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(upbeat music)

- We're about a mile from the entrance.

Is that far enough?

- Fine, the blast will be just big enough to

extract a sample from about three feet inside the wall.

There shouldn't be any problem.

- Well, these timbers are pretty sturdy.

They were here when this mine was

operating over 70 years ago.

They used to bring up all the silver along this tunnel.

And when they exhausted it, they closed down.

- Selco, have them set the explosive.

- Johnson, prepare the explosive.

- [Johnson] Right.

- If we find the amount of Uranium 534

that your geological department says is down here, Doctor,

it'll yield a wealth they never dreamt of.

- [Johnson] Explosives, ready.

- Alright, detonate!

(explosion)

- Look!

Let's get out of here.

No, stay back.

(crashing)

- [Man] The whole roof's caving it!

(crashing)

(dramatic music)

- [Man] Selco, are you alright?

- [Selco] Yeah, yeah I think so.

- Look at those rocks.

(dramatic music)

- [Man] We're trapped!

- [Man] Keep your head.

- [Man] We're a mile from the entrance.

We'll never get out!

- Hey, where's the doctor?

(groaning)

Listen.

(groaning)

Over there.

(dramatic music)

Doctor, are you all right?

Can you hear me?

Are you all right?

- Yes, I think so but I can't move.

And I've...

- You've what?

- Nothing, I'll be alright.

- Have you got your emergency light?

- Yes, I've got it.

It's working.

- Good, now don't worry sir, we're all gonna make it.

Our last radio check is overdue,

you can bet it won't be long before they're

working to get us out of here.

- Sure, they'll get us out...dead.

(bleeping)

(upbeat poppy music)

- I can't go chief, get someone else.

I'm not the right man for this mission.

- I think you are, Sam.

- Oh chief, I...

- You want an order?

Alright, your orders are to get out there as fast as you can

along with Joe and the Professor.

- But chief, you can't expect me...

- You're flying out there, Sam.

Get moving before I throw the book at you.

- Well, I...just hope you know what you're doing.

(light music)

(panting)

- What did you want, Dad?

- Come in, Joe.

Catch your breath.

Well, were you winning or losing?

- We were two goals up, Dad.

- I'm sorry I had to call you away.

But WIN has just been on the phone.

- Was it Uncle Sam?

- No, no, it was Shane Weston himself.

There's an emergency, Joe.

Three men are trapped underground in the Pueblo Mountains.

They've started to drill there

but it might not reach them in time.

- What can we do, Dad?

- Weston wants us to fly out there with Sam.

But first you are to receive the brain pattern of Clive

Brinker, the leading underground explorer in the country.

- Is Uncle Sam alright, Dad?

- Sam?

Yes, yes, of course.

Let's go ahead with the transfer, Joe.

- Okay, Dad.

I'm ready.

- Remember, just relax, it's all you have to do.

Relax completely.

(mechanical noises)

(beeping noises)

(upbeat music)

(jet sounds)

- We're picking up a fully rigged

truck about ten miles further on.

We'll get to the mountains there in about half an hour.

- You seem to know this country well, Uncle Sam.

- Well I was born and brought up in these parts, Joe.

- You know these mountains then, Sam?

- Yes, I know these mountains alright.

(dramatic music)

(machine noises)

- [Man] Keep her going.

(machine noises)

- What were those men doing down there, Sam?

- They were checking out reports on the Uranium finding.

- Oh, who are they?

- Two physicists, one from New York and one from Australia.

And an old geologist who should've had more

sense than to ever have gone down there.

Look, that's enough questions.

Wait til you get the the mountains,

you'll see for yourself.

- Sure Sam, sure.

(dramatic music)

- 12 hours, I told ya.

We're never gonna get out of here.

- Keep it down, how's the doctor?

- Looks to be unconscious.

If only there was something we could do to help him.

No, no we can't chance it from this side of the rock fall.

Otherwise he'll have the lot on top of him.

- How long, how long can we last?

- I'm going to see how they're doing.

- Come on Joe, let's get this gear together.

- Alright Dad.

(machine noises)

- Hello, Sam.

- Do you know where they are?

- I think so, the Camero Tunnel.

About 125 feet down.

- How far have you got?

- 55 feet.

- How do expect those men down there

to survive going at that pace?

- It's rough going.

They've got about 100 tons of rock

ready to move in on top of them.

We're cutting in on an angle.

We can't get to them any faster.

- You better.

If they're not brought out alive,

I'm holding you personally responsible.

- Sam, I know how you feel.

- Don't Sam me, I mean it.

- Alright, keep it coming, keep it coming.

(dramatic music)

- You what?

- I'll have you taken off the job

if you don't get this drill moving faster.

- You've been crowding me since you got here, Sam.

Lay off.

- Lay off?

I oughta lay one right on your jaw.

- Why don't you just try it?

- Sam, fighting's not going to help.

They're doing everything humanly possible.

Why don't we go down to the cabin and get some rest?

There's nothing we can do here.

- You go with Joe, Mac.

I can't sleep with those men trapped in there.

- Okay Sam, but take it easy.

We'll get them out.

(dramatic music)

- Banning, what's that?

- It's a drill.

I told ya they were coming for us.

- Selco, look out!

(crashing)

(Dramatic music)

Selco, the opening to the other cave,

is it blocked?

- Yeah, tight.

Must've finished the old man off.

And we're next if any more of that rock starts to shift!

(Dramatic music)

- How's it going?

- Should be any moment now.

With the three inch diameter boar.

- Boss, I think we're just about there.

- Great, get the airline and phone link ready.

Lower them as soon as you can.

Well, now we'll find out.

- Mr. Rawlings, have you seen Sam Loover?

- No, not this morning.

Isn't he with you?

- No, he didn't come back to the cabin.

- I've got an idea where he just might be.

Come on.

(dramatic music)

Just as I figured.

- Uncle Sam.

- Mac, Joe, what are you doing here?

- We've been looking for you.

- I've been trying to get through to those caves.

When I was a kid we used to slide through there,

clean as a whistle.

I can't make it now.

- Let me go Uncle Sam.

I can get through.

- No, Joe.

These caves have claimed enough lives.

You don't know what it's like down there.

- Sam, we're just about to get a phone link

into the Camero Tunnel.

- Then what are we doing here?

Hello?

Hello, can you hear me?

- [Man] Yeah, we can hear you.

- How's the doctor?

- There was a rock fall, he was cut off.

We haven't heard a thing for a couple of hours.

- Okay, thanks.

- Sam, where ya going?

- That drill of yours cut him off,

no way and no way out.

You've really taken care of it, haven't you?

- Sam.

(door slam)

Poor Sam.

- Rawlings, what's this all about?

Sam hasn't let up on you since he arrived here.

It's not like him.

- It's alright Professor, I know what he's going through.

I've known Sam for a long time

and the doctor even longer.

- Well, why is Sam acting like this?

What's the connection?

- Connection?

Don't you know?

The doctor down there is Willie Loover, Sam's father.

(dramatic music)

- Sam, we know it's your father down there.

Why didn't you tell us?

- How could I, Mac?

- And what else, Sam?

Why did Weston specially want Joe on the mission?

He wants to help but you got him doing nothing.

You're keeping something from us, what is it?

- Alright, Mac.

My father has a condition which requires regular injections.

His full serum supply was found in the truck.

If he's still alive,

without that serum he'll be dead within two hours.

- Well let's get that serum, Sam.

- How many times have I told you that Joe 90,

WIN and the big rat can't be called on just

because some things effecting us personally?

- If there's any chance your father is still alive,

it's what we must do.

I know Sam, you're torn down the middle.

Loyalty to your father and loyalty to WIN.

- That's why I never wanted this mission.

- It's a Joe 90 mission now.

(dramatic music)

- Your RPMs are down, what's the matter?

- There's a lot of rock shifting, boss.

I thought we should slow it down.

- We've got to take that chance,

they can't hold out forever.

Put her flat out.

(machine noises)

- Okay, I'm ready Sam.

- Now Joe, after the first chasm,

you'll find a small channel cutting through

the rock to a narrow ledge.

- I'll get through it Sam,

and then I'll double rope from there.

- We'll be right here Joe.

- Alright Sam.

Don't look so worried,

Clive Brinker is a great underground explorer

and I've got his brain pattern.

- Be careful, son.

- Thanks, Joe.

(suspenseful music)

- Well, he's on his own now Mac.

I only hope it's not all in vain.

- We'll get them out.

Everybody's doing their best.

(suspenseful music)

- Don't they realize that drill

is shifting the rock over us?

- There's no way to tell them.

That last rock fall fouled up the radio link.

Now calm down, they know what they're doing.

(suspenseful music)

- Alright Sam, no trouble so far.

Any news from down below?

- There's no change.

- What's that?

The old man, he must still be alive.

- Hold on, Selco, we haven't heard

a thing from there in hours.

It's probably another rock fall.

- I guess your right.

Nothing can save him now.

(suspenseful music)

- Keep her up there, keep her up.

- The only way through and it's right under that drill.

(machine noises)

(suspenseful music)

(machine noises)

- Sam, can't you get in touch with him?

- Let him come through to us.

An interruption at the wrong time

could break his concentration.

- The whole place is shaking.

That roof won't take it.

- Don't talk like that, save your strength.

(machine noises)

- That could be it.

Sam, I'm in the tunnel.

There's a huge rock pile.

- That'll be it Joe.

Now go carefully, one wrong move could bring it all down.

- I know Sam, I'll be careful.

- He's there Mac but now comes the most difficult part.

One slip and they'll all be crushed.

(machine noises)

- What is it?

We're dropping again.

- It's the rock, boss.

It smashed the drill head.

- [Boss] How long will it take to change it?

- About half an hour, chief.

- Alright, do it and get those revs back up.

- Have stopped drilling.

Given up.

- Selco get a hold of yourself.

- They've given up, I tell ya.

I think we had it, like the doctor.

(dramatic music)

- Sam, I found your father.

- He's got to him, Mac.

- Alright doctor, it's going to be all right.

Sam, I've just given your father the serum.

He's very weak but he's alright.

- Well done, Joe.

Thanks.

He'll be alright for at least another 24 hours

and they'll have the rescue cage through to him by then.

- Have a doctor come down with the cage

and a stretcher with plenty of blankets.

- Okay Joe, I'll tend to it right now.

- What the...

No, it's...

- It's the drill, it's coming to get you out.

- They made it, we're gonna get out.

(upbeat music)

- What's happening, Sam?

- The drill has reached your friends,

they'll soon get you out.

I got to go, they mustn't find me here.

- Sam?

Don't leave me.

- Don't worry, you're safe now.

- Sam, come back.

Sam, Sam!

(sad music)

Sam.

- Hello dad, how are you?

- Where am I?

- You're all right dad, just relax.

- I can't remember, Sam.

I was going under, son.

I really was.

I didn't care.

And then it was as if you were right there beside

me in that cave, Sam.

You were a little boy.

You just sat there, just like the old days.

And suddenly the most important thing

in the whole world was to live.

- It was the most important thing

in the world to me too, Dad.

Get some rest now, Dad.

I'll see you tomorrow.

(upbeat music)