The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - full transcript

CAPTIONING MADE
POSSIBLE BY WARNER BROS.

Narrator: THIS IS
OPERATION EXPERIMENT,

A SECRET BASE FAR NORTH
OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.

EXPERIMENT WAS THE CODE NAME

FOR THIS TOP-PRIORITY
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.

THESE MEN ARRIVED
HERE ON X-DAY MINUS 60.

IT HAS TAKEN THEM
THE FULL 2 MONTHS

TO GET READY.

TODAY IS X-DAY.

IT IS NOW H-HOUR
MINUS 59 MINUTES.

THERE IS LESS THAN AN HOUR LEFT.



THE PLANE MUST ARRIVE
AT ITS RENDEZVOUS

200 MILES AWAY IN
EXACTLY 58 MINUTES.

THERE CAN BE NO
MARGIN FOR ERROR.

THERE CAN BE NO SECOND CHANCE.

THIS IS THE RENDEZVOUS,

THE FORWARD OBSERVATION POST

WHERE SCIENTISTS AND THEIR AIDS
DOUBLE-CHECK THEIR EQUIPMENT

AND WAIT FOR THE
PLANE'S APPROACH.

IT IS NOW H-HOUR
MINUS 81 SECONDS.

AT H-HOUR MINUS 75 SECONDS,

THE RADAR ANTENNA
FLASHES THE WORD.

THERE IT IS...
AZIMUTH 63 DEGREES.

AIRPLANE SIGHTED.

13 HOURS, 11 MINUTES...



AZIMUTH 63 DEGREES,

SPEED APPROXIMATELY
350 MILES PER HOUR.

Narrator: PROFESSOR TOM NESBITT

AND COLONEL JOHN
EVANS, MILITARY LIAISON,

TENSELY WAIT.

THE TIMING IS PERFECT THUS FAR.

IT IS NOW H-HOUR
MINUS 56 SECONDS.

EVERY MAN HERE KNOWS HIS JOB.

HE DOES IT QUICKLY,
EFFICIENTLY, SILENTLY.

THE MEN ARE READY,
THE EQUIPMENT IS READY.

IT IS NOW H-HOUR
MINUS 52 SECONDS.

OPERATION EXPERIMENT

TO Y-3-4-7.

OPERATION EXPERIMENT

TO Y-3-4-7. OVER.

Y-3-4-7 TO OPERATION EXPERIMENT.

NOW LEVELING OFF.

GROUND SPEED 360.

APPROACHING I.P.

Narrator: I.P. MEANS
INITIAL POINT.

THE NEXT 26 SECONDS
WILL DETERMINE

WHETHER THESE MEN
HAVE SUCCEEDED OR FAILED.

NOW WE COUNT THE SECONDS.

Narrator: 10... 9...

8... 7... 6...

5... 4...

3... 2... 1...

CHARLIE, LOOK.

COLONEL EVANS,

THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE
ON THE RADAR SCREEN.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, CHARLIE?

RIGHT HERE, SIR.
A FOREIGN OBJECT.

IT'S GONE.

WHAT'S GONE?

I DON'T KNOW, SIR.

IT SILHOUETTED LIKE
500 TONS AT LEAST.

WHERE IS IT, THEN?

I DON'T KNOW, SIR.

ARE YOU SURE WE SAW IT?

WE SAW SOMETHING.

MAYBE THE SHOCK TOSSED SOMETHING

IN FRONT OF THE ANTENNA.

YEAH. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN IT.

8 WEEKS OF PREPARATION

AND IT'S ALL OVER
IN A SECOND, HUH?

JACK, WHEN ENERGY
OF THAT MAGNITUDE

IS RELEASED, IT'S NEVER OVER.

WHAT THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

OF ALL THESE ATOMIC
EXPLOSIONS AND TESTS

WILL BE, ONLY TIME CAN TELL.

YOU MEAN SCIENTISTS
CAN'T TELL, HUH?

THE WORLD'S BEEN HERE
FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS.

MAN'S BEEN WALKING UPRIGHT

FOR A COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME.

MENTALLY WE'RE STILL CRAWLING.

THIS TEST WILL ADD
TO OUR KNOWLEDGE.

WOULDN'T YOU SAY SO, RITCHIE?

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME ONE
OF THESE THINGS GOES OFF,

I FEEL AS IF WE WERE
HELPING TO WRITE

THE FIRST CHAPTER
OF A NEW GENESIS.

LET'S HOPE WE DON'T
FIND OURSELVES WRITING

THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE OLD ONE.

YOU SOUND LIKE A MAN
THAT'S SCARED, TOM.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M NOT?

HERE ARE THE FIGURES, TOM.

WE'LL BE READY TO GO UP TO
THE FORWARD OBSERVATION POST

IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

GOOD. LOOMIS?

YES, SIR?

GET THE EQUIPMENT READY.

YES, SIR.

AND YOU, GENTLEMEN,

THE MOMENT YOUR GEIGER COUNTERS

INDICATE HEAVY RADIATION,
YOU'RE TO TURN BACK.

TURN BACK? COLONEL,
WE'LL RUN BACK.

THERE ISN'T A HERO IN THE CROWD.

POST 16.

SHALL WE TRY TO GO AROUND, SIR?

NO. WAIT HERE FOR US.
WE'LL GO UP ON FOOT.

WHAT'S YOUR READING?

19.7. WE'D BETTER GET OUT.

I'LL CHECK POST 17.

YOU TAKE 18,

AND I'LL MEET YOU BACK HERE.

MAKE IT FAST.

SERGEANT WILLISTEAD.

WHAT? BUT THEY'VE GONE ON FOOT.

OK.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THERE'S A BLIZZARD COMING UP.

TOM!

TOM!

TOM!

TOM!

AAH!

OHH...

OOHH...

TOM!

TOM! I CAN'T MOVE!

SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MY LEG!

I'M COMING DOWN!

HAVE THEY REPORTED BACK YET?

NO, NOT YET. WE'RE WAITING.

TOM, TOM...

GET OUT, TOM.

MONSTER.

PREHISTORIC MONSTER.

QUIET, QUIET. DON'T STRUGGLE.

AAH...

I'LL GET YOU OUT, GEORGE.

DON'T WORRY.

DOC! HEY! DOC!

PUT HIM RIGHT OVER HERE.

GIVE ME MY BAG, PLEASE.

YES, SIR.

AND GET SOME BLANKETS
OFF THOSE OTHER BEDS.

HOW IS HE?

WHERE'S PROFESSOR RITCHIE?

STILL MISSING, SIR.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WE DON'T KNOW, SIR.

WE SAW THE FLARES

AND DOUBLE-TIMED
IT OVER TO POST 18.

THE WHOLE SHORE
WAS BREAKING LOOSE.

WE GRABBED PROFESSOR
NESBITT JUST IN TIME.

WE NEVER FOUND RITCHIE.

COLONEL, WE'VE
GOT TO GET NESBITT

TO A HOSPITAL IN THE STATES.

HE'S IN A BAD WAY.

RIGHT.

GET WORD TO THE MAIN BASE.

WE WANT A PLANE RIGHT AWAY.

RITCHIE... I'LL GET YOU OUT.

I'LL GET YOU OUT.

THE MONSTER...

HURRY, IT'S COMING.

WATCH OUT!

THE MONSTER! THE MONSTER!

WELL, PROFESSOR NESBITT,
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

FINE.

WHERE'S COLONEL EVANS?

DID YOU REACH COLONEL EVANS?

HE'LL BE HERE ANY MINUTE NOW.

I'D LIKE YOU TO
MEET DR. INGERSOL.

HE WANTS TO ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS,

IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'LL
BE TOO HARD ON YOU.

QUESTIONS?

I'M A PSYCHIATRIST,
PROFESSOR NESBITT.

I THOUGHT THAT TOGETHER

WE MIGHT POSSIBLY GET

TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

YOU'LL THINK I'M CRAZY, TOO.

I KNOW MY STORY
SOUNDS FANTASTIC, BUT...

PROFESSOR NESBITT,
THROUGHOUT HISTORY

PEOPLE HAVE CLAIMED THAT
THEY'VE SEEN MONSTERS.

OH, THERE WAS THE FAMOUS
LOCH LOMOND MONSTER...

YOU'LL PROBABLY RECALL...
THEN THE GREEN SERPENTS

OFF THE SHORES OF IRELAND.

BUT AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER,

NOT ONE OF THEM WAS EVER CAUGHT

OR EVEN PHOTOGRAPHED.

DOC, I'M NOT INCLINED

TO LET MY IMAGINATION
RUN AWAY WITH ME.

I'M A SCIENTIST.

ALL RIGHT. THEN AS A SCIENTIST,

IT SHOULDN'T BE
INCONCEIVABLE TO YOU

THAT THE MIND CAN WITHSTAND

JUST SO MUCH PRESSURE.

THE SHOCK OF SEEING
YOUR FRIEND DEAD,

YOUR OWN TERRIFYING PREDICAMENT

WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR,

SO THAT YOU MOMENTARILY

LOST CONTACT WITH REALITY.

IT'S A PHENOMENON WHICH WAS...

NOT UNCOMMON DURING THE WAR.

BUT GEORGE RITCHIE WASN'T
DEAD WHEN I TALKED TO HIM.

HE TRIED TO WARN ME.

2 PEOPLE DON'T SHARE
THE SAME HALLUCINATION.

HELLO, TOM. HOW ARE YOU?

THAWED OUT?

JACK, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME

TRYING TO CONVINCE
THESE PEOPLE THAT

I'M NOT AN IDIOT.

I WAS IN WASHINGTON
MAKING MY REPORT...

WHAT'D THEY SAY
ABOUT THE ANIMAL?

I WANT TO BE IN
ON ANY EXPEDITION

GOING AFTER HIM.

TOM, I DIDN'T TELL
THEM ABOUT THE ANIMAL.

WHY NOT?

IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN IN THE REPORT.

I WENT BACK TO POST 18.

I TRIED TO RECONSTRUCT
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE.

I COULDN'T FIND A THING.

NO TRACKS, NOTHING.

NOTHING?

I'M SORRY. I WISH I COULD
SAY I SAW SOMETHING.

THE BLIZZARD.

THERE WAS A BLIZZARD, REMEMBER?

THE SNOW MUST HAVE BLOWN OVER

AND COVERED EVERYTHING.

JACK, CHECK ME OUT OF HERE.

YOU'RE IN NO CONDITION TO LEAVE.

IT'S IMPERATIVE
THAT YOU HAVE REST.

HOW CAN I REST?

PROFESSOR NESBITT,
I'VE ENCOUNTERED

THIS SORT OF THING BEFORE.

YOU'VE UNDERGONE
A TREMENDOUS SHOCK.

YOU'VE GOT TO STAY IN BED.

I SEE. THAT MAKES IT OFFICIAL.

I'M AFRAID IT DOES.

SO LONG, TOM.

YOU DO WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.

WE'LL GET TOGETHER

AS SOON AS YOU'RE
ON YOUR FEET AGAIN.

THAT WON'T BE TOO LONG.

WHAT ABOUT THAT SOUND I HEARD?

IN YOUR CONDITION, IT
COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING...

THE WIND... ANYTHING.

NO WIND EVER MADE
A SOUND LIKE THAT.

CAPTAIN. CAPTAIN!

ARE YOU DAFT, MAN?

AAH!

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
TURBULENT WORLD TODAY?

OH, DEATH AND POLITICS.

THE COMIC PAGE IS THE ONLY THING

THAT MAKES SENSE ANYMORE.

I TAKE IT THEN THAT'S
FOR PEACE OF MIND.

YOU ADVISE A DOSE
OF IT AFTER EACH MEAL.

YOU QUOTE ME EXACTLY.

I'M GOING TO TAKE
YOUR ADVICE EXACTLY.

AHH, HERE IT IS.

SAY...

LOOK AT THIS.

THAT ITEM IS RIGHT
WHERE IT BELONGS...

ON THE COMIC PAGE.

AND THAT'S WHY I
CAME HERE, DR. ELSON.

I FELT, IF YOU HEARD MY STORY,

YOU'D DO SOMETHING.

AND WHAT IS IT
YOU THINK I CAN DO?

FIT OUT AN EXPEDITION
AND INSTITUTE A SEARCH.

HEH. MY DEAR BOY,

THE FITTING OUT OF AN
EXPEDITION REQUIRES

A GREAT DEAL OF
ATTENTION TO DETAIL

SUCH AS TIMING,
PERSONNEL, MONEY.

HOW CAN YOU TALK ABOUT DETAILS

IN THE FACE OF SUCH A DISCOVERY?

I'M NOT IN THE FIELD
OF PALEONTOLOGY,

AND I HAVE A TREMENDOUS
DESIRE TO KNOW MORE

ABOUT THIS ANIMAL.

I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE
SUCH A COMPELLING CURIOSITY

THAT NOTHING WOULD
STAND IN YOUR WAY.

PROFESSOR NESBITT,

AFTER WAITING FOR 30 YEARS,

I'M ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE

MY FIRST EXTENDED HOLIDAY,

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU

THAT I WOULD THROW
ASIDE MY PLANS

IF I THOUGHT THERE WAS
THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE

OF WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING BEING POSSIBLE.

IT ISN'T.

WHAT ABOUT THAT NEWSPAPER ITEM?

OH...

IF ALL THE ITEMS OF SEAMEN

REPORTING MONSTERS
WERE PLACED END ON END,

IT WOULD REACH TO
THE MOON, MY BOY.

YOU MEAN I'M JUST
WASTING YOUR TIME?

DO YOU REALIZE

THAT YOU'RE ASKING ME TO BELIEVE

YOU SAW A CREATURE THAT WOULD BE

OVER A HUNDRED
MILLION YEARS OLD?

YOU SAID THAT A HUNDRED
MILLION YEARS AGO,

THE WATER OF THE MESOZOIC AGE

TURNED TO ICE.

ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT AN ANIMAL

COULD HAVE BEEN
TRAPPED IN THAT ICE,

CAUGHT IN THE SUDDENLY
FREEZING TEMPERATURES,

AND LOCKED IN?

THEN WHEN WE RELEASED THE BOMB,

THE HEAT GENERATED

MELTED THE ICE IN
WHICH THIS BEAST

WAS IMPRISONED AND FREED IT.

BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE

AFTER A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS?

COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN IN
A STATE OF HIBERNATION?

AFTER ALL, BEARS
LIVE THROUGH A WINTER

UNDER SOMEWHAT
SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

THAT'S QUITE TRUE.

A BEAR DOES LIVE OFF ITSELF

FOR ONE WINTER...

FROM FOOD ACCUMULATED
WITHIN ITSELF,

BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE

THAT AN ANIMAL COULD LIVE

FOR A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS

OFF ITS OWN TISSUE.

TO PUT IT MILDLY, HE'D REQUIRE

QUITE AN APPETITE,
DON'T YOU THINK?

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
WILL BE OF ANY HELP,

BUT DO YOU REMEMBER, DOCTOR,

A FEW YEARS AGO

AN EXPEDITION UNEARTHED
A HERD OF MASTODONS

IN THE SIBERIAN TUNDRA
DEAD THOUSANDS OF YEARS,

YET THEIR FUR WAS STILL INTACT,

THE MEAT STILL EDIBLE.

YES, THAT'S QUITE
RIGHT, MY DEAR LEE,

BUT, UH, THEY WEREN'T ALIVE,

AND THAT'S THE
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE.

THEY WEREN'T ALIVE.

NO. I'M SORRY, PROFESSOR,

BUT, IN ALL HONESTY,

I... I CAN'T SUPPORT YOUR STORY.

WELL...

I GUESS I'LL GO BACK
TO THE HOSPITAL.

MAYBE I SHOULD
ASK FOR A TRANSFER

TO THE PSYCHOPATHIC WARD.

OH, NONSENSE.

IT'S NOT AS BAD AS
ALL THAT, MY BOY.

THANKS FOR LISTENING, DOCTOR.

WHEN HE FIRST CAME
TO THIS COUNTRY,

I ATTENDED HIS LECTURES
ON THE CURATIVE PROPERTIES

OF THE RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE.

HE'S A BRILLIANT MAN.

ISN'T HIS STORY IN
ANY WAY FEASIBLE?

NO, AND I'M SORRY.

I'D RATHER LIKE TO HELP HIM.

QUITE FRANKLY,

I THOUGHT THAT LITTLE
JAUNT OF YOURS LAST WEEK

WOULD KNOCK YOU FOR A LOOP,

BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME

I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING
WRONG WITH YOU.

I FEEL FINE.

WHEN DO YOU THINK I CAN LEAVE?

ANYTIME'S ALL RIGHT WITH US.

DON'T GO RUSHING OFF
TO THE NORTH POLE AGAIN.

KEEP FIT AND WARM.

TAKE THOSE VITAMINS
THAT I GAVE YOU.

Announcer: THIS IS YOUR
HOUR OF MIRTH AND MELODY.

THEY SAY MUSIC HATH CHARMS
TO SOOTH THE SAVAGE BEAST.

THEY OUGHT TO TRY IT
ON THESE SEA MONSTERS

WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT.

FROM MARQUETTE,
CANADA, TODAY COMES WORD

OF A SECOND SHIP DESTROYED
BY AN ENORMOUS BEAST,

ACCORDING TO HER
CAPTAIN, GEORGES LeMAY.

HE REALLY OUGHT TO
STOP SMOKING THAT STUFF

AND TRY VIRGINIA
GOLDS BECAUSE...

WELL, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE
ME TOO LONG TO CATCH UP.

OH, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE
YOU BACK, PROFESSOR.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE, MISS RYAN?

OH, YES, UH, THERE'S
MISS LEE HUNTER

WAITING TO SEE YOU.

MISS LEE HUNTER?

MM-HMM. SHE'S VERY PRETTY.

SEND HER IN.

PROFESSOR NESBITT? HOW ARE YOU?

FINE. FINE.

WE MET AT THE UNIVERSITY.

I'M DR. ELSON'S ASSISTANT.

OH, YES, OF COURSE.

THE VERDICT... A
PREHISTORIC ANIMAL

WOULD BE PRESUMPTUOUS
TO BE ALIVE TODAY

AND UPSET YOUR NEATLY
CATALOGED THEORIES.

I SEE YOU DON'T REMEMBER.

I WAS A SYMPATHETIC BYSTANDER.

OH, REALLY? HOW COME?

I HAVE A DEEP, ABIDING FAITH

IN THE WORK OF SCIENTISTS.

OTHERWISE,

I WOULDN'T BE ONE MYSELF.

HEH. WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

THANK YOU.

SORRY I CAN'T
OFFER YOU ANYTHING,

BUT EVERYTHING WE HAVE
AROUND HERE IS RADIOACTIVE.

NO. THANK YOU, ANYWAY.

WHEN I WAS IN THE LAB YESTERDAY,

I HEARD A RADIO REPORT
ABOUT A MAN WHO CLAIMED

THAT HIS SHIP WAS
SUNK BY A SEA MONSTER.

BUT I THOUGHT IF ALL THE STORIES

ABOUT SEA MONSTERS
WERE LAID END TO END,

THEY'D REACH THE MOON.

BUT 2 REPORTS COMING
SO CLOSE TOGETHER.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
2 REPORTS ARE GOING

TO CONVINCE ANYBODY
ANY MORE THAN ONE DID?

WELL, IT CONVINCED ME.

AT LEAST IT GOT ME TO THINKING

IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE
INVESTIGATING THEM.

I'VE GATHERED TOGETHER
ALL THE SKETCHES

OF THE KNOWN
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS.

NOW, IF YOU COULD
IDENTIFY THE...

YOU KNOW, BEING CONSIDERED CRAZY

HAS BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.

HOWEVER, I WOULDN'T CARE
TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

IS THIS THE MAN

WITH THE COMPELLING CURIOSITY?

AFRAID OF RIDICULE?

I'M NOT AFRAID OF RIDICULE.

NO, BUT I'M AFRAID

THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

YOU SAID THERE'S SKETCHES
OF ALL THE KNOWN ANIMALS?

WHAT IF IT'S AN UNKNOWN ONE?

THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT
WE'LL NEVER REALLY KNOW

UNLESS YOU LOOK AT THEM.

OH, PROFESSOR, THINK
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN

IF YOU WERE RIGHT.

5-MINUTE BREAK.
IT'S COFFEE TIME.

GOOD. I NEED IT.

CREAM AND SUGAR?

YOU'D BETTER TAKE BOTH.

I MAKE COFFEE STRONG ENOUGH

TO ENTER THE OLYMPICS.

ONE OR 2?

2, PLEASE. I NEVER KNEW

THERE WERE SO MANY
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN REACHED
THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD YET.

I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD
IDENTIFY THAT BEAST NOW

IF IT LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW.

MAYBE IT'S PART
IMAGINATION AFTER ALL,

SOMETHING I USED TO DREAM
ABOUT WHEN I WAS A KID

OR READ IN FAIRY TALES.

YOU'RE TIRED.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST
RELAX FOR A MOMENT?

HAVE A SANDWICH.

THANKS.

FUNNY.

WHAT'S FUNNY?

WELL, A GIRL LIKE YOU,
A PALEONTOLOGIST.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH PALEONTOLOGY?

CLASSIFYING OLD BONES.

OLD BONES?

WHY, IF WE DIDN'T
STUDY THE PAST,

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THE ATOM.

DR. ELSON SAYS THAT THE FUTURE

IS THE REFLECTION OF THE PAST.

YOU'RE FOND OF
DR. ELSON, AREN'T YOU?

MM-HMM.

HOW DID YOU BECOME
HIS ASSISTANT?

I SUPPOSE BY CONTINUALLY
ANTAGONIZING HIM.

I WAS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS,

AND, TO HEAR HIM TELL IT,

ALL I DID WAS CHALLENGE HIM

OR ARGUE WITH HIM.

I WAS AFRAID HE WAS
GOING TO EXPEL ME.

INSTEAD, HE ASKED
ME TO BE HIS ASSISTANT

AFTER I GRADUATED.

SO, I GRADUATED, AND HERE I AM.

AND HERE I AM.

BETWEEN US, WE SPAN THE AGES.

YOU DEAL WITH THE
PAST, I, WITH THE FUTURE.

AND HOW UNCOMPLICATED
THE PAST WAS.

AND HOW BRIGHT
THE FUTURE CAN BE.

WELL, UH...

LET'S GET BACK TO THE PRESENT.

THIS MIGHT BE IT.

I'M NOT SURE.

NOT SURE?

THE HEAD LOOKS SIMILAR,

BUT THE FRONT
LEGS ARE TOO SHORT.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

IS THIS ANY BETTER?

NOW, THAT'S MUCH MORE LIKE IT.

AND WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?

THAT'S THE CLOSEST.

I THINK THAT IS IT.

LEE, I THINK THAT'S
THE ONE I SAW!

IF 2 INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS
SAW THE SAME THING...

IF THAT CAPTAIN IN CANADA

COULD IDENTIFY
THE SAME SKETCH...

AND TELL HIS STORY TO DR. ELSON.

CAPTAIN GEORGES LeMAY,
MARQUETTE, CANADA.

OPERATOR.

I WANT TO MAKE A LONG-
DISTANCE CALL, PLEASE.

PERSON-TO-PERSON TO...
CAPTAIN GEORGES LeMAY.

MARQUETTE, CANADA.

ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.

CHARGE THIS CALL
TO CIRCLE 4-4771.

THANK YOU.

IT'S MY MONSTER.

ALLO.

CAPITAINE, ON VOUS
TELEPHONE DE NEW YORK.

NEW YORK?

ETES-VOUS PRET?

JE SUIS TOUJOURS PRET, VOYONS.

THEY'RE SPEAKING FRENCH.

CAPITAINE LeMAY IS READY.

THANK YOU.

ALLO.

HELLO. CAPTAIN LeMAY?

OUI. OUI.

MY NAME IS TOM NESBITT.

I'M A SCIENTIST IN NEW YORK.

I HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU.

I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

PARLEZ FRANCAIS,
S'IL VOUS PLAIT.

OUI, VOLONTIERS. JE
M'APPELLE TOM NESBITT.

JE SUIS UN PROFESSEUR
A NEW YORK.

JE VOUDRAIS M'INFORMER
SUR LE SERPENT DE MER

QUI A DETRUIT VOTRE BATEAU.

MOI, J'AI VU LE MEME SERPENT.

SERPENT?

SERPENT?

ZUT ALORS!

CAPTAIN?

HELLO? CAPTAIN LeMAY?

I AM SORRY, BUT THE
CAPITAINE HAS HUNG UP.

HE'S VERY UNHAPPY

WHEN ANYBODY
MENTIONS HIS ACCIDENT

BECAUSE EVERYONE LAUGHS AT HIM.

OPERATOR, PLEASE
GET THE CAPTAIN BACK.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS.

I AM SORRY, MONSIEUR.

HE'LL NOT SPEAK TO
YOU AGAIN, I'M SURE.

HE'S A STUBBORN OLD MAN,
PERHAPS A LITTLE CRAZY,

ESPECIALLY ON THE
SUBJECT OF SERPENTS.

THEY THINK HE'S CRAZY, TOO.

WELL, IT WAS A GOOD TRY ANYWAY.

BUT GOOD TRYS DON'T PAY OFF.

DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT
IF YOU WENT UP THERE,

YOU COULD MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND

HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS?

I COULD GET A PLANE.

PHONE ME IF ANYTHING
EXCITING HAPPENS.

I'LL PHONE YOU EVEN
IF NOTHING HAPPENS.

YOU MISSED HIM BY NOT
MORE THAN 2 HOURS, I'M SURE.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO TELL ME

WHERE HE WENT.

HIS HOUSEKEEPER WOULDN'T GIVE ME

ANY INFORMATION.

CAPTAIN LeMAY'S BEEN VERY TOUCHY

SINCE HIS SEA SERPENT INCIDENT.

PEOPLE FELT THAT HE
WAS A BIT BALMY, YOU KNOW.

THEY LAUGHED AT
HIM. TOO BAD, TOO.

THE MAN HAS SERVED WELL
AND FAITHFULLY FOR YEARS.

I BELIEVE A MAN HAS THE RIGHT

TO A FEW NIPS NOW
AND THEN, I ALWAYS SAY.

THEN, UH, YOU DON'T
BELIEVE HIS STORY.

I SAID HE WAS BALMY, NOT ME.

HE LET IT GET OUT

THAT HE WAS HEADED FOR
THE INTERIOR OF CANADA,

AND WAS NOT GOING TO
STOP UNTIL HE HIT A SPOT

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
UNINHABITED BY WHITE MEN.

A BLOOMING HERMIT
HE WANTS TO BE.

MARK MY WORD, HE'LL BE
BACK IN LESS THAN A MONTH.

I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER SURVIVORS?

NO.

HOW FAR IS IT TO ST. PIERRE?

OH, ABOUT 100 MILES.

ARE YOU GOING DOWN
TO SEE THIS OTHER CHAP

WHO CLAIMS THAT HE SAW IT?

YES.

I SAY, YOU DON'T BELIEVE

IN THIS SEA SERPENT
FABLE, DO YOU?

WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM, BALMY?

GOOD EVENING, JACOB.

YOU LOOK MUCH BETTER TODAY.

A MAN IS HERE,

A VERY GREAT SCIENTIST
FROM NEW YORK.

NO, SISTER. TAKE HIM AWAY.

I WANT NO ONE NEAR ME.

HE WENT TO SO MUCH
TROUBLE TO FIND YOU.

WHY?

HE SAYS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT IS ABOUT, UH,
THE BEAST YOU SAW.

TELL HIM TO LEAVE ME ALONE!

TELL HIM I SAW NOTHING!

TELL HIM I KNOW NOTHING!

TELL HIM IT WAS ALL IN MY HEAD!

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.

EXCEPT ME, JACOB.

WHO ARE YOU?

I SAW THE BEAST, TOO.

YOU SAW HIM?

YOU'RE NOT PLAYING JOKES ON ME?

NO, I'M NOT PLAYING ANY JOKES.

PEOPLE CALLED ME CRAZY, TOO.

IT STAYS IN MY MIND ALWAYS,

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

JACOB, IN NEW YORK
THERE ARE SCIENTISTS,

FRIENDS OF MINE,

WHO WILL LISTEN AND BELIEVE.

JACOB, WILL YOU COME
TO NEW YORK WITH ME?

IS HE WELL ENOUGH TO TRAVEL?

I WILL ASK THE DOCTOR.

YOU KNOW, LEE,

THERE'S SOMETHING
VERY COMPENSATING

IN HAVING TO WAIT 30
YEARS FOR A HOLIDAY,

BECAUSE WHEN IT FINALLY COMES

THE JOY OF ANTICIPATION
IS MULTIPLIED

BY JUST THAT MANY YEARS.

I FEEL RATHER LIKE A SCHOOLBOY

ON THE VERGE OF DEPARTING
FOR MY FIRST SUMMER CAMP.

OH, BY THE WAY, THAT REMINDS ME,

OUR YOUNG NUCLEAR PHYSICIST
APPEARS TO BE DELAYED.

HE'LL BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

IT SHOULDN'T TAKE HIM LONG

FROM THE AIRPORT.

MESOZOIC ANIMAL ALIVE TODAY.

HO HO HO.

I CAN LOSE MY JOB
AND MY REPUTATION

LISTENING TO SUCH NONSENSE.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW

MY PERSONAL OPINION

TO INTERFERE WITH
A POSSIBLE ROMANCE.

DON'T TRY TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

YOU'RE JUST BEING STUBBORN.

AM I? HMPH.

WELL, JUST YOU LISTEN TO THIS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT
I READ THIS MORNING.

"ON THE 21st OF
OCTOBER, IN THE YEAR 1797,

"ONE PROFESSOR GORDON LAUGHTON

"WAS FORCIBLY REMOVED
BY ORDER OF THE CROWN

"FROM HIS CHAIR OF SCIENCE AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

"DR. LAUGHTON WAS
FIRMLY CONVINCED

"THAT LEPRECHAUNS
WERE RESPONSIBLE

"FOR THE UPROOTING OF
THE ANCIENT CAMPUS OAK,

"EVEN SWEARING UPON OATH

THAT HE HAD SEEN
THEM REMOVE IT."

SO, YOU SEE,

TODAY IT'S MONSTERS
INSTEAD OF LEPRECHAUNS.

HOW CERTAIN ARE YOU
THERE WERE NO LEPRECHAUNS?

TOM!

HELLO, LEE.

I DON'T RECALL
THIS DR. LAUGHTON,

BUT WHAT ABOUT GALILEO?

HE SAID THE EARTH WAS ROUND.

THEY MADE HIM RECANT.

HOWEVER, THE EARTH IS ROUND,

AND THERE IS A MONSTER.

AND I THINK I CAN CONVINCE YOU.

IS THIS YOUR SAILOR WITNESS?

YES, SIR. JACOB BOWMAN.

HE WAS THE HELMSMAN ON
THE FISHING BOAT FORTUNE.

DR. ELSON, MISS HUNTER.

SO, YOU SAW THE
MONSTER, TOO, HMM?

YES, SIR.

HMM. WELL, GO AHEAD, MY DEAR.

THIS IS YOUR EXPERIMENT.

JACOB, I WANT YOU
TO LOOK THROUGH

THOSE SKETCHES AND PICK OUT

THE ONE THAT YOU SAW.

YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING

TO BE A WASTE OF TIME, HMM?

DR. ELSON, SEVERAL DAYS AGO

AT MISS HUNTER'S APARTMENT,

I PICKED OUT THE SKETCH
OF THE BEAST I SAW.

IT'S RIGHT IN THAT BATCH.

HMM. BUT UNFORTUNATELY
IN PALEONTOLOGY

THE EMPIRICAL SYSTEM
OF LOGIC ISN'T ENOUGH.

IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF EMPIRICS.

IF A PARTICLE OF
THE SUN BROKE OFF

AND FLEW INTO SPACE,
I WOULDN'T CONSIDER

THE MAN WHO BROUGHT
THAT NEWS TO BE INSANE.

AS A SCIENTIST,

I WOULD EXAMINE
EVERY FACET OF IT.

YES, MY BOY, BUT IF A
PARTICLE OF THE SUN

WERE TO BREAK OFF,

A HUNDRED MILLION
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT.

IF IT BROKE OFF, IT WOULD
MAKE NO DIFFERENCE

IF ONE SAW IT OR NO ONE AT ALL.

IT WOULD STILL BE.

THE SAME WITH THE MONSTER.

IT STILL IS.

HMM. WELL, PERHAPS
I'M GETTING OLD.

NOW, JACOB, YOU MUST BE

QUITE SURE ABOUT THIS CREATURE

YOU CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN.

THERE MUST BE NO
DOUBT IN YOUR MIND.

IF IT'S HERE, I'LL KNOW IT.

THAT.

THAT'S THE ONE I PICKED.

IT'S THE RHEDOSAURUS,

EXTINCT FOR A
HUNDRED MILLION YEARS.

A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS?

YES... AND THE DIRECT ANCESTOR

OF THAT LITTLE LADY THERE,

ONLY TWICE THE SIZE
ACCORDING TO THEORY.

THE ONLY KNOWN FOSSILS OF
ITS SPECIES EVER DISCOVERED

WERE FOUND IN A DRAG OF THE
HUDSON SUBMARINE CANYONS,

150 MILES FROM NEW YORK.

DIDN'T PROFESSOR EDMONDS
WRITE A PAPER ON THAT

JUST LAST YEAR?

YES.

YES.

IF WE COULD ONLY BE SURE,

WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT.

DR. ELSON, WHAT FURTHER
PROOF DO YOU NEED?

THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
AGAIN AND AGAIN,

AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

I TRIED TO GET THE AUTHORITIES

TO KEEP THE SEA LANES
AND THE COASTLINE

UNDER CLOSE WATCH.
THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME.

WELL, THEY'LL LISTEN TO YOU

THIS TIME, MY BOY.

GET THEM ON THE
PHONE. I'LL TALK TO THEM.

THANKS.

COLONEL EVANS, PLEASE.

JACK?

TOM NESBITT.

I FEEL GREAT.

THAT HALLUCINATION OF MINE...

THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY

WAS HAVING SUCH A
GOOD LAUGH ABOUT...

WELL, I'VE GOT PROOF
THE MONSTER EXISTS.

NOW, TOM, LET'S NOT
START THAT AGAIN.

WHAT?

OH, I CAN JUST SEE MYSELF
GOING TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF

AND REQUESTING PERMISSION

TO SEEK OUT A
PREHISTORIC MONSTER.

EAGLES ON A STRAIT JACKET
ARE NOT REGULATION UNIFORM.

LOOK, JACK, I'M HERE
AT THE UNIVERSITY.

I'M WITH DR. ELSON,

THE FOREMOST PALEONTOLOGIST

IN THE WORLD.

JUST A MOMENT.

HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

COLONEL EVANS,
THIS IS DR. ELSON.

COLONEL, I'M CONVINCED

THAT PROFESSOR NESBITT
IS ON TO SOMETHING.

DR. ELSON, THERE HAVE
BEEN ALL KINDS OF STORIES...

STORIES OF SEA SERPENTS,

STORIES OF THE WORLD COMING
TO AN END, FLYING SAUCERS...

AND WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE
THERE ARE NO FLYING SAUCERS?

BUT NEVERTHELESS, I AM
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED

THAT BY SOME STRANGE
TRICK OF CHANCE

THIS CREATURE DOES EXIST,

AND I'M PREPARED TO
STAKE MY REPUTATION ON IT.

WELL, I'M SURE YOU KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, DOCTOR,

BUT I THINK WE'LL
JUST LOOK FOOLISH

IF WE STICK OUR NECK OUT.

WELL, WILL YOU PROMISE ME,

IF ANY FURTHER REPORTS
COME IN, YOU'LL LET US KNOW?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
I'LL DO, DOCTOR.

I'VE GOT A FRIEND
IN THE COAST GUARD.

I'LL DROP IN TO SEE HIM.

IF HE'S HEARD OF ANYTHING,
I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.

OK?

THANK YOU, COLONEL.
WE'LL APPRECIATE IT.

HE'S GOING TO CHECK
AND LET US KNOW.

WE CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND.

I'M AFRAID THERE'S
NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO...

BUT WAIT.

I HEARD A NEW SONG

AT THE TAVERN THE OTHER DAY.

SOMETHING ABOUT
GIN AND WILD WOMEN.

OH, HOW DID IT GO?

OH, I DON'T REMEMBER.

I STUCK 5 NICKELS IN THE BOX

TO HEAR IT AGAIN,

AND THE THING BUSTED DOWN.

WELL, YOU KNOW ME.

I COULDN'T CARRY A
TUNE IN A BUSHEL BASKET.

I LIKE THE BALLADS.

THE OLD ONES THAT WARM YOU

EVEN WHEN THE
FOG IS A FOOT THICK.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

COME IN.

THAT'S ALL. JACK, HOW ARE YOU?

PHIL, AT THIS
MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE
THE LAST ARMY-NAVY GAME.

HA HA HA. WHAT A GAME THAT WAS.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
A.E.C. GETTING YOU DOWN?

NO, NOT AT ALL, PHIL.

GOOD. STICK AROUND.

I'LL BE THROUGH HERE IN A MINUTE

AND WE'LL GO OVER TO THE CLUB.

PHIL, HERE IT IS STRAIGHT.

ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS
IN THE LAST POLAR TEST

CLAIMS HE SAW A MONSTER.

NOW, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.

THE DEAN AT THE COLLEGE
OF NATURAL HISTORY

BELIEVES IT.

THEN WHO AM I TO DOUBT IT?

SAY, YOU'RE NOT TRYING

TO GET A SECTION 8
DISCHARGE, ARE YOU?

THESE SCIENTISTS CLAIM
THAT THIS MONSTER,

BEAST, WHATEVER IT IS,

IT'S A PREHISTORIC THING...

AND IF YOU LAUGH,
I'LL BRAIN YOU...

IS ROMPING AROUND
THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

HA HA HA. I GUESS
YOU'LL HAVE TO BRAIN ME.

YOU'RE NUTS, JACK.

ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.

LOOK, PHIL, WOULD
YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

CHECK AROUND AND
SEE IF THERE'S BEEN

ANY REPORTS OF ANY
FREAK HAPPENINGS

OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL.

ARE YOU ON THE LEVEL?

WELL, IF STANDING ON MY HEAD

IS ON THE LEVEL, I AM.

YOU CERTAINLY SOUND SERIOUS.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL CHECK.

BUT SO HELP ME,

IF THIS IS A PRACTICAL JOKE...

YEAH. I'LL DIE LAUGHING.

WELL, THAT'S IT.

NO STORM, NO
EARTHQUAKE, NOTHING,

BUT THAT LIGHTHOUSE WAS
DESTROYED COMPLETELY.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER
UNEXPLAINED HAPPENINGS?

YES. COAST GUARD
STATION 37 REPORTED

MINOR SHORE WRECKAGE ALONG
THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST.

SEVERAL ISOLATED
BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED,

AND A FARMER WAS
FOUND CRUSHED TO DEATH.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN
INEXORABLE CHRONOLOGY

IN THESE DISASTERS.

I DON'T FOLLOW YOU, DOCTOR.

WELL, TOM FIRST SAW
THE RHEDOSAURUS

NEAR BAFFIN BAY,

WHILE HIS LATEST
PRESUMED PRESENCE

IS OFF THE COAST
OF MASSACHUSETTS.

MAY I HAVE A LOOK AT
YOUR CHART, CAPTAIN?

OF COURSE.

OH, UH... NOW, AHEM,

FIRST, NORTH OF BAFFIN BAY.

AND SECOND,

THE FISHING KETCH
FORTUNE WAS WRECKED HERE,

OFF THE GRAND BANKS.

AND ANOTHER ONE ATTACKED
SHORTLY THEREAFTER...

UH, HERE. NOVA SCOTIA.

AND THIRD, THE LIGHTHOUSE

OFF THE COAST OF MAINE.

UH, AND FOURTH,

THE UNEXPLAINED WRECKAGE

OFF THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING

THE ARCTIC CURRENT
ALL THE WAY DOWN.

SO, IT'S JUST POSSIBLE

THAT HE MIGHT BE
MAKING FOR... HERE.

IT WAS IN THESE
SUBMERGED CANYONS

THAT THE ONLY KNOWN FOSSILS
OF HIS SPECIES WERE FOUND.

IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE,

WE COULD MINE THOSE CANYONS.

AND KILL THE
RHEDOSAURUS? OH, NO.

THINK OF WHAT A LOSS TO
SCIENCE THAT WOULD BE.

OH, NO. BUT TO CAPTURE IT ALIVE,

THAT WOULD BE AN ACHIEVEMENT.

AND JUST HOW DO YOU
PROPOSE TO CAPTURE IT,

IF IT EXISTS?

I... I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UH,

IF WE ASCERTAIN IT'S DOWN
THERE IN THE CANYONS,

I SHALL HAVE TO
GO DOWN AND SEE IT

BEFORE I DECIDE UPON
A METHOD OF CAPTURE.

OH, BUT THAT'S MUCH
TOO DANGEROUS.

YES, BUT THEN THE
RISK WOULD BE WORTH IT

WHEN ONE THINKS OF
THE BENEFIT TO SCIENCE.

CAPTAIN, IS IT POSSIBLE
TO OBTAIN THE USE

OF A DIVING BELL?

YOU MEAN YOU REALLY
WANT TO GO DOWN THERE?

YES.

I CAN GET A DIVING BELL...

WHAT DO YOU THINK, JACK?

EVERYTHING ELSE
THEY SAY CHECKS OUT.

IF YOU CAN GET IT, LET'S MOVE.

THANK YOU. UH, AHEM...

I STILL DON'T SEE HOW
HE'S GONNA FIND IT.

THIS CANYON IS A
HUNDRED MILES LONG.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
HE PLANS TO DROP DOWN

AT A DIFFERENT SPOT EVERY HOUR

UNTIL HE DOES FIND IT.

HEAR THIS. HEAR THIS.

WE ARE NOW READY TO MAKE
THE DIVE AT POSITION NUMBER ONE.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF
YOU GOING DOWN THERE

WITH JUST ONE MAN.

BUT THAT'S CAPACITY. BESIDES,

IF THERE'S ANY DANGER,
MY CREWMAN, MR. WILSON,

WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I BROUGHT YOUR DRAMAMINE.

NO, THANK YOU, MY DEAR.

I'LL BE MUCH TOO
EXCITED TO GET SEASICK.

Man: ARE YOU READY, DR. ELSON?

REMEMBER,

AT THE FIRST SIGN OF DANGER,

SIGNAL US.

WHY WILL YOU PERSIST IN
TALKING ABOUT DANGER, MY BOY?

THE RHEDOSAURUS
AND I ARE OLD FRIENDS.

GOOD LUCK, DOCTOR.

THANK YOU, MY BOY.

HERE YOU ARE, SIR.

THANK YOU.

NOW, DON'T LOOK SO WORRIED, LEE.

WE'RE SCIENTISTS.
THIS IS OUR JOB.

THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT FOR ME.

EVERYTHING SHIPSHAPE IN THERE?

SPLENDID, THANK YOU.

ALL THE COMFORTS
OF HOME. LOWER AWAY.

HOIST AWAY.

IS THERE ANYTHING I HAVE TO DO?

OH, NO, SIR.

YOU JUST RELAX AND
ENJOY THE SCENERY.

OH, BOY.

THIS IS SUCH A STRANGE FEELING.

I FEEL I'M LEAVING

A WORLD OF UNTOLD TOMORROWS

FOR A WORLD OF
COUNTLESS YESTERDAYS.

YOU KNOW, LEE WAS RIGHT.

I... I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT

THE DRAMAMINE PILLS.

THIS IS ALL VERY FRUSTRATING.

I DO HOPE ALL OUR ENDEAVORS

ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN VAIN.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME, DOCTOR.

WE'RE HAVING COFFEE NOW.

AND SOME VISITORS.

THERE APPEARS TO BE

A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

BETWEEN 2 OF THE
LOCAL INHABITANTS.

THERE HE IS!

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
HE'S TREMENDOUS!

I CAN ONLY SEE PART OF HIM...

THE LEG... AND THE SHOULDER...

BUT HE'S ENORMOUS!

HE FOUND IT!

SHALL I PULL YOU UP?

NO, NO, NO!

PUT LEE ON! PUT LEE ON!

HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

YES, DOCTOR?

LEE, THERE'S NO
MISTAKE ABOUT IT.

IT'S A PALEOLITHIC SURVIVAL...

EXACTLY AS WE PICTURED IT,

EXCEPT THAT THE
DORSAL IS SINGULAR,

NOT BILATERAL.

AND THE CLAVICLE SUSPENSION

APPEARS TO BE... CANTILEVERIC!

BUT THE MOST ASTONISHING THING

ABOUT IT IS THAT...

DOCTOR. DR. ELSON.

HE DOESN'T ANSWER.

HELLO. DR. ELSON.
DR. ELSON. HELLO.

GET HIM UP!

RAISE THE BELL!

WE'RE PULLING YOU UP.

DR. ELSON. HELLO?

DR. ELSON! CAN YOU HEAR ME?

ANSWER ME! HELLO!

THE LINE IS DEAD.

WELL, THE REPORT'S
BEEN TURNED IN.

THE NATIONAL GUARD
HAS BEEN ALERTED.

THE COAST GUARD, TOO.

EVANS HAS BEEN PUT IN CHARGE.

THIS WAS BEING PACKED FOR
A VERY DIFFERENT REASON.

LEE, WHAT CAN I SAY?

I SHOULD HAVE GONE
DOWN INSTEAD OF HIM.

I'M TO BLAME.

NOBODY'S TO BLAME...

AND EVERYBODY'S TO BLAME.

WE ALL DID WHAT WE
THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T
BRING HIM THROUGH

THE DOOR AGAIN...

WITH HIS FUNNY LITTLE WALK

AND THAT WONDERFUL SMILE.

NOW THIS PLACE SEEMS SO EMPTY.

HE USED TO PUTTER AROUND

WITH THE SPECIMENS

AND CALL THEM PET NAMES.

HIS...

HIS DEATH WAS SO FUTILE.

LEE... HE WENT DOWN IN THAT BELL

BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF HIS JOB.

HE USED THE SAME
WORDS JUST BEFORE...

OH, TOM.

BEATRICE!

AAH!

AAH!

AAH!

IT'S COMING UP NASSAU STREET

TOWARD PINE. GET SOME HELP FAST.

AAH!

AAH!

AAH! AAH!

EMERGENCY CALL.

CIVILIAN DEFENSE EMERGENCY,

REPORT TO DUTY.

EMERGENCY CALL...

NEW YORK IS LIKE
A CITY BESIEGED.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY
HAS BEEN DECLARED,

AND THE ENTIRE POLICE
FORCE PUT ON 24-HOUR DUTY.

CIVILIAN DEFENSE
IS FULLY MOBILIZED.

AND SHELTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED

IN AN EFFORT TO STOP
THE MOUNTING HYSTERIA.

ALL TRAFFIC HAS BEEN HALTED,

AND TIMES SQUARE,
THE HEART OF NEW YORK,

HAS STOPPED BEATING.

THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS
BEEN CALLED OUT FULLY ARMED

TO REPEL THE INVADER.

THIS IS FULL-SCALE WAR
AGAINST A TERRIBLE ENEMY

SUCH AS MODERN MAN
HAS NEVER BEFORE FACED.

ORDINARY BULLETS HAVE NO EFFECT,

AND A METHOD OF DESTROYING
THE AWESOME CREATURE

HAS NOT YET BEEN FORMULATED.

BUT THE BATTLEFIELD
HAS BEEN CLEARED...

HERALD SQUARE,

34th STREET,

BROADWAY...

EVERY SECTION OF
THE CITY IS GUARDED.

NO ONE KNOWS

WHERE THE MONSTER
WILL STRIKE NEXT.

IT WAS LAST SEEN ON WALL STREET

CLOSE TO WHERE IT CAME ASHORE.

BUT LOWER MANHATTAN
HAS BECOME NO MAN'S LAND

WHERE THE BEAST AT
PRESENT LIES HIDDEN.

THE NATIONAL GUARD IS
BARRICADING THE ENTIRE AREA

IN AN EFFORT TO CONFINE
THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

OF WHAT IS ALREADY
THE WORST DISASTER

IN NEW YORK'S HISTORY.

PUT A SCREEN HERE.

105 TEMPERATURE.

HERE'S THE BLOOD SPECIMEN.

GET IT TO THE
LABORATORY QUICKLY.

I'M AFRAID, SAM.

I AM AFRAID OF WHAT THAT
CREATURE'S BROUGHT TO US.

DEADLY AFRAID.

COULD YOU PLACE
IT BETWEEN HIS EYES?

WE CAN TRY, SIR.

FIRE WHEN READY, CORPORAL.

YES, SIR.

HIS SKULL...

IT'S AT LEAST 8 INCHES THICK.

ANOTHER ONE, COLONEL?

NO. IT'D TAKE 3-INCH SHELL
TO PENETRATE THAT SKULL.

BAZOOKA SQUAD, PREPARE TO FIRE.

THE HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES...
IT'S GOING TO TOUCH THEM!

BAZOOKA MEN, FIRE!

UNDER THE NECK WHEN
HE RAISES HIS HEAD AGAIN!

GET THOSE EMERGENCY
SEARCHLIGHTS ON!

Man: WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

SERGEANT. SERGEANT!

WHAT IS IT?

BLOOD.

GIVE ME THE WALKIE-TALKIE.

COLONEL EVANS? COLONEL EVANS!

SERGEANT WITTONI.

NOW LOOK, PROCEED
WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

WOUNDED, THE ANIMAL MIGHT BE

TWICE AS DANGEROUS AS BEFORE.

IT'S A POSSIBILITY THE ANIMAL

MIGHT HAVE HEADED FOR THE RIVER.

WE'LL HAVE SHORE
BATTERIES ALERTED

AND NAVAL PATROL VESSELS.

GET ME A COMMAND CAR.

COLONEL EVANS
SPEAKING. GO AHEAD.

LOOK, COLONEL,
SOMETHING'S FUNNY.

MOST OF THE DETAIL, THEY'RE...

WELL, THEY'RE OUT.

OUT ON THEIR FEET, SIR.

HAVE YOUR SERGEANT
CONTACT THE MEDICS

AND REPORT TO CAPTAIN MITCHELL.

YOUR CAR IS READY, SIR.

HAVE THE MEDICAL OFFICER REPORT

TO ME AT AREA COMMAND.

YES, SIR.

HE IS REPORTED SOMEWHERE
IN THE LOWER BAY AREA.

BATTERY A IN POSITION ZERO.

BATTERY A INTO POSITION ZERO.

REPORT RADAR FINDINGS.

REPORT RADAR FINDINGS.

SOUNDING HARBOR BOTTOM.
SOUNDING HARBOR BOTTOM.

ACTIVATE MINES, NUMBERS 8 TO 24.

ACTIVATE MINES, NUMBERS 8 TO 24.

WHAT'S THE SITUATION, MAJOR?

WE'RE SOUNDING
THE HARBOR BOTTOM.

NO INDICATION AS YET, SIR.

CHARTING ROOM. COLONEL EVANS?

MAJOR, THERE'S A CALL HERE

FOR COLONEL EVANS.

THIS IS EVANS SPEAKING.

WHO?

OH, YES. HELLO, DOCTOR.

THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT
IN OVER 50 0F YOUR MEN

AND THE PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MONSTER'S A
GIANT GERM CARRIER

OF A HORRIBLE VIRULENT DISEASE.

CONTACT WITH THE ANIMAL'S BLOOD

CAN BE FATAL.

IF YOU USE SHELL FIRE,
WHO KNOWS HOW FAR

THE AIR WILL SPREAD
THE PARTICLES OF IT.

THE ENTIRE CITY
CAN BE ENDANGERED.

RIGHT, DOCTOR.

HAVE THE ANTISUBMARINE NETS

BEEN RAISED ACROSS THE NARROWS?

NO, SIR.

ORDER THEM RAISED.

RAISE THE ANTISUBMARINE NETS.

RAISE THE ANTISUBMARINE NETS.

WE SHOULD'VE USED FLAMETHROWERS,

WOULD'VE CREMATED THE
BEAST AND PLAGUE WITH IT.

FLAMETHROWERS?
THE SMOKE WOULD'VE

CARRIED THE BLOOD
PARTICLES JUST AS FAR

AS THE AIR.

NO. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REDUCED

SO THAT NOT EVEN A
CINDER WOULD REMAIN.

ANY REPORTS YET, MAJOR?

NO SIGN AS YET, COLONEL.

HE MAY BE DYING AT THE BOTTOM.

WE'LL SET THE DRAGS
IN THE MORNING.

RIGHT.

Man: ATTENTION!

MONSTER ASHORE
AT MANHATTAN BEACH.

HEADING TOWARDS AMUSEMENT AREA.

ON LAND?

I THOUGHT WE HAD HIM
IN A CORNER POCKET.

JACK, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO BEAT HIM.

HOW?

RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE.

SHOOT IT INTO HIM

AND DESTROY ALL
THAT DISEASED TISSUE.

KEEP YOUR MEN ALERTED, SERGEANT,

BUT NOBODY'S TO FIRE UNLESS
SPECIFICALLY ORDERED TO.

YES, SIR.

HOW SOON, TOM?

SHOULD BE ANY MINUTE NOW.

WAIT FOR US HERE.

I'M PROFESSOR NESBITT.

WE'VE GOT YOUR BABY, PROFESSOR.

GOOD. WE NEED YOUR
BEST MARKSMAN, JACK.

RIGHT.

HAVE HIM GET INTO THESE.

HERE'S YOUR MAN, TOM.

COLONEL SAYS YOU
NEED A DEAD SHOT.

YES. EVER USE A GRENADE RIFLE?

PICK MY TEETH WITH 'EM.

GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT A
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE IS?

NO, BUT IF IT CAN BE LOADED,

I CAN FIRE IT.

I'LL LOAD IT.

JUST REMEMBER ONE THING.

IT HAS TO BE SHOT
INTO THE WOUND,

AND YOU HAVE TO
MAKE IT THE FIRST TIME.

THIS IS THE ONLY ISOTOPE

OF ITS KIND WE HAVE,

SO YOU CAN'T MISS.

LET'S GET TO THE TARGET.

I CAN'T HIT HIM
FROM HERE, MISTER.

EVER RIDE ONE OF THOSE THINGS?

YES, SIR.

JACK, GET SOMEBODY OVER HERE

WHO CAN OPERATE
THAT ROLLER COASTER.

WE WANT TO GET TO THE TOP

IN ONE OF THOSE CARS.

RIGHT!

PUT YOUR HOOD ON.

YES, SIR.

CAPTIONING MADE
POSSIBLE BY WARNER BROS.