The Invaders (1967–1968): Season 1, Episode 9 - The Innocent - full transcript
In the file room of a U.S. government base, an air force captain is forced to shoot and kill an airman who pulls a gun on him. The airman glows and disintegrates. Meanwhile, David Vincent is in Maine, trying to find a fisherman who is in possession of an alien disk. After his bizarre experience, Captain Mitchell Ross wants David to testify with him before a committee. But David knows that talk will do no good: he needs that alien disk. Later, the aliens abduct David and take him on a trip into their space ship. Incredibly, they want to convince him that they have only peaceful intentions. To prove it, they show him how they've revived and replenished a dying desert valley. But all is not what it seems.
Tired, sir?
Yep, I'm tired.
You should be after
24 hours with no sleep.
Sir, if I just knew what
you were looking for.
It's a sighting I investigated
before you got here...
Similar to the Vincent report.
Perkins or Prescott,
something that started with a "P."
I'll know it when I see it.
"P" section right here, sir.
Yeah.
It's not here.
Sergeant, I don't
understand this.
Last month the Ambrose
Report was missing and now this.
Now, these files are
your responsibility.
I don't understand
it, either, sir. I...
Maybe you forgot to unpack it.
Look, go upstairs and
see if you can find it.
We've got to have it for the
committee meeting tomorrow.
Yes, sir.
(clunk)
Captain Ross?
Yeah. What are you doing here?
Captain Gardner
would like to see you, sir.
Now?
He says it's urgent, sir.
12:00 midnight?
Look, you just tell
Captain Gardner
I'll see him as soon as I can.
You'll come now... sir.
What is this?
Don't argue, Captain.
Just come now.
Can I, uh, get
my, uh, briefcase?
Get your briefcase.
Captain?
Watch it!
Behind the files!
NARRATOR: Starring Roy
Thinnes as architect David Vincent.
The invaders...
alien beings from
a dying planet.
Their destination... the earth.
Their purpose... to
make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them.
For him, it began one lost night
on a lonely country road
looking for a shortcut
that he never found.
It began with a
closed, deserted diner
and a man too long without sleep
to continue his journey.
(eerie whirring)
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
(whirring intensifies)
Now David Vincent knows
that the invaders are here
that they've taken human form.
Somehow, he must
convince a disbelieving world
that the nightmare
has already begun.
The guest stars
in tonight's story:
William Smithers,
Patricia Smith,
Katherine Justice,
and special guest
star, Michael Rennie.
In a decaying
lobster port in Maine,
David Vincent searches for a man
who has seen the invaders--
A fisherman named Nat Greely
who has taken one
of their weapons--
A strange metallic disk.
For a day and a half,
Vincent has combed
the tiny waterfront town,
but Nat Greely has disappeared.
Looking for someone?
David Vincent?
Yeah, that's right.
We had a pretty rough
time finding you, Mr. Vincent.
You're wanted in Washington.
Who wants me?
Captain Ross... Project Hawk.
Well, look, uh...
Uh, Mr. Vincent, we know
what you're looking for.
We also know who
you're looking for, and, uh...
that's a subpoena.
Supposing I want to
stay here and finish what...
We have a plane waiting
for you at the airport.
Follow me in
that car if you will.
All right.
Thank you.
Oh, yeah, when
they die, they vanish?
They burn just like that?
How many times you
going to ask me that?
And why the third degree?
What's your reason?
It's happened to
somebody else, hasn't it?
Somebody else has seen it.
What makes you think that?
It's the one thing you
keep coming back to...
How they die.
You've seen it.
All right, I've seen it.
So what?
Have you heard of the
Peterson Committee?
No.
Peterson, the
office of defense...
They've asked him
to form a committee
to look into my findings.
Now, the hearings start Monday.
I'll have to be there, of course
with the Project Hawk reports.
I want you there,
too, to testify.
You want me to testify.
You know, I've given
up my life to fight them...
my girl, my business, my plans.
There's a valley in California
I once dreamt of developing.
I've been down this road before.
I've written, I've talked,
I've phoned, I've seen
senators, congressmen.
I'll testify.
But if I do get up there
and tell everything
I know under oath,
what makes you think
they'll believe me?
Don't you understand?
There are two of us this time...
Two of us who have
actually seen them.
That's a lot of
words, a lot of talk.
What we need is proof.
Now, the man I'm
looking for is in Maine.
He can give us that proof.
Nat Greely is the town
drunk, the town bum.
His testimony wouldn't
be worth two cents.
That's why we dropped
the whole thing with him.
We need you here to testify.
Now, if you think
he's that important,
I'll send a couple of
men up there to find him.
Do that, and he'll never
come out of hiding.
I know how frightened
a man like this can get.
Now, let me do it my way.
Please.
Hi, son.
Hey, you putting out
to sea in that whaler?
Whaler's got a square hull.
This here's a Kattenburg...
No good to nobody.
Pa stove it in
when he was drunk.
Ma!
Ma?
Mrs. Greely?
Hi.
Mr. Greely on board?
Oh, I should introduce myself.
My name is Calvin Adams.
My partner, Ed Poole.
We practice law in Augusta.
My husband isn't here.
What do you want, mister?
Mrs. Greely, if what we found
in the county records is right,
your husband's the
last living descendent
of the Birketts.
Here you go.
And if your
husband can prove it,
he'll be $83,000 richer.
$83,000?
That's right.
Now, you just wait a minute.
The only thing
Nat's mother's family
had to pass on to their
kids was a liking for liquor.
Maybe so, but your
husband's great uncle ran up
a small fortune
fishing out in Oregon.
He never had but one
great uncle... Sam Birkett.
That's the man.
Sam Birkett?
Uh-huh.
Mrs. Greely, it's taken so long
tracing down these records,
that we've no time to waste.
Now, if we can't
find your husband,
all that money stands to go
to the sailors' fund.
Now, Mrs. Greely,
now, where can we
find your husband?
When he comes back,
I'll tell him about it.
Now I got work to do.
Get down from there, Natty.
But, Mrs. Greely...
Good-bye, mister.
Natty?
Ma, they said we'd be rich.
We'll be rich when it
rains ten-dollar gold pieces.
What's wrong, Ma?
Nothing. Those two,
they must have been
some of your father's
worthless friends
playing a joke.
Your Great-Uncle Sam
died when he was 14.
Record's right here
in the family Bible.
Only thing he got out in Oregon
was the fever that killed him.
Now, I got to get ashore.
And you don't say nothing, hear?
Mrs. Greely, I'm David Vincent.
I was here yesterday.
I don't care who you
say you are, mister.
I've got somewheres
to go and I'm late.
To see your husband?
Where is he, Mrs. Greely?
He's in danger. I can help him.
All right, you don't have
to tell me where he is,
but if you want to
save your husband,
you'd better persuade
him to see me.
Just call this man.
He'll tell you who I am.
The air force?
Yes.
Please call him.
All right, Mr... Vincent.
I'll call him, but I
don't promise nothing.
You wait in there, Natty.
Go on.
Operator, I want to put
in a long distance call.
Who are you?
David Vincent.
How do I know that?
Your wife called.
She told you who I am.
She only told me your name
and that you checked
out with the air force.
How are you gonna save my life?
Look, I know what
you've been going through
and I know why.
That disc you found is
one of their weapons.
That's what they're after.
That's why they
tried to kill you.
Who do you mean "they"?
You saw them
get off a spaceship.
What do you think?
They're men like me.
They look like men.
Now, Nat, where is the disc?
I haven't got it.
You what?
When they tried
to kill me, I hid it.
Well, where?
Show me.
I ain't leaving here
until nobody's looking
for me no more...
Until they're gone.
Nat, we need that disc to
convince the government
that they're here, now, today.
If these invaders
aren't stopped,
not only your life is in
danger but everybody's.
Now, please, where's the disc?
I guess I can't be
worse off than I am now.
I just want to be quit
of this whole business.
There's a wharf...
at the foot of Grover Street.
You meet me there
at 6:00 after it's dark.
Now get out of here.
Mommy, Mommy.
Those two men, they're back.
Okay, get up here quick now.
I'll go get help.
Natty!
Mrs. Greely,
I'm sorry to intrude again,
but there are a few things
we are going to have to settle.
(gasps)
This concerns you,
too, young fella.
(whispering): Nat, come down.
What are you doing here?
Hurry up. Come down.
Are you sure you
weren't followed?
I don't care if I was.
Nat, Nat...
Listen, you're not going
to meet that Mr. Vincent
until you hear me out.
Why? What happened?
You're the one who said...
I was wrong about
him, you understand?
All I understand is that,
if I give Mr. Vincent
that metal disc,
we're quit of this
once and for all.
You can't. You can't do that.
They come... two of them.
They?
Two of them... they come and...
(sobbing)
What? What?
Oh, Nat, all I ever
needed was a little peace.
I just wanted a little money.
Maybe I pushed you
some and I yelled at you...
Edna, Edna, Edna,
what did they do?
What did they want?
That disc.
They said you've got
to give them that disc
and they said...
they want Mr. Vincent, too.
You've got to do it, Nat.
You've just got to.
They can have the disc.
I said they want
Mr. Vincent, too.
They mean it, Nat;
they're not fooling.
I told you, you know
what's going to happen
to everybody on this
earth if they ain't stopped?
I don't care about anybody.
I only care about us...
You and me and Natty.
And if you don't give
them Mr. Vincent,
they're going to kill us all...
you and me and Natty.
(car door slams)
This is a great
pleasure, Mr. Vincent.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you, Mr. Greely;
you did splendidly.
So you're one of them.
MAN: No, no, Mr. Vincent.
He's been useful, though
in returning our property
and delivering you.
We're most appreciative.
Will you wait
inside, Mr. Greely?
But...
We'll make you comfortable.
Mr. Vincent, I'd like
you to come with me.
I want to show you something.
(electronic whirring)
Would you care to inspect
our spaceship, Mr. Vincent?
What do you want?
Why don't you take
off your overcoat?
You won't be needing it.
If you'll sit down,
I'll explain to you.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
I know how you feel
about us, Mr. Vincent.
I don't blame you.
We've committed
blunders, too, many of them.
We've used terror and violence.
We've even killed.
But the history of your people
is full of those same blunders
and what happened
when one civilization
finds another less advanced?
We've learned, Mr. Vincent,
at great cost to you and us.
Now, we have our orders.
It's got to stop.
We want to take the
first step, Mr. Vincent.
We want to show you that you
have nothing to fear anymore
that we're here to help...
To contribute our
knowledge to your lives.
But it's useless
just to say that.
We want you to come
with us and see for yourself
how we can help one another.
Where?
It's a short trip.
It will only take a few minutes.
That is for your
safety, Mr. Vincent.
This mode of travel
is suited to us and our makeup.
The protective padding
is for your protection
against the force
of our acceleration
and the speed of our flight.
And, when we take off,
there may be some discomfort.
It's only fair to warn you... You
may even lose consciousness.
However, if you do, it
will only be momentary...
Unpleasant but quite harmless.
(whirring)
(whirring intensifies)
You all right, Mr. Vincent?
Yes.
You did lose consciousness.
How long?
Not long.
It was a short flight.
Can you stand?
I think so.
You'd better rest a while.
We have a surprise
for you, Mr. Vincent.
What is the place
you've always missed?
The place you
always wanted to see?
The place you hoped
would hold the key
to your future happiness?
The place that was a valley
until a drought came
and left it a desert?
I hope we've chosen
properly, Mr. Vincent.
Santa Margaretta Valley?
Yes.
Shall we go, Mr. Vincent?
It is Santa Margaretta.
Look what we've
done to it, Mr. Vincent.
But it was dying.
How did you do that?
It was a problem,
but we conquered it.
There's much more
to see, Mr. Vincent.
The car waiting is for us.
Our architects' building.
Do you like the
changes, Mr. Vincent?
It's beautiful.
Have we measured up to
the ambitions you once had
for the Santa Margaretta
Valley, Mr. Vincent?
Yes, you have.
You certainly have.
Wait a minute.
How did you do
this without water?
That such a problem?
We often talked about
building a dam up in the canyon.
We were told that
was impossible.
Nothing's impossible,
Mr. Vincent,
not with our knowledge.
We've already
built a smaller dam.
A larger one is
under construction.
But every engineer
I've ever talked to said
it was impossible.
Every one?
All but Billy Stearns,
but his ideas were so far out...
couldn't get financial backing.
This will interest
you, Mr. Vincent.
Billy.
David.
Billy.
Billy Stearns. They told me
you were coming, but
I didn't believe them.
You mean, you knew I was coming?
What are you doing here anyway?
I'm working for them.
You think I sold out.
Aw, you know me
better than that.
Then why?
I fought them, too, at first,
till he made me understand.
David, the knowledge...
and look at that building.
Now, the material
in that building is
what we've been
looking for since college.
It would stand the stress
a dam a mile high would create.
I understand you're
building it right now.
Can I see it? Does he have time?
If that's what you want.
I've got to see it.
Let me make a call.
Then you meet me on the
other side of the building, okay?
Good.
His leg... he's not limping.
Injury, disability...
Those are human
concepts, Mr. Vincent.
You mean you can
work miracles like that?
We can do whatever you want.
Frankly, Santa Margaretta is
an experiment, Mr. Vincent...
Putting ourselves in your place,
finding out what your needs are.
WOMAN: David?
David!
Helen.
Oh, Helen!
(laughs)
I didn't think you'd remember.
How could I forget?
It was such a long time ago.
I haven't forgotten.
I'll leave you two alone.
I'll find you later.
Come on, Dave. I'll drive.
I have to tell you
I don't understand any of this.
Well, how can I help you?
I don't know.
This town, what
they've done to it.
And Billy working here. Now you.
It's a different
world, isn't it, David?
It's unbelievable.
Oh, no. Very believable...
A world where what we want
most can be accomplished.
David,
they can teach us how to...
how to get what we want.
They can teach us how
to not let human emotions
get in the way of what we want.
That's what
happened to us, isn't it?
We didn't think clearly.
We were so in love,
everything was
an emotional crisis.
David, stay with me.
I have a house at the lake.
We can spend the
morning swimming
and I'll mix us
some drinks and...
David?
David, what's the matter?
I'm sorry. Something's wrong.
What is it? I can help you.
The town... this whole valley...
What's the matter?
The dam... why wasn't
the dam in the newspapers?
It's all so new.
There hasn't been time.
You're lying to me. Why?
David, I'm not lying to you.
I want an answer. Why?
David, it's just you and I.
That's all there is now.
You're married;
you're in England.
David, forget all
that; it's all in the past.
I was here only a month ago.
There was nothing...
No building, no dam.
David, you're ill.
The flight was too much for you.
No.
There's something wrong.
David, listen to me.
It's wrong!
David, it's just us.
We're real. We're now.
That's all that matters, David,
all that matters.
It's wrong.
David, listen to me.
Look at me, David! David!
It's wrong.
David!
It's all wrong!
Stay with me, David!
David! Magnus! It's wrong.
It's wrong! Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
MAGNUS: Stay
with us, Mr. Vincent.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
(eerie whirring)
Mr. Vincent, stay with us.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
It's wrong.
It's wrong.
Mr. Vincent, stay with us.
It's wrong!
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
It's wrong!
Mr. Vincent, stay with us.
(whirring stops)
None of it was real.
It was all in my mind.
It would all have been so easy
if only you'd cooperated,
but we will still do
what has to be done.
However, this time,
it will be done
a little differently.
(car engine starts)
There was a plane
waiting for you
at the Augusta airport.
By now, Captain
Ross has the report
that neither you nor
Mr. Greely showed up.
What if he has
men looking for me?
He doesn't, not yet.
How do you know?
I want you to call Captain Ross.
I want you to tell him
what you would have
told him voluntarily...
If we'd convinced you.
What would I have said?
That you know nothing
about us or our activities,
that we exist only
in your imagination.
Is that why you tried
to brainwash me?
So I'd believe
that you were here
for the benefit of mankind?
Call him.
You're afraid of the
Peterson Committee
and what they'll find out
if they begin to investigate.
I'll ask you once
more to call him.
You're afraid of my testimony...
You're in danger.
Do you really think I'll
make that phone call?
Yes, Mr. Vincent.
Mr. Greely...
would you tell Mr. Vincent
what you just found out.
They're going to
kill my wife and boy
unless we do
something that they want.
They said that you
would tell me what.
You do understand?
Yes.
Now will you make the call?
What call?
They're trading your
family for a phone call.
Well, you're just sitting
there. Make the call.
If I do, the investigation
goes to pieces
and they continue
safely with their plan.
They're talking about
my wife and my boy.
You're going to make that call.
Please.
Please!
(crying)
You may get Captain Ross.
Captain Ross, please.
Captain Ross, this
is David Vincent.
Where are you?
You'd never believe it.
What happened?
Didn't you find Greely?
I found him.
Well, stop playing games.
Tell me what happened.
We didn't find out anything.
Scratch us off your list.
You'll have to appear
before the committee
without our testimony.
What?
I said, Greely and
I know nothing.
There are no aliens.
There never have been.
It was all for publicity.
What are you trying to pull?
You know I've seen
one of them myself.
Vincent, are you in
some kind of trouble?
The only one in trouble is you.
Look, Vincent...
I want you here in my office.
I need you when I go
up before that committee
whether we have Greely or not.
I'm sorry.
Vincent.
Good-bye.
Look, Vincent...!
Thank you, Mr. Vincent.
Shall we get on with it?
You really must be very
anxious to die, Mr. Vincent.
You're always pushing so hard.
Uh, Mr. Magnus...
you said, uh...
if we did what you
asked, I could...
You're free, Mr. Greely.
Mr. Vincent...
I wouldn't have done this
except to save my wife and kid.
I've never done much for them.
I couldn't let them be killed.
They won't hurt you...
They promised me.
Have a drink, Mr. Vincent.
(groans)
I think that I can find the
way to the highway myself.
Oh, that won't be
necessary, Mr. Greely.
We provided a car for you.
(Vincent choking)
(groans)
Good-bye, Mr. Vincent.
Nat?
Nat!
(tires screeching)
(car explodes)
ROSS: Just what do
you expect me to believe?
First, you call and tell
me it's all a fairy tale...
Then you come in here
with a song and dance
about brainwashing and
a flight in a flying saucer.
Just let me talk to the
Peterson Commission.
You go ahead and talk to them.
After you called, I told them
that our star witness had
just discredited himself...
We had no proof... go ahead
and give them a few laughs.
Tell them about your trip
to Venus or wherever it was.
Then send some men
up to that mansion.
You'll find proof.
I've got news for you, Vincent.
After you called
from the hospital,
I sent some men
up to the mansion.
They found nothing.
So why don't you and
your drinking buddy
go find yourself another bar.
(knock on door)
Come in.
If you don't need me, Captain,
I'll go down and clean up
the Project Hawk files.
Yeah, go ahead;
the sooner the better.
Well, I guess that
about does it, Vincent,
unless you'd like to favor me
with a few more of your stories.
Sergeant Ruddell?
Ruddell was there...
He was on that ship.
Sergeant Ruddell, huh?
He was there.
Get out of here.
Let me have security.
Yeah, this is Captain Ross.
I want you to make
a check for me.
Uh, Ruddell... Sergeant Ruddell.
Yeah, I know you've
already run one.
I want you to run another one.
I want to know
everything about him.
I mean everything...
From the day he was born.
NARRATOR: A trip
to a nightmare world,
a committee disbanded,
another defeat,
another hope lost for
David Vincent... maybe,
or maybe it's a hope begun.
Yep, I'm tired.
You should be after
24 hours with no sleep.
Sir, if I just knew what
you were looking for.
It's a sighting I investigated
before you got here...
Similar to the Vincent report.
Perkins or Prescott,
something that started with a "P."
I'll know it when I see it.
"P" section right here, sir.
Yeah.
It's not here.
Sergeant, I don't
understand this.
Last month the Ambrose
Report was missing and now this.
Now, these files are
your responsibility.
I don't understand
it, either, sir. I...
Maybe you forgot to unpack it.
Look, go upstairs and
see if you can find it.
We've got to have it for the
committee meeting tomorrow.
Yes, sir.
(clunk)
Captain Ross?
Yeah. What are you doing here?
Captain Gardner
would like to see you, sir.
Now?
He says it's urgent, sir.
12:00 midnight?
Look, you just tell
Captain Gardner
I'll see him as soon as I can.
You'll come now... sir.
What is this?
Don't argue, Captain.
Just come now.
Can I, uh, get
my, uh, briefcase?
Get your briefcase.
Captain?
Watch it!
Behind the files!
NARRATOR: Starring Roy
Thinnes as architect David Vincent.
The invaders...
alien beings from
a dying planet.
Their destination... the earth.
Their purpose... to
make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them.
For him, it began one lost night
on a lonely country road
looking for a shortcut
that he never found.
It began with a
closed, deserted diner
and a man too long without sleep
to continue his journey.
(eerie whirring)
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
(whirring intensifies)
Now David Vincent knows
that the invaders are here
that they've taken human form.
Somehow, he must
convince a disbelieving world
that the nightmare
has already begun.
The guest stars
in tonight's story:
William Smithers,
Patricia Smith,
Katherine Justice,
and special guest
star, Michael Rennie.
In a decaying
lobster port in Maine,
David Vincent searches for a man
who has seen the invaders--
A fisherman named Nat Greely
who has taken one
of their weapons--
A strange metallic disk.
For a day and a half,
Vincent has combed
the tiny waterfront town,
but Nat Greely has disappeared.
Looking for someone?
David Vincent?
Yeah, that's right.
We had a pretty rough
time finding you, Mr. Vincent.
You're wanted in Washington.
Who wants me?
Captain Ross... Project Hawk.
Well, look, uh...
Uh, Mr. Vincent, we know
what you're looking for.
We also know who
you're looking for, and, uh...
that's a subpoena.
Supposing I want to
stay here and finish what...
We have a plane waiting
for you at the airport.
Follow me in
that car if you will.
All right.
Thank you.
Oh, yeah, when
they die, they vanish?
They burn just like that?
How many times you
going to ask me that?
And why the third degree?
What's your reason?
It's happened to
somebody else, hasn't it?
Somebody else has seen it.
What makes you think that?
It's the one thing you
keep coming back to...
How they die.
You've seen it.
All right, I've seen it.
So what?
Have you heard of the
Peterson Committee?
No.
Peterson, the
office of defense...
They've asked him
to form a committee
to look into my findings.
Now, the hearings start Monday.
I'll have to be there, of course
with the Project Hawk reports.
I want you there,
too, to testify.
You want me to testify.
You know, I've given
up my life to fight them...
my girl, my business, my plans.
There's a valley in California
I once dreamt of developing.
I've been down this road before.
I've written, I've talked,
I've phoned, I've seen
senators, congressmen.
I'll testify.
But if I do get up there
and tell everything
I know under oath,
what makes you think
they'll believe me?
Don't you understand?
There are two of us this time...
Two of us who have
actually seen them.
That's a lot of
words, a lot of talk.
What we need is proof.
Now, the man I'm
looking for is in Maine.
He can give us that proof.
Nat Greely is the town
drunk, the town bum.
His testimony wouldn't
be worth two cents.
That's why we dropped
the whole thing with him.
We need you here to testify.
Now, if you think
he's that important,
I'll send a couple of
men up there to find him.
Do that, and he'll never
come out of hiding.
I know how frightened
a man like this can get.
Now, let me do it my way.
Please.
Hi, son.
Hey, you putting out
to sea in that whaler?
Whaler's got a square hull.
This here's a Kattenburg...
No good to nobody.
Pa stove it in
when he was drunk.
Ma!
Ma?
Mrs. Greely?
Hi.
Mr. Greely on board?
Oh, I should introduce myself.
My name is Calvin Adams.
My partner, Ed Poole.
We practice law in Augusta.
My husband isn't here.
What do you want, mister?
Mrs. Greely, if what we found
in the county records is right,
your husband's the
last living descendent
of the Birketts.
Here you go.
And if your
husband can prove it,
he'll be $83,000 richer.
$83,000?
That's right.
Now, you just wait a minute.
The only thing
Nat's mother's family
had to pass on to their
kids was a liking for liquor.
Maybe so, but your
husband's great uncle ran up
a small fortune
fishing out in Oregon.
He never had but one
great uncle... Sam Birkett.
That's the man.
Sam Birkett?
Uh-huh.
Mrs. Greely, it's taken so long
tracing down these records,
that we've no time to waste.
Now, if we can't
find your husband,
all that money stands to go
to the sailors' fund.
Now, Mrs. Greely,
now, where can we
find your husband?
When he comes back,
I'll tell him about it.
Now I got work to do.
Get down from there, Natty.
But, Mrs. Greely...
Good-bye, mister.
Natty?
Ma, they said we'd be rich.
We'll be rich when it
rains ten-dollar gold pieces.
What's wrong, Ma?
Nothing. Those two,
they must have been
some of your father's
worthless friends
playing a joke.
Your Great-Uncle Sam
died when he was 14.
Record's right here
in the family Bible.
Only thing he got out in Oregon
was the fever that killed him.
Now, I got to get ashore.
And you don't say nothing, hear?
Mrs. Greely, I'm David Vincent.
I was here yesterday.
I don't care who you
say you are, mister.
I've got somewheres
to go and I'm late.
To see your husband?
Where is he, Mrs. Greely?
He's in danger. I can help him.
All right, you don't have
to tell me where he is,
but if you want to
save your husband,
you'd better persuade
him to see me.
Just call this man.
He'll tell you who I am.
The air force?
Yes.
Please call him.
All right, Mr... Vincent.
I'll call him, but I
don't promise nothing.
You wait in there, Natty.
Go on.
Operator, I want to put
in a long distance call.
Who are you?
David Vincent.
How do I know that?
Your wife called.
She told you who I am.
She only told me your name
and that you checked
out with the air force.
How are you gonna save my life?
Look, I know what
you've been going through
and I know why.
That disc you found is
one of their weapons.
That's what they're after.
That's why they
tried to kill you.
Who do you mean "they"?
You saw them
get off a spaceship.
What do you think?
They're men like me.
They look like men.
Now, Nat, where is the disc?
I haven't got it.
You what?
When they tried
to kill me, I hid it.
Well, where?
Show me.
I ain't leaving here
until nobody's looking
for me no more...
Until they're gone.
Nat, we need that disc to
convince the government
that they're here, now, today.
If these invaders
aren't stopped,
not only your life is in
danger but everybody's.
Now, please, where's the disc?
I guess I can't be
worse off than I am now.
I just want to be quit
of this whole business.
There's a wharf...
at the foot of Grover Street.
You meet me there
at 6:00 after it's dark.
Now get out of here.
Mommy, Mommy.
Those two men, they're back.
Okay, get up here quick now.
I'll go get help.
Natty!
Mrs. Greely,
I'm sorry to intrude again,
but there are a few things
we are going to have to settle.
(gasps)
This concerns you,
too, young fella.
(whispering): Nat, come down.
What are you doing here?
Hurry up. Come down.
Are you sure you
weren't followed?
I don't care if I was.
Nat, Nat...
Listen, you're not going
to meet that Mr. Vincent
until you hear me out.
Why? What happened?
You're the one who said...
I was wrong about
him, you understand?
All I understand is that,
if I give Mr. Vincent
that metal disc,
we're quit of this
once and for all.
You can't. You can't do that.
They come... two of them.
They?
Two of them... they come and...
(sobbing)
What? What?
Oh, Nat, all I ever
needed was a little peace.
I just wanted a little money.
Maybe I pushed you
some and I yelled at you...
Edna, Edna, Edna,
what did they do?
What did they want?
That disc.
They said you've got
to give them that disc
and they said...
they want Mr. Vincent, too.
You've got to do it, Nat.
You've just got to.
They can have the disc.
I said they want
Mr. Vincent, too.
They mean it, Nat;
they're not fooling.
I told you, you know
what's going to happen
to everybody on this
earth if they ain't stopped?
I don't care about anybody.
I only care about us...
You and me and Natty.
And if you don't give
them Mr. Vincent,
they're going to kill us all...
you and me and Natty.
(car door slams)
This is a great
pleasure, Mr. Vincent.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you, Mr. Greely;
you did splendidly.
So you're one of them.
MAN: No, no, Mr. Vincent.
He's been useful, though
in returning our property
and delivering you.
We're most appreciative.
Will you wait
inside, Mr. Greely?
But...
We'll make you comfortable.
Mr. Vincent, I'd like
you to come with me.
I want to show you something.
(electronic whirring)
Would you care to inspect
our spaceship, Mr. Vincent?
What do you want?
Why don't you take
off your overcoat?
You won't be needing it.
If you'll sit down,
I'll explain to you.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
I know how you feel
about us, Mr. Vincent.
I don't blame you.
We've committed
blunders, too, many of them.
We've used terror and violence.
We've even killed.
But the history of your people
is full of those same blunders
and what happened
when one civilization
finds another less advanced?
We've learned, Mr. Vincent,
at great cost to you and us.
Now, we have our orders.
It's got to stop.
We want to take the
first step, Mr. Vincent.
We want to show you that you
have nothing to fear anymore
that we're here to help...
To contribute our
knowledge to your lives.
But it's useless
just to say that.
We want you to come
with us and see for yourself
how we can help one another.
Where?
It's a short trip.
It will only take a few minutes.
That is for your
safety, Mr. Vincent.
This mode of travel
is suited to us and our makeup.
The protective padding
is for your protection
against the force
of our acceleration
and the speed of our flight.
And, when we take off,
there may be some discomfort.
It's only fair to warn you... You
may even lose consciousness.
However, if you do, it
will only be momentary...
Unpleasant but quite harmless.
(whirring)
(whirring intensifies)
You all right, Mr. Vincent?
Yes.
You did lose consciousness.
How long?
Not long.
It was a short flight.
Can you stand?
I think so.
You'd better rest a while.
We have a surprise
for you, Mr. Vincent.
What is the place
you've always missed?
The place you
always wanted to see?
The place you hoped
would hold the key
to your future happiness?
The place that was a valley
until a drought came
and left it a desert?
I hope we've chosen
properly, Mr. Vincent.
Santa Margaretta Valley?
Yes.
Shall we go, Mr. Vincent?
It is Santa Margaretta.
Look what we've
done to it, Mr. Vincent.
But it was dying.
How did you do that?
It was a problem,
but we conquered it.
There's much more
to see, Mr. Vincent.
The car waiting is for us.
Our architects' building.
Do you like the
changes, Mr. Vincent?
It's beautiful.
Have we measured up to
the ambitions you once had
for the Santa Margaretta
Valley, Mr. Vincent?
Yes, you have.
You certainly have.
Wait a minute.
How did you do
this without water?
That such a problem?
We often talked about
building a dam up in the canyon.
We were told that
was impossible.
Nothing's impossible,
Mr. Vincent,
not with our knowledge.
We've already
built a smaller dam.
A larger one is
under construction.
But every engineer
I've ever talked to said
it was impossible.
Every one?
All but Billy Stearns,
but his ideas were so far out...
couldn't get financial backing.
This will interest
you, Mr. Vincent.
Billy.
David.
Billy.
Billy Stearns. They told me
you were coming, but
I didn't believe them.
You mean, you knew I was coming?
What are you doing here anyway?
I'm working for them.
You think I sold out.
Aw, you know me
better than that.
Then why?
I fought them, too, at first,
till he made me understand.
David, the knowledge...
and look at that building.
Now, the material
in that building is
what we've been
looking for since college.
It would stand the stress
a dam a mile high would create.
I understand you're
building it right now.
Can I see it? Does he have time?
If that's what you want.
I've got to see it.
Let me make a call.
Then you meet me on the
other side of the building, okay?
Good.
His leg... he's not limping.
Injury, disability...
Those are human
concepts, Mr. Vincent.
You mean you can
work miracles like that?
We can do whatever you want.
Frankly, Santa Margaretta is
an experiment, Mr. Vincent...
Putting ourselves in your place,
finding out what your needs are.
WOMAN: David?
David!
Helen.
Oh, Helen!
(laughs)
I didn't think you'd remember.
How could I forget?
It was such a long time ago.
I haven't forgotten.
I'll leave you two alone.
I'll find you later.
Come on, Dave. I'll drive.
I have to tell you
I don't understand any of this.
Well, how can I help you?
I don't know.
This town, what
they've done to it.
And Billy working here. Now you.
It's a different
world, isn't it, David?
It's unbelievable.
Oh, no. Very believable...
A world where what we want
most can be accomplished.
David,
they can teach us how to...
how to get what we want.
They can teach us how
to not let human emotions
get in the way of what we want.
That's what
happened to us, isn't it?
We didn't think clearly.
We were so in love,
everything was
an emotional crisis.
David, stay with me.
I have a house at the lake.
We can spend the
morning swimming
and I'll mix us
some drinks and...
David?
David, what's the matter?
I'm sorry. Something's wrong.
What is it? I can help you.
The town... this whole valley...
What's the matter?
The dam... why wasn't
the dam in the newspapers?
It's all so new.
There hasn't been time.
You're lying to me. Why?
David, I'm not lying to you.
I want an answer. Why?
David, it's just you and I.
That's all there is now.
You're married;
you're in England.
David, forget all
that; it's all in the past.
I was here only a month ago.
There was nothing...
No building, no dam.
David, you're ill.
The flight was too much for you.
No.
There's something wrong.
David, listen to me.
It's wrong!
David, it's just us.
We're real. We're now.
That's all that matters, David,
all that matters.
It's wrong.
David, listen to me.
Look at me, David! David!
It's wrong.
David!
It's all wrong!
Stay with me, David!
David! Magnus! It's wrong.
It's wrong! Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
Magnus!
MAGNUS: Stay
with us, Mr. Vincent.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
(eerie whirring)
Mr. Vincent, stay with us.
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
It's wrong.
It's wrong.
Mr. Vincent, stay with us.
It's wrong!
Stay with us, Mr. Vincent.
It's wrong!
Mr. Vincent, stay with us.
(whirring stops)
None of it was real.
It was all in my mind.
It would all have been so easy
if only you'd cooperated,
but we will still do
what has to be done.
However, this time,
it will be done
a little differently.
(car engine starts)
There was a plane
waiting for you
at the Augusta airport.
By now, Captain
Ross has the report
that neither you nor
Mr. Greely showed up.
What if he has
men looking for me?
He doesn't, not yet.
How do you know?
I want you to call Captain Ross.
I want you to tell him
what you would have
told him voluntarily...
If we'd convinced you.
What would I have said?
That you know nothing
about us or our activities,
that we exist only
in your imagination.
Is that why you tried
to brainwash me?
So I'd believe
that you were here
for the benefit of mankind?
Call him.
You're afraid of the
Peterson Committee
and what they'll find out
if they begin to investigate.
I'll ask you once
more to call him.
You're afraid of my testimony...
You're in danger.
Do you really think I'll
make that phone call?
Yes, Mr. Vincent.
Mr. Greely...
would you tell Mr. Vincent
what you just found out.
They're going to
kill my wife and boy
unless we do
something that they want.
They said that you
would tell me what.
You do understand?
Yes.
Now will you make the call?
What call?
They're trading your
family for a phone call.
Well, you're just sitting
there. Make the call.
If I do, the investigation
goes to pieces
and they continue
safely with their plan.
They're talking about
my wife and my boy.
You're going to make that call.
Please.
Please!
(crying)
You may get Captain Ross.
Captain Ross, please.
Captain Ross, this
is David Vincent.
Where are you?
You'd never believe it.
What happened?
Didn't you find Greely?
I found him.
Well, stop playing games.
Tell me what happened.
We didn't find out anything.
Scratch us off your list.
You'll have to appear
before the committee
without our testimony.
What?
I said, Greely and
I know nothing.
There are no aliens.
There never have been.
It was all for publicity.
What are you trying to pull?
You know I've seen
one of them myself.
Vincent, are you in
some kind of trouble?
The only one in trouble is you.
Look, Vincent...
I want you here in my office.
I need you when I go
up before that committee
whether we have Greely or not.
I'm sorry.
Vincent.
Good-bye.
Look, Vincent...!
Thank you, Mr. Vincent.
Shall we get on with it?
You really must be very
anxious to die, Mr. Vincent.
You're always pushing so hard.
Uh, Mr. Magnus...
you said, uh...
if we did what you
asked, I could...
You're free, Mr. Greely.
Mr. Vincent...
I wouldn't have done this
except to save my wife and kid.
I've never done much for them.
I couldn't let them be killed.
They won't hurt you...
They promised me.
Have a drink, Mr. Vincent.
(groans)
I think that I can find the
way to the highway myself.
Oh, that won't be
necessary, Mr. Greely.
We provided a car for you.
(Vincent choking)
(groans)
Good-bye, Mr. Vincent.
Nat?
Nat!
(tires screeching)
(car explodes)
ROSS: Just what do
you expect me to believe?
First, you call and tell
me it's all a fairy tale...
Then you come in here
with a song and dance
about brainwashing and
a flight in a flying saucer.
Just let me talk to the
Peterson Commission.
You go ahead and talk to them.
After you called, I told them
that our star witness had
just discredited himself...
We had no proof... go ahead
and give them a few laughs.
Tell them about your trip
to Venus or wherever it was.
Then send some men
up to that mansion.
You'll find proof.
I've got news for you, Vincent.
After you called
from the hospital,
I sent some men
up to the mansion.
They found nothing.
So why don't you and
your drinking buddy
go find yourself another bar.
(knock on door)
Come in.
If you don't need me, Captain,
I'll go down and clean up
the Project Hawk files.
Yeah, go ahead;
the sooner the better.
Well, I guess that
about does it, Vincent,
unless you'd like to favor me
with a few more of your stories.
Sergeant Ruddell?
Ruddell was there...
He was on that ship.
Sergeant Ruddell, huh?
He was there.
Get out of here.
Let me have security.
Yeah, this is Captain Ross.
I want you to make
a check for me.
Uh, Ruddell... Sergeant Ruddell.
Yeah, I know you've
already run one.
I want you to run another one.
I want to know
everything about him.
I mean everything...
From the day he was born.
NARRATOR: A trip
to a nightmare world,
a committee disbanded,
another defeat,
another hope lost for
David Vincent... maybe,
or maybe it's a hope begun.