider yourself under

arrest you will be returned it will be
decided what has to be done with you I

was a fool I thought that you will agree
no now I see that you're jealous

you knew that I would get a claim an
approbation and you don't want me to

have that with that gun you cannot stop
me nobody can stop me

I like to check your phone man it's
probably on the line

Oh

you

we're Steadman
Denis come oh you see

I'm to call him when it's ready it's
ready now

can it be set off before this is
attached what is it part of the trigger

attach it

it should only be done at the time when
Stefan wants to see it completed ready

to be triggered
it's too dangerous what doctor should I

tell him that you refused to continue
must we bring someone else to finish

all right
right in a few minutes

finish

it's ready to go off yes

when this firing pin is inserted to
trigger it let me have it let me I'll

give it to no one but Stedman
she's responsibility very well you can

column is at my place
the number is Crestview four two eight

three nine

buddy knits a lot why did it go up my
trigger this why did he go up I said I

wanted to go up
well the fishness begun wait

higher writer it will it will go off I
tell you

you have to name that nobody can prevent

Institute of Technology dr. Becker
specialize in Pomeroy please hurry

this is emergency yes I found it it's
been triggered but it hasn't gone off is

that possible to not happen yes it can
but it's only a postponement the delayed

explosion well how about a demolition
squad can they do anything not a chance

things like this happen in the Pacific a
few years ago even then it exploded an

hour later well we're lucky because Dave
your party is hanging up dr. Becker well

try and trace the call in the meantime
get me the NBI

all right dr. fector you keep on trying
hold on this may be him now

hello yesterday dr. Becker told me where
are you I'm in the basement of a house

in the middle of the 2700 block on
Sycamore I'll send the demolition squad

no no no no that that won't help I
listen to me I've got a plan had the

Coast Guard set a helicopter down in the
middle of the block have the pilot leave

I'll fly it I haven't got time to
explain stay by the shortwave I'll

contact

I want you to ring every house on the
2700 block on Sycamore and let me know

the results

we keep bringing those numbers

attention
attention this is your Police Department

please remain in your home we're going
to land a helicopter down here please

remain in your home

I repeat we're going to land a
helicopter down here please remain in

your home

hey Dave shall we come down there no
stay back

and don't let anybody through

please repaid

dr. Smith hello hello Paula you are two
hours late

how about a registration count of 700
Rangers is there a chance did you did

you find another body this one's alive
not for long without radiation count

he's as good as dead babe are you there

they buy your name
so long doc

you

why don't we hear are you sure that
thing is working

one this is Coast Guard one four zero
zero come in this come in Dave over m1

should be safe
three countless

mm one calling Coast Guard one four zero
zero come in Dave over m 1 calling Coast

Guard one four zero zero come in Dave

come in Dave

Dave come in Dave

and this is Coast Guard. One four zero zero.

yes sir it's all over

a state of emergency no sir that won't
be necessary

(Dramatic Music)