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More ice in the container.

Start the other fan.

It's similar to anesthesia,
isn't it, doctor?

Not quite. His theory is based on
reducing the body temperature...

...to a subnormal degree.

You see those containers?

The gauge on the oxygen cylinder
indicates the respiratory changes.

Water, gradually chilled
to an icy temperature...

...is pumped through the cooler
into two tubes...

...one of which leads
to the patient's chest...

...while the other is place over
the area which is to be treated.

Ice is packed about the patient,
while those fans...

...aid in lowering
the body temperature.

The body is actually frozen.

The kidneys and digestive organs
no longer function.

Temperature?

- Ninety.
- Drop it two more degrees.

More ice.

Temperature?

Eighty-eight.

Metabolism at this time
is practically nil.

The only sign of life is the easy
rhythm of the patient's heartbeat.

By subjecting the body
to freezing temperatures...

...the repair tissues in the body
are greatly strengthened...

...while the malignant cells
are retarded from growing.

Are there any questions?

How long is it possible
to keep your patient...

...in this state of coma, Dr. Mason?

That is something we have yet
to determine.

Fans.

Heating pad.

Hot coffee.

How do you feel?

Fine. My nap helped me.

Your nap? You've been asleep
five days.

Five... Five days?

You feel any pain?

No.

It's all gone.

And you'd better be quiet now.

All right.

Most remarkable, doctor.

Congratulations, Mason.
You proved your theory.

Humanity will go down
on its knees to you.

- There's so much to be said.
- Save it for your medical thesis.

There's been nothing like this
since the discovery of anesthesia.

- I appreciate seeing this.
- Marvelous.

- The whole thing is marvelous.
- Yes, sir.

Come in.

I'm proud of you, Tim.
You've astounded the world.

And revolutionized
the whole profession of medicine.

You know better than that, Judy.

All I've been able to do
is give temporary relief.

The time and temperature elements
are so important.

If I could have kept that woman
cold enough long enough...

...to have killed the malignant cells
and still not harm the healthy tissues...

...that would have been something.

No, I'm a long, long way from having
this thing ready for general practice.

Any applause you happen
to hear along the way...

...belongs to somebody else.
I'm not claiming originality.

What wouldn't I give to know...

...what experiments this man
carried out before he died.

Judy, this book has been
my whole inspiration for this work.

There are statements in here I'd give
my right eye to be able to prove.

Listen to this, "A mouse,
heavily infected with cancer...

...was prepared for
and subjected to freezing...

...at 100 degrees below zero
by means of liquid hydrogen.

Revived at the end of two weeks...

...completely free
from all cancerous growth."

How would you like to be able
to prove that...

...to the doubting Thomases here?

A hundred degrees below zero?
That's impossible.

How do we know?

What does he mean by "prepared
for freezing"? What did he do?

Isn't there some way
of tracing that information?

No. He lived and worked alone,
in secret.

He lived like a hermit
at a place called Silver Lake...

...near the Canadian border.
I tried to trace him.

But he disappeared 10 years ago.

Didn't he keep any other records
of his experiments?

None that I can locate.
The people I've written to about him...

...don't seem to want
to give much information.

Come in.

- Dr. Harvey.
- You may remain, Miss Blair.

You've been so close
to Dr. Mason in this work...

...that I want you to hear
my comments.

Dr. Mason, as a research man
myself...

...I congratulate you
on your brilliant experiments.

But as head of this hospital,
I deplore the unfortunate result...

...of your premature announcement
of a cure...

...which is not ready
for distribution.

I didn't announce
I'd found a positive cure.

You caused it to be said.
That's the same thing.

I just gave a public demonstration
of my progress so far...

...and let observers
draw conclusions.

That's precisely
what you shouldn't have done.

If I hadn't been away,
I would have stopped you.

What are we going to tell all
these people who are wiring...

...and writing in,
begging for treatment?

Are you ready to take
the responsibility of curing them?

But I promised no cure.

I tried to demonstrate
a new principle of treatment.

I admire your spirit.

But it is not in line
with modern medical research.

The day of the lone-wolf
experimenter is dead.

Vast organizations are today fitted
with every conceivable device...

...to check, test, prove and verify
every step of a new treatment.

And that, Mason, is what we're going
to do with your frozen therapy.

Turn it over to an unbiased staff
of experts...

...to re-perform
all your experiments...

...and check their
independent findings with yours.

But until that rechecked proof
appears...

...we must not extend promises
which we might be unable to fulfill.

You're taking this subject
away from me entirely?

Only for the time being.

We will carry on without,
shall we say, so much publicity.

Well, I...

I don't know what to say. You...

You've taken the wind
out of my sails.

I'd rather you'd be out of touch
with the newspapers for a while.

Take a leave of absence,
a vacation.

You need the rest anyway.

- Is that an order?
- Well, I don't like the word.

Let's say it's for the benefit
of our profession.

Goodbye. And good luck.

Thank you.

Well, I guess I should have kept
my mouth shut till I was sure.

- But, Tim, he doesn't understand.
- That's just it. He does.

He's 100 percent right.

You know, Judy, a long time ago
somebody said:

"The step from the laboratory to the
bedside is the most dangerous one."

Finish the quotation. He also said,
"But that step must be taken."

When do we leave for Silver Lake?
To Dr. Kravaal's laboratory...

...or bedside or whatever
we'll find there?

You know, I had it in mind the moment
Dr. Harvey stepped into this room.

Where is Silver Lake?

Well, I don't know,
but there's an atlas in this drawer.

Yeah. Yeah, here it is.

Hidden away in the mountains,
up by the Canadian border.

All we need is four new tires
and gasoline money.

We'd like to rent a boat.

Yes, sir. Boats are 25 cents an hour.

There's a dollar deposit
when you leave.

Of course, if you lose an oar,
that's extra.

Are you fishing or looking?

Just looking. We wanna go
over to the island.

- Crater Island?
- We wanna see the old Kravaal house.

Mister, don't you go near
Crater Island. Don't land on it.

- Why not?
- Well, just don't land on it, that's all.

Well, why?
Is there any law against it?

No, there's no law, although
it's government property now.

It went back for taxes
after Dr. Kravaal disappeared.

- That was 10 years ago, wasn't it?
- Yeah.

Say, what business is that
of yours anyway?

Professional interest.
I'm Dr. Mason of King Hospital.

Do you happen to know whether
Dr. Kravaal left any notebooks...

...or records of his work?

No, I don't. Nobody knows.
Nobody wants to know.

Why don't you go back
to your hospital, doc.

- Because I want to see the island.
- Well, see it. But don't land.

- Tell me, what's all this mystery?
- Well, I can tell you this much:

Ten years ago, Dr. Kravaal,
Ed Stanton...

He was the sheriff.
- John Hawthorne, Doc Bassett...

...and young Bob Adams stepped
into a boat on this very spot...

...and they rowed out to that island...

...and they ain't been seen since.
None of them.

- But people don't just disappear.
- Well, these did.

And when they didn't show up
the next day...

...we went over to investigate.

We found the boat all moored,
safe and sound, nothing touched.

The house as neat as a pin.

We found their hats and coats...

...but there was no sign of a struggle.
No bloodstains. Nothing.

Why, we didn't find as much as a hair
from any one of those five men.

Now, you take my advice, and you
and your young lady keep away.

Why, there ain't nobody set foot
on that place now for 10 years.

- Are you still going?
- What do you think?

Well.

It isn't too late to change
our minds, Tim.

No, I've come this far.
I'm going the rest of the way.

- Now, remember what I told you.
- All right.

Well, here we are.

Well, I've never seen
a better specimen of a haunted house.

Let's take our look
and get out of here.

What's the matter? That boatman
scare you? Come on.

Look. Let's see what's in there.

- Well, here's his laboratory.
- Yes.

Say, look. This tree grew right in
through the window.

Dry rot.

Judy! Judy!

Judy!

Judy. Judy, are you all right?
Are you hurt?

Well, I don't think so.
But I'm scared, Tim.

Oh, of course, you are.
Okay, we'll get out of here and...

Hello.

Oh, a tunnel.

Still game?

Well, here we go.

A hundred and eighty-nine,
190, 191 steps.

We must be down
at least 100 feet.

It's cold down here.

Hey, look. It's a door.

What do you think's
on the other side?

Well, I don't know,
but I'm gonna find out.

- Tim!
- What's the matter?

Look. Over there.

Tim, let's get out of here.

Not till I find out
what's back of this door.

Here, hold this light.

Now, I'm certain no one went to all
this trouble to build a rumpus room.

Here it comes.

Give me the light.

Say, there's a lamp over there.
Maybe there's some oil in it.

Yeah. Here, hold this.

Dr. Kravaal's secret laboratory.

There's a lot of broken glass
on the floor.

Yeah. Looks like he must've
left here in a hurry.

Say, look at this.

A shelf full of every kind
of concentrated poison.

That's about the nicest collection
of sudden death I've ever seen.

Tim, don't you think we ought to go
back and report this to the authorities?

No, not until we've seen
the rest of it.

There's another door over here.

Couldn't we come back in furs?
I'm freezing.

So am I, but we've gotta see
what's back of this door.

- Solid ice.
- Yeah, that's what I expected.

Look!

- Why, that must be Dr. Kravaal.
- Tim.

Judy, do you suppose he...?

We've gotta get in there.
Hand me that ax, will you?

Look out.

- It's like a blast from the Arctic.
- But, Judith, don't you get it?

The laboratory, the ice,
why, the whole setup.

I'm gonna get him out of here.
Build a fire.

Try to find some blankets,
anything, but hurry.

It's been three hours and 20 minutes
since we started working on him.

What do you think?

I can't tell. If the circulation
has started...

...it's so slow and so faint
I can't detect it.

He seems to be taking on
a little color.

Judy, get me a pocket mirror,
will you, please?

He's breathing. Get me some more
of that coffee.

- Who are you?
- I'm Dr. Mason of King Hospital.

This is Miss Blair, my fianc�e
and a nurse.

We came here to search for
your records, doctor...

...and found you frozen
in the next room.

We're both experienced
in modern frozen therapy.

We gave you the standard treatment
for revival...

...and you've reacted perfectly.

"Standard"? "Modern"?

I thought no one believed
in this but me.

No, doctor. We've made great
strides in frozen therapy...

...since you disappeared
10 years ago.

Ten years.

- What year is this?
- 1940.

19...

I've been in there 10 years.

Frozen for 10 years. It's fantastic.

Fantastic?

Why?

- There's no reason...
- No, doctor, don't.

Tell me, how did you come
to be in the ice vault?

Did you lock yourself in?

You wouldn't know that, would you?

It's yesterday afternoon to me.

But to you, it's...

It's 10 years ago.

Ten years.

1930.

Ten years ago...

...I was conducting a crucial
experiment on a private patient...

...who had been given up to die
by other doctors.

I could have cured him.

But his nephew forced his way
into this house...

...demanding to see his uncle
at once.

On account of the nature
of the treatment, I refused.

So they had me arrested...

...taken before the district attorney
for questioning.

- You say your patient is alive?
- He is.

- Then why are you hiding him?
- I refuse to answer.

He refuses
because my uncle is dead.

Dr. Kravaal, let me warn you that
the law has means of forcing you...

...to produce your patient unless
you reveal him to us voluntarily.

I doubt that.

We can trace every move you made
since you took Jasper Adams...

...from the hospital to your home.
We can tear your house down...

...bit by bit if necessary
until we find your patient or his body.

Now, what have you done with him?

What have you done with him?

I have given you my personal
and professional assurance...

...that Jasper Adams is alive
and on the way to recovery.

He placed his life unreservedly
in my hands...

...and I'm responsible only to him.

Look here, Dr. Kravaal,
I'm a medical man of good standing.

I examined Jasper Adams
six months ago...

...and I say no power on earth
could ever cure that man.

And I say that 30 years ago,
medical men of your standing...

...were saying the same thing
about the yellow-fever patients.

But because a handful of men
had the courage to give their lives...

...to a great experiment, yellow fever
is now a thing of the past.

Fever's one thing, cancer's another.

If you've cured Jasper Adams,
why don't you publish it to the world...

...for the benefit of humanity
instead of hiding it?

Because he's a fake.
He knew my uncle was rich.

Knew he'd spent thousands of dollars
all over the world to find a cure.

So he got to my uncle.
Promised him an absolute cure...

...if he could work on him
secretly and alone.

My uncle fell for this scheme
because he was dying and desperate.

This whole thing has been nothing but
a cold-blooded murdering scheme...

...to bleed a dying man of money.

Are you going to let him
get away with his silence?

It can only mean guilt. Just because
a man has an M.D. after his name...

...can he do as he pleases
with human lives?

Now, take it easy. We'll see that
everybody gets a fair deal.

- What have you to say, Dr. Kravaal?
- Nothing.

I would expect young Mr. Adams
to think the way he does.

Well, what are you going to do
about it?

You're under arrest, Dr. Kravaal.
I intend to have the sheriff hold you...

...until you produce the body
of Jasper Adams, alive or dead.

But you can't do that. My patient
is depending upon me for his life.

I must be free to attend him.

He'd be free to disappear.
Don't let him go.

- You can't hold me here.
- Oh, yes, I can.

But if you will take a competent
authority such as Dr. Bassett...

...to your patient
to make an examination on behalf...

No other doctor has
ever been able to grasp...

...the basic principles
of what I am doing.

I've explained it to the highest
authorities in medicine...

...and they scoffed at it,
called me insane.

I must furnish them a living proof.

You show me Jasper Adams alive
and improved in health...

...and I'll be the first to admit
I'm wrong.

But the treatment is so drastic.

I'm just afraid that you'll try
to interfere, and that would be fatal.

Is it any worse than staying
locked up here and letting him die?

If you don't agree to this,
you'll have to remain in custody.

I can't do that, he would die.
I must be there when...

When what?

Never mind. I'll take you.

Oh, I can't help myself.

But if anything goes wrong,
the responsibility is yours...

...for forcing this upon me.
- Let's go, doc.

Sure some storm.

If it gets much rougher, we may not
be able to make it back tonight.

I've got to get back.
Let's not waste time.

Where's the patient?

Just leave your coats here,
gentlemen, and follow me.

All right, gentlemen, but be careful.
The steps are narrow.

Aren't you going?

Why are you closing that door?

When you are ready to leave,
the door will be opened.

- Right down here, gentlemen.
- It seems to be getting colder.

It must be agreed that
I am showing you my patient...

...only on condition
that he is not disturbed.

- Sure, we're all agreed. Where is he?
- Through here.

He's been sleeping this way
for almost a month...

...and when he awakens,
he'll be cured.

This man's frozen.

- Of course.
- But you said he was alive.

- He is.
- This man's stone dead.

- Are you sure, Dr. Bassett?
- Of course I'm sure.

I knew it. He killed him.
That's why he hid the body.

- Take him in charge, sheriff.
- Wait a minute.

I warned you
you wouldn't understand...

...and you promised not to interfere.
- That promise is withdrawn.

- You lying cheat.
- You better put handcuffs on him.

Wait! Dr. Bassett,
this is not the first...

...but the sixth time this man
has been under frozen therapy.

And each time in advance I have
given him protective medicine...

...to keep the freezing process
from harming him in any way.

And each time he's appeared
as he does now. Dead.

But just as life existed then,
I know it exists now.

What do you think?

We're wasting time.
No human being can live...

...after his temperature drops
10 degrees below normal.

This man's frozen through
and through. He's dead.

What about this protective...?

There's no such medicine
known to science.

- You better have him locked up.
- Take him in.

- Come along, doctor.
- Dr. Bassett, I protest.

- Give me a chance to explain...
- Help me move this stretcher.

You must allow me
to remain with my patient.

Dr. Bassett, that man is not dead.
He's under deep anesthesia.

I can restore him to consciousness,
but it'll take time.

He must come out of it gradually.

I daren't risk the shock
of a sudden awakening.

- No.
- Then put me under arrest.

Have an armed guard
if you like.

But I must remain here
until my patient awakens naturally...

...or I can't be responsible
for his life.

We'll sit here until doomsday
before he ever wakes up.

If Jasper Adams isn't dead,
then one of us is crazy.

Bassett, you're unreasonable.
Give me an hour...

Let's get out of here
before we catch pneumonia.

Then give me just a moment. Just one
moment to demonstrate my theory.

I can prove this man's alive.

Now then.

Here we have the basic solution...

...which acts as an anesthetic.

Eighty cc's.

This is the activator.

This works against
the basic solution...

...and counteracts
its poisonous properties.

Fourteen minims.

And this substance...

...protects the tissues from the cold.

- What are those chemicals?
- I don't know. But I don't trust him.

Two minims.

Well, gentlemen...

...there's enough poison in this
to kill 100 men.

The slightest jar will release
its poisonous vapors.

- I told you.
- You'll return the patient to my care...

...or we'll all die together.
Stay where you are, sheriff.

I can crash this to the floor
before you can move a hand.

I'll lock you in the ice chamber until
I've restored my patient to normal.

- Oh, no, you're not.
- Get back!

We've got to get out of here.

We can't. That stuff's between us
and the doorway.

In here. Quick.

Come back here.
You're not gonna leave us.

Is there any other way
out of here?

Door over there. Other room.

Open the door!

- There's no other way out of here!
- Break it down.

People will trace us.
Find out what you've done.

Don't do this to us.

Don't.

Adams.

Jasper Adams.

- That's as far as I remember.
- Well, thank heaven you're alive.

But I don't understand. It's...
It's impossible.

As you both know,
a man can live indefinitely...

...if his body's been immunized
from the freezing process.

But mine wasn't.

I should be dead.

- Doctor, you'd better rest.
- No. l...

I must think.

Why didn't it kill me?

I took nothing to keep myself
from freezing to death...

...and yet I lived.

It's impossible...

...and yet it happened.

Doctor, you shouldn't.

Jasper Adams was here.
I left him here.

How did he get out?
What happened to him?

Dr. Kravaal...

...in that outer room.

Jasper Adams.

Now how?

- Did you move him?
- No.

I see. He must have
regained consciousness...

...while we were in the ice chamber,
found himself here alone...

...tried to grope his way out
up the stairs in the dark...

...and fell to his death.

But still, that doesn't explain
what kept me alive.

The vapor.

The vapor we breathed
when I dropped the graduate.

That's the answer.

By sheerest accident,
the fumes we inhaled...

...were in perfect proportion to carry us
safely through the years frozen in ice.

Then the other men
must be alive too.

- Nurse.
- Yes, doctor?

Get more blankets out of that chest.
We're going to revive those men.

Dr. Mason, we're at the end
of the trail.

The heart of the secret
is that the protection...

...must be given by inhalation,
not by injection.

That formula.
I remember writing it.

Where is it?

Right where I left it.

We're gonna get those men out
at once.

Hadn't you better let me
do most of this?

Oh, no, my boy. You do as
you're told. These are my patients.

That's right, we'll need lots
of hot water, so keep up the fire.

Yes, doctor.

Door is there.

I don't see how you keep all
this ice. What makes it?

It's the underground arm of a glacier.
It's been here for centuries.

Oh, Judy? Judy.

Can you give me a hand?

- That's it. All right, doctor.
- All right.

- More coffee.
- It's all gone.

I'll have to melt this ice
before we can make more.

Hadn't I better go
make arrangements...

...to move them
so they can be treated?

Oh, that won't be necessary.
They'll recover just as I did.

In the course of an hour or two,
we can all leave...

...and announce this discovery
to the world.

Do you realize the importance
of what you've accomplished?

I have accomplished. That's good.

I worked for 20 years
to find a thing...

...and at last it's achieved
by accident.

But we don't care how it happens,
do we? So long as we get results.

- Say, what is this?
- Stimulant.

It's going to be
a little hard for him...

...on account of his condition.
It isn't good.

Oh, by the way, this is Dr. Bassett,
the coroner...

...who was so sure that a man could
not be frozen and still live.

And this is Mr. John Hawthorne,
he's the district attorney...

...whose only idea at our last meeting
was to convict me of murder...

...and have me hanged.

And here's young Mr. Adams, who's
really responsible for this whole thing.

And this rather groggy gentleman
is Sheriff Stanton.

You. You.

That won't be necessary now.

Now, you'll be all right.
You'll be all right.

- Kravaal!
- Here. Take it easy.

- Let me out of here.
- Easy.

We're friends.
There's no need to be afraid.

- Sure. Come on, sit down. Over here.
- Where...?

What...? What happened?

This is Dr. Mason and Miss Blair
who discovered us in the ice chamber.

- I must get in touch with my office.
- You have no office.

Let it sink into your brain
that this is the year 1940...

...and that you've been buried, lost,
frozen in the ice for 10 years.

Why, it... It can't be.

It's true, Mr. Hawthorne.
This is 1940.

Ten years.

I can't believe it.

But I'll know for myself
when I reach the mainland.

Which will not be until you've had food
and a chance to regain your strength.

- Did you say food?
- I did.

There's plenty in the storeroom.

But while we're preparing it for you...

...I suggest that you think over
the changed aspects of the case...

...as it stands today.

We five are the proof that men can
live after 10 years of frozen sleep.

But there was a sixth man
in this room 10 years ago...

...Jasper Adams, who did not survive.

- You'd already killed him.
- Oh, no.

He awakened in this room, alone...

...and died for lack of attendance
as I said he would.

Who's responsible for that,
Mr. Hawthorne?

Am I, who begged for a chance
to remain with him...

...or you, who denied me that right?

I'm going back to the mainland with
complete vindication of my theory...

...but I wonder what you're
going back to...

...when I prove that the death
of my patient is your responsibility.

Just see that they remain quiet
till we come back.

I'll show you where the storeroom is.

Did you ever hear such
raving nonsense? Ten years.

No. It's true. This is 1940. Here.

Take a look at my driver's license.
My club card.

Now, you wait here a minute
while I light the lamp.

There we are. You see,
there's plenty of food there.

It's cold storage perhaps,
but still good.

And there's the stove.

I think we'll start with hot soup.

All right.

- I'll have it ready in a jiffy.
- Good girl.

Yes, Dr. Bassett. I imagine you'll find
things quite changed on the mainland.

Here's some hot soup for you.

- There you are, sheriff.
- That'll be fine. Thank you.

Dr. Bassett.

Well, Mr. Hawthorne, have you found
the answer to my question yet?

Yes.

Under the law, a person
is declared legally dead...

...after seven years' disappearance.

Therefore, we've been legally dead
for the past three years...

...and we're not responsible
to anybody for anything.

Excellent.

I see your mind has rounded back
into its customary legal form.

- I congratulate you.
- Wait a minute.

I was my uncle's heir.

I stood to inherit
upward of a million dollars.

You mean to say I can't collect
my inheritance?

Not legally. You're officially dead,
and the matter ends there.

Why, you've cost me all that money
with your crazy experimenting.

I'm sorry, but if you'll think of
something besides yourself...

...you'll realize that this
is worth a great deal more...

...than the money you'd only
have squandered in any event.

This piece of paper opens up
a whole new field of medical practice.

Think of it. When we reach
the mainland with this new weapon...

...an army of doctors
will spring into action overnight.

And the battle to wipe
one more plague...

...from the face of the earth
is launched.

You don't fool me. You think
you've made a great discovery...

...at my expense,
and you're going to cash in on it.

I'll remind you that you forced yourself
into this place against my wishes.

Anything that happened to your
inheritance is your fault, not mine.

As for this...

...it's my gift to the world to be used
by anyone who needs it...

...free of charge.
- Don't try that noble stuff on me.

You've got a fortune
and I've got nothing.

If you think you're gonna get
away with that, you're crazy.

Adams! Adams, that paper.

- He's dead.
- Murdered.

You call everything murder,
don't you?

I should have fired a second sooner.

Don't you realize what that boy
has done?

I only know what you did.
We're all witnesses.

- You better give me that gun, doctor.
- No.

I've seen the work of a lifetime
destroyed in a second.

The technique of a new cure that...

I found it by accident,
but now it's gone. That paper held it.

But you know what was on it.

Would I have killed a man
to save it if I did?

I know the ingredients, yes.

But the proportions that make
the difference...

...between life and death,
do you know them?

Do you know what kept us alive
for 10 years?

Well, I don't. But I had them
in my hand, and they're gone.

I honestly believe
you should give yourself up.

We'll swear to the provocation.
The courts will be lenient.

And let me off with manslaughter?

Do you think I'm going back
to rot in prison...

...while the memory of what was on
that paper fades from my mind?

Right now, I can almost see
those figures. And if I could...

Nobody leaves this place
until I've rediscovered...

...the exact proportions
of that formula.

- That may take days.
- Or weeks.

All I know is that if I delay,
I may never find it.

How can you tell when they're right?
You need laboratory animals.

I have laboratory animals.

Here.

- No. You're not gonna use us.
- Why not?

If the outside world remembers us
at all, it thinks of us as dead.

Our lives are finished.
But at least we have a chance...

...to give back to the world
what that boy has destroyed.

- But, doctor...
- I have no desire to harm any of you.

I may succeed at the very first test.
I only hope I do.

But if any of you make
any attempt to escape...

...or interfere with this work...

...I shall kill you.

The man's a maniac.

There's only one of him
and five of us.

Yes, but he's armed.

We've got to rush him.
That's our only chance.

- Give me a hand, will you, sheriff?
- Yeah.

Over here.

What's that?

- He's tearing out something.
- It must be the ladder.

There goes our only chance
to get out of here.

There's no use kidding ourselves.
We're in a spot.

- All we can do is wait for a break.
- We can destroy those chemicals.

- There must be some way out of this.
- What, for instance?

We're locked in, no one knows we're
here. We have a madman for a jailer.

We all gotta stick together.

Never get separated.
Not even for an instant.

But from his viewpoint,
he's perfectly justified.

- Oh, you talk like a fool.
- That's not necessary, Hawthorne.

Oh, I suppose
because of professional ethics...

...you feel the same way.
- In a measure.

I can appreciate
what he's trying to do.

Why, you're actually defending him.
You talk like him.

Listen, Mason.
You're either with us or against us.

You do one thing to help that man,
and we'll make you wish you hadn't.

You men are hardly in a position
to threaten anybody.

Our lives aren't worth a nickel.

We're guinea pigs,
to be experimented on by a maniac.

Hawthorne, regardless of what
you call Dr. Kravaal...

...or what you think of his methods,
I think he's a great man...

...attempting to do a great thing.

- Grab him!
- Let me alone.

- Stop it! Let him go.
- You fools! What are you trying to do?

- Let me alone.
- Stop it!

Good thing they showed
their true colors.

Let that man go.

Unlock those handcuffs...

...at once.

I said, at once.

Over here, Dr. Mason, Miss Blair.
Please.

It was a wasted effort, gentlemen,
to destroy those materials.

I have an ample supply
in the storeroom.

I'll call for you later, Dr. Bassett.

She's wise to get her rest
while she can.

If I were you, I'd do the same thing.
I can manage this without you.

No, thanks. I'll sleep when you do.

Let me have the bell jar, please.

Over the graduate.

- You don't approve, do you?
- Would it make any difference if I did?

Not the slightest.

You were shocked at the death
of young Adams.

That's because you're not yet
steeled to the hard bargains...

...fate sometimes drives with us.

But tell me, Dr. Mason, which
is more valuable to humanity...

...his life or my work?

- Your work, I suppose.
- You suppose?

You know. This work is worth
1000 lives like his.

Well, that should stand
for a few hours...

...to give the mixture
a chance to settle.

- Why don't you try to get some sleep?
- No. I'm not sleepy.

Only a suggestion. We've got
lots of work ahead of us...

...and I won't be needing you
for a while.

Well, in that case, I think I'll sit down
over here and rest a while.

As you please.

Oh, it's you. Wouldn't you like
to lie down a little while?

No.

I'm not sleepy.

- But you can relax while I'm awake.
- Yeah, but don't go away.

Now, you nap for 10 minutes
while I make some tea.

- Well, call me if anything...
- I will.

Dr. Kravaal, would you like
some tea?

Well, that's very kind of you.
Yes, I would.

You'll find some in the cupboard
over there.

Oh, doctor. There's plenty of soup
left if you'd like some.

Why, thank you.

I think I would like some.

And those men in the other room
could stand some more food.

I wonder if you'd take it in to them.

I'd do it myself,
but they'd refuse it from me.

I understand. I'll get some dishes.

I'm sorry about the dishes,
but they're all I could find.

That's all right. I'm sure
they'll all be so hungry...

...they won't care how it's served.

Now, I'll go with you to the door.

Oh, he'll be all right.

Stand away from the door,
please, gentlemen.

I'm sending Miss Blair in
with some food.

I've brought you some more soup.

- What's he doing out there?
- I don't know. I've been asleep.

- Where's Dr. Mason?
- He's resting.

- It sure smells good.
- Oh, no, you don't.

- Let me go!
- You're staying right here with us.

And if your Dr. Mason thinks anything
at all of you, maybe he'll help us.

Because whatever happens to us,
happens to you too.

I...

I...

I can't move.

Mr. Hawthorne!

You.

You...

- You did this.
- I didn't.

I didn't know what he was doing.
Let me help you to a chair.

Dr. Kravaal, you did this.

- What did you do to them?
- Now, now, Miss Blair, come.

- This won't do at all.
- They're dead, and I helped kill them.

Nonsense. They're as well
as you are.

It's just an anesthetic
that won't hurt them a bit.

Help me over here.

And now take his pulse.

I can't.

Nurse.

Take his pulse.

- Well?
- Ninety-five.

Let me know the instant
there's a change.

Yes, doctor.

It's irregular now.

It's jumping.

It's stopped.

He's dead!

Yes.

He's dead.

- Tim. Tim, wake up! Wake up, Tim.
- What's the matter?

- He just killed Dr. Bassett.
- What?

Yes, I was there. I saw him do it.

He put a solution on a piece of cotton
and made him inhale it.

You killed Dr. Bassett?

I suppose it was too much to
expect success at the first effort.

- Why didn't you call me?
- I'll call on you when I need you.

You've got no right to say
I killed Dr. Bassett.

I'm no more to blame
for his death than any surgeon...

...you, for instance, would be
for losing a desperate case.

More than anything in the world,
I wanted to administer this mixture...

...to Bassett and see him live.

But it was not to be.

Well...

...we still have two more chances.

Will you please record as follows:

Experiment Number One.

Henry Bassett, age about 40...

...while under anesthetic,
was given basic solution 100 cc's...

...activating element, 12 minims,
by inhalation.

Death was instantaneous.

A blood sample taken from
the subject after death shows...

...blood corpuscles are being
destroyed. They're disintegrating.

The typical reaction
to very heavy poisoning.

Well, obviously, the solution
is too strongly activated.

I'll reduce it to
the absolute minimum.

Stanton.

Stanton, wake up. Wake up!

- What? What is it?
- Bassett. He's dead.

He's in there, dead. Kravaal killed
him while we were knocked out.

- There was something in that soup.
- Bassett's dead?

Yes, and we'll be next.
That madman won't stop at anything.

Kravaal's not gonna get
his hands on me.

Listen, you get over there
in the corner. I'll hide here.

If he finds one of us,
his back will be to the other.

- I see.
- If he finds you first, stall him.

Keep him facing you
until I can get him from behind.

Right.

Now we'll try it again.

This time with only 4 minims
of the activator.

Legitimate experimenting
with known elements is one thing.

What you're doing is rank guesswork.

Trying this on humans
is nothing short of murder...

...and I won't let you do it.

You won't let me?
I'm sorry you take this stand.

I'd hoped you had the courage
and the imagination to help me.

However, since you won't,
I'll have to carry on alone.

I'm going to lock you in here
so that you can't interfere.

- What was that?
- A shot.

Somebody must have attacked him.

But there was only one shot.

Do you suppose whoever
wasn't shot could have?

Well, now, there's no use
getting panicky about it.

Failure.

It seems to be a deadly poison
in any proportion.

Why?

Dr. Mason, I'm through.

Take this record,
go back to your laboratory...

...retrace every step
I've taken...

...and find my mistake
if it takes the rest of your life.

- You mean, we can go?
- Yes.

Out in the world,
you'll have laboratories...

...colleagues for consultation...

...the finest modern equipment
at your disposal.

- It's your duty.
- How can we get out of here?

You've torn the ladder down.

Tables, boxes. Anything you can
pile up where the ladder was.

Come on, Tim.

Dr. Mason! Dr. Mason, come here!

- Let's get out of here.
- No. Wait a minute.

That slide carries a sample
of Hawthorne's blood.

Now, look in there
and tell me what you see.

Why, that's the strangest thing
I ever saw.

The blood corpuscles are dissolving,
all of them. Disintegrating.

Exactly as in Bassett's case.

Yet this man only had the vapor
of 4 minims.

Yet this sample shows
his whole body was saturated.

Mason, we've found the truth.

The fault was not in the solution
at all, but in the bodies of the men...

...we used for the experiment.
Don't you understand?

The strength of what I just gave them
had nothing to do with their dying.

It was the combination.

The new mixture met the old one
which had soaked into their bodies...

...for 10 years, touched it off
like a spark of gunpowder...

...and killed them instantly.
- Possible.

Possible? We can prove it.
We're not defeated, Mason.

We need bodies
with no poison in them.

Bodies like yours...

...or hers.
- Tim!

Judith, finish piling up those boxes,
then climb out yourself.

- Call from the steps.
- What about you?

I'm not taking this gun off him
until you're clear.

- Then I'll follow. Now hurry!
- All right.

Don't touch that bottle!

Judith, you ready?

Almost.

No doubt you'll inform the police
of what has happened.

Not a doubt in the world.

Well, at least take this record book
with you.

Otherwise they'll impound it
as evidence.

I'm not taking anything, Dr. Kravaal.

Then I'll just lay it here
where you can reach it.

Judy!

Tim. Tim! Tim!

He'll be all right. And your scream
helped, as I hoped it would.

- Now, come, Miss Blair.
- Don't touch me.

Come.

You know, I can always
lock you in here...

...and perform the experiment
on Dr. Mason...

...if you'd prefer that.

Miss Blair.

Now just breathe easily and quietly.

No.

- No.
- There.

There's no steps. We'll have to jump.

There's a light burning.

Hey, there's a man in here, tied up.

Kravaal, he's alive. In there!
Kravaal!

We gotta get out of here.
He's got Judith.

Here, let me try that.

Not enough.

Not enough.

Here, let's see if this'll do it.

Judith!

- Come out with your hands up!
- No, no. Not yet!

I must know if she's alive.

- You'd better surrender.
- Fools.

I'll stand no interference this time.

I'll kill the first man
who comes through that door!

Maybe this'll help.

Don't come through that door!
I must know if she's alive!

- All right, Kravaal.
- Judith.

Look.

Pulse and respiration all right.

Temperature.

Thirty degrees?

Below freezing.

But you can see.

Hear the heartbeat.

She's alive.

Frozen but alive.

You've seen a modern miracle.

Slowly.

- Bring her back slowly.
- Yes, I know.

Yes.

But the work's finished.

- We'd better get him to a hospital.
- No time.

That book. Dr. Mason...

...take it.

Use it.

Is there anything else
you wanna tell me?

No.

Work's finished.

Case closed.

"I, for one, am resolved that
no matter what sacrifices...

...I may be forced to make
of myself or of others...

...I will not be stopped
in my search for this secret...

...so long as I shall live."

That is the dedication
of this research work.

And it is signed in a firm hand,
"Leon Kravaal."

This book contains the records...

...of some of the most amazing
experiments I've ever read.

Experiments on every kind
of an animal, including man.

I feel that we can do no better
than to stand back of Dr. Mason...

...with everything we have.

Give him unlimited time
and equipment...

...to complete the great unfinished
work of Dr. Kravaal.

- Good luck, doctor.
- Thank you, Dr. Harvey.

It's unfortunate that Dr. Kravaal's
intensity of purpose...

...his reaching for success...

...forced him beyond
the limits of the law.

He paid with his life...

...that we might have this,
his parting gift to humanity.

Whatever his crimes may have been...

...l, for one, shall always
remember him as a great man...

...and a great benefactor.

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