Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 2, Episode 5 - The Slave: Part 1 - full transcript

The Impossible Missions Force takes on the absolute ruler of a Middle East nation who is running a secret slave market. Barney poses as a slave, part of an effort to construct a replica of the slave cells, before escaping. Phelps poses as a slave trader and Rollin as an Interpol investigator. Finally, Cinnamon will be the bait for the trap. The ruler of the country has a brother who married a British wife, Amara. The brother, if he assumed power, would abolish slavery in the country -- but he has accepted assurances that slavery doesn't exist there. As part of the plan, Willy abducts Amara and she is put in the IMF replica of the slave cell.

Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.

AS YOU KNOW,
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS,

THE UNITED NATIONS HAS WORKED
THROUGHOUT THE NEAR EAST

TO ABOLISH SLAVE MARKETS.

THESE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL EXCEPT IN ELKABAR,

A SMALL COUNTRY
ON THE PERSIAN GULF,

WHOSE RULER, IBN BORCA,
AN ABSOLUTE MONARCH,

CONTINUES TO AUCTION
THOUSANDS OF HUMAN BEINGS

INTO SLAVERY EACH YEAR.

BORCA'S PRINCIPAL SOURCE
OF SLAVES

IS THIS MAN, KARL de GROOT.



HIS RAIDS INTO NEARBY NATIONS

TO ABDUCT FREE MEN AND WOMEN
INTO SLAVERY

COULD AGGRAVATE THE TENSE
SITUATION IN THE NEAR EAST.

YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO STOP THIS TRAFFIC
IN SLAVES

AND RID ELKABAR
OF de GROOT AND BORCA.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU
OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THIS RECORDING WILL
SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

[ SIZZLING ]

ALL RIGHT, TRY IT.

AH, THAT'S GREAT,
BARNEY.



WHAT ABOUT
HIS MOROCCAN PASSPORT?

HE SHOULD NOT HAVE
A PASSPORT.

THE SLAVERS PREY MOSTLY
ON PILGRIMS WITHOUT PAPERS

WHO ARE TRYING TO GET
TO ELKABAR'S HOLY CITY.

WHERE WILL THEY PICK ME UP?

PROBABLY WHEN YOU TRY
TO GET PASSAGE

ACROSS
THE PERSIAN GULF.

YOU CHECKED OUT
de GROOT'S CAR?

THE DESERT ROVER.
HE ALWAYS USES IT.

HE'LL DRIVE IT FROM JARA'S
PLACE TO THE HOLY CITY.

I THOUGHT ONLY MUSLIMS WERE
ADMITTED TO THE HOLY CITY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

De GROOT
IS THE ONLY EXCEPTION.

LET'S SEE THE BATS.

ON THE TABLE.

THERE ARE TWO DOZEN HERE.

FASCINATING.

THE COLD KEEPS THEM STILL?

WELL, OUT OF THE CASE,

THEY'LL WARM UP AND START
TO FLY IN 20 MINUTES.

JIM, IF SLAVERY
IS LEGAL IN ELKABAR,

WHAT'S TO PREVENT SOMEONE
ELSE FROM TAKING OVER

AFTER BORCA IS OUT?

BORCA'S BROTHER,
PRINCE FASAR.

WENT TO CAMBRIDGE
WITH AKIM.

I INTRODUCED HIM
TO HIS WIFE THERE.

HE HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH
TO INVITE ROLLIN AND ME

TO BE THEIR GUESTS DURING
OUR STAY IN ELKABAR.

HMM. THE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF BORCA ALL RIGHT?

THEY'RE FINE, JIM.

I'LL HAVE TO MEET HIM

TO GET HIS VOICE
AND MANNERISMS.

FASAR HAS ARRANGED FOR US
TO MEET WITH HIM

IN THE HOLY CITY.

SINCE WHEN ARE YOU A MUSLIM?

IN ALLAH,
IT IS WRITTEN.

WELL, BROTHER,
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

WE HAVE FOUND NOTHING,
YOUR MAJESTY.

I TRUST YOU GENTLEMEN

HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL
THE COOPERATION AND TIME

YOU REQUIRE HERE.

INDEED WE HAVE,
YOUR MAJESTY.

YOU HAVE BEEN
MORE THAN GENEROUS.

I AM AS ANXIOUS AS YOU

TO SEE AN END TO RUMORS
OF SLAVERY HERE IN ELKABAR.

I HOPE THAT INTERPOL IS
NOW SATISFIED, INSPECTOR.

[ With foreign accent ]
I CAN ASSURE YOUR MAJESTY

MY REPORT
WILL STATE THE FACTS

EXACTLY
AS WE HAVE FOUND THEM.

AND I ASSUME, FASAR,

THAT YOU AND YOUR
CHARMING BRITISH WIFE

ARE NOW CONVINCED THAT
THERE IS NO SLAVERY HERE.

YOU WILL ISSUE A PUBLIC
STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT.

BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE FACT

THAT I ALLOWED YOU TO
BRING IN AN INSPECTION TEAM

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSION ON SLAVERY.

YOU HAVE MY WORD.

I TRUST THIS WILL PUT AN END

TO THE MOVEMENT TO HAVE YOU
REPLACE ME ON THE THRONE.

LET ME ASSURE YOU,
I DO NOT SEEK POWER.

I ONLY SEEK AN END TO
SLAVERY IN OUR COUNTRY.

THEN I SEE NO NEED
FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

YOU HAVE MY GRATEFUL
THANKS, GENTLEMEN.

KADI!

YES, YOUR MAJESTY?

SEND IN de GROOT.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

THIS IS NOT SATISFACTORY,
de GROOT.

NOT SATISFACTORY AT ALL.

WE EXPECT ANOTHER SHIPMENT
LATER TODAY.

HOW MANY?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY,
MUSHA?

PERHAPS...HALF-DOZEN.

I EXPECTED TO PUT 200 SLAVES
ON THE BLOCK TOMORROW.

THE BEST YOU COULD PROVIDE ME
IS 50!

IT IS NOT EASY.

AND IT IS GETTING
HARDER ALL THE TIME.

I PAY YOU A FORTUNE,
de GROOT.

IF THE JOB
IS TOO DIFFICULT...

I AM NOT COMPLAINING.

I AM JUST TRYING
TO GIVE YOU THE FACTS.

EVERY COUNTRY
I SET FOOT INTO

IS READY TO GO TO WAR WITH YOU
TO STOP THE SLAVE TRADE.

EVEN HERE IN
YOUR OWN COUNTRY,

THERE IS A MOVE TO GET
YOUR BROTHER TO TAKE OVER.

MY STALWART BROTHER

IS BACK PLAYING WITH
HIS STAMP COLLECTION,

CONVINCED THAT THERE
ARE NO SLAVES.

AND AS FOR
MY GOOD NEIGHBORS,

NOTHING WOULD GIVE ME
GREATER PLEASURE

THAN TO GO
TO WAR WITH THEM.

THE OIL BUSINESS IS EVERY BIT
AS GOOD AS THE SLAVE BUSINESS.

THAT'S ALL, de GROOT.

GET OUT...
AND GET ME THE SLAVES I NEED.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

SILKEN ROBES.

SILKEN ROBE.

ALMS! ALMS!

FOR THE LOVE OF ALLAH!

ALMS! ALMS!

ROBES FOR SALE.

ROBE, MISTER?

WHISKEY.

I'M SORRY, SIR.
THIS IS A MUSLIM CITY.

ONLY COFFEE
IS AVAILABLE.

[ LAUGHING ]

SURE, AND I SUPPOSE THOSE
GIRLS ARE YOUR SISTERS, HUH?

NOW, I WANT WHISKEY!
LET'S HAVE IT!

YOU JARA?

MM-HMM.

PROPRIETOR OF THIS
UNWORTHY ESTABLISHMENT.

THEN YOU CAN GIVE ME
SOME INFORMATION.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN
NAMED de GROOT.

I'M TOLD
YOU CAN ARRANGE THAT.

ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH
MR. de GROOT?

IF I WERE ACQUAINTED WITH HIM,

I WOULDN'T BE ASKING YOU
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH!

ONE NEVER KNOWS.

NEVER MIND THE DOUBLE TALK.
HOW DO I FIND HIM?

I BELIEVE MR. de GROOT
PLANS TO STOP HERE LATER ON.

IF YOU CARE TO WAIT,
YOU CAN SEE HIM THEN.

I'LL WAIT.

ROBES FOR SALE.
NICE ROBES FOR SALE.

ROBES.

[ HORN HONKING ]

ALMS! ALMS!

[ HORN HONKING ]

ALMS
FOR THE LOVE OF ALLAH!

ROBES. VERY FINE ROBES FOR SALE.

ROBES. VERY SPECIAL ROBES.

NICE FABRIC.

SPECIAL PRICE. NICE PRICE.
VERY NICE MATERIAL.

ROBES FOR SALE.

ROBES!

EGYPTIAN ROBES FOR SALE.

FINE, FINE ROBES.

ROBES. FINE ENOUGH
FOR SHEIK OR SHAH.

TRASH PUSHER.

HALF-STARVED!

HE'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

THE WHOLE LOT
WON'T BRING £1,000.

AH.

THIS ONE
IS A LITTLE BETTER.

ALL RIGHT.

PUT THE IRONS ON HIM.
TAKE HIM AWAY.

TOMORROW, THEY WILL BE
ON THE SLAVE BLOCK.

[ HORN HONKING ]

ROBES FOR SALE.

ROBE?

I'LL GIVE YOU
A NICE PRICE TODAY.

VERY FINE ROBES. NICE MATERIAL.

ROBES. VERY NICE MATERIAL.

HARDLY WORTH LOOKING AT.

ONLY ONE IN THE GROUP WILL
BRING ANYTHING ON THE BLOCK.

PUT THEM IN THE PENS.

THERE WILL BE A BUYER
FROM THE SULFUR MINES.

THEY MAY BE GOOD ENOUGH
FOR THAT.

THIS WAY!

YOU!

[ DOOR SLAMS ]

HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN HERE?

OH, AN HOUR,
HOUR AND A HALF.

HE KNEW MY NAME?

HE ASKED FOR YOU.

I WILL TALK TO HIM.

BE READY, MUSHA...
IN CASE.

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

[ CLICKING CONTINUES ]

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

NAME'S ROGERS.

HAVE A DRINK.

I ONLY DRINK
WITH FRIENDS.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

BUSINESS.

I ALREADY HAVE A BUSINESS.

I KNOW.
THAT'S WHY I CAME TO YOU.

SO?

SO SHE'S FOR SALE.

WHAT HAS THAT TO DO
WITH ME?

WELL, NOTHING, I GUESS,
UNLESS YOU LIKE MONEY.

I ALREADY HAVE MONEY, TOO.

COME ON, de GROOT.
DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME.

I KNOW
WHAT YOUR BUSINESS IS.

OH, YOU DO?

I KNOW WHAT A PIECE
OF MERCHANDISE LIKE THIS

WILL BRING.

NOW, DO YOU WANT IN
OR NOT?!

[ LAUGHING ]

ALL RIGHT!

UH,
IF I WERE INTERESTED,

HOW MUCH MONEY
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

NOT MUCH...
£5,000 FOR ME.

2,500 NOW,
2,500 WHEN I DELIVER.

JUST LIKE THAT?

YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT!

COME ON, YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS IS WORTH.

I WOULD, UH,
NEED A LITTLE TIME.

SO YOU CAN HAVE
A LITTLE TIME.

I'LL MEET YOU BACK HERE
AFTER DARK.

OH...

TELL BORCA IF HE
DOESN'T MEET THE PRICE,

I'LL PEDDLE HER MYSELF

AND ELIMINATE
THE MIDDLEMAN.

YOU HAD QUITE A TALK.

ANYTHING INTERESTING?

MAYBE.
I'M GOING TO SEE BORCA.

MEANTIME, YOU FOLLOW HIM.

FIND OUT EVERYTHING
YOU CAN ABOUT HIM.

De GROOT JUST LEFT.

GOOD.

VERY NICE MATERIAL.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A TAIL.

TALL, BLUE SUIT,
WITH A RED BEANIE?

THAT'S HIM.

IT'S de GROOT'S ASSISTANT.
HIS NAME IS MUSHA.

GET TO ROLLIN
AND TELL HIM TO GET STARTED,

WHILE I LOSE OUR FRIEND.

[ HORN HONKING ]

SHE WILL BRING A FORTUNE.

ONCE THE WORD
GETS AROUND

THAT THERE WILL BE
WHITE IVORY ON THE BLOCK,

THE BUYERS WILL COME FLOCKING.

THIS MAY YET BE
A SUCCESSFUL MARKET.

HOW MUCH IS HE ASKING?

£5,000.

[ LAUGHING ]

THEN HE OBVIOUSLY HAS
NO IDEA OF HER VALUE.

[ LAUGHING SOFTLY ]

ALL RIGHT. I WANT HER.

BUT, de GROOT,

BEFORE YOU BECOME FURTHER
INVOLVED WITH THIS MAN,

MAKE CERTAIN YOU KNOW
WHO HE IS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

THE SLAVE IN 14 IS MISSING.

I WAS ABOUT TO SOUND
THE ALARM.

[ ALARM DINGING ]

CHECK OVER THERE.

GET MOVING! I'LL CHECK
THE COURTYARD. MOVE!

£5,000.

THIS TAKES CARE OF ROGERS.

WHAT ABOUT MY SHARE?

YOU'LL GET YOUR USUAL --

ONE-QUARTER OF WHAT
SHE BRINGS ON THE BLOCK.

THIS ONE IS RISKIER
THAN THE OTHERS.

THEN CUT YOUR RISKS...

ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHAT IS IT?

YOUR MAJESTY, A SLAVE
ESCAPED FROM THE CELLS.

WHEN YOU FIND HIM, RETURN HIM
TO THE PEN AND HANG HIM.

THERE'S NO MONEY
IN A DEAD SLAVE.

WHEN A SLAVE TRIES TO ESCAPE,
HE MUST BE HANGED.

IT WILL DISCOURAGE OTHERS

WHO MIGHT MAKE
SIMILAR ATTEMPTS.

[ BLEATING ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

LOOK BEHIND THAT CART!

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ HORN HONKING ]

[ HORN HONKING ]

[ HORN HONKING ]

[ HONKING CONTINUES ]

[ HONKING CONTINUES ]

[ NEIGHS ]

YOU GOT THE PICTURES?

RIGHT.

WILLY, BE SURE TO SPLINTER THE
LEG ON THE COT TO MATCH THIS.

WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH, A LITTLE
MORE MOISTURE ON THE WALLS.

NOT TOO MUCH.

RIGHT.

HOW'S IT COMING?

Barney:
ALMOST FINISHED.

I SEE IT,
AND I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT.

THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA.

[ LAUGHS ]

YEAH. FINE.
THAT WILL DO FINE.

NOW, IT WILL BE DARK
IN 15 OR 20 MINUTES.

YOU AND WILLY
BETTER GET STARTED

FOR PRINCE FASAR'S.

RIGHT.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
I CAN MATCH IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

PRETTY.

SO YOU MET YOUR HUSBAND
IN AN ENGLISH PUB?

IT'S NOT TERRIBLY ROMANTIC,

BUT HE WAS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MOMENT
THAT AKIM INTRODUCED US --

DON'T TELL US THAT IT
WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

I REMEMBER YOU SAYING
THAT HE WAS STANDOFFISH.

NOT POSSIBLE!

I HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED
"STANDOFFISH" BY ANYONE.

[ Laughing ]
OH, REALLY?

I'M SORRY, FASAR,
BUT TO VICTORIA CARLTON,

YOU WERE STANDOFFISH.

VICTORIA?

WHEN WE WERE MARRIED,
I TOOK A MUSLIM NAME.

WELL, I'M SORRY
TO BREAK THIS UP,

BUT, UH, I WAS OUT OF BED
AT 6:00 THIS MORNING.

AH.

YOUR ROOMS ARE
QUITE READY FOR YOU.

AKIM, WOULD YOU SHOW
THE INSPECTOR THE WAY?

OF COURSE. GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR
A WONDERFUL DINER.

GOOD NIGHT.

HOW LONG WERE YOU
ACTUALLY IN THE CITY

WITH AKIM
AND THE INSPECTOR?

OH...
PERHAPS SEVERAL HOURS.

DO YOU THINK THAT YOU
SAW EVERYTHING?

WE WERE ESCORTED
THE WHOLE TIME,

BUT IT SEEMED
A THOROUGH TOUR.

FASAR IF...IF THERE IS STILL
SLAVERY IN ELKABAR,

THEN YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO MUST PUT AN END TO IT.

TO DO SO, I WOULD HAVE
TO DESTROY MY OWN BROTHER.

£3,000.

COME ON,
THE DEAL WAS FOR FIVE!

3,000
WAS ALL HE WOULD PAY.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

ON DELIVERY.

OKAY, de GROOT.

DAWN.
WHERE DO YOU WANT HER?

RIGHT HERE.

TOO RISKY. I DON'T WANT
TO BRING HER INTO TOWN.

I ASSURE YOU
IT IS QUITE SAFE AT JARA'S.

THIS IS WHERE
I DO BUSINESS.

NOW, WE MEET HERE AT DAWN...
OR WE DON'T MEET.

SHE'LL BE HERE.

GOOD.

LET'S HAVE A DRINK
ON IT...

IN YOUR OFFICE, JARA.

YOU REALLY DIDN'T THINK

IT WAS GOING TO BE
THAT EASY, DID YOU?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!

THAT'S IT.

INTERNATIONAL
DRIVER'S LICENSE...

SOCIAL SECURITY...

ARMY DISCHARGE...

AHA!

PAROLE REGISTRATION CARD.

FEDERAL.

HE'S AN EX-CONVICT.
JUMPED PAROLE.

THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE'S USING
AN ARGENTINE PASSPORT.

AND A PHONY ONE AT THAT.

HMM.

HMM.

JUST COME UP EASY.

WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!

WHEN I GO INTO BUSINESS
WITH A MAN,

I LIKE TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING
I CAN ABOUT HIM.

YOU'RE BUYING HER,
de GROOT, NOT ME.

I'LL HAVE HER
HERE IN THE MORNING.

YOU JUST BE SURE
YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY.

NOW KEEP HIM
OUT OF MY WAY.

IF I SEE HIM AGAIN,
I'LL KILL HIM!

[ DISTANT SQUEAKING ]

[ SQUEAKING ]

[ SQUEAKING ]

[ BATS SCREECHING LOUDLY ]

DARLING, WHAT IS IT?

AAAHHHHH!!

[ SCREECHING ]

AAHHH!!

AHHHH!

HELP US! COME QUICKLY!
HELP! HELP!

SLOW DOWN.
LET'S GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME.

[ SCREECHING ]

AAHHH!!

AAAHHHH!!!

AAAHHH!!

AAHHH!

AMARA!

AMARA! AMARA!

AMARA! AMARA!

AMARA! AMARA!

WHAT IS IT?
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

AMARA -- THEY
HAVE TAKEN AMARA!

WELL, I THINK
IT'S RATHER CLEAR

YOUR WIFE'S ABDUCTORS
WERE PROFESSIONALS.

THE BATS, THE TRUCK,
THE FUSE BOX,

THE ABSENCE
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

FOR NOW, THERE IS NOTHING
FOR US TO DO BUT TO WAIT.

WAIT?!

WAIT FOR WHAT?

FOR THE KIDNAPPERS TO CONTACT
YOU REGARDING THE RANSOM.

THAT SHOULD BE SOMETIME DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING
WE CAN DO!

YOUR HIGHNESS, WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THE LOCAL POLICE ARE
COOPERATING TO THE FULLEST.

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?

CALL MY BROTHER.

HE WILL HAVE 100 SOLDIERS
SEARCHING THE CITY

WITHIN THE HOUR.

IF THEY FIND YOUR WIFE,
THEY WILL FIND HER DEAD!

NO, YOUR HIGHNESS.

YOU MUST GIVE THE KIDNAPPERS

A CHANCE TO CONTACT YOU.

TRUST ME, YOUR HIGHNESS!

I HAVE EXPERIENCE
IN THESE MATTERS.

I WILL BRING YOUR WIFE
BACK TO YOU SAFELY.

I PROMISE YOU.

GOOD.

I HAVE SOME FRIENDS
IN YOUR LOCAL POLICE.

I WILL MAKE SOME
DISCREET INQUIRIES.

I SHALL RETURN
WITHIN AN HOUR.

TRY TO GET SOME REST.

[ GASPS ]

NOW, CUT IT OUT!

HEY, PRETTY.
VERY PRETTY.

SHE'LL BRING
A GOOD PRICE.

WHO ARE YOU?!
WHERE AM I?!

A VERY GOOD PRICE.

NO!
NO! DON'T YOU --

HOW DARE YOU!

PLEASE! NO!

PLEASE! YOU'RE MAKING
A FRIGHTFUL MISTAKE!

I'M PRINCE FASAR'S WIFE!

PLEASE HELP ME!
HELP ME! I BEG YOU!

YOU'RE MAKING
A DREADFUL MISTAKE!

PLEASE!

JIM...

[ Sighs ]
I KNOW, I KNOW.

MAKE IT AS EASY ON HER
AS YOU CAN,

WILL YOU, BARNEY?

PLEASE HELP ME!!

YOU'RE MAKING
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE! PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE HELP ME!
HELP ME!!

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING!

PLEASE!