1 00:01:04,223 --> 00:01:06,183 Admittedly, the story you are about to read 2 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:08,443 is bizarre, incredible. 3 00:01:08,443 --> 00:01:08,443 Those of you who wish to avoid being unsettled, who wish to avoid thinking 4 00:01:12,233 --> 00:01:14,403 will label it insane. 5 00:01:14,443 --> 00:01:16,743 And though you, the reader, would find these facts 6 00:01:16,783 --> 00:01:19,283 almost impossible to substantiate, 7 00:01:19,323 --> 00:01:21,453 that does not change their nature. 8 00:01:21,493 --> 00:01:24,453 Facts they are. | know. | saw them happen. 9 00:01:24,493 --> 00:01:27,373 Yellowstone County, Montana, December 11. 10 00:01:27,413 --> 00:01:30,43 Horrified local authorities investigated the gruesome deaths 11 00:01:30,83 --> 00:01:31,883 of four area residents... 12 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:31,883 The Rockwell family... mother, father and two children. 13 00:01:35,173 --> 00:01:37,513 All had been discovered strewn around their isolated farm 14 00:01:37,553 --> 00:01:39,893 their bodies mutilated. 15 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:42,803 An official coroner's report stated they had been dead three days. 16 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:45,723 Cause of death? Attacked by wolves. 17 00:01:45,773 --> 00:01:49,983 The last sighting of a wolf in Yellowstone County occurred in 1948. 18 00:01:50,23 --> 00:01:51,943 In the entire history of this continent, 19 00:01:51,983 --> 00:01:54,23 there has never been one documented case 20 00:01:54,73 --> 00:01:55,943 of attack by wolves on a human being. 21 00:02:00,363 --> 00:02:03,283 That year, Chicago was having one of its worst winters in history, 22 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:04,703 but Christmas was merry. 23 00:02:04,743 --> 00:02:06,793 Our office even had a party, 24 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:09,43 The first since Lindbergh soloed the Atlantic. 25 00:02:09,83 --> 00:02:11,213 The festivities were the idea of Edith Cowles, 26 00:02:11,253 --> 00:02:15,253 our office mother and founder of my favorite riddle column. 27 00:02:15,303 --> 00:02:18,723 The Asian flu had decimated our staff, but the party had accomplished its end, 28 00:02:18,763 --> 00:02:23,643 that of bidding a fond adieu and bon voyage to Tony Vincenzo, 29 00:02:23,683 --> 00:02:26,223 who was finally taking a long-awaited vacation 30 00:02:26,263 --> 00:02:28,933 aboard the cruise ship Hanover. 31 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:31,143 He wasn't paying for the cruise, of course. 32 00:02:31,143 --> 00:02:31,143 He had wangled it as his own feature story, 33 00:02:33,273 --> 00:02:36,403 and the New York office was picking up the tab. 34 00:02:36,443 --> 00:02:39,783 No, no, no, that's in the office next door. Will you shut up a minute? 35 00:02:39,823 --> 00:02:42,663 Shh. Tony. 36 00:02:42,703 --> 00:02:47,123 Hello, sir. No, it's not him, sir. One moment. I'll put him on. 37 00:02:47,163 --> 00:02:49,583 - What is it? - It's New York. Will you get on the phone? 38 00:02:49,623 --> 00:02:51,333 - Oh, oh. - It's for you. Hurry up! 39 00:02:51,373 --> 00:02:53,333 Okay. 40 00:03:00,383 --> 00:03:03,143 You got it, Tony? Okay. 41 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:07,513 You gonna take it home? 42 00:03:07,563 --> 00:03:12,143 Oh. Well, what time are they gonna get here? What day? 43 00:03:12,193 --> 00:03:15,63 A watch. A wristwatch. 44 00:03:15,113 --> 00:03:18,823 Oh, | don't think so. 45 00:03:18,863 --> 00:03:20,573 I Jingle bells, Jingle bells f 46 00:03:20,613 --> 00:03:23,533 f Jingle all the way Oh, what fun... f 47 00:03:23,573 --> 00:03:27,663 But I've had this planned months ago. 48 00:03:27,703 --> 00:03:30,123 Well, doesn't anybody there consider the fact that | haven't had... 49 00:03:30,163 --> 00:03:32,873 What? You can't understand? Wait a minute. 50 00:03:34,463 --> 00:03:36,213 Doesn't anybody there consider the fact 51 00:03:36,213 --> 00:03:36,213 that | haven't had a vacation in five years? 52 00:03:38,93 --> 00:03:41,303 Shh. 53 00:03:41,343 --> 00:03:44,133 They want me to pick them up at the airport? 54 00:03:44,183 --> 00:03:47,643 Boy, that's gall for you. That was the same airport | was gonna leave from. 55 00:03:47,683 --> 00:03:50,433 He certainly doesn't look like Old Nick, does he? 56 00:03:50,473 --> 00:03:54,23 Now look. Couldn't | have the flu? Couldn't you tell them that I'm sick? 57 00:03:54,63 --> 00:03:57,232 Look, | need this vacation. J-Just tell ‘em I'm sick. 58 00:03:57,233 --> 00:03:59,903 I'm already packed and ready to go! 59 00:04:04,363 --> 00:04:06,323 Uh-oh. 60 00:04:06,363 --> 00:04:10,663 Kolchak! 61 00:04:14,923 --> 00:04:17,503 - Yes, sir. - How's that flu of yours? 62 00:04:17,543 --> 00:04:20,93 - Bugs never get me, sir. - Oh, | thought | heard you mention 63 00:04:20,133 --> 00:04:22,53 something about a temperature, a queasy stomach, 64 00:04:22,93 --> 00:04:23,763 - or something the other day. - Me? 65 00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:23,763 - Yeah. - No, no, no, never. 66 00:04:26,643 --> 00:04:29,353 - How come you never get sick, Kolchak? - | must live right, sir. 67 00:04:29,393 --> 00:04:33,103 Ron. Hey, you look pretty good, Ron. How do you feel? What's this? 68 00:04:33,143 --> 00:04:35,603 My column. I'd like you to look it over so | can get outta here. 69 00:04:35,643 --> 00:04:37,603 At 10:00 in the morning. Where're you going? 70 00:04:37,653 --> 00:04:40,693 The doctor, if you don't mind. | think I'm getting sick. 71 00:04:40,733 --> 00:04:43,153 How about all those megavitamins you've been taking, 72 00:04:43,193 --> 00:04:45,453 and the massive doses of Vitamin "C"? 73 00:04:45,493 --> 00:04:48,453 They're making me sick. 74 00:04:48,493 --> 00:04:52,83 How would one-week, all-paid-expense cruise on the Hanover make you feel? 75 00:04:52,123 --> 00:04:55,163 Worse. | have a bad time with seasickness. 76 00:04:55,213 --> 00:04:57,963 Everything makes you sick, doesn't it? You're seasick. Airsick. 77 00:04:58,03 --> 00:04:59,883 Don't drive your car more than 30 miles an hour. 78 00:04:59,923 --> 00:05:02,463 You know, a reporter has to travel, Ron. 79 00:05:02,503 --> 00:05:05,263 Please, | would like to go to the doctor. 80 00:05:05,303 --> 00:05:08,93 Go. Go. Only don't let them put you in a wheelchair. 81 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:11,303 You'll probably start bleeding from the ears. 82 00:05:12,763 --> 00:05:15,853 Okay, okay, Kolchak. You got it. You win. 83 00:05:15,893 --> 00:05:17,523 Aw, Tony, I'm sorry about that. 84 00:05:17,563 --> 00:05:20,613 You had this vacation all planned. It was gonna be such a good time. 85 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:23,533 And here we bought you this lovely plantation hat for a Christmas present. 86 00:05:23,573 --> 00:05:26,73 - Yeah, they're coming. - I'm sorry. | didn't hear you. What did you say? 87 00:05:26,113 --> 00:05:28,73 They're coming. That's what | said. 88 00:05:28,113 --> 00:05:29,573 - The British? - The accountants. 89 00:05:29,613 --> 00:05:31,323 And some big macher from New York. 90 00:05:31,323 --> 00:05:31,323 Oh, no. Oh, Tony, that's terrible. Oh, that's awful. 91 00:05:35,253 --> 00:05:38,83 The books are in shape for an audit, aren't they? 92 00:05:39,713 --> 00:05:41,463 - There's the plane tickets. - Plane tickets. 93 00:05:41,503 --> 00:05:43,383 Tickets for the boat. 94 00:05:43,423 --> 00:05:46,53 - And expense money. - Expense money? 95 00:05:46,93 --> 00:05:48,513 Uh... Uh... 96 00:05:48,553 --> 00:05:51,303 Don't get the idea you're going on a vacation. 97 00:05:51,343 --> 00:05:54,63 | wanna see these stories. 98 00:05:54,103 --> 00:05:56,933 | want them to be incisive, thought-provoking. 99 00:05:56,983 --> 00:05:58,983 This is billed as a swinging singles cruise, 100 00:05:59,23 --> 00:06:01,233 and | wanna see this trip laid bare. 101 00:06:01,273 --> 00:06:05,73 Their pretensions, the expenses, the heartbreak, 102 00:06:05,113 --> 00:06:09,243 - and the joy if there is any. - Joy. 103 00:06:09,283 --> 00:06:14,33 Then, of course, there's, uh, the ship itself, the Hanover. 104 00:06:14,83 --> 00:06:18,43 Now, she's headed for the scrap heap. This is her last trip. 105 00:06:18,83 --> 00:06:21,463 Why don't you do a couple of pieces with a... 106 00:06:21,503 --> 00:06:25,303 With a nostalgic flavor, you know? 107 00:06:25,343 --> 00:06:28,553 Why am | telling you all this? You're supposed to be a professional. 108 00:06:28,593 --> 00:06:30,973 Now look, don't go bananas, Kolchak. 109 00:06:31,13 --> 00:06:33,553 Just some nice simple stories about people on a boat, huh? 110 00:06:33,603 --> 00:06:35,683 Sure, Tony. Sure, sure. 111 00:06:35,723 --> 00:06:38,393 Are we gonna get any riddles today, Miss Cowles? 112 00:07:12,383 --> 00:07:14,593 The Hanover had been built in the early '30s. 113 00:07:14,643 --> 00:07:18,723 A floating anachronism, 900 feet long, she could sleep 2,000. 114 00:07:18,773 --> 00:07:21,733 Considered by many to be the grandest lady to have ever sailed the seas 115 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:21,733 she had outraced U-boats, fought off dive-bombers, 116 00:07:24,563 --> 00:07:26,773 and weathered the wildest of parties. 117 00:07:26,823 --> 00:07:28,823 But she had not weathered the airlines. 118 00:07:28,863 --> 00:07:31,783 The 747 had condemned her to death. 119 00:08:08,113 --> 00:08:10,823 - Mmm! Hi, man, how are ya? - Oh, I... 120 00:08:10,863 --> 00:08:13,823 Hey, put 'er there. Good to see ya. Let me ask you something. 121 00:08:13,863 --> 00:08:15,613 - Sure. - What are you doing here? 122 00:08:15,663 --> 00:08:18,873 - | guess I'm your roommate. - Oh, hey, terrific. Mel Tarter. 123 00:08:18,913 --> 00:08:19,583 Hi, Mel. 124 00:08:19,623 --> 00:08:21,623 Hi. Where's your name tag? You gotta have a name tag. 125 00:08:21,663 --> 00:08:24,413 No, no, no, I'm not a regular passenger here. I'm a reporter. See? 126 00:08:24,463 --> 00:08:27,213 A reporter. Oh, you mean like the fifth column, huh? 127 00:08:27,253 --> 00:08:29,673 Uh, no. The fifth column was a Nazi spy ring. 128 00:08:29,713 --> 00:08:31,963 Now, if you mean the press, that's the Fourth Estate. 129 00:08:32,13 --> 00:08:34,263 - Oh, yeah, right, right. Have a hit. - Uh, no, thanks. 130 00:08:34,303 --> 00:08:38,343 No? Oh. Mmm, all right. 131 00:08:38,393 --> 00:08:41,223 Listen, | already made the whole tour around the ship and back again. 132 00:08:41,263 --> 00:08:44,773 And it's the usual breakdown. See, you got 40% divorced... 133 00:08:44,813 --> 00:08:45,522 Uh-huh. 134 00:08:45,523 --> 00:08:47,653 You got 50% deceased, and you got 10% delightful. 135 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:51,443 Now that's the 10% we're interested in, right? 136 00:08:51,483 --> 00:08:53,823 - Oh, right. - Hey, I'm gonna go get myself another one. 137 00:08:53,863 --> 00:08:55,743 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Full. 138 00:08:57,493 --> 00:08:59,993 Full. 139 00:09:00,33 --> 00:09:02,623 Hi, I'm Wendy. Is Mel Tarter here? 140 00:09:02,663 --> 00:09:05,293 - Well, yeah. - Hey, all right! 141 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:07,793 How you doing, babe? 142 00:09:07,833 --> 00:09:10,633 Oh, pumpkin, you look good. Will you look at that swimsuit? 143 00:09:10,673 --> 00:09:14,53 Huh? Look what's in it. And look what's out of it. 144 00:09:14,53 --> 00:09:14,53 Hey, you know why they call it a bikini? 145 00:09:15,923 --> 00:09:18,223 Because that's where they set off the atomic bomb. 146 00:09:18,263 --> 00:09:20,643 Because that's where they set off the atom bomb. 147 00:09:20,683 --> 00:09:25,273 Oh, hey, that means food. Uh, you coming up? 148 00:09:25,313 --> 00:09:28,393 - Uh, no. - Oh, I'm sorry. | didn't catch your name. 149 00:09:28,443 --> 00:09:30,562 - Carl Kolchak. - ls that with a "C" or a "K"? 150 00:09:30,563 --> 00:09:33,983 Both. Uh, "C" for Carl, "K" for Kolchak. 151 00:09:34,33 --> 00:09:36,783 - That is cute, but where is your name tag, Carl? - Well... 152 00:09:36,823 --> 00:09:38,823 Oh, see, he's a reporter. Fifth column. 153 00:09:38,863 --> 00:09:43,33 - Fourth Estate. - Right. We're gonna go. We'll see you later. 154 00:09:43,83 --> 00:09:45,333 Paula Griffin. 155 00:09:45,373 --> 00:09:48,253 Oh, you mean the chick we met up at the Grog Shop? 156 00:09:48,293 --> 00:09:51,673 - Yeah, he's perfect. - Oh, yeah. Hey, listen, Carl. 157 00:09:51,713 --> 00:09:53,253 Paula, you will love her, man. 158 00:09:53,293 --> 00:09:55,343 | mean, she's gonna really turn your train around. 159 00:09:55,383 --> 00:09:57,803 - Turn my train around? - Yeah, yeah, right. 160 00:09:57,843 --> 00:10:00,93 - You comin' up? - Uh, no, thanks. I'll join you in a little while. 161 00:10:00,143 --> 00:10:03,353 | just got off the plane from Chicago. | jumped in a cab and raced down to the pier. 162 00:10:03,393 --> 00:10:06,223 - I'd like to get a shower. - Chicago? All right! 163 00:10:06,273 --> 00:10:08,733 | gotta tell ya. The last time | was in the Loop... 164 00:10:08,773 --> 00:10:11,313 Oh, hey, listen. You know what we're gonna do? 165 00:10:11,353 --> 00:10:13,193 You and | will sit down and have a long chat, okay? 166 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:15,153 - We'll rap about Chi. - Absolutely. 167 00:10:15,193 --> 00:10:17,283 - See ya later, buddy! - Later. Bye. 168 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:17,283 Oh, he's perfect! 169 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:50,483 Oh, afternoon, sir. You must be, uh, Mr. Stieglitz. 170 00:10:50,523 --> 00:10:53,563 I'm the assistant purser. Anything you need, I'm your man. 171 00:10:53,613 --> 00:10:55,903 - Please call me George. - What do you want? 172 00:10:55,943 --> 00:10:57,983 Oh, just doing some unofficial checking, sir. 173 00:10:58,33 --> 00:10:59,823 There's a fella down on "B" deck. 174 00:10:59,863 --> 00:11:02,533 He was assigned a cabin that he doesn't like very much. 175 00:11:02,573 --> 00:11:06,873 It's too small. He'd be willing to pay well for a larger place. 176 00:11:06,913 --> 00:11:10,333 Would you be interested in a deal like that, sir? 177 00:11:10,373 --> 00:11:13,672 No. Because | specifically asked not to have a cabin mate. 178 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:16,213 Oh, that's okay, Mr. Stieglitz. 179 00:11:16,253 --> 00:11:20,53 Just remember, anything you need, I'm your man... George. 180 00:11:20,93 --> 00:11:24,143 Liquor, ladies, late-night snacks. 181 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,393 Now please get out. 182 00:11:26,433 --> 00:11:30,183 Say, | got a honey of a telephoto lens that will fit this camera. 183 00:11:30,233 --> 00:11:33,393 The trouble is somebody just scratched off the serial numbers. 184 00:11:33,443 --> 00:11:35,773 Now, Mr. Stieglitz, if there's anything you need at any time, 185 00:11:35,813 --> 00:11:37,113 all you have to do is ring, 186 00:11:37,153 --> 00:11:39,33 - and I'll be right here at your service. - Thank you. 187 00:12:19,733 --> 00:12:21,783 10:18, two events happened. 188 00:12:21,823 --> 00:12:24,33 One, the moon had just risen off the starboard bow. 189 00:12:24,73 --> 00:12:27,953 And two, an angry Mrs. Lois Prysock of Eugene, Oregon 190 00:12:27,993 --> 00:12:31,293 had just lost $50 in dimes to the ship's slot machines. 191 00:12:33,623 --> 00:12:35,833 10:20 p.m., 192 00:12:35,873 --> 00:12:37,923 Mrs. Lois Prysock had lost everything. 193 00:12:58,273 --> 00:13:01,983 Hey. Hey, Cal. Come on, hey. 194 00:13:02,33 --> 00:13:04,613 | want you to meet Paula. You remember Wendy, don't you? 195 00:13:04,653 --> 00:13:06,863 - Yeah, sure. - Here, right over here. 196 00:13:06,903 --> 00:13:11,83 Hey, Cal Kolchak, fourth column, | want you to meet Paula Griffin. 197 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:14,373 Your own little roundhouse. You know what | mean? Have fun, guys. 198 00:13:14,413 --> 00:13:17,43 Oh, fourth column. 199 00:13:17,83 --> 00:13:20,253 - Are you an accountant? - Uh, no, no, I'm a reporter. 200 00:13:20,293 --> 00:13:23,503 Oh, a reporter. Oh, that's terrific. 201 00:13:23,553 --> 00:13:26,13 You get to go all these marvelous places, 202 00:13:26,53 --> 00:13:27,633 meet interesting people, do exciting things. 203 00:13:27,683 --> 00:13:29,343 I'm a nut about old movies. 204 00:13:29,393 --> 00:13:31,763 Did you ever see Too Hot to Handle with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy? 205 00:13:31,803 --> 00:13:34,63 He was a reporter, and she was an aviatrix. 206 00:13:34,103 --> 00:13:36,523 They had all kinds of adventures. They fell in love. 207 00:13:36,563 --> 00:13:39,153 They went up the Amazon River where this head-hunting tribe was. 208 00:13:39,193 --> 00:13:40,563 It isn't anything like that, is it? 209 00:13:40,613 --> 00:13:43,363 Uh, the head-hunting is, yes. 210 00:13:43,403 --> 00:13:45,363 Listen, would you excuse me? | gotta do a story. Do you mind? 211 00:13:45,403 --> 00:13:47,613 - Oh, certainly. About what? - Well, it's about the trip. 212 00:13:47,653 --> 00:13:50,533 My editor wants to do a story about the glamour, 213 00:13:50,573 --> 00:13:53,493 and the excitement and the fun of the trip. 214 00:14:24,773 --> 00:14:27,283 Oh, they don't write articles like that anymore, Cal. 215 00:14:27,323 --> 00:14:29,993 - Uh, Carl. Carl. - Carl? Oh, excuse me. 216 00:14:30,33 --> 00:14:32,453 Everything today is either an exposé or a polemic. 217 00:14:32,453 --> 00:14:32,453 Polemic? 218 00:14:33,283 --> 00:14:35,453 Mm-hmm. It's an argument, controversy. 219 00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:41,583 It's a little late at night for a lifeboat drill, isn't it? 220 00:14:41,623 --> 00:14:44,93 Maybe we've been torpedoed. 221 00:14:48,343 --> 00:14:51,593 Did you ever see Lifeboat with Walter Slezak and Tallulah Bankhead? 222 00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:54,933 Uh, no, I... Excuse me. Do you mind... 223 00:14:54,973 --> 00:14:56,973 - Paula. - Paula. 224 00:14:57,13 --> 00:15:00,563 Paula Griffin. Do you do this every time you hear a whistle blow? 225 00:15:00,603 --> 00:15:01,853 Hey, what happened? 226 00:15:01,893 --> 00:15:03,653 Nothing. He heard the whistle blow, and he split. 227 00:15:03,693 --> 00:15:06,23 - Did you say something to him? - | said nothing. 228 00:15:06,73 --> 00:15:08,823 - You must have bugged him, Paula. Come on. - | didn't bug him, Mel. 229 00:15:36,513 --> 00:15:38,13 I'm sorry, sir. 230 00:15:38,63 --> 00:15:39,973 You're not allowed up there. Captain Wells's orders. 231 00:15:40,23 --> 00:15:41,932 Wells? Oh, I've already spoken to Wellsie. 232 00:15:41,933 --> 00:15:44,653 Why, we're old buddies from the Yorktown in '44. 233 00:15:44,693 --> 00:15:47,233 We were cohelmsmen together. | just wanna take another look at the bridge. 234 00:15:47,273 --> 00:15:49,233 Oh. Did you say Yorktown? 235 00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:51,323 - The Yorktown, yeah. - Great ship. 236 00:15:51,363 --> 00:15:54,243 - Great ship. - But it went down in '42. 237 00:15:54,283 --> 00:15:57,123 '42? | thought it was... 238 00:15:57,163 --> 00:15:59,543 - Hey, Doc? Hey. - Out. 239 00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:01,873 - Sir? - Down. 240 00:16:01,913 --> 00:16:03,623 Down. Certainly. 241 00:16:30,363 --> 00:16:32,903 Oh, you must be lost. This area's off-limits to all passengers. 242 00:16:32,943 --> 00:16:34,653 - | heard shots up here. - Oh, no, you didn't. 243 00:16:34,703 --> 00:16:36,113 It was a high-pressure hose busted. 244 00:16:36,163 --> 00:16:38,623 Whipped around, messed up a couple of boys, that's all. 245 00:16:38,663 --> 00:16:41,833 | wanna get into my cabin downstairs. I'm afraid this water will flood it all. 246 00:16:41,873 --> 00:16:43,623 We're checking upon all of the damage right now, sir. 247 00:16:43,663 --> 00:16:45,43 Give me your name and cabin number. 248 00:16:45,83 --> 00:16:49,543 My name is Carl K... Carl K. Wells, Royal Suite. 249 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:51,213 Are you related to the captain? 250 00:16:51,253 --> 00:16:53,173 | certainly am. I'm his son. 251 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:55,223 We haven't seen each other very much in the past few years, 252 00:16:55,263 --> 00:16:57,12 since my mother and he were divorced. 253 00:16:57,13 --> 00:16:59,143 | was young. I'd like to get through if you don't mind. 254 00:16:59,183 --> 00:17:02,813 I'm sorry, sir, I'm sure your father will be reporting to you personally. 255 00:17:02,853 --> 00:17:05,813 - What's your name? - Gribbs, sir. 256 00:17:05,853 --> 00:17:08,153 Gribbs. 257 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:10,233 Yes. 258 00:17:54,73 --> 00:17:55,823 Carl Kolchak, I.N.S. 259 00:17:55,863 --> 00:17:58,743 Avery important message to go to the Chicago office, |.N.S. 260 00:17:58,783 --> 00:18:00,953 - Top priority. - No stories going out tonight, sir. 261 00:18:00,993 --> 00:18:03,163 Did you hear me, son? | said top priority, triple "A." 262 00:18:03,203 --> 00:18:04,833 I'm sorry. We're having a little trouble with the equipment. 263 00:18:04,873 --> 00:18:06,373 - When is it gonna be fixed? - Soon. 264 00:18:06,413 --> 00:18:08,463 Soon. What's that gun doing there? 265 00:18:08,503 --> 00:18:11,463 Uh, big swimming regatta tomorrow. I'm the starter. 266 00:18:11,503 --> 00:18:13,543 - Yeah. No, the pool's closed. - We know that, sir. 267 00:18:23,353 --> 00:18:26,63 | work out every day. | love tennis and swimming. 268 00:18:26,103 --> 00:18:27,643 Have you ever been to Los Angeles? 269 00:18:27,683 --> 00:18:29,523 Yes, once in a while. 270 00:18:29,563 --> 00:18:31,903 - You know, you oughta be in commercials. - Excuse me, sir. Excuse me. 271 00:18:31,943 --> 00:18:34,193 - Sis. - Hey, what is this? 272 00:18:34,233 --> 00:18:37,73 - Hi. - Hey, | shell out a buck 80 for a mai tai, 273 00:18:37,113 --> 00:18:40,613 - and | don't even get half a dance? - Bert Efron, right? 274 00:18:40,663 --> 00:18:43,113 - No, it's Bernie. Bernie. - Bernie. | must have heard wrong. 275 00:18:43,123 --> 00:18:44,953 There's a cute little redhead down by the casino 276 00:18:44,993 --> 00:18:46,623 who's looking all over the ship for you. 277 00:18:46,663 --> 00:18:47,203 Oh, yeah? 278 00:18:47,243 --> 00:18:48,913 Yeah. She said she met you at last year's convention. 279 00:18:48,953 --> 00:18:51,463 - What convention? - | don't know. Whichever one you were at. 280 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:51,463 - The mai tai. - Oh, excuse me. 281 00:18:55,383 --> 00:18:58,923 That was very cute. "Sis." 282 00:18:58,963 --> 00:19:02,53 Are you that anxious to get back to the story of my life, an exposé? 283 00:19:02,93 --> 00:19:04,553 Yes, but first I've gotta ask a favor of you. 284 00:19:04,603 --> 00:19:07,353 Oh, no, no, no, Carl. 285 00:19:07,393 --> 00:19:09,933 | don't know if | could do that. | mean, the ship has rules. 286 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,313 Paula, you remember Across the Pacific 287 00:19:12,353 --> 00:19:13,983 with Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor? 288 00:19:14,23 --> 00:19:15,693 Yeah, they were on a freighter. 289 00:19:15,733 --> 00:19:17,863 Sydney Greenstreet and Benson Fong played the two Axis spies. 290 00:19:17,903 --> 00:19:20,743 Exactly. Now, do you remember the scene 291 00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:20,743 in which Mary Astor created a diversion, 292 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:28,413 so that Bogie could go into Benson Fong's cabin and steal the codes? 293 00:19:28,453 --> 00:19:31,253 That never happened in Across the Pacific. 294 00:19:31,253 --> 00:19:31,253 Oh, sure it did. It was one of the most exciting parts. 295 00:19:33,503 --> 00:19:35,963 Carl, I've seen it at least eight times on TV. 296 00:19:36,03 --> 00:19:38,503 Oh, well, they must have cut that part on the television. 297 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:40,513 It never happened, Carl. 298 00:19:40,553 --> 00:19:42,633 - It didn't? - No. 299 00:19:44,393 --> 00:19:46,223 Is this that important to you? 300 00:19:46,263 --> 00:19:49,353 Oh, very. 301 00:19:49,393 --> 00:19:53,103 Okay. But next time, don't try to con me. Just lay it on me. 302 00:19:58,193 --> 00:20:02,73 Oh, excuse me. 303 00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:04,413 Uh, excuse me. 304 00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:09,543 Uh, could you help me? I, uh, lost one of my contact lenses out there, 305 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,453 and, uh, | can't see a thing. 306 00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:13,753 Lady, I'm snowed under here. 307 00:20:13,793 --> 00:20:15,963 Well, what if | fall down the stairs and break my neck? 308 00:20:16,03 --> 00:20:18,503 Then you'll have a lawsuit on your hands. Please, help me. 309 00:20:18,543 --> 00:20:20,763 - All right. - Thank you. 310 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:25,53 All right, now which way is this thing? 311 00:20:25,93 --> 00:20:26,513 It was over in this general direction. 312 00:20:26,553 --> 00:20:28,803 Right here. Right here. 313 00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:58,923 - It's very tiny. - This is ridiculous. | can't see... 314 00:20:58,963 --> 00:21:02,133 Did you look over there? 315 00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:04,973 - It's too dark. | can't see anything. - Ah, I've got it! 316 00:21:05,13 --> 00:21:07,343 - I've got it. - | didn't see anything. Where was it? 317 00:21:07,383 --> 00:21:10,603 Well, your eyes must be worse than mine. Thanks. 318 00:21:16,193 --> 00:21:18,653 The first-class pool... It was no longer in service, 319 00:21:18,693 --> 00:21:21,773 but two couples from Wayne, Indiana, after drinking too much, 320 00:21:21,823 --> 00:21:24,33 decided they simply had to swim there. 321 00:21:24,73 --> 00:21:26,743 They should have gone to bed. 322 00:21:52,303 --> 00:21:55,433 "It'll take a minimum of 36 hours to check all passengers, 323 00:21:55,473 --> 00:21:58,103 "for possible police or psychiatric records. 324 00:21:58,143 --> 00:22:00,403 Maintain security in silence." 325 00:22:07,73 --> 00:22:09,663 Yeah, operator. Operator? 326 00:22:09,703 --> 00:22:11,623 - Carl, did it work? - They're thinking of 327 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:13,163 turning the boat around and going back to L.A. 328 00:22:13,203 --> 00:22:14,993 - What? Oh, damn it! - What? 329 00:22:15,43 --> 00:22:17,583 My lens. | lost it. | really lost it. 330 00:22:17,623 --> 00:22:20,583 Every time | really open my eyes, | lose it. Oh. 331 00:22:22,543 --> 00:22:25,463 Oh, these carpet fibers. If it gets buried in there, we'll never find it. 332 00:22:25,503 --> 00:22:27,553 - Why would they do that? - Quiet, quiet. Do what? 333 00:22:27,593 --> 00:22:30,53 - The boat. - Operator. May | help you? 334 00:22:30,93 --> 00:22:31,843 Operator, I'd like ship-to-shore, please. 335 00:22:31,893 --> 00:22:34,513 Long distance to Chicago, Illinois. Tony Vincenzo, I.N.S. offices. 336 00:22:34,563 --> 00:22:38,183 Area code 312-555-8842. 337 00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:40,523 lll try that for you, sir, but it may take a few minutes. 338 00:22:40,563 --> 00:22:41,773 I'll hold. I'll hold. 339 00:22:41,813 --> 00:22:43,523 - A pacific storm. - What? 340 00:22:43,563 --> 00:22:45,362 That's the only reason they'd turn the boat around. 341 00:22:45,363 --> 00:22:47,483 | had a friend once... they took a cruise to Acapulco. 342 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:49,743 There was a hurricane up ahead, and they returned to port. 343 00:22:49,783 --> 00:22:52,493 They never got their money back. They'll hear from me if that happens to us. 344 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:55,243 We got a lot more to worry about than getting our money back. Aha! There it is. 345 00:22:55,283 --> 00:22:57,413 - Oh, thank you. Thank you. - Yeah. 346 00:22:57,453 --> 00:22:59,793 Carl. 347 00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:01,833 Hello, operator. What's going on? 348 00:23:01,873 --> 00:23:03,923 - What's happening? - Still trying, sir. 349 00:23:03,963 --> 00:23:06,253 ...better check out down there. 350 00:23:10,553 --> 00:23:12,643 Check the topside. 351 00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:14,393 Come on. Let's go. Come on. 352 00:23:16,763 --> 00:23:19,683 Carl, | just got a marvel... Oh. 353 00:23:21,143 --> 00:23:22,523 Huh? 354 00:23:42,413 --> 00:23:44,123 Get this man in the infirmary. 355 00:23:58,63 --> 00:23:59,223 Two months. That's very odd. 356 00:24:00,563 --> 00:24:02,603 Do you have a history of coagulation problems? 357 00:24:02,643 --> 00:24:07,653 No, no, it seems to be healing, and then it just breaks open again. 358 00:24:07,653 --> 00:24:07,653 It has happened twice now. 359 00:24:10,73 --> 00:24:13,403 And | have this constant dizziness and the blackout spells. 360 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:15,863 Odd. 361 00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:20,373 Likely the abrupt change from Greenland's the cause for it. 362 00:24:20,413 --> 00:24:24,873 As for the claustrophobia, rabies, | think we can safely rule that... 363 00:24:24,923 --> 00:24:27,753 | Know that. I'm no fool. 364 00:24:27,793 --> 00:24:30,883 I'm sorry. 365 00:24:30,923 --> 00:24:34,513 It's quite natural that you'd be a little irritable. 366 00:24:34,553 --> 00:24:37,593 Here. You take two of these 367 00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:40,223 at bedtime tonight. 368 00:24:40,263 --> 00:24:43,933 It'll help you sleep and ease any discomfort. Hmm? 369 00:24:45,563 --> 00:24:47,603 Don't you humor me with pills. 370 00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:50,153 They gave me pills at the Billings Naval Hospital in Montana. 371 00:24:50,193 --> 00:24:52,483 They didn't do anything to relieve my nightmares. 372 00:24:54,653 --> 00:24:56,823 You've been experiencing this much discomfort, 373 00:24:56,863 --> 00:25:01,663 and they've discharged you from NATO? 374 00:25:01,703 --> 00:25:03,623 Why didn't you stay in the naval hospital? 375 00:25:03,663 --> 00:25:06,793 I'm still with NATO. I'm merely on a rest leave, Doctor. 376 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:08,883 - Mm-hmm. - Please be careful. 377 00:25:14,593 --> 00:25:17,93 You might think of seeking neuropsychiatric help. 378 00:25:19,93 --> 00:25:23,893 Now listen to me. | don't want to look at inkblots. 379 00:25:23,933 --> 00:25:26,523 | don't want to discuss my nightmares. | want to stop them now, today! 380 00:25:29,23 --> 00:25:33,983 Now please, give me an injection of a... of a painkiller. 381 00:25:35,743 --> 00:25:38,33 | can't give you any narcotics. 382 00:25:38,73 --> 00:25:39,873 Why can't you? 383 00:25:41,283 --> 00:25:45,542 Well, there's procedure with using narcotics. 384 00:25:45,543 --> 00:25:47,833 You babbling fool. 385 00:25:53,553 --> 00:25:55,93 Doctor? 386 00:25:57,93 --> 00:25:59,593 - Who was that man? - Good morning, Mr. Kolchak. 387 00:25:59,643 --> 00:26:01,973 - Your dad would like to see you. - Dad? | don't have a dad. 388 00:26:02,13 --> 00:26:05,563 - Right this way. - Oh! Dad. 389 00:26:12,273 --> 00:26:14,903 Well, congratulations, Captain. My compliments. 390 00:26:14,943 --> 00:26:18,363 This is all cleaned up spick-and-span. Good as new, shipshape. 391 00:26:18,403 --> 00:26:20,533 Nobody'd ever dream there was a brouhaha here last night. 392 00:26:20,573 --> 00:26:23,333 Mr. Kolchak, you are to understand and comply 393 00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:26,43 with the following for the duration of this voyage. 394 00:26:26,83 --> 00:26:30,83 One, you are to cease annoying crew members in the performance of their duties. 395 00:26:30,123 --> 00:26:33,213 Two, you are to desist from fomenting trouble 396 00:26:33,253 --> 00:26:34,923 - among your fellow passengers. - But... 397 00:26:34,963 --> 00:26:37,843 Three, you are to stop representing yourself as my son. 398 00:26:37,883 --> 00:26:40,723 | thought | could get away with a little of a resemblance... 399 00:26:40,763 --> 00:26:42,643 That's all. Dismissed. 400 00:26:42,683 --> 00:26:44,643 Just-Just a minute. Captain Wells, 401 00:26:44,683 --> 00:26:46,773 | happen to be a reporter for the independent News Service. 402 00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:49,483 News, sir. That's the press. 403 00:26:49,523 --> 00:26:51,943 You do know about the First Amendment, the freedom of the press? 404 00:26:51,983 --> 00:26:53,523 I'm fully aware of all the articles 405 00:26:53,563 --> 00:26:55,193 of the Constitution of the United States, Mr. Kolchak. 406 00:26:55,233 --> 00:26:56,693 Splendid. 407 00:26:56,733 --> 00:26:59,283 Are you fully aware of the articles of the Maritime Code? 408 00:26:59,323 --> 00:27:04,73 The captain of the vessel shall have full and sole authority 409 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,493 over all passengers and crew therein. 410 00:27:06,543 --> 00:27:11,123 And shall, in the event of a crisis, take any means he deems necessary 411 00:27:11,173 --> 00:27:14,423 to ensure that everyone aboard acts in compliance 412 00:27:14,463 --> 00:27:15,503 with the best interest of the vessel. 413 00:27:15,543 --> 00:27:17,503 Crisis. You did say "crisis," sir. 414 00:27:17,553 --> 00:27:20,263 That means you agree there was something very strange aboard this boat. 415 00:27:20,263 --> 00:27:20,263 - Ship. - Boat, ship, whatever. 416 00:27:22,93 --> 00:27:25,763 | was down here last night, and | saw something absolutely incredible, 417 00:27:25,803 --> 00:27:27,973 before, well, before | was blacked out, but | did see it. 418 00:27:28,23 --> 00:27:31,233 There was a disturbance, yes, but the matter is now fully in hand. 419 00:27:31,273 --> 00:27:34,613 Disturbance? Listen, what | saw down here, 420 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:39,483 | saw your crew being ripped apart by some thing, some animal thing. 421 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:42,783 Torn into shreds like they were rag dolls, limb from limb. 422 00:27:42,823 --> 00:27:45,873 Now, whatever it is that's aboard this boat is not well in hand. 423 00:27:45,913 --> 00:27:48,203 If you wanna know what | think it is... 424 00:27:48,243 --> 00:27:50,203 Article 47, revised Maritime Code: 425 00:27:50,253 --> 00:27:54,123 Should any person or persons fail to comply with the captain's directives, 426 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:56,543 he or they shall be placed under bodily restraint, 427 00:27:56,593 --> 00:27:59,713 - for as long as the captain sees fit. - Bodily restraint? 428 00:27:59,763 --> 00:28:02,53 It used to be called "putting a man in irons," Mr. Kolchak. 429 00:28:02,93 --> 00:28:06,263 Now, while we don't have that outmoded means of bodily restraint, 430 00:28:06,303 --> 00:28:09,433 I'm sure the ship's engineer could jury-rig a suitable substitute. 431 00:28:09,473 --> 00:28:11,433 Isn't that right, Mr. Hallem? 432 00:28:11,483 --> 00:28:13,313 Gribbs here could put something together 433 00:28:13,353 --> 00:28:15,443 with some chains and a couple of marlinespikes. 434 00:28:15,483 --> 00:28:17,863 - Take about 15 minutes. - Marlinespikes? 435 00:28:17,903 --> 00:28:21,33 Oh, yeah, mean things. Metal, looks like a shark's tooth. 436 00:28:21,73 --> 00:28:22,533 You mean you can really do that? 437 00:28:22,573 --> 00:28:25,113 Let's hope you never have to find out, Mr. Kolchak. 438 00:28:25,163 --> 00:28:29,953 Now | suggest that you just do what you came on board to do, interview. 439 00:28:29,993 --> 00:28:34,623 The schoolteachers, the dentists, the aging stewardesses. 440 00:28:34,673 --> 00:28:36,923 Well, that's all very simple, Captain, but unfortunately, 441 00:28:36,963 --> 00:28:41,843 your passengers seem to be disappearing into your deep freeze. 442 00:28:41,883 --> 00:28:45,473 | think you'd better make up a set of those irons, Mr. Gribbs, just in case. 443 00:28:45,513 --> 00:28:47,303 - Yes, Sir. - Carry on. 444 00:28:47,343 --> 00:28:49,603 Now, Mr. Gribbs, that won't be necessary, really. 445 00:28:49,643 --> 00:28:54,732 | mean, that kind of thing is really out of the Dark Ages, isn't it? 446 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,603 - Are those them? - Sir? 447 00:28:56,653 --> 00:28:58,613 Are these those? 448 00:29:06,73 --> 00:29:09,833 Mr. Kolchak won't win any prizes for his photography, 449 00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:12,163 but his subject is certainly startling. 450 00:29:32,353 --> 00:29:34,313 Dr. Ross? 451 00:30:01,673 --> 00:30:03,883 Operator, | want ship-to-shore, please. 452 00:30:03,923 --> 00:30:06,423 I'm sorry, Mr. Kolchak, but all the lines are busy. Please try later. 453 00:30:06,473 --> 00:30:08,433 They've been busy for the last two hours. 454 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,802 How did you know my name? 455 00:30:10,803 --> 00:30:14,103 Buongiorno, Carlo. And what happened to you last night? 456 00:30:14,143 --> 00:30:16,983 | heard a lot of men running by, and then you were gone. 457 00:30:17,23 --> 00:30:20,733 They jammed the phone on me. Captain Bligh has put me off-limits. 458 00:30:20,773 --> 00:30:23,73 You know, everyone aboard has the case of the crazies. 459 00:30:23,113 --> 00:30:25,73 Something is very wrong here. 460 00:30:25,113 --> 00:30:28,653 And do you know, they closed the Grog Shop for the rest of the voyage? 461 00:30:28,703 --> 00:30:31,993 And there's a whole long section of carpeting been taken out near the lobby. 462 00:30:32,33 --> 00:30:35,43 They're wasting their time. Blood stains cannot be removed. 463 00:30:35,83 --> 00:30:38,833 Well, | happened to overhear a couple of Italian stewards talking. 464 00:30:38,833 --> 00:30:38,833 They thought | couldn't speak Italian. 465 00:30:40,753 --> 00:30:42,793 You know what one guy was saying? 466 00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:48,553 No, no, | don't. 467 00:30:48,593 --> 00:30:50,883 - You know what that means? - No, no. 468 00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:53,183 - Lupo? - Lupo. Oh, wolf! 469 00:30:55,63 --> 00:30:57,683 Exactly. isn't that absurd? | don't know what's gotten into everybody. 470 00:30:57,723 --> 00:31:02,103 Claws and fangs. And it's not gonna stop either. 471 00:31:02,153 --> 00:31:04,363 You wouldn't happen to know anything about legends, would you? 472 00:31:04,403 --> 00:31:07,653 - Legends? - Yeah, you know, uh, legends. 473 00:31:07,693 --> 00:31:10,823 - Oh, you mean like Oedipus. - No, like the werewolf legends. 474 00:31:10,863 --> 00:31:14,833 You're not going to take a couple of Neapolitan sailors seriously, are you? 475 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,833 Italians always overdramatize. 476 00:31:16,873 --> 00:31:18,833 What about movies? | mean, you've seen ‘em all. 477 00:31:18,873 --> 00:31:21,43 Certainly someone involved must have done some research. 478 00:31:22,963 --> 00:31:26,423 Oh! Well, it's silver bullets, | think. 479 00:31:26,463 --> 00:31:30,553 - What? - | forgot. Wait a minute. It was John Wayne. 480 00:31:30,593 --> 00:31:32,803 - You said something. What was it? - Silver bullets. 481 00:31:32,843 --> 00:31:35,13 - Silver bullets. - Charlie Chan? | forgot. | didn't, uh... 482 00:31:45,523 --> 00:31:47,23 Uh, ahem, steward. 483 00:31:47,73 --> 00:31:49,193 - Oh, how you doing, Mr. Kolchak? - Fine, George. 484 00:31:49,233 --> 00:31:51,653 Hope you changed your mind. I'll go as high as 18 bucks for this. 485 00:31:51,703 --> 00:31:54,573 George, are you available for an errand of sorts? 486 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:57,373 - Oh, I'm always at your service, Mr. Kolchak. - Really? 487 00:32:47,583 --> 00:32:49,883 Oh, hey, there's my main man. How you doing, Carl? 488 00:32:49,883 --> 00:32:49,883 And, uh, what are you doing, Carl? 489 00:32:51,883 --> 00:32:53,673 | Know. You're fixing up some kind of costume, 490 00:32:53,723 --> 00:32:54,933 for the fantasy dress ball tonight, right? 491 00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:57,763 - Wrong. - No, | mean, that's a helmet, right? 492 00:32:57,803 --> 00:32:59,973 | mean, you're into some kind of Visigoth trip. 493 00:32:59,973 --> 00:32:59,973 There will be no fancy dress ball tonight. 494 00:33:02,103 --> 00:33:04,103 Oh, yes, there will, ‘cause they announced it this morning. 495 00:33:04,143 --> 00:33:06,193 Yeah, and I'm playing Lady Godiva. 496 00:33:06,233 --> 00:33:08,403 And I'm coming as Peeping Tom. All right. 497 00:33:08,443 --> 00:33:11,153 Mel, you've reconnoitered this ship pretty good. Is there a priest on board? 498 00:33:11,193 --> 00:33:12,823 - Priest? - A priest. 499 00:33:12,863 --> 00:33:16,73 Hey, Carl, | mean listen. Paula's cute, you know, 500 00:33:16,113 --> 00:33:17,992 but you don't have to sign up for a life sentence. 501 00:33:17,993 --> 00:33:20,953 | mean, getting spliced is not the object of this cruise. 502 00:33:20,993 --> 00:33:22,583 Getting your chimes rung is. 503 00:33:22,623 --> 00:33:26,793 This has nothing to do with chimes ringing or splicing at all. 504 00:33:26,833 --> 00:33:30,383 Oh, good, man, because Wendy and me made that marriage scene for about 10 years, 505 00:33:30,423 --> 00:33:32,383 and we're here to tell you it is nowhere. 506 00:33:32,423 --> 00:33:36,683 What? Let me absorb this slowly. 507 00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:40,353 - You and Wendy were married? - Yeah. 508 00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:42,683 - | mean, to each other. - Oh, right on. Yeah. 509 00:33:42,723 --> 00:33:46,353 We got divorced about three years ago, and we've been having a ball ever since. 510 00:33:46,393 --> 00:33:48,943 - Well, | wish you all the luck in the world. - - Thank you. 511 00:33:48,983 --> 00:33:51,193 In the meantime, is there a priest on board? 512 00:33:51,233 --> 00:33:54,613 Well, hey, what about what's his name? 513 00:33:54,653 --> 00:33:57,823 Who? Oh, yeah, | know, yeah. 514 00:33:57,863 --> 00:34:00,32 There was some cat that told me he flunked out of divinity school. 515 00:34:00,33 --> 00:34:02,243 - Is that any help? - Does he speak Latin? 516 00:34:02,283 --> 00:34:05,333 Last night he was kind of into Romance languages. 517 00:34:05,373 --> 00:34:06,873 That's funny. That's very funny. 518 00:34:06,913 --> 00:34:09,123 Will you find him and bring him back here in about an hour? 519 00:34:09,173 --> 00:34:12,03 Yeah, okay. And then you wanna put on your Lady Godiva outfit for me? 520 00:34:12,43 --> 00:34:14,843 You know, Mel, you just never had any respect for our marriage. 521 00:34:14,883 --> 00:34:17,263 - What are you talking about? - You know what you really are? 522 00:34:17,303 --> 00:34:19,263 - What'd you find out? - We were right. 523 00:34:19,303 --> 00:34:21,433 When | placed the call from my cabin, | got through fine. 524 00:34:21,433 --> 00:34:21,433 - | talked to your editor, Mr. Vincenzo. - Yeah. 525 00:34:23,473 --> 00:34:25,433 Oh, gee, does he sound like he needs a vacation. 526 00:34:25,473 --> 00:34:28,62 Anyway, he seemed very upset 527 00:34:28,63 --> 00:34:30,403 when | mentioned you wanted stuff about mutilation murders. 528 00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:33,153 - That follows. - He sounded awful. 529 00:34:33,193 --> 00:34:36,653 | mean, coughing and sneezing. Apparently he has the flu. 530 00:34:36,693 --> 00:34:39,703 But he still has to come into work because nobody else is in the office. 531 00:34:42,163 --> 00:34:45,333 - | don't get it. - You wouldn't understand. 532 00:34:45,373 --> 00:34:46,833 What did he say about the animal attacks? 533 00:34:46,873 --> 00:34:51,83 Well, last month, in Yellowstone County, Montana, 534 00:34:51,83 --> 00:34:51,83 a family of five was killed. 535 00:34:53,383 --> 00:34:54,843 The authorities there believe that they were attacked by... 536 00:34:54,883 --> 00:34:56,593 Wolves. 537 00:34:56,633 --> 00:35:00,683 And before that, a six-man NATO radar team in Greenland... 538 00:35:00,723 --> 00:35:02,303 NATO? Tell me the date. 539 00:35:02,343 --> 00:35:05,393 It was exactly one month before the Yellowstone County incident, right? 540 00:35:05,433 --> 00:35:07,393 Yes, that's right. 541 00:35:07,433 --> 00:35:10,523 Five were mutilated beyond recognition, but one survived. 542 00:35:10,563 --> 00:35:12,943 - What was his name? - It's not listed here. 543 00:35:12,983 --> 00:35:15,823 There's no record of him? Who he was? Where he went? Where he came from? 544 00:35:15,863 --> 00:35:18,193 No. 545 00:35:18,233 --> 00:35:22,703 Listen, | gotta meet a guy. You stay here, right here in this room, and do not move. 546 00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:22,703 No matter what happens, do not leave this room. Is that clear? 547 00:35:26,663 --> 00:35:28,623 - Yes. - | mean, those are orders, right? 548 00:35:28,663 --> 00:35:31,503 Lock the door behind me. On second thought, I'll lock it for you. 549 00:35:38,93 --> 00:35:40,923 - Oh. Well, you got it? - Yeah, where's the money? 550 00:35:40,973 --> 00:35:45,353 Money, money, here. Here's your money. $50. Could | have a receipt for that? 551 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:47,353 We gotta find a better place to make the pass. 552 00:35:47,393 --> 00:35:49,473 The what? Just give it to me, please. 553 00:35:49,523 --> 00:35:52,313 | wanna make sure you're satisfied. You got the right material. 554 00:35:52,353 --> 00:35:55,113 And besides, | wanna make sure nobody's giving me any phony money. 555 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:58,193 - What are you talking about? - Now, don't laugh. 556 00:35:58,233 --> 00:36:01,493 | got a trunkful of lira, marks and pounds that ain't worth a dime. 557 00:36:01,533 --> 00:36:03,493 But those are American dollars. 558 00:36:03,533 --> 00:36:05,573 So what? What do you think it's gonna be worth tomorrow? 559 00:36:05,623 --> 00:36:08,543 Oh, good evening, ma'am. Sir. 560 00:36:10,333 --> 00:36:13,373 Besides, I'm getting some pretty bad vibes here. 561 00:36:13,423 --> 00:36:15,583 | don't like the smell of this whole thing. 562 00:36:15,633 --> 00:36:17,133 Let's go down to my compartment. 563 00:36:17,173 --> 00:36:19,133 Who is it? 564 00:36:19,173 --> 00:36:22,133 Me. 565 00:36:22,173 --> 00:36:25,263 - Paula Griffin, this is George... - Just first names, okay? 566 00:36:25,303 --> 00:36:29,263 - Okay. - Hey, that's nice stuff. 567 00:36:29,313 --> 00:36:32,103 Genuine Vallarchon. You wanna unload it? 568 00:36:32,143 --> 00:36:34,603 - It's not ours. - It doesn't make any difference. 569 00:36:34,643 --> 00:36:38,313 Wi... Will you put it down, please? Let's see what you got. Come on. Come on. 570 00:36:43,323 --> 00:36:46,202 That's silver plate. That's not sterling silver. 571 00:36:46,203 --> 00:36:48,583 Haven't you got any real silver aboard this ship? 572 00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:49,783 - Sure. - Well, get it. 573 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:53,03 - Uh-uh, not for any price. - Why? 574 00:36:53,43 --> 00:36:55,503 It's the buttons on the captain's dress uniform. 575 00:36:57,463 --> 00:36:58,463 Oh? 576 00:37:23,113 --> 00:37:26,363 What are you doing here? How did you get in here? 577 00:37:26,403 --> 00:37:28,913 If | told you, Captain, you'd clap me in irons. 578 00:37:28,953 --> 00:37:32,583 Clap you in irons. I'll have you keelhauled for this. 579 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:32,583 Well, Captain, you seem to be fond of living in the past, 580 00:37:34,583 --> 00:37:36,463 so perhaps you'd be interested in knowing 581 00:37:36,503 --> 00:37:37,793 that there is a werewolf on board. 582 00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:40,253 - Really? - Really. 583 00:37:40,253 --> 00:37:40,253 Article 22, revised Maritime Code: 584 00:37:43,253 --> 00:37:46,633 Should any passenger or passengers exhibit, in the captain's opinion, 585 00:37:46,673 --> 00:37:48,593 an unbalanced state of mind, 586 00:37:48,643 --> 00:37:51,52 the captain may order that such passenger be put... 587 00:37:51,53 --> 00:37:52,353 To sleep. Yes, | know. 588 00:37:52,393 --> 00:37:55,183 | won't deny we've had trouble. 589 00:37:55,233 --> 00:37:58,313 My officers concur with me that we've had a psychotic killer on board. 590 00:37:58,353 --> 00:38:00,943 A psychotic killer? What about the drugs missing from the infirmary? 591 00:38:00,983 --> 00:38:03,573 The man may have had a serious drug problem. 592 00:38:03,613 --> 00:38:05,73 But since the attacks have stopped, 593 00:38:05,113 --> 00:38:07,33 obviously one of three things has happened. 594 00:38:07,73 --> 00:38:10,113 The man fell overboard, the man committed suicide, 595 00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:12,703 or the man suffered serious injuries, 596 00:38:12,743 --> 00:38:15,953 and crawled away to the bowels of the ship to die. 597 00:38:16,03 --> 00:38:18,213 Or the thing is still alive and waiting for the moon to rise. 598 00:38:18,253 --> 00:38:20,633 - The moon. - The moon. The full moon. 599 00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:24,253 Check your nautical charts, Captain, for the exact time. 600 00:38:26,263 --> 00:38:29,183 Have Mr. Hallem come up here with the security party, please. 601 00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:32,143 Listen, you've seen the photographs that | took. 602 00:38:32,183 --> 00:38:34,303 Did you see a psychotic killer in that? 603 00:38:34,313 --> 00:38:37,483 All right, | will address you in terms you will understand. 604 00:38:37,523 --> 00:38:40,443 You will understand and comply with the following orders. 605 00:38:40,483 --> 00:38:42,903 All security personnel are to be equipped with silver bullets. 606 00:38:42,903 --> 00:38:42,903 Those silver bullets are to be blessed by a priest, 607 00:38:45,693 --> 00:38:47,613 not in English, but in Latin. 608 00:38:47,653 --> 00:38:51,163 Furthermore, sir, before moonrise, all passengers and personnel 609 00:38:51,203 --> 00:38:53,743 are to be restricted to their cabins with the doors bolted and locked. 610 00:38:53,783 --> 00:38:56,793 - End of orders, sir. - Yes, sir. 611 00:38:56,833 --> 00:38:59,43 - Take him below. - Take him below. 612 00:38:59,83 --> 00:39:00,753 Now wait just one minute. 613 00:39:00,793 --> 00:39:03,923 If you put me some place against my will and something happens to me, 614 00:39:03,963 --> 00:39:06,93 you're gonna have to write a new chapter in the Maritime Code, 615 00:39:06,133 --> 00:39:09,553 or my editor's name is not Antonio Vincenzo. 616 00:39:09,593 --> 00:39:13,263 Your editor. Release him. 617 00:39:15,223 --> 00:39:18,983 - Not here, outside! - Just a minute now. 618 00:39:19,23 --> 00:39:21,23 Wait a minute, fellas. Wait just one second. 619 00:39:21,63 --> 00:39:23,23 - Mr. Hallem. - Yes, sir? 620 00:39:25,773 --> 00:39:28,403 Ask Royer how much time we'd buy 621 00:39:28,443 --> 00:39:33,493 if we changed course now and tried to outrun the rising moon. 622 00:39:33,533 --> 00:39:36,33 : N Sir? othing! 623 00:39:57,393 --> 00:39:58,513 - Hey, Paula. - Hiya. 624 00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:01,23 Here's your man, Jay Remy. 625 00:40:01,63 --> 00:40:03,103 Here it is in the pot. It has to be blessed. 626 00:40:03,143 --> 00:40:04,813 Hey, is this gonna take long? 627 00:40:04,853 --> 00:40:06,903 I've invested a lot of time in a couple of young ladies... 628 00:40:06,903 --> 00:40:06,903 Just do it, will you? | mean, just mumble something in Latin. 629 00:40:09,693 --> 00:40:11,573 It doesn't make a lot of difference... 630 00:40:11,613 --> 00:40:13,863 - Are you folks loaded? What's going on? - Nothing is going on. 631 00:40:13,913 --> 00:40:16,953 | just need you to bless this pot of melted silver, that's all. 632 00:40:16,993 --> 00:40:19,583 | mean, we haven't got much time. See, that's the problem. 633 00:40:19,623 --> 00:40:24,253 So, if you know anything in Latin, a prayer, anything? 634 00:40:24,293 --> 00:40:26,503 Well, | Know a nuptial prayer pretty good. 635 00:40:26,543 --> 00:40:28,463 Well, that doesn't sound quite right to me. 636 00:40:28,503 --> 00:40:31,843 - Mm, a prayer for the dead? - Yeah, that sounds more like it. 637 00:40:36,263 --> 00:40:39,563 Now, if you ever need any more blessings, we'll talk about it. 638 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:41,103 You just come on down to my cabin. 639 00:40:41,103 --> 00:40:41,103 We'll have a little drinky-winky or something, 640 00:40:43,63 --> 00:40:44,733 but leave Hi-Ho Silver here. 641 00:40:44,773 --> 00:40:47,733 If | were you, I'd go back to my cabin, lock the doors, stay sober, 642 00:40:47,773 --> 00:40:50,443 and remember some more prayers. 643 00:41:04,753 --> 00:41:07,213 10:21 p.m., Bernhardt Stieglitz, 644 00:41:07,253 --> 00:41:10,383 ordinary career soldier, answered a primordial call... 645 00:41:10,423 --> 00:41:13,53 and had a most extraordinary dream. 646 00:41:13,93 --> 00:41:17,53 A nightmare that no human being could ever imagine or begin to comprehend. 647 00:41:19,183 --> 00:41:22,773 Mr. Stieglitz? 648 00:41:25,233 --> 00:41:27,693 Mr. Stieglitz. It's George. Are you all right? 649 00:44:34,03 --> 00:44:35,463 Get in your cabin, you dum-dum. 650 00:48:31,73 --> 00:48:33,283 The body was never recovered. 651 00:48:33,323 --> 00:48:36,163 When the old ship was scrapped, all evidence was scrapped along with her. 652 00:48:39,623 --> 00:48:41,503 Of the 11 crewmen and four passengers 653 00:48:41,543 --> 00:48:44,713 attacked by the beast, it is not known how many actually died. 654 00:48:44,753 --> 00:48:47,713 The injured? Well, they disappeared. 655 00:48:47,753 --> 00:48:52,53 Rumor has it to Switzerland, to undergo treatment for a rare blood disease. 656 00:48:56,13 --> 00:49:00,63 The shipping line would only admit to having had a psychotic stowaway on board. 657 00:49:00,103 --> 00:49:02,813 The killer had fallen overboard after being cornered 658 00:49:02,813 --> 00:49:02,813 by ship's officers, so they said. 659 00:49:04,603 --> 00:49:09,573 All traces of Bernard Stieglitz vanished. His baggage was gone. 660 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:13,443 His name could not be found in any passenger manifest. 661 00:49:13,493 --> 00:49:17,203 NATO officials claim no such man had ever existed in their organization. 662 00:49:17,243 --> 00:49:20,873 And any attempt to publish a werewolf story about such a man 663 00:49:20,913 --> 00:49:24,663 would be met with the heaviest legal artillery. 664 00:49:24,713 --> 00:49:29,253 Vincenzo, always gun-shy, conveyed that message to me in no uncertain terms. 665 00:49:29,293 --> 00:49:32,763 So, here the story sits, for good, | guess. 666 00:49:32,803 --> 00:49:36,93 No one but you and | know the real truth. 667 00:49:36,133 --> 00:49:38,513 The real story. 668 00:49:44,143 --> 00:49:45,853 Cab! 669 00:49:49,613 --> 00:49:52,823 Ah. That's it. 670 00:49:54,653 --> 00:49:56,613 To the airport, huh?