1 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:54,918 What's the score, Doc? 2 00:02:54,925 --> 00:02:56,666 Twins, cutest things you ever saw. 3 00:02:56,677 --> 00:02:58,543 Hey, they're keeping you busy these days. 4 00:02:58,553 --> 00:03:01,045 It's the desert, gives people wonderful ideas. 5 00:03:01,056 --> 00:03:01,931 Check the ship, will you? 6 00:03:01,933 --> 00:03:02,932 You betcha. 7 00:03:37,259 --> 00:03:38,092 Hi ya, Doc. 8 00:03:38,093 --> 00:03:39,925 Phone's been ringing like crazy for you. 9 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:42,170 Sheriff's half out of his mind. 10 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:43,296 Call him for me, will you, Josh? 11 00:03:43,306 --> 00:03:44,306 Yeah. 12 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:48,767 I'm ringing him, Doc. 13 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:49,770 That's fine. 14 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:53,181 He's on, Doc. 15 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:54,727 Thanks, Josh. 16 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:56,192 Hello Jack, what's up? 17 00:03:56,194 --> 00:03:57,935 Can you come over right away, Doc? 18 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:00,855 I hate to bother you. 19 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:02,027 I know you've been up all night, 20 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:03,149 but this is important. 21 00:04:04,369 --> 00:04:05,369 Okay. 22 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:15,419 Doc, sure sounded worried, didn't he? 23 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:16,754 Someday, you old codger, 24 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:18,749 you're going to hear something you won't like. 25 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,876 Are you inferring that I was listening in? 26 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:22,928 Yeah. 27 00:04:33,064 --> 00:04:35,101 Hi Jack, what's all the excitement about? 28 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:36,025 Who's sick? 29 00:04:36,026 --> 00:04:36,859 Nobody. 30 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:37,777 Huh? 31 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:40,521 The boys found a man near the highway this morning. 32 00:04:40,530 --> 00:04:41,405 Run over? 33 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:42,364 No. 34 00:04:42,365 --> 00:04:43,240 Well, then? 35 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,823 That's why I called you, Doc. 36 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:45,987 What's it look like? 37 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:48,111 Like nothing I've ever seen before. 38 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,079 Who is it? 39 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,790 Well, he has the same general build as Eric Jacobs, 40 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,159 but I'm not sure. 41 00:04:54,169 --> 00:04:55,330 I don't follow you. 42 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:58,501 There's something about his face says he's Jacobs, 43 00:04:58,507 --> 00:04:59,668 but maybe he ain't. 44 00:05:00,842 --> 00:05:02,549 Look, Jack, I'm lost. 45 00:05:02,552 --> 00:05:04,544 You remember Jacobs, don't you? 46 00:05:04,554 --> 00:05:06,045 Yeah, he's the biologist. 47 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:07,342 Works for Professor Deemer, 48 00:05:07,349 --> 00:05:08,840 met him a couple of years ago. 49 00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:10,591 He's over at the undertaker's. 50 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:11,809 You'd better have a look. 51 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:17,435 - Hi, Charlie. - Hi, Charlie. 52 00:05:17,442 --> 00:05:19,308 I phoned Deemer right away. 53 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:21,686 He said he'd be over to see if this is him. 54 00:05:21,696 --> 00:05:23,278 You know Deemer, don't you? 55 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:24,772 Yeah, when I opened my office 56 00:05:24,783 --> 00:05:26,695 I went out to pay my respects. 57 00:05:26,701 --> 00:05:27,535 He was polite enough, 58 00:05:27,536 --> 00:05:30,449 but I had the feeling I wasn't welcome, 59 00:05:30,455 --> 00:05:31,288 so I never went back. 60 00:05:31,289 --> 00:05:33,209 Some of these big brains never learned manners. 61 00:05:35,919 --> 00:05:37,501 Here he is, Barney. 62 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:38,337 Hi, Doc. 63 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:39,670 Hello, Barney. 64 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:41,710 You figure this one out and you're good. 65 00:06:04,906 --> 00:06:06,943 Now you know why I'm not sure. 66 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:09,362 That's not Jacobs. 67 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,533 This man has had this disease for years. 68 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:15,156 I saw Jacobs last month, he looked okay then. 69 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:17,374 They're in the back room, Professor. 70 00:06:30,432 --> 00:06:31,432 It's Eric, all right. 71 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:36,097 He was my friend for 30 years. 72 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:39,284 You better come outside, Professor. 73 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:41,233 Yes. 74 00:06:51,036 --> 00:06:51,869 You all through in there? 75 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:52,703 Yeah. 76 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:54,115 Leave us alone for a minute, will you, Barney? 77 00:06:54,122 --> 00:06:55,122 Yeah, sure. 78 00:06:58,501 --> 00:07:00,788 Professor, I have to know all about it, 79 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:04,756 why he looks that way, why he was missing. 80 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:06,590 Sheriff, have you ever watched a friend 81 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:09,006 dying before your eyes and not been able to help? 82 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:11,296 That's the worst of it. 83 00:07:13,183 --> 00:07:14,424 Being helpless. 84 00:07:17,687 --> 00:07:19,895 It's particularly tough when you're a physician, 85 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:21,560 and you know what's wrong with him, 86 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:23,307 and there isn't a single solitary thing 87 00:07:23,318 --> 00:07:25,275 you or anyone else can do. 88 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:28,442 When I saw the body, I thought it was acromegalia, 89 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,814 but that's not possible. 90 00:07:29,824 --> 00:07:30,824 Acromegalia? 91 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,193 The pituitary gland goes haywire, Jack. 92 00:07:34,204 --> 00:07:36,571 It distorts the face, neck, hands, and feet. 93 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:40,700 I met Jacobs a couple of years ago at your place. 94 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:42,793 The sheriff saw him about a month ago, 95 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:43,832 he looked normal then. 96 00:07:44,881 --> 00:07:46,338 It is acromegalia. 97 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:51,544 But in every case I've ever heard of 98 00:07:51,554 --> 00:07:54,388 it's taken years to produce the deformity. 99 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:57,015 I know. 100 00:07:57,018 --> 00:07:59,681 The history of medicine is the history of the unusual. 101 00:08:01,523 --> 00:08:04,391 Perhaps Eric had been ill for years, who knows? 102 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:05,733 But it was only four days ago 103 00:08:05,735 --> 00:08:08,318 that he began to complain of muscular pains. 104 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:10,278 Neither of us thought too much about it. 105 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,323 These things happen as you grow older. 106 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,111 And the next morning he began to, 107 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:19,701 to change. 108 00:08:21,292 --> 00:08:23,955 Maybe we'd better do an autopsy just to make sure. 109 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:25,794 I don't think that'll be necessary. 110 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:26,797 I was in attendance, 111 00:08:26,798 --> 00:08:28,334 and I signed the death certificate. 112 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,752 I see. 113 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,500 How come we found him on the desert? 114 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,421 Doctor Jacobs became delirious last night, 115 00:08:35,432 --> 00:08:37,389 broke out of the house and ran into the desert. 116 00:08:37,392 --> 00:08:38,974 Are you certain he hadn't complained 117 00:08:38,977 --> 00:08:41,139 of anything before that time? 118 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:44,560 There's nothing I can add to what I've already said. 119 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:47,149 Eric had no family, I'll arrange for the funeral. 120 00:08:48,445 --> 00:08:50,311 Thank you for calling me so promptly. 121 00:08:50,321 --> 00:08:51,732 Goodbye, Doctor Hastings. 122 00:08:51,740 --> 00:08:52,740 Professor. 123 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:55,862 Acromegalia. 124 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:56,825 You heard the man. 125 00:08:56,828 --> 00:08:58,285 I sure did. 126 00:08:58,288 --> 00:08:59,119 A young fellow like you 127 00:08:59,122 --> 00:09:01,409 can't stack what he knows against the professor. 128 00:09:01,416 --> 00:09:02,452 The trouble is, Doc, 129 00:09:02,459 --> 00:09:03,870 you hate to admit you're wrong. 130 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:06,790 We all make mistakes Jack, this isn't one of mine. 131 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:58,467 Hello. 132 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:11,896 There we go. 133 00:12:41,177 --> 00:12:42,008 Paul! 134 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:44,549 Eric is dead, do you hear me? 135 00:12:48,184 --> 00:12:50,767 There's just you and me, 136 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:53,057 and we're going to die, too. 137 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:56,523 No, Paul, keep away from me! 138 00:12:56,526 --> 00:12:58,893 I'm trying to help you, Paul! 139 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,416 Coco, you startled me. 140 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:09,299 So you escaped the fire? 141 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:11,089 Let me see those paws. 142 00:16:12,555 --> 00:16:15,719 I'll have to do something about those burns, won't I? 143 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:16,841 Come on, Coco. 144 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:36,903 You've got that look like you swallowed the canary. 145 00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:38,370 Not at all. 146 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:39,203 If there's anything a man hates, 147 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:42,416 it's to be told he's wrong when he knows he's right. 148 00:16:42,418 --> 00:16:45,126 I knew Deemer had burned your tail. 149 00:16:45,129 --> 00:16:46,745 Listen, I'm just a country doctor, 150 00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:48,418 but I know what I know. 151 00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:50,131 And I know acromegalia doesn't turn up 152 00:16:50,134 --> 00:16:51,750 in four days out of left field. 153 00:16:52,637 --> 00:16:53,468 So? 154 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:55,463 So I went to the medical library in Phoenix 155 00:16:55,473 --> 00:16:56,759 and read up on it. 156 00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:59,554 There wasn't one single recorded case in medical history 157 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,801 where a malformation developed 158 00:17:00,811 --> 00:17:02,848 as fast as Deemer said Jacobs' did. 159 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,847 You mean he was lying to us? 160 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:05,857 I don't know. 161 00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:09,271 But I'd like to know why 162 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:10,860 he was in such a hurry to bury Jacobs, 163 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:13,526 and why he didn't want me to do an autopsy? 164 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:15,445 The man's an MD Like you. 165 00:17:15,451 --> 00:17:17,317 He's entitled to his opinion, 166 00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:18,409 or do you want me to charge him 167 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:21,200 with confusing a country doctor? 168 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:22,823 There's nothing like the safety of prestige, 169 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:23,833 is there, Sheriff? 170 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:25,993 Let's skip it. 171 00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:27,960 Everything's clean and legal and I wouldn't want you 172 00:17:27,964 --> 00:17:29,921 to stick your neck out for anything. 173 00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:31,256 What do you want me to do? 174 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:34,047 Pinch him because I don't like the way he parts his hair? 175 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,045 Have you ever asked yourself what Deemer and Jacobs 176 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,637 were working on in their lab? 177 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,757 No, and I don't intend to jimmy open a window 178 00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:40,928 to find out, either. 179 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:45,016 Deemer's specialty is nutrient biology. 180 00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:47,514 Jacobs is a leader in the same field. 181 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,562 Now when two big shots like that get together 182 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:52,733 and hole up in the desert 20 miles from civilization, 183 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,775 I'd say they might be working on something 184 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:56,614 they're not too anxious to talk about. 185 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:00,903 You think whatever they might be doing 186 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,495 ties in with what killed Jacobs? 187 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:04,416 I wish I knew. 188 00:18:07,003 --> 00:18:10,963 Uh oh, Joe Burch is on the warpath again. 189 00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:12,206 What'd you do this time? 190 00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:13,957 I forgot to tell him about Jacobs. 191 00:18:16,804 --> 00:18:20,218 Well, good day, my very, very good friends. 192 00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:21,886 A fine pair you turned out to be. 193 00:18:21,892 --> 00:18:23,428 I practically had the paper put to bed 194 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:25,223 when I found out about Jacobs by accident. 195 00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:27,562 Well, I'm sorry Joe, it slipped my mind. 196 00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:28,396 What do you want to know? 197 00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:30,186 Only what I haven't found out for myself. 198 00:18:30,192 --> 00:18:32,605 I sneaked a look at the death certificate over at Barney's. 199 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:35,571 Got the personal dope on him out of Who's Who. 200 00:18:35,573 --> 00:18:38,566 How often does this acromegalia occur, Doc? 201 00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:39,612 Not very. 202 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,827 First time I've seen it, as a matter of fact. 203 00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:43,195 My dictionary says it's chronic, 204 00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:45,242 but it doesn't mention death. 205 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:48,458 Well, death doesn't usually come from the disease itself, 206 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:50,248 it's caused by suffocation. 207 00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:52,291 What do you mean, suffocation? 208 00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:53,584 The tongue becomes enlarged, 209 00:18:53,591 --> 00:18:55,753 the throat, the thorax, the heart, 210 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,501 everything gets pushed out of place. 211 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,589 What do you think Deemer's been working on out there? 212 00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:03,761 That I'd like to know. 213 00:19:03,768 --> 00:19:05,600 I'll hop out with Ridley, grab a couple of pictures, 214 00:19:05,603 --> 00:19:07,686 and see what I can find out. 215 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:08,769 By the way, Doc, 216 00:19:08,773 --> 00:19:10,184 how long had Jacobs been dead when 217 00:19:10,191 --> 00:19:12,433 our friend here remembered to call you? 218 00:19:12,443 --> 00:19:14,355 Will you lay off? 219 00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:15,318 Eight or 10 hours. 220 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:16,152 Thanks, Doc. 221 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,817 I'll be sure to spell your name right. 222 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,860 As for your friend, it might just slip my mind 223 00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:22,484 to support him the next time he comes up for election. 224 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:25,032 Say, that's a good idea, Jack, 225 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:27,201 him going out to Deemer's. 226 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:28,870 Joe will get him so riled up with questions, 227 00:19:28,876 --> 00:19:31,038 he may take to me. 228 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,258 If you go into the hotel, Miss, 229 00:19:46,268 --> 00:19:48,180 they'll tell you the best way to get there. 230 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:49,187 Thank you. 231 00:20:01,409 --> 00:20:03,025 I wonder if you might tell me the best way 232 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,526 to get out to the Deemer place? 233 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:05,368 It's about... 234 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:06,532 I know where it is. 235 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:08,952 Is there a bus or cab available? 236 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,995 Well, yes, but there won't be any buses 237 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:12,082 through anymore today. 238 00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:15,044 Then would you mind calling a cab for me? 239 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:17,915 I wouldn't mind it a bit, but it wouldn't do no good. 240 00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:20,338 Because Jasper, you see, it's his cab. 241 00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:21,505 He's out at the Bar Six 242 00:20:21,512 --> 00:20:23,424 and won't be back for a couple of hours. 243 00:20:24,682 --> 00:20:25,682 Maybe longer. 244 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,095 Well, what'll I do? 245 00:20:29,186 --> 00:20:31,428 Sit down and wait, that's all you can do. 246 00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:34,399 Thank you. 247 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:54,747 You ain't come through here before, have you? 248 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:55,754 No. 249 00:20:56,964 --> 00:20:59,297 Didn't think I'd seen you. 250 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,713 You any kin to this man, Deemer? 251 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:03,720 No, I'm not. 252 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,841 He any kin to you? 253 00:21:05,848 --> 00:21:06,848 Oh, no. 254 00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:10,342 I don't suppose that... 255 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,308 I doubt it. 256 00:21:11,312 --> 00:21:12,312 Me, too. 257 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:22,862 Josh, I'm expecting a call from Dan Simon. 258 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:24,948 Switch it to the Deemer place, will you? 259 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,236 You going out there? 260 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:27,404 Just leaving. 261 00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:28,993 Take her with you. 262 00:21:28,996 --> 00:21:30,032 Well, you see, 263 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:31,996 I was asking how to get out there but, 264 00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:33,490 well, I wouldn't want to impose on you. 265 00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:35,242 He won't mind. 266 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,252 No, I'd be glad to drive you. 267 00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:39,746 Well, if you're sure. 268 00:21:39,757 --> 00:21:40,588 Are these yours? 269 00:21:40,591 --> 00:21:41,798 Uh huh. 270 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:45,590 Hey, ain't you two going to introduce yourselves? 271 00:21:46,764 --> 00:21:47,764 - No. - No. 272 00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:55,637 Getting to be a fast world. 273 00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:03,562 Think it's about time? 274 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,029 Doctor Matt Hastings. 275 00:22:05,032 --> 00:22:07,024 Stephanie Clayton, Steve. 276 00:22:07,034 --> 00:22:08,525 I like Steve. 277 00:22:08,536 --> 00:22:11,199 I'm really indebted to you Doctor Hastings, for this ride. 278 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,913 Or rather, I'm indebted to your friend, Josh. 279 00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:14,916 So am I. 280 00:22:16,752 --> 00:22:18,493 I guess it's none of my business asking why 281 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:20,040 you're going out to Deemer's place but... 282 00:22:20,047 --> 00:22:21,413 Why not? 283 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:23,710 I'm doing graduate work in biology. 284 00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:26,380 The professor teaches it, or he did. 285 00:22:26,387 --> 00:22:27,218 I knew it would happen. 286 00:22:27,221 --> 00:22:29,838 Give women the vote and what do you get? 287 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:30,849 Lady scientists. 288 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,850 Well, student so far. 289 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,060 You see, I wrote a paper on the nutritional 290 00:22:35,062 --> 00:22:37,645 aspects of expanding populations, 291 00:22:37,648 --> 00:22:38,855 and Professor Jacobs read it 292 00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:40,815 and offered me a job for the summer. 293 00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:42,775 How about a place to live? 294 00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:45,521 There are a couple of nice boarding houses in Desert Rock. 295 00:22:45,531 --> 00:22:46,942 Cost less than a hotel. 296 00:22:46,949 --> 00:22:48,065 Well, no. 297 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:49,941 I'm gonna stay at the professor's. 298 00:22:49,952 --> 00:22:51,944 You see, it's all part of my contract. 299 00:22:51,954 --> 00:22:54,742 I'll be laboratory technician, cook, student, 300 00:22:54,748 --> 00:22:56,364 the whole works. 301 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,456 I see. 302 00:22:57,459 --> 00:22:59,325 Well, it's one way of earning a masters. 303 00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:00,747 And it's worth it working with people 304 00:23:00,754 --> 00:23:02,791 like Deemer and Professor Jacobs. 305 00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:08,005 How well did you know Eric Jacobs? 306 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:09,173 I've never met him. 307 00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:11,637 He just read the paper and liked it, and that was that. 308 00:23:14,018 --> 00:23:16,510 He's dead, died yesterday morning. 309 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:19,397 How? 310 00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:23,938 Glandular condition called acromegalia. 311 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:24,775 Acromegalia? 312 00:23:24,778 --> 00:23:27,191 Isn't that a very rare disease? 313 00:23:27,197 --> 00:23:28,197 Extremely. 314 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:30,490 Are you sure it was that? 315 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:34,661 No, no I'm not sure at all. 316 00:24:02,316 --> 00:24:06,026 He has a wonderful lab here, one of the best. 317 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,397 Looks like nobody's home. 318 00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:15,323 There must be someone, that's Joe Burch's car over there. 319 00:24:15,996 --> 00:24:16,996 Might as well. 320 00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:22,208 The electric panel shorted. 321 00:24:23,754 --> 00:24:26,337 And, well, you can see for yourself. 322 00:24:26,340 --> 00:24:29,378 You estimated the amount of damage yet, Professor? 323 00:24:29,385 --> 00:24:31,001 The greatest damage, of course, 324 00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:34,004 was to the work that was destroyed. 325 00:24:34,014 --> 00:24:35,425 Let's get back to Jacobs. 326 00:24:35,432 --> 00:24:36,263 Why did he leave? 327 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:37,973 I've told you all there is. 328 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,388 Will you gentlemen excuse me? 329 00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:42,353 One more picture. 330 00:24:42,356 --> 00:24:43,392 Pat the monkey, Professor. 331 00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:44,435 I said that was all. 332 00:24:44,441 --> 00:24:46,182 I think that ought to be enough, Joe. 333 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:47,604 Professor's had a rough couple of days. 334 00:24:47,611 --> 00:24:49,227 Thank you, Doctor Hastings. 335 00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:51,942 Thanks for the story, Professor. 336 00:24:51,949 --> 00:24:53,281 I didn't mean to add to your troubles. 337 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:54,399 Come on, Ridley. 338 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:55,241 See you later, Matt. 339 00:24:55,244 --> 00:24:56,244 See you, Joe. 340 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,622 I thought I'd never get rid of them. 341 00:25:04,628 --> 00:25:06,039 You must forgive an old man. 342 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:09,706 Have I met you before, Miss? 343 00:25:09,717 --> 00:25:10,673 No. 344 00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:12,417 This is Stephanie Clayton. 345 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:15,216 It seems Professor Jacobs wrote for an assistant, she's it. 346 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:18,181 Yes, Eric told me you were coming. 347 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:22,143 But I didn't expect to see a biologist that looked like you. 348 00:25:22,146 --> 00:25:24,183 That was intended as a compliment, 349 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:26,397 I'm afraid I've gotten a bit rusty. 350 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,561 Well, thank you, sir. 351 00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:30,276 Well, I don't know that you'll want to stay on 352 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:31,986 with all that has happened. 353 00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:34,322 You're welcome to, of course. 354 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:35,781 But Eric... 355 00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:38,993 I know, Doctor Hastings told me on the way out. 356 00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:39,996 I see. 357 00:25:40,748 --> 00:25:44,788 Well, with Eric gone, I'm alone. 358 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:46,500 I'm sure I can be of service. 359 00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:48,665 I mean, if you're going to continue with your work. 360 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:53,417 Oh yes, yes indeed, for Eric's sake, if nothing else. 361 00:25:53,427 --> 00:25:56,716 Wasn't Paul Lund working with you, Professor Deemer? 362 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:57,553 Paul? 363 00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:58,763 Yes, he was studying for his doctorate 364 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:00,132 when I was a freshman. 365 00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:01,258 I'd heard he came here. 366 00:26:02,144 --> 00:26:04,682 Yes, of course yes, Paul Lund. 367 00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:06,930 No, he's not with us anymore. 368 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:09,023 Well, come now, Miss Clayton, let me show you my lab. 369 00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:11,609 Are you interested at all, Doctor? 370 00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:12,612 Yes, of course. 371 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,315 I've put all I own into this. 372 00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:18,442 It's my life. 373 00:26:18,452 --> 00:26:20,865 Everything that I have and care for is here. 374 00:26:22,456 --> 00:26:25,199 Unfortunately, part of it has been destroyed. 375 00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:27,126 I see. 376 00:26:28,045 --> 00:26:30,207 What's in the vial, Professor? 377 00:26:30,214 --> 00:26:31,421 A nutrient. 378 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,005 You mean a synthetic? 379 00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:35,546 A completely nonorganic food concentrate. 380 00:26:36,512 --> 00:26:38,253 Medicine has lengthened the life span, 381 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,424 and people live longer, 382 00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:43,683 but the food supply remains fairly static. 383 00:26:44,686 --> 00:26:46,222 World population is increasing 384 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,472 at the rate of 25 millions a year. 385 00:26:51,193 --> 00:26:52,559 An overcrowded world. 386 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:55,315 That means not enough to eat. 387 00:26:56,323 --> 00:27:00,567 The disease of hunger, like most diseases, well, it spreads. 388 00:27:00,577 --> 00:27:03,615 There are 2 billion people in the world today. 389 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:06,535 In 1975 there will be 3 billion. 390 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:07,373 In the year 2000, 391 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:10,164 there will be 3 billion, 625 million. 392 00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:13,542 The world may not be able to produce enough food 393 00:27:13,549 --> 00:27:15,381 to feed all these people. 394 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:17,000 Now perhaps you'll understand 395 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,627 what an inexpensive nutrient will mean. 396 00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:24,720 Well, not many of us look that far into the future, sir. 397 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:26,888 Our business is the future. 398 00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:29,103 No man can do it on his own, of course. 399 00:27:29,106 --> 00:27:32,144 You don't pull it out of your hat like a magician's rabbit. 400 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:36,569 Well, you build on what hundreds of others 401 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:38,359 have learned before you. 402 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:40,652 I thought that synthesis was impossible 403 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,242 without a bonding agent to hold everything together. 404 00:27:44,288 --> 00:27:47,031 And we use the simplest of all: The atom. 405 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,040 Let me show you. 406 00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:59,174 That's an isotope, isn't it? 407 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:02,546 A radioactive isotope, ammoniac. 408 00:28:02,556 --> 00:28:04,843 And that's what binds your solution? 409 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:06,682 Binds it and triggers it. 410 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:10,554 Using it, Eric's dream and mine may be a reality before... 411 00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:13,482 Excuse me. 412 00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:19,739 Hello? 413 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:22,783 Yes. 414 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,119 It's for you, Doctor. 415 00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:28,331 Thank you. 416 00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:32,742 Hello? 417 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:33,753 Hi, Josh. 418 00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:35,711 Of course. 419 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,548 Call her back, tell her I'll stop by on my way home. 420 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,550 Bye. 421 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:43,340 Sorry to break this up. 422 00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:44,883 Thanks for the tour, Professor. 423 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:46,631 Maybe one of these days you'll invite me back. 424 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:47,928 Why yes, of course. 425 00:28:49,603 --> 00:28:53,267 Professor I, I'm still puzzled by the speed 426 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,390 with which Jacobs' malformation developed. 427 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,732 Can you explain it? 428 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,647 Eric is dead and he shouldn't be. 429 00:28:58,654 --> 00:29:02,273 But the cause was acromegalia, nothing else. 430 00:29:02,282 --> 00:29:05,525 It seems such a deviation from the classic cases. 431 00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:07,447 You're being very diplomatic, Doctor. 432 00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:08,535 Why don't you speak up? 433 00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:11,364 Don't you think, sir, 434 00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:13,412 this time you might be wrong? 435 00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:15,159 In this case, no. 436 00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,207 You want to do an autopsy, why don't you? 437 00:29:17,214 --> 00:29:18,955 Well, you objected. 438 00:29:18,966 --> 00:29:20,332 I was upset. 439 00:29:20,342 --> 00:29:24,336 Eric was not only my colleague, he was my closest friend. 440 00:29:24,346 --> 00:29:25,462 You have my permission. 441 00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:27,634 Well, thank you, sir. 442 00:29:27,641 --> 00:29:29,678 I'll let you know what I find. 443 00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:31,768 And please, don't forget to invite me back? 444 00:29:34,356 --> 00:29:36,018 Well, now I'll show you to your quarters. 445 00:29:36,024 --> 00:29:37,024 All right. 446 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,316 That you, Jack? 447 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:47,658 How're you coming? 448 00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:49,869 Be right with you. 449 00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:09,589 What you got? 450 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:12,262 I'll give it to you fast Jack, nothing. 451 00:30:12,269 --> 00:30:13,430 Nothing? 452 00:30:13,437 --> 00:30:15,053 You mean the professor was right? 453 00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:17,646 Couldn't have been more right. 454 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:19,515 Well, how do you like that? 455 00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:21,062 You make a big thing out of it, show Deemer 456 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:22,310 up for maybe a murderer and then... 457 00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:24,358 You want me to go ahead with the interment, Jack? 458 00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,526 You might as well before this amateur gumshoe 459 00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:28,069 gets any more bright ideas. 460 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:30,158 The case is closed. 461 00:30:32,372 --> 00:30:33,908 And the next time I need a doctor, 462 00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:35,406 I'll call one in from Phoenix. 463 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:39,126 You know, I don't think Jack's too happy about all this. 464 00:30:39,129 --> 00:30:40,129 I don't blame him. 465 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:44,715 But I still can't figure it out. 466 00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:51,681 Slowly, slow. 467 00:30:53,894 --> 00:30:55,010 That's good. 468 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:58,013 Take your time, Steve, take your time. 469 00:30:58,023 --> 00:30:59,605 We have nothing except time. 470 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,602 And we won't have that if we make a mistake. 471 00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:05,194 There. 472 00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:06,358 Am I doing all right, Professor? 473 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:07,651 Fine, fine. 474 00:31:07,657 --> 00:31:10,149 Now lift the lid onto the vial. 475 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:14,282 Easy, easy. 476 00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:18,912 That's it, now lift up the graduated glass, 477 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:23,287 and put it in the access chamber. 478 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:29,127 Well done, Steve. 479 00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:31,754 Now lift up the chamber. 480 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:36,894 That's it. 481 00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,685 Now we'll take this into the dry box, 482 00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:43,148 where we can handle it safely. 483 00:32:00,627 --> 00:32:02,368 You're getting quite expert at this. 484 00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:06,085 I don't know what I'd do without you. 485 00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:07,832 Now let's see how we make out. 486 00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:12,386 It's one thing to develop a formula on paper, 487 00:32:12,389 --> 00:32:14,255 another to make it work. 488 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,349 So far we've found an almost 489 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,513 consistent instability in the material. 490 00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:22,806 One batch of nutrient varies sharply from the next. 491 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:25,524 What do you want to try it on this time? 492 00:32:25,527 --> 00:32:26,688 One of the baby rats? 493 00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:49,508 Okay. 494 00:32:52,387 --> 00:32:54,925 How long before we know anything, Professor? 495 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:56,047 Well, there have been times 496 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,140 when the instability has caused death. 497 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:01,303 I meant, if it works. 498 00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:03,439 Let me show you. 499 00:33:06,568 --> 00:33:07,900 You see that rabbit? 500 00:33:07,903 --> 00:33:09,235 Yes. 501 00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:11,445 How old would you say he was? 502 00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:12,484 Four months. 503 00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:15,116 Look at the chart. 504 00:33:16,453 --> 00:33:17,944 Six days. 505 00:33:19,873 --> 00:33:21,080 Is it normal? 506 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:22,618 I ran a reflex test on him 507 00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:24,492 after you went to bed last night. 508 00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:26,460 The only difference between him and the others 509 00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:28,625 is that he's healthier and stronger. 510 00:33:29,633 --> 00:33:32,467 All the same, we mustn't be in too much of a hurry. 511 00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:35,507 We've got to lick this problem of instability. 512 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:37,176 Once we can control that, 513 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,925 we're ready for the ultimate test, on humans. 514 00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:45,184 There mustn't be a mistake this time. 515 00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:54,401 I'll be back in a couple of hours. 516 00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:55,488 All right, Steve. 517 00:33:55,492 --> 00:33:58,235 Science is science, but a girl must get her hair done. 518 00:33:58,245 --> 00:33:59,076 You'd better hurry though, 519 00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:00,320 if you're going to catch that bus. 520 00:34:00,330 --> 00:34:01,866 It only stops on signal, you know. 521 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:02,704 I know. 522 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:03,743 Anything I can get for you? 523 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:04,581 No, thanks. 524 00:34:04,584 --> 00:34:06,200 We'll run those tissue tests when you come back. 525 00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:07,247 Right. 526 00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:08,254 Have fun. 527 00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:24,097 Have the prescription refilled 528 00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:25,640 and be sure she takes it after every meal. 529 00:34:25,647 --> 00:34:27,889 Okay, Doc, but you know women. 530 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:29,856 Mary will just let it sit on the shelf. 531 00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:30,770 Yeah, but she'll feel better 532 00:34:30,777 --> 00:34:31,688 knowing it's there, won't she? 533 00:34:31,695 --> 00:34:33,152 Yeah, I suppose so. 534 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:34,440 Say, when are you and me flying out 535 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:35,563 for some more fishing? 536 00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:37,236 It's been four or five weeks since... 537 00:34:37,242 --> 00:34:38,153 Excuse me, Jim. 538 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:39,159 Steve! 539 00:34:41,830 --> 00:34:43,321 Carry your books, Miss? 540 00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:44,242 Thanks! 541 00:34:44,249 --> 00:34:47,037 I haven't been walked to school in a long time. 542 00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:49,831 Hey, you dress up our town very nicely. 543 00:34:49,838 --> 00:34:51,249 If you don't look out, the Chamber of Commerce 544 00:34:51,256 --> 00:34:53,043 is going to list you in their publicity 545 00:34:53,049 --> 00:34:55,041 with the local attractions. 546 00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:57,714 Say, do you have to go right back? 547 00:34:58,680 --> 00:34:59,966 No. 548 00:34:59,973 --> 00:35:01,965 Good, let's skip school. 549 00:35:01,975 --> 00:35:02,975 All right. 550 00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:11,683 It's like an oasis. 551 00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:14,693 I bring all my patients here. 552 00:35:14,696 --> 00:35:15,777 I'll bet. 553 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,112 How's this? 554 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,115 Fine. 555 00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:26,915 Not now, thanks. 556 00:35:29,377 --> 00:35:31,334 How are you getting along with Deemer? 557 00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:32,454 Half the time he doesn't know I'm there 558 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:35,423 and the other half he's worried I'll make a mistake. 559 00:35:35,425 --> 00:35:36,336 He's quite a guy, I guess. 560 00:35:36,343 --> 00:35:37,343 Yes. 561 00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:43,264 Has he said anything more about that assistant that left? 562 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:44,767 No. 563 00:35:45,894 --> 00:35:47,760 How's the nutrient coming along? 564 00:35:47,771 --> 00:35:50,764 Well, this is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. 565 00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:52,481 How long does it take an ordinary rabbit 566 00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:54,191 to reach full growth? 567 00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:56,982 I don't know, four or five months, I guess. 568 00:35:56,988 --> 00:36:00,152 He has one there that's reached maturity in six days. 569 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,069 Six days? 570 00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:03,989 I know it sounds unbelievable, but it's true. 571 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:06,237 It's still so new and unpredictable. 572 00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:08,034 There are all sorts of things to take into account 573 00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:11,125 before we can even think of experimenting on humans. 574 00:36:11,127 --> 00:36:13,870 Some of the nutrient, when unstable, 575 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,667 has even been deadly. 576 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,666 But we do know that it's kept animals alive 577 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,212 that have been fed nothing else. 578 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:22,920 If I stay here much longer I'm gonna miss my bus. 579 00:36:22,931 --> 00:36:24,467 Who can ask for a better opening? 580 00:36:24,474 --> 00:36:25,840 I'm at your service, Miss. 581 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:28,183 Are you sure your patients can spare you? 582 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:31,145 I'm such a good doctor, they never get sick. 583 00:36:31,147 --> 00:36:32,183 Come on, let's go. 584 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,190 All right. 585 00:36:44,619 --> 00:36:47,578 No wonder you love the desert, it's so beautiful. 586 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,331 Everything that ever walked or crawled 587 00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,121 on the face of the earth, 588 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:55,040 swum the depths of the ocean, 589 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:57,504 soared through the sky, has left its imprint here. 590 00:37:00,135 --> 00:37:01,376 Look. 591 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,628 Did you ever wonder what piled them up like that? 592 00:37:03,638 --> 00:37:06,051 Wind? Water? What? 593 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:07,514 I've never seen anything quite like it. 594 00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:08,517 Can we stop? 595 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:10,477 Sure. 596 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:52,927 All this was once an ocean, wasn't it? 597 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:55,475 You can still find seashells if you keep your eyes open. 598 00:37:56,649 --> 00:37:57,480 What's that? 599 00:37:57,484 --> 00:37:58,484 I, 600 00:37:59,861 --> 00:38:00,861 there he is. 601 00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:03,778 It scared me. 602 00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:06,616 I'm beginning to see now why you love it here. 603 00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:07,574 Catching, huh? 604 00:38:07,577 --> 00:38:10,490 Yes, I think I'll have that cigarette now. 605 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:17,461 Thank you. 606 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:27,295 You know, it must look out of this world from the air. 607 00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:28,716 I'll show it to you sometime. 608 00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:29,588 Will you really? 609 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:31,056 Yes. 610 00:38:31,059 --> 00:38:32,516 What does it look like? 611 00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:34,431 Like something from another life. 612 00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:39,732 Serene, quiet, yet strangely evil, 613 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:41,726 as if it were hiding its secret from man. 614 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,489 You make it sound so creepy. 615 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:48,733 The unknown always is. 616 00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,947 Whatever could have started it? 617 00:39:31,953 --> 00:39:33,160 I don't know. 618 00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:35,328 Well, I think I've had enough 619 00:39:35,331 --> 00:39:37,197 of the unknown for one afternoon. 620 00:40:12,619 --> 00:40:14,406 Something must have started it. 621 00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:19,031 You can't second-guess the desert. 622 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:21,204 Rocks that have stayed for a thousand years, 623 00:40:22,295 --> 00:40:23,877 they just move. 624 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:24,961 There's no figuring it. 625 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:36,924 Well, the bus would have gotten me here sooner, 626 00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:38,096 but I certainly enjoyed it. 627 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:40,094 Give my best to the rabbits. 628 00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:41,561 Would you like to see them? 629 00:40:41,564 --> 00:40:42,645 Now you're talking. 630 00:41:02,377 --> 00:41:04,915 You can put them right there. 631 00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:13,840 It's funny he's not here, maybe he's resting. 632 00:41:13,846 --> 00:41:15,212 Do I get the guided tour? 633 00:41:15,223 --> 00:41:16,223 Follow me. 634 00:41:22,271 --> 00:41:25,560 It wasn't like that when I left! 635 00:41:25,566 --> 00:41:27,728 Are you sure it's the same one? 636 00:41:27,735 --> 00:41:28,735 Yes. 637 00:41:29,696 --> 00:41:31,232 We injected a baby rat this morning, 638 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:32,400 let's take a look at it. 639 00:41:38,538 --> 00:41:39,995 This morning? 640 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:41,205 It was a baby. 641 00:41:41,207 --> 00:41:43,824 Matt, I tell you, this morning it was a baby. 642 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:46,043 And it doubled in size in a few hours? 643 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:49,208 Matt, you do believe me? 644 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:50,626 Of course I do. 645 00:41:58,641 --> 00:42:00,098 Hello? 646 00:42:00,101 --> 00:42:01,808 Yes, he's here, just a minute. 647 00:42:01,811 --> 00:42:02,811 It's your office. 648 00:42:04,772 --> 00:42:05,772 Thanks. 649 00:42:06,607 --> 00:42:07,607 Hello? 650 00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:09,484 Yeah, Josh. 651 00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:13,232 I'll stop by on my way home. 652 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:14,239 Thanks, bye. 653 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:16,440 I've got to go. 654 00:42:16,451 --> 00:42:18,909 That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. 655 00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:21,619 I never seem to find time to finish a conversation. 656 00:42:21,622 --> 00:42:23,488 What do you make of that baby rat? 657 00:42:23,499 --> 00:42:24,499 I don't know. 658 00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:27,125 Freaks of any kind give me the willies. 659 00:42:27,128 --> 00:42:28,414 Well, I've heard of giantism, 660 00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:30,413 but I've never seen it produced. 661 00:42:30,423 --> 00:42:31,709 Why don't you have Deemer ask me out 662 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:32,547 in the next day or so? 663 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:33,916 I'd like to discuss it with him. 664 00:42:33,926 --> 00:42:34,757 I will. 665 00:42:34,761 --> 00:42:38,345 Besides, it'll give me a chance to see you again. 666 00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:39,963 Or don't I need an excuse? 667 00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:41,340 Now, what do you think? 668 00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:42,350 I'll call you. 669 00:42:53,112 --> 00:42:56,071 My laboratory is not open to the public, Miss Clayton. 670 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:58,282 Explain why you brought Doctor Hastings here. 671 00:42:59,327 --> 00:43:00,943 Sir? 672 00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:01,953 Doctor Hastings. 673 00:43:02,955 --> 00:43:05,242 Will you please explain why you brought him here? 674 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:08,033 He's very interested in your work, sir, 675 00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:09,080 and I thought it'd be all... 676 00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:10,999 Were you in the habit of conducting tours 677 00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:13,042 at Owens University? 678 00:43:13,049 --> 00:43:14,756 No sir, but I thought it would... 679 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:17,593 Bringing him here was a breach of my trust in you. 680 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:19,962 Experimental research is always confidential, 681 00:43:19,972 --> 00:43:21,929 be it here or anywhere else. 682 00:43:21,933 --> 00:43:24,641 You didn't tell me it was confidential. 683 00:43:24,644 --> 00:43:26,260 I didn't think I'd need to. 684 00:43:27,313 --> 00:43:28,975 Professor, your face. 685 00:43:28,981 --> 00:43:30,768 That will be enough, Miss Clayton. 686 00:43:31,651 --> 00:43:32,651 Yes, sir. 687 00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:12,032 Boy, you got nerves, simmer down. 688 00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:12,954 Where did you come from? 689 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,122 I was on my way to old Andy Andersen's 690 00:45:15,129 --> 00:45:16,586 when I saw your car. 691 00:45:16,589 --> 00:45:18,421 What are you doing here? 692 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:20,791 There was a landslide an hour or so ago. 693 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:22,417 Came back to see what caused it. 694 00:45:22,428 --> 00:45:24,010 This is one of those days. 695 00:45:24,013 --> 00:45:26,721 Old Andy called me in a sweat and said to come a running. 696 00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:28,260 Couldn't figure out what he was yakking about, 697 00:45:28,267 --> 00:45:31,101 but it seems like something was eating his cattle. 698 00:45:31,103 --> 00:45:32,719 Eating them? 699 00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:35,188 Say, he had sunstroke a couple of years back. 700 00:45:35,191 --> 00:45:36,898 You don't suppose? 701 00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:38,813 No, there must be something to it. 702 00:45:38,819 --> 00:45:41,402 Said he had a stack of bones to show me. 703 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:43,818 You wouldn't like to come along, would you? 704 00:45:43,824 --> 00:45:46,817 You still trust my judgment after the Jacobs business? 705 00:45:46,827 --> 00:45:49,535 I ain't looking for medical advice Doc, just company. 706 00:46:03,636 --> 00:46:05,218 Glad you finally got here, Sheriff. 707 00:46:06,847 --> 00:46:08,429 Hi Doc, didn't expect to see you. 708 00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:10,048 Hi Andy, Jack met me on the way, 709 00:46:10,059 --> 00:46:11,140 told me you've been having trouble. 710 00:46:11,143 --> 00:46:12,679 Yeah, darnedest thing ever happened. 711 00:46:12,687 --> 00:46:13,973 Where's what we came for? 712 00:46:15,022 --> 00:46:16,022 Let's go. 713 00:46:33,457 --> 00:46:35,323 I never saw anything like it. 714 00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:37,826 No footprints, no blood, no sign of struggle. 715 00:46:37,837 --> 00:46:40,204 The bones just stripped clean, like peeling a banana. 716 00:46:49,807 --> 00:46:50,718 About noon the boy here came up 717 00:46:50,725 --> 00:46:53,433 from the lower section and found them. 718 00:46:53,436 --> 00:46:55,678 I don't suppose it could've been mountain lions? 719 00:46:55,688 --> 00:46:57,680 I've ranched here 22 years now Doc, 720 00:46:57,690 --> 00:46:59,898 and I've had more than my share of lions and wolves. 721 00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:01,016 It wasn't them. 722 00:47:10,369 --> 00:47:11,325 Where did that come from? 723 00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:13,195 It was there when the boy got here. 724 00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:14,241 Stop worrying about that 725 00:47:14,248 --> 00:47:15,739 and tell me what's picking my cattle clean. 726 00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:17,332 That's all I want to know, what's doing it? 727 00:47:17,335 --> 00:47:18,871 Take it easy, Andy. 728 00:47:18,878 --> 00:47:19,994 They're not your cattle. 729 00:47:20,004 --> 00:47:20,994 If it could happen last night, 730 00:47:21,005 --> 00:47:22,712 it could happen tonight, tomorrow night. 731 00:47:22,715 --> 00:47:23,715 It could wipe me out. 732 00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:29,382 Aren't you going to do anything? 733 00:47:29,388 --> 00:47:30,924 I'm up a tree, Andy, like you are. 734 00:47:30,931 --> 00:47:32,797 I don't know where to start thinking. 735 00:47:32,808 --> 00:47:33,969 You got any ideas, Doc? 736 00:47:35,478 --> 00:47:38,095 Better round up what livestock you can and stand guard. 737 00:47:38,105 --> 00:47:39,937 If you see or hear anything, ring me at the house. 738 00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:41,272 I'll be there, just in case. 739 00:47:43,861 --> 00:47:45,147 See you, Andy. 740 00:50:45,417 --> 00:50:46,417 Hi, Jack. 741 00:50:48,379 --> 00:50:49,915 Anyone pull through? 742 00:50:49,922 --> 00:50:51,208 You kidding? 743 00:50:51,215 --> 00:50:52,877 I want to show you something. 744 00:51:03,769 --> 00:51:04,930 Morning, Doc. 745 00:51:07,022 --> 00:51:07,853 The Sheriff tells me 746 00:51:07,856 --> 00:51:09,973 you've seen something like this before. 747 00:51:09,984 --> 00:51:11,395 Yeah. 748 00:51:11,402 --> 00:51:13,394 You buying this accident business, Doc? 749 00:51:14,446 --> 00:51:15,653 Aren't you? 750 00:51:15,656 --> 00:51:16,646 Nope. 751 00:51:16,657 --> 00:51:17,989 I can't figure it. 752 00:51:17,992 --> 00:51:19,449 There isn't a skid mark. 753 00:51:19,451 --> 00:51:20,282 We plowed through the wreck 754 00:51:20,286 --> 00:51:21,902 and found the brakes still work. 755 00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:23,403 It's just like something grabbed the pickup 756 00:51:23,414 --> 00:51:25,155 and threw it 30 feet off the road. 757 00:51:25,165 --> 00:51:26,451 Take a look at this, Doc. 758 00:51:38,596 --> 00:51:40,633 I can't understand why I didn't spot this stuff 759 00:51:40,639 --> 00:51:42,096 when I hauled those skeletons out of here 760 00:51:42,099 --> 00:51:43,761 and stacked them on the other side. 761 00:51:43,767 --> 00:51:44,883 They were here? 762 00:51:44,893 --> 00:51:45,974 Yes sir, why? 763 00:51:52,318 --> 00:51:54,685 There doesn't seem to be any distinctive odor. 764 00:51:57,531 --> 00:52:00,365 Wow, say have you got a thermos 765 00:52:00,367 --> 00:52:01,824 or a jar around here somewhere? 766 00:52:01,827 --> 00:52:03,784 I think there's one over here. 767 00:52:03,787 --> 00:52:06,245 Same stuff we found at Andy's? 768 00:52:06,248 --> 00:52:07,159 Yeah, I think so. 769 00:52:07,166 --> 00:52:09,874 Well, that makes three then. 770 00:52:09,877 --> 00:52:10,958 Three? 771 00:52:10,961 --> 00:52:13,999 Here, the stuff you saw yesterday, and Andy's. 772 00:52:14,006 --> 00:52:14,871 Andy? 773 00:52:14,882 --> 00:52:17,590 His wife found him at the corral last night, dead. 774 00:52:17,593 --> 00:52:21,633 He'd been, like the cattle and sheep. 775 00:52:21,639 --> 00:52:24,052 There was a couple of gallons of this liquid beside him. 776 00:52:24,058 --> 00:52:26,266 I wish you'd give me a hand with this yarn, Doc. 777 00:52:26,268 --> 00:52:27,554 Stuff here I can't handle. 778 00:52:27,561 --> 00:52:29,894 Maybe there's stuff here none of us can. 779 00:52:29,897 --> 00:52:30,728 If I were you Joe, 780 00:52:30,731 --> 00:52:32,723 I'd write this as a straight accident. 781 00:52:32,733 --> 00:52:35,020 If you print anything as vague as what we've got, 782 00:52:35,027 --> 00:52:36,984 you'll scare half the state to death. 783 00:52:36,987 --> 00:52:38,694 News is news, Doc. 784 00:52:38,697 --> 00:52:40,984 Yes and the half-truths aren't news. 785 00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:43,483 Why don't you hold off till we nail this down tight? 786 00:52:43,494 --> 00:52:45,702 Maybe then you'll have the biggest story of your life. 787 00:52:45,704 --> 00:52:46,945 What have you got, Matt? 788 00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:48,873 I don't know. 789 00:52:49,708 --> 00:52:50,949 But we've got to keep our minds open 790 00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:53,872 and our mouths shut till we do know. 791 00:52:53,879 --> 00:52:55,461 Here you are, Doc. 792 00:52:55,464 --> 00:52:56,464 Thanks. 793 00:53:10,479 --> 00:53:12,095 Well? 794 00:53:12,106 --> 00:53:13,517 I'm not sure. 795 00:53:13,524 --> 00:53:17,359 It's impossible at this stage to give you a positive answer, 796 00:53:17,361 --> 00:53:19,318 but it's related to insect venom. 797 00:53:19,321 --> 00:53:20,357 Insect venom? 798 00:53:20,364 --> 00:53:21,605 Come off it, Matt. 799 00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:24,198 I know, but it checks. 800 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:25,908 Acidic content, the whole works. 801 00:53:27,079 --> 00:53:29,116 I'm not sure what kind of insect venom it is but... 802 00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:30,580 Now look, Matt, I'm willing to play ball with you, 803 00:53:30,582 --> 00:53:32,699 but there's a limit to what I'll swallow. 804 00:53:34,128 --> 00:53:36,745 Check it yourself Joe, I'll show you how. 805 00:53:36,755 --> 00:53:37,586 You're having nightmares, Doc. 806 00:53:37,589 --> 00:53:40,582 There's not an insect in the world with that much venom. 807 00:53:40,592 --> 00:53:42,504 All right, don't take my word for it. 808 00:53:42,511 --> 00:53:44,127 Get someone else to analyze it. 809 00:53:44,138 --> 00:53:45,379 Who? 810 00:53:45,389 --> 00:53:46,550 Professor Deemer. 811 00:53:47,850 --> 00:53:49,637 Hey, that's a good idea. 812 00:53:49,643 --> 00:53:51,976 I'll make a date with him, take the stuff out, okay? 813 00:53:51,979 --> 00:53:53,186 Okay. 814 00:53:53,188 --> 00:53:54,929 This time don't you forget to let me know. 815 00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:55,771 I won't, Joe. 816 00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:57,891 Insect venom in the large economy size. 817 00:53:57,901 --> 00:53:59,267 I've heard everything. 818 00:54:01,029 --> 00:54:03,612 Give me Professor Deemer will you, Josh? 819 00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:08,619 Hello? 820 00:54:09,830 --> 00:54:10,830 Hello, Matt. 821 00:54:11,749 --> 00:54:13,411 No, I can talk, he's upstairs. 822 00:54:14,585 --> 00:54:16,247 I was hoping you'd call, there's, 823 00:54:17,671 --> 00:54:19,333 Matt, I've got to talk to you. 824 00:54:20,591 --> 00:54:24,210 Well, he's sick Matt, terribly sick. 825 00:54:24,219 --> 00:54:27,337 It's his face and his hands. 826 00:54:27,347 --> 00:54:28,838 Yes. 827 00:54:28,849 --> 00:54:29,680 Well, I did. 828 00:54:29,683 --> 00:54:32,300 I asked him to see a doctor, but he won't do any... 829 00:54:33,771 --> 00:54:35,182 Steve? 830 00:54:35,189 --> 00:54:36,189 Steve! 831 00:54:41,236 --> 00:54:42,067 She hung up, Doc. 832 00:54:42,070 --> 00:54:43,527 You want me to try to get her back? 833 00:55:17,105 --> 00:55:18,105 Hurry, Matt! 834 00:55:20,192 --> 00:55:21,023 Are you all right? 835 00:55:21,026 --> 00:55:23,313 Something's happened, he can hardly breathe! 836 00:55:38,418 --> 00:55:40,250 Steve, get me some water, will you? 837 00:55:45,759 --> 00:55:48,217 Don't you think we ought to get him to a hospital? 838 00:55:48,220 --> 00:55:49,586 There isn't anything they can do for him 839 00:55:49,596 --> 00:55:50,677 we can't do right here. 840 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:07,820 Give him some water, Steve. 841 00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:21,868 There's nothing you can do, Doctor. 842 00:56:21,879 --> 00:56:23,495 Don't say that. 843 00:56:23,505 --> 00:56:24,996 Nothing anyone can do. 844 00:56:25,883 --> 00:56:27,670 Start with Jacobs, Professor. 845 00:56:27,676 --> 00:56:28,676 He was the beginning. 846 00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:33,258 Eric and I spent every waking hour on this 847 00:56:33,265 --> 00:56:36,224 ever since our days at Oakridge. 848 00:56:37,936 --> 00:56:39,973 But he was an impatient old man. 849 00:56:41,523 --> 00:56:42,730 He was convinced that 850 00:56:44,151 --> 00:56:46,438 an occasional failure with the animals 851 00:56:47,571 --> 00:56:49,107 didn't necessarily mean 852 00:56:49,114 --> 00:56:53,449 that the nutrient would fail with humans. 853 00:56:56,079 --> 00:57:00,039 Then, one day when I was in town, 854 00:57:01,084 --> 00:57:05,328 he and Paul injected themselves. 855 00:57:05,339 --> 00:57:07,171 When did Jacobs inject himself, sir? 856 00:57:08,634 --> 00:57:10,375 Four days before he died. 857 00:57:12,220 --> 00:57:14,382 Acromegalia developed in four days. 858 00:57:15,432 --> 00:57:19,392 The isotope triggered our nutrient into a nightmare. 859 00:57:21,813 --> 00:57:24,897 Then, Paul went crazy 860 00:57:25,943 --> 00:57:26,943 and attacked me. 861 00:57:29,321 --> 00:57:31,529 While I was unconscious, 862 00:57:31,531 --> 00:57:33,818 he made sure that I wouldn't survive. 863 00:57:36,703 --> 00:57:39,571 But I continued the experiment, 864 00:57:41,083 --> 00:57:44,167 hoping that in the short time left to me, 865 00:57:44,169 --> 00:57:47,287 I'd be able to prove the, 866 00:57:48,507 --> 00:57:51,341 nutrient would work. 867 00:57:54,096 --> 00:58:00,923 You should have seen them. 868 00:58:00,936 --> 00:58:03,349 You should have seen them before the fire. 869 00:58:04,731 --> 00:58:07,189 They lived on nothing but our nutrient. 870 00:58:08,652 --> 00:58:11,770 A rat eight times normal size. 871 00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:16,357 A guinea pig big as a police dog. 872 00:58:17,995 --> 00:58:18,995 A tarantula, 873 00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:22,788 lost, all lost. 874 00:58:24,084 --> 00:58:25,370 What about the tarantula? 875 00:58:27,045 --> 00:58:28,045 Burned. 876 00:58:29,965 --> 00:58:30,965 All burned. 877 00:58:35,971 --> 00:58:37,212 Let's take him upstairs. 878 00:58:46,982 --> 00:58:48,143 He'll sleep for a while. 879 00:58:48,150 --> 00:58:49,150 Is there any hope? 880 00:58:51,778 --> 00:58:53,610 Here's something to relieve the pain. 881 00:58:53,613 --> 00:58:55,730 Give him one when he wakes up. 882 00:58:55,741 --> 00:58:56,777 Where are you going? 883 00:58:57,951 --> 00:58:59,032 Well, the tarantula, 884 00:59:00,704 --> 00:59:02,036 there's something I want to check on. 885 00:59:02,039 --> 00:59:03,575 I'll phone you when I get back. 886 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:25,009 Just set it up Jean, then you may go. 887 00:59:25,020 --> 00:59:26,020 Yes, sir. 888 00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:30,602 Well, that was a pretty accurate analysis 889 00:59:30,609 --> 00:59:32,020 you made, Doctor. 890 00:59:32,027 --> 00:59:33,359 Then it is insect venom? 891 00:59:33,361 --> 00:59:37,105 Well, not precisely, it's from a species called arachnida. 892 00:59:37,115 --> 00:59:38,151 A spider? 893 00:59:38,158 --> 00:59:40,445 Well, a tarantula, to be exact. 894 00:59:40,452 --> 00:59:42,614 But I've never seen venom in such quantity before. 895 00:59:42,621 --> 00:59:44,487 You know, there's more venom in this test-tube, 896 00:59:44,498 --> 00:59:46,740 than you'll find in 100 tarantulas. 897 00:59:46,750 --> 00:59:49,083 You mean a tarantula that could secrete 898 00:59:49,086 --> 00:59:53,205 that much venom would be 100 times larger than normal? 899 00:59:53,215 --> 00:59:54,215 At least that. 900 00:59:58,011 --> 00:59:59,127 What would you say, Doctor, 901 00:59:59,137 --> 01:00:01,720 if I told you I found pools of that venom? 902 01:00:01,723 --> 01:00:03,339 Four and five feet across, 903 01:00:03,350 --> 01:00:05,262 two to three inches deep? 904 01:00:05,268 --> 01:00:07,681 I'd say you'd been having a nightmare. 905 01:00:07,687 --> 01:00:11,101 Or that you're the biggest liar since Baron Munchausen. 906 01:00:11,108 --> 01:00:12,849 It's a nightmare all right, Doctor, 907 01:00:12,859 --> 01:00:14,646 but not the kind you mean, 908 01:00:14,653 --> 01:00:15,484 and I'm not lying to you. 909 01:00:15,487 --> 01:00:17,228 The tarantula film is ready, Professor. 910 01:00:17,239 --> 01:00:18,070 Thank you, Jean. 911 01:00:18,073 --> 01:00:20,781 Now look, I know you didn't fly 200 miles just for a joke, 912 01:00:20,784 --> 01:00:23,242 but I simply can't believe all you're telling me. 913 01:00:23,245 --> 01:00:24,076 Good night, Professor. 914 01:00:24,079 --> 01:00:25,615 Good night, Jean. 915 01:00:25,622 --> 01:00:26,908 Well, under the circumstances 916 01:00:26,915 --> 01:00:29,032 we might find this interesting. 917 01:00:33,672 --> 01:00:35,538 That's the largest of tarantulas, 918 01:00:35,549 --> 01:00:37,165 from South America, 919 01:00:37,175 --> 01:00:38,507 and it's only a foot in diameter 920 01:00:38,510 --> 01:00:39,796 with its legs outstretched. 921 01:00:39,803 --> 01:00:40,714 I know. 922 01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:43,007 Our Arizona species is even smaller. 923 01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:43,845 That's right, 924 01:00:43,849 --> 01:00:45,511 not more than three inches in size. 925 01:00:45,517 --> 01:00:47,600 Now there it is, coming out of its burrow. 926 01:00:51,231 --> 01:00:52,221 It's got eight legs 927 01:00:52,232 --> 01:00:54,224 and can move faster than you think, 928 01:00:54,234 --> 01:00:55,725 which assures him of a long life, 929 01:00:55,735 --> 01:00:57,647 as long as 25 years sometimes. 930 01:00:58,864 --> 01:01:01,151 That's the spider wasp, 931 01:01:01,158 --> 01:01:02,820 the tarantula's deadliest enemy. 932 01:01:03,785 --> 01:01:05,321 See? The wasp usually wins, 933 01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:07,695 but don't count on it, because the tarantula 934 01:01:07,706 --> 01:01:09,242 doesn't know the meaning of fear. 935 01:01:14,254 --> 01:01:15,085 As you can see, 936 01:01:15,088 --> 01:01:17,000 he'll back down a rattlesnake if he has to. 937 01:01:20,135 --> 01:01:21,135 See? 938 01:01:25,974 --> 01:01:27,340 They're flesh eaters, aren't they? 939 01:01:27,350 --> 01:01:30,639 Yes, and desert beetles are their usual diet. 940 01:01:30,645 --> 01:01:32,557 Those powerful jaws are strong enough 941 01:01:32,564 --> 01:01:33,975 to pierce a man's finger. 942 01:01:33,982 --> 01:01:36,645 There, the venom is paralyzing the victim. 943 01:01:36,651 --> 01:01:39,359 Tarantulas predigest their food by flooding 944 01:01:39,362 --> 01:01:41,649 the wound with a powerful solvent, 945 01:01:41,656 --> 01:01:43,989 so that the flesh can be sucked into the body. 946 01:01:44,951 --> 01:01:46,658 That would account for the bones. 947 01:01:46,661 --> 01:01:48,948 Doctor Hastings, your imagination is showing. 948 01:01:50,373 --> 01:01:51,373 So that's it, Doctor. 949 01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:56,122 How deadly is the venom? 950 01:01:56,129 --> 01:01:57,290 Not deadly at all. 951 01:01:58,298 --> 01:02:00,210 About as poisonous as a hornet's. 952 01:02:00,217 --> 01:02:02,049 No fun, mind you, but harmless. 953 01:02:02,928 --> 01:02:04,840 The few deaths that have been reported are the result 954 01:02:04,846 --> 01:02:08,465 of germs entering the wound at the time of the bite. 955 01:02:08,475 --> 01:02:10,137 You make them sound like pets. 956 01:02:10,143 --> 01:02:11,554 Not pets, Doctor, 957 01:02:11,561 --> 01:02:13,518 just part of the world about us. 958 01:02:13,521 --> 01:02:16,639 We must accept them as we do the rest of God's creatures. 959 01:02:16,650 --> 01:02:19,609 Each has a function in its own world. 960 01:02:19,611 --> 01:02:21,728 But what if circumstances magnified 961 01:02:21,738 --> 01:02:24,105 one of them in size and strength? 962 01:02:24,115 --> 01:02:25,822 Took it out of its primitive world 963 01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:27,817 and turned it loose in ours? 964 01:02:27,827 --> 01:02:29,944 Then expect something that's fiercer, 965 01:02:29,955 --> 01:02:31,241 more cruel and deadly 966 01:02:31,248 --> 01:02:33,285 than anything that ever walked the earth. 967 01:02:51,810 --> 01:02:53,472 How about Dr. Hastings' call to Desert Rock? 968 01:02:53,478 --> 01:02:55,435 I'm afraid I won't be able to get it for you. 969 01:02:55,438 --> 01:02:57,430 The lines are down between Calamite and Desert Rock. 970 01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:00,353 Be about an hour before they can resume service. 971 01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:01,396 How'd that happen? 972 01:03:01,403 --> 01:03:02,735 I really don't know, sir. 973 01:03:02,737 --> 01:03:05,730 Do you want me to try again in about an hour? 974 01:03:05,740 --> 01:03:07,652 No, never mind, thanks. 975 01:03:27,637 --> 01:03:29,094 Here you are, Jeb. 976 01:03:31,641 --> 01:03:32,757 Gonna be a murky night. 977 01:03:34,102 --> 01:03:35,102 Yeah. 978 01:03:37,063 --> 01:03:40,306 Do you think that was lightning we saw over to the west? 979 01:03:40,317 --> 01:03:41,558 If it was, it's the first time 980 01:03:41,568 --> 01:03:44,527 I ever seen lightning throw off sparks. 981 01:03:44,529 --> 01:03:45,940 Maybe one of them college boys 982 01:03:45,947 --> 01:03:48,314 short-circuited his nice new Geiger counter. 983 01:03:50,702 --> 01:03:51,818 What was that? 984 01:05:00,814 --> 01:05:02,350 I'm at the airport. 985 01:05:02,357 --> 01:05:03,188 Oh. 986 01:05:03,191 --> 01:05:04,022 Can you hear me now? 987 01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:05,106 Yeah, yeah. 988 01:05:05,110 --> 01:05:07,102 Jack, we haven't much time. 989 01:05:07,112 --> 01:05:09,445 I want you to round up every available man, arm them... 990 01:05:09,447 --> 01:05:10,403 Do what? 991 01:05:10,407 --> 01:05:11,568 What are you talking about? 992 01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:13,031 Jack, do as I say. 993 01:05:13,034 --> 01:05:15,868 Notify the State Police to meet you at the Deemer place. 994 01:05:15,870 --> 01:05:17,156 Notify the State Police? 995 01:05:17,163 --> 01:05:18,404 You must be drunk. 996 01:05:18,415 --> 01:05:19,951 No, I haven't been drinking. 997 01:05:19,958 --> 01:05:21,074 All I want you to do is... 998 01:05:21,084 --> 01:05:23,121 I know, I know, just call the State Police. 999 01:05:23,128 --> 01:05:24,915 Please Jack, believe me. 1000 01:05:24,921 --> 01:05:26,583 All right, I'll do it. 1001 01:05:26,589 --> 01:05:27,830 Thanks, I'll see you. 1002 01:10:59,881 --> 01:11:01,543 He's coming Matt, I can see him! 1003 01:11:12,393 --> 01:11:14,100 There's Matt's car. 1004 01:11:21,152 --> 01:11:21,983 What's it all about? 1005 01:11:21,986 --> 01:11:22,976 Jack, turn the cars around! 1006 01:11:22,987 --> 01:11:23,818 What for? 1007 01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:25,028 There isn't time, I'll tell you later! 1008 01:11:25,031 --> 01:11:26,192 Lieutenant, look! 1009 01:11:31,829 --> 01:11:33,286 Jumping Jupiter! 1010 01:11:39,796 --> 01:11:41,207 Get those submachine guns! 1011 01:11:41,214 --> 01:11:42,421 You boys, get back in the car. 1012 01:11:42,423 --> 01:11:43,423 They won't stop it! 1013 01:11:53,476 --> 01:11:54,307 Matt, if it follows the highway, 1014 01:11:54,310 --> 01:11:55,767 it'll come right into Desert Rock. 1015 01:11:55,770 --> 01:11:57,261 Doc, keys in your car? 1016 01:11:57,271 --> 01:11:58,102 Yeah. 1017 01:11:58,105 --> 01:12:00,017 Doc and Miss Clayton are coming with us. 1018 01:12:00,024 --> 01:12:02,391 Get in, you boys, try to slow it down. 1019 01:12:02,401 --> 01:12:04,893 If you can't, take Doc's car and follow us. 1020 01:12:04,904 --> 01:12:05,904 Yes, sir. 1021 01:12:42,275 --> 01:12:43,356 Come on start it, man! 1022 01:12:43,359 --> 01:12:44,315 I can't start it. 1023 01:12:44,318 --> 01:12:46,526 Come on, you'll flood it. 1024 01:12:50,283 --> 01:12:52,696 We gotta get out of here! 1025 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:00,700 That is correct. 1026 01:13:00,710 --> 01:13:02,121 You've got at the outside 1027 01:13:02,128 --> 01:13:04,541 30 minutes to get everybody out, over. 1028 01:13:04,547 --> 01:13:05,412 Desert Rock will be 1029 01:13:05,423 --> 01:13:07,585 cleared in 30 minutes, over. 1030 01:13:07,592 --> 01:13:09,629 Do you think dynamite would stop him? 1031 01:13:09,635 --> 01:13:11,046 Get a truck over to Murphy's, 1032 01:13:11,053 --> 01:13:13,215 load up all the dynamite he has. 1033 01:13:13,222 --> 01:13:14,588 Bring it just north of Devil's Rock, 1034 01:13:14,599 --> 01:13:15,806 we'll be waiting for it. 1035 01:13:15,808 --> 01:13:18,391 Yeah, dynamite might work. 1036 01:13:18,394 --> 01:13:19,851 But what if it doesn't? 1037 01:13:19,854 --> 01:13:21,811 You got any other suggestions, Doc? 1038 01:13:21,814 --> 01:13:22,814 It'll be light soon. 1039 01:13:23,858 --> 01:13:26,475 If we could get a message to the air base at Sands. 1040 01:13:26,485 --> 01:13:28,101 How are you going to do that? 1041 01:13:28,112 --> 01:13:29,819 Somebody could phone from town. 1042 01:13:29,822 --> 01:13:31,438 Unless the lines are down. 1043 01:13:31,449 --> 01:13:33,111 Sergeant, I want you to phone 1044 01:13:33,117 --> 01:13:35,359 the commanding officer at Sands Air Base. 1045 01:13:35,369 --> 01:13:37,235 Any special instructions, Doc? 1046 01:13:37,246 --> 01:13:39,033 Yeah, if the boys have some napalm, 1047 01:13:39,040 --> 01:13:39,951 tell them to bring it along. 1048 01:13:39,957 --> 01:13:42,290 Sergeant, tell them to load up with napalm, 1049 01:13:42,293 --> 01:13:43,750 rockets, anything they've got. 1050 01:13:45,880 --> 01:13:46,880 Hurry it up, boys! 1051 01:13:48,716 --> 01:13:50,252 That's the last of it, Mr. Murphy. 1052 01:13:50,259 --> 01:13:51,090 That's it, Joe. 1053 01:13:51,093 --> 01:13:53,255 There isn't another stick of dynamite in the whole town. 1054 01:13:53,262 --> 01:13:54,173 Here, prime them on the way. 1055 01:13:54,180 --> 01:13:55,637 See you later, I hope. 1056 01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:56,471 You will. 1057 01:13:56,474 --> 01:13:58,090 All right, let her roll! 1058 01:13:58,100 --> 01:14:00,308 Don't forget to prime them! 1059 01:14:26,045 --> 01:14:27,377 Pull her right in here, boys! 1060 01:14:27,380 --> 01:14:28,666 Pull her in here. 1061 01:14:28,673 --> 01:14:30,289 Right across the road, come on! 1062 01:14:30,299 --> 01:14:31,540 Lend a hand, boys! 1063 01:14:33,260 --> 01:14:34,250 Watch it now, they're all primed! 1064 01:14:34,261 --> 01:14:35,593 Where do you want this dynamite? 1065 01:14:35,596 --> 01:14:36,427 Across the road. 1066 01:14:36,430 --> 01:14:37,841 Shake it up boys, Lend a hand! 1067 01:14:37,848 --> 01:14:38,838 Watch it now, put the boxes 1068 01:14:38,849 --> 01:14:41,136 right down there across the road. 1069 01:14:41,143 --> 01:14:42,475 All right, let's go. 1070 01:14:42,478 --> 01:14:43,559 Come on, boys. 1071 01:14:43,562 --> 01:14:44,393 Get them down here! 1072 01:14:44,397 --> 01:14:45,387 All right, here we go. 1073 01:14:45,398 --> 01:14:48,641 Come on, get that dynamite down here. 1074 01:14:48,651 --> 01:14:49,858 All right, beautiful. 1075 01:14:49,860 --> 01:14:51,351 Do you think it'll work? 1076 01:14:51,362 --> 01:14:52,853 Dynamite's tricky stuff. 1077 01:14:52,863 --> 01:14:53,728 It may blow it up. 1078 01:14:53,739 --> 01:14:55,696 It may just blow the highway up. 1079 01:14:55,700 --> 01:14:57,908 Doggone, I wish we had some nitro. 1080 01:14:57,910 --> 01:15:00,277 I'll have to see that tarantula before I believe it. 1081 01:15:00,287 --> 01:15:03,075 You'll see it, Joe, and you'll wish you hadn't. 1082 01:15:03,082 --> 01:15:04,493 Let's go, let's go! 1083 01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:05,741 Get those wires hooked up. 1084 01:15:07,336 --> 01:15:09,623 Here he comes! 1085 01:15:17,888 --> 01:15:18,888 Holy cow! 1086 01:15:20,433 --> 01:15:21,594 Come on, get back! 1087 01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:22,431 Let's go! 1088 01:15:22,435 --> 01:15:23,435 Come on. 1089 01:15:29,900 --> 01:15:32,267 Get this truck turned around! 1090 01:15:45,499 --> 01:15:46,499 Let's go! 1091 01:15:58,554 --> 01:15:59,554 Hold it! 1092 01:16:03,059 --> 01:16:04,345 We've gotta hurry it up. 1093 01:16:07,480 --> 01:16:08,311 Hurry it up. 1094 01:16:08,314 --> 01:16:09,314 I got it. 1095 01:16:12,693 --> 01:16:13,693 Steady. 1096 01:16:19,992 --> 01:16:20,992 Now! 1097 01:16:37,218 --> 01:16:38,299 Let's get out of here. 1098 01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:09,121 - What now? - I don't know. 1099 01:17:09,125 --> 01:17:09,990 We got to do something. 1100 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:10,990 Biggest story of my life 1101 01:17:11,001 --> 01:17:12,037 and I won't get a chance to write it. 1102 01:17:12,044 --> 01:17:13,044 Look! 1103 01:17:17,383 --> 01:17:19,249 Look, here they come! 1104 01:17:25,141 --> 01:17:26,598 Yay, look at them! 1105 01:17:42,741 --> 01:17:44,198 All right Betts, 1106 01:17:44,201 --> 01:17:46,158 fire two rockets on this first pass. 1107 01:17:59,008 --> 01:18:00,008 Here goes. 1108 01:18:44,803 --> 01:18:47,511 Dropping napalm, follow in order. 1109 01:18:56,357 --> 01:18:57,473 Dump them all.