Village of the Giants (1965) - full transcript

Mike thinks he's hit the jackpot when his girlfriend Nancy's kid brother, who they call Genius, creates a growth compound that results in animals growing to huge proportions. A group of delinquents led by Fred has come to town and when they get their hands the goo, as Genius calls it, their giant size make them unstoppable. While Genius tries to recreate the formula, Mike and other teenagers in town, serve the giants. Genius simply can't reproduce the formula but fortunately comes up with the next best thing.

(gentle dreamy music)

(rhythmic music)

(thunder booming)
(rain drumming)

(Merrie screaming)

(upbeat music)

(Merrie screaming)

♪ Woman ♪

It's a-drive, baby!

Let's rock!

Hey come on, turn up that radio.

Hey, let's have some beer out here!



♪ Why'd you want to cheat on me ♪

♪ You're as cold as it comes ♪

♪ You're so bad that ya
just dumbfounded me ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ I don't think that you been fair ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ I don't think that you been fair ♪

♪ And you won't so I cry ♪

♪ And I die 'cause you don't even care ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪



♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

[Jean] Oh, wet!

[Rick] Muddy!

(upbeat music continues)
(people screaming)

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Why did ya want to cheat on me ♪

♪ You're as cold as it comes ♪

♪ You're so bad that ya
just dumbfounded me ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ I don't think that you been fair ♪

[Fred] Hey what kind of a party is this?

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ I don't think that you been fair ♪

♪ And you won't so I cry ♪

♪ And I die 'cause you don't even care ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

(upbeat music continues)
(people screaming)

Hey! Let's go to Hainesville
and have some fun, huh?

Yeah, but how're we gonna get there?

Those, long, long legs, baby!

Ah, three miles, are you kidding?

Hey it's a wild idea,
let's go down to the 'go-gos'

and cause a little trouble, huh?

Are you serious?
That's, three miles away!

Oh baby, it'll be good for ya.

Harry, the overnight bags!

Hey besides, there's
this broad down there

that I've always had my
eye on, what's her name?

Uh, uh, Nancy! Nancy or
something or the wait a minute.

(soft daydreaming music)

(dog whines)

When do your parents
get back in town, huh?

They're spending the night
in Los Angeles. They phoned.

Oh.

There's a big landslide up the road.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

I'll bet you are.

Hey, Mike!

Look what I got.

Am2Su, HcSoF, and Magnesium
Sulfate. How about that, Mike?

That's very impressive, Genius.

They're not compatible.

This is supposed to blow up.

I wonder why it doesn't?

You and I aren't going to be

very compatible either, Genius,

if you don't get out of here.

Mike, I don't know what you see in her.

I don't know either. But,
uh, whatever it is, I like it.

Oh you're good for me
Nancy, you know that?

You are very, very good.

I never knew you liked good girls.

I don't. They talk too much.

So?

So, stop talking so much.

(explosion booms)

(substances bubbling)

That's not really
what I was trying to do.

Genius, are you all right?

Of course I'm all
right. Why shouldn't I be?

Well you could have been killed.

[Genius] Oh, nonsense.

Well, you could have.

[Genius] I put an electric charge

to that stuff I was mixing,

and then pow, the whole place blew up!

I wonder what that is.

Do you think it might be
ammonia-actride sulfate?

No. It's either pancake
mix, or an octopus.

(cat meows)

What a mess.

All right, Genius, put your
talents to cleaning this up.

Go get a broom.

The things this kid
comes up with. Fantastic!

[Nancy] I suppose.

Anyway, he does keep
things from getting dull,

if he just wouldn't overdo it.

(cat chomping)

Shoo. Go on, beat it.

(cat meows)

Mike!!

You nearly stepped on it.

On what?

You might have set it off.

You really must be more careful.

His burglar alarm.

How's it work? Pretty good?

I don't know. I never
really tried it out.

Only in theory. In theory, it works fine.

Well, build a better mousetrap,

and they'll beat a path to
your door, they always say.

Not mouse trap, burglar
trap. I'm going to patent it.

Am I nuts or something?

(cat growls) (tense music)

If you are, we all are.

(cat growls)

Go get him, Woof. Sic em, ' boy!

(Woof barks)

(cat growls)

(Woof barks)

[Genius] Atta boy Woof, sic em'!

That cat was eating that.

What've we got here?

I suppose the correct name

would be ammonia actride
sulfate, diethyl chloricin.

Perhaps we ought to call it
Goo. Would that be simpler?

No, not really.

You know what?

What?

We're gonna make us a million bucks.

(ducks quacking)

(expanding jingle)

With the price of beef what it is today,

can you imagine if you fed this to cattle,

or to chickens?

Five, six times this
size! Imagine the money.

Genius, the first thing you gotta do

is make some more of this stuff.

If he can remember what he made it from.

Of course I can!

(ducks quacking)

(ducks quacking)

The first thing we do
is patent the formula.

First we find it.

Market it.

Can you imagine the
problems we're gonna solve?

Unlimited food supply at
practically no extra cost!

Oh, and we gotta keep this
secret, absolutely secret.

Of course.

(Woof barks)

Alright, Woof.

(dramatic music)

(Woof barks)

Well, come on in.

He must have eaten some of
the Goo when you fed the du...

Oh, Mike! The ducks are gone!

Our secrets flown the coop!

Okay to leave my stuff here?

[Fred] Yeah, why not?

They closed this place down,
nobody comes here anymore.

[Jean] Boy I was sure dirty.

I'm glad we found this
place to clean up in.

(swords clanking)

[Merrie] Hey aren't you guys ready yet?

I wanna go dancing!

(swords clanking)

(Harry gasps)

Aha!

Hey what is the story on you guys,

you're gonna kill yourselves!

[Georgette] Be ready in a minute.

Boy, this place is really groovy!

Heya, what? You girls
gonna take all night, huh?

I'm coming.

(light music)

Dig that nitty-gritty!

That's a go-gos! Let's get over there.

(light cheerful music)

♪ I don't care for playin' fair ♪

♪ I'm not the sharin' kind ♪

♪ I want you, a love that's true ♪

♪ A love that's only mine ♪

♪ And when it comes to your
love, I'm the greedy kind ♪

♪ I don't like rules, I'm no fool ♪

♪ I do just what I please ♪

♪ Don't like games I just
tame the animals I tease ♪

♪ When it comes to your
love, I won't be appeased ♪

♪ There are few things I
would do for you or anyone ♪

♪ I just use and I abuse ♪

♪ But you have up and won ♪

♪ When it comes to your
love, I've come undone ♪

♪ Yeah, I don't care for playin' fair ♪

♪ I'm not the sharin' kind ♪

♪ Yes, I want you, a love that's true ♪

♪ A love that's only mine ♪

♪ When it comes to your love ♪

♪ When it comes to your love ♪

♪ When it comes to your love ♪

♪ When it comes to your love ♪

Hey get a load of that
Red-head up there, huh?

♪ When it comes to your love ♪

♪ When it comes to your love ♪

(gentle music)

[Merrie] Come on honey, let's dance!

(upbeat music)

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Why'd you want to cheat on me ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Why'd you want to cheat on me ♪

♪ You're as cold as it comes ♪

♪ You're so bad that ya
just dumbfounded me ♪

[Guy] Look at the size of those ducks,

where'd they come from?!

Big!

Wow, look at those ducks.

(ducks quacking)

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ I don't think that you been fair ♪

♪ And you won't so I cry ♪

♪ And I die 'cause you don't even care ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why did you want-a say good-bye ♪

(upbeat dance music)

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Why did ya want to hurt me so bad ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Why did ya want to hurt me so bad ♪

♪ I just can't understand ♪

♪ No, I can't understand why you're mad ♪

♪ I just can't understand ♪

♪ No, I can't understand why you're mad ♪

Hey, those are my ducks!

(crowd gasping)

You're kidding, how
did they get like that?

They're so big and huge!

Oh, from Texas, huh?

Shut up!

Now come on, man, don't hand me that.

What happened to them? What's going on?

Well, it's partly the
result of an experiment.

Man, what a meal they'd make, huh?

What have you been feeding them?

Ahh, it's my secret. It's
a million-dollar secret.

(duck quacking)
(upbeat dance music)

Hey, listen. Pete's got a great idea.

Harry asked the vital question:

What they've been feeding those ducks?

So?

Well, it's some sort of
a food additive, obviously.

Well it couldn't be
anything else, could it?

They're keeping it a secret.

A million-dollar secret they said.

I like the sound of it.

Thought you'd like that.

Now, tell you what you're gonna do,

it's gonna be very simple.

Come on.

(Fred whispering)

[Mike] Okay, wattusi out of here.

(substance bubbling)

(substance pouring)

(glass exploding) (Woof barks)

Interesting, but not
quite what we wanted.

(Genius sighs)

Okay, while the Beau
Brummels take a break,

it's record time.

(light cheerful music)

Okay?

Sure.

Don't you want to dance?

Waiting for my girl.

Bird in the hand, they always say.

They say it's good for
the figure, the jerk.

Must be.

How'd you get into town,
anyway? The roads out.

We walked down, all
the way from the slide.

It's a long walk.

They say it's good for the legs.

That's what they say.

One Coke, please.

Yes.

Thank you.

Say, they got a pretty
good crowd here tonight.

Uh, yes.

Here you are, honey.

I never saw anyone do that before.

You got to have strong hands.

I guess.

Muscles are very important to me.

Oh really?

Oh yeah.

What is it, some sort of vitamin?

Vitamin?

The stuff that made
the ducks grow like that.

Oh, yeah, that.

Well, I guess you could, call
it a vitamin if you wanted to.

Like a pill of something?

Yeah, yeah that's right.

No I spend a lot of my time
keeping around sides of beef,

my old man's in the meat
business in Los Angeles.

Isn't that interesting?

Yeah.

A 400-pound side of
beef over your shoulder

really does tighten up your
muscles, let me tell you.

He's about the biggest
in the business, I guess.

My old man, I mean.

Oh, yes.

Yeah, you ought to see
the size of his place, God.

Got an idea: You and I, are
gonna dance, little lady.

Uh, wait a minute.

Come on now,

this is good music, this
is the kind of stuff

you don't like to dance to, you know?

I bet you've got it
hidden away some place.

Sure we do.

Like it's a secret?

Like it's a secret.

You wouldn't mind telling me, would you?

I don't know, I'll
have to think about that.

Tell me?

Getting better. Almost
made up my mind for me.

Hey uh, I just thought of something.

You're supposed to be
dancing, not thinking.

Yeah, I was just thinking, right?

Now this stuff that you guys came up with,

like you'll need some help, won't ya?

Mike knows what he's doing.

Yeah but in a hick-town like this,

I mean if you knew somebody in town,

somebody in Los Angeles,

somebody who really knows the business-

Someone like you're old man.

Exactly, right, right!

I'd take him some of this
stuff, see what I mean,

and it would just be amazing
what this old man can do-

I see exactly what you mean.

Please?

Just one more time, and I
think I'll make up my mind.

There. We got a deal?

Are you gonna tell me?

The price is about right.

But you're just a shade
too eager, to pay it.

Now, come on the level, honey,

now come on, I'm trying
to do something for ya,

I wanna help ya.

Why?

Why?

I guess it's just because I can't resist

helping somebody I like that's all.

And, uh, you: I like.
It's as simple as that.

What about your
girlfriend, what's-her-name?

Who, Merrie?

Oh come on baby, she's not
my girlfriend, she's, uh,

she's one of the group that's all.

One of the group.

Come here.

Suppose you and I take that stuff

into Los Angeles, together.

Just the two of us just you, and...

Mike, baby.

Listen, we were just,

it's amazing we were just
talking about this stuff

- that you just-
- Beat it.

Oh.

(gentle music)

How do you like those ducks?

Barbecued, that's how I like them.

(people chattering)

[Fred] Boy, that's a big
enough duck for you, eh?

Ohh, big duckie!

Yeah, looks pretty good, eh?

Come great strong warriors,
turn almighty duck!

Yeah, you like this, huh?

[Pete] Big bird, huh?

(fountain murmuring)

You guys find a place to sleep?

Hmm? Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah,

we're campin' out at the old theater.

It's good a place as any, I guess.

Uh, yeah.

You know what we're
doing? We're making history.

And eating it, too!
Where's the Boy Wonder?

- Genius?
- Mm-hm.

He's trying to figure out
how to make some more Goo.

(upbeat energetic music)

♪ Here she comes walking down the street ♪

♪ Do you wanna be the walk
with a dancing feet ♪

♪ She looks so cute like a teenage queen ♪

♪ Hey is that girl Little Bitty Corrine ♪

♪ Little Corrine she upset and cold ♪

♪ A talk among the guys
who just watch her go ♪

♪ "What a great little
actress," they all scream ♪

♪ Dig this girl, Little Bitty Corrine ♪

♪ Well, if you ever see
her, take my advice ♪

♪ She's a little ball of fire,
she'll make you think twice ♪

♪ (indistinct) crowd, and loves to talk ♪

♪ And she Little Corrine
doing a big all walk ♪

♪ Here she comes, all over your head ♪

♪ Hope she doesn't change,
'cause I like her like that ♪

♪ She looks so fine,
like a teenage queen ♪

♪ What a girl, Little
Bitty Corrine, whoo ♪

♪ And if you ever see
her, take my advice ♪

♪ She's a little ball of fire,
she'll make you think twice ♪

♪ (indistinct) crowd, and loves to talk ♪

♪ And she Little Corrine
doing a big all walk ♪

♪ Here she comes, all over your head ♪

♪ I hope she doesn't change,
because I like her like that ♪

♪ She looks so fine,
like a teenage queen ♪

♪ Yeah, what a girl, Little
Bitty Corrine, whoo ♪

♪ Come on, Corrine ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, Corrine, whoo ♪

♪ You know what I mean ♪

♪ Come on, Corrine ♪

(people chattering)

(birds chirping)

(descending jingle)

This time I was sure I had it.

It's a very elusive formula.

Had what, kiddo?

Kiddo!?

I prefer to be called
Genius, if you don't mind.

Okay, Genius, no offense.

What formula?

For the Goo.

There's not much of it and
they want me to make some more.

But it's not easy.

Why don't we, go for a walk, Genius?

I'll buy you an ice cream cone.

I never touch it, it's
high in cholesterol,

but I'll go for a walk with you.

Okay!

They were trying really hard

to find out about the Goo, weren't they?

Guess they can smell a profit.

Guess this ought to be safe enough.

(glass crashing)

[Nancy] What did you break?

Hm?

[Nancy] Didn't you break something?

Wasn't that you?

No.

(suspenseful music)

(Nancy screams)

(tense music)

(dramatic tense music)

Mike!

Put that fool thing down.

(water hissing)

Get off the ground, get up the
stairs, get up the wet floor!

(light bulb shattering)

(dramatic music)

Don't go near the water,
it's deadly! It's charged!

(spider shrieking)

(water gushing)

You all right?

Well, that's a fool-question to ask.

Well, are you?

Well, sure. Just scared is all.

You don't have to
be, not with me around.

I like the pool better.
Just gotta find that valve.

(crickets chirping)

(suspenseful music)

(romantic music)

♪ Marrianne, now there was a girl ♪

♪ So warm and so easy to love ♪

♪ Girls like her aren't easy to find ♪

♪ And one she loved me ♪

♪ I was proud when I was away ♪

♪ And it seemed so-♪

(suspenseful music)

(Pete screams)

(alarm wailing)

(fireworks popping)

What on earth?

What goes on up there?

That's my burglar alarm.
Works fine doesn't it?

Yeah.

The burglar alarm!?

Hey come on, let's get
out of here! Come on!

(both chuckling)

(Mike, Fred fall) (tense music)

(Mike, Fred punching)

(all grunting)

Hey! Who's the Size 40?

(energetic music)

[Red] Well, they sure don't
make em' like they used to.

[Nancy] No stamina at all.

Who won?

We did. Don't we always?

Yeah, that's uh...

Who got the Goo?

They got it. One of
them ran off with it.

I was going to stop him, but-

But what?

Reasons of pure logic:
He was bigger than me.

Holy smoldering crawdads.

Don't worry, as soon
as I find the formula,

I'll simply make some more.

I just hope you can.

Sure I can, there's nothing to it.

Just a matter of perseverance.

(levers clanking)

And then there was light.

Man, while that lasted it
was a pretty good rumble.

Anyone get hurt?

Fred!

Ah no, uh, two more minutes
and I'd have flattened him.

Okay, now we got it.
What're we gonna do with it?

We get rich, that's what we do with it.

Hey, I wonder if this makes,
everything grow, huh? Ha-ha.

You mean like, um, plants, and, things?

No, I don't think that's
what he means at all.

Hey, don't be a jerk, huh?

What's the matter Fred? Running scared?

Yeah, he's scared.

No, I just got more sense is all.

You always said you
wanted to be a big man,

now's your chance (chuckles)!

Yeah, a real big man.

(chuckles) Unless you're scared.

Show him Fred. Show him
that you're not no chicken.

Hey, will you cut it out?

Hey, yeah, yeah,
that's a wild idea, man.

Yeah, that's what you
think I am, chicken, huh?

Are you?

Merrie? Are you out of your mind?

Hey, will you cut it out,
and leave it alone, huh!?

Listen to me, Freddy-boy,

if I want to try some of this stuff,

just don't you try and
stop me, understand?

You're some kind of, coward.

What, are you trying to prove
something, huh, is that it?

Yeah. I'm trying to
prove you're all talk.

All talk, and no performance.

Pete, you better do something...

Pete?

No, why should I? This'll
be very interesting.

Yeah, yeah eh-you want
to try some of it, huh?

I will if you will.

Mm-mm, you're on the spot, lover.

No!

[Merrie] Shut up.

[Fred] All right, give me
your knife, huh? Come on.

Huh?

Let's see there's two,
four six, eight of us.

That's eight pieces.

(tense music)

Two, three, four, five.

Not me Fred, heh, count me out.

You too honey, just like the rest of us.

We all take it.

Well come on take it.

And nobody chickens out, alright? Nobody!

Well, eat it honey, don't be scared.

(Elsa gasps) (tense music)

(buttons popping)

(clothes ripping)

(clothes ripping)

(dramatic music)

What's the matter hotshot,
don't you like your new size?

I was big enough before.

Huh-look what happened to us.

And all these girls can think
of is their modesty! (Laughs)

Fred! Fred, what have we done?!

Well whatever it is,
we're stuck with it.

"Stuck with it." So why
don't we make the most of it?

It's gonna make a difference.

Yeah. I was just thinkin'.

Wait til' my old man gets
tough with me again, huh?

We're freaks, Rick.

Maybe we are, but you just
wait'll the next guy asks me

for my I.D. card.

Oh, boy! (Laughs)

Now maybe it won't be so easy for them

to kick us around anymore.

Yeah!

Them?

The adults, honey.

This isn't their world
anymore, it's gonna be ours!

Yeah, we'll turn the tables on them.

Come on, let's split,
and have some fun, huh?

[All] Yeah!

Let's get out of here, huh?

Right.

But I don't have anything to wear!

Be my guest.

(machine rattling)

(crowd murmuring)

(dramatic music)

(crowd murmuring)

(Fred and Merrie chuckling)

Hey, now what happened
to the music? Let's wail!

Yeah, come on, let's dance.

(rhythmic music)

Fred, tell her to put him down.

(Fred laughs)

(chair crushes)

(Fred screams)

Tell her to put him down

or I'll beat the daylights out of ya!

(Fred smacks)

[Nancy] Mike?

Now, let's cut it out, huh?

I mean you little guys
are taking this all wrong,

we're on your side.

All of us against the adults.

Now how about that, huh?

We're taking over them.

And you regular guys are
gonna be part of this,

we're just gonna help you.

Yeah, well what if we don't
want to be a part of it?

How can you say that,

I mean, haven't they kicked
you around long enough?

Maybe we don't like your club either!

You're in it anyway.

Hey listen, you have
nothing to worry about.

Because when we've taken over, ama-

Oh I'm already worried,

I'm worried about how
funny you really are.

"When we take over," huh?

Why you're just trying to
trade places with them is all.

It's the same result, if you
had any brains you'd see that!

Hey man, this guy's a lousy rebel.

Yeah, look, whether you
like or not, little man,

we're just gonna have to show you

what's good for you, that's all.

What's good for all of us teenagers. Hm?

(police siren wailing)

All right, kids, listen.

I've received a lot of
complaints by the telephone

that there's just a little too much noise-

Sheriff. I think I'm seeing things.

Yeah, I'm seeing 'em,
but I don't like 'em.

Now everybody go back, go home, and-

Sheriff. Up there.

Why can't you take care of things-

For crying out loud, now what's this?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Listen I don't pretend to understand

what's going on around here,

but it's just been brought to my attention

that the theater was
broken into last night,

and I got a pretty good idea
who did the breaking in too.

I want you to go back to
the theater and wait there.

Why don't you shut up
and go home, Sheriff?

(teens chuckle)

Now listen you do like I say you go back

and wait there for me, do you
understand, is that clear?

Anything you say
Sheriff, you're the boss.

Unless, how long do you
think it would take me

to bend that rifle around
your neck, Sheriff? (Laughs)

Or why don't we just
step on them? Both of them!

Yeah, why don't I do that?

I never did like the fuzz and that old-

Okay, man, okay, okay. Hm?

Sure, Sheriff, there's no problem.

Still a coward, eh?

Do like he says, Rick.

Leave him alone. Let's get back.

(huffs) You little.

Now Sheriff, listen,
you really are a big man.

At least ah, you were until we came.

But like you say we'll go
right back to the theater.

No guns you have to worry about, nothing.

Mike, you all right?

Yeah, sure.

It just feels like I've
been hit by a ton of bricks.

Oh, Mike!

Ah, it's okay, it's all right.

Don't worry about it.

(uneasy music)

How'd you sleep honey?
You get a good rest?

Mm-hm! But Fred, what's
gonna happen to us?

I don't know, uh, as long as it lasts,

I guess we'll have to live with it.

Let me do the talking.

I want the rest of you men to wait here.

Hello, freaks.

Hello.

They're coming. Mike and the Sheriff.

He's got a gun.

A gun?

Yeah.

No sweat, it's been taken care of.

You get her?

Yep.

Where is she?

Out of sight.

Hey now what is happening!?

You'll see.

We got ourselves some insurance.

I'm hungry too. What's for breakfast?

Sheriff, on toast.

(all chuckling)

Morning Sheriff, Mike.

All right, let's get one thing clear.

Like I said, I don't
understand what's happened

and I'm not gonna worry about it.

But last night you people
showed me the kind of trouble

we can expect from you.

And this kind of town trouble is one thing

I just won't have.

I want you all pack up and get
out of town, that's an order.

I want you all out of town
within an hour, is that clear?

Just get out and don't come back.

Yeah, well, that's
clear enough, Sheriff,

only we kind of like it here, you know,

we kind of figure we might stay.

And there's nothing you
can do about it. Nothing.

Well, you just do what I say

or else there'll be some trouble.

Oh no kidding, what
kind of trouble, Sheriff?

You aiming to use that gun?

If I have to, yes.

Sheriff, how many guns do
you have in this town, huh?

Look, that's no concern
of yours, you're leaving.

Oh don't make book on it.

When Fred wants something,
he usually gets it.

Dont'cha, honey(giggles)?

You better believe it.

What makes you think I can't arrest you?

Oh now Sheriff, you'd
shoot me in cold blood?

Mike, there's a coil
of rope in the corner,

will you get it for me, please?

This is gonna be mighty
interesting. (Chuckles)

How was your daughter

when you left her this morning, Sheriff?

Show him, Rick-boy.

Daddy! Daddy!

Make him put me down! Please, Daddy!

Go ahead Sheriff, use
your gun, cut me down.

(Cora whines)

But if you miss, you might hit

this loud, screaming little brat of yours.

Cora, Cora dear, be still, don't move.

That's not such a bad idea.

Well, I don't like it,
see, and I am the guy

that gives the word around here.

Like I said, Boss, we got
ourselves some insurance.

Something we need. They
brought guns, remember?

Just like always, "keep the kids in line."

Okay, okay. But I don't like it.

Oh, Pete!

Don't worry, nobody's gonna hurt her.

As long as the Sheriff is
gonna play ball with us.

All right.

(gun drops)

I won't argue with you.

(gun drops)

There's my guns.

Rick, uh, are you sure
you know what you're doing?

Put her down now!

Okay. Anything you want.

You hear that, Fred?

"Anything we want," that's what he said.

All right, man, all right.

Now, Sheriff, we are going
to take over this town

and we are gonna make quite a few changes.

Now first of all, there's
gonna be a nine o'clock curfew

for all adults.

How do you like that, huh?

You'll all have freedom of speech,

just as long as we
approve of what you say.

A working part is going to have

to find food for us everyday.

And well needless to say

our appetites are gonna be pretty big, hm?

In fact, why don't we start
with something right now, huh?

Mike, why don't you get me some chicken?

Why don't you-

Mike, Mike, Mike.

Okay, come on, boy, jump to it.

Mike come on, there, that's a boy, yeah.

Do what he says, Mike.

Now, Rick, Harry,

now you guys know what you gotta do, huh?

Now I want you to take care
of all the communications,

knock out the telephones, radios,

everything you see, all right?

[Cora] Put me down!

Cora, everything will be all right.

All right, I'll say it again,

anything you want.

Bring her down.

No, she stays right here.

Now, you do just as you're told, Sheriff,

and nobody is gonna get hurt.

And one more thing, Sheriff.

We want all the guns in
the town brought here.

Is that clear!?

Then I'll take my child home?

We'll take care of her, Sheriff.

Yeah, we'll take care of her,

just as long as you do as you're told.

(Cora crying)

You see, Fred-boy?

All it takes is a little cooperation.

We're really gonna take over this town.

(substances bubbling)

(suspenseful music)

Well, back to the old
drawing board. (Sighs)

I'll have to remember to
try that again sometime.

(Woof barks)

(substance pouring)

You'll regret this! You mark my words!

Save your bad temper, Sheriff,

'til you can find a better use for it.

Mike, you are amazing, man,

really you're doing just fine,

I don't think I could
do any better myself.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We might even put you in charge
of supervising the adults.

(both chuckling)

Hey, why not, man, really.

You and a few of your friends,

we'll put you in charge of
checking adult I.D. cards, huh?

You know, just kind of keeping an eye

on their social activities,

make sure they keep out of
trouble and, you know, hm?

And our music, they've
gotta leave it alone.

Oh, quite definite.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey uh, man, what're you
just standing there for, huh?

De-part, man. Leave.

(teenagers chuckling)

It's up to us now, Horsey.

There's only one thing we can do.

But there's nothing we can do, Mike.

Not while they've got a hostage.

That's just it: We got to
get a hostage of our own.

(rhythmic music)

(horn blasting)

(tires squealing)

(motor revving)

(energetic music)

(tires screeching)

(cars rumbling)

(Fred screaming)

(energetic music)

(tires screeching)

Okay! Go!

(car top thuds)

(screams) Mike! Mike, Mike!!

Let me go, I'll kill him!

Okay, fellas, you want
me to leave her up there

or shall I pluck her down for ya?

What'll it be?

(dramatic music)

I heard the noise, I figured
you might need some help.

Boy they almost got you, didn't they?

Nearly got me.

Take her down, take her to the theater.

From now on she's gonna stay with us.

Well, there's only one thing we can do.

We gotta get those guns.

Right. Basically, the problem is this:

How to get into the theater,

and get the guns without
getting discovered.

And how to put the guard,

whoever that may be, out of action,

long enough to recover the
hostages with the guns.

That's not going to be so easy.

If we try to pull anything,

who knows what's liable
to happen to that child,

or to Nancy?

Mike, there's nothing we can do!

Yeah, we're on our own.
The road's still closed.

They don't even know outside
what's going on in here.

On our own is right, the
Sheriff sure isn't much help.

Not much he can do
under the circumstances.

Yeah, that's why it's up to us,

we got to raid the theater.

Oh no.

They always seem to leave
just one guard on duty,

sort of like a sentry.

Mike, we'll never get away with it.

We will. And there's just
one thing we need: Ether.

Ether?

Genius, we need your brains!

I thought you'd need me sooner or later.

Do you know how to make Ether?

That depends what kind you need.

Psyclopople, Methol,
Ethanpople, Poponeil ethel,

Or Psyclopople Vinylethel.

These are all fairly easy.

If you want Dibynoxide, it might
be a little more difficult.

Trichlorethylene, of course,
is terribly complicated.

Any good anesthetic.

I have nitric acid and calcium chloride.

If you give me some vodka,

I can make you some
Diethylene then very easily.

Vodka? Dig this crazy kid.

Or whiskey. Any kind of alcohol really.

If I were a little older, of course.

Yeah. Yeah, we know about that.

Hey, don't we have some
alcohol in the first aid kit?

Yeah, I'll get it.

But even so, if we're disturbed.

We won't be.

Mike, you can't be sure of that.

The main thing is to
keep the rest of them away,

keep them occupied.

Red's come up with a scheme
to keep the boys occupied.

Don't worry.

The way I plan it, the
boys'll be watching me.

And then?

We got a problem with giants, right?

Right.

Ever heard of, David and Goliath?

(rhythmic energetic music)

Hey, have some chicken, man!

Yeah.

Wild stuff.

She really knows how
to move, doesn't she?

Baby, I wish I was your size again.

(boys chuckling)

Go, go.

Some chicken, Nancy?

Daddy wouldn't let
him hurt us, would he?

Would he, Nancy?

No, of course not, honey.

Everything's gonna be all right.

Now you don't have to
be sore with me, honey.

Did you see what they tried to do to me?

They could have killed
me with those hot rods.

You're lucky they
didn't. They should have.

Now will you please
not talk like that, huh?

You know how I feel about you.

Then let us go. Both of us.

I can't know better than that.

You see, in this town, for
the first time in my life,

I'm a big man, in more ways than one.

You know how it is at our age, honey,

"don't do this, don't do that,

don't-don't-don't-don't-don't."

It's like it's the only
word they know how to say.

"Don't drink, don't smoke,
don't drive too fast."

The only word they know how to use.

Well, I'll tell you something,

you see, in this town,
the authority is all mine.

And nobody is gonna say
don't to me for anything.

Okay, you're a rebel. I'm impressed.

Well, you better be.

(contemplative music)

(sling swooshing)

(window shatters)

(sling swooshing)

(window shatters)

Hey Fred! We've got a visitor!

(sling swooshing)

What's he trying to do?

Trying to show what a big man he is.

(sling swooshing)

Why don't I just pick
him up and throw him away?

Stomp on him'd be more like it.

No, he's cute! He wants to fight!

Okay, Goliath, here's
your spear. Go kill him.

You're all guts, Fred!

(sling swooshing)

All right.

You're no better with a
spear than I am with a sling!

Well, don't make Booka.

Go on, Fred, teach him!

That's exactly what I'm going to do.

(tense music)

Nice try, Goliath!

Come on, quick!

Anybody want some candy?

Not now! Let's go!

Merrie, get in there and watch that kid.

But I wanna watch.

Don't worry, I'm gonna give you his head

on a silver platter.

That was Samson and Delilah.

Go on, get in there.

I'm gonna cut you in pieces, little man.

Come on, baby, this'll be
better than the ball game.

That boyfriend of yours

is gonna get the daylights
beaten out of him.

And how do you like that? (Giggles)

(tense music)

Nancy, loo-

Don't try anything, honey,

you just stay right there,
and you'll be all right.

Okay, I'm gonna need
both hands for this.

(sling swooshes)

(Fred grunts)

(sling swooshes)

(tense music)

[Horsey] Bombs away!

(Merrie gasping)

That's all for that, now for those guns.

I've got to get to Mike.

Chuck, take the girl home, will you?

Right.

Woof, we've come up with
another Pumice compound.

Failed again.

Hey don't do that! Keep away!

(Woof barks)

(descending jingle)

Doesn't work on me.

(Woof barks)

Woof, I have some quite
astounding news for you.

Fortuitously perhaps, we
have discovered the antidote,

and there must be something
we can do with it,

wouldn't you say?

(Woof barks)

(tense music)

(stick crashes)

Missed again!

Come on, Goliath!

(tense music)

Oh, she'll warn em'! After her, quick!

What do we do if we catch her?

(sling swooshes)

(tense music)

Hey Fred, look.

(tense music)

(descending jingle)

Just a little bit more, Freddie-boy.

Yeah that's right, just a little bit more.

(Mike punches)

How'd you like that, Goliath?

All right. Well, back down to size, huh?

Where's your tailor, Freddie?

You need some adjustments, right?

Hey, hey! We're goin',
huh? Just leave us alone!

Leave us alone!

(upbeat music)

Well, we've got a long, long, long walk.

[Man] Uh, beg your pardon.

Are you people coming from Hainesville?

Yes, we're coming from Hainesville.

[Man] Is that the place
where they have the Goo?

Yes, that's the place
where they have the Goo.

[Man] Thank you so much.

(light confused music)

(dramatic cheerful music)