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SLACK OFF A BIT.

THAT'S BETTER. GO ON.

WATCH YOUR END THERE. ABOUT ANOTHER FOOT. KEEP HER COMING.

HOLD IT.

TAKE HER AWAY.

[ Device Rattling ]

IS THIS ONE OKAY, CHIEF? KOWALSKI, ANY METAL OR FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THAT ONE?

NOT A THING, CHIEF. IT'S CLEAN.

IT'S OKAY, SIR.

1438762 AS ON THE MANIFEST. CHECK.

MR. MORTON, WOULD YOU, UH-- WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME SOMETHING?

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

WELL, UH, SINCE WHEN HAS OUR SUBMARINE BEEN TURNED INTO A-A-A CARGO SHIP?

I WOULDN'T KNOW, CHIEF. I JUST FOLLOW ORDERS, SAME AS YOU.

CHIP, HOW LONG BEFORE YOU'RE FINISHED LOADING?

IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO LONG NOW. SHOULD IT, CHIEF?

OH, ABOUT 30 MINUTES, SIR. GOOD. KEEP AT IT.

HOW SOON IS LEE DUE BACK ABOARD?

ABOUT 1800 HOURS.

LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS HE COMES. AYE, AYE, SIR.

ADMIRAL, MAY I-- MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR?

OH, YOU MEAN ABOUT, UH, ALL THIS CARGO?

YEAH, WELL, IF IT'S TOP SECRET, SIR-- OH, NO. NO, IT ISN'T.

IT'S, UH-- THESE ARE WAX STATUES.

SIR?

YEAH. I DON'T BLAME YOU, CHIEF.

WE'RE TAKING THEM BACK AS A FAVOR TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

SUPPOSEDLY-- SUPPOSEDLY,

THEY CAME FROM THE LOST CONTINENT OF ATLANTIS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED IN A BIG EXHIBITION IN WASHINGTON. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

OH. UH, NO, SIR. SORRY.

I'LL BE IN MY, UH, QUARTERS IF YOU NEED ME.

AYE, SIR.

[ Sighs ] MR. MORTON.

MORTON HERE.

IS LEE BACK ABOARD YET? NEGATIVE, SIR.

LOADING OPERATION COMPLETED?

AN HOUR AGO. THE CRATES ARE STOWED AS ORDERED.

VERY WELL. MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS TO GET UNDER WAY THE MOMENT LEE'S BACK ABOARD.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

[ Clicking ]

[ Mouths Words ]

[ Man ] VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

STARRING RICHARD BASEHART,

DAVID HEDISON.

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

[ Sighs ]

WOULD YOU GET A LOAD OF THIS PLACE?

ALL FOULED UP WITH A CARGO OF... STATUES.

WHAT A MESS WE'D BE IN IF WE HAD TO USE OUR MISSILES.

WELL, I GUESS THEY DON'T FIGURE ON HAVING ANY TROUBLE THIS TRIP.

I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, KOWALSKI, AND YOU CAN PASTE IT IN YOUR HAT.

WHEN YOU DON'T EXPECT TROUBLE, THAT'S JUST WHEN YOU GET IT.

SHARKEY'S LAW.

YOU'LL SEE. HEY.

HMM? WHAT'S THE MATTER? LOOK AT THE CRATE.

EMPTY!

I THOUGHT YOU MADE AN INSPECTION OF THIS PLACE! I DID.

AND REPORTED TO MR. MORTON THAT EVERYTHING WAS SHIPSHAPE. WHEN I WAS HERE, IT WAS.

THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THEN HOW DID THIS CRATE GET OPEN?

- IT JUST DIDN'T OPEN BY ITSELF. - YOU GOT ME.

AND WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE STATUE INSIDE?

A STATUE DOESN'T JUST GET UP AND WALK AWAY.

YOU DON'T THINK SOME OF THE GUYS WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT? YOU KNOW, FOR A GAG OR SOMETHING?

BREAK INTO A CARGO THAT WE'RE SHIPPING FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT? ARE YOU KIDDING?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THEN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'M SURE GONNA FIND OUT.

KOWALSKI, COME OVER HERE.

KOWALSKI!

THAT'S A-- THAT'S A STATUE FROM ATLANTIS?

[ Scoffs ] I TOLD YOU SOMEBODY WAS PULLING A GAG.

OKAY, LET'S GET IT BACK IN THE CRATE.

OH, MAN, THIS THING'S HEAVY.

YEAH, IT SURE IS.

YOU CAN'T CLOSE IT UP. THE BOARD'S BUSTED.

FORGET IT. LET'S-- LET'S GO. I GOTTA REPORT THIS.

[ Door Closing, Locking ]

OH, ADMIRAL, SIR. CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT, SIR?

I, UH, DON'T LIKE TO BOTHER YOU, BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT, UH-- IT'S ABOUT THE, UH--

THOSE, UH, CARGO OF CRATES IN THE MISSILE ROOM.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATUES.

AND, UH, I--

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM?

COME ON.

MR. MORTON.

MORTON, HERE.

WE'VE GOT TO GET UNDER WAY. ISN'T CRANE BACK YET?

NEGATIVE, SIR. [ On Speaker ] ALL RIGHT. KEEP ME POSTED.

AYE, AYE.

YES, WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS THIS? WHAT KIND OF A MASQUERADE IS--

WELL, SPEAK UP. WHO ARE YOU?

[ Gun Fires ]

[ Body Thuds ]

VERY NICE.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE BETTER MYSELF.

OVER THERE.

SIT DOWN.

GOOD. GOOD.

NOW, GO TO WORK.

CHIP, WHERE'S THE DECK WATCH?

THERE'S NO ONE TOPSIDE. NO ONE AT ALL.

ANYBODY COULD HAVE WALKED ABOARD.

NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER? DON'T YOU HEAR ME?

CHIP, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU?

CHIEF!

CHIEF.

KOWALSKI?

CAN'T... ANY OF YOU HEAR ME?

LET ME SEE THAT CHART.

WHO TOLD YOU TO PLOT THIS COURSE?

MR. MORTON, YOU'RE RELIEVED OF DUTY.

GET TO YOUR QUARTERS.

YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID. GET TO YOUR QUARTERS.

[ Clown ] WELCOME ABOARD, CAPTAIN CRANE.

I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER JOIN US.

CHIP.

PUT DOWN THAT GUN.

I DON'T WANT TO SHOOT YOU, CHIP.

BUT SO HELP ME, IF YOU DON'T PUT THAT GUN DOWN, I WILL.

ADMIRAL.

SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE CREW.

ALL OF THEM.

[ On Radio ] THEY, UH--

THEY ACT LIKE ZOMBIES.

[ Mouths Words ]

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CREW.

"NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CREW"? GO DOWN TO THE CONTROL ROOM AND TAKE A LOOK.

IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH,

WHO'S THAT LITTLE MAN RUNNING AROUND THE SHIP DRESSED LIKE A CLOWN?

[ Mouths Words ]

[ Nelson ] THERE IS NO SUCH MAN ABOARD.

[ Crane ] I SAW HIM! HE'S OBVIOUSLY A MANIAC. HE TRIED TO KILL ME!

[ Mouths Words ]

THERE IS NO SUCH MAN ABOARD.

ADMIRAL.

ADMIRAL.

[ Water Rushing ]

WE'RE UNDER WAY.

DID YOU GIVE THE ORDER?

DID YOU GIVE THAT ORDER?

CONTROL ROOM, THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

WHO GAVE THE ORDER TO SAIL?

[ On Speaker ] CONTROL ROOM! REPORT AT ONCE!

MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS TO DIVE.

THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

[ On Speaker ] BELAY THAT ORDER. DIVE.

[ On Speaker ] DIVE! DIVE!

[ Klaxon Blaring ]

CAPTAIN CRANE.

[ On Speaker ] CAN YOU HEAR ME?

CAPTAIN CRANE, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

I HEAR YOU!

- WHERE ARE YOU? - I'M IN THE CONTROL ROOM.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN HERE AND GIVE YOURSELF UP.

[ Scoffs ]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M IN COMMAND OF THIS SHIP.

ON THE CONTRARY, I AM IN FULL COMMAND.

YOU ARE MY PRISONER.

YOU ARE ALONE, CAPTAIN CRANE.

ARE YOU STILL THERE, CAPTAIN?

I'M HERE.

SPLENDID.

THEN LET'S STOP WASTING ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME AND MINE.

COME DOWN HERE AND GIVE YOURSELF UP.

[ Chuckles ] CAPTAIN, DON'T COUNT ON ANY HELP FROM YOUR CREW.

I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH BY NOW TO KNOW THEY'LL BE OF NO FURTHER SERVICE TO YOU.

ATTENTION, ALL HANDS.

[ On Speaker ] THIS IS THE CAPTAIN SPEAKING.

SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER OUR SHIP,

AND WE'RE ALL IN GREAT DANGER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU CAN HEAR ME...

OR HOW MANY OF YOU ARE LEFT,

BUT WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER, ALL OF US.

NOW GET YOUR HANDS ON WHATEVER WEAPONS YOU CAN FIND...

AND REPORT TO ME IN THE MISSILE ROOM ON THE DOUBLE.

WE'RE TAKING BACK OUR SHIP.

DIDN'T YOU MEN HEAR MY ORDER TO REPORT TO THE MISSILE ROOM?

ON YOUR FEET!

DO YOU HEAR ME? GET UP!

CHIEF. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT NOW?

I NEED YOUR HELP.

ALL RIGHT, STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

DON'T MOVE ANY CLOSER.

I'M WARNING YOU.

I'LL USE THIS IF I HAVE TO.

NOW STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

[ Clicking ]

[ Clown Laughing ]

OH, I ADMIRE YOU, CAPTAIN.

YOU PUT UP AN EXCELLENT FIGHT.

USELESS NOW, OF COURSE.

WHO ARE YOU?

I WAS A CIRCUS CLOWN, UNTIL NOW.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

THEY SAY EVEN THE BEST PLANS CONTAIN A FLAW...

WHICH MIGHT SOMETIMES PROVE FATAL.

HAPPILY, THIS IS AN EXCEPTION.

TRUE, BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT ON BOARD WHEN I FIRST CAME,

I NEGLECTED TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.

BUT NOW I AM IN A POSITION TO CORRECT THAT LITTLE OVERSIGHT.

HOW DID YOU GET ABOARD?

IN, UH-- IN ONE OF THESE STATUE CRATES?

[ Chuckles ] THERE ARE NO STATUES ON BOARD.

I'VE TAKEN THEM ALL FROM UNDER THE NOSES OF THE AUTHORITIES.

THE CARGO YOU SO CAREFULLY STOWED AWAY ON YOUR SHIP...

WAS WAX DUMMIES.

YOU'RE TALKING IN RIDDLES. NOW JUST SPEAK PLAINLY. SAY WHAT YOU MEAN.

BY ALL MEANS, CAPTAIN.

I, LIKE YOU, ADMIRE PLAIN TALK. IT SAVES SO MUCH TIME.

SO, CAPTAIN, TO BE BLUNT, I PROPOSE TO KILL YOU...

NOW.

STOP HIM!

STOP HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!

FIND HIM! STOP HIM!

KILL HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!

[ Footsteps ]

[ Door Closes ]

[ Door Opens ]

YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE. NOW COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF.

CAPTAIN, I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY CLEVER TO ELUDE US THIS WAY,

BUT YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT CAN'T GO ON MUCH LONGER.

THE DEAL--

SURRENDER YOURSELF TO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR LIFE.

BE REASONABLE. I'M REALLY TRYING TO HELP YOU.

YOU'RE A FOOL, CAPTAIN.

AND THERE'LL BE NO MERCY FOR YOU NOW, NONE!

THE NEXT TIME I SET EYES ON YOU, YOU ARE DEAD, CAPTAIN CRANE.

DEAD.

SKIPPER, WAIT UP. KOWALSKI.

IT'S ME ALL RIGHT, SKIPPER. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.

THAT'S FAR ENOUGH. DON'T COME ANY CLOSER.

I'M OKAY, SKIPPER. I SWEAR.

I'M NOT ARMED.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT TO SAVE YOU.

I'M NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.

[ On Radio ] THE CLOWN DOESN'T KNOW IT, BUT I'M MYSELF.

I MAY LOOK DIFFERENT AND SOUND DIFFERENT,

BUT I CAN HELP YOU. HOW?

THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL YOU.

DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT?

SOONER OR LATER THEY'LL GET YOU. UNLESS I GET THEM FIRST.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM, SIR.

YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

SURRENDER AND LET THEM KILL ME?

OF COURSE NOT.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET AWAY. GET OFF THIS SHIP.

HOW, WITH THE WHOLE CREW AFTER ME?

ALL OF YOU TRYING TO KILL ME. NOT ME, SKIPPER.

I'M STILL YOUR FRIEND.

I'M GOING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE?

THERE'S A WAY OFF THIS SHIP, BUT YOU MUST ACT QUICKLY.

HOW? GO TO THE MISSILE ROOM.

THERE'S DIVING GEAR THERE.

"GO TO THE MISSILE ROOM." I'VE JUST BEEN TO THE MISSILE ROOM.

GO QUICKLY.

THE MISSILE ROOM IS EMPTY NOW.

IT'S YOUR ONLY HOPE.

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE. KOWALSKI.

AFTER WHAT I'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH,

I WON'T FOLLOW ANYBODY ANYWHERE.

[ Kowalski ] SUIT YOURSELF, SKIPPER.

BUT BELIEVE ME, YOU'D BETTER GET OUT OF HERE.

THE MISSILE ROOM IS YOUR ONLY HOPE.

THE FLYING SUB.

[ Flipping Switches ]

[ Air Hissing ]

[ Groaning ]

WAX.

[ Clicking ]

HOLD IT!

LEE!

I-I WAS JUST LOOKING-- DON'T TAKE ANOTHER STEP.

WHAT-- WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?

I'M WARNING YOU, DON'T TAKE ANOTHER STEP!

UH, LEE, WILL YOU PUT THE TORCH AWAY, HUH?

[ Shouting ] HAS EVERYBODY ABOARD THIS SHIP LOST THEIR MINDS?

YOU SEEM TO BE YOURSELF AGAIN.

WELL, OF COURSE I'M MYSELF!

WELL, THAT'S BETTER.

[ Sighs, Coughs ]

IF-- IF YOU KNEW WHAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH.

- OR DO YOU? - WELL, SUPPOSE YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT.

HAVEN'T YOU SEEN HIM? WHO?

A LITTLE MAN DRESSED AS A CLOWN. HE'S BEHIND IT ALL!

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I'M WONDERING IF I'M DELIRIOUS, OR...

IF THIS IS ALL REAL.

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A NIGHTMARE OF MY OWN.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS TIME? I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE.

IT'S ALL HAZY.

I REMEMBER WAKING FROM A DEEP SLEEP. WHEN?

JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, IN THE MISSILE ROOM.

THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER IS STABBING PAINS IN MY TEMPLES.

AND THEN THERE'S A SENSATION OF GREAT HEAT.

- HEAT? - YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN I WAS AWAKE.

AT FIRST-- AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS IN A COFFIN.

AND THEN I RECOGNIZED THE CRATE.

SOMEBODY HAD PUT ME INTO ONE OF THOSE CRATES!

THEN YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON ON THE SHIP?

NOTHING. NOTHING. NOW WHAT IS ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT A CLOWN?

IT'S NOT NONSENSE, ADMIRAL. HE'S TAKEN OVER THE SHIP.

HE'S TURNED THE WHOLE CREW INTO-INTO WAX DUMMIES!

WELL, THAT-- THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

I KNOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, ADMIRAL, BUT HE'S DONE IT. AND WE'RE IN GREAT DANGER.

WELL, THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF OUR SHIP. NOW GIVE ME THE FACTS.

I WILL. BUT FIRST, HOW CAN WE-- HOW CAN WE RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SHIP?

WELL, HOW MUCH AND HOW FAST? AS HOT AS WE CAN GET IT AND STILL LIVE.

IT'S GOT TO BE DONE NOW.

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS TO SHOOT A NUCLEAR CHARGE THROUGH THE HULL.

CAN WE GET TO THE REACTOR ROOM? WITH THIS WE CAN.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, FROM WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME, THIS SHOULD DO IT. THAT'S RIGHT.

[ Hum Resonating ]

[ Exhales ]

WARM ENOUGH FOR YOU? [ Chuckles ]

THAT'S ENOUGH, ADMIRAL. THAT SHOULD DO IT. YEAH.

IF THAT DOESN'T DO IT, NOTHING WILL.

ALL RIGHT, LEE, LET'S GET HIM.

MR. MORTON! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?

I--

SKI. COME ON. [ Groaning ]

TAKE IT EASY, KID. YOU'LL BE OKAY.

ALL THOSE CRATES-- THE WHOLE CREW MUST BE HERE.

COME ON. GIVE ME A HAND.

WHERE'S THAT, UH-- WHERE'S THAT LITTLE MAN?

THAT CLOWN YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'M-- I'M SURE HE MUST BE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.

[ Explosions ]

[ Explosions Stop ]

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEM?

WE'LL HAVE THEM ANALYZED, OF COURSE, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS HIS OWN INVENTION.

HE WAS COMPLETELY MAD, WASN'T HE? MAD?

[ Chuckles ] CERTAINLY. BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS AN AUTHENTIC GENIUS.

HIS PLAN MUST HAVE BEEN TO CAPTURE THE BEST MINDS IN THE WORLD-- SINGLY OR IN GROUPS--

AND USE THEM IN SOME MAD GRAB FOR POWER. THEN WHY THE SEAVIEW?

THAT WAS THE KEY TO HIS PLAN-- A SHIP IN WHICH HE COULD WANDER AROUND THE WORLD SECRETLY...

COLLECTING HIS SPECIMENS.

AND THE MEN? US?

OH, GUINEA PIGS, I'M AFRAID. JUST, UH-- JUST GUINEA PIGS.