The Invaders (1967–1968): Season 2, Episode 9 - Summit Meeting: Part I - full transcript
Industrialist Michael Tressider all but kidnaps David from a job site. Tressider has learned of an upcoming summit that many world leaders will attend. They'll discuss rising levels of radiation that threaten all life on earth. There is only one place where the radiation is normal - the site of the summit, Premier Thor Halvorsen's country. David soon finds himself up to his neck in invaders, including one who informs him what the real purpose of the summit is - and promises to help him!
An uncharted island
in the Baltic one
hour after dawn.
Thor Halvorsen,
symbol of the world's
dream for peace keeps
a fateful appointment.
You are Thor Halvorsen?
Yes.
Secretary Rosmundson,
Vice Chancellor Alquist.
Your people have been in
contact with him, I believe.
That's right.
And you were satisfied
with the demonstration?
Completely.
And you still want me to offer
this substance to the world?
Yes. With one condition...
That our presence
here is not revealed.
Understood.
And you're prepared to
go ahead with the plan.
In all frankness,
it's been a difficult
decision to make...
but I feel we must.
I will arrange the
invitations to go out today,
and since they will be addressed
to the various heads of state,
the usual diplomatic
delay will be eliminated.
Good.
Then I think we've
concluded our business.
The chauffeurs...
They're witnesses.
Mine is one of ours.
I'll take care of the other.
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.
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
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 Windom...
Eduard Franz...
with special guest
star Michael Rennie...
and Diana Hyland
as Ellie Markham.
A man toils late
into the night--
A man whose job is
only a necessary delay
in performing his own
self-assigned mission.
But that mission... doing battle
with the most dangerous enemy
in the history of the Earth...
May be resumed at any moment.
Vincent!
What do you want?
A friend of yours wants to
see you... Michael Tressider.
Well, why didn't he call first?
We'll take you to him.
Stand up.
All right, let's go.
Mike Tressider.
That was a dangerous
stunt you pulled.
That was no stunt.
You know me better than that.
The country's largest
defense contractor
doesn't go around
acting like a gangster
out of The Untouchables.
I had to talk to you,
and I think my phones
are being tapped.
There are public phones.
Look, I am sorry,
but it's taken me
two weeks to track
you down this far.
I have no intention
of losing you.
Besides, I saw no reason
to put your life in
jeopardy as well as mine
by meeting you
in a public place.
What jeopardy?
Three weeks ago...
I was nearly run down
by a... by a laundry truck.
I did manage to get
the license number.
So?
There was no such laundry,
nor had that particular license
number ever been issued.
You think it's aliens.
Yeah. That's why
I picked you up.
And I think it's a lot more
dangerous than it was
with that sabotage
business a year ago.
Driver.
It seems to be touching a nerve.
What?
You look like you've
aged ten years.
I haven't been able
to concentrate on
anything for weeks...
particularly since I
heard about the radiation.
Well, I haven't heard...
What... what radiation?
Oh, they've kept it hush-hush
to avoid a panic, but...
but if the level
of radioactivity
continues increasing
at its present rate,
in six months' time,
this Earth will be
unfit for human life.
Then it's worldwide.
Except for one small
part of Scandinavia.
There, the radiation level
has dropped perceptively.
Well, according to the papers,
that's where they've had
a rash of UFO sightings.
Exactly.
Anyway, I've applied for
permission to the Pentagon
to make a little
investigative trip over there,
and I want you to go with me.
What are we
supposed to find there?
Proof that the aliens are...
using that particular
little corner of the world
for their headquarters.
And from their
headquarters, they're trying
to destroy the world
with radioactivity.
I don't think there's any doubt,
and in a few months' time
if we don't do
something about it...
We'll all be dead.
Car, please.
The Americans are last.
He'll have to agree.
Having to come here
delays things a bit.
Not badly.
Anyhow, without
the United States,
there is no conference.
I imagine the problem lies
with the Chinese participation.
He'll still have to agree.
He has an election coming up.
White House.
My friend here has
what we call a desk job.
I'm afraid he
takes it literally.
Do you wish to
see General Blaine?
I have an appointment with him.
I'm Michael Tressider.
Oh, yes, Mr. Tressider.
Well, he's on a
long-distance call right now.
He should be off shortly.
May I fix you some coffee?
Thank you.
That's fine.
I don't care for any, thanks.
Cream and sugar's
there if you like.
Right.
I'll, uh, see you later, Ellie.
Oh, you forgot your cigarettes.
And could you lend me one?
I seem to be out.
Take a couple.
I'll see you back at the hotel.
Yes?
Yes, he is.
The general will see you now.
Hello, Jake. How are you?
Uh, grab a chair.
I'll be with you in a second.
The answer is no, Michael.
I'm sorry, but that's definite.
A couple of weeks ago,
you told me there
wouldn't be any problem.
Well, that was a
couple of weeks ago,
but somebody over at
State changed their mind.
Why? Why so suddenly?
I suppose it has to do
with not wanting to
rock the diplomatic boat.
Thor Halvorsen just
met with the President
about a proposed
big power conference.
I've just heard the
President's going.
Halvorsen's here?
And I have a hunch
the State Department
would rather not have
you snooping around
his backyard while
he's being ushered in
through the front door
of the White House.
What's the meeting about?
Well, so far it's
been very hush-hush,
but Halvorsen has
a news conference
scheduled for this afternoon.
All right, Jake.
Thanks a lot.
I'll be in touch.
Michael...
uh, are you sure you don't
want to tell me what you're after?
Mm-mm.
I don't want to scare
you out of my corner.
Hey!
You're not supposed
to be back here!
David Vincent is your enemy.
Do you understand?
I understand.
You must kill him.
You will wait in the lobby.
When he comes in,
you will take this gun...
and you will kill him.
I will take this gun,
and I will kill him.
David.
Hey, let me through.
You all right, mister?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'd better get the police.
No, wait a minute; you don't
understand. It wasn't his fault.
Mister, this guy tried
to kill you, didn't he?
He pulls stunts like this
when he gets loaded.
Yeah, but he just
took a shot at you.
I'll walk him around the
block and sober him up a little.
It's your life, mister.
It's all right.
It's a flesh
wound... in and out.
David, I... I don't know
wh-what happened.
You had a gun. You shot me.
I know. I remember...
but I didn't want to.
I... I didn't mean to.
Well, not exactly the,
uh, lap of luxury, is it?
It'll do... unless they
followed us here.
Well, let me have another look
at that shoulder, will you?
You think they will follow us?
I think they probably thought
that hypnosis gambit
took care of both of us.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Well, it almost did.
They're going to keep trying.
You know that, don't you?
It's almost 8:00.
Let's see if that
newscast has anything
on Halvorsen's press conference.
I still can't believe
that Halvorsen
would have anything
to do at all with aliens.
Well, he's an old man.
Sometimes old men
do strange things.
Ghandi, Hammarskjöld,
Nehru, Halvorsen...
They're legends, all of them.
Will be held next week.
Reliable sources in the
State Department say
that the United States'
acceptance of
Premier Halvorsen's bid
for the important
meeting has assured
the acceptance and attendance
of the other big five powers.
Now here is Premier Halvorsen
at his press conference
held just a few hours ago.
It can be no secret that
in the past six months,
atmospheric radiation
has been climbing
to a dangerous,
almost fatal level.
That man... the one
behind Halvorsen...
What about him?
He's the one.
He's the one I saw
at the art gallery...
The lieutenant.
The younger one?
That's Peer Alquist,
Halvorsen's chief aide.
Has produced its rewards.
Two weeks ago I was
presented with the news
that they had been successful
in developing an
anti-radioactivity pollutant.
This pollutant,
which we call AR-5,
successfully eliminates
the toxic elements
in the radiation-poisoned air.
The purpose of our
meeting next week is
to hold a public
demonstration of AR-5
and discuss its distribution
to every corner of the Earth.
Meanwhile, the crisis in
Southeast Asia is worsening.
Are you sure that's the
man you saw in the gallery?
Mike, I'm positive.
Just wonder if Halvorsen
knows he's an alien.
You don't even
know that for sure.
One thing he does know...
This business of the pollutant
this AR-5,
whatever he calls it...
He knows that's a lie.
What do you mean? Why?
Because it just couldn't be.
Halvorsen's
country is too small.
It's too poor.
Their technology
simply couldn't come up
with anything like this AR-5.
Then what?
I don't know, a
smoke screen, maybe.
Anything to keep us from
worrying about radioactivity
until it doesn't matter anymore.
The aliens don't want
to take over a world
that's contaminated
with radioactivity.
Maybe they've figured
out how to live with it.
I think they have
something else in mind.
Now, you've got to make sure
we're at the summit conference.
Well, how do you
expect me to do that?
Any way you can.
General Blaine, please.
But these people have
proven their good faith.
You were at the tests.
You saw.
I saw steel needles move on
complex electronic equipment,
but I know that machines
can be made to lie.
Have you any reason
to believe they lied?
No.
Then do not worry
about placing your faith
in these alien people.
Only let your faith
in me continue.
I would be lost
without it, my friend.
Am I interrupting something?
I'm afraid Secretary Rosmundson
continues to have his doubts.
They say that courage retreats
before the onslaught of old age.
Thor, please, think
about what I've said.
I always have.
You think he'll take any action?
I don't know what you mean.
If he objects strongly
to the conference,
he may try to interfere.
A conspiracy?
You got me down here
in the middle of the night
to feed me that kind of
melodramatic nonsense?
Oh, Michael, Michael.
Jake, an attempt has
been made on my life
and on the life of
Mr. Vincent here.
He can show you the bullet hole.
I'm not asking for
an investigation.
All I want from you is a favor!
All right.
All right!
Let's hear it.
I want you to get me assigned
to the President's
conference mission.
Is that all?
Are you sure you don't
want a cabinet post, too?
Calm down, Jake.
It isn't that tough.
I've been assigned to these
diplomatic missions before,
and it should be easy for you
to get a temporary clearance
for Mr. Vincent here, too.
I am sorry. I just can't do it.
All right, Jake, forget it.
I'll see the President myself.
All right. I'll see
what I can do.
Let's go.
Excuse me, Miss Markham.
That lieutenant who was
in your office earlier
today... What's his name?
Do you realize how
many junior officers
are wandering
around the Pentagon
looking for a friendly
desk to sit on?
He was no transient.
What's this all about?
As a matter of fact, he
said he'd call you later.
He could have said he'd
marry me in the morning.
It doesn't mean
I know who he is.
I think I rather resent
this third-degree.
You're a little out
of line, Vincent.
I've known Miss Markham
since she was born.
Her late father served
under me from Anzio North.
I'd trust her with my life.
I'm sorry, Jake.
My friend here
sometimes does get
a bit carried away,
but let me say in his defense
that usually with good reason.
Well, not this time.
Come on.
Miss Markham.
You'd better watch it.
Your paranoia's
beginning to show.
Listen, I saw that lieutenant
in Blaine's office earlier.
While I was following him,
he spotted me
in the art gallery.
He could have gotten the
name of our hotel from her.
Or I could have been
followed, by anyone.
All right.
Seriously, you'd
better watch your step.
Suspecting our friends isn't
going to get us anywhere.
Well, it's kept me alive
for the last two years.
Open the door.
Please. It's too hot in here.
Let me out.
Hey! Help me!
I regret the late
hour, gentlemen,
but Premier Halvorsen
does not retire until 11:00.
However, I believe
our business here
can be concluded shortly.
I should like to announce
that the last opposition
to the successful conclusion
of our assignment here
has now been removed.
Secretary Rosmundson has met
with a most
unfortunate accident.
I'm glad you were
able to make it.
I was afraid perhaps there
had been some difficulty.
A small difficulty...
but it can be dealt with.
All clear?
All right, I'm being
a little overcautious.
Oh, I brought you the documents
assigning you to the mission.
Thank you.
Well, now that you know
we're on the same side,
perhaps you could
tell me what side that is.
No, sorry.
Me, too.
After all, if we're
going through
all this cloak and
dagger routine
you obviously
figure there's danger.
If there's danger, that
means I'm involved, too.
There's no danger for you.
I would like to
help if I knew how.
All right.
Begin by telling me
how that lieutenant
knew your name.
Look, if I'm being
accused of something,
I would like to know what it is.
Have dinner with me tonight.
Why?
My way of apologizing.
And you'll tell me everything.
Maybe.
Which means you
won't, but that's all right.
I'm at the Monument
Park, Apartment Five.
How about 8:00?
8:00 is fine.
I think you'd better leave now.
I'll wait a few minutes.
Oh, yes, the cloak and dagger.
Well, I'll see you later.
Yes.
Yes, Vincent, too.
I want you to kill both of them
and this time, I won't
tolerate any mistakes.
I'll take care of
everything. Don't worry.
Worrying is for you to do,
and I want them
disposed of by tonight.
Now that they have the
papers, they could leave anytime.
You're to see that they don't.
I'll need help, sir.
Contact Ellie Markham,
and I want to question
Tressider before you kill him.
If he's been talking to
anyone besides Blaine,
I want to know who.
I'll give you the approach
when I've worked it out.
Just let me know when
you've got Tressider.
Uh, yes, sir.
Well, do you want
to talk about it?
What?
What's making you
so jumpy... that's what.
All right.
Knute Rosmundson is dead.
They killed him.
Exactly.
Halvorsen's right
hand for 25 years.
Well, I was supposed
to see Blaine later
and get briefed
on the conference.
I called him. He wasn't
in. When he calls me back,
I am going to cancel out. Why?
Because this is more than
just two of us can handle,
that's why. It's a little late
for all that, don't you think?
I'll take everything
we know to the CIA.
You know how they'll react.
We have nothing to prove.
We have nothing we can prove.
That's exactly my point.
We have gotten
absolutely nowhere,
and now it's really
getting dangerous.
I get half sick when I think
how close I came to killing you.
But you didn't kill me,
and we are getting someplace.
We're going to that conference.
No, no. I am not going
and you aren't going either.
It looks to me like
you're running scared.
David, I, uh... I built
a business once.
My competitors
call it an empire.
I built it from a...
$300 debt into a
multimillion-dollar operation.
Now, I didn't manage
that by running scared.
Will you come on?
I spent four years in the war
carrying a gun, not a pencil.
I did well enough there, too
but this... this is
something else, isn't it, huh?
Two men against...
Well, you know exactly
what we're up against...
An enemy we can't
even recognize.
That's why we
have to keep going.
The odds are out of reach.
If we give up,
there are no odds.
There is no ball game.
Hello.
Just a minute.
General Blaine.
Hello?
Yes, thank you.
Jake, uh, I'm sorry
to disturb you this late.
Uh... I just wanted to
confirm exactly what time
you're going to send
that man to pick me up.
Well... Hmm.
Oh, yes. Yes, yes, very nice.
Mm-hmm.
It's an apartment.
Yes, yeah, I noticed that.
Scotch and water?
All right.
Oh, that was a
divine little restaurant.
I'll have to remember it.
For future escorts?
Well, I do date occasionally.
I think the last date I had
was back in 1963.
Well, judging by that
and the fact that
you're a vodka drinker,
that scotch must
be pretty well aged.
Oh, you're a detective
as well as a spy.
"Spy" is your word.
What would you call you?
Impatient for that drink.
I'm not only beautiful,
but my timing is great.
Did you find anything?
What?
You've been checking the room.
Did you find anything?
Yes, exactly what
I was looking for...
Dust on the books.
Who has time to read?
Oh, you want a twist
in that, don't you?
No, I don't... don't bother.
No bother. You see,
I... I had this lemon
lying around for a few
weeks, and it smells strange.
Well, I'd better see what
you mean by strange.
Uh-oh. What happened?
Oh, it's nothing.
Let me see.
No, really, it's nothing at all.
Nasty cut.
No blood.
You're one of them, aren't you?
Aren't you?!
Yes, I am...
but there's something
you don't know.
I'll bet.
There's no point
in calling anyone.
I'll handle this my way.
Police department.
Then I'll have to
destroy myself.
You won't make a move.
I won't have to.
I can do it standing
right here...
No traces, no evidence.
You'll have a hard
time explaining that call.
Now maybe we
can talk some sense.
Begin.
I'm on your side...
At least in this.
You said something
about talking sense.
I can see no matter
what I say, you're not
going to believe me.
Why should I?
You need this planet.
Your people want to take
over, don't they? Correct.
That means eliminating
everybody, including me.
Absolutely correct, Mr. Vincent.
But you're on my side.
"In this," is what I said.
The operation my people are
planning is extremely hazardous.
In my opinion, it
can only backfire.
Why tell me?
Because I can't go to
them... They'd destroy me.
Why won't their plan work?
Because it will alert your
people to our presence here
and unite them against us
before we've arrived
in sufficient numbers
to complete our takeover.
It's not the
radioactivity, is it?
No, of course not.
We need Earth for colonization.
Then why?
What are you trying to do?
This summit
conference is a fraud.
They just want to
get everyone together.
Who?
The delegations
from all the
countries attending...
Heads of state, top assistants
right on down the line.
Why?
So that they can kill them.
A mass coup d'etat.
We have men in each
country ready to take over
as soon as
assassination takes place,
except that I know
that it's not going to be
as simple as they think.
It's the only reason
why I'm telling you this
so that perhaps
together we can stop it.
Is Halvorsen part of this?
No. He's just being used.
I have no reason to believe you.
My assignment
tonight was to kill you.
You never got the chance.
Your friend, Tressider...
They're going
to kill him tonight.
He's supposed to meet
General Blaine tonight.
Is Blaine one of yours?
Is Blaine one of yours?
No.
Where are they taking
Tressider? I don't know...
Where are they taking
him?! I don't know.
I swear, I don't.
Maybe I can stop them.
Hello.
It's too late.
Mr. Tressider?
General Blaine sent you?
Right this way, sir.
Where are we going?
General Blaine wanted to be
sure that your meeting was secret.
We just crossed
over into Virginia.
Tell him to stop the car.
Mr. Tressider, I'm sorry.
I can't do that.
Lieutenant...
stop this car.
Yes, I know, but Vincent
told me something
that I have to tell
General Blaine
before the Tressider
matter's taken care of.
Look, I'm terribly sorry,
but my orders are to report
to General Blaine
and no one else.
I don't care who you check with.
I have to contact
General Blaine.
Yeah.
No, I know that, but
I've never been there.
Uh-huh.
Yes.
And then make a right turn?
Good. Thank you.
Virginia.
An old factory that was
shut down a few years back.
Let's go.
What's the matter?
Do you think I'm going to
walk you into some sort of trap?
I don't know.
Well, Jake, you're
not one of them,
so you must be selling out.
Selling out?
Just words, Michael.
We all sellout.
Not all.
No, you could have
been one of the great
scientific minds
of this century.
Instead, you wind
up a businessman.
Well, I can't blame
you, of course.
The Nobel money's nothing
compared to a fat
government contract.
But I'd still call it a sellout.
If I sold out to anyone, it
was myself, not my country,
not everything I believed in.
Well, maybe it depends
on what you believe in.
Me, I believe in what
counts these days...
Strength, power.
You had both.
With one star?
I get my name on a door
and a $600 a month pension.
I'm talking real power.
You're talking treason.
You haven't got much
time, have you, Jake?
I guessed you were
working with them,
so I called the President.
I told him about
you and Alquist.
By now, the CIA is on the move.
You're bluffing.
Are you sure?
We'll let Alquist decide that.
If he hasn't already
been picked up.
He'll be here.
What's the matter? Can't
you handle me by yourself?
We're waiting for Alquist.
You know something, Jake?
Even in this army,
all you rate is one star.
Shut up, Tressider.
All right.
We'll wait for Alquist.
That's right.
Not anymore.
How much further?
A mile or two.
You lied to General Blaine
didn't you, Mr. Tressider?
No. No, I talked
to the President.
Tell us the truth, Tressider.
Who did you talk to?
I... I talked... Go on.
I'm afraid we're forced
to become more direct
unless you're ready
to tell us the truth.
I already have!
They're probably on
their way here right now.
Get him up.
You blink your lights
three times or what?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
How do you let them
know you've sprung a trap?
There is no trap.
You've got a friend in
there you want to get out.
You're going to have to walk
into an armed camp to do it.
You won't be coming.
David, if something
happens to you,
there's got to be someone
who knows what they're planning,
someone who can
do something about it.
All right?
You still insist
on the heroics, Mr. Tressider?
I've got nothing to tell you.
Then I'll apologize in
advance for what we must do.
I'm sure you must be
familiar with the technique.
After all, it is widely
used by your own people.
What are you going to do?
In the mental institutions here,
I understand it is
called shock therapy.
However, if it proves
ineffective in your case,
we shall simply
increase the voltage
until it is beyond the
tolerance of the human body...
A technique used, I understand,
in other of your institutions.
Enough, Mr. Tressider?
Do you have anything
to say, Mr. Tressider?
I can't hear you, Mr. Tressider.
Then I'm afraid we must
increase the voltage.
Any more will kill him.
That's unfortunate, General.
We should reward his stupidity.
We must put an end
to his anguish permanently.
Hold it!
Vincent!
Let's get him in the car.
Will he be all right?
I hope so.
Mike?
We've got to get
to that conference.
We'll be there. Don't worry.
General Blaine... has...
Look, mike, stop worrying
about it. We'll be there.
We have those
papers of authorization.
Nothing can stop us.
Is he all right?
He's unconscious.
We'll be at a hospital
in a few minutes.
What are you going to do?
Go home and pack.
I have to leave for the
conference tomorrow.
I'll see you there.
We still working
together on this?
We've done all right so far.
I'll tell you something.
I'm after a lot more than
just stopping this takeover.
I want to see every one of you
off the face of the Earth.
I understand. So if
the choice comes down
to the survival of
your kind or mine,
I'll have to destroy you
without a second thought.
We're playing by
the same set of rules.
A summit conference
to be attended by the heads
of this world's major nations.
But beings from another
world will be there, too,
and their purpose will
jeopardize the security
and the future of
the planet Earth.
in the Baltic one
hour after dawn.
Thor Halvorsen,
symbol of the world's
dream for peace keeps
a fateful appointment.
You are Thor Halvorsen?
Yes.
Secretary Rosmundson,
Vice Chancellor Alquist.
Your people have been in
contact with him, I believe.
That's right.
And you were satisfied
with the demonstration?
Completely.
And you still want me to offer
this substance to the world?
Yes. With one condition...
That our presence
here is not revealed.
Understood.
And you're prepared to
go ahead with the plan.
In all frankness,
it's been a difficult
decision to make...
but I feel we must.
I will arrange the
invitations to go out today,
and since they will be addressed
to the various heads of state,
the usual diplomatic
delay will be eliminated.
Good.
Then I think we've
concluded our business.
The chauffeurs...
They're witnesses.
Mine is one of ours.
I'll take care of the other.
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.
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
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 Windom...
Eduard Franz...
with special guest
star Michael Rennie...
and Diana Hyland
as Ellie Markham.
A man toils late
into the night--
A man whose job is
only a necessary delay
in performing his own
self-assigned mission.
But that mission... doing battle
with the most dangerous enemy
in the history of the Earth...
May be resumed at any moment.
Vincent!
What do you want?
A friend of yours wants to
see you... Michael Tressider.
Well, why didn't he call first?
We'll take you to him.
Stand up.
All right, let's go.
Mike Tressider.
That was a dangerous
stunt you pulled.
That was no stunt.
You know me better than that.
The country's largest
defense contractor
doesn't go around
acting like a gangster
out of The Untouchables.
I had to talk to you,
and I think my phones
are being tapped.
There are public phones.
Look, I am sorry,
but it's taken me
two weeks to track
you down this far.
I have no intention
of losing you.
Besides, I saw no reason
to put your life in
jeopardy as well as mine
by meeting you
in a public place.
What jeopardy?
Three weeks ago...
I was nearly run down
by a... by a laundry truck.
I did manage to get
the license number.
So?
There was no such laundry,
nor had that particular license
number ever been issued.
You think it's aliens.
Yeah. That's why
I picked you up.
And I think it's a lot more
dangerous than it was
with that sabotage
business a year ago.
Driver.
It seems to be touching a nerve.
What?
You look like you've
aged ten years.
I haven't been able
to concentrate on
anything for weeks...
particularly since I
heard about the radiation.
Well, I haven't heard...
What... what radiation?
Oh, they've kept it hush-hush
to avoid a panic, but...
but if the level
of radioactivity
continues increasing
at its present rate,
in six months' time,
this Earth will be
unfit for human life.
Then it's worldwide.
Except for one small
part of Scandinavia.
There, the radiation level
has dropped perceptively.
Well, according to the papers,
that's where they've had
a rash of UFO sightings.
Exactly.
Anyway, I've applied for
permission to the Pentagon
to make a little
investigative trip over there,
and I want you to go with me.
What are we
supposed to find there?
Proof that the aliens are...
using that particular
little corner of the world
for their headquarters.
And from their
headquarters, they're trying
to destroy the world
with radioactivity.
I don't think there's any doubt,
and in a few months' time
if we don't do
something about it...
We'll all be dead.
Car, please.
The Americans are last.
He'll have to agree.
Having to come here
delays things a bit.
Not badly.
Anyhow, without
the United States,
there is no conference.
I imagine the problem lies
with the Chinese participation.
He'll still have to agree.
He has an election coming up.
White House.
My friend here has
what we call a desk job.
I'm afraid he
takes it literally.
Do you wish to
see General Blaine?
I have an appointment with him.
I'm Michael Tressider.
Oh, yes, Mr. Tressider.
Well, he's on a
long-distance call right now.
He should be off shortly.
May I fix you some coffee?
Thank you.
That's fine.
I don't care for any, thanks.
Cream and sugar's
there if you like.
Right.
I'll, uh, see you later, Ellie.
Oh, you forgot your cigarettes.
And could you lend me one?
I seem to be out.
Take a couple.
I'll see you back at the hotel.
Yes?
Yes, he is.
The general will see you now.
Hello, Jake. How are you?
Uh, grab a chair.
I'll be with you in a second.
The answer is no, Michael.
I'm sorry, but that's definite.
A couple of weeks ago,
you told me there
wouldn't be any problem.
Well, that was a
couple of weeks ago,
but somebody over at
State changed their mind.
Why? Why so suddenly?
I suppose it has to do
with not wanting to
rock the diplomatic boat.
Thor Halvorsen just
met with the President
about a proposed
big power conference.
I've just heard the
President's going.
Halvorsen's here?
And I have a hunch
the State Department
would rather not have
you snooping around
his backyard while
he's being ushered in
through the front door
of the White House.
What's the meeting about?
Well, so far it's
been very hush-hush,
but Halvorsen has
a news conference
scheduled for this afternoon.
All right, Jake.
Thanks a lot.
I'll be in touch.
Michael...
uh, are you sure you don't
want to tell me what you're after?
Mm-mm.
I don't want to scare
you out of my corner.
Hey!
You're not supposed
to be back here!
David Vincent is your enemy.
Do you understand?
I understand.
You must kill him.
You will wait in the lobby.
When he comes in,
you will take this gun...
and you will kill him.
I will take this gun,
and I will kill him.
David.
Hey, let me through.
You all right, mister?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'd better get the police.
No, wait a minute; you don't
understand. It wasn't his fault.
Mister, this guy tried
to kill you, didn't he?
He pulls stunts like this
when he gets loaded.
Yeah, but he just
took a shot at you.
I'll walk him around the
block and sober him up a little.
It's your life, mister.
It's all right.
It's a flesh
wound... in and out.
David, I... I don't know
wh-what happened.
You had a gun. You shot me.
I know. I remember...
but I didn't want to.
I... I didn't mean to.
Well, not exactly the,
uh, lap of luxury, is it?
It'll do... unless they
followed us here.
Well, let me have another look
at that shoulder, will you?
You think they will follow us?
I think they probably thought
that hypnosis gambit
took care of both of us.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Well, it almost did.
They're going to keep trying.
You know that, don't you?
It's almost 8:00.
Let's see if that
newscast has anything
on Halvorsen's press conference.
I still can't believe
that Halvorsen
would have anything
to do at all with aliens.
Well, he's an old man.
Sometimes old men
do strange things.
Ghandi, Hammarskjöld,
Nehru, Halvorsen...
They're legends, all of them.
Will be held next week.
Reliable sources in the
State Department say
that the United States'
acceptance of
Premier Halvorsen's bid
for the important
meeting has assured
the acceptance and attendance
of the other big five powers.
Now here is Premier Halvorsen
at his press conference
held just a few hours ago.
It can be no secret that
in the past six months,
atmospheric radiation
has been climbing
to a dangerous,
almost fatal level.
That man... the one
behind Halvorsen...
What about him?
He's the one.
He's the one I saw
at the art gallery...
The lieutenant.
The younger one?
That's Peer Alquist,
Halvorsen's chief aide.
Has produced its rewards.
Two weeks ago I was
presented with the news
that they had been successful
in developing an
anti-radioactivity pollutant.
This pollutant,
which we call AR-5,
successfully eliminates
the toxic elements
in the radiation-poisoned air.
The purpose of our
meeting next week is
to hold a public
demonstration of AR-5
and discuss its distribution
to every corner of the Earth.
Meanwhile, the crisis in
Southeast Asia is worsening.
Are you sure that's the
man you saw in the gallery?
Mike, I'm positive.
Just wonder if Halvorsen
knows he's an alien.
You don't even
know that for sure.
One thing he does know...
This business of the pollutant
this AR-5,
whatever he calls it...
He knows that's a lie.
What do you mean? Why?
Because it just couldn't be.
Halvorsen's
country is too small.
It's too poor.
Their technology
simply couldn't come up
with anything like this AR-5.
Then what?
I don't know, a
smoke screen, maybe.
Anything to keep us from
worrying about radioactivity
until it doesn't matter anymore.
The aliens don't want
to take over a world
that's contaminated
with radioactivity.
Maybe they've figured
out how to live with it.
I think they have
something else in mind.
Now, you've got to make sure
we're at the summit conference.
Well, how do you
expect me to do that?
Any way you can.
General Blaine, please.
But these people have
proven their good faith.
You were at the tests.
You saw.
I saw steel needles move on
complex electronic equipment,
but I know that machines
can be made to lie.
Have you any reason
to believe they lied?
No.
Then do not worry
about placing your faith
in these alien people.
Only let your faith
in me continue.
I would be lost
without it, my friend.
Am I interrupting something?
I'm afraid Secretary Rosmundson
continues to have his doubts.
They say that courage retreats
before the onslaught of old age.
Thor, please, think
about what I've said.
I always have.
You think he'll take any action?
I don't know what you mean.
If he objects strongly
to the conference,
he may try to interfere.
A conspiracy?
You got me down here
in the middle of the night
to feed me that kind of
melodramatic nonsense?
Oh, Michael, Michael.
Jake, an attempt has
been made on my life
and on the life of
Mr. Vincent here.
He can show you the bullet hole.
I'm not asking for
an investigation.
All I want from you is a favor!
All right.
All right!
Let's hear it.
I want you to get me assigned
to the President's
conference mission.
Is that all?
Are you sure you don't
want a cabinet post, too?
Calm down, Jake.
It isn't that tough.
I've been assigned to these
diplomatic missions before,
and it should be easy for you
to get a temporary clearance
for Mr. Vincent here, too.
I am sorry. I just can't do it.
All right, Jake, forget it.
I'll see the President myself.
All right. I'll see
what I can do.
Let's go.
Excuse me, Miss Markham.
That lieutenant who was
in your office earlier
today... What's his name?
Do you realize how
many junior officers
are wandering
around the Pentagon
looking for a friendly
desk to sit on?
He was no transient.
What's this all about?
As a matter of fact, he
said he'd call you later.
He could have said he'd
marry me in the morning.
It doesn't mean
I know who he is.
I think I rather resent
this third-degree.
You're a little out
of line, Vincent.
I've known Miss Markham
since she was born.
Her late father served
under me from Anzio North.
I'd trust her with my life.
I'm sorry, Jake.
My friend here
sometimes does get
a bit carried away,
but let me say in his defense
that usually with good reason.
Well, not this time.
Come on.
Miss Markham.
You'd better watch it.
Your paranoia's
beginning to show.
Listen, I saw that lieutenant
in Blaine's office earlier.
While I was following him,
he spotted me
in the art gallery.
He could have gotten the
name of our hotel from her.
Or I could have been
followed, by anyone.
All right.
Seriously, you'd
better watch your step.
Suspecting our friends isn't
going to get us anywhere.
Well, it's kept me alive
for the last two years.
Open the door.
Please. It's too hot in here.
Let me out.
Hey! Help me!
I regret the late
hour, gentlemen,
but Premier Halvorsen
does not retire until 11:00.
However, I believe
our business here
can be concluded shortly.
I should like to announce
that the last opposition
to the successful conclusion
of our assignment here
has now been removed.
Secretary Rosmundson has met
with a most
unfortunate accident.
I'm glad you were
able to make it.
I was afraid perhaps there
had been some difficulty.
A small difficulty...
but it can be dealt with.
All clear?
All right, I'm being
a little overcautious.
Oh, I brought you the documents
assigning you to the mission.
Thank you.
Well, now that you know
we're on the same side,
perhaps you could
tell me what side that is.
No, sorry.
Me, too.
After all, if we're
going through
all this cloak and
dagger routine
you obviously
figure there's danger.
If there's danger, that
means I'm involved, too.
There's no danger for you.
I would like to
help if I knew how.
All right.
Begin by telling me
how that lieutenant
knew your name.
Look, if I'm being
accused of something,
I would like to know what it is.
Have dinner with me tonight.
Why?
My way of apologizing.
And you'll tell me everything.
Maybe.
Which means you
won't, but that's all right.
I'm at the Monument
Park, Apartment Five.
How about 8:00?
8:00 is fine.
I think you'd better leave now.
I'll wait a few minutes.
Oh, yes, the cloak and dagger.
Well, I'll see you later.
Yes.
Yes, Vincent, too.
I want you to kill both of them
and this time, I won't
tolerate any mistakes.
I'll take care of
everything. Don't worry.
Worrying is for you to do,
and I want them
disposed of by tonight.
Now that they have the
papers, they could leave anytime.
You're to see that they don't.
I'll need help, sir.
Contact Ellie Markham,
and I want to question
Tressider before you kill him.
If he's been talking to
anyone besides Blaine,
I want to know who.
I'll give you the approach
when I've worked it out.
Just let me know when
you've got Tressider.
Uh, yes, sir.
Well, do you want
to talk about it?
What?
What's making you
so jumpy... that's what.
All right.
Knute Rosmundson is dead.
They killed him.
Exactly.
Halvorsen's right
hand for 25 years.
Well, I was supposed
to see Blaine later
and get briefed
on the conference.
I called him. He wasn't
in. When he calls me back,
I am going to cancel out. Why?
Because this is more than
just two of us can handle,
that's why. It's a little late
for all that, don't you think?
I'll take everything
we know to the CIA.
You know how they'll react.
We have nothing to prove.
We have nothing we can prove.
That's exactly my point.
We have gotten
absolutely nowhere,
and now it's really
getting dangerous.
I get half sick when I think
how close I came to killing you.
But you didn't kill me,
and we are getting someplace.
We're going to that conference.
No, no. I am not going
and you aren't going either.
It looks to me like
you're running scared.
David, I, uh... I built
a business once.
My competitors
call it an empire.
I built it from a...
$300 debt into a
multimillion-dollar operation.
Now, I didn't manage
that by running scared.
Will you come on?
I spent four years in the war
carrying a gun, not a pencil.
I did well enough there, too
but this... this is
something else, isn't it, huh?
Two men against...
Well, you know exactly
what we're up against...
An enemy we can't
even recognize.
That's why we
have to keep going.
The odds are out of reach.
If we give up,
there are no odds.
There is no ball game.
Hello.
Just a minute.
General Blaine.
Hello?
Yes, thank you.
Jake, uh, I'm sorry
to disturb you this late.
Uh... I just wanted to
confirm exactly what time
you're going to send
that man to pick me up.
Well... Hmm.
Oh, yes. Yes, yes, very nice.
Mm-hmm.
It's an apartment.
Yes, yeah, I noticed that.
Scotch and water?
All right.
Oh, that was a
divine little restaurant.
I'll have to remember it.
For future escorts?
Well, I do date occasionally.
I think the last date I had
was back in 1963.
Well, judging by that
and the fact that
you're a vodka drinker,
that scotch must
be pretty well aged.
Oh, you're a detective
as well as a spy.
"Spy" is your word.
What would you call you?
Impatient for that drink.
I'm not only beautiful,
but my timing is great.
Did you find anything?
What?
You've been checking the room.
Did you find anything?
Yes, exactly what
I was looking for...
Dust on the books.
Who has time to read?
Oh, you want a twist
in that, don't you?
No, I don't... don't bother.
No bother. You see,
I... I had this lemon
lying around for a few
weeks, and it smells strange.
Well, I'd better see what
you mean by strange.
Uh-oh. What happened?
Oh, it's nothing.
Let me see.
No, really, it's nothing at all.
Nasty cut.
No blood.
You're one of them, aren't you?
Aren't you?!
Yes, I am...
but there's something
you don't know.
I'll bet.
There's no point
in calling anyone.
I'll handle this my way.
Police department.
Then I'll have to
destroy myself.
You won't make a move.
I won't have to.
I can do it standing
right here...
No traces, no evidence.
You'll have a hard
time explaining that call.
Now maybe we
can talk some sense.
Begin.
I'm on your side...
At least in this.
You said something
about talking sense.
I can see no matter
what I say, you're not
going to believe me.
Why should I?
You need this planet.
Your people want to take
over, don't they? Correct.
That means eliminating
everybody, including me.
Absolutely correct, Mr. Vincent.
But you're on my side.
"In this," is what I said.
The operation my people are
planning is extremely hazardous.
In my opinion, it
can only backfire.
Why tell me?
Because I can't go to
them... They'd destroy me.
Why won't their plan work?
Because it will alert your
people to our presence here
and unite them against us
before we've arrived
in sufficient numbers
to complete our takeover.
It's not the
radioactivity, is it?
No, of course not.
We need Earth for colonization.
Then why?
What are you trying to do?
This summit
conference is a fraud.
They just want to
get everyone together.
Who?
The delegations
from all the
countries attending...
Heads of state, top assistants
right on down the line.
Why?
So that they can kill them.
A mass coup d'etat.
We have men in each
country ready to take over
as soon as
assassination takes place,
except that I know
that it's not going to be
as simple as they think.
It's the only reason
why I'm telling you this
so that perhaps
together we can stop it.
Is Halvorsen part of this?
No. He's just being used.
I have no reason to believe you.
My assignment
tonight was to kill you.
You never got the chance.
Your friend, Tressider...
They're going
to kill him tonight.
He's supposed to meet
General Blaine tonight.
Is Blaine one of yours?
Is Blaine one of yours?
No.
Where are they taking
Tressider? I don't know...
Where are they taking
him?! I don't know.
I swear, I don't.
Maybe I can stop them.
Hello.
It's too late.
Mr. Tressider?
General Blaine sent you?
Right this way, sir.
Where are we going?
General Blaine wanted to be
sure that your meeting was secret.
We just crossed
over into Virginia.
Tell him to stop the car.
Mr. Tressider, I'm sorry.
I can't do that.
Lieutenant...
stop this car.
Yes, I know, but Vincent
told me something
that I have to tell
General Blaine
before the Tressider
matter's taken care of.
Look, I'm terribly sorry,
but my orders are to report
to General Blaine
and no one else.
I don't care who you check with.
I have to contact
General Blaine.
Yeah.
No, I know that, but
I've never been there.
Uh-huh.
Yes.
And then make a right turn?
Good. Thank you.
Virginia.
An old factory that was
shut down a few years back.
Let's go.
What's the matter?
Do you think I'm going to
walk you into some sort of trap?
I don't know.
Well, Jake, you're
not one of them,
so you must be selling out.
Selling out?
Just words, Michael.
We all sellout.
Not all.
No, you could have
been one of the great
scientific minds
of this century.
Instead, you wind
up a businessman.
Well, I can't blame
you, of course.
The Nobel money's nothing
compared to a fat
government contract.
But I'd still call it a sellout.
If I sold out to anyone, it
was myself, not my country,
not everything I believed in.
Well, maybe it depends
on what you believe in.
Me, I believe in what
counts these days...
Strength, power.
You had both.
With one star?
I get my name on a door
and a $600 a month pension.
I'm talking real power.
You're talking treason.
You haven't got much
time, have you, Jake?
I guessed you were
working with them,
so I called the President.
I told him about
you and Alquist.
By now, the CIA is on the move.
You're bluffing.
Are you sure?
We'll let Alquist decide that.
If he hasn't already
been picked up.
He'll be here.
What's the matter? Can't
you handle me by yourself?
We're waiting for Alquist.
You know something, Jake?
Even in this army,
all you rate is one star.
Shut up, Tressider.
All right.
We'll wait for Alquist.
That's right.
Not anymore.
How much further?
A mile or two.
You lied to General Blaine
didn't you, Mr. Tressider?
No. No, I talked
to the President.
Tell us the truth, Tressider.
Who did you talk to?
I... I talked... Go on.
I'm afraid we're forced
to become more direct
unless you're ready
to tell us the truth.
I already have!
They're probably on
their way here right now.
Get him up.
You blink your lights
three times or what?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
How do you let them
know you've sprung a trap?
There is no trap.
You've got a friend in
there you want to get out.
You're going to have to walk
into an armed camp to do it.
You won't be coming.
David, if something
happens to you,
there's got to be someone
who knows what they're planning,
someone who can
do something about it.
All right?
You still insist
on the heroics, Mr. Tressider?
I've got nothing to tell you.
Then I'll apologize in
advance for what we must do.
I'm sure you must be
familiar with the technique.
After all, it is widely
used by your own people.
What are you going to do?
In the mental institutions here,
I understand it is
called shock therapy.
However, if it proves
ineffective in your case,
we shall simply
increase the voltage
until it is beyond the
tolerance of the human body...
A technique used, I understand,
in other of your institutions.
Enough, Mr. Tressider?
Do you have anything
to say, Mr. Tressider?
I can't hear you, Mr. Tressider.
Then I'm afraid we must
increase the voltage.
Any more will kill him.
That's unfortunate, General.
We should reward his stupidity.
We must put an end
to his anguish permanently.
Hold it!
Vincent!
Let's get him in the car.
Will he be all right?
I hope so.
Mike?
We've got to get
to that conference.
We'll be there. Don't worry.
General Blaine... has...
Look, mike, stop worrying
about it. We'll be there.
We have those
papers of authorization.
Nothing can stop us.
Is he all right?
He's unconscious.
We'll be at a hospital
in a few minutes.
What are you going to do?
Go home and pack.
I have to leave for the
conference tomorrow.
I'll see you there.
We still working
together on this?
We've done all right so far.
I'll tell you something.
I'm after a lot more than
just stopping this takeover.
I want to see every one of you
off the face of the Earth.
I understand. So if
the choice comes down
to the survival of
your kind or mine,
I'll have to destroy you
without a second thought.
We're playing by
the same set of rules.
A summit conference
to be attended by the heads
of this world's major nations.
But beings from another
world will be there, too,
and their purpose will
jeopardize the security
and the future of
the planet Earth.