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What's the matter, Captain?

You will have to get out of here. It's a restricted area.

Why, we're out here on a hunting trip.

How did you get by the roadblocks on the main highway?

We've been hunting in this area for 3 days.

You'll have to turn around and move out.

This is an atomic testing ground. - What?

There is a bomb scheduled to go off here in the morning.

Okay.

"The atomic detonation scheduled for tomorrow morning .."

"Is one of a series being conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission."

"In conjunction with the Army, Air Force and Marines."

"This blast will be a tower explosion."

"And will be detonated ten to eleven miles .."

"From the control point on a bearing of 10 degrees east of west."

"The section of the Nevada proving ground south of the control point."

"Is the Frenchman Flat site."

"And the area to the north is known as Yucca Basin."

"Several locations within the basin have been activated for nuclear tests."

"And the cleaning of these areas is now being completed."

"The scheduled time for the blast is now 06:00 tomorrow morning."

Sorry. You can't get to Hanford by the cut-off.

You'll have to take the main highway to Carson City and cut through to Reno.

But that's fifty miles out of the way. - Can't be helped.

The shortcut is in the blast area. - Oh.

Is that where they do all the dirty work?

That's the tower.

It will be atoms itself this time tomorrow.

What's that?

An old mining town.

Lost Hope City.

It blows up tomorrow too.

A ghost town?

Yeah .. we went through it yesterday just to make sure.

Maybe we'd better give it another look, just in case.

Uhuh.

Yeah.

Well, keep the copters up until dark tonight.

And have them make one last sweep as soon as it gets light tomorrow morning.

The roadblocks stay in until I give you the word.

You can write your story Larry, that the area round Lost Hope City is now cleared.

At least it will by the time your paper is out. - Thanks.

Are you covering the blast?

When the order I called out yonder, I'll be there.

[ Door knocks ]

Come in.

Hello, Colonel. - Charlie.

What are you doing here?

"Relieving you from duty" as they say in the English war pictures.

I'm covering the blast and you're going to Carson City.

For what? - They had a prison break there.

When did he bust out?

Last night when nobody was looking.

You are to leave immediately.

Have you been cleared to cover this operation?

Not completely. We'd better get started.

Why does that paper of yours have to make a switch at this late date?

Because Larry is our big, ace scoop reporter.

And Sam Hurley is big news.

What about the blast?

Well Colonel, when you've seen one atom bomb, you've seen them all.

My regards to your wife and children.

Drive carefully.

Put cotton in your ears.

Hadn't we better just hurry like anything?

Get me security.

How is everything?

Just fine, thanks.

Another piece of pie?

No thanks.

Okay.

More coffee?

Uhuh.

Hey, Larry. - Hiya, Pete.

You've not been up this way in weeks. - No. Been busy blowing up the desert.

Give me a couple of packs of cigarettes, will you.

What's it going to be tomorrow morning? - More of the same thing only bigger.

There goes my windows again.

Where are you heading? - Carson City.

Hey.

Where is the kitchen? - The kitchen?

The place where people who can't pay their bills wash the dishes.

My first customer today, and this is what I get.

How much does she owe? - Fifty cents.

Here. I think it's deductible.

You might as well take that back, mister. It won't buy you anything.

My dear lady, I'm thinking of this poor man, his business.

His three children.

What three children?

You can always find three children.

I'll see you on my way back, Pete.

Okay.

Hey, how come you're broke?

I thought you came in on the last bus.

This is as far toward Reno as my money would go.

You got a job there? - You might call it that.

Well. Thanks for everything.

Hey.

Carson City is on the way to Reno.

Larry will give you a lift.

You're welcome.

Hot day, isn't it?

You know this road is where 3 people from Cedar Rapids died of thirst last year.

Could I .. offer you a drink.

Then how about a lift?

I'm going as far as Carson City.

Why not?

I might as well be chased as stranded.

My name is Larry.

Why should I doubt you?

What's yours?

Dorothy Vail. But don't consider that an introduction.

Dottie .. I think you're bitter.

You must have had a cruel life. Bad luck, hard knocks.

Don't open a relief agency for me.

What do you do when you're not beating off advances?

When is that?

I mean, what do you do for a living?

Night clubs.

Singer? - Dancer.

What do you do? - Newspaper man.

Do you count many readers around here?

Oh, just a few prospectors and gophers.

Are you on a story now?

Jailbreak and murder.

He doesn't look like a killer.

[ Radio: ]

"All of the western states have been alerted to apprehend the convicts."

"Who are known to be in a green 1941 Ford sedan."

"But as of this hour, nothing has been seen of them since their escape."

"Citizens are urged to be on the lookout for these criminals."

"But caution should be used as these men are armed and considered dangerous."

Well, so far, so good.

How you doing, Bart?

Not so good. They really got me.

How long we been driving?

A couple of hours. We're right on schedule.

A service station is only about a mile up the road. Right, Dummy?

Are we going to make it, Sam?

No trouble at all.

We'll dump this junk-heap ..

Pick up a car at the station and be at Johnny's in three hours.

The bullet is still in me. I'm going to have to have a Doc.

You'll get a doctor, don't worry.

Dummy.

Help Bart inside. Make him comfortable.

Sorry to keep you waiting. I was fixing an engine up.

You alone here?

Yeah. - Nobody in the house?

You know who I am?

I read the papers this morning.

You .. do much business here?

Enough to live.

Let's take a look around.

What's that shack over there? - Just a pump house.

And here?

[ 2x gunshots! ]

Hide him in the back. Then check the house.

What happened out there?

I ran into a hero.

Did you have to kill him?

Well I couldn't let him hang around to tell everybody we'd been here.

Did you junk the car? - Yep.

Want one?

Sam .. how are we going to get a doctor?

Johnny will know one. We'll pick up a car here before long.

Maybe that guy out there has a car?

I want one with people in it.

Hurt?

Maybe if I had a drink.

Sure.

Dummy, look in that shack outside. See if you can't find a bottle of something.

You got a lot of guts, Bart.

It's been a tough trip so far.

Was it?

We'll make it. - Oh, we'll make it.

How long will we have to hold up with Johnny before we can go for this money?

It wasn't really planned, with you all shot up here.

Maybe you ought to leave me and go on.

You can quit that kind of talk.

We started out together, we'll end up together, one way or another.

Well.

Tommy really has everything set up fine. Look at the clothes he dug up for us.

Pretty fancy, eh?

Oh, that ought to do it.

There you go .. make you feel better.

Help yourself.

There is plenty more of that where we're going.

We'll patch you up and then we'll get you into our new clothes.

I'm glad you noticed the gas. I'd hate to get caught in this heat.

Are you sure you can't stay with me longer than a week?

Don't you think I'd like to?

You could at least fly up every other weekend.

I'll be with you as much as I can.

You know that.

We'll get out of Reno and go down to Tahoe this weekend.

You certainly took your time. - I certainly did.

What do you want?

A lift, buster. A nice fast drive. Watch 'em, Dummy. I'll be right out.

Why don't you just take the car? - Let's go. In the other direction.

What are you going to do with us? - We'll see.

Why don't you just let us out?

You're our protection.

The Cops aren't looking for five people.

Hey, Sam. Look.

Her husband is a doctor.

You're a doctor, buster?

No, I'm a friend of Mrs Garven and Dr Garven.

I'm an insurance broker.

Let's see your wallet.

"Arthur Ashton. Insurance broker."

Tough.

Yeah, Arthur.

I'll bet her husband is just crazy about you.

Pasadena, California.

Not even in the same State.

No.

Keep driving, Mrs Garven.

Slow down.

It's a roadblock. Back the way we came.

Here is some money. Go into that store and pick up some food.

And get a couple of bottles for Dummy, too. You go with him.

Get three or four lanterns.

You feel alright to watch her? - Sure. What are we doing?

Getting you a doctor.

Dr Garven's office.

That's right. Just a moment, please.

Nothing to worry about, Miss Coghlan. Just don't go off your diet again.

See you next week.

Won't be long.

Oh doctor, it's long distance.

I'll take it in my office.

Hello.

Yes, this is Dr Garven.

What?

Who?

I said this Sam Hurley.

If you want to know who I am take a look at the front page of your morning paper.

A friend of mine has got a bullet in him. He needs a doctor.

No Doc, he wants you.

Why? Because I've got your wife.

If anything should happen to my friend, she might not look so pretty anymore.

Yeah, your wife.

She's driving a Chrysler sedan with a California license ..

1-T-6-2-7-1-6

And she's with a guy by the name of Arthur Ashton.

Yes, yes. I believe she is with you.

But is this her idea of a practical joke?

Listen Doc, I know where you are. I know this country. I know where I will be.

I want you to take a plane to Las Vegas and rent a car.

I'll tell you how to go. I'll make it just as clear as crystal.

You take route 95 above Las Vegas.

About fifty miles out of town.

Just beyond Charleston, you come to a bridge.

Yes, yes of course it is clear, but ..

Alright, a couple of more things.

Don't show up and you're a widower.

Show up with anyone else. You're still a widower.

I'll blast her in two right in front of you.

And don't try to get smarter than me.

Play it straight and you got yourself a wife.

Get cute, you get yourself a corpse.

Dummy and his comic books.

How are things in outer space?

A couple of miles along here now and you're going to make a turn.

Why don't you tell us something? Where are you taking us? What will you do?

Alright, Arthur.

If it will steady your nerves.

We've been planning this break a long time and it means a lot to us.

A half a million bucks.

We planned on everything. Even the roadblocks.

Since we can't get through to some friends of ours right now ..

We've got another spot all picked out.

Where?

You'll find out when you get there. Now shut up.

Will the doctor be there, Sam?

He'll need a few hours, but he'll be there.

What's the matter with the car?

You think I stopped at that filling station for perfume? We're out of gas.

Why didn't you tell me?

You are not letting anybody say anything.

How come you work in a little paper in Las Vegas?

Why don't you move to a big town?

Supposing I said I like the country?

I would ask you why? - Oh there are lots of reasons.

The people, the climate.

The country.

You must be half lizard.

You know the old saying: the West, where men are men.

That's all they are any place.

Where are you from, Dottie?

Pittsburgh.

You didn't like it?

I don't know. I never got a clear look at it.

Hey, look.

This is really your day.

Having trouble? - Yes, I ran out of gas.

This is no place to do that. Hop in.

She's got some friends.

Dummy! Everybody in.

You too.

You're not making very good time, Hurley.

I'm doing alright.

How much gas you got in the tank?

Three quarters full.

That's fine .. move over, I'll drive.

Keep me covered in case this guy gets cute.

How did you recognise me? - I'm a reporter.

I was on my way to Carson City to do a story about you.

I'll try to see that you get some material.

Is she a reporter too?

Just a friend.

Cosy.

Where are you headed for?

A desert resort I know near hear.

Where does this go?

All the way over. Lost Hope City.

You can't go there, Hurley.

Want a bet?

There's an atom bomb that says not. - I heard about it.

They've cleared the whole area around there.

Good. We won't have any visitors.

That test takes place tomorrow morning.

I'll be out of there by then.

What about us?

That's a good question, Arthur.

I'll have to give it some thought.

Well, there it is.

Just in time too, from the way this heap is acting.

Well, let's get down there.

Alright. Everybody out, but stay here.

Alright. In here.

Everybody over by them.

Sit over there by him.

What time you got, reporter?

Five twenty-five.

When did you say they're going to clear this area?

It's already been cleared but they still have planes up.

This clock has been wound.

Dummy, you'd better hide that car. Put it in the shed across the stable.

Bring everything in.

Now look, I ..

Hadn't planned on dragging along such a crowd.

Since you're all here we might as well get a couple of things straight.

Stay away from that door.

And ..

Don't give me any trouble because I won't take it.

Let's get some more things straight while we're at it.

Are we getting out of here before tomorrow morning?

I sure hope you do, Arthur.

You don't think we're just going to sit round here with an insane man.

Waiting to be blown up do you?

Yeah .. I think you probably will.

If you didn't have that gun.

You try something dumb and I'll take you to pieces.

Stop trying to be a hero.

I hate heroes.

What are we waiting for, Sam?

A doctor for my friend.

Where are you going to get a doctor around here?

He's already on his way.

Her husband. All the way from Pasadena.

What are you talking about?

He'll be here a little after midnight.

You called Neal?

If that's your husband.

Bart needs a doctor and your husband is a doctor.

Who has a good reason for showing up.

What reason?

You.

What's the matter?

Shut up. What's the matter?

He isn't getting here at midnight or any other time.

What's a married woman doing in Nevada when her husband is in California?

I'm divorcing him.

He wouldn't cross the street for me, much less risk his life.

He'd better.

Or you don't have anything to laugh about at all.

I hope he doesn't blame you if Neal doesn't show up.

Why should he? It wasn't my idea to call Neal.

I know, but you never can tell what these fellows are going to do.

I think he's sort of interesting. Don't you?

A typical bully-boy.

I've run into a hundred of them. - I haven't.

I've never met anyone like him.

Well, watch yourself. Don't let him get you alone.

I'll have a lot of choice if that's what he wants.

Just don't act foolish and start finding him fascinating.

You know, he'd probably let us go if you offered him some money.

Where would I get it? - I'll write him a check.

Oh no.

I think this is one time you find your check-book won't do you any good, Kay.

Just the same, I want you to talk to him when he comes back.

Just in case I should live through this experience I need a story on you, Sam.

What kind of a story?

Oh, the usual kind of stuff.

Are you the victim of society and never had a chance?

You don't believe in that, huh? - Why should I?

I've known too many victims of society who've ended up as bank presidents.

And I served time with a lot of bank presidents.

How many men have you killed, Sam?

Legally or illegally?

What do you mean, "legally"?

They gave you permission to kill a lot of people during the war.

You were in the army?

Oh sure. I was a hero for three years.

Watching all my pals get their heads blown off.

So now you don't have to write your story. I'll write it for you.

Sam Hurley. Another one of the vast army of young men who was ruined by the war.

That's not bad.

I got a full story done of me a few years ago.

Are you a member of the "vast army"?

I guess so. Anyway, he'll write it that way.

Maybe I won't be that easy on you.

You will. You'll keep your job by writing what the people want.

The people want to feel sorry for me.

Do they?

Sure, they want to see me shot down in a big, bloody battle.

But they want to feel sorry for me at the same time.

You don't think very much of people, do you.

I don't think very much of them.

Unless maybe, they happen to look like this.

Is she your girl?

I just met her today.

What's your name?

Guess.

I said what's your name?

Now look mister, you can use that tone on the Pasadena divorce case in there.

I cut my teeth on tougher guys than you.

You must have real tough teeth.

I got testimonials from guys who doubted it.

How did you happen to team with him?

He gave me a lift.

It was better than wading through the cactus all the way to Reno.

When are you going to let us go? - Why? Don't you like it here?

Oh sure.

You've got a gun at my head and there's a bomb about to go off behind me.

Maybe you don't have anything to worry about.

Yeah, it's a real rest.

Let's go inside.

You first.

Coming in, Dummy.

What's your name? - Dottie.

Alright, Dottie. Go in with that other dame and fix us something to eat.

[ Radio: ]

"We have just received word that the final preparations .."

"For the explosion of the new atomic bomb are now complete."

"The time is set for 6 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"You listeners are urged to stay tuned to this station .."

"In case there should be any change."

"We will try to give you ample warning."

"So that you can get to your roofs and watch the flash from the explosion."

"And now .. back to our recorded program."

You okay, Bart?

Not a word about us on the air.

I guess we planned things pretty well.

I wonder if that roadblock was for us or for that bomb.

Probably both.

Will Johnny know we didn't show up?

I called him right after I talked to that doctor.

He's meeting us at the main road.

A bakery truck. 5:30 tomorrow morning.

That's cutting it pretty close. The bomb goes off at six.

This is the safest place in the world for us right now.

They'll probably think that we got over the border during the night.

Everything is going nice and smooth.

I hope it keeps up that way.

Ah, you can do anything with money.

We'll have half a million bucks.

You don't think they'll find us after we get done?

They won't be within 5,000 miles of guessing where we are.

I hit the place once when I was a deckhand on a freighter.

You never saw any place like it, Bart.

Quiet. Plenty of sunshine.

Nice friendly people, you know.

They mind their own business.

Sounds good, Sam. - It will be.

I wish that doctor would get here.

Yeah, I know. It really drags, doesn't it.

Try to get some sleep.

We could all be a hunk of that flash that people are going to watch.

Haven't you ever wanted to become part of a great experiment?

We are not even a mile from what is going to be blast center.

You know what that means, Sam?

I'll borrow a comic book from Dummy and find out.

There won't even be a spot to mark where this place used to be.

That's fine. This is kind of a crummy town anyway.

The big man. He has atom bombs for breakfast.

In the next chapter the Martians invade.

How come you're up here for a divorce?

He couldn't be the reason.

It's none of your business.

You got more money than your husband?

Why should you be interested, Mr Hurley?

I've always been interested in what makes pretty girls tick.

Why they marry the men they do. Why they leave them.

And why they have to have money.

You seem pretty preoccupied with money yourself.

Well, a man who's wanted for murder needs friends.

Money buys plenty of them.

How many murders have you committed?

Well murder is the wrong word for it.

I've killed 2 or 3 people who tried to stop me from doing what I wanted to do.

What's that?

Get away.

You ever been locked up?

Not the way you mean.

I don't care what way it is.

Some people can stand it and some people can't.

The ones who can't would kill themselves and anybody else ..

Just to get out for 5 minutes.

I think I know what you're talking about.

Was it a bum marriage?

For me it was. - How about your husband?

Now look, Hurley.

Will you shut up. The next time I want to hear from you I'll let you know.

You heard what he said about the bomb. - I got plenty of time to think of that.

Alright, tell us what you're going to do. You going to kill us or let us go?

I haven't made up my mind.

Right now, all I'm thinking about is getting Bart fixed up.

The only good friend I've ever had.

[ Creaking door noise ]

[ Footsteps ]

[ Footsteps ]

What's that?

I don't know.

Drop 'em and stick 'em up!

Drop 'em I said!

I really scared you, didn't I.

Ha ha ha ..

Ha ha ha ..

Me and old George once scored a hundred horn that way.

Well I didn't expect this much company. I wish I had known.

Well, just make yourselves at home.

Visitors don't drop in on me much more.

Who are you?

Asa Tremaine is my name.

Been prospecting since the war. Just come in from the hills.

What war?

The war I was at.

I seen old black Jack Pershing himself once in Paris.

I could've touched him. I was that close.

What you creeping around here for?

It's my home. Come to get my things.

Are you one of them government fellahs? - No.

I thought you might be worried about me getting out. I'll be leaving right away.

You alone? - Sure.

We'd better be making tracks.

Maybe you don't know about that bomb? - We know about it.

Them things sure rip this desert to pieces.

Just think what we could have done with a couple of them things at the Marne.

What are you doing with that gun?

Trying to get you to shut up.

Get over there with the rest of them.

Your friend hurt?

Get over there and sit down.

Well.

Sure is nice seeing some pretty girls again.

Don't see many women around her so much no more.

Everybody had supper?

What's going on?

Dummy, I'm going to take a look around. He may have relatives.

A peculiar sort of a fellow, ain't he.

Kinda hard-assed.

Reminds me of a killer I knew right here in this town back in 1902

Killed about eight men before they got a rope around his neck.

Newspaper man, huh?

Used to be quite a bit mining around here back in the old days.

Used to be a lot of drinking around here too.

And a lot of women.

Fact is, I don't know why anybody left.

Anybody want a drink?

Nice, isn't it?

Men usually get courage out of a bottle, but we girls can get it from a lipstick.

Quite a spot.

Between the devil and the bright red bomb.

I suppose you're more or less used to men like him.

Who could get used to anything like him?

Well I mean, you must run into lots of men in your type of work.

I run into lots of men when I'm just loafing.

What did he talk about when he kept you outside this afternoon?

We didn't talk much.

Oh.

What's this fellow expect us to do?

Sit around here and wait until that bomb goes off?

That seems to be the idea.

Don't seem very practical, does it.

What's he mad about?

He's just sore at life in general, Asa.

Well I ain't, and I just want to leave and not wait here with him.

Where did he come from?

He just busted out of the Penitentiary.

I knowed it.

You can't fool me with eyes like that.

Have you got any ideas what we could do?

Just sit tight until we see what he's going to do.

You'll have to move pretty soon if the doctor doesn't show up.

Then what?

He'll probably take the car and let us walk out.

Yes. But could we get out of the danger area in time?

It depends how long we have.

I wonder what he wants here? Nothing left to rob.

Well, I'm getting sick of the way everybody just sits around ..

And talks about what we should do.

Nobody tries anything, to offer money, or tell him that we don't intend to ..

No, I won't sit down. I'm not used to being ordered around by just anyone.

Take your hands off me.

Leave her alone. - Why, I could ..

This ain't the time.

What are you reading?

A little pamphlet they gave us on the bomb.

Trying to cheer yourself up?

It says 55 percent of the casualties die of blast pressure ..

And 5 percent of radiation.

Does it make you feel better?

It's 11:30, Sam. He isn't coming.

He could have had trouble.

What do you want with us?

Why don't you let us go?

I'm afraid to be alone.

Hey, Sam.

Did you ever hear of a killer named Martin?

No, never heard of him. - He sure was a mean little fellah.

Right here in this bar one time ..

I seen him shoot the shoes clean off a girl who was working here.

Ha ha.

She sure was mad.

She went stamping around here in her bare feet yelling and cussing.

You never heard of this Martin, huh?

No.

You awake, Bart?

Yeah.

How's it going?

It still hurts pretty bad.

I was thinking how close we came ..

To getting away clean with an armored car stick-up.

It had been planned good.

Everything turned out fine. We stashed the money.

And then we get tripped up by a crummy car battery.

Just a bad break.

You can't ever think of everything.

You could be walking round free and clear if you'd turned State's evidence on me.

Yeah .. I could.

You ever regret it?

Well, being in stir wasn't exactly a ..

A beach party.

Yeah.

I've never regretted it.

You'll still be free and clear.

If I have to shoot up half the state.

There is always that one thing, Sam.

This time, a stray bullet in the stomach.

I'll get us through.

Can you make coffee?

Yes, I suppose so. - Come on, we'll go in the kitchen.

What for?

To make coffee I said, Arthur.

She's not going any place with you alone.

Isn't she?

Get going.

Kay.

Go on.

Kay!

I said she's not going in the kitchen with you.

I'm warning you, Hurley.

You are in no position to warn anybody.

Now sit down and shut up.

Take it easy. - Yeah, take it easy.

So he can get away with anything he wants.

Just because he's a second-rate convict with a couple of cheap killings.

Arthur, you're not shutting up.

I'm fed up with you throwing your weight around just because you've got a gun.

Take it away from you, and you'd be a yellow, blubbering rat.

That's what I'm going to do.

I'm going to take it away from you and shove it down your throat.

You've got about one more step to live.

Maybe it's you that's only got another minute, Hurley.

[ Two gunshots! ]

Don't you get started! Get in there and make some coffee.

Don't any of the rest of you get any ideas.

I've seen a lot of low, crummy things in my life.

Didn't even give the fellah a chance.

Now in the old days .. - He's all keyed up.

We'll have to keep our heads and play up to him.

It makes me mad to see a fellah shot down like that.

If I could get to me gun I'd show him a thing or two.

You've got a gun?

In my sack.

Well, if he's smart, he'd have figured that out.

Go get it.

Just going to get some smoking tobacco, my friend.

This stuff burns up like sage grass.

A man gets awful cranky without his own brand of tobacco.

Uhuh.

Yeah, well since you explain it that way.

I'll make a trap for it later.

Are you going to kill all of us?

I went crazy. I couldn't help it.

Don't kill me, Sam.

Please don't.

Let me get out of here.

Take me with you. Anything, just ..

Just please don't kill me.

He must have thought a lot of you.

Going for me like he did.

He never meant anything to me. Just take me with you when you go.

You think you'd like that?

Being on the run all the time? - I wouldn't care, just so long ..

As I wouldn't have to die and I could get out of this awful place.

You will take me, won't you Sam?

What about the others? - I don't care.

Let them go. Do anything you like.

Just you and me, huh?

That's right, Sam.

I'd go any place with you, but please, please ..

Did you put them outside?

I had a fine life when I was a kid.

My mother thought it was just great that someone invented men.

My father was a man of distinction to every bootlegger in Pittsburgh.

Where did you go to school?

Who went to school?

I started hustling nickels as soon as my old man noticed I could walk.

Sold papers, shovelled snow.

Orphan Annie was a rich kid to our crowd.

What did you father do?

Well .. when he could make it across the room to the telephone ..

He borrowed money from my grandmother.

Then he'd rest up for a couple of weeks.

Taper off with hair tonic and soda.

How long did he live? - He's still kicking around.

He used up all the bars in Pittsburgh and ..

Then a couple of years ago he started mooching his way across the country.

Last I heard he was stranded in a dry state ..

Working his way through a case of D.T.s.

I'm afraid to ask you about your mother.

She writes that she's very happy with her sixth husband.

She finally settled down, huh?

No.

She says there is a very distinguished looking gentleman in her Bingo club.

Who wants her to run away with him to his fox farm in Ottawa.

Next stop, Canada?

Six husbands and you're still working on your first.

Mother used up all the men we knew.

Why don't you try to get him on our side?

It's worth a try.

Hiya.

You know ..

You belong in a hospital, Bart.

We could help you if you give us a lift now.

Not a chance, mister.

You've never even seen us before.

What good are we going to do you dead?

I don't think he'll kill you.

Arthur isn't too lively.

He tried to jump Sam.

It's a funny thing, Bart.

I've noticed once a man starts killing, he usually doesn't know when to stop.

What do you mean?

Arthur told me about some money you've got hidden away some place.

So what?

Maybe Sam will figure there isn't enough to go around.

You're on the wrong side, mister.

He could have left me to die any place along the line.

We could change his mind.

Sam and I are friends.

Nobody double-crosses anybody.

Where'd you get the money, Bart?

Why?

Just curious.

Hell, it's none of your business.

A few of us held up an armored truck back east.

We were the only two left alive.

How does Dummy figure in?

He's a good man to have around if there's any trouble.

I'll tell you something, Bart.

You got plenty of trouble right now.

A bullet in you. A pal who isn't scared of atom bombs.

We'll get out in time.

Give us a break, Bart.

I'll give you a break.

By not telling Sam you talked to me.

But don't try it again.

Well, I see we're all still here.

Everybody been behaving themselves?

We were beginning to wonder what had happened to you.

What's your position on sharing the wealth?

Help yourself.

Thanks.

Well. Live a little, die a lot.

Did he tell you anything between cups of coffee?

About what?

Whether or not he's going to give us a running start.

He didn't say.

Didn't talk, huh?

Well I know how that is.

Why don't you just ask me what you want to know?

/do I have to?

Mind if I have another?

Yeah, I do.

Only available drink and I have to lose my tact.

How far is the main road from here?

Oh, it's about 22 miles.

It's too far to walk. Think of a shortcut.

The motor in that junk heap of yours is split right down the middle.

Sam.

I couldn't take the pounding. I can't walk.

We'll carry you out in the cot here, like a stretcher.

I'd never make it.

That husband of yours must be real worried about you.

Lazing out here in the middle of the desert with a hunted man.

I ought to touch you up and dump you in his lap.

But you promised me. You can't do it. You promised me ..

Shut up!

Listen.

[ Car noises ]

Hurley.

Sam Hurley.

Just take it easy, Doc.

Let's see that bag.

Give me the car keys.

The work is in there.

He kinda tripped over his own heroics.

But I guess he has plenty of insurance.

He was an insurance man, wasn't he, Doc?

Yes.

Here.

Inside.

Are you alright? - Yes.

You're not hurt? - No, I'm alright.

Never mind about her.

Your patient is over here.

Hi, Doc.

Much pain? - Yeah.

Too much.

Where did you get it?

When?

Early this morning.

We got to be out of here by 5 o'clock. They're shooting off a bomb.

Lend me that lamp.

You got quite a wife, Doc. She didn't think you'd show up.

Didn't she.

No. She had the idea you'd rather see her tied up in a bundle than ..

Stick your own neck out.

I ..

I tried to tell her how worried you sounded on the phone.

She decided not to depend on you .. entirely.

Do you want to talk or do you want me to get on with this?

Oh, one more thing.

You didn't tell anybody where you were going?

No.

You're real sure about that? - I didn't tell anybody.

What are you going to do, Doc?

I'm going to give you some relief from the pain.

That will ease it.

He's in bad shape. He should be in a hospital.

Now, now Doc. You know better than that.

He's got a bullet in him. Get it out.

He won't stand a chance here. The light is poor and I've no competent assistant.

Well, you'd better be a real good doctor.

What guarantee do I have that you'll let us go if I succeed?

You'll get a guarantee on what will happen if you don't.

I won't promise a thing under these conditions.

I'm not asking for promises, Doc.

I'm just telling you'd better pull my friend through.

Now get ready.

What did he say, Sam?

Oh it's nothing. You're going to be okay.

Sure? - Sure I'm sure.

How do you feel now?

That stuff he shot in me was good.

It don't hurt any more.

Why did you come?

Wouldn't you have?

No, I guess not.

Five o'clock is going to roll round awful fast, Doc.

I'll be finished before then.

I hope there is some water. These things have to be sterilised.

There is a keg of water in the kitchen. - I'll do it.

Thanks. These and these, and boiling water.

And bring me a pan of hot water as soon as possible.

This going to take long?

Get that man over here.

Reporter, give me a hand.

Help me out here, will you. - Sure, Doc. Be glad to.

You know I always been quite interested in medicine.

Had quite an experience in my younger days.

Of course, we didn't have all these modern conveniences.

I remember a fellah shot at .. - Clear the table.

Yeah, done quite an operation once myself.

Took out a fellah's left lung.

Only thing I had to work with was a broke beer bottle.

But look, the fellah done alright though.

Of course he had to cut down on his smoking a little.

Take it easy, Bart.

In another hour, you'll be running foot races.

Tell the girl to hurry with that hot water.

Hey, Sam.

You sure you never heard of this Martin fellah?

No.

Hurry up with that hot water.

Sure. I'll make it boil faster.

You're really making he rounds, aren't you.

It's a long time since I've had a chance.

Doesn't the state furnish you boys with this kind of entertainment?

Just wood carving.

We'll pull out of here before long. - Already?

This is getting to be a home away from home.

You don't have to go broke for the rest of your life.

No.

I'll be nice to you and then you can give me a lot of your money.

I'll have a quarter of a million bucks in a few days.

Well.

That won't hurt your popularity.

Everything is planned. We're leaving the country. Going to South America.

I thought maybe ..

You'd like to come along.

Would I be number one or number two girl in this harem?

Cut it out.

What's the matter with that question? You made some promises to Miss Pasadena.

Forget about her. - Okay, she's forgotten.

You and I can get along. You've had a tough time. So have I.

It would be twice as tough if we got together.

I don't think so.

You're don't act too enthusiastic.

Don't tell me it's that reporter out there.

No. It's the guy out on the porch.

Well, he didn't mean anything to you.

I can't get over how suddenly he died.

Do you want to come along or not?

Maybe.

We'd better get your pal fixed up first.

What do you want? - We'll have to form a club.

You'd better get out and help the Doc.

I can't, Sam. I'm no good at that.

Please, Sam.

Could you help me here?

I'll try. - Good.

Boil the instruments a few minutes more and then bring them in.

Hurley, there is an extra medical kit in the car. Get it.

Do you think you can do it, Neal?

I don't know.

If I can keep him from haemorrhaging and out of shock I'll be satisfied.

He'll kill all of us if you don't save him.

He probably will anyway.

You must have known that before you came here.

Why did you?

I didn't have much choice as long as he had you.

You could have sent the police.

I've got to wash up.

Are you still in love with me?

I don't know.

But I've been taking care of you for so long.

I guess it's just a habit.

Here you are, Doc. I don't know what all this junk is.

None of it shoots.

Take that into the kitchen and have it sterilized.

All this fuss about a little old bullet.

We used to take 'em out with jack-knives and make watch-bobs out of 'em.

Still got a couple to cut out of my right leg.

Carved them into cupids.

Quite a guy, your husband. Showing up like this.

Can he do the job?

He doesn't know.

Well at least they have a car.

Just big enough for the three of them with maybe someone on one of their laps.

Maybe you?

More likely, your girlfriend.

She was kissing him in there a minute ago.

We all do the best we can.

All except you.

You just sit around and say take it easy.

I don't care to emulate Arthur.

At least he tried to do something. - And I wish he hadn't.

We could have used him later on.

He sure was crazy about you.

Lots of men seem to be crazy about you.

Shut up.

All ready, doctor. - Just a second.

What's that?

Sodium pentothal.

It's an anaesthetic.

Nurse, you'll have to administer it during the operation.

Whenever I tell you to, give him one more CC.

Here's the mark, here.

Sam.

I wish I had a bible.

You don't need one.

You're going to come through fine.

Just the same, I ..

I'd like to hear something from the bible.

I got a bible in my sack.

Alright. Get it.

Take the instruments out with the forceps.

Just put them on the towel.

What do you want to hear?

Anything.

I want you to start counting as I inject this.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

One.

"Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted."

Three.

"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth."

"Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness."

"For they shall be filled."

You shouldn't have done that.

He's getting restless. Give him another CC.

How much longer?

Just a little more.

Well, hurry it up.

What are you doing?

You watch the others. I'll take care of him.

Stop it, Hurley!

Stop it .. stop it!

Hurley, stop it!

Stop it or I stop.

Get back over there.

Get on with it .. or you'll be next.

[ Radio: ]

"I'd like to take a moment for those who may have tuned in recently."

"To announce that the scheduled time for the detonation of the atomic bomb."

"Is still set for 6 am."

"Exactly 2 hours and 40 minutes from now."

"In as much as precise weather conditions are required at the time of detonation."

"We again urge you listeners to stay tuned to this station .."

"For any possible change."

"And now, back to our recorded program."

How is he? - He'll be alright.

Well now, Doc. You see what you can do if you really put your mind to it.

He should wake up in a half hour.

Good .. we'll just sit around until 5 o'clock.

Then we'll do what we can about shaking this place.

You mean move him? - Of course, move him.

If you take him over those rough roads he'll haemorrhage and be dead in an hour.

What do you mean? You said he was alright.

He will be if you let him rest. - How long?

At least a day.

Oh, sure.

We'll all just sit around and toast marshmallows on the bomb blasts, huh?

That's your problem.

You know, you two are alive on a rain-check.

Whatever it is, it's good to be alive.

You won't last very long if you pull any more tricks.

You think we'll just sit around waiting for you to make your mind about it?

You can make a run for the door if you want to.

Sam, what's the percentage in killing us?

That was a nice little act you were pulling in the kitchen.

You was pitching. I was just digging in the dirt for you.

You might be handy to have along.

I like a girl who fights for a guy.

I didn't think I did too well.

If you did any better you'd be dead.

Sit around and count your blessings I don't kill you now for what you tried.

But act up again reporter, and you'll be shaking hands with Arthur.

Were you thinking of going with him?

I was thinking of letting him think I was.

You don't go any place without me.

Sorry I wasn't more help.

That was a crazy thing for you to do.

That's me.

Sooner or later one of us has got to learn to fight.

I'll take up judo in the next world.

Your last chance may have gone with that gun.

Well.

It wasn't much of a life anyway.

Do you mean that?

As a matter of fact I thought things were just beginning to look up.

I thought so too.

I'll think of something.

Next time it will be with the top of your head.

How did Arthur get killed?

He was stupid. He lost his head. He didn't have a chance.

Were you going to marry him after the divorce?

I don't know.

He was a lot of fun.

He wasn't like you, busy all the time.

That's always been the whole thing with you hasn't it, Kay. A lot of fun.

No.

I think it takes a special kind of woman to be married to a doctor.

I'm young, I've plenty of money. I don't see why I must sit around all the time.

But now this.

Do you think that he'll let us go now that you've saved his friend?

No.

I don't either.

But I've got to get away, Neal.

I am so afraid to die.

But you aren't, are you.

Well, I don't want to but I don't think I'm afraid.

I'd do anything.

You don't understand that because you've never been afraid.

Haven't I?

Sometime I'll tell you all about it.

What's this?

A big reconciliation with the loyal little wife?

Sam. - You poor guy.

You take this long trip and stick your neck into a noose for her.

You know what she wants? - Shut up.

She wants to come with me. She doesn't care what happens to the rest of them.

Or if you get left behind.

Leave her alone, Hurley.

Sam, you promised me .. - That I'd take you along? Why should I?

You're a real bad dame, honey.

Nobody can count on you for ten minutes.

I said leave her alone.

Okay, Doc.

As long as I don't get stuck with her.

Sam, please, you can't .. - The answer is "no".

About ready? - About.

[ Phone ]

The control station. Colonel Ryan.

Just a moment. Professor.

Yes?

Yes.

Very well.

Yes, we will be.

Right.

That was Desert Rock.

The weather is going to be alright at five o'clock. We'll go then.

You'd better alert all personnel. - Right.

Attention. All personnel.

The time of the explosion has been moved up from 06:00 hours to 05:00 hours.

The time of the explosion has been moved up ..

To 05:00 hours.

I will now repeat the final alert signal.

At five minutes to zero, a siren will be sounded.

At one minute to zero ..

A green flare will be sent up.

At thirty seconds to zero ..

The master robot will take over and set off the detonation.

I repeat.

H-Hour is 05:00.

It is now exactly 04:45.

The detonation will occur in fifteen minutes.

How long have I been asleep?

About an hour.

What time is it?

It's nearly five.

Aren't you going to do anything, Neal?

Well it's silly to try anything against their guns ..

If there is even a chance that he might let us go.

He won't let us go. He said so.

Neal.

If we should live through this.

Yes?

Would you like to try again?

I don't think so, Kay.

But to come up here the way you did, you must still love me.

Well, I suppose I do.

I understand the basic weakness in you that makes you do the things you do.

Well.

Just because I understand it.

Doesn't mean I want to put up with it any more.

Bart .. it's me, Sam.

Hello, Sam.

It's nearly five, Bart. We've got to be on our way. How are you feeling?

Alright.

Think you can travel?

I guess so.

That's the way to talk.

Let's try you out. Easy now.

Now you're as good as new.

Get this shirt on.

We'll be a long way from that bomb when it blows.

How about it? Want to come along?

What happens if I say no?

You really should come with me. I'd been good to you.

You don't want me, Sam. I'd stab a knife in your back the first chance I got.

Get with it.

What's the matter?

No, it's alright.

I was wrong, Sam.

It hurts.

I told you Hurley, if you move him he'll be dead in an hour.

What will happen to him if we stay around here?

I'd just slow you up, Sam.

The doctor is right.

I won't make it. - Forget that kind of talk.

Just sit here a minute until you get a little of your strength back.

Want to change your mind?

Take the doctor's wife. She scared to death.

Yes Sam, take me.

What will the people in Pasadena say? - I don't care.

Kay!

Kay, for once in your life have the courage to face something decent.

You hear?

What will your life mean if you save it this way?

I want to go.

You know it's funny to get a girl who's so crazy for you ..

She defies her husband and society.

You are crazy for me, aren't you honey? - Yes, Sam. Yes.

There is a girl with character.

Dummy.

Get that rope out of the kitchen. - The rope?

You're not going to tie us up? - Unless you'd rather get shot.

Well, I can't help it.

If I let you walk out, you'll be on the phone before I get out of the state.

Sam, let 'em go.

Let 'em go? - Yeah.

I wouldn't feel right about letting them get killed.

How do you feel about letting them spoil all our plans?

I can't help it, Sam.

I've come too close to dying.

I wouldn't want her on my conscience.

Forget about it. I'll carry it on mine.

Go ahead.

I mean it, Sam.

I said forget it.

I'm sorry, Sam.

I just couldn't take it.

You're pulling a gun on me, boy?

You know, I don't like a gun on me.

Even from you.

Then leave 'em alone.

Don't tie them up.

No.

You're going to.

Give me that gun.

Don't try it, Sam.

[ Bomb siren. Loud. ]

What's that?

The warning signal. The bomb will go off in five minutes.

You're crazy.

It ought to have gone off at six.

They must have changed their minds. I told you they could.

Dummy .. come on, Bart.

Hold them here until we get in the car.

Sam! - Kay!

Sam!

You'd never get left behind, would you.

Larry.

No! No, Larry! No!

Come on, there's an old mine over here.

Hurry, Sam. Hurry! - Shut up!

Faster, faster.

You alright, Bart? - Yeah, alright. Alright.

The bomb!

"Zero minus .."

"A hundred seconds."

"Zero minus .."

"Ninety-five seconds."

"Zero minus .."

"Seventy-five seconds."

Hey, look!

It's the one-minute warning.

"Zero minus fifty-five seconds."

"Zero minus .."

"Forty-five seconds."

We're not going to make it.

"Zero minus .."

"Thirty-five seconds."

"Zero minus .."

"Thirty seconds."

"The master robot is now taking over."

Here we go.

"Fourteen .. thirteen."

"Seven .. six."

"Three .. two .. one."

I'm going out now.

It's alright. We cän go now.

Oh, Larry.

We'll be safe if wë don't stay around too long.

There will be army trucks in the area soon.

Okay, Doc?

Yeah.

Let's take a look at the world of tomorrow.

* Steve d *