All language subtitles for Just perfect (1958)

Come on, Samson. Come on, boy.

Come on, Samson. Come on.

Come on, fellow.
Come on, boy.

Come on. Come on up here
and sit down, Samson.

There she is. Female in the perfect
state, defenseless and silent.

It's set, Madeline.
I can take you out now.

No, on the other hand,
I think I'll...

I think I'll tickle you
a little first.

All right. Okay,
no more torture.

All right, now, easy.

There. You're free.

How'd it come out?

Just perfect.

Almost as beautiful
as the original.

As beautiful as I am
right now?

Don't worry, you'll heal.

Well, there they are.
The faces of humanity.

From the very beginning
to the present day.

You'll go there at the end.

Well, don't make it so final.
Humanity still has a future, you know.

Well, sometimes I wonder.

Unless we learn to control the instincts
we've inherited from our apelike ancestors,

the race is doomed.

Why don't you learn
to control your instincts

and stop being so pessimistic?

You know, you're right. When I look
at you, the future's very bright.

Jimmy, you're back.
Have you got it?

I've got it, Professor Blake, but it's
starting to thaw. Where do you want it?

I'll be right out.

What is it?

The coelacanth. It's here.

What is that?

The fish. The fish from Madagascar
that your father let me order.

Come on and see it.

No, I don't wanna go with this
stuff all over my face. You go ahead.

All right.

Come on, boy. Come on. Get
away from that bloody water.

Come on. No, boy. No.

No, I'll get you some fresh
water in a minute. Come on, stay.

The cable said it's in
perfect condition. Stay, boy.

Let's take a look at it, huh?

Honest, Professor Blake, is this
fish really a million years old?

Well, not this fish, Jimmy.
It's the species that's old.

No change
in millions of years.

You see, the coelacanth
is a living fossil,

immune to the forces of evolution.
That's what's so remarkable about it.

Primitive fish like this were living
before any creatures walked the Earth.

See these...

These fins are the beginning
of legs.

This fish could walk
on the ocean floor.

Donald.

Hello, Samson.

What's wrong, Samson?

Don't you know me, Samson?

Samson! Samson! Down!

It's all right.
It's all right.

Okay. Now, help me.
Donald, be careful.

He's gone mad.

It's all right.

Let's get him in the lab.

I'm taking you to Dr. Cole.
Hold the door.

It was the craziest
thing I ever saw.

One minute he was wagging
his tail and licking my hand,

the next minute
he was at my throat.

Has he gone mad, Doctor?

I doubt it.

The symptoms don't sound like
rabies. Now, the acid, Molly.

Of course, we got to take
every precaution.

It's gonna hurt a little.

Well, what about Samson?

We'll keep him
under observation.

If he doesn't have rabies,
neither do you.

Will you be able to examine the
dog in your laboratory, Donald?

Yes, I will.

I'll want a sample of the saliva.
Molly can pick it up later.

Pick it up before 8:00,
will you?

I'm supposed to help Madeline
chaperon the dance tonight.

About 7:30, Donald?

I'll be expecting you.

Boy, you are mean.

Come in.

Oh, Molly.

Here's the saliva sample
Dr. Cole wants.

He won't want it
until morning.

Is it rabies?

No, I'm almost certain
it's not.

He's not sick,
he's vicious.

And he drinks water,
which a mad dog won't do.

Come here.

There. See what I mean?

Mouth doesn't foam,
no excess saliva.

But there is one thing
that's very strange.

Oh?

His teeth.

I noticed it when we took
the salivary sample.

You know anything
about paleontology?

I know that
very attractive men study it.

Now, you be careful. Samson is
in no position to protect you.

Look. Come here.
Look at those teeth.

Don't! Don't do that!

You see it? They're like
the teeth of ancient wolves.

Animals that became extinct
millions of years ago.

That dog is a throwback.

Oh, I'm... I'm sorry I
frightened you, but then you...

You rather frighten me.

Hello?

Oh, yes, Madeline.

Yes, I can make it.

No, no, no.
The dog's in his cage.

I'm... I'm perfectly safe.

I'll... I'll have to go home
and change clothes first.

I'll pick you up
a little before 9:00.

Fine, darling.

Bye.

Donald, what's this?

Oh, it's a coelacanth.

And I'd better get it in the
refrigerator before it starts to spoil.

Would you get the door?
Sure.

Thank you.

What an ugly
looking creature.

Yeah, it's a close relative
of our ancestors.

I'll never believe that.

Very remote ancestors.

Samson doesn't like it.

You're hurt!

First time I was ever bitten
by a fossil.

It's bleeding.

It's all right. Better
get this thing out of here.

Let me help you.

Now, take it easy, it's heavy.
Yeah.

Easy, now.

There we go.

Oh, stop it. You know better than
that. Where's your first aid kit?

Don't have one.

I've got one in my car,
come on.

I'll be right with you.

In here somewhere.

What you need is a good nurse
to take care of you.

Donald, what is it?
What's the matter?

Molly, honey, I think
you'd better take me home.

Of course. Come on.

Donald, you're home.

Donald?

Oh, dear.

Is Dr. Cole there?
This is Miss Riordan.

Will you call him, please?
It's very important.

I'll wait.

Donald?

Oh, hello, Father.
Hello, dear.

Still here? I thought you
were chaperoning the dance.

Well, I should be there right now.
I'm waiting on your future son-in-law.

It's not every day that a Science
Department gets a coelacanth.

I was right, you know.

About what?

The fish.

The board members said it was a
waste of money, particularly Dr. Cole,

but every paper in the country is
carrying the story of how Dunsfield

brought that fish
from Madagascar.

It'll pay off 1,000�/�
in alumni donations.

Will it pay off
scientifically?

Well, it'll pay off in school
growth, and that's the same thing.

An institution is like
a living organism.

The moment it stops growing,
it starts degenerating.

So, anything that promotes
growth is all for the good.

Hello?

Oh, Sylvia?

Really? Well,
I'll be right over.

Bye-bye.

Well, the couples have
started arriving already

and the house mother
isn't there yet.

I think I'll go on over, Father. Would
you tell Donald to meet me over there?

Why don't you drive
by the Science Building?

He's probably poring over some
problem and has forgotten you.

That's
a flattering thought.

Oh, the dog.
Dog?

Samson. He turned vicious
this morning.

Oh?

I think I'll go see
about him, Father.

I'm sorry.

Oh, Mr. Townsend.

It's Miss Howard,
isn't it?

Yes. I was just wondering about this truck.

Well, I'm looking
for Dr. Blake.

Oh, Dr. Blake.

Well, I expect he's still
working. Let's go see.

All righty.

Donald?

I'll open
this other door.

Well, well, well.

Well, look who
we've got here.

Don't put your hand
in the cage. He's vicious.

Vicious. He's a nice dog.

Just this morning...

I know, but I've got
a way with a dog.

They say a dog has got a way
of knowing an honest man

from anybody that's planning
to do wrong.

They all like me.

Well, Mr. Townsend,
Dr. Blake isn't here,

so thank you so much
for letting me in.

I'm glad to be of help.

I think he wants out.

Well, we have no right
to release him.

No.

Come on.

Well, isn't he a pretty dog?
Come on now, can you speak?

Speak. Speak.

That's a boy.

Donald!

Donald!

Operator, I'd like
the police at once.

The residence of Donald Blake,
4072 College Way.

Donald Blake,
4072 College Way.

Please hurry, Operator.

Donald?

Donald?

Donald?

Donald?

Donald, are you all right?

Donald, what happened?

What happened, Donald?

Madeline.

Back of the house. Come on.

How I got here. I don't know
how she got here. I don't know.

You call the police?

Give me a hand.

What? Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure.

Powell, Meadowbrook,
the whole crew are here.

What? No, I haven't taken
his complete statement yet.

I'm doing it now.

Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, sure. Okay.

Now, you say Miss Riordan
went to your laboratory.

Yes, yes, yes.
You can check with Dr. Cole.

Miss Riordan came to the laboratory
to pick up a salivary sample.

I gave it to her,
and then Miss Howard called.

Then I put the coelacanth
back in the refrigerator.

Coelacanth?

The fish.

I... I cut my hand
on its teeth. See?

And Molly...

She... She had
a first aid kit in the car.

We left the laboratory and...

That's all I can remember.
I blanked out.

Or I was knocked out.

Head hurt?

No. No, it's...

It's more as though
I've been poisoned.

I suppose anyone would feel sick
after what's happened, though.

Especially the man who was
with Molly when she died.

I told you,
I was unconscious.

I don't know
who killed her.

We ought to know about that
in a few seconds now.

Mike, found this
in the girl's hand.

She must have grabbed it while
she was struggling with the killer.

Tie clasp.

Recognize this?

Yes. Yes, I recognize it.
It's mine.

No, darling. I've never
seen you wear this.

Thanks, honey,

but the truth is, you gave it
to me yourself last Christmas.

And I suppose you were unconscious
all during the struggle.

Eddie, take him down
to headquarters.

Come on.

Don't tell them anything, Donald.
Wait until you have a lawyer.

It's all right, Madeline.
I did nothing.

I know that, Donald.

He was unconscious when I found
him. Would he wreck his own house?

He'll have every opportunity
to explain things, Miss Howard.

Lieutenant Stevens. Lieutenant,
can you come in here a minute?

Please wait, Miss Howard.

What is it?
Look at this.

Whoever tore that photograph in
half had to leave some fingerprints.

I dusted it,
and there they are.

That's a print of somebody's
right thumb.

Now, compare that with this thumbprint
of Blake's I got a few minutes ago.

See? No resemblance.

Then there was
a third person here.

By the looks of things,
somebody who hated Blake.

More than that. Come here.

Whoever he was, he never even
tried to cover up these traces.

Either awfully dumb
or just plain crazy.

Look at that handprint.

Well, it looks deformed.
It is.

All I know is, Blake
hasn't got a hand like that.

In fact, I've never known
anyone who did.

That narrows it down. Ought
to make it easier for us.

Miss Howard, did Blake have any enemies?
Someone who might want to kill him?

No, not that I know of.
Why?

Because there was
a third person here tonight.

Someone who tore up your
photograph and wrecked this room.

And killed
Molly Riordan?

Well, that's
the logical assumption.

Then Donald's free?

I'll want him for questioning,
but as things are, he's free.

Well, thank you.

Now, I hope I've made these two aspects
of living organisms clear to you.

In the case
of the coelacanth,

we have a species which became
stabilized over 200 million years ago

in the form you see here.

But in the case of man,
we have a recent species

which is not
stabilized at all.

Man is not only
capable of change,

but man alone,
among all living creatures,

can choose the direction in
which that change will take place.

In other words, man can use
his knowledge

to destroy all spiritual values
and reduce the race to bestiality.

Or he can use his knowledge
to increase his understanding

to a point far beyond
anything now imaginable.

Think it over.

That's all for today.

Sometimes Professor Blake
frightens me.

Yeah, well,
he sure is wound up today.

Come on, Sylvia,
I want to talk to him.

Professor Blake.
Oh, yes, Jimmy?

How's Samson?

Let's get this in the
refrigerator and we'll find out.

Got him in here,
in the office.

Well, it's not rabies,
that's for certain.

Dogs don't recover
from rabies.

Miss Howard told me that
Samson returned to normal,

but I wanted to see
for myself.

Well, he certainly
looks normal.

You don't have to worry
about hydrophobia.

Well, does that mean
I can bring him back

to the fraternity house
with me?

No, I want to check these
cultures first, Jimmy.

Didn't have rabies, but
he certainly had something.

Did you know your dog
was a throwback?

Throwback?
He's a German shepherd.

What do you mean,
throwback?

A primitive reversion
to wolfish ancestors.

This should interest you, Oliver.
Take a look at these teeth.

Come here.

Here, take a look at this.

They look
like dog's teeth to me.

Well, now,
wait a minute.

Last night,
they were much longer.

Well, now, honestly, Donald, are you
seriously suggesting that overnight,

there's been a physical
change? But there has been.

In the length of his teeth? Yes.

That's impossible.

Well, I tell you...

Well, Molly Riordan was here
and I called it to her attention.

Molly's hardly in a position
to bear you out.

Yes, that's so.
I'm sorry.

I guess I must have
imagined it.

Forget it.

You've had
a pretty bad experience.

Besides, you have primitive
species on your brain.

Let me know if those tests
show anything. Yes, I will.

Well, when can I have
Samson, Professor?

Check with me tonight.

Okay, tonight.
Goodbye, Professor.

Take it easy, Jimmy.

But I didn't imagine it.

Darling, does it really matter
about the dog?

Yes, it matters very much to me,
whether I can trust my own senses.

Now, you have eyes. Is that
the same dog that attacked you?

Darling, I don't know.
I was so frightened that...

Donald, of course
this is the same dog.

He's been locked up
in here all night.

And Jimmy would know
his own dog.

Yes, Jimmy would know
his own dog.

So, I'm the one that's crazy.
Well, maybe so.

I was out of my head for
at least an hour last night.

Don't worry about it, huh?

Is my mask ready yet?

Yeah, I've got it in the lab.
Come on, I'll show it to you.

I hope you like it.

There it is.
Perfect reproduction.

Now my series is complete.

That's me?

That's you.

You see, the past
is fairly plain,

but it's almost impossible to make
a mask of the face of the future,

because man's only one
generation from savagery, anyway.

What do you mean?

Well, civilization isn't
inherited, it's learned.

Wipe it out for one generation and
man is right back where he started.

You see, you and this beast are
closer together than you think.

Let's don't talk about it
anymore, Donald.

It makes me think
of Molly Riordan

and the horrible thing
that happened to her.

All right, no more talking
about the past.

Donald?

Yes.

I've been wanting to ask you
something, but I just didn't know how.

Well, ask
anything you want.

Well, it was about you
and Molly.

Was there anything
between you?

Molly was very attractive, but
there was nothing between us.

Thank you.

Bye.

Bye.

Hello, Miss Howard.
Is this where I find Blake?

Right in there.

Thanks.

It's a nice collection.

Oh, Lieutenant Stevens.
Any news?

Nothing.

Well, won't you come
into my office?

Sit down.

Blake, try again.

Are you certain
no one hates you?

Told you everything
I knew yesterday.

People hate
for awfully trivial reasons.

In that case, I wouldn't know
anything about it.

Why look for my enemy? It
was Molly who was murdered.

Because the killer
was at your house.

He had no possible way of knowing
that Molly Riordan would be there.

He was after you.

Well, couldn't it have been a
stranger? A burglar who was surprised?

Would a burglar wreck your house?
Tear up Miss Howard's picture?

Besides, there was nothing
missing. It was personal malice.

Somebody's after you, Blake.

What about fingerprints?

There's no record
in the local files.

We sent copies to the FBI and
the Department of Motor Vehicles.

But this waiting
makes me nervous.

In the meantime,
I'm giving you a bodyguard.

Now, look, I don't need a
bodyguard. I can take care of myself.

You didn't take very good
care of Molly Riordan.

Well, the coroner's report
came in this afternoon.

Yes?
Strange thing.

Molly wasn't badly
injured at all.

A few minor cuts and bruises.
What killed her was heart failure.

In other words,
she died of fright.

Yeah.

I'll keep Eddie Daniels close to
you, till this thing is cleared up.

You know, I always figured
science was pretty exciting,

but I guess it can get
kind of boring, huh?

Yes. When you have to do the same
test about 500 times, it can be boring.

Yeah, like that fish
over there.

Hey, what's that?
On the fish.

Just a dragonfly.
Must have come in the window.

No harm done, I have to
dissect that fish anyway.

As soon as I finish
with this.

Good Lord.

See something?

Dr. Cole? Well, it's good
that I caught you.

Can you wait till I get there?
I have something to show you.

Yes, right away.

I'm going to see Dr. Cole. If you
have to stay with me, come along.

Professor?
Oh, yes, Jimmy.

I was coming to find out
about Samson.

Meet me at the Science
Building, I'll be back.

You see that?
The police are guarding him.

Wonder how it feels.

You mean the police think the
murderer is still around here?

Why else
guard the Professor?

What was that?

I don't know.
It sounds like...

Wait a minute.

What did you say
it sounds like?

Something like
a model airplane.

But that's silly,
on a campus at night.

There.

I don't see anything.

Like a shadow going
past the street lamp.

Let's watch a minute.

It's gone.

Yeah.

We better go.

But why?

I feel so safe
when I'm with you.

What's going on here?

Oh, you scared me.

I scared you?

Crazy, man.

Strangest thing I ever saw.

I've seen
crystallized viruses,

but I've never even heard
of crystallized bacteria.

There, take a look.

You've made a mistake.

Bacteria couldn't possibly
crystallize.

Honestly, Donald, there are no
crystals there. Just the bacteria.

What?

Well, there were crystals.

I saw them myself
not 15 minutes ago.

But this slide hasn't been
out of my possession.

Back in the laboratory...

Oliver,
you're not listening.

I'll listen when you say
something sensible.

All right, I'm sorry I
bothered you. I won't again.

Now, wait a minute.
Before you go,

just so your visit isn't
completely wasted,

let me see that cut
on your hand.

It's infected.
Something bite you?

Yes, the coelacanth.

I suppose it came alive and crept
up on you when you weren't looking.

There's no sense in talking
to a man who won't listen.

Coming, Eddie?

Excuse me.

Can I get Samson now,
Professor?

Of course. Of course
you can have the dog.

There's nothing wrong
with him.

We only imagined that
he went berserk yesterday.

Yeah, I've been thinking
the same thing.

You, too? Coming, Eddie?

I'm due to check in
on the call box, Professor.

I won't be long.

All right. I'll be here
for quite a while.

Can I let Samson out now?

Dr. Cole gives him a clean bill
of health, Jimmy. He's all yours.

It's what we heard
earlier from the sky.

Something's
at the window!

What is that?

Get back!

Don't open that door!
Lt'll escape!

Who cares?

I care. I want it. Well, what is it?

I don't know. We'll find
out when we catch it.

Jimmy, close the window.

There's some netting over
there behind that cage. Get it.

Keep the door closed,
until we catch it.

It moves like lightning.

Use this for bait.
Ready with the net?

Net.

Let's go.

Easy.

Now!

Got it. Hold it down, Jimmy!

It's starting to rip.

Well, that's too bad.
I wanted it alive.

But you're both my witnesses.

ancestor of the present-day dragonfly,
supposedly extinct for millions of years.

Like the coelacanth
was supposed to be extinct.

Exactly. Except that
this is even more remarkable.

In fact, it's a little
too remarkable.

It can't be a coincidence, but there
is some connection between the two.

What do you mean?

I don't know.

I do know that earlier today an
ordinary dragonfly tried to make

a meal on the coelacanth
and...

Jimmy, did Samson ever get
near this fish?

Well, the day I brought
the fish from the station,

bloody water was dripping
from the truck.

Samson drank some of it.

Drank it?

Off of the pavement.

You suppose that's
what made him sick?

It might be.
It just might be.

You're not saying that this
is the same dragonfly that...

No man in his right mind
could make such a statement.

Then where could it
come from?

You'd better take Sylvia home.
Take Samson with you.

But do me one favor,
the both of you.

Sure, anything.

Don't mention this to anyone.

I'd like to make the announcement
of the discovery myself.

I'll be glad to forget it.
Come on, Jimmy.

Okay, fellow. We're going
home, boy. We're going home.

Good night, Professor.

Good night.

Blake! Professor Blake!

Stop! Stop!

Sergeant Daniels reporting.
Give me Stevens.

Look, Mike, get every patrol car you've
got out to the campus, right away.

I lost Blake.

I don't know. He just disappeared
from the Science Building.

Look, Mike, there's
somebody else around here.

Some kind of maniac.

B26. I followed somebody
out here, but...

Well, I'm going back to the Science
Building. I'll meet you there.

No, Mike, I can't give you
a descrip...

Eddie, what's happening?
Eddie, you all right?

Eddie?

Mike, look here.

Eddie sure put up a fight,
all right.

Tracks all over the place.

But what kind of a man
made this?

Oh, it's impossible! Nobody's
got a footprint like that.

Unless maybe it was someone
with strange hands, too.

Yeah, but why wouldn't
such a man be known?

Where would he hide?
That's our job,

to find him
before another killing.

Those tracks
weren't made by a man.

They're the tracks
of a creature

who should've become extinct
about a half a million years ago.

A beast far more intelligent than
an ape, and yet not quite human.

Utterly ridiculous.

It's your opinion then,
Dr. Howard,

that a subhuman such as
Blake describes is impossible?

Absolutely.

In my opinion, those footprints are
fakes planted to deceive the police.

And you've fallen for them.

We've fallen for nothing. I know
those footprints could be fake.

What's more, I know
who could have faked them.

Who?

You're an expert at modeling parts
of the human anatomy, aren't you?

And you know how
a primitive foot looks.

But you can't think
he's the murderer.

Could Blake strangle
Eddie Daniels? No.

Daniels could tear
Blake in half.

And would he wreck
his own laboratory?

Not likely. And even if
those footprints were fakes,

fingerprints aren't.

They're real
and they're not Blake's.

But the killer wants us
to accuse Blake.

That's why the tie clasp
was planted on Molly Riordan

and why these primitive footprints
were found near Eddie Daniels' body.

To implicate you. Well,
what about the fingerprints?

Why can't the police
identify those?

Because there's
no record of them.

Neither the FBI

nor the Department of Motor
Vehicles could help us.

No, the man we're looking for has
never been booked for a crime before.

He's never even had
a driver's license.

Well, if you don't need me,
I'll be back at the lab.

Yes.

Yes, that's what I said,
Madagascar.

No, no, no,
it's not in Texas.

It's an island off
the east coast of Africa.

And I wish to speak
to Dr. Jean Moreau

of the Scientific Research
Institute at Tananarive.

Charge it to the Science
Department. Thank you.

We're all here,
Professor Blake.

Well, what's this?
What you all doing here?

Today's Thursday.

We always have lab class
at 2:00 on Thursday.

Thursday, 2:00? Oh, yes.
Yes, of course.

Well, we won't meet today.

I've got something very important
here. Something I can't leave.

Well, don't you understand?
No class.

No class. Wow.

I found this, Professor.
It's yours, isn't it?

Oh, yes,
where'd you find it?

On the lawn where Sergeant
Daniels was killed.

Oh, yes, I must've dropped it when
I was knocked out. Thank you, Jimmy.

Hi, Jimmy.

Hi, Sylvia.
Hi.

Class out already?

There isn't any. We've been
dismissed. Same as yesterday.

Donald?

I said there was
no class today.

Well, I'm not here
to go to class today.

Oh, Madeline. I'm sorry,
I didn't see you come in.

You haven't seen much
of anything lately.

No classes, no students,
not even your fianc�e.

I'm sorry,
I've been very, very busy.

I'm on the track of something that
may change our entire concept of life.

Can't you leave it for a few
minutes, honey? I want to talk to you.

You see this? It's a
distillate of coelacanth blood.

Peculiar odor.

Familiar, though I haven't been able
to place where I smelled it before.

Donald, I'm trying
to talk to you.

Well, you go right ahead.
I can hear you.

Well, Father's very upset about that
story you gave to the newspapers,

about there being some subhuman
hiding here at Dunsfield.

Disturbing, isn't it?

And he's going to be
even more upset

when he finds out that you're
dismissing all your classes.

You were hired
to teach.

Teach what?

Theories I'm about
to disprove?

I intend to find out
the truth, the real truth.

Then I'll teach. What are you talking about?

I'm gonna prove that that
subhuman really does exist.

I'm sorry, darling. I know
you're worried, but so am I.

There's a limit to
what your nerves can stand.

Well, what are you suggesting?
That I'm behaving irrationally?

That I'm unbalanced?

Of course not.
It's just that...

Well, when Molly Riordan
was killed

and when Sergeant Daniels
was murdered,

you lost your memory.

I think you need a rest.

I'll rest when I find
the killer.

That's not your responsibility.
That belongs to the police.

Madeline, I know
what I'm doing.

And it's not irrational.

Excuse me.

Hello? Yes, Operator.

Oh, Madeline, would you
close the door?

I've been trying to reach
Madagascar all day.

Hello? Yes, Dr. Moreau.

This is Dr. Donald Blake, Science
Department, Dunsfield University.

Yes, I want to talk to you
about the coelacanth.

No, no, no. Coelacanth.

That's right.

I must know exactly how this
particular fish was preserved.

Oh, no. No, by all means,
call the Comoros Islands.

Dunsfield University
will pay the charges.

And I didn't mean
to be eavesdropping,

I just couldn't help hearing him
talking to Madagascar about a fish.

Operator, is Dr. Blake
still on the line?

Well, let me know the moment he
finishes his call. Now, get me Dr. Cole.

Seventy-six minutes at $5 a minute.
Why, that's a month's salary!

Hello, Oliver?

Meet me at my office right
away. I need medical advice.

No, not for myself.

We're going to see Blake.
And hurry.

You're absolutely right.
Donald needs a leave of absence.

Father, please don't tell him
that I was the one that told you.

You needn't worry. I'd have
to advise leave in any case.

Phone calls to Madagascar!

Doctor, in looking over my notes, I
want to check the degree of radiation.

Yes, sir, that's exactly
the information I needed.

Now, if my experiment is successful,
I'll send you a full report.

Goodbye, sir.

Gentlemen. Dr. Howard, Oliver.
Why, this must be telepathy.

I was just going to call you. Oh?

Now it's telepathy.

Well, call it coincidence, but I'm
glad you're here. Come into the lab.

One moment, Donald.

Oliver and I want
to talk to you.

Approximately 88 minutes on
the telephone to Madagascar.

$5 a minute.

Over $400 charged
to the Science Department!

All right, sir, I'll pay it
myself. But come into the lab.

Donald, forget
the phone bill.

It's you
we're worried about.

I want you to take a leave
of absence,

just until the police
clear this thing up.

Well,
what are the police doing?

Fingerprinting
the football squad.

Well, at that rate,
I should be gone all year.

No, Dr. Howard, if the police would
accept my theory of a human throwback,

then I'll have to find
the killer myself.

Are you prepared
to name this man?

No, but I can show you the
secret of his metamorphosis.

Oh, Donald. I refuse
to encourage such nonsense.

Look, Oliver, even a madman gets
a hearing before he's committed.

Do I get mine, sir?

Yes.

Then come into the lab.

Oh, perhaps you'd better
call Lieutenant Stevens.

Ask him to come over.

Yes, I think the police
should be here.

Oliver, this should
interest you.

Plasma protein
of coelacanth blood.

And why should it
interest me?

Because of its
peculiar qualities.

Oh, are the police coming? On their way.

Good. Then I'll explain
this thing quickly.

A puzzle biologists have been
trying to solve for years is this.

How do certain species resist
the force of evolution?

I have the answer here.

Coelacanth plasma.

Not only does this plasma
resist evolution,

but when administered to another
organism, evolution is reversed.

Thus, when the dog Samson
drank coelacanth blood,

he reverted temporarily to the behavior
and appearance of a primitive wolf.

Now, over here,
we have a dragonfly,

which for a brief period, after
ingesting coelacanth blood,

became two feet long,

like its ancestors
of 50 million years ago.

I'd like to show you how bacteria,
when treated with this plasma,

change to crystals, regressing
to the very threshold of life.

It's your contention
this plasma

would have the same effect
on human beings?

Yes.

I say that if you were
injected with this plasma

you'd revert
to a primitive anthropoid,

physically
as well as mentally.

Donald, your theory is absurd
for very apparent reasons.

The natives
of the Comoros Islands

have been eating coelacanth
for centuries

with no effects whatsoever.

Yes, that's so.

But their coelacanth isn't treated
with gamma rays. This one was.

Gamma rays? Why?

To preserve it for shipment.

It's the latest thing.

Atomic radiation kills the
bacteria which causes decay.

Are you sure
this was done?

Why do you think
I called Madagascar?

To find out.

Curious paradox, isn't it,
gentlemen?

After a million-year climb
up the evolutionary ladder,

man's greatest discovery is the
way to undo his accomplishments

and turn himself
into a beast again.

The great temptation
of our time,

to let the beast triumph
over the seeker for truth.

That's what's happening
here at Dunsfield.

The beast has killed twice.

With this powerful drug, he's certain
to kill again unless we unmask him.

But, Donald, granting even
that this could change a man,

how would anyone
discover that fact?

Probably by accident
the first time.

Someone may have come in here
during my absence,

cut himself on the sharp scales
of that fish and became inoculated.

Or with the teeth.

All right. All right, suppose
there was an accident? Then what?

What?

Oh, yes, the second time
would have to be deliberate.

No man, once he discovered
the effect of this...

Oh, no, there couldn't
possibly be two accidents.

Isn't actually this whole
thing very improbable?

Only as improbable
as life itself.

Dr. Howard.

You'll be happy to know that we don't
have to arrest any of your students.

Now, what were you saying
on the phone?

That Dr. Blake could produce
a subhuman man?

Did I say that?

You said that plasma could
turn a man into a missing link.

Oliver, that's
a gross exaggeration.

Of course it's
an exaggeration.

Hold it, Oliver.

All right, Donald,
you've had your hearing.

Is there anything
you want to show us?

No.

You'll admit that the story
you gave the newspapers,

these expensive phone calls,
the neglect of your duties,

was all an attempt
to gain personal publicity?

I'll admit
nothing of the kind.

I will admit possibly
I'm ill, that I need a rest.

May I still have
that leave of absence?

Is it all right
with the police?

The police would love to work on
this case without Dr. Blake's help.

Where are you going?

This time of year, my mountain
cabin is a quiet place.

What do you say, Donald?

Thank you.

All evidence points
to the probability that

I, Donald Blake,
am the murderer.

As a man, this possibility
terrifies me.

But as a scientist,
I must learn the truth.

Therefore, I shall perform the
experiment I'm about to describe,

praying that it fails.

If it succeeds,

then I pray only for
the courage to destroy

the monster that dwells
within me.

Oh, Sylvia, Jimmy.
What a pleasure. Come in.

Thank you.

Hello, Miss Howard.

Let's go into the den.

What's troubling you?

Well, go ahead, Jimmy. Tell
her. That's what we're here for.

Well, we thought it best...

Only we promised the professor
we wouldn't say anything.

Promise?
About what?

About the giant dragonfly.

He asked us not to say anything
until he had a chance to study it.

Only we thought that...

Jimmy, I know that Dr. Blake has
an illusion about a giant dragonfly,

but I'd rather not discuss it.

But that's just it.
It was not an illusion.

We were there. We saw
it, too. It was that long.

And making
the most frightful noise.

You mean there really
was a giant dragonfly?

We swear it,
Miss Howard.

And we're breaking our
promise to the Professor

because of the talk
about him being crazy.

That's what the students
are saying?

We know it's not true.

And if there was
a giant dragonfly,

then there could be
a primitive man, too.

That's why we had
to tell someone.

Well, thank you very much
for telling me.

Thank you.

Father?

I just wanted to tell you that I'm
driving up to the cabin to see Donald.

No. No, no, I'm leaving
right now. Bye-bye.

The experiment previously
described is now ready for trial.

In a few seconds,

I will inject coelacanth
plasma into my bloodstream.

Who is it?

Tom Edwards,
Forestry Service.

Yes? What do you want?

Oh, I saw the light was on. I didn't
know the Doctor was using the cabin.

Well, he's not. He's letting
me use it for a few days.

I'm Dr. Donald Blake
of Dunsfield University.

Yes, well,
I was just checking.

If there's anything you need, my
station is just down the road a bit.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

The sounds which may be
recorded hereafter

are those made under the
influence of the coelacanth plasma.

Hey, is she badly hurt?

Operator.

Operator, get me
the Dunsfield Police. Hurry.

Lieutenant Stevens speaking.

Yeah?

What? You saw it?

With my own eyes.
Half man, half ape.

Where?

Did you shoot him?

No, I didn't have my gun.

But I'm going right back.
Hurry.

Blake, open up in there!

Blake!

Blake! Blake,
where are you?

Blake!

Blake!

Donald!

Donald.

Donald!

Madeline.

Oh, Donald.

You shot him, didn't you?

You killed him,
didn't you, Donald?

Oh, were you hurt, Donald?

The picture.
I got the picture.

The ranger's not here.
Where's your cabin, Dr. Howard?

Half a mile further
and turn left.

Donald, he's wearing
your clothes.

Madeline.
Father.

Oh, thank God. What are you doing here?

Got a call from the ranger.

He said you'd been carried
off by a half-human monster.

I was, but Donald killed him. That true?

Of course it's true. I asked him.

Madeline's wrong.
It's not dead.

I know where it hides
and I can lead you to it.

You mean,
you saw this man?

It's not a man,
it's a monster.

We can determine that later. Come
on, Blake. We're ready. Show us.

Yes, I'll do that.
I'll show it to you.

You go ahead,
I'll be right along.

No, not you.

What are you doing?

I'm doing what I must do.

Just remember one thing,
Madeline.

You're still alive. Even that
beast must've loved you a little.

Now, trust me.

Stay here.

All right, gentlemen.
Follow me.

This makes
three murders.

Listen to me,
I know this creature.

I can find him,
but I must do it alone.

Now, if you'll follow me
at a distance.

Why alone, Blake? You
trying to get away from us?

No, I just don't want it
to escape again.

When I drive it out, you
shoot. And shoot to kill.

You're insane, Donald!
Do you think so?

All right, then you come
with me, Doctor.

The rest will follow.
All right?

All right, but you'd better
have a gun.

No, I won't
need one.

Let me have it.

Come on, Doctor.

Give us a few minutes.

His tracks, Doctor.

Now, could a man make those?

A clever man might.

A clever man might
and a clever man did.

But in the true sense, they were
made by a primitive anthropoid.

All right, where is it?

Coming just a few minutes
from now.

You see, Doctor, every man is the product
of the history of the entire human race.

The past is still with us.

I agree with you, but I'm
not here for a lecture.

It's the savage in modern man
that science must meet and defeat,

if humanity is to survive.

So, therefore, Doctor, I'm injecting
myself with coelacanth plasma.

Blake, no!

Watch, Doctor.
Watch closely.

And you'll see evolution
in reverse.

You'll see that I'm...

I'm...

I'm...

Blake.

We better get up there
after him, Lieutenant?

Let him have the time
he asked for.

Blake!

No! Get back!

Get back!

Get back!

Wait. Don't shoot!
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

No.

Blake was right. He was right all the time.

Where is he?

He's there.

Don't know if I could spare enough guards
for that and still maintain security.

Okay, keep moving.

Barrett, 18.

It's Dunn.

Yeah, Dunn?

Warden, we'll be ready
in about 15 minutes.

Hold the phone.

- Dunn is ready to bargain.
- Tell him you'll call him back.

I want to get
this thing over with.

I'm not going to jump
the minute he's ready.

Let him stew a while.

Time is on their side.

The longer we let this go,
the more explosive it's going to get.

Tell him you'll call him back.

I'll call you back.

Just don't take too long,
Warden.

He'd better not take too long.

Seven's still in business.

Sure wish I was with 'em.

This slop is rotten!

Attention, all towers.
This is the warden.

Listen carefully.

Don't do any shooting
unless they hit the wall.

- Cell block 5.
- Yes, sir?

- Have they started yet?
- Yeah, they're on their way.

Get 'em back. Block 4
has broken out of the mess hall.

Get yours back,
whatever you do.

Yes, sir. We gotta get 'em
back in their cells.

- All right. Come on back.
- Hold it! Back in your cells!

Back in your cells.
Come on.

Come on, get a move on there.
Come on.

Come on.
Come on back.

Grab a cell. Into your holes!
Hit your drum!

If they lock you in, you're dead!
They'll shoot you in your cells!

Let's go!

X-14 to 1734. Ready now.

Come in.
State police, come in.

This is Lansing.

Hello, Captain.
This is Warden Reynolds.

- Standing by, Warden.
- We need you right now.

- As many men as you can spare.
- Yes, sir.

How soon can you get here,
Captain Lansing?

- I'm on my way.
- Good.

Barrett, can you put any guards
down in the yard?

I already have every man
placed on 24-hour duty.

They've gone crazy.
I'm getting scared.

Everybody's scared.

Toolhouse is on fire.

Fire Department.

Fire in the toolshed.

Fire in the toolshed!
Let's go!

It's Roberts in cell block 5.

Roberts?

- Lifer.
- Roberts?

- Yeah.
- You can get death in this state
for leading a riot.

I've done 20 years
of hard time, Warden.

Tell those guys in the gun walk to lay off
or we bring these guards through.

- Wait. You tell him.
- Warden...

these men mean
to kill us!

Gun walk.

Gun walk...

don't do any shooting
when the men come out of 5.

Nineteen.

Nineteen tower.

The men are
coming out of 5.

They have hostages.
Let 'em go.

They want me to open up
and let 'em into 11.

Yes, sir.

Hey, the state police are coming!

Why don't you bring
the army too, you bunch of freaks!

Yellow-bellied rat!

Lousy dogs!

Scram, you lousy cops!

Men, this is the warden speaking.

The state police have orders not to shoot
if you go back to your blocks.

Go back to your blocks!

- I appeal to you for your own sake -

get back into your blocks, men.

Get back into your blocks!

Give me the okay, Warden,
and we'll break this up.

Take over, Captain.

Lieutenant Wilkinson,
proceed with plan B.

Dunn on the phone.

Yes, Dunn?

Warden, I'm giving you
fair warning.

If any inmate is killed,
one guard for each inmate.

Pick up the man
who was shot.

Break 'em up into two groups.

Damage estimated
at over a million dollars.

That includes the mess hall,
fire in the toolshed -

Once they arrived,
it didn't take long.

Nobody killed,
quite a few injuries.

State police
handled themselves well.

The warden's policy
is to avoid bloodshed.

No, it's far from over.
Eleven's still holding out.

Now they have nine hostages -
five guards from block 5.

No report on any of them.
Presume they're still alive.

Haskell seems to be
the boss around here.

- Yard's clear, Warden.
- Good.

Barrett, 18.

Warden, Bacon's dead.

Let's have the doctor
hold his report for 24 hours.

We won't release this
to the press, huh?

- There's 11 again.

Yeah, what is it?

- I hear Bacon got it.
- It was an accident.

Give it to me straight.

He's dead. Gunshot.

Okay, it's like I said -

one for one.

Carnie, get one of the screws
and bring him here.

- Snader?
- Snader.

- It's a pleasure.
- Dunn? Listen, Dunn, are you there?

It was an accident.

We didn't kill him.
One of the state policemen did.

We're sticking to our end
of the bargain.

Yeah, but Bacon's dead, isn't he?
Our deal was one for one.

They're going to kill Snader.

Hold it, Dunn.
I'm coming right down.

Dunn!

We're ready to listen
to the demands.

Okay, Warden, I'm ready.

I want to talk
to the whole prison.

First let me see Snader.

- Okay.

Have a good look.

We of 11 block...

know that we represent...

the entire inmate population
in these demands.

We are bargaining
for all of you.

Here goes.

Eleven block
must be remodeled.

Give us room to breathe...

and more light to see with.

The nuts ought to be separated
from the rest of us...

and put some place where
you can do something for them.

Get rid of the leg locks, chains...

and brutal guards like Snader.

Teach us a trade...

so that when
we get out of here...

we'll be able
to hold down a job.

Are you sure you didn't write
these demands yourself?

The whole thing sounds
exactly like your yearly complaints.

Remodel block 11, turn -

Look, the state commission
condemned that block two years ago.

Inmates read too.

And last...

no reprisals...

against any ringleaders...

or participants of this revolt.

That is all.

Well, you may let them get away with it,
Reynolds, but I promise you...

I'll have these men
brought to trial.

If it weren't for these guards,
I wouldn't sign anything, and you know it.

- Warden, what do you think?
- Those demands are awfully sharp
for a bunch of cons.

These are intelligent men,
Dunn in particular.

If he's so smart,
what's he doing in here?

He's also a psychopath,
like a lot of brilliant men on the outside.

Are you going to recommend
acceptance for the governor?

In the main. After all...

most of them have been
my demands for a long time.

- Looks like this time
you might get 'em.

I want you to sign,
and I want the governor to sign.

I'll sign, but I don't know
about the governor.

When will you know?

Give me six hours.

Sure, Warden.

- Throw him in one of the cells.

Carnie! Carnie!

Carnie!

No. No.

No. No.

Dunn! Carnie!

That's enough of that!

This punk tried to take over.

Throw him out.

Gator, get me Barrett
on the phone.

Take care of him.

Come on,
let's put him in a cell.

He's badly hurt.

- Easy with him, Al.
- I've got him.

Oh, leave me alone.

- Far as I can tell, nothing broken.
- My neck's stiff.

Lucky that pipe
just glanced off your shoulder.

You don't look so hot
yourself, Al.

- I figured you on Mickey's side.
- You figured wrong.

Yeah, and you figured wrong
when you put Carnie in charge.

If you want the job,
it's yours.

Then shut up!

- Yes?
- We're throwing Mickey
out the front gate.

I'll right. I'll send a stretcher
for Mickey. Who's this?

Mike Carnie.

- Where's Dunn?
- I'm in charge now.

That was Crazy Mike Carnie.
He's taken over.

- They've almost killed one of the inmates.
- What happened to Dunn?

- He won't say.
- Crazy Mike - who's he?

Crazy is the nicest thing
you can say about him.

- Dispensary.
- Yes, sir?

Send a stretcher
to 11 block gate.

What's the matter, Snader?

Don't think I like you, huh?

You're wrong.
I'm gonna do you a favor.

Wanna say good-bye
to your wife?

I'll let you write her
a farewell letter.

No.

All the other screws
are writing letters.

How will your old lady feel
if she don't get one?

Of course,
if you don't wanna -

I'll just leave
the pencil and paper.

Change your mind, just rap on the door.
Schuyler will pick it up.

Wait till the wives get those letters
and start to phone the warden.

You'll see some action.

What a lot of tripe.

Good-bye forever.

Get me the operator.

This is Carnie.
I want to talk to Mrs. Monroe.

The operator says
Carnie's calling Mrs. Monroe.

Tell 'em to put the call through.
I'll monitor it here.

Put the call through.
We'll cut in.

- Find out what this guy's up to.
- Yes?

- Mrs. Monroe, this is inmate Carnie.
- Mike Carnie?

I got a farewell letter here
from your husband.

No! No, he's not dead!

Not yet.

Dearest Sue...

I feel responsible
for everything.

- Get me the governor.

Operator, get the governor.
Urgent.

They tell me I gotta
say good-bye to you and the children.

I don't know how,
because I can't believe it.

Convinced?

- Just a moment, sir. Ready.
- Governor, have you signed yet?

No, I haven't.

These men's lives
really depend on it.

We can't trust Carnie.

Governor, if you're going to sign at all,
will you please do it right away?

I must consider
very carefully.

If I sign, it'll be an open invitation
to the inmates of every prison in this state...

to grab guards
and dictate their own terms.

Governor...

I don't want you to take the responsibility
for the murder of nine men.

Every minute counts.

He hasn't signed?

Not yet.

What happens if we break
into 11 block?

That block is as hard to break into
as it is to break out of. Harder.

Some of my men will be killed.

Well, suppose we blast a hole
in the block, only inmates get killed?

The casualties will be high.

- Including the guards on the inside.
- Maybe.

Haskell, the moment
you give the order...

to blow up that block,
you're in complete charge.

I'll have to take that risk.
All right, Captain, let's get started.

Hold your head up a little.

Colonel, do you think
us guards should be killed?

- We haven't done anything.
- Hold quiet.

I never treated the men bad.

No, you just
lock up the cages...

and help throw the food
to the wild animals.

I never hit nobody.
Didn't play no favorites.

Yeah, you treat us
all the same -

like a bunch of cons.

Each man in here
feels different inside.

We all fight for our identity.
And you help destroy that.

That's the prison.
I'm just a guard here -

Yeah, I know.

That's what we got
against you.

Schuyler.

Get me Snader.
We'll start with him.

- I thought I told you -
- Take off.

And keep your eyes open.

I don't think
we should kill 'em.

I don't think
God would approve.

How's Al, Tony?

Feeling better.

Talk to him. See if he and his friends
will stand up against Carnie.

- I don't want trouble.
- You can't have it both ways.

If you don't want the guards killed,
you have to put up a fight.

Go on.

Hand him over, Schuyler!

What do you guys
think you're doing?

I'm willing to let you
run this riot, Carnie...

- but you can't kill Snader.
- Gator, boys, come on!

Now, wait a minute!

- Let's let Dunn decide this!

All right. Get him.

What's the matter?

You guys goin' chicken?

- I want to see Dunn.
- Carnie said no.

I said I wanted to see Dunn!

Dunn. Dunn!

- Hey, take it easy.
- Carnie's gonna kill Snader!

- What for? What happened?
- Nothing. He's crazy.

- If you don't stop it,
we'll all end up in a bucket.

I told him no cutting!

All right, break it up.
Break it up.

- Break it up. All right -
- Hold up.

Break it up, now.
Break it up.

All right, break it up.
Break it up, now.

They're gonna
blow up the block!

What?

I been standing guard, and I seen
these cops coming across the yard.

- They're not planting flowers.
- Where?

- By the end of the block.
- Lock Snader in a cell.

All right, dummy up.
Dummy up.

- It's a double-cross.

They're gonna blow
a hole in the block.

Carnie, get the screws.
We'll tie 'em up here.

Right.
Gator, you three, come on.

Will you wait
for the governor to sign?

And if he won't sign?
We've tried your way. It's no good.

It started with four hostages, now nine.
Tomorrow it may be 20.

You've never tried it my way.

The legislature's never given me
the money I need.

If they had, maybe I wouldn't have
a riot on my hands.

I disagree.
I think this riot is a direct result...

of your policy of compromise
with the convicts.

That's why I'm against signing.
I'd never sign.

Your way would only make
this place harder to handle.

You'd have thousands
of angry, desperate men...

and they'd take it out on the public
when they're released.

They may be angry,
but they'll be scared too.

They'll know
we mean business.

They'll think twice
before they riot again.

No.

You'll never stop riots
by treating the prisoners worse.

You stop them
by treating them better?

Line up! Line up!

Get back in your cells!

Get back in your cell -

- Popped his buttons.
- Yeah.

- I'm calling the warden
to tell him we're giving up!
- I'm running this show, Colonel.

They blow this cell block, they'll not only
kill the guards, but we'll go with them!

- All right, cut it out.
- Put that bum in there.

That's what anybody else gets
who tries to sell us out.

- You all set?
- Say the word.

- This is Dunn. What's up?
- The warden's on his way
down to the yard.

Yeah, but what about
the dynamite?

Nothing's going to happen
if you release the guards and come out.

The governor signed
the demands.

Hey, the warden's in the yard.

They say the governor
signed the demands.

- It's a trick, Dunn.
- Well, I'm gonna find out.

I've signed it.
So has the governor.

You wouldn't be
playing tricks, Warden?

Like maybe planting
a little dynamite?

- All the reporters here?
- Yes.

Okay, let's give them
their headlines.

All right, Dunn.
Start filing out, one by one.

After I see
the morning papers.

They'll be here at 7:30.

Fine.

- We did it!

All right.
Let the guards out first.

I gather from what you say
you feel you've won a victory.

- That's right.
- Congratulations are in order.

I'll say they are.

- Tom! Tom!

I never thought
I'd see you again!

Hey, Colonel!

Yeah, Dunn?

I can't understand
why we haven't heard anything.
What do you think they're doing?

- Well, it's only two weeks.
- Yeah, but nothing's happened.

They're in no rush.

Sure, you forced them,
but they don't like it.

They signed.
It's still in the papers.

What's in the papers?
That you led a riot?

That you beat up the guards?
That you destroyed property?

Yeah,
and the headlines say I won!

Yeah. Well, don't expect
any medals.

All right, Dunn,
the warden wants to see you.

It's about time!

I hear the warden's got
the blueprints for the new 11 block.

- Here he is now.

Wait outside.

What's it all about, Warden?

Dunn, you're going
to stand trial...

on charges of leading a riot
and kidnapping guards.

But I don't get it.

No reprisals - the agreement.

There is no agreement.

State legislature repudiated
the governor's signature and mine.

- They what?
- Canceled it out.

Said we had no right to make
an agreement with convicts.

But Warden, you signed it.
You gave us your word.

I don't like it, Dunn...

but that's what happened.

What'll I get?

If you're found guilty,
probably 30 years.

Thirty years?
And for what?

For nothing!

What'll Carnie get,
and the colonel?

Carnie is being sent
to the state mental institution...

where he should have been
a long time ago.

I'm signing
the colonel's parole.

And I get 30 years.

Warden, you know I didn't do it
to bust over the walls.

I did it just so people would know
what it's like in here. But 30 years?

I was never able
to transfer Carnie before.

The colonel may not have gotten his parole,
even though he deserved it.

Try to realize, Dunn...

that good does
sometimes come out of evil.

That's awful little good
for 30 years.

Well, the public
has learned more...

about the inside of a prison
in the last few weeks...

than they did in my 15 years
of making speeches.

Why do you think that is?

Because we got
in the papers.

And you're still news...

with or without
an agreement.

Haskell wants me to resign.

There's gonna be
an investigation.

But this time, the public
will listen to my side of it.

And they're your only hope.

They're the only ones
who can help.

I sure hope so.

I've been in and out
of these joints all my life.

And who cares?
That ain't right, Warden.

In other states after their riots,
changes were made.

The inmates won.

Yeah, I won - 30 years.