Time After Time (1979) - full transcript

Now, you mind your step,
Jenny.

Nah, go on,
don't you worry none about me.

I can hold me gin.

I'm right as rain.

- Ta-ta, love.
- Oops.

Mind how you go.

♪♪ ...above her brow.. ♪♪

Go.

Oh!

♪♪ ...above her brow ♪♪

♪♪ ...above her brow ♪♪



♪♪ Come along dear ♪♪

♪♪ E-I-E-I-E-I-O ♪♪♪♪

It's..

Oh.

- Evenin'.
- 'Good evening.'

It's a raw night,
isn't it?

'Yes...raw.'

You'll ruin
them fine clothes.

Would you like this?

Come straight to the point,
don't you, love?

Well, my place
is right along here.

♪♪ ...above her brow ♪♪

'No.'

There.



We are in a hurry,
aren't we?

Come on, then.

Oops!

Come along.

Oh. Right you are, sir.

Wouldn't want to break it.

Oh!

That's lovely!

'We got our own band!'

'Ha ha ha!'

Come on, then.

I'm hot..

...and gettin' colder,
if you take my meanin'.

Ooh.

'What's your name, dearie?'

'John.'

John..

John..

'Oh, John..'

Oh, John!

John..

'But my friends
all call me Jack.'

Oh..

'Is the gazette
going to continue'

with your pieces
on free love, H.G.?

Free love
sells newspapers.

Gentlemen, I give you
the fleet street Casanova.

Hear, hear!

Well, I've got my little
experiments to pay for.

You're the hero
of the working class, H.G.

Free love is the only sort
they can afford.

Oh, Lord, don't start him
on socialism in heaven's name.

We'll have to listen
to a sermon on the subject

from Father Wells.

You oughtn't call it
a sermon.

You know, I don't believe
in organized religion.

Socialism is the path
mankind must inevitably tread

on its way
to a utopian society.

Mckay's right, you know,
we've heard all that.

'What's this great announcement'

'you've brought us
all to supper for?'

Have you found the cure
for gravity?

I think I'd prefer to wait
until we're all here.

Dr. Stevenson is here,
Mr. Wells.

Thank you very much,
Mrs. Turner.

Would you send him in?

Good evening, John.

- Gentlemen, good evening.
- Hello, John.

We'd begun to despair.
Have you dined?

There's still
a little roast beef I think.

- Hopefully good. Try some.
- Thank you, no.

Perhaps a little brandy
to take away the chill.

I'm sorry to have missed supper,
but a physician's hours

are not his own, I'm afraid.

Gentlemen..

- Good health!
- Cheers.

Now, what has Herbert left
for me tonight?

'Chess will have to wait, John.'

'You're only just in time
for the big surprise.'

Isn't he, H.G.
The great, big whatever-it-is?

- Am I?
- I was waiting for you.

I'm all attention.

Very well.

Gentlemen, I have called you
together tonight

to bid you farewell.

Farewell?
Where are you off to?

Another holiday
in Scotland, eh?

No. No, I am going traveling

but I'm not leaving London.

Indeed, I do not expect
to be leaving my laboratory.

Mmm, riddles again.

Gentlemen, I am talking
about traveling through time

in a machine constructed
for that very purpose.

What?

Poppycock!

'Why?'

Electric light,
gentlemen.

Courtesy of Thomas Edison,
the modern Prometheus.

Good heavens..

You were really serious!

Good God,
I don't believe it!

You've actually built
the bloody thing!

Well, free love
has paid for most of it.

Yes, I've no doubt.

I didn't think
practical jokes

was in your line of sport.

Twelve years ago,
a French engineer

harnessed the power of the sun
to run a printing press.

My time machine derives its
power from the very same source.

You can't be serious.

You mean this thing

is propelled by sunshine?

This cup catches
the rays of the sun

converting its heat
to electricity here.

Electricity does the rest

juxtaposing fields of energy,
creating friction.

The result is an ever-increasing
series of reactions

that lifts, or literally
rotates, the machine

out of one time sphere
into another.

'The cruising speed
is two years per minute.'

You can go
into the past or future at will.

Two years per minute.

Acceleration will keep
the machine and its occupant

outside all time spheres

in a conscious
but vaporized state.

How do you determine in which
direction you're journeying?

Well, if you rotate to the west,
you gain yesterdays.

To the east,
you accumulate tomorrows.

Balderdash!
Go North, you get to Glasgow.

The machine is designed
with several safety features.

'The reversal-rotation lock'

automatically returns
the machine to its starting date

after the completion
of a voyage.

If the occupant is injured
during the course of a flight

the passenger is returned
to the point of departure..

...unless he uses this key
to countermand the device.

'Without that key, then, the
thing's a bloody homing pigeon.'

And what, may I ask,
is this?

Well, John..

...this...is
the vaporizing equalizer.

Without it the passenger
journeys through time

without the machine.

And without the machine,
there is no coming back.

'Well, H.G., which is it to be,
the past or the future?'

Oh, the past, surely.
He'll want to meet Cleopatra.

The future.

Now why the future?

Because I belong there.

Within three generations

the social utopia
will have come to pass.

There will be no more war,
no crime, no poverty

and no disease, either, John.

Men will live like brothers
and on terms of perfect equality

with women as well.

Oh, dear.
Let's have the past.

Hear, hear!

I can't agree with you.
Check.

Really,
you astonish me, H.G.

In the midst
of all your theorizing

you manage
to ignore the facts.

'The evidence of
human history is that'

we live in
a cosmic charnel house.

Mankind has not changed
for 2,000 years.

We hunt. We're hunted.

That's how it is.
That's how it shall always be.

The future
will prove you wrong.

The future will tell.

Anyway, I have just
one question for myself.

When do you leave?

Uh, I'm not sure.

'Human frailty at last.'

Well, to be quite candid..

...I haven't quite
worked up the nerve.

Oh, first time
H.G. ever lacked nerve!

No, but I will.

All I've got to do
is to set the date

and activate
the switches in sequence.

'Of course you'll find it, and
I'll inherit the Hope Diamond.'

Checkmate, Herbert.

- 'How does he do it?'
- 'Not again.'

'Every time.'

I know how he thinks,
that's all.

One day I shall win.

Yes, when you learn
how I think.

Oh, sorry to interrupt,
Mr. Wells

but there are two gentlemen
from Scotland Yard

who would like
a word with you.

Gentlemen,
what is the meaning of this?

Uh, beg pardon,
sir, I'm sure.

Mind we have
a word with you, sir?

The Ripper?
In this vicinity?

'I'm afraid so, sir.'

We've cordoned off
the entire neighborhood.

We're asking the folk
hereabout to cooperate.

Will that be alright
with you, sir?

Your housekeeper will sleep
the better for it.

- Of course, by all means.
- Oh, thank you very much, sir.

What's happened?

Apparently,
the Ripper has struck again.

- No!
- Oh, my Lord! Goodness!

He hasn't been heard
from for years!

Nor in this part of town!

No doubt about it,
I'm afraid, gentlemen.

He has
a very distinctive style.

Blimey.

I think you'd better have
a look at this, sir!

'That's Dr. Stevenson's bag.'

'That belongs to
one of my guests'.

What did you say
this man's name was?

Stevenson,
John Leslie Stevenson.

He's chief of surgery
at St. Bartholomew's.

I'm afraid he's also chief
of surgery in Whitechapel.

Nothing upstairs, inspector.

All windows are locked
from within.

- And the skyline?
- Also closed.

We checked the roof, sir.
There was no sign of him.

What's in back?

A dead end mews with
a high brick wall, sir.

He's not gone that way,
I'll take my oath on it.

- He was with you just now?
- Yes.

He must have gone out
the front somehow as we came in.

It doesn't matter,
we know who he is

'which is a sight more
than we did until tonight.'

'We'll round him up.'

If you gentlemen
will accompany me

I'll see that
you reach your homes

safely under a police escort.

There's bound to be
an explanation.

Beyond belief!

'Thank you, dear.
That's my umbrella.'

'I've never been
so frightened.'

'That bag, I don't know
how many times'

I've put it
in the closet for him.

I wonder he didn't take
it with him when he left.

Then we'd never have known.

He was always
such a gentleman.

Yes...a gentleman.

I wonder where
he got to so fast

the coppers
couldn't find him.

They searched high and low

and we were by the front door
the whole time.

'Oh, well, if he's fooled
them all for this long'

'I don't wonder
he's fooled them again.'

What did you say?

I said, we were
by the front door

the whole time.

When you learn how I think.

Nineteen-seventy-nine.

What have I done?

I've turned that bloody maniac
loose upon utopia.

Mr. Wells--

Bring me the housekeeping money

Mrs. Turner, all of it.

And any money you may
have of your own, if you please?

I'll make it up to you.

- How much?
- Uh, £15 and sixpence, sir.

Will you want it all?

All, if you please, Mrs. Turner.

- Oh.
- Something wrong, sir?

Uh, no.
Would you mind awfully?

Money may not answer,
I'm afraid.

I may have
to trade with the natives.

Oh, let me see.

The key..

86 years..

...two years per minute.

That makes 43 minutes.

Estimated time
of arrival would be..

...11:15.

Alright.

Utopia.

Mr. Wells?

Mr. Wells?

'German army closes
into France..'

♪♪ Over there ♪♪

♪♪ Over there ♪♪♪♪

'Lindbergh over
the Irish coast..'

♪♪ Pagliacci ♪♪♪♪

'The East is tempting.'

'We have to fear is..'

'Sieg heil! Sieg heil!'

'Their fine tower.'

'That attacked
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii..'

'I shall return..'

'This is London..'

♪♪ Rum and coca-cola ♪♪♪♪

'Enemy in whose throat
you'd like to cut.'

'Reclaim the state of Israel.'

'Queen Elizabeth II
is crowned.'

'Forces from North Korea..'

'Ask not..'

'President Kennedy is dead.'

'Martin Luther King..'

'Senator Kennedy...'

'One small step for man..'

'The Israeli athletes
were killed.

'Vietnam,
cease-fire agreement..'

'Because of
the Watergate matter..'

'The second test-tube baby..'

'Pope John Paul's successor..'

'Khomeini executed four..'

'Mommy? Mommy, look at that.'

'Mommy, come over here.'

Mommy, who's that man?

'Jason, come away.'

He probably works here.

'The Wells exhibit is on loan
from a British museum.'

'The objects in this hall have
been painstakingly assembled'

'to form a portrait of
the public and private life'

'of an extraordinary
human being'

'whose prophetic vision
influenced'

'the shape of things to come.'

'On your left as you enter
is the inlaid wood secretary'

'with its unique roll top
from Wells' rooms..'

'It was on this desk...'

Hey, you!
Get away from that exhibit!

'Where do you think you are,
Disneyland?'

- Pardon?
- 'You heard me.'

Now come on,
get behind those ropes.

That's what they're there for.

'Come on, come on.'

'...during a German air raid
in 1941.'

'The reasons for his building
the model are not known.'

Novel?

Time?

'...his father was a shopkeeper'

'and professional
cricket player.'

'His mother, a lady's maid.'

'The youngest of three sons..'

You people!

Christ Almighty!

Never!

'...on his graduation
from London University'

'Wells taught a course..'

'...about the tuberculosis,
however..'

'and forced him into
a period of convalescence..'

'...in 1895, he published
a series of articles on time..'

'Eight hours off?'

♪♪ Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna ♪♪

♪♪ Krishna, Krishna ♪♪

♪♪ Hare, Hare ♪♪♪♪

'Hey, what did you do
to my car?!'

'Don't you know how to drive?!'

'Guys move it.'

I beg your pardon,
could you please tell me

what city this is?

Come on!

I beg your pardon, could you
please tell me what city this--

Excuse me.

San Francisco?

California!

Of course!

Eight hours difference.

13...14...15 pounds.

This money's quite old.
You're aware of that.

But they're still good,
aren't they?

'Sure.'

It's just that a coin dealer

would probably
give you more for them.

Here, all you'll get is
the current rate of exchange

which is..

...$25.50.

$25?!

Really.

It's the same all over.

Money makes
the world go around.

It's just worthless unless--

Money, yes.

Everyone needs money.

Tell me, has there been another
gentleman here, uh, recently?

Uh, another Englishman
dressed like me

with currency like mine?

'Not that I can recall.'

And they would have
sent him to me if

he wanted to exchange
pounds for dollars.

I see.

'Gimme a big mac,
an order of fries'

and a small Coke to go, please.

Thank you, dear.

Gimme a big mac, fries..

...and tea to go, please.

Pommes frites!

Fries are pommes frites!

Mmm.

I never saw wood
like this before.

Amazing, I haven't seen stones
in settings like these

since before the war.

- The war?
- Since the second World War.

- You know.
- Did you say, World War?

Since World War II, I said.

Um, how much are they worth?

Oh, today's market...
$6000, easy.

Uh, would you like to buy them?

Oh, I-I couldn't give you
top dollar, I'm afraid.

Oh, that's alright.
What's your offer?

Uh..

Um...hmm...uh..

Uh..

$4,000?

Very well.

You don't want
to think about it?

Okay.
Uh, may I see some ID?

'You know, uh,
driver's license or credit card'

'something like that?'

I'm afraid I don't have some.

I can't do business unless
I have some identification.

How do I know these aren't hot?

Hot?

- You know, stolen.
- Stolen?

I assure you, sir, I give you
my word as a gentleman.

Come on, give me a break.
What's this "gentleman" stuff?

How come
you don't got any ID?

'Ah, look, let me do
a computer check on the stuff.'

'If it's clear,
we can do business.'

In a week,
you'll have a check!

I don't have a week.

I don't believe you exist..

but if you do, I need your help.

Just let me stay the night

and I'll be on my way
in the morning.

And not trouble you again.

I'm sorry.
We're closing now.

Utopia.

$200, $300, $400.

There you are, sir.

Thank you.

May I help you?

I'd like to see
the officer in charge

of foreign currency exchange.

You're looking at him.

You?!

But surely there must
be a gentleman?

Don't be a chauvinist.

It's taken me three years
to make it to foreign.

What's the matter? Don't you
believe in women's liberation?

Women's liberation?

Well, I'm dreadfully sorry.
I meant no disrespect.

As a matter of fact, I was all
for it, so I shouldn't complain.

You were all for it?
What changed your mind?

Nothing.

Uh, I don't know
whether you can help me.

May I help you?

Thank you.

I'm certainly willing
for you to try.

I'm looking for a man,
another Englishman like me

who may have tried
to exchange some money here.

I'll say!

Then he was here?

Yesterday afternoon,
big as life.

With a money belt that was even
bigger, must have weighed a ton.

- Friend of yours?
- We were traveling together.

And now I've, um..
I've lost him.

His name was
John Leslie Stevenson?

That's him, alright.

I tried to get him
to open an account with us

but he only cashed
a couple hundred dollars worth.

You wouldn't happen
to know what's become of him?

And where he's got to, I mean.

Well, as a matter of fact, he
asked me to recommend a hotel.

An hotel?

So I sent him
to the Hyatt Regency

on Drumm street.

Uh, Hyatt Regency?

Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

'You here on a visit?'

Tourist-type thing?

Mm-hmm.

Well, if you don't know anyone

perhaps you'll let me
show you around.

'We San Franciscans are
pretty proud of this old town.'

Well..

...yes, uh,
perhaps that might be nice.

Well, it's your option.
You've got the card.

Give me a ring if you feel
like it. My name's Amy.

- A ring?
- You know.

Da-da-da-da-da.

Oh, yeah.

Da-da-da-da da-da da.

My number's on the card.

What's your name?

Herbert..

...Wells.

What was that?

That was a very cute man.

Mm-hmm.

That was a pickup.
Against bank rules.

I don't care.

At least he's not gay.

Plus,
I love the way he talks!

How about that suit,
early American?

He'll be back.

- What's up, doc?
- I beg your pardon?

You were saying, where to?

Could you please take me
as quickly as possible

to the Hyatt--

Who is it?

'Your breakfast, sir.'

Bless my soul.

May I come in?

Certainly, certainly.

You were, literally,
the last person

on earth I expected to see.

You've given me quite a turn.

But now I think of it,
there's no way

of preventing
the machine from returning.

- I haven't the key.
- No.

'And you managed to find
the nerve after all'

after I'd tested
your machine for you.

And how did you manage to track
me down once you'd got here?

That was brilliant.

We must add, "detective" to
your list of accomplishments.

You're a regular
Sherlock Holmes.

I'm not here to engage in idle
banter with you, Stevenson.

You've used me.

And you've used my machine
to escape the hands--

I must congratulate you
on that device.

I confess that at dinner
the other...century

I thought you'd lost your wits.

But fate intervened and forced
me to ascertain for myself

that you are truly
the Columbus of a new age.

The dawn of time travel.

I salute you.

I want you to come with me now.

Yes, of course,
where are we going this time?

To the museum.

I'm obliged to take you back

to face the consequences
of your acts.

You can't be serious.

You're so Victorian.
You'll take me back.

How do you propose
to do that, by force?

Be reasonable, John.

We don't belong here.
We've violated--

We don't belong here?

Let me show you something.

Sit down.

'Come on, I won't bite you.'

'Sit.'

Now, look.

'Palestine terrorists
carried out their threat'

'and began shooting the first 5
of 106 Israeli school children.'

'Held hostage
for 18 days in a--

'You haven't gone forward,
Herbert.'

'You've gone back.'

'We've just received word that'

'Mayor Griffin Margolin
of Columbus, Ohio, was shot--

'We don't belong here?'

On the contrary, Herbert.

I belong here
completely and utterly.

I'm home.

'It's you
who do not belong here.'

You, with your absurd notions

of a perfect
and harmonious society.

'It's drivel.'

The world
has caught up with me

and surpassed me.

Ninety years ago, I was a freak.

Today, I'm an amateur.

You go back, Herbert.

The future
isn't what you thought.

It's what I am.

Do you know that you can go
into a shop here

and purchase
a rifle or a revolver.

It's perfectly legal.
These people encourage--

Stop it!

It's catching, isn't it..

...violence?

You know, you finding me
here is rather fortuitous.

For me, that is.

Otherwise, I'd be obliged
to search for you.

Well, are you going
to give it to me?

I have no idea
what you mean.

Of course you do.

I'm talking about the key.

I can't have you
following me about eternity

like the Flying Dutchman.

'Give me the key,
and we'll be quits.'

The key?

I don't have it with me.

Herbert.

Herbert, I've played countless
games of chess with you

and the one thing
you cannot do is bluff.

I want that key!

Uhm!

Oh, god!

Maid.

Senor!

Stevenson!

'The car hit him.'

- I beg your pardon.
- I'll talk to you later.

Just a minute, please.

- Yes?
- I'm looking for a patient.

Recently admitted
less than an hour ago.

- He was in an accident.
- Name?

John Leslie Stevenson.

Not here.

But they told me
he was gonna be brought here.

This is San Francisco
general hospital?

Not here, not under
that name, anyway. Next.

He must have only just arrived.
He was hit by a motorcar.

- 'A motorcar?'
- 'Pardon? '

You mean a car?

Yes...a car, yes.

He's a tall, flaxen-haired

distinguished-looking
Englishman.

'Just a minute, please.'

Oh.
I'm-I'm sorry.

But an accident victim
answering your description

died 20 minutes ago.

We had him listed
as John Doe number 16.

Died?! But that's
absolutely impossible.

I saw him sitting up
after the accident.

'His chart says,
"internal injuries."'

It happens
that way sometimes.

Uh, wait!

May I see the body?

Are you family?

Are you a relative?

He doesn't have
any relatives.

I'm sorry.

Wait a minute, please.

Excuse me.

O-R-A-J.

"'Orajovsky"..'

Oh, hello.

You decided to let me
take you to lunch!

Hello.

Um, what did you say?

I said lunch on me.
What do you say?

Oh, well, um..

Just let me get my things.

Uh..

That is what you had in mind?

Yes, certainly,
if you like.

Wait right there.

All set.

Where to?

Well, it's your city.
I'll leave it up to you.

I know, something with a view.

'Don't worry,
it's perfectly safe.'

'We haven't had any trouble
since the big one in 1906.'

Knock wood.

- 'The big one?'
- 'The earthquake.'

Don't you know about that?

You haven't done your reading.

It leveled
the whole shebang.

The shebang?

I see.

Mmm-mmm! This is delicious.

Far superior to that Scottish
place where I breakfasted.

Scottish?

MacDougall's.

- What about your friend?
- Friend?

'Dr. Stevenson.'

Well, he wasn't
exactly my friend.

We had a bit
of a falling-out.

I won't be seeing him again.

I like that suit!

Is that what they're
wearing in London?

It was when I left.

Is that where you're from,
London?

Everybody I ever meet
from England's from London.

I'm sorry.
What were you saying?

Oh, I was asking
if you were from London

'cause, um, I have
some friends there.

I thought maybe
you might know them.

'Course I realize

it's a pretty
big city and everything

but, um..

Anyway, their name is Phillips.

He works for Coca-Cola.

Any chance?

- No, afraid not.
- Oh, yeah, well.

You probably move
in different circles anyway.

Are you, um...

Are you a scientist
or something?

Whatever makes you say that?

Just a hunch, I don't know

you give me the impression

of someone who's cloistered away

somewhere most of the time in

a library or something
doing research

and never reads the newspaper.

Oh, well, as a matter of fact

I used to write
for a newspaper

The Pall Mall Gazette.

Really?

Well, shows how much
I know, right?

You were a reporter?

I wrote articles on

whatever struck my fancy.

Social issues, mainly.

The last thing I did

was a series on free love.

Free love?

Mmm. Jesus.

I haven't heard that term
since the eighth grade.

Tell me something

did you think it was
very forward of me

to invite you
to lunch like this?

Do you, uh, often invite--

Do I often invite
strange men to lunch?

No, I do not

but it's not often that

a strange man turns me on.

Or a strange woman.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I didn't
mean to imply I was a dyke.

- A dyke?
- Oh, sorry.

Lesbian or anything like that

'cause I'm not.
I like my sex straight.

It's just that I do go
for months sometimes

without meeting anybody
who does it for me.

You know what I mean?

A lot of people, like, um

'like my friend Carol, you know

I'm not telling
tales out of school but

'a lot of people can just
sleep around, you know'

But not me,
I really have to like the guy.

Otherwise, it's just no-go.

'I'm sorry.'

I guess I shouldn't
say all that stuff

right off the bat like that.

It's not women's lib.

I just get nervous.

When I get nervous,
I tend to babble.

Do I make you nervous?

Yes.

You do, sort of.

Why?

Because I like you.

'Hmm, if you think
that's something

you ought to see
the Golden Gate.'

Oh, what's that?

Oh, you've got
to be kidding me.

Now, how did you decide
to visit this place

stick a pin
in a map or something?

The Golden Gate.

The Golden Gate.

'Hey, you want
to drive across it?'

Oh, is it for motorcars?

"R" stands for reverse

'and "D" stands for drive.

And the right pedal

causes us to accelerate

while the left
retards our speed.'

'Of course. Honestly, Herbert'

'you act as though you've never
been in a car before.'

'Non-sense, I was
in one only this morning.'

You're a very good driver.

Damn straight.

My husband used to

drive in the stock-car rallies.

'He taught me good.'

'What you thinking about?'

'A brave, new world
that has such people in it.

'May I ask you a question?'

'Sure.'

'You mentioned
your husband before.'

'My ex. '

'Yeah, I was
married for a while'

'when I was very young.'

We met during
an anti-war demonstration.'

Ah, the second World War?

Are you kidding?

How old do you think I am?

Oh, I'm sorry, uh.

The third World War?

The Vietnam War.

'Vietnam?'

It's just that
he wanted me to give up work

and have children.

You know, the housewife routine.

Not for me.

He never took
my ambitions seriously.

What about you? You married?

I wouldn't be here
with you if I were.

Well, that's nice.

A lot of guys..

Well, it's no big deal.
I like that.

As a matter of fact,
I'm also divorced

for similar reasons.

She wanted you
to be a housewife?

She wanted me to be routine.

'Oh.'

Well, that is one thing
you definitely are not.

I don't know what it is.

First, I thought
it was your voice

'or maybe your clothes.'

'Now, I don't know.'

'Maybe it's that kind of'

little-boy-lost quality
you give off.

brings out
my maternal instincts.

You're very perceptive.

Lost is what I am.

Hmm.

No.

Herbert?

Herb--

Herbert.

Herbert.

It's only a movie.

I hate all that violence.

Did you ever see Red Shoes?

I really got off on that.

Careers.

It's almost six.

Do you have plans
for the evening?

Actually, I haven't made any.

Are you tired of me yet?

No, not in the least.

Great.

How about
I cook you dinner?

I don't live
too far from here.

You sure it's not
too much trouble?

Are you kidding?
I'm half Italian.

Italians love to cook.

What about the other half?

Norwegian.
Norwegians love to eat.

What on earth is that?

- Isn't that incredible?
- Uh huh.

They built that
for the Pan-American

exposition of 1914.

Somehow, it's still standing.

I love living next to it.

Come on, I'll give
you the cook's tour.

I'll bet you don't have anything

like this in London, right?

You've never seen
the Albert Hall.

Oh, well, hell,
I've never even been to London.

Where do you live?

'This way.'

'You should see
this place when they

turn the lights on at night.'

Is it marble?

Would you believe plaster?

'What on earth is Cosmopolitan?'

Where are all your books?

I don't have all that many.

I know that's terrible

but I just don't seem
to read that much anymore.

I never have
time and when I do

it seems easier
to watch the TV.

Even though that's mainly crap.

What's that?

The phone.

Ted's idea.

Hello?

'Oh, hi.'

This is my friend
Carol from the bank

checking up on you.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

No.

Who knows?

Well

Carol, I'm trying

so will you please
let me get on with it?

'I have to go now. Bye.'

'Carol says hi.'

She wants to know if London's

really crawling with Arabs.

Arabs?

She wants to marry into oil.

This is almost ready,
I wonder if you mind

if I changed my clothes

because I've been
in my work clothes all day.

I really won't be a minute.

No, please, please.

You go right ahead.

You look very beautiful.

Herbert, if you don't take me

into your arms this very minute

I'll scream.

Well, hello there.

Hello.

Why, Miss Jones,
you're gorgeous.

What?

You don't close your eyes.

Well, neither do you.

Gee, these are
the funniest buttons

I ever saw.

It's like it was
some kind of costume.

Oh, my gosh.

Is the rest of this
outfit as interesting?

Amy. Amy.

I don't want to compromise you.

Are you quite certain
I'm not forcing you

to do anything
that you'll regret--

Forcing me?

My god, Herbert

I'm practically raping you.

Yeah, that's true.

Here.

'All naked and it's all
happening right here.

This is where we got the hottest

wildest, sexiest ladies
in San Francisco, sir.

Come on in and check it out.
Sir, this is the one, come on.

Take the young lady's advice.
This is where it's happening.

Come on in and check it out.

God's great, sir, you ought
to come in and check it out.

If you're old enough,
you're bold enough.

This is the one.
Hold it, now, hold it.'

'Come here, come here,
come here let me show you.

'The biggest,
the best here, hey.'

'The largest in the West here.'

Now, wait a minute, fellas..'

'And the weather
for this fine November day'

'should be sunny with
low clouds along the coast.'

'It's a nippy
51 degrees at present'

'going up to a high of 68'

'then dropping to a predicted'

'overnight low of 43.'

'In the news this morning..'

Good morning.

Good morning.

You want some coffee?

Mmm. Thank you.

'...walked into
City Hall yesterday'

'and shot and killed
Mayor Kevin Margolin.'

In local news, another nude body

the second in 14 hours

has been discovered
in the North beach area.

Identified as Cindy Chow,
a prostitute

the brutally mutilated corpse

was found by trash collectors

in an alley behind
the City Lights bookstore.

Police refuse to comment

on the relationship
between the murders

stating only that the style
of the killings is similar.

According to Police Chief
Rod DeVito

there are no leads as yet.

In other news,
the stock market opened..'

- No.
- Coffee's ready.

How do you take it?

Is milk okay instead of cream?

I have to talk to you.

I'm running late.

'Amy, I have to
talk to you now.'

He's alive
and out there somewhere

and I've no idea
what's to be done.

You say you're after this man.

Are you a detective
or something?

You work for Scotland Yard?

Well, let's just say that

their interests
are definitely involved.

I don't understand.

Why can't you go to the police

tell them who
they're looking for?

What's wrong with that?

They'd never believe me.

You don't know that.

They'd never be..

If you knew the
whole story

you would never
believe me.

I'd believe you.

Well, they wouldn't.

If I told them the whole truth

they'd pack me off
to a lunatic asylum and not him.

Yeah, your right.

I led you to him, didn't I?

What were you doing,
visiting bank after bank?

Would you have
gone to bed with anybody

who told you where he was?

Oh, Amy.

You don't suppose
that for one minute.

No, I guess I don't.

I don't know,
this is very confusing.

And I'm late,
on top of everything else.

Wednesday morning
is executive staff meeting.

I'm sorry. I didn't want
to burden you with all this.

Look, I'll get
dressed and go.

Oh, no, no, no,
please you stay.

I don't know what to say.

Listen, I like you.

'I like you very much.
I'd like to see you again.'

But I don't know how to help you

if you can't go to the police.

This is crazy. I don't even
know where you're staying.

Yesterday was my first day.

Well, you stay here for a while.

Have some breakfast and

try to sort things out.

I'll call you if
I get any bright ideas

Okay?

Be sure and slam
the door when you leave

or it doesn't lock.

One thing I never
would have pegged you as.

A detective.

Well, you look like

the cat that ate the canary.

Did you?

Hi, Carol. How's everything?

"Hi, Carol. How's everything?"

I don't know. You tell me.

You're the one who
took off the whole afternoon.

In one word, fabulous.

He's..

I just can't describe it.

On second thought,
please don't try.

I may just die of envy.

Well, I want you to meet him.

Could you come for dinner

Friday night around 7:00?

I'm sure it'll
be fine with Herbert.

Herbert?

You must really be hooked.

I think so.

I'll just check my
busy social calendar.

Talk to you later.

Hello, again.

I've come to change
some more currency.

Oh.

'Yes, of course.'

How much did you have in mind

to exchange this time?

Oh, say, 40 guineas.

Forty guineas.

Uh-uh, I'm sorry.

Would you excuse
me for a moment?

I'll be right back.

Take your time.

Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.

Come on, come on, come on.

Herbert? Herbert, it's me.

Listen, Herbert.
He's here.

'Amy?'

Wh-who is?

'What do you mean "who"?
Who do you think?'

What?

He's right at my desk

with a money belt.

He wants to change
more sovereigns.

Herbert, what do I do?
I'm terrified.

'Amy, Amy, be.. Look.'

Be calm.
It's perfectly alright.

You're in the middle of a bank.

He's mad, but
he's not stupid.

Now, nothing's
going to happen to you.

Listen, can you keep him there?

- What?
- 'I know its a lot to ask.'

But try. Just until I get there.

I'm on my way right now.

I'll try.

What-what-what did you say?

I said I'll try.

Uh, sorry about that.

I was checking to see

what the exchange rates
are this morning.

You know,
they fluctuate every day.

I wouldn't want you
to get gypped.

Are you enjoying your stay
in San Francisco?

- Very much.
- That's wonderful.

Did they find room for
you at the Hyatt Regency?

Yes, thanks to you, I've..

Thanks to you.

You wouldn't happen
to know a man

called Wells, would you?

I thought so.

Miss Amy Robbins.

He asked you to detain me

until he could get here,
is that right?

I don't know
what you're talking about.

Oh.

Well, I don't think I'll

conduct my business here anymore

if it's all the same to you.

'Good day.'

There's just one other item.

Be good enough
to leave a message

for Mr. Wells from me.

Tell him I want that key.

Tell him to leave it
for me at the exhibit.

Leave the key

or face the consequences.

Have you got that?

Yes, I believe you have.

Herbert, you got to bring
the police in on this.

Now, if you don't, I will.

That man is crazy.

I could see it in his face.

And he threatened you.

'Something about leaving

the key to the exhibit.'

We've got to go to the police.

Now, if you don't, I will.

But I don't know
what to tell them.

Herbert, you can't fool around

with a person like that.

He's crazy.

"Robbins.

2340 Francisco."

'His name
is John Leslie Stevenson.'

English. He's a surgeon.

Approximately 37 years of age.

Flaxen hair, clean shaven

and stands well above
six feet in height.

What makes you say that
this Dr., uh, Stevenson

Stevenson is responsible
for the death

of these two girls?

I just know
for a fact that he is.

I see. Do you have
spiritual powers?

- Do I what?
- Have spiritual powers.

Are you a medium or a mystic?

I make no claim

to supernatural
gifts of any sort.

If I could reveal
the source of my information..

As a matter of fact

I'm also a detective.

I was sent from
London on the trail

of John Leslie Stevenson

traveling incognito, of course.

'My name, uh..'

My name is Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes. I see.

'Go on, go on.'

But I-I can't go on.

I-I've given you
a complete description.

I've told you the man's name.

I've told you everything
that I know.

Well, it was certainly
very good of you to come in

and share your
insight with us, Mr. Holmes.

Uh, where can
we reach you in case

we want to speak with you again?

Is that necessary?
You see, it's rather awkward.

I'm staying with a friend, um.

Must we involve her in this?

Unless it's unavoidable
that we contact you.

Otherwise.

We're known for our discretion.

Very well. Her name
is Miss Amy Robbins.

She lives at 2340 Francisco.

Okay, thank you for your time,
Mr. Holmes.

You don't believe me, do you?

Mr. Holmes, I'd like
to believe you.

My job would be
a lot simpler if I could.

'But this is a computer printout

it says U.S. Customs
has no record

of a John Leslie Stevenson
entering the country.

British customs has no record

of anyone by that name

leaving Great Britain.'

And there's also no mention

of a Mr. Sherlock Holmes

coming into the country, either.

'Now, of course'

'he could be using
another name.'

But, since we don't even know
where he is at the moment

we can't very well pick him
up for questioning.

Can we?

No.

Well, thank you for your time.

Good day.

Put this on file.

'Entire affair was a fiasco.'

He didn't believe a word of it.

Well, you tried.

Trying isn't good enough,
I'm afraid.

Are we in or out, here?

Out. Would you care
to join me for a walk?

Sure.

Uh-uh.

You have to slam it hard.

Old buildings
have their little quirks.

Why is it your responsibility?

Alright, I'm..

I'm going to tell you
the truth.

'In the first place'

my name isn't Herbert Wells

it's Herbert George Wells.

'H.G. Wells.'

In the second place..

...I'm 113 years old.

I swear to God

I am telling you the truth.

Please, please, believe me.

Oh.

And where are you going?

'Home.'

You don't believe me?

Christ, Herbert,
what do you think?

Please go away.
I don't want to see you anymore.

Amy, please.

Amy, listen to me.

I have listened to you

and a bigger crock of shit

I never heard.

Look, I don't know
if you're crazy or what

but anyway, I don't care.

Just go back to whatever

hole you crawled out of.

Go back to your machine.

Amy.

Wait, Amy.

Amy. Amy. Amy.

What if I can prove that
what I've told you is true?

- Oh, Herbert.
- But what if?

Won't you give me that chance?

I know I sound mad.

Don't you think I knew
how you'd respond?

Didn't I say yesterday
that when you knew

you wouldn't believe me?

And I said I would.

Alright..

...there is an H.G. Wells
exhibit with time machine.

Alright..

...there is some resemblance

between you and the man
in those pictures.

'The museum is closing.'

'But that doesn't
prove anything.'

Now what?

I want you to go
to the powder room.

'The museum is closing.'

Hang on.

- Hello.
- Hi!

Holy shit, flowers.

Wow.

Well, let me go put
these in water. Come on in.

- You're early, you know.
- I couldn't wait.

Aw, you're cute.

'God, the last time
I had flowers

was my graduation
in high school.

Do you give flowers
to all your women?

Why don't you sit down?
I'll be right in, okay?'

You want some grass?

Grass?

Yeah, marijuana.

Don't they call it grass
where you come from?

England, right?

I could tell from
your accent this morning.

You're very observant.

Are you a typical
American woman?

Am I a typical American woman?

Me?

'Mm, yeah,
more or less. You know.'

I like to hang out.

'And what about you?'

Are you a typical Englishman?

Not really.

Hey, neat watch.

Are we going somewhere?

No.

Well, what time is it?

Later than you think.

This is really dumb.

What's this gizmo?

Well, let's just say.

that we wouldn't want
to go anywhere without it.

Right, well, this time

I'll drive.

Come on. Get in.

You sure you know
what you're doing?

What am I saying?

This is completely bananas.

I don't propose to take you
any great distance.

Suppose we just go forward to

this Saturday.
How would that be?

Just fine.
My cleaning's due back.

That would make it

November the tenth.

Now, don't expect too much.

The entire voyage will only last

about a quarter of a second.

Are you ready?

Come on.

'Well, we're here.'

Good. Can we go now, please?

You still maintain
this is all poppycock?

That wasn't exactly
the word I had in mind.

Amy, you just wait. You wait..

What's the matter?

Ah! Uh!

Amy.

We've got to go back.

We must go back.

You know, we could easily avoid

this whole thing.

You mean, give him the key?

No, I mean, come back with me.

- 'Back?'
- Yes.

Back to 1893.

I'm a 20th-century woman.

I have a career
and a mind of my own.

Be reasonable.

How am I going
to make it in 1893?

Is your work so important?

It's your life
we're talking about.

My work is my life.

As much as yours
or any other man's.

Please, don't start
sounding like my husband.

Wait a minute.

What about forward?

Forward?

You mean, into the future?

Yes, of course, we..

No.

No, we're forgetting
something. Him.

I can't just leave him here

to do what he likes.

So much for your place or mine.

Stop a bit.

You know,
we're making a big mistake.

We keep imagining
that time is our enemy

but it's not.

'We know what's
supposed to happen

when and where.

'He doesn't.'

This is one time I do know

how he thinks.

I even know before he thinks.

Look here..

...we're too late
to prevent the murder

of number three,
Shirley Beckwith.

'But what about number four?
Let's see.'

"Dolores Marks, she was
killed in McLaren Park."

Is that far from here?

Nothing's far from anywhere
in San Francisco.

Well, she was killed

or rather, she will be killed

at three o'clock in the morning

in McLaren Park.

So, all I have
to do is to be there

and surprise him.

I'll sit tight here
for a few hours

and then be off.

We.

I'm coming too.

No. I absolutely forbid it.

Herbert, you can't drive.

You don't even know
where the park is.

I'm perfectly safe.

I've got till Friday at 7:30.

Haven't you read the paper?

It's too bad there aren't any

sporting goods stores
open this time of night.

Whatever for?

So we could buy a gun.

He's dangerous,
in case you hadn't heard.

Well, I wouldn't
purchase a weapon now

even if I could.

Oh, what is this, Victorian
chivalry or something?

We're playing for keeps, here.

Exactly,
and Stevenson was right

about one thing

violence is contagious

like measles.

And the real problem
with progress

is not that things
aren't more efficient.

The trouble is,
they're the same things.

World War this..

...World War that.

Oh, we're obviously killing
much more efficiently

but we're still killing.

Well, I'm not going to stoop

to that man's barbaric level.

The first man to raise a fist

is the man
who's run out of ideas.

I love you.

Oh, no.

What's happening?

Oh, God damn it.

The..
The tire is flat.

Can you mend it?

Can it-can it be repaired?

Yes, uh, yes.

But it's going to take time.

Alright, Amy, calm down.

Now, you work as fast
as you can

and I'll go and telephone
the police.

Now, where would
I be likely to find one?

I don't know, Herbert.

There are phone booths
all around here.

- Do you have a dime?
- Hmm?

Herbert, do you have

ten cents for the call?

Hurry! De-oh-look, here.

It's 9-1-1.

9-1-1.

Read the instructions.

I'll be right back.

Out of order? Damn!

9-1-1.

Oh.

Did you get that?
McLaren Park.

Get there as soon as possible.

Oh, what?

Wells.
No, it's-it's, uh, Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes.

McLaren Park
as soon as possible.

You alright?

Yeah, I think so.

'Oh, no.'

No.

'Keep moving. Don't stop.'

Don't stop.
Do you hear me?

Oh, my God.

Come on, Amy, go!
Come on!

I don't want to die.

I don't want to die!

First the zodiac,
and now this.

Yeah, they're out
for blood, I see.

Oh, I see our Mr. Holmes
called last night.

- What time would that be?
- That was at 2:45 a.m.

Maybe he is psychic.

No.

We won't be here.
It's very simple.

We just won't be here.

It's almost 10:30.

I'm going to go out
for a few minutes.

- No!
- Just for a little bit.

I'll come back,
we'll get into your car

and be off
well before 7:30 tonight.

Where are you going?

There's something
that I've got to do.

You do trust me, don't you?
I'll tell you what.

What's the best hotel
in the city, your favorite?

The Huntington.
I used to work there.

The Huntington. Write down
the telephone number.

If I'm not back in an hour

then you register
at The Huntington Hotel.

You've got the car.

You promise you'll be back.
You promise me.

I promise. I promise.

You try and get some rest.

Here, there's a little brandy
in the flask if you need it.

That's alright.
I have some Valium.

Sedatives.

Alright.
Try and get some rest.

Hold it right there!

What is the meaning of this?

Shut up!

Amy!

- Well, look here.
- Listen to me, constable.

- Amy!
- Come on.

No. Amy!

Amy, get out of the house!

If you could just get
Lieutenant Mitchell down here..

You're going to have another
murder if you don't let me go.

State your name, please.

I've told you,
Herbert George Wells!

- What is this thing?
- Your valuables.

Preposterous!
Please hurry. Please!

There is a young lady
who's in very grave danger.

Your watch, please.

My watch?
This is ridiculous.

Where is Lieutenant Mitchell?
Is he around?

Oh, you don't need that.
It's just a key.

- Yes, we do.
- Look, there is a woman.

Miss Amy Robbins in very grave..

Why do you need my glasses?

Now I...look, please.
Where is the lieutenant?

I demand to see
Lieutenant Mitchell!

'I'm sorry, we have no one
by the name Amy Robbins'

'registered at
The Hotel Huntington'

'and I have no reservation
for anyone in that name.'

You've absolutely no right..

Look, please, let me see
Lieutenant Mitchell, please!

Look, now! Soon! Hurry! Please!

Help!

'I've told you.
I've told you 50 times.'

'My name is H.G. Wells.'

'I came here in a time machine
of my own construction.'

I'm pursuing
Jack The Ripper who escaped

into the future
in my machine.

Now, if you don't do something

'he'll have killed
Miss Robbins by 7:30 tonight.'

What about the gun? They weren't
making that model back in 1893.

That's Korean war ordinance.

I've told you.
I just purchased it.

I purchased it
to defend Miss Robbins

should the worst
come to the worst.

- Where did you purchase it?
- 'At a pawn shop.'

Look, I don't remember the name.

You're wasting your time.
Please, listen to me.

I mean, forget about the shop.
Forget about the time machine.

Forget that I'm H.G. Wells.

Please...please,
just save the girl.

I'm afraid you'll
have to do better than that.

Last time,
you were Sherlock Holmes.

'Alright, let's take it
from the top.'

My name is H.G. Wells.

I came here in a time machine,
the one at the museum.

Just tell me what you want.

I want the truth,
not this cock-and-bull story!

And we're going to stay here
until I get it!

Lieutenant,
take a look at this.

That's right!
That's it. Take a look!

Take a look,
you cretinous idiot!

This is tomorrow's bloody paper!
You see what it says?

You see what will happen
if you don't listen to me?

Listen to me!

Mr. Wells or whatever
your real name is

you know as well as I do
that novelty shops

will run off a phony
newspaper edition for you

if you pay them 3 dollars.

Now, you may have been
born yesterday

but I certainly wasn't.

Now, where did you get the gun?

Herbert?

Herbert?

You want to break for dinner?

'Hey!'

I'll strike a bargain with you.

I confess! I'll confess
to anything you like!

I killed them!
I killed them all!

Now, please.

Please, please, send a car
to 2340 Francisco.

'Send a car, and I'll sign
whatever you want.'

You're free to go.

I'm sorry.

'Please, believe me.
I am truly sorry.'

'Herbert.'

'Herbert, I'm over here.'

'He murdered Carol,
my friend from work.'

'I forgot I invited her over
for dinner to meet you.'

- Amy?
- 'He's got the car.'

'Amy!'

The newspaper was wrong.

Amy!

Not so fast.

We have a little
unfinished business.

What more do you want?

'You know what I want.
Give me the key.'

And you get the white queen.

Alright.

Alright.

'You let her go,
and I'll throw it to you.'

Oh, no.

'My mother was rather
an atrocious woman'

'in her way, but her many
failings did not include'

'raising mentally
deficient sons.'

You throw me the key,
and I'll release the girl.

On your honor, John?

You have my word
as a gentleman.

Now, there's just one thing.

I would have expected
that you'd noticed by now

that I am not a gentleman.

'Say goodbye.'

Goodbye, Herbert.

You know where we're going.

You haven't instructed
him in the use

of one of these machines,
have you?

Go faster, please.

Go faster.

If I go any faster,
I'm gonna wrap us

around a phone pole.

Herbert!

Stevenson!

Stevenson!

What is it, H.G.? You're
becoming extremely tiresome.

The girl.

Which girl?
Oh, you mean this one.

Let her go.
Please, I beg you.

'You can afford
to be magnanimous.'

Women throughout the centuries
are yours for the taking.

Is it so important?

Frankly, I don't find her
especially attractive. Do you?

Now, you're not about to
disagree with me, are you?

- No.
- "No" what?

No, I don't find her
particularly attractive.

Well, shall I cut her
throat right now, then?

No, please.

John, you and I,
we were friends once.

I admired you.

Now, what are you
babbling about, Wells?

Really, you've become quite
an old fool, haven't you?

Yes, yes, I am an old fool!

I know nothing.

And she means
that much to you?

Yes.

Please..

I'm sorry.

H.G., it's checkmate,
and you've lost again.

Herbert!

A-a-ah!

'What did you do?'

I sent him
to where he belongs.

Infinity.

That's the last anyone
will hear of Jack The Ripper.

Now, it's time for us
to say goodbye

before the police arrive.

You're going back? Why?

I've got to dismantle
that machine, for one thing.

Until we master ourselves,
we have no proper use for time.

And then I've got
all those books to write

whatever they are.

Fiction, I hope.

Every age is the same.

It's only love that makes
any of them bearable.

And finally..

...I must go back because
that is where I belong.

And my life is almost
as important to me as yours.

Not quite.

Almost.

Herbert!
You wait for me!

You wait for me!

You wait for me!

Herbert!

It isn't life
without you. Please!

Look at me! Oh!

Now, just don't expect miracles.

I'm changing my name
to Susan B. Anthony.

Let's go.