Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 3, Episode 16 - The Glass Cage - full transcript
The IMF infiltrate a high tech maximum security prison behind the Iron Curtain to free a resistance leader being held in a glass cell that's continually monitored. Cinnamon's persona of a neurotic bureaucrat distracts the prison commandant, while Barney and Willy stage an abortive prison escape. It's all part of an elaborate scheme to convince prison officials that the freedom fighter in their cell is an imposter.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS ANTON REISNER,
THE MUCH-BELOVED LEADER
OF THE RESISTANCE
AGAINST HIS COUNTRY'S
TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT.
THREE WEEKS AGO,
HE WAS INCARCERATED
IN THE AUTOMATED TRAST PRISON,
FROM WHICH NO ESCAPE
HAS EVER BEEN MADE.
THE PRISON IS CURRENTLY
COMMANDED BY THIS MAN,
MAJOR NICHOLAS ZELINKO,
WHO IS TORTURING REISNER
IN ORDER TO GET THE NAMES
OF OTHER RESISTANCE LEADERS.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO GET REISNER OUT
OF TRAST PRISON.
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 MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
JIM, I MADE THIS UNIT
TO ERASE THEIR TAPE
AND RECORD
OUR TWO PRINTS ON IT.
Jim: MM-HMM. GOOD.
WE'VE ARRANGED WITH
THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
TO HAVE YOU
AND WILLY CAUGHT
AT A SECRET
POLITICAL MEETING.
YOU'LL BE TAKEN DIRECTLY
TO TRAST PRISON.
THEY'VE ALSO ARRANGED A CAR
AND A DRIVER FOR US.
CODE, BARNEY?
97-17-43.
THESE ARE THE LATEST
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAJOR BRINOV.
ZELINKO HASN'T SEEN HIM
IN FIVE YEARS.
JIM, WHERE IS
ANNA NELIS NOW?
BOTH ANNA NELIS AND MAJOR BRINOV
ARE OUT OF THE COUNTRY
ON SEPARATE ASSIGNMENTS.
WON'T BE BACK
FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
DO WE HAVE THEM
UNDER SURVEILLANCE?
YES, WE DO.
NOW, MAJOR ZELINKO
IS SUAVE AND CHARMING
AND TOTALLY DEDICATED
TO HIS ESCAPE-PROOF PRISON.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS --
ESCAPE-PROOF.
SO SINCE WE CAN'T
GET REISNER OUT,
WE'LL GET THEM
TO HAND HIM TO US.
REISNER.
TO AVOID THE PAIN,
JUST GIVE ME THE NAMES
OF THE RESISTANCE LEADERS.
REISNER.
[ STEADY BEEP ]
YES?
DIVISION SECURITY.
A COLONEL DREIGA
WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU.
[ Crying ]
AAAHHHH!
MAJOR ZELINKO SPEAKING.
MAJOR,
THIS IS COLONEL DREIGA.
I'VE JUST BEEN ASSIGNED
TO THE REISNER CASE.
I SEE.
WHEN MAY I EXPECT WRITTEN
CONFIRMATION OF THIS, COLONEL?
YOU MAY NOT EXPECT IT.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.
I WILL BE LEAVING
FOR THE PRISON SHORTLY,
AND MAJOR BRINOV
WILL ACCOMPANY ME.
HE WILL GIVE REISNER
THE FINAL INTERROGATION.
AS YOU WISH, COLONEL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE
TO CHECK OUT
THIS COLONEL DREIGA.
MASTER CONTROL ROOM...
activate the maximum-
security cell door.
MASTER CONTROL ROOM,
lock the maximum-security
cell door.
YOU HAVE MY ADMIRATION,
REISNER.
IF YOU DO HAVE
A BREAKING POINT,
I SHALL NOT FIND IT
IN THE TIME I HAVE LEFT.
SINCE KILLING YOU
WOULD CREATE A MARTYR,
TOMORROW MORNING, BRAIN SURGERY
WILL BE PERFORMED ON YOU.
YOUR MIND
WILL BE DESTROYED, REISNER.
THINK ABOUT IT.
YES, A
MISS CHRISTINE ZENSKY.
13967.
YES -- ZENSKY.
I'LL WAIT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ENTER.
CHRISTINE ZENSKY IS HERE.
SHE'S DOWN
IN THE WAITING ROOM.
GIVE HER OUR ROUTINE,
RIGOROUS SEARCH.
CHRISTINE ZENSKY
IS THE CODE NAME FOR --
ANNA NELIS. YES, I KNOW.
HAVE HER SEARCHED.
WHAT?
SHE'S THE HEAD
OF OUR PRISON SYSTEM.
HAVE YOU EVER MET
ANNA NELIS?
NO.
NEITHER HAVE I.
FOR SECURITY PURPOSES,
SHE HAS KEPT HER IDENTITY
A WELL-GUARDED SECRET.
NOW, IF THIS WOMAN
IS INDEED ANNA NELIS,
WE MUST SEARCH HER.
SHE WILL EXPECT IT.
AND IF SHE ISN'T...
NEVER TAKE EVENTS ON
THEIR SURFACE VALUE, GULKA.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME REGRET
THAT I HAVE RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU REPLACE ME
AS PRISON COMMANDANT.
NO, MAJOR.
WE MUST NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE ENEMY.
WE MUST BE PREPARED
FOR ANYTHING
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RESISTANCE IS SURE
TO TRY SOMETHING.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY
TO CHECK ON BOTH DREIGA
AND NELIS AT THE SAME TIME.
[ BUZZES ]
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS.
GENERAL HUNZA.
MAJOR ZELINKO CALLING.
GENERAL HUNZA
IS OUT, MAJOR.
IS COLONEL DREIGA THERE?
Just one moment,
please, Major.
HAVE THE NEW PRISONERS
ARRIVED?
INSPECT THEM THOROUGHLY.
Dreiga: Yes, Major,
I was just leaving.
What is it?
ANNA NELIS HAS ARRIVED.
OH?
WHAT IS HER BUSINESS?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW, COLONEL.
I THOUGHT PERHAPS
YOU MIGHT TELL ME.
COLONEL?
COLONEL?!
MAJOR, THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE
ON THE LINE.
KEEP MISS NELIS THERE
UNTIL I ARRIVE.
THIS MAY BE A TRAP.
Man:
Christine Zensky is here.
ADMIT HER.
MISS NELIS.
MY IDENTITY CARD.
YES.
THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY
IF YOU WERE EMBARRASSED
BY OUR SECURITY PRECAUTIONS.
PLEASE SIT DOWN.
THOROUGHNESS
NEVER EMBARRASSES ME.
LET ME SAY THAT THIS IS
QUITE AN HONOR, MISS NELIS.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING YOU FOR SOME TIME.
MAJOR,
THERE IS NO NEED
FOR POLITE CONVERSATION
WHILE AWAITING FURTHER PROOF
OF MY IDENTITY.
BUT I DO NOT QUESTION
YOUR IDENTITY.
YOU ARE, OF COURSE,
CHECKING ON ME?
THE PROOF
WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
GOOD.
UNTIL IT ARRIVES,
WE CAN EITHER REMAIN SILENT,
OR I CAN DISCLOSE
THE PURPOSE OF MY VISIT.
WHICH IS IT?
I DO NOT LIKE
TO WASTE TIME.
I'M HERE
TO STUDY THE PRISON.
NOTHING MORE?
NO. WHY DO YOU ASK?
NO REASON.
MY VISIT HERE
HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH YOUR POSSIBLE PROMOTION
TO STATE SECURITY MINISTER.
I BELIEVE
THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
YES, IT DOES.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW
IF THE PREMIER
HAS REACHED A DECISION?
NO, HE HAS NOT.
NOW, IF WE CAN PUT
PERSONAL AMBITION ASIDE
FOR A MOMENT --
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
EXCUSE ME.
YES?
I see.
YES, SEND THEM UP.
I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED
THAT ANOTHER
MISS CHRISTINE ZENSKY --
OR SHALL I SAY ANNA NELIS --
HAS JUST ARRIVED AT THE PRISON.
SHE'S ON HER WAY HERE NOW.
SHE MUST AN IMPOSTOR.
OH?
WELL, WE SHALL SOON SEE.
SHE'S ACCOMPANIED
BY A LIEUTENANT SZABO,
A MAN I HAPPEN TO KNOW.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ENTER!
MAJOR ZELINKO.
LIEUTENANT SZABO.
MAY I PRESENT
MISS ANNA NELIS?
I'M HONORED.
THIS IS -- BUT I'M AFRAID
I DON'T KNOW YOUR REAL NAME.
PERHAPS YOU'LL TELL US
NOW THAT THE GAME IS OVER.
I DO NOT LIKE THEATRICS,
MAJOR ZELINKO.
ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT THAT
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,
THIS ONE COULD HAVE
SOME PRACTICAL VALUE.
NOW, IF YOU WILL DISMISS
YOUR IMPOSTOR
AND STOP POINTING
THAT GUN AT ME...
RETURN TO YOUR DUTIES.
IF THERE ARE
NO FURTHER TRICKS,
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN
MY INSPECTION.
YES, OF COURSE.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
NOW, THIS SPECIAL UNIT
CONTROLS THE MAXIMUM-
SECURITY CELL,
REISNER'S LIVING QUARTERS.
AND AS
AN ADDED SECURITY CONTROL,
THIS COUNTER INDICATES
THE NUMBER OF TIMES
THE CELL DOOR IS OPENED.
EACH TIME IT IS OPENED,
IT IS LOGGED IN THIS BOOK.
Major Zelinko, sir,
guard room.
YES?
Colonel Dreiga and
Major Brinov have arrived.
Shall I have them searched?
NO, NO, THAT IS
MAJOR BRINOV.
SEND THEM TO MY OFFICE.
Yes, sir.
WHY IS
MAJOR BRINOV HERE?
TO GIVE REISNER
A FINAL INTERROGATION.
DO YOU KNOW THE MAJOR?
YES.
SEND THEM IN.
COLONEL ZELINKO.
YOU KNOW MAJOR BRINOV.
MAJOR,
HOW IS YOUR FENCING?
IMPROVED
SINCE LAST WE MET.
GOOD. GOOD.
MISS NELIS,
I'M HONORED.
COLONEL DREIGA.
HOW DID YOU
KNOW MY NAME?
I HAVE MEMORIZED THE FACES
OF ALL OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.
YOU WOULD BE WISE
TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE.
I BELIEVE YOU KNOW
MAJOR BRINOV?
HELLO, ANNA.
YES, ANNA AND I
ARE VERY OLD
AND VERY DEAR FRIENDS.
AREN'T WE, ANNA?
MAJOR...
I HAVE HERE AN ORDER.
AN ORDER
TO INTERROGATE REISNER.
YES.
IT'S VERY FORTUNATE
I RAN INTO YOU.
I WAS TRYING TO REACH YOU.
WE HAVE SOMETHING
TO DISCUSS.
Nelis: WE DO?
YES, THIS IS
IN ORDER.
THIS IS
THE OTHER FILE.
ARE YOU STAYING AT
THE LODGE IN THE VILLAGE?
VERY GOOD.
I WILL SEE YOU
LATER TONIGHT.
[ GASPS SOFTLY ]
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
MY INSPECTION.
YES, OF COURSE.
CAPTAIN GULKA,
COME TO MY OFFICE.
MAJOR BRINOV, I'VE HEARD
THAT YOU HAVE BECOME
THE STATE'S ABLEST
INTERROGATOR.
OF COURSE,
I HOPE THIS CURRENT POST
IS ONLY A TEMPORARY ONE.
AH, CAPTAIN GULKA,
YOU WILL SEE
THAT MISS NELIS RECEIVES
WHATEVER ASSISTANCE
SHE MAY REQUIRE.
MAJOR, I WOULD LIKE
TO INTERROGATE THE PRISONER
IMMEDIATELY IF I MAY.
RIGHT THIS WAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THE FILING ROOM, PLEASE.
IT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.
YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE PRISON
FOR THREE YEARS.
IS THAT CORRECT, CAPTAIN?
YES.
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION
OF MAJOR ZELINKO?
WELL, HE'S, UH...
HE'S BRILLIANT.
I'VE NEVER MET A MAN
SO DEDICATED TO HIS WORK.
IT, UH,
HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE
TO WATCH HIM,
TO LEARN FROM HIM.
I SHALL BE SORRY
TO SEE HIM...
LEAVE?
YES.
WELL, NO, I MEAN...
IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
I QUITE UNDERSTAND
THAT HE HAS TOLD YOU
OF HIS PENDING PROMOTION.
YOU MUST ALSO KNOW THAT HE HAS
RECOMMENDED HIS SUCCESSOR?
YES. WELL, WE HAD...
DISCUSSED THE MATTER.
YOU FEEL CAPABLE
OF HANDLING THE POST?
YES, UH, I BELIEVE SO.
IT WILL BE A MONTH,
AT LEAST,
UNTIL MAJOR KRUNYEV
TAKES OVER.
KRUNYEV?
YES.
ZELINKO INDICATED
THAT HE THOUGHT
YOU WERE QUITE CAPABLE
OF TAKING HIS PLACE
UNTIL KRUNYEV ARRIVES.
OH. DID HE?
OF COURSE, THIS CONVERSATION
MUST BE KEPT IN CONFIDENCE.
AFTER ALL,
ZELINKO'S PROMOTION
HAS NOT BEEN MADE
OFFICIAL YET.
NO...IT HASN'T.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
MISS NELIS,
CAPTAIN VASNEY.
CAPTAIN, YOU ARE WANTED
IN THE MASTER CONTROL ROOM.
I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED
TO GIVE MISS NELIS
ALL THE ASSISTANCE
SHE REQUIRES.
EXCUSE ME.
THE FILES
ON THE NEW PRISONERS --
ARE THEY HERE?
NO, THEY ARE NOT.
WILL YOU BRING THEM,
PLEASE?
Zelinko:
Master control room,
activate the maximum-
security cell door.
I've already tried
sodium thiopental.
This is duranacyl.
It's a drug I developed myself.
It's much more effective
than sodium thiopental.
Brinov:
What is your name?!
What is your name?!
Answer me!
Answer me!
What is your name?!
Dreiga: Apparently, your drug
is not what you claimed.
It is a complete waste
of time.
You promised results,
Major.
Colonel, I need
a little more time.
I insist!
You do not have more time.
Major!
Zelinko, I apologize.
He should not
have interfered.
Master control,
lock the maximum-security
cell door.
I WILL TRANSMIT THE FINAL
ORDER TO THE SURGEON.
PLEASE HAVE EVERYTHING
READY FOR HIM
WHEN HE ARRIVES
IN THE MORNING.
MASTER CONTROL,
OPEN THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY GATE
NUMBER ONE.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
GOOD NIGHT, MAJOR.
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SILENCE, REISNER.
MISS NELIS.
WAS MAJOR BRINOV
SUCCESSFUL?
NO, HIS INTERROGATION WAS
A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
THE OPERATION,
WHICH I RECOMMENDED,
WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED.
HAS MAJOR BRINOV LEFT?
YES.
WERE YOU AWARE
THAT MAJOR BRINOV
IS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED
FOR THE POST
OF STATE SECURITY MINISTER?
NO.
NO, I WAS NOT AWARE.
OF COURSE, HIS FAILURE
TONIGHT WITH REISNER
COULD HAVE
NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS.
UNLESS I RECOMMEND HIM.
ARE YOU GOING TO?
THAT BECOMES
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
SOME YEARS AGO,
MAJOR BRINOV AND I
WERE FRIENDS.
YES, I KNOW.
WE WERE MORE THAN FRIENDS.
THAT DOES NOT SEEM
TO SURPRISE YOU.
NO, THAT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME
AT ALL.
MAJOR BRINOV HAD A CERTAIN WAY
ABOUT HIM --
A CERTAIN HYPNOTIC CHARM,
A PERSUASIVENESS.
HE WAS NOT AN HONEST MAN.
HE USED PEOPLE.
HE USED ME.
HE USES PEOPLE TO FURTHER
HIS OWN SELFISH AMBITION.
I TAKE IT THAT MAJOR BRINOV
WANTS TO SEE YOU TONIGHT
IN ORDER TO TRY TO PERSUADE
YOU TO RECOMMEND HIM.
OF COURSE,
ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED
THAT I FEEL QUITE CAPABLE
OF DEALING WITH MAJOR BRINOV.
HOWEVER,
IT WOULD BE REASSURING
IF YOU COULD BE THERE.
I QUITE UNDERSTAND.
GOOD.
[ INHALES ]
BEFORE WE GO,
I WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE
ONE OF YOUR
MAXIMUM-SECURITY CELLS.
AS YOU WISH.
GET ME CAPTAIN VASNEY.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
AND THIS IS
OUR MAXIMUM-SECURITY AREA.
I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE A CELL.
WHY, CERTAINLY,
MISS NELIS.
STAND UP.
HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD.
THE CELL DOORS
CAN ONLY BE UNLOCKED
BY MASTER CONTROL ROOM
AND ONLY WHEN A SPECIAL KEY
IS INSERTED IN THE LOCK.
MASTER CONTROL,
UNLOCK CELL DOOR 14.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
OUTSIDE. OVER THERE.
MOVE.
Guard: TURN AROUND.
GET ON THE FLOOR.
Vasney:
THE WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED
OF THE FINEST
CHROMIUM STEEL
THROUGHOUT THE MAXIMUM-
SECURITY AREA,
WHICH IS THIS SECTION
OF THE BUILDING.
AND THE FLOORS ARE MADE
OF POURED SILICON CONCRETE,
3 FEET THICK.
REINFORCED WITH A STEEL
AND ALUMINUM LINING,
MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR
ANYONE TO DIG THEIR WAY OUT.
I SEE.
EXCELLENT.
ON YOUR FEET.
THE DOORS LOCK AUTOMATICALLY
WHEN CLOSED.
I WANT TO SEE
ONE MORE CELL.
GET UP.
NO FURTHER, MISS NELIS!
THIS IS
THE ELECTRIFIED CORRIDOR
TO THE MAXIMUM-
SECURITY AREA.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ENTER.
YES, MAJOR?
GULKA, I SHALL BE LEAVING
THE PRISON FOR A FEW HOURS.
SHOULD YOU WISH
TO REACH ME,
I SHALL BE AT THE LODGE.
MISS ZENSKY'S ROOM.
YES, MAJOR.
OF COURSE, YOU WILL BE
IN COMMAND OF THE PRISON.
YES, MAJOR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HER?
HMM?
I FIND HER A MOST
ENLIGHTENING WOMAN MYSELF.
SHE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL
TO BOTH OF US.
YES, MAJOR.
IS SOMETHING WRONG,
GULKA?
NO, MAJOR.
GOOD NIGHT.
LET ME HAVE A MOMENT
ALONE WITH HIM, PLEASE,
TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND.
IVAN.
NO. THERE'S NO USE, IVAN.
IT WAS OVER.
IT WAS OVER FOUR YEARS AGO.
LISTEN TO ME, ANNA,
PLEASE.
I HAVE ALREADY MADE
MY DECISION.
COME IN.
YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER.
NOW WILL YOU PLEASE GO?
REISNER.
Listen very carefully.
97.
97.
17.
43.
When the door opens,
don't leave the cell.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST US.
You must follow
these instructions
if we're to get you out.
When they come back,
talk to them but don't
tell them anything.
Say your name
or something unimportant.
MASTER CONTROL, SWITCH
TO EMERGENCY LIGHTING QUICKLY.
MASTER CONTROL ROOM,
ANSWER!
GENERAL ALARM!
THERE IS NO POWER!
[ ALARM RINGING ]
OPEN GATE 4!
I LEAVE THE PRISON IN YOUR
HANDS, GULKA, FOR ONE HOUR!
ONE HOUR!
LOOK WHAT HAPPENS!
MAJOR ZELINKO,
YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY --
OH, SHUT UP.
LOOK AT THESE FILES.
SUCH OBVIOUS FORGERIES.
WHEN I FIND OUT JUST WHAT
HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT,
I SHALL DEAL
WITH YOUR INCOMPETENCE.
MAJOR ZELINKO,
MAY I SUGGEST
YOU TRY TO CONTROL
YOUR TEMPER
AND BEGIN
THE INVESTIGATION?
YES.
NOW...
YOU WILL TELL ME
WHY YOU DELIBERATELY GOT
INTO THIS PRISON
JUST TO BREAK OUT OF IT.
ANSWER ME!
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT YOUR
PLAN, ALTHOUGH BRILLIANT,
WAS A FAILURE
BECAUSE OF STUPIDITY.
PLANNED STUPIDITY.
NO!
YES. I THINK YOU HAD
NO INTENTION OF ESCAPING.
I THINK
IT WAS A DIVERSION.
REISNER.
WELL, WE SHALL SOON
FIND OUT.
MAJOR ZELINKO.
THIS IS HOW THEY DISABLED
THE CONTROL ROOM.
WE FOUND IT BY THE DOOR.
WHAT IS IT?
UH, NOTHING.
THE, THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY
CELL DOOR WAS NOT OPEN
DURING THE ESCAPE.
THE PRISONERS MUST HAVE
SOME OTHER MOTIVE.
AND NOW,
IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME,
WITHOUT DELAY, I SHOULD LIKE
TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION
ON MY OWN.
I TOLD YOU NO ONE
HAD TOUCHED REISNER.
YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHECK
THE DOOR COUNT
OR THE LOCK, DID YOU?
NO. WHY SHOULD I?
IF YOU HAD, YOU WOULD HAVE
SEEN THE DOOR HAS BEEN OPEN.
THE LOG STOPS...
HERE AT NUMBER 27.
BUT I HAVE SEEN REISNER.
HE'S IN HIS CELL.
YOU SEE?
Zelinko: RUN BACK THE TAPE
ON THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY CELL.
YES, MAJOR.
NELIS, YOUR CALL
SOUNDED URGENT.
I WILL EXPLAIN
AS WE GO.
THIS IS CAPTAIN VASNEY.
THE PRISONERS' MOVEMENTS
WERE ALL AWAY
FROM REISNER'S CELL.
THE GATE HAS NOT
BEEN OPENED.
OH, HASN'T IT?
MASTER CONTROL ROOM,
OPEN MAXIMUM-SECURITY GATE
NUMBER ONE.
Master control room?
YES?
Open maximum-security
gate number one.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
REISNER.
I WILL TELL YOU NOTHING.
HE SPOKE.
WHO ARE YOU?
YOU KNOW MY NAME.
ANTON REISNER.
HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN...
SILENT.
YEAH.
YOU DON'T THINK --
YES, GULKA, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I THINK.
THEY'VE MADE A SWITCH.
THAT MAN IS NOT REISNER.
They found a way to get him
out of the cell,
but...this prison
is escape-proof.
He must be somewhere
in the building.
What about Dr. Sprav?
IF WE'VE NOT FOUND
THE REAL REISNER
BY THE TIME
DR. SPRAV ARRIVES,
HE CAN PERFORM THE OPERATION
ON THAT MAN.
What about...Anna Nelis?
She must not find out
what has happened.
No one must.
It must be
kept covered up.
No leaks.
BOTH OUR CAREERS
ARE DEPENDENT UPON IT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT,
GULKA?
YES, MAJOR.
You keep Miss Nelis
occupied.
There's something
I must attend to.
CAPTAIN VASNEY,
WHAT PROOF
OF REISNER'S IDENTITY
EXISTS IN THIS PRISON?
ONLY ONE -- HIS FINGERPRINTS.
THEY'RE IN HIS FILE.
THEN I THINK WE CAN ASSUME
WHAT MAJOR ZELINKO'S
NEXT MOVE WILL BE.
YOU GO WITH MAJOR BRINOV.
COLONEL DREIGA AND I WILL
INTERROGATE CAPTAIN GULKA.
YES? WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE,
BRINOV?
LET ME HAVE THAT.
REISNER'S FILE.
YES, THE REISNER FILE.
COME WITH US.
BUT WHAT I TOLD YOU
IS THE TRUTH!
MAJOR ZELINKO IS TRYING
TO PASS THAT MAN OFF TO YOU
AS THE REAL REISNER.
WE KNOW. WE SAW AND HEARD
BOTH OF YOU
FROM THE MASTER
CONTROL ROOM.
YOU HAVE PROVEN
YOUR LOYALTY, CAPTAIN.
MISS NELIS,
I MUST PROTEST
THE WAY I'M BEING TREATED
IN MY OWN --
IS THAT TRUE,
THAT THAT IS NOT REISNER?
YOU TOLD THEM!
YES, MAJOR,
I TOLD THEM.
IS THIS THE WAY
YOU REPAY ME?
I ONLY WISH
I COULD HAVE DONE MORE.
I SEE.
OH, BUT IT IS NOT TRUE
THAT THAT IS AN IMPOSTOR.
IT REALLY IS REISNER!
THE PLAN WAS DESIGNED
TO MAKE US BELIEVE
THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN HIM OUT.
THAT EXPLAINS WHY
YOU ENTERED THE FILE ROOM.
A CHANGE OF FINGERPRINTS
TO SUPPORT YOUR STORY.
THE FINGERPRINTS
WILL BAIL ME OUT.
THEY WILL MATCH!
NO.
THEY MUST HAVE
SWITCHED THEM.
DON'T YOU SEE?
THEY'VE THOUGHT
OF EVERYTHING.
TAKE HIM AWAY.
YOU MUST LISTEN
TO ME...
CONSIDER YOURSELF
ACTING COMMANDANT.
MISS NELIS, THIS CALLS FOR
A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION.
YES, I THINK
IT WOULD BE BEST
IF WE TAKE THE TWO PRISONERS
AND THE IMPOSTOR
TO DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
FOR FURTHER INTERROGATION.
Dreiga: SEE IT IS DONE
IMMEDIATELY, CAPTAIN GULKA.
YES, SIR.
LIEUTENANT SZABO,
HAVE THE TWO PRISONERS
BROUGHT TO THE MAIN GATE.
YES, SIR.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
PLAYS ]
Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS ANTON REISNER,
THE MUCH-BELOVED LEADER
OF THE RESISTANCE
AGAINST HIS COUNTRY'S
TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT.
THREE WEEKS AGO,
HE WAS INCARCERATED
IN THE AUTOMATED TRAST PRISON,
FROM WHICH NO ESCAPE
HAS EVER BEEN MADE.
THE PRISON IS CURRENTLY
COMMANDED BY THIS MAN,
MAJOR NICHOLAS ZELINKO,
WHO IS TORTURING REISNER
IN ORDER TO GET THE NAMES
OF OTHER RESISTANCE LEADERS.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO GET REISNER OUT
OF TRAST PRISON.
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 MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
JIM, I MADE THIS UNIT
TO ERASE THEIR TAPE
AND RECORD
OUR TWO PRINTS ON IT.
Jim: MM-HMM. GOOD.
WE'VE ARRANGED WITH
THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
TO HAVE YOU
AND WILLY CAUGHT
AT A SECRET
POLITICAL MEETING.
YOU'LL BE TAKEN DIRECTLY
TO TRAST PRISON.
THEY'VE ALSO ARRANGED A CAR
AND A DRIVER FOR US.
CODE, BARNEY?
97-17-43.
THESE ARE THE LATEST
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAJOR BRINOV.
ZELINKO HASN'T SEEN HIM
IN FIVE YEARS.
JIM, WHERE IS
ANNA NELIS NOW?
BOTH ANNA NELIS AND MAJOR BRINOV
ARE OUT OF THE COUNTRY
ON SEPARATE ASSIGNMENTS.
WON'T BE BACK
FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
DO WE HAVE THEM
UNDER SURVEILLANCE?
YES, WE DO.
NOW, MAJOR ZELINKO
IS SUAVE AND CHARMING
AND TOTALLY DEDICATED
TO HIS ESCAPE-PROOF PRISON.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS --
ESCAPE-PROOF.
SO SINCE WE CAN'T
GET REISNER OUT,
WE'LL GET THEM
TO HAND HIM TO US.
REISNER.
TO AVOID THE PAIN,
JUST GIVE ME THE NAMES
OF THE RESISTANCE LEADERS.
REISNER.
[ STEADY BEEP ]
YES?
DIVISION SECURITY.
A COLONEL DREIGA
WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU.
[ Crying ]
AAAHHHH!
MAJOR ZELINKO SPEAKING.
MAJOR,
THIS IS COLONEL DREIGA.
I'VE JUST BEEN ASSIGNED
TO THE REISNER CASE.
I SEE.
WHEN MAY I EXPECT WRITTEN
CONFIRMATION OF THIS, COLONEL?
YOU MAY NOT EXPECT IT.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.
I WILL BE LEAVING
FOR THE PRISON SHORTLY,
AND MAJOR BRINOV
WILL ACCOMPANY ME.
HE WILL GIVE REISNER
THE FINAL INTERROGATION.
AS YOU WISH, COLONEL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE
TO CHECK OUT
THIS COLONEL DREIGA.
MASTER CONTROL ROOM...
activate the maximum-
security cell door.
MASTER CONTROL ROOM,
lock the maximum-security
cell door.
YOU HAVE MY ADMIRATION,
REISNER.
IF YOU DO HAVE
A BREAKING POINT,
I SHALL NOT FIND IT
IN THE TIME I HAVE LEFT.
SINCE KILLING YOU
WOULD CREATE A MARTYR,
TOMORROW MORNING, BRAIN SURGERY
WILL BE PERFORMED ON YOU.
YOUR MIND
WILL BE DESTROYED, REISNER.
THINK ABOUT IT.
YES, A
MISS CHRISTINE ZENSKY.
13967.
YES -- ZENSKY.
I'LL WAIT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ENTER.
CHRISTINE ZENSKY IS HERE.
SHE'S DOWN
IN THE WAITING ROOM.
GIVE HER OUR ROUTINE,
RIGOROUS SEARCH.
CHRISTINE ZENSKY
IS THE CODE NAME FOR --
ANNA NELIS. YES, I KNOW.
HAVE HER SEARCHED.
WHAT?
SHE'S THE HEAD
OF OUR PRISON SYSTEM.
HAVE YOU EVER MET
ANNA NELIS?
NO.
NEITHER HAVE I.
FOR SECURITY PURPOSES,
SHE HAS KEPT HER IDENTITY
A WELL-GUARDED SECRET.
NOW, IF THIS WOMAN
IS INDEED ANNA NELIS,
WE MUST SEARCH HER.
SHE WILL EXPECT IT.
AND IF SHE ISN'T...
NEVER TAKE EVENTS ON
THEIR SURFACE VALUE, GULKA.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME REGRET
THAT I HAVE RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU REPLACE ME
AS PRISON COMMANDANT.
NO, MAJOR.
WE MUST NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE ENEMY.
WE MUST BE PREPARED
FOR ANYTHING
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RESISTANCE IS SURE
TO TRY SOMETHING.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY
TO CHECK ON BOTH DREIGA
AND NELIS AT THE SAME TIME.
[ BUZZES ]
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS.
GENERAL HUNZA.
MAJOR ZELINKO CALLING.
GENERAL HUNZA
IS OUT, MAJOR.
IS COLONEL DREIGA THERE?
Just one moment,
please, Major.
HAVE THE NEW PRISONERS
ARRIVED?
INSPECT THEM THOROUGHLY.
Dreiga: Yes, Major,
I was just leaving.
What is it?
ANNA NELIS HAS ARRIVED.
OH?
WHAT IS HER BUSINESS?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW, COLONEL.
I THOUGHT PERHAPS
YOU MIGHT TELL ME.
COLONEL?
COLONEL?!
MAJOR, THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE
ON THE LINE.
KEEP MISS NELIS THERE
UNTIL I ARRIVE.
THIS MAY BE A TRAP.
Man:
Christine Zensky is here.
ADMIT HER.
MISS NELIS.
MY IDENTITY CARD.
YES.
THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY
IF YOU WERE EMBARRASSED
BY OUR SECURITY PRECAUTIONS.
PLEASE SIT DOWN.
THOROUGHNESS
NEVER EMBARRASSES ME.
LET ME SAY THAT THIS IS
QUITE AN HONOR, MISS NELIS.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING YOU FOR SOME TIME.
MAJOR,
THERE IS NO NEED
FOR POLITE CONVERSATION
WHILE AWAITING FURTHER PROOF
OF MY IDENTITY.
BUT I DO NOT QUESTION
YOUR IDENTITY.
YOU ARE, OF COURSE,
CHECKING ON ME?
THE PROOF
WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
GOOD.
UNTIL IT ARRIVES,
WE CAN EITHER REMAIN SILENT,
OR I CAN DISCLOSE
THE PURPOSE OF MY VISIT.
WHICH IS IT?
I DO NOT LIKE
TO WASTE TIME.
I'M HERE
TO STUDY THE PRISON.
NOTHING MORE?
NO. WHY DO YOU ASK?
NO REASON.
MY VISIT HERE
HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH YOUR POSSIBLE PROMOTION
TO STATE SECURITY MINISTER.
I BELIEVE
THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
YES, IT DOES.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW
IF THE PREMIER
HAS REACHED A DECISION?
NO, HE HAS NOT.
NOW, IF WE CAN PUT
PERSONAL AMBITION ASIDE
FOR A MOMENT --
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
EXCUSE ME.
YES?
I see.
YES, SEND THEM UP.
I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED
THAT ANOTHER
MISS CHRISTINE ZENSKY --
OR SHALL I SAY ANNA NELIS --
HAS JUST ARRIVED AT THE PRISON.
SHE'S ON HER WAY HERE NOW.
SHE MUST AN IMPOSTOR.
OH?
WELL, WE SHALL SOON SEE.
SHE'S ACCOMPANIED
BY A LIEUTENANT SZABO,
A MAN I HAPPEN TO KNOW.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ENTER!
MAJOR ZELINKO.
LIEUTENANT SZABO.
MAY I PRESENT
MISS ANNA NELIS?
I'M HONORED.
THIS IS -- BUT I'M AFRAID
I DON'T KNOW YOUR REAL NAME.
PERHAPS YOU'LL TELL US
NOW THAT THE GAME IS OVER.
I DO NOT LIKE THEATRICS,
MAJOR ZELINKO.
ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT THAT
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,
THIS ONE COULD HAVE
SOME PRACTICAL VALUE.
NOW, IF YOU WILL DISMISS
YOUR IMPOSTOR
AND STOP POINTING
THAT GUN AT ME...
RETURN TO YOUR DUTIES.
IF THERE ARE
NO FURTHER TRICKS,
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN
MY INSPECTION.
YES, OF COURSE.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
NOW, THIS SPECIAL UNIT
CONTROLS THE MAXIMUM-
SECURITY CELL,
REISNER'S LIVING QUARTERS.
AND AS
AN ADDED SECURITY CONTROL,
THIS COUNTER INDICATES
THE NUMBER OF TIMES
THE CELL DOOR IS OPENED.
EACH TIME IT IS OPENED,
IT IS LOGGED IN THIS BOOK.
Major Zelinko, sir,
guard room.
YES?
Colonel Dreiga and
Major Brinov have arrived.
Shall I have them searched?
NO, NO, THAT IS
MAJOR BRINOV.
SEND THEM TO MY OFFICE.
Yes, sir.
WHY IS
MAJOR BRINOV HERE?
TO GIVE REISNER
A FINAL INTERROGATION.
DO YOU KNOW THE MAJOR?
YES.
SEND THEM IN.
COLONEL ZELINKO.
YOU KNOW MAJOR BRINOV.
MAJOR,
HOW IS YOUR FENCING?
IMPROVED
SINCE LAST WE MET.
GOOD. GOOD.
MISS NELIS,
I'M HONORED.
COLONEL DREIGA.
HOW DID YOU
KNOW MY NAME?
I HAVE MEMORIZED THE FACES
OF ALL OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS.
YOU WOULD BE WISE
TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE.
I BELIEVE YOU KNOW
MAJOR BRINOV?
HELLO, ANNA.
YES, ANNA AND I
ARE VERY OLD
AND VERY DEAR FRIENDS.
AREN'T WE, ANNA?
MAJOR...
I HAVE HERE AN ORDER.
AN ORDER
TO INTERROGATE REISNER.
YES.
IT'S VERY FORTUNATE
I RAN INTO YOU.
I WAS TRYING TO REACH YOU.
WE HAVE SOMETHING
TO DISCUSS.
Nelis: WE DO?
YES, THIS IS
IN ORDER.
THIS IS
THE OTHER FILE.
ARE YOU STAYING AT
THE LODGE IN THE VILLAGE?
VERY GOOD.
I WILL SEE YOU
LATER TONIGHT.
[ GASPS SOFTLY ]
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
MY INSPECTION.
YES, OF COURSE.
CAPTAIN GULKA,
COME TO MY OFFICE.
MAJOR BRINOV, I'VE HEARD
THAT YOU HAVE BECOME
THE STATE'S ABLEST
INTERROGATOR.
OF COURSE,
I HOPE THIS CURRENT POST
IS ONLY A TEMPORARY ONE.
AH, CAPTAIN GULKA,
YOU WILL SEE
THAT MISS NELIS RECEIVES
WHATEVER ASSISTANCE
SHE MAY REQUIRE.
MAJOR, I WOULD LIKE
TO INTERROGATE THE PRISONER
IMMEDIATELY IF I MAY.
RIGHT THIS WAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THE FILING ROOM, PLEASE.
IT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.
YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE PRISON
FOR THREE YEARS.
IS THAT CORRECT, CAPTAIN?
YES.
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION
OF MAJOR ZELINKO?
WELL, HE'S, UH...
HE'S BRILLIANT.
I'VE NEVER MET A MAN
SO DEDICATED TO HIS WORK.
IT, UH,
HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE
TO WATCH HIM,
TO LEARN FROM HIM.
I SHALL BE SORRY
TO SEE HIM...
LEAVE?
YES.
WELL, NO, I MEAN...
IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
I QUITE UNDERSTAND
THAT HE HAS TOLD YOU
OF HIS PENDING PROMOTION.
YOU MUST ALSO KNOW THAT HE HAS
RECOMMENDED HIS SUCCESSOR?
YES. WELL, WE HAD...
DISCUSSED THE MATTER.
YOU FEEL CAPABLE
OF HANDLING THE POST?
YES, UH, I BELIEVE SO.
IT WILL BE A MONTH,
AT LEAST,
UNTIL MAJOR KRUNYEV
TAKES OVER.
KRUNYEV?
YES.
ZELINKO INDICATED
THAT HE THOUGHT
YOU WERE QUITE CAPABLE
OF TAKING HIS PLACE
UNTIL KRUNYEV ARRIVES.
OH. DID HE?
OF COURSE, THIS CONVERSATION
MUST BE KEPT IN CONFIDENCE.
AFTER ALL,
ZELINKO'S PROMOTION
HAS NOT BEEN MADE
OFFICIAL YET.
NO...IT HASN'T.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
MISS NELIS,
CAPTAIN VASNEY.
CAPTAIN, YOU ARE WANTED
IN THE MASTER CONTROL ROOM.
I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED
TO GIVE MISS NELIS
ALL THE ASSISTANCE
SHE REQUIRES.
EXCUSE ME.
THE FILES
ON THE NEW PRISONERS --
ARE THEY HERE?
NO, THEY ARE NOT.
WILL YOU BRING THEM,
PLEASE?
Zelinko:
Master control room,
activate the maximum-
security cell door.
I've already tried
sodium thiopental.
This is duranacyl.
It's a drug I developed myself.
It's much more effective
than sodium thiopental.
Brinov:
What is your name?!
What is your name?!
Answer me!
Answer me!
What is your name?!
Dreiga: Apparently, your drug
is not what you claimed.
It is a complete waste
of time.
You promised results,
Major.
Colonel, I need
a little more time.
I insist!
You do not have more time.
Major!
Zelinko, I apologize.
He should not
have interfered.
Master control,
lock the maximum-security
cell door.
I WILL TRANSMIT THE FINAL
ORDER TO THE SURGEON.
PLEASE HAVE EVERYTHING
READY FOR HIM
WHEN HE ARRIVES
IN THE MORNING.
MASTER CONTROL,
OPEN THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY GATE
NUMBER ONE.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
GOOD NIGHT, MAJOR.
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SILENCE, REISNER.
MISS NELIS.
WAS MAJOR BRINOV
SUCCESSFUL?
NO, HIS INTERROGATION WAS
A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
THE OPERATION,
WHICH I RECOMMENDED,
WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED.
HAS MAJOR BRINOV LEFT?
YES.
WERE YOU AWARE
THAT MAJOR BRINOV
IS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED
FOR THE POST
OF STATE SECURITY MINISTER?
NO.
NO, I WAS NOT AWARE.
OF COURSE, HIS FAILURE
TONIGHT WITH REISNER
COULD HAVE
NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS.
UNLESS I RECOMMEND HIM.
ARE YOU GOING TO?
THAT BECOMES
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
SOME YEARS AGO,
MAJOR BRINOV AND I
WERE FRIENDS.
YES, I KNOW.
WE WERE MORE THAN FRIENDS.
THAT DOES NOT SEEM
TO SURPRISE YOU.
NO, THAT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME
AT ALL.
MAJOR BRINOV HAD A CERTAIN WAY
ABOUT HIM --
A CERTAIN HYPNOTIC CHARM,
A PERSUASIVENESS.
HE WAS NOT AN HONEST MAN.
HE USED PEOPLE.
HE USED ME.
HE USES PEOPLE TO FURTHER
HIS OWN SELFISH AMBITION.
I TAKE IT THAT MAJOR BRINOV
WANTS TO SEE YOU TONIGHT
IN ORDER TO TRY TO PERSUADE
YOU TO RECOMMEND HIM.
OF COURSE,
ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED
THAT I FEEL QUITE CAPABLE
OF DEALING WITH MAJOR BRINOV.
HOWEVER,
IT WOULD BE REASSURING
IF YOU COULD BE THERE.
I QUITE UNDERSTAND.
GOOD.
[ INHALES ]
BEFORE WE GO,
I WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE
ONE OF YOUR
MAXIMUM-SECURITY CELLS.
AS YOU WISH.
GET ME CAPTAIN VASNEY.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
AND THIS IS
OUR MAXIMUM-SECURITY AREA.
I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE A CELL.
WHY, CERTAINLY,
MISS NELIS.
STAND UP.
HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD.
THE CELL DOORS
CAN ONLY BE UNLOCKED
BY MASTER CONTROL ROOM
AND ONLY WHEN A SPECIAL KEY
IS INSERTED IN THE LOCK.
MASTER CONTROL,
UNLOCK CELL DOOR 14.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
OUTSIDE. OVER THERE.
MOVE.
Guard: TURN AROUND.
GET ON THE FLOOR.
Vasney:
THE WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED
OF THE FINEST
CHROMIUM STEEL
THROUGHOUT THE MAXIMUM-
SECURITY AREA,
WHICH IS THIS SECTION
OF THE BUILDING.
AND THE FLOORS ARE MADE
OF POURED SILICON CONCRETE,
3 FEET THICK.
REINFORCED WITH A STEEL
AND ALUMINUM LINING,
MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR
ANYONE TO DIG THEIR WAY OUT.
I SEE.
EXCELLENT.
ON YOUR FEET.
THE DOORS LOCK AUTOMATICALLY
WHEN CLOSED.
I WANT TO SEE
ONE MORE CELL.
GET UP.
NO FURTHER, MISS NELIS!
THIS IS
THE ELECTRIFIED CORRIDOR
TO THE MAXIMUM-
SECURITY AREA.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ENTER.
YES, MAJOR?
GULKA, I SHALL BE LEAVING
THE PRISON FOR A FEW HOURS.
SHOULD YOU WISH
TO REACH ME,
I SHALL BE AT THE LODGE.
MISS ZENSKY'S ROOM.
YES, MAJOR.
OF COURSE, YOU WILL BE
IN COMMAND OF THE PRISON.
YES, MAJOR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HER?
HMM?
I FIND HER A MOST
ENLIGHTENING WOMAN MYSELF.
SHE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL
TO BOTH OF US.
YES, MAJOR.
IS SOMETHING WRONG,
GULKA?
NO, MAJOR.
GOOD NIGHT.
LET ME HAVE A MOMENT
ALONE WITH HIM, PLEASE,
TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND.
IVAN.
NO. THERE'S NO USE, IVAN.
IT WAS OVER.
IT WAS OVER FOUR YEARS AGO.
LISTEN TO ME, ANNA,
PLEASE.
I HAVE ALREADY MADE
MY DECISION.
COME IN.
YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER.
NOW WILL YOU PLEASE GO?
REISNER.
Listen very carefully.
97.
97.
17.
43.
When the door opens,
don't leave the cell.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST US.
You must follow
these instructions
if we're to get you out.
When they come back,
talk to them but don't
tell them anything.
Say your name
or something unimportant.
MASTER CONTROL, SWITCH
TO EMERGENCY LIGHTING QUICKLY.
MASTER CONTROL ROOM,
ANSWER!
GENERAL ALARM!
THERE IS NO POWER!
[ ALARM RINGING ]
OPEN GATE 4!
I LEAVE THE PRISON IN YOUR
HANDS, GULKA, FOR ONE HOUR!
ONE HOUR!
LOOK WHAT HAPPENS!
MAJOR ZELINKO,
YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY --
OH, SHUT UP.
LOOK AT THESE FILES.
SUCH OBVIOUS FORGERIES.
WHEN I FIND OUT JUST WHAT
HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT,
I SHALL DEAL
WITH YOUR INCOMPETENCE.
MAJOR ZELINKO,
MAY I SUGGEST
YOU TRY TO CONTROL
YOUR TEMPER
AND BEGIN
THE INVESTIGATION?
YES.
NOW...
YOU WILL TELL ME
WHY YOU DELIBERATELY GOT
INTO THIS PRISON
JUST TO BREAK OUT OF IT.
ANSWER ME!
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT YOUR
PLAN, ALTHOUGH BRILLIANT,
WAS A FAILURE
BECAUSE OF STUPIDITY.
PLANNED STUPIDITY.
NO!
YES. I THINK YOU HAD
NO INTENTION OF ESCAPING.
I THINK
IT WAS A DIVERSION.
REISNER.
WELL, WE SHALL SOON
FIND OUT.
MAJOR ZELINKO.
THIS IS HOW THEY DISABLED
THE CONTROL ROOM.
WE FOUND IT BY THE DOOR.
WHAT IS IT?
UH, NOTHING.
THE, THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY
CELL DOOR WAS NOT OPEN
DURING THE ESCAPE.
THE PRISONERS MUST HAVE
SOME OTHER MOTIVE.
AND NOW,
IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME,
WITHOUT DELAY, I SHOULD LIKE
TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION
ON MY OWN.
I TOLD YOU NO ONE
HAD TOUCHED REISNER.
YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHECK
THE DOOR COUNT
OR THE LOCK, DID YOU?
NO. WHY SHOULD I?
IF YOU HAD, YOU WOULD HAVE
SEEN THE DOOR HAS BEEN OPEN.
THE LOG STOPS...
HERE AT NUMBER 27.
BUT I HAVE SEEN REISNER.
HE'S IN HIS CELL.
YOU SEE?
Zelinko: RUN BACK THE TAPE
ON THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY CELL.
YES, MAJOR.
NELIS, YOUR CALL
SOUNDED URGENT.
I WILL EXPLAIN
AS WE GO.
THIS IS CAPTAIN VASNEY.
THE PRISONERS' MOVEMENTS
WERE ALL AWAY
FROM REISNER'S CELL.
THE GATE HAS NOT
BEEN OPENED.
OH, HASN'T IT?
MASTER CONTROL ROOM,
OPEN MAXIMUM-SECURITY GATE
NUMBER ONE.
Master control room?
YES?
Open maximum-security
gate number one.
[ DOOR BUZZES ]
REISNER.
I WILL TELL YOU NOTHING.
HE SPOKE.
WHO ARE YOU?
YOU KNOW MY NAME.
ANTON REISNER.
HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN...
SILENT.
YEAH.
YOU DON'T THINK --
YES, GULKA, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I THINK.
THEY'VE MADE A SWITCH.
THAT MAN IS NOT REISNER.
They found a way to get him
out of the cell,
but...this prison
is escape-proof.
He must be somewhere
in the building.
What about Dr. Sprav?
IF WE'VE NOT FOUND
THE REAL REISNER
BY THE TIME
DR. SPRAV ARRIVES,
HE CAN PERFORM THE OPERATION
ON THAT MAN.
What about...Anna Nelis?
She must not find out
what has happened.
No one must.
It must be
kept covered up.
No leaks.
BOTH OUR CAREERS
ARE DEPENDENT UPON IT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT,
GULKA?
YES, MAJOR.
You keep Miss Nelis
occupied.
There's something
I must attend to.
CAPTAIN VASNEY,
WHAT PROOF
OF REISNER'S IDENTITY
EXISTS IN THIS PRISON?
ONLY ONE -- HIS FINGERPRINTS.
THEY'RE IN HIS FILE.
THEN I THINK WE CAN ASSUME
WHAT MAJOR ZELINKO'S
NEXT MOVE WILL BE.
YOU GO WITH MAJOR BRINOV.
COLONEL DREIGA AND I WILL
INTERROGATE CAPTAIN GULKA.
YES? WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE,
BRINOV?
LET ME HAVE THAT.
REISNER'S FILE.
YES, THE REISNER FILE.
COME WITH US.
BUT WHAT I TOLD YOU
IS THE TRUTH!
MAJOR ZELINKO IS TRYING
TO PASS THAT MAN OFF TO YOU
AS THE REAL REISNER.
WE KNOW. WE SAW AND HEARD
BOTH OF YOU
FROM THE MASTER
CONTROL ROOM.
YOU HAVE PROVEN
YOUR LOYALTY, CAPTAIN.
MISS NELIS,
I MUST PROTEST
THE WAY I'M BEING TREATED
IN MY OWN --
IS THAT TRUE,
THAT THAT IS NOT REISNER?
YOU TOLD THEM!
YES, MAJOR,
I TOLD THEM.
IS THIS THE WAY
YOU REPAY ME?
I ONLY WISH
I COULD HAVE DONE MORE.
I SEE.
OH, BUT IT IS NOT TRUE
THAT THAT IS AN IMPOSTOR.
IT REALLY IS REISNER!
THE PLAN WAS DESIGNED
TO MAKE US BELIEVE
THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN HIM OUT.
THAT EXPLAINS WHY
YOU ENTERED THE FILE ROOM.
A CHANGE OF FINGERPRINTS
TO SUPPORT YOUR STORY.
THE FINGERPRINTS
WILL BAIL ME OUT.
THEY WILL MATCH!
NO.
THEY MUST HAVE
SWITCHED THEM.
DON'T YOU SEE?
THEY'VE THOUGHT
OF EVERYTHING.
TAKE HIM AWAY.
YOU MUST LISTEN
TO ME...
CONSIDER YOURSELF
ACTING COMMANDANT.
MISS NELIS, THIS CALLS FOR
A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION.
YES, I THINK
IT WOULD BE BEST
IF WE TAKE THE TWO PRISONERS
AND THE IMPOSTOR
TO DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
FOR FURTHER INTERROGATION.
Dreiga: SEE IT IS DONE
IMMEDIATELY, CAPTAIN GULKA.
YES, SIR.
LIEUTENANT SZABO,
HAVE THE TWO PRISONERS
BROUGHT TO THE MAIN GATE.
YES, SIR.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]