Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 4, Episode 3 - The Controllers: Part 1 - full transcript
An Eastern Bloc nation is trying to develop a mind-controlling drug, a project led by Dr. Karl Turek. Phelps devises a plan to play Turek off against a rival, Colonel Borodin. Phelps and Meredyth pose as a pair of defecting U.S. scientists, who supposedly have developed an alternative drug to the one that Turek is working on. The IMF's scheme calls for Turek to try to kill Borodin, which will result in a trial where Turek will be discredited. But the complicated plan goes awry and the episode ends with Phelps under fire by guards.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
THE PEOPLE YOU'RE LOOKING AT
HAVE BECOME
USELESS CATATONICS
FROM BEING USED AS GUINEA PIGS
IN EXPERIMENTS
WITH A COMPOUND CALLED B-230.
IT IS A SUPERHYPNOTIC
MIND-CONTROLLING DRUG
BEING DEVELOPED BY THIS MAN,
DR. KARL TUREK.
THE SOLUTION TO TUREK'S PROBLEM
OF B-230's
CATATONIC SIDE EFFECTS
IS IN THE HANDS OF TWO
DISLOYAL AMERICAN SCIENTISTS,
DR. ARTHUR JARVIS
AND HIS WIFE, VERA,
WHO HAVE UNDERGONE
PLASTIC SURGERY.
THEIR DEFECTION IN GENEVA
IS NOW BEING ARRANGED
BY THIS MAN,
COLONEL BORODIN.
ONCE THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER,
TUREK'S COUNTRY
WILL SOON HAVE THE POWER
TO ENSLAVE THE FREE WORLD.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO STOP TUREK AND B-230.
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 TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
IT'LL TAKE
AT LEAST TWO HOURS
FOR THE B-230 TO SATURATE
THE WATER SYSTEM.
EVENING MASS IS AT 5:00.
THAT MEANS YOU'LL HAVE TO
GET TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER
BEFORE 3:00.
RIGHT.
MEREDYTH?
THIS IS OUR DRUG.
WE'RE CALLING IT "VOLITICON."
WILLY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE
THE NECESSARY SYMPTOMS.
VOLITICON IS AN INERT,
STABLE COMPOUND
COMPLETELY DEVOID OF EFFECT.
IT WILL SATISFY
TUREK'S ANALYTICAL MACHINE
BUT NOT HIS COMPUTER.
SO...
MEMORY GRIDS?
RIGHT, JIM.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GET THROUGH THE COOLING SYSTEM
COMPRESSOR BY 9:00.
MM-HMM.
TUREK WILL BE
EXPECTING MEREDYTH
TO WORK WITH HIM ON B-230,
BUT IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL
IN GENEVA,
COLONEL BORODIN
WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.
ARE YOU SURE
YOU CAN CONVINCE BORODIN
TO GO ALONG WITH
VOLITICON?
OH, YES.
TUREK HAD HIM PASSED OVER
WHEN HE CAME UP
FOR A PROMOTIONAL REVIEW.
BORODIN KNOWS IT.
HE HATES TUREK.
HE'D JUMP AT
ANY CHANCE TO STOP HIM.
NOW, THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
ARE OF THE JARVISES
AFTER PLASTIC SURGERY.
THEY WERE BEING SENT TO
COLONEL BORODIN.
WE INTERCEPTED THEM.
AND THESE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS
THAT HE'LL RECEIVE INSTEAD.
NOW, PARIS,
HOW ARE YOUR LEGAL STUDIES?
FINE.
THE PROPER PUNCHES
ON THIS CARD
WILL GIVE MAJOR DEVA ALL
THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS,
AND MAJOR DEVA
EXPECTS TO CONDUCT THE TRIAL
WITH A...
MODICUM OF BRILLIANCE,
PROVIDED I GET
MY SURPRISE WITNESS.
Barney: YOU WILL...
WITH THE HELP OF THIS.
ALL IT CONTAINS
IS A TRANQUILIZER.
MEREDYTH PROVIDES
THE REALISM.
JIM, JUST HOW CLOSE
IS TUREK?
VERY CLOSE, WILLY.
UNLIKE OUR VOLITICON,
B-230 REALLY WORKS.
IT DOES STILL HAVE
SOME CATATONIC SIDE EFFECTS,
BUT IT'S REALLY
ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME
BEFORE TUREK OR SOMEONE ELSE
ACHIEVES A FINAL BREAKTHROUGH.
THAT'S WHY JUST STOPPING
TUREK IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO END THE THREAT
OF THE DRUG COMPLETELY.
IF WE DON'T,
B-230 WILL BE ABLE TO TURN MEN
INTO FUNCTIONING SLAVES.
[ Rings ]
Man: State security
headquarters.
EXTENSION 246.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
YEAH, POST NUMBER TWO.
[ Foreign accent ]
GENERAL BOLGRAD HERE.
A MAJOR DEVA IS ON HIS WAY
TO THE PARKING AREA.
Stop him.
Have him return to my office
immediately.
I CANNOT SEE HIM,
GENERAL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOU CANNOT SEE HIM?
HE I ON HIS WAY
TO THE PARKING AREA.
He has left
with the wrong cans of film.
HAVE HIM RETURN
TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY!
Yes, General, as soon as
I see him, I'll --
[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Man: DR. TUREK.
DEPUTY PREMIER.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
DR. TUREK.
ANOTHER FAILURE,
DOCTOR?
EVERY FAILURE BRINGS US
CLOSER TO SUCCESS, COLONEL.
AH, LET'S HOPE SO.
IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE
AFTER SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY
ONLY TO END UP WITH
CATATONIC VEGETABLES.
B-230 WILL BE A SUCCESS.
WHEN?
SOON.
HOW SOON IS SOON?
IF THAT MEANS,
"WILL I NEED MORE FUNDS,"
THE ANSWER IS "YES,"
COLONEL.
I HAVE PREPARED
A PRESENTATION
WHICH I BELIEVE WILL SHOW
HOW CLOSE TO SUCCESS B-230 IS.
MAJOR DEVA!
MAJOR DEVA!
YES? WHAT IS IT?
YOU'RE WANTED
IN GENERAL BOLGRAD'S OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY.
I CANNOT STOP NOW.
I WILL HAVE TO SEE
THE GENERAL LATER.
NO, I'M SORRY, MAJOR.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING
THE WRONG CANS OF FILM.
VERY WELL.
IS THERE A WAY
THAT I CAN GET TO THE GENERAL'S
OFFICE THROUGH HERE?
YES, MAJOR --
DOWN THAT CORRIDOR,
TURN LEFT.
THE SIGNS WILL LEAD YOU
FROM THAT POINT ON.
EXCELLENT.
ON PAPER.
IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING,
DR. TUREK.
THANK YOU, SIR, AND WITH
THE JARVIS TEAM TO ASSIST ME,
WORK WILL PROGRESS
EVEN FASTER.
OH, BUT THE JARVISES
WILL NOT BE WORKING WITH YOU.
WERE YOU NOT INFORMED?
WHAT ARE TRYING TO DO,
COLONEL?
WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE JARVISES,
OR MORE PARTICULARLY,
VERA JARVIS,
FELT THAT SHE COULD BE OF
ENORMOUS HELP TO THIS PROJECT.
IT IS WHY THEY DEFECTED,
COLONEL.
PERHAPS,
BUT DR. ARTHUR JARVIS
HAS COME UP WITH
A COMPLETELY NEW APPROACH.
IT IS FAR MORE ADVANCED
THAN B-230.
WHAT IS THIS NEW APPROACH?
A NEW COMPOUND --
VOLITICON.
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
[ KEYS CLACKING ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHING ]
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BEFORE
ANY MORE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED,
YOU SEE A PRACTICAL
DEMONSTRATION OF IT.
YES. YES, OF COURSE.
PERHAPS YOU MIGHT
EXPLAIN TO US
JUST HOW THIS
VOLITICON WORKS, COLONEL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
YES?
YES, YES! ADMIT THEM.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF THE MAN WHO INVENTED IT
EXPLAINED VOLITICON, DR. TUREK.
THE JARVISES HAVE ARRIVED.
OH, BORODIN.
IF I DID NOT
KNOW YOU BETTER,
I WOULD SAY YOU WERE TRYING
TO SABOTAGE MY PROJECT.
NONSENSE.
JUST A LITTLE
HEALTHY COMPETITION.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
COLONEL BORODIN
IS GIVING US TROUBLE AGAIN, HUH?
YES.
BUT ALL WE NEED
IS A COMPLETE SUCCESS
WITH ONE OF THE PRISONERS,
AND WE CAN BE RID OF HIM.
WE CAN BE RID
OF ALL OF THEM.
ARE THE NEXT CONSIGNMENT
OF PRISONERS READY?
I WAS JUST ON MY WAY
TO GET THEM.
GOOD. GOOD. GOOD.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHING ]
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
OH, DR. JARVIS,
HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
COLONEL BORODIN.
HOW ARE YOU,
MRS. JARVIS?
I IMAGINE THE FIRST MEETING
WITH DR. TUREK
WILL BE QUITE LENGTHY.
SINCE MY WIFE HAS HAD
A VERY TIRING TRIP...
I UNDERSTAND.
SHOW MRS. JARVIS
TO HER QUARTERS.
I SEE THAT SHE HAS CHANGED
IN HER ATTITUDE SINCE GENEVA.
VERA UNDERSTANDS THE
SITUATION ENTIRELY, COLONEL.
SHE WILL DO
AS SHE IS TOLD.
MM. I TRUST SO.
I HAVE TUREK ON THE RUN.
I WANT TO CUT HIM OFF
COMPLETELY -- NO ALLIES.
BEFORE THE MEETING,
I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEF YOU
ON SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
OH, A CAR WILL BE PLACED
AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE COME FOR THE PRISONER
STEPHAN KOENIG.
[ CLICKING PHONE CRADLE ]
THE LINE IS DEAD.
I WILL HAVE TO GO
TO ANOTHER PHONE.
UH, DR. TUREK WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE PRISONER
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS FOR SOME EXPERIMENT
HE IS SHOWING
THE DEPUTY PREMIER.
I WILL GET HIM MYSELF.
STEPHAN KOENIG?
YES. YOUR AUTHORIZATION
PAPERS, PLEASE.
THIS WAY.
INSIDE.
[ VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE GRINDING ]
[ ENGINE GRINDING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
DEPUTY PREMIER VOSS,
I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR
TO PRESENT
DR. ARTHUR JARVIS.
WELCOME TO OUR COUNTRY,
DOCTOR.
THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU KNOW DR. TUREK.
YES, DR. TUREK.
WE, UH,
MET SIX YEARS AGO.
AT THE BUCHAREST
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS.
YOUR WIFE DELIVERED
A BRILLIANT PAPER
ON CONTROLLING
THE BRAIN PATTERNS
OF INVOLUNTARY
MUSCULAR BEHAVIOR.
UH...WHERE IS YOUR WIFE,
DR. JARVIS?
UH, IT WAS
AN EXHAUSTING TRIP.
SHE HAS RETIRED
TO HER QUARTERS.
I SEE. WELL, I WILL BE
LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH HER.
I BELIEVE I HAVE
ALREADY TOLD YOU, DR. TUREK --
OH, YES, YES, YES!
I WILL NOT BE WORKING
WITH HER. YES, I REMEMBER.
DR. JARVIS, WHY NOT?
BECAUSE B-230
IS A DEAD END.
IS THAT YOUR OPINION?
THAT IS OUR OPINION,
DOCTOR.
SOMETIMES...SOMETIMES,
IT IS DIFFICULT
TO FACE THE FACT
THAT SIX YEARS OF HARD WORK
HAS BEEN FOR NOTHING.
YES, IT MUST BE RATHER
LIKE WORKING FOR A PROMOTION
THAT YOU DO NOT GET.
HOWEVER, B-230 WILL WORK.
I KNOW IT WILL.
POSSIBLY, BUT IT IS ALL
RATHER ACADEMIC
IN VIEW OF
DR. JARVIS'S DISCOVERY.
OH, YES, YES, COLONEL.
VOLITICON.
YES. DOCTOR, UH, JUST
WHAT IS THIS VOLITICON?
IT'S A COMPOUND
CAPABLE OF ALTERING
THE ELECTRIC PATTERNS
WITHIN THE BRAIN.
IT WILL NOT WORK.
I HAVE CONDUCTED EXPERIMENTATION
IN THIS AREA.
DRUGS OF THIS NATURE
ARE NOTORIOUSLY UNSTABLE.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
OF VOLITICON
HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL BEYOND
MY MOST OPTIMISTIC PROJECTIONS.
WHEN MAY WE SEE SOME PROOF
OF YOUR DISCOVERY, DOCTOR?
TOMORROW MORNING, 9:00?
EXCELLENT. I SHALL
LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
GENTLEMEN...
I WILL BE IN GENERAL ZAGIN'S
HEADQUARTERS
IF YOU NEED ME.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
BEEN NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN,
DR. TUREK.
YES.
I'M SURE
WE WILL GET ALONG SPLENDIDLY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I WILL NEED
A HUMAN SUBJECT
FOR MY EXPERIMENT
TOMORROW, COLONEL.
OH.
A NEW CONSIGNMENT
OF PRISONERS
WILL BE ARRIVING SOON.
TAKE YOUR PICK.
MM-HMM.
SHOULD HAVE
MAXIMUM BODY MASS.
YES, HERE'S ONE
THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS --
STEPHAN KOENIG.
CAN I HAVE HIM SEPARATED
FROM THE OTHERS?
I'LL HAVE TO DO
SOME PRELIMINARY TESTING.
I WILL HAVE HIM PUT IN ISOLATION
AS SOON AS HE ARRIVES.
[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]
DR. TUREK!
MRS. JARVIS.
UH, MAY I COME IN, PLEASE?
OH, NO, IT'S BEEN
A VERY LONG DAY.
I'M EXHAUSTED.
I MUST TALK TO YOU.
I'M SORRY,
BUT ANOTHER TIME --
THERE ARE ANSWERS TO SOME
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
THAT I MUST ASK YOU,
AND ONLY YOU CAN SUPPLY THEM.
PLEASE,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND --
I BELIEVE I KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON.
NOW, I CAN HELP YOU,
MRS. JARVIS,
AND YOU WILL NEED HELP.
NOW, LET ME IN.
MRS. JARVIS,
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
YES, I, UH...I TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THE SITUATION.
I'VE ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE PRETTY.
THEY MORE THAN SUCCEEDED.
I WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
WHEN I WAS TOLD
THAT YOU WERE COMING.
TOGETHER, I KNEW THAT
WE COULD FIND THE SOLUTION.
I'M AFRAID THAT WON'T
BE POSSIBLE, DR. TUREK.
OH, YES, YES,
YOUR HUSBAND SAYS
THAT YOU BELIEVE
B-230 IS A DEAD END.
IS THAT TRUE?
YES. YES, THAT'S TRUE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU.
LOOK, I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
MY HUSBAND WILL BE BACK
ANY MINUTE.
IT WIL WORK,
WILL IT NOT?
ANSWER ME.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND --
OH, I UNDERSTAND VERY WELL,
MRS. JARVIS,
THAT COLONEL BORODIN
AND YOUR HUSBAND
HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT
AND HAVE PERSUADED YOU
TO REMAIN SILENT.
NOW, THAT IS TRUE,
IS IT NOT?
ANSWER!
YES, IT'S TRUE.
NOW, WILL YOU GO?
NO, MADAM.
NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME
THAT B-230 WILL WORK.
YES, YES, IT WILL WORK.
AND VOLITICON?
VOLITICON --
IT IS A FRAUD, IS IT NOT?
NO, IT WILL WORK.
IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE,
BUT IT WILL WORK.
NOW, WILL YOU LEAVE,
OR MUST I CALL COLONEL BORODIN?
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
WHICH ONE SHOULD
WE START WITH FIRST...
HMM?
NO, TAKE ME!
DO WHAT YOU WANT TO ME!
WE WILL.
GUARD.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
THE DEPUTY PREMIER
WILL BE HERE ANY MOMENT.
A DELAY
COULD MAKE HIM UNHAPPY.
WILL YOU BE READY?
I DON'T KNOW.
I NEED MORE TIME.
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
COLONEL BORODIN.
YES.
AH. THANK YOU.
HE HAS ARRIVED.
YOU'LL HAVE TO DELAY HIM
FOR 10 MINUTES.
BUT --
I NEED THE TIME,
COLONEL.
UH...ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO READ
ANY MORE REPORTS,
COLONEL BORODIN.
I WISH TO SEE
THE EXPERIMENT.
MORNING, DEPUTY PREMIER.
DR. JARVIS.
YES, WELL, LET ME START
BY EXPLAINING TO YOU
HOW I ARRIVED AT VOLITICON.
I AM SURE I WILL FIND IT
VERY FASCINATING, DOCTOR,
BUT SINCE
I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH THE PREMIER
IN AN HOUR,
I WOULD LIKE TO GET STRAIGHT
TO THE DEMONSTRATION.
VERY WELL.
THE INSTRUMENTS
I'LL BE USING TODAY
ARE THE INFRARED
SPECTROMETER --
BECAUSE OF DR. TUREK'S
EXPERIMENTS,
I AM QUITE WELL ACQUAINTED
WITH THE INSTRUMENTS, DOCTOR.
AS YOU KNOW,
THE ANALYTIC BRAIN SIMULATOR
FEEDS DIRECTLY
INTO THE COMPUTER.
THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY BANK
CONTAINS TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF FACTS ABOUT THE CHEMICALS
AND ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN
AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.
SO THE COMPUTER WILL
ASK ITSELF THIS QUESTION --
GIVEN THIS SET OF FACTS,
WILL VOLITICON DESTROY VOLITION
WITHOUT PRODUCING
A CATATONIC VEGETABLE?
AGAIN, LET ME REMIND YOU
THAT I UNDERSTAND ALL THE
EQUIPMENT IN THE LABORATORY.
NOW, PROCEED WITH
THE DEMONSTRATION...AT ONCE.
YES, OF COURSE.
COMPOUND STABLE,
92% PROBABILITY INDICATED
THAT VOLITICON MEETS
ALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
EXCELLENT, DR. JARVIS.
CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU KNOW VERY WELL THIS REPORT
HAS LITTLE OR NO VALIDITY
WITHOUT
HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION.
I THINK DR. TUREK IS RIGHT.
[ NO AUDIO ]
[ NO AUDIO ]
HE'LL BE UNDER
IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
[ Monotone ]
STEPHAN KOENIG.
CHANGE IT.
YOU'RE NOW JOSEPH.
I AM NOW JOSEPH.
VERY GOOD.
HOW OLD ARE YOU, JOSEPH?
30.
NO, YOU ARE 25.
I AM 25.
YOU ARE DOING NOTHING MORE
THAN ASKING THE SUBJECT
TO MAKE A FEW
SIMPLE CHANGES OF WILL.
IF DR. JARVIS'S DRUG
OFFERS NOTHING MORE THAN THIS,
IT SUFFERS
FROM ALL THE RESTRICTIONS
AND LIMITATIONS
OF HYPNOSIS.
YOU MEAN THAT THE EXPERIMENT
HAS VALIDITY
ONLY IF THE SUBJECT
DOES SOMETHING
DECIDEDLY AGAINST HIS WILL?
EXACTLY.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST,
DR. TUREK?
ASK HIM TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
OF COURSE, DR. JARVIS,
IF YOU FEEL
THAT VOLITICON COULD NOT TAKE
THIS TYPE OF TEST...
GIVE ME YOUR GUN.
LORKNER.
IS THAT GLASS BULLETPROOF?
YES, DEPUTY PREMIER.
IF DR. JARVIS'S TEST
SHOULD FAIL,
WE SHALL BE IN NO DANGER.
TAKE THE GUN, JOSEPH.
PUT IT TO YOUR HEAD.
CARRY ON, DR. JARVIS.
PULL THE TRIGGER.
NATURALLY,
I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE
SUCH A VALUABLE SUBJECT.
NOW, I WANT TO
MONITOR HIS BEHAVIOR
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
YOU CAN RETURN HIM
TO ISOLATION.
PUT THE GUN DOWN, JOSEPH.
[ GUN CLATTERS ]
COME HERE, JOSEPH.
NO, YOU WON'T NEED THOSE.
HE'S QUITE TRACTABLE NOW.
GO WITH THESE MEN,
JOSEPH.
CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR.
I AM MORE THAN IMPRESSED.
A MAJOR PORTION OF
RESEARCH FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR
WILL BE ALLOCATED
TO VOLITICON.
B-230 will work.
I know it will.
And at a fifth of the cost
of Voliticon.
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN
FOR YOU, DR. TUREK.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
DR. TUREK.
THIS IS MRS. JARVIS.
I'M SORRY TO DISTURB YOU,
BUT I MUST SEE YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
YES, OF COURSE, MRS. JARVIS.
ABOUT WHAT?
Look, I can't explain.
Please come!
[ Dial tone ]
[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]
DR. TUREK,
I'M SO GLAD YOU'VE COME.
WHAT IS THE MATTER,
MRS. JARVIS?
I TOLD YOU I COMPILED
MY NOTES ON B-230,
AND I THOUGHT
I'D FOUND THE SOLUTION
TO THE CATATONIC
SIDE EFFECTS.
MAY I SEE THEM, PLEASE?
I HAVEN'T GOT THEM!
ARTHUR FOUND THEM,
AND HE HID THEM.
AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THEM
AND I CAME ACROSS
THIS LOCKED CASE
AND I JIMMIED IT OPEN
AND...LOOK.
I THINK COLONEL BORODIN
GAVE IT TO HIM!
I TOOK THE BULLETS OUT,
BUT WHAT IF ARTHUR
FINDS THEM MISSING?
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
I'M SO FRIGHTENED.
I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD COME TO THIS.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO
COMPILE YOUR FINDINGS AGAIN?
HMM? WHAT?
OH, JUST A FEW DAYS,
BUT I'D NEED A LABORATORY
A-AND EQUIPMENT,
AND COLONEL BORODIN AND ARTHUR
HAVE NO INTENTION
OF ALLOWING ME TO WORK.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
MORE CORRECTLY,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
VOLITICON WORKS.
IT IS SO SUCCESSFUL,
I HAVE BEEN CUT OFF.
I HAVE
VERY LITTLE FUNDS LEFT.
WELL, THEN IT'S...
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE...
YES, FOR BOTH OF US,
UNLESS WE MOVE FIRST.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
OH, I THINK YOU KNOW
VERY WELL WHAT I MEAN.
[ Laughing ] OH, NO!
NO, YOU'D NEVER
GET AWAY WITH IT.
MURDER'S
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
I DID NOT SAY
WE HAD TO MURDER ANYONE.
I SAW A VERY INTERESTING
EXPERIMENT TODAY.
IT'S A MOMENT OF GLORY
FOR YOUR HUSBAND,
AND, I BELIEVE, THE ANSWER
TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
VOLITICON.
A MAN UNDER ITS INFLUENCE
WILL DO ANYTHING, EVEN KILL --
HIMSELF, SOMEONE ELSE...
A FRIEND, PERHAPS.
I SEE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT AFTERWARDS?
AFTERWARDS?
THERE WOULD BE TRACES OF THE
DRUG IN ARTHUR'S BLOODSTREAM.
THEN THERE MUST BE NO TRACE
OF ARTHUR LEFT TO AUTOPSY.
SIMPLE.
ARTHUR WILL DRIVE HIMSELF
AND HIS CAR OFF A CLIFF.
THERE'S ONE
NOT VERY FAR FROM HERE --
MORDO CLIFFS.
IT IS FLAWLESS,
AND, MRS. JARVIS,
IT IS OUR ONLY WAY OUT.
YOU'D BETTER
REPLACE THE BULLETS.
ARTHUR WILL BE
NEEDING THEM SOON.
THE FIRST EXPERIMENT
ON THE GIRL SHOWS PROMISE.
HER LAPSE INTO CATATONIA
DID NOT OCCUR
FOR 20 MINUTES.
SHE IS RECOVERING NOW.
GOOD. INCREASE THE DOSAGE
AND CONTINUE
EXPERIMENTATION.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHING ]
[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]
WAS VOLITICON A SUCCESS?
100%.
MY CONGRATULATIONS.
TO WHAT
DO I OWE THIS KINDNESS?
I THOUGHT WE MIGHT MAKE
A NEW BEGINNING.
THINK IT'S A LITTLE LATE
FOR THAT, DON'T YOU?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO DR. TUREK AND B-230 NOW?
IT'S ALL OVER FOR HIM.
ONCE WE GET INTO PRODUCTION
WITH VOLITICON,
I'LL BE MADE
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE.
YOU WILL TURN DOWN THE POST
WHEN IT'S OFFERED TO YOU,
ARTHUR.
[ Monotone ] YES.
DR. TUREK
IS YOUR FRIEND, ARTHUR.
YES.
ARTHUR, WHERE HAVE YOU HIDDEN
YOUR WIFE'S NOTES ON B-230?
I DESTROYED THEM.
GO AND GET YOUR GUN,
ARTHUR.
[ GLASS THUMPS ]
BRING IT TO ME, ARTHUR.
GIVE IT TO ME.
PUT IT AWAY, ARTHUR.
NOW...CALL COLONEL BORODIN
ON THE PHONE.
TELL HIM TO GET HERE
RIGHT AWAY.
SAY THAT, UH, YOU ARE HAVING
A PROBLEM WITH YOUR WIFE,
AND SHE IS THREATENING
TO GO TO THE DEPUTY PREMIER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
ARTHUR, KILL BORODIN.
WHAT?!
YOU'VE DRUGGED HIM!
HE'S DEAD.
ARTHUR, PUT YOUR GUN AWAY.
NOW TAKE
COLONEL BORODIN'S BODY
AND HIDE IT
IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR.
YOU'LL DRIVE YOUR CAR
OUT OF THE COMPOUND
AND TURN SOUTH
ONTO THE MAIN HIGHWAY.
PROCEED 20 KILOMETERS
TO MORDO CLIFFS,
AND AT THE POINT,
YOU'LL DRIVE YOUR CAR
OVER THE CLIFFS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
YES.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Lorkner:
YES, SHE'S READY.
NO! NO! IT'S MY TURN!
TAKE ME!
OH, WE WILL, SOON.
GUARD.
OH, YOU KNOW, MARTYN,
SHE'S NOT THE SAME GIRL
IN THERE.
AND MAYBE I WILL LET YOU
WATCH SOON.
YOU'LL FIND OUT
JUST HOW EXCITING
SCIENTIFIC WORK CAN BE.
NO, PLEASE!
NO, PLEASE!
NO, NO! OH!
[ ALARM SOUNDS ]
AAH! MARTYN!
[ CRYING ]
HE'S DEAD.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
PLAYS ]
Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
THE PEOPLE YOU'RE LOOKING AT
HAVE BECOME
USELESS CATATONICS
FROM BEING USED AS GUINEA PIGS
IN EXPERIMENTS
WITH A COMPOUND CALLED B-230.
IT IS A SUPERHYPNOTIC
MIND-CONTROLLING DRUG
BEING DEVELOPED BY THIS MAN,
DR. KARL TUREK.
THE SOLUTION TO TUREK'S PROBLEM
OF B-230's
CATATONIC SIDE EFFECTS
IS IN THE HANDS OF TWO
DISLOYAL AMERICAN SCIENTISTS,
DR. ARTHUR JARVIS
AND HIS WIFE, VERA,
WHO HAVE UNDERGONE
PLASTIC SURGERY.
THEIR DEFECTION IN GENEVA
IS NOW BEING ARRANGED
BY THIS MAN,
COLONEL BORODIN.
ONCE THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER,
TUREK'S COUNTRY
WILL SOON HAVE THE POWER
TO ENSLAVE THE FREE WORLD.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO STOP TUREK AND B-230.
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 TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
IT'LL TAKE
AT LEAST TWO HOURS
FOR THE B-230 TO SATURATE
THE WATER SYSTEM.
EVENING MASS IS AT 5:00.
THAT MEANS YOU'LL HAVE TO
GET TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER
BEFORE 3:00.
RIGHT.
MEREDYTH?
THIS IS OUR DRUG.
WE'RE CALLING IT "VOLITICON."
WILLY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE
THE NECESSARY SYMPTOMS.
VOLITICON IS AN INERT,
STABLE COMPOUND
COMPLETELY DEVOID OF EFFECT.
IT WILL SATISFY
TUREK'S ANALYTICAL MACHINE
BUT NOT HIS COMPUTER.
SO...
MEMORY GRIDS?
RIGHT, JIM.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GET THROUGH THE COOLING SYSTEM
COMPRESSOR BY 9:00.
MM-HMM.
TUREK WILL BE
EXPECTING MEREDYTH
TO WORK WITH HIM ON B-230,
BUT IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL
IN GENEVA,
COLONEL BORODIN
WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.
ARE YOU SURE
YOU CAN CONVINCE BORODIN
TO GO ALONG WITH
VOLITICON?
OH, YES.
TUREK HAD HIM PASSED OVER
WHEN HE CAME UP
FOR A PROMOTIONAL REVIEW.
BORODIN KNOWS IT.
HE HATES TUREK.
HE'D JUMP AT
ANY CHANCE TO STOP HIM.
NOW, THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
ARE OF THE JARVISES
AFTER PLASTIC SURGERY.
THEY WERE BEING SENT TO
COLONEL BORODIN.
WE INTERCEPTED THEM.
AND THESE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS
THAT HE'LL RECEIVE INSTEAD.
NOW, PARIS,
HOW ARE YOUR LEGAL STUDIES?
FINE.
THE PROPER PUNCHES
ON THIS CARD
WILL GIVE MAJOR DEVA ALL
THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS,
AND MAJOR DEVA
EXPECTS TO CONDUCT THE TRIAL
WITH A...
MODICUM OF BRILLIANCE,
PROVIDED I GET
MY SURPRISE WITNESS.
Barney: YOU WILL...
WITH THE HELP OF THIS.
ALL IT CONTAINS
IS A TRANQUILIZER.
MEREDYTH PROVIDES
THE REALISM.
JIM, JUST HOW CLOSE
IS TUREK?
VERY CLOSE, WILLY.
UNLIKE OUR VOLITICON,
B-230 REALLY WORKS.
IT DOES STILL HAVE
SOME CATATONIC SIDE EFFECTS,
BUT IT'S REALLY
ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME
BEFORE TUREK OR SOMEONE ELSE
ACHIEVES A FINAL BREAKTHROUGH.
THAT'S WHY JUST STOPPING
TUREK IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO END THE THREAT
OF THE DRUG COMPLETELY.
IF WE DON'T,
B-230 WILL BE ABLE TO TURN MEN
INTO FUNCTIONING SLAVES.
[ Rings ]
Man: State security
headquarters.
EXTENSION 246.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
YEAH, POST NUMBER TWO.
[ Foreign accent ]
GENERAL BOLGRAD HERE.
A MAJOR DEVA IS ON HIS WAY
TO THE PARKING AREA.
Stop him.
Have him return to my office
immediately.
I CANNOT SEE HIM,
GENERAL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOU CANNOT SEE HIM?
HE I ON HIS WAY
TO THE PARKING AREA.
He has left
with the wrong cans of film.
HAVE HIM RETURN
TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY!
Yes, General, as soon as
I see him, I'll --
[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Man: DR. TUREK.
DEPUTY PREMIER.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
DR. TUREK.
ANOTHER FAILURE,
DOCTOR?
EVERY FAILURE BRINGS US
CLOSER TO SUCCESS, COLONEL.
AH, LET'S HOPE SO.
IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE
AFTER SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY
ONLY TO END UP WITH
CATATONIC VEGETABLES.
B-230 WILL BE A SUCCESS.
WHEN?
SOON.
HOW SOON IS SOON?
IF THAT MEANS,
"WILL I NEED MORE FUNDS,"
THE ANSWER IS "YES,"
COLONEL.
I HAVE PREPARED
A PRESENTATION
WHICH I BELIEVE WILL SHOW
HOW CLOSE TO SUCCESS B-230 IS.
MAJOR DEVA!
MAJOR DEVA!
YES? WHAT IS IT?
YOU'RE WANTED
IN GENERAL BOLGRAD'S OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY.
I CANNOT STOP NOW.
I WILL HAVE TO SEE
THE GENERAL LATER.
NO, I'M SORRY, MAJOR.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING
THE WRONG CANS OF FILM.
VERY WELL.
IS THERE A WAY
THAT I CAN GET TO THE GENERAL'S
OFFICE THROUGH HERE?
YES, MAJOR --
DOWN THAT CORRIDOR,
TURN LEFT.
THE SIGNS WILL LEAD YOU
FROM THAT POINT ON.
EXCELLENT.
ON PAPER.
IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING,
DR. TUREK.
THANK YOU, SIR, AND WITH
THE JARVIS TEAM TO ASSIST ME,
WORK WILL PROGRESS
EVEN FASTER.
OH, BUT THE JARVISES
WILL NOT BE WORKING WITH YOU.
WERE YOU NOT INFORMED?
WHAT ARE TRYING TO DO,
COLONEL?
WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE JARVISES,
OR MORE PARTICULARLY,
VERA JARVIS,
FELT THAT SHE COULD BE OF
ENORMOUS HELP TO THIS PROJECT.
IT IS WHY THEY DEFECTED,
COLONEL.
PERHAPS,
BUT DR. ARTHUR JARVIS
HAS COME UP WITH
A COMPLETELY NEW APPROACH.
IT IS FAR MORE ADVANCED
THAN B-230.
WHAT IS THIS NEW APPROACH?
A NEW COMPOUND --
VOLITICON.
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
[ KEYS CLACKING ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHING ]
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BEFORE
ANY MORE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED,
YOU SEE A PRACTICAL
DEMONSTRATION OF IT.
YES. YES, OF COURSE.
PERHAPS YOU MIGHT
EXPLAIN TO US
JUST HOW THIS
VOLITICON WORKS, COLONEL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
YES?
YES, YES! ADMIT THEM.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF THE MAN WHO INVENTED IT
EXPLAINED VOLITICON, DR. TUREK.
THE JARVISES HAVE ARRIVED.
OH, BORODIN.
IF I DID NOT
KNOW YOU BETTER,
I WOULD SAY YOU WERE TRYING
TO SABOTAGE MY PROJECT.
NONSENSE.
JUST A LITTLE
HEALTHY COMPETITION.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
COLONEL BORODIN
IS GIVING US TROUBLE AGAIN, HUH?
YES.
BUT ALL WE NEED
IS A COMPLETE SUCCESS
WITH ONE OF THE PRISONERS,
AND WE CAN BE RID OF HIM.
WE CAN BE RID
OF ALL OF THEM.
ARE THE NEXT CONSIGNMENT
OF PRISONERS READY?
I WAS JUST ON MY WAY
TO GET THEM.
GOOD. GOOD. GOOD.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHING ]
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
OH, DR. JARVIS,
HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
COLONEL BORODIN.
HOW ARE YOU,
MRS. JARVIS?
I IMAGINE THE FIRST MEETING
WITH DR. TUREK
WILL BE QUITE LENGTHY.
SINCE MY WIFE HAS HAD
A VERY TIRING TRIP...
I UNDERSTAND.
SHOW MRS. JARVIS
TO HER QUARTERS.
I SEE THAT SHE HAS CHANGED
IN HER ATTITUDE SINCE GENEVA.
VERA UNDERSTANDS THE
SITUATION ENTIRELY, COLONEL.
SHE WILL DO
AS SHE IS TOLD.
MM. I TRUST SO.
I HAVE TUREK ON THE RUN.
I WANT TO CUT HIM OFF
COMPLETELY -- NO ALLIES.
BEFORE THE MEETING,
I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEF YOU
ON SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
OH, A CAR WILL BE PLACED
AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE COME FOR THE PRISONER
STEPHAN KOENIG.
[ CLICKING PHONE CRADLE ]
THE LINE IS DEAD.
I WILL HAVE TO GO
TO ANOTHER PHONE.
UH, DR. TUREK WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE PRISONER
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS FOR SOME EXPERIMENT
HE IS SHOWING
THE DEPUTY PREMIER.
I WILL GET HIM MYSELF.
STEPHAN KOENIG?
YES. YOUR AUTHORIZATION
PAPERS, PLEASE.
THIS WAY.
INSIDE.
[ VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE GRINDING ]
[ ENGINE GRINDING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
DEPUTY PREMIER VOSS,
I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR
TO PRESENT
DR. ARTHUR JARVIS.
WELCOME TO OUR COUNTRY,
DOCTOR.
THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU KNOW DR. TUREK.
YES, DR. TUREK.
WE, UH,
MET SIX YEARS AGO.
AT THE BUCHAREST
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS.
YOUR WIFE DELIVERED
A BRILLIANT PAPER
ON CONTROLLING
THE BRAIN PATTERNS
OF INVOLUNTARY
MUSCULAR BEHAVIOR.
UH...WHERE IS YOUR WIFE,
DR. JARVIS?
UH, IT WAS
AN EXHAUSTING TRIP.
SHE HAS RETIRED
TO HER QUARTERS.
I SEE. WELL, I WILL BE
LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH HER.
I BELIEVE I HAVE
ALREADY TOLD YOU, DR. TUREK --
OH, YES, YES, YES!
I WILL NOT BE WORKING
WITH HER. YES, I REMEMBER.
DR. JARVIS, WHY NOT?
BECAUSE B-230
IS A DEAD END.
IS THAT YOUR OPINION?
THAT IS OUR OPINION,
DOCTOR.
SOMETIMES...SOMETIMES,
IT IS DIFFICULT
TO FACE THE FACT
THAT SIX YEARS OF HARD WORK
HAS BEEN FOR NOTHING.
YES, IT MUST BE RATHER
LIKE WORKING FOR A PROMOTION
THAT YOU DO NOT GET.
HOWEVER, B-230 WILL WORK.
I KNOW IT WILL.
POSSIBLY, BUT IT IS ALL
RATHER ACADEMIC
IN VIEW OF
DR. JARVIS'S DISCOVERY.
OH, YES, YES, COLONEL.
VOLITICON.
YES. DOCTOR, UH, JUST
WHAT IS THIS VOLITICON?
IT'S A COMPOUND
CAPABLE OF ALTERING
THE ELECTRIC PATTERNS
WITHIN THE BRAIN.
IT WILL NOT WORK.
I HAVE CONDUCTED EXPERIMENTATION
IN THIS AREA.
DRUGS OF THIS NATURE
ARE NOTORIOUSLY UNSTABLE.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
OF VOLITICON
HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL BEYOND
MY MOST OPTIMISTIC PROJECTIONS.
WHEN MAY WE SEE SOME PROOF
OF YOUR DISCOVERY, DOCTOR?
TOMORROW MORNING, 9:00?
EXCELLENT. I SHALL
LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
GENTLEMEN...
I WILL BE IN GENERAL ZAGIN'S
HEADQUARTERS
IF YOU NEED ME.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
BEEN NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN,
DR. TUREK.
YES.
I'M SURE
WE WILL GET ALONG SPLENDIDLY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I WILL NEED
A HUMAN SUBJECT
FOR MY EXPERIMENT
TOMORROW, COLONEL.
OH.
A NEW CONSIGNMENT
OF PRISONERS
WILL BE ARRIVING SOON.
TAKE YOUR PICK.
MM-HMM.
SHOULD HAVE
MAXIMUM BODY MASS.
YES, HERE'S ONE
THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS --
STEPHAN KOENIG.
CAN I HAVE HIM SEPARATED
FROM THE OTHERS?
I'LL HAVE TO DO
SOME PRELIMINARY TESTING.
I WILL HAVE HIM PUT IN ISOLATION
AS SOON AS HE ARRIVES.
[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]
DR. TUREK!
MRS. JARVIS.
UH, MAY I COME IN, PLEASE?
OH, NO, IT'S BEEN
A VERY LONG DAY.
I'M EXHAUSTED.
I MUST TALK TO YOU.
I'M SORRY,
BUT ANOTHER TIME --
THERE ARE ANSWERS TO SOME
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
THAT I MUST ASK YOU,
AND ONLY YOU CAN SUPPLY THEM.
PLEASE,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND --
I BELIEVE I KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON.
NOW, I CAN HELP YOU,
MRS. JARVIS,
AND YOU WILL NEED HELP.
NOW, LET ME IN.
MRS. JARVIS,
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
YES, I, UH...I TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THE SITUATION.
I'VE ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE PRETTY.
THEY MORE THAN SUCCEEDED.
I WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
WHEN I WAS TOLD
THAT YOU WERE COMING.
TOGETHER, I KNEW THAT
WE COULD FIND THE SOLUTION.
I'M AFRAID THAT WON'T
BE POSSIBLE, DR. TUREK.
OH, YES, YES,
YOUR HUSBAND SAYS
THAT YOU BELIEVE
B-230 IS A DEAD END.
IS THAT TRUE?
YES. YES, THAT'S TRUE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU.
LOOK, I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
MY HUSBAND WILL BE BACK
ANY MINUTE.
IT WIL WORK,
WILL IT NOT?
ANSWER ME.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND --
OH, I UNDERSTAND VERY WELL,
MRS. JARVIS,
THAT COLONEL BORODIN
AND YOUR HUSBAND
HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT
AND HAVE PERSUADED YOU
TO REMAIN SILENT.
NOW, THAT IS TRUE,
IS IT NOT?
ANSWER!
YES, IT'S TRUE.
NOW, WILL YOU GO?
NO, MADAM.
NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME
THAT B-230 WILL WORK.
YES, YES, IT WILL WORK.
AND VOLITICON?
VOLITICON --
IT IS A FRAUD, IS IT NOT?
NO, IT WILL WORK.
IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE,
BUT IT WILL WORK.
NOW, WILL YOU LEAVE,
OR MUST I CALL COLONEL BORODIN?
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
WHICH ONE SHOULD
WE START WITH FIRST...
HMM?
NO, TAKE ME!
DO WHAT YOU WANT TO ME!
WE WILL.
GUARD.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
THE DEPUTY PREMIER
WILL BE HERE ANY MOMENT.
A DELAY
COULD MAKE HIM UNHAPPY.
WILL YOU BE READY?
I DON'T KNOW.
I NEED MORE TIME.
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
COLONEL BORODIN.
YES.
AH. THANK YOU.
HE HAS ARRIVED.
YOU'LL HAVE TO DELAY HIM
FOR 10 MINUTES.
BUT --
I NEED THE TIME,
COLONEL.
UH...ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO READ
ANY MORE REPORTS,
COLONEL BORODIN.
I WISH TO SEE
THE EXPERIMENT.
MORNING, DEPUTY PREMIER.
DR. JARVIS.
YES, WELL, LET ME START
BY EXPLAINING TO YOU
HOW I ARRIVED AT VOLITICON.
I AM SURE I WILL FIND IT
VERY FASCINATING, DOCTOR,
BUT SINCE
I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH THE PREMIER
IN AN HOUR,
I WOULD LIKE TO GET STRAIGHT
TO THE DEMONSTRATION.
VERY WELL.
THE INSTRUMENTS
I'LL BE USING TODAY
ARE THE INFRARED
SPECTROMETER --
BECAUSE OF DR. TUREK'S
EXPERIMENTS,
I AM QUITE WELL ACQUAINTED
WITH THE INSTRUMENTS, DOCTOR.
AS YOU KNOW,
THE ANALYTIC BRAIN SIMULATOR
FEEDS DIRECTLY
INTO THE COMPUTER.
THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY BANK
CONTAINS TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF FACTS ABOUT THE CHEMICALS
AND ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN
AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.
SO THE COMPUTER WILL
ASK ITSELF THIS QUESTION --
GIVEN THIS SET OF FACTS,
WILL VOLITICON DESTROY VOLITION
WITHOUT PRODUCING
A CATATONIC VEGETABLE?
AGAIN, LET ME REMIND YOU
THAT I UNDERSTAND ALL THE
EQUIPMENT IN THE LABORATORY.
NOW, PROCEED WITH
THE DEMONSTRATION...AT ONCE.
YES, OF COURSE.
COMPOUND STABLE,
92% PROBABILITY INDICATED
THAT VOLITICON MEETS
ALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
EXCELLENT, DR. JARVIS.
CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU KNOW VERY WELL THIS REPORT
HAS LITTLE OR NO VALIDITY
WITHOUT
HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION.
I THINK DR. TUREK IS RIGHT.
[ NO AUDIO ]
[ NO AUDIO ]
HE'LL BE UNDER
IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
[ Monotone ]
STEPHAN KOENIG.
CHANGE IT.
YOU'RE NOW JOSEPH.
I AM NOW JOSEPH.
VERY GOOD.
HOW OLD ARE YOU, JOSEPH?
30.
NO, YOU ARE 25.
I AM 25.
YOU ARE DOING NOTHING MORE
THAN ASKING THE SUBJECT
TO MAKE A FEW
SIMPLE CHANGES OF WILL.
IF DR. JARVIS'S DRUG
OFFERS NOTHING MORE THAN THIS,
IT SUFFERS
FROM ALL THE RESTRICTIONS
AND LIMITATIONS
OF HYPNOSIS.
YOU MEAN THAT THE EXPERIMENT
HAS VALIDITY
ONLY IF THE SUBJECT
DOES SOMETHING
DECIDEDLY AGAINST HIS WILL?
EXACTLY.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST,
DR. TUREK?
ASK HIM TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
OF COURSE, DR. JARVIS,
IF YOU FEEL
THAT VOLITICON COULD NOT TAKE
THIS TYPE OF TEST...
GIVE ME YOUR GUN.
LORKNER.
IS THAT GLASS BULLETPROOF?
YES, DEPUTY PREMIER.
IF DR. JARVIS'S TEST
SHOULD FAIL,
WE SHALL BE IN NO DANGER.
TAKE THE GUN, JOSEPH.
PUT IT TO YOUR HEAD.
CARRY ON, DR. JARVIS.
PULL THE TRIGGER.
NATURALLY,
I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE
SUCH A VALUABLE SUBJECT.
NOW, I WANT TO
MONITOR HIS BEHAVIOR
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
YOU CAN RETURN HIM
TO ISOLATION.
PUT THE GUN DOWN, JOSEPH.
[ GUN CLATTERS ]
COME HERE, JOSEPH.
NO, YOU WON'T NEED THOSE.
HE'S QUITE TRACTABLE NOW.
GO WITH THESE MEN,
JOSEPH.
CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR.
I AM MORE THAN IMPRESSED.
A MAJOR PORTION OF
RESEARCH FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR
WILL BE ALLOCATED
TO VOLITICON.
B-230 will work.
I know it will.
And at a fifth of the cost
of Voliticon.
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN
FOR YOU, DR. TUREK.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
DR. TUREK.
THIS IS MRS. JARVIS.
I'M SORRY TO DISTURB YOU,
BUT I MUST SEE YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
YES, OF COURSE, MRS. JARVIS.
ABOUT WHAT?
Look, I can't explain.
Please come!
[ Dial tone ]
[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]
DR. TUREK,
I'M SO GLAD YOU'VE COME.
WHAT IS THE MATTER,
MRS. JARVIS?
I TOLD YOU I COMPILED
MY NOTES ON B-230,
AND I THOUGHT
I'D FOUND THE SOLUTION
TO THE CATATONIC
SIDE EFFECTS.
MAY I SEE THEM, PLEASE?
I HAVEN'T GOT THEM!
ARTHUR FOUND THEM,
AND HE HID THEM.
AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THEM
AND I CAME ACROSS
THIS LOCKED CASE
AND I JIMMIED IT OPEN
AND...LOOK.
I THINK COLONEL BORODIN
GAVE IT TO HIM!
I TOOK THE BULLETS OUT,
BUT WHAT IF ARTHUR
FINDS THEM MISSING?
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
I'M SO FRIGHTENED.
I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD COME TO THIS.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO
COMPILE YOUR FINDINGS AGAIN?
HMM? WHAT?
OH, JUST A FEW DAYS,
BUT I'D NEED A LABORATORY
A-AND EQUIPMENT,
AND COLONEL BORODIN AND ARTHUR
HAVE NO INTENTION
OF ALLOWING ME TO WORK.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
MORE CORRECTLY,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
VOLITICON WORKS.
IT IS SO SUCCESSFUL,
I HAVE BEEN CUT OFF.
I HAVE
VERY LITTLE FUNDS LEFT.
WELL, THEN IT'S...
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE...
YES, FOR BOTH OF US,
UNLESS WE MOVE FIRST.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
OH, I THINK YOU KNOW
VERY WELL WHAT I MEAN.
[ Laughing ] OH, NO!
NO, YOU'D NEVER
GET AWAY WITH IT.
MURDER'S
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
I DID NOT SAY
WE HAD TO MURDER ANYONE.
I SAW A VERY INTERESTING
EXPERIMENT TODAY.
IT'S A MOMENT OF GLORY
FOR YOUR HUSBAND,
AND, I BELIEVE, THE ANSWER
TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
VOLITICON.
A MAN UNDER ITS INFLUENCE
WILL DO ANYTHING, EVEN KILL --
HIMSELF, SOMEONE ELSE...
A FRIEND, PERHAPS.
I SEE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT AFTERWARDS?
AFTERWARDS?
THERE WOULD BE TRACES OF THE
DRUG IN ARTHUR'S BLOODSTREAM.
THEN THERE MUST BE NO TRACE
OF ARTHUR LEFT TO AUTOPSY.
SIMPLE.
ARTHUR WILL DRIVE HIMSELF
AND HIS CAR OFF A CLIFF.
THERE'S ONE
NOT VERY FAR FROM HERE --
MORDO CLIFFS.
IT IS FLAWLESS,
AND, MRS. JARVIS,
IT IS OUR ONLY WAY OUT.
YOU'D BETTER
REPLACE THE BULLETS.
ARTHUR WILL BE
NEEDING THEM SOON.
THE FIRST EXPERIMENT
ON THE GIRL SHOWS PROMISE.
HER LAPSE INTO CATATONIA
DID NOT OCCUR
FOR 20 MINUTES.
SHE IS RECOVERING NOW.
GOOD. INCREASE THE DOSAGE
AND CONTINUE
EXPERIMENTATION.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHING ]
[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]
WAS VOLITICON A SUCCESS?
100%.
MY CONGRATULATIONS.
TO WHAT
DO I OWE THIS KINDNESS?
I THOUGHT WE MIGHT MAKE
A NEW BEGINNING.
THINK IT'S A LITTLE LATE
FOR THAT, DON'T YOU?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO DR. TUREK AND B-230 NOW?
IT'S ALL OVER FOR HIM.
ONCE WE GET INTO PRODUCTION
WITH VOLITICON,
I'LL BE MADE
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE.
YOU WILL TURN DOWN THE POST
WHEN IT'S OFFERED TO YOU,
ARTHUR.
[ Monotone ] YES.
DR. TUREK
IS YOUR FRIEND, ARTHUR.
YES.
ARTHUR, WHERE HAVE YOU HIDDEN
YOUR WIFE'S NOTES ON B-230?
I DESTROYED THEM.
GO AND GET YOUR GUN,
ARTHUR.
[ GLASS THUMPS ]
BRING IT TO ME, ARTHUR.
GIVE IT TO ME.
PUT IT AWAY, ARTHUR.
NOW...CALL COLONEL BORODIN
ON THE PHONE.
TELL HIM TO GET HERE
RIGHT AWAY.
SAY THAT, UH, YOU ARE HAVING
A PROBLEM WITH YOUR WIFE,
AND SHE IS THREATENING
TO GO TO THE DEPUTY PREMIER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
ARTHUR, KILL BORODIN.
WHAT?!
YOU'VE DRUGGED HIM!
HE'S DEAD.
ARTHUR, PUT YOUR GUN AWAY.
NOW TAKE
COLONEL BORODIN'S BODY
AND HIDE IT
IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR.
YOU'LL DRIVE YOUR CAR
OUT OF THE COMPOUND
AND TURN SOUTH
ONTO THE MAIN HIGHWAY.
PROCEED 20 KILOMETERS
TO MORDO CLIFFS,
AND AT THE POINT,
YOU'LL DRIVE YOUR CAR
OVER THE CLIFFS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
YES.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Lorkner:
YES, SHE'S READY.
NO! NO! IT'S MY TURN!
TAKE ME!
OH, WE WILL, SOON.
GUARD.
OH, YOU KNOW, MARTYN,
SHE'S NOT THE SAME GIRL
IN THERE.
AND MAYBE I WILL LET YOU
WATCH SOON.
YOU'LL FIND OUT
JUST HOW EXCITING
SCIENTIFIC WORK CAN BE.
NO, PLEASE!
NO, PLEASE!
NO, NO! OH!
[ ALARM SOUNDS ]
AAH! MARTYN!
[ CRYING ]
HE'S DEAD.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]