Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 5, Episode 21 - A Ghost Story - full transcript
Barney exploits his technical wizardry to convince a neo-fascist that his son, whom he murdered, wants to be exhumed and cremated. It's all part of the plan to obtain the secret nerve gas formula his son developed before a certain eastern power gets their hands on it. But like any good ghost story, nothing and no one is what they seem.
[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
[ SOFT BANGING ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
HELLO, FATHER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,
HOWARD?
THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT
IN MY LAB.
I CONTAMINATED MYSELF
WITH A NERVE-GAS FORMULA
I WAS WORKING ON.
I'M DYING, FATHER.
I KNEW THAT WOULD...
PLEASE YOU.
WHAT MONTHS I HAVE LEFT,
I WANT TO SPEND WITH PAUL.
GET OUT OF HERE.
I'M TAKING MY SON.
YOU'LL DESTROY HIM.
I DESTROY HIM?
I'LL KEEP YOU AWAY FROM HIM
EVEN IF I HAVE TO KILL YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
THIS IS HOWARD BAINBRIDGE,
NOTED SPECIALIST
IN CHEMICAL WARFARE,
WHO DEFECTED TO THE EAST,
WHERE HE DEVELOPED
THE LETHAL CHEMICAL TRA,
A NERVE-GAS FORMULA
KNOWN ONLY TO HIM.
WE BELIEVE THAT BAINBRIDGE,
CONTAMINATED
BY HIS OWN DEADLY CHEMICAL,
ESCAPED THE IRON CURTAIN
AND RETURNED
TO HIS FATHER'S ESTATE,
WHERE THE ELDER BAINBRIDGE
KILLED HIS SON
AND CONCEALED THE CORPSE.
SINCE HOWARD BAINBRIDGE
DESTROYED ALL HIS RECORDS
BEFORE FLEEING THE EAST,
THE ONLY EXISTING TRACE OF THE
CHEMICAL TRA IS IN HIS CORPSE.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO FIND
HOWARD BAINBRIDGE'S BODY.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
[ "MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
THESE ARE RADIO RECEIVERS.
ONE FOR EACH EAR...
TO BE PLACED PAST
THE FOLDS OF THE CARTILAGE
WITH THIS INSTRUMENT.
CLOSE TO THE EARDRUM
SO THEY'RE HIDDEN
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
HOW WILL WE HEAR HIM, BARNEY?
THIS HAS A BUILT-IN
TRANSMITTER, JIM.
IT'S IDENTICAL TO THE ONE
THAT BAINBRIDGE WEARS.
MM-HMM.
WELL, BAINBRIDGE'S ESTATE RUNS
TO ROUGHLY A THOUSAND ACRES.
MOST OF IT'S WOODED.
AND SOMEWHERE OUT THERE,
HE'S HIDDEN HIS SON'S BODY.
WHAT'S THE SECURITY SETUP, JIM?
A HANDPICKED FORCE
OF 20 MEN, PARIS.
A SMALL ARMY.
WELL, HE'S A PARANOID
MILITARIST, DANA.
HE'S BEEN TIED IN WITH
CRYPTOFASCIST ORGANIZATIONS
MOST OF HIS LIFE, STARTING WITH
THE NAZI BONN 35 YEARS AGO.
IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, SINGLE
REASON FOR HIS SON'S DEFECTION,
I WOULD SAY
JUSTIN BAINBRIDGE HIMSELF.
NOW, IN THE EARLY PART
OF WORLD WAR II,
THE ORIGINAL OWNER
OF THE ESTATE
BUILT AN AIR-RAID SHELTER
NEXT TO THE HOUSE.
THERE'S A STAIRWAY LEADING DOWN
INTO IT FROM THE HOUSE ITSELF.
IT'S BEEN SEALED OFF FOR YEARS,
BUT WE'LL REACTIVATE IT.
AND THE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE
IS HERE, NEXT TO THE GREENHOUSE.
ARE YOU SET, BARNEY?
YES, JIM.
TWO GHOSTS ARE BEING CREATED
WITH THE HELP OF TWIN LASERS.
WE'LL PROJECT THREE-DIMENSIONAL,
HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES.
THE ESTATE HAS A REPUTATION IN
THE VILLAGE FOR WEIRD GOINGS-ON,
BUT BAINBRIDGE DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE THE KIND OF MAN
WHO WOULD BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.
WELL, IT'S NOT GHOSTS
WE WANT HIM TO FEAR, PARIS,
BUT HIS OWN GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
AFTER ALL,
HE DID MURDER HIS OWN SON.
EVEN FOR JUSTIN BAINBRIDGE,
THAT'S A HEAVY LOAD TO BEAR.
ONE MORE THING,
BE CAREFUL OF THIS MAN --
VINCENT SANDLER.
FOREIGN LEGION.
CONGO MERCENARY.
HIRED GUN IN A COUPLE
OF LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS.
BAINBRIDGE HAS HIRED HIM
TO HEAD UP HIS SECURITY FORCE.
HE SOUNDS TAILOR-MADE
FOR BAINBRIDGE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IRON-CURTAIN
INTELLIGENCE THOUGHT.
HE'S WORKING FOR THE EAST?
YES, AND HE'S AFTER
THE SAME THING WE ARE, DANA --
HOWARD BAINBRIDGE'S CORPSE.
DAVID KINCADE?
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, PLEASE.
THE GUARD AT THE GATE
ALREADY LOOKED AT --
YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IS THAT ALL THE LUGGAGE
YOU HAVE?
YES, THAT'S ALL.
IT'LL BE SENT TO YOUR ROOM
AFTER IT'S INSPECTED.
MAJOR SANDLER!
CAUGHT HIM TRYING
TO SNEAK INTO THE WOODS.
YOU KNOW YOUR GRANDFATHER'S RULE
ABOUT THE WOODS.
WELL?
YES.
YES, WHAT, BOY?
LEAVE ME ALONE!
COME BACK HERE!
OOH!
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT ME,
YOU BETTER CHECK IT
WITH MR. BAINBRIDGE FIRST.
HE WENT
THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE
TO GET JUST THE RIGHT TUTOR
FOR HIS GRANDSON.
EXCUSE ME.
[ WHIMPERS ]
I'M MR. KINCADE.
OH, YES.
I'M MRS. FOSTER,
THE HOUSEKEEPER.
MRS. FOSTER.
-MAY I?
-THANK YOU.
THIS WAY, PLEASE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT ALL
I CAN DO TO HELP YOU,
PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO CALL ON ME.
IF YOU'LL JUST WAIT
IN HERE,
I'LL TELL MR. BAINBRIDGE
YOU'VE ARRIVED.
DISCIPLINE, MR. KINCADE.
DISCIPLINE.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
I MEAN A SOUND THRASHING,
IF NECESSARY.
YES, SIR.
THE BOY HAS A LOT
TO OVERCOME.
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,
ABOUT HIS FATHER,
MY SON HOWARD,
ABOUT HIS DEFECTION.
EVERYBODY KNOWS.
YOU WILL NEVER MENTION HIS NAME
IN FRONT OF PAUL --
NEITHER HOWARD'S NAME
NOR JANETTE'S.
JANETTE?
YES, THE BOY'S MOTHER.
A FRENCH GIRL --
I NEVER MET HER.
HOWARD MARRIED HER OUT OF
THE COUNTRY WITHOUT MY CONSENT.
SHE DIED WHEN PAUL WAS BORN,
SO HE NEVER KNEW HIS MOTHER.
AS FOR HIS FATHER,
I'VE TOLD HIM HE'S DEAD.
REMEMBER THAT.
YES, SIR.
PAUL AND I DINE SHARPLY
AT 7:00 P.M.,
SO YOU'LL BE HERE AT THAT TIME
AND MEET YOUR PUPIL.
THAT WILL BE ALL,
MR. KINCADE.
[ DISTANT GIGGLING ]
[ GIGGLING CONTINUES ]
OH, MR. KINCADE,
THERE YOU ARE.
THAT'S NOT YOUR ROOM.
THIS IS YOURS.
AH, YES.
I WAS JUST WONDERING,
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO
TO HELP YOU GET SETTLED?
THANK YOU, MISS FOSTER.
I'M SURE
I'LL BE VERY COMFORTABLE.
[ CLICK ]
MY ENEMIES REFER
TO THE BAINBRIDGE RANGERS
AS A PRIVATE, FASCIST ARMY.
"STORM TROOPERS,"
I THINK THEY CALL THEM.
I ONLY HOPE I CAN MAKE THEM
THAT EFFECTIVE.
AND THE WORD "FASCIST"
DOES NOT DISTURB ME,
BECAUSE ONE DAY, I THINK,
THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED
FOR WHAT THEY ARE --
THE TRUE DEFENDERS
OF THIS NATION.
YOU DISAGREE.
WELL, I WOULD ONLY QUESTION
THE ADVISABILITY
OF EXPOSING A BOY AS YOUNG AS
PAUL TO THAT KIND OF PHILOSOPHY.
WELL, PAUL IS --
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO.
WELL, THAT'S...
THAT'S PERFECTLY
ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
I DON'T HAVE
ANY SPECIAL ORDERS.
GOOD NIGHT, SON.
AS FOR PAUL, MR. KINCADE,
ALL I EXPECT OF HIM
AT THIS AGE
IS UNQUESTIONING
OBEDIENCE.
IF MY GRANDSON LEARNS NOTHING
ELSE, HE'S GOING TO LEARN THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE HIM
THE WAY I --
SOMETHING WRONG, SIR?
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
LEAVE ME.
-BUT YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.
-GET OUT!
YES, SIR.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ CHIMING ]
[ GIGGLING ]
[ GIGGLING ]
[ CREAKING ]
MR. KINCADE!
MR. KINCADE,
WHAT HAPPENED?
DID YOU SEE ANYBODY
COME THROUGH HERE?
NO. WHAT HAPPENED?
IT'S ALL RIGHT,
MISS FOSTER.
MR. KINCADE, MR. BAINBRIDGE
HAS GIVEN STRICT ORDERS
NO ONE IS TO ENTER
THAT ROOM.
I KNOW.
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
YOUR MIND ISN'T ON YOUR WORK
TODAY, IS IT, PAUL?
WHAT WERE YOU
THINKING ABOUT?
THE ATTIC ROOM?
I SAW YOU LAST NIGHT, PAUL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ON YOU.
IT WAS YOUR FATHER'S ROOM,
WASN'T IT?
YES.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
HMM?
PEOPLE COMING BACK
FROM THE DEAD --
THEIR SPIRITS, I MEAN.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
DO YOU?
YOUR LUNCH IS READY, PAUL.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU RUN ALONG, PAUL.
WE'LL TALK LATER.
[ HEART BEATING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ HEART BEATING ]
IS ANYTHING WRONG,
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ HEART BEATING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE!
[ HEART BEATING ]
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?
[ HEART BEATING ]
YES, I'M ALL RIGHT.
BUT YOU LOOK SO --
I'M ALL RIGHT!
[ GUN COCKS ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
SANDLER WAS FOLLOWING ORDERS,
KINCADE.
YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, AND
IF YOU WANT TO STAY THAT WAY,
KEEP OUT OF THE WOODS!
I WAS ONLY TRYING
TO LOOK OUT FOR PAUL.
I THOUGHT
I SHOULD FOLLOW HIM.
NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS
AN ORDER AND WHEN --
[ HEART BEATING ]
WHEN I --
WHEN I GIVE AN ORDER, I --
WHAT IS IT,
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ HEART BEATING ]
NO, IT'S --
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M -- PLEASE,
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
YOU LOOK PALE.
UH, LET ME GET YOU
A GLASS OF SHERRY.
I DON'T WANT ANY SHERRY!
I...
OH!
[ HEART BEATING ]
I -- PLEASE, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BOTHER WITH THAT!
I CAN JUST --
HERE, TRY SOME OF THIS.
NO, NO.
PLEASE, KINCADE, GET OUT.
MR. BAINBRIDGE,
YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL
A DOCTOR.
GET OUT!
[ HEART BEATING ]
FATHER...
HELP ME.
HELP ME, FATHER.
FREE ME.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE.
HELP ME, FATHER.
FIND THAT LOVE AGAIN.
HELP ME.
FREE ME.
FREE ME.
[ HEART BEATING ]
FATHER, HELP ME, FATHER.
FIRE CAN FREE ME.
HELP ME, FATHER.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE.
BURN ME, FATHER.
FREE ME.
HELP ME.
HELP ME.
FATHER.
HELP ME, FATHER.
[ Telephone ringing ]
HELLO,
DR. GERARD'S OFFICE.
Hello?
HELLO?
[ BEATING STOPS ]
YOUR MOVE.
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
HEAR WHAT?
LISTEN.
NO,
I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
[ CHIMING ]
IT'S READY, PARIS.
[ HEART BEATING ]
OKAY.
FATHER.
HELP ME.
[ HEART BEATING ]
FATHER, HELP ME.
HELP ME, FATHER.
WHO IS IT?
FREE ME.
WHAT IS IT?!
FREE ME.
THIS IS A TRICK.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE.
IT'S A TRICK!
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING
AROUND HERE IS A TRICK!
FIND THAT LOVE AGAIN.
GET OUT OF HERE.
LEAVE ME ALONE.
HELP ME.
FIRE CAN FREE ME.
BURN ME, FATHER.
DESTROY THE POISON
IN MY BONES.
GET AWAY FROM ME!
BURN ME, FATHER.
PLEASE.
DESTROY THE POISON
IN MY BONES.
BURN ME...
BURN ME...
BURN ME...
[ Fading ] BURN ME.
[ Telephone ringing ]
HELLO,
DR. GERARD'S OFFICE.
THIS IS JUSTIN BAINBRIDGE.
GIVE ME DR. GERARD.
OH, MR. BAINBRIDGE, I'M SORRY.
DR. GERARD IS OUT OF TOWN.
HE WON'T BE IN
TILL THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.
Dr. Conrad is taking
his calls until he returns.
CONRAD?
YES, DR. GERARD'S
NEW ASSOCIATE.
WOULD YOU CARE
TO SPEAK TO HIM?
I WANT TO SEE HIM.
TELL HIM TO BE HERE
WITHIN AN HOUR.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
ONE HOUR.
PARIS.
YEP.
He wants Dr. Conrad there
in one hour.
HE'LL BE THERE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
WELL?
YOUR, UM, BLOOD PRESSURE
IS HIGH, PULSE IS RAPID.
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY UNDER
A STRAIN, MR. BAINBRIDGE.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED
TO MEAN?
I'M NOT A PSYCHIATRIST.
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
THIS SOUND -- THIS HEARTBEAT
THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING --
AND THE DREAM
YOU HAD LAST NIGHT
ARE CLEARLY SYMPTOMS
OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL,
RATHER THAN A PHYSICAL,
DISTURBANCE.
ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME
I'M GOING CRAZY?
TELL ME, SIR, IS YOUR SON
STILL ALIVE
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN,
AS FAR AS YOU KNOW?
YES.
YET THIS DREAM YOU HAD
OF HIM LAST NIGHT,
WHERE HE APPEARED
AS A GHOST,
WOULD INDICATE THAT YOU
THINK OF HIM AS BEING DEAD.
WOULDN'T YOU IF YOU HAD A SON
WHO BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY?
WELL, I MIGHT ALSO BE HARBORING
A FEELING OF GUILT,
JUSTIFIED OR NOT,
THAT I HAD SOMEHOW
CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
I DID EVERYTHING FOR HOWARD.
WHY SHOULD I FEEL GUILT?
I COULDN'T SAY.
WELL, OF COURSE YOU COULDN'T,
BECAUSE IT'S UNTRUE!
I KNOW HOW I FELT
ABOUT MY SON.
-FELT?
-WHAT?
YOU SPOKE OF HIM
IN THE PAST TENSE, AS IF --
WELL, I'LL LEAVE YOU A
PRESCRIPTION FOR A TRANQUILIZER.
I DON'T WANT ANY
OF YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS!
ALL I WANT FROM YOU
IS TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO TO ME!
DOING TO YOU?
YES!
VERY WELL, MR. BAINBRIDGE.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR
TO YOU THAT IN MY OPINION
YOU'RE SHOWING THE EARLY
SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL COLLAPSE.
AND IF I WERE YOU,
I WOULD DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT VERY QUICKLY.
DO SOMETHING?
THERE ARE TREATMENTS,
THE PURPOSE OF WHICH WOULD BE
TO ELIMINATE WHATEVER IT IS
THAT'S MAKING YOU FEEL GUILTY
ABOUT YOUR SON.
OUT.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
LISTEN.
WHAT?
IT STOPPED.
WHAT STOPPED?
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
HEY! AH!
WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT?!
JANETTE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WANT MY HOWARD.
HE'S DEAD!
HIS SPIRIT LIVES.
IT CAME TO YOU.
IT BEGGED YOU TO FREE HIM
FROM THE MISERY.
HOW COULD I...
FIRE.
FIRE WILL FREE HIM.
BURN HIS BONES.
BURN HIM.
BURN HIM.
BURN HIM.
BURN HIM.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
AAAH!
BURN HIM.
AAAH!
BURN HIM.
THAT DID IT.
I'LL GO CHECK
THE GARDEN AREA.
I THINK I SHOULD STAY
WITH THE BOY.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ DISTANT GIGGLING ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ GIGGLING CONTINUES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
PAUL?
PAUL?
PAUL, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
WHO ARE YOU?
BAINBRIDGE!
WHERE IS HE?!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH MY SON'S BODY?!
ANSWER HIM, KINCADE.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH IT?
I CAN'T HELP YOU, SANDLER.
ASK HIM.
HE BURIED HIS SON.
WHERE IS IT,
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
SANDLER, IN THE NAME
OF HEAVEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHERE IS IT?!
SANDLER!
YAH!
YAH!
STAY WITH HIM, WILLY.
HE'S DANGEROUS.
WHAT ABOUT THE BODY?
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
MY FATHER THOUGHT I WAS DEAD,
AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF HE HAD
DUG THAT GRAVE A LITTLE DEEPER.
BUT THEN, HE WAS ALWAYS IN
SUCH A HURRY TO GET RID OF ME.
MR. BAINBRIDGE --
STAY BACK.
WE CAN HAVE SIX MONTHS
TOGETHER,
AND NO ONE'S GOING
TO TAKE THOSE FROM US.
IF YOU WANT NOTHING
TO HAPPEN TO PAUL,
COME WITH ME.
YOU AND SANDLER.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
FATHER?
IT'S ALL RIGHT, PAUL.
NOW LISTEN TO ME, SON.
I WANT YOU TO STAY HERE.
UNDERSTAND?
STAY HERE.
I'LL COME WITH YOU.
FATHER?
FATHER, COME BACK.
FATHER, DON'T LEAVE ME NOW.
FATHER, PLEASE.
YOU PROMISED ME. FATHER!
PLEASE COME BACK.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
GET OUT OF MY WAY,
MR. KINCADE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-YES.
CAN YOU SIT UP?
YOU --
YOU'RE KINCADE.
YES.
PAUL LIKES YOU...
TRUSTS YOU.
HE ASKED ME
TO TRUST YOU, TOO.
I WISH YOU HAD.
I COULDN'T.
I WANTED TO BE WITH PAUL.
I HAVE SO LITTLE TIME.
ARE YOU SURE OF THAT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IF YOU GIVE US
THE FORMULA FOR TRA,
GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS
MIGHT BE ABLE
TO FIND AN ANTIDOTE TO IT.
IT'S POSSIBLE, ISN'T IT?
POSSIBLE, YES.
BUT THERE'S SO LITTLE TIME
LEFT.
WELL, THEN
LET'S NOT WASTE IT.
FATHER!
PAUL.
[ "MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
[ SOFT BANGING ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
HELLO, FATHER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,
HOWARD?
THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT
IN MY LAB.
I CONTAMINATED MYSELF
WITH A NERVE-GAS FORMULA
I WAS WORKING ON.
I'M DYING, FATHER.
I KNEW THAT WOULD...
PLEASE YOU.
WHAT MONTHS I HAVE LEFT,
I WANT TO SPEND WITH PAUL.
GET OUT OF HERE.
I'M TAKING MY SON.
YOU'LL DESTROY HIM.
I DESTROY HIM?
I'LL KEEP YOU AWAY FROM HIM
EVEN IF I HAVE TO KILL YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
THIS IS HOWARD BAINBRIDGE,
NOTED SPECIALIST
IN CHEMICAL WARFARE,
WHO DEFECTED TO THE EAST,
WHERE HE DEVELOPED
THE LETHAL CHEMICAL TRA,
A NERVE-GAS FORMULA
KNOWN ONLY TO HIM.
WE BELIEVE THAT BAINBRIDGE,
CONTAMINATED
BY HIS OWN DEADLY CHEMICAL,
ESCAPED THE IRON CURTAIN
AND RETURNED
TO HIS FATHER'S ESTATE,
WHERE THE ELDER BAINBRIDGE
KILLED HIS SON
AND CONCEALED THE CORPSE.
SINCE HOWARD BAINBRIDGE
DESTROYED ALL HIS RECORDS
BEFORE FLEEING THE EAST,
THE ONLY EXISTING TRACE OF THE
CHEMICAL TRA IS IN HIS CORPSE.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO FIND
HOWARD BAINBRIDGE'S BODY.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
[ "MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
THESE ARE RADIO RECEIVERS.
ONE FOR EACH EAR...
TO BE PLACED PAST
THE FOLDS OF THE CARTILAGE
WITH THIS INSTRUMENT.
CLOSE TO THE EARDRUM
SO THEY'RE HIDDEN
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
HOW WILL WE HEAR HIM, BARNEY?
THIS HAS A BUILT-IN
TRANSMITTER, JIM.
IT'S IDENTICAL TO THE ONE
THAT BAINBRIDGE WEARS.
MM-HMM.
WELL, BAINBRIDGE'S ESTATE RUNS
TO ROUGHLY A THOUSAND ACRES.
MOST OF IT'S WOODED.
AND SOMEWHERE OUT THERE,
HE'S HIDDEN HIS SON'S BODY.
WHAT'S THE SECURITY SETUP, JIM?
A HANDPICKED FORCE
OF 20 MEN, PARIS.
A SMALL ARMY.
WELL, HE'S A PARANOID
MILITARIST, DANA.
HE'S BEEN TIED IN WITH
CRYPTOFASCIST ORGANIZATIONS
MOST OF HIS LIFE, STARTING WITH
THE NAZI BONN 35 YEARS AGO.
IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, SINGLE
REASON FOR HIS SON'S DEFECTION,
I WOULD SAY
JUSTIN BAINBRIDGE HIMSELF.
NOW, IN THE EARLY PART
OF WORLD WAR II,
THE ORIGINAL OWNER
OF THE ESTATE
BUILT AN AIR-RAID SHELTER
NEXT TO THE HOUSE.
THERE'S A STAIRWAY LEADING DOWN
INTO IT FROM THE HOUSE ITSELF.
IT'S BEEN SEALED OFF FOR YEARS,
BUT WE'LL REACTIVATE IT.
AND THE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE
IS HERE, NEXT TO THE GREENHOUSE.
ARE YOU SET, BARNEY?
YES, JIM.
TWO GHOSTS ARE BEING CREATED
WITH THE HELP OF TWIN LASERS.
WE'LL PROJECT THREE-DIMENSIONAL,
HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES.
THE ESTATE HAS A REPUTATION IN
THE VILLAGE FOR WEIRD GOINGS-ON,
BUT BAINBRIDGE DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE THE KIND OF MAN
WHO WOULD BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.
WELL, IT'S NOT GHOSTS
WE WANT HIM TO FEAR, PARIS,
BUT HIS OWN GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
AFTER ALL,
HE DID MURDER HIS OWN SON.
EVEN FOR JUSTIN BAINBRIDGE,
THAT'S A HEAVY LOAD TO BEAR.
ONE MORE THING,
BE CAREFUL OF THIS MAN --
VINCENT SANDLER.
FOREIGN LEGION.
CONGO MERCENARY.
HIRED GUN IN A COUPLE
OF LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS.
BAINBRIDGE HAS HIRED HIM
TO HEAD UP HIS SECURITY FORCE.
HE SOUNDS TAILOR-MADE
FOR BAINBRIDGE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IRON-CURTAIN
INTELLIGENCE THOUGHT.
HE'S WORKING FOR THE EAST?
YES, AND HE'S AFTER
THE SAME THING WE ARE, DANA --
HOWARD BAINBRIDGE'S CORPSE.
DAVID KINCADE?
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, PLEASE.
THE GUARD AT THE GATE
ALREADY LOOKED AT --
YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IS THAT ALL THE LUGGAGE
YOU HAVE?
YES, THAT'S ALL.
IT'LL BE SENT TO YOUR ROOM
AFTER IT'S INSPECTED.
MAJOR SANDLER!
CAUGHT HIM TRYING
TO SNEAK INTO THE WOODS.
YOU KNOW YOUR GRANDFATHER'S RULE
ABOUT THE WOODS.
WELL?
YES.
YES, WHAT, BOY?
LEAVE ME ALONE!
COME BACK HERE!
OOH!
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT ME,
YOU BETTER CHECK IT
WITH MR. BAINBRIDGE FIRST.
HE WENT
THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE
TO GET JUST THE RIGHT TUTOR
FOR HIS GRANDSON.
EXCUSE ME.
[ WHIMPERS ]
I'M MR. KINCADE.
OH, YES.
I'M MRS. FOSTER,
THE HOUSEKEEPER.
MRS. FOSTER.
-MAY I?
-THANK YOU.
THIS WAY, PLEASE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT ALL
I CAN DO TO HELP YOU,
PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO CALL ON ME.
IF YOU'LL JUST WAIT
IN HERE,
I'LL TELL MR. BAINBRIDGE
YOU'VE ARRIVED.
DISCIPLINE, MR. KINCADE.
DISCIPLINE.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
I MEAN A SOUND THRASHING,
IF NECESSARY.
YES, SIR.
THE BOY HAS A LOT
TO OVERCOME.
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,
ABOUT HIS FATHER,
MY SON HOWARD,
ABOUT HIS DEFECTION.
EVERYBODY KNOWS.
YOU WILL NEVER MENTION HIS NAME
IN FRONT OF PAUL --
NEITHER HOWARD'S NAME
NOR JANETTE'S.
JANETTE?
YES, THE BOY'S MOTHER.
A FRENCH GIRL --
I NEVER MET HER.
HOWARD MARRIED HER OUT OF
THE COUNTRY WITHOUT MY CONSENT.
SHE DIED WHEN PAUL WAS BORN,
SO HE NEVER KNEW HIS MOTHER.
AS FOR HIS FATHER,
I'VE TOLD HIM HE'S DEAD.
REMEMBER THAT.
YES, SIR.
PAUL AND I DINE SHARPLY
AT 7:00 P.M.,
SO YOU'LL BE HERE AT THAT TIME
AND MEET YOUR PUPIL.
THAT WILL BE ALL,
MR. KINCADE.
[ DISTANT GIGGLING ]
[ GIGGLING CONTINUES ]
OH, MR. KINCADE,
THERE YOU ARE.
THAT'S NOT YOUR ROOM.
THIS IS YOURS.
AH, YES.
I WAS JUST WONDERING,
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO
TO HELP YOU GET SETTLED?
THANK YOU, MISS FOSTER.
I'M SURE
I'LL BE VERY COMFORTABLE.
[ CLICK ]
MY ENEMIES REFER
TO THE BAINBRIDGE RANGERS
AS A PRIVATE, FASCIST ARMY.
"STORM TROOPERS,"
I THINK THEY CALL THEM.
I ONLY HOPE I CAN MAKE THEM
THAT EFFECTIVE.
AND THE WORD "FASCIST"
DOES NOT DISTURB ME,
BECAUSE ONE DAY, I THINK,
THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED
FOR WHAT THEY ARE --
THE TRUE DEFENDERS
OF THIS NATION.
YOU DISAGREE.
WELL, I WOULD ONLY QUESTION
THE ADVISABILITY
OF EXPOSING A BOY AS YOUNG AS
PAUL TO THAT KIND OF PHILOSOPHY.
WELL, PAUL IS --
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO.
WELL, THAT'S...
THAT'S PERFECTLY
ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
I DON'T HAVE
ANY SPECIAL ORDERS.
GOOD NIGHT, SON.
AS FOR PAUL, MR. KINCADE,
ALL I EXPECT OF HIM
AT THIS AGE
IS UNQUESTIONING
OBEDIENCE.
IF MY GRANDSON LEARNS NOTHING
ELSE, HE'S GOING TO LEARN THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE HIM
THE WAY I --
SOMETHING WRONG, SIR?
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
LEAVE ME.
-BUT YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.
-GET OUT!
YES, SIR.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ CHIMING ]
[ GIGGLING ]
[ GIGGLING ]
[ CREAKING ]
MR. KINCADE!
MR. KINCADE,
WHAT HAPPENED?
DID YOU SEE ANYBODY
COME THROUGH HERE?
NO. WHAT HAPPENED?
IT'S ALL RIGHT,
MISS FOSTER.
MR. KINCADE, MR. BAINBRIDGE
HAS GIVEN STRICT ORDERS
NO ONE IS TO ENTER
THAT ROOM.
I KNOW.
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
YOUR MIND ISN'T ON YOUR WORK
TODAY, IS IT, PAUL?
WHAT WERE YOU
THINKING ABOUT?
THE ATTIC ROOM?
I SAW YOU LAST NIGHT, PAUL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ON YOU.
IT WAS YOUR FATHER'S ROOM,
WASN'T IT?
YES.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
HMM?
PEOPLE COMING BACK
FROM THE DEAD --
THEIR SPIRITS, I MEAN.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
DO YOU?
YOUR LUNCH IS READY, PAUL.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU RUN ALONG, PAUL.
WE'LL TALK LATER.
[ HEART BEATING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ HEART BEATING ]
IS ANYTHING WRONG,
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ HEART BEATING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE!
[ HEART BEATING ]
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?
[ HEART BEATING ]
YES, I'M ALL RIGHT.
BUT YOU LOOK SO --
I'M ALL RIGHT!
[ GUN COCKS ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
SANDLER WAS FOLLOWING ORDERS,
KINCADE.
YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, AND
IF YOU WANT TO STAY THAT WAY,
KEEP OUT OF THE WOODS!
I WAS ONLY TRYING
TO LOOK OUT FOR PAUL.
I THOUGHT
I SHOULD FOLLOW HIM.
NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS
AN ORDER AND WHEN --
[ HEART BEATING ]
WHEN I --
WHEN I GIVE AN ORDER, I --
WHAT IS IT,
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ HEART BEATING ]
NO, IT'S --
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M -- PLEASE,
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
YOU LOOK PALE.
UH, LET ME GET YOU
A GLASS OF SHERRY.
I DON'T WANT ANY SHERRY!
I...
OH!
[ HEART BEATING ]
I -- PLEASE, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BOTHER WITH THAT!
I CAN JUST --
HERE, TRY SOME OF THIS.
NO, NO.
PLEASE, KINCADE, GET OUT.
MR. BAINBRIDGE,
YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL
A DOCTOR.
GET OUT!
[ HEART BEATING ]
FATHER...
HELP ME.
HELP ME, FATHER.
FREE ME.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE.
HELP ME, FATHER.
FIND THAT LOVE AGAIN.
HELP ME.
FREE ME.
FREE ME.
[ HEART BEATING ]
FATHER, HELP ME, FATHER.
FIRE CAN FREE ME.
HELP ME, FATHER.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE.
BURN ME, FATHER.
FREE ME.
HELP ME.
HELP ME.
FATHER.
HELP ME, FATHER.
[ Telephone ringing ]
HELLO,
DR. GERARD'S OFFICE.
Hello?
HELLO?
[ BEATING STOPS ]
YOUR MOVE.
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
HEAR WHAT?
LISTEN.
NO,
I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
[ CHIMING ]
IT'S READY, PARIS.
[ HEART BEATING ]
OKAY.
FATHER.
HELP ME.
[ HEART BEATING ]
FATHER, HELP ME.
HELP ME, FATHER.
WHO IS IT?
FREE ME.
WHAT IS IT?!
FREE ME.
THIS IS A TRICK.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE.
IT'S A TRICK!
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING
AROUND HERE IS A TRICK!
FIND THAT LOVE AGAIN.
GET OUT OF HERE.
LEAVE ME ALONE.
HELP ME.
FIRE CAN FREE ME.
BURN ME, FATHER.
DESTROY THE POISON
IN MY BONES.
GET AWAY FROM ME!
BURN ME, FATHER.
PLEASE.
DESTROY THE POISON
IN MY BONES.
BURN ME...
BURN ME...
BURN ME...
[ Fading ] BURN ME.
[ Telephone ringing ]
HELLO,
DR. GERARD'S OFFICE.
THIS IS JUSTIN BAINBRIDGE.
GIVE ME DR. GERARD.
OH, MR. BAINBRIDGE, I'M SORRY.
DR. GERARD IS OUT OF TOWN.
HE WON'T BE IN
TILL THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.
Dr. Conrad is taking
his calls until he returns.
CONRAD?
YES, DR. GERARD'S
NEW ASSOCIATE.
WOULD YOU CARE
TO SPEAK TO HIM?
I WANT TO SEE HIM.
TELL HIM TO BE HERE
WITHIN AN HOUR.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
ONE HOUR.
PARIS.
YEP.
He wants Dr. Conrad there
in one hour.
HE'LL BE THERE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
WELL?
YOUR, UM, BLOOD PRESSURE
IS HIGH, PULSE IS RAPID.
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY UNDER
A STRAIN, MR. BAINBRIDGE.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED
TO MEAN?
I'M NOT A PSYCHIATRIST.
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
THIS SOUND -- THIS HEARTBEAT
THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING --
AND THE DREAM
YOU HAD LAST NIGHT
ARE CLEARLY SYMPTOMS
OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL,
RATHER THAN A PHYSICAL,
DISTURBANCE.
ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME
I'M GOING CRAZY?
TELL ME, SIR, IS YOUR SON
STILL ALIVE
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN,
AS FAR AS YOU KNOW?
YES.
YET THIS DREAM YOU HAD
OF HIM LAST NIGHT,
WHERE HE APPEARED
AS A GHOST,
WOULD INDICATE THAT YOU
THINK OF HIM AS BEING DEAD.
WOULDN'T YOU IF YOU HAD A SON
WHO BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY?
WELL, I MIGHT ALSO BE HARBORING
A FEELING OF GUILT,
JUSTIFIED OR NOT,
THAT I HAD SOMEHOW
CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
I DID EVERYTHING FOR HOWARD.
WHY SHOULD I FEEL GUILT?
I COULDN'T SAY.
WELL, OF COURSE YOU COULDN'T,
BECAUSE IT'S UNTRUE!
I KNOW HOW I FELT
ABOUT MY SON.
-FELT?
-WHAT?
YOU SPOKE OF HIM
IN THE PAST TENSE, AS IF --
WELL, I'LL LEAVE YOU A
PRESCRIPTION FOR A TRANQUILIZER.
I DON'T WANT ANY
OF YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS!
ALL I WANT FROM YOU
IS TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO TO ME!
DOING TO YOU?
YES!
VERY WELL, MR. BAINBRIDGE.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR
TO YOU THAT IN MY OPINION
YOU'RE SHOWING THE EARLY
SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL COLLAPSE.
AND IF I WERE YOU,
I WOULD DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT VERY QUICKLY.
DO SOMETHING?
THERE ARE TREATMENTS,
THE PURPOSE OF WHICH WOULD BE
TO ELIMINATE WHATEVER IT IS
THAT'S MAKING YOU FEEL GUILTY
ABOUT YOUR SON.
OUT.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ OBOE PLAYING ]
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
LISTEN.
WHAT?
IT STOPPED.
WHAT STOPPED?
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
HEY! AH!
WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT?!
JANETTE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WANT MY HOWARD.
HE'S DEAD!
HIS SPIRIT LIVES.
IT CAME TO YOU.
IT BEGGED YOU TO FREE HIM
FROM THE MISERY.
HOW COULD I...
FIRE.
FIRE WILL FREE HIM.
BURN HIS BONES.
BURN HIM.
BURN HIM.
BURN HIM.
BURN HIM.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
AAAH!
BURN HIM.
AAAH!
BURN HIM.
THAT DID IT.
I'LL GO CHECK
THE GARDEN AREA.
I THINK I SHOULD STAY
WITH THE BOY.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ DISTANT GIGGLING ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ GIGGLING CONTINUES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
PAUL?
PAUL?
PAUL, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
WHO ARE YOU?
BAINBRIDGE!
WHERE IS HE?!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH MY SON'S BODY?!
ANSWER HIM, KINCADE.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH IT?
I CAN'T HELP YOU, SANDLER.
ASK HIM.
HE BURIED HIS SON.
WHERE IS IT,
MR. BAINBRIDGE?
SANDLER, IN THE NAME
OF HEAVEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHERE IS IT?!
SANDLER!
YAH!
YAH!
STAY WITH HIM, WILLY.
HE'S DANGEROUS.
WHAT ABOUT THE BODY?
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
MY FATHER THOUGHT I WAS DEAD,
AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF HE HAD
DUG THAT GRAVE A LITTLE DEEPER.
BUT THEN, HE WAS ALWAYS IN
SUCH A HURRY TO GET RID OF ME.
MR. BAINBRIDGE --
STAY BACK.
WE CAN HAVE SIX MONTHS
TOGETHER,
AND NO ONE'S GOING
TO TAKE THOSE FROM US.
IF YOU WANT NOTHING
TO HAPPEN TO PAUL,
COME WITH ME.
YOU AND SANDLER.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
FATHER?
IT'S ALL RIGHT, PAUL.
NOW LISTEN TO ME, SON.
I WANT YOU TO STAY HERE.
UNDERSTAND?
STAY HERE.
I'LL COME WITH YOU.
FATHER?
FATHER, COME BACK.
FATHER, DON'T LEAVE ME NOW.
FATHER, PLEASE.
YOU PROMISED ME. FATHER!
PLEASE COME BACK.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
GET OUT OF MY WAY,
MR. KINCADE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-YES.
CAN YOU SIT UP?
YOU --
YOU'RE KINCADE.
YES.
PAUL LIKES YOU...
TRUSTS YOU.
HE ASKED ME
TO TRUST YOU, TOO.
I WISH YOU HAD.
I COULDN'T.
I WANTED TO BE WITH PAUL.
I HAVE SO LITTLE TIME.
ARE YOU SURE OF THAT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IF YOU GIVE US
THE FORMULA FOR TRA,
GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS
MIGHT BE ABLE
TO FIND AN ANTIDOTE TO IT.
IT'S POSSIBLE, ISN'T IT?
POSSIBLE, YES.
BUT THERE'S SO LITTLE TIME
LEFT.
WELL, THEN
LET'S NOT WASTE IT.
FATHER!
PAUL.
[ "MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]